| Pearls, pearls, pearls | | Posted Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:54:59 PM by Kate Grant | Pearls are making a comeback this year, after staying back stage for a couple of years.  They used to be associated with little old ladies wearing a white pearl necklace, having their afternoon tea in a small caffe' in the corner of the street. But now they come in all lengths, in colors you didn't think pearls come in, like pink, gold and black.
The longer the necklace is, the better, and a set of nice pearl earrings and a bracelet would also do nicely, thank you... Pearls, also known as the "queen of gems" have a longer history than any other gem.
Maybe because it was found as part of a search after food, a basic need. Pearls were considered such a rare and expensive item, only royalty and rich people were able to buy them.
We now think about pearls as an almost everyday item, but that has only become the case since the creation of the cultured pearls in the early 1900s.
Throughout history, a necklace made of natural pearls, matching in size and color, was a rare treasure of incomparable value. Think about it next time you are thinking about what jewelry to ware with your suit for work...
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| | | Cutting-edge shirtdresses | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:07:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | Shirtdresses were once the uniform of 1950s housewives (at least on TV), but these days the style feels more daring, less Donna Reed. On a recent afternoon in Washington's upscale Georgetown district, three women demonstrated how to take the starch out of the classic look, layering their dresses over leggings or jeans and leaving that prim collar unbuttoned -- with nary a strand of pearls in sight. .... | |
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| | | Pearls of Fashion Wisdom from Victoria Beckham | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:18:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | Victoria Beckham has been on a PR offensive today, guesting on several BBC radio shows in a bid to promote her new book entitled “That Extra Half An Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything In Between", out this week. The book is being touted as “a revealing and practical book on fashion, beauty and style" and includes the revelation that "shorts have made a comeback, and as I live in a pretty hot country, I'm so pleased about this". Whatever your opinion of Victoria Beckham, the book is sure to become a bestseller, such is her mass appeal to British women who rightly or wrongly, see Posh as the ultimate style icon of our time. Although it's her name (and picture) on the front cover, when pressed on-air by Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley as to whether “That Extra Half An Inch" is all her own work, Victoria revealed that the book has in fact been “co-written" with fashion journalist Hadley Freeman – quel surprise.... | |
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| | | Letter to the editor: Criticism of Sheehan misguided | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:03:06 AM by Blog57 Team | | In response to Kris Miller's letter, the argument that Sheehan rehashed "dogmatic pearls" ignores the fact that more than one war can be considered wrong. Sheehan made generalizations, but the outrageous lies ("errors") surrounding Iraq are equivalent with the falsities that kept Americans in Vietnam. Unjustified slaughter is bad; that doesn't stop being true after one war. And the right's fossilized wartime chestnuts-"we're messing up, but who cares?" and "New options are unpatriotic?" I agree that Sheehan's message would've been more powerful if JFK was indicted, too. However, it was Nixon who began "extra-legally" bombing Cambodia and oversaw the most blatantly unconstitutional surveillance of peaceniks, much worse faults. That JFK's exit plans weren't pushed differs from immoral invasions of combat-adjacent countries.... | |
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| | | Endangered mussels reproducing at hatchery | | Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:01:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | DOLGELLAU, Wales, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Endangered freshwater mussels appear to be doing well at a hatchery in Wales, sparking hopes that they have a future in the rivers of Britain. Seventy pearl mussels at the Mawddach hatchery produced millions of larvae a year ago, The Independent reports. The hatchery now has 70,000 young mussels. The number of mussels had dropped catastrophically because of water pollution, dredging and poaching. The breeder mussels at the hatchery were found in rivers in Wales. The pearl mussel can live to be more than 100 years old, producing millions of young. But scientists had found that many colonies consisted only of old mussels and believe that pollution and other factors were interfering with reproduction. The mussel appears to be very sensitive to water pollution.... | |
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| | | Pearls name new general manager | | Posted Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:09:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | Baltimore, MD. The ABA Baltimore Pearls professional basketball team today announced that Kyle Locke has been named General Manager. According to owner Matthew Bradby, "Kyle brings a lot to the table as far as not only being an experienced businessman, but he is an accomplished coach and former basketball player. He is an excellent addition to this team bringing experience and business acumen that have raised the eyes of several well known players and business owners in the area." Locke has served as National Manager of Basketball Operations for Fila and today has helped coach the Lade Eagles of Coppin State to two MEAC championships. With his work effort and efficient management techniques the Baltimore Pearls look to be a team on the rise. In addition, the Pearls have added local veteran basketball coaches Robert Gantt (Bentiou Rec), Joe Jones (Overlea) and local all start youth clinic instructor/player Nathaniel Fields to their staff.... | |
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| | | Wright - Hayes wedding | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:06:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | Minyuan Wofford Hayes and Charles Lewis Wright Sr. were married at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 1, 2006, at Kingdom Church International. The bride is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Wofford of Rome. The groom is the son of Emory Wright of Calhoun and the late Lillie Belle Wright. Rondie Goode performed the double-ring ceremony. The church was decorated with magnolia and ferns. The family pews were decorated with white satin bows. The arch was decorated with white lights, English ivy, magnolia and white tulle lace. A wedding bell completed the setting. The altar was flanked with two seven-branch candelabras decorated with magnolia, English ivy and white tulle. The unity candle was on a three-branch candelabra entwined with English ivy and white tulle. Three memory candles were lit in honor of the bride?s late parents and the groom?s late mother.... | |
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| | | How to make pearls look good and you in them | | Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:04:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | A natural pearl forms when an irritant works its way into a particular species of oyster, mussel or clam. The mollusk secretes a fluid to coat the irritant. Layer upon layer of this coating is deposited on the irritant until a lustrous pearl is formed. A cultured pearl undergoes the same process, although the irritant -- usually a piece of shell or mother-of-pearl bead -- is surgically implanted and the core is much larger than a natural pearl. When shopping for cultured or natural pearls, look for color, luster, shape, size and surface. The color should be even, no matter what the shade. Perfectly round pearls are rare. The pearls should appear clean and without bumps or pits. The longer the pearl is left in the oyster to grow its nacre casing (over the irritant) the higher the luster; pearls that appear dull are low in quality.... | |
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| | | Leading the Pearls to the 21 - 9 victory over Flyers | | Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 8:58:45 AM by Blog57 Team | | As the 2006 season of the Grand Bahama Amateur Softball Association (GBASA) teams are "sharpening" their skills to compete for the playoffs. As games continued Friday night the BTC Communicators won over the BORCO Flames 21 - 6 in ladies fast pitch action. LaToya Humes was the winning pitcher at centre mound for the BTC team. Alverne Hall was on the mound for the Flames and was tagged with the loss. Communicators' Chey-enne Bain was three for four with a home run, two singles and four RBIs. Team-mate Towanna Romer was also three for four with a home run, two singles and two RBIs. In game two Triple Play Pearls won over the Bahamasair Flyers 21-9. The "pitching machine" Nerissa Lockhert the winning pitcher had eight strike-outs.... | |
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| | | Culture pearls | | Posted Monday, August 14, 2006 2:59:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | Ladies' night Bass Hall is gonna host a catfight of Dynasty proportions when James Kirkwood's Legends! smacks down April 3-8, 2007. It stars Joan Collins and Linda Evans as rival, fading movie stars. The tour, which begins Sept. 12 in Toronto, has announced stops on its Web site, www.legendsthecomedy.com. Tickets for the Fort Worth engagement won't go on sale until December. Carol Channing and Weatherford native Mary Martin starred in the original production. Mostly Mozart Geez, who's ready for the fall arts season to start up so we can return to those air-conditioned venues? The big kick-off event would be the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra's Mozart festival, Aug. 24-27. But before that, catch conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya and select musicians talking about their art in a live broadcast on WRR/101.1 FM, from Barnes & Noble, 1612 S.... | |
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| | | Global Mortgage shines Savage Pearls, 5-3 | | Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:59:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | Conditions were perfect for the game at the Kauai Polo Club on Sunday. A large crowd watched Global Mortgage establish an early lead and use a combination of good offense and defense to win, 5-3.The Savage Pearls team included Kamalu Sheldon, Ryan Tongg, Ronnie Tongg and Duguet Olivier, who substituted for Sheldon in the fourth chukker. Kamalu is a local resident who has been doing yeoman duty as umpire for the club and was glad for an opportunity to play.Ronnie Tongg is an internationally famous player who has been coming over regularly from Oahu. This Sunday his son Ryan came over to play as he had during last year's season.Ryan and his wife, Jenna brought their sons Austin, 2 1/2 years, and Hunter, 3 weeks, to enjoy the festivities. His older brother, Rustan, is also a talented player who visits Kauai often but thought his honeymoon trumped polo.... | |
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