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MSNBC host Chris Matthews joined Tamron Hall on MSNBC on Thursday where he reiterated his case against President Barack Obamas first debate performance and offered his view of how his vice president could make up for lost ground. Matthews went after the president for not defending his personal views, which he claimed serve as the basis for legislation the president pursued over his first term like health care reform and the auto industry bailout. Matthews implored Vice President Joe Biden to focus on his philosophical differences with GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) over substantive differences on various individual policies.

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After introducing Matthews and calling his reaction to Obama lackluster debate performance legendary, Hall asked what Matthews felt should be the goal for Biden in tonights vice presidential debate.

What bothers me is the Democratic side in this case the president and the vice president they have not fought the big fight, said Matthews. There are real, drastic differences between these two parties on the big issues.

The president supports health care. He enacted it into law against all kinds of Republican opposition. The position of the challenger, of Mitt Romney as of this day, is to throw them in the emergency room. Put them in the emergency room. Let them wait. Take them out of their apartments, as he puts it. He assumes all people without health insurance live in apartments.

Mathews went on to define positions that Obama holds which he failed to defend in the first debate.

When it comes to issues like the auto industry his position was bankruptcy, Obama was rescue, said Matthews. These are drastic differences.

People on Medicare and Social Security the Romney position is these people dont want to take personal responsibility for their lives. The president says lets support health care, Matthews went on.

Matthews said Ryan has similar personal values he believe are not shared by the bulk of the American people. This character, Paul Ryan, he supports personhood, said Matthews. He wants to give the fertilized egg a second after conception property rights property rights which would probably create a criminalization situation for the mother.

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Both men were assertive from the outset, a reflection of the closeness of the presidential race just weeks before the election, each eager to trumpet the strengths of his ticket and equally zealous in ripping the other party.

Biden was aggressive, hoping to make up for President Barack Obamas tepid performance in his opening debate last week against Republican nominee Mitt Romney, a performance that reset the race and thrust the Republicans back into contention. Pressing to make his points, Biden at times raised his voice and jabbed his finger at moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News.

Ryan was more measured, often lowering his voice after Biden. A fresh-faced congressman who had never debated on the national stage despite his 14 years in the House, Ryan betrayed no signs of nervousness about the showdown with Biden.

Debates by vice presidential candidates usually have little effect on elections, but Thursdays took on added significance after Obamas lackluster debate debut on Oct. 3.

Since then, Romney has pulled even with Obama in national polls and closed the gap in several battleground states.

In Florida, Romney opened up a 7 point lead, according to a new Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9/Miami Herald poll. Obama has a 1 percentage point edge over Romney in a new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll of likely voters, released Thursday. The margin was the same as before the Obama-Romney debate. In Ohio, Obama leads by 6 points. He had led by 8. And in Virginia, Obama was up 2, but Romney is now ahead by 1.

In their sole debate, Biden and Ryan sparred repeatedly on domestic policies such as Medicare and taxes, as well as foreign policy questions such as the attack in Libya that led to the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.

Most covered the same ground as Obama and Romney. It was in their personal exchanges that they shed new light on the two major party tickets and their policies.

Both Irish Roman Catholics, Biden and Ryan spoke about how their religion drives their different positions on abortion.

Our faith informs us in every thing we do, Ryan said. He added that science also plays a role in his opposition to abortion rights in most cases, saying he and his wife were touched by the ultrasound image of their unborn first child.

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DANVILLE, Ky. -- Vice President Joe Biden and Republican rival Paul Ryan sparred Thursday in often personal terms that exposed their passions and core beliefs over the role of their faith, families, and deeply held views about the role of government in American life and foreign policy.

Both men were assertive from the outset, a reflection of the closeness of the presidential race just weeks before the election, each eager to trumpet the strengths of their tickets and equally zealous in ripping the other party.

Biden was aggressive, hoping to make up for President Barack Obamas tepid performance in his opening debate last week against Republican nominee Mitt Romney, a performance that reset the race and thrust the Republicans back into contention. Pressing to make his points, Biden at times raised his voice and jabbed his finger at moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News.

Ryan was more measured, often lowering his voice after Biden. A fresh-faced congressman who had never debated on the national stage despite his 14 years in the House of Representatives, Ryan betrayed no signs of nervousness about the showdown with Biden.

Usually an afterthought with little impact on the race, the only such meeting between the No. 2s on their respective tickets took on added significance after the initial presidential face-off last week and Obamas negative reviews Oct. 3.

Since then, Romney has pulled even with Obama in national polls and closed the gap in several battleground states.

In Florida, Romney opened up a 7 point lead, according to a new Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9/Miami Herald poll. Obama has a 1 percentage point edge over Romney in a new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll of likely voters, released Thursday. The margin was the same as before the Obama-Romney debate. In Ohio, Obama leads by 6 points. He had led by 8. And in Virginia, Obama was up 2, but Romney is now ahead by 1.

In their sole debate, Biden and Ryan sparred repeatedly on domestic policies such as Medicare and taxes, as well as foreign policy questions such as the attack in Libya that led to the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.

Most covered the same ground as Obama and Romney. It was their personal exchanges where they shed new light on the two major party tickets and their policies.

Both Irish Roman Catholics, Biden and Ryan spoke about how their faith drives their different positions on abortion.

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The pursuit of superb physical fitness, high-level conditioning and supreme pace are goals which are shared by coaches and trainers up and down the country.

Whether it is at school, university, club or county level, the desire to parade teams that are the embodiment of these three qualities is ongoing for the greater part of the year.

The days of lapping playing-fields, engaging in rather meaningless practice games and performing only the most basic of physical exercises are long gone.

Instead, detailed fitness programmes are diligently prepared and followed rigidly both on an individual and collective basis.

Yet there is one other attribute that is absolutely necessary if real progress is to be achieved and that is hunger.

A teams appetite for success can be quickly gauged from players body language during games and often opponents, sensing chinks in their armour in this context, can overpower them without necessarily playing with greater poise and panache.

Hunger has been clearly rampant on more than one front this year.

Cork revealed a high-intensity attitude during the National League to collect their third title on the trot, while Donegal underlined their yearning to be eventually regarded as a great team and not just a good team by winning back to back Ulster titles.

Perhaps the greatest level of hunger was exhibited by Kilkenny both as a unit and on an individual front.

I cannot think of any player in any code who best encapsulated the real meaning of hunger this year than Noel Hickey (pictured).

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CHICAGO, Oct. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the surge in small business growth at the roots of America's economic turnaround, the nation's leading live success event producers, Powerteam International, is announcing an alliance partnership with the legendary publishing house Nightingale-Conant.

The announcement comes on the heels of the Rainmaker Summit held in Chicago in early October. Both Powerteam International founder Bill Walsh and Nightingale-Conant Chairman, Vic Conant, shared the stage for a packed session to announce their joint venture to attendees. This alliance brings two powerhouse companies together to secure the top seat in success education and training worldwide.

Bill Walsh, known widely as America's Business Expert, headlines and produces success training events all over the world presenting with Brian Tracy, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Brown, T. Harv Eker and several other well-respected authors, speakers and business coaches. Walsh is celebrated for his business coaching on transformation and practical applications. Walsh's ability to relate to every person in his audience through life stories and his high-level business grasp empowers people to understand specifically what it takes to build successful companies.

"It is such an honor to have the opportunity to partner with true legends like Nightingale-Conant. They not only lead in the success and motivational publishing industry, they invented it. We are putting considerable resources and planning into our joint venture, and we are excited to work together to change even more lives," commented Walsh from the Rainmaker Summit in Germany.

Nightingale-Conant is the world's largest producer of audio programs and the global leader in self-development education to help entrepreneurs and leaders reach the highest level of personal and professional achievement. For over 50 years, Nightingale-Conant has consistently brought people the information, skills, and motivation needed to create the life of their dreams.

Since the days of Earl Nightingale and Lloyd Conant, the Nightingale-Conant brand has had a simple yet marvelous purpose: to help people realize their full potential and to make them successful and happy. Everyone from Anthony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, and Deepak Chopra to the next generation of thought leaders, Nightingale-Conant's roster is a who's who list of authors and educators from around the world.

"What Bill Walsh and Powerteam International have done for the success education industry is amazing. We are excited to bring a world class live event component to Nightingale-Conant and we could not have dreamed of a better partner," commented Nightingale-Conant Chairman Vic Conant.

Both Walsh and Conant will be making a world wide announcement of the new alliance partnership on November 10th at "Inspiration2020" in Los Angeles. "The Inspiration2020 event is bringing together the top success education and training programs in the world, including industry favorites CEO Space and Peak Potentials. Inspiration2020 will be the largest success training event of the year," continued Walsh.

In addition, Powerteam International and Nightingale-Conant will be co-producing "Success Fest" in March 2013. The Chicago event will also serve as the Nightingale-Conant All-Star weekend, including both brands industry leading roster. With early confirmations from some of the most celebrated authors in America, both organizations are already fielding early sponsorship and ticket sales requests.

For more information on Inspiration2020 and to purchase one of the last remaining tickets for this sell-out event, visit http://www.Inspiration2020.com. For additional information on the Nightingale-Conant legacy visit http://www.Nightingale.com. For media inquiries for both organizations and the Success Fest All-Star Weekend please contact Chris Foltz at 312-772-4865 or by email at chris@christopherfoltz.com.

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Students programme set to welcome second batch

Staff Reporter / 12 October 2012

The Hamdan bin Mohammed Students Personal Development Programme, launched in September 2011 under the patronage and directives of Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, has begun arrangements for receiving the second batch of students.

The programme held a familiarisation meeting attended by delegations from the government and private schools in Dubai and parents of the students who took admission in the programme. The meeting provided a general idea about the programme, and discussed its objectives and stages of execution.

It also reviewed the achievements made by the first batch by eliciting the views and opinions of the students, schools and parents.

A large section of the attendees pointed out that the programme has helped the students in determining their professional career, and has had a positive impact on their academic performance.

The team tasked with the programme, which comprises the Secretariat General of the Dubai Executive Council, Department of Human Resources, Dubai Government, Knowledge and Human Resources Development Authority and Dubai Educational Zone, are currently working on completing all the arrangements for receiving the second batch of students.

The preparations include naming the schools and students, and conducting awareness seminars for schools and for the voluntary graduates of the Mohammed bin Rashid Programme for Leadership Development to encourage them to voluntarily participate in training the students on future professional planning. The programme will also follow up with the schools whose students were part of the first batch, and who will comply with the requirements of the programme for the next two years.

We are keen on creating a supportive environment to assist students so that they can benefit from the programme, said Abdulla Al Shaibani, Secretary-General of the Dubai Executive Council.

He said: We cooperate with all our partners in government and public sectors as well as schools to achieve the cherished objectives which serve to develop the education sector in Dubai, and are working to welcome the second batch of students. The programme reflects the interest and keenness of Shaikh Hamdan in supporting the students of our country.

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Professional Development Resources has announced a new partnership venture with The National Psychologist the Independent Newspaper for Practitioners to publish a series of new online continuing education courses that will offer a variety of brief clinical psychotherapy tips.

Jacksonville, Florida (PRWEB) October 12, 2012

The National Psychologist is an independent newspaper that circulates bimonthly to almost 30,000 practicing psychologists and graduate psychology students.

The first two online courses in the series, which were published this week on the Professional Development Resources website, are titled Psychotherapy Practice Tips, Part 1 and Psychotherapy Practice Tips, Part 2.

These new courses are designed to appeal to busy clinicians across mental health disciplines, who find it convenient to keep up their clinical skills by reading brief articles between sessions or during down time. The time-saving advantage of being able to read a large number of clinical articles in a very short time is important to most psychologists and other mental health professionals, who are required by their licensing laws to complete a designated number of continuing education credits each year.

The courses are very dense, says Leo Christie, PhD, president of Professional Development Resources. They each include 14 or 15 different clinical topics in the form of archived articles from recent issues of The National Psychologist. What is new and different about these courses is that they deliver a great deal of timely information in an easy-to-read format. The topic selection runs the gamut, including tips for treating complex post-traumatic stress disorder, coping with violent patients, the psychological impact of hearing loss, Internet pornography addiction, and more. Busy clinicians should be able to complete these courses online in two hours or less.

The two companies which are coincidentally celebrating their 20th birthdays in 2012 have had a working relationship since 2001, when The National Psychologist (TNP) first contracted with Professional Development Resources to cosponsor the TNP Quiz, which is featured in every issue and awards one hour of CE to those who read the issue and successfully complete the quiz. The relationship has worked and has led from continuing to cosponsor the quiz to the cooperative publication of other CE courses on ethics and risk management in psychotherapy practice.

At the start, all we did was work together on the quiz, says Christie. After a couple of years, Martin Saeman, managing editor of TNP, came up with the idea of creating CE courses based on some of the articles that appeared in the publication. We started out with selected ethics articles, later added risk management topics, and the rest is history. It has been a natural and comfortable alliance.

"The relationship between The National Psychologist and Professional Development Resources has been a good one from the beginning. These latest two new courses simply add a new 'clinical' component to our online CE offerings. Our goal has always been to provide our readers with news and information in an unbiased fashion much of which is not found in similar publications. This alliance is just an extension of this goal," says Saeman.

The two companies plan further cooperative courses including more ethics and risk management courses as well as possibly branching out into other topic groups, including technology and practice building.

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College of Education and Human Services associate dean candidate Elizabeth Kirby said Thursday online education and international collaboration are key in strengthening Central Michigan Universitys teacher education program.

Kirby, chairwoman of education leadership,is one of two candidates for the position and spoke to more than 30 people at an open forum in the EHS building. The associate dean will be responsible for supporting the dean with anything regarding the college, including curriculum, budgeting and the development of faculty.

Through my career and my life, my focus has been education, she said. This opportunity to utilize my skills and strengths is extremely appealing.

The future of the programs online classes were quickly addressed.

Weve talked about this, weve looked at this and weve felt a serious intention to creating the biggest capacity we could to deliver education anytime, anywhere and also being able to be portable and flexible, Kirby said.

She said the losses in teachers and students in Michigan would force the department to look at what could be offered online.

Weve lost 1,100 teachers in Michigan the past few years and weve lost 50,000 students. That all plays its way upward in terms of who is going to come to CMU, Kirby said. The competition is immense. In essence, we want to be competitive and we want to attract audiences inside Michigan and outside.

In terms of international involvement, Kirby is working on bringing Chinese teachers to campus in hopes of bringing them back for a summer program.

I think globally that outreach is important and the relationships will only strengthen the college, Kirby said.

Kirby also spoke about her scholarly works and how it is important for leaders to continue to learn.

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EducationCompared.com has been launched to help Americans earn degrees and diplomas online. Consumers can request more information about online schools for free.

(PRWEB) October 12, 2012

This service is completely free, quick, and easy to use. EducationCompared.com shows the availability of any and all online degree programs that the student could choose to enroll in based upon the zip code entered and the subject area of interest specified.

Any subject area or program type can be searched for any zip code, so this is also a useful tool for researching information about programs available in other states or simply nearby zip codes, gathering invaluable information about all the online programs within any area in the United States.

Website use is simple: the user first selects a program type on a menu, then enters a zip code. The website then presents schools within the entered zip code, where the user would be able to study online or on campus.

Click here for accredited online degrees from online colleges.

This website service makes finding online programs just as easy as finding campus-based programs, allowing the user the convenient option of enrolling in an online degree program. Online degree programs are often geared toward nontraditional and part-time students, many who have families, responsibilities, and full-time jobs.

Online degrees can be completed from home using primarily or in some cases, only, a home computer, email, and an internet connection. A student enrolled in this type of program can complete the degree little by little as the time is available.

Some online programs have an on-campus component which requires a limited amount of time spent on campus or in the classroom. This new online degrees comparison website greatly simplifies the process of finding the best degree for each individual user.

Click here to lean more about getting education online.

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MEDFORD, OR--(Marketwire - Oct 11, 2012) - PremierWest Bank ( NASDAQ : PRWT ) is pleased to announce the launch of the Financial Answer Center, a revolutionary online education system that is a first of its kind among West Coast community banks.

The Financial Answer Center provides customers with immediate answers to hundreds of financial questions and enables customers to download extensive Quick Guides to over 30 broad categories of information to help manage their financial life, such as investments, retirement planning, cash and debt management,running a small business, planning for college and much more. The wealth of financial data has been developed by a team of financial and educational content experts from Truebridge, Inc. of Boston, MA. The Financial Answer Centeris easily accessible and free to download from PremierWest Bank's home page at http://www.premierwestbank.com.

"PremierWest strives to be an all encompassing financial resource for our customers, and the Financial Answer Center gives our customersaccess to information on hundreds of topics,"said Ken Wells, Executive Vice President of PremierWest Bank. "And, if they desire to go deeper into a subject, a few clicks will direct them to a bank representative based in their area withextensive knowledge about the subject. We are thrilled to be the first community bank on the West Coast to present such a benefit to our customers."

Stewart Rose, President of Truebridge, Inc. said: "We're delighted to be associated with PremierWest. PremierWest is a forward looking bank that understands what it means to build meaningful customer relationships in part by providing the educational information that their customers want in order to make better financial decisions throughout their life."

ABOUT PREMIERWEST BANCORP

PremierWest Bancorp ( NASDAQ : PRWT ) is a financial services holding company headquartered in Medford, Oregon, and operates primarily through its subsidiary PremierWest Bank. PremierWest Bank offers expanded financial services through PremierWest Investment Services, Inc.

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