Truro's third annual Art in the City festival is set to run from Monday April 18th to Monday May 2nd. People visiting the Cornish city during this two-week period will find a special programme of cultural events and public art installations taking place on the streets. The festival is organised by Totally Truro, a not-for-profit company responsible for delivering the first Business Improvement District in Cornwall. As well as enjoying special activities at the various galleries and art retailers, visitors will be able to explore the city's creative side at the ...

Prague's O2 Arena will welcome two giants of the thrash metal genre on Sunday April 10th. Slayer and Megadeth are due to perform at the venue as part of their co-headlining tour European Carnage 2011, which kicked off in Kiev earlier this month. Both bands have legions of devoted followers across the continent. Along with Metallica and Anthrax, they form the 'big four' of thrash - the American groups credited with developing and popularising the style among heavy metal fans during the 1980s. Megadeth formed in 1983 after Dave Mustaine left Metallica in acrimonious ...

Lena Meyer-Landrut, the darling of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, is due to appear in Berlin next month. Fans of the 19-year-old singer can see her perform live at the German capital's O2 World on Wednesday April 13th. Known simply as Lena, the vocalist has become one of the biggest pop stars in her native country since clinching Germany's first Eurovision victory since 1982 in Oslo last year. Her song Satellite received a total of 246 points in the Norwegian capital, beating Turkey's second-placed entry by a margin of 76. Composed by American Julie Frost ...

More than 200 real ales from across the UK will be available at the Big Bournemouth Beer Festival next month. Returning to the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) following the success of last year's edition, the event is due to run from Friday April 22nd to Sunday April 24th. As well as the chance to sample many of the country's finest beers and ciders, the festival will offer a programme of live music in association with the Bournemouth Folk Club. Admission is priced at GBP5.50, including a souvenir glass and tasting guide, for people attending the BIC on ...

Cowboys and girls will head to the Gold Coast at the start of next month to compete in the 2011 National Finals Rodeo (NFR). The event was originally scheduled to take place in January, but Queensland's flood emergency caused a three-month delay. It is now set to run between April 7th and 10th at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. Millions of dollars will be on the line at Australia's largest rodeo, which will see sportsmen and women compete in six categories - bareback bronc riding, barrel racing, bull riding, saddle bronc, steer wrestling and team ...

Pupils from the Silpakorn Summer Music School (SSMS) will show off their newly-acquired skills at two concerts in Hua Hin next month. Hikotaro Yazaki, the famous Japanese conductor, has been lined up to lead the performances. Yazaki's prestigious career began in 1970 when he was appointed as apprentice conductor for the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then he has gone on to work with numerous high-profile European groups, including the Opera de Paris and Orchestre de Lyon. The SSMS's Hua Hin shows are scheduled to take place on April 6th and 9th 2011 at the ...

Serving the mining community in Zambia, CEC provides reliable electricity as well as expanding into telecommunications. African Business Review finds out more... Managing Director for Operations Neil Croucher has been with the company six years, but has a wealth of power utility experience behind him. He believes that CEC is fully committed to providing secure and reliable power to the mining community. Croucher says: "We recognise the needs of our customer and nothing will ever compromise that. We have customers we understand well and a lot of our employees used ...

Leading online rental car price comparator Carrentals.co.uk can right now help people visiting the popular Channel Island of Jersey to enjoy exploring the island by hire car without breaking the bank. The leading website offers cheap car hire in Jersey deals among the offers available in over 10,000 locations throughout the world. With little public transport available on Jersey to get out and around the island, a rental car is the best way to explore the island's sights and scenery. Comparing prices online is the best way to find a good deal and with Jersey Airport ...

Hotels Grand Paris is an easy way to book online a hotel room among a selection of authentic, original and unique hotels in Paris. A year after the launch of its Website specially designed to meet the needs of French Capital visitors, Hotels Grand Paris unveils its new version with new features to make it even easier to find a quality accommodation in Paris. Hotels Grand Paris has been initiated by Parisian independent hoteliers wishing to provide an online destination to people looking for human-sized, non-standardized accommodation in Paris. Since January 2010, the ...

Cape Gate Fence and Wire Works remains a family-run business but is still growing and continues to enter new African markets. "It is ironic we started with the name Cape Gate as we are now starting to put a range of security gates on the market. These are steel gates that are used in front of your doorway for security purposes. Having a problem with crime in South Africa, it is something that is unavoidable so every household needs a security gate," says Roux. Cape Gate currently employs 400 people at its 20,000sqm Cape Town plant. The company has a footprint of ...

Bauer Technologies, a subsidiary of Bauer Resources GmbH headquartered near Munich in Germany, is based in Johannesburg with an annual turnover of around R70 million. The Bauer Group worldwide is split into three divisions; foundation contractors, drilling equipment suppliers and operators under one umbrella. Area Manager Africa Lars Roesler explains: "We are a globalised company with a lot of synergies in our group. Bauer Technologies in South Africa is a one-stop shop for the resource industry. Clients can come to us for engineering and either the supply of materials ...

Safika Oosthuizens Transport was established in 1948 by Frik Oosthuizen, who had 'nothing more than a dream to improve his family's current standard of living, during the midst of the Depression.' The company today is a far cry from the small transportation firm established in 1948; 90 percent of the company's focus is concentrated on coal and it transports between four and five million tonnes of coal per month between 12 depots in three African countries. In 2005 Safika Holdings Ltd - a black empowerment group - bought into the business and they have since increased ...

Managing Director Marcel Lamprecht tells African Business Review that he believes CIC Holdings manages risk so the customer does not have to Managing Director Marcel Lamprecht believes that CIC are able to provide a complete logistics service to its clients. "Our unique selling point is we give our customers the full spectrum of service here," says Lamprecht. "We take the risk of purchasing a product and selling it on. The 36 principals we handle only have one debtor in Namibia which is CIC; this makes it easier for them to manage their risk." CIC has been able to ...

Northern Haulage, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, began operations in 2002. The company operates in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, servicing cross border transport to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Northern Haulage, with 260 employees, specialises in the supply and transportation to the agricultural, mining and civil engineering sectors that by their very nature include abnormal loads. Northern Haulage, through strategic alliances, has offices located in Johannesburg, Harare, ...

Park West Gallery's global goodwill initiative, Park West Gallery CARES, spread the joy of art appreciation to a group of elementary students in the Detroit Public Schools system. On Thursday, March 3, Park West Gallery Director Morris Shapiro gave an inspiring lecture to ninety fifth grade students at Thirkell Elementary in Detroit, Michigan. Fine art from the Park West Gallery collection was brought to the inner city school and exhibited as Shapiro spoke to the fascinated students. Park West Gallery also presented Principal Clara Smith with a framed work of art and ...

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A run of performances by The Bolshoi Ballet in Paris will be a treat for fans of the genre. The company will be on stage showcasing one programme from May 5th to May 15th 2011 and a second production from May 10th until May 14th, with all the action taking place at the Palais Garnier. Flammes de Paris and Don Quixote will be acted out by dancers from the Russian arts institution. While the former is a dramatic piece set during the French revolution, the latter is a classic of the ballet canon. Alexei Fadeechev's 1999 reimagining of the story will be performed. The ...

The 2011 International Rugby Sevens Adelaide tournament takes place in South Australia at the start of next month. Some 16 of the world's best teams will compete as they look to lift the title and climb the ladder of the HSBC Sevens World Series. England and New Zealand currently sit top of the table after four events with 80 points apiece. Australia are lying in sixth behind Samoa, Fiji and South Africa. The sides are split into four pools, with the top two progressing to the Cup Championship stage. Third and fourth places still have plenty to play for, as they ...

A new exhibition celebrating the career of one of Australia's biggest musical exports opens in Perth next month. AC/DC: Australia's Family Jewels takes a look at a band who have produced 18 original albums spanning four decades, shifting more than two million copies in the process. The installation at the Western Australia Museum (WAM) in Perth features over 400 items of memorabilia, including photographs, instruments, gig posters, lyrics and clothing. Among the extremely rare garments on display is one of Angus Young's schoolboy outfits, plus the home-sewn Super ...

The new WorkBoat Offshore Service Vessel Report provides key information and analysis to help OSV operators, shipyards and others make important market and financing decisions to better position them for the future. "The WorkBoat OSV Report is a valuable reference tool for vessel and rig operators, financial analysts, marine finance experts and others who work in and do business with the offshore energy service sector," said David Krapf, editor in chief of WorkBoat magazine. Jerry Greenberg, Gulf of Mexico correspondent for WorkBoat and WorkBoat.com, conducted the ...

Zammit & Associates - Advocates has launched its new website, at www.zammit-law.com. The redesigned site embodies the firm's forward-thinking vision and commitment to the needs of visitors using the firm's web-based information resources. Based on extensive research with its clients and internal staff, the website now offers: - Valuable legal content contributed by the firm's practitioners - Direct access to news and publications - Streamlined searching and more intuitive navigation - A ship and vessel registration fee calculator facilitating the computation of ...

At The Beach is a proud sponsor of the Mrs. Colorado Pageant, which was held March 3-5 this year. At The Beach gave the opportunity to access unlimited tanning (both UV and UV-free) to all 46 contestants. The Mrs. Colorado Pageant is a preliminary pageant to the Mrs. America Pageant. Mrs. Colorado contestants are married women, including mothers and grandmothers. Emily Stark, the Colorado director for the Mrs. America Pageant system says, "The Mrs. America Pageant recognizes the one person who contributes so much to modern family life ... America's married woman." At ...

Halfpricesoft.com released the new version of its popular ezPaycheck paryoll software, which gives small businesses and non-profits the easy-to-use and affordable payroll tax solution they need to get started on the right foot. The latest edition of ezPaycheck implements the 2011 cut in payroll taxes, along with new income-tax withholding tables that employers will use during 2011. It also supplies users with even more control and flexibility. New features, like customized reporting dates, flexible tax set-up options, and data export functions meet the needs of small ...

The following highlights summarize research papers that have been recently published in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres (JGR-D), Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans (JGR-C) and Paleoceanography. 1. Huge ocean "Frisbees™" spin off Brazil's coast As the North Brazil Current (NBC) moves northward along the northeastern coast of Brazil, it draws water from the South Equatorial Current and the freshwater outflow of freshwater from the Amazon River, providing warm, nutrient-rich water to areas north of the equator. Just ...

March 17, 2011 — (BRONX, NY) — Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered that members of an enzyme family found in humans and throughout the plant and animal kingdoms play a crucial role in regulating cell motility. Their findings suggest an entirely new strategy for treating conditions ranging from diabetic ulcers to metastatic cancer. David Sharp, Ph.D., associate professor of physiology & biophysics, was the senior author of the study, which was published in the March 6 online edition of Nature Cell Biology. "Cells in ...