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YUE Publisher Chiu-Ti Jansen Hosts a Celebration of Baccarat’s 250th Anniversary at Baccarat Hotel & Residence New York Sales Gallery

Thursday, June 5th, 2014


(PRWEB) April 29, 2014

Chiu-Ti Jansen, Publisher of YUE Magazine, hosted a cocktail reception on Monday, April 28, at the Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York Sales Gallery, featuring an exclusive presentation celebrating Baccarats 250th Anniversary and its branded residences complete with luxury hotel services.

With its roots in a French royal decree from King Louis XV in 1764, Baccarat has symbolized brilliance and refinement for the past 250 years. We are thrilled to commemorate this extraordinary legacy as Baccarat embarks on a new journey with the opening of its flagship luxury hotel and residences across from the MoMA, a symbol of art, design and modernity, said Chiu-Ti Jansen.

It was our great pleasure to welcome Ms. Jansen and Yue readers for an intimate preview of Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York. We were thrilled to offer a sneak peek of this highly anticipated development to such an esteemed group of guests, said Mark Gordon of Tribeca Associates, the developer of the project.

The event brought together YUE readers for an evening of champagne, passed hors d’oeuvres and a special preview of Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York. Ten lucky guests also took home Baccarat: Two Hundred and Fifty Years, a commemorative anniversary book published by Rizzoli.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

YUE Magazine is the first bilingual lifestyle magazine focusing on the unique luxury experiences in the US for affluent Chinese consumers. YUE publishes four issues a year and covers fashion, jewelry, watches, art, shopping, culture, fine dining, real estate and education, offering Chinas sophisticated readers a multi-faceted view and a better understanding of Americas elite lifestyle.

YUE Magazine is a joint venture between Observer Media (publisher of The New York Observer), and CHINA HAPPENINGS, a multimedia platform focusing on the lifestyle industries in contemporary China.

CHINA HAPPENINGS (http://www.chinahappenings.com) is a multimedia platform founded by Chiu-Ti Jansen that focuses on the lifestyle and cultural industries in contemporary China. Ms. Jansen is a TV presenter, a lifestyle magazine publisher and a writer based in New York City with a pulse on China. She hosts TV and video presentations on fashion and style for Phoenix TV, Phoenix Fashion and SINA Fashion, and writes a blog titled CHINESE ELEMENTS for international auction house Sothebys (http://www.sothebys.com) and a fashion and style column titled NEW YORK IN STYLE for the Financial Times Chinese edition (http://www.ftchinese.com). Prior to founding CHINA HAPPENINGS, Ms. Jansen was a New York-based corporate partner of an international law firm. A native speaker and write of Mandarin Chinese, Ms. Jansen holds advanced degrees from Yale University and Columbia Law School and serves as an Honorary Ambassador of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation and a director of the Board of the Couture Council of Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT).

Observer Media is a collection of premium lifestyle and business titles reaching audiences in the areas of innovation, commerce and luxury. Recognized for original content and premier experiences, Observer Medias digital, print, social media and event platforms reach 5 million of the nations most affluent and educated individuals. Notable properties include, the New York Observer, Betabeat, Gallerist, Commercial Observer and SCENE.

Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York, a joint venture between Starwood Capital Group and Tribeca Associates, will redefine the heart of Manhattan, coinciding with the legendary French crystal-maker’s 250th anniversary. Closings for the residences will begin over the summer, while the hotel will open in late 2014. Located just off Fifth Avenue on 53rd Street and across from the Museum of Modern Art, the striking 50-story glass tower, created by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, encompasses 60 private residences conceptualized by Tony Ingrao, above 114 guest rooms designed by Gilles et Boissier. Prices range from $ 3.95 million to $ 60 million; layouts from approximately 1,200 to 7,400 square feet are offered.

CONTACT:

Observer Media / YUE Magazine

Zarah Burstein, zburstein(at)observer(dot)com

Susan Magrino Agency / Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York

Vanessa Morin, vanessa.morin(at)smapr(dot)com







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Instant Immersion VT’s End of School Year Celebration 2014! Only 3-Weeks Left for K-12 Schools to Enter to Win over $15,000 in World Language and ELL Software

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014


Renton, Washington (PRWEB) May 12, 2014

TOPICS Entertainment wants to remind K-12 principals and teachers there are only 3-weeks left to enter their schools in the Instant Immersion VT End of School Year Celebration 2014! The short essay contest is open to accredited elementary and secondary schools (K-12) in Canada and the U.S.to receive individual awards exceeding $ 15,000-worth of interactive, multimedia English Learner and Second Language learning software, workbooks and MP3 audio coursesavailable in over 120 languages, including Spanish, English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Korean and Latin, just to name a few.

Schools are welcome to submit essays written by students, parents or school employees to qualify.

The Instant Immersion VT End of the School Year Celebration 2014!

The official contest entry form and contest details can be found on the Instant Immersion VT contest webpage: http://www.instantimmersion-vt.com/contest. Official Contest Rules can be found at http://www.instantimmersion-vt.com/Contest_Rules.pdf.

A short essay of 250 words or less is required to enter, and is based on the question: How would (insert your school’s name) students benefit from using Instant Immersion VT?

Don’t Delay! Only 3-Weeks Left to Enter!

K-12 principals and teachers are encourage not to delay their entry. May 31, 2014 at 11:59pm will be the last day to submit the essay with the online entry form.

About Instant Immersion VT

Click to watch a short informational video to learn more about Instant Immersion VT,

Instant Immersion VTs e-learning content is the institutional-use, cloud-hosted version of Instant Immersion. Instant Immersion, with millions of users worldwide, is the No. 1 top-selling personal-use software for new language acquisition.

Instant Immersion VTs neuro-linguistic research-based pedagogy and e-learning content has been proven worldwide by students of Foreign Languages (World Languages) and English Learners (ELL, ESOL, EAL, ESL)from elementary and secondary schools (K-12), colleges and universities, corporate training programs, government training, church sponsored missions, humanitarian groups, community centers, NGOs and other organizations.

Instant Immersion VT uses a variety of activities to engage and reinforce learning that teaches useful, everyday conversational language (no useless elephant kicking the ball phrases) and real-world activities. Learners can also listen to, and compare speech to, both male and female native speakers. Gamification techniques motivate learners to achieve and improve on their scores.

Teachers can have confidence that students will enjoy learning a new language through a variety of fun and engaging interactive multimedia activities and games at their own pace. Instant Immersion VT content also meets ACTFL, TESOL and U.S. State standards.

To learn more about Instant Immersion VT for K-12, please go to http://www.instantimmersion-vt.com/instant-immersion-vt-k12.php

Languages offered by Instant Immersion VT, include:

Afrikaans, Albanian, Alsatian, Amharic, Arabic (modern standard), Arabic (classic), Armenian, Assamese, Azeri, Basque, Bengali, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese, Catalan, Chichewa, Chinese (Mandarin), Chuvash, Cornish, Corsican, Creole (Haitian), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, English (American), English (Canadian), Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Farsi (Persian), Finnish, French, French (Canadian), Frisian, Gaelic (Irish), Gaelic (Scottish), Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Greenlandic, Gujarati, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, J

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TopTenRealEstateDeals.com Hot Home News: George Washington’s Last July 4th Celebration

Sunday, July 7th, 2013


Pompano Beach, Florida (PRWEB) June 26, 2013

George Washington’s Last July 4th

In the early days of the United States, July 4th wasnt much different than it is today. It was a day of parades, red, white and blue decorations, picnics, political speeches, and a lot of oohing and ahhing over brilliant displays of firecrackers exploding in the dark night sky.

On his last 4th of July in the year he died in 1799, George Washington stopped by his favorite tavern, Spring Gardens Tavern, in Alexandria, Virginia, to celebrate the holiday on his way from Washington to his home at Mt. Vernon. According to legend, our first President dined with friends and military officers and enjoyed the local militia parade.

Locals say that this tavern was originally built in 1780. Today, it is a beautiful red brick home with green shutters, a white picket fence, gleaming wood floors and lots of white woodwork, molding and cabinets in the historic Old Town neighborhood. The home is 4,296 square feet with four bedrooms, five bathrooms plus new guest and game rooms that are connected by an enclosed, elevated walkway. Original elements of the home are evident such as parts of the original brick walls and the exposed beams in the kitchen. There is a pool, a small pond, extensive landscaping and lots of brick and flagstone paths. The former tavern, now an All-American home, is for sale asking $ 4.2 million.

The McCain Family Home

Remember the 2008 presidential election when Republican candidate John McCain was unable to answer a reporters question about how many homes he and his wife, Cindy, owned? Various news sources pegged the number at anywhere between four and as many as ten homes. No one, including Senator McCain, seemed to know for sure.

Although the 2008 election didnt turn out so well for McCain, he was fortunate that he sold their longtime Arizona family estate in 2006, just before the real estate crash. The next owner, investor-buyer, Jane Popple, purchased the property for $ 3.2 million and after spending a small fortune adding 4,000 square feet and a total kitchen overhaul, Jane got stuck when trying to sell the large compound. Two years after she purchased it, she put it back on the market for $ 12 million. Attracting no buyers, she put it up for auction in August of 2011 starting at $ 10 million. Once again, it didnt sell. At this point desperate, the home was offered as a short sale and finally sold for $ 1.8 million – a $ 2.7 million loss for Jane. The new owners have relisted the former McCain estate at $ 2.9 million.

Al Capone Home Cashes In

Al Capone is still #1 in the minds of many Americans as the all time king of organized crime. Back in the 1920s and 30s, news coverage of men such as Capone, Jack Diamond, Lucky Luciano and Dutch Schultz made newspaper headlines all across the United States. They were rich, famous and even today, the subject of legends, books, TV shows and movies.

Capone’s annual income was over $ 100 million a year, some of which he used to buy a home on Miami Beach’s Palm Island in 1928. Capone planned the 1929 St Valentines Day Massacre while living at his Florida home, returned in 1939 after he was released from prison, and died here at age 48 in 1947.

Capone’s Palm Island home recently sold for $ 7.43 million after being on the market for several years. The compound consists of 6,103 square feet, seven bedrooms, and seven baths in the main house, a two bedroom guest house and a two-story pool house built by Capone to house his bodyguards.

Real estate is never boring at TopTenRealEstateDeals. Check out today’s most entertaining and unusual real estate news stories of the week. News such as America’s top ten bargain mansions, government lighthouses for sale, and JFK’s home collection.

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