Chelsea's Agora Gallery will feature Washington DC artist, Kristina Garon, in Degrees of Abstraction. The exhibition is scheduled to run from October 05, 2010 through October 26, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, October 07, 2010). Magical hidden worlds are brought to life in the fluidity of Kristina Garon's brushstrokes. Working in acrylics with a flowing, liquid mark, Garon brings her luminescent vision to the canvas in a joyful expression of her vibrant creative spirit. Calling her works "deliveries from the universe," she paints from her third eye's inner sight ...

Visitors to Dusseldorf will be able to experience one of the Rhine city's ancient traditions if their trip coincides with the St Martin's Festival next month. Dating back to Roman times, the event takes place on November 10th and sees local people remember a legendary act of kindness from Martin, a Roman centurion who once passed through the region. According to the legend, the humble traveller proved his worth as a saint by selflessly offering his coat to a local beggar who was shivering in the cold. This good deed is commemorated each year with a procession through ...

The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) in Barcelona is set to showcase a collection called Jewelleries by Artist - From Modernism to the Avant-Garde from this autumn. Beginning on October 27th, this exhibition is sure to raise some eyebrows among even experienced art enthusiasts, since it reveals the attitudes to jewellery of many hugely famous names. Among the all-star cast of artists on show for guests at the cheap hotels Barcelona has to offer are Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso and Auguste Rodin. Many of the pieces on display in this incredible ...

Journey Through the Afterlife at London's British Museum is sure to get people's minds whirring about the history of the world and the ancient Book of the Dead in particular. Guests at London hotels can visit this fascinating display between November 4th 2010 and March 6th 2011. What awaits them when they pass through the doors into the exhibition is an in-depth study into the Book of the Dead - the ancient Egyptian text filled with spells to "equip" people for the afterlife. The organisers explained that this compilation of material was used between 1600 BC and ...

The ninth annual Cornwall Film Festival is set to bring hordes of movie-makers and film buffs to Falmouth next month. Holidaymakers may find that their stay in one of the luxury hotels Cornwall has to offer coincides with the event, which will run from Friday November 5th to Sunday November 7th at the Phoenix Cinema. The full programme is set to be unveiled by festival director Donna Anton next week, but the organisers have already released enough details to get local film lovers excited. Several south-west premieres of new movies are scheduled to take place during ...

People staying in Norfolk hotels next month may like to enjoy a taste of Mexico at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (SCVA). The Norwich public art museum is hosting a free event entitled Fiesta on Sunday November 7th, when visitors will be encouraged to enjoy music, stories and other creative activities. Supported by the Mexican Embassy, the Fiesta is inspired by the Latin American country's traditional Day of the Dead holiday. Held on November 2nd each year, this event sees Mexican families gather to remember friends and loved ones who have passed away. Instead ...

A new exhibition showcasing the talents of 11 top artists from across New South Wales (NSW) will open in Sydney at the start of next month. The Outback Art Exhibition opens for the first time on November 1st 2010 and will be available for guests at hotels in Sydney to view at NSW Parliament House until November 26th. Among the stars of the new installation will be Albert and Bronwen Woodroffe, Jenny Greentree, Yvonne Beard, John Murray, Peter Browne and Sharon Ohlsen. As well as highlighting the ability of the artists, the organisers have expressed their desire ...

The slowdown of the US economy has many US online retailers looking to expand their markets internationally, but international shipping documentation, expensive shipping rates, customs difficulties and fraud have prevented them from doing so. MyAddressUS has developed a program to assist US online retailers in turning international site visitors into US customers. Large corporations have taken advantage of international markets for decades, MyAddressUS has developed a process to assist small to medium US retailers sell their products to qualified international consumers ...

Premium comics publisher Sunday Press Books will now be offering its series of classic comic strips for Apple's iPad. The first digital collection will be the award-winning Little Nemo in Slumberland, So Many Splendid Sundays. The series will be introduced with a free mini-book preview, Little Nemo in Christmasland. In 2005, Sunday Press Books took the comics world by storm with the first collection of the Winsor McCay classic to be reprinted in the original size and colors. This Centennial Edition of Little Nemo in Slumberland became the most highly praised book of ...

Giovanni Barracco Collector and Patriot is a great opportunity for travellers staying in 5 star hotels in Rome to find out more about a famous figure in Italy's history. The collection will be on show at the museum that bears his name - Museo Barracco - until January 9th 2011 and showcases the man's love for collecting art and archaeological finds, particularly of Egyptian origin. According to the venue, Barracco came from a rich family of landowners and went on to become a senator in Italy's first parliament, as well as one of its best known collectors. "In his ...

A play by Philippe Quesne called Big Bang is being performed in Paris this autumn and could offer a beautiful slice of artistic culture for tourists holidaying in the French capital. The city's Centre Pompidou is the venue for this piece, which is staged by Quesne and the Vivarium Studio - a partnership that has previously produced theatrical compositions such as La Melancolie des Dragons. Guests at Paris hotels who manage to get tickets for this show will be treated to a series of short plays that investigate how we see the world around us. It will be staged from ...

Ian Stokell and Lesley Paterson, the writing-producing partnership behind the all new "All Quiet on the Western Front," which has Daniel Radcliffe attached to play the lead, are documenting the entire process in getting the feature film made. The film is called "Journey to The Front." The duo, who will shoot and edit the documentary themselves, maintain that it will include every stage of the development, production, and post-production process, as well as the theatrical opening night. Said Paterson, "This is not simply a cooker-cutter documentary about the making of ...

Federal transportation requirements promulgated by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provide packaging standards for fluorescent lamps (referred to in the regulations as "mercury vapor tubes"). Those regulations require that shipments of lamps be contained in packaging that prevents the escape of mercury. In practice, however, those DOT packaging requirements will rarely, if ever, apply to packages of used mercury-containing lamps. Based on the rules and the mercury content of used lamps, the DOT standards only apply to packages containing more than 250 typical ...

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) recently released its yearly report detailing the types of vehicles that were most frequently stolen in the past year, noting that a large percentage of those yet to be recovered are not protected by a car insurance policy. Nearly 100,000 vehicles were listed as stolen and not yet recovered as of August 2010, according to the NICB, and 62 percent of those lacked any type of coverage. And the reason for this may be the age of the types of cars that thieves take most often. Drivers who have taken out a loan to purchase a new ...

seoClarity is continuing its breakneck speed of innovation with the announcement of a slew of new features, functionalities and integrations for its Enterprise SEO Management & Analytics platform at the 2010 Search Marketing Expo (SMX) in New York City, October 4-6. SEO experts and C-level executives alike have continually struggled with being able to have a complete picture of their Search Optimization efforts and a way in which to measure the ROI of their SEO team and individual's efforts the same way as other channels are measured. While seoClarity has always ...

Mystic Management Systems' ensur Document Control Software has been selected as their choice for quality process enhancement by Athersys of Ohio and Cambridge Polymer Group out of Massachusetts. "The beginning of the 3rd quarter of 2010 has shown itself to be the season of document control here at Mystic Management Systems," says Erica Sullivan-Corbett, Quality Assurance Manager at MMS announces. "We have brought some fantastic clients on board and are looking forward to helping them improve their processes and help them achieve their upcoming certifications." The ...

Microsurgical Eye Consultants, located at 31 Centennial Drive in Peabody, MA, offers complete eye care for people of all ages in a caring patient-friendly environment in their newly expanded eye care practice. Visit our new website at www.meceye.com. Microsurgical Eye Consultants invites patients to visit their newly expanded facility in Peabody, MA. Joining their team of board certified ophthalmologists and optometrists are Shahrokh Khani, M.D. and Reem R. Parseghian O.D. Dr. Khani specializes in the medical and surgical treatment of retinal disorders, including routine ...

Another novelty will be the exclusive patent for paediatric syrup administration, and the containers made with innovative materials. Everything is ready for ICSE Europe 2010: Bormioli Rocco's Plastics Division will be taking part in the international exhibition dedicated to the pharmaceutical sector, to be held in Paris from the 5th to the 7th of October. On the plastic packaging front, Bormioli Rocco has extended the range of its dosage syringes by launching two new 2ml and 6ml formats on the market, both fully customisable in terms of colour and decoration. Meanwhile, ...

MadCap Software, Inc., the leader in multi-channel content authoring and a showcase company for Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft XPS, today announced that MadCap Mimic 5.0 is now available. Mimic is MadCap's native XML, state-of-the-art software application used for creating software simulations and tutorials. The latest version supports full-motion video (FMV) and integrated playback controls to enhance the user experience and facilitate learning. Mimic 5.0 also offers several features to improve usability for authors, including enhancements to the recording process, ...

Employee performance management software, also sometimes known as employee development and personnel development, allows managers and employees to identify and monitor behaviours, objectives, competencies and skill gaps, resulting in individualised employee personal development plans that can help dramatically improve performance, and in turn will align the goals and priorities of employees and managers with those of the business, thus creating a much more focused, successful and profitable organisation. It is well known that by developing the skills and performance ...

After an impressive history of change, progress and evolution, liposuction has become smarter, more suited to the needs of the patient in question and infinitely more advanced. Modern procedures utilize less invasive equipment than ever before, often to miraculous and long-lasting effect. Since their inception in 1998, reputable UK company Courthouse Clinics have been responsible for numerous Liposuction surgeries, and many satisfied clients. Under the guidance of medical director Dr Patrick Bowler, clinics in Sheffield, Manchester, Haywards Heath and Birmingham, have ...

Success seems to be the trend around the blue tax offices these days. The high standards of customer service continue to resolve taxpayers' IRS problems not only successfully but in a matter of days. Keeping to their promise of excellent client relations and timely results, Blue Tax assisted Jason F., who had received an IRS-issued wage garnishment. Jason had a tax liability with the IRS for approximately $10,000.00 covering the tax years 2001-2008. Blue Tax was hired on September 21, 2010 by Jason, who also requested the wage garnishment be lifted by the following day ...

Bat Blue Corporation, an expert provider of cloud-based next-generation network and security solutions, today announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance as a corporate sponsor member. Bat Blue is joining the Cloud Security Alliance to support its cloud security initiatives and to help establish and promote security best practices for in the cloud computing. Bat Blue will also be joining as a member of the Cloud Security Alliance's advisory council in an effort to contribute solution provider guidance for the CSA's strategic initiatives. "Bat Blue is a great ...

Wildlife Vacations, Inc., a travel agency specializing in travel to the Galapagos Islands and mainland Ecuador, with more than four generations of experience, presents the top 5 reasons to visit the Galapagos Islands. 1) Extraordinary Wildlife. The Galapagos Islands are home to some of the most extraordinary wildlife in the world. The islands equatorial location has created a fascinating combination of both polar and tropical species. On a typical trip to the Galapagos Islands, travelers will see penguins, iguanas, flamingos, seals, tropical fish, sea turtles, giant ...

Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc., a recognized leader in oil and gas measurement, allocations, auditing, and laboratory services for the environmental and hydrocarbon industries, is pleased to announce its agreement to sell the assets of its fabrication division to Dralco Systems, LLC of Weatherford, TX. Working in partnership with SPL, Dralco Systems will assume the existing fabrication services. Dralco Systems, a privately held fabrication company specializing in the fabrication of gas measurement equipment, precision sheet metal fabrication, and laser cutting, ...