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May 12 - 16, 2003
Monday, May 12
Lateral Transfers Curtailed?
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Los Angeles County officials are considering strict limits on the number of uninsured patients that private hospitals can transfer to county facilities as part of an effort to keep its troubled health department afloat. County supervisors are considering a proposal to curtail such lateral transfers that could be introduced as early as this week. Guest host Jon Beaupre talks about the proposal with Jim Lott, executive vice president of the Hospital Association of Southern California.
E3
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Electronic games are big business. Last year $6.35 billion worth of video and computer games were sold at retail. The ninth annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) will showcase the latest interactive entertainment and educational software May 14-16th. Jon Beaupre speaks with Geoff Keighly, Editor in Chief of gameslice.com, about the E3 conference and about the latest in the ŅgamingÓ industry. Joining the conversation is Will Wright, Chief Designer and Co-founder of Maxis. WrightÕs creations include the best-selling PC game ever, The Sims. Wright has become one of the most successful designers of interactive entertainment in the world. His latest creation, The Sims Online, debuted in December 2002.
The E3 Expo is open only to the trade. The conference and expo is at the LA Convention Center starting today and ending Friday, May 16th.
The Legacy of Genghis Khan
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Guest host Jon Beaupre talks about the current exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Legacy of Genghis Khan, with exhibit curator and co-organizer, Linda Komaroff, and professor of Chinese and Mongolian History at Columbia and the City University of New York, Dr. Morris Rossabi.
The Legacy of Genghis Khan is on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) through July 27. For a list of upcoming panel discussions, symposiums, and films related to the exhibit, call the museumÕs education department at 323-857-6512.
Tuesday, May 13
City Hall Roundup
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Guest host Jon Beaupre talks with KPCC reporter Frank Stoltze about the latest business in City Hall including the LA city budget, the push to preserve city council discretionary funds, and the councilÕs bid for the Memorial Coliseum to host a possible NFL team in Los Angeles.
Daniel Yergen on IraqÕs Economic Challenges
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Guest host Jon Beaupre talks with the Executive Producer of the six part documentary Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy. In the documentary, Yergen argues that Iraq has the potential to succeed economically more readily and profitably than conventional wisdom forecasts.
The documentary series begins Thursday night on KCET at 10 pm and continues for five consecutive Thursdays.
Anything Into Oil
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The company Changing World Technologies and their Thermal Depolymerization Process or TDP is the latest technology designed to change almost any type of waste into three products: oil, clean burning gas, and purified minerals. The process is touted as both an answer to dealing with the worldÕs waste and as a way to supplement our dwindling supplies of oil. Guest host Jon Beaupre talks with Discover magazine writer Brad Lemley (who profiled the technology in the May issue of the magazine) and Dr. Bob Stokes, Vice President for Research and Deployment at GTI (Gas Technology Institute), about the feasibility and cost effectiveness of TDP - a process that sounds too good to be true.
Wednesday, May 14
Health Dialogues Special: Access to Dental Care
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Talk of the City guest host Jon Beaupre moderates a Health Dialogues discussion on problems with access to dental care in L.A. and Orange Counties. Guests for the discussion include, Dr. Steven Uranga McKane, Executive Director, The ChildrenÕs Dental Center--Tooth Fairy Cottage in Inglewood; Jeanne Porush, Pasadena City College, Program Director of the Dental Hygiene Program; Ina Rydalch, Cypress Community College, Director of the Dental Hygiene Program; and Kathleen Parris, Manager for Maternal, Child, Adolescence & Dental Clinic Services for the Orange County Health Care Agency.
Clinic Times and numbers:
Children's Dental Clinic (Tooth Fairy Cottage)
8:30-5:00 M-F
310.419.3000
Cypress College Dental Clinic
8:00-5:00 M-Th, 8:00-12:00 F
714.484.7296
Pasadena City College Dental Clinic
8:00-5:00 M-Th, 8:00-12:00 F
626.585.7241
From 7 to 8 p.m. tonight, KPCC will broadcast a live special edition of Health Dialogues on dental health from our San Francisco sister station, KQED. That program will focus on the fact that public dental health programs might be the first to fall under the California state budget axe. This could leave some Californians with water fluoridation as the only dental service available.
Governor DavisÕ Revised Budget
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Today Governor Davis issues his so called May-revise, his final budget plan to bridge the stateÕs deficit Š a number predicted to be anywhere from $26 to $35 billion. The budget is delivered a month before the stateÕs constitutional deadline of June 15. Guest Host Jon Beaupre talks with Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Weinstraub about DavisÕ latest plan.
Thursday, May 15
District 10 City Council Race
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Guest Host Jon Beaupre talks with Martin Ludlow, candidate for the 10th city council district race in the May 20th runoff election against opponent Deron Williams.
Dwell Home
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Years ago Arts & Architecture magazine initiated a challenge to architects to design and build homes using modern materials and technology with a mind towards mass production. The results were the Case Study homes designed by now well-known architects including Richard Neutra, Pierre Koenig, and Rudolph Schindler. Dwell magazine recently issued a similar challenge with similar parameters. Guest host Jon Beaupre speaks with editor-in-chief of Dwell magazine, Allison Arieff, and some of the Southern Californian finalists in the competition: Eric Kahn, architect, Central Office of Architecture; Wes Jones, principal, Jones Partner Architecture; and Anna Hill, architect, Marmol Radziner + Associates.
The winner of the competition will be announced this weekend at the Design Invitational at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City.
Guest Allison Arieff recommended the following resources:
Prefab (Gibbs Smith Publisher) by Brian Burkhart and Allison Arieff
Upcoming panel discussions at AIA San Francisco
Upcoming panel discussions at the Industrial Designers Society of America
Positively 5th Street
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Guest host Jon Beaupre takes a wild ride through the world of high-stakes Las Vegas poker with James McManus, the author of Positively 5th Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and BinionÕs World Series of Poker (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux). McManus was sent by Harper's magazine to cover the 2000 World Series of Poker, but ends up using his magazine advance to buy into the tournament. The book is his gripping account of alternatively losing and wining big at the tables alongside the tale of the sordid and entertaining history of the $23 million tournament.
James McManus will be reading and signing from his book at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Barnes and Noble at the Grove (189 Grove Drive). For more information, call 323-525-0270.
Friday, May 16
Chinese-American Community Reacts
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The espionage case of Katrina Leung has elicited an array of reactions from the Chinese-American community from shock to a marked desire to disassociate from a woman with strong ties to both the local and international Chinese communities. Guest host Jon Beaupre talks with Jeff Chin, deputy chief reporter for Sing Tao Daily, and George Bao, reporter for the Chinese Daily News, about the community reaction.
Transitioning Ownership of the Gold Line to MTA
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The Los Angeles to Pasadena Metro Construction Authority is beginning to transition ownership of the Metro Gold Line Project, a 13.7 mile light-rail system spanning from downtown Los Angeles to East Pasadena, to the MTA. The AuthorityÕs sole purpose was to build the line and, once completed, turn over operation to the MTA. Guest host Jon Beaupre talks with Rick Jager, Senior Communication Officer for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Nathan Baguio, Communication Coordinator for the Los Angeles to Pasadena Metro Construction Authority, about the transition. He also talks about Phase II of the project which will extend the current line an additional 24.4 miles to the Los Angeles County line.
Lakers End their Season
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Last night the Lakers lost, ending their run for an unprecedented fourth championship in four years by losing to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals. Guest host Jon Beaupre talks with Elizabeth Kaye, author of AinÕt no Tomorrow: Kobe, Shaq, and the Making of a Lakers Dynasty (McGraw-Hill) about last nightÕs game.
Jacques Pepin: My Life in the Kitchen
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HeÕs the man Julia Child calls Ņthe best chef in America.Ó Known to millions of Americans for his thirteen PBS cooking shows and twenty-one cook books, the culinary legend joins guest host Jon Beaupre to reminisce about his motherÕs cheese soufflˇ. His latest book is The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen (Houghton Mifflin Co).
Jaques Pepin will be at VromanÕs Bookstore in Pasadena on Saturday, May 17 at 11 a.m. For more information, call 626-449-5320.
The following recipes and more can be found his his latest book:
MamanÕs Apple Tart
Dough
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 large egg, broken in a small bowl and beaten with a fork
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
3 tablespoons vegetable shortening
pinch of salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons hot milk
Filling
4 large Golden Delicious apples (about 2 pounds)
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, broken into pieces
For the dough: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Put all the dough ingredients except the hot milk into a bowl. Stir well with a wooden spoon until the mixture starts to combine. Add the hot milk, and stir until well mixed. Do not overwork. The dough will be very soft. Place it in a 9-inch pie plate (my mother used a fluted metal quiche pan) and, using your fingers and a little extra lour to keep them form sticking, press the dough into the pan until it covers the bottom and the sides.
For the filling: Peel, core and halve the apples. Cut each half into 1 1/2 inch wedges. Arrange the wedges on the dough like the spokes of a wheel. Sprinkle with the sugar, and top with the butter, broken into pieces. Bake the tart for approximately 1 hour, or until the crust is golden. Serve it lukewarm.
GloriaÕs Pork Ribs and Red Beans
2 tablespoons good olive oil
4 shoulder pork chops with the bones or country ribs (about 1 1/2 pounds)
1 pound dried red kidney beans
2 cups fresh diced tomato flesh or 1 can (14 3/4 ounces) whole Italian tomatoes, with juice
3 cups sliced onions
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped garlic
1 jalapeno pepper (or more or less, depending on your tolerance), finely chopped, with or without the seeds (about 1 tablespoon)
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon herbes de Provence or Italian seasoning
6 cups cold water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 small bunch cilantro
cooked rice for serving (optional)
Tabasco hot pepper sauce (optional)
Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the pork chops or ribs, and sautˇ gently, turning once, for 15 to 20 minutes or until they are browned on both sides. Meanwhile, sort through the beans and discard any broken or damaged ones and any foreign matter. Rinse the beans in a sieve under cold water.
When the chops or ribs are browned, remove them from the heat, and add the tomatoes and their juice, onions, garlic, jalapeno, bay leaves, herbs, and water. Stir in the beans and salt, and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, pull the leaves from the cilantro stems. Chop the stems finely (you should have about 1/4 cup), and add them to the beans. Reserve the leaves (you should have about 1 cup loosely packed) for use as a garnish. When the Bean mixture is boiling, reduce the heat to low, and boil very gently, covered, for 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or until the beans and pork are very tender.
Divide among soup bowls, sprinkle the cilantro leaves on top, and serve with rice, if desired. Pass the Tabasco sauce for those who want added hotness.
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