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...town of Attleboro has aggressively adopted the Meehan-Hoos. Locals have given them $600 in Old Navy gift cards and $60 in Borders certificates. A nearby inn has donated a romantic dinner for two for the couple. A coffee shop will deliver a pastry tray every week, "from now until whenever," according to Kim Allard, a city councilor who has helped arrange donations. "It's unbelievable," says Yolanda. "I told Jan, 'There's no way we can ever move out of this town...
...expected. You can start your negotiations by cutting the stated price by at least 50%, and pick up a miniature, framed original painting for less than $10. Ubud can also turn up some stunning finds if you have the patience to browse through mountainous displays in the artisan shops located along Jalan Raya Ubud and Monkey Forest Road (store aisles will be almost impassable with paintings and carvings?take a deep breath and watch your step). One more word of advice: guides and drivers will often try to steer you to a shop or gallery run by a friend...
Move over The Body Shop: the latest bodycare brand to tout its politically correct credentials is Pure Fiji (purefiji.com). Based in the Fijian capital of Suva, the company has won kudos of late for its all-natural products. Celebrities such as Rachel Hunter and Rosanna Arquette have been pictured enjoying its sugar rubs and coconut massage oil, while hip boutiques such as Fred Segal in the U.S. have started stocking the range...
...conclusion that Iraqis' courageous recent steps toward democracy--the elections in January and the writing of a constitution that empowers the religious Shi'ites and the Kurds (though it is resoundingly opposed by the Sunnis)--have left the country in a more precarious position. "The big conversation in our shop these days," says a military-intelligence officer, "is whether it would be a good thing if the new constitution is voted down [in the public referendum] next month...
...gilded statue that commemorates the spot where the Buddha attained nirvana as well as a brick monument built in the field where he was cremated. "The only improvement we have seen here is because of the monasteries and the Buddhists," says Laldhar Yadav, who owns a cloth shop...