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Among the Asians, language barriers may have interfered with appropriate treatment for many, resulting in disparities.
Racial disparities among black patients were largest among mild to moderately injured patients where there was likely to be more discretion in making decisions, said the study.
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Information from: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, http://www.starbulletin.com
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Mar 10 08:38
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) -- Two Oacoma motel owners convicted of forcing several Filipino immigrants into servitude and peonage are appealing their guilty verdicts and sentences.
Robert Farrell and Angelita Farrell are scheduled to go to prison on March 18; he was given a term of 4 years and 2 months in federal prison, and she received a a 3-year sentence.
A jury convicted the couple last November on 18 charges of conspiracy to commit peonage, four counts of peonage, document servitude, visa fraud and two counts of false statements.
Authorities say the Farrells brought extended family over from the Philippines for jobs at the Oacoma Comfort Inn, paid them virtually nothing and made them work up to 16 hours a day.
Mar 09 12:38
By STEVEN ROSS JOHNSON
The (Elgin) Courier-News
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ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) -- It's Sunday afternoon at Baker Memorial United Methodist Church, and while most of its halls and rooms have emptied since the morning's services, the building is anything but vacant.
A new service is about to begin down in the church's lower levels, as elderly parishioners slowly make their way inside while listening to the sounds of children singing in a nearby room.
For some, attending service each week means traveling by bus from places like Aurora, Wheaton, Glendale Heights and Joliet. For others, the commute is as simple as walking across the street.
No matter where they now live, though, all members of this congregation share a common past. They crossed great distances and oceans to flee a homeland that has been engulfed in conflict for nearly to 60 years.
All are members of the Karen ethnic group found mostly in the eastern region of Myanmar (formerly Burma). The Karen have been fighting for an independent state of their own since 1949.
This fight for independence has led to the displacement of roughly 400,000 of Myanmar's 7 million Karen. Many reside in nine refugee camps in neighboring Thailand.
Most of the church's congregation has lived in the refugee camps the majority of their lives -- seeking escape from the decades-long fight between rebel groups and the Myanmar military government.
This past year, all were granted asylum under the Federal Refugee Resettlement Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the State Department.
Those who pass a screening process, consisting of interviews and medical examinations, receive sponsorship from one of 10 recognized national agencies. These voluntary agencies help new arrivals acclimate to their surroundings.
Judson University Southeast Asian Culture and History Professor Angeline Naw, has worked with the group since its arrival. She said regular church services began last June when the number of Karen in the area began to increase.
"... we only had one or two families arrive," she said, speaking about the number of families that were in the area as of November 2006. "But this year (2007) we've had around 50 families arrive all around the West Chicago area."
With a congregation of about 80, Naw said the group was looking to become the first Karen church in Illinois where services are conducted entirely in the Karen language.
In 2007, approximately 12,000 Karen came to the U.S. Of that number, they estimate around 600 have come to Illinois, with most residing in Chicago and Rockford.
Aside from allowing the group to hold its services each week, the church has housed a Karen family since 2006 in a home it owns across the street.
"We had church property that we had been renting out to the general public and one of the units became open, so we got together and decided to support a refugee family," said Ben Adams, a church member who has been involved with refugee programs for years. "Turns out our central location to the Karen community became an ideal spot for them to go ahead and have a church service."
Leading the group is the church's minister, Han Nay Thaw, a Karen refugee who arrived in the U.S. with his family last September.
He said he's found it difficult to explain to those unfamiliar with Myanmar's situation the problems the Karen people face.
"When I was in the refugee camp, I used to tell the foreigners about the situation in Burma, but people don't understand -- they do not believe it," Thaw said.
Mar 07 21:54
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- The return of a 3,000-pound copper bell that was stolen from a Vietnamese Buddhist temple three years ago has resulted in a major stolen goods arrest, Pierce County sheriff's deputies say.
In the case of Robert L. Hunter Jr., 40, of the Graham area, "there's nothing that's going to surprise us if we find it," sheriff's Detective Ed Troyer said Thursday.
Investigators have recovered nine guns, some of them stolen, as well as six stolen cars, two stolen tow trucks, a stolen tractor, two stolen flatbed trucks, new car engines in wooden crates, some eagle talons, an eagle's head and four cases of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in making methamphetamine.
Hunter was arrested Wednesday by a special weapons and tactics team and pleaded innocent Thursday to possession of stolen property and nine counts of unlawful firearms possession. He remained in jail Friday with bail set at $30,000.
Troyer said the probe that led to the arrest of Hunter began with the return of a 5-foot copper bell to a Vietnamese Buddhist temple in November 2006.
The bell, engraved with the name of the temple and a poem, had been suspended from the beams of an open-sided meditation pavilion before it disappeared between Jan. 18 and Jan. 24, 2005, while the temple's abbot was at a religious gathering in Florida.
Slightly damaged but generally in good condition, the bell was returned a year and 10 months later by a man who had bought it at an auction.
According to court filings, a man told a state Department of Fish and Wildlife officer on Nov. 20, 2006, he had bought a storage unit in Puyallup at an auction, then was approached by Hunter, who said everything in the unit belonged to him and offered more than $500 for return of the contents.
The buyer declined the offer, threatened to call 911 and later found the bell in the unit, along with what he thought might be illegal animal parts and photographs of Hunter posing with guns and dead wildlife.
The bell was returned, and state wildlife agents as well as sheriff's deputies traced Hunter to the storage unit and began serving search warrants, most recently this week on property where Hunter had been living, Troyer said.
Minh-Anh Hodge, a member of the local Vietnamese community, said the copper bell is once again a fixture at the temple, but some structural damage has yet to be repaired and a smaller bell is used in ceremonies.
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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com
AP-WS-03-07-08 2154EST
Mar 07 12:16
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By The Associated Press
This simple dish from Kerala on the southern coast of India features the regional staples of coconut, seafood and fresh curry leaves. Curry leaves resemble bay leaves and can be found at Indian food markets. If they're not available, use a handful of fresh cilantro leaves. The flavor's not the same, but the herbal freshness is similar.
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FISH MOLEE
Start to finish: 30 minutes
Servings: 6
1/4 cup coconut oil
2 teaspoons black mustard seeds
1 1/2 cup chopped red onion
2 large garlic cloves, minced
2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
1 or 2 serrano chilies, split lengthwise and seeds removed (leave in some seeds for a spicier sauce)
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup diced tomato
1 1/2 to 1 3/4 pounds cod or haddock fillets, cut into 2-inch chunks
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup fish stock, clam juice or water
10 to 12 fresh curry leaves (or a handful of fresh cilantro leaves)
6 lime wedges
In a large, deep skillet, warm the coconut oil over medium heat. When the oil is fragrant, stir in the mustard seeds.
When the mustard seeds begin to crackle and pop, stir in the onion. Once the onion has become limp, after about 2 minutes, stir in the garlic, ginger, chilies, turmeric, salt, pepper and half of the diced tomato.
Saute, stirring frequently, until the tomato has softened and begun to break down, about 5 minutes.
Push the onion mixture to the side of the skillet and add the fish in a single layer. With a spatula, scrape up enough of the onion mixture to smear over the tops of the pieces of fish.
Pour the coconut milk and fish stock or water around and over the fish. Scatter the curry leaves or cilantro over everything. Cover and simmer 3 minutes.
Uncover and give the skillet a swirl, rather than stirring the mixture, which could break up the fish. Cook a few minutes more, uncovered, if needed to cook the fish through. The sauce will be fairly thin.
Spoon into shallow bowls, garnish with the remaining tomato and lime wedges, and serve.
(Recipe from Cheryl and Bill Jamison's "Around the World in 80 Dinners," William Morrow, 2008)
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