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Gold imports in the first three quarters of 2012-13 have already reached the estimates of full-year imports made by the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) headed by C Rangarajan, data have revealed.

The PMEAC had projected gold imports for 2012-13 to be worth $36 billion. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s data on balance of payments, gold imports in the October-December quarter have been worth $17.Mens Classic stainless steel cufflink with Black Enamel.6 billion, while from April to December, 2012, imports have been worth $37.8 billion.

A year ago, in its report for FY12, the committee had, for the first time, raised its concerns over rising gold imports and how this was putting pressure on the current account deficit (CAD). Then, it had projected that, "the value of bullion imports in 2012-13 will be lower at $33 billion, compared to the expected $58 billion in the 2011-12 and more in line with the $30 and $23 billion of the previous two years."

The committee had projected this level with the caveat that measures to incentivise other avenues of savings and discouraging imports of gold should be taken. It was in January 2013 that the gold import duty was finally increased and several other measures to incentivise financial savings taken.

"The government will have to live with higher gold imports till the real rate of interest is increased, which can happen only by lowering inflation. At present, the consumer price index is in double digits, while one-year fixed deposits of banks offer interest rates lower than that. This is a negative return and people cannot afford this to last long. Precisely due to this, investors have moved from financial savings to other assets like real estate and gold," Jayanth Varma, professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) told Business Standard.

This logic has support. The World Gold Council (WGC)'s global Managing Director for jewellery, David Lamb, had said recently in an interview to Business Standard that imports this calendar year would be higher compared to the previous year, as falling gold prices are seen as an opportunity to buy more gold.

"I do not see any possibilities of more measures on the trade side to curb gold imports, as India has liberalised imports and exports significantly in the last two decades. Hence, import curbs for gold which were possible in the '80s and '90s are not easy nowadays," Varma said.

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According to data compiled by the WGC, of India's total gold demand, 40 per cent is for investment. Since gold demand is met by imports which are paid for in dollars, gold buying for investment is indeed a flight of capital from the country.

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Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival Rocks

My fest week kicked off at The Historic New Orleans Collection with author Moira Crone's session on shaping speculative fiction. For her latest novel, The Not Yet, Moira was on a literary fellowship researching what would happen if New Orleans and its outlying suburbs were a chain of islands.there are more and more kinds of mens tungsten bracelet, So when the Hurricane Katrina levee failure hit, she was studying water.

Thursday night, Those Rare Electrical Things Between People featured readings of three one-act plays by Tennessee Williams. Alison Fraser and former Mad Men star Bryan Batt of New Orleans moved through Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen in grand Williams style. Actress Cristine McMurdo-Wallis was the revelation of the fest as she and NOLA's own Nell Nolan performed Something Unspoken, careening between comedy and pathos. The Huffington Post's Harry Shearer portrayed fallen hero The Palooka, written when Williams was only 28 years old. The evening was hosted by Festival Board President Janet Daley Duvall, and Aimee Hayes directed.

The next morning clouds slowly cleared as Williams' one-act Auto-Da-Fe was performed in the courtyard of the historic Hermann-Grima House. McMurdo-Wallis portrayed the overbearing mother of Ben Berry's neurotically stricken Eloi Duvenet. A butterfly insistently wound its way around the performers, jumping just out of camera range. Director Jef Hall-Flavin gave the play a modern ending with Eloi jumping from his coffin and dancing in a boa as a brass band and the flamboyantly costumed Krewe of Armeinius second lined. Jef Hall-Flavin of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival directed the production which Curator David Kaplan said was six years in the making.

Friday night featured a gathering of writers and festival supporters, and when author Susan Straight thanked columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. for speaking out for introverts regarding Yahoo!'s decision to end telecommuting, she spoke for us all.

Saturday afternoon, Writing New Orleans featured panelists Thomas Beller, Richard Campanella, Nathaniel Rich and Kim Marie Vaz. Their discussion of covering New Orleans post-Katrina while cutting through stereotypes came together like a fine gumbo (by way of an example). Throughout the festival, authors touched on Katrina almost 8 years down the road. Some moved here post-Katrina to write about the city. Some left post-Katrina and haven't moved back. Each year, in at least one panel, members of the audience talk about their manuscripts on Katrina. For disasters we're often more comfortable talking around than about, art has a way of cutting straight through.

"Katrina almost killed me," poet and activist Niyi Osundare said in the "Make This Place Your Own" poetry reading. He read from works both about his home country of Nigeria, and about his years in New Orleans. Brenda Marie Osbey, Poet Laureate of Louisiana from 2005 to 2007, offered a tribute to her friend, the recently deceased Chinua Acheb, author of Things Fall Apart. Ava Leavell Haymon read from her chilling nursery rhyme that may keep me half-awake for the rest of my life. And Brad Richard, New Orleans poet and teacher, read from works about Katrina with a line that resonated: "Stop acting like a ghost."

That night, actor Jeremy Lawrence performed his new work: There's No Way We Can't Finally Win, culled from every manner of written word from Williams. Much of it is unpublished and deals with the writer's struggles with savage reviews and complicated relationship with fame in his later years. The portrayal of Tennessee Williams rehearsing for a potential wine commercial was as dead-on as everything Lawrence does. Williams wrote that his mission was: "To record what I see as I see it and what I feel as I feel it, publicly out loud -- with absolutely no fear, no intimidation, no regard for formidable consequences."

My Sunday started with actress Judith Chapman interviewed by film historian Foster Hirsch about the one-woman show on Vivien Leigh she produced: Vivien.These stainless steel jewelry supplies like beads finding are very useful in jewelry. The interview touched on Leigh's marriage to Lawrence Olivier, and her relationship with Tennessee Williams from A Streetcar Named Desire to The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. She slipped in and out of character as Leigh, while describing the legend's life and struggles. Chapman is a star of CBS' The Young and The Restless, and her autograph line was the longest of the weekend. From a later conversation, I learned that Chapman and Lawrence may be working up a Tennessee and Vivien performance for next year's festival, so stay tuned.

Author Michael Cunningham went native, sporting a pair of Muses Krewe Mardi Gras beads from fellow Pulitzer nominating committee member Susan Larson of New Orleans during his Q and A. He discussed everything from his start in professional writing to his novel The Hours and its film adaptation.Mens Classic stainless steel cufflink with Black Enamel. The talk then turned to television. Cunningham has written a pilot for HBO and is in a development deal with Showtime. I asked him more about this at the Stanley and Stella Shouting Contest, after things died down. Talking to a Pulitzer Prize winner about my feelings on television made me feel like Steve Carrell in Anchorman saying: "I Love Lamp," but Cunningham reiterated that he thinks television is where it's at. Cable, in particular.This beautiful bracelet has been crafted in durable stainless steel bangle and features purple.

After the judging, Judith and Jeremy walked back to the Hotel Monteleone arm in arm, with my husband and my arms linked on the outside as ballast during a sudden gust. It's possible that I imagined they were Tennessee and Vivien and we were all on a French Quarter spree in 1951.

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Workers in the southwestern Philippines have removed the last major part of a U.S. Navy minesweeper from a protected coral reef where it ran aground in January, and the damage will be assessed to determine the fine Washington will pay, officials said Sunday.

A crane lifted the 250-ton stern of the dismantled USS Guardian on Saturday from the reef, where it accidentally got stuck Jan. 17, officials said. The reef, designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural arm, is located in the Tubbataha National Marine Park in the Sulu Sea,Unique tungsten jewelry can be found at Forever Metals with ceramic inlay,High quality stainless steel necklace chain with durable color are ideal for wholesale. about 644 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of Manila.

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Workers were cleaning debris at the site, where American and Filipino experts this week will begin a final assessment of the reef damage, to be paid for by Washington. An initial estimate showed about 4,000 square meters (4,780 square yards) of coral reef was damaged by the ship grounding, according to Tubbataha park superintendent Angelique Songco. She said it was unlikely the estimate would change significantly.

Songco said the fine would be about 24,000 pesos ($600) per square meter, so the U.S. could be facing a bill of more than $2 million.

The fine will go to a fund for the upkeep of the reef, Songco said, adding that Filipino and U.S. scientists will inspect the reef this week to determine the best way to "rehabilitate" the damaged parts. One option is to let the reef heal by itself, which would take a long time but be less complicated. Another option is to carry out some "repairs" to the reef, which would be more costly and complicated, she said.Source make your own bobblehead Head Products at Resin Crafts,

Songco said her agency did not have plans to pursue charges against U.S. authorities over the incident.

Asked if the Philippine government would press charges against U.S. Navy officials, Philippine Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., a spokesman for President Benigno Aquino III, did not reply directly, but said,Shopping for Cheap stainless steel earring at Wholeslae Fashion Stainless Steel Crystal Earrings. "There must be accountability and we will enforce our existing laws."

The warship's removal closes an embarrassing episode as Washington reasserts its presence in Asia amid China's rise. The Navy and the U.S. ambassador to Manila, Harry K. Thomas, have both apologized for the grounding and promised to cooperate with America's longtime Asian ally.

"As we have stated in the past, we regret this incident and the United States is prepared to pay compensation for the damage to the reef," the U.S. Embassy said in a statement, adding that it was cooperating with a Philippine government investigation of the incident.

A separate U.S. government investigation on the cause of the grounding has not yet been completed, the embassy said.

Aquino has said that the U.S. Navy must explain how the ship got off course, and that the Navy will face fines for damaging the environment.

The Guardian was en route to Indonesia after making a rest and refueling stop in Subic Bay, a former American naval base west of Manila, when it ran aground before dawn Jan. 17. It strayed more than 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) into an offshore area off-limits to navigation before hitting the reef, Songco said.

Philippine officials are considering asking the International Maritime Organization, the U.N. agency responsible for improving maritime safety, to declare the Tubbataha park a "particularly sensitive sea area" so steps can be taken to further protect the area from future shipping accidents, she said.

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Modern management theory has an ongoing fascination with the concept of the leader. As a result, there are several theories of leadership and leadership styles. But this fascination with leadership is not new.

It goes back to the Greek philosophers of ancient times. Plato's Republic and Plutarch's Lives raise the issue of the qualities that distinguish an individual as a leader. Regardless of which theory one believes, I have learnt one important lesson in my business life; that the leader is responsible for the timing, tone and tempo of an organisation. And when the timing is off, the leader must do whatever is required to get it back on track.

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This principle applies equally to political organisations and to Cabinet in particular. Prime ministers understand that changes have to be made in Cabinet personnel periodically, especially if the public is dissatisfied with public policy outcomes.

When this principle is applied to the current cabinet, it results in a depressing picture. There have been missteps and mistakes aplenty since May 2010, but they are now multiplying. Within the last three weeks, the Prime Minister has disavowed any knowledge of the existence of a revived "flying squad" despite having discussed developing a similar agency at the National Security Council.

The Prime Minister was also unaware of any Minister's sons' being the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation.

The news agency, Reuters, on March 27, reported an investigation by the FBI into allegations of FIFA corruption. It also reports that Daryan Warner, the son of the Minister of National Security, is providing assistance. The Prime Minister is awaiting the facts according to a press release.

It is unthinkable that a friendly government, such as the US, would not have whispered a few cautionary words of advice, albeit diplomatically, leaving it up to the judgment of the Prime Minister. And even if there were no quiet words of advice, the Prime Minister could have asked a discreet question given the widely circulated reports and the front page articles in the daily press.

At the very worst, it would have been extremely irresponsible and almost a dereliction of duty not to have considered the fact that intelligence services require the trust and confidence of its partner governments and institutions in a variety of ways. Ultimately, shared intelligence must reach to the desk of the Prime Minister through the person of the Minister of National Security. This could not be a comfortable thought if those supplying the information are aware that the Minister of National Security may be a person of interest to their own investigators.

This situation is bad enough, but is made incredibly worse by the number of similar events which preceded this latest development. Mr Warner resigned from FIFA to avoid any disciplinary action. And the matter of "gifts" to CFU representatives has gone unexplained, and it would appear uninvestigated, at least by local police. The Prime Minister was ignorant of the facts then too.

This is the same Minister Warner who uses parliamentary privilege to slander several citizens without producing a shred of evidence. But this is just the latest in a long line of gaffes for which he refuses to apologise and cannot be persuaded to either.

And then there was the debacle of Section 34, presided over by the Prime Minister.start to design your own personalized custom bobbleheads. But this is no inexperienced Prime Minister on a first-time outing. This is a politician who has held significant ministerial positions: Minister of Legal Affairs, Attorney General and Minister of Education.

There can be no doubt, when all the missteps and mistakes are viewed in their totality, that something is amiss in the state's boardroom.

What lessons or conclusions can be drawn by Cabinet colleagues? And how does the man in the street view these continuing errors? Meanwhile, the economy remains becalmed with few growth prospects, as the deficit reaches a tipping zone.

This brings us back to the issue of leadership. Good governance was meant to be a pillar of Prime Minister Persad- Bissessar's administration. Instead, we have seen failure after failure. The constitution places great responsibility and power in the hands of the Prime Minister.

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During the month of April, one of four crafts will be highlighted from 1 to 3 p.m. weeklong in the Wampanoag Homesite. The first week of April, starting Monday, April 1, learn about Wampum, the white and purple shell used in making jewelry and other adorned crafts. The following week, starting April 8, guests can hear all about beadwork and see how glass, bone and copper beads can be fashioned into clothing and accessories. Weaving and quillwork demonstrations start on April 15. Learn how bags and belts are made from native hemp, and how quills are weaved into Native dress. Finally, woodworking will be showcased April 22. See how wood is crafted into hatchets, clubs, spoons, bowls, cooking paddles, ladles and more. All demonstrations are free with the price of admission to the Museum.

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Rebecca Belmore is serving as the Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario's artist in residency from April 20 to May 15.

The GNO was eager to welcome her, but now they have even more to boast about, since Belmore was recently one of seven winners of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.

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She has a long list of honours, including the Canada Council's Victor Martin Lynch-Staunton Award, as well as an honorary doctorate from Toronto's OCAD University.

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Inaugural Dubai Diamond Conference 2013 sets the agenda

Following a spectacular gala dinner attended by over 600 guests at the Asateer Tent, Atlantis The Palm, the closing session of the conference featured Dubai and GCC jewellery manufacturers and traders. Key topics of discussion included the changing luxury retail landscape, and the benefits and challenges of competing on a global scale for international high-end consumers.

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"The next logistical step in Dubai's growth as a diamond hub is to become a centre for jewellery manufacturing. Local companies that have benefited from Dubai's position between producers and consumers are now gearing up to manufacture their own high-quality contemporary jewellery, pushing Dubai into a new phase of growth."

Amit Dhamani, CEO and Managing Director of the Dhamani Jewels Group, gave participants an insight into consumer buying trends in the UAE:

"The UAE is the highest per capita jewellery consumption destination in the world, with 80% tourists visiting the country buying jewellery during their stay. Most of our Chinese customers buy solitaires and know exactly what they want, whereas the majority of our Russian clientele make impulsive purchases. Retailers need to understand and cater to the buying habits of their diverse customers."

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Reflecting on the conference as a whole, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman of DMCC , concluded:

"The inaugural Dubai Diamond Conference drew over 600 delegates and 28 distinguished speakers addressing critical aspects of the evolving global diamond industry. Today's diamond trade is truly international and the conference roster was indicative of the increasing role the East is playing within the industry. During the two days, we heard from the leaders of 19 diamond companies and financiers representing companies across the globe, ranging from Antwerp to Zimbabwe.

"The public sector has an equally important role to play in ensuring a thriving diamond trade in the future. We heard from Ministers of Mines, the Kimberly Process, Ambassadors and Dubai's Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organisations, all of whom expressed their commitment towards facilitating cooperation along the New Silk Route. It was an honour to host such a diverse and insightful gathering that reflects Dubai's pivotal role in the New Silk Route."

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Rafif Al Trabishi, General Manager of Al Masaood Jewellery, a member of the judging committee for the EBDA'A competition and part of the Abu Dhabi Gold and Jewellery Group, said, "The 20 represented companies within the Al Masaood Jewellery stand showcased a collection valued at more than one billion dirhams, 90 per cent of which was produced abroad and 10 per cent produced locally."

"Watches have attracted a large segment of the exhibition's visitors," said Bilal Mustafa Khalid, General Manager of Mohamed Rasool Khoury and Sons Company. "This year we have showcased six unique limited-edition Rolex watches, which are among only 30 other watches produced by the mother company worldwide. This reflects the excellent status that the International Jewellery and Watch Show has achieved over the years."

Mr. Bilal also added, "The Parmigiani stand showcased some of the world's most expensive watches, worth more than AED 1.2 million. They also showcased jewellery sets made of four pieces, worth more than AED 700,000." He also pointed out that 80 per cent of their products were produced locally and only 20% of them were imported.

Rohit Dhamani, Chief Executive Officer of Dhamani, which has been exhibiting at JWS since its inception 21 years ago, said: "The value of our showcased collection this year has exceeded AED 300 million. We have also noticed that there were more high profile and unique customers who are visiting the exhibition. JWS is where the heart of the UAE is, all the trends start from this event where we can interact with high-end customers and know more about what the need so we can create pieces that meet their demand."

The exhibition attracted an elite group of local companies in the jewellery sector, Including Mohamed Rasoul Khoury and Sons, Al Masaood, Salem Al Shueibi, Salem Al Saman, Amwaj, Al Mansour and Dhamani.

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Mukesh Butani, CEO and owner of Butani Jewellery, commented, "This is our 4th year to participate in JWS. We have been suppliers in the jewellery market for the past 40 years, but we now aim to create a brand out of Butani; that's why it is crucial for us to be actively present in JWS to spread awareness on our brand among the perfect target audience. This year, we noticed there was high demand for wedding sets and yellow gold."

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According to an exhibitor survey conducted by Reed Exhibitions, the event organizer, 50 per cent of the exhibitors collectively sold items during the days of the exhibition for more than 38 million dirhams. The range value spent by visitors on purchases started from AED 3,000 up to AED 500,000. Additionally, 43 per cent of visitors bought jewellery and watches for their personal use and 22 per cent bought them items for gift purposes.

Reed Exhibitions also announced that 75 per cent of exhibition space for JWS is booked for next year, which is a strong increase compared to last year's figure of 21 per cent at the same period.

This year, Reed Exhibitions launched the EBDA'A Award Emirati jewellery design competition which was open in three categories including daywear and casual jewellery, evening wear and contemporary interpretation of traditional jewellery. Leading Abu Dhabi jewellers Al Masaood Jewellery and Mansour Jewellers sponsored the EBDA'A Award 2013.

Technological advances mean a shift from open-cast to underground

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The world’s top jewellers have seen interest in pinks soar among their wealthiest clientele, which is somewhat inconvenient because the supply will probably be exhausted by about 2020. For years, there have been murmurs that the only consistent source of pink diamonds was coming to an end. Technological advances mean a shift from open-cast to underground mining at the Argyle mine is possible, with diamonds buried as deep as 450 metres soon to be accessed by a honeycomb of funnels. But they can’t keep going to the centre of the earth.

The luxury world makes many claims to “rare”. Yet pink diamonds truly are. Their hue is not a result of impurity; it’s instead due to extreme pressure beneath the earth’s surface and geologically freaky conditions long before dinosaurs walked the earth.

Nirav Modi of Mumbai leads the field of what to do with a pink. His Golconda necklace was sold for US$3.6 million at Christie’s in 2010. Lightness is the leitmotif of this third-generation jeweller. He has worked out how to almost remove the necklace part of a diamond necklace, which is to say, even the links are made of (white) diamonds. “The metal is less weight than the diamonds,” he says of creations that slither like mercury. The stars in each piece are pink but of different hues. “It’s not about getting every single stone to be the same,Leaders of Custom Bobble head dolls offers the personalized bobbleheads head doll quality. homogenous colour. With white diamonds, it is all about the clarity. With fancy pinks, it is the intensity of the colour. In fact, the appeal is the range of colours, from a pale pink to a purplish pink, then there’s candy pink. Some are this gorgeous bubble gum pink – except, saying that, it does not sound like a wonderful colour. In diamonds, it is.Find a wide range of stainless steel necklace Jewellery to buy online. You need to look at it.” Modi points to a delicious pink: “Look at that. You don’t often see a colour like that.

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With much of the music from that time being a product of the war, the songs were how soldiers stayed connected to home. Bass player Jaimie Koppenhoefer recalled a previous show 1969 played in Elmhurst where a veteran requested “We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place” by The Animals.

“That was the song that got them through. People lived through their music then,” Koppenhoefer said.Read Breil Milano Flowing Polished stainless steel earring. “We’ll always get a Vietnam vet come up at shows and tell us how much that music really means to them.”

The Viper Alley concert, set in the 40th anniversary year of the American troops return from Vietnam, aims to evoke the same feelings music gave during that decade.

“We’re going to recreate a little piece of Woodstock as perhaps it should have been done the first time, as a homecoming celebration for those vets,” Weigand said. “We hope the healing force of music will sustain them and bring everyone in the community together to pay tribute to our local Vietnam vets. They deserve this kind of party.”

1969 and Classical Blast will cover musical legends Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Aretha Franklin, Jefferson Airplane, Sly & the Family Stone, Joe Cocker, The Beatles and many other artists from the era.

Playing the classics true to form — with no backing tracks or laptops used on stage as in today’s popular music — is 1969’s highest priority.

“Everyone still remembers and loves that music no matter where we play. We have a lot of fun recreating that time period,” Koppenhoefer said.

Even stage costumes are of the era.

Nicknamed Lovechild, Koppenhoefer wears his vintage 1969 hat and multi-colored love beads he made as a child He said his band mates have no problem getting into character as they are also “natural hippies.”

Only 10 years old in 1969, Koppenhoefer was falling asleep on his mother’s lap under strobe lights at rock concerts. He’d see seven bands in a night at the original Kinetic Playground in Uptown, including the Moody Blues, The Who and The Band.

“That’s another reason why I live in the past; you used to live a good life back then,Bringing tungsten jewelry mainstream.” he said. “Maybe it was a little dangerous or risky, but I’m proud of it.”

Moments like those with bands no longer around are what many Vietnam veterans missed out on, and what bands like 1969 enjoy bringing back.

“The show is for all veterans. We’re proud of all of them. But especially the Vietnam vets who weren’t necessarily recognized like they should have been back then,” Koppenhoefer said. “God bless you, welcome home and let’s rock.”

One of the biggest kind of cheating done by stores

If you ever had an inkling that there was a fault with the weighing machine at a jewellery store or any other shop which has such measuring devices, your hunch might not be off the mark.

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“The jewellery stores are supposed to have a seal on their electronic weighing machine at the time of its installation. However, that is not being followed. Instead of keeping the scale at zero, some jewellers simply set it to minus when they purchase gold from outsiders and increase it when they sell the gold,Find a wide range of stainless steel necklace Jewellery to buy online. garnering more profits for themselves,” RP Thakur, controller of Legal Metrology said at a press conference Wednesday.

His department has booked over 1,000 cases over the past few months against various establishments such as shopping malls, jewellery stores, fair price shops, theatres and dry fruit shops.

One of the biggest kind of cheating done by stores is selling packaged goods at a cost higher than the maximum retail price.

This malpractice gets a new twist with stores like Bharathi Walmart, Metro, Big Bazaar, etc putting their own MRP stickers, which, though higher than the original amount, is offered to customers at a discount! “We also found that there was no MRP sticker on their goods from the manufacturer. We will enquire about that as well. If found guilty, they too will be booked and fined,” Thakur explained.

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The penalty is quite heavy for offenders. While the fine amount ranges anywhere between `2,000 and 25,000, the cases are booked on the number of offences, hence taking the final number into lakhs. The remaining goods with faulty MRPs are sealed off by the department. “In the most recent incident, where we found set top boxes being sold at higher prices. We seized 1500 boxes worth `42 lakh. On top of it, no MRP was printed on them. We will check with the distributor if the goods actually come from China, as claimed by the distributors. Perhaps they have not printed anything to avoid taxes,” Thakur said.

In such cases of cheating, a second offence will result in a court case. There are 70 such cases pending in courts, and 50 out of them pertain to petrol pumps. “The pumps are allowed to sell 20 ml less per five liters, but many owners set the metres to 20 ml less itself and then reduce the final sale by another 20 ml per five liters,” Thakur explained.

New pope pays homage to Virgin Mary on first outing

Pope Francis visited a Rome basilica in his first outing on Thursday as the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion-strong Catholic Church, entering discreetly through a side door before placing a bouquet of flowers in homage to the Virgin Mary.

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The low-key visit to the Salus Populi Romani at the ancient Santa Maria Maggiore church in the Eternal City lasted just 20 minutes.

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It was a world away from the scene the night before when the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio stepped onto the balcony of St Peter's Basilica to greet tens of thousands of people after cardinals made him Latin America's first pope.

The pope had told the elated crowd on Wednesday that his first act would be to pray to the Virgin Mary.

"He stayed for 20 minutes in front of an image of the Virgin Mary and laid a very simple bouquet of flowers," said Giuseppe, one of the seminarians at the church, still clearly moved after his encounter with the new Bishop of Rome.

"He was wearing a white cassock, black - not red - shoes, his cardinal's ring and a silver cross," he told AFP.

After laying the bouquet, Francis moved on to pray at a reliquary of Christ's manger and at the altar of St Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order to which the new pope belongs.

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As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Bergoglio took a keen interest in the poor and dispossessed, shown by his choice of the name Francis, after St Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century saint who famously eschewed his family's wealth to devote himself to God and the poor.

The same weekend of the Artists Market

Pauline Ma-Senturia and Alice Lasky have similar musical backgrounds but took different paths to discovering their newfound artistic passions.

Their journeys eventually led them to Civic Arts Education, where they took classes and will be featuring their artwork, along with other local artists, at the annual Artists Market the weekend of March 22.

As a young girl, Lasky started painting portraits of her classmates before studying at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.Find all the manufacturers of laser engraving machine and contact them. Much later, attending a chamber music concert inspired her to become a professional violinist with orchestras and chamber groups. Today, she's still passionate about teaching music to adults and children.

While visiting an artists' colony in Maine, Lasky's artistic path took another turn.

"I bought a handmade ceramic piece and always liked that art form," said the Boston native who now lives in Walnut Creek.

As a violin teacher for CAE, Lasky discovered the Clay Arts studio and "immediately became addicted to it.Find all the manufacturers of laser cutting machine and contact them." She'll be showing her functional clay pieces at the Artists Market.

"I've never really taken a break from clay," she said. "I've just kept going. I've gotten to the point where I'm making things I'd buy."

Her pieces include ceramic salt and pepper shakers in the form of pears and strawberries, and pottery that features her painting techniques inspired by nature and Asian design.

"There is a connection in that the kind of discipline it takes to study violin is similar to studying clay -- it really takes years to get good at it," she said. "It's takes self-discipline and concentration."

But music, she said, is a temporal art form.

"When you play music, it's out there and then it's gone," Lasky said. "But clay is something you can hold onto, look at and admire."

The same weekend of the Artists Market, the public can find Lasky performing with her Oak Hill Piano Trio at 10:30 a.m. March 22, at Grace Presbyterian Church on Tice Valley Road. The free concert is sponsored by the Contra Costa Performing Arts Society.

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While her jewelry can complement the scarves and bags she weaves, Ma-Senturia says they're not made to wear as matching sets.

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No easy solution for Red Sox DH void

Had everything gone according to plan yesterday, David Ortiz would have taken a few swings in the batting cage for the first time in almost two weeks.

By now, though, with the hobbled slugger already bound for the disabled list because of two aching heels, the Red Sox’ most pressing concern isn’t only his setback-filled rehabilitation that has been dragging on for eight months. They also must figure out how best to patch the Big Papi-sized void in the middle of their order.

And it goes beyond just trying to replace Ortiz’ production, a mission impossible given the paucity of pure sluggers on the roster. It also involves finding players who are comfortable with being a designated hitter, a role that isn’t nearly as simple as it sounds.

While DHs don’t have to worry about playing defense, they also don’t have the opportunity to cast aside a difficult at-bat by picking up a mitt and fielding a position. Instead they’re left to stew on the bench, scan video in the clubhouse or play whatever mind games are required to prepare them for their next trip to the plate.

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But because Ortiz has remained productive through his mid-30s,Find all the manufacturers of laser cutting machine and contact them. averaging 27 homers, 89 RBI and a .900 on-base plus slugging percentage over the past five seasons, the Red Sox have stuck with the traditional DH. As a result, Gomes is the only other player on the roster with more than 50 career starts as a DH.

Early in his career, Gomes said he sought the counsel of designated hitters from opposing teams. But he found that even the most accomplished DHs, including Travis Hafner and Jason Giambi later in his career, were always searching for answers to develop a more effective in-game routine.

“The DH is kind of like a little cult,” Gomes said. “I had Sheff (Gary Sheffield) asking me, Hafner asking me. What do I know? There was no real status thing with years or numbers. It was just this information-gathering center that’s still going on.

“There’s not a right way to do it. I’ve seen guys take 50 swings in the cage before their next at-bat,select a custom bobbleheads design to start to design your own personalized. and by their third or fourth at-bat, they’re spent. I’ve seen guys watching tape instead of being on the bench and seeing what the pitcher is having success with, and they kind of lose sight of the momentum of the game.”

Until Ortiz is able to play — and at this point, there isn’t a timetable for that — the Red Sox likely will employ a DH-by-committee that includes Gomes. Lefty-swinging Mike Carp, switch-hitting Daniel Nava or even righty-hitting Mauro Gomez also may be options if they make the team.

For now, at least, manager John Farrell prefers to keep Mike Napoli at first base and Jarrod Saltalamacchia at catcher, and has noted that catching prospect Ryan Lavarnway’s at-bats typically aren’t as good when he isn’t behind the plate.Find the trendiest wholesale women shoes including stylish wholesale sandals.

“I will say that guys that would be in consideration probably have had some at-bats in that role, so there’s some initial routine that they would have,Find all the manufacturers of laser engraving machine and contact them.” Farrell said. “We’ve got some decisions to make here in the last 9-10 days. Hopefully this isn’t something we’re talking about in June.”

Nobody said replacing Ortiz would be easy. But the Red Sox may find it even more challenging than they thought.

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After Sergeant Sudath Gunawardena of the Negombo District Crimes Detection Bureau(NDCDB) received a tip off that the robbery was staged to cover the pawning of fake gold jewellery to the bank by her nephew over a long period of time, the NDCDB took over the investigations.

They had staged the fake robbery to prevent the fake gold jewellery from being discovered. The person who acted as the robber was a notorious criminal from Ratnapura, police said.

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Not too shabby for a $16 pair of panties. But then again, everything Ostler makes seems to be of the finest quality. As a bonus, she works with sustainable fabrics—something she started doing just before the green movement really took hold here.

“Early on, when I was doing a lot of custom orders for people and doing a lot of contracts, a lot of times I was working with whatever people brought me, and I developed an allergy to fire retardants and other starches,” Ostler explains. “So I had to find products that I could work with that weren’t going to put me out of a job.”

So now, many of her pieces are made with bamboo, including her signature cowl-neck T design ($48 to $50), another basic that’s been around almost since the beginning. She doesn’t mess with that recipe too much. But with her seasonal boutique collections, she tends to mix things up a bit more.

Instead of just making a straight-up navy-and-white striped T, for example, she’s incorporated an eye-popping cherry-red lace yoke ($50). And with her flowing, apple-green A-line bamboo dress, she’s added whimsical lilac spaghetti straps; both pieces offer a perfect hit of unexpected colour for spring.

If you’re not ready to bare your shoulders yet, Ostler also carries some cozy long-sleeve sweaters ($250) in the store, which she happily knits from scratch.

“I’m crazy about knitting,” she says. “If I could do one thing for a living it would be knitting, so these sweaters are hand-knit and it takes me about three months to knit one of them.”

She’s also enthusiastic about making reasonably priced jewellery. The majority of her individually handcrafted pieces are gold- and silver-filled and cost $20 to $100.

“When we opened this store, there was absolutely nothing on the market that I liked that was within a price point that I thought was affordable to my customer,” she says. “So I started making jewellery.”

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Rather than solve the root cause of why children don’t have shoes, Toms has created a business model that actually needs poor children without shoes in order to sell its shoes. Those children are an essential part of the company’s marketing.

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Eventually, I was connected with the company’s chief giving officer, Sebastian Fries, who acknowledged that there were aspects of the Toms approach that could still be improved. When I asked Mr. Fries whether Toms might be perpetuating the poverty of the children who get free shoes,Trade platform for China shoes manufacturer and global Shoes buyers. he responded that Toms is “not in the business of poverty alleviation.”

Interestingly, though, that does seem to be the business Toms is in when it comes to selling eyewear. The company’s eyewear contributes to the employment of nurses and doctors that in turn provide sight-giving support and surgeries so that people can become employable, create a sustainable living and get themselves out of poverty. What this contrast told me is that Toms is very good at public relations and marketing and recognizes that it could be doing more.

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In any case, I think Toms may be evolving in the right direction. What started as philanthropy may now be moving toward what I think of as a real social enterprise — a business that creates systemic solutions to social issues through the use of business principles. One of the many wonderful things about Toms and many other “do good” companies is that we all share an intention to make the world a better place. And we’re all learning as we go.

appearance in parade upsets predecessor Archer

A Topeka city councilman appeared in this weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, raising questions as to whether his appearance constituted campaigning, which is banned from the event.

Topeka lawyer Edward Collazo, a former assistant district attorney and police officer, walked with his wife and sister and a group of children who handed out candy and beads. The group wore T-shirts with Collazo’s name on them and walked behind a vehicle carrying a banner with Collazo’s name and “District 7” on it.Find all the manufacturers of laser engraving machine and contact them.

But Collazo’s appearance has angered Bob Archer, his predecessor on the city council.

Collazo replaced Archer on the city council early last month after Archer resigned to take the position of Shawnee County commissioner.

Archer said Sunday he was furious to see Collazo in the parade.

“I think it’s grossly unfair to all the other candidates for city council and for mayor,” said Archer, who attended the parade with his family. “It raises a lot of questions in my mind that I want answers to.”

Collazo wasn’t the only city council member in the parade. Karen Hiller, running for re-election for District 1, also marched, holding a banner displaying the seal of the city of Topeka. Neither Hiller nor persons around her wore T-shirts or carried other material identifying her.

“I didn’t wear my campaign button until I was done with the parade,” Hiller said.

Rules listed on the St. Patrick’s Day parade website and the website of Downtown Topeka Inc., which supports the parade, state that political advertising is not allowed.

The Downtown Topeka Inc. site says “any message, sign or image promoting any political candidate or position ... will be removed by parade staff and/or TPD.”

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Dan Riley, parade master for the event, said the committee that organizes it applies its rules equally to everyone. A candidate who holds office can participate and have their name on a vehicle but can’t solicit votes, he said.

“I was asked that question repeatedly by several different officeholders in the weeks leading up to the event,” Riley said. “We gave the same answer to everyone.”

Riley said he had served as parade master for six or seven years and that the rule wasn’t new. As for who enforces the rules, Riley said parade staff members are in charge, though they might seek help from police if they felt it was necessary.

Collazo said parade officials had OK’d his participation.

“The rules clearly said no campaigning, and we weren’t campaigning,” he said, adding that his group didn’t hand out flyers or any other campaign material.

That explanation didn’t sit well with Archer.

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The change would, however, lead to less hassle for the tourist who forgot to take her knife off her key ring and less wasted time for the screener who must do the hassling. Opponents charge that the opposite could be true; instead of just confiscating knives, TSA agents might have to measure blade lengths.

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It's been quite some time since former Blair Academy and Lehigh University wrestler Cory Cooperman, who celebrated his 30th birthday last week, has pulled up his singlet straps, laced up his wrestling shoes and toed the line, but his competitive attitude still fuels him.

The 2006 Lehigh graduate, who currently resides in Baltimore, Md., is in a new territory working as a sales representative for Techtronic Industries, one of the world's leading manufacturing and trading companies in electronics. But Cooperman is not far from his wrestling roots.

"Right now I do some training sessions as a private coach for some younger wrestlers," Cooperman said. "I work my regular job and then I get to go have an impact on some up-and-coming wrestlers."

Though he is currently removed from the steady grind of the college wrestling atmosphere, for a while he made his rounds as an assistant wrestling coach in the same league he competed in as a Mountain Hawk.

Upon leaving Lehigh with a degree in psychology, Cooperman became an assistant coach at the now seven-time EIWA champion Cornell University. While with the Big Red, he helped guide Cornell to three EIWA and Ivy League team championships, and crown 12 All-Americans and two national champions.

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Cooperman also saw the Scarlet Knights get their first EIWA champion and convert seven wrestlers into NCAA national tournament qualifiers. His last stint as a coach came at Illinois last year.

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He first decided to start coaching before he left Lehigh with the hopes of getting back into competing after a few bumps and bruises healed.

"My senior year I tore some cartilage off my rib in my semifinals match at the EIWA tournament so I finished my season hurt," he said. "After that I figured that I would take some time off to let that heal and get back to it when I felt better because getting gut-wrenched when you're 100 percent doesn't feel good so you can only imagine how it feels with hurt ribs."

But getting back into competition never quite worked out and Cooperman now knows that he is best suited to be a coach. A part of him knows that he can still compete at a high level. However, the selfish wrestler he claims he once was been put on the back burner for his wife LeAnne and his 4-month-old son Caden.

"As a wrestler you have to be selfish because it's all about you and you're traveling everywhere," he said. "But now I don't worry about that. I just worry about being a good father and husband and doing what's best for my family."

But before he hung up his shoes and put on his coaching hat and whistle, he gave it one more go while coaching at Rutgers.

"I wanted to show those guys what it looked like to train and work at a high level so I told them that I was going to try to make the world team," he said. "So I took them out to the Olympic Training Center with me and while we were there one of the guys got hurt and couldn't compete in the tournament, so I filled in and the first guy I wrestled was Teyon Ware who was my nemesis when I was in college. I scored on him for the first time and then ended up losing, but after six years of being away I proved to myself that I could compete at that level."

He went on to defeat the No. 5 wrestler in the world at the time during the tournament, which further solidified that he was able to go up against the best wrestlers.

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"I try to shape and mold these wrestlers into great people because I don't want them to have some of the same regrets I have," Cooperman said. "I talked to (Easton Area High School graduate) Jordan (Oliver) all day today and told him not to worry about the brackets (of the NCAA Division I National Championships) and who he could possibly meet up with because he can only control his matches."

While Cooperman tries to provide young athletes with a role model now, he admits he didn't always behave the way he currently does.

"In college I was a baby. I was a young athlete and I wasn't always a great role model while I was at Lehigh," Cooperman said. "But as a coach and a father I have to be sure to do the right things and lead by example for my son and the kids that I train."

While his perspectives have changed, his Lehigh Valley roots still hold strong.

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Not only would he entertain the opportunity to coach at his alma mater, coaching at one of the premier wrestling programs in the country with his father-in-law would also pique his interest.

"If the opportunity presented itself I would love to coach with John (Smith) at Oklahoma State," he said. "My wife would love to be in Stillwater, Okla., and so would I. But right now I am in a great situation with my job and my family."

That much at least appears to be true of Jennifer

The home has gone. Less than a year after moving to Monaco as a tax exile,Find all the manufacturers of laser cutting machine and contact them. the 73-year-old actor and comedian is returning to London. He has vacated the apartment in the exclusive Carre d’Or district and put all the furniture and most of the artworks on sale through the Monaco Life website.

It appears that loneliness and the need to have his friends close at hand eventually overrode all practical reasons for living abroad, which is unfortunate because the finances are not looking too clever either.

Since he has quit Monaco before the end of the current tax year, he will have to pay a whole year’s tax to the Inland Revenue, which was precisely what he went to Monaco to avoid.

The fact that he is offering bespoke pieces such as a sofa and a pair of side tables by -Hollywood designer Christopher Guy at the “deeply discounted” prices of ￡2,632 and ￡2,018 respectively and a ponyskin- covered chaise longue also at ￡2,632 suggests the need for a quick sale.

In January, Cleese was also selling his film memorabilia through a specialist website. Among the items offered on Original Memorabilia are a fibreglass helmet from the film Monty Python And The Holy Grail for ￡999 and seven photographs depicting classic moments from Monty Python or Cleese’s later hit Fawlty Towers.

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In one of the most notorious recent showbusiness divorces, the third Mrs Cleese – American psychotherapist Alyce Faye Eichelberger – won a ￡12million settlement when their 16-year marriage ended in 2008. An American judge ordered Cleese to hand over ￡8million in cash and property and to pay her ￡600,000 a year until 2016.

“Think what I’d have had to pay Alyce if she had contributed anything to the relationship,” he quipped at the time. In more serious vein he said: “What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine.”

The divorce forced him to go on the road with a one-man show he dubbed the Alimony Tour or Feeding The Beast. “At least I will know in future if I go out with a lady she will not be after me for my money.”

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The sudden change of plan did little to allay fears among some close associates. Before the wedding fellow Python Terry Gilliam said: “If he does get married, he’s stupid. John has been married three times already and always to the same woman. They always seem to be blonde and American. The only difference is that each time they get younger and younger.” Jennifer’s predecessors Connie Booth (the actress and co-writer of Fawlty Towers), actress Barbara Trentham and Alice Faye are indeed all American blondes.

Cleese admits he is “naive” when it comes to women and has suggested Connie Booth was the only one of his exes he really loved. He asked Jennifer out after passing her in the street in 2009 and knew theirs would be a serious relationship after their first date because he felt the same as he had with Connie.

“In the past I was more ticking boxes, not having an immediate being-in-love thing which I did have with Connie.”

He married Alyce Faye because it “seemed appropriate”. It turned out to be anything but. He had to give her their New York flat and ￡2million mews house in Holland Park, west London, and sell a California beach house to raise cash. However owning a ￡1.45million flat in Chelsea (bought post-divorce )and a home in Bath (so Jennifer can be close to her parents) is not most people’s idea of being hard up. Nor is it easy to empathise with a man who complains about having to spend two months a year “doing work that is of no interest to me and which is probably slightly spiritually depleting” when so many feel spiritually depleted all year.

Some of Cleese’s friends wonder whether he has the capacity to be happy anywhere for very long. Ex-Python Michael Palin says: “Something about John was always very unsettled, I felt. There was always something else he wanted to do. He seemed constantly driven by this sense that there was a nirvana somewhere; some unique place where mind,Shopping is the best place to comparison shop for stainless steel bracelet. body and soul would be utterly satisfied.” Only time will tell if that place proves to be in London with Jennifer.

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There was plenty of wearin’ – and spendin’ – o’ the green at Shipshewana on the Road on Sunday at the Porter County Expo Center.

The twice-yearly shopping extravaganza found vendors and their customers celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in style, as many were decked out in green garb and hawking green-colored products.

Kris Kempf, of Kris Kountry Kitchen, sold out of her shamrock sugar cookies early in the day, but Mac McNally, of the Wakarusa Dime Store, still had green and white Luck of the Irish jumbo jelly beans for sale.Score favorite new and used bobbleheads at great values.

“They are lime green and pineapple with a gold foil-covered chocolate coin in the bag,” said McNally.

Both McNally and his wife, Deb, wore shiny green beads around their necks in honor of the holiday.

McNally said the blue and gold Fighting Irish jelly beans also were a favorite.

“There’s a lot of Notre Dame fans out there,” McNally said.

A variety of merchandise, including homemade breads, cookies and snacks, jewelry, purses, clothing, home decor, and cleaning products and implements, was on display at 115 vendor booths.

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Amber Adams, prominently displayed her green Stephanie Dawn quilted purses and bags.

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Rebecca Hites and her daughter, Kristin Hites, wore green from head to toe to draw attention to their booth of garden decorations and flags.

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Meredith Wilburn, who grabbed a bag of Wakarusa Dime Store jumbo jelly beans with green-gloved hands, said she planned to celebrate later by eating corned beef and cabbage and drinking beer – but not eating jelly beans.

“I hate jelly beans, in all honesty,” said Wilburn, of Valparaiso. “I’m just trying to be nice, so I bought them for my mom.”

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A PORTLAND shop owner has hit out against vandals who smashed the windows of his six day old business.

Andrew Hodgkins, 44, opened HFA Jewellery store on Reforne, near Easton Square,We have all of the turquoise beads you use every day. just last week.

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“I am absolutely devastated that this has happened after just six days of trading.

“I don't know who would do this, it is just mindless vandalism.”

The incident took place at some point during Tuesday night and early yesterday morning.

Dorset Police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward to help them with enquiries.

Mr Hodgkins, who lives on Portland and has been a jeweller for ten-years, named his business after sons Harry, 9, Freddie, 7, and four-year-old Archie.

“It is the first shop I have ever opened and it was doing really well, so this is a real knock-back.

“The community and other local traders have been really supportive.”

He is urging local residents to get behind the store and other businesses in Easton square.

“I wanted to open a jewellery store on Portland so the residents didn't have to go all the way into Weymouth to find one and Easton Square really needs a boost.

“I've have had so much positive feedback,A patient presents with a tungsten ring on their injured finger and is unable to remove the ring. everyone seems really happy it is here so I am determined to move on from this awful incident.

“The most worrying thing is that it could happen again.”

Resident and customer Linda Marshall said: “It is an absolutely disgusting example of mindless vandalism.

“I was so pleased when the shop opened, people should be supporting local businesses not trying to ruin them.”

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He added: “I just want the community to rally together and support the businesses in Easton.”

A SPOKESMAN for Dorset Police said: “We received a call at around 7.20am on Wednesday morning reporting some criminal damage to a shop window at the new jewellery shop, Easton, Portland.

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James Lawson, head of industry analyst Ledbury Research, says this was reflected in the number of new luxury store and boutique openings around the world.

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Europe’s quota remained relatively stable, but this was “not due to European consumers, but to tourists and their passion for shopping in the luxury capitals of Milan, Paris, and London,” says Mr Lawson.

Australia’s luxury market has also benefitted from the trend, with an increase in spending by tourists from China and other regional hotspots like Indonesia and Malaysia, according to Melinda O’Rourke, managing director of Sydney-based luxury consultancy MO Luxury.

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Jewellery and classic cars complete our global top five.

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The Oscar-nominated star – who plays Glinda The Good Witch in the new fantasy blockbuster – took to the yellow carpet in Leicester Square in a bold peacock-feather frock by Burberry Prorsum.

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And despite the ongoing sub-zero temperatures Williams defied the wintry weather by sporting a pair of black peep-toe heels (which co-ordinated nicely with her teeny black clutch).

If she was feeling the cold then she certainly didn’t show it – delivering a look which was, for want of a better word, simply wizard.