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		<title>Sweep Report Published!</title>
		<link>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/18/sweep-report-published/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sweep-report-published</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marrton Dormish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sweep Report: A look at key indicators, trends and needs in Broomfield, Colorado, USA, is now available online! It&#8217;s the first-ever publication of its kind, devoted specifically to the City and County of Broomfield, Colo., and is the fruition of more than a year of interviews, research, writing and editing. I created The Sweep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Zambian Epic in Pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/18/a-zambian-epic-in-pictures/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-zambian-epic-in-pictures</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marrton Dormish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Thomas Herrick of Thornton, Colo., created the following videos from footage he took during his March trip to Africa, where he documented the story of Global Orphan Relief (GO!), a grassroots non-profit that operates two homes for orphaned children in Zambia. First, watch Scott Nordstrom, founder and CEO of GO!, and Mike Dee, GO! board member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reid&#8217;s Healthcare Mirror</title>
		<link>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/11/reids-healthcare-mirror/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=reids-healthcare-mirror</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marrton Dormish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Comparison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developing Countries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to better conceptualize the approach and function of the U.S. healthcare system compared to others around the world, consider the following summary based on journalist T.R. Reid&#8217;s The Healing of America. There are four basic health system models in use today: The Beveridge Model &#8212; Funds health care through taxes so that patients never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer Lunch Reflections</title>
		<link>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/10/prayer-lunch-reflections/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=prayer-lunch-reflections</link>
		<comments>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/10/prayer-lunch-reflections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marrton Dormish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ambassador Tony Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to an invitation from my friend Steve Cuss, pastor of Discovery Church in Broomfield, Colo., I got to join him and about 1,000 other faith community, civic and business leaders in downtown Denver for the 25th annual Colorado Prayer Luncheon earlier today. Here&#8217;s what stood out to me, besides the cheesecake and the fact that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care 101</title>
		<link>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/09/health-care-101/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=health-care-101</link>
		<comments>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/09/health-care-101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 05:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marrton Dormish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crisis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.everydayepics.com/?p=4394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article, the first in a series of upcoming posts covering the complex U.S. healthcare system and its relationship to the story of need, attempts to briefly highlight how the system developed and how it currently functions (and malfunctions). &#160; The basics In between birth and death, people have their health. Some do a better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toward humane services</title>
		<link>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/08/toward-humane-services/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=toward-humane-services</link>
		<comments>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/08/toward-humane-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 02:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marrton Dormish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Client-Centered]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Client-Choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Pantries]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.everydayepics.com/?p=5172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I planned to attempt some investigative journalism last month, but then I realized I didn&#8217;t need to &#8220;go undercover&#8221; in order to write this commentary. During the course of my attempts to understand the needs of people on the margins in the Denver area, I&#8217;ve observed a few things about the nature of the system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest News on The Story of Need</title>
		<link>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/02/latest-news/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=latest-news</link>
		<comments>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/05/02/latest-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 17:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marrton Dormish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.everydayepics.com/?p=4468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We use our Twitter feed to monitor dozens of local, national and international news sites, press releases and blogs for current links that represent the many complex and personal dimensions of the story of need. But you don&#8217;t have to be on Twitter to follow our feed! Why? Because we republish our feed&#8217;s most recent items in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need in the News / April 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/04/28/april-2012/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=april-2012</link>
		<comments>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/04/28/april-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marrton Dormish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Auschwitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bribery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church discipline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.everydayepics.com/?p=4873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An overview of stories of need with links to news articles, editorials, press releases and blog posts from around the nation and the world: &#160; Front-Page Worthy THE NETHERLANDS &#38; SIERRA LEONE: In what was hailed as a landmark decision, an international court convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes for supporting rebels in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes at the Grange</title>
		<link>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/04/22/changes-at-the-grange/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=changes-at-the-grange</link>
		<comments>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/04/22/changes-at-the-grange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marrton Dormish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community Garden]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.everydayepics.com/?p=5106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Crescent Grange in Broomfield, Colo., hosted an open house this afternoon in honor of National Grange Month. The festivities featured music from the two-man band Diamonds in the Rough, brochures about Grange membership, a living history presentation and fashion show, and an art project for children. They also highlighted the Grange&#8217;s community garden and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Habitat home repairs</title>
		<link>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/04/17/habitat-home-repairs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=habitat-home-repairs</link>
		<comments>http://www.everydayepics.com/2012/04/17/habitat-home-repairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marrton Dormish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The well-known non-profit Habitat for Humanity does more than build new homes for people in economic need. Habitat also repairs homes for qualified families. Flatirons Habitat for Humanity is currently searching for families in Broomfield and Lafayette, Colo., to enter its Community Preservation and Restoration (CPR) program. According to its brochure: &#8220;Our CPR program is [...]]]></description>
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