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HUD authorizes Hillsborough County to conduct a recount of its homeless listen
03/28/13 Lisa MarzilliWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: homeless count, Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County, Lesa Weikel, Karen Jackson-Sims, HUD, Metropolitan Ministries, Tim Marks
About two weeks from now hundreds of volunteers will fan out across Hillsborough County in an effort to count the homeless population – again. Due to an anomaly in the most recent survey that showed a dramatic, but unrealistic decrease in the number of homeless, last week advocates received approval from the federal government for a re-do.
Under federal law, counties are required to report the number of homeless every other year. The [count done in 2011](http://www.homelessofhc.org/i...
1 commentsSarah McMahon talks about the bystander and violence agaist women and children
03/28/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: violence against women, women's issues
Sarah McMahon ,an assistant professor at the Center on Violence against women and children at the Rutgers School of Social Work,talks about the culture of violence against women and children in certain"communities" in this country. She explores the attitudes of entitlement and power that can contribute to the violence. She also talks about rape "myths" and the need to literally be clear just what rape is. She hopes that if the community is aware of the factors involved in this continuum they...
Be the first to commentSally Jenkins talks about basketball coach Pat Summitt
03/28/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: basketball, women's issues
Sally Jenkins is the author of 9 books and writes for the Washington Post. Her most recent book is written with Pat Summitt and is titled SUM IT UP; PAT SUMMITT and is published by Crown Publishers. Pat Summitt became the head coach of women's basketball at the University of Tennessee in 1974 and has won more national championships than any coach except the legendary John Wooden. Pat has recently been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease and talks about her dealing with the disease...
Be the first to commentMandi Ballard talks about the film "Girl Rising"
03/28/13 Arlene EngelhardtFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: film, women's issues
Mandi Ballard, a local attorney, talks about the film Girl Rising. Girl Rising is about 9 girls from 9 different countries and how they have overcome poverty, war, natural catastrophes, cultural prejudice and violence to pursue their dreams of education. The film pairs the girls with women writers from the same countries and a powerful dialogue and understanding of the culture emerges. Girl Rising is a documentary bringing attention to the 66 million young...
Be the first to commentUS Internet System Falling Behind Rest of Developed World
03/28/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: competition, monopoly, internet service, broadband, Captive Audience, Susan Crawford
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up --- the US is falling behind other developed nations when it comes to broadband internet. And as our first guest today explains- it means that other countries have a competitive advantage over the US when it comes to transmitting information…..
But before we get to that- one listener comment about yesterday’s show. Yesterday we featured a retired diplomat who now lives in St. Petersburg who is organizing a conference for th...
Be the first to commentArrested activist claims St. Pete Police harass people without homes in Williams Park listen
03/28/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bruce Wright, poverty, St. Pete Police, homeless, homelessness, Bill Foster, St. Petersburg, Williams Park
A longtime homeless activist in St. Petersburg is claiming that police officers hurt him while he was trying to defend a homeless man in Williams Park Wednesday. Bruce Wright was arrested and charged with obstruction after another man being arrested got away. According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, officers had an arrest warrant for a man in the park. That report quoted Wright as saying “stop harassing that man” and then asking what he had done wrong.
Be the first to comment“You stiffen up a bit...
Problems in Africa kick off two day conference on international affairs listen
03/28/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Africa, USF, St. Pete, militarization, Nigeria, St. Petersburg, oil, South Africa
Many countries in Africa are facing famine, poverty and civil war. A panel of experts dove into the issues facing African nations during the first day of USF St. Petersburg’s Conference on International Affairs.
Countries like Mali and Libya face fierce fighting between groups in power and opposition forces. The issue has left a divide among people who think the U.S. should provide military intervention and those who think the militarization of nations should be avoided. Bill Felice, is...
Be the first to commentColumnist Joe O'Neill on Buckhorn, Rick Scott & U.S.-Cuba relations
03/28/13 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: La Gaceta, Tampa Tribune, Joe O'Neill, Cuba, Pam Iorio
Joe O'Neill writes political news columns for La Gaceta and the Tampa Tribune. On the program he talked about a number of local issues, including how Tampa is doing under Mayor Bob Buckhorn and what might former Mayor Pam Iorio's next move.
Also a discussion of a recent summit on improving relations between Cuba and the U.S.
Be the first to commentMajor Conference on International Issues Scheduled this Week at USF St. Pete; Hosted by Former US Ambassador
03/27/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Doug McElhaney, diplomacy, St. Petersburg and the World, USF St. Petersburg, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei.
Tomorrow and Friday on the USF campus in St. Petersburg Diplomats, military leaders, academic experts, journalists and members of the public will gather at USF St. Petersburg for the first World Conference on International Affairs. Among the topics on the agenda---Cuba, Venezueala, the Middle East, energy policy and how to slow the spread of nuclear weapons.
The organizer of the conference is Doug McElhaney- a retired diplomat wi...
Be the first to commentCleaning up dirty water can create energy listen
03/27/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: waste water, water, clean water, USF, sustainability, numeric nutrient standards, EPA
Researchers at the University of South Florida showed off their work with waste water and other testing technologies to officials from the Environmental Protection Agency. During lab tours today, Professor Daniel Yeh demonstrated how the water that gets dumped, flushed or otherwise thrown out can be put to better use.
Be the first to comment“If you can just re-route the electrodes that’s built into the waste organic matter, we can actually turn the waste organic matter into methane which is basically natural g...
