The use of encroacher biomass as a source of renewable energy has a large potential for the energy sector and the economy as Nampower prepares to generate electricity from invader bush.
Electricity utility, Nampower will start with the feasibility phase as the finance strategy is yet to be confirmed. A 2012 pre-feasibility study found sufficient encroacher bush biomass to supply 10 plants of 20 MW each for about 189 years.
As part of a national biomass project. Private Public Partnerships models are also being investigated for possible project financing of smaller distribution of around 5 MW or less.
Nampower is also contemplating the hybridization of these bush to electricity power generation plants with solar technology.
Power Systems Development, Chief Officer, Reiner Jagau said during the National Conference on Bush Encroachment and Biomass Value Addition Conference held in Windhoek in September that the 20 MegaWatt plant would require about 150 000 ton of biomass per annum which translates to harvesting about 13 900 hectare per year.
The conference was hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit.
Jagau's presentation was held during the conference as part of an Energy Panel Discussion that included the Electricity Control Board, South African STEAG Energy Services using a Biomass Co-generation Plant as a Case Study for Namibia.
Nampower's presentation was short on detail on when and how many stations will produce electricity. Long term Fuel Supply Agreements (FSA) will have to prove bankable with due diligence to be taken on the whole supply chain.
The German Schwenk Zement Group that established the Ohorongo Cement Plant in the north near Otavi, has been pioneering the bush-to-energy by introducing large scale de-bushing operations so as to substitute up to 50,000 tons of coal by bush yearly.
This project has been financially supported by KfW and by DEG, both are German development banks.
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Namibia, H.E. Christian Matthias Schlaga said at the same conference that with such expertise Germany can be a competent and honest partner in supporting engineering solutions for biomass supply and for biomass based energy generation in Namibia.
With that expertise Germany can be a competent and honest partner in supporting engineering solutions for biomass supply and for biomass based energy generation in Namibia.
The project execution phase will need a technical solution that fits well into the supply mix which will have to make economic sense and minimizes the transmission losses and is environmentally acceptable.
The procurement strategy for and compilation of commercial and technical agreements and financing will also form part of the three phase approach in executing the project.
Nampower has already appointed a dedicated project team with a meeting held to confirm issues related to Fuel Supply Agreements over the quality, quantity, cost and contracting entity.
"It is obvious that the use of bush for energy in general and power specifically is amongst the most obvious and promising solution to support large scale de-bushing programs: Bush-to-Electricity. That is a topic which is very close to our German heart." Schlaga said.


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Swords and Satire
Episode 178 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
We have finally taken the plunge and decided to start covering this franchise, because even though everyone and their siblings have analyzed this series, we haven't done it yet, so here it goes. If you want to hear us talk about a movie in which Hitler battles against baby Jesus, the gross negligence of people in the wizarding world, and how J. K. is most probably trans like us, then strap on your headphones and settle in for this auditory treat!
Episode 177 - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Listen in this week to hear us try to coherently discuss a movie about your wacky, perhaps irredeemable grandpa, who won't shut up about his past adventures that seem really cringe from a modern lens. He also keeps threatening to die if no one will pay attention to him, but you unfortunately really need his help to distract your problematic uncle that tries to take over every family gathering. That's the general vibe of this incoherent and problematic film, but one that is whimsical and hopeful at the same time. We end up with feelings that are just as ambivalent as the messaging of this film is inconsistent! So please do join us for this listening journey!
Episode 176 - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Join us this week as we discuss this fun, fantastical romp about a family feud that feeds on the needs of marginalized Narnians, exploiting their desire for sovereignty and autonomy to fuel the neverending battle for control of Narnia. Also, there's a magical cat that is the local god, but also maybe the god of Earth, but is almost certainly not a Jellicle cat, maybe.
Episode 175 - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
This week we continue our new year tradition of covering a film of the Tolkein universe, and as it turns out, this movie also fits with our meta theme for the year (that we started with the Cats film) of films that have ruined lives. Long-time listeners will know that every good fantasy film is about class struggle, at least in part, and this one is no exception to the rule, except this time the class struggle was covered in real life! You'll just have to tune in to hear us dish about the controversy surrounding this film, and the fashion trends of dwarven culture!
Episode 174 - Cats (2019)
For our new year special this time around we decided to cover a film that has broken every human law and has us seeking the sweet, sweet release of the Heaviside Layer. That's right, it's Cats (2019). If you ever wondered what Jellicle cat means, or why one of them must be Chosen each year, then you've come to the wrong place, because we are just as clueless as you. But, if you do want to hear us break down the entire fabric of this narrative with our signature silly, serious style, then you're in for a treat! (music obtained from freemusicarchive.com, and cat sounds from Zapsplat.com)
Episode 173 - Santa's Slay
While this is something of a funny, anti-holiday-cheer choice for our show this season, it is oddly more representative than other comedies of its era, even while the humor is painfully outdated (we seriously took psychic damage from some scenes). The Santa lore is also incredibly unique, completely unlike anything else you have ever heard about, which we can pretty much guarantee. We were so inspired by this in fact, that we came up with a silly, serious mash-up between Santa and Elden Ring lore for our intro skit. Enjoy! (intro skit music by Dark Fantasy Studio)
Episode 172 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
We are covering a holiday classic this week, and after watching it this time around we realized this movie connects almost everything we watched into one universe through the Kingdom Hearts games! You have to be a gaming and Disney nerd to get it so hopefully we still have some of you along for the ride with us! We also realized that this movie is more about class struggle and a scathing indictment of billionaire CEO's than we ever could see before.
Episode 171 - Gremlins
To start off our holiday movie coverage we thought we would talk about a classic holiday movie about the horror of the suburbs. Turns out there were a lot of details we forgot about or overlooked before that jumped out at us this time and made us realize this movie is all about class struggle. There are both overt and subtle ways that this film shows the social struggles between cultures in small town America, all while a boy and his demon pal are just trying to get by. But there's snow on the ground and explosions in the air to help us set the holiday mood off right. (music obtained from freemusicarchive.com)
Episode 170 - Disenchanted
We were so excited to share our thoughts about this film with you all, since we covered the first movie, Enchanted, on our show and we wrote a sequel for one of our Rewriting History movie pitch episodes (which you can find on our Patreon page). This seemingly heartfelt, whimsical family film has a lot about it that we found offensive or reprehensible, much of which would fly under the radar for many viewers. So we thought we would take this opportunity to share why this movie shouldn't really make you laugh or cry, but should actually make you mad and want to scream at the screen. Enjoy!
Episode 169 - The Secret of Nimh
We have a rare gem for you, our faithful listeners, in our discussion this week of the whimsical fantasy film about death, torture, and constant threat of bodily harm, The Secret of Nimh! And you may be surprised that a film from 1982 features a female protagonist, who is a single mother of four, and who shows her mettle not through violence, but through strength of will and courage of heart. But it probably passed because most of the characters are talking animals. Well, that's why we love fantasy, and horror, because these are genres that allow creators to explore characters and themes outside of the norm, and get us to think a little harder about the way we construct our shared reality. Happy listening! (intro skit sounds and music from Zapsplat.com)
Episode 168 - The Secret World of Arrietty
This week we cover a whimsical tale of a young girl, named Arrietty, going on her first "borrowing" mission with her father, and the sickly boy, named Shawn, who just will not leave her alone. Both Shawn and Arrietty struggle to find out how they belong in a will they won't they scenario that may leave you feeling queasy, since she's a tiny 6 inch tall teenage Borrower (basically like a mythological brownie) and he's a twelve year old human boy who is about to undergo heart surgery. Why does he see a creature akin to a fairy without wings as a potential love interest you might ask? Well, you'll just have to tune in to find out, dear listener! (And to hear what this movie has done to our brains.) (intro skit sounds and music from Zapsplat.com)
Episode 167 - Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
Your life so far has been mostly uneventful and you're wondering if you will die with any sense of real accomplishment when you think back on what you have done with your life. Your husband wants to leave you and your daughter wants nothing to do with you, and all you do is laundry and taxes. But then, a more confident and charismatic version of your husband from another universe tells you that you are the chosen one, and you are the only one who can stand against the ultimate evil intent on destroying the fabric of the multiverse. You figure out how to fight it, but everything starts to crumble when you realize another version of you created this monster. You know you're in trouble when nothing has meaning for you anymore and all Joy is gone from your life, sucked into an Everything Bagel. Except, then you decide to just say "fuck it" and live in an okay universe and call it a win when you and your daughter can finally talk to each other without yelling for once. And then you record a podcast episode about your adventure… (intro skit sounds and music from Zapsplat.com)
Episode 166 - Luca
To kick off the holiday season we have a movie about friendship and finding yourself that we have talked about and recorded for your listening pleasure, and to get you through all those cold days (...and even colder nights - ba-da-ba-dum!). And what better way to record a movie about friendship than with our good friend and patron Alisha! This movie had us all thinking who are the true monsters here? And we do our darndest to answer. We also delve into an interesting discussion about gender identity and expression, defunct toy corporations and toys that were revoked due to poor design choices, and What does all of this have to do with the movie Luca you ask? Well, listen in to find out! (intro skit sounds from Zapsplat.com)
Episode 165 - The Ritual
So for our final dark fantasy film this Halloween season we thought we would take a break from all the scares and watch a nice, calming movie about a group of friends that decide to go on a safe, rejuvenating hiking trip in Sweden. Except it doesn't quite work out like that for them does it? First of all, they are sans Robert because Luke just doesn't know when to quit partying, and then Dom goes and lets his knee explode while they're setting off on the trail from Robert's memorial site. Then Phil starts worshiping a cryptid, and Hutch lets his guard down for one minute and gets himself turned into a tree decoration. Seems like this group just doesn't know how to just vibe and have a good time. But maybe it just couldn't be helped because they didn't know to look out for the big chungus in the woods. Have you ever found yourself wondering what it would be like to get turned into beef jerky? Or if you are curious at all about what is tormenting each of the friends, then saddle up and listen in to get our take on this night out with da bois that goes horribly wrong (or incredibly right). (intro skit sounds from Zapsplat.com)
Episode 164 - The Witch
This dark fantasy was an instant classic for us, and we wanted to share our take with all of you, our listeners. Are there really witches out in the woods, or is the family losing their grip on reality due to some moldy corn? Was the plantation community a bunch of prejudiced assholes, or is the father, William, a cringe extremist? We ponder these questions and more here, on this episode, for your listening pleasure. Would you like to sign your name in the book, dear listener? Don't you want to live deliciously? (intro skit sounds from Zapsplat.com)
Episode 163 - Hellraiser
Before you embark upon the task of solving the lament configuration you must search your soul and ask yourself, are you truly committed to the exploration of sensation in all its forms, or do you merely seek pleasure? Because when the Cenobites come a-calling you don't want to be left with your pants down, so to speak. But you gotta give it to them, the Cenobites love their job, because for them it's really a calling, you know? It seems like a pretty sweet gig too, because they ensure that they never lose. But Cassidy asks the really big question in this episode: Why doesn't anyone want to join the Cenobites, and just like, vibe with them? (intro skit sounds from Zapsplat.com)
Episode 162 - The Spine of Night
This week for Scares and Satire we cover an epic dark fantasy animated movie about otherworldly power, class struggle, and interesting fantasy cultures, like swamp cults, bird clans, incel librarians, and ghoulishly underfed peasants ruled by whining despots. Which type of power comes out looking bast in this film: the patriarchal figures that hoard wealth and power for their own gains, or the matriarchal ones that have the people's best interests at heart and share their knowledge for everyone's benefit? Listen in and decide for yourself! (intro skit sounds from Zapsplat.com)
Episode 161 - The Last Witch Hunter
We kick off the much beloved creepy season with The Last Witch Hunter, which is one of our favorite spooky fantasy movies, so we are happy to finally cover this witchy modern classic! Not only is it a great murder mystery with witches and their hunters (like people who hunt them, not people who hunt for them), but it also features a great, cheesy apocalypse averting ending, which is way overblown, but we are here for all of it! So is the last witch hunter, Kaulder, a fascist cop, a righteous savior, or a suave detective? Well, we figure it all depends on the way you design your D&D character, right? (Because Vin Diesel is a D&D nerd, like us.) (intro skit sounds from Zapsplat.com, and music from audiohero.com)
Episode 160 - She
Our patrons chose a fantasy classic from the 80's, by the name of "She," for our anniversary month that was as confusing to follow as a Werner Herzog cinematic tangent. This film is chock full of supernatural beings, who all band together in different clicks that the main characters have to fight through. Alas, there are still Nazis in the apocalypse too, those darned things are just so hard to get rid of. But maybe this movie is more prescient than we gave it credit for since the primary antagonists are Nazis of the American variety, so go figure. Apparently this movie has more going on than we initially gave it credit for too, since we stumbled our way into an interpretation that made us realize this movie is accidentally brilliant. Listen in to figure out how! (intro skit sounds obtained from Zapsplat.com)
Episode 159 - Satire TV, Castlevania: Season 2, Part 2
Our discussion on the second half of Castlevania season two is here! Jamie shares his expert knowledge about the Castlevania game series much to Cassidy's chagrin, but he is indefatigable in his resolve to educate the masses about his favorite games of all time. But then Cassidy asks the important question on everyone's minds, why do we feel sorry for Dracula in the end?

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Studied Electrical Engineering and Minored in Art with emphasis on Sculpture from Cogswell Polytechnic School and Santa Clara University, San Francisco, USA.
Running his own Graphic Design and Environmental Design agency since 1994.
Helped to curate and display of many art exhibitions held at Albareh Art Gallery.
Designed and published all of the literature for Albareh Art Gallery and its art exhibitions.
Designed and executed many environmental exhibitions and spaces including Sotheby's (Doha), Um Kalthoum-The Fourth Pyramid (Bahrian-Kuwait), The Olympics exhibition –The Olympics Past & Present (Doha), National Bank of Kuwait Corporate Museum (Kuwait), 100 Years History Of Education In Kuwait, The Arab Games Exhibition (Doha), Horse Games, Horse Sports (Doha), The Arab World Festival - John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., USA, and others.
1970 – 1989 // Participated in many school and college exhibitions.


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`Bee_Profiler` is main library for profiling while `Bee_Profiler_Function` is a library to benchmark functions and requires `Bee_Profiler`.

### Profiling

#### Basic usage
This will auto generate report at the script end with auto start & stop
```php
require_once('lib/Benchmark.php');

$benchmark = new Bee_Profiler(true);
// your code
  // more code here
```
#### Custom start & stop
```php
require_once('lib/Benchmark.php');

$benchmark = new Bee_Profiler();
$benchmark->start();
// your code
  // more code here
$benchmark->stop();
$benchmark->displayResults();
```
#### Custom markers
Setting multiple static markers between your code allows you to compare time difference.
```php
require_once('lib/Benchmark.php');

Bee_Profiler::setMarker('Begining');
// your code here
  Bee_Profiler::setMarker('Mid');
  // more code here
Bee_Profiler::setMarker('Ending');

Bee_Profiler::displayMarkerResults();

// Outputs something like
// Begining to mid: 0.036728858947754 sec.
// mid to Ending:   0.00011301040649414 sec.
// Total time :     0.036841869354248 sec.

```

### Benchmarking

#### Comparing functions
```php
require_once('lib/Bee_Profiler.php');
require_once('lib/Bee_Benchmark_Function.php');

function f1 ($array) {
  $count = count($array);
	for($i=0;$i<$count;$i++) {
	}
}

function f2 ($array) {
	foreach($array as $k=>$val) {
	}
}

$profiler = new Bee_Benchmark_Function(false, 4000);	// 1000 times to execute
$profiler->start();

$profiler->call('f1', array(2,4,6,8));
$profiler->call('f2', array(2,4,6,8));
// call more functions here...
// even static method of a class
// $profiler->call('Math::sum', 2, 2);

$profiler->stop();
$profiler->displayResults(); // or display full report (this gets called by profiler in auto mode)
```

#### Get the fastest function
This will get the func name which is fastest of all.
```php
echo $profiler->getFastestFunc();
```

#### Compare difference between two functions
```php
// make call() to functions prior to show this report
$profiler->showFastestBetween('f1', 'f2');
```

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Fresno, CA (February 24, 2004)--Northwest Baptist Church in Fresno, CA, comprises an 850-seat sanctuary that offers three services each Sunday, in addition to wedding and funeral services during the week. For two Sunday services each month, the four- to eight-person choir is joined on stage by a five-piece rhythm section. In recent times, the sizable musical contingent has been mixed for the congregation by two teenaged operators, working on a Yamaha PM1D digital production console installed at the Church.
As Carnot Pease, the Church's head technician, explained, "I had approached Leo's Pro Audio in Oakland, CA about a replacement console for the existing 32-channel analog Yamaha PM1800 mixer. Jerry Liles checked out what we needed and recommended the digital PM1D. I've known Jerry for 25 years and dealt with him on many occasions, so I trusted his opinion. The Church had been talking about an upgrade for two years and, once the budget was approved, we made the decision to install a leading-edge digital console."
A demo PM1D console was placed in the church's gymnasium for its Sunday Contemporary Services for college-age and 20-30-year olds. Soon, two high-school students, Henry Hinkle and Shaun Lamonski, were putting the desk through its paces using a series of 48-track rehearsal recordings from a hard disk system. "At first we ran the console in basic mode," Hinkle said, "with no effects and compression; we didn't want to make the job too complex too early. But the PM1D is very easy to understand, and pretty soon we were using all of the console's functions."
Following its trial period, the demo system was removed and in August 2003, Leo's Pro Audio delivered the new 48-fader/96-channel PM1D digital console to Northwest Church's Sanctuary. "We replaced the PM1800 with the PM1D--it took just a couple of hours, since the wiring was already in place--and started to use it to provide house sound and on-stage monitoring for our Sunday Services and other events," Pease said.
The console's control surface is located at the back of the Sanctuary, along with the interface electronics rack. The core engine with remote-controlled mic pre-amplifiers and I/O connections are located in a second-floor Technical Loft, and connects to the PM1D control surface via dual 68-pin SCSI cables and two BNC cables.
Following the permanent installation, Pease noted, "Henry and Shaun continued to extend their experience on the PM1D and can now handle a service totally by themselves." Hinkle typically prepars the house mix, while Lamonski looks after the separate tape mix.


It's Flash Fiction Friday! Every Friday during the month of July, I'll feature a snippet of one of my travel inspired short stories. I hope you enjoy!
There was tremendous laughter as Mr. Gordon, red faced and tickled by his own joke, snorted into the microphone.
"To Curtis," a few voices in the crowd chimed back meekly, almost drowning out the handful of snickers in the room. Champagne glasses were raised. It was done.
He went reluctantly and with a heavy heart. Curtis Freddy saw the twisted irony. He knew people dreamt of moving to New York, of living in the big city and rubbing elbows with the famous. He couldn't think of any greater hassle. When his boss, Mr. Gordon, informed him of the upcoming transfer from the Columbus branch of the bank where he had worked as an accountant for the last sixteen years to the hoity-toity New York offices in the financial district, his throat began to clench, his eyes overcome by the sting of an approaching flood of tears. To maintain his dignity he had excused himself and spent his lunch break purging his grief into the toilet bowl.
Mr. Gordon, tucked away in his office on the other side of the men's bathroom, mistook the tears that escaped for joy. Touched, he jumped on the phone to expedite the arrangement. A week later at a surprise lunchtime goodbye party, he made the announcement that Curtis Freddy would be gone by the end of the month as opposed to six months time. More tears followed.
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California high school apologizes for 106-0 win
What's less defensible for the Inglewood coaching staff: Having your starting QB throw 13 TD passes or going for two up 104-0?
Zach Barnett
A Los Angeles-area high school apologized for scoring a 106-0 win last Friday.
Inglewood carried a 59-0 lead after one quarter against Morningside, another school from the Inglewood school district, and led 83-0 at the half.
Quarterback Justyn Martin, a 4-star UCLA commit, fired 13 touchdowns in the game.
"Our administration and coaching staff believe that athletics should be a source of pride for our community. While Friday's game did not reflect our best judgement as administrators, the Morningside High School and Inglewood High school football players, and their coaches have worked hard all season and deserve our respect," IHS principal Debbie Tate said.
"We will conduct a full investigation and take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that a similar outcome never happens again under an IUSD athletic program," LA County administrator said in a statement.
"We value the hard work and commitment made by every student athlete and regret these actions have taken the focus away from the positive strides our programs have made at IUSD."
Blowouts can present a fine line -- and the ultimate first-world problem -- for coaches between showing compassion for an overmatched opponent and providing backups with hard-earned chances to actually execute the offense rather than taking the air out of the ball.
But all reasonable minds can agree that fine line sits well before the starting QB throws his 13th touchdown pass of the game. And it definitely exists before head coach Mil'Von James okayed a 2-point conversion up 104-0, matching Hilo (Hawai'i) for the most points scored in a high school game over the past five years.
Inglewood also delayed a request from game officials to move to a running clock until it led by 59 points.
"The CIF Southern Section expects that all athletic contests are to be conducted under the strictest code of good sportsmanship," California's governing body for high school sports said in a statement. "We expect coaches, players, officials, administrators and students to adhere to the Six Pillars of Character – Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. A score of 106-0 does not represent these ideals. The CIF-SS condemns, in the strongest terms, results such as these. It is our expectation that the Inglewood administration will work towards putting in place an action plan so that an event such as this does not repeat itself."
According to MaxPreps, Inglewood is 9-0 and has allowed all of seven points in its last seven games. The loss closed Morningside's season at 2-8.
"I'm going to print out the score real big and put it in the weight room so they can see it every day and use it as positive reminder," Morningside head coach Brian Collins told the Los Angeles Times.
Zach has been FootballScoop's national columnist since 2012. A Texas graduate, he is married with three children and lives outside Fort Worth, Texas.
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The Jim Harbaugh-NFL drama may not be over after all
More than a week after confirming his return to Michigan, Jim Harbaugh met with the Denver Broncos.
Florida will reportedly add a former SEC coordinator to the staff
Veteran FBS offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau is reportedly set to join the Gators staff.


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Sorenson Robey
First Name: Last Name: or Married Last Name:
Census Documents
Anna Rosalea Ellis
Delbert Ludwig Nielsen
Birth 16 May 1887 Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
Died 24 Jun 1974 Orem, Utah, Utah, USA
Buried East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Family Anna Rosalea Ellis, b. 11 Dec 1888, Nephi, Juab, Utah, USA
1. Max Nielsen
+ 2. Ellis Arthur Nielsen, b. 14 Aug 1915, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
3. Betty Rosalia Nielsen, b. 8 Feb 1923, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
- Yes, date unknown
Father Delbert Ludwig Nielsen, b. 16 May 1887, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
Mother Anna Rosalea Ellis, b. 11 Dec 1888, Nephi, Juab, Utah, USA
Ellis Arthur Nielsen
Birth 14 Aug 1915 Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
Died 07 Aug 1990 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Family Merle Robey, b. 14 Feb 1922, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Married 19 Aug 1940 Nephi, Juab, Utah, USA
2. Dan R Nielsen, b. 11 Mar 1944, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
+ 3. Peggy Nielsen, b. 27 Nov 1945, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Relationship birth
Betty Rosalia Nielsen
Birth 8 Feb 1923 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Died 16 Apr 1929 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Buried 18 Apr 1929 Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Name Anna Rosalea Ellis
Born 11 Dec 1888 Nephi, Juab, Utah, USA [1, 2]
Died 16 Sep 1959 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA [1, 2]
Death Certificate 19 Sep 1959 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA [2]
Death Certificate 00005904944
Anna Rosealea Ellis Nielsen, 70; born 11 Dec 1888 in Nephi, Utah to George Ellis and Martha Elmer; died 16 Sep 1959 in Provo, Utah. Married to Delbert L. Nielsen at time of death (informant). Burial in East Lawn Memorial in Provo on 16 Sep 1959.
Cause: Acute coronary thrombosis; rheumatic heart disease
Death Certificate for Anna Rosalea Ellis Nielsen, 1888-1959
Buried 19 Sep 1959 East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA [1, 2]
Headstone for Anna Rosalea Ellis Nielsen, 1888-1959
Anna Rosalea Ellis Nielsen (1888 - 1959) - Find A Grave Memorial
Person ID I644 clanSoren
Family Delbert Ludwig Nielsen, b. 16 May 1887, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA , d. 24 Jun 1974, Orem, Utah, Utah, USA (Age 87 years)
01. Max Nielsen, d. Yes, date unknown
+ 02. Ellis Arthur Nielsen, b. 14 Aug 1915, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA , d. 07 Aug 1990, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA (Age 74 years)
03. Betty Rosalia Nielsen, b. 8 Feb 1923, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA , d. 16 Apr 1929, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 6 years)
[S157] Findagrave.com, (Findagrave.com), Memorial 15941042 (Reliability: 3).
[S118] Utah Death Certificates (Series 81448), 1904 to 1965, Utah State Archives, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, (historyresearch.utah.gov), Death Certificate 00005904944 (Reliability: 3).


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Twitch Becomes Exclusive Streaming Destination for Team USA Basketball Games
The platform will also stream select USA Women's National Team games
Matt Lopez | August 6, 2019 @ 9:49 AM	Last Updated: August 6, 2019 @ 10:46 AM
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - AUGUST 05: (L-R) Kyle Kuzma #21, Kemba Walker #26 and head coach Gregg Popovich of the 2019 USA Men's National Team talk during a practice session at the 2019 USA Basketball Men's National Team World Cup minicamp at the Mendenhall Center at UNLV on August 5, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Twitch has reached a partnership with the NBA and USA Basketball to exclusively stream all USA Men's National Team exhibition games, the three companies announced Tuesday morning. Twitch will stream the games globally starting this summer.
Under the agreement, the Amazon-owned live streaming platform will also stream select USA Women's National Team friendly games, Red Bull USA Basketball 3X Regionals and Nationals, and the 2020 Nike Hoop Summit. Coverage will include men's and women's training camps and other USA Basketball events.
Creators on the streaming platform will have the ability to co-stream all events, giving them a chance to offer their own commentary on the games. Twitch says it will work closely with USA Basketball on additional content opportunities around each event to incorporate innovative elements, including interactive custom overlays, to provide engagement opportunities that enhance the viewing experience.
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"Bringing USA Basketball programming to Twitch is an exciting next step in our partnership," said David Denenberg, NBA Senior vice president, global media distribution and business affairs. "Twitch shares in our commitment to innovation and using technology to improve the live game viewing experience for basketball fans around the world."
The deal is part of a continued relationship between Twitch and NBA-affiliated leagues, which previously partnered on streaming coverage for NBA G League and NBA 2K League games. Earlier this month, Twitch also became a streaming partner of the Jr. NBA Global Championship.
"The NBA was one of our first partners outside of gaming, so we're very familiar with the passion of their fans," says Michael Aragon, senior vice president of content at Twitch. "Twitch and USA Basketball is a perfect fit for multiplayer entertainment."
13 Best Movie Moments Featuring The Beatles Music, From 'Ferris Bueller' to 'Yesterday' (Photos)
The new movie "Yesterday" imagines what it would be like if no one had ever heard of The Beatles, and as one woman says in the film, "the world is a worse place without The Beatles music in it." But several great films would also be worse off without the songs of the Fab Four. That said, Beatles songs are expensive, and only so many films have managed to hit that perfect note. And to make this list manageable, we're excluding movies that exclusively use Beatles songs like "Across the Universe," "I Am Sam" as well as The Beatles own movies "A Hard Day's Night," "Help!" and "Yellow Submarine."
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"Once Upon a Time in America" (1984) - "Yesterday"
In this wistful moment in Sergio Leone's sprawling epic "Once Upon a Time in America," Robert De Niro plays a gangster leaving New York to the sound of an old fashioned, Ennio Morricone score, only to return years later as a now worn old man. As he steps back into 1960s New York to look back on the memories of his former life, Morricone's score blends into a rendition of "Yesterday" that is as forlorn as the movie itself.
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) - "Twist and Shout"
As a little kid growing up in the suburbs of Chicago not long after this movie was released, I may or may not have tried to impersonate Ferris Bueller's lip syncing to The Beatles version of "Twist and Shout," furiously stomping my feet in unison to the "shake it, shake it, shake it, baby now!" bit at the end. It's a movie moment and song so fun that it inspires the entire city to spontaneously get up and dance or even cartwheel through the air.
"Withnail and I" (1987) - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
It helps when George Harrison is actually an executive producer on your movie, but the pin drop of Eric Clapton's guitar solo makes for a beautifully surreal and exciting moment in "Withnail & I," Bruce Robinson's autobiographical and alcohol soaked odyssey and cult classic.
"Rain Man" (1988) - "I Saw Her Standing There"
It's just a quick verse, but Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman sharing the Beatles song "I Saw Her Standing There" comes at an emotional turning point in Barry Levinson's film, when Charlie Babbitt finally realizes it was his brother Raymond he remembered singing to him as a child.
"A Bronx Tale" (1993) - "Come Together"
During this pummeling scene from Robert De Niro's gangster story "A Bronx Tale," "Come Together" plays over the top of what starts as a fairly fun and rambunctious fight scene. "Now youse guys can't leave," Chazz Palminteri's mobster character Sonny says to a biker gang as he locks them in his bar. After one fighter smashes into the jukebox, the song changes and the heavy violence of the scene sinks in.
"Pleasantville" (1998) - "Across the Universe"
The Beatles came after the 1950s sitcom period that "Pleasantville" is set in, but Fiona Apple's lush and delicately strummed cover of "Across the Universe" feels timeless and wonderfully fits the film's transformation back into full technicolor.
"American Beauty" (1999) - "Because"
There are a few Beatles songs that adorn the soundtrack for Sam Mendes's "American Beauty," but Elliott Smith's ethereal cover of "Because" perfectly captures the tragic, suburban malaise of the movie as the song plays over the film's end credits.
"The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001) - "Hey Jude"
The Mutato Muzika Orchestra did up this lovely, twinkling, instrumental version of "Hey Jude" that captures the miniature, picturesque quality of the prologue to Wes Anderson's family dysfunction comedy "The Royal Tenenbaums." But the smaller in scope orchestration doesn't change the sweeping, inspiring quality of the melody, which fits Anderson's tone beautifully.
"Bowling for Columbine" (2002) - "Happiness is a Warm Gun"
Love or hate Michael Moore, he's an expert at mashing up the right pop culture imagery with his montage of news oddities for maximum, propaganda-like effect. This moment from "Bowling for Columbine" couldn't be more on the nose, queued up and fired off right as one of his gun-rights advocates says "There's a lot of whackos out there."
"Love Actually" (2003) - "All You Need is Love"
How many couples have attempted their own version of this classic rom-com moment for their own weddings?
"The Social Network" (2010) - "Baby You're a Rich Man"
"How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people, now that you know who you are," John Lennon sings on "Baby You're a Rich Man." It's a biting, cynical line as David Fincher slowly brings it in before the credits of his millennial masterpiece "The Social Network," with Mark Zuckerberg endlessly refreshing his Facebook page to see if his ex-girlfriend will accept his friend request.
"Not Fade Away" (2012) - "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"The Sopranos" creator David Chase said that with "Not Fade Away" he wanted to make "a biopic about nobody," a film that encapsulated the ambitious people you never heard of and that heard the life-changing music of The Beatles and were changed forever, even if their circumstances ultimately didn't. "What is that?" the film's lead plainly says when he hears "I Want to Hold Your Hand" for the first time. Other films have used the Beatles' Ed Sullivan show appearance and given the scene a lot more fanfare, but for Chase, that revelation has a far different feeling.
"Yesterday" (2019) - "Help!"
One of the best moments in "Yesterday" comes as the film's protagonist Jack Malik is launching his album to the world with a special rooftop concert. But as he's overwhelmed with stress and pressure from his family, his label and the woman he loves, he takes to the stage and plays a roaring, punk version of John Lennon's "Help." As the song closes, Jack screams "help me" in agony, punctuating Lennon's mournful lyrics on an otherwise upbeat pop-rock song.
"The Royal Tenenbaums," "The Social Network" and "Withnail & I" have all made use of classics by the Fab Four
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A big part of NVTAC's mission is to provide technical assistance and resources to Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP) grantees. This section of the website is designed to help grantees in their mission of employing veterans who are experiencing homelessness by providing helpful tools and information. As always, please reach out to us with suggestions or requests for additional topics or tools that you would find useful, and NVTAC will strive to provide them.
On these pages you'll find topic briefs, forms, on-the-job training strategies and FAQs, information about job-driven training, an operations manual, discussions about topics such as incarcerated veterans and special populations, success stories, and more. These materials are designed for both new programs and long-standing programs. Some of the material can be customized to your agency's unique needs, while other materials are intended to inform grantees about diverse subjects. These pages are updated as new research emerges and practices from the field evolve.
The Grantee Spotlight is a special feature on the NVTAC website. The primary purpose of the spotlight is to foster communication and get to know people working in the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP) community, their work, and the lessons they've learned along the way. Each spotlight features a direct service staff member or senior HVRP leader and their role in their HVRP, who they are, how they came to work with veterans experiencing homelessness, and their views about what works well and the current and future state of HVRP services.
If you want to be featured in a spotlight or want to recommend one of your staff members, please let us know by emailing contact@nvtac.org.
The Grantee Spotlight Archive contains all of the previously featured Grantee Spotlights. Click here to view this archive.
Best Practices are interventions that are either proven through research or driven by the consensus of experts that such interventions are most likely to influence positive outcomes for homeless veteran employment.
We welcome your comments on these Best Practices; they can be sent by email to contact@nvtac.org.
A literature review on job-driven training and employer engagement revealed several practices to be evidence based and effective. These essential findings can help grantees and providers forge successful employer partnerships.
The following practical tools can help make it easier to partner with employers.
Job-driven training, defined as "training that is responsive to the needs of employers in order to effectively place ready-to-work Americans in jobs that are available now or train them in the skills needed for better jobs," includes seven core principles.
Click on the links below to learn how to make your training programs more "job driven."
On-the-Job Training (OJT), one of the most historically successful placement and training approaches, is a job-driven training practice that involves teaching the skills, knowledge, and competencies that are needed to perform a specific job. Here is a document offering more information about OJT.
This list of resources offers materials that define and describe the key elements of job-driven training.
This tip sheet shows you how to serve both of your customers – veterans and local employers.
What are other grantees doing that is working for them? These short videos from a popular series, developed by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, provide insights into ways several grantees are developing job-driven training and the employer partnerships.
Despite an economy in Puerto Rico that challenges even job seekers without disabilities or histories of homelessness, General Meat Trading LLC (GMT) is one organization that stands out for its leadership in hiring and supporting Puerto Rican veterans who are homeless.
In Rochester, NY, the Veterans Outreach Center, an HVRP grantee, established a successful, longstanding relationship with Monroe Motor Products, a local employer that considers hiring veterans to be part of its mission. Their partnership highlights best practices in putting veterans to work.
In the homeless assistance field, the term "outreach" usually refers specifically to street outreach offered to individuals experiencing homelessness who are not engaged in services through conventional activities.
In this Best Practice, we review relevant research evidence to inform outreach practices, outline tips for successful outreach, and offer resources and cool tools. You can learn from your peers by watching "At Your Service" video clips, in which HVRP staff members talk about their best approaches to outreach. Of course, we welcome your comments and suggestions for best practices in reaching out to veterans who are homeless, employers, and stakeholders.
A literature review on outreach for veterans revealed several practices to be evidence based and effective.
The following tools can help you get to know your audience, efficiently deliver an appropriate message, and connect with your community.
Effective outreach for veterans who are experiencing homelessness is a multi-step process that involves a range of activities. The following resources will help you get to know your audience, efficiently deliver an appropriate message, and connect with your community.
This tip sheet provides suggestions for how to engage and reach a target audience, regardless of its composition.
What are other grantees doing that is working for them? Three short videos in this popular series, developed by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, provide insights into ways that several grantees are developing job-driven training and the employer partnerships to make it work.
Employment assessment or vocational assessment is ideally a holistic, client-based, ongoing process designed to incorporate information from multiple sources and approaches. As such, programs need access to multiple tools and models for employment assessment, and information about the strengths of these tools and their performance in practice settings.
Setting and achieving goals is fundamental to vocational practice. Goal setting is important because the hope of its achievement motivates the job seeker to participate in the vocational assessment process and anchors the direction of and commitment to needed behavior changes. Once a goal is established, the job seeker and the employment specialist consider what strengths the job seeker possesses that would be used to perform that occupational goal and what challenges need to be overcome or addressed, perhaps through job skill training.
A literature review on employment assessments for veterans revealed several practices to be evidence based and effective.
The following resources provide information specific to employment assessment for HVRP clients experiencing homelessness.
This tip sheet provides suggestions for making the employment assessment process a success.
Labor Market Information (LMI) describes current and projected data such as the number and types of available jobs, their characteristics, and the characteristics of the labor supply. HVRPs are expected to deliver job-driven training based on labor market information (LMI) and, as part of the grant application, provide detailed local LMI and current trends within their geographic service area. On Feb. 26, 2015, NVTAC held a webinar on using LMI as part of your HVRP program. This webinar webinar highlighted two sources for LMI that can inform employer development activities and had two HVRP Directors talk about their views on using LMI data and the experiences in their programs.
To help veterans both transition to, and keep jobs, it is important to assess many factors, including employment experience (including work they did in the military), preferences, hard and soft skills, socioeconomic barriers (including housing, physical and mental health issues), ability to function in the modern workplace, technological skills, and more. A comprehensive assessment not only looks at the barriers a veteran is facing when entering employment, but also at the strengths the veteran has. By helping veterans focus on their strengths, it helps case manager engage them and create a positive framework; this allows veterans to feel better about themselves and have a more positive experience transitioning into work.
In this Best Practice, we review relevant research evidence to inform job transition and maintenance practices, outline tips for success, and offer resources. You can learn from your peers by watching "At Your Service" video clips, in which HVRP staff members talk about their best approaches to helping veterans transition to jobs and keep them. Of course, we welcome your comments and suggestions for best practices in reaching out to veterans who are homeless, employers, and stakeholders.
Transitioning to, and maintaining employment, over time requires thoughtful planning to identify possible barriers and develop workable solutions. The following resources will help you assist veterans with the transition to work and maintaining employment.
This tip sheet provides suggestions for how to help veterans transition to and keep jobs.
What are other grantees doing that is working for them? Three short videos in this popular series, developed by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, provide insights into ways that several grantees are helping veterans transition to and maintain employment.
Possess the capacity to make referrals and monitor veterans' use of referral services.
One of the primary benefits, and something that is required as part of grantee tracking, is referral to a VA medical center for medical benefits. This is a straightforward process and should be done very early in the assessment/case management process. Case managers can simply ask the question "Are you registered at the VA, and do you have a VA card?" to assess whether the veteran has completed this process. It is essential that every veteran sign up for VA services, as they can provide a wealth of services and may also allow access to other VA homeless programs, employment programs, and other services beyond strictly health care. This best practice will look at income-generating benefits and how they affect employment eligibility, as well as other benefits.
Benefits counseling is an important ingredient of employment supports for people who receive—or might be eligible to receive—public benefits. This literature review revealed that when benefits counseling is included with other employment supports, hours worked, earned income, and overall income are all likely to increase.
There are many resources and organizations that can help HVRP staff when counseling veterans about benefits.
This tip sheet offers advice around effective benefits counseling, public benefits programs, and their associated work incentives.
The National Veterans Technical Assistance Center (NVTAC) hosted the webinar "Using SOAR to Access Social Security Disability Benefits" on Thursday, April 21 at 2:00 pm. This presentation described best practices for utilizing SOAR with Veterans who access HVRP services, with special emphasis on employment and housing stability.
Although HVRP is an employment program, ending homelessness among veterans requires that every veteran have a home, preferably a permanent place to call home. The employment services HVRP provides help veterans afford housing and contribute to their stability in permanent housing. Because housing is so important, HVRP staff must concern themselves with access to housing, as well as partnering with housing staff either internally in an HVRPs' own organization or externally with housing agencies in their community.
HVRP services are intended for veterans who are literally homeless, at risk for homelessness, or in time-limited housing or shelters. Although today we do see the advantage of helping housed veterans secure employment, HVRP was not meant for veterans in permanent housing. HVRPs must work closely with housing staff to enroll veterans in HVRP before the veteran has a permanent housing lease in hand. Some HVRPs now work closely with HUD-VASH to screen veterans who are approved for VASH but who have not yet executed a lease.
Whatever the housing circumstances are of the HVRP veteran, the program must work closely to integrate housing and employment services to that veteran, as if these were seamless. Integration may be observed through case conferencing, shared service plans, and regular communication between housing case managers and employment specialists. In this Best Practice, we review the literature on housing, identify resources that may be useful to you, and offer tips for success and cool tools that may help you in your work finding housing for veterans.
A literature review on Permanent Supportive Housing and Housing First revealed several practices to be evidence based and effective.
The following tools provide strategies and action plans for connecting to landlords, building managers, public housing agencies, representatives from federal offices, and others working to promote the stability necessary for sustained employment.
Connections Between HVRP and SSVF: This report discusses links between Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) and HVRP grant programs. SSVF is primarily a short-term, rapid response housing program that provides homeless prevention and Rapid Rehousing assistance from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
The following resources can be used to establish partnerships that will support transitional and permanent housing.
This tip sheet provides suggestions for establishing partnerships with transitional and permanent housing.
On Jan. 29, 2015, NVTAC held a webinar to discuss the spectrum of housing services, including those through VA and HUD. Presenters provided a detailed look at the major programs, and an overview of the key eligibility overlaps likely to impact veterans in your community.
For an HVRP to attain its highest potential and effectively help the most veterans, it is vital that it hires and retains excellent, highly qualified staff. Whether your team comprises two or 10 staff members, their competency is critical to implementing services for homeless veterans.
In this Best Practice, we consider which personal and professional skills are both desirable and essential characteristics of outstanding staff members. We also explore how HVRP leaders can attract, hire, and keep qualified, excellent staff members, particularly when other businesses and organizations in your area can often offer higher pay and better benefits. We discuss targeted ways to attract and retain dedicated, caring, and competent employees, even in a competitive job market.
HVRP outcomes and success rely, in part, on the talent of our own workforce and ability to train, support, and retain the staff we hire. For this reason, this Best Practice focuses solely on ways to find and keep the type of staff members who will do the best job, while also relating well to the veterans being served.
A literature review on recruiting and retaining excellent staff revealed several practices to be evidence based.
The following tools can help you welcome new HVRP staff members and train them on critical skills and knowledge that facilitate their ability to help veterans succeed.
We have compiled information about effective staff of homeless services, the critical skills and knowledge that make them effective, and ways to retain workers who help veterans succeed.
This tip sheet is designed to help HVRP grantees recruit and retain excellent staff who can effectively assist veterans experiencing homelessness obtain meaningful jobs within the labor force and connect them to supportive services in the community.
The terms measuring outcomes, results, and outcome orientation, refer to an organization's ability to know what results are important and focus its resources to achieve them. Although HVRP outcome evaluations are not required, conducting program assessments about outcomes can lead to improvements in program design, effectiveness, and operations. Setting program goals, gathering performance data, and regularly analyzing results are valuable activities for managers who are seeking to strengthen the quality and productivity of their programs.
For this Best Practice, you will find a literature search about what evaluation strategies work, along with resources that might be helpful to HVRPs considering measuring program outcomes.
A literature review on measuring outcomes and being outcomes oriented revealed several practices to be evidence based.
The Volunteers of America (VOA) commissioned an outcome evaluation of the HVRPs operated by their affiliates across the country. This is a good example of VOA's outcome orientation.
These resources are intended to help a broad range of programs prepare for, plan, and implement outcomes measurement and performance management activities.
Agencies can complement HVRP services by developing strategies and accessing funding streams to strengthen their mission to help veterans. "Braiding" funding means having access to and coordinating multiple sources of funding to provide services and supports needed by veterans experiencing homelessness to obtain and retain jobs. It allows HVRPs to make use of more than one funding stream to serve a single veteran.
To meet the employment needs of veterans experiencing homelessness, many HVRPs sought funding to also provide housing assistance to these veterans. U. S. Department of Labor grantees have found the Grant and Per Diem, Supportive Services for Veteran Families, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development permanent supportive housing dollars can be braided with HVRP to offer veterans more comprehensive assistance for existing homelessness. Many current and past HVRPs developed social purpose business ventures to both raise revenue for serving veterans and to develop in-house employment opportunities for their veterans. Other funding streams and strategies, such as the Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work program, are as yet unrealized sources that have not been braided with HVRP.
Braiding funding can expand the partnerships an agency has developed and can also contribute to the effectiveness of the program. For example, in general, HVRP funds are not meant to pay for rental assistance. But by braiding housing resources, an HVRP grantee can address veteran housing needs. Securing additional funds can also enhance job retention in an HVRP by using other funds to offer incentives to veterans for achieving job retention goals.
The following resources can be used to seek other funding to braid with government-funded program and help enhance services for veterans experiencing homelessness.
This tip sheet is designed to help HVRP grantees broaden and enrich the employment services they provide to veterans experiencing homelessness.
In Best Practice 10, we review relevant research evidence to inform population-tailored practices, outline tips for successful service deliver, and offer resources and cool tools for specific target populations, including younger veterans, justice-involved veterans, women veterans, and more.
You can learn from your peers by watching "At Your Service" video clips, in which HVRP staff members talk about their best approaches to serving veteran groups. Of course, we welcome your comments and suggestions for best practices in serving particular sub-populations of veterans who are homeless.
Literature reviews were conducted about each subtopic of the Best Practice. The results are found below.
The tools below are geared specifically to the subpopulation of veterans being served.
Lessons Learned from the U.S. Department of Labor Grantees: Homeless Female Veterans and Homeless Veterans with Families: This Issue Brief report helps HVRPs and leaders better understand the challenges and facilitators to employment of veterans who are homeless, including women veterans, and address them through direct training and technical assistance.
The resources below are geared specifically to the subpopulation of veterans being served.
The Tips for Success below are geared specifically to the subpopulation of veterans being served.
What are other grantees doing that is working for them? These short videos from a popular series, developed by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, provide insights into ways several grantees are supporting target populations of veterans.
Welcome New and Returning HVRP Grantees!
NVTAC congratulates you for your receipt of a Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP) grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS). This is a great accomplishment for your organization and proof of your outstanding work.
The HVRP community is dedicated to helping end veteran homelessness and assisting our veterans as they prepare for meaningful careers and a home of their own. The NVTAC exists to help both you and DOL-VETS accomplish this important mission.
The resources on this page are meant to help grantees quickly start up their programs. There are tasks and activities that need to be done as soon as you hear about your grant award and continue into the initial quarter of your project. Other resources on this website are intended to support your work over the long term.
We encourage you to become familiar with the website, the best practices, and the training opportunities. We are here to help you, and we hope you will work with us to contribute new, useful material and improve the lives of veterans experiencing homelessness. If you have questions, contact us at contact@nvtac.org. We are here to help!
The NVTAC Overview 6-14 describes NVTAC's purpose and unique role, along with a list of evidence- and practice-based resources it offers to HVRP grantees at no cost.
Learn about the practices that guide the work performed in HVRPs as well as interventions for the Ten Best Practice Elements in this power point presentation. These are interventions that are either proven through research or driven by the consensus of experts that such interventions are most likely to influence positive outcomes for homeless veteran employment.
HVRP and American Job Center This brief fact sheet describes American Job Center(AJC) and its connection to HVRP, services AJC offers, and information about enrolling HRVP participants in public workforces' system through a local AJC.
30-Day HVRP Checklist This one-page checklist includes tasks an HVRP grantee might need to address to ramp up a new program within 30 to 45 days after grant award.
In this document, we look at the level of integration and coordination between two specific programs: 1) Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP)—a Department of Labor (DOL) employment program that provides employment and supportive services to Veterans who are homeless, and 2) Continuums of Care (CoCs)—local bodies funded and tasked by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to oversee coordination of homeless services in local communities. The purpose of this brief is to serve as a resource that HVRPs and CoCs can use to partner and share what works in helping veterans who are homeless obtain housing, supportive services, and jobs. CoCs play an increasingly important role in their communities as planners and managers of local systems of care for homeless individuals and families as well as those at-risk of homelessness. HVRPs are an important resource to address veteran homelessness and an important program in the CoC. This document describes strategies that foster collaboration between HVRPs and CoCs, offers examples of effective practices, and makes recommendations for how to integrate the needs of homeless veterans into a community's strategy to end homelessness.
Click on the link to read the full brief HVRP and Continuums of Care.
This is a customizable operations manual designed to provide assistance and orientation to new HVRP grantees and new employees hired to work for existing HVRP grantees, including program managers, case managers, job developers, outreach specialists, and other positions that will work with HVRP veterans. This Compendium may be useful to HVRPs seeking to create an operations manual for their program. The material in these approaches is based on best practices and promising practices from the field and from the available research literature.
Click on the link to read the Compendium of Approaches for HVRP. Click here for a list of customizable forms associated with the Compendium.
This Issue Brief report helps HVRPs and leaders better understand the challenges and facilitators to employment of veterans who are homeless, including women veterans, and address them through direct training and technical assistance.
This new report discusses links between Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) and the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP) grant programs. Much of the information is taken from interviews with HVRP grantees who are either dual grant holders or who work closely with SSVF programs in their area. SSVF is primarily a short-term, rapid response housing program that provides Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing assistance administered by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Although both programs target veterans experiencing homelessness, eligibility for the programs and operating guidelines differ. The programs do, however, seem to be complementary in meeting the needs of homeless veterans.
A Coordinated Assessment (also called Coordinated Entry or Coordinated Intake) System is a point of entry to receive homeless assistance services in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-funded continuums of care (CoCs). It is a process by which homeless and at- risk individuals (including veterans who are homeless) are evaluated for service needs at any entry point into the system with a universal assessment tool. This eliminates the need for duplicative assessments by participating providers and facilitates referral to services for which the individual is qualified. Although there is no standard tool, the VI-SPDAT is a new and widely used assessment tool.
Coordinated Assessment is required under the HEARTH amendments. Its chief aim is to provide a cohesive system that gives veterans who are homeless access to greater selections of services with less service fragmentation, greater ease of access, and, in general, less hassle.
HUD has mandated that all CoCs use the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to collect data and implement a coordinated assessment process. CoCs use HMIS to track data and select an assessment tool, such as the VI-SPDAT, to provide clients with targeted services.
HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are now attempting to share data through the HMIS and other systems. This partnership allows VA programs and HUD programs to communicate at the client level, while allowing planners at the community level to forecast service needs for the greater system.
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Our client was a respected Alabama lawyer who was initially arrested on felony domestic violence charges.
During the course of the investigation, a computer was seized from our client's residence and numerous images of child pornography were found.
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NB. It is thought that Amy trained in Nottingham; until the GNC records are searched it is not possible to state whether or not she registered as a nurse in 1922.
1. WWW.freebmd.co.uk, accessed 22nd November 2014.
3. http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-on-land/casualties-medcal/1140-british-military-nurses-and-the-great-war-a-guide-to-the-services.html, accessed 3rd January 2015.
5. TNA, 1911 England Wales Census, RG14/421, accessed via www.ancestry.co.uk on 23rd November 2014.
6. http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War, accessed 23rd November 2014.
8. England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965, accessed on 24th November 2014 via ancestry.co.uk.
Many thanks to the British Red Cross Society.
Copyright, Sarah Rogers 4th January 2014.


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