JANET'S PLANET ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES 8/3/11

REALTIME CAPTIONING OF L.A. COUNTY COMMISSIONER 
JANET NEAL'S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW 
JANET'S PLANET ON  KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM 
CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM
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8/3/11


 [MUSIC PLAYING] 
JANET:  GOOD MORNING.  YOU ARE LISTENING TO JANET'S PLANET LA.  THANK YOU
ALL FOR TUNING IN TODAY.  IT'S THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, AND THAT'S
WHEN WE HAVE JANET'S PLANET L.A..  I WANT TO GO TO LOG ON FIRST.
UNFORTUNATELY SANDY IS A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER.  I'M GOING TO SEE IF I
CAN DO THIS CORRECTLY.  FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO GO TO THE INTERNET TO CHECK
OUT HERE FOR THE LIVE STREAM TEXT FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED. 
IT IS HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET.   
I'LL DO THAT AGAIN.  HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET 
AND THE NEXT THING I WANT IS TO DO TO THANK OUR SPONSORS WHICH IS TOTAL
RECALL AND YOU CAN REACH TOTAL RECALL AT INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM AND RAUL
RAMIREZ WITH NEIJING EASTERN MEDICINE.  TOTAL RECALL DOES A LOT OF
CAPTIONING.  IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CAPTIONING YOU CAN REACH THEM AT THAT E
MAIL ADDRESS.  RAUL RAMIREZ IS A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.  I WANT TO THANK
THEM FOR SPONSORING THE CAPTIONING OF THIS SHOW.  SINCE THIS IS JANET'S
PLANET L.A. WHICH IS MOSTLY MY OPINION, THE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS
DEDICATE THIS SHOW TO SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHO HAD EHLERS DANLOS BECAUSE
THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.  THAT ONE OF MY
DISABILITIES.  I CONSIDER IT TO BE MY PRIMARY DISABILITY EVEN THOUGH THE
DOCTORS CONSIDER MY HIV TO BE PRIMARY.  I DON'T.  I HAVE MORE TROUBLE WITH
THE EHLERS DANLOS THAN I DO WITH THE HIV.  I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE WITH
NANCY RANGOWSKI.  WHO IS THE FOUNDER OF THE EHLERS DANLOS NATIONAL
FOUNDATION.  I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS TO SHERRY GAMSON WHO WAS THE
FOUNDER OF THE SAN FERNANDO BRANCH OF THE EHLERS DANLOS FOUNDATION, AND TO
MY FRIEND TERRY CRUZ.  AND NANCY AND TERRY BOTH DIED FROM EHLERS DANLOS.
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION IS EDNF.ORG.  AND THE SAN FERNANDO BRANCH IS
SFVBRANCH@GMAIL.COM. 
EHLERS DANLOS IS A CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE.  AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT ODD.
I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE BROCHURES.  THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PRINTED
INFORMATION BUT ON YOUR JOINT    WELL, I'M GOING TO START HERE WITH
SYMPTOMS.  PEOPLE WITH THE EDS WILL HAVE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS RANGING FROM
MILD TO SEVERE.  JOINT AND SKIN ISSUES ARE MORE COMMON WITH HYPERMOBILITY,
AND CLASSICAL EDS RESPECTIVELY.  I HAVE THE HYPERMOBILE TYPE.  SOME SYMPTOMS
DO DEVELOP BETWEEN TYPES WHICH IS WHY IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE.
JOINTS, CHRONIC PAIN OFTEN WITH NORMAL X RAYS.  LOOSE FLEXIBLE OR UNSTABLE
JOINTS, JOINTS MAY MOVE OUT OF PLACE OR DISLOCATE.  EARLY ONSET
OSTEOARTHRITIS.  SKIN, FRAGILE SKIN, CUTS EASILY OFTEN NEEDING STITCHES,
SEVERE TEARS MAY REQUIRE PLASTIC SURGERY.  POOR WOUND HEELING.  STRETCHY
SKINS OF VARYING DEGREES.  SOFT OR VELVETY SKIN. 
VASCULAR TYPE.  INTESTINAL, UTERINE OR INTERNAL ORGAN RUPTURE.  SEVERE
BRUISING.  THIN TRANSLUCENT SKIN.  PATTERN OF BLUE VEINS IS ESPECIALLY
VISIBLE ON THE CHEST, BELLY AND BACK.  I HAVE THEM ON MY ARMS.  MANY HAVE
CERTAIN FACIAL FEATURES, LARGE EYES, THIN NOSE, THIN LIPS.  LOBELESS EARS,
AND SMALL CHIN.  I HAVE A SMALL CHIN.  OTHER SYMPTOMS.  CHRONIC FATIGUE.
IBS GASTRITIS.  AUONOMIC DYSFUNCTION.  LOW BLOOD PRESSURE OR FAST HEART RATE
ESPECIALLY UPON STANDING.  MITROVALVE PROLAPSE.  THAT ONE IS PRETTY
DANGEROUS.  DENTAL CROWDING OR TMJ DYSFUNCTION.  EARLY BONE THINNING, AND
OSTEOPOROSIS. 
AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT CAUSE JOINTS TO BE OVEREXTENDED ARE.  AND GENTLE
MUSCLE STRENGTHENING.  PHYSICIANS MAY PRESCRIBE BRACING TO STABILIZE JOINTS.
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY IS OFTEN LESS SUCCESSFUL FOR EDS PATIENTS.  DIAGNOSIS IS
BASED ON SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THAT OF YOUR JOINTS AND SKIN.  AND YOU MAY BE
REFERRED TO A GENETICIST OR FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.  HYPERMOBILITY OR
CLASSICAL TYPES OF EDS ARE DIAGNOSED BY COMPARING YOUR SYMPTOMS AND HISTORY
WITH ESTABLISHED DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA. 
IF YOU HAVE THE VASCULAR  TYPE OF EDS YOUR DOCTOR MAY ORDER GENETIC TESTING
FOR SPECIFIC TYPES.  ALL OF THIS SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY AWFUL.  BUT THE
REASON I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, I HAVE IT, AND I THINK I DO PRETTY WELL, AND
HERE IT'S TALKING ABOUT BEING VERY CAREFUL.  BUT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I GO TO
THE GYM.  YOU KNOW I WORK OUT. 
MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW HAVE HAD A LOT OF SURGERIES TO REPLACE THEIR
JOINTS BECAUSE THEY BECOME LOOSE AND THEY DISLOCATE.  BUT THE SURGERY REALLY
DOESN'T WORK.  I THINK WHAT I DID IS MUCH BETTER.  GOING TO THE GYM AND
STRENGTHENING THE MUSCLES.  A DOCTOR TOLD ME WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED THAT I
SHOULD DO RIGOROUS EXERCISE AND I SHOULD MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN GETTING A
CABLE TV SUBSCRIPTION AND A ROCKING CHAIR OR PRETEND I WAS TRAINING FOR THE
OLYMPICS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.  I'VE DECIDED ON THE TRAINING.  WHAT IT
HAS DONE IT HAS KEPT ME FROM THE SURGERY.  I STILL HAVE A SPLINT I WEAR ON
MY JAW.  I SPLINT MY HAND SOMETIMES.  FOR THIS PARTICULAR DISEASE THE
SPLINTING SOMETIMES WILL MAKE THE JOINT WEAK IF YOU BECOME TOO DEPENDENT ON
IT.  SO I CHOSE THE EXERCISE, AND I STARTED OFF IN THE WATER.  I THINK MOST
PEOPLE THAT CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG, IF YOU START OFF IN THE WATER
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DANGER FROM FALLING OR THINGS HITTING YOU IT'S
PRETTY SAFE.  I'M HAVING A LITTLE THROAT ISSUE HERE.  BUT I JUST WANTED TO
MENTION THIS BECAUSE I'M FINDING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WITH IT, AND I JUST
WANT THOSE OF YOU THAT MIGHT BE DIAGNOSED WITH THIS NOT TO BE AFRAID.  DON'T
LET ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE DOCTOR SAID SCARE YOU.  YES, BE CAUTIOUS BUT
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID.  I'M HERE, AND I THINK I'M DOING PRETTY WELL
WITH THIS.  MY NIECES HAVE THIS.  BOTH OF MY PARENTS HAVE IT.  SOME OF MY
GRANDMOTHER'S SISTERS HAD IT TOO.  I THINK ALSO KNOWING THAT THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG THAT YOU NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS WILL SEND YOU IN A DIRECTION OF
PREVENTION SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME
TODAY.  
      I DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA FROM THE CITY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY.  I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE.  THEY HAVEN'T HAD AN ELECTION. 
THEY'VE GOT THE SAME PRESIDENT THEY'VE HAD FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO.  I
DON'T HAVE THAT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT BETTY WILSON WHO HAS BEEN WITH
THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THERE WAS A DEPARTMENT HAS RETIRED.  WE'RE GOING TO
MISS BETTY AND SHE HAD A WONDERFUL SEND OFF LAST WEEK.  WE GAVE HER THE
COUNTY COMMISSION GAVE HER A VERY NICE THANK YOU CERTIFICATE AND THE
DEPARTMENT GAVE HER A VERY NICE PARTY AND RECEPTION LAST THURSDAY, AND CITY
COUNCIL RECOGNIZED HER ON FRIDAY.  SO I THINK THAT WAS A VERY GOOD THING.
I'M GOING TO BE SORRY TO SEE BETTY GO. 
BUT I'M HOPING THAT BETTY WILL COME BACK AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION
ON DISABILITY AND I'M HOPING THAT BETTY WILL DECIDE THAT SHE CAN BE THE
PRESIDENT OF THAT COMMISSION BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD REALLY, REALLY HELP.  
     OKAY.  I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CULVER PALMS.  WHY.  THEY WERE ON A FEW
WEEKS AGO, AND I'D LIKE TO SAY    EXCUSE ME, A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND I'M NOW A
MEMBER OF THE CULVER PALMS FAMILY YMCA AT 4500 SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD.  IT IS A
FAMILY ORIENTED GYM.  THEY HAVE A LOVELY ARRAY OF PROGRAMS, DANCE PROGRAMS,
EXERCISE PROGRAMS.  THEY HAVE A VERY NICE SWIMMING POOL THAT IS ACCESSIBLE.
IT'S A TYPICAL Y LOCKER ROOM.  BUT THE PEOPLE THERE ARE REALLY NICE.  AND
THEY HAD A LADY NAMED TERRY, AND ANOTHER LADY NAMED GEVINA AND THEY WERE
VERY NICE.  I THINK TERRY TEACHES SOME OF THE DANCE CLASSES FOR SOME OF THE
KIDS.  IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME PLACE THAT'S FRIENDLY, CALL 310 390 3694
WHICH IS THE CULVER PALMS Y. 
I WAS A MEMBER OF THE SPECTRUM CLUB.  THEY CHOSE TO TERMINATE MY MEMBERSHIP.
IT'S MY OPINION THAT THEY DID THIS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE TITLE 3 AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLAINTS THAT I MADE.  SO WE SHALL SEE ABOUT THAT.
THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS I HAD HOPED THEY WOULD CORRECT WHICH THEY DID NOT.
VERY SIMPLE THINGS LIKE MARKING THE BATHROOM WITH THE WHEELCHAIR ACCESS
SYMBOL.  THE LOCKERS FOR MEMBERS THAT YOU CAN RENT ARE TOO HIGH FOR PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR.  THERE'S ANOTHER
ISSUE WITH ACCESS TO THE POOL.  THEY HAVE SOME WEDDING CAKE STEPS THAT
GRADUATE IN DEPTH, AND THEY ARE ALL THE SAME HEIGHT.  THEY HAVE A SINGLE
RAIL.  THEY SHOULD HAVE A DOUBLE RAIL.  THEY HAVE AN OLD FASHIONED SLING
TYPE WHEELCHAIR LIFT TO GET YOU IN THE POOL.  I DON'T PERSONALLY LIKE IT.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.  THE ONLY PROBLEM THERE'S NEVER ANYBODY THAT
CAN OPERATE IT, AND AT ONE POINT THEY FELT THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
THAT WERE COMING OVER THERE NEEDED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WHICH IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE.  YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ACCESS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.  SO THAT'S
WHAT I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE SPECTRUM CLUB.  AND I'M GOING TO MISS MY
FRIENDS OVER THERE BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MISS ANY OF THEIR BUREAUCRACY, AND
POOR TREATMENT THAT I RECEIVED.  I THINK YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT FOR ALMOST A
YEAR THE PREVIOUS MANAGER WAS CALLING MY HOUSE, AND THREATENING ME, AND THIS
IS AGAIN BACK TO THE TITLE 3 COMPLAINTS THAT I WAS MAKING ON ACCESS.  
     MOVING ON I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LUNCHEON THAT THE COMMISSION ON
DISABILITY IS HAVING AND ALSO THE ELECTION.  THE COMMISSION HAD ELECTIONS,
AND LAST MONTH WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSION PRESIDENT.  MR. JOHN TROUST.  I WILL
BE THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, AND JOHN JAMES IS    I'M THE FIRST VICE
PRESIDENT.  AND JOHN JAMES IS THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT AND KECIA WELLER IS
OUR NEW TREASURER.  CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY.     
     I ALSO WANT TO REMIND OF OUR LUNCHEON ON OCTOBER THE 17TH.  IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE LUNCHEON, YOU CAN CALL OUR
OFFICE 213 974 1053.  AND YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION FROM RHONDA ABOUT THE
LUNCHEON.  IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE KYOTO GRAND HOTEL.  PROCEEDS FROM THE
LUNCHEON WILL BE GOING TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS.  WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL
KIDS I BROUGHT YOUR ATTENTION TO LAST MONTH    I DIDN'T BRING THAT
INFORMATION.  I'LL BRING THAT INFORMATION NEXT MONTH, AND MENTION THEIR
NAMES.  THEY ALL HAD GOOD SUPPORT FROM THEIR FAMILIES.  THE PROCEEDS FROM
THE LUNCHEON WILL GO TO FUND THE SCHOLARSHIP AND IT IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE.  WE
HAVE OUTTA SIGHT THAT PERFORMS.  AT THE RETIREMENT FOR BETTY WHITE I
CONNECTED WITH MR. LARRY COLVIN.  I'M HOPING THAT LARRY WILL BECOME INVOLVED
WITH OUR LUNCHEON.  I MET MS. BEA BYER. 
SHE'S WITH THE HOLLYWOOD TIMES.  I'M HOPING TO DO SOME THINGS WITH HER ALSO.
THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE CAPTIONING.  SINCE I WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE EMERGENCY THAT THEY HAD IN JAPAN, AND THAT A LOT OF THE
INFORMATION WAS ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKING I NOTICED A LOT OF THEIR
PROGRAMMING WAS CAPTIONED.  UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T READ JAPANESE BUT IT WAS
AIMED AT PEOPLE THAT ARE HEARING IMPAIRED WHICH I WAS A GOOD THING.  IT
CAUSED ME TO LOOK AT THE TELEVISION PROGRAMMING WE HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES
AND CAPTIONING.  SO MY CONCERN IS THAT THE CAPTIONING HERE IS KIND OF
CRUMMY.  I'D LIKE FOR SOME OF YOU MAYBE IF YOU HAVE THAT CAPABILITY ON YOUR
TELEVISION TO HAVE    LEAVE THE AUDIO ON BUT PUT THE CAPTIONING ON TOO.
THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT'S BEING PRINTED ON THE SCREEN, AND
WHAT'S BEING SAID.  LOTS OF VERY STRANGE WORDS THERE THAT I CAN'T FIGURE
OUT.  IT SEEMS LIKE THEY MAY BE MIXING TWITTER LANGUAGE WITH REGULAR
ENGLISH.  I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF STANDARD.  BECAUSE IF WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE WHICH WE WILL HAVE EVENTUALLY SOME SORT OF A DISASTER, WE WANT
EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THEY NEED TO DO.  SO IF THE INFORMATION IS
NOT CLEAR OR DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IT MEANS THAT THERE'S A SEGMENT OF THE
POPULATION THAT'S NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.  I THINK THAT PROMOTES
PANIC.  SO I'D LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO CHECK THAT OUT, AND I'D BE INTERESTED
HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.  THIS IS FOR THE EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATION.  
     WE HAVE STARTED A BLOG TO TRY AND DISSEMINATE SOME INFORMATION.  WE'RE
GOING TO TRY AT THIS POINT TO PUT THE INFORMATION FROM    WELL, THE MINUTES
FROM    NOT THE MINUTES, BACK ON THE COMMISSION MODE BUT THE TRANSCRIPTS
FROM THE RADIO SHOW AND THE BLOG IS JANETSPLANETLA.BLOGSPOT.COM.  AND I'M
INTERESTED IN ANY OF YOUR IDEAS ON BEING PREPARED BECAUSE I'M GOING BACK TO
THE OLD GIRL SCOUT SLOGAN OF BEING PREPARED AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THE SOLAR LIGHTS THAT YOU CAN BUY AT BIG LOTS OR HOME
DEPOT, AND YOU CAN LEAVE THEM ON YOUR FRONT PORCH, AND WHEN THE POWER GOES
OUT THEN YOU BRING THEM IN THE HOUSE AND NOW YOU HAVE LIGHT.  WHEN IT'S
DAYLIGHT AGAIN YOU PUT THEM ON THE FRONT PORCH SO THEY CAN CHARGE.  ANOTHER
THING IS GOING TO BE FOOD.  ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SUGGESTED IN SOME OF
THE READING THAT I'VE BEEN DOING IS BEEF JERKY BECAUSE IT KEEPS FOREVER.
YOU CAN JUST BUY SOME, PUT IT IN THE CABINET, AND KEEP IT UNTIL YOU NEED IT.
SOMETHING ELSE ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S SUMMERTIME YOU HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE
DISPOSAL BARBEQUE THINGS, AND THE TIN PANS OR THE SMOKE CHIPS JUST BUY SOME
OF THOSE, AND PUT THEM ON A SHELF IN YOUR GARAGE OR SOMEPLACE SO THAT WHEN
YOU NEED IT BECAUSE OF THE POWER IS OUT YOU AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING TO COOK
ON.  AND I THINK YOU SHOULD SAVE AN OLD POT BECAUSE YOU CAN KEEP AN OLD POT,
AND TAKE CHARCOAL BRIQUETTES AND DROP THEM IN THE POT.  TAKE THE GRATE OUT
OF YOUR OVEN AND PUT IT ON THE POT, AND YOU HAVE A COOKING SURFACE.  THERE'S
LOTS OF THINGS THAT I'M HOPING YOU FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT
WEBSITE. 
THE OTHER THING THAT'S SORT OF BECOME AN ISSUE IS SERVICE ANIMALS.  THERE'S
A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORK DOGS, AND SERVICE ANIMALS.  WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE    I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR DISABILITY IS WHERE THEY NEED TO HAVE
THESE TEENY TINY DOGS THAT FIT IN A TEACUP AND THEY NEED TO CARRY THEM.  AND
THEY WEAR A VEST THAT SAYS SERVICE ANIMAL.  THERE REALLY AREN'T ANY
UNIVERSAL STANDARDS.  I'M GOING TO BE KEEPING YOU POSTED ON THAT.  I BELIEVE
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT NEED TO HAVE THE ANIMALS WITH THEM.  I THINK THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ABUSING THIS, AND THEY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THOSE
THAT REALLY DO NEED THAT.  
      SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WE'VE HAD RAY MUELLER ON THE
SHOW WHO'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT ASBESTOS AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HIS
INFORMATION OUT.  WE'VE TALKED ABOUT VETERANS AND HE'S GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THAT HAVE ASBESTOS IN THEM.  I THINK ONE OF THE
THINGS HE MENTIONED THE LAST TIME HE WAS ON WAS DUCT TAPE WHICH I HAD NO
IDEA THAT DUCT TAPE HAD ASBESTOS IN IT.  AT ANY RATE YOU CAN CALL OR CONTACT
OR MICHAEL J. MANDELBROT.  HE IS AT THE ASBESTOS  LEGAL CENTER.  THE
TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 415 399 1631. THERE'S SOME PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO ABOUT
THIS, AND THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS, COMPLICATIONS WITH A FAMILY MEMBER THAT
MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS THAT IS DREDGING UP ALL THESE MEMORIES.  I
JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE LAW FIRM MANDELBROT AND
ASSOCIATES HAS BEEN VERY, VERY EASY TO WORK WITH.  I DID THIS RIGHT AFTER MY
DAD DIED.  IT WAS KIND OF A TOUGH TIME FOR THEM.  DON'T LET THAT DISCOURAGE
YOU, AND I PARTICULARLY WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE THAT ARE VETERANS ESPECIALLY
IF YOU'VE BEEN OVERSEAS.  YOU WERE PROBABLY IN A SHIP THAT HAD ASBESTOS IN
IT.  THOSE THAT WORKED AROUND BOILERS OR MECHANICS OR I THINK    I THINK
THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING, CARPENTERS.  YOU NEED TO CONTACT THE MANDELBROT
LEGAL CENTER, ASBESTOS, LEGAL CENTER.  582 MARKET STREET, SUITE 608 SAN
FRANCISCO 94014.  TELEPHONE NUMBER, 415 399 1631.  AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
THE FAX NUMBER SO YOU CAN FAX THEM A QUESTION IF YOU HAVE IT. 
IT'S 415 727 4700. 
AND E MAIL, MANDELBROT@ASBESTOSLEGALCENTER.ORG.  AND THE PERSON THAT WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH IS RAY MUELLER.  REALLY A NICE GUY.  AND I ALSO WANTED TO
BECAUSE MR. MUELLER IS GOING TO BE ON THE NEXT SHOW WE DO, AND HE IS ASKING
FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT PRODUCT SAFETY.  THAT IS
SOMETHING ELSE HE MENTIONED TO ME.  I THINK IT WAS THE DENTURE CREAM THAT
LIKE    I DON'T WANT TO MENTION A BRAND NAME BUT YOU USE IT TO HOLD YOUR
DENTURES IN PLACE WHICH HAS ZINC IN IT WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING.  HOPEFULLY
THOSE THAT HAVE ASBESTOS EXPOSURE WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM, AND
WORK OUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS SO THAT YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU'RE ENTITLED TO
BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TRUST FUNDS SET UP.

     SO ANYWAY, LET'S GO BACK TO THE COMMISSION, THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON
DISABILITY WHICH IS GOING TO MEET NEXT MONTH.  JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE
WEBSITE BECAUSE I MENTIONED THE LUNCHEON, AND THE WEBSITE IS
WWW.LACCOD.BOS.LACOUNTY.GOV AND IT GIVES YOU ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE LUNCHEON.  HOW TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS, AND ALSO THE E MAIL IS
LACCOD@BOS.LACOUNTY.GOV.  
     NOW I'M GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, CHECK OUT
OUR E MAIL.  I DON'T HAVE E MAIL.  SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I KNOW WHETHER
IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO READ.  WHETHER THE INFORMATION IS COMPLETE, AND WHETHER
IT MAKES SENSE TO YOU OR NOT.  AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 213 974 1053.
AND YOU WANT TO ASK FOR RHONDA. 
RHONDA IS OUR HEAD STAFF PERSON THERE, AND IF SHE DOESN'T GET TO YOU RIGHT
AWAY PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE.  IF SHE DOESN'T CALL YOU BACK RIGHT AWAY PLEASE
CALL BACK.  WE ARE SHORT A COUPLE OF STAFF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, SO IT MAY TAKE
A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO DO THAT.  
     AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION ONE MORE THING WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE
LOT OF TIME LEFT.  ONE OF THE THINGS I'M TRYING TO DO IS TO DOCUMENT THE
HISTORY OF THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT HERE IN LOS ANGELES.  AND I REALLY FEEL
LIKE WE HERE STARTED THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT, AND I HAVE TO GIVE TOM BRADLEY
CREDIT FOR THAT.  WHICH I DO DURING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, AND HIS
ASSISTANT TOM ELKINS, WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE CITY'S COMMISSION ON
DISABILITY, AND ALSO THE EVENTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT ON
DISABILITY.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THIS POINT WITH THE DEPARTMENT
ON DISABILITY.  I'M HOPING THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL GIVE UP TRYING TO
GET RID OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND IT'S MY GRAPEVINE TELLS ME THAT IT IS A STAFF
PERSON IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT IS REALLY SPEARHEADING THIS GROUP THAT
WE'RE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL THAT SEEMED TO FEEL IN THE
BEGINNING THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR MIND.  
     THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  WE'RE OUT OF TIME.  SO I GUESS UNTIL THE THIRD
WEDNESDAY, ADIOS.  AND I'LL SEE YOU THEN WITH THE DISABILITY NETWORK.
PLEASE KEEP LISTENING.  THANK YOU. 
 [END]

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