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Monday, April 16, 2012 Arianna Huffington: GPS for the Soul: A Killer App for Better Living Arianna Huffington: Just over two years ago, at the 25th anniversary of DotCom in Washington D.C., I was asked to predict what the game-changing inventions would be in the next 25 years of the Internet. Mine was less of a prediction than a hope -- that one day someone would create an app that would gauge the state of our mind, body, and spirit, and then offer us the exact steps we would need to take to realign all three aspects of our beings. At the time, I was just thinking out loud. But today, I'm delighted to announce that HuffPost is at work on an app we call "GPS for the Soul." I hope it will be just the beginning of our journey to reconnect with ourselves, our creativity, our intuition, and our wisdom. POLITICS Romney Unveils Key Policy Details At Private Event POLITICS Congress Voting On Key Measures TECHNOLOGY Google Co-Founder: Internet Freedom Facing Greatest Threat Ever POLITICS Obama Raises $53 Million In March WORLD Mass Killer's Trial Begins BLOG POSTS Marlo Thomas: Women on the Run: The Colorful History of Women in the Boston Marathon Don't ever tell me I'm not "allowed" to do something. You can attempt to persuade me with logic. But forbid me from doing something? That's an invitation. And that's what I'll be thinking about on April 16th, the 40th anniversary of women running in the Boston Marathon. Mohamed A. El-Erian: What the Return of Market Volatility Tells Us The renewed volatility in stocks last week was due to conflicting signs of additional central bank liquidity support, both in Europe and the US. Sen. Bernie Sanders: Stop the Nuclear Industry Welfare Program If the nuclear industry believes so fervently in its technology, then it and Wall Street investors can put their money where their mouth is. Let's let them finance it, insure it, and pay for it themselves. Tony Blair: In Favour of Philanthropy This is absolutely the right moment for government to do all it can to promote philanthropy; and certainly nothing to harm it. Leo W. Gerard: Titanic Tax Shirking by Those in First Class The 99 percent must insist Congress pass the Buffet Rule. They must render tax shirking by those in first class as unacceptable as driving with a pet dog strapped to the car roof. The survival-of-the-richest attitude is bad for the country and antithetical to democracy.

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Repealing NRA's 'Stand Your Ground' Laws

HOME POLITICS NATIONAL NEWS WORLD ECONOMY SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT Joe Conason Carl Hiaasen Connie Schultz E.J. Dionne Gene Lyons Jonathan Alter April 16, 2012 THE BIG STORY, BY E.J. DIONNE Ending Our Feckless Fealty to the NRA It's understandable if unfortunate that the controversy surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin has polarized the country along both racial and ideological lines. But there is one issue that should not have any racial connotations: the urgency of repealing "Stand Your Ground" laws. And leave it to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to speak the blunt truth about why these laws are dangerous -- and why the National Rifle Association keeps pushing them anyway. READ MORE AROUND THE WORLD Taliban Attack Pakistan Prison, Free 380 Prisoners Taliban militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades battled their way into a prison in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, freeing close to 400 prisoners, including at least 20 described by police as "very dangerous" insurgents, authorities said. READ MORE POLITICS Tax Fight Not Going Anywhere It's Tax Day, and and Republicans will force votes in Congress this week on competing tax plans that affect millionaires and smaller businesses. They know the proposals are doomed from the start. But that doesn't matter to either party. Their efforts, including a Senate vote today on President Barack Obama's "Buffett rule" proposal to impose a minimum tax on the wealthiest Americans, are more about pontificating than legislating, aimed at voters in November's congressional and presidential elections. READ MORE NORTH KOREA Kim Jong Un Makes First Public Speech North Korea's new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on his impoverished country's military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile. Kim's speech was the culmination of two weeks of celebrations marking the centenary of the birth of his grandfather, national founder Kim Il Sung -- festivities marred by a failed launch Friday of a long-range rocket that generated international condemnation and cost North Korea a food aid-for-nuclear-freeze deal with Washington. READ MORE CARTOON OF THE DAY   (c) 2012 Eastern Harbor Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 28 West 27th Street, Suite 502 New York, NY 10001

Special CSH IL Homefront

Comment Periods Now Open:  Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Amendments ESG entitlement communities are now preparing for how to spend their new ESG allocations that align with the HEARTH Act. The City of Chicago, via the Department of Family and Support Services, and the State of Illinois, via the Illinois Housing Development Authority, has posted their plans for public comment. Please visit these sites for more information on how to comment. Comment periods close the first week of May.    ATTENTION DILIGENT CASE WORKERS! Regional Housing Choice Voucher Initiative for Households on Waiting Lists You have an opportunity between now and April 20th  - for clients you are working with who are ALREADY on the Housing Choice Voucher waiting list on ANY of the following housing authorities – to apply for a number of properties located across metropolitan Chicago. Chicago Housing Authority DuPage Housing Authority Housing Authority of Cook County Joliet Housing Authority Lake County Housing Authority McHenry Housing Authority Oak Park Housing Authority Waukegan Housing Authority This opportunity is made possible by the federally-funded Chicago Regional Housing Choice Initiative (CRHCI). Per this web article, rental procedures are being updated for a number of properties located across metropolitan Chicago. The goal is to make it easier for households on particular Public Housing Authority (PHA) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting lists to access quality affordable apartments (with project-based vouchers) as they become available.   One of the projects coming available is a new supportive housing site being developed by South Suburban PADS that serves homeless individuals and families.  If you have clients who meet HUD's definition of homelessness, and are on any of the above PHA HCV waiting lists, then please check their interest in this (or other developments available) and help them submit an application!		April 13, 2012       Illinois Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing     On  Monday April 16th – Tuesday April 17th the Illinois Housing Development Authority will be hosting the annual Illinois Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing.  The event is scheduled to take place at Navy Pier (600 East Grand Avenue).  For more information on agenda items, ticket prices and how to register follow this link.       CSH.org  Facebook  YouTube
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