Please click on the link below concerning Homelessness /
PublishAmerica publishing company.

http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/new/article025.html

Thanks,

Argile Stox

huntingtonhomeless <homelessinhuntington@...> wrote:

huntingtonhomeless <homelessinhuntington@...> wrote:Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004
18:40:04 -0800 (PST)
From: huntingtonhomeless
Subject: GROUP CHAT/NAME CHANGE/UNSUBSRIBE.


HELLO!MY NAME IS LARRY.I AM THE MODERATOR OF THE HOMELESSINHUNTINGTON
GROUP,FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUNTINGTONHOMELESS GROUP.WE ARE HAVING A GROUP CHAT
THURSDAY AT NOON IN THE GROUP.ALSO,WE ARE MAKING CHANGES WITHIN THE GROUP IT'S
SELF.IF YOU WISH TO BE TAKEN OFF OUR ADRESS BOOK,PLEASEREPLY WITH "REMOVE ME"IN
THE SUBJECT LINE.TAHNKS..LARRY H.






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DID MY INVATATION FOR OUR GROUP CHAT SEEM UNETHICAL OR OUT OF LINE?
IF SO,LET ME APOLOGIZE.I WASNT TRYING TO PROMOTE OUR GROUP,I WAS
TRING TO INVOKE SOME LOCAL INTERST AND THOUGHT ANY CHATTERS WERE
BETTER THAN 0!LARRY H.

huntingtonhomeless <homelessinhuntington@...> wrote:Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004
18:40:04 -0800 (PST)
From: huntingtonhomeless
Subject: GROUP CHAT/NAME CHANGE/UNSUBSRIBE.


HELLO!MY NAME IS LARRY.I AM THE MODERATOR OF THE HOMELESSINHUNTINGTON
GROUP,FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUNTINGTONHOMELESS GROUP.WE ARE HAVING A GROUP CHAT
THURSDAY AT NOON IN THE GROUP.ALSO,WE ARE MAKING CHANGES WITHIN THE GROUP IT'S
SELF.IF YOU WISH TO BE TAKEN OFF OUR ADRESS BOOK,PLEASEREPLY WITH "REMOVE ME"IN
THE SUBJECT LINE.TAHNKS..LARRY H.






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THE HUNTINGTONHOMELESS GROUP IS NOW CALLED
HOMELESSINHUNTINGTON.SEEMS THERE WAS MUCH CONFUSION OVER THE FLIP
FLOP NAME AND ADDRESS.WE WILL HAVE A GROUP CHAT AT 12 NOON
THURSDAY.THE GROUP ADDRESS IS:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homelessinhuntington/

Argile Stox - Author Of "Computer-End Program" has a short audio
reading of his book on the Web Site listed below:

http://mysite.verizon.net/res8nrbr/
(Make sure your speaker volume is up.)

Please stop by, and sign the Guestbook.

Thank You,

Argile Stox

ISBN 1-4137-2496-5

It's getting like that also in Good ole Huntington West
Virginia.Panhandle,loiter,be poor,carry a back pack or walk and you
may be stopped by the police and searched.# days mandatory for the
above offenses.Mayor felinton says he will have us all in jail by
nov18,the opening of Pullman Square,the new downtown mall.So,strike
Huntingon off the list of safe laid back towns to drift through.LOL!!
Yeah,your diffrent?The police dont care who we are,we are going to
jail!!By pass this little s*it town!!It's not worth the price of the
bus ticket to get here!

I have written a Memoir of my homeless experience in NYC. Below, is
a review:

Midwest Book Review
By: Laurel Johnson

Computer - End Program

By: Argile Stox

ISBN 1-4137-2496-5

324 pages at 24.95 Trade Paperback

http://mysite.verizon.net/res8nrbr/

http://argilestox.blogspot.com/

Do you ever wonder about the homeless people you see in your daily
travels? This is your chance to walk a mile in their shoes and
experience their lives. Citizens and politicians can pretend the
homeless problem does not exist, but those thrown into the situation
don't have that luxury.

Computer - End Program is one man's story. Argile Stox is a
pseudonym.

In the wake of 9/11, the life of Argile Stox is rather swiftly
deconstructed. Economic downturns in the New York City area make his
job obsolete. Jobs paying enough to maintain even his frugal
lifestyle are hard to find, if not impossible. His savings are
depleted first, then he loses his vehicle, and finally after several
months his apartment. A quiet, unassuming man who always paid his
own way is left standing on the street with everything he owns
stuffed in a rolling duffel bag. He turns to the Salvation Army and
finds housing in an all male homeless shelter until he can regroup.
His hopes for the future are high. He's intelligent and capable,
after all, and surely this will be a temporary setback.

Although he isn't a drug addict, alcoholic, or convicted felon,
Argile is placed in a shelter warehousing such men. Life in the
shelter is structured by hard rules and domineering overseers.
Newfound friends make life bearable, but Argile soon begins to
suffer from his losses. The once productive self-sufficient member
of society is plagued by anxiety and fear of the unknown.

Exhausted in body, mind, and spirit, he struggles to gain needed
health care, permanent housing, and a paying job. When Argile is
transferred to a homeless shelter for honorably discharged veterans,
he trusts that life will soon turn in his favor. What he discovers
there is danger from violent residents and cruel, unjust treatment
at the hands of those paid to serve the homeless.

Overwhelmed caseworkers try to distance themselves from the hopeless
souls they should be serving. Psychiatric teams have as their only
goals maintaining power and control. Suffering from bleeding ulcers
and contemplating suicide, Argile leaves that second shelter in
desperation. Even life on the street is preferable to injustice and
harassment.

With dignity and scathing honesty, Argile writes his story on the
laptop purchased in his pre-homeless life. Writing is a purgative
and calming exercise. The message he delivers is clear: Don't take
for granted the small pleasures and blessings in life because
millions of decent Americans are one or two paychecks away from
homelessness.

In closing, I must stand in agreement with points made
retrospectively by the author. America has lost the war on drugs,
poverty, domestic violence, mental illness, and homelessness. Until
our elected officials turn their attention away from funding
problems overseas, they cannot address dire social problems within
our borders. This book is a sobering commentary on social problems
existing long before 9/11 and the current economy. I suggest you
read this book, if you have the courage.

Laurel Johnson

Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
Phone: 1-608-835-7937
E-mail: johnson@...

National Coalition for the Homeless

This book provides a very real and nitty gritty account of what it
is like
being homeless in the U.S.  This is the "book to read" for people
wanting to
know about the day-to-day existence of homeless people.

Michael Stoops
Director of Community Organizing
National Coalition for the Homeless
1012 14th St., NW; #600
Washington, DC  20005-3471
Ph:  (202) 737-6444 x19
Fax: (202) 737-6445
Email:  mstoops@...
Web:  http://www.nationalhomeless.org

whatcha doing here son?
   are ya looking for a job?
or are you hunting victims
   that you're setting up to rob?
but it really doesn't matter,
   you better move along.
this here town is not for you,because
   you never could belong!


well,...i guess i'd better go
   because i'm bringing these folks down
as they live their lives in misery,
   i live mine without a frown.
while their lives are all tied up,
   i live mine free as a bird.
their possessions weigh them down,
   i travel light as a word.

so i guess i'll pack my duffel
   'cause it's time to hit the road
one more time i'll play the "okie"
   who was known as ole tom joad.
it's time to get a move on,
   time again to hit the road
tossed from another campsite,Lord!
   i feel like ole tom joad


you better get your butt up boy!
   you can't sleep on this land!
you'd just better keep on moving
   keep them feet there slapping sand!
we ain't knowin' where you come from
   we ain't carin' where you go!
just as long as you keep on moving
   you ain't welcome here! ya know?

so i'll truck on down the highway,
   as i hum along some blues.
and i never do look back,after
   i've dusted off my shoes.
as i'm walking,i am praying,
   hope these people get it right!
'cause it's warm here in the Sonshine!
   man, the Light of Gods' so bright.

so i guess i'll pack my duffel,
   'cause it's time to hit the road.
one more time i'll play the "okie"
   who was known as ole tom joad.
it's time to get a move on,
   one more time i hit the road.
tossed from another campsite,Lord!
   i feel like ole tom joad.

       Copyright ©1996 Andrew R. Thornton

Ordinance of Sonoma County California making it a 60 days in jail /
$500 Fine for Camping (being homeless) and or sleeping in your
vehicle. Ordinance scanned and posted, takes effect 10-16-04 >
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/soberskidrow/parkh.html

There is no question that the Democratic Party cannot win without
the support of African American voters in 2004, and African-
Americans cannot affect the issues most important to them if we do
not participate in changing the direction in which this nation is
headed.

To date, 2.7 million copies of our previous three fliers have been
distributed throughout the US, 33 foreign countries, 67 universities
and over a dozen US bases.  I will be posting these on poles and in
windshields in my community, as well as handing them out in public
places, registration tables, etc. J

  If you would like a copy, just email me.

Please don't post your request in the group as it fills many peoples
mailboxes that don't want it.  I'm sure the moderator will thank you.

This is an easy way to be actively involved in overthrowing the most
overtly dishonest president in our country's history.
To see which cities in your area it's been distributed or where they
need this information. Go to our website, click on the "maps" and
click on your state.

Enact change.  Vote.

Michele Parillo
Motivated American

mailto:we_have_the_power_2004@...

http://www.geocities.com/we_have_the_power_now

bush_be_gone@yahoogroups.com

I am driving west from Maine in August and I am looking for younger
female(s) for travel, fun, fame and fortune!!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/greganwortmanclub
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/verykoool2002

There's a new tool to use when discussing (read arguing) politics
with your favorite republican or leafleting your local downtown
area ;).  It is a one-page flyer listing the areas where Bush has
gone where no President has gone before.  (i.e., highest deficit,
lost jobs, corporate scandal, unprovoked war, etc.) Also available
in Spanish.

To date, 2.1 million copies of our previous two fliers have
distributed throughout the US, 14 foreign countries and over a dozen
US bases.  I will be posting these on poles and in windshields in my
community J

  If you would like a copy, just email me.

Please don't post your request in the group as it fills many peoples
mailboxes that don't want it.  I'm sure the moderator will thank you.

This is an easy way to be actively involved in overthrowing the
worst president in US history (Nixon starts looking good compared to
Bush).
To see which cities in your area it's been distributed or where they
need this information ,go to our website, click on the "photos" and
click on your state.

Democracy works.

Michele Parillo
Motivated American

mailto:we_have_the_power_2004@...

http://www.geocities.com/we_have_the_power_now

bush_be_gone@yahoogroups.com

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Hi there,

I am sending out this survey on a website about resources for
homeless people.  It's sort of part art project/ part useful
information.  I have this little problem that I'm getting more
librarians to answer than people who have actually lived on the
street.  I think everyone's viewpoint is valuable and would like
both.  If you have time to answer the survey I would really
appreciate it.  It's only 7 questions and you might find the site
interesting.  I have gotten some positive feedback from people so far.

thanks, pixie


Please click here to take the survey:
http://pages.ivillage.com/homeless_information/id79.html

Hello,

I am sending out a survey to evaluate online resources for homeless
library patrons.  The survey contains seven questions regarding the
Information Resources for the Homeless web site. I was wondering if
you would be interested in filling it out.  It only takes about 20
minutes to view the site and there are only 7 questions.
Please click here to take the survey:
http://pages.ivillage.com/homeless_information/id79.html

If you know of anyone else who would be interested -please send this
on to them.

Thanks, Margaret Murray


Consent form
This is a study to determine which online resources (websites) are
useful for homeless library patrons and for those aiding them.
Answering these questions is important to the homeless and library
community.  The purpose of this project is to provide access to
materials that may improve the experience of the homeless patron as
well as that of the librarian by providing easy access to helpful
resources. The Viewer will look at the information site created by
this researcher and then evaluate the most and least useful aspects
and make recommendations. The Viewer will spend twenty minutes
viewing
the website before filling out the questionnaire.  The survey takes
between five and ten minutes to fill out.
There are no foreseeable risks or discomforts aside from viewing
online resources linking the viewer to social organizations such as
homeless shelters and social security offices.  Viewers may benefit
from the organization and availability of resources and websites.
The
Viewer may choose to view the website and not participate in the
survey or may choose not to do either.
All responses are anonymous.
Participation is voluntary; refusal to participate involves no
penalty. Participants may stop answering at any time.
For further questions please contact mmurray@..., or her
advisor Dr. David Carr@..., at 919-962-1319.  This research
has been approved by the Academic Affairs IRB. The AA-IRB is
accessible via 962-7761 and aa-irb@....
I agree that I am at least 18 years of age and agree to the above
terms:
http://pages.ivillage.com/homeless_information/id79.html


Margaret E. Murray
School of Library Science
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

I have put together a new flyer that list the top 100 reasons NOT to
vote for GW Bush.

I've also been passing out a flier that points out Bush's actions
that
have harmed our schools, environment; abused our seniors and
minority communities (i.e., racially, nationally and sexually
oriented). It's geared for those who voted for Bush in 2000, but
are unsure they want to vote for him again.

If you would like a copy, just email me. So far, I've distributed
approximately 11,000 in my community. It's now been distributed in
800+ cities in the US and 11 foreign countries with American voters
(including military bases). To see which cities in your area it's
been distributed, go to our website!

Let's get this information out!!!

Michele Parillo
Angry American

mailto:we_have_the_power_2004@...

http://www.geocities.com/we_have_the_power_now

bush_be_gone@yahoogroups.com

- Mind if I ask why you are asking?



-- In homeless-homelessness@yahoogroups.com, "nursesr4evr"
<nursesr4evr@y...> wrote:
>    I'm looking for information on the causes of homelessness, how
> many homeless people there are at any given time, and how long
people
> remain homeless. My statistics are out of date. Does someone keep
up
> with it or can someone tell me how to check the last census? ><>Joni

I'm looking for information on the causes of homelessness, how
many homeless people there are at any given time, and how long people
remain homeless. My statistics are out of date. Does someone keep up
with it or can someone tell me how to check the last census? ><>Joni

--- In homeless-homelessness@yahoogroups.com, Renee Morris
<realshorty24@y...> wrote:

I've been reading in many of the links. There is a good one for a NC
newspaper. Is there one that covers the particular problems in a
college town? I am in the University of South Carolina area.


> I'm pretty sure this club is still active...
> --- nursesr4evr <nursesr4evr@y...> wrote:
> > Is this club still active? ><>Joni
> >
> >
>
>
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.
> http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

I'm pretty sure this club is still active...
--- nursesr4evr <nursesr4evr@...> wrote:
> Is this club still active? ><>Joni
>
>


__________________________________
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Is this club still active? ><>Joni

Hi!
    My name is Joni, and I used to be homeless. Right now I'm in
nursing school and plan to specialize in psychiatric nursing. I have
an online journal trying to develop a program to help homeless people
beyond just giving handouts, But I do have a storage shed full of
blankets, because not everyone can deal with Sally Ann.The journal is
at http://livejournal.com/users/nursesr4evr/  If you have any ideas
to help, especially from those of us who have been there, there is a
way to comment at the site, or you can comment here. If you are no
longer homeless, tell me how you got off the streets. Good luck and
God bless to all ><>Joni

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Hello to all!!(Hi Elena!!)Seems I cant get anythang done because am
always joining groups I have found and checking out new links!!It's
good to see familuar names in these groups!!We started with 5
members a few years ago,had a death of a founder but stay around 90-
95 members.Numbers arnt the most important issue though,helping
is.We want to have our building for our drop in center going by the
spring.There is much to do,mostly the legal bull,but we keep
plugging on!!!Glad you started this group.What state are you in??
Larry,huntingtonhomeless group.

I am the creator of the Homeless Search Engine on
http://www.sparesomechange.com/search/engine/ (an online searchable
database of websites of

low-incomed resources which is available to everyone at a local
library). I only started my

homeless project this passing Thanksgiving (Nov 27, 2003, only a
couple months old).

I am hoping to get a bit of help submitting helpful links on
http://www.sparesomechange.com/search/engine/add.asp (URL submission
page). You can add your own

helpful page links or submit local resources to you that you do not
see listed. I have already

submitted 2,000 links by hand (takes about 2 minutes each, that's
almost 5,000 minutes or 60

hours just submitting, nevermind making webpages or promoting).

I cannot pay you for helping out, but you may get a nice feeling by
knowing you are helping the

homeless or poverty stricken people out there. You never know, you
may need this service some day

too.

Thanks.

Founder
http://www.SpareSomeChange.com

I hear often people say panhandlers are bad or ruin their
neighbourhoods. I know what is said as people say it to my face while
I am panhandling. I get called a useless bum, get pop thrown at me by
teenagers, laughed at, etc. I have even been spit upon. I sure don't
know how this treatment could help me, what if I was mentally
unstable or suicidal? Luckily I am not. I just want you to know that
people are out there sometimes on the streets begging for a tiny bit
of help (not to pay their entire rent) to eat or maybe to get a
subway token, not always to support an addiction. What gets me is
that panhandling is illegal in many states and provinces accross
North AMerica which means I am sometimes "shook down" (basically
assaulted) by police officers who make me look very bad in the
public, forcing me to the ground to search me like I am some sort of
escaped convict! Like the streets don't offer enough dangers to me...

My name is David, I have been homeless many times in the past due to
low income status due to heart surgery and other medical conditions
(terminal illness). I am on disability now, but it doesn't give me
much other than rent (small and not the best living conditions for my
medical needs), electricity and a bit of food. It can be very easy to
become homeless again, I am barely making ends meet and all is going
well at the moment. I still need to rely on local food banks
regularly and organizations for occasional help. I panhandle a few
times a month for spending money.

Please donate some food to your local food bank or maybe buy that
panhandler a sandwich (least a banana, cheap and high in nutrients)!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Thanks for that donation, I updated my domain name
http://www.sparesomechange.com for another year (now expires in 2005)
with your donation and bought some tooth paste and a new tooth brush
at the local dolalr store (where i do most of my shopping)! 20 bux
can go a long way, I still have enough for a jug of milk that I am
about to go pick up now :)

Spare Some Change is a phrase heard in all parts of the world in
which we associate either homelessness or near homelessness.  How
many times have you seen the sad face of a man at the entrance to a
highway holding up a sign saying "Spare some change, food, clothing"
or "will work for food"  How many times have you sped up your pace
when you notice a homeless person in your pathway? This site is
dedicated to those people in a wonderful way.  What better way to
show support and ask for support for these forgotton people.  This
site is a great cause for showing the homeless and those that deal
with the homeless.  From church groups to social workers this site
will assist you by increasing your resources.  I am the person you
said was the first to give a donation, I wish I could of given more.
Thank You

If you have not joined this group/club, you will not be able to view
the photos of panhandles, homeless sleeping on park benches, runaway
teens, old weathered homeless men, young homeless street kids, etc.
Even squats and condemed buildings used by squatters.

I have been homeless, these images are all to real to me. I see this
stuff in my dreams... It's a shame I go downtown and I see so many
new homeless people I never met before. I really wish I could afford
to help these people, I wish someone would have saved me when I was
homeless, I just needed a chance to get an address to get welfare, I
wound up homeless due to unforseen reasons (open heart surgery, lost
job). Now I have disability, even now I am living check to check and
barely making it as I get enough for rent and thats about it. I use
foodbanks and panhandle once in a blue moon for a bit of extra money,
also learning web design to make some future money (wish to go to
school, but still paying student loans that went to bad credit while
I was homeless making my life even more difficult to pull together, I
cant even get a business bank account).