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Silver Swarovski Crystal Red Ruby Birthstone Necklace Earrings Jewelry Set in Gift Box Bucasi SALE
$39.95
I bought this jewelry for my maid of honor for my wedding. While the jewelry was inexpensive, it didn't LOOK inexpensive and it was a great way to add color to my bridesmaid!

Handmade Ruby Quartz Necklace With Silver Floral Beads
$99.99
I own this necklace, it is beautiful. The color is wonderful, sometimes a cherry red and sometimes a raspberry red. It is an impressive necklace which never fails to get compliments. Order it , I don't think you'll be sorry.

Ruby's Diary: Reflections on All I've Lost and Gained
$21.99
Anyone who's lost more than 400 pounds without resorting to surgery, and going the so-called "old-fashioned" route of diet, exercise and willpower has to be. I didn't know that Ruby Gettinger was a reality television star before picking up this book. I don't have access to Style TV, nor do I watch an excessive amount of television. It was her cover (warm smile, confidence, with cute red dress with a Yorkshire Terrier in tow) that made me curious to find out more about Ruby.

After reading Ruby's book, I checked out the reviews on Amazon.com and was surprised to find some who criticized Ruby as "being atypical" and not a "true example" of overweight women. Some have called Ruby's observations "childlike," I think people confuse warmth, humor, openness, unpretentiousness for being "child-like." Others complain that she has the help of Style TV trainers and dieticians to help her lose the weight. Still, more critics argue that she isn't typical because she's has friends and is a social butterfly.

To this I say, so what. I love Ruby Gettinger. There should be more overweight people living life like Ruby in spite of the prejudices in this society. Although I found the letters from friends (which read like reference letters sometimes), and her Rubyisms (new words from two congealed ones) irritating, overall, her diary inspired me to love and appreciate myself.

But, for years, Ruby was surviving on public assistance, jobless (because people refused to hire her because she was overweight), and discriminated against. (Some spat at her, and in one memorable entry, she talks about a policeman who accused her of being a drug dealer, because he couldn't believe that she was popular. He said that skinny women wouldn't be going in and out of the house of a fat person if they weren't dealing drugs.) Ruby, however, did not let the discrimination stop her from living her life, or damage her belief in her own beauty. She braved the public, made friends and embraced her life fully -- she didn't hide in shame because of how other small minded people perceive (or misperceive)her. And she doesn't wallow in self pity either. To me, as a woman with a weight challenge, Ruby's a hero and a role model: believing in herself, protecting her inner beauty, cherishing the body she has and embracing life.

Learning Ruby
$34.99
This is a good book, it teaches all the basics that there need to be about ruby. one thing I didn't like, although the author cautions about this in the beggining of the book, is that the book assumes you have some knowledge of programing or programing terminology when in reality you may not. there will be a few times where you might have to Google something or look up the definition of a few things. This may happen rarely or slightly more depending on your skill level with programing. However, this book is easy to follow and even more easy to understand a lot of the time so that makes up for it sometimes.