Collector-ActionFigures ("DASH") (www.Collector-ActionFigures.com) today announced the launch of a completely new web front-end, increasing usability, functionality and performance for its action figure collector users. With this latest upgrade of DASH, collectors can now seamlessly connect their favorite figures to their friends through Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites. With the only mobile action figure app available for action figure collectors (today available for the iPhone), DASH has also announced that it will soon launch a mobile app for Android-based ...

Americans are being lured into addiction. And what we're hooked on isn't necessarily illegal or even hard to come by. Prescription medications are making us high. Fast food is making us fat. The Internet keeps us constantly distracted with everything from gambling to porn, to compulsive social networking. Television seduces us into buying more stuff we don't need while we drown in debt. Massive profits fill the pockets of a handful of "pushers" at the expense of everyone else. In her new book Addict Nation-An Intervention for America (HCI Books, Feb. 2011), bestselling ...

The deVere Group, the world's largest independent financial consultancy group, signed up as the key sponsor of the 2011 SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) International Golf Tournament on 21st January 2011. The golf tournament will take place at Mission Hills, one of the world's top golf and leisure resorts, in Shenzhen, China. Over ninety top executives and senior engineers from the area will take part in this handicapped Texas Scrabble golf tournament. deVere will sponsor a hole and will also provide the top prize, a trip for two from Hong Kong to Bali including ...

H. Ross Ford, president and CEO of TCN Worldwide, announced Aperon Realty Solutions, a full-service real estate company with offices in New Delhi and Kolkata, is the newest member to join the international commercial real estate organization. Aperon Realty Solutions/TCN Worldwide is one of the pre-eminent commercial real estate firms in India, with plans to open two new offices in the next six months. The firm services Delhi (NCR), Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ludhiana, and Jalandhar. H. Ross Ford of TCN Worldwide stated, "Aperon Realty's membership ...

University of Rochester Medical Center orthopaedic scientists are a step closer to developing a vaccine to prevent life-threatening methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections following bone and joint surgery. Other MRSA vaccine research has failed to produce a viable option for patients because of the inability to identify an agent that can break through the deadly bacteria's unique armor. Most other research has targeted the surface of the bacteria, but the URMC team discovered an antibody that reaches beyond the microbe's surface and can stop the ...

Wetter, cooler summers can have a detrimental effect on the milk we drink, according to new research published by Newcastle University. Researchers found milk collected during a particularly poor UK summer and the following winter had significantly higher saturated fat content and far less beneficial fatty acids than in a more 'normal' year. But they also discovered that switching to organic milk could help overcome these problems. Organic supermarket milk showed higher levels of nutritionally beneficial fatty acids compared with 'ordinary' milk regardless of the time ...

DETROIT - Shoulder motion after rotator cuff surgery remains significantly different when compared to the patient's opposite shoulder, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. In a study that updated prior findings, researchers used X-rays providing a 3D view of motion of the arm bone in relation to the shoulder blade, to compared motion in the shoulders of 22 patients who had arthroscopic surgical repair of tendon tears and no symptoms in their other shoulders. An earlier study looked at 14 patients. Researchers analyzed the motion of both shoulders at three, 12 and ...

January 16, 2011 – (BRONX, NY) – In a technique that could eventually shed light on how gene expression influences human disease, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have for the first time ever successfully visualized single molecules of naturally-occurring messenger RNA (mRNA) transcribed in living mammalian cells. The scientific achievement is detailed in the January 16 online edition of Nature Methods. Gene expression involves transcribing a gene's DNA into molecules of mRNA. These molecules then migrate from a cell's nucleus into ...

VIDEO: Stanford researchers have developed a new technique that allows them to monitor the tiny branches of neurons in a live brain for months at a time. Neuroscientists will now be... Click here for more information. Travel just one millimeter inside the brain and you'll be stepping into the dark. Standard light microscopes don't allow researchers to look into the interior of the living brain, where memories are formed and diseases such as dementia and cancer can take ...

Scientists have identified a protein that acts as a "master switch" in certain white blood cells, determining whether they promote or inhibit inflammation. The study, published in the journal Nature Immunology, could help researchers look for new treatments for diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis that involve excessive inflammation. Inflammatory responses are an important defence that the body uses against harmful stimuli such as infections or tissue damage, but in many conditions, excessive inflammation can itself harm the body. In rheumatoid arthritis, the joints ...

A pill containing a mix of essential oils has been shown to significantly reduce the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Health tested the tablets by carrying out a randomised, controlled trial in 120 women. Edilberto Rocha Filho worked with a team of researchers from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, to conduct the tests. He said, "The administration of 1 or 2 grams of essential fatty acids to patients with PMS resulted in a significant decrease in symptom scores. Furthermore, the ...

Does eating a big breakfast help weight loss or is it better to skip breakfast altogether? Available information is confusing but new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition Journal clears a path through these apparently contradictory reports. Dr Volker Schusdziarra, from the Else-Kröner-Fresenius Center of Nutritional Medicine, conducted a study on over 300 people who were asked to keep a journal of what they usually ate. Within the group sometimes people ate a big breakfast, sometimes small, and sometimes skipped it all together. Schusdziarra ...

Researchers are using inexpensive components from ordinary liquid crystal display (LCD) projectors to control the brain and muscles of tiny organisms, including freely moving worms. Red, green and blue lights from a projector activate light-sensitive microbial proteins that are genetically engineered into the worms, allowing the researchers to switch neurons on and off like light bulbs and turn muscles on and off like engines. Use of the LCD technology to control small animals advances the field of optogenetics -- a mix of optical and genetic techniques that has given ...

HOUSTON – A small slice of RNA inhibits prostate cancer metastasis by suppressing a surface protein commonly found on prostate cancer stem cells. A research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported today in an advance online publication at Nature Medicine. "Our findings are the first to profile a microRNA expression pattern in prostate cancer stem cells and also establish a strong rationale for developing the microRNA miR-34a as a new treatment option for prostate cancer," said senior author Dean Tang, Ph.D., professor in MD ...

"This ebook is for Parents and Educators looking to improve their knowledge of cyber bullying," said Nicole Williams, author of the ebook. It provides valuable information on how cyber bullying can be dealt with and avoided. Facebook, twitter, and the likes, are changing lifestyles. They have become the community centers for our children. They are the gathering places where 'tween-teens' go to interact and share experiences. This is unlikely to change and in fact will become more prevalent. Learn what you and your children need to be careful of online. Main points ...

GoGogirlfriend.com is a newly launched website in 2010 for women seeking to try products before they buy. Members receive beautiful gift boxes packed with health, beauty and home products to experience and give product survey reviews as well as visiting websites with special offers from advertisers. GoGogirlfriend.com has been a huge success with women wanting great deals on cosmetics, skincare, bath, home, and health and wellness products. The sample box is free and membership fee covers shipping and handling, as well as 5% of the fee being donated to the research ...

Cornelius Nursery hosts a Make-It and Take-It Container Garden Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 12 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the 2233 S. Voss Road location. The workshop is free and includes hands-on instruction by nursery manager Eddie Russell. "Bring your own container with a drainage hole or we will have an assortment of containers to purchase," he said. "We'll supply the work space, tools, complimentary Calloway's Premium Potting Soil and even an application of Calloway's Premium Plant Food." Container samples will be available for participants to use for inspiration ...

Jonae Media is proud to announce its new location in the historic district of Laney Walker Boulevard in beautiful downtown Augusta, GA! Our new address is âEURœ925 Laney Walker Blvd - Augusta, GA 30901.âEUR We are also pleased to announce that Jonae Media has made the transition from LLC to a Corporation! As a new Corporation we are able to do more for YOU, the costumer, as well as branch out into new and exciting endeavors. We at Jonae Media know that change can be exciting and confusing at times but we want to let our customers know we will continue offering the ...

Learn the untold story of the 9th U.S. Calvary - "Rescue at Pine Ridge" http://www.rescueatpineridge.com New Book Depicts Black Frontier Soldiers Outskirts Press releases Rescue at Pine Ridge, a fictionalized historical novel by Erich Hicks, based on true events depicting the history of the United States, Buffalo Soldiers 9th Calvary. These soldiers helped settle the American West in the late 1800s. The story follows the soldiers as they move from unspoken heroes to revered cavalry units. Sample audio excerpt of the novel are available on the website below. Rescue ...

Mplayrs LLC today announced the launch of Mplayrs.com, the core platform for the Mplayrs Network, a groundbreaking online gaming service. Mplayrs enables gamers to discover content, games and mods in addition to launching multiplayer dedicated servers. Today Mplayrs is unveiling the "Play", "Shop" and dedicated server service and will continue to roll out the additional navigation sections; Read, Watch and Download throughout the rest of the year. Premium services such as game server hosting are purchased using Mplayrs Credits, a virtual currency for hardcore gamers that ...

The Galleria, a longstanding Edina landmark, has a new website. Launched this week by Minneapolis web design firm ArcStone Technologies, http://www.galleriaedina.com has a new look and boasts an impressive list of features. "We're thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the Galleria," says David Carnes, CEO of Arcstone. "I used to go there as a kid and now I take my own children there to shop. It's a privilege to work with a local icon and it was a fun challenge for us to create a design that lived up to the class and sophistication of the Galleria." Equipped ...

Vegan Mainstream seeks bloggers to participate in a free three-month pilot program for a Vegan Blog Network set to launch on January 31, 2011. The network will connect vegan and vegetarian bloggers with relevant advertising opportunities to generate revenue from their blogs. Blogs in the network will display relevant advertisements and blog owners will be compensated for showing them. All ads will be vegan or vegetarian, but blog owners can choose to show vegan only advertisements. Blogs listed in the network must acknowledge that they do not promote, sell or provide ...

When Gerardo Robledillo decided to create Expatistan.com, he was essentially scratching his own itch. The Madrid native had already relocated his life within Europe four times in just six years, and whenever it came time to negotiate his salary with a new employer, Robledillo says he was basically blind. I knew how much I was making in my current city, and I knew how much I wanted to make relative to my current income, but I had no idea how much that would translate to in the new city. Expatistan.com essentially allows users - potential expats - to compare the cost of ...

Fitness Trainer Pacome Tagbo is happy to announce the update of his website with a new multimedia gallery. The new gallery is composed of multiple albums such as "My Students", "The Tagbo Class" or "Pacome". Ultimately we will add a video section and you will be able to see even more about Pacome Training services. «As a personal trainer, my work is centered around my students. Because of them, I am successful at my job. I listen and I try to understand their needs. The multimedia gallery features my students, it's my Christmas gift to thank them all», says Pacome Tagbo. Pacôme ...

Absolute Alexandra Technologies has published new software - Capture and watch using motion sensor. The program has pre-event and post-event recording. Playing back recorded picture is pretty simple and does on the monitoring pc as well as on apart server through Online interface. Software's modular configuration drastically improves reliability because all components act as independent applications. If one component fails, other parts continue running. For instance if the 'capture' module stops working, 'watchdog' starts over it immediately that viewers don't ...