In California, for example, a minimum-wage employee must work 130 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom rental, according to the report. The coalition has released this report annually for the past 25 years.
Satin Doll  is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded countless times, by such artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, 101 Strings, Terry Callier, and Nancy Wilson. Its chord progression is well known for its unusual use of chords and opening with a ii-V-I turnaround.
Carol Ryrie Brink. Born December 28, 1895 in Moscow, Idaho. Died August 15, 1981 in La Jolla, California. Carol Ryrie Brink wrote nearly forty plays, children's books, books for adults and collections of poetry but is principally remembered for three tales, all for children. She was born in 1895 in the small town of Moscow in the remote and only recently admitted state of Idaho.