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...Turner is not entirely starting with a blank canvas. Over the past few years, high-scale boutiques showcasing local talent have been cropping up everywhere, and the organization Gen Art moved into town, creating buzz with New York-style fashion shows. Several experienced local designers who sell nationally, such as Orlando Espinoza, Lara Miller and Michelle Tan, have been garnering attention on the pages of glossy fashion magazines. "Down the road I believe many jobs will become available, particularly in areas such as fashion merchandising, modeling, fashion photography, fashion show production and pattern makers," says Espinoza, co-chair...
...well as Tony Danza. There are no host schools. There was no Greek muse of hosting. A host plays himself. He talks to people. Sometimes, if the job is especially tricky, he has to hold a microphone. It is a job that, theoretically, anyone can do but that talented people have done terribly. (Sorry, Roseanne.) So with millions of dollars riding on the choice--and a raft of daytime and prime-time chat and competition shows searching for talent--what is, as Simon Cowell would say on Idol, the "X factor" that makes the perfect host...
...other words, it's about being a good listener. Turns out that really is a talent...
...Individuals with autism possess a wealth of trapped talent and ability and need our help to share their riches with the world. It is important and comforting to realize that just as there is no one proven cause for autism, there is no one foolproof treatment. Shifra K. Leiser Passaic, New Jersey...
...Hyundai has been an exception in India. The general consensus among multinational manufacturers had been that India with its miserable highways and airports, hostile bureaucracy and militant labor unions was no place for a factory. While companies happily tapped India for its well-trained and low-cost IT-engineering talent, they've placed their bets on China as a manufacturing center. Although exports of manufactured goods from India grew 20% to approximately $70 billion in its last fiscal year, that's just one-tenth of the $700 billion China exported in 2005. Manufacturing accounts for only about 16% of India...