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NOVA’S NEW AUDIO EARRINGS ARE MADE WITH REAL PEARLS AND HAVE BUILT-IN SPEAKERS | Tic Tech Toe

These may look like your typical pair of earrings outfitted with – rather large – pearls, but they’re more than just jewelery: they actually double as ultra-discrete earbuds. The clip-on or stud H1 Audio Earrings from Nova Audio feature two speakers behind both pearls that use directional sound to transmit audio up and into your ears. Nova says the technology adds “a layer of sound” to your environment, allowing you to hear what’s going on around you while still enjoying your audio. That means they don’t have any noise-cancellation properties, which could come in handy for athletes…
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Man charged after jewelry stolen from homes damaged in Calgary house explosion – Calgary

A man has been charged in relation to a break-in at an evacuated residence following a house explosion and fire in northeast Calgary last month. On March 30 at around 1:45 pm, a woman and her husband were returning to their house in the 700 block of Maryvale Way NE after a house explosion sent 10 people to hospital and damaged other houses several days earlier. 2:39 Calgary house explosion leaves 10 in hospital, 6 in life-threatening condition When they arrived, they were confronted by a man who was leaving their home, who claimed to be a security guard. The…
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CRTC considering banning Fox News from Canadian cable packages

Article content The CRTC has opened a public consultation on a complaint from an LGBTQ rights group asking the broadcast regulator to ban Fox News from cable packages in Canada. Article content The group said Carlson made false claims about those communities, including “painting them as violent and dangerous.” The segment aims to provoke resentment and violence against 2STNBGN people through false claims and “malicious misinformation,” Egale Canada executive director Helen Kennedy said in the open letter. “During the segment, Carlson made the inflammatory and false claim that trans people are ‘targeting’ Christians. To position trans people in existential opposition…
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Jewelry with Nazi links set to fetch $150 mln at auction

GENEVA Christie’s auction house will next week launch the sale of hundreds of jewels that belong to Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten, whose German businessman husband made his fortune under the Nazis. Christie’s will offer 700 lots from Horten’s collection, including “unique and exceptional pieces” from 20th-century designers including Cartier, Harry Winston, Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels. The whole collection has an estimated value of more than $150 million. The sale could eclipse previous records set by Christie’s in sales of properties that belonged to actress Elizabeth Taylor in 2011 and the “Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence” collection in 2019, both…
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s Blue Diamond Met Gala Necklace Rivals Titanic ‘s the Heart of the Ocean

Many of the looks on this year’s Met Gala red carpet were monochrome affairs – with most guests opting for black and white designs with a profusion of pearls in honor of the late Karl Lagerfeld. Certain A-listers, however, amped up the sparkle – and color – via fine jewelry. Step forward Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who accessorized her sweeping Valentino gown with a necklace featuring the Bulgari Luna Blue Diamond. Conceived as an homage to Bulgari’s hometown of Rome, the necklace’s design is informed by the bay laurel wreaths worn by Roman emperors, with leaf-like diamonds set in gold, but…
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One Lord of the Rings Deleted Scene Would Have Changed Everything

It’s fair to say that Boromir received a fairly good representation in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. The novels by JRR Tolkien are admired for their depth of description, as well as the complexity and nuances of the characters. Boromir, however, has been mostly neglected by his creators. Peter Jackson, thankfully, changed that and gave Boromir more space in the script, including many extra lines and even an entire scene – unfortunately cut from the theatrical release– of his training Merry and Pippin. And there’s another deleted scene that would have given Boromir a lot more…
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The Engagement Ring Trends You’ll See Everywhere In 2023

“There has been a huge demand for larger stones with higher carat and clarity,” reports Orit Elhanati, who specializes in pure gold rings finished with hammering, dripping and sculpting. “During the pandemic, most clients were looking for investments, so the highest carat, the clearest stone. This year, it’s not necessarily the quality of the stone but more the size and the way I work my gold around it; how I tell their story.” Color story The jewelery market as a whole has experienced an unprecedented desire for color. People invested in mood-boosting jewels for themselves during the pandemic – sales…