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Skip to comments.Swing State Report: Race tightens in Ohio as Romney gains (Gary Johnson 10.6% Support in Ohio?)
Posted on 10/09/2012 6:56:14 AM PDT by xzins
Reference to coal helps Romney pull even in Buckeye State
Mitt Romneys performance in the first presidential debate has gotten him back into the race in Ohio, in part because he raised an issue that resonates here.
By the way, I like coal. Im going to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal, he said during the debate. People in the coal industry feel like its getting crushed by your policies.
According to the Ohio Coal Association, almost half of the states 26 coal plants are due to close by 2015, thanks to Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
Since the debate, Romney has released a new Ohio ad touting his detailed plan to create 12 million new jobs, including producing our own energy in the ground in Ohio.
There had been some discussion about whether Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson would be the Ralph Nader of this race, after a Gravis Marketing survey two weeks ago had found he had 10.6 percent support in Ohio.
Poll Watch: At the end of September, the GOP candidate was trailing by eight to 10 points in almost all of the statewide polls.
But two polls conducted Thursday, the day after the debate, showed a dead heat. One put Romney a point ahead, one a point behind. Both, admittedly, tend to favor Republicans.
In a survey of 500 likely voters, Rasmussen Reports showed Democratic President Barack Obama leading 50 percent to 49 percent.
We Ask America surveyed 1,200 likely voters Thursday, and found Romney leading 47 percent to 46 percent. We Ask America included Johnson in its survey, and found just 1 percent support.
Jon Cassidy
In Colorado, Romney debates the debate
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was all smiles at a Colorado Conservative Political Action Committee on Thursday morning, basking in the glow of what many hailed as a victory in Wednesday nights debate in Denver.
Standing on a stage with his four sons behind him, Romney spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters, whom he surprised with his appearance.
We need to win in Colorado, he said. If we do, you know what? Were going to take back the White House.
As the cheers in the room quieted, Romney spoke of the debate.
I think it was helpful to be able to describe my vision, he said. I saw the presidents vision as trickle-down government. And I dont think thats what America believes in. I see instead a prosperity that comes through freedom.
Romney arrived in Colorado on Sunday Sept. 30, according to a volunteer at his campaign headquarters in Denver. Monday, Denver Broncos Hall of Famer John Elway introduced him at an event at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, and Tuesday he took a break from prepping for the debate to have a pork burrito bowl at a local Chipotle restaurant. President Obama arrived in Colorado on Wednesday afternoon from Nevada, where he had made a handful of campaign stops.
Meanwhile, Obama supporters braved a chilly morning at Sloans Lake Park in northwest Denver. A large crowd, estimated by the Denver Post and other newspapers at 12,000 people, waited a few hours for the president to arrive while recording artist Will.i.am worked as a deejay.
After what was widely panned as a poor performance during Wednesday nights debate, President Obama showed a little more vigor in his remarks on Thursday morning at the park.
When I got onto the stage, I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney, President Obama said, according to the Washington Post. He does not want to be held accountable for the real Mitt Romneys decisions and what hes been saying for the last year.
During the debate, Romney made the suggestion the deficit could be cut, in part, by eliminating the federal subsidy to PBS, tempering the comments with I love Big Bird.
Thursday, President Obama quipped, Thank goodness somebody is finally getting tough on Big Bird. Its about time. We didnt know that Big Bird was driving the federal deficit.
Mindy Seymour
Romney has senior moment in Sunshine State
The fight for Floridas 29 electoral votes continues to ramp up in the last month of presidential campaigning. As miles are logged across the Sunshine States vast area, poll data becomes more frequent and voters tune in to the televised debates.
Mitt Romney visited the Tampa Bay area once more Friday, Oct. 5, emboldened by his Wednesday debate showing in Denver. The GOP nominees event was held at the St. Petersburg pier, and he banked on the enthusiasm of the senior-heavy crowd, one of the most important constituencies in the nations fourth-largest state.
With that in mind, a new volunteer coalition group, Florida Seniors for Romney, headed by vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryans mother, has vowed to support the GOP ticket and its plan to reform health policy for elderly Americans.
Florida seniors know that Mitt Romney and my son, Paul Ryan, will protect Medicare for me and my generation, and preserve it for Pauls and my grandchildrens generations, said Betty Ryan Douglas, a south Florida resident, in a statement.
Obama, himself no stranger to the Sunshine State, will make his 15th visit in just three months when he swoops into Miami on Thursday, Oct. 11.
Poll Watch: The most recent polls to come out after the debate, Rasmussen and the WeAskAmerica survey, show Romney with a 49 percent to 47 percent and 49 percent to 46 percent lead, respectively, all within the margin of error. The Real Clear Politics average over the past year has the race tied.
Florida will play host to the only debate between the two main candidates focused solely on foreign policy, to be held at Lynn University in Boca Raton on Oct. 22, moderated by CBSs Bob Schieffer.
Yaël Ossowski
Biden, Ryan take off gloves to spar in Hawkeye state
Vice President Joe Biden and GOP counterpart Paul Ryan threw sharper jabs last week during visits to Iowa.
Biden repeatedly mocked Romney in a speech to 450 people in Council Bluffs the day after the presidential debate. He offered stinging rebuttals to Romneys debate claims, addressing the GOP candidates tax and deficit reduction plans and statements regarding Medicare. While President Obama steered clear of the 47 percent controversy during Wednesdays debate, Biden addressed that controversy head on.
Earlier in the week, Ryan launched a two-day bus tour through Eastern Iowa, speaking to crowds ranging from 300 people to more than 500. He used the opportunity to dig into Bidens earlier remarks about the buried middle class. Ryan agreed with Biden, yet blamed Obamas policies for middle-class woes. It was his latest attack on the presidents handling of the economy, foreign policy and a growing federal deficit.
Poll Watch: A Des Moines Register poll found President Obama leading Romney, 49 percent to 45 percent, in the battleground state. The poll also showed most likely voters in the Hawkeye State have already selected a candidate, with only 2 percent remaining undecided. Ten percent, however, said they could still be persuaded to vote for another candidate, according to the poll, which is a decades-old tradition.
Sheena Dooley
Romney tries to create post-debate excitement in Great Lakes State
In October 2008, Republican presidential candidate John McCain pulled out of Michigan and effectively conceded the states 16 electoral votes to his opponent, Barack Obama, who later won the state by getting 57 percent of the vote.
But 2012 is a different story for Michigan.
The state GOP says it has collected more than 1 million voter contacts as of Oct. 1, a significant milestone considering that about 5 million people voted in the most recent presidential election. GOP representatives also have knocked on 11 times as many doors as they did in 2008.
The last time Michigan voted for a GOP presidential candidate was in 1988, when George H.W. Bush got 54 percent of the vote.
Michigan conservatives are hoping Romneys strong showing in the first debate will improve his standing in state polls. The Romney campaign hosted 37 debate-watch events around the state.
Dennis Moore, director of the Willow Run Tea Party Caucus in Michigan, said he thinks Romney will easily win this state.
Wendy Day, president of Common Sense in Government, another Michigan tea party group, said a world of time is left before the election, especially with two presidential debates left. After Romneys dismantling of Obama in Colorado, she is even more optimistic now.
I wasnt that excited about Romney (pre-debate), Day said. Im way more excited about Romney now because we saw the fight in him and we saw how much he wants it. We heard about this guy who turned around the Olympics and was this business leader, but we didnt see it until the debate.
I think we will be surprised by how well he does in Michigan, Day said. While Democrats arent likely to pull a lever for him, they are likely to stay home after being disappointed in Obama.
Poll Watch: Polling by EPIC-MRA, of Lansing, Mich., had Romney leading Obama 46 percent to 41 percent in November 2011. But Obama took the lead in January in the EPIC-MRA poll and led 44 percent to 37 percent as of September.
Gravis Marketing has Obama holding a 50 percent to 46 percent lead over Romney in Michigan as of its Sept. 21-22 poll.
Tom Gantert
The text books, as Obama says, are older, but
It was Presidential Spouse Week in Nevada as both First Lady Michelle Obama and Ann Romney campaigned in the Silver State, in addition to President Obama hunkering down at a lakeside resort in Henderson for three days of debate prep, mixed with a couple of campaign appearances and a sightseeing trip to Hoover Dam.
It was the presidents eighth campaign stop in this pivotal swing state, and not everyone was happy about it. Every time the president comes to town the Federal Aviation Administration restricts airspace around Las Vegas this time from Sunday night to Wednesday afternoon which limits local helicopter tour companies.
Also campaigning in Nevada on the Surrogate circuit last week: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, and Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-Louisiana, both on behalf of Romney.
Nevada featured prominently in Wednesdays presidential debate, as Obama mentioned a Las Vegas teacher who claimed to be using 10-year-old textbooks with 42 students in her classroom. Local school officials, however, issued a written statement the next day clarifying the record.
The Clark County School District said, New textbooks have not been purchased recently because we are beginning to adopt the Common Core State Standards, and it would have been irresponsible to waste taxpayer money on books not aligned with the new curriculum. District spokeswoman Amanda Fulkerson added that while some schools might be using some older textbooks, youll also find schools on the cutting edge of technology and using iPads with continuously updated material.
The district acknowledge that CCSD had schools in some sections of town with unusually high numbers of students in classes at the start of the school year, but reallocated staff after the internal Sept. 7 count day to rectify the situation. In a district as large as ours, Fulkerson said, you could surely find some large classes and older books. But that is not the norm.
Chuck Muth
Clinton takes aim at voter ID in New Hampshire; Obama maintains narrow lead
Anyone who tries to vote illegally in November can expect to encounter New Hampshires new photo ID law, approved by the U.S. Department of Justice in September. Approval came despite opposition from Attorney General Eric Holder to block voter identification laws in other states, claiming they are in violation of Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, or VRA.
Under Section 5, the DOJ has the authority to approve or reject election law changes made in certain parts of the country. The jurisdictions covered under the VRA area are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia and parts of California, Florida, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota, and New Hampshire. The law was initially set up as a safeguard against racial discrimination, but critics charge that Section 5 has been applied unevenly and unfairly.
In June, the Republican-controlled Legislature overrode the veto of Democratic Gov. John Lynch to pass the new voter ID law, which will be gradually phased in.
Voters who do not have a photo ID in the current election cycle will still be permitted to vote, but they must sign an affidavit. Letters will then be sent to any voters whose signature appears on the affidavit requesting confirmation that they voted. If state officials do not receive a response within 90 days of the time when the letter was sent, the attorney general will then conduct an investigation into voter fraud. After Sept. 1, 2013, voters must have a valid photo ID in order to vote.
We do not see widespread systematic voter fraud, David Scanlan, the deputy secretary of state, said in an interview. But there have been isolated cases that have been cause for concern and there is a strong perception out there that it is a serious problem, and that if we dont check IDs we are not going to know whether it is taking place.
Corey Lewandowski, the N.H. state director of Americans for Prosperity, said the new voter ID will help to root out college students who should not be voting.
There has been a problem with college students who maintain a residence with their parents out of state, but then also get registered to vote here, he said. Thanks to the voter ID law, this means they will need to become residents if they want to vote. Thats very helpful.
Former President Bill Clinton appeared at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, this past Wednesday, where he was critical of the states voter ID law. Clinton told students Republicans were trying to take away their right to vote, and they have a large stake in the election.
Republicans in New Hampshire think it matters, Clinton said. Thats why theyve worked so hard to keep you from voting.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court has already upheld the constitutionality of voter ID laws in a case involving Indiana, the New Hampshire law is on solid legal footing. The court is expected to take up a challenge to the VRAs Section 5 in its current term.
Poll Watch: The Real Clear Politics average now has President Obama up by six points. Only the Rasmussen Poll has Romney in front. Former Gov. John Sununu has told members of the press that most of the polls are skewed toward Democrats and that he anticipates Romney to win in a close election. New Hampshire is unique among swing states in that it does not allow early voting. This means the final weeks could be decisive.
Kevin Mooney
Bidens bumpy ride precursor to Obamas rough night in Denver
Vice President Joe Biden visited North Carolina on Tuesday, and the trip got off to a, lets just say, turbulent start.
Because of a thunderstorm in Charlotte, Air Force Two could not land, forced to circle Charlotte Douglas International Airport some 35 minutes until the weather settled, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported.
Biden met with supporters in the Queen City before heading to Asheville, where he spoke to a packed gym at the University of North Carolina-Asheville.
You all know about close elections in North Carolina, he said. This is going to be very close. Because, you know folks, we win North Carolina, we win.
It happened in 2008, when Obama narrowly won the Tar Heel State. This time, again North Carolina is a virtual toss-up. The last Public Policy Poll sees the race as a dead heat, Obama and Romney each getting 48 percent from a field of 981 likely voters.
The race in North Carolina couldnt be much closer, Dean Debnam, president of Public Policy Polling said in a news release on its website. Someone will probably end up winning it by less than a point. Its likely to be a late election night.
The money the campaigns are spending to advertise in North Carolina is testament to the tight race. In terms of dollars spent, North Carolina ranks fourth nationally $59 million, including $11 million in the Triangle according to the latest Washington post tally. Republicans have spent $35 million; Democrats, $24 million.
In Charlotte Biden remarked on the rough plane ride, which, he said, resulted in some queasy stomachs, the Citizen-Times reported.
Its kind of how many Americans felt after Wednesdays debate.
An editorial in the News & Observer of Raleigh was reticent to choose a winner, though it conceded Obama appeared flat and passionless.
Romneys experience and hard training showed, though it would be going too far to say he made a convincing case against President Obama, who waltzed to the Democratic party nomination for a second term, the editorial writer said.
For its part, the Charlotte Observer, with the help of Wake Forest University professor and debate expert Allen Louden, instantly surveyed 150 students, who called the Denver debate for Romney, 56 percent to Obamas 44 percent.
It was surprising that Obama had very little star quality since his performances are consistently exceptional, April Walsh, a junior English major at Wake Forest, told the paper. After a powerful speech about moving the nation forward at the DNC, it seemed as though all Obama did during the debate was take a step backward.
John Trump
Reference to coal helps Romney pull even in Buckeye State
Mitt Romneys performance in the first presidential debate has gotten him back into the race in Ohio, in part because he raised an issue that resonates here.
By the way, I like coal. Im going to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal, he said during the debate. People in the coal industry feel like its getting crushed by your policies.
According to the Ohio Coal Association, almost half of the states 26 coal plants are due to close by 2015, thanks to Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
Since the debate, Romney has released a new Ohio ad touting his detailed plan to create 12 million new jobs, including producing our own energy in the ground in Ohio.
There had been some discussion about whether Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson would be the Ralph Nader of this race, after a Gravis Marketing survey two weeks ago had found he had 10.6 percent support in Ohio.
Poll Watch: At the end of September, the GOP candidate was trailing by eight to 10 points in almost all of the statewide polls.
But two polls conducted Thursday, the day after the debate, showed a dead heat. One put Romney a point ahead, one a point behind. Both, admittedly, tend to favor Republicans.
In a survey of 500 likely voters, Rasmussen Reports showed Democratic President Barack Obama leading 50 percent to 49 percent.
We Ask America surveyed 1,200 likely voters Thursday, and found Romney leading 47 percent to 46 percent. We Ask America included Johnson in its survey, and found just 1 percent support.
Jon Cassidy
Former governor calls Obamas performance lethargic, disinterested, passive
Like their national counterparts, Pennsylvania Republicans were buzzing this week about Mitt Romneys decisive victory in the first presidential debate Wednesday in Denver.
Pennsylvania congressman Charlie Dent, a Republican, told reporters Thursday that Romneys serious and substantive performance in the debate would make Pennsylvania more competitive, and would give independents and Democrats a reason to take a second look at the former Massachusetts governor. Newspapers across the state agreed Romney was a clear winner in the first face-to-face showdown between the candidates.
There were no new polls in the state immediately following the debate, so calculating the extent of Romneys post-debate bounce if there is one will have to wait.
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell made headlines when he called Obamas debate performance lethargic, disinterested and passive, and he said Obama appeared to be trying to run out the clock by refusing to engage Romney.
Rendell, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was an outspoken supporter of Hilary Clinton during her 2008 primary campaign against Obama, and he has continued to express support for her to launch a future bid for president.
Meanwhile, more attention is suddenly being focused on Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith. An unknown before his primary victory in April, Smith was largely written off by national Republicans until last week, when two polls of Pennsylvania voters showed Smith had closed to within six points of his opponent, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.).
As Senate races across the nation have shifted with Democrats looking more likely to retain seats once thought to be easy Republican gains this year Smith may attract some last-minute attention from the national party as it tries to win the four seats required to re-take control in the chamber.
Eric Boehm
Romney and Ryan gun for Virginia votes
Several thousand supporters packed the Augusta County Expo to cheer Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan a day after the GOP presidential candidate squared off with President Obama in Denver.
The Shenandoah Valley crowd was revved up by country music star Trace Adkins and a blast from the National Rifle Association.
NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre decried the prospect of an Obama cliff at the Supreme Court, predicting that one to three (more) Sotomayors or Kagans would mean kissing our right to own a firearm goodbye.
Bolstered by his performance at the first debate, Romney was feted at the Fishersville venue with thunderous chants of USA, USA.
I like that (Romney) moved more conservatively. And choosing Paul Ryan has been huge from my perspective, 36-year-old William Beard of Lexington told the Harrisonburg News Virginian.
The former Massachusetts governor extended his stay in Virginia on Friday with a visit to southwestern Virginia, where the coal industry has been hard hit by falling natural gas prices and tightening environmental regulations from Washington.
Also Friday, Obama was campaigning in Fairfax County, where Romney spoke to veterans last week. The GOP standard bearer, who, with Ryan, has made more than 30 trips to the commonwealth, will be back again Monday to give a foreign policy speech at the Virginia Military Institute.
Poll Watch: Taken on the eve of the Denver debate, the NBC News/Marist/Wall Street Journal poll showed Obama up 48 percent to 46 percent in Virginia a statistical tie. Last month, Obama led 49-45 in the Old Dominion.
The polling in September was right after the conventions, said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion. We may be seeing a dissipation in some of that post-convention bounce that (Obama) enjoyed.
Going into last Wednesdays debate, a Suffolk University poll showed a decided majority of Virginians predicting that Obama would mop the Denver stage with Romney. But it didnt turn out that way.
Hey Pres. Obama: Cancel all golf games. You did miserably tonight. Lots of work ahead for you, tweeted Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics in Charlottesville.
Kenric Ward
President in Badger State to nurse wounds; questions whereabouts of the real Romney
Bruised in the first presidential debate of the season, President Obama nursed his wounds in front of a crowd of 30,000 of his closest friends.
Obama stumped Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in perhaps the Midwests most liberal city, in a swing state that polls show is moving further into the incumbents column.
The president used the campaign stop to go after Republican challenger Mitt Romney, whom, most pundits agreed, took it to the Obama in Wednesday nights debate in Denver.
I just flew in from Denver and I was telling folks there, when I got on the stage I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney, Obama told the Madison audience. But I know it couldnt have been Mitt Romney. Because the real Mitt Romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy, and yet the fellow on the stage last night who looked like Mitt Romney said he did not know anything about that.
Romney repeatedly checked Obamas assertions that he would push for taxes on the middle class to begin reining in $1 trillion-plus budget deficits and a U.S. debt topping $16 trillion.
Badger State pundits said Romney was in need of a strong debate showing, particularly after the latest Marquette Law School poll, released hours before the debate, showed Obama still leading Romney by 11 percent in Wisconsin.
Romneys campaign has criticized the poll, pointing to its skew toward Democratic voters.
The Republican contenders problem in Wisconsin, according to pollster Charles Franklin, is likeability. The poll found 53 percent of respondents had an unfavorable opinion of Romney.
Governor Romney is suffering from having the least net favorability rating, the lowest net favorability rating, of any presidential candidate since weve been keeping track of this in the early 70s, Franklin said.
But the former Massachusetts governor helped his cause in Wisconsin a state electoral vote trackers say Romney must have with his strong performance, said Marquette University political science professor John McAdams.
Angela Boozhoo was unmoved.
The 39-year-old Wisconsin mother of four is an undecided Mormon leaning toward Obama.
She remained undecided as of late Wednesday night.
So far, what Ive seen is really a lot of bickering going on back and forth, she said. I really have not made up my mind.
Wisconsin Reporter
There had been some discussion about whether Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson would be the Ralph Nader of this race, after a Gravis Marketing survey two weeks ago had found he had 10.6 percent support in Ohio.
I don't know Gravis Marketing, and I don't know much about Libertarian strength in Ohio, but I do know that many of the local talk radio hosts tend to take libertarian-style positions as they debate.
Wonder if that's strengthened libertarian numbers, and I wonder if libertarians pull as many moderates/liberals as they do fiscal conservatives. I'm pretty sure they don't pull a large number of social conservatives.
odd how these third party kook candidates are never promoted over at leftist sites like the DUmmies.
10.6% of Ohioans could not tell you who Gary Johnson is.
Their best guess would be "a reserve running back for the Cincinnati Bengals"
If Gary Johnson gets 10% in Ohio, I will buy a hat store and eat all of the hats in it.
I sent money to Ralph Nader's party in 2000!
..I wouldn't worry about the Buckeye state, and after what Walker survived in Wisconsin, I believe it will go RED too,along with Nevada, Colorado, NH, NC and VA...
Gary Johnson is a moron. His switch away from the R party after the primary is simply the desperation attempt of a sore loser. The guy said we should all join the Occupy movement, wants to cut the military in half and thinks Iran is no great threat to our national security because of the idea of "mutual destruction" between the two countries. Also said he would do everything in his power to prevent Israel from striking Iran. Favors the legalization of pot and gay marriage proponent.
Kook job.
I'm an Ohioan, and I know who Gary Johnson is, and the people I hang with would pretty much know him, us being political junkies and all, but most of the folks I know do not have a clue who Gary Johnson is and can't really tell you much about the Libertarian Party.
That's why I wonder who Gravis Marketing is...I don't know them.
And, I do wonder if a libertarian vote doesn't actually pull from Obama more than it does from the republicans.
What you wrote is why I think he'd pull at least as much from Obama as from Romney, if not more.
The Romney/Ryan yard signs have doubled here in SW Ohio since Romney kicked 0's butt in the debate.
There. Fixed it.
that is why we should encourage democrat voters to vote for johnson. its a "i didn't vote for Obama again, but Johnson wants to make pot legal and put in a sales tax."
So Gary Johnson voters will throw Ohio to Obama?
Romney/Ryan bumper stickers are hard to come by in Dayton area. They hand out these stickers that about the size of your fist. Nobody can see that on the back of a vehicle. Yard signs can be found, but precinct leaders gobble them up. Also in Ohio, I see the local Republican organizations are flustrated with the State Republican organization and the National organization. It's bad when the poor guy going door to door has no support, or gets conflicting messages. They were late to the game, and now are being told to go out and re-canvas everyone for some state issue.
Instead of Romney/Ryan signs — and I, too, am in southwest/central Ohio — I'm seeing a number of blue "nobama" signs.
While I think the message is cute, and I understand it, I wonder how many drive by, see only nobama, don't think about it, and hear only the obama part.
So, I don't like the sign. I don't think it's a clear message.
This is the first I've heard of Gary Johnson supporters in Ohio. I live here, and you'd think it would be in the news. But this is from someone named Gravis Marketing....never heard of them, either.
Plus, I'm wondering if they're 2008 Obama supporters from the truther, anti-wire tap, wings.
Nor does it say if Gravis was polling "voting age adults", registered, or likely.
But a standard kid who says he's a libertarian, imho, could just as easily be an Obama supporter. Pro-choice, pro-drugs, etc.
The left wing liars of Move On in Ohio and a few other states are in apparent full panic. Below is a copy of the email I received from Move On:
Dear MoveOn member,
There's breaking news from Ohio. And it's not good.
For months, shady outside groups have flooded the Ohio airwaves with almost $20 million in ads targeting Sen. Sherrod Brown.
And for months, he's withstood the onslaught, holding on to a six or seven-point lead.
But this weekend, two new polls came outone showing a tied race and the other showing Sherrod down four.
This is, in a word, unacceptable.
Sherrod Brown is a fearless fighter for working people who has taken Wall Street head on, and now he's paying the price. We can't let Karl Rove and his big money backers win this one. We cannot let it happen. Can you donate to make sure we keep Sherrod in the Senate?
Yes, I'll donate $5 to win in Ohio.
Senator Brown isn't the only progressive who's facing an onslaught of big money this year.
In Wisconsin, conservative Super PACs are hitting Tammy Baldwin after polls show her taking a small lead over her opponent.
Tammy's another great progressive, who led the fight in the House for the Buffett Ruleto make millionaires pay their fair share. Her opponent, Tommy Thompson, on the other hand, has spent years working for a D.C. lobbying firm fighting for special interests.
In Connecticut, it's not outside money that's the problem. It's Republican Linda McMahon's almost unlimited personal wealth. She spent $50 million on her failed Senate bid in 2010 and has already spent more than $13 million this year.
But Chris Murphy's valuesfighting for campaign finance reform and quality health careare much more in line with Connecticut's voters', and he's opened a small lead.
These are races we have to win. But Tammy, Sherrod, and Chris need our help.
Click below to chip in $5:
Thanks for all you do.
Daniel, Levana, and the rest of the team
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Sherrod Brown and his supporters have been running a shameful campaign against Josh Mandel for months. You can hardly go to any website without finding little ads about Mandel being unworthy of trust, a liar, a cheat.
Now Brown's ads are playing that same theme.
Brown's attacks have had nothing to do with issues at all. They've been pure, slimey personal attacks.
Rats are only capable of running sleazy and lie filled campaigns when they are in trouble.
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Hamilton runs Reds to 1-0 win over Cards
Cincinnati, OH – The preternatural speed of Billy Hamilton helped the Cincinnati Reds inch closer to the St. Louis Cardinals in the hotly contested NL Central race.
Hamilton scored the only run in the Reds' 1-0 victory that featured quite the pitchers' duel between Cincinnati's Homer Bailey and St. Louis rookie Michael Wacha.
The Reds have taken the first two installments of this four-game set at Great American Ball Park to climb within 1 1/2 games of the Cardinals for the wild card lead. Cincinnati, which owns a healthy 7 1/2-game cushion for the final playoff spot, is 3 1/2 games back of Central-leading Pittsburgh.
Wacha, one of six players added to the St. Louis roster on Tuesday, gave way to the bullpen after scattering three hits and walking two over six scoreless innings.
"He was very impressive. You put a young guy in a situation like that, you just never know how he is going to react, and he stepped up," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said about Wacha.
Ryan Ludwick greeted Cardinals reliever Seth Maness (5-2) with a leadoff single. Hamilton, the Reds' top prospect, then made his major league debut as a pinch-runner and promptly displayed his much ballyhooed wheels by stealing second.
"That's my job...to steal bases in big situations," Hamilton said.
Todd Frazier followed with a double into the left-field corner to score Hamilton, who set a professional baseball record with 155 stolen bases in 2012.
Bailey (10-10) pitched the first seven innings for the Reds, allowing just two hits -- a pair of singles by Matt Carpenter. The right-hander struck out eight and walked one and capped his outing by retiring the final 14 batters he faced.
Manny Parra succeeded Bailey and worked around a two-out walk in the eighth before Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the ninth for his 34th save.
Game Notes
The Reds had lost the previous seven series to the Cardinals ... Bailey notched his career-high fifth consecutive win ... Carpenter registered his 53rd multi-hit game of the season ... St. Louis right fielder Carlos Beltran returned to the lineup after missing two games with lower back tightness ... Wacha and fellow pitchers Tyler Lyons and Carlos Martinez were recalled from Double-A Springfield by the Cardinals, who recalled infielders Brock Peterson and Ryan Jackson and purchased the contract of catcher Audry Perez from Triple-A Memphis as well.

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Nicholas Carr, author of The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google, maintains that in 10 to 20 years, the traditional IT department will be a thing of the past. According to Carr, "The idea that every company needs its own IT department is dying."
He makes this assertion based on his belief that
- Corporate IT departments will no longer be constrained by what they can buy and install locally. He refers to this as "utility computing." Companies will be able to tap into a sophisticated infrastructure without having to buy it themselves.
- Business units will be able to control the processing of information directly, without the need for legions of technical people.
- Software-as-a-service is going to be a big growth area.
- There will be automation of a lot of IT processes that used to require a lot of manual labor.
Click here to read an interesting interview with Carr about his new book.
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OIA Grows Outdoor University Webinar Offerings
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is expanding its Outdoor University program in 2012, quadrupling the number of live webinars it offers while also providing access to more recorded sessions on its website.
According to a press release, in 2012 Outdoor University will offer live sessions at Outdoor Retailer, and also webinars that may air as frequently as twice weekly on topics ranging from retail innovation, research, sustainability, best practices, trade and supply chains, and other issues the outdoor recreation industry faces.
OIA said it is expanding its educational opportunities in response to member demand and to provide resources to help outdoor recreation companies improve business processes and grow sales. Led by industry experts and business influencers, Outdoor University sessions give participants the option to join workshops and online discussions, or access recorded curriculum online, on-demand. Sessions are free for OIA members and available for a nominal fee to nonmembers.
"We are in a unique position to provide broad knowledge and information outdoor recreation companies need to solve key challenges and achieve business success," said LaRae Marsik, vice president of business intelligence for OIA. "Our 2012 sessions cover a broad range of topics. These are valuable resources, yet we recognize that our members face time and resource constraints. By offering recorded sessions online, we are creating a valuable knowledge platform our members can access when they have time."
New this year, Outdoor University is recording most of its live sessions — in addition to webinars — to provide members with greater access to OIA's educational resources.
Outdoor University will present seven live sessions at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market this week. Topics range from the challenges of producing products in America, establishing and maintaining business credit, how to attract investment dollars, and supply-chain sustainability issues.
In addition, a live session Feb. 7 at the University of Colorado will feature Patagonia CEO Casey Sheahan, discussing the challenges and opportunities he faces in running one of the most socially responsible companies in the world. Sheahan will demonstrate how Patagonia's growth accelerated even faster when it brought total awareness to the full spectrum of its real-world impacts and extreme transparency to its daily operations.
OIA usually announces Outdoor University sessions two months in advance. For more information about Outdoor University and upcoming opportunities, visit outdoorindustry.org/events.outdooruniversity.php.


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Healthcare Scene Videos and 5 Questions with EHR Vendor Executive Raul Villar, President of ADP AdvancedMD
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
Little by little I'm seeing more and more use of video in the healthcare IT and EHR world. It's amazing to look at the creative ways that people are using video. I think the movement is so important that I've been doing a website dedicated to the EMR, EHR & Healthcare IT videos. There's a large number of people who subscribe to the email list for the EMR Videos website (you can sign up here if you're interested) and the traffic to the site is growing at a really nice rate.
I've also casually started an EMR and HIPAA YouTube channel where I've posted a few videos I've done over the years. For example, at HIMSS I did a series of interviews with EHR vendors executives called 5 Questions with EHR vendor executives. In fact, I just uploaded another video in that series where I interview Raul Villar, President of ADP AdvancedMD. I've embedded the interview with Raul Villar below:
Along with the YouTube channel of my videos, I've also created a Healthcare Scene video playlist where I'll add videos created by other people. If you look at the playlist now, I've added part 1 of a 3 part video interview I did with Nuance Healthcare at Health 2.0 Boston.
I think more and more people are interested in video content. Plus, it's going to be easier and easier to get your video content across all your various devices. So, people will be watching more and more videos.
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Man City have really started with big fixtures...it'll be interesting to see how they do against Arsenal, and if they can extend their winning run (although their premiership form hasn't been brilliant, I think many people are underestimating Arsenal)
Wonder how long Jol can stay on as manager for Tottenham...
|2007-08-25, 03:50
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Strangely, no one's asking Ferguson to resign when he only managed 2 points from 3 games while Spurs have got 1 point more before their clash with United tomorrow. Talk about double standards.
It's just like how the media quickly turn their guns on Rafa Benitez early last season simply because Liverpool had a series of tough away fixtures, and everyone blamed it on his rotational policy when that policy had worked so fine for the Reds on 2005/2006.
Jol's not going anywhere, he's got the fans behind him. Spurs chairman Levy would be an idiot to undo all the hard work that Jol has established these past few years. The same can be said for Abramovich and Morinho, despicable his personality may be, Morinho has laid some good foundation for Chelsea's success.
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OH YES! 1-0 Arsenal over ManC !!
On the other note, Liverpool won as well (2-0) against Sunderland, and Chelsea won 1-0 against Portmouth ..
We won!
We won
Bolton won 3-0 against Reading too ^0^ (it pays to have Anelka in my Fantasy team )
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Does no one else play Fantasy Premier League here? Please join our Animesuki League T_T .. Its not that much fun with only 3 of us (me, Medic and Sunshine) .. If you are playing since gameweek #1, I dont think there's a problem joining an ongoing league.
That being said Medic, pity Persie misses that penalty eh ?.. nullifying his 2 points for playing :/ But that means 5 points for Schmeichel.
I think I understand how the game is played now.. time to make amendments to my line up
I calculated getting 53 points this week, bar the 2 players prolly playing tonite for the last 2 games of the week.. yet I get 63 points with 24 from Anelka .. Still, unless Yakubu and Giggs both score hattricks.. it wont change much
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But Tevez got me 5pts today. You had a good week.
|2007-08-28, 07:50
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AIK has bought another argentinian player. Pablo Monsalvo from Olimpo, anyone has anything to say about him?
Well, I´ve got the day off today so why not set it up and join your league. Sounds like fun.
Apparently I need the code for the league which I can get from the founder. Pretty please?
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The Champions League qualifier between Sevilla and AEK Athens scheduled today got postponed to next Monday as a result. That means the Champions League draw this Friday would go on without them (both teams would be sharing the same ball in the draw).
Sevilla would be playing in the Super Cup this Friday against AC Milan as well, there'll probably be some commemoration then.
Tonight all four British clubs would have Champions League qualifying action. Rangers leading 1-0 in aggregate at time of posting this, the other matches will begin soon.
|2007-08-29, 13:27
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Wow. This is the last place i expected a Football topic to be. I'm a Man.Utd fan since well.....i was a little child.
We'll have an easy win on Saturday vs Sunderland. I'd say 4-0 at least.
Very sad news about Puerta. The Life of such a promising young player cut short.
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Nine heart attacks?
But he was only 22...
It has been a very bad week, considering Ray Jones (QPR) died last weekend, in a car accident...
Very sad news.
Arsenal won 3-0 (5-0 on aggregate) against Sparta Prague.
Celtic and Spartak Moscow are currently playing extra time after a 1-1 draw (2-2 on aggregate)
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Celtic win on pens!!
We also go through. Game wasnt anything special, until Cesc, Denilson & Ade were introduced. Eduardo passed his defender with skill and set up Cesc for his 2nd goal of the tie. Then after some great build up play, Denilson from the right flank crossed in the ball, which was finished nicely by Eduardo. Rosicky scored the first after good play by Walcott.
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Dr. Patrick Moore, a founding member of Greenpeace who has since left the organization to form his own environmental policy and communication consultancy, will be the keynote speaker a the California Cotton Growers Association's annual meeting March 9 at the Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, Calif.
Registration begins at 7:30 with a continental breakfast and the first general session will be at 9 a.m. There will also be a trade show for industry suppliers.
For more than 30 years, Moore has been an international leader in environmental activism. He was a leader of in many Greenpeace activities in the early days of the organization. He has since left the group because a change in its direction. He will discuss that at the March 9 meeting where the UC Cooperative Extension also will conduct its annual winter cotton production meeting.
In 1991 Moore founded Greenspirit, a consultancy focusing on environmental policy and communications in natural resources, biodiversity, energy and climate change.
"Dr. Moore is a fascinating individual who will offer rare insight into today's environmentalist movements and their motivations," said Earl Williams, California Cotton Ginners and Growers Associations president.
Along with Dr. Moore's presentation, there also will be reports on cotton growers association's activities, including legislative and regulatory affairs updates.
UC farm advisors and Extension specialists will offer a 2003 season overview and key production and management recommendations for the coming season.
Application has been made for continuing education hours.
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Four generations of the Miller family from Roxbury and Hull, Massachusetts. Includes photographs mounted on twenty-eight sheets of posterboard and 158 slides stored in two slide trays that are comprised of formal and informal family portraits; family businesses; church and business gatherings; a wedding announcement; and postcards from the early 1900s depicting public recreation sites. More recent photographs reveal how the public recreation sites have changed over the years. Robert Parker Miller, a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the Miller family, displayed these images in an exhibit entitled "Trying to Live the American Dream" (1986, Wheeler Gallery).
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Review Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The principal purpose of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program. To achieve this, the Director of ONDCP is charged with producing the National Drug Control Strategy, which directs the Nation's anti-drug efforts and establishes a program, a budget, and guidelines for cooperation among Federal, State, and local entities. By law, the Director of ONDCP also evaluates, coordinates, and oversees both the international and domestic anti-drug efforts of executive branch agencies and ensures that such efforts sustain and complement State and local anti-drug activities. The Director advises the President regarding changes in the organization, management, budgeting, and personnel of Federal Agencies that could affect the Nation's anti-drug efforts; and regarding Federal agency compliance
with their obligations under the Strategy.
The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Department includes more than 300 programs, covering a wide spectrum of activities. Some highlights include medical and social science research; preventing outbreak of infectious disease, including immunization services; assuring food and drug safety; Medicare (health insurance for elderly and disabled Americans) and Medicaid (health insurance for low-income people); financial assistance for low-income families (AFDC); child support enforcement; improving maternal and infant health; Head Start (pre-school education and services); preventing child abuse and domestic violence; substance abuse treatment and prevention; and services for older Americans, including home-delivered meals HHS is the largest grant-making agency in the federal government, providing some 60,000 grants per year. HHS' Medicare program is the nation's largest health insuror, handling more than 800 million claims per year. HHS works closely with State and local governments, and many HHS-funded services are provided at the local level by state or county agencies, or through private sector grantees. The Department's programs are administered by 11 HHS operating divisions. In addition to the services they deliver, the HHS programs provide for equitable treatment of beneficiaries nationwide, and they enable the collection of national health and other data.
Medical benefits programs for Army personnel and eligible civilians, including dependents, are developed and administered by the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army. The Office responds to inquiries about eligibility for benefits.
Review Date: Friday, December 18, 2015
The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN) is a committee of up to 25 volunteer citizens appointed by the President to serve in an advisory capacity through the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Through its programs and partnerships with the public, private and non-profit sectors, PCFSN acts as a catalyst to promote healthy lifestyles through fitness, sports and nutrition programs and initiatives that educate, empower and engage Americans of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. HHS works closely with state and local governments, and many HHS-funded services are provided at the local level by state or county agencies, or through private sector grantees. The department includes more than 300 programs, covering a wide spectrum of activities. In addition to the services they deliver, the HHS programs provide for equitable treatment of beneficiaries nationwide, and they enable the collection of national health and other data.
Review Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The vision of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) is to "create productive and meaningful change in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities." Towards the accomplishment of this vision the President has appointed a fifteen-member Commission composed of AAPI leaders to advise him on three major goals: develop, monitor and coordinate federal efforts to improve Asian American and Pacific Islander participation in government programs; foster research and data collection for AAPI populations and sub-populations; and increase public and private sector and community involvement in improving the health and well-being of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). Visit this agency's web site to learn more about the activities and progress of the AAPI initiative.
Review Date: Friday, May 01, 2009
AARP is the nation's leading organization for people age 50 and older. It serves their needs and interests through information and education, advocacy, and community services provided by a network of local chapters and experienced volunteers throughout the country. The organization also offers members a wide range of special benefits and services, including Modern Maturity Magazine and the monthly Bulletin.
Review Date: Friday, October 24, 2014
The Ad Council, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization with a history of marshalling volunteer talent from the advertising and media industries to deliver critical messages to the American public. Having produced literally thousands of PSA campaigns addressing the most pressing social issues of the day, the Ad Council has effected, and continues to effect, tremendous positive change by rising awareness, inspiring action, and saving lives.
Review Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
This is an international, multi-disciplinary organization of health professionals that provide care and rehabilitation to burn patients, conduct burn-related research, educate burn team members, develop/implement burn injury prevention programs, fight fires, and address the psychosocial needs of burn victims. The ABA sponsors a variety of educational programs, fellowships, and grants.
Review Date: Friday, January 02, 2009
The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) helps to improve the health of individuals and populations through evidence based health promotion, disease prevention, and systems-based approaches to improving health and health care.
Review Date: Wednesday, December 07, 2011
The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) was formed in 1923 to develop communication and mutual cooperation among dental hygienists. Today, ADHA is the largest national organization representing the professional interests of the more than 150,000 registered dental hygienists (RDHs) in the United States. The mission of the American Dental Hygienists' Association is to advance the art and science of dental hygiene by ensuring access to quality oral health care; increasing awareness of the cost-effective benefits of prevention; promoting the highest standards of dental hygiene education, licensure, practice and research; and representing and promoting the interests of dental hygienists.
Review Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Established in 1979, the Better Sleep Council (BSC) is the consumer education division of the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA). The BSC is devoted to educating the public about the importance of sleep to good health and quality of life and about the value of the sleep system and sleep environment in pursuit of a good night's sleep.
Review Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Located at Dartmouth, this Institute is dedicated to the improvement of human health. The Institute designs and implements strategies that enhance the health of individuals, families, and communities. Providing continuing leadership in innovative physician, patient, and public education, the Institute seeks to address the fragmentation and isolation that affects our society.
Review Date: Tuesday, October 06, 2015
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) is a nonpartisan policy and program resource center at George Washington University's School of Public Health and Health Services. The Center's mission is to strengthen the well-being of children and youth through effective health programs and health care services in schools. Health programs range from those that help students adopt healthy habits to those that foster a physically and emotionally healthy school environment. School-based services include physical and mental health care, dental services, screenings and referrals to community resources, as well as school-located services to support students with special needs.
Review Date: Monday, September 19, 2011
The Center for Health Care Strategies promotes high quality health care services for low-income populations and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities. CHCS achieve this objective through technical assistance, training, and targeted grant making to state purchasers of publicly financed health care, health plans, and consumer groups. Its program priorities are: improving quality, reducing racial and ethnic disparities, and increasing community options for people with disabilities.
Review Date: Thursday, February 05, 2009
The Center for the Advancement of Health is an independent nonprofit organization funded by foundations to promote greater recognition of how psychological, social, behavioral, economic and environmental factors influence health and illness. The Center advocates the highest quality research and communicates it to the health care community and the public. The fundamental aim of the Center is to translate into policy and practice the growing body of evidence that can lead to improving and maintaining the health of individuals and the public.
Review Date: Monday, February 09, 2009
Healthy Dining helps Americans make healthier choices at restaurants. Their Web site, HealthyDiningFinder.com, lists healthier menu choices and corresponding nutrition information (calories, fat, sodium, and more). Healthy Dining's registered dietitians approve all featured menu items, which focus on lean proteins, fruits and vegetables, and (when available) whole grains. Additionally, featured entrees contain no more than 750 calories, 25 grams of fat, and 8 grams of saturated fat. Materials are available from the home page to introduce HealthyDiningFinder.com to others.
Healthy Dining's strategic partner organizations include employers, health organizations, government agencies, health insurance companies, weight control and fitness organizations, and many others. Trade partners include the National Restaurant Association, American Express, Nation's Restaurant News and Chinese Restaurant News.
Review Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Founded in 1977, the Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior (IAHB) is a nonprofit educational organization begun with the primary objective of knowledge dissemination in the bio-behavioral sciences. IAHB is a provider of continuing education for health care professionals and provides seminars and workshops for physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, certified counselors, and other mental health professionals.
Review Date: Friday, December 12, 2008
Founded in 1950, the National Council on the Aging is the nation's first charitable organization to serve as a national voice and powerful advocate on behalf of older Americans. NCOA is an innovator, developing programs such as BenefitsCheckUp, Foster Grandparents and Family Friends. NCOA is an activator, working with thousands of its community organization members nationwide to provide needed services to older people. NCOA is a private, nonprofit association of some 3,500 member organizations and individuals that include senior centers, area agencies on aging, employment services, congregate meal sites, faith congregations health centers, and senior housing. NCOA also includes a network of more than 17,000 organizations and individuals including its members, professionals and volunteers, service providers, consumer groups, businesses, government agencies, religious groups and voluntary organizations.
Review Date: Wednesday, July 09, 2008
The National Health Council (NHC), founded in 1920, is a nonprofit association of health organizations, including voluntary health agencies, professional and membership associations, nonprofit voluntary organizations with an interest in health, and health-related businesses. NHC promotes public accountability of voluntary health agencies by their compliance to both financial and performance standards; facilitates problem solving and mutual efforts among the membership in community health promotion, volunteer initiatives, and varied issues and concerns which impact health; conducts briefings and seminars; publishes manuals; and stimulates awareness of health career opportunities for young people.
Review Date: Monday, March 28, 2011
National Public Radio was founded on February 24, 1970, with 90 public radio stations as charter members. Today, NPR serves a growing audience of more than 15 million Americans each week via 620 public radio stations and the Internet and in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa via NPR Worldwide, to military installations overseas via American Forces Network, and throughout Japan via cable.
Review Date: Friday, November 14, 2008
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), was formerly known as the International Sanitary Bureau. It is composed of 35 member governments in the Americas and three European governments. PAHO, in its centennial year of existence, serves the health needs of the population of the Americas. The Organization continuously strives to address the health problems and inequities of the Americas, so that all citizens of the Region may lead socially and economically productive lives. PAHO's website provides general information about both itself and WHO, answers inquiries, and provides information on a variety of international health subjects in English and in Spanish.
Review Date: Tuesday, July 01, 2008
The Partnership for Prevention's mission is to improve health by preventing illness and injury and by promoting health. The Partnership's programs will increase the priority on prevention in health-related policy and the US health care system.
Review Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
PlaneTree Health Information Centers provide in-depth health and medical information services, individualized to the specific needs of each patron. Most PlaneTree services are offered free of charge and are open to the public. PlaneTree Health Information Centers are located in hospitals, public libraries, and in freestanding facilities throughout the United States. Some Planetree Health Resource Centers offer a medical research service to their local communities. They will prepare (typically for a fee) a literature search or information packet on specific topics, selecting from medical library materials, databases, and Internet resources. For inquires about Planetree services, programs, products, and consultation, contact the national administrative office by phone at 203-732-7500.
Review Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based in Princeton, N.J., is the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. It concentrates its grantmaking in four goal areas: to assure that all Americans have access to basic health care at reasonable cost; to improve care and support for people with chronic health conditions; to promote healthy communities and lifestyles; and to reduce the personal, social and economic harm caused by substance abuse--tobacco, alcohol, and ilicit drugs.
Review Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015
The Stanford Prevention Research Center was formed at Stanford University in 1984 to conduct interdisciplinary research into the prevention and control of chronic disease. Funded by Stanford University and state, federal, and private grants, the SPRC is founded on a population- or community-level perspective of disease prevention and health promotion.
Review Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation. About 2,000 full-time salaried physicians and researchers and 7,600 nurses at Cleveland Clinic represent more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties. In addition to its main campus, Cleveland Clinic operates nine regional hospitals in Northeast Ohio, Cleveland Clinic Florida, the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas and Cleveland Clinic Canada. In 2008, there were more than 4.2 million visits throughout the Cleveland Clinic health system and 165,000 hospital admissions. Patients came for treatment from every state and from more than 80 countries.
Review Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010
The mission of the Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project is to identify health problems specific to the Vietnamese community; develop community-based, culturally appropriate interventions with Vietnamese community participation; and disseminate research results so that effective interventions may be replicated throughout the United States.
Review Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008
The Wellness Council of America (WELCOA) was established as a national not-for-profit organization in the mid 1980's. WELCOA is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all working Americans. The WELCOA serves business leaders, workplace wellness practitioners, public health professionals and consultants of all kinds by producing leading-edge worksite wellness publications and health information; conducting trainings that help worksite wellness practitioners create and sustain results-oriented wellness programs and creating resources that promote healthier lifestyles for all working.
The National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America, (The YMCA of the USA), is actively involved in improving spiritual, mental, and physical health through its over 2,000 local member associations. YMCA fitness and health programs are based on preventive health care activities designed to head off heart disease, stroke, and other afflictions before they begin to develop. Prevention programs designed for people of all ages include fitness testing, aerobic conditioning, health education, individual and group fitness regimens, and weight management. Programs geared to children in kindergarten through grade nine combine exercise with educational activities which teach cardiovascular health concepts. Prevention programs for adults offer fitness assessment and development of individualized programs for exercise and conditioning. Intervention programs include a program designed to prevent back pain and educational and rehabilitation programs for cardiac patients. Certification programs are offered for health and fitness instructors. Local YMCAs publish flyers announcing their health and fitness programs.
Review Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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August 2012
Dr. Michael Wong
The latest edition of Physician's Weekly features a podcast and interview with HealthHIV Board President Dr. Michael Wong, who discussed the need to support the expansion of HIV care into primary care. In particular, he highlighted the results of the HealthHIV's State of HIV Primary Care Survey.
Data from the survey suggest that primary care providers (PCPs) deliver care to an increasing number of people living with HIV (PLWH). This shift reflects the increase in HIV incidence nationwide and continued decrease in available HIV specialists. These PCPs reported a variety of challenges to providing HIV care, such as lack of HIV-specific training, the rigors of reimbursement and working with patients who face significant personal barriers related to stigma and lack of access to care.
"The data should be viewed as a wake-up call to approach healthcare and clinical support differently," Wong said. "Business as usual just doesn't work well anymore. PCPs are expected to screen for and manage a growing number of chronic health conditions. That list is only increasing, with evolving quality outcome standards to be released by CMS and other payers. It's not reasonable to expect PCPs who have never directly treated HIV before to just 'pick it up.' We do have a large number of very experienced HIV experts in this country who can help. There are unique opportunities available that can inevitably strengthen services and provider networks for HIV to better serve this growing patient population."
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Ferdinand - Silent-sigfig
Ferdinand shot an ax skeleton.
Then he hopped on his mechanical steed, which finally managed to trample something. He would've done a heroic repair feat, but the dice thought otherwise.
The deathmachine crew got back to their positions, and used ribault fire to destroy a glommox. The catapult was stuck.
Ezra - heavyfishcannon
Ezra crawled further away, followed by his loyal glommox.
Majisto and Gallikronn - mgb519
Gallikronn incinerates the Rot Walker, while Majisto attempts to cast mind-altering spells on the bone champion... to bad it has no brains to start with.
Heated to the extremes, the Rot Walker explodes violently. To much dismay, it doesn't kills any bystanders.
Undead spearhead - BrickSyd
The grave guard slowly whittles the swordsmen squad away, while the newly-raised zombie swordsman attacks Arthel, but fails to do harm.
Skeletal Champion: 'These engineer weapons are worthless! You hear me? WORTHLESS! Shoddy construction, no failsafe mechanism!'
Despite the tenacious whining (which was done to demoralize the tinkerers), it falls to deaf ears.
The enraged champion, angered by his inability to do anything substantial on the field, butchers a swordsman.
Imperial Infantry - Falk
Arthel and his men push themselves to get rid of the remaining undead. They succeed in killing one grave guard, a necrolyte, and the risen officer.
Overwatch and kills:
heavyfishcannon: 15
Silent-sigfig: 12
Bricksyd: 15
Falk: 8
mgb519: 8
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Fare for All program
The Emergency Food Shelf Network offers a "Fare For All" program that is community supported and open to everyone, regardless of income level. The more people who participate, the better! Fare For All buys high quality fruits, vegetables, and frozen meats in bulk to save customers up to 40% off retail prices. Fare For All packages are sold at over 23 locations throughout the Metro area including 3 Minneapolis locations: Shiloh Temple (North), Sprinkler Fitters Union Hall (Northeast), and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (South). Customers order their food packages and pay on-site using cash, credit, debit, or EBT. Visit www.fareforall.org or call 763-450-3880 to learn more.
Food Shelf Cluster Resource Guide
The Food Shelf Cluster Resource Guide divides Minneapolis into 5 zones and lists key food shelves, farmers markets, and community gardens in each area. Food shelves can use this document to help identify potential entities with which to partner in order to share resources and procure healthy, fresh produce on a regular basis throughout the growing season. If you would like help connecting with a food shelf, farmers market, or community garden near your organization, please contact [email protected].
Healthy Food Handling and Merchandising training for food shelf managers
Introduction to Healthy Food Policies (PowerPoint)
Last updated Nov 5, 2018