A series of free College Depot seminars is being offered for students and parents seeking Bead bracelet with college planning. Participants will have an opportunity to learn about the college planning process, from admissions to financial aid and career exploration.

The workshops will be held at Burton Barr Central Library, 1221 N. Central Ave., second floor.

* Monday, Jan. 4 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. New Year's Resolution - Back to College Judy Reno, director, College Depot, will host a workshop for all ages interested in attending college. She will explore topics, including self-motivation, goal setting and creating a college plan.

* Wednesday, Jan. 6 5 - 6 p.m. Explore Financial Aid at the University of Arizona Colleen Moran, admissions counselor, University of Arizona, will discuss grants, loans, work study and scholarships. Find out about UA's Arizona Assurance Program.

* Saturday, Jan. 9 2 - 3 p.m. How to Pay for Tiffany Notes ring Diana Mateer, client relations manager, EdFund, will share ideas on how to pay for college including financial aid, scholarships and savings.

* Sunday, Jan. 10 2 - 3 p.m. How to Pay for College **This session is conducted in Spanish* * Silvia Valadez, advisor, College Depot, will share ideas on how to pay for college, financial aid and searching for scholarships.

* Saturday, Jan. 16 2 - 3 p.m. Financial Aid Workshop Nicole Porter, admissions manager, Grand Canyon University, will discuss ways to pay for college, including scholarships, loans and the importance of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

* Saturday, Jan. 23 2 - 3 p.m. Ensure Your Success in High School and College Mary Niemczyk, Ph.D., will provide information on learning and study strategies that can be used in high school and college. This workshop can help students become successful, lifelong learners.

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Nov. 4--Link Wachler has been making handcrafted jewelry of his clients' animals, lost loved ones and more, for Return to Tiffany Heart tag choker.

But being able to donate two pieces of jewelry to a nonprofit pet sanctuary headquartered in Minnesota was a unique opportunity for the jeweler to rub elbows with one of his idols, he says.

Wachler, co-owner of David Wachler & Sons Jewelers in downtown Birmingham, and his brother, Glenn, presented two handcrafted bracelets to Home for Life, a charitable organization, on Oct. 19.

The pieces, which depict a man leading a sled with dogs, on a gold and silver bracelet, are similar to the kind of work the pair gets orders for during the seasonal holidays.

The two donated one of the two bracelets to Cesar Millan, better known as the Dog Whisperer. Millan was the guest of honor at Home for Life's annual fund-raiser, Wags to Whiskers.

Link made one piece to be auctioned off and another for Millan, who has his own television show about dog training, "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" on the National Geographic Channel.

"It was fantastic," says Wachler of meeting Millan, whose tips for calming hard-to-train dogs have made him famous worldwide. He even gave Wachler, 55, of Troy, some tips that helped him with his 9-year-old mixed Labrador retriever, Coco.

Millan's advice helped Wachler get Coco to stop running out the front door or barreling up and down stairs in front of him.

"It's not a matter of yelling anymore, it's more a matter of calm assertiveness," says Wachler, who, with his brother, also owns Wachler Ultimate Expression , a side business that makes custom jewelry. "It's a pleasure to see the changes in our Return to Tiffany Round tag necklace."

Home for Life, based just outside St. Paul in Stillwater, Minn., takes in animals from all over the United States that might otherwise be euthanized and provides them a home. The nonprofit has a pet sanctuary across the state border in Wisconsin that currently houses 263 animals -- mostly dogs and cats, though they boast a handful of parrots and rabbits and even a large tortoise, among other animals.

Most weren't likely to be adopted because of medical or behavioral problems.

The organization's founder and executive director, Lisa LaVerdiere, had read about the Wachler brothers' business making custom jewelry in an industry magazine for dog lovers. She contacted the pair and after finding out more about her organization, they were eager to donate.

The two pieces Wachler made are worth roughly $650 each. When he and his brother, who works more on the business side of things, heard Millan would be at the fund-raiser, they were eager to go.

"Of course I'm so thankful," says LaVerdiere. "They helped us do something for Cesar that hopefully he'll remember us by, and it hopefully elevated us above the herd since we were able to make this gesture."

"It was awesome ... to be up there onstage, making the presentation" to Millan, says Wachler, whose custom jewelry for dogs, and other pieces, can fetch $1,000 and often way more. The price range on bracelets such as the two he donated typically run from $75 to $750.

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"I keep mine on at all times," he says. "It reminds me of what my values are."

LEAD: A few years ago, the discreet diamond stud was the all-purpose earring for fashionable women. Now the pendulum has swung. Big bold buttons are the earrings of choice for daytime, and shoulder-grazing drops are the way to go for evening. With the new short hairdos, something has to fill in the space between head and Elsa Peretti Starfish necklace.

A few years ago, the discreet diamond stud was the all-purpose earring for fashionable women. Now the pendulum has swung. Big bold buttons are the earrings of choice for daytime, and shoulder-grazing drops are the way to go for evening. With the new short hairdos, something has to fill in the space between head and shoulder.

There have always been drop earrings, but the newest versions are going to new lengths - from four to six and sometimes even eight inches. These shoulder dusters might be delicate cascades of pearls or tiny gems, or they might be a jumble of oversize stones, but they are definitely long. And frankly Tiffany Beads necklace. Real jewels that big would be vulgar, unless, of course, you're the Queen of England.

''Romeo Gigli started it,'' said Joan Kaner, the fashion director of Neiman-Marcus. ''He showed earrings that were three or four strands of tiny drops of jet or hammered silver. Paris couturiers then picked up on it for the shows in July. It's made a big impact, and we see it going into holiday and spring.'' Jane Tiffany Cushion Toggle necklace, the fashion director for accessories at Saks Fifth Avenue, likes the movement these exaggerated drops add to the long, lean lines of the new evening dresses and expects to see lots of them in stores.

A WELL-dressed Black man walks up to the fine jewelry counter in a department store. He takes his time inspecting the various earrings-silver, gold, platinum. After careful consideration, he settles on a pair of flawless, 1-carat diamond studs. "Your wife will love these," the cashier says, handing him the Return to Tiffany Round tag key ring.

"They're not for my wife," the man replies. "They're for me." Earrings on men have become so common that you may not have noticed who's wearing them. From businessmen to actors, sports stars to blue-collar workers, earrings have evolved from a shocking male fashion statement into an everyday accessory. Today, there is no doubt that men who wear earrings are stylish, confident and masculine. A growing list of men, including universally recognized role model Michael Jordan and rugged football star Andre Rison, say, in effect, that real men do wear earrings.

While some men deliberately seek diamond earrings, others wear them by default. After discovering that an exgirlfriend was unfaithful, model Tyson Beckford didn't know what to do with the expensive diamond studs he was going to give her. Instead of returning them, he decided to wear them himself.

In the early '80s, unwritten social rules restricted men to wearing a single stud earring in the left ear. Anything too flashy or in the wrong ear was considered taboo. If a man wanted to be taken seriously, he didn't dare wear an earring to work.

Ed Bradley, 60 Minutes co-editor and correspondent, was prompted to get his ear pierced after interviewing Liza Minelli in 1986. When the subject of earrings came up, Bradley expressed his interest in wearing one. Minelli later presented him with a diamond stud, and he had his left ear pierced soon after. Bradley endured a lot of controversy when he wore the earring on-camera, but he weathered the storm and proved that men of all ages and professions can wear an earring with style. He continues to wear a hoop or diamond earring to work and chooses from a variety of studs for social occasions.

Corey Johnson, a 37-year-old physical instructor for Lake Shore Park in the Chicago Park District, got his ear pierced while in college. While his fraternity brothers approved, his family was another story.

"My mom told me she had two daughters, and that was enough," says Johnson. His father and brothers were even less accepting. "They told me only sissies wore Return to Tiffany Oval tag key ring."

Johnson originally wore a gold stud in his ear, which he was forced to cover with a Band-Aid when he joined the police force. He let the hole close, then decided to get a gold hoop five years later.

Is Johnson worried what the kids he works with think about his fashion statement? Not at all, he says, considering that some of his male students, ages 6-11, are busy making statements of their own-some even wearing earrings. Johnson's family has also grown to accept his earring, and the same brother who disapproved 19 years ago now wears an earring of his own.

Times have definitely changed. These days, many men wear earrings in both ears, sometimes with more than one in each ear. Comedian and Vibe host Sinbad is rarely seen without the dangling crosses he wears in both ears. Singers Johnny Gill and Keith Sweat have been known to sport a diamond in each ear.

The unwritten rule of thumb seems to be that the older a man gets, the more discreet the jewelry becomes. For example, trendsetting actor MalcolmJamal Warner wears multiple earrings, and even had his tongue pierced last year. On the other hand, distinguished music mogul Quincy Jones alternates between a close-fitting gold hoop or discreet stud in one ear.

While men in the entertainment industry and other creative fields have the freedom to wear whatever they choose, men in other professions must remove their earrings when they go to work. The National Basketball Association and other athletic organizations, for example, strictly prohibit players from wearing jewelry of any kind while in uniform. When the game is over, athletes such as Michael Jordan wear earrings to complement their unique sense of style.

In the '90s, a man wearing an earring is no longer unusual. No matter what a man's Return to Tiffany Heart tag key ring, self-confidence makes all the difference between a man who simply wears an earring and a man who wears it well. "I did it for me," Johnson says, "and I've never regretted my decision."

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Jan. 18, 2001--First lady- to-be Laura Bush today selected Austin-based jewelry designer Anthony- Nak to be one of her inaugural accessory providers of choice.

The two-year-old company also has been enlisted to design necklaces, earrings and bracelets to be worn by Bush Heart and Tiffany Box CharmCharm, Barbara and Jenna, during the inaugural events Jan. 20 in Washington.

Anthony-Nak designers Anthony Camargo and David Nakard Armstrong developed two separate necklace designs from which the incoming first lady will select. One is a spinel and scarlet tourmaline necklace set in 18-carat gold. The second is a multi-strand spinel and Burmese ruby necklace set in 18-carat gold. The designers also crafted a set of Burmese ruby earrings to accompany the necklace.

The former Texas first lady also will wear a triple strand of champagne freshwater pearls set in sterling silver along with matching earrings during an unofficial inaugural dinner Friday.

"Designing the inaugural jewelry for the new first family is a tremendous honor for us," said Camargo. "To know that we're playing a small part in this historic event is extremely meaningful to us -- both professionally as jewelry designers and personally as fellow Texans."

Camargo and Armstrong design jewelry for a number of celebrities, from Cameron Diaz and Sandra Bullock to Cher and Sarah Elsa StarfishStarfish.

According to Armstrong, Anthony-Nak designers draw their creative inspiration from past periods when jewelry was more than just an accessory, but an integral part of women's dress. In designing their collection, the self-taught style of Camargo and Armstrong integrates antiquity and art nouveau by drawing on these past elements in a modern representation.

"Our goal is to create jewelry that is modern and sensual and conforms to the body like a bias-cut fabric," Armstrong said. "Each piece combines precious and semi-precious stones that are woven together with silver and gold in a lace-like fashion, giving the jewelry fluidity and movement."

About Anthony-Nak

Formed in November 1998 and based in Austin, Texas, Anthony-Nak Inc., designs fresh, unique and individual jewelry for a diverse list of clients. The company's client list includes a number of well- known actresses and musicians, including Cameron Diaz, Cher, Jewel, Sarah MacLachlan, Sandra Paloma Picasso Loving Heart lariatlariat, Lucy Liu, Jennifer Tilly and Geri Halliwell. The company distributes its jewelry to Neiman Marcus stores in 21 U.S. cities, including Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago and Seattle; Dallas-based Stanley Korshak, Henri Bendel of New York; and Fred Segal of Santa Monica, Calif.

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by Deon DeLange. Produced by Bosworth Communications; distributed by Eagles' View Publishing Co, 1993. VHS, color, approx 76 minutes. $29.95.

Techniques of Beading Earrings is one of the most complete beading lessons that anyone could hope to view. It was wonderful to have the video narrated by the author of so many successful and informative beading books. Not only is Deon DeLange a very talented designer, she is an easy to understand and follow Elsa Peretti Sevillana drop earringsearrings.

Introductory parts deal with the basic supplies that one would need to bead. DeLange takes her time to carefully explain and show why certain materials are essential. The section on "Tips and Tricks of the Trade" is a treasure trove for any level of beader.

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Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation Raises $80,000: Onassis Earrings Fetch $8,000 in L.A.

A pair of earrings that once belonged to Jacqueline Onassis fetched $8000 for the Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation during a Frank Gehry Fish earrings. 8 fundraiser at Gaylord's restaurant here that by the end of the evening succeeded in raising more than $50,000.

Computer entrepreneur Raj Kapur was so moved by famed Hindi film star Sunil Dutt's plea for contributions to help ease the suffering of cancer patients in India that when organizer Arun Puri called for donations he leaped to his feet and astonished the nearly 200 present with his contribution of $11,000.

Sizable donations, probably the most generous ever offered in lump sums since the foundation was instituted 15 years ago, came pouring in. On behalf of the Tandon family, Juggi Tandon matched Kapur's contribution by presenting a check for 11,000.

Within a matter of minutes the contributions had approached nearly $30,000 when Kapur, declaring he had become "motivated," offered up the earrings which he had only recently purchased at an auction along with other items from the Onassis collection.

Hollywood film producer Raju Patel ("The Jungle Book"), after having already donated $5000 and unable to resist such a prize, snapped them up for $8000 and, after donating the money to the foundation, presented the earnings to his wife, Dimple.

Famed Hindi film star Sunil Dutt arrived at Gaylord's shortly before 8:30 that evening and, after greeting those guests who had already arrived, was asked by the organizers to conduct an impromptu Aarti ceremony.

With Puri, his longtime and most devoted supporter in the Southland at his side, Dutt lit the lamp resting in front of a portrait of the goddess Laxmi while Reshmi Shah, the lead singer of Dr. Mahesh Vyas' band, sang "Om Jai Jagdish Hare."

"Now we should have a good evening," Dutt proclaimed once the lamp's flame was burning brightly.

The evening's main entertainment was the singing of several Hindi songs by famed playback singer Sharda, winner of several Filmfare Awards who that night sang an original song she had written for the occasion and dedicated to Sunil Dutt.

When she came off the stage at the conclusion of her performance, Dutt immediately rose from his seat, crossed the room and, in the presence of everyone, thanked Sharda with a loving, enveloping embrace.

Puri, who served from 1985 to 1990 as the foundation's Southland chapter president and was reelected to the position last year, Tiffany Cushion Drop earrings off the main part of the evening after the dinner had been served by explaining that this year's contributions would be used to purchase a mobile hospital.

"Just like a doctor making house calls, this mobile hospital will be making house calls in the slum areas of Bombay," Puri told the gathering.

When he was invited to speak, Dutt first complimented the crowd by asserting that "you work much harder than the Indians back home," a remark that back home," a remark that prompted spontaneous applause and a grateful "thank you" from one of the women in the audience.

He then pointed out that it has been through the generosity of Indo-Americans over the past 15 years that more than $2 million has been raised "and I feel very proud to be an Indian because even though you are over here, you have not forgotten India and you have not forgotten the pains of India."

The Nargis Dutt Foundation "is above politics, is above religion," and is "for mankind, for human beings, to wipe their tears and bring happiness in their homes," he maintained. "If we can spare one family pain and sorrow in India, then that is our greatest contribution."

Dutt appealed for more than simply writing out a check and sending the money to India, "because we have plenty of money in India," he said. "We must send those things which are not available in India, such as the (medical) equipment that we can't make in India."

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"We were extremely happy with the turnout" that drew nearly 200 that evening," Puri told India-West.

As far as receiving more than $50,000 in contributions, "we were definitely pleasantly surprised," Puri admitted. "Our target was to collect $50,000 and that was largely wishful thinking on our part before we started the event."

The scant confirmed facts about the life of Vermeer, and the relative paucity of his masterworks, continues to be provoke to the literary imagination, as witnessed by this third fine fictional work on the Dutch artist in the space of 13 months. Not as erotic or as deviously suspenseful as Katharine Weber's The Music Lesson, or as original in conception as Susan Elsa Peretti Butterfly EarringsEarrings interlinked short stories, Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Chevalier's first novel succeeds on its own merits. Through the eyes of its protagonist, the modest daughter of a tile maker who in 1664 is forced to work as a maid in the Vermeer household because her father has gone blind, Chevalier presents a marvelously textured picture of 17th-century Delft. The physical appearance of the city is clearly delineated, as is its rigidly defined class system, the grinding poverty of the working people and the prejudice against Catholics among the Protestant majority. From the very first, 16-year-old narrator Griet establishes herself as a keen observer who sees the world in Somerset basic hoop earrings images, expressed in precise and luminous prose. Through her vision, the personalities of coolly distant Vermeer, his emotionally volatile wife, Catharina, his sharp-eyed and benevolently powerful mother-in-law, Maria Thins, and his increasing brood of children are traced with subtle shading, and the strains and jealousies within the household potently conveyed. With equal skill, Chevalier describes the components of a painting: how colors are mixed from apothecary materials, how the composition of a work is achieved with painstaking care. She also excels in conveying the inflexible class system, making it clear that to members of the wealthy elite, every member of the servant class is expendable. Griet is almost ruined when Vermeer, impressed by her instinctive grasp of color and composition, secretly makes her his assistant, and later demands that she pose for him wearing Catharina's pearl earrings. While Chevalier develops the tension of this situation with skill, several other devices threaten to rob the narrative of its credibility. Griet's ability to suggest to Vermeer how to improve a painting demands one stretch of the reader's imagination. And Vermeer's acknowledgment of his debt to her, revealed in the denouement, is a blatant nod to sentimentality. Heart Clover Earrings, this is a completely absorbing story with enough historical authenticity and artistic intuition to mark Chevalier as a talented newcomer to the literary scene. Agent, Deborah Schneider. (Jan.)

How could the Internet, jewelry and good value be connected in one Frank Gehry Fish earrings?

Hampel/Stefanides' first ad for Net startup OrbitGems.com may have the answer.

The print effort for the New York-based discount estate and contemporary jewelry e-- tailer breaks nationwide early this month.

The ad has a tongue-- in-chic tone; it shows a well-heeled woman in a huge feathered hat wearing a computer mouse as an Tiffany Cushion Drop earrings.

The copy: "You no longer have to be wealthy to buy one-of-a-- kind estate jewelry. Just well-connected."

Hampel/Stefanides won the business a couple of months ago, said Robert Ireland, vice president, account director of the New York shop, adding it was a challenge to link all the clients aspects.

"You can't rely just on, 'Hey, you can buy jewelry on the Internet,' because that's become point-of-entry," Ireland said. "You need to try and differentiate the HEART LINK DROP EARRINGS."

Spending is about $1-1.5 million. The ad will run through Christmas in such magazines as The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and in newspapers.

Archaeological evidence suggests that both men and women have been wearing earrings from the third century Bc. Originally the idea for piercing ears and inserting a metallic ornament comes from the Orient. This book, however, focuses on the history of mainstream earrings for Western women from pre-history to the Elsa Peretti Sevillana earrings.

From earliest times through to today, earrings can be divided into two types -- hoops and pendants and this is reflected throughout this historical survey The book is divided into four main chapters, which each cover a major historical time period. Photographs are placed at the end of each section to illustrate the preceding text. The illustrations in this book are particularly fine, with more than 600 examples of designs, 108 in colour. The book concludes with an index, glossary and very useful and detailed biographical notes on Elsa Peretti Eternal Circle earrings.

The fashion for wearing precious metals spread from Egypt to the classical Greek, Roman and Hellenistic worlds to Byzantium. During the Middle Ages, however, with the advent of high ruff collars, earrings practically disappeared. It was not until the eighteenth century that earrings became an essential form of adornment. The perfecting of techniques for cutting coloured gemstones and diamonds paved the way for the development of very glamorous and stylish designs. During the nineteenth century we see a great vogue for classical and Roman motifs in jewellery design. The First World War changed many people's lives forever, and in particular women, who became more emancipated and adopted shorter dresses and shorter hairstyles. This gave way to a rise in popularity for long pendant earrings, which has continued right through to the 1990s. The introduction of clip earrings in the 1930s also allowed women to wear heavy earrings without piercing their ears.

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