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I Don’t Get What’s Special About Jesus
Brave is brave
A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares
I always thought Jesus of Nazareth was the same as Jesus Christ. It was how I was brought up. That figure was the man I was taught over and over again never to question, to always take whole, never to tackle in a way that could tarnish his divine image.
But, as it seems, Jesus of Nazareth is entirely different from Jesus the Christ. One is the simple historical version of a man who existed the same way you and I did. The other is the embellished version that the Church has worked years to build. The man from Nazareth was someone who was born in Palestine and who was crucified. Whether his birth was of immaculate conception and whether he got resurrected after his death are matters of pure faith that fall under the domain of Jesus the Christ. If you believe in those two entities, then Jesus of…
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Israeli Developers Upgrade Microsoft Search Engine Bing – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
A team of developers from Microsoft Israel R&D Center in Herzliya was involved in the development of the latest update of Microsoft’s search engine Bing, which has been vying in recent years to gain ground in the market dominated by Google. The Israeli team developed the Bing Expert, a feature that allows users to get relevant tips, recommendations and reviews from experts in the field related to the search engine.
via Israeli Developers Upgrade Microsoft Search Engine Bing – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East.
Off the Charts Blog | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | New Evidence That Subsidized Jobs Programs Work
The EMC study shows that these programs helped businesses as well as job-seekers weather the worst of the recession. It found:
Participation in subsidized employment programs led to significant increases in employment and earnings. Participants in four of the five programs covered by the study were much more likely to have an unsubsidized job in the year after working in a subsidized job than in the year before joining the program. The findings from Florida are especially noteworthy because researchers could compare participants with applicants who were eligible for the program but didn’t receive a subsidized job. There, participants earned an average of $4,000 more in the year after the program than in the year before it, compared to a $1,500 increase for people in the comparison group.
The programs were especially effective for the long-term unemployed. In Mississippi and Florida, average annual earnings of the long-term unemployed rose by about $7,000 after participating; in Los Angeles and Wisconsin, they rose by about $4,000. In all four sites, earnings rose much more among the long-term unemployed than among people who had been unemployed for shorter periods.
Employers reported hiring more workers than they would have otherwise and workers with less experience than their usual hires. Two-thirds of the employers interviewed for the study said that they created new positions for subsidized workers. Over half said they hired people with less work experience than their usual hires.
Most participating employers reported multiple benefits from the program. These included expanding their workforces, serving more customers, and improving their productivity.
Butler turns away more veterans seeking aid than any Ohio county | www.journal-news.com
Butler County turned away a higher percentage of veterans seeking emergency financial assistance for things such as rent, utilities or groceries than any other county in Ohio last year, an investigation by the Hamilton Journal-News/Middletown Journal found.
Less than 1 percent of the estimated 27,000 veterans living in Butler County received emergency aid in 2012 from county taxpayers. Of the 432 times a veteran asked for help, they were turned away nearly 40 percent of the time.
Butler County’s Veterans Service Commission spent more money paying its director, assistant director and five appointed commissioners than providing direct financial aid to veterans, the newspaper found.
The newspaper analyzed Ohio’s 88 county veterans service commissions following a recent study that pointed out that the property tax-funded system has led to affluent counties with more money than they need and poor counties lacking the resources to help veterans. County veteran service commissions were entitled to a combined $121 million in 2011, but many agencies spent less than half of those funds to help veterans.
via Butler turns away more veterans seeking aid than any Ohio county | www.journal-news.com.
Guyana Judge Defends Law against Cross-dressing
Get with 21st Century – leave 19th Century to history books!
Scholarships and Grants for Syrians
There is only 6 days left to apply, but this might make a difference in the life of a Syrian student friend of yours.
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White Man Cuffed For Shooting Black Child, 8, In The Face
Egyptian Aak-Week36. Egypt between The Literalists and The Opportunists
Main Headlines:
Monday
- Judicial advisory body recommends dissolution of Egypt’s Brotherhood
- Egyptian authorties charges Morsi with inciting murder
- Islamists plan rallies on Tuesday marking two months since the overthrow of Morsi
- Sisi meets with UAE Crown Prince
- Giza police station hit with explosion
- Constituent Assembly make-up draws Mixed reactions
Tuesday
- Egypt says prepared to repay Qatari loan in days if necessary
- Police state not coming back, says Egypt’s interim president
- Military court sentences 11 to life for Suez clashes
- Egypt’s constitution committee is balanced: April 6
- Egypt condemns a raid by Hamas on an Egyptian cultural center in Gaza –
- Hamas says Egyptian military building buffer zone with Gaza
- Hamas dismisses talk of strike by Egypt against Gaza
Wednesday
- Obama weighs aid suspension to Egypt
- African Union calls n Egypt’s political forces to support transition, Brotherhood inclusion
- Egypt will not attend convoy to Turkey unless interference ceases: Foreign…
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