The Homeless Coalition of Windsor-Essex County is a non-governmental non-profit umbrella organization for several organizations related to support of homeless and empoverished persons in the Windsor, Ontario region.
Purpose
The purpose of the Homeless Coalition is to provide a mechanism for discussion, identification and problem solving on issues related to homelessness and to coordinate and implement a community response to homelessness and related needs in Windsor-Essex County.
The philosophy of the coalition is to maintain a participatory, respectful, and inclusive process in the planning, development and ongoing activities of the coalition.
Responsibilities include:
* Identifying new and emerging issues related to homelessness through research and examination of existing services.
* Continuously reviewing services which move people off of the streets into emergency shelters and from emergency shelters into safe, affordable housing.
* Ensuring that support services are provided where appropriate. These services include basic needs, food, clothing, and support for addictions, mental health and disabilities.
* Identifying systemic changes that are necessary to improve services for the homeless.
* Developing strategies to address service gaps and needs.
* Assisting with leveraging other resources that will sustain service delivery.
* Monitoring and updating the Windsor-Essex County Community Plan to Address Homelessness as required
* Promoting awareness, prevention and early intervention strategies
* Creating an annual strategic workplan for the work of the Homeless Coalition
The objectives of the Homeless Coalition are:
* To build/support professional expertise in the City of Windsor and County of Essex, and raise public awareness and understanding about homelessness.
* To liaise with other related Committees in Windsor-Essex County (i.e. Housing Advisory Committee, Central Housing Registry, etc.) that supports a process that builds on collaboration and community development.
* To enhance homeless prevention and support systems.
* To generate funding models that support the broad funding priorities of the Community.
* To support a process that builds on collaboration and community development.
Executive Committee
The purpose of the executive committee is to provide a forum for discussion and development of recommendations on issues related to homelessness in Windsor and Essex County; to oversee the activities and operations of other committees, and to offer input, guidance and direction related to those activities and operations; to bring information and recommendations forward to the Homeless Coalition to be discussed and voted upon; and to act as the authoritative decision-maker when required or instructed by the Homeless Coalition for emergency purposes.
The executive committee is a standing committee of the Homeless Coalition of Windsor-Essex County. Membership is comprised of the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson, Treasurer, Chairpersons of all other standing committees, and the past Chairperson. Each member has a two-year term, with the option to renew a consecutive term (except for the vice chairperson, the past chairperson and the chairperson who retain a one-year term). Coalition staff are part of the executive committee to assist and provide reports, but do not vote.
There is a minimum of ten monthly meetings per year. A simple majority constitutes a quorum for carrying out committee business.
Purpose
The purpose of the Homeless Coalition is to provide a mechanism for discussion, identification and problem solving on issues related to homelessness and to coordinate and implement a community response to homelessness and related needs in Windsor-Essex County.
The philosophy of the coalition is to maintain a participatory, respectful, and inclusive process in the planning, development and ongoing activities of the coalition.
Responsibilities include:
* Identifying new and emerging issues related to homelessness through research and examination of existing services.
* Continuously reviewing services which move people off of the streets into emergency shelters and from emergency shelters into safe, affordable housing.
* Ensuring that support services are provided where appropriate. These services include basic needs, food, clothing, and support for addictions, mental health and disabilities.
* Identifying systemic changes that are necessary to improve services for the homeless.
* Developing strategies to address service gaps and needs.
* Assisting with leveraging other resources that will sustain service delivery.
* Monitoring and updating the Windsor-Essex County Community Plan to Address Homelessness as required
* Promoting awareness, prevention and early intervention strategies
* Creating an annual strategic workplan for the work of the Homeless Coalition
The objectives of the Homeless Coalition are:
* To build/support professional expertise in the City of Windsor and County of Essex, and raise public awareness and understanding about homelessness.
* To liaise with other related Committees in Windsor-Essex County (i.e. Housing Advisory Committee, Central Housing Registry, etc.) that supports a process that builds on collaboration and community development.
* To enhance homeless prevention and support systems.
* To generate funding models that support the broad funding priorities of the Community.
* To support a process that builds on collaboration and community development.
Executive Committee
The purpose of the executive committee is to provide a forum for discussion and development of recommendations on issues related to homelessness in Windsor and Essex County; to oversee the activities and operations of other committees, and to offer input, guidance and direction related to those activities and operations; to bring information and recommendations forward to the Homeless Coalition to be discussed and voted upon; and to act as the authoritative decision-maker when required or instructed by the Homeless Coalition for emergency purposes.
The executive committee is a standing committee of the Homeless Coalition of Windsor-Essex County. Membership is comprised of the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson, Treasurer, Chairpersons of all other standing committees, and the past Chairperson. Each member has a two-year term, with the option to renew a consecutive term (except for the vice chairperson, the past chairperson and the chairperson who retain a one-year term). Coalition staff are part of the executive committee to assist and provide reports, but do not vote.
There is a minimum of ten monthly meetings per year. A simple majority constitutes a quorum for carrying out committee business.
NEPTULOY is a proprietary lightweight Marine Grade Alloy composed of Magnesium, Silicon, Aluminum, Calcium, Zinc, Copper and less than 1% Ferrous material.
NEPTULOY has a specific gravity of 2.66 which is 40% lower than that of Pure Titanium (4.5)
NEPTULOY has an Ultimate Tensile Strength Rating of 38000PSI. Pure Titanium has an Ultimate Tensile Strength Rating of 31900PSI.
NEPTULOY retains its physical properties in extreme temperatures ranging from +80 degrees Celsius to almost absolute zero (-230). NEPTULOY can be recycled using less than 10% of the energy required for virgin metal production.
NEPTULOY has a specific gravity of 2.66 which is 40% lower than that of Pure Titanium (4.5)
NEPTULOY has an Ultimate Tensile Strength Rating of 38000PSI. Pure Titanium has an Ultimate Tensile Strength Rating of 31900PSI.
NEPTULOY retains its physical properties in extreme temperatures ranging from +80 degrees Celsius to almost absolute zero (-230). NEPTULOY can be recycled using less than 10% of the energy required for virgin metal production.
Casino Zone are a five piece, unsigned, alternative rock band who originate from Birmingham, UK but are now largely based in Manchester, UK and were formed in 2008. The band has been tipped for success by such publications as ARTROCKER magazine. They headlined the O2 Academy Birmingham in April 2010.
Members
*Thomas Duggins: Vocals and guitar
*Thomas Hawkley: Guitars and backing vocals
*Daniel Fallon: Guitars and keyboards
*Jeremy Gadd: Bass guitar
*James Callaghan: Drums
History
The band's members met at King Edward's School, Birmingham and in 2008 they released 3 tracks (Who's Your Lover Now?, Public Transport and Case of Difference) on their myspace.. Recording time was limited when they moved away to university in 2008 but this changed in September 2009 when Tom Duggins relocated to Manchester to study at Manchester Metropolitan University which meant Duggins, Callaghan and Hawkley could write songs together.
January 2010 saw the first major Casino Zone gig, at the Actress and Bishop public house in Birmingham. They then proceeded to perform regular gigs in both Mancheter and Birmingham. The biggest gig of their career to date is their headline slot at the Birmingham Academy 3 on 1st April 2010. They have also supported The Cheek, a Suffolk based indie-rock band at Moho Live in Manchester later that month.
The band have receieved frequent airplay of several tracks on the BBC Introducing show on BBC Radio West Midlands . They also appeared on the Weekly Fix show on University of Manchester's student radio station Fuse FM in December 2009, with Callaghan, Duggins and Hawkley performing No Reward and Who's Your Lover Now? acoustically. They also particpated in the award winning, Record Breakers where Tom Duggins broke the record for the quickest time to eat three mince pies.
The band are named after the Casino Night Zone level on the Sega Megadrive game Sonic the Hedhehog 2 as Duggins believed there was "nothing better than to name a band after something you had loved so much as a child"
Influences and Response
Casino Zone describe their music as "proto-pop" and cite their influences as At the Drive In, Sonic Youth, The Smiths and Paul Simon.
In the very short period of time they have gigging together, Casino Zone have attracted a large amount of critical acclaim: the Birmingham Evening Mail hailed them as "local heroes" and Artrocker magazine saying that "the most endearing thing about Casino Zone is that they don’t seem to take themselves too seriously. Their rocky-documentary style of storytelling could easily unravel if a hint of pretence was detected, but they manage to get away with it by being almost ironic in their grandeur - spiky, over-the-top guitar parts; wandering bass lines and serious speaky bits."<ref name="artrocker"/>
Recording History
In early 2010 Casino Zone caught the eye of Ed Tracy, who was signed to Parlophone until 2009. He agreed to produce the band's February 2010 recording of No Reward and following the success of these sessions, they began work on Loralie and So Why Then The Blues? in April 2010.
The band hope to release 4 track LP in the Autumn of 2010, and are working on an album of entirely new material which they hope to release in late 2010 or early 2011 through their own record company Old Measty Records.<ref name="mailheroes"/>
Members
*Thomas Duggins: Vocals and guitar
*Thomas Hawkley: Guitars and backing vocals
*Daniel Fallon: Guitars and keyboards
*Jeremy Gadd: Bass guitar
*James Callaghan: Drums
History
The band's members met at King Edward's School, Birmingham and in 2008 they released 3 tracks (Who's Your Lover Now?, Public Transport and Case of Difference) on their myspace.. Recording time was limited when they moved away to university in 2008 but this changed in September 2009 when Tom Duggins relocated to Manchester to study at Manchester Metropolitan University which meant Duggins, Callaghan and Hawkley could write songs together.
January 2010 saw the first major Casino Zone gig, at the Actress and Bishop public house in Birmingham. They then proceeded to perform regular gigs in both Mancheter and Birmingham. The biggest gig of their career to date is their headline slot at the Birmingham Academy 3 on 1st April 2010. They have also supported The Cheek, a Suffolk based indie-rock band at Moho Live in Manchester later that month.
The band have receieved frequent airplay of several tracks on the BBC Introducing show on BBC Radio West Midlands . They also appeared on the Weekly Fix show on University of Manchester's student radio station Fuse FM in December 2009, with Callaghan, Duggins and Hawkley performing No Reward and Who's Your Lover Now? acoustically. They also particpated in the award winning, Record Breakers where Tom Duggins broke the record for the quickest time to eat three mince pies.
The band are named after the Casino Night Zone level on the Sega Megadrive game Sonic the Hedhehog 2 as Duggins believed there was "nothing better than to name a band after something you had loved so much as a child"
Influences and Response
Casino Zone describe their music as "proto-pop" and cite their influences as At the Drive In, Sonic Youth, The Smiths and Paul Simon.
In the very short period of time they have gigging together, Casino Zone have attracted a large amount of critical acclaim: the Birmingham Evening Mail hailed them as "local heroes" and Artrocker magazine saying that "the most endearing thing about Casino Zone is that they don’t seem to take themselves too seriously. Their rocky-documentary style of storytelling could easily unravel if a hint of pretence was detected, but they manage to get away with it by being almost ironic in their grandeur - spiky, over-the-top guitar parts; wandering bass lines and serious speaky bits."<ref name="artrocker"/>
Recording History
In early 2010 Casino Zone caught the eye of Ed Tracy, who was signed to Parlophone until 2009. He agreed to produce the band's February 2010 recording of No Reward and following the success of these sessions, they began work on Loralie and So Why Then The Blues? in April 2010.
The band hope to release 4 track LP in the Autumn of 2010, and are working on an album of entirely new material which they hope to release in late 2010 or early 2011 through their own record company Old Measty Records.<ref name="mailheroes"/>
An alleged Cebuano martial arts system originating from the Angeles Family and passed on through Maestro Armando P. Angeles of Cebu after relocating to the United States after World War II. It is a composite system developed from many Filipino martial arts and is highly combative due to the influence of Maestro Angeles's World War II experiences. Before Maestro Angeles died in 1999 he left control of the system to Punong Guro Rodger Marsh and asked that he keep the system alive and search out individuals with dedication so that it will always be a "living" system.
Correspondence with various Philippine veteran's associations has yielded no record of an Armando P. Angeles serving in any Philippine Scout or Filipino Infantry unit during WWII.
In early 2006, motivated researchers at Bullshido.com exposed Rodger Marsh and the fictitious art of Angeles Eskrima. Dr. Armando Angeles, an elderly, but very much alive doctor still alive and practicing medicine in the Midwest, was located and identified by a picture on a hospital website. When investigators called his office to inquire about his connection to Marsh, Dr. Angeles laughed at the notion that he was a deceased war veteran and informed them that he is very much alive and has never known anyone by the name Rodger Marsh.
Correspondence with various Philippine veteran's associations has yielded no record of an Armando P. Angeles serving in any Philippine Scout or Filipino Infantry unit during WWII.
In early 2006, motivated researchers at Bullshido.com exposed Rodger Marsh and the fictitious art of Angeles Eskrima. Dr. Armando Angeles, an elderly, but very much alive doctor still alive and practicing medicine in the Midwest, was located and identified by a picture on a hospital website. When investigators called his office to inquire about his connection to Marsh, Dr. Angeles laughed at the notion that he was a deceased war veteran and informed them that he is very much alive and has never known anyone by the name Rodger Marsh.