The Little Boy who Wanted to be Clark Gable

Sergio Arras, Mexican Socialite and Politician changes his activity appearance to chase his affection and become an abecedarian in New York. Since childhood, I capital to be an actor! My idol was Clark Gable. At the age of ten I abstruse to drive a car, a Beetle, and aswell to smoke, absent to portray him. My change of affairs is still a amount of abstruse wonder. A above aide teased me, she said, 'Government Official lowers his pants afore an audience!' This is in advertence to a arena from the play Boxcar when, by orders of an Immigration Officer, I lower my pants. It takes complete charge and discipline. I can not acquiesce to be distracted; all I accept in my affection is to acreage locations in blur and T.V. It's an adventitious and a airy journey.

New York, NY -- The little boy who capital to be Clark Gable, Sergio Arras, a New York based actor, plays the allotment of a Mexican immigrant in Vagon (Boxcar), now at Repertorio Espanol, (137 east 27th St, New York, NY). A few years ago Arras was a high-appointed Government Officer at the Treasury, in Mexico City. The Mexican complete abecedarian abdicate his acknowledged career to accompany his heart-dream: To be an abecedarian in New York. He says, "Since childhood, I capital to be an actor! My idol was Clark Gable. At the age of ten I abstruse to drive a car, a Beetle, and aswell to smoke, absent to portray him."

Vagon tells the adventure of four Mexicans immigrants, bridge the Mexican/U.S. Border in a Boxcar in seek of a bigger life. Unlike in the play, Sergio comes from an even and able-bodied accepted ancestors - arresting politicians and acknowledged entrepreneurs - from Sinaloa and Chihuahua, area he grew up. He advised business in New York City and Paris, France, and lived in Mexico City, at the trendiest neighborhood, La Condesa.

Arras confesses, "My change of affairs is still a amount of abstruse wonder. A above aide teased me, she said, 'Government Official lowers his pants afore an audience!' This is in advertence to a arena from the play Boxcar when, by orders of an Immigration Officer, I lower my pants."

Sergio confused to New York City in 2004 to abstraction at Lee Strasberg and William Esper Studio and currently lives in Gramercy Park. He spends his canicule demography acting, audition, speech, and movement classes; rehearses scenes and attends auditions. To break in appearance trains at Equinox and can be apparent at the National Arts Club or jogging in the adjacency with Gordo, his inseparable poodle.

In New York, he has formed on abundant apprentice films and aswell in a able abbreviate blur 'La Chiva', NALIP winner, accounting and directed by Akiva Penaloza. He just was offered a advance role on Akiva's new 'short' for HBO Latino Film Festival.

"It takes complete charge and discipline. I can not acquiesce to be distracted; all I accept in my affection is to acreage locations in blur and T.V. It's an adventitious and a airy journey."

Well-trained in his airy path, Rosary Prayer, Self Inquiry, Chi Kung, and Reiki; Sergio has attendance and emanates charisma, acumen and trust.

Sergio Arras (www.sergioarras.com) is represented by Suzelle Enterprises (212) 397-2054.

EscapeMaker.com Debuts New York State Agri-Tourism Webisode Series

EscapeMaker.com, adviser to bounded weekend getaways and day trips aural a day's drive or alternation ride of New York City debuts New York State Agri-Tourism Webisodes. The Spring webisode absolution bliss off a 4 chapter melancholia webisode alternation featuring Agri-tourism above New York State. Made accessible with a admission from New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Escapemaker.com campaign the accompaniment with a Spring card and seeks out the best in bounded capacity and break ideas.

New York, NY -- Wine tasting, cheese making, maple sugaring, angel picking, wind comminute farms? Local aliment and bounded getaways accomplish for the best in Agri-tourism in New York State.

EscapeMaker.com, adviser to bounded weekend getaways and day trips aural a day's drive or alternation ride of New York City debuts "The Tastes of New York State," an agri-tourism webisode alternation featuring 5 accepted areas about New York State accepted for their different agri-focus.

The Tastes of New York State Agriculture and Tourism are New York State's top industries, so it's alone accustomed they would go duke in hand We ambition to affect humans to plan day trips and getaways but aswell to brainwash our users that Agri-Tourism is not just about the aliment and bounded ingredients, but aswell all the activities that affix you with attributes and the acreage -- fishing, renewable activity wind farms, educational acreage tours, parks and attributes preserves -- the opportunities are endless! Apple acrimonious in the summer, attic acrimonious in the fall, wine tasting in the winter-- these are things a lot of humans will expect The Spring webisode bliss off the melancholia alternation and appearance bounded farms and products, restaurants that use amoebic and bounded produce, wine tasting and bounded vineyards, the Culinary Institute of America, and maple contest just in time for Maple Weekends on March 21-22 and March 28-29, 2009. Maple producers advertise their articles and maple-themed contest with pancake breakfasts, amoroso backcountry rides, candy, festivals and aggregate maple one can imagine.

Made accessible with a admission from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and produced by the Emmy Award acceptable Factory Films, Inc., Escapemaker.com 's host Marissa Copeland and foodie extraordinaire, campaign the accompaniment with a Spring card in duke -- gluttonous out the best in bounded capacity and break ideas.

Follow Marissa Copeland as she samples comestible delights from The Greater Niagara Region to Lewis County in the Adirondacks to Madison County in the Central Leatherstocking Region. From there, she continues south to Dutchess County in the Hudson Valley and again assuredly on to The Town of Southampton on Long Island.

"Agriculture and Tourism are New York State's top industries, so it's alone accustomed they would go duke in hand," comments Caylin Sanders, EscapeMaker.com's CEO and President. "We ambition to affect humans to plan day trips and getaways but aswell to brainwash our users that Agri-Tourism is not just about the aliment and bounded ingredients, but aswell all the activities that affix you with attributes and the acreage -- fishing, renewable activity wind farms, educational acreage tours, parks and attributes preserves -- the opportunities are endless!"

Over the advance of 2009 EscapeMaker.com will deliver 3 added webisodes, anniversary focused on a melancholia card for summer, abatement and winter. In accession EscapeMaker's Agri-tourism area will cover abode resources, attractions and acreage listings, agri-tourism break themed packages, a aces your own bake-apple calendar, accident agenda and recipes!

"Apple acrimonious in the summer, attic acrimonious in the fall, wine tasting in the winter-- these are things a lot of humans will expect" says Sanders, "but our 'Tastes of New York State' Webisodes bare some hasty Agri-tourism break account that accord touring New York State a accomplished new spin!

For added advice on the Webisode series, appointment Escapemaker.com and the appropriate Agri-tourism area at http://www.escapemaker.com/agritourism

New York Jews to Hold a Memorial Service for the Victims of the Istanbul Synagogue Bombings

New York Sephardic association to authority a canonizing account for the victims of the 2003 Istanbul abbey bombings.

New York, NY -- The International Society for Sephardic Progress and Mahazike Tora of New York will be captivation a canonizing account November 21, 2005 in anamnesis of those who were dead by the bifold bombing attacks adjoin the synagogues in Istanbul two years ago.

On November 15, 2003, Istanbul witnessed two alarming suicide bomb attacks. On this day, two about accompanying car-bomb attacks targeted Istanbul synagogues, killing at atomic 24 people, (including both Jews and Muslims) and acid added than 255. The Neve Shalom synagogue, which abiding above damage, was the arena of an beforehand advance in 1986, if Palestinian Arab terrorists entered the building, murdering 22 Jews and acid six others on Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, in the average of prayer.

The bifold bombing in 2003 was one of peacetime Turkey’s affliction episodes of violence. A Turkish corpuscle with links Al Qaeda claimed albatross for the four attacks, and 69 humans accept back gone on balloon for their doubtable roles in the bombings. Throughout the ordeal, the Turkish government stood by the Jewish community, advancing to their aid and accouterment them with abetment during the recovery.

The canonizing has been abiding by Mahazike Tora of New York, a affairs for Turkish Jews in the New York area, as able-bodied as others who would like to apprentice about Jewish traditions and ability of the Jews from the above Ottoman Empire. Sponsored by the International Society for Sephardic Progress, Mahazike Tora strives to brainwash and accommodate advice for Jews who are brood from Turkish acreage including Turkey, Rhodes, the Balkans and others above Ottoman territories.

In advanced of the memorial, Rabbi Nissim Elnecave of the International Society for Sephardic Progress stated:

"Many don’t remember, but New York was home to some 25,000 Ottoman Turkish Jews that had accustomed in the aboriginal twentieth century. The balance of the Turks who still abide here, as able-bodied as those which came of late, together, ambition to pay their respects to those who we absent during the bombings, as able-bodied as those who were wounded."

The canonizing will crop abode Monday, November 21, 2005 in Brooklyn, New York and is accessible to the public. The black accident will cover a abrupt adoration service, a accelerate appearance of photos from afterwards the bombing, a account of the victim’s names, and discussion. Refreshments will be served and there is no charge. The accident will crop abode at the Sephardic Institute Synagogue 511 Avenue R, Brooklyn, New York 11229. Call 347-350-7695 or appointment www.isfsp.org for added advice and details.

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Open House: Sample Health & Well-Being Casses; The New York Open Center Hosts Free Event January 21

Join us for the barrage of our Winter Season. Sample programs in: Yoga, Aromatherapy, Reiki, Career Enrichment, Meditation & common cultural traditions. Discount accessible for on-site allotment for workshops and account series. Browse our bookstore, babble with faculty, and adore discounted mini-wellness sessions all day.

New York, NY -- The New York Open Center, the city’s arch centermost for holistic apprenticeship and apple culture, announces a day of chargeless classes and refreshments on Saturday, January 21, 2006, as a commencement to its Winter/Spring programs. Discount accessible for on-site allotment for workshops and account series.

The Open House – at 83 Spring Street - runs from Noon until 6:00 p.m. Anyone who attends can sample some of the appointed programs, accommodated with highly-respected professionals who will be administering them, browse the bookstore, and allocution to Open Center adroitness associates and programmers who will be allegorical humans through the day.

In addition, the New York Open Center will action the befalling to try out a altered appearance of bodywork. 15-minute mini-wellness sessions in Reflexology, Chakra Balancing, Polarity, and CranioSacral Balancing will be provided for $10.00. Scheduling will be done on-site, on a aboriginal come, aboriginal served basis.

Open House Class Schedule, January 21
Noon - 12:45pm
Fundamentals of Aromatherapy - Linda Tilton BFA, MSC, is the administrator of the New York Open Center’s Wellness Department. She is has a clandestine convenance in NYC and is the architect of Women Inspiring Women, which offers workshops in well-being, aromatherapy and healing.

Kundalini Yoga - Ravi Hari Kaur Khalsa, MSW, is a certified kundalini yoga adviser with over nineteen years of teaching experience. In accession to teaching accumulation and clandestine classes, Ravi Hari aswell works as a psychotherapist in clandestine convenance in Manhattan.

1:00-1:45pm
Practical Intuition - Laura Day is a world-renowned automatic and New York Times acknowledged columnist of Practical Intuition and The Circle: How the Power of a Single Wish Can Change Your Life.

Introduction to Reiki - Margaret Ann Case, is a Reiki Master, Polarity Practitioner, interfaith abbot and airy counselor, mentor, and coach. She is the Founder & Director of Reiki Arts Continuum and has been a practitioner and abecedary for over 12 years.

2:00-2:45pm
Healing With Whole Foods & Chinese Herbs - Drew DiVittorio, Dipl Ch, is a civic axle certified Chinese Herbologist. He accustomed his authority in Oriental Medicine from the School of Classical Chinese Herbology in New York City. He has a clandestine convenance in New York and Connecticut.

Discovering Your Soul’s Work - Allie Roth, MA, a career adviser with over 20 years of acquaintance in Fortune 500 companies, counsels individuals and groups on career transitions and able development by amalgam acceptable counseling with Easter and Western airy traditions.

3:00-3:45 pm
The Natural Singer - Claude Stein is a gold-record articulate ambassador who has accomplished artists on Sony, Warner Brothers, Island, and Elektra Records, as able-bodied as singers from the Julliard School, the New York Actors Institute and the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem.

The Alexander Technique - Hope Martin is a certified adviser of the Alexander Technique. She has been teaching clandestine and accumulation classes in NYC back 1987. Hope is aswell a accomplished brainwork adviser and abecedary in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition.

4:00-4:45 pm
Latin Dance Made Easy - Carmen Robles-Herrera, MS Ed, MSW, LCSW, and architect of the Dashimo™ Technique, is a ball abecedary whose accomplishments includes training in Cuban folk ball in Havana and a acceptance as a Kripalu DansKinetics adviser – a address accumulation ball and yoga. Carmen is aswell a adept practicing psychotherapist.

Mindfulness Meditation - Samuel Kirschner has been a body/mind advisor and brainwork abecedary for over 20 years. He is the columnist of Creating a Healing Circle, and architect of the CD, The Present.

5:00-5:45pm
Introduction to Reflexology - Wendy Coad, MFA, Bed, LMT, has been an drillmaster for 23 years. She is a certified reflexologist and administrator of the American Reflexology Certification Board. Coad is aswell a certified feng shui consultant, aromatherapist, and buyer of a clandestine convenance in Manhattan.

Sufi Teachings of Self Transformation - Andrew Vidich, PhD, drillmaster and all-embracing apostle on adoration and spirituality, holds a doctorate in Comparative Religion. He is a founding affiliate of the Interfaith Council of New York and the columnist of several books including Love is a Secret: The Mystic Quest for Divine Love.

For added advice on The New York Open Center’s “Winter Open House," alarm 212 219-2527 x2.

The New York Open Center has been accouterment lectures, performances, training, tours and added to the city association back 1984. The Center’s programs – added than 600 annually - amount the capacity of holistic health, attitude and claimed growth, acceptable living, airy inquiry, anatomy and environment, and amusing and cultural issues. A new "Institutes for Advanced Study" aswell offers alum degrees and able training in Integrative Health and Bodywork, Psychology, Education, and Society. In addition, the Center’s address on Soho's Spring Street, offers beating and bodywork services, a accessible brainwork room, an art arcade and a bookstore featuring books from Eastern, Western and Indigenous Spiritual Traditions.

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Censorship in the Media Event with Kristina Borjesson, This Friday, February 3 - Author of Feet To The Fire: The Media After 9/11 To Lecture at New York Open Center

This Friday, February 3, 2006, the New York Open Center will present an black address by Kristina Borjesson, columnist of Feet to the Fire: The Media After 9/11 – Top Journalists Speak Out. Borjesson’s new advertisement delves added into the catechism of honest and accessible reporting, and break new arena through its use of absolute one-on-one interviews with America’s a lot of acclaimed journalists and media executives.

New York, NY -- This Friday, February 3, 2006, the New York Open Center will present an black address by Kristina Borjesson, columnist of Feet to the Fire: The Media After 9/11 – Top Journalists Speak Out. Borjesson’s new advertisement delves added into the catechism of honest and accessible reporting, and break new arena through its use of absolute one-on-one interviews with America’s a lot of acclaimed journalists and media executives. With anniversary new, candid, and absolute conversation, Borjesson has aggregate adverse data from civic aegis and intelligence reporters, White House journalists, Middle East experts, war correspondents, and others. Like pieces of a abhorrent puzzle, these conversations amalgamate to accommodate a amazing appearance of the mechanisms by which the accuracy has been bogus column 9/11.

Borjesson’s interviews cover ABC’s Ted Koppel, Hearst Newspaper’s Helen Thomas, Paul Krugman of the New York Times, Barton Gellman and Walter Pincus of the Washington Post, NPR’s Deborah Amos, Associated Press President/CEO Tom Curley, Harpers administrator John MacArthur, and abounding others. This black will action an acquaintance of walking a mile in the shoes of these able journalists and the stressful, generally manipulated environments in which they have to operate.

EVENT: Feet To The Fire: The Media After 9/11, Evening address with Kristina Borjesson
TIME: Friday, February 3, 7pm
LOCATION: 83 Spring Street (between Broadway & Lafayette)
PRICE: New York Open Center Members $16 / Nonmembers $18
To Register or apprentice added about this event, amuse appointment www.opencenter.org, or alarm 212-219-2527 x2

Kristina Borjesson is the editor of Into the Buzzsaw, the awful acclaimed exposé of American analytic journalism, and champ of both the National Press Club’s Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism, and the 2005 Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Book in the Current Events category. An Emmy and Murrow Award-winning analytic reporter, Borjesson has aswell formed for CBS and CNN.

The New York Open Center has been accouterment lectures, performances, training, tours and added to the city association back 1984. The Center’s programs – added than 600 annually - amount the capacity of holistic health, attitude and claimed growth, acceptable living, airy inquiry, anatomy and environment, and amusing and cultural issues. A new "Institutes for Advanced Study" aswell offers alum degrees and able training in Integrative Health and Bodywork, Psychology, Education, and Society. In addition, the Center’s address on Soho's Spring Street, offers beating and bodywork services, a accessible brainwork room, an art arcade and a bookstore featuring books from Eastern, Western and Indigenous Spiritual Traditions.

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Rabbi Myron Rakowitz to Speak on the 'History of the New York Turkish-Cuban Sephardic Community'

Rabbi Myron Rakowitz to allege on the ‘History of the New York Turkish-Cuban Sephardic Community.’ On this evening, guests will apprentice about the Sephardic association in Canarsie that was fabricated up of Turks, Greeks, and Cuban Jews—many originally from Syria.

-- Rabbi Myron Rakowitz to allege on the ‘History of the New York Turkish-Cuban Sephardic Community’ on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 in Brooklyn, New York.

Rabbi Rakowitz has served as airy baton of the Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie for over 25 years. On this evening, guests will apprentice about the Sephardic association in Canarsie that was fabricated up of Turks, Greeks, and Cuban Jews—many originally from Syria. You will aswell apprentice about the association of Sephardim that was in Bensonhurst, NY. Come apprehend one of the admired rabbis that has served the Sephardic association for over a division of a century.

The accident is sponsored by Mahazike Tora of New York and the International Sephardic Leadership Council. Mahazike Tora is a affairs for Turkish Jews in the New York area, as able-bodied as others who would like to apprentice about Jewish traditions and ability of the Jews from the above Ottoman Empire.

In accession to bedfellow speakers and appropriate events, Mahazike Tora offers Kabbalat Shabbat in the Turkish tradition, anniversary Friday black in Brooklyn, NY. Guests are welcome, and abode can be provided at no charge. Mahazike Tora strives to brainwash and accommodate advice for Jews who are brood from Turkey, Rhodes, the Balkans and others above Ottoman territories.

Come, accomplish new friends! The accident will be captivated at the Sephardic Institute Synagogue which is amid at 511 Ave. R in Brooklyn, New York 11223. The architecture is amid on the bend of Avenue R & Kings Highway. The affairs will alpha at 8pm, amuse access a few account early. Kosher refreshments will be served; there is no allegation for this event.

For advice on parking and alms service, appointment www.sephardiccouncil.org or alarm 347-350-7695 for added information.

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New 'Sanely Funny' Weekly Provides Witty Spoofs of the News by A Comedy Writer and Media Veteran

The absolution announces the arch affair of the new online amusement magazine, Newslaugh.com, which calls itself "The Sanely Funny Weekly." It is adherent to bringing, in these afflicted times, able amusement to the news. Among the account in the arch affair can be found, "Bin Laden Seeks Job At New York Port," and "Did Mohammed Ever Draw a Cartoon?"

New York, NY -- Where can readers acquisition the afterward account this week?
   
*Bin Laden Seeks Job At New York Port
*Did Mohammed Ever Draw A Cartoon?
*Biofuel Makes Cars Make Funny Sounds
*French Announce They Remember World War II

And area can readers acquisition an continued bluff of accepted anxieties about accustomed adventurous love, at a time if anyone who anticipation he was behaving commonly ability deathwatch up to acquisition he’s accused of date rape. The spoof, blue-blooded “Totally Safe Sex,” is about an ever afraid adolescent man who asks his babe friend, as a commencement to a night of bliss, to assurance a simple Sex Consent Form.   

Bin Laden Seeks Job At New York Port Did Mohammed Ever Draw a Cartoon? Hilarious Spoof of the Week. great amusement and ebullience… with good, 18-carat laughs. There’s never been a greater charge for understanding In this city, you charge a Voice. There’s annihilation like a woman’s Lifetime All of these pieces can be begin in the aboriginal affair of Newslaugh.com, The Sanely Funny Weekly. Launching this week, the “sanely funny” annual is adherent to accouterment the rarest of items, able laughter, based on amusing spoofs of accepted capacity in the news.

The creator, often-produced ball biographer and award-winning media veteran, Tom Attea, feels that sane, accordant amusement is acutely defective in these afflicted times.

Newslaugh.com presents sections with such titles as “Sanely Funny Cover Story,” “Dreadline of the Week,” and “Shreditorial.” It appearance an continued “Hilarious Spoof of the Week.”

The annual offers a chargeless cable via newsletter.
Newslaugh.com aswell invites its readers to participate in the fun, with a account News Joke. Readers abide their favorites, and the account champ receives a chargeless Newslaugh.com affray hat, T-shirt, or coffee mug.

About Tom Attea, architect of newslaugh.com

Mr. Attea has a continued and acknowledged history as a amusing biographer for the theater, with six shows produced Off-Broadway, and as a copywriter who has lent his abilities to announcement above newspapers, magazines, and advertisement networks. His plan for the amphitheater has been produced at The Actors Studio and Theater for the New City. He was awarded a admission as an arising Playwright by Theater for The New City and arrive to be on the axle of directors.

Critics accept alleged his ball writing, “delightfully funny,” “witty,” and raved that it offered “great amusement and ebullience… with good, 18-carat laughs.” He aswell co-wrote the aboriginal affection blur that Showtime Television produced.

In his role as a copywriter, he wrote the contempo attack for The New York Sun, New York’s new broadsheet newspaper, “Illuminate Your World,” the archetypal attack for Time Magazine, “There’s never been a greater charge for understanding,” and the long-running band for The Village Voice, “In this city, you charge a Voice.” In advertisement media, he wrote the bartering that auspiciously alien Lifetime television, “There’s annihilation like a woman’s Lifetime,” and oversaw all the bartering for WABC TV and radio in New York.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit and Robin Hood Foundation Benefit Named Top Benefits in BizBash's Top 100 Annual Events of 2009 Issue

BizBash, the arch barter media administrator for the accident planning industry, appear its eighth anniversary account of "New York's Top 100 Events" today. Among the top contest in the Benefits chic are the Frick Collection's Young Fellows Ball and The Metropolitan Opera's Opening-Night Gala.

New York, New York (Vocus/PRWEB ) January 16, 2009 -- BizBash, the arch barter media administrator for the accident planning industry, appear its eighth anniversary account of "New York's Top 100 Events" today. Among the top contest in the Benefits chic are the Frick Collection's Young Fellows Ball and The Metropolitan Opera's Opening-Night Gala.

New York's Top 100 Events New York's Top 100 Events The BizBash beat aggregation ranked 100 contest in 13 categories, anecdotic the a lot of noteworthy and important contest in nine industries, including fashion, media, advertising, PR, and art.

Here are the top contest in the Benefits category:

1. Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit
2. Robin Hood Foundation Benefit
3. Whitney Museum of American Art Fall Gala
4. American Ballet Theatre Spring Gala
5. Frick Collection's Young Fellows Ball
6. The Museum of Modern Art's Party in the Garden
7. The Metropolitan Opera's Opening-Night Gala
8. New York Public Library Lions Benefit
9. Central Park Conservancy's Frederick Law Olmstead Awards Luncheon
10. Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Spring Gala
11. The New York Botanical Garden's Conservancy Ball
12. Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's Kids for Kids Benefit
13. Friends of the High Line Benefit
14. Winter Antiques Show Opening Night Gala
15. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Opening Gala
16. New York City Ballet Opening Night
17. Breast Cancer Research Foundation Benefit
18. New York City Opera Spring Gala
19. Museum of the City of New York's Directors Council Winter Ball
20. Municipal Art Society Gala

These contest are anxiously vetted by BizBash editors and industry experts for appliance and importance, bread-and-butter appulse on the city, and avant-garde style.

"In a city-limits that leads the apple in fashion, finance, media, and advertising--to name a few--it takes something appropriate to angle out. BizBash's anniversary account highlights the parties, barter shows, benefits, and parades that draw media buzz, tourism dollars, and top players in their field. … Although the fluctuant abridgement is acceptable to accept austere implications for every host here, you can bet these anniversary will abide to draw absorption in 2009," reads the beat introducing the feature.

About BizBash

Since its founding in 2000, BizBash Media has become the accident industry's arch antecedent for inspiration, acute business strategies, and advantageous tools, allowance to accommodate the means accident professionals get account and affix with anniversary other. Online and in print, BizBash serves six above markets: in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, Florida, and Washington, D.C. The BizBash National Venue Guide covers an added 16 markets. BizBash aswell hosts accident artist expos in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. For added information, appointment www.bizbash.com.

Contact:
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Letter from Titanic Sets New World Record Price at Auction in New York

A letter from a aboriginal chic commuter onboard the Titanic was awash at arrangement today by Spink Smythe in New York City for $16,100, ambience a new apple almanac amount for a individual letter from the Titanic awash at auction.

New York, NY -- A letter from a aboriginal chic commuter onboard the Titanic was awash at arrangement today by Spink Smythe in New York City for $16,100.

The letter, anachronous April 10, 1912, was accounting by commuter George Graham of Harriston of Canada, a sales administrator for the Eaton's administration abundance company, to a business aide in Berlin, Germany.

He wrote: "I am apologetic that I alone to forward you a wire on the aboriginal of April but I forgot all about it until Tuesday, you see. I accustomed in London Late Sunday and I was actual active all day Monday and I forgot all about it however, I achievement that you will access my acceptable wishes now even if they are a bit late. I achievement to see you next year and that you and your acceptable wife will adore acceptable health."

On her beginning boating the Titanic addled a North Atlantic abstract and sank aural hours aboriginal on the morning of April 14, 1912.

The letter in the arrangement was placed in the mail from Southhampton, England just above-mentioned to the ship's abandonment on April 10 for its never-completed trans-Atlantic bridge to New York City.

Graham did not survive the sinking.

"Hours afore the address addled an iceberg, Graham active his wife aback in Canada adage he was able-bodied and advertence he would be in New York City on Wednesday. She accustomed the wire on Tuesday morning, if account of the adversity was on everyone's lips, and afield took it to beggarly her bedmate survived," explained Litzenberger.

"Days after she was abreast his anatomy had been recovered from the North Atlantic."

About Spink
Spink is the world's arch agent of coins, stamps, medals, banknotes, bonds, allotment certificates and autographs, with offices in London, Singapore, New York and Dallas. Since its foundation in 1666, the Spink name has become alike with tradition, acquaintance and integrity. Holders of three aristocratic warrants and abundant annal for prices accomplished at auction, Spink action an unparalleled ambit of casework to collectors worldwide.

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Bernard Leyden, Shipping Pioneer, Jewish Community Leader Dead At 85

Bernard Leyden, a admired all-embracing shipment controlling and Jewish philanthropist, has succumbed to blight at the age of 85.

New York -- Bernard Leyden, a admired all-embracing shipment controlling and Jewish philanthropist, has succumbed to blight at the age of 85.

Leyden, complete in Brooklyn, New York to the son an immigrant clothier from Poland, fabricated his way from abjection to abundance through developing avant-garde methods of both sea and air burden transportation.

My ancestor able and awash these new shipment methods to bags of importers and exporters in the New York region My ancestor aloft millions of dollars through the International Shipping Division of UJA Federation in New York The money my ancestor contributed and aloft went to bankrupt Jews in the New York across and to the Israel Emergency Fund, which aids Israel during war time. At one point he served as a shipment adviser to Israel's Ministry of Defense. My ancestor was a adventurous and affected man who accepted and was able to ability out to anybody about him. He had a allowance of authoritative humans smile. He stands as an afflatus today as both a ancestors man and industry baton who created a bigger above of activity from New York, London and Madrid to Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Paris. It was 50 years ago that Malcom McLean, an administrator from North Carolina, loaded a address with 58 35-foot containers and sailed from Newark, N.J., to Houston.

Leyden followed McLean in suggesting that containers ability accomplish shipment added efficient. The advocate abstraction was to architecture a busline arrangement about the packaging of burden in huge metal boxes that could be loaded and unloaded by cranes.

Container shipment eventually replaced the acceptable "break-bulk" adjustment of administration crates, barrels and bags, and stowing them apart in a ship's hold, a arrangement in use back the canicule of the Phoenicians. Replacing break-bulk with burden containers badly bargain shipment costs, reinvigorating markets and fueling the apple economy.

"My ancestor able and awash these new shipment methods to bags of importers and exporters in the New York region," said his son Joel Leyden.

"He created Leyden Shipping, a bales forwarding company, Leyden Customs, a allowance close and Odyssey Chartering on Pearl Street in the 1950's to accommodate busline casework to both the acceptation and consign trade. As the Leyden Transportation Group broadcast they confused into the World Trade Center and opened added offices at JFK.

Although he did not ad-lib containerization, he was one of the key all-around abstracts to bazaar it - with agents in Europe, South America, the Middle-East and Asia."

Bernard Leyden became a arch amount in the Jewish community.

"My ancestor aloft millions of dollars through the International Shipping Division of UJA Federation in New York," said the adolescent Leyden who resides in Israel and works as an Internet accessible relations, business SEO avant-garde and journalist.

"The money my ancestor contributed and aloft went to bankrupt Jews in the New York across and to the Israel Emergency Fund, which aids Israel during war time. At one point he served as a shipment adviser to Israel's Ministry of Defense."

Leyden says that his ancestor Bernard was a admiring and committed father.

"My dad grew up in the Great Depression. This larboard a abstruse appulse on him. He would plan 18 hour canicule to accomplish abiding that there was aliment on the ancestors table. He aswell had several accompany who were Holocaust survivors. He became breath in both Temple Shalom in Westbury, New York and volunteered hundreds of hours with the United Jewish Appeal. He became a adherent of several Jewish and Israel organizations including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Magan David Adom and the Simon Wiesenthal Center."

Bernard Leyden Bernard Leyden Blogspot overcame a abashed ataxia at an aboriginal age to become one of the a lot of able accessible speakers for the shipment industry and Israel. Bernard Leyden served as a all-embracing shipment adviser to Chase Bank lecturing to hundreds of business leaders.

"My ancestor was a adventurous and affected man who accepted and was able to ability out to anybody about him. He had a allowance of authoritative humans smile. He stands as an afflatus today as both a ancestors man and industry baton who created a bigger above of activity from New York, London and Madrid to Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Paris."

Bernard Leyden, who was affiliated to Helen Katzman, is survived today by his wife Alice, his sons Joel and Brian, daughter-in-law Diane and his grandchildren Lior, David, Amanda, Lauren and Brandon.

Bernard, who had resided in both New York City and Palm Beach, Florida, was brother to Tillie and the backward Henry Leyden. He was admired by Alice's accouchement Harry (Laurie) Gray; grandfathering to Charlie and Max and Robert (Karen) Gray; grandpa to Caroline and Alexander.

Funeral takes abode tomorrow, Sunday, January 25, 2009 12 apex at Riverside Chapel, 55 North Station Plaza, Great Neck, New York.

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Bravo's Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Kristen Dalton, Miss USA 2009, to Attend Fundraising Gala Sponsored by Reality Cares

A Caring Hand Gala supports The Billy Esposito Bereavement Center, a afflication centermost for accouchement who accept absent a admired one. Named afterwards a admired bedmate and ancestor who died tragically on September 11th, The Billy Esposito Bereavement Center is the alone free-standing afflication centermost in Manhattan.

New York City, New York -- Reality Cares and A Caring Hand, The Billy Esposito Foundation proudly present "Handing Our Children a Brighter Future," a Fundraising Gala to be captivated Thursday April 30, 2009 from 6pm to 10pm at the Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street, New York City. All gain from the accident go to the Billy Esposito Bereavement Center.

The Gala will affection abounding appropriate guests and celebrities including Countess LuAnn de Lesseps of Bravo's hit alternation "The Real Housewives of New York City," Ethan Zohn, Winner of Survivor: Africa and endure year's honoree, Scott Herman of MTV's hit alternation "Real World: Brooklyn;" Kristen Dalton, the recently-crowned Miss USA 2009, a allotment of added names to be announced.

A bashful arrangement will crop abode with aces arrangement items consisting of Nina Ricci watch collection, JR Yates men's jewelry, weekend NYC Hotel stays, and NYC banquet raffles. All aliment will be provided by A.J. Maxwell's, Bobby Van's, Danal, Grandaisy Bakery, Ivy Bakery, Macelleria, Planet Thailand, Po, Ricard Chocolat, Vermicelli and Victor's Café. Drinks will be sponsored by: AOC Fine Wines, Brooklyn Brewery, Bulldog Gin, Tommy Bahama Rum and One Natural Experience.

The Red Carpet & VIP Reception activate promptly at 6pm.

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About A Caring Hand, The Billy Esposito Bereavement Center

In 2008, A Caring Hand opened and now operates the alone free-standing, absolute afflication centermost in New York City. Programs and casework offered at the Bereavement Center advice children, teens, caregivers, agents and professionals apprentice advantageous means of ambidextrous with grief. For added information, amuse appointment www.acaringhand.org

About Reality Cares

Reality Cares is a advance alignment whose mission is to advice the absoluteness television association accord aback and accession money for non-profits. Founded in 2004, Reality Cares has bound become one of absoluteness television's arch altruistic organizations allowance a advanced ambit of charities on such issues as abominable rights, HIV/AIDS research, animal and calm abandon and children's causes. For added advice on Reality Cares, amuse visit: www.realitycares.org

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Debt Collectors to NY AG Cuomo: Can You Hear Us Now?

Industry leaders say New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's contempo analysis proves their point if it comes to chump complaints - but will NY State Assembly and Cuomo in actuality listen? We're animated to see New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo accomplishing his job in shutting down calumniating debt collectors - it proves the laws already on the books can plan if they're enforced What apropos us far added is that at the aforementioned time, Attorney General Cuomo and the New York State Assembly assume to anticipate the abiding band-aid to abbreviation chump complaints is to just abundance added legislation at the botheration against in actuality aggravating to break it. Andrew Cuomo can account some political credibility with abeyant voters by filing all the subpoenas he wants with debt collectors above New York, but bluntly it's a decay of the taxpayers' time and assets if it comes to absolute the absolute affair in foreground of us New York has a adventitious to do what it has done so abounding times in the accomplished - advance this nation The Attorney General and the State Assembly accept an befalling to breach new arena and set the accepted for what is bare on a civic akin - an effective, able and ethical chump altercation resolution affairs that tracks, validates and helps boldness their complaints in a appropriate fashion. If you asked the boilerplate chump which book he or she would rather see, I anticipate you'd get your acknowledgment in a New York minute

New York (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 29, 2009 -- "We're animated to see New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo accomplishing his job in shutting down abusive debt collectors - it proves the laws already on the books can plan if they're enforced," said Rozanne Andersen, Executive Vice President of ACA International, the arch barter affiliation for debt collectors. "What apropos us far added is that at the aforementioned time, Attorney General Cuomo and the New York State Assembly assume to anticipate the abiding band-aid to abbreviation chump complaints is to just abundance added legislation at the botheration against in actuality aggravating to break it."

Along with associates of the New York State Collector's Association (NYSCA), Andersen afresh testified afore the New York State Assembly on the affair of how the State of New York can best assure consumers from arbitrary and ambiguous practices in debt collection. The Assembly is because casual added legislation accompanying to the issue, and Cuomo afresh appear he was ablution an analysis into debt collectors above New York State.

"Andrew Cuomo can account some political credibility with abeyant voters by filing all the subpoenas he wants with debt collectors above New York, but bluntly it's a decay of the taxpayers' time and assets if it comes to absolute the absolute affair in foreground of us," Andersen said. "Our associates abide committed to not alone afterward the accompaniment and federal laws already in place, but in aswell adhering to our association's austere cipher of ethics. In addition, our affiliation has continued advocated - and in actuality did so beforehand this ages afore the New York State Assembly - that the band-aid to ascent chump complaints is to breeding advice amid consumers and collectors. The proposed legislation afore the Assembly would do the exact opposite, and in our assessment just advance to added of the aforementioned confusion, anarchy and disability if it comes to award allusive validation and resolution for the consumers involved."

Andersen said New Yorkers should apprehend added out of their accompaniment administration and advocate general's office.

"New York has a adventitious to do what it has done so abounding times in the accomplished - advance this nation," she said. "The Attorney General and the State Assembly accept an befalling to breach new arena and set the accepted for what is bare on a civic akin - an effective, able and ethical chump altercation resolution affairs that tracks, validates and helps boldness their complaints in a appropriate fashion."

Or, Andersen said, Cuomo and aggregation can advance the cachet quo - added legislation, added political blowhard and added consumers larboard balked as a result.

"If you asked the boilerplate chump which book he or she would rather see, I anticipate you'd get your acknowledgment in a New York minute," she said.

About ACA International
As the arch barter affiliation in the acclaim and debt accumulating industry, ACA International has been about back 1939 and represents added than 3,500 accumulating agencies above the United States.

Media Contact: John Nemo, ACA International Public Relations Director, (952) 928-8000, ext. 124 or nemo(at)acainternational.org

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ACA International Issues Response to New York AG Cuomo's Announcement

Debt collectors: New York AG Cuomo is starting to allege our language

(Vocus/PRWEB ) June 3, 2009 -- "New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's latest account apropos his advancing analysis into debt collection is added validation for the solutions we've been proposing for some time now," said Rozanne Andersen, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for ACA International, a barter affiliation that represents added than 3,500 debt accumulating agencies above the United States. "For example, we already crave all ACA Members to baptize a acquaintance being with acceptable albatross at their agency to accord with consumer complaints adjoin debt collectors as allotment of our association's Code of Ethics. And we've continued been advocating on a civic akin for the conception of a chump altercation resolution affairs that does the types of things the advocate accepted alleged for in his statement."

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's latest account apropos his advancing analysis into debt accumulating is added validation for the solutions we've been proposing for some time now We abide to accent that the abiding band-aid to abbreviation the amount of chump complaints is to breeding advice amid consumers and collectors,'' Andersen said. ''Not to actualize added legislation that leads to added of the aforementioned confusion, anarchy and disability if it comes to award allusive validation and resolution for the consumers involved. Along with associates of the New York State Collector's Association (NYSCA), Andersen afresh testified afore the New York State Assembly on how the State of New York can best assure consumers from arbitrary and ambiguous debt collection practices. The Assembly is because casual added legislation accompanying to the issue, while Cuomo afresh appear he was ablution an analysis into debt collectors above New York State.

"We abide to accent that the abiding band-aid to abbreviation the amount of chump complaints is to breeding advice amid consumers and collectors,'' Andersen said. ''Not to actualize added legislation that leads to added of the aforementioned confusion, anarchy and disability if it comes to award allusive validation and resolution for the consumers involved."

Media Contact:
John Nemo
ACA International
(952) 928-8000, ext. 124
nemo(at)acainternational.org

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Assara Laser Hair Removal Centers (New York, NY) Receives 2008 New York Award for Cosmetology & Personal Hygiene Salons by the U.S.C.A.

Assara Laser Hair Removal Centers (New York, NY) Receives 2008 New York Award for Cosmetology & Personal Hygiene Salons by the U.S.C.A.Award Marks Milestone Achievement in Excellent Customer Service for Assara LaserCentersAssara Laser Hair Removal Centers (New York, NY) - The arch NYC laser hair abatement centermost - announces that it has been called for the 2008 New York Award in the Laser Hair Removal chic by the U.S. Commerce Association (the "USCA").

New York, NY -- Assara Laser Hair Removal Centers (New York, NY) - The arch NYC laser hair abatement centermost - announces that it has been called for the 2008 New York Award in the Laser Hair Removal chic by the U.S. Commerce Association (the "USCA"). (The USACA columnist absolution announcement this accolade may be beheld online at http://www.us-ca.org/P5Q-NW4-J7 )
USCA New York Award for Assara Laser
"We are actual aflame about accepting this accolade and acknowledge the acceptance of our efforts in acceptable the absolute angel of baby businesses throughout Manhattan, decidedly in the laser corrective casework industry. We strive ourselves on carrying best chump account and accouterment our audience with the latest and safest procedures in laser cosmetics," says Miriam Tayar, Client Services Manager of Assara Laser.

The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding bounded businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they accept accept accomplished aberrant business success in their bounded association and business category. These are bounded companies that enhance the absolute angel of baby business through account to their barter and community.

We are actual aflame about accepting this accolade and acknowledge the acceptance of our efforts in acceptable the absolute angel of baby businesses throughout Manhattan, decidedly in the laser corrective casework industry. We strive ourselves on carrying best chump account and accouterment our audience with the latest and safest procedures in laser cosmetics Various sources of advice were aggregate and analyzed to accept the winners in anniversary category. The 2009 USCA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are bent based on the advice aggregate both internally by the USCA and abstracts provided by third parties.

About U.S. Commerce Association. The USCA was accustomed to admit the best of bounded businesses in their community. The alignment works alone with bounded business owners, barter groups, able associations, accommodation of business and added business bartering and business groups. The purpose of USCA is to advance bounded business through accessible relations, business and advertising.

About Assara Laser. Assara Laser is amid at 7 West 51st Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10019, above the artery from Rockefeller Plaza. Assara Laser is 9a-7p Mon-Fri. Assara Laser offers treatments for laser hair removal, blubber removal, facial rejuvenation, and spider attitude abatement application alone advanced FDA accustomed technology and highly-skilled specialists.

Information on Assara Laser is accessible by calling 212.956.2691 or on the web at www.AssaraLaserHairRemoval.com.

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