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INDIANAPOLIS - Saturday, July 21st 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)? HCC Medical Insurance Services, LLC (HCCMIS) announces the launch of their Missionary Travel Insurance campaign. Mission trips are life-changing experiences, and HCCMIS now offers missionaries assistance in planning for an extended trip abroad.

In order to help make the process of planning and transitioning into a missionary experience easier, HCCMIS has launched a new web campaign that will offer missionaries advice on preparing for their missionary trip, as well as offer travel insurance options catered specifically to missionaries. Whether the service trip is based within a religious group, or a non-profit organization like Doctors without Borders, the website will provide helpful information to help ensure the trip is successful.

?Accidents can happen anytime, including on mission trips,? said Mark Carney, CEO of HCCMIS. ?By offering helpful preparatory advice, as well as insurance coverage from our Atlas Travel Insurance plans, missionaries can rest easy and focus on the goals of their trip.?

The new missionary travel website offers a variety of insurance options available to travelers through Atlas Travel Insurance, as well as helpful advice on acclimating to a new country, tips on packing for extended trips, and the top destinations for mission trips.

More information about HCCMIS, Atlas Travel Health Insurance and the new sports insurance coverage is available at http://www.hccmis.com.

About HCCMIS

HCC Medical Insurance Services, LLC (HCCMIS), headquartered in the United States in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a full-service company offering international medical insurance and short-term medical insurance products designed to meet needs of consumers worldwide. HCCMIS is a subsidiary of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCC), a leading Specialty Insurance group. HCC?s major companies have a financial strength rating of AA (Very Strong) by Standard & Poor?s and Fitch Ratings and A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best Company.

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HCC Medical Insurance Services, LLC

Bryant Tutterow, VP - Marketing, 317-221-8037

btutterow@hccmis.com

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City slugfest: L.A.'s 'Subway to the Sea' runs aground in Beverly Hills

Citing safety concerns but eliciting charges of hysteria, wealthy Beverly Hills reportedly has spent $2 million to block plans for a subway that would pass underneath its high school.?

By Daniel B. Wood,?Staff writer / July 19, 2012

In this file photo, signs opposing a subway tunnel construction planned under Beverly Hills High School are posted the school's District offices in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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A key section of the subway ? known originally by its romantic marketing term, ?Subway to the Sea,? but now by the more mundane ?West Side subway extension? or ?Purple Line? because it never really reaches the ocean ? is being held up with a lawsuit by Beverly Hills.

Because the track is slated to pass 70 ft. beneath the 1927-built, Beverly Hills High School ? which itself was built on active oilfields ? the tony zip-code is spending millions to fight the project for reasons, it says, of safety.

?Methane gas, toxic chemicals and teenagers don?t mix,? says the opening line of a PTA-produced video, which blends computer-generated images of exploding fireballs with newsreel footage of an actual methane fire that ignited nearby in 1985 and burned two city blocks for five days.

?But this dangerous combination is on the verge of exploding at Beverly High, turning the school into a mega-disaster.?

The city of Beverly Hills, which reportedly has spent $2 million in legal and public relations fees, filed suit last month to force the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to reroute the link 1,000 ft. away, eliminating the need for a tunnel.

The MTA says it has ruled out the alternative route because it would attract fewer riders and is dangerously close to an active earthquake fault, and subway backers are denouncing the Beverly Hills campaign.

?The insanity that has engulfed this city for the last year and a half, [is] the result of this hysterical campaign being run about explosions and migrating methane gas, that were designed to inflame and alarm the public,? L.A. County Supervisor, Zev Yaroslavsky, said to The New York Times.

Advocates of the tunnel route?say Beverly Hills is just full of rich people used to getting their own way, citing a fierce political battle in the 1960s in which the city blocked a 10-lane freeway link that would have connected nearby skyscrapers in Century City to Los Angeles.

Opponents of the tunnel, meanwhile, are saying, ?follow the money,? pointing to investigative reports that have traced the influence of developers that stand to benefit from the project. One such developer, Chicago-based JMB Realty Corporation, raised nearly $300,000 for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who heads the MTA.

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The One-Man Show: 8 Solo Performers To Watch (VIDEO)

Solo performance is a genre that encompasses a wide array of performances -- from stand-up comedy to campy magic shows, the only guideline is one performer. But here at HuffPost Culture we want to turn our attention to solo performers that attempt to craft a plot with a full arc of a story. These performances are theatrical by nature and expand just what exactly one person is capable of.

Solo shows may be illuminating or they may cover a lot of sins -- for instance, the idea that any life experience (especially yours) is worth telling on a stage. However, if the production reaches beyond navel gazing and links the story or personal tale to a wider theme, then the resonances of a singular performance may be particularly powerful and transformative.

In anticipation of the recently announced, 2012 ?All For One Theater Festival? in New York City September 14-30, we bring you a few of our favorite solo performers around. There?s Anna Deavere Smith, a sort of pioneer in the genre with her interview approach --conducting interviews around a specific topic or theme, then transcribing and performing the interviews verbatim. And then there?s performer, writer, and poet Sarah Jones, who creates fictionalized characters and performs them brilliantly; seamlessly switching back and forth between her different roles.

Browse the slideshow below for video clips of some of the most talented solo-performers and be sure to let us know who we may have missed in the comments!

• Sarah Jones

  This video of <a href="http://sarahjonesonline.com/" target="_hplink">Sarah Jones</a>' "Ted Talk" is nothing short of a work of genius. In this live performance at a TED2009 conference, Jones channels a nervous fast-talking Dominican woman, as well as an older Jewish woman. She completely transforms herself before the audience's eyes--channeling various characters that she thinks up--each character clearly defined from the last. Sarah Jones is truly a performer, playwright and <a href="http://sarahjonesonline.com/working/poetry/your-revolution/" target="_hplink">poet</a> to watch. She has earned both a Tony Award as well as an Obie Award for her work. Her multi-character solo-show "Bridge & Tunnel," has been described in the <em>NY Times </em>as a "<a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/theater/reviews/27brid.html" target="_hplink">sweet-spirited valentine to New York City</a>." In the play, Jones portrays more than a dozen different characters who are all participating in a fictionalized open-mike performance.

• Nilaja Sun's "No Child"

  Like Sarah Jones, Nilaja Sun effortlessly and seamlessly switches between a wide array of different characters. In this clip from her incredible solo-show, "<a href="http://barrowstreettheatre.com/whatsOn.asp" target="_hplink">No Child...</a>" Sun portrays a classroom of students, a guest artist attempting to direct them in a play, as well as a burned out, discouraged teacher. The show won more than its fair share of awards and <a href=" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-sawyers/actress-nilaja-sun-gone-m_b_912885.html" target="_hplink">got plenty</a> of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hannah-bronfman/no-child-play_b_921166.html" target="_hplink">incredible reviews</a>. The clip barely does the show justice, but you'll get a sense of just how "superhuman" one has to be in order to switch so seamlessly between characters. Not only is the performance absolutely riveting, the political and social themes of the performance convey an urgent, powerful, and insightful message.

• Danny Hoch's "Taking Over"

  The corresponding clip is from <a href="http://www.dannyhoch.com/" target="_hplink">Danny Hoch</a>'s 2008 production, "<a href="http://www.dannyhoch.com/works.html" target="_hplink">Taking Over</a>," about the gentrification of his neighborhood in Brooklyn. In the show Hoch portrays an array of fictionalized composites of people he knows or has encountered in Williamsburg. He takes on gentrification head first and from many different angles--at one point he's a real estate developer building high-rises in the neighborhood, at another he's a young man whose family is being forced out of the neighborhood they've lived in for years. It's a complicated show that brings up a variety of responses from the audience. In a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/theater/16tayl.html?pagewanted=all" target="_hplink"><em>NY Times</em> article Hoch noted</a> that during workshop runs, "many upper-middle class audience members told him they felt excluded or alienated while watching the show," to which Hoch responded "...that is a good thing, embrace that, because that is what all of my characters who are getting displaced are feeling." Theater should be jarring, unsettling, and alienating sometimes; Hoch makes you think, cry, and just plain astounds you in his ability to carry a show by himself.

• John Leguizamo's "Ghetto Klown"

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/john-leguizamo-documentary_n_1577546.html" target="_hplink">John Leguizamo's solo show, "Ghetto Klown</a>," profiles his life and career. Beginning in his adolescence in Queens, Leguizamo traces his career through the 80's theatre scene and onto the various film sets he's worked on. Throw into the mix his humor and fantastic stage presence and you've got the show. Leguizamo is always a joy to watch and this production is no different.

• Anna Deavere Smith

  <a href="http://www.annadeaveresmithworks.org/" target="_hplink">Anna Deavere Smith</a> is a pioneer of sorts for the solo performance genre. The associated clip is from her 1991 production, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fires-Mirror-Anna-Deavere-Smith/dp/0385470142" target="_hplink">Fires in the Mirror</a>," which chronicles the August 1991 Crown Heights riot and is based out of dozens of interviews she conducted around the event. The three-day riots started after the child of Guyanese immigrants was accidentally killed by a car driven by an Orthodox Jewish man. The incident ignited an already tense relationship between the Crown Height's Black community and the Jewish community in the neighborhood. Smith is a master storyteller, this is truly her craft, and the sensitivity she approaches the crisis with is astounding and admirable. Smith continues to produce similar work, her most recent production, "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erika-milvy/anna-deavere-smith-human-_b_875613.html" target="_hplink">Let Me Down Easy</a>," chronicled various interviews she conducted with people about the US healthcare system and the power of the human body.

• Mike Daisey

  <a href="http://mikedaisey.blogspot.com/" target="_hplink">Monologuist Mike Daisey</a> most recently, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-winship/mike-daisey-takes-bite-ou_b_1299962.html" target="_hplink">Daisey ignited a storm in the theater world </a>after <em>This American Life </em>retracted the episode based on his solo show, "<a href="http://www.publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,141/id,1043" target="_hplink">The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs</a>," after learning that a few events in the show and radio show were fabrications. In the corresponding clip from Daisey's 2007 show, "Invincible Summer," 87 members of a Christian group walked out of the show as well as poured water on the original outline of his show to protest its content. All incidents aside, Daisey is a fascinating performer.

• Spalding Gray

  Spalding Gray was perhaps best known for his personal monologues he would perform on a near empty stage. The corresponding clip is from his well known monologue, "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094089/" target="_hplink">Swimming To Cambodia</a>," which was made into a 1987 film. Although enveloped by depression, Gray always performed his plays at his standard wood desk and always with a glass of water in front of him. He was reflective and as<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nell-casey/the-journals-of-spalding-gray_b_1011520.html" target="_hplink"> Nell Casey (editor of his journals) wrote in The Huffington Post</a>, "most of all, he is torn between his compulsive desire to reveal himself and his fear that he may be foolishly trading his life for recognition."

• Eric Bogosian

  The corresponding clip is a piece from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091899/" target="_hplink">Eric Bogosian</a>'s "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pounding-Nails-Floor-My-Forehead/dp/1559360968" target="_hplink">Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead</a>." Best known for his plays, "Talk Radio" and "subrbia," Bogosian is a 'tell it like it is' monologuist, with a vibrant voice. In "Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead," Bogosian performs a dozen monologues in which he plays different people who all reveal the humor, pain, fear, and hypocrisy of being alive.

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The Roomba wasn't the first machine iRobot had in the works. In fact, at the company's headquarters in Massachusetts, all the flawed prototypes reside in a secret vault of old bots—mechanized ideas that never came to fruition. More »

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The SmartLiving Center Offers a Showplace of Energy-Saving Ideas ...

A community resource for Connecticut residents: Look, touch, learn, save.

Orange, CONN. (July 18, 2012) ? Today, saving energy isn?t a compromise. Energy-efficient products actually make life better and promote a smarter way of living for you and your family.? That?s what the SmartLiving^TM Center located in Orange, Connecticut is all about.? Funded by the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund and administered by The United Illuminating Company (UI), the SmartLiving Center is part home improvement showroom, part science museum and part resource center always open to the public for guests of all ages.

?The SmartLiving Center offers a unique educational experience for all ages to learn more about energy and electricity, electrical safety, sources of energy, conservation, the latest in energy efficiency and much more,? said Jocelyn Anastasiou, SmartLiving Center Program Manager, UI.? ?Our goal is to provide guests with information about their homes? energy usage and give them examples of energy-efficient solutions to help them proactively manage their home?s energy costs while remaining environmentally-conscious.?

The SmartLiving Center always has the latest interactive products, services and ideas to educate customers about energy efficiency for their homes or small businesses.? Currently, the expert staff at the SmartLiving Center is showing new light-emitting diode (LED) technology and other lighting displays as well as new home insulation displays for renters and homeowners to learn about how they can achieve maximum efficiency within their homes? performance.

In addition, visitors are encouraged to take a free tour of the SmartLiving Center to learn about home weatherizing tips year-round.? From an ENERGY STAR? kitchen exhibit where guests can see energy-efficient appliances and learn about the savings, to a ?Builders Showcase? displaying new technologies for energy-efficient heating, cooling and insulation, the SmartLiving Center features a hands-on experience where guests can try out the latest energy-saving home products. There?s something for the kids, too, because most ?SmartLiving Center events have fun, educational workshops and games for children with prizes included.

Other features of the SmartLiving Center are staff-guided educational tours for students and Connecticut residents, monthly seminars provided by industry experts, events and a group meeting space.? Other features of the SmartLiving Center are staff-guided educational tours for students and residents, monthly seminars provided by industry experts, events and a group meeting space. All events and seminars are offered at no cost to attendees, and the SmartLiving Center provides bus reimbursements for schools that visit for an educational tour.

Opened in 2001 as a community resource for Connecticut residents, the SmartLiving Center is designed to educate the public about energy and energy efficiency.? Since 2001, the center has seen a steady growth in attendance with a total of 125,090 visitors to date.

For more information, please call 1-877-WISE USE, visit www.CTEnergyInfo.com or join in on the energy efficient conversation at www.facebook.com/energyefficiencyct.

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Home Improvement Ideas And Inspiration For All Types

If you have never heard about the concept of feng shui, proponents focus on creating positive energy in a room by the correct arrangement of the furniture. There are those that believe that a simple technique such as maintaining a clear doorway will bestow fortune on one?s household. The following article gives many techniques to use in your home improvement projects.

TIP! Regardless of the sort of home improvement work you plan to tackle next, some basic tools are likely to come in handy. These include a tool box and / or handyman?s belt, a ratchet set in both standard and metric measurements, a rubber mallet, a chisel set, and the trusty step ladder.

Be safe when it comes to any type of home improvement project. Make sure the gas is off if you are working around the fireplace, in your kitchen in the basement or anywhere else there may be danger. It can be very dangerous to do construction in areas where gas is present. Be sure that you are aware of the location of the shutoff valve! As well, learn the locations of your gas lines, so you are less likely to hit one accidentally.

TIP! A great way to improve a home?s exterior is to plant bright flowers. Find types that will bloom in every season.

If your floor is generally squeaky, you can make use of construction adhesive to quiet it. Although you?ll need to enter your basement or crawl space to apply it, it will still be worth it to stop the squeaks. Use a caulk gun, put some glue on each joist of the floor and this will secure your subfloor.

TIP! When planning your home renovation, make sure you have an area to pile up any debris as the job progresses. Trash and waste will be created, and there must an area to put it.

Use aluminum foil to cover your wall outlets before painting. It?s easier to apply than tape and will protect outlet covers from spills and splatters. Cleanup is easy! Make certain that the paint is completely dry prior to removing the foil.

TIP! If you buy a drain snake, it can save some money. You will not need to use drain cleaners as often.

Plan everything in advance before starting a home improvement project. Decisions about different parts of the renovation should be taken care of ahead of time so that you stick to your budget.

TIP! Freestanding furniture is a great investment for your bedroom. Furniture that is built into your bedroom definitely saves space and presents an appealing image, but when it comes time to move, it is impossible to take those pieces of furniture with you.

Upgrade your windows! Give your windows a makeover! Double hung windows should be used in any home improvement projects. They are not the cheapest way to go, but they will cut your bills. New windows will make your home more secure. If new windows are not in the budget, repaint the window frames, redo the caulking or weatherstripping, and maybe add new window dressings.

TIP! Add everything you can think of to your budget. Not including a little for unanticipated costs can derail your project.

Be on the lookout for any carpet installation sales or promotions at your local home improvement retailers. To achieve the carpet sales they need, they will offer installation at a greatly reduced price. When you see this type of sale, it?s time to move as often full-priced installation can cost more than the carpet itself.

TIP! If a contractor you?ve hired tells you something, you ought to believe him or her. You?ve already done your research and found a great contractor, so you should believe that he knows what he?s talking about.

Determine that a professional?s work is guaranteed by reading their contract. Without a guarantee outlined in the contract, you may be taking on responsibility for the cost of any additional work that develops over the course of the job or after it?s complete. You need to understand the specifics of your guarantee. It is important to know that one exists and how long it lasts.

TIP! Search for videos that will teach you how to complete the project you are working on. It may be surprising how many people had similar problems to yours and then recorded their solutions to help others.

Small rooms can look dark and dull, but this can be changed. Incorporate light into this room to add a vibrant atmosphere and positive feel. Make sure to keep your windows clean and your blinds open. Once you let the light shine through, you will be shocked at just how large a little room can appear. Eliminate clutter and paint the walls with pale colors. With a few key changes, you will find that even the smallest room can feel larger.

TIP! It is quite simple to build your own replacement window screen. It?s easy to cut frame kits to fit a particular window size.

As stated in the beginning of the article, feng shui is an interesting idea that basically states that the arrangement of furniture in a home can have an impact on good fortune. Rearranging your furniture is a simple home improvement project that can make a big difference.

TIP! Installing new ceramic tile in the kitchen or bath can be quick and easy. The tiles can have a funky design or just be a plain color.

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Researchers Discover Promising New Treatment for Egg Allergy

ScienceDaily (July 18, 2012) ? Doctors currently have only one recommendation for people allergic to eggs: avoid eggs completely. But researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine recently found promise in doing just the opposite. Eating small amounts of egg every day for many months lowered the threshold for allergic reactions in 75 percent of egg-allergic children; 28 percent were able to incorporate egg into their regular diets after two years on the treatment.

"It's just what we had hoped for," said Wesley Burks, MD, Curnen Distinguished Professor and Chair of the UNC Department of Pediatrics and the study's lead author. "It's what we anticipated based on earlier studies, but we weren't sure it would happen. Almost a third of the children had a permanent change and were no longer egg-allergic."

The study appears online July 19, 2012, in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Burks cautioned that the treatment is not yet ready for widespread adoption, however. "There are too many side effects that we don't really understand, and it could be dangerous if it was done by a family in a home," said Burks. "More studies are needed to understand the safety aspects better."

Egg allergy is one of the most common food allergies and occurs most frequently in children. Although many children outgrow it by age 5, the allergy can persist into adulthood. Total egg avoidance is difficult when eggs lurk everywhere from baked goods to pastas and sauces; allergic reactions to accidental egg ingestion can be mild to severe and include skin, respiratory, and gastrointestinal symptoms.

"The intent of this study was to develop a new treatment for egg allergy because we really have no treatment now, other than avoidance," said Burks. "This study gives us hope that we're closer to developing a treatment." Burks added that the results may also have implications for treating other food allergies, such as allergies to milk or nuts.

The study enrolled 55 children and adolescents aged 5-18 with egg allergies that were considered unlikely to resolve on their own. Participants' families were given either small amounts of powdered egg (building up to the equivalent of 1/3 of an egg daily) or a placebo to mix into the child's food. Although children on the treatment experienced allergic reactions to the egg powder during the first few months of the study, none experienced a severe reaction.

After 10 months, researchers administered an "oral food challenge" to test participants' reactions to eating 5 grams of egg powder, equivalent to nearly a whole egg. Fifty-five percent of those on the treatment passed the challenge without significant allergic symptoms. None of the 15 participants who had been given a placebo passed the challenge.

After 22 total months, researchers performed another challenge during which participants on the treatment were given 10 grams of egg powder, equivalent to nearly two whole eggs. This time, 75% passed the challenge. Those who passed discontinued the treatment.

At month 24, those who had passed the second challenge and discontinued treatment were given a final test of 10 grams of egg powder plus a whole cooked egg. Twenty-eight percent of the original treatment group passed and were subsequently able to integrate egg into their regular diets.

Burks said the study demonstrates that there is hope for treating egg and other allergies, but further research is needed to determine how the treatment can be performed safely. Studies involving more patients would also help researchers determine which patients are most likely to benefit from the treatment.

The study was organized by the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR). Co-authors include Brian P. Vickery of UNC; Stacie M. Jones and Amy M. Scurlock of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital; Robert A. Wood of the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center; David M. Fleischer and Andrew H. Liu of National Jewish Health; Hugh A. Sampson and Scott H. Sicherer of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Robert W. Lindblad, Donald Stablein and Alice K. Henning of The EMMES Corporation; Wayne G. Shreffler of Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; and Marshall Plaut of the National Institutes of Health.

This work was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, under grant numbers U19AI066738 and U01AI066560.

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Miss Basketball Already? Here are the Best Dunks of 2012 NBA Season!

The NBA season just ended, but there is not going to be a long break like last year during the lockout. The Olympics games are starting and basketball is a main event of these games. For all of those that miss basketball in these few weeks in between, here is a review of the best dunks of this past year!

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EFT is One Step Closer to Professional Association Approval!

By Dr. Mercola

A historic moment in the era of emotional freedom techniques (EFT) has arrived, with the finding that EFT is closer to meeting the criteria for evidence-based treatments proposed by the American Psychological Association (APA).

In a critical review scheduled to appear in the APA's journal Review of General Psychology, researchers found that EFT "consistently demonstrated strong effect sizes and other positive statistical results that far exceed chance after relatively few treatment sessions."

EFT is on its Way to Mainstream Acceptance!

This doesn't mean the APA has certified EFT or reversed its 12-year ban on continuing education credits for EFT... yet. But it's exciting in that this is an important step toward EFT's acceptance by the wider professional community.

EFT is a powerful self-help method based on research showing that emotional trauma contributes greatly to disease. Clinical trials have shown that EFT is able to rapidly reduce the emotional impact of memories and incidents that trigger emotional distress. Once the distress is reduced or removed, the body can often rebalance itself, and accelerate healing.

I've seen its effectiveness first-hand for a number of years, which is why EFT is the?healing technique?I most highly recommend to optimize your emotional health.

What is EFT?

EFT is a form of psychological acupressure, based on the same energy meridians used in traditional acupuncture to treat physical and emotional ailments for over five thousand years, but without the invasiveness of needles. Instead, simple tapping with your?fingertips is used to input kinetic energy onto specific meridians on your head and chest while you think about your specific problem - whether it is a traumatic event, an addiction, pain, etc. - and voice positive affirmations.

This combination of tapping the energy meridians and voicing positive affirmation works to clear the "short-circuit" ? the emotional block ? from your body's bioenergy system, thus restoring your mind and body's balance, which is essential for optimal health and the healing of physical disease. Some people are initially wary of these principles that EFT is based on ? the electromagnetic energy that flows through the body and regulates our health is only recently becoming recognized in the West.

Others are initially taken aback by (and sometimes amused by) the EFT tapping and affirmation methodology.

But keep in mind that, more than any traditional or alternative method I have used or researched, EFT has the most potential to literally work magic. I witnessed the results firsthand in my patients when I began using?EFT exclusively in June 2001. Indeed, beyond my own experience because of its very high rate of success, the use of EFT has spread rapidly, and medical practitioners employing EFT can now be found in every corner of the country and world.

EFT is Scientifically Proven

The latest critical review should serve as yet another stepping stone to help bring EFT into the fold of mainstream society, as the study found statistically significant benefits in using EFT for the following conditions:

Anxiety	Athletic Performance	Depression	Pain & Physical Symptoms
Phobias	Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	Weight Loss	Food Cravings

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EFT is actually a subject of intense research, and has been researched in more than 10 countries, by more than 60 investigators, with results published in more than 20 different peer-reviewed journals. Dawson Church of the Foundation for Epigenetic Medicine expands on this in the guest commentary that follows, explaining how one day soon you may be able to access EFT on the Web.

Online Delivery of Efficacious Therapies like EFT for Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, and Pain

By Dawson Church
Foundation for Epigenetic Medicine

In the past few years, energy psychology has amassed a respectable research base. Many new studies have been published in peer-reviewed professional journals showing that methods using the stimulation of acupressure points combined with cognitive and exposure techniques?Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) in particular?are efficacious for many of the most common mental health conditions.

They also show promise for physical problems such as pain. That is the milestone that the energy psychology field has recently passed. What is the milestone ahead?

The most exciting development is the movement toward making these modalities available online, bringing the benefits of energy psychology to a large population. There are many advantages to online delivery of a therapy, some of which are the following:

Lowered service burden on mental health and primary care services	Frequent reinforcement of desired change	Avoidance of power differentials inherent in the therapeutic relationship	User access to 24/7 support, including at times they are having the most difficulty
Rudimentary mental health tool placement in the hands of front-line service personnel (e.g., first responders, medics, aid workers, and physicians' assistants)	Help provided to rural populations lacking access to mental health services	Online treatment supplements to individual and group therapy sessions	Help obtained without disclosing one's condition to others
Accessibility of self-help tools between office visits to a therapist	Rapid resolution of certain problems in compressed time frames	Greater user control of timing and duration of intervention	Embrace of online technologies by young people
Inexpensive and customized software user interfaces ("skins") for special populations (e.g., preoperative patients, military personnel, university students)	User customization of services selected (e.g., public speaking anxiety vs. test anxiety vs. needle phobia)	Portable service provision on smartphones and other mobile devices	Lowered cost burden to society

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These and other issues are discussed in new publications such as the Journal of Medical Internet Research (Griffiths, Lindenmeyer, Powell, Lowe, & Thorogood, 2006).

The most recent milestone passed was an analysis showing that existing published research meets established efficacy standards for treating several psychological conditions. The standards were developed by American Psychological Association (APA) Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) in the 1990s as a way of identifying "empirically validated treatments." They define an empirically validated treatment as one for which there are two different controlled trials conducted by independent research teams.

For a treatment to be designated as "efficacious," the studies must have demonstrated that the treatment is better than a wait list, placebo, or established efficacious treatment. To be designated as "probably efficacious," a treatment must have been shown to be better than a wait list in two studies that meet these criteria or to have been conducted by the same research team rather than two independent teams.

The APA standards advocate that studies contain sufficient subjects to achieve a level of statistical significance of p < .05 or greater, which means that there is only one possibility in 20 that the results are due to chance. The current status of EFT as an "evidence-based" practice is summarized in this statement to be published in the APA journal Review of General Psychology:

"A literature search identified 50 peer-reviewed papers that report or investigate clinical outcomes following the tapping of acupuncture points to address psychological issues.

The 17 randomized controlled trials in this sample were critically evaluated for design quality, leading to the conclusion that they consistently demonstrated strong effect sizes and other positive statistical results that far exceed chance after relatively few treatment sessions. Criteria for evidence-based treatments proposed by Division 12 of the American Psychological Association were also applied and found to be met for a number of conditions, including PTSD." (Feinstein, in press)

EFT is Effective Even When Delivered at a Distance (Online, Over the Phone, etc.)

Several methods for delivering EFT other than individual therapy have been tested. In a controlled trial of veterans with PTSD, Hartung and Stein (2012) compared telephone coaching with office visits. Two-thirds of the veterans receiving telephone coaching showed a significant symptom reduction within six EFT sessions. For office visits, the results were even stronger, with 91% of veterans going from above to below PTSD thresholds on standardized inventories within six EFT sessions. The superiority of office visits in reducing symptoms should not, however, obscure the strong results obtained over the telephone.

The telephone sessions still produced a better result than most other therapeutic methods can offer, along with the expanded accessibility and other advantages of a non-office option.

Another way of delivering energy psychology interventions is in group therapy sessions. This has been reported in several studies.

A study of 216 healthcare workers receiving a day of group EFT found a 45% reduction in psychological symptoms such as depression and anxiety (Church & Brooks, 2010). A randomized controlled trial of depression in college students found that most participants in the moderate to severe depression category normalized after four group therapy sessions (Church, De Asis, & Brooks, in press). Rwandan orphans who received TFT group therapy experienced significant reductions in PTSD symptoms (Stone, Leyden, & Fellows, 2009).

EFT is Going Online ...

Taken together with similar published studies, this research has demonstrated that delivery methods other than personal counseling can improve mental health. The next logical step is to make them available online and test them against other delivery methods that have already demonstrated their efficacy.

Research is often driven by the availability of technology. The human genome project was accelerated by the development of fast and inexpensive gene sequencers. Brain research made huge strides when MRIs became available. In a similar way, the electronic delivery of energy psychology will be driven by the availability of new online content delivery systems. Several of these have become available recently, and more will follow.

One is Coursera, which provides a rich user experience that flips seamlessly between a wide variety of media. They can serve up PDFs, HTML web pages, videos, spreadsheets, word processing documents, PowerPoints, live streaming video, quizzes, certification programs, live instruction from a teacher, instant feedback from students, chat forums, social networking, and live video images of participants.

Andrew Ng is an associate professor of computer science at Stanford University and cofounder of Coursera. The previous semester, 100,000 students took his online course on machine learning. He compares this to classroom education by saying, "I normally teach 400 students. To reach that many students before, I would have had to teach my normal Stanford class for 250 years."

Hardware is interacting with software to accelerate this progress. Today's smartphones have more computing power than the laptops of 10 years ago and are able to perform more functions using less bandwidth. With data stored on cloud services, and applications such as spreadsheets and word processors increasingly accessed from online servers rather than local hard drives, powerful data processing operations are possible from remote locations.

Some organizations, such as the U.S. Department of Defense, have already written applications that use smartphones to deliver psychological services. One called PTSD Coach, released by the Defense Department in 2011, is a free mobile app that allows users to track their symptoms, discover local support services, identify personal strategies for managing PTSD, and receive anonymous assistance.

EFT on Your Smartphone or Online Games

There are already at least four EFT applications available in the iTunes store. They range from a simple application that recaps EFTs Basic Recipe to a sophisticated application offering virtual coaching for specific mental health problems like anxiety and depression.

It is also conceivable that mental health interventions can be built into online games. Many children's games combine play and learning. A tapping game might reward users who lower their stress levels; a multiplayer world modeled on an interface similar to World of Warcraft, which allows thousands of simultaneous users worldwide to band together for battles, quests, and treasure hunts, might instead create a virtual world in which users could offer energy psychology relief services to disaster victims, educate children, or mediate in geopolitical conflicts.

The iTunes store includes scores of games that use nontherapeutic tapping, in some form or other, as part of the user interface. They include Tapping Ants, Toddler's Tapping Zoo, Tap of War, Speed Tapping, and many others. Applications could be developed that combine acupoint tapping with game play for therapeutic gain.

Are There Any Downsides to Accessing EFT Online?

There is no guarantee that only roses will bloom in this new world. It is also possible that research will discover potential dangers in the online delivery of energy psychology methods. There are certainly high risks with many drug-based conventional therapies.

The flip side of NNT is NNH, or Number Needed to Harm. This is a measure of the potential risks of a therapy. With the NNH, the lower number is the undesirable one; that is, an NNH of 5 means that it only takes five people taking it for one person to experience harmful effects. Pregabalin (brand name Lyrica; Pfizer, New York, NY), an antiseizure medication touted for use in reducing the pain of fibromyalgia, has an NNT of 5, which might not be so bad, but its NNH is reportedly close to 1.

That means that nearly every person taking it will experience harmful effects. Xanax (Pfizer, New York, NY), an antianxiety drug often prescribed for fibromyalgia patients, has an NNT of 6 (six people treated before one benefits) and an NNH of 3 (three people treated, one harmed).

By way of contrast, in the thousands of subjects treated in the dozens of energy psychology studies published to date, no adverse events have been reported. That does not mean that, as its use spreads and unsupervised online delivery increases, dangers will not become apparent. Some possible source of harm might be:

Users might attempt inappropriate self-treatment of severe mental health diagnoses like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.	Early success might encourage users to employ energy psychology alone, instead of using it within a suite of other methods that can support progress.	Psychological adverse reactions that a user, alone in a room with a computer, cannot manage might occur.
Users might display a lack of control over how much time is spent on resilience-building before undertaking potentially retraumatizing psychological exploration.	Beneficial initial experiences might spontaneously open up deep-seated traumatic wounds that the user is not equipped to deal with.	Self-use of energy psychology might undermine therapeutic alliances with trained mental health professionals.
Novice users might attempt to use freely accessible online tools to treat other persons without obtaining training or licensure.	Clients may lack discrimination as to the quality of available web therapies.	?

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For reasons such as these, it is important that online projects incorporate a research component whenever possible. This might include an informed consent statement that includes a description of potential harms, plus an online version of a simple assessment such as the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; Zigmond & Snaith, 1983), which can be completed by the user online in less than a minute. A high score could alert both user and provider of the enhanced possibility of risk, and steps could then be taken to reduce this risk before it becomes substantive.

Easily Accessible, Online EFT Likely to Increase Dramatically in Coming Years

Despite these drawbacks, the online delivery of mental health services is likely to increase dramatically in the coming years, driven by technology and user demand. Brattberg's study (2008) opened the eyes of many clinicians to the possibility of treating large numbers of sufferers using online treatment programs.

At present, online EFT research has been proposed or is in progress for prostate cancer, depression, interpersonal relationships, and PTSD, as well as a replication and extension of Brattberg's study. The next few years will see the publication of these data.

The many desirable characteristics of online delivery of energy psychology methods are unlikely to mean that they will completely replace traditional methods. Clients will still visit psychotherapists and life coaches. No computer program, no matter how sophisticated, can interpret the millions of sensory and energetic cues provided by one-to-one human interaction. However, the advent of online delivery systems will make energy psychology available to vastly greater numbers of people at greatly reduced cost.

If the 45% reduction in psychological distress found in the healthcare workers study were applied to millions of people rather than 216, the online delivery of energy psychology could make a serious reduction in aggregate human suffering.

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Are consumers aware that they are drawn to the center when choosing products?

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Consumers are more likely to select products located in the horizontal center of a display and may not make the best choices as a result, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

"A close investigation of visual attention reveals that consumers do not accurately recall their choice process. Our findings emphasize the relationship between horizontal location, attention, and choice," write authors A. Selin Atalay (HEC Paris), H. Onur Bodur (Concordia University), and Dina Rasolofoarison (Aston Business School).

Many products are arranged horizontally. For example, rows of snack bars in a vending machine, bottles displaying the beer selection in a bar, or jars of peanut butter on a supermarket shelf. How does this influence which option a consumer will choose?

Using eye-tracking devices, the authors investigated how location influences choices for products as varied as vitamins, meal replacement bars, and energy drinks. Consumers had a tendency to increase their visual focus on the central option in the final five seconds prior to a decision and this determined which option they would choose. Consumers did not accurately recall their choice process and were not aware of any conscious visual focus.

Another study in a retail environment demonstrated that the centrally located item within a product category is chosen more often, even when it is not placed in the center of the shelf or visual field. Consumers would make better choices if they were aware that their attention usually focuses on the center.

"In the context of low involvement choice between frequently purchased products, when choosing between unfamiliar yet equivalent brands, the visual search process and consumer choice are biased toward centrally located options. Being unaware that our attention is focused on the center can lead to poor choices," the authors conclude.

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Groups seek to block Arizona immigration law

PHOENIX (AP) ? Opponents of Arizona's hardline immigration enforcement law launched a new effort Tuesday aimed at thwarting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will allow police to enforce the so-called "show me your papers" provision.

A coalition of civil rights groups, religious leaders and business organizations filed a new request seeking a court order that would prevent authorities from enforcing a rule that requires police to check the immigration status of people they stop for other reasons.

The groups are asking U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to block enforcement of the requirement before it takes effect, arguing that Latinos in Arizona would face systematic racial profiling and unreasonably long detentions under the contentious section of the 2010 law.

In their 65-page filing, the coalition claims Arizona's immigration law "is pre-empted by federal law and violates the Fourth Amendment" and could "undermine trust between the police and community members, for whom a routine encounter with law enforcement will become a lengthy detention."

They also say that immigration patrols in recent years by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ? the Arizona lawman known for his rigid stance against illegal immigration ? demonstrate that the law's requirement will disproportionately affect Latinos. Though the requirement hasn't taken effect, Arpaio said his officers have inquired about people's immigration status in the past.

The National Immigration Law Center is one of the groups pushing the challenge in court along with the American Civil Liberties Union, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Asian American Justice Center, National Day Labor Organizing Network and others.

Matthew Benson, a spokesman for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, said "this latest legal challenge is unsurprising as opponents of SB 1070 have indicated they'll go to any length in order to block Arizona's implementation of this law.

"The Supreme Court has already spoken unanimously on the constitutionality of this provision. Gov. Brewer is hopeful Arizona law enforcement will soon at long last be empowered to enforce SB 1070, showing that it can be done fairly, lawfully and in harmony with civil rights and the Constitution," Benson added in a statement.

The new lawsuit comes the same day that Arpaio criticized comedian George Lopez's recent profanity-laced tirade against the sheriff. It also comes as Arpaio touted the findings of a volunteer posse, which the sheriff claimed has found "definite proof that President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate was a computer-generated forgery.

The Arizona Democratic Party said in a statement that Arpaio's investigation is intended to draw attention away from problems within his own agency, A call to Arpaio's office for comment wasn't immediately returned Tuesday evening.

In a separate case, the U.S. Justice Department has accused Arpaio's office in a lawsuit of racially profiling Latinos in immigration patrols. The sheriff denies the allegations. That case goes to trial Thursday in federal court.

Although a different challenge to the Arizona law by the Obama administration succeeded in getting three other parts of the law thrown out by the Supreme Court last month, the administration failed to get the "show me your papers" requirement overturned on its argument that federal law trumps state law.

The justices upheld the requirement that officers question people's immigration status, saying that the provision could be subject to additional legal challenges. The coalition is seeking to shelve the requirement on other grounds.

Arizona's law was passed in 2010 amid voter frustration with the state's role as the busiest illegal entry point into the country. Five states ? Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah ? have adopted variations on Arizona's law.

Legal experts say the groups face an uphill battle in trying to persuade Bolton to bar enforcement of the requirement because the lower courts might want to wait until the requirement ? which won't take effect until at least Friday ? is enforced to consider actual injuries from the law, rather than confront the potential for harm.

Even if opponents don't succeed in getting the requirement put on hold, some backers of the law are questioning the level of cooperation they will get from federal immigration authorities, who will be called to verify people's immigration status and be responsible for picking up illegal immigrants from local officers.

Federal immigration officers have said they will help, but only if doing so conforms to their priorities, including catching repeat violators and identifying and removing those who threaten public safety and national security.

If federal agents decline to pick up illegal immigrants, local officers in some cases will likely have to let them go unless they're suspected of committing a crime that would require them to be brought to jail.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/groups-seek-block-arizona-immigration-law-072644482.html

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One in ten UK businesses have suffered from cybercrime ...

Tineka Smith Published 17 July 2012

Research by Hiscox reveals that one in ten small businesses in the UK have experienced a data hack.

The study also revealed that 90% of small businesses don't have a cyber crime insurance policy.

While four in ten SME's are worried about their computer systems being hacked only one in four are confident about their security measures against attacks.

"Cyber crime is costing the UK economy around ?11bn a year and while the media is reporting a growing number of high profile data breaches, some small businesses may also be a popular target for hackers because the systems are usually easier to get into and the breach may not be found out for a good few weeks," said SME insurance expert Alan Thomas.

The research shows that cybercrime is one of the leading concerns among SME's who are more afraid of security related attacks
(75%) than physical theft being stolen from the office (31%).

"We know that cyber crime insurance policies might be the last thing on an entrepreneurs' mind when they are trying to drive their business forward on a day to day basis, but it is worrying that over one in ten (13%) of these businesses don't know what security measures they have in place and if they are protected from online crime", says Thomas. "It is increasingly important for small companies to evaluate all the risks their businesses face, both online and offline, and include their IT security and protection requirements in the overall contingency strategy."

Hiscox has given the following security tips to protect your business from online risk.

• Protect information with an internal 'need-to-know' policy. If storing information on a central file server, manage who has access to these files. This can help prevent accidental or deliberate data loss
• Encrypt important information for extra security so that only authorised users will be able to access it
• Using the internet and email to conduct business means that data loss becomes a bigger risk. Develop a clear email policy and raise online security awareness with employees and follow up on suspicious emails even if they're a one off
• Make it protocol across the business for employees to use numbers and letters in passwords that provide much more robust protection from online criminals.
• Back up your files and check your insurance cover so that you can get your business up and running again quickly in the event of an incident

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Source: http://www.cbronline.com/news/one-in-ten-uk-businesses-have-suffered-from-cybercrime-170712

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Mosquito Guts Implanted with GMO Malaria Assassins

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