Viewed through the lens of modern warfighters, General Patton's methods for reconnaissance were extremely crude and paid little regard for the lives of his soldiers. Although a bit simplistic, he makes a valuable point for anglers who often get comfortable in routine. I have to check myself daily from going to that reliable water I know will catch fish, especially in the dog days of summer when the fishing can be a struggle. We've written about this before in, "You May Surprise Yourself," but the intent of this piece is not to revisit the values of breaking routine and how doing so can improve your angling skills. A recent reconnaissance mission put us in touch with something we believe worthwhile to explore. "Just driving down that road" taps into something primordial that we anglers cannot experience from working our reliable haunts – the excitement of fumbling into the unknown.
Although this started philosophical, that's not the direction this essay will follow. We want to give our fellow anglers a methodology for "fumbling into the unknown." Before starting down that road, we'll drop one last plug as a quick aside to set the stage this "how to" piece. Over the past 2 months or so, while weather has been stagnant, stale, rainless, windy, HOT, etc. (all other people's words), we've heard plenty of complaints about how poor the fishing has been. That's understandable coming from people with jobs that limit their ability to fish frequently or whenever they want. The consensus also seems to be that fishing is only great when the fish are easy to find and catch. This is also understandable but I think if you hold this position, you're missing the intangibles of the experience of fishing altogether – but that's for another essay.
1. Find the bread crumb trail. Though, our favorite water to recon is the scarcely or totally unknown, forgotten, or otherwise underutilized fisheries – many bodies of water that you want to explore may be brand new to you but old hat for someone else. Take advantage and find the little nuggets lying around on the internet (while understanding that all of it may not be reliable). Use your favorite search engine with general terms of what your looking for and start following the trail. Use the collective knowledge that is already out there to build upon and take it to the next level.
2. Wait for it; this is going to be earth shattering, BUY A MAP! Whether you are just getting into fishing or have been an avid angler for years, if your vehicle does not have some sort of detailed map/atlas/gazetteer, buy one ASAP and study it. There is some potential in every blue line and dot. We use Delorme Atlas and Gazetteers for every state we fish. Canada has a similar product for all their provinces. You'd be amazed at how many blue lines and dots as well as state/national lands are within reach. It can be daunting and generate some anxiety.
3. Get familiar with Google Earth. This program is an invaluable tool for doing preliminary, off-water reconnaissance. The software allows you to explore satellite imagery of any given body of water. Though it may not be as useful for small mountain blue line streams, it is a key tool to have in your bag for larger bodies of water like lakes, ponds and rivers. Take advantage of the historical imagery to see what a given piece of water looks like in the low flows of summer or high flows of springtime run-off. For lakes and larger rivers, you can even identify structure like weed beds, flats, deep water and rocks to help formulate your on-the-water plan of attack. If floating rivers is your game, you can map out a float and even measure the number of river miles to ensure you don't find yourself looking for the pull-out long after dark while wondering if you somehow missed it.
4. Do not bring fishing equipment with you. We put this rule out there with some reservation but remember the point of the mission: to gain information that you can use for a future outing. Your purpose is not to fish. I know, that sounds crazy, especially if you end up recon'ing some new water and see fish just begging to be caught. If you follow this rule and come upon a new area teeming with fish, you'll likely curse this bit of advice. That's understandable but remember the intangibles of fishing – embrace the excitement of discovering something new and develop a plan to go back. Some may think not bringing gear is crazy so here is a compromise: if you must bring a rod with you, don't get caught up growing roots in one spot or spending too much time on one fish. Keep moving and cover ground, recon is about seeing a large enough slice of water that will allow you can form some broader conclusions and decide whether further, in-depth exploration is warranted.
5. Consider the environmental conditions. This rule is perhaps most important during summer recon missions. When you look at the water, consider what's been happening with the weather lately. Is it low or boney? Maybe that's because it hasn't rained in weeks and that should trigger you to look for areas with deep pools where fish will likely hold until the water levels rise. Is the water raging and looking like chocolate milk? Well, that's probably because it rained recently…or is it? In that situation, you at least know that the body of water is part of a viable drainage. If you visit a pond or lake, is the shoreline encroached with weeds? That's probably because water temps are up and long periods of light are allowing the aquatic plants to grow. Try to picture this body of water in the late fall or spring.
Getting out there is the best part of fishing – at least it is for us. If you fish often enough, you know there are days you just can't buy a bite. It was either Gierach or Voelker (maybe both – I can't find that particular piece off hand – we have all their books so if you send us that book title and chapter, we'll send you a Brookdog Fishing Company t-shirt) that dedicated a chapter to knowing that the fishing would be slow within an hour of being on the water. Facing the strong possibility of a catch-less day, the writer and his fishing buddy decide to remain on the water, knowing the insanity of the plan but doing it anyway. Recon'ing is another way of getting out there. In the best of circumstances, you'll find water you can call your own for a little bit that will be a steady producer. In the worst of circumstances, you'll find an area devoid of life but will have a better knowledge of the area. What do you have to lose…really?


The Chief Justice in Illinois Supreme Court said invasions of biometric privacy result in harm and should be eligible for damages.
The Illinois State Supreme Court has reversed a decision in the case brought by a mother against Six Flags after the amusement park captured her son's thumbprint without written permission, as required under the state's biometrics law.
This reversal could significantly change how courts allow privacy claims to proceed even if plaintiffs cannot demonstrate they suffered actual harm. It could also dramatically impact future privacy legislation in the U.S.
Illinois' Biometric Privacy Information Act (BIPA) was enacted in 2008 to help regulate "the collection, use, safeguarding, handling, storage, retention and destruction of biometric identifiers and information." It is arguably the strongest biometrics law in the nation.
A lower court found defendants in BIPA cases must prove actual injury or damage beyond just violation of the law. The State Supreme Court disagreed, finding an individual need not allege actual injury beyond his or her rights to be entitled to seek damages and relief.
The case has been remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings.
The plaintiff, Stacy Rosenbach, filed suit on behalf of her son, Alexander Rosenbach, a minor, because they were not informed in writing of the specific purpose and length of time for which Rosenbach's fingerprint had been collected and they did not sign a written release consenting to the collection. And, the opinion noted, even though Rosenbach has not been back to the park since 2014, Six Flags has kept his biometric identifiers and has not disclosed what it is doing with the information or how long it will be kept.
Six Flags did not respond to a request for comment.
The amusement park sought dismissal because the plaintiff hadn't suffered any injury—and the lower court agreed.
Woodrow Hartzog, professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, agreed, noting the opinion could impact future surveillance and data rules in the U.S.
The ruling comes at a time when the use of consumer biometrics like fingerprints, retina/iris scans or voiceprints—often with little or no regulation—is increasing among government agencies, airlines, cruise lines and retailers.
Unlike many other states, the Illinois law gives individuals the right to control their biometric information.


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ISIS Seizes Saddam's Old Chemical Weapons Plant, as Insurgency Creeps Across Borders
ISIS, the Sunni militant group which gained strength in Syria and has seized a number of Iraqi cities over the past two weeks, seems to be making headway in other parts of the region as well.
In Lebanon, a dozen suspected militants were arrested in a Beirut hotel on Friday on suspicion of planning two assassinations. The New York Times reports:
Security forces blocked off numerous streets in Hamra, the main commercial district of West Beirut, and surrounded the Napoleon Hotel. Outside the hotel, in a neighborhood of narrow streets full of shops, apartments and midrange hotels, dozens of armed security officers forced pedestrians off the streets, then led 12 men, their heads covered, out of the hotel.
Lebanese news outlet NOW Lebanon reported that the men were suspected of targeting parliament speaker Nabih Berri, leader of the Shiite political group Amal. The group had canceled an event earlier on Friday over security concerns. The militants were also allegedly planning to kill Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, commander of the country's general security agency.
According to the Times, ISIS has been saying for several months that it intends to set up a Sunni Islamic state in Lebanon, which has suffered from Islamist attacks this year as the factions in the Syria war have moved across the border.
And, Reuters reported today, an ISIS propaganda video has emerged showing militants who say they are from Australia and the U.K. urging Muslims to join the group. Reuters describes the video, titled "There Is No Life Without Jihad," as showing five armed men with black al-Qaeda flags behind them. ""We are a State who is implementing the sharia (Islamic law) in both Iraq and Sham (Syria), and look at the soldiers - we understand no borders," one man, identified in a caption as Abu Muthanna al-Yemeni from Britain, says in English. He adds, "we have participated in battles in Sham, and we will go to Iraq in a few days, and we will fight there, Allah permitting, and come back, and we will even go to Jordan and Lebanon, with no problems."
Meanwhile, fighting continues in Iraq, where ISIS militants have seized control of a Saddam-Hussein-era chemical weapons store. The insurgents now have access to hundreds of tons of unused sarin, mustard and other deadly gases, although much of the material is considered unusable in its current state. The CIA reported in 2007 that the complex holds "a stockpile of old damaged and contaminated chemical munitions (sealed in bunkers)." The report continues:
[al-Muthanna is] a wasteland full of destroyed chemical munitions, razed structures, and unusable war-ravaged facilities... Some of the bunkers contained large quantities of unfilled chemical munitions, conventional munitions, one-ton shipping containers, old disabled production equipment and other hazardous industrial chemicals.
One expert told the Telegraph that though the militants likely won't be able to utilize the chemical weapons as intended, but that they could use the supplies to build explosive devices. However, one U.S. official contends that the people most likely to be harmed by the chemicals are ISIS, as the militants themselves would become contaminated should they try to move them.

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Home #FEMSmicroBlog: The balancing act between basic and applied science
#FEMSmicroBlog: The balancing act between basic and applied science
A career in science is characterized by mobility. FEMS Research & Training Grants have allowed Early Career Scientists to visit a different laboratory and acquire new skills since the beginning. Now the upcoming FEMS Industry Placement Grants (starting in 2022) will allow ECS to gain experience in industry. With a reflection on his own career path so far, Dirk Linke presents for the #FEMSmicroBlog why this new grant scheme, developed with inputs of the FEMS Working Group on Business and Policy, is timely. #TheCulturePlate
Movement across membranes
I have been working with membranes, membrane proteins and membrane transport processes for my entire scientific career, but turned microbiologist only as a PostDoc. I took on ambitious projects on bacterial membrane protein evolution at a prestigious Max Planck Institute in Germany back in in 2003. At that time, I thought that hard, basic science – the understanding of the processes that keep cellular life organized – would be my career.
Approximately 10 years later, I had written more than 100 unsuccessful applications for professorships all over the world. I had good interviews for university positions in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand even, and multiple places in Germany, and had to learn that the key thing the search committees were interested in was my teaching qualification and my "fundability". No-one cared about my actual research, or had read my papers.
Movement across borders
I then accepted an Associate Professorship in Molecular Microbiology at the University of Oslo (Norway) in late 2013. And while I never regretted this step, it did force me to completely rethink my long-term project plans. Basic science funding is scarce in Norway, with typical grant success rates below 10%. In combination with a desperate lack of core funding from the university, this did not really allow me to continue with the difficult and complex projects that I had been working on for years.
But like in many other of the smaller European countries, there is grant funding available in Norway if you look in the right directions. I am currently running projects on metal nanoparticle catalysts produced by bacteria (related to metal transport across membranes) and on vaccines for the aquaculture industry (with membrane and surface proteins as the targets). These still very much build on my previous work, but they are clearly not basic science, at least not to a large extent. Industry contacts and patenting processes started to dominate over the problems of getting rejected by Nature or Science again…
In parallel, I have become the president of the Norwegian Society for Microbiology (NFM) and have tried to do my share to contribute to the activities of FEMS. Most recently, I have joined the FEMS Working Group on 'Business and Policy' (B&P). Especially science policy fascinates me, and I still sometimes wonder why politics cannot just "see" the merits of funding basic science unconditionally. But I have learned that applied science is not only a necessity, but also a value that has to be embedded better in our often very ivory-tower-like educational programs at universities. This applies to all levels, from undergraduate to graduate students.
FEMS Grants facilitate the mobility which is required for a successful career in science (here, a group picture of grantees at FEMS 2019 in Glasgow).
Movement across sectors
The FEMS Research & Training Grants are reserved to visiting research groups in academic settings. This allows PhD students and PostDocs to learn important research skills, and has been a highly appreciated program over many years. Based on discussions in the FEMS B&P working group, the portfolio of training grants will be expanded to explicitly allow Early Career Scientists for industry placements as an alternative to visiting academic groups. This follows a general trend in EU funding to establish industry training (for example in Innovative Training Networks, ITN) and academic-industry collaborations as equal value alternatives to purely academic setups in grant applications.
Seeing how many scientists we train, but how few permanent academic positions are available for them, this gives candidates important options and alternatives for their careers.
The upcoming FEMS Industry Placements are a new grant scheme (starting in 2022) which will allow Early Career Scientists to acquire new skills and experience in industry.
Read also How FEMS is amending its definition of 'Early Career Researchers' on the #FEMSmicroBlog
Find here more information about FEMS Industry Placements Grants
About the author of this blog
Dirk Linke studied Biochemistry at the Free University Berlin and received his PhD in Biophysics from the Technical University Berlin in 2002. He worked as a PostDoc and later, Project leader at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen (Germany) from 2003-2013 and then moved to the University of Oslo (Norway) where he was promoted to Full Professor in Molecular Microbiology in 2015. He is the current president and FEMS Delegate of the Norwegian Society for Microbiology. Dirk Linke's research centers around the biogenesis and function of the bacterial cell surface, specifically in Gram-negative pathogens.
In the section #TheCulturePlate, we give a voice to our network, which is greatly diverse and spread all over the world. We present personal accounts, views, opinions, and interviews.


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World-renowned engineer to join multidisciplinary engineering department this spring
January 25, 2022 By Laura Simmons
Amy Halbert
ahalbert@tamu.edu
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Dr. George Ligler has most recently served as the Dean's Eminent Professor of the Practice at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's joint Department of Biomedical Engineering and as proprietor of a consulting practice in interdisciplinary systems engineering. | Image: Courtesy of Dr. George Ligler
This spring, the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering will welcome Dr. George Ligler as a tenured professor and Dean's Excellence Chair. Prior to joining Texas A&M University, Ligler served as the Dean's Eminent Professor of the Practice at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's joint Department of Biomedical Engineering while continuing his 32-year consultancy in interdisciplinary systems engineering.
Ligler has been a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) since 2017 and is the past chair of NAE Section 12, special fields and interdisciplinary engineering. Throughout his career, he has contributed to nine national academy committees (chairing two) in advising the Departments of Treasury, Commerce and Transportation. Currently, he is a member of the Academies' Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.
After studying at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, Ligler had initial industrial positions as a project manager, research manager, director of engineering, general manager, and division and group vice president within various multidisciplinary engineering corporations.
"I decided that I needed to change my career path and do what I enjoyed most," said Ligler. "I enjoyed customers, but my roots were in system engineering. So, I opened up a system engineering consultancy and I've done that for the last 32 years. We have a total of 40 clients on three continents."
Considered a subject matter expert in aircraft communications, navigation and surveillance, Ligler has been supporting several clients in aviation, including the Federal Aviation Administration, since the 1990s. He helped lead the specification and development of both satellite-based navigation and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast initiatives as components of the ongoing modernization of the United States' national airspace system. Ligler has received RTCA's (an aviation standards development organization) highest award, the achievement award, twice for his contributions to satellite-based navigation and surveillance system initiatives and the development of standards for unmanned aircraft systems.
Ligler's wife, Dr. Frances Ligler, will be joining the College of Engineering this spring as a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Ligler to join biomedical engineering faculty in spring
Multidisciplinary engineering academic advisors discuss 'designing your own degree'
'Tis the season of giving: Multidisciplinary department receives first donation


If your child goes missing, it may be the case that your child has become the victim of a kidnapping. When this happens, there are certain do's and don'ts you need to keep in mind when dealing with ransom demands.
First and foremost, be prepared to pay. Kidnappings and ransoms are almost always about money, but they're also about control. You cannot simply just give in to the kidnapper's demand. Usually there is negotiation back and forth before a deal is made. Keep this in mind when dealing with ransom demands.
Remember there is room to negotiate in an ordeal like this one. As mentioned earlier, there is usually some discussion, so try and take that opportunity to negotiate, while still handling the situation and your child's kidnapper in a safe manner. Don't ever simply meet the kidnappers' first random offer. Try to reach a reasonable ransom according to your unique situation.
If you are dealing with a ransom situation, don't expect it to be over quickly. Try to stay calm but keep in mind that actual kidnapping cases can last for days, weeks, months, or even years. Be sure you also establish and demand proof of life from the kidnapper before any deal or consensus is made. This needs to happen at first contact with the kidnapper. Proof of life tells you that the caller/kidnapper has your child. You have the caller take a question and then deliver the answer. This step usually involves personal questions, such as "Who was your favorite teacher in middle school?" depending on the age of your child.
The first call you make should not be to the police, but to a private security firm. If you suspect your child might have been kidnapped for ransom, especially if they were in a foreign country, the first call should be to a private security firm and they will help you to decide whether or not to contact the authorities. After assessing a kidnapping situation, a consultant will be assigned to the family, and they are usually someone based in the country that has knowledge of the culture and speaks the local language. The goal for a kidnapping consultant is to get the victim back safe and sound, which is very different from the police who also aim to capture the kidnappers. When it is your child who's been taken, the main objective is getting your child back as safely and soon as possible. Keeping this in mind, be careful in how you deal with local law enforcement. Their focus isn't just on your child – it's also on the kidnapper(s).
When dealing with a kidnapping, don't give in to emotions and promises any more than you already have. This makes any ransom deal or communication with the kidnapper harder to deal with, and you need to remain as reasonable as possible when in this situation. Also do not ask about the victim or your child's whereabouts during the process of the ransom demand. When you've agreed to an amount with the kidnapper, simply arrange to make a drop and follow any directions they give you. When doing the drop of the ransom, send a trusted person.
If you find yourself the victim and you have been kidnapped, do not try to escape. It is very dangerous to try and pull off an escape and it doesn't often work. Be as complacent as possible and stay calm.


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Mood disorders are difficult to diagnose in children. Neither a middle-schooler nor a preschooler has the communication tools to fully express his emotional needs as he goes through the mind-boggling process of growing up. It's a rare 3-year-old who never has a temper tantrum or gets overexcited. And it's a rare teen who — with hormones flaring and self-awareness emerging — never gets moody or sad.
But what if your daughter's tantrums are severe and unprovoked? What if your son keeps you awake all night, bouncing off the walls? What if your teen's mood swings wreak havoc on your daily routine and her work at school?
Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes extreme and atypical shifts in mood and behavior, often from manic highs to major depressive lows. Bipolar disorder is uncommon among children and teens, but not insignificant. According to the National Institutes of Health, bipolar disorder affects 2.9 percent of adolescents, although this number varies depending on the study. It is a serious and chronic mental health disorder, and for individuals who are on the bipolar "spectrum," it needs to be identified, addressed and treated. Early detection can help get symptoms under control, and help prevent dangerous addictive behaviors from developing.
Bipolar disorder is at least as old as the terms the ancient Greeks came up with — "mania" and "melancholia" — to describe and link opposing extremes of emotional behavior. Despite this long history of awareness, only during the last 20 years has the psychiatric community concluded that bipolar disorder can be identified in childhood, and that early identification and treatment can potentially reduce symptoms and negative outcomes later in life.
Even having identified pediatric bipolar disorder, experts have struggled with how to properly define it in children, and have disagreed on whether a child with bipolar disorder would present the same symptoms as an adult with the disorder, according to Melissa Brotman, an assistant clinical investigator in the Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics Unit of the Emotion and Development Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health.
Some psychologists originally assumed it would look different, and diagnosed children who showed symptoms of bipolarity but expressed less precise timing of episodes than what was laid out in the classic adult definition. Often, these children demonstrated constant irritability and hyperactivity, rather than the periodic mood swings typically associated with bipolar disorder. Other psychologists believed young patients were being over-diagnosed with bipolar disorder and worried that bipolar-specific drugs would exacerbate unrelated symptoms.
To resolve this dispute, the NIMH conducted an in-depth study of children who presented the classic, episodic features of bipolar disorder alongside children who presented a more persistent show of symptoms, and determined that only children with the classic symptoms had bipolar disorder as they reached adulthood, while the second group of children with the constant irritability tended to develop unipolar depression. To clarify the difference for professionals, the NIMH worked with the board of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition" 9 (DSM-5) to come up with a definition — not for bipolar disorder, but for a new disorder: disruptive mood dysregulation disorder — to address the needs of the children with chronic symptoms.
Thus, for both children and adults, bipolar disorder is associated with episodic manic and depressive moods. In contrast, a child with DMDD would demonstrate constant irritability along with occasional angry outbursts.
Brotman feels confident that the new definitions are "specific enough" so that over-diagnosing bipolar disorder can be prevented.
Bipolar disorder is characterized by periods of mania, periods of depression and periods of relatively "normal" function. In children and teens, these mood swings last at least a week and are severe enough to critically interfere with daily life, sometimes requiring hospitalization.
* Inflated self esteem or grandiosity.
* Decreased need for sleep.
* More talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking.
* Flight of ideas or subjective experiences causing racing thoughts.
* Increase in goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation.
* Excessive involvement in activities that have a high potential for painful consequences.
* Depressed mood, such as feeling sad, empty, hopeless or tearful (in children and teens, a depressed mood can appear as irritability).
* Marked loss of interest or feeling no pleasure in all — or almost all — activities.
* Significant weight loss when not dieting, weight gain, or decrease or increase in appetite.
* Either insomnia or sleeping too much.
* Either restlessness or slowed behavior.
* Fatigue or loss of energy.
* Feelings of worthlessness, or excessive or inappropriate guilt.
* Decreased ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness.
* Thinking about, planning or attempting suicide.
Based on these symptoms, there are four levels of bipolar disorder, with bipolar 1 being the most severe, while bipolar 2, cyclothymic disorder and "bipolar not otherwise specified" cover cases in which symptoms exist but are progressively less severe. Eric Youngstrom, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at UNC-Chapel Hill, sees these gradients as a "spectrum," similar to how autism is viewed as a spectrum.
"There are no sharp lines between these diagnoses," he says.
While the DSM-5 has clarified pediatric bipolar disorder, it is still a tricky diagnosis for at least three reasons.
First, children are children. Any child can experience intense moodiness or display silly behavior.
Third, bipolar disorder is often "comorbid" with other mood disorders. That is, a child with bipolar disorder has a high likelihood (80 percent, according to Brotman) of having another mood disorder, like ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, depression or an addiction. When comorbidity exists, it is important, says John Curry, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Duke Institute for Brain Science, to diagnose and treat the most serious disorder.
In order to receive an appropriate diagnosis, you will need to get a full psychiatric report from a professional for your child. Sara Salter, a child and teen psychologist at Wynns Family Psychology in Cary, recommends keeping a detailed log of your child's behavior. Experts look carefully at time span and frequency of episodes, compared with your child's baseline behavior, to distinguish bipolar disorder from other disorders.
Genetics also play a large role in mood disorders, so if there's a family member who suffers from bipolar disorder, or even a family member who has been suicidal, experienced serious depression or addiction, or been hospitalized for symptomatic episodes, it is important that the evaluating doctor know this.
A child's pediatrician is a great place to start. He or she can provide perspective and recommend a psychologist for a detailed evaluation.
This lack of long-term data, along with the fear of stigma of "labeling" a child as bipolar, may make a parent hesitant to seek treatment for his or her child. On the other hand, bipolar disorder is a chronic, lifelong disorder, which can be life-threatening if left untreated.
Brotman is hopeful that the DSM-5 provides the right level of specificity in helping professionals properly diagnose mood disorders. She encourages parents to seek help.
While Salter points out that there is limited research about using mood-stabilizing drugs with pediatric patients, she agrees that parents should seek help. "In general, therapists are very careful when prescribing medication to children," she says.
According to April Harris-Britt, a psychologist at the AHB Center for Behavioral Health and Wellness in Durham, when a child is diagnosed with a mood disorder, he will benefit the most by having a team of treatment providers who are all collaborating to support his needs. The team should include: a psychologist to provide therapeutic support and skill-building for the child and parents; a psychiatrist if medications are warranted; the child's pediatrician to monitor his overall medical health in regard to nutrition, sleep and illness, which can impact symptoms; and finally, school personnel to provide emotional, social and academic support in his educational environment.
Harris-Britt also recommends that parents engage in "parent coaching" to learn more about their child's diagnosis, and to discuss a long-term plan for parenting strategies. Sara describes parent coaching as a form of behavioral therapy.
While there is not a lot of data yet, more is coming. Indeed, when Youngstrom started out in this field 20 years ago, there was no research on pediatric bipolar disorder. Now, he says, there are over 10,000 scholarly articles on the subject. "It's coming so quickly it's hard for even practitioners to keep up with it," he says.
At the NIMH, Brotman is working on new treatments for pediatric mood disorders, including a cognitive behavioral therapy specific for bipolar disorder, as well as computer-based treatment trials.
Bernstein is also seeing some "very exciting" uses of technology in treatment, such as apps that track phone use and text messages to help identify when someone is starting to cycle into mania. "This cycling is not something the person is aware of, so it can be incredibly helpful to have that information," Bernstein says.
Technology has also been used as a diagnostic tool. "We have a program that takes family history data along with a diagnostic checklist, and combines them into a risk score that reveals the probability that an individual will have bipolar disorder," Youngstrom says.
In addition to the high-tech aids, there are some back-to-basics, low-cost lifestyle changes that have been shown to help manage symptoms. "We are learning that it's likely that improvement in diet — like adding fish oil — along with regular exercise and sufficient sleep combine to have a measurable, positive effect on heart heath and brain health," Bernstein says.
Caitlin Wheeler is a writer and mom in Durham.


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\section{Introduction}\label{intro}

The association between long-duration (T$_{90} > 2$s\cite{chryssa93})
GRBs and massive stars and hence the link between GRBs and on-going
star-formation found its first empirical basis with the detection of the first
host galaxies (e.g.\cite{hogg99}). Subsequently, the evidence was further
strengthened with the discovery of supernovae (SNe) associated with
GRBs\cite{galama98,hjorth03,stanek03,matheson03,sollerman06,modjaz06,pian06}
(for a recent review of the GRB/SN association see\cite{woosley06}).

Because of the link between long-duration GRBs and massive stars and due to the
fact that GRBs can be detected from both the most distant and the most dust
obscured regions in the universe GRBs were quickly identified to be very
promising tracers of star-formation (e.g.\cite{wijers98}). However, this
potential has so far not really resulted in an improved census of the
star-formation activity due to complications discussed in the next section.

A major issue currently under discussion is if GRBs are unbiased tracers of
star formation. More precisely, it is not clear if GRBs are caused by the same
(small) fraction of all dying massive stars (unbiased tracers), or if GRBs only
trace a limited segment defined by parameters such as, e.g., metallicity or
circumstellar density (biased tracers).

The currently operating {\it Swift} satellite\cite{gehrels04} has
revolutionized GRB research with its frequent, rapid, and precise localization
of GRBs. Now it is for the first time possible in practice to use GRBs as
powerful probes. It is mandatory that this potential is exploited while {\it
Swift} is still operating.

\section{Complications in the use of GRBs as SF tracers}

\subsection{The contamination from chance projections}
The first important question to ask is: are GRB host galaxies operationally
well-defined as a class? In terms of
an operational definition the case is not so clear. If we define the host
galaxy of a particular burst to be the galaxy nearest to the line-of-sight, we
need to worry about chance projection\cite{band98}. In the majority
of cases where an
optical afterglow has been detected and localized with subarcsecond accuracy
and where the field has been observed to deep limits a galaxy has been detected
within an impact parameter less than 1 arcsec (e.g.\cite{bloom02} and
Fig.~\ref{021004host}).  The probability for this to happen by chance is
typically found to be of the order 10$^{-3}$ or less. For a sample of a few
hundreds GRBs chance projection should hence not be a serious concern.

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\psfig{file=fig021004.ps,width=5in}
\caption{
The 1$\times$1 arcsec$^2$ field around the host galaxy of the $z=2.33$ HETE-II
GRB\,021004 observed with the {\it HST} (from\cite{fynbo05}).  The GRB went off
near the center of the galaxy. The position of the GRB is marked with a cross
and an error circle and in coincides with the centroid of the galaxy to within
a few hundredths of an arcsec.  In cases like this there is no problem in
identifying the correct host galaxy.
}
\label{021004host}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

When the redshift of the GRB is measured, the association can of course
be proven beyond doubt by measuring also the redshift of the potential
host. However, the fraction of GRBs for which the redshift is measured
from the afterglow is still only $\sim$50\%\cite{palli06} so the association
cannot be made in this way for all GRBs.

In any case, there are misidentifications in the literature (see\cite{jaunsen03}
for two examples). Other noteworthy examples are the cases of GRB\,030429
and GRB\,041006: In the field of GRB\,030429 a
galaxy was detected at an impact parameter of 1.2 arcsec from the position of
the afterglow and no galaxy was detected at the position of the afterglow to
deep limits. However, spectroscopy of the afterglow and of the nearby galaxy
established that the two were unrelated\cite{palli04b}. In the case of
GRB\,041006 a galaxy 1.0 arcsec from the afterglow position was suggested
to be the host\cite{covino04}, but later {\it HST} imaging revealed another
galaxy at the afterglow position\cite{soderberg06}.

In conclusion, for GRBs localized with an accuracy worse than about 1 arcsec
chance projection cannot be excluded, but chance projection is not a major
obstacle for the use of GRBs to select star-forming galaxies.

\subsection{Dark bursts and incomplete samples}
A crucial issue when using GRBs (or any other class of tracer) to probe
star-formation is sample selection. Whereas the detection of the GRB itself
poses no bias against dust obscured star-formation this is not the case for the
softer afterglow emission which is crucial for obtaining the precise
localization as well as measuring redshifts (see, e.g.\cite{fiore06}, and the
contribution from Dr. Fiore in these proceedings).

In the samples of GRBs detected with satellites prior to the currently
operating {\it Swift} satellite\cite{gehrels04} the fraction of GRBs with
detected optical afterglows was only about 30\%\cite{fynbo01,lazzati02}.
Much of this
incompleteness was caused by random factors such as weather or unfortunate
celestial positions of the bursts, but some remained undetected despite both
early and deep
limits. It is possible that some of these so called ``dark bursts'' could be
caused by GRBs in very dusty environments\cite{groot98} and hence the sample of
GRBs with detected optical afterglows could very well be systematically
biased against dust obscured star formation (see also\cite{palli04,rol05} for
recent discussions of dark bursts).

In any case, such a high incompleteness imposes a large uncertainty on
statistical studies based on GRB host galaxies derived from these early
missions.

Due to the much more precise and rapid localization capability of {\it
Swift} it is now possible to build much more complete samples (see below).

\subsection{Are some long GRBs not associated with massive stellar death?}

Recently, it has been found that some long-duration GRBs are not associated
with SNe, namely GRB\,060505\cite{fynbo06} and
GRB\,060614\cite{fynbo06,dellavalle06,gal-yam06}. This means that either some
massive stars die without producing even faint supernovae\cite{fynbo06,
dellavalle06} or, alternatively, some long-duration GRBs are caused by
other mechanisms than collapsing massive stars\cite{gal-yam06,ofek07}.

At least for the case of GRB\,060505 the evidence points to the former
(see\cite{fynbo06,thoene07}). However, if some long-duration GRBs indeed are
caused by other progenitors than massive stars then a new classification that
can distinguish between long GRBs from massive stars and those from other
mechanisms is required. So far no such scheme has been found
(see\cite{gehrels06}).\footnote{A classification scheme has been
proposed\cite{zhang06}, but this scheme is ambiguous and not operational (e.g.,
for GRB\,060505), involves observables that are not available for most bursts
(the associated supernova), and the nature of the progenitor, which is not
observable at all.}

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\psfig{file=060505host.eps,width=5in}
\caption{The host galaxy of GRB\,060505 as observed with the ESO
VLT\cite{thoene07} (see also \cite{ofek07}.
This SN-less long GRB occurred in a
star-forming region in one of the spiral arms of a late-type host.
This is strong evidence that the progenitor was a massive star.
The properties of this host is also within the range found for
other long GRBs. As an example, the host galaxy of GRB\,050824 is
very similar in terms of luminosity and star-formation rate\cite{sollerman07},
and the location within the host is similar to the location of other
long GRBs in spiral hosts\cite{fynbo00,sollerman02,lefloch02,palli05b}.
}
\label{0060505host}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\section{What do GRB host galaxies tell us about star formation
despite the complications?}

\subsection{Early results}
Despite the complications mentioned above, the previous decade of GRB host
galaxy studies has after all taught us a lot about GRBs and star formation
(see \cite{vanparadijs00,djorgovski03} for early reviews).
GRB hosts were early on found to be predominantly faint, blue star-forming
galaxies\cite{hogg99}. The early studies found that these properties of GRB
hosts were consistent with the expectation if GRBs are unbiased tracers of
star-formation\cite{mao98,hogg99}. It was also realized early on that GRBs
offer a unique possibility to locate and study star-formation activity in
dwarf galaxies at $z>2$\cite{jensen01}. This is basically impossible with
any other currently existing method. The star-formation rates were found to
be modest, but the specific star-formation rates are among the highest ever
found\cite{christensen04}. GRB hosts are hence typically in a starburst
state.

\subsection{Current status}
As the samples have grown larger it has become clear that GRB hosts
in general have
low luminosities. As an example, not a single GRB at $z>2.5$ has
a host galaxy that is bright enough that it would be detected in the
ground based surveys for Lyman-break galaxies at similar redshifts (i.e.
R$<$25.5). This implies that either the Lyman-break galaxies are just the tip
of an iceberg of star-forming galaxies at $z>2.5$ or GRB are biased
towards faint hosts. Also nearby GRB hosts are found to be of low
luminosity\cite{sollerman05,stanek06}.

The environments of GRB host galaxies has not been subject of many studies.  At
low redshifts \cite{foley05} studied the field of the host galaxy of
GRB\,980425, that was reported to be member of a group. However, based on
redshift measurements of the proposed group members, \cite{foley05} could
establish that the host of GRB\,980425 is an isolated dwarf galaxy. The host
galaxy of GRB\,030329 was found to have a companion at projected distance of
600 kpc\cite{gorosabel05}. The host galaxy of GRB\,060505 has been located to
the outskirts of a filament extending from the galaxy cluster Abell
3837\cite{thoene07}.
At redshifts $z\gtrsim$2 a few GRB fields have been
studied using narrow band Ly$\alpha$ imaging \cite{fynbo02, fynbo03, palli05}.
In all cases several other galaxies at the same redshift as the GRB host were
identified, but it is not sure whether the galaxy densities in these fields are
higher than in blank fields as no blank field studies have been carried out at
similar redshifts. However, the density of Ly$\alpha$ emitters were found to be
as high as in the fields around powerful radio sources that have been proposed
to be forming proto-clusters, which would suggest that GRBs could reside in
overdense fields at $z\gtrsim$2. Another study\cite{bornancini04} argue
for a low galaxy density in GRB host galaxy environments, but this study
is based on data probing very small fields-of-view around the hosts.

The absence of bright dust-obscured hosts in the GRB host samples (but see
also\cite{berger03}) has also been
argued to be inconsistent with a scenario where GRBs are unbiased tracers
\cite{lefloch03,tanvir04}, but, as it has recently been pointed
out\cite{priddey06}, ``there is sufficient uncertainty in models and
underlying assumptions, as yet poorly constrained by observation (e.g. the
adopted dust temperature) that a correlation between massive, dust-enshrouded
star formation and GRB production cannot be firmly ruled out.''

In addition, GRB hosts have been found to
be more frequent Ly$\alpha$ emitters than Lyman-break galaxies at similar
redshifts, which could be due to a low metallicity
preference\cite{fynbo03}. However, all of these studies targeted very
incomplete pre-{\it Swift} samples and this raises the question whether
the faint hosts can be explained by, e.g., a bias against dust obscured
GRB afterglows.

A very important result is that GRBs and core-collapse SNe are found in
different environments\cite{fruchter06}. The same study also found that GRB
host galaxies at $z<1$ are fainter than the host galaxies of core-collapse SNe.
This study is also based on incomplete pre-{\it Swift} samples, but as the SNe
samples are also biased against dusty regions this result does seem to be
strong evidence that GRBs are biased towards massive stars with low metallicity
(see also\cite{wolf06,modjaz07}). A study of GRB host galaxy morphology
based on nearly the same data as in \cite{fruchter06} has, however, concluded
that "GRB hosts trace the starburst population at high redshift, as similarly
concentrated galaxies at $z>2$ are undergoing a disproportionate amount of star
formation for their luminosities. Furthermore, our results show that GRBs are
not only an effective tracer of star formation but are perhaps ideal tracers of
typical galaxies undergoing star formation at any epoch, making them perhaps
our best hope of locating the earliest galaxies at $z>7$"\cite{conselice05}.  A
similar conclusion has been reached in other studies\cite{fynbo06b,alma07}.

A recent study of a sample of {\it Swift} GRBs have found that {\it Swift}
GRBs appear to have fainter hosts than pre-{\it Swift} GRBs\cite{ovaldsen},
presumably due their larger distance\cite{palli06}.

\section{Progenitor models}
GRB progenitor models also give some indication of whether GRBs will be biased
tracers. In the collapsar models for a GRB the central ingredients are
formation of a rapidly rotating black hole and removal of the Hydrogen/Helium
envelope before the explosion (see\cite{woosley06,fryer07}). The need for rapid
rotation suggests that the progenitors need to have a low metallicity stellar
wind, in order to avoid removing angular momentum from the star. On the other
hand, the need to remove the Hydrogen envelope suggests that a high metallicity
is needed at least for some single star progenitor models (e.g.\cite{heger03},
their Fig.~7. See also\cite{fryer05}). Binary progenitor models have also been
explored\cite{fryer05}. We note that low metallicity massive stars in the
Magellanic clouds do not appear to rotate faster than massive stars in the
Milky Way despite their lower metallicities\cite{penny04}.  There is also
evidence that some GRBs are not related to the formation of a black hole, but
rather a neutron star\cite{mazzali06,maeda07}. There is also evidence for
sustained activity of the inner engine\cite{grupe06,sollerman07}. Whether the
currently favored models are consistent with this evidence is unclear to the
authors.  Therefore, there is still some open issues concerning the role of
metallicity in GRB progenitor models. There are other models for long duration
GRBs where there is no obvious dependency on metallicity\cite{dar04,ouyed05}.

\section{Outlook}

A number of steps need to be taken before the potential of GRB host galaxies
as probes of the cosmic star-formation activity can really be exploited.

\subsection{Building a complete sample}
A crucial obstacle to overcome
is to collect a complete sample and to secure as high a redshift completeness
as possible. As pointed out by Dr. Jakobsson in these proceedings, efforts are
ongoing to this end. The sample includes only {\it Swift} bursts fulfilling:

\begin{itemize}
\item{T$_{90} > 2$ s.}
\item{A rapidly distributed XRT error circle.}
\item{Low foreground Galactic extinction: A$_\mathrm{V} < 0.5$ mag.}
\item{Declinations within [-70,70] degrees.}
\end{itemize}

We are currently working on detecting the hosts and measuring redshifts for as
many of these bursts as possible. By December 2006, there is a total of 85 of
these bursts, 43 with spectroscopic redshifts measurements (with a mean value
of $z_{med}=2.41$), 22 with no afterglow detection, and 20 with optical and/or
IR afterglow detection but unknown redshift either because no spectrum was
secured or no lines were detected on which to base a redshift.

\subsection{Getting Dark bursts into the picture}
Another crucial obstacle is to tackle the question of dark bursts. In
Fig.~\ref{darkbursts} we show an updated version of the dark burst figure from
\cite{palli04}. For {\it Swift} GRBs at least 25\% are dark\footnote{Note that
a dark burst here is defined as a burst with an X-ray to optical slope too
shallow for
the synchrotron fireball model.  Hence, according to this definition, a burst
with no detected optical afterglow is not necessarily a dark burst, and some
dark bursts have detected optical afterglows (GRB~050401 is an
example\cite{watson06}).}.  An
important step forward has been taken with the refined astrometry purely based
on the X-ray afterglows\cite{butler06}. Now a substantial fraction of GRBs only
detected in the X-rays have astrometry accurate to be better than 2 arcsec.
This still leaves some probability for chance alignment, but it is now possible
to make statistical comparison of X-ray based error-circles for dark bursts and
bursts that are not dark and look, e.g., for a higher density of
dusty galaxies in the dark burst error circles.

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\psfig{file=dark.eps,width=5in}
\caption{
A diagram of optical flux vs. X-ray flux for all long-duration
bursts with available data (until 1 Jan 2007). The magnitudes
have been corrected for Galactic extinction. Filled symbols
indicate optical detections while open symbols are upper limits.
Lines of constant optical-to-Xray spectral slope
$\beta_{\mathrm{OX}}$ are shown along with
the corresponding value. We define dark bursts as those which
have $\beta_{\mathrm{OX}} < 0.5$. The \emph{Swift} dark bursts
fraction is around 25$\%$ compared to the pre-\emph{Swift}
value of 10$\%$. Note that the majority of the \emph{Swift}
X-ray fluxes have been obtained from GCNs which only give an
approximate value. Adapted from \cite{palli04}.
}
\label{darkbursts}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Simulations}
Finally, there is a need for more predictions of which properties we expect of
GRB host galaxies under different assumptions about the progenitors of GRBs.
Could the fact that most GRB hosts are so faint simply be telling us that this
is the type of galaxies responsible for the majority of the star-formation
activity? At redshifts $z\gtrsim2$ the faint end slope for star-forming
galaxies has been found to be very steep so this is not an unreasonable
suggestion\cite{fynbo02,palli05}. There has so far only been a few such studies
trying to predict the properties of GRB hosts (e.g.\cite{courty04, nuza06,
courty07}),
but much more work is needed (e.g. using larger simulated volumes and
exploring different recipes for including star-formation in the simulations).

\section{References}

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North Shore eager for waves to start rolling in | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
Posted on: Thursday, September 28, 2006
North Shore eager for waves to start rolling in
By Will Hoover
Advertiser North Shore Writer
All over the North Shore, folks are gearing up for some high surf expected tomorrow afternoon.
"Heck yes, I'm ready," said Gil Riviere, who heads the Let's Surf Coalition on the North Shore. "Everybody's ready. It's time — this is surf season. And there are no surf contests this weekend, so that will be great. Everyone's excited about this."
Compared to the fabled 20- to 40-foot or higher winter waves for which the North Shore is world famous, the coming offering will be small — surf faces in the 12-foot range or smaller. But those would be a far cry from the flat-to-knee-high waves the North Shore experienced earlier this week, following a tiny-wave summer that lasted longer than surfers here expected.
"It's not going to be what you think of as giant North Shore, but there should be enough to keep the surfers happy," said Pat Caldwell, surf forecaster for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "This could be 8- to 14-foot waves on the face."
"The 12-foot wave face, that's kind of the benchmark where we know we're back in action," said Caldwell. "We have not seen that this year on the North Shore. There's good odds that we'll see it by Friday afternoon and on Saturday all day. Whether we'll see the 16-foot faces — which is the next category up — is a little bit iffy. But it's not out of the question."
According to Caldwell's surf data, over the past three decades the opening of the North Shore's surf season — the day its wave faces reach the 12-foot-or-higher mark — normally lands on Sept. 17.
"So we're a little bit late, based on that 30-year record," he said.
While the North Shore and Sunset Beach will have the highest waves, Kaua'i will also see elevated surf faces and, to a lesser extent, so will Maui and Moloka'i, said National Weather Service lead forecaster Ray Tanabe. The Big Island will have somewhat elevated swells along west-facing shores, he said.
Like most everyone on the North Shore, Jodi Young, media director for Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, was more than ready for the opening of the season. Still, she acknowledged that big waves can equal big headaches for North Shore residents such as herself.
"But, if you've got to have a problem anywhere in the world, this is a great place to have it," said Young. "And our problem is traffic, obviously. The beauty of having our old two-lane Kamehameha Highway is that it does put a lid on things to some degree. It will be responsible for keeping some people away, it will turn some people away from cars to bikes and scooters, and it will moderate the amount of traffic that can get in.
"There's only so much you can do with one lane in and one lane out."
News of big waves has surfers waxing poetic as well as waxing their boards, said veteran North Shore lifeguard Pat Kelly.
"People will be going for it full bore," he said.
But Kelly issued a stern warning to newcomers to the area — especially those who've spent the summer diving at locations such as the placid waters at Sharks Cove.
"This will be the first substantial swell of the 2006-2007 winter season — so beware," said Kelly. "It's not going to be like it was last weekend. It's not going to be like it was every other weekend this whole summer.
"Some people don't understand the danger of the waves and so they go ahead with their planned dive anyway. And then they get caught in the rip current and can't make it back where they were, and so they try to come up on the rocks and get hammered, and then we have to go out and get them."
Likewise, beginning surfers should use extreme caution, he said.
"Another danger is people who've just learned how to surf this summer and think they're going to go out. And they're all confused by all the wave heights everybody's talking about. And then they just go out there anyway. And then we end up having to save them, too."
Reach Will Hoover at whoover@honoluluadvertiser.com.


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Hit and Run: "2013's embarrassing glut of bad op-eds."
A law in name only
Megan McArdle has a very good article on the future of Obamacare: "Change is Obamacare's only certainty." She goes on to write that all the twists and turns to avoid the fury of the voters has made the whole system untenable to the point that she (and I) believe that the individual mandate will not be enforced.
At that point, something called Obamacare would still exist, but it wouldn't be anything like the comprehensive universal coverage its designers imagined. It would basically be a Medicaid expansion in some blue states, plus trivial tweaks to some insurance regulations.
And speaking of insurance regulations, how much more will insurance companies take? Businesses need to predict and plan and nobody knows where this wheel of tweaks will land.
Extra - Vodkapundit: "I've written before that ObamaCare's un-phased subsidies put an effective cap on middle class income, a point from which families simply can't afford any additional income. Stay put, comrades — you've gone as far we feel you should."
The pending retirement crisis
As scattered readers of this blog know, Social Security is one of my pet topics, but the larger issue is how a whole generation of Americans is utterly unprepared for retirement. The Associated Press has an article today that sums up a lot of the issues facing the world: "Under siege: The world braces for retirement crisis."
Yes, they use the word "crisis" and it boils down to shifting demographics and how they affect government, business, and workers. Across the globe, governments are broke, companies are squeezed, and workers are irresponsible:
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-- Countries are slashing retirement benefits and raising the age to start collecting them. These countries are awash in debt since the recession hit. And they face a demographics disaster as retirees live longer and falling birth rates mean there will be fewer workers to support them.
-- Companies have eliminated traditional pension plans that guaranteed employees a monthly check in retirement.
-- Individuals spent freely and failed to save before the recession and saw much of their wealth disappear once it hit.
To the first point, I've noted how there's this irrational affection for a retirement program forged during the Depression when there were 42 workers supporting every retiree. To the second point, like Social Security, it's well and good to long for the days when companies paid lifetime benefits, but they're gone. It's in the past and wishing this was the 1950s won't make it so. This makes the third point all the more heartbreaking: Americans should acknowledge this shifting reality and adjust accordingly. But in the AP article provides one story of heartache that comes across as sheer brainlessness:
Leslie Lynch, 52, of Glastonbury, Conn., had $30,000 in her 401(k) retirement account when she lost her $65,000-a-year job last year at an insurance company. She'd worked there 28 years. She's depleted her retirement savings trying to stay afloat.
"I don't believe that I will ever retire now," she says.
No sh-t, Sherlock. You have got to be kidding me: unless Ms. Lynch had her entire portfolio in Blockbuster Video stock, this is a shockingly irresponsible approach to retirement. Assuming an extremely conservative annual return on investment of 4%, this means that she invested $50 a month - less than 1% of her annual salary - on savings for retirement. Maybe Leslie believed the mythology built during the Great Society but younger Americans see the handwriting on the wall.
Ever thus the ravenous Nanny state
Hit and Run: "What does the Government do when people start living healthier? Tax that, too, obviously." Big Government needs cash.
Kinda funny for economics
How's your holiday going? Mine's good: asked for socks, received socks.
MSN: "If economists wrote Christmas cards."
I intend to watch 12 hours of "A Christmas Story."
Buffalo Sabres, um, back in to a win
Bizarre:
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My own private Singapore
I've heard a lot of ideas to revitalize Detroit but none so audacious as this:
If these ventures sound idealistic, outrageous, and awesome, they pale in comparison to the scale and ambition of a project conceived by real estate developer Rod Lockwood. He has outlined plans to buy Belle Isle, a 982-acre public island park in the Detroit River, and transform it into an independent commonwealth with its own laws, regulations, and taxes (or lack thereof). Investors would buy the island from the city for $1 billion and then sell lifetime citizenship for $300,000. The extra $1 billion would help the city pay off its debts, and the lax regulations and low taxes would act as a magnet for investment, says Lockwood.
"We would expect a quarter of a trillion dollars in capital would be brought onto the island," says Lockwood. "Detroit would have its own Singapore in its backyard."
This reminds me of North Korea's little capitalist outpost. Very Elysium-esque.
The Associated Press catches up to the blogosphere: "Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyers." Do tell. It seems Americans are believing their lying eyes:
...a CNN/ORC International survey released Monday also indicates that most Americans predict that the Affordable Care Act will actually result in higher prices for their own medical care.
If only there was an independent body that could have reported there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Related - Legal Insurrection: "No enrollment Plan B."
When I take off Monday and then work on Saturday
Why is there football on?!?
Mostly in the Dakotas
Granted, they're starting from a lower baseline but it looks like gas and oil development is paying off: "Where in the United States is median income growing?"
The insurance companies are boned
A good roundup of the recent Obamacare opinions in "The death of the individual mandate." With this week's "hardship" exemption, the basis for the health insurance cost model is falling apart and the health insurers will be left holding the bag.
Damn spoon
I laughed way too hard at this.
At what point does a law become a Presidential plaything?
There's a philosophical proposal called the "paradox of the heap" which goes like this: if you start with a heap of sand and then remove one grain at a time until you're left with one grain, you no longer have a heap. But at what point did the pile of sand transition from "heap" to "not a heap"?
Obamacare is not a law. A law is written by the Legislature and enforced by the Executive branch. In this case of this so-called law, Obama simply waves his magic wand of "enforcement discretion" and declares "retroactive coverage" on top of shifting policies and sliding deadlines. The letter of the "law" says that credits can be obtained only through "an exchange established by the state." But, you know, nobody read that part of the law so state-federal-whatever.
Now, tonight, just four days before the word previously known as a "deadline", it's deja vu all over again:
The Obama administration Thursday night significantly relaxed the rules of the health-care law for millions of consumers whose individual insurance policies have been canceled, saying they could buy bare-bones health plans or entirely avoid the requirement that most Americans have health insurance.
The surprise announcement, four days before the Dec. 23 deadline for people to choose coverage that begins on Jan. 1, triggered an immediate backlash from the health insurance industry and raised new fairness questions about a law intended to promote affordable and comprehensive coverage.
Ace explains the new legislative process in Washington: "Obama creates more law with his mouth hole."
None of these fixes are designed to be fixes. They're designed to appear to be fixes, so when people are uninsured, Obama can say, "I tried. I gave them options."
Just never the option of what he promised: Of keeping health insurance they liked.
It's been said that the Supreme Court reads the newspapers too. I hope that if Chief Justice Roberts gets another crack at this abomination he recognizes that it's not only unconstitutional, it's also not a law.
Not such a bad little tree
Director Bill Melendez recalls the premiere of "A Charlie Brown Christmas":
What the roomful of executives saw upon the first screening was a shock—a slow and quiet semireligious, jazz-filled 25 minutes, voiced by a cast of inexperienced children, and, perhaps most unforgivably, without a laugh track. "They said, 'We'll play it once and that will be all. Good try,' " remembers Mendelson. "Bill and I thought we had ruined Charlie Brown forever when it was done. We kind of agreed with the network. One of the animators stood up in the back of the room—he had had a couple of drinks—and he said, 'It's going to run for a hundred years,' and then fell down. We all thought he was crazy, but he was more right than we were."
The gang that couldn't shoot straight
Peggy Noonan has a year-end summary of the Obama administration: "Incompetence."
It all looks so lax, so loosey-goosey. In the place of the energy and focus that would go into the running of things, the administering and managing of them, we have the preoccupation with spin, with how things look as opposed to how they are. The odd thing still is that the White House never misses a speech, a list of talking points, an opportunity to shape the argument on TV. They do the talking part, but the doing? They had 3½ years to make sure ObamaCare will work, three years to get it right top to bottom, to rejigger parts of the law that they finally judged wouldn't work, to make the buying of a policy easy on the website. And they not only couldn't do that, which itself constitutes an astounding and historic management failure, they make it clear they were taken aback by their failure. They didn't know it was coming! Or some knew and for some reason couldn't do anything.
Since we're reviewing the past year, I think it's useful to throw a spotlight on the Syria crack-up. First there's a red line. Then - wait a second - public opinion is turning against action. But now America's credibility and resolve in the Middle East are on the line. What does Obama do? Well, at the behest of his deluded chief of staff, President Passerby decides to throw it back to Congress where a Syria resolution faces certain defeat. It's all about maintaining the image:
The president's decision to seek congressional approval for a military strike against Syria came out of the blue — none of his national security team saw it coming, according to three senior administration officials.
Pfffft - who needs 'em? In case you missed it, Assad is bombing Aleppo again and our nominal allies in the region are critical of this Administration's inchoate foreign policy. I'm sure the mullahs in Iran are quaking in their sandals.
I would rather you just said 'thank you' and went on your way
Kevin Williamson on charity in "The Age of Envy."
Mail gone from the Yukon
With a billion fewer letters to deliver since 2006, Canada is phasing out home delivery. The Economist: "The postman won't ring at all."
Much Saturday
Doge always makes me laugh.
New Yorkers mugged by reality
Minuteman: "Peak Schadenfreude Alert" "Were you worried that ObamaCare was maxing out as a source of comedy gold?" With so many delicious quotes.
We like stuff
Zero Hedge: "It would take 4.4 Earths to sustain a world full of Americans."
Lie of the year
PolitiFact has released its Lie of the Year and - no surprise - it's "If you like your health care plan you can keep it."
"If you like your health care plan, you can keep it," President Barack Obama said -- many times -- of his landmark new law.
But the promise was impossible to keep.
So this fall, as cancellation letters were going out to approximately 4 million Americans, the public realized Obama's breezy assurances were wrong.
Oh, you don't say? The promise was "impossible to keep"?
Just curious, media hacks at Politifact: you're aware that there are search engines on the Internet? Because it takes all of a millisecond to find that you once cited this exact same claim as "True." Then as recently as last year, the claim was still half-true. Oh well! That's why pencils have erasers.
Extra - Via Hot Air.
Sign-language guy says to steal second base, buy 10,000 shares of pork bellies
The guy at the Nelson Mandela funeral was a complete fake. Kinda funny except for the context.
Welcome to the party, Oregon!
Washington Examiner: "Oregon signs up just 44 people for Obamacare despite spending $300 million."
The kids are gettin' wise to Obamacare
Here's George Will back in July:
What Obamacare requires for it to work - mass irrationality, both on the part of employers to ignore that incentive and on the part of young people who are supposed to pay 3, 4, 5 times more for health insurance than it would cost them to just pay the fine and ignore it.
Witness the adverse selection:
There's bad news hidden behind the White House's latest optimistic Obamacare report.
Few people are actually paying for the healthcare plans that they've picked on the partially-fixed Obamacare website, say industry insiders.
Also, too few young people are joining the plans offered by companies using the Obamacare website, said Robert Laszewski, a plugged-in insurance consultant.
Older clients, aged above 40, comprise 60 percent of the new Obamacare customers at one of his client health-care companies, Laszewski told The Daily Caller.
The skew is "very, very bad," said Laszewski, who is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, Inc.
What about all those hip "young invincibles" in Colorado with their snowboarding and marijuana?
No state has made a more aggressive--or more idiotic--effort to recruit young policyholders than Colorado. The Centennial State has a Democrat-controlled government and its own insurance exchange, not to mention legal recreational marijuana under a 2012 initiative. The wacky weed doesn't make an appearance in the ungrammatically named "Do You Got Insurance?" ad campaign, but it does use beer, wine, sex and sports--as well as less glamorous pursuits like pumpkin carving and bicycling--in an effort to sell insurance to those elusive invincibles.
The result, according to CNN: "As of November 30, just 11% of total enrollees in Colorado's exchange fall into the targeted 18 to 34 age bracket. The majority of new enrollees--more than 60%--are between 45 and 65." Total enrollment is only a bit more than 15,000, far less than the 250,000 policies being canceled according to an early November Denver Post report.
Of course most of these young'uns voted for their own demise so maybe they're gullible enough to sign up. But probably not.
On a slow news day, one cheer for Paul Ryan and Patty Murray: "House, Senate negotiators reach budget deal." "House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement on an $85 billion package to fund the government past Jan. 15, avoid another federal shutdown and end the cycle of budget crises that have dominated Washington for much of the past three years."
Slow on the uptake
Vodkapundit notes that the NY Times reported that Obamacare is expensive: "Leave it to the New York Times to take a story ObamaCare opponents have been reporting for four years, and call it "news.""
I've said exactly this so many times
Robert Samuelson: "America's clash of generations is inevitable." "The federal government is increasingly a transfer agency: Taxes from the young and middle-aged are spent on the elderly." Now cough up your artificially-high Obamacare premiums, kids.
Spreadin' the wealth around
Except for his amen corner in the mainstream media (E.J. Dionne), virtually everyone ignored Obama's latest pivot to the economy and his income inequality prattle. There's rarely been a more transparent attempt to shore up the populist base and distract everyone from Obamacare. Mickey Kaus, however, took a deeper look in "4 Things the MSM Won't Tell You About Obama's Inequality Speech":
a. Five years into his presidency he so far hasn't done anything to stop growing income inequality–the problem has gotten worse on his watch.
b. He doesn't have any proposals ("It's time to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act") that come close to solving the problem as he defines it.
c. His one big previous initiative to reduce inequality–the Affordable Care Act–may now be hopelessly screwed up due to his own inattention and non-competence.
d. His remaining big domestic initiative–"comprehensive" immigration reform–would almost certainly make inequality worse by vastly increasing the number of unskilled workers bidding down wages at the bottom of the income scale, with the profits from the cheap labor going to business owners at the top
Of course, Obama also lied about the economic effects of the minimum wage. And despite a fairly progressive tax code, the Wealth-Spreader can't get this economy moving. So...a speech, and one that elides the fact that he's been in charge of the show for five years now.
Remember when Steve Urkel would invite disaster and then quip: "Did I do that?" Hilarious.
Extra - Glenn Reynolds: "Obama can't solve the jobs problem."
Why wasn't I warned? Stuff on the Internet is fake
CNN: "2013: The Web's year of the hoax." Thank you, Captain Obvious.
Intolerable tolerance
Matt Walsh: "The (fake) hate crime epidemic."
Can't possibly be true...and probably isn't
I've written about this before but sometimes a story comes along and it just doesn't pass the stink test. Maybe it's the source, maybe it's the subject, but I just can't believe it. And (patting my back now) I didn't believe the story that Obama didn't meet with Kathleen Sebelius in three years.
What's more, this reinforces everything I hate about the mainstream media. For years, nutcase Teabaggers like me were warning that Obamacare could not possibly operate the way it was promised. Now that things look bad - surprise! - the media (Politico no less!) decides it's time to pile on and run stories about how the President didn't meet with his HHS secretary for three years. Why? Because it's safe to pile on.
Not-so-golden state for California doctors
Here comes the big squeeze. Washington Examiner: "Doctors boycotting California's Obamacare exchange." "An estimated seven out of every 10 physicians in deep-blue California are rebelling against the state's Obamacare health insurance exchange and won't participate, the head of the state's largest medical association said."
Learn to love
Am I the only one hearing a loud background hiss?
Nelson Mandela passes
The scion of South Africa died at age 95 which is remarkable considering he was in prison for 27 years. The memory I have of Mandela is that he was released only a couple of months after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Pension reform in Illinois
In rapid-fire votes, the Illinois legislature passed a pension overhaul bill to reform one of the most underfunded public pension plans in the country. Gee, I wonder what spooked them into action.
Sorry, all full up
Big Government: "College Republican president rejected from White House youth summit." Ah, it's probaby for the best. It sounds like those youths are in for an Amway-style hard sell.
White House goal for Obamacare: just keep polishing that turd
Megan McArdle:
The administration has given up on success, as it might once have defined it. The object is no longer 7 million people signed up through the exchanges, with 2.7 million of them young and healthy, and the health-care cost curve bending back toward the earth. It is to keep the program alive until 2015. The administration's priorities are, first, to keep Democrats from undoing the individual mandate or otherwise crippling the law; second, to keep insurers from raising premiums or exiting the marketplace; third, to tamp down loose talk about the failures on the exchanges; and, only fourth, to get to the place where it used to think it would be this year, with lots of people signed up for affordable insurance. It is now measuring the program's success not by whether it meets its goals, but by whether it survives at all. And all of its choices are oriented toward this new priority.
In case you missed it - since the NY Times buried the lede - the vaunted Obamacare tech surge amounted to "about half a dozen" nerds. A billion dollars and four years of work, and all we have are traffic metrics on a security nightmare that is incapable of performing its most basic task.
Time to wave the white flag on competence and start the speeches.
And when you apply this to the ObamaCare debacle, suddenly it seems to make sense. The White House is so unformed and chaotic that they probably didn't ignore the problem, they probably held a million meetings on it. People probably said things like, "We're experiencing some technological challenges but we're sure we'll be up by October," and other people said, "Yes, it's important we launch strong," and others said, "The Republicans will have a field day if we're not." And then everyone went to their next meeting. And no one did anything. And the president went off and made speeches.
Because the doing isn't that important, the talking is.
The "dramatically improved" Obamacare web site is now "working" for the "vast majority"
Jim Treacher for the win: "Healthcare.gov is now working as promised, if you don't know what words mean."
I think it won't be long before Kathleen Sebelius is living in a VAN down by the RIVER!
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Q: Android: How can I change the typeface of the message of a indeterminate ProgressDialog I need to change the typefaces of the ProgressDialog's.
I can change the typeface of a horizontal style progressDialog this way:
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                textView.setTypeface(TypefaceUtil.georgia);
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I can change the typeface of the title of a indeterminate ProgressDialog this way:
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        progressShowListener = new DialogInterface.OnShowListener() {
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Penalties Apply For Non-Payment Of Compensation
by Adelade Legal | May 24, 2018 | Employment Law Advice
Compensation Case Study – Background
Adelaide Legal's Employment Law Team provide a useful compensation case study.
Court Decision
Ms Baker (who had worked for the employer for little over a year) was awarded compensation of $6,200 (payable within 7 calendar days of 22 July 2016) in relation to an unfair dismissal claim she lodged in the Fair Work Commission (FWC).
Employer Reaction To the Court's Decision
The employer, Mr Sourlos, applied to vary the order made so that he could pay by installments and, when that was unsuccessful, attempted to extend time to comply with the order. The employer's application to extend time to comply with the order was also not granted.
The Fair Work Ombudsman Steps In
The Fair Work Ombudsman commenced proceedings against the employer, being a company acting as a trustee for a trust (the First Respondent) and a natural person, Mr Theo Sourlos, who the Court found was the 'real entity' behind the First Respondent, in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Court) around June 2017. Ms Baker had still not received any of the ordered compensation by this time.
Following The Commencement Of Proceedings
Ms Baker was paid $2,200 of the ordered compensation on 14 July 2017, prior to the matter coming before the Court. On 28 August 2017, the Court made an order that the employer pay the remainder of the compensation owed to Ms Baker.
Mr Sourlos then sent the Court a number of correspondences, including that his former solicitor had negotiated a payment plan with the Fair Work Ombudsman which he had complied with (this was rejected by the Court), that he had borrowed monies to pay Ms Baker, that he was unable to afford legal representation and that the Court should not order penalties.
The Court's Final Decision
The Court decided to impose penalties nonetheless and stated that it must make a very loud statement that the Fair Work Commission must be respected. It ordered that the First Respondent company pay a penalty of $45,000 and that Mr Sourlos personally pay a penalty of $9,000 for his involvement in the First Respondent's contravention of the FWC's order. The Court went on to say that it was only the fact that the employee was ultimately paid the $6,200 that prevented it from imposing the maximum penalties it could under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).
Apart from the obvious 'takeaway' from this, that businesses should comply with court orders, the other key element of note in this case is that businesses should absolutely proceed with caution when terminating employees. We strongly suggest you seek legal advice prior to taking action.
The above summary is meant only as a general overview of this case. For more information on employment law and other commercial matters, please contact Shavin Silva at Pace Lawyers on (08) 8410 9494 or email him directly at s.silva@adelaidelegal.com.


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You are here: Home Latest news Latest news stories All News Community News New play on tour celebrates the Hertfordshire Suffrage campaigners of 100 years ago
11 September 2018	Written by Portia Rohm
New play on tour celebrates the Hertfordshire Suffrage campaigners of 100 years ago
Marking this year's centenary of women gaining the vote in national elections, a new play from community theatre company Pins & Feathers is touring Hertfordshire in September.
'The March' is based on the real-life stories of Hertfordshire women who fought for change, from Suffragette Lady Constance Lytton of Knebworth, who endured prison and force feeding, to the Suffragists – the non-militant campaigners - who spread the message in every town and village.
The play features the extraordinary Great Pilgrimage of July 1913, in which thousands of Suffragists from all over the country marched to London to demonstrate peaceful mass support for the vote. The event had a big impact on Hertfordshire, as two arms of the march passed through the county.
Marchers coming down the Great North Road passed through Letchworth, Hitchin, Stevenage, Knebworth, Welwyn, Hatfield and Potter's Bar, while those coming from East Anglia down the Cambridge Road went through Royston, Buntingford, Ware and Hoddesdon. Many local people joined them along the way.
In all these towns the Suffragists held public meetings – some attended by more than 1,000 people – to put their case for women having the vote.
'The marchers with their banners must have been a real spectacle in the county', Kate Miller, writer of 'The March', says. 'Although there was a lot of support for votes for women in Hertfordshire, the marchers encountered hostile mobs too, and in Ware they had to be rescued by the police!'
Pins & Feathers is taking the play to many towns and villages through which the Pilgrimage passed, and also to Knebworth House. The show opens at Hertford Theatre and is a co- production with the theatre.
Full details and booking information are on the website:
www.pinsandfeathersproductions/the-march
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Pins & Feathers
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Getting a cancer diagnosis is nothing less than scary. A lifestyle disease, there are a lot of everyday things which can increase your cancer risk. This makes it important to lead a healthier, chemical free life to stay away from the dangers of toxins which increase your cancer scare. Prevention is the only possible way to keep yourself safe. Going natural is one of the the safest approaches which has fewer side-effects and only healing benefits.
There have been studies conducted the world over which support the fact that regular consumption and usage of neem leaves may prevent cancer risk and also protect you against many different types of cancer. Scientists from Hyderabad, in the recent past also tested the plant to see its efficacy and found that neem leaves contain a strong phytochemical known as Nimbolide, which presented cancer-fighting properties. The compound was tested for throat, pancreas and prostate cancers and the results revealed a high success rate for them all. This claim is also supported by spiritual healer and yogi, Sadhguru.
Why is neem considered so helpful?
Cancer-fighting properties aside, neem has been used and depended upon by so many households for generations. In Ayurveda, neem is known as "Sarva Roga Nivarini" or a healer which can solve and put an end to all ailments and sicknesses. It has so many beneficial and healing properties, from treating injuries, preventing skin disorders or infections, detoxifying the body and preventing gastric ailments. Neem is more than just a leaf and with its medicinal properties, it is called a panacea or a modern medical miracle.
With its helpful properties, neem can also help treat the side-effects of chemotherapy and radiation by boosting the immunity. When the body undergoes rigorous and strong cycles of chemotherapy, immunity is compromised. Consuming neem leaves or having a concoction can help fight this and also better the gut health. By making the cells stronger, it can also reduce the chance of any possible inflammation, which is a grave risk for cancer spread. It can also prevent regeneration by supplementing the body with anti-oxidants and enzymes.
So, is neem an anti-cancer drug?
While the methodology is still under testing, there is no denying that neem extracts contain essential compliments which are good for your body and also increase cell reproduction. In a video shared by Sadhguru, he talks about the cancer fighting properties of Neem and how it helps keep the body safe.
However, neem with all its benefits also poses some side effects. Neem leaves and the oil extracted from it are a natural spermicide, which kills sperms. Hence, it is often advised that pregnant woman upto the 4th or 5th month do not take neem in any form as it may kill the unborn fetus.