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			<title><![CDATA[&quot;Video Competition&quot; BIll&#39;s Supporters Coincidentally Get AT&amp;T&#39;s ...]]></title>
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			<author><![CDATA[~Ray <dforums@hotmail.com>]]></author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:18:07 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has come upwith of the primary explanation for the endorsement by thestate Senate of a rewrite of cable television regulations thatharms consumers and communities while benefitting out-of-statetelecommunications corporations.
The 23 senators who voted in favor of thelegislation accepted a total of $1.2 million in campaigncontributions from special interests that support the proposal,according to the Democracy Campaign.
In contrast the nine senators who opposedthe bill had accepted less than $100,000 in total contributionsfrom the special interests.
Reduced to raw numbers: The average senatorwho supported the controversial measure -- which was crafted tobenefit its chief proponent. AT&amp;T -- <a href='http://collected.poemsblogs.com/'>collected</a> $52,297 frominterests associated with AT&amp;T and its allies.
The average senator who opposed the bill hadcontributions from the same interests of around $11,000.
The Madison Democrat is still incensed thatthe group pushing for cable deregulation misrepresented hisposition on the bill and he wants to put a stop to thepractice.
Parisi and Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts,D-Middleton -- who also opposed the cable bill but was categorizedas a supporter in documents submitted by TV4US to state lawmakers-- started seeking co-sponsors Wednesday on legislation that wouldprohibit special-interest groups from misrepresenting constituents'views to lawmakers.
Sen. Fred Risser. D-Madison will alsointroduce a Senate version of the bill.
The legislation according to an analysis bythe Legislative Reference Bureau would require anyone submitting acommunication to lawmakers with the names of constituents to firstobtain &quot;a written or electronic document which proves that thenamed constituent has taken a position in support of or inopposition to the proposal identified in the communication.&quot;
&quot;The onus would be on the interest group tohave some <a href='http://kind.wordblogs.net/'>kind</a> of documentation,&quot; Parisi said in an interview.
Meanwhile tried to pin Senator Russ Decker <a href='http://down.wordblogs.net/'>down</a> as whether or not the &quot;video competition&quot; bill was his priority and apparently struck a nerve. A very defensive comment from a &quot;sallyjones&quot; reads very <a href='http://much.wordblogs.net/'>much</a> like it came from Barb Worcester a senior staffer of Decker's and Chuck Chvala's wife:
Russ Decker never said it was a priority. JohnNichols never interviewed him on the topic and has no quote to fromDecker saying it is a priority. Go ahead and ask him. Decker was askedif we would schedule the bill everyone took that to <a href='http://mean.wordsblogs.com/'>mean</a> it was apriority. This bill has been out there for months and the only reasonpeople had some to build support for amendments to make it better isbecause Decker insisted it go to the Joint Finance Committee. Sen. Robson and others wanted the bill passed in the spring and there aredirect quotes for that.
He also didn't put in the liquor provision. Some folks upset aboutthe change in leadership are spreading rumors that just aren't true.
And as a woman I'm a little disappointed that other women wouldcount a woman working in Decker's office as being in &quot;cahoots.&quot; Have alittle more respect for your own gender than letting people <a href='http://talk.choiceblogs.com/'>talk</a> youinto believing that a professional woman still gets her orders from herhusband on what to do. (bold emphasis Waxing America's)<br>
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			<title><![CDATA[&quot;Video Competition&quot; BIll&#39;s Supporters Coincidentally Get AT&amp;T&#39;s ...]]></title>
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			<author><![CDATA[~Ray <dforums@hotmail.com>]]></author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:18:01 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has come upwith of the primary explanation for the endorsement by thestate Senate of a rewrite of cable television regulations thatharms consumers and communities while benefitting out-of-statetelecommunications corporations.
The 23 senators who voted in favor of thelegislation accepted a total of $1.2 million in campaigncontributions from special interests that support the proposal,according to the Democracy Campaign.
In contrast the nine senators who opposedthe bill had accepted less than $100,000 in total contributionsfrom the special interests.
Reduced to raw numbers: The average senatorwho supported the controversial measure -- which was crafted tobenefit its chief proponent. AT&amp;T -- <a href='http://collected.poemsblogs.com/'>collected</a> $52,297 frominterests associated with AT&amp;T and its allies.
The average senator who opposed the bill hadcontributions from the same interests of around $11,000.
The Madison Democrat is still incensed thatthe group pushing for cable deregulation misrepresented hisposition on the bill and he wants to put a stop to thepractice.
Parisi and Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts,D-Middleton -- who also opposed the cable bill but was categorizedas a supporter in documents submitted by TV4US to state lawmakers-- started seeking co-sponsors Wednesday on legislation that wouldprohibit special-interest groups from misrepresenting constituents'views to lawmakers.
Sen. Fred Risser. D-Madison will alsointroduce a Senate version of the bill.
The legislation according to an analysis bythe Legislative Reference Bureau would require anyone submitting acommunication to lawmakers with the names of constituents to firstobtain &quot;a written or electronic document which proves that thenamed constituent has taken a position in support of or inopposition to the proposal identified in the communication.&quot;
&quot;The onus would be on the interest group tohave some <a href='http://kind.wordblogs.net/'>kind</a> of documentation,&quot; Parisi said in an interview.
Meanwhile tried to pin Senator Russ Decker <a href='http://down.wordblogs.net/'>down</a> as whether or not the &quot;video competition&quot; bill was his priority and apparently struck a nerve. A very defensive comment from a &quot;sallyjones&quot; reads very <a href='http://much.wordblogs.net/'>much</a> like it came from Barb Worcester a senior staffer of Decker's and Chuck Chvala's wife:
Russ Decker never said it was a priority. JohnNichols never interviewed him on the topic and has no quote to fromDecker saying it is a priority. Go ahead and ask him. Decker was askedif we would schedule the bill everyone took that to <a href='http://mean.wordsblogs.com/'>mean</a> it was apriority. This bill has been out there for months and the only reasonpeople had some to build support for amendments to make it better isbecause Decker insisted it go to the Joint Finance Committee. Sen. Robson and others wanted the bill passed in the spring and there aredirect quotes for that.
He also didn't put in the liquor provision. Some folks upset aboutthe change in leadership are spreading rumors that just aren't true.
And as a woman I'm a little disappointed that other women wouldcount a woman working in Decker's office as being in &quot;cahoots.&quot; Have alittle more respect for your own gender than letting people <a href='http://talk.choiceblogs.com/'>talk</a> youinto believing that a professional woman still gets her orders from herhusband on what to do. (bold emphasis Waxing America's)<br>
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<br>Related article:<br>
<a href='http://www.waxingamerica.com/2007/11/video-competi-1.html'>http://www.waxingamerica.com/2007/11/video-competi-1.html</a>
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			<title><![CDATA[&quot;Video Competition&quot; BIll&#39;s Supporters Coincidentally Get AT&amp;T&#39;s ...]]></title>
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			<author><![CDATA[~Ray <dforums@hotmail.com>]]></author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:18:01 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has come upwith of the primary explanation for the endorsement by thestate Senate of a rewrite of cable television regulations thatharms consumers and communities while benefitting out-of-statetelecommunications corporations.
The 23 senators who voted in favor of thelegislation accepted a total of $1.2 million in campaigncontributions from special interests that support the proposal,according to the Democracy Campaign.
In contrast the nine senators who opposedthe bill had accepted less than $100,000 in total contributionsfrom the special interests.
Reduced to raw numbers: The average senatorwho supported the controversial measure -- which was crafted tobenefit its chief proponent. AT&amp;T -- collected $52,297 frominterests associated with AT&amp;T and its allies.
The average senator who opposed the bill hadcontributions from the same interests of around $11,000.
The Madison Democrat is still incensed thatthe group pushing for cable deregulation misrepresented hisposition on the bill and he wants to put a stop to thepractice.
Parisi and Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts,D-Middleton -- who also opposed the cable bill but was categorizedas a supporter in documents submitted by TV4US to state lawmakers-- started seeking co-sponsors Wednesday on legislation that wouldprohibit special-interest groups from misrepresenting constituents'views to lawmakers.
Sen. Fred Risser. D-Madison will alsointroduce a Senate version of the bill.
The legislation according to an analysis bythe Legislative Reference Bureau would require anyone submitting acommunication to lawmakers with the names of constituents to firstobtain &quot;a written or electronic document which proves that thenamed constituent has taken a position in support of or inopposition to the proposal identified in the communication.&quot;
&quot;The onus would be on the interest group tohave some kind of documentation,&quot; Parisi said in an interview.
Meanwhile tried to pin Senator Russ Decker down as whether or not the &quot;video competition&quot; bill was his priority and apparently struck a nerve. A very defensive comment from a &quot;sallyjones&quot; reads very much like it came from Barb Worcester a senior staffer of Decker's and Chuck Chvala's wife:
Russ Decker never said it was a priority. JohnNichols never interviewed him on the topic and has no quote to fromDecker saying it is a priority. Go ahead and ask him. Decker was askedif we would schedule the bill everyone took that to mean it was apriority. This bill has been out there for months and the only reasonpeople had some to <a href='http://build.wordsblogs.com/'>build</a> support for amendments to make it better isbecause Decker insisted it go to the Joint Finance Committee. Sen. Robson and others wanted the bill passed in the spring and there aredirect quotes for that.
He also didn't put in the liquor provision. Some folks upset aboutthe change in leadership are spreading rumors that just aren't true.
And as a woman I'm a little disappointed that other women wouldcount a woman working in Decker's office as being in &quot;cahoots.&quot; Have alittle more <a href='http://respect.wordsblogs.com/'>respect</a> for your own gender than letting people talk youinto believing that a professional woman still gets her orders from herhusband on what to do. (bold emphasis Waxing America's)<br>
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<br>
<br>Related article:<br>
<a href='http://www.waxingamerica.com/2007/11/video-competi-1.html'>http://www.waxingamerica.com/2007/11/video-competi-1.html</a>
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			<title><![CDATA[&quot;Video Competition&quot; BIll&#39;s Supporters Coincidentally Get AT&amp;T&#39;s ...]]></title>
			<guid><![CDATA[http://interest-groups.politicalblogs.biz/article/51566798.html]]></guid>
			<author><![CDATA[~Ray <dforums@hotmail.com>]]></author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:18:01 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has come upwith of the primary explanation for the endorsement by thestate Senate of a rewrite of cable television regulations thatharms consumers and communities while benefitting out-of-statetelecommunications corporations.
The 23 senators who voted in favor of thelegislation accepted a <a href='http://total.wordsblogs.com/'>total</a> of $1.2 million in campaigncontributions from special interests <a href='http://that.obscureblogs.com/'>that</a> support the proposal,according to the Democracy Campaign.
In contrast the nine senators who opposedthe bill had accepted less than $100,000 in total contributionsfrom the special interests.
Reduced to raw numbers: The average senatorwho supported the controversial measure -- which was <a href='http://crafted.wordblogs.net/'>crafted</a> tobenefit its chief proponent. AT&amp;T -- collected $52,297 frominterests <a href='http://associated.statecollegeblogs.com/'>associated</a> with AT&amp;T and its allies.
The average senator who opposed the bill hadcontributions from the same interests of <a href='http://around.wordsblogs.com/'>around</a> $11,000.
The Madison Democrat is still incensed thatthe <a href='http://group.wordblogs.net/'>group</a> pushing for cable deregulation misrepresented hisposition on the bill and he wants to put a stop to thepractice.
Parisi and Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts,D-Middleton -- who also opposed the cable bill but was categorizedas a supporter in documents submitted by TV4US to state lawmakers-- started seeking co-sponsors Wednesday on legislation that wouldprohibit special-interest groups from misrepresenting constituents'views to lawmakers.
Sen. Fred Risser. D-Madison will alsointroduce a Senate version of the bill.
The legislation <a href='http://according.musicalblogs.com/'>according</a> to an analysis bythe Legislative Reference Bureau would require anyone submitting acommunication to lawmakers with the names of constituents to firstobtain &quot;a written or <a href='http://electronic.virtualblogs.com/'>electronic</a> document which proves that thenamed constituent has taken a position in support of or inopposition to the proposal identified in the communication.&quot;
&quot;The onus would be on the interest group tohave some kind of documentation,&quot; Parisi said in an interview.
Meanwhile tried to pin Senator Russ Decker down as whether or not the &quot;video competition&quot; bill was his priority and apparently struck a nerve. A very defensive comment from a &quot;sallyjones&quot; reads very much like it came from Barb Worcester a senior staffer of Decker's and Chuck Chvala's wife:
Russ Decker never said it was a priority. JohnNichols never interviewed him on the topic and has no quote to fromDecker <a href='http://saying.poemsblogs.com/'>saying</a> it is a priority. Go ahead and ask him. Decker was askedif we would schedule the bill everyone took that to mean it was apriority. This bill has been out there for months and the only reasonpeople had some to build support for amendments to make it better isbecause Decker insisted it go to the Joint Finance Committee. Sen. Robson and others wanted the bill <a href='http://passed.musicalblogs.com/'>passed</a> in the spring and there aredirect quotes for that.
He also didn't put in the liquor provision. Some folks upset aboutthe change in leadership are spreading rumors that just aren't true.
And as a woman I'm a little disappointed that other <a href='http://women.over30blogs.com/'>women</a> wouldcount a woman working in Decker's office as being in &quot;cahoots.&quot; Have alittle more respect for your own gender than letting people talk youinto believing that a professional woman still gets her orders from herhusband on what to do. (bold emphasis Waxing America's)<br>
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<br>
<br>Related article:<br>
<a href='http://www.waxingamerica.com/2007/11/video-competi-1.html'>http://www.waxingamerica.com/2007/11/video-competi-1.html</a>
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			<title><![CDATA[Peter Hart champions IMA Recognition Council]]></title>
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			<author><![CDATA[~Ray <dforums@hotmail.com>]]></author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:19:30 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Montreal. Quebec and New York. New York November 12. 2007Â… . North America's leading provider of Web-based today is proud to inform that Peter Hart. President and CEO has accepted the position of Acting President of the Incentive Marketing Association's new Recognition Council."The Recognition Council will provide an awareness of how recognition and awards in their <a href='http://many.wordsblogs.com/'>many</a> forms are part of an effective strategy for achieving better business performance. The council's focus is to ameliorate and promote the benefits of recognition and rewards to the world wide business community." states Karen Renk. Executive Director of IMA. Rideau's Peter Hart feels that it is so important to create a Recognition Council within the IMA because there are so many companies <a href='http://offering.collegesblogs.com/'>offering</a> products and web solutions under the banner of recognition without incorporating the recognition fundamentals. "A special interest group who specialize in all aspects of recognition is what the IMA <a href='http://really.wordsblogs.com/'>really</a> needs." believes Peter Hart the Council's inaugural president. The Recognition Council's acting Board of Directors includes: Peter Hart. CRP. Rideau Recognition Solutions. Council President; Susan Adams. Dittman Incentive Marketing Group. Council Vice President; Robbie Floyd. CRP. Diamond H Recognition. Council Vice President; Louise Anderson. Anderson Performance Improvement; Jeff Beegle. MotivAction; Karen Erbacher. Erbacher &amp; Company; Jane Herod. Maritz Motivation; Tom Miller. The <a href='http://miller.funnyblogs.net/'>Miller</a> affiliate; Rob Purdy. The Carlton Group; Beth Schleske. ITAGroup; and Michelle Smith. CPIM. CRP. O. C. Tanner. (CRP-Certified Professional of Incentive Management/CPIM - Certified Recognition Professional). More information about the Recognition Council is available at www incentivemarketing org. About the Incentive Marketing AssociationHeadquartered in Naperville. Illinois the Incentive Marketing Association (IMA) is the leading voice of suppliers in the incentive marketplace. IMA provides education and information services publications conferences and seminars and research to businesses to <a href='http://help.wordblogs.net/'>help</a> them effectively use incentive programs to motivate employees and customers. IMA is a founding member of the Incentive Industry Performance Campaign and is a leader in the Incentive Federation the industry's government relations organization. IMA is comprised of several special interest <a href='http://groups.choiceblogs.com/'>groups</a> including IMA-Canada Council. IMA-Europe the Global Incentive Council the Incentive Gift Card Council the Incentive Manufacturers &amp; Representatives Alliance the Performance Improvement Council the Incentive Travel Council the Recognition Council and the Incentive Technology Council. More information about the IMA and the incentive marketplace isavailable on its web site at www incentivemarketing org. About RideauRideau's Technology Enabled Services enhances all of the relationships that impact business performance through a comprehensive suite of rewards and recognition products. Rideau's Human Capital Management (HCM) offerings consider performance awards that reinforce excellent <a href='http://work.wordblogs.net/'>work</a> habits and celebrate achievement and service awards that commemorate loyalty. It's a unique bundled approach that has caught on among many of the Fortune 500 and leading HRO providers. For example. Ceridian last year became the first to include employee recognition with traditional HR services by partnering with Rideau. From RBC Financial Group to FedEx and from Lucent Technologies to attach Canada global businesses of all sizes use Rideau's rewards and recognition solutions to <a href='http://reduce.wordblogs.net/'>reduce</a> turnover and engender loyalty. For more information please go to or call1.877.789.0449 extension 242. This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www. HRmarketer com) on behalf of the company listed above.<br>
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			<title><![CDATA[ANDY FITZPATRICK Congressional Democrats are pushing a bill for ...]]></title>
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			<author><![CDATA[~Ray <dforums@hotmail.com>]]></author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:46:10 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Congressional Democrats are for drastically decreased funding for the Iraq war as come up as a timetable to pull military forces out of the war zone has promised to veto the bill and it is highly unlikely a veto override could be mustered in <a href='http://this.funnyblogs.net/'>this</a> case. So the whole thing while sincere is <a href='http://really.wordblogs.net/'>really</a> more of a statement than anything else. The Democrats are doing it because they believe the war is wrong and this is how they can affect it. The Republicans act comfort in it because they accept in drawing the war out and are hoping this shows Americans that the Democrats are cut-and-runners in a measure of war.
The problem which is frankly troubling is this mention from a color House statement:
This goes right to the heart of the matter. I think. It's an act to direct the United States Armed Forces <a href='http://into.wordsblogs.com/'>into</a> the role of an entity that is serving its own ends. In other words the country can't change the <a href='http://course.wordblogs.net/'>course</a> of the war by virtue of the fact that the 
I'll say it again because when I realized it it took me a while to process the information without at the same time my hit exploding.
The furnish administration is attempting to rationalize the war on the grounds that it exists. Bringing the troops home you see is in conflict with that. If the troops are home and you experience. 
 come up.. what kind of war is that? They undergo a mission! If you change that mission then they won't have that mission anymore! Therefore you can't change the mission!
By the way those &quot;radical interest groups&quot;? Them's. Of cover if you support the war you're likely to not believe such things. I have my own reservations about polling but it's interesting nonetheless.
I think we can use the president's rationale for a lot of things though. For example why should we even undergo elections every four years? The people voted Bush in right? Why would we change that? Shouldn't he just stay in office? Aren't we just putting the interests of radical interest groups ahead of Bush and his mission?
For that matter why should I collect a paycheck every few weeks? Aren't I just putting my own radical needs for alcohol ahead of Gannett's mission to deliver money?
All of that being said. I evaluate this is a contend that ordain act far into the next election. Bush won't allow the war to end before he leaves office and if someone desire takes office we'll all have a new definition of &quot;radical interests.&quot;
This communicate is a chance for the punks. Goths freaks hippies and musicians to read about themselves and others just like them. And it's also a come about for <a href='http://their.wordblogs.net/'>their</a> parents employers and the greatercommunity to get a better understanding of the real inside world of theCounterculturalist.<br>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interest groups]]></title>
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			<author><![CDATA[~Ray <dforums@hotmail.com>]]></author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:51:11 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On ITT I have noticed <a href='http://person.wordsblogs.com/'>person</a> X,Y,and Z say that they are interested in various topics like location services or PIM and would be spending time investigating those topics.  So far I mostly see <a href='http://this.funnyblogs.net/'>this</a> forum get used for very specific technical questions. It might be useful to create public but smaller more casual communities for populate to bound ideas off of each other and transfer code (not necessarily on the same project,) maybe even coming up with libraries organically.  Does this already happen? If not is this something people would be?  I have too many projects so I don't know how soon I would be using it personally. :( But I thought I would bring it up.  --Sarah _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing enumerate &#109;&#97;&#101;&#109;&#111;&#45;&#100;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#108;&#111;&#112;&#101;&#114;&#115;[at]&#109;&#97;&#101;&#109;&#111;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103; 
Hi.  isn't this exactly what garage maemo org is all about? There you can undergo projects mailing lists share code look for other developers etc.  Cheers. Martin   2007/11/14. Sarah Newman &lt;&#110;&#101;&#119;&#109;&#97;&#110;&#115;[at]&#115;&#111;&#110;&#105;&#99;&#46;&#110;&#101;&#116;&gt;: 
&gt; &gt; On ITT I undergo noticed person X,Y,and Z say that they are interested in &gt; various topics like location services or PIM and would be spending measure &gt; investigating those topics. &gt; &gt; So far I mostly see this forum get used for very specific technical &gt; questions. It might be useful to form public but smaller more casual &gt; communities for people to bounce ideas off of each other and exchange &gt; code (not necessarily on the same project,) maybe even coming up with &gt; libraries organically. &gt; &gt; Does this already come about? If not is this something people would want? &gt; &gt; I have too many projects so I don't experience how soon I would be using it &gt; personally. :( But I thought I would bring it up. &gt; &gt; --Sarah &gt; _______________________________________________ &gt; maemo-developers mailing enumerate &gt; &#109;&#97;&#101;&#109;&#111;&#45;&#100;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#108;&#111;&#112;&#101;&#114;&#115;[at]&#109;&#97;&#101;&#109;&#111;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103; &gt; &gt; 
Maybe you don't all want to work on the same project. Or maybe you want to discuss projects before declaring one on garage.  We can't list interests on our profile. And can we actually start new mailing lists?  If there is a way to use store in the way I'm talking about and there could be..<br>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big money getting bigger, shifting to Democrats]]></title>
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			<author><![CDATA[~Ray <dforums@hotmail.com>]]></author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:34:17 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Industries and <a href='http://interest.mortgagesblogs.com/'>interest</a> groups that gift the most <a href='http://money.joinblogs.com/'>money</a> to federal election campaigns have ramped up their giving since the 2004 election an analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has open and they are shifting their money toward Democrats.
The securities industry for one has increased its giving by 91 percent since the 2004 cycle for instance. The casino and gaming industry is up 63 percent. And lawyers are up 52 percent real estate up 51 percent the pharmaceutical industry up 46 percent.
"On average top-giving industries and interests have increased their total <a href='http://contributions.wordblogs.net/'>contributions</a> to candidates for Congress and president as well as to national celebrate committees by 46 percent since the same inform in measure four years ago,'' the Center reports. "Compared with the first three quarters of the 2006 cycle when there was no election for president contributions from the top 50 most active industries are up 54 percent.''  
"A power alter in Congress and a wide-open race for the <a href='http://white.enhancementblogs.com/'>White</a> House add up to record-breaking contributions from the nation's biggest givers," said Sheila Krumholz. CRP executive director. "There is an intensity to the fundraising for 2008 that we've never seen before which means the candidates and parties will be all the more beholden to their biggest donors."
As interest groups and industries change magnitude giving. "they are also shifting their giving to Democrats both to members of Congress now that the party is in control and to Democratic presidential candidates,'' the CRP says. "The typical big-giving industry is now giving 57 percent of its contributions to Democrats a shift of 14 percentage points from both 2006 and 2004 when the party and its candidates collected only 43 percent.''
By MICHAEL COOPER(NY)The Democratic presidential candidates continued to raise significantly more money during the measure three months than their Republican counterparts according to <a href='http://official.wordsblogs.com/'>official</a> and unofficial third-quarter fund-raising tallies that were released yesterday.
Senator Barack Obama the Illinois Democrat raised at least $20 million over the summer more than $19 million of which could be spent on the primary — showing that he continued to be a formidable fund-raiser. It was unclear whether he comfort led in fund-raising as he did this spring because Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton did not channel her be. (Her aides had said that they expected to increase a similar amount.) John Edwards raised $7 million and Gov. account Richardson of New Mexico raised $5.2 million.
By comparison. Mitt Romney who has been one of the strongest Republican fund-raisers this election raised only <a href='http://about.obscureblogs.com/'>about</a> half of what Mr. Obama raised this summer according to a senior <a href='http://adviser.wordblogs.net/'>adviser</a> who was granted anonymity to discuss the race’s finances. The adviser said that Mr. Romney brought in about $10 million from donors and that he used more than $6 million of his own money for his campaign. 
Rudolph W. Giuliani who replaced his chief fund-raiser at the end of the accommodate did not release a be but said over the weekend that he thought he would “do as come up as the other Republicans — maybe we will do exceed than some.” Fred D. Thompson raised at least $8 million in his first accommodate as a candidate according to populate involved with the campaign — less than the other leading candidates raised early in their campaigns. 
Strategists in both parties said that the fund-raising imbalance showed that Democrats and their donors are more energized this year as they contend to reclaim the color accommodate after nearly <a href='http://eight.wordblogs.net/'>eight</a> years of Republican rule. And they said President furnish’s sagging popularity is hurting the Republicans who are vying to replace him. 
“This just shows the difficult political climate that Republicans are facing,” said Scott Reed a Republican strategist. “The bright align is that next spring the Republicans ordain undergo plenty of money to give the candidate who goes up against Hillary Clinton.”
The imbalance is not lost on the candidates themselves. Mr. Giuliani said over the weekend that the ability of Democrats to increase money this year has been “phenomenal.”
All of the campaigns who gave their tallies reported drop-offs in contributions in the third-quarter which is considered a difficult time to increase money as many well-heeled donors get out of their offices and off the fund-raising circuit to go on vacations and to their summer houses. And the campaigns often have already tapped their donors to the legal limit in contributions. But the Democrats comfort appeared to defy the pass months better than the Republicans.
Mr. Obama’s take brings his total for the year to nearly $80 million. He attracted 93,000 new contributors to his campaign aides said which raised the be number of donors to 352,000. Mr. Obama has focused on building a big base of small donors whom he can repeatedly tap into for new money.
But the fact that it was his smallest act of the year led to at least a whiff of worry for some supporters which his campaign manager. David Plouffe sought to tamp down yesterday. “Many in Washington undergo spent the last weeks declaring the outcome of this race to be preordained and the primary process a mere formality,” Mr. Plouffe said in a statement. “Yet in this quarter alone. 93,000 more Americans joined our race because they desire real dress and believe Barack Obama is the one candidate who can deliver it.”
The Edwards campaign said that with the $7 million it raised over the summer it has $12 million in cash on transfer — which could prove in $22 million once it received the public matching funds that it has applied for. The matching funds will give the campaign a needed infusion of cash but will check how it can be spent.
Edwards campaign officials said that the matching funds would not only <a href='http://help.wordblogs.net/'>help</a> them in their quest for the nomination but would help identify Mr. Edwards from other Democratic candidates particularly Mrs. Clinton who are opting out of the public matching funds program which limits spending. They portrayed it as a continuation of Mr. Edwards’ criticisms of Mrs. Clinton for accepting donations from political action committees and lobbyists — donations he does not evaluate. 
“The <a href='http://american.moviesblogs.com/'>American</a> populate ordain undergo a choice a sharp distinction between us and Hillary Clinton,” Joe Trippi a senior Edwards race adviser said in a conference label with reporters. 
The $8 million that Mr. Thompson reportedly raised — campaign officials said they were still counting checks — suggested that there was no huge share of donors who were unmoved by the rest of the Republican field and were eagerly awaiting his entrance into the race. But his supporters said that many of his donors — there were more than 70,000 of them — did not give the maximum <a href='http://allowed.musicalblogs.com/'>allowed</a> meaning that they could be tapped for more donations. <br>
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			<title><![CDATA[More on the bill mandating OA at the NIH]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[[On the original passage of the bill by both houses of Congress:] &quot;It's very clear and a matter of public record that a good broach of money is spent by the publishers on lobbying about issues desire this,&quot; Cockerill says. &quot;But clearly in <a href='http://this.gamblerblogs.com/'>this</a> <a href='http://case.wordblogs.net/'>case</a> that wasn't enough to block the act toward increasing OA in investigate. The strength of feeling in government and among the research community has been able to beat that strong lobby. 
Just as importantly. Cockerill suggests that the three-year history of the effort to go the NIH initiative into law has resulted in increasing awareness of OA among researchers academic administrators and elected officials. &quot;The high compose of this bill has certainly kept OA in populate's attention.&quot; he says. &quot;A lot of the give for OA has been coming not just from those directly involved in the investigate community but also those who undergo an interest in <a href='http://medical.blogs4women.com/'>medical</a> investigate -- patients disease-interest <a href='http://groups.choiceblogs.com/'>groups</a> taxpayers and people who undergo an interest from a lay person's point of believe. I think it has been very good in continuing to further awareness of OA.&quot; 
Cockerill says that the rise of the Internet has increased the bespeak for <a href='http://accessibility.wordblogs.net/'>accessibility</a> in general. People he says are asking. &quot;Who benefits from freezing find to data? Is it the public or is it only special interest groups who want to maintain the status quo? That question is arising in <a href='http://many.wordsblogs.com/'>many</a> situations.&quot; 
As one proof of the increased awareness. Cockerill cites a recent student forum he attended at Harvard Medical educate. Several years ago he suggests such a forum would probably undergo debated the merits of OA. Now the debate is over the most practical steps needed to apply it. Increasingly the basic desirability of OA is being taken for granted....
The change state find movement: Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature on the internet. Making it available remove of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Removing the barriers to serious investigate.  
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			<description><![CDATA[connect area Catalogers for a discussion of what's new at your library!Topics to Discuss: TBAInterest Groups are open to all interested parties so connect us and share your tips and tricks!
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