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any easy packages or options/instruction for creating a chrooted user environmnet. I have been fooling around with jailkit and while its still Ok for ubuntu/debian its totally not for openbsd.
If you describe what you want to accomplish, perhaps someone can give you some assistance.
Key to a userland environment is having enough of the OS available for your entire application. If you want a =complete= userland environment in your chrooted structure, you will have to copy the complete OS into it. I've done this when I needed virtual filesystems structures (but not virtual machines) when doing application development testing.
FAQ 10.16 discusses setting up partial environments for specific web applications using OpenBSD's chrooted Apache.
And if you run -current, there is sysutils/jailkit, which entered the ports tree several months ago. I have not used it, and can't answer any questions about it. The port description says:
just one jailed user for the moment that can login get a shell and nothing much else.
trying jailedkit but it seems the issue is with jkchrootsh
I setup a jail user /jail/./home/user but change the shell in passwd
from jk_chrootsh to sh to test and login OK then I run jkchootsh and get
transported to jail dir but am not jailed. Great. Then I change the
shell in passwd to jk_chrootsh logout and then try and login, it
authenticates but I get logged out again immediately.
authlog states tranporting to /jail dir and nothing else. I assume that
jk_chrootsh may no longer be compatible with security conscious openbsd.
Since you want a "shell" environment, you'll have to determine and define in advance exactly what you want your user to be able to do within that shell. /bin/sh or /usr/local/bin/tcsh will not be enough. And not just your executables -- those found typically in /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin you think of as commands -- but all libraries and library tools called by each, usually /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib, and in the case of shells that interact with consoles/ttys, you'll need nodes from /dev as well.
Since you will need device nodes in your virtual filesystem, you'll need to permit them in whichever real filesystem houses your virtual /dev. This means you will need to check your mount options for that filesystem, and perhaps change them.
For example, to chroot into a statically linked (no libraries) /bin/sh, you'll need a virtual filesystem containing your "jailed" user's $HOME, /bin/sh, and /dev/tty, on a real filesystem that is not mounted nodev. That shell won't be able to execute any external commands except "sh". It can execute internal shell commands only. Not very useful.
FAQ 10.16 will help you understand what is needed to enable a single executable program with dynamic libraries.
When I set up virtual filesystems, it was for development and testing of administrative tools so it was easy -- I replicated everything I might need: /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /user/local/bin, /usr/lib, /usr/local/lib, and /dev. I also needed bits of /var, and those directories were put in place and filled with test data.
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"Over 92 percent of the 23.5 lakh (2.35 million) voters have cast their votes across the state," said Chief Electoral Officer Ashutosh Jindal.
He said the percentage might still go jup after reports on the day's balloting arrive from all over the state.
Jindal said people were still standing in queues outside polling stations even after the time to vote ended at 4 p.m.
Voters in large numbers queued up well before polling started at 7 a.m. New voters and women appeared the most enthusiastic across the state.
Tripura recorded around 92 percent polling in the last assembly elections held in 2008.
According to Jindal, except one or two small incidents, the voting passed off peacefully with no major incident reported from anywhere in the north-eastern state, which shares a 856-km border with Bangladesh.
The ballots will be counted Feb 28 and decide the electoral fate of 249 candidates, including 15 women and many Independents, in the fray.
Political parties also expressed happiness over the heavy voter turnout and the peaceful polling.
Inspector General of Police Nepal Das said that except for an incident in Khowai, 85 km west of here, no major incident was reported from anywhere.
The situation was completely peaceful in the extremist-dominated areas too, he said.
"Only a scuffle took place between political workers in Khowai in which two people were injured," Das told IANS.
He said five handmade crude bombs were recovered in Khayerpur, 10 km from here.
At a few polling stations, technical trouble with electronic voting machines (EVMs) led to brief disruptions.
In the wake of threats from separatists and possible violence, a record 40,000 security personnel were deployed while two air surveillance teams led by police officials also kept vigil, an election official said.
After casting his vote at a school here, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, said: "The Left Front will get more votes and more seats this time too."
"There is absolutely no impact of the 'paribartan' (change) slogan raised by the Congress here after stealing it from West Bengal. The Left Front will win the elections comfortably in most seats," the 64-year-old CPI-M politburo member told reporters here before leaving for his Dhanpur assembly constituency.
"The Election Commission has deployed specially modified EVMs in all the 3,041 polling stations to check possible malpractice and other irregularities," he said.
About 18,000 poll officials were deployed for the polls.
Of the 3,041 polling stations, 32 were categorised as very vulnerable and 112 as vulnerable.
The Election Commission appointed over 2,000 micro observers to assist 48 general, expenditure and police observers to oversee electioneering.
Tripura, ravaged by insurgency for decades, has 60 assembly seats with 20 reserved for tribals and 10 for Scheduled Castes. Of the total 37 lakh population of the state, 23.5 lakh were eligible to exercise their franchise.
Thursday's vote will decide the fate of the chief minister, his 11 cabinet colleagues, former chief minister and veteran Congress leader Samir Ranjan Burman, his son and state Congress chief Sudip Roy Barman, opposition leader (Congress) Ratan Lal Nath, Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) president and former militant leader Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl and a host of others.
After a month-long high-voltage campaign, the ruling CPI-M led Left Front is locked in a direct fight against the opposition combine of the Congress and the INPT.
The Left Front, which has been in power since 1978 barring one term (1988-1993), has been facing a challenge in numerous issues, including higher salaries to the government employees and rising unemployment.
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Love the Texas Outdoors? Toyota Texas Bass Classic Is for You.
Event is Texas's premiere gateway to the outdoors
ATHENS—The slogan of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is "Life's Better Outside," and the 2012 Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) in Conroe September 28—30 will offer outdoor activities for everyone—anglers, hunters, campers, barbecue lovers and concert-goers.
Plus the TTBC features the world championship of bass fishing and some of the best country music bands. The top 50 anglers in the world will compete for a $420,000 in cash and prizes, and evening weigh-ins will be wrapped around concerts by Dierks Bentley, Gary Allan, Jake Owen and Southern Slang.
Even better, the event benefits TPWD programs to get youth and their families involved in the outdoors, multiplying the effects of the money raised manyfold. So far title sponsor the TTBC has donated $1.25 million to TPWD to support programs like Neighborhood Fishin' and the State-Fish Art Contest.
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If a new boat, fishing gear or perhaps some early holiday shopping is on your mind, the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor Expo will offer many choices. And of course all the latest Toyota products will be available for viewing or test driving.
TPWD staff will be on hand to help you learn about many aspects of the outdoors in Texas and give advice on the best places to hunt, boat and fish.
If you want to know how you can help improve fish habitat and fight invasive species in your favorite fishing lake, the TPWD experts in those areas will be there to answer your questions. You can learn about a ground-breaking new program, Friends of Reservoirs, that allows anyone to play an active role in improving fish habitat and water quality in their favorite lake. The Seven Coves Bass Club of Willis is a pioneer in this area, and members of the club will be present to help you get started.
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In addition to the fun family activities and displays put on by TPWD and merchandise available for purchase from vendors, the following options are available for free to all visitors.
Concerts with Dierks Bentley, Gary Allan and Jake Owen. The TTBC will bring an exciting lineup of some of country music's biggest artists to Conroe. Concerts will be headlined by Dierks Bentley on Friday, Sept. 28; Gary Allan on Saturday, Sept. 29 and Jake Owen on Sunday, Sept. 30.
Bass Fishing World Championship. The world's best professional bass anglers will compete on Lake Conroe in a three-day tournament that combines the top PAA anglers from the Walmart FLW Tour, Bassmaster Elite Series and Bass Pro Shops PAA Tournament Series. The winner will be crowned world champion. All of the thrilling action of tournament weigh-ins will be free to the public at the Lone Star Convention & Expo Center through the exclusive free ticket offer. Attendees will be able to view live updates on the Jumbotron, see the huge bass brought to the daily weigh-ins and collect the autographs of their favorite pro anglers. Each morning's 7:00 A.M. launch can be viewed for free at Waterpoint Plaza on Lake Conroe, 15256 Highway 105W (between County Line BBQ and Sam's Boat).
Food and Drink. Families and fans will be able to enjoy a wide variety of food and drink options at numerous concessions stands located throughout the venue.
Fishing Seminars. Stop by the Academy Sports + Outdoors Expo area at the TTBC to see some Texas-sized bass in the Berkley Bass Tank and learn tips and techniques from the best anglers in the world. There will also be a casting pond to test out your casting skill.
Toyota Drive Center. This event is part of a nationwide series of events that provide consumers with a hands‐on opportunity to experience Toyota's safety, durability and quality while engaging with several vehicles in the 2013 lineup. An off-road course will let you get behind the wheel of a Toyota truck or SUV lineup for a test drive.
The Lone Star Convention & Expo Center is a state-of-the-art facility conveniently located minutes from Lake Conroe and The Woodlands and only 40 minutes north of Houston. The location offers easy access to event activities, local shops and restaurants. For more information visit www.thelonestar.org.
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Big Bird Costumes Fly Off Shelves After First Presidential Debate
(NEW YORK) -- Last year's hottest Halloween costume trend was the black swan, a dark feathery ballet costume intended to mimic Natalie Portman's hit movie character. This year, the hottest Halloween trend is a bird of a different color.
After Big Bird became part of last week's presidential debate, Big Bird costumes are flying off the shelves.
When GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke about cutting funds for PBS during last Wednesday's debate, he said, "I love Big Bird." (PBS airs and partially funds Sesame Street, which is Big Bird's home.)
Since that moment, the 7-foot bird has been a hot topic of discussion, inspiring memes, parodies and even presidential campaign videos. It has also apparently spurred a new Halloween costume craze.
A representative from costumecraze.com told ABC News that although its original Big Bird costume sold out before the first presidential debate, it saw a 500 percent increase in sales for the women's "sassy Big Bird adult costume" post-debate. The "sassy" rendition of the beloved Sesame Street character is a short, yellow-ruffled dress with orange knee-highs and pink accents. The costume comes complete with a bird headband.
According to Costume Craze, the Big Bird costume's counterparts -- the sassy Cookie Monster and the sassy Elmo costume -- were selling at the same rate as Big Bird pre-debate but saw no significant sales increase since Romney's avian name drop. The store's representative theorized to ABC News that "the 500 percent increase must be due to Big Bird's increased popularity post-debate."
Brad Butler, COO of Halloween Express, has also seen a surge in Big Bird interest in the past week. Although it has not had a notable increase in sales (it is not licensed to sell the trademarked Big Bird costume), Butler told ABC News that since the debates, it has had more than 400 searches for a Big Bird costume on its site. The company has also seen an increase in sales of its chicken costume, which resembles the Big Bird suit, and includes the feet and yellow pants.
Costume World's CEO and founder Marilynn Wick told ABC News that Big Bird was a hit.
"We have four store locations, and all of them are selling out of the Big Bird costumes," Wick said.
The Austin, Texas, store is doing particularly well with the costume, probably because that area is primarily Democratic, mused a company rep.
Wick said that this year's couples costume winners were Big Bird and Obama, as a pair, and its counterpart, Big Bird and Romney "with a machine gun doing Big Bird in."
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That purchase price from Clark Hinsdale Jr. of Charlotte was the same amount the town of Ferrisburgh had agreed to pay for the land, which has both the only good soils for in-ground septic systems in the Route 7 village area and local permits for a nine-lot housing subdivision. The town's easements on the land for septic service for the school and the town office site remain in force.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MONKTON — June 13 will be an important day for residents of the Vaughan Mobile Home Park in Monkton. That's the date on which state officials will determine whether to commit $225,000 toward septic system repairs that would allow the mobile home park on Hollow Road to remain open.
The town of Monkton and the Addison County Community Trust (ACCT) are jointly seeking the $225,000 through the Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP). Plans call for the ACCT to borrow an additional $125,000, for a total $350,000 project that would involve replacing the current failing Vaughan septic system with a new one that would be located on land on the other side of Hollow Road.
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A young orphan, Buddy, is raised as an elf after he crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is taken to the North Pole. Unaware that he is a human, Buddy grows much larger than the other elves. Between his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities, Buddy is forced to face the truth and embarks on a journey to find his true identity.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Cape Cod has no significant rivers, so residents rely on rain and melting snow to replenish their underground freshwater resource. This water source can be easily contaminated. Science education specialist, Barbara Waters, works with 5th grade students in Mashpee, Massachusetts, to create models of Cape Cod's unusual underground structure. This helps them better understand where their freshwater comes from. Featured Scientist: Sherilyn Williams Stroud, Ph.D.
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Explore an amazing underwater universe inhabited by larger-than-life creatures that ruled the oceans millions of years ago in Sea Rex 3D – now showing in HMNS IMAX!.
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Guided by Georges Cuvier, considered by many to be the father of paleontology, viewers learn about predators such as the ichthyosaur, plesiosaur, and mosasaur. These ancient creatures could grow up to 50 feet and could weigh as much as 15 tons.
Learn about the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous eras and how life evolved in the deep oceans of Earth. See a mosasaur battle the Great White Shark's ancestor and witness the mating habits of the plesiosaur.
You're going to love the film's time line of the history of the Earth, showing the evolution of the first single cell organisms to the mammals that evolved and began to walk on land. What I found fascinating is the amount of time each of the dinosaurs ruled the world in comparison to humans. Dinosaurs walked the earth for over 160 million years, while humans have only been around for about 200,000 years comparatively.
Evidence of giant marine predators were first discovered in a mine shaft in the Dutch city of Maastricht in 1770, when the partial skull of a Mosasaurus hoffmannii was uncovered. Sea Rex 3D takes you on a journey from the creation of earth until the meteor that killed off 95% of life 65 million years ago. Don't miss this incredible story about our planet's history and the monsters that ruled the sea for over 120 million years.
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I thought the group might find this interesting, particularly so to anyone who doesn't also have a Mac (or skins/tweaks their XP system to take on a Mac/Aqua appearance.
After spending an enternity with the Windows OS (except for about a year when I ran Red Hat Linux exclusively), I treated myself to a Mac mini, now after an update, running Mac OS 10.4.3. My thoughts are:
The OS itself is very slick looking, and having it's roots in *nix, is, it seems, very stable (then again, I can't recall the last time I saw a BSOD in Windows XP SP2).
It seems especially nice for audio/video functions. DVD's, sound quality, etc are both terrific.
Installing most apps requires downloading and having a drive image "mount". Then, inside the image is, it seems, usually an installer. How anyone can say this is easier than just double-clicking an exe file, is beyond me.
If you download "standard" packages, all is relatively easy. OTOH, if you download some other apps, you might see X11 requirements, "stuff-it" expander requirements, or other dependencies. Granted, such is sometimes true of Windows apps as well, but I really see the *nix-like heritage when doing things like that. So, yes, a Mac "just works", assuming you "just use it" out of the box, and don't go beyond installing a few apps.
The fonts, like Linux fonts, can look quite good, but there's no way they look as good/clear as Windows fonts on a Windows machine. And, that's with a Samsung V730b LCD monitor, which while not "top of the line" is no slouch either. I've ordered a DVI cable for it, and while I expect it might make some difference, I doubt it'll be a "night and day" improvement. Perhaps the Apple displays are vastly better, but then again, they're also priced much higher. A monitor that looks terrific on XP, does not render the kind of quality you'll see on the Apple store displays.
While Mac users often seem to be quick to criticize the stability of Windows XP and it's apps (Including IE), Safari crashed on me in the first 12 hours of use, as did the "Mac Mail" app. I switched to FireFox, added Opera, and am using MS Entourage (yes, part of MS Office 2004 for Mac) for e-mail. All of those apps have worked now for several days, without any issue. If Poco was available for Mac, it would be on there now, I can assure you.
About half of the software updates I downloaded required a re-start, despite Mac devotees often saying "You don't have to re-boot all the time". I find it's no more necessary to re-boot after an XP software update, than with OS X on the Mac.
I found that a simple photo manipulation function (simply re-sizing - not cropping an image file) appears to be missing from iPhoto. The ability to do a quick and dirty "re-size image" is standard/easy in virtually every Windows image editing utilty.
Time from "Power on" to a usable desktop? On my Windows machine *loaded* with startup apps: About 1 minute to 90 seconds. On the Mac mini, easily closer to 3 or 4 minutes.
So, is it all "smoke and mirrors"? No. The Mac truly looks cool. The dock, the way it works is nice/fun, and it's a great extra machine to play with. But, do I see any reason why MS/Windows should be worried? Not if OS X with it's current set of bundled apps is the best Apple can come up with.
Keep in mind that this opinion is based on only a few days of use, but while I've been spending almost all of my time in front of it now (tweaking it), I expect to soon be spending most of my time back in front of my Windows box.
Also, to Mac devotees: Trust me, I *want* to love OS X. I admire the design approach, the innovations that Apple has brought us, and the fact that, as I said, "It's cool". I'm just passing this on because I have a few extra minutes available to ramble on, and I though some existing Windows users might be interested to hear what I found after taking the jump.


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Usually chicken teriyaki (or chikiteri as it's abbreviated sometimes) is made from whole chicken thigh pieces, but I prefer to cut the meat up in advance for bento use - the smaller pieces cook faster, and I don't have to deal with slicing hot cooked meat early in the morning.
The chicken can be marinated from the night before or just briefly in the morning. You can also make this in some quantity and freeze the cooked pieces - since you are using thigh meat, the pieces won't dry out so easily after defrosting like white meat can.
I like to leave the skin on, but you can peel it off if you prefer, either before or (preferably) after cooking.
This is a much simpler marinade than the one I've given for teriyaki previously, but just as tasty.
The chicken thighs I buy usually have about 80 to 90 grams of meat and skin on them (around 3 ounces). Since chicken sizes can vary a lot from country to country, I've given weights instead of '4 chicken thighs' etc. But you can't really go much wrong with this recipe, so don't worry.
This recipe will make enough pieces for 4 bentos, Make more or less as you require.
Spread the chicken meat out flat, and poke all over with the point of a knife or a fork, to allow the marinade to penetrate and to minimize shrinkage. Cut into bite sized pieces (for 90 g thighs that's about 4 pieces per thigh.)
Mix together the other ingredients in a non-reactive container (glass is good). Put in the chicken and mix. Leave for a minimum of 10 minutes, or overnight.
To cook, heat up a non-stick frying pan. If you skinned the thighs, put in about 2 Tbs. of oil; if you're cooking them with the skin, no added oil is needed.
Drain the chicken pieces out of the marinade and put them into the hot pan, skin side down. As the pan starts to sputter, put a lid on and lower the heat to medium. Leave for about 4 minutes.
Take the lid off, and spoon a little bit of the leftover marinade over the chicken. Turn over (no need to put the lid back) and cook for another 2-3 minutes, depending on how thick the pieces are. They are done when you stick a knife into the middle of a piece and the juice that runs out is clear. The chicken should be nicely caramelized on the outside when you're done.
Take them out of the pan and let any excess oil drain off. At this point you can remove the skins if you left them on before and prefer no skin.
Let cool before packing into your bento box, or freezing.
You can defrost the chicken in a microwave, or in a dry pan with a lid on over low heat.
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Looks yummy and easy to make. Definately will make some for my bento soon.
Maki coming to the rescue!
I have a lot of house work to do today and didn't feel like going out at all. While cleaning out the fridge, I noticed quite a few veggies I want to cook for tonight such as cauliflower and some leek and zucchini stir fry. But I had no idea what to make as main dish. Seeing the pic of your teriyaki chicken convinced me that it will be a great meat dish to go with the veggies.
The supermarket had boneless skinless thighs as well as leg quarters on sale recently and I stocked up on a few of those. My chicken is thawing out as we speak. I look forward to making the chicken tonight. Will post feedback after I have tasted it. Yum, am looking really forward to it.
BTW, Maki, thanks again for all the wonderful recipes you post on here and on your other blog. I have tried cooking various japanese dishes before (some from cook books). I have found that I get better results with your recipes in general and the taste comes out just great! I always look forward to reading your new posts.
Can't wait to try it out!
We tied it out and now my kids are asking for this just about every day. My rice-hating son even will eat rice with this! 'Course my DH and I love it too. :)
Hi Maki - reporting back! I made the chicken tonight along with some veggie side dishes. Marinated the chicken for around 3 hours. When I bit into the chicken, I could really taste the mirin/sake in it.
For me, I would have preferred the chicken to be slightly sweeter. It's probably due to the fact of Japanese restaurants here having the teriyaki sauce really sweet and I am used to more sweetness
My hubby thought the chicken could have been saltier, but I think he eats a bit more salty in general, because I thought the chicken was salty enough. I added some toasted sesame seeds on my chicken, probably not very authentic but I liked it.
Thanks for the recipe. It was super easy to make and will be on my menu again. BTW, I also made miso soup from scratch (recipe for dashi was what you posted in an entry on Justhungry). I made a bit more chicken so hubby will get the chicken in his bento tmr for lunch.
If you are used to a sweeter teriyaki, you can add some pineapple juice to the sauce. (I'm sure it's not authentic, but it is tasty!)
Hi M,
As I don't eat meat, but love your ideas and am addicted to Just Hungry and Just Bento what about tofu or seitan?
How would you prepare it M, if it were tofu or seitan or maybe you have another idea for this dish but minus the meat? I would really love to give it a try.
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Hello Maki,
Great site:) I want to ask if we can substituted or omit the mirin because where I live I can't find lots of things and mirin is one of them.
hi - i just tried this out last night with chicken drumsticks and they worked out beautifully! I substituted rice vinegar for sake because i didnt have any handy. I'll definitely keep this recipe for future use. Thanks for all the great recipes! :)
but given my lack of experience in cooking, I think my first attempt at this recipe actually went quite well. The chicken didn't caramelise nicely like on your pic, it sorta ended up swimming in a pool of fat! Eeeeeek! And tasted a little… different (but good!), but that may have been the mirin/sake which I've never used or tasted before for that matter. I'm definitely going to try again and hope for better results :) One thing I discovered though: CHICKEN IS SO HARD TO CUT! I mean the raw stuff, the skin ended up practically torn off the entire thigh before I managed to cut it T_T Any tips?
I ended up with a bit of a stew at the end of mine too - I think next time I'll add less of the marinade and possibly cook it on a higher heat. (I reckon it will probably taste nice anyway though - thank you for the recipe, Maki!)
As for cutting chicken, what kind of knife are you using? It will be very difficult with a serrated knife! If you use a sharp non-serrated knife you should have no trouble. It doesn't have to be an expensive knife either - mine cost me around AU$10 and it does a great job.
I'm going to try this on the weekend but alcohol gives me migraines so can i substitute the sake for something else or leav it out altogether?
Hi Maki
I was wondering the same thing too. Would it be possible to have a non-alcoholic version of teriyaki anything? help and advice is greatly appreciated!
This stuff is Amazing. I used to work at a Manchu Wok, and this stuff tastes great! I used 4 tbs of sherry and 1tbs of Riesling. I had no Mirin or sake. We used sherry @ Manchu wok and i only had Riesling to use for a sweet . I wanted some honey but I only had enough for one tbs so the rest was wht sugar. I am going to use some brown sugar next time. I also had some spicy soy sauce which gave this a nice subtle kick with no flavor a chili or anything.
This was great! I had it for dinner and I loved it. I didn't want it to be just chicken so I added onion and enoki mushrooms with it and they cooked perfectly. Thanks for the recipe ^^
My frying pan is too large for any of my lids to fit, so I cut the thighs in half and baked them in the oven for half an hour instead. My partner loved the results and demands I cook it again for him in the future. Result! :)
I tried your recipe today and the outcome was very tasty, tender and delicious - but far away from being caramelized. Nevertheless the chicken was great! Thanx a lot for the recipe! :)
I just commented on your post about making the basic Japanese rice-It was so yummy! I never thought I would be able to put together that rice that I have had from restaurants, I feel like I accomplished something lol. Anyway, this chicken was so delicious, it is the best teriyaki chicken I have ever had! I could eat this dish every day. I used skinless boneless chicken breast cut in to bite size pieces, since there was no skin it did not really carmelize. I also think because I let it marinate for 6 hours that it was so full of juice when it hit the hot pan it just wouldn't brown like your picture but that did not affect the flavor at all. It was scrumptious! Thank you for the recipe, I finally was able to put together an awesome Japanese style meal from scratch, no seasoning packets or boxed rice!
I made this tonight for dinner along with your carrot kinpira recipe, onigiri with carrot and sesame furikake (also your recipe), and green onion soup, and it turned out delicious! I was so impressed with how it turned out, as were my parents and younger brother (Which is saying something).
I went to the local grocery store to get in mirin just for this recipe, but I had little hopes that they actually carried it. As it turns out, they do! When I saw it on the shelf I literally ran to it--nearly knocking a man out of the way in the process. I was ecstatic.
This is a super easy recipe for such an extrodinary outcome! Thanks.
How long can this be kept in the freezer?
This is my number 1 easy home alone food. I look forward to eat this whenever I can.
Thank you so much for sharing.
I just finished making and eating this recipe as a main dish for dinner. It tastes amazing and your instructions for preparation and for cooking are bang on. I had no Mirin and could not find any anywhere but even without this tastes amazing, I can't wait to try other recipes you have on this site.
Thank you.
I made this, with boneless skinless chicken thighs and marinated for two days and it is some of the best chicken i have ever made, persuading my family to finally buy chicken thigh!
I am a horrible cook and this is so easy it even came out good for me. I was able to find the mirin and sake :) so I followed the recipe exactly. Mine carmaliezed so nicely it was amazing. I think I would like it a little sweeter so I am going to experiment with adding more honey and less sake maybe. This is my first post here on JustBento as I have just recently begun reading here and I just want to thank you for the wealth of information on this blog. Im going to try your organge juice carrots next :)
What if you are unable to buy sake and mirin? Is there something you can use to compensate them with?
Normally they're not a part of the chicken I'd buy on their own, but once in a while my grocery store will offer a bulk special on wing segments (or sometimes just the upper segments, so-called "drumettes"), and I'm a little too frugal not to grab them when they are. I've discovered that they're are pretty perfect for this preparation -- skin on, and already in mini-sized bits. Just made a batch tonight for some bentos this week.
All I could taste was the honey. Maybe it was because it was manuka honey. Dunno
Hey, that's really a dazzling recipe, I tried for lunch and it was awesome. As a diabetic patient I used to avoid sugar but I could add honey as a sweetener to it so I added Manuka honey and was really delicious.
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The Tabor College football team jumped out to a 14-0 lead Saturday against Grand View University, but gave up 30 unanswered points, losing 44-24.
The Bluejays took advantage of three early turnovers, but Grand View rallied quickly, taking the 30-14 lead into halftime. Both teams scored twice in the second half to come to the 44-24 score.
Quarterback Ryan Nelson helped the team throw for a season-high 252 yards with 244 of his own. He completed 16 of 30 attempts.
Tabor entered the game ranked second in the nation in rushing offense per game at 329 yards, but the Vikings stymied Bluejay runners, holding them to 109 yards.
Cody Coleman led the team in rushing with 53 yards. James Monroe finished the game with 24.
Tabor finished with a 10-3 record on the season, 7-2 in conference play. The Bluejays were ranked 11th in the nation going into Saturday's game.
Basketball team loses 3 in a row
The men's basketball team lost first 102-80 in Topeka to NCAA Division II opponent Washburn University then twice at the Hastings College Classic last week.
The Bluejays played tournament host Hasting Friday in their first game. They erased a 13-point Hastings lead to tie the game at 42, but ultimately lost by 10, 76-66.
Saturday, Tabor took on Doane College, this time rallying from behind 20 points. The Bluejays tied the game at 75 with 17 seconds left, but the Tigers regained the lead with a baseline jumper with 4 seconds remaining. Tabor lost 77-75.
The Bluejays begin their conference schedule at 8 p.m. Thursday, taking on Kansas Wesleyan University in Hillsboro. Saturday, they play at 7 p.m. in Lindsborg against Bethany College.
Lady Jays lose exhibition match
Before the start of its conference season, the Tabor women's basketball team traveled to Hays for an exhibition matchup with Fort Hays State, losing 86-51.
The Lady Jays open conference play at 6 p.m. Thursday against Kansas Wesleyan in Hillsboro, then at 5 p.m. Saturday against Bethany in Lindsborg.
Allen, Daugherty run at national meet
In his third straight appearance, Tabor College junior cross-country runner Joel Allen closed the season with a 59th-place finish at the NAIA national meet Nov. 23. Allen finished with a time of 25:32.57.
Garrett Daugherty, also a junior, finished his first national appearance 133rd in the 313-runner field with a 26:12.32 time.


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Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (məntgŭm´ərē, ăləmān´), 1887–1976, British field marshal. Educated at Sandhurst, he entered the army in 1908 and served in World War I. In World War II he commanded (1939–40) the 3d Division in France until the evacuation of Dunkirk. In 1942 he was sent to Egypt to command the British 8th Army in Africa under the Middle Eastern Command headed by Gen. Sir Harold Alexander. Winning the battle of Alamein and driving the Germans 2,000 mi (3,200 km) across Africa into Tunisia (see North Africa, campaigns in) made Montgomery an idol of the British public. He led the 8th Army in Sicily and Italy until Dec., 1943.
Montgomery helped formulate the invasion plan for France, and in the Normandy campaign he was field commander of all ground forces until Aug., 1944, then led the 21st Army Group. When the Germans advanced in the Battle of the Bulge, he was given temporary command of two American armies. Afterward his troops thrust across N Germany to the Baltic, and he headed (1945–46) the British occupation forces in Germany. He was made field marshal in 1944 and viscount in 1946.
He was chief of the imperial general staff from 1946 to 1948, when he became chairman of the commanders in chief in committee under the permanent defense organization of Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. From 1951 to 1958 he was deputy supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe. His writings include Forward to Victory (1946), Normandy to the Baltic (1947), Forward from Victory (1948), El Alamein to the River Sangro (1948), An Approach to Sanity (1959), The Path to Leadership (1961), and A History of Warfare (1968).
See his memoirs (1958); biographies by A. Moorehead (1967) and by his brother, Brian Montgomery (1974); R. W. Thompson, The Montgomery Legend (1967) and Montgomery: The Field Marshall (1969); R. Lewin, Montgomery as Military Commander (1972); A. Horne with D. Montgomery, Monty (1994); P. Cadddick-Adams, Monty and Rommel (2012).


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To investigate whether asthma coaching decreases emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations and increases outpatient asthma monitoring visits.
Randomized controlled trial.
Urban tertiary care children's hospital.
Primary caregivers (hereafter referred to as parents) of children aged 2 to 10 years with asthma who have Medicaid insurance coverage and are urban residents who were attending the ED for acute asthma care.
Eighteen months of participating in usual care (control group) vs receiving coaching focused on asthma home management, completion of periodic outpatient asthma monitoring visits, and development of a collaborative relationship with a primary care provider (intervention group).
Main Outcome Measures
The primary outcome was ED visits. Secondary outcomes were hospitalizations and asthma monitoring visits (nonacute visits focused on asthma care). Outcomes were measured during the year before and 2 years after enrollment.
We included 120 intervention parents and 121 control parents. More children of coached parents had at least 1 asthma monitoring visit after enrollment (relative risk [RR], 1.21; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04-1.41), but proportions with at least 4 asthma monitoring visits during 2 years were low (20.0% in the intervention group vs 9.9% in the control group). Similar proportions of children in both study groups had at least 1 ED visit (59.2% in the intervention group vs 62.8% in the control group; RR, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.77-1.15) and at least 1 hospitalization (24.2% in the intervention group vs 26.4% in the control group; 0.91; 0.59-1.41) after enrollment. An ED visit after enrollment was more likely if an ED visit had occurred before enrollment (RR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.16-1.86; adjusted for study group), but risk was similar in both study groups when adjusted for previous ED visits (1.02; 0.82-1.27).
This parental asthma coaching intervention increased outpatient asthma monitoring visits (although infrequent) but did not decrease ED visits.
Trial Registration
clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00149500
Morbidity from asthma is high and disproportionately affects urban children of lower socioeconomic status.1-9 Although national asthma guidelines10 recommend regular visits to primary care providers (PCPs) to monitor asthma control, adjust medications, and provide education and guidance, these visits occur infrequently, especially among children with Medicaid insurance coverage.11-16 Therefore, few opportunities exist for parents and PCPs to foster collaborative relationships that are important for effective long-term care.17
Numerous approaches have been proposed to improve pediatric asthma management. Some have targeted medical providers with programs to enhance therapeutic and communication skills, including providing specific tool kits with resources for parents.18-22 Other interventions have focused on parents and children and provided educational and support programs to increase follow-up and medication adherence.23Although some programs have had modest success, those targeting underprivileged Medicaid-insured patients have noted outcomes that are limited by low adherence to medications and follow-up and by poor receptiveness to behavioral and environmental modifications.22
In previous investigations, researchers from our group studied peer coaching to influence multiple behaviors associated with asthma care, targeting parents of Medicaid-insured children in St Louis, Missouri. Studies16,17,24 showed that coaching after emergency department (ED) visits increased PCP follow-up visits but did not decrease ED visits and that coaching after hospitalizations reduced rehospitalizations but not ED visits. Lay coaches were effective in engaging parents in meaningful discussions of asthma care, and parents preferred telephone instead of in-person contacts.25 Building on the findings of these prior studies, we evaluated long-term coaching to reduce ED visits. The intervention described herein focused on key behaviors (asthma management strategies), including daily management using an asthma action plan, attending asthma monitoring PCP visits, and developing a parent-PCP partnership. We hypothesized that 18 months of coaching would increase asthma self-management and asthma monitoring visits, thereby decreasing ED visits and hospitalizations.
This was a randomized controlled trial conducted through St Louis Children's Hospital, a university-affiliated tertiary care hospital. Primary caregivers serving in the parent role (usually mothers [hereafter referred to as parents]) were enrolled for 24 months (an 18-month intervention period and 6 months of continued medical record auditing). The Human Research Protection Office approved study procedures, and all the participants provided informed consent.
During ED visits between September 1, 2003, and May 15, 2005, we enrolled a convenience sample of parents of eligible children treated for asthma exacerbations in our ED who spoke English, had working telephones, and agreed to the study procedures. Eligible children were aged 2 to 10 years, resided in local urban zip codes, had Medicaid insurance coverage, received at least 1 albuterol dose during the enrollment visit, and had an asthma diagnosis based on parent report and at least 1 other visit to the PCP or an ED for acute asthma during the preceding 15 months.
We estimate that 10% of approached parents declined to participate. Participation was limited to 1 parent-child dyad per household. Emergency department physicians independently directed treatment and determined disposition.
Before completing baseline questionnaires, parents were randomly allocated by a computerized formal probability model that masked enrollers, parents, and ED staff to group assignment. Randomization was blocked and stratified by PCP practice (20 strata) to reduce selection bias and to adjust for differences between practices. Within each practice, study group allocation was balanced. Primary care providers were aware that the study was ongoing but were not alerted after enrollment occurred.
The intervention was modeled after the coaching process described by Fisher et al24 and was based on the transtheoretical model of behavior change.26 The targeted asthma management strategies were to avoid environmental triggers, to use controller medication as prescribed, to have and use an updated asthma action plan, to complete asthma monitoring PCP visits every 3 to 4 months, and to develop a collaborative partnership with the PCP (parent feels empowered to comanage asthma and dialogue regarding asthma care).
Two female lay coaches (both with personal experience in asthma care) were involved throughout the study, and each intervention group parent was assigned to a coach. Coaches were taught the pathogenesis, symptoms, and management principles of asthma and how to communicate effectively, provide psychosocial support to parents during times of stress, assess parents' readiness to engage (stage of change) in targeted management strategies, and promote behavior change using nondirective nonthreatening methods appropriate for the assessed stage of change. The coach would assess the parent's understanding of the management strategies and his or her willingness and self-confidence to initiate or continue them, including motivators, barriers, and possible solutions to barriers. The coaches were encouraged to use a consistent approach and delivery, including a checklist of management strategies; no specific script was used.
Stage of change was categorized according to the standard transtheoretical model of behavior change stages.26 Parents who were using the asthma management strategy for longer than 6 months were categorized as "I still am" (maintenance) and for 6 months or less as "I am" (action). Parents who were not yet performing the strategy but had a strong motivator, knew barriers, and could discuss solutions were categorized as "I will" (preparation); if there was no strong motivator, barriers were unknown, or solutions were lacking, as "I may" (contemplation); if the parent seemed overwhelmed, stating many reasons why the strategy could not be done, as "I can't" (precontemplation); and if reluctant to even discuss the strategy, as "I won't" (precontemplation).
During each contact, the coach discussed as many management strategies as possible based on her assessment of the parent's readiness and willingness. It was expected that the parent would likely be in different stages for each strategy, so the coach began with the strategy for which the parent seemed most ready and then shifted to strategies for which there was less confidence. The coaches sought to empower parents to identify motivators, understand barriers, and seek solutions to barriers while being active managers of their child's asthma.
The intervention was implemented in a flexible manner without a strict schedule of contacts, allowing the coaches to tailor to the parents' needs.27,28 The goals were to complete initial in-person visits or telephone calls during 2 weeks after enrollment and at least 1 contact (by telephone or in person) per month or more frequently according to need as perceived by the coach or as communicated by the parent. Based on experience, we anticipated that contact frequency would decrease as the intervention proceeded toward completion.24 We expected that some parents would be less willing to engage, some parents would become more empowered and self-sufficient (needing less coaching), and some parents would be difficult to consistently contact because of their busy schedules. For all the parents, the intervention continued for 18 months regardless of the number of contacts or stage achieved.
The coaches maintained computerized records of contacts and recorded their assessments of parents' stages of change for each management strategy discussed. For quality improvement, the coaches met weekly with their supervisor (G.R.H.) to discuss intervention delivery (eg, what their experiences with parents were and how they handled challenging situations). This process sharpened the coaches' skills and ensured similar and consistent approaches.
Coached parents were also telephoned 2 and 6 months after enrollment by a pediatric nurse who was experienced in telephone management of acute asthma to assess understanding of acute symptoms and usefulness of asthma action plans and to answer questions about asthma care. Information obtained was shared with the coaches.
As per routine, patients discharged from the ED received an instruction sheet29 that functioned as a short-term asthma action plan. Hospitalized patients were evaluated by specialized nurses and were given discharge instructions that emphasized controller medication use and PCP follow-up visits.30
The primary outcome was the proportion of children per study group with at least 1 asthma-related ED visit during the 2 years after enrollment. Secondary outcomes were proportions with at least 1 asthma-related hospitalization, at least 1 asthma monitoring visit, and at least 1 PCP visit for acute asthma. These outcomes were measured by medical record review.
Trained research assistants who were masked to study group assignment audited PCP and hospital records for each participating child, and they abstracted data for office visits, ED visits, and hospitalizations that occurred during the year before and 2 years after enrollment. Emergency department visits ending in hospitalizations were counted as ED visits in determining the primary outcome. Asthma-related PCP visits were subcategorized by the presence of acute asthma symptoms and the treatment administered or prescribed. Asthma monitoring visits were nonacute visits focused on asthma care, including well-child care visits with asthma documented. Routine visits to the hospital asthma clinic were included in outpatient asthma monitoring visit counts. The research assistants also recorded when controller medications (inhaled corticosteroid or leukotriene modifiers) and asthma action plans were documented during PCP visits. We did not measure prescription dispersal, filling, or adherence. After study completion, investigators (K.A.N., S.R.S., and R.C.S.) who were masked to research assistants' assessments verified visit categorizations.
Commercially available statistical software (SAS, version 9.1.3; SAS Institute, Inc, Cary, North Carolina) was used for analysis. We estimated that a sample size of 210 would detect a 20% difference in the primary outcome (proportion with at least 1 ED visit over 2 years) between groups with α = .05 and power of 80%. We overenrolled, assuming a potential 15% dropout rate.
Relative risks (RRs) of ED visits, hospitalizations, and outpatient visits were compared between groups using Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel methods. We analyzed rates of ED visits according to intent to treat, including all enrolled participants, and as per protocol, including all eligible enrolled participants. The comparison of asthma-related ED visits was adjusted for practice strata and for the presence of a prior-year asthma-related ED visit (excluding the enrollment visit). The effect of the number of coach contacts on asthma-related ED visits was estimated using logistic regression analysis. The effect of coaching on asthma-related hospitalizations and on asthma monitoring visits was adjusted for similar prior-year events (excluding hospitalization at the enrollment visit). The effect of the number of coaching contacts on asthma monitoring visits was examined using logistic regression analysis.
We enrolled 247 parents, 122 allocated to an asthma coach (AC) and 125 to usual care (UC). Six parents were withdrawn because of ineligibility (Figure). The per-protocol analysis included the remaining 241 parents and children. Baseline characteristics are summarized in Table 1. Four parents withdrew from ongoing contact; 3 of these were in the AC group. Medical record audits were completed for all children except 1 whose parent also withdrew consent to obtain further outcomes.
Participant flowchart. *Duplicate enrollment involved a parent enrolled again during a subsequent emergency department visit with a different child; she was allocated to the control group each time and continued with data collection only for the first child.
The ACs completed initial contacts with 66.7% of parents within 2 weeks of enrollment, with 83.6% of parents within 4 weeks, and with all parents by 127 days (median time, 8 days [25th and 75th percentiles, 3 and 19.5 days, respectively]). During the 18-month intervention, 90.1% of contacts were phone calls, the mean (SD) number of contacts per parent was 7.3 (4.0), and the mean (SD) number of attempts per contact was 8.1 (8.0). As anticipated, contact frequency decreased over time, with 98.3% of intervention group parents having at least 1 AC contact in the first quarter, 75.8% in the second, 61.7% in the third, 45.8% in the fourth, 49.2% in the fifth, and 41.7% in the sixth.
For all the coached parents, the intervention continued for 18 months regardless of the number of contacts or stage-of-change achieved. We examined 3 specific management strategies and found that ACs were able to engage parents more often in the use of asthma action plans, less often for completion of asthma monitoring visits, and least often for partnership between parents and PCPs (Table 2).
Coaching increased asthma monitoring visits and nonasthma PCP visits (Table 3). The AC children were more likely than the UC children to have at least 1 asthma monitoring visit during 2 years after enrollment (RR, 1.21; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04-1.41) and to have at least 4 asthma monitoring visits (2.02; 1.06-3.84), although proportions with at least 4 asthma monitoring visits during 2 years were low (20.0% among AC children and 9.9% among UC children). Among AC children, the probability of an asthma monitoring visit increased with each additional coaching contact (odds ratio,1.27; 95% CI, 1.08-1.50). Having an asthma monitoring visit after enrollment was more likely if an asthma monitoring visit had occurred before enrollment (RR, 1.33; 95% CI, 1.14-1.54; adjusted for study group). After adjusting for having prior-year asthma monitoring visits, AC children were more likely to have asthma monitoring visits after enrollment (RR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.04-1.39). Although AC children were more likely to have at least 1 asthma monitoring visit at which a controller medication was documented, this percentage was still low (58.3%); the median number of such visits over the 2-year follow-up was 1. Asthma action plan documentation in PCP records was similar between study groups and was too infrequent for further analysis.
Similar proportions of children in both study groups had at least 1 asthma-related ED visit during 2 years after enrollment (59.2% of AC children and 62.8% of UC children, intent-to-treat analysis) (Table 3). An ED visit after enrollment was more likely if an ED visit had occurred before enrollment (RR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.16-1.86; adjusted for study group), but risk was similar in both study groups when adjusted for previous ED visits (1.02; 0.82-1.27). Indicators of more severe disease at enrollment (hospitalization or symptom score exceeding the median) did not change the effect of coaching on ED visits. The number of ED visits did not vary with the number of asthma coaching contacts. The total numbers of asthma-related ED visits and ED visits for any reason were similar between groups.
The proportions of children with at least 1 asthma-related hospitalization after enrollment were similar between groups (Table 3). Hospitalization after enrollment was more likely if hospitalization had occurred before enrollment (RR, 2.45; 95% CI, 1.59-3.77; adjusted for study group), but the risk of hospitalization after enrollment was similar in both study groups when adjusted for hospitalization before enrollment (0.86; 0.56-1.30).
Controlling for study group and prior-year ED visits, neither having an asthma monitoring visit (RR, 1.18; 95% CI, 0.92-1.52) nor having an asthma monitoring visit with documented controller medication (1.29; 1.05-1.58) decreased the likelihood of having at least 1 asthma-related ED visit. Only 14.1% of ED visits were preceded by PCP visits within 2 weeks, and this interval was longer than 4 weeks for 73.4% of ED visits, with no difference between study groups.
We investigated parental asthma coaching to improve important aspects of care and reduce morbidity in a high-risk population. Although coaching increased self-reported use of asthma action plans and medical record audit–confirmed asthma monitoring visits, including visits with documented controller medications, these changes were not associated with fewer ED visits. Other investigators have shown that continuity of care can reduce ED visits31 and that collaborative patient-PCP partnership is important for high-quality long-term care.17 It seems that the asthma monitoring visits we achieved were too infrequent to affect these outcomes. Fostering effective collaborative patient-PCP partnerships remains a challenge.
Reducing ED visits is an important but elusive goal of asthma management.10 A 2009 Cochrane Collaboration review23 reported that "educational interventions" for children (and caregivers) treated in the ED for asthma lower the risk for ED visits and hospitalizations but noted "significant heterogeneity" among interventions and populations studied. Of 3 randomized controlled trials23,32,33 that enrolled low-income urban disadvantaged families and measured ED visits as the primary outcome, 2 studies32,33 reported benefit and measured ED visits by parent report, with 1 study32 reporting outcomes for only 6 months. We measured visits for 2 years after enrollment using medical record review rather than relying on parent report, important differences in design that may explain the variation in findings.
The factor most associated with an ED visit after study enrollment was a prior ED visit. What drives this phenomenon is unclear. Other investigators34 have reported that many urban parents of children with asthma have barriers to care and prefer the ED "because they perceived it provides the best quality care."35(p516) In our study, PCP visits for acute asthma were rarer than ED visits for asthma, few ED visits were preceded by a PCP visit, and 27.8% of children had a PCP visit for acute asthma symptoms but no documented treatment. If overreliance on the ED is owing to lack of an alternative source of effective acute management guidance, one solution may be a nurse-staffed call center that uses an asthma management protocol.36
Like similar investigations, we experienced challenges in providing this intervention. By design, the intervention was implemented flexibly without a strict schedule or mandatory number of contacts. However, maintaining consistent contact was challenging in part because of parents' frequent telephone service disconnections. It is possible that more frequent AC contacts may improve sustainability and effectiveness of the program.
Our study has limitations not yet discussed. We enrolled a convenience sample and did not collect data about those not enrolled. However, in another coaching study16 in this ED using a similar recruitment strategy, the potential for selection bias was carefully characterized, and no evidence of bias was found.37 For ED visits and hospitalizations, only records from this hospital were reviewed, and another children's hospital with an ED is located in St Louis. However, according to a 2003 study,9 our hospital accounted for 70% of asthma-related hospitalizations among children 14 years or younger in the zip codes assessed herein, and only 5% were subsequently admitted to the other hospital. It is unlikely that underestimation of visits by this small amount biased the results. We did not measure PCP care beyond medical record review and acknowledge inherent limitations with such data. Consequently, we may have underestimated the provision of controller medications, treatment at visits, and asthma action plans, but any measurement error is unlikely to have differed by study group.
In conclusion, this parental coaching intervention increased asthma monitoring visits, although such visits remained infrequent and did not reduce ED visits or hospitalizations. Future interventions to reduce morbidity for this patient population should include strategies targeting both the parent and the PCP to accomplish the goals of a collaborative model of chronic disease management as described by Wagner et al.17 Lay ACs were well accepted by this high-risk population and could be included in such a system of care delivery.
Correspondence: Kyle A. Nelson, MD, MPH, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (email@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: December 22, 2010.
Author Contributions: Dr Trinkaus had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Highstein, Trinkaus, Fisher, Smith, and Strunk. Acquisition of data: Nelson, Highstein, Smith, and Strunk. Analysis and interpretation of data: Nelson, Highstein, Garbutt, Trinkaus, Fisher, and Strunk. Drafting of the manuscript: Nelson, Highstein, and Strunk. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Nelson, Garbutt, Trinkaus, Fisher, and Smith. Statistical analysis: Trinkaus and Strunk. Administrative, technical, and material support: Fisher and Strunk. Study supervision: Nelson, Smith, and Strunk.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: This study was funded by grant HL 072919 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Dr Strunk).
Online-Only Material: This article is featured in the Archives Journal Club. Go to here to download teaching PowerPoint slides.
Additional Contributions: David M. Jaffe, MD, and Ellen F. Crain, MD, PhD, provided expertise and guidance as the data safety monitors, and Gordon R. Bloomberg, MD, and James P. Keating, MD, MSc, gave helpful advice.
Nelson KA, Highstein GR, Garbutt J, et al. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Parental Asthma Coaching to Improve Outcomes Among Urban Minority Children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011;165(6):520–526. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.57
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A team of five Penn State Smeal MBA students recently won first place—and a $5,000 prize—in the 2013 Global Operations Conference Case Competition, held last month at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
The competition, sponsored by Alcoa, began with the submission of a presentation and an executive summary. From those initial submissions, five teams were selected to travel to the final competition.
Chosen as one of the final teams, the Penn State Smeal MBA students traveled to Michigan in mid-November, where they presented to a panel of judges.
"Our students had to advance past some fierce competition just to reach the final round," said David Huff, clinical associate professor of supply chain management and the team's unofficial adviser. "There, they were given a second part to the case and had to prepare a live presentation of their proposed solution."
Penn State Smeal MBA team members included class of 2014 students Iqbal Aasim, David Benton, Andrew Driscoll, and Ankit Mahajan, and class of 2015 student Tatiana Kuzmenko.
The case competition took place on the first day of the Global Operations Conference. The conference, which students were able to attend as finalists in the case competition, focused on the new risks, expectations, and opportunities in the operations field.
Aasim and Mahajan, along with fellow second-year students Michael Bassani and Kumar Pushkal, also recently competed in the 4th Annual Michigan State University Donald J. Bowersox Graduate Supply Chain Challenge, where they placed third. This invitation-only competition included the top supply chain programs in the country.
About the Penn State Smeal MBA Program
The internationally ranked residential Penn State Smeal MBA Program positions students from around the world for their future careers. The two-year program, based on the University Park campus, begins with a focus on business fundamentals. Through summer internships with top companies and concentration opportunities in areas such as finance, marketing, and supply chain management, students then personalize their Smeal MBA experiences to align with their career aspirations. Learn more at www.smeal.psu.edu/mba.
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Norwich lawyer feels betrayed by home health aide
Norwich - Attorney Morris "Murray" Czaczkes, seriously injured when he fell off a ladder last fall, then diagnosed with lung cancer, says he is recovering steadily but that he still suffers from the emotional and financial wounds inflicted by a home health care aide.
Czaczkes, 58, has practiced law for decades in Norwich with his brother, Edward Czaczkes. He says he was convalescing at his Madison home when his health aide, 56-year-old Edward Roy of Deep River, stole his wife's diamond and gold anniversary ring from her jewelry box and took about 60 of Czaczkes' oxycodone pain pills from the night stand.
Both items were in the master bedroom, where Czaczkes was confined for weeks after fracturing 18 bones, undergoing surgery on his left ankle and later having a portion of his lung removed. Roy was one of two health aides sent to his home by the Guilford-based VNA Community Healthcare. Czaczkes said he chatted at length with Roy, who told him he had been working for the VNA on and off for the past decade.
"He was probably the best home health aide I had," Czaczkes said. "He vacuumed. He was conscientious."
Czaczkes said he was disappointed when he discovered that Roy had gone through his family's belongings while Czaczkes was in the shower. The attorney discovered the theft on Christmas Day, when he was taking stock of his medication supply. He said he had been prescribed 90 of the 5 mg oxycodone pills and had only taken a few. Most of the pills were missing, he said.
"I told my wife, and she said to me, 'That's kind of weird. I'm missing one of the bands to my wedding ring,'" he said.
Confronted by Madison Police Sgt. Richard Perron, Roy confessed to stealing the pills and the ring and admitted he is a heroin addict, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Roy said he had consumed the medication and sold the ring.
"Roy stated that he regretted his actions of stealing and wished to cooperate with the police," the affidavit says.
Roy was charged with third-degree larceny. He is due back in court in New Haven on Thursday.
Perron ran a criminal history inquiry on Roy that showed he is a convicted felon with a history of possession and sale of narcotics and violation of probation, according to the affidavit.
"You have to question why the VNA is hiring this guy in the first place," Czaczkes said. "He's a convicted felon with a drug habit. They put him into people's houses where the drugs are plentiful and say 'Here, take care of this person.'"
Police learned that Roy had sold the ring for $163 to Yankee Jewelers in Old Saybrook and that it had been melted down and sold as scrap. A law enforcement database of pawn transactions showed eight pawn store transactions in Roy's name from January to December 2012, according to the affidavit.
Czaczkes said he and his wife were reimbursed for the ring through their insurance company but that the money did not alleviate the stress the incident had caused. A local pharmacy valued the stolen pills at $779.
Roy could not be reached for comment.
Janine Fay, president and chief executive officer of VNA Community Healthcare, wrote a letter of apology to Czaczkes that said the agency is treating the incident "very seriously."
"We have always performed criminal background checks and this employee had a clean record up until this moment," the letter states. "Patient safety is extremely important to us and we will again review all our policies and procedures regarding employment."
Public criminal record databases show two people named Edward Roy in Connecticut, both born in 1956. One has a minor history and the other has several convictions. Perron, the police sergeant, said this week that he was aware of both identities when he conducted the records check on the home health aide.
Fay, responding to an inquiry from The Day, left a phone message saying she could not discuss Roy's employment. She reiterated that the agency conducts thorough background checks.
"We do indeed, on every employee, do Connecticut and other states' background checks and arrest records, and if somebody lived in another state, we check in that other state," Fay said. "We do federal record checks as well as the Office of the Inspector General and the Connecticut Judicial Branch. That's really all I can tell you at this time."
Czaczkes has been following Roy's court case and said it may be resolved with a plea deal involving a fully suspended prison sentence and one year of probation.
"My understanding is he's going to probably get a walk," said Czaczkes. "That's what really kind of infuriated me, and the VNA didn't really take responsibility for the guy."
The New Haven prosecutor who is handling the case could not be reached for comment.
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