The story of Ruby Elzy is a powerful example of how talent can overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.
But a bigger problem in my view is the motivation of Ruby developers.
While the priciest Tiffany and Cartier pieces tend to be understated, Bulgari's designs shout--like a necklace with 84 carats of ruby and 674 carats of emerald beads, embellished with diamond-set rondelles.
Another important noble item will be a pair of ruby-and-diamond pendant ear clips, dated 1921 and featuring perfectly matched deep-red Burmese rubies, that were owned by Princess Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1892-1990).
Along with the previously available Glacier White, you can now help yourself to the unlocked GSM version of the device in your choice of Ruby Red or Cobalt Blue, a color that had previously launched in Latin America.
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Rhys Thomas, author of The Ruby Slippers of Oz, an expos?? of the Hollywood memorabilia industry, says Shaw's pair was of higher quality than the pair that now resides in the Smithsonian.
Where Twitter does use Ruby, it deploys the code on a custom, highly optimized version of the Ruby runtime designed to manage memory more efficiently when executing long-running processes.
At Christie's, a pair of Bulgari ruby-and-diamond pendant earrings are estimated at 290, 000 francs-480, 000 francs, and a charming enamel bangle by David Webb, designed as a zebra, at 10, 000 francs-15, 000 francs.
Reverend William Hayden, an Englishman just three months a priest, was in front of McKeon and tilting toward the ruby glow of the sanctuary light in order to read his breviary.
First of all, Ruby developers are not by and large focused on business applications.
The white shell of the HTC Ruby exudes a "ghostly" quality, which seems to explain its ability to appear and disappear at will.
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In 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President Kennedy was himself shot dead by Jack Ruby in the car park of Dallas Police headquarters.
"It's about the most traumatic thing you can think of, " said Ruby's mother, Catherine Newall.
Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drives are available in a variety of colors that include Ruby Red, Midnight Blue and Silver.
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In the world of Oz memorabilia, Shaw is best known for having owned one of the four existing pairs of Dorothy's ruby slippers.
Leather bookbindings, pigments for paints and majolica (white-glazed pottery) all came from the East, although the Venetians never succeeded in imitating the perfect ruby glaze of Iznik pottery.
Or how about Ruby Lu of DCM, who funded three Chinese companies that went public in the U.S.: Amazon-plus Dangdang, car web site BitAuto and outsourcing firm VanceInfo.
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In a decade long career, the 2001 National League Rookie of the Year has won six Silver Slugger Awards, appeared on the All Star team nine times and is the proud owner of a diamond and ruby encrusted 2006 World Series ring.
They include some of our most popular fruits and vegetables, such as Ruby Red grapefruit and most of the durum wheat varieties used to make pasta.
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Whimsical glass pipes from England and Italy are purely ornamental, but striking in their shades of vibrant cobalt blue and ruby red.
The case has renewed talk around Orange that Homer and Bill were actually the product of an illicit affair between Ruby and either Lutcher Stark or his dad, W.T.
We normally think of the leaves as the edible parts of this plant, but ruby chard's deep red stems cook up as a tender, delicious little vegetable all on their own.
After an initial preparation period Ruby faces 33 courses of radiation treatment over the following seven weeks.
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Smith's TV debut was in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke, which starred former Doctor Who companion Billie Piper as Sally Lockhart.
Pieces of trivia are interspersed between the costumes: did you know that the ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz were designed to contrast with the yellow brick road and show off the new wonders of Technicolor?
In 1941, Ruby Elzy appeared in Birth of the Blues with Bing Crosby and Mary Martin.
But in Asia, lots of people haven't put their ruby slippers on yet.
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Obama again chose designer Jason Wu, this time a custom ruby-colored halter dress of chiffon and velvet that accentuated her bare shoulders and arms.
We don't usually get too excited about such devices, but Ruby looks like something out of Jony Ive's workshop, with some interesting features to match.
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