Friday 30 October 2009

Introducing Little ASOS A/W 09 - ASOS Launches Own-label Kidswear Collection

.New outfits from the Little ASOS A/W 09 collection

Having successfully launched its Little ASOS collection of branded kidswear in February 09, online retailer ASOS.com is now launching its first own-label kidswear collection for A/W 09


London - Catering for babies, boys and girls aged 0-8 years, ASOS’s new in-house designed collection consists of clothing and accessories which take their trend inspiration from the mainline adult A/W 09 ASOS collections.

For playtime, girls and boys printed tees featuring fun motifs such as waistcoats, bow-tie and braces and cassette tapes are easy to throw on and layer over long sleeved tees. Paired with skinny jeans in a variety of paintbox brights, this is smart, relaxed dressing.

For chillier days and smarter occasions, woollen toggle duffle coats, hooded lumberjack check shirts and cool checkerboard print cardigans are a fast track way for boys to steal a slice of Dad’s style. Girls will be spoilt for choice with an array of jewel bright pieces including faux-fur ribbon bow coats, sequin stripe dresses, and pocket detail jumpsuits - perfect party dressing style to give Mum a run for her money in the trend stakes.

“Our kidswear range is going from strength to strength. We already have a fantastic choice of brands available and with the addition of the Little ASOS collection, shoppers will now be spoilt for choice!” says Merissa Lam, Kidswear Buyer, ASOS.com

Launching online from October 2009, prices range from £4-£24 for babywear and £4-£28 for kidswear.

Little ASOS now stocks 50 labels within its branded collections including new additions Little Paul & Joe, Antik Batik and People Tree and online exclusives from Gap Kids. http://www.asos.com/kids/

About ASOS.com
Established in June 2000, asos.com is the UK's largest independent online fashion and beauty retailer. With over 19,400 branded and own label products available, and 1000 new lines added each week, asos.com is rapidly becoming the market leader in the UK online fashion world. Aimed primarily at fashion forward 16-34 year olds, asos.com attracts over 4.5 million unique visitors a month and has 1.88 million registered users.

For more information, please contact:

Amy Davies
asos.com
Greater London House
Hampstead Road
London
NW1 7FB

0207 836 1284
press@asos.com
http://www.asos.com
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Friday 16 October 2009

Schauspieler rudert über den Atlantik, um auf moderne Sklaverei aufmerksam zu machen

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Peter Gadiot

Um den ‚Internationalen Tag zur Abschaffung der Sklaverei‘ der Vereinten Nationen hervorzuheben, will der junge Schauspieler Peter Gadiot den Atlantischen Ozean in einem Ruderboot überqueren. Er will damit auf das Problem globaler Sklaverei und des Menschenhandels aufmerksam machen und dabei einen neuen Ruder-Weltrekord für Atlantik-Überquerungen setzen.

East Grinstead, Sussex, UK – Schauspieler Peter Gadiot rudert über den Atlantik, um auf das Problem der Sklaverei in unserer heutigen Welt aufmerksam zu machen. Er hofft, die Überquerung von La Gomera in den kanarischen Inseln nach Antigua in der Karibik in einer Rekord-Zeit von unter 33 Tagen zu schaffen.

Das Projekt markiert den am 2. Dezember stattfindenden ‚Internationalen Tag zur Abschaffung der Sklaverei‘ der Vereinten Nationen, der in die Endphase der Vorbereitungen für die Überquerung fällt. Die Crew soll am Sonntag, dem 6. Dezember 2009 in See stechen.

Die etwa 4800 km lange Überquerung stellt eine enorme körperliche Herausforderung dar. Die Ruderer werden in 2-Stunden-Schichten rudern – rund um die Uhr, damit das Boot in dem Versuch, den derzeitigen Weltrekord von 33 Tagen zu brechen, während der gesamten Überquerung nie zum Stillstand kommt.

Die Crew wird unter Umständen nackt rudern müssen, um Reibungswunden durch Salzverkrustung zu vermeiden. Sie werden Blasen, launische Wetterverhältnisse und Haie überstehen und ohne warme Mahlzeiten und Toiletten auskommen müssen.

Kapitän Ian Couch, weltweit einer von nur drei Menschen, die sowohl den Atlantik als auch den Indischen Ozean im Ruderboot überquert haben, hat die 10-köpfige Mannschaft persönlich ausgesucht.

„Auf meinen Reisen durch viele Länder der Welt sah ich mit eigenen Augen einige der Auswirkungen heutiger Sklaverei. Ich möchte etwas wirklich Großes unternehmen, um auf dieses Thema aufmerksam zu machen.“ sagte Peter, der das Projekt „Rowing Against Slavery“ (Rudern gegen Sklaverei) taufte.

Peter, der bisher keinerlei Erfahrung als Ruderer hatte, beabsichtigt, international auf das Problem aufmerksam zu machen, um zu helfen, dieses menschenverachtende und entwürdigende Verbrechen zu bekämpfen. Die Kampagne unterstützt Organisationen, die Sklaverei und Ausbeutung in all ihren Formen angreifen, wie z.B. Anti-Slavery International und Fairtrade Foundation.

Das Problem der heutigen Sklaverei:
  • Die UN schätzt, dass weltweit etwa 12,3 Millionen Menschen in Sklaverei leben.
  • Menschenhandel, eine moderne Tragödie und rapide anwachsende Form der Sklaverei ist eine illegale „Wachstumsindustrie“ mit 10 Milliarden Dollar Jahresumsatz.
  • Verbreitete Formen der Ausbeutung sind Zwangsarbeit, Schulden-Sklaverei und sexuelle Sklaverei.
Wir suchen Patenschaften, Sponsoring und Geldspenden von Firmen und Einzelpersonen, zur Finanzierung des Projektes und für Spenden für die Wohltätigkeitsorganisationen gegen Sklaverei; bitte über die Website des Projektes http://www.rowingagainstslavery.org. Spenden in Form von Dienstleistungen und Gütern sind ebenfalls willkommen.

Über Peter Gadiot

Peter Gadiot ist halb Mexikaner, halb Holländer und wuchs in Sussex, England auf. Er verbrachte einen Großteil seines Lebens in vielen verschiedenen Ländern und ist ein echter „Weltbürger“.

Er studierte am renommierten Drama Centre London (aus dem Colin Firth, Paul Bettany und Pierce Brosnan hervorgingen) und machte 2008 seinen Abschluss. Einige seiner Rollen: die TV-Komödie „My Spy Family“, die männliche Hauptrolle in dem kommenden Feature-Film: „13Hrs“ („13 Stunden“) http://www.petergadiot.com

Weitere Information über Peter und über die 10 Mitglieder der Crew, von denen sich jeder für eine spezifische Sache einsetzt, gibt es auf der Website der Crew, die wir demnächst bekanntgeben werden.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter:

Peter Gadiot
Rowing Against Slavery (Rudern gegen Sklaverei)
+44 (0)777 606 3653

rowingagainstslavery@gmail.com
http://www.rowingagainstslavery.org
http://www.twitter.com/RAgainstslavery

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Thursday 15 October 2009

Software Shelf International Signs Microsoft License Agreement

.As a participant of the ISV Royalty Licensing Program, Software Shelf now has the ability to incorporate Microsoft technology into their value-added software, which includes Print Manager Plus 2010 Reports Center

Palo Alto, CA, Clearwater, FL & London, UK - Software Shelf International, a Microsoft Certified Partner, signed the Microsoft ISV Royalty Licensing Program, a significant integration step between Software Shelf’s flagship product, Print Manager Plus and Microsoft’s own product line.

As a participant of the ISV Royalty Licensing Program, Software Shelf now has the ability to incorporate Microsoft technology into their value-added software, which includes Print Manager Plus 2010 Reports Center.

“To have been invited to sign Microsoft’s ISV Royalty Licensing Program says a great deal about the quality of our software products and about the confidence that Microsoft has in us – which bodes very well for our future,” says Bill Feeley, Software Shelf International CEO.

Based on the award winning software, Print Manager Plus allows for a complete audit of all enterprise printing. This green technology allows you to share network-printing data with your entire enterprise. The new reports center allows for web-based reports and built-in viewing rights and permissions that hook into Active Directory so that you can plan and execute your budget needs and flow data with ease and precision. Set it all to automatic with a built-in scheduler that will build enterprise reports, send reports and graphs via email, or save to a share on the server. Use the 120 plus pre-made reports, or edit and create reports, statements, and graphs with the Business Intelligence Development Studio. (Ad-Hoc Reporting)

The ISV Royalty Licensing program is scalable across all ISV segments selling to large, small, or mid-market customers. In this way, Software Shelf can offer total solutions, without the client having to acquire the Microsoft products licenses themselves.

About Software Shelf

Software Shelf was established in 1994 in Silicon Valley by Bill Feeley. Its flagship product, Print Manager Plus, is used by thousands of companies, schools and government offices worldwide. The company provides tech support from its offices in the US and UK and from its partners and resellers in 62 countries. For a fully functional evaluation of the product please email sales@softwareshelf.com or contact us. Software Shelf and Print Manager Plus are trademarks owned by Software Shelf worldwide.

Bill Feeley, CEO
Software Shelf International, Inc.
601 Cleveland Street
Suite #710
Clearwater
33755
USA

Tel: +1 800 962 2290
Fax: +1 727 445 9223
E-mail: bfeeley@softwareshelf.com
Web: http://www.softwareshelf.com
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Friday 9 October 2009

Akon Performs at a Breast Cancer Benefit Concert On the Mike with Mike Sherman

.This week’s On the Mike with Mike Sherman also features Kim Kardashian, Mel B from the Spice Girls and much more!

Mike Sherman talks to Akon at the 2009 Think Pink Rocks benefit event

Boca Raton, Fl: One of the county’s premier music/lifestyle television shows “On the Mike with Mike Sherman” will be broadcasting a special episode this Saturday night, on WBFS MY 33, to celebrate National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

With live performances, interviews and backstage passes, this week, Mike meets one of the world’s most prolific superstar entertainers, Akon, who also performs at the “Think Pink Rocks” benefit concert. There are also performances from Kardinal Offishall, Shontell, Melanie Fiona, DJ Cassidy, alongside host of the event, Rocsi from the hit TV show, 106 and Park, on the BET network.

Mike Sherman with Shontell at the 2009 Think Pink Rocks benefit event

“Think Pink Rocks” was made possible by Stephanie Robin, Elizabeth Weprin, Kathy Fleishman and Amy Seidman, along with CEO and founder of SRC music, Steve Rifkind, to benefit breast cancer foundations all over the country. Over 3000 people of all ages packed into the Mizner Park amphitheater to witness one of the best concerts of the year. http://www.thinkpinkrocks.com

Mike Sherman with CEO/Founder of SRC Music, Steve Rifkin at the 2009 Think Pink Rocks benefit event

Mike will also have on the show, Kim Kardashian, one of the stars of the hit TV show “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, all the way from Las Vegas, Nevada, as she is the master of ceremonies for Pink Hot Dogs. She celebrates the grand opening of one of Hollywood, California’s most popular Hot Dog stands, now in Las Vegas. Also attending the event was Mel B from the Spice Girls and Holly Madison from E!'s hit reality series, The Girls Next Door.

Alexa Bronder and her friend McKenna with r&b artist Trina at the 2009 Think Pink Rocks benefit event

“This show is a must see!” says Mike Sherman. “As always, we have the best for you in music, lifestyle and fashion. Tune in this Saturday night at the new time of 12:30 am (Sunday morning) on WBFS/MY33 Miami to see “On the Mike with Mike Sherman”. Check your local listings.”

About WFOR-TV/CBS4 and WBFS/My 33
For more information, visit http://www.CBS4.com.
Contact: Lee Zimmerman, PR Dir, tel (305) 639-4426, lzimmerman@cbs.com

About Mike Sherman Productions:
“On the Mike with Mike Sherman” is produced by Mike Sherman Productions Inc. The show (then called The Mike Sherman Show) debuted on Saturday night on My 33, the CBS affiliate, in Miami in 2003 and is now syndicated all over the world. The show brings the South Florida market closer to exclusive interviews, concerts, VIP events and A-list celebrities. Creator/producer: Mike Sherman. Executive producer: Matt Bodi Brenowitz

For more information, please contact:

Mike Sherman
Mike Sherman Productions, Inc.
777 East Atlantic Avenue
Suite C2-239
Delray Beach
FL 33483
USA

+1 561 243 0429
mshermanshow@aol.com
http://onthemike.tv
http://twitter.com/onthemiketv

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SJK Products Launches Onedrywash for Caravans and Onedrywash for Motorhomes

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Two new special formulas of Onedrywash, the revolutionary waterless vehicle washing and polishing system – one for caravans and one for motorhomes – will soon be available from SJK Products

Crawley, West Sussex – SJK Products Ltd, manufacturers of the revolutionary waterless spray on, wipe off vehicle washing system, Onedrywash, announced today two new products: Motorhome Onedrywash and Caravan Onedrywash.

The Motorhome Onedrywash label

Up to now, SJK Products has only catered, specifically, for the car with its original product, Motorcar Onedrywash. But now its new products, Motorhome Onedrywash and Caravan Onedrywash are both specially formulated, as the name would suggest, for motorhomes and caravans.

The Caravan Onedrywash label

Tim Jones, SJK’s chairman, explains how these new products differ from the original: “We’ve made the product stronger so it can cope with the harsher environments that motorhome and caravan owners tend to find themselves in. It gets rid of black streaks effectively, it’s great on acrylic windows with no smearing and it can also be used on alloy wheels because it is non-aggressive.”

Onedrywash has always been popular among owners of caravans and motorhomes due to the freedom that the product gives them to be able to clean their vehicles wherever they like, rather than only where they can find a source of water. In fact, Onedrywash is now sold at over 100 caravan sites throughout the UK. Site wardens regularly request a Onedrywash product, specially formulated for caravans and motorhomes. Now SJK Products has responded with exactly that.

The SJK Products team will be providing a sneak preview of both products at International Caravan & Motorhome 2009, NEC, 13th-18th October 2009 on the Towsure stand. The two new products, priced at £10.99 for Motorhome Onedrywash and also £10.99 for Caravan Onedrywash, will be publicly available from 1st November 2009.

About Onedrywash
Onedrywash, manufactured by SJK Products Ltd in Crawley, West Sussex, UK, is a totally waterless washing system – a revolutionary way to both clean and polish one’s car, caravan, boat, motorbike, or any other metal, glass, or painted surface - with only a single application of the product. It prevents pollutants and detergents from entering the river system and each bottle (7 washes) saves 1 ton of water, so it’s good news for the environment. The product was endorsed by South East Water in 2006 and was awarded the prestigious Waterwise Marque in 2007 for its contribution towards saving water in the UK. It is available from Amazon and Autoglass who also use it to valet their clients’ vehicles. The company, SJK Products, was co-founded in 2004 by SJ Khebbal, CEO and Tim Jones, Chairman. http://www.onedrywash.com

For more information please contact:

Yvonne Siddall
SJK Products Ltd
James Place
Crawley,
West Sussex
RH10 6GA
United Kingdom

+44 (0)800 881 8062
info@onedrywash.com
http://www.onedrywash.com
http://onedrywash.blogspot.com
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Sunday 4 October 2009

Michael Huggan’s 2010 African Wildlife Calendar Released in Collaboration with Born Free Foundation

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All 12 photos in Michael Huggan’s 2010 African Wildlife calendar were selected by Born Free Foundation, the wildlife charity founded by Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers

Young male lion in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania

Alton, Hampshire: Award-winning wildlife photographer, Michael Huggan, has released his African Wildlife Calendar for 2010 in association with the world renowned international conservation and animal welfare charity, Born Free Foundation.

The 12 stunning pictures and intimate portraits which appear in the calendar were selected by the Born Free Foundation team, and sales of this outstanding photographic collection will help raise funds for the charity.

About half of the photos in the calendar are, not surprisingly, of cats whilst the remainder are of giraffes, hippopotami and elephants – each one bearing the Born Free logo.
Giraffes on the Masai Mara, Kenya

“I noticed that Born Free - a charity I have known, worked with and supported for many years - did not have a calendar of its own, so I asked if they would like to select the photos for me for 2010 – and I am honoured that they agreed,” explains Michael.

Michael Huggan’s 2010 African Wildlife Calendar – the ideal Christmas gift - is exclusively available here: http://www.michaelhuggan.com/salesarea.php. It is 42 x 29 cm (A3) in size and is priced at £10 plus postage & packing (only £3 for UK delivery).

Award-winning photographer Michael Huggan

About Born Free Foundation
Founded by Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers following their starring roles in the classic film ‘Born Free’, the charity is in action in Kenya and worldwide to save lives, stop suffering and rescue individuals. Born Free works to phase out zoos and protect lions, elephants, cheetahs, gorillas, tigers, wolves, bears, chim panzees, marine turtles and much more, in their natural habitat. Find out more at http://www.bornfree.org.uk

About Michael Huggan
Michael, a long-time Nikon user and Royal Photographic Society Associate with Distinction (ARPS), lives in Hampshire. His photographic experience covers a wide range of subjects but he is most well known for his wildlife work, for which he has won many awards, most notably a Royal Photographic Society gold medal in 2007. His photography, available as limited edition pictures, calendars, note cards and exhibition-range framed pictures will be on display at the Bluebell pub in Dockenfield, near Farnham, Surrey on Friday 23 Oct 2009 and can also be viewed and purchased at http://www.michaelhuggan.com/salesarea.php. Michael has also launched a new instructional website for budding wildlife photographers: http://www.wildlifephotographyinfo.com. He is also a supporter of the Born Free Foundation.

For more information, please contact:

Michael Huggan, ARPS
Michael Huggan Photography
Cranford House
Alton Lane, Four Marks
Alton
Hampshire
GU34 5AJ

01962 773697
michael@michaelhuggan.com
http://www.michaelhuggan.com
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