Robert Stanek, bestselling author of over 150 published books, has a passion to help other independently published authors reach their goals. Stanek lives in Washington State, but his reach is international via the internet. Over the past 11 years he has developed several venues to help promote and market indie authors giving them more online exposure and visibility. He works diligently to offer ways in which to showcase new authors and books. One example is his blog readindies.blogspot.com (http://readindies.blogspot.com/). Stanek started his writing career as a technical ...

ThePetCrib.com (http://www.thepetcrib.com/), a leading online store for upscale dog products and cat products announced today they will begin promotion one pet product a month as a special way to highlight their vendors products. The pet product of the month promotion will begin in May of 2012. "We really work hard to represent vendors and pet products that are high quality and unique," said Bryan Cochran, owner of ThePetCrib.com. "The pet products we sell represent some of the best in the pet products industry. This is an opportunity for us to showcase ...

"Love thy neighbor" is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people. In three experiments, social scientists found that compassion consistently drove less religious people to be more generous. For highly religious people, however, compassion was largely unrelated to how generous they were, according to the findings which are published in the July issue of the journal Social Psychological ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – As the United States grapples with health care reform, much attention has focused on the importance of preventative health care. Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri has developed a system that could help public health care organizations determine the best method of allocating resources by prioritizing health risk factors and conditions – in some cases before these conditions become major health problems. "Every state, county and community has different trends and needs in public health," said Eduardo Simoes, chair of the Department of Health ...

Folsom fitness expert and owner of Superwomen Boot Camp (SWBC), Val Fujii is proud to announce that he has added a 5pm class to the Folsom SWBC afternoon lineup. In addition, the days for afternoon classes have changed effective this week. Afternoon classes are now held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4pm, 5pm and 6pm. These classes are in addition to the boot camp's morning offerings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6am and 7am. According to Fujii, Superwomen Boot Camp is not your typical 'hard core' boot camp - no one is going to yell in your face or ...

The problem with clutter is, well, the clutter. Being unable to part with things can prolong some spring cleanings into a summer project. And nobody wants to be stuck inside decluttering once the weather gets nice. Certified Professional Organizer Wendy Arundel, owner and manager of The Mudroom, a Wellesley-based company serving Greater Boston, suggests a more practical, less emotional approach to a spring cleaning/decluttering. âEURœYour focus really needs to be on how decluttering your space will improve your life and your living environment. You might even want ...

Patients find "cloud" technology a faster, more efficient way to store and distribute their medical images than current options, according to the preliminary findings of an image sharing project led by The Mount Sinai Medical Center in conjunction with four other academic medical institutions. The Phase I results of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Image Share project are being presented today at the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada. Mount Sinai was the first site to go live in August 2011 and currently has about 190 patients ...

At two years, Avastin (bevacizumab) and Lucentis (ranibizumab injection), two widely used drugs to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), improve vision when administered monthly or on an as needed basis, although greater improvements in vision were seen with monthly administration for this common, debilitating eye disease, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health. Of the two drugs, Avastin is most frequently used to treat AMD. However, prior to the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials (CATT), a two-year clinical trial, the two ...

According to Milton Collier, Over the Road Doctor (www.OverTheRoadDoc.com) is an innovative healthcare solution that provides drivers with 24/7/365 access to doctors who can resolve many of your medical issues, or a U.S. board-certified TeleHealth doctor, through the convenience of phone or online video consultations. It's quality medical care when and where you need it. The Over the Road Doctor (OTR Doc) partnership network is the first and largest provider of telehealth medical consultations in the U.S., serving over 3 million members. Healthcare expenses, premiums ...

BOSTON – A national rise in public bike sharing programs could mean less air pollution and more exercise, an environmental and health win-win for people in the cities that host them, but according to researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, more than 80 percent of bike share riders are putting themselves at significant health risk by not wearing helmets. "Head injury accounts for about a third of all bicycle injuries and about three-quarters of bicycle related deaths, so these are some pretty shocking numbers," says lead author and emergency medicine physician ...

In the age of high-speed computing, the photon is king. However, producing the finely tuned particles of light is a complex and time-consuming process, until now. Thanks to the work by a team of engineers led by Professor Amr Helmy of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, a novel solution has been identified that will make the production of special class of photons faster and easier. Advanced computing technologies – such as ultra-secure communication systems and optical quantum computers – use light to quickly relay information. ...

Shohei Toyoda is a professional guitarist and a guitar instructor, which makes having a high quality instrument extremely important. He worked closely during the custom guitar design process with luthier Jay Lichty to ensure the finished instrument would be the perfect fit for his style of playing. His custom Lichty guitar is a Cuban mahogany OM-style guitar with Lutz spruce top, Mahogany neck, side sound port, Curly maple binding, redwood burl rosette and headplate, LR Baggs Anthem pick-up, and Gotoh 510 tuners. Shohei Toyoda was born in Japan, raised in Ohio and ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Like a police officer calling for backup while also keeping a strong hold on a suspected criminal, immune cells in the brain take a two-tier approach to fighting off a threat, new research from the University of Michigan Health System finds. For the first time, the scientists managed to capture that reaction in action, showing how certain immune cells locked onto a model of virus-infected brain cells, while also sending signals to neighboring uninfected cells to let them know about the immune attack. The findings may help research on how the brain ...

The phone call is a metric which has become as important as mouse clicks over the last few years, so the ability to compare them side by side will be welcome by anyone responsible for running a marketing campaign. Calltracks integration with Google Analytics enables marketers and business owners to compare online pay per click ads, organic search results, social media ads, and offline sources in terms of mouse clicks and phone calls they generate. Phone call tracking is becoming increasingly sought after by search engine marketers and conventional marketers alike. "For ...

Large wind farms in certain areas in the United States appear to affect local land surface temperatures, according to a paper published today in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study, led by Liming Zhou, an atmospheric scientist at the State University of New York- (SUNY) Albany, provides insights about the possible effects of wind farms. The results could be important for developing efficient adaptation and management strategies to ensure long-term sustainability of wind power. "This study indicates that land surface temperatures have warmed in the vicinity ...

The Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation (www.myASDF.org), a national organization that provides direct support for families living with autism, partnered with the Oakland University Center for Autism Research, Education and Support (OUCARES) in 2011 to fund its Christmas Gift Card Program. The Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation helped OUCARES host its fourth annual holiday gift party at Pontiac's Whitmer Human Resource Center Elementary School for families living with autism. The event featured food, dancing, and gifts—and plenty of smiles—as the Pontiac, Michigan ...

TEMPE (April 30, 2012) - The popular perception of archaeology is a team of dusty individuals in wide-brimmed hats unearthing treasures from a pharaoh's tomb or an ancient collection of Native American artifacts. Archaeology is that, but it is also a social science that utilizes information from other disciplines to inform and enhance archaeological data and to provide input to other sciences. Arizona State University Anthropology Professor Michael Smith explores the broadened scope of archaeology in the paper "Archaeology as a Social Science" published this week in Proceedings ...

OSEHRA, the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent dedicated to accelerating innovation in electronic health record (EHR) software, is pleased to announce Medsphere Systems Corporation, a leading provider of open source healthcare IT solutions and services, has agreed to join as the newest corporate member of the nonprofit organization. "OSEHRA is pleased that Medsphere has officially joined our ongoing effort to effectively develop interoperable health IT solutions for the benefit of the collective whole," said DaCosta Barrow, chief operating officer of ...

An extraordinary outburst produced by a black hole in a nearby galaxy has provided direct evidence for a population of old, volatile stellar black holes. The discovery, made by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, provides new insight into the nature of a mysterious class of black holes that can produce as much energy in X-rays as a million suns radiate at all wavelengths. Researchers used Chandra to discover a new ultraluminous X-ray source, or ULX. These objects give off more X-rays than most binary systems, in which a companion star orbits the remains ...

Monday, April 30, 2012, Cleveland: In a landmark drug-comparison study, Cleveland Clinic researchers found that bevacizumab (Avastin) is equivalent to ranibizumab (Lucentis) in the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) through two years. The study — Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials (CATT) — also showed that monthly dosing produced slightly more vision gain than as-needed dosing. But the final visual results were similar in all treatment groups, regardless of dosing frequency, with 60-percent or more of the patients achieving driving vision (20/40 ...

A team of Rice University students accepted a challenge to turn shale gas produced in China into a range of useful, profitable and environmentally friendly products and did so in a cost-effective manner. The CHBE Pandas (CHBE stands for chemical and biomolecular engineering) designed a process by which shale gas extracted in the rich Sichuan Basin could be turned into methanol, hydrogen and carbon disulfide, all valuable products in the booming Chinese economy. The Rice team was one of seven groups of students presented similar challenges for locations outside of the ...

Some tourists vanish without a trace. Over 170 people have disappeared from cruise ships around the world since 1995, several under very suspicious circumstances. Others have their lives senselessly stolen, like the 8-year old boy sucked into an unprotected pool drain at a major resort, leaving his mother crying out his name as security staff held her at gunpoint. Or 22-year old Nolan Webster, denied proper medical care after being pulled unconscious from a Cancun resort pool, only to have his dead body left in plain view for hours and his parents billed for his room. Vacations ...

VIDEO: These images were captured by Christofer Clemente and his team using high speed cameras and markers at key points in the bodies of monitor lizards. The research found that middle-sized... Click here for more information. New research in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology shows why bigger isn't always better when it comes to sprinting speed. "Typically, bigger animals tend to run faster than smaller animals, because they have longer legs," said Christofer ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida lepidopterist Andrei Sourakov has spent his life's work studying moths and butterflies. But it was his teenage daughter, Alexandra, who led research on how color impacts butterflies' feeding patterns. The research shows different species exhibit unique foraging behaviors, and the study may be used to build more effective, species-specific synthetic lures for understanding pollinators, insects on which humans depend for sustaining many crops. In a study appearing online in April in the journal Psyche, researchers used multi-colored ...

Former Reed Brothers Dodge, in Rockville, Maryland (MD) is delighted to announce the launch of their new Wordpress blog at http://reedbrothersdodgehistory.wordpress.com/. Business longevity is something to celebrate and share. The Reed Brothers Dodge History blog will act as a platform for readers to gain insight into the history and success their business has achieved. On this blog, readers will find an historic timeline that showcases their company's history, how Reed Brothers Dodge came into being, and how the company overcame the inevitable changes and challenges ...