Killing at Methodist Episcopal Church

(CNN)Dylann Roof is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Friday.

In his order, U.S. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel said he was sealing a document detailing the factual reasons behind his finding. Public disclosure could put Roof's right to a fair trial in jeopardy, he said.

Roof is accused of killing nine people at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 2015.

The judge halted jury selection in the case earlier this month so Roof could undergo a competency evaluation.

A psychiatrist examined Roof earlier this month, and witnesses testified about the matter in a hearing this week.

Jury selection in the federal trial is scheduled to resume on Monday, Gergel said.

Roof faces 33 federal charges: nine counts of violating the Hate Crime Act resulting in death; three counts of violating the Hate Crime Act involving an attempt to kill; nine counts of obstruction of exercise of religion resulting in death; three counts of obstruction of exercise of religion involving an attempt to kill and use of a dangerous weapon; nine counts of use of a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a crime of violence.

If convicted, he could face the death penalty.

Roof also faces nine counts of murder and other charges in the state court system. His trial in that case is scheduled to start in January.

CNN's Ralph Ellis and Holly Yan contributed to this report.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/25/us/dylann-roof-competent/index.html

"For the glory of God, Lighthouse Mission Ministries desires to minister to needy men, women, and children through the provision of compassionate resources and services in the Name of Jesus Christ."

The Lighthouse Mission is the only shelter from here to Vancouver, Bc. They show the community that they are providing the homeless with compassion and a warm bed to sleep in, but behind the scenes the homeless start feeling like a prisoner. How does the homeless feel like a prisoner?                                                  Men and Women are not equal.        Women has very strict guidelines they most follow. They control our medicine and we get drug tested every few weeks. We can not watch Tv from 9am to 3pm, and the tv is limit to few channels. We can not use the Wifi unless we are going back to school. We have to meet with w GA every week and the clothing closet is off limits for us.          Men guidelines are easy going. They have no curfew. They can control their own medicine and don't get drug tested that much. They tv time and channels are not restricted. They can use the Wifi with out having to go to school. They are allowed to use their clothing closet. 

My Sobriety.

   I rarely discuss my sobriety, yet alone, write about it. It’s not because I’m humiliated by the acknowledgment of being a drunk. No, I made the public testimony about the road to recovery when I first gave up drinking last year. However, what I quickly found out is that those who were nearest and dearest to me had a challenging time perceptive the latest change in my life.

The conversations I had with friends and family became rather predictable. 

“You have a drinking problem, What"? 

   As time went on, I had family attempt to sugar coat with negative thought process of my sobriety to our family.. I’ve even had some intimate ways that I'm not a drank. A part of me was frustrated by these reactions, but I also knew they were trying to make an excuse to my behavior, because most of my family has the same behavior. Furthermore, I realized I didn’t fully understand my dependence on alcohol. It’s tough  talking about something you’re still in the cognition of figuring out, so I decided to break down my dependency before I made advance attempts at speaking about it.

There’s no right or wrong approach to sobriety. Everyone has to decide what works best for him or her. Having stated that, I’m part of A.A.

So I opted in to the 12-step route, but at first I was not welcoming A.A. Into my life and sure enough, the program woman I encountered told me I was setting myself up for failure if I didn’t get to a meeting and seek out a sponsor. I believe most people will fail at something because they dazzled follow a general blueprint that others in a similar situation was using. My pride was in the way to start with help of A.A.

 I wanted to figure out what triggered my addiction. What made me want to withdraw from my friends and lock myself in my room with a bottle? 

That’s the side that my friends never saw:

 the woman who sidestepped invitations or found an excuse to leave early because I wanted to go home, pout, and kill the bottle that was sitting in the fridge.

   Discernment my addiction has been the most beneficial aspect of sobriety. I had to come to the realization that my dark angel tries to take over the driver’s seat of my life, I believe I’m not worthy of happiness. When I feel that the joys and successes of life perplex me, that’s when the bottle calls. That’s when I closed out from people and seek misplacement in booze. Reminding myself of this is a never-ending process. Every day, I tell myself that I am making the choice to be happy and present in the moment no matter what angular shape throughout the day. I have to remember that reverse are a part of life, but the realm of positive expectation is always within my reach.

   I arrived at this outlook through reflection and thoughtfulness. I am perpetually learning and clutch spiritual growth. I’m pretty fortunate to have been introduced to someone within the past year who helped steer me on this path of enlightenment. We’ve spoke about sobriety and how happy I will be. It just so happened that I’ve learned much from hearing about her journey, and She has recommended books and teachings that have helped me tremendously. She not my sponsor, or a relative. She was just a great friend who I am extremely thankful for and miss dearly.

   I’m cognizant, but I’m still not consummate. Most days are great, some not so much. Then there are those days when the dark angel actually wins. Addictive personalities tend to exchange out one addiction for another. So if you see me decorating a cupcake, you know what I’m really dealing with. I’d rather be fat than deal with the hangovers, which I do not miss.

   My Life is not a made for TV , where quondam drunks get the shakes or break out into cold sweats when they see an alcoholic beverage. I don’t mind being with my friends in social settings where alcohol is being served, but It is a trigger to just smell the alcoholic when I'm in a emotion state. I find these situations more entertaining , not because I'm not drinking, Its just show me how idiot I had been when I was drinking. As a matter of fact, sometimes

   Most of us are susceptible to the belief that dependence only wears one face. Unless you are seen passed out in a pool of your own body waste, people will have a hard time receptive that you have a drinking problem. Physiological state wears many faces. We don’t all have to look like we are heading toward skid row to admit we need to put the bottle down. I’m grateful for the homeless scene that led me to my turning point, and I’m beaming of the spiritual growth and comprehensibility that has come from my sobriety. That’s what matters most. It’s not about the animadvert of my peers. It’s about what I think... what I feel... how I’m doing. I finally have the rudimentary belief that mine is the only voice that matters.

   I’m not to a lesser extent than anyone else. I’m adequate. And I arrived at this geographical region thanks to sobriety.

Affiliates

I'm looking to write a few reviews for different home based business. The review will be posted on the blog for six months, after the six months, after the six months period we can talk about extending the review.

The 6 months review, has a cost of $20.00 paid tho Paypal.

Slots are limited. Apply Now by contacting me in the Contact Me Forum.

Please include your:

Name

Business

Why you would like to be on my affiliates list.

I'm moving out of the states.

So far it looks like that Trump is going to win for president. He is going to be another Hitler, and all the middle class is going to have to pay for the Upclass.

I'm going off the radar, and living with out anything that I can't make myself. I'm done.

A Denton homeless woman beaten unconscious one week ago has died.

Jessica Yankow, 37, died at 12:30 a.m. Thursday at Denton Regional Medical Center, according to a news release issued by Denton police. Yankow was allegedly beaten unconscious by William Stevens, 28, outside the Salvation Army shelter in Denton on Oct. 27, according to a police report. Both were homeless at the time.

Stevens now will be charged with murder, according to Denton police. The department is expected to turn the case over to the Denton County District Attorney, which will present the case to a Denton County grand jury for review. If Stevens is indicted and convicted of murder, he faces five to 99 years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine.

Stevens was arrested after the incident and remains in the Denton County Jail. His original bail was set at $100,000. The Salvation Army in Denton serves as a night shelter, food pantry and social service center for local homeless people. The Denton location offers between 30 and 40 beds. Yankow checked into the facility about 4:30 p.m. Oct. 26, hours before the early-morning incident on Oct. 27. She left that afternoon, however, and returned after the 10 p.m. curfew, when the shelter doors are locked.

A witness reported seeing Stevens beating Yankow outside the shelter about 5 a.m. Oct. 27 and called 911. Paramedics transported an unconscious Yankow to Denton Regional Medical Center, where nurses said her injuries indicated a brain injury. Yankow suffered multiple injuries to her face, including a bruise on her right cheek that appeared to be a shoe impression, according to Stevens’ arrest affidavit.

Yankow later was placed on life support and remained in critical condition for a week before she died. Her murder is the fifth connected to Denton this year and the fourth inside the city limits. Texas Woman’s University student Jacqueline Vandagriff died in September, and Charles Dean Bryant faces murder charges in connection with her death. Although Vandagriff’s body was found near Grapevine Lake, she met Bryant at a Denton bar just prior to her death.

In January, a University of North Texas student, Sara Mutschlechner, died after being shot behind the wheel of her car. Eric Jamal Johnson faces murder charges in connection with her death on New Year’s Day. Also in January, Stephen Scott was arrested and charged with the murder of his parents, Marion and Linda Scott, both of whom died from multiple stab wounds.

PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE  via Twitter at @phwolfeDRC.

WHERE DO PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS?

WHERE DO PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS?

 Homelessness is often assumed to be an urban phenomenon because homeless people are more numerous, more geographically concentrated, and more visible in urban areas. However, people experience the same difficulties associated with homelessness and housing distress in America's small towns and rural areas as they do in urban areas.

 In urban areas, estimates commonly rely on counts of persons using services. However, by this measure, homeless persons in rural areas are likely substantially under-counted due to the lack of rural service sites, the difficulty capturing persons who do not use homeless services, the limited number of researchers working in rural communities, and the minimal incentive for rural providers to collect data on their clients.

 Rural homelessness, like urban homelessness, is the result of poverty and a lack of affordable housing, and research has shown:

•  The odds of being poor are between 1.2 to 2.3-times higher for people in non-metropolitan areas, 
• Than in metropolitan areas 1 in 5 non-metro counties is classified as a ‘high poverty’ county (having a poverty rate of 20% or higher), while only 1 in 20 metro counties are defined as such.
•  Homeless people in rural areas are more likely to be white, female, married, currently working, homeless for the first time, and homeless for a shorter period of time

WHO EXPERIENCES HOMELESSNESS?

WHO EXPERIENCES HOMELESSNESS? 

 Persons living in poverty are most at risk of becoming homeless, and demographic groups who are more likely to experience poverty are also more likely to experience homelessness. Yet because of methodological and financial constraints, most studies are limited to counting persons who are in shelters or on the street. While the Census Bureau has taken a series of innovations to better incorporate the homeless population, these procedures continue to under count this group by failing to visit many locations with homeless populations. Additionally, different governmental agencies often present different estimates/counts, making the figures on homelessness inconclusive.

Three types of homelessness.

There are three types of homelessness – chronic, transitional, and episodic – which can be defined as follows:

 CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS 

 Persons most like the stereotyped profile of the “skid-row” homeless, who are likely to be entrenched in the shelter system and for whom shelters are more like long-term housing rather than an emergency arrangement. These individuals are likely to be older, and consist of the “hard-core unemployed”, often suffering from disabilities and substance abuse problems. Yet such persons represent a far smaller proportion of the population compared to the transitionally homeless.

 TRANSITIONAL HOMELESSNESS 

 Transitionally homeless individuals generally enter the shelter system for only one stay and for a short period. Such persons are likely to be younger, are probably recent members of the precariously housed population and have become homeless because of some catastrophic event, and have been forced to spend a short time in a homeless shelter before making a transition into more stable housing. Over time, transitionally homeless individuals will account for the majority of persons experiencing homelessness given their higher rate of turnover.

 EPISODIC HOMELESSNESS 

 Those who frequently shuttle in and out of homelessness are known as episodically homeless. They are most likely to be young, but unlike those in transitional homelessness, episodically homeless individuals often are chronically unemployed and experience medical, mental health, and substance abuse problems.

WHY ARE PEOPLE HOMELESS?

Housing

A lack of affordable housing and the limited scale of housing assistance programs have contributed to the current housing crisis and to homelessness. Recently, foreclosures have also increased the number of people who experience homelessness.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates that the 2013 Housing Wage is $18.79, exceeding the $14.32 hourly wage earned by the average renter by almost $4.50 an hour, and greatly exceeding wages earned by low income renter households. 

Poverty

Homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. Poor people are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, health care, and education. Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these necessities. Often it is housing, which absorbs a high proportion of income that must be dropped. If you are poor, you are essentially an illness, an accident, or a paycheck away from living on the streets.

• In 2011, the official poverty rate was 15.0%. There were 46.2 million people in poverty. 

Two factors help account for increasing poverty:

• Lack of Employment Opportunities – With unemployment rates remaining high, jobs are hard to find in the current economy. Even if people can find work, this does not automatically provide an escape from poverty.
• 
  
• Decline in Available Public Assistance – The declining value and availability of public assistance is another source of increasing poverty and homelessness and many families leaving welfare struggle to get medical care, food, and housing as a result of loss of benefits, low wages, and unstable employment. Additionally, most states have not replaced the old welfare system with an alternative that enables families and individuals to obtain above-poverty employment and to sustain themselves when work is not available or possible. 

Other major factors, which can contribute to homelessness, include:

• Lack of Affordable Health Care – For families and individuals struggling to pay the rent, a serious illness or disability can start a downward spiral into homelessness, beginning with a lost job, depletion of savings to pay for care, and eventual eviction.
• Domestic Violence – Battered women who live in poverty are often forced to choose between abusive relationships and homelessness. In addition, 50% of the cities surveyed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors identified domestic violence as a primary cause of homelessness (U.S. Conference of Mayors, 2005).
• Mental Illness – Approximately 16% of the single adult homeless population suffers from some form of severe and persistent mental illness (U.S. Conference of Mayors, 2005).
• Addiction – The relationship between addiction and homelessness is complex and controversial. Many people who are addicted to alcohol and drugs never become homeless, but people who are poor and addicted are clearly at increased risk of homelessness.

Credit to National Coalition.