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Hello and welcome again to Lechem Panim. It is good to have you with us today as we continue our study of the book of Acts. We have been in chapter 8, which of course tells of how Philip brought the Gospel to the region of Samaria and a great many Samaritans have come to faith in Jesus Christ. And after Peter and John come and open the door for these Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit it says in… Acts 8:25 (ESV)— 25 Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. For The World— Now this is a crucial turning point in the book of Acts, because it is here that we begin to see the message of the Gospel breaking out from being just a Jewish reality to being a message for everyone. God is starting to remind His people of something that they had forgotten; and that is that His salvation is for a whole world. Another Woman Not My Wife— Some time ago I read of [A preacher, who shall we say was “humor inspired”, {and who} attended a conference to help encourage and better equip pastors for their ministry. Among the speakers were many well-known and dynamic speakers. One such speaker, boldly approached the pulpit, gathered the entire crowd's attention, and said, “the best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman that wasn't my wife!” The crowd was shocked! He followed up by saying, “And that woman was my mother!” The crowd burst into laughter and he delivered the rest of his speech, which went quite well. The next week, the pastor decided he'd give this humor thing a try, and used that joke in his sermon. As he approached the pulpit that sunny Sunday morning, he tried to rehearse this joke in his head. It suddenly seemed a bit foggy to him. Getting to the microphone, he said loudly, “The greatest years of my life were spent in the arms of another woman that was not my wife!” The congregation inhaled half the air in the room! [And he began to get excited. But when he got ready to deliver the punch line, he found that in his excitement he couldn't remember it. So] After standing there for almost 10 seconds in stunned silence, trying to recall the second half of the joke, the pastor finally blurted out, “…and I can't remember for the life of me who she was!”] Rooted in Israel— Forgetting things can sometimes be very painful. But we I think are prone to forgetting things; particularly about the Christian faith. And one of the basic things we forget (or choose to ignore; perhaps because we don't recognize the importance of it) is the place of Israel in God's overall plan in bringing redemption to the world. Especially we in our western culture. We forget that God had always intended Israel to be a light to the nations. All the way back in Genesis 1:28 God had told Adam and Eve, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it,…” And he repeats that command to Noah in Genesis 9:7 immediately following the flood. And later, when God entered into covenant with Abraham, he made a promise to him, saying in Genesis 12:3 “…in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” And so we see that when God established Israel, they were to be a light to the nations. God says in… Isaiah 42:6 (ESV)— 6 “I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, Isaiah 49:6 (ESV)— 6 he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” Isaiah 52:10 (ESV)— 10 The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Isaiah 60:3 (ESV)— 3 And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Now, fast forward to the New Testament. Listen to the words of Jesus in… John 8:12 (ESV)— 12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” God's Love for The World— Now first of all notice how Jesus' claim to be the Light connects back to concept of salvation given in Isaiah. It is very important to understand that Jesus saw himself as the embodiment (literally) of God's salvation that God had always planned on giving to the world through Israel. Now that must have sounded a bit jarring to those who heard Jesus; because notice Jesus doesn't say “I am the Light of Israel.” That is what his Jewish audience probably would have expected Him to say. But no, He was speaking to them in the spirit of Isaiah, pointing them back to the reality that they had forgotten; which was that God's salvation is for a whole world. And so He says, “I am the Light of the world.” Even in His conversation with Nicodemus he had begun to hammer this point. What did he say to Nicodemus in John 3:16? “For God so loved the world…”; another all-inclusive statement. Now this is so important because the Early Church saw Jesus as the fulfillment of these passages in Isaiah and therefore took these passages as their own personal commission. When Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch in Pisidia, it says in… Acts 13:44-48 (ESV)— 44 The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him. 46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles,     that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'” 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. Channels of Blessing— You see, God's plan has always been for Israel to be the means through which his salvation would be brought to the world. And though God had made a covenant with Abraham and with his people to bless them, the blessing was never meant for them alone. No, they were to channel that blessing to the world. Now the sad reality that we are confronted with is that Israel failed to live out this call, and instead gravitated towards either of two extremes. Nationalism— The first was that Israel gave in to a separatistic nationalism in which Israel resisted contact with all the surrounding Gentile nations. We see this attitude very much alive in the person of Jonah. He was commanded by God directly to preach to Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian empire. But not wanting them to experience God's salvation, he took off in the opposite direction. And God had to use some mighty big circumstances in order to turn him around. Now we know that Assyria had caused Israel a lot of grief; and they were a very wicked empire. But the nationalistic attitude of Israel during that time had all but completely cut them off from engaging in God's mission to reach the world. And unfortunately this attitude pervaded much of Israel's history. Compromise— Now the second extreme was that of compromise. Israel was called to influence the surrounding nations to God; however what ended up happening was that Israel became influenced by the surrounding nations. They were seduced by the paganism and the idolatry. And so they allowed themselves to become tainted by that spiritual adultery. And because they were tainted by that sin and false religion, they didn't have anything that they could give to the surrounding Gentile nations. They had become the very thing that they were supposed to fight against. Now God was able to cleanse Israel of her idolatry; which He did through the Babylonian exile, after which Israel never returned to their former idolatry again. The New Idolatry— However, they did embrace a new kind of idolatry; and that was that they allowed their religion to become corrupted into a system of salvation by works. The temple itself became an idol. The religious rights and sacrifices became idols; so much so that when God Himself visited His temple in the New Testament, they did not even recognize Him. And they even hated many of the people that Christ came to save. But all of that changed with the birth of the Christian Church, as each new stage of growth pushes the Church farther out in its scope. God's New Instrument— And what I want you to see is that the Church has now become God's new instrument to further the work He had always intended for Israel. They are His great new means of reaching the world. And while Israel had up until this time been very nationalistic in its focus, we find that the Church would be an entity that would embrace people of every race and culture and nation. But (as we have said before) this happened in stages. At Pentecost the spread of Christianity began first in Jerusalem to an exclusively Jewish body. It wasn't long after that that the Church soon began to reach out to minister to the half-breed Samaritans, as they were called. And then in our passage next week we find the third great milestone of the Church as the Gospel finally begins to reach a Gentile audience as well; as through the ministry of Philip a high official in the court of the Ethiopian queen comes to faith in Jesus Christ. But not only him, but we will see also that through him the Gospel would eventually reach those in the great African continent as well. ​Is Israel's Problem Ours As Well?— But what we need to be careful of is to keep Israel's problem from becoming our problem. Are we thinking globally? Are we fulfilling God's call to carry the Good News of the Gospel to the ends of the earth? Oswald J. Smith has rightly pointed out that “Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist.” But you know, in light of that (every pun intended), let us not forget our central purpose; and that is to join Christ in the work He is doing in the world. Let's join Him this week. Amen.

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Hello and Welcome to How About A Story the PopIN Edition, this is Yzaura. I am currently gearing things up for the fall and thought now would be a great time for us to play catch up. If you didn't know How About A Story has made a year on PodBean telling stories. Now this has been a personal project of mine discovering voice over narration and just putting a little bit of myself out into the world. So After a year what have I learned you might ask? A lot! A lot about editing, mixing arranging, executing, marketing but most of all about connecting. Not only to work that I am doing but to those who take the time to appreciate the work. So my fellow listener, that's you with the buds in your ears or playing this aloud in your car. Thank you for sharing your time with me. Let's go a head and enjoy this blast from the past and one of my favorite episodes. Let's enter into Pura Belpre's world of words this is Amapola. Music:Ditch Diggin' by Jungle Punks 

Today on the show I am joined by Evan Sanders via Zoom.  This is Evans second visit to the show and we talk about many things including but not limited to COVID-19, computer viruses, and people watching.  As you know… there are no gigs.  So After the Gig is adapting with the rest of the world.  But all you need to know is that I’m here for you and I’m going to continue to blab away until the internet takes my show away.  Until then, please enjoy this episode with my very good friend Evan Sanders.     PS: Tune in to instagram and Facebook live tonight at 8pm EST.  I will be doing another giveaway contest! To enter, tip ANY amount to the virtual tip jar between now and 5pm tomorrow (Thursday).  The winner will be drawn Thursday evening at 8pm via instagram live!  Bundle features a signed drumhead that was used for the 2019 Fall and Winter Carbon Leaf tours, a 2019 Carbon Leaf Mohegan Sun backstage pass, and an after the gig sticker!   Virtual Tip Jar Venmo: @jessehumphrey  PayPal.me/jhumphreymusic   Support the podcast! www.patreon.com/afterthegig   Email the podcast! afterthegigpod@gmail.com   Music from this weeks show:   Outro: “Heaven Help Us All!” By Accent off the Covers album   @afterthegig @jhumphreymusic  #ontourwithjhumps

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GOT 8×04: The living valiantly endure a seemingly endless assault by the Army of the Dead, but Winterfell’s weary and outnumbered defenders’ chances of survival, let alone victory, grow more dire by the hour as the Night King executes his battle plan to near perfection. So After the divisive ending of the Long Night Joe and Phil are back for the final 3 Episodes of Game of Thrones. Subscribe on Youtube to Watch LIVE

GOT 8x04: The living valiantly endure a seemingly endless assault by the Army of the Dead, but Winterfell's weary and outnumbered defenders' chances of survival, let alone victory, grow more dire by the hour as the Night King executes his battle plan to near perfection. So After the divisive ending of the Long Night Joe and Phil are back for the final 3 Episodes of Game of Thrones.   Subscribe n Youtube to watch LIVE

So After a bit of a hiatus (due to some issues with DHL and equipment) we are back finally! In this episode we catch up with whats been happening with the lads since a a few things have happened since we last got together. Oh and make sure to check out BB's Flashback Hip Hop Mix on soundcloud as well https://soundcloud.com/mackkn/flashback-hip-hop-mix Bless

Highlights Government shuts down US Industries, shocking nation | @01:40 America Emerges: Military Stories From WWI - Dr. Edward Lengel | @11:25 Wilson’s 14 points examined - Mike Shuster | @17:05 US Mint releases commemorative coins and service collector sets | @22:40 A Century In The Making - Sabin Howard Part 2 | @24:50 Speaking WWI - Conk Out! | @30:55 Eagle Scout Memorial Project - Benjamin Woodard | @32:15 The Sunken Gold - Joseph A. Williams | @37:25 Erik Burro’s “Legacy of Remembrance” photo exhibit | @44:30 The messenger birds of WW1 | @45:25 Centennial of WW1 in Social Media - Katherine Akey | @46:30----more---- Opening Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - episode #55 - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago this week  - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration. Today is January 19th, 2018 and we have a great show for you this week including: Dr. Ed Lengel, joining us for our new weekly history segment: America Emerges - Military stories from WWI Mike Shuster, from the great war project blog looking deeper into Wilson’s 14 Points Sculptor Sabin Howard in our “A century in the Making” segment talking about integrating high tech 3D resources with a traditional master sculptors hands, eyes and clay Eagle Scout Benjamin Woodard (Wood-dard) shares his WW1 eagle scout project ... Author Joseph A. Williams introduces us to the fascinating story behind his new book, The Sunken Gold And Katherine Akey, with some great selections from the centennial of WWI in social media All that and more --- this week -- on WW1 Centennial News -- which is brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library and the Starr foundation. I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show. [MUSIC] Preface [MUSIC] Our theme this week is one that many of you will be able to relate to in a very direct way….. nasty, freezing, snowy, cold weather --- and its dramatic effect on the war effort. According the the National Weather Service - when the ball dropped in times square this past new year’s eve - it was the most frigid new years in exactly 100 years - and back in 1918 that frigid weather carried on through January. Let me set this up… In our episode #50 that we produced in Mid December, we were joined by Dr. Sean Adams - a historian expert on coal in america. He told us that there was plenty of coal production in the US, but there was a big problem with delivering it where it was needed because of the intense demand by the war effort on the national railroad systems. This week, 100 years ago it all comes to a head with freezing temperatures, blizzards, and an already overburdened rail system breaking down. The wartime government, driven by the Energy Administration choose this moment to step in   - and as they were wont to do 100 years ago - they step in with a pretty heavy foot - to the protest of a lot of very unhappy citizens, industries and communities. There is a lot to unpack here as as we jump into our wayback machine to look at 100 years ago this week - in the war that changed the world! [SOUND EFFECT TRANSITION] World War One THEN 100 Year Ago This Week It’s the second week of January, 1918. Just last month, in December, the Government took over and nationalized the railroads and put them under the direction of Treasury Secretary McAdoo.  It has become quickly obvious that there is a big problem with a lack of available railroad cars in the Midwest and West - the cars are were all bunched up in the east coast ports.  McAdoo’s new US Railroad Administration is working to alleviate this problem, by dedicating a week - starting January 14th to re-organizing the rail cars from where they are to where they are needed… but the plan freezes up thanks to minus 10 to minus 20 degree fahrenheit temperatures across the midwest accompanied by nasty blizzards. Everything grinds to a halt… [SOUND EFFECT] DATELINE: Sunday January 13, 1918A Headline in the NY Times proclaims:GARFIELD TO CUT COAL --- TO NEEDS And the story reads: Federal Agents of the fuel administration in NY have received full authority to employ every facility at their command to move coal from the New Jersey Terminal to Manhattan. Officials here tonight were told that there would be 262,000 tons available tomorrow but that only 20,000 tons would be moved because of the unusual weather conditions The next day - the challenges continue on the eastern seaboard DATELINE: Monday, January 14, 1918A Headline in the NY Times reads:AMPLE COAL FOR CITY'S NEEDS AWAITS FUEL ADMINISTRATORS ON JERSEY SHORE And the story includes: Reeve Schley, New York County Fuel Administrator was asked why they feared an acute coal crisis in the next few days - He replied that he does not doubt the reports of 465,000 tons available at New Jersey’s Tidewater, but that only 20-30 thousand tons were being brought into the city a day - which is only 1/2 enough - but ice in the harbor and many tugs damaged by the ice floes are preventing more. The same day another articles sets the stage for the following week’s bombshell: [SOUND EFFECT] Headline: FUEL AND FOOD FOR NEW YORK FIRST; THEN COAL FOR SHIPS, MCADOO ORDERS;INDUSTRIES MAY CLOSE The story reads: Coal for domestic use and vital public utilities in New York Districts shall receive preference. Foodstuffs shall come second and coal for bunkering of the overseas fleet third. This drastic action will make necessary the temporary suspension of many of the industries of New York not directly essential to the war program and that some of the other industries might have to operate only part time. In other words, the government is setting a priority: coal for personal heating, food for the people and coal for the ships waiting to head to europe while it is willing to shut down a major portion of New York's industries, This will put 10s of thousands out of work as employers shut down their factories and facilities. This is a precursor for Thursday’s big announcement that takes these ideas onto a national scale to a shocked nation! [SOUND EFFECT] Dateline: Thursday - January 17, 1918From the Official Bulletin - the government’s War Gazette - published by George Creel for the Wilson Administration:HEADLINE:FUEL ORDER STOPS CERTAIN INDUSTRIESFROM BURNING COAL ON DESIGNATED DAYSNECESSARY WAR WORK NOT INCLUDED The story leads with: The order of the United States Fuel Administrator directs the curtailment In consumption of fuel by certain businesses starting Tomorrow and For Five Consecutive Days and Thereafter on Every Monday Beginning January. 28th. In other words, the government has stepped in, and is telling the majority of US industries - except those they specifically exempt - that US Industry is shutting down for 5 days and then every Monday coming up. This is a lightning bolt through the heart of the nation. [SOUND EFFECT] The front page of the NY Times reads: SHUT-DOWN OF INDUSTRIES FOR FIVE DAYS;BEGINS FRIDAY; NINE IDLE MONDAYS FOLLOW;WASHINGTON ORDER STARTLES THE COUNTRY! The next day newspapers from all around the country react…. Here are some examples: Utica, NY: This is a staggering blow. By stopping the mills and factories here, it throws thousands of people out of employment. It takes thousands of dollars away from working people who have never needed it more than this winter. Baltimore, Maryland: No such extreme measure as this was ever dreamt of by the American People Chicago, Illinois: At a word of command from Washington - the greatest industrial sections of the nation stand idle.. A catastrophe to be faced bravely! St. Louis, Missouri: Fuel Administrator Garfield's drastic order is a confession of incompetency and also an indication of lack of courage and ability to deal with the coal situation Hartford, Connecticut: The news seems almost incredible - if it had come from Germany's Kaiser William it would be more easily understood! Wheeling, West Virginia: The administration's coal measure is the most drastic industrial order issued in the history of the nation and is without precedent, but it is justified by the prevailing conditions Boston, Massachusetts: We had hoped we should not have to resort to such extreme measures, but hesitate to characterize them as unwise or unnecessary! And from Charleston SC: The Coal Conservation Order issued from Washington will put the patriotism of the American People and especially of American Business to a very stern test. The next day President Wilson chimes in: [SOUND EFFECT] DATELINE: Saturday January 19, 1918In the Official Bulletin the headline reads:President Upholds Fuel Curtailment Order,Declaring It Was Absolutely Necessaryto Relieve Railroad Traffic Congestion President Wilson issues the following statement I was, of course, consulted by Mr. Garfield before the fuel order was issued, and fully agreed with him that it is necessary, much as I regret the necessity. This war calls for many sacrifices, and sacrifices of the sort called for by this order are infinitely less than sacrifices of life which might otherwise be involved. It is absolutely necessary to get the ships away, it is absolutely necessary to relieve the congestion at the ports and upon the railways, it is absolutely necessary to move great quantities of food, and it is absolutely nec- essary that our people should be warmed in their homes if nowhere Else. Halfway measures would not have accomplished the desired ends. I have every confidence that the result of action of this sort will justify it and that the people of the country will loyally and patriotically respond to necessities of this kind as they have to every other sacrifice involved in the war. We are upon a war footing, and I am confident that the people of the United States are willing to observe the same sort of discipline that might be involved in the actual conflict itself. President Woodrow Wilson Links: http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/169680916343/winter-storms-paralyze-us-railroads Full Text of Gardner’s Testimony before the Senate: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B04E6D7133FE433A2575BC1A9679C946996D6CF Articles leading up to: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F01E1D9133FE433A25757C1A9679C946996D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9801E1D9133FE433A25757C1A9679C946996D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F00E1D9133FE433A25757C1A9679C946996D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9807E6DB1031E03ABC4D52DFB7668383609EDE http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A07E6DB1031E03ABC4D52DFB7668383609EDE http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B03E2D8133FE433A25754C1A9679C946996D6CF Press from around the country condemning the order/aftermath: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F0DE2D8133FE433A25754C1A9679C946996D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D0CE7D7133FE433A2575BC1A9679C946996D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0CE7D7133FE433A2575BC1A9679C946996D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D05E6D7133FE433A2575BC1A9679C946996D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F00E2D7133FE433A2575AC1A9679C946996D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A0DE2D7133FE433A2575AC1A9679C946996D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=950DE2D7133FE433A2575AC1A9679C946996D6CF America Emerges: Military Stories from WW1 Those are some pretty dramatic events on the homefront driven by the need to get men and equipment to increasingly desperate allies in Europe. America needs to get into the fight - pronto! To cover that side of the story we are launching a new segment called: America Emerges: Military Stories from WWI --- with Military Historian, author and storyteller, Dr. Edward Lengel. Ed - welcome to WW1 Centennial News! [Exchange greeting] So Ed this week you are bringing us a story from NY city’s 77th Division.. It’s a great story about fighting - but not the Kaiser - this is about World Champion Boxer Benny Leonard - Who was he and what is the story? [ED LENGEL]  [Ed.. What are you going to tell us about next week?] Ed Lengel is an American military historian, author, and our new segment host for America Emerges: Military Stories from WWI. There are links in the podcast notes to Ed’s post about Benny Leonard and his website as an author. Links:http://www.edwardlengel.com/benny-leonard-trained-lost-battalion/ https://www.facebook.com/EdwardLengelAuthor/ http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/   [SOUND EFFECT] Great War Project Joining us now is Mike Shuster - former NPR correspondent and curator for the Great War Project Blog. Mike is going to expand on President Wilson’s 14 points. You know Mike, we run around living our lives in the world without thinking a lot about how it got to be what it is - But when you read Wilson’s 14 points - it really feels like you are seeing the blueprint and the foundation for the modern world order…. He really helped define a new world - didn’t he!? MIKE: Yes he did, Theo  and the headline for my post this week is: A BLUE PRINT FOR POST-WAR PEACE - Wilson’s Fourteen Points Excite the World. The American President an Instant Hero [MIKE POST] Mike Shuster from the Great War Project blog. LINK: http://greatwarproject.org/2018/01/14/a-blue-print-for-post-war-peace/   [SOUND EFFECT] The Great War Channel As many of you know, we have this commemoration partner over on YouTube called “The Great War Channel” They launched the channel way back in 2014 around the centennial of the war breaking out in Europe. We are always promoting them, and the other day someone asked me why - I thought it was a good question - first of all they do a great job! Their stories are clean, short, well researched and really accessible. Also, being over in Europe, they come at the subject from a really great broad perspective - and have continued to do so for the past 4 years. If you haven’t  checked them out - you should. Their new episodes this week, include: Of course… Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points. It’s a really worthy subject!! And - POWs in Japan And finally - Life on the Isonzo Front To see their videos about WWI Follow the link in the podcast notes or search for “the great war” on youtube. Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar World War One NOW It is time to fast forward into the present with WW1 Centennial News NOW - [SOUND EFFECT] this section is not about history, but rather - it explores what is happening NOW to commemorate the centennial of the War that changed the world! Commission News/Coin In commission news this week: We have an awesome numismatic opportunity for you!!! WHAAA!? Whadhee say!? According to Merriam Webster, Numismatics is “ the study or act of collecting of coins, paper money, and medals.” Numismatic coins are essentially rare or valuable coins that have an external value above and beyond the base value of the precious metal they are made out of. And this week - by an act of congress -  The U.S. Mint released  a new 2018 World War I Centennial Silver Dollar - that honors the 4.7 million American men and women who served in uniform and the 116,516 who lost their lives in the war that changed the world. But they went even further and created limited edition coin and service medal collectors sets - one each for the Army, the Navy, the Marines, the Air Service and the Coast Guard - These limited edition special service sets are only available for a short time - Its a once-in-a-lifetimer collectors opportunity. Now personally - I’ve ordered two of the Commemorative coin and Air Service sets showing this beautiful engraving of a SPAD XIII biplane. I bought the second set for my 2 year old grandson --- because around 12 years from now, he is going to wonder about these coins and medals his grand dad bought him back in 2018 - and my son can tell him all about his GREAT GREAT Grandfather who flew bi-planes that looked like that - over in europe during WWI. These awesome combo sets are only available for 1 month! So grab your piece of history right now by going to ww1cc.org/coin /C O I N or by following the link in the podcast notes. Best of all - by law, part of the proceeds from the sale of each coin go to the memorial - so with every coin or set you buy, you are helping build America’s WWI Memorial in Washington DC. Don’t wait - orders yours today at ww1cc.org/coin - and thank you! link:www.ww1cc.org/Coin https://catalog.usmint.gov/coins/commemoratives/ A century in the making - America’s WW1 Memorial in Washington DC Speaking of the memorial - it’s time for our new segment - A century in the making - America’s WWI Memorial in Washington DC. Last week we introduced you to the segment --- and Sabin Howard told you how he met Richard Taylor from New Zealand’s WETA workshop. This week we learn how he is blending his traditional sculpting techniques with WETA’s high tech 3D tools to create the 9 foot maquette of the memorial sculpture: [Sabin Howard Interview] We are going to continue to bring you an insider’s view with stories about the epic undertaking to create America’s WWI memorial in our nation’s capital. Learn more at ww1cc.org/memorial Link: www.ww1cc.org/memorial [SOUND EFFECT] Speaking WW1 And now for our feature “Speaking World War 1” - Where we explore the words & phrases that are rooted in the war  --- This week’s word in an onomatopoeia - Again with the long words!? Yea…. An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound something makes - like buzz or Meow or boom…. So After a large meal, or maybe at the end of a long, hard week at work -- don’t you just love to crash on the couch and conk out? Well -  people aren’t the only things that can conk out -- World War One airplane engines did too - and the word describes the sound the engines made when then flooded out, or seized up  - Conk - Conk - Conk - Having a machine “conk out” midair was unfortunately - not uncommon. The term first appears around 1911 in British Motorcycling Magazines, describing the problems early motorcyclists faced going uphill; Specific advice given in the magazine is to “give a bit more throttle ...when the engine starts to "conk, conk, conk,” The phrase made its way into common use during WWI, and soon was applied to exhausted individuals as well. Conk Out - this week’s speaking WWI phrase - See the podcast notes to learn more! link: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/100097/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-conk [SOUND EFFECT] Remembering Veterans Interview with Eagle Scout Benjamin Wood-dard In our Remembering Veterans section  -- This week we’re joined by an amazing young man…. Benjamin Wood-dard, an Eagle Scout from Boy Scout Troop 62, in Huntington, West Virginia. Benjamin is here to tell us about his Eagle Scout project, which involved researching and commemorating local WW1 veterans. Welcome, Benjamin! [greetings] [Benjamin - what made you decided to make commemorating local WW1 veterans your Eagle Scout project?] [What do you think is the most important thing you learned from doing this project?] [Any advice to other scouts if they want to do a WWI project?] You're a great guy! Thanks so much for telling us your story! [goodbyes] Benjamin Wood-dard is an Eagle Scout from Troop 62, Huntington, West Virginia. Learn more about this project and the men whose service Benjamin has helped commemorate ---  by visiting the links in the podcast notes. Link:cabellwwi.wordpress.com http://www.herald-dispatch.com/scout-shares-history-of-memorial-trees/article_1f3d66aa-087c-5a31-98cf-2917b212b4ee.html http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service/3918-walter-verlin-dial.html [SOUND EFFECT] Spotlight in the Media Sunken Gold This week in our Spotlight on the Media -- we’re joined by library administrator, archivist, historian and author Joseph A. Williams. He is here to tell us about his new book, The Sunken Gold: A Story of World War One Espionage and the Greatest Treasure Salvage in History. Welcome, Joe! [Joe-- can you start by giving us a brief set up to the story - told in your book? ] [How did you come by the story?] [It really sounds like a great movie-- It’s got sunken treasure, enemies, covert expeditions, obsession-- if it were to be made into a film, who would you cast as Lieutenant Commander Damant?] Thank you so much for joining us! [goodbyes] Joseph Williams, archivist, historian and author of several books including The Sunken Gold. He will be speaking at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC on Tuesday, January 23rd, but if you can’t catch him there we’ve included links to the event and his book in the podcast notes. Link: https://www.amazon.com/Sunken-Gold-Espionage-Greatest-Treasure/dp/1613737580 https://www.spymuseum.org/calendar/detail/the-sunken-gold--a-story-of-world-war-i-espionage/2018-01-23/ [SOUND EFFECT] Articles and Posts Doughboy statue sparks NJ historian's mission to photograph WWI monuments In articles and posts-- from our rapidly growing website at ww1cc.org -this week, there is an article about a photography project inspired by a WW1 Memorial. For years, Erik Burro would pass the statue of a WWI U.S. soldier on his commute just a few blocks from his city home and office --- but he paid it little attention to it. In 2016 - the centennial of WWI made him stop and take a closer look at the statue depicting a Doughboy, and the memorial hall behind it. This led Erik on a mission to find and photograph other World War I monuments, first in South Jersey and then statewide, a quest that has resulted in traveling photography exhibits of major WWI monuments in the state. Read more about Erik Burro and his  "Legacy of Remembrance" at the link in the podcast notes. Link: http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/3957-doughboy-statue-sparks-historian-s-mission-to-photograph-wwi-monuments.html Unsung heroes of World War I: how carrier pigeons saved American lives Also in Articles and posts this week, a story shared from the National Archives “Pieces of History” blog about some of the unsung heroes of World War 1: messenger birds. The carrier pigeons of both the Allied and Central Powers assisted their respective commanders with an accuracy and clarity unmatched by technology. The National Archives has a vast collection of messages that these feathered fighters delivered for American soldiers. Using these messages and the history of the carrier pigeon in battle, we can look at what hardship these fearless fowls endured and how their actions saved American lives. One of the most impressive things about the war records of the carrier pigeons was how widely the birds were used. Their service as battlefield messengers is their most known use, and the pigeons found homes in every branch of service. Read more about these essential feathered flying communicators by following the link in the podcast notes. Link: http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/3959-unsung-heroes-of-world-war-i-the-carrier-pigeons.html The Buzz - WW1 in Social Media Posts And that brings us to the buzz - the centennial of WW1 this week in social media with Katherine Akey - Katherine, what do you have for us this week? Short Film: The Hun We picked up on a short-film that was shared by The Great War channel on Facebook. The film comes from Tyler Mendelson, a young filmmaker and Marine Corps veteran. The twelve minute short tells the story of a young American soldier who has just become his company’s new message runner as a German attack is imminent. You can watch the short by following the link in the podcast notes. link:https://vimeo.com/249587230 Tanks tanks tanks Last week in our Speaking WW1 segment we looked at the origin of the word “tank”. We happened to find, and share, a cool webpage on Facebook last week that lays out weird and interesting tank designs from Leonardo Da Vinci to the modern day. Among our favorites are the pre-wwi “Tsar”-- a rolling turret with wheels five times the size of a man; the “rolling ball tank”; and the submarine land dreadnought, an aircraft carrier sized ship, covered with cannons, rolling over land. Check them out at the link in the notes. link:http://www.twilighthistories.com/2012/08/17/top-20-weird-tanks-alternate-history-of-design/ Coin Drop Game Last for the week-- the US Mint released a special game for kids in coordination with the release of the WW1 Commemorative Silver Dollar. It’s called Peter The Eagles Coin Drop and the premise is simple: you fly a plane, piloted by an Eagle, and maneuver to drop “liberty loans” onto trenches, field hospitals and banks. But watch out-- seagulls appear and can block your drop, or run into your plane! Follow the link in the notes to play-- or to share with your kids. link:https://www.usmint.gov/learn/kids/games/coin-drop And that’s it this week for the Buzz! Outro So Thank you all for listening to another episode of WW1 Centennial News. We want to thank our guests... Ed Lengel, military historian, Author and storyteller Mike Shuster from the Great War Project Blog Master sculptor Sabin Howard Eagle Scout Benjamin Wood-dard Author Joseph A. Williams Katherine Akey, the shows line producer and the commission's social media director… And I am Theo Mayer - your host. The US World War One Centennial Commission was created by Congress to honor, commemorate and educate about WW1. Our programs are to-- inspire a national conversation and awareness about WW1; this podcast is a part of that…. Thank you! We are bringing the lessons of the 100 years ago into today's classrooms; We are helping to restore WW1 memorials in communities of all sizes across our country; and of course we are building America’s National WW1 Memorial in Washington DC. We want to thank commission’s founding sponsor the Pritzker Military Museum and Library and the Starr foundation for their support. The podcast can be found on our website at ww1cc.org/cn   on  iTunes and google play ww1 Centennial News, and on Amazon Echo or other Alexa enabled devices. Just say: Alexa: Play W W One Centennial News Podcast. Our twitter and instagram handles are both @ww1cc and we are on facebook @ww1centennial. Thank you for joining us. And don’t forget to share the stories you are hearing here today about the war that changed the world! [music] Numismatics, onomatopoeia - You know….  long words just make me want to conk out!   So long! SUBSCRIPTIONS WW1 Centennial News Video Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ww1-centennial-news/id1209764611?mt=2 Weekly Dispatch Newsletterhttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.htm

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Adverbial phrases Hi there! Welcome to another great lesson from New English Academy. I’m your host, Giles Parker and today we’re going to focus on how to be really efficient when you’re speaking, simply by shortening adverb clauses down to adverbial phrases. This lesson is aimed at advanced level students but don’t worry if you don’t think you’re advanced, have a go and see what you can pick up from it. The comprehension text is titled ‘Haiku: Doing more with less.’ First I’m going to talk about the grammar point. Then we’ll listen to the grammar in context in the comprehension text. Don’t forget, you can download the transcript and get access to the great online interactive games and tests for this lesson at our website, New English Academy.com. I guess the main point of all communication is for us to help the other guy to understand us. To help people understand us, it is a good idea to be really efficient. That means we should try to use fewer words but still show our meaning. One way of doing this is by shortening clauses to make shorter phrases that still say what we want to say, but with fewer words. Brilliant! And that, by the way, is also why our comprehension topic is Haiku poetry, because Haiku uses very few words to get a huge image across to the other guy. But more on Haiku in a bit. First, let me start by going over some basic grammar to refresh your memory. You know how adverbs give more information about the verb, like information about the time it happened, or the place it happened, or the way it happened? And you know how a clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb?  We can see the when, where, how and why in a clause because adverb clauses use conjunctions, like after, or before, or since, or as, etc. Well, a phrase has the same meaning and power as a clause BUT is shorter because there isn’t an explicit subject or a proper verb. Instead a phrase has an implicit subject and a verb in the present or past participle form, that is, a verb ending in ‘ing’. An example of an adverb clause is: · When you are eating, it is polite to keep your mouth closed. Did you hear the adverb clause? It is “When you are eating…” This one talks about time. Now, let’s shorten it to make an adverb phrase: · When eating, it is polite to keep your mouth closed. There is no explicit subject now, so it becomes a phrase instead of a clause. Also did you hear how we took out the be verb too? That is another way to shorten clauses to phrases – drop the be verb if it is part of the main verb in the clause. OK, now how about this pair? · After he heard the forecast, he picked up his umbrella. · After hearing the forecast he picked up his umbrella. The adverb clause “After he heard the forecast…” is shortened to “After hearing the forecast…” What happened to the verb? It got changed from past simple to a present participle. So “After he heard” becomes “After hearing”.  To make phrases, change the verb into a participle. How about making negatives? Easy! Just put not or never before the participle. So for example: · After he hadn’t written to his girlfriend for several months he suddenly phoned her. Which becomes: · After not writing to his girlfriend for several months, he suddenly phoned her. So, generally, using fewer words to get your meaning across is what we want to aim for. But we can go even further and be really, really efficient by shortening adverb clauses all the way down to adverbial phrases. They have the same meaning and power but much fewer words. For example a sentence with an adverb clause; · While I was browsing in a bookshop, I met an old friend. Becomes · Browsing in a bookshop, I met an old friend. Or another example; · When she saw me, she smiled. Becomes · Seeing me, she smiled. Isn’t that brilliant? The same meaning, the same message, but much fewer words – that makes communication more efficient. What about the be verb? There are always problems with the be verb. OK, if an adverb clause has a form of the be verb in it, just change it to being. So, for example: · Because they were such good friends they hugged each other. Becomes: · Being such old friends, they hugged each other. For negatives, just put not or never in front of the participle being. OK, still with me? We’re on the home stretch now. What about for passive constructions? Can we reduce adverb clauses to make really efficient adverbial phrases in passive constructions? Yep, you bet we can! Just drop the conjunction, the subject and all the auxiliaries. So, for example: · Because it was built to look like a café, the bookshop attracted a variety of customers. Becomes: · Built to look like a café, the bookshop attracted a variety of customers. One set of conjunctions, those that talk about the reason something happens, for example, because, as and since get dropped like other conjunctions to give the same meaning. AND… when the clause has one of these conjunctions and a form of the be verb then the be verb gets changed to the participle, being in the adverbial phrase. This makes life so much less complicated, when you get the hang of of it. So, for example, a normal, boring sentence with an adverb clause says: · Because she was happy to see me, she ran across the shop. But drop the conjunction and the subject, change the be verb to being and we get: · Being happy to see me, she ran across the shop. So, to summarize, the rules for being really efficient in your communication by changing adverb clauses and shortening them to adverbial phrases are: 1. Make sure the original clauses both have the same subject. 2. Drop the subject pronoun in the adverb clause to make an adverb phrase. 3. Change the verb in the adverb clause into a present participle or past participle in the adverb phrase 4. Keep the conjunction if you really want to focus on time, manner or place. 5. But, drop the conjunction to make the adverb phrase even shorter, into a really efficient adverbial phrase. OK, thanks for hanging in there – I know this was a tough one. But, it is all about how we can use grammar to help people understand us. And shortening adverb clauses down to adverbial phrases is one really useful way to use fewer words to say the same thing. That is why our topic is a type of Japanese poetry called haiku, which gets a huge effect but with very few words. Maybe I should learn from it – how can I get ideas about grammar across to you in fewer words? Don’t forget, you can get more information and practice activities and tests for this lesson and others on the website, New English Academy.com. OK, now listen to the text and see if you can spot any adverbial phrases. Good luck! Comprehension Text - Haiku: Doing more with less Mon shime ni/ dete kiite oru/ kawazu kana – Coming out to close the gate; ah, frogs! The compact culture of Japan sometimes finds ways to do more with less. Here, in this little 17 sound poem or haiku a person steps out of their house on a warm summer’s evening, to shut the garden gate for the night. However she becomes mesmerized by the voices of frogs calling. For me, this little poem has a large effect.  I can feel the humidity of the evening. I know the quiet routine of closing the garden and yes, I can understand the pleasing, jarring shock of standing still at the gate, not closing it but instead focused on hearing the sounds of the night. I don’t know, but I think the poet is trying to tell me that she is happy to become aware of other things happening outside her routine. All this in just a little 17 sound haiku. Here’s another example: harusame ya/ kasa sashite miru/ ezoshiya – Spring rain. Beneath an umbrella, browsing, a picture bookshop. I get a sense of soft weather, but taking time to look at books you might want to buy that are displayed even underneath the awnings of a small, interesting bookshop. I also feel like this person is enjoying her solitude. What do you get from this haiku? I don’t know if it is the shortest poetry in the world, but it is certainly efficient. In two or three short phrases, haiku usually takes the poet’s subjective experience of a common or mundane sight, sound, sensation, etc and adds a contrasting image. This juxtaposition at first seems unconnected to the previous phrase but we are supposed to make a leap of intuition or imagination and make our own conclusion. Obviously this is easier to do with some haiku than others. Kakemeguru/ yume ya yake no no/ kaze no oto – Wandering dreams! Burnt fields, the sound of the wind. I feel strangely uncomfortable with this one. Wandering dreams makes me feel like I’m not in control of something, that the world round me is meaningless and insubstantial. Then the next image of the burned fields, like after harvest in autumn, says the world is black and smoky and dying. Add to this the sound of the wind over these fields and I have a definite impression of gloom and despair. Not a very happy poem at all.  Is the poet saying that life is hard and meaningless? Haiku poets know that their words cannot sufficiently convey the whole experience so they are often vague about the subject and the logical connections between the images and ideas. This makes the reader ask questions and fill in the gaps herself. Perhaps the poems are a bit like a picture that deliberately leaves out sharp or clear lines but forces the viewer to add colours and shapes herself. In this way, the poem becomes a combination of the poet’s writing and the reader’s imagination. This can become a starting point for the reader’s own meditation and reflections on the subject.   Let’s finish with a more cheerful haiku. Hototogisu/ kao no dasarenu/ kooshi kana – A cuckoo! Damn, I can’t get my head through the lattice! So here, the poet hears the distinctive call of a cuckoo. He wants to see it too, and tries to do this, but he can’t get his head through the wooden bars of the screen in the window to see it, and is frustrated. For me, this is so cute and amusing. Imagine a guy, perhaps an older man, struggling to get his head through a small gap in the window to see the little bird he has just heard. I know I have done silly things or have been frustrated about things, but this little haiku perhaps reminds us to have a sense of humour about our frustrations too.