Mind Movies, the San Diego-Based Personal Development Company, Announced This Week the Release of a Faster, More Robust Version of Its Highly Popular Law of Attraction Video Vision Board Creation Tool, Mind Movies. Over 1 Million People Worldwide Have Received Access to Mind Movies, With Thousands More Coming On Each Week.

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This faster, more feature-rich version is the third version of the companys popular Mind Movies video vision board creation tool, first released in 2010.

Mind Movies 3.0 is an easy drag-and-drop video vision board creation tool that anyone can use to create their own dynamic, moving video vision board in as little as 10 minutes.

Customers can easily upload their own inspiring images, uplifting music and positive present-tense affirmations or choose the ones in the tools built-in library. Customers can then watch their completed Mind Movie on their computer or laptop, or download it to their iPhone or mobile device to take it with them wherever they go and watch it whenever they like.

Mind Movies 3.0 was developed to support customers in realizing their dreams based on the principles of the Law of Attraction, a Universal law made popular by the best-selling book and hit film, The Secret, which states that like energy attracts like energy.

After they create their own personalized Mind Movie, we recommend that our customers watch their video vision board for three minutes every morning and three minutes every evening, said Ledwell. This helps them to visualize their goals on a regular basis and to attract to them the people, resources and opportunities they need to achieve their goals.

The Mind Movies video vision board creation tool has been endorsed by many of the stars of the film The Secret, including Bob Proctor, Bob Doyle and Joe Vitale.

Most of us live a reactionary life where we are bombarded by the negative images from mainstream media news. This product allows you to choose what you want to absorb and to reprogram your mind in a positive way," said Vitale. When you combine music, imagery and affirmations that you choose, the result is incredible.

Over 1 million people worldwide have already received Ledwells free pre-made Mind Movies in the areas of health, relationships, money and friends and family.

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HealthForumOnline (HFO), a nationally-approved provider of online continuing education (CE) courses for mental health professionals, has recently added a new course entitled Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). A growing dissatisfaction with pharmacotherapy of insomnia has led to an interest in evidence-based nonpharmacologic treatments. CBT-I, a multimodal approach targeting the behavioral and psychological factors that initiate and maintain insomnia has proven effective in different patient populations, including various comorbid medical and psychiatric illnesses. This online course describes the techniques used in CBT-I and addresses treatment considerations. Each of HFOs over 80 CE courses are fast, convenient and especially cost-effective as health professionals have free ongoing access to course updates beyond completion of the CE activity.

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The National Center on Sleep Disorders Research describes insomnia as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep for at least 3 nights per week.(1) However the diagnosis is more commonly based on subjective complaints in quality and quantity of sleep associated with marked distress or significant daytime impairment. (2) In the U.S. alone, insomnia is the second most common chronic health problem, led only by chronic pain, as well as the second most common psychological health problem. (3) The National Health Foundation reports that insomnia affects approximately 33% of the U.S. population, with 9% reporting insomnia on a regular nightly basis and 24% reporting occasional insomnia (e.g., 1)

Insomnia impacts far more than sleep. Well documented consequences including functional impairment, work absenteeism and disability, impaired concentration and memory, increased medical services utilization, increased risk of motor vehicle and work accidents, and heightened risk of developing depression and/or an anxiety disorder. (e.g., 4, 5) Increased use of prescription medications, over-the-counter products and alcohol have also been associated with insomnia. (e.g., 6)

Yet, despite being a major health problem for many people and a burden on our healthcare system, insomnia remains inadequately treated. (7) Pharmacotherapy, including the use of hypnotics and antidepressants, is the most common treatment for insomnia, however, concerns about side effects, tolerance, and long term use have led to an increased interest in the use of non-pharmacological interventions such as cognitive-behavioral therapy. (8)

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a safe and effective nonpharmacological alternative. As a multimodal approach, CBT-I targets the behavioral and psychological factors that initiate and maintain insomnia. Moreover, CBT-I has been shown to be effective in treating insomnia in several different populations and with various comorbid medical and psychiatric illnesses. (8)

This new online course from HealthForumOnline describes the cognitive and behavioral techniques used in CBT-I, as well as reviews the current literature on its efficacy and clinical applications. Specifically, health professionals will be able to: 1) define insomnia and recognize several associated biopsychosocial consequences; 2) discuss CBT-I from a theory- and evidence-based perspective and its proven utility as a non-pharmacologic treatment of insomnia; 3) identify the behavioral and cognitive components of CBT-I; and 4) address clinical considerations and incorporate common CBT strategies in the treatment of patients with primary, as well as secondary, insomnia.

Psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses and other allied health professionals can chose from HFOs 19 categories of continuing education (CE) topics related to health psychology and behavioral medicine containing over 80 online CE courses that are fast, convenient and cost-effective. For more information on this course or a complete listing of titles in our online CE resource library, visit HealthForumOnline.com.

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HealthForumOnline (HFO) is approved as a provider of CE courses by the American Psychological Association, the National Board of Certified Counselors, the Association of Social Work Boards, and several state professional organizations, including the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Centers Commission on Accreditation, and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. HFOs CE Programs Advisory Committee and authors are comprised of over 60 nationally-recognized experts in behavioral medicine.

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RedVector clients now have access to more than 90 expert-developed business and professional development courses delivered through a single interface to ensure a seamless training solution.

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Both RedVector and SmartTeam fall under the umbrella of parent company VectorLearning, and recently the decision was made to offer the SmartTeam course library as an add-on to RedVectors premier AEC training solution.

A fledgling company that has seen significant growth in the last year, SmartTeam provides a unique resource for HR personnel, managers, marketing and sales professionals to receive critical training on leadership skills; organization and time management; project management; compliance and ethics; sales and customer service; as well as personal health and wellness.

In a typical AEC firm, architects and engineers might make up 20 percent of the employees and RedVector has their back, says SmartTeam Product Manager Vicki Fox David. But the other 80 percent of the staff can benefit from training too. And thats where SmartTeam shines.

RedVector clients can now bundle their corporate training with SmartTeam services, resulting in a powerful, seamless solution that delivers end-to-end training for the entire firmall from one interface and with robust and easy-to-use tracking and reporting tools.

Individual users may also purchase courses from SmartTeam individually. SmartTeam courses can now be found in the RedVector course catalog on http://www.RedVector.com

More information can be found at http://www.RedVectorEnterprise.com or http://www.SmartTeam.com.

About RedVector

RedVector sets the standard for excellence in online continuing education and training for the architecture, engineering and construction industry and holds more than 60 state and national accreditations. Through our award-winning Learning and Performance Engine we offer individual courses as well as large-scale corporate training solutions for AEC firms featuring customizable and easily accessible online universities with a full range of tracking and reporting features. With an online library exceeding 1,100 courses authored by more than 100 subject matter experts, RedVector serves more than 130,000 AEC professionals in all 50 states. The recipient of numerous community honors and industry awards, RedVector was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. For further information call 1-866-546-1212 or visit http://www.RedVector.com.

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Foreign investment in Vietnam has dropped by about a third since September 2011, with some blaming a weakening economy, inflation, high debt, and the fallout from a property market crash.

With sustainable growth around 5% a year, Vietnam should be able to reduce the risk of high inflation.

These economic woes have also led to political tensions between Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and President Troung Tan Sang. These may surface at the Communist Partys Central Committee meeting currently taking place, and there will certainly be discussions during the meeting about how the weakening Vietnamese economy can be recharged.

Whatever the outcome of the meeting, we can still expect to see plenty of ongoing interest in Vietnam by Thai investors, as most businesses with a presence in the country of 90 million will continue to focus on their long-term strategy and creating real value.

According to the Thai Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, Thailand is the 11th largest investor in Vietnam and the third largest among Asean members, with total investment value of US$5.9 billion (182 billion baht). This is concentrated in the processed foods, paper, plastic, animal feed and motorcycle parts sectors.

I am confident that Vietnam will bounce back from its recent difficulties, and more quickly than people think. Even though the pace of economic growth in Vietnam is slowing, a World Bank forecast released at the beginning of October is still forecasting 5.2% growth in 2012 and 5.7% expansion in 2013.

Going forward, I believe there are four key areas for consideration by investors:

1. Vietnam is changing: In the past, corrupt loans to inefficient state- and privately owned companies resulted in a rise in non-performing loans and pressure on the wider economy. The Vietnamese government is now taking steps to remedy these problems in the banking sector. President Truong Tan Sang has given interviews and public speeches pledging action against corruption and I believe this, more than any other factor, can support confidence that Vietnam will provide solid medium and long-term investment growth.

2. Growth is stable: The current growth rate of around 4% is predicted to average out at around 5% over the next two years. This is a sustainable level of growth, and will keep excessive inflation at bay, while also helping Vietnam prepare for the economic integration prompted by the Asean Economic Community.

3. Vietnam is a springboard to opportunity lying just beyond its borders: Laos and Cambodia are dynamos of growth and Vietnam can provide a gateway for Thai investors wishing to access these markets, directly or through Vietnam subsidiaries.

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A Catholic priest in Southampton, England, has banned a yoga class from using a church building because he says it's a Hindu spiritual exercise and thus is incompatible with the Catholic faith.

Yoga teacher Cori Withell says she created the class and booked the hall in an attempt to combat obesity. The church accepted her booking and a payment of about $300, but then informed her that the class would be canceled 10 days before it was due to take place because yoga is from another religion.

Withell said, As a nation we have an obesity epidemic. I was trying to bring some exercise to the community.... I offered to go down and show them the moves and, literally, the shutters came down.

Father John Chandler claims that the class was advertised as Pilates, but then he found out it was for spiritual yoga. Yoga is a Hindu spiritual exercise, he told The Daily Telegraph. Being a Catholic church, we have to promote the Gospel, and that's what we use our premises for.... It's the fact that it's a different religious practice going on in a Catholic church. It's not compatible.

An editorial in the Catholic Herald praises Father Chandler for his decision, but Ravindra Parmar, president of the Vedic Society Hindu Temple of Southampton, said he felt let down because of the work the Southampton Council of Faiths does to get all the faiths talking to each other.

Q: Was the priest right to ban the yoga class?

In my opinion, the priest was wrong to ban the yoga class. Exercise is good for the body and the soul, regardless of whether that exercise comes from the Hindu or the Christian tradition. And we New Testament types know that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

I am reminded of a place in one of the gospels in which the disciples tell Jesus that they saw a man casting out evil spirits and they told him to stop doing that because he was not doing it in the name of Jesus. Jesus told the disciples they were wrong to rebuke the man because whoever is not against us is for us.

Many believers are hung up on whether the right denomination or religion gets the credit for something good being done, but the story of the Good Samaritan, as told by Jesus in the Gospel according to Luke, would seem to argue that who gets the credit is not important. In the story, the person who is compassionate is not a member of the Jesus crowd or the Jerusalem crowd, but a hated Samaritan. In fact, to Jesus' listeners, the title Good Samaritan would have been an oxymoron. But the point of the story seems to be to respond to human need, whether that person is a Jew, a Samaritan, a Republican or a Democrat.

What that priest has done, I'm afraid, is to make the Roman Catholic faith more exclusive than it really is.

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YogaVibes is excited to partner with Margaux Permutt a Hatha Yoga teacher based in Los Angeles, CA. Margauxs online yoga videos combine many aspects of the Hatha Yoga tradition and draw upon a myriad of influences from her teachers and guides.

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YogaVibes is delighted to offer a selection of online yoga classes with Margaux, featuring therapeutic flows, chair yoga videos, and some Sun Salutation sweetness.

Chair Yoga Break (28 minutes)

This online yoga class is designed for those who spend a lot of time sitting, driving, or at a computer. Open up the joints in the shoulders and wrists while stretching the delicate muscles in the neck. This restorative practice is suitable for beginners and those with injuries.

Yoga Therapy for Healthy Joints (21 minutes)

Bring synovial fluid back into all the joints of the body. In this online yoga class, learn simple exercises to get the creaky, snap-crackle-pop out of the joints! This restorative practice ends with some targeted movements to strengthen the lower back and open the front of the chest. Its suitable for all levels, beginners included.

Basic Sun Salutation (18 minutes)

This is a slow flow aimed to make Sun Salutations accessible to beginner yogis, those with injuries, and those desiring to build strength. It is also a great reminder for more advanced students to bring their practice back to the source. Get ready to ground, open the heart, and move forward with stability in some Vinyasa yoga online.

Sun Salutation Preparation (12 minutes)

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It's a difficult situation to imagine: your child has a life-threatening condition and their only hope is a bone marrow donation.That's exactly what happened with a family in California two years ago. A local college student stepped up and gave them the gift of life. Our Elyse Mickalonis has the story.

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CORTLAND, N.Y. -- SUNY Cortland Junior John Stephens is dedicated on the field and in school.

He loves the school, its a great program, being on the football team, great coaching, great staff, he has it great up here, he loves it," said John's father, Paul Stephens.

But it was a choice the Goshen-native made two years ago that many say truly defines him.

John was ready to donate and at the time he could have lost some potential time on the field, but he was willing to do that," says Paul Stephens.

Stephens and his parents participated in the football teams Get in the Game, Save a Life National Marrow Donor Program Drive during a recruiting visit at Cortland in 2010.

A swab of his mouth to obtain cheek cells proved that he was a perfect match for a newborn girl with leukemia.

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13-10-2012 11:38 My health and fitness segment from SGTV's Talk of the Town entertainment show. Season 8 episode 1.

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Last week at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology annual convention I had the opportunity to listen to Joan Duda share insights from her lifes work. Dr. Duda is world renowned for her examination of motivational processes in sport and exercise. Over the course of an hour, she reminded the audience of how so many answers to success at fitness have been clearly outlined in research and theory but have been stifled in the marketplace.

The Biggest Loser was shared as an ignominious example of the marketplace trumping good science. Weeks of watching [insert your favorite celebrity trainer here] yell at, humiliate, and bully obese contestants provides no template for a successful exercise environment in non-reality t.v. reality. In a lot of regards it is actually a pretty good recipe for failed habits and poor health and wellness. The Loser coaching stumbles to fulfill all three core human needs identified by self-determination theory, one of the most prominent and respected motivation theories at this time: autonomy, competence, and relatedness.

Autonomy Individuals need to feel a sense of leadership and decision making during their exercise experience. Personal trainers provide the expert exercise knowledge, but the exerciser ought to be in charge of the experience.

Competence Exercisers need to view fitness programs as appropriately challenging and feel positive feedback for their efforts throughout activity. When failure is a black and white option that includes self-worth stealing embarrassment, motivation loss is not far behind. Positively viewed challenges followed by positive support create deep wells of energy.

Relatedness Throughout the fitness journey it is necessary to form connecting relationships, rather than divisive ones. When competitiveness, comparisons, and drill sergeant trainers alienate exercisers, long term success at wellness behaviors are unlikely. Connecting and accepting exercise communities are healthy both physically and spiritually.

Watch closely, reality television fails miserably on the above motivational foundations. Does your exercise environment pass the motivation litmus test?

If its your type of entertainment, watch reality t.v. If fit living is your goal, make your own reality.

Dr. Adam Naylor leads Telos Sport Psychology Consulting and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Boston Universitys School of Education. He has a decade and a half of experiences working with professional through amateur athletes of note: US Open competitors, NCAA champions, Olympians, Stanley Cup winners, and UFC martial artists. Beyond sports, over the past five years he has served as a corporate performance and wellness consultant. He can be reached at adam@telos-spc.com. Follow him on Twitter @ahnaylor.

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Monday, October 15, 2012

When I think of the countless buzzwords that get thrown around the fitness, health and wellness world, the one that seems to reoccur with frequency is "antioxidant."

If one were to conclude that this term bombarding the airwaves with regular frequency is a good thing, they would be right. Understanding how antioxidants work, why they work, and better yet, what they do for us can significantly change the way we approach food, and appreciate how powerful the synergy of certain foods can be in our body.

To translate the term "antioxidant" literally would include breaking its name into two distinct parts. "Anti," meaning "against," and "oxidant," or oxidation, which is a process by which unstable electrons are fractured from their regular orbit around healthy molecules and instead begin attacking healthy cells. This release of "free radicals" can create a chain reaction continuing to upset or bombard the stable electron "orbit" of other healthy cells, ultimately damaging or terminating them. Fortunately, one of the miracles of the human body is its ability to create new cells.

To the rescue arrive the antioxidants which, in essence, consume or neutralize these free radicals and stop the cell destruction process occurring in the body.

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Oxidation in the human body is significant because it is responsible for many different diseases, the aging process and general health. The causes of oxidation are a result of pollutants, mental stress, sunburns, poor dietary choices and environmental hazards. These events initiate the process of cells dying and ultimately making the body more vulnerable to disease and degeneration.

It is important to mention that oxidation is not only a result of external events, but is also a product of respiration, metabolism and inflammation, which are unavoidable.

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