Thursday, July 8, 2010
The Face of America's Homeless Youth
Children with no mommy or daddy taking care of them, and no home. Some pregnant living in tents about to give birth to a child that will be homeless. Children wondering from place to place looking for food and a place to stay. Will you help these Children and Teens? They need your help. In every city, town, village there are children struggling with homelessness. Some may not be living on the streets but jumping from home to home crashing on a couch, floor and if lucky a bed. These Children need all of us to help have a chance at a better life. This is an epidemic that is occurring in America today. Most homeless people today are children and families, no longer the stigma guys with drinking problems who are "bums" The face of homelessness is Children and Single Parents struggling to stay alive during the Economic Crisis we are facing in America. We need to help them in any way we can.
United Kingdom: Man Discovers Largest Roman Coin Collection In British History
click to read full story from BBC NewsOne of the largest ever finds of Roman coins in Britain has been made by a man using a metal detector.
The hoard of more than 52,000 coins dating from the 3rd Century AD was found buried in a field near Frome in Somerset.
The coins were found in a huge jar just over a foot (30cm) below the surface by Dave Crisp, from Devizes in Wiltshire.
"I have made many finds over the years, but this is my first major coin hoard," he said.
After his metal detector gave a "funny signal", Mr Crisp says he dug down 14in before he found what had caused it.
"I put my hand in, pulled out a bit of clay and there was a little Radial, a little bronze Roman coin. Very, very small, about the size of my fingernail."
Mr Crisp reported the find to the authorities, allowing archaeologists to excavate the site.
Since the discovery in late April, experts from the Portable Antiquities Scheme at the British Museum have been working through the find.
The coins were all contained in a single clay pot. Although it only measured 18in (45cm) across, the coins were packed inside and would have weighed an estimated 160kg (350lb).
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Letter From Senator Sherrod Brown in Support of Expanding Veteran Educational & Employment Benefits
Letter From Senator Sherrod Brown in Support of Expanding Veteran Educational & Employment Benefits
Dear Mr. Caverley:
Thank you for sharing your support for expanding educational and employment benefits for veterans.
Providing for our veterans must be a clear and unmistakable priority, and we must ensure that our men and women in uniform have adequate access to educational and employment opportunities. Ensuring access to training and educational programs will enhance a veteran’s skill set and foster greater employment opportunities in a competitive job market.
To increase such opportunities for our veterans, I have introduced the Veterans Education Tuition Support Act which would provide additional educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math.
In addition, I was a proud cosponsor of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007. This legislation would amend federal veterans’ benefits provisions to expand educational assistance to include those veterans who have served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001. In recognition of the greater need for flexibility in a post 9/11 military world, it includes increases in available funding and allows for the pursuit of approved educational and training programs while on active duty. This legislation became public law on June 30, 2008.
The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 (S.3447) will expand the reach of the Montgomery GI Bill and afford veterans the educational benefits they've earned. As the Senate considers this legislation, I will certainly keep your strong support in mind
In addition to the services and benefits afforded through legislation, you may consider contacting a local VA facility or VFW to explore available employment resources. Also, www.hirevets.gov
is a federal government site designed to provide a comprehensive approach to matching veterans with employment opportunities.
As a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, I will continue working to ensure that veterans receive the benefits they have earned. As these issues come before the Senate, I will be sure to keep your views in mind. Thank you again for writing me.
Sincerely,
Sherrod Brown
United States Senator
Dear Mr. Caverley:
Thank you for sharing your support for expanding educational and employment benefits for veterans.
Providing for our veterans must be a clear and unmistakable priority, and we must ensure that our men and women in uniform have adequate access to educational and employment opportunities. Ensuring access to training and educational programs will enhance a veteran’s skill set and foster greater employment opportunities in a competitive job market.
To increase such opportunities for our veterans, I have introduced the Veterans Education Tuition Support Act which would provide additional educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math.
In addition, I was a proud cosponsor of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007. This legislation would amend federal veterans’ benefits provisions to expand educational assistance to include those veterans who have served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001. In recognition of the greater need for flexibility in a post 9/11 military world, it includes increases in available funding and allows for the pursuit of approved educational and training programs while on active duty. This legislation became public law on June 30, 2008.
The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 (S.3447) will expand the reach of the Montgomery GI Bill and afford veterans the educational benefits they've earned. As the Senate considers this legislation, I will certainly keep your strong support in mind
In addition to the services and benefits afforded through legislation, you may consider contacting a local VA facility or VFW to explore available employment resources. Also, www.hirevets.gov
is a federal government site designed to provide a comprehensive approach to matching veterans with employment opportunities.
As a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, I will continue working to ensure that veterans receive the benefits they have earned. As these issues come before the Senate, I will be sure to keep your views in mind. Thank you again for writing me.
Sincerely,
Sherrod Brown
United States Senator
Hawaii has shown they still believe in traditional marriage! Veto of House Bill 444!
Link to original article
"There has not been a bill I have contemplated more or an issue I have thought more deeply about during my eight years as governor than House Bill 444 and the institution of marriage," Lingle said at a news conference. "I have been open and consistent in my opposition to same-sex marriage, and find that House Bill 444 is essentially same-sex marriage by another name."
"It would be a mistake to allow a decision of this magnitude to be made by one individual or a small group of elected officials," she said.
"What she did was very just, and I'm very happy about it," said Jay Amina, 50, of Waianae. "It sends a good message throughout the state of Hawaii — that our people here on the islands are standing for traditional marriage."
Five states — California, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington — grant essentially all the rights of marriage to same-sex couples without authorizing marriage itself. Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut and the District of Columbia permit same-sex marriage.
JMC Ministries Response
Hawaii & several other states have been continuing to uphold the values of traditional marriage. The Bible clearly shows that marriage is between a man & woman. In history the sexual acts of same sex couples have always been trying to destroy this mind set. When sin comes into the picture it wants to control, manipulate, and demean the true scriptural God given Word.
As Christians we are supposed to show love to all mankind. This can be done, even as hard as it is. But when it comes to marriage, this is a sacred act between man and woman.
I pray for these people who have been fooled that homosexuality is a lifestyle, and that they find the Lord's favor. Learning to trust in Him alone to help them resist the temptation of gay activity.
Wake up Christians! We need to assist them in their life journey in finding Christ & receiving the freedom that is found in Him. God wants to unite the Christian body and set free the captives!
"There has not been a bill I have contemplated more or an issue I have thought more deeply about during my eight years as governor than House Bill 444 and the institution of marriage," Lingle said at a news conference. "I have been open and consistent in my opposition to same-sex marriage, and find that House Bill 444 is essentially same-sex marriage by another name."
"It would be a mistake to allow a decision of this magnitude to be made by one individual or a small group of elected officials," she said.
"What she did was very just, and I'm very happy about it," said Jay Amina, 50, of Waianae. "It sends a good message throughout the state of Hawaii — that our people here on the islands are standing for traditional marriage."
Five states — California, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington — grant essentially all the rights of marriage to same-sex couples without authorizing marriage itself. Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut and the District of Columbia permit same-sex marriage.
JMC Ministries Response
Hawaii & several other states have been continuing to uphold the values of traditional marriage. The Bible clearly shows that marriage is between a man & woman. In history the sexual acts of same sex couples have always been trying to destroy this mind set. When sin comes into the picture it wants to control, manipulate, and demean the true scriptural God given Word.
As Christians we are supposed to show love to all mankind. This can be done, even as hard as it is. But when it comes to marriage, this is a sacred act between man and woman.
I pray for these people who have been fooled that homosexuality is a lifestyle, and that they find the Lord's favor. Learning to trust in Him alone to help them resist the temptation of gay activity.
Wake up Christians! We need to assist them in their life journey in finding Christ & receiving the freedom that is found in Him. God wants to unite the Christian body and set free the captives!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Unemployment Stats Are They Real?
JMC shows how the unemployment stats are really like! Jeremy logs into the Ohio unemployment site and shows that people who are over the 26 weeks can NOT apply for benefits! So where does this put the stats? Will the unemployment ever be extended again? What will happen to those who lost their benefits? Although Unemployment has run out for me and I am still unemployed inspite of applying for jobs every week and going to job interviews when I am called for them. I am fine, because I am a veteran of the U.S Coast Guard I am now enrolled full time in college and have my GI Bill. To allow me to further my education and get a degree so I will be able to get a job prayerfully easier than without the degree. But our worries are for those who didn't have a plan B if and when the unemployment benefits ran out and they are still without jobs. It is for those men and women and their families we made this video. To show that even though it says right there on the website that you can continue to apply and show that you are still unemployed after your benefits run out, so that you can stay in the system in case Congress does change their minds and give more benefits. That is a lie as you see when I log in and it says that I cannot submit anything. Which kicks me and all the other people who have lost their benefits off the unemployment list and onto the "employed" list.
If you are thinking that we should just call unemployment and try to apply that way. That doesn't work either. A friend of mine who lost his job the same time I did called when he saw that he couldn't apply anymore online and was told he could not apply anymore via phone.
Our hearts and prayers go out for those who now have no way to support themselves and their families due to this ruling in Congress. We pray that God provide for your needs and that you will find a job soon. Through Christ All Things Are Possible. Hold tight to that and keep the faith. We are praying for you.
JMC LIVE Show June 29, 2010 Discussing Unemployment and the Recession
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Friday, July 2, 2010
In OHIO-Supreme Court ruled 5-1 That New Employees Risk Getting Fired For Taking Extended Leaves For Any Reason.
Link to Original Article
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this week that companies can fire relatively new employees who take time off for pregnancy.
Justices ruled 5-1 that new employees risk getting fired when they take extended leaves for any reason. It's not discriminating against women to include pregnancy leaves, they decided.
The case came before the court because nurse Tiffany McFee was fired from her job in Pataskala, a town of 10,000 located 22 miles east of Columbus. The Pataskala Oaks Care Center fired her because she took pregnancy leave eight months after being hired. Nursing home policy requires employees to be on the job a year before taking an extended leave.
The Columbus Dispatch reports justices ruled that as long as company policies apply to everyone and don't make distinctions between extended leaves for pregnancy and other medical purposes, employers are within their rights to give pregnant women the boot.
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JMC Ministries Response
Ohio has been falling apart for the last 10 years with losing jobs and increasing unemployment. Now this is an even harder blow to those who are struggling to find work and sustain their families.
We pray that the Lord opens up the doors for people to have a generous heart and not fire people who need this time off. And we pray for the many who are already out of work in this current economy as well.
God bless you all
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this week that companies can fire relatively new employees who take time off for pregnancy.
Justices ruled 5-1 that new employees risk getting fired when they take extended leaves for any reason. It's not discriminating against women to include pregnancy leaves, they decided.
The case came before the court because nurse Tiffany McFee was fired from her job in Pataskala, a town of 10,000 located 22 miles east of Columbus. The Pataskala Oaks Care Center fired her because she took pregnancy leave eight months after being hired. Nursing home policy requires employees to be on the job a year before taking an extended leave.
The Columbus Dispatch reports justices ruled that as long as company policies apply to everyone and don't make distinctions between extended leaves for pregnancy and other medical purposes, employers are within their rights to give pregnant women the boot.
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JMC Ministries Response
Ohio has been falling apart for the last 10 years with losing jobs and increasing unemployment. Now this is an even harder blow to those who are struggling to find work and sustain their families.
We pray that the Lord opens up the doors for people to have a generous heart and not fire people who need this time off. And we pray for the many who are already out of work in this current economy as well.
God bless you all
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Traditional Marriage
Click to read full story from alliance defense fund
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court Wednesday unanimously refused to tear down a state constitutional amendment adopted by voters that affirms marriage as the union of one man and one woman and prohibits the state from manufacturing other legal relationships that masquerade as marriage. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a friend-of-the-court brief last year on behalf of the Wisconsin Family Council in defense of the amendment, which a lower court upheld as constitutional.
“Voters adopted the marriage amendment in Wisconsin for one clear and simple reason: to protect the institution of marriage,” said ADF Litigation Counsel Jim Campbell. “We should be strengthening--not undermining--marriage, which is one man and one woman. Once again, activists tried to use the courts to force something on the people that they have repeatedly and overwhelmingly rejected.”
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court Wednesday unanimously refused to tear down a state constitutional amendment adopted by voters that affirms marriage as the union of one man and one woman and prohibits the state from manufacturing other legal relationships that masquerade as marriage. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a friend-of-the-court brief last year on behalf of the Wisconsin Family Council in defense of the amendment, which a lower court upheld as constitutional.
“Voters adopted the marriage amendment in Wisconsin for one clear and simple reason: to protect the institution of marriage,” said ADF Litigation Counsel Jim Campbell. “We should be strengthening--not undermining--marriage, which is one man and one woman. Once again, activists tried to use the courts to force something on the people that they have repeatedly and overwhelmingly rejected.”
Son of Hamas Founder/Former Israeli Spy Found Not Guilty of Terrorism
Click to read full story from San Diego 6.com
SAN DIEGO — An immigration judge tentatively granted asylum Wednesday to the son of a Hamas founder who turned his back on his father's terrorist group and became a spy for Israel.
SAN DIEGO — An immigration judge tentatively granted asylum Wednesday to the son of a Hamas founder who turned his back on his father's terrorist group and became a spy for Israel.
The ruling came after the federal government abruptly dropped concerns that Mosab Hassan Yousef was a terrorist threat.
Yousef, 32, was greeted by a small group of cheering supporters as he left an immigration detention center where the 15-minute hearing was held under heavy security.
He had argued that he would be killed if he was deported because he spied on Hamas for Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency and abandoned Islam after becoming a Christian.
"I will keep fighting the ideology that is behind terrorists because I know how they think," he told reporters in the parking lot. "I know that this is the real danger that is facing liberty, facing freedom, facing humanity."
Link to Bio and Conversion to Christianity
Mosab Hassan Yousef (Arabic: مصعب حسن يوسف; now known as Joseph;[1] born 1978 (age 31–32))[2] is a Palestinian and son of a Hamas founder and leader who spied for Israel from 1997 to 2007.[3] Israel's internal security service, Shin Bet, considered Yousef the most valuable source within the Hamas leadership.[3]
The information Yousef supplied prevented dozens of suicide attacks, the assassination of Israelis, and exposed numerous terrorist groups.[3] Yousef has since converted to Christianity and moved to California, in the United States.[1] In March 2010, he published his autobiography, Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices .
His request for political asylum in the United States was granted pending a routine background check on June 30, 2010.[4]
Conversion to Christianity
In 1999, Yousef met a British missionary who introduced him to Christianity.[1] Between the years 1999 and 2000, Yousef converted to Christianity and was baptized in 2005. He left the West Bank for the United States in 2007 and lived some time in San Diego, California, where he joined the Barabbas Road Church.[1] .
In August 2008, Yousef publicly revealed his conversion to Christianity and began denouncing Hamas and the Arab leadership, thereby endangering himself and exposing his family in Ramallah to persecution.[1] Yousef said his goal in revealing the evil nature of the leadership to the world was to bring peace to the Middle East. He still hopes to return to Israel/Palestine when there is peace.[1]
Massachusetts School Outlaws Pledge Of Allegiance
Click to read full story from Fox News
When Sean Harrington entered his freshman year at Arlington High School, he noticed something peculiar: There were no American flags in the classrooms, and no one recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
So Harrington enlisted the aid of his fellow students, and now, three years later, they have succeeded in getting flags installed in the classrooms. But the pledge still will not be recited.
The Arlington, Mass., school committee has rejected the 17-year-old's request to allow students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance, because some educators are concerned that it would be hard to find teachers willing to recite it, according to a report in the Arlington Patch.
Harrington had presented school officials with a petition signed by 700 people, along with letters of support from lawmakers including Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.
But the request to have the pledge recited failed when the committee's vote ended in a 3-3 tie.
"I was really heartbroken," Harrington told FOX News Radio. "It's hard to think that something so traditional in American society was turned down."
His fight has received quite a bit of support from the community. "When I was going to school, it was an honor and a privilege to pledge allegiance to the flag," Francis De Guglielmo, 55, told the Patch. He called the ban an "absolute travesty" and a "disgrace."
Harrington, who will be a senior in the fall, said he will continue to fight. "I'm not a person who quits and I don't back down. It's a very righteous cause and needs to be followed through until the end."
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JMC Ministries Response
Written By Miranda Caverley
YES, it is a travesty and a disgrace that in America we cannot say the Pledge of Allegiance in this school! We are in AMERICA! We are thankful that at least the American flags were put back into the classrooms, which should NEVER have been taken out in the first place. What kind of Country have we become when schools don't even allow anything that symbolizes our Country that we live in to be in the classroom. Where children are suppose to be taught about our Country and the history of The United States Of America.
Sadly the more stories like this that keep coming to light the more we see that the United States of America is becoming a Socialist, Marxist Run Country and no longer a Democracy.
I applaud this young man for continuing to fight to have the Pledge of Allegiance placed back into the classrooms of his school. When I was a child we said the Pledge of Allegiance every morning before class started. But once I got out of elementary school we no longer said it, and I still don't know why. But at least I had the chance to learn the pledge of allegiance and I am happy that I know and proud to stand and say it. Because sadly most children in that school more than likely haven't been taught it and don't even know it. This must stop teach the children the truth so that when they grow up they will be educated and know their rights and know How their country became the greatest freest nation on earth.
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