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...This, my friends, is our tour de force. Our magnum opus. Our eggs benedict, if you will...
Caballero’s posh protective apparel, sold in the more affluent part of Mexico City, can withstand ammunition from weapons including a nine-millimeter pistol, a submachine gun, a .44 Magnum, a 3.57 revolver and even knives, allowing customers to escape gunshots and stabs with little more than a bruise. According to Caballero’s web site, titled “High Security Fashion,” his multiple lines of fitted jackets and elegant collared shirts provide the opportunity to “minimize…risk and preserve…life.” In fact...
...hammer home discomfort in even a stalwart listener. After all this time, revisiting “Berlin” seems almost a cathartic and vindicating experience for Reed, an even bigger “fuck you” to all the naysayers than his longstanding refusal to perform his magnum opus. But the album is much more than just that. For the rest of us, it’s an opportunity to hear a unique live performance of a long neglected record. And what’s more, it’s an opportunity for each of us to revisit...
...image is emblematic of work that appears in Franklin's new book, Footprint: Our Landscape in Flux, a remarkable exploration of the human impact on Europe's terrain. It's much more than just a catalog of environmental degradation. Franklin, 52, and a Magnum photographer for more than 30 years, found his early inspiration for the series on a 2003 trip through Andalucian farmland; it was there that he saw vast swaths of the countryside covered - and intriguingly altered - by plastic sheets designed to protect against the elements and infestation. Franklin then crisscrossed Europe (from Portugal to Russia, Norway...
...says David Johnson, group product manager of Trojan Brand Condoms. Trojan's parent company, Church and Dwight, makes nearly 8 out of 10 condoms sold in the U.S. But different-size condoms introduce their own problems: namely, men aren't very eager to buy a small size. Trojan's Magnum line, whose condoms are 15% bigger than regular ones, accounts for 13% of the U.S. market. But when the company introduced a smaller condom several years ago, it had to discontinue...