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Reaching Out to Homeless Veterans
It was among the most popular of the services offered as part of the hospital's Winterhaven Homeless Veterans Stand Down. The day-long event is held annually to reach the 2,500 homeless veterans in the Washington area. In exchange for stopping by stations ranging from an HIV screening room to employment assistance booths, the veterans were promised a lunch of barbecue chicken and their pick of free clothing. "At the moment, only about 460 of area homeless veterans are getting services with us," said Michelle Spivak, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. "So we're hoping this will encourage more of them to take advantage of all the benefits they've earned by serving their country." Of those already receiving a service, the majority are African Americans of the Vietnam or just post-Vietnam period, Spivak said.
Md. senator tirelessly fought for civil rights
Md. senator tirelessly fought for civil rights A lifelong activist, she 'spoke soft but carried a big stick' Prince George's County senator and civil rights activist Gwendolyn T. Britt died early Saturday, shortly after being taken to Doctor's Community Hospital in Lanham, according to a spokeswoman for Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. She was 66. (Sun photo by Karl Merton Ferron) .
Life in Romania - Telegraph Mentor
Bureaucracy: When the country experienced a 6.0 Richter scale earthquake in November, one radio commentator remarked that at least something in Romania was moving. Bureaucracy can be a huge headache throughout the country, which is still trying to emerge from the communist mentality. Simple, everyday tasks that would not take more than five minutes in Britain, such as getting a receipt or a guarantee for an appliance, require reams of forms and queuing. Getting a work permit is especially laborious, with low-level officials seemingly taking a perverse pleasure in finding one of your photocopies or translations missing and sending you away to return on multiple occasions. Sometimes they want a bribe, sometimes it is inefficiency, sometimes pure stubbornness. Unfortunately bureaucracy is an ingrained part of life here, so looking upon it as a cultural experience is probably the best way to keep stress levels down.
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