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a combination of karate, aer
obics and boxing.
“I thou^t I don’t fit the
mold of a typical instructor.
'Ib.en I thought about the
impact that I could have on
oth^ people,” she said.
Lee has inspired former stu
dents who aren’t the Jane
Fonda type either, who have
become aaobics instructors.
Not only does striving to
avoid being a statistic push •
Lee, she also relies on her
faith.
As a licensed and ordained
minister, Lee started the
Women Over Coming
Adversity In 'Ihe Naiae-of—
Jesus ministry, which hdps
women who are dealing with
life’s storms.
AIDS program mnning short on funds
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on the waiting list apply for
pharmaceutical programs
and Medicaid, Kettinger said.
“Our funding is a last resort,”
she said.
The federal Ryan White
Comprehensive AIDS
Resources Emergency
(CARE) Act, which disperses
money to all states, provides
nearly 90 percent of the South expected needs.
Carolina program’s budget, “I think it’s imperative that
while state government con- we not only maintain the cur-
tributes less than 4 perc^t. reiit level of funding, but that
The federal t i m c we increase it,”
law is up for « 2002,1,915
reRuthoriiiL-patients generated stock of
tion year p Lowcountry
Cmaals and ' Infectious
advocates worry whether Diseases in Charleston.
Congress will allot enoi^h His 2002 study cai the eco-
money to meet existing and nomic impact of HIV and
AIDS in South Carolina
found that 1,915 patients
generated about $73 million
in hospital bills—a conserva
tive estimate.
In 2004, South Carolina
ranked 10th nationwide in
the rate of AIDS cases. The
rankings are based on the
number of AIDS cases per
every 100,000 people.
Hurricane season requires preparation
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thing that you can’t move
indoors.
6. When the hurricane hits,
stay out of your car and go to
a safe place.
During the aftennath
7. Thke pictures of any dam
age.
8. If your engine was under
water, don’t start the vehide.
Try to physically remove the
water to begin drying it out.
9. Cover your vehide to pre
vent further damage until
proper repairs can be made.
10. Save all receipts for tow
ing and repairs, so that you
can be reimbursed for your
out-of-podeet expenses.
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THE ASSOC/ATFD PRESS
NEW YCRK -You would
n’t believe the genuine and
fashionable stuff you can get
off the back of a truck these
days. You’ll find Rock &
Republic and Genetic Denim
jeans, Gap khakis, Sweetees
Th and one-of-a-kind dresses
made entirely of patchwork
scarves fix)m up-and-coming
label Ynnub.
Mobile fashion is making
inroads, bringing sought-
after dotiies to your door.
Caravan, a boutique on
wheels housed in a 24-foot-
lor^ retrofitted Winnebago,
has been weaving through
New York City sheets for a
year. And this summer, Gap
took its show on the road,
traveling fiem Cahfomia to
New York to hawk its sum
mer favorites from a bus.
Both operations say they’re a
hit becaiose they go where
people live—and where they
work.
‘We’re busy because people
are busy We make it easy
but there’s also a lot of
impulse buying and last
minute gifts,” says Akiva
Click, Caravan’s director of
operations.
Caravan has found a few
niche groups of shoppers: hip
sters on their way to and
fix)m bars and nightclubs,
biasy working women and
celebrities who crave privacy
Ghck says he spends a lot of
time parked in the trendy
Meat Packing District and in
Union Square—home to
many college coeds and work
ing mothers.
But does at-your-doorstep
shopping take the fim out of
it?
It depends on what kind of
shopping you’re doing. Mobile
shopping probably won’t
replace the leisure trip to Ihe
mall that also usually
involves fiiends and a meal,
but it makes “on-a-mission”
shopping—when you need
something specific and you
need it now—much easier,
says James Ii’eland Baker,
editorial development direc
tor of Real Simple.
‘'Who doesn’t need more
time? Having shopping come
to you helps. Anything that
can fi^ up leisure time is
probably a good idea,” says
Baker. Mobile shopping
seems to fit with the lai^r
trend toward consumer cus
tomization, he adds. Cverall,
retailers and service
providers are dissecting
exactly what their customers
want and then givii^ it to
them, he says.
Caravan founds Claudine
Gumbel says her customers
like clothes with either a cool
or kitschy factor. A black
cashmere turtleneck, no mat
ter how beautiful it might be,
wouldn’t do well because peo
ple don’t come in lookup for
staples, she says.
‘We want to have trendy
emerging designers but also a
name that’s getting buzz,”
Gumbel explains. The strap
less jersey jiunpsuits and
organic cotton T-shirts hang
up on the racks one recent
day fit with the vibe of the
store, which had a flat-screen
TV playing ‘Tast limes at
Ridgemont Hi^” in the back
ground.
It’s not uncommon for shop
pers to walk in wearing a-
stained shirt or not-quite-
right pants and walk out
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Columbia, Md. rated among best places to live
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT COLLINS, Colo.-
Money magazine announced
Monday that Fort Collins is
the “Best Place' to live” in
America for 2006, citing its
natural setting, vibrant
downtown and the presence
of Colorado State University
The magazine said the city
60 miles north of Denver not
far from Rocky Mountain
National Park also outpaced
other places in “ease-of-liv-
ing” measures such as com
mute times and recreation.
The monthly magazine’s
August edition ranks Port
Collins No. 1 among 745
with populations
greater than 50,000.
Naperville, Dl., was second
on the list, followed by Sugar
Land, Thxas,
Columbia/EIhcot City, Md.,
Cary N.C., Cverland Park,
Kan., Scottsdale, Ariz., Boise,
Idaho, Fairfield, Conn., and
Eden Prairie, Nfinn.
Charlotte didn’t rank on the
list.
A separate Hst ranks
Colorado Springs at the top of
10 best places to live among
cities, with more than 300,000
people. Two other Colorado
cities made the top 90 for
cities \mder 300,000;
Westminster at No. 24 and
Longmont at No. 61.
Cities are ranked on a
series of factors, including
cost of living, employment
markets, median income,
property taxes and housing
prices. Crime, congestion,
public schools and climate
also go into the mix, executive
editor Craig Matters said.
Kari Clsen, who grew up in
Fort Collins, is featured with
her family on the magazine’s
cover walking near
Horsetooth Reservoir.
Clsen, 38, said she and her
husband, Dan, moved back to
Port Collins in 1994 from the
Midwest.
‘We wanted to be here
because of the quality of life,”
said Clsen, who has children
^es 13, 11 and 7. “Just look
at the recreation—there is so
much to do it’s hard to choose
what to do.”
Ihe annual “best places to
Hve” feature has appeared in
Money for many years,
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