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What to Do When Your Child is Stealing
What to Do When Your Child is Stealing By Anthony Kane, MD Introduction: My Child, the Thief One of the more common problems that we as parents encounter, but that nobody likes to talk about, is what to do when your child steals. There are a...
Coming Out... As an Internet Dater
A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a casual acquaintance. As we were chatting, she mentioned her new boyfriend, Adam. "Oh," I asked. "How did you two meet?" She looked around and said, "Well, I guess I can tell you. I mean, he tells...
Birthday Gift Ideas for 1st Birthday
The first birthday is in a lot of ways the most difficult milestone birthday to shop for in regards to a gift. The recipient can't tell us what they want. The parents shrug and if they say anything at all it will be "oh, just clothes will be fine"....
Why We Call Silver Jewellery 'Sterling' Silver
We receive several enquiries each month, generally from existing customers, asking about the origins of the word 'sterling'. I suppose most of these people have had a quick look over our small library of interesting silver jewellery facts but...
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History of Crystal
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Written By:
Jeffrey Levy
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The history of crystal dates back thousands of years to the Mesopotamian times. Lead oxide was used to enhance the brilliance of glass as used today, but applied in differently. This was an alternate to the popular rock crystal which was more expensive, harder to cut and less refractive.
In the year 1676, George Ravenscroft revolutionized the methods of adding the lead oxide, which brought lead crystal a major step closer to it’s mass production of today.
In 1892, Daniel Swarovski invented a machine to cut jewelry stones perfectly. In 1895, he moved his company, known as Swarovski, from Bohemia to the Wattens, Austria where he - continued below ...
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used the Rhine River as a source of energy to run the company’s machinery. From here the name “Rhinestone” was born. Today the word “rhinestone” is used for leaded crystal coming from any country though.
Swarovski is the highest quality crystal stone manufacturer in the world today. Stones are made in many other countries other than Austria as well, most notably Czechoslovakia, Germany, China, Israel and others.
http://www.rhinestonejewelry.com
Jeffrey Levy - http://www.rhinestonejewelry.com
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Contact Lenses for Halloween FAQ - 7 Things you Need to Know About Costume Lenses
Planning to make your costume complete with a pair of Halloween contact lenses? Then there are a few things you should know before you order yourself a pair of scary special effect contacts.
1. Can I see when wearing costume lenses?
Yes: the...
Strategies for Surviving Holiday Dinners, Family Events, and Other War Zones
Excerpt From The Relationship Handbook: How to Understand and Improve Every Relationship in Your Life by Kevin B. Burk
No matter how well we may have weathered our basic training, nothing can fully prepare us for the front lines of family...
Wearing Cologne
Walk into any nightclub, and you're bound to catch a drift of some guy's cologne. Men today use cologne just as women use makeup or perfume-to enhance their attraction. But did you know that in the early days people used cologne instead of bathing?...
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