today's charlotte woman april 2012
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APRIL 2012VOL 15 | NO 7 | COMPLIMENTARY
Spring Fashion ForecastHappy Days Are Here Again
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34 Wine UpSay ‘Oui’ To Sancerre
38 So SocialAroundTown, In Pictures
46 FashionSpring ‘12 Forecast:Happy Days Are Here Again
52 Health FlashWhatYou NeedTo KnowTo StayWell
58 Contributors’ PageThe NamesAnd Faces BehindThe Photography
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DEPARTMENTS
10 From The PublisherTaking It ToThe Extreme
12 Queen City JewelsHappeningsYou Don’tWantTo Miss
14 Girl TimeTips,Trends, And Fancies
18 On The MoveCharlotteWomen Making Strides
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PROFILES
22 Crazy About CraggingFor Erica Lineberry,Rock Climbing Is AWay Of Life
26 Need For SpeedAttorney Jenna Klauk Doubles As A Charlotte Speed Demon
30 It’s Not Rocket ScienceActually, For Former Astronaut Joan Higginbotham, It Is
FEATURES
40 Get ExtremeFindYourWild Side,The Queen CityWay
50 Fashion-SpecialBe Seen: Passport For Fashion Returns
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don’t suppose anyone would considerpublishing magazines an extreme sport,or even categorize it as “living on theedge." But I must admit that, after 25years, I still get a rush from seeing each
new issue as it arrives from the printer.Maybe it’s meeting all the great folks we’ve
had the privilege of featuring in our magazinesover the years, or working with local businessowners who depend on us to get their messageout to prospective customers.Maybe it’s work-ing with a team of professionals who take suchpride in everything they do — writers, pho-tographers, creative designers, and of coursethose fun-loving, hard-driving sales executives— thatmakesme look forward to getting out ofbed in the morning.Whatever it is, I can’t helpbut love it!
That’s why, when faced with the opportu-nity to purchase Today’s Charlotte Womanmagazine, I didn’t think twice. For the past 15years I’ve been an avid reader and at times astrong competitor of this unique publication,which focuses on local women and the uniqueimpact they have on our community.
I’ve published magazines in the Charlottearea since 1987,but in 2008,I decided to formmy own publishing company. I found a greatpartner with more than 20 years in the pub-lishing business, and together we formedVen-ture Magazines, LLC. Our company publishesLake Norman CURRENTS magazine, LittleOnes Magazine, and several newcomer publi-
cations for area chambers of commerce.Now,with Today’s CharlotteWoman as part of ourmagazine family,we are stronger than ever.
With any ownership change comes a fearthat“the new guys”will change everything.Noneed to panic. Turn the pages,and you’ll see thesame enlightening, female-oriented contentyou’ve grown to love over the years.With asso-ciate publisher Fern Howerin and editor KarsenPrice still at the helm,we’ll continue to profilethe most fascinating and inspiring women inour area, as well as bring you the latest trendsin fashion, health, home design, and career-enhancing opportunities. In each issue, wehope tomotivate you to strive for your personalbest,to reach a little further and to expect a lit-tle more,all while enjoying being the one-of-a-kind woman you are.
You don’t have to be a rock climber, an as-tronaut, or a roller derby queen to live on theedge — although I’m definitely in awe of eachof the women profiled in this issue. Just doingwhatever brings you personal satisfaction is“edgy” enough. Whether it’s managing a For-tune 500 corporation or a family of five, do itbecause you love it. For me, it’s publishingmagazines. So get used to seeing me around.Venture Magazines is just getting started.
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Ballet … Dangerouslys your need for ballet reaching dangerous levels? If so,don’t miss North Carolina DanceTheatre’s DangerousLiaisons,April 26 through April 28 at Knight Theater.Dangerous Liaisons intertwines a modern set with
the inventive choreography of Sasha Janes, and originalmusic by Ben Sollee.The combination reveals a twistedlove story of passion, betrayal, and revenge that keepsviewers on the edge of their seats — culminating in anintense duel to the death.
The Thrill Of The Dance
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On Your MarkRun For Your LifeAround TownHit the road in the name of good healthby competing in a variety of Charlotte-area 5Ks:
• April 20: The Celebrate Better Health 5K,uptown Charlotte, 6:30 p.m.
• April 21: Harrisburg 5K, CannonMemorial YMCA, Harrison Branch, 8 a.m.
• April 28: University City Duathlon,University City, 8 a.m.
• April 28: CPCC Skyline 5K,CPCC Uptown Campus, 8 a.m.
• May 5: Pet Palooza/Kennelly 5K Run & PetFestival, Independence Park, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Feeling Fab?Travel Back In Time With RAIN
ay tribute to one of the most well-loved bands in music history withthe performance of RAIN:A Tribute to the Beatles,presented by Blu-menthal PerformingArts April 16, at BelkTheater.
RAIN is one of the only acts that can perform the full range of the Beatles’discography live onstage.The rendition, which has achieved a level of un-matched attention to detail,will leave audiences thinking they are in a timewarp. The performance includes the most complex and challenging songsthat the Beatles recorded in studios but never performed for an audience —from the early days of their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964,through the Sgt. Pepper era, on to theAbbey Road years.
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RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles is at 7:30 p.m. atBelk Theater, located at 130 N. Tryon St. Call704/372-1000 or visit blumenthalarts.org for tickets.
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Knight Theater is located at the Levine Center for theArts, 430 S. Tryon St. Call 704/372-1000 or visitblumenthalarts.org for tickets.
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Momentary Meditation, by Honora Jacob,is on exhibit at Lark & Key through May 26.
Memory &MetaphorLark & Key ExploresThe Feminine Way
xplore a common thread of strongcolor and the feminine influencein Lark & Key Gallery’s latest ex-
hibit, Memory & Metaphor, featuringnew works by Honora Jacob,Duy Huynh,and Jennifer Mecca, through May 26.AnAustin native, Jacob’s multi-layered
oil paintings are rich in color, symbols,and imagery, and feature faceless figuressurrounded by butterflies, fruits, and nu-meric notations.Charlotte-based Huynh’sacrylic paintings create narratives of thehuman condition with ethereal charac-ters, and feature a muted palette balancedwith bursts of color. Gastonia-nativeMecca works in porcelain to explore thepreparation, presentation, and eating ofelaborate meals;she strives to create potsthat are visually pleasing and unique,butalso useful. [TCW]
NAWBO-Charlotte is a professional organization specifically designed to fuel the success of the 42,000 women-owned businesses in the greater Charlotte area.
NAWBO CHARLOTTE PRESENTS
Celebrate:Enjoy fine food & drink and a full sit-downgourmet dinner.
Awards to be given:
AN EVENING OF CELEBRATING GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT
The 2012 Business Women of the Year Awards Gala recognizes significant accomplishments of professionals and women business owners. This event applauds the success of honorees, provides visibility and recognition of their leadership and innovation, and recognizes the best practices in business. Please join us!
Meet the Author:Have your favorite signed at a book signingwith Carol Higgins Clark.
Rising Star Award: Given to a woman business owner who has been in business less than five years.
Business Owner of the Year Award: Given to a woman business owner who has been in business more than five years.
Community Service Award: Given to a member of the business community who has made achievements in support of women in business.
Carol Higgins ClarkAward-winning novelist
Featuring special guest speaker:
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GirlTimeT I P S , T R E N D S A N D F A N C I E S
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Daffodil Dos & Don’tsLeave Lingering Stems Alone
admit, I love my cluster of trusty daffodils that press happily through theearth each spring (actually, this year, it seems like they bloomed aroundFebruary 1). But once the daffodils have lost their gorgeous yellow
flowers, the green stalks continue to stand up, lonely and lost and morethan a little unkempt. After about two weeks of this, I find myself bitingmy nails to keep from shearing the stalks to the ground.However,accordingto Heather Rhoades, at gardeningknowhow.com,you shouldn’t trim backdaffodil stems until they turn yellow and wilt.
There’s a good reason for wait,not haste.Daffodils use their leaves to cre-ate energy,which is then used to create next year’s flower. If you cut backdaffodils before the stems have wilted,you are basically putting your poorplants on a starvation diet, andthe bulbs may not recover intime to produce flowers thenext year.
According to Rhoades, there areother anal gardeners out therelike me who have a hard timeletting the stems linger after theflower is gone.She suggests thatType A gardeners do a littlestrategic planting to hide the daf-fodil stems until they die down,by growing plants in front of orintermingled with the daffodils— plants that bloom later, andlikewise help hide the unsightlystems.Excellent camouflage can-didates include: hemerocallis,daylilies, peonies, lupine, andhostas.Or,better yet, learn to accept imperfection in your garden (yes, I’mpreaching to the choir) and allow those stems to soak in all the nutritionthey need without worrying about their appearance.
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Nail ItFor Spring 2012, Bold Is Better
ude is out,bright is in.Or so says the fashion policewhen it comes to spring 2012 nail fashion. Brightcorals,opalescent oranges,and metallics are popular,
and when nude shades are used, they generally have a“peachy”undertone.
Wanna go bold this spring? Brights By OPI offers“fun-tas-tic” shades for nails and toes,with names that are nearly asfun as the color. For an orange, consider “On The SamePaige.” For a gorgeous pink, try “Ladies & Magenta-Men.”And for a yellow that rivals the sun, try“The ‘It’ Color.”
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Kernel OfTruthTurn To Popcorn ForAntioxidants
dvice comes and goes,but onestandard has remained con-stant throughout the years:the
adage that we should eat our fruitsand veggies. However, a recent studysays that the snack you should bereaching for more often is ... you gotit, popcorn.
That’s right. The study, presentedat a meeting of the American Chemi-cal Society in San Diego,suggests thatpopcorn isn’t just for the movies any-more. The whole-grain treat is burst-ing with antioxidants called polyphe-nols; in fact, popcorn contains evenmore polyphenols than some fruitsor vegetables — up to 300 milligramsper serving, compared with 160 mil-ligrams per serving for fruits.
The reason for such a high con-centration of polyphenols is appar-ently related to the lack of water inpopcorn. Popcorn only averages 4percent water,compared to fruits andveggies,which are 90 percent water.The level of polyphenols in popcornis similar to the level found in nuts,and 15 times the amount found inwhole-grain tortilla chips.
The study isn’t suggesting that youtoss aside your daily intake of leafygreens and crunchy apples.However,it’s hard to ignore the whopping
amount of polyphenols found in pop-corn. According to the study, oneserving can provide 13 percent of theaverage daily intake of polyphenolsper person in the United States.
And ironically, the painful hulls ofpopcorn — yes, the ones that getstuck between your teeth and gums— are the most nutritious parts, fea-turing the highest concentrations ofpolyphenols and fiber. “Those hullsdeserve more respect,” says Joe Vin-son, author of the University of Scran-ton study, which was funded by theuniversity and received no moneyfrom the food industry.
Want to indulge? Try the followingkettle corn recipe, adapted fromRachael Ray:
GirlTime Not SoInterestedIn Pinterest
ust when I thought I was relativelyadept at social media sites, they go andcreate a new one. And this one —
Pinterest — completely blows my mind.I turned to Facebook friends to explain the“virtual pinboard site” to me,but despite theoverwhelming excitement I received tellingme how amazing the site was — and morethan a fewwarnings that I “shouldn't visit un-less I had two hours to kill”— I still couldn’t
quite grasp the concept. Finally, I caved, andwent to the site to figure it out … and that’swhen I learned that you have to request aninvitation to join the site.Huh?After I receivedan email telling me (rather coolly) that I wason the Pinterest waiting list and would hearfrom them soon about my invitation (makingme feel a lot like I was in the third grade again,waiting on Scott Singleton to decide if he wasmy boyfriend or not), I decided to nosearound on the site. Well. Maybe I’m old-fash-ioned, but I quickly discovered I wasn’tquite so “pinterested,” after all. How, exactly,is the site supposed to be better than the cork-board in my office,covered with drawings bymy kid, old photos, and funny quotes frombest buddies? (Which includes the vaguelyheathen-istic note from my favorite Catholicfriend — a note I always read when I need agood laugh,which reads: “God knows I needall the voodoo I can get.”)All I saw on Pinterestwas a confusing array of (albeit beautiful)pictures, and snippets of comments frompeople I didn’t know. I nosed around forabout five seconds,and then decided I wouldput a pin in Pinterest … for now, anyway.
Your Two Cents?Send all the reasons you love Pinterest [email protected],and we will posta sampling of your comments on ourToday’s Charlotte Woman Facebook page.
Sweet & SaltyKettle Corn
Ingredients:1/4 cup vegetable oil1/2 cup organic popcorn kernels1/2 cup white sugar1 teaspoon salt
Directions:In a large pot (or you can use a com-mercial popcorn popper; I like theWestBend Stir Crazy model), heat the oilover medium-high heat. Add the pop-corn. When the oil sizzles, sprinkle thesugar over the kernels. Cover andshake the pan until the popping slowsdown, about 3 minutes. Remove fromthe heat and toss with salt. Eat!
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Snails R UsNot!
e are all aware that fish oil supplementsare great for your heart, and salmon is
one of the healthiest things you can put on yourplate at dinnertime. But this, we believe, is takingthe whole fish thing a little too far:Spa treatmentsincluding snails.
As in, crawling across your face.Apparently,snail mucus is good for your skin.
It is turning up in beauty products more andmore frequently, and reportedly, there’s a salonin Russia that offers a facial featuring African snailsslithering slowly along clients’ pores.According to MSN.com, salonowner Alyona Zlotnikova defends the snail facial by pointing out that snail slime(shudder!) can minimize wrinkles and even eliminate scars.
Now, I am all about healthy, youthful skin.But I also have had more than my fair share ofrun-ins with our Carolina version of snails: the glorious slug.Youthful skin or not, I think I’lljust file that under“taking your word for it,Alyona.” [TCW]
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Job Changes/Promotions
Amanda Daniels wasnamed senior employeerelations consultant forMcKesson.
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The Down SyndromeAssociation ofGreater Charlotte has hired its first-ever executive director,Kathryn Lariviere.The DSAGC servesfamilies in 16 countiescovering North andSouth Carolina.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Lisa Mandy Meredithwas hired as vice presi-dent of operations forHBL Insurance Agency.
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Stephanie Abernathy was namedpatient coordinator at Stillwater PlasticSurgery.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Erin Patterson washired by Stewart Lawas associate attorney.
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Michele Dzina joined FoundationFinancial Group as a tax professional.
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Joy Nall has accepted asales executive positionat Today’s CharlotteWoman.
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Davan Cloninger wasnamed president andCEO of Lifespan.
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Lacey Moore and LaurenThurmond joined Hutchens,Senter,Kellam & Pettit, P.A.
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Elizabeth Smith Owenwas promoted to partnerat Morton & Gettys,Attorneys at Law.
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Kerrie Boys has joinedthe team at Today'sCharlotteWoman asart director.
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New Business/Changes
Cyndy Gatewood has relocatedCyndy Gatewood Photography
fromWinston-Salem,N.C., to 8621 CreekTrailLane, Suite 915,Cor-nelius. Visit cyndygate-woodphotography.com.
Awards & Installations
Beth Howard has joined the board ofthe new,nonprofit website NCHealth News (north-carolinahealthnews.org).The site aims to bringhealth-related news toNorth Carolina residentswho may no longer begetting the information
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Stacey Randall, founder and chiefconsultant of RandallResearch,was namedchair of CharlotteBusinessFirst,a city-chamberpartnership to retain
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Angela Mastoras Key, founder andpresident of Premier Resources andPremier Healthcare Resources,wasawarded the BusinessLeaders 2012 Top 50Entrepreneurs Awardand was honored at theTop 50 EntrepreneursGala Dinner at Ballan-tyne Country Club.
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Going To The MountainBefore she was scaling mountains,
Lineberry and her husband spent their timehiking and skiing.When weather issues de-railed a ski trip in Montana in 2005, thecouple found themselves at a climbing gymas an alternative activity. Always an avid out-doorswoman and athlete, Lineberry imme-diately took to the physical and mental chal-lenges of indoor climbing. Upon their
return home, the couple found an indoorclimbing gym in Charlotte and began train-ing there several times per week,an activitythey continue to this day. Then during ananniversary trip to British Columbia in2006, the couple hired a climbing guideand tackled their first outdoor climb,an ex-perience Lineberry describes as amazing.
From there, the mountains of the worldwere the couple’s oyster.After loading up
For Erica Lineberry, Rock Climbing Is A Way Of Life
For most of us, there is no such thing as a typical weekend. But Erica Lineberry ishappiest when her every weekend is the same — and usually, it is.
A passionate Charlotte-area rock climber, the 31-year-old Lineberry has a date withnature that begins every Friday afternoon. She, her husband, and 2-year-old son headout — often to the rugged rocks of Tennessee or the New River Gorge in West Virginia— and set up camp. They spend all of Friday and Saturday climbing, before returninghome late Sunday night … and then they do it all again the following weekend.
From breathtaking vistas to improved agility and strength, the payoffs fromLineberry’s passion are tremendous. “A lot of life lessons can be gleaned from climb-ing,” she says. “You have a climbing partner and you’re entrusting that person with yourlife.”
She adds, “It’s a great way for our family to spend quality time together and seeso many places we otherwise wouldn’t.”
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on gear, the couple started with popular,easier climbs. “We met some experi-enced climbers, including one who tookus under his wing and exposed us to dif-ferent styles of climbing,” Lineberryexplains. “Now, we’ll take new peopleout with us. It’s a give-and-take, and youhave to pay it forward.”
Part of paying it forward includes ex-posing her son, Canaan, to the sport.Canaan accompanies the couple on all oftheir trips, but Lineberry is quick topoint out that she and husband Stevedon’t actually climb with Canaan.Theyhike to the base with him in a backpackcarrier, and then Canaan hangs out withmembers of the team while the climberstake turns doing their thing.
“He loves playing with the ropes,”Lineberry says.
Upward And OnwardFor her part, Lineberry loves being
out in creation.“Being out there makesme feel closer to God,” she says. “Andclimbing is a good avenue to push myselfphysically and explore my limits.”
Add to that the difficult grades ofeach of the climbs, and it adds up toquite an endeavor.A grade of 5.0 is theeasiest, running up to 5.15b. Lineberryhit a significant milestone in late 2011when she broke the 5.12a barrier atnearby Crowder’s Mountain.
Lineberry points out that all of herclimbing is done with ropes, an impor-tant distinction because people oftenhave misconceptions about climbing.“Iclimb umpteen feet and put my equip-ment in a preexisting bolt or a crack inthe rock to use for forward progression,”
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she explains. “It’s there as a backup in case I fall, butthe climb is done using all of your own strength.”
That protection wasn’t enough recently, whenLineberry was climbing what she deems “the hardestroute I’ve ever done.” When she was one route fromthe top, she fell, which is not uncommon.This time,
however, her feet slammed into the rocks, andLineberry broke her ankle.
Despite the injury,Lineberry is eager as ever to getback to climbing.While she heals — hobbling aroundin an ankle boot — she keeps busy with her blog,“Cragmama,”which garners close to 1,000 followers.The blog’s title is in deference to her son, andLineberry recently began creating a“Crag Baby”seriesof posts. In addition, she is writing a guide to climb-ing areas in the Central Piedmont. And her climbingefforts have begun to attract national attention. Theathletic apparel company Athleta selected Lineberryto be one of its sponsored athletes in 2012;her dutieswill include writing on the company’s blog andtesting gear before it is released to market. In lateMarch, climbing gear company Trango also chose tosponsor her.
When asked about her plans for the future,Lineberry doesn’t hesitate with her response.“Firstand foremost, the ultimate goal is to keep having funwith it,” she says. [TCW]
While intrigued by the concept of rockclimbing, Lee Rhodes prefers to stay onthe ground, and it’s from here that sheworks as a freelance writer.
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By Victoria Moreland | Photos by Glenn Roberson
Klauk’s talent for skating traces itsroots to childhood. Like many younggirls,Klauk enjoyed the roller rink whenshe was a kid.“I kind of lived there on theweekends,” she says. During open skate,she raced the boys’ speed-skating teamand often won, prompting the coach toinvite her to practice with the team.
Flash-forward 25 years, and Klaukfound herself on skates again — thistime,with her daughter, Taylor, at a birth-day party. “I thought, ‘I’m going to kill
myself,’ ” she recalls.“I put on the rentalskates,and we got out there,and it cameright back.”
The experience inspired Klauk to jointhe Charlotte Roller Girls in November2007.
“I was a little apprehensive about thecontact aspect of it, not having playedany contact sports growing up … otherthan,you know,my brother practicing hismartial arts on me,” she says, laughing.“But you really do ease into it.”
Attorney Jenna Klauk DoublesAs A Charlotte Speed Demon
Jenna Klauk, 44, is tougher than you might expect. The soft-spoken commercialreal estate attorney knows how to take a fall and land a hit. When she’s suited up inher skates and wearing number 288 on the Charlotte Speed Demon’s roller derby team,she’s there to win.
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Roll OnInAugust 2010,Klauk moved to the
Charlotte Speed Demons,a team that istrying to move the sport in a new di-rection. Forget your preconceived no-tions about roller derby. Gone are thestage names and personas. This teamwears traditional sports attire andskaters use their legal names.It’s an ath-letic endeavor not for the faint.
To see the team at practice is to re-alize how serious these athletes are.Klauk and her teammates whip aroundthe track,hit,and fall,seemingly withoutconcern for their physical well-being.It’s a sport that relies on teamwork,which is obvious as they work together,often yelling encouragements and in-structions to each other.
The two opposing jammers skatefrom the rear and attempt to break
through a pack of blockers to score.Klauk, who is a blocker, explains,
“It’s mentally a very challenging game.You’re playing offense and defense si-multaneously. You have to think, ‘Do Ineed to go hit that opposing jammer,ordo I need to go help my jammer?’ ”
A Skating DynamoBob Clayton, coach of the Charlotte
Speed Demons,calls Klauk a leader andmentor, and admits he appreciates theexperience, intelligence, and strengthshe brings to the team.
“Her hits are totally explosive,” hesays.“She will hit you from here to king-dom come. She’s got a great outsidemove where she’ll knock you right offthe line.”
Those hits come at a price; Klaukhas had her share of injuries. “I don’t
stop to think I might get hurt doingthat. I just think,‘I’m going to get thatjammer,’ ” she says.
Ironically,her worst injury occurredduring a seemingly benign practicedrill.“I just got off balance,” she says.“Iput my toe step down and it grabbedthe floor. I rolled one way and every-thing twisted.A total freak accident.”
The accident shattered the bones inKlauk’s lower leg.
“I didn’t think I was going to skateagain,” she says, adding, “My physicaltherapist is a rock star!”Klauk missed the entire season, but
she’s back a year later with a thin scar,two steel plates and 12 screws in herleg.“It looks like a bad drywall job onthe X-ray,” she jokes.
Klauk knows what she’s talkingabout, ironically. She’s also spent time
“I was a little apprehensive about the contact aspect of it, not having played any contact sports growing up …other than, you know, my brother practicing his martial arts on me. But you really do ease into it.” — Jenna Klauk
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as a carpenter,and is using those skills today to build a set for herdaughter’s school play.
Klauk may be tough,but she also has a softer side.She enjoyssewing, and looks forward to the sight of dinner-plate dahliasgrowing in her garden. In addition, she coaches a Junior Derbycamp — minus the hits — with the hopes of developing a jun-ior league where young girls, including her 11-year-old daughter,Taylor, can skate.
And in January, as a member of a committee sanctioned byUSA Roller Sports, the national governing body of roller sports,she helped finalize a unified set of rules for roller derby’spossible inclusion in the 2020 Olympics.
Sometimes, Klauk admits she is questioned about the physi-
cal aspect of the sport.“I often get that fatherly,‘Don’t you everworry you’re going to get hurt?’
“I’m a frail flower,” she says,with a wicked smile. [TCW]
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Victoria Moreland is a freelance writerand spectator of sports. She bravely hitthe keys of her computer while writingthis story. No injuries were sustained.
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By Melinda Johnston | Photos by Cyndy Gatewood
A Real-Life Star WarsHigginbotham always loved math and sci-
ence and,during high school,was steered toINROADS,a pre-engineering program gearedtoward women and minorities.She majoredin electrical engineering at Southern IllinoisUniversity Carbondale and interned severalsummers at IBM in Binghamton,N.Y.,whereshe assumed she would work after gradua-tion.
But in 1987,engineering jobs were few andfar between,and IBMwasn’t hiring.Turns out,an even better job was in the stars.
“Someone from NASA called my dorm
room asking if I wanted to work on the spaceshuttle. I thought it was a joke. I had a wallfull of rejection letters. But they sent me toFlorida, and it was like StarWars. I thought,‘I could do this,’ ”Higginbotham says.
For several years, she worked on theelectrical systems for the shuttle. Her teammade certain the vehicle lifted off safely,andthe team was also on-call to Houston torecommend a plan of action if any problemsoccurred during the mission.
One of Higginbotham’s superiors repeat-edly encouraged her to apply for an astronautposition. At first,she ignored the suggestion.
Actually … For Former AstronautJoan Higginbotham, It Is
Charlotte’s Joan Higginbotham boasts a résumé that’s out of this world.Literally.
The Lowe’s executive and recent Queen City transplant is a formerastronaut — one of only 350 Americans who have held that job
since 1959 — and the third African-American female to travel into space.Before that, she was a rocket scientist and a body builder in her spare time.“I never planned to work for NASA, and I never planned to be an astronaut,”Higginbotham says. “You never know what opportunities life will present.”
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“I was happy just working on theshuttle,” she says.“After all, how manypeople get to work on the space shut-tle and talk to astronauts every day?”
But the pull of space was strong. In1994, she and 6,000 others applied for15 slots.Higginbothammade it into thetop 120 before being turned down.
“I only had one master’s degree,in en-gineeringmanagement,and they thoughtI needed more technical education,”she explains.“So I got another master’sdegree in aerospace engineering. In1995, I reapplied and was selected forthe 1996 class.”
To Infinity And BeyondHigginbotham relocated to Houston,
and started 18 months of training to getthe basic skills needed to fly in space.Her prep work included learning to scu-ba dive. She spent six hours a day in a40-foot pool filled with 6.3 millions ofgallons of water,and worked on varioustasks underwater wearing a space suitweighted to be neutrally buoyant to sim-
ulate the feel of space.Along with her six crewmates, she
also learned to fly jets.Numerous tripsbetween California,Houston,and Flori-da were much simpler on a private jet,and the experience taught the crew towork together.
“It’s very important when you haveseven people in a shuttle trying to ac-complish a task, that you learn how towork together. Teamwork is huge,”she says.
After her crew was assigned a mis-sion, they were given another year ofspecialized training to prepare for a Sep-tember 2003 space flight.But when theshuttle Columbia burned on re-entry inFebruary 2003, Joan lost four class-mates, and all shuttle missions werescrubbed for three years.
When her flight was rescheduled forDec. 9, 2006, on the space shuttle Dis-covery, Higginbotham accepted the as-signment with little trepidation.
“I used to work on the shuttle, and Iknew a lot of the folks down there. I had
confidence in them,” Higginbothamsays.“And in my mind, when it’s yourtime,it’s your time,so I really didn’t wor-ry about it.”
Her crew spent 13 amazing days inspace — including eight days on theInternational Space Station.
“It was incredible seeing the earthfrom space. It made me realize how in-significant we are,” she says.
The space shuttle traveled at 17,500miles per hour;likewise,the shuttle wentaround earth once every 90 minutes.In24 hours, the crew observed 16 sunris-es and 16 sunsets.
Grounded … HappilyTen months after she returned to
earth, the shuttle program was nearingthe end.Higginbothammade the difficultdecision to retire from NASA to work forMarathon Oil, where she managed amalaria program in Equatorial GuineaAfrica.
Not long after she started work in theprivate sector, she met Charlotte City
“Someone from NASA called my dorm room asking if I wanted to work on the space shuttle. I thought it was a joke.I had a wall full of rejection letters. But they sent me to Florida, and it was like Star Wars.”— Joan Higginbotham
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Council member James Mitchell at a Congressional Black Cau-cus gathering inWashington,D.C. A mutual friend introducedthem,and the two danced all night.For two years, the seem-ingly star-crossed lovers dated long-distance,making frequenttrips between Charlotte and Houston.Finally,love won out andHigginbothammoved east. The two are slated to marry in June.
Higginbotham admits that these days, her life is drastical-ly different from her days at NASA.Sometimes she misses theexcitement and adrenaline rush of her former career. How-ever, she’s happy right where she is.
“Sometimes I miss flying the jet.That was kind of neat,”shesays.“And, sometimes I miss the camaraderie of a small or-ganization. But I like my job and I have a fabulous team.I loveCharlotte,and I’m getting married in June.I’m at a really goodplace in my life.” [TCW]
Melinda Johnston likes to dream about visitingexotic locales, but never actually leaves herhouse. Thanks to this story, she managed totravel to the Space Station and back withoutleaving her chair.
For two years, Joan Higginbotham has enjoyed a whirlwind,long-distance romance with Charlotte City Council member
James Mitchell; the two plan to marry in June.
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ell, it’s happened again. Spring is here,and that brings with it the exciting re-sponsibility of deciding which wines tosip on as the days get warmer.
There are lots to choose from, however, fewcan upstage wine that hails from the Sancerre regionof France. These bold wines come in white,rosé,andred, and each one is a great choice for summerquaffing — with or without food.
Sancerre is lumped into the Loire region ofFrance, but the only connection it has with therest of the Loire regions is its proximity to theLoire River. Sancerre is way inland, closer to Bur-gundy than the rest of the Loire regions. It’s iso-lated with a terroir (soil and climate) that’s all itsown.One of the main reasons I like these winesis the way the terroir shows through in thewine. It’s most noticeable in the white wine.
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Take a sip of Sancerre Blanc,and the taste transportsyou directly to the region.There are lots of elements,butwhat jumps out and hits you on the palate is a stoninessand minerality. It’s so tangible you might look to see ifyou’ve gotten a pebble in your glass!This might sounda little unpleasant, but when it’s put in the context ofan aroma of hay and citrus fruits like lemon and grape-fruit, it becomes spectacular.
In France,with a few exceptions,wines are namedfor where they’re from, not what’s in them.The grapeis Sauvignon Blanc. In my mind, Sancerre Blanc is thebenchmark for this varietal. I love the fresh,crisp grape-fruit taste of Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand,but Ireally get my taste buds giggling with the minerality ofthe French wine.
This is a great wine for sipping on a hot spring day.With that said, some of my favorite experiences withthis wine have been on many a dreary winter’s day. Mywife, Mary Ellen, and I like to visit Paris in the winter-time — airfares are cheaper, there are few tourists, andFrench wine seems somehow to taste better in theland of its birth. There’s a brasserie that we like to hangout in. On a cold, rainy day, people’s damp raincoatssoon steam up the place. In an atmosphere like that,sipping on a glass of chilled Sancerre along with someoysters on the shell is simply out of this world.>
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Get ‘Reddy’ For SummerBut,back to summer. As the days get warmer,
the foods we nosh on get lighter, and that callsfor a lighter wine. That’s where Sancerre Rougecomes in. The soil and the cool climate inSancerre join together to produce a red winethat’s pleasantly light.However,only the body ofthe wine is light. Its character is profound.Likemost Old World wines, it’s the earthiness thatcomes out first.There are smoky and leatheryaromas, and plenty of fresh fruit … and there’sthat underlying flintiness that comes from theearth.
Sancerre is closer to Burgundy than to therest of the Loire region, likewise, it’s no sur-prise that the grape in the wine is Pinot Noir,rather than the Cabernet Franc, which is theLoire norm. It’s interesting and fun to taste thiswine alongside a wine from the Burgundy re-gion. Same Pinot Noir grape, different soil andclimate.You really get to see the difference thatterroir delivers into a wine.An intellectual ex-cuse to sample wine! Does it get any betterthan that?
Sancerre Rouge is one of the best red winechoices for warmer weather. Sitting outside asday turns into evening, I can’t think of muchthat could beat sipping a glass of this wine.And dining out in the fresh air with a ham-burger straight off the grill,along with SancerreRouge as a pairing is tough to beat.
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A Rosé OutlookIn between the red and the white, there’s a rosé. I’m a fool
for French rosés. They are crisp and light, but when you tastethem,they have so much complexity.I’m always surprised by thecontradiction between how the wine looks and how it tastes.
Sancerre Rosé is made from the same grape used to producethe red wine — Pinot Noir. The lighter colors and flavors comefrom the fact that, after the grapes have been pressed, the skinsstay in contact with the juice for just a short time.What resultsis a crisp,fresh,salmon-colored wine. Just like its red brother,thiswine is no lightweight when it comes to depth of character. Thenose is intense and complex,with fine aromas of small red fruits,citrus, and a nice floral hint. The taste is well-balanced; there’s alightness in the body along with a pronounced acidity. Andthere’s a pleasant, long finish to the wine.
So, hooray, it’s time for flip-flops and T-shirts. Here’s a greatidea. Invite a bunch of friends over for dinner — a substantialbunch,because you’re going to sample three wines. Start with aSancerre Blanc, move on to a Sancerre Rosé, and finish with aSancerre Rouge. Just tasting the wines is like a trip to France …and you don’t even have to leave home. [TCW]
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Ramona Holloway, Pam Stone, and Sharon Decker — whomake up the team of 107.9The Link’s radio show The SatisfiedLife — recently united Charlotte women for an evening oflaughs,drinks, and good fellowship, all in the name of charity.The event,Women Exposed: Mating, Motherhood & All TheMadness, was held at the new and much-improved ComedyZone from 5 to 8 p.m., and featured humorous monologueswritten by Holloway and brought to life by prominent Char-lotte readers, includingWBTV’s Brigida Mack,Charlotte Today’s
Colleen Odegaard, and The Matt and Ramona Show’s own“Wheezy.” The evening wrapped up with the stand-up comedyof Stone,and a touching sendoff by Decker. All proceeds fromticket sales and the silent auction benefited the BurundiTeamfrom Forest Hill Church,which is sending a mission team to thewar-ravaged African nation to train and encourage teachers,staff,and students atThe Discovery School, located in the cap-ital city Bujumbura. A good time was had by all! Overall, theevening was quite ... satisfying.
Women Exposed : Mating, Motherhood & All The Madness
From left, Denise Hockaday and Denise Cooper share a snack and a smile.From left, fans of The Satisfied Life pose with Pam Stone (second from left),Ramona Holloway (center), and Sharon Decker (far right).
From left, Kelly Mayberry, Ann McKinness, Kim Brown, and Kelly Ewing takeRamona Holloway’s advice and “drink a little wine for charity.”
Comedian Pam Stone was the headliner for the event.
From left, SherrieWhalen,Carrie Griffin, Susan Bousman,and Jerri Griffin.
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From left,Terry Saunders and Denise Gibbons.
From left,WBT Radio's Stacey Simms poses withShannon Reichley, of Hitwoman Productions.
Ramona Holloway introduces the Forest Hill Church mission team that is headed to Burundi,Africa.
Who are these folks? From left, Leanne Case,withTCW's own Fern Howerin, Sharon Simpson, and KarsenPrice.
Now that's what I call a margarita! From left,Jennifer Fauts with Mandy Pasdon.
From left,Rachel Sutherland,Colleen Odegaard,and Jill Seale.
From left,TheresaWengel,Cindy Dorman, andRobin Smith Salzman gather together for a close-up.
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s girls growing up,we weren’t always encour-aged to take it to the limit.We were taught tobe many things: intelligent, pure, successful,discerning,obedient,and at best,courageous.
But extreme… that seemed to be the stuff of boys,relegated to those with an overload of testosterone.Hence the saying, boys will be boys.
Of course, there have always been rebels amongus. Hallelujah for that! (For a look at three Charlotte-area women who make the extreme part of theireveryday repertoire, check out this month’s pro-files on rock-climber Erica Lineberry,Speed DemonJenna Klauk, and former astronaut Joan Higgin-botham.)
Fast-forward to adulthood,and take a hard look atyour life. Is there anything extremely exciting,extremely daring, extremely edgy about your exis-tence? (Wearing culottes does not count. Neitherdoes deliberately going over your credit limit.) If theanswer is no, then it’s time to make a change. It’stime to get extreme. >
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Unleash Your Inner WarriorThe Warrior Dash
Ever since I took my first yoga class in 2001, I fell in lovewith the idea of myself as “warrior.” There was somethingabout warrior pose that transformed me,filling me with new-found power and poise. Apparently, I’m not the only one whohas dreamed of unleashing her inner warrior.Case in point:theWarrior Dash, slated for May 19 & 20 in Huntersville.
With theWarrior Dash,deemed“the world’s largest runningseries,”running is the easy part.You also have to leap fire,crawlthrough mud,and jump into a dumpster … or four. And that’sjust the beginning. The Dash isn’t all extreme fun and games,though. It’s actually a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Re-search Hospital®,which costs $1.7 million a day to operate.Inaddition to helping a great cause, all participants get a medaland a beer at the finish line.What’s not to like?
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Take AimThe Range At Lake Norman
Going to a gun range might seem a little intimidating… especially for a novice.But you can toss that anxietyaside when it comes toThe RangeAt Lake Norman,whichopened in October 2011,and is proudly owned andman-aged by two Huntersville female residents,Tricia SissonandTrish Stukbauer.
At The Range, Sisson and Stukbauer proudly makenewcomers feel welcome.“We cater to all shooters,fromthe novice to the experienced,but we particularly em-phasize that we are family and women-friendly,”says Sis-son. “Our instructors specialize in helping new shoot-ers to be comfortable around firearms.” The Range of-fers women-only conceal carry classes;women-only NRAfirst steps classes;andwomen self-defense courses,as wellas a Ladies Night the lastTuesday of the month,so womencan both shoot and socialize.And while women oftencome toThe Range to learn gun safety, Sisson says theysoon discover that shooting targets can be,well,a blast.
“There is a sense of empowerment, as a woman, toknow that if you are ever attacked, you can fight back,no matter how big your attacker is.That goes for carry-ing a firearm or just arming yourself with the knowledgethat comes from a self-defense course.Once a womanlearns to shoot for the first time, it becomes a sport,notjust a method of protection. A lot of our women shoot-ers are better than their husbands!”
Visit therangeatlakenorman.com orcall 704/895-3155 to learn more.
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Jump!Sky High Sports
At some point in childhood,you probably loved the fun and bounceof a good trampoline. Sky High Sports has taken that idea to the ex-treme. The Pineville-based business recently opened a whopping40,000 square feet of wall-to-wall trampoline space. (Yes,you readthat correctly.)You don’t have to worry about falling off these tram-polines; Sky High Sports offers 360 degrees of tramp space. Andwhile Sky High Sports is certainly the newfound birthday bashfor youngsters,grown women are not to be left out of the fun.This unique“trampoline fun center”offers organized events,suchas trampoline dodge ball (can you imagine?) as well as a spe-cialized workout known asAIRobics,a 50-minute,low-impact,fat-burning exercise that takes elements from several differentexercise disciplines and adds in the element of bounce.Theclass is known for improving balance and coordination. Ifthat doesn’t convince you to give it a try, consider this:Studies show that an hour of jumping on a trampoline burnsover 1,000 calories.
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Get Behind The WheelThe Richard Petty DrivingExperience
In one short month, the NASCAR boys will bein town,competing at Charlotte Motor Speedwayfor the SprintAll-Star Race onMay 19,and the Coca-Cola 600 on May 27.Not content to be an inno-cent bystander?Why not experience up-close andpersonal what 160 mph feels like by signing upto take a driving class with the Richard PettyDriving Experience? Depending on your needfor speed,you can learn to drive the car,or youcan simply ride shotgun for a mock qualifyingrun with a professional driving instructor.
As a NASCAR reporter back in the day, I waslucky enough to experience a“ride-along,” andI still remember the indescribable feeling of
the car banking around 1.5-mile CMS (theforce turned my helmetsideways on my head).Alap at 160 mph goesquickly … and yet, thethrill still resonates in mymemory banks nearly 15years later.
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The U.S.NationalWhitewater Center may be hometo the world’s largest manmade whitewater river,however,you don’t have to get all wet to experienceadventure. Touted as Charlotte’s ultimate play-ground, we suggest tackling one of the Center’snewest experiences, the Canyon Zip. Participantscross the USNWC’s South Ridge canyon on a circuitof zip-lines that run 200-feet long, first crossing overthe gorge and through the trees,and landing on thefar side of the ridge before crossing back across onthe return zip-line.The view is exquisite … and theadrenaline rush isn’t easily forgotten, either.
Visit usnwc.org or call 704/391-3900to learn more. [TCW]
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t happens every year:Design-ers reveal new looks for the
upcoming warm-weather season— trends that, we admit, can be
quite fantastic, especially on the run-way. From there, women all over the
world go through the process of decidingwhich of these styles they can a) actually imag-ine themselves wearing, and b) afford to addto their wardrobes.In 2012,the scenario is a little different.This
spring,there is a feeling of optimism tied to topfashion trends … optimism that offers a waveof happiness for shoppers and fashionistas alike.Nicole Sinclair,owner of Style Sanctum,says thatSpring 2012’s fashion forecast can be de-scribed in one word: fun! She points to twostyle motifs that complete this season’s opti-mistic vibe: The Revival of the ‘50s,and TheSeason of the Sea.Both motifs can be foundin colors, fabrics, and an overall feel of play-fulness in clothing and accessories this spring.
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“Every woman has her individual energy,
and only certain clothing can illuminate this
energy. In light of this, fashion tome is about
the energy of the individual and the clothes
they wear to communicate this energy to
the world.” — Nicole Sinclair
Prada goes“Greased Lightning”with this intricate sandal.
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Sinclair recently caught up with TCW todiscuss the season’s newest trends:
TCW: What do you love about Spring 2012’s new looks?
Sinclair: I love the optimism of Spring 2012. My two favoritethemes were the return to the‘50s,and the return to the sea.I thinkboth represent times in our culture that are filled with true opti-mism. You know, your favorite beach memory, and the unabashedoptimism of the ‘50s … the whole Grease feeling. It just makes mefeel happy in light of today’s darker times … the recession,the neg-ativity of the campaign year, gas prices, etc. Fashion is one placewhere we all ought to be able to find a little playfulness,and I thinkthis year’s trends are making that easy to do.
TCW: How can all women incorporate new looks into theirwardrobe, even if they aren’t a size 4, or enormously wealthy?
Sinclair: Clothing fit and size is a huge prob-lem for women these days,but one solutionlies in shopping vintage stores.Clothing sizes of past eras werea lot more generous, and sincethere is a big ‘50s push this sea-son, vintage clothing is freshand modern again.And,the priceis easy on the purse strings.
TCW: How would you describeCharlotte’s fashion vibe, at itsbest?
Sinclair: From traveling and mov-ing around a lot,I have come to seethat each city has a distinct dresscode. Charlotte is no different.Charlotte women are financiallysavvy when it comes to clothing,and embrace their own definitionsof femininity and preppiness,whichI find quite refreshing. The fashionworld has finally caught up to theCharlotte fashion scene,with designers offering a plethora of bright,bold color last season.Michelle Obama jumpstarted this new directionin color with her bright shift dresses,and the trend has gone main-stream. This will keep Charlotte women on the fashion map for awhile ...especially with the Democratic convention convening here,along with the fashion-forward FLOTUS [First Lady Of The UnitedStates] at its helm.
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TCW: What is your take on fashion?
Sinclair: My education in fashion was through fashion de-sign at Parsons.One of my big takes always was that fash-ion, on the creative side, is about your point of view, andcommunicating and evolving that point of view. I applythis thought to fashion styling, as well. Every woman hasher individual energy, and only certain clothing can illu-minate this energy. In light of this, fashion to me is aboutthe energy of the individual and the clothes they wear tocommunicate this energy to the world.This idea makesfashion beautiful, interesting, and a lot more intellectualthan the surface definition people often ascribe to it.
TCW: Where did the optimism of this season's trendsoriginate?
Sinclair: Trends have always been predicated on what istaking place in our world.Example: The Hemline Indicator,
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Above, this Presley Skye faux-wrap dress makes snake-printplayful. Right, JasonWu offers vintage elements in this cocktaildress, accented with a bow belt. Far right, this Emilio Puccidesign is flirty and fluid.
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where women’s hemlines rise and fall with the stock market,which gained popularity in the‘20s.Fashion follows the world.The truth is, we are in a not-so-happy place in America rightnow and the fashion zeitgeist is a bit tired of all of the gloom.This zeitgeist floats around the garment district, and I think itplants itself in designers.Marc Jacobs stated that he was think-ing of “light and airy”when he began to design his collection— a backlash against the world’s climate right now — and Ithink other designers followed suit.The black clothes and longhemlines can only last so long. Eventually the widow mustcome out of mourning! [TCW]
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o you possess your passport for fashion? If not,Rita Miles and Beverly Grant can help.
The two women, along with Coco Callahan, arethe forces to be reckoned with behind Charlotte’ssecond-annual spring fashion event,slated forApril
21 at Reelworks Studio,NC Music Factory,817 Hamp-ton St.,at 7 p.m. The event’s purpose is to highlight the
burgeoning fashion industry inThe Queen City.
Passport for Fashion is hosted by Charlotte Seen, a local com-pany that produces two of the largest fashion runway shows inNorth Carolina — Passport for Fashion eachApril,and CharlotteFashionWeek, slated for Sept. 17-22, 2012.
Visit passportforfashion.com for information … and read on tomeet the designers involved in this year’s event.
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Rita MilesRita Miles’ full-service residential and commercial interior design firm, Miles Interiors, offers clients time-less interiors based on an experiential as well as an aesthetic — but never trendy or stylistic — approach.In 2010, Miles created Charlotte Seen, which strives to create memorable and unique events, galas, char-ity events, and grand openings. The company’s mission is to be the premier leader in providing upscalesocial venues for the Charlotte metropolitan area. Visit milesinteriors.net.
Beverly Grant Beverly Grant may have gotten her start in Charlotte with Bank of America, but these days, she’s far fromthe corporate type. After dabbling in everything from sales to marketing to human resources, she leftthe corporate scene in 2005, and began creating one-of-a-kind jewelry with Beverly Grant ArtisanJewelry. She soon realized the synergy between jewelry and fashion, and joined Charlotte Seen duringthe 2011 Charlotte Seen Fashion Week. Visit beverlygrantjewelry.com.
Coco Callahan Coco Callahan is the founder and CEO of The ELMM Agency, a production, branding, and public relationsfirm. A love of fashion inspired Callahan to volunteer and intern for fashion shows and related events,and in two short years, Callahan garnered backstage experience working the most distinguished fash-ion weeks along the East Coast. She founded The ELMM Agency in 2010, and joined Charlotte Seen inthe summer of 2011.
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Angelina DanetteAngelina Danette is the creator of BootTapas, an innovative, interchangeableboot-top system product that allowswomen a dynamic way to expressthemselves. The company offers a varietyof boot “tops,” which can be applied toone of five shoe styles. Visitangelinadanette.com.
Donna Rai LinebergerDonna Rai Lineberger is the couturier,stylist, and designer behind the lineDONRAI. She has a bachelor’s degree intextile and apparel from North CarolinaCentral University, and in 2010, shepartnered with April Reich to create theHouse of Willow. Visit donnarai.com.
Kezia StewardBi-Tauj, “Words Unspoken,” is aninnovative fashion line created bydesigner Kezia Steward. Steward currentlyattends The Art Institute of Charlotte andformerly attended Savannah College of Artand Design. Her dream is to showcase herdesigns on runways around the world.Contact her at [email protected].
Candace FriedenCandace Frieden learned to sew as a child,and later pursued her love of fabric byobtaining a bachelor’s in fine arts fromthe University of Georgia. Freiden, drawnto freeform methods, prefers drapingtechniques to patterns. Her love of fabricmanipulation techniques helps her createunique material combinations andsculptural silhouettes. Visitwearcandacefrieden.com.
Kevin CarterKevin Carter, a student of WestMecklenburg High School, created quite afollowing with his handmade T-shirt line,featuring a variety of different accents andtrimmings … including Legos! Helaunched the clothing line KevinVain inwinter 2010. Visit kevinvain.com. [TCW]
Luis MachicaoLuis Machicao grew up with onething on his mind — fashion. Hebegan his career in Peru by enrollingin The School of Dramatic Arts, andthen began studying fashion design ina local institute, where he graduatedwith honors. Machicao believes thatfashion is a social manifestation of thehuman being. He has a love of run-ways, and has shown his collectioninternationally and throughout theUnited States, including in Houston,San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.Visit luismachicao.com.
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HealthFlashW H A T Y O U N E E D T O K N O W T O S T A Y F I T A N D W E L L
COMPILED BY DANA DURHAM
An Unhealthy ComboGrapefruit Juice And Meds
rapefruit juice might be good for your body …but it’s not the best chaser for many prescrip-tion drugs.
According to Shiew Mei Huang, acting director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of ClinicalPharmacology, grapefruit juice and fresh grapefruit caninterfere with the action of some prescription drugs.
“The juice increases the absorption of the drug intothe bloodstream,” Huang says. “When there is a higherconcentration of a drug, youtend to have more adverse events.”
Many drugs are metabo-lized in the body with thehelp of an enzyme found inthe small intestine calledCYP3A4, which varies inamount from one person toanother. Substances in grape-fruit juice block the actionof CYP3A4. Instead of beingmetabolized, more of thedrug enters the bloodstreamand stays in the body longer,producing potentially dan-gerous levels of the drug inyour body. Even drinkinggrapefruit juice severalhours before or after youtake your medicine may bedangerous.
Your best bet? Consultyour pharmacist or healthcare professional to find outif your specific drug isaffected.
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• Certain statin drugs used to lower cholesterol, such asZocor (simvastatin), Lipitor(atorvastatin), and Pravachol(pravastatin)
• Some blood pressure-lower-ing drugs, such as Nifediac and Afeditab (both nifedipine)
• Organ transplant rejectiondrugs, such as Sandimmuneand Neoral (both cyclosporine)
• Certain anti-anxiety drugs,such as BuSpar (buspirone)
• Anti-arrhythmia drugs, suchas Cordarone and Nexterone(both amiodarone)
• Some antihistamines, suchas Allegra (fexofenadine)
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buprofen may be known best for itsbenefits as a painkiller, but aStanford University study has found
the anti-inflammatory drug can reducethe risk of altitude sickness — goodnews for those who travel to highelevations each year to get theiradventure on.
Symptoms of altitude sickness,which affects more than 25 percent ofAmericans who tackle high elevationseach year, include headache, fatigue,dizziness, nausea and vomiting, andpoor appetite.
In extreme cases, if left untreated thedisorder can lead to high-altitudecerebral edema — a potentially fatalswelling of the brain.
The study was conducted inCalifornia’s White Mountains.Participants spent the first night at4,100 feet altitude. The followingmorning, they were given either 600
milligrams of ibuprofen or aplacebo before hiking up themountain to a staging area at11,700 feet. After receiving asecond dose at 2 p.m., theparticipants continued theirhike to 12,570 feet, wherethey received a third dose at8 p.m., before spending thenight on the mountain.
Results showed thatibuprofen reduced the incidence ofaltitude sickness by 26 percent.
Among those who developedaltitude sickness, the participants whotook ibuprofen experienced less severesymptoms than those who took theplacebo, although it was not statisticallysignificant.
The study was published in theAnnals of Emergency Medicine.
“Ibuprofen could be a way toprevent [altitude sickness] in a
significant number of the tens ofmillions of people who travel to highaltitudes each year,” says lead author Dr.Grant Lipman, a clinical assistantprofessor at the Stanford UniversitySchool of Medicine in Stanford, Calif.,and an emergency-medicine physicianat Stanford Hospital & Clinics.
Researchers noted that ibuprofencauses fewer side effects than twomedications — acetazolamide anddexamethasone — that are currentlyused to prevent altitude sickness.
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f you have a history of endometriosis — a disorderin which cells from the lining of the uterus growin other areas of the body — you might want to
schedule additional screening for ovarian cancer, ac-cording to a large-scale study published in The LancetOncology.
The study analyzed data from more than 23,000women in 13 studies. Researchers found that thosewith a history of endometriosis had more than athree-fold increased risk of clear-cell ovarian cancers.They also experienced more than a two-fold in-creased risk of endometrioid tumors, and a two-foldincreased risk of low-grade serous ovarian cancers.There was no evidence of an increased risk for high-grade serous, mucinous, serous borderline, or muci-nous borderline ovarian cancers.
Endometriosis affects about 10 percent of womenof reproductive age.
Results aren’t necessarily cause for alarm. The riskof a woman with endometriosis developing ovariancancer is small, and a cause-and-effect relationship hasnot been established. However, lead author CelesteLeigh Pearce, of the University of Southern California,Los Angeles, says, “This breakthrough could provide abasis for increased cancer surveillance of the relevantpopulation, allowing better individualization of pre-vention and early detection approaches such as risk-reduction surgery and screening.
“Most women with endometriosis do not developovarian cancer,” Pearce adds. “However, health careproviders should be alert to the increased risk ofspecific subtypes of ovarian cancer in women with ahistory of endometriosis.”
HealthFlash
Vitamin D’s RoleIn The Fight Against Alzheimer’s
ecently touted as an important vitamin in thefight against Alzheimer’s, scientists have discovered how vitamin D3 helps clear the
brain of amyloid beta, the main component of plaquesassociated with Alzheimer’s disease.
An earlier study found that vitamin D3 and curcumin — a chemical found in turmeric spice —stimulated the body’s immune system to eliminateamyloid beta. However, researchers previouslyweren’t sure why.
“This new study helped clarify the keymechanisms involved, which will help us betterunderstand the usefulness of vitamin D3 andcurcumin as possible therapies for Alzheimer’sdisease,” says study author Dr. Milan Fiala, a researcherat the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los AngelesHealthcare System.
According to The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease,researchers took blood samples fromAlzheimer’s patients and healthypeople. Next, they isolatedimmune cells, or macrophages,which consume amyloid betaand other waste products inthe brain and the body. Theyfound that vitamin D3 mayactivate certain genes and cellular signalingnetworks to trigger the immune system toclear amyloid beta.
Up In SmokeAccording to The Journal of the National Cancer
Institute, collective anti-smoking efforts — in-
cluding bans on smoking in public places and
hikes in cigarette taxes — prevented close to
800,000 deaths from lung cancer between 1975
and 2000 in the United States.
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Neal Roese, a marketing professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern Uni-versity, conducted the study.Together with colleagues,Roese found that peoplehave stronger feelings ofregret about decisionsinvolving romance and family than those involvingwork, proving theimportance of social relationships.
According to the study’sfindings, regrets about socialrelationships are intense becausethey threaten a person’s need tobelong, a feeling researchers note is powerfully connected to well-being and mental health.
“Social relationships, we suggest, are the most pivotal component of life regrets.Failed marriages, turbulent romances, and lost time
with family may elicit regrets thatlast a lifetime,” the researcherswrote in the study thatappeared online in Social Psychological and Personality Science.
The study was com-prised of a series of five
experiments, which rated theintensity of life regrets. Connec-
tions were then drawn betweenthe social impact of decisions.
Results suggested that love or relatedsocial decisions, such as ending a
relationship or being unfaithful, are moreintense than those involving work or nonsocial
decisions, such as quitting a job or dropping out of college.“What our research makes clear is that, while regrets
are multifaceted with diverse consequences, their socialimpact looms especially large,” researchers concluded.“Regrets can stem from love or work, but those stemmingfrom the former seem to be the toughest to overcome. Theneed to belong is not just a fundamental human motive buta fundamental component of regret.” [TCW]
ot an ache or pain? Say a four-letter word. You just mightfind relief.
According to Dr. RichardStephens and Claudia Umland ofKeele University, swearing can helprelieve pain. The scientistsconducted a study that foundvolunteers could withstand pain forlonger when they swore rather thanwhen they relied on non-offensivewords.
Dr. Stephens was inspired toconduct the research after observinghis wife swearing during childbirth.He believes swearing is connectedto our adrenaline response, and may
have evolved to help our ancestorsstave off predators.
“In the volunteers who swore, we also found they had an elevatedheart rate, so it could be thatswearing increased their aggressionlevels,” he says. “Increased aggressionhas been shown to reduce people’ssensitivity to pain.”
In the study, 64 participantssubmerged their hands in a tub ofice water while repeating “bad”words of their own choosing.
The task was repeated later usingnon-offensive words. Volunteers whoswore were able to keep their handssubmerged for an average 40
seconds longer, and they also ratedtheir pain as being lower.
There is one caveat. Additionalresearch has shown that swearingrelieves pain only for those whoswear infrequently. This secondstudy found that the more oftenpeople swear in daily life, the lesslonger they were able to hold theirhands in icy water when swearing.
“While saying that swearing as aresponse to pain might be beneficial,there is evidence that if you sweartoo often in everyday situations, thepower of swearing won’t be therewhen you really need it,” Dr.Stephens says.
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*&%$#!Bad Words May Be Good For You
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