Fans of whisky will be able to sample a wide range of exclusive brands at the upcoming Whisky Live event in Seoul.   Known as the leading whisky tasting show in the world, the event will be taking place in the South Korean capital for the second time on February 26th 2012, with more than 2,000 alcohol enthusiasts set to attend.   Attendees will be able to sample in excess of 100 products from over 40 whisky brands, while learning more about how to best appreciate the flavours within each drink.   To be held in the Samsung Dong area of Seoul, the event runs from 10:00 ...

Some of the world's most accomplished guitarists will be travelling to Thailand in February 2012 to perform at the Bangkok Guitar Fiesta.   Billed as Thailand's premier annual guitar event, it will run between February 3rd and 5th 2012 and aims to build on the success of the inaugural festival last year, which received standing ovations from attendees.   Over the course of the three days, visitors will be able to enjoy concerts from a number of leading artists, including the famous guitar trio of Rodolfo Gorosito, Jose Cataldi and Armando de la Vega, who will be performing ...

Visitors to Bali can view some thought-provoking art at the Mindscape exhibition that is being organised by the Kendra Gallery over the coming weeks.   The event, which began on December 28th 2011, showcases the work of Indonesian artist S Teddy D and runs until January 28th 2012, providing guests with a unique insight into the hallucinogenic and often disturbing world of the artist's mind.   Born in Padang in 1970, Teddy has had his work exhibited around the world and has claimed multiple awards, being named among the top five finalists at the Philip Morris Indonesian ...

"Shaver led the growth pack in 2011," said Sherrell Kovach, Chrysler's Business Center Operations Manager, "and Shaver's continued commitment to customers is second to none." Commercial / Imported from Detroit - "See it Through" The dealership is owned and operated by Andrew P. Shaver, a fourth Generation Auto Dealer who said, "It is quite an honor to be recognized by Chrysler Group. I am so proud of my team and the job we do every day." Related Story Related Photos Shaver was recently selected by Chrysler to revive ...

Eggplanter, LLC, a startup based within Georgia Tech's Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), is a legal technology company poised to redefine the way attorneys practice law. "The practice of law is too complicated for needlessly complex software," said Jason Dyer, founder and chief executive officer of Eggplanter. "We pair powerful technology with simple, usable designs to deliver maximum value to law practices." Changes in the legal services industry demand firms operate more efficiently. Pressure to build relationships with new clients, ...

Integrated Solutions Management, Inc. (ISM) announced today that it has been recognized by Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) with its Specialist designation for HP Software. The HP Software Specialist designation recognizes partners that have invested in the competency required to leverage the unparalleled strength and breadth of the HP Software portfolio to increase sales and grow market share. ISM, leveraging its copyrighted Framework for IT Success(SM), commonly known as "Fritz ", helps HP customers improve business strategy alignment, project execution, operational ...

Ventana Research's newest benchmark research and education, Business Analytics in Government, finds that stale, outdated, and inaccurate data plague government efforts in use of analytics. This in-depth benchmark research on business analytics, the latest from the leading business technology research firm, assessed the maturity and competency of organizations at every level in government. Ventana Research undertook this benchmark research to acquire real-world information about levels of maturity in this sector, trends and best practices in how government organizations ...

Some myths are simply amusing - like the one about giant crocodiles living in New York City sewers. Others, however, can cause potential harm - like those involving winter tires and winter driving. According to GT Radial Tire officials, some of the most common myths regarding winter tires and winter driving are: Myth: All-season tires work perfectly fine in winter conditions because they are, after all, "all season." Reality: All-season tires are designed to perform adequately in all weather conditions, which may be perfectly fine in regions of the country ...

General Research of Electronics at the 2012 International Consumer Electronic Show, intro's a radio scanner and new "Set-location" firmware that's easier than ever to use. GRE America introduces a number of firsts in radio scanners with the new GRECOM Digital EZ Scan scanner and version 1.5 firmware. This scanner: 1) Uses patented technology to permit programming by simply selecting what you want to hear, no need to be a radio system expert. 2) Works in areas supported by the vast majority of APCO P25 digital as well as analog and conventional public ...

The staff at the Upland Dental Practice places a high priority on teaching children about proper dental hygiene. Over, the years, they have found that children respond best to treatment when it is provided in a caring, relaxing environment. Therefore, the addition of Dr. Martinez, pediatric dentist, who has joined the Upland Dental Practice, will, no doubt, help with the continuation of that goal. Dr. Martinez is proficient in Spanish as well as American Sign Language and therefore can better communicate thekids. Dr. Martinez, Pediatric Dentist Dr. Martinez comes ...

Low Risk Winner, is a well known and trusted online gambling bonus site, created in July of 2010. It's aim has been to list all the best free bets, casino promotions, bingo offers and poker and games offers. The site recently secured an exclusive bonus for its visitors with Titan Bet a popular online European bookmaker. Under normal circumstances when registering directly with Titan, users would receive a GBP25 promotion. However, when registering via Low Risk Winner, they can expect a GBP35 bonus instead. Ryan Sheader, owner of Low Risk Winner had this to say, "We ...

(PHILADELPHIA) – Patients simultaneously treated for both Type 2 diabetes and depression improve medication compliance and significantly improve blood sugar and depression levels compared to patients receiving usual care, according to a new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Of patients receiving integrated care combined with a brief period of intervention to assist with adherence to prescribed medication regimens, more than 60 percent had improved blood sugar test results and 58 percent had reduced depression symptoms, ...

A new study provides the composite picture of the environmental distribution of oil and gas from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It amasses a vast collection of available atmospheric, surface and subsurface chemical data to assemble a "mass balance" of how much oil and gas was released, where it went and the chemical makeup of the compounds that remained in the air, on the surface, and in the deep water. The study, "Chemical data quantify Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbon flow rate and environmental distribution," is published online in the journal ...

With a lack of effective treatments for Alzheimer's, most of us would think long and hard about whether we wanted to know years in advance if we were genetically predisposed to develop the disease. For researchers, however, such knowledge is a window into Alzheimer's disease's evolution. Understanding the biological changes that occur during the clinically "silent" stage — the years before symptoms appear — provides clues about the causes of the disease and may offer potential targets for drugs that will stop it from progressing. In a new study, researchers at UCLA ...

University of California, Davis, researchers have proposed a radical new way of thinking about the chemical reactions between water and metal oxides, the most common minerals on Earth. Their work appears in the current issue of the journal Nature Materials. The new paradigm could lead to a better understanding of corrosion and how toxic minerals leach from rocks and soil. It could also help in the development of "green" technology: new types of batteries, for example, or catalysts for splitting water to produce hydrogen fuel. "This is a global change in how people should ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A turning point in the history of life occurred 2 to 3 billion years ago with the unprecedented appearance and dramatic rise of molecular oxygen. Now researchers report they have identified an enzyme that was the first – or among the first – to generate molecular oxygen on Earth. The new findings, reported in the journal Structure, build on more than a dozen previous studies that aim to track the molecular evolution of life by looking for evidence of that history in present-day protein structures. These studies, led by University of Illinois crop sciences ...

SAN DIEGO — The investigational drug ganetespib, a synthetic second-generation Hsp90 inhibitor, slowed the growth of cancer cells taken from non-small cell lung cancer tumors with a mutation in the KRAS gene. The drug was even more active when combined with traditional lung cancer treatments and other investigational targeted therapies, according to preclinical study data. David A. Proia, Ph.D., and Jaime Acquaviva, Ph.D., scientists at Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., presented the data at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer: Biology, Therapy ...

SAN DIEGO -- Smoking may be associated with the development of molecular features of cancer in the large airway epithelium. In the small airway epithelium, molecular cancerization is associated with development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to recent data. "We are striving to find the earliest molecular changes that are induced by environmental stressors — in this case, smoking," said Renat Shaykhiev, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of genetic medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, who presented the findings at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference ...

Preventing mother to child transmission of HIV in Zimbabwe In this week's PLoS Medicine, Andrea Ciaranello of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA and colleagues find, using a simulation model, that implementation of the latest WHO PMTCT (prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV) guidelines must take place in conjunction with improving access to PMTCT programs, increasing retention of women in care, and supporting adherence to drugs, in order to eliminate pediatric HIV in Zimbabwe. The authors say: "Although PMTCT uptake in low- and middle-income countries ...

Limited use of compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals to protect public health Reed Beall and Randall Kuhn of the University of Denver, USA describe in this week's PLoS Medicine their findings from an analysis of use of compulsory licenses for pharmaceutical products by World Trade Organization members since 1995. Specifically, the authors investigated the impact of the 2001 Doha Declaration on trends in compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals. They highlight the need for further systematic evaluation of global health agreements. ###Funding: No direct funding was received ...

Long-term consequences of venous thrombosis Linda Flinterman of Leiden University, the Netherlands and colleagues report in this week's PLoS Medicine on the long-term mortality rate for individuals who have experienced a first venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. They describe an ongoing elevated risk of death for individuals who had experienced a venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism as compared to controls, for up to eight years after the event. The authors say: "To our knowledge, this has been the first study to calculate mortality rates compared with the general ...

Jason Nickerson and Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa, Canada examine in this week's PLoS Medicine the vast inequities in medical pain relief around the world, arguing that the imbalance has arisen from restrictive drug laws designed to prevent access to illegal substances, and proposing that the global control of licit narcotics be shifted from the International Narcotic Control Board to WHO. The authors say: "Transferring the public health responsibility for controlled medicines from INCB to WHO would end the impossibly contradictory situation in which INCB ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Celebrities are channeling a distant relative with what Harper's Bazaar describes as the latest trend in nail fashion for 2012: claws. But this may not be the first time primates traded their nails for claws. A new study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher examines the first extinct North American primate with a toe bone showing features associated with the presence of both nails and a grooming claw, indicating our primate ancestors may have traded their flat nails for raised claws for functional purposes, much like pop icons Adele ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Using marijuana carries legal risks, but a new study shows that the consequences of occasionally lighting up do not include long-term loss of lung function, according to a new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers published in the January 11, 2012, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. In 2009, 16.7 million Americans ages 12 and older reported using marijuana at least once in the month ...

Eliminating new infant HIV infections in Zimbabwe will require not only improved access to antiretroviral medications but also support to help HIV-infected mothers continue taking their medication and safely reduce or eliminate breastfeeding, according to an article in the January issue of PLoS Medicine. Findings of the report from an international research team should help with the planning of expanded programs to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa and other areas with limited health resources. "Pediatric HIV infection has been nearly eliminated ...