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...century Beijing - cast a spell on collectors today. Handcrafted from every material known to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), including copper, glass, porcelain, jade, ivory and amber, each one is a miniature masterpiece of the applied arts. Rich in symbolism - achieved through decorative techniques such as enameling, stippling and relief carving - they served as courtly gifts and good-luck charms. And their social significance wasn't to be sneezed...
Apparently, the spiciest concoctions are the hottest means to pain relief...
...here is a sweeping generalization, but perhaps a useful one: Western societies are cultures of personal revelation and exposure, while Muslim cultures are traditionally structured around protecting honor and propriety. On our shrunken planet, the two codes bump up against one another, throwing each other into relief. The same era that's given us the tell-all circus that is Big Brother and a cybervideo of Paris Hilton in flagrante also seems to have produced a striking rise in Western Muslims taking up the veil. The more of private life Western pop culture reveals, the more Muslim women decide...
...allergies? if so, you know the relief of Benadryl, since 1946 the cure for everything from rashes to runny noses. Its inventor, George Rieveschl, became a chemical engineer after failing to get a job as a commercial artist. In the 1940s, while researching muscle relaxants, he found that his two-part compound blocked itch-causing histamines. Unlike predecessors, Benadryl did not cause severe drowsiness. It made him millions. "It seemed like bad luck at the time," he said of the nosedive he took as an artist, "but it ended up working out pretty well...
...scene in Lars and the Real Girl in which Lars' brother (Paul Schneider) confronts Lars about his delusion, telling him that Bianca is not a real person but a big plastic thing. Lars can't or won't hear him. For the audience his disbelief is a relief--why ruin a love so pure so soon? Selfishly, we hope Gosling keeps tuning Hollywood out a little longer...