Monthly Archives: June 2014

Kids Fashion week Produced by Albania Rosario-2014

Kids Fashion week Produced by Albania Rosario-2014

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KIDS ON FASHION USA is an extension of Northern Manhattan’s Uptown Fashion Week™
Uptown Fashion Week™ is pleased to announce Kids Fashion Week 2014 edition.

The Kids on Fashion event is produced by Albania Rosario Uptown Management Inc. with the support of Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez & Washington Heights Business improvement District. This is a community event dedicated to Northern Manhattan constituents showcasing local established and emerging fashion designers.

The Kids on Fashion’s mission is to educate and inspire locals about fashion as well as to support fashion designers within Northern Manhattan. The initiative also provides financial support and drives awareness for Hogar Sanisi, a nonprofit organization that helps HIV positive children in the Dominican Republic.

Mariah Carey’s New Flavored Drink Butterfly in partnership with Go N’Syde -2014

Mariah Carey’s New Flavored Drink Butterfly in partnership with Go N’Syde -2014

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At a news conference announcing Butterfly’s arrival, the singer sipped the pink liquid from a champagne flute and described it as “a whole ‘nother thing,” then suggested that allowing a bottle of her elixir into your life is virtually like living among the platinum artist herself. “We can do this and I will almost be in the room with you,” she said as an electric fan outside the frame softly blew wind across her hair.

The new drink comes in a sensual, well-figured bottle and contains ingredients including water, sugar, sodium benzoate, sucralose and colorings including Red 40 and Blue 1.

Not coincidentally, the arrival of the Butterfly drink comes at the same time that the multiplatinum artist is promoting her new album “Me. I Am Mariah … The Elusive Chanteuse.” Released to great fanfare but poor reviews and middling first-week sales, the album currently sits at No. 3 on the Billboard charts.
That showing didn’t seem to bother her on Monday. She was focused on the beverage, of which she coyly gushed, “I don’t want to give away our secrets, darlings, but it’s — everybody else is going to be mad that they didn’t do it first.

The drink is available exclusively at Walgreen, purveyor of some of the world’s most exotic beverages.

Fashion Show by Serbian Designer Roksanda Ilincic For LifeLine Charity-2014

Fashion Show by Serbian Designer Roksanda Ilincic For LifeLine Charity-2014

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Ilinčić studied architecture and design at the Faculty of Applied Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade, before coming to study at Central Saint Martins in London in 1999, where she graduated with an MA in Women swear.

She has her eponymous label, first showing at London Fashion Week in 2003; the range includes day and evening dresses, hand bags and swimwear. Ilinčić is known for bold use of colour, luxurious fabrics and clean, elegant lines.

She has also produced diffusion lines for high street stores Whistles and Debenhams.

In July 2012, she launched a new children swear line, ‘Blossom’, inspired in part by her daughter, Efimia.

In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, she was one of a number of designers who created a tee-shirt to raise funds for the Evening Standard’s ‘Dispossessed Fund’.

Ilinčić was born in Belgrade, capital of Serbia, and travelled the world with her parents; her father Lazar was a successful businessman and her mother Ranka worked in public relations.

Roksanda collects vintage Yves Saint Laurent pieces, a passion inherited from her mother.

Ilinčić now lives in north London with her husband, Philip Bueno de Mesquita, who founded the sports shoe brand ‘Acupuncture’, and their daughter, Efimia.

Ilinčić has dressed Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Michelle Obama, and the wife of the British Prime Minister, Samantha Cameron.

Other notable clients include actors and performers Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Amy Adams, January Jones, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams, Rita Ora, Lady Gaga, Róisín Murphy, and Naomie Harris.

World Liberty TV, was on Hand at the LifeLine Charity headed by Prince Alexander and Princess Katherine, where Roksanda Ilincic showcased her line of designs to raise money for the LifeLine Charity.

Prince Alexander and Princess Katherine of Serbia’s LifeLine Gala-2014

Prince Alexander and Princess Katherine of Serbia’s LifeLine Gala-2014

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Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia and her Foundation have inspired the work of Lifeline New York.
When HRH Crown Princess Katherine was in exile with her husband HRH Crown Prince Alexander, she always had her country in her heart. During those difficult years, Crown Princess Katherine worked hard to provide humanitarian aid to Serbia. Among Crown Princess Katherine’s many initiatives, she provided caravans of food, medicines and other necessities to refugees, regardless of ethnicity or country of origin. The Crown Princess has always believed that there are no borders in suffering.

Their Royal Highnesses returned to Belgrade in 2001 after the October 2000 revolution. Shortly thereafter, the HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation was established with the aim of helping disadvantaged people including children, the sick, refugees, internally displaced peoples and the elderly.

The HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation provides aid for medical institutions in the form of: medicine and medical equipment; medical training; implementation of reconstruction projects and extension of capacities. In addition, the Foundation addresses needs of children with mental and physical disabilities, children with special needs, and orphans. Recent efforts have been expanded to support schools and universities, by providing scholarships and improving communication between students and educational experts from foreign countries.

The Foundation’s daily activities include working with the following ministries that have a crucial role in the development of its projects: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Regional Development, Ministry of Labor and Employment and Ministry of Trade and Tourism.

Eric T. Schneiderman Attorney General of NYS ,KeyNote Speech at NY Puerto Rican Day Parade Gala -2014

Eric T. Schneiderman Attorney General of NYS ,KeyNote Speech at NY Puerto Rican Day Parade Gala -2014

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Eric T. Schneiderman was elected the 65th Attorney General of New York State on November 2, 2010. As Attorney General, Schneiderman is the highest ranking law enforcement officer for the State, responsible for representing New York and its residents in legal matters. Schneiderman has worked to restore the public’s faith in its public and private sector institutions by focusing on areas including public integrity, economic justice, social justice and environmental protection.

Most recently, on June 13, 2013, Attorney General Schneiderman and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced the formation of a nationwide Secure Our Smartphones (S.O.S) Initiative aimed at encouraging the cell phone industry to adopt technologies to deter the rising epidemic of violent incidents of smartphone theft by drying up the secondary market on which stolen devices are sold. As part of the launch of the S.O.S. Initiative, Schneiderman and Gascón commended New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli for urging the four leaders of the smartphone industry to protect consumers, and shareholder value, by working with law enforcement agencies and government officials to pursue a meaningful solution to the spike in smartphone thefts.

The Attorney General has taken a leading role in the national fight for a comprehensive investigation of misconduct in the mortgage market, and for a fair settlement for homeowners that holds banks accountable for their role in the foreclosure crisis, provides meaningful relief to homeowners and investors, and allows a full airing out of the facts to ensure that abuses of this scale never happen again. On June 4th, 2013, the Attorney General filed a lawsuit against HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA) for failing to follow state law related to foreclosure actions, putting homeowners at greater risk of losing their homes. Attorney General Schneiderman is committed to bringing similar actions against other mortgage lenders who hold borrowers in the shadow docket in defiance of state law.

As part of a groundbreaking effort to bring transparency to the political process and protect donors to nonprofits, Attorney General Schneiderman adopted new regulations requiring nonprofit groups, including 501(c)(4) “social welfare” organizations that are registered with the state, to report the percentage of their expenditures that go to federal, state and local electioneering. Additionally, against a backdrop of an escalating drug abuse crisis, Attorney General Schneiderman proposed the “Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act,” or I-STOP. The I-STOP legislation creates a real-time, online database for doctors and pharmacists to report and track the prescribing and the dispensing of certain controlled substances.

In his first weeks in office, Attorney General Schneiderman launched a new “Taxpayer Protection Bureau” to root out fraud and return money illegally stolen from New York taxpayers at no additional cost to the state. He also bolstered the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which has already recovered tens of millions of dollars for taxpayers on his watch. As part of his effort to crack down on corruption and restore the public’s trust in government, Schneiderman launched a groundbreaking initiative expanding his office’s authority to investigate public corruption involving taxpayer funds by partnering with the state Comptroller.

Also during his first year in office, Attorney General Schneiderman filed a legal challenge to the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to compel the federal government to treat all New York State marriages equally; sued federal regulators to force a health and environmental impact review of proposed gas drilling in the Delaware River Basin; and challenged the Indian Point nuclear power plant’s practices related to high-level radioactive waste storage, earthquake preparedness and fire safety.

As the state’s top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Schneiderman brings with him a wealth of experience, in both the public and private sectors. Attorney General Schneiderman previously spent 15 years in private practice as an attorney, and later as a partner, at the firm of Kirkpatrick and Lockhart, where he handled complex litigation. He was also a public interest lawyer for many years, representing taxpayers in historic lawsuits against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), tenants trying to evict drug dealers from their buildings, and women seeking access to health clinics.

Before becoming Attorney General, Schneiderman was praised as a leading reformer in the State Senate by numerous editorial pages and good government organizations across New York. Among his many legislative accomplishments, Schneiderman passed sweeping ethics reforms, chaired the committee to expel a corrupt senator for the first time in modern history, led the effort to reform the draconian Rockefeller drug laws, cracked down on health insurance companies seeking to deny coverage to vulnerable New Yorkers, and enacted the toughest law in the nation to root out fraud against taxpayers.

Attorney General Schneiderman graduated from Amherst College in 1977 and Harvard Law School in 1982. He is the proud father of a daughter, Catherine.

19th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade /57th Annual PR Day Parade of NY Gala-2014

19th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade /57th Annual PR Day Parade of NY Gala-2014

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THIS WEEKEND, THE NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE

KICKS OFF 2014 CELEBRATION THREE KEY EVENTS

Lead Events Include the 152nd Street Festival,

Rising Star Challenge and the Annual Mass

Parade Organizers Encourage Community to Participate in Food Drive and

Extend an Invitation to Puerto Rican Veterans

May 29, 2014, New York City – This weekend marks the kick-off of the newly revamped National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP); one that will focus on celebrating Puerto Rican arts, culture and education with pride, dignity and honor. The following provides details on the key events for Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1, including calls-to-action for the Puerto Rican community:

152 Street Festival: A Cultural Celebration for the Entire Family that Aims to Help Feed Our Neighbors

The 152nd Street Festival takes place between Jackson and Union Streets in the Bronx, from 11am to 3pm, on Saturday, May 31st. Activities will include musical and dance performances, a Children’s Pavilion with activities just for kids and a workout led by Olympian and professional boxer, Felix Verdejo. In partnership with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, the Parade will be conducting a food drive and is encouraging the public to bring non-perishable food items for donation. Goya Foods has pledged to match donations collected with up to 5,000 pounds of product. Donations will go to Latino communities to help fight food insecurity.

NPRDP Rising Star Challenge Promotes Professional Development and Empowerment in our Youth

The inaugural Rising Stars Challenge, in partnership with Macy’s and Siempre Mujer magazine, will take place at the Macy’s Queens Center, Woman’s Department on the second floor, beginning at 2pm, on Saturday, May 31st. This will be the final round of the scholarship competition, where one young lady and one young man will be crowned as Princess and Prince of this year’s Parade.

Annual Parade Mass – Uniting the Religious Community in Worship and Thanksgiving

The Annual Parade Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral will begin at 4pm on Sunday, June 1. As part of the food drive in partnership with Catholic Charities, the Parade encourages those attending the Mass to bring non-perishable food items, which will be collected at the Mass.

Encouraging Puerto Rican Veterans to Join in Honoring the Historic 65th Infantry Regiment

The 2014 National Puerto Rican Day Parade will take place on Sunday, June 8th at 11am on New York’s Fifth Avenue, from E 44th to E 79th Streets. The NPRDP invites all Puerto Rican veterans to march in this year’s Parade. To participate veterans can register on the Parade website, www.NPRDPinc.org, and bring the registration number to a tent on the corner of 6th Avenue and 46th Street to participate.

World Liberty TV, Team was on Hand to cover the 19th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade /57th Annual PR Day Parade of NY Gala-2014, see the organizers, honoree’s guests and many more , Exclusively in our World Liberty TV Latino Channel.

Dr Ruth Americas favorite Sex Dr, debut’s Talks about Grandparents at BEA-2014

Dr Ruth Americas favorite Sex Dr, debut’s Talks about Grandparents at BEA-2014

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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s favorite sex therapist, will be celebrating double on June 4. It’s her 86th birthday and the publication date of her latest book, Myths of Love: Echoes of Ancient Mythology in the Modern Romantic Imagination (Quill Driver Books, June). The book, which analyzes Greek and Roman myths and their relevance to 21st-century relationships, is, says Dr. Ruth, “a departure for me because it’s more learned and more academic, which makes me very happy. And it is academic without being boring.”

The idea for the book was conceived during a visit to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art by Dr. Ruth and her coauthor Jerome E. Singerman, a longtime friend and classical scholar. They were, she remembers, standing in front of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 16th-century work, The Judgment of Paris, which depicts Paris (he of the Trojan War) trying to decide which of three goddesses—Minerva, Venus, or Juno—is the fairest. The painting became the midwife of the book,” Dr. Ruth says.

Book Expo America (BEA) Exhibits Conference and Special events at NYC Javit Center-2014

Book Expo America (BEA) Exhibits Conference and Special events at NYC Javit Center-2014

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BEA continues to evolve each year by adding new and exciting features to keep pace with the industry and in direct response to customer feedback to ensure you get the best return on investment by participating in North America’s premier publishing event. Check out all the new things that we have in store for BEA 2014 as well some of our favorites:

Author Stages—BEA is bringing a fourth Author Stage in 2014—the Eastside (Translation Market) Stage joins the Downtown, Midtown, and Uptown Stages! Author stages will feature even more authors in an interview format, discussing their books and sharing their back stories as well as presentations from leading exhibitors.

New Title Showcase now located on the BEA show floor—the always popular New Title Showcase moves to the front of the BEA show floor right by the Downtown Stage. Get a look at the hottest new titles in one place without having to leave the show floor.

Global Market Forum—Translation Market—stop by the Translation Market on the BEA show floor to see leading US and international professionals that specialize in bringing the written word across languages.

Global Market Forum—Books in Translation Lounge—Network, make new connections, and learn about book translation in the NEW Global Market Forum Lounge.
New Exhibitors— Be sure to check out all of the New Exhibitors at BEA 2014 displaying hundreds of upcoming titles in all formats and every genre, from across the country and around the world.
Start Up Alley Pavilion—

Next Big Book – Table #1
Next Big Book wants to do the same thing for the book industry that they have done for the music industry which is to give book publishers the tools they need to understand which of their books are likely to make it onto the bestseller charts and, more importantly, to give publishers the tools to influence what books are successful.

Author Autographing and In-Booth Autographing—meet and greet with 550+ new, up-and-coming and favorite authors
Book & Author Breakfasts—an all-new lineup of authors for you to hear from and get a preview of what they have coming up next.

BEA Bloggers Conference—a jam-packed day of education, extreme networking, and the passion and fun that surrounds book blogging.

uPublishU at BEA—brings Aspiring Authors, Indie Authors, and others face-to-face with industry experts and service providers, in a jam-packed day of intensive learning and discovery about the best ways to publish a book. Taking place on Saturday, May 31, this conference will be filled with tips, tactics, tools, and technology to allow indie authors to take advantage of the main opportunities in the exploding world of self-publishing!

International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) at BEA-2014

International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) at BEA-2014

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IDPF Digital Book 2014 at BEA is a two-day conference focused on all the key issues we face in advancing publishing in an increasingly digital world. Digital Book 2014 is designed to give executives, marketers, designers, developers, authors, agents and more, the practical information and necessary tools required to lead organizations in this time of rapid change. In-depth sessions and workshops will analyze key opportunities and pitfalls, highlighting compelling business strategies and provide attendees with practical, actionable solutions.

This two-day conference featured insightful keynote sessions and three parallel tracks of targeted and current content (Business & Marketing, Technology, Design and Production, and Education and Professional Publishing). We heard from top experts and industry leaders, network with your peers and leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve growth and success.

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