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Jewelers find inspiration in India
International Herald Tribune - Kasliwal employs uniquely Indian techniques like “kundan,” in which gems are encased in ribbons of pure 24-karat gold, to fashion golden jhumkas strung with Burmese rubies, like tiny gem-set parasols, and navratna turtle brooches with nine gemstones

An eye for detail
BBC News - Accompanying the letter was her own gift - a robe, a girdle, a sleeve, two gold-embroidered handkerchiefs, three towels, and a crown studded with pearls and rubies. Women’s talk These were the formal communication and gifts to go through official

It s tiara time: Celebrate milestones in princess style
Daily Times - Cartier has one valued at $455,000 with diamonds, rubies, pink sapphires, morganite, green beryls, peridots, garnets and amethyst. On a tighter budget? Hair accessory brand Scunci has an Art Deco-style silver and rhinestone tiara in its Vintage Glam

Local business impacting the environment with waterless grass
Kern Valley Sun - When one thinks of artificial grass, images of football fields, baseball diamonds, and miniature golf courses usually come to mind. But landscaping technology is changing to meet the needs of mainstream consumers, particularly in the western states

Gift Guide
Sun-Journal - Are you a wealthy Jack of Diamonds? A cooperative Two of Spades? A curious Ace of Clubs? Or a loving Queen of Hearts? The answer can be found in the cards-an ordinary deck of playing cards, that is. Cards of Destiny uses an ancient mathematical

Tahera Diamond Corporation: Third Quarter Report
Forbes - Exploration: - The JD-03 kimberlite bulk sample returned 3,746 diamonds larger than 0.85 millimetres, weighing 134.7 carats, resulting in an average grade of 0.27 carats per tonne. These diamonds were valued by the government

Astros sign OF Erstad to one-year deal
Rotoworld.com - Housh rings up 145 yards, two TDs in loss Crayton will get $1 million in 2008, $1.5 million in 2009, $2 million in 2010, and $2.5 million in 2011 with a $1 million

Postal Service Previews 2008 Stamps
Forbes - The five Olympic rings appear in the lower left corner. The design direction was coordinated by art director Carl Herrman of Carlsbad, CA. Take Me Out to the Ball Game One of the most popular baseball songs of all time, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Luxury Tech Toys Wrapped in Gold and Gems
NPR News - to spare you might consider “luxury technology.” PC Magazine’s list of luxury tech items for the 2007 holiday season includes: a Les Paul guitar that tunes itself, a remote control made out of pure gold, and an iPhone encrusted with diamonds. The

New Orleans population nears 300,000
MSNBC - Dec. 27: At Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, people pay $6.50 to poke around in the dirt in hopes of striking it rich. NBC’s Kevin Tibbles reports. NEW ORLEANS - Despite slow progress in rebuilding some neighborhoods, New Orleans

The ads of 2007: From ad-mirable to ad-dlebrained
USA Today - We all know that some if not most ads for diamonds are going to shamelessly turn on the schmaltz to manipulate (or guilt) folks into paying a bundle for sparkly baubles. Yet the holiday ad from Diamond Trading Co. (a subsidiary of De Beers

Teen’s best friend killed while they’re on the phone
Katu.com - After her death, Amber and her close friends all got one of the necklaces, and one for a friend they could not let go of - Elizabeth. “She seemed very giving, she liked to encourage Amber at School,” Amber’s aunt and caregiver, Paula Duranceau, said.

Da Kine
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Gloria Brasuel will present South Seas Pearl necklaces and earrings, plus semiprecious stone and freshwater pearl jewelry, and brightly colored Venetian-style glass necklaces and earrings. The Bernice Kiyo Diamonds collection includes large white

Customer dead, gunman sought in Hooters shooting
Knoxville News Sentinel - He also wore rings on each finger as well as several necklaces, according to Knoxville police. He wore dark blue, baggy jeans, black boots, and a black hoody with a white stitching pattern. He carried a large black backpack. Police asked that anyone

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
Der Spiegel - But there is method to these paradoxes, and it can often be observed in those areas where oil and natural gas, metals such as gold, silver and copper, and precious stones such as diamonds, rubies and saphires are extracted. It is precisely in the

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
Der Spiegel - But there is method to these paradoxes, and it can often be observed in those areas where oil and natural gas, metals such as gold, silver and copper, and precious stones such as diamonds, rubies and saphires are extracted. It is precisely in the

Volunteering to work abroad helped us to find the RIGHT man
Daily Mail - Some children made me a necklaces from pigs’ teeth and shells, and the men from the village helped me dig my garden. “One girl wrote me a story that moved me to tears. It said that when she heard a white woman was coming to teach her she was scared

Some Spare No Expense To Pamper Pets
NBC 6 - So I started making necklaces for friends’ dogs.” Before long, Sealover had set up a web-based business, Sugar — A Pet Boutique , selling pearls and bling-bling necklaces for dogs of all sizes, ranging from $20 and up, based on collar size. Share The

NoVA duo DMZ and F.a.T rap about the Virginia Tech killer.
Free Lance-Star - Your golden necklaces weren’t enough, you snobs ” and so on. DZK then comes in, making fun of what Cho is saying, using a monopoly analogy in which Cho would say “Boardwalk was not enough/ You had to take Park Place/ But Park Place was not enough/ You

Christmas Magic!
Perezhilton.com - Hahahahahaha!!!! Somebody stole my underwear!!!! Oh God Courtney The predictablity now “somebody” has “returned” the “stolen” earrings! And the way the whole world was able to watch the crazy tense dramatic arc play out in real posting, sourcing

Christmas in the city sparkles with spirit
New York Daily News - And at the East Harlem Senior Center Christmas party, Inocencia Nolina, 75, wore wreath earrings with bells in the middle and sat at a table with five other women. She had a lofty Christmas request. “I just want peace in the world,” she said. “[But

Gibson’s attorney points out discrepancies of 7-year-old’s testimony
TriCities.com - She later describes a short man with gray, shoulder-length hair and five earrings in one ear. She said he was short and fat, then later said the man was so tall he had to duck to get out the front door. The man s face was covered with black

Prince Albert’s charity gala
Monsters and Critics - The prince was surrounded by beautiful supermodels and actresses at the party to launch a limited-edition pen dedicated to his late father Prince Rainier III. The white gold fountain pen, encrusted with diamonds and rubies, is being sold to benefit

Nationally-Celebrated Jewelry Designer Hosting Trunk Show at Hickory
PR.com - What could be better than fabulous emeralds, rich rubies, dazzling diamonds, and sapphires all the colors of the rainbow, set in beautiful, one-of-a-kind necklaces in 18-24 karat gold and platinum? Mia Katrin will be presenting her award-winning