Mitch gold's Posts - Architects of a New Dawn2024-03-28T10:07:48Zmitch goldhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/mitchgoldhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2980504835?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=2yfd65cznya2v&xn_auth=noMay 16 Blogtag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-05-17:2227378:BlogPost:1714662010-05-17T06:05:26.000Zmitch goldhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/mitchgold
<p>As I prepared myself for today's blog by going for a Fishing day with<br></br>some friends of my friend Jim. (James Ashbell Rogers - Nationally<br></br>Published Architect from Phoenix, Arizona) One of the fellows was<br></br>diagnosed recently with terminal cancer and "the boys" were getting<br></br>together for a "tribute" to the life and friendship of Louis - whom I<br></br>had just met. I was invited to go for the trip. John (Electrical<br></br>Contractor from Phoenix area), Mark (from Michigan, now…</p>
<p>As I prepared myself for today's blog by going for a Fishing day with<br/>some friends of my friend Jim. (James Ashbell Rogers - Nationally<br/>Published Architect from Phoenix, Arizona) One of the fellows was<br/>diagnosed recently with terminal cancer and "the boys" were getting<br/>together for a "tribute" to the life and friendship of Louis - whom I<br/>had just met. I was invited to go for the trip. John (Electrical<br/>Contractor from Phoenix area), Mark (from Michigan, now Phoenix),<br/>brother Bob (from Rochester NY, Luis, Jim and I went for a beautiful<br/>Puerto Penasco day on the fishing vessel called Pancho Villa - with<br/>Captain Christopher, and Juan who looked after us. We had thought<br/>that Ray would be coming with us. But Captain Ray had other things to<br/>do. It was a beautiful day catching a glimpse of a whale and sea<br/>lion, and a number of dolphins as we returned to port. The catch of<br/>the day was cut up, sauteed, and fried right on board and while we did<br/>not catch a lot of fish - we had enough for a beautiful dinner. The<br/>margaritas were pretty good too. Captain and crew certainly made sure<br/>we were looked after. So we all enjoyed a beautiful sunset and off<br/>for another day.</p>
<p>Today - CNN - Fared Zakaria brought an interesting group of people<br/>together today. I listened as closely as I could to see if there was<br/>something I might learn from their knowledge and wisdom.<br/>The selection of these four people is curious at best.<br/>Lawrence Summers - former President of Harvard University and current<br/>Economic Advisor to Barack Obama.<br/>Christine Lagarde - French Minister of Finance - politically<br/>developing Islamic finance model<br/>Dominique Strauss -Kauhn - World Bank President (currently vying to be<br/>the next President of France) and more concerned about his<br/>professional positioning than actually using the World Bank to<br/>accomplish anything of significant value.<br/>Tharman Shanmugaratnam - Finance Minister of Singapore - graduate of<br/>the Harvard Public Administration - a well spoken political shill</p>
<p>Of course I have a slight bias against Lawrence Summers - only<br/>because of his connection to Harvard and even more so as he is White<br/>House Advisor to the President. And upon closer analysis certainly he<br/>must have ingrained in him the Milton Friedman Economic thinking model<br/>- as most if not all Harvardites are. Many may not be concerned with<br/>this aspect of American economic thinking - but I think it is about<br/>time Harvard trained economists go back to school and learn why<br/>Standards like the ISO 26000 need to be used in Corporate Accounting<br/>and guidance pricniples. Of course we need to move beyond Triple<br/>Bottom Line Accounting - These participants do not even acknowledge<br/>the existence of Triple bottom line accounting in their perspective of<br/>the future . It is our opinion that we need to move beyond Triple<br/>Bottom Line thinking. And I think in this regard Christine Largarde<br/>may be the only person at the table that might support that<br/>perspective.</p>
<p>Of course I would love any to prove this observation wrong and to<br/>cite some particular Policy statements in that regard.</p>
<p>Also at the discussion table was Tharman Shanmugaratnam from<br/>Singapore. I wondered why he was there at all - but his degree in<br/>Public Administration from Harvard quickly dispelled my curiosity as<br/>to why a finance minister from a country with a GDP that is 49th in<br/>the world and a population of under 5 million people was chosen to<br/>share his knowledge and wisdom on CNN. Why might it be relevant is<br/>open to conjecture. But for certain he looks better than I do if I<br/>were to be asked. And my political baggage is non-existent coming<br/>from Canada and never having held a political office.</p>
<p>To understand why I have my opinions you may care to look at the<br/>recent IMF Governance conference and the follow up to the Copenhagen<br/>Conference where both the World Bank and the IMF shirked their<br/>responsibility in taking an active roles in the Funding proposition of<br/>the Accords. . And Dominique Straus Kahn - while his position at the<br/>World Bank seems to give him the credibility to be interviewed - I<br/>find the IMF and the World Bank as much of the problem of the day as<br/>any that we might point the finger at for NOT even discussing the ISO<br/>26000 Standard and its implications at regular fora dealing with<br/>"regulation" when they clearly speak the words that they are for a<br/>new regulatory climate - using the term " a must". They would rather<br/>continue to argue what it might be rather than to look at what the ISO<br/>is and how the ISO where the UNGC have managed to arrive at after<br/>four years of challenging work.</p>
<p>It is true that Christine Lagarde the French Finance Minister is the<br/>only one whom we might be in common mind with at the table as she<br/>calls for "standards to be applied" and to keep them simple. Upon<br/>closer examination she expresses her bias as an intention to make<br/>Paris an important center of Islamic finance a notion that was not<br/>discussed on the program - nor its meaning in terms of an<br/>understanding of the distinction between Muslim Financial models and<br/>"other" capitalistic models. Most certainly Islamic finance needs to<br/>be addressed more clearly in the ISO 26000 Standards - a distinction<br/>and discussion I have been attempting to integrate into the<br/>application of the ISO 26000 Standard (unsuccessfully) . SO it is<br/>important that her perspective be understood.</p>
<p>During the CNN program GPS today one of the above participants<br/>represented that Canada would not support a Global Tax. Such a<br/>statement is not true as Canada has passed a motion to support the<br/>Tobin Tax stating in law: "That, in the opinion of the House, the<br/>government should enact a tax on financial transactions in concert<br/>with the international community." This is Canadian Law and as soon<br/>as the International Community accepts this - perhaps someone might<br/>see the application of the UTU (or alternative) as a support tool for<br/>instant implementation.</p>
<p>I find it curious that no one at the table uses the term Tobin Tax<br/>on this program all the while introducing more confusing notions of<br/>tax as the Fat Tax or a notion of Global Tax.</p>
<p>It is also curious that none seem to be aware that Global Guidance<br/>standards have been argued for over 4 years and the final iteration<br/>will be published this October. Mr. Dominique. Strauss Kahn has no<br/>excuse for not being aware unless of course he did not read the IMF<br/>Governance Report fully where we were able to have two references made<br/>to the ISO 26000 Standard. Of course others may say it is not<br/>published yet - so why all the fuss?</p>
<p>Those that are reading this might find some of the references<br/>confusing. They ought not to. But we will endeavour to answer any<br/>questions as to the integrity that we are operating with in concert<br/>with the application of the ISO 26000 Standard, the UTU (or<br/>alternative) and the developing of support mechanisms through the<br/>United Nations Systems based upon the MOU between the ISO organization<br/>and the United Nations Global Compact.</p>
<p>As I read my own blog I think it is clear that it ought to be re<br/>written by someone involved in communications. My style sucks.! any<br/>takers?</p>May 16 Blogtag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-05-17:2227378:BlogPost:1714652010-05-17T06:05:24.000Zmitch goldhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/mitchgold
<p>As I prepared myself for today's blog by going for a Fishing day with<br></br>some friends of my friend Jim. (James Ashbell Rogers - Nationally<br></br>Published Architect from Phoenix, Arizona) One of the fellows was<br></br>diagnosed recently with terminal cancer and "the boys" were getting<br></br>together for a "tribute" to the life and friendship of Louis - whom I<br></br>had just met. I was invited to go for the trip. John (Electrical<br></br>Contractor from Phoenix area), Mark (from Michigan, now…</p>
<p>As I prepared myself for today's blog by going for a Fishing day with<br/>some friends of my friend Jim. (James Ashbell Rogers - Nationally<br/>Published Architect from Phoenix, Arizona) One of the fellows was<br/>diagnosed recently with terminal cancer and "the boys" were getting<br/>together for a "tribute" to the life and friendship of Louis - whom I<br/>had just met. I was invited to go for the trip. John (Electrical<br/>Contractor from Phoenix area), Mark (from Michigan, now Phoenix),<br/>brother Bob (from Rochester NY, Luis, Jim and I went for a beautiful<br/>Puerto Penasco day on the fishing vessel called Pancho Villa - with<br/>Captain Christopher, and Juan who looked after us. We had thought<br/>that Ray would be coming with us. But Captain Ray had other things to<br/>do. It was a beautiful day catching a glimpse of a whale and sea<br/>lion, and a number of dolphins as we returned to port. The catch of<br/>the day was cut up, sauteed, and fried right on board and while we did<br/>not catch a lot of fish - we had enough for a beautiful dinner. The<br/>margaritas were pretty good too. Captain and crew certainly made sure<br/>we were looked after. So we all enjoyed a beautiful sunset and off<br/>for another day.</p>
<p>Today - CNN - Fared Zakaria brought an interesting group of people<br/>together today. I listened as closely as I could to see if there was<br/>something I might learn from their knowledge and wisdom.<br/>The selection of these four people is curious at best.<br/>Lawrence Summers - former President of Harvard University and current<br/>Economic Advisor to Barack Obama.<br/>Christine Lagarde - French Minister of Finance - politically<br/>developing Islamic finance model<br/>Dominique Strauss -Kauhn - World Bank President (currently vying to be<br/>the next President of France) and more concerned about his<br/>professional positioning than actually using the World Bank to<br/>accomplish anything of significant value.<br/>Tharman Shanmugaratnam - Finance Minister of Singapore - graduate of<br/>the Harvard Public Administration - a well spoken political shill</p>
<p>Of course I have a slight bias against Lawrence Summers - only<br/>because of his connection to Harvard and even more so as he is White<br/>House Advisor to the President. And upon closer analysis certainly he<br/>must have ingrained in him the Milton Friedman Economic thinking model<br/>- as most if not all Harvardites are. Many may not be concerned with<br/>this aspect of American economic thinking - but I think it is about<br/>time Harvard trained economists go back to school and learn why<br/>Standards like the ISO 26000 need to be used in Corporate Accounting<br/>and guidance pricniples. Of course we need to move beyond Triple<br/>Bottom Line Accounting - These participants do not even acknowledge<br/>the existence of Triple bottom line accounting in their perspective of<br/>the future . It is our opinion that we need to move beyond Triple<br/>Bottom Line thinking. And I think in this regard Christine Largarde<br/>may be the only person at the table that might support that<br/>perspective.</p>
<p>Of course I would love any to prove this observation wrong and to<br/>cite some particular Policy statements in that regard.</p>
<p>Also at the discussion table was Tharman Shanmugaratnam from<br/>Singapore. I wondered why he was there at all - but his degree in<br/>Public Administration from Harvard quickly dispelled my curiosity as<br/>to why a finance minister from a country with a GDP that is 49th in<br/>the world and a population of under 5 million people was chosen to<br/>share his knowledge and wisdom on CNN. Why might it be relevant is<br/>open to conjecture. But for certain he looks better than I do if I<br/>were to be asked. And my political baggage is non-existent coming<br/>from Canada and never having held a political office.</p>
<p>To understand why I have my opinions you may care to look at the<br/>recent IMF Governance conference and the follow up to the Copenhagen<br/>Conference where both the World Bank and the IMF shirked their<br/>responsibility in taking an active roles in the Funding proposition of<br/>the Accords. . And Dominique Straus Kahn - while his position at the<br/>World Bank seems to give him the credibility to be interviewed - I<br/>find the IMF and the World Bank as much of the problem of the day as<br/>any that we might point the finger at for NOT even discussing the ISO<br/>26000 Standard and its implications at regular fora dealing with<br/>"regulation" when they clearly speak the words that they are for a<br/>new regulatory climate - using the term " a must". They would rather<br/>continue to argue what it might be rather than to look at what the ISO<br/>is and how the ISO where the UNGC have managed to arrive at after<br/>four years of challenging work.</p>
<p>It is true that Christine Lagarde the French Finance Minister is the<br/>only one whom we might be in common mind with at the table as she<br/>calls for "standards to be applied" and to keep them simple. Upon<br/>closer examination she expresses her bias as an intention to make<br/>Paris an important center of Islamic finance a notion that was not<br/>discussed on the program - nor its meaning in terms of an<br/>understanding of the distinction between Muslim Financial models and<br/>"other" capitalistic models. Most certainly Islamic finance needs to<br/>be addressed more clearly in the ISO 26000 Standards - a distinction<br/>and discussion I have been attempting to integrate into the<br/>application of the ISO 26000 Standard (unsuccessfully) . SO it is<br/>important that her perspective be understood.</p>
<p>During the CNN program GPS today one of the above participants<br/>represented that Canada would not support a Global Tax. Such a<br/>statement is not true as Canada has passed a motion to support the<br/>Tobin Tax stating in law: "That, in the opinion of the House, the<br/>government should enact a tax on financial transactions in concert<br/>with the international community." This is Canadian Law and as soon<br/>as the International Community accepts this - perhaps someone might<br/>see the application of the UTU (or alternative) as a support tool for<br/>instant implementation.</p>
<p>I find it curious that no one at the table uses the term Tobin Tax<br/>on this program all the while introducing more confusing notions of<br/>tax as the Fat Tax or a notion of Global Tax.</p>
<p>It is also curious that none seem to be aware that Global Guidance<br/>standards have been argued for over 4 years and the final iteration<br/>will be published this October. Mr. Dominique. Strauss Kahn has no<br/>excuse for not being aware unless of course he did not read the IMF<br/>Governance Report fully where we were able to have two references made<br/>to the ISO 26000 Standard. Of course others may say it is not<br/>published yet - so why all the fuss?</p>
<p>Those that are reading this might find some of the references<br/>confusing. They ought not to. But we will endeavour to answer any<br/>questions as to the integrity that we are operating with in concert<br/>with the application of the ISO 26000 Standard, the UTU (or<br/>alternative) and the developing of support mechanisms through the<br/>United Nations Systems based upon the MOU between the ISO organization<br/>and the United Nations Global Compact.</p>
<p>As I read my own blog I think it is clear that it ought to be re<br/>written by someone involved in communications. My style sucks.! any<br/>takers?</p>May 14 Blog Peacemaker - problem of CNN regarding OIL flowtag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-05-15:2227378:BlogPost:1714672010-05-15T06:00:00.000Zmitch goldhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/mitchgold
<p>Blog today May 14 2010: (trying to figure out how to post it)</p>
<p>First order of business is to write to CNN re their Fred Bloetscher<br></br>interview. What a hoax. How is it that I can sit in my little<br></br>village hut here in the lazy fishing village of Puerto Penasco,<br></br>Mexico, and with a pen and paper (my computer was stolen) (ha!! it<br></br>was broken) I would not have left my computer around if it were not.<br></br>Such is this little village. As for my note to Fred - How is it that<br></br>he…</p>
<p>Blog today May 14 2010: (trying to figure out how to post it)</p>
<p>First order of business is to write to CNN re their Fred Bloetscher<br/>interview. What a hoax. How is it that I can sit in my little<br/>village hut here in the lazy fishing village of Puerto Penasco,<br/>Mexico, and with a pen and paper (my computer was stolen) (ha!! it<br/>was broken) I would not have left my computer around if it were not.<br/>Such is this little village. As for my note to Fred - How is it that<br/>he is being interviewed on the flow of oil in the Gulf - as an expert,<br/>and all he can do is mention the difficulty of Pressure and<br/>temperature. I remember that Avogadro's number (the actual number I<br/>forget, but 10 to the power of 23 was significant) had something to do<br/>with this relationship - but at best that co-efficient is less<br/>significant than two things I measured for myself - using my eyes and<br/>looking at something that could be 10 times the size of my estimate.</p>
<p>To test my own understanding I guessed the pipe that the oil was<br/>flowing out of as 36 inches or 3 feet in diameter. Of course this<br/>could be wrong but easily found out by talking to any one of 100<br/>engineers for 1 minute. easily within five minutes we might have an<br/>authoritative figure on the size of the pipe.<br/>Then we could measure the speed of the flow . we have the picture on<br/>tv - we can easily put a line on the tv and measure a one foot<br/>distance and stop watch a time span - this would give us the<br/>sufficient numbers to express an opinion on the flow - of course<br/>within a range of error as we have to apply the meaning behind<br/>Avogadro's number - what ever that may be and we will have a pretty<br/>close estimation of the flow - and the ultimate end play damage. At<br/>36 inches I guestimated 8,640 barrels day. The pipe would have to be<br/>larger to drive a 50 - 70 K barrel per day that the experts are<br/>wasting our time with. Why not get some person do this rather than<br/>having CNN scare us with meaningless opinions.</p>
<p>All this kind of speculation is no better than interviewing a sports<br/>athlete before the game and ask him how it feels to have won the game.<br/> Strange that CNN is made of fodder like this. Clearly not following<br/>any formal intelligent format or Standards for Reporting.</p>
<p>My second letter to come from TV this morning is the notion of the<br/>ongoing scare in NYC. Namely the leaving of empty bags on the street.<br/> this is causing significant distraction and ought to be turned into a<br/>positive. Surely the PR strategists of the Terrorist movement are<br/>not going to win us over so easily. Apparently NYC is comfortable<br/>throwing all those unclaimed baggage into the garbage as they do not<br/>have the place to put it. My first thought was to get Richard Laermer<br/>help Develop a NYC Promotion - calling it - Lost and Found - let<br/>every police department in the land send their unclaimed baggage to<br/>NYC - to our store - and we will hold it for the person who lost it -<br/>for a time after which we will sell it. This is a perfect Make work<br/>Project for NYC and will demonstrate a new approach and commitment to<br/>the environment. So the idea is there and Richard Laermer might even<br/>receive my e-mail - and read this far -. not bad if you are in the<br/>business of 15 second sound bites business - and unfortunately he<br/>does not have time to learn how to apply meaning to the thinking<br/>processes encouraged by the ISO 26000 Standard.</p>
<p>If he changes his mind he can join our conversation of those of us<br/>that will be setting the future trends using the tools of the day. Of<br/>course our theme can be taken over any day by CNN and we will have to<br/>shift our efforts from promotional and marketing to actual<br/>implementation of strategies.</p>
<p>This baggage idea of course is bogus. Why? because there are<br/>organizations and networks already in that business. Every Transit<br/>system has a Lost and Found in Canada as far as I know. For some<br/>reason they have not thought to ask the police for them. So why not<br/>organize this as a Community development effort. The Bag Lady Comes<br/>to NY - again. you can have fun with the commercials Richard. IN<br/>truth this may be best as using the Homeplanet Brand on all Baggage<br/>from the police departments - and we will verify their process in<br/>order that we feel comfortable with the Police understanding and<br/>routines. In short the Police Department will have to "intend " to<br/>use the ISO 26000 Standard for organizational guidance. Homeplanet<br/>Marketing will verify this.</p>
<p>I have not yet established a business relationship with Richard and<br/>would like to but he appears to be to busy or suffering from some<br/>physical back pains that distract him from moving forward in any way.<br/>Let's leave him with that option.</p>
<p>And now I am ready to talk with Eliahi Priest in England - we are<br/>exploring some next steps in developing the UTU either through a<br/>banking connection - or if we can come to agree on it we establish the<br/>Retail UTU under a different name and Recipco can own our activity if<br/>it chooses to and at what ever level they choose.</p>
<p>We have just explored a new financing possibility - but during our<br/>due diligence Google turned up some information that is challenging.<br/>So we are looking deeper into this and deciding what the intentions of<br/>the others are - relative to the resources they command.</p>
<p>We will begin our discussions and these discussions will be recorded<br/>as part of our process of developing our ideas in a transparent manner<br/>- and catalogued and identified for both scholastic reference - and<br/>also how we end up using the ISO 26000 Standard in our own processes.<br/> As we are a very small entity right now - the difficulty is very<br/>small - our intention is based upon "doing good". We are not adopting<br/>Googles' - do no harm as this is not always the best philosophy. and<br/>then we have the problem of identifying "good intentions". A<br/>terrorist may be considered to have good intentions because of his<br/>belief system - here we would defer to Googles' definition. That was<br/>why the World Peace Posse asked individuals to take an oath of non<br/>violence. This is the temporizing action that validates the "do good"<br/>philosophy.<br/>now to find the information - thank you google.</p>
<p>and now for the conversation - I trust Eliahi will record it. We have<br/>done our exploration and Eliahi is going to continue through his MI6<br/>connections. I am not convinced this is the best process - but maybe<br/>in this situation it will be helpful for the Recipco team in assessing<br/>whether or not they get involved.</p>
<p>IMHO I would like Eliahi and I to get together on the functionality of<br/>the UTU on the retail level and I thought this might be a good place<br/>to start.</p>
<p>Not yet - but we move forward.</p>
<p>My next approach today is to CISCO - to determine what role they might<br/>play. As I develop my blog I will obviously learn how to communicate<br/>to those that I want most effectively - and those that want to follow<br/>the develop of the UTU, Recipco, the ISO 26000 Standard and other<br/>issues such as the MDG's, the UNGC might find our activity of<br/>interest.</p>
<p>now for my post</p>
<p>Peace</p>
<p>Mitch Gold</p>ISO 26000 Standardtag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-12-18:2227378:BlogPost:1456342009-12-18T22:14:30.000Zmitch goldhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/mitchgold
Please consider wisely<br />
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Please consider wisely<br />
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<a href="http://www.change.org/actions/view/the_iso_26000_standard">http://www.change.org/actions/view/the_iso_26000_standard</a>ending homelessness - a plantag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-07-31:2227378:BlogPost:1022432009-07-31T20:15:31.000Zmitch goldhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/mitchgold
A Novel Approach: Ending Homelessness with Homes<br />
7/16/2009 3:12:47 PM<br />
by Jeff Severns Guntzel<br />
Tags: Politics, social justice, homeless, studies, Next American City<br />
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Homeless with Bike<br />
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The Dallas City Council thinks it has a strategy for ending homelessness in the city, and it's fabulously uncomplicated: housing for the homeless. Not shelters, but actual apartments. Next American City reports:<br />
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According to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, it costs more to maintain someone in…
A Novel Approach: Ending Homelessness with Homes<br />
7/16/2009 3:12:47 PM<br />
by Jeff Severns Guntzel<br />
Tags: Politics, social justice, homeless, studies, Next American City<br />
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Homeless with Bike<br />
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The Dallas City Council thinks it has a strategy for ending homelessness in the city, and it's fabulously uncomplicated: housing for the homeless. Not shelters, but actual apartments. Next American City reports:<br />
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According to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, it costs more to maintain someone in homelessness than to offer permanent shelter. The group's study of 65 cities found that support services like hospitals, courts and police intervention cost between $35,000 and $150,000 per person per year. Providing housing runs between $13,000 and $25,000.<br />
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So Dallas has approved "a multimillion-dollar plan to provide 700 housing units over five years as permanent shelters throughout the city for the homelessness." The price tag for the plan could be as high as $18 million.<br />
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A recent study focusing soley on medical care for the homeless found hospitals that reach out to help homeless people before they pass through emergency room doors can save hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.<br />
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There's a pattern here. All roads lead to giving a damn.<br />
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Source: Next American City (Article not available online)