A trio of top British comedians are set to perform in Phuket later this month, promising to tickle the sides of travellers and expats on the exotic Thai island. Compere on the night will be Stephen Grant, who has taken six successful shows to the Edinburgh Fringe and is due to release his fourth DVD this year. He is normally a resident at the Krater Comedy Club in Brighton, but on June 23rd he will present his unique worldview at the Phuket Punchline Comedy showcase, as well as introduce fellow performers Jimmy McGhie and Michael Fabbri. McGhie is a young talent ...

The Lecture Series on Mahler's Music at the Hong Kong Space Museum will give attendees a broad knowledge of the famous composer's life and work. Running from June 29th to August 3rd, the six weekly talks will look at the technical aspects of his music as well as the context in which it was created. Gustav Mahler lived during the 19th century and was acclaimed as a conductor at the time, but it was not until long after his death in the 20th century that his pieces were rediscovered and achieved mainstream success. Explaining in a statement why the lectures have ...

Acclaimed classical music ensemble the Dante Quartet are holding a series of concerts throughout Cornwall's Tamar Valley region over the coming weeks. The group's Summer Festival programme includes performances of music from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann and many more. Visitors looking for a more hands-on experience can attend one of the quartet's workshops, while open rehearsals, shared meals, guided walks and special children's activities also feature on the bill. World-renowned pianist Lars Vogt and Eduardo Niebla, the flamenco ...

The Corpus Christi celebrations in Barcelona offer visitors a real opportunity to get to know the city's culture. Running from June 23rd to 26th this year, the occasion sees fountains decorated with colourful flowers and a stunning parade take place on the final day. One of the most unique parts of Corpus Christi is a phenomenon known as L'ou com Balla, which means 'the dancing egg'. Egg shells are placed on the jets of fountains to make them jig about as if they were moving to the sounds of music, a custom that has been in place since 1637. The Casa de l'Ardiaca ...

Suma Flamenca will give travellers in Madrid a host of opportunities to discover the traditional Hispanic art form. What makes this year's festival different is that the organisers have arranged for performers from related disciplines to take the stage. This means people can check out folk music and dancing from nations such as Israel, France and Romania, as well as the classic flamenco style from Spain. Carmen Linares, Angel Rojas, Jose Barrios, Josemi Carmona and Rocio Molina are just some of the huge names on the bill, with performances taking place from June ...

Electrolux and Lakewood-based HomeSphere, Inc. announced today they have entered into a joint agreement to offer Electrolux appliances to HomeSphere's network of builders using HomeSphere's technology-driven solutions. Electrolux joins more than 75 manufacturing brands currently using HomeSphere's BRI lead generation and marketing program to produce new builder leads and strengthen existing business, thus growing their market share through increased homebuilder sales. "As we look to substantially impact the homebuilder market in 2011 and beyond, partnering ...

Three years ago tomorrow, WinADayCasino.com, a casino unlike anything online slots players had ever seen, took its first cash bet. There were only a handful of games back then but like today they were all completely unique, created by WinADay, and not available at any other online casino. Since then a lot more incredible slot machines and video poker games have been created and the lobby has been re-designed several times to accommodate the growing selection. One thing that hasn't changed, though, is the company's dedication to customer service. "After operating ...

The Chachagua Rainforest Hotel in Costa Rica has taken sustainability to the next level. The entire resort is moving towards self-sustainability. From the drinkable water to the fish of the fresh pond, the fresh vegetables picked that morning in our organic garden, and the energy to run this eco resort, Chachagua Rainforest Hotel cares about the planet. Chachagua Hotel and Hacienda, a Costa Rica eco-resort, provides unique rainforest vacations that are eco-friendly. "The friendly staff greets guest with a smile and is always ready to make their stay a little ...

With so much of the current dialogue about Meaningful Use (MU) in the healthcare industry focused on stimulus payments and imminent compliance dates, people often overlook the fact that one of the primary goals of the legislation is to make a positive impact on patient health. The latest KLAS report, "Infection Control 2011: Better Tools + More Data = Less Infection?" examines infection control and surveillance systems available today, as well as a dozen vendors seeking to become more established in the market. "Surveillance systems serve as an essential ...

MadCap Software, Inc. (http://www.madcapsoftware.com), the leader in multi-channel content authoring and a showcase company for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Visual Studio and Microsoft XPS, today announced that MakeMusic, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMUS) is using MadCap Flare to create and publish Help on the Web. With the delivery of dynamic, context-sensitive online Help based on Flare, MakeMusic has eliminated the need to produce lengthy print product guides for its popular Finale and SmartMusic software. "In the past, Finale was supported by five volumes of print documentation," ...

SecQ.me wins a top five position in the highly prestigious Ericsson Application Awards, competing against over 200 applications. The young start-up has been on a roll, with SecQ.me available in over 5 Android App Stores Worldwide, iTunes and has just released the Sony LiveView PlugIn. The innovative app helps watch-over family or friends when they travel, play in the neighborhood, at the mall, or coming home late at night. Based on prevention and location-based technology, the app can be used to register an event, track using GPS, and issue a call for help when they don't ...

Leading dentist in Brookfield, Dr. Kevin Kuffel is pleased to announce the use of periodontal laser therapy for the treatment of periodontal (gum) disease. Gum disease is a silent, painless and chronic bacterial infection that often goes undetected or ignored until severe gum and bone destruction have occurred. Traditional treatments for gum disease have often been perceived as painful with a long and uncomfortable recovery. With new periodontal laser therapy, the pain is eliminated. Laser therapy has become an increasingly valuable service that is provided to patients. ...

The company Coffee Tree Roasters Mark is excited to announce over 120 distributors and growing. Along with the great success of the distributorship program, Coffee Tree Roasters Mark is announcing the launch of their new website www.coffeetreeroastersmark.com. The new website has been specifically designed so that future distributors can become knowledgeable about the products and the business opportunities available. Details of what Coffee Tree Roasters Mark will provide, as well as the expectations for a new distributor are specified. An outline of Roasters Mark's ...

SDC has just launched its new "Party Agenda" to members worldwide. Swingers Date Club operates in more than 50 countries around the world so it was very important to organize the swingers parties and events into one comprehensive easy to use feature. If you like to have a great time and visit swingers clubs, parties or any type of event then SDC has the unique feature that will put all of this information at your fingertips. All parties and events are listed by specific criteria to make finding a local or international party easy and exciting. SDC has ...

History proves that creating technology which is capable of delivering high-performance Laser Hair Removal while at the same time being entirely painless is a serious challenge. One, in fact, that's taken the experts many decades to engineer and perfect. It goes without saying, then, that this is something which cannot be taken lightly, especially when it concerns the welfare of millions of patients worldwide in an industry that quite literally has the power to change lives. Take a brief walk through the last few decades and you'll see they were filled with uncomfortable ...

Sugar Land air conditioning installation and repair company, YDFRE HVAC Systems, launched a new web presence for prospective clients. Visitors to the site will discover commercial and residential AC services offered in Sugar Land, the top brands in air conditioning, water heaters and furnaces, and may request a quote for services while online. When first viewing the home page for this Sugar Land AC repair and installation company, an informative video begins to play letting the visitor know how YDFRE can help service not only their air conditioning unit, but also their ...

UK courier service Yodel is to launch a new range of services through online parcel delivery specialist Parcel2Go. Established in 2010, Yodel's aim is to do things differently and change the way people send parcels forever. The company first began offering its Standard delivery service through Parcel2Go earlier this year and its approach has been winning plenty of fans. Yodel's Standard service offers delivery to most addresses on the UK mainland within one to two working days. To make things as simple as possible for the customer, collections can be made from any ...

The Golden Hour is the first hour after a car accident, according to Bill Howard of ExtremeTech. It's called the Golden Hour because if you bring a car wreck victim to the hospital within an hour after the crash, his or her "odds of survival and recovery are highest." Since 2001, BMW has been working with the William Lehman Injury Research Center at the University of Miami to improve what's known as automatic collision notification. This technology promises to do just that: alert first-responders and trauma centers where it hurts and how bad, so that health ...

AURORA, Colo (June 20, 2011) Did you ever make mud pies as a kid? Remember how good it felt to get your hands in the dirt, to run through the sprinkler, and get pollen from a sweet-smelling flower on your nose? Most kids who grow up in cities today never have this experience. But the latest research is about to change all that. Jill Litt, PhD, author and associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Public Health and University of Colorado Boulder has been studying neighborhoods and health over the past decade. Litt 's research has shown that places ...

Very few people receive more scrutiny than a celebrity. "Real Housewives of New York City" cast member Cindy Barshop, owner of "Completely Bare" spas, was accused of racial discrimination. According to the New York Post, the former employee, the only black beautician at the store, claimed she was bullied and fired because she is black. "Although racial discrimination is difficult to prove, the fact that none of Barshop's other employees are black will be used against her," said New York civil rights violation lawyer David Perecman. ...

This release is available in German. A microscopic chytrid fungus is causing massive declines in frog populations all over the world and even the extinction of certain species. Together with colleagues from Europe and the USA, researchers from the University of Zurich present methods as to how the chytrid fungus can be combated in the journal Frontiers in Zoology: namely with bacteria and fungicides. However, the possibility of vaccinating the frogs is also being considered. New pathogens are not just a growing problem for humans and livestock, but also wild animals. ...

In this week's PLoS Medicine, Steven Riley, from Imperial College London, and colleagues analyze a community cohort study from the 2009 (H1N1) influenza pandemic in Hong Kong, finding that more children than adults were infected with H1N1, but children were less likely to progress to severe disease than adults. The authors recommend that revised pandemic preparedness plans should include prospective serological cohort studies, such as this one, in order to be able to estimate rates of severe disease per infection. INFORMATION: Funding: This project was supported by: ...

Despite a high level of global awareness of trafficking in persons, not enough is known about the scale and health implications of trafficking, according to a new editorial published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The editorial accompanies a six-part series on Migration and Health (http://www.ploscollections.org/article/browseIssue.action?issue=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fissue.pcol.v07.i14), published by PLoS Medicine in May and June 2011. The editors argue that even compiling an international picture of the numbers affected by trafficking is challenging, with statistical ...

The Vision Zero report released by Transportation Alternatives in partnership with the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy gained support from New York auto accident lawyer David Perecman. Revealed in the report available to New York auto accident lawyers, more people in New York City have died in auto accidents than from guns in the past decade. The group of transportation advocates is now using the statistics to kick off an aggressive street safety campaign called Vision Zero. Vision Zero means "zero deaths, zero injuries and zero fear of traffic." ...

In the final article in a six-part PLoS Medicine series on migration & health, Anita Davies and colleagues from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) discuss the specific health risks and policy needs associated with return migration. As global migration increases generally, so too does return to home countries, where the health of returnees is impacted by the cumulative exposure to social determinants and risk factors of health during the migration process, during the return movement, and following return. The authors say that "to maintain and improve the ...