Ticket to Work Program The Social Security Administration (SSA), which has served the most vulnerable Americans for decades, discovered years ago that some Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program participants were likely to receive disability benefits their entire lives. Many of these beneficiaries wanted to work, but were limited by SSA program rules which mandated that benefits recipient were unable to engage in "substantial gainful" employment. As a result, the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement ...

Backlog of SSD Hearings Increases In 2007, the Social Security Administration (SSA) set a plan in motion designed to reduce the backlog of pending disability applications and to eliminate the backlog of hearing requests by 2012. However, a study conducted this year by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) disputes that this goal is being met. In 2007, SSA had several key methods planned to reduce the backlog. This included creating a "National Hearing Center" where "a centralized cadre of Administrative Law Judges" (ALJs) would ...

International supply chain provider SBS Worldwide has appointed Tammy Copping to the newly created role of Human Resources Manager. Over the past several years SBS has experienced unprecedented growth, which has stemmed from the quality of staff within the organisation. This appointment continues the company's commitment to developing its most important assets. In her new role, Tammy Copping has been tasked with supporting the senior management team and staff at SBS by looking at ways to further improve human resource best practices in order to meet additional predicted ...

The American Machine Shops Network continues to show its commitment helping small and medium size US-based custom manufacturers and jobbing shops find work on the Web with the launch of its Florida Machine Shops Directory at http://mfgpartners.net/category/florida-shops. The company said 28 machine shops in the Sunshine State are featured on the site specializing in complete custom manufacturing services such as metal fabrication projects, custom fabrication, metalworking, sheet metal fabricating, CNC precision machining, horizontal & vertical turning & milling, ...

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Agoda.com, Asia's global hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN), today announced a partnership with Air China. As a result of the partnership, PhoenixMiles Frequent Flyer members will earn miles when they book a hotel through a special agoda.com landing page. Air China is one of the world's leading airlines, flying more than 243 routes to 47 international and 91 domestic destinations, and offering more than a million seats per week. The PhoenixMiles program is the longest-running frequent flyer program in China with more than six ...

ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours that 40 years ago, in 1972, was the first North American company to offer European pedal tours with a program in Italy (http://www.experienceplus.com/) announces a bicycle travel photo contest open to all camera and cycle enthusiasts. The grand prize for the best photo that captures the spirit of cycling is a free ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tour (maximum value $3,650) to be enjoyed before Dec. 31, 2012. Professional photographers Gregg Bleakney and Jeff Bartlett along with members of the ExperiencePlus! team will select the winner. "2012 ...

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions, announced that Gregory S. Clark has been named president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors, effective upon the commencement of his employment with Blue Coat, by September 15, 2011. Mr. Clark will succeed Michael J. Borman, who has departed as president and CEO and as a director. Mr. Clark most recently was president and CEO of Mincom, an enterprise software company that was acquired in July by the ABB Group, a leader in automation ...

ROTOCONTROL announced the successful machine acceptance from Multiprint Labels, a leading Converter from South Africa, for an RSC Slitter/Rewinder 340mm web width with an added Die Station. On-site for the acceptance was Michael Harrison, Procurement Manager of Multiprint Labels and Patrick Aengenvoort, Director from ROTOTEC, the local Agent for ROTOCONTROL throughout South Africa. Multiprint Labels has agreed to have their RSC Slitter/Rewinder machine showcased at Labelexpo Europe in Brussels 28 September - 1 October 2011 in ROTOCONTROL Stand 7M105. Ralph Beier, ROTOCONTROL ...

Triple Board Certified Tampa plastic surgeon, David E. Halpern, M.D., Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, is pleased to announce the launch of his newly redesigned website, www.DavidHalpernMD.com Dr. David E. Halpern is highly recognized in the Tampa Bay Area as an exceptionally skilled plastic and reconstructive surgeon, as well as an outstanding micro-hand surgeon. Dr. Halpern's new website promises to be an authoritative source of information on plastic surgery, which Tampa Bay residents will find very useful. With certifications for plastic and reconstructive ...

Bangkok visitors will be able to take part in the 14th Charity Midnight Run this October, which is being sponsored by hotel chain Amari and BMW Thailand.   The event is the only midnight race to take place in the Thai capital, with the 2011 edition to be held on the evening of Saturday October 8th.   Participants can choose to compete in a 6 km or 12 km race, with more than 5,000 competitors expected to take part in total, including both locals and foreign entrants.   Winners of each category, including male and female, family team and fancy dress team brackets, will ...

Visitors to Phuket in October will be able to enjoy a performance by some top comedians from the UK at the Phuket Punchline Comedy Club.   On October 19th, the venue will play host to a show that includes performances from comics including Gordon Southern, Ian Coppinger and Andre King.   Experienced stand-up Southern has been in high demand since the 1990s and was the winner of a Time Out Comedy award in 1995, while Irish funnyman Coppinger is the co-founder of the Dublin Comedy Improv.   Meanwhile, New Zealander King is a veteran of the Kiwi comedy circuit and also ...

Phuket will play host to Splash, a leisure and lifestyle show incorporating a range of different events, in October 2011. To be held on October 22nd from 13:00 local time, the show will entertain attendees with a number of cultural performances, interactive events and competitions for the whole family to enjoy. Among them will be a beachwear fashion show, a Muay Thai boxing display, a traditional Thai cultural dance show and a mountain climbing demonstration, as well as live music performances. Elsewhere, visitors can enjoy an exhibition of motorcycles - which ...

Thailand visitors will be able to witness a memorable cultural event at the Phon Lak Phra Festival, which will be held in Phatthalung this October. An annual celebration to mark the Chak Phra Buddhist ritual, which falls on the first day of the waning moon in the eleventh month each year, it is being held to mark the approaching end of Buddhist Lent. The festival will see Buddha images from local temples placed on a gilded open-sided throne called a busbok and carried through the town, with the Provincial Hall and Saensuklampam Beach forming the centre point of ...

Experienced athletes will be putting themselves to the test in Malaysia this October via the annual Mount Kinabalu International Climbathon. Described by the organisers as the toughest mountain race in the world, the event will be held on October 22nd and 23rd and will challenge participants to race up and down the peak - a total distance of 21 km - in as short a time as possible. This is no mean feat, as the mountain - which is located in the tropical Kinabalu Park - is 4,095m high and ranks as the second tallest peak in south-east Asia. The Climbathon has ...

Seoul is to play host to a unique musical event this October with the return of the Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF). Taking place at the Jayu Theater venue in Seoul Arts Center, the event is one of the biggest electro-acoustic music festivals in Asia and is currently in its 18th successful year. It will aim to showcase a range of cutting-edge music created using computers, music technology and multimedia tools, with categories including taped and live performances, electro-acoustic music with instruments and audiovisual media art. At last ...

Uplighting uses a par can light to create decorative lighting to set the mood and accent the architecture in venues. In the past entertainment companies used halogen lights with a color gel to produce this effect; however, there were many negative aspects to using halogen lights. Today, clients have a new lighting option, LEDs. Syracuse disc jockey company, Wanna Jam DJ Productions, now offers the latest in LED lighting. Wanna Jam DJs was one of the first companies in the Central New York area to utilize LED lights for uplighting when they first became available on the ...

Trion:Z, manufacturer of award winning magnetic and negative ion technology, proudly announced today that Trion:Z professional golf staff team member Brittany Lincicome wore her favorite Trion:Z Magtitan Palette Bracelet as she claimed her second LPGA victory of the 2011 golf season. Lincicome clinched the Canadian Open title with a final round two-under par 70. With wind, rain, and a soggy Hillsdale Golf Course, Lincicome managed to keep her fellow Americans behind her by one stroke. It wasn't easy but her skill and relaxed disposition proved critical on the last hole. ...

Jagged Peak, Inc. (OTC BB: JGPK), a leading provider of enterprise-class eCommerce solutions and supply chain services announced today that industry analyst firm Gartner highlighted its solutions in four recent reports, including three 2011 Hype Cycle Reports - one for eCommerce, one for Supply Chain Management and one for CRM Sales - as well as the Dataquest Forecast: Software as a Service 2010 - 2015. Gartner's reports reference Jagged Peak with top-tier vendors IBM-Sterling Commerce, Oracle and SAP in the categories of Sales Order Management and Distributed Order ...

Federal agencies under the Obama Administration are taking regulating to a new level and, in many cases, essentially legislating. Also, in some cases, fees are being charged to cover the costs of the excessive regulatory activities. Congress can delegate to federal agencies the power to essentially make law, via legislative regulations. A legislative regulation is one the is created by a statutory grant of authority to an agency by Congress to essentially fill gaps in a statutory scheme. As an almost absolute rule, such regulations are lawful. Agencies also have the ...

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Once in a great while a "new voice" emerges in the world of Jazz that has critics and jazz lovers alike all singing it's praises. Sultry Mariel Larsen's Jazz CD, "Mariel Larsen" is that New Voice. Add to the mix, multiple Grammy Award winning producer Elliot Scheiner and you have a recipe for success that is tough to beat. Mariel Larsen has a gift for being able to take a tune and make it her own without being overbearing or understated. The difference between a good singer and a great one is a fine line. In many opinions, Mariel Larsen is a great ...

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People visiting Bali in October 2011 will be given a chance to interact with leading international authors at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival.   The annual event, which is now in its eighth year, will be taking place in the Ubud region and will see 125 different writers convening to give a series of talks, lectures and workshops on their craft.   Writers from all corners of the globe - from up-and-coming authors to established names - will be taking part, including participants from China, the US, France, Japan, Egypt, Australia and South Africa, as well as local ...

Cincinnati, Ohio immigration lawyer Jonathan Bartell recently won and overturned a criminal case for a non-citizen who pleaded guilty to a trafficking and drug offense. Bartell, a family immigration lawyer who also serves as a H1B attorney, specializes in defending clients with immigration issues including obtaining a H1B visa, and negotiates for lesser penalties for criminal offenses. "There are not many guys that do both," said Bartell of fighting charges ranging from drunk driving to murder and fraud. On Aug. 12, he reopened a case and changed the guilty ...