It seems like spring has just begun, but summer is right around the corner. Just because you're an adult doesn't mean you don't deserve a summer vacation. Take some time off and enjoy some summer travel of your own. If you're not sure where the summer will take you, don't worry - in the new April issue, Exec Digital names its top ten destinations for the most luxurious summer vacation yet. Exec Digital's top ten summer vacation destinations leave no scenario unturned, with picks that satisfy every desire from the relaxing spa hotel to the thrilling African safari, and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Adolescents who believe they matter to their families are less likely to threaten or engage in violence against family members, according to a new study led by Brown University sociologist Gregory Elliott. The research s published in the Journal of Family Issues. A relatively new concept, "mattering" is the belief persons make a difference in the world around them. Mattering is composed of three facets — awareness, importance, and reliance. Do others know you exist? Do they invest time and resources in you? Do they look to you as ...

That's the message from HSS Hire, the national supplier of tool and equipment hire, under its special bank holiday campaign, the Great Big Nag. It plans to reward the successfully nagged and motivated DIYer throughout the double bank holiday with discounted tool and equipment hire - AND offers a little help on the encouraging front too... "The forthcoming double bank holiday is a great opportunity to get all those bothersome and time-consuming DIY jobs done. The Great Big Nag is about uniting people across the country to come together and finally get round to completing ...

Oxygenation brings dead sea bottoms to life. This creates the necessary conditions for the establishment of new ecosystems that enable nature itself to deal with eutrophication. By conducting pilot studies in two fjords in Sweden, researchers at the University of Gothenburg have demonstrated that pumping oxygen-rich surface water down to sea bottoms is effective. A large wind-driven pump is now to be tested in open water in the Baltic. "Today everyone is focused on reducing nutrient inputs to the sea in order to reduce eutrophication in the Baltic, but by helping nature ...

The Silk Road is a renowned ancient trading route connecting together the ancient civilizations of Asia, Europe and Africa. The 2000-year-old Silk Road has demonstrated a lasting charm through the centuries. The scenery along the route is picturesque and magnificent. Priced from $2373, the 17-day luxury Silk Road group tour provided at www.ChinaTours.com, with the 3 most visited cities in China - Beijing, Shanghai and Xian - will create magic memories for tourists. It is an opportunity for people interested in history to have a deep China trip. Today the Silk Road is ...

Researchers have found that a strain of tuberculosis (TB) responsible for devastating some isolated Aboriginal populations in Canada was first introduced to these communities by French Canadian fur traders between 1710 and 1870. The team has found a traceable link between the fur trade routes and modern day patterns of tuberculosis. Wendy Wobeser, a professor with Queen's Division of Infectious Diseases, is the member of this research team who originally identified the presence of this particular strain of TB in remote Aboriginal communities in Saskatchewan. Through her ...

There are many different ways people can deposit money onto a casino site but eChecks are quickly becoming the most popular. For good reason too, as an eCheck is just like a real check. How it works is the website will need personal information and banking information including the bank routing number, account number and the check number. Players can view this important information on an actual check. Casino players want to find the absolute best casino so searching for some good ones can seem to take forever. Once a so-called good one is found, players often will not ...

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA — Canada needs to modernize its pharmaceutical drug laws to ensure that new drugs as well as older drugs are safe for Canadians, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/doi/10.1503/cmaj.110489. "Canadians are left inadequately protected by a federal Food and Drugs Act that's a dusty relic, virtually untouched since 1953," writes Dr. Paul Hébert, Editor-in-Chief, with coauthors. "This leaves Health Canada with the Herculean task of ensuring that both old and new medications are as safe as they are ...

Montreal, April 18, 2011 – Older bilingual adults compensate for age-related declines in brainpower by developing new strategies to process language, according to a recent study published in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. Concordia University researchers studied two groups of fluently bilingual adults – aged from 19 to 35 and from 60 to 81 years old – and found significant age-related differences in the manner their brains interpreted written language. "We wanted to know whether older adults relied on context to process interlingual homographs (IH) ...

PPT VISION announces that its Impact M-Series Embedded Vision System earned the 2011 Golden Mousetrap Award from Design News Magazine in recognition as the best new product in the sensors and vision category. "The M-Series Vision System uses the same proven IMPACT software that our A,C and T Series Smart Cameras use, and any combination of our GigE compatible M-Series gray scale, color or line scan cameras can be used with our M-Series processor " said Bob Heller, President and CEO of PPT VISION. The M-Series allows users to perform up to four unique inspections that ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, April 18, 2011 -- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev software engineering students have developed innovative technology that could enable people to operate a computer without using a keyboard or mouse – only their brainwaves. While there have been previous attempts to develop devices to read brainwaves and operate specific programs, they were cumbersome and not feasible outside of a laboratory setting. The BGU technology features a helmet equipped with 14 EEG connect points that sense brain activity. According to Dr. Rami Puzis, "The technology ...

Active efforts are required to preserve biodiversity in the seas – that far most people are in agreement. But in our enthusiasm to save uncommon species, we sometimes miss the common species that form the basis of marine ecosystems. 'Change strategy' is the challenge to the authorities from researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. An inconceivably large proportion of the animals that live in the seas are so uncommon that it is difficult to find more than a few specimens. Committing most resources to saving individual species is not just an expensive business ...

A study led by Baylor University geologists shows that a new method that uses different size and shape traits of leaves to reconstruct past climates over the last 120 million years is more accurate than other current methods. The study appeared in the April issue of the journal New Phytologist and was funded by the National Science Foundation. "Paleobotanists have long used models based on leaf size and shape to reconstruct ancient climates," said Dr. Daniel Peppe, assistant professor of geology at Baylor, College of Arts and Sciences, who is an expert in paleomagnetism, ...

London, ON – When you think you see a face in the clouds or in the moon, you may wonder why it never seems to be upside down. It turns out the answer to this seemingly minor detail is that your brain has been wired not to. Using tests of visual perception and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Lars Strother and colleagues at The University of Western Ontario's world-renowned Centre for Brain & Mind recently measured activity in two regions of the brain well known for facial recognition and found they were highly sensitive to the orientation of people's faces. The ...

Seeking to relieve increasing stress on their staff and financial resources, a fifth of hospitals have turned to patient flow products -- and 9 out of 10 current users say they'd make this same choice again, according to a new study by KLAS. The new report, "Patient Flow 2011: Relieving Hospital Pressure," offers a detailed review of the three most prevalent patient flow vendors -- Allscripts, McKesson, and TeleTracking -- plus a brief overview of nearly a dozen up-and-comers. According to the report, 85 percent of the 200-plus providers interviewed reported ...

Ann Arbor, Mich., -- Childhood obesity affects 1 of every 6 kids in the United States, in part due to a lack of physical activity. Schools can play a key part in offering elementary-age kids lots of chances to be active—on the playground during recess and when they're in gym. But recent increasing expectations about academic achievement, coupled with budget cuts, have prompted many schools to cut back on both recess and gym class. The U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health asked parents of children 6 to 11 years old for their views about ...

AMES, Iowa – David Grewell flipped on the augers that carry corn from a truck to a biorefinery. Then, with a few more clicks of his computer mouse, he turned on the pumps that send grain all the way through an ethanol plant, from storage to hammer mill to slurry tanks to jet cooker to liquefaction, fermentation, distillation, water separation and ultimately to ethanol storage. Don't forget the centrifuges, evaporators and driers that recover distillers grains for livestock feed. All of this happened in a small office on the north side of the Food Sciences Building ...

Ross-Simons Jewelers' just-released Spring 2011 Jewelry Catalog includes hundreds of ways to put spring in your step. The vast collection ranges from floral gemstone jewelry inspired by spring's budding blossoms to exotic showpieces from around the world. Whether you are looking for a Mother's Day present, a graduation gift, or a treat for yourself, you'll find it in this catalog -and at a legendary low price! "I love the jewelry we found for the spring catalog. It's so colorful and new. Year after year, spring inspires some of the most liberating, special jewelry ...

AMES, Iowa – When your family members gather at a picnic in your backyard, there may be 10 to 20 people -- maybe more -- enjoying your barbecue. When flies visit your party, be glad they don't bring their entire family. Houseflies have more than 152,000 cousins. And those are just the ones we know about. An Iowa State University researcher is one of a team of scientists who have recently researched the fly family tree -- one of the most complicated in the animal world. "It really isn't a tree, it's sort of a bush," said Gregory Courtney, professor of entomology, ...

StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com) announced today that New England College of Business and Finance (NECB) (http://necb.edu/) in Boston, MA, has joined StraighterLine's network of partner colleges. Founded in 1909, New England College of Business and Finance (NECB) is a leading Boston institution offering Associate's, Bachelor's and Master's business degrees online. The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), and is licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Through this partnership, students who successfully ...

NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Depression Errol's warming cloud temperatures as it was crossing the southern tip of West Timor today. West Timor is the western and Indonesian portion of the island of Timor. To the east lies the Timor Sea, to the west is the Southern Indian Ocean. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image on April 18 at 04:53 UTC (12:53 a.m. EDT) that showed very little strong convection (rapidly rising air that forms thunderstorms) remained in Errol. The ...

Leading Park Ridge dentist, Dr. Daniel Hogan, has enhanced his patients' ability to seek treatment through online appointment requesting. The online appointment feature was created in order to make routine appointment setting quick and convenient, as well as to increase the quality of care patients receive. Patients can easily access the appointment requesting feature via the practice's educational website. Providing patients with the opportunity to easily request appointments for various procedures and treatments creates a welcoming environment for this cosmetic dentist ...

The GOES-13 satellite captured images of the powerful weather system that triggered severe weather in the southern U.S. this weekend, and NASA created an animation to show its progression. GOES-13 satellite data showed the strong cold front as it moved eastward from Saturday through Monday and generated tornadoes before moving off-shore into the Atlantic Ocean. NASA's Aqua satellite also captured data from the system and took the temperature of the cold front's cloud tops and revealing severely cold temperatures of some of the thunderstorms. The Geostationary Operational ...

Leading podiatrist in Jackson, MS, Dr. Rose Sotolongo, provides patients with educational resources via the practice's interactive website. The website for this Ridgeland podiatrist gives patients the opportunity to view an extensive education library containing an array of information about foot and ankle health care, including plantar fasciitis in Jackson. Patients can access the education library via the practice's state-of-the-art website by clicking on the patient education link and simply typing a topic or ailment into the search box. With an array of educational ...

Top foot care in Scottsdale can be found with a visit to Dr. David Richer. This podiatrist in Scottsdale not only provides the highest quality of podiatric care in Scottsdale, but he also works hard to keep patients educated about their foot and ankle health. Patients can visit the practice's website to learn about their treatment options and symptoms for an increased understanding of good foot health. Dr. Richer invites patients to visit his practice's innovative website for all of their foot and ankle needs. The patient education library offers a wealth of tips and ...