5 things to watch for in the campaign homestretch

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Five things to watch for in the closing days of the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney:

1. EARLY VOTE: About 25 million people have already cast ballots in 34 states and the District of Columbia. No votes will be counted until Election Day, but several battleground states are releasing the party affiliation of people who have voted early. And more Democrats than Republicans have cast ballots in many of those states. Can Republicans close the gap?

2. GET OUT THE VOTE: It's the final weekend before the election ? and that means that both sides will turn up their get-out-the-vote machines as they look to compel their staunchest backers to get to the polls on Tuesday. In tight races, turnout counts. And polls show this race razor thin. So expect tons of doors to be knocked on and calls to be made. Which side will prevail?

3. SANDY: The mega storm has been gone for days but flooding, power outages and wreckage remains. Can local polling precincts in hard-hit Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York ensure that those who can vote have an opportunity to cast ballots? And how many people will forgo voting as they try to get their lives back together?

4. CANDIDATE FATIGUE: This has been one long, grueling campaign, some two years in the making. In the final hours, will fatigue set in? Will Romney or Obama make missteps because of it? Or will the energy of the last events carry them through jam-packed days and nights?

5. TARMAC TALLY. We're at the point of the campaign where it's all about the toe touch in a contested state. Then on to the next. A candidate's time is precious. So expect a lot of airport tarmac rallies, and photo ops in key media markets. Will the cursory attention sway any undecided voters?

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Hough Center for Eating Disorders at Beaumont Launches BRIDGE ...

The Hough Center for Eating Disorders at Beaumont Children?s Hospital is expanding its programming to serve as a ?bridge? to recovery by adding an intensive outpatient program and a partial day hospitalization program to its patient services.

The new BRIDGE program allows the Hough Center to further individualize treatment plans and improve the odds of full recovery. In many cases, with these new options, the need for inpatient or residential care can be prevented or shortened. The BRIDGE program offers help and hope to parents, children and young adults ages 10-22 who have eating disorders.

?We use a parent-involved, skills-based, collaborative approach to treat pre-teens, teens, and young adults with eating disorders,? said Dr. Kathleen Mammel, director of Adolescent Medicine at Beaumont Hospital inRoyal Oak and medical director of the Hough Center for Eating Disorders at Beaumont Children?s Hospital.

?With prompt treatment, we can give parents the tools to help at home while simultaneously engaging the young person in their own recovery. We can assist with restoring physical health, emotional stability, and a return to normal social functioning.?

Services at the Hough Center include:

  • An initial comprehensive medical and psychosocial evaluation
  • Ongoing medical management
  • Family-based and individual therapy
  • Medication evaluation and treatment
  • Collaboration by a team of health care providers
  • Parent-coaching therapy groups
  • Adolescent skills-building groups
  • Inpatient medical care
  • BRIDGE program (between outpatient and inpatient care)
  • Intensive outpatient program 2:30- 6:30 p.m., three days a week
  • Regular day partial hospitalization program 10:30 a.m.- 6:30 p.m., five days a week
  • Plans to expand and include an extended day partial hospitalization program 7:30 a.m.- 6:30 p.m., five days a week

Left untreated, eating disorders can be life-threatening and often lead to malnutrition, delays in growth and development, exacerbation of anxiety or mood disorders, osteoporosis or bone density problems, abnormal heart rhythms, or cause other negative effects on nearly any system of the body.

For more information on the Hough Center program or other adolescent eating disorder treatment options, contact Beaumont?s Hough Center for Eating Disorders at 248-594-3142, email eatingdisorders@beaumont.edu or visit www.Beaumont.edu/eating-disorders.

Part of Beaumont Children?s Hospital, the Hough Center for Adolescent Health was established in 2007 through a philanthropic gift earmarked to address the specific needs of children with eating disorders. It is Michigan?s only eating disorder program to focus exclusively on children and young adults. To date, more than 500 young people have found renewed health and hope through the center.

Source: http://royaloak.patch.com/articles/hough-center-for-eating-disorders-at-beaumont-launches-bridge-to-recovery

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Banks in funding scheme represent 80 pct of lending - BoE

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Romney faces scrutiny on aid in storm's wake

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds bags of food as he participates in a campaign event collecting supplies from residents local relief organizations for victims of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at the James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds bags of food as he participates in a campaign event collecting supplies from residents local relief organizations for victims of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at the James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney lifts bottles of water to load into a truck as he participates in a campaign event collecting supplies from residents and local relief organizations for victims of superstorm Sandy,Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at the James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with a supporter while collecting donations at a storm relief event, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

(AP) ? There's nothing like a natural disaster to test the depth of politicians' preference for small government.

And so it turns out that after after superstorm Sandy battered the East Coast, Mitt Romney is far more supportive of the government agency in charge of coordinating disaster relief. Only last year, as Romney hewed to the right while battling for the GOP nomination, he appeared to suggest in a debate that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be shuttered and its responsibilities left to the states.

"Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction," Romney said at a debate last June. "And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that's even better."

Asked by moderator John King of CNN whether that would include disaster relief, Romney said: "We cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids. It is simply immoral, in my view, for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids."

Now, a week before Election Day, after of a massive disaster, Romney's campaign is reassuring voters that his administration wouldn't leave disaster victims in the lurch. The public's attention is locked on the devastation caused by Sandy at a time when Romney and President Barack Obama are locked in a close presidential campaign. With Obama heavily involved in getting federal funds to those in trouble, the Romney campaign moved quickly to reassure the public it supports a strong program of storm relief.

"I believe that FEMA plays a key role in working with states and localities to prepare for and respond to natural disasters," Romney said in a statement supplied by his campaign Wednesday. "As president, I will ensure FEMA has the funding it needs to fulfill its mission, while directing maximum resources to the first responders who work tirelessly to help those in need, because states and localities are in the best position to get aid to the individuals and communities affected by natural disasters."

Wednesday's statement came after the candidate ducked a spate of opportunities Tuesday to personally clarify his position and the statement essentially endorsed the current disaster aid system.

But what the campaign wouldn't do is say whether a President Romney would insist that help for disaster victims be funded by cutting other programs in the federal budget, as many conservative Republicans insist.

Running mate Paul Ryan is squarely on the side of cutting other spending to pay for disasters. Earlier this year, he tried but failed to scrap a new system, established in the 2011 debt ceiling-deficit cuts deal, that boosts disaster spending and budgets help for victims of hurricanes, tornadoes and floods before they occur. House leaders rebuffed him, siding with Appropriations Committee members of both parties who like the new system.

What Ryan proposed is that when disaster strikes, lawmakers first scour the rest of the budget for savings to pay for rebuilding homes, roads and schools and helping small businesses.

That's easier said than done, especially since it can mean delays in getting aid out the door. Disasters like Hurricane Katrina ? and perhaps Sandy ? can prove so costly that it's difficult to find cuts in other programs big enough to pay for the aid.

As has been shown time after time ? especially as tornadoes and hurricanes rip through politically conservative states ? even the sturdiest tea party supporters become fans of government when it's doling out money to storm victims for motel rooms and other temporary housing or helping with house repairs.

That role fell Tuesday to New Jersey GOP Gov. Chris Christie, who was effusive in his praise for Obama and the federal government's initial response.

"The president has been outstanding in this and so have the folks at FEMA," Christie said on NBC's "Today."

It'll take several weeks to come up with damage cost estimates to determine whether FEMA's main disaster account will need more money.

FEMA has enough cash available to deal with immediate disaster relief, almost $8 billion, thanks to a six-month government funding bill passed in September and the new disaster financing system.

Associated Press

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All of Gizmodo’s Hurricane Sandy Coverage Hurricane Sandy was no joke, it rampaged through...

All of Gizmodo’s Hurricane Sandy Coverage

Hurricane Sandy was no joke, it rampaged through New York, New Jersey and the rest of the Northeast and left damage everywhere. People died, buildings were destroyed, flooding happened everywhere, electrical plants exploded and the power is still out in many places.

We’ve rounded up all our coverage of Hurricane Sandy so you guys can follow along.?Stay safe everybody.

Our definitive live coverage of Hurricane Sandy dating back from Sunday and still being updated now can be found here. [Gizmodo Emergency]


How You Can Help Hurricane Sandy Survivors

Just hours after Hurricane Sandy decimated the Eastern Seaboard, killing 17 and leaving more than 10 million without power, rescue and recovery efforts from North Carolina to New York City have already begun. Even if you don?t live in the regions affected by this super storm, you can still do your part by donating money, blood, and sweat equity to charitable organizations?here?s how. [Gizmodo]


What It Will Take to Repower NYC

Hurricane Sandy has left more than 780,000 customers from Manhattan out to Westchester County without power, dwarfing ConEd?s last major blackout, when Hurricane Irene nixed just over 200,000. So what?s it going to take to restore service to three quarters of a million New Yorkers? Surprisingly, it?s less than you think. [Gizmodo]


Giz Explains: What It Takes to Restore Cellular Service After a Hurricane

Hurricane Sandy and left an estimated eight million people without power. Plenty more have spotty cellular service?if they have any at all.?But?why do some people get a signal when others don?t? And what does it take to get a wireless service back online? [Gizmodo]


Why Salt Water in the Subway Is So Extremely Dangerous

Hurricane Sandy?s storm surge, which bulged into New York Harbor on Monday night,?inundated much of lower Manhattan, parts of Brooklyn, and the barrier islands like the Rockaways in Queens. ?The water got into some of the city?s subway, automobile, and electrical tunnels, and pumping the water out and bringing those tunnels back into working order is going to be a tall order?we?re talking many days or weeks to complete. ?

What?s the big deal about water getting into subway and electrical tunnels? [Gizmodo]


Toolkit: 7 Tools to Help Survive a National Disaster

Solar power, safes, flashlights, a temporary dome structure and more. [Gizmodo]


How Long Is the Food in Your Fridge Safe to Eat After the Power Goes Out?

According to the USDA, if the power has been out less than four hours, refrigerated food is probably fine. But since it?s likely that this storm will keep the lights off for days?if not longer?you?re going to have to be a little more scientific in your assessment. [Gizmodo]


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Somali reporter killed, raising toll to 16

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[VIDEO] Fox Nabs Greg Kinnear Legal Drama 'Rake' Based On ...

Nellie Andreeva

Rake, the legal drama that has Greg Kinnear attached to star and co-executive produce, has landed at Fox with a pilot production commitment with series penalty. The deal comes after interest from both broadcast and cable networks. Paul Attanasio, originally attached as showrunner when Rake was taken out a month ago, is no longer involved because of other TV and feature commitments; just last week, he was tapped to rewrite a Scarface remake for Universal. Rake is closing in on a new showrunner.

The project, a U.S. version of the popular Australian comedic drama, is produced by Sony Pictures TV and Essential Media, the company behind the original series, and will be written by the Australian series? co-creator Peter Duncan. It follows the chaotic world of a criminal defense lawyer, Cleaver Greene (Kinnear). Brilliant, iconoclastic and innately self-destructive, he has a mind-numbing lack of discretion and a total inability to pause before speaking his mind. From bigamists to cannibals and everything in between, the clients Cleaver loves most are those whose cases appear to be utterly hopeless without him realizing that he, himself, is perhaps the most desperate case of all. With its procedural setting, comedic overtones and a brilliant but self-destructive character at the center, the project is reminiscent of Fox?s long-running medical drama House, making the network a suitable home for Rake.

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Executive producing the U.S. adaptation are Duncan and Essential Media?s Richard Roxburgh and Ian Collie.

The original series, co-created by Duncan, Roxburgh and Charles Waterstreet and co-written by Duncan and Andrew Knight, premiered on Australia?s ABC 1 in 2010 and is airing its second season. It stars Roxburgh and has been able to attract high-profile talent as guest stars (as evident from the trailer below) including Rachel Griffiths, Hugo Weaving and Sam Neill.

Since his early days as a talk-show host, Kinnear has been focused on features, earning an Oscar nomination for As Good As It Gets. He tested the TV waters the last two years with a starring role in the miniseries The Kennedys and a guest spot on Modern Family. Both earned him Emmy nominations. Kinnear, whose latest movie Writers premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, and Duncan are with CAA.

TV Editor Nellie Andreeva - tip her here.

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