Van Morrison's Virgo Clowns. Janis Joplin's Down on Me. Melanie's Candles in the Rain. These are three songs of decades past that come to mind whenever I think about the dismal reality of Oldies Radio in this country. Unfortunately, the reason they come to mind is that they are great songs that are never, ever played on the radio!
Oldies Radio in any town in America is all about playing the same forty songs in a perpetual loop. If I had a conspiracy theory bent, I would think they were deliberately trying to kill off interest in the most creative era in popular music history. That is what they are achieving, whether it is their aim or not.
Plenty of decent-but-not-groundbreaking little rock tunes hit Number One. And these are all that are played. Ever. Bachmann Turner Overdrive's Taking Care of Business has probably been played more times than the Star-Spangled Banner. If I hear Pat Benatar's Hit Me With Your Best Shot one more time I am going to hit someone with my best shot.
It is truly tragic to contemplate what is absent from the airwaves. This music is lost, utterly, to the younger generation. And while only the most musically sophisticated people of any generation will care enough to research past sounds, it is a shame how they are made to search and dig and "pan for gold" when it could just be there for them, ready to be explored.
It is most definitely not there for them on Oldies Radio today. Janis Joplin left a wealth of timeless blues and soul rock 'n roll. Today she is known for basically one, count it, one song. Me and Bobby McGee was a fine song, but certainly not her best. It is now played as the sole surviving relic of her career, because it hit Number One, due to being released just after her shocking early death.
Bob Dylan has written over 600 songs, many being of staggering, cosmic poetic power. When are his classics ever played on the radio anymore? Even bands like the Beatles that were imaginative enough to sound fresh after repetitive playing will not have their deeper album tracks on the radio. When was the last time you heard Tomorrow Never Knows on an oldies station?
Subscribing to a satellite radio station for classic rock will bring in a better mix, but you're paying for that, and you're still not hearing even the songs I could name off the top of my head. Web-based classic rock stations seem to be running the same repetitive playlists you will hear on the commercial oldies station during your morning commute.
Does anyone listen to the radio except during the drive to work?
Another big part of the problem is that the creative-breakthrough material of the past is lumped in with the mediocre, run-of-the-mill songs of the time, along with a slew of novelty songs and crappy songs. It truly is like panning for gold to try to find the great nuggets of the musical legacy of the Beatles era. This was the great golden age for popular music in the Western world. Roughly 1964 to 1974, it was dominated by the Beatles even after they broke up. It was a sound of humanity, imagination, and soul.
I mentioned that I am not into conspiracy theories. At the same time, we have to bear in mind that a lot of the 1960s music was anti-war, or "protest rock" of some kind. I would sure hate to think that it is being deliberately suppressed for that reason.
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Very good point. I finally gave up on vintage rock stations and am instead listening to YouTube playlists I put together myself. I'm always on the lookout for lesser known gems to add. You've given me some ideas.


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Dealing with a Recruitment Agency
From dealing with candidates and clients on a daily basis, a common question is how does a recruitment agency actually works. To help address this, I've outlined the recruitment agency process below.
Stage 1: Candidate attraction
Once a recruitment consultant is requested by a client to recruit for a vacancy in their organisation, the consultant will begin searching for the right candidate. Candidate attraction comes in many forms, advertising the vacancy on the agency's website, various national and international jobs boards along with an assortment of social networks. At the same time, the recruitment consultant will activate a search within the agency's database to try and match live candidates to the position.
The recruitment consultant will then compile a shortlist of candidates to contact and inform them of the position, location, salary, benefits, potential start dates etc. If the candidate is interested in the position, the recruitment consultant will conduct an in-depth phone/face to face interview on the candidate to see if they fit the job description as set out by the client.
As a candidate, we advise you to always meet your recruitment consultant in person. It is easier to convey your experience, ambitions and motivations in person than over the phone. Also it is the starting point to building a relationship with your recruitment consultant.
Stage 2: Candidate Submission
Once the recruitment consultant is satisfied that the candidate is a good match for the role, the candidate will be submitted to the client.
Stage 3: Interview Process & Feedback
Once the consultant receives responses from the client, they will inform their candidate as to whether they were successful in reaching the next stage or not.
Unsuccessful candidates will return to the consultant's active pipeline and will be provided with feedback. Candidates successfully called for interview will be informed by the consultant of the interview details (Location, Time, and Interviewer). At this point the consultant will also prepare the candidate for interview covering potential questions, dress code etc.
From CV submission to first round interview it usually takes one week to hear back from the client. Once the interview is complete feedback will be provided and second round interviews will be conducted on successful candidates.
An important point to note is that depending on the client, the time taken to give feedback on candidates may vary from client to client due to clients internal procedures.
Stage 4: Offer & Acceptance
Once final round interviews are complete an offer will be made. Offers are always dependant on the successful completion of references checks which will be conducted by the recruitment consultant. Once the reference check is complete and successful the candidate is formally offered the position. The recruitment consultant will manage the offer and negotiation stage on behalf of the client.
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Companies who failed to innovate or tweak their processes to suit the demand of the market felt a larger impact than companies who remained agile and changed quickly depending on the market demands. Consumers have moved dramatically toward online channels during the pandemic, so companies are having to create digital or digitally enhanced offerings in response. Cybersecurity Unsurprisingly with the adoption of remote work and the planning for transition to the next "normal", we have seen huge demand for infrastructure and security professionals which we foresee continuing in 2021. As organisations pivoted to work from home models, security engineers rushed to establish secure connections and prevent network threats that targeted remote workers. At the same time, with the surge in online shopping and e-commerce transactions, they had to bolster their organisation's e-commerce platforms. 2021 will see organisations continue to increase their spend on cybersecurity as companies look to how they will operate in a post-pandemic world. With many organisations such as Google planning for a "Hybrid" work-from-home model, i.e. employees working a few days in the office and a few at home, network security will be a priority. MedTech, Life Sciences and Healthcare Given how health has never been more in focus than it has been in the past year, it is perhaps no surprise that there has been a huge demand for IT professionals in the wider health industry. MedTech and Life Sciences companies are continually developing new and innovative treatments and consequentially developing technologies to enable this. We have seen an increase in demand of more "hybrid roles" such as IT professionals with experience working specifically within class 1 medical devices fields. Biotech and digital transformation within gene cell therapy in particular is set to be a large growth area for 2021. Connected health is set to be a large growth area for 2021 also, as medical practices are forced to digitize and with telehealth being forecast to grow exponentially. Candidate-led Market Despite the initial dip in March 2020, the market very much remains candidate driven. Particularly now as candidates are no longer bound to jobs within commuting distance of the office. Regional talent pools have flourished as candidates who would have worked in major cities, now have the opportunity to work remotely meaning they can move to their preferred location and still do the same job on the same salary as before. Regional companies also benefited as they are now able to tap into larger talent pools due to remote working practices. Perhaps what has been most surprising about 2020, is that salaries have stayed relatively stable, but candidates have been seeking increases in their packages over base. With the increase in remote working opportunities, candidates are no longer distracted by "bells and whistles" (free food, ping pong tables etc.) and instead are more interested in actual projects, technologies being used and career growth and progression. Therefore, our advice to employers is consider how you are marketing your positions. Contractors We saw in our 2020 Q3 survey findings that many businesses looked to Contractors to fill gaps in their teams while coping with the uncertainty in the market due to COVID-19. From recent discussions with our clients this trend is likely to continue in 2021. 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Indykpol S.A. ist einer der größten polnischen Geflügelwarenhersteller und der größte Putenwarenhersteller des Landes. Strukturell handelt es sich um eine Unternehmensgruppe, deren Muttergesellschaft Indykpol S.A. in Olsztyn sitzt und an der Warschauer Wertpapierbörse notiert ist.

Indykpol wurde 1991 in Olsztyn als privates Nachfolgeunternehmen der staatlichen Geflügelverarbeitungsbetriebe gegründet. 1993 wurde das Unternehmen in eine Aktiengesellschaft umgewandelt und am 12. Oktober 1994 zum ersten Mal an der Warschauer Börse gehandelt.

Zum Unternehmen gehören in Polen Produktionsstätten in Olsztyn und Lublin sowie ein Putenhaltungszentrum in Frednowy. Eldrob ist eine Tochtergesellschaft mit Sitz in Świebodzin, weitere gibt es in Deutschland und Russland.

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Fleischwarenhersteller
Geflügelwirtschaft
Organisation (Olsztyn)
Unternehmen (Woiwodschaft Ermland-Masuren)
Lebensmittelhersteller (Polen)
Gegründet 1991
Unternehmen (Viehwirtschaft)

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Acidul mandelic este un alfa-hidroxiacid aromatic cu formula chimică C6H5CH(OH)CO2H. Este un solid cristalin solubil în apă și în solvenți organici polari.

Izolare și obținere

Izolare
Acidul mandelic a fost descoperit în anul 1831 de către farmacistul german Ferdinand Ludwig Winckler (1801–1868), în urma încălzirii cu acid clorhidric a amigdalinei, dintr-un extract de migdale amare. Denumirea acidului provine de la cuvântul din  (migdală). Derivați de acid mandelic (acidul vanilmandelic) se formează ca urmare a metabolizării adrenalinei și noradrenalinei în prezența monoamin-oxidazei (MAO) și a catecol-O-metil-transferazei (COMT).

Obținere
Acidul mandelic se obține de obicei în urma hidrolizei în mediu acid a nitrilului mandelic, care este cianhidrina benzaldehidei. Nitrilul mandelic se mai poate prepara prin reacția benzaldehidei cu bisulfit de sodiu, urmată de reacția cu cianură de sodiu; la final, se aplică hidroliza acidă:

Metode alternative de preparare presupun hidroliza bazică a acidului fenil-cloroacetic și a dibromoacetofenonei. O altă cale este încălzirea cu alcalii a fenilglioxalului.

Utilizări

Acidul mandelic a fost utilizat pentru multă vreme ca antiseptic urinar. De asemenea, a fost utilizat ca antidiabetic oral și a fost un constituent al tratamentelor pentru exfoliere facială (similar altor alfa-hidroxiacizi). Există și unii esteri ai acidului mandelic utilizați ca medicamente, de exemplu homatropina.

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Vezi și
 Amigdalină
 Homatropină
 Hexametilentetramină

Hidroxiacizi


Delighted to be invited to take part in the blog tour for Wolf Boy today by G.D Sammon.
I actually really enjoy getting a book for Ollie to review as it means that we read it together getting some great quality reading time together and also, it means that I get to read a genre that I wouldn't normally read but do actually really enjoy.
And this was one such book. A brilliantly written fantasy adventure which follows Connor's life after the mysterious death of his father and the onset of blindness. However, he can see in his mind and the incredibly vivid descriptions make the world in his wardrobe come alive and really captivated Ollie. It's a gripping, really well paced read, aimed I believe at 10-14 year olds but I blooming loved it too and it was so full of action that it kept us interested and we couldn't wait to read more.
Connor was such an awesome character that Ollie really enjoyed reading about. He had lots of obstacles to overcome, with grief, a house move and going along to therapy as well as blindness and was a really interesting fella to read.
We thoroughly enjoyed reading Wolf Boy and would definitely look out for more by this author.
Because Connor had been struck blind by the shock, yet somehow he could still see – with his mind. Connor had experienced a series of waking nightmares in his room. Creatures battled under his bed at night, and the yellow glowing eyes of a wolf glared at him from his wardrobe doors. One night Connor decided to investigate the wolf in the wardrobe, taking him on a fantastic adventure to a world dominated by wolf people, in constant battle with hideous forest creatures led by a cruel human.
Gerry Sammon is a journalist and former newspaper editor based in Bolton, Lancashire.
From September 2015 he has been a tutor in Media Law at News Associates in Manchester, an award-winning private training provider, tutoring trainee journalists in media law and ethics. He also teaches media law to students at Manchester Metropolitan University, and at the University of Central Lancashire based in Preston.
He has travelled widely, both for business and on family holidays.
The idea for Wolf Boy came from a dream my daughters used to have when they were small children. The elder daughter would dream there was a wolf in the wardrobe (this is how our adventure begins in Wolf Boy), and my youngest daughter had a dream that a crocodile lived under her bed.


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Tag: Press freedom
Cry Freedom
"We are not targeting reporters. We are targeting national security offences," said Steve Li, the head of the national security department. The Stand News office was raided, and three men and four women were arrested on suspicion of "conspiracy to publish seditious publications". Wednesday's assault on press freedom has had its echo in distant Germany and the rights office of the United Nations in Geneva
A grim year for journalists
The 2021 press freedom index released recently by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) makes for grim reading. The report reveals that 488 journalists were detained in 2021 – an increase of 20 per cent compared to the previous year – while a total of 46 were killed and 65 held hostage. Of those detained, 60 were women (33 per cent higher than 2020).
Press pressure
Journalists in Pakistan, one of the most dangerous countries in the world to report from, see the legislation as a blatant attempt to curtail the independence of the media.
Diplomatic missions to Myanmar underscore need for press freedom
More than 80 journalists have been detained since a February 1 coup by the military, more than half of whom remain in custody, reports DPA news agency.
Red lines expand as Hong Kong's Press suffers
The chilling effects of Beijing's new National Security Law for Hong Kong are being felt most by journalists, says YUEN CHAN
Threats, Repression to Press freedom biggest hurdle for new age journalists: Peter Rimmele
The post-graduate diploma certificates in print journalism were distributed among six students of the Statesman Print Journalism School.
IPI award for Dawn journalist Cyril Almeida whose report suggested Pakistan Army role in 26/11 attacks
IPI gives this award to journalists "who have made significant contributions to the promotion of press freedom, particularly in the face of great personal risk"
ANN expresses concern for press freedom in Philippines following arrest of Rappler's Maria Ressa
ANN said that Ressa's arrest "on grounds that raise concern, violates the freedom that media organisations need to have, to play their part as a key pillar of functioning democracies".
Nepal's clampdown on Press freedoms
Nepal's government has become more highhanded with regard to freedom of expression and press freedom. It ignored the amendment to the criminal code and its procedures. The code's provisions relating to national security, social security, law and order, hate speech, blasphemy, obscenity and pornography and social harmony, press freedom and freedom of expression (FOE) are …
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Dhaka and digital absolutism
On September 19, Bangladesh passed the latest iteration of its digital policy. Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar, who proposed the Digital Security Bill 2018 to the parliament, called it a "historic" and "heavenly" law, compared to digital laws in other countries. He also made a cryptic reference to a "digital war" in the …
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US President vs Press
The fact that at least 350 media entities in the United States of America ran editorials last Thursday condemning Donald Trump's inbuilt aversion towards and consistent attack on the Press is in itself testament to the freedom of the media, indeed the bedrock of a vibrant democracy. Not that he is the first US President …
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PM Modi targets Congress: 'Their mentality now is the same as it was during Emergency'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Ramnath Goenka, Kuldip Nayar and The Statesman for standing up against the restrictions on press freedom in days of the Emergency.
Death of Heroism
The gesture was more than a customary ritual; there is no mistaking the pregnant symbolism. When fellow journalists lit candles on Monday in front of a photograph of AFP's photographer, Shah Marai, in Kabul, the professionals in a daunting terrain were mourning a militant outrage, most particularly on Press freedom and society in the wider …
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PM Modi hails journalists, social media users for upholding press freedom
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the journalistic community and praised their relentless efforts to ensure press freedom on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.
Press freedom down, 3 journalists killed in 2018: Report
All three journalists killed in the January-April period were mowed down by vehicles.
Zip it up
Adistinction must be drawn between an "announcement" at a press conference and the carrying-out of any action or threat made public to be media. The police in Lucknow clearly jumped the gun recently when invoking the legal provision of "apprehending a breach of the peace" to detain members of a Dalit group even before they …
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Journalists uncomfortable with Bhutan's press freedom rank
The Reporters Without Borders' recent press freedom ranking has caused a stir among those working in the mainstream media industry. Bhutan jumped 10 places in the Reporters Without Borders' rankings last year even as journalists continued their complaints about the industry's worsening state. The country shot 30 places in the past three years, ranking 84 …
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Is it possible to be fit and overweight?
If you exercise and are overweight you are better off health-wise than if you are thin and idle. Achieving cardiovascular fitness through exercise means obese persons can have better health outcomes than lean people who do not exercise.
Unfortunately the primary goal is often weight loss and that is not enough incentive for many new exercisers to keep up their fitness endeavours. Possibly because it doesn't achieve their objective quickly or perhaps they feel they should lose weight first before starting to seriously exercise. Along with the battle of the bulge lies the battle of restrictive thinking.
To 'exercise' does not mean jumping up off the couch one day and having to participate in some heavy activity like lacrosse, soccer, or transforming into a muscle bound bodybuilder.
Exercise encompasses all physical activity and could include walking, cycling, and swimming. Any activity can be quickly adapted into our lives. Walking down to the shops, gardening, playing golf (no electric cart), dancing, and housework are forms of physical activity that all count towards a healthy, active you.
Being overweight does not bar you from participating at the gym or a local sports center.
If you think you will feel self-conscious or look like a neophyte or you are concerned about not being able to participate. Take a moment to inquire into the facilities available.
Likely there is swimming, aqua aerobics, static bicycles, rowing machines, beginners exercise classes and many other activities designed specifically for the novice exerciser.
Embrace physical activity as a means to health and cardiovascular fitness as opposed to just using it as a weight loss tool and free your mind from all your old negative thinking habits. Once you become more active you may wish to continue to increase your level of fitness.
If walking is one way you had chosen to become more fit you can use a pedometer to track your participation. It will encourage you to hit those 10000 steps Pedometers can be found online and at most retail and fitness stores. Basic models cost less than $20.
It measures how many steps you are taking, adds them up and tells you at the end of the day how many steps and how far you walked. A common goal is 10,000 steps each day to help maintain a healthy level of physical activity.
If you're curious about calories burned or want the ability to upload your walking data to electronically track the numbers, you might prefer a fancier model.
A pedometer provides customized feedback on your activity level and a reminder to keep walking. Look for one with a display monitor you can read in different types of lighting without your reading glasses. Choose a lightweight model to fit on the type of clothing you usually wear.
Be sure to get one that comes with a sturdy clip and a security strap to hold the pedometer in place.
Start by wearing your pedometer throughout the day for three consecutive days. Add the total number of steps for each of the three days together and divide by three. This gives you a starting point so you can start setting short- and long-term goals.
A short-term goal might be to add a certain number of steps to your daily routine and a long-term goal might be to walk 10,000 steps a day or make 3,000 of your daily steps fast paced. Use your pedometer to set and track realistic goals based on your fitness level. Remember; whatever your goals, take them one step at a time.


Yikes. It seems that winter has finally arrived and the cold weather is here to stay. That means it's time to pull out the warm jackets, cozy socks and all of the other bulky items that winter entails. It also means that it's time to put a few more items into your daily beauty routine.
Unfortunately, winter brings bogged down hair, dry skin, and chapped lips, just to name a few. That means a few extra minutes every day trying to keep yourself from turning into a sad, dry mess and ultimately, a total winter-hater. With only a few extra minutes every day, here are some great tips to keep your skin, hair and overall self feeling mildly better about the brisk winter air.
Shampoo Less: If you are able, this is one tip that really helps throughout the dry, winter season. By shampooing everyday, you deplete the natural oils of your hair, making it more prone to breakage, static cling, and overall damage. The air outside steals the moisture from your hair, and by taking away its defense mechanisms, you can cause irreparable problems throughout more than just the cold months. If you are worried about greasy hair, dry shampoos are a great option as well. If all else fails, at least it's hat season!
Remember to Moisturize: This seems obvious, but many people forget to quench their dry skin's thirst at least twice a day in the winter. After a shower, in the morning before getting dressed, before bed each night; whenever you get the chance, make sure to slather yourself in an oil-based lotion. These have properties that help to lock in the moisture and keep your skin from drying out for longer. If you can, wear socks and gloves to bed to keep the moisture in even longer, preventing dry and cracked skin.
Use Lip Balms: It's tempting to use your pretty lipsticks and shiny glosses all winter long, but you first need to get acquainted with a great balm. Keep your lips from getting chapped by always applying before leaving the house, and slathering on a thick layer before bed each night. This helps to moisturize while you sleep, with no of a chance of coming off with your morning coffee!
Keep your showers shorter (and colder!): Sure, it's a nice idea to take a long and hot shower or bath in the winter to warm up and relax. Unfortunately, long showers zap the moisture right out of your skin, and the higher the temperature, the more your natural oils are depleted. Try to keep your morning cleanse shorter than ten minutes and resist the urge to turn the dial to boiling; your skin will thank you for it.
Use dryer sheets: This one is a little trick I love to use. Rub a dryer sheet on your hair before styling, and make sure to use one when drying your clothes on laundry day. They are a great little addition to keep the flyaways down, and the static cling out of everything. Not only will you smell extra fresh, your hair and skin will be extra grateful.
With a few extra minutes every day, you can get through winter mildly unscathed. I promise, those minutes will be worth it in the spring time!


Going out for Mexican is great and all, but it's just as easy and way more cost-effective to make it at home. The ever-present rice that accompanies your favorite dish need not be a culinary mystery for your home cooking.
In figuring this recipe out, I had a breakthrough. You can make a giant pot of restaurant-style Mexican rice enough to feed 10 people with leftovers for the price of one entree in a restaurant. It's true. And you can control how much salt is in it, and if you'd like it spicy or mild.
This was also one of my first experiences with baked rice. Baking rice is now a common practice in my kitchen. Once you get a feel for it, you'll never go back. While you're making your tacos or…margaritas…you can have this rice in the oven, to be perfectly ready when it's time to eat.
All you need is a sturdy, oven-safe pot with a lid and a jar of your favorite salsa. Yes, a jar of salsa. Read on to learn my secret of Mexican rice.
Heat a large Dutch oven or oven-safe pot with a lid over medium heat. Add olive oil and heat until shimmering. Add the onion and saute until softened, about 10-15 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Add rice to the pot, and toast, stirring constantly for about 2 minutes.
Stir in the salsa, chicken stock and salt and bring just to a boil. Put the lid on the pot and put it in the oven. Bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and stir the rice to fluff it a bit. Stir in the corn.
Depending on how spicy you want your rice, use either mild, medium or hot salsa. I usually use mild or medium.
To keep this rice vegan, substitute vegetable broth instead of chicken broth.
I made this rice for company last week, and it was amazing! Thanks for the recipe, i will be making this again and again!!!
I have updated the recipe to show it's uncooked rice and the approximate serving size. This recipe makes a lot of rice! Enjoy!
M.J., so glad you enjoyed it!
this is my new favorite rice. I put this recipe up against any restaurant style rice, and so EASY too!
Money saving tip. It also works great with a can of mexican diced tomatoes instead of a jar of salsa.


With the school year just beginning, now is a good time to start thinking about how the new federal tax law could impact your family and educational plans.
The new law – passed in December 2017 – increases the child tax credit to $2,000 per qualifying child; $1,400 of this amount is refundable. The law also adds a $500 nonrefundable credit for qualifying dependents other than children. More importantly, the law increases the phase-out for the child tax credit. That number has risen from $110,000 to $400,000 for married taxpayers filing a joint return, and from $75,000 to $200,000 for other taxpayers.
Education benefits such as the student loan interest deduction, education credits, exclusion for savings bond interest, and tuition waivers for graduate students remain intact.
Qualified education expenses of a 529 account are expanded to include up to $10,000 per year for a child's elementary and secondary education.
More than ever, this year it is important to be having discussions with your tax professional about how the new tax law impacts your finances and your family.
Contact: Mr. Rincon is a partner with Osborne Rincon, CPAs in La Quinta. He can be reached at (760)777-9805 or princon@osbornerincon.com.
About: Pedro T. Rincon, CPA, CVA has over 20 years of experience in accounting with an extensive background in providing accounting and tax services for agriculture, construction, distribution, hospitality and not-for-profit entities.


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Q: Two Raid-1 arrays in a single system? I'm building a Raid array for the first time in my system and I have a question regarding having multiple Raid-1 arrays in a single Win 7 system.
I'm a bit of an organizational freak with my data and I currently have two separate hard drives I want to mirror. The new motherboard I'm looking to buy supports Raid, so my questions are:

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*Can I have more than one Raid-1 array in a single system?

*Would I have to buy a separate controller for the second array?

A: If you have 4 sata slots and a raid chip on the motherboard, chances are that you can have 2 mirrored arrays.
Instead of having 4 drives just buy 2 larger ones and partition them once they are mirrored. That way you will save space in the case and a little bit of energy :)

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Amy and Yoga Therapy Practicum Supervision - Amy Wheeler, Ph.D.
Amy is very excited to announce that the next few years she will be focusing on one-on-one mentoring for Yoga Therapy practicum supervision. Amy loves working with students one-on-one and helping them to review their case studies of their own clients. You may bring 1-5 client cases to each lesson for us to review. Amy will set up a Web-Ex so that she can review the files on the screen, if you like. Otherwise Amy and student can just talk through each case together to give ideas on how best to serve your yoga therapy clients.
Amy has reserved 3-5 days per month to do private lessons on Skype. Below is a link that will allow you to schedule appointments up to 90 days in advance.
You will be asked to pay at the time you schedule the lesson. If you should need to cancel, please do so by giving me at least 48-hour notice. This will allow me to fill in the spot from the waiting list. You can use the credit for a lesson at another time.
Each lesson will take 55 minutes. Please call Amy at 909-338-9850 or Skype Amy at the time of your lesson. If I do not answer, it is because Amy is finishing with the previous lesson. Amy will always make sure that she is available for you at your scheduled start time. Amy's Skype name is HealingYoga Institute. You will need to invite Amy as a contact on Skype if you have not already.
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Kenney in the Henhouse
Phil Burpee - Politics, which is the science and craft of people governing themselves, only has functional meaning when it is dynamic and subject to change within the general evolution of the society within which it occurs. This is why the political life of a liberal democracy is so compelling, because no politician ever really knows what's coming around the next corner and players are forever foraging around in a flux of events and circumstance trying as best they can to read the various entrails and hopefully reap the reward of the votes of the masses. When a society is working well and to the benefit of the vast majority of its citizens, ever-watchful also for the displacement of marginalized folk outside the good life, then politics can and should be a joyous thing, drawing in the best and brightest minds whose sole intent is the betterment of all and the constant distancing from our infantile and brutish past – think Peter Lougheed, T.C. Douglas, Flora MacDonald. That's the glass half full.
But politics can also be a deadening drudge, glazing over the eyes of the voter and creating a miasma of cynicism and apathy. Voter turnout plummets and unscrupulous fixers encourage and propagate this narrative of crooked politicians and useless government in order to disenfranchise that same voter through extinguishing the very desire to vote, thus undermining the very foundation-stone of democracy itself – think Wacky Bennett, King Ralph, Peter McKay. Yes, the glass half empty – with flat beer and a soggy cigarette butt floating around like a bloated fish.
Now, the other thing that must be said about healthy politics is that it must have a clearly perceivable range of viewpoints and options, stemming from well-considered bodies of political philosophy, and providing for the citizen a solid spectrum of choices from which to choose. And though my political sensibilities have always been on the left, I have long enjoyed good argumentation and thoughtful articulation of policy from engaged proponents of principles rather more to the right of centre. Small-c conservatism is filled with sensible and reliable ideas gleaned from centuries of carefulness and resistance to any arbitrary upset of known and tested mechanisms of life and society. This is why bastions of conservatism often find their greatest strength amongst agricultural country folk for whom the vagaries of nature are already sufficiently perilous, and any whiff of radical change is a call for alarm. There are, of course, exceptions to this. It ought to be no surprise, for instance, that the greatest engine of socialist thought and action in this country in the 20th century stemmed from prairie farmers in the 1930s and 1940s whose lives had been ravaged and ruined by a combination of dust-bowl weather patterns and the obscene assaults laid against them by fat-cat bankers and their Tory enablers who stole their land and livelihoods with merciless and usurious mortgage schemes, whereby family farms were foreclosed and given over to agro-industrial interests at ten cents on the dollar. To hell with that! They rose up and sent Tommy Douglas out to do battle – the little preacher and Golden Gloves champ.
Okay – back to the here and now – Alberta 2017. A word to all my sisters and brothers in the Wildrose. First, we, us lefties, beat you fair and square the last time around. Your house was not in order and you hadn't yet fully recovered from the whole Jim and Danielle thing, not to mention all that fooferah a while back about gays burning in lakes of fire and white men being the best managers of a multi-cultural society's concerns, etc. Nice try but no cigar. Now, however, an even greater danger lurks, ready to snatch you up and spit you out like so much chewed cud…..yes…. the Tory Titan is at your door! Mr. Dumpty with his Wrangler wide-fits and back-room shtick is cruising up and down in front of your house in his big pick-up truck yodelling out the window about how nice it would be to get together under a nice big tent to give voice to Conservatives throughout the province and unseat the unholy Notley from the throne with all her socialist, rad/fem underlings and return Power to the righteous and the right. Oh, it's an alluring idea, is it not? Gee – maybe it just might work too – then we could fix everything, axe the tax, free up the marketplace, dig more coal, deregulate whatever's left to deregulate, give the important jobs back to over-fifty white males, and generally re-instate the Golden Age that, sadly, never actually was. Ah, to dream, to dream……..
Well, don't do it sisters and brothers! Resist the temptation! Isn't it all too obvious? Jason Kenney has absolutely no intention whatsoever of being anything but the boss of this road-show. You think he's going to all this effort to just sit in the backseat? I don't think so. You see, the thing is that the Wildrose, if it were to get its head out of its – uh – exhaust pipe for a minute, could actually be a credible voice for the better interests of its constituents, and need not at all be mean or reactionary or just plain dopey like it so often is. And what's the alternative anyway? I'll tell you – the same-ol', same-ol' Tories – that's what. Jason Kenney and his Tory machine, with their corporate cronies and backers, will lurch up zombie-like from out of the ashes of the still-smouldering PC funeral pyre and crush you like vermin. Yikes! Don't let this happen. Drive a stake into the heart of this vicious old beast and stand your ground. Hold to principle! Let these Tory dinosaurs sink once and for all into the steaming swamp of oblivion which they so richly deserve. Kill them off like so much stink weed. This is the moment!
There will be a price, of course. Notley will win again and you will remain Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. However, with the Tories toast, other than perhaps a pitiful rump caucus, she might be held to a minority and you might actually get some leverage in the legislature, instead of just barking at the moon like you've been doing. This could give you the opportunity to actually speak to the better interests of all your fellow Albertans, and not merely blather on about unrealistic what-ifs – nobody's bringing back the thirty-five cent gallon of gas. So quit spinning your wheels. Ditch the super-creepy Fildebrandt and his coterie of half-wits and dog-whistlers and leave him to set off into the political wilderness with his followers to establish a far-right fringe that can scrabble around in the boonies like so many rabid mutts. This will leave the Wildrose to become a centre-right movement, just as the NDP has moved to the centre-left, and which can realistically consider some future access to power, espousing principles of decency, common sense, prudence and fiscal conservatism instead of the fog-horning noise we currently hear from Mr. Jean which amounts to nothing much other than vilifying the NDP on any and all fronts – no matter that much of what they are doing is long overdue and entirely appropriate to the times.
But first – rebuff these conniving Tories. This is essential. As Larry Zolf once quipped about the federal NDP's take on the prospect of getting in coalition cahoots with the Liberals – "Like having oral sex with a shark." It's the same here. Kenney and the PCs will cheat you, lie to you, undermine you, and generally leave you with your heads spinning as they take the ball and run. They will lead you to the alter and bolt, leaving the hapless Wildrose to contemplate its withered corsage as the wily Kenney bombs up the highway in a cloud of blue Tory smoke.
You know, there's an old adage attributed to the great military tactician Clausewitz – "No plan survives contact with the enemy." Pithy words. But I think 'Iron' Mike Tyson hit it more squarely – "Everybody's got a plan till they get punched in the mouth."
I'm telling you – open your eyes here. These filthy old Tories know no shame when it comes to subterfuge and fork-tongued sweet-talk. During their forty-four years in power they managed to turn Alberta from a hopeful land filled with hard-working dreamers into a basket-case of fiscal impropriety and lost opportunity. They pissed it all away and gave it to the rich and the absent – and right out in broad daylight too. Show them no mercy, I say, dear Wildrosers – finish them off like the sick animal they are. Pull up your socks, folks, and join the twenty-first century. Be as conservative as you like and make your pitch to the voters. But stop this foolishness of thinking you can deal with the soulless, vacant-eyed snapping turtle that lives at the core of Tory perfidy.
Notley's got your number, and she's sharp and bold to boot. If you don't like what she's doing then make your case otherwise – but without the knee-jerk sound-bites that make you sound like so many little Trumpettes. Show some spine here – don't weaken. The fox is at the henhouse door. Get out the .410 and dust his fancy tail all the way out to the road and gone. There's little time left. Jason is throwing pebbles up at your bedroom window. And there's a knock, knock, knockin' at your front door.
…….buc-buc-buc-buc-CAAAWWWW!..........
Phil Burpee


There's no doubt about it, blogging is huge. But don't take my word for it, let's look at the numbers. On blogging platform WordPress there are almost seventy million blogs, which are read by 360 million people each month. There's even more blogs on the Tumblr (over 100 million as of April 2013) and Livejournal platforms (approximately 62 million blog sites as of April 2013). While blogging may not hug the headlines as much as social media, the online writing format continues to grow. By the end of 2011, NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey company, was tracking over 181 million blogs worldwide, compared to only 36 million in 2006.
Similarly, blogging has become one of the most popular tools among corporations in a number of geographies. Research by the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts has pointed to growth across both the Fortune 500 and the Inc. 500 in 2012. Forty-four percent of Inc. 500 companies, the fastest publicly-firms in America, were blogging, while twenty-eight percent of America's largest publicly-listed firms had a corporate blog. The most interesting statistic was that sixty-three percent of CEOs of companies who did blog contributed personally to content.
It's fair to say that the Middle East corporate world, and the Gulf in particular, doesn't share this same level of enthusiasm for blogging. Few publicly-listed companies have a blog – we're literally talking a handful – and even those blogs that are online are rarely updated.
While it's hard to speculate on the reasons why so few CEOs blog here, the one assumption that I'd make is either they don't feel a need to communicate with their stakeholders or they don't want to reveal information through a medium such as a blog (this subject does need more research, but the lack of blogging here maybe reflects a wider lack of understanding of digital communications).
For a pastime that was once considered on the fringe of journalism, blogging is a pivotal online media channel for breaking news, sharing content and developing an audience. Blogs are often quoted in the media and it allows a corporation to control the message and yet promote a healthy dialogue with its internal and external stakeholders.
There are many reasons for starting a corporate blog, but we're going to focus on the five basics which should underline to your chief executive officer the value in having a blog for your company and including blogging as part of our communications strategy.
We all want and sometimes need more information, and yet corporations often keep too much of a lid on what external stakeholders see and know. A blog allows you to let others look inside the company and give them a better understanding of any and every issue you care to tackle, from sustainability to product development and customer relations.
The benefit of transparency is increased trust. Your (potential) customer base should better understand why you do what you do. Customers and investors will feel much better informed and they may be more willing to buy your product and invest in your company.
However, don't take transparency to mean republishing your press releases in a different format. Some of the most successful corporate blogs are those that take a nuanced approach, that tackle the good and the bad. The less biased you are, the more likely you are to be trusted when publishing a blog.
Corporations are often seen as soul-less, grey worlds. And the same can often be said for a corporation's communications approach; the bland press releases, the staid web-site which rarely seems to be updated. As people we all thrive on interaction and dialogue and that's why blogs are so successful. They're your corporation's personal voice, a voice that need not use corporate-speak and jargon but instead adopt a tone that is more informal and conversational.
Your blog will need a face. It could be the CEO or another senior person. But a blog doesn't need to be written by an executive. Some of the most insightful blogs are written by product managers, researchers and others who are passionate enough to make what they are saying interesting.
The beauty of blogging is that you don't need to stay on message all the time. You can write about diverse topics which don't need to be about the company. Customers will see through marketing pitches so step away from the self-promotion. Instead, offer human insights into recent events, industry news and other related information. Let your customers know more about you than just your product line-up and they'll begin to become more loyal to your brand.
Unlike many other forms of communication, blogs are there to receive feedback as well as to be a voice for the company. When you engage readers and respond to dialogue – both positive and negative – you'll be doing much more than just promoting your company.
Blogs are a great way to test the water, to understand your customers' perception on certain issues. And even if the comments are negative, at least you'll know what your customers are thinking and be able to respond and bring them back on board. Get talking on a blog and even those stakeholders who may not agree with your company's strategy will appreciate your efforts to talk with and about these issues in a forum that allows for and encourages debate.
4) Drive that web traffic!
Want a business reason for blogging that your sales team can measure? How about the web traffic that a blog will drive to your site. Many web engines such as Google rank sites based on content, on relevance and popularity. A blog that is updated regularly, that has content that is popular and that links to other sites you'll find your own corporate site being ranked much higher by search engines such as Google. Once your own blogging site has become established you'll find others linking to you, which will further propel your blog to the top of the search rankings and towards the nirvana of a first page listing.
The beauty of communicating on your own site is that you can analyze your visitor statistics, to understand where your visitors are coming from, what they're doing on your blog, what they're using to read your blog (are they viewing your blog on a PC, a tablet or a mobile?) and how they're reaching your site. The beauty of web analytics is that the more you have, the better you can make your blog and improve your visitor numbers. From there you can start defining your blog's goals and measure your goal conversion, review how you're promoting your blog and understand which topics and keywords are the most successful in driving traffic to your site.
Unlike traditional public relations metrics, online measurement tools are instant and can give you a full picture of what you're doing right and how you can improve your blogging outreach. Blogging technologies are evolving but don't feel daunted by the technological challenge. Blogging can be simple enough to begin with, and most blogging platforms have their own in-built analytics to help you out.
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In El Cajon 58% of the housing is rented out compared to 42% of homes are owned, according to the most recent Census Bureau estimates. 14% of El Cajon's apartments are found in large buildings of 50 units or more, 69% are located in smaller apartment complexes with less than 50 units, and 15% are single-family rentals.
What do typical apartment communities look like in El Cajon, CA?
The average age of rental buildings in El Cajon is 43 years old, with 2% being newer apartment buildings completed since 2000. The average height of apartment buildings in the city is 2 stories, of which 89% are garden-style apartment communities, 1.0% are mid-sized buildings, and none are high-rises. These characteristics describe large-scale apartment communities of 50 apartments or more.
What apartment floorplans are common in El Cajon, CA?
Rental apartments in El Cajon come in a range of sizes and floorplans. Studio apartments represent 1.0% of units for rent, ideal for singles, renters on a budget and people who value central locations more than space. Rentals with 1-bedroom floorplans make up 38% of the total apartments in the city, while 2-bedroom floorplans represent around 54% of all rentals in El Cajon. The rest are larger floorplans with 3 bedrooms or more, typically preferred by families, larger households or roommates sharing space.
Renter's guide to El Cajon, CA
Located in Southern California, and just 15 miles north of the Mexican border, the city El Cajon, otherwise known as "The Big Box", is fenced by rolling mountains and lush, green valley landscapes. As such, its residents enjoy a pleasant valley lifestyle that is still within close proximity to the beaches.
El Cajon is the fifth largest city in San Diego County, approximately 16 miles northeast from Chula Vista, CA (home of the US Olympic Training Center), 44 miles southeast of Oceanside, CA (and its premium fishing spots), and 21 miles northeast of San Diego's world-famous beaches.
At the same time, El Cajon is about 25 times smaller than San Diego (with a fraction of the population), 3 times smaller than Chula Vista (which has more than double the population of El Cajon), and about 1/3rd the size of Oceanside (which has about twice as many people).
Unlike most of California, El Cajon's climate is extremely mild, which results in pleasant weather year-round. Summers are sunny and somewhat humid, averaging 76°F. Autumns average 69°F and has an extended period of summery weather before taking a slight dip. Winters average 56°F and never get snow. Springs are warm and agreeable, averaging 64°F.
Tips for renting in El Cajon, CA
If you are moving to El Cajon from San Diego to get away from the crowds, then head to Fletcher Hills. This is one of El Cajon's quieter areas with a tightknit community. You'll also be within close proximity to the area's bountiful beaches and enchanting nature trails.
Under San Diego County law, tenants are legally responsible for their guests' behavior, and may be fined if emergency services are required on behalf of a guest. Also, if you plan to have a waterbed, know that you are legally required to have a renter's insurance plan that covers at least $100,000 in damages.
El Cajon, CA demographics
103,249Total Population
52,532 Female
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35Median Age
El Cajon, CA has a population of 103,249 according to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. 52,532 of El Cajon's residents are women and 50,717 are men. The median age of those who live in El Cajon, CA is 35.
Living in El Cajon, CA
If you want to know what's it like living in El Cajon, then imagine a pleasant climate year-round, a tidy suburban atmosphere, and an abundance of recreational entertainment for an accurate depiction. They're also three pros of moving to El Cajon. However, overcrowding from a rapid population growth is one main cons of living in El Cajon for some.
The dense population brings with it a plethora of diversity, as evidenced by the multitude of art galleries and cultural events in the downtown area, and the clean parks in El Cajon. In 2013, El Cajon won the Achievement Award from the California Park and Recreation Society for its diverse range of parks and recreational programs. Most importantly, however, El Cajon was ranked as one of the "Best Suburbs to Raise a Family in San Diego" for 2016 based on a recent study using exemplary data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other federal agencies.
El Cajon, CA households
23,978 Family
9,518 Non-family
13,155 Children
20,341 No Children
33,496Total Number of Households
3.01Average People Per Household
$56,367Median Household Income
According to U.S. Census data, there are 33,496 households in El Cajon, CA. 23,978 are family households and 9,518 are non-family households. There are 13,155 households with children in El Cajon and 20,341 households without children. On average, about 3.01 people live in a household in El Cajon, CA.
Things to do in El Cajon, CA
The city's treasured recreational parks are the most beautiful places in El Cajon. If you're looking for things to do with kids, then give them some skateboards (and safety pads) and hit the ramps at Kennedy Park, or bring your beloved dog to the off-leash area of Wells Park.
For shopping, be sure to visit the boutiques in downtown El Cajon, as well as the Parkway Plaza, which has a host of department stores (such as Sears) and dining establishments–though you may be able to find cheaper goods at the local Walmart, Target, and Home Depot.
When you get hungry, El Cajon has plenty of basic chains such as Little Caesars and Pizza Hut, but for the best restaurants in El Cajon, check out the authentic Mexican flavors at Por Favor, the Mediterranean tastes at Greek Chicken, and Wings and Things–El Cajon's very own local chicken franchise.
Couples' attractions & points of interest in El Cajon include the plush seats and extra wide screens at the Regal Cinema, and the scrumptious frozen treats at the Yogurt Mill (check out the leaning tower replica while you're there). Or, starting on the last day of September, you can join in on the sudsy fun and live music at the annual El Cajon Oktoberfest!
If you're looking for free things to do, the local El Cajon animal shelter is always accepting volunteers (and you can pick up supplies at Petsmart), or freely browse the quiet and comfortable El Cajon public library. As for things with the family, start with the all-in-one bowling alley, billiards, and laser tag facilities at Parkway Bowl.
El Cajon, CA employment & economy
While El Cajon is a short commute away from the manufacturing hub of San Diego, it is somewhat of a manufacturing city itself. Taylor Guitars, Whirl Wind Propellers, and Norman Motorsports all based in El Cajon. Aside from that, El Cajon enjoys a small but thriving publishing industry with Sunbelt Publications, an important economic staple since 1984.
Education in El Cajon, CA
El Cajon's population benefits from a fair share of accredited academic institutions. The Grossmont College recently won a Chet DeVore award for its comprehensive athletics program, and the El Cajon Valley High School is experiencing its highest Academic Performance Index ever. The Cuyamaca College was recently named in a $2 million grant (among other local community colleges).
El Cajon, CA education statistics
The level of education of the population of El Cajon, CA is as follows: 8% have no high school education, 35% completed some high school, 30% partially completed college, 8% have an Associate Degree, 14% have a Bachelor Degree, and 6% have a Graduate Degree.
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Tracking Viruses From Animals To People
Published September 7, 2012 at 1:38 PM EDT
IRA FLATOW, HOST:
I'm Ira Flatow. This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. We're going to talk now about West Nile virus, it showed up in 48 states, reports in viruses in either people or birds or mosquitoes, and it's not exactly clear just why the virus is so widespread this year or why the state of Texas has been particularly hard-hit.
It's also not the only instance of a virus crossing from animals to humans and causing problems this summer, with visitors to one Yosemite campground exposed to the hantavirus carried by mice. And there's a discovery of a previously unknown tick-borne virus in Missouri. A lot of really interesting animal-to-human transmission going on this year.
And joining me now to talk about it is Maria Diuk-Wasser. She is assistant professor of epidemiology, of microbial diseases, at Yale School of Public Health New Haven. Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY.
DR. MARIA DIUK-WASSER: Thank you, Ira, I'm glad to be here.
FLATOW: Thank you. Is this surprising to you, too, as a virus expert?
DIUK-WASSER: It's actually not that surprising. I mean, we have - I mean, viruses can emerge and have emerged in history. This particular year yet seems to be - you know, there's been this new virus in ticks, which is new, but the other viruses have been here for a - West Nile virus has been here for a few years.
The particularly high levels of this year are somewhat surprising, but, you know, there's a few possible explanations, although nothing is certain, really, of why this particular year.
FLATOW: Well, what would be the possible explanations?
DIUK-WASSER: Well, the weather this year has been particularly - the winter has been very mild, and then there's been a pretty wet spring and then a pretty hot summer. And that are the ideal conditions, really, for this particular mosquito species, the house mosquito that tends to like those conditions.
They basically - the water in the spring will allow breeding, and then the heat will allow the development of the mosquitoes, and also they like very organic matter. So if the water dries out a little, and you have very - you know, puddles, very dirty water, that definitely increases the production of this mosquito.
We don't know for sure if that's the reason, but the conditions kind of fit, you know.
FLATOW: Right, right. What is the life cycle of the disease? How does it get spread around?
DIUK-WASSER: So the disease gets spread between the mosquitoes on the birds and back to mosquitoes, back to birds. So it's a cycle in nature. It just cycles, you know, between a large number of mosquito species, actually, and a large number of birds.
So it really gets to people only occasionally, quote-unquote. When you get a mosquito that bites a bird, gets infected from a bird and then bites a human. So that's only for mosquitoes that really like to bite both birds and humans, which is not all the mosquitoes.
So that's one of the mysteries of this disease, is how it really - in some cases you may get a lot of virus in nature, but you don't get enough of this jumping to humans, so you don't see it. It's kind of - we call it enzootic, in nature only.
FLATOW: Wow, so there must be a lot of research. So it must be a very hot area of research with a lot of funding going on.
DIUK-WASSER: Yeah, actually not very well-funded, unfortunately. I mean, unfortunately, the way this cycle goes with some of these diseases, it was really - you know, got a lot of attention when it first started, and it was introduced in 1999, and then it moved through the states up to 2003. And that was a huge alert. Everybody was watching.
But it's been going somewhat down for a few years, and it's been - kind of fell off the attention. So unfortunately, you know, there's been a big drop in the funding for it and the research. So we're kind of unprepared to - for this, in a way.
I mean, some areas have continued funding, but really it hasn't - you know, it's throughout the whole country. So there's very focal studies in a few areas that have been conducted.
FLATOW: Where does the funding come from that was discontinued?
DIUK-WASSER: Well, mostly CDC funding that has funded - initially there was a big problem. West Nile virus was almost completely cut. So that also funded a lot of state agencies that were partly funded, you know, by the state and partly by CDC. They were also severely cut, so only certain programs can continue doing research on this. There's almost no NIH funding, unfortunately.
There's some NSF funding from one particular program that looks at the ecology of this virus that has funded really interesting research in the Chicago area. But most - you know, it's very hard to get funding to study West Nile, interestingly.
FLATOW: Yeah, it's very interesting. The virus came here from elsewhere, but you don't hear much about it in other countries. Is it different here? Do the birds here not have resistance to it?
DIUK-WASSER: Yeah, there's some debate as to why it is, but, you know, it is so much worse in the U.S. One of the ideas is that the virus has mutated, so the virus that initially came to New York has mutated to a new variant that seems to do a lot better, you know, than the previous one.
So that's been, you know, better adapted just in terms of transmitting the virus. Then the birds of course were not immune at all. They had never encountered that virus. But they were not resistant to it, either. So that was interesting to see that all these birds could get infected. And then as the birds develop immunity, you know, the virus kind of goes down at least for a little bit of time.
But then the birds, you know, the baby birds will not be immune. So then it can come back. So it kind of cycles around. You would expect that, you know, after a year of a lot of virus, you should see a low because most of us are immune. But then it can come back. So that's why we shouldn't, you know, feel OK, we're safe.
You know, we don't know really very well how these cycles are going to go, but it's not surprising that it comes back.
FLATOW: So what about all these spraying efforts? They tell people go indoors, we're spraying your neighborhood this evening.
DIUK-WASSER: Yeah, spraying, it's kind of like a last resort. I mean, ideally we want to control the virus earlier, you know, by controlling the breeding sites. That is an ideal situation, and it's done in some places.
But again, you know, a lot of the cuts or the lack of attention has, you know, reduced that. So you want to go to the breeding sites and, you know, there are some pretty safe larvaecides that can be put in the water, and that is ideal because then you don't get a large population of mosquitoes.
So once epidemic has taken place, that's usually when the agencies get really alarmed and start spraying, and that probably reduces, you know, the number of human cases. But it's a little bit late in the game, unfortunately. You know, in a case like Texas, I think there's no option. I mean, there's people dying, so I think you have to do that.
But the effectiveness of that, we're not entirely sure because also it's - usually it sprays at the end of the epidemic. You know, and maybe it will start going down anyway very soon. So there's no good studies to determine is it really effective.
FLATOW: Well, there's no money being used, so there are no good studies.
DIUK-WASSER: Exactly.
FLATOW: So you're saying to me, in as nice language as you can phrase it, is that it's too late. By the time the epidemic is out there, it's too late, that spraying is really not going to do that much.
DIUK-WASSER: Well, spraying, you know, yeah. I mean...
FLATOW: It's more of a...
DIUK-WASSER: We'll kill some of the adult mosquitoes that are infected. It's not that, you know, it will have no effect. But, you know, hopefully we would have done something before the epidemic.
FLATOW: And as you're saying, if the disease seems to abate after the spraying, you're going to say it's because of the spraying, right, you're going to connect the dots, when actually it's probably going down on its own.
DIUK-WASSER: Yeah, it's possible, yeah. That's a problem with really determining the effectiveness of these studies. There's no control. You know, we don't know what would have happened if we hadn't sprayed, like in a similar situation. There's no, you know, control studies to determine that.
So sometimes, you know, it is something that is a necessary almost political decision that it has some effectiveness, but we don't really know how effective it is.
FLATOW: It would be nice to use some science here, wouldn't it?
DIUK-WASSER: Yeah, definitely.
FLATOW: 1-800-989-8255. Let's go to Judith(ph) in Chico, California. Hi, welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY.
JUDITH: Yes, I'd like to know, I understand that there are any number of people who are being bitten and infected but show no symptoms. What I want to know is in those cases, if they are then bitten by mosquitoes, can the mosquitoes pick up the virus from them and transmit to another human? And I'll take your response off the air.
FLATOW: Thank you.
DIUK-WASSER: No, humans cannot transmit the virus. So the human - the amount of virus in human blood is not enough for a mosquito to get infected from us.
FLATOW: Let's talk about this new tick-borne illness in Missouri. I know you study tick-borne illnesses. They're calling it the Heartland Virus.
DIUK-WASSER: Yeah, it's a very, you know, new virus. We don't know very much about it, just that it's present, and it's present in this Lone Star tick. So it's a different species of tick than the one transmitting Lyme disease. And so, you know, it's pretty - and we don't really know at this point the actual distribution, right?
Unfortunately, the way we detect a lot of these viruses, when we see people dying, and then we're like oh, maybe there's a problem, and we go check the ticks and check in nature, rather than doing it the other way around, really understanding what's there and what the risks are.
And so now it's - you know, we're looking and trying to determine. CDC is doing quite a bit of work. We also have a big tick collection that we may screen for this virus and determine really where it is. And there's a lot of studies obviously to do, to determine what their host - you know, what's the animal host, for example, and what is the actual symptoms. And, you know, it's all new, to be discovered.
FLATOW: Is it sort of like when Lyme disease first showed up in ticks, something new that...
DIUK-WASSER: It could be, yes. Yeah, it's - you know...
FLATOW: Well, being there in Yale, near Lyme, I mean Connecticut...
FLATOW: You're aware that - I'm fascinated by your tick collection. You actually collect the ticks and store them for later study?
DIUK-WASSER: Yeah, so we did a very large study in half the U.S. to do a Lyme disease risk. So we collected all the ticks that we could get in more than 300 locations and produced a map of the risk of Lyme disease, so you can kind of get a sense of what's your risk based on where you live. And most of our emphasis was in the deer ticks, you know, for Lyme disease...
FLATOW: Right.
DIUK-WASSER: ...but then we collected any tick we got. So we have a lot of monster ticks, you know, that carry this new virus, carry (unintelligible) and then so they also have their own pathogens, other pathogens that we don't understand very well in what they do. But, yeah, so we're storing them. You know, we're using it, but then as research comes up, you know, we can refer to it too, you know, address new questions or tests for new organisms.
FLATOW: So it would be naive to assume that we've discovered all the tick viruses. There have got to be others out there, right?
DIUK-WASSER: Certainly, yes. And the ticks carry a lot of, you know, all of these organisms carry viruses, you know, that aren't typically not known to be pathogenic to humans, but we don't know for sure sometimes. So there's another - another organisms, another type of borrelia that's been found that we don't know if it's - it causes disease or not. You know, that's similar to the Lyme disease organism but kind of very different. So we keep finding these organisms, and so, you know, whether it requires studies to determine whether they can make people sick or not, you know?
FLATOW: Is there much surveillance for the rise of these possible new tick diseases?
DIUK-WASSER: Well, there's unfortunately not very - not that much. I mean, there are networks of mosquito surveillance in several states, non nationwide, but there's no really systematic tick surveillance in most places. So...
FLATOW: Another funding issue?
DIUK-WASSER: Yeah. Pretty much. And that's pretty much the case. I mean, CDC would typically be responsible for surveillance type of studies. NIH will typically fund more, you know, like a hypothesis-based study or more, you know, when you have - they typically won't fund like surveillance type of studies or in fact ecological studies. I mean, it's just hard to find - fund any study that involves going to nature, understanding nature. A lot of the emphasis in (unintelligible) and vaccines and pharmaceutical, you know, more...
FLATOW: Yeah.
DIUK-WASSER: ...classic-type of medical interventions.
DIUK-WASSER: So, yeah. So when these things appear, we're not very well trained, and we're not very well equipped to address it often.
FLATOW: Let's talk a little bit - I know this is not your specialty but perhaps you can tell us a little bit about the hantavirus carried by the mice at Yosemite.
DIUK-WASSER: Yes. So hantavirus, you know, are - again, it's another disease. We don't know the exact distribution. It, you know, it shows up occasionally, like in this occasion, we don't know really well how it's distributed. So in this case, it's transmitted, you know, by rodent - in contact with rodent feces and so in indoor areas. But it's hard because, again, there's really not a lot of surveillance to know where it is. So it's not entirely surprising that this happened.
I'm not sure, you know, again, there's not that extensive studies...
DIUK-WASSER: ...on that anymore. You know, it kind of falls off the radar. People follow funding. And, you know, it comes back and then we - we're not very well prepared to respond and to really explain why this case. I mean, there's only a couple of cases, but, of course, it's a lot for the human population.
DIUK-WASSER: But in terms of doing statistics and really understanding patterns, it's kind of hard to do. So you really need to go to the animal population and understanding the dynamics of the virus in nature and then, you know, humans will only be the tip of the iceberg, you know?
FLATOW: Right, right.
DIUK-WASSER: It doesn't explain what's going on, really, in terms of the distribution and ecology.
FLATOW: Right. Talking with Maria Diuk-Wasser on SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR. I'm Ira Flatow hearing that - this - the word we don't know, we don't know, we don't know, we don't know, Dr. Diuk-Wasser, over and over again. There's a lot of stuff we don't know.
DIUK-WASSER: Yeah. Unfortunately.
DIUK-WASSER: And many more that are yet to come. I mean, these are very complex diseases and very - locally, they're very different in every place. I mean, there are certain general patterns, but, you know, you need to really study them intensively in...
DIUK-WASSER: ...certain places to really understand what's going on.
FLATOW: Do you think that global warming may have anything to do with the spread or the different places they're showing up?
DIUK-WASSER: Well, you know, it's hard to tell exactly if the warming itself, you know, may be causing this, but certainly, climate is - we expect climate in general to be linked to these diseases. I mean, these are, you know, these - the mosquitoes and ticks, they're exotherms. They depend on temperature in their development and all their cycle are - it's very sensitive to temperature.
DIUK-WASSER: So really, you would expect climate to influence them in some way, exactly in which way, we, again, we don't know.
DIUK-WASSER: So we don't even know, you know, the current climate sometimes how it's affecting them. The change would certainly affect, you know, affect them even more. But we definitely think, you know, we need more studies and...
DIUK-WASSER: ...again, funding and, again, you know, looking into the future of how this is going to influence these diseases. It's hard.
FLATOW: How did this - how did the outbreak this year compare with other years?
DIUK-WASSER: Well, it seems to be going to be a record year or either the record year or similar to the 2003. That was the huge epidemic. It's not done yet. But apparently, this first week of September is going to be a record year. And, yeah, and again, I mean, we kind of expect that from the climate but not necessarily why in that particular location in Texas or in those states where it's been more prevalent. There are certainly, you know, people doing studies, and there are certain things we would like to look at and - but it's pretty complex. There's different species of mosquitoes in different places, different birds that are involved so...
FLATOW: Right. So it's hard to make even a vaccine then for West Nile or anything?
DIUK-WASSER: Yeah. But there - yeah. There's - it's - there is a vaccine for horses, actually, but there hasn't been one for humans in - and...
FLATOW: Because...
DIUK-WASSER: I think it's just not recommend - it doesn't seem "profitable," quote, unquote. I mean, a lot of people are asymptomatic, and a lot of people are not exposed. So I'm not sure it would be the most effective thing to vaccinate the whole population against that disease that's so rarely, you know, really severe, overall. So there hasn't been, you know, a lot of development. There are some studies for the vaccine, but it's not going to...
FLATOW: Didn't they say that about Lyme disease when it first showed up?
DIUK-WASSER: Same thing. There was a Lyme disease vaccine, and it was taken off the market. So that kind of history, you know. And in the case of Lyme disease, it was also because there was this sense that it had, you know, side effects and so forth. There was a different kind of debate. But still, this is for the zoonotic infections that depend - especially for Lyme disease. They depend on being exposed to ticks or West Nile it might be, you know, there's mosquitoes everywhere. So most people should be concerned, I would say.
FLATOW: All right. Dr. Diuk-Wasser, thank you very much. Very interesting. And we're going to follow you, have you back, talk more about it. Have a good weekend.
DIUK-WASSER: Thank you. Thank you very much.
FLATOW: You're welcome. Dr. Maria Diuk-Wasser, assistant professor of epidemiology of microbial diseases. That's at the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Connecticut. We're going to take a break. When we come back, a trip off the Oregon coast where a new renewable power project is setting up using wave energy, ocean from the ocean. Stay with us. We'll be right back. I'm Ira Flatow. This is SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Ginza Sushimasa at Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur
Fine Dining Japanese Restaurant in KL Sentral
Ginza Sushimasa at Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur, with its string of outlets in Tokyo, is world renowned for its sushi. This branch at Le Meridien is the restaurant's first outlet in Kuala Lumpur and has received many plaudits from fans of the Japanese food. It is every bit as pricey as one would expect at a restaurant located in a world class hotel, it does however boast a real authentic taste of Japan.
Ginza Sushimasa Highlights
Located in KL Sentral, you'll find the restaurant on the 7th floor of Le Meridien KL. The menu includes a range of seafood that is flown in especially from Tokyo three times a week. Ginza Sushimasa Kuala Lumpur even purchases its tuna from the world-famous Japanese tuna auction at Tsukiji Market in Tokyo and is a very popular choice among diners. For that special Japanese culinary experience, you can sit and watch as the sushi chef prepares your food at the sushi bar. The restaurant also has a private dining area which seats up to 30 people. Any taxi driver should be able to take you to Le Meridien and the hotel also runs a complimentary shuttle from the nearby KL Sentral transit centre.
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The pleasingly unpretentious 35-storey Le Meridien is a five-star property with a handy location beside KL Sentral, the citys premier transport hub.Decorated with lots of mirrors and brass, it has a classic, minimalist style, but manages to exude a home away from home feel.Facilities include a fitness studio, spa and KLs largest free-form pool, plus it is home to two award-wining restaurants, Prime (award 'Best place For Meat' by Time Out KL Food Awards 2014, an award that is solely voted by readers.Enjoy an array of premium meat cuts from Australia and US, complemented with an extensive selection of wines) and Favola (winner of Asias Finest Restaurant Award by the Miele Guide). Read More...
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Weight-loss surgery as safe for the elderly as for younger people
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times/For the Booster Shots blog
May 9, 2011 12 AM PT
Gastric bypass surgery for weight loss is as safe for the elderly as it is for younger patients, researchers said Monday. Several small studies reported previously have yielded mixed results about safety in those over 65, but a new study on a much larger group of patients finds no increased risk from the procedure. Elderly patients do end up spending more time in the hospital after the surgery, however, said Dr. Robert B. Dorman of the University of Minnesota at a Digestive Diseases Week meeting in Chicago.
Dorman and his colleagues studied 48,378 patients who underwent bariatric surgery of all types between 2005 and 2009. About 5% of the patients were over age 65. They examined the 30-day mortality rate in the patients and found that it was slightly, but not significantly, higher in those over 65 -- although it was under 1% for all groups. But the older patients were more likely to have a prolonged hospital stay after surgery: an average of about three days for those undergoing laparoscopic surgery and six days for those undergoing open-chest surgery.
As in other segments of the population, obesity is now increasing in the elderly. At least 12% of people over age 65 now have a body mass index or BMI greater than 35. The National Institutes of Health has recommended that age 65 be the cut-off for bariatric surgery, and many private insurers will not pay for it in this population, but Medicare does. The proportion of such surgeries performed in the elderly has increased from 1.9% in 2005 to 4.8% in 2009, Dorman said. He cautioned, however, that the decision to perform surgery in an elderly patient should be dictated by the patient's specific physical characteristics and health.