Brain Balance Achievement Centers offer the Brain Balance Program® in 29 nationwide locations. This proprietary, non-medical program has been successful in helping hundreds of children who suffer from ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia, Tourette’s, Asperger’s and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

In order to educate parents on the basics of the Brain Balance Program, parent lectures will be held throughout July and August at the new facility at the following times:

• Wednesday, July 28, at 1:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 3, at 7:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 11, at 1:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 17, at 7:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 25, at 1:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 31, at 7:00 p.m.

To register for a parent lecture, please call 317-843-9200 and ask for Julie Peterson. Educators and professionals, such as occupational therapists, psychologists and pediatricians, are also encouraged to attend.

The parent lectures will discuss the 12-week afterschool program, which first includes a comprehensive assessment of all areas of a child’s brain and body function. Then, by integrating physical and cognitive exercises with dietary change, Brain Balance Achievement Centers are able to correct the child’s underlying brain imbalance, improve function and reduce/eliminate negative behaviors.

For more information about Brain Balance Achievement Centers and the Brain Balance Program®, please visit www.brainbalancecenters.com. Find Brain Balance Centers Indianapolis on Facebook as well as on Twitter at @BrainBalanceIN.

Equity Market Highlights
The stock market showed continued volatility this week as earnings releases and economic data were released. Overall, corporate earnings have surprised on the upside but future earnings guidance remains quite conservative. As of Friday’s open, the DJIA, S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite have returned -1.01%, -1.93% and -1.03%, respectively on a year-to-date basis. Over the last 360 days, they are up 13.82%, 12.02%, and 13.80%, respectively. Despite the decline since the April peak, keep in mind that stocks are up over 60% from the lows of March 2009.

For the full update, please visit http://www.indtrust.com/resource_center/wmu/WMU_072310.pdf.

One of Indiana’s oldest and largest independent trust companies, Indiana Trust and Investment Management Company is an employee-owned company chartered under Indiana banking statutes. Indiana Trust and Investment Management Company is a single-purpose financial institution dedicated to providing trust and investment management services to individuals, retirement plans and not-for-profit organizations. Indiana Trust and Investment Management Company maintains offices in Mishawaka and Muncie.

Any idea what all these things have in common? They are all blogs — written by women. According to PRWeek and BlogHer, today there are 55.6 million women who read and write blogs monthly. And of those women who blog, they say their top goal when blogging is to express themselves (82%), followed by giving advice (51%) and persuading others (20%).

Women trust friends first — and a blogger’s personal trust will apply directly to her recommendations on everything, including the clients and brands you represent. Eighty-five percent of BlogHer’s audience reports buying a product based on a recommendation from a blog, while 82% of women bloggers rely on blogs for information about shopping, says Lisa Stone, CEO of BlogHer.

So what is the best way to get the attention of the female blogosphere?

• Disclose, disclose, disclose. Say who you are, what you want and why you’re doing this. Don’t make women guess.
• The technology exists, so leverage it. “I’m sure this is a terrifying thought to brands and products, but technology has enabled us to actually have a conversation. Let’s have it.”
• Beware treating women with brains and wallets as the only demographic or as a niche. “Not all women are mothers or married. Reach out to single women, as well as to women without children.”
• Women want to hear directly from companies and candidates. “It’s irrelevant what media think. I want to hear from the companies and products and decide for myself.”

And for a list and directory of women bloggers, check out BlogsbyWomen. Happy Blogging!

Dr. W. Michael Crecelius has received a 2010 Summit Award for Excellence in Care from MHS and parent company Centene Corp. The award honors Crecelius, a board-certified pediatrician with Deaconess Clinic in downtown Evansville, for demonstrating exemplary performance when following up with examinations and consultations after patients’ emergency room visits, providing routine preventive and well-care services for children and adults and establishing a medical home for new enrollees in the MHS statewide healthcare plan.

Crecelius graduated Indiana University’s School of Medicine and completed his pediatric internship and residency at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. He is a fellow with the American Academy of Pediatrics and  member of both the Indiana State Medical Association and the Vanderburgh County Medical Society.

Crecelius is one of three Indiana physicians to receive the award. Sixteen awards were presented this year throughout the nation by Centene Corp.

Steve Brunson has helped a variety of manufacturers in numerous industries capture research and experimentation credits available through federal and state laws since 2000. He most recently was a partner at Meridian Tax Advisors. “We’re excited to have Steve join McGuire Sponsel and bring his strong background in securing research and experimentation tax credits to our firm and clients,” said McGuire Sponsel Director TJ Sponsel. “He will continue to serve clients he has worked with in recent years and will now have more resources, talent and experience to assist him in providing industry leading guidance.”

Brunson is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

The award honors Gilliland, a board-certified pediatrician who runs Rainbow Pediatrics in Indianapolis, for demonstrating exemplary performance when following up with examinations and consultations after patients’ emergency room visits, providing routine preventive and well-care services for children and adults and establishing a medical home for new enrollees in the MHS healthcare plan.

“MHS is proud to recognize Dr. Gilliland for the outstanding service and quality of care she provides to Managed Health Services members in the greater Indianapolis community,” said Dr. Robert Baker, vice president of medical affairs at MHS. “Our primary focus is on delivering the best possible care to our members and we could not do that without strong relationships with our plan’s physicians. The Summit Award for Excellence is one way we thank Dr. Gilliland for her ongoing dedication to helping children live healthy lives.”

Gilliland opened Rainbow Pediatrics in 1996 and also maintains a solo practice supported by call partners. After earning an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, she graduated Indiana University’s School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. From 1989 to 1996, Gilliland provided community pediatric care at HealthNet in Indianapolis before opening Rainbow Pediatrics. Rainbow Pediatrics is located at 5711 N. Michigan Road in Indianapolis. The center is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, 1-7 p.m. Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays.

And certainly these distractions have the power to decrease our productivity.

From the Hoosier PRSA blog, here are some simple suggestions for working smarter, not necessarily harder.   

• Make the most of your time both in and outside the office.
• Work on one task and complete it. If you have to jump to something else, try to always pick up where you left off.
• Prioritize and know how to delegate. Spend the last 15 minutes of your day preparing for the next. 
• Unplug from controllable distractions, i.e. social media. Browsing is okay every now and then but try to stay on track. (What? No Facebook chat?!)
• Write things down or find online tools to help you organize your day. For those of you who live on your computers and mobile devices, try TeuxDeux. TeuxDeux is a simple, design, browser-based to-do app, and best of all- it’s free. Try for yourself, http://teuxdeux.com/.
   
  Also, set mini deadlines — if you give yourself a specific time to finish a project, you’ll pace yourself better and work faster than if it’s open-ended. So decide what you must get done by lunch. Or plan to call your mom in an hour, and complete something beforehand.

How do you stay productive? The sooner you get your work done, the sooner you can head out to enjoy the weather!

There are.

The least interesting of these is that July 4, 1976 was supposed to be my birthday. I was a week late, though, and now every year for 34 years and counting, my parents have never forgotten to remind me about that barbecue they missed because of me. Luckily, our forefathers were much more punctual. Maybe George Washington had Johnsonville brats.

Anyway, here we go, courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau:

• 2.5 million: The estimated number of people living in the newly independent nation in July 1776. This year, the number is 309.6 million.
• $3 million: The dollar value of U.S. imports of American flags in 2009 — the vast majority of this amount
  ($2.5 million) was for U.S. flags made in China. I wonder how many Chinese flags we export to China each year? Interestingly, the Census Bureau didn’t provide a number for that. They did, however, reveal that the United States exported $920,277 worth of U.S. flags in 2009. Mexico was the leading customer, purchasing $333,882 worth.
• $209 million: The value of fireworks imported from China in 2009, representing the bulk of all U.S. fireworks imported ($217 million). U.S. exports of fireworks, by comparison, came to just $42.9 million in 2009, with the United Arab Emirates purchasing more than any other country ($14.5 million).
• $331.4 million: The value of U.S. manufacturers’ shipments of fireworks and pyrotechnics (including flares, igniters, etc.) in 2007.
• 138: Ranking of the frequency of the surname of our first president, George Washington, among all last names tabulated in the 2000 Census. Other early presidential names that appear on the list, along with their ranking, were Adams (39), Jefferson (594), Madison (1,209) and Monroe (567).
• More than 1 in 4: The chance that the hot dogs and pork sausages consumed on July 4 originated in Iowa. The Hawkeye State was home to 18.9 million hogs and pigs on March 1, 2010 (I’m guessing most of them have “passed on” at this point). This represents more than one-fourth of the nation’s total. North Carolina (9.1 million) and Minnesota (7.2 million) were the runners-up.
• About 1 in 3: The odds that your side dish of baked beans originated from North Dakota, which produced 34 percent of the nation’s dry, edible beans in 2009. Another popular July 4 side dish is corn on the cob. Florida, California, Georgia, Washington and New York together accounted for 66 percent of the fresh market sweet corn produced nationally in 2009.

So there you go. Eat up, stay safe and Happy 4th of July from Coles Marketing!

Howard Mitchell

Morton’s The Steakhouse is pleased to announce that Howard Mitchell was promoted to General Manager.

Originally from Champaign, Illinois, Mitchell has worked in the food industry since he was 16. Mitchell received his degree from Michigan State University and after graduating from college, he accepted a position as an assistant manager with Paragon Steakhouse Restaurants’ Mountain Jack’s.

Mitchell started his career with the Morton’s Restaurant Group at Morton’s in uptown Charlotte in 2002 and was offered the opportunity to become the assistant manager of the Indianapolis Morton’s The Steakhouse in February 2006 under general manager Jeff Powell. After Powell was promoted to Morton’s The Steakhouse in Atlanta, Mitchell was named general manager of the Indianapolis location.

Mitchell’s outside interests include golf, baseball and spending time with friends and family. After his immersion into the food industry for most of his life, he has a love for craft beer, small batch bourbon and single malt scotch. Mitchell is always in search of the perfect pizza outside of Chicago and great, authentic Italian food.