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Penny Goldsmith and Nicky Dunlop A Very Expensive Pencil This June marks the end of an era for PovNet. Penny Goldsmith, who has led PovNet since its foundation in 1997" is leaving the organization for new adventures. PovNet provides online tools that facilitate communication, community & access to information around poverty-related issues in British Columbia & Canada. We work to collect relevant news & resources of use to advocates, community workers, marginalized communities&the general public PovNet was founded by a group of anti-poverty

advocates in Vancouver

in 1997 and quickly became a lifeline for

advocates across BC - the first post to the emaillists, in December was from an advocate in Terrace, who said, "Hello! Hello! Is anybody out there? I'm all alone." Much ofPovNet's work in the first few years was basic help with technology - Penny was literally helping advocates to turn on their computers. Although PovNet uses technology as the tool to connect advocates, it really is just a tool: as Penny likes, to say, "A very expensive pencil."

PovNet has continued to grow from these beginning, introducing a web site with online information for advocates and the public, online courses in 2004 and this year, we'll launch advocapedia, a resource for advocates to share decisions, submissions and other work. Throughout this work, Penny has been the heart and soul of PovNet. Her dedication to the advocates that PovNet serves, and the public who rely on their advice, means that PovNet is never just about technology, it's about warm bodies. The PovNet Board wishes Penny well in her new adventures.

The PovNet Board is delighted to announce that NiCky Dunlop has accepted the position of Executive Coordinator ofPovNet, effective June 1,20]5. Nicky had the good fortune of spending many years working as a Legal Advocate in both Williams Lake and in the Downtown Eastside. During her time as an advocate Nicky also worked with youth who were living in various degrees of homelessness. After leaving front line work, Nicky filled the position of Executive Director ofTRAC, until her son Rhys was bom in 2012. Nicky reconnected with PovNet when the opportunity to work from home came up and has been in the role of Training Coordinator since 2013.

As far back as Nicky can remember, PovNet has been at the centre of her work, either as an advocate or as a member of the PovNet team. Although she is as sorry as anyone to see Penny leave, she is grateful & excited to have the opportunity to expand her role within PovNet, and is further comforted by the fact that no one ever really leaves PovNet. Beth Davies, Chair, PovNet Board

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THE CARNEGIE BOARD\ ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE CARNEGIE THEATRE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH 2015@5:30PM

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To love can heal the broken heart, To love can mean your soul, When you die the love in your heart will rise to the heavens.

If you live in love you will never be alone, You will never hurt again Maria Teixeira

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3 To survive all the bullshit that happens in our lives is a miracle. Together we are strong. The gift of grace, hope and the power to believe in something we cannot see . are the gifts that will help us overcome our challenges.

As we have a hunger for food, our soul is hungry as well, if not starved. Our society is spiritually deprived. We need to be united as one. We need to support our brothers and sisters so we can inspire each other to make a change ana create a new world full of love, peace and harmony for the next generations to come.

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May 2015 Community Update on Correspondence from Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation Re: Assignment of Maintenance Rights Dear Community Partner, The Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation (MSDSI) recently sent some of their clients a letter about changes to the requirements to assign their family maintenance rights.

Your agency may be receiving enquires about this from Ministry clients who are unclear about the meaning I of this change. We thought it might be useful to provide you with some clarification.

Before May 1st 2015, MSDSI required divorced/separated clients who were potentially eligible to receive maintenance payments from an estranged partner to assign their rights to permit the Ministry to pursue payment, or obtain an order and agreement for payment, of maintenance benefits.

As of May 1st 2015, individuals are no longer required to assign their family maintenance rights to the Family Maintenance Program in order to apply for or receive disability benefits or income assistance.

Clients who have already assigned their family maintenance rights now have the choice as to whether they want the Ministry to continue to assist them with their maintenance services. Clients who want to continue to receive maintenance services from MSDSI should contact the Ministry by June 5th 2015 by calling 1-866866-0800. Clients who do not wish to continue to receive maintenance do not have to contact the Ministry or take any further action.

We hope this helps you to help your clients. If you have questions, please feel free to contact Robin Loxton at 604-872-1278 or 1-800-663-1278 Best regards, Val Stapleton, Membership and Outreach Coordinator Jane Dyson, Executive Director

Vancouver Taiko Society's Salmon Project Prop-Making Workshops Join us to make papier mache salmon props for the Taiko Society's Salmon Project. This 3-week workshop will teach you how to do papier mache.

Objects created will be presented at the 39th Annual Powell Street Festival on August 1st & 2nd, You will get to participate in the performance by carrying it!

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Project by: Vancouver Taiko Society In partnership with: Powell Street Festival Society and Carnegie Community Centre

Opening Reception Wednesday, .Tune3,2015,7 - IOpm Artwork & performances from 45 recipients of the 2014-15 Small Arts Grants Program.

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Kathryn: Your article in the "24 Hours" today is nice, respectful of the poor but, "inclusiveness" will never get acceptance. It cannot work!

If you are rich in resources and career, etc., you will not wish to commune with the poor, the reviled and their unacceptable social habits. Living side by side, regardless of social standing, will not satisfy either side. There will be problems.

Resentment, the very distinct behavior differences between classes will inevitably lead to conflict, accusations, suspicion & police intervention. Unless every condo establishment has a mix of classes, there will be significant differences in property/real estate value.

In addition to issues of social status, people on welfare and/or minimal incomes do not wish to be surrounded by affluence that they cannot share. Simply put, outside of frequenting areas like Granville Island and English Bay to collect returnable waste, there is no pleasure in watching "others" enjoying lunches at cafes, eating ice creams on summer days and drinking lattes at Starbucks. In other words, it's no fun being on the outside!

The mayor has a domestic issue in which he has to move from the doorstep of Point Grey. Will his new condo environment downtown include accommodations for subsidized housing? It should, since this was one of his original election platforms. Perhaps, like West Vancouver and Granville Street, there will be accommodations for nder-paid domestics who serve their masters in their lofty residences!

You should also realize that the poor, which includes people with all levels of mental and physical impediments, need support services & soup kitchens to help them struggle through their agonizing misfit existences. Not everyone on social assistance and low pensions qualify for annual bus passes either. Therefore, fragmentation of the poorer populations adds yet another hurdle to reaching needed vital services.

I'm sure you are familiar with the saying: "misery loves company." Poor and rejected people have a real sense of commune & make it through this life in each other's company. This is a God given, at no charge, gift shared between poorer classes. Unfortunately,

the rich are too private, too busy & too afraid to share their lives with outsiders!

Respectfully, ~ John Dunnings.

A resident of the much-loved DTES.

Clothing Give-Away Saturday, June 13, 9am at .lackson Street side of Oppenheimer Park.

All Welcome!!

Economic Rationalization of a Higher Minimum Wage Late last year, one of the new~ broadcasters gave a brief story of a woman who worked three jobs a day so that she could support her family.

On a lunch break, the woman went to her car to take a short nap. It was winter cold, so she turned on the car motor to get some heat. Several hours later the woman was found dead in her car, caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.

Thus, the state had to take charge of her children and tried to place them in foster homes. The children were left without the only mother they'd ever known & the government was on the hook for childcare payments.

It would have been much cheaper for the government and taxpayer if this woman had only one job with a livable wage.

Good old Bill "Bubba" Clinton paved the path to this poor woman's death by ordering that people on welfare had to get ajob or they would be cut off.

"Bubba" didn't have a billy goat's sense enough to worry about a livable wage for this forced subsistence slavery; the economy was getting better & he had the support of the dumb right wing masses of America, so this simple woman wearily went for an eternal nap.

The point is: After the greedy smoke clears, a higher, livable wage would increase employment. .

By Garry Gust

DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE The Downtown Eastside, A vibrant community Same faces laying in same places People call your name, say Hi Joe, Hi Frank How are you today.

Hey, can I bum a smoke? No but we can share one Many cafes and bright neon signs light up the sky as darkness falls Murals splash the walls but not on canvas or in a gallery window but on the sides & fronts of buildings older than dirt Usually some sort of parade comes by, generally weekly Drumming and singing flow thru the streets A van pulls up and hands out coffee A Caring Community A small crocus pops up its head on the side of a dirty alley Just a small plot of land but still ... life from the crocus.

Jackie Humber

CARNEGIE KITCHEN CONCERNS Over the last several months, the kitchen has experienced /dealt with several major plumbing issues in the dish washing area related to the grease trap. Unfortunately, the extent of this problemhas also negatively impacted the-library as well. After a thorough assessment of the problem by a variety of professionals, it has been decided to replace the grease trap and some of the piping. The work will completed by a contractor, Davidson Bros. Mechanical and is scheduled for June 3 - 5.

This is not a simple or quick/easy job and will impact the Centre as the kitchen will not have access to the dish washing area at all for the duration of the repairs.

The kitchen will be open as usual, however the menu will be adjusted accordingly and we will have to revert to paper for service. To compensate patrons for the limited menu options, we will offer free coffee, tea, juice with all meals. Don't worry! The kitchen will still make some healthy, delicious food & treats.

From the LibrarY John Vaillant, a local author and activist, will be at Carnegie this June io" reading from his new book & answering questions from the public. Ten years ago, Vaillant published his first book, the story of the felling of the Kiidk'yaas, or Golden Spruce, on Haida Gwaii. Five years later, he shifted his attention to Russia where in 1997 a tiger started stalking & killing hunters in an isolated' Siberian village. The Golden Spruce and The Tiger, both as well written as interesting, combine history, interest in nature and the environment, and mystery. Both books became very popular and earned Vaillant many prizes, including the Governor General's Award in 2005 & British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction in '10 This past January, Vaillant decided to give fiction a try, and his first novel is about Mexican immigrants in the U.S. The Jaguar's Children, a page-turner with only good reviews so far, also deals with Vaillant's main interests =history, nature, and great stories. This novel is not only a great reading, you also learn about genetically modified corn, archeology & local people.

John Vaillarx will be reading excerpts from this novel at the Carnegie Theatre on Wednesday June lOth, at 6:30 pm, --come early, we're expecting many people.

If you want to prepare for his visit, we have at the library all his books in a variety offormats.

The Golden Spruce. A True Story of Myth, Madness . and Greed. (2005). Available as book, ebook. Vaillant's first book. It focuses on the Pacific Northwest.

The Tiger. A True Story of Vengeance and Survival. (2010). Available as book, ebook, CD audiobook, eaudiobook and French book. The Arnur tiger, Siberia and hunters.

The Jaguar's Children. (2015). Available as book, ebook, CD audiobook, eaudiobook. Fiction, Immigrants in the US., archaeology, and genetically modified crops.

Your librarian, Jorge Cardenas (I'm here for a few days in May, and again in August. Drop by to say hi and recommend good readings and tunes).

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Pictured in the photo (from left to right) are: Phoenix Winter (CCCA President), James Pau (CCCA Board member), Sharon Belli (Associate Director, Carnegie Community Centre), Silvio Urbani (Footwear Buyer, Army & Navy), Anita Del Aguila (Store Manager, Army & Navy) and Wilson Liang (CCCA Board member).

On Friday, May 15th, the Army & Navy Department Store (36 West Cordova Street) donated one dollar from every pair of shoes sold at their annual shoe sale to the Carnegie Community Centre Association. The amount of the cheque was $3,177.00. That is a lot of shoes!

A big THANK YOU to Army & Navy for their generosity & for thinking about their neighbours in the Downtown Eastside. Thank you as well to all the members of the DTES community who bought a new pair of shoes for themselves at the sale. I noticed that a number of folks in the neighbourhood were wearing new shoes the day after the sale. '

By LISA DAVID

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MONDRYS + WEDNESDRYS JUNE 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 12-2PM IN THE THERTRE RT THE GRTHERING PLRCE

Gathering Festival events and workshops run from May 27 - June 21,2015.

The Community Celebration is Saturday, June 20, 10AM - 8PM at Emery Barnes Park (Seymour + Davie).

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THE STRENGTH TO ASK QUESTIONS Tomorrow is the beast that cannot be ignored the silent sit by their emptiness I guess anything can be adored Give me strength to ask questions 'til my last breath be exhaled, I speak of the past whilst others only look ahead If I were to lose both mind & body to your dogs I would be fed that strength to achieve anything is the mountain I shall scale, the harmed life has always appealed to me I like to play tacklelawn darts in the dark you can stilI be updated on the latest catastrophe ifthere's a tomorrow I'd like to know a week in advance, The Doomsday Refreshment Committee have been waiting such a long time the last thing they want is for original philosophies to be labelled evil hate crimes you may as well as say Darwin the Apostle & the other 12 hired a stripper as for the encore Jesus was given a lap dance, like a student hostage exchange or an elementary school field-trip to the morgue we must be very complimentary to those who die in vain at least they know that they're even & shall be placed in line to see their Lord - some have the strength to simply disappear ~ Eradication seemelh the game man & his kind play with friendsecenernies like these our repugnant nature willwipe out the ability to ask questions let alone pray our weakness for absolute power could break deathdefying records like how many have been served with 1 papers that declare you must show up & lose what's coming my what an exquisite year, we have set ourselves on course to be doomed yet how can 8 billion voices be so completely mad like a card-carrying communist collector storm-trooping down the streets of the Downtown Eastside which in my opinion is extremely rad no god no shall capitalist scum descend from the webs of death to declare everyone&thing theirs All the cemeteries in this world cannot breath life into stagnant dreams of the inept & pristine ...

For all the film & book rights to every action that defeats the purpose of fulfilling answers letalone dreams as for those racist "corrupt" selfishist bastards well we have the ability to care, like Caligula arm-wrestling Popeye for control of your soul this may seem ridiculous, but it's the only language that flows beneath my skin & into my veins that cascade within me The evil that decries that sunlight may be free but the warmth it provides & dispenses is the Catch22 within you & me, we seem to be caught like a poor man try-

ing to hold onto his piece of sidewalk screaming this is mine let me be!! Now I may be stranger than fiction but the weakened are reminded of their disabilities every day from deadbolts ultrathugs & of course the ever-popular EVICTIONs answer my bloody questions I am an inquisitive messenger for once in your retro nonactive life do not play games with our lives or our sanity, like a row 0 tanks rolling with the times & then over our houses then us and of course this will not be a crime well Mister & Mrs.Animosity you take almost everything & give back nothing well you can't have my time nor what your very own head-shrinkers brand my way of staying alive' insanity' - like selling flashlights to the blind or teaching catholics how to commit suicide what absolute ignorant mindsoil Last question, then I shut my mouth up good, our Downtown Eastside is the estate to alert some say obliteration won't hurt .. I truly wished for answers so as to give back to the neighbourhood

By ROBERT McGILLIVRA Y "It is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrâ&#x20AC;˘ annous to use it as a giant." -WilliamShakespeare.

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Come Support the Carnegie Dancers!!

Tuesday, June 9th Showcase at the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall Free show & lunch for the first 15people to sign up!

Our Seniors in the Creative Movement Workshops have been practicing hard for this show. Let's show them our support.

Sign up with Gloria at the 3rd floor Program Office.

We'll meet at the Front Desk in Carnegie at 9:30am on June 9 and head over together.

Dear Mila, I watch you sleep. I laugh seeing you defeated. I love knowing I've done this to you. Seeing through the holes in your brain as if they were my own eyes an? hearing you thinking I want to die. I love all the shirty things I do to you, not because I care but because I hate you. I want to see you suffer.

The best is when you lose your friends but don't worry - this isn't the end. You'll never be able to . shake me and, if you do, 1'11be there to taunt you until you're through.

1'11put scratchy marks on your body (hopefully they will never go away). Soon you'll see that you hate me as much as I hate you; that's when I'm going to hold on tighter and give you to the bottom of my shoe. A year will go by & there'lI be me still walking all over you. When you see nothing but a black empty hole then you'll know I've stolen your soul.

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•••• No more giving in with the smoking & partying. I am soo done. My life WfolS taken by it. I was put down face flat on the ground; I looked at myself when no one else was around. Afraid of what I become the sins: I've done I can never take back & the people I hurt. I always have to live with that. I kneel to the ground and pray to thee my father, my God, keep this devil away from me.

I hurt my loved ones and now I see the clear liquor the sweet-smelling grass ..persuaded me into something I did not want to be. It is hard to justify what my demons feel inside and define what they became in my life.

N$CGo Greenville BC is the home for me. I stand in this village proud to be Nisga'a as you can see because I'm Carson Lee'. Never can be what society wanted to see ... Take my hand and stand with me while I'm still on my feet & have my dignity looking above (so high) feeling the new man I am inside.

To my brother Vincent & my family too I'd like to thank you. Without you I wouldn't know what I've come to do. Start fresh and chop off old roots - be a role model for my godson & four babies too. This story is for you.

Carson Lee Robinson

Sunlight on a black shirt Trying to see what life's worth I love shiny new shoes Ghost inhale & slowly cruise I never have felt yoru exact pain I guess it's a black picture with a black frame I could explain me through and through But I won't believe it when I hear it's all cool.

I like white tulips. What about you?

I sometimes chew my lips red 'cause I'm feeling blue Doctors say I'm a little different. I wanna say listen, you didn't know me yesterday .. I've been the same .. or are you hinting my next hit could make me insane?

I tell the doctors whatever the fuck they wanna hear that'lllet me get outta there I don't like doctors.

They didn't help her when it 'mattered most; It got lost amidst addiction's sea, can't reach a coast.

I can smile like a child during the holidays Like at a kid's first Christmas things get forgotten like the fact I was. & always will be rotten.

Can I ask you if you liked it when your heart broke?

I can tell by your eyes that you can't say no to dope Can I ask if you're doing what you know would help keep you clean?

Life might be the cost for a comfortable black dream Do you think that's too cheap of a price sometimes?

Can I ask ya if you know what is life's worth? you never need to' answer; talking with me can hurt Hey! Here's something - really do wonder how do you think I'd define my life with a number?

Zero sunlight on black Art, last thing she said was 'it's hard to smile 'cause of my black heart.

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Seniors' advocate says some B.C. elderly giving up basic needs to afford housing TAMSYN BURGMANN

Even as Lorraine Logan and her partner chip away at their condominium mortgage in New Westminster, the 70-yearold recognizes they could lose their security and comfort.

"If something happens to one of us?" she said, slapping one hand against the other. "It's got to be sold Two incomes supporting the mortgage, right? So we're just trying to build up equity before I die!"

The couple is among 93 per cent of British Columbia seniors who are living independently as an aging population faces systemic challenges.

On Thursday, the province's advocate for seniors released a comprehensive report that found housing for older British Columbians must be more affordable, appropriate and available. Isobel Mackenzie urged the government to accept 18 recommendations after canvassing thousands of seniors across B.C. over the past year.

"I really have made it my mission to disabuse people of this notion that all seniors out there are living high off the hog, on a beach in Barbados, and sucking dry all the hardworking British Columbians," she told a news conference packed with seniors.

"There are seniors who need a lot of help & who're in desperate need. That's what happens when you look at the data instead of learning what the situation is by looking around at the people you know."

The report outlines the major challenges weighing on seniors living in each of three situations - independent, assisted living and residential care - and found the support people need most is financial.

Among about 820,000 British Columbians aged 65 or older, half live on incomes of $24,000 per year or less, according to the report.

Mackenzie found some low-income seniors forego basic health care, from dentistry to hearing aids, compression stockings or incontinence supplies.

"So, great. You live in a house that's worth a million dollars in Vancouver," she said.

"If your income is only $22,000 a year, it actually doesn't matter how much your house is worth because what you actually need is money to pay the bills."

Among other recommendations, the report calls on the province to: -:- Increase subsidies through the Shelter Aid for Elderly - Develop a strategy for more rural housing.

-Implement a program allowing homeowners to defer paying hydro, home insurance and for major repairs until

Weather Reporting Cool this morning A light mist Freshening the greens I am almost blind But I see the brightness of mandarin's brussel sprouts The pale wild roses by the back door The vibrant violet 'of some species I have not seen before The pale orange poppies not the flaming cups seen in Strathcona after the real summer begins ...

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- Redesign the Registered Assisted Living program to accommodate more seniors, including palliative care.

- Commit to providing a single room with ensuite bathroom for 95 per cent of residential care beds by 2025.

Housing Minister Rich Coleman declined to be interview [surprise surprise}, but a statement from the ministry said the report is being reviewed.

"Many of the recommendations, if adopted, would require extensive policy work and possibly, changes to legislation," said the statement, which did not provide a time frame.

Brian Dodd, with the Seniors Services Society, said the report is meaningful though it didn't provide immediate solutions for homeless seniors.

"It gives us hope, because if some of these things are acted on there will be more tools for us to take someone from homelessness to home."

MORE RELATED TO THIS STORY • B.C. seniors overmedicated, placed in care prematurely, advocate finds • B.C. health ministry failing to implement most seniors' care recommendations, • B.C. names Canada's first seniors advocate [This was in the Globe&Mail on May 21. The author got a note to ask that she investigate the real story - that the massive number of seniors don't own condos, don't own their own homes & live on incomes far less than $22K a year. 1fgentrification is more than a word to her, to break the real shock to the country that most seniors are left with nothing more than a meagre pension & choose between a, roof or food or meds ... (& here you're a senior at 40)]

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"These groups are attracted by the so-called beautiful young vampires that we've seen so much recently."

Is yoga about worshiping Hindu gods, or is it about engaging in advanced stretching and exercise? At its roots, yoga is said to have originated from the ancient worship of Hindu gods, with the various poses representing unique forms of paying homage to these entities. From this, other religions such as Catholicism & Christianity have concluded that the practice is out of sync with their own, and that it may result in demonic spirits entering a person's body.

Others contend that yoga <http://www.naturalnews.com/yoga.html> practice is really more focused on advanced stretching moves & physical exercise, andthat it can bring about healing & improved well-being, core strength, better circulation & reduced stress. The intent of the person doing yoga, rather than yoga itself, in other words, is what defines the extent of how the practice influences a person's being and soul.

But Father Truqui sees yoga as being satanic, claiming that "it leads to evil just like reading Harry Potter And in order to deal with the consequences of this, his religion has had to bring on an additional six exorcists bringing the total number to 12, just to deal with what he says is a 100% rise in the number of requests for exorcisms over the past 15 years.

"The ministry of performing exorcism is little known among priests," stated Father Truqui to *The Independent*. "It's like training to be a journalist without knowing how to do an interview."

At the same time, Father Amorth admits that the Roman Catholic Church's notoriety for all kinds of perverted sex scandals is also indicative of demonic activity -- he stated that it represents proof that "the devil is at work inside the Vatican."

"There's homosexual marriage, homosexual adoption, IVF [in-vitro fertilization] and a host of other things," added Monsignor Luigi Negri, the archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, about what he says is evidence of the existential evil in society. "There's the clamorous appearance of the negation of man as defined by the Bible."

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,noJ Vatican's chief exorcist warns that practicing yoga is 'satanic' Wednesday, May 06,2015 The successor to Father Gabriele Amorth, the former chief exorcist of the Vatican for 25 years, has come out in condemnation of fantasy novels & yoga, declaring both to cause demonic possession. Speaking to *The Independent* (UK), Father Cesare Truqui explained how the Roman Catholic Church has seen a steady uptick in reports of demonic possession all around the world, and that popular culture pastimes like reading *Harry Potter* novels and engaging in *Vinyasa* are largely to blame.

The popularity of many modern television shows, movies & novels that glorify "demonic" creatures such as vampires & magical wizards has apparently led both young & old alike to engage in certain activities that the Vatican says summon satanic spirits, claims Professor Giuseppe Ferrari. Ferrari recently attended a meeting in Rome where Catholic authorities & delegates discussed how to deal with this alleged demonic possession crisis.

Demonic characters in shows like *True Blood* and *The Vampire Diaries* are often portrayed as beautiful human beings with desirable characteristics & superpowers, which may lure the unsuspecting into dabbling in the occult. Father Cesare says he's seen many an individual speaking in tongues and exhibiting unearthly strength, two attributes that his religion says indicate the possibility of evil spirits inhabiting a person's body.

"There are those who try to turn people into vampires

[...just thought people should know about the horrors! -Ed.}

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$11011 Virtually all copies of the last edition of HIDE, #47 JUNE 2014, have been gone for 4 months. There is an account with GoFundMe.com and a goal of $3000 set to raise sufficient funds to print a revised & updated edition. Current response is $25.

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UPDATE: Information above was presented to the Finance Committee on May 6. This was to get permission to proceed with 'borrowing' $2000 from Newsletter funds to pay for printing the revised & months-overdue next edition of Help in the Downtown Eastside. Since then an additional $800 has been given in memory of Harold David. This page has been showing the percentage of money to print all 2015 issues of the Carnegie Newsletter as part of an estimated annual cost of $13,000. Actual funds needed but not shown must include an extra $3000 for HIDE. Funding for the paper is now at 83~o of $13,000; it is 74% of total funding required of $16.000. Another $4,000 must be raised to pay for both publications until December 201 5. Financial assistance is still needed.

Addendum: More donations have come in but the exact figures aren't known, due to prep for an audit. Current data will be put in the June 15, 2015 edition.

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