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Friday, December 21, 2012

First Annual Sephardic Jewish Book Fair - July 25, 2010 in NYC

The first annual New York Sephardic Jewish Book Fair will take place on Sunday July 25, 2010 with book readings, author signings, book sales and tours at the Center for Jewish History.

Hosted by the American Sephardi Federation (ASF), the book fair will bring together authors and book lovers that write about and enjoy books relating to the culture, history, philosophy, religion, languages and experiences of the Sephardic Jews, past and present. Hundreds of Sephardic-oriented books, including both new and hard to find titles, as well as antiquarian books, will be available.

Several visiting authors will discuss a wide range of topics including personal histories, Sephardic history, philosophy, culture and religion. The program starts at 12pm with Jean Naggar who will be reading from her memoir from Egypt, 'Sipping From the Nile'; At 12:30pm Marc Kligman, Professor of Jewish Musicology, at Hebrew Union College will read from his award winning book, 'Maqam and Liturgy: Ritual, Music, and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn'. At 1:00pm Andrée Aelion Brooks will read and discuss the life of a Sephardic banker and heroine, from her book, 'The Woman who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Do?a Gracia Nasi'.

Young adult hour will start at 1:30pm with Peninnah Schram, Professor of of Speech and Drama at Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University, sharing a Sephardic tale for youths from her work, 'The Hungry Clothes – And other Jewish Folktales'; This will be followed at 2:00pm by Mara Cohen Ioannides, Professor of English at Missouri State University, reading a story about Sephardic and Romanoite Jews from her award winning book, 'A Shout in the Sunshine'.

At 2:30pm Jessica Jiji will read from her novel, 'Sweet Dates in Basra', a tale of friendship and family, set in Iraq during the Second World War. The key speaker will be Rabbi Marc D. Angel, Ph.D., founder of The Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals and Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, North America's oldest Jewish congregation. Rabbi Angel will speak from 3-4pm on his books, 'Foundations of Sephardic Spirituality' and 'Maimonides, Spinoza and Us'. At 4:00pm, Abraham Sutton will read from 'The Aristocrat', a book about his father, the illustrious Rabbi Hillel Menashe Sutton, a leading member of the Sephardic community in Aleppo, Syria and Jerusalem; at 4:30pm, J. Daniel Khazzoom, professor emeritus, will be reading from his book, 'No Way Back: The Journey of a Jew from Baghdad'. The day will conclude with a reading by Mitchell James Kaplan from his beautifully written tale of ordinary men and women swept up in the chaos and upheaval of the Inquisition and the 1492 expulsion, 'By Fire, By Water'.

Participating vendors include Dan Wyman Books, specialists in out-of-print Jewish books and Blue Bird Books who focus on both modern and rare Jewish titles, some from the 18th-20th centuries, including antique volumes in Ladino and Hebrew from Salonika, Livorno, Tunis, Venice and Jerusalem.

A selection of rare Sephardic books from the ASF Library and Archives will be on display and Yeshiva University Museum will be offering tours of their current exhibitions, women's jackets including 'A Journey Through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books.' This exceptional collection includes hand-written manuscripts and printed books from Holland, Italy, Spain, Greece and India.

The New York Sephardic Jewish Book Fair will be held in The Steinberg Great Hall of the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th St. Manhattan) The event will be free and open to the public from 12pm-5:30pm. For more information please call Shelomo Alfassa, ASF Special Projects Coordinator, at 212-294-8350 x8262.

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Topshop supports London Fashion Week Inside & Out

Topshop has announced that for the first time customers will be able to watch front row action from the shows they support live from London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 11. The shows with be streamed live from the Topshop show space from Sa women's coats turday 18th September, allowing customers to get exclusive catwalk action from the comfort of their own home.

Topshop's Unique SS11 collection, currently in its twentieth season, will kick-off the live streaming on Saturday, 18th September. The show will stream live from the TS show space – a converted platform at the old Eurostar terminal at Waterloo station and will home Topshop's now-legendary café.

For the Unique show only Topshop has gone one step further where viewers will be able to shop the show as it happens with six pieces available to buy ahead of the spring/summer launch next year.

As part of Topshop's ongoing support of NEWGEN, Sunday sees live shows from Mary Katrantzou, Richard Nicoll and Michael van der Ham. This will be van der Ham's first solo show and will feature his capsule range of garments and accessories as well as his show dresses. Monday continues with previous NEWGEN sponsors showing collections from leading designers Peter Pilotto, Mark Fast and Meadum Kirchoff.

Fashion East will conclude the live streaming on Tuesday, 21st September, as the not for profit organisation celebrates its 10th anniversary and continues to back London's best and bravest new talent. For SS11 Fashion East will debut Felicity Brown, Heikki Salonen and Simone Rocha making this the biggest, most exciting line-up to date.

The full streaming schedule and times is as follows - Topshop Unique show on Saturday 2.30pm, Sunday sees Mary Katrantzou at 10am, Michael Van Der Ham at 2.30pm, and Richard Nicoll at 7.30pm.On Monday, Peter Pilotto will commence at 9.45am and Meadham Kirchoff at 6.30pm. Finally, Fashion East will kick off at 1.45pm on Tuesday. For a full show schedule and more information, please visit Topshop London Fashion Week live (http://www.Topshop.com/sponsoredshowslive ).

In addition to the Topshop London Fashion Week live show content, Topshop will be hosting show replays, daily edits with behind-the-scenes footage and designer interviews. The company blog Inside-Out has also been integrated into the mix where it will offer must-have edits and show reviews, and Topshop Tweets will update followers on up-to-the-minute action, detailing any show delays and front-row gossip.

The Oxford Circus flagship store supports the online activity as the NEWGEN shows will be screened in a purpose-built cinema the day following their catwalk debut. Customers will receive Topshop London Fashion Week magazine 214, a show schedule and gift on their seats. Select screenings will also be followed by a talk from fashion industry insiders. Photos of Topshop's best dressed customers will be framed on the wall for display, with a winner being selected at the end of London Fashion Week. A dedicated NEWGEN pop-up area will allow store visitors to take away bespoke postcards created by each designer as a memento and to learn about its sponsored designers.

About Topshop:
Topshop was established in 1964 and is part of Arcadia Group Ltd. Sir Philip Green became owner of Arcadia Group Ltd in 2002.

Topshop is continually recognised as being an authority on women's fashion on clothing items such as its jeans (http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=12556&categoryId=209753&top=Y&langId=-1&catalogId=33057), dresses (http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=12556&categoryId=209717&top=Y&langId=-1&catalogId=330579), jackets (http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=12556&categoryId=209744&top=Y&langId=-1&catalogId=33057), lingerie (http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=12556&categoryId=209796&top=Y&langId=-1&catalogId=33057) and shoes. Topshop has won several awards for its creative design and services, and has a wide range of clothing from women's jeans and jackets to maternity wear.

Topshop was the first fashion retailer to show on schedule at London Fashion Week in September 2005 when it presented its own acclaimed in-house design collection Unique (created in 2001). Subsequent partnerships with international boutiques in Tokyo and LA followed. Currently, Topshop continues to expand and strengthen its reputation and regularly supports exciting new talent.

PR Contact:
Liz Shuttleworth
Press Officer
Press Office
Arcadia Group Ltd
70 Berners Street
London
W1T 3NL
020 7927 1484
http://www.topshop.com

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

URL Shortener Rated-XXX Porn Warning Likely To Help Porn Sites Make More Money

URL shortener 1-z.us adds "Rated-XXX" warnings to shortened URLs with link or content containing provocative words hinting graphic sexual content. This helps protect minors, warns people who don't wish to see such material and helps legal pornography purveyors comply with their own local and 195 other country laws worldwide.

"Freedom of speech and peace thorough cooperation, respect and tolerance," owner Bill Purkins said, "and this likely helps porn sellers make more money. Legal adults, their customers, seeing "Rated-XXX" on short links? They'll know it's the good stuff and will spend less time searching, more time buying. I'm laughing my expletive deleted off here."

Reasoning his 8-year-old grandson had nothing preventing major or social network search engines from allowing purposeful or accidental clicking of shortened links that skip porn site entrance page warnings, instead leading to adult videos, Purkins designed a relational database reminiscent of International Trade systems he programmed for household name Fortune 500 companies from 1981 to 2006.

The top level table is the world's 196 ISO country codes, correlating to top level domain name extensions, i.e. US for the United States, ME for Montenegro, CO for Columbia. Purkins added data elements, warning / severity flags for keywords and phrases for illegal or potentially illegal sexual content also text warning(s) in local language to warn people before viewing adult content.

Then, for both persons shortening URLs and end users, IP Address ranges that computers fall within can be matched to the country, and, as Purkins explains, "it women's coats 's so simple it's elegant. Only worry? Who writes the disclaimer on the Arabic and the Chinese? I'm not a lawyer, and I am not going into the censorship business, no way. Don't shoot the messenger, baby."

Purkins states that the Internet, which he has been programming for since 1998, is sort of a parlor game for him after "building rocket ship software since 1981, for over 25 Fortune 500 International Logistics and supply chain fulfillment back office systems. Household names, all of them, but if I use them? Or tell you my buddy's name? I'd get sued. It's their system, not mine. IBM I can say though. They gave me and my partner an AS/400 pre-release, I guess they wanted to see if we could sell one but also break it. We did both. First though we blew the stack in two days. Ha. Fun."

"But, at 55 years old and starting my life over after a rough millennium until a couple years ago, my former reign as Mr. Mom to three teenagers leaves me sort of an empty nester. I had survived major open heart surgery, three minor-strokes, lost my wife, and also abruptly stopped being a millionaire all in just one year, eventually sort of depressed if you know what I'm saying, and finally, no job, 19 cents in the bank. It's an old, brutal sob story, but today I laugh, just tell people today I'm happy, my kids are grown and healthy being young adults, you know three cell phone numbers a year? That age. And my beautiful parents are 82 and get out more than I do. I'm trying to make it on my own from home and I go days without putting shoes on, 19 hours a day.

"I even dated a bit this Summer. Women my own age. It was neat, sharing dinner on plates without cartoon animals on 'em and real cloth napkins. Expense accounts and limos back and forth to the airport gave me a taste for nice restaurants, but when I'm broke I'm happy with a taco, too. No love of money here, man. And the guy from corporate who lied to me so the market wouldn't see insiders bailing out? I was recovering from heart surgery when they said I couldn't sell that stock that tanked and it went from 35 bucks a share to 2 British pence. He just hung himself I heard. Bad medicine, Lone Ranger. So, I got different attitudes on money these days. You understand?"

http://OneCent.US is a patriotic marketing, promotion, affiliate sales and brand promotion site with a URL shortener. http://1-z.us is also a URL shortener, but also a Gonzo style Rock and Roll, Country, Jazz and generally eclectic web radio station with a playlist of YouTube live and shareable music videos hand picked by former stand-up comic, radio talk show host, disc jockey, and self described "Gonzo Journalist," Bill Purkins, is sole propietor of the OneCent.US Group of Companies, currently numbering 39 complementary and non-competitive web sites within the flagship brand of the OneCent.US ranks.

The sites range from Marketing, Promotion, Book sales and new ventures into traditional and POD publishing, SEO work, content writing, with over 1 million words published last year in web articles, press releases and content pages for 200+ web sites a press release free article directory content writing agency that "guarantees" to get at least a page 1 presence on one of the major search engines for a selected keyword or the price drops by 50% for each page rank drop, starting at $50. "We sell nearly zilch," Purkins said, "No one believes the price, but this Summer, 17 of of 20 press releases of mine were Google, Yahoo, BING page one hits. Not bad."

Other companies in the group offer affiliate, product and service sales, social networking management, products, services, company and both personal and celebrity brands, profiles and followers, primarily on Twitter. "I made $1.53 in July, $82 in August, nothing since. Technically, I don't really have a job. But a buddy says I'm ripe for capital venture, but I may have to sell a few domain names off for 5 grand to buy my meds and pay for the business plan. Ha."

OneCent.US may be reached via voice or text at 631-624-5692 24x7x365, or mailto:bill(at)onecent(dot)us.

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Debenhams Reveal the Difference Between Perfume Buyers in the North and South

Debenhams, one of the UK's largest perfume retailers, has released findings that show that women in the north and south of the country have very different habits when it comes to buying perfume.

The north/south divide is proving to be alive and well in beauty halls across the country with the most floral, feminine fragrances a sell out success thanks to northern women. South of Watford Gap however, women are snapping up musky, woody women's jackets and even male scents.

Northern and Scottish ladies are drawn to glamorous fragrances with a sweet, edible gourmond edge. They choose the most girly of fragrances with the current bestseller in the region, Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb (http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10001_10001_123251900299_-1).

Southerners opt for more masculine fragrances with an edge, such as Clinique Aromatics Elixir. Men's fragrances are also popular with southern girls who wear them on a night out for a more distinctive, dramatic scent.

Women in the Midlands and Wales are the most traditional, opting for the enduring classic perfumes such as Chanel No. 5 and Chanel Coco Mademoiselle.

Irish women are plumping for fresh, light fragrances, even through the winter months, choosing Calvin Klein Euphoria (http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10001_10001_123866900299_-1) and Marc Jacobs Daisy (http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10001_10001_117938900099_-1).

Research from the retailer also showed that:

Northern women are very loyal to perfume (http://www.debenhams.com/beauty) brands and invest in big bottles that last months.

Southern women are much more likely to buy several small bottles of fragrance that they interchange on a regular basis.

Northern women spritz the most - topping up their perfume in the morning, lunchtime and often twice in the evening.

Southern women are more likely to go fragrance free during the day, keeping a bottle in their handbags or office draw ready for a night out.

Northern women wouldn't even consider borrowing their man's scent – less than 5 per cent have done so.

Southern women are frequent offenders and borrow their partner's aftershave (http://www.debenhams.com/beauty/fragrance) on average once a fortnight.

Ruth Attridge, spokesperson for Debenhams commented: "We see the same trends in fragrance as we do in fashion. Just as northern women snap up our party dresses and highest heels, they also love the most feminine sweet scents.

"In the south however, it's distinctive, often masculine fragrances that are teamed with a more edgy style.

"As perfume buying reaches its peak in the run-up to Christmas, we have altered our stock patterns to make sure that whether you are after a fruity fragrance in Folkestone or a woody whiff in Wigan, there is a scent to suit under the tree."

Debenhams sales figures also reveal that in contrast, there is hardly any regional variance in terms of male fragrance. 1 Million, Bleu de Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male are the consistent bestsellers throughout Britain.

Attridge added: "As long as they smell good, British men are quite happy to buy a brand they recognise and like without worrying about the messages their scent portrays."

About Debenhams:
Debenhams is a leading department stores group, and has a strong presence in key product categories including children's wear, women's fashion, with day dresses, shoes, bikinis, jeans, men's clothing, home ware, make-up, health and beauty, accessories, perfume and lingerie with dd+ bras?and matching bra and underwear sets.

PR Contact:
Ruth Attridge
PR Manager – Menswear,?Beauty, International & Retail Services
Debenhams??
33 Wigmore Street
London
W1U 1QX
0207 529 0172
http://www.debenhams.com

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Hanes® and Planet Green Join Goodwill’s Donate Movement

Goodwill Industries International is pleased to announce that Hanes? — America's No. 1 Basic Apparel Brand ?, with products in nine out of 10 U.S. households — and Planet Green? — the television network devoted to sustainable living — are the newest partners to join the Donate Movement. Hanes and Planet Green join Family Circle Magazine and Levi's in a platform of iconic brands that support the Donate Movement, which encourages consumers to consider the positive impact their donations have on both people and the planet.

HANES AND GOODWILL
Spring cleaning kicks off early with Hanes and Goodwill? partnering to launch a Clean Out Your Drawers effort in March. Hanes recently conducted research that sheds light into the usually dark spaces of our closets and drawers. According to a national survey commissioned by Hanes, most people wear only 70 percent of the items inside their drawers. Together, Hanes and Goodwill will encourage the public to organize, donate and replenish. The program was developed in response to an overwhelmingly common occurrence of cluttered, messy drawers and offers fun and easy solutions for getting organized.

"As a partner in Goodwill's Donate Movement, Hanes is increasing public knowledge of what it means to donate responsibly," said Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. "Together, Goodwill and Hanes are asking consumers to make a commitment in reducing their environmental impact by cleaning out their drawers and donating those items to Goodwill, where they will help to provide job services for millions of people."

"Hanes is proud to partner with Goodwill? to raise awareness of the Donate Movement. We wanted to use this program to highlight the power of responsible donations and what that can mean for communities," said Sidney Falken, senior vice president, Hanes brand. "We've learned through research that many people hold on to items they no longer need but these items can actually be used again and have a second life. That's why Hanes partnered with Goodwill to educate people about the benefits of donating items they no longer need, while making room for new updates of their favorite apparel items."

Visit http://www.Facebook.com/Hanes for more information and tips about Cleaning Out Your Drawers.

PLANET GREEN AND GOODWILL
Planet Green and Goodwill are working together to educate the public on ways they can actually make the world a better place.

"It's the idea of conscious living," said Laura Michalchyshyn, president and general manager of Planet Green. "As partners of the Donate Movement, we are asking viewers to consider the small ways they can help their community and the environment by giving to reputable organizations like Goodwill that turn donations into jobs."

Part of the Goodwill and Planet Green partnership includes the launch of the network's new docu-series, Dresscue Me, premiering in April featuring self-taught designer Shareen Mitchell. Owning stores on both coasts, Mitchell works with every day women on her show to turn vintage clothing finds into chic, fashion-forward frocks.

"Planet Green will enable us to channel our 'repurpose' message to millions of viewers who understand what it means to give a new purpose to existing material," continued Gibbons.

To find out what items are accepted and where to donate, locate your closest Goodwill at http://locator.goodwill.org.

About the Donate Movement
The Donate Movement is a global movement inspiring consumers and businesses to join Goodwill in promoting the positive impact donating has on people and the planet. For nearly 110 years, Goodwill has been an environmental pioneer and social innovator of the "reduce, reuse, repurpose" practice. Last year, Goodwill diverted more than 2 billion pounds of donated goods from landfills, and used the revenues form the collection and sale of these donated goods to fund job training programs in the communities where they were received. An industry-first, Goodwill's patent-pending Donation Impact Calculator converts donations into their social impact. To learn more about the Donate Movement or to calculate your impact, visit http://donate.goodwill.org.

About Goodwill Industries International
Goodwill Industries International is a network of 165 community-based agencies in the United States and Canada with 14 affiliates in 13 other countries. Goodwill is one of North America's top five most valuable and recognized nonprofit brands as well as a leading social services enterprise (Source: Cone Nonprofit Power Brand 100, 2009). Goodwill operates more than 2,500 retail stores and the first and only nonprofit Internet auction site, shopgoodwill.com. Local Goodwill agencies also build revenue and create jobs by contracting with businesses and government to provide a wide range of commercial services, including packaging and assembly, food service preparation, and document imaging and shredding. Last year, more than 2 million people in the United States and Canada benefited from Goodwill's career services. Goodwill channels 83 percent of its revenues directly into its programs and services. Twitter: @GoodwillIntl. Facebook: GoodwillIntl.

About Hanes
Hanes, America's No. 1 Brand of Apparel Essentials ?, is a leading brand of intimate apparel, underwear, sleepwear, socks and casual apparel. Hanes products can be found at leading retailers nationwide and online direct to consumers at http://www.Hanes.com. Hanes is a flagship brand of Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI) (http://www.Hanesbrands.com). Twitter: @HanesComfort. Facebook: Hanes.

About Planet Green
Planet Green is the multiplatform media destination for people looking for something new. Launched on June 4, 2008, Planet Green is following the evolving conversation about sustainability and is the entertainment brand that champions the visionaries who move our world forward in small and large ways. Planet Green and its two robust Web sites, planetgreen.com and TreeHugger.com, offer unique, insightful and inspiring content related to how we can evolve to live a better, brighter future. Planet Green's original programming, digital tools and content will entertain, educate and activate.

CONTACT:
Lauren Lawson-Zilai    
Goodwill Industries International
Phone: (240) 333-5266             
Lauren.Lawson(at)goodwill(dot)org

Jennifer Zaitz, Weber Shandwick
Hanes
Phone: (212) 445-8273
jzaitz(at)webershandwick(dot)com

Erin Calhoun
Discovery Communications
Phone: (212) 548-5183
Erin_Calhoun(at)discovery(dot)com

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