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The Paris outpost will be McGarryBowen's second European office the first, which opened in London in 2012, works with a mix of network and local clients.

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Mr. Campan said in an email, "We are at the beginning of a large integration of our luxury and premium practice inside the McGarryBowen network." The Same Same founder will become CEO of McGarryBowen Luxury and will report to Thierry Jadot, CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network France, Benelux, MENA and Israel.

Gordon Bowen, co founder and global chairman of McGarryBowen, said in a statement, "The Same Same agency and its leadership are an impressive team. The company has a remarkable growth story fueled by superior capabilities and a strong record of memorable work for iconic brands. This new offering will allow us to provide clients with deep expertise and ahead of the market insights into the luxury sector."

The Same Same acquisition is positioned as part of the agency's long term expansion plans. Earlier this week, McGarryBowen put a new leadership structure in place, leaving Mr. Bowen with more time to devote to the growth and development of the international network.
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All the high Lvl players got there in less than > 3 months now they are all bored silly.> Your sick of it already. Quit your account and go get a GF get outside > enjoy life : )>> Your not the first person to compare it to Morrowind. I'll look at it again in 18 months should be better > by then.>>That's the main problem overexposure. If you play the game in moderation, you don't skyrocket to level 60 in three months of gameplay, and it's more enjoyable. Like having 10 cases of beer in front of you. Sure you can down them all in two days, but then you'll barf, lie in bed bitching about how you hate beer,vca fake necklace, and barf some more. Or you can drink one or two a day at most, and enjoy it for weeks. Without any barf. The reviewer goes on about limited number of types of quests, etc. Then I check Lineage 2 review and there's not a single mention of questing there,van cleef and arpel knock off necklace, as though quests don't exist in Lineage 2. Instead, I see a lot of blubber about neverending grind. Yet Lineage 2 gets a higher score in gameplay. Say what?Plenty of other similar "inconsistencies"Yes, graphics quality in WoW is lower (note,van cleef arpels fake necklace, artistry and style are not low in WoW by any means),van cleef fake butterfly necklace, which results in smoother gameplay on a low spec computers. Besides, initial "wow!" (no pun) about graphics quality wears off fast and then gameplay is what matters most. At least for us, guys. Girls see it differently Last night my female priest(ess) character was told by another female character that the robe I had on looked very nice. ?? I had it because of the nice +sta and +int, lol. Had to get all my wits together to keep up a meaningful conversation about tailoring and stuff. Just with WoW> you pay monthly to play alone : )Maybe not the first but it's totally unrepresentive of the game. Grouping is where the fun is at, I can't imagine soloing all the time, boring. Sure>> you can down them all in two days, but then you'll barf, lie in bed>> bitching about how you hate beer, and barf some more. Or you can>> drink one or two a day at most, and enjoy it for weeks. Without any>> barf.>> It really depends on the beer, now doesn't it? Ooh, for some reason that brought up a flashback of an experience I had with some "bad" Schlitz years ago. Ack! chainbreakerIf you need to email, then chainbreaker (naturally) at comcast dotnet that's "net" not "com" should do it. My favorite parts of the game so far have the> the van cleef quest and stiches.> > All the quests follow the same cookie cutter build formula. kill 10x of a> certain monster and return to town. Atleast on my server most of the other players are helpful,albeit with exceptions. They also ask because the game'sworld is filled with complexity and hidden nuances thingsyou'd never even notice unless some kind person pointedthem out to you.> Then comes my issue with other players. Youbuild good working relationships. Only rarely does one justfall in your lap.> Just the other day a guy was> getting swarmed and almost dead so I went over to help him out. If I hadnt> helped he would of died. Afterwards he tells me to stop attacking what he is> because there is plenty for everybody. Takeyourself for example. You can't find good team groups, andyou say OTHER people are "tards". He keptbegging for several minutes. "can somebody plz give me 5spplzzzzzz!!!!" Finally somebody said "What I would like togive you is a little dignity."You can either stand there and beg, or you can walk out thedoor into the world and be a hero. After level 20 or so the scale slowly> tipped to more frustration and work than fun. kill 10x of a> certain monster and return to town. Or take letter to npc x which you have> no idea where he is. That's notsaying much if you compare those quests to what you get out ofsingle player games.> Then comes my issue with other players. Finding good people to group with or> people on the same quest is very difficult. Just the other day a guy was> getting swarmed and almost dead so I went over to help him out. If I hadnt> helped he would of died. Afterwards he tells me to stop attacking what he is> because there is plenty for everybody. There are so many tards playing this> game its rediculous. I'd spend some time looking for a goodone. Personally I never liked the guild thing so I never joinedone.> I would much prefer a sp rpg with somewhat of a story and designed for 1> person.> I really wish they did a better job on morrowind. it had the feel of a> mmorpg but also the same problems. It will be good. After level 20 or so the scale slowly> tipped to more frustration and work than fun. But there is so muchaddiction> to get to that new level and upgrade your skills.>first off, get higher than level 31secondly, you should try EQ2, you will hate that even moreRabid shriller quest: they spawn in TWO places. Ihave a 44, 22 and 20 char. All different classes/races. Taking my timeand enjoying the game not power levelling to be uber. "Jackfish" writes:> Seems to me this game is going to crash and burn hard this summer when > everyone hits level 50 60 and there is nothing to do.> For a game that is so fun people sure complain about it alot. The Blizzard > forums are all complaints. All the high Lvl players got there in less than 3 > months now they are all bored silly.> Your sick of it already. Quit your account and go get a GF get outside enjoy > life : )> > Your not the first person to compare it to Morrowind. I recently became addicted to WoW. out of a month I played for > > nearly> > a week straight. This was pretty much all my spare time for a month.> >> > At first every minute was exciting. After level 20 or so the scale slowly> > tipped to more frustration and work than fun. But there is so much > > addiction> > to get to that new level and upgrade your skills.> >> > I have a lvl 31 character and im still fighting murlocs and wolves just> > repackaged for a higher lvl. My favorite parts of the game so far have the> > the van cleef quest and stiches.> >> > All the quests follow the same cookie cutter build formula. kill 10x of a> > certain monster and return to town. Or take letter to npc x which you have> > no idea where he is. finding npcs can be very frustrating and the channels> > are constantly spammed with quest questions.> >> > Then comes my issue with other players. Finding good people to group with > > or> > people on the same quest is very difficult. Just the other day a guy was> > getting swarmed and almost dead so I went over to help him out. If I hadnt> > helped he would of died. Afterwards he tells me to stop attacking what he > > is> > because there is plenty for everybody. There are so many tards playing > > this> > game its rediculous. the point of a mmorpg is to game with other people > > but> > to me they just blend into the rest of the environment.> >> > I would much prefer a sp rpg with somewhat of a story and designed for 1> > person.> > I really wish they did a better job on morrowind. it had the feel of a> > mmorpg but also the same problems. vast land filled with nothing and> > lifeless npcs' just like WoW.> >> > I could still be playing diablo 2 since release if they just added a new > > act> > every once and a while. Besides, initial "wow!" (no pun) about graphics quality> wears off fast and then gameplay is what matters most. That is certainly true for me.> At least for us,> guys. Girls see it differently Last night my female priest(ess)> character was told by another female character that the robe I had on> looked very nice. ?? I had it because of the nice +sta and +int, lol.> Had to get all my wits together to keep up a meaningful conversation> about tailoring and stuff."meaningful conversation about tailoring and stuff."You say funny things. The Blizzard >> forums are all complaints. All the high Lvl players got there in less than >> 3 months now they are all bored silly.>> Your sick of it already. Quit your account and go get a GF get outside >> enjoy life : )>>>> Your not the first person to compare it to Morrowind. I'll look at it again in 18 months should be better >> by then.>>>>> > That's the main problem overexposure. If you play the game in > moderation, you don't skyrocket to level 60 in three months of gameplay, and > it's more enjoyable. Like having 10 cases of beer in front of you. Sure > you can down them all in two days, but then you'll barf, lie in bed bitching > about how you hate beer, and barf some more. Or you can drink one or two a > day at most, and enjoy it for weeks. Without any barf. Or, having made yourself wretchedly ill on "Hunter S. NightElf" brand beer, you spend a couple of days drinking Minesweeper Mineral Water at which point you're ready to start demolishing another 10 cases of Sirian Shaman Sweat. Hair of the dog and all that Remove the mess to reply. The >>> Blizzard forums are all complaints. All the high Lvl players got there >>> in less than 3 months now they are all bored silly.>>> Your sick of it already. Quit your account and go get a GF get outside >>> enjoy life : )>>>>>> Your not the first person to compare it to Morrowind. I'll look at it again in 18 months should be better >>> by then.>>>>>>>>>> That's the main problem overexposure. If you play the game in >> moderation, you don't skyrocket to level 60 in three months of gameplay, >> and it's more enjoyable. Like having 10 cases of beer in front of you. >> Sure you can down them all in two days, but then you'll barf, lie in bed >> bitching about how you hate beer, and barf some more. Or you can drink >> one or two a day at most, and enjoy it for weeks. Without any barf.>> Or, having made yourself wretchedly ill on "Hunter S. NightElf" brand > beer, you spend a couple of days drinking Minesweeper Mineral Water at > which point you're ready to start demolishing another 10 cases of Sirian > Shaman Sweat. Hair of the dog and all that >Sure, you joke, but I was at one time addicted to minesweeper. I ain't proud to admit it. My favorite parts of the game so far havethe> > the van cleef quest and stiches.> >> > All the quests follow the same cookie cutter build formula. kill 10x ofa> > certain monster and return to town. Or take letter to npc x which youhave> > no idea where he is.>> You just mentioned above that you had enjoyed the vanCleef> quest what cookie cutter did it come from? While it may> be true that there are many quests that are similar to others,> and many higher level monsters that look and act pretty much> like the ones you were fighting earlier, I'm not sure that> there's good justification for your "cookie cutter" wisecrack.> Presently my paladin is working on some deep sea salvage> operations, searching through shipwrecks for log books and> shipping manifests. I feel like Jacques Cousteau on steroids.>> > finding npcs can be very frustrating and the channels> > are constantly spammed with quest questions.>> People ask questions because asking leads to answers. At> least on my server most of the other players are helpful,> albeit with exceptions. They also ask because the game's> world is filled with complexity and hidden nuances things> you'd never even notice unless some kind person pointed> them out to you.>> > Then comes my issue with other players. Finding good people to groupwith or> > people on the same quest is very difficult.>> That's a good reason to sign up with an active guild. You> build good working relationships. Only rarely does one just> fall in your lap.>> > Just the other day a guy was> > getting swarmed and almost dead so I went over to help him out. If Ihadnt> > helped he would of died. Afterwards he tells me to stop attacking whathe is> > because there is plenty for everybody. There are so many tards playingthis> > game its rediculous.>> There are a lot of ALL kinds of people playing it. Take> yourself for example. You can't find good team groups, and> you say OTHER people are "tards". I think I have a hunch> why they might not like to play with you.>> > I could still be playing diablo 2 since release if they just added a newact> > every once and a while.>> I liked Diablo2 myself played a lot of it with several> different character classes. WoW is so much better than> that it's a disgrace to mention them in the same paragraph.>> > After saying all this for those of you that have> > explored most of WoW is it worth all the time? im trying to resistlogging> > on and just picking up guild wars when it comes out.>> I haven't even scratched the surface of everything that's> out there, but at 37th level with a bright future ahead of> me, yeah I'd say it's worth it.>> There was an 18th level elf in the auction house in Ironforge> this morning who was asking for 5 silver pieces (which he> could have earned himself in about 10 minutes). He kept> begging for several minutes. "can somebody plz give me 5sp> plzzzzzz!!!!" Finally somebody said "What I would like to> give you is a little dignity.">> You can either stand there and beg, or you can walk out the> door into the world and be a hero. The reviewer goes on about limited number of types of quests, etc. >Then I check Lineage 2 review and there's not a single mention of >questing there, as though quests don't exist in Lineage 2. Instead, I >see a lot of blubber about neverending grind. Yet Lineage 2 gets a >higher score in gameplay. Say what?>>Plenty of other similar "inconsistencies">>Yes, graphics quality in WoW is lower (note, artistry and style are not >low in WoW by any means), which results in smoother gameplay on a low >spec computers. Besides, initial "wow!" (no pun) about graphics quality >wears off fast and then gameplay is what matters most. At least for us, >guys. Girls see it differently Last night my female priest(ess) >character was told by another female character that the robe I had on >looked very nice. ?? I had it because of the nice +sta and +int, lol. for ten minutes!"Replace 'spamfree' with the other word for 'maze' to reply via email. moderation can be difficult though.>> I plan to take advantage of the exp bonus and only play on weekends or> something. I will play the xbox during the week with less time consuming> games.>This is one thing I really like about WoW the experience bonus when logged off. I hope this is done in future mmorpgs. moderation can be difficult though.> >> > I plan to take advantage of the exp bonus and only play on weekends or> > something. I will play the xbox during the week with less timeconsuming> > games.> >>> This is one thing I really like about WoW the experience bonus when> logged off. moderation can be difficult though.> >> > I plan to take advantage of the exp bonus and only play on weekends or> > something. I will play the xbox during the week with less timeconsuming> > games.> >>> This is one thing I really like about WoW the experience bonus when> logged off. I hope this is done in future mmorpgs.>>im 1 bar into level 31. im at southshore and ive finished most of the questsgeared toward my level. moderation can be difficult though.> >> > I plan to take advantage of the exp bonus and only play on weekends or> > something. I will play the xbox during the week with less time consuming> > games.> >> > This is one thing I really like about WoW the experience bonus when> logged off. While rested, a characterwill receive double the xp from all enemies killed. WoW so far has been an amazingexperience for me. If I burn out on it in six months, fine, so be it that doesn't lower the significance of the fact that I had fun from level 1on, which is not common for MMORPGs. (And so far I'm only playing theEuropean beta, but it's identical to the US release.)M. Thatusually causes stress and frustration for me (in all games). I just playfor the "immaterial experience". For instance, last night I accompied a newplayer from Auberdine to Stormwind, which took us nearly an hour since wealso did some sightseeing. XP gain? About 300 xp. But I had fun, and so didhe . moderation can be difficult though.> > I plan to take advantage of the exp bonus and only play on weekends or> something. Highlight the quest in your log (reading is also recommened)and watch your radar for a blip at the edge. ?? I had it because of the nice +sta and +int, lol.> > Hey, I do choose equipment partly because of the way it looks on my> character! I'm male, and heterosexual! I'm not totally discarding the looks either: some/most head gear looks utterly ridiculous on a Tauren But oftentimes I'm willing to wear it just because it's extra armor. Just turn off helmet display in interface settings. While rested, a character> will receive double the xp from all enemies killed. (Quest xp is> unchanged.) The rested state will last until a certain amount of bonus> xp has been awarded the more time you spend in an inn or city, the> longer you will remain rested.>> The rest bonus caps after a full week logged off, with about (I think)> one level's worth of xp.>> DamienThis is a great equalizer for normal humans who spend more time in the real world. finding npcs can be very frustrating and thechannels> >are constantly spammed with quest questions.>>> Remove this guy from the genepool! Quickly! Before it becomes> polluted! (Or at least have mercy with us and take away his computer net access
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They walked it in Cheryl Tiegs' new line of wigs for Revlon. But Monday's luncheon is designed for more than fashion; it's benefiting Cedars Sinai Medical Center's COACH for Kids and Their Families Program. COACH, which stands for Community Outreach Assistance for Children's Health, helps economically disadvantaged kids with lifesavers as diverse as mobile medical units and Christmas gifts.

About six months ago, Estes Antebi, a longtime supporter of COACH, rallied other moms in her baby play group, such as Jennifer Flavin Stallone,replica van cleef butterfly earrings, Kris Jenner and Marie Marciano, to join her in adopting the charity. In March, the group will clean out its closets and hold a "million dollar" celebrity garage sale online.

"We're all friends, relatively the same age, and we're also having new babies," Estes Antebi says. "So it's a very bonded experience. We're women who are together anyway, so for us to have the opportunity to change the world at the same time is a wonderful thing."Let's blur the edges a bit and declare this Martin Luther King Jr. Week. His memory was out and about Friday at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, where the American Civil Liberties Union saluted a few good men and women at its annual Bill of Rights dinner. at the millennium: "If he were here, I think he would acknowledge the progress, but I think he would be sorely disappointed. Justice is a relay, and I think he'd tell us we've dropped the baton. Because as long as places like Los Angeles have 40% of its children without health insurance, there's work to be done. . . . As long as children and women and men sleep on the streets and go to bed hungry, there's work to be done."

Harry Belafonte, in town to film the abortion politics drama "Swing Vote" with Andy Garcia, celebrated his 72nd birthday by joining Rice at the podium in memory of his erstwhile marching buddy, King.
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First Annual Winter Reading Festival

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On a rainy winter day, nothing can be finer than laying around in your sweatpants reading a good gardening book. In fact, the best thing about winter is that you can still call yourself a gardener without doing any of the work. Thankfully, we have a couple more months of winter rain in front of us, so let's all gather round the heating vent and start reading.

To help you begin, here's the Green Gardener's First Annual Winter Reading Festival Short List. Books that made this list met the three basic requirements: They're useful, enlightening and entertaining.

1. If you buy only one gardening book in your entire life, buy the classic "Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening," edited by , published in 1959. It was re released in 1999 with the original corny cover featuring the bee hived babe and her bountiful bevy of beautiful vegetables.

This book is brilliant. From Abelia to Zygopetalum, it has it all. Intelligently and clearly written incorporating the wisdom of poets, philosophers, scientists, and explorers, and the section on soil, alone, is worth the price of admission.

The Encyclopedia approaches gardening as a fundamental, important act and not as a dilettante's hobby. It establishes a strong global context for organic gardening and is not short on attitude. It is the basic tool to do the job that is to be done." This book is pure poetry.

Make sure you buy the original encyclopedia and not the "All New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening," published by Rodale in 1992. I don't mean to be insulting, but talk about the dumbing down of America. This book appears to be targeted at a struggling seventh grader.

You can often find used copies of the original 1959 edition in used bookshops. If not, spring for the re release. It's worth it.

2. If you buy only two gardening books in your entire life, buy Pam Pierce's "Golden Gate Gardening," published by Sasquatch Books. The revised edition was released in 1998. Though the book is useful for folks gardening anywhere along the foggy California coast from Santa Monica to the Oregon border, it's a jewel of a resource for San Franciscans.

Pierce gets down to the neighborhood level, distinguishing between the sunbelt of the Mission District, the transition zone of Glen Park and the fog belt of the Sunset. She provides detailed calendars of what can grow where and when, and when you can expect to harvest.

The section on growing tomatoes in our frigid summers is the brass ring of this book. It's thorough, clear and hopeful.

Purists should be forewarned that Pierce is not strictly an organic gardener. Though she primarily stresses organic materials, she does occasionally stray from the path.

3. "Botany for Gardeners" by . I could read this book over and over again. Mostly because I can't remember anything he says. Nonetheless, this is a fabulous book for backyard gardeners because it provides a basic understanding of plant anatomy, physiology and reproductive systems.

While most gardening books tell you what to do, this one explains why you'll do what you do. Understanding root growth, the structure of a stem, or the movement of water through a plant gives your garden an added dimension of interest, and will greatly improve your gardening skills.

Some samples: Yes, pinching back your perennials makes them bushy. That's because as long as apical buds (buds at the tip of the stem) are present, the growth of axillary buds (buds at the angle where leaf meets stem) is suppressed. And the sweet, white pulpy interior of a corn kernel is actually the endosperm (it nourishes the seedling during germination). Think about that, the next time you bite into an ear of corn on the cob.

4. You could hunker down all winter with only the "Gardener's Desk Reference," produced by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This beefy tome weighs more than a six pack of bottled beer. Sections include City Gardening, Plants in Literature and Lore, Ecology for Gardeners and Plant Conservation. This book has a holistic attitude about gardening and the environment, and it's fun to read. The section on natural gardening is particularly interesting.

5 5 1/2,van cleef butterfly earrings replica. These two books are for the lunatic fringe those folks who can't get enough: "The Rodale Book of Composting" and "The Soul of Soil" by and Grace Gershuny.

"The Rodale Book of Composting" is fun, fun, fun for any compost mad gardener. It includes everything you'll ever want to know about composting including diagrams of all kinds of compost bins and pens and an introduction to several different composting methods. The "Materials for Composting" section includes the nutrient breakdown of the most common compost materials. As a compost freak, I refer to this handy book regularly.

If you don't make it past the first chapter of "The Soul of Soil," it's still worth your money to buy this book. The chapter Observing the Soil Ecosystem is invaluable knowledge for every gardener. It helps bring many pieces of the organic gardening puzzle into place. Some of the other chapters are more farm applicable The Marketplace and Organic Certification and Soil Management Practices yet make interesting reading.

Should the winter prove extra long or you're extra lazy, consider a subscription to Acres USA, a monthly tabloid for organic farmers. "To be economical, agriculture must be ecological," reads the motto over the masthead. This publication is a fascinating look into the economics, politics and practices of the organic farmer. interesting. I. Rodale, ed., Rodale Press, Inc, Emmaus PA, 1959, 1999.

"Golden Gate Gardening," by Pam Pierce,van cleef and arpels replica earrings, Sasquatch Books, Seattle, WA, 1998.

"Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gardener's Desk Reference," , ed., Henry Holt and Co., NY, NY, 1998.

"The Soul of Soil,replica van cleef earrings," Joe Smillie and Grace Gershuny, Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, VT, 1999.

"The Rodale Book of Composting," Deborah L. Martin and Grace Gershuny, eds., Rodale Press, Inc, Emmaus PA, 1992.

Organic gardening news, views and tips every Wednesday.

Lisa Van Cleef is a feral office worker who escaped into the garden never to return. The Green Gardener name is, of course, a tribute to the great Joe Carcione, The Greengrocer,replica van cleef and arpels flower earrings, whose reporting was useful, no nonsense and funny as hell.
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Classic movies in local theaters this month are led by trio of Oscar winners

"From Here to Eternity" (1953,van cleef lucky alhambra necklace replica, b/w). Vividly portrayed adaptation of James Jones' military novel set in 1941 Hawaii during the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Montgomery Clift is a former boxer who refuses to fight,van cleef and arpels necklace fake, Frank Sinatra is his only friend and Burt Lancaster is the first sergeant trying to help. Deborah Kerr,van cleef arpels clover necklace fake, Donna Reed and an especially good Ernest Borgnine co star. Reed and Sinatra won Oscars. The final film in the Sergio Leone Clint Eastwood "Dollar Trilogy" is a Civil War epic with Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach searching for lost treasure. Long but never dull, with action,van arpels and cleef necklace fake, comedy and Leone's signature style in peak form. (Rated M for theaters in 1969, the equivalent of a PG, then re rated 20 years later for video, since the M was obsolete. A PG 13 was expected but the MPAA instead gave it an R.
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Fashion History in 'Van Cleef Arpels'

Art Deco was the last of the great styles in which artists sought to design every element of life, from the facade of a building to what a woman would wear visiting it.

Along with Cartier, Van Cleef Arpels set the standards for excellence in design and workmanship for Art Deco jewelry. "The Art of Van Cleef Arpels," a small, tastefully mounted exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art through June 17, celebrates the work of the noted French jewelers during the palmiest days of the style. The crisply elegant lines of these bracelets, brooches, earrings will delight anyone interested in the history of fashion. Others will be struck by the way the show summarizes Art Deco design in miniature.

The stylized flowers and peacocks on two '20s lapis lazuli vanity cases could easily expand into murals for the salon of an ocean liner. If the arches and triangles atop the Chrysler Building shrank to thumbnail size, they would resemble a small 1925 pin inlaid with precious stones.

The period's taste for Oriental exotica in the decorative arts reflects in a "mystery clock" (so called because the dial seemed to have no connection to the movement) of crystal,turquoise van cleef necklace fake, onyx,van arpels and cleef necklace fake, agate and diamonds. Modeled after the portico of a Japanese temple, it looks like a tiny gong from the lobby of Grauman's Chinese.

Exquisite enameled vanity boxes with mosaic scenes in mother of pearl suggest miniature Coromandel screens in Deco frames. A delicate platinum and diamond bracelet with figures copied from hieroglyphics in colored gems recalls the mania for Egyptian motifs triggered by the discovery of Tut's tomb in 1922.

The heyday of the firm's designs ended with the decade. During the '30s,van cleef & arpels necklace fake, sleekly elegant bracelets and pins thickened and spread, like a dancer who stops exercising. Delicate Egyptian and chinoiserie ornaments were replaced by Boule bracelets and "padlock" watches cable like chains that end in big, convex chucks of precious metals and gems. The Jazz Age was coming to a close; the lighthearted revels of the flappers drawn by John Held Jr., were giving way to the Depression era adventures of "Little Orphan Annie."

Later pieces lack the self assured grace of the Deco jewelry: ballerina pins from the '40s and '50s,vca sweet alhambra necklace replica, or the "Zip" necklace, based on a diamond studded gold zipper made for the Duchess of Windsor. A maharini's bejeweled gold box with a portrait of Empress Eugenie and her ladies in waiting represents the flamboyant meeting of East and Western kitsch.

The one impressive modern piece is a silver and paste replica of the fantastic crown made for the coronation of Empress Farah of Iran in 1967. (The original presumably remains in Tehran, where its 36 rubies, 36 emeralds, 105 pearls and 1,541 diamonds help back the Iranian currency.)
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At the Long Beach federal building, customs officials displayed stacks of boxes filled with about 40,000 counterfeit watches and unassembled watch parts seized since late December.

The investigation began in December when customs agents seized one package of counterfeit watch parts from Hong Kong that had been sent to a fictitious name in Los Angeles. The investigation resulted in the seizure of about 12,000 watches Jan. 31 at a storage facility on Mission Road in Los Angeles. About 28,000 counterfeit watches were seized from a showroom at the California Mart in downtown Los Angeles on May 11. Customs spokesman Michael Fleming. Fake watches are the fourth most common type of counterfeit merchandise seized, agents said.

Slightly more than $1 million in counterfeit watches were seized in the Los Angeles area in 2000, compared to the $36 million seized in the case described Friday van cleef and arpels diamond earrings replica.

"This particular case reflects the sophistication and brazenness" of the counterfeiters, Fleming said. With some of the watches, "even some of the experts couldn't tell" they were counterfeit, he said.

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Chan's wife, Philippine citizen Maria Uy van cleef butterfly earrings replica, 36, and Arman Chan, 36, of Walnut were indicted on one count each of similar violations May 24. All three suspects are free on bond and are scheduled to go to trial July 31. If convicted, each could face up to 10 years in federal prison on each count.

Fleming said the suspects are "absolutely" connected, adding that the three seizures are being investigated as a single case. Agents said they believe the parts are being assembled in the United States, and did not rule out the possibility of more arrests. The watches and parts were packaged in legitimate looking boxes, and were in many cases accompanied by fake certificates of authenticity.

Among the trademarks counterfeited were Cartier, Bulgari, Armani/Fossil, Technomarine, Tag Heuer, Omega, Movado and Rolex. The watches were appraised jointly by customs specialists and experts from the watch companies. Customs Agent Craig Ziegler, who is in charge of the case and has worked on counterfeit importation crimes for more than 20 years,van cleef and arpels four leaf clover necklace replica, said the fakes were being sold through the Internet and at retail outlets. Fake Rolex watches, some of the priciest being counterfeited, could sell for as high as $44,000,van cleef turquoise necklace fake, Ziegler said.

"Some people will probably never find out,cartier clover necklace replica," he said. "In their own right, they may be very good watches. These are good enough for retail." Some of the fakes are so well crafted that they could even end up at licensed dealers, Fleming said. Others are "swap meet" quality, he said, a variety that indicates the broad range of the operation, which is still considered active.

Legitimate watch manufacturers are becoming frustrated at the growing counterfeit watch industry, because of financial damage and damage to their products' reputation.

Adam Rieter, a representative of Giorgio Armani, which makes some of the watches counterfeited, demonstrated slight inconsistencies that signal a counterfeit. Small imprints and irregular logos are telling, he said.
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