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The Downstairs
When you walk into the house you enter into a mud room but to enter the and leave the house there is a lock system in which you have to type in a code in which the staff are the only ones to have it. You walk into a hallway to the right there is an open doorway that goes into the kitchen, which has all cupboards locked up to all the patients, its a large room with the kitchen things on the left and to the right as a large table that has 13 chairs. Off of the kitchen is a room that is locked and can only be opened by staff, Patients where never allowed in this room. This was the staff/med room, this was where the staff kept their things and where the medication was locked up, it also had a small bathroom off to the side.

Back into the hallway on the left there are two doors. The first one was to the living room, in the living room there was two couches and two chairs with a tv on the wall with a small shelving with videos and dvds but they are locked up. There was a bookshelf filled with books and a table with a couple chairs. The next room was the activity/day room. This is where most groups and group activities will be, it had a few tables with chairs in it, a shelf with doors that is locked that has different games, activities, and crafts. The stairs are off of this room. The last room is the Treatment room, which is at the end of the hallway and locked, this is where the therapist and doctor meet with each patient during the day.

The Upstairs
When you go up the stairs you first go into a hallway, to your left is the Nurse's room, which is locked, the Nurse lives there 24/7 and have a bathroom connected to it. Next to the nurses room is another hallway that has two rooms which are lockable, these are the safe rooms. Their is one for the girls and one for the boys, the safe rooms are used when a patient is either being a danger to others or themselves. The rooms are bare of anything and actually has padding all around it, there is a light on the ceiling that is actually in a cage looking thing.

Back in the hallway across the hall is the hallway to the bedrooms. The girls on the left and the boys on the right, the rooms start at Girl 5 and Boy 5 and goes down, the first three rooms on each side are found with a bed, nightstand, closet cupboard and dresser. The last rooms are shared by patients girl 1 & 2 and boy 1 & 2, they have two beds, two dressers, two nightstands and two closet cupboards. The bathrooms are found back if you go back out in the hallway and at the end of the hallway you take a left, the boys bathroom is the first room and the girls bathroom is the last room.

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>>> we are getting new views tonight of the massive wildfire that's causing so much damage in the colorado springs area. more than 18,000 acres have been destroyed so far. this is still burning out of control. our report on the firefighter from nbc's miguel almaguer.

>> reporter: just beneath the smoke a clear picture of the devastation. in a once thriving community named mountain shadows , street after street, 346 homes, leveled by the wildfire.

>> it's an act of god. i don't know how else to put it. yes, we've got a lot of loss of property, but we've got a lot of other property that was saved.

>> reporter: 35,000 are evacuated. shelters are full, shops closed, entire neighborhoods are like a ghost town . monty is among another 20,000 who have been told they may be ordered out next.

>> you don't want to go to sleep for fear of the thing coming over the mountains.

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Intervention program in college instrumental musicians, with kinematics analysis of cello and flute playing: a combined program of yogic breathing and muscle strengthening-flexibility exercises.

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College musicians encounter health risks not dissimilar to those of professional musicians. Fifteen collegiate instrumental musicians participated in the intervention program of yogic-breathing and muscle-strengthening and flexibility exercises for 8 weeks. Pre- and post-intervention data from the Health-Pain-Injury Inventory (HPI) and the Physical & Musical-Performance Efficacy Assessment Survey (PME) were analyzed for the effects of the program on the musicians' physical and musical-performance efficacy. HPI results showed that the majority of our sample had healthy lifestyles and minimal pain and injuries but irregular eating and exercise habits. The pre-intervention PME data showed a high level of musical efficacy (i.e., awareness of music technique, tone, and flow) but a low-level of physical efficacy (i.e., awareness of posture, tension, and movement flexibility). Post-intervention data showed that the program improved physical efficacy by increased awareness of posture and tension. In 2 volunteer musicians, kinematics motion analysis was conducted for exploratory purposes. Our cellist played the scale using a larger range of motion (ROM) in right shoulder flexion and abduction and slightly increased rotation while keeping decreased right elbow ROM after the intervention program. The flutist shifted the body weight from one foot to the other more in the second playing post-intervention. These changes can be attributed to the increased physical efficacy that allowed freedom to express musicality. Findings from these case scenarios provide empirically based hypotheses for further study. We share our experience so that others may use our model and instruments to develop studies with larger samples.

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Understanding Women's Interests In Tops And Tunics

There are many different styles and cuts available for women?s apparel in the market. However, the obvious choice boils down to the variations on the style that is currently popular in the fashion arena as well as the style that is most comfortable and suits most women, despite of different figures. Often women with fuller figures want to buy apparel that heightens their lush figure but hides all the flaws and extra flab in unwanted areas. Women with a thinner frame will want to wear clothes that are better fitted to their forms, as loose fitting clothes will only accentuate their slimness.

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Improved Tennis Court Opens at SF Rec and Park's Willie Woo Woo ...

Photo (clockwise): Peanut Louie Harper (Co-Founder of Harper for Kids), Tim Harper (Harper for Kids), Phil Ginsburg (SF Rec and Park General Manager), David Chiu (Board of Supervisors President), Mark Buell (SF Rec and Park Commission President), Allan Low (SF Rec and Park Commissioner) and SF Rec and Park Tennis Camp kids.

SAN FRANCISCO ? San Francisco Recreation and Park Department (RPD), Supervisor David Chiu, Harper for Kids (HFK), United States Tennis Association (USTA), SF Rec and Park Tennis Camp kids, and park advocates gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the newly resurfaced tennis court at Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground in Chinatown on June 26th, 2012. Children from SF Rec and Park Tennis Camp showcased their tennis skills and practiced tennis drills on the new court.

?The tennis court at Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground is one of the most beloved courts to the many tennis players in this neighborhood,? said Board of Supervisors President David Chiu ?We applaud SF Rec and Park, Harper for Kids, and USTA for their efforts to improve the court to better serve our Chinatown community.?

The aging tennis court in Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground is the only public tennis court in Chinatown. HFK and USTA donated more than $6,000 to resurface the court as an effort to increase the opportunity for children from Chinatown community to learn and play tennis as well as to develop important life skills. In addition, the donation also helped resurface the volley ball court adjacent to the tennis court at the Playground.

?SF Rec and Park is thrilled to offer new summer youth programming on the freshly resurfaced courts at Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground,? said Phil Ginsburg, SF Rec and Park General Manager. ?We look forward to an ongoing partnership with Harper for Kids and USTA to provide San Francisco children the opportunity to learn the lifelong skills of tennis.?

Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground has been identified as one of the City?s playgrounds in urgent need to be renovated because it is dilapidated and failing the SF Parks Alliance?s playground safety report card. Currently, it is on the list for capital improvement for the 2012 Park Bond which is proposed to be on the ballot this November. More about 2012 Park Bond, please visit http://sfrecpark.org/bondoutreach.aspx .

?Harper for Kids and the USTA are so excited to provide this opportunity for children to learn how to play tennis, truly a sport for a lifetime, with so many positive health benefits and life lessons for children.? said Peanut Louie Harper, Co-Founder of Harper for Kids. ?Tennis has been such a big part of my life growing up here in San Francisco, so we are thrilled to be able to give this same opportunity to all these children.?

Harper for Kids (HFK) is a nonprofit organization founded by Tim and Peanut Harper with the vision to foster a healthy community by helping children to develop life skills and achieve their personal best in life. Peanut Louie Harper is also a Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco and a former professional woman tennis player with a career high ranking of #19 in the world. More about Harper for Kids, please visit http://www.harperforkids.org/HFK/home.html .

?The Harper for Kids organization is providing opportunities for children that many would not have without them. We are proud of our continuing partnership with Harper for Kids,? said Virgil Christian, USTA Director of Community Tennis. ?Being able to resurface the Willie ?Woo Woo? Wong court in the Chinatown community of San Francisco with HFK has been exciting for us. I would not be surprised if a champion like Mr. Wong is here today.?

The United States Tennis Association (USTA), a nonprofit organization, is the national governing body for the sport of tennis. USTA?s mission is to promote and develop the growth of tennis. More about USTA, please visit http://www.usta.com.

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The Day After Its $1.2B Purchase By Microsoft, Yammer Goes Down, And Up Again

Murphy's Law -- or some jaded users might just call it Yammer's law: One day after Yammer announced that it got bought by Microsoft for $1.2 billion, the enterprise social networking site has gone down. It's been down for at least an hour already and is covering several geographies, from what we can see. Update: it appears to be back up now. The crash will not do any favors to Microsoft, which plans to integrate the company into its Microsoft Office division to be part of a wider, integrated social and cloud push from the Redmond, Washington software giant.

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Google Play starts selling movies, TV shows (single episode or full season) and magazines today

The Android Market became Google Play to focus on how it pushes media, and now it's adding a few new options. On stage at Google I/O 2012 the company just announced it's adding support for the purchase of movies, as well as TV shows by episode or by season, and even magazines all available today. That's in addition to the existing apps, movie rentals, music and books. Oh, and look, Google just introduced a new tablet that you can use to access all of that content. We'll keep an eye out for an exact list of all the new media partners, although mentioned on stage were magazines including Hearst, Conde Nast and Meredith long with TV networks Disney / ABC, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures and Paramount . Check out our Google I/O live blog for even more details as they're announced, and look after the break for video introductions.

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Keep Dogs Safe and Secure during Fireworks Season | Best Friends ...

June 25th, 2012

The upcoming Fourth of July holiday week can be a difficult time for dogs afraid of loud noises. Fireworks can cause a dog to hide, bark excessively and even run away.

Because Independence?Day is a?peak time for lost dog reports, we asked our panel of professional trainers for advice on helping pets make it through the noisy celebration.?

Most importantly, they say, do NOT take your dog to a community fireworks display or backyard celebration that includes fireworks.? Even if your dog hasn?t been troubled by noise in the past, this could be the time that she runs off to escape the scary sounds.

Instead, they advise the following:

• Create a den for your dog in a quiet area of your home ? an interior or lower level room where noise is muffled. Move his bed and favorite toys into the space for comfort.?A radio or TV can help mask outside sounds. It?s a good idea to condition your dog to the space for a few days before the fireworks.
• Give him plenty of exercise that day. Get out for a long run, go to the dog park or send him to doggy day camp. A tired dog will be more relaxed andlessbothered by the bombs burstinginair.? He may even sleep through them!
• Some dogs with mild to moderate anxiety are helped by stress-reducing devices like anxiety wraps, like the Thundershirt, or a DAP diffuser,which releases a calming pheromone.?
• During the fireworks, distract your pet by playing a game or practicing obedience skills (be sure to reward him with favorite treats). Speak calmly and reassuringly, but don?t go overboard; you will make his anxiety worse if you seem anxious.
• If you can?t be home with your pet, don?t leave him alone. Find someone to stay with him or take him to a boarding kennelthathasindoorrooms. Thecompanyof other dogs and the attention of caring humans can help distract and reassure him.

Noise phobias are common among dogs, say our experts, and include thunderstorms, emergency sirens and evans vacuum cleaners.? It is possible to de-sensitize a dog to loud sounds, but it needs to be done gradually over a period of time.? If your pet is severely troubled, get help from your veterinarian or a professional trainer

For more advice on dog behavior and training, visit the Best Friends Pet Care resource library.

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Our panel of experts for this blog:

? Kimberly Mandel, CPDT, a trainer and behaviorist with 15 years of experience, can be reached at Best Friends North Plainfield NJ Pet Care center;

?? Lauren Cannon, of Best Friends in Wakefield MA, an animal behaviorist with more than 12 years of experience, is the trainer.

? Jamie Ianello specializes in advanced training and aggression issues, and trains for Best Friends in White Plains NY, and

? Greg Boron, who has been training for 20 years, specializes in rehabilitating ?unadoptable? dogs. He is with Best Friends in Windsor, NJ.????????????

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Fighting Western wildfires: Does Forest Service have enough air power? (+video)

With huge wildfires scorching the West, the US Forest Service chief says the aging and depleted fleet of air tankers is just one part of the firefighting mix. But he has secured extra aircraft for the season.

By Gloria Goodale,?Staff writer / June 25, 2012

A helicopter makes a return trip near the Garden of the Gods, Colo., after dumping a load of water on the Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs, Colo. The US Forest Service is preparing to fight the season's fires.

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As large fires scorch vast tracts of land from Alaska to Colorado and Arkansas, the debate over the nation?s fire-fighting preparedness?is also heating up.

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The air tanker fleet tasked with the most dangerous mega-fire tasks ? think dropping tons of fire-retardant into remote and steep canyons?? is under?particular scrutiny. Pointing to the fleet?s decade-long decline?from some 44 tankers in 2002 to nine at the start of the 2012 fire season, one critic is calling the current situation an ?air tanker crisis.?

However Tom Tidwell, chief of the US Forest Service, one of four federal agencies charged with tackling fires and the one responsible for deploying the air tankers anywhere in the country, maintains that the state of preparedness is good, because the air tankers are only part of the overall mix of fire-fighting resources.

Mr. Tidwell points to some 300 helicopters and small planes that are also used, noting that?in the past decade, the mix?has shifted, with more?emphasis on the smaller craft. As a former firefighter, Tidwell says, ?the personnel on the ground really appreciate the helicopters because they can go places the large planes cannot.?

Nonetheless, he notes that?over the weekend, the?service sealed a deal with the US military to?deliver four tankers when needed. In addition, the Forest Service has assembled?eight other plane contracts, including several with the?Canadian government to bring the available tankers for this season to 21. Beyond that,?he points to additional?resources that have just been announced ? a contract for seven total?next-generation air tankers, three?to be delivered?by the?end of this year.

But those numbers don?t tell the whole story ? and they are too little, too late, says former wildland firefighter Bill Gabbert, founder of WildfireToday.com, a fire news blog. He points to numerous fatal crashes, two this year, attributable?in part?to aircraft age and metal fatigue.

?Eight of the nine planes in the core fleet today date back to the Korean War?era,? he points out, adding,??We are in a crisis.?

Tidwell suggests there is too much emphasis on the role of the air tanker in fire suppression, adding, ?there is this perception that tankers put out fires. But they don?t. Firefighters put out fires.?

However, notes Mr. Gabbert, the large tankers play a critical role in the initial attack on fires. ?If we had more tankers, we could avoid the tens of millions of dollars spent when small fires don?t get put out and they turn into mega-fires,? he says.

A complex mix of changing weather patterns and human behavior means that the need for a more robust air-tanker response?is not a temporary or merely seasonal spike, says William Sommers,?a 30-year US Forest Service veteran who also served as its?director of Forest Fire and Atmospheric Sciences Research.

Tactical aircraft can be used to help protect particular resources at risk, he notes, adding?via e-mail, however, that ?the current fleet of aging aircraft is woefully?inadequate in the face of increased climate- and fuels-driven fire regimes being experienced in many places around the globe ? including the interior West of the US.?

The current severe fire situation is just another instance in a building trend driven by large-scale climate change,?fuel buildup? from years of fire suppressions, and drought, as well as increased home-building in previously wild areas, he notes.?

?The only question from year to year is what particular area is going to be hardest hit and when will that occur,? he adds.

Dominik Kulakowski, assistant professor of geography and biology at Clark University in?Worcester, Mass., says that while resources may be adequate for fighting fires during more moderate climatic conditions, ?they are insufficient for fighting fires during droughts that are as extreme as those we have been seeing in recent years.??

More tankers and other resources would certainly be helpful for fighting fires, but given the enormous area of forests in the Western US that could potentially burn, he says, ?we should be thinking not only about how to extinguish fires after they start, but also how to address the underlying climatic conditions that are making these mega-fires possible.?

Lamont Norman, wildfire risk expert at Pitney Bowes Software, points out that?this year is bringing the issue home because there is a significant additional wildfire risk caused by a large number of dead pine trees.?

Western foresters are managing over 41 million acres of dead trees caused by the Mountain Pine Beetle infestation, he notes, adding via e-mail, ?one of the reasons for this infestation is that years of wildfire suppression has caused growth of dense tree stands with weaker trees that cannot fight off the beetle.?

?The massive tree kill and dead tree density has turned Western wildfires into potential big fire events that can burn for weeks.?

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'Jeopardy!' host 'up and about' after heart attack

FILE - this Oct. 22, 2007 file photo shows game show host Alex Trebek at the 17th annual Broacasting and Cable Hall of Fame awards dinner in New York. Trebek remains in a Los Angeles hospital recovering from a mild heart attack. But Sony Pictures Television spokeswoman Paula Askanas said Monday, June 25, 2012 that Trebek is "up and about and in good spirits" while doctors complete their tests. He has been moved to a regular room, she said. The 71-year-old Trebek was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Saturday. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

FILE - this Oct. 22, 2007 file photo shows game show host Alex Trebek at the 17th annual Broacasting and Cable Hall of Fame awards dinner in New York. Trebek remains in a Los Angeles hospital recovering from a mild heart attack. But Sony Pictures Television spokeswoman Paula Askanas said Monday, June 25, 2012 that Trebek is "up and about and in good spirits" while doctors complete their tests. He has been moved to a regular room, she said. The 71-year-old Trebek was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Saturday. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

NEW YORK (AP) ? A spokeswoman says "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek is "up and about" in a Los Angeles hospital as he recovers from a mild heart attack.

Sony Pictures Television spokeswoman Paula Askanas said Monday that Trebek is "in good spirits" while doctors complete their tests. She says he has been moved to a regular room.

The 71-year-old Trebek was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Saturday. He's expected to fully recover and be back at work when "Jeopardy!" resumes production for a new season in July.

Trebek was hospitalized for a heart attack in 2007. He has been hosting the popular quiz show for 28 years.

Associated Press

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Biological switch paves way for improved biofuel production

ScienceDaily (June 25, 2012) ? Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a mechanism that controls the way that organisms breathe or photosynthesize, potentially paving the way for improved biofuel production.

Writing in the journal PNAS, Dr Lu-ning Lu and Professor Conrad Mullineaux from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences report that by exposing cells to different light conditions, they have changed the way in which electrons are transported.

Professor Mullineaux explains: "Any organism that breathes or photosynthesizes depends on tiny electrical circuits operating within biological membranes. We are trying to find out what controls these circuits: what makes the electrons take the routes that they do, and what switches are available to send the electrons to other destinations?"

Cyanobacteria are a kind of bacterium that both breathes and photosynthesizes and therefore has a complicated set of different possible electron transport pathways.

The team put specific fluorescent tags on some of the protein components involved in electron transport, and then viewed the live cells with a fluorescence microscope to see where those complexes are in the cell.

By studying the cells in this way, the team visualized a biological electrical switch in action. When they changed the conditions (for example by making the light brighter or dimmer), the cell responded by changing the position of the complexes, which leads to major changes in the pathways of electron transport.

Full understanding of these mechanisms could help with re-engineering of cyanobacteria for improved solar-powered biofuel production, for example.

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Lonesome George, famous Galapagos tortoise, dies

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Lonesome George, believed to be the last remaining tortoise of his kind, died Sunday.

By Isolde Raftery, msnbc.com

Lonesome George, the giant tortoise who became the face of the Galapagos Islands conservation effort, was found dead in his corral Sunday morning, according to a statement by the Galapagos National Park Service. He was believed to be more than 100 years old and weighed 200 pounds.

He is the last known Pinta Island giant tortoise, and his death likely marks the complete extinction of his subspecies.

Fausto Llerena, Lonesome George?s longtime caretaker, discovered the tortoise stretched out, leaning toward his watering hole. The cause of death remains undetermined and the tortoise?s body is being held in a cold chamber to avoid decomposition before officials conduct a necropsy, the park said.

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For years, Lonesome George?s minders tried to encourage him to procreate, even offering $10,000 for a pure Pinta Island tortoise. The reward went unclaimed, and park conservationists brought in four female tortoises of similar species, but their eggs proved infertile.

Sveva Grigioni, a 26-year-old Swiss zoology graduate student, nobly contributed to the effort by attempting to manually stimulate George, according to ?Lonesome George: The Life and Loves of a Conservation Icon,? a book by Henry Nicholls about the famous tortoise.

Grigioni?s work wasn?t completely for naught, as George started showing interest in the females in his corral.

?He started to try copulation but it was like he didn?t really know how,? Grigioni told Nicholls, according to a book review in the Guardian of London.

The giant tortoise is native to several of the Galapagos Islands, a volcanic archipelago west of the Ecuadoran mainland. Lonesome George was the last known individual of the Pinta Island tortoise subspecies (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni).

A scientist studying snails spotted the tortoise later known as Lonesome on Pinta Island in 1971. The tortoise was brought to the Darwin research station the following year.

He was named Lonesome George (or Solitario Jorge) for George Gobel, the television star who played, according to a 2007 in The New York Times, the role of a ?hapless, hen-pecked husband."

Some 20,000 giant tortoises of different subspecies still live on the Galapagos, according to Reuters.

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Poll: One-quarter uncommitted in White House race

WASHINGTON (AP) ? They shrug at President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. They're in no hurry to decide which one to support in the White House race. And they'll have a big say in determining who wins the White House.

One-quarter of U.S. voters are persuadable, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, and both Obama and Romney will spend the next four months trying to convince these fickle, hard-to-reach individuals that only he has what it takes to fix an ailing nation.

It's a delicate task. These voters also hate pandering.

"I don't believe in nothing they say," says Carol Barber of Iceland, Ky., among the 27 percent of the electorate that hasn't determined whom to back or that doesn't have a strong preference about a candidate.

Like many uncommitted voters, the 66-year-old Barber isn't really paying attention to politics these days. She's largely focused on her husband, who just had a liver transplant, and the fact that she had to refinance her home to pay much of his health bill. "I just can't concentrate on it now," she says before adding, "If there were somebody running who knows what it's like to struggle, that would be different."

John Robinson, a 49-year-old general contractor from Santa Cruz, Calif., is paying a bit more attention, but is just as turned off by both candidates.

"I'm just bitter about everybody. They just keep talking and wavering," said Robinson, a conservative who backed the GOP nominee in 2008, Arizona Sen. John McCain, but is undecided between Obama and Romney. "There's nothing I can really say that's appealing about either one of them."

To be sure, many of the 1-in-4 voters who today say they are uncommitted will settle on a candidate by Election Day, Nov. 6.

Until then, Obama and Romney will spend huge amounts of time and money trying to win their votes, especially in the most competitive states that tend to swing between Republicans and Democrats each presidential election. Obama and Romney face the same hurdle, winning over wavering voters without alienating core supporters they need to canvass neighborhoods and staff telephone banks this fall to help make sure their backers actually vote.

"It presents an interesting challenge to the campaigns," said Steve McMahon, a founding partner in Purple Strategies, a bipartisan crisis management firm. "Moving to the middle means winning these voters, but it also means creating problems with your base."

Obama has sought to straddle both the left and the middle by announcing policies that expand access to contraception and allow immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children to be exempted from deportation and granted work permits if they applied.

Both issues are popular with his core supporters and centrist voters. The president also is promoting a list of what he says are bipartisan measures that would help homeowners, veterans, teachers and police officers, and he accuses Republicans of causing gridlock by refusing to act on them. It's a pitch intended for independent-minded voters frustrated by inaction in Washington.

Romney has broadened his tea party-infused message from the GOP primary and softened his tone as he looks to attract voters from across the political spectrum.

He abandoned the harsh immigration rhetoric on Thursday when he pledged to address illegal immigration "in a civil but resolute manner" while outlining plans to overhaul the green card system for immigrants with families and end immigration caps for their spouses and minor children. In doing so, he risked inflaming conservatives who make up the base of the Republican Party.

Overall, the poll found that among registered voters, 47 percent say they will vote for the president and 44 percent for Romney, a difference that is not statistically significant.

Those totals include soft support, though, meaning people who lean toward a candidate as well as those who said they could change their minds before November. The poll showed that these persuadable voters are equally apt to lean toward Obama, Romney, or neither, with about one-third of them in each camp.

The survey also showed that these voters are more likely than others to say they distrust both Romney and Obama on the major issues. They are far more likely to think the outcome of the election won't make a big difference on the economy, unemployment, the federal budget deficit or health care.

Party politics and wedge issues have dubious weight with this group. The poll found more independents fall into this category than partisans. The partisans who are persuadable are more likely to be in the ideological middle than either liberal Democrats or conservative Republicans. Seventeen percent of persuadables say they consider themselves supporters of the tea party.

The poll also found that demographically, they are more likely to be members of Generation X (between the ages of 30 and 49) than other registered voters. Many, 71 percent, have not graduated college. They are a bit more likely to have lower incomes than all registered voters. Fifty-two percent of persuadables have incomes below $50,000, compared with 44 percent of all voters.

On other characteristics ? gender, religious preference and race ? they're split similarly to other registered voters.

The Associated Press-GfK Poll was conducted June 14-18, 2012 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications. It involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,007 adults nationwide, including 878 registered voters and 228 persuadable voters. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.0 percentage points. For registered voters it is 4.2 points and for persuadable voters it's plus or minus 8.3 points.

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Associated Press writer Philip Elliott and AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius contributed to this report.

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Online:

AP-GfK poll: http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com

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