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Angelina Jolie Designing Very Exclusive Jewelry Collection
Anne Lu – Celebrity News Service Contributor
London, United Kingdom (CNS) – Angelina Jolie is releasing a very exclusive collection of jewelry with former Asprey CEO Robert Procop.
The “Tourist” star will create a high-end line of jewelry with statement stones to benefit her charity, but fans won’t be able to purchase any of the designs from stores.
Procop, who now makes jewelry under the name Robert Procop Exceptional Jewels, has been designing pieces for Jolie for the past decade. They started their collaboration over the last year. Just last summer, the actress was seen wearing one of the pieces they created together, a faceted spinel necklace bezel in rose gold, to the premiere of “Salt” in Berlin.
He told WWD, “Angelina has very classical style. These are pieces she wears herself.”
Unfortunately for those hoping to get a piece of Jolie, or at least her jewelry designs, this very exclusive collection won’t be sold in a trinkets shop near you. The collaborative designs will only be presented and sold privately to Procop’s network of clients.
Included in the exclusive range is a pebble-size, pal green 353-carat beryl pendant in rose setting with a chain of cushion-shaped beryl stones.
There is also a graphic, tablet-shape 12.02-carat vivid green emerald ring set in rose gold, which, Procop revealed to WWD, was inspired by “ancient tablet engravings” and is based on a similar design Jolie created with him as a gift for Brad Pitt.
All of the proceeds from the sales will go toward Jolie’s charity, the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.
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Uh-Oh: Ochocinco Deals With ‘Sexual’ Cereal Debacle
Corine Gatti – AHN Sports Contributor
United States (AHN) – Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco teamed up with PLB Sports to create a cereal, “Ochocinco’s” to benefit the Feed the Children charity.
He didn’t expect stores to pull the product off the shelf in a frenzy after finding the toll-free number was a sex line, however.
Proceeds from the sales of the cereal were expected to raise money, and customers could learn more about the charity by calling the number issued on the box.
When consumers dialed up, however they received a surprise of sorts…or a bit of a sordid surprise.
Callers were greeted by a woman with a sultry voice, and were asked for a credit card number.
The printer accidentally misprinted the number on the box and the Cincinnati-based store chain, Kroger, took the cereal off the shelves.
“Awe man I’m bummed about the cereal number mix up on the cereal, trying to do good and got messed up, of all numbers why that one!!! Sorry,” Ochocinco said via Twitter.
“For those who were offended by the mix up my deepest apologies but I was only bringing awareness to a charity that I’m a huge part of, SORRY.”
“Ochocinco’s” with the wrong number can be purchased on Ebay for $25-$40. PLB Sports has also issued an apology.
Boxes of the cereal were reissued.
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Single Parent Financial Assistance
When the economic times are difficult, single parents may find they are lacking the resourced needed to make ends meet. As a parent, you are responsible for a family on a single income and this can be exceedingly difficult in tough times. The story behind every parent raising kids alone may be different – maybe you are a single mother working minimum wage job, or maybe you are a single dad who needs some financial assistance. The result is the same – in this economy, you may need financial assistance to make those ends meet. If you do, here are some things you can do.
Look for single parent grants
There are special grants for parents offered by different organizations. The government may sometimes offer some sort of subsidies. Non-profit organizations may give out financial aid packages to parents who have some need. You can find information about grants by looking online. There are numerous resources out there that will help you to find the help you need.
Look for single parent scholarships
If you are attending school or thinking about attending school, then you will want to look at getting some sort of scholarship. Yes these scholarships do actually exist. The best way to find scholarships these days is to use a scholarship-search website. There are many of these sites around that you can use to aid your scholarship search. These sites let your customize your scholarship search so you can find scholarships specifically for women or men.
Look at charity associations
You might not want to ask a charity group for assistance, but when you have kids to feed and bills to pay, you are not in the position to be picky about asking or not asking for help. You can always visit a charity website online (or call) to see if they provide assistance to parents.
Single parents assistance is out there – don’t be shy about looking for it!
Author: James Doberson
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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