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Today we are going to take a closer look at the plastic strainer. These plastic strainers are one of my favorite tools for making both milk and water kefir. They easily catch the grains and fit over a wide-mouth mason jar lid with just a bit of overhang.
Why I Like Them
Because there is no metal involved, I don't have to worry about the acids in these beverages reacting with the metal, leaching, or damaging the grains at all. Once I've strained the water kefir grains through this strainer and added them to a fresh batch of sugar water, I like to use this strainer to juice lemons and limes through to catch the seeds. This allows me to use one tool for straining the water kefir grains and then flavoring them with delicious fresh citrus juices.
Product Highlights
Perfect for straining kefir and kombucha. High-quality plastic with nylon-mesh strainer. Dishwasher-safe. Two sizes available. BPA-free (handle plastic type PP). Progressus Brand. Made in Italy.
Product Reviews
Review by Alex: Works great for water kefir. The milk kefir tends to clot. I'd like to see a sieve with a larger mesh for milk kefir straining.
Review by Carole: I got the larger strainer which fits perfectly on my 2 cup liquid measuring cup. The smaller one I think would fit perfectly on a mason jar? I may order one of those in the future. I imagine if I had driven all over town maybe all over Central Florida I may have found one locally…but my time is precious and just to be able to order it here and so reasonably priced. Thank you for having the supplies.
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From Bernie
Q. Do I need a plastic strainer for kiefer grains? Can I use a metal strainer?
A. It is best to avoid metal with kefir grains. The only metal that CAN be used is stainless steel, but typically the holes in a stainless steel strainer will be too large to catch the small kefir grains.
From RUHUA
Q. The size of 2-1/2″ or 3-1/2″ refers to the diameter or radius? Thanks!
A. This measurement is for the inside diameter of each strainer.
From Andee
Q. Is it recommended to designate a separate strainer for kombucha, and another for kefir? Or is just one okay?
A. While a separate strainer for each product is more convenient and lowers the risk of cross-contamination between fermenting products, as long as you clean it thoroughly between uses, a single strainer should be fine.
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Dear editor:
The Markeyplace Fairness Act passed by the US Senate today, on first brush sounds, well, "fair". The goal is to force sales tax collection from Internet sales, catalogues, trade shows, etc. to state and local governing bodies that, well, you were supposed to pay anyway. So shame on you!
Now what will upset you is that, yes, your paycheck will go even less far. But hey that's fair, hmmmm. Besides, it equalizes the playing field when you don't buy at a bricks and mortar store, so the theory goes.
Now what should upset you, is that the physical store has to only collect sales taxes for the location it sells. BUT the Internet site or catalogue you buy from will have to deal and collect taxes from over 9600 sales taxing bodies that make up America. The legislation does throw in that the intent is to have the states be part of the Streamlined Sales Tax Initiative (SSTI) and with provide software down the road that will make it a piece of cake for these businesses to collect the sales taxes! Research of the related governing body for The SSTI will show it is another Federal Government soft sell, family audience here noted.
Truth is, the SSTI, even with what the Feds call a small business gross sales exemption of $1 million, for now, hugely burdens and will negate severely new business and products to the market, unless you are big business.
I have extensively followed this bill, related bills and done extensive research to come to these conclusions, but wait.....I called Senator Casey's office today and voiced my findings of fact. I was told that, well, I was wrong because Casey's staff that supplies the talking points, say differently. Besides, I was informed, "they do this for a living"...
Speaks volumes, doesn't it!
John Nemcovsky


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The person who did them for me said they would be refunded into my account by today, but I did not receive them. Now they say it'll take almost a month to get it back. Why will it take this long? It's unfortunate.
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Two-time Rowan University graduate and NASA aerospace engineer Confesor Santiago III will deliver this year's Convocation address to the university's incoming freshman class on Aug. 29, and he hopes his experiences will translate into a "helpful and motivating speech."
Santiago grew up in Carney's Point and graduated from Penns Grove High School in 2001. He graduated from Rowan with a bachelor of science in Computer Science in 2005 and then stayed on for his masters in electrical and computer engineering. Now 28, Santiago lives and works in California and will marry fiancee Hughette Membreno next April.
"I did not really choose aerospace engineering, it sort of chose me," said Santiago of his current career. "As a graduate student, I also worked as a computer science intern at the FAA Technical Center in Pomona near the Atlantic City Airport. After graduating, I was hired as a permanent civil servant and worked for the FAA for five years."
In his last year with the FAA, Santiago was in the Executive Leadership Program, a program offered to federal employees to develop leadership and management qualities. A requirement of the program was to do a three-month temporary assignment in another FAA organization or government agency.
"I wanted to work at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. because I have always wanted to be a researcher," said Santiago. "Last year, following this assignment, an aerospace engineering position opened up, I applied and was offered the position. It has been a transition from being a computer scientist for the FAA to now an aerospace engineer at NASA, but I am still working in the field of Air Traffic Management and I'm working on research and development to modernize our airspace system with new technology that increases efficiency and safety and reduces delays and emissions."
At NASA, Santiago said he leads research and development of computer automation tools that ensure safe and efficient air traffic. When aircraft are in the process of getting too close to each other or flying toward bad weather, he works on a software system that detects possible problems and computes modified flight paths to avoid the air traffic conflicts. The system solves the problems well before they occur.
While he was still at Rowan, Santiago also helped the university develop a patent.
"The patent at Rowan is for a technology called WebGPS," said Santiago. "It is a new way to browse and find information on the web, and it also helps the user organize web data and register 'where they have been' and 'where they are going' when web surfing. My masters thesis focused on this idea and, after four years, the patent has been finalized. My advisor, Dr. Adrian Rusu, is still at Rowan, and I owe a lot to him. It was his leadership that really stretched me and showed me what I am capable of. His guidance propelled me to have huge successes early in my career."
The road for Santiago has not been entirely smooth. In June 2009, he was diagnosed with stage two testicular cancer. Despite the initial shock and the struggles that came with that diagnosis, Santiago said the experience made him a better person.
"This event changed my life for the better, however it was a tough battle to fight... a battle I believe I won and I'm still winning today," he said. "During treatment, I came in contact with many people who were suffering and whose prognoses were not as good as mine. The bout with cancer helped me better understand the importance of life and health, and during the four plus hour sessions of chemotherapy, I learned more about patience. I was not in control and was required to sit there and take the treatment, which at times is very unpleasant. But now I feel stronger and have a lot more courage for overcoming the fear of dying and the uncertainty of my future experience at the young age of 26."
During one of his sleepless nights following a chemotherapy treatment, Santiago thought of the idea for Cancer Zero.
"I have always valued innovative thinking, and public service is very important to me," said Santiago. "I was highly motivated to create a positive derived from my cancer diagnosis. So many people helped me, and with Cancer Zero we are people helping other people. As they battle cancer, we help bridge the gap from treatment to survivor status with encouragement and care."
More information about Cancer Zero can be found at www.cancerzero.org.
"What got me through cancer was my faith in something greater than myself and diseases and the unwavering support from my family and friends," said Santiago. "I was never alone for four straight months, not even for a minute. So many people were there for me and helped keep life normal for me while I felt like a lab rat with all the treatment, scans and tests. I lost my hair, and my dad — who has kept his head shaved for over 10 years — helped me with frequent haircuts so I still kept my 'good looks.' I also have a loving mother, and even at the age of 26, the love of mother can heal almost any wound."
The importance of the perseverance in education, career and life is something Santiago hopes he can convey when he speaks to the new college students.
"I am very excited to return to Rowan," he said. "I hope to deliver a helpful and motivating speech, as I can relate to the freshmen, having been in their seats only 10 years ago. For most, freshman year is the biggest change in their life up to this point, and it is important to enjoy the freedom but at the same time focus on having a successful start of their college education. When you are a kid, you dream about what you want to be when you grow up. Now, in college, you can actually work on making the dream come true. I hope to share with the freshmen some words of advice with what worked with me — primarily the importance of finding a mentor, and not being afraid to communicate with professors."


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Five candidates are on the ballot in the crowded Republican U.S.
Senate primary, with upstart tea party organizer Tom Smith threatening to snatch the nomination from the party-backed Steve Welch.
Most of the candidates are political novices, except for former state Rep. Sam Rohrer, who some experts say could make a more than respectable showing. Attorney Mark Scaringi and veterans advocate David Christian are also in the hunt.
Here's a look at the candidates and the issues they are spotlighting.
Smith, 64, is a former coal company executive who lives in Armstrong County, about 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. He's been able to raise a lot of money, and he's using it to air TV ads that carry his message and attack Welch.
Smith calls himself "a lifelong conservative," but Welch has hammered him in ads for having been a registered as a Democrat for 42 years (Smith changed his registration to Republican last August).
Smith says creating jobs is his top priority. Clean coal, drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale area and drilling for oil in the U.S. are ways of producing those jobs, and to bring down the cost of energy, Smith says.
He also wants to repeal the health-care reform law, and opposes amnesty for immigrants who came here illegally.
Welch, 35, a drug industry entrepreneur, grew up and lives in Chester County. He has an engineering degree from Penn State University.
Welch's ads portray him as "a strong conservative," but Smith has pointed out that Welch switched parties in 2005 and voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 primary.
However, Welch says he voted for John McCain in the 2008 election. He returned to the GOP in 2009, and his campaign manager says Welch never supported Obama's policies.
Welch portrays himself as a jobs creator. He touts one of the companies he founded as "a new model for launching technology companies," claiming to have helped 64 startups over the last four years.
Welch says he would balance the budget by placing a cap on spending and working to pass a balanced budget amendment. He also wants to simplify the tax code and repeal the heath-care reform law.
Rohrer, 56, was born in Dover, Ohio, and earned a degree from Bob Jones University before moving to Berks County.
He entered the primary with perhaps the highest name recognition of all the candidates. Two years ago, he ran unsuccessfully for the gubernatorial nomination against Tom Corbett. He also logged 18 years of service in the state House, including 14 years as chairman of the appropriations committee.
Rohrer calls himself "a champion of government restraint." He has fought against tax increases and to eliminate school taxes, and has been a long-time supporter of the home schooling movement. For most of last year, he was state director of Americans for Prosperity.
Rohrer says as a senator he would try to balance the budget and cut the national debt. He also says the biggest obstacle to job creation is the government, which he says tells people what to do with their life and property.
Scaringi, 41, is a lawyer in Cumberland County who studied at Georgetown University before getting a law degree from Widener.
He was an aide to then-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum from 1994 to 1996 and worked for state Attorney General Mike Fisher from 1996 to 2001, before starting his own law firm in 2001.
He says he favors a "limited constitutional government," and that his priorities include a balanced budget amendment, term limits, tax reform and an "America first" foreign policy.
Christian, 62, was born in Gainesville, Fla., and raised in Bucks County, where he now lives. He became a highly decorated soldier after enlisting in the Army and serving in Vietnam, where he was shot in the chest and critically burned by napalm.


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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Manager Jim Leyland announced the pitchers for Detroit's first three afternoon exhibition games.
Tuesday at Lakeland against Florida Southern College: Phil Coke, Eddie Bonine, Enrique Gonzalez, Cody Satterwhite, Fu-Te Ni and Joel Zumaya.
Wednesday at Dunedin against the Toronto Blue Jays: Jeremy Bonderman, Nate Robertson, Armando Galarraga, Ryan Perry, Brad Thomas and Daniel Schlereth.
Thursday at Lakeland against Toronto: Rick Porcello, Max Scherzer, Dontrelle Willis, Alfredo Figaro, Phil Dumatrait and Jose Valverde.
"Don't read anything into how they're lined up," Leyland said. "That's just the way it is."
Leyland said he hadn't scheduled Justin Verlander, who is likely to pitch Friday against Houston in Lakeland along with Zach Miner.


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Phyllis Shnaider is a licensed clinical social worker and section head of Clinical Social Work at Ochsner Medical Center. She answered contributing writer Laura McKnight's questions about how we fall into a New Year's rut, and how we get out of it.
Q: Why is it so difficult for people to follow through on their health and fitness resolutions?
A: Well, I think people start out with the magical idea that it's the new year, it's going to be great, and everything after the holidays is going to return to a normal routine and make it a clean slate. But the truth is there's nothing magical about January. It's another month with the same kinds of challenges and interruptions. We're naive about what we expect from a new year, so we feel like it's going to be easier than it is, but we need to be realistic and accept that change is hard work.
Q: What are some common mistakes people make in setting or creating their New Year's resolutions?
A: I think people overshoot the mark. They're too grand in their plans. They expect to be able to do big things — lose 100 pounds. ... It's important to pat yourself on the back for small gains, build in little rewards. People may sabotage themselves by expecting perfection and not being prepared that there will be challenges that make it difficult to stay on track.
Q: If you've fallen off track, what are some good ways to get back on?
A: One thing that's very important is how you speak to yourself about it. If you say, "Oh, I blew it, so it doesn't matter what I eat now," then you'll get in trouble. If you say, "Well, today wasn't a great day, but tomorrow's a new day. How can I regroup tomorrow?" then you give yourself encouragement, and you allow yourself to get back on track. So have a realistic expectation that you're going to fall off track, because things happen. You plan to exercise every day, and then your child gets sick or you have a big assignment at work. You're not going to make it that day or that week. Doing a resolution is not a sprint; you can't just gear up and then do it fast, fast, fast. You have to be in it for the long haul and give yourself encouragement. It's really crucial to remember that motivation needs refreshing. It's like watering your plants. You can't water them once, and then walk away and expect them to grow. You have to keep going back to it."
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Brown and Rice's claims of Super Bowl sabotage absurdJanuary 23, 2013 – 2:57 am by Hickey
As we've seen in the last month in the wake of certain traumatic national events, it's not too hard to get a conspiracy theory going. But these theories are generally easy to laugh off because they are started by anonymous idiots whose parents should have stuck to masturbation.
But this week we've got a conspiracy theory started by two of the greatest wide receivers to ever play the game, Tim Brown and Jerry Rice.
Brown asserted over the weekend that Raiders coach Bill Callahan sabotaged Oakland in Super Bowl XXXVII by changing their game plan two days before the game so Jon Gruden and the Buccaneers would win the title.
"He hated the Raiders so much that he would sabotage the Super Bowl so his friend can win the Super Bowl," Brown told Sirius XM NFL Radio.
OK, some guy who has been hit in the head too many times comes up with a crackpot theory. No biggie.
Until he's backed up by the best player in the history of his position.
Rice went on ESPN and backed Brown's claim, saying "In a way, maybe because he didn't like the Raiders, he decided, 'Maybe we should sabotage this a little bit and let Jon Gruden go out and win this one.'"
Rice took the speculation even further, suggesting that Callahan's last-minute switch to the game plan is the reason center Barrett Robbins went batshit crazy and ended up AWOL in Mexico.
"With Barrett, he was frustrated, like, 'You cannot do this to us at the last second.' Maybe that's why he decided to not show up,'" Rice said.
Though Brown and Rice surely think they are throwing Callahan under the bus, they're actually giving him far too much credit. As anyone who watched his tenure at Nebraska can attest, the only thing sabotaging Callahan is his own brain.
Even stranger, Brown and Rice are denigrating their own talents by their accusation that Callahan unexpectedly changed the Raiders game plan from a run-first to a pass-first attack. They are actually saying, "Yes, the thing that would have won us the game is handing the ball off to Charlie Garner and Tyrone Wheatley rather than using NFL MVP Rich Gannon to throw the ball to us, a pair of Hall of Fame wide receivers."
The fact is ultra-competitive people cannot handle being dominated on the field of play. By 2002 Brown and Rice were at the tail end of their careers and unfamiliar with the concept of not being the best on the field. So rather than accepting the fact their got their asses kicked, they've created a delusion that the game must have been sabotaged by their head coach.
Delusions are fine if that's what gets you to sleep at night. But once you allow them into the public domain you either look like a fool, an asshole or both.


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A travel advisory until 7:00 AM on Tuesday morning has been issued for Cortland County by Sheriff Lee A. Price.
The 911 center in Cortland County has gotten several calls for trees and power lines being down due to winds from Hurricane Sandy.
Drivers are being asked to take extra care and be on the lookout for limbs, debris and power lines. They are also being asked to not drive over the power lines.


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DUI: A traffic stop at 6:24 p.m. July 4 resulted in a female driver taken into custody and booked into jail on suspicion of driving under the influence. Her vehicle was removed from 284th Avenue Southeast and impounded.
YOUTHS BEHAVING BADLY: At 7:47 p.m. July 4, officer attempted to locate two juvenile females with a tall juvenile male, as well as a grown man in a blue shirt with a child in a yellow shirt. All of the subjects were last seen at the intersection of Cole Street and Roosevelt Avenue. They were suspected of panhandling and purchasing alcohol underage. The officer found the females, one of whom had a warrant that was unable to be confirmed. She was released to her parents, whom were instructed to contact juvenile court.
COVERING UP THE ARGUMENT: An officer responded July 5 to loud music coming from a van parked on Wells Street. Inside, two people were in the middle of an argument. The situation settled down as soon as the officer intervened, and they agreed to keep the noise level down.
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT: The police department received two reports July 5 of a suspicious object in the sky moving toward Mount Rainier. It was described as large and bright orange before it suddenly disappeared. The department checked with Mount Rainier authorities, but nothing was reported in that area. Object may have been a parachute flare.
HIT AND RUN: An elderly person was the victim of a hit and run accident July 6. The victim was contacted by an officer at home on Monroe Avenue, where insurance information was given for the report.
NOT DUI BUT READY TO PARTY: A man who appeared to be intoxicated was reported driving his white Volvo through a drive-through with an open container in his lap July 6. He was pulled over on Garrett Street by an officer. The man was negative for driving under the influence, but he was cited for carrying an open container and driving without insurance.
AN EXPLOSIVE COMBINATION: Fireworks were reported in a Battersby Avenue parking lot July 6. Sparks came through the window of the reporting person, who was using her oxygen tank. The children using the fireworks agreed to leave and the reporting woman refused aid, but the officer arranged for extra patrol.
WARRANT ARREST: Officers contacted two subjects July 7 on Roosevelt Avenue near the state Route 410 intersection. Both had left the scene of a motor vehicle accident in the Flaming Geyser area, generating a warrant with the city of Auburn. Both were taken into custody to be transported to Auburn and the King County Sheriff's Office was notified of the accident information. The vehicle the two women were driving at the time of the accident was later found on 236th Ave SE.
TOILET ARSON: A person driving on Warner Avenue July 7 reported a Port-A-Potty on fire. No explosion was heard and no suspect was seen leaving the area.
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The Chicago Sun-Times takes a look at how Cubs second baseman and Southridge alum Darwin Barney is dealing with trade speculation.
In case you missed it, Beaverton High School alum and PGA golfer Ben Crane is starting a new web series for GolfDigest.com. Here is a link to the trailer from the show, which includes Crain wearing very short red shorts and battling a pool noodle. So enjoy.
St. Mary's guard and Jesuit alum Stephen Holt completes college basketball career
Which was the best Beaverton-area winter team? (poll)
The Southridge softball team has been nominated for The Oregonian's high school team of the week for March 16-22 (poll)
Joe Riedl of the Sunset boys track team is a nominee for The Oregonian's high school athlete of the week for March 16-22 (poll)
Take a look back at the Metro's best in basketball (links)
Beaverton's Danielle Hartzog wins Photo of the Week honors (poll)
Tyler Gutierrez of Sunset voted best Metro League winter athlete
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Kankakee Public Library
|201 East Merchant St.
|Public (Municipal)
|Head Librarians / Directors
|Anne Hurd
|L.W. Ellis
|Bessie S. Clapp-Cash
|Rose Mather
|Marjorie Fritz
|Mildred Hesse
|Dorothy K. Brown
|Henry W. Engel
|Ann Chandler
|James Jaeger
|Neal J. Ney
|Linda Gapsewicz
|Vera Wigell
|William N. Hensley
|Michael Furl
|Cynthia Fuerst
|Stephen J. Bertrand
The Original Library Building
For over 100 years the Kankakee Public Library has been meeting the information needs of the residents of the City of Kankakee. In March 1896, the first Kankakee Public Library opened in the Arcade Building, located at the northwest corner of Schuyler and Merchant Street. By the fall of 1897, a drive was underway to build a new building to house the Library's growing collection of 2,200 books. The building, constructed on the corner of Indiana Avenue and Station Street, opened in January of 1899 and remained the Library's home for nearly 105 years. In 2007, the building at 301 South Indiana Ave. was converted to the Kankakee Public Administration Building. The administration building opened in July 2008. It houses the offices of the mayor, the comptroller, city clerk, legal department, alderman, and various other city officials.
Kankakee Public Library Establishment Chronology
- Dec. 1856 Fourteen interested citizens met to organize a public library. No further meetings of this organization were reported.
- Nov. 1873 At the home of Mrs. George Huling, the first meeting of the Ladies Association was recorded. The group was incorporated in 1876.
- Oct. 1895 Interested citizens began to discuss the possibility of establishing a city library. The Kankakee Men's University Club took the initiative in gathering public support.
- Nov. 1895 The city voted favorably after a petition with 200 signatures was presented to the city council asking that the council levy the tax necessary to establish a public library.
- Mar. 1896 The first Kankakee Public Library opened in the Arcade Building. Books, prints, etchings, and $1,000 worth of furnishings had been donated by friends of the library. The library's collection included 600 volumes. Dr. Andrew Cutler donated 50 volumes, including his complete Encyclopedia Britannica.
- Apr. 1896 After two weeks, over 325 people had applied for library cards. In order to obtain a card, patrons had to have a "responsible person" sign for them, and agree to follow the rules and regulations of the library.
The board of directors continued to order new books for the library to meet the ever increasing demands of its patrons. By the end of the month, the number of volumes in the collection stood at 1400. Library cards had been issued to 600 patrons.
- Oct. 1896 In an address marking the library's first anniversary, Dr. Cutler noted the popularity of the library, but expressed concern that 63% of the books circulating were fiction.
- Mar. 1897 The collection had grown to 1824 volumes. Average daily attendance had reached 250.
- Jun. 1897 Leading citizens and friends of the library embarked on a drive to build a library building. Mrs. F. Swannel donated a lot on South Dearborn, but it was deemed too small. Dedicated citizens set about the task of gathering signatures and public support.
The library collection had grown to 2,200 books, the large majority of which had been donated. Over 1,200 people had library cards.
- Sept. 1897 The City Council approved a tax levy of $4971 for the purpose of erecting a library building. Mrs. George Huling donated the present site.
The Ladies Library Association donated 3,000 volumes and $5,000. The $5,000 was a bequest from Mr. George Huling given with the conditions that (1)three ladies should always serve on the board of directors and (2) a hall be named for Mr. Huling.
- Aug. 1898 The Indiana Avenue building cornerstone was laid with great fanfare. A parade, including local dignitaries and interested citizens, marched from the Arcade Building down Station Street to the library.
- Jan. 1899 The Indiana Avenue library building was dedicated. The address was given by Dr. Cutler followed by a musical program in Huling Hall.
The Indiana Avenue library was constructed at a cost of $12,000 but the estimated worth was $20,000.
- 1899-1900 Mrs. Ellis, the new librarian received $40 per month. The janitor received $30 per month.
The First Board of Trustees
(at the time of the Indiana Ave. building dedication)
Andrew S. Cutler - President: Dentist, bookstore owner, Civil War veteran, licensed Baptist preacher, presented first public library petition.
Alexis L. Granger: Lawyer in firm Granger & Granger, Officer of The Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane, attorney for First National Bank and Legris Brothers' Bank.
Albert Schneider: Businessman in fire insurance, Secretary of Kankakee Building and Loan, Director of Eastern Illinois Trust & Savings Bank.
Helen Huling: Donator of real estate for library building. Library third floor auditorium originally named Huling Hall for her husband, George, the former assistant mayor.
Emory Cobb: Capitalist, Kankakee land investor, Western Union Chicago Office Manager, Trustee of the University of Illinois, initiated building projects in Kankakee, constructor of electric street cars in Kankakee.
Ida W. Spencer: Wife of prominent Kankakee physician, daughter of Kankakee pioneer and Judge C.C. Wilcox.
Henry A. Magruder: Member of Board of Directors City National Bank of Kankakee.
Alice R. Hamlin: Wife of Kankakee Postmaster, daughter of Momence Postmaster.
Daniel H. Paddock: Former State's Attorney.
The Current Board of Trustees
Board President: Anne Miller
Vice-President: Dr. Steven Epstein
Secretary: Theresa Hult
Sheila Donahue-Kramer
Ron Jackson
Jane Potter
Matthew Olszewski
Beth Patrick-Trippel
The Big Move
For more than ten years, the Kankakee Public Library struggled to find a path out of their cramped 13,000 square foot 100-year-old limestone home. Projects came and went, including ideas to expand the existing facility, and others to build a completely new library. All the projects proved logistically impossible or cost prohibitive. In 2002, a large corporation left the Executive Centre, a seven story office building in downtown Kankakee, leaving it nearly half empty. The city was faced with a potential white elephant in the center of the community. Late in that year, city leaders hatched the idea of moving the Kankakee Public Library into the first three floors of the half vacant office building, while leaving the top four floors available for private office rental. Such a scheme came with a host of problems. First off, no one had heard of such a dual use public/ private facility before. Could a public library co-exist with an office building? Architect Jack Lakey developed a plan that would create two separate facilities under one roof, complete with separate entrances, elevators, stairways, and even mailing addresses. The plan would maximize the space without interfering with the missions of either enterprise. A deal was also worked out to allow Heritage Development Corporation to retain ownership of the entire building, thus continuing to pay property taxes, while the Library would lease the three floors it would occupy. After 20 years, the City of Kankakee would own the entire building to do with as they see fit, thus creating a "rent to own" arrangement. In January 2003, the Kankakee City Council approved a $4.5 million bond for the innovative plan. Soon after, demolition began on the closed restaurant on the first floor and the office space on the second and third floors. Enormous steel beams were installed to reinforce the floors up to Library standards. A million factors could have gone wrong to permanently derail the risky project. Miraculously, none came to pass. On January 5, 2004, a scant ten months after renovation began and 105 years to the day after the opening of the previous library, our newest home opened. The new facility offers three times the space, five times the number of public computers, more than double the seating, meeting rooms, quiet study areas, a coffee bar, teen zone, and 200 parking spots within view of the main entrance. The amount of services provided since the move has exploded. Patrons noted that they couldn't believe such a sophisticated Library could be located in their home town. The success of the Library has sparked more downtown renovation, including a new bank and a university satellite campus. We are proud that our Library is serving to create a renaissance in the City of Kankakee.
The Fourth Floor
Incredibly, after only 5 years in its new location, the Kankakee Public Library expanded again. After unanimous approval by City Council, the Library is taking over the fourth floor of the Executive Centre to establish the Luminarium. The concept of the Luminarium is to make a creative space for the people of Kankakee where they can express themselves using 21st century technology. It includes a 250 person auditorium, a digital video and audio lab called Studio 201, a computer teaching lab, a podcast recording room and more.
The Lions
The Kankakee Public Library has not one but two mascots. They are the two iron Lions that have stood guard at our front doors since 1930. The Lions are actually much older. Originally, back in the 1880s (right after the great Chicago Fire) they were on guard on Lake Street at a downtown Chicago department store called Gossage. Carson Pirie Scott and Co., bought out the Gossage store, moving the merchandise and the Lions to their own State Street store. At the turn of the century Carsons did some remodeling and decided that the Lions did not fit their new entrance and they were stored away.
The Gelino brothers, pioneer Kankakee merchandisers, were long time favored customers of the Carson wholesale store. When the Gelinos sought to buy the Lions they were given the figures free, providing they were to be well cared for and "properly fed." The lions were placed at the entrance of the Gelino store, on the corner of Schuyler and Merchant, in 1905. They were painted to represent living animals. Regardless of their ferocious appearance, they attracted children in great numbers. It was frequently noticed, however, that "dogs eyed them distrustfully, and some did bark -- at a discreet distance." They remained in front of the Gelino's store until it closed in 1930.
After the Gelino Brothers store closed, The Lions were donated to the Library where they guarded the entrance to the Indiana Ave. building for a heroic 73 years. However, when the Library outgrew it's original home and prepared to move to a new facility, controversy arose. Not over whether The Library needed a new home, most everyone agreed The Library was bursting at it's seams. The issue at hand was the fate of the beloved Lions. Shall they stay at their post on Indiana Ave., or take on new duties in front of the newly remodeled Merchant Street building?
The Library staff conducted a poll of library users. The tally was 3 to 1 that the Lions should move to the new Library to be housed on the first three floors of the Executive Centre on the corner of Schuyler and Merchant Street, only a few yards from the spot they had occupied when guarding the entrance to the Gelino Brothers store. After the Kankakee Historical Preservation Commission approved the appropriateness of the Lion's move in a narrow vote, no hurdles remained to slow their march to Merchant Street.
Before they could take on their new mission, "Readmore" and "Seemore", were in desperate need of repair. The harsh Midwestern weather had taken it's toll on their metal skins. Rust holes had developed, and one was missing an entire foot. It was decided that the artisans at Gemini Steel of Momence would take on the delicate task of putting the Library icons to rights.
And so it was, when the Lions were unveiled by Mayor Donald Green and Mr. Scott Franco of Heritage Development Corporation on February 14, 2004, the Lions looked no older than the day they were cast in the 1880's. Proving that the people of Kankakee took to heart that promise of 100 years ago, Readmore and Seemore are properly cared for and well fed so that they may awe children of all ages for decades to come.


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Publication Abstract
Authors: Tindle HA, Shiffman S, Hartman AM, Bost JE
Title: Switching to "lighter" cigarettes and quitting smoking.
Journal: Tob Control 18(6):485-90
Date: 2009 Dec
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Smokers who switch to "lighter" cigarettes may be diverted from quitting smoking. We assessed factors associated with switching and the association between switching and (1) making a quit attempt, and (2) recent quitting, yielding a measure of net quitting (attempts x recent quitting). DESIGN: In 2003, a total of 30 800 ever-smokers who smoked in the past year provided history of switching and 3 reasons for switching: harm reduction, quitting smoking and flavour. Among those who made a past-year quit attempt, recent quitting was defined as >or=90-day abstinence when surveyed. Multivariable logistic regression identified determinants of outcomes. RESULTS: In all, 12 009 (38%) of ever-smokers switched. Among switchers, the most commonly cited reasons were flavour only (26%) and all 3 reasons (18%). Switchers (vs non-switchers) were more likely to make a quit attempt between 2002 and 2003 (51% vs 41%, p<0.001, adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 1.58, (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.48 to 1.69)), but less likely to have recently quit (9% vs 17%, p<0.001; AOR 0.40 (95% CI 0.35 to 0.45)), yielding lower overall net quitting (4.3% vs 7.0%, p<0.001; AOR 0.54, (95% CI 0.47 to 0.61)). The effects of switching on outcomes were most pronounced for reasons including quitting smoking, whereas switching for harm reduction alone had no association with outcomes. CONCLUSION: Compared with no switching, a history of switching was associated with 46% lower odds of net quitting.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A trio of Brooklyn men are accused of being part of a break-in crew that stole a safe from a Graniteville home last week.
Police say Christian Soto, 20, Raymond Soto, 25, and Randy Bastien, 21, all served as lookouts while an unspecified number of accomplices broke into a house on Regis Drive at about 11:20 a.m. May 5.
"We were supposed to call the other guys in the car if we saw anything suspicious," Bastien told detectives, according to court papers.
The safe contained about $85,000, court papers allege.
One of the defendants admitted to investigators that the crew returned to Brooklyn to divvy up the proceeds, a law enforcement source said.
It turned out some of the money had been marked with notes and "names of various people" by its rightful owner, and some of that marked cash was found in Raymond Soto's car, court papers allege.
All three were arrested Sunday and face charges of second-degree burglary, second-degree grand larceny and second-degree criminal possession of stolen property.


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Patchwork house to make way for new town homes
Demolition has begun at two adjoining properties at 2960 and 2970 76th Avenue N.E. The two properties will be developed into 16 town homes on the slope behind Farmers Insurance. The two lots together sold for $2.3 million last year.
The 2970 lot was owned by Renwick Haugland who, with his first wife, bought land at 2970 76th Ave. S.E. in 1957 for $3,500. There was a 12 by 12 ft. cabin on the land.
Haugland was an artist whose art extended from ink and paint to hammer and nails. Over the next 40-some years Haugland lived on the property, the home morphed into a 2,500-plus square foot structure in a series of additions that stair-stepped down the slope of the hillside. A story in the Mercer Island Reporter, in 1980 described the home as a "patchwork quilt" built with scrounged materials — an "architect's nightmare."
Haugland was a Boeing illustrator who later became an art teacher in Island schools between 1961 and 1974. He quit teaching to attend graduate school in fine arts. After graduate school he opened a portrait studio on Pier 70 in Seattle. The artist was one of the organizers of the present day Mercer Island Visual Arts League (MIVAL).
Larry Sarchin, a long time resident, who lives just half a block from the old house, remembers Haugland who was his art teacher at the old North Mercer Junior High School. Constant building and creating was the hallmark of the artist's life, Sarchin said.
Last week, Sarchin saw the heavy equipment parked at the Haugland's home, now long abandoned, and called the Reporter. He took a look inside (there is no front door on the structure) and saw several pieces of art that had been left behind. He brought them out and is storing them for safekeeping. He hopes that MIVAL will take them or have a special showing at some point.
At North Mercer, Sarchin remembers Haugland as having an accent. The adolescents of course, made fun of the teacher. But if Haugland knew, he did not seem to mind, Sarchin said. "He was pretty laid back, he didn't worry about what we said. "'He got us,'" he remembered. "He was a good teacher."
The 1980 Reporter story described the home as a "fairytale playground" for Haugland's children and their friends. At various times the lot included a tree house, a trampoline, an outdoor fish pond, a hutch for bunnies, and even a so-called skyride.
Last week, it was easy to see those descriptions come to life in the old house. Random rooms were tacked on to the existing structure joined with narrow staircases and passageways. There were equally narrow decks on the side of the additions with rickety handrails. There were balconies inside the house with storage here and there under the eaves. The remnants of the pond, the bunny hutch and the skyride remain on the slope.
Haugland even admitted that it was an unusual place — not a place anyone would design on purpose.
"I tend to think of it growing like a city grows — kind of haphazardly," he told the Reporter so many years ago.
Haugland also said that he liked the privacy of the lot his home and its location offered. It was sort of like a mountain cabin, he said. He cherished the dense woods. And that feeling was threatened when several trees that bordered his property were taken down when the old bowling alley was demolished to make way for the new Farmers Insurance building.
Even in 1980, Haugland saw the future. He said then that he considered it inevitable that eventually the rest of his neighborhood would be rezoned for condos. "Eventually I suppose I will sell out," he said. "It will undoubtedly be torn down."
Plans for the property depict a triangular configuration of town homes built into the slope. The three-story homes, designed by Seattle firm Milbrandt Architects, would range in size from 1,900 to 2,400 square feet and would operate as "fee simple" town homes, meaning homeowners would have complete ownership of the home and the land underneath their unit.
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BLUE EARTH - A crowd packed the Public Safety Building in Blue Earth on Thursday, "Celebrating in a Roundabout Way" the re-opening of Highway 169.
After a ribbon-cutting, a transit bus offered rides up and down the 169 corridor, with dropoffs at nearly 20 businesses that stayed open after hours so the public could reacquaint themselves.
"It's nice now it's done, but it's been a long time," said Jason Farrow of Farrow's Custom Cabinetry.
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MEMENTO?— Mayor Rick Scholtes signs a map of the Highway 169 construction project after a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday at the Public Safety Building in Blue Earth.
Even though the business does not rely on walk-in customers, some people had a difficult time getting to the store in the Ag Center, where Farrow keeps displays.
"We had people who could get to the back but not to the front," said his wife, Mandy. "[They] called to say, 'I'm here, but I can't get in.'"
She was looking forward to being able to cross 169 more safely since the couple live on the east side with their two kids. The high school intersection was dangerous, Mandy said, because the speed limit was 55 mph and it was difficult to judge how fast vehicles were coming. The speed limit in the new roundabouts is 20 mph.
"It's nice there'll be a sidewalk and bike path so kids can get from the east to west side of town," she said.
The construction crews impressed Nicki Miranowski, county executive director of USDA Farm Service Agency of Minnesota, and Deanna Pomije, district conservationist with National Resources Conservation Services, which are side by side in the Ag Center.
"They did a good job keeping us updated," Miranowski said.
She would post the latest construction news so people would know the new routes to reach them.
"I think our producers we work with are glad it's done. (They were always asking,) 'How do we get to you?'" Miranowski said.
"They told us stories of how they got here," said Pomije. "[They] parked at Don's Fleet to get here. Luckily, most know where we are."
Mark Maher, a member of the Blue Earth Area School Board, attended the ribbon cutting and then hosted refreshments with his wife, Lori, at their business, Blue Earth Monument, across from the Ag Center.
The couple do not believe they lost any business because of construction, but some customers faced some trials.
"Many stories of people getting lost and trying to find us," Mark said. "We'd find a lot of people across the highway [in the Ag Center parking lot]."
"Or at the corn shed," Lori added.
The couple are relieved the construction is complete, except for sidewalks.
"It's nice peope don't have any problem finding us any more," Mark said. "And the roundabouts are nice. We knew it would be nice in the end, it's just getting through it."


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Better food for kids
On Saturday, Slow Food USA's New Orleans Chapter is hosting an event to draw attention to the Child Nutrition Act. It's called Take Time for Lunch, a national effort to lobby congress to bring better, more nutritious food into the country's schools.
The event is being held, appropriately enough, at the Samuel J. Green Charter School, home to Edible Schoolyard New Orleans. The innovative program has been successful integrating organic gardening and seasonal cooking into the school's curriculum and food programs.
Take Time for Lunch, which runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., is free. It will include garden tours, children's activities and information from participating organizations: Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools, marketumbrella.org, New Orleans Food & Farm Network and the Food Policy Advisory Committee. Samuel J. Green Charter School is at 2319 Valence St.
Restaurant writer Brett Anderson can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 504.826.3353.


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King dispatched a letter to Queensland Attorney General Cameron Dick today by email and fax, saying he has great concern with the sentence imposed Friday against Gabe Watson of Hoover.
Watson received a 4 1/2 year sentence reduced to 12 months in the Oct. 22, 2003, drowning death of Christina "Tina" Thomas Watson of Helena while the two were on a honeymoon scuba diving trip off the coast of Queensland.
"As Attorney General of the State of Alabama and on behalf of the family of Mr. Watson's victim, Tina Thomas, I write to express our outrage over the minimal sentence that is likely to result in this defendant spending only twelve months imprisonment. On behalf of Tina's family, I respectfully request that you seek to have the Supreme Court grant an appeal in this case and resentence the defendant to a sentence that is commensurate with his crime. Justice demands it. I urge you to act to have this matter reviewed and to see Tina's killer appropriately punished," the letter stated.
Watson originally plead not guilty to murder, however, as a certified rescue diver, Watson admitted he had failed to fulfill his obligation to his wife as her diving buddy.
Dick stated over the weekend he would consider appealing Watson's sentence and has asked for the court transcripts, according to the Townsville Bulletin.
The letter goes out as Tommy Thomas, Tina's father, remains in Australia attempting to see the attorney general and appeal Watson's sentence. There are 28 days from the day of sentencing to do so.
Earlier today, the director of Public Prosecutions, Queensland, issued a statement defending his office's recommendation to accept the manslaughter plea and one-year sentence.
Tony Moynihan said the decision to accept the manslaugher guilty plea was after careful review of the evidence and not taken lightly.
On Saturday Don Valeska, the Alabama attorney general violent crime division chief, said the state will pursue murder charges against Watson if they can find evidence he planned to kill Tina Watson while still in Alabama but carried the plan out while honeymooning in Australia.


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Year 10: A Thank You Note And An Invite For Brickbats and Bouquets
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The S2ki S2000 calendar has been an annual event since 2007. Saki GT has headed up this activity and is currently hard at work sifting through submissions to finalize the 2011 calendar, but for our 10th anniversary, we asked him to share with us a few picture submissions that he thought were remarkable. These submissions […] More »
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Sylvia Mnuchen has spent her life fighting.
First it was cancer that attacked her skin, then her breast. More recently it has been an ailment that has kept her in a wheelchair, her feet swollen, her legs wrapped tight like a mummy.
But as a loyal Jewish Democrat and longtime advocate of social justice, she never thought she would find herself fighting Jerry Brown, a man she voted for three times for governor. Yet the 94-year-old is suddenly on the wrong side of Brown's proposed budget cuts that would slash state spending by $12.5 billion, ripping a hole in numerous social service programs and eliminating others entirely.
Payouts for Medi-Cal, California's version of Medicaid, would be reduced by $1.7 billion. The welfare-to-work program CalWORKs would be cut by $1.5 billion. Other programs assisting the elderly and disabled would be affected, too.
Legislators are working on a budget agreement with the governor and expect it to be ready for a vote early this month.
Brown has called it "a tough budget for tough times." To Mnuchen and other social service advocates in the Jewish community, though, it would only make tough times tougher.
"It's a terrible situation," she said.
A former travel agent who lives in an apartment in Beverly Hills on $986 per month, she uses the state's In-Home Supportive Services Program (IHSS), which pays for personal care assistance. She needs someone to help her get out of bed, wash herself, make her meals and prepare her many medications.
"What are they trying to do? Kill us all?" she asked. "I can't manage. I can't manage because I can't be without a caretaker."
Mnuchen's concern is that cost-cutting measures — on top of a 3.6 percent reduction in IHSS hours enacted by the previous administration — would endanger her well-being as well as that of her caregiver, who makes only $9 an hour. Fewer hours will mean less money and tougher times for such providers.
"How can a person live on that kind of money? And then take more money from them?" Mnuchen said.
No one disagrees about the root of the controversy: a state budget gap that has spun out of control to more than $25 billion.
"I think everybody who does advocacy on their agency's issues understands there is a shortage of dollars. It's just that simple," said Adine Forman, director of government affairs and special projects for Jewish Vocational Service (JVS). "The government's short money, and it has to take it from somewhere."
Somewhere, it turns out, could be far reaching. The governor's proposed reductions to CalWORKs, for example, would add up to $450 million in Los Angeles County, causing tens of thousands of families to lose their benefits.
The program, known in the county as GAIN, or Greater Avenues for Independence, is administered by JVS at three sites: Palmdale, Chatsworth and Santa Clarita. It helps provide child care, case management, transportation, counseling and more, all with the goal of returning people — often single moms — to work and helping them regain self-sufficiency.
Anne Kagiri can testify to the importance of that. The mother of two moved here from Michigan to live with her sister after she lost her job and separated from her husband. Even though she had a master's degree in human resources, she couldn't find a job quickly and left one son in the care of her mother back in Kenya.
"I never thought I would be on welfare," said Kagiri, 35.
But it worked. Now she has a full-time job as a case manager for JVS, has her own house, and she was able to bring her other child to live with her.
"I'm completely independent," she said.
Brown's budget would trim grants and cap participation in the program at four years instead of five over the course of a person's lifetime.
JVS officials say it's their job in this time of financial crisis to examine how the programs can be scaled back with the least damage to those they serve. Still, they worry about the stress the governor's proposals would have on county resources as former CalWORKs participants end up on general relief. Other worries plague their minds, too.
"I think you have the potential to have a highly elevated homeless count because of it," Forman said. "There are a lot of people that are hanging on by a thread that are on CalWORKs and living on bare bones to try and make it work."
It may seem hard to think of number crunching and state budgets as a matter of life and death, but that's how Paul Castro sees it. The chief executive officer of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles (JFS) fears that some proposed reductions could leave frail elderly populations with a deadly choice: Stay at home and die or be institutionalized.
Consider the Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP), operated locally by JFS and earmarked by the governor for elimination. It provides skilled health care professionals to give case management and supplemental services to poor, at-risk seniors who are living at home. If axed altogether, it would cost JFS $2.9 million and affect more than 650 of its clients who might otherwise be in nursing homes, Castro said.
While ending the program would trim $20 million from the budget, Castro said the state should consider the full implication of its actions. Not only are California's dollars matched by federal contributions, the eventual cost to the state of at-risk seniors moving into nursing homes would be much greater, he said.
"The math doesn't work," he said. "The question becomes: Have they calculated the cost yet?"
And not just the cost in dollars. Castro said he's concerned about people who would do anything to stay in their homes, even without the program. He sees them missing doctor appointments and meals, not taking their medications regularly and ending up in emergency rooms.
A January policy note by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research supports his concerns about the impact of possible budget cuts to this and other initiatives, stating, "Recipients of these programs are already in precarious situations and … undermining their care networks will place them at risk of worsened health and institutionalization."
Castro takes it a step further: "Some are just going to stay home and die because they won't have any support system."
It's an argument that many lawmakers have found persuasive. Jewish State Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) said he understands the role such programs play in keeping people alive.
"Somehow, we have to keep as much of the safety net in place as we can," he said. "Right now, we're trying to do the least amount of harm, but it's still terrible."
Lowenthal is a member of the State Senate's Budget Committee and the conference committee charged with reconciling differences between the Assembly and Senate. Legislators in both chambers have indicated they will try to protect — partially or in full — various iniatives that serve the aging, poor and disabled, including MSSP.
"We're still in choppy waters, but we can see life rafts in the distance," said Nancy Volpert, director of public policy for JFS.
Pixie Toso knows about the risks these vulnerable populations face, because she finds herself staring at them every single day. An IHSS provider from Bellflower, the 54-year-old cares for her daughter, Fawn, who has multiple disabilities and who has undergone 17 surgeries.
IHSS allows Toso to care for her daughter personally and keep her at home, something that comforts them both.
"I have tried putting her into a group home. They have neglected her," she said.
Like Mnuchen, Toso sees the potential harm that could come of the governor's suggestions.
"It just means that I get less pay and the people who need the care get less hours," she said. "That would kind of hurt everybody."
That's a major problem for SEIU United Long Term Care Workers' Union President Laphonza Butler. "People being able to live at home in safety and in dignity I think has to be one of our top priorities," she said.
For some individuals, any change in support could be a tipping point. That's what worries Sherri Cunningham, chief financial officer for the Los Angeles Jewish Home in Reseda.
"If some of the things that are now keeping people home are jeopardized, where is it that they will go? One of the places might be here, but we basically run at full capacity," she said.
The facility has about 1,000 residents who run the gamut from independent living to those who require skilled-nursing assistance. It's a financially needy population, with 80 percent of residents in skilled nursing on Medi-Cal, which is being targeted for significant cuts: slashing long-term care, instituting copays, reducing the amount paid to health care providers and more.
"We are at more risk from some of the changes that the government is proposing than others might be," Cunningham said.
The total cost to the Jewish Home could come to $3 million. Cuts would be necessary to cope, and the only hope would be that they could be made without impacting care, she said.
"We're jeopardizing the most vulnerable people in the state," she said. "We're jeopardizing our parents and grandparents."
Even government officials agree that the proposals seem draconian, but the governor's office sees little alternative.
"This is a tragic situation that requires some tough choices to be made because of the situation of the budget, and there are cuts in every sector," said Gil Duran, press secretary for the governor. "This is not a matter of preference. It's a matter of necessity."
Indeed, numerous other constituencies are on the state's cutting board, including higher education. The University of California and California State University stand to lose $500 million each.
While Duran said it's evident that many people will feel the cuts deeply, no credible alternatives have surfaced. As to the possibility that they would lead to more ER visits and institutionalizations among the frail elderly, he said there is no conclusive analysis to support this.
And don't assume that the massive size of the proposals is a ploy simply to be used as a negotiation tool. "Look at the budget," he said. "Look at the hole."
It's a hole that could get much bigger. Brown is counting on California residents to vote in a special election later this year to extend temporary tax hikes that would raise additional billions.
If those aren't approved, things could get really ugly. Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, a Jewish Democrat from the 40th District in the San Fernando Valley, said he sees no alternative to closely following the governor's proposal if the state is to avoid a catastrophe, even though it contains some cuts that he finds abhorrent.
He is helping to lead the Legislature's response to the governor's proposal as chair of the Assembly Budget Committee and of the conference committee on which Lowenthal serves.
Blumenfield's response to the issue has been more than just political. When he spoke to the Progressive Jewish Alliance in Woodland Hills on the topic "The Budget As a Moral Document" recently, he found inspiration in the Talmud.
"Talmudic scholars would say the only time you're allowed to take a life is if you could save a life, and, in many ways, by making some of the awful cuts in putting this budget together, we're actually preventing something far worse," he said.
For its part, Los Angeles County is "anxious and prepared" to work with the state to help address the crisis, according to hearing testimony posted on the blog of Zev Yaroslavsky, L.A. County supervisor for the 3rd District.
It stated that he is concerned about realignment proposals that would shift some program responsibilities from the state to counties, but added, "Our county has publicly and privately conveyed to state officials, including the governor himself, that as distasteful as the proposed cuts are, we are prepared to equitably share in the burden of those cuts — or, more appropriately, to ask the citizens who rely on county services to share in the burden of those cuts."
Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell (a Democrat, whose 47th District includes West Los Angeles, the Fairfax district, Culver City and more to the south) chairs the budget subcommittee on health and human services. Mitchell said she has been in touch with Jewish leaders and recognizes both sides of this difficult issue.
"I understand that we are all living in a broke state. I mean, there is no way of getting around that very harsh reality," she said. Yet, she continued, "I wouldn't want to live in a state, nor be a legislator in one, that was willing to throw [the frail elderly, disabled and low-income children] under the bus. And so we're going to have to figure out a compromise."
In some ways, Brown's proposals are the continuation of others that have been put on the table for years. This time, though, something is different.
"In the past, they were proposed by a Republican governor. Now they're proposed by a Democratic governor," said Cliff Berg, legislative advocate for the Jewish Public Affairs Committee in Sacramento.
"I think it makes the fight more difficult because the new governor has obviously got a lot of good will. I think people are pleased generally that he seems to be dealing seriously with an actual effort to solve the state's budget problem," he said. "Unfortunately, in this particular area, the proposal really is penny-wise and pound-foolish."
Berg's primary concerns are the Adult Day Health Care and MSSP programs, which keep seniors in their homes and out of nursing homes.
No matter what ultimately happens, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles says it's ready to help. While it wouldn't be impacted directly by any of the cuts, its goal would be to soften any blows suffered by its partners and the people they serve, including a significant number of Holocaust survivors.
"It's not just that a lot of these programs they're looking to cut are programs that impact Jews in need. It's specifically many of them are Jews in need that are elderly, and that's a serious concern for us," Federation President Jay Sanderson said.
If massive cuts come to fruition, Federation's goal would be to raise additional funds in an attempt to continue some programs locally as much as possible.
Like many involved in local social services, Sanderson recognizes the state's harsh economic reality. That doesn't change his feelings that legislators in Sacramento need to include more than numbers in their calculations.
"When times get tough, it's our responsibility to take care of the most vulnerable," he said. "I think it's a tragedy if these cuts actually happen."
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Ham goes to the top of the menu for a traditional Easter Sunday celebration in the United States.
One explanation is that early settlers slaughtered meat in the fall and since there was no refrigeration, the fresh pork that wasn't consumed during the winter months before Lent was cured for spring, according to about.com. The curing process took a long time, and the first hams were ready around the time Easter rolled around.
Jan Longone, curator of American culinary history at the Clements Library, University of Michigan, says that while it's hard to pinpoint a definite reason for the tradition this explanation makes sense.
Another possibility is that the pig was considered a symbol of luck in pre-Christian Europe. Whatever the reason, ham is a big seller for Easter.
Dearborn Sausage Co., based in Dearborn, Michigan, sells about 35,000 hams during the Easter season, according to Todd Meier, Dearborn Sausage Co. vice-president. Christmas is the only other holiday when the company sells more ham.
"We expect it to be up a little and the reason is that Easter is later this year and the later Easter is the more we sell, because more people are home from down South," Meier says.
The Dearborn spiral ham is the most popular. It's fully cooked and smoked 24 hours. It's spiral sliced and torch glazed with sugar and spices. These hams don't need to be cooked, because they are best eaten at room temperature. The spiral ham is pumped with brine, sugar and spices before it goes through a cooking process with smoke added.
The classic trim Dearborn ham is semi boneless and has salt and brown sugar. "We've taken one of the bones out of it and it's easy to carve," Meier says.
These should be baked, fully covered for 14 minutes for every pound the ham weighs. Meier suggests uncovering the ham during the last half hour of cooking to allow the outer portions to brown. Let it sit for 10 or 15 minutes after it's removed from the oven before you carve to maintain the juices.
"We use nitrates, which is commonly found in most smoked meats," Meier says.
Honey Baked Ham, in Ann Arbor, expects to sell about 1,500 hams during the week before Easter, which is down from years ago when the company sold between 2,000 and 3,000 hams.
"We believe it's the economy," explains Michelle Neel, assistant manager. "We call customers and we have no complaints from anybody. It's just the money."
Honey Baked offers a boneless, thinner sliced ham and the traditional spiral cut honey glazed ham.
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A recent Pew Research Center study found that 78 percent of Americans identify themselves as "Christians." This cannot be right. For two reasons.
First, Christians would not be electing strident abortionists such as are found in the Democratic party and Obama. A Christian cannot support abortion or "choice" in the law. It would be like saying that they'd be OK with killing Jesus in the womb of His Mother Mary. And then where would their faith be?
Second, in a democracy, 78 percent of the people - as the majority - would not accept for one second that "God" or "Christ" cannot be uttered in support of public policy. They would see "separation of church and state" as the fraud it is. They would not suffer the "tyranny of the minority" that imposes a godless religion, secular humanism, as the de facto "religion of the state," in direct contravention to the First Amendment.
Faith cannot be divorced from politics. A Christian people, 78 percent of Americans, ought to know that. The Declaration's "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" and the Constitution's "Law of Nations" pronounce the unity of faith and reason that is the undeniable Christian influence upon the "rule of law" in America.
In short, saying you're a "Christian" doesn't mean a thing if you don't act, politically, as a Christian.
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Carol Losos, president of the Hoboken Historical Museum's board of trustees, said the parade is based on an event held in the city around the time of World War I. Losos said the museum has a trophy from 1914 that was awarded to the "Best Baby" in the parade.
Losos said rather than wearing costumes and decorations, the marchers in that earlier parade wore their Sunday best.
Holding the annual baby parade is a nod to Hoboken's history as an immigrant community. Losos local doctors provided free checkups for the babies in the parade, which was important because many families couldn't afford doctor visits.
Perhaps as a reference to that earlier parade, the current incarnation still features sponsorships from many local doctors and daycare centers.


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As part of its move to the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Syracuse University football team will trade in Pinstripes, Beef 'O' Brady's and Liberty for Chick-fil-A, Sun and something called AdvoCare V100.
The ACC announced its bowl lineup for the 2013 football season on Monday and while there are some familiar names on the schedule (Orange Bowl, Belk Bowl and Russel Athletic Bowl), there's also a decidedly different look. There will be no Pinstripe Bowl, Liberty Bowl or Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl.
Of course, the Orange has to qualify for a bowl game for this to matter.
Below is the list of bowl games in order of selection process by the ACC (Note: The ACC Champion, if it is not in the BCS National Championship Game played in the Rose Bowl, will play in the Discover Orange Bowl):
Discover Orange Bowl
Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 8 p.m. at Sun Life Stadium in Miami (ESPN)
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 8 p.m. at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta (ESPN)
Russell Athletic Bowl
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013 6:45 p.m. at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando (ESPN)
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Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 2 p.m. at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas (CBS)
Belk Bowl
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013 at 3:20 p.m. at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. (ESPN)
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Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 at 3:15 p.m. at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. (ESPN)
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Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. at Independence Stadium in Shreeveport, Miss. (ESPN)
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman
Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. (ESPN)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (conditional)
Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 at 9:30 p.m. at AT&T Park in San Francisco (ESPN)
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EAST LANSING -- The honors keep on rolling in for Michigan State sophomore guard Gary Harris.
One day after earning first team All-Big Ten and All-Defensive team honors, the United States Basketball Writers Association announced Tuesday that Harris had been named to the All-District V team.
Harris -- who has 10 games of 20 points or more this season -- was also voted the Spartans' Most Valuable Player by his teammates and media.
Harris was one of two Spartans selected, as senior forward Adreian Payne also made the 10-man list. Payne earned second team All-Big Ten honors on Monday.
Payne averages 16.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game this season. He also averages 42.3 percent from 3-point range.
Payne and Harris were joined by Ohio State's Aaron Craft, Indiana's Yogi Ferrell, Wisconsin's Sam Dekker and Frank Kaminsky, Michigan's Nik Stauskas and Caris LeVert, Cincinnati's Sean Kilpatrick and Green Bay's Keifer Sykes.
In addition to the team honor, Stauskas was named District V player of the year. Michigan head coach John Beilein was named District V coach of the year.
The All-District teams are voted on by basketball writers across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. There are nine district teams in all, each with 10 players.
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Lol, yeah, it's me, your stalker, Bloody xD
I was wondering if you still wanna do this wiki, cause I'd like to join :D
Anyway, see ya later :)
Bloodstar 20:13, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
Sure! I can make the wiki Bleach themed! (Like, chat, user tags (the things that say Admin, Rollbacker, Blocked, etc on your user bubble), and I can make some basic templates, like one of each Squad!
I'll need admin rights, but you can take them away when I'm done :)
I'll make my siggie now (If I haven't already, I forgot xD) Bloodstar 17:03, April 1, 2013 (UTC)
I've also make a Favicon and my user pages :D and my siggie :) Bloodstar 18:13, April 1, 2013 (UTC)
No problem! Would you like for me to make you a siggie? also, I can't update things without admin rights (did you read the message about the one before this one?) Bloodstar 18:21, April 1, 2013 (UTC)
Sorry, I went to my grandparents house and there was no WiFi. I'll start it now. Also, I can help with coding issues if you want :) Bloodstar 17:21, April 2, 2013 (UTC)
No problem :) I did the chat and favicon, tho the favicon will take three days to show up (or something like that). I fixed up the Basic Rules, You can obvi. change anything, and I'm working on the main page now. Could you do the Kido page while I do the Main page? If not, that's fine, it's just I'm not sure how you want it done.
Hrmmm... Are there any other pages you need before we start with Characters? Bloodstar 17:47, April 2, 2013 (UTC)
Okie dokey. Those are each character's page, you know, like I'd make one for Zeradias (if/when he get approved ;P) and give info, descroptions, ect. Bloodstar 17:27, April 4, 2013 (UTC)
Okie dokey, sounds good :D What should I make now then? Bloodstar 14:37, April 5, 2013 (UTC)
Okay. Is Karakura Town the only World of the Living place you want? and I got a new Bleach volume! (tech. it's three in one but x3) Bloodstar 20:30, April 5, 2013 (UTC)
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DECATUR, Alabama - A recent funeral showed long-time funeral home director Dexter Elliott the "mean" and the good in people.
After Ana Delia Antanio-Chavez, a 31-year-old mother of two, was strangled to death in her home April 15, employees at her 6-year-old son's school and members of the family's church donated enough money to cover the cost of her funeral, as well as the expense of returning her body to her hometown in Veracruz, Mexico.
"And people came in anonymously," Elliott said. "The entire funeral cost has been covered." He did not give an exact amount but said the total was in the "thousands of dollars."
Elliott, director of Reynolds Funeral Home in Decatur, said donations came from Iglesia Hispana Cumberland Presbyterian Casa de Oracion, where the Chavez family attended church, and from Somerville Road Elementary School, where Chavez's son is in first grade. The child found his mother's body when he returned from school that day, according to Morgan County District Attorney Scott
Anderson. His 18-month-old sister was left unattended in the home at 1315 15th Ave. SE for an unknown amount of time after his mother's death, Anderson said. Chavez's husband, Luis Sanchez, was at work at the time.
A preliminary autopsy showed Chavez died of suffocation from strangulation.
Elliott said he is concerned about the impact of Chavez's death on her children.
"It's frightening," Elliott said. "There's some mean people in this world."
On Thursday, Gov. Robert Bentley offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for Chavez's death.
Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator Mike Burleson with Decatur Police Department at 256-341-4633 or Investigator Johnny Coker with the District Attorney's office at 256-351-4610.
Decatur Police previously announced they were searching for a person of interest who was seen in the area on April 15. He is described as a dark-skinned, Hispanic male in his mid- to late 20s, who is from 5 feet, 5 inches to 5 feet, 9 inches tall. He was wearing a dark toboggan with a "script-style" tattoo on the side of his neck.
He was last seen driving a black car resembling a Honda Civic that was a 1990s or 2000s model trimmed in red striping with two identical yellow stickers on the rear bumper.
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Report shows big education challenges in South King County
As Seattle and South King County celebrate a $40 million Race to the Top grant, a new regional report card reveals increasing need among students and shows data on 30 important indicators related to student success.
The report was issued today by the Community Center for Education Results, the nonprofit organization supporting the Road Map Project, which is a regional effort to dramatically improve education results in South King County and South Seattle.
The project's goal is to double the number of students in South King County and South Seattle who are on track to graduate from college or earn a career credential by 2020, and to close opportunity gaps.
Seven school districts – Auburn, Kent, Renton, Federal Way, Highline, Seattle and Tukwila – are among the many partners working on the Road Map Project.
The data shown in the report are meant to motivate action and drive change. The report, which will be published annually, tracks the project's Indicators of Student Success, which are important measures related to student achievement, such as the percent of students proficient in third-grade reading or the percent of students who enroll in post-secondary education.
Thirty indicators are in the report, which also includes bright spots – examples of great success and opportunity gap closure – from throughout the region.
"We've known for years that education results in our region are not where they need to be," said Mary Jean Ryan, executive director of the Community Center for Education Results. "The results report clearly shows where we need to focus. These problems aren't new – what is new is the resolve and commitment in the region to improve education so all our students can be successful."
Officials said the recently-awarded $40 million grant will accelerate the work currently under way in the region to improve education.
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As Oscar contenders were unveiled yesterday, Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips put together a list of his top five workplace movies. Here are his selections and what he had to say about them:
• "The Crowd" (1928). You've seen it on countless Oscar night clip montages, the dazzling tracking shot of a vast, impersonal Manhattan office full of anonymous drones. It's from director King Vidor's silent classic, and it crystallized an entire artistic movement across various art forms, asking the question: Is that all we are? Cogs in a wheel?
• "His Girl Friday" (1940). The greatest office romance in history: Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell trade the fastest banter in cinema, as Chicago journalists (based on characters introduced in the play "The Front Page") chasing a big story involving a small anarchist hiding in a roll-top desk. Directed by Howard Hawks.
• "The Apartment" (1960). Workplace amorality run amok: In director Billy Wilder's mordant comedy, shot in black and white and deliberately echoing, among others, "The Crowd," Jack Lemmon lends his place out to scheming co-workers looking for a little hey-hey. Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray co-star.
• "Clerks" (1994). Kevin Smith's micro-budget indie hit kills time, amusingly, with New Jersey video and convenience store clerks. This was back when video store clerking was a viable career path.
• "The Social Network" (2010). Directed by David Fincher. It's the make-your-own-workplace century! When Mark Zuckerberg got drunk in his Harvard University dorm room and starting messing around online, Facebook and billions eventually came his way, bringing controversy with them. The 21st century does not belong to "The Crowd." In our uncertain virtual economy, it's all about "The Soloist" who sometimes works with other people.
Asked to comment on another critic's list, The Star-Ledger's Stephen Whitty had a few picks of his own. He recommends "Mad Men" fans watch the "The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit" (1956), which he calls a genuine '50s look at post-war white-collar discontent, along with "The Best of Everything" (1959), which he says did the same for women in the publishing business.
Whitty pointed out two classic factory films, "Blue Collar" (1978) and "Norma Rae" (1979).
Lastly, before the "The Office," there was "Office Space" (1999), a Mike Judge-directed movie about soul-destroying cubicle work with reams of dialogue Whitty said he still hears quoted today.