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There is a sort of magic that happens in fairy gardens, those miniature landscapes meant to inspire tiny mythical creatures to visit your yard.

Wilson Nurseries in Frankfort, Ky., regularly hosts fairy-garden workshops, where the air is often abuzz with an excited fluttering to and fro, as garden revelers gather building blocks like moss, pastel pebbles and shiny ceramic mushrooms to assemble tiny masterpieces. Bright flashes of sparkling glitter, said to help welcome fairies, and sun-catching glass beads, like shimmering dew drops,A fashioncartierreplicawatches is an item which is used to contribute, add a glow. The muted hum of conversation and cheery chatter can be heard as the gardeners go about the task of creating fern- and fantasy-filled container gardens.

Even if you're skeptical about the existence of fairies, it's hard to deny the obvious joy shared by these garden makers as they are gently guided in the art and craft of assembling a small sprite habitat to take home.

Last Saturday, grandparents and parents with children, as well as longtime friends and neighbors,Buyshoesat Great Prices. met for two hours under a tent inside the Wilson greenhouses where work tables and supply benches were assembled.

Wilson's organizer and instructor for these events, Teresa Abell, tells of an interesting phenomenon that happens as fairy gardens are made.

"People will start out not talking at all," she says, "yet by the time they leave, they have gotten to know each other, are having a lot of conversations and have made new friends."

They share ideas, supplies and stories about just why they have come to create a fairy garden.

Abell, who has been with Wilson Nurseries for eight years, began stocking fairy supplies about three years ago after encountering fairy culture at a wholesale market in Atlanta. The idea of holding workshops occurred to her as she was putting together a greenhouse display. It was a natural fit.

"I love gardens, and I love working with people," she says.

The idea caught on, and each of Wilson's dozen or more fairy garden events over the past year has sold out. In addition to the monthly scheduled workshops, groups of 10 to 20 people can request private events from June until March.

Each participant, "from ages 4 to over 70," Abell says, finds his or her own niche. Container gardens, which can be grown indoors as well as outside in warmer months, offer accessibility to older adults with limited mobility or to those who are living in a retirement community or nursing home.

The charm of fairy dust also has great appeal for children. Creating a special miniature garden is an easy way to begin growing a green thumb.

Abell has many participants who start out knowing nothing about gardening, but in two hours, she says, "have developed a passion for it."

Connie Hicks, who helps with the workshops, adds, "It's fun. You get to feel like a kid - along with everybody else."

The workshop's $35 fee includes a kit with a container, potting medium, three plants, mulch, pathway stones and a miniature metal archway and birdbath, as well as instruction and care. The fee is per fairy garden; it can be shared by a pair or group of participants. Collectibles - used marbles and dollhouse furniture, twigs and acorns, anything that would fit well into a miniature landscape - can also be brought from home.

One workshop participant, Susie Oder of Frankfort, brought a small stone pre-Columbian artifact from her stepfather's legacy of miniatures to set in her garden as a remembrance.

Extras like hypertufa English cottages, glazed ceramic mushrooms and an assortment of small-scale benches, tools and seasonal decorations can be purchased at Wilson.

Workshop participant Virginia Lyle, 8, of Frankfort felt the fairy power. She was intently focused on designing her second fairy garden, paving a meandering path she had created with small pebbles in pastel hues and tucking in teensy-leaved plants into her low, wide container. Virginia's mom, Lola Lyle, explained that her daughter's first fairy garden was a project shared with a friend. Virginia wanted to return to make one just to keep at her own home.

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Linda Hopkins and Dottie Rose,Top Swiss Replicas and the most popular brands of replicaomega. whose families have grown up together in Lexington, worked side by side at another table.

"The fairy garden display here just captures you," says Hopkins, who admits she couldn't wait for the workshop and even made a couple on her own in the interim.

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Family memories have inspired many gardens. Donna Hammons said that she and her granddaughter Grace Logan, who is visiting this summer from Tupelo, Miss., "have been collecting things all summer" for the fairy garden: mirrors, fairy figurines and little mushrooms.

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“It’s like I was just here yesterday,” said mom Linda as the family, including father Shane, youngest son Brody, 15, Brenndon and Nathan met the unit’s doctors and nurses, some of whom cared for the twins two decades ago.

The reunion was arranged so that DeWitt could thank the medical team that saved his and Brenndon’s life and hospital staff could congratulate him on his unexpected success.

Babies born before 24 weeks have a survival rate of about 60 per cent, and premature babies often have cognitive and physical disabilities, said pediatrician David Ou Tim, who remembered treating the twins and still works in the neonatal ICU.

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Wheelchair racing began as a hobby, but DeWitt quickly learned he had the skills to win. “It started as recreation. They said I had some sort of talent, and a good chance of making it,” he said.

Of the stress associated with competing for Team Canada, DeWitt’s not afraid.

“I can naturally block it out. I have no hype to live up to. I just go, race my own race.” DeWitt is focusing on the first step, the semifinals, and on racing a personal best. His first sprint takes place Sept. 4.

Though he’s had health setbacks, mainly from a cerebral shunt that was replaced 19 times over the years after a bout of hydrocephalus (swelling in the brain) at three days old. His family has faith he will excel in London.

“He’s had health issues, but every time he comes back with a vengeance,” Shane said. “He has that internal passion you need to be successful in life, or in sport.”

Frazier ready to step in and lead the Schalick High Shool

Anne Marie Mercado led the Schalick High School field hockey team to its first ever South Jersey Group I title three years ago — the first of two in the last three years — and also the team’s first state championship appearance last fall.

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It seems so did the board of education and athletic director Mike Clarke.

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The BOE and Clarke weren’t the only ones who thought Frazier would be a good fit with the Cougars. Glassboro head coach Gloria Byard recommended Frazier for the position after she was pushed to go for the job by South Jersey Edge founder Kathi Liszewski and Glassboro assistant Janine Callahan.

So with the support of such respectable figures in the local field hockey scene, Frazier jumped on the opportunity.

“I was really nervous to go for it,” she admitted. “But having them behind me, they see what I can do. They must have seen something in me I guess.”

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“I would say I’m more excited than nervous.”

Inheriting a team that is coming off a sectional crown and a state final appearance can also make things a bit easier on Frazier. She’s inherited players that simply want to go out and win every game they play.

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Fabled Ybor rooster puts the fun in funeral

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Michelle Vrooman, 43, of Tampa was happy to oblige, handing out the multi-colored strands draped across her right arm.

The Rooster Parade, with all its goofiness intact, was back Sunday afternoon, even if many of those watching couldn't fathom what was happening or why the annual poultry parade had dropped off the scene five years ago.

None of that seemed to matter.

What mattered to the roughly 75 costumed mourners was the memory of James E. Rooster, the wild chicken that roamed Ybor's side streets until his death in 1997 at the paws of a stray mutt.

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An annual rite since the rooster's demise, the mock funeral procession took a hiatus after crowds had become too large. Then-organizer Tommy Stephens, who erected a tiny backyard memorial to the bird, would cap off each procession with a raucous kegger at his house on 19th Street and Sixth Avenue that lasted well into the night.

"There were hundreds of people and it was getting to the point where the city wanted him to pay for security and get a permit. It just became a big project," said girlfriend Pam Vopper. "It was too much money."

Enter David Audet, a director for the Artists and Writers Group, a nonprofit organization that stages art, literature and performance events around the Tampa Bay area. He asked Stephens if he wouldn't mind if the group resurrected the procession. Stephens, who did not attend because of a business trip, agreed.

"I just think it's important to preserve Ybor's traditions," Audet said.

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They marched two abreast up 18th Street to Gaspar's Grotto, then turned east to the Dirty Shame pub, concluding at the bird's backyard grave marker. It lasted about 45 minutes.

"I thought it went pretty well," Audet said. "We would have been happy if 20 people had showed up." He couldn't say whether the event will return next year — "We'll see," he said.

Some of the "mourners" tossed cracked corn onto the fowl's marker. Others thumbed through scrapbooks and newspaper clippings that Vopper had assembled on tables.

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Rachel Zablocki, 26, of Tampa thought it ironic that the event was tagged dog-friendly. She processed with her black Labrador retriever, Felony, by her side.

"She likes chickens," Zablocki said. "In fact, she had some of my chicken dinner a little while ago."

The Golden Bear Watches His Son In Colorado

After missing the 1990 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills because of a heart ailment, Gary Nicklaus, the son of the legendary golfer, was back Monday in Colorado as a 43-year-old competing with 311 other golfers in this year's edition of the amateur.

A small gallery that included his father and mother, Jack and Barbara Nicklaus, watched the younger Nicklaus tee off at the 7,378-yard, par-70 CommonGround Golf Course, which along with Cherry Hills is being used over two days of stroke-play qualifying.

"That obviously was a big disappointment," Gary Nicklaus said, recalling the illness that forced his withdrawal. "But to come back some 20 years later and have another crack at it, I'm happy to be here."

The younger Nicklaus shot a 1-over 71, leaving him in a tie for 64th place heading into Tuesday's final round of qualifying. The top 64 finishers will advance to match play, which begins Wednesday and will be played on the 7,409-yard, par-71 course at Cherry Hills Country Club. Any ties will be resolved by a playoff prior to the commencement of match play, which concludes Sunday.

"I got off to miserable start -- 4 over through the first seven holes," Gary Nicklaus said. "Missed a couple of shots, had a couple of three-putts. Didn't know what was going on. Then I had four birdies in a row and got myself back into it."

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Bobby Wyatt, 20, of Mobile, Ala., was in the lead after shooting a 64 at the Cherry Hills course. He'll conclude his qualifying play on the CommonGround course.

When Gary Nicklaus first came to Cherry Creek to play the amateur 22 years ago, he was an up-and-coming golfer who inspired comparisons to his father, a four-time U.S. Open and two-time U.S. amateur champion. But he fell ill on the eve of the `90 tournament and spent a week in the hospital undergoing treatment for pericarditis, or inflammation of the heart.

"I was there the night he had his episode. He was a pretty sad young man," said Jack Nicklaus.

Gary Nicklaus turned pro a year later but never managed to duplicate the success he had as an amateur, losing his PGA Tour card in 2003.

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He kept playing the game, sporadically at times, and in 2007 returned to competition after being reinstated as an amateur. He qualified for this year's amateur during sectional play in Wellington, Fla.

"After a stint as a pro and having some success for a little bit -- but not great success -- he didn't play much golf for three or four years," Jack Nicklaus said. "Then, all of a sudden he kind of had some fun with it."

And here he is, back in the amateur championship as one of its oldest contestants and still glad to have the encouragement of his father.

"It's great to have his support," Gary Nicklaus said. "He's supported me since I was a little kid and probably will `til he can't any more. It's great to have him and my mom here."

Wyatt, who plays for the University of Alabama, birdied four of the first five holes en route to his front-running status on the first day of qualifying.

"Hopefully, I can play a good round (Tuesday)," Wyatt said. "I am feeling really good about my game right now. Hopefully, I can carry it along all week."

Wyatt's teammate at Alabama, Justin Thomas of Goshen, Ky., was among six players tied for second at 5 under.

Thomas, the Jack Nicklaus award winner as the top collegiate golfer a year ago, shot a 65 at the CommonGround course. He did not miss a green during a bogey-free round that also included three birdies and an eagle.

"I hit it pretty well," Thomas said. "I just took advantage of my scoring opportunities. I'm obviously going to be pleased anytime I shoot a 65."

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Also at 5 under were Chris Williams of Moscow, Idaho; Sebastian Vazquez of Mexico; Brandon Hagy of Westlake Village, Calif.; Zac Blair of Ogden, Utah; and Max Homa of Valencia, Calif.

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Parents, students debate school uniform policy

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"I think it actually looks more professional. It sets the tone," the Deltona mom said of the school uniform policy. "It doesn't distract from the real purpose for being there, which is to learn."

That's one of the reasons School Board members are looking at adopting a uniform policy for the 61,000 students enrolled in Volusia's public schools. Four of the five board members said this week they favor uniforms, maybe something like the polo shirts and pants, shorts or skorts Reading Edge students wear.

No timeline has been set for deciding how the Volusia uniforms would look or when students might have to start wearing them.

Uniforms may also be in the works in Flagler County -- where some School Board members favor the idea -- though not for next school year. "When the children come in to school, they're coming in to think about education and learning, versus what somebody else is wearing," said School Board member John Fischer, who broached the idea of requiring uniforms at a recent meeting.

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That's the case at Imagine School at Town Center, Principal Lisa O'Grady said. The Palm Coast charter school has had uniforms of polo shirts tucked into khaki or navy bottoms since it opened in 2008.

The students are excused from wearing their uniforms one day per month and there are noticeably more problems on those days, O'Grady said. "(The uniform) eliminates distractions for kids during the school year," she said. "They're just here for one reason and that's to learn."

Osceola County schools saw "a reduced number of classroom disruptions and gang presence on campus" after a uniform policy was adopted in 2008, spokeswoman Dana Schafer said. "Can we attribute it all to the dress code? No."

Volusia school administrators plan to visit campuses in Osceola and Seminole counties this month as part of their research into dress codes and uniform policies. The Seminole school system tightened up its countywide dress code last summer but stopped short of mandating a specific uniform.

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"It's a public school. We should be able to express ourselves," said Bryan Mills, a Spruce Creek junior. "We're coming through an age where personal expression and freedom are of utmost importance. Uniformity is a deal breaker for me."

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Amanda Hilton, an Ormond Beach mom with an 8-year-old daughter in second grade, plans to circulate petitions opposing school uniforms. Hilton said her daughter has "real good fashion sense" and likes to dress in "cute little-girl clothes."

The idea of taking that choice away during school hours is too much for her mother. "They're taking away our freedom of expression. I believe the school has a lot of control already. It's too much control."

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Prosecutors have not indicated whether they will retry Williams on charges he abducted a 25-year-old woman from her Palmetto home in 1992, forced her into her car and drove her to an orange grove to rape her. Williams has maintained his innocence since he was first accused.

He was sentenced to life in 1993. "It's a lot for everyone to take in," said Melissa Montle, an attorney with the Innocence Project of Florida, which has been fighting for Williams' exoneration since 2008. "I don't think it's sunk in completely yet and perhaps it won't until he walks out." Montle spoke to the 47-year-old, who remains in prison, Tuesday and said he was "thrilled" to hear the news. Gilner stated in the order that his decision was based on two points:
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-Williams' due process rights had been violated because the Manatee County Sheriff's Office had destroyed evidence in the case - evidence that might have cleared Williams in the case. During a two-day hearing two weeks ago, Julie Heinig, a DNA expert from the DNA Diagnostics Center, testified that after analyzing the assailant's T-shirt, Williams "was excluded a contributor on this shirt, and it's highly likely he did not wear it."

Gilner said in his order that the new DNA evidence "would probably produce an acquittal on retrial." Some of the destroyed evidence included a rape kit, three hairs (one with a root) and vacuum samples from the victim's car. They were kept in a First Union bank vault with evidence from approximately 3,600 other cases. The hearing included testimony from Jeane Dixon, a former director of the property and evidence division at the sheriff's office, who testified about her plan to get rid of the evidence impacted by a destroyed bank vault during the hearing.

Because of concerns about moisture and a musty odor in July 1997, she said a dehumidifier was placed in the vault. Then in 2002 it was discovered the dehumidifier was not functioning properly and was a health hazard, requiring the cleanup and disposal of certain items.

Dixon testified that she was aware of Florida Statute 925.11 requiring that she develop a plan to dispose of the evidence that included going through all the evidence, preserving biological evidence, and obtaining approval from the State Attorney's Office and her chain-of-command about the destruction of any evidence.

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"As far as disposing of the evidence, I was advised it was contaminated," former Sheriff Charlie Wells said in a phone interview Tuesday. "It was a common sense decision that was made," due to the contamination. In his order, Gilner stated the sheriff's office knowingly violated the state statute, adding it could have secured biological evidence along with the other items they had salvaged.

The sheriff's office released a statement on the decision. "The sheriff's office has conferred with the state attorney's office regarding the ruling today in the Derrick Williams' case," Sheriff Brad Steube said in the statement. "Due to the state attorney's decision to possibly appeal and or retry the case, the sheriff's office will not be commenting on the ruling at this time.Naax Fashion Textile is a wholesale jeans dealer who trades with young-fashion ."

During the hearing, the state's argument was that it stood by the evidence shown in the original case and the victim's original identification of Williams as her attacker. No one in the State Attorney's Office could be reached for comment Tuesday.

According to Montle, the state may either choose to retry Williams or exonerate him. The Innocence Project of Florida plans to seek bond if a retrial ordered, Montle said.

If exonerated, Williams would become the 13th person to be released from prison based on DNA evidence since the Innocence Project began its work in Florida in 2003. "We're thrilled that the judge vacated the conviction sentence and ordered a new trial, and now is time for the State Attorney's Office to do the right thing and drop the charges so he can be free," Montle said. The national Innocence Project was established in 1992 with the purpose of helping prisoners prove their innocence through DNA testing.we've already seen three classic Air max classic models in their flagship colorways release.

According to its website, 267 people in the United States have been exonerated by DNA testing since 1992; 17 had been on death row. Earlier this month,As for apparel retailers like Guess and cheap true religion who have built their companies on jeans, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law abolishing the state's death penalty because he was concerned about innocent inmates sitting on death row after two death penalty sentences were overturned in his state because of DNA.

"The process, it's arm twisting, but these things are happening more and more and more," said exonerated Florida prisoner William Dillon, who called Williams on Tuesday to congratulate him. In 2008, the Innocence Project of Florida helped get Dillon's 1981 life sentence for first-degree murder overturned. During their conversation, Dillon spoke to Williams about patience. "At this point he may think it'll happen in a moments notice, but it may not," Dillon said.

Bell bows to pressure and backs down on usage-based billing for Internet users

As more and more Canadians are making the Internet -- that is, its extremely high prices and limited access -- an election issue, telecom giant Bell Canada is getting ready to change its tune.

OpenMedia.ca has learned that Bell has buckled under public pressure and will propose an alternative scheme for the imposition of usage fees on independent ISPs. Bell is expected to come out with its plan this afternoon: today is the filing deadline for the first round of submissions to the CRTC's usage-based billing (UBB) hearing.

Clearly, Bell is squirming under pressure from nearly half-a-million Canadians. This development comes on the heels of OpenMedia.ca's attendance at the CRTC forum on the future of Intenet governance last week. This was supposed be a closed-door invitation-only meeting,Learn all of th facts you need to know before yopu shop for Juicy couture wholesale online. but the Commission invited OpenMedia.ca in response to public pressure.

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The fundamental structural problems in the telecom industry remain: approximately 94 per cent of Canadians use big phone and cable companies, many of which are still imposing usage fees on their customers. These usage fees are out of step with global standards for Internet price and speed, and Canadians will not be happy until they are ensured affordable access to an open Internet.

The usage-based billing issue will continue to heat up as the election progresses. Candidates can show that they are onside with voters by endorsing the Stop The Meter campaign as many have already. Canadians will not be satisfied until the stranglehold that Big Telecom has over our country's communications is removed.we've already seen three classic Air max classic models in their flagship colorways release.

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When journalist-turned-writer Aditi De edited a book on Bangalore she called it Multiple City. She also called it a "reluctant metropolis" and mentioned in her foreword how each person she interacted with "seemed to espouse a private vision of Bangalore" and thanked some for helping her discover a "Bengaluru within Bangalore".
Now, for someone who didn't know that the city had a nagara devate — city deity — Annamma, she had covered quite a distance in discovering Bangalore's layers by the time she finished the book.
It takes some effort and time for anyone to understand this city. Especially its linguistic nuances. From the time writer Baragur Ramchandrappa wrote of "jeans pants on the outside and madi panche on the inside" to now,coogi jeans was founded in 1969 by Jacky Taranto of Melbourne, Australia. unbelievable metamorphosis has taken place in the society.Keep your muscles warm before and after the match in this stylish Adidas Jacket. There was a time when one could easily identify to which part of the city one belonged to just by looking at the person, but all that has changed. You can't make out anything about anybody anymore. Or can you still? Have things really changed? Not really.
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The big divide is very much present and the Kannada and English worlds are different or more precisely are 'kept' apart. By whom? By the consumers and the producers, the perpetrators and the underdogs. And by the 'self declared' language saviors themselves.
For instance, Bangalore hosts mega events and wants to splash them across the city, but the Kannada media is not invited. The organisers feel the "vernacular press" is not something to be taken seriously. So they don't send invites to anyone speaking Kannada. Be it Vengaboys or Enrique Iglesias or Deep Purple or Bollywood stars...the Kannada media is ignored or sidestepped because it is `decided' that Kannada-speaking people do not want to know about it or that publicity in Kannada media is inconsequential. I once called up the event coordinator for a press-pass for an event hosting an international artist. He agreed to deliver it immediately and even asked if a photographer's pass was also required. When I gave him the name of the Kannada paper I was representing, he immediately said, "Sorry, no pass," and hung up.It seems that jordan 6 rings in coming up for almost everyone including boys and girls. As direct as that.
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On the other hand the big digital divide keeps the Kannada media in a perpetual state of suspicion. Like a senior journalist put it "until the day the Kannada papers think Bryan Adams in the city is front page news things will not change".
He also observed how when looking at same day editions of a Kannada and an English paper, it makes you feel that you are in two different cities because of the preferences of news covered.
The ad market goes along with the trend and the Kannada media caters to ads for cookers, soap nut powder, agarbattis while all the up-market consumer items are endorsed in the English papers. The spaces have not moved an inch in the past 50 years and show no signs of change either. The percentage of participation of Kannada media in the market economics is pathetically low. A survey revealed that half of the TV viewing audience watches Hindi programmes whereas Kannada recorded a mere 4.6 percentage of the viewership. Hence, all this high-brow talk of the future of the media being in the languages seems far fetched. All hotels that advertise exotic buffets for Rs 800, or Rs 1,000 advertise only in English papers because they think Kannada-speaking people do not spend that kind of money on food. No travel firm advertises in Kannada papers because it thinks Kannadigas don't travel.
The city listings are definite spaces strictly adhering to the big divide in terms of content, target group and marketing.coogi jeans was founded in 1969 by Jacky Taranto of Melbourne, Australia. Again, you feel you are reading about two different cities. That is what is called as a 'city in layers'. Why can't the 'two cities' get to know each other? Just as South Bangalore is oblivious to the Cantonment,let's be honest: putting on a brand new pair of Nike shox running shoes feels amazing. so is the IT city ignorant about the Doresani Palya within Dollars Colony. Now is the time for both to shed their coloured lenses and get a clear picture.

'Mompreneurs meet business challenges'

Gathered around the table enjoying an afternoon coffee are four Bluffton moms. Their conversation could easily be about carpool, spring break or summer camps for their kids, but not today. Today, they are discussing business, specifically, the upcoming "Local Business Showcase" being hosted this weekend by Lowcountry Moms, a group dedicated to arranging play dates and social activities for moms and children of all ages throughout Beaufort County.

They, along with more than 20 other businesswomen presenting at the event, are part of a growing number of mothers across the country that have started their own businesses. The phenomenon is so widespread; it has even garnered its own moniker, "Mompreneur" with websites and magazines dedicated to helping their homegrown businesses thrive.

According to The Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute, women-owned small businesses will account for the majority of job growth in the coming years. Guardian's research shows that by 2018, women entrepreneurs will be responsible for creating between 5 million and 5.5 million new jobs nationwide.

What is driving this trend? For these four women, the reasons for striking out on their own are as varied as their businesses. Janet Powell, owner of Silly Goose Photography,Cheap womens Nike shox nz shoes are very popular! said hard economic times caused her to look to her artistic talents for extra income. "I used to teach," said Powell, "and with all the cutbacks, we were struggling." After much prayer, an answer seemed to emerge: "Pick up the camera." So she did, taking pictures of friends children for free until she'd built up a portfolio and a reputation. Powell found her classroom skills came in handy in charming her younger subjects, helping her carve out a niche capturing kids just being kids.

Unlike Powell, Jessica Shefsick had always aspired to work on her own. A licensed esthetician, make-up artist and instructor at the International Spa Institute, she founded Skinzin Special Event Makeup as part of a larger plan.

"I'm trying to be realistic and take baby steps," said Shefsick, who is taking business classes to broaden her skills and grow her company gradually.

The idea for Palmetto Running Co. sprang from the experience Holly Waz and her partners had with a local running club. Building on the club's contacts, they successfully launched a retail establishment specializing in shoes, apparel and custom orthotics for the distance runner. A scientist by profession, Waz had already gained experience working on her own as an environmental consultant before aligning her recreational and work interests. Waz and her husband teamed up with another couple to equip those who share their passion.

"We saw a real need in the marketplace and finally decided we'd open up our own business," she said.

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Malloy's specialty catering business, featuring bite-sized mini desserts and treats, is a perfect example. When friends mentioned that they wanted a dessert table in lieu of a big wedding cake, but were concerned about the mess, she spotted an opportunity.

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The ladies admitted that starting their businesses wasn't as difficult as they had imagined. They all found word-of-mouth advertising — especially through the use of social media outlets — to be a breeze. When asked if they had websites or used some other form of online marketing, their response was unanimous. "Facebook, Facebook, Facebook," they said in unison. They all have established websites as well. "It's the first thing people ask for," said Malloy. "If you don't appear, you disappear." Fortunately, they found lots of free resources available to help them develop their online presence.

They were quick to credit social media, and sites like www.etsy.com (which provides a sales platform for many home-grown services and products), for the proliferation of mom-run businesses. "This just wasn't going on in our mother's generation," said Powell. "Back then, they were pretty limited Tupperware parties. The Internet has opened up so many more possibilities."

Balancing their schedules is admittedly a concern. In fact, when asked to identify their biggest business challenge, "time" was the winner, hands down. "I confess to putting on Baby Einstein on occasion so that I could get some work done," Shefsick said. The other moms nodded with understanding. For all of them, spending time with their families and having the flexibility to work around their children's school schedules and activities were a big motivation.

Still, the challenges are nothing compared to the rewards. From Waz's sense of accomplishment seeing a team of 10 runners complete the Beaufort Twilight Run under her store's auspices, to the appreciative e-mails Powell regularly receives, they each derive a tremendous sense of satisfaction from their work. "I like that I'm setting a good example for my daughter," said Shefsisk. "She's really questioning gender roles right now and for her to see all that I'm doing I think sends a really positive message."

Although their businesses have come about for a host of different reasons, all the women cited the stability and support provided by their husbands, friends and family as an essential factor in their success. Malloy credited her mother and grandmother for teaching her about entrepreneurship. Both had owned their own businesses over the years. Powell added, "Knowing that I'm not the sole provider for our family gave me the freedom to pursue this.Nike shox are a series of Nike shoes. It takes some of the pressure off." They urged anybody thinking about starting their own business to surround themselves with supportive people. "I think 99 percent of women would be doing this if they had the right encouragement," said Malloy.

Providing support for her friends was actually the impetus behind Hillary Quattropani's decision to create the Local Business Showcase. Quattropani is the moderator of the Lowcountry Moms.

"I was floored to learn just how many women in our group had their own businesses," she said. "They are really amazing and I wanted to do something to help them get the word out about their products and services."

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Keri Hilson goes for a blend of edge and grace

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Keri Hilson is one of those singers. The 28-year-old stunner turns a few heads when she walks through the pool area of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel for an interview on a recent sunny weekday morning.

Hilson commands attention not only for her looks but also for her place in the R&B and pop worlds as a songwriter and Grammy-nominated singer. (She was in contention last year for best new artist and best rap/sung collaboration for "Knock You Down" with Kanye West and Ne-Yo and performed at this year's official post-Grammy party alongside the Roots.) It also doesn't hurt that she is statuesque, has a perfectly coiffed bright honey-blond bob and has limbs so long and toned that she hardly needs the extra height her Report Signature 5-inch black platform wedges give her. (And, OK,Keep your muscles warm before and after the match in this stylish Adidas Jacket. maybe wearing a fuchsia bodysuit at 10 a.m. could also have something to do with all the necks craned in her direction.)

Hilson's lithe 5-foot-9 frame came from a childhood spent swimming regularly in her hometown of Decatur, Ga. At 14, she went on to compete in the U.S. Junior Nationals. Her involvement in swimming and basketball also dictated her early look, influencing the self-proclaimed tomboy to sport baggy pants and plaid shirts rather than the look-at-me platform shoes and fine jewelry she dons today.

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Hilson's preference for men's khakis, plaid button-down flannels and polo shirts as a teenager was also a reflection of the musicians (and fellow Georgians) she listened to growing up. "TLC had a lot to do with bringing back the tomboy look," she says. "The '90s was an era of mixing masculine and feminine. You might wear a cutoff shirt and show your girlie parts but then sag your jeans. I always loved the blend of hard and soft. Like, 'OK, if I'm showing this, then I'm not showing this.' "

It wasn't until she dived head first into music -- majoring in theater and performing regularly at Emory University -- that her current look started to emerge. "My style is always a good blend of edge and spunkiness and grace," says Hilson, who loves really bold,Gucci men shoes from the latest collection. angular prints and is obsessed with houndstooth. She collects it in all forms, including scarves and armchairs, and has worn the print in every one of her videos. She even incorporated it into album covers and the background of her Twitter page.

Hilson describes her day-to-day look as "spunky with hard lines and polish." Case in point: She favors Dsquared's sharp street-aesthetic, oversized sunglasses. (Gucci sunglasses are also a mainstay,We are the UK's leading edhardy shop and True Religion Jeans stockist, offering a complete range of exclusive Ed Hardy clothing. but at the moment she loves a huge square pair from Grey Ant), flat boots from Miu Miu and accessories from designer Melody Ehsani, with whom Hilson collaborated to create a gold "No Boys Allowed" pendant in honor of her new album.

Onstage -- where she has been a lot lately, promoting the new album and the single "Pretty Girl Rock," an anthem encouraging women to be confident with their looks -- Hilson's style is drastically different from her everyday look. "Onstage, I'm the superhero version of myself," she says. "When I perform, there's more leather and a lot of black, very strong pieces." The style is more an extension of her sound than a costume teetering on performance art, a la Lady Gaga or Cher.

"I dress a lot stronger because that's the way I feel my music is. In my everyday life, I'm more relaxed and carefree, but when it comes to music and relationships, I am really strong-willed. My [onstage] clothes are almost like putting on body armor," she says. There's that hard and soft again.

One of her softer, more fashion-y moments came at last year's CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards, which she attended with designer Chris Benz, wearing a single-sleeve, brown, blue and marigold circular print dress from Benz's spring 2011 collection.

"It is very ironic," Hilson says through a characteristic wide grin. "My family laughs all the time, they ask me, 'Hmm, do you really like those heels? Or are you just buying them just because?'

"I say, 'No, I actually really like them, thank you.' I can appreciate them. I don't like the way they feel, but I can appreciate a good heel. The tomboy part of me is still very much present, but as undertones. I'm grown now, and I want to look womanly."

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Custom Tailors Enjoying a Boom

Custom-made clothes—which were popular in the '50s and '60s—are making a big comeback in Europe.

"People have come to realize that the expensive designer suit they are used to buying is made to fit a thousand other people," says Rome-based tailor Luigi Gallo, who has been in the trade for more than 30 years. "In addition, they're paying a huge price for that logo sewed into the jacket."

Amid the buzz of New York and Milan fashion weeks, designers have been saying they see a pick-up in luxury spending after the steep drop-off from the economic crisis. But many custom tailors say business held up even during the recession. Mr. Gallo says he has been swamped with orders for custom-made, or bespoke, suits, dresses, wedding gowns and raincoats. Predicting a boom in business, Mr. Gallo even opened a small tailoring school in 2007 to groom young artisans.

Silvia Venturini Fendi, head of the accessories department at Italian fashion house Fendi, a unit of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, says bespoke garments, with their fine materials and high-quality linings and stitching, are meant to hold up for years,We are the UK's leading edhardy shop and True Religion Jeans stockist, offering a complete range of exclusive Ed Hardy clothing. the antithesis of faddish "fast fashion."

Until the 1950s, high-end clothes were mainly designed and manufactured on a made-to-measure basis with garments created by tailors for specific clients and then hand-sewn by seamstresses. The mid 1960s, however, ushered in ready-to-wear collections, which were often machine-made and therefore less expensive. Ready-to-wear clothes remain the bulk of the fashion industry—even for exclusive designer brands such as Christian Dior or Valentino.

Small European tailors and artisans say they offer something that high-end brands can't compete with: time and attention. A bespoke suit for both men and women needs at least 40 hours of work and has to be fitted at list three or four times.

Gaia Fredella,Can't find a particular pair of ed hardy jeans on our website? owner of a bespoke service in central Italy that produces dresses and casual clothing for women for between $200 and $700 says, "Many women turn to me because they have troubles finding ready-to-wear garments that fit them well or aren't excessively trendy."

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"It's a lot cheaper and I always have the perfect dress length so I can change from heels to flats when I dance," she says.

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Ellen Recap: Never Say Never – Zach Wahl Stands Up For Gay Rights!

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Marquette hums with news about Thursday's Obama visit

Renee Wicklund can't wait for President Barack Obama's visit to Marquette on Thursday, even though she won't see him in person.

Sporting long white curls and a Harley Davidson T-shirt, Wicklund said she has an Obama bobblehead, a Chia Pet and a family full of the president's supporters.

The 65-year-old Marquette resident said Obama was handed many problems when he took office and has done a good job in the two years he's been in office.

"I think it's fantastic that he's coming here," she said.

Some other locals at the Marquette Senior Center this morning disagreed.

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"I'm not a fan and I didn't vote for him," said Richard Passinault, 87, matter-of-factly. "I don't like how he's running the country and I don't like the idea of his socialism. He wants to spread all the wealth around."

There was no shortage of buzz about the president's visit throughout Marquette — from the coffee shops to the senior center to businesses around town.

When word broke last week that Obama was coming, Andy Jones, owner of Casualties Skate Snow Surf shop, started getting bombarded with calls for the ‘Snowbama" T-shirt, which features the iconic image of Obama from the 2008 campaign, wearing a pair of snow goggles with the word "Snow" underneath the image, rather than the word Hope.

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Obama will fly into Sawyer International Airport at about 11 a.m. Thursday, tour a classroom and speak to an invitation-only crowd shortly after 1 p.m.