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For the Werners, taxidermy — “capturing the spirit” of a dead creature — is all about family, tradition, memory and a love of animals.

Hypothesis: If you encourage tourists to shoot guns, more tourists will come to shoot guns. It seems to be working.

The pet wellness biz is booming. Are doggie treadmills and yoga more bark than bite? A girl (and her dog) investigate Mark my words: The day is coming when “dog trainer” will mean “personal trainer for a dog,” as in: “I’ll be there at 8:30, right after I drop off Fifi at the gym for her trainer appointment.

For artists who don’t know a capital gain from a canvas stretcher, there’s Financial Groove When sidewalk performers start shaking it in Lady Liberty costumes to remind you it’s tax season, artists might be thinking something different, like: Can they claim that costume as a business expense? For those who make their living in the performing arts, whether to write off their outfits is just one item on a list of unusual financial concerns. Jessica Scheitler is the owner and operator of Financial Groove, an accounting and bookkeeping firm that exists to bridge the gap between the Internal Revenue Service and the world of artists.

Minimal footwear is all the rage. Pediped is turning the trend into kids’ stuff The human foot is a marvel of Darwinian engineering — 26 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments of one-of-a-kind ambulatory innovation, the very advancement that enabled Homo erectus to erectus and stand head and shoulders above primate peers.

Inner peace sells, but who's buying? We all are. A seasoned, stress-busting insider offers insights on the modern industry of peddling wellnessIt used to be that massage therapy was for injured athletes, psychotherapy was for the mentally ill, and boxing was for, um, boxers.

The irony of the rise in the stress-relief industry, says Ron Lawrence, director of the Community Counseling Center of Southern Nevada, is that many of the same benefits you can get with professional help are available for free by doing things you've had to cut out of your busy schedule. Remember long walks and family picnics?Whatever type you are, you don't necessarily need a pricey therapist or arcane yoga poses to take back a semblance of sanity.

In a world of faceless dot-commerce, crafty Vegas entrepreneurs turn to Etsy, where Sin City sells itselfSeeing her dress on a young Japanese woman at a Tokyo rock 'n' roll wedding is what hooked Jennifer Henry. The neon-striped number straight out of the '80s was Henry's first sale from her online vintage clothing shop, Flock Flock Flock.