Collaborating with an international research team, an economic geologist from The University of Western Ontario has discovered how gold-rich magma is produced, unveiling an all-important step in the formation of gold mines. The findings were published in the December issue of Nature Geoscience. Robert Linnen, the Robert Hodder Chair in Economic Geology in Western's Department of Earth Sciences conducts research near Kirkland Lake, Ontario and says the results of the study could lead to a breakthrough in choosing geographic targets for gold exploration and making exploration ...

PITTSBURGH—Microbloggers may think they're interacting in one big Twitterverse, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science find that regional slang and dialects are as evident in tweets as they are in everyday conversations. Postings on Twitter reflect some well-known regionalisms, such as Southerners' "y'all," and Pittsburghers' "yinz," and the usual regional divides in references to soda, pop and Coke. But Jacob Eisenstein, a post-doctoral fellow in CMU's Machine Learning Department, said the automated method he and his colleagues have ...

GREENBELT, Md. -- Observations from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Japanese satellite Hinode show that some gas in the giant, fountain-like jets in the sun's atmosphere known as spicules can reach temperatures of millions of degrees. The finding offers a possible new framework for how the sun's high atmosphere gets so much hotter than the surface of the sun. What makes the high atmosphere, or corona, so hot – over a million degrees, compared to the sun surface's 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit -- remains a poorly understood aspect of the sun's complicated space ...

A study that relates global energy use to economic growth, published in the January issue of BioScience, finds strong correlations between these two measures both among countries and within countries over time. The research leads the study's authors to infer that energy use limits economic activity directly. They conclude that an "enormous" increase in energy supply will be required to meet the demands of projected world population growth and lift the developing world out of poverty without jeopardizing standards of living in most developed countries. The study, which ...

STANFORD, Calif. — Many prescriptions for the top-selling class of drugs, known as atypical antipsychotic medications, lack strong evidence that the drugs will actually help, a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and University of Chicago has found. Yet, drugs in this class may cause such serious effects as weight gain, diabetes and heart disease, and cost Americans billions of dollars. "Because these drugs have safety issues, physicians should prescribe them only when they are sure patients will get substantial benefits," said Randall Stafford, ...

Madison, WI December 23, 2010 – Scientists at Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom, in collaboration with the International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria have developed a method of accounting for spatial trend in single crop field trials. Spatial trend refers to the variations in crop yield and other characteristics observed when repeating this single crop field trial. Usually plant breeders will grow several replicate plots to assess the breed line in different environments and then compare the results to commercial or standard varieties ...

BiCOM Inc. home of Glaucoma Eye Test Diat throug the eylid supports National Glaucoma Awareness Month this January. It is imperative to get regular eye pressure (IOP) test. Vision loss caused by Glaucoma can be slowed or halted with the proper medication. Getting an eye pressure screening has never been easier or safer with painless, hand-held through the eyelid Tonometer Diaton aka Glaucoma Eye Test. The start of a new year signifies a new beginning to most, many people making resolutions to better their lives. Improving health is usually a top priority - but, visual ...

Shaw Capital Management and Financing provide same-day-funding. We can help you meet your cash flow needs immediately without entering into a long term factoring relationship. The money you get for the freight bills we purchase is payment in full. You are a Canadian business owner and financial manager looking for info and guidance on a business asset based loan. What is asset based loan financing, sometimes called cash flow factoring - how does it work, and why could it be the best solution for your firm's working capital challenges. Let's cover off the basics and find ...

Last month, a brand-new high class dating service WantsMillionaire.com, which caters for those singles who are still trying online dating with the aim of finding serious and successful mates and life-time relationship partners, was lunched. Unlike other dating services, this Wants Millionaire dating club pursues successful dating and relationships for high class singles including CEOs, investors, entrepreneurs, beauty queens, fitness models and Hollywood celebrities, to name a few. Hookers, players, other gold diggers can hardly be approved on this website. With a short ...

Doremisoft Studio announced the release of Doremisoft PDF to Word Converter for Windows OS 4.1.1, which makes PDF owners easily acheive the PDF editing job, Just save PDF to Word and edit PDF content as you do in MS Word document. About PDF: PDF (Portable Document Format) creates a static image, tables, images, and other elements and well retain the original layout. Due to its versatility, PDF file can be created to take notes, highlights, annotate, etc with Adobe Acrobat. Have to say, PDF format is a great ebook format for viewing online or print. How about MS Word ...

Premium experience brand CM4 unveiled their premium Nintendo 3DS Case, the Catalyst Slim Cover, today as part of the 2011 CES conference in Las Vegas, NV. The product is an extension to their existing Catalyst line of premium gaming cases. Designed for the consumer on the go, CM4's product line ensures your devices travel safely with an allure of sophistication. The Catalyst Slim Cover for Nintendo 3DS enhances comfort, grip, and style while you indulge in 3D games and 3D movies wherever life takes you. The Catalyst line by CM4 is a soft case platform for controllers ...

Makia Creations will be offering a professional development meeting with all of its Craft Group Leaders around the country. This will be a unique experience for Makia Creations members as everything will be done through an interactive online interface. The webinar is scheduled for January 11th at 8 pm MST. Topics to be covered include announcements of new and exciting changes to Makia Creations, specialized training to help group leaders grow their business and recognition of exemplary leaders. Attendees around the country are excited to meet Alison Prince, the CEO ...

Program Development Associates has launched Training Diversity .com, a diversity resources online store for forward thinking businesses with diverse workplaces. The store features an array of DVDs, texts, and other materials ideal for building comprehensive internal programs to teach organizations to value diversity among both employees and the general public. PDA launched the Training Diversity online store in December, just in time for the 2011 calendar year. Along with industry leading diversity training resources, the online store also offers a blog to visitors, ...

Dentist Marketers, a dental web design company, announces the release of its new do-it-yourself dental web design and hosting plan at DentistMarketers.com. "The plan allows dentists with little or no web design experience to build and host their own dental websites," said Erik Cunningham, company Founder. "Our goal is to make dental web design as easy and affordable as possible by providing dentists with access to simple online web design tools, step-by-step instructions, no setup fees and nothing to download." Dentists can try the online web design tools before subscribing ...

When a female entrepreneur sets out to get to know her ideal customer, and therefore increase sales and develop customer loyalty, she will achieve greater success (and shorten her learning curve) by following simple, yet effective guidelines. Best of the Janes: Gaining a Deeper Understanding of Your Ideal Customer is the latest article by professional marketing researcher and entrepreneurial expert Michele DeKinder-Smith. The article reveals five important guidelines female entrepreneurs can follow when striving to increase sales and create customer loyalty by truly ...

FmPro Migrator Developer Edition 5.97 Enhances Automated FoxPro to Servoy Conversion Service The Visual FoxPro Conversion Service built into in FmPro Migrator Developer Edition enables Visual FoxPro developers to automate the conversion of Windows-only FoxPro solutions into platform independent, scalable, Servoy SaaS solutions. This feature quickly and efficiently converts FoxPro relationships, forms, reports/labels, PRG code, and static ComboBox/ListBox value lists into Servoy Eclipse IDE project files. Using the main project/sub-project functionality of the Servoy ...

Capitol Lighting, one of the nation's leading retailers of name-brand lighting with eight showrooms in New Jersey and Florida, has added new videos to its site http://www.1-800lighting.com with more than 300 helpful videos about remodeling and lighting projects. Capitol Lighting's new video page includes channels where viewers can watch the best videos for helpful and how-to topics such as LED Energy Savings, Outdoor Lights, Lighting Tips & Tricks -" Designer Help, Ceiling Fans, Ceiling Lights, Table Lamps and Wall Lights. "Our instructive and entertaining videos ...

Paratus Rentals' new alliance also includes a new phone number: 1-623-Be-Ready (623-237-3239). While the company will continue it's commitment to providing efficient, flexible, cost-effective and on-time rental energy and temperature solutions to its clients, it will now utilize the full range of world-class Trane and Ingersoll Rand products. Paratus Rentals will market Trane Rental Services' portable diesel generators to 1450kW, air and water cooled chillers to 1,000 tons, portable air-conditioners to 50 tons, oil free air compressors, transformers, air-handlers and all ...

Scientology Volunteers (http://www.scientology-fso.org) donated a total of 239 pints of blood in 2010 at four blood drives sponsored by Florida Blood Services and The Church of Scientology. The fourth blood drive of the year was held December 18th in downtown Clearwater, FL where the final 32 pints were donated. Each pint can save up to three lives making the potential lives saved as a result of these donations more that 700. "It has been a long-time tradition for us to contribute to the community," said Pat Harney the Public Affairs Director for the Church, who coordinated ...

Pop artist Aitan recently finished up work on his new EP entitled "Top of the World" with producer Stewart Cararas (Katie Cole, All Time Low, American Idol) and has set a release date for Feb 22, 2011. The music shows a mix of his known pop sensibility with a well-crafted arsenal of club worthy beats and electronic hooks. The official track listing for "Top of the World" is below. 1. Top Of The World 2. Nothing Without You 3. All Over You 4. Rock Baby Red 5. Get Your Glass Up (Smurf Song) To build further awareness for the album EP Aitan is releasing a bi-weekly ...

December is an interesting time in Phoenix. The "snowbirds" return to their second retirement homes which crowds the local establishments. The interesting thing we find during the month is a renewed interest in Phoenix website design and Phoenix web host inquiries. As a Phoenix website design company, we believe part of the increase in interest for Phoenix website design is that companies have budgets to spend before the end of the year - a use it or lose it budgeting philosophy. The other reason we believe we find a spike in Phoenix web design inquiries is that businesses ...

Next Monday, Jan 10, 2011 Edmonton-area Business Expert & ActionCOACH Master Licensee Greg Kopchuk will be on Alberta Prime Time, with hosts Jennifer Martin & Jefferson Humphreys. Among the many topics: what the small business owner can do to grow in 2011 and beyond, planning, expanding to new markets, taking your business around the world, and what kind of services bring new customers in. Asked recently to comment on the effects of the 2008-9 recession, Kopchuk had this to say: "It's pretty simple, really. Brad Sugars, who founded the company I work for, likes to ...

CRL Senior Living Communities announced today a new Corporate Partnership Program that will allow companies to offer a family discount on long-term care as a benefit to their employees. Seniors who are directly related to an employee at a participating business will be eligible for a ten-percent reduction in their monthly base rate when they join any of CRL's 16 communities across Wisconsin and Illinois. The discount applies to all of CRL's housing options, which include independent living, assisted living and Alzheimer's/memory care. "Businesses are continually ...

The Bloomington, Minn.-based startup marketing agency is looking for experienced professionals to design and sell interactive advertising campaigns for local businesses. "What's really helping us make solid inroads is not just selling but actually teaching businesses how to use web 2.0, and the importance of changing your website from a resource to a revenue stream," said Gary Stockert, COO of FuzedMarketing. "It's a lot like getting a gym membership and complementing it with a personal trainer." The company wants professionals with at least three years of sales experience ...

Maxis Technologies, Inc., formally changed its name to NetworkEquipment.net, as of January 1, 2011 to facilitate its move toward selling direct to small and medium sized businesses to save them money by removing links in the network equipment resale chain. Prior to this focus on direct sales to end users Maxis Technologies, Inc. predominantly sold to other brokers, who in turn sold to end users. By changing its name to NetworkEquipment.net, implementing market segmented contacts, live help on its website, a customer focused blog, and quick response procedures for online ...