Making a living off bad hygiene

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Kreimer, who is homeless, has made a name for himself over the years by suing NJ Transit, the Morristown Library, CVS pharmacy, a coffeehouse, a Chinese restaurant and various municipalities and mayors, all alleging First Amendment and civil rights violations. In most instances, he has been barred from or thrown out of a location.

Kreimer believes he is a target because he is homeless.

The suits — there have been close to 20 — have won the Morristown native equal parts scorn and support, a good bit of media coverage and hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlements.

"I’m probably the most famous person in New Jersey," he boasted in between forkfuls of rice and sips from a soda from the train station, where he spends much of his time. Kreimer has attracted attention since the Morristown Library case, when he won an $80,000 settlement in 1991 after contending the library unlawfully barred him from the premises because of his hygiene and odd behavior. He won a separate, $150,000 settlement against the town claiming police harassment.

Homeless N.J. man sues NJ Transit 4 times, most recently over loitering, search | NJ.com

He claims to be the most famous person in NJ. Snooki might disagree. :lol: I'm embarrassed to be from this state sometimes. :evil:

He's won $230,000 and he can't afford an apt? Bullshit.

Are loitering laws unconstitutional?
Should offensive people profit from making others vomit?
 
Granny always tellin' possum to take a bath so's he'll grow up to be a big possum...
:eusa_shifty:
Clean water and soap 'boost growth' in young children
31 July 2013 > Access to clean water and soap not only improves hygiene but may boost growth in young children, research suggests.
A review of global data found evidence of a small increase in height - about 0.5cm - in under-fives living in households with good sanitation. The studies took place in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Chile, Guatemala, Pakistan, Nepal, South Africa, Kenya and Cambodia. Poor growth affects 265m children globally with long-term health impacts. The evidence from 14 studies involving nearly 10,000 children comes from a review of evidence known as the Cochrane review, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the international charity WaterAid.

Repeated illnesses

Dr Alan Dangour, a public health nutritionist at the LSHTM who led the report, said providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene is an effective way to reduce deaths from symptoms such as diarrhoea. The analysis suggested, for the first time, that better access to these services may also have a small but important impact on the growth of young children, he said. "What we've found by bringing together all of the evidence for the first time is that there is a suggestion that these interventions improve the growth of children and that's very important," he told BBC News. "This is the first time really that evidence has been provided to support the provision of water sanitation and hygiene interventions to improve growth."

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Poor growth is linked to dirty water

He said there is a clear link between a child drinking dirty water, getting diarrhoea and having poor growth, because repeated illnesses in early childhood can impair growth.
'Scourge of malnutrition' "It makes absolute sense that there should be a link between dirty water, diarrhoea and growth outcomes but it's interesting that it's never been shown before," said Dr Dangour. "Half a centimetre doesn't sound a lot but in our estimates that increase in growth equates to a reduction in stunting of about 15%, which is quite important."

Commenting on the research, Dr Francesco Branca, director of nutrition for health and development at the World Health Organization (WHO), said: "This review shows that a multi-pronged approach is the way to go - bringing together actions to improve food quality and safety as well as feeding and care of children, with others to prevent and treat infections and improve the home environment - to address the scourge of chronic malnutrition." Poor height growth, or stunting, affects 165m children worldwide, increasing the risk of death and reducing productivity in adulthood, according to the WHO. Undernutrition is a cause of 3.1m deaths annually - nearly half of all deaths in children under five.

BBC News - Clean water and soap 'boost growth' in young children
 
Certainly this upstanding American knows all about such things;

snopes.com: Ted Nugent Dodged the Draft?

Interesting but not unlike what Arlo Guthrie talked about in Alice's Restaurant. For a really sleazy story, check out Ton DeLay's excuse.

He and Quayle, DeLay explained to the assembled media in New Orleans, were victims of an unusual phenomenon back in the days of the undeclared Southeast Asian war. So many minority youths had volunteered for the well-paying military positions to escape poverty and the ghetto that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself. Satisfied with the pronouncement, which dumbfounded more than a few of his listeners who had lived the sixties, DeLay marched off to the convention.

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