Join the community of healthcare professionals concerned with preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), which at any given moment seriously affect 1.4 million hospitalized patients worldwide.

I am pretty stoked to have been mentioned on PR Web’s:  Public Relations Blogs – 25 Essential PR Bloggers You Should Be Reading.

What this will shortly result in is a renewed commitment to blogging on new media, new technology, monitoring, metrics, innovation, marketing, social media, and digital PR.

Forgive me but I guess I have been doing way too much working as president of Abraham Harrison and not enough generous, thoughtful, and insightful analysis of what I know.

So, in the upcoming days and weeks, I will aspire to re-activate.  I am pretty motivated after spending a couple days with industry experts and marketing gurus at the North American Alterian Engaging Times Summit 2010 in Chicago over the last few days.

Abraham Harrison was named a finalist in PR News' PR Digital Awards in the Digital PR Campaign category for the work we're doing in developing new communities through online outreach for The Fresh Air fund.

Tomorrow marks the first day of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver, BC.  Years of training, hard work, discipline and relentless dedication have given the great athletes of Team USA the right edge to grab that gold.  To make sure you keep track of who is skiing the fastest and skating the hardest, register with TeamUSA.org where fans get chance to take part in all of the action.  GO USA!

Register at TeamUSA.org and you will:

• Receive exclusive updates during the Winter Games
• Get the inside scoop, event by event
• Hear directly from our Olympic athletes as they chase their dream
• Be able to download photo and video highlights, right to your desktop

There is more than one way to get involved with this year’s Olympics.  Show your support by making a donation or becoming a member the Sixth Ring.  Check out TeamUSAnews.org and get ready to rally behind the great USA!

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“Emergent is excited about this new facility in Baltimore because it houses several suites capable of manufacturing multiple products at the same time,” said Fuad El-Hibri, chairman and chief executive officer of Emergent BioSolutions. “Accordingly, this facility will provide the flexibility to conduct large-scale manufacturing of rPA while also producing other products in our pipeline.”

This week is International Infection Prevention Week and so I would like to share some information on Healthcare-Associated Infection AKA Hospital-Acquired Infection AKA HAI AKA Nosocomial Infection from our client Kimberly-Clark Health Care and their Not On My Watch campaign at HAIWatch.com -- this info is available on a social media release.

While at first blush The Lost and Found Family might appear to be just another simple drama for America's faith community, it really is so much more (read the synopsis here). The first time through I didn't give it a lot of credit, and I think I had my guard up. Because I had a review copy and needed to return it, I gave it another watch and just loved it the second time around. Why? Well, it is an honest story of compassion and acceptance. It's an ode to how messy love and community can be, and how worthwhile it is to get over ourselves--to truly learn to embrace life in all its uncertainty.

The only reason The Lost and Found Family ended up in my DVD-player at all is because of my friendship with Ellen Bry. The film is actually inconsistent with my general watching habits. It is a "heartwarming and inspirational family drama," which is code for being Christian. Because I love Ellen, I gave it not one, but two watches with my mom. And as I said before, while I liked it well enough the first time around, the second viewing really gave me an appreciation for the film.

Ever since the dot-COM bubble burst almost ten years ago, Maryland has been bragging about how biotech would not only become the next big thing in innovation and business but would put Maryland on the map. Well, while it has mostly been hyperbole, Rockville, Maryland, based Emergent BioSolutions has been the bright-burning exception under the leadership of Chairman and CEO, Mr. Fuad El-Hibri. Well, Ernst & Young has named Fuad El-Hibri the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009. (Via Chris Abraham)

Thank you again, Fresh Air Fund bloggers and Twitterers, for all the support you have shown the Fresh Air Fund and us, Abraham Harrison, in support of finding both camp counselors and host families for this summer season, 2009! We are so grateful for your support and look forward to working with you in the future! Here's everyone -- and if we missed you, please let me know!

I spent a little time digging around the AdAge Power 150 and grabbed the OPML and hacked it up and then sorted it in no particular order (I don’t want to play any faves) and here you go! An exceptionally long list of the top marketing, PR, SEO, and advertising blogs.  If you’re interested in following all these cool kids, be sure to learn what an OPML is, how to use it, and then grab the latest OPML from AdAge.