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Location:
Princeton, N.J.

Organization:
The mission of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ?is to improve the health and health care of all Americans. Our goal is clear: To help our society transform itself for the better.

Position Description:
The Coverage communications officer is a professional staff member responsible for creating, developing, implementing and managing communications for and about the Foundation?s initiatives to increase the number of Americans with stable, affordable health coverage.? His/her primary responsibilities include: 1) working with the program team director, team members and executive staff to design and implement communications strategies that promote this goal; 2) contributing? to successful foundation-wide communications efforts; 3) initiating and managing ?contracts and other relationships with communications vendors on behalf of the Foundation and its grantees; and 4) helping generate Foundation impact by creating, managing and monitoring communications-related grant deliverables, including dissemination of information about Foundation objectives and outcomes to policymakers, media and other key constituents.

As with staff at all levels of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, communications officers are expected to demonstrate a passionate commitment to the Foundation?s mission of improving health and health care for all Americans and to the guiding principles and promise that undergird that mission.

Essential Duties:
Enterprise-level Responsibilities

• Keeps the Foundation?s editorial calendar updated with team-specific releases.
• Collaborates with colleagues to time releases and announcements to that team releases are coordinated and do not collide with one another.
• Provides communications support to members of senior management in preparation for public appearances; recommends and prepares support materials for meetings and media outreach opportunities.
• Participates in conferences, seminars and other professional development activities to maintain and enhance communications-specific and program field expertise and professional status.
• Ensures that RWJF branding standards are applied appropriately across grantee products and releases.
• Represents the Foundation publicly regarding program communications and grantmaking results.
• Contributes to and participate in the internal Foundation groups and teams and carries out other Communications unit and Foundation-wide responsibilities assigned by executive staff.
• Serves as a contact person for the news media.
• Manages content for the coverage section of rwjf.org and collaborates with communications staff to bring together content from multiple teams to provide information on broad topics of interest to key audiences.
• Writes and edits (and supervises outside consultants and grantees who write and edit) content for the Web, news releases and research summaries.
• Works with department colleagues to coordinate key messages, so that individual team messages support larger Foundation objectives.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.

Team Responsibilities

• Develops communications goals that are aligned with the Foundation?s strategic goals of increasing the number of Americans with health insurance coverage.
• Provides strategic communications guidance to program teams on overall team directions and plans.
• Provides communications support to grantees whose projects involve communications deliverables.
• Reviews grant proposals that the team is considering in order to provide feedback about communications aspects of the proposed projects.
• Participate in strategic planning meetings, and conducts site visits as necessary.
• Prepares oral and written summaries of communications activities.
• Offers input into the programmatic?and strategic aspects of teams? work.
• Participates in team activities, including development of and adherence to team norms and providing support and back-up for team members
• Collaborates with team directors and team members, particularly Research and Evaluation staff, to develop plans for and disseminate research and other products that are important to advancing the Foundation?s goals around coverage.
• Works with staff and consultants to assess, evaluate and disseminate results of programs, projects, and team strategic objectives.? Helps team develop measures of communications impact for major programs and activities.
• Tracks major policy developments in health care to adjustment communications strategy as necessary.
• Maintains a message platform with key messages and proof points related to health coverage.
• Times releases or activities to have the maximum impact on objectives.? This means looking for policy windows to open.

Grantmaking and Contracting Processes

• Executes communications objectives by recruiting and managing consultants and vendors, and by negotiating with grantee staff to ensure that communications objectives are met.
• Screens and assesses prospective communications proposals, works with applicants/vendors to refine plans and project budgets, drafts preliminary summaries of the project (precis) and develops recommendations for program teams and/or senior communications staff, Foundation management and Board approval.
• Understands, implements and follows RWJF grantmaking and contracting processes and policies.
• Analyzes and evaluates all aspects of?team-wide and project-specific communications proposals including?strength of the activity,?value for dollars requested and?the organization?s health and stability.? In supporting recommendations and in monitoring financial status, communication officer works in collaboration with?Communications grants administrators and?other program and financial personnel in the Foundation.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Completion of an advanced degree (e.g. MA, MPH, MJ, JD, MBA) and 3-5 years of relevant experience.? A combination of education and experience may be substituted for the education requirements.
• Familiarity with health reform, health coverage and health policy.
• Experience handling multiple priorities effectively; must be adept at organizing time efficiently; high tolerance for ambiguity; ability to understand and work effectively with team members in the Foundation?s organizational structure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential to success in this position; able to synthesize material and focus quickly on the essence of an issue; to identify major opportunities in a specific area; to see the big picture.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Knowledge of new media and its uses in communications.
• Strong problem-solving and analytic skills.
• Strong project and people management skills.
• Personally motivated to support the Foundation?s mission and goals; creative, flexible; able to work independently and in teams to think imaginatively about opportunities; to create and respond to novel and innovative approaches to addressing an issue; to inspire others to work towards achieving team goals.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills; collegial, energetic, ethical, able to develop productive relationships with colleagues, grantees, consultants, external funders, and others who contribute to program development and management.
• Demonstrated maturity and sound judgment.? Ability to make decisions, justify recommendations, and is responsive and clear with proposal applicants.
• Ability to travel?including for site visits and representing the Foundation at outside meetings.
• Computer Skills: Is proficient with Microsoft Office and Outlook and comfortable learning new software.

How to Apply:
Interested candidates should apply online here.

Source: http://www.comnetwork.org/2012/11/communications-officer-coverage-robert-wood-johnson-foundation/

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Too tough to get sick: Why men won't see the doc

Many American men, such as 28-year-old James Chisum, simply refuse to go to the doctor, ever, either out of male pride, out of white-coat fear or simply out of lifestyle habit.? That mindset could be genetic, experts suggest.

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'X Factor' Recap: Demi, Simon Bicker ... A Lot

Show continues live episodes and welcomes back Diamond White after being eliminated last week.
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Whoops! Romney's 'transition' website spotted by blogger

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Rosa Golijan , NBC News

Before the?election,?Mitt Romney's staff prepared a transition website, in case the?former Republican nominee was elected president of the United States. And even though Romney didn't win the election, the site saw the light of day ??for a few moments anyway.

Taegan Goddard, author and former policy advisor, caught the slip up and captured screenshots of the now removed pages. He posted them on his blog, Political Wire.

"I'm excited about our prospects as a nation," a quote, attributed to Romney, declared on the site's main page. "My priority is putting people back to work in America."?There were details for prospective applicants, who wanted a position with the administration, as well as a rundown of the inauguration?process.

Some are jumping to make jokes about the fact that Romney's staff had this transition website ready, but let's be realistic: This kind of preparation is far from unusual. Accidentally making the site live, even for a few minutes, though?? that's the mistake.

Want more tech news?or interesting?links? You'll get plenty of both if you keep up with Rosa Golijan, the writer of this post, by following her on?Twitter, subscribing to her?Facebook?posts,?or circling her?on?Google+.

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A Recipe For The Vagabond - The Annual Travel Insurance | What is ...

If you are a frequent traveller, no matter if you are of the suit and tie business kind or a backpacker with dreadlocks and a restless mind, then you should look into signing up for an annual travel insurance. This way you will never have to worry about anything once you are ordered out on the roads of a distant land, either by your choleric boss or by your own inner voice.

With an annual travel insurance there is no need for you to, each and every time you are set to venture out on a trip, go through the time consuming and quite frankly quite boring exercise of browsing the online community in order to research and compare different travel insurance plans.

Having the annual travel insurance (the term in Danish is ?rsrejseforsikring)?will guarantee that you are ready to go the minute that you have packed your bags, and that you can stop worrying about extra fees tied to your airline ticket in order for you to feel fully protected if, knock on wood, anything would happen.

Knowing that the type of life you have chosen demands that you spend a lot of time travelling all over the world, no matter if it is to the far and exotic corners of our planet or the bi-weekly business trip to the bright lights, big city, then an annual travel insurance would definitely be the best option for you.

You can of course tailor your annual travel insurance the way you see fit as well, designing it to suit your wallet or a specific travel destination. But with this type of insurance plan in your back pocket, you can focus on other things and you will not have to worry about being left without a dime if you need to see a doctor or go to the hospital during your stay abroad.

The annual travel insurance is by far the most cost effective option for the frequent traveller. It is a one size fits all design, and instead of signing up for a new and expensive plan for each trip, you will have the annual insurance to build on in order to create the perfect coverage for you, even if your first trip was a three month trip all across the endless scenery of India, and just a few weeks after celebrating your homecoming you find yourself on the move again, this time to the intense bustle of New York or Amsterdam.

With annual travel insurance the excitement of the trip never has to become overshadowed by the unnecessary worries of not having an adequate insurance plan. You can explore the world freely, choosing between several levels of coverage and design it to last for whatever the duration that you are staying.

An annual travel insurance plan is the vagabond?s choice. It offers piece of mind, reliability and flexibility. It is the insurance (or as the Dane that forsikring)?best corresponds to the travel requirements held by the modern citizens of the world.

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Why Do People With Advanced Cancer Undergo Chemotherapy ...

?Self-deception is a valuable personal coping tool. It allows us to aspire to significance, strive for new knowledge, and yearn to make a lasting contribution to the world despite the certainty of our inevitable end.?

Interesting words, and printed in an interesting place. No, they were not spoken by a post-election apolitical pundit. They are the opening lines to an editorial in the October 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, entitled ?Talking with Patients about Dying.? The editorial, by Thomas J. Smith, MD< and Dan L. Longo, MD, accompanies a newly published study, "Patients' Expectations about Effects of Chemotherapy for Advanced Cancer," revealing that a surprisingly high percentage of late-stage colon and lung cancer patients who think chemotherapy could be curative.

The study, by Jane Weeks, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and colleagues (the senior author is Deborah Schrag, also of DFCI), used data from the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance (CanCORS) study. In the CanCORS study, about 10,000 cancer patients from five geographic regions diagnosed with lung or colorectal cancer were surveyed on various matters pertaining to their care in order to assess the quality of cancer care and health outcomes in the United States.

Weeks and colleagues honed in on 1,193 participants in the CanCORS study, all of whom had stage IV ? metastatic; terminal ? disease. All of these patients had chosen to receive chemotherapy treatment. Through a survey, the questions were asked about what they believed chemotherapy could accomplish. What was the likelihood that chemotherapy could cure their disease? What was the likelihood that chemotherapy could extend their lives? Alongside these questions, patients were asked whether they?d discussed the benefits of chemotherapy with their physicians.

In response to the question, ?After talking with your doctor about chemotherapy, how likely did you think it was that chemotherapy would ? help you live longer, cure your cancer, or help you with problems you were having because of your cancer?? Within the confines of the survey, patients could respond ?very likely,? ?somewhat likely,? ?a little likely,? ?not at all likely,? or ?don?t know.?

Patients were asked to assess how carefully and how often their doctors explained their disease, the treatment options, the prognosis, and answered any questions patients had. The cohort was also asked to assess their role in choosing what treatment to pursue: how much was it their choice, and how much had their family members (or physician) weighed in?

And here is what the survey showed:

?Overall, 69% of patients with lung cancer and 81% of those with colorectal cancer gave answers that were not consistent with understanding that chemotherapy was very unlikely to cure their cancer,? the authors write.

More than 20 percent of patients with lung cancer (N=710) and more than 30 percent of patients with colorectal cancer (N=483) responded that they thought chemotherapy was ?very likely? to cure their cancer. A nearly equal proportion responded ?somewhat likely.? Plenty of patients did also respond that chemotherapy was ?not at all likely? to cure their disease (more than 30 percent and more than 20 percent, respectively).

About 50 percent of lung cancer patients and nearly 70 percent of colorectal cancer patients said that chemotherapy was ?very likely? to extend their lives. Fewer than 10 percent from each group responded that chemotherapy was ?not at all likely? to offer life extension.

And, more than 30 percent and nearly 50 percent from each group, respectively, said that chemotherapy was ?very likely? to relieve symptoms of advanced cancer.

The authors have a lot to say on the matter. Such as:

?Chemotherapy may offer palliation and some prolongation of life, so it represents a reasonable choice for some patients. However, an argument can be made that patients without a sustained understanding that chemotherapy cannot cure their cancer have not met the standard for true ongoing informed consent to their treatment.?

In other words, if a patient is under the impression that chemotherapy might cure advanced cancer, then is offering chemotherapy to that patient ethical, under the principles of informed consent? Such thinking reflects a lack of accurate information, so consenting to treatment could only be seen as uninformed.

Maybe. The survey also raises questions about how well physicians are doing at having the most difficult of conversations. As Smith and Longo write in their accompanying editorial:

?Truthful conversations that acknowledge death help patients understand their curability, are welcomed by patients, and do not squash hope or cause depression. We need help breaking bad news. This is not one hard conversations for which we can muster our courage but a series of conversations over time from the first existential threat to life.?

Interestingly, patients who were treated in integrative networks were a bit more likely to accurately understand what chemotherapy could offer compared to those treated outside of an integrative network, a result that, the authors suggest, might indicate that providers ?may be able to improve patients? understanding if they feel it is part of their professional role.?

Clearly patients themselves are also responsible for understanding the reality of the treatment they are seeking. The authors raise an intriguing point about ?collusion? between patients and physicians, where the discussion moves too quickly from the facts of the prognosis to the potential treatment options, a phenomenon reported in this study from 12 years ago exploring the reasons behind false optimism about recovery among cancer patients.

The editorial also highlights the stubborn clinging to an inaccurate belief about chemotherapy. ?When patients are given their actual prognosis, one third or more will not admit that treatment will not cure them,? Smith and Longo write, citing two studies on the matter (this one [on which Smith is first author] and this one).

As Weeks and colleagues note, the primary concern with inaccurate expectations about chemotherapy for late-stage cancer is that they can get in the way of dying well. End-of-life planning takes time and thorough, honest conversations. If someone is holding onto hope of a cure, such conversations are far more difficult if not impossible.

The editorial also mentions cost issues. About one quarter of all Medicare spending is done in the last year of life, a percentage that is the same as it was 20 years ago. ?Costs reflect care for multiple severe illnesses typically present near death,? the authors of the Health Affairs report noting this percentage wrote. What?s more, say Smith and Longo, ?Chemotherapy near the end of life is still common, [and] does not improve survival?? This isn?t to say that all of that last-year-of-life Medicare spending is on chemotherapy, but that cost is definitely a significant contributor.

Weeks et al note some weaknesses of their study. The survey was done several months after diagnosis, so patients who died shortly thereafter were not included. And, the survey was done on a single occasion, so any shifts in belief over time were not documented. Also, patients may have been biased toward optimism by the simple presence of an empathetic interviewer. Finally, the survey was not set up to probe into the underlying psychologies that may have impacted or guided patients? beliefs about their treatment.

The authors make an interesting point at the end of the publication. ??we need to recognize that oncologists who communicate honestly with their patients, a marker of a high quality of care, may be at risk for lower patient ratings.?

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Children, teens at risk for lasting emotional impact from Hurricane Sandy

ScienceDaily (Nov. 6, 2012) ? After Hurricane Sandy's flood waters have receded and homes demolished by the storm repaired, the unseen aftershocks of the storm may linger for many children who were in the storm's path, particularly those whose families suffered significant losses.

"The lasting emotional impact of a storm like this can be more devastating than the physical damage the storm caused," says psychologist Esther Deblinger, PhD, the co-director of the Child Abuse Research, Education and Service (CARES) Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine. "Stress, anxiety and depression can affect anyone who experiences a natural disaster that results in the sudden loss of home or relocation to unfamiliar surroundings. The effect can be especially troubling on children and adolescents who don't have the same ability as adults to anticipate and cope with trauma."

According to Dr. Deblinger, some children who experienced Hurricane Sandy's destruction will exhibit symptoms -- such as withdrawal, depression, sleeplessness and unusually aggressive behavior -- that are commonly associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Without help, there is a risk that these symptoms could last a lifetime.

Dr. Deblinger suggests that parents and caregivers help children cope with the stress and anxiety resulting from Hurricane Sandy by:

? Returning to normal routines, if possible, and engaging in rituals such as bedtime stories and family meals that that are comforting for children.

? Minimizing the viewing of television coverage about the storm as the news can provoke anxiety in young people.

? Encouraging optimism about managing the aftermath of the storm and preparing for the future.

? Remembering that, because they are their children's most important role models, it is important for parents and caregivers to take care of themselves and engage in healthy coping strategies.

? Reaching out for professional help if the trauma stress symptoms exhibited by their children do not subside over time on their own.

"While most children are resilient and will bounce back from the experience, others are going to need help to recover and feel safe again," Dr. Deblinger says. "In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we saw that the children who were most vulnerable to developing anxiety, and even PTSD or depression, had either experienced other significant trauma or emotional difficulties in their past, or had parents who were having difficulty coping with the effects of the storm."

Dr. Deblinger says her recommendation that parents and guardians seek professional help for children whose symptoms do not subside is especially important. "Decades of research have shown that some children, particularly those who have experienced multiple trauma(s), don't eventually 'get over' or 'outgrow' their experiences," she notes. "Left to recover on their own, some children and adolescents may turn to alcohol, drugs and/or other ineffective ways of coping with the distressing feelings and debilitating symptoms associated with PTSD."

In 2005, Dr. Deblinger made several trips to the Gulf region to help children recover from the effects of Hurricane Katrina and to train other therapists in the use of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), a treatment model that she developed with Drs. Judith Cohen and Anthony Mannarino. TF-CBT has been used worldwide to help children overcome stress disorders caused by a variety of traumas, including the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011.

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Green tea ? Boyfriend with a brain tumour

This may sound strange, but until very recently B and I had given no thought to potential dietary changes that might aid him in the treatment and recovery process. None of his consultants have mentioned it at all. Why is that? It?s 2012 for god?s sake ? are conventional and ?alternative? treatments still so rigidly separate? It seems so.

A few of our new ?cancer friends? have recommended the book Anticancer: A new way of life. This contains advice about foods to avoid and so-called cancer fighting ?superfoods? and can be followed to the letter or just used to improve certain aspects of one?s diet.

A more rigid approach is a ketogenic diet in conjunction with caloric restriction. This diet is very low in carbs and high in fat and aims to starve the cancer of its main food source, glucose. It?s Atkins, but more extreme.

I?m not sure about it. There are studies that show it has reduced the size of tumours in the brains of mice, but I?ve also read that cancer is smart enough to learn how to use alternative energy sources.

Plus, B already has a brain tumour to deal with. Does he need to add insult to injury by cutting out sugar and bringing on the side effects of a ketogenic diet ? constipation, halitosis, fatigue, headaches, irritability? Let the man have a Twix.

The fact is that our diet is already pretty good. We eat plenty of fruit and veg, hardly any junk food or takeaways, and we always choose free range and organic meats. I don?t think B will be willing to make any drastic changes but we are going to bring in a few improvements.

Out:

• White bread, pasta, rice
• Cakes, biscuits, pastries (except Sunday breakfast croissants, of course)
• Shiraz

In:

• Green tea
• Dark chocolate
• Wholegrain bread, pasta, rice
• More kale, broccoli, cabbage (mmm, brassicas)
• Berries
• Pomegranates
• Pinot Noir

Red wine is full of antioxidants, especially pinot noir and cabernet sauvignon. So that?s a piece of good news.

Our evening earl grey & biscuit has been replaced by green tea and a few squares of dark chocolate. It?s ok. We dislike green tea but are getting used to it. We choke and grimace through each cup and tell each other ?it?s really not so bad, is it??

If all else fails we could import some green tea Kitkats from Japan. Just as good, surely?

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Obama, Romney pursue last votes in close race

Crowd members hold up a sign reading "vote" as Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event at the Orlando Sanford International Airport, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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President Barack Obama starts to move to the music of performer Stevie Wonder who was off-stage performing at the end of the campaign event at Fifth Third Arena, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a Florida campaign rally at Orlando Sanford International Airport, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama begins to rub his throat while speaking to supporters during a campaign event at Fifth Third Arena, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Fireworks explode in the distance as Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney walks on stage at a Virginia campaign rally at Newport News International Airport, in Newport News, Va., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) ? President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their last stands of the 2012 campaign Monday, employing their last vestiges of energy, celebrity boosters and plenty of jet fuel to encourage every supporter and the few remaining undecideds to tip the vote in their favor.

National polls of the eve of Election Day showed a neck-and-neck race. But the winner will be determined by which man gets 270 electoral votes, and Obama had more paths to get there.

The incumbent and the challenger, both fighting weariness and speaking in voices that have turned hoarse, closed by arguing they could do more to lead the country out of the tough economic times that dominated Obama's term. "This nation is going to begin to change for the better tomorrow," Romney said.

"Our work is not yet done," Obama told nearly 20,000 people who filled the street in front of the Wisconsin capital building.

Both men campaigned in states they need to win. Romney was in Florida, Virginia, and New Hampshire, while Obama was trying to protect Wisconsin from a late-breaking GOP challenge before heading to Iowa.

And in an indication of just how all-important Ohio was once again to the future occupancy of the White House, both candidates planned to be on the ground in Columbus in the evening for dueling rallies several hours and seven miles apart. The state has gone for the winner in every presidential election since 1964.

Republican campaign officials said Romney was considering a possible return to Ohio on Tuesday. Without the state, he has to win nearly every other battleground state to defeat Obama.

Both candidates were also hoping to benefit from some star power. Romney planned a final rally in the day's final hour in New Hampshire with Kid Rock while country rock performers The Marshall Tucker Band was joining him in Columbus. Obama had actors Samuel L. Jackson and Chris Rock doing urban radio interviews, "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm making calls in Colorado, rapper Jay-Z joining him in Columbus and rock legend Bruce Springsteen as his traveling warm-up act.

"He promised me a ride on Air Force One," Springsteen said, strumming his guitar as he made a political pitch between songs.

The rivals planned to appeal to pro football fans in the eleventh hour, taping interviews with ESPN's Chris Berman that will air during halftime of the Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New Orleans Saints.

Both candidates predicted the winner will be determined by which of their operations can get the most supporters to the polls. "This is going to be a turnout election," the president declared in an interview broadcast early Monday as he pleaded with urban radio listeners to get to the polls.

On the edge of an airport runway in Lynchburg, Va., Romney called on his supporters to "make sure we get everyone we know out to vote on Election Day." ''Every single vote," he said, speaking within view of Liberty University and after its chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. rallied the conservative faithful in the crowd.

Obama raised the possibility of defeat as he pleaded with listeners of The Rickey Smiley Morning Show to get to the polls. "If we don't turn out the vote, we could lose a lot of the gains we've already made," Obama said.

It was one of two of the president's radio interviews airing Monday aimed at turning out minority voters, the other with a Spanish-language station in Ohio. The president is relying on black and Hispanic voters to help offset Romney's lead with white men in particular, but the risk for him is that some of those key supporters aren't as motivated to vote as they were in 2008.

"Four years ago, we had incredible turnout and I know people were excited and energized about the prospect of making history," Obama said. "We have to preserve the gains we've made and keep moving forward."

A final national NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll showed Obama getting the support of 48 percent of likely voters, with Romney receiving 47 percent. A Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll had Obama at 49 and Romney at 48. A Pew Research Center poll released Sunday showed Obama with a 3-point-point edge over Romney, 48 percent to 45 percent among likely voters.

Obama dispatched former President Bill Clinton to Pennsylvania on Monday to keep the state in his column. First lady Michelle Obama went south to North Carolina and Florida. Vice President Joe Biden made a final reach in Virginia, while Romney running mate Paul Ryan was covering the most ground, flying to Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Meanwhile, about 30 million people have already voted in 34 states and the District of Columbia, either by mail or in person, although no ballots will be counted until Election Day, Tuesday. More than 4 million of the ballots were cast in Florida, where Democrats filed a lawsuit demanding an extension of available time. A judge granted their request in one county where an early voting site was shut down for several hours Saturday because of a bomb scare.

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Pickler reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn and Stephen Ohlemacher in Washington, Julie Pace in Madison, Wis., and Steve Peoples in Lynchburg, Va., contributed to this report.

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Subscriber data from Internet service providers

Companies that provide Internet access services have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. There are subscriber figures and other data from selected Internet service providers.

? Oct. 18: Verizon Communications Inc. posted the first decline in overall broadband customers in four years, as it stopped marketing DSL connections to customers who don't also buy phone service. DSL connections are slower than cable modems, and Verizon has stopped investing in the technology, focusing instead on fiber-optic FiOS connections available in about two-thirds of the areas where it provides local phone service. Verizon added 136,000 FiOS Internet subscribers to end the quarter with 5.3 million. Verizon lost 8,000 broadband connections overall, ending with 8.8 million.

? Oct. 24: AT&T Inc. says it gained 613,000 U-verse Internet subscribers to reach 7.1 million, helping the company offset losses from DSL. Total wired broadband connections decreased by 42,000 during the quarter.

? Oct. 26: Comcast Corp. says it added 287,000 Internet customers, beating the 273,000 expected, giving it more than 19 million.

? Monday: Time Warner Cable Inc. says it gained 85,000 residential high-speed data subscribers to end with 10.9 million.

? Tuesday: Cablevision Systems Corp. says it added 28,000 high-speed Internet customers to end with 3.1 million.

Charter Communications Inc. says it added 78,000 broadband customers.

AOL Inc. lost 138,000 subscribers to end with 2.9 million, mostly for dial-up services.

Coming up:

? Thursday: Windstream Corp.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/subscriber-data-internet-providers-161133168--finance.html

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Microsoft Surface RT gesture and keyboard shortcut guide

I wrote about my 64GB Microsoft Surface RT preorder last month and have been using it for the past couple of weeks. Windows RT does not have an intuitive UI and I have been struggling at times to get things done. I'm still debating about whether I am going to keep it or not, but wanted to help readers who have it with a guide covering some helpful gestures and keyboard shortcuts.

Windows RT gestures

Using the Microsoft Surface RT reminds me a bit of using webOS and MeeGo with a UI that uses different swipes in from outside the display. I either discovered these through discussions with other users or by trial and error. Start the swipes from the black bezel and move onto the display to see these responses:

• On Start screen, tap and drag a Live Tile: You can move the Live Tile around the Start screen and place it where you desire without having to tap and hold on it.
• On Start screen, tap and hold on Live Tile, drag down: Options will appear at the bottom of the screen to unpin from Start, uninstall the application, make the Tile bigger or smaller, and turn Live Tile off or on. You can also view all apps from this menu.
• On Start screen, swipe from bottom up or top down: All apps button appears so you can view all apps you have installed since not all are pinned to the Start screen. Another swipe up and tap on the icon takes you back to the Metro Start screen. You can also just tap the Start icon located at the center bottom of the display to go to the Metro Start screen.
• On Start screen, pinch to create groups of tiles: Touch the Start screen with two or more fingers and then pinch them together. A zoomed out Start screen will appear, you can now tap, hold, and drag down on groups of tiles and name them. This name will appear on the regular Start screen and is a nice way to have an entertainment group, news group, gaming group, etc.
• Within an app, swipe from left to right on left side and hold your finger on app thumbnail that you "grab": You can now drag this thumbnail to the right or left side of an open app and split the screen to view two apps at once.
• Within an app, swipe from bottom up or top: Applications support different menu items if you swipe from the top or bottom onto the display. Some examples include changing views in the calendar, changing status of emails, viewing IE tabs, creating new notes, and more.
• Always available, wipe from right to left on right side of screen: You will see the "Charms" appear on the right side and the clock appear over on the left. The Charms are designated Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings. Don't forget there are Charms icons on the keyboard too.
• Always available, swipe from left to right on left side of screen: This will switch to another open and running application.
• Always available, swipe from left to right, and then back quickly right to left without lifting your finger on the left side of the screen: This slides out a row of most recently used applications, which looks very similar to the task switcher we see in the later versions of the Android OS.

Once you learn that there are gestures like this available, they become quite useful. A problem is that some apps don't use the up and down swipes so there is a lot of discovery that you have to make to figure out how to fully use your Surface RT. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but does offer up a bit of an inconsistent user experience.

Windows RT keyboard and mouse shortcuts

IMHO, a Windows Surface RT tablet is basically useless without a keyboard so I do not recommend anyone purchase one without a keyboard as you will end up being very frustrated without one. As you can see on the keyboard itself, there is a row above the number row for things such as volume control, play/pause media, search, share, devices, settings, home, end, page up, and page down. There are arrows keys and also a very functional trackpad with left and right mouse button sections. Here are several more keyboard and mouse shortcuts:

• Start+B: Back to Desktop
• Start+C: Open charms
• Start+D: Go to the Desktop
• Start+E: Go to File Explorer on Desktop
• Start+F: Search files
• Start+H: Start Share charm
• Start+I: Start Settings charm
• Start+K: Start Devices charm
• Start+L: Lock the Surface RT
• Start+M: Minimize everything on the Desktop
• Start+P: Open second screen manager utility
• Start+Q: Search apps
• Start+R: Open Run on the Desktop
• Start+T: Open Task Manager in Desktop
• Start+U: Open Ease of Access Center in Desktop
• Start+W: Search settings
• Start+X: Open system utility settings menu
• Start+Z: Emulate swipe up from bottom of screen
• Start+.: Snap app left
• Start+,: Peek at desktop, let go of Start to go back to Metro UI
• Start+Tab: Open Metro UI task manager
• Start+Enter: Open Windows Narrator
• Start+Shift.: Snap app right
• Alt+Tab: Application switcher, different look than task manager
• Ctrl+Tab: Toggle between All Apps and Start
• Ctrl+Escape: Toggle between last open app and current app
• On Start screen, with the mouse active click the - button in far right bottom corner: This will zoom out the Start screen so you can create group names for apps on the Start screen.
• On Start screen, right click on an app: You will see the options found with a tap, hold, and drag down by your finger using this quick right click.
• On Start screen, move mouse to upper left corner to see last used app:?Move the mouse down the left edge to see the most recently used app list.

As you can see the keyboard is extremely useful and functional on the Microsoft Surface RT device and there are likely even more things than I wrote about here. I was pleasantly surprised by how functional the trackpad and mouse buttons are as well.

Microsoft put a lot of work into the Surface and Windows 8 and it shows by all of the functionality contained in this Surface RT. There are also many things that are not that intuitive so take the time and learn these shortcuts and gestures to more efficiently use your Windows RT device. If you have any more that I should include in my list, please let me know and I can update it as they come in.

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Brad DeLong: Bill Gale and Donald Marron: Five Myths About the 47 ...

Gale and Marron:

Five Myths About the 47 Percent:

1. Forty-seven percent of Americans don?t pay taxes: The most pernicious misconception about people who don?t pay federal income taxes is that they don?t pay any taxes?. Almost two-thirds of the 47 percent work? their payroll taxes help finance Social Security and Medicare?. [A] family of three with an income of $30,000 would owe no federal income tax? [but] could easily pay more than $4,500, or 15 percent of their income, in taxes.

2. Members of the 47 percent will never pay federal income taxes: Politicians and commentators often talk about those who don?t pay income taxes as though they?re in a special club with lifetime membership?. [Y]oung people? the temporarily unemployed, working parents? entrepreneurs whose businesses experience a loss? look forward to the day, perhaps in just a year or two, when their incomes will rise and they will? pay federal income taxes. The reverse is true for many senior citizens?.

3. Many high-income people game the system to pay no income tax: Our jerry-rigged tax code leaves many Americans with a nagging sense that other people are exploiting loopholes to avoid taxes?. Sadly, there?s an element of truth to that. But gimmickry by high-income taxpayers has essentially nothing to do with who does and doesn?t pay income taxes?. The vast majority of people who pay no federal income tax have low earnings, are elderly or have children at home?. About half of these households don?t pay federal income tax simply because their incomes are low. More than one-fifth are retirees? another one-seventh are [poor] working families with children?. Together, these three groups of taxpayers account for almost 90?percent of the households that pay no federal income tax.

4. The 47 percent vote Democratic: In the leaked video? Romney counts the 47 percent as people who will vote for President Obama ?no matter what.?? [F]ewer than half of individuals in households with incomes below $30,000 voted in 2008?. Romney appears to hold a lead over Obama among elderly voters [who don't pay income taxes], a group that votes enthusiastically.

5. Tax increases are the only way to bring more of these households onto the tax rolls: Romney?s comments about the 47?percent raise the question: If too many Americans pay no federal income tax, how should we reduce that number?? The expansion of the child credit under President George W. Bush in 2001, for example, removed many households from the rolls?. But there is another way. The share of households paying no income tax is near record highs not only because of tax policy but also because of the struggling economy. Higher earnings, particularly for low- and moderate-income workers, would move more Americans into the income-tax-paying category?

Source: http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2012/11/bill-gale-and-donald-marron-five-myths-about-the-47-percent.html

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2012 model year was the greenest new U.S. auto fleet ever

Auto Analyst Baum, NRDC Dub 2012 "The Year of the Green Car," Debunk Attacks on High-MPG Vehicles

Separating Fact From Fiction: Model Year and Calendar Year 2012 Are Best Ever For Greenest Vehicles

Washington, D.C. ? October 31, 2012 ? It's time to give unfairly maligned green cars the respect they earned in a major way in 2012, according to auto analyst Alan L. Baum and Natural Resources Defense Council senior vehicles analyst Luke Tonachel.

"The facts are in: consumers now have more opportunities and they are indeed buying green, fuel-efficient vehicles across the market spectrum, from small cars to midsize cars, minivans, CUVs/SUVs, and pickups," Alan L. Baum, principal of Baum & Associates, said. "They are buying cleaner vehicles that use less gas to go just as far, helping reduce America's dependence on oil while cleaning up our air. This is an important shift that moves us toward meeting the new federal standards to increase fuel economy to the equivalent of 54.5 mpg for cars and light-duty trucks by Model Year 2025."

Based on a new analysis released by Baum & Associates, Baum and Tonachel deflated the recent attacks in news media stories on green cars by citing the following facts:

Model year 2012 fuel efficiency for new vehicles hit an all-time high. The sales-weighted average fuel economy of new passenger vehicles for model year 2012 was 23.6 MPG, up more than 1 MPG from the previous record high of 22.5 MPG set in 2011. This was the single biggest one-year increase in MPG in the past five years. Calendar year-to-date 2012 fuel efficiency is even higher: an average of 23.8 MPG through September. (Fuel economy data is derived from the research of Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle (University of Michigan) at http://www.umich.edu/%7Eumtriswt/EDI_sales-weighted-mpg.html.)

Higher average fuel efficiency for model year 2012 is a good thing for the American auto industry, rather than a reflection of falling sales. Auto sales for the 2012 model year reached 14.1 million units, an increase of more than 10 percent (1.7 million) from the previous model year. In the recent past, major increases in fleet fuel efficiency were generally marked by rapid decreases in vehicle sales. For example, the three-year period from 1980 to 1982 saw increases of 3.3, 1.3 and 0.6 MPG respectively, but vehicle sales declined by 2.5 million, 750,000, and 820,000, respectively. Similarly, over the two-year period from 2007 to 2009, fleet fuel efficiency jumped 1.8 MPG, but annual vehicle sales dropped by over 5.7 million. The uncoupling of rising average MPG and falling auto sales in model year 2012 was due in large part to much wider availability of vehicles with higher fuel economy.

The number of high-MPG vehicles available to consumers is rising rapidly. Popular vehicle nameplates with improved efficiency more than doubled from model year 2009 (28) to model year 2013 (61). Fewer than a third (17) of the model year 2013 vehicles with higher MPG are compacts or subcompacts, contrary to the assumption made by many that the only high MPG cars are "small cars."

Hybrids and plug-in electric car sales are on track to top half a million units for the first time in a calendar year (2012) and a model year (2013). This strong performance directly debunks the linked (and equally mistaken) notions that (1) consumers don't want higher MPG vehicles and (2) there is no demand for the high-end technology that powers the highest MPG-vehicles.
Alan L. Baum, principal, Baum & Associates, said: "The just-ended 2012 model year has resulted in a record high in fuel efficiency for new vehicles. These results indicate that, contrary to some news accounts, consumers are voting with their pocketbooks and going beyond their intent to buy high MPG vehicles to making actual purchases. Furthermore, they don't need to make compromises given the choices that are being offered. In reality, this was a banner year for the greenest cars and 2013 is shaping up to be even brighter. Plug-in electric vehicle sales are still a small niche but the number of new product offerings coming and the growing availability of these vehicles suggest that growth will continue."

Luke Tonachel, senior vehicles analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council, said: "Those in news media stories who seek to obscure the fact that 2012 is 'The Year of the Green Car' are ignoring what the facts show about consumer demand for high MPG vehicles, the transformative impact of the 54.5 MPG federal fuel efficiency standards, and the major strides made by automakers to embrace and develop MPG-boosting technology advances. Those, according to press reports, who bash green cars fail to recognize that the U.S. auto marketplace has been remade in the last few years and that the old days of gas-guzzling, low MPG vehicles are, thankfully, a thing of the increasingly distant past."

The Baum analysis is available online at http://www.baum-assoc.com/.

A related blog post from Tonachel can be found at http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ltonachel/.

Source: http://green.autoblog.com/2012/11/04/2012-model-year-was-the-greenest-new-u-s-auto-fleet-ever/

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Luck throws for rookie record

QB throws for rookie record 433 yards and 2 TDs in 23-20 victory

Aj Mast / AP

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck looks to throw against the Miami Dolphins during the first half Sunday in Indianapolis.

By Michael Marot

updated 4:24 p.m. ET Nov. 4, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS - Andrew Luck and Ryan Tannehill put on a memorable show for Chuck Pagano on Sunday.

The rookie quarterbacks traded jab for jab, hook for hook and TD pass for TD pass. When the duel finally ended, it was Luck who had the records - and another win for his ailing coach.

Luck threw for 433 yards and two TD passes, breaking Cam Newton's single-game passing record (422 yards) for a rookie as he led the Colts to a 23-20 victory over Miami.

The matchup was everything people expected from the two first-round draft picks, who had gotten their teams off to surprising starts.

And this one will go down as yet another memorable chapter in Indy's bittersweet season.

Pagano, the Colts coach who had been watching the games on television since Sept. 26 after being diagnosed with a form of leukemia, walked into the coaches' box about 5 minutes before kickoff and after speaking to the team.

Luck took the cue, throwing for 273 yards in the first half - the fourth highest first-half total in franchise history - and it didn't take much longer for the No. 1 overall draft pick to join Peyton Manning as the only players in league history with four 300-yard games in their rookie seasons.

Luck finished 30 of 48 and made big play after big play for the Colts (5-3), who have won three straight and are 4-1 at home.

Tannehill was just as impressive despite not being 100 percent. He was questionable all week with left knee and thigh injuries, was limited in practice and wasn't picked as the starter until about 90 minutes before kickoff. He wound up going 22 of 38 for 290 yards with one touchdown.

But it wasn't quite enough to prevent Miami (4-4) from losing for the first time in four games.

The difference: Luck made bigger plays.

He continually escaped pressure, hooked up on long throws, converted third downs and made two uncanny TD passes - a 9-yard throw to Reggie Wayne, who made a beautiful toe-tap in the back of the end zone in the first quarter and a 36-yard scoring pass into double coverage that rookie T.Y. Hilton hauled in with a terrific leaping catch to give Indy a 20-17 lead late in the third quarter.

Miami tied the score at 20 when Dan Carpenter made a 31-yard field goal with 13:12 to go, but Luck led the Colts on a 13-play, 69-yard drive to set up Adam Vinatieri for the decisive 43-yard field goal with 6:03 to go.

The Dolphins got the ball back two more times, but never got into scoring position and Luck ran out the clock.

? 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Northeast power outages fall below 2 million: Department of Energy

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Video: NASA's Fermi measures cosmic 'fog' produced by ancient starlight

Friday, November 2, 2012

Astronomers using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have made the most accurate measurement of starlight in the universe and used it to establish the total amount of light from all of the stars that have ever shone, accomplishing a primary mission goal.

"The optical and ultraviolet light from stars continues to travel throughout the universe even after the stars cease to shine, and this creates a fossil radiation field we can explore using gamma rays from distant sources," said lead scientist Marco Ajello, a postdoctoral researcher at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University in California and the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley.

Gamma rays are the most energetic form of light. Since Fermi's launch in 2008, its Large Area Telescope (LAT) observes the entire sky in high-energy gamma rays every three hours, creating the most detailed map of the universe ever known at these energies.

The total sum of starlight in the cosmos is known to astronomers as the extragalactic background light (EBL). To gamma rays, the EBL functions as a kind of cosmic fog. Ajello and his team investigated the EBL by studying gamma rays from 150 blazars, or galaxies powered by black holes, that were strongly detected at energies greater than 3 billion electron volts (GeV), or more than a billion times the energy of visible light.

"With more than a thousand detected so far, blazars are the most common sources detected by Fermi, but gamma rays at these energies are few and far between, which is why it took four years of data to make this analysis," said team member Justin Finke, an astrophysicist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington.

As matter falls toward a galaxy's supermassive black hole, some of it is accelerated outward at almost the speed of light in jets pointed in opposite directions. When one of the jets happens to be aimed in the direction of Earth, the galaxy appears especially bright and is classified as a blazar.

Gamma rays produced in blazar jets travel across billions of light-years to Earth. During their journey, the gamma rays pass through an increasing fog of visible and ultraviolet light emitted by stars that formed throughout the history of the universe.

Occasionally, a gamma ray collides with starlight and transforms into a pair of particles -- an electron and its antimatter counterpart, a positron. Once this occurs, the gamma ray light is lost. In effect, the process dampens the gamma ray signal in much the same way as fog dims a distant lighthouse.

This animation tracks several gamma rays through space and time, from their emission in the jet of a distant blazar to their arrival in Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT). During their journey, the number of randomly moving ultraviolet and optical photons (blue) increases as more and more stars are born in the universe. Eventually, one of the gamma rays encounters a photon of starlight and the gamma ray transforms into an electron and a positron. The remaining gamma-ray photons arrive at Fermi, interact with tungsten plates in the LAT, and produce the electrons and positrons whose paths through the detector allows astronomers to backtrack the gamma rays to their source. (Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Cruz deWilde)

From studies of nearby blazars, scientists have determined how many gamma rays should be emitted at different energies. More distant blazars show fewer gamma rays at higher energies -- especially above 25 GeV -- thanks to absorption by the cosmic fog.

The farthest blazars are missing most of their higher-energy gamma rays.

The researchers then determined the average gamma-ray attenuation across three distance ranges between 9.6 billion years ago and today.

From this measurement, the scientists were able to estimate the fog's thickness. To account for the observations, the average stellar density in the cosmos is about 1.4 stars per 100 billion cubic light-years, which means the average distance between stars in the universe is about 4,150 light-years.

A paper describing the findings was published Thursday on Science Express.

"The Fermi result opens up the exciting possibility of constraining the earliest period of cosmic star formation, thus setting the stage for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope," said Volker Bromm, an astronomer at the University of Texas, Austin, who commented on the findings. "In simple terms, Fermi is providing us with a shadow image of the first stars, whereas Webb will directly detect them."

Measuring the extragalactic background light was one of the primary mission goals for Fermi.

"We're very excited about the prospect of extending this measurement even farther," said Julie McEnery, the mission's project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

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Oil prices fall amid subdued demand after storm

BANGKOK (AP) ? Expectations that demand for crude would likely be subdued in the aftermath of the massive storm that slammed into the U.S. East Coast earlier this week caused oil prices to sag on Friday.

Benchmark crude for December delivery fell 28 cents at midday Bangkok time to $86.81 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Despite ongoing disruptions at refineries and supply terminals in the U.S. Northeast, analysts said the U.S. remained stocked with sufficient supplies and that demand for crude oil would be lower than anticipated for a few weeks.

Caroline Bain, commodities analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit, said the storm's impact on the oil market would likely be temporary, assuming the resumption of refinery operations.

"The recent expansion in US shale oil production will mean that crude oil stocks in the country will remain high for much of the year, depressing prices, and insulating the US somewhat from the supply risks that are putting pressure on crude oil prices elsewhere in the world," she said in a market commentary.

Benchmark oil gained 85 cents to finish at $87.09 per barrel in New York on Thursday, with positive U.S. economic news helping to boost prices.

Reports for October showed manufacturing expanded for the second straight month, private businesses added more jobs and consumer confidence was at the highest level in nearly five years. And the government says crude inventories shrank last week.

The next key report is due Friday when the government releases the October jobs data.

In London, Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, fell 20 cents to end at $107.97 per barrel.

In other trading:

? Heating oil fell 1.1 cent to $3.022 per gallon.

? Wholesale gasoline fell 0.6 cents at $2.6273 per gallon.

? Natural gas fell 0.8 cents to $3.691 per 1,000 cubic feet.

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Hurricane Relief: Staten Island, Queens And West Village Residents Feel Neglected In Sandy's Wake

NEW YORK ? Motorists increasingly desperate for a fill-up fumed in long lines at gas stations and screamed at each other Friday as fuel shortages in Superstorm Sandy's wake spread across the metropolitan area.

Meanwhile, a backlash appeared to be building against Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to hold the New York City Marathon on Sunday as scheduled, with some New Yorkers complaining that going ahead with the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert city resources at a time when many are suffering.

Four days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, the U.S. death toll climbed past 90 in 10 states, and included two boys who were torn from their mother's grasp by rushing floodwaters in Staten Island during the storm. Their bodies were found in a marshy area on Thursday.

With fuel deliveries in the East disrupted by storm damage and many gas stations lacking electricity to run their pumps, gasoline became a precious commodity, especially for those who depend on their cars for their livelihoods.

Some drivers complained of waiting three and four hours in line, only to see the pumps run out when it was almost their turn. Cars ran out of gas before they reached the front of the line. Police officers were assigned to gas stations to maintain order. In Queens, a man was charged Thursday with flashing a gun at another motorist who complained he was cutting in line.

At a Hess gas station Friday morning in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, the line snaked at least 10 blocks through narrow and busy streets. That caused confusion among other drivers, some of whom accidentally found themselves in the gas line. People got out of their cars to yell at them.

In addition, at least 60 people were lined up to fill red gas cans for their generators.

Vince Levine got in line in his van at 5 a.m. By 8 a.m., he was still two dozen cars from the front. "I had a half-tank when I started. I've got a quarter-tank now," he said.

"There's been a little screaming, a little yelling. And I saw one guy banging on the hood of a car. But mostly it's been OK," he said.

Cabdriver Harum Prince joined a line for gasoline in Manhattan that stretched 17 blocks down 10th Avenue, with about half the cars yellow cabs, a crucial means of getting around in a city with a still-crippled mass transit system.

"I don't blame anybody," he said. "God, he knows why he brought this storm."

More 3.8 million homes and business in the East were still without power, down from a peak of 8.5 million. But across the New York metropolitan area, there were more signs that life was beginning to return to something approaching normal.

Consolidated Edison, the power company serving New York, said electricity should be restored by Saturday to customers in Manhattan and to homes and offices served by underground power lines in Brooklyn. More subway and rail lines started operating again Friday, and the Holland Tunnel into New York was open to buses.

In New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie said Atlantic City's 12 casinos could reopen immediately after a nearly five-day shutdown for Superstorm Sandy. Sandy slammed into the shoreline Monday night just a few miles from Atlantic City, which was flooded and lost an old section of its word-famous boardwalk but fared much better than other parts of New Jersey's coast.

The prospect of better times ahead did little to mollify residents who spent another day and night in the dark.

"It's too much. You're in your house. You're freezing," said Geraldine Giordano, 82, a lifelong resident of the West Village. Near her home, city employees had set up a sink where residents could get fresh water, if they needed it. There were few takers. "Nobody wants to drink that water," Giordano said.

There was increasing worry about the elderly. Community groups have been going door-to-door on the upper floors of darkened Manhattan apartment buildings, and city workers and volunteer in hard-hit Newark, N.J., delivered meals to senior citizens and others stuck in their buildings.

"It's been mostly older folks who aren't able to get out," said Monique George of Manhattan-based Community Voices Heard. "In some cases, they hadn't talked to folks in a few days. They haven't even seen anybody because the neighbors evacuated. They're actually happy that folks are checking, happy to see another person. To not see someone for a few days, in this city, it's kind of weird."

On Thursday, police recovered the bodies of two brothers, ages 2 and 4, who were swept away after the SUV driven by their mother, Glenda Moore, stalled in Sandy's floodwaters Monday evening.

"Terrible, absolutely terrible," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said as he announced that Brandon and Connor had been found dead. "It just compounds all the tragic aspects of this horrific event."

The discovery was another heartbreaking blow to Staten Island, a hard-hit borough that residents complained has been largely forgotten. At least 19 people have been killed in Staten Island, about half the death toll for all of New York City.

Garbage is piling up, a stench hangs in the air and mud-caked mattresses and couches line the streets. Residents picked through their belongings, searching for anything that could be salvaged.

"We have hundreds of people in shelters," said James Molinaro, the borough's president. "Many of them, when the shelters close, have nowhere to go because their homes are destroyed. These are not homeless people. They're homeless now."

Molinaro complained the American Red Cross "is nowhere to be found," and some residents questioned what they called the lack of a response by government disaster relief agencies.

A relief fund is being created just for storm survivors on Staten Island, Molinaro and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Friday. And Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and a top Federal Emergency Management Agency official planned to tour the island.

Bloomberg on Thursday defended the decision to hold the marathon, saying electricity is expected to be restored to all of Manhattan by race day, freeing up "an enormous number of police."

"This city is a city where we have to go on," he said.

But Staten Island resident George Rosado blasted the city for the decision.

"It's repulsive," said Rosado, who spent two days scrubbing sludge from his tiled floors and was preparing to demolish the water-logged walls of his home a block from the water. He added: "They should be getting resources to the elderly people who can't fend for themselves. That's more important than a marathon right now."

Along the devastated Jersey Shore, residents were allowed back in their neighborhoods Thursday for the first time since Sandy slammed the coast. Some were relieved to find only minor damage, but many others were wiped out.

"A lot of tears are being shed today," said Dennis Cucci, whose home near the ocean in Point Pleasant Beach was heavily damaged. "It's absolutely mind-boggling."

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Associated Press writers Cara Anna and Karen Matthews in New York, David Porter in Moonachie, N.J., and Wayne Parry in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., contributed to this story.

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