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Editorial Staff • West End • 6 Aug 2007
In the latest Whatsonstage.com Radio podcast, Roger Foss meets Duncan James backstage at the Cambridge Theatre, where he is currently making his West End debut as Billy Flynn in Chicago. The ex-Blue boyband member and recording star talks about overcoming first night jitters, playing in summer rep before he became famous and how he very nearly took over the role of Fiyero in Wicked.
Also, meet Craige Els, Eaton James, Dean Chisnal, Tim Driesen and Stephane Anelli, the five stars of Never Forget, the new musical about the members of the world's most unlikeliest Take That tribute band.
Never Forget recently received its world premiere at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, before playing at the King's Theatre Glasgow, the Opera House Manchester, the Regent Theatre Stoke-on-Trent and the King's Theatre Edinburgh. It's tipped for a future London transfer.
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These Love Baseball poems are examples of Love poems about Baseball. These are the best examples of Love Baseball poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
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While you sleep I tell you all of the things I keep inside throughout day.
Now that you can hear but not listen I find them much easier to say.
My hopes, my dreams, my fears, and everything in between
Your subconscious hears so keen, or so it seems.
My tongue is soft; I speak so sweetly
Knowing your reaction will never greet me.
Tonight will be different in what I want you to know.
It has everything to do with what I can't help but show.
I hold no claim to any religion but you've given me a place for my faith.
Somewhere it will never stale or lose its lavish taste.
You've shown me something I can see, touch, and feel,
And so before it I choose to kneel.
I know I don't say it but I miss you every day.
Sitting, thinking of the perfect words to be my choice,
Yet when you call I can't find any of the right words to say.
I'm just happy to finally hear your voice.
Even just a moment is enough to sooth my heavy heart;
Fearing the ends of conversations knowing we'll have to part.
I'll never be too far from you, always within arm's reach,
And in your days of darkness I'll be the light that you will seek.
I'll never let you leave too far from me, I'll stay close behind you in this world;
Secretly protecting what is mine, you will always be my girl.
I only want the best for you so the best of me I will employ.
Faithfully yours, I will always be your boy.
I close my eyes and kiss your soft sweet lips
And see the very best of you in loving bliss.
I see past the physical which makes you attractive
And focus on the things I can't see in which I'm attracted.
Your thoughts I'd love to hear them all.
Of the things you speak disinterest never makes its call.
My day will come, I know someday I'll be the only one.
And you I will pursue viciously,
Because I've given you the greatest gift I can give, to love unconditionally.
Yes our day will come, I know someday we'll be as one.
And you I will pursue viciously,
Because I've given you the greatest gift I can give… to love unconditionally.
Copyright © Kristopher Higgs
baseball and poetry love them both
just like writing baseball excites me too
and during the recent months they've gain growth
love it as much as writing an haiku
can't wait next month the season will begin
I'm not like others I never played golf
if I'm lucky I'll catch a Red Sox win
outside of Fenway was a sign for Gulf
besides Poetry Soup may be else where
such as MLB dot com checking scores
I love baseball because it has some flair
as a kid bought cards from many stores
when summer is here I'll be watching more
wife and I caught a Red Sox Phillies game
and my wife didn't find the game a bore
but lately the Red Sox have brought us shame
but the new season will be starting soon
enjoy the games even from the saloon
Copyright © Robert Heemstra
My grandfather and I had a special relationship.
When I was young we lived near his home in Baltimore. But, my family moved away from
Baltimore when I was five and we lived most of my life in another state far away from my
grandfather. Whenever he called, however, I was the one grandchild he always wanted to
talk to so we could discuss his beloved Baltimore Orioles. I was the one grandchild who
followed sports closely and always remained a true Baltimore sports fan.
Later in life, I learned that my grandfather was actually a gifted baseball player himself when
he was young. In those days, he would explain, professional baseball players did not make
enough money to support a family so he had to make up his mind to either play baseball or
get married and raise a family. As it turned out, his love for baseball was only surpassed by
his love for my grandmother and, although he hung on to the newspaper clippings that
labeled him a "can't miss professional baseball prospect", he hung up his cleats and glove,
married my grandmother and went out to find a "real" job.
But his love for the game survived and year in and year out, he and I discussed the
intricacies of the game and enjoyed or lamented each baseball season based on the
successes and/or failures of the Baltimore Orioles. As crummy as the Baltimore bums are
today, I was fortunate enough to experience and share many more successful seasons than
poor ones during those limited years that I shared life with this amazing man.
I always felt sorry for my grandfather, considering him a victim of poor timing. Had he
been born about 50 years later in life, he would not have had to pick between being a
baseball player or earning a living – in fact, with his talent, he could have earned a much
better than average living while enjoying the one thing he loved most in life.
When my grandfather passed away, I was sure that he was joining a heavenly nine to once
again strap on his spikes and don the leather. Without a doubt, they must play baseball in
heaven. And I wait for the day that I sit in the heavenly bleachers and cheer on a young
grandfather playing this wonderful game with other boys of summer.
(Inspired by, "is there baseball in heaven", by Constance, A Rambling Poet)
Copyright © Joe Flach
Romantic, close
A subject of sweetest softness
Cats can be loved too
Copyright © Smail Poems
His life had boiled down to this one moment
Nerves shaking but could never show it
A lifetime of practice to get to this fall day
Always saying goodbye & never getting to stay
The half dirt covered plate at his feet
As thousands waiting to leave their seat
Years of not knowing if he could ever get here
He looks up and his mind never this clear
Cheers all around fade away
Today was his day
He has but a single task
The question yet to be asked
His stance he choose to switch
And from a knee here comes the pitch
She said yes
Copyright © Chad Weeks
It wasn't because he brought her flowers....
It wasn't because he wined and dined her....
She loved him because he spent hours on the computer
trying to track down the 1970 Brooks Robinson baseball card
for their oldest son's birthday
She loved him because he played with their kids,
even after a hard day at work...
baseball games in the big front yard,
cheering them on...
not getting angry when the youngest son
knocked a homer...
...straight through the living room window
Copyright © Carrie Richards
The narrow tunnel, darkened by shadows of denial;
my vessel of hope, adrift on possibilities.
A regretful mist hangs heavy in this melancholy place.
The haunting echo's of could-have-beens stalking close behind,
as I search for a spark of light at every turn.
Unable to turn around this voyage of time,
I will accept the fait that awaits me at the end.
I wonder..........
Will you be there?......
Copyright © Arlene Smith
This Blue Moon..
This moon is hypnotizing , this moon knows all Truth and lies
it is a rare moon and filled with questions asked
luminous clouds weaving through , knowing all through existence
showing me there is yet true love in the mist
who else has been captured by the Magic that surrounds this Blue Moon tonight ~
pure light and magic that pulls on your soul , instinctively, when called you will go
with all senses enhanced, romancing you
all that you know
it controls the waters at Sea, as though it instructs all sea life
speaking to the dolphins' and lighting the oceans glow
telling the night owl too take flight and hunt ~
showing a white Owl for the first time seen
this moon is speaking , listening to all prayers
there is more around us, more then the finest of wise Men know
Look at this moon tonight
Tell me now what the truth is
This Blue Moon ..it knows.
Copyright © Shanity Rain
words left unspoken
sealed behind my stubborn lips
love begs expression-
your arms reach out to embrace
my eyes speak the unspoken
Copyright © Eileen Manassian
When you are sleeping in the bed, with the bible god be my witness
I don't know if I can love every again.
I mean I try to date but something just keep hold me back hold me back,
self confident is not even the worth trying found words,
word, this type love could bring a grown man to their needs-
I never reallie got it when they said but your had on the bible,
and swore the oath for better or worst,
or when you hear music at a wedding and you dance the night away,
what are school proms for?
I though I better night would be resident evil and game cube
only if so one would clue me in-
Self consciously years later you question your action in school,
why was she the first I ask if she would buy a key chain from fbla
and the first time she said uh and then maybe the sentence
didn't even make sense so natural like
natural selection like we was sync-
Why in the world am I going to a baseball game another county over she was their,
and I did not realize I
was good at baseball in till I got older a simple sport I sware but I am part puerto rican it come natural
what am im saying it is to early for this like five in the morning-
but oh my god that dream a dream dream,
I don't even think I was on earth and
then two year later on mother day at western sizzle before
they shut down she came out no where like a ghost
and was sitting behind me with her family,
but why aren't you eating but texting-
but the real question is because im like slow is did they
reallie write me straight out of high school,
I mean I am like a street fighter the alpha type,
but a vibe like that
you gone have ask her because im shock when she took my sit in first period
like what are you doing?-
I don't know if im lost my mind or if she playing mind games?
They say it is the end of the world I say so what is she doing?
I guest the world will never know-
I got the chills and it not because of the weather all I want to know did he cry
when he walk you down the ally,
people always say you know when know but,
what am I saying I have never experience love like this before-
and im usually shy and word on the bird is uh right cause you took my breath away-
I don't think any one going get this
what was she doing at that ice cream store
I didn't even know that was a ice cream store
I did but I never notice it in till it was gone-
dream a dream dream still shaking up,
first thing I did was hit speaker on the phone
and hit every number it was it was scary but it beautiful,
a beautiful nighmare it was indeed,
I can not catch my breath let me go get the bible
this would be a reason to go back to church every
Monday Wednesday and Sunday-
All I can say is A-m-e-n , A-m-e-n, A-m-e-n
Cause world felt like it has already ending,
Friday thirteen J-a-s-o-n!!! and "Jason is my nickname"-
Copyright © Louis Borgo
Who am I?
Am I defined by what is near in sight?
Am I defined by what I have done,
Or am I defined by what I could become?
Perhaps I'm of no use.
To him, or her, or I, nor you.
Or perhaps I'm too misunderstood to be defined,
And it is something like understanding that comes in time.
And if to the world I'm never shown,
Yet in my own light I've grown and grown,
And so I can know no happiness but my own--
The reason for my smile, to you, will forever be unknown.
I do not pray for the world to know my name.
For it and verse; the letters are the same.
And if a man should find his sorrow in what he reads,
I pray his pain my words to keep.
Should his eyes rain on my page,
Better tears than storms of rage.
And if a man should find his sorrow in what he reads.
I pray his pain my words to keep.
And if to the world you're never shown,
Yet in your own light you've grown and grown,
And so you know no happiness but your own.
Let the reason for your smile, to you, only be known.
You are the batter,
Shaking in your cleats,
Scared of what may come,
So scared you may flee.
The pitcher stands there noble,
Strong and steady,
His pitch is fast,
And you are not so ready.
The pitch is down the middle,
Right where you like,
But something comes over you,
Like the darkest of the nights.
And you miss,
Satan got in you,
And gave you a kiss.
You walk back to the dugout,
And begin to weep,
You let your father down,
But then you leap!
You hop right back up,
Your at-bat again,
You get another shot,
This time Satan must not get in!
You pray to God,
Asking for Satan to be gone,
You dig in,
Humming in song.
With a smile on your face,
You watch the pitcher throw,
Right down the middle,
Yet this one was drove!
As far as you could,
The ball flew like out of a gun,
You watch with amazement,
As the pitcher says," That's my son!"
Copyright © Zackery Harbin
A bespoke suit is tailor-made to the individual and a bespoke person is
engaged to be married (spoken for)
but to have bespoken, or bespeak, is to ask for or engage in advance
(as in marriage or a business partnership)
and also to speak to or address, show or indicate, foretell or forebode.
So, truth may be ascertained by considering the truth we reason, the truth
we've seen, the truth we feel and the truth we're told.
Merely to speak is to cause good or doom in a magical world.
Silence is not an option for every action bespeaks intention.
Although the empire and the corpse collapse we do not let the circle
We impose our own small order.
Order may delineate or assimilate the Other.
Belonging is longing for complete solitude but you gladly return to lovers'
arms and plumbing.
There's little humor in the cholera unless you manage to survive.
I pleasure in and treasure my insignificance. If only I could be overlooked
by the planning board and IRS.
Powerful contrasting and synergizing photos on the cover of Balance by
Hubbard & Kane
the economics of great powers, ancient Rome's ruins, decaying columns
and coliseums
versus Washington DC's orderly, straight and sterile streets from the
Capitol to the National Mall.
What causes empires to fall? How do they come to hold community?
Well, we worry. Overpopulation, malnutrition. We are anxious about
famine, genocide and nuclear war.
Self-imposed suffering, the hyperorganization that is a cancer on our
insufficient organization.
When the individual dies does the National Mall impose its own small
order on all dark matter? Or is the whole universe canceled including
chaos and complexity? Watch out, don't run into those small invisible
These are questions I'm willing to find the answers to. Willing in the sense
of living in the place where will and power are one. Because to be
bespoke is to be spoken for.
* * *
Three conceptual models of causal logic:
the unclosed valve at Three Mile Island is an example of the on/off or
categorical model;
the genetic contribution to a developing cancer is likely a graded,
probabilistic risk rather than an absolute certainty;
a depression that occurs after a relatively minor stress that followed a
long string of moderate or severe stressors would be an example of
an emergent or nonlinear cause.
Four levels of analysis, an approach first suggested by Aristotle over 2K
years ago:
in the Three Mile Island and Fukushima nuclear accidents, predisposing
causes were the flawed training and management oversight;
the tsunami was a precipitating (get it?) cause;
the inherent complexity of the many interacting systems that make up a
nuclear power plant is a programmatic cause;
and human hubris is a purposive cause.
Three logics by which knowledge of causation is gained:
the empirical method uses the scientific method, for example, the
determination that a genetic variant is present in multiple members
of a family in which cancer is common;
the empathic method uses the logic of narrative connectedness to
support the reasoning that a specific stressor is negative for one
person but not another;
ecclesiastic logic would be employed by a believer who attributes cause
to an actual lapse in his longstanding participation in the precepts of
his religion (or discipline).
Therefore, we may estimate the probability of a precipitating cause using
empirical measurements;
or name the purposive ideal behind an emergent cause based on
ecclesiastic beliefs;
or identify a categorical cause predisposing us to an event by telling the
story or history empathically.
Horrible how we die!
Yet it's an idyll of an early summer evening, new cut grass, two baseball
teams of children playing in it.
Copyright © Robert Ronnow
Each day...
A page freshly written
Across the face of time.
Each kiss...
A new excitement
To thrill and tantalize.
Each touch...
Caresses every moment
With silent words of love.
Each syllable...
Expresses the caresses
That I've been dreaming of.
Each tear...
Shines in joyous beauty
Through the sweetness of your soul.
Each smile...
Uplifts and brushes softly
Away the tears of solitude.
Each embrace...
Surrounds and protects my heart
From ever losing you.
Each stroll...
Brings us closer together
Upon our sacred paths.
Each star...
Shines brighter
To show our way at last.
Each night...
I will love you,
over and over, unabashed.
Each day...
I'm grateful for you
And ready to love again.
Each lifetime...
We'll find each other
And fall in love again.
Copyright © Chula Fleming
Rain passes through quenching the thirst of the parched dry lands.
Lightning flashes and thunder crashes as God clinches his hands.
For he has grown wreary of his creations' greed.
Turning his back on the population. Ignoring the cries during their time of need.
He can't stand to watch as we indure his punishment.
Tough love now will save many on the day of judgment.
Copyright © Christina Hons
the love the parks
and play hard
they love the swings
its there thing
of that there love brings
is field with a wall
Copyright © kurtis scott aka curtis futch jr
I stand on the plate with the sun in my eyes
the pitcher is ready, a fastball he flies
I swing just as hard as I possibly can
love says "strike one" as I try it again
I choke up on the bat, pull down on my bill
nodding my head, a new pitcher on the hill
it hurls past my chest, just missing my heart
love says "ball one" as the clock again starts
it's the seventh inning stretch, I need the relief
I brush off the dust, no way will I retreat
the coach saunters over, giving a pep talk
as the lines are redrawn on the infield with chalk
the board shows each tally, each inning not close
no intervention from heaven or its holy hosts
and I shut the book on yet, another losing season
I'll still play the game with faith in the reasons
Copyright © J B
A New Love Story
I had stopped at the rural cafe for a coffee it was a day when I was
not feeling a day over seventy she was around fifty and incredible
young her waste was that of a waif at the beginning of life.
She was so beautiful and she smiled inviting me to sit by her table
and I was only drinking coffee. I told her amusing stories of my life,
mostly lies- and she laughed, not a bored mirth while looking at
the time thinking of the right moment to slip away the clutches of
my unwanted attention. Good time has me has a limit, so much and
not more, her husband came in he had been to the garage, had the car
fixed and he told me all about it down to the smallest dreary details
A nice man with oil on his hands and I hated him, but I could not kill him
and claims his wife as mine, the thought faintly amused me,
and they drove off. I loved her immensely and she reminded me of
my wife`s niece I love her too, perhaps it was her but I was too old to see
as handsome faces take on a mask of a smiling Janus
Copyright © jan oskar hansen
We All know Better
By Curtis Johnson
Your smiling face will often disguise the rapid and tedious race;
But I know better
Your sweet and pleasant demeanor sometimes displays God's grace;
But not always, because at times it leaves a revealing trace.
Others may discern or detect things you cannot hide or erase,
Because they too know better
In the language of baseball, it's good to hit home runs, triples, and doubles.
But we Know better,
Because a good manager will tell you that these endeavors you must not chase
It's simply because, most times, it's better for the team if you just get on first base
So if you choose, you can say you are swell and all is well
But I know better
You can pretend things are great and wonderful; but you know better
I know that you must open up and talk about more than the sports and the weather
I know that you must open the windows of your heart to at lease someone you can tell
Copyright © curtis johnson


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So I thought I'd get smart and set up a Linux machine as the firewall for my Win machines to Comcast. Problem is, it doesn't work! Please help!
Here is what I've done:
1] Install Redhat 9 as server (this means I don't have to recompile kernel, right?)
2] configured 2 ethernet cards
3] eth0 does see the internet
4] configured DHCP for Win machines
5] eth1 leases ips for the Win machines
6] ping from Win to Linux and Linux to Win works fine
7] in the "network" file, forward_ipv4=yes
8] when Win machine trys to ping internet or start up IE I get nothing but time out or the typical IE error page about can't find server or DNS error.
Initially, I had tried to set up the Linux machine as the DNS but that didn't work. Then I thought I'd just get the thing working first by putting the DNS server of my local Seattle area DNS in the "dhcpd.conf" file instead. Nothing still. So, I'm not sure if I've missed something along the way or have a simple missed command somewhere... and I'm not sure where to go from here. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


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Beam Me Up Scotty! Star Trek Cookies
- 09.09.11
Yesterday was the 45th Anniversary of Star Trek, so all sorts of Trekkie goodness was floating around the web. Our own Julia Sherred wrote up a wonderful post complete with video that would make even a green-blooded Vulcan cry. If you happened to have been on Twitter then you might have seen the folks at NASA (the real boldly go people) wishing the original castmembers a happy anniversary and thanking them for the inspiration. Geeks everywhere were greeting each other with "Live Long and Prosper" and spouting their favorite lines at every opportunity. But if you happened to be a baker with geeky tendencies named Darla, like the woman behind www.Bakingdom.com, then you celebrated by making the most amazing batch of Star Trek cookies in Federation territory. I only wish I had the talent and patience to make cookies this cute. If you think you're up for the challenge, you can see exactly how she did it and then try to create your own adorable and tasty crew. Engage!
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Why Romney Needs to Talk about Bailouts
September 15, 2012
Nicole Gelinas
It could solve several of his problems with voters at once.
The most interesting thing about the video of Mitt Romney speaking at a May fundraiser has nothing to do with "the 47 percent." Rather, its his answer to a guest at the event who had a suggestion about what the GOP presidential nominee should say on the campaign trail about bailouts and crony capitalism.
The unnamed speaker pleaded with the candidate: At least bring the issue up. "It doesnt matter whether you are in the Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street," he said. People are upset that the government is "permeated by cronyism."
Romneys guest continued: "Regulatory agencies arent protecting the people theyre supposed to be regulating. . . . People see that the government is working for the powerful interests" and not for average people. The perception that the playing field isnt level, he noted, "threatens the whole idea that they have this great opportunity" to become successful.
He suggested that Romney promise to clean house at the Securities and Exchange Commission, which has remained reluctant to come down hard on Wall Street malfeasance.
Romneys answer was to display complete disinterest in an issue that has engaged more potential voters than any other over the past two years.
Romney began with a non sequitur: "I wish they werent unionized, so we could go a lot deeper than youre actually allowed to go," apparently referring to SEC employees. But public-sector unions have little to do with the tone at the top of government.
Specifically, President Obama has allowed people whose worldview is based in bubble-era Wall Street — such as Larry Summers and Tim Geithner — to make decisions about Wall Street and even the broader economy.
Wall Street knows, then, that all the White House wants is for them to continue business as usual.
Failure to let creative destruction do the work of cleaning up the financial industry is a major reason why the economy cant recover. Free-market capitalism cant operate as it should when the firms that control the capital depend on permanent government connections.
Romney went on to argue that voters just dont care about this complicated stuff: "The things that animate us are not the things that animate them," comparing his donors to the relatively small slice of the American electorate that, he says, represents swing voters.
Voters on the fence are mostly just thinking about themselves, Romney concluded. They must be wondering, "Who can get jobs for my kids and get rising incomes?" (It was, indeed, an early preview of his August convention speech, in which Romney pledged "to help you and your family.")
But Romney needs to understand that voters are not just mercenary beasts looking for whichever candidate will help get them a better pay packet.
Voters care about the world around them; they care about what corporate-bailout culture — a culture that predates Obama — has done to their country. And theyre angry about it.
They are angry because they dont want to live in a country that privileges the well connected, not because theyre necessarily lacking in that regard but because it hurts their country.
To address those worries, Romney needs to start talking about what happened on Wall Street four years ago and what has happened since. Embracing the topic would also help him with voters wary of his history as a Wall Street type himself, who, yes, laid people off.
Americans would accept layoffs if they knew they could find better jobs than the ones they lost. They know, further, that theyre less likely to find them in a world where connections matter more than merit.
If Romney doesnt start telling people what hell do to ensure that Americans succeed on merit rather than on connections, people will write him off as one of the clueless well connected, confirming for good that he is stuck in a bubble.
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I cycle to work. Two or three times each week I see an elderly man walking his dog. We pass on a small bridle way. I've seen him every week throughout the year.
When I go hill walking I'm the sort who always says hello to walkers passing in the opposite direction, so I continue this act of courtesy on my flatland travels - when appropriate. As I pass this man daily I thought it would become an almost natural thing to do. In the early days I said good morning and got no response. I continued nodding, smiling etc each day and repeated this act for a few months and never got a response, most times he would avoid eye contact. Then he started to make eye contact, but still no response and what seemed like almost an aggressive stare. Eventually I gave up. I now find it really unnatural to pass without saying anything and also struggle to avoid eye contact. It all feels wrong.
Back to hill walking. When I was younger everyone said hello to each other.
A few years ago I started notice that more and more walk straight past.
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Elsewhere on the internet is a blog from an elderly gentleman who mentions that every day when walking his dog, a strange man on a bicycle looks at him in a funny way. He says he'd say hello but is worried what it will lead to in this day and age.
Back to real life, we always say hello to walkers when out in the country. On a busy day in the Lake district it can tire your jaws somewhat. We only stop as we reach the towns... no point in saying hello to someone who can't be bothered to get out onto the hills is there!
I did once said hello to an old guy as I past him on the street, and he called me an effing twa* I was a bit surprised as you can imagine.
Where I live everyone speaks, sometimes it takes an hour to travel a mile
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Awesome picture! OMG where do you get things like that? *pouts* you took off Maedhros, he's so cute! (Get Legolas on there sometime soon!)
Author's Response: Thanks. :) {Oh no! Not a smily face?!} I typed "Two Trees of Valinor" into a Google image search and that was the best looking one. Fear not! Maedhros is coming back, I just wanted to give him a small break because I wanted to have his beloved brothers in the picture with him, but couldn't find one... So, I settled for Mae's next favorite thing, the Two Trees. I know, right! Maedhros is gorgeous! I have been trying to find a perfect Legolas picture and will change it as soon as I do...
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*gasp* Maedhros steal from children! And kill Arwen?? *shakes head* We just need to buy him his own lightsabor.
Can't catch a lightsabor by the blade, can you Aragorn? (I've always waited for that to happen in Star Wars.) But he was getting to be creepy... though chasing after his hand still is. *tries unsuccessfully not to laugh*
Ah, poor Olly; he'll need some otter treats after this. (Yay! I got to stroke him! Always wanted to stroke an otter!)
Oooh. *wince* I hope Mae will forgive me the lump on his head!
By the way, the woman overboard joke nearly had me choking... I'll print it and tell it over Christmas dinner.
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Namarie, mellon-nin. I hope that you have a good night and hope you have sweet dreams of your beloved Legolas. Namarie.
Author's Response: Maedhros: CIRDANS BEARD!! NO BODY MOVE!! FEIS GONNA SMILE!! Legolas: Shush, Mae!! I have to get the digital camera out! This is a total Kodak Moment! Fei: * Punches Maedhros shoulder * Yeah, shush Mae. I have to thank Dae for being so kind to me. She is the only person that has ever really spoke of me like that and now I feel Maedhros: Happy? Legolas: Fei is happy? Now I need my video camera! Fei: * Rolls eyes * Okay, I must learn to ignore them on of these days. But who can; its Legolas and Maedhros! Anyway, thank you so much for saying such nice things out me! Ive been having a pretty suckish day until now! Unfortunately, all I can say is THANK YOU!! Youre my best friend too. J I only wish I could have sweet dreams of Lego, but I have having a ton of nightmares lately; I can hardly sleep now
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I'm beginning to wonder where everybody else is. Too bad they don't know what they're missing. *Shrugs* That just means we get more fun to ourselves!
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Verrry funny, Dae and Fei. "YOUR OTHER HAND!" - Silly Maedhros, how could he forget? : )
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Hey, Fei, we're getting some attention! Yahoo! Though personally, I think it was because of me . . .
*Laughs* Not really. :)) LOL
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Haven't tried it yet (so no review) but I have tried pepperoni crisped like this. I remove the pepperoni grease from the finished product by putting them between layers of paper towels. Fabulous!flag if inappropriate
"salami should be eaten freshly sliced, preferably in an antipasto plate or in a good panino/rosetta al'olio with some giardiniera on the side" says the cook from Ottawa. Food is one of the greatest pleasures in life and now we have salami police? If a person enjoys chocolate milk with foie gras and shaved truffles or Dom Perignon with a hot dog go for it! Food is meant to be enjoyed whenever and however a diner wishes. A true epicurean would agree. To all you food snobs out there - take your pompous attitudes somewhere else. SALAMI CRISPS ROCK!flag if inappropriate
Really, Ottawa - So what do you do all day? Spend your time looking up recipes that use ingredients in an unconventional way so you can "impress" readers with your knowledge and expertise of how things "should be?" Well, I got news for ya' - it ain't workin'. No one's impressed here.. These crisps are simple and tasty with cocktails.flag if inappropriate
Really, Ottowa - So what do you do all day? Spend your time looking up recipes that use ingredients in an unconventional way so you can "impress" readers with your knowledge and expertise of how things "should be?" Well, I got news for ya' - it ain't workin'. No one's impressed here...flag if inappropriate
I love these. I have made them several times. It's a great crunch for the south beach dieters...flag if inappropriate
They are fine without the parchment paper...I put them on a baking sheet, spinkled with Parmesan cheese - baked for about 10 minutes at 425' and they turned out great - even if they are a little blackened..they are good...Pancetta slices are a good alternative. And - yes - crisp bacon-lovers will love this even more! Cut 'em up and use them where you would use bacon bits.flag if inappropriate
PS........I used Genoa - not chewy at all if you bake it hot enough, I sprinkled freshly grated parmesan cheese on them... yum!flag if inappropriate
I used these in an Antipasto salad with spinach and grilled chicken... they added a wonderful touch...don't think I'd really just eat them alone.flag if inappropriate
These were pretty yummy. i think the microwave idea with paper towels from a previous reviewer is a good idea for cutting down the grease. We served these with champagne, and broiled goat cheese stuffed -prosciuto wrapped figs, and the mushroom crostini recipe from this site also. A very nice salty, sweet, crunchy, savory combination of flavors!flag if inappropriate
I do these in my microwave on a plate with a paper towel underneath the salami to soak up the grease and one on top of the salami to prevent spattering. Experiment since all microwaves are different and if the salami is sliced paper thin like a potato chip it will crisp nicely. I use hard salami instead of Genoa and I eat them with potato chips so needless to say, it's not heart healthy..and not exactly gourmet food, but yummy! It works with pepperoni, also.flag if inappropriate


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Do you know how many alleys there are in the average city? Well, ok, neither do I…but after last night, I have a much better idea. Last night, instead of just bustling by these dark passages as I usually do, I traipsed up and down every alley I came across here in downtown DC.
As you've probably guessed, I was exploring these alleys, and every other nook and cranny of the Golden Triangle (which also happens to be, more or less, the Alliance's neighborhood) as a volunteer with DC's annual PIT Count. Still relatively new to the field and working on federal policy here at the Alliance, I don't often venture over to the practice side of the field. I do, however, rely heavily on data and experiences gathered by practitioners every day to make the argument for increased funding for key federal homelessness programs. Last night was my opportunity to match each number with a face.
After more than three hours and more than 30 people counted (yes, that's unfortunately more than one person for every square block I covered in a neighborhood a stone's throw from the White House), I was beginning to sympathize with the challenges that every homeless person faces, but particularly those living on the streets. There were common themes: bureaucratic delays within departments like Veterans Affairs, long waits (years and years) for Section 8 or Public Housing, and a distinct lack of housing, affordable of otherwise, into which one might be placed. As Leroy, a man who made his home for the night in front of a Subway, noted to me, "I don't need food kitchens or a place to shower, I need housing."
It was frustrating for me, having these conversations with veterans, the elderly, parents disconnected from their children, and everyone else to know that the solutions are out there and the programs are, for the most part, in place. We just need the right resources and investments to take them to scale to assist people like those I met last night.
Before we departed for the Count, Scott Gould, the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, spoke briefly about the importance of conducting these count. Deputy Secretary Gould hit upon the crux of the issue by saying, "good data leads to good policy." We couldn't agree more! We think the staggering numbers of people experiencing homelessness in America speak for themselves. We know what needs to be done. Now, more than ever, is the time to make the right federal investments so that next year, or the year after that, I have a very boring, quiet night counting.
To everyone that has helped or will help conduct counts in your community this January: thank you. Our work here at the Alliance wouldn't be possible without your efforts. But as we know, data collection is just the first step to addressing the problem. Now is our opportunity to take what we've seen and learned to Congress to make a national impact. Here in DC last night, we had it easy – walking around a beautiful city in unseasonably warm temperatures, ending the night at home in our beds. But people like Henry, Lana, and Leroy don't have it so easy. Simply put: sequestration and balanced budgets shouldn't keep them, or anyone else I met last night, on the streets any longer.
Join us in 2012 as we work with Congress and the Administration to improve the lives of these and others across the nation. Together, we can make the need for PIT Counts a thing of the past.
Here's a smattering of clips about homeless point-in-time counts conducted this week. Did we miss your community? Tell us in the comment section below or shoot us a note on Facebook or Twitter!
- Homeless tally 'not an accurate account' of population in Delaware County (Star Press, DE)
- Point in Time homeless count offers opportunity to help (News Leader, MO)
- Camden County begins 24-hour count of its homeless (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)
- Harford, Balto. counties survey homeless for annual census (Baltimore Sun, MD)
- Connecticut social service providers set for annual count of homeless (Associated Press, CT)
Our new Capacity Building Associate, Kay Moshier McDivitt, joins the Alliance's Center for Capacity Building with a strong background in community planning and programming to prevent and end homelessness. Throughout her career, she has worked to develop systems change and implement best practices specific to vulnerable populations. Kay was an early advocate for the Housing First approach, pioneering the "Shelter to Independent Living Program," a best practices model of rapid re-housing.
Building on her community experience with the Lancaster County Coalition to End Homelessness developing systems change and shifting the local community direction to a system of prevention, diversion, and rapid re-housing, Kay has provided consultation and technical assistance to a number of communities in ten year plan development and systems change. Kay passionately believes that ending homelessness is possible and has committed her professional career to helping communities find the tools and strategies to accomplish this goal.
The Lancaster, PA resident enjoys travel (including her commute to the Alliance office), spending time with her family, and Saturday morning breakfast with friends.
As we move forward in ending homelessness, we have seen an increasing focus on measuring positive outcomes for clients. Programs and systems are evaluated on their ability to produce these outcomes. For some, this has caused a fear that programs will "cream".
When we talk about "creaming" in the homelessness system, we talk about intentionally selecting families and individuals that we expect will have the best outcomes to participate in our programs. The term is particularly used when we talk about programs that are rich in services and provide longer term financial assistance. While this may seem selfish or calculating, it isn't always. Sometimes we fear "setting up a client for failure" or providing an intervention and, at the end of it, "being right back where we started".
The assumption of some people who "cream" in their programs is that community resources could be wasted and as such, these people offer their resources to families or individuals who could take better advantage of limited capital. Unfortunately, this is the wrong assumption on both accounts and, often, the cost to communities is both human and economic.
To start with, we know from research on rapid re-housing that the majority of families are able to exit homelessness to permanent housing with very little help. Unfortunately, the families and individuals who are often the most in need of assistance (and frequently the deepest assistance) are also the families and individuals who look like they will "fail". They end up being left with little or no assistance, spending long stays in emergency shelters or worse, on the street or in another unsafe environment. The impact these long stays have on individuals, families, and children are sometimes not measurably negative, but they are known to disrupt to family dynamics, increase the incidence of depression, and compromise children's education.
In addition to the human toll that long stays in homelessness take on families and individuals who are the most in need of assistance and the least likely to exit homelessness independently, these families and individuals tend to cost systems – not just the homelessness system, but mainstream systems as well – a lot of money. By not directly targeting these families and individuals and instead choosing households who may not have been able to exit homelessness with very little assistance or no assistance, programs are actually costing the community additional resources in shelter expenditures, jails and police costs, child protective services interventions, and health care.
While "creaming"—either intentional or unintentional—may help improve a single program's outcomes, in the long run it diminishes a community's likelihood of ending homelessness and places additional burden on the families and individuals most in need within a community.
This is the first of a two-part series guest written by Iain De Jong.
What makes a housing program good? What is the difference between good housing programs and great housing programs? Which types of housing approaches work best for which populations? Throughout my career I have been investigating these questions, putting them in practice and sharing with others what I have learned – and can prove. I am an evidence-informed practitioner with a penchant for being a skeptical empiricist and I do not embrace hunches and anecdotes. I have come to understand that there are 10 essential elements for a successful rapid re-housing or Housing First program
I love seeing the profound change in people when they make the transition from being homeless to having sustainable housing and life stability. For the past couple of years I have been working with communities around the world to help them establish, evaluate, and tweak their housing programs to achieve better long-term success, use their resources effectively, and never lose sight of their mission (which is to end homelessness, in case you are wondering). Prior to that I spent five years starting and growing a highly successful and very large housing program – and we evaluated and researched what we were doing, learning why certain practices seemed to work and others did not. (I should also point out that I am a nerd to the nth degree and hold a faculty position in the Graduate Planning Programme at York University.) Without further adieu, here are the first 5 of the 10 essential elements for a successful rapid re-housing or Housing First program.
1. Know the population you aim to serve
Housing programs should never attempt to be all things to all people. From explaining your program's intent to prospective clients, to hiring the best people to provide housing access and support services, it is necessary for you to know who you are intending to serve and why. It is important to make the right program available to the right person at the right time if you want to see your homeless service system optimized (which you can read more about here). Some advice:
- Do NOT have a first come, first served approach to housing services.
- Have a centralized intake process or standardized process across your community (great examples can be found in Columbus and Dayton, Ohio).
- Measure acuity of presenting issues (the Vulnerability Assessment Tool, Vulnerability Index and Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool are all good options) and facilitate access to the right housing program to meet their needs.
- Remember that homelessness for most people is a once-in-a-lifetime event for a very short period of time. Most of those folks will end their own homelessness and aren't going to need intensive services from your organization. Do not do anything that will prolong their homelessness (for example, employment programs that require people to be homeless in order to participate).
- Rapid re-housing is a specific type of housing intervention. It isn't just about getting people into housing quickly. It is about supporting individuals or families with a few complex issues in accessing housing and providing the supports necessary for them to integrate into the community and, ultimately, no longer need your supports.
- Housing First is also a specific type of housing intervention. While it is housing first, it is not housing only. This type of housing intervention is for persons who have experienced chronic homelessness and have multiple complex issues. Both Intensive Case Management and Assertive Community Treatment approaches have proven to be effective in support delivery, and require fidelity to the intervention to be successful longer term.
2. Have the right service orientation
The key to having the right service orientation is to meet people where they are at – rather than expecting our clients to conform to our programs. To truly be client-centered we need to check, double-check, and even triple check that we aren't system-centered or client-directed. If you want to make sure you have the right service orientation:
- Allow clients to make choices – from the type of housing they move into, to the type, frequency, duration and intensity of services;
- Provide supports in vivo – in the client's natural settings and their home rather than expecting them to come to an office or trying to deliver supports through text messages, phone calls, or email;
- Ensure the service plan is individualized as opposed to "cookie cutter";
- Remember to avoid coercion and judgment;
- De-link the housing support functions from the tenancy (if they lose their housing they don't lose their supports);
- Appreciate that neither sobriety nor treatment participation nor medication compliance are preconditions for housing success;
- Exercise harm reduction;
- Help people integrate into their community;
- Teach, model, and support people instead of creating unrealistic expectations or being punitive;
- Appreciate your role is to support housing stability, not to "fix" people;
- Remember that your goal is to be professional, not charitable.
3. There are five sequential and essential components
Delivering your housing program in the right order with the right focus of attention is critically important. The order for maximum success is as follows:
1. Focus on Housing Before Anything Else
2. Create an Individualized Service Plan – After the Person has been Housed
3. Increase Self Awareness
4. Support Achievements in Self Management
5. Allow the Client to Reframe/Rebuild One's Life and Future
4. Structure and staff the housing team properly
Successful housing programs have comparable team structures and roles:
Team Leader – supervise housing case managers and is dedicated to ensuring fidelity to the program, measuring output and outcomes, and coaching for success
Housing Case Managers – can support clients in various phases of housing stability, and use proactive, objective-based discussions with clients to facilitate change and better housing and life stability.
Housing Locator – specializes in working with landlords and gaining access to housing stock. The best ones understand how rental markets and the business of being a landlord works.
5. Work well with landlords & understand their business
If you are working with landlords in the private market, you first need to appreciate that renting housing is a business. Engage with landlords from a business perspective and demonstrate how your approach can help them make more money. If you go into the discussion looking for landlords with big hearts you may find a few, but you likely won't get as many units long term or be as successful than if you go into it from a business perspective.
Stay tuned for Part Two of the 10 Essential Elements of Successful Housing First and Rapid Re-Housing programs, which looks at items 6-10 in the list.
Iain De Jong is the President & CEO of OrgCode Consulting, Inc. He has been working with many communities to help them improve their housing programs in advance of HEARTH. He is a frequent and popular speaker at Alliance Conferences. You can see him at the Conference in February in Los Angeles. Iain is also the chief blogger, tweeter and FaceBook persona for OrgCode. Take a look at www.orgcode.com or @orgcode or www.facebook.com/orgcode
It's the top ten time of year.
And today, instead of the usual Friday News Roundup, we wanted to share with you the top ten blogposts and top ten website publications for the year.
Let us know what you think of these posts or if we missed any of your favorites.
What the debt deal means for homelessness
What does the federal budget mean for HEARTH Act implementation
Chronic homelessness and cost studies
Why are people homeless
Posts about youth homelessness
Poverty Increases lead to fear of increased homelessness
The budget is out!
HUD releases 2010 PIT counts
Homeless children on 60 Minutes: Filling in the Solutions Gap
State of Homelessness in America 2011
Changes in Homelessness 2005 – 2007 Map
Increases in Homelessness on the Horizon
Total Homelessness by State – State of Homelessness 2011
National Conference on Ending Homelessness 2011
Data Point: Veteran Homelessness in the United States
Summary of the HEARTH Act
The Heterogeneity of Homeless Youth in America: Examining Typologies
Multi-Year Homeless Counts Map
Homelessness Looms as Potential Outcome of Recession
Happy Holidays!
Today's guest blog comes to the Alliance from Iain DeJong.
I have the great privilege of working with communities and organizations across North America that are dedicated to ending homelessness. Being the nerd that I am, I feel passionate about using real-time information to link the right intervention to the people who need that intervention. This seems to make sense to a lot of people, but the unfortunate reality is that this is not how many organizations or communities work.
Imagine you have a heart attack. You are rushed to the hospital by paramedics. I now want to give you a choice: you can be seen by a cardiologist or an obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN). Which one do you choose? The cardiologist, of course. Are cardiologists successful with heart attack victims 100 percent of the time? Nope. But that doesn't prevent us from seeking out cardiologists when we experience a heart attack. They're heart experts after all.
Here is another choice for you: again, you've had a heart attack. The cardiologist and OB/GYN choices remain, but this time I want to add a third choice: an acquaintance who watches a lot of House on TV. Oh, and he used to watch ER, dabbles in Grey's Anatomy, and loves MASH re-runs. Who do you choose this time? My money is still on the cardiologist.
Here is your final choice: again, you've had a heart attack. All the cardiologists are not available. Why? Because they are too busy seeing people with common colds. Now your choice is limited to the OB/GYN or the acquaintance who watches House. I'm guessing you would choose the OB/GYN. It may not be their field of expertise – and your heart condition may have complexities that are outside their field of knowledge – but they likely still have a better chance of keeping you alive until the cardiologist is available than the acquaintance who watches House.
What are the lessons here for homelessness and housing service systems?
The first lesson: Perform common assessment to determine where (which organization) and how (which type of service) assistance should be provided.
I have seen the value of standardized assessment tools (or like this one) used across communities or a coordinated entry process, where the standardization takes much of the guess work out of determining where and how people can be served.
The second lesson: Prioritize highest need cases first.
Services should not be first come, first served. Can you imagine if people who experienced heart attacks were left to wallow in waiting areas? I suspect a lot more people would die waiting for the services they need, when the resources to help exist.
Communities that are serious about ending homelessness have methods for determining which individual/family should be served when and why. It isn't random. It isn't luck. It is informed decision-making that matches information gleaned from the assessment with the best available resources.
The third lesson: Capitalize on experts and their expertise.
Homelessness organizations cannot be all things to all people. We don't want cardiologists to be inundated with people with common colds much like we wouldn't want Assertive Community Treatment teams or Intensive Case Managers overloaded by people with lower acuity needs.
Oh…and don't think words like "expert", "professional" and "expertise" are accidental. Ending homelessness is professional work that draws upon a body of evidence, research, and proven methods. Simply being well-intentioned – without expertise – is code for being ill-prepared or improperly trained which can result in more harm than good. It is analogous to your acquaintance, the House fan, treating heart attacks.
The fourth lesson: Work cooperatively as a homeless assistance system.
The paramedics actually took the heart attack victim to the hospital – it wasn't a blind referral, it was a warm transfer. In other words, once the paramedics arrived on scene they didn't just tell the person where the hospital was and hope the person would get there while they moved onto the next heart attack victim. That's not how paramedics work. They revive. They stabilize. They take people to the location with the expertise to meet their needs. They communicate with the hospital in advance of showing up to make sure that they know they are coming, which also gives the hospital the chance to say they are full or have no cardiologists available. At the hospital the paramedics remain until they directly pass the patient off to the next professional. They also pass every tidbit of information onto that other professional. And they document all that they did.
The fifth lesson: Ask the right questions at the right time.
We need to orient our information gathering towards matching people to the right housing intervention to meet their needs. Once they are involved in the program best designed to meet their needs, more pertinent information can always be collected. A mistake in homeless services that I have seen repeatedly is inundating people with questions to populate databases at the wrong time. Housing is the only known cure to homelessness. Shouldn't we be orienting our questions towards a housing solution? Asking someone "How can I help you?" allows the conversation to go to any one of a number of different directions, most often related to their present survival needs. Asking someone "How can I help you get housing?" provides a very clear scope and direction and places the individual asking the question at the center of the discussion, which reinforces accountability.
My final point is that people who experience heart attacks are not kept in the hospital indefinitely. When the time is right – based upon professional opinion and further assessment – the person who had the heart attack is discharged from the hospital. The person in many instances is going to be connected to other community resources to help them get healthier and stronger while back in the community.
As we look at HEARTH indicators, we know that a system-wide approach to service delivery – rather than a collection of programs – demands that we think critically and strategically about how to get the right information that allows us to get the right individual/family to the right service. This system-based, strategic approach improves coverage of services, reduces length-of-time experiencing homelessness, and reduces recidivism. It also provides terrific opportunities for diversion.
So, let's help people who are homeless with really complex needs access the resources best able to help them. Instead of just any organization, let's help them get to the organization with the expertise and resources to have the greatest likelihood of success. Let's focus on quality interventions rather than a quantity of interventions.
Let's help people who are homeless with moderate needs access the resources best able to help them. Let us respect and value that not every individual is going to have really acute needs and let us also appreciate that some organizations do phenomenal work at effectively serving people with moderate needs.
Let's do this across our entire systems of care and across all program areas. And let's do our best to help people of all presenting needs and acuities access the housing they need.
Iain De Jong is one of the Managing Partners of OrgCode Consulting, Inc. and a long-time – and popular – presenter at Alliance Conferences. He has worked in the non-profit, non-governmental, private and public sectors, from policy development to direct service delivery and program design and evaluation. His work has generated a number of awards for innovation, affordable housing, impact on public policy and service quality. In addition to his work at OrgCode, Iain teaches in the Graduate Planning Programme at York University. If you are interested in learning more about his work or perspectives on ending homelessness, check out Iain's Blog on the OrgCode website www.orgcode.com , Like OrgCode Consulting on Facebook or follow @orgcode on Twitter.
Over the course of a year, the Alliance has been engaged in the production of a book. Today, the Alliance is delighted to announce that the book has been published and is available for purchase!
Dream of a Nation is an anthology of essays about the most pressing issues facing the country today: bolstering the economy, improving health care, ending poverty, fostering community, creating constructive media, among others. The essays are penned by the national experts, including the Alliance's own Nan Roman, who contributed an essay – co-written by Alliance board member Irene Mabry Moses – about ending homelessness in America.
Moving forward, we'll tell you more about the Dream of a Nation campaign, how to get involved, where to buy the book, and what you can do to learn more about fulfilling the dream of our United States. For now, please check out the website, learn about the publisher, and read a few reviews.
Today's guest post comes to us from the Alliance's new federal policy fellow Sam Strike.
Hi everyone! This is Sam Strike, the new Federal Policy Fellow at the National Alliance to End Homelessness. I will be here for the fall helping the policy team find the best evidence-based policies and using them to end homelessness.
Issues of housing and homelessness first became personal for me when I taught at a middle school summer program in New York City. A couple of the kids I taught were in and out of homes and shelters. It was eye-opening to interact with these smart, fun kids and their great, supportive parents. There was no reason why they should be out on the street.
Then I worked for the housing unit at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. I worked with people who were getting kicked out of their homes and it became clear to me that something was wrong with the system- and that some people were being unfairly treated.
At Legal Services, I was helping people avoid homelessness through HPRP grants and I got to see first-hand how much good a federal policy can do in real people's lives. Much of the recent national narrative has been focused on reducing the role of the federal government in citizen's lives – but I was privileged to see how much good government can actually do. If we're able to turn great ideas into effective, efficient federal programs, we can make a tangible and significant impact on the lives of people most in need of our help. And that's what I came to the Alliance to learn to do.
Homelessness is a concrete problem that we can study, address, and solve. I want to learn as much as I can while I'm here and contribute to the great work that the people here at the Alliance are doing. If we put together a coherent and well-funded homeless system, we can make sure that everybody has the dignity of a home to call their own. This is a goal that the Alliance is working to achieve with their revolutionary Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness, which focuses on prevention, rapid re-housing, and other housing-based solutions.
When I'm not at the Alliance, you'll find me settling into my own new home in the District! I just graduated from law school at Washington University in St. Louis and moved into the city. I'm originally from Cincinnati (go Reds) and you can find me exploring DC, trying new restaurants, or looking for a good hiking trail.
Last week, Alliance president and CEO Nan Roman attended the first National Poverty Summit in Fort Worth, Texas hosted by Catholic Charities USA. The conference hosted leaders from 10 leading national human service organizations, including Save the Children, the Alliance, and Bread for the World, who engaged in a discussion about pragmatic, strategic, and compassionate ways to reduce poverty.
Since the Census released their report last week, there have been a number of news stories about the increasing number of people struggling to keep themselves clothed, fed, and housed. Only this morning, the New York Times reported that one in five New York City residents live in poverty; the Baltimore Sun said the number is one in four in their city. The Associated Press singled out the young adult population – who face a stagnant job market and the burden of school debt – as a group with a higher risk of poverty.
It goes without saying that there exists a relationship between homelessness and poverty (specifically deep poverty). Most people who experience homelessness were very, very poor before they were lost their housing. As such, programs that alleviate poverty also keep people and families from falling into homelessness.
But such programs are being threatened. With deficit reduction fervor racing through Washington (and much of the country), even effective, efficient government programs that help people move out of poverty and homelessness are at risk of being axed. And there is a flurry of other news articles – from Missouri to Arizona to Illinois – that have documented the potential human cost of denying these critical services to people who need them most.
While austerity is an important virtue, it cannot be achieved by punishing those who are already going without. As Nan Roman remarked at the National Poverty Summit, "We do have a deficit, but we can't reduce the budget on the backs of vulnerable people. It's a false savings when we allow so many more people to become homeless and stay poor."
To get involved with protecting these programs and ending homelessness, please visit the website or contact us.


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Vanilla Horlicks
Ingredients (serves 6)
6 cups milk
1 vanilla pod (or 1 teaspoon vanilla essence)
½ cup Horlicks
Sugar, to taste
1 cup milk, frothed
Place the milk, horlicks and halved vanilla pod in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer over low heat. Simmer for 1 minute and add sugar to taste. Remove from heat. Use a milk frother to froth and warm the extra milk.
Pour the vanilla horlicks among serving cups and place a dollop of frothed milked on each. Serve.


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Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Crack the Fart Code
Mobile: "Fart Code"
How do you get kids to care about nutrition?
By showing them that there is more to food than taste and texture. There's science. And sounds. And sometimes smells. Very stinky smells.
That's why we made an app called "Fart Code"—to promote kid's health and science education. And there's some smart science behind the gross-out laughs.
Watch the demo video and download the app at fartcode.com.
Once downloaded, the Fart Code app allows you to scan a bar code on any item in the grocery store. The app determines the actual ingredients in that item, noting any ingredients that are known to cause gas.
An algorithm uses those ingredients to determine the level of toxicity on a "fartometer" and produces the appropriate fart noise and vibration; a rough equivalent of how your digestive system would process the ingredients.
Once created, you can share the fart via text message (complete with fart emoji) and social posts. Friends can then click on a link and hear the fart their friend just, um, passed.
"It's a fun and engaging way to get kids to think about what they are putting in their bodies," said Margaret Johnson, executive creative director and partner at GS&P.
In other words, they can get smart from their fart. (Sorry, we couldn't help ourselves.)
Schools across San Francisco have signed on to use the app in their class curricula; national teacher resources are recommending the app to their networks; and parents across America are sure to appreciate that their now kids have something to keep them occupied in the grocery store.
The app was created by the BETA Group, GS&P's group of in-house developers.
A BuzzFeed article, "Get Smart from Your Fart: 14 Common Food Ingredients that Make You Gassy," outlines some of the ingredients used by the app's algorithm.
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