Ridgeview Institute Announces Professional Education Seminar Schedule

Ridgeview Institute Announces Professional Education Seminar Schedule

Georgia Mental Health Treatment facility announces seminar schedule for professional education.

Smyrna, GA (PRWEB) March 5, 2004

Ridgeview Institute, a private, non-profit provider of mental health and addiction services announces upcoming professional education events.

Upcoming Seminar Schedule:

Friday, March 12, 2004 Psychiatric Disorders in Film: Narcissistic Psychopathology, 9:30 a. m. – 4:00 p. m. Susan D. Webb, M. D.

Friday, April 2, 2004 Youth Onset Bipolar Disorders vs. ADHD: Straightforward Assessment and Intervention Strategies, 9:30 a. m. – 12:30 p. m. Adolph Casal, M. D.

Saturday & Sunday, April 3 – 4, 2004 Holes in Roles and the Click of Closure: Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor Work With Maturational Deficits, Trauma and Holes in Family Systems History, 9:00 a. m. – 4:30 p. m. each day. Albert Pesso and PBSP. This special two-day event is co-sponsored by The Southeastern Psychomotor Society, Ridgeview Institute and Illuminata. The seminars will be held at Ridgeview Institute.

Friday, April 16, 2004 Couples Frozen in the Power Struggle: Breaking Through With Imago Relationship Therapy, 9:30 a. m. – 4:00 p. m., Wendy Palmer Patterson, LCSW and Robert Patterson, LMFT, LPC.

Friday, May 14, 2004 Facing the Shadow: Working with Sexual Extremes and Recovery Zone: Staying in the Zone (The Long-Term Therapist and Doing Therapy Long Term), 9:30 a. m. – 4:00 p. m. Patrick J. Carnes, Ph. D. This special presentation will be held at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel.

Friday, June 4, 2004 Topic: Depression 9:30 a. m. – 12:30 p. m. Branko Radulovacki, M. D.

Friday, July 9 and Friday, July 30, 2004 Topic: Psychopharmacology 9:30 a. m. – 12:30 p. m. Michael D. Banov, M. D.

Friday, August 20, 2004 Topic: Experiential Reframing 9:30 a. m. – 4:00 p. m. Steven Rogers, Ph. D.

Friday, October 15, 2004 Topic: Working With Anger 9:30 a. m. – 12:30 p. m. Charles Cummins, LPC

Friday, October 22, 2004 Topic: Spirituality & Grief Issues 9:30 a. m. – 12:30 p. m. Michael Gordon, M. D.

Watch for more information in the near future. Visit our website at www. ridgeviewinstitute. com for frequent additions and updates.

Our mission is to provide a comprehensive continuum of mental health and addiction treatment services based upon a commitment to excellence and quality care to patients and families within the communities we serve.

We continuously strive to assess and improve our performance as a nonprofit healthcare organization based upon the Ridgeview Tradition—Quality of Care, Quality of Service, Quality of Workplace.

Ridgeview Institute is a private, non-profit provider of mental health and addiction services. Our continuum of care includes intensive inpatient, partial hospitalization and outpatient treatment options for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors.

For more information on RidgeviewÂ’s programs and services please call (770) 434-4567.

If you would like to receive our quarterly newsletter electronically, please visit our website at www. ridgeviewinstitute. com to subscribe.

TLC Premieres its First-Ever Broadband Series Makeover Train

TLC Premieres its First-Ever Broadband Series Makeover Train

Clairol Herbal Essences Color to exclusively sponsor the first 10 webisodes.

Silver Spring, MD (Vocus) May 31, 2007

TLC premieres MAKEOVER TRAIN, its first-original direct to broadband series, which features a trio of stylists who ride the Boston subway in search of commuters willing to add a little glimmer to their get-up. Beginning June 4, TLC will air 10 installments of these special webisodes. Premiere shows will roll out every Monday and Thursday through July 2, as part of TLC's new Fashion Guide also launching in June at TLC. com (http://tlc. discovery. com/).

Experts in hair, makeup and accessories face a moving train, a ticking clock, a curious crowd and unbelievable cramped conditions as they transform an unsuspecting commuter in each three-minute webisode. Whether subjects are on a three-stop jaunt or a half-hour journey, stylists have only from the moment they step on the train to the arrival at their final destination to work their magic. The MAKEOVER TRAIN experts -- Tasha Forgash, Lauren Arbeene and Kevin Lennox -- give viewers useful advice for their own lives as they transform some of Boston's biggest crimes on fashion.

"We are thrilled to extend TLC's success as an on-air lifestyle destination to new platforms with the premiere our first original direct to broadband series," said Christian Drobnyk, senior vice president, programming and development, TLC. "This is just the beginning. As consumer viewing behavior evolves, TLC will continue to bring its loyal fans and advertisers new experiences that engage, entertain and inform across all forms of media."

Offering a rich immersive online experience, the TLC Fashion Guide expands on TLC's promise to fashion and lifestyle programming. Visitors to TLC. com (http://tlc. discovery. com/) will find information and advice from some of TLC's leading experts, including the cast of WHAT NOT TO WEAR (http://tlc. discovery. com/fansites/whatnottowear/whatnottowear. html), 10 YEARS YOUNGER (http://tlc. discovery. com/fansites/10yearsyounger/10yearsyounger. html) and other popular shows.

As the exclusive sponsor of MAKEOVER TRAIN, Herbal Essences Color (http://www. clairol. com/herbalessences/index. jsp) will be fully incorporated into the online experience with video and banner advertising, product integration and additional branding on the fan site and throughout TLC. com.

MAKEOVER TRAIN is produced by Tiger Aspect USA. Steve Werner is the executive producer for Tiger Aspect USA and Stephen Harris is TLC's executive producer.

About Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications is the number-one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in over 170 countries. Through TV and digital media, Discovery's 100-plus worldwide networks include Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Health, The Science Channel and Discovery HD Theater. Discovery Communications is owned by Discovery Holding Co. (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB), Advance/Newhouse Communications and John S. Hendricks, Discovery's founder and chairman. For more information please visit www. discovery. com.

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Baby Boomers Just Want to Have Fun, and Retire Healthy and Wealthy

Baby Boomers Just Want to Have Fun, and Retire Healthy and Wealthy

Past generations of retirees were expected to go home to the rocking chair. But the baby boomer generation created the health food industry and energized the fitness market. When it comes to retirement, baby boomers are going to want to have a lifestyle that includes good healthy fun.

Wilton, NY (PRWEB) July 17, 2007

"Boomers are not stuck at 30-something, but they continue to feel younger than they really are." That's according to a 2004 research report by AARP titled "Baby Boomers Envision Retirement ll." It's another reason Bill Losey, America's Retirement Strategist, and initiator of National Retirement Planning Month (http://www. nationalretirementplanningmonth. blogspot. com), wants baby boomers ready and able to enjoy their retirement.

To inspire boomers to create the life they want, Bill has invited Ann Fry, CEO and Head Boomer of It's Boomertime (www. boomertime. com), to speak Thursday, July 19th at 10 AM EST in a free teleseminar on strategies boomers can take to create the life they want. "Ann inspires others to be courageous and adventurous while laughing and having fun at the same time. She has a sense of humor that is contagious and obvious in her title "Head Boomer." Ann chose that title because she was born on January 1, 1946, the first day of the boomer generation".

Bill believes that humor is an important part of all phases of life and as we plan for retirement, it becomes even more important. You can see Bill's own particular brand of humor at Perfect HarMoney (http://www. perfectharmoney. com/) where his alter ego, Dr. Ken I Retyre, sings such financial classics as The 401K Croon and My Bills Are Past Due. His movie, The Baby Boomer Retirement Movie (http://www. thebabyboomerretirementmovie. com/) is a short clip which asks amusing nostalgic questions and the answers reveal if you are a baby boomer. While Baby Boomers want to have fun, they are still serious about planning for retirement.

"At my seminars across the country, I know there are at least 5 questions my listeners will ask: 1. When can I retire? 2. How much money will I need to retire? 3. How long should I plan to live for? 4. How much money can I take out? 5. How long will my money last?" says Bill.

Bill will be addressing these concerns in his upcoming book Retire in A Weekend! The Baby Boomers Guide to Making Work Optional will be released in November 2007. In the meantime, as part of National Retirement Planning Month, and his mission to educate everyone about retirement planning, Bill wants baby boomers to have a positive outlook on their financial picture.

A more optimistic view of the economic future for boomers is presented by Jeff Thredgold, (www. thredgold. com) Economist, Futurist, President of Thredgold Economic Associates, and author of ECONOMERICA: Why the American Economy is Alive and Well… and What That Means to Your Wallet (Wiley, June 2007). Bill will interview Jeff on Friday, July 20th at 12 PM EST in a free teleseminar. Bill says that Jeff is a refreshing change from the doom and gloom you frequently hear about in the media.

More information on these educational teleseminars is available at National Retirement Planning Month. (http://www. nationalretirementplanningmonth. blogspot. com)

Bill Losey, CFP®, CSA, "America's Retirement Strategist", has nearly 20 years experience in the financial services industry and is a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner, a Certified Senior Advisor and Certified RSP-Trained Retirement Coach.

Losey publishes Retirement Intelligence (http://www. myretirementsuccess. com/pages/newsletter. asp), a complimentary weekly e-newsletter that reaches over 5000 subscribers worldwide and is the winner of the 2007 APEX Award for Publication Excellence in the "New Newsletters" category. His column, Making Work Optional, appears every Wednesday on the front page of The Saratogian business section.

Bill Losey Retirement Solutions, LLC is an independent registered investment advisory firm that caters to discerning women and couples nationwide who demand objective financial and retirement advice, customized fee-only investment management, attention to detail and impeccable service.

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Newly Released 'Ordinary Valor' an Extraordinary Story of How an Ordinary Man Faced Cancer

Newly Released 'Ordinary Valor' an Extraordinary Story of How an Ordinary Man Faced Cancer

The ancient Greek writer Plutarch wrote, "The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune." When Dr. Robert Mignone, a well-respected psychiatrist and deeply loved family man, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003, his life "appeared to be shattered." But in Ordinary Valor: How Prostate Cancer Saved My Life, Mignone shows how having to confront his own mortality became a life-shaping odyssey--a choice between surviving and daring to live with hope.

Denver, CO and Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) August 15, 2007

The ancient Greek writer Plutarch wrote, "The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune." When Dr. Robert Mignone, a well-respected psychiatrist and deeply loved family man, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003, his life "appeared to be shattered." But in Ordinary Valor: How Prostate Cancer Saved My Life, Mignone shows how having to confront his own mortality became a life-shaping odyssey--a choice between surviving and daring to live with hope.

Because the book began its literary life as a journal, readers are allowed to share in the most intimate moments of Mignone's three-year struggle, experiencing his innermost fears and self-discoveries.

"As a friend once told me, 'You can't choose the cards you're dealt, including whether or not you deserve them, but you can decide how to play your hand.' Humor came hardest at three in the morning, during my umpteenth struggle to bring a precious ounce from the prostate fires. But even then, I sometimes burst out laughing. It was the only thing to do."

Ordinary Valor is an intensely human account of how one man faced the darkness that is cancer and learned the value of living with a grateful heart and an open mind. Mignone's well-written chronicle takes us through his years of growing up, including his days in medical school, where we see the molding influences of parents and peers. He also reveals how the adult image of himself as "Superdoc" was to affect this greatest of life's challenges.

With Mignone, we experience the pain of his treatments and the escalating side effects; the power of a wife's love and good humor; and the emotional, mental and spiritual challenges he continually faced:

"In the dark night of my soul, when the Great Mystery seemed especially vexing and when life was appearing both unjust and uncontrollable, God gave me courage and strength. Those, along with making peace with the potholes and rough terrain of my landscape, sustained my morale for staying the course. My intention was to live as fully as I could for whatever time I had."

ISBN(s): 1598009309 Format(s): 5.5 x 8.5 Paperback; 5.5 x 8.5 Hardback w/Jacket SRP: US $19.95/CAN $24.95 Paperback; US $29.95/CAN $36.95 Hardback w/Jacket
Genre: Self-Help/Personal Growth

For more information or to contact the author, visit www. outskirtspress. com/ordinaryvalor (http://www. outskirtspress. com/ordinaryvalor)

Dr. Robert J. Mignone attended Amherst College cum laude and graduated from Duke Medical School Alpha Omega Alpha in 1966, with later internships and residencies at Yale New Haven, Cornell, and Harvard Medical School. A teacher and academician, Dr. Mignone taught and practiced at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard from 1974 to 1988 before coming to Southwest Florida to start Gulf Coast Health Services, a multi-specialty mental health group with a mind/body approach. Dr. Mignone is also an ordained minister with application to spirituality and health. He is a physician broadcaster, who has worked in radio and television as a health educator and facilitator of personal growth. Readers can visit Dr. Mignone on the Web at www. robertmignonemd. com

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Alternative Cancer Treatment - Video Released That's Shocking Doctors

Alternative Cancer Treatment - Video Released That's Shocking Doctors

A video released recently represents a type of therapy that can be used with any type of cancer and most all other diseases as well. Newly released video reveals a one-minute therapy used by many European doctors with amazing results that can heal and reverse cancer. Cancer simply cannot survive in this environment. This form of therapy is so simple and safe that many will be angry this information was not released sooner.

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey (PRWEB) October 5, 2009

Alternative cancer treatments are rising in popularity these days.

Cancer patients of all kinds may not respond to traditional therapy and treatments and are sometimes at the mercy of pharmaceuticals as their only option.

A video was recently released that makes known of a single therapy, a substance available for persons with cancer or other diseases, that could have such a far-reaching effect and success rate when it comes to curing diseases.

This video distributes information about a simple inexpensive therapy can be self-administered at home in less than one-minute. http://www. CuringCancerNaturally. com (http://www. CuringCancerNaturally. com) allows access to this free informative video containing an explanation of the current cancer remedies and alternative methods that are being used successfully.

An estimated 15,000 European medical doctors, naturopaths, and homeopaths have administered this powerful therapy to over 10 million people over the past 70 years to treat over 50 different diseases.

Alternative cancer treatments are an organic approach to healing disease and maintaining health and many of these successful natural treatments have been pushed aside by the pharmaceutical companies.

The video focuses on an alternative cancer treatment that creates an environment within the body where disease cannot thrive; a simple therapy that not only kills diseased cells but also simultaneously revitalizes and rejuvenates healthy cells, thereby creating vibrant energy and well-being for the individual suffering from cancer and whose body is unresponsive to traditional therapies.

Alternative cancer treatments are safe, inexpensive and are powerful healing modalities, and have no known adverse effects. When used properly could also potentially render almost all pharmaceutical drugs and medical treatments obsolete.

The free resource video is available at http://www. CuringCancerNaturally. com (http://www. CuringCancerNaturally. com).

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National Institutes of Health subscribes to OpenHelix training portal

National Institutes of Health subscribes to OpenHelix training portal

NIH scientists and staff can now efficiently and effectively learn to use bioinformatics and genomics resources with the extensive tutorial suite catalog from OpenHelix.

Bellevue, WA (PRWEB) April 19, 2010

The National Institutes of Health Library (http://www. nihlibrary. nih. gov) (http://www. nihlibrary. nih. gov (http://www. nihlibrary. nih. gov)]) has purchased a subscription to OpenHelix (http://www. openhelix. com) (http://www. openhelix. com (http://www. openhelix. com)]) giving NIH scientists and staff access to over 90 tutorial suites on bioinformatics and genomic resources.

With OpenHelix tutorials, NIH now offers their employees a quick and effective way to learn about the most powerful and popular genomics and bioinformatics databases and resources. These tutorials cover many types of resources including protein databases, bioinformatics analysis tools, model organism databases, SNP databases, comparative genomics, pathway and interaction resources and much more.

The online narrated tutorials, which run in just about any browser, can be viewed from beginning to end or navigated using chapters and forward and backward sliders. The approximately 60 minute tutorials highlight and explain the features and functionality needed to start using the resources effectively. The tutorial can be used by new users to introduce them to a resource, or by previous users to view new features and functionality, or simply as a reference tool to understand specific features.

In addition to the tutorial, users also have access to useful training materials including the animated PowerPoint slides used as a basis for the tutorial, suggested script for the slides, slide handouts, and exercises. This can save a tremendous amount of time and effort for teachers and professors creating classroom content.

"It is difficult, and certainly cost prohibitive, for research institutions themselves to create and provide training on the many critical genomic resources available.” said Scott Lathe, Chief Executive Officer of OpenHelix, “NIH uses the OpenHelix subscription to provide an efficient and effective training solution for their researchers.”

About the National Institutes of Health
Composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, the NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world.

For more than a century, the National Institutes of Health has played an important role in improving the health of the nation. The NIH traces its roots to 1887 with the creation of the Laboratory of Hygiene at the Marine Hospital in Staten Island, NY.

NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.

About OpenHelix
OpenHelix (http://www. openhelix. com), LLC, (http://www. openhelix. com (http://www. openhelix. com)]) provides a bioinformatics and genomics search and training portal, giving researchers one place to find and learn how to use resources and databases on the web. The OpenHelix Search portal searches hundreds of resources, tutorial suites and other material to direct researchers to the most relevant resources and OpenHelix training materials for their needs.

Researchers and institutions can save time, budget and staff resources by leveraging a subscription to nearly 100 online tutorial suites available through the portal. More efficient use of the most relevant resources means quicker and more effective research.

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Barrington Gifts of Distinction Using Obama "Stimulus" to Benefit Charities and Their Supporters - "Air Force One Carry-On" is Doing Good for Barrington and Non-Profits

Barrington Gifts of Distinction Using Obama "Stimulus" to Benefit Charities and Their Supporters - "Air Force One Carry-On" is Doing Good for Barrington and Non-Profits

President Obama's personal carry-on bag for Air Force One trips has been generating more sales for Dallas-based Barrington Gifts of Distinction, which is offering a personalized gifts fund-raising proposition to help charities in the current depressed economy. When Time magazine recently featured a photo of a White House aide carrying Barrington's vegetable-tanned leather Captain's Bag off the plane, Barrington's orders began to "take-off." Pleased by strong sales in the current down economy, Barrington started a program that the President would certainly approve: At http://www. Barrington-Direct. com, shoppers who have an authorized access code for participating charities, receive dealer wholesale pricing (50% off retail), and Barrington donates 30% of all sales dollars to participating charities. The President received his Captain's bag while attending the Presidential Debate at Ole Miss University during his Fall 2008 election campaign. One little bag can do a lot of good when it is in the right man's hands.

Dallas, TX (Vocus) July 20, 2009

President Obama's personal carry-on bag for Air Force One trips has been generating more sales for Dallas-based Barrington Gifts of Distinction, which is offering a personalized gifts fund-raising proposition to help charities in the current depressed economy. When Time magazine recently featured a photo (http://tinyurl. com/77o3eb) of a White House aide carrying Barrington's vegetable-tanned leather Captain's Bag off the plane, Barrington's orders began to "take-off." Pleased by strong sales in the current down economy, Barrington started a program that the President would certainly approve: At http://www. Barrington-Direct. com (http://www. Barrington-Direct. com), shoppers who have an authorized access code for participating charities, receive dealer wholesale pricing (50% off retail), and Barrington donates 30% of all sales dollars to participating charities.

The President received his Captain's bag while attending the Presidential Debate at Ole Miss University (http://tinyurl. com/czks5j) during his Fall 2008 election campaign. One little bag can do a lot of good when it is in the right man’s hands. Barrington's founders, Gil Sheehan and David Gowdey, are pleased by this celebrity "endorsement." "My favorite part of the photo is the hang tag that says 'The President.' That was his doing," says Gowdey. The small, privately held, $5M/year company supplies premium, personalized leather gifts and writing instruments to the consumer and business market, and like most small businesses, has had to innovate to survive in this economy. Corporate event and gift budgets are being cut, and several of its blue-chip customers such as Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns, no longer exist.

Because Barrington owns and operates its own manufacturing facility and sells factory-direct with an authorized access code, it can afford to donate 30% of its gross sales from its personalized gift website (http://www. barrington-direct. com) when charities sign up to be a beneficiary. Any charity that participates receives a unique access code to share with its donors/constituents. The code allows its constituents to shop the e-store and receive 50% off retail prices while Barrington pays 30% of each sale to the corresponding charity. Most "part of the proceeds" promotions benefiting charities only pay 5% to 10% of the net profit to the charity. Thus, Barrington's 30% of gross sales dollars "donation" is a compelling offer to non-profits looking for new ways to raise money in today's difficult giving environment. To date, The First Tee (access code FTHQ), United Cerebral Palsy (access code 1097), Habitat for Humanity (access code 1007), the Visiting Nurse’s Association (access code 1100) and a Dallas inner-city school for impoverished children/families are participating. In a month's time, The West Dallas Community School (access code 1009) has received $10,000 from $30,000 of product sales through their participation in Barrington's consumer-direct program.

Barrington's business clients include Microsoft, PGATOUR, Aflac, Disney, Coca-Cola, Sprint, Nike, McKesson, SAP, Adobe, Yahoo, Marriott, Roche, Kindred Health Care, Merrill Lynch, U. S. Department of Defense, Big XII Conference, Shell Oil, Ritz-Carlton Club, NASDAQ, The Executive Leadership Council and numerous other blue-chip companies and non-profit organizations.

Barrington entered the corporate gifts (http://www. barringtongifts. com) marketplace eighteen years ago as a manufacturer of upscale one-of-a-kind executive gifts. Initially providing high quality writing instruments and exquisite leather goods, founders David Gowdey and James Sheehan quickly developed a world class workforce and a worldwide presence. They founded Barrington on four firm principles – creating hand-crafted gifts of unparalleled quality, providing their employees valuable growth opportunities, improving the communities in which Barrington operates, and developing mutually beneficial, long-lasting relationships with their clients.

Non-profit organizations interested in participating in Barrington's fund-raising program or media inquiries are encouraged to contact Wes Boyd (Director of Marketing/Sales), at 214-528-3556, or email.

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