A new exhibition will be launched in Cairns next month as part of the city's International Women's Day 2011 celebrations. The installation, entitled The Women Who Taught Me To Fly, is a collection of painted portraits depicting some of artist Lilla Benigno's female friends and family members. Benigno spent ten years sleeping rough in Melbourne but came across thousands of females who helped her during times of struggle. "I always had a woman alongside me," she explained in a statement. "This exhibition is for all the women who loved me and still love me unconditionally." The ...

Perth's Autumn Festival sees the five councils that make up the city's eastern region come together to launch a number of community events. The occasion has been created to celebrate the Western Australia capital's natural beauty, from the Swan River to the majestic Perth Hills. Bassendean's Sandy Beach Reserve plays host to the Sandy Beach Festival from March 25th to 28th 2011. It includes a sculpture exhibition, an outdoor screening of The Blind Side - starring Sandra Bullock - and the chance to buy handicrafts made in Bali. A sausage sizzle and bouncy castle ...

The 'Levelling the Land' gig is part of a national tour which begins on the 4th March in Liverpool. It is anticipated to be sold out quickly. The venue is expecting to reach capacity and advises that guests under the age of fourteen must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased prior to the gig from the ticketmaster website from GBP25. A premier gig location, the O2 Arena was opened in 1895 as The Grand Pavillion Theatre and has seen many acts perform throughout the years. Free parking is available at Hawkwood Road and the Sovereign Centre car park, both ...

The Sydney Harbour Regatta will see hundreds of yachts head to the New South Wales capital to take part in four days of intense racing. Over the years, the event has grown to become the largest and most successful at the harbour since the 2000 Olympics. Vessels from across the world are allowed to enter the competition, with over 300 expected to register for one of more than 24 divisions. The stakes are high, as the winner in each category will qualify for the Audi Final Drive Challenge in Eastern Creek. The eventual winner of this will take home an Audi A1. As ...

The Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) will celebrate its 21st anniversary when it returns to the Victoria capital next month. Having launched in 1991, it is the longest running event of its kind in Australia and one of the oldest in the world. It is also the second largest film festival in Victoria. When it first took place, MQFF was known as the Melbourne International Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival. It adopted its shorter, snappier moniker in 2003, having been given the title Melbourne Queer Film & Video Festival in 1993. Since its launch and through ...

Randy Butler and his Hyena's Comedy Clubs once again have the best in comedy at their Dallas and Fort Worth locations for February and March. One of the wackiest and most talented comedians on the circuit, Bob Nelson appears at the Dallas Hyena's Feb 17-19. Nelson has made his mark through the years in Vegas, NY, AC and even Broadway. Following Nelson into Dallas on Feb 24-26, is Lisa Landry who is as beautiful as she is funny. Landry just finished her own half hour Comedy Central special and willalso be at Hyena's Fort Worth location in March. Landry paves the way for ...

The Psychological Care and Healing Treatment Center is the premier destination for getting treatment for psychological disorders. Unlike most psychological treatment centers that focus on one single type of psychological disorder, the Psychological Care and Healing Treatment Center actually provides treatment for all types of psychological disorders. These include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, depression disorders, seasonal depression disorders, personality disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, and even drug and alcohol dependency that is rooted ...

Ever wondered what it would be like to live the life of the modern poker pro? Badbeat.com has started its spring recruitment efforts and are offering winning cash game and tournament players the chance to change their lives and become part of its stable of sponsored poker pros. Poker staking is an important part of the modern professional poker ecosystem, with many of today's top and up-and-coming poker talents enjoying the financial backing of a major online poker operator. Indeed, most of the game's biggest stars find their way to the main event tables of major tournaments ...

Energy Digital, a leading digital media source of news and content for C-level executives focused on business and all aspects of managing the environment, announces its new Front of Book article featuring current trends in renewable energy investing. President Obama's report of the 2012 U.S. energy budget gave rise to speculations of the energy market's direction in the coming year. With the Obama administration spending $8 billion on renewable energy research and development, other countries in the Americas such as Canada and Brazil could gain even more prominence with ...

Ever wonder what a root canal is? A root canal is a treatment used to repair and save a tooth that is badly decayed or has become infected. During the root canal procedure, the nerve and pulp are removed and the inner side of the tooth is cleaned and sealed. Now many thinking about the nerve being taken out, are worried that this may affect their health of their tooth. In truth, the nerve mostly provides sensory to the tooth, providing the sensation of hot or cold. The absence of the nerve will not affect your everyday life functioning of the tooth. When a tooth's nerve ...

A FY 2012 budget of $8.973 billion has been proposed for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This budget proposal represents about a 13 percent decrease from the FY 2010 budget of $10.3 billion. Some key 2012 budget initiatives include: - $27.5 million increase in enforcement and compliance, targeted to increase efficiencies and streamline enforcement by using the latest e-reporting and monitoring tools. EPA will increase oversight and inspections at high risk chemical and oil facilities. - An additional $46 million for regulatory efforts to reduce ...

EDAC, a global leader in the design and manufacture of RoHS-compliant board-level interconnect products, today announced Kahsar Sales & Marketing, LLC. has been appointed to represent the EDAC connector lines in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, West Virginia and Eastern Pennsylvania territories. With this addition to EDAC's global sales network, the Company continues to affirm its strategic initiative to provide customers with local design and engineering support, and easy access to their broad offering of quality connectors. Kahsar Sales & Marketing, LLC will sell ...

Fitness is on the minds of the public like never before. As people become more aware of the importance of keeping in good health and information on health and fitness becomes more readily accessible, the number of Canadians who have signed up for fitness club memberships has grown steadily. Along with this demand has come significant growth in the health and fitness sector, with health clubs proliferating in the Toronto metropolitan area just as they have all across the nation. Of course, not all Toronto gyms are created equal; and it's best to choose a health club that ...

These phones share quite a lot, and BlackBerry have clearly pitched their Storm 2 to compete with the iPhone 4. Both are touchscreen smartphones, both record video, both are highly desirable pieces of kit. Feature wise, there are good points and bad points with each. Here's our rundown of the top 10 features compared: 10. Memory. One of the biggest complaints with the iPhone is the lack of removable storage. The iPhone, although it has plenty of on-board memory to start with (a choice of 16GB or 32G), the fact that once it's full of your stuff, that's it, is a bit ...

Especially at a time when the economy is slow, there are a lot of people who are in search of a new career - which of course, generally requires new education and training. There are, to put it simply, some fields where there just are not as many opportunities as there once were. However, there are other fields which have managed to grow and thrive even in a tough economy. One of these is electronics courses in maintenance and repair - and PCDI offers a basic electronics course which is designed to give Canadians the training they need to get off to a strong start in a ...

Companies and organizations of all types are always on the lookout for the right motivational or leadership speaker for their events. Whether it's a community organization seeking a knowledgeable speaker on a topic which is of interest to their membership or a corporation in search of a motivational speaker for their next corporate retreat, the success or failure of public or company-based events often hinges on choosing the right speaker. However, as you know all too well if you've ever been tasked with putting together one of these events, you know that it is not necessarily ...

Dr. Clayton Stitzel, former co-director of the CLEAR Institute (a non-profit scoliosis research think tank), was a primary speaker at the "Sound for Scoliosis" National Scoliosis Foundation fund raiser on November 7, 2010 at the Vintage Theatre at 222 Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The fund raiser is in its second year and coordinators report the event has already doubled in size. Sound for Scoliosis is a yearly multi-venue festival of food, drink, music and silent auction held the weekend of November 5 through 7 in Scranton, Pennsylvania spanning nine venues. ...

A survey and whitepaper sponsored by HSS, the national supplier of tool and equipment hire, in association with the Facilities Management Association (FMA), has discovered that almost one third of Facilities Managers are spending almost a day a week on the management of their equipment. Launched today, the whitepaper based on the survey results, written by leading FM consultant and journalist, Martin Pickard, known to many as "The FM Guru" can be viewed online at www.hss.com/outsource The survey, conducted amongst a sample of 330 Facilities Management (FM) professionals, ...

Family fun and music aplenty will be the order of the day at next month's Blues Alive Art in the Park Festival in Rockingham, Western Australia. Presented by the West Coast Blues Club, the event will involve live performances from The Hips, Sister Mojo, Loaded Denim, Al Muir and many more. Free kids' activities have been arranged to keep youngsters entertained, while the arts and crafts stalls will offer a distraction for visitors who want to take a break away from the main stage. Those who feel their energy levels running low can recharge their batteries at one ...

Some of the images taken by prolific Australian photojournalist Robert McFarlane will be displayed on the Gold Coast over the coming weeks. The exhibition includes 90 of his best-loved and most interesting pictures, covering everything from the arrival of The Beatles in Sydney back in 1964 to key political figures such as Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke. His earliest snaps, taken in Adelaide during the late 1950s and early 60s, are an excellent example of the type of work popular with the period's iconic picture-driven magazines such as Esquire, Life and Look. The ...

Jason Manford is set to appear live in Bournemouth next month. The northern funnyman will play at the Bournemouth International Centre's Windsor Hall on Friday March 18th and Saturday March 19th, with both nights promising plenty of laughs. Manford is an award-winning performer now firmly established among the ranks of the UK's top comedians. Since replacing Dave Spikey as a team captain on Channel Four panel show 8 out of 10 Cats in 2007, he has made a name for himself as one the country's most consistently funny acts. Although the 29-year-old's stint as a ...

Maceo Parker is set to perform in Prague next month, giving fans in the Czech capital another chance to see the legendary musician in the flesh. The funk and jazz saxophonist, famed for his work with James Brown and George Clinton, will appear as part of the 2011 AghaRTA Prague Jazz Festival. Parker's gig at the Lucerna Music Bar on Tuesday March 15th will mark the 18th time he has performed at the festival, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Now highly respected as an artist in his own right, Parker first rose to fame after joining Brown's band in ...

An exhibition tracing the development of Japanese fashion over the last 30 years is set to open in Munich next month. Future Beauty will begin at the Haus der Kunst, the Bavarian capital's famous art museum, on Friday March 4th and run until mid-June. Billed as the first event of its kind in Europe, the display will examine the influence of Japanese designers such as Rei Kawakubo, Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto on global trends. The trio emerged in the early 1980s and "redefined fashion from scratch" with their avant-garde creations, according to the Munich venue. As ...

American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), a Placentia and Stockton hood sale company, has released information to educate restaurant owners/managers on items to check after their commercial kitchen hoods have been cleaned. "This will help ensure the cleaning was thorough and performed properly," says, Massoud Farazandeh, CEO of APS-Hoods, a Stockton hood installation company. - Look inside the hood in front of the filters and canopy area, and behind the filters. You should see clean, shiny metal. - Check inside the track and in the plenum area. All grease buildup ...

American jazz star Lizz Wright will perform in Dusseldorf as part of her brief European tour next month. The 31-year-old singer is due to play at the Savoy Theatre on Thursday March 24th, when fans will be able to hear tracks from her recent album Fellowship. Released in September last year, the 12-track record features collaborations with the likes of Angelique Kidjo, Joan as Policewoman and social activist Bernice Johnson Reagon. It is the fourth studio album from Wright, who started out as a gospel singer before turning her attentions to jazz and blues. Born ...