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New Mexico Highlands University issued the following news release:

New Mexico Highlands’ Madrigal Choir presents a “Christmas Now!” tiffany for sale concert Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. in the university’s Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave.

The concert will feature the university’s women’s choir performing English composer Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols along with two Christmas songs by Santa Fe-based composer Linda Rice.

In the second half of the program, the men in the university’s madrigal choir will join the women to perform Misa Criolla, a folk mass based on Latin American rhythms and traditions composed by Argentinean composer Ariel Ramirez.

The program ends with the madrigal choir singing two lively Christmas pieces by tiffany pendants Welsh composer William Mathias.

The director for the concert is Andre Garcia-Nuthmann, the university’s choral director and Department of Music.

Accompanying the madrigal choir will be music professors Linda King on piano and Edward Harrington on bass. Other accompanists include Roberto Capocchi on guitar, and Ralph Marquez and Michael Campbell on percussion.

The members of the Women’s Choir also sing in the Madrigal Choir, including Karliz de Marco, tiffany earrings Nicole Robinson, Christel Garcia, Betty Thompson, Margaret Loehr, Victoria Evans, Tiffany Neeley, Linda Castillo, Christine Jordan and Ardys Otterbacher.

The men in the Madrigal Choir include Devin Barad, Thomas J. Jefferson, Richard Lindeborg, Marcos Sedillo, Joseph Chavez, Michael Hatlee, Josh Lindsey and John Loehr. Tickets are $10 for the general public, and $5 for Highlands’ faculty and staff, seniors 65 and older, and children under 10. All Highlands’ students with ID are free, along with other students with tiffany key rings school ID.

For more information, contact Jane Quintana at 505-454-3359 or Vick Evans at 505-454-3135.tiffany necklaces For more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com.

“It reminds you of the old times, like in the movies; everyone is interacting and having a good time…it gets you in the spirit!” silver jewellery says Barry Martin of Springfield, Missouri after visiting the Santa’s Wonderland event last year at the Bass Pro Shops in Springfield.

Angela Ferguson, a customer at the store in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma said regarding her visit, “Definitely tell people to come see Santa’s Wonderland ’cause there’s a lot of stuff for the kids to do, and they love it a lot and it’s free!”

Comprised of both animated and live elves, nutcrackers, reindeer and more, the village offers an old-time model train area, remote control cars, a Red Ryder(R) laser arcade, a soft gun arcade and slot car racing. Kids will love playing the hottest fishing game of the season — “The Strike Bass Fishing Game.” Activity tables will be set up where they can write a letter to Santa, color a Christmas picture and every weekend do fun crafts — all absolutely free. Of course, Santa will be in residence there throughout the season.

And, compliments of Bass Pro Shops, parents will want to pick up the free “Parenting Magazine” Holiday Fun silver earrings Guide available at the store. This guide covers many holiday activities and is full of ideas, tips and checklists to help you make the most of your holidays.

Always a family tradition, customers can get a free 4×6 photo with Santa and his reindeer from 5 pm to 8 pm Monday through Friday, Saturdays 10 am to 9 pm and Sundays noon to 5 pm with extended hours beginning November 27th. Photo and gift packages will also be available for purchase in-store. If the line is long, customers can grab a Bass Pass and their appointment with Santa is set.

Every weekend from 12 to 5 pm beginning November 14th through December 20th at Bass Pro Shops Santa’s Wonderland, shoppers can introduce their children to time-honored traditions of making crafts and holiday ornaments. Kids will have fun making moose ornaments, reindeer cone ornaments, Santa bobbers, reindeer hats, candy cane reindeer and Christmas cookies. Again, it’s all free! A complete schedule of activities and times will be available at Santa’s Wonderland or visit www.basspro.com/santamedia for more details.

And, since the most important part of Christmas is the lesson of giving, Sunday, December 13th, Bass silver key rings Pro Shops will feature a special night for “Local Heroes” that will offer local firefighters, policemen, paramedics, military personnel and others and their families the chance to shop with extra discounts and enjoy free activities.

Bass Pro Shops stores will kick off the Christmas season with a special Preview Night Sunday, November 8th (Foxborough, MA Bass Pro Shops Preview Night to be Saturday, November 7th) from 3 pm to 8 pm. Local children’s groups and carolers will be singing in front of the store and customers will be treated to hot chocolate and cookies. Santa arrives in a Tracker(R) boat pulled by a Toyota Tundra truck. Kids will be invited to help Santa, through a little magic, light a big Christmas tree in the main entrance and then on into the store for the unveiling of Santa’s Wonderland. Also, Santa will be giving away a $25 Bass Pro Shops gift card to one lucky winner every half hour that night. Kids will enjoy a special FREE craft like coloring their own stocking at the activity tables.

Bass Pro Shops also will be celebrating their 3rd Annual Great Turkey Campout beginning at 5 pm Thanksgiving Day silver necklaces. Customers are invited to bring their tents and camp out all night on the parking lot so they can be one of the first in line to enter the store the next morning. They can enjoy hot chocolate, coffee and smores from 5 pm to 8 pm around the fire pits and there will be special drawings for prizes.

Return to the Christmases you remember as a kid, return to “Santa’s Wonderland” at Bass Pro Shops and begin your own family tradition you are sure to remember for a lifetime. For more information go to www.basspro.com/santamedia. (For a video/cd or images from last year’s event, please contact Jenna Kendall at 417-873-5059, Katie Mitchell at 417-873-5618 or Larry Whiteley at 417-873-5022).

What’s black, white and red all over? Yes, it’s a newspaper, but it’s being used in a whole new way for Christmas tiffany jewellery decorating that’s nostalgic, fun and inexpensive.

Black and white has been a popular home decorating trend for about three years, says Joyce Gilpin, an antiques dealer at the Jesse James Antique Mall. But this year, the trend — using things you have around the house, like newspapers and sheet music — is making a splash in holiday decor.

“It’s a way of repurposing what you have for Christmas,” Ms. Gilpin says.

NEWSPAPERS

Of course, using newspapers as wrapping paper has long been a classic money-saving idea. But when you add a contrasting bold red Christmas ribbon and pine-cone tassels, cheap becomes chic.

“I hardly ever buy wrapping paper,” says Angie Hummer, co-owner of the Rusty Chandelier. “We always use newspaper. Why waste the money and put it in the landfill?”

Old newspapers also can be used as a backdrop for vintage holiday collections by key rings covering a folding screen with them. Or make paper chains (you know those construction-paper chains you made as a kid) out of newspaper, as Debbie Dusenberry has done to decorate the black-and-white room at her shop, Curious Sofa in Prairie Village, Kan. She cut up vintage newspapers, old paperback books and sheet music in different sizes with pinking shears and scalloped scissors, then strung them on an old dowel rod and hung them from the ceiling.

“We sat down in front of the TV with a glue stick and went crazy,” she laughs.

You can see more of her black-and-white ideas in the Better Homes and Garden Christmas Ideas issue, which will be on the newsstands through December.

Or what about a newspaper Christmas wreath? In Country Living magazine, a full-size wreath made out of newspaper “flowers” and strips of newspaper streamers looks stylish hanging against a bright red door. (See instructions below.)

SHEET MUSIC

Dig out your old sheet music from the attic, because when Ms. Gilpin made her annual trek to the fall antique flea market in Roundtop, Texas, she noticed sheet music for decorating was very big.

“They kind of set the precedent on what is in,” Ms. Gilpin says.

One of the most popular ways they used it is was to print (with the computer) individual letters in red or black on each page to spell out holiday words, such as joy, peace and love. They can be hung across the mantle, by the piano, on the wall or anywhere you want to spread Christmas necklaces cheer.

“Just select the fonts you want and run it through,” Ms. Gilpin says.

If the sheet is too small, she suggests using double-stick tape to affix it to a regular piece of 8 1/2 -inch-by-11-inch paper.

Add some gold or silver glitter for extra pizazz. You also can age or antique sheet music for a more vintage look, she says. For a light patina, suite101.com suggests using hot tea: spread the pages across a clean baking sheet (with raised sides) and pour a cup of strong, hot tea over them (black or pekoe). Let soak for several minutes, then drain and dry flat on a towel or rack.

RED ALL OVER

The secret to using repurposed items — and having them look good — is sticking to a color scheme, Ms. Gilpin says. In addition to newspapers and sheet music for your black-and-white colors, display old family black-and-white photos in new black or white frames. Maybe get a black Christmas Tiffany Accessories tree and top it with a black top hat, as Ms. Dusenberry did, or gather a rookery of stuffed penguins around the tree for a little whimsy. For the red, place shiny, red ball ornaments in glass goblets. Add sparkle to anything with red tinsel. Throw in a mix of new and old Santas and other red holidays items, and it’s starting to look like Christmas.

Lifestyles reporter Sylvia Anderson may be reached at sylviaanderson@npgco.com.

Newspaper wreath

To make this wreath, cover a foam floral wreath base with newspaper “flowers.” To make a flower, cut a Tiffany Keys 4-inch-by-4-inch square from three pages of newspaper. Fold the stack in accordion fashion, trim, and then tie with floral wire in the center. Spread the petals and then hot-glue to base. Repeat steps until wreath base is covered; you will need about 40 flowers. For the bow, cut several 12-inch paper strips. Form loops with each strip, gather a bouquet, and secure with wire. For streamers, cut long strips and fold in accordion fashion. Hot-glue bow and streamers to wreath.

A sophisticated identity theft ring that counted Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s Tiffany and co wife among its victims didn’t stop at stealing money electronically. Authorities said Tuesday it also sent a woman wearing a variety of wigs into bank branches to drain their accounts in person.

Shonya Michelle Young, 38, of Myrtle Beach, was being held Tuesday at a federal detention center in Miami on a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

“She was a major check casher,” U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Barry Golden said Tuesday.

At her first court appearance Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Turnoff ordered Young held until Thursday, when another hearing will be held to determine when she will be transferred to federal custody in Virginia. Prosecutors said Young had been a fugitive for more than two months.

Hundreds of victims were targeted in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Illinois and elsewhere earrings. Among them: Anna Bernanke, whose purse was stolen outside a Capitol Hill coffee shop in August 2008. Someone started cashing checks using the Bernankes’ bank account days later.

According to District of Columbia police, the purse contained Anna Bernanke’s Social Security card, checkbook, credit cards and IDs. The amount of money stolen from the couple has not been disclosed.

When Young was arrested Monday at a corporate apartment complex near Miami International Airport, authorities said she had a fraudulent New York driver’s license and a Visa debit card under the name Deborah L. Taverna, along with several wigs.

“She had about three wigs that she would wear to mimic her victims or change her appearance,” Golden said.

Young would impersonate the victims to obtain fake IDs and cash illegal checks, draining their bank accounts, authorities said.

In court Tuesday, Turnoff listed numerous aliases and three Social Security numbers Young allegedly key rings used.

Similar scenes played out at bank branches across the country as other ring members used IDs, personal checks and bank information to impersonate victims, according to court documents.

Ten of the alleged ring’s members have been charged, and other fugitives are being sought, authorities said. The suspects were identified in an investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Secret Service and D.C. police.

U.S. Marshals initially sought Young at her South Carolina home, but she had fled to Miami, authorities said. Young told the court that she is an unemployed widow who supports a 19-year-old. Her federal public defender did not return a phone message Tuesday. Authorities described her as a girlfriend of one of the alleged ringleaders but wouldn’t identify which one.

The Federal Reserve declined to comment Tuesday because the investigation is ongoing. Last week, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke thanked law enforcement officials for working to solve the case and prevent others from becoming victims.

“Identity theft is a serious crime that affects millions of Americans each year. Our family was but one of 500 necklaces separate instances traced to one crime ring,” Bernanke said.

From January 2007 through May, the ring allegedly stole more than $2.1 million, and the frauds involved at least 10 financial institutions, according to court documents.

A suspected ringleader, Clyde Austin Gray Jr. of Waldorf, Md., pleaded guilty July 22 in Alexandria, Va., federal court. Prosecutors said Gray hired pick pockets then made counterfeit IDs for coconspirators who conducted the bank transactions. Gray allegedly took a cut of the proceeds.

Another man and another woman who prosecutors say were check cashers in the scheme also have pleaded guilty.

AP Economics Writer Jeannine Aversa in Washington contributed to this report.

Sentencing began Monday in Duluth and will continue through the week for members of silver jewellery a Northland drug ring that local, state and federal law enforcement officials spent more than three years investigating, ending in the arrests 29 people and the seizure of more than 15 kilograms of meth worth more than $2 million.

According to court records, the dealers brought the meth from Mexico, shipping it through the Twin Cities and into the Twin Ports and to the Iron Range.

Six people, all from the Duluth area or the Iron Range, were sentenced Monday to punishments ranging from time served to five years in prison.

The five-year sentences were given to Nicole Ann Kearney, 23, of Duluth; Bobbi Sue Nesgoda, silver pendants 25, of Duluth; and John Eugene Highland, 27, of Two Harbors. The three pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell between 50 and 500 grams of meth.

Sandra Marie Archambeau, 36, address unknown, was sentenced to 35 months in prison for conspiracy to selling more than 50 grams of meth.

Karen Mae Tremain, 44, of Duluth was sentenced to five years of probation for conspiracy to silver earrings sell more than 50 grams of meth, as was Alanna Lynn Brown, 23, of Virginia.

According to court records, Brown was the girlfriend of Jimmy Jo Korf, 27, of Duluth and St. Paul, who is accused of being one of the leaders of the meth ring.

Korf pleaded guilty July 8 to one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute more than 15 kilograms of meth and probably will be sentenced Friday.

Seven more defendants in the case are scheduled to be sentenced today. All of the defendants were silver key rings indicted in October

The case was investigated by the Duluth and Superior police departments; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives; the Lake Superior Drug and Gang Task Force; the Minnesota State Patrol; the St. Louis and Carlton County Sheriff’s offices; the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the U.S. Marshal’s Service.

When puttering around the kitchen, James Ramsey would slip off his tiffany jewellery and stash it in a bowl on the counter.

That included a ring he bought himself last year on a trip to New York City. A special ring. A ring he likes a lot. A ring that he noticed was missing from the bowl one day, nowhere to be found.

A $96,000 ring.

Diamonds in a platinum setting. Fifteen carats total, including a 5-carat emerald-cut stone as its centerpiece. From the celebrity-favored jewelers JacobandCo.

Ramsey last remembered seeing it in mid-September and since then has looked everywhere in his Freemason-area home in Norfolk, convinced it simply had been misplaced. Or that his year-old daughter had hidden it, as she once did his cell phone in the trash.

Now he fears it was stolen. He reported the apparent theft to police this earrings week.

“I like jewelry and watches,” Ramsey said Wednesday. “We were hoping it was going to turn up.”

Ramsey, 37, said he’s semi-retired after selling a medical-diagnostics company a few years ago. He said police are checking pawn records here and in other cities.

He wants the ring back and is offering $10,000, “no questions asked,” for its safe return. If it was stolen, he hopes the thief doesn’t “break it up.”

He also is having his front doors fortified, installing 24-hour security cameras around his home and other properties, and adding other security measures.

“It’s not, ‘Don’t mess with us,’ ” he said. “But I feel very violated when someone takes key rings something… and you can’t do anything about it.”

Master Police Officer Chris Amos called the possible high-value theft “very unusual.” He recalled only one other like it in the past decade.

“And it was not a single piece of jewelry,” he said. “It was a safe of jewelry.”

Matthew Bowers, (757) 222-3893, matthew.bowers@pilotonline.com

Central Railway, Mumbai, said it had a requirement for supply of set of copper ring terminals.

According to the description: “Tenders are invited for supply of set of copper christmas tiffany sale terminals, 1) 1.5 sq.mm as per BRACO Catlog no. R 005 or equivalent Qty – 12 nos per set. 2) 2.5 sq.mm as per BRACO Catlog No. R 014 or equivalent qty – 12 nos per set. 3) 6 sq.mm. as per BRACO catlog No. R 023 or equivalent qty – 2 nos per set 4) 6 sq.mm as per BRACO catlog No. R 050 or equivalent qty – 2 nos per set. 5) 16 sq.mm. as per BRACO Catlog No.R 126 or equivalent . qty – 3 nos per set set. 6) 16 sq.mm as per BRACO Catlog No. R 030 or equivalent . qty – 3 Nos per set. Make: Braco Or Fixwell Or Kamlesh Or Dowell ( For All Ring Terminals) Qty : 200 Sets.”

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BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City to celebrate the recent FDA approval and upcoming launch of ONSOLIS (fentanyl buccal soluble film).

In honor of the occasion, Dr. Mark A. Sirgo, President and Chief Executive Officer of BDSI, and BDSI’s management team will preside over The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell. The event will be held on Friday, October 9, 2009 from 9:15 to 9:30 a.m. EDT at the NASDAQ MarketSite broadcast studio, 4 Times Square (43rd Street and Broadway).

ONSOLIS, formerly referred to as BEMA Fentanyl, was approved by the FDA on July 16, 2009 Tiffany and co for the management of breakthrough pain (BTP) in patients with cancer, eighteen years of age and older, who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain. ONSOLIS is the first product to utilize the company’s proprietary BioErodible MucoAdhesive (BEMA) drug delivery technology, which consists of a small, dissolvable, polymer film for application to the buccal mucosa (inner lining of the cheek). ONSOLIS utilizes the BEMA technology to deliver the opioid fentanyl. ONSOLIS will be commercialized in the U.S. by Meda Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. subsidiary of Meda AB, a leading international specialty pharmaceutical company.

“We are absolutely delighted to be in New York at The NASDAQ Stock Market for this auspicious occasion,” said Dr. Sirgo. “The FDA approval and upcoming launch of ONSOLIS are milestones that we, along with our commercial partner Meda, have worked diligently toward, and we can think of no better silver key rings way to celebrate these achievements with our investors than to, quite literally, ring in the good news.”

For additional information on BDSI, please visit www.biodeliverysciences.com or http://irgnews.com/coi/BDSI where you can find company fact sheets, investor materials, and other information. Feed Information The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 19 C/15, downlink frequency 4000 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Madden at (646) 441-5045. Radio Feed An audio transmission of the Opening Bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well. Facebook and Twitter For multimedia features such as exclusive content, photo postings, status updates, and video of bell ceremonies please visit the following Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653 For news tweets, please visit the following Twitter page: http://twitter.com/nasdaqomx Webcast A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm Photos To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the silver necklaces Market Open, please go to the following and click on the market open of your choice: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm About BioDelivery Sciences International BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BDSI) is a specialty pharmaceutical company that is focused on developing innovative products to address growing market opportunities, including conditions such as pain. The company utilizes its owned and licensed patented drug delivery technologies to develop, partner, and commercialize new products using proven therapeutics. BDSI’s pain franchise currently consists of two products utilizing the Company’s patented BEMA buccal soluble film technology: ONSOLIS (fentanyl buccal soluble film) which was approved by FDA on July 16, 2009 for the management of breakthrough pain in patients with cancer, eighteen years of age and older, who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain, and BEMA Buprenorphine, an analgesic in Phase 2 clinical development with at least one potential target indication for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. The company is working with its BEMA technology and its patented Bioral cochleate technology on products targeted at conditions common to oncology and surgical patients such as pain and infections. The company’s headquarters is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information please visit www.biodeliverysciences.com.