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December 6th, Tues-day evening -con-cerned residents flocked towards the Allison-Parris County Office Building where Town legislators were in the final throws of debating County Ex-ecutive C. Scott Van-derhoef's proposed 2012 budget.Chair of the Legis-lature's Budget and Finance Committee, Ilan Shoenberger Told the Advocate, “The deficit is the biggest issue Rockland Coun-ty faces right now, fi-

nancially, and it must be dealt with as such.”The long night resulted in the legislators voting 12-4 to adopt a plan that will rely on a tax increase in order to boost revenues. The plan also calls for the borrowing of around sixty million dollars, in order to help pay back the county’s major budget deficit.The sales tax increase will be used to fund all sorts of dif-ferent county procedures in 2012, and beginning in 2013, will hopefully be used to start paying off the sixty million.The legislators who voted against the amended budget proposal were adamant that

taking out more money for the County, with the deficit still rising was not a good idea.The Legislators also voted to turn a $160 dollar surcharge, into a property tax increase of thirty percent! The surcharge will end up being handled as a tax increase; the benefit of this view will be an increased property tax revenue for 2013.Residents present at the meeting were extremely con-cerned about the tax hike, explaining that with all the ex-penses of just everyday living, they had no extra money for this proposed thirty percent increase on property tax.

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Congressman Eliot Engel today criticized the U.S. Postal Service for announcing the elimination of over-night service for First-Class mail. Currently, 41.5 percent of First-Class mail arrives the next day but with the Post Office’s proposed changes, it will go to zero. To get overnight service under the

new regulations, the public would have to spend $13 to over-night a letter. In ad-dition to eliminating overnight delivery, the Post Office is also considering consoli-dating or closing mail processing facilities, including the one in Monsey. They have already closed the Bronx Processing and

The Town Board has approved a proposal initiated by Council-man Daniel Friedman that will save taxpay-ers $130,000 a year on energy costs. The latest piece of cost-cutting

legislation proposed by Councilman Fried-man involves the town inking an agreement with a low-cost energy provider to power all town-owned facilities with gas and electric

power at costs far low-er than the town had been previously pay-ing. Friedman said the agreement reached gave town taxpayers the absolute lowest rate, and was made

possible because of the amount of energy consumed each year by the Town of Ra-mapo and its facilities, which include Town Hall and the Police sta-t i o n ,

While small business-es and farmers com-mend U.S. Sen. Kirst-en Gillibrand for her new economic plan she says would cre-ate jobs for the hun-dreds of thousands of out-of-work upstate New Yorkers, some are pointing out ways her plan could be im-proved to better stim-ulate the economy.

"As I spend time in every corner of up-state New York, there is no question that families, businesses and communities are struggling. They face unique economic challenges that re-quire targeted solu-tions," said Gillibrand, D-Brunswick.Gillibrand blames "de-cades of bad policy,"

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friedMan’s proposal savinG taxpayers $130,000 a year

many jobs in rockland county government, police, and not -for-profit spared

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New York needs to enact a bold, innovative economic plan and tax code reform to create jobs at this difficult time. To achieve that we will need bipartisan political cooperation and a plan the people of the State support.

I believe economic development, popular support, and political consensus must all be built on the same foundation: fundamental fairness.Last year, when we were preparing the state budget, I exposed that the system was in-herently biased against the taxpayer. The very definition of the State's budget deficit included statutory annual increases for indi-vidualized programs marbleized through the State's budget laws. In short, "deficit" meant the amount necessary to fund a 13 percent increase. The taxpayer didn't have a chance.

Our current tax system is also unfair.

I have posed the following question to Al-bany veterans, befuddling almost all: at what income level does the State's top per-

sonal income tax rate become effective? Answers range from about $100,000 to $1 million. Virtually no one guesses the correct answer: only $20,000 for an in-dividual taxpayer; and only $40,000 for a two-earner family. So, in New York under the permanent tax code, an individual making a taxable income of only $20,000 pays the same marginal tax rate as an individual making $20 million. It's just not fair. While New York's earned income tax credit, child care credit, and high standard deduction help working poor families, New York has left the middle class with an undue burden which also hinders our economic re-covery.

From a competitive point of view, New York's tax system is behind. Other states and the federal government have an income tax code that is fairer than New York's. Unlike New York, 22 states apply their highest rate to incomes higher than our $40,000 level. Also, unlike New York, where the range be-tween its lowest rate (4%) and its highest

rate (6.85%) is only 2.85%, 28 other states have larger ranges that reflect a fairer dis-tribution of the tax burden. Even the federal system has more progressivity: a range of tax brackets that spans from 10% to 35%, and the top not kicking in until taxable in-come exceeds $379,000.New York is the progressive capital of the na-tion yet there have been no real tax reform efforts in the state in decades, only periodic gimmicks. From 2003 to 2005, we added two new temporary surcharge brackets. In 2009 we enacted the "millionaire's tax," which ex-pires at the end of this year. The millionaire's tax purported to shift the tax burden to the super wealthy to alleviate the burden on the middle class. But it failed on both counts. It actually raised taxes on people who were making $200,000 – hardly "millionaires." And it did absolutely nothing to lower the disproportionately high tax burden on middle class families, who continue to pay the same marginal rate whether they make $40,000 or $299,000 in taxable income.

Publisher's DeskThere is power in numbers. If we look closely at the recent events in Egypt and all across the

Middle East we will see the same trend. When people are worked up enough on a certain issue they will get together to voice their opinion. What is happening at Wall Street is just an example of people who are angry, fed up and seek a change in government policy. These protesters are not going away, they plan on sticking around to make an impact on the 2013 presidential elections.New York State is only one of the states that have to effectively deal with these masses. On a Federal level, these protesters have no problem camping on the front lawn of the Justice Courts in Washington. It is great to see that people want a change, but what do they want is the question. How can a group of people protest for something without a clear message?In Rockland County this past week, people were concerned for their jobs. With a clear agenda they gathered in protest at the County Legislature meetings and they made an impact. Freedom of speech is something America is founded on, and the fact that these residents of the county can now keep their jobs and their not-for-profit organiza-tions shows that protests are effective. Let us hope that NY State can figure out a way to negotiate with the Occupy Wall Street movement. But first, it would help if the protesters knew what they stood for.

Mendel HoffmanNew York's second major income tax increase in two years will charge millionaires more, but give 4.4 million middle-class residents a rare break worth $200 to $400 a year.

Under the plan backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which the state Senate passed 55-0 Wednes-day night and the Assembly approved 130-8 early Thursday, those tax breaks will go to most households with annual earnings of $40,000 to $300,000, or single filers making $20,000 to $150,000 a year.

To pay for it, the state will rely on households making over $2 million or single filers making $1 million to pay higher taxes. Their income tax rate will increase from 6.85 percent to 8.82 percent on Jan. 1.

"This was a function of an economic reality and deteriorating economic conditions," Cuomo said after the Senate vote. He said it should help stimulate jobs with some of the tax cuts and construction spending, while closing about $1.5 billion of a projected $3.5 billion state deficit next year with higher revenues overall.

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heroes. And it’s the minute actions of kindness that create indelible prints on the lives of those they’ve touched.Chesed 24/7 is an organization that un-derstands exactly that. It has a simple defined mission: helping individuals or families that are in need, as if they were part of Chesed's own family.The organization was founded on the principle that “the world is held togeth-er by acts of human kindness”.Chesed 24/7 provides services for the sick, the elderly, the developmentally disabled, and any individual or family who find themselves in a challenging situation.The opportunity to play a part in Chesed 24/7’s mitzvah was offered to the general public, this past week. Chesed 24/7 stocks Bikur Cholim rooms in over thirteen hospitals across

the tri- state area. There, families of the sick and needy can find a piece of fresh cake, a cup of hot coffee, and general amenities after a long day of visiting or sitting with a loved one.In an effort to include everybody, espe-cially young girls, in this tremendous zechus, Chessed 24/7 asked that the public focuses on one item per month, to donate.This month, it is snack bags. Each in-dividual decides how many snack bags they’d like to donate, and of what sort. There are drop off locations all around Town, and every single contribution is welcome.Every donation is a mitzvah, from overflow snack companies, to even just one bag of chips.After all, it’s the smallest things that make the biggest differences. And it’s these acts of kindness that makes every single contributor a hero.

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Distribution Center earlier this year. The consolidations and closings could result in the loss of thousands of jobs. “It is a self-fulfilling prophecy – you provide inferior service, and you drive away business. This gives them anoth-er excuse to curtail even more services, and all of a sudden it’s a downward spi-ral to poorer service. This is a business plan doomed for failure. They should be looking at inefficiencies and finding ways to cut waste rather than eliminat-ing jobs and reducing access to facili-ties. It is almost as if they want people to use the private carriers instead.“It is completely ridiculous that if some-one mails a letter to their neighbor down the street, it would not arrive the next day. It takes longer for me to send a letter from my Rockland District Of-

fice to my District Office in Bronx than it would take for me to walk it across the Tappan Zee Bridge. “This is likely only the beginning of fur-ther service cuts unless they change the way they do business. The ho-hum attitude surrounding the projected post office closures is disconcerting. The inevitable end of Saturday delivery service is also disappointing. The nerve of actually raising the cost of mailing a first class letter, but not receiving first class service, is beyond belief. “I want the Post Office to succeed, and for the American people to have ample access to facilities, but I need to see that the Post Office is serious about correcting their own flaws.”

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Postal cutbacksAs part of $3 billion in cuts, the U.S. Postal Service may cut more than half of its mail processing facilities which would likely end next-day delivery

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the St. Lawrence Center in Hillburn, two pools, a golf course, and numerous other parks and sites.

“I am pleased that we were able to reach an agreement saving taxpayers $130,000 a year,” stated Councilman Friedman. “I have always made cut-ting the cost and size of government to make life more affordable for our tax-payers a top priority of mine since I en-tered office, and this savings equates to a cut of two-thirds of a percent in town property taxes.”

Friedman, who was re-elected in No-vember, has passed a series of cost-cutting measures since coming into office, many relating to energy use, something he promises will continue in

his new term. Most recently, the Town Board approved a proposal to purchase a new piece of investigative technology that Friedman said has resulted in bet-ter accident investigations, and a rapid decline in Detective overtime, saving thousands of dollars already.

“As with all great things that are done in this town, this agreement could not have been reached without the full support of the Town Board and Super-visor St. Lawrence,” Friedman noted. “The members of this board have al-ways been supportive of my initiatives to reduce costs, and I am proud to part-ner with each of them.”

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About nine million dollars of the addi-tional sales tax revenue will be used to keep five hundred and sixty -eight peo-ple employed, and will also keep Sum-mit Park open for another year. Forty people will still lose their jobs, though this is a small percent in comparison to the originally proposed cuts. County Executive Vanderhoef can sign on the presently amended version, or

he can veto various factors in the bud-get. The Legislature can then vote to override any vetoes, with 12 of 17 leg-islators needing to vote in favor of any overrides.The Legislature must have a final bud-get in place by December 20th.

for the economic downturn that New York has been struggling with, which left 300,000 upstate New Yorkers un-employed and led to the loss of 3,600 construction jobs."Upstate New York is home to world class businesses and some of the hard-est working people in the world, but too many are struggling to find a job, and too many small businesses are struggling to survive. My Upstate Works Act rejuvenates our manufactures to make New York the clean energy capi-tal of the world, gives working adults access to new training to prepare them for the jobs of the future, and helps our family farms get ahead. No other state can lead the way to the new economy like New York, and my upstate jobs bill taps into New York's full potential," Gil-librand said.A major component of the senator's plan is to retool manufacturers for clean energy production."We've lost more than 71,000 jobs in manufacturing … China is producing more clean energy technology than we are," Gillibrand said."If we're going to rebuild manufactur-ing, we need to use green policy to break our addiction to foreign oil …

[and] to break our dependency on for-eign innovation," she added.Gillibrand's legislation would invest $30 billion to create a Manufacturing Revolving Loan Fund, which would give small and medium-sized manufac-turing companies the funds they need to either expand or introduce clean en-ergy techniques into their manufactur-ing plans.The senator's plan would also invest $1.5 billion over five years for the Man-ufacturing Extension Partnership that helps manufacturers access clean en-ergy markets and transition to new, in-novative, clean energy manufacturing technologies.The Alliance for Clean Energy New York reports that this investment could create an estimated 50,000 new jobs, while helping New York break its de-pendence on foreign oil.To stimulate New York's $4 billion ag-ricultural industry, Gillibrand is asking that farms be given a $30,000 tax credit to produce what are known as "value-added" products that are derived from basic farm crops, such as apple pies, olive oil, vinegar and even some soaps.

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The pace of job growth in the economy's private sector accel-erated in November, with U.S. employers adding 206,000 jobs, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.The ADP National Employ-ment Report surpassed econo-mists' expectations for a gain of 130,000 jobs, according to a Reuters survey. October's pri-vate payrolls were revised up to an increase of 130,000 from the previously reported 110,000.The report is jointly developed with Macroeconomic Advisers LLC."The ADP news is very good news. The private sector is add-ing jobs," said Wayne Kaufman, chief market analyst at John Thomas Financial in New York.U.S. stocks index futures added to gains immediately after the data, though investors were also focused on an announcement of coordinated actions from major central banks to provide liquidity to the global financial system.

Treasuries prices extended loss-es after the data.The ADP figures come ahead of the government's much more comprehensive labor market report on Friday, which includes both public and private sector employment.That report is expected to show a rise in overall nonfarm payrolls of 122,000 this month and a rise in private payrolls of 140,000.Economists often refer to the ADP report to fine-tune their expectations for the payrolls numbers, though it is not al-ways accurate in predicting the outcome.

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In previous columns, we've discussed vari-ous courts of general jurisdiction. Courts of general jurisdiction hear a wide variety of disputes, from personal injury to breach of contract claims. The court system, however, also has a variety of specialized courts to handle specific types of cases.

Every county has a designated Family Court. The Family Court, staffed by hear-ing officers and other personnel, address-es some of the most difficult cases in our society-- disputes over the custody of chil-dren and child support. The standard of justice in the Family Court is not the same as other courts, where a party needs to prove their case by meeting an evidentia-ry burden. In the Family Court, the judge is there to perceive what the adversarial parties sometimes can not and to render decisions that meet the legal standard of the "best interest of the child."

Another specialized court is the Surro-gate's Court. The Surrogate's Court han-dles the admission of wills to probate and a variety of matters concerning estates, as well guardianship proceedings. A guard-ianship proceeding is where an individual seeks to have the legal rights over another, generally an elderly or disabled individu-als, because that person lacks the requisite competency to make their own decisions.

The other major specialized court is the County Court, whose jurisdiction is limited to criminal matters. While misdemeanor charges are handled in the local justice courts that we discussed a few weeks ago, felony cases are tried in the County Court before full-time justices.

Within these divisions of judicial labor, there have been numerous attempts to in-novate to address the inequities that can result from cattle-call justice. Rockland County, for example, has a Drug Court program that seeks to divert to treatment, rather than imprison, non-violent first-time drug offenders.

Various other programs, like youth courts, integrated domestic violence courts and veterans courts, seek to offer comprehen-sive mental health and social service input in order t improve long term outcomes for the accused, the family and for society.

With the volume of cases in the court sys-tem every increasing, many individuals turn to mediation, arbitration or other al-ternative dispute resolution

methods in order to achieve speedier out-comes. These fora often dispense with much of tedious paperwork that is atten-dant to proceeding within the confines of the justice system.

While our judicial system remains a model for much of the world, we must continue to adjust and modernize our court system to keep pace with a society that changes much more rapidly than the courts. Shifts in technology, family relationships and law enforcement priorities continue to challenge a system with ancient roots. While the courts rarely concern us unless we are involved in a pending case, every one of us has interest in efficient, effective and equitable justice.You can contact Ryan Karben at [email protected] or 914-536-4402

So many courts, such little time!Ryan Scott Karben, Esq.

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The U.S. economy added 120,000 jobs in November -- falling short of economists' expectations -- while the unemployment rate dipped from 9 to 8.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday morning. But roughly half of the drop in the unemployment rate came from the 315,000 Americans who dropped out of the labor market last month, in part a reflection of the slow pace of the recovery, economists said."When unemployment is this high for this long, it's very likely that most of the people dropping out are doing so because they can't find work," said While November's job gains roughly kept pace with population growth, a more positive glimmer can be found in the upwards revisions of the past two months of employment growth. Job growth for September was re-vised up to 210,000 from 158,00, and October's gains were up to 100,000 from 80,000.120,000 may not be 250,000 -- the lowest number most economists look to for a really healthy recovery -- but it's also better than zero, the headline number of new positions created in August, when fears of a double-dip recession really began to take hold.

WASHINGTON -- A bill that would give the controlling party of either chamber of Congress veto power over any major new regulation passed the House of Representatives Wednesday.

The measure, dubbed the Regula-tions From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny -- or REINS -- Act, would require Congress to sign off on any new rule estimated to cost more than $100 million. It passed 241 to 184, with a handful of Democrats crossing the aisle.

The REINS Act is only the latest of a slew of bills aimed at peeling back regulations, which House Republi-cans have pushed for in the name of cutting red tape and freeing up businesses. The GOP sees the regula-tions as overbearing rulemaking by unelected bureaucrats.

"Who do the regulators answer to? No one," said Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) in debate on the House floor.

"When the regulators go to work ev-eryday, like most people go to work, their work assignment's a little differ-ent," Poe said. "In my opinion, they sit around a big oak table, sipping their lattes. They have out their iPads and their computers, and they decide, 'Who shall we regulate today?' And they write a regulation and send it out to the masses and make us deal with the cost to that."

Rep. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.), argued that if Congress can stop rules in their tracks, businesses will flourish.

"Poll after poll of small business owners, of medium-sized business owners -- they will show you and tell you that major regulations are holding back their expansion and the ability of them to hire more workers," Quayle said.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's Legisla-ture is scheduled to vote on a major agreement between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders that will increase the income tax on the wealthiest residents while providing a tax break for the middle class.The tax increase on single filers mak-ing more than $1 million a year and on joint filers making over $2 million will also fund jobs programs, cuts in the New York City transit tax on small businesses, a break for manufactur-ers, and $50 million in added aid for flood-ravaged communities upstate.The Legislature is scheduled to enter special session Wednesday afternoon on the package crafted by Cuomo af-ter previously opposing tax increases since his campaign.

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Put Safety at the Top of Your Holiday ListDecember marks Safe Toys and Gifts Month

The Rockland County Department of Health reminds parents that December is Safe Toys and Gifts Month, a good time to put safety at the top of your holi-day list by taking nine simple steps to keep your children safe. The holidays are a fun time of year for most children. It is also an important time of year to be thinking of your child's safety.

“Holiday decorations, traveling, new toys, and visiting homes that may not be childproof, can put your children in dan-ger. Some simple precautions can help to make sure that your children have a fun and safe holiday,“ said Dr. Joan Fa-celle, Rockland County Commissioner of Health.

Follow these nine steps recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to help protect your children and ensure that they have a safe holiday season:

1. Select toys that are right for the age, ability, skill and interest level of your child. Toys too advanced can be dan-gerous for younger children.

2. Before buying a toy or allowing your child to play with a toy they received as a gift, read the instructions carefully.

3. To prevent both burns and electri-cal shocks, don’t give young children (un-der age ten) a toy that must be plugged into an electrical outlet. Instead, buy toys that are battery-operated.

4. Children under age three can choke on small parts of toys or games. Government regulations specify that toys for children under age three can-not have parts less than 1 1/4 inches in diameter and 2 1/4 inches long. Teach older children to keep their toys with small parts separate from small chil-dren’s playthings. Show them examples of toys small children can choke on such as marbles or beads.

5. To identify choking hazards, use a cardboard tube from a roll of toilet paper or a special small toy parts tester, which you can buy at local stores that sell baby products. Do not let small children play with anything that can fit into one of these tubes.

6. If button magnets and batteries are swallowed they can cause serious problems for children, even death. Keep them away from young children and call your doctor immediately if your child swallows one. .

We must reform our tax system to stim-ulate the economy and restore funda-mental fairness.

First, we need to reform the code in a way that creates jobs and grows our economy. To do that, we need to put more money in New Yorkers pockets

and inject it back in to the economy. There are also tax credits that can incentivize private sector job growth.

Second, true reform for fairness has two fac-tors: income brackets that fairly group income levels and progressive rates increasing with in-come. Simply put, to me "fairness" dictates that the more you make the more you pay and the

higher your income the higher your rate. Also, you should be treated the same as people with similar incomes and differ-ently from people who make significant-ly more, or significantly less, than you earn. I would create multiple brackets and rates increasing on a graduated ba-

sis throughout and indexed to inflation. I would add more income brackets for the middle income and add high end brackets. The actual rate span should be several points from low to high.

Our State Legislature will need to act, swiftly and effectively.

I believe we can avoid partisan gridlock and make government work by forging a plan that is based on fundamental fair-ness rather than political ideology.

During these difficult times, New York-ers will step up and do their part to cre-ate jobs and revive our economy – but the system must be fair for all. Our State deserves nothing less.

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Relief for recent gradsPresident Barack Obama is taking steps to ease the burden of student loans by expanding a government program to help 1.2 million borrowers reduce their payments and consolidate their student debt.

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Percentage of students defaulting on loans is rising as student loan totals have overtaken credit card debt:

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department of Pediatrics department of Adult MedicineCFSliCE Chronic Fatigue SyndromeWhat to do when you see it.

Chronic fatigue syn-drome (CFS) is an ill-ness characterized by prolonged, debilitating fatigue and multiple nonspecific symptoms such as headaches, recurrent sore throats, muscle and joint pains, memory and concen-tration difficulties. Pro-found fatigue, the hall-mark of the disorder, can come on suddenly or gradually and persists or recurs throughout the period of illness. Unlike the short-term disability of say, the flu, CFS symptoms linger for at least six months and often for years. The cause of CFS remains unknown.

The illness was named chronic fatigue syndrome because it reflects the most common symptom — long-term, per-sistent fatigue. When the International CFS Study Group updated the definition of chronic fatigue syndrome in 1994, it decided to keep this name until a specific cause for the ill-ness is discovered. There are no published data to indicate that CFS is contagious, that it can be transmitted through intimate or casual contact or by blood transfusion, or that people with chronic fatigue syndrome need to be isolated in any way.

Chronic fatigue syndrome often begins abruptly, but some-times the onset is gradual. In about one-third of cases, the sudden onset follows a respiratory, gastrointestinal or other acute infection with flu-like symptoms, including mononu-cleosis. Other cases develop after emotional or physical traumas such as bereavement or surgery.

Besides a debilitating fatigue, which is unalleviated by rest, common symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome include but are not limited to:

Intense or changed patterns of headaches; some people report having reduced short-term memory or concentra-tion; recurrent sore throats and tender lymph nodes as well as muscle discomfort or joint pain without swelling or red-ness; and a very common complaint- un-refreshing sleep.

The severity of chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms var-ies broadly among individuals. Some chronic fatigue syn-drome patients also report mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety or depression. However, it is important to note that 60 percent of carefully evaluated chronic fatigue syndrome patients do not have depression or another psychiatric ill-ness.

Although CFS can persist for many years, long-term stud-ies indicate that chronic fatigue syndrome generally is not a progressive illness. The symptoms usually are most se-vere in the first year or two. Thereafter, the symptoms typi-cally stabilize and then persist chronically, wax and wane, or improve. Most patients partially recover, only a few fully recover and others recover and relapse. Currently, an indi-vidual’s course of illness cannot be predicted. No long-term health risks have been associated with having chronic fa-tigue syndrome. The first step is to see if there is any other explainable cause for your fatigue. Your doctor will prob-ably want to review your symptoms and medical history, and give you a physical exam. Your doctor may also want to do some blood tests, but lab testing is not often helpful in the diagnosis of CFS.

Medicine can treat some of the symptoms, such as mus-cle aches, sleep problems, anxiety and depression. The medicine may only reduce your symptoms and allow you to be more active, not cure the fatigue. So far, there is no medicine that cures the entire syndrome. The good news is most symptoms improve with time.

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The last thing parents want to find in their child’s hair is a tiny, wingless insect. This louce bug lives among human hairs and feeds on extremely small amounts of blood drawn from the scalp. Although they may sound gross, lice (the plural of louse) are a very com-mon problem, especially for kids ages 3 years to 12 years (girls more often than boys).Lice aren't dangerous and they don't spread disease, but they are contagious and can just be downright annoying. Their bites may cause a child's scalp to be-come itchy and inflamed, and persistent scratching may lead to skin irritation and even infection.It's wise to treat head lice quickly once the diagnosis is made because they can spread easily from person to person.

signs of Head LiceLice eggs (called nits). These look like tiny yellow, tan, or brown dots before they hatch. Lice lay nits on hair shafts close to the scalp, where the temperature is perfect for keeping warm until they hatch. Nits look sort of like dandruff, only they can't be removed by brushing or shaking them off.Unless the infestation is heavy, it's more common to see nits in a child's hair than it is to see live lice crawling on the scalp. Lice eggs hatch within 1 to 2 weeks after they're laid. After hatching, the remaining shell looks white or clear and continues to be firmly attached to the hair shaft. This is the stage when it's easiest to spot them, as the hair is growing longer and the egg shell is moving further away from the scalp.• Adult lice and nymphs (baby lice). The adult louse

is no bigger than a sesame seed and is grayish-white or tan. Nymphs are smaller and become adult lice about 1 to 2 weeks after they hatch. Most lice feed on blood several times a day, but they can survive up to 2 days off the scalp.

• Scratching. With lice bites come itching and scratching. This is actually due to a reaction to the saliva of lice. However, the itching may not always start right away — that depends on how sensitive your child's skin is to the lice. It can sometimes take weeks for kids with lice to start scratching. They may complain, though, of things moving around on or tickling their heads.

Small, red bumps or sores from scratching. For some kids, the irritation is mild; for others, a more bother-some rash may develop. Excessive scratching can lead to a bacterial infection (the skin would become red and tender and may have crusting and oozing along with swollen lymph glands). If your doctor thinks this is the case, he or she may treat the infection with an oral antibiotic.Having head lice is not a sign of uncleanliness or poor hygiene. The pesky little bugs can be a problem for kids of all ages no matter how often they do — or don't — clean their hair or bathe.However, you can help to prevent kids from getting lice — or from becoming reinfested with lice — by taking the following precautions:• Tellkidstotrytoavoidhead-to-headcontactat school on the playground, and while playing at home with other children.• Tell kids not to lie on bedding, pillows, andcarpets that have recently been used by someone with lice.• Every3or4days,examinemembersofyourhousehold who have had close contact with a person who has lice. Then, treat those who are found to have lice or nits close to the scalp.


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Obesity rate by state, 2010

Big problem in the U.S.The U.S. obesity rate has nearly doubled since 1995. Obesity is defined as having a body mass index reading of 30 or more. BMI measures the proportion of weight to height.

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionÕs Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, annual self-reported telephone survey of U.S. adults ages 18 and olderGraphic: Chicago Tribune

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Now that school is well underway Here are some facts and myths you should know about bullying.

FACT: People who bully have power over those they bul-ly. People who bully others usually pick on those who have less social power (peer status), psychological power (know how to harm others), or physical power (size, strength). However, some people who bully also have been bullied by others. People who both bully and are bullied by others are at the high-est risk for problems (such as depression and anxiety) and are more likely to become involved in risky or delinquent behavior. FACT: Spreading rumors is a form of bullying. Spreading rumors, loshon hara and name-call-ing, excluding others, and embarrassing them are all forms of social bullying that can cause serious and lasting harm. MYTH: Only boys bully. People think that physical bullying by boys is the most common form of bullying. However, verbal, social, and physical bullying happens among both boys and girls, especially as they grow older. MYTH: People who bully are insecure and have low self-esteem. Many people who bully are popular and have av-erage or better-than-average self-esteem. They often take pride in their aggressive behavior and control over the people they bully. People who bully may be part of a group that thinks bully-ing is okay. Some people who bully may also have poor social skills and experience anxiety or depression. For them, bullying can be a way to gain social status.MYTH: Bullying usually occurs when there are no other students around. Students see about four out of every five bul-lying incidents at school. In fact, when they witness bullying, they give the student who is bullying positive attention or even join in about three-quarters of the time. Although 9 out of 10 students say there is bullying in their schools, adults rarely see bullying, even if they are look-ing for it.

MYTH: Bullying often resolves itself when you ignore it. Bullying reflects an imbalance of power that happens again and again. Ignoring the bullying teaches students who bully that they can bully others without consequences. Adults and other students need to stand up for children who are bullied, and to ensure they are protected and safe.

MYTH: All children will out-grow bullying. For some, bullying contin-ues as they become older. Unless someone intervenes, the bullying will likely con-tinue and, in some cases, grow into violence and other serious problems. Children who consistently bully others often continue their aggressive behavior

through adolescence and into adulthood. MYTH: Reporting bullying will make the situa-tion worse. Research shows that children who report bul-lying to an adult are less likely to experience bullying in the future. Adults should encourage children to help keep their school safe and to tell an adult when they see bullying.MYTH: Teachers often intervene to stop bully-ing.Adults often do not witness bullying despite their good intentions. Teachers intervene in only 14 percent of classroom bullying episodes and in 4 percent of bullying incidents that happen outside the classroom. MYTH: Nothing can be done at schools to re-duce bullying.School initiatives to prevent and stop bullying have reduced bullying by 15 to 50 percent. The most successful initiatives involve the entire school community of teachers, staff, parents, students, and community members.MYTH: Parents are usually aware that their chil-dren are bullying others. Parents play a critical role in bullying preven-tion, but they often do not know if their children bully or are bullied by others. To help prevent bullying, parents need to talk with their children about what is happening at yeshiva, school, and in the com-munity at large.

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Pomona, NY – During Handwashing Awareness Week, December 4-10, the Rockland County Department of Health reminds residents that keep-ing your hands clean is one of the most important steps you can take to avoid getting sick. Clean hands can stop germs from spreading from one person to another and throughout our entire community. “This message is especially important now, during flu season. Though the single best way to prevent getting the flu is to get vaccinated each year, proper handwashing can help stop the spread of germs at home, work, and school,” said Dr. Joan Facelle, Rockland County Commis-sioner of Health. When should you wash your hands? • Before,during,andafterpreparingfood •Beforeeatingfood•Beforeandaftercaringforsomeonewho is sick • Before and after treating a cut orwound • After using the toilet, and afterchanging diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet •Afterblowingyournose,coughing,or sneezing • Aftertouchingananimaloranimalwaste •AftertouchinggarbageWhat is the right way to wash your hands? •Wetyourhandswithclean,running

water (warm or cold) and apply soap. •Rubyourhandstogethertomakealather and scrub them well; be sure to scrub the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and un-der your nails. •Continuerubbingyourhandsforatleast 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the "Happy Birthday" song from beginning to end twice. •Rinseyourhandswellunderrunningwater. •Dryyourhandsusingacleantowelor air dry them. Washing hands with soap and water is the best way to reduce the number of germs on them. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Always read and follow label instructions. Hand sanitizers are not effective when hands are visibly dirty. The Rockland County Department of Health has a youth friendly program to help teach children about the im-portance of hand washing, using the Glitter Bug Demonstration Kit - the “magic” way to teach hand washing. Each child will receive an official Rock-land County Department of Health Clean Hands Club certificate, as well as a Wash Your Hands coloring sheet. Please call the Health Department at (845) 364-3857 for more information, or to schedule the handwashing pre-sentation. For more information about hand-washing and disease prevention, visit www.cdc.gov/handwashing/

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rAtE iN 2 ½ YEArS Congressman Eliot En-gel (D-NY-17) said he was encouraged by the better-than-expected unemploy-ment numbers for Novem-ber as the rate dropped to 8.6%, the lowest since March 2009. In addition to the 120,000 jobs added, an upgrade of the September and October reports ac-counted for another 52,000 jobs. Rep. Engel also called for passage of jobs legisla-tion to boost the economy and get even more Ameri-cans back to work. Private payrolls grew by 140,000 jobs in November after increasing by 117,000 in October. This is the 21st consecutive month of private sector job growth. Government employment fell by 20,000 jobs as pub-lic payrolls have fallen for the 10th time in the last 11 months. Retail jobs surged in November, adding almost 50,000 jobs. Construc-tion jobs fell slightly, while manufacturing rose. Health care and social assistance jobs rose by almost 20,000, while temporary hiring also

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“This means setting aside political rancor and send-ing a bipartisan jobs bill to the President’s desk. The House Republican Major-ity refuses to work with the Democratic Minority, or the President, to put forth leg-islation to help create jobs, and instead is fixated on an ideological agenda ahead of helping middle and lower in-come families. “It also means extending un-employment insurance for those still struggling to find work. In 75 years, we have never cut off unemployment insurance benefits when the unemployment percentage was so high. Hardly anyone receiving unemployment benefits chooses to be in this position, but until more jobs are created we must do what is necessary. “Our economy is gradually making positive strides, in spite of Republican opposi-tion to any effort to strength-en it. Imagine what we could do if they’d join our efforts to pass the American Jobs Act – or similar legislation. Let’s finally work together, and produce a jobs bill which helps the unemployed and aids employers at the same time.”

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© 2011 All rights reserved. Permission to print granted to The Advocate There is a bit of debate about how to handle delivery of unfortunate news to children. We’re referring to the need for an adult to inform a child that he has not performed as well as ex-pected. He may have done poorly on a test in school, or he may have com-pleted a task at home insufficiently. Should we tell him the truth and let him bear the brunt of his shortcoming, or should we soften the blow to his ego by minimizing the magnitude of error? And what about good news? Should we inflate praise in order to boost self-esteem? Our opinion is displayed in the title of this article. Before we explain our position on the matter, why all the fuss? Does how we praise children re-ally matter? The Research: Yes, it does matter. A lot. Related research bears this out. A recent joint study was pub-lished by Drs. Young-Hoon Kim from the University of Pennsylvania and Chi-Yue Chiu from Nanyang Tech-nological University in Hong Kong. These gentlemen tested thousands of high school and college young men and women and found that self-efface-ment and self-enhancement can lead to depression. Their research showed, through a series of experimental ac-tivities, that those who overinflate their egos may be more vulnerable to de-pression than those who don’t. Why would one inflate his ego? Many people do it to save face. They wish to save themselves from embarrassment in front of others, es-pecially their peers, so they stretch the truth a bit and exaggerate their accomplishments. These are the folks who describe themselves as “directors of sanitation”, rather than janitors, or as “office managers”, instead of sec-retaries. They need to dress up their identity. Then when the curtain goes up, revealing how “menial” their jobs really are, they take a dive toward de-pression. A couple of important points. First of all, janitorial and sec-retarial jobs are not menial. They are important and require specific skills, and some of these folks are extremely talented. Unfortunately society deni-grates jobs like these with pure lack of appreciation and sensitivity. And since reality rules, many people who occupy jobs like these feel compelled to inflate their titles or responsibilities in order to make themselves more present-able. Because of their surrendering to societal pressures, these individu-als will suffer in the end, possibly from depression. Their exaggerated self-praise will trap them.

The second point is that along with crowning oneself with overdone praise comes the need to keep up the act. Self-over-praisers need to fortify their titles with inflated descriptions of what they have achieved. The taller the lies, the harder they fall. What can we can do to help? Application to Education: So far we have been discussing overdone self-praise. We believe it is appropri-ate to extend this discussion to include praise given by others, especially that which parents and teachers heap on children. We would like to apply the U of P and Nanyang caution to adults who praise children for their accom-plishments. As responsible adults, we support the efforts of our children. That requires giving children positive reinforcement, most often in the form of praise, as reward for their achieve-ment and to encourage them to con-tinue to apply themselves. Positive reinforcement needs to be measured. It should not be overloaded, as we will be doing a disservice to our children and defeating our goal of encouraging future growth.

"No one knows better how well he did than the child." Our Advice: The most impor-tant property of praise should be hon-esty. Honesty means accuracy. There is nothing wrong with telling a child how well he has completed an as-signed task or something he ventured to do voluntarily, as long as the praise fits the accomplishment. When chil-dren receive honestly accurate praise, they can comfortably bathe in the pride that they feel. They know that they de-serve your praise because they know how hard they worked to earn it. The danger lies on the flip-side of this coin – insincere praise. Al-though the intention of the adult is to sincerely boost a child’s self-esteem, doing so artificially is a setup for fail-ure. In this case, insincerity is not a description of intention; it is the value of the praise itself. Let’s not fool our-selves. No one knows better how well he did on a given task than the child. He knows whether or not he deserves the amount of praise he receives. When a child receives praise that does not match his accomplish-ments, he interprets that receipt in one of two ways: either the adult cannot

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competently measure what the child accomplished, or the adult respects him less than he thought, translated as “insincerity.” At first blush you might won-der, “How can this be?” How is over-praising less respectful? Children who know how well they have succeeded and how much praise they deserve look at over-praise as patronizing. The child senses that you are giving him a gentle pat on the head because he needs it, or else his feelings might be hurt. Although gentle praise might be appreciated, not if it is dishonest. Ba-sically, less generous honest praise is more welcome than overly generous praise is. Kids respect honesty. They do not like to be patronized. There is an additional problem, which we men-tioned above regarding “menial” work-ers. When children receive exag-gerated praise in front of others, they will need to maintain that image in the future. The problem is that they know that they will not be able to sus-tain their “reputation.” Their house of cards will collapse, and they will meet depression, just as the research has suggested. It is our duty as respon-sible adults to keep children out of this

danger zone. Don’t set them up for failure to begin with by praising them dishonestly. Praise is a good thing. Just keep it honest and legitimate. Give children as much praise as they de-serve. Don’t be cheap, but also don’t be artificially generous. Awarding fit-ting praise confirms our respect and admiration for what our children ac-complish. This ensures children that they are reading their own actions ac-curately and that they can feel com-fortable with their self-assessment. Accurate self-assessment is an impor-tant tool for life. Our praise helps chil-dren to hone their self-assessment. Consequently, we are “helping chil-dren to help themselves.”

Eliezer and Miryam Vilinsky are educational consultants in private practice. They provide direct instruc-tion to students, conduct teacher-training seminars and consult with schools and families worldwide. They can be reached at Educational Sup-port Services at 426-3673 and at www.TReaching.com. The weekly edition of Educational Insights is available via subscription. Call for details.

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Directions: From New Jersey: garden state Parkway North take the nanuet exit, Turn leFT onto Pascack rD. right Turn onto Forman dr. (0.1 mi.) left onto rte 59 W (2.1 miles), right turn onto main st (0.1 miles), turn right onto Orchard st.G. Washington Bridge crossing into NJ, merge onto PalisaDes ParkWaY, take exit 9W, into NYs Thruway take exit 14, Turn right onto rte 59 W (2.1 miles), right turn right onto main st (0.1 miles), turn right onto Orchard st.From Connecticut: Tappan zee Bridge, into NYs Thruway take exit 14, Turn right onto rte 59 W (2.1 miles), right turn right onto main st (0.1 miles), turn right onto Orchard st.

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