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Windows XP, released October 25, 2001, builds upon the international functionality of the Windows 2000 platform. Windows XP provides improved globalization features related to Unicode such as support for new scripts, languages and locales, a wider variety of input locales and rendering features, enhanced support for surrogates and improved Multilingual User Interface (MUI) support.
The primary purpose of this paper is to outline the international support in Windows XP, describe this support within the historical context of Unicode on the Windows NT platform, discuss how language support is integrated into a single worldwide source, and finally, demonstrate that Unicode support is essential to building a fully globalized operating system. The trends in globalization in the next releases of Windows will also be discussed.
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MONTICELLO — How convinced are Sullivan County officials of rampant fraud in Medicaid and other social programs.
MONTICELLO — How convinced are Sullivan County officials of rampant fraud in Medicaid and other social programs.
Convinced enough to consider creating a new investigator position at a time of spending cuts and County Manager David Fanslau's renewed call for a hiring freeze.
Division of Health and Family Services Commissioner Randy Parker outlined a proposal to create a chief investigator position as part of a fraud-investigation team that would include law enforcement.
The chief would earn between $60,000 and $70,000 and be part of an effort to go after providers and recipients who cheat or defraud social service programs.
"That position is going to more than pay for itself," Randy Parker, commissioner of the Division of Health and Family Services, told the Legislature's Health and Family Services Committee on Thursday.
While overall spending for the county's Department of Family Services would fall to $28.8 million in 2013 from $29.4 million in 2012 under a tentative budget released Nov. 3, spending on special investigation would increase to $516,188 from $417,912.
If legislators approve the position, the chief would work in conjunction with police agencies and Health and Family Services Counsel Colleen Cunningham to pursue abuse and fraud cases.
Sullivan's expenses for Medicaid are capped and would not be affected by any savings from fraud. But the county could save money on programs like Safety Net, for which it pays 71 percent of the costs.
"We're here to take care of what we need to take care of, but we're not here to take care of the world," Parker said.
Sullivan's investigation team currently consists of three full-time investigators and a senior investigator.
Those investigators are set up to catch attempted fraud during the application stage, said Legislator Cindy Geiger. The proposed position represents a commitment to going after dishonest providers and beneficiaries already receiving payments from the system.
"We're expanding the vision beyond front-end detection," she said.

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Kramer vs. Kramer (UK - BD)
Just weeks before his wedding, Scott McKenzie watches this divorce movie...
When Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) returns home after the best day at work he's ever had, he takes a while to register that his wife Joanna (Meryl Streep) isn't as happy as he is. She can't handle him putting his work first and tells him she's leaving him, but she's not taking their son Billy (Justin Henry) with her. That leaves Ted to be mother and father to his son, at the same time struggling to deal with the fact that his wife is gone. Then, just when things are going well for Ted and Billy, Joanna returns to their lives and the Kramers find themselves in court, fighting for the custody of their son.
As I write this review I'm just a few weeks away from my wedding, so what could be better preparation than watching an all-time classic movie about divorce? To be honest it didn't leave me worried about my impending nuptials, even though this is probably the most realistic movie about a couple breaking up, certainly when compared with the likes of The War of the Roses and The Break-Up. The title of Kramer vs. Kramer makes it sound like a movie that pitches one party against the other, with all the angst (and potential cheap gags) that may bring, but where this movie succeeds most is in the believability of the situations and the relationships between the characters.
The emotional core is the relationship between Ted and Billy, which develops more than any other throughout the movie. Largely neglected by career-driven father, Billy slowly works his way into Ted's affections in some scenes that will probably be familiar to parents everywhere. Ted struggles to balance the dual roles of working and caring for his son but his eventual success is best illustrated by a pair of scenes that bookend the development of their relationship. An early moment where Ted struggles to make French toast for Billy is counterpointed by a largely silent scene near the end where they both work together to make breakfast with no problems whatsoever. It's a very clever piece of writing and tells us more about how far the characters have come without having anyone spout a load of unnecessary exposition.
It's those kinds of little touches that make the biggest impact on the viewer. For example, in one scene we see that Billy's toys are kept on higher shelves that Ted's bottles of liquor and shots of empty rooms and corridors are common early in the movie to illustrate the gap that Joanna has left in their lives. Meryl Streep's character doesn't return until quite late in the movie and while she gets some great lines and scenes to show off the presence and acting ability that has won her countless awards (most of all the opening scene), this is without a doubt Dustin Hoffman's movie as he appears in almost every scene.
Coming just before Tootsie and after the likes of All The President's Men and Lenny, this is Dustin Hoffman in his prime, being given a character that is as close to a 'normal' person as any he's played, with a lot in common with what the actor himself was going through at the time of production. Kramer vs. Kramer walked away from the 1980 Oscars with five awards, quite rightly for the performances of Hoffman and Streep (and a nod for Justin Henry as Billy) and it beat Apocalypse Now to the best film award. However, on a personal note I'm left wondering whether I would have preferred to re-visit a war movie rather than a divorce movie at this point in my life!
On this Blu-ray disc we get Kramer vs. Kramer in 1080p, but as you might expect of a movie approaching its thirtieth birthday, the print is starting to show its age. Close-up shots look very detailed, but there is a lack of depth in wide shots with a lot going on in the background. The picture is also very grainy at times, although I couldn't work out whether it was due to problems with the master print or processing of the transfer. I suspect the latter. The colours are bright though, so much so that certain tones were a little too bright. In one of the early scenes where Ted and Billy and shopping for groceries, the neon colours on the detergent boxes are so bright that it looks unnatural.
The main audio track is presented in Dolby TrueHD and as you might expect from a movie of this type, the quality lives or dies by the clarity of the dialogue and the lack of interference during the silent moments. There are no serious problems either way, although the dialogue is a little quiet. Low-key music crops up now and again and unsurprisingly, there are no moments when I thought high definition was the best choice for this movie. With no dazzling effects but also no significant problems with audio quality, looking back at my notes for this movie, all I had written down for this section was 'quiet' and 'silence OK'.
In addition to an odd combination of trailers for Open Season 2 and Sense and Sensibility, the only extra feature is a making-of featurette. At forty-nine minutes long, it's a fairly weighty documentary that goes into a good level of detail about the production. It turns out that Dustin Hoffman was going through a divorce at the time and he struggled to accept the role, even though he was always the producers' first choice. Improvisation was common during the shoot and a grown-up Justin Henry is on hand with Dustin Hoffman to talk about the 'ice cream scene', which they improvised together.
Anyone out there who hasn't seen Kramer vs. Kramer should definitely check it out, if only for three standout performances, two of which are from a pair of the best living actors when they were at the top of their game. However, is this the best format to check it out? Well, yes and no. I'm certain that this movie has never looked or sounded as good as this for a long time but the age of Kramer vs. Kramer means that the general standard is well below that of newer releases. There are no exclusive or new extra features either so just bear that in mind before you pick up this high definition release.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 2nd February 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Italian Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, English HOH, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish Turkish
Extras: Making of, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry
Genre: Drama
Length: 100 minutes
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Throughout the Bruins-Lightning Eastern Conference Final, TheBruinsBlog.net will collaborate on Q&A features before every game with Jon Jordan 0f Beasts of the Southeast over at Kukla's Korner.
Here are Jon's answers to my questions on the off day between Game 3 and 4 of the series Boston leads 2-1.
MK: So did you enjoy the Tyler Seguin era? I can tell from your questions that you did. It's over now, you know? We're back living in the world dominated by Tim Thomas and the defensively sharp Bruins.
Of course, maybe they wouldn't look as sharp if the Lightning's stars were playing at their best. To me, Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis and Vinny Lecavalier had a lot more problems not only against Zdeno Chara, but even against the other Boston defensemen than you'd expect in their first home game of the series and with the second change.
What's your take on how the Big Three are doing?
JJ: I don't think you'll be surprised to hear how utterly disappointed I am in Seguin not scoring even a single point last night when everyone knows he was supposed to have netted at least a hat trick. How dare he?!?!? Clearly, he is not at all cognizant of his role as not only Boston's savior but also the lone individual who can save us all from tomorrow's scheduled Rapture. (We can only hope that someone informs the kid before we're all doomed.)
My take on Tampa's "Big Three" (no longer an exercise in futility, naturally, now that Super Seguin has come back to Earth): They're a game removed from a combined nine-point output and Lecavalier and St. Louis still have a share of the overall postseason scoring lead with 16 points apiece. Cut 'em some damn slack!
Boston squelched the flow of the Lightning all night long and the big guns were a (big) part of that. At first, I pondered whether or not the captain, in particular, had an off night. There were times when he didn't seem to be able to kick things into that higher gear so necessary for postseason success. But, after some second thought, a little video review and a look back at the stat sheet, Lecavalier managed five shots on goal, had several prime scoring chances and led all Lightning forwards in ice time (23:09). If he looked to be slowed on occasion, he certainly wasn't alone – and that's more a credit to what the Bruins were able to do.
All that having been said, what got the Bolts to this point in the playoffs, from an offensive standpoint, was the balanced contribution from their stars and depth players alike. It doesn't matter who gets the goal(s) as long as they come. Last night, they didn't. Period. Obviously, that's not going to win you any hockey games.
But by and large, I don't have any complaints about the play of these three.
Tough crowd!
MK: I know the Bruins are supposed to be the more physical team here, but isn't anyone on the Lightning going to throw a hit or make a body-sacrificing play that turns some momentum their way? Maybe Marc-Andre Bergeron's hit would've been that play had David Krejci not come back or the referee not called a penalty, but what happened to the old Steve Downie that wanted to get in everyone's face? He looks like a shadow of himself. Other than Downie, is there anyone else on Tampa capable of doing something like this?
JJ: First of all, thank you for the forum in which to vent on that atrocious call on Bergeron. Either the officials these days are so afraid to be the guy who misses the big, illegal hit that causes someone serious injury or they're biting on what they think they saw on plays like this one. Either way, they're consistently calling penalties that aren't penalties and that has to be addressed.
In this instance, there's no need to break down Bergeron's hit on Krejci in any real detail other than to explain that he identified his target, lined him up and delivered a square shoulder to his adversary's chest. (You know, a body check?) It jarred Krejci, as a shoulder to the chest at that speed is apt to do, and maybe his head snapped back a little bit on impact. That's called inertia (or momentum, or something – I don't know, I cheated in high school Physics). But it doesn't automatically equate to a headshot, which I think is what the officials are thinking they might see, causing them to feel the need to call a penalty.
Complicating matters – and where the zebras may be getting tricked – is, on a play like the one in question, the hitter often attempts to disengage from the hit-ee by extending an arm (a push, if you will) after the fact. Bergeron did this on Krejci last night and I believe that was the genesis of the creative elbowing call. Only it's not a penalty. It can't be.
No wonder Lightning head coach Guy Boucher almost ate the officials with his eyes after said call.
But, onto your question, an overly-physical style doesn't suit the Lightning well. They have some folks that can throw their weight around – and handle themselves with the fists if need be, even – but this team is adamant about remaining disciplined and structured (there's that word again) and that even applies to a Steve Downie. (By the way, maybe he hasn't rattled anybody, per se, but what about Downie not being physical are you seeing that I'm not? He's been in Chara's face – or as close as he can get to it – on several occasions already.)
Mattias Ohlund has attempted to step up from the back end to deliver a trademark hit at the Lightning blueline a few times in this series, with little effect, unfortunately for him. Mark Recchi got the better of their collision in Game 2 and last night, Ohlund whiffed in trying to lay out Chris Kelly, who walked around him for a scoring chance that otherwise wouldn't have presented itself. So, the defensemen, as an example group, have to be careful. They were caught out of position so much in game two, I think maybe that element will now be underemphasized intentionally.
Ryan Malone, Nate Thompson and Adam Hall can be bangers out there, if they choose, so long as nobody's running around trying to eliminate opposition players one after the other. In fact, any sort of "running around", really, will take this Bolts team out of their comfort zone – and they can't have that (again).
Instead, I think they'll willingly continue to allow Boston to dictate the physical play, hoping that they'll cross the line, as they have already at several points and take an ill-advised penalty. For that to leave any sort of positive mark, however, the Lightning power play will have to start clicking again, of course, and that didn't happen in three chances on Thursday night.
MK: So the radio stations in this town whined about the marketing campaign in Boston about there not being any Lightning fans. And what do the fans of Tampa do in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final? Sit on their hands and barely make a peep.
When Krejci scored the first goal, I was pissed because I thought we were transported back to Boston and that would've meant the weather was going to suck when I went outside. I lived in Central Florida for two years and try not to knock the Sun Belt teams of this league. But compared to Raleigh in the playoffs, this was a lame performance by the Tampa Bay faithful.
Will we get a better crowd reaction in Game 4 or are they just waiting for the Cup or bust?
JJ: Okay, that's it. I'm calling it here. No more about the billboards. I gave my two cents on this incredibly lame exchange before the game last night and I'm done. One excitable radio turd took it upon himself to speak for the masses and take offense to a series of harmless jokes at the expense of the Tampa Bay area. Ho-hum. Get over it.
As for the crowd last night, I can only suspect that the style of play, for the most part, took them out of the game for large chunks of time. There were peaks and valleys but little of the sustained noise – and a bit less of the intense vibe I've come to expect as well, maybe – that we've grown used to during this run. To their credit, though much like the team on the ice, by this point, it was far too little, too late, when prompted by the LightningVision scoreboard to get loud late, they did. Efforts to rally their troops fell short, as we know, so it's back to the drawing board for the fans, as it is for the team (sort of… Remember, the Bolts don't like to get away from what's worked for them so much…)
I expect on Saturday that the home crowd will be as jacked as ever for matinee action – unless things quickly turn into a snoozefest once again, that is. But, even so, constant reminders of the postgame Cheap Trick show should be enough to send the elderly and decrepit Floridians in attendance (cause that's all we have, right?) back up to the concourse for another round of brews, restoring the appropriate level of rambunctiousness to the Forum, as required, in short order.
By the way, I expect to see you, Mr. Kalman, singing along to the theme song to "That 70s Show" with me on the Forum concourse, if our respective responsibilities allow us to sneak out there in time.
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Another View - Pam Hunt and Loren Valliere: Local steps can fight climate change in NHPAM HUNT and LOREN VALLIERE
April 11. 2014 11:58PM
Now that we've finally dug out from a cold, snowy winter in the Granite State, it's hard to get one's mind around the notion that the Earth is warming - but it is. This is the topic being discussed in wildlife and climate forums across the Granite State.
Attendees learn from biologists that impacts from climate change are already being reflected in New Hampshire's fish and wildlife populations.
New Hampshire's average temperatures are climbing in step with the global trend, largely due to carbon dioxide that traps energy in the atmosphere, creating a greenhouse effect. In addition, we have seen more droughts, heat waves, hurricanes, wildfires, flooding and sea level rise. Snow and rainfall patterns are shifting. Without a doubt, these changes will and do impact our native species and the habitats they depend upon.
A look at forests in our 84-percent forested state reveals that the forest products industry is a driving economic force here. As the climate changes, hardwoods may migrate north. Extreme weather events such as summer drought and intense cold in winter could cause ash, yellow birch, and sugar maple to decline, reports the Department of Environmental Services, wreaking a serious blow to the state's $3 million sugar maple industry.
Changes in our forests directly relate to how birds live and interact with their environment. Some studies say that our state bird, the purple finch, could disappear from much of its Northeast range because of habitat changes. Purple finch populations are already falling 1.7 percent a year and have declined by half in less than 50 years.
Bicknell's thrush, a rare North American songbird, breeds in spruce-fir forests near the highest elevations of mountains in northern New England. They have already disappeared from several peaks of the White Mountains where they were once common. As warming causes conifer forests to shrink, deciduous trees will become more prevalent, and the habitat for Bicknell's thrush could disappear from the state.
For that iconic New Hampshire animal the moose, climate change is delivering a triple threat: heat stress from rising temperatures, changing habitat conditions and increasing parasitism by winter tick. Moose are especially sensitive to temperature. When winter temperatures rise above freezing, they become heat-stressed. In summer, they are heat-stressed when temperatures rise above 60 to 70 degrees. Heat stress impairs their overall health, leading to lower weights, declining pregnancy rates and increased vulnerability to predators, disease and parasites.
Warmer temperatures allow larger numbers of winter ticks to survive, sometimes infesting individuals so severely that they suffer from anemia and even death. Kristine Rines, with the state Fish and Game Department, told the Washington Post on March 3, "We've had a higher tick load on moose this fall than we've ever seen, except for one year previously." She's already seen calves dying.
Long term, we need to start making serious attempts to curb carbon, and the Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public support for that right now. On the ground, implementing the New Hampshire Wildlife and Ecosystems Climate Adaptation Plan is the best way to start addressing the negative impacts on wildlife species. Under the leadership of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, more than 100 New Hampshire constituents were involved in writing this plan, which aims to help wildlife adapt to climate changes, including the increased temperatures, intense storms and changing snowpack. The plan outlines the largest vulnerabilities our state is facing and recommends the best way to address them.
As an example, New Hampshire's habitats are vulnerable to changes due to increased flooding, as we have a higher number of intense storms. Protecting intact floodplains that naturally slow and absorb floodwaters will protect our communities while ensuring long-term protection for important habitats. This is a common sense conservation strategy that will also provide a pathway for animals to move in response to climate changes.
New Hampshire citizens have shown dedication to reversing the negative impacts of climate change by supporting action at the national level. Citizens are also being educated about the changes that are inevitably coming our way, and the adaptation plan will help us deal with these challenges. We encourage you to work with your town's conservation commission to find ways the plan can help with future conservation planning and to make your voice heard on this conservation issue.
Pam Hunt is senior biologist at New Hampshire Audubon. Loren Valliere is a biologist with the National Wildlife Federation.


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Twisting pix with clever tricks.
That's the challenge of Qix!
QIX. It's sneaky, it's snakey, it's an unpredictable energy field. It rotates, stretches, shortens and changes directions in a flash. QIX tries to catch your diamond cursor before you complete a box. Once the box is complete you've taken over that part of the screen. But watch the moving sparks. If they catch you, it'll be over in an instant. When you claim 75% or more of the screen, you win the round. Each level is more difficult, with more sparks to dodge and two QIX's to challenge you.
QIX is for kids... and adults, too!
With the Video Link™ cable, two players can play simultaneously for an even greater challenge.
Contributed by ryanbus84 (24122) on Apr 13, 2016.
Twisting pix with clever tricks – that's the challenge of Qix.
Your objective is to claim as much of the screen as possible. However, Qix will try to disrupt you at every turn by rotating, stretching, shortening and changing directions. It's sneaky, it's snaky, it's an unpredictable energy field.
Qix will try to catch your diamond cursor before you can complete a box. Once the box is complete, you've taken over that part of the screen. But watch out for the moving Sparx and the Fuse. If they catch you, the game will be over in an instant.
To complete a level, claim 75 percent or more of the screen. With more enemies to dodge, each level will be more difficult than the last.
This game is only playable in 2D.
Contributed by Victor Vance (10125) on Apr 11, 2015.
QIX creates a new dimension in arcade-type fun. Experience geometric challenge and creative strategy. Branch out and claim your territory before the QIX traps you. Watch out for those feisty Sparx patrolling the border territory. Extend your Stix and outsmart this erratic, electronic lightning bolt.
Contributed by Joshua J. Slone (4672) on Jun 27, 2007.
Think quick! Draw Stix. But watch out for the Super Sparx and crackling Fuses. Colorful QIX strikes like a bolt of lightning! Can you draw the line?
Contributed by RKL (5734) on Dec 17, 2003.
QIX is back and better than ever!If you are one of the millions who have grown to know QIX, rest assured that this is a faithful adaptation that includes all the exciting features you have enjoyed in the past and more! Neutralize QIX and its mutant offspring SPARX by claiming their territory before they frag you. Beware of the FUSE and the SPIRAL DEATH TRAP. Over one billion moves and shapes as you are challenged by 256 levels of increasing intensity. You never play the same game twice! Even a practice mode.
Contributed by Jeanne (76516) on Aug 06, 2003.
Your mind is your only weapon(tm)...
- Over 9 Billion Possible Configurations
- Based on the Original Arcade Hit
- 1 or 2 Player Action
- Original Rock Music Score
What is Qix? (Pronounced Kicks.) Where did it come from? Where does it go when you turn off your computer? Can you capture QIX before it destroys you?
Qix is unlike any other game you've ever seen or played. It simulates a fictitious computer virus with a whirling multi-color helix that lives inside the darkness of your computer -- never resting.
The object of the game is to neutralize QIX by building a vaccine that contains the virus. You must trap the QIX within this carefully constructed space.
But think and act fast, because the QIX and its mutant offspring are trying to destroy you.
QIX knows you're out there and it will find you... It's only a matter of time.
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For me the most persuasive evidence that Wen Ho Lee was innocent of the wild spying charges lodged against him came hours after his release from jail, when he returned to his standard-issue tract house in the White Rock suburb of Los Alamos, New Mexico: It was the sight of all those neighbors and co-workers from the lab bringing over plates of potato salad and cold cuts to celebrate his freedom. These were the people who knew Lee and the inner workings of the weapons lab, and they had been there to support him throughout his ordeal, even when established human rights and civil libertarian groups had remained silent. His next-door neighbors, the Marshalls, both hold the highest security ratings; they had offered to pledge their house as bail.
Lee was a product of the lab's culture, and whatever his motive in downloading certain files, his co-workers knew that no one had ever been criminally prosecuted for such an act. It was not all that unusual for intellectually distracted scientists like Lee, who managed to begin writing a mathematics book while in solitary confinement, to be careless with the data that formed the clay they played with daily. Above all, they knew in their bones that Wen Ho Lee, their neighbor, was no spy.
Still, I was apprehensive at being introduced to Lee that evening. For one thing, there is always trepidation at finally meeting a person about whom one has written so much. In Lee's case, I'd done more than a dozen Op-Ed columns for the Los Angeles Times, being the first to challenge a spy story driven by the New York Times. Also, Lee had been through a prison nightmare, and I expected to find a broken man. Instead, I found a person still in shock but grateful, with a smile that suggested he was very much at peace with himself.
Yet Lee's ordeal had been real, and while that evening was not the time for him to go into it, he made it clear that it had been a harrowing experience. Imagine a man who has never been in trouble with the law suddenly detained in a tiny cell without a window or even bars to look through. "There was a peephole in the door, and there was someone who sat outside, and who was watching him and taking notes," recalls his Albuquerque attorney, Nancy Hollander, who visited him often in jail. "And you have to understand: Not only are they watching him eat and sleep, they're watching him use the toilet." His cell would change, but never the twenty-four-hour-a-day light or the shackles–hands and feet linked to a chain around his waist–that he wore during his one hour of permitted exercise, on the occasions he got to talk with his lawyers and during brief visits with his wife.


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External Advisory Committee
Aetna's Health Equity Advisory Board focuses on enabling members of certain racial and ethnic backgrounds to access culturally appropriate care. This group has vast experience to evaluate Aetna's racial and ethnic data.
The committee's experience also provides insight for assisting Aetna in identifying new initiatives focused on targeted results for specific populations.
Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H.
Aetna's Health Equity Advisory Board Chairman
The Disparities Solutions Center Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute for Health Policy (Boston, MA)
Joseph R. Betancourt directs the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, which works with health care organizations to improve quality of care, address racial and ethnic disparities, and achieve equity. He is also Director of Multicultural Education for Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and an expert in cross-cultural care and communication. He is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Betancourt served on several Institute of Medicine (IOM) committees, including those that produced Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care and Guidance for a National Health Care Disparities Report. He also has advised federal, state and local government, foundations, hospitals, health centers, professional societies, trade organizations, and pharmaceutical and private industry on strategies to improve quality of care and eliminate disparities.
A practicing internist, Dr. Betancourt co-chairs the MGH Committee on Racial and Ethnic Disparities, and sits on the Boston Board of Health as well as Health Equity Committee and the Massachusetts Disparities Council.
Anthony L-T Chen, MD, MPH
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Anthony Chen is a family physician and director of health for the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. He has strong interests in community health planning and program development, quality and systems improvement, and access to health care. Other areas of focus are cross-cultural medicine and cultural competency in health care.
He grew up in Southeast Asia and the Pacific before attending boarding school in New Hampshire and the University of Michigan. After medical school at Duke University, he completed family medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati, followed by a Faculty Development Fellowship at Duke University.
After 3 years in the Chicago area, Dr. Chen moved to Seattle where he practiced comprehensive family medicine for 12 years in public health and community clinic settings, while participating in family medicine education in various capacities. He also held leadership roles in local and national efforts on community issues, including hepatitis B immunization and liver cancer prevention in Asians.
He completed The Commonwealth Fund-Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and obtained a Master's of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health. He worked in clinical care, administration and community programs at a large public health care system, while teaching at the Tufts University Family Medicine Residency Program and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Chen returned to the Puget Sound area as the director of health for the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. He serves on several state and national public health committees; regional planning bodies; and local, state and congressional district committees on health care access and reform.
He remains involved in teaching with the Madigan Army Medical Center Public Health Residency, the University of Washington School of Public Health, the University of Washington Tacoma Nursing Program and the Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing. He is actively engaged in oversight of and research through the Washington Public Health Practice-Based Research Network.
His community service also includes participation in Rotary Club of Tacoma No. 8 and the boards of United Way of Pierce County and Tacoma Goodwill Industries.
Jorge A. Girotti, Ph.D., M.A.
Associate Dean and Director, Special Curricular Programs | Director
Hispanic Center of Excellence in Medicine (Chicago, IL)
Jorge Girotti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Education and serves as Associate Dean and Director of Admissions and Special Curricular Programs at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine. As Director of Admissions, Dr. Girotti manages all admissions, and as Dean of Special Curricular Programs, he oversees the Baccalaureate/MD program as well as the Urban Medicine curriculum.
Dr. Girotti also directs the Hispanic Center of Excellence in Medicine (HCOE). His role is wide-ranging, from developing a competitive pool of Latino applicants for the college, to improving the hiring and retention of Latino faculty.
Girotti earned a doctorate in Educational Administration and Policy from UIC in 1990, and a Master of Arts in Counseling and Guidance in 1983 from Northeastern Illinois University. His professional activities include: member of the Illinois State Board of Health; member of the Board of Governors, Institute of Medicine of Chicago; treasurer of the Hispanic Serving Health Professions Schools, among others. He also serves on the National Hispanic Medical Association Board of Directors.
Linda D. Green, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Green & Urribarri, LLC (Coral Springs, FL)
Linda Green has been practicing medicine for more than 15 years and currently is in a 5-person single specialty private practice group in Coral Springs, FL. Dr. Green previously served as Chairman of the Department of OB/GYN at Northwest Regional Medical Center. She has served as an expert witness for the Florida Department of Health since January 2005.
Previously Dr. Green practiced medicine at the All Women's OB/GYN Group from 1991 through 1994, and at Broward OB/GYN Associates through 1999.
Dr. Green completed her undergraduate work and received her medical degree from Brown University in Medicine. She completed her residency at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in California in 1990.
Carol R. Horowitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Departments of Health Policy and Medicine (New York, NY)
Carol R. Horowitz is Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y., and a practicing general internist. She directs the community engagement core of Mount Sinai's Clinical Translational Science Award, and is the co-founder/director of a new Center for Health Equity and Community Engaged Research.
With a focus on using Community-Based Participatory Research to address health disparities, she is the Principal Investigator of National Institutes of Health (NIH) -funded, community- based interventions and led a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) REACH Center grant to eliminate diabetes disparities among African Americans and Latinos.
Current research foci include hypertension, obesity, diabetes and kidney disease prevention and control, and use of community health workers, social networks, digital media, and genomic information to address health disparities. She has an M.D. from Cornell University, and received a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) from the University of Washington as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar.
Elizabeth A. Jacobs, M.D., M.A.P.P., F.A.C.P.
University of Wisconsin – Madison (Madison, WI)
Elizabeth A. Jacobs is Associate Professor of Medicine and Population Health Sciences and Vice Chair for Health Services Research in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She attended medical school at the University of California at San Francisco and trained as a general internist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She completed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Fellowship and a Master's in Public Policy at the University of Chicago.
After struggling to care for patients who spoke limited English during medical school and residency, she decided to research minority disparities in health care. Dr. Jacobs' research interests include access to, and cultural specificity of, medical care delivered to minority patients, the impact of interpreter service interventions on the cost and quality of healthcare, health literacy, and the role of trust in racial/ethnic disparities in health care. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The California Endowment, The Russell Sage Foundation and the Office of Minority Health.
She is recognized as an expert on the provision of linguistically accessible and culturally competent care and has served on Office of Minority Health, Joint Commission, and AHRQ expert panels. She has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and has authored three book chapters. In addition, she works with other investigators to design culturally specific research, and teaches residents and medical students about practicing culturally sensitive medicine.
Martha A. Medrano, M.D., M.P.H.
CommuniCare Health Centers (San Antonio, Texas)
Martha A. Medrano is the Chief Clinical Officer and Director of Behavioral Health at CommuniCare Health Centers in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Medrano has developed initiatives addressing depression and anxiety in a population of patients with multiple medical conditions. These conditions include diabetes, hypertension, obesity and chronic pain syndromes such as fibromyalgia and autism spectrum disorders and attention problems in children. A new initiate is the use of telepsychiatry in an integrated model.
Dr. Medrano is a retired Professor of the Department of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Family and Community Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), and retired Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education (CME).
Dr. Medrano received her doctorate of medicine from UTHSCSA. She is a child, adult and addiction psychiatrist who has 27 years of experience as an administrator and clinician educator. Some of her recognitions include Hispanic Business Magazine's 100 Top Influential Hispanics, San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame and San Antonio Magazine's Influential Physicians: Women Who Are Making a Difference.
Dr. Medrano has been supported by the Aetna Foundation to develop an online Cross-Cultural Communication Course for Health Professionals and was awarded the Edgar C. Hayhow Award for her article published in the Journal for Health Care Management entitled "Self-Assessment of Cultural and Linguistic Competence in an Ambulatory Health System."
Thomas Sequist, M.D., M.P.H.
Partners Healthcare System (Boston, MA)
Thomas Sequist is the Chief Quality and Safety Officer for Partners Healthcare System. He is also an Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and a practicing general internist.
Dr. Sequist's research interests include health care quality, health disparities, and the intersection of these two fields. He is involved in studying methods of improving health care quality in the ambulatory setting, including the use of information technology. Dr. Sequist is particularly interested in health policy issues affecting care for Native Americans, and has worked with the Indian Health Service to evaluate the provision of care for both chronic diseases and preventive services for this population.
Dr. Sequist is a member of the Taos Pueblo tribe in New Mexico and is committed to improving Native American health care, serving as the director of the Four Directions Summer Research Program at Harvard Medical School and the medical director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Physician Outreach Program with the Indian Health Service. He graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in chemical engineering. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School, and his Masters in Public Health (MPH) from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Jim Walton, D.O., M.B.A.
Genesis Physicians Group (Dallas, TX)
Jim Walton is president and CEO of Genesis Physicians Group, an independent physicians association in Dallas. A former practicing internist, Dr. Walton served as Vice President of Network Performance/ Baylor Quality Alliance at Baylor Health Care System before joining Genesis.
Throughout his career, Dr. Walton has spent his career focused on quality improvement strategies to eliminate health disparities and brings his knowledge of quality improvement and the challenges facing today's independent physicians. He served as Dallas County Medical Society's Medical Director for Project Access Dallas, a network of more than 2,000 physicians and 15 hospitals providing comprehensive healthcare access to uninsured people in Dallas County.
Dr. Walton received an MBA from University of Michigan, a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from the University of North Texas Health Science Center, and a bachelor's degree from the University of North Texas. He is board certified in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Walton and his wife reside in East Dallas and have five adult children. He enjoys reading, cycling, skiing, backpacking and gardening in his free time.


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Luis Souto, Web Development Brazil by Online Sales Percentage. Social Media, Mobile eCommerce ,SEO, SEM, SMO and PPC Expert, Multilanguage Web Development by Online Sales Percentage.
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For five heart-stopping seconds, Emirates Team New Zealand's 72-foot catamaran hung on the edge of catastrophe in the middle of an America's Cup race on San Francisco Bay.
The normally spot-on Kiwis rushed a tack during a close-quarters duel with defending champion Oracle Team USA and couldn't get their 131-foot wing sail to pop through to the correct side. The big black-and-red cat began to tip over, its starboard hull rising high into the air.
Skipper Dean Barker didn't know quite where the point of no return was.
"But I'd say half a degree more would have been the number," Barker said.
The boat paused and then the airborne hull splashed down, to the relief of both crews. Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill skillfully steered clear of the Kiwi boat and sailed on to a 52-second victory in Race 8 that might be a tipping point, in more ways than one.
It was just the second victory of the series for the American syndicate, which has now erased the two-point penalty it was assessed in the biggest cheating scandal in the 162-year-history of the America's Cup.
Team New Zealand leads 6-0 and still needs three wins to take the oldest trophy in international sports to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Oracle Team USA, owned by software billionaire Larry Ellison, needs to win nine races to keep the Auld Mug.
Race 9 was abandoned just as the boats turned onto the windward third leg with New Zealand in the lead. That's because the wind had exceeded the 22.6-knot limit during a five-minute period.
Races 9 and 10 are scheduled for Sunday.
After two demoralizing defeats Thursday, Oracle Team USA made several changes to its black cat and sailed much better upwind, which is where they'd been getting stomped by the Kiwis.
"Mate, it is on," Spithill said. "This is the turning point. We've been saying it all along, that we can win races. It really felt the last few days that the Kiwis have been thinking about where to put the trophy and I can tell you we're going to fight the whole way."
Spithill, an Australian who was at the wheel when Oracle capsized its first boat during a training run in October, was relieved that the Kiwis didn't go over as the cats zigzagged toward the Golden Gate Bridge.
"Look, it was close to being a huge pileup. It would have been serious if I weren't able to bail out. " Spithill said. "You never like to see that. I've got a lot of mates on that team. I was looking at my mate Glenn Ashby up there and was thinking, 'Oh God, I hope those guys are going to be all right.' For us, we were glad they didn't go over."
Barker said the crew tried to tack a split second too soon. It was another reminder of how dangerous the new boats can be when they're pushed to the limits.
"I think we had someone looking down on us giving us a little help," Barker said. "I think that's as close as you can ever possibly get before it would have ended up over on its side."
The regatta was marred by the death of British double Olympic medalist Andrew "Bart" Simpson on May 9 when Artemis Racing capsized during a training run.
Oracle Team USA's first catamaran capsized on a rough day on the bay in mid-October. An ebb tide swept the boat out past the Golden Gate Bridge, and the churning waves destroyed the complex wing sail. That cost the syndicate about four months of training time, one of many reasons why Oracle has struggled against the Kiwis.
If there is a capsize during competition, the race would be canceled so that both yachts' chase boats can aid in recovery efforts. Those boats carry divers and paramedics. After Simpson was trapped under Artemis' smashed boat, sailors began wearing body armor, knives, emergency air supplies, underwater locator devices and self-lowering equipment to go with the crash helmets and life vests they already wore.
Had the boat capsized and been seriously damaged it could have been catastrophic for the Kiwis. They have another boat, but it was cannibalized for parts to finish their current boat. Oracle Team USA had another race-ready boat in its shed on Pier 80.
With the Kiwis on port tack and Oracle on starboard, Team New Zealand tried a lee-bow, quickly tacking back onto starboard to try to force the Americans away.
The wing sail doesn't blow through during a tack but has to be pumped through by the grinders who power the hydraulic system. They didn't have time to do it after tactician Ray Davies quickly called for the tack and the wing was in the wrong articulation.
Three sailors were on the starboard hull as it rose in the air. The other eight, including Barker, were on the port hull. Someone on the boat was hollering "Hydro, hydro."
"I was thinking, 'Oh, this is not too bad of an exit from here,' " Barker said. "I was on the right side. It was a scary thought for the guys on the other side because it definitely would be a long way up. It's racing in these boats. They are powerful and you've got to sail them well. We're at the top end of wind range today and you've got to make sure you are error-free around the course. We made one mistake and it cost us the race, but it also came very, very close to costing us a lot more than that."
The Kiwis kept grinding and got the wing to pop the right way.
That encounter that led to the near-capsize was set up because Oracle tactician Ben Ainslie decided to split away from the Kiwis after rounding the second gate mark 8 seconds behind. Ainslie, a British star who has four Olympic gold medals and one silver, replaced John Kostecki on Thursday.
Because the American boat was coming in on favored starboard tack, Team New Zealand was penalized. The near-capsize had already done in the Kiwis, and slowing to clear the penalty allowed Oracle to sail well ahead.


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The amount of time your kids spend outdoors is nothing to play around about. Put down their iPad, Kindle, game controller, or Wii remote; a new study says they're in desperate need of more sunshine and less screen-time.
Findings recently published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reported that almost half of American preschool-aged kids are not getting enough supervised playtime outside—not even a single session outside per day. Researchers analyzed the outdoor-activity routines of nearly 9,000 children born in 2001 who were tracked until they entered kindergarten. Mothers were interviewed about their child's experience playing outdoors at ages nine months, two years, four years, and post-kindergarten enrollment.
The study's authors stressed the importance of outdoor play in particular because of the critical role it plays in a child's development of motor skills, vision and mental acuity.
PLUS: Why Kids Need Recess and Exercise
While researchers found that parents who followed exercise routines themselves were more likely to encourage time spent outside, moms were almost twice as likely as dads to supervise outdoor play. But more moms outside didn't translate to more daughters there too: young girls were actually 16 percent less like than boys to be taken outside. Race also played a factor in access to outdoor play, with Asian moms 49 percent less likely to take their kids out to play, and black and Hispanic moms 41 and 20 percent, respectively, less likely to do so than white mothers.
PLUS: Is My Child Ready to Play Outdoors Alone?
Rahil Briggs, a child psychologist with Children's Hospital at Montefiore, in New York City, told HealthDay that she was not surprised by the study's finding thanks to the vast availability of today's kid-friendly tech-y gadgets. However, she urged parents to still get their kids outside, "Parents need to change their thinking about outdoor play as a luxury that they can get in for their kids on a Saturday, to something along the lines of a necessity."
How often does your kid get to play outside? Are there any reasons why you would prefer for him to stay indoors?


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The percentage of people without access to decent affordable housing is rising at an amazing rate. This is an important initiative for WACF since housing is critical to the stability of children and families in the community.
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Neelie Kroes
Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda
Driving digital growth
Press conference on new digital priorities for 2013-2014/ Brussels
18 December 2012
Good morning everybody
We conducted a comprehensive review of our Digital Agenda for Europe and it is going well.
But that is not enough.
Yesterday doesn't count in the digital world - complacency is a killer. And Europe doesn't have time.
The digital economy is growing seven times faster than the rest of the economy.
If not for the digital economy then the EU would be in recession.
So we have to take our digital opportunities.
Today I am presenting a "to-do" list today, for 2013 and 2014.
It is a wake-up call.
Broadband and jobs are the topics.
But the message is that we need to take risks and push ourselves.
There is too much risk-avoiding in Brussels and in national capitals.
That has to stop or Europe has no future.
I refuse to just tick off the list of actions we created in 2010.
I don't want that, that is lazy. Europe cannot afford laziness.
That is why I am here today with new priorities.
This is personal for me. I am 71; I don't have to do this job.
But I want to. I want to because I am inspired by this new generation, and want them to see the value of Europe too.
I don't want to say in 2014 that I am ashamed of not speaking, or regretting not acting.
Europe needs this.
The seven actions you can see from our press release, and on the screen behind me, revolve around broadband and getting the economy moving.
Some of it we already started- like stabilising regulation for broadband through to 2020.
In 2013 we will make that concrete, with a package of 10 actions just on broadband. It needs to be seen as a package, and it's a balanced package. The markets have given positive reactions.
So the time for thinking and complaining is over.
2013 is all about doing.
There are some legislative elements - like the Cybersecurity Directive that is planned.
But instead of just spending more money or writing more laws, in most cases in the digital world, you can do more and quicker by just bringing people together.
This is why we run so many dialogues - like with copyright; or build coalitions - like for kids online and to increase jobs and skills.
Don't take the lack of regulations and directives as a sign of weakness or a lack of ambition - it is a sign that our brains are working.
You need to see the Digital Agenda as a network of networks. Like the web entrepreneur conferences, the village broadband companies, the "Campuseros" from Campus Party, the Digital Champions, the open source community, my 60,000 followers on Twitter.
Speaking of the Digital Champions, here are inspirational leaders. Martha Lane Fox got millions online in the UK. Gergana Passy in Bulgaria and Paul Baran in Romania are just as good.
Yesterday Ireland appointed David Puttnam - the Oscar winning film producer - to be the Irish Digital Champion.
What an incredible start for the Irish Presidency!
Just imagine what he will achieve with a bit of publicity in the next years. This is a huge endorsement of the Digital Agenda and what we can do together.
You will see why I think the digital world is limitless and why I think that we can create industrial success in Europe by thinking across borders.
Why not a "digital Airbus", or an "Airbus for the chip sector"? That scale of success is what you can get if you put borders aside, and work in partnership.
When it comes to jobs, I want you to know that the internet creates jobs.
Probably four million if we implemented the whole Digital Agenda.
But more than that, I want Europeans to see that creating your own job is sexy - and the internet makes it possible. We need more people brave enough to take that opportunity.
I don't have the words to describe the energy I get working with Europe's web entrepreneurs and the activists in the digital world.
I am determined to bring their voices into European debates and to share that energy.
We are all looking for reasons for hope at the moment. If you want hope - don't spend all day looking for it in this building, go look at these entrepreneurs instead.
They are building the future; they are growing faster than China.
Their ideas for policy too can be excellent. France's "Les Pigeons" group told me, and rightly so, that we shouldn't be talking about cutting the Erasmus programme at Council summits - we should be adding an "entrepreneur's Erasmus programme" instead!
Whatever the specific ideas, please pay attention to the momentum of this movement. This energy is what Europe needs, and what the Digital Agenda works to provide.
I will work with every breath in 2013 and 2014 to give our young people, our entrepreneurs, the conditions and incentives they deserve, so we can all share in their achievements.
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Crazy Penguin Catapult 2 Review
Those bad bears are at it again! After kidnapping scores of penguins in the last Crazy Penguin Catapult game, the bears have come up with a new plot to imprison their Antarctic adversaries: sneak into the game code itself, and add so many new glitches that nobody even wants to try to rescue the penguins in this disappointing sequel.
While polar bears going all "Matrix" would have been a cool storyline, sadly this is the only possible reason we can think up for why Crazy Penguin Catapult 2 is such a soulless follow-up. The game looks and plays exactly like the previous game, which is not a bad thing by itself, but it feels rushed and shoddy instead of refined.
Now that's using your head, Poppy!
Like in Crazy Penguin Catapult, in this sequel you can tap the screen to launch your penguins with medieval hurling devices and then order them to dive-bomb the bears. As you attack the bears and rescue your fellow penguins, you'll earn stars that can unlock handy new abilities like drilling through ice or changing direction in mid-air.
Here is where Crazy Penguin Catapult 2 goes wrong. Some abilities are extremely useful, like the Ninja Penguin that lets you change directions. Others are extremely useless, like a Bear Shot that lets you auto-target the next bear. The problem is, new abilities will completely replace old abilities, leaving you stuck with much worse power-ups that you can't swap out. This makes the game pointlessly frustrating, and it's a glaring design flaw that must be addressed in a future update.
After all, you can't preview the abilities before you commit to them, and some stages don't make any use of these abilities at all. If the last ability you chose is an ice-breaker, and you need to complete a stage with no ice to break, what's the point? The only option is to reset the game and start from scratch, avoiding the bad power-ups, which is unacceptable.
You'll never guess where he pulls the rabbit from.
In addition to this huge misstep, Crazy Penguin Catapult 2 seems much buggier than its predecessor. Your penguins will frequently get stuck on the ice, not slide as far as they should, and generally waste your time by dying without hitting any bears. You'll even find a few typos in the instruction pages, which says to us that this game didn't get enough time in the testing phase.
Crazy Penguin Catapult 2 also offers the same old strategy game as before, as an extra option. The turn-based game hasn't been improved at all, graphically or otherwise. Surprisingly, multiplayer hasn't been added for this mode either, which would be one way to make it enjoyable.
Crazy Penguin Catapult 2 is the sequel to one of our favorite games, but this one lands with a splat. Hopefully Digital Chocolate will fix the more glaring mistakes (just let us switch out the lame power-ups instead of replacing our favorites), and we can try to enjoy the additional levels for a game we used to like a lot.


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Q: Several years ago in the food section of the Chicago Tribune there was a sidebar on creating a lettuce "rose" or "flower" to display on a buffet. The tiny box had a color photo of a head of lettuce transformed, I believe, into a flower with eight "petals." I have searched the archives on chicagotribune.com and Googled until my fingers fell off but have had no fortune in finding the exact instructions. The only other detail I seem to recall is that you had to put the lettuce in ice water.
—Tom Saaristo, Chicago
A: You sent this question in months ago, Tom, and I'm sure you thought I had forgotten. Nope — but I couldn't find what you were looking for either. And, frankly, I couldn't image a lettuce "flower." Fussy food garnishes — turning a carrot into a Volkswagen Beetle, say — hold no appeal for me. Then I found this story, from July 23, 1987, and I think it's what you're looking for — although there's no talk of a buffet or ice water. The piece, by a writer for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, extols the virtues of salads served hot or room temperature as entree.
The story included a recipe in which iceberg lettuce is cut into wedges and arranged like a flower. Where the recipe came from isn't clear; celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck and his latest cookbook (alas unnamed) are cited in the story, however. The recipe name, too, is a mystery: A "lotus" salad without any lotus. Oh well, it was the 1980s. Let me know if this is what you wanted. And, if any reader has another idea of what this lettuce "flower" should be, contact me, too.
Lotus salad with stir-fried pork and vegetables
Prep: 25 minutes. Cook: 6 to 8 minutes. Makes: 4 servings
1 head iceberg lettuce
1/2 cup each: mirin (rice wine); rice wine vinegar; toasted sesame oil
1 to 2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 1/4-inch piece ginger, grated fresh ginger
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 pound boneless pork, cut into narrow slices
1 cup diagonally sliced celery (about 2 stalks)
1 cup fresh bean sprouts
3/4 cup snow peas, trimmed
1/2 cup sliced water chestnuts
1 large tomato, cut into julienne strips for garnish
1. Cut lettuce into wedges. Arrange wedges spoke-fashion on a serving platter (to form a flower shape). Make the dressing by combining the mirin, vinegar, sesame oil, mustard and ginger in a jar; shake well.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in skillet. Stir-fry pork 2 minutes, or until done. Remove with slotted spoon. Add celery to the skillet, stir-fry 1 1/2 minutes. Add bean sprouts, snow peas, water chestnuts; stir-fry 1 1/2 minutes or until all vegetables are crisp-tender. Return pork to pan just to warm through.
3. Spoon the stir-fried mixture into center of the lettuce flower. Garnish with tomato in between the wedges. Serve with dressing.
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June 13. 2014 12:16AM
A few haiku: For our senior senator
On Wednesday The Concord Monitor published a political poem from former U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall of Wilmot. Expectedly, Hall is a man of the political left, that colorful place where artists, poets and other free thinkers congregate and conspire to impose their views on the unthinking masses via the power of the state.
Hall found amusement in insulting (criticizing is too lofty a word for it) Scott Brown in his poem, which is a fine way for octogenerian poets to while away their last days. It beats arguing with the cats.
In response, the Brown campaign issued a well-practiced talking point that was rather disappointing given the feisty nature of Hall's challenge.
Here at the locally owned and editorially independent Union Leader, we are less risk averse. We answer to no voters or corporate stockholders, and we do appreciate a lively exchange.
Though we do not have a candidate yet in the U.S. Senate race, we are not terribly fond of the work Hall's candidate of choice, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, does on behalf of President Obama. Hall wrote a modified haiku, and though we cannot rival Donald Hall's considerable skill in verse, we can have a little fun playing with his favorite toy, so here are a few proper haiku on the poet's preferred Senate candidate. We call them Jeanneku.
Choices, you once had
I made the system better
Hope you like Anthem
Wall Street checks
Hush, speak not, dear one
Move your sly pen in silence
One more zero there
Individual Mandate
Buy insurance, chump
Single men must get pill too
Live free or die, ha!
My captain, my love
Oh, New Hampshire hates you so
Let's raise their taxes
Trust me, New Hampshire
Like your doc? You can keep him
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With evolving economic and technological needs, career moves are practically universal in today's job market. Some of these career moves are actually leaps, such as an accountant transitioning to become a nurse, but others are much closer jumps, such a technical writer or documentation specialist moving into the often similar business analyst's role. Indeed, in […]Continue reading...


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#5: Better Pay
Who doesn't want to make more money? While many hospitals and healthcare organization pay all RNs the same rate, regardless of educational preparation, BSN-prepared nurses, in general, make more money than ADN or diploma nurses. According to payscale.com, the median salary for BSN-prepared nurses is $62, 674; for ADN nurses, it's $50, 565.
The pay discrepancy may be because BSN-prepared nurses are better prepared for higher-paying nursing positions. The BSN is often the preferred degree for nursing management positions, which typically pay more than staff nursing positions. BSN-prepared nurses can also work in four of the top 10 highest paying nurse specialties: nurse research, pediatric endocrinology, orthopedic nursing and neonatal nursing. (The other top six specialties require a Master's degree, which is just a hop, skip and jump away from a BSN.)
#6: Better Patient Outcomes
It's old news by now, but it bears repeating: an increased proportion of BSN-prepared nurses is associated with decreased patient mortality.
In a 2003 study, Educational Levels of Hospital Nurses and Surgical Patient Mortality, renowned nurse research Linda Aiken found that a 10% increase in the number of nurses with a BSN was associated with a 5% decrease in patient deaths within 30 days of admission. Greater numbers of BSN nurses are also associated with fewer cases of failure to rescue. Aiken concluded that, "these effects imply that altering the educational background of hospital nurses by increasing the percentage of those earning a BSN would produce substantial decreases in mortality rates for surgical patients generally and for patients who develop complications."
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A Granby man charged with aggravated rape of a child and several other counts will spend three years on probation after reaching a plea agreement in Western Worcester District Court last week.
Nicholas Pierce-Eaton, 23, of 14 Green Meadow Road, Granby, was charged by Hardwick police a year ago with disseminating obscene matter to a minor and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child less than 14 years old after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 7-year-old boy he was watching.
Police in their report said Mr. Pierce-Eaton offered to watch the boy when the child's guardian had to briefly leave their home in the Gilbertville section of Hardwick. The boy later told his mother, with whom he had not been staying, that he had seen pornographic images and had been touched and hurt by Mr. Pierce-Eaton.
West Brookfield Police also charged him with two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child younger than 14 years old, and statutory rape of a child after the boy told his mother he'd been touched by and forced to touch Mr. Pierce-Eaton at a campground in that town.
As part of the agreement, the rape charge and the statutory rape charge were each reduced to indecent assault and battery on a child younger than 14 years old.
In addition to probation, Mr. Pierce-Eaton must undergo sex offender counseling, register as a sex offender and refrain from having unsupervised contact with anyone under age18. He must also submit a DNA sample.
In a statement to the court, the victim's mother wrote that what had happened to her son was "the most disgusting and horrible thing that could happen to any human being, especially a child.
"Obviously the defendant is either sick or evil and either way not only needs help but also needs appropriate punishment," she wrote, adding that she feared Mr. Pierce-Eaton's "clean record" would prevent him from being harshly punished.


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Flute prodigy Emma Resmini to headline concert
Corpus Christi Church in Buffalo is pleased to announce 14-year-old child prodigy Emma Resmini is headlining its "In The Light" concert series at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5. This concert is in celebration of the Pauline Order of priest's 10th anniversary at Corpus Christi.
Resmini, a flutist, will perform selections by Mozart, Haydn and a movement from one of the flute concertos that Corpus Christi Director of Music István Hernek has composed for her, along with a chorale prelude for flute and orchestra composed to commemorate the Pauline's 10th anniversary at Corpus Christi. Resmini will perform with Corpus Christi's new chamber orchestra.
Before hitting the age of 12, Resmini graced stages as a soloist with the Dallas Symphony, National Symphony and Pittsburgh Symphony. This event will be her first appearance in Buffalo.
The concert is free and open to the public. Resmini also will perform at Corpus Christi's 11:30 a.m. Mass (prior to the concert).
The Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (the Pauline Fathers) came to Buffalo in 2003 and took over ownership of Corpus Christi Church, saving it from closure. Since then, the church has undergone extensive restoration and still serves East Buffalo's Historic Polonia as it has since 1898.
For more information on Corpus Christi Church, visit http://CorpusChristiBuffalo.org.


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After years of watching John Carpenter's horror classic "Halloween," you now have another chance to see the 1978 flick on a screen bigger than your TV.
For $11 you can head to the Landmark Century Cinemas at 9 p.m. Oct. 30 and let Michael Myers freak you out all over again. You'll also see a special feature called "You Can't Kill the Boogeyman: 35 Years of 'Halloween'," which includes information about the casting of Jamie Lee Curtis, how the name Michael Myers was chosen and more.
Click here to buy tickets to the Landmark screening and here to see the many suburban theaters you can attend instead if that's more convenient--or if the city screening sells out and you don't want to let this opportunity go to waste.
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Few Westerners have ever heard of Perm. A former czarist administrative center, rustbelt Soviet city and gateway to the gulag, Perm was long off-limits to foreigners. In 1990, shortly after Mikhail Gorbachev opened the city, I became one of the first Westerners to visit. This spring I returned.
Perm has played a small but important role in the history of ballet. During World War II the Kirov (now Maryinsky) Ballet was evacuated there from besieged Leningrad. The city has an excellent ballet company and one of the best training academies in Russia. But its main claim to fame is that Serge Diaghilev, the founder of the celebrated Ballets Russes, grew up there. Between 1909 and 1929, the Ballets Russes brought ballet into the twentieth century and Russian ballet to the West. Diaghilev commissioned music from Stravinsky, Ravel, Debussy and Prokofiev; designs from Picasso, Matisse and Derain. His choreographers, who included Michel Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska and George Balanchine, dominated ballet until the 1970s.
The Ballets Russes never performed in Russia, and except for Firebird and Petrouchka, which entered the Soviet repertory just after the revolution (only to vanish by the 1930s), the modernist and neoclassical traditions associated with the company were anathema to cultural commissars. As for Diaghilev, who died in 1929, he became a Soviet nonperson. He was gay, a cosmopolitan, a champion of "formalism," with brothers who had fought for the Whites. Not until 1982 did a collection of writings by and about him appear in the Soviet Union. And only in 1987 would a conference about Diaghilev take place in Perm.
The collapse of the Soviet Union brought many changes to the ballet world, including a sometimes-frenzied effort to reconnect with both the West and the czarist past. Dancers flocked abroad, returning with videotapes, and works by once-proscribed Western choreographers like Balanchine entered the Russian repertory. The Kirov, using notations spirited out of Russia in 1918, mounted czarist-era versions of The Sleeping Beauty and La Bayadère that sought to obliterate the Soviet imprint on these ballets. The company also mounted an all-Diaghilev program.
I went to Perm this May to attend an arts festival with the somewhat grandiose title "Diaghilev Seasons: Perm, Petersburg, Paris." Sponsored by the Perm Tchaikovsky Theater of Opera and Ballet, the Perm State Art Gallery and various regional and municipal organizations, the festival showcased the city's ballet, modern dance and opera companies. Even if Diaghilev was only a pretext for the festival's civic boosterism, the performances were a barometer of the state of dance in Russia today, especially among companies seldom, if ever, seen in the West.


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