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Red Oak Association, in partnership with UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, held a closing ceremony in Al Madina Theater to celebrate the achievements of "Up-Cycling for Hope" initiative.
"Up-Cycling for Hope" aims to raise children's awareness of waste management issues through an art-focused project implemented in 7 public schools in Greater Beirut and targeting more than 1200 Lebanese and refugee students between 7 and 12 years old. It allowed students to reflect on environmental issues in a creative way through street art.
A ceremony took place in the presence of ambassadors, deputies and diplomats in addition to representatives of environmental associations and members of the civil society.
Opening speeches:
Dr. Nadine Abou Zaki, Red Oak Founder, Mrs. Mireille Girard, UNHCR Representative in Lebanon, and the Director General of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Mr. FadiYark, representing the Minister of Education and Higher Education H.E. Marwan Hamadeh.
Nadine Abou Zaki
The ceremony started with the welcoming remarks of Nadine Abou Zaki, Red Oak founder who said:"Today we celebrate the achievements of the seven schools for their environmental project with the help and support of the UNHCR, the collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and the professional trainings that the musicians and artists have provided with Red Oak's guidance throughout the process".
"More than 1200 Lebanese and refugee students collaborated together turning their own instruments from waste material, and collected it in a bin in order to construct a large-scale mural that artistically transformed the playground of their school to create a pleasant and joyful environment," she pointed out.
"Red Oak, this newly born NGO, symbolizes the oak tree that is deeply rooted in the ground and its leaves freely dancing in the open sky which made us choose "The Tree" as the name of its first project," she concluded.
Mireille Girard
In her speech, Mireille Girard noted that"waste management is a tremendous problem for Lebanon. This situation is escalating with the increasing number of refugees."
"If our kids today carry out these environmental values and virtues, they will be able to save the world as a whole which is perhaps what previous generations have failed to do," she added.
"We are true believers that this project will empower the students to enhance their environment through the quality of education and their skilled teachers who are guiding them forward. Also, we want this project to encourage all schools and all students to follow on the same path," she said.
"For Syrian children and refugees it's a way to contribute to Lebanon that helped them to insure their protection on its land. However, implementing social responsibility to the Lebanese children for a better future," she emphasized.
"There is no limit to what we can accomplish when we work together. We are able to turn the challenge into an opportunity in an artistic and creative way that is an added value to our society," she concluded.
"In the past two years, Lebanon's garbage crisis has sparked an outrage among the citizens when it filled the streets," Yarak recalled. "Today we are aware of the importance of recycling for waste management through artistic methods."
"We look up to this project, which we will take into another level including all Lebanese areas such as (Bekaa, Akkar, Mount Lebanon, and the South). Also, the mural paintings that have been done shall be displayed at the Ministry and we will invite all the students to come and see their own work," he concluded.
During the ceremony, the students performed with the musical instruments they created from waste and 7 "trash orchestras" represented the participating schools. The ceremony also included a display of the large-scale murals made from waste material collected by the students to artistically transform the playground of their school.
Prizes were distributed to the winning schools and they are as the following:
- Furn Al-Shebbak Third School: Best Mural Award (First Prize - Yola Dou)
- Salma El Sayegh School (Best Color Tuning - Yasmin Gharious)
- Al Ghobairi Second School (Best Composition by Fatima Salama)
- Sobhi Al Saleh School (Best Recruiting Technician - NajwaTohme)
- Uruguay's First Mixed Official School (Concept Idea - Rachel Chidiac)
- Omar Fakhoury School (Innovation Award - Amna Al Ghafir)
- Al Amrousiya School (Best Waste Orchestra Award - Deeb Al-Itani).
Three students were selected for the GhassanYammine's Music Institute Prize:
- Wadee El Tanir - (Uruguay School)
- Lara Abu Faleh - (Uruguay School)
- Tala Helmouchi - (Omar Fakhoury School)
The jury was composed of Joumana Merhi, from the Ministry of Education, Renata RaadMargane from UNHCR, the composers and musicians GhassanYammine and ZiyadSahhab, the artist Carla Barchini, and Nadine Abou Zaki from Red Oak.
The ceremony ended with an interactive drum performance by Walkabout Drum Circle conducted by JadBalaben.


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The entire population (hooray for gross generalizations!) of New Zealand is currently having nerd spasms over the the upcoming November 28 release of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. Not only is there a movement afoot to rename the country's capital of Wellington "The Middle of Middle Earth" for a three-week bracket before and after The Hobbit's premiere, but, according to the AFP, the country is minting some commemorative funny-money bearing the faces of Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, and Gollum.
The coins (ranging from $1 NZ to $10 NZ in value), will be accepted as legal tender because currency really needs to stop taking itself so seriously. Of course, each one of these little gems will be worth way more than its face value — the most expensive coins, made from an ounce of pure gold, retail for 3,020 American dolla-dolla bills. When asked for his sentiments about having his warlocked image appear on money, the academy-award winning actor Sir Ian McKellan said something hilarious: "To put Gandalf on these splendiferous coins is a wizard idea."
Hobbit Currency To Be Legal Tender In 'Lord of the Rings'-Obsessed New Zealand [HuffPo]

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Twelve UH faculty receive Regents' Medal for Excellence in TeachingUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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HONOLULU — Twelve University of Hawai'i faculty members have been selected as recipients of the Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes faculty who exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity, and personal values beneficial to students.
Sean Calder is an assistant professor of biology at Maui Community College. Calder possesses excellence in connecting textbook facts with practical, everyday examples and applications, and he instructs his students in ways they can grasp complicated concepts in microbiology with ease. He genuinely cares about the progress of each of his students, depicted through his accommodating personality and willingness to give students extra help. Encouraging and passionate about his field, Calder is viewed by many as an inspiration.
Monique Chyba, an associate professor of mathematics at UH Mānoa, believes that mathematics, like all sciences, is best absorbed through practice. In teaching Math 100, no one has ever received such positive teacher evaluations as Chyba. A colleague observed, "To see so many students overcome the aversion to mathematics and develop a positive attitude is absolutely impressive." Chyba has developed interdisciplinary research between the math department and other departments on campus, and she strongly believes that multidisciplinary skills are the future of science.
Kamil Ud Deen is an associate professor of linguistics at UH Mānoa. Deen is a gifted classroom teacher who is at the cutting edge of research in first language acquisition, which he communicates effectively to both graduate and undergraduate students. His students are told that nothing he says is beyond reproach, and it is their right and duty to challenge him. Thisprinciple of teaching has paid tangible dividends in the form of a substantial increase in the number of his graduate students presenting papers at prestigious national and international conferences. A colleague observed, "He is, in short, the consummate ʻall-rounder.'"
Karen Fujishima-Lee was a professor of mathematics at Leeward Community College. She was a dedicated teacher who inspired, motivated and enriched the lives of thousands of students. Fujishima-Lee was also a staff member of the Hawaii National Great Teachers Seminar and ran workshops for students. The sudden loss of Fujishima-Lee in February was grieved by many, but her work will endure through her students' success. A student commented, "She helped build confidence and self-esteem in me by her encouragement and positive attitude. I will always remember that she made a difference in my life and my future."
Malia Lau Kong is an instructor in history at Windward Community College. A UH Mānoa graduate, she has taught at Windward since 2006. She believes all students can learn and succeed and that "it is my job as a teacher to inspire them to want to learn and to help them succeed not only in my class, but in life in general." Lau Kong creates a learner-centered environment in which her students are responsible for their learning and success, and she attempts to make history "come alive," relating it to the present and showing historical connections to modern day living.
Frank Leake is a professor of culinary arts at Kapiʻolani Community College. His philosophy as a teacher, mentor and coach is focused upon the needs of his students, placing priority on identifying and providing an effective foundation and support network to accommodate their needs. Leake engages his students to take responsibility and to take charge of their destiny. He is recognized by colleagues for embracing innovative teaching and learning strategies, and particularly for his success in incorporating technology into his culinary courses.
Cherie Mooy is an instructor of nursing at Kauaʻi Community College. She uses outside resources including current events, professional journals and pertinent research studies to supplement course topics, expand student awareness of the issues and increase the value of evidence-based practice. Mooy creates a sense of community in the classroom, respects her students, encourages them, shares her thoughts, and has fun. A colleague confirms that she "demonstrates her genuine love for nursing, and shows genuine affection and caring for her students. She is patient, professional and allows her students to explore nursing in a safe, caring environment."
John Norris, an associate professor of second language studies at UH Mānoa, is a distinguished researcher as well as a pro-active scholar in the field of applied linguistics. Norris works exclusively with graduate students and his classes are always provocative, challenging, stimulating, and engaging. In taking responsibility for their own work, Norris believes that students transition from receptive modes of learning to ethical and pro-active efforts at learning to do. As one student wrote, "Dr. Norris' encouragement pushed me to achieve things I never thought possible: to be an independent evaluation consultant for professional and educational organizations."
Mark Panek, an assistant professor of English at UH Hilo, is regarded by many around him as a great asset to the University. In his teaching, he strives to have his students take ownership of the learning process. Panek actively encourages his students to publish their writing so that they can achieve the satisfaction of seeing their work in print. "Our students' writing skills have been greatly enhanced by his efforts," noted one colleague.
Jill Ramsfield is a professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law at UH Mānoa and the director of the legal writing program. She merged the writing and research curricula into a seamless curriculum to serve as a platform for teaching not only writing and research, but other essential lawyering skills as well. Perhaps the most important modification she made was to bring together the two skills of legal research and legal writing into the same class, which created an entirely new learning environment at the law school. Ramsfield takes responsibility for the success of all her students and is constantly rethinking and revising her approach to meet different student needs.
Kerry Laiana Wong is an assistant professor in the Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at UH Mānoa. Having completed the first doctoral dissertation in the Hawaiian language, Wong stands alone in his field. His teaching philosophy is based on advancing the wellbeing of the Hawaiian people through the revitalization of the Hawaiian language. Wong's contributions to the development of a Hawaiian immersion curriculum have been considerable, particularly in the development of teaching materials. Colleagues note that as a Hawaiian educator, he is a needed role model who sets a fine example for others.
Sheila Yoder, an associate professor of mathematics at Honolulu Community College, has been a UH faculty member for more than 30 years. She makes a discipline that is very challenging for most students "fun and interesting." In addition to bringing in models to help visualize complex mathematical concepts, she provides the "big picture" on the relationship of mathematics to daily life. Her students praise her tremendous patience and skill in simplifying often hard to understand topics. Students also praise her as "thoughtful and sensitive" on personal matters and appreciate the interest she takes in each of them as individuals.
These individuals will be recognized for their achievements along with other UH award recipients at the annual Convocation ceremony to be held September 9, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Kennedy Theatre on the UH Mānoa campus. The ceremony is open to the public at no charge and no reservations are needed.


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Big Mac, Big Mistake
So the last time we saw Mark McGwire he was giving the worst possible answer to questions from Congress about steroids. And then he vanished without a trace, and the location of his supporters and defenders shrank to one area code in Missouri, and every day somebody hoped he'd figure it out: his reputation was shot anyway, he wasn't going to the Hall of Fame, he had been given by fate a license to tell kids not to get involved with performance-enhancers and thus redeem much of his own unacceptable but easily forgiven perfidy.
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not "hear" to talk about the past?
"Dennis" Werth?
Keith, you need a proofreader.
I am as flabbergasted as you are. I think this is a bad idea on all levels. First of all, He was always what I like to call an "all or nothing" hitter. Home run or strikeout is the norm for these kinds of players. I know that hitting a home run is instant offense, but a strikeout, especially with RISP is the worst type of a bad out. Maybe he can teach hitting, but his approach won't work in the post PEDS era.
Then there are the ramifications of his flaccid denials of his less than alleged steroid use. I thought the andro defense was always weak, and his time in front of Congress was disgusting.
I am still willing to give him and the Cardinal organization the benefit of the doubt. I wonder though, will Bonds, Sosa, heck maybe even Bret Boone be back in MLB dugouts as hitting coaches any time soon??
I've always had this theory about St. Louis sports teams. The NFL Cardinals were losers there, the Rams are losers there…it seems to be a place where really bad decisions are made. This latest "WTF moment" appears to be maintaining the tradition.
I had a good laugh tonight watching Countdown, as you reiterated your point about Ryan Howard, and cited statistics to back it up. Was that perhaps a little good-natured ribbing aimed at those who posted theories here, that you were obsessing about him? 🙂
Ah, the Phillies. Sucks that your absence wasn't enough to keep them out of the WS, but I'll be just as happy if your prediction comes to pass, and the Yankees win. I hope that you're joking about the tickets. If anybody would really withhold free tickets over a "prediction" based upon a series of silly coincidences, they need to get a sense of humor. LOL!
Keith…you are clueless about the Phillies. The name is Jayson Werth, not Dennis. Phils in 5!
Dennis Werth is the name of Jayson's stepdad. Honest mistake.
Spud Murray, whose 81st birthday is tomorrow (the 28th), played in the Phillies College League before being hired by Casey Stengel in 1960 as Yankee No. 55, the batting practice pitcher through 1968. It might be interesting to hear his opinion about this Series.
How is it an honest mistake to refer to Jayson Werth (36 HR, 99 RBI, All-Star, and potential GG winner this year) as "Dennis Werth," (a guy who played 117 games over 4 seasons three decades ago)?
He meant to type Jason, but b/c he was thinking about Dennis, he typed Dennis. That's an honest mistake I think.
For heaven's sake, it was a mistake. Get over it.
The bigger mistake is if the Cardinals think that McGwire's mere presence will rehabilitate him. He will have to address questions or sink deeper into the muck. I wonder how much of this decision to bring in McGwire has to do with Tony LaRussa's hubris, his seeming belief that he is the punch line to the old story about the Dodgers, when they were losing and Charlie Dressen, their manager, said, "Don't worry, guys, I'll think of something."
Well Keith I'm Big Fan of yours but here we have a parting on the Ways. You can go ahead and cheer for the Yankees but don't you "Dare" Trash talk about Ryan Howard's record!!
Howard, Utley, Werth, Rollins, Victorino, Ruiz, Lee, Hamel, etc. All of 'em are good and deserve Respect!!
You were So way off base on this the other night, I turned you off for the First Time.
The difference between us is that Phillies Fans Love the game and will be there supporting the Home team Win or Lose!
May the Best Team Win and we think that's the Phillies!
If they weren't playing I'd be cheering for NY but after hearing all this #$@%$ I've been hearing from them I may never route for the Yankees again either!!
The Phillies have a definite shot at winning and I can't Wait to see the Egg on your Face when that happens!!!
This is the first time, in my recollection, that the hiring of a hitting coach has created such a furor. Time to descend from your ivory towers of purity, people, and accept the fact that this has happened, and will most likely happen again somewhere down the road. Is it a bad idea? Possibly, but just like those lovable buffoons, Man-Ram, A-Rod, and yes, that good old boy, Andy Pettitte, isn't he allowed a second chance? Or is your faux outrage at such a level that you just cannot comprehend the notion?
Every one of you who are fans of the Yankees(hi, Keith!), Red Sox, Dodgers, Astros, and Giants, for example, should check your own baggage before passing judgment on this situation. I know that's hard for you Keith; lord knows I've seen enough of your "special commemtaries" to realize that.
Yes, I'm a Cardinals fan, and yes, I have taken my licks and heard the pot-shots and complete derision of the team and the people who run it. And guess what; I'm still here. Hit me with your best shot, folks.
Keith, I love your show, your courage in taking on the big issues … but not with you on the Series. The Phillies already "solved" Sabathia …last year, when Shane Victorino took him deep ..oh, yeah, with the bases loaded. Phillies in 5 or 6.
Keith, seriously, first time ever the Phillies win the NL without your help? C'mon, 1950 and 1915. Within your lifetime, yeah I get it, but not ever.
@art4wear, citing Ryan Howard's statistics isn't "trash talking", it's just presenting the facts. Phillies fans aren't the only ones who "love the game". EVERY team's fans are passionate about baseball, or any other sport, for that matter. And every team's fans root for them, "win or lose". Implying that Keith (supposedly, unlike Phillies fans) doesn't "love the game" as much as you folks do is patently absurd. The man is a walking baseball encyclopedia, a noted expert on everything from statistics to baseball cards from the 1800's – disagree with him if you will, but claiming that he doesn't love the game as much as all you non-experts severely undermines your own credibility, I'm sorry to say. No need to get all bent out of shape, just because somebody's interpretation of the statistics doesn't jibe with yours. 🙂
@cardsrul52, this is a baseball blog. You're not supposed to be dragging politics into this, which is precisely what you did with that potshot about the Special Comments. Getting back to baseball, this blog entry was about 1) how Mark McGwire failed to redeem himself by not speaking out against PED's, and 2) the fact that he MIGHT not be qualified to be a batting coach. This is why McGwire is controversial, not JUST because he used PED's. May I suggest you take a course in remedial reading, before you attack someone over what you misunderstood?
@OokerDookers, if you look at the original blog entry Keith wrote a while ago, he did say he was talking about the Phillies' WS appearances during his lifetime. In this blog entry, the use of the word "snark" makes it pretty clear that his statement was a joke. 😉
In short, calm down, people. If I were to freak out and run shrieking around the block every time a sports analyst predicted that my favorite team was going to lose, I'd have to sleep in a track suit and running shoes. If Keith had said something like, "The Phillies suck," you'd have every right to object. But a mere prediction is nothing to get so bent out of shape about. Please, cut back on the caffeine, folks!
Hey Keith,
Interesting predictions. 🙂 I remember your Superbowl prediction some time back that was eerily accurate. Can't wait to see how the World Series plays out.
One more time… hope you don't mind. Just wondering how your father is doing… any chance you could update us? Yeah, I'm a pain in the neck, but I really do care. Thanks!!
As you can easily surmise by my nickname I'm a Yankee fan…and I agree w/you. I'm also disappointed in players that have decided to take the steroids route, including faves of mine. However, KO and others like him make a valid point when stating a lack of clarity and admission on Big Mac's part. Having said that, I was so appalled by the petty and hypocritical way that the vast majority of the baseball press conducted themselves during the A-Rod PED scandal that I have come to believe that Manny Ramirez's non-chalant, disrespectful brushoff, when confronted over his steroid use, was what these hacks deserved. In conclusion, what I'm saying is, let Big Mac come back and do his thing. If he or the STL organization chooses to address his PED situation, fine. If not, fine w/me, too. Let the irresponsible and trifling scribes harp on that and not on Mac's performance in his new gig. Good luck to your team in 2010.
Statistics are things that happened in the past and may or may not predict future performance. I look at the stats Keith quoted for Ryan Howard and I say, well, he is due. Go Phils!
Keith, in the future it would be great if you would not combine two separate topics in one blog.
RE: McGuire, there are two major points to be made here. First it has been well substantiated that be a great hitter has practically nothing to do with being a great hitting coach.
Second, McGwire had great success with steroids. If he has kept up in this area he can make a "contribution" to the future players by helping them out with how much, when and how to use steroids etc. This is where his expertise lies, not in the mechanics or training to improve hitting.
Until MLB makes a concentrated effort to rid itself of drugs they will continue to use past "experts" to get more home run hitters, not just better hitters.
Well take all the statistics and throw them out the Window! That's just how much the mean! Nothing!
Man is a truly Unpredictable Animal
The Phillies win Game 1! How ya like me now!!!
Go Phillies!!!
I would like to thank you Keith, I do believe you contributed to the Phillies win tonight by calling out Ryan Howard.
Statistics are a GREAT measure of the past.
But every at bat is a new one.
WINNING IN 6 my friend.
I have never forgiven LaRussa and McGwire for Mac's sitting out the final week of the season years back here in Oakland so he wouldn't fall below .200 for the season. Did a lot of yelling about it with my dad at the time – we invoked Ted Williams frequently – and we're still ********** about it! So Mac's becoming the hitting coach has brought a whole new theme to this old lament.
I just want to know if he'll be providing the andro or not…


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Since the beginning of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, a number of disabled or blind recipients have worked and received SSI payments. Initially, the program contained a basic earned income exclusion that recognized the additional costs associated with employment. In addition, the law contained a number of special income exclusions designed to encourage work. The income exclusion for blind work expenses (BWE), plan to achieve self-support (PASS), and student earned income exclusion were among these provisions.In the 1980 amendments to the Social Security Act, Congress provided additional incentives to help SSI disabled recipients become self-supporting. These incentives included:
• Providing for the continuation of SSI payments for certain disabled individuals enrolled in vocational rehabilitation programs whose disability ceased due to medical recovery (extended to SSI blind recipients, effective April 1988);
— In subsection 1619(a), special SSI cash benefits to disabled individuals who lose eligibility for SSI payments because they have earnings exceeding the level that is ordinarily considered to represent substantial gainful activity (SGA), and
— In subsection 1619(b), special SSI recipient status for Medicaid purposes to working disabled or blind individuals when their earnings make them ineligible for cash payments.We discuss the incentives for work and opportunities for rehabilitation in more detail in section III.E. In the following tables we provide historical information on participation by SSI recipients in work incentive programs.1In this section, we present historical data on participation by SSI recipients in work incentive programs. Table V.E1 presents historical numbers of SSI recipients categorized according to their section 1619 status. Figure V.E1 presents this information in graphical form.
Total workers e 700
According to regulation, SSA bases increases in 2001 and subsequent years on increases in the national average wage index. SGA rules do not apply to blind recipients.
Includes blind workers in current-payment status and disabled workers whose earnings are at or below SGA level.
1619(b) recipients are not in current-payment status but retain SSI recipient status for Medicaid purposes.
Figure V.E1.—SSI Federally-Administered Blind or Disabled Working Recipients
as of December, 1987‑2012
Table V.E2 presents historical numbers of SSI recipients who benefit from other selected work incentive provisions: (1) PASS; (2) IRWE; and (3) BWE. These recipients may be benefiting from more than one of these selected work incentive provisions. This information is available only for calendar years 1990 and later.
Table V.E2.—SSI Federally-Administered Blind or Disabled Individuals with SSI Recipient Status Participating
in Other Work Incentives as of December, 1990‑2012
Note: Working recipients participating in these other work incentives may be 1619(a) recipients, 1619(b) recipients or other working recipients.
In this section, we present historical data on average earnings of SSI working recipients. Table V.E3 presents average earnings of SSI recipients categorized according to their section 1619 status.
Table V.E3.—Average Monthly Earnings of SSI Federally-Administered Blind or
Disabled Working Recipients, as of December, 1987‑2012
d $124 d $211 d 127 d 218 d 131 d 231
1619(b) recipients are not in current-payment status but retain SSI recipient status for Medicaid purposes.
Provisions designed to make vocational rehabilitation (VR) services available to SSI blind or disabled recipients have been part of the SSI program since its inception. From the beginning, the Social Security Administration (SSA) referred SSI recipients to State VR agencies, which provided services to those recipients they accepted as clients. Prior to 1981, SSA made block grants to VR agencies to fund services to disabled beneficiaries. The 1981 amendments changed this and established a "cost" reimbursement provision. Under this provision, we reimburse VR agencies for the cost of VR services furnished to blind or disabled SSI recipients only if the services result in the recipient returning to work. For reimbursement purposes, we consider recipients to have returned to work if they have had earnings exceeding the SGA level for 9 continuous months.The 1984 amendments authorized reimbursement for cases2 where the recipient medically recovers while engaged in a program of rehabilitation services approved by SSA and SSA determines that continuation or completion of such a program would increase the likelihood the individual will permanently leave the rolls. The 1990 amendments authorized reimbursement for the cost of services the VR agencies provide in months in which the individual is not receiving Federal SSI benefits if the individual:
• Temporarily loses eligibility for SSI benefits for fewer than 13 consecutive months for a reason other than cessation of disability or blindness.In 1994, SSA amended the regulations to include reimbursement to alternate private and non-State public VR providers ("alternate participants") that provided VR services to recipients that a State VR agency had not accepted as clients. The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 subsequently replaced the alternate provider program with the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency program (Ticket to Work program).Under the Ticket to Work program, a disabled beneficiary may obtain vocational rehabilitation, employment and other support services from qualified private or public providers — "employment networks" (ENs). The Ticket to Work program authorized the Commissioner to provide payments to ENs under either an outcome payment system or an outcome-milestone payment system.3 By expanding the pool of providers and giving the providers incentives for achieving success, this program expands access to these services for persons with disabilities to assist them in finding, entering, and retaining employment as well as reducing their dependence on cash benefits.Beginning in February 2002, SSA implemented the Ticket to Work program on a State-by-State basis and completed implementation in September 2004. As we implemented the Ticket to Work program in a State, we eliminated the alternate provider and the traditional VR referral process described earlier. SSA provides eligible individuals who receive SSI benefits due to blindness or disability in such a State with access to employment support services. Ticket-eligible beneficiaries may use the ticket to obtain vocational rehabilitation services, employment services, and other support services needed to return to work or go to work for the first time from ENs or their State VR agencies. Individuals not eligible for a ticket may still request services from a State VR agency; the VR agency continues to decide whether each beneficiary is eligible for services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.The Ticket legislation required that SSA establish a corps of work incentives specialists to disseminate accurate information about work incentives. In addition, the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 mandated that SSA provide a work report receipt to the beneficiary. SSA responded to these mandates with the following actions:
• In fiscal year 2003, SSA established the Area Work Incentives Coordinator (AWIC) position and trained a total of 58 AWICs, assigning at least one AWIC to each Area Office. We created the AWIC position to improve the quality of employment support services provided to beneficiaries through training, outreach, and better coordination of support services. As of fiscal year 2013, there are 52 AWICs on duty.
• In fiscal year 2004, SSA released eWork, a web-based design application that provides a uniform electronic system to process and control OASDI return to work cases. Since eWork does not communicate with any SSI systems, SSA developed a web-based application, the SSI Monthly Wage Verification (SSIMWV), to process and control SSI work reports. The SSIMWV allows SSA employees to issue the mandated work report receipt in addition to processing the wage report. We released SSIMWV nationally in November 2006.In 2008, we implemented the Supplemental Security Income Telephone Wage Reporting (SSITWR) system nationally to help reduce wage-related improper payments and facilitate timely and accurate wage reporting. SSITWR is an automated system that uses a toll-free dedicated telephone number, with touch-tone entry and voice-recognition software. It allows SSI recipients, their representative payees and deemors to report gross wages from the prior month over the phone. Wage reporters can only use the SSITWR during the first 6 days of the month to report wages successfully for the prior month. SSITWR posts successful wage reports to the SSI record without intervention from an SSA employee, and adjusts subsequent SSI payment amounts before we issue the payment. The system also issues an automated receipt to the SSI recipient and his or her representative payee for each successful wage report as required by section 202 of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004.
• In fiscal year 2006, SSA awarded cooperative agreements in all States, the District of Columbia, and Territories under the new Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) program, which replaced and enhanced the former Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach (BPAO) program. The WIPA program provides accurate information about work incentive programs and other employment support services, as well as planning and assistance services, to beneficiaries with disabilities to support and facilitate their transition into the workforce. Funding for SSA's WIPA program, provided from SSA's fiscal year 2011 appropriation, came to a close in the summer of 2012. Therefore as of June 30, 2012, the majority of WIPA program grantees no longer had SSA funds available to continue to provide these services. Some grants had sufficient funding through September 2012, others through December 2012, and a small number through 2013, but despite the 2012 funding lapse, the WIPA program will restart again by the end of the summer of 2013.In fiscal year 2003, AWIC employees provided refresher training on employment supports to the local Work Incentive Liaisons located in each of the local field offices. Beginning in fiscal year 2004, SSA updated the systems application phase of this training with the release of eWork. We provided training to all direct service employees in field offices, teleservice centers and the payment processing centers. We completed this training initiative in November 2004.AWICs have also been very active in participating in outreach activities in their local areas and continue to be the primary point of contact for public information outreach in the communities. They have strengthened the relationship with our Ticket to Work partners. AWICs also work closely with the regional PASS cadres in SSA to make joint educational presentations to the community about our employment support programs. The partnership has strengthened support of one of the objectives of the Ticket to Work program, which is to educate the public about the benefits of returning to work and becoming self-sufficient. We have made presentations directly to persons with disabilities and entities that provide services to this target group, including presentations at:In 2008, SSA revised the Ticket to Work regulations to enhance beneficiary choice and improve the effectiveness of the program. The revisions extended the program to all adult OASDI disabled and SSI blind or disabled beneficiaries, removed disincentives for employment networks to participate in the program, provided incentives for them to support beneficiaries through a more gradual return to work, and positioned them to better support ongoing retention of employment. Since we published the new regulations, SSA has noted promising trends:
• We have seen a 52 percent increase in beneficiaries initiating return to work programs, from 203,664 as of May 1, 2008 to 310,291 as of February 1, 2013. In the period covered by this report, we have seen a 5.5 percent increase in beneficiaries choosing to participate in the Ticket to Work program, from 294,182 in January 2012 to 310,291 in January 2013; and
• In 2011, the number of beneficiaries receiving services under the Ticket to Work program who worked increased by 11.9 percent (from 117,124 to 131,099) over calendar year 2010.Table V.E4 provides historical data on the number of VR agency reimbursement claims allowed and the amount of such awards for SSI recipients.In a somewhat broader context of providing work incentives for disabled beneficiaries of both the OASDI and SSI programs, the President's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget contains a proposal to test a framework for simplifying the rather complicated array of work incentives available under the OASDI program. Under the proposed Work Incentives Simplification Program, we would treat earnings of OASDI disabled beneficiaries more like the treatment of earnings for SSI disabled adults under SSI.
(in thousands)
For fiscal years 1987-89, data on Title II reimbursement claims involving concurrent Title XVI reimbursement claims are not available.
Table V.E5 provides historical data on the number of employment network payments allowed and the amount of such payments for SSI recipients.
Table V.E5.—Employment Network Payments Allowed, Fiscal Years 2002‑12a Amount
(in thousands)
Does not include reimbursements to State VR agencies for tickets assigned under the VR cost reimbursement option.
More detailed information on participation by SSI recipients in work incentive programs is provided in the SSI Annual Statistical Report. Pub. No. 13-11827, prepared by the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, Social Security Administration.
The 1980 amendments provided for benefit continuation for such SSI recipients who were continuing in a VR program after their disability ended. Lawmakers extended the provision to blind recipients effective April 1988.
State VR agencies may elect on a case-by-case basis to receive payment under the traditional VR reimbursement system, or as an EN under the outcome or outcome-milestone payment system.
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Rob Zombie has gone on record that he's done with horror movies for the time being. It's on the internet, it's true. But hey that doesn't mean that he can't go around making spooky houses for us all to enjoy during Halloween time. The Great American Nightmare will take place during the month of October in LA and feature a state of the art haunted attraction along with different bands playing during the month. Want to really frighten folks? Tell em you're going to make them watch "The Devil Rejects" directors cut all night. Get it? Cause that movie is awful.
John Hurt has just been added to the cast of FX's adaptation of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's vampires taking over the world novel "The Strain". Hurt will play a pawn shop owner who has been hunting vampires since World War II. Sounds like he's really going to put a... HURT on those vampires huh? Man I'm good.
Oh right, Ryan Gosling is directing a travel to the underworld type flick called "How To Catch a Monster" because he thinks all the ladies out there give a crap about his art and don't just want to catch him strut around with his god damn perfect smile. Or maybe he already knows and doesn't care. In any case he's cast Iain DeCaestecker in the lead role of the project. Iain joins an already large cast that includes both Christina Hendricks and Eva Mendes. Two woman I pray never make the mistake that I care about their art.
Want to pay 50 bucks and see "World War Z" on June 19th, a few days before the film gets a wide release? No me either, and I thought the general consensus is no one wants to see the movie for any price, but I guess that doesn't matter to Regal Entertainment and the folks over at Paramount because they're offering folks a chance to do just that in selected cities. I don't know who the hell would possibly do that but if you're thinking about it please shoot me an email first because I'll read you the book over the phone for only 40 bucks.


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Last week's mail bombs and synagogue attack have reignited a heated discussion of hate crimes and terrorism in the United States. Definitions matter in this debate.
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A collapse of this Cold War–era INF treaty, which many believe has favored the United States, could unleash a new age of nuclear weapons competition with Russia.
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President Trump is undermining his peace initiative with North Korea by abruptly raising the cost to South Korea for U.S. security.
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The United States and Russia are at odds on so many issues that the upcoming summit could convince their two presidents to give up on better relations and accept estrangement.
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A look at the post-9/11 war powers law that the Trump administration could use to justify conflict with Iran.
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"We Live in Two Different Worlds" - Rayna and Teddy's relationship is tested when Rayna performs with Deacon at Teddy's campaign fundraiser and a woman from Teddy's past (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) shows up with a secret. Meanwhile, Juliette tries to burnish her image with an appearance on "Good Morning America" and is interviewed by Robin Roberts; Gunnar makes a connection with his publisher's assistant, Hailey; and Teddy and Coleman agree to take the moral high ground during the campaign -- but will it last? "Nashville" airs WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
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Guest starring Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Peggy, Judith Hoag as Tandy, David Alford as Bucky, Ed Amatrudo as Glenn, Maisy Stella as Daphne, Lennon Stella as Maddie, Kourtney Hansen as Emily, Melvin Ray Kearney II as Bo, Sylvia Jeffreies as Jolene, Chloe Bennet as Hailey, Tiffany Morgan as Jeanne, Afton C. Williamson as Makena, Lee Vervoort as Cop, Reegus Flenory as Cop 2, Lela Altman as Anne Hanke, Jennifer Spriggs as Charlotte Slatter, Holly Watson as Dotty Peck and Randy Springer as Michael.
"We Live in Two Different Worlds" was written by Todd Ellis Kessler and directed by Paul McCrane.
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Washington, D.C.-- Every year in South Korea, over two million dogs and thousands of cats are killed for food. Many are sadistically tortured prior to slaughter to "improve" the taste of the meat—dogs are hung, beaten, torched, and killed in a variety of other horrific manners, while cats are boiled alive. Though dogs of all shapes and sizes fall victim to the dog meat trade, those who suffer most are the "yellow dogs" imprisoned in squalid, cramped cages within the numerous dog farms scattered around the country.
Consumption of dog meat increases during South Korea's scorching hot summers because dog meat enthusiasts believe that eating the meat keeps one cool. This is particularly evident during Bok Days, the three hottest days of the summer according to the lunar calendar—July 18, 29 and August 7.
Please join us at Dupont Circle at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, August 7. From Dupont Circle we will march down Massachusetts Avenue to the South Korean embassy to rally for a prohibition against the production and sale of dog and cat meat in South Korea. If you have a yellow shirt, wear it in recognition of the yellow dogs. We hope to see you there—and dogs are welcome!
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The Way We Were, Rich Paschall
Memories light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories of the way we were.
It has occurred to me that the formative moments of my lifetime have no point of reference for anyone born after 1990. I have sometimes referred to events that I remember well, only to have younger people, sometimes not even "young" people, look at me as if they can not relate to that time in history.
Perhaps it was the same when I was younger and hearing about things that were not that much earlier than my lifetime. For example, I could not relate to the stories of the depression era, even though that point in time dramatically affected the lives of my parents and grandparents.
World War II was something we read about in history books. I could not consider that my father was a member of our "greatest generation" and fought in the war. In fact he served in the 509 Composite on Tinian Island. It never occurred to me to question him about the historic events of his time.
Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were
The "Leave It To Beaver" and "Father Knows Best" days of the 1950's are rather a blur to me. I hold isolated memories of certain moments, some of them were good, others not so much. I do remember getting to watch particular programs on our large 19 inch black and white television. It would be a long time before color television came along and we could afford one of those.
Can it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time rewritten every line
Alan Shepherd was the first man in space and we watched it on television in 1961. Ten years later he walked on the moon. Sometimes we got to watch reports of the space program on television in school.
I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. It was a time when it seemed like nuclear war was right around the corner. We had air raid drills at school. We got under our desks and covered our heads as if that was going to protect us from a nuclear explosion. We knew where the air raid shelters were located in case we needed to go there in non-school hours. I am pretty sure we stocked up on can goods just in case supermarkets and food supplies were blown into the next dimension.
Like many Americans, I know where I was when John Kennedy was shot. We followed the non-stop television coverage during a time when there was no cable or satellite television and no all-news stations. What could be more important than the assassination of our president?
Memories may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
I recall the assassination of Martin Luther King and the worries that followed. Then there was the assassination of Robert Kennedy. It was too painful to remember, but these things shaped our youth.
The Viet Nam War was not a moment in history to us. It was a long and complicated process that split America apart and brought protests to the street. Living in a major urban area, we always wondered if the unrest would reach us. The Democratic National Convention was here in 1968. Riots erupted in the park that now holds Lollapalooza each year.
The break-in of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972 ultimately brought down a president. It all played out in dramatic fashion on live television. Today many scandals have the word "gate" added to the end. Young people likely have no idea why.
So it's the laughter we will remember
Whenever we remember
The way we were
The late '70s brought us disco and urban cowboys. We were old enough then to go to clubs and dance like we knew what we were doing. Our music moved from social commentary to "dance fever." It was a quick shift in the social dynamic. We also had gas shortages in '73 and '79. Yes, gas stations would run out of gas and there were times when you could only buy gas on certain days, depending on your license number. I didn't own a car the first time, and I guess I didn't get around much the second time.
The '80s were a time of community theater and new friendships for me. I also remember the fallacy of trickle-down economics. It was the same failed theory as today's failed policy. The Cold War ended, well sort of. The AIDS crisis began.
From there the rest of life intervened. You know, going to work, paying the bills, trying to get by in a complicated world. There were issues of aging parents and family obligations. Then one day you are just older, like your grandparents were when you were young.
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we?
Could we?
Which of these events was the most significant in my life? I am not sure I can say. They all affected us in ways it is hard to tell many years later. But these are the ones that stand out. It is the stream of my consciousness. They are the events that light the corners of my mind. I did not write them down in advance. I sat down and just wrote them out as they came to me. Do these events mean anything to anyone born after 1990?
I wonder what are the significant historic or social events for those born in 1991. Someday these millennials will find that there are people who can not relate to what they are saying.
By the way, I got to see Streisand do this twice in concert. It was worth every penny.
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Notes & Outlines AMOS OBADIAH "By Dr. J. Vernon McGee © Thru the Bible Radio Network,http://www.ttb.org. "
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WRITER: Amos Amos was not a graduate of the school of the prophets but was a layman. He was a herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit kjv@Amos:1:1 kjv@Amos:7:14-15). He was a native of Tekoa kjv@Amos:1:1), a village about twelve miles south of Jerusalem. Although born in Judea, his messages were to the northern kingdom of Israel primarily, and to the world in general, as the text indicates.
TIME: His ministry was during the reign of Jeroboam II, king of Israel, and Uzziah, king of Judah. He was a contemporary of Hosea in Israel and of Isaiah and Micah in Judah. The exact time was "two years before the earthquake" kjv@Amos:1:1). This earthquake was of such proportions that Zechariah mentioned it 200 years later kjv@Zechariah:14:5) and identified it as having come during the reign of Uzziah.
THEME: Amos presented God as the ruler of the world and declared that all nations were responsible to Him. The measure of responsibility is created by the light which a nation has. The final test for any nation (or individual) is found in kjv@Amos:3:3: "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" In a day of prosperity, he pronounced punishment. Judgment of God awaited nations living in luxury and lolling in immorality.
I. Judgment on surrounding nations, kjv@Amos:1:1—2:3
A. Introduction, kjv@Amos:1:1-2
B. Judgment against Syria for cruelty, kjv@Amos:1:3-5
C. Judgment against Philistia for making slaves, kjv@Amos:1:6-8
D. Judgment against Phoenicia for breaking treaty (selling slaves), kjv@Amos:1:9-10
E. Judgment against Edom for revengeful spirit, kjv@Amos:1:11-12 F. Judgment against Ammon for violent crimes, kjv@Amos:1:13-15
G. Judgment against Moab for injustice, kjv@Amos:2:1-3
II. Judgment on Judah and Israel, kjv@Amos:2:4—6:14
A. Judgment against Judah for despising the Law, kjv@Amos:2:4-5
B. Judgment against Israel for immorality and blasphemy, kjv@Amos:2:6-16
C. God's charge against whole house of Israel (12 tribes), kjv@Amos:3 (Privilege creates responsibility; the higher the blessing, the greater the punishment.)
D. Israel punished in past for iniquity, kjv@Amos:4 E. Israel will be punished in future for iniquity, kjv@Amos:5 F. Israel admonished in present to depart from iniquity, kjv@Amos:6
III. Visions of the future, kjv@Amos:7—9
A. Vision of grasshoppers, kjv@Amos:7:1-3
B. Vision of fire, kjv@Amos:7:4-6
C. Vision of plumbline, kjv@Amos:7:7-9
D. Historic interlude, kjv@Amos:7:10-17 (Personal experience of prophet)
E. Vision of basket of summer fruit, kjv@Amos:8
F. Vision of worldwide dispersion, kjv@Amos:9:1-10
G. Vision of worldwide regathering and restoration of kingdom, 9:11-15
I. Judgment on surrounding nations, kjv@Amos:1:1 — 2:3
A. Introduction, kjv@Amos:1:1-2
kjv@Amos:1:1 — Amos does not identify himself as a prophet, but as a herdsman (see kjv@Amos:7:14).
kjv@Amos:1:2 — "The LORD will roar from Zion" (also kjv@Joel:3:16) suggests the roar of a lion as it pounces upon its prey. This speaks of the near judgment of God upon the nations.
B. Judgment against Syria for cruelty, kjv@Amos:1:3-5
kjv@Amos:1:3 — "Three transgressions" means ungodliness in its worst form, according to Luther. Damascus was and is the capital of Syria (see kjv@2Kings:10:32-33 for the fulfillment).
kjv@Amos:1:5 — Kir was in Moab.
C. Judgment against Philistia for making slaves, kjv@Amos:1:6-8
kjv@Amos:1:6 — Gaza is a city of Philistia.
kjv@Amos:1:7 — See fulfillment ( kjv@2Kings:18:8).
kjv@Amos:1:8 — All these were cities of Philistia.
D. Judgment against Phoenicia for breaking treaty (selling slaves), kjv@Amos:1:9-10
kjv@Amos:1:9 — Tyre was the chief city of Phoenicia. Her commercial merchants did business with all nations.
kjv@Amos:1:10 — This was fulfilled by both Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander the Great.
E. Judgment against Edom for revengeful spirit, kjv@Amos:1:11-12
kjv@Amos:1:11 — "For three transgressions" (see kjv@Amos:1:3, kjv@Amos:1:6). Edom came from Esau, the brother of Jacob.
F. Judgment against Ammon for violent crimes, kjv@Amos:1:13-15 See kjv@2Kings:8:12-13 for the crimes of Ammon.
G. Judgment against Moab for injustice, kjv@Amos:2:1-3
kjv@Amos:2:1 — The incident is not recorded, but it reveals the spirit of injustice that goes beyond death.
kjv@Amos:2:2-3 — This proud nation was brought to extinction by Nebuchadnezzar.
II. Judgment on Judah and Israel, kjv@Amos:2:4—6:14
A. Judgment against Judah for despising the Law, kjv@Amos:2:4-5 Judah had the Law of God and despised it. God judged them according to the Law. The other nations did not have God's Law and were therefore not judged according to it.
B. Judgment against Israel for immorality and blasphemy, kjv@Amos:2:6-16 Israel (ten tribes) likewise had the Law, but they were committing the same sins as the Amorites. God had put the Amorites out of the land. Israel will go into captivity before Judah.
C. God's charge against whole house of Israel (12 tribes), kjv@Amos:3 (Privilege creates responsibility; the higher the blessing, the greater the punishment.)
kjv@Amos:3:1-2 — The nation Israel occupied a unique relationship to God; she was chosen for a definite purpose. This privilege created a greater responsibility than any other nation had.
kjv@Amos:3:3 — This is a great principle by which God must judge all nations and individuals. Israel knew God's way. They disagreed with it and departed from it. By this they will be judged.
kjv@Amos:3:4-15 — Judgment upon the entire nation will be severe. The northern kingdom will be judged first ( kjv@Amos:3:14-15).
D. Israel punished in past for iniquity, kjv@Amos:4
kjv@Amos:4:1-3 — Amos directs his scathing judgment against the northern kingdom.
kjv@Amos:4:4-5 — With biting sarcasm he invited the people to transgress. They called it worship of the golden calf.
kjv@Amos:4:6-13 — They had been judged by scant harvests, plagues of insects, pestilences, war, and destruction. None of these had deterred them from sin.
E. Israel will be punished in future for iniquity, kjv@Amos:5
kjv@Amos:5:1-15 — God pleads with them to seek Him so that judgment could be averted (see kjv@Amos:5:4-6, kjv@Amos:5:8, kjv@Amos:5:14-15).
kjv@Amos:5:16-20 — Warning of approaching judgment — "the day of the LORD." The day of the LORD opens with the Great Tribulation (not light, but darkness — kjv@Amos:5:18, kjv@Amos:5:20).
kjv@Amos:5:21-26 — The people were going through the forms of religion. They also worshiped other gods — idols.
kjv@Amos:5:27 — They must go into captivity (Assyrian).
F. Israel admonished in present to depart from iniquty, kjv@Amos:6
kjv@Amos:6:1 — Israel was taking it easy, sitting in the lap of luxury in a day of affluence.
kjv@Amos:6:3 — There were three national sins:
kjv@Amos:6:4 — Gluttony
kjv@Amos:6:5 — Heathen music
kjv@Amos:6:6 — Drunkenness }
They were engaging in all of this apart from God.
kjv@Amos:6:8 — God hated all of this. They had become a godless nation.
kjv@Amos:6:14 — This is another warning of the coming captivity for both nations.
III. Visions of the future, kjv@Amos:7—9
A. Vision of grasshoppers, kjv@Amos:7:1-3
kjv@Amos:7:1-2 — Grasshoppers were a judgment from God.
kjv@Amos:7:3 — God withdrew this judgment because of His tender mercy.
B. Vision of fire, kjv@Amos:7:4-6
kjv@Amos:7:4 — Fire was a judgment from God.
kjv@Amos:7:5-6 — God put out the fire because of His tender mercy.
C. Vision of plumbline, kjv@Amos:7:7-9
kjv@Amos:7:7-8 — When God begins to measure with a plumbline, action is imminent kjv@Isaiah:28:17; kjv@Jeremiah:3l:38-39; kjv@Zechariah:2:1-2).
kjv@Amos:7:9 — Jeroboam is marked out for judgment.
D. Historic interlude, kjv@Amos:7:10-17 (Personal experience of prophet)
kjv@Amos:7:10 — Amaziah, priest of Baal at Bethel, goes to King Jeroboam with a charge against kjv@Amos:5:11 — This is the charge.
kjv@Amos:7:12 — Now Amaziah has the king on his side, and he goes to Amos to order him to leave. He is sarcastic. He says in effect, "Get lost. You are a country preacher; go back to the country."
kjv@Amos:7:13 — He continues his sarcastic tirade, reminding Amos that Bethel is where the king worships and that Amos is no longer welcome there. Amos is not a preacherette with sweet talk; he is not a mealy-mouth giving out saccharine sweetness in little meaningless verbiage.
kjv@Amos:7:14 — Amos' answer is reasonable. He confesses he is a herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit (wild figs).
kjv@Amos:7:15 — But he was called of God.
kjv@Amos:7:16-17 — Amos turns on Amaziah with a fearful prophecy. Apparently Amos did not leave town.
E. Vision of basket of summer fruit, kjv@Amos:8 The goodness of Israel was like the summer fruit. It was perishable and soon deteriorated. God must judge them now.
kjv@Amos:8:10 — Dark days would come.
kjv@Amos:8:11 — God would withdraw His Word from them.
kjv@Amos:8:12 — They would become "the wandering Jew."
F. Vision of worldwide dispersion, kjv@Amos:9:1-10
kjv@Amos:8:8 — Israel would not be utterly destroyed.
kjv@Amos:8:9 — Israel would be dispersed throughout the world.
kjv@Amos:8:10 — The wicked would be judged by the sword at that time. This has been and is being literally fulfilled.
G. Vision of worldwide regathering and restoration of kingdom, kjv@Amos:9:11-15
kjv@Amos:9:11 — This was quoted by James at the council of Jerusalem kjv@Acts:15:16-17). This is yet to be fulfilled.
kjv@Amos:9:12-15 — This is the setting up of the millennial kingdom.
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WRITER: Obadiah Obadiah means Servant of Jehovah. He is one of four prophets about whom we know absolutely nothing, except that he wrote prophecy. The other three prophets are Habakkuk, Haggai, and Malachi. Obadiah is like a ghostwriter — he is there, but we do not know him. He lived up to his name. A servant boasts of no genealogy, neither exploits nor experiences. Dr. Edward Pusey said, "God has willed that his name alone and this brief prophecy should be known to the world."
DATE: There is a great difference of opinion as to the date of this prophet. There are some who give the date of 887 B.C., which fixes the time during the reign of Jehoram and the bloody Athaliah (cp. kjv@2Kings:8:18 with 11:1-16). Dr. Pusey placed him during the reign of Jehoshaphat ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:7). If this is accurate, we have one isolated reference to Obadiah in history. Nevertheless, this name was as common in that day as the name John is today. Canon Farrar gave the date as 587 B.C. Dr. William Moorehead concurred in this, as he suggested that Obadiah was probably a contemporary of Jeremiah. The whole question seems to hinge on verse 11. Is this verse historical or prophetical? The natural interpretation is the historic one, which would give it the late date. Most likely it was written subsequent to the Babylonian captivity.
KEY: Edom How are the things of Esau searched out How are his hidden things sought out ( kjv@Obadiah:1:6)
FEATURES: Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament — only twentyone verses. But the brevity of the message does not render it less important or less significant for us today. Like the other Minor Prophets, the message is primary, it is pertinent, it is practical, and it is poignant. It is a message that can be geared into this day in which we are living. Obadiah tells us immediately, bluntly, and to the point, "Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom.…" It is the prophecy of judgment against Edom.
BACKGROUND: The Edomites were those who were descended from Esau, just as the Israelites are those who are descended from Jacob. The story of Esau and Jacob is that of twin brothers, sons of Isaac and Rebekah. They were not identical twins; actually they were opposites (see kjv@Genesis:25:24-34). Esau despised his birthright. The man who had the birthright was in contact with God — he was the priest of his family, he was the man who had a covenant from God, the man who had a relationship with God. In effect Esau said, "I would rather have a bowl of soup than have a relationship with God." Having seen Esau in the first book of the Old Testament, look now at the last book of the Old Testament and read this strange language: I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, In what way hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD; yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau…. kjv@Malachi:1:2-3) This is a strange thing for God to say — "I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau." The explanation is in the little Book of Obadiah.
COMMENT: Verse six is translated by Ginsburg, the Hebrew scholar, thus: "How are the things of Esau stripped bare!" They are laid out in the open for us to look at for the first time. Obadiah puts the microscope down on Esau; and when we look through the eyepiece, we see Edom. As we inflate a tire tube to find a leak and cannot find that leak until it is inflated, just so Obadiah presents Esau inflated so that we can see the flaw in his life. What was small in Esau is now magnified 100,000 times in the nation. God did not say at the beginning that He hated Esau — it was not until he became a nation and revealed the thing that caused God to hate him: The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou who dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? (v. 3) It was pride. "Pride hath deceived you," God says to Edom. Esau, like Jacob, had become a great nation. The children of Israel had come into the promised land; the children of Esau had gone to the south and east, in the rocky fastness, where in 1812 archaeologists discovered a city, Petra, actually hewn out of solid cliffs of rose-colored rock. It was an impregnable fortress, so safe from attack that Egypt, Babylon, and Assyria deposited money there. Just a handful of men could guard the narrow canyons which form its approaches. They were living in a false security. In their pride they felt that they did not need God anymore, and they bowed Him out of their civilization. When a mere man, a little creature down here, gets to the place where he says, "I don't need God," God says, "That's what I hate."
I. Edom — destruction, kjv@Obadiah:1:1-16
A. Charge against Edom, kjv@Obadiah:1:1-9
B. Crime of Edom, kjv@Obadiah:1:10-14
C. Catastrophe to Edom, kjv@Obadiah:1:15-16 (Poetic justice — lex talionis — law of retaliation)
II. Israel — restoration, kjv@Obadiah:1:17-21
A. Condition of Israel, kjv@Obadiah:1:17
B. Calling of Israel, kjv@Obadiah:1:18
C. Consummation of all things, kjv@Obadiah:1:19-21 ("And the kingdom shall be the Lord's.")
These notes, prepared by J. Vernon McGee, are for the purpose of giving assistance to the listeners of the THRU THE BIBLE RADIO program. They are to be used with the Bible and will be more meaningful as you look up all the Scripture references. Due to the necessary brevity of both notes and broadcasts, a list of recommended books is included for those wanting a more detailed study. These books can be obtained from a Christian library or bookstore or ordered from the publishers.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Cohen, Gary G. and H. Ronald Vandervey. Hosea and Amos. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1981. Feinberg, Charles L. The Minor Prophets. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1976. Gaebelein, Arno C. The Annotated Bible. 1917. Reprint. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1971. Ironside, H. A. The Minor Prophets. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, n.d. Jensen, Irving L. Minor Prophets of Israel. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1975. (Obadiah, Joel, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, and Habakkuk.) McGee, J. Vernon. Amos & Obadiah. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991. Tatford, Frederick A. The Minor Prophets. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Klock & Klock, n.d. Unger, Merrill F. Unger's Commentary on the Old Testament, Vol. 2. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1982.
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East Williston School Board President Mark Kamberg is fuming over what critics are calling a "toilet tax" for schools.
Kamberg said Wednesday that the fee could drain $87,000 a year from his district's budget, hurting educational programs.
He notes that the Wheatley School, in the East Williston district, doesn't even use the sewer system.
The fee is currently on hold while school districts mount a challenge.
Supporters feel it's a question of potty parity. Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano says homeowners deserve a little relief.
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Formed by geologic event millions of years ago, the Midwest was once a sea of grass. Today the prairies of America's heartland provide food for millions. Includes discussion questions at the beginning and end of each segment.
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The Metamor City Podcast was a sci-fi/fantasy audio fiction series that ran from 2007 to 2010, with some additional content in early 2011. It is distributed for free through this website. It features a mixture of short stories and full-length novels, all taking place in one large world with an overarching story arc. Combining the narration of audiobooks with the music and sound effects of a serial radio drama, The Metamor City Podcast provided an immersive audio experience of a world like no other.
In May 2015 author Chris Lester returned with a new podcast, The Raven & the Writing Desk, which features additional stories both inside and outside the Metamor City universe. These stories are presented in single-narrator format, with high-quality audio but minimal music and sound effects. New episodes of The Raven & the Writing Desk are released each week on Saturday or Sunday, both here and at www.chrislester.org.
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Pakistan: Gunmen kill 8 at religious gathering
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Gunmen threw grenades at a Sufi Islamic religious gathering Sunday in the port city of Karachi and then opened fire on the people assembled to offer prayers, killing eight, officials said.
Eight more people were wounded in the attack, said Aftab Chanur, an official at the hospital who gave the death toll.
The four gunmen on motorcycles first lobbed grenades at the building where a Sufi cleric was receiving his followers, then raked it with automatic fire, said police official Javed Odho. He said women and children were among the dead and wounded.
Pakistan is 95 percent Muslim, and the majority practice Sufi-influenced Islam.
But their shrines and followers have come under attack in Pakistan by Sunni Muslim militants who don't consider them to be true Muslims.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack. But suspicion is likely to fall on militants such as the Pakistani Taliban or their affiliated sectarian groups who follow a strict interpretation of Islam that considers many other Muslims such as Sufis or minority Shiites to be heretics. In recent years militants have often targeted shrines, which they consider to be sacrilegious.
In January, militants killed six people at the shrine of a Sufi saint in Karachi. After that attack, militants also threatened the cleric who was targeted Sunday, telling him he should close down the house of worship where he would receive his followers, said Odho, the police official.
Karachi is a fast-growing city in southern Pakistan with an estimated 18 million residents that has often been plagued by political, religious and sectarian violence.


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Karimunjawa Islands can be reached by sea or air transportation. If you're going to use the air route, then there is no problem with transportation schedules. You can visit anytime.
But if you're going to use the sea route, then you should pay attention to the schedule of existing crossings, both from Semarang or from Jepara. Transport schedules can be found here.
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Price hits 3s, Auburn defeats Tennessee Tech
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Jordan Price scored 12 points and pulled within distance of threatening the NCAA record for consecutive made 3-pointers as Auburn defeated Tennessee Tech 81-62 on Tuesday night.
The victory pulled Auburn (5-5) to .500 for the first time since a one-point loss Nov. 21 at Boston College. Tennessee Tech (6-5) has lost two of its past three games.
Price was 3 for 3 from behind the arc, making him 11 for 11 in his past three games. Each of his 3-pointers came in the first half, and he committed a technical foul for taunting after the last. The freshman was quickly benched, but he returned shortly.
The NCAA record for consecutive made 3-pointers is 15, set by Northwestern's Todd Leslie in 1990.
Price's long-range shooting, though, wasn't the primary highlight Tuesday.
Auburn junior guard Chris Denson caught a pass near half court in the first half and raced for the basket. Tennessee Tech's 6-foot-5 guard Matt Marseille measured his steps and went up for a block attempt, but Denson dunked it over him.
Denson finished with 20 points, his third straight double-digit scoring game since returning from academic ineligibility. Senior guard Josh Wallace had 11 points, seven assists and three steals.
Senior guard Jud Dillard led Tennessee Tech with 22 points and added seven rebounds, while junior forward Dennis Ogbe had 14 points and seven rebounds.
Auburn closed the first half on a 12-3 run, extending its lead to 38-21 at the break. The Tigers got 19 points from freshmen -- Price with 12 and Shaq Johnson with seven -- in the opening 20 minutes.
Tennessee Tech did not pull within single digits in the final 20 minutes.