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Share.. Sickening. New Form, a fashion boutique in Sicily, has caused a controversy by using Adolf Hitler in its current ad campaign. The picture, displayed around the city as 18-feet high posters, shows Adolf Hitler, one of history’s most evil, in a pink uniform and is accompanied by the slogan, “Change Style – Don’t Follow [...]

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Share..Last Thursday A lone thief – probably not Thomas Crown – in a brazen overnight theft has stolen five paintings worth a total of $613 million. This includes works by some pretty big names in the art world. The paintings were reported missing from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, across the Seine River [...]

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Share..Get ‘em while they’re Hot! The exquisite David Gerstein jewelry collection for 2010 is here. Notable are the colorfully bright pins that come in various shapes and sizes. Actually one of the greatest living Israeli artists, David Gerstein produces unique decorative objects, two-dimensional paintings and is perhaps most famous for his three-dimensional sculptures, displayed in [...]

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Share.. Flip-flops are called so because they resemble flippers, worn when snorkeling – or being crazy around the house. The term flip-flop is a trademark in Germany, yet free in America. The term is used to denote other things as well: In the world of electronics, a flip-flop is a bistable multivibrator, a circuit that [...]

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Share..Oh, how that handsome couple captures the spring breeze in their aura – why, they walk as if on air – careful, nice-posture, intelligent, laid-back buddy. It’s got to be the flip-flops on their feet. Listen, I have no stock invested in these sandals, but allow me to capture their essence. Once blind to it, [...]

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Share.. Journalism giant, Judith Newman recently interviewed comedian, Sarah Silverman for the ancient New York Times. Ms. Silverman is currently promoting her memoir, “The Bedwetter”, number 9 last week on the New York Times nonfiction hardcover bestseller list. Said David Hirshey, Silverman’s editor at HarperCollins – that paid $2.5 million for the book: “In 18 [...]

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Share..Born in Hong Kong in 1964, Jacqueline Fleming was raised and educated in Singapore and England. Having adventurous parents was a plus for an adventurous spirit – Jackie and her family traveled extensively during her formative years, and young Jackie began to form the well-fueled muse from which she would, in the future, draw to [...]

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Share..Well sports lovers, it is that time of the year! The 136th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville is upon us. Also known as the “Run for the Roses” and “The most exciting two minutes in sports,” the Derby is also a red carpet cocktail party for social shooters – and Julia Roberts if [...]

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Share..The etiquette expert Elizabeth Post, known for writing books and magazine columns on manners, has died. She was 89. She died last Saturday in the southwest Florida city of Naples. She was actually the granddaughter-in-law of the country’s foremost etiquette expert, Emily Post. In 1965, five years after the elder Post passed away, Elizabeth took [...]

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