This cup set is for all the people out there who have to work long hours at the office. It’s also for all you computer geeks out there. You know who you are! The ingenious set consists of 3 cups which look like over-sized versions of those Ctrl, Alt and Del tabs you should see positioned at the top and bottom of your computer keyboard, plus a tray designed to look like a circuit board. How very nerdy (yet cool).

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The likes of George Clooney and Brad Pitt might make it look pretty easy to walk into a casino and escape with $150m, but penetrating the world’s most secure museums and banks to steal priceless gems is, on paper, almost impossible. Yet, they happen every few years and even if the culprits are eventually caught – the gems rarely are. So, how is it that there are so many successful attempts at stealing diamonds? The answer, many people think, is to have someone on the inside, as all but one of these heists illustrate.

Across the country we watched in horror as the towers collapsed. We listened in shock to the phone calls of the passengers on board the hijacked planes and wept as we heard them tell their families they loved them one last time. So much of that day will always be a mix of grief, sorrow, fear and anger. However, feelings of pride and unity rose from the flames. We read the heroic stories and watched with pride as ordinary citizens went above and beyond the call of duty to help their fellow Americans. As horrible as 9-11 was, it reminded many of us of what makes this country so great.

Now, ten years later there may be more than 10 million Daffodil flowers in the city, each paying tribute in glorious yellow, the color of remembrance. Neighborhoods that lost fathers and mothers, son and daughters can always remember.

Let’s go back ten years and see what happened on that day:

1. There were 4 planes that were used for the attack
2. There were 19 terrorists involved
3. The three major attacks were on: World Trade Center, The Pentagon and Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania

According to the official figures released on September 2^nd, 2002 the total number killed in attacks were 2,819. Out of those killed on this dreadful day 289 bodies were found intact and 19,858 body parts were found.

This infograhic produced by Reusethisbag.com revisits what happened and retraces the torturous path that brought us to the poignant point in history.

Don’t say that you have never pretended that your umbrella is some kind of ass-kicking sword. Most of us have done it at some point or another, though of course when nobody is watching (or so we think). But now you can finally stop pretending, because the samurai sword umbrella is here, and it most definitely is a bad-ass accessory to have in your possession. Not only will it keep you dry when those cats and dogs are falling from the sky, it will make you feel like you have a secret weapon at all times; James Bond would be proud.

The office social environment can be pretty tense at times. Whether it’s because they “forgot” to include you in that last round of coffee or forwarded the address of your personal blog to your boss (specifically the entry where you likened them to a fascist dictator and/or admitted to snogging their spouse at the last Christmas party), chances are there’s at least somebody in your workplace that you hold some kind of grudge against. But what’s the best way to defuse such situations? Below are a few of my highly professional suggestions.