photo credit– Bruce Darrow

Reminder for the week: Hunters and residents encouraged
to review Delaware hunting regulations

DOVER (Sept. 18, 2015) – To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Sept. 7-13 made 1,095 contacts with anglers, boaters, hunters and the general public, including 145 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks. Officers responded to 43 complaints and issued 39 citations. This week, with an expanded Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police presence continuing to be deployed as a deterrent, no citations were issued at the C&D Canal Conservation Area and associated recreational trail.

and opioid use disorder, takes important step to increase access to treatment

Delegates from across the country convene to collaborate, take action on opioid epidemic

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today kicked off a two-day intensive convening of representatives from all 50 states and Washington, DC focused on preventing opioid overdose and opioid use disorder. During her remarks, the secretary announced that HHS will move to expand access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) by revising the regulations related to the prescribing of buprenorphine to treat opioid dependence. She also announced $1.8 million in awards to rural communities to expand access to naloxone – a drug that reverses an opioid overdose.

by Katrina Trinko | The Daily Signal

Maybe we shouldn’t expect anything much from a president who gave Queen Elizabeth an iPod filled with his own speeches, and who gave former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a set of American movies on DVDs that didn’t work in the U.K.

09/18/15

Pope Francis’ visit to three major metropolitan areas during his first visit to the United States presents special security challenges. But federal agencies—working closely with state and local law enforcement—have a well-rehearsed template to follow.

By Mark Lagerkvist | NJ Watchdog.org

New Jersey ranks worst in the country for state debt, according to a new nationwide study.

Each state taxpayer would need to pay $52,300 to erase New Jersey’s existing bills — including public pensions and retiree health benefits — reports Truth in Accounting, a think tank in Chicago.

Newswise — New University of Michigan research finds people with Parkinson’s disease may want to consider attempting to do the dishes, fold the laundry and take strolls around the neighborhood in their quest to control their symptoms.

Parkinson’s patients often become sedentary because of motor symptoms such as gait, balance problems or falls, said study principal investigator Nicolaas Bohnen, M.D., Ph.D., director of the U-M Functional Neuroimaging, Cognitive and Mobility Laboratory.

Setting the scene for Week 2 with all our previews, picks and live coverage: • Saturday: LIVE UPDATES statewide | Results & links • Friday: Results & links: All the news pics & more PLUS: Is your school nominated as top place to see a game? NEW: CONFERENCE SCHEDULES/SCOREBOARDS • Big North Conference • Cape-Atlantic League…

September 17, 2015

Bill Donohue comments on Charlie Hebdo cartoons mocking the drowning of a little Syrian refugee boy:

 Who but Charlie Hebdo would find the tragic drowning death of a little boy funny? The French magazine, notorious for its vile offenses against the sacred beliefs of Muslims, Christians and Jews, has now published two disgusting cartoons mocking the death of little Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed up on the shores of Turkey during the Syrian refugee exodus.