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When fashion journalist Melissa Ceria moved from New York City to San Francisco two years ago, she carried with her a vision: to launch the concept of personal style at a new level. Last September she created ShareYourLook.com which gives men and women a virtual venue to explore and expand their fashion repertoires. The site's 4,000 members from 51 countries post photos of their outfits, then receive comments from other users?compliments, advice or queries about where to buy pieces in a look. "There's a wonderful confidence of people posting pictures and saying 'This...
...Chen's activities were less well received. Hours after meeting Hannah in the Chinese capital in the fall of 2005, Chen was detained by security officials from his hometown, who had driven all the way to Beijing to nab him. For the next six months, he was kept under virtual house arrest. Then, after trying to leave his village without official permission last March, Chen was arrested again. In June, the charges against him were announced and his conviction followed. (Chen's wife Yuan Weijing, Li says, faced similar charges and is now under house arrest in their home village...
...with the proceeds if the gift shop remains open. The digital icons were designed by Susan Kare, the graphic designing company that created the original Macintosh Computer icon set in the 1980s. “We chose one of the best iconic designers out there for the virtual gifts because we imagine that the gifts are something that could be collectible,” Barker said. Barker also said that, starting today, new Valentine’s Day-themed gifts will be available for a limited time. —Staff writer Nan Ni can be reached at nni@fas.harvard.edu
...Edwards's strategy is working for him so far. Obama was once the hero of the liberal blog world, but a poll of more than 20,000 readers on Daily Kos this week showed Edwards and he in a virtual dead-heat, with Edwards leading 26% to 25%. (As Dean learned, wooing the Netroots is complicated; Edwards is also in a controversy over some bloggers he hired.) The crowd at the Democratic National Committee winter meetings clapped continuously during Edwards's speech there, as he repeated his calls for his party to show "courage" in opposing the war. Labor leaders...
...virtual civil war weren't a problem enough, Iraq had to face down an armed uprising by a group that allegedly had a lot in common with the Branch Davidians - a millenarian cult led by a charismatic messiah figure who believed that it could bring about the end of the world. Indeed, the man who was hailed as the Mahdi - an Islamic figure who arrives with the cosmic apocalypse - wasn't just defending a military encampment in the holy city of Najaf from the Iraqi Army. He and his followers were protecting land that had been the cult's home...