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| UK linguists, Shughni scholars work to save spoken language Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:48 EDT Imagine a world in which your native language is spoken by a population about one-fifth the size of Lexington. Imagine, also, that your language is not taught in schools, broadcast over the airwaves or preserved in literature. And one by one, the words of your language are being replaced by the words of a more dominant language in the region. Such is the predicament for the Shughni people, who speak a minority language in the Pamir Mountains of eastern Tajikistan. But thanks to a team of linguists at the University of Kentucky, the Shughni language has a better chance for long-term survival. The UK researchers, under the direction of linguistics professor Greg Stump, are hosting three Shughni-speaking scholars from Tajikistan this month for a series of workshops dedicated to the study of the language. The workshops are the first step toward creating not only a written script for Shughni, but also a full-length grammar of the language for others to study. |
| Learning to go back to school Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:55 EDT Add some back-to-school buzz to your fun-in-the-sun summer by throwing Yoko, Splat or Wiggles onto the book shelf for your kids, especially those prone to first-day jitters. In addition to new and familiar characters to soothe and prepare there is a two-tier counting book celebrating teachers and what they teach . from art to geometry. Written by husband-and-wife educators Steven L. Layne and Deborah Dover Layne, Number 1 Teacher: A School Counting Book (Sleeping Bear Press, $17.95, ages 6-12) includes quick rhymes full of science terms (liquid, solid, gas), musical help (five lines in a staff), a memory tip for the colors of a rainbow (Roy G. Biv) and the number of parts of speech in a sentence (eight). The rhymes are accompanied by longer, fast-moving narratives offering older students fun facts and hard-core history. |
| Iraq wants to stamp your passport Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:04 EDT BAGHDAD . Someone had fun tinkering with the airline board at the old, disused terminal at Baghdad International Airport. It advertises a .special flight. on Japan Airlines from Basra to Sydney, Australia, while a flight from Baghdad to Mexico City is .delayed.. In reality, Iraq has been a no-go zone for most civilian aircraft for almost two decades. First, there were U.N. sanctions after Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Then U.S.-led forces toppled the dictator in 2003, and violence engulfed the country. Yet, now that insurgent attacks and sectarian bloodshed have ebbed during the past year, Iraq's government is beginning to promote tourism. It will be a tough sell . and even if officials can grab the attention of the adventuresome, Iraq's tourism facilities are shabby. The opening of a new airport last month in the southern city of Najaf is expected to help boost the number of religious pilgrims, mostly Iranians, visiting Shiite shrines to 1 million this year, double the number that came in 2007. |
| Making the basics go further Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:23 EDT After reading a recent A la Carte story about .cooking on a budget, .Elizabeth Bailey of .Winchester called to ask for help in preparing some of the basic foods that she buys with food stamps and receives in free food boxes. Bailey, who lives on a limited income, is never .certain what items will be in the food boxes each month. But they .usually contain potatoes, dry or evaporated milk, cereal, canned fruit and vegetables, peanut butter and juice. .Every time I go, it's .something different,. she said. Bailey buys flour, oil and seasonings with food stamps and is looking for ideas on how to stretch her budget. I asked for tips on my blog, and Adele McKinney of .Nicholasville sent several recipes. She writes a recipe page that Jessamine County distributes with its free food baskets each month. |
| Treatment for pain divides physicians Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:03 EDT While federal investigators try to track down Kentuckians who go out of state to secure prescription pain pills to sell or abuse, many Kentucky doctors are wrestling with questions of how and when to treat thousands of legitimate patients who need those same drugs. It's all part of perhaps the hottest national debate in medicine today. The discussion revolves around two camps. One holds that pain essentially is an illness in its own right that should be treated aggressively, up to and including the use of powerful narcotic drugs. The other side contends that doctors must be much more conservative, offering narcotics only when they're absolutely sure patients actually need the potentially addicting drugs and are not seeking them to abuse them. Some nationally known experts, like Dr. Russell Portenoy, a New York pain specialist, say the debate has left many doctors reluctant to prescribe narcotics because they fear being investigated by authorities and many patients reluctant to seek help because they fear being seen as .pill users.. |
| Fired up for fresh flavors Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:04 EDT Y ou're an expert at chicken and burgers on the grill. But if the idea of grilling fruits and veggies intimidates you, worry no more. It can be fun to .experiment with a variety of vegetables and fruits on the grill, and they're even more .delicious if you jazz them up with creative marinades or exotic seasonings. And don't fret about losing them through the gaps in the grill. Products like grill pans and mesh fry pans have made it so much easier to stir-fry button mushrooms and asparagus spears. Cooking to perfection is made easier knowing that fast-grilling vegetables such as asparagus, eggplant, squash, .peppers, and onions take about five to seven minutes to cook. Root vegetables, such as beets, winter squash, potatoes and sweet potatoes, take about 20 to 45 minutes to cook, depending on whether they're whole, halved or sliced. |
| Landscaping with bamboo: Don't let it run wild Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:53 EDT Bamboo is a good news/bad news landscape plant. The good news is that it can grow very quickly, spreading to create a lush, green living wall for privacy and blocking unsightly views. The bad news is that it can grow quickly, spreading to create a lush green living forest, ever on the move, invading not only your yard but your neighbors' as well. So before you even think about raising that kind of cane, be forewarned that you'll need a containment plan. |
| Non-profit provides groceries at discounted prices Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT Earlier this year, Glenda Miller of Lexington was barely making ends meet, feeding herself and the two adults who lived in her home. Then her son and his two children moved in. Soon after, a friend who lost her home and her two children joined Miller's household. Before the end of each month, all the food would be gone. Then Miller learned about Angel Food Ministries, a non-profit, non-denominational organization that provides groceries at discounted prices to people in Lexington, Central Kentucky and 34 other states. .Now I tell everybody . everybody . about it,. said Miller, 57. .I couldn't afford to feed my family without it.. |
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| Pressuring bacteria to death Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT WASHINGTON . Could food producers literally squeeze the salmonella out of a jalape.o? Or zap the E. coli from lettuce without it going limp? Headline-grabbing food poisonings from raw foods are prompting new interest in technology . from super-high pressure to irradiation . to get rid of some of the bugs. It won't be a panacea: Far better to prevent contamination on the farm than to try to get rid of it later. But it's impossible to prevent all contamination in open fields. And increasingly popular ready-to-eat foods . salads already washed and bagged, fruit peeled and sliced . allow another processing step where a single slip-up can introduce pathogens. Washing, even with chlorine or other chemicals, only gets rid of surface contaminants, not germs that sneak inside the fruit or vegetable. Enter high-tech options. |
| Steel, fabric in lead to adorn UK Hospital atrium Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:55 EDT Hanging sculptures of stainless steel and fabric were chosen as the lead finalist to fill a three-story atrium at the new University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital. The hospital is under construction and will open in phases beginning in 2010. Warren Seelig, an artist from Rockland, Maine, designed the structures. They are mobile-like creations that would hang from a large skylight in the hospital's main lobby. The sculptures are meant to be viewed from any angle, Seelig said in his application..The sculpture is perceived not only looking at its form but through it as well,. he wrote. Seelig was one of four artists who presented their concepts at UK Tuesday. |
| School rules: tips for parents Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:02 EDT As hard as it might be to believe, kids are heading back to school soon. And even if you think you are a pro at handling the beginning of a new school year, you never know what this year's start might hold. Plus, as with our little learners, there always are opportunities to try something new and different. Here are some tips for making the school year a good one. Go to Bluegrassmoms.com to share your back-to-school tips and gripes, and take a look at food writer Sharon Thompson's yummy recipes for healthy lunches. |
| Fall for the falls Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:55 EDT CORBIN . It all started with my quest for the moonbow, that rare phenomenon that can be seen only on a clear night under a full moon. There have been reports of moonbows, the nocturnal .equivalents of rainbows, at .California's Yosemite National Park, at Waimea in Hawaii, and in New Zealand, but there are only two places in the world where scientists say moonbows occur regularly during the full moon. Somehow, it seemed wrong that I had seen the moonbow at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe in southern Africa, but not the one at Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in southern Kentucky, a two-hour drive from Lexington. I decided that a visit to the resort park was in order. Just southwest of Corbin, in the middle of the Daniel Boone National Forest, Cumberland Falls is one of the commonwealth's 17 state resort parks, and it offers not just an opportunity to see the moonbow (if you plan your visit accordingly and weather conditions are right), but a host of recreational activities, should you happen to be there when the moon is waxing or waning. |
| Fraud alleged at 3 L.A. hospitals Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:55 EDT LOS ANGELES . A hospital's top executive was arrested Wednesday as federal agents raided three medical centers while investigating an alleged scheme to recruit homeless people as phony patients and bill government programs for millions of dollars in unnecessary health services, authorities said. A lawsuit filed Wednesday by the city said the hospitals used homeless people as .human pawns.. More charges are expected, a federal prosecutor said. The hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties submitted phony Medicare and Medi-Cal bills for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of homeless patients . including drug addicts and the mentally ill . recruited from downtown's Skid Row, authorities alleged. |
| A hermit crab can be a pet for decades Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:55 EDT It's a summer tradition in many beach and boardwalk towns: you buy the kids a hermit crab in a brightly painted shell, take it home, and then, usually, it dies. But for Carol Ormes, it turned out to be a bit more of a commitment. Ormes got Jonathan Living.ston Crab on the way home from the beach, and his friend Crab Kate a short time later at a mall. They now live with Ormes at a retirement community in Fort Myers, Fla., and are about to turn 32 years old. Ormes is a bit of a .local celebrity, although not .everyone is clear on the source of her fame: At a restaurant recently, .someone asked, .How are your snails?'. |
| Guru in a muumuu Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:40 EDT When English teacher Risha .Mullins showed her students a photo of her mother, her sister and herself wearing colorful, loose-fitting dresses called muumuus, she had no idea she was starting a reading revolution at Montgomery County High School. .They said I looked .godawful,' but some of the girls asked if they could wear muumuus on Fridays during class,. Mullins says. The practice of wearing muumuus at MCHS on Fridays began in .Mullins' sophomore accelerated English class late in the 2007 fall semester. When the class ended after Christmas break, some of her students wanted to maintain a relationship with the popular teacher and asked if they could form a club that would meet on club days during school hours and occasionally after school. At the first meeting in January, 15 girls showed up and wore muumuus. |
| "I'm now reading a story on microblogs' Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:55 EDT In cyberspace, no status update is too small to share with friends, family and strangers, including this: In Franklin, Tenn., an office worker reports that he just shuffled over from his desk to the couch. A biker in Orange, Calif., is headed to Starbucks. Elsewhere in California, someone just got coffee up his nose. You might think no one would care . but on the Internet .someone might. Thanks to .microblogging,. the slightest bits of detritus from people's lives are steadily flowing into the maw of the Internet, enabling a new wave of communication where no detail is too mundane or brief to share. |
| Chinese restaurant embraces the Olympics Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:03 EDT Late last year, when Panda Cuisine was under construction, owner Tong Xu insisted that a satellite dish be installed in his restaurant for one reason: the Beijing Olympics. Xu was planning for the event that's happening now through Aug. 24 in China. As athletes from around the world compete for Olympic gold, customers at the .restaurant can watch the Games live . not on the American networks but on China Central Television, which broadcasts in English. And for the official Olympics .Opening Ceremony, to be broadcast at 8 p.m. Friday on NBC, Panda Cuisine will host a celebration sponsored by the Kentucky Chinese American .Association. It will feature Chinese .culture and art, including calligraphy, and arts and crafts related to the .Olympics, plus an .introductory show about Beijing and other major .attractions in China. The celebration starts at 6 p.m., with a buffet at 7:30. The cost is $15. The party is by reservation only, and a few spots remained at press time. Call .Jianhua Su, (859) 619-3304, by noon Friday to check on availability. (Panda Cuisine will be open to other diners, too.) The Panda chefs are preparing a few special Sichuan dishes that will be served during the Games, including Beijing duck, for $14. It's a traditional Chinese dish, although there are many variations. Beijing cuisine, like the city, is a blend of many food cultures, Mickey Chang Xun said. Xun, a friend of Xu and his family, helps with marketing and language for the restaurant. |
| A natural wonder and a wonderful train ride in southeastern Kentucky Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:36 EDT CORBIN . It all started with my quest for the moonbow, that rare phenomenon that can be seen only on a clear night under a full moon. There have been reports of moonbows, the nocturnal .equivalents of rainbows, at .California's Yosemite National Park, at Waimea in Hawaii, and in New Zealand, but there are only two places in the world where scientists say moonbows occur regularly during the full moon. Somehow, it seemed wrong that I had seen the moonbow at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe in southern Africa, but not the one at Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in southern Kentucky, a two-hour drive from Lexington. I decided that a visit to the resort park was in order. Just southwest of Corbin, in the middle of the Daniel Boone National Forest, Cumberland Falls is one of the commonwealth's 17 state resort parks, and it offers not just an opportunity to see the moonbow (if you plan your visit accordingly and weather conditions are right), but a host of recreational activities, should you happen to be there when the moon is waxing or waning. |
| Jay Flippin Quartet part of PAC series Jazz in an intimate setting continues Friday night with a performance by The Jay Flippin Quartet, another in the Jazz Alley series at the Paramount Arts Center. |
| Huntington Rib and Music Fest brings tasty cuisine and tunes Today is the first day of the 13th annual Huntington Rib and Music Fest at Harris Riverfront Park featuring six award-winning barbecue chefs and crews. |
| Renovated Lexington house to be on TV Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:02 EDT For Evan and Kimberly E. Brown, renovating their home became more than a pastime. It became an all-consuming, round-the-clock, coal-dust-in-your-face, never-a-moment's-rest passion. Consider this: three years without a shower. Not them, their home. They kept a gym membership just for access to running water. .We showered at the gym and lived in one room with construction going on all around it,. Kimberly Brown said. For several weeks, a sign in the Browns' front yard had proclaimed that the house would be featured on HGTV. But broadcast plans have changed, and the house will be part of a segment of What You Get for the Money on a sister network, Fine Living. An air date has yet to be set. |
| A toast to riesling country Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:03 EDT Picture this scene. A small group of wine writers, their palates refined by years of swirling, sipping and .spitting, are sitting in the tasting room at Schloss Johannisberg in Germany's Rheingau region, an area known for its outstanding rieslings. An intimidating array of glasses is lined up before each writer, and estate manager Christian Witte begins the ritual by pouring a 2005 sp.tlese, which will be followed by a 2007 kabinett, a 2007 auslese and so on and so on. The conversation goes something like this: Decanter Magazine writer: .What is the residual sugar compared to the acidity in the semi-dry sp.tlese ?. Washingtonian Magazine wine writer: .Do you prefer using indigenous yeasts or cultured yeasts in your fermentation process?. |
| Put your cupcakes to a test with the best for charity fund-raiser Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:41 EDT An outdoor concert Aug. 30, .featuring Grammy .winner Jars of Clay, will .highlight .Lexington Christian .Academy's Back-to-School Bash on Aug. 29 and 30, but for home cooks, the most interesting activity might be the cupcake contest, with a $100 gift certificate as the top prize. Contestants must bring a dozen cupcakes to the LCA gymnasium hallway at the Rose Campus by 10 a.m. Aug. 30. Cupcakes must be homemade and will be judged on appearance, creativity and flavor. After the judging, cupcakes will be sold, with proceeds donated to God's Pantry. Participants also are asked to bring one canned item to donate to God's Pantry. Registration is $5 and due by Aug. 26. Call LCA at (859) 422-5700. |
| Slow down and enjoy locally grown foods Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:03 EDT While at the grocery store recently, I bought food for my household and for a friend, leaving her portion at her home while she was away. The food was raw for the most part, .needing to be prepared. I soon received a phone call from her .complaining, half-jokingly, that she hadn't cooked from scratch for a long time and it was a lot of work. I thought about that Thursday as I was talking with Jim Embry, a local activist who has been instrumental in starting community gardens throughout the city. |
| Trailblazing surgery could help humans who lose limbs Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:03 EDT RALEIGH, N.C. . Three years ago, Cassidy Posovsky was a three-legged German shepherd mix hobbling homeless around the Bronx. On July 31,, he became a medical pioneer, getting fitted with a cutting-edge prosthetic that could one day help thousands of veterans and others who lose limbs in trauma. If all goes well, Cassidy's artificial leg will fuse into his bone, and he should be on all fours in months . paving the way for veterinary orthopedic surgeons at North Carolina State University to start working with doctors on human implantation. Cassidy's surgery was the third conducted on an animal. Within the past three years, the prosthetic limbs were successfully implanted in two cats . George Bailey and Mr. Fronz . but Cassidy is the first large animal to undergo the procedure. .This is Cassidy's leg,. said orthopedic surgeon Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little, holding up a red-and-white plastic model of a bone. .The white part is the part I will remove. Then I will put on this,. he said, holding up a complex titanium knob. |
| A winning start Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:03 EDT Hey kids! Two exciting things are happening this month: the Summer Olympics and the beginning of a new school year. The best athletes in the world are competing at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. On TV, you can watch men and women participate in 28 sports, including diving, fencing, weightlifting, synchronized swimming, taekwondo, volleyball, rowing, judo, and archery. Long before these athletes can .compete for Olympic gold, their .bodies have to be motivated, focused and strong. Many of them began .training at an early age. Health experts tell us that it's nutritious food that gives athletes the edge they need to get up to the metal stand. |
| Pastor's wife has supported church's integration policy for 50 years Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:45 EDT As Trinity Baptist Church celebrates Helen Brown's 50 years of service as organist and director of children's ministries this weekend, it will recognize her other legacies as well. But her most powerful gift may be that she and her husband provided the leadership to integrate the church . a decision that came at tremendous cost. In the early hours of June 14, 1969, an arsonist burned Trinity's new church to the ground. Helen and her husband, the Rev. Bob Brown, were awakened by their daughter, who was roused as the huge glass windows of the A-frame atop a hill at the end of Strader Drive were blown out from the blaze. |
| Stepdads are better dads, says study Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:58 EDT WASHINGTON . Stepfathers make slightly better parents than married biological fathers, researchers found in a new study of at-risk urban families. Mothers reported that stepfathers were more engaged, more cooperative and shared more responsibility than their biological counterparts did, according to the study, published in this month's issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family. Lawrence Berger, the study's lead author, cautioned that the findings apply only to .fragile families,. defined as low-income urban families prone to non-marital births. The findings contradict a popular view among social workers and family policy experts that biological fathers invest more in their own flesh and blood. |
| Ashland native national winner of fighting game A Paul G. Blazer High School graduate and Morehead State University student will be on his way to Japan soon to serve on an elite fighting force on behalf of the United States. |
| This Dad's a pro Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:25 EDT GEORGETOWN . The passenger van started rumbling down Scott County roads last year. The signs for a baby-sitting service started showing up on utility poles last spring. For more information, both proclaimed, go to www.quaddad.com. Who was this quaddad? Some tech-savvy hipster embracing an alternative family style? Not exactly. |
| Timeout: Upcoming weekend events and other tidbits Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:52 EDT Thank an inventor TimeOut celebrates National Inventors Month with a listing of folks you can thank for making our lives easier. . If you set your VCR to record your favorite show today, thank Charles Ginsburg and Shelby Henderson, inventors of the video tape recorder (1958) and Vladimir K. Zworykin, who invented the television (1935). . If you fastened your child's sneakers, thank George De .Mastral, inventor of velcro (1955). |
| Life in peace at Zion Hill Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:29 EDT ZION HILL . Along Zion Hill Lane, it's quiet. Very quiet. .It's too quiet,. resident Peggy Harris, 65, said while watching her husband, Fred, 67, strip copper wires in the couple's two-car garage. Fred Harris likes how peaceful the quiet is: the birds and crickets chirping, a dog barking now and then, rarely the sound of a loud engine racing past horse farms outside the community along Weisenberger Mill Road. But when his wife says she doesn't like how quiet the neighborhood has become, Fred Harris concedes that Zion Hill's activity level has died down throughout the years. .I do miss the school bus going by,. he said. .The kids grew up and it's a lot of senior citizens around here now.. Peggy and Fred Harris have been married for 44 years and have spent more than 30 of those years in their modest home in Zion Hill. The historically black community in unincorporated Scott County was founded in the late 1800s. |
| Sleep tips for children Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:58 EDT When helping your child get to sleep, these guidelines might help: . Set a regular time for bed each night and stick to it. . Establish a relaxing bedtime routine, such as having your child take a warm bath or reading him or her a story. . Make after-dinner playtime a relaxing time. Too much activity close to bedtime can keep children awake. |
| Conley, Day winners of Miss Flame pageant Katie Conley was named Miss Flame 2008 at the annual pageant Saturday at the Catlettsburg Church of God Family Life Center on 35th Street. |
| Bisphenol A is safe, FDA says Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:00 EDT WASHINGTON . Despite ongoing safety concerns from parents, consumer groups and politicians, a chemical used in baby bottles, canned food and other items is not dangerous, federal regulators said Friday. Food and Drug Administration scientists said the trace amounts of bisphenol A that leach out of food containers are not a threat to infants or adults. The plastic-hardening chemical is used to seal canned food and make shatterproof bottles. It also used in hundreds of household items, ranging from sunglasses to CDs. The FDA's draft report was greeted with enthusiasm by the American Chemistry Council, which has defended the chemical's safety. .FDA is the government agency we rely upon to assess food-contact products. They've assessed this issue in great detail, and their conclusion is very reassuring,. said Steve Henges, an executive director with the council. |
| Sweet sorghum gets a squeeze Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:00 EDT Reach back into the .old-timey. .corner of your memory for an image that involves sweet syrup, a mule-.powered mill and a field of lanky stalks that look somewhat like seedy, mop-topped corn without ears. Those are the images of sweet sorghum. Still, that image needs an update to address sorghum's potential for ethanol production across the globe, as well as the possibility of growing .ornamental varieties in your home garden. Take a lesson from Lucy Breathitt, who planted about five acres of sweet sorghum and last year earned a blue ribbon from the Kentucky State Fair to show for it. Her family has been involved in agriculture for generations at its Woodford county farm, originally known as Woodburn. There, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, the Alexander family introduced the breeding of horses and sheep in the Bluegrass. Breathitt keeps horses, cattle and bees on the farm, where she used to raise tobacco. But with tobacco's decline and farming in her blood, Breathitt .investigated possibilities for planting alternative crops that would keep the farm working to provide some income. She decided to give sorghum a try. |
| Catholic prayers set to contemporary beat Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:06 EDT DETROIT . Madonna is on Jennifer Zablocki's iPod. So is .The Madonna.. The Detroit-area 12th-grade teacher works up a sweat to the pop diva's music as well as songs honoring Mary, the mother of Jesus. Among the hundreds of popular and Top 40 selections Zablocki has downloaded are the Rosary Tapes, a collection of Roman Catholic prayers and meditations for the rosary set to contemporary music by a pair of jingle writers better known for .helping Ford Motor Co. sell cars. .I don't make it to church every week, so it's just kind of my way of keeping in touch with my faith,. said Zablocki, a 25-year-old Catholic. |
| First Stage Children's Theater The First Stage Theatre Company has announced its lineup of performances for the Fall 2008 Spring 2009 season, which marks the 19th season for the children’s theater. |
| Twin Cities and the state fairgrounds are steeped in Republican political history Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:05 EDT MINNEAPOLIS . Hosting a .Republican National Convention is old hat to .Minnesota. More than 100 years old. Across the Mississippi River from present-day Minneapolis skyscrapers once stood an exhibition hall where Republicans nominated Benjamin Harrison for a second term as president in 1892. Harrison met defeat to Democrat Grover Cleveland, and the Industrial Exposition Building met the wrecking ball a half-century later. Not so much as a plaque marks the .convention site, occupied today by .townhouses in a neighborhood of trendy restaurants and boutiques. That's typical of prominent points of national political interest in the Twin Cities, the backdrop for the GOP convention, Sept. 1 to 4. History buffs need determination and imagination to unlock the past. |
| Church celebration promises a vast repast of good eats Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:50 EDT New Zion Day and Basket Meeting will celebrate 140 years of African-American history with a street fair .featuring home-cooked foods at 2 p.m. Saturday. The menu includes country fried fish, ribs, barbecue pork, Chicago smoked links, country ham sandwiches, homemade pies and cakes, green tomato relish, chow-chow, smoked turkey wings and legs, tacos, fresh corn and peaches. Arts and crafts vendors also will be at New Zion United Methodist Church, 5056 Newtown Pike. The Sunday morning service .begins at 11 a.m. followed by dinner. Pastor George Edwards of Maysville United Methodist Church will speak at 3:30 p.m. |
| Cultural sensitivity training Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:06 EDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. . When a doctor doesn't look an Asian-American patient in the eye, that might be seen as a sign of respect. But making eye contact is encouraged with black patients, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, which has published a guidebook for culturally competent care. As the country's ethnic profile diversifies, some states are trying to assure that health care providers are trained in .cultural competency.. New Mexico passed a law last year requiring that higher education institutions with health education programs provide such training, though the state still is grappling with how it will be implemented. New Jersey and California are among a handful of states with similar measures already in place. .We don't expect that a provider is going to know everything about every nationality,. said William Flores, chairman of New Mexico's task force charged with developing the curriculum. .The critical thing here is developing sensitivity and the understanding that not every culture responds to medical providers in the same way, sees medicine in the same way.. |
| Cream cheese is at heart of many great dishes Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:52 EDT An eight-ounce block of cream cheese is pure heaven for a cook. It adds substance to desserts and creamy flavor to entrees, but best of all, it's the base for thousands of appetizers. You don't even have to be a cook to create a high-five-ing hors d'oeuvre from a block of cream cheese. At the annual Picnic with the Pops, which will be Friday and Saturday nights at the Kentucky Horse Park, some creative cooks will serve dishes to rival those of a four-star restaurant. But there are many more people who will choose to throw some chips and pretzels and cream cheese dip into a picnic basket and call it dinner. |
| Opening Night Ashley Judd will appear at the Paramount Arts Center Sept. 5 when the new movie screen and projector are first put to use. |
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