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Zimmerman's mom pens letter on arrest anniversary
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The mother of Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has written a letter to the public that criticizes the justice system for her son's arrest in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin.
Gladys Zimmerman's letter was written to coincide with the one-year anniversary of her son's April 11, 2012, arrest. He's accused of killing Martin, who was unarmed, in February 2012.
The letter was written in Spanish and translated by her son, Robert Zimmerman. He released it on his Twitter account.
Gladys Zimmerman says the day will "forever be remembered by the Zimmerman family as the day the justice system failed us as Americans." She describes what she calls a "false narrative" that was developed as the heavily publicized case unfolded.
Zimmerman is scheduled to be tried on second-degree murder charges in June.
I'm sure George Zimmerman now wishes that he didn't have the gun on that fateful day.
excel I'll bet not , because if it hadn't a gun ,the thug probably would have killed him and , he wouldn't be alive today.
I will never understand why this is such a big case. I will never understand why they called him a "White Hispanic".
There are kids dying everyday in the United States, mainly from young wannbe gangsters or being caught in the crossfire. Where is the outrage in the media on these? Where is the outrage from the black leaders about all the killings? They get a little article in the local newspapers and then the memorial and funeral and then on to the next. Why is this case so different? Because a "White Hispanic" killed a black teenager?
Just saying........
The difference is the police usually arrest somebody in a shooting like this. Instead they chose to talk about how good a guy Zimmerman is. If you don't see the difference it's because you don't want too.
"" Instead they chose to talk about how good a guy Zimmerman is.""
You have got to be kidding???????? Are you living under a rock? The media and blacks just about destroyed this guy. And explain the difference then? You still didn't answer my question, what makes this case so special then from all the other killings that happen on a daily basis? I'm waiting......
I think he said I'm going to get me one after he was told to stand down .
Do not know what he meant but I know what he did .
NO ONE knows what happened that night. Except the 2 parties involved. But still no one can answer my question, Why is this case so special???
And NOTHING about this case.....where's all the protest, outrage, hatred, tshirts, memorials, etc for this INNOCENT defenseless 13-month-old boy?????
We have a very sick society.....when a questionable "White Hispanic" self defense shooter has more hatred then these 2 ugly filthy devils. Don't see Jackson or Sharpton saying anything about this hate crime. Only when it benefits there race.
Life i will answer you one last time. Take your hood off and LISTEN. The boys that killed that baby were arrested immediately, and will be facing life in prison, so there is no reason to protest. It is sad it took a national protest to arrest somebody that chased a boy down and took the law into his own hand.
Where you there? Did you know what happened? Or are you just listening to what the Media brainwashes you with??? The only accounts you hear is from the media and you can really honestly believe what they throw at you? You must really be gullible to condemn a man from what your read in the papers and TV. And if Travis had a weapon or killed Zimmerman you think this would be such a huge ordeal? They show Zimmerman in a orange jail outfit and show a innocent 10 year old picture of Travis, real fair, huh? And still didn't answer my question, why this is such a big case? Everyday people are protecting themselves and some end up dead. smh at society today.


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Courtesy: Spencer Farrin (Moscow, Idaho)
|Idaho plays UTEP Saturday
Game 8: Idaho (3-4) at UTEP (2-4)
When: Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 (6 p.m. PT)
Where: El Paso, Texas (Don Haskins Center)
Radio: Vandal Radio Network/VandalXtra
Television: None
Online Video: www.UTEPAthletics.com
Live Stats: www.UTEPAthletics.com
A Look at the Miners
UTEP is 2-4 this season and hasn't played a game since a Nov. 28 win over New Mexico State, 55-54. The Miners have played a tough schedule that includes a loss at Arizona and neutral-site setbacks to Oklahoma, Clemson and Vanderbilt. UTEP is 2-0 at home this season and is in the midst of a six-game home stand. The Miners average 55.5 points on 42.1 percent shooting. They've made just 18 three-point attempts this season, compared to 44 for their opponents. UTEP has also been out-rebounded by a 6.7 margin per game. The Miners force 15.7 turnovers per game and score 13.2 points per game at the free throw line. UTEP has held four opponents below 70 points and below 55 points in home games.
UTEP Head Coach Tim Floyd
Tim Floyd is in his second season at UTEP and his 19th overall as a collegiate head coach. He is 370-211 overall and 42-31 with the Miners. In his 18 seasons as a collegiate coach, he has produced 16 winning records, eight NCAA Tournament trips and four NIT berths. He has coached four college teams - Idaho, New Orleans, Iowa State and USC, as well as a pair of NBA franchises - Chicago and New Orleans. He is a 1977 graduate of Louisiana Tech.
Idaho Vandals
Idaho made a wild comeback to claim an 81-79 overtime victory at Eastern Washington on Thursday. The Vandal men gave up a 19-0 scoring run and trailed by 17 with 15:53 to play, but immediately answered with a 21-3 run of their own to re-take the lead. The game went into overtime, where a Connor Hill four-point play and a Mansa Habeeb 10-footer proved the different late in the period for the Vandal win. Idaho's 55 total rebounds and 21 offensive boards in the game are both highs in the Don Verlin era.
Vandals vs. Miners
Idaho and UTEP are two teams in relatively close geographical proximity who simply have not played. The series is just two games deep and they were played on consecutive days in December 1975. UTEP won both meetings by double figures under legendary coach Don Haskins.
A Familiar Face
Vandal fans are going to recognize the man on the opposite sideline. UTEP head coach Tim Floyd was the head man at Idaho from 1986-88, during which time he led the Vandals to a 35-25 overall record. In his second season at Idaho in 1987-88, the Vandal men went 19-11 overall and 11-5 in the Big Sky Conference for a second-place finish.
Grab Those Boards
Rebounding has always been a strong point in the four-plus years of the Don Verlin era at Idaho. On Dec. 6 at Eastern Washington, the Vandal men took it to another level. Idaho outrebounded EWU by a 55-34 margin. Idaho had more offensive rebounds (21) in the game than EWU had defensive boards (19). The 55 total rebounds are the most since Feb. 5, 1998, when the team grabbed 63 boards in an 85-72 win over North Texas. The 21 offensive rebounds are the most since Feb. 4, 2004, when Idaho had 26 O-boards in a 75-59 win over Idaho State.
Not So Fast, My Friend
Idaho trailed Eastern Washington, 50-33, with 15:53 to play on Dec. 6. Facing that 17-point hole, Idaho opened a 21-3 scoring run to take a 54-53 lead before ultimately winning in overtime, 81-79. It was tied as the largest comeback of the Verlin era (the team also erased a 17-point first-half deficit in a win against Seattle U on Feb. 7, 2012). Overall under Verlin, Idaho has come back 26 times when facing deficits of six or more and eight times when facing double-figure deficits.
Matching 20/10 Performances
Junior guard Stephen Madison scored a career-high 29 points and added 10 boards on Dec. 6 at Eastern Washington. Also in the game, senior center Kyle Barone scored 20 points and snagged 11 rebounds. It was the first time this season that a Vandal tallied a 20/10 game and it's the first time in at least the last 20 years of Vandal basketball that the feat has been accomplished by two players in a single game.
Hill For Four! Good!
With Idaho trailing by one point with 2:38 left in overtime at Eastern Washington on Dec. 6, sophomore guard Connor Hill rose up and drained a 3-pointer from the top of the key - and absorbed a foul in the process. He netted the ensuing free throw for the first four-point play of his career at the most opportune time. That play proved to be the last of 22 lead changes in Idaho's 81-79 win. It was the first four-point play by a Vandal since Shawn Henderson on Dec. 18, 2010, against Montana.
Breaking Down the PG Battle
Idaho has three options at the point guard spot and the team isn't exactly suffering early on this year. The Vandal men lead the WAC with a 1.25 assist-to-turnover ratio and they're second in the league with 15.71 dishes per game. Idaho has two 20-assist games already this season and senior Mike McChristian (2.10), junior Denzel Douglas (2.33) and junior Robert Harris (1.67) all have strong individual A-T ratios, as well.
Click on the PDF link above to view complete game notes.

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It's annual pet scammer week! That's a lie. But it sure feels like it. Eric Stein was charged with running an investment scam through Return-A-Pet LLC. Return-A-Pet was a New York company that allegedly facilitated the return of lost pets to their owners. Stein was out on supervised release for a previous investment fraud scheme and netted at least $500,000 ... Read More »
Tax Refund Check Cashing Scheme Hits Southern Florida
As tax season rolls around it's no surprise to see tax refund check cashing schemes arising in the news. Announced Monday was the filing of a criminal Information charging defendants Wilson Lau, and his wife, Kate Yuee Lau, for their participation in a check cashing scheme involving more than $5 million in fraudulently obtained tax refund checks and tax refund ... Read More »
Raleigh Native Indicted In Connection With Fraud And Extortion
The former President of Encap Golf Holdings LLC ("Encap"), William Gauger III, was indicted this week for his participation in a scheme to extort approximately $100,000 from a financial consultant and a fraudulent invoicing scheme relating to his work for a New Jersey-based management firm. Gauger allegedly hired his brother-inlaw Craig Groce, who was originally charged along with Gauger by ... Read More »
Whole Bakers' Bread And Butter Is Fraud
Whole Bakers owner, Patricia "Patty" Stewart, was sentenced yesterday to the statutory maximum of 60 months in federal prison for running an investment fraud scheme. The scheme defrauded investors, including elderly Texas citizens, of more than $2 million. According to documents filed in the case, from December 2005 through May 2010, Stewart, who owned and managed Whole Bakers, LLC and ... Read More »
A 25 Count Indictment For Investment Scheme Fraudster Announced
A federal grand jury in Pheonix returned a 25 count indictment against Gerald Lee Kelly on four counts of wire fraud, six counts of mail fraud, 10 counts of money laundering and five counts of structuring financial transactions to avoid federal bank reporting requirements. The indictment alleges that in 2006 and 2007, Kelly operated a business called Cornerstone Financial Holdings, ... Read More »
Final MTA Debt Collection Fraudster Pleads Guilty
The last defendant in the MTA debt collection scheme has pleaded guilty. Paul Anthony Vasquez pleaded guilty on January 17, 2012 to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud and money laundering. Vasquez also agreed to pay full restitution and forfeit assets seized by federal agents, including over $950,000 in cash and a 1.5 carat diamond ring. If Vasquez's name ... Read More »
Talk Show Host And Financial Advisor Sentenced For Ponzi Scheme
Wednesday marked the announcement that Anthony Cutaia was sentenced to 51 months in prison for mail fraud "Ponzi" investment scheme. Cutaia had pled guilty in July 2011 to Count 2 of a Criminal Information filed in June 2011, which charged him with mail fraud in connection with his participation in a real estate investment scheme from 2003 to 2006, in ... Read More »
Corrupt Criminal Club: Member's Only
On Wednesday of last week word broke about the largest insider trading scheme involving single stock charged to date. Three defendants have pled guilty and are cooperating with the government's investigating a scheme that allegedly netted more than $61.8 million in illegal profits. Charges were announced against seven investment professionals, who worked at three different hedge funds and two other ... Read More »
Investment Fraudster Defrauds Over 200 Out Of $14 Million
Bradley Stark, the fraudster defendant who represented himself at trail was convicted by a federal jury for deceiving investors about an investment scheme that involved more than 200 victims and more than $14 million. Following Stark's five-day trial he has been convicted on all counts of an indictment charging him with seven counts of wire fraud and one count of ... Read More »
Hells Angel Commits Mortgage Fraud For Marijuana Grow House
In September I covered a story about two leaders of the Hells Angels that had been accused of mortgage fraud. A mortgage broker in the San Francisco bay area was charged with conspiracy to arrange more than $10 million in fraudulent home loans including the two Hells Angels leaders. Raymond Foakes, former President of the Hells Angels Sonoma Chapter, pleaded ... Read More »
Timeshare Telemarking Fraudster Sentenced
It was announced on January 9, 2012 that Jennifer Kirk was sentenced to 188 months (almost 16 years) in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud when Kirk victimized consumers in a timeshare telemarking scam. Kirk will also serve five years of supervised release after the completion of her prison term, during which she is forbidden from the ... Read More »
Elaborate Scheme Leaves 180 With Over $1 Million In Fraudulent Purchases
Charges were announced last Thursday against seven members of an identity theft ring that allegedly used stolen identities of more than 180 people at major New York City retail stores including Home Depot, Sears, Kmart and Kohl's, among others. The ring of fraudsters resold merchandise and gift cards for a profit after purchasing them under account holders names fraudulently. Allegedly, ... Read More »
Two Plead Guilty To $1 Million Wire Fraud
Two New Jersey men have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scam that used phony identification documents to open multiple checking accounts to launder and steal more than $1 million. The two men, Abiatu Umah and Emmanuel Awa, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court last week to Informations charging them with one count of wire fraud and one count ... Read More »
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Those that are superstitious often view Friday the 13th as an unlucky day. This past friday, January 13th, members of an identity theft ring received some unlucky news when they were sentenced to prison. Contrary to superstition, this was a very lucky day for future victims that could have fallen into their web of lies and deceit. Two men, Richard ... Read More »
Ponzi Schemes Are The New Black
Thirteen days into the year and I feel like all I've written about is Ponzi-scheme after Ponzi-scheme after Ponzi-scheme. Today I bring to you the sentencing of Jenifer Devine, the woman who owned a purported wholesale merchandise broker and admitted to running a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that resulted in over $2 million in losses to investors. Devine has been sentenced ... Read More »


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The Founders: The Story of the City of Hope
By Bonnie Rogers
Copyright© Bonnie Rogers April 2003. All rights reserved
|The City of Hope is the story of people,
mostly Eastern Europeans, who came to America seeking social justice and
to California seeking health. There was no cure for tuberculosis, but the
sunshine might make it better. The journeys of those who founded the
Jewish Consumptive Relief Association in Los Angeles began a continent
Pete Kahn, as his friends called him (his Hebrew name was Naphtali Peretz), was an extraordinary personality. He was a tall Jew, with the appearance of a Western farmer or explorer for California oil. He had been a farmer, an orchard farmer who planted large tracts of California desert in the Imperial Valley. He was a Russian Socialist-revolutionary with a history of czarist prison terms, and a fighter for radicalism, American style. He lived his life in four languages: Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian and English. He was one of the pioneers of what is today the second largest Jewish community in the United States.
His love of Jewish learning was absorbed in his home, at his father's table, as a son of the Rabbi of Kiev, a recognized scholar in the Rabbinical world of Russia in the 1870s and 80s. While still a youth, he left his father's home to join the ranks of the revolutionary movement. He led a student demonstration in Kiev in response to the dramatic suicide of the Russian freedom fighter, Vetrowa, who burned herself to death in the Petropavlowska Fortress. When arrested together with the other students, he made such a speech about his beliefs in freedom for Russia that older revolutionaries printed his talk in secret and distributed copies to students in other cities. He was sent away to do hard labor. After escaping from prison, he wandered incognito from town to town on foot, sleeping in cemeteries and spending days learning in Jewish study halls.
At the turn of the century one could find Peter Kahn's name alongside accounts of other major revolutionaries. First one finds him in Switzerland with Osef, then in London where he becomes curator of the library of the anarchist thinker, Peter Kropotkin. He came to the United States with Dr. Chaim Zhitlowsky and "Babushka" Yekaterina Breshkovskaya in 1904. Peter Kahn occupied himself with raising money and buying weapons to send to revolutionaries in Russia. Because of illness in his family, he had to leave for California's climate. But climate was all California had to offer the sick at that time. Pete started working the fields of Imperial Valley, became a grower himself and eventually owned an extremely successful produce company, bringing fresh fruits and vegetable from the hot fields in the interior valley to the tables of Los Angeles. But he also brought his political activism with him.
Fannie Jaffe was born the second eldest in a well-to-do family in Borosna, Russia. Her father was in the grain export business with his brothers. The Jaffes lived well, in a large and luxurious home with several servants and a cook. But there were pogroms. When her grandmother went out to get medicine for a sick child she was raped by a gang of Cossacks, never regained her sanity and died years later in a state asylum. There were business reverses and Fannie' s father was swindled out of his fortune. Someone set fire to their house and it burned to the ground. A compassionate landlord saved them during a riot by painting crosses on their rented home. There was malaria and Fannie, especially, couldn't seem to shake it.
Finally, the family sold what it could, packed the meager items left and boarded a train for Germany. They used up all their money in Hamburg trying to get a ship to take them to a new country, to America, where Jews had opportunity. The Jaffes found their "opportunity in Philadelphia--tuberculosis and death for the father, a tiny grocery business for the wife to support her family, and back-breaking work for Fannie in a sweatshop making vests when she was only twelve years old.
But Fannie found other opportunities in Philadelphia. She could work with the union organizers, even lead a strike. She could go to school after her 12 to 16-hour days in the factory and she could marry her long-time sweetheart, Ben Sharlip. She could also fall prey to the scourge which killed her father. In an effort to "solve her health problem her union offered her another opportunity: train tickets west for herself and Ben. They took them, landing in the downtown area of Los Angeles. It was winter, and the mud in the soggy town only added to the Sharlips' misery. They soon settled in Boyle Heights, where the drainage was better and Fannie could open her own little grocery store while Ben sold tobacco products in his own shop downtown. Ben would get frantic when his wife took in the sick, fed them, found them places to stay. He could never come to terms with Fannie' s need to "pay back for the health she found in California. He just had to go along with it.
Fannie had vivid memories of those days. "Many terrible reports came to my notice," she said. "One young man who had TB was found dead in a chicken coup! Another TB (victim) said his last goodbye with a hemorrhage on Spring Street. One young man pawned his topcoat to buy a revolver and had the courage to blow his brains out. What is this? Are we living in a wilderness? "
Isadore Levitt was a born reformer whose creed was "to thine own self be true." He believed that his own happiness depended upon the well-being of others, and he devoted the major portion of his useful life to this end. As a youth in Russia before the turn of the century, Isidore was drafted into the Army. To a Jew, going into the Army in those days usually meant short rations, exposure, hardship and derision. That Isidore was able to serve as secretary for four years to a Captain and a Lt. Colonel was an indication that he was a most intelligent and personable man. During his entire military career he devoted his attentions toward the overthrow of the brutal czarist regime. During the Japanese-Russian war, he disagreed with the Army authorities and was forced to leave.
He went to London in 1904, where he stayed a few weeks, hoping to return to his native land--provided the (Russian) revolution was successful. It failed, so he sailed for the United States, arriving in 1905. He lived in New York for four years, then spent six months at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. In 1909, he came to Los Angeles, where he acquired two things--his wife, Esther, and his laundry route. He was successful at both ventures.
In the days when the idea for a tuberculosis sanatorium for Jews was but a dream in the minds of a few idealists, Isidore was the owner of a laundry route. Frequently, he would pick up tuberculosis patients along with the laundry and take them to his friend, Dr. Leo Blass, for treatments. He readily perceived that there was an acute need for a sanatorium to house these unfortunates. Friends said, "many men in a similar position would have looked sad, clucked a few sympathetic sounds, and then forgotten about it. But not Isidore Levitt. He became active in a campaign to build the much-needed hospital. In fact, he was treasurer of the first affair given by Branch 443 of the Workman's Circle on behalf of what is now the City of Hope
Another journey began in 1883 in Kremenchug, in the state of Poltava, Russia, when a son was born to a local merchant, Israel Shapiro, and his wife Pessya (Evensky). The new baby was a direct descendant of the Tosafot Yomtov. His parents named him Aaron and expected great things from him. He was an outstanding student, attending both Cheddar and a Russian school in Kremenchug. Aaron was never very big for his age, only reaching five feet, five inches tall as a grown man, but he was big in his opinions. He organized the first Workers' Zionist Organization in Charkov, after his family moved there, when he was 15 years old.
Aaron' s opinions got him in trouble at an early age, too. He was not allowed to take the university entry examinations at Charkov because of his political views. And when he organized a self-defense for Jews at Charkov, he was arrested (along with his younger brother Chaim) by the czarist government and thrown in jail. Both Shapiro brothers were sentenced to death. The disastrous war between Russia and Japan had one happy effect, however. The Shapiro brothers, along with all the other prisoners, were released in 1904. Aaron knew his life was still in jeopardy so, at 21, he set off for New York. Chaim would follow him two years later.
In New York Aaron found even more than he bargained for. He found he could continue his education while peddling newspapers for a living. He found a movement he could believe in - the Workmen' s Circle. And he found love, even if at first it was one-sided.
The Workmen's Circle was an organization of Jewish workers which grew out of the desperate needs of New York' s sweatshop workers in 1892. By 1900 the group had achieved a state charter under the insurance laws of New York. It provided members with aid in their times of need, especially in case of sickness. It would provide them with decent burials in case of death and offer some major help to their dependents. It also afforded them some genuine fellowship, lessening the loneliness of their lives in their new land.
Aaron threw himself into Workmen' s Circle activities with a vengeance. Here he could see realized the social justice - not charity - which he had sought in Russia. He was a philosopher and a poet, writing poetry in Russian, Hebrew, Yiddish and English. But he toiled at his newspaper route and rented a room from his new friends the Kraus' who had a news stand in the city. Jennie Bernstein Kraus took on most of the chores with the news stand, with what ever help her small daughter Rose and even younger son Ed could give, because of her husband' s growing disability with the white plague--tuberculosis. Aaron helped any way he could, growing more and more attached to the little family he had joined.
By 1908, Mr. Kraus was worse and Jennie decided to move her family to Denver where there was a Jewish hospital which might help him. The Workmen' s Circle provided the funds for the move. Aaron helped them pack and saw them off on the train, or so Jennie thought. Actually, he secretly boarded in another car, abandoning his life in New York and following his love. As Aaron' s son told the story years later, "My father was a hot head and Jennie Kraus was beautiful. En route she found out that Aaron was on the train and she was furious, felt it was totally disrespectful. She insisted when they got to Denver, that Aaron go straight on to Los Angeles. He told her something about wanting to visit with a sick poet in Denver who wrote in Hebrew (which was considered pretty elegant), but she saw to it that he didn't stay long. When her husband' s health continued to deteriorate, the Kraus' couldn't set up housekeeping in Denver as they had planned. He couldn't go into the sanatorium there. Jennie moved him to Los Angeles, with little Rose and Ed in tow. She sold newspapers in Los Angeles, just as she had done in New York. Aaron was already doing the same.
Speaking of his father' s death many years later, Ed Kraus said, "He died of tuberculosis in 1908 in the Los Angeles County Hospital without even a bed to sleep on. Their beds were filled so he slept on the floor. It was my father' s friends--Chaim and Aaron Shapiro--who four years later helped organize the Jewish Consumptive Relief Association. Ed Kraus served on the City of Hope Board of Directors from 1952 until 1972.
Aaron was also deeply involved with the Workmen' s Circle in Los Angeles which had been started by 27 workers in 1905. It was already known as "the Red Cross of the Labor Movement. Pete Kahn had been a member since he joined Workmen' s Circle 248 in November of 1907. Isidore Levitt was a member, too, along with Barnett Cohen and Sam Cook. There were many needs to be met in the Jewish community in Los Angeles, and several organizations to address them. After all, there were an estimated 14,000 Jews in Los Angeles by 1907. (Some 20 years later there would be more than 70,000.) They had all come from somewhere...just when and how and why was one of the significant migrations in the human story.
In Russia particularly, the Jews had faced an increasingly difficult world. By the mid-1800s, most lived within the Pale of Settlement, a belt stretching from the Black Sea to the Baltic, separating Poland and the western frontier from Great Russia and the east. It was Catherine II idea in 1791 to prevent the Jews in the west from spreading into central Russia. The Pale not only told the Jews where they could live, it made them easy targets for whatever persecutions dreamed up by whichever Czar who happened to be sitting on the throne.
The first pogrom came in 1881 shortly after the assassination of Emperor Alexander II. It served to divert the attentions of the Russian people from dissatisfactions of their own with current political leadership and their own living conditions into race hatred. Between 1881 and 1910, Jews were attacked in some 600 Russian cities and villages, with thousands killed or wounded and property damage estimated at more than 50 million rubles.
One weapon with which the Jew could effectively fight was his feet. He and his family could leave Russia and seek their fortunes elsewhere. And seek they did. In 1840 more than 92 percent of the world' s Jews lived in just six countries Russia, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Austria and Germany. More than half of these lived in Russia. But how they lived in these countries differed vastly. Unlike their German counterparts, the Russian Jew was not encouraged to participate in the growing industrialization taking place in the Western world. He was often illiterate and without modern skills. Nor was he allowed to own any of the land he might till. In any pyramid of European Jewry, the Russian Jew formed the base. There were more of him, and he was truly on the bottom. In 1880, the Russian Jews were by far the most numerous, the poorest, and the most sealed off from the rest of the world.
Other Jewish communities such as those flourishing in Germany and their many cousins in the United States, viewed the Russian Jews with a mixture of apprehension, shame and disdain. They looked "funny' with their untrimmed beards and side curls, their black caftans and white socks. They spoke Yiddish (or jargon, as it was called in Russia) and manifested a fortress mentality. They huddled in ghettos and resisted most cultural activities from the world around them. Their mere presence was a source of embarrassment to the more assimilated German Jews and the German Jews who had shifted their lives to the United States some decades earlier. But still they came. They sought freedom. What many found was tuberculosis.
For many years, most of those who settled along the eastern seaboard in the United States' great metropolitan centers went through a wrenching process of social transformation. The craftsmen, the small shopkeepers, tradesmen and the sprinkling of professionals and intellectuals were all compressed into a fairly uniform society of manual laborers by the sweatshop, although the term had not yet been coined. (That was left to a French doctor who "discovered, in 1912, that tuberculosis was "caused by sweat, hence the term sweatshop.)
If you were an immigrant, if you were a Jew, you took your work where you could find it. This harsh urban school of Americanization converted the distinct cultural groups from Russia, Poland, Galicia and Romania into a single, downtrodden mass of workers something unprecedented in modern Jewish society. Out of this economic warfare waged by the eastern Jewish shop workers in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago emerged a group seething with uplifting and progressive ideas. Led by self-educated workers or transplanted young socialist leaders, the struggles of these workers led to the formation and rise of militant and socially-minded trades unions. It also led to the City of Hope.
It is difficult to paint a picture of the universal horror of this disease. Tuberculosis has been a major scourge of mankind from the dawn of history. Tubercular mummies have been found in the tombs of Egypt. The Greek' s word for it meant "to shrivel up and waste away. While there is little reference to the disease in Biblical writings or accounts by other country folk, there are frequent references throughout history from all who lived in the cities. Tuberculosis is a disease of city dwellers. It is also a disease of the poor.
The name "tuberculosis comes from the shape of the microorganism which causes it, the rod-like tubercles by which the pathologist identifies the disease under the microscope. Final proof that the disease was caused by a particular microorganism, the tubercle bacillus, was provided by the famous scientist Robert Koch in 1882." But it did not take a famous scientist to tell poor people they could catch it from each other. They knew. They just did not know how and did not know when. By the time symptoms were evident, the disease had already been passed along to family members and coworkers.
While tuberculosis can strike various parts of the body, in the United States about 90 percent is of the lung variety. "simple cough or sneeze can send multitudes of the bacterium flying through the air seeking a new host. The simple act of hand-shaking can pass along enough of the microorganisms to infect a friend.
This fear did not hold back a tailor named Sam Cook. He lived in a small hotel near 12th and Central, sharing the residence with his wife Ida' s Polish-born brother Max. Sam (Cooklinsky) first fled to England to avoid serving in the Russian Army. Both young men had come to Los Angeles via New York and St. Louis where they both worked at the World' s Fair. Sam had to leave his wife and baby daughter Eva behind in Russia, until he could obtain the proper visas to bring them over. In Los Angeles, Sam opened his own tailor shop where he designed and made uniforms; Max, who had been a wig maker for the Imperial Ballet in Russia, continued his trade and expanded into a new line of work--cosmetics. They both were to find substantial success serving the budding movie industry - Sam Cook making the many costumes and uniforms needed by the silent picture casts, Max Factor with the wigs and light-proof creme-based make-up he devised for the stars.
Sam' s wife and daughter were still in Russia, waiting for Sam to obtain the required passports and to earn enough from his tailoring business to bring them over. So he had enough room in his side of the hotel (or rooming house) to take in lodgers. In 1912 one was a young man whose TB had ravaged his body to the degree that work was out of the question. But how could he support himself? Where would the money come from? Not finding ready answers to these questions, the young tailor from St. Louis tidied his room, wrote a note to Sam giving his landlord his pocket watch and a silver thimble to compensate for the trouble he was about to cause, took poison and died.
It was Sam who found an American flag in his store and dispatched a pair of his helpers to go door-to-door among the local merchants soliciting money to be tossed on the flag between them to cover the decedent' s funeral expenses. It was one of several such "incidents which spurred Sam and his Workmen' s Circle friends to further action.
Aaron Shapiro had his personal reasons for wanting to provide a place for tuberculosis sufferers. Jennie had wanted to bring her husband to Los Angeles to live but there was no place to care for him. She had appealed to Aaron to do something before it was too late. He tried. It was ironic that his successful efforts to establish a sanatorium for Jews with tuberculosis came too late for Mr. Kraus, but served Jennie' s daughter Rose who was treated at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Association' s Sanatorium in Duarte before she died there from TB in 1922.
In his account, Paul Dembitzer, written 20 years after the founding of the JCRA, described the situation this way:"The first organization to take steps in the matter was the original local branch of the Workman' s Circle No.248. This group was already taking care of many of its own members who had contracted consumption. The number of people so supported increased to such an extent that further and immediate measures were necessary. Under the initiative of Barnett Cohen, a distinguished leader of the radical Jews and father of the idea of a sanatorium for tuberculars, the matter was discussed among the members of the Circle which resulted in the appointment of a committee instructed to contact other organizations in the city with the view of interesting them in a sanatorium project.
A letter dated September 25, 1912, was drafted by Cohen and Boris Flatte and sent to all who might be interested. At the meeting just three days later the National Jewish Consumptive Relief Association of Southern California was formed. On September 28, 1912, the meeting which was to end with the formation of the National Jewish Consumptive Relief Association of Southern California, was called to order.
Mark Carter, an early leader who joined the JCRA in 1923, recounted the organization' s beginnings: "From the beginning, however, the few men and women who laid the groundwork of the 'Sanatorium,' accepted as their banner and their motto the words of Pasteur: "We do not ask what country you come from, or what is your religion. We say, 'You are sick. You belong to us. We will make you well.' "
"From the very outset, these pioneers laid down other planks which pay for care and treatment. Treatment would be free to all. No discrimination would be tolerated. A patient would be admitted without any question of race or creed. Further, the word and the thought of 'charity' was forbidden. Each patient, man or women, boy or girl, would never suffer any loss of dignity either through an act of omission or commission. Personalization of care, as opposed to 'institutionalization,' was to be the hallmark of every nurse and doctor who entered the employ of the JCRA.
"With these high-minded and noble aspirations, with the banner > Free, National and Non-Sectarian' flying, the JCRA pioneers launched their dream. Their preamble was simple. Possessed of a treasury, the group now needed a constitution and by-laws. Three young lawyers Chaim Shapiro, Elias Rosenkranz and J. Allen Frankel volunteered to draft the document. Again and again in later years, their names were to appear in the minutes and public activities of the City of Hope.
The preamble read: "We, Jewish men and women, do hereby band ourselves together and organize for the purpose of raising funds and establishing suitable quarters for the aid, cure and comfort of our bothers and sisters afflicted with tuberculosis. For fear that this might be interpreted too literally, a subsequent paragraph was added. It emphasized the necessity for "helping all persons afflicted with tuberculosis that apply to this Association for admittance into the Sanatorium, or otherwise.
In the latter part of October 1912 the new JCRA held a mass meeting at Hamburger' s Arrow Theatre and found such a large and enthusiastic gathering as to result in the addition of some 100 new members who, perceiving the significance of the undertaking, wholeheartedly joined the embryo organization and contributed a sum of $128, the first amount collected for the projected sanatorium.
The new Jewish Consumptive Relief Association choose a committee to draw up a complete form of organization, and on that first committee were: Ben (Barnett) Cohen, chairman; Boris Flatte, treasurer; Al Levey, secretary; with Dr. M. Jacobson, Dr. Z. Levine, D. Bonoff, George Iberson, J. Rosenkranz and Aaron Shapiro.
Upon the adoption of a constitution and by-laws, the initial elections were held during December. The Messrs. B. Cohen (who was in the clothing business), Boris Flatte (a clerk at Hamburger' s--later May Company -Department Store), Dr. Moses Jacobson (a pharmacist who had his own drug store), Jacob Rosenkranz (a manufacturer' s agent), Henry Citrin (proprietor of the Bon Ton Store on South Broadway which sold suits, cloaks and millinery), H. D. Bonoff (a furrier), Dr. Leon Schulman, Dr. Henry Silverberg (a dentist), George Iberson (a salesman for Haas, Baruch & Company, wholesale grocers), Dr. M. E. Lane, Aaron Shapiro (who worked in newspaper circulation at that time), and the one woman, Dr. Kate Levy, were elected to the first board of directors. The first president of the sanatorium was Barnett Cohen, the first treasurer was Irving H. Hellman (an engineer and banker), and the first secretary, Al Levey.
Then, there were the auxiliaries. Or at least one. From the beginning the women engaged in saving, if they could, those suffering from tuberculosis. They banded together to get the job done. Let the men discuss, make the decisions, plan, address the problems. The women knew what to do. Get to work. Raise the money.
Before there was a plan on how to house any patients, the women were busy. The first meeting to explore the idea of providing a sanatorium for tuberculers was held in September of 1912, the first organizational meeting of the fledgling JCRA in October of that year. Almost before the year was out, not only had the Ladies' Star Auxiliary of the National Jewish Consumptive Association of Southern California organized, it had met three times, printed a thousand tickets to raffle off a silver mesh handbag, locket and chain, and found a regular place to meet. It was the beginning of what was to become a phenomenal commitment.
Just how the newly-formed JCRA was to go about establishing its mission was the subject for often heated debates. Whom would they serve? Where would they get the money? And where should a sanatorium be located?
Dr. Henry Silverberg, who led the most cautious faction in the budding JCRA, described those first months of the organization:"The builders of this institution were anxious, since they could not prevent the consumptive from coming here, to aid him in every possible manner and give him a chance for his life. Meetings were held twice monthly, and the actual work of constructing the institution began. Various committees were appointed at these meetings, each of which worked diligently and energetically, visiting all Jewish lodges and fraternities, and when the cause of the Sanatorium was intelligently explained to these various organizations, the response was immediate and favorable. The pledges made were so abundant that the temporary Board thought it advisable to call a meeting in one of the large halls of the city for the purpose of shaping the future policies of the contemplated sanatorium.
"In due time the organization was placed in the hands of a permanent Board of Directors, under the presidency of B. Cohen and a Constitution and By-Laws Committee was appointed and instructed to draft a constitution for the future sanatorium on the basic principles of justice and not charity. The Board immediately proceeded to incorporate under the laws of the State of California, and during the early part of May of 1913, the institution became a perfectly legal entity."
"Although the Board decided not to purchase any land until the treasury showed at least $25,000.00 to its credit, the immediate need of a sanatorium was so strongly impressed upon the Board by the pressure constantly being brought to bear on it by the unfortunates who needed the sanatorium treatment, and by the many pledgers who rightfully claimed that by the time the organization would be in a financial condition to build, these unfortunates would have passed into the Great Beyond, that accordingly a committee was appointed and instructed to find the most advantageous purchase within the means of the organization."
"After great hardship on the part of the Board, which gave generously of its time and means, an abandoned road house (minus its resident fancy ladies) situated 18 miles northeast of the City of Los Angeles was purchased. The parcel of land consisted of ten acres, and was bought for $5000.00."
It was just what the JCRA was looking for. In February 1913 the JCRA had sponsored a theater party in Philharmonic Auditorium. It yielded $2,400--the down payment on the ten acres of arid land in Duarte.
Worrying about their piece of paradise did not engage the fledgling JCRA in the spring of 1913, however. They did not know why their land was a seeming desert surrounded by orchards and gardens. They didn't know they had bought a piece of the San Gabriel River Wash. It was May. The rainy season was over. It looked like a desert and deserts were dry, weren't they? Besides, there were other problems. And the opposition against them was strong and established.
When the newly-formed Jewish Consumptive Relief Association was signing its deeds in 1913 and promising payment of $5,000 for a desolate 10-acre site in rural Duarte, other important events were taking place in surrounding communities. Los Angeles citizens were expressing a growing concern with what kind of neighbors they might get from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce' s welcoming policy. Certainly, they didn't want some kinds of activities in their own back yards.
It wasn't just tuberculosis sanitariums which were considered undesirable by protesting neighbors. On June 9, 1913, an ordinance was proposed by the Supervisors which would prohibit the establishment and maintenance of rescue homes for fallen women in certain localities throughout the county. They voted on it at their next meeting. On June 12, a proposal entitled "An Ordinance Prohibiting the Maintenance of Certain Institutions in Certain Localities in the County of Los Angeles was presented, read, considered and adopted section by section "prohibiting houses of refuge". The vote adopting the ordinance was unanimous.
In September a petition asking that necessary steps be taken prohibiting establishment of cemeteries in certain territories in the county. At that same meeting, the County Council was ordered to prepare an Ordinance prohibiting the establishment and maintenance of crematories in locations where there are ten residences within a radius of one half mile, provided that this did not apply to territory within 150 feet of cemeteries already established. (The JCRA took due note of the "grandfathering of the crematories already in business.)
On December 20 came the action which set off the loudest alarm bells with the JCRA. Responding to increasing pressure from his San Gabriel Valley constituents, the Pasadena Supervisor proposed an ordinance regulating the establishment and operation of private sanatoriums, private hospitals and private institutions. On his motion, duly seconded and carried, the ordinance was referred to the County Council.
The JCRA sprang into action. Recalling the event Dr. Henry Silverberg said: "On the 8th of January of 1914, there appeared an article in the press, which stated that an ordinance had been drafted by the County Supervisors which read that no asylum or institution shall have the right to open its doors to the public unless such an institution shall have obtained the consent of 75% of its neighbors within a radius of one mile. We could not tell whether such an ordinance was aimed at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Association, but one thing we were certain, that should such an ordinance pass the Board of Supervisors, the Jewish Consumptive Relief Association will not be able to establish its sanatorium within the borders of Los Angeles County.
"For that reason, on January 11, 1914, to defeat this ordinance which threatened to extinguish the JCRA even before it had enjoyed a physical birth, a portable cottage was erected within 24 hours, on the grounds of the Sanatorium. One patient, a cook, an orderly and a few necessities of life were taken out to Duarte, and the opening of the institution was proclaimed to the world. Strange to say, the ordinance never came up for a third reading, as the law requires, when it became known that the institution was an admitted fact."
The very next day, January 12, 1914, a communication signed "Jewish Consumptive Relief Association of California" protesting against the adoption of the proposed ordinance regulating the establishment and operation of private sanatoriums, etc., was presented and read to the Board of Supervisors at their meeting. The Supervisors declined to respond to the JCRA plea until they heard from their attorney.
When they did, he advised them that the proposed ordinance, as drawn, would "be inoperative and void on account of being in conflict with Section 435 of the Penal Code" . (Since the State licensed such facilities, the proposed authority desired by the Supervisors had already been preempted by State jurisdiction.) Taking their attorney' s legal advice, the Supervisors quietly ordered the proposal be placed "on file and forgotten. The JCRA never learned that their swift response with a tent-house had been unnecessary.
The initial struggles of the new "tent Sanatorium" were no secret. Cohen himself utilized the direct approach. "Friends, we have now thirteen patients in Duarte, he wrote in the B'nai B'rith Messenger. "There are many things that we need. We are not ashamed of our poverty. We are not ashamed to say that we are a poor organization., that we depend only on your kindness. Friends, many things are needed, and you can supply some. We need at least two dozen blankets! Who can donate them? We have used last month four hundred quarts of milk at a cost of $40.00. Would some one donate a cow which would give our patents fresh milk and save the cost considerably? "
The Second Annual Ball November 25, 1914, at the Shrine Auditorium was a smashing success, garnering approximately $1,500 in net revenue and attendance of more than 1,800 people. Even Cohen was amazed." Who would believe that a Jewish Society can run an affair in Shrine Auditorium? The JCRA has set the pace for it, and we are glad to see others follow. Who would say that the Jewish people can fill out a large theatre? How could we ascertain whether such a thing could be done or not? "
On December 13, the final activity of 1914 was scheduled--the formal dedication of the Sanatorium. There was no charge for that event "except that you are to pay your railroad fare which is 55 cents return (round trip)". Hundreds attended, most taking the Santa Fe Sanatorium Special, others motoring out Foothill Boulevard on their own. According to the account in the December 18 issue of the B'nai B'rith Messenger, "When the guests stepped out from the cars, they saw before them, the new rising little Town of Hope, known to you as the Sanatorium. The Ladies' Tents, the platform built especially for the occasion, and all other cottages and buildings were decorated with American and Jewish flags. The Mogen-David covered with American flags, on top of all the buildings. What a beautiful idea! What a great combination from the Jewish standpoint, for when and where had Judaism enjoyed greater liberty and opportunity than was accorded to them under this flag."
By the end of that first year of operation, the Sanatorium had 15 patients, its first resident physician, Dr. Clara Stone, and was encouraging visitors to come see what they called the Town of Hope. The Los Angeles Workmen' s Circle #248 had financed the building of the Sanatorium' s first all-wood cottage, and the national Workmen' s Circle organization had given the struggling facility it first national endorsement. In 1914, supporters in Los Angeles paid $2,200 in local dues, with another $1,400 in dues coming from outside the Los Angeles area. The Sanatorium was no longer an "Idea" . It was a reality.
From the B'nai B'rith Messenger
Oct. 11, 1912
The Southern California Jewish Consumptive Relief Association was organized Saturday evening, September 28th;, at a meeting called by Mr. B. Flatte in the Blanchard Symphony Hall.
About forty men and women attended, a large number of them medical doctors, and proceeded to business, electing the following Board of Directors: Mr. B. Cohen, chairman; Dr. Z. Levin, Dr. M. Jacobson, Messrs. D. Bonoff, Geo. Iberson, J. Rosenkranz and A. Shapiro. Mr. A. Levy, 515 Bulmiller Bldg., was elected Secretary, and Mr. B. Flatte, Treasurer.
Two hundred and seventy-eight dollars in cash was raised at this meeting, and two beds, completely equipped, donated by Mr. and Mrs. D. Bonoff.
Messrs. J. Rosenkranz, Chaim Shapiro and J.A. Frankel were appointed on a Committee to draft the Constitution and By-Laws.
Already a definite campaign plan has been adopted, and will be carried out by the Board of Directors.
The minimum membership dues are $3.00 per year, and it is hoped that every Jew in Los Angeles will apply to Mr. A. Levy, Secretary, 515, Bulmiller Bldg., for membership in this benevolent and much needed organization.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Bonoff; Harry Citrin; Mr. and Mrs. B. Cohen; Sam Cook; Boris Flatte; J. Allan Frankel; Irving H. Hellman; George and Rose Iberson; Dr. Moses Jacobson; Peter Kahn; Dr. M.E. Lane; Nathan Landfield; Dr. Z. Levin; Julius Levitt; Isidore Levitt; Al Levy;. Dr. Katharine (Kate) Levy; Elias Rosenkranz; Jacob Rosenkranz; Joseph A. Rosenkranz; Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Shapiro (nee Jennie Goldstein Kraus); Chaim Shapiro; Joseph Shapiro; Dr. Leon Shulman; Dr. Henry and Mrs. Mahnia Silverberg
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Medical Services
Guide to Accessing Care
To make it easier for students to know how to access care at the Engemann Student Health Center, this guide shows you what to do depending on if you need primary care, acute care, or are experiencing an emergency.
Accessing Our Services
Primary Care
For routine medical care where appointments can be made in advance. The focus is to identify and treat most common medical illnesses and injuries. Your medical issues are assessed and referrals to medical specialists are made when necessary.
Specialty Care and Services
Most patients can have their needs met with our primary care services, but sometimes there is a specialized need. You can be referred to a specialist by a primary care physician. Our specialized services include the allergy clinic, chiropractic and dermatology. See the Specialty Care and Services section for a full list.
Acute Care Clinic
For urgent, but not life-threatening, medical concerns, you are welcome to walk-in during business hours. The Acute Care Clinic is on the first floor of the health center. A Registered Nurse will evaluate your condition and you will be triaged based on severity of illness. Wait time will vary, depending on patient volume, so your cooperation and patience is appreciated.
The Engemann Student Health Center does not have an Emergency Room, please call for an ambulance or paramedic assistance right away. Be prepared to identify your location and situation. Please call 9-1-1 for an emergency.
After Hours
The Engemann Student Health Center is here to guide you in obtaining after-hours care when you aren't feeling well or experiencing a crisis. Please call (213) 740-9355.
Our facility is fully accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc., staffed by licensed and/or board-certified physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, a dietitian and nurses who will address your needs in a compassionate and confidential manner.


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The Intercept, an online publication started early this year, inspired by the Edward Snowden leaks, dedicates itself to the purpose of acting as the "media watchdog" keeping an eye on the government--a function the mass media clearly abandoned long ago. In an article published yesterday, Intercept contributors Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux reveal that the Obama administration has been dramatically expanding the "terrorist watch list," That expansion has been made significantly easier through the simple expedient of giving up any pretense of requiring any minimum standard of evidence for one's inclusion on the list:
The Obama administration has quietly approved a substantial expansion of the terrorist watchlist system, authorizing a secret process that requires neither "concrete facts" nor "irrefutable evidence" to designate an American or foreigner as a terrorist, according to a key government document obtained by The Intercept.
The "March 2013 Watchlisting Guidance," a 166-page document [also available as pdf file] issued last year by the National Counterterrorism Center, spells out the government's secret rules for putting individuals on its main terrorist database, as well as the no fly list and the selectee list, which triggers enhanced screening at airports and border crossings. The new guidelines allow individuals to be designated as representatives of terror organizations without any evidence they are actually connected to such organizations, and it gives a single White House official the unilateral authority to place "entire categories" of people the government is tracking onto the no fly and selectee lists. It broadens the authority of government officials to "nominate" people to the watchlists based on what is vaguely described as "fragmentary information." It also allows for dead people to be watchlisted.
The administration's assumption of the power to designate "categories" of people, en masse, was also covered yesterday in the Washington Post.
This should of course be of great interest to any American who values liberty, but is of particular interest to gun rights advocates, because a cherished dream of anti-gun politicians is a law empowering the government to deny gun sales to anyone the administration has decided to designate a "suspected terrorist" (see attached video).
Oh, and as for those "entire categories" of people who can be placed on the terrorist watch list, would those categories include the Tea Party? President of Vice Biden clearly thinks so. Who else? The entire membership of the NRA, perhaps? Don't think that hasn't been suggested. Maybe owners of giant, inflatable, pink pigs (not a large category, probably, but even one is apparently enough to frighten some in the government).
A Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right of the individual, and these people demand the power to take it away without a conviction, without an indictment, without an arrest or formal charges, and now without "concrete facts" or "irrefutable evidence." They seem more than a little confused as to who the "terrorists" here are--perhaps a mirror would help.
*And at least two "Republicans," U.S. Representative Peter King (R-NY), and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
Update: National Conservative Examiner Anthony Martin has more, in "Government secretly uses blacklist to label citizens as terrorists."
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Edge Chronicles and Muddle Earth creators Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell talk us through thumb-sucking vampires and Winnie the Pooh
When the idea for Muddle Earth first occurred to us, we were not intending to write a parody at all. We just wanted to write a funny book, something irreverent and comic, as a spot of light relief from the rigours of serious fantasy. We were in the middle of working on an eleven-book series called the Edge Chronicles. The title we came up with made us smile. It was an obvious play on Tolkien's 'Middle Earth', and like Middle Earth, our world was populated with elves, dragons, goblins, barbarians, ogres and trolls – though not of the usual kind, which is when the real fun began.
Our influences were A.A. Milne and Monty Python. A.A. Milne's Once on a Time is a spoof fairy tale purportedly rewritten by Milne from the writings of Roger Scurvilegs, a fictional historian. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a wonderfully funny take on the legend of King Arthur. Both book and film share an obvious affection for their source material, which is used as a springboard into freewheeling storytelling and that results in something that is so much more than a simple parody.
In Muddle Earth and its sequel, Muddle Earth Too, we used some of our favourite fantasy novels, both classic and contemporary, as our starting point. If, in the first book, our main influence was Lord of the Rings, then in Muddle Earth Too, we have thrown The Chronicles of Narnia, His Dark Materials, Mortal Engines and Twilight into the mix. Along the way, we've also managed to fit in a bit of Norse mythology (the Gods of Cake-Baking); Arabian Nights (a flying stair-carpet) and Shakespeare (the fairy king and queen, Ron and Tania). Muddle Earth Too is not a focused parody like Bored of the Rings or Barry Trotter, but rather, an attempt to tell a broader story that is engaging, inventive and, most of all, funny.
To achieve this, in Muddle Earth Too, we sat at a computer in a small, airless study, taking turns to type and delete each other's attempts at silliness, drinking endless cups of coffee and generally muddling through. Many plot twists and mugs of Colombian Fair Trade later, we discovered that our characters seemed to have taken on a life of their own, and our job became to follow where they led. We found the Horned Baron in the throes of marital difficulties, learned of an internet witch's unfortunate christening curse, and experienced the frustrations of life as a tree giant with a beetle infestation. Once the writing was done, we set about the illustrations – lots of them, liberally sprinkled throughout the book – in the best children's book tradition; just like Alice in Wonderland and the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
While the shelves of our bookshops may be stacked with dark romance, epic quests and serious sagas about games involving thrones, which thrill and enchant the avid reader of fantasy, we like to think there is a little corner left for the sort of books in which elves are tiny, fairies are toxic and warrior heroes are 12-year-old schoolboys. Far from the all-seeing eye of the dark lord, Sauron (that's the children's book buyer at Waterstone's to you and me) lies a far-off enchanted place where it is ok to have a jolly good laugh - at least that's our story and we're sticking to it!
Muddle Earth Too (Macmillan) by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell is out tomorrow.


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Here is my monthly accountability report. The good news: over $2,000 went to paying off debt or savings.
The bad news: Another account was reported late and my credit score took a ding. I think all accounts are current now and I can start snowballing the rest of the debt.
I've paid a total of $1,165.51 in debt and managed to sock $900.78 in savings – woo hoo! You'll notice my total debt difference doesn't reflect these numbers, that is because:
- I found another $500+ in medical bills – boooo!!!
- My debts carry interest ranging from 0-20% — Booo!!!
- Still waiting for the dust to settle, so some of my numbers are off — these should settle down in the next couple months
Total Debt $33,210.66 (↓ $106.3)
Medical: $6356.96 (35 line items) | ↑ $408.53 ( ↓ 14 line items )
It may be another couple months before the dust settles. Workman's comp being removed, large bills being consolidated into payment plans, disputes being re-adjusted, etc….
Car: $7,008.73 (↓ $385.27)
Credit Cards: $420.50 (↓ $178.50)
It would have been lower, but you can read about my careless $100+ mistake here
Student Loan: $17,221.27 (↓ $155.67)
Other: $2095.59 (↑ $97)
Discovered an old cell phone termination fee that slipped through the cracks
E-R Fund: $1955.56 (↑ $900.78)
TSP (Retirement Fund): $20,604.54 (↑$630.59) Gain ↑ $125.15*
My monthly contributions + company matching is $505.44
*TSP funds actually went down in July, that gain is because I didn't report on the last date of the month in June. I will be more accurate next month
Current goal is $6000 in the E-R fund by October 2014. In order to meet this goal I need to re-allocate and ramp up the savings. Since medical bills carry no interest, I need to put the remainders on minimum payment plans and shift the difference to savings. If I can save $1300-$1400 for the next 3 months I'll make the goal.
Overall Monthly Grade: C+
My credit score went down – AGAIN! Another account that was charged off recently hit my report. These may be rolling in for a couple months until the dust settles. I just have to keep reminding myself, that Rome was not built in a day. It took us more than 1 month to get into this mess…and its going to take longer than that to get out of it. When you know better – you do better!


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While most 8th graders are going about their lives being 8th graders, three youngsters from Brooklyn, NY have been busy making music, playing gigs, and now signing with a major record label. Sony has just signed Unloking the Truth to a five album deal for 1.7 millian dollars. The band was founded by Malcolm Brickhouse (electric guitar) and Jared Dawkins (drums); then the duo later added their best friend Alec Atkins to supply the base.
Unlocking the truth started by playing festivals around New York. The band came into prominance after winning the first round of the AfroPunk Battle of the Bands, then came performance opportunities in 2013 Fun, Fun, Fun Festival in Austin, Texas, and the after party of the NYC premier of Death Metal Angola. More recently, Unlocking the Truth have performed at the 2014 Coachella Music & Arts Festival, opened for Guns N' Roses in Las Vegas, will perform at Vans' 2014 Warped Tour; opening for Queen of the Stone Ages; and they were added to the Heavy Montreal line up. Not bad for three African-American kids playing of things, Heavy Metal music.
According to their website, the boys count Metallica, Slipknot, Disturbed, Living Colour, Chelsea Grin, Motionless in White, Escape the Fate, among others as the inspiration behind their music. Their goal is to become one of the world's best metal bands, and with their music, they want people to know that they could do what they want, no matter who they are, or what people say. Just be free as you want to be! Metal is in their blood.
Rock on Dudes -- Rock On!!!


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Aug. 4, 2009
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Day at the UA
The art contest submission form is attached Hispanic Heritage GameDay Video
Tucson, AZ. The University of Arizona Athletics Department is proud to present Hispanic Heritage Day at The University of Arizona. Honorary Captain, Joel Valdez, Senior Vice President for Business Affairs invites you to come celebrate on September 12, 2009 during the Arizona vs. NAU football game.
Various activities will take place during Hispanic Heritage Day at the UA.
Mariachi Arizona de University of Arizona, Mariachi Aztlan de Pueblo High School, Mariachi Monarca de Salpointe High School, Mariachi de Nogales High School, and Mariachi Rayos del Sol de Tucson High School and others, will perform with the Pride of Arizona during half-time.
Ballet Folklorico Tapatio, Grupo Folklorico Los Diabiltos Azules de Sunnyside High School and a couple of other local Folklorico groups will also perform at half-time
Art Contest: KVOA has teamed up with The University of Arizona, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Day. Students are asked to illustrate what the Hispanic/Latino culture means to them by participating in our Hispanic Heritage Day Art Contest. There are four categories for grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. You must enter original artwork, and any medium may be used except photos. All entries must be 11" X 14". The contest themes are: What does being Hispanic mean to you or How do you celebrate the Hispanic culture? Four winners will be recognized during half-time of the UA football game.
Art Contest: Deadline is August 31, 2009 at 5pm. Submissions are to be turned in or mailed to 1010 E 10th Street, Tucson, AZ 85719
The art contest submission form is attached
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This training table with lockable wire management is a simple yet functional way to enhance student focus and organization in the classroom. Concealed wire routing in both of the table legs paired with a lockable wire management raceway in the front makes for a great way to keep cords secure and organized. Two desktop wire management holes keep the work surface clear to maximize work space while keeping important wires within reach.
Constructed of heavy-duty steel with a textured, powder-coated finish, this table is a durable choice that will provide you with years of worry-free use. A laminate work surface is resistant to scratches and stains, so you won't need to worry about replacing these tables anytime soon. Adjustable leveling glides keep the table steady on uneven flooring. Ships with partial assembly required.
This training table with lockable wire management has been Greenguard certified to support better indoor air quality for schools and businesses.


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The Lutheran College Washington Consortium
The Lutheran College Washington Semester is a small, personalized program where students live, study, and intern while earning a full semester of academic credit from their college. Located in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, VA, across the Key Bridge from Georgetown, students enjoy condo living in the complex where LCWS also maintains administrative offices, classrooms, computer lab, conference room, and study lounge.
Fall and spring semesters are offered during which students attend internships on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. On Wednesdays students attend field trips, briefings, tours, and various other activities. Students earn 15 Valpo credit hours. Students register at Valparaiso University for the Washington Consortium Semester and pay to this University the tuition and general fee. Expenses for travel, meals, and lodging are paid directly by the students.
For more information, please contact Prof. Amy Atchison or refer to the Lutheran College Washington Semester page.
Study-Abroad Programs
Valparaiso University maintains overseas study centers in England, Germany, Mexico, and China and exchange programs or cooperative agreements with many universities all over the world. When studying at Valpo-approved programs, all credits earned at overseas institutions count as credits at Valpo. For more information, contact Valpo's Office of International Programs.


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Florida Chamber Working to Avert Fiscal Cliff
Florida Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President David Hart and Director of Global Outreach Frank Ryll will be in Washington, D.C. tomorrow to meet with Florida's Congressional delegation to discuss issues impacting Florida's business community, and the impending fiscal cliff and budget sequestration that will result in another economic downturn if Congress and the White House don't act by December 31.
Going over the fiscal cliff would severely impact Florida. Specifically, Florida's high-skill, high-wage jobs are in danger because of the pending sequestration of $500 billion in defense spending that would hurt defense contractors, manufacturers and many related job creators.
After the debt ceiling agreement, the Super Committee created by President Obama was tasked with cutting $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The failure of the Super Committee resulted in spending cuts that are now set to occur through sequestration. Defense sequestration will hurt Florida's manufacturers and defense contractors as government contracts vanish. Add large tax increases from not extending federal tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 to the mix and the nation is poised to fall off the fiscal cliff in January 2013.
Going over the fiscal cliff could strangle economic recovery here in Florida and across the nation. Earlier this month, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office warned that the economy will enter a recession next year if the country goes over this fiscal cliff. Specifically, the CBO warned that the U.S. economy would contract by 0.5 percent in 2013 and as much as 2.9 percent in the first half of the year. The CBO also warned that the national unemployment rate would rise from 8.2 percent in 2012 to 9.1 percent in 2013 – putting the U.S. in another economic recession unless the tax cuts are extended.
The Florida Chamber is working with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to lead the fight against going over the fiscal cliff and sequestration. The Florida Chamber has signed a letter to Congress and the President urging them to act immediately. The nation is facing the largest tax increase in American history and ill-designed, across-the-board discretionary spending cuts.
Join the Florida Chamber's effort to keep America from falling off the fiscal cliff and save high-skill, high-wage jobs in Florida! Contact Sal Nuzzo at (850) 521-1276 or firstname.lastname@example.com to learn more. ACT NOW by contacting your member of Congress and Florida's Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio, and tell them to end this threat to Florida's and America's economy NOW!


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College Hockey:Middlebury Upends UWSP For Women's D-III Title
Yale-Loehr Nets Winner For Panthers
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Middlebury won the Division III women's championship, 2-1, over Wisconsin-Stevens Point Saturday night at Kenyon Arena.
All the scoring came in the first period with Liz Yale-Loehr's goal at 15:32 the game-winner. She rammed home a rebound from the right crease after a shot from the left circle by Butler was saved by Amy Statz.
Stevens Point (19-8-4) took a 1-0 lead just 2:36 into the game when Jackie Schmitt made a cross-crease pass to Ashley Howe, who one-timed a quick shot into the net. Middlebury (24-4) answered 1:57 later as Jean Butler took Emily McNamara's cross-ice pass from the corner for the one-timer.
Both teams had chances to score in the second period, but Statz and Middlebury's Kate Kogut turned away every shot. Middlebury outshot UWSP 11-10 in the period and held a 24-12 advantage after two periods.
The third period looked much like the second, with both teams having some chances to score. Although the Pointers only mustered three shots, they were all good opportunities to tie the game. Middlebury had solid pressure late in the game, not allowing Statz to leave the net until there were only seven seconds left. Kogut ended the night with 14 saves, while Statz made 32.
"This was a great win and a great day for our program," said Middlebury head coach Bill Mandigo. "After the first period, we kept the pressure on, but their goaltender was outstanding. They are a very disciplined and well-coached team."
Mandigo finished his 16th season as Middlebury's coach with a 281-81-10 career record.
"Hard work, determination and discipline are what got us here. We came together as a team," said Butler, the team captain.
Said UWSP coach Brian Idalski: "I'm proud of our team, they played hard and to the best of their abilities. Middlebury is a very good team. They play a system we're not used to, but we left it all out on the ice."
When asked about the Middlebury hockey programs winning two titles in one night, Mandigo gleamed.
"What a great day for the Middlebury hockey program and Middlebury College," he said.
Middlebury won the American Women's College Hockey Alliance national championship in 2000 and 2001, but lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament the last two years.
This year Middlebury won all three of its NCAA game by 2-1 scores, defeating two-time champion Elmira in the quarterfinals and Plattsburgh in the semifinals.
Combined with the national championship won by the men's hockey team on Saturday, it's the 20th national championship for Middlebury's athletic program since 1995.
These players were named to the All-Tournament team: Jenn Clarke (Plattsburgh), Lorna Gifis (Middlebury), Ann Ninnemann (UWSP), Jean Butler (Middlebury), Rose Babst (Middlebury) and Amy Statz (UWSP).
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So what are the Bra Recyclers all about? Here's their story according to their website:
- We are a textile recycling company specializing in recycling bras and providing deserving women in our communities who are facing challenges with a basic lingerie staple.
- We are creating awareness about delaying the number of re-usable textiles, such as bras, that are unnecessarily being sent to landfills that could be used for women and girls in our communities who are experiencing challenges in their lives
- We are using simple encouragements to develop, blossom, and renew positive attitudes and self-esteem.
You can leave your old bras at one of their drop off locations or mail your washed, functional bras to:
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The memories of love and loss of an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances, losing her husband first to the eastern front, delivering her young family from the inferno of Hamburg in 1942 and then again from communist East Germany, being reunited with her presumed lost husband and ajusting to everyday life in comfortable postwar West Germany before living the last third of her life as a widow.
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New author Elizabeth Hilby invites readers into her heart with a study on coming closer to God and developing a one-to-one relationship with Him. Her debut book is entitled Audience of One at the Mercy Seat: A Place of Prayer and Intimacy with God. Through scripture, other texts and personal anecdotes, she shares her journey toward the goal of interacting with God on a highly personal level.
Hilby doesn't claim to be a highly trained Bible scholar. Rather, she is a transparent seeker who is willing to reveal her ups and downs in an effort to help others experience what she has come to know as a personalized relationship with the Creator.
She states "God doesn't call the qualified. He equips those whom He calls." She points out examples from the Bible of untrained people doing mighty things for the Lord because of their willingness to follow His calling, and puts herself in the same category. Her willingness to follow His direction equips her far beyond her own perceived capabilities.
The book can be used as a devotional guide, Bible study or group study book. Take a look at some of the section headings: Recognize and Revere God's Lordship; Relinquish Control; Asked and Answered; Repent and Reconnect, and The Kingdom, the Power, the Glory.
With the Lord's Prayer and the Psalms as starting points and all of the Bible as supporting works, she walks the reader through her experiences in seeking a meaningful personal relationship with God. Her book, published by Christian publishing house, Tate, is available is both print and ebook format. At 296 pages, it's a hefty volume, but the subject is an important one.
Audience of One at the Mercy Seat by Elizabeth Hilby
Published by Tate Publishing
Disclaimer: This review is based on a review copy provided by the author or publisher with no restrictions as to content. All opinions are my own.
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September 1, 2013 Jermaine Pennant News
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Pennant scored in the 82nd minute for Saturday's 1-0 win over West Ham.
Pennant came on for Matthew Etherington in the 76th minute and took little time to score the game-winner Saturday. It was his first goal of the Premier League season, on his first shot of the year.
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June 19, 2013
RotoWire Fantasy Analysis
Pennant signed a new one-year contract with Stoke, reports the Premier League.
Pennant looked likely to leave Stoke this summer after playing just one game for the team before going on loan last season. He now has another chance under new manager Mark Hughes.
April 30, 2013
RotoWire Fantasy Analysis
Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps are keeping tabs on Pennant's situation as his required appearances to trigger a contract extension with Stoke are falling short, according to the Daily Mail.
Stoke forced Pennant to train with the youth players, and no progress appears to have been made in talks about a settlement, which would allow the player to leave.
April 30, 2012
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Pennant was arrested following a car crash Sunday night, reports the Daily Mail.
Pennant made contact with another driver, and was questioned by the police on the suspicion of drunk driving. He has since remained in custody for further questioning.
April 25, 2012
RotoWire Fantasy Analysis
Pennant declared himself ready to return to playing after being out two weeks due to an illness, reports Sky Sports.
Pennant had the flu, and is hoping to be in the mix to play against Arsenal.
May 8, 2011
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Pennant netted for Stoke in their biggest win of the season, a 3-1 win over Arsenal.
Pennant has to feel good about scoring against his former team, and former boss who really never gave him a legitimate chance at the Emirates.
December 16, 2010
RotoWire Fantasy Analysis
Stoke is working on securing a permanent deal for on-loan Pennant from Real Zaragoza, reports Sky Sports.
Zaragoza os asking for �6 million, which Stoke feels is too hight, and are looking to negotiate it down before January. The club is lining up other options should the Pennant deal not be able to come to fruition.
December 9, 2010
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Stoke City manager Tony Pulis is hopeful that Pennant (hamstring) will be ready to face Blackpool Saturday, reports the Premier League.
The team's medical staff has been focusing on returning Pennant to action as soon as possible with a very difficult portion of the season nearing. Pennant may see some action this weekend.


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Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Women's Issue: Support Senate Bill 1565
Raising the Illinois minimum wage is a long overdue measure to increase the economic security of women and families. The mandated minimum wage in Illinois is only $8.25 an hour, which translates to around $16,000 a year for a full-time worker. For tipped workers such as food servers and nail salon technicians, minimum wage is even less—just $4.95 an hour. For low-wage working women and families, getting by on minimum wage is nearly impossible: a single mother with one preschooler and one school-age child in Illinois would need at least $50,000 per year in income in order to meet all basic needs such as rent, food, transportation, health, and child care without government support.
Women make up just under half of the national workforce but account for roughly 60 percent of minimum-wage workers and nearly 73 percent of tipped workers. An inadequate minimum wage unduly affects women workers negatively because women are highly concentrated in low-wage industries such as food service, retail, and home health care, where their wages most often only meet or slightly exceed minimum wage. Despite progress in the workplace, women still earn less overall than men in all occupations—a wage gap that translates into thousands of unearned income and lost retirement savings over a lifetime. Women (and particularly single mothers and women of color) are at an increased risk of living in poverty; the percentage of women living in poverty reached an all-time high in the wake of the economic downturn. Raising the minimum wage would help low- and middle-wage earners by boosting the wage floor and increasing living standards for all. Women workers would disproportionately benefit, and this makes raising the minimum wage a pressing issue for women and families who are struggling.
Women Work in Most Low-Wage Jobs
Families are relying more and more on women's wages, but the decline in the real value of the minimum wage over the past 40 years has pushed down all wages in sectors where women are concentrated. More than 1.5 million married couples with children relied exclusively on women's earnings at some point in 2009, and 6.1 million single mothers were the sole breadwinners for their households in 2010. Yet in 2009 women accounted for more than half of all workers within several industry sectors, including financial activities, education and health services, and leisure and hospitality services, within which they usually have the lowest-paying positions. Women were substantially underrepresented in agriculture, mining, construction, manufacturing, transportation, and utilities, where wages are most often well above the minimum wage.
Those female-dominated sectors are some of the fastest-growing sources of low-wage jobs: retail salespersons, registered nurses, home health and personal care aides, and food servers are all in occupations with the most job growth expected through 2020. Personal care aides are expected to grow by as much as 70 percent, and home health aides by 69 percent. Yet the median annual salary for women-dominated occupations is only somewhat above minimum-wage levels. This is astonishingly low for a family to thrive on: in 2010 the median annual salary for retail workers was just $20,670 and only $18,330 a year for food servers. Despite the projected growth of job opportunity, these jobs, without an increase in the minimum wage, will fail to pay enough for women to cover even the fundamental costs of living, let alone achieve economic security.
What's more, domestic workers and home health aides, again occupations that are overwhelmingly female, are not guaranteed any minimum wage at all due to exemptions under state and federal laws. These women are professionals who do the work that makes all other work possible; they clean homes, tend to children, and care for society's most vulnerable—people with disabilities, seniors, and the sick. Guaranteeing the minimum wage for these women workers and compensating them fairly would ensure that all hardworking women can live secure lives.
Women Earn Lower Wages
Women make less than men across all occupations, and this adversely affects their long-term security and retirement. The average working woman earns just 77 cents to her male counterpart's dollar; over time this translates to $10,849 less per year in female median earnings. For racial-minority women, the wage gap is even worse; African American women make only 62 cents and Latinas only 53 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men. Tipped women workers suffer even greater pay disparities, particularly in food services. Women earn 83 cents less per hour than do men in the restaurant industry because women are more likely to be employed by fast-food restaurants than by fine-dining establishments.
Women Are Disproportionately Affected by Poverty
Poverty among women in the United States rose from 13.9 percent in 2009 to 14.5 percent in 2010—the highest rate in 17 years. Extreme poverty among women also rose from 5.9 percent in 2009 to 6.3 percent in 2010—meaning that 7.5 million women lived on incomes less than half of the federal poverty level. Poverty rates for all groups of women in 2010 were higher than the rates of their male counterparts, with the highest rates among the most vulnerable populations—female-headed families with children, women with disabilities, women 65 and older living alone, and racial-minority women. In Illinois 15 percent of women, compared with 12.6 percent of men, lived below the poverty line.
Raising the Minimum Wage Makes Sense
Raising the minimum wage would put more money into the pockets of low-wage women. Women make up over half of the workers who would have a raise in pay if the minimum wage were raised in Illinois, and racial and ethnic minorities, who make up a third (33.1 percent) of the workforce, would make up more than two-fifths (41.3 percent) of affected workers. Most of those who would benefit have families who rely heavily on them economically. The increase in wages would allow women and families not only to be secure in the present but also to save for the future or for emergencies.
Raising the minimum wage would have a positive impact on the economy: low-income households would spend their money on necessities in their communities, and this in turn would create jobs. In an economy fueled by consumer spending, putting more money into the pockets of low-income individuals and families has a multiplier effect, research shows. There are no negative labor market effects, only positive ones, in raising the minimum wage, research also shows. Thus raising the minimum wage is a tool for economic growth.
Illinois lawmakers are working on passing Senate Bill 1565, which would gradually raise the minimum wage in Illinois from $8.25 to $10.65 an hour over four years, with increases tied to inflation thereafter. Beyond ensuring that the minimum wage would maintain its value over time, the bill would reach countless women who remain unprotected. The bill provides for fewer limitations of the definition of "employee" so as to extend protections to excluded groups such as home care workers; for equality in wages for tipped workers; and for undoing restrictive language pertaining to temporary or irregular employees. And the bill would allow for workers to recoup twice the amount of their unpaid wages should employers break the law. The increase to $10.65 over four years would add $3.8 billion to the finances of directly affected families, who would in turn spend their increased earnings in their communities and grow the economy. The benefits of a higher minimum wage in Illinois are evident; working women and families cannot afford to be left behind.
Help women and families earn sufficient wages by raising the minimum wage in Illinois. Visit the Raise Illinois campaign's website and sign a petition or tell your personal story. Most important, call or visit your legislators and urge them to support S.B. 1565. Act now by clicking here!
For more information, contact Wendy Pollack, director, Women's Law and Policy Project, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, at 312.368.3303.


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If you've never set foot in one of LUSH's shops at City Creek or Fashion Place, here's what you're missing: pretty much everything. That includes the wafting scent of fresh essential oils that make up every one of their unique handmade products, and the ultimate indulgence in things like Butterballs and Bath Bombs.
Whether or not you'll be hitting up a beach this summer, you should plan to pamper yourself at least once with the experience of what I'd like to call summer-in-a-box: LUSH cosmetic's Limited Edition Beach Box Gift Set.
This set includes Ocean Salt Face & Body Scrub, Sea Spray (a volumizing seaweed spritz for hair), Seanik Solid Shampoo, Dream Cream Lotion and Sea Vegetable Soap. And even before it's released to the general public for purchase (June 28 - July 19), you have a chance to win it right here.
To enter to win, simply leave a comment below telling us which product in the Beach Box you're most excited to try.
The contest will remain open until noon on Friday, June 21. The winner must be able to claim the prize in person at the Salt Lake magazine offices located in downtown Salt Lake.


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Tdap Vaccine
How long does the vaccine last?
It is recommended to get one dose of Tdap as a booster.
I had a tetanus booster already. What's the difference?
Tdap became available in the U.S. in June 2005. Tetanus (and Td) are different vaccines than Tdap, and do not substitute for Tdap. Only Tdap includes the vaccine component that can protect you against pertussis, which is commonly known as whooping cough.
How would I know which vaccine I got?
Students at UW who are required to participate in the Health Sciences Immunization Program were provided with Tdap boosters on entry starting in 2007, and have been required to receive it since 2010. If in doubt, health sciences students can contact the HSIP to inquire about their status. Those with access to e-care via the student health center may want to check there first to see if a Tdap immunization is noted in that record.
Check any immunization records you have to see if they specify Tdap or Td. You can safely receive a Tdap booster even if you recently received plain tetanus or Td.
Ask your health care provider's office which vaccine you received, if you do not have access to the record electronically.
How often do I need one?
The CDC recommends you have one single Tdap booster, then continue with your regular tetanus or Td shot every 10 years.
Where can I get the immunization?
On campus Hall Health Primary Care Center provides Tdap. If you are a student you just need to see the triage nurse to get an order. If you are not a student you must make an appointment with a provider to get an order for the immunization. If you have access to e-care you may want to check your status first to see if a Tdap immunization is already noted in your record.
Local pharmacies offer Tdap, you should call your pharmacy and check on its availability.
Your primary care doctor may offer Tdap
Your local health department
How much does the vaccine cost?
The cost will vary depending on where you get it. It may range from $60-$100. The cost is covered by many health insurance plans; you need to check your insurance coverage.
Public Health is offering free Tdap to those who do not have health insurance. These free vaccine clinics are listed on the Seattle King County Public Health website


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Warm Valentine Hearts Bring an Early Spring Thaw!
Ok, I promise you won't get hit up every other week with this newsletter, but I need to let you know about a couple of time sensitive items. Due to scheduling issues, the chess lecture at Lone Wolf Coffee Company with Grand Master Ben Finegold has been postponed until at least next month. I will let you know as soon as possible when dates firm up so you can plan to attend!
If you have 30 minutes for a phone call tomorrow at 9AM Central (Tuesday, Feb. 15 - GMT +0600), I will be interviewed by Dr. Alice Vlietstra on the topic "Strength Based Co-Creativity: Building a Website that Works for you.". You will find details about the call and a description at the end of this email.
We recently launched Dr. Alice's content management system combining several years of outstanding content from different web properties into one website architecture, with one password! Thanks to Dr. Alice we finally have language to describe what we do best, Co-Creativity!
If you don't have time for the call, let me know that you are interested and I will forward information about how to hear the interview online. Visit http://lifetreesolutions.com to find out more about how Dr. Alice is helping families and individuals cope and succeed in these stressful economic times. She specializes in helping family owned businesses thrive peacefully, and in helping individuals identify their core strengths to increase their chances for success. Dr. Alice is a prolific blogger and I promise you will enjoy reading her!
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Enjoy the early spring if it is has manifested at your spot on the planet, and Happy Valentines Day!
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