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12/18/2014 - Lessons Learned from Developing Coordinated EntrySystems: Richmond and Los Angeles
By Matthew Doherty, Kelly King Horne and Libby Boyce
All across the country, communities are developing coordinated entry systems to streamline and facilitate access to appropriate housing and services for families and individuals experiencing homelessness. In the Greater Richmond area of Virginia and in Los Angeles County, California—like in other places—efforts to bring these systems online are in full swing.
Let's hear from Richmond and Los Angeles County, who presented at the December 2014 full Council meeting regarding their local efforts to implement coordinated assessment, their successes, their lessons learned, and the challenges that they continue to tackle.
12/10/2014 - We STILL Believe in Human Rights
By Maria Foscarinis and Laura Green Zeilinger
Around the country, more communities are working in partnership with the Federal government to develop housing crisis response systems that effectively prevent and end homelessness. No longer can there be any question that ending homelessness is possible, if we dedicate resources and energy to this goal. This shift brings with it the opportunity for us to meet the basic human rights of everyone in our community—when we put people first and focus on the human need for housing and proven, cost-effective solutions, we can make a difference.
12/08/2014 - In Utah, a History of Progress Inspires Greater Action
By Matthew Doherty
Many readers have likely heard about the great progress being made toward ending homelessness in Salt Lake and Utah. Earlier this fall, I had the privilege of joining more than 475 people for the 11th Annual Utah Homeless Summit organized by Utah Department of Workforce Services' Housing and Community Development Division. The Summit also coincided with the release of Utah's 2014 Comprehensive Report on Homelessness prepared by the State Community Services Office. The report describes the remarkable progress Utah has made under its ten-year plan to end both chronic and Veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, documenting that "Chronic homelessness has declined 72 percent since 2005 and chronic homelessness among Veterans has reached an effective zero." Such progress should help convince skeptics that making progress on homelessness can be a reality in communities all across the country. Summit participants spent the day both celebrating Utah's progress and engaging in dialogue to ensure that progress is sustained.
11/20/2014 - National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Prompts Us to Look Ahead and Take Action
by Laura Green Zeilinger
This week is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, a time when many Americans are engaged to help our neighbors who live without food security and without a safe and stable place to call home. For those of us who work to end hunger and homelessness year-round, this week provides a fresh opportunity to gain new ground, to meet and recruit new partners, to share meals with neighbors, and to extend a helping hand. It's an opportunity to look forward and take action, a time to focus intently on the steps we need to take together to end hunger and homelessness once and for all.
11/10/2014 - As a Grateful Nation, We Must End Homelessness among Veterans
On a single in January 2014, 49,993 Veterans were experiencing homelessness. This Veterans Day, in particular, is a good time to take stock of how our nation cares for the people who served. Ours is a shared obligation, to serve those who served us. We will answer our call of duty, and we hope our record of service to Veterans, in some measure, conveys our deep gratitude for the service and sacrifice of every person who wore the uniform of our great nation.
10/31/2014 - Good News from New Orleans: Federal and Community Collaboration Helped Transform This Veteran's Life
By DaVaughn Phillips
Mr. H. seems like a completely different person from the man I met just a few months ago. He is thriving in his own home, with a stable income to maintain his living expenses and support his family. More importantly, he has regained the strength, motivation, and courage he needed to become self-sufficient and to serve as a positive role model for his children. After three years of working in New Orleans to help people achieve permanent housing, it never ceases to amaze me how rewarding it feels to play a role in such a transformation.
10/30/2014 - Partnerships for Opening Doors – Ending Homelessness through Meaningful and Sustainable Employment
"One of the best ways to eliminate homelessness is to get people jobs," said Labor Secretary and Chair of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Thomas Perez at the Partnerships for Opening Doors summit, which took place at the Labor Department's headquarters in Washington, DC, on October 16, 2014.
Co-hosted by the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD), USICH and the Butler Family Fund, the day-long national summit focused on integrating employment and housing strategies to prevent and end homelessness. Leaders from 11 communities representing Workforce Investment Boards, Continuums of Care, state Workforce Development Councils, advocacy and community-based and national nonprofit organizations engaged in intensive discussions to identify key actions for Federal partners to take to improve access to meaningful and sustainable employment, skills training, and supportive training for people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness.
10/21/2014 - Building Momentum to Abolish Criminalization of Homelessness
By Eric Tars
Earlier this year, Jerome Murdough, a homeless Veteran, died tragically of dehydration and heat exhaustion in an overheated prison cell after being arrested for "trespassing" because he sought warmth and shelter in an enclosed stairwell of a Harlem public housing building during a week of sub-freezing temperatures. Every day, people who experience homelessness are subjected to local laws and ordinances that challenge their human rights and create real and lasting barriers. Jerome Murdough should have never been in that jail cell in the first place. If Jerome Murdough was served by a system that approached housing as a human right—and homelessness as something to solve rather than something to criminalize—he might still be alive today.
10/03/2014 - Your Reallocation Questions Answered, USICH Releases Reallocation Tool
By Jay Melder
Reallocations will help communities make the system changes needed to end homelessness, and in this year's Continuum of Care NOFA, there is once again a strong emphasis on reallocations. As in FY 2013, HUD is allowing reallocations of funds to new permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness and rapid re-housing for families with children. HUD and USICH encourage CoCs to take full advantage of reallocations, shifting funds away from underperforming or less cost-effective programs and toward evidence-informed models.
09/24/2014 - Partnering with Landlords to End Homelessness
by Mark Putnam
People experiencing homelessness need homes. This is the simple solution to ending homelessness, right? The complexity comes in finding, and funding, the homes. Read on to find out how stakeholders in King County, Washington, are succeeding at both.
09/17/2014 - Building Systems to End to Homelessness: HUD's FY 2014 Continuum of Care Program Competition
The Notice of Funding Availability for the Fiscal Year 2014 Funds in the FY 2013 - FY 2014 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition asks CoCs to continue investing in what works and to target interventions appropriately to needs. It calls on CoCs to make the final push to reach our goal of ending chronic homelessness, make greater progress on family homelessness, and build the partnerships needed to reach and engage Veterans and youth experiencing homelessness in services. Although the policy priorities and many aspects of this NOFA remain the same as in FY 2013, there are also some changes and new elements.
On Friday, September 19, USICH is hosting a webinar to help CoCs understand the FY 2014 NOFA and suggestions on how to make it successful. Meanwhile, here are some key highlights that CoCs should know.
09/08/2014 - A Sea Change in Fresno's Homelessness Crisis Response
The 25 Cities Effort is designed to help communities intensify and integrate their local efforts to end Veteran and chronic homelessness. Fresno launched its local 25 Cities Effort in May 2014, setting a goal to house 60 high-priority individuals. Local stakeholders, however, were in for a surprise when one activity at an introductory meeting challenged everything they thought they knew about working together to connect individuals in need with housing. Here's what they learned.
08/21/2014 - Responding to the Crisis of Homelessness
At an individual level, the turmoil that comes from not having a safe place that is home is a crisis. It is a crisis that without adequate resolution gets worse. Although there are programs that provide housing and services for people, we will never have an adequate response that is at the pace and scale needed as long as it depends on people in crisis being required to navigate multiple programs in an attempt to get their needs met. Responding in a person-centered way to homelessness requires that programs are operating as a system. Making this shift is not simple, but it is being done in more and more communities throughout the country, and a systems approach is essential to achieving an end to homelessness.
08/11/2014 - Inspired by People: New Report Offers Alternatives to Criminalization
Without housing options, people often are forced to rely on culverts, public parks, streets, and abandoned buildings as places to sleep and carry out daily activities that most reserve for the privacy of their own home. As communities recognize and struggle with the fact that people without homes often live in public spaces, multiple strategies arise. Unfortunately, many of these strategies include policies that criminalize homelessness. In a new report, In the Public Eye, author Lucy Adams, of Australia's Justice Connect and guest blogger at USICH elevates the conversation.
07/25/2014 - Connect with USICH at the NAEH Conference
Next week, the National Alliance to End Homelessness will host its annual conference in Washington, DC, convening policymakers and practitioners who are working across the country to prevent and end homelessness. The three day event will offer more than 100 workshops and sessions and will feature plenary remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama, in-coming HUD Secretary Julián Castro, Senator Cory Booker, and USICH Executive Director Laura Zeilinger. USICH and federal partners are looking forward to participating in conversations with stakeholders in preconference and workshop sessions throughout the week. We hope that this guide to our participation will help our partners connect with the USICH team at the conference. We're looking forward to seeing you.
07/24/2014 - The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Is Law
by Eric Grumdahl, USICH Policy Director
For many people confronting homelessness, employment can mean the difference between housing and homelessness. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, fosters local innovation and focus on providing employment supports for people experiencing homelessness, by clarifying that the central purpose of the workforce system is to support people with significant barriers to employment. In doing so, WIOA and the President's job-skills agenda will accelerate progress on ending homelessness.
07/10/2014 - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu Announces Ambitious Plan to End Veteran Homelessness
by Jamie Keene, USICH Communications Intern
Once the city with the highest rate of homelessness in the country, today New Orleans has reduced homelessness to levels that are lower than before the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. By overcoming incredible challenges, New Orleans has shown that ending chronic and Veteran homelessness is possible in every American city.
07/09/2014 - Supportive Services for Veteran Families: A Powerful Tool to Keep Veterans and Their Families Home
by Peter Nicewicz, USICH Management and Policy Analyst
Based on previous analysis, we already knew that the VA's Supportive Services for Veteran Families program is not only effective, but it is cost-effective as well. It now costs only about $2,400 to serve each Veteran household through the program, a 12 percent decrease since its first year of operations.
So what makes SSVF such an effective program in ending and preventing homelessness for Veteran households? There are several key ingredients.
07/01/2014 - Successful Partnerships through Aligned Missions and Empathetic Relationships
Like most partnerships, one of the most critical ingredients is empathy. We have to be able to understand one another's incentives and find the common ground that aligns our work together. We shouldn't just invite our partners to our meetings. (Who has time to attend someone else's meetings?) We need to make "my" meetings "our" meetings. To do so, we have to work to understand what is important to our partners and create a space for honest dialogue and mutual understanding about where our efforts should support one another. We have to show that this is not only a good use of their time, but that we are focused on helping our partners succeed at their mission. And that, of course, is how together we succeed at our mission.
06/25/2014 - Communities Come Together to Discuss Coordinated Entry
By Amy Sawyer, USICH Regional Coordinator
Through the 25 Cities initiative spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, communities have been invited to convene local leaders eager to build on their successes, identify new strategies, act decisively to strengthen their coordinated response systems and, in the process, end Veteran homelessness. To get started, teams of dedicated individuals are meeting for two-day-long intensive work sessions that drive a sophisticated planning process, resulting in specific action steps that will be carried out in months – not years.
06/23/2014 - Your Input Is Essential to the Ongoing Success of Opening Doors
by Laura Green Zeilinger, USICH Executive Director
Yesterday marked the fourth Anniversary of the launch of Opening Doors, the first-ever Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. In four years, we have changed the trajectory of homelessness in America. In just the first three years of implementation, Opening Doors led to significant reductions in homelessness, including an eight percent reduction in homelessness among families, a 16 percent reduction in chronic homelessness, and a 24 percent reduction in homelessness among Veterans. And we are hopeful that we will be able announce even greater reductions when the 2014 Point-In-Time Count data are available later this year.
The progress we are making across the nation has proven that Opening Doors is the right plan with the right set of strategies. Opening Doors also provides a foundation and scaffolding upon which we can continue to innovate and refine the solutions that will end homelessness in this country.
This year, we're considering amending the plan again to include more of what we've learned from our progress.
06/18/2014 - Four Clarifications about Housing First
by Richard Cho, USICH Senior Policy Director
I must make a confession. When I first came to Washington to work for USICH, I was a bit skeptical about how sold the Federal government was on Housing First. I knew that Housing First was mentioned in Opening Doors, but did the Federal government truly embrace it? After all, it was not so long ago that terms like "harm reduction" were considered four-letter words by the Federal government.
So imagine my happy surprise when I discovered that I was flat-out wrong. In the first, of what I learned would be many, interagency meetings on chronic homelessness, Housing First adoption was discussed as a primary strategy for accelerating progress. And one of the very first tasks I was given was to help provide a clear, operational definition of Housing First. The result of that work is USICH's Housing First Checklist, a tool that communities can use to adopt Housing First across their programs and overall community response. Not only does this Administration fully believe in Housing First, but it is working to make Housing First the underlying approach behind every community's response to homelessness.
06/17/2014 - How to Talk About Housing First
By Matthew Doherty, USICH Director of National Initiatives
I recently partnered with the San Diego Regional Continuum of Care Council (RCCC) to host a first-of-its kind discussion locally, billed as Housing First: A Community Conversation for San Diego. I was joined by 25 RCCC members and other stakeholders ready to engage in the dialogue – especially meaningful to me given I live and work in San Diego.
Recognizing that not everyone had the same understanding or support for Housing First approaches, our discussion was structured as a dialogue in which people could express any concerns, questions or disagreements. We wanted to make sure that we could get issues out on the table in a safe environment so that future conversations and trainings could be structured to address the issues raised and help more people, programs, and agencies move toward Housing First approaches in practice. To achieve that purpose, we established rules for the conversation, asked ourselves a few key questions, and identified several topics to discuss when we met again.
06/11/2014 - 101,628 People Are Now in Safe and Stable Homes!
By Jay Melder, USICH Director of Communications and External Affairs
Today, Community Solutions's 100,000 Homes Campaign announced it has achieved its goal to connect 100,000 people experiencing chronic homelessness to safe, stable housing—101,628 people, to be exact.
At an event on Capitol Hill, former Army Private First Class Alvin Hill, a Veteran from Washington, DC, shared his story of returning home to civilian-life, losing his job and his apartment, and falling into years of homelessness. Mr. Hill remarked that it was "a tragedy that anyone who would put his life on the line for America could return home to sleep on the streets." In April, Alvin Hill became the 100,000th person to achieve permanent housing through the 100,000 Homes Campaign.
We congratulate Mr. Hill and we congratulate Community Solutions and all of the local and federal partners who have teamed-up to get the job done. This is an incredible milestone.
Here are three things everyone should know about what reaching milestones like this one really means:
05/07/2014 - In One Year, New Orleans Reduced Veteran Homelessness by 43%, Chronic Homelessness by 30%
By Robert Pulster, USICH Regional Coordinator
Over the course of just one year, New Orleans has reduced homelessness among Veterans by 43 percent and chronic homelessness by 30 percent. In one year, New Orleans reduced unsheltered homelessness by 21 percent, 85 percent since 2011.
Since 2007, New Orleans has reduced overall homelessness by 83 percent, showing steady annual decreases since 2009. The number or people experiencing homelessness in New Orleans is now three percent below the number of people counted before Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This is a stunning achievement.
05/02/2014 - Houston and Phoenix are Proving that Ending Homelessness is Possible and Within Reach
By Jay Melder, USICH Director of Communications and External Affairs
USICH invited two community leaders to come to DC and discuss the impacts that Federal partnerships have had on local efforts to end homelessness. Mandy Chapman Semple from the City of Houston and Amy Schwabenlender from the Valley of the Sun United Way in Phoenix are working to end homelessness in their communities by taking strategic actions to maximize Federal, State, and local resources, increase evidence-based housing and services models like permanent supportive housing, and focus on outcomes. The results are clear: ending homelessness is possible and within our reach.
05/01/2014 - Federal Partners Release Final 2014 HMIS Data Standards
By Eric Grumdahl, USICH Policy Director
Today, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released the 2014 HMIS Data Dictionary and HMIS Data Manual, with an effective date of October 1, 2014. This joint release demonstrates the significant collaboration between the three agencies to support data collection on homelessness across their programs and systems.
04/21/2014 - Opening Doors Works: USICH Releases Annual Update to Congress
By Laura Green Zeilinger, USICH Executive Director
The Obama Administration, in partnership with communities across the country, is changing the trajectory of homelessness through the implementation of Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. USICH is proud to release our Annual Update to Congress on the progress of Opening Doors.
04/15/2014 - Creating Meaningful Alternatives to Criminalization in Our Communities
In March, I had the privilege of going on a ride-along in the HOT van with Sergeant Schnell and his partner, Officer John Liening. I've known Sergeant Schnell and Officer Liening for about 10 years or more. The HOT and SIP teams are profiled in USICH's publication Searching Out Solutions, and they have provided training to police departments in many other parts of the country. But this was my first chance to witness, in person, their daily efforts to create meaningful alternatives to criminalization for the vulnerable men and women who are living unsheltered on the streets of my hometown, San Diego.
04/15/2014 - Criminalizing Homelessness is Costly, Ineffective, and Infringes on Human Rights
USICH Regional Coordinator Amy Sawyer explains why policies that criminalize homelessness are not only morally wrong but also ineffective solutions to ending homelessness in communities.
04/14/2014 - 3 Reasons to Address Homelessness as a Human Rights Issue
By Liz Osborn, USICH Management and Program Analyst
In this blog, Liz Osborn answers the question: What benefits and challenges do organizations face when addressing the issue of homelessness from a human rights perspective?
04/08/2014 - Starting Is the Starting Point for Coordinated Assessment
Setting up a coordinated assessment system is complex and doesn't happen magically. But don't let that stop you. Putting coordinated assessment in place doesn't start with the challenges. It starts when communities decide that the challenges are worth facing.
01/29/2014 - At Mayors' Conference, Leaders Focus on Ending Homelessness
Deputy Director Laura Zeilinger discusses the vital role mayors across the country play in ending homelessness, reminding us that to reach our national goals we must first act locally.
01/27/2014 - Finding Hope, a Home, and a Future
Beginning from Secretary Shinseki's promise to give all Veterans "a hope, a home, and a future, Mayor of Salt Lake City, Ralph Becker, chronicles the amazing journey of committing and then successfully ending chronic Veteran Homelessness in his city.
01/27/2014 - Proving It's Possible: How Phoenix Ended Chronic Veteran Homelessness
Mayor Greg Stanton of Phoenix shares that through implementing coordinated partnerships and a "housing first" strategy, his city was able to successfully end chronic Veteran homelessness.
10/21/2013 - Leveraging the Affordable Care Act to Solve Homelessness: A Message to CoCs and Ten-Year Plan Leaders
How can we make the best use of the Affordable Care Act to solve homelessness? USICH Executive Director Barbara Poppe poses five questions for communities to consider.
09/26/2013 - Why Permanent Supportive Housing and Managed Care Need Each Other
The expansion of Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will mean that millions of currently uninsured adults will be eligible for coverage, including many formerly homeless individuals residing in supportive housing.
08/19/2013 - In Indian Country, Serving Those Who Have Served
The first Veteran's Supportive Housing project to be located on Native American tribal homelands had its grand opening last month on the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation.
08/14/2013 - Peer Mentors and Navigators are What We Need
Randle Loeb, a Denver-based advocate for people experiencing homelessness writes about the importance of navigators and peer mentors.
08/08/2013 - Atlanta Hosts Mobile Fair to Help Veterans Find Housing
Atlanta's work shows how an engaged team can leverage the 100-day challenge from a Rapid Results Boot Camp to bring in meaningful partners. It can energize an entire community while building momentum so the work goes past the 100-days and becomes a cultural shift for everyone working in the system.
08/07/2013 - The Power of Collaboration
Two years ago, the United Way of Greater Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce joined forces to create the Home for Good campaign to end chronic and Veteran homelessness in Los Angeles County. Earlier this month, Home For Good held a stakeholder Convening in recognition of the mid-point of its 5-year action plan, with many federal partners participating, including VA Assistant Secretary Dr. Tommy Sowers, HUD Acting Assistant Secretary Mark Johnston, and USICH Executive Director Barbara Poppe.
07/01/2013 - Mayor Nutter Addresses Homelessness in Speech to the US Conference of Mayors
We applaud Mayor Michael A. Nutter for delivering a powerful message about ending homelessness in his final speech as President of the United States Council of Mayors.
01/23/2013 - Aligning Assets Towards the Goal: A Blog from VA's Tom O'Toole on the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Teams (HPACT)
The adage, "It takes a village" has been applied to lot of different efforts over the years to the point of over-use. However, when it comes to ending homelessness among Veterans by 2015, there is probably no better descriptor for what is needed and what is being done. Last year, as part of this effort, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched an ambitious pilot project to develop Homeless Patient Aligned Care Teams (H-PACT) to provide comprehensive, wrap-around primary care coupled with homeless programming to help Veterans make the transition out of homelessness and to help keep them housed. This joint effort between the Office of Homeless Programs and Office of Primary Care Services funded 32 sites around the country located in a variety of settings, including Community Resource and Referral Centers (easy access community- based centers), VA outpatient clinics (community-based outpatient clinics) and within VA Medical Centers. These are sites where we see homeless Veterans struggling to subsist, where they often find themselves cycling through the system dealing with the consequences of their homelessness in emergency departments and hospital wards, and where we have the resources in place to make a difference.
01/09/2013 - Reflections from the Streets of Hollywood
Recently, I accompanied the VA Greater Los Angeles' (VA GLA) new Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team, to observe their work in Hollywood, California. I wanted to see the team in action, tackling issues on the ground level. Ending Veteran homelessness in Los Angeles cuts across three of my top priorities as Executive Director of USICH: ending Veteran homelessness, ending chronic homelessness, and reducing all homelessness in Los Angeles.
Pictured L-R: Veteran client, Janell Perez, Barbara Poppe
The ACT team is part of the VA's Housing First demonstration project. The team provides case management support to Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslovsky's Project 60. Project 60 (a replication of Project 50) is an innovative partnership between VA GLA, community based non-profit organizations, and the Supervisor's deputy, Flora Gil-Krisiloff. Project 60 uses HUD-VASH vouchers from the Housing Authority of the City Los Angeles (HACLA) in order to get chronically homeless and vulnerable Veterans into permanent supportive housing with access to comprehensive, wrap-around services. Supervisor Yaroslovsky provided county funding to support the efforts of the non-profit partners, including Ocean Park Community Center (Santa Monica), Step Up on Second (Hollywood), St. Joseph Center (Venice), and San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center (Van Nuys).The Hilton Foundation, working through the Corporation for Supportive Housing brought together financial assistance to help with move-in costs. Project 60 also collaborates with Hollywood's Vulnerability Registry as part of the 100,000 Homes Campaign (an initiative of Community Solutions). HACLA has been a strong partner in this effort as well working to streamline the application and inspection processes and working closely with VA GLA to prioritize Veterans who are chronically homeless.
11/02/2012 - What We're Talking About: The Week at USICH - October 29-November 2
The first two days of this week federal offices in Washington, DC were closed due to Hurricane Sandy. USICH sends our condolences to those who lost loved ones. Our thoughts are with those who are struggling to recover from this disaster and for those working tirelessly in recovery efforts. To donate for the recovery effort via The American Red Cross, you can do so directly from their homepage: http://www.redcross.org/
Mark Horvath of InvisiblePeople.tv wrote this piece in the Huffington Post today about the power of social media that was used to help homeless services as they struggled to keep individuals safe in shelters during Hurricane Sandy - a powerful timeline of how people from across the country assisted in those in shelter or supportive housing during this disaster.
New Study about students experiencing homelessness
The University of Minnesota released a new study about the challenges and resiliency of students experiencing homelessness in the journal Child Development. This study examined academic achievement data for over 26,000 students in the Minneapolis Public Schools from third through eighth grades, comparing students identified as homeless or highly mobile with other students in the federal free meal program, reduced price meals, or neither. Achievement gaps appeared stable or widened between homeless or highly mobile students and lower risk groups. Math and reading achievement were lower, and growth in math was slower in years of homeless or highly mobile identification, suggesting acute consequences of housing instability. However, there is surprising resiliency: around 45% of homeless or highly mobile students scored within or above the average range in both math and reading despite their living situation. Results underscore the need for research on risk and resilience processes among homeless or highly mobile students to address achievement disparities.
10/31/2012 - Integrating StandDown into efforts to End Chronic Veteran Homelessness
A StandDown is a one to three day outreach event targeting homeless and at-risk veterans in a particular community, bringing together a plethora of services designed to meet their needs. Such needs include respite, legal services, meals, clothing, hygiene, medical, dental and mental health services, benefits and employment assistance. This year alone, over 90 individual StandDown events have taken place across the country with communities reaching out to thousands of homeless Veterans. In fact, these events have been going on since 1988, when the Vietnam Veterans of San Diego (now called Veterans Village of San Diego) held the first one of its kind. In 2002, the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) was asked to take on a nationwide leadership role toward expanding the model by providing guidance and technical assistance, which helped to build momentum for these events even further. The NCHV StandDown Page is updated regularly with all the StandDowns occurring across the country.
10/17/2012 - A Safe Place: Established Safe Haven provider begins collaboration with Tampa VAMC
Safe Havens have long been a refuge for people with severe and persistent mental illness and other disabilities who also experience episodes homelessness, often for long periods of time. Since 1992, Safe Havens have been part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Supportive Housing Program and will continue to be funded through the new Emergency Solutions Grant program. Designed to offer low-barrier services and supports to the most hard-to-reach people, Safe Havens can provide a sense of stability and security for people who would otherwise be exposed to the life-threatening environment on the streets. Here, people who were formerly disconnected from the community and supports are able to move inside and begin to focus on how they can transition from the streets to permanent, supportive housing. For fifteen years, Safe Place in Tampa, Florida has been offering safe haven to some of that community's most vulnerable residents. The program is operated by Mental Health, Inc., an agency that works to advocate for and give hope to all people touched by behavioral health and developmental challenges. Recently they've begun a new phase in their work as a Safe Haven that partners with the local Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) to help connect Veterans to this valuable resource.
08/31/2012 - What We're Talking About: The Week at USICH - August 27-31
What We're Talking About is a weekly column from USICH Communications on the topics and issues in the news and on our minds. Topics range from international and national conferences, news from around the country, innovative work to highlight, and more. We look forward to catching you up news you may have missed and connect you to articles and resources.
USICH released a general newsletter this week which compiled news from federal agencies, national partners, and cities revamping their approach to homelessness. If you missed it, you can check it out here.
A Reminder of the Needs of Veterans Two Years After End of Combat Operations in Iraq
Today marks the two year anniversary of combat missions in Iraq, a milestone to be sure, but one that must remind the country of the needs of Veterans of that conflict as well as Veterans of previous wars. In Yuma, Arizona, the allocation of the city's first HUD-VASH vouchers will enable Veterans in that community to have stable housing and access to coordinated supportive services for their recovery. The HUD-VASH program continues to expand to both more communities and to more Veterans because of its ability to stabilize vulnerable Veterans in the long-term.
08/08/2012 - This Week's Update on Taking Veteran Homelessness to Zero
Earlier this week President Obama signed the comprehensive bipartisan bill entitled "Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012." This legislation addresses issues for Veterans in areas of health (including extending rural health access), loan guarantees and benefits, protects the memorial services for Veterans, and compensates Marine families who were affected by contaminated well water at Camp LeJuene. Notably, this legislation fully renews existing funding for pivotal programs for Veterans experiencing homelessness, such as HUD-VASH, more.
06/06/2012 - Rapid Results Boot Camp: The 100 Day Challenge
Working collaboratively to remove barriers and find workable solutions to Veterans homelessness with real results was the theme of the May 14-15 Boot Camp in Orlando, hosted by the 100,000 Homes Campaign and Rapid Results Team. I was able to take part in this Boot Camp in Orlando with my fellow Regional Coordinators, who also took part in Boot Camps in Houston and San Diego. The 100,000 Homes Campaign works with communities throughout the country in order to rapidly accelerate the rate of housing placement for the most long-term and vulnerable individuals experiencing homelessness in our nation—a complex and challenging mission. The Boot Camp gathered teams of community experts together to take a hard look at how to apply strategies that will make a direct impact on the speed and efficiency at which Veterans experiencing homelessness can access housing.
Through Opening Doors, federal agencies are establishing interagency partnerships, paving the way for communities to make a dramatic impact on homelessness. One example of the federal partnerships making a difference is the HUD-VASH program. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) work together to offer a program that pairs HUD Housing Choice vouchers and VA supportive services to bring affordable, supportive housing to Veterans experiencing chronic homelessness. As local communities respond to this opportunity, they have been able to aid Veterans in need of housing, but have been challenged by issues such as housing availability, outreach and awareness, collaboration with other homeless programs, and how to best leverage resources and ensure sustainability.
05/21/2012 - Veterans in Focus: Beyond VASH
It has been nearly two years since Opening Doors was launched with the goal to prevent and end Veteran homelessness by 2015. Together, we have made great strides. From 2010 to 2011, there was a 12 percent decrease in homelessness nationally among Veterans, and in some places, that reduction was as high as 20 percent. Now more than ever, we need a stronger sense of urgency with over 67,000 of the nation's men and women who served in our armed forces experiencing homelessness in addition to our Veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan. We need to continue to break down silos not just in the federal government but in state and local governments as well. The most recent USICH newsletter is focused on providing communities the knowledge of how to unlock available resources in their communities beyond the HUD-VASH program. For this issue, we spoke with the Department of Veterans Affairs about their portfolio of programs to serve Veterans at-risk of or experiencing homelessness, we profiled three Veterans explaining how resources can be coordinated to meet needs in a Veteran-centric way, and we interviewed two leaders in Massachusetts about successful local programs.
05/18/2012 - Hollywood Joins the Fight against Veteran Homelessness
As coordinator of the 100,000 Homes Campaign, Community Solutions is proud to be partnering with USICH, VA and HUD to lead the national housing pillar of the ambitious new Got Your 6 Campaign. Last week, in a show of support for veterans and military families, representatives from nearly every major Hollywood production studio, broadcast and cable network, talent agency, and guild in the entertainment industry announced the launch of the Got Your 6™, a new effort to support veterans and foster opportunities for them to contribute their unique skills and abilities in communities across the country. Got Your Six aims to support and empower veterans around six pillars of reintegration, each led by a different group of top-tier non-profits and government agencies.
05/17/2012 - New Veterans Resource and Referral Center in DC: Greater than the Sum of its Parts
On May 9th, I had the pleasure of attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Washington, DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center's new Community Resource and Referral Center (CRRC) in Northeast DC. The CRRC offers a wide range of health care and social services to Veterans experiencing homelessness and those at-risk of homelessness. Services include a Primary Care Clinic, a complete kitchen, laundry and shower facilities, food pantry, a play room for children, and education and employment resources. The CRRC will be open 24/7 providing resources to Veterans from the District of Columbia, Southern Maryland, and Northern Virginia, though not all services will be available 24/7.
Dr. Clarence Cross, a chaplain at DC's VAMC, captured the hope and intent for the CRRC best in the invocation when he said that it "will be greater than the sum of all its' parts:" it is a place where Veterans and their families can access services whether they are in need of one service or many, and help them find or maintain safe and stable housing.
05/10/2012 - Transitioning to stability: VA provides incentive for Transition in Place model
Transitional housing for people who are experiencing a housing crisis has taken many shapes in communities over the last 20+ years. In its traditional form, transitional housing is time limited housing (from
two weeks to two years) that includes various levels of assistance to help the individual or family transition into permanent housing. It is often delivered in single household units or in smaller congregate settings with intensive services that are generally mandatory for the tenant/client to stay in the housing. It is an expensive intervention but can represent a significant part of the crisis response portfolio, including those units targeted at Veterans, victims of domestic violence, and youth.
However, as communities look to resolve rather than manage homelessness, they are retooling their resources to include models that have housing stability as its focus. A model the VA and USICH are encouraging is a Transition in Place Model.
05/08/2012 - Ending Veteran Homelessness in Ohio: VISN 10 Summit on Homelessness and Employment Opportunities for Veterans
We've made notable progress towards the goal of ending Veteran homelessness by 2015. Last year, we saw a 12 percent decrease nationally in homelessness among Veterans. This progress has helped put us on the path toward ending homelessness among Veterans by 2015. Despite this progress, over 67,000 Veterans experienced homelessness on a single night in January 2011.
Now more than ever, we need a greater sense of urgency. However, communities are increasingly being asked to do more with less. To meet this challenge we must coordinate our efforts and act strategically in order to accelerate our progress and make our limited resources go farther.
Reviewing progress and maximizing efforts to end Veteran homelessness was the purpose of VA's VISN 10 Veterans Homeless Summit that I participated in on May 1 in Columbus, Ohio. The Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 serves veterans in Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeastern Indiana. I presented at the Summit on Opening Doors and specific strategies for increasing economic security for Veterans.


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Salt Lake City got a perfect blend of Americana and nostalgia this weekend. As part of the 20th anniversary of THE SANDLOT, fans attending the Salt Lake Bees game Friday and Saturday night got a chance to meet the part of the cast of the movie and get a special screening afterwards.
The Arthritis Foundation's annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk is embarking on a fun social media campaign. It's called "Jingle in July".
My blog posts generally revolve around something I know a little about, stories I've covered, or more typically, long distance running. This is an attempt to write about something I admittedly know nothing about: soccer.
The tapering has begun! I'm so excited to run this year's Salt Lake City Marathon on Saturday April 20th.
Are you still deciding whether you are going to run the Salt Lake City Marathon in a week and a half? There is still time to decide… but you'll pay for it the longer you wait.
I can't believe the American Cancer Society's Dancing with the Salt Lake Stars event is less than a week away!
Dancing with the Salt Lake Stars will take place March 1st at the Downtown Salt Lake Sheraton.
I recently received one heck of a boost of inspiration. It came from 19 women in Utah who are struggling to put themselves through college.
Millie Flamm couldn't make it to the concert because she is undergoing her second bone marrow transplant. The little girl has been battling Leukemia for nearly half her life. She finds joy in Justin Bieber's music.
I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas filled with family, friends, and lots of yummy food! I certainly did.

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Myuran Sukumaran
Early life
Myuran is an Australian citizen who was born in London in 1981 and whose family is of Sri Lankan heritage.
In 1985 the family migrated to Australia, living in Sydney's western suburbs. Myuran attended Homebush Boys High School in Sydney, where he met and became friends with Andrew Chan.
Myuran worked in a mailroom and had clerical jobs, and later worked in the passport office in Sydney.
Criminal case
In April 2005, Myuran, then aged 24, and several others were arrested for their attempts to smuggle heroin into Australia. He and the eight other Australians arrested came to be known collectively as the Bali Nine.
Myuran was tried and convicted in the Denpasar District Court and on 14 February 2006 was sentenced to death by firing squad. He lost two more appeals in 2006, and by September 2006 had been sentenced to death three times. From that time he changed lawyers, and slowly turned his life around, facing up to his wrongdoing and reforming himself.
Myuran and Andrew had only one appeal option left, but in June and July 2011 Myuran and Andrew lost that final legal appeal. Their only hope now to avoid the firing squad is an appeal for clemency to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Life in prison
Myuran teaches computer and graphic design courses, giving fellow inmates much needed job skills. His aim is to provide rehabilitation and to give something back to the Indonesian community.
Myuran is also attempting to establish a drug-counselling program in the prison.
Myuran describes his arrest as 'a blessing', saying:
You know, when I think back at my life, I never really contributed to anything. Now I'm doing all sorts of stuff around here. It feels good, really good.
A keen artist, Myuran mentors a number of fellow artists, organising materials and selling their work. His work was recently exhibited at Bali's G Gallery & Living. Proceeds are returned to the jail and then allocated to pay for more art materials, the twice-weekly classes and to a local drug rehabilitation centre.
Prison authorities have appointed Myuran a 'kelian banjar' under a program of prison leadership set up by prison governor Siswanto, modelled on the Balinese system of village government. Myuran supervises a group of around 20 prisoners, assigning them tasks, liaising with guards, resolving disputes, overseeing penalties, and making small repairs in the prison.
In extraordinary evidence, Governor Siswanto, at the final appeal, said he believes Myuran is a well-behaved prisoner who has turned over a new leaf and was unlikely to commit similar crimes in the future. He asked that Myuran be spared execution.
To my mother and to my family, to people who use drugs and to their families, to the community in Indonesia and Australia - I do apologise.


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As the Crusaders attempted to get to grips with their round-robin defeat to a 14-man Sharks in Christchurch in May, the most concerning aspect would have been their…
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Corey Flynn's journey to tonight's semifinal, his 150th match for the Crusaders and a clash against Bismarck du Plessis…
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Emocore is a type of rock music, originating from punk. It often describes feelings of love, and sometimes sadness, which is why people always stereotype 'emo kids' as constantly being depressed.
Emo does not mean emotional. It's true that this was the word used for the genre, but music besides emo can be emotional. An 'emo kid' is not an emotional person. Everybody has emotions, and people of any music taste and fashion style can be sensitive to emotions.
Emo is not a person, or a type of person.
At the very best, an 'emo kid' is someone who is a dedicated fan of emo bands.
It has nothing to do with wearing skinny jeans, bands shirts, tight sweaters, or thick-rimmed glasses. That's just a modern style that tons of kids (whether they like emocore or not) wear.
If you cut yourself, you have problems, no doubt. Self-mutilation is a symptom of bipolar disorder, chronic depression, and schizophrenia, along with many other mental conditions. Cutting yourself solves nothing. Some might think it helps, but it's just a useless coping mechanism that will only cause more problems in the long run.
If you cut yourself for attention, you are pathetic. There are other, healthier, less painful, less idiotic ways to get attention than drawing your own blood.
And as for all the people who think they know everything about emo kids, and that they're so very superior for making fun of them, you're full of bullshit.
If you can't find anything better to do with your time, or at least anyone more guilty to make fun of, you are about as pathetic as those attention seekers who cut themselves to get bitched at by you.
Smiling to my friend, I walked over and handed him an earbud so we could listen to our favourite band, Brand New. After we'd picked our song, I put my mp3 player back into the pocket of my baggy jeans and walked into school, talking to my friend.
Worst case scenario poser 'emo kid':
I shifted uncomfortably in my skinny jeans. They were way too tight, but I was pretty sure I saw some girls looking at me and giggling out of the corner of my eye. Maybe. I took out my iPod and turned up Dashboard Confessional as loud as it would go. As I saw what looked to me like fellow emos, I rolled up my sleeves inconspicuously to reveal a few cuts. They walked past quickly, not sparing me a second glance. Dejected, I turned my music back down in time to hear kids chanting none too quietly behind me"
E is for emotional, ruins everybody's day.
M is for miserable people.
O is for on the dark side, 'cause we have some fresh cookies! COOKIES! "
If eating toast is emo, then eating French Toast is tres emo
It's so emo to eat toast.
Emo Nemo
My friends made this on Valentines day.
a bunch of emos. jk, cool kids
version 2, new and improved
haha I just made this yesterday
Emo Brownies
Emo Poser
that's my "emo" brother...he thinks he's "kool" now because he's "emo"..riight
yup_yup! EMO :(
Vampire Inc
Don't try and run away from your life, coz then its not worth living
Jayne the Stomo
Me.. DO NOT make fun of me because I look...really bleh here. It's not my fault. I wasn't ready!
you're not emo if you call yourself emo
Emo chick
emo moment in pizza hut
Chris's Emo Picture
me :P
emo ye....
If only that ahir was a liiil longer, over one eye perhaps
THE emo! Such a loser! No geeky glasses though...
emo emo
2 emoz
-tear- You just don't understand me...
emo, punk
this is me!
emo footsoldier
Do i appear to be Emo?
I look really emo
Jay Perrin
here the pretty boy is again<33333
I am not emo. Nor do I really like emo kids much, they complain all of the time that no one understands them... Well, every other damn emo kid in this world does... so go complain to each other. oh yeah, about the picture, i just thought it looked kind of emo... ---TWEAK ^_^
me and melissa
So emo he makes his mother cry...
state of this emo
emooooo fag
yup emo...eh?
Oops!! </3 , emoo?
Emo Sadness : (
Cheer up Emo Kid
err okay.
hows this
Poor guy;; /so/ f-kin' emo!
usually has emo hair, short in the back and bangs over the eye
You cute when you scream <3
Some times its easier to be sad than trying not to be
um...emo? maybe.
You can't be emo without a tear-streaked journal...
The horror boo hoo
im me on aim and i send normal pic. whiskeygurl5253
fall in love with me_im emo
I cant find my glasses
Hawt Emo.
Pretty emo.
its just me
Little Emo Kid (15 years old, lets cry about it)
emo lol
Emo? No thank you
Ive got nothing to say x.x
The emoish "Mirror" photo.
soooo emo....
emo is for hardcore lovers
heh my eyes .xo
smokers unan-a-musster-scrap!
Logan is so emoXcore.
don't make me cry ......
Im not emo! just misunderstood *sob*
It's Emo Cow
Wahoo.. another sad little emo girl. Xanga s/n: Vintage_xx_Queen
this is more of the happy emo.
"Four letter word"
Just Bored.....hhmm
EMO is your daddy, and nobody else!!
Emo Eye ~ See those tears welling baby?
me being eeeemoooo.
A lot of Emo kids
Boo hoo...
emo chick
emo chick
SO0 H0tt ♥
kill yourself and make the world a better place emo bitch. go cry.
Being emo AND walking into a door in one day, some people just have no luck.
Emo is
I Love Thursday
xxSittinghalfwayawayfromnowhere xx
bus stop
hott emo guys are rad.
emo jon
black hair..green eyes
So sad, too bad
Emo sidepart
The Used is her life
Emo With another flower
Dont overdose on emo...
*sniff* no body understands my pain *sniff*
emo sandra
in my emo phase....not looking at the cam..trying to be artsy
artwork by an emo
emo kid lolll
emo heh.
*sniffle* =( im so lame lol
awe i didbnt do thisss
xXx XCOREX XEMOX XGRINDX XCOREX xXx
awsome emo Tifeni
Poor lil' Emo dog )=
so emo
a very hungry mad depressed emo that was going to a concert to play in and it got canceled
who knows...
emo jesse
I'm no Emo I'm Rocker
This cow is so emo. He's a total attention whore too.
Hot Emo Girl
stupid emo whore
Help me, I can't seem to find my glasses.
Emo Baby!!!!
Having bangs doesn't make u "emo" u Posers.
This is an emo kid. A hot one too. Notice the black and white with coloured hair.
*insert "emo" lyrics* sad again
so emo right now...
i had to stop crying to take this picture
i'm going to go cry now... xx
This is me. I like to slit my wrist and spell badly. Im cool. I [heart] the thrift store
Pandas! on a side note emo is more than just not smiling it's all emotions, rites of spring just tried to emphasize emotions in music rather than political agendas in the punk and hardcore scene where if you weren't on the same page you didn't belong emo brings different people together just writing sincere more poetic music with diversity in among the music and how it's played. emo is often very misunderstood where it's one of the best things that's happened for music.
my emo looking friend thats not acturly emo CRAZY
Bury me!!!
emo brother
Cry me a fucking river...
don't hate me... i'm indie i swear... *me when I was 13... gaah*
This is me thinking -- I think.
Vi from *the Incredibles*....e.m.o
just me..a sad day..rainbow of love*
hardore kid biotch
best interest..my gift of b-day
this image is sooo freaking EMO
too emoish--
I drew this in french
pretty Kim
heck yes
oh yes
oh, so sad.
emo kid
you have no idea
a hawaiian emo girl
the band just broke up
a hot emo guy
made especially for the everyday emo
tee hee
because it does
REAL emo pictures have eyeliner and a high angle shot. most of these here are posers.
couldn't get any more emo than this..
Don't hate me cuz I'm emo... but even if you did hate me, I wouldn't care. I'd just write an accoustic song about it.
A new movie from Pixar And Disney.
My paper heart will bleed
purple as well as emo.
im not emo really.
just one of those days.
note: thick rimmed black square glasses, hoodie, peace and love poster, sad expression on face. perfect description of an emo kid.
I still taste you, thus, reserve my right to hate you
i say its not a word, but it should be
THAT iS EMO
emo squared
Emo Band
no beauty in bleedin mascara
Lil Ol' Emo
id rather die than see your smile
And I can't make it on my own. Because my heart is in Ohio.
me with my emo glasses. me in happier times. *sniffles*
my hot emo girlfriend
because you kill me. you know you do. you kill me well. you like it too. and i can tell.
Psh..I'm so emo that I don't even have to look at the camera...
sad emo kids
Emo Ben!
as much of a smile as you'll ever see
oh it hurts so much to cryyyyyy
Emo Pose!
cheer up emo girl
Look what emo's did to poor pikachu!
every day i die a little more
I need a tissue
Don't hate me because I'm emo.
Im so emo wiht my pink eyemakeup...
Yeah, emo kids basically whine just for the sake of whining.
Generic emo photoshopped tear fest.
hot emo guy
Emo kid doesn't want to talk about it.
emo kids (by Rob Dobi)
1. Girls say they like "sensitive guys" (lie)
2. Guy finds out, so he listens to faggy emo music and dresses like a dork so chicks will see that he is sensitive and not afraid to express himself (lie). He dyes his hair black, wraps himself in a stupid looking scarf, develops an eating disorder, and rants about how "nobody understands".
3. Now an emo guy, he meets Emo chick and they start dating, talking about how their well-off suburban lifestyles are terrible and depressing (lie)
4. Emo guy is just too much of a pussy. His penis is too small, he's too depressed to bathe, and has more mood swings than emo chick, and he doesn't even have a menstrual cycle. Emo chick dumps him, saying "It's not you, it's me." (lie) as she drives off with Wayne, the school jock and captain of the football team.
5. Emo guy goes home and cries, proceeds to write a weak song and strum a single string on his acoustic guitar. Another emo chick sees how he is so in touch with his feelings, and the cycle continues.
This is the sad truth of the emo lifestyle/music, and now that I look at how pathetic it really is, maybe the emos DO have something to cry about!
Goths hate Everyone
Emos Want to Kill themselves
Goths Want to kill Everyone
boyfriend: I'm too sad to have sex.
girlfriend: I'm sad too; lets have sex and cry.
boyfriend: I'm already crying.
I just thought I'd clear that up after all of these "definitions" in which I have encountered an unbelievable amount of people who try to pass off their blatantly false pretenses as fact, and are slowly infecting others with their high-horse, holier-than-thou bullshit. Because honestly, with your ridiculous definitions, Beethoven, George Gershwin, and Britney Spears are/was "emo bands."
Now, onto the real definition.
In the early 90s there was a movement in the hardcore genre that came to be known as "Emotive Hardcore," spearheaded by Rites Of Spring. Harder-core-than-thou kids, who swore by Dischord Records a la Minor Threat, actually coined the term "Emo" as something of a put-down for the kids who really liked Rites Of Spring, Indian Summer and this new wave of "Emotive" Hardcore bands. That's right, "Emo" was once not something kids called themselves. The field exploded outwards from there - Level-Plane Records has always been the most famous Emo label. Acts like Yaphet Kotto, I Hate Myself, Saetia, Hot Cross, A Day In Black And White, Funeral Diner, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You, You And I, and hosts of others came in the next decade. Most emo bands have since broken up, but there's still the occasional hold-out (again, the majority of Level-Plane Records' roster has been a procession of emo acts). Like most DIY hardcore/punk of the time, a majority found its way onto vinyl and not much else. Some people consider bands like Fugazi, and later Sunny Day Real Estate, a progression of emo, but personally, I don't quite follow that philosophy.
Often, more recently, this gets intertwined with post-hardcore, and understandably so - that's nothing to make an issue of, since well shit, at least it's close.
Since the late 90s, though, bands have been emerging in the vein of Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, and the thousands of their clones. As far as I can tell, some lazy journalist somewhere, writing an article about them, decided "Well, fuck, no one knows what emo is anyways, so I'll call these bands "emo" - sounds more appealing than bubblegum pop rock..." and the spiral continued downwards into the current amalgomation of bands MTV has told everyone is "emo."
Somehow, people decided that "emo" meant "emotional," which is obviously bullshit, as 99% of bands make music to illicit emotion, which would make "emotional" a completely all-encompassing genre from classical to opera to pop to rap.
Hope that helps.
Rites of Spring is emo.
XxSlavetoAnguishxX: omg my gf just left me
acidburnedsoul: that sux man
XxSlavetoAnguishxX: i blame myself only i'm such an ass *cries*
acidburnedsoul: dude come over to my house and we can cut ourselves together
XxSlavetoAnguishxX: okay *cries*
acidburnedsoul: omg dashboard confessional has a new cd, i preordered it already
XxSlavetoAnguishxX: dude they're my favorite band to self-mutilate to
acidburnedsoul: i prefer to cut myself while watching Napoleon Dynamite on my bigscreen
XxSlavetoAnguishxX: dude that movie is so deep. i cry every time i see it
acidburnedsoul: me too. i hate myself
XxSlavetoAnguishxX: yeah we're such tortured souls, nobody understands how hard life is for us
acidburnedsoul: yeah we got it tough dude. pass the tissues


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Some people are obsessed with dental hygiene. Some people are obsessed with puppies. Some people are obsessed with foot cleanliness. That's me, the third one. Let's dub it foot freshness. That sounds less strange, no?
I hate the feeling of tough, calloused feet. Having silky smooth feet makes me feel extravagant and pampered even though it's so inexpensive and easy to do. Here's how I keep them looking delicate after a summer filled with flat-bottomed flip flops.
1. Pick up a pumice stone
I've never noticed a real difference in quality between the cheaper ones and the expensive ones; I think the results depend on how hard you scrub. Pick one of these up for a couple dollars and wipe those hooves down, girl!
2. Meet Freeman's Bare Foot Line
These are my absolute favorite foot products! The line includes scrubs, lotions, balms, sprays and stronger repair products. The scrubs and lotions are around $3 each and they work better than any of the expensive ones I've tried. I have a hard time finding them in stores near me so I order them online in bulk like a madman because I'm not getting caught in a post-apocalyptic zombie world without my foot scrub.
3. Make your own super simple scrub
An angel once taught me to mix sugar with body lotion. (Okay, it was a nail artist, not an angel.) But the results are nearly as good as Freeman's products and you can whip it up in no time. Plus you can vary the amount of sugar in it. Use less sugar if you want to make it gentle enough to use on your whole body.
4. Apple cider vinegar isn't just for cooking
My mother swears by this. She always scrubs her feet with warm water and a pumice dipped in apple cider vinegar. The acetic acid in apple cider vinegar works as an exfoliant for your tootsies and the concoction has mild antibacterial properties. While this method is effective, it smells awful. I'd save this one for desperate times — like if you are incidentally caught in a post-apocalyptic zombie world without your favorite foot scrub.
5. Gel Inserts Are A Must
Don't let bad shoes undo all the scrubbing you just did! Your shoes don't have to be grandmotherly, but slip a thick gel insert into those cute new flats that have no support. This is so important if you're going to be walking around the city all day or on your feet for an eight hour shift. I love the Dr. Scholl's For Her line. The inserts vary in shape and size to suit any shoe!
6. Easy foot soaks feel awesome
All you need for a good soak is a small tub filled with warm water. I recommend adding Barefoot Peppermint + Plum Foot Soak to make the experience extra relaxing. Those overpriced electric foot baths don't really do anything. The jets aren't as strong as the ones at a salon and it's not worth the stress of setting up and cleaning. Also, there's something very odd about sitting in your kitchen chair with your feet in a bin filled with water plugged into the wall; think about it.
7. Keep fungus away with Listerine (seriously!)
The secret to clean feet costs pennies. Mix two parts warm water with one part Listerine and let your feet soak. Listerine contains Thymol which works as a strong antibacterial agent. This method will also help If you're battling tough, flaky feet. It sounds crazy, but your feet will emerge renewed. Just beware that the color might tint your skin temporarily. Don't try this one if your'e about to slip into sandals!
Lovelies, do you treat your feet? Are you as obsessed with foot freshness as I am? Should I stop saying "foot freshness"?
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PC Mall Hires Oren J. Hartman As Executive Vice President
PC Mall, Inc. (NASDAQ:MALL) announced today that the Company has hired Oren J. Hartman as its Executive Vice President of Corporate Sales. Mr. Hartman, reporting to the Company's CEO, will be responsible for PCM's effort in the small and mid-sized business market.
Mr. Hartman was most recently working as a consultant in the IT space, and spent almost 16 years at CDW Corporation. There he held various leadership positions including serving as CDW's Vice President of National Sales and Services, where he had responsibility for growing CDW's solutions sales through its sales forces in the US and Canada. Mr. Hartman graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison with a degree in Economics.
Frank Khulusi, Chairman, President and CEO of PC Mall, Inc. said, "I am very pleased to have Oren join our team. His ability to think strategically and his proven ability to build highly productive inside and outside sales teams will be an enormous asset for us as we seek to get closer to our customers and increasingly provide them with value added IT solutions. Oren will play a key role as we seek to grow in 2013 and beyond with the launch of our unified and streamlined brand strategy, and as we implement our strategic initiatives designed to optimize our sales and profitable growth."
About PC Mall, Inc.PC Mall, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a leading technology solutions provider to small and medium sized businesses, mid-market and enterprise customers, government and educational institutions and individual consumers. Effective January 1, 2013, the company will change the corporate name of PC Mall to PCM, Inc. and combine its primary commercial subsidiaries PC Mall Sales, Inc., Sarcom, Inc. and PC Mall Services, Inc. into a single subsidiary. The combined subsidiary will operate under the unified commercial brand PCM and will generally include our SMB, MME and portions of our Corporate & Other segments. Additionally, in connection with the rebranding, our PC Mall Gov, Inc. subsidiary will change its name to PCMG, Inc. and will operate under the brand PCM-G. In the 12 months ended September 30, 2012, we generated approximately $1.5 billion in revenue and now have approximately 2,900 employees, over 68% of which are in sales or service positions. For more information please visit pcmall.com/investor or call (310) 354-5600.
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Man killed in motorcycle Manor Township crash
Police said a man was killed Sunday afternoon after crashing his motorcycle into a pickup truck at Route 441 and Charlestown Road in Manor Township.
The driver of the truck was not injured.
Witnesses said the motorcycle had passed a vehicle on the road just before the crash. Police are hoping to speak to the driver of that vehicle.
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Daily Eucharist 7:00 am
Eucharist is offered on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Morning Prayer
Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the church.
Plenum Address 9:00 AM
Claim Your Art, Proclaim Good News
Paul Westermeyer
Pastoral musicians are artists and preachers. Our lives
are transformed through the art of music and liturgy, and
we become sacraments of the encounter with Jesus Christ.
As artists, we need passion: We need to lose ourselves in
our art. What kind of time and energy does that require?
For if we are to minister, we must claim our art and feed
our artist's soul.
Dr. Paul Westermeyer is professor of Church Music at Luther
Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he also serves as Cantor for
the Seminary community and administers the Master of Sacred Music
Program. A musician and pastor, he is the 2014 recipient of NPM's Jubilate Deo Award.
Diocesan Directors of Music Institute I-05
Liturgy in a Culturally Diverse Community: A Guide to Understanding
Clinician Mark Francis, CSV
10:45–12:00 noon
Diocesan music directors only. Discover how the principles inherent in truly multicultural liturgies can help diocesan directors of
music craft diocesan liturgies that promote full, conscious, and active participation by everyone in a culturally diverse assembly. Pre-registration required; limited to Diocesan Directors of Music. No on-site registration.
Breakout Sessions 10:45 - noon
Scripture, Keyboard, Composer & Text Writers Institutes and Catholic Liturgical Ministry Boot Camp continue from Monday
morning pre-convention sessions and DMMD Institute continues from Monday afternoon.
B-01 The Triduum through Fresh Eyes: Pray and Reflect on the Rites, Part 2
Paul Turner and Ed Hislop
A continuation of A-01. For DMMD members only.
B-02 The Artistry of Liturgy, Part 2
John Foley, SJ
A continuation of A-11.
B-03 Chant as Full, Conscious, and Active Participation
Paul Ford
Discover how chant empowers the full, conscious, and active participation in the liturgy called for by the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy.
B-04 Music for Equal Voices: SSA/SSAA or TTB/TTBB
Alan Hommerding
Resources that will serve choirs comprising these equal voice mixings.
B-05 Tools to Evaluate the Texts We Sing
Mary Frances Fleischaker, OP
We are what we sing. Collect tools to help us evaluate the texts we sing during the liturgy to deepen our identity as disciples of Jesus Christ in the contemporary world.
B-06 Merging, Clustering, Closing Parishes, Part 1: Processes
Michael Weldon, OFM
Explore what needs to be considered in the sensitive situations that many parishes and dioceses are facing.
B-07 Techniques to Improve Sound and Blend
John Romeri
A gifted choir director shares tried and true techniques to help improve the sound and the blend of your choir.
B-08 Choir Rehearsal as Spiritual Direction/Formation
Christopher Walker
Our times of rehearsal can also provide spiritual direction and formation for our choir members.
B-09 Repertoire for Liturgical Pianists
Mark Hayes
Piano resources that will help you serve the liturgy and your assemblies better.
B-10 Effective Practice Techniques
Adam Brakel
Effective techniques to build your repertoire and technical facility quickly, accurately, and effectively.
B-11 The Gift to the Church of Martin Hellriegel
Marie Kremer, Nicholas Schneider, and Martin Marklin
Martin Hellriegel gave concrete expression to the liturgical renewal. Known as the author of the text "To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King," he also gave us much more. Discover these treasures.
B-12 Bilingual Repertoire that Can Help Every Music Director
Peter Kolar
Familiarize yourself with bilingual resources that can serve the liturgy in a variety of settings.
B-13 Cantor Mini Retreat: Spirituality, Coaching, and Techniques, Part 2
ValLimar Jansen
A continuation of A-13.
B-14 The Psalms in the Liturgy, Part 1
Michel Guimont
An exploration of the different ways to sing the psalms and their use in the various liturgies of the Church.
B-15 Music and the Mass: Rite by Rite and Step by Step, Part 2
Lori True and David Haas
A continuation of A-17.
B-16 Preaching to Help the People Live the Mystery We Celebrate
James Telthorst
The homily is meant to connect liturgy with the rest of life. A gifted preacher and presider offers practical suggestions about how to make this connection.
B-17 Making the Lenten Journey Through Scripture and Music
Bob Hurd
The Lenten Season is filled with journeys: into the wilderness, up the mountaintop to be transfigured, life-changing encounters with Jesus while he journeys to Jerusalem to die. How can pastoral ministers enable their assemblies to make these stories their own? By way of song and reflection, Bob explores the Scriptures of the season.
B-18 Need Some Help with Lent and the Triduum?
Richard Hilgartner and Michael Ruzicki
Lunchtime Organ Recital
Christ Church Cathedral.
Organist: Gereon Krahforst.
DMMD Members' Meeting
WLP Showcase
Find Faith in Music
Join your voice with World Library Publications composers and friends to sing through a diverse selection
of musical offerings. Discover pieces in many styles that will work for choirs of all sizes and skill levels. You
are sure to find many options that will engage and inspire your choirs, your ensembles, and the assembly! All
attendees will take home a resource packet filled with full-size octavos and other great samples.
Gather with members and colleagues who share one of your areas of interest or experience
for a conversation about ways in which NPM is addressing your concerns and how the association
might serve you more effectively. Choose your interest section and plan to join
in the dialogue:
African American Musicians • Asian Pacific Musicians • Campus Ministers • Cantors •
Chant • Choir Directors • Clergy • Composers • Diocesan Directors of Music • Ensemble
• Musicians Serving Religious Communities • Hispanic Musicians • Music Education
• Musicians in the Military • Organists • Pastoral Liturgy • Pianists • Youth
Music Industry Showcase II
4:45 - 5:30 pm
S2–01 MorningStar Music for the Church
Mark Lawson, Kelly Dobbs-Mickus,
and John Romeri
S2–02 You Are the Vine: Songs for People
of Prayer
Feargal King and Breda Barry King
(Kingsfold Music)
S2–03 Children's Choir Music and
Resources, Plus a Few Mixed Voice
Best Sellers
Jim Rindelaub (Choristers Guild)
S2–04 Hope Publishing Choral Reading
Joel Raney and Jane Holstein
S2–05 One Heart, One Mind: Make Music
with the Emmaus Center!
David Haas, Lori True, and Friends
S2–06 New Sounds & Psalms—Exciting
New Music from the Newman
Joe Mattingly & the Newman Singers
S2–07 The Liturgical Church and the
Modern Organ
Dan Miller (Rodgers Instruments
S2–08 Music for the More Advanced
Mark Lawson and Charles Peery (ECS
S2–09 Youth Choirs Are Invited to Sing
with Pope Francis!
John Hale (Corporate Travel Service)
S2–10 Ministry Scheduling: Traditions
Don't Change. Technology Does
Maxwell Garcia (Ministry Scheduler
S2–12 Celebrating Christ in Music
Terry Piontkowski (Lumen Christi)
S2–13 Creativity and the Artist/Musician
Anne Kertz Kernion (Cards by Anne)
S2–14 The Bees Are Back
Martin Marklin (Marklin Candle
S2–15 New Settings for Sung Gospels and
Paul Inwood (Liturgical Press)
S2–16 New Choral Music for Liturgical
Chris Walker (Fred Bock Music
S2-17 Proclaim Good News: Misa de Renovacion and other titles in both Spanish and English
David Kauffman and William Gokelman (Good for the Soul Music)
Evening Events III
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
Archdiocese of St. Louis Choir in Concert 03-01
This hour of exquisite French choral music features the Messe Solennelle of Louis Vierne in the
beauty of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Directed by Cathedral music director Dr. Horst
A Night of Acoustic Guitars 03-02
This performance of acoustic instrumental music, presented by Stephen
Petrunak and Bobby Fisher, includes works of contemporary
composers, classical guitar composers, and original works by the artists. Sponsored by GIA Publications.
Evening Events IV
9:00–10:00 pm
Hymn Festival with Dr. Jeffrey Neal Blersch 04-01
Enjoy the sound of hymnody in the wonderful space of the Chapel of St. Timothy
and St. Titus at Concordia Seminary with its four-manual Casavant organ. Under the
leadership of Dr. Blersch, an organist, composer, and leader of congregational song with
consummate skill. Sponsored by Concordia Publishing House
¡Un Concierto por la Paz! A Concert for Peace! 04-02
Led by Jaime Cortez, Bob Hurd, and friends
Utilizando la música, las oraciones y simbolos de las comunidades de habla inglesa y español, nos reunimos para elevar
nuestras voces en esperanza y oración por la paz en la tierra, la paz para todos los pueblos. Patrocinado por OCP.
Using the music, prayers, and symbols of Spanish- and English-speaking communities, we come together to lift our
voices in hope and prayer for peace on earth, peace for all peoples. Sponsored by OCP.
Taizé Prayer
10:15–11:15 pm
Gather with other members of the Body of Christ
around the cross and other icons of the Divine
Presence, in the light of Christ, to sing God's praise
at the end of this convention day.
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Alright… Kent Shaffer keeps a list of top church blogs (theology, ministry, Christianity, etc.) and updates it now and then. It's an extremely valuable resource. I personally click through every one of them to make sure I'm familiar with them. If you're a "church" blogger or ministry leader, this would be a good exercise for you too.
Nope, I'm not in it. Now…
- I'm in the top 50 at PostRank (#19 today)
- I have a Google Pagerank of 5
- I have 88,000+ Yahoo inlinks
- I'm on Alltop
- I have an Alexa rank of 403,370
- and a Compete traffic number of 97,472
But am I bitter that I was left out? Noooooo… of course not!! I'm just glad the other 141 cool people made the list! The last shall be first, right?
Kent has great insight into what's happening in Christianity and culture. You should definitely bookmark his list.
Did I mention I'm the #2 result in Google when you search for "pastor blog" and #4 for "pastors blog?" Just sayin'…


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Cardboard computer is nicer than it looks
You might think that a computer housed in corrugated cardboard is something for hobos to do their taxes on, but that's not the case. Cardboard is actually better at dissipating heat than plastic, and it acts as a sustainable and efficient casing for your desktop computer.
The Recompute cardboard computer lets you put what you want inside, but it has 8 USB ports and room for all of the guts that you'd find in your traditional computer. It works in both horizontal and vertical configurations, depending on how you like to have your setup. The only real trick is getting over feeling like a hobo while you're using it. Give it time.


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I Knew You Were Trouble
First Ever YouTube Awards Honor Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift has another award to put on a shelf. The first You tube Awards show gave her The You tube Phenomenon Award, which recognizes the song that sparked the most "Fan Created" You tube […]
Taylor Swift Take Us Behind The Scenes On "I Knew You Were Trouble" Video Shoot
With it's big production and slashing chorus, Taylor Swift's single "I Knew You Were Trouble"–from her 2012 album Red–takes the singer in a very different direction from almost anything she's done before. The video for the song, too, is […]
Top 10 Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble" Covers
A few months ago it was nearly impossible to go anywhere without hearing Taylor Swift's ever catchy "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." The first single from her new album Red, the track broke […]
Walk Off The Earth Has No 'Trouble' Covering Taylor Swift
The five members of Walk Off the Earth have a knack for reimagining some of today's most popular songs. First they tackled Gotye's monster pop/rock hit "Somebody That I Used To Know" using five hands and only one guitar, which has […]
Taylor Swift 'Loses Her Balance' In 'I Knew You Were Trouble' Video
"The worst part," Taylor says in the extended intro to her new music video, "wasn't losing him, it was losing me."
Taylor Swift To Premiere 23rd Music Video On Her 23rd Birthday
"As soon as I started writing this song, I knew it was different from anything else on the record," says Taylor, "so I knew I wanted the video to be different."
Taylor Swift Goes Acoustic With "I Knew You Were Trouble" In Australia
She performs a stripped-down version of the song on the Australian TV show "Fifi and Jules."


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SISU Ski Fest at Historic Downtown Ironwood and Miners Memorial Heritage Park. Welcome to our fifth Annual SISU Ski Fest! "Finnish" in downtown Ironwood. The SISU Ski Fest is comprised of five ski events–the 42K SISU Marathon, 21K Heikki Lunta Half Marathon, Taste N Tour, 3K & 5K Junior SISU and the 2K Lapset Loppett. Ski through historic mining areas, scenic bluffs, along the Montreal River and by the World's Tallest Native American Statue. New for 2014 - Snowshoeing! The SISU, in a continuing effort to improve and grow the SISU Ski Fest, will now offer three snowshoe races (2K, 5K, and 10K) as part of the fifth annual SISU Ski Fest, at Milje's Ski Trails in Wakefield. The event includes a 2K, 5K and 10K timed races which will guarantee an exciting finish.
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Someday Soon(1984)
A novel by Kathleen Eagle
GRACE LORIMER IS TOO BUSY FOR A RELATIONSHIP. And love is definitely out of the question while she works her way through college to earn her occupational therapist certification. Besides, her mother's string of failed relationships and broken promises prove romance is not worth risking her heart-even when she begins to care deeply for single dad Ryan O'Keefe. Four years after his girlfriend, Shana, became pregnant, Ryan still can't believe he's a father...and can't imagine being anything else. His daughter is the light of his life. Now if only Shana could embrace motherhood and the three become a real family.... Then Ryan receives shocking news about Shana, and his world is torn apart as he faces losing his daughter. Suddenly old feelings for Grace resurface, but is a whirlwind marriage of convenience the answer?
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Pepperl+Fuchs Announces Fundamentals of Fieldbus Seminar
The seminar will cover a number of topics including physical layer constraints, communication constraints, design verification and segment troubleshooting. At the conclusion of this course, attendees will:
• Understand the basic rules and operation criteria necessary to design a fieldbus segment
• Understand how to properly install a fieldbus network and understand the importance of the physical layer attributes
• Recognize the differences, similarities and limitations of Foundation Fieldbus and PROFIBUS PA
The class runs from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The registration cost is $350 per person, which includes materials and lunch. Attendees will receive a certificate for Professional Development Hours upon completing the course.
"Anyone who works in the field of process automation is constantly confronted with new technologies and developments that create new challenges, and these challenges also apply to topics that are well established such as fieldbus," says David Hohenstein, department manager for Hardware and Marketing. "Rapid development has taken place in these areas in recent years, and these changes and developments will continue to increase with globalization. With ongoing education and lifelong learning, process automation professionals can keep pace with these developments."
Pepperl+Fuchs will be hosting additional process automation seminars throughout 2010, including:
• Hazardous (Classified) Location Instrumentation – April 28, 2010 (St. Louis, Mo.); June 23, 2010 (Greenville, S.C.)
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