Patt Morrison for Friday, 4/2/10

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, April 2, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE PATT MORRISON BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG

 

 

1:06 – 1:19

OPEN

 

 

1:21 – 1:30

From Russia with…..terror and violent retribution

After a relatively peaceful period in relation to its restive southern Muslim provinces Russia absorbed several terrorist blows this week, the most gruesome coming in the form of twin suicide bombings in the Moscow subway system that killed 39 people.  A Chechen rebel group claimed responsibility for the Moscow bombings and another double suicide bombing in Dagestan that killed an additional 12 people, saying that the attacks were retribution for the killing of civilians by Russian troops operating in these predominantly Muslim areas.  In the past the Russian government under Vladimir Putin has reacted with a hard, violent line, and both Prime Minister Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev are making similar promises of a “harsher” response this time around.  But is there a taste among the Russian public for a more reasoned, diplomatic approach to working with Muslim elements inside Russia?

 

Guest:

David Greene, NPR correspondent in Moscow

ON TAPE

 

 

1:30 - 1:39
Play Ball! – Dodgers and Angels gear up for Opening Day

Can you feel it building? America’s favorite past time is about to begin another season and the anticipation is intoxicating. With expectations for the Dodgers and Angels set extremely high, anything short of a “Freeway Series” would be a disappointment. But with an impending divorce settlement, iffy off-season moves, and improving division rivals, anything can happen in 162 games. Patt talks to Charley Steiner about the upcoming campaign.

 

Guest:

Charley Steiner, Emmy Award-winning play-by-play announcer for the Dodgers radio & TV

CALL HIM:  860.805.1886

Backup:  Yvonne Carrasco, 323.224.4220

• Before coming to the Dodgers broadcasts, Steiner was best known nationally for his 14 years at ESPN, where he served as a SportsCenter anchor, baseball and football commentator, and baseball and boxing reporter.

 

 

 

1:41 – 1:58:30

Genes for sale: how a major court ruling could impact genetic research patents

It started with patents for DNA tests designed to gauge women’s risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer—a genetics company held an exclusive license for these tests that enabled them to control the market and even force other scientists to halt research projects involving the breast cancer genes.  This week a U.S. District judge ruled that the genetics company “discovered” the DNA sequences that make up the two genes, but did not “invent” them, therefore invalidating seven patents related to the breast cancer test.  While the ruling will certainly not be the last word in the argument of patenting genes it does complicate the effort of companies to turn profits off of genetic research—if DNA can’t be patented because it’s created by nature, about patents for proteins, enzymes, bacteria and other biological materials that get turned into useful medicines?

 

Guests:

Sandra Park, staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project & lead attorney on the gene patent case

CALL HER:

• She represented the plaintiffs who brought the case (the ACLU is acting as the attorneys, not a direct party to the litigation). She argued the motions that were decided by the judge.

 

Kevin E. Noonan, partner at the patent firm McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff in Chicago

ON TAPE

• He has a PhD in molecular biology and he is a patent attorney

 

 

2:06 – 2:30

Goodbye office, hello home?  Working outside the cubicle

Many people think that working from home is a dream. Inc. magazine transformed that dream into a reality when it decided to publish its entire April issue without going to the office. Aside from some minor technical issues and difficulties juggling home and work life, production went fine. Staffers simply planned conference calls and used tools like Skype and instant messaging to communicate. So how necessary is the office… that cubicle filled world? Could this be the beginning of the workplace revolution?

 

Guests:

Jane Berentson (BAIR-ent-sun), editor-in-chief of Inc. magazine, which delivers advice and services to help business owners start, run, and grow their businesses.

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Kirk Aubry, Chief Operating Officer of gloStream, a company which supplies doctors with medical records software

CALL HIM:

 

• gloStream was founded five years ago as a virtual medical records company, selling software to doctors' offices. The approach worked well; costs were low, and salespeople had no choice but to be out in the field.
• But last year, management decided it was time to take the company physical because the organization had gotten too big to remain virtual. 

 

 

2:30 – 2:39

OPEN

 

 

2:41 – 2:58:30

Orange County Noir

From the latest in the Akashic Noir series: “Orange County, California, brings to mind the endless summer of sand and surf, McMansion housing tracts, a conservative stronghold, tony shopping centers where pilates classes are run like boot camp and real-estate values are discussed at your weekly colonic, and ice-cream parlors on Main Street, U.S.A., exist side-by-side with pho shops and taquerias. Orange County Noir takes you for a hardboiled tour behind the Orange Curtain where a reclusive rock star has lived way too long in his own head, a crooked judge uses the court for illicit means, a cab driver prowls the streets with more than the ticking meter on his mind, where cultures clash, housewives want more than the perfect grout cleaner, and nobody is who they seem to be.”

 

Guests:

Gary Phillips, editor and contributor, “OC Noir;” he is also the coeditor of “The Cocaine Chronicles”

IN STUDIO

 

Dick Lochte, contributor, “OC Noir”

IN STUDIO

 

Dan Duling, contributor, “OC Noir”

IN STUDIO

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

Southern California Public Radio

NPR Affiliate for Los Angeles

89.3 KPCC-FM | 89.1 KUOR-FM | 90.3 KPCV-FM

626.583.5171, office

415.497.2131, mobile

jserviss@kpcc.org / jserviss@scpr.org

www.scpr.org

 

ANTONOVICH APPLAUDS FEDERAL EFFORT TO REPEAL FOREST SERVICE'S BAN ON NIGHTTIME AERIAL FIREFIGHTING

 

 

 

       

 

PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy Office:     (213) 974-5555  Cell: (213) 215-5176 E-mail:     tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

 April 1, 2010                                                                                 For Immediate Release

 

ANTONOVICH APPLAUDS FEDERAL EFFORT TO REPEAL FOREST SERVICE’S BAN on nighttime aerial firefighting

  

LOS ANGELES COUNTY –  Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich praised legislation by  Rep. Adam Schiff requiring the U.S. Forest Service to lift a decades-old ban on nighttime aerial firefighting.

 “The Forest Service’s flawed policy prevented the early extinguishment of the recent Station Fire,” said Supervisor Antonovich.  “As aircraft sat idling on the tarmac, the fire grew out of control -- taking the lives of two firefighters, burning over 160,000 acres and destroying over 100 homes and structures.”

 

In a series of letters to Federal officials and a motion unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors in the days and weeks during and after the fire, Supervisor Antonovich called for a Congressional investigation into the Forest Service actions, the repealing of the policy banning nighttime flights, the adoption of a 200-foot brush clearance requirement, the use of mechanized clearance equipment and shifting incident command from Washington D.C. to personnel on the ground.

 

 

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Patt Morrison for Thursday, 4/1/10

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE
APRIL FOOL’s EDITION

Thursday, April 1, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE JIM PANETTA BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG

 

 

1:06 – 1:30

OPEN

 

 

1:30 - 1:58:30

The Big Short: how to make a killing off of financial ruin

Maybe a dozen or so people in the entire world saw the financial meltdown coming – and it wasn’t the people who might have stopped it.  The book “The Big Short” brings us the men who made billions betting on red – red ink and financial ruin – and how complicating all that risk managed to hide it from the rest of us.  Michael Lewis, author of “Moneyball,” “Liar's Poker,” and “The Blind Side,” chronicles the 2008 financial collapse through stories of the people who realized what was happening to the U.S. economy as it was happening — and made fortunes by betting against the markets.

 

Guests:

Michael Lewis, contributing editor to Vanity Fair and author of “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine,” “Liar's Poker,” “Moneyball,” and “The Blind Side”

IN STUDIO

 

 

2:06 – 2:30

Are national math standards a solvable problem?

Tasked with creating a national standard for public education the National Governor’s Association enlisted educators and experts. Those in favor believe that the standards will increase academic proficiency and better prepare students for college while those opposed believe that the standards are not only too low but absolutely obtuse. Here in California the tension has multiplied over math. Before the window for public comment closes on national education standards we discuss the great divide also known as California’s math wars.

 

Ze’ev (ZAH-evv) Wurman, a Palo Alto high-tech executive and former advisor to the U.S. Department of Education

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UNCONFIRMED

James Milgram, professor emeritus of mathematics at Stanford & a member of the National Board for Education Sciences

 

Representative from the National Governors Association

 

 

 

2:30 – 2:58:30

Recession marketing: How are companies and consumers adapting to the recession?

Free food for a year? Who wouldn’t sign up for that? That’s exactly what companies like Denny’s (win a “Grand Slam for a Year”) around the U.S. are banking on to get customers in their door and spending money during the recession.  Subway is giving 71 customers free sandwiches for a year to promote its “Five Dollar Footlong” sandwich.  The marketing strategy is cost effective (the promotion adds up to about $260 per year, per customer) and successful.  It’s estimated that 30% to 40% of free food coupons are redeemed as compared to just 1.5% to 2% of coupons offering discounts.  And speaking of coupons, coupon redemption is up a whopping 27% from 2008.  That amounts to the largest year-over –year increase in twenty years since they started keeping records.  So, what have we learned? Free food and coupons work in a tough economy (duh)! Let’s find out how companies are adapting and how consumers are responding to recession marketing.

 

Burt Flickinger III, manager director, Strategic Resource Group

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SRG is a retail and consumer goods consulting firm with three decades of experience working with top US and global retail chains, wholesalers, suppliers and investment firms.

He is teaching a case study on the future of retailing and marketing at Cornell University the first week of May

 

Lori Walderich, principal and chief creative officer, IdeaStudio

CALL HER @

 

IdeaStudio specializes in chain-restaurant marketing and promotion

 

UNCONFIRMED

John Dillon, VP marketing, Denny’s Corp.

Tony Pace, chief marketing officer, Subway

Spokesperson, Safeway Corp.

Matthew Tilley, spokesperson, Inmar Inc.

 

Inmar Inc is a coupon-processing agent

The number of redeemed coupons rose 27% to 3.3 billion from 2.6 billion in 2008

“The year-over-year percentage increase was the largest since they started tracking the statistic more than 20 years ago”.

 

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

Southern California Public Radio

NPR Affiliate for Los Angeles

89.3 KPCC-FM | 89.1 KUOR-FM | 90.3 KPCV-FM

626.583.5171, office

415.497.2131, mobile

jserviss@kpcc.org / jserviss@scpr.org

www.scpr.org

 

Ready to Have a Baby? Boost Your Health First.

Los Angeles County Public Health Department
313 N. Figueroa Street, Room 806 · Los Angeles, CA 90012 · (213) 240-8144 · media@ph.lacounty.gov
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For Immediate Release:
March 31, 2010

Ready to Have a Baby? Boost Your Health First.
Fifty percent of pregnancies are unplanned; report urges women to eat
well, exercise, and avoid smoking, regardless of whether they plan to
have a child

LOS ANGELES - A report on the health of women in Los Angeles County
notes that 50 percent of all pregnancies are unplanned, meaning many
women may not be physically prepared to have a baby. Because of this,
many babies may not receive the benefits of proper nutrition or adequate
exercise from their mothers before they are born. The report, Healthy
Women, Healthy Children: Preconception Health in LA County: Women's
Health in the Reproductive Years, examines the health of all women of
reproductive age, which is generally considered to be between 15 and 44
years.

"As women think about when or whether to have children, they should
also think about how to improve their health first. The opportunity to
impact the health of a baby starts before conception, and the health of
a potential mother should be a priority long before pregnancy," said
Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH, Director of Public Health and Health
Officer. "All women, regardless of age or whether they plan to get
pregnant, should strive to maintain a healthy weight, eat a
well-balanced diet, avoid tobacco, excessive alcohol and recreational
drugs, and get at least 30-minutes of moderate physical activity a
day."

The report, released today by the LA County Department of Public
Health, outlines positive health habits that all women should adopt.
These steps include:
● Making a reproductive life plan, determining if and when to have
children.
● Striving to attain a healthy weight through good nutrition and
exercise.
● Learning how to manage stress and getting help for feelings of
sadness or depression.
● Engaging in moderate (gardening) to vigorous (running,
bicycling) exercise for 20-30 minutes a day, at least three times per
week.
● Eating a well-balanced diet that includes at least 400
micrograms of folic acid and five servings of fruits and vegetables per
day.
● Avoiding alcohol for at least three months before trying to
become pregnant.

Good nutrition is essential, as more than half of all new mothers
reported they did not take folic acid before becoming pregnant.
Expectant mothers' consumption of at least 400 micrograms of folic
acid each day reduces the rate of neural tube defects, such as spina
bifida, in their babies, and reduces the mother's rate of
pregnancy-induced hypertension (pre-eclampsia).

"All women should think 'me first' when it comes to their
health," said Cynthia A. Harding, MPH, Director of Public Health
Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Programs. "The duration of
pregnancy itself is too brief to optimally manage chronic health
conditions, such as diabetes and obesity, and may not be enough time to
eliminate behaviors that threaten a baby's health, such as smoking and
alcohol use. By continuously maintaining a healthy lifestyle, women can
ensure that they enjoy longer, more fulfilling lives, and that any
future children they have may do the same."

Also in the report:
● In LA County, 51 percent of women of childbearing age are
Latina, 26 percent are white, 13 percent are Asian/Pacific Islander, and
10 percent are African American.
● More than 150,000 babies are born in LA County each year.
● 20 percent of women of reproductive age reported they did not
have a regular source of health care, and 33 percent of mothers who
recently delivered a baby lacked a regular source of health care.
● Among women of childbearing age, 15 percent reported being
previously diagnosed with depression. During pregnancy, Latinas and
African Americans reported higher rates of depressive symptoms compared
to whites and Asians/Pacific Islanders.
● More than one-third of women 18-44 years old reported engaging
in minimal to no physical activity in a typical week.
● Among women of childbearing age, 20 percent were obese, with
higher rates among African Americans and Latinas, compared to
Asians/Pacific Islanders and whites.

A copy of the full report is available online at:
http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/ha. Information on improving
healthy habits for women of childbearing age can be found at:
http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/mch.

The Los Angeles County Preconception Health Collaborative strives to
improve the health of women by integrating the efforts of multiple local
agencies concerned with maternal and child health. These include the LA
County Department of Public Health, California Family Health Council, LA
Best Babies Network, March of Dimes, PAC/LAC, and PHFE-WIC Program. The
Collaborative aims to incorporate preconception health care into public
health practice and medical care to reduce disparities in maternal and
infant health.

The Department of Public Health is committed to protecting and
improving the health of the nearly 10 million residents of Los Angeles
County. Through a variety of programs, community partnerships and
services, Public Health oversees environmental health, disease control,
and community and family health. Public Health comprises more than 4,000
employees and has an annual budget exceeding $750 million. To learn more
about Public Health and the work we do, please visit
http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov, visit our YouTube channel at
http://www.youtube.com/lapublichealth, or follow us on Twitter:
LAPublicHealth.

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HACIENDA HEIGHTS RESIDENTS TO SEE LOWER TRASH FEES

 

 

NEWS FROM DON KNABE

Supervisor, Fourth District

County of Los Angeles

822 Hahn Hall of Administration

 

 

 

        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                           Contact:         David A. Sommers

                                                                                                                                        (213) 974-1095

                                                                                                                                        (213) 453-6446 (cell)

 

 

HACIENDA HEIGHTS RESIDENTS TO SEE LOWER TRASH FEES

 

LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2010 – Beginning tomorrow, residents of Hacienda Heights will see a reduction in the costs of trash, green waste and recycling collection. County of Los Angeles Supervisor Don Knabe announced a 7-year franchise agreement was recently awarded by the LA County Board of Supervisors to Valley Vista Services, Inc.  Under the agreement, Valley Vista Services Inc. will be the exclusive waste hauler for the unincorporated community of Hacienda Heights.

 

“In this economic climate, residents will be pleased to see better trash and recycling services at a much lower monthly rate.” said Supervisor Knabe. “This new agreement offers residents top quality service features that are unique to the Hacienda Heights community.”

 

Among the highlights of the agreement is a reduction in trash collection fees, a fee discount for qualified seniors, and a number of new services.  The new services include; an annual curbside clean-up event (including electronic waste), four special community clean-up events per year, two on-call bulky item collections per year in unlimited quantities (including electronic waste) at no extra cost, and a free roll-out services for  qualified elderly and/or disabled residents.

 

Residents will also be receiving three 96-gallon containers, including- (1) refuse, (1) green waste, and (1) recycling container (smaller containers are available upon request) and an extra green waste container and/or one extra recyclable container upon request at no extra cost. 

 

For more information, contact the Franchise Hotline (800) 993-5488 or www.CleanLA.com

 

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COMMUNITY AGENCIES ASSIST L.A. COUNTY INMATES ENROLLED IN THE M.E.R.I.T. PROGRAM

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT M.E.R.I.T. RESOURCE FAIR

                                                               

WHO:            REPRESENTATIVES FROM PROJECT FATHERHOOD, ICDC COLLEGE, U.S. VETS, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, PROVIDENCE TATTOO REMOVAL PROGRAM, CLEAN SLATE L.A. TARZANA TREATMENT CENTERS, LOS ANGELES CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SALVATION ARMY, JUST IN REACH (JIR), NEW DIRECTIONS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS AND LOS ANGELES

                TRADE-TECHNICAL COLLEGE.                            

WHAT:   THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S MAXIMIZING EDUCATION REACHING INDIVIDUAL TRANSFORMATION (M.E.R.I.T.) PROGRAM WILL HOST A RESOURCE FAIR WHERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY WILL SPEND TIME WITH THE  M.E.R.I.T. STUDENTS TO ASSIST THEM WITH VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, HOUSING, MEDICAL NEEDS, LEGAL ISSUES, COUNSELING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

           WHEN:        THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

WHERE:  PITCHESS DETENTION CENTER, SOUTH FACILITY

                29300 THE OLD ROAD, GATE #8

                CASTAIC, CALIFORNIA,  91384

                (THOMAS GUIDE PAGE 4459, J-6)

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT DEPUTY DAVID BATES, M.E.R.I.T. PROGRAM AT (661) 294-6318.

SHB-23M-10                      X     X     X   MARCH 30, 2010

Patt Morrison for Wed 3/30/2010

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE PATT MORRISON BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG

 

 

FROM THE MOHN BROADCAST CENTER, I’M PATT MORRISON

 

1:00 – 1:30

L.A. County supervisors terminate relationship with United Care, foster care agency with troubled record

 

Guests:

NOT CONFIRMED – DO NOT PROMOTE THIS GUEST:

Trish Ploehn, Director of LA County Department of Child and Family Services

 

 

 

1:30 – 2:00

Health care Q&A with T.R. Reid

Now that the dust has settled—and the bricks have stopped flying—the general public is beginning to pick apart the details of the health care plan that is now the law of the land.  How will your individual insurance change, if at all?  If you’re one of the young “invincibles,” what’s the penalty for not buying insurance?  If you’re a parent, how long before your twenty-something can continue to stay on your insurance?  Now that health care is available to millions more, is there a new conversation to be had about personal responsibility for one’s health? And on a larger level, how does the U.S. health care plan now square with other developed countries? Patt and her guest, Dr. T.R. Reid take any and all of your questions.

 

Guests:

T.R. Reid, correspondent for The Washington Post and author of “The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care”

CALL HIM

 

 

2:00 – 2:30

Vatican launches a defense as the Catholic Church is in turmoil over growing sex abuse scandal 

As Catholics around the globe watch, the Vatican was dragged deeper than ever into the clerical sex abuse scandal as it launched a legal defense aimed at protecting the Pope from a lawsuit brought in the United States which seeks to have him answer attorney’s questions under oath.  Coming in the midst of growing controversy and turmoil over allegations of sexual abuse and scrutiny of Pope Benedict’s handling of abuse cases when he was archbishop of Munich, Catholics are torn in their response. Will the faithful turn their backs on the Church?  Some say “yes” – some say “no.”

 

Guests:

John Allen, Senior Correspondent of the National Catholic Reporter and author of Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church

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NOT CONFIRMED:

Representative of Voice of the Faithful

 

2:30 – 2:40

OPEN

 

2:40 – 3:00

Known to Evil

 “Leonid McGill is still fighting to stick to his reformed ways while the world around him pulls him in every other direction. He has split up with his girlfriend, her new boyfriend is angling to get Leonid kicked out of his prime office space, one of his sons seems to have found true love in a girl with a shady past, and his other son is doing nothing but enabling the crisis. Most ominously of all, Alfonse Rinaldo has a problem that even he can't fix: a young woman has disappeared, leaving murder in her wake, and it means everything to Rinaldo to track her down. But he won't tell McGill his motives, which doesn't quite square with the new company policy- but turning down Rinaldo is almost impossible to even contemplate. “
 

Guests:

Walter Mosley, author of “Known to Evil”

IN STUDIO