In a ground-breaking effort to use cell phone technology to improve access to healthcare, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Cayetano Heredia University of Peru (UPCH) and Movistar have launched a pilot project that will benefit 5,000 low-income pregnant women in Callao,tiffany, Peru.

The project, known as "Wawanet," will use text messaging via mobile telephones to enhance the health of mothers and infants by enabling them to receive customized advice on nutrition and potential problems during pregnancy. In addition, the project, with support from the IDB’s Division of Science and Technology, aspires to integrate a system of clinical histories through mobile technology, seeking to improve information systems that serve mothers and infants.

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The project is headed by Dr. Walter H. Curioso, a physician and investigative professor at UPCH, and Dr. Patricia Garcia, a physician and professor at the Faculty for Public Health in UPCH.

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Grab your girlfriends and dust off your clubs. The City of Fort Collins Tiffany Charm bracelet Department invites you to participate in its 21st annual Just Fore Ladies Golf Classic. This tournament benefits the Adaptive Recreation Opportunities Program which provides recreation activities for people with disabilities. The tournament will tee off Saturday, June 12 at Collindale Golf Course, 1441 E. Horsetooth Road. Call Jenna Van Fossan to register your team today at (970) 224-6125 or jvanfossan@fcgov.com.

As a fun 9-hole, 4-person scramble, Just Fore Ladies is limited to the first 144 women golfers. The day begins with registration and continental breakfast beginning at 6:30 a.m. followed by an 8 a.m. shotgun start. A silent auction, lunch, and prize announcements round out the afternoon’s festivities. Prizes are awarded to the top teams, longest drive, closest to the pin, longest putt, and highest score.

Cost is $60 per person or $225 per foursome Fee includes green fees, prizes, breakfast and Tiffany Cushion Drop earrings, goodie bag, and a beverage on the course.

For more information about the tournament or to register your golf team, contact Jenna Van Fossan at (970) 224-6125 or jvanfossan@fcgov.com.

NOTE: The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. For accessibility assistance, call 224-6027, or TDD/TTY 224-6002.

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After winning the regular-season title, the Lady Mocs went O-2 in the tournament and Tiffany Money Clips the first team eliminated Thursday at Jim Frost Stadium.

“You know whether we had won or lost, you start thinking about what you’re going to do and how you’re going to try to be better next year,” Reed said Saturday. “I think one of the things with this team, the expectations were so high. I guess I placed them on them myself. It’s probably my fault for doing that, because I thought we had a really good team.

“Of course you never factor in that you’re going to have a bump in the road somewhere, and then it happens.”

After watching Elon win the tournament title on their home field, the Lady Mocs could have a chance to gain a measure of redemption on the same field next season.

Laura Herron, UTC associate athletic director and senior administrator for women’s athletics, Tiffany CuffLinks Friday that UTC was bidding to host the SoCon softball and tennis tournaments for 2011, 2012 and 2013. The tournament sites will be selected by the member schools.

Herron said the softball facilities and staff at Warner Park are a key asset in their bid to host one or more of the upcoming softball tournaments.

“The city and the ground crew are just exeptional,” she said. “We always get a lot of praise in how they have the fields ready to go no matter what the weather is.

“And the extra fields are definitely a step up for us. A lot of other schools just have one softball field, whereas we can play as many as five games at the same time at Warner Park.”

Among difficulties faced by Reed and UTC this season were losing pitcher and first baseman Michelle Fuzzard to a knee injury and having senior outfielder Laci Upchurch leave the team early in the season. Without those bats in the lineup, more pressure was on the rest of the team to make up for the lost offense.

“That three spot with losing Michelle was huge,” junior leadoff hitter Lyndsey Stiles said. “She is the best No. 3 hitter I’ve ever seen. She’s clutch. I’ve never seen somebody hit so many doubles our sophomore year.

“I think we knew it was going to hurt us, but I don’t think we really knew how much we really did Tiffany Key Rings her until the end.”

There were some bright spots that UTC can build on for next year. After a slow start, junior Nikki Waters pitched well late in her first season after transferring from Southern Illinois. With the return of Fuzzard, Waters and relief pitcher Kandice Irwin, UTC will enter next season with a solid pitching staff despite the loss of Brooke Loudermilk to graduation.

Offensively, third baseman Tiffany Baker will enter her senior season already holding the UTC career and single-season home run records. She’ll need some help around her, having Fuzzard back in then lineup should provide more power next season.

If the tournament returns to Chattanoooga in 2011, Reed already has decided he will try to find ways of keeping his team together. He said he is considering housing his team in a hotel for the tournament or at least having the Lady Mocs travel to and from Warner Park in buses as a way to keep them focused.

“I can tell you this, if they say Chattanooga is going to get it again for next year, Frank Reed’s going to start asking for help early,” Reed said. “We want to see if we can get some commitments to see if we can have a way to keep them together and feed them together and have more control.

“We do it all during the year (on road trips) already. It’s something that we’ve discount tiffany to do.”

Because India imports key raw materials – gold and diamonds – the exports are highly import-valentines day jewelry. Last year, the industry imported $18.50 billion worth of raw materials, according to the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council GJEPC). However, the value addition of $2.5 billion, plus the domestic market for jewellery sustains the livelihood of some 30 lakh people.

According to Mr Sanjay Kothari, Chairman, GJEPC, India has about 10 per cent of world market and has a huge potential to export more.

Towards this end, the Council has taken a few steps. One of them is to develop India into a trading hub. Today, Israel and Hong Kong are leading trading centres in the world. India can easily be another major trading centre, Mr Kothari said.

Another step is to build Indian brands – to popularise ‘Made in India’. Today, leading brands such as Tiffany get their products made in India, but sell under their own brands. For a start, GJEPC wants to popularise ‘Made in India’ brand in West Asia, Mr Kothari said.

FORECASTING TRENDS The Council has also called for forecasting fashion trends. A ‘Trend Cell’ has been formed for this purpose. Alongside, the Council will work with the National Institute of Design and the National Institute of Fashion Technology for enhancing design capabilities of artisans.

Mr Kothari said that exporters from the South frequently suffer from a want of gold supplies.

Exporters are not allowed import directly – they have buy from institutions such MMTC and silver pendants such as SBI, ABN Amro and Nova Scotia.

Because the demand from the South is relatively small, these agencies do not operate there.

The GJEPC has represented to the Government to allow exporters to import gold.

IIJS 2008 Meanwhile, the Council holding an international exhibition, India International silver earrings Show (IIJS) 2008 between August 7 and 11, Mumbai.

Over 700 exhibitors with over 1,500 booths on an area 50,000 sq metres will showcase their products, Mr Kothari said. In a similar show last year, business worth Rs 3,000 crore was transacted, he said.

“You can choose your gemstone gift by buying a piece in the recipient’s favorite color or birthstone, or you can choose a gemstone that symbolizes love and devotion,” says Natalie Parman, vice president of merchandising at Jewelry Television.

For example, one of the first gemstones that comes to mind for valentine’s day jewelry gifts is the ruby, with its brilliant red hue. Throughout history, rubies have been considered the “king of gems,” treasured by royalty and cultures throughout history. In fact, prior to the 20th century, rubies were considered more valuable than diamonds.

Current fashion trends can also help you choose a gemstone. “Tanzanite is one of the hottest looks today,” says Parman. “Its brilliant color and its exclusive origin in Tanzania combine to make it a unique and highly sought after gemstone,” she adds. The stone is highly valued for its shades of sapphire blue, amethyst and blue violet. “Wearing a well-cut tanzanite communicates self-confidence, individuality and maturity,” says Parman. The name Tanzanite was coined by Tiffany, which had first and exclusive rights to the stone for many years.

If you’ve never heard of tanzanite, or couldn’t distinguish a sapphire from an opal, a visit to Jewelry Television’s web site reveals a wealth of information about gemstone lore and quality to help you make an informed choice.

You’ll find out that most gemstones are enhanced, which allows the jewelry industry to use various forces of nature such as heat to unlock the inherent beauty of nature residing within a gem. Most Tanzanite, for example, comes from nature a rather drab brown. Once subjected to mild heating, however, these stones turn handsome shades of blue and violet.

No matter how well-informed you are, when buying a gemstone, you need to trust the seller. The appraisal process notes exact characteristics of an item and then determines the value of that item. Gemstone quality is determined by its beauty, rarity and durability. An appraisal determines these factors by recoding the exact carat weight, color, clarity and cut.

For more information go to website www.jewelrytelevision.com.

YOUR JEWELRY PERSONALITY — TRADITIONALIST OR TRENDSETTER?

When you shop for jewelry, do you gravitate toward the classics like pearls, diamonds and gold or are you drawn to the newest jewelry trends? Whatever your taste in jewelry, accessories are as much a part of your personal style as the clothes you wear.

“Finding your personal style comes from inside,” says Natalie Parman, vice president of merchandising at Jewelry Television. It means wearing what you like and what you know makes you look good. That doesn’t necessarily mean spending a huge amount of money; rather, it’s expressing who you are whether you’re wearing a cufflinks label or a thrift store find.

“The great thing about jewelry is that is lets women express their personalities, sometimes even more so than their wardrobe does,” says Parman. For example, if your job requires you to wear a conservative suit when you’re more comfortable in bright colors, you can let your style shine through by wearing a pair of sparkling earrings or a fabulous bracelet.

PEARLS OFFER PERENNIAL STYLE

Pearls never go out of style — a single strand of pearls is a perfect accent for everything from a little black cocktail dress to jeans and a t-shirt. Multi-color pearls, either in single strands or in groups, add pizzazz to any wardrobe. Pearls are not necessarily perfectly round, either. Oval or slightly flattened pearls are interesting variations.

Pearls are not just for necklaces, either. You’ll find a wonderful array of Tahitian pearl rings, bracelets and earrings to complement any outfit at Jewelry Television.

“Opt for cultured or freshwater pearls instead of faux pearls which can chip,” advises Parman. Also look for pearls that are individually knotted between each pearl instead of just strung one after the other. That’s a sign of quality.

BRIOLETTE BURSTS ONTO THE SCENE

If you’re looking for something more trendy and modem, briolette jewelry has been making the scene. Fashioned from tear- or pear-shaped gemstones cut in triangular facets, these pieces come in a rainbow of colors, including amethyst, peridot, garnet, citrine and tourmaline.

“Briolette is beautiful and dramatic,” says Natalie Parman with Jewelry Television. “It can be fun and modem like a citrine earrings pendant with silk cord, or drop dead glamorous like a pair of chandelier-style diamond earrings with one yellow sapphire and two green sapphire briolette dangles.

Reecson (Reecson) Wentworth Denford, 24, of Ascot, pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court on Tuesday to one count of fraud over a 20-month period totalling $2.935 million.

The court heard Denford illegally made hundreds of transactions between November 2006 and August 2008 while working for EDS Pty Ltd, a company employed by BOQ for onsite accounting and computer services.

Prosecutor Julie Aylward told the court Denford discovered a loophole where he could make unchecked credit voucher transactions under $10,000 to a body corporate sinking fund looked after by his wife, then forward the money to his personal account.

She said he would then purchase depreciating items with the money, most of which lost half their value the moment they left the store.

Some of the more lavish purchases included a trip to the world’s only seven-star hotel, in Dubai, a $100,000 BMW, a $70,000 Mini Cooper, $450,000 worth of French champagne and $320,000 worth of jewellery.

From the $2.935 million, only an amount of $536,374 was recovered through the sale of his purchases, Ms Aylward said.

“It seems he has low self-esteem and the need to purchase friends was behind the spending,” silver earrings she said.

“He really spent the proceeds as if it were Monopoly money.”

Defence lawyer Tim Ryan told the court his client was an intelligent young man who had identified a loophole with the hope of being promoted.

He said Denford made the initial transactions with the intention of showing his manager that the loophole existed, but then succumbed to the temptation of wanting to impress his “much older” wife – who had now left him.

Mr Ryan told the court that when caught out, Denford had immediately accepted full responsibility for the fraud and had saved authorities a lot of money in helping recover some of the money spent.

However, Judge Kerry O’Brien noted BOQ was still $2.8 million out of pocket after additional costs silver key rings spent on storage, legal fees and internal investigations into the fraud.

He sentenced Denford to nine years’ imprisonment, to be eligible for parole after three years.

Actor Sonam Kapoor has also been roped in as a brand ambassador, said Mr Kothari.

Retailers stand to gain as the Council will take care of promotional expenses.

RS 11-CR CORPUS GJEPC formed a corpus of Rs 11 crore, with retailers chipping in with Rs four lakh each, and manufacturers Rs 10 lakh each while the Council itself set aside Rs 2 crore for the promotional activities.

The Council in September had taken upon itself to promote diamond jewellery after De Beers cut its promotional activities in the country, said Mr Kothari.

GJEPC created a new brand Anant Diamond Jewellery by bringing together top 100 retail jewellers including GRT, Khazana Jewellers, Joy Alukkas, Reliance, Tanishq, Orra, TBZ, Rio Tinto, Anmol Jewellers and Carbon.

With the gold prices rising, many people are now considering the single line Anant Diamond earrings to offer as gift, said a Mumbai- based jeweller.

DIAMOND SHORTAGE Rough diamond prices have risen sharply in the past few months after most miners such as De Beers, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Alrosa cut their production following the economic downturn and financial constraints. De Beers recently revealed that it has reduced its first quarter production by almost 90 per cent in 2009.

The De Beers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) has raised the prices of rough diamonds by about five and 10 per cent since March this year, said a Mumbai-based jeweller. Most of the DTC’s Indian sightholders were the worst-affected as prices of smaller roughs being supplied to the Indian market were raised between 3 and 7 per cent. Surat, the hub for diamond processing, imports about Rs 30,000 crore worth of roughs per annum, with De Beers supplying about 60 per cent.

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