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Sun. Nov. 18 from 1-3 p.m.

765 Spyglass Hill Court
Elgin, IL 60123
RSVP: 847.742.8038

Bring friends to win prizes!

Linda has a broken hand and is working on her novel, Being Spiritual for National Novel Writing Month.

Come to my home jewelry show on Sun. 11/18 from 1 to 3 p.m. Let me know if you can make it.

Note, you can order chocolate from LinorStore.com for delivery on Nov. 18 or before Thanksgiving. Visit www.linorstore.com/katies.htm

King Tut’s Face is on Public Display in Eqypt
By ANNA JOHNSON, AP
Sun Nov 4, 6:07 PM EST
Source: Comcast news

King Tut's buck-toothed face was unveiled Sunday for the first time in public -- more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ancient Egypt was shrouded in linen and buried in his golden underground tomb.

The linen was then replaced over Tut's narrow body so only his face and tiny feet were exposed. The 19-year-old king, whose life and death has captivated people for nearly a century, was moved to a simple glass climate-controlled case to keep it from turning to dust.

"I can say for the first time that the mummy is safe and the mummy is well preserved, and at the same time, all the tourists who will enter this tomb will be able to see the face of Tutankhamun for the first time," Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said from inside the hot and sticky tomb.

The unveiling of Tut's mummy comes amid a resurgence in interest over the boy king. A highly publicized museum exhibit traveling the globe drew more than 4 million people during its initial four-city American-leg of the tour. The exhibit will open Nov. 15 in London and later will make a three-city encore tour in the U.S. beginning with the Dallas Museum of Art.

Sunday's unveiling ensured the boy pharaoh would remain eternal, said Hawass.

Unusual News
Diamonds for free in AR Man nearly tosses 4.38-carat diamond
MURFREESBORO, Ark. - Chad Johnson has found about 80 diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park, but on Monday he nearly threw away his largest find yet. A cube-shaped rock plucked out of his sifters turned out to be a 4.38-carat, tea-colored diamond.

Crater of Diamonds State Park, which opened in 1972, is the world's only diamond-producing site open to the public, and visitors can keep the gems they unearth. The largest diamond found at the park was the 16.37-carat Amarillo Starlight, a white diamond found in 1975.

Johnson's find is the second-largest diamond uncovered at the park this year. In June, a Louisiana man found a 4.8-carat stone. More than 700 diamonds have been found there this year.
Mon Nov 5, 10:25 PM ET
Source: Comcast News

Thu Nov 1, 11:16 PM EDT
Is Your Gnome at Home? In Springfield, OR, a number of gnomes have taken sanctuary at the Springfield police station. Somebody apparently collected 75 lawn ornaments from around town and then, on the night of Oct. 17, placed them meticulously on and around the lawn of one house. Among the plastic and porcelain geese, deer and frogs are gnomes, such as a weather gnome outfitted with a rain gauge.

Police want to find the rightful owners. "We need to get them out of here," Capt. Richard Harrison said. "Every time I leave my office they're sitting in my chair, working on my computer. I can't seem to get rid of the darn things." There will be a public viewing Tuesday. "If they come here and they can identify it," Harrison said, "we're more than happy to let the gnome go home."

After that the gnomes, and any other ornaments, will be sold at auction.

Dark Chocolate Helps with Fatigue Syndrome
Editor's name: Cristina Jaleru

It’s not a surprise to anyone anymore that dark chocolate is actually a good witch. According to the BBC news, patients in a pilot study found they had less fatigue when eating dark chocolate with a high cocoa content than with white chocolate dyed brown (that’s what I call an effective placebo!). Read more at http://www.chocolatezoom.com/article.php/Dark-Chocolate-Helps-with-Fatigue-Syndrome/191/. 
Katie's Chocolate is a great holiday gift item.

I'm still in a cast recovering from my broken bone. Look forward to seeing you on the 18th!

Linda Blatchford
Writer, temporarily disabled Jewelry Designer
www.LinorStore.com