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Location

The islands of St Kitts and Nevis are located in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands in the Eastern Caribbean. St Kitts is located at 1715 North latitude and 6245 West longitude while Nevis is located at 17 North latitude and 6130 West longitude. The islands are approximately 1,300 miles from Miami (3 hours flight time), 2,000 miles from New York (4 hours flight time), and 4,000 miles from London (8 hours flight time). A channel of water, the Narrows, about two miles wide, separates the two islands.

Capital City

The capital of St Kitts is Basseterre while Charlestown is the capital of Nevis

Climate

The islands of St Kitts and Nevis have a tropical climate with temperatures ranging from 17 33C. The temperature averages about 79F (26C) and average humidity is 71.5%. Cooling breezes from the north-east trade winds blow throughout most of the year. The average sea water temperature is 80F (27C). Average annual rainfall is 55 inches in St Kitts and 48 inches in Nevis.

Language

English is the official language. Broken English is a dialect that is spoken by the locals.

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Disease, Evolution, Neurology, and Drugs: Fruit Fly Research Continues to Teach Us About Human Biology

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BETHESDA, MD Over 1,500 scientists from 30 countries and 46 states will attend next week's 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference organized by the Genetics Society of America (GSA), March 48 in Chicago, IL. The conference will feature close to 1,000 presentations (including 170 talks) describing cutting-edge research on genetics, developmental biology, cancer, stem cells, neurology, epigenetics, genetic disease, aging, immunity, behavior, drug discovery, and technology. It is the largest meeting in the world that brings together researchers who use the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to study biology.

Of special note are scientists whose achievements in genetics are being honored through awards and special lectures:

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is one of the most versatile and widely used model organisms applied to the study of genetics, physiology, and evolution. Drosophila research has led to some of the most significant breakthroughs in our understanding of biology, including five Nobel prizes. It is an effective system for studying a range of human genetic diseases, ranging from cancer to diabetes to neurodegenerative disorders. Fruit flies are a valuable resource for biomedical research because of the efficiency and cost-effectiveness with which comprehensive, sensitive, and accurate biological data can be generated. Research presented at the Drosophila conference, like that at other GSA conferences, helps advance our fundamental understanding of living systems and provides crucial insight into human biology, health and disease.

The conference will take place at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers at 301 East North Water Street. The organizers include Gregory J. Beitel, PhD (Northwestern University), Michael Eisen (University of California, Berkeley; Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Marc Freeman (University of Massachusetts Medical School; Howard Hughes Medical Institute), and Ilaria Rebay (University of Chicago). For additional information, please see the conference website athttp://www.genetics-gsa.org/drosophila/2015/.

More information on the importance of Drosophila research: Fruit Flies in Biomedical Research. Michael F. Wangler, Shinya Yamamoto, and Hugo J. Bellen.GeneticsEarly online January 26, 2015

MediaEligibility: The 2015 Drosophila Research Conference is open to media representatives, including those frombona fide print, broadcast, radio, and online venues, and freelance writers on a verifiable assignment from an established news source. Please contactpress@genetics-gsa.orgfor information about complimentary press registration.

* * * About the Genetics Society of America (GSA) Founded in 1931, the Genetics Society of America (GSA) is the professional scientific society for genetics researchers and educators. The Societys more than 5,000 members worldwide work to deepen our understanding of the living world by advancing the field of genetics, from the molecular to the population level. GSA promotes research and fosters communication through a number of GSA-sponsored conferences including regular meetings that focus on particular model organisms. GSA publishes two peer-reviewed, peer-edited scholarly journals: GENETICS, which has published high quality original research across the breadth of the field since 1916, and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, an open-access journal launched in 2011 to disseminate high quality foundational research in genetics and genomics. The Society also has a deep commitment to education and fostering the next generation of scholars in the field. For more information about GSA, please visit http://www.genetics-gsa.org.

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Health Care Sector Update for 02/27/2015: RESN,ACUR,CERS

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Health care stocks were narrowly lower today with the NYSE Health Care Sector Index slipping about 0.2% and shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 declining about 0.4% as a group.

In company news, Resonant ( RESN ) retreated Friday after posting a wider Q4 loss compared with year-ago levels and late Thursday and saying it first-ever duplexer delivery didn't meet all of the specifications in the development agreement.

The pre-revenue company saw its Q4 net loss expand to $9.7 million, or $2.16 per share, from its $9.4 million loss during the year-earlier period. Total operating expenses climbed to $6.1 million from $2.8 million.

The company recently delivered a completed duplexer for consideration to its first customer but the design didn't meet all contract specifications, according to CEO Terry Lingren.

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Fines Remain Rare Even As Health Data Breaches Multiply

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In a string of meetings and press releases, the federal government's health watchdogs have delivered a stern message: They are cracking down on insurers, hospitals and doctors offices that don't adequately protect the security and privacy of medical records.

"We've now moved into an area of more assertive enforcement," Leon Rodriguez, then-director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, warned at a privacy and security forum in December 2012.

But as breaches of patient records proliferate just this month, insurer Anthem revealed a hack that exposed information for nearly 80 million people federal overseers have seldom penalized the health care organizations responsible for safeguarding this data, a ProPublica review shows.

Since October 2009, health care providers and organizations (including third parties that do business with them) have reported more than 1,140 large breaches to the Office for Civil Rights, affecting upward of 41 million people. They've also reported more than 120,000 smaller lapses, each affecting fewer than 500 people.

In some cases, records were on laptops stolen from homes or cars. In others, records were targeted by hackers. Sometimes, paper records were forgotten on trains or otherwise left unattended.

Yet, over that time span, the Office for Civil Rights has fined health care organizations just 22 times.

"It's disappointing and underwhelming," said Bob Chaput, founder and chief executive of Clearwater Compliance, which helps health care organizations create programs to protect sensitive information. "They're not doing as much as they could or should."

The Office for Civil Rights declined an interview request from ProPublica, but said in a statement that it "aggressively" identifies and investigates "high-impact cases that send strong enforcement messages about important compliance issues." The agency looks into all large data breaches, a spokeswoman wrote in an email, and the cases resulting in financial penalties "have involved systemic and/or long-standing" concerns.

The agency's stiffest sanction to date came last May, when it hit New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University with fines totaling $4.8 million for failing to secure the electronic health records of 6,800 people. A physician had tried to remove his personal computer server from a shared network, causing patient records, including patient status, vital signs, medications and lab results, to be found on Web search engines. The problem surfaced when a person found a deceased partner's personal health information online.

The federal government has played a growing role in health privacy and security since the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, in 1996. The law mandated standards for the use and dissemination of health care information and for how organizations protect electronic medical records.

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Jeff Berwick on the Tony Stiles Show On Freedom And The Coming Monetary System Collapse – Video

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Jeff calls in to the Tony Stiles Show, topics include: Anarchapulco Feb 27th to March 1st, word is getting out, female Anarchists, complete global economic c...

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