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To and from the grid; Solar power
EVER noticed how high-school daughters want to be as skinny as a rake, tote the latest iPhone and iPad, send a million text messages a month, wear moms high-heel shoes, and marry Justin Bieber? And, ah yes, along the way they want to rescue stray animals,...
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Riders to roll out Saturday in Shoes for Orphan Souls event
Although the annual Shoes For Orphan Souls “shoe drive” doesn’t begin until Aug. 1, the Trinity Riders motorcycle club is collecting shoes for orphans. Their second annual Shoe Run will kick off collections this Saturday morning at the Westwood Baptist...
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American Idol
Wearing a fetchingly thrown-together ensemble of brown T-shirt and open gray button-down, Phillips again gave it full effort, his brother-in-law at his side on guitar. The vein that runs vertically down his forehead emerged fully. Oddly, though, this...
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Footin’ the bill
The human foot is the Rodney Dangerfield of the body - it gets no respect. It not only doesn’t get any respect, but it gets loads of use and even abuse and no attention. I’ve seen people perform some pretty weird exercises in an attempt to target some...
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A high-heeled hazard at work?
As a lounge server, Brittany Gora spends a lot of time on her feet, and has, in her four years on the job, had some slips and spills as she carries trays to her customers. So when a class assignment about workplace hazards arose, the University of Alberta...
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Lanvin Pre-Fall 2012 Shoe Collection
The evolution of modern technology has a great impact on the world of fashion. However, some of the A-list designers managed to find the golden middle way between the refinement of old-time fashion elements and futuristic tendencies. Alber Elbaz is the...
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Christian Louboutin scarpe Exagona
La primavera estate 2012 firmata Louboutin non finisce di stupire le tantissime estimatrici che seguono in trepidante attesa ogni indiscrezione ed avere qualche piccola ” chicca ” in anteprima. Anche quest’ anno dobbiamo riconoscere il merito a Christian...
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Here’s how the morning panned out then
“High heels are one thing, 6-inch studded, zipped, strappy and sparkly heels are quite another. I love a LOOKATME shoe as much as the next shopaholic but if I’m to spend anywhere near 115 on high street, it needs to be a classic. “Which is where the CJG...
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Turning a cure for high-heel pain into a business
I love shoes. And I love a good heel . . . even if I have to end the night hobbling to the nearest cab or, worse, walking barefoot with my shoes dangling off my fingertips. Which is why, when I heard that Chicago entrepreneur Danielle Lutz had designed...
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Dalton, sister make odd political couple
When Democratic gubernatorial nominee Walter Dalton gave his acceptance speech after capturing his party’s nomination earlier this month, he shared the stage with his sister – the two of them composing one of the odd couples of Tar Heel politics. Dalton,...
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Designer Anyi Lu launched her eponymous company in 2005 shortly
women's footwear, is celebrating their seventh year in business by giving away seven pairs of the ivory leopard suede Electra to seven lucky winners. Enter to win this beautiful, open toe sandal -- $425 retail value. The promotion runs through Sunday,...
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Japan inspires Gaga's shoe designer
A Japanese shoe designer has become a pop diva's favorite by taking geisha and making it Gaga. Noritaka Tatehana is the man behind Lady Gaga's towering, cloglike shoes, which have no heel and are 10 to 18 inches tall. Her appearances on TV shows and music...
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Wearing high-heeled shoes
By Nizar Al Musalmy — Once when I said women are very strong creatures, many men raised their eyebrows. But take those high heel shoes that they wear as an example. You need to be very strong at heart to be able to walk in them. You see them walking like...
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Tiger is back to winning
Welcome back to the corner of Tiger Woods and History. We’ve been here before, and yes, here we are again, probably sooner than expected. Steel yourselves for what’s coming next, people. Tiger Woods is back. Back to what? We don’t have the answer to that....
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Dion Lee on His Shoe Collaboration with Kanye
It’s safe to say we kind of have a teeny crush on Aussie designer Dion Lee: Besides the fact that he makes sleek clothes for super cool girls, he is adorably charming in person. So when we heard he would be in New York City showing his resort collection,...
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Tackle the blaze, which is now being treated as suspicious
Friends and fans have paid loving tribute to a transgender performer, described as the 'Puerto Rican Beyonce', who died in a blaze in New York. Lorena Escalera was found dead by firefighters in the early hours of Saturday (12 May) after a fire which broke...
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Business that clothed workers closing
A business responsible for outfitting Butler County workers for nearly six decades is about to punch its last time card. The Workingman’s Store will close its doors at 534 Heaton St. in Hamilton at the end of this month, according to Pete Jewell, the...
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Kuhr had a procedure similar to an open-heart
Mike Kuhr will compete in his fifth Firecracker 5K Wednesday. For him, it's not the number that matters. It's that he's running the race at all. "To me, it symbolizes that I'm alive," Kuhr said. "You learn to appreciate life." At one time, that life was...
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The only treatment was immediate amputation
The most famous death from “friendly fire” was the accidental shooting of Stonewall Jackson by one of his own men in May 1863. His death had serious consequences, since he no longer was there to be Lee’s “eyes and ears” when, a few weeks later, the Confederate...
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Why? Why have those responsible not been dismissed?
The thousands of ANC delegates converging on Midrand’s Gallagher Estate are wasting their time. That’s if they’re going there to debate issues of policy or even - heaven forbid - leadership. South Africa already has plenty of very fine policies, many,...
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The probe is the third of its kind in Japan
TOKYO - Last year's Fukushima nuclear accident was a man-made disaster caused by Japan's culture of "reflexive obedience" and not just the tsunami that hit the plant, a damning parliamentary report said Thursday. Ingrained collusion between plant operator...
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She hopes to see the growth of more local independent designers
YOUNG fashion designer Isabel Lam Chi Yoi is a citizen of the world. She was born and bred here, studied in the United States, did her Masters in Melbourne and is hugely influenced by Japanese culture. The moment I saw her at her parents’ place in Sri...
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Temperature records broken on 1st day of summer
The official start of summer brought temperatures in the high 90s, record-setting in some spots and awfully close in others, to the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday, with people wilting at graduation ceremonies, students trying to learn in suffocating classrooms...
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Microsoft’s Decade-Long Fight Nears End With EU Antitrust Ruling
The world’s largest software company asked the EU General Court to void an 899-euro fine imposed after Microsoft failed to comply with a 2004 antitrust order to provide rivals with data to help them work with the company’s operating-system software. The...
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FBI dogs detect scents of Iowa cousins near lake
Chief Deputy Rick Abben of the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office said the case was still considered a missing persons investigation. The decision to drain the lake was made to rule out that the girls are not in the water, he said. Once that’s done, all...