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Here we go again! Sorry we are a little late with the update this month, but the good news is we have more photos than ever of Roda Golf and Beach Resort for you to enjoy. We have EIGHTY high resolution, stunning pictures, showing all the phases, and all the latest developments at Roda Golf.
We start the tour in Phase 1, where our photographer couldn't help but focus on the flourishing plants and flowers. Phase one really is "coming alive"! It was a stunning day at the end of May, and with the scent of rosemary in the air and the sun above, it really is an idyllic setting. The water features are blending in nicely now, and help give Phase 1 a totally different atmosphere from the other phases. Phase one is a little more "crowded" than the others perhaps, but it also has a really pleasant atmosphere. We're sure it will prove shady and cool during the hot Summer months. On exiting the housing area we crossed over the road a took few pictures of the commercial area construction site. Trucks were driving in and out. It looks like all the foundations are dug. We are anxious to see them start to build. The De Vere hotel and accompanying buildings are sure to enhance the whole site.
Moving on to Phase 2 we noticed quite a few people around the place. Again, you can't help but feel that the whole of Roda Golf is "coming to life". People were in the pools, and sunbathing. Some were resting on their terraces, or enjoying an early beer. The course itself was full, but today we were concentrating our photography inside the housing areas.
We came around the upper edge of the development and into Phase 4, an area we know that a lot of our readers take a keen interest. Work was going on and we could see significant changes since our last visit. One photo was from almost the exact same angle as a shot we took three months ago. Our photographer is preparing an "overlay" which we'd like to feature in a few days, showing EXACTLY what has changed on the villas of phase 4! We took multiple pictures of all the building work. And don't forget these pictures are available on our Flickr page as VERY HIGH resolution shots. When viewed at "actual size" one can zoom right into the individual villas. Can you see yours?
We continued round to Phase 3, where the "B" properties were also being completed. Work was going on as we watched.
We also noted many more cars than we've noticed before. Another sign that people are "moving in" in greater and greater numbers.
After all that work we had earned a spot of lunch down at the beach, and we include some photos! It was a superb day, and the beach was full. Beautiful May weather!
We hope you enjoyed the tour, and are taking heart from the construction photos that prove that Roda Golf and Beach Resort is getting there! It's along haul, but it is going to be worth it :)


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Egypt: UNHCR concerned over detention of Syrian refugees amid anti-Syrian sentiment
Egypt: UNHCR concerned over detention of Syrian refugees amid anti-Syrian sentiment
UNHCR is concerned that Egyptian military and security personnel have been arbitrarily arresting and detaining an increasing number of Syrians, including several minors and people registered with UNHCR, amid growing anti-Syrian sentiment.
UNHCR has been requesting access to 85 detained Syrians and assurances that they are not returned to Syria, stressing that they should be afforded fair and due process of law in Egypt.
This new climate began following allegations regarding participation of a few Syrians in protests and violent acts during July. There have also been numerous reports of xenophobic remarks and verbal attacks against Syrians, including disturbing statements made through certain media outlets.
Since the start of the Syrian conflict, Syrians enjoyed an extremely hospitable environment in Egypt. The Government granted unrestricted visas and residence permits and has provided full access to public services. Syrians had not felt the urgency to renew expired residency permits as required. Now, a growing number of Syrians are expressing their fear of being arrested if they circulate in public.
This hostile environment has led to a notable increase in the number of Syrians approaching UNHCR to register. The Government estimates that there are some 250,000 to 300,000 Syrians currently residing in Egypt. 80,000 are registered with UNHCR as of 25 July, while around 28,800 have secured appointments for registration in the coming weeks.
Additionally, the Government has recently introduced entry requirements for Syrians, including visa and security clearance issuance prior to travel to Egypt. A number of flights carrying Syrians have been turned back from airports in Egypt to where their flight originated, including Damascus and Latakia in Syria. Some 476 Syrians have been deported or denied entrance to Egypt since these new measures were put in place on 8 July. UNHCR has appealed to the Government to consider at least allowing women, children and the elderly to enter the country without the visa restrictions.
UNHCR appreciates the Egyptian Government's affirmation that Syrians are welcome in Egypt. We call upon the Government to ensure that any precautionary measures in light of the current security situation in the country do not infringe upon fundamental human rights principles and the country's international responsibilities to provide asylum and protection to refugees.
For further information on this topic, please contact:
- In Abu Dhabi: Mohammed Abu Asaker (Arabic) on mobile + 971 50 621 3552
- In Geneva: Adrian Edwards on mobile +41 79 557 9120
- In Geneva: Melissa Fleming on office no. +41 22 739 79 65

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The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in the Philippines is no longer the world's worst airport, rising to fourth spot after topping the list for the past four years.
With a slight improvement in its ranking as a result of increased positive votes for its Terminal 3, the same can be said about the country – looking ahead despite ongoing challenges.
We have visitors coming to Manila all year round and continue sending out information about the taxis at the airport so I figured I would post it here for all to use. For our purposes, the fees are based on getting from NAIA to Fort Bonifacio.
Metered Taxis
Metered Taxis are the yellow ones that are found under the "Metered Taxi" sign. There is a desk there that will grab your name and give you a slip of paper with the vehicle's license plate written on it. This is meant to give you some comfort incase there is an issue or you forget something, but best to make a note of the plate yourself as many times they are not legible (see below). The costs from NAIA to Fort Bonifacio should be about P220+/- (depends on traffic and route)
Coupon Taxis (aka Fixed Fare)
The Fixed Fare taxis are just down the road a little bit and marked with a similar sign. They are white, and usually larger than the metered taxis. They are a bit better quality vehicle and will take you to Fort Bonifacio for a flat P440.
Here is what the paperwork looks like. What license plate is my taxi?
What to watch for at NAIA?
1. There are a lot of random people running around asking you if you need a taxi. Many don't have "official" ID. I find it best to go straight to the counter where the taxis are.
2. The taxis drivers love to say "no change" – so best to bring pesos with you.
3. Keep an eye on your items.
Welcome to the Philippines!! Make sure to get out to some of the beaches, they are the best in the world.


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Listen to our podcast above as BourbonBlog.com's Tom Fischer interviews Blair Bowman, Founder of World Whisky Day, to celebrate World Whisky Day which is this Saturday, May 18, 2013.
Blair encourages all whiskey lovers to drink any kind of whisk(e)y at a party, bar, or simply their home (no matter how many people gather together) and to log onto this link now to officially register their event ahead of time.
Whether you'll drink a glass of Bourbon, Scotch or any whiskey, Blair wants to include YOU and your event on the official map during the second annual World Whisky Day to show the world we've all come together to celebrate our favorite beverage!
BourbonBlog.com interviewed Blair last year on the first World Whisky Day, check out that interview on this:World Whisky Day
Blair says he came up with the idea of creating a day of celebration to toast Scotland's national drink and major export and he could never have dreamt it would prove so popular.
This soon to be graduate of Hispanic Studies found himself being hailed as one of the country's brightest young entrepreneurs as his creation prompted more than 20,000 people to attend one of more than 200 whisky events held in 30+ countries as far afield as Kuala Lumpur to New Zealand and Alaska to Argentina.
Since then the idea and the brand have grown stronger and ahead of this year's event www.WorldWhiskyDay.com (Saturday May 18) he shared the life-changing effects it has had on him.
"Last year I was thinking, I must start getting a CV together for when I finish my degree and this year people have been sending me their CVs wanting to come and work for World Whisky Day!" Blair said. "I've had guys from Hong Kong and Australia getting in touch asking if there are job opportunities. It's just mad.
"After I finish my studies World Whisky Day is going to be my full-time job. I really believe it has such massive potential that it will be a viable business and I'm so excited about it.
"I've been getting recognised a lot more as well, in public but also within the Scotch Whisky industry which is great. I suppose last year I might have been dismissed by some in the business as just some young guy with no clue but now distributors and distilleries are seeing the potential that the event has and they're keen to be involved."
Indeed whilst Blair was begging and borrowing to get the event off the ground last year, this time around established firms have come to him to offer support and discuss joint promotional opportunities.
"Last year the website couldn't cope with the traffic it received on the day but this year cloud computing firm iomart got in touch to offer a dedicated server so the site won't go down this time," he explained. "BrewDog contacted me and they're planning to do some taster events at their bars across the UK on the day and also the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in Edinburgh and London, which are usually members-only clubs, will be open to the public which is just fantastic.
"I've been overwhelmed by the response in terms of people's passion to celebrate our national drink but also by the industry to get onboard and get involved and to grow its reputation.
"I think distilleries are seeing it as a good opportunity to all come together under an independent umbrella group which can be mutually beneficial for everybody. And as they get involved, they'll be able to influence and decide the direction of how the event should evolve."
With well over 100 events already confirmed worldwide for World Whisky Day 2013, Blair is confident this year's celebration will top the inaugural event
"This year we have events in every continent – except Antarctica. That would be great if we could get something happening in Antarctica! Someone tweeted us to say they were coming over to Scotland from Perth in Australia to celebrate World Whisky Day, which is almost difficult to comprehend but it shows how far the name has reached already".
Blair's achievement is made all the more impressive by the fact he has overseen its birth and development whilst still juggling his University studies. Though he can't say it hasn't affected his coursework – he managed to make whisky the subject of his Hispanic Studies dissertation by focussing on the historical links between sherry and whisky.
He said: "I've got three essays due in the day before World Whisky Day and an exam the day after, so it's definitely been a challenge studying as well as everything else.
"Obviously I'm excited about this year's event but I hope to make 2014 a really big one as I'll be able to give it my full attention. We've already been confirmed as an official partner of Homecoming 2014 and I want to hold a really big flagship event in Scotland to tie everything together."
In terms of his own movements on World Whisky Day, Blair says he's keeping his schedule free out of necessity.
"I had intended to go to a few events last year but I was so busy with media requests for interviews I ended up flitting back and forth between Edinburgh and Glasgow and was still doing TV interviews at 10.30pm! So I think I'll keep my diary flexible and hopefully I'll be able to raise a glass before midnight!"


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Obama's challenge: A debt deal and jobs, too
WASHINGTON » Immersed in an intense struggle to cut the national debt, President Barack Obama faces a dilemma that will stay with him even if he succeeds in striking a grand deal with Congress: convincing Americans that the entire effort will do anything to create desperately needed jobs.
Obama ties deficit reduction to jobs, on the basis that trying to balance the nation's books will promote economic stability and give businesses more confidence to hire. But that's a tough sell to the millions of Americans out of work right now. And the communications problem just got harder.
The latest snapshot of the economy, out Friday, was a body blow that showed employers added a meager 18,000 jobs in June. The leaders of the country, meanwhile, are consumed with negotiating a major debt-reduction deal built upon cutting spending and raising taxes. It is not directly aimed at boosting jobs.
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The debt is the urgent problem for Obama and a divided Congress because they have no choice. Reaching a deal has become the key to winning Republican support for raising the nation's debt limit, a politically noxious vote that Congress must take by Aug. 2 to keep the nation from risking default for the first time ever.
"There's no question that this is a complex, almost impenetrable issue," said David Axelrod, a longtime Obama adviser and now a senior strategist to the president's re-election campaign. "It's not just the issue of the potential default, but it's the larger issue of what he's trying to get at, the opportunity of trying to do something big about the deficits and the debt. Big things are at stake, but they're hard to penetrate, so the process of dealing with them is painstaking."
Republicans, too, face the challenge of explaining and defending how cutting debt will create jobs in the short term. They won control of the House last year in large part because of voter anxiety about government spending and jobs. But it is Obama who bears the largest burden, as any president does.
In addressing the dismal jobs report, Obama made plain he knows what the country is thinking.
"The debate here in Washington's been dominated by issues of debt limit," Obama said. "But what matters most to Americans, and what matters to me most as president in the wake of the worst downturn in our lifetimes, is getting our economy on a sounder footing so the American people can have the security they deserve."
As an imperative unto itself, deficit reduction is embraced by all parties as vital for stabilizing the nation and shrinking the debt passed on to the next generations. And a failure to extend the nation's borrowing limit could cause a kind of enormous economic breakdown that would only worsen the employment picture.
Now under deadline pressure, Obama and congressional leaders of both parties were to hold a rare weekend negotiation session on Sunday on a debt-cutting package that remains far from certain. It could cut the deficit by roughly $4 trillion over 10 years or so, which even by Washington spending standards would be considered a big deal.
Yet it is joblessness itself that cuts to the heart of the American struggle. Obama said people "pour their guts out" when they write him letters about it.
So he is pushing jobs ideas distinct from the debt talks. The president is prodding Congress to pass three pending trade deals, create construction jobs by repairing the nation's infrastructure, extend a payroll tax cut that could keep money in people's pockets, and make it easier for entrepreneurs to get patents.
But the debt discussion is taking up Washington's bandwidth. And not everyone is so sure it will help speed job creation.
"Washington seems tone deaf," said Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a sector of the economy Obama has been actively promoting. "The metric for President Obama and congressional leaders must now be the number of jobs we create, rather than the amount of deficit reduction we see."
The White House says the priority is both the deficit and jobs and that people understand that.
A Pew Research Center poll in June found that more people favored cutting the deficit than spending to help the recovery. That mood varied widely, though, by political constituency. Independents, who will be key to Obama's bid for a second term, favored deficit cutting over economic spending by 54 percent to 39 percent.
"The key is making sure that you're communicating the importance to the future of the country of dealing with our deficit, without slipping into inside-the-Beltway lingo," said Dan Pfeiffer, Obama's communications director. "If communicated incorrectly, it can feel removed from day-to-day life. On the other hand, there's an element of common sense to why this is important that I think people in the country get that sometimes eludes folks in this town."
The debt limit remains an obscurity to people. An Associated Press-GfK poll in June found more Americans opposed raising it than supported that idea.
Obama has tried to make the case that calamity awaits without action by Congress.
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The president has since made a point to get out of town more regularly. Not this month, though. He is expected to keep meeting with congressional leaders at the White House until a deal can be reached, just as he did, day after day and night after night, earlier this year on a budget deal that prevented a government shutdown.
Irrespective of the jobs element, Obama stands to gain if he emerges with a package that genuinely shrinks the debt in a way most Americans think is fair.
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Gun Battle At Benghazi Could Have Been Aided By QRF
BY Herschel Smith8 years, 7 months ago
We know many things about the attack at Benghazi, much more than the administration wishes we did. First of all, my military readers knew within 24 hours that this was the result of a well-planned, well-coordinated combined-arms attack with the use of crew served weapons (e.g., see DirtyMick's comments), not the result of some ridiculous YouTube video.
We also know that weapons were being moved through Libya to Syrian insurgents, those whom we now know as ISIS. We know that this was illegal, immoral and ill-advised, and was being funded by the U.S. government. I also said three years ago that I didn't believe administration claims that no assets were available for response to the battle.
Finally, I completely disemboweled the administration's excuse that we don't deploy troops into battle without good, real-time intelligence. We do that all of the time. Nothing this administration has said has been honest. Now we come to find out, due to the hard work of Judicial Watch, that I was right.
Judicial Watch today released a new Benghazi email from then-Department of Defense Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash to State Department leadership immediately offering "forces that could move to Benghazi" during the terrorist attack on the U.S. Special Mission Compound in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. In an email sent to top Department of State officials, at 7:19 p.m. ET, only hours after the attack had begun, Bash says, "we have identified the forces that could move to Benghazi. They are spinning up as we speak." The Obama administration redacted the details of the military forces available, oddly citing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption that allows the withholding of "deliberative process" information.
Bash's email seems to directly contradict testimony given by then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta before the Senate Armed Services Committee in February 2013. Defending the Obama administration's lack of military response to the nearly six-hour-long attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Panetta claimed that "time, distance, the lack of an adequate warning, events that moved very quickly on the ground prevented a more immediate response."
The first assault occurred at the main compound at about 9:40 pm local time – 3:40 p.m. ET in Washington, DC. The second attack on a CIA annex 1.2 miles away began three hours later, at about 12 am local time the following morning – 6 p.m. ET.
Leon Panetta knows more than he has said, and what he has said has been primarily prevarication and obfuscation. The same is true of David Petraeus, and General Ham, who knows things very important for us to know, hasn't spoken on this. We will all find out what assets were available, who told them to stand down, and who chose to leave good men to perish in Libya that fateful night.
We will know the truth one day. All of it. God knows it now, and He will hold you accountable, whether I am in a position to do that or not.
Finally, I am willing to bet that everything I say and have said about Benghazi will be proven accurate and correct. I have said "As to what I suspect – but cannot yet prove – the movement of weapons to terrorists was becoming hard to hide, and the whole operation had ripened to the point of rottenness. Stevens had to be moved out and told to shut up about what he knew. Even if the administration didn't plan the military operation to take down the consulate at Benghazi, they nevertheless used it to hide their tracks."
Somebody prove me wrong.


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An original crochet amigurumi Sea Turtle pattern from the AquaAmi range by June Gilbank.
Crochet a stunning sea turtle with a beautifully patterned shell and realistically shaped flippers.
Yarn: bulky weight yarn in two shades of brown or green
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Yes, this is the turtle from my Discworld Project!
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After a three-year gap, I return to Tech Ed Europe as it returns to Barcelona. Moving it to the late fall has made it much easier to fit into my life. (Not surprisingly, I'll be speaking in the Developers half of the two-week conference.)
My talk is DEV406, Extending Native Code C++ Applications with Managed Code
Managed code programming models and frameworks offer developers a great boost in productivity and code maintainability. This session demonstrates the use of the C++/Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) language binding to access .NET platform features. Rather than re-write applications from scratch to take advantage of managed code, Visual C++ gives developers the ability to enjoy the advantages of managed code whilst still leveraging their existing native code base.
This is the power of C++/CLI - don't port or rewrite, integrate! You're going to love it.
I'm thrilled to confirm that I will be speaking at Tech Ed in Sun City again this year!
I'm travelling on South African Airways this time (it's been Lufthansa before) and taking a different route, so there will be some novelty along with the familiarity. I just love the energy at this conference; I can't wait to get there!
My talks:
The code camp concept keeps spreading. October 14th will see Code Camp Montreal: it's free, it's bilingual, it's in downtown Montreal. All you need to do is register! Attending will be a great way to meet other developers and to learn as much as you can cram into your brain in a single Saturday. I wish I could be there, I know it will be great.
As you may know, I'm listed as the leader of the East of Toronto .NET User Group. I'm just a figurehead though, the real work has been done for a long time by Chris Dufour and Jean-Luc David. During my blogging gap, Jean-Luc accepted a job offer from Microsoft Canada and is now a Developer Advisor. That means he looks after me as an RD, and helps with the user group. He's already doing a terrific job, and you'll never guess who our September speaker is :) (Subliminal message, go register for that meeting now, please.)
Sasha Krsmanovic has been working for Microsoft for a very long time, but as a v-, a vendor. This summer they finally made it official and hired him as a regular employee. At the same time he moved roles, so now instead of looking after me as an RD and a user group leader, he's looking after me as an MVP. Works for me!
This is me with Sasha back at realDevelopment06.
One more update about my Dad and then some catching up from the old "stuff to blog" file. My Dad has an inoperable lump. Visually the surgeon says it is cancer, but two biopsies have been negative. This lump was blocking bile ducts, blocking the bowel, and doing various things that cause terrible pain and can kill you within days. His late August surgery moved things out of the way of the lump, leaving him to recover from the surgery (and subsequent abscess) and the weight loss and muscle loss that comes from going over 6 weeks without really eating. He has done an amazing job of that, returning within days to regular bike riding, sailing the 26 foot wooden boat he took around the world, and putting weight back on. He is also figuring out how to balance his pain meds so that he can stay as active as he wants to be.
How long does he have? We don't know. He could have died back in August in that dingy hospital room, wearing just that stupid backless gown and with no comforts of home. Now he is home, with ocean views from every room, his own clothes, his own shower, his bike, his boat, music, his laptop, and family. I hope he has another year or more... but we are all prepared for less. And we are all living as though he has more, much more.
I have reached Halifax and seen my dad. He's thin but still Dad. Tomorrow he will be going home because at the moment he doesn't particularly need to be in the hospital. We will take it one day at a time.
Also, I found an online story about our neighbours' fire. It's kind of inaccurate because the number of people is wrong (the front tenant wasn't just one person living alone I don't think) and it leaves out my friends' dog and hamster both (the hamster was apparently mentioned in the TV report) but it has some details for those who are interested: http://www.mykawartha.com/article/3964. An earlier draft at http://www.mykawartha.com/ka/article/3930 has less details but I'll include the link for completeness. You might want to poke around mykawartha.com to see how exciting my life normally gets: a parking lot near our Peterborough office is to be shut down for a while, City of Kawartha Lakes council is trying to fund the renovations needed at the Janetville community centre (where my boy takes martial arts lessons), and somebody (other than me) wrote a book.
My mother is still in Winnipeg so we don't know what was decomposing in one of those row houses yet.
Tuesday afternoon my mother called me with a gross and slight horrific story which I am going to share with you now. She lives in a row of 8 little houses in Toronto all connected to each other, 110 years old. For some days or even a week, some of the neighbours have been troubled by a nasty smell, and they were worried that a squirrel or a raccoon had died in their shared attic. Then suddenly on Tuesday two of the houses were infested -- upstairs! -- by worms. And not pink round worms like you would find in your garden. Flat white worms. Eeeeew, right? They called the police. I don't even know the end of the story because she had to leave on a trip (she's teaching a course in Winnipeg) but you know what? It isn't making much on an impact on my life right now.
That's partly because I was headed home to a much fuller house than usual. That same afternoon some neighbours of ours, whose kids are good friends with our kids in that in-and-out-of-each-other's-houses way, took a hard knock. They have rented a tiny shared house to stay while building a new home on land near us, and they lost that rented space in a fire. They also lost, or so it seemed that first afternoon, everything they owned that was not in storage, including all the back-to-school shopping (over $1000) they had just completed. They had no insurance since they were just renting for a few months. Their two children and cat came to our house that day, and have since been joined by a dog and the second cat, who took a while to find. I therefore have four children, two dogs, three cats and a hamster in a 1500 square foot house, and many of the animals can't be in the same room as each other. I spent three hours Tuesday, and Brian spent more like five hours Wednesday, doing things like driving the kids back to the house to look for the cat or to retrieve things, helping the kids run laundry or spray Febreze on things that can't go in the washer, that sort of thing. Now many people have told me that this must be a total disruption and must be driving me to drink. But if anything I am finding it a needed and welcome distraction, and I am actually sleeping better than I have for a week.
And that's because what's really on my mind is my father, in hospital in Halifax.He had major surgery in December, some setbacks in the winter and early spring, but by June was pretty much himself again. However since then he's had some bigger setbacks and has been in and out of the hospital all summer. It's now at the point where the whole family is flying in. My Dad has five kids and we haven't all been in the same room this century so the whole thing is bittersweet. One sister is bringing her infant, another is pregnant. It just doesn't bear thinking about.
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Fluoride, found in our toothpaste and tap water could be responsible for certain mental disorders. ADHD, ADD and other mental disorders have been on the rise for the past 50 years or so, and no-one really seems to know why. One theory is that the high concentration of fluoride found in our tap water could be causing this epidemic. The Harvard School of Public Health published research with claims that the fluoride in our tap water is damaging our health. They found that some chemicals ...[READ MORE]


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It's like buying a 14-chapter book expecting to get the entire story. But instead of getting the entire story, you find chapters 10-14 are missing, and that chapters 3-9 were written by an author that didn't appear on the front cover of the book. But it's not quite so obvious as that. Nobody tells you that chapters 3-9 were written by someone else, and nobody mentions that it's actually a 14-chapter book that's missing 5 chapters. It's no wonder you come away from the book feeling a little confused and betrayed. It's nothing like you expected or were promised.Very well said! I salute his excellent post and refer all readers to check it out. For a somewhat similar and certainly windier take on bias in the research process, please read my earlier post.
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Next month, I send my firstborn, Sara, into the epicenter of the current immigration crisis. It's a place so fraught with danger that residents are sending their unaccompanied children to America.
She goes to teach sixth grade in Marcala, Honduras. It's a place we visited together in December 2012.
This week, I reread my travel journal and found a new appreciation for why Hondurans are coming to the U.S. by whatever means they can afford. The following is an excerpt from my journal:
I am at the San Pedro Sula Honduras airport standing at the car rental counter with my daughter Sara. She is leading a small humanitarian team from Denver's Highlands Church to bring books to rural schoolchildren. I am the clueless columnist and doting father.
We meet our host, Roger, a 32-year-old bi-vocational pastor from the village we've come to help. I am introduced as the only monolingual guest.
We quickly load 300 pounds of books and luggage into a rented Toyota 4×4. We squeeze into the Toyota's air-conditioned cocoon and hunt for fast food. We find burgers at a restaurant where a shotgun-toting guard walks the perimeter.
Thirty minutes later, we are driving on a lineless four-lane highway with full stomachs and plenty of jokes to translate. Suddenly, traffic slows ahead. I look for a car accident, but I see only a bloody blue tarp alongside the road that is covering the shape of a child.
Sara asks what we see, but I'm a dad and refuse to say.
Roger redirects our focus toward the sugarcane fields where trucks are being loaded with day laborers. The men stare blankly through the truck's fencing like cattle wondering when they'll be slaughtered.
Scores of machete-toting children are leaving the sugarcane fields on foot. Hunger seems to bleed from their faces, and their small bodies wear a tired that I've never known. Roger's voice cracks as he says he wants a better life for his children, Sarai and Noel.
In the evening shadows, Sara manages to find the Marcala exit. We spend the next 90 minutes slowly driving a rocky and twisted road through the crevasses of an unsteady hillside.
I ask Roger if there are bandits hiding in the rocks. The question is translated, and the answer brings nervous chuckles.
"What did he say?" I ask.
"You won't like it, Dad," Sara says.
We soon reach a two-story motel where we divide by sexes into two dimly lit rooms. The shower has an instant water heater, but I elect not to use it when I notice how haphazardly it is wired with electrician's tape.
I lie on the bed to contemplate my day. During the 8-hour trip, I'd seen the roadside dead, dodged bandits and avoided electrocution. The existential pondering of death is a luxury few people have here. Many are lucky to survive birth. Then they ride on motorcycles before they can walk, work in the sugar fields before school age and bear children before high school age.
Truthfully, I'm not overly concerned about my daughter's return visit to Honduras. During our visit, we were shown incredible hospitality by people who have so little. They protected her and loved her, and that's why I am simply praying that God will help Sara and the community learn from each other.
I'm more concerned about the abusive slurs and hateful shouts that Americans have aimed toward Honduran refugee children in recent news clips. They are unbecoming of a country known for its beauty, and I'm betting most Americans are better than that.


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When your natural stone has lost its luster or has become damaged in some other way, or needs to be protected, who do you look to? Do you look to your cleaning or janitorial company? Or should you be looking elsewhere?
The fact is, stone restoration and maintenance, from chip and crack repair to deep cleaning and sealing to honing and polishing, requires specialized knowledge, training, and equipment and it is important to find the right service provider.
Residential and commercial property owners and managers are often "up-sold" specialized services for natural stone by unqualified janitorial services and carpet cleaning companies. Specialized services for marble, granite, travertine, and other natural stone on floors, countertops, walls, and surfaces fall outside of the realm of expertise of regular cleaning crews. Here is what sets properly trained and qualified stone restoration contractors apart from well-intentioned but misguided cleaning and janitorial services.
Specialized Knowledge
The properties of natural stone vary from one stone to the next. Contractors need to have a solid understanding of the properties unique to each type of stone. For example, let's have a look at granite. It is much harder than marble. When it becomes dull or scratched and needs to be refinished, there is a greater level of difficulty and special equipment necessary to get the job done right compared to marble refinishing. In fact, some stone restoration contractors who restore marble all day long, every day refuse to work with granite, because they know they would be getting in over their heads.
Granite and marble are just two types of stone, each with unique properties and restoration methods, but there are many, many more examples. Unless a cleaning or janitorial service has been specially trained, they are simply not equipped to understand, let alone resolve the problems for all the different types of stone.
Specialized Training
Just as contractors need to have a solid understanding of the properties unique to each type of stone, they also need to have the skills necessary to work with each stone type. For example, consider travertine. It has naturally occurring holes. These holes are often filled and finished for a uniform appearance when the travertine is installed. With traffic and use, the fillers eventually loosen or fall out. To resolve the problem, stone restoration contractors mix tints with fillers that blend with the appearance of the surrounding stone and use a process called "floating" to evenly apply the filling material. This process is then followed by honing and polishing with diamond-impregnated pads in a series of progressively finer grits to achieve the desired travertine finish, which may be anything from a soft matte to a high gloss finish or something in between. A great deal of training and practice are necessary to perfect accurate diagnosis of stone problems and to implement the proper repair and restoration procedures.
Specialized Equipment
What might you find in the back of a stone restoration contractor's work van? You might find cupwheels and diamond-impregnated pads to mount on hand tools and floor machines for grinding, honing, and polishing, steel wool and hogs hair polishing pads, gloss meters, moisture detectors, polishing compounds, poulticing materials, sealers, grout color sealers, color enhancing sealers, and other items that would leave most janitors and cleaning companies scratching their heads.
In contrast, regular cleaning and janitorial crews use vacuum cleaners, squeegees, sponges and rags, mops, spray bottles, cleaning solutions, paper towels, strippers and waxes, and often, a floor cleaning or buffing machine.
Although you are likely to find items used by cleaning and janitorial companies in the back of a stone restoration contractor's work van, it is highly unlikely that you would find the equipment of a stone restoration contractor in a janitor's or cleaning service's professional arsenal.
Allowing anyone that is less than specially trained and experienced to resolve problems with natural stone is a risk. It is not worth saving a few bucks if you end up with serious or even permanent damage to your stone. Have peace of mind by leaving your natural stone in the hands of an expert stone restoration contractor, instead.
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Gambling in the 21st Century
Gambling in the 21st century gives the gamer more options than ever before. The online casinos just keep growing in number, and there has never been so much choice! Online gambling allows you to participate in sports betting as well as play any table game, slot machine, card game, dice game, or random number game imaginable. Land based casinos are of course limited in the number of games that they are able to offer to the public. There is not enough room in even the largest casino in the world to house the huge variety of games that are available to play online.
Online gambling has changed many people's minds about gambling. Instead of associating an evening of gambling with time spent in a smoky, loud casino, nowadays those in the mood for a little gaming fun know they can enjoy themselves even more at home. Anywhere you can take your computer and access a wireless Internet connection can become an online casino.
The 21st century has also ushered in what is known as mobile gambling. Mobile gambling is usually done on a cell phone equipped to access the Internet. More and more of the online casinos are offering the mobile option, as the demand for this type of online gambling is growing in popularity. Mobile gambling is ideal more those gaming fans that are on the move constantly. Imagine sitting in a busy airport waiting for your flight, and having the ability to play blackjack or craps without having to bring your laptop computer along!
Some gamers choose which game they want to play based on the bonuses and promotional offers that are often found at the land-based casinos they frequent. Online gambling in the 21st century offers better promotions, bigger bonuses, and more of them than possibly any land based casino in the world. The bonuses at online casinos translate into some serious money, and serious gamers as well as newbies are flocking to take advantage of them.
Another great thing about gambling in the 21st century is that you are not limited to just a handful of casinos. Before online gambling became popular, people did not have the option of choice. If they wanted to enjoy gambling, they had to travel to the nearest land-based casino. Some folks were lucky enough to have a casino that was close enough to their home so that they were able to reach it by car or by some form of public transportation. These gamers could enjoy the fun of gambling much more often than those who had to travel via plane to reach a land-based casino.
While everyone should experience the ambiance and excitement of a large, active casino at least once in his or her lives, the truth is that not everyone will be able to do so. Transportation costs are higher than ever, and some people are unable to leave their responsibilities at work or at home in order to take a day or two off to go away and gamble. Since the advent of online gambling, this is no longer a problem for any of these people. They are able to enjoy the fun of gambling without leaving home to do so.
Gambling is hotter than ever thanks to the massive growth of online casinos and online sports betting. Those who are new to the sport of gambling can try it out online for free at many of the large online casinos available. This is a wonderful method of experiencing the pleasure and fun of online gambling before using actual money to make a wager. gas slot


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At a recent industry meeting, manufacturers complained that installers were testing fiber optic cable plants incorrectly. Their stories were horrifying quite frankly and surely indicated that these techs were not properly trained. Let's weave some of their horror stories into this month's quiz. Correct answers and explanations are in red.
1. To test the loss of an installed fiber optic cable plant, you will need a light source, power meter and _________.
A. An optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR)
B. One reference test cable with a mating adapter
C. Two reference test cables with two mating adapters
D. A flashlight
Testing the installed cable plant requires a light source, power meter, two reference cables—launch and receive—and two mating adapters to connect to the cable under test.
2. Reference test cables must have _________.
A. The same fiber type as the cable plant being tested
B. Connectors that can be mated to those on the cable plant
C. Connectors in good condition
D. All of the above
Reference test cables must meet all these requirements to correctly test an installed cable plant.
3. The reference cables you need for testing _________.
A. Can be any cable
B. Should be random patch cables used for connecting equipment to the cable plant
C. Should be known good cables regularly tested for low loss
D. Must be special reference-grade test cables purchased from the test equipment manufacturer.
One complaint from the industry group was that techs did not know how to choose or care for reference test cables. Known good cables, defined by being low loss, certainly under 0.5 dB loss, are required to get good, consistent test results.
4. Connectors on reference test cables should be inspected with a microscope and cleaned _________.
A. Regularly, preferably between every measurement
B. When loss results start getting lower
C. Never, as it can ruin a good connector
D. When the ceramic ferrules turn black
Reference test cables should be cleaned between every test to prevent dirt contamination causing high loss. They should also be inspected with a microscope regularly to determine if they have been scratched or scuffed.
5. Reference test cables should be replaced or repolished _________.
A. Every 100 tests
B. When their loss exceeds a reasonable value
C. When the loss exceeds 1 dB
D. Test cables never need testing or replacing
Once test cables show a loss of more than 0.5 dB, they should be replaced, as high loss test connectors will give test results of all connectors of high loss, even if those connectors are very good.
6. You can test fiber optic cables with a source of any wavelength since the loss measured will always be the same.
The attenuation of the optical fiber is very sensitive to the wavelength of the test source, so use a source with the wavelength appropriate to the system.
7. Although you start by calibrating the source and power meter with the reference cables for "0 dB" loss, _________.
A. You need to recheck instrument calibration regularly
B. You must recheck calibration whenever changing reference test cables
C. You should recheck calibration when test results consistently get higher or lower
D. All of the above
Test set calibration problems will cause all loss tests to be invalid. Check the calibration regularly and always when changing reference test cables.
8. OTDR launch-and-receive cables are used to _________.
A. Allow the OTDR to measure the loss of the connectors on each end of the cable plant
B. Let the OTDR see beyond the overload from the initial test pulse
C. Protect the connector on the instrument from wear and dirt
D. All of the above
It's amazing how many techs don't know you even need reference test cables for OTDRs! Training on these expensive devices should be mandatory.
9. OTDR testing will generally not give the same test results as a light source and power meter.
OTDR testing uses an indirect method of testing loss while the light source and power meter uses a direct method that simulates the actual use of the link by a transmitter and receiver.
10. If a cable plant tests shows unacceptably high loss, the first thing the tech should do is _________.
A. Inspect and clean all connectors
B. Check the calibration of the test equipment
C. Test the reference cables for connector loss
D. Test again with a high-resolution OTDR
This is sort of a trick question! In fact the four choices listed are the steps you should use in most cases to troubleshoot problems encountered in testing a cable plant.
HAYES is a VDV writer and trainer and the president of The Fiber Optic Association. Find him at www.jimhayes.com.


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One year after Merle Haggard's death, more than 30 stars gathered at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena last night (April 6) to pay tribute to the Hag on what would have been his 80th birthday.
Dubbed Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard, the concert featured performances from Willie Nelson, Keith Richards, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, John Mellencamp, Dierks Bentley, Sheryl Crow, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams Jr., Toby Keith, The Avett Brothers, Alison Krauss, Ronnie Dunn, Alabama, Billy Gibbons, Warren Haynes, Jamey Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Lucinda Williams, Ben Haggard, John Anderson, Connie Smith, Rodney Crowell, Buddy Miller, Jake Owen, Aaron Lewis, Tanya Tucker, Chris Janson and Bobby Bare.
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- Jake Owen and Chris Janson: "Footlights"
- The Avett Brothers: "Mama Tried"
- Miranda Lambert: "Misery and Gin"
- Hank Williams Jr: "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink"
- Willie Nelson and Keith Richards: "Reasons to Quit"
- Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney: "Pancho and Lefty"
- Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith: "Ramblin' Fever"
- All Artists: "Okie From Muskogee"
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In this, the second in a five-part series on prayer, author and speaker Jerry Bridges expounds on the importance of praying according to God's will. Bridges has been a staff member with The Navigators for more than 50 years.
*To read part one, go here.
Prayer is not to serve our own purposes. It's true that our purposes are often served by prayer, but the primary purpose of prayer is to further the Kingdom of God. A prayer not only must be prayed in the name of Jesus Christ—our first principle, discussed in the January edition—but prayer must also be according to the will of God. 1 John 5:14-15 says: "And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him."
I've often thought that we look upon God as a divine bellhop. "God, I need this," and "God, would You do that?" But if prayer is first and fundamentally for the purpose of glorifying God, then our requests must be according to God's will and not according to our own. We have to work at making our will subject to the will of God, and when we do, we will begin to see results in prayer.
How do we know the will of God in a particular prayer request? Let me give you some suggestions. First of all, is your request according to the Word of God? I'm not asking if you have a particular verse that you're claiming. I'm asking if your request is according to the character of God as revealed in the Scripture. Is it according to the principles of the Christian life? We've talked about how the purpose of prayer is first of all to glorify God; and second, that our joy might be full. But sometimes we get this sort of out of focus and we make the purpose of prayer that we might be glorified, that we might be a success.
For example, I am praying for three men I know to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. I would be honored if the Lord were to use me as the instrument to bring these men to Christ. But it could be that God has someone else in mind—someone whose personality may match up with theirs a little better, someone whose presentation may get through to them a little better. So, I have to be careful to pray that they come to know Christ, not that I will lead them to Christ. Do you see the difference? What am I really after? I want them to come to know Jesus Christ as Savior. I want Jesus Christ to reign in their lives. And when that prayer is answered, then my joy will be full, regardless of the instrument that God uses.
Second, will your request glorify God? I was talking to a friend recently who is going through some difficult times. And I said, "You know, sometimes God wants us to fail." Now God never wants us to be a failure. But sometimes God wants us to fail because it is through a time of failing that God can get our attention, that He can teach us some very valuable spiritual lessons. I asked my friend, "Are you willing, if it glorifies God, to fail in this particular instance?" See, we've really got to search our hearts. Do we want God to glorify Himself, or do we want Him to make us successful and comfortable in life?
On a recent trip, I happened to be reading a book that had a lot to say about suffering and tribulation. The writer brought out how God uses trials and suffering and tribulation in our lives to cause us to look forward to the glory that we shall have later on. And I asked myself: Am I really looking forward to the glory that's to be mine when Jesus Christ shall return? Romans 8 says that the creation itself is waiting, on tiptoe, for the glorious liberty of the children of God, because at that point creation itself will be released from its bondage. The Bible says that creation has been subjected to futility, to a curse, because of our sin. And it's waiting for its release from this bondage. So I ask myself: Am I standing on tiptoe waiting for my glorification, anticipating it? I have to honestly answer, No, I'm not.
And so, as I pray, I ask the Lord to give me a spirit of expectation of the inheritance that is to be mine when He comes, when I will share in His glory. But right now, through prayer, I seek to glorify Him.
Third, does the Spirit give you freedom to ask the request you have petitioned? Sometimes we find ourselves praying a particular prayer, and there's no promise in the Bible to match it. There are times, though, when God gives us an unusual freedom to pray a prayer. And when He does, we know that it is according to His will, and we can really bear down.
Years ago, when our son Dan played in the local park and recreation soccer league. I went out and cheered for him, but I never felt any freedom to pray that the Lord would help Dan's team to win because there may have been a Christian on the other team who was praying the same thing. One year when the league was short of coaches, they were late getting the practice season started. Finally, one week before their first game, they had their first practice on a Friday afternoon. The coach instructed them to report back to the field at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
I realize that Christians have differing standards on how they observe the Lord's Day. But in our family, practicing soccer is not included in our standards. We have fun on Sundays. We do things together, but as I prayed about the situation, I just did not feel that soccer practice was consistent with the pattern of observing Sunday that we were seeking to develop in our family.
I had just finished a study on obedience and faith, and I felt the Lord was giving me an opportunity to apply what I was learning. And one of the things I had learned was that faith is obeying God and trusting Him for the consequences. So I felt that in this situation, God wanted me to obey Him and trust Him for the consequences. It was difficult because my boy was putting the pressure on. "Dad, if I don't go and practice, I may not make the team." "Dad, the coach will think I'm not interested." And so I said, "Dan, no. You know what our convictions are regarding Sunday. We're going to obey the Lord as we understand what He wants us to do, and we'll trust Him for the results." It just so happened that on Sunday about 12:30, the skies opened up and it poured down rain, and nobody practiced soccer.
As I prayed about the situation, I thought: Lord, I wonder if this is an opportunity not only for me, but for my 10-year-old son to learn something about the way You work. And so I began to pray, "Lord, give Dan and his team a good season." Because I felt that there was a spiritual principle here and an opportunity to teach a 10-year-old something about the way God works, I had real freedom in praying that prayer. God answered. They were 8-1 for the whole season. And Dan was one of the three or four best players on the team. Prior to this year, he had been strictly mediocre.
At the end of the season, I sat down with Dan and I reminded him of the decision that we had made regarding practice on that particular Sunday. I told him how I had been praying throughout the season, and I said: "Dan, this is how God works. When you obey Him, and you trust Him for the consequences, He always comes through."
The reason I had freedom in praying that Dan would have a good season is that God's glory was at stake. Do you think that God was going to have the Bridges family obey Him, and then at the end of the season say with dejection, "We obeyed God and this is what happened?" There are two points to be made here. First of all, there are times when God gives you the freedom, the confidence to really bear down on something that's not expressly given to you in Scripture. There's nothing in the Scripture about winning a soccer game. And second, when God's glory is at stake, you can really bear down in prayer on whatever situation is before you.
You can count on Him coming through with overwhelming victory. ©2013 Jerry Bridges
Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New King James Version.
Look for Part 3 of this series in next month's Decision, as we consider what it means to pray in faith.


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Saturday, November 10, 2012
D. Ravitch: the President sends out mixed messages about education.
"My worst fear is it'll continue to be the same. His education policy is indistinguishable from Mitt Romney's, aside from vouchers. It's based on test test test test."
She also noted that "The president sends out mixed messages. He says he doesn't want teachers teaching to the test, and that he likes that his daughter's school doesn't focus to the test, but I wish someone can get across the idea to him that he should want that for other children."
I know just the person who can do it.
I recommend that President Obama invite Diane Ravitch to the oval office for a serious discussion about education.
For a description of the astonishing amount of testing we can expect.
Krashen, S. How much testing? July 25, 2012 Posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: http://dianeravitch.net/2012/07/25/stephen-‐ krashen-‐how-‐much-‐testing/
And recent plans to add still more tests: http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2012/11/more-tests-skrashen-cbirmingham-comment.html
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i was an applied linguistics major, and i 'm a big fan of your research and writing. i have grown so much by focusing my lens on comprehensible input as seen through the SIOP model, which my school employs.
i am nationally board certified, teach a high needs, low income immigrant population and relish every second of it!
i agree with your notion of diane ravitch, but it will take so much more . . . this will be a long term fight for at least a decade, and all we can do now is to bond with parents and form teacher/parent coalitions. . . the mainstream factions within teacher unions (notice how i am NOT saying the "teachers", but rather, their union leadership) should absolutely and militantly be excluded from such coalitions because these unions are mostly in bed with reformers, especially like the union leaders in newark NJ, randi weingarten, etc.
such coalitions will be the ONLY way to combat this, and actually, the parents, if they really were to be educated about why and what is going on in public education, will have the greatest voice.
diane will never be considered for the position. .. she's not corporate enough and far too cerebral to fill a federal cabinet position. we should be that fortunate . . . . she has my vote.
robert rendo


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Steve Olson's day once started with an hour-long commute through the traffic-laden corridors of Silicon Valley, followed by long, intense hours at a high-stress job he did not even like.
Today, however, Steve lives an altogether different life. He's a single father to his teenage daughters, Madeline and Addison; a volunteer with local nonprofits serving people with disabilities and special needs; and a community liaison for LEARN Behavioral, where he builds and fosters partnerships to help kids with autism.
In a recent interview in honor of Father's Day, Steve shares how his family overcame heartache and sorrow caused by tragic losses—and their journey to a new start in Arizona.
Q: Let's start with your story, Steve. Your family has experienced significant loss. Tell us about that.
A: We certainly have.
On March 2, 2012, I held the hand of my wife and best friend, Sandra, as she took her last breath. When Sandra lost her short, six-month battle to brain cancer, I knew at that moment that my world would forever change. I never thought I'd find true happiness again.
At the time, I was living in San Jose, California, with my two daughters, Madeline and Addison. We were still recovering from the tragic loss of my first wife, my daughters' biological mother, Erika, who passed away in 2009 from a car accident.
Life was not turning out how I had envisioned. My daughters had lost both their biological mother and step-mom in the timespan of a few years.
Q: That is a lot for anyone, let alone two young girls. After your wife's death, how were you able to cope?
A: Initially, I was blessed to have my parents help taking care of the girls. However, both my parents eventually passed away, too—my mom from breast cancer and my dad from a strange and tragic fall into a swimming pool. The timing of it all was terrible, not that the timing of any death is ever good. While this was happening, I did my best to hold things together at home and on the work front. I could somewhat distract myself at work, as I attempted to maintain a successful career in business development, but in all honesty, when I look back on that time period, I know I wasn't the nicest person in the office or fully present at home for my daughters. I was in a severe grief-induced depression, simply going through the motions but not fully present for anyone.
Internally, I felt like I was failing on all fronts.
Q: What happened next?
A: Something needed to change. My girls and I needed a new start, so we decided, as a family, to relocate to Tempe, Arizona, in June 2018. That decision to leave behind our friends, and my high-paying, Silicon Valley job to take a self-imposed, year-long sabbatical—that decision was based entirely on putting our family first. The decision didn't come easily, but looking back, it was the best thing that could have happened to us.
Q: What, in particular, made it the right choice?
A: In San Jose, the long hours and continuous stress were affecting all aspects of my life negatively. My girls knew I was still unhappy and welcomed the new start themselves. We didn't know anyone in Arizona, but Tempe is home to the main campus of Arizona State University (ASU), a school both girls were open to attending. Plus, close to Tempe is Mesa, Arizona, the spring training home of my favorite baseball team, the Chicago Cubs. As an avid fan, I'd visited Mesa several times over the years, including with the girls, to attend baseball games. We loved the area.
A few months after arriving in our new home, we found the Miracle League of Arizona, a local nonprofit that provides baseball programming to individuals with special needs and disabilities. As a family, we started volunteering our time, helping individuals with physical and cognitive challenges get a chance to play baseball.
Q: Can you tell us more about the Miracle League of Arizona, and how it helped your family?
A: The Miracle League of Arizona combined several of my life's passions: time with my daughters, baseball, and helping others. I later accepted a fulltime position at that nonprofit, making a significant financial sacrifice but finding myself far better off in terms of my happiness.
Over time, we realized how much the act of giving back helped us heal from the tragedies we'd experienced. By giving up only a couple of hours of our time per week, we started to feel joy again as a family, while joining an amazing community in the process.
Another thing I discovered, as I worked with and learned more about individuals with special needs, is that I'm the one with the disability. I'm the one worrying about the future or stuck in the past. Individuals with developmental disabilities, including autism, tend to live more in the present. They tend to have a more positive mindset and be fundamentally happy, especially when someone shows them love.
Q: That's a great insight, which, I imagine, influenced your choice to keep working with the special needs community. How else have you stayed involved?
A: I was asked to join the Board of Directors for two nonprofits, Mikey's League and Pawsitive Friendships. Mikey's League is an inclusive sports league, with sports like flag football and basketball designed for children with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities to, simply, play together. Pawsitive Friendships provides animal assisted therapy to children with special needs, allowing them to build animal-human friendships, while simultaneously working on individual therapy goals. Both of these organizations, in addition to the Miracle League, give me a chance to raise awareness of the same, underserved population—individuals with disabilities and special needs.
My daughters have also thrived in this environment. My oldest, Madeline, is a now a sophomore at ASU, studying elementary education. While Madeline has always loved children, her time at the Miracle League (she is also a staff member) reaffirmed her plan to teach one day. My younger daughter, Addison, was awarded "Most Valuable Volunteer" last year at the Miracle League for logging the most volunteer hours. She'll be a high school senior in this fall and hopes to attend ASU in 2022, with interests in social work or, perhaps, becoming a therapist one day.
Q: How did you end up at LEARN Behavioral?
A: The pandemic affected my professional role with the Miracle League, as baseball services essentially shut down completely for more than a year. Lucky for me, when I was fully ready to resume my career—this time with the intent of doing something to help others—I discovered opportunities with LEARN's new community liaison team. The timing turned out just right. And timing really is everything.
Q: What do you do as a community liaison associate?
A: The community liaison role is the human link between LEARN and the organizations and people we serve within our local communities.
I work with an amazing internal team focused on developing strong relationships with key influencers— physicians, other healthcare providers, school leaders—who can potentially serve as new referral sources to solidify LEARN's nationwide presence within the industry. Together, we work closely with local clinical teams to coordinate our community outreach and networking efforts.
Before he passed away, my Pops used to say, "Love what you do, and never work another day in your life." Today, I know what he meant.
Q: Your story is inspirational. Based on everything you've gone through, what advice might you offer others undergoing a challenge or in need of a change?
A: Go find your purpose. I know, in my heart, I've found mine. The reason I was put on this earth is not only to be "Daddy" to Madeline and Addison (yes, my teenage daughters still call me "Daddy," and I hope that never changes) but also to serve others.
In our "Keeping up with the Joneses" society, the chase for the better job, bigger house, nicer car, perfect body… it leaves almost all of us feeling "less than." But what are we really chasing anyway? Is it even obtainable, whatever "it" means?
It took a lot for me to get to this place in my life where I'm happy again, even without my best friend by my side. I never thought I'd reclaim my lost smile. My girls are active and happy, too, in our new community and always want to "give back" themselves—that couldn't make me prouder.
As someone who spent what felt like years in the fetal position in tears, I realize now that it is, in fact, possible to find joy again. For me, it took giving of myself and helping others to step away from my own problems. By helping others, I didn't have as much time to think about my problems, and that, in itself, was healing.
For anyone in pain, depression, sadness, or grief, volunteer your time, even when you think you have nothing to offer. Know that there are individuals worse off than you. Find them. Help them. And come to see through these selfless acts that you're the one getting the greatest payback.


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Everybody understands the substantive Mann as designating a male human individual.
Some people might also be aware of the kinship between Mann and the verb to command, which crops up for instance in the Old Swedish noun mander.
I have had however a few suspicion that the Mann substantive also could be interpreted collectively as a tribe.
- The Alemanni confederation of tribes who became notorious in Roman Gaul during the Late Roman empire and its collapse, which yielded so many ethnonyms for the German people (e.g. "Les Allemands", "Los Alemanes" to name but a few). In this occurrence it seems that "Alle Männer" must be be understood as "all tribes" rather than "all men".
- The etymology of the ethnonym the Normans. In old English, you have "Norðmann", a precise translation of which would be the "people from the North" as in "Nordleuten" rather than "men from the North" "Nordmänner"1.
- The kinship mentioned above between Mann (a concept related to a single individual) and to command2 (a concept related to a troop, a clan or a party).
- So I'm curious to know whether there are some more indications of an old phased out meaning of Mann as a tribe rather than a single individual.
- Considering that in many of today's nomadic people there are clear indications that a tribe is little more than an extended family, would that be a possible explanation.
[1] Late edit. I quote the "Norðmann" word on the premises that Old English is part of the West Germanic subfamily of Germanic languages. Although both Normannen in German and Norman in English are later loanwords from Old French (11c.), the word Norðmann is endemic to Old English and its use attested in various Wessex manuscripts (10c. also Normann).
[2] Although the etymology of to command through the Latin verb mando is the hand (manus), it ultimately goes back to the PIE root man-.


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Hearing aids are a valuable tool for people with hearing loss. However, there are still many misconceptions and myths surrounding hearing aids that prevent people from seeking the help they need. Here are some common misconceptions about hearing aids and the truth behind them.
Myth: Hearing aids are only for old people.
Truth: Hearing loss can affect people of all ages, from infants to seniors. In fact, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), approximately 15% of American adults over the age of 18 have some form of hearing loss. So, hearing aids are not just for the elderly, and anyone with hearing loss can benefit from them.
Myth: Hearing aids are bulky and unattractive.
Truth: While hearing aids used to be large and noticeable, today's hearing aids are much smaller and more discreet. Many hearing aids are now designed to be almost invisible, with options that fit inside the ear canal. Some hearing aids even come in a variety of colors and designs, so you can choose one that suits your personal style.
Myth: Hearing aids will restore your hearing to normal.
Truth: While hearing aids can certainly improve your ability to hear, they will not restore your hearing to normal. Hearing aids work by amplifying sounds, making them louder and clearer. However, they cannot restore hearing to the way it was before it was lost. It's important to have realistic expectations about what hearing aids can do and to work with your hearing healthcare professional to find the best solution for your hearing loss.
Myth: Hearing aids are too expensive.
Truth: While hearing aids can be a significant investment, there are many options available at different price points. Many insurance plans now cover some or all of the cost of hearing aids, and there are also government programs that can provide assistance. It's important to talk to your hearing healthcare provider about your budget and explore all the options available to you.
Myth: You only need one hearing aid.
Truth: If you have hearing loss in both ears, it's important to wear hearing aids in both ears. Our brains are designed to process sound from both ears, and wearing two hearing aids can improve your ability to understand speech in noisy environments, localize sounds, and improve overall sound quality.
Myth: Hearing aids are uncomfortable.
Truth: While it may take some time to adjust to wearing hearing aids, they should not be uncomfortable or painful. Modern hearing aids are designed to be comfortable to wear, and many people find that they forget they're even wearing them. If you experience discomfort, talk to your your hearing healthcare provider. There may be adjustments that can be made to improve comfort.
Myth: Hearing aids require frequent repairs.
Truth: While hearing aids can require occasional maintenance and repairs, they are generally reliable and well-made. Regular cleaning and maintenance can help prevent issues from arising, and many hearing aids come with warranties or repair plans to ensure that they are working properly.
In conclusion, there are many misconceptions about hearing aids that can prevent people from seeking the help they need. By debunking these misconceptions, we can help people better understand the benefits of hearing aids and improve their overall quality of life. If you or someone you know is experiencing hearing loss, it is important to consult with a hearing healthcare professional to explore your options.