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Rick Geary is in San Diego right now, debuting the latest volume in his Treasury of XXth Century Murder series, The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti. He took a moment on the way to talk to us about the story, his attraction to murders, and the challenges of writing about the past—and he told us what his next book will be.
Robot 6: Why are you so interested in murder, and how has it held your interest through so many books?
Rick Geary: I've been a "fan" of crime, both fiction and non-fiction, since the early 1970s. I lived in Wichita, Kansas, and a friend of mine, a former cop, gave me a copy of the complete police file on an unsolved murder in Wichita from the 1960s. It fascinated me, and I used it as the subject of my first published comic story in 1977. Since then, the exploration of the dark side of human behavior has been a continuing obsession.
Robot 6:Would you ever do a book about a modern murder story, or do you prefer to stick to stories set in the past?
Rick: I prefer dealing with cases from the past, because with them the urgency and emotionalism have dissipated, and I'm able to get the proper ironic distance in my treatment. That said, I'd love someday to do the OJ Simpson case or JonBenet Ramsey or even Casey Anthony.
Robot 6: What was there about the Sacco and Vanzetti case that made you want to do a book about it?
Rick: It has all the ingredients I look for in a classic murder case: controversy, mystery and world-wide attention—plus a political dimension that divides people to this day.
Robot 6: There seems to be a lot of ambiguity about this case. How did you research it, and was it difficult to find objective sources?
Rick: The Sacco-Vanzetti case has been studied and written about over the years by both political partisans and objective historians. I searched out all the books available and had no trouble finding sources that dealt with the story even-handedly.
Robot 6: Did your ideas about the case change as you did your research?
Rick: I usually try to pick a case about which I have very few preconceived ideas, so the research phase is one of discovery and education for me. I'm finding out new things through every phase of the book's production, right up through the final inking, so the piece is in a constant state of flux.
Robot 6: Drawing a comic set in the past has challenges of its own. What do you do to prepare yourself not only to portray it accurately but to avoid anachronism?
Rick: In relating these cases, I try for accuracy and clarity above all, because many of them have acquired, over the decades, layers of mythology and faulty information. I always keep a photo file for the period I'm treating: clothing, interiors, automobiles, carriages, etc. Old catalogs are an especially valuable resource.
Robot 6: You favor a cool voice—the narration in Sacco and Vanzetti almost seems like the narration in a documentary. Do you ever have a strong emotional response to your subjects?
Rick: With any murder case, the horror and grimness and strong feeling are built into the material, so I figure my best approach is one of detachment. Especially with an unsolved case, I like to lay out all the elements and clues in a rational way, so readers can either solve it themselves or realize anew why it remains unsolved.
Robot 6: What are your plans for Comic-Con—and beyond?
Rick: I'll be at my usual table (F-6) selling my new and older books, as well as postcards. I'm also working on my next book in the murder series: "Lovers' Lane," an account of the Hall-Mills double murder of 1922.
This series is excellent.
What I especially like is that it's often very scary, because you know this stuff actually happened one way or another. Fiction got nothing on for instance the Bloody Benders….BRRR
Just started reading the AXE MAN yesterday and really appreciate all the research, all those tiny details that made up the atmosphere prior to the first drawing of blood. (various weirdish pranks on random folks etc.)
Also dig that the narrative viewpoint is so freakingly awesome impartial!
Nice interview, I too am a big fan of the Murder series. Looking forward to this volume. One of my favorites in the series is The Fatal Bullet, and I think that one of the overlooked aspects of his work is his ability to paint the political scene in some of these stories. Sacco & Vanzetti should certainly give him an opportunity to flex those muscles.
Has anyone read his earlier stuff (Adventures of Blanche, others?). I haven't heard much about it, only realized it existed browsing through nick & dent over at TFAW…


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Best ski resorts for guaranteed snow
It's December, which means it's time for the winter sports resorts of Europe to begin the annual guessing game: will there be tons of snow at Christmas? Or will it, like last year, be a mud bath rather than the anticipated winter wonderland? The short answer is that this season has already got off to a cracking start almost everywhere. The exceptions at present are parts of Italy and the southern French Alps.
Christmas? If you've booked a high resort, breathe a sigh of relief. Good conditions are pretty much assured. The beauty of high resorts is that you're unlikely to be disappointed whether you're booking early or late season. And resort height isn't the only thing to look for – high-altitude lifts, glacier skiing, north-facing slopes, extensive snow-making facilities and historically reliable cover are all key to perfect pistes and a decent depth of powder.
However, in the lower resorts we're not yet quite out of the woods. Don't worry too much, there's unlikely to be a disaster on last year's scale. For Christmas week 2014, in most alpine destinations, you'd have done better to have packed your golf clubs than a pair of skis. Last season the snow arrived on December 28 and the slopes quickly recovered, but the Alps this year have experienced the warmest autumn since records began. In October, the French valley hub of Bourg St Maurice, the route to Les Arcs and Val d'Isère among others, clocked 20C for days on end. Fortunately, the temperature plummeted during the final 10 days of November and even low-lying resorts were able to fire up their snow-making.
Early-season conditions in Val d'Isère are the best they've been for years
With the cold, came the snow. The natural stuff arrived bang on time and in pretty substantial quantities. Opening conditions in higher resorts, such as Val d'Isère/Tignes, where I've been for the past couple of weeks, are the best I've experienced in 15 years. Since the skies cleared we've been enjoying perfect, deserted pistes as well as dry, light powder away from the prepared runs.
Across France, Switzerland, Austria and Andorra the story is a similar one. It's as if February has arrived two months early. However, the below-zero temperatures have now been replaced by a bout of unusually mild weather. November snow that fell at village level in the lower resorts is rapidly disappearing, not least because ground temperatures have been up to 10 per cent warmer than normal for the time of year. Colder weather and proper snowstorms look unlikely to return until at least mid-December.
Meanwhile, North America has also got off to a promising start, with many resorts in the western United States and Canada hoping for record falls because of the unusually strong El Niño. This Pacific current affects the weather pattern, tending to cause above-average snowfalls. A vintage winter? So far, so good, but we're at the cradle stage of a 20-week season. Here are 10 resorts where you shouldn't be disappointed, whether you've booked early, or are planning to travel late in the season.
For a specific resort, check our full snow reports and weather alerts sponsored by Crystal Ski Holidays.
Val d'Isère/Tignes, France
Snow depth
30cm in resort; 100cm at top of mountain.
Resort report
These two contrasting resorts share a giant ski area with 300km of pistes reaching from 1,550m to 3,456m. Val has a dominance of chalets and four/five-star hotels mainly clustered around a 17th-century church and a central shopping street. Tignes is a series of purpose-built stations de ski with apartments and a few hotels at different altitudes. Val opened in a snowstorm on November 28, while lifts on the Tignes Grande Motte Glacier have been running since October. Val has the largest artificial snow-making plant in Europe. Le Snow Factory could fill an Olympic-size swimming pool in 30 minutes or cover Wembley Stadium to a depth of half a metre in just one hour.
The five-bedroom Chalet des Pentes is close to the lifts in the Val satellite hamlet of La Daille. The chalet owner is a cabinet maker, so the property is as beautifully finished as a showroom. YSE (01935 816550; yseski.co.uk) has packages from £790.
Val Thorens, France
Snow depth
90cm in resort; 120cm at top of mountain.
Resort report
At 2,300m, this is the highest village ski resort in Europe. The highest lift is at 3,250m and its lofty altitude ensures that decent snow conditions prevail from late November until early May. Val Thorens opened 40 years ago as an ambitious experiment in concrete, purpose-built resorts. But down the years it has developed into a much more aesthetically pleasing place, with a justified reputation for quality slopes and fine living. This year, it started snowing here in September but warm weather played havoc with piste preparation. Then a severe snowstorm forced it to postpone its November 21 opening by a week.
Right now the weather is glorious, with 28 of its 81 slopes open, the normal amount in the uncrowded pre-Christmas weeks.
Residence Oxalys has a swimming pool and spa facilities and is ski-in ski-out. The Jean Sulpice two-star Michelin restaurant is in the building. Erna Low (0207 584 2841; ernalow.co.uk) has packages from £551 for a one-bedroom self-catering apartment, including Eurotunnel crossings for one car with free Flexiplus upgrades.
Verbier, Switzerland
Snow depth
16cm in resort; 40cm mid-mountain (highest lift not open).
Verbier has slopes up to 3,330m and boasts a great snow record Photo: frperraudin.ch
Resort report
The freeride capital of the Alps is essentially a ski town that attracts powderhounds from all over the world. With a top lift at a heady 3,330m, snow cover is guaranteed. From the resort at 1,500m the ski area extends into three neighbouring valleys with 400km of linked pistes. Verbier opened November 29 with about a third of the lifts in operation.
Chalet Sherwood is a penthouse apartment with five bedrooms and designer interiors, close to the nursery slope and five minutes' walk from the centre. Ski Verbier (01608 67484, skiverbier.com) has packages from £13,000 for the whole chalet (£1,300 per person), including all drinks and 24-hour in-resort driver. Flights and transfers not included.
Ischgl, Austria
Snow depth
10cm in resort; 30cm at top of mountain.
Resort report
Ischgl is an attractive Tyrolean farming community that embraces international tourism with unbridled enthusiasm. With the village at 1,400m and a top height of only 2,350m, it is not your typical snow-sure candidate. But so sophisticated is its snow-making system, it can almost dispense with nature altogether. Ischgl is also famous for its lively après activities and opened on November 28 with a midmountain concert by the Beach Boys, watched by a crowd of 15,000. At the moment the sun is shining and about 20 lifts out of 45 are serving 71km of the total 238km ski area that links to Samnaun in Switzerland.
Hotel Solaria is in a quiet yet central location. It has an indoor swimming pool and has recently been completely refurbished. Inghams (01483 345671; inghams.co.uk) has packages from £849.
Les Deux Alpes, France
Snow depth
5cm in resort; 60cm at top of mountain.
Resort report
This high glacial resort, with slopes from 3,568m down to 1,650m, opens for winter today. Official snow depths were not available when going to press, but when the glacier opened for the final week of October conditions were excellent, with a metre of snow at the top. Right now webcams paint a picture of powder perfection on the glacier and there is a 10cm dusting at resort level. The big innovation this year is a blue run providing an easier, safer return to the resort. Les Deux Alpes has 415ha of groomed slopes and 224 snow guns protect a large chunk of the area.
Les 2 Alpes' glacier opened at the end of October Photo: YOANN PESIN
The self-catering Chalet Le Pont is wood-panelled throughout and has its own covered swimming pool. It sleeps up to 12 people in five en-suite bedrooms. Peak Retreats (0844 576 0170; peakretreats.co.uk) has packages from £273 based on 12 people sharing the whole chalet, including Eurotunnel crossings for one car with free Flexiplus upgrades.
Lech, Austria
Snow depth
20cm in resort; 35cm at top of mountain.
Resort report
This upmarket village in the Voralberg region shares a lift pass with neighbouring St Anton, but historically has superior snow cover. This part of Austria caught the November snowfall, although daytime temperatures have now risen above freezing. However, cold nights, with temperatures dropping as low as minus 10C, should help to preserve the initial snowpack. Lech is linked to Zurs and also now to Warth-Schröcken. This little-known resort has the distinction of having the highest average annual snowfall of any resort in Europe, 10.6m. The top lift in the area is at 2,450m with runs dropping down to Lech at 1,450m. North-facing slopes and snow guns help to keep the 185km of runs in good condition throughout the season.
Hotel Bergheim is a family-run three-star with spacious rooms decorated in rustic alpine style. Crystal Ski (020 8939 0726; crystalski.co.uk) has packages from £649.
Cervinia, Italy/Zermatt, Switzerland
Snow depth
20cm in resort; 145cm at top of mountain.
Zermatt and Cervinia's linked ski area is the highest in Europe Photo: Michael Portmann
Resort report
Italian resorts often miss out on the early storms and this year has been no exception. However Cervinia, both because of its altitude and its proximity to Switzerland – the ski area is linked across the Matterhorn to Zermatt – remains one of the most reliable resorts for European snow cover. The season opened on November 7, with lifts operating in the Plateau Rosa sector on the Italian side of the frontier. On the Swiss side the Kleine Matterhorn cable car is also operating and serving runs down towards Zermatt. Thirty out of 360km of runs are open, but high winds have sometimes caused temporary lift closures. The last snowfall here was on November 20 on the Italian side and November 29 on the Swiss.
Cervinia is at 2,050m and with lifts going up to 3,899m. The joint ski area with Zermatt is the highest in Europe. This ensures snow cover is guaranteed between now and early May.
All-inclusive full-board packages at Club Med's La Dolce Vita resort in Cervinia (0203 432 6752; clubmed.co.uk) start from £1,354, including a Cervinia-Zermatt lift pass, equipment hire, five days' tuition, après activities, child care, a teenage club, flights and transfers. The hotel has an indoor swimming pool, spa, gym, Pilates classes and table tennis.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Snow depth
43cm in resort; 74cm at top of mountain.
Resort report
Jackson opened for its 50th season on November 26 with some of the best conditions in North America. Its rivals for snow depths are Telluride in Colorado and Whistler in Canada. Eight trails out of 140 are open and more terrain is expected over the coming days. During a short season – it closes on April 3 – the resort averages 9.4m of snow. The highest lift in the 2,500-acre ski area is at 3,185m, ensuring reliable snow cover for its steep couloirs and sweeping powder bowls.
The Inn at Jackson Hole is a few minutes' walk from the Aerial Tram lift and the shops and restaurants of Teton Village. It has an outdoor heated pool and in-house Masa Sushi restaurant. Ski Safari (01273 224060; skisafari.com) has packages for £1,255 b&b.
Jackson Hole opened with some of the best conditions in North America
Whistler, British Columbia
Snow depth
77cm mid-mountain.
Resort report
The most popular ski resort in North America with British visitors opened the first sectors of its 3,300 skiable hectares on November 19, one week ahead of schedule. Since the resort opening, the weather has largely been sunny, but more snow is forecast. Whistler's maritime climate can be harsh and changeable. Precipitation rolls in from the nearby Pacific, often falling as rain at the 675m resort base and as powder snow around the top lifts at 2,285m.
This attractive purpose-built resort is divided into two central areas, Whistler Village and Blackcomb. Unless you stay in one of the satellite areas linked only by ski bus, location is unimportant. The two mountains have gondola access at their bases and are linked by a further gondola at midmountain.
The Glacier Lodge is set behind the Fairmont Chateau Whistler at the foot of Blackcomb and has a selection of shops and restaurants underneath. There is an outdoor heated pool and an indoor hot tub. Ski Independence (0131 516 7083; ski-i.com) has packages for £1,175 room only.
Sölden, Austria
Snow depth
0cm in resort; 142cm at top of mountain.
Resort report
This strung-out resort in the Otz Valley was a venue in Spectre, the latest James Bond film. Its two glaciers and glass-walled Ice Q mountain restaurant feature in the movie. With visitor numbers already substantially up, the Bond association could prove a canny one for a resort that is bent on changing its international image from snow-sure bargain basement to hedonistic penthouse. Sölden officially opened for winter on November 27, but the 10 lifts on its two 3,250m glaciers that guarantee snow cover have been running since the autumn. I skied here in glorious sunshine in October in 20cm of fresh snow on a metre base.
Solden boasts outstanding glacier conditions
Right now 12 out of 33 lifts in the 146km area are open, but the snow is wet and heavy on the lower slopes because of warm weather. Up on the glaciers it is minus 3C and conditions are excellent.
Five-star Hotel Das Central is located, not surprisingly, in the centre of town. Bedrooms are decorated in modern alpine minimalist style and have open-plan glass-walled bathrooms, and there is a sumptuous spa and pool. Snow-wise (020 3397 8450; snow-wise.com) has packages from £1,445.
For a specific resort, check our full snow reports and weather alerts sponsored by Crystal Ski Holidays.
This article was first published on September 2, 2014, and updated in full on December 8, 2015


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Dunne is not done.
He will be back better than ever. I truly believe that. I know a lot of people are saying hes chinny after being KO'd in such dramatic fashion but Im still not convinced. He was in against a heavy puncher & was caught cold, similar to Ray Bautista a few weeks back, & Matthew Hall, a few weeks before that. 3 young unbeaten prospects with bright futures, all beaten in the 1st round.
The 3 of these guys may be in fact chinny, but all Im saying is its difficult to tell when they are hurt in the first few minutes of a fight.
For intance, look at Juan Manuel Marquez. In the first round of his fight with big punching Pacquiao. Now we all know Marquez has a solid chin, but against Pac he was caught cold in the 1st round, was decked heavily THREE times & came within a bawhair(ball hair to non scots readers
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Now if the ref had stopped that fight in the first round, everyone would have been screaming that Marquez was chinny. You catch my drift?
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WALKER: I think there's no doubt about that. But I think that's all the more reason, when I talk about things, I talk about the economic and fiscal crises in our state and in our country, that's what people want to resonate about. They don't want to get focused on those issues.
Walker also questioned why the government sanctions marriage in the first place, noting, "an alternative [would be] to say not have the government sanction it, period, and leave that up to the churches and the synagogues."
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In the '80s I saw hundreds of unreleased (and unreleasable) movies at
Film Markets (AFM, Cannes, etc.) and after-hours Thalia screenings in
NYC courtesy of the late Richard Schwarz. WHITE RAT is typical of these
misfires - clearly unfinished and haphazardly assembled for VHS dumping
and now a pointless DVD revival courtesy of Code Red. The distributor
included another unfinished film in the two-fer and even apologizes
(they should) on the back liner notes for the poor quality, based on
using video transfer rather than original film elements (lost?, thrown
away for good reason?).
My interest in WHITE RAT stems from co-star Alisha Fontaine, my favorite '70s starlet back when I saw her in wonderful drive-in movies like FRANCY'S Friday and FRENCH QUARTER. Her acting here seems committed and worthwhile but is shredded by the filmmakers/editors.
Film begins poorly with entire back story and exposition presented in rapid-fire voice-over narration as we stare at shots of the cast members. If this were a work print rather than a film signed off upon and sold to the public, it would have to contain many, many "Scene Omitted" cards.
Story has Hal Sherman as hard-boiled ex-cop turned private eye Mike Capon (a role that could have flown had they hired Tony Lo Bianco instead, then big in FRENCH CONNECTION) hired by gangster Alex to protect his girl friend Alice Leasen (played by Alisha Fontaine).
After being introduced to wife Cindy (sympathetic, but hen-pecking him), we see our hero with Alisha in a single-take tons of dialog shot walking her home down the NYC street. She's immediately killed (stabbed off-camera) and the movie died for me within 5 minutes of kick-off.
Making matters worse for an Alisha fan, five or six portions of a heart-felt monologue she gives talking about herself, set in a nightclub where she was a singer, is doled out randomly (real randomly -you have to see it) during the rest of the film as if scraps from the cutting room floor. This is as pointless as the entire movie.
Though our hero's performance is poor, his antagonist Alex played by Joe Petrullo is a fine acting turn, reminding me a lot of Kevin Spacey a decade or so later. He's a thinking man's villain in a terrible movie.
Film is so cheap looking (with seriously under-dressed sets) they must have had little money to start with, and run out of it quickly. Many scenes are presented simply in a continuous master shot, with no reverse shot coverage, just a single long take sufficing. Late in the film Cindy walks into the room to harangue her husband, and her entire first speech is repeated verbatim in a second take when they cut to a closer angle, unbelievably sloppy, who cares? editing.
Similarly a scene where our hero grills Paula, a fellow singer at the club, takes place in a car in the rain and is presented in chunks completely out of sequence, making it play like an irrelevant flash-forward. I could only discover this by playing the DVD back a couple of times, a luxury a theatrical audience would be unable to indulge in had this junker been releasable theatrically 40 odd years ago.
Narrative of hero trying to find out who killed Alisha, with himself as a prime suspect, is boring and poorly told. There are a few OK dialog scenes indicating the cast can act within the framework of '30s & '40s fast-talking, spit it out verbal delivery, but none of it fits together or amounts to anything more than a fragment of a motion picture that only wished it could become a neo noir. A foot chase and some other minor action footage go nowhere.
The loss rate of motion picture production has always been high, only increasing in the modern indie era when half-baked and ill-funded projects go forward with no promise of an ultimate taker. WHITE RAT is certainly not among the worst, just typical of scatterbrained filmmaking.
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WineTools is an installation program that helps users set up Windows software on Linux without wasting time with experiments.
No matter how simple the underlying principle of Wine might seem, the details are often tricky. Many settings must be configured individually for every program, and checking these settings can be difficult and time consuming. The mere attempt to install a Windows program may involve hours of searching on the Internet, as well as a fair smattering of trial and error, until you finally have the application running. And there is no guarantee you will be successful. Only a third of all Windows programs can be talked into running on Linux. I took over Frank Hendriksen's orphaned WineTools project over a year ago, and since then I have worked on extending WineTools to provide an installer for Windows programs in Linux. So far, I have mainly concentrated on the big gun Office and graphics applications, that is, Microsoft Office and the Office viewers, Internet Explorer, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator. A large number of shareware, freeware, and Open Source programs have been added in the meantime. If alternatives on Linux exist, these alternatives are described along with their Windows equivalents.
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My books include The Journey in Between (free to subscribers), an account of my 1,000 mile hike on El Camino de Santiago. The Last Englishman details my 2,650 mile adventure on The Pacific Crest Trail. My latest book and Appalachian Trail memoir is Balancing on Blue. You can read the first two chapters of my latest two books here. Or, take a look at all of my books in the Bookshop.
Over the last few years I have hiked around 10,000 miles including three trips on El Camino de Santiago (some 2,500 miles), The Pacific Crest Trail, The Appalachian Trail and several national walking routes in the UK, The South Downs Way, North Downs Way, West Highland Way and Cape Wrath Trail to name just a few.
What is it about the outdoors? There is something about being out there that amazes me. Human beings have spent the vast proportion of their existence in the wild, the vast proportion. Towns and cities are a creation we came up with relatively recently. Our bodies and minds are still becoming used to them, we are not actually meant to be there. This is why I, the friends I walk with, run with and most of the people I meet revel in the outdoor experience.
It's the same for a solitary canoeist paddling around Newfoundland. The same for a climber setting foot on top of Everest. A person in a hang glider soaring over the Pyrenees experiences this feeling too, as does a sailor rounding Cape Horn. Yes, it's about the adventure, the challenge. It is, however, primarily because our bodies realise that that is where we were nurtured, where we spent our infancy, and where we were raised.
We are meant to be out there. It's embedded in us, it's comforting and it's natural. This is why it feels so right.
You can hear an interview with David Lintern and I shortly after I returned from the Appalachian Trail here:
Born in the south of England and having lived on the edge of a small village, the countryside was my playground. Fond memories of Summers spent mucking around in the woods with my mates still stay with me. There were no mobile phones or iPads then, we made our own entertainment.
At 16 I tried my first long walk, taking on the South Downs Way, a 100 mile route through the heart of the Sussex downland and quintessential English rolling countryside. Biking took over during my twenties and I still take the occasional ride but my heart lies in walking. The simple act of putting one foot in front of the other is the appeal because it's uncomplicated. I've never been one to require an in depth understanding of something to appreciate it, the simpler the better. Walking is the simplest and oldest form of travel. It is designed to get us from one point to another with the minimum of fuss and at a pace that allows us to notice our environment which we would normally miss.
We live in a world where we feel the desire to make everything quicker in order to free up more time, which we then fill with something worthless. When it all gets too meaningless for me (which is often) I feel the need to escape. To be part of the great outdoors, with all my belongings strapped to my back, to be able to camp wherever takes my fancy and to have no decisions to make other than where and when to sleep and eat clarifies, simplifies and puts the world in perspective.
The pages on this website detail my walks and other adventures. Come with me and enjoy a little clarification . . .
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Homelessness in Australia
This article describes homelessness in Australia. The majority of people experiencing homelessness long-term are found in the large cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. It is estimated that on any given night approximately 105,000 people will be homeless.[1]
A person is considered to be homeless in Australia if they:
- Do not have access to safe, secure adequate housing, or, if the only housing they have access to damages, or is likely to damage, their health.
- Are in circumstances which threaten or adversely affect the adequacy, safety, security, or affordability of their home.
- Have no security of tenure – that is, they have no legal right to continued occupation of their living area.
2011 Census Homelessness Figures[edit]
There were 105,237 people experiencing homelessness in Australia on Census night in 2011. This equated to 1 in 200 Australians,[2] and represented an increase of 17% from the 2006 Census, with the rate of homelessness increasing from 45 per 10,000 to 49 per 10,000.
People who are homeless in Australia are classified into one of six categories. These are:
- Improvised dwellings, tents, sleepers out
- Supported accommodation
- People staying with other households
- Boarding houses
- Other temporary lodgings
- Severely overcrowded dwellings
56% of people experiencing homelessness on Census night were male and 44% female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians were over-represented in homelessness data making up 25% of the homeless population, compared to 2.5% of the Australian population. 30% of those experiencing homelessness were born overseas above the % of the Australian population.
From 2006 to 2011 the number of people sleeping 'rough' decreased from 9% of the homeless population to 6%. There was also a significant increase (23%) in the number of people staying in homelessness services.
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|Financial difficulties
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|Relationship or family breakdown
|Housing affordability stress
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Services data collection (2011–12)
There are many causes of homelessness.[3][4][5][6] The reasons for homelessness are many and varied and each individual's path to homelessness is different and unique. Some other reasons for homelessness are: addictions, exiting care (foster care system or prison system), barriers facing refugees, debt, disability, unemployment, lack of support, blacklisting, poverty, and being kicked out of home.[citation needed] Some of the current homeless population in Australia were previously in large-scale residential institutions for the mentally ill. Deinstitutionalisation of people with mentally illnesses began in Australia during the 1980s, and most now live in the general community.
The Road Home - Federal Government White Paper[edit]
The Road Home[7] was launched by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in December 2008.[8] This White Paper sets an ambitious target to halve homelessness by 2020 and offer supported accommodation to all rough sleepers who need it.[9] Launching the White Paper, Kevin Rudd said, referring to the 105,000 homeless people in Australia "A country like this should not have this problem, so large and longstanding, without being addressed, It's time we had a decent solution to this problem that has been around for a long time."[10]
The Road Home focuses future effort and investment into three strategies:
- Turning Off the Tap: Early intervention services to prevent homelessness.
- Improving and expanding services which aim to end homelessness: Ensuring that Services are more connected, integrated and responsive to achieve sustainable housing, improve social and economic participation and end homelessness for their clients.
- Breaking the Cycle: Ensuring that people who become homeless are able to quickly move through the crisis system into stable housing with the support they need so that homelessness does not recur.[11]
Affordable Housing[edit]
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG)'s National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA) subject to provisions of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations, defines and measures housing and homelessness services for the Commonwealth and the States and Territories.[12] In 2008 Rudd announced that NAHA would "deliver more longer-term housing for Australians who are homeless, more public and community housing and build and renew run down and overcrowded housing for Indigenous Australians living in remote areas."[7] NAHA's manadate includes a) social housing; assistance to people in the private rental market; support and accommodation for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness; and home purchase assistance; b) (b) working towards improving coordination across housing related programs to make better use of existing stock and under-utilised Government assets and achieve better integration between housing and human services, including health and disability services; and c) reducing the rate of homelessness."[12]
State Government Initiatives[edit]
In South Australia, the State Government of Premier Mike Rann (2002 to 2011) committed substantial funding to a series of initiatives designed to combat homelessness. Advised by Social Inclusion Commissioner David Cappo and the founder of New York's Common Ground program, Rosanne Haggerty , the Rann Government established Common Ground Adelaide [13] building high quality inner city apartments (combined with intensive support) for "rough sleeping" homeless people. The government also funded the Street to Home program and a hospital liaison service designed to assist homeless people who are admitted to the Emergency Departments of Adelaide's major public hospitals. Rather than being released back into homelessness, patients identified as rough sleepers are found accommodation backed by professional support. Common Ground and Street to Home now operate across Australia in other States.
Youth homelessness[edit]
According to the 2006 census, there were over 44,000 young people experiencing homelessness. This means that about 43% of the Australian homeless population are infants, children or youth under the age of 25. A particularly common form of youth homelessness in Australia is "couch surfing" whereby the person experiencing homelessness relies on the support of friends to sleep on their couch or floor.[14] Relationship breakdown and family conflict are often cited as common instigators of youth homelessness.[15]
Youth Homelessness Matters Day is an annual event run across Australia that highlights youth homelessness and associated issues.[16]
New South Wales[edit]
Yfoundations, is a peak body organisation on youth homelessness in New South Wales. Yfoundations was founded in 1979 by eighteen youth refuges in NSW, including Caretakers Cottage, Taldamunde, Young People's Refuge among others. The organisation was initially called Youth Refuge Action Group (YRAG), and changed its name several times over the years, including YRA, YRAA, YAA, and presently, Yfoundations.[17][18]
Post traumatic stress disorder and homelessness[edit]
A 2006 University of Sydney study of Sydney's homeless found a very high incidence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) amongst the homeless.[19][20][21][22]
- The Australian Government commissioned "AskIzzy" a mobile web app for homeless to locate services.[23][24]
See also[edit]
Mental health:
- ^ McLennan, Leah (2010-06-17). "CEOs brave cold to help homeless". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "2049.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Estimating homelessness, 2011". abs.gov.au.
- ^ "Homelessness is a Human Rights Issue". Australian Human Rights Commission.
- ^ Forell, S; McCarron, E & Schetzer (2005). "No home, no justice? The legal needs of homeless people in NSW". Law and Justice Foundation of NSW. Cite uses deprecated parameter
- ^ "There is no one definition of homelessness.". Homelessness Australia.
- ^ "Carrington Property Group". carringtonpg.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ a b The Road Home: A National Approach to Reducing Homelessness (PDF) (Report). Canberra, Australia: Homelessness Taskforce Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. 2008. p. 92. Retrieved 10 June 2013. line feed character in
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- ^ "Rudd's 2020 homeless pledge welcomed". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2008-12-21.
- ^ http://www.facs.gov.au/sa/housing/progserv/homelessness/whitepaper/Documents/default.htm
- ^ "Rudd's vow to homeless called bold, visionary". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2008-12-22.
- ^ "Interstate removal specialist". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ a b National Affordable Housing Agreement (PDF) (Report). The Council of Australian Governments.
- ^ "Common Ground". commongroundadelaide.org.au.
- ^ Morello, Vincent (2010-04-13). "Couch Surfing Risky for Homeless Youth". www.smh.com.au The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ Seymour, George (2010-04-09). "The Young and the Homeless". www.onlineopinion.com.au On Line Opinion. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ "Welcome from NYCH". youthhomelessnessmatters.net.
- ^ Coffey, Michael. "What Ever Happened to the Revolution? Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW." Parity. Volume 19, Issue 10. Another Country: Histories of Homelessness. Council to Homeless Persons. (2006): 23-25.
- ^ Coffey, Michael. "What Ever Happened to the (R)evolution?: Take 2 Revisiting Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW." Undercurrent No. 1. (2008): 5-12.
- ^ Rossmanith, Kate (16 May 2006). "Study reveals stress factor in homelessness". University of Sydney.
- ^ Taylor, Kathryn; Louise Sharpe (1 March 2008). "Trauma and post traumatic stress disorder amongst homeless adults in Sydney" (PDF). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 42 (3): 206–213. doi:10.1080/00048670701827218.
- ^ Lee, Stuart; et al. (June 2010). "Mental Health Care on the Streets: An Integrated Approach". Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44 (6): 505–512.
- ^ Huey, Laura Huey; Fthenos, Georgios; Hryniewicz, Danielle (July 2012). ""I Need Help and I Know I Need Help. Why Won't Nobody Listen to Me?" Trauma and Homeless Women's Experiences with Accessing and Consuming Mental Health Services". Society and Mental Health 2 (2): 120–134. doi:10.1177/2156869312445287.
- ^ GILLETT, CHRISTOPHER. "Ask Izzy app connects the homeless to food, shelter and health services." The Herald Sun. January 29, 2016.
- ^ Wright, Tony. "Prime Minister Turnbull meets Kent and spruiks new website for homeless." The Sydney Morning Herald. Jan. 29, 2016.


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If you've been waiting anxiously for that $199 Kindle Fire tablet you pre-ordered from Amazon.com, this should be welcome news:
The company says it started shipping the tablets today — one day earlier than it had planned.
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..losing that hour's sleep sucks, I know.
..and changing all those f'n clocks is a pain in the arse!
..does anybody really know what time it is?
Hours 9-5 Pacific Standard Time. If I call at 5:30 Pacific Daylight Time will they answer or not? I live life on the edge sometimes.
Enjoying this chapter in my life.
Learning that being alone does not mean being lonely.
Discovering that where I've been is not as important as where I'm going.
We really need to make decisions about our communal lives based on evidence....
I don't get it....who the fuck needs it to be light outside at 9:00pm?!?!
- Ricky
In my effort to be *concise*, I often come off as blunt and harsh. Sorry, don't mean to be offensive.
Now fall back is something I can behind. Can't we just fall back twice a year?
"It was the shortest weekend. EVER!" says I.
She says, "WEll, it was because of daylight saving time!"
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Most of the time, a song is just background noise adding flavor to your day with guitars and lovely harmonies. But at certain times, the right song and the right time is an outstretched arm to a drowning person. If you support K-LOVE, you are a part of God using Jason Gray's song "I Am New" to grab someone's heart.
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PLEASE share YOUR story of "the right song at the right time" in the comment section here.
-Lisa & Eric
"I took the K-LOVE thirty day challenge the beginning of this year to only listen to Christian music. Now it's the only thing I listen to. When I noticed a difference in myself, I decided to challenge my husband to the same. The transformation is amazing. We were on the verge of divorce and our marriage is stronger now than ever before." To read more of Jazzmin's story, click here!
How 'bout this "blessed to be a blessing story" from Jeannie Cannon, our Facebook friend:
"I am not sure if this is the place to post this, but I want to share the reason that I pledged $37.01 per month instead of $40 per month. In March 2009 I walked in to Curves (a Gym for women only) weighing 318 pounds. I was barely able to walk to the door from the car. Since then I have lost 173 pounds, walked in three 5K's, won 2 "Biggest Loser" Contests at Curves, and walk 3--6 miles almost every day. AND I am now working part-time at Curves.The membership fee is $37.01 per month. However the Owner has waived my fee ever since I reached the 100 Pounds Lost milestone. My Life has changed completely in the past 2 years. I know that Lives are changed and SAVED every Day at K-Love. I am pledging my Membership fee at Curves to K-Love so that other lives can be eternally changed."
The scripture Lisa was talking about with "emotional emptiness" was Philippians 4:8. Chapter 14 in Lysa Terkeurst's book Made To Crave has the deep answers to emotional emptiness. Thank you for supporting K-LOVE with your prayers and money - to help people be filled up with God!
God is so vast and amazing. We are convinced that each time a song plays, the Holy Spirit is using it to touch someone...
Just like Kelly. Click here to read her full story of how God used the song Tunnel by Third Day to reach into her heart.
After you read her story, come back here and tell us your story of the right song at the right time.
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Skip to comments.Announcing Birth of Our Twin Boys (Vanity)
Posted on 05/07/2011 6:56:50 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town
I would like to announce the birth of our third and fourth sons Nicholas Paul Roth & Charles Joseph Roth @ 1:01 & 1:02pm respectively on May 6, 2011. The boys are Identical twins born to James & Catherine Roth via cesarian section at Fairview Hospital in Cleveland, OH. They are two months early and will be in the NICU for the next two to four weeks.
As many of you will recall, my wife and I lost our second son Douglas Charles Roth to heart problems and CHARGE related Complex on October 1, 2010.
We believe that the boys are a gift from God with a little help from our own personal saint Douglas. We ask that all at FreeRepuplic say a prayer for the boys as they are premature.
They are in good health considering that they where only 31 1/2 weeks at delivery. They are breathing on their own without oxygen and they are expected to have no cmplications.
Never the less we are concerned, particularly after our experiences with Douglas.
Thnk you
CONGRATS! I am VERY happy for you!
Good luck and may God bless!
Congratulations and prayers too.
Enjoy your precious babies.
Before you know it they'll be asking for the car keys.
Congrats and my family will be praying.
What hath God Roth?
Congratulations! Breathing on their own is a great sign.
Congratulations to you & your wife! I'll be praying for your precious little ones!
Say goodbye to sleep for awhile. I suggest you research "Preparation for Parenting" by Gary and Ann Marie Ezzo. My first was sleeping 8 hours straight at night after 25 days and my second after 31 days because of this program.
Congratulations on the birth of your precious baby boys!
Prayers sent that they will stay strong and healthy and live long and blessed lives!
Congratulations. Babies are truly a gift from God, and he has blessed you with two of them! Prayers for their good health and rich lives filled with love and happiness.
Congratulations and blessings from another twin.
Will keep your babies in my prayers.
Congratulations!! and All the Best
CONGRATULATIONS and prayers sent for your double-blessings and for you and family.
God Bless and congratulations! It's good to see people fighting Islamocommunism.
May you experience many sleepless nights taking care of both of them! :)
Heartfelt congratulations. My B-G twins are 9. Twins are challenging the first year, but then it gets sooooooo much easier than even a single. Enjoy every minute! What a great blessing.
Best wishes for your double blessing...
Happy Mother's Day, Happy Mother's Day - to your wife.
Blessings and a long life of happiness for you and your growing family! :)
Being a preemie myself, I can say that if they are breathing on their own, that is a great sign. They seem to be a good size for their length of term. Congratulations to you and your wife. Our elder son was born eighteen years ago, tomorrow. It makes Mother's Day very special.
Prayers up for you and your family.
Congratulations! God has truly blessed you! My first son was born at 31 weeks weighing 2 lb 2 oz. He was on oxygen his first night and then on a CPAP for another week. Thankfully although he was tiny, there was nothing else wrong with him and he just hung out in the NICU for 48 days getting bigger and stronger. Your two little precious boys will be in the best hands and they'll be just fine! Those NICU folks are angels! Regardless, I'll be praying for your family.
Congrats and prayers up!
When you get a chance, post photos!
Of course, that'll probably be about this time next year. :-)
Congratulations. I was a NICU baby. Healthy and old now. :-) God willing, your boys will be able to say the same someday. You and your sons will be in my prayers.
Have twelve year old twin boys myself. You ain't lived until you've been through the challenges of raising twin boys.
God bless you, your wife and your family.
I am so happy for you and your wife! I will definitely say prayers for your family. I hope your wife is fine. From my understanding, a C section takes longer to heal from. I hope she is feeling great and on her feet in no time. I understand your fear especially after the tragedy of little Douglas. May Our Lord give you strength and courage. May His Presence be felt by your family.
As a tax preparer I can tell you that you kid's Social Security numbers will be inscribed on the birth certificate and their cards may also be attached. Keep these in a safe place since identity thieves would love to purloin those numbers.
I always suggest that my customers might go to a Dollar store and buy wallet picture holders to protect the SSI card since it is illegal to laminate the card!
Hugs and kisses for the Mother who has a twin blessing tomorrow!
Prayers up.
Congrats x 2! Parents are always concerned. That's part of the job. But your sons have good weights and should be fine. Prayers up for their growth! Welcome, little freeper boys!
I have brothers who are identical twins. Those stories you may have heard about identical twins having an odd ability to connect to each other even though they're miles apart -- in the case of my bros, I can tell you, such stories are true. I have witnessed it first-hand too often. My dad had been a thorough skeptic as a young father; by the time I was in my teens, he had a saying about my twin bros, and he always says it with a rueful shake of the head: one of them eats the prunes, the other one spits out the seeds. More than 60 years later, my dad is still mystified by something he never thought he'd believe, but reality forced his hand!
My thoughts: Your boys have a tremendous amount of love between them as well as for the rest of their family, and in a way, bring double the blessings of love. I'm happy for your family!
Congrats on your blessed event. Tell your wife "GREAT JOB"!
In our prayers.
Congrats! All the best!
"kid's Social Security numbers will be inscribed on the birth certificate"
Well, by all means, mask the SSN's, but if you post their long-form BC's on-line, we'll be happy to consider either of the twins as eligible to become POTUS starting in 2048...
:)They are a gift Jim.Congrats and post some pics when you can.We will be praying.(((((Hugs)))))Fatima
What a Mother's Day gift, indeed. Congrats to both of you.
May God's mercy surround your family in these coming weeks.
Congrats & prayers!
Congrats to you and the Mrs. on your newest Blessings.
Congratulations, Roth family!
Be sure to let us know when they come home so we can all rejoice with you!
(and a few pics of the little darlin's would be nice, too.)
God Bless you guys. Best of everything to your family, Jim.
Pictures, we need pictures. Congrats to Mom, Dad and the rest of the family.
I once read that a baby starts sleeping through the night when they reach around 11 pounds. You have a long way to go but you'll live through it.
God bless the wee ones and keep them safe and strong.
Give the babies a gentle cuddle from near Columbus please~
Congrats on the new arrivals.
Congratulations!!! A gift from God, no doubt.
Prayers for your family.
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Sole Mornay (Baked fish with a white cheese sauce)
Total Time
Prep 5 mins
Cook 15 mins
A nice fish dish with a pleasant presentation. Good with rice. Found this one a few years ago on a free dairy farmer calendar and enjoyed it.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 lbs sole fillets
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon instant bouillon granules, chicken flavour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk
- 1⁄2 cup swiss cheese, shredded
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 dash salt
- 1 dash black pepper
- If fillets are large, cut lengthwise in half.
- Roll up fish and secure with toothpicks.
- Place in shallow rectangular baking dish.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice.
- Cover with foil and bake in a preheated 400 F degree oven for 15 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- Meanwhile, melt butter in a saucepan.
- Blend in flour, bouillon mix and dry mustard.
- Gradually stir in the milk.
- Cook and stir over medium heat until it boils and thickens.
- Add both cheeses and stir until melted.
- Add salt and pepper and serve over the cooked and drained fish rolls.
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We just had this Good Friday (Easter) dinner and it was very nice... I used hoki fillets instead of sole, and mixed 2 teas of sweet chille sauce and 4 tab lime juice to pour over fish instead of the lemon juice... I will try lemon next time... I also left out the swiss cheese to reduce the fat and diary content.... and added 1/2 teas paprika as mentioned on another review... Will certainly make it again... We all loved it with rice and green vegetalbes...
My daughter made this tonight and it was very tasty. Light and delicate.
This was so delish! We not only ate this sauce on our fish, (Talipia fish) we ate it on our baked potatoes and asparagus too! Talk about fattening! But it was too yummy! I used American Swiss Cheese squares because that's all I had and I used fresh grated as well as canned parmesan cheese. This all stirred up and melted perfectly. It was a little too salty but that was my fault for adding too much. Next time I'll make it, then taste it, and add salt at the end if it needs it. I used white pepper and a about 1/2 tsp of paprika and it was a great flavor. My entire family raved about dinner tonight! Thanks for posting this great sauce recipe. Now I'll make this sauce for other recipes. It would be great over macaroni noodles. It was super on our potato skins too. I can't say enough about this yummy sauce! AWESOME!


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Australia is to fire the opening salvoes in a legal battle before the United Nations' highest court in June aimed at stopping Japan's whaling research programme in Antarctica.
"The International Court of Justice... will hold public hearings in the case concerning whaling in the Antarctic, Australia versus Japan, from Wednesday 26 June," the Hague-based ICJ said in a statement on Thursday.
Australia took Japan to court in May 2010 alleging that "Japan's continued pursuit" of a large-scale whaling hunt, which Japan calls scientific research, put the nation in breach of international conventions and its obligation to preserve "marine mammals and the marine environment".
Unlike Norway and Iceland, which openly flout the 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling agreed through the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Japan hunts using a loophole that allows for lethal scientific research.
Japan's annual whale hunt has long drawn criticism from activists and foreign governments but Tokyo defends the practice, saying eating whale is a culinary tradition.
In Sydney, Attorney General Mark Dreyfus welcomed the long-waited opportunity to end Japan's whaling programme "once and for all".
"Australia will now have its day in court to establish, once and for all, that Japan's whaling hunt is not for scientific purposes and is against international law," Dreyfus said in a statement. "Australia wants this slaughter to end."
But Tokyo on Friday said it would fight its corner.
"Japan will defend its whale hunt as it is within the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling rules, which is the founding document of the IWC," a Japanese fisheries agency official told AFP.
A Japanese foreign ministry official in charge of the case similarly said: "We will argue that our whaling activity is being done legally."
Australia's lawyers will argue their case on the opening day, followed the next week by Japan, on July 2, the ICJ said.
A ruling in the matter however, may not be handed down for several months.
Japan last week announced its whaling haul from the Southern Ocean was a "record low" this year, blaming "unforgivable sabotage" by activists.
The hunt netted 103 Antarctic minke whales, the lowest since "research whaling" began in 1987, blamed on the actions of the Sea Shepherd conservation group.
Canberra and New Zealand -- which will also make a submission at the ICJ hearings -- have been outraged by the hunt, with Australian Environment Minister Tony Burke saying last week Japan's latest whale tally "is 103 whales too many".
Established in 1945, the ICJ is the UN's highest judicial body and settles disputes between states.