Daily Archives: December 24, 2010

Art, Consumer Services

KELLY KILLOREN BENSIMON AND PARKER PENS WRITE BIG

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WHAT IF YOU COULD SHARE YOUR MESSAGE
WITH THE WORLD?

PARKERs international Write Big event drew to a spectacular close on December 7th with a magical evening which combined innovative art technology with the written word in the heart of New York City. Kelly Killoren Bensimon, author and star of reality show The Real Housewives Of New York City, was on-hand to help PARKER launch this wonderful celebration.

Throughout November PARKER invited people from all over the world to share their message online at www.parkerpen.com Entrants were able to convey their thoughts by beginning their message with the question What if?

Out of the 160, 000 visitors to the website, more than 53,000 entrants from around the world submitted their personal, topical or philosophical messages to be used in an original event designed to celebrate the art of hand-writing.

The groundbreaking Write Big competition was concluded with PARKERs judges selecting 30 winning, inspirational messages from 10 different countries, in 9 different languages for their democratic, original and positive meaning.

Here is a selection of sample message:

What if your small step started a massive change? – Gerri T.

What if you could save a life with a pen? Inkredible! – Matthew O.

What if I was a pen, the world would be my notepad -Daniel L.

The 30 winning messages were projected onto the outer walls of the Museum of Arts & Design*, one of New Yorks most iconic buildings, in a breathtaking display of revolutionary, cutting edge 3D video mapping. PARKER entertained NYC throughout the 2 hour display as those in Columbus Circle and Broadway were astonished to watch the messages from across the world being projected onto the New York skyline .

The PARKER holiday pop-up shop** also proved to be a popular destination for those who took inspiration from the projections and wanted to see PARKERs collection of 2010 pens.

Earlier in the evening, an initial presentation for press and supporters of the brand was held in the Museum of Arts & Design. Notable guests in attendance included influential New York based designers, grandsons of the PARKER family, author and reality show star Kelly Killoren Bensimon, PARKER President Jean- Charles Hita and Group President Penny McIntyre. In addition media attendees included representatives from The Wall Street Journal, Good Morning America and Glamour to People, US Weekly and Men’s Health.

Group President Penny McIntyre initiated the evenings proceedings with a speech outlining the conceptual thinking behind the event and its natural link with the sophisticated heritage and innovative values inherent to the PARKER brand:

Write Big event encapsulates all of PARKER values: Innovation with its 3D technique, Design with the artistic creation and Writing, with the written thoughts from people from all around the world said Jean-Charles Hita. Kelly Bensimon added, I’m thrilled to have been asked to participate in tonight’s Write Big event. There is nothing more alluring than the written word. I love the intimacy of a note, and why not write it with an amazing instrument like a Parker pen?

PARKERs international ambassadors, a group of three globally renowned creative entrepreneurs, unfortunately were unable to attend the event but instead joined in the spirit of the occasion by submitting their own messages to be projected, reinforcing the international appeal of the contest:

What if I only exist as long as somebody needs me? – Azamat Tseboev, Russia

What if writers invented reality and not the contrary? – Amanda Sthers, France

What if we were all angels? – Beata Pawlikowska, Poland

The public can relive the spectacle of the Write Big event and see exclusive footage of the evening by visiting www.parkerpen.com or Facebook fan page (www.facebook.com/parkerpens).

*Museum of Arts and Design address:

2 Columbus Circle, New York City NY 10019 USA

**The PARKER Pop-Up Holiday Shop address:

Time Warner Centre, Ground Floor

10 Columbus Circle, New York NY 10019 USA

Open until January 31st 2011

Appendix with Ambassadors biography:

Kelly Bensimon:

Kelly Killoren Bensimon is an author, influential fashion editor, model, and tastemaker. With a BA in English literature and creative writing from Columbia University, Kelly continues to make the written word a priority not only in her career but also her personal life and is a firm believer in the merits of a hand written note over electronic communication.

Kelly was the founding Editor of Elle Accessories magazine in 2005. She also helped create and launch Gotham magazine, where she worked as the Fashion and accessories editor. As an editor to Hamptons magazine, Kelly wrote two successful fashion columns: “In the Spirit of the Hamptons” and “Most Wanted.” Her column inspired In The Spirit of the Hamptons (2002), a book for influential publisher Assouline. The book remains one of the company’s top sellers and was the first of the ‘In the Spirit ‘ series. Kelly is also the author of American Style (2004) and The Bikini Book, (2006) both published by Assouline, and a portion of the author’s proceeds are donated to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Kelly is currently the Editor-at-Large of Gotham and Hamptons magazines.

Amanda Sthers:

French author of many talents, Amanda Sthers is also a director and screenwriter.

Born in 1978, she has written novels, plays, songs, sketches and children’s books.

Her greatest success was the play the old Jewish blonde in 2006, which enters the program at Harvard in 2008.

Message projected:

What if writers invented reality and not the contrary?

Et si les crivains inventaient la ralit et non l’inverse?

Azamat Tseboev:

He is the Chief editor of Menu Magazine, a popular Moscow lifestyle title, and creative director of Public Image PR & Event Management Company.

He launched his career the day after he graduated and has many strings to his bow including founding a rock-band, an advertising agency, an internet company, a consultancy firm, four magazines and a PR agency.

He has collaborated with several magazines and a few newspapers as a guest writer and columnist, and owns a successful self-named blog on livejournal.com (azamat-tseboev.livejournal.com).

Message projected:

What if I only exist as long as somebody needs me?

, , – ?

Beata Pawlikowska:

Beata Pawlikowska is a Polish writer, independent traveller and journalist.

She fondly remembers her journeys, dreams and finding herself in the jungle of life”. She organizes trips to the Amazon Jungle, as well as other wild and exotic places all over the world. She writes books and article for high profile titles such as National Geographic and she loves photography.

She even hosts her own radio show, “wiat wedug blondynki” (“The world according to blonde”), on the Polish radio station “Radio ZET”.
Her website: www.beatapawlikowska.pl

Message projected:

What if we were all angels?

A co by byo gdybymy wszyscy byli anioami?

Retail, Shopping

Retailers seek the best way to combat the VAT rise

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Displaysense – the leading shop displays and store fittings supplier – is urging retailers not to fixate on the VAT rise and focus on maximising customer sales.

Retailers will have to make a difficult choice when the increase takes effect; either putting their prices up at a risk of losing price-sensitive customers or offsetting the rise by offering discounts, which will result in lower profit margins.

But Displaysense believes that introducing proven techniques such as in-queue merchandising systems could help retailers increase customer spend following the VAT rise and set themselves up for a successful 2011.

The organisation wants to encourage retailers to view queues as an additional revenue stream – not just a way of managing crowds.

As such, Displaysense has introduced a range of in-queue merchandising systems that can work alongside crowd barriers to help stores make the most out of every customer that walks through their doors.

Steve Whittle, marketing director at the company, comments: “The VAT rise will pose a challenge to most retailers and having spoken to our own customers, we know that the rise on top of increasing bills and delivery costs means that 2011 is shaping up to be a tough year.

“That is why we have introduced our range of merchandising products to help retailers increase spend of queuing customers with cross-sale items, promotional goods and impulse products. After all, it makes sense to target customers who are already buying something as they are already prepared to spend money.”

Any retailers that are concerned about the additional costs of new shop displays should not worry.

Mr Whittle adds: “With the potential to increase average customer spend by up to 400 per cent, these systems have a very fast return on investment and I am confident that any retailer that uses them will see a significant increase in sales.”

And boosting revenue is not the only advantage to implementing an in-queue merchandising system because they can create even more retail space by encouraging customers to line up in an orderly fashion.

They also take up little more space than traditional rope barriers, Mr Whittle explains, so retailers that already make use of such crowd control barriers will notice the difference in their sales figures, rather than in the layout of the store.

In-queue merchandising systems from Displaysense can include shelves, racks and baskets, enabling shops to find the ideal way to display their products and encourage consumers to make that extra purchase.

Displaysense wants to see all its retail customers get the new year off to a good start and aims to help stores maximise revenue at this challenging time for the British high street.

Ends

Displaysense has been working in the shop displays sector since 1978 when it started out in Hertfordshire. Since then, the organisation has grown substantially and now manufactures its extensive range of products in 25 countries around the world.

Orders can be shipped anywhere in the world and the company constantly seeks to update and improve its offerings. Following a philosophy of choice, value and service, Displaysense’s customers can rest assured that they will receive the best products from the leading shop display and fittings retailer.

If you would like any further information about the products and services offered by Displaysense, please contact us.

Email: sales@displaysense.co.uk

Tel (UK): 0845 200 8139
Tel (Int):  +44 (0)1279 460 460

Address:
Displaysense
Rye Street
Bishop’s Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 2HG
United Kingdom

Pets

Share Your Human Emotions with Your Pet This Christmas With Online For Pets

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In a new study it has been revealed that almost half of British pet owners believe their four legged animals share their human emotions and can sense when they are upset or unwell.

So go on and treat your furry friend to a gift this Christmas, at www.onlineforpets.co.uk .

The ‘Pets are Human Too’ study of 3,000 British dog and cat owners highlighted the common features we all share with our pets and showed that 32 per cent of feline and dog owners say their pet is a much better listener than their own human partner.

Of those surveyed, 15 per cent admitted they love their pet so much that they have their dog or cat’s image as their own Facebook profile picture, and 25 per cent have a picture of their pet as their office PC screensaver.

Forget traditional names like Spot and Scrappy, 33 per cent of the UK would rather give their animal a human name such as Dave, Alan or Sharon.

Just as you would buy a loved-one, family relative or friend a present this Christmas time, purchase your family pet some Dog toys or Cat Toys to play with over the holiday season.

But make sure that your pet has a warm cosy Dog Beds to sleep in during these icy wintry months, rather than the cold kitchen floor.

Find out more information about the products available via the site or email support@onlineforpets.co.uk.

Healthcare

HCG Diet: Innovative Solution for Fat Loss

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Florida, 12/23/2010-HCG diet is the latest well-liked dieting style. HCG dieting involves more dietary restrictions and it is surely not for the phobic folk. HCG is a hormone only found in pregnant women, but it can safely be ingested by both men and women. The HCG diet lasts for 40 days and has two elements. The first element is the use of HCG hormone via daily injections. The second element is strict dietary change. Weight loss results are dramatic with many HCG dieters losing 30-50 lb per 40 day cycle. Dieters are closely supervised by veteran medical professionals. The dieters will be amazed by the spectacular results offered by the product. With obesity and the health related risks on the increase, the HCG diet offers a highly successful weight loss solution, as long as it is managed and overseen by experienced medical professional.

HCG drops are simple and cheaper alternatives for weight loss. Since oral HCG drops became available, the HCG diet program has emerged as a popular dieting plan. HCG drops have been proven equally useful as injections, and many men and women have experienced themselves how easy it is to lose weight with HCG drops. Often quoted advantages include: no exercise required, daily results, no hunger, lose inches and pounds, more energy, and so on. Simplicity and affordability makes HCG drops weight loss method unique.

HCG Diet Plan has been around for almost 50 years and it has become more and more popular these days. HCG can cause human body to metabolize the abnormal fat stores and reset the hypothalamus. The HCG Diet Plan is reported to be especially useful for those who have been struggling with weight problems for years and want to lose a large amount of weight. The diet plan focuses on a low calorie diet followed by a small daily dose of the HCG hormone, which results in a faster metabolism. One of the many attractive benefits of HCG Diet Plan is that it allows for a quick weight loss.

About HCGDietKit

The official website of HCGDietKit provides comprehensive information about HCG Diet and HCG Drops. HCGDietKit.net is an organization specializing in Weight loss and fitness methods. HCG Diet Plan is an ultimate solution for people suffering from obesity for long years.

For more information visit http://hcgdietkit.net

Apparel & Fashion

Style Your Hair with 2011 Hairstyles

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New Delhi, India, 12.24.2010 – HairCareResources.com offers exhaustive information for everyone about hair care tips and steps to be taken to prevent hair loss. It also gives information about recent hair care products and new hair styles 2011 for men & women. Hair style changes will give personality change for all. All might have seen Hairstyles 2011 pictures in many fashion magazines and the internet but everybody will have a doubt that which hair style will suit them nicely. HairCareResources.com helps you to choose best hair style no matter whether you have long hair, short hair, curly hair or thin hair.

Hair styles of 2011 are about creating many interesting and dramatic display of curls. The various styles emerging are short hairstyles 2011, men’s hair style 2011, Bob Hairstyles 2011, Pixie Hair styles 2011, Layered Hairstyles 2011, Trendy Hairstyles 2011, Prom Hair styles 2011, Popular Hair styles 2011, Indian Hairstyles and Fringes Hair styles. A short hair style 2011 is the hot trend of 2011. Stylists are working in making short haircuts 2011 more glamorous.

The short hair style 2011 is also known as ‘cut’ pixie. It is a different cut in the name of a legendary creature mythology. It is done by cutting very fine hair near the ears, then cutting choppy layers at the crown and nape. For more favorable look wax or gel is used. For the short hair cut apply heat to the hair so that some hair products may be applied. Many women are realizing that it is more convenient to have short locks which are more fashionable and short hair cuts are easy to manage. For curly hair, you have to use good iron to get the desired effect. This type of style is ideal for woman having straight hair.

HairCareResources.com provides many useful hair care tips. Excessive stress, scarcity of nutrition, continuous smoking and lack of exercises can lead to hair fall or hair damage. Use styling products having less alcohol because it makes your hair dry. Avoid or minimize the usage of hair dryers and keep your combs clean.

About Haircareresources.com
Haircareresources.com provides information about the hair to hair styles guides and hair loss treatment to hair clinics. It is one of the most popular websites in India. Detailed information about various the hair styles of 2011 for men and women can be obtained from this website.

For more information visit: www.haircareresources.com

Contact Details:

HairCareResources.com
G99, Outer Road
New Delhi
India
Ph: 011 000000
Email: resequenced@gmail.com

Technology, Telecom

Samsung Nexus S deals – get the most exciting offers under deals

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The handset which is recently released in this month of the running year is Samsung Nexus S and various network providers are offering tempting Samsung Nexus S deals to the users. The handset is released by such a brand which is comprising all its gadgets with latest features and technologies. This includes Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen display, with the capabilities of 16M colors along with the size of the device which is 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches. Then there are various display features also added such as Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Touch-sensitive controls, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Three-axis gyro sensor, Oleo phobic surface, Contour Display with curved glass screen and multi-touch input method. There are various more features included. There are various leading network providers which are offering Mobile phone deals to the users such as contract deals, pay as you go deals, SIM free deals and lot more. The handset is powered by ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor and works on the operating system of Android OS, v2.3 Gingerbread.

The camera quality is awesome as it offers dual camera’s with primary of 5 MP, with the resolution of 2560 x 1920 pixels and secondary camera with the VGA camera. Then there are various photography features which are being included in the handset and they are auto focus, LED flash, Geo-tagging and touch focus. The users ca even record videos with the camera as it offers the recording function as well. There are number of lading network providers which are offering mouth watering deals to the users such as o2, orange, Vodafone, t-mobile and so on. For storing all these features the users need huge memory space and this handset is offering internal space of 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM. The Samsung Nexus S even has features like Voice memo/dial/commands, Predictive text input, Near Field Communications, Social networking integration, various Document editor features like (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Google Search, Maps, Gmail, You Tube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration and so on, the list goes end less. The most popular deals among the all is Samsung Nexus S deals contract deals as they offer various free gifts with mobile phones.

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Technology

Sim Only Deals – Sim Only Deals Becomes The First Choice Of Customers

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There are numerous mobile phone companies out in the market with their products. Almost all the top selling brands have got some of the phones which are undoubtedly irresistible. All you want is to go and purchase one for yourself. All the cheap mobile phones comes sim free. This is why the leading service providers came up with sim only deals. These deals are considered one of the best mobile phone deals. These deals similar to the traditional ones comes in two formats. One is pay as you go and the other is sim only contract deals. Both these deals are suitable for all the sim free mobile phones, as they are under no obligation from any particular service provider.

Students and travelers prefer to go with pay as you go Sim only deals as this allows them all the freedom that they want along with a bit of extra control over their monthly expenditure. With this deal you can talk till you have got balance left in your card. Contrary to it sim only contract deals provide the customer the luxury to talk as much as they want throughout the month as they require to pay the bill at the end of the month. But to avail this deal you need to enter into a contract of a fixed tenure with the service providing company.

With these deals you also get some added advantage like some discount over the monthly bill along with lots of gifts and freebies from the company. But this deal sometimes proves a bit costly as people keep on talking as they have to pay the bill at the end of the month, but to negate that service providing companies do provide the consumers with loads of free texts, a limited amount of free data usage and free talk time across home network or even across any network. All these sim only deals are available in detail on comparison web portal so just browse through them and select the deal which can cater to your needs.

Technology, Telecom

MOBILE PHONES – communication with lots of ease

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These days the mobile phones have become a necessity for each and every individual. They cannot imagine their life without them and cannot even spend even a minute without them. When people have then in their hand, they feel s secure or they have the freedom to call anyone at any time and have communication with them. They even play a key role in keeping connected various people such as friends, family living far, loved one’s and so on. So they even have various number of benefits which are being offered to each person who ever buy’s such a gadget.

These best mobile phones are being manufactured by various leading brands such as Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, HTC, LG, Blackberry, Apple and lot more. They all are manufacturing such gadget which are rich in quality and are equipped with all the latest features and advanced technologies. The handset which are being manufactured by them are very much liked by the users and are even purchased by them in large ways and even with great interest. The features which are embedded in these phones are high quality camera along with resolution and high class photography features, standard battery which is long lasting, huge internal memory space which is even expandable, internet connection GPRS, EDGE, 3G, WLAN, BLUE TOOTH, USB, GPS, USB, display with various sizes, available in different colors, quality sound with great speaker phones and so on, the list is end less.

These mobile phones are even being offered by various network providers which are leading in the UK market and they are O2, Orange, Three, T-Mobile, Virgin and Vodafone. These mobile phone deal;s are meant for the benefits of the users which are again of different type such as contract deals, pay as you go deals, SIM free deals and lot more. All the deals offer different uses to the users and are very much appreciated and purchased at the same time by them as well.

There are various best mobile phones which are offering free gifts along with themselves. This offer is generally valid with contract deals and that is the reason why people are now purchasing more and more of contract deals.

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Technology, Telecom

Sony Ericsson Xperia X7 Mini – Get the tiny but strong handset

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From the news in the market data of Sony Ericsson’s first ever Windows phone 7 Smart phone, the Xperia X7 and Xperia X7 Mini which will be ablution next year. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X7 will affection a 4.3 inch WVGA touch-screen display for great gaming, 1.2 GHz Qualcomm processor, 8.1 mega-pixel camera with 720p HD video recording and a HDMI Output with Dolby Digital Plus beleaguer sound. This is the beyond adaptation of the two mobiles and looks like a actual acceptable multimedia adaptable than can be acclimated to almanac HD video which can again be calmly played aback on your HDTV. All these features make the device a complete communication device and you can have a all in one device. The high definition camera allows you to capture clear photographs and high definition video recording also.

The additional new handset is the Xperia X7 Mini which has a 3.5 inch screen, which does assume rather big to be authentic as Mini. However, we’re abiding the altercation is that this is a mini adaptation of the X7 so the characterization is appropriate. Other appearance cover 1 GHz Qualcomm processor, 10.1 mega-pixel camera with Xenon Flash and optical zoom and Noise abandoning technology with arranged headphones. We’re absolutely agnostic about the Xperia X7 Mini because the awning is so ample and it appearance a bigger camera than the “full” Xperia X7. However, we’ll just accept to delay and see if the rumors prove correct.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X7 mini deals are available on many websites and you can avail these deals on all operators across the UK such as O2, Orange, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Virgin, Three and many others. You can avail the Sony Ericsson Xperia X7 Mini contract deals with many free gifts. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X7 Mini pay as you go deals provide the power to control your expenses. You can use the operator of your choice with SIM free deals. So go and grab the deals.

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Technology

HTC Desire Deals – Orange, Vodafone Offering Endless Offers!

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With such a hugely successful phone handset, two things are guaranteed For one, the presence of superlative features and applicatons and the other more important factor are the prices on which the HTC Desire smartphone is actually selling here in the mobile phone market place. Here we will concentrate on the kind of HTC Desire deals that are bringing in this smartphone device to its countless buyers. In doing so are innumrable HTC Desire contracts, SIM free mobile phone deals and the pay as y ou go mobile phone offers.   It is pretty evident that the network service providers have literally pile on this most desirous of smartphone handsets and got it all possible HTC Desire deals. Even network service provider deals like the HTC Desire Orange and the HTC Desire Vodafone  are far too many to the utter delight of the buyers.

The network service provider Vodafone has undoubtedly the cheapest HTC Desire contract on offer as it gives the new HTC Desire smartphone handset for free against a monthly contract plan that requirs the buyer to pay £ 25 for the period of 24 months. Apart from the new handset, you also stand to gain 300 minutes of calling time, unliimited text messages and a free Playstation Move as gift under this particular deal.

O2, the leading network service provider, has a very interesting pay as you go mobile phone offer for the HTC Desire that gives the hanset for just £ 349.90 only. The new HTC Desire smartphone handset can also be purchased as a SIM free phone deal for  £ 359.99 only.There are numerous other HTC Desire contract phone deals available other than the ones mentoned above. Over and beyond the numerous HTC Desire deals extending over SIM free phone offers, pay as you go mobile phone deals and the ubiquitous contract phone deals,user of HTC Desire phones can also consider going in for some mobile upgrade deals and try and own one of the two upgraded HTC Desire phones – the HTC Desire HD or the HTC Desire Z.