Thanksgiving is the celebration of family, friends and loved ones. It is a time to reflect on our fortunes and give thanks for what we have. Nonetheless, it is also one of the most stressful times of the year for many people. This stress seems to be centered on the famed Thanksgiving feast. We are haunted by golden brown turkeys which are dry on the inside and mushy pumpkin pie. For many of us, having the perfect Thanksgiving meal is essential to a successful Thanksgiving, so I am here to help. Here are some helpful holiday hints that will make your Thanksgiving go without a hitch.

LONDON, November 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Prologic Report - 'Technology in Fashion' - presents new market research into the challenges and issues faced by the UK fashion industry. Prologic http://www.prologic.com the leading provider of software, services and consultancy to the fashion lifestyle sector, reveals that sentiment in the sector is actually relatively positive given the overall economic situation.

LONDON, November 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) today announced that it aims to engage one million more people with a new national campaign, More Active 4 Life.

The announcement, made by Fred Turok, Chairman of LA Fitness and the FIA at the annual industry summit 'Delivering A Healthier Britain', is part of the industry's commitment to support the Government's recently launched Change 4 Life campaign and was made before an audience of over 300 industry leaders and senior executives.

NEW YORK, November 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier and Thieme Publishers are pleased to announce that they have secured a significant victory against an international piracy scheme involving the unlawful copying, sale, and distribution of their scientific journals. In September 2007, the publishers became aware that an unknown person had sent unsolicited e-mail advertisements to academic professors informing them that journals were available for sale on the Internet. Recipients were also Elsevier and Thieme authors, who have been instrumental in gathering the evidence.

LONDON, November 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Ground breaking research by Bed-bugs.co.uk has brought new insight and previously unseen detail into the spread of bed bugs across London.

By mapping bed bug infestations on a highly localised level, using postcode sectors*, the company has been able to both confirm certain theories and discount others about how this pest is spreading geographically.

MENLO PARK, California, November 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Use of MitraClip(R) Therapy Continues to Expand in the European Union

Evalve, Inc., the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today that the first three patients have been successfully treated with the MitraClip(R) system at the University of Hull, Castle Hill Hospital in the United Kingdom. The MitraClip(R) system is the first commercially available medical device which provides a non-surgical mitral valve repair option for patients suffering from the effects of mitral regurgitation (MR).

Science fiction writers have long envisioned sailing a spacecraft by the optical force of the sun’s light. But, the forces of sunlight are too weak to fill even the oversized sails that have been tried. Now a team led by researchers at the Yale School of Engineering&Applied Science has shown that the force of light indeed can be harnessed to drive machines — when the process is scaled to nano-proportions. 
 
Their work opens the door to a new class of semiconductor devices that are operated by the force of light. They envision a future where this process powers quantum information processing and sensing devices, as well as telecommunications that run at ultra-high speed and consume little power.
 

What color is the number 7? How does a symphony taste? What temperature is a muted television? A synesthete could tell you, with great certainty and consistency, the answers to the above questions, and describe many more sensory associations that seem irrelevant to most people.

Approximately 1 in 1000 people experience synesthesia - the elicitation of a sensory response independent of the stimulus itself. For instance, viewing a number or hearing a phonetic sound may elicit a colored response in the visual field, or a certain visual stimulus may elicit an auditory response.

We all know that feeling of the Midnight Munchies, when you're watching your favorite movie on late night HBO and you suddenly feel starving, even just a few hours past dinner. Instead of sleeping with the growing you sneak into the kitchen for a little snack, I'm guilty of this too so don't be ashamed. It's normal, and the culprit is actually your own tiny hormones, sparking late night signals tricking your mind into eating.

DALLAS, November 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Trusted expert for securing financial institutions, Entrust hosts peer-to-peer discussion of emerging fraud threats and solutions at London forum

As the preferred security provider to seven of the top-10 global financial institutions, Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU), will host the Fraud Forum and Technical Advisory Council on Dec. 4 at 8 a.m. GMT in London, England.