On February 24th, 2012, Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge will host the "All-Star Celebrity Golf Invitational". Golfers, sponsors, and supporters from around the region will join forces with celebrities of sport and entertainment for a great cause. The tournament allows for a unique opportunity to tee it up with celebrities on a course that is legendary. This week, Anthony Anderson, actor ("Law and Order", "Barbershop"), comedian and host of the Golf Channel's "Golf in America" committed to the All-Star Celebrity Golf ...

A Muay Thai vs Martial Arts fighting event will be held at Nonthaburi in Thailand in February 2012, in aid of a good cause. To take place at the MCC Hall venue, located at The Mall Shopping Center in Ngamwongwan, it will pit experts of the famous Thai boxing discipline against practitioners of several other styles of martial art. The history of Muay Thai goes back hundreds of years and has its origins as a close combat battlefield fighting skill. Audiences will be able to watch Muay Thai champions facing off against top-line judo, karate, taekwondo, capoiera ...

Renowned UK dubstep artist Benga will be travelling to Kuala Lumpur next month to give a performance for his Malaysian fans.   The Croydon-born music producer will be playing at the Mint Club on January 11th 2012, with proceedings set to get underway at 20:00 local time.   Despite only being in his mid-20s, the talented Londoner has already had a career spanning more than ten years, having played his first gig at the tender age of 14.   He is now a household name, having played a key role in propelling dubstep to mainstream prominence alongside collaborators such ...

The award-winning Hong Kong Fringe Club has announced Ya Gotta Swing, a special concert event that will showcase a wide range of musical styles.   Hong Kong City Hall Theatre will be the venue of the two-night show, which will take place on January 13th and 14th 2012 at 20:00 local time and will encompass jazz, big band and hip-hop performers.   Elaine Liu and the Saturday Night Jazz Orchestra will be entertaining audiences in a shared performance with jazz pianist Chihiro Yamanaka, while Lando Bernal's Big Broad Band will also be attending.   Meanwhile, attendees ...

Bali's annual Jazz Market by the Sea will take place once again at the Taman Bhagawan venue in Nusa Dua next month.   To be held between January 6th and 8th 2012, the event will see talented musicians from around the world - including many local acts - performing in a vibrant market-style festival, complete with stalls and other attractions.   Performances this year will be given by the likes of Khatulistiwa, Savana Zapoiya, Lisa Soul, Erin Band, The Hydrant, Syaharani and The Brass Sections, among many others.   The purpose of the event is to showcase the talents ...

Fans of cutting-edge music will congregate in the South Korean capital to experience the Seoul Electronic Music Festival on January 14th 2012.   The event will be held at the Kintex venue and is set to kick off at 15:00 local time, running throughout the day and into the early hours of the next morning.   A wide variety of top electronic musicians from around the globe will be taking part in the festival, including the likes of Above and Beyond, Crystal Castles, Idiotape, Telepathy, the Kim Changwan Band and Mongoose.   Attendees can expect to hear performances that ...

Visitors to Malaysia next month will be able to enjoy a shopper's paradise at the Spring Fair 2012 in Penang. The retail carnival will be held at the Penang International Sports Arena venue between January 12th and 15th in order to mark the coming Chinese new year and will feature products to suit a wide array of tastes. Everything from arts and crafts, foodstuffs and household products to electronic items and toys and gifts will be on sale at affordable prices all under one roof, with goods designed to appeal to people of all backgrounds. The four-day carnival ...

Travellers to Thailand during January 2012 will be able to get into the spirit of the Chinese New Year Celebrations that will be taking place across the country.   Bangkok's Chinatown will be the central hub for festivities that will be spread across 11 major Thai provinces between January 19th and 29th 2012, reflecting the strong influence of Chinese culture in the country.   Specific events and activities will be taking place to mark 37 years of friendship between China and Thailand, with locals celebrating the year of the dragon via cooking demonstrations, regional ...

Singapore's Esplanade Recital Studio will play host to One Man and His Sitar next month, a solo show for the talented local musician Krsna Tan.   To be held on January 14th 2012, the performance will showcase the abilities of one of Singapore's leading sitar players, who has won numerous admirers since claiming first prize at the National Indian Music Competition at the age of 12 in 2002.   Since then, he has been able to develop an individualistic style that pushes the boundaries of conventional musical ideas, offering creative reinventions of popular tunes.   He ...

Kuala Lumpur audiences will be able to catch a performance by the popular LA alt-rock trio Foster The People on January 13th 2012. The musicians will be performing at the KL Convention Centre as part of a global tour that will see them travelling to east Asian destinations including Jakarta, Singapore, Osaka and Tokyo before heading to other parts of the world. Composed of Mark Foster, Cubbie Fink and Mark Pontius, the three-piece act exploded on to the music scene last year when their record Pumped Up Kicks became an internet sensation, which quickly translated ...

Amateur golfers will next month take part in a special tournament in Pattaya called the PSC Club Championship, courtesy of the local Pattaya Sports Club. The club has confirmed that the contest will be take place once again over two separate days, starting on January 10th 2012 and concluding on January 13th. As with last year's tournament, it will be held at the Khao Kheow Golf Club venue and is expected to be a popular event, with the 2011 edition seeing greater demand for places than were available. The club is yet to confirm the full details for the 2012 ...

The first major event of the year at Grande Vegas Casino will be its $2012 Add-on Slot Tournament. Registration opens tomorrow for the $12 buy-in event. The tournament begins 1st January and players have until 6th January to achieve a top score and win cash prizes. "It's fun to compete against other players for prize money. And it's nice to know in advance that the most you'll spend is the buy-in fee!" commented a GrandeVegasCasino.com spokesperson. "Tournaments give players a chance to win big money without risking much. They're especially sweet when ...

For those that have recently attempted to find health coverage in California, this task can seem unaffordable at best. With a single accident, a family could quickly find themselves losing their home and all their assets. This has spurred many forward to begin the search for basic coverage, only to find pushy salespeople and stiff prices. Luckily for those that have turned their attention to Sofi Insurance, this whole process has gotten both easier and more affordable. Sofi Insurance gets quotes from various insurance providers and helps clients compare them side by side ...

For a limited time, Dr. Afar, Los Angeles dentist, is offering a special discount of $500 off Invisalign treatment for new patients. Dr. Afar is a long-time professional who periodically offers specials on dental treatments to patients in the Los Angeles area, allowing many residents to experience the benefits of these new dental technologies. As a respected dentist in Los Angeles, Dr. Afar has been practicing new dental technologies for years in this area, and has the experience and knowledge to help patients decide on the right treatments for their needs. Dr. Afar ...

With holiday shopping now in full swing, many residents of Southern California are now finding that their bank account is just a little bit smaller than what they would like. This makes any accidents or problems with a vehicle a painful proposition. Because of this, PG Los Angeles Auto Glass Repair is now offering discounts on all auto glass repair and auto glass replacement services during this season of giving. When it comes to maintaining a vehicle, especially when a budget is tight, car owners have to make tough decisions about what is necessary and what can be ...

With families around the world gearing up for the holidays, many are looking for the perfect last minute addition to their home. When it comes to adding functionality, safety, and beauty, nothing beats landscape lights. With the ability to be placed almost anywhere and coincide with all outdoor designs, they can quickly accent any yard. To make the process of finding the perfect landscape lighting just a little bit easier, iLandscapeLights.com is now offering a special promotional discount to ring in the New Year. With so much focus on energy consumption, many home owners ...

PHILADELPHIA — A protein's function depends on both the chains of molecules it is made of and the way those chains are folded. And while figuring out the former is relatively easy, the latter represents a huge challenge with serious implications because many diseases are the result of misfolded proteins. Now, a team of chemists at the University of Pennsylvania has devised a way to watch proteins fold in "real-time," which could lead to a better understanding of protein folding and misfolding in general. The research was conducted by Feng Gai, professor in the Department ...

PHILADELPHIA — Many imaging technologies and their contrast agents — chemicals used during scans to help detect tumors and other problems — involve exposure to radiation or heavy metals, which present potential health risks to patients and limit the ways they can be applied. In an effort to mitigate these drawbacks, new research from University of Pennsylvania engineers shows a way to coat an iron-based contrast agent so that it only interacts with the acidic environment of tumors, making it safer, cheaper and more effective than existing alternatives. The research was ...

VIDEO: This 12-second video shows the formation of particle strings at angles perpendicular to the direction of shear flow. Many scientists had predicted that the strings would form parallel to the... Click here for more information. Microscopic spheres form strings in surprising alignments when suspended in a viscous fluid and sheared between two plates — a finding that will affect the way scientists think about the properties of such wide-ranging substances as shampoo ...

One of our genes is apolipoprotein E (APOE), which often appears with a variation which nobody would want to have: APOEε4, the main genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's disease (the most common form in which this disorder manifests itself and which is caused by a combination of hereditary and environmental factors). It is estimated that at least 40% of the sporadic patients affected by this disease are carriers of APOEε4, but this also means that much more still remains to be studied. The researcher at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Xabier ...

How sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, can alleviate heart problems is reported by Bochum's researchers in cooperation with colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (Minnesota) in the journal Circulation. They studied dogs with diastolic heart failure, a condition in which the heart chamber does not sufficiently fill with blood. The scientists showed that sildenafil makes stiffened cardiac walls more elastic again. The drug activates an enzyme that causes the giant protein titin in the myocardial cells to relax. "We have developed a therapy in an animal model ...

Some illnesses such as lung and stomach cancer or liver diseases which, due to the difficulty of diagnosis, have symptoms that are often confused with routine disorders. Therefore, in most cases, the disease is only detected at an advanced stage. New methods for early detection are being investigated as an urgent need. Tecnalia, through the Interreg project Medisen, is contributing to develop biosensors capable of detecting the presence of tumour markers of lung cancer in exhaled breath. This is possible because of the changes produced within the organism of an ill person, ...

Every year for Christmas, the North American Air Defence Command NORAD posts an animation on their website, in which the exact flight path of Santa Claus' sled led by reindeer Rudolf is precisely located (http://www.noradsanta.org/en/). The path of navigation satellites, however, has to be determined much more accurately than Santa's flight path, when precise ground positioning is required. GPS is the best known system of this kind, the European system Galileo is planned to be decidedly more accurate. On 10 December, seven weeks after the start of the first two Galileo ...

A mysterious line where two millipede species meet has been mapped in northwest Tasmania, Australia. Both species are common in their respective ranges, but the two millipedes cross very little into each other's territory. The 'mixing zone' where they meet is about 230 km long and less than 100 m wide where carefully studied. The mapping was done over a two-year period by Dr Bob Mesibov, who is a millipede specialist and a research associate at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston, Tasmania. His results have been published in the open access journal ...

If all the UK's discarded wrapping paper and Christmas cards were collected and fermented, they could make enough biofuel to run a double-decker bus to the moon and back more than 20 times, according to the researchers behind a new scientific study. The study, by scientists at Imperial College London, demonstrates that industrial quantities of waste paper could be turned into high grade biofuel, to power motor vehicles, by fermenting the paper using microorganisms. The researchers hope that biofuels made from waste paper could ultimately provide one alternative to fossil ...