Venue Finder Jigsaw Conferences' venue finding service actively operate throughout the world and the scope of the project can be from room only to a more comprehensive package for more than 10,000 attendees. Compliance Objective: They ensure all operations related to the provision of venue selection, costing and all services related to Jigsaw Conferences are carried out by agents who are trained on the ABPI Code of Practice by an industry consultant. In addition Jigsaw is fully supported by an experienced Compliance Officer who ensures all that is delivered ...

Avid rock'n'roll and blues lovers, plus anyone with an interest in playing an instrument, are set to descent on Melbourne next month for the Australian International Music Show. Billed as an event to make rockers drool, the festival - which takes place between October 2nd and 3rd 2010 - features live performances from big-name musicians, as well as mountains of amps, drums, guitars and more. Four-time Grammy nominee and blues legend Robben Ford will host a workshop for cheap accommodation Melbourne customers lucky enough to get their hands on tickets. Meanwhile, ...

Scotland is definitely the place to be if you need business finance according to recent research by funding information website UKFunders. The region has at least 99 geographically-focused funding sources for local businesses, four times as many as for businesses based in London. The research was based on a detailed analysis of UKFunders' database of around 1000 sources of funding for UK-based businesses. The majority of these funding sources invest in businesses throughout the UK, but a significant minority (413, or approximately 40%) invest in companies based on their ...

The NRL Grand Final is coming to Sydney at the beginning of next month and it is already promising to be a cracking contest. Set to take place at the ANZ Stadium on October 3rd 2010, the match is always a blood-and-guts affair, with the winners going on to be crowned as the premiership champions. With this year's season having been one of the closest-run contests in recent memory, people who are planning to book Sydney hotels and watch the final may have a tough job in picking a likely winner ahead of the occasion. However, according to a poll of team captains ...

There will be a production of L'Incoronazione di Poppea at the Bilbao arts space Teatro Arriaga this autumn. It will be staged on October 1st and 2nd, with the venue pointing out that this was the final piece written by celebrated composer Claudio Monteverdi. "The author of the libretto, Giovanni Francesco Busenello, who took inspiration from Tacitus' Annals and The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, recounts the dubious manoeuvres used by Poppea to satisfy her relentless ambition: to be crowned empress," a representative from the theatre explained. They noted that the ...

Foodies may want to book their Paris hotels, as the city's Tasting Week begins soon and looks like being an absolute feast for the senses. Not only will people have the opportunity to tuck into some delicious French cuisine during this nationwide festival, they will also be able to learn more about different foods and cooking techniques. Attendees can expect to see debates, workshops, tastings and plenty more during Tasting Week, which the organisers explained is all about the pleasure and diversity of flavours, as well as the education of consumers. According ...

Some of the world's biggest literary figures will make their way to Bali next month to take part in the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. The event is due to take place between October 6th and 10th 2010 under the theme "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika: Harmony in Diversity", the national motto of Indonesia. Authors from a wide array of destinations, including China, France, South Africa, the UK and the US, have confirmed their attendance at the festival, with Louis de Bernieres among the famous faces set to appear. The writer, who is best known for the internationally acclaimed ...

Many businesses find that they operate on a seasonal basis with crests and dips in trading following the new element in the calendar. Terrys Fabrics have found there is a pattern but it is one which they have year-round as customers choose to redecorate or revamp their homes with each new season - especially the Summer/Winter division. By spring, Terrys Fabrics have processed many new orders for early birds fed up with the gloom of winter and looking forward to sun-filled, long days with perhaps a touch of al fresco dining. Inside or outside, subtle little changes can ...

Clarke Auction, after twelve successful years in an obscure leased location, begins a new era at its Boston Post Road Building with another first, two major sales back-to-back. Clarke's Eighth Fine Art Auction takes place on Sunday, September 12th at 2:00 pm, followed the next day with an Estate Antiques and Midcentury Modern Auction, on Monday, September 13th at 6:00 pm. Westchester's only auction no longer Larchmont's secret. The Larchmont business purchased the 2372 Boston Post Road property last November and spent the last ten months completely gutting and renovating ...

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NewBlue, Inc., the fastest growing integrated video and audio effects provider, today released NewBlue Light Effects, a set of 10 dynamic video filters that delivers stylized, professional lighting looks with ease. NewBlue Light Effects video plugins integrates seamlessly into existing and familiar non-linear editing (NLE) workflows, on both Windows and Mac platforms. With just a few clicks, users can create an electrifying mood or a specialized atmosphere to add drama to any footage. Like the company's entire line of NewBlueFX video effects plugins, NewBlue Light Effects ...

Magenta Research, a leading manufacturer of AV signal distribution equipment, is pleased to announce their partnership with the Peter E. Schmitt Company of Pompton Plains, NJ and Boston, MA, a manufacturer's representative firm for the professional audio, video, lighting, and OEM markets. Servicing the New York Metro area for over 80 years, the Peter E. Schmitt Company is one of the oldest rep firms in the country. Their success has been due in part to carrying a full complement of fine products, which will now also include Magenta's industry leading AV signal distribution ...

Sainsbury's Finance today launched its revolutionary new credit card, promising to shake-up the current credit card market. The Sainsbury's Gold Credit Card has been designed with a range of attractive benefits for consumers when travelling and staying at home, and is the only one of its kind. The card offers customers a low rate of 9.94% pa (variable)(1) on purchases and includes a number of features such as family travel insurance, no foreign exchange transaction fees, interest-free cash withdrawals (if the whole balance is paid in full and on time each month)(2) ...

Fraser Yachts are delighted to announce special summer charter rates for M/Y Paraffin and M/Y Antinea. Both yachts are currently available for luxury yacht charter in the Western Mediterranean and we are advising our clients to make the most of the very attractive rates at which these two exceptional yachts are being offered during the late summer months. Paraffin is a luxurious 60.10m (164'00") displacement motor yacht with accommodation for 12 overnight guests, housed in 6 Staterooms. She is serviced by a crew of 16 and is currently available for mediterranean yacht ...

With the 2010 football season less than a day away, Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C., is delighted to announce the launch of Touchdowns for Craig 2010 - a fundraiser on behalf of Colorado's world renowned Craig Hospital. Every time Denver or the CU Buffaloes score a touchdown this season, the attorneys at Burg Simpson will make a generous donation to Craig Hospital, helping to fund important research for spinal cord and traumatic brain injury. Touchdowns for Craig 2010 is the brainchild of Peter W. Burg, senior shareholder of Burg Simpson and Chair of the ...

When a couple divorces, it is often their children who suffer most. Children caught up in divorce can experience fear, anxiety, guilt and intense feelings of loss. Parents are frequently angry with each other and grappling with their own stress; feeling too overwhelmed to help their kids cope successfully with the implosion of the family. The Register-Guard reports that new, locally produced online software can help fortify parenting skills in the emotional turmoil of divorce. Sixty-nine participants in an ongoing effort to gauge effectiveness are testing the interactive ...

John Lott, a proponent of concealed and carry laws, takes issue with a recent report from the Brady Campaign and the Violence Policy Center, which characterizes Florida as a hotbed of violence committed by persons with concealed a carry licenses. He notes Florida currently has the most concealed handgun permit holders in the country and is one of the two most populous states with right-to-carry laws. Between Oct. 1, 1987, and May 31 this year, permits had been issued to 1.8 million people. He further makes the claim that on average, the permits holders have had their ...

This past July, a Wisconsin appellate court ruled that the father of an unborn child has a right to bring a lawsuit against the mother for her negligence in causing the death of the fetus. Trial Court Finds No Liability for Insurance Company In February 2003, Alicia Vander Meulen was hit by a pickup truck after pulling out of Culvers in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. At the time, she was 27 weeks pregnant. As a result of the automobile accident, the fetus was stillborn at birth. The father of the child, Shannon Tesar, argued that Meulen and the driver of the pick-up truck, ...

Eight months after Illinois enacted a statewide ban on texting while driving, police across the state report limited results from the program. The law forbids drivers from reading, composing or sending electronic messages. However, enforcing this law has proven difficult. Drivers often keep their phones out of sight, or put them away when in the vicinity of police officers. Some communities have set up targeted undercover operations or found other successfully means of enforcement. In Buffalo Grove, an officer stood at an intersection with a donation can. He wasn't ...

The storm that hit the D.C. metro area on Sunday, July 25 caused widespread damage in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Four people died as a result of the storm; one on a personal watercraft on Chesapeake Bay, two from falling trees, and one from electrocution from a downed power line. The term "acts of God" is sometimes used to describe events such as a tree falling through a house due to a storm, and the term convincingly captures the random, unpredictable nature of these storms. But the destruction these storms cause is not wholly random--often it begins with ...

They're the biggest things on the road: semi-trucks rolling on our nation's highways and interstates at high speeds. Fatigued drivers of the super-sized trucks are disproportionately involved in fatal crashes and accidents involving serious injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board states that "truck driver fatigue may be a contributing factor in as many as 30 to 40 percent of all heavy truck accidents." Fatigue Behind the Wheel of a Big Truck When the driver of an 80,000-pound commercial truck is fatigued or otherwise failing to drive safely, bad things ...

This August, President Obama signed the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-216) into law. The Act is the first piece of major federal legislation aimed at strengthening airline safety standards passed in the last 20 years. Most notably, the Act requires all commercial airline pilots to have completed a minimum of 1500 flight hours in addition to "appropriate" operational experience before they may begin piloting commercial passenger flights. Prior to the law's enactment, pilots needed to complete as little as 250 hours ...

Kuoni has announced the launch of the Kuoni Holiday Hotlist, a collection of top hotels and tours selected to suit a range of travel needs.  Realising that every traveller wants different things from their individual holiday, Kuoni travel experts have searched the world personally checking and hand-picking the best resorts to make it easier for customers to choose between them. The Hotlist includes the Top 10 Holiday destinations for value, romance, wellness, all-inclusive and culture, in worldwide destinations for travel between October 2010 and June 2011. The Kuoni ...

BrainPOP, the award-winning creator of animated, educational resources, is pleased to announce that its curriculum-based quizzes are now fully integrated with Promethean's learner response systems, ActiVote and ActivExpression. The integration of ActiVote and ActivExpression, the industry-leading learner response system, with BrainPOP's quizzes - including all BrainPOP Jr. (K-3) topics - makes it easier than ever for teachers to improve learning outcomes by providing highly individualized instruction and assessment. Linking BrainPOP's content to learner response devices ...

Department store retailer Debenhams turned the convention of the sale on its head by reducing prices at the start of the Autumn/Winter season, rather than the end of it. The innovative move sees tens of thousands of new season lines reduced by up to 25 per cent, across new to store stock including womenswear, accessories, menswear, childrenswear, home, cosmetics, lingerie, sports and leisure and gifting. The move will no doubt be popular with consumers, with many remaining cautious due to the continuing, challenging economic climate following spending cuts and the ...