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“This Christmas, why not make a change from traditional Christmas cards and surprise family and friends creating your own personalized family Christmas Video Cards with brand new Pinnacle Studio™ 12 Winter Edition. Thanks to its ease of use, Pinnacle Studio video editing software is #1 in the consumer video editing market in the U.S. and in major European countries. It allows you to create and edit your pictures and short home-made videos so you can give a Christmas card that will last for years to come.

With the Pinnacle Studio Winter Edition software, creating your own videos cards with the family means this Christmas can be spent together building and preserving memories forever. As well as having fun, an edited video memory of the day or a video montage of photos from the year can make a great (and cost effective) card.

In just a few moments and simple clicks you can immortalize and enhance your holiday season images and turn them into a unique movie. With the Studio 12 technology you can produce an emotive Christmas card or a round robin letter for the 21st century - instead of writing about your past year, now you can show it!

Perfect for sharing Christmas best wishes

The Pinnacle Studio Winter Edition includes 38 festive titles and 15 seasonal DVD menus to give your home movie that Christmas feel. There are also 5 montage themes which apart from `Christmas’ includes `Presents’ and `New Year’. The clever Scorefitter music generator helps you add emotion to your movie by automatically creating a soundtrack to the exact length of your film!

Once you’ve created your Christmas Video Card, sharing it couldn’t be simpler. You can easily send it as emails or upload it on the internet. It can also be burnt directly onto DVD for sending as a thank you for your favourite presents or as a memento to those who joined you on Christmas day. It’s also a perfect gift for family and friends who are miles away and won’t be with you for the festive season.

Knowing what a busy time of the year it is, Pinnacle Systems has designed its Pinnacle Studio Winter Edition to be as easy as turning your PC or laptop on. It really is Santa’s little helper to add extra sparkle and colour to your Christmas memories for many years to come. Pinnacle Studio Winter Edition retails at £29.00. You can buy it at major retails or at www.pinnaclesys.com.

For tips, tricks and techniques on all Pinnacle solutions, visit Pinnacle Life.

About Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a part of Avid Technology, Inc., is an industry leader in providing a complete set of home video editing and TV viewing tools for the consumer market. The company’s product lines including Pinnacle PCTV™, Dazzle®, Pinnacle ShowCenter®, and its flagship Pinnacle Studio™ line, cover the needs and requirements of any level of video storytellers or consumers who simply want to enjoy TV from their computer. Pinnacle Systems has received nine prestigious Emmy® Awards for its technical innovations and carries the commitment to help consumers enhance, preserve and share their memories with ease. For more information, visit www.pinnaclesys.com.

About Avid Technology, Inc.

Avid is a worldwide leader in tools for film, video, audio, 3D animation, gaming and broadcast professionals – as well as for home audio and video enthusiasts. Avid professional and consumer brands include Avid, Digidesign, M-Audio, Pinnacle Systems, Sibelius, Softimage and Sundance Digital. The vast majority of primetime television shows, feature films, commercials and chart-topping music hits are made using one or more Avid products. Whether used by seasoned professionals or beginning students, Avid’s products and services enable customers to work more efficiently, productively and creatively. Avid received an Oscar® statuette representing the 1998 Scientific and Technical Award for the concept, design, and engineering of the Avid® Film Composer® system for motion picture editing. For more information about the company’s Oscar, Grammy® and Emmy award-winning products and services, visit www.avid.com.

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© 2008 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Product features, specifications, system requirements, and availability are subject to change without notice. Promotions and discounts are subject to availability and change without notice. All prices are MSRP for U.S. only and are subject to change without notice. Contact your local reseller for prices outside the U.S. Avid, Digidesign, Film Composer, M-Audio, Pinnacle Systems, Sibelius, Softimage, Sundance Digital, the Pinnacle Pinwheel logo, Pinnacle PCTV, Dazzle, Pinnacle ShowCenter, Pinnacle MobileMedia, and Pinnacle Studio are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Oscar is a trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Emmy is a registered trademark of ATAS/NATAS. Grammy is a trademark of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

Press Contact: Julie Thompson Dredge, Focus PR, Phone: 020 7845 6637, julie@focuspr.co.uk

Chicago, November 26, 2008 (word count: 349)

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MARCOSERUSSI is an original retail apparel concept with an Italian flavor dedicated to men that centers around shirts and includes ties, sweaters, sports shirts, fashion accessories, and more. This convivial store presents MARCOSERUSSI products, a wide range of articles combining fashion and quality at a reasonable price for men of all ages and styles. The company opened its first U.S. location in Miami in April 2008 with a great response and is looking to open more locations. It will be exhibiting on the French Pavilion at Franchise Expo South in Miami from Jan. 9 to 11, booth 817. In addition to the recent success in Miami, the company has plans to open a store on Fifth Avenue in New York as well as an office.

The MARCOSERUSSI aim is to satisfy the customer needs by offering them a rich choice and permanent renewal of products at an attractive price (shirts start at EUR 25, about 30 USD). There are nearly 250 different models of shirts in the store on average. The brand also includes sweaters made of merino wool, cotton, and cashmere in a wide range of shapes and colors. It also offers sports shirts, tee-shirts, silk ties, socks, and underwear.

Being the market leader in men’s shirts in France with 80 locations, MARCOSERUSSI is a popular concept that sells easily to men. The store integrates a cozy Franco-Italian ambience evoking quality and masculinity with a welcoming boutique feel. To top it off, the concept includes friendly, personal, and professional customer service for fashion advice.

For the potential franchiser, the company puts its expertise and potential at their service. The label’s success comes from working with highly motivated professionals with a strong sense of trade relations. The company’s network management team, which works closely with the franchises, and its marketing team are dedicated to the franchisees’ interests. These teams help add to the reliability of permanent partnership and uphold the brand identity.Together, they enhance the MARCOSERUSSI label’s strong and fast-expanding development.

The Miami store’s address is:

MARCOSERUSSI
Mark Brickell Village
900 S. Miami Ave., Ste. 175
Miami, FL 33130

For more information, please contact:

MARCOSERUSSI
Fabrice Calvo
Network Communications Manager
12, rue de l’Epine Prolongée
93170 Bagnolet
FRANCE
Tel.: +33 (0)1 48 70 97 97
E-mail: fabrice@marcoserussi.com
Web: www.marcoserussi.com

or:

FRENCH TECHNOLOGY PRESS OFFICE
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3740
Chicago, IL 60601
Fax: (312) 327-5261
E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr

SUPERLUXE is the jewel of luxury specially designed to promote the luxury and luxury brands.

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The Canary publishing company HealthArt S.L has published a trilingual guide for the island La Palma:

La Palma Guide for the quiet tourism
La Palma Guia del turismo tranquilo
La Palma Führer für den ruhigen Tourismus
ISBN: 978-84-936155-3-6 (Eu 17.-)

Already the table of contents shows that this is a special guide – varied articles about the splendid nature of the green island (declared by UNESCO as biosphere reserve), about the aborigines of the island – their language and habits, stories and legends from the cultural treasure of the island and also a lot of useful travel information, excursion destinations as well as a list with holiday apartments / hotels, restaurants and wellness offers.
A guide for the whole family with useful information to prepare ones trip, which also gives an understanding about the life on Isla Bonita.

SALSA REACHING OUT TO NEXT GENERATION OF DANCERS

Is salsa the new aerobic?

Is salsa the new aerobics? That’s what Club Fiera believes, and in a bid to extend the dance across the Netherlands and Europe, launches her program in October to train and certify new dance teachers to continue the salsa revolution.

Salsa has for years been sweeping the dancefloors over Europe, and it doesn’t appear to be waning. Instead millions of people are joining salsa and other latin classes in order to experience the latin dance fever whilst socialising and having fun. Young men and women, singles, couples and seniors are all having a go at this latest trend whether for the purpose of meeting new people, socialising, exercising or becoming the next John Travolta of Latin dance. Club Fiera, being one of the earliest professional Salsa Clubs in the Netherlands, having existed since 2004, has been a frontrunner in leading the Latin dance revolution through its pioneering concept combining salsa lessons with a genuine latin experience through its lessons, parties and events. In 2007 Club Fiera transformed from purely a salsa club to a Latin Social Club, expanding its branches further in the Netherlands,  Malta and Bonaire. Now for the first time, Club Fiera is offering its unique program to salsa and latin enthusiast that are waiting to take that one step further from being an experienced dancer to start teaching to the public.

Nucita van Leuveren, CEO Club Fiera explains “Salsa has become what clubbing was in the 90’s, and aerobics and yoga has been since the early 2000. It has so many meanings and so many purposes for people of all walks of life. It’s a passionate dance, where people can express themselves through their body and soul. At the same time it’s relaxing, helping people to wind down and have fun after a busy day in the office. Many people also join to meet new people, enlarge their network, and perhaps meet a partner. I’ve had students ending up marrying as a result of our classes.“

Due to her success, and together with her business partner Susanne Waldau-te Brake, Nucita and Susanne decided to take the concept further. They now offer their unique approach to salsa and latin classes, to dance teachers that are looking for a holistic method in running their own salsa school; from the dance classes to the business aspects of having a successful latin dance school. As a result FierAcademy was born, with the purpose to train and certify new dance teachers from dance schools, youth centres, sports clubs and communial activity centres. “Although this is only our second season, FierAcademy has been a great success” says Ms. van Leuveren. “It has allowed us to extend our program both here in the Netherlands, as well as on Malta and Bonaire. With this we are working on an international roll-out plan for our Latin dance program. In many ways what Les Mills did for Sports and Aerobics through their BodyPump and BodyJam programs, now established brands in their own rights. Ms. van Leuveren continues “Today, not many dance teachers have real qualifications in their dances. Often they have picked up the skill through taking dance lessons themselves. Many are autodidact and although they may be good dancers they may not be qualified teachers. There is so much more to being a good teacher, and that is what makes our program so unique. We offer not only a great program for becoming a salsa and latin dance teacher, but a way and approach to running your own school and lessons through our business plans, marketing and sales material which are all included in the license. In short a holistic business approach to getting your own school up and running.”

Ms. van Leuveren is positive about the future of salsa. And that is not so strange, given the exponential growth that salsa has had in recent years. They say Salsa is for everyone. And perhaps that is the key to its success.
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For more information on Club Fiera’s Training and Certification program FierAcademy starting as of October 18, 2008 go to http://www.clubfiera.com/index.php or contact Nucita van Leuveren on +31 (0)6 551 80 780 or by email nucita.lafiera@clubfiera.com

Rare or hard-to-find denim, vinyl, trainers and sunglasses to form part of asos.com ’s innovative ‘Untitled’ initiative.

London: ‘Untitled’ is the innovative new menswear project initiated by online retailer asos.com. Developed from the idea that limited edition products captivate men, ‘Untitled’ invites experts in denim, vinyl, trainers, sunglasses and new designers, to collate, and then offer to asos.com, a series of rare, hard-to-find or limited edition products for sale. The project propels menswear forward on asos.com and highlights some of the current creativity in men’s fashion and lifestyle products.

Denim expert Neil Christopher was eager to offer his services to asos.com. As a denim addict, Christopher has traveled America sourcing denim for hip stores in New York and Japan. Having worked for denim giants Boxfresh, Carhartt, North Sails and Levi’s, he now develops garments for radical denim brand Kato. For ‘Untitled’, Christopher has hand-selected exclusive Kato pieces especially for the collection and all are offered numbered and in small quantities.

Kato 5-pocket jeans: £240

Limited edition sunglasses always cause limited edition envy, so asos.com invited expert Fraser Laing to offer his vision for the project. Archiv, Laing’s company was set up in 1997 to sell exclusive vintage eyewear. As Laing explains, “Since then there have been two main rules in pursuit of that goal. One; always keep eyewear which is emblematic of Arckiv’s style, and two; never sell anything which isn’t well designed or well made.” For the ‘Untitled’ project, Laing has selected contemporary limited edition styles along with vintage frames such as the 5317, which was worn by iconic jazz musician Herbie Hancock in1986.

Vintage Carrera sunglasses: £95-£450

Rare vinyl has become something of a style status symbol and vinyl authority Jim Henderson threw his support behind the ‘Untitled’ idea. Owner of the world’s largest independent record store Amoeba, Henderson offers music lovers every kind of music from the top 40, to the best in underground rock, hip-hop, soul, electronic, new and classic jazz, from his stores in San Francisco and Hollywood. “As with our amoeba stores and amoeba.com,” explains Jim Henderson, “asos represents a local and global culture with style, drawing from, but not flaunting, its expertise. This particular project is introducing its users to new concepts and ideas, bringing an awareness of others who strive for expertise in their fields.” Amoeba’s leading vinyl-buying expert, Rick Frystak, selected the records for the project, choosing rare vinyl albums from multiple eras, genres and styles.

“Some Girls” vinyl by the Rolling Stones: £10

London-based fashion writer and author of ‘Modern Menswear’, Hywel Davies approached new international menswear designers, and commissioned them to design limited edition garments especially for the ‘Untitled’ project. Swedish Patrik Soderstam, a graduate from Central Saint Martins, who describes himself as a clothes maker and multi-talent, has designed 5 different limited edition graphic t-shirts which are both bold and dynamic. Berlin-based Carola Euler offers a grey pleat front sweatshirt combining her utilitarian design approach for this project. Another Berlin designer, Frank Leder has handmade wool scarves and combined his obsession with historical Germany but applying vintage enamel badges. London-based Jean-Pierre Braganza contrasts with expertly cut patterns that emphasise the human figure and offer unexpected detailing – he offers low crotch, slim leg black wool trousers with leather panel detail for this project. Deryck Walker completes the group with his new take on the white shirt, utilising his intricate pattern cutting and attention to detail.

Patrik Soderstam t-shirt: £50

On-line trainer store Crooked Tongues has been selling hard-to-find trainers since 2000, and was enlisted to attract all trainer geeks. Highlights of their selection include the Adidas 35th Superstar, which was the culmination of the celebrations surrounding 35 years of the Shelltoe. As Charlie Morgan from Crooked Tongue explains, “It’s an iconic design that’s timeless and needs little introduction, but as the final release of 35, only a tiny run was released to friends of Adidas. The materials and packaging are incredible, and while few pieces maintain their original appeal, these are still something of a benchmark in how you present a premium, rare release.”

Nike SB “What The Dunk” trainers £750

asos.com is going to radical measures to offer directional and exclusive products for their customers. The project confirms asos.com menswear as a trend-setting and opinion-forming brand, offering exciting and cool products to their style-savvy shoppers. The Untitled collections launch on 16th October, but act quickly, as product is, of course, strictly limited edition.

About asos.com
asos.com is the UK’s largest online fashion and beauty store, attracting over one million visitors a week. With over 9,000 products available and 500 new lines added each week, asos.com is the online shopping destination. Since launching in June 2000, asos.com has won numerous awards including ‘Retail Week Online Retailer of the Year’ 2007 & 2008, ‘Cosmopolitan Retailer of the Year 2008’ and ‘In Style Best Online Shop 2008’.

For further information, images and samples please contact:

Rob Davies
asos.com
2nd floor, Greater London House
Hampstead Rd
London
NW1 7FD

020 7756 1027
press@asos.com
http://www.asos.com

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Promoting a new product or concept is never easy. You need to make customers appreciate its complete potential. It’s the same with Lounge-book. Much more than an accessory it’s a new way of working with your notebook PC, a totally integrated mod con.

This is why, following the launch of Lively, the new 3D world from Google, Lounge-tek has created a virtual shop window not just as a showcase of a range of situations but to let customers to check it out for themselves. Using their own avatar, clients can try out the Lounge-book reclining in their armchair, sofa or bed, while sitting in a classroom or waiting room. Or members of the online community can use the digitized object to their heart’s desire as a furnishing accessory for their own virtual environment.

The product’s digitalization is state-of-the-art; the company worked closely with a specialist 3D web design company to achieve a surprisingly vivid level of realism.

The decision to open the Lounge-tek “virtual shop window” on Lively is a further stage in the company’s innovative strategy which even encompasses the actual marketing and presentation of the product.

Currently 85% of direct sales are generated abroad, from a diverse client base stretching as far as the Americas and Australia. This enables it to launch the product to an increasingly vast and diverse potential market, without the physical restrictions of a conventional sales network and at an extremely low cost.

IT research firm Gartner has predicted that by 2011, 80% of Internet surfers will be using an avatar to interact in virtual worlds. The new 3D Internet frontier is upon us and Lounge-tek aims to harness these technological opportunities. By spearheading the evolution towards visual content representation using tools reinventing the very nature of the Internet, Lounge-tek aims to transform the standard browsing experience into an interactive delight. The company is thus contributing to a scenario in which - thanks to the 3D web - real, simulated and imaginary objects merge to form a kind of extended world which opens up a fascinating and rich avenue of opportunity, not just for marketing but also for the development of innovative business models.

Lounge-book is the innovative notebook support to be used in total ease by laptop PC users home and away. A new digital-life experience which integrates technology and domestic habits, affording users the full freedom of portable technologies.

Lounge-tek was established to produce and sell the Lounge-book. Since its inception, the company has built up a reputation for optimizing organizational processes using the finest web technologies. The firm’s investments are channelled not so much into producing “special effects” but into providing new tools for evaluating the product’s usefulness and enhancing its overall value. This involves finding the best way to transfer the solution to the customer at the lowest possible price.

http://en.lounge-tek.com/lively