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TALLAHASSEE — Schools have grades. Students have test scores. Teachers have performance metrics.
Education information abounds in Florida. But the deluge of data has state lawmakers asking: How much of that information should be public? And how available should it be?
This week, the state Senate passed a sweeping bill that would make student records more accessible by housing them in an expansive online database. The proposal has drawn fire from parent groups, who believe the measure will enable for-profit education companies to take advantage of individual student information.
Meanwhile, lawmakers in the House are moving to exempt teacher performance data from state public records laws for a three-year window. The controversial proposal comes weeks after the Florida Times-Union lost a lawsuit against the state to obtain the data, which will soon be tied to pay raises. The newspaper is appealing the decision.
Florida isn't alone in this quandary.
"This is a conversation that's happening across the country," said Aimee Guidera, the executive director of the Washington-based Data Quality Campaign, a nonprofit that encourages policymakers to use data to improve student achievement. "The question is: How do we promote the use of data while building trust that the data will be kept private, secure and confidential?"
Different states have different solutions. Some have turned to private companies to manage their education data. Maryland has its own statewide system that contains individual-level student information.
Lawmakers in Oklahoma are considering new legislation that would beef up security.
Florida, which is considered a national leader in its use of education data, has several issues to address.
For starters, there is the student performance data that is used to evaluate teachers. That data will take on increased importance next year, when new teachers will see their pay raises tied to the evaluations.
The House is considering a bill that would prevent the public from accessing that data, which identifies individual educators, for a three-year period after the evaluation takes place. Rep. Janet Adkins, the Fernandina Beach Republican who presented the proposal last week, said the measure is meant to codify the ruling made in the Times-Union case.
Still, the First Amendment Foundation president opposes the move: "If teacher evaluations and teacher pay are going to be based on this information, then it needs to be made public in a timely fashion, not three years after the fact," Barbara Petersen said.
The Senate is moving in a different direction.
The upper chamber is considering a bill that would require the state Education Department to develop a "customer-friendly" online database to house information about students, teachers, schools and school districts.
Sen. Bill Galvano, the Bradenton Republican who is sponsoring the proposal, pointed out that the information is already collected by the Department of Education. Some of it is already online, he said.
The new proposal specifies that the information would be available only to "entities acceptable under FERPA," or the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a federal law that limits any school's ability to release student information.
Other protections are written into the proposal, Galvano said. Organizations hoping to use the search engine would have to provide a "statement of purpose" to the state Department of Education. The department would also be required to maintain a list of organizations authorized to access the information.
"For the first time, we will have a real protocol," he said.
But the guarantee isn't enough for parents like Kathleen Oropeza, who cofounded an Orlando parent advocacy group, Fund Education Now. Oropeza pointed out that recent court rulings have paved the way for a wide range of organizations to access student information under FERPA, including some private education companies.
"Parents do not want every aspect of their child's personal information available upon request to some unknown profit-seeking venture willing to pay a fee," Oropeza said.
The Florida PTA and other grass roots parent groups have taken a similar stand against the bill. Still, the proposal won the unanimous support of the Senate on Wednesday.
Sen. Eleanor Sobel, a Hollywood Democrat and former member of the Broward County School Board, said she was okay with the data warehouse, so long as "it is totally to show us where we are academically and how many kids are graduating."
The House had stripped similar language out of a proposal by Rep. Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples. But Rep. Erik Fresen, the Miami Republican who chairs the Education Appropriations Subcommittee, said the Senate language could potentially be written into the budget bills.
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You're long overdue for a promotion, and you've been showing that you deserve one by doing a great job, taking on additional responsibilities, putting in extra hours and learning new skills. You've dropped some hints, but the higher-ups aren't picking up on them. What can you do to finally get that promotion you deserve?
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Today, Analysts' Corner announced new research reports highlighting Waters Corp. (NYSE: WAT), Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ: FLDM), Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD), and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO). Today's readers may access these reports free of charge - including full price targets, industry analysis and analyst ratings - via the links below.
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No catching him: Chargers' Keenan Allen named Sporting News' 2013 NFL Rookie of the Year
Keenan Allen is Sporting News' 2013 NFL rookie of the year. The San Diego Chargers' wide receiver earned the honor after getting the most votes from a poll of more than 500 players, coaches and executives.
Allen edged out Packers' Pro Bowl running back Eddie Lacy and Bills' middle linebacker Kiko Alonso for the award. A third-round draft pick out of California, Allen, at 6-2 and 211 pounds and just 21 years old, emerged as quarterback Philip Rivers' top target. His size and reliable hands made him an immediate third-down and red zone force.
MORE: SN's NFL All-Pro team | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year
Despite not being a starter until Week 3, Allen made the most of his chance as the Chargers were hampered with injuries at wideout. In15 games of regular-season action, Allen racked up 71 catches, 1,046 yards and 8 touchdowns.
He saved his best game, however, for the divisional playoffs in Denver. He put up a career-high 142 receiving yards, with two of his six catches going for TDs. It was his third multi-TD game as a rookie, and the second time he did it against the Broncos.
Allen was a steal at No. 76 overall. Consider seven wide receivers were selected before him.
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Only five players in NFL history posted more receptions during their rookie seasons than Allen did. Only Anquan Boldin, Randy Moss, Michael Clayton, Terry Glenn and A.J. Green had more receiving yards as rookies. His 8 TDs tied six other rookies for third all-time.
The Chargers enjoyed a rejuvenated, electric passing game with Rivers, head coach Mike McCoy and offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, now the head coach in Tennessee. It wouldn't have been possible without Allen delivering as an explosive playmaker.
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MCALLEN, Texas – A father and son involved in making false statements on ATF forms 4473 in the acquisition of firearms from federal firearms licensees (FFL) will now be serving prison terms, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Heriberto Caballero Jr., 28, and Heriberto Gutierrez Caballero Sr., 47, both of Weslaco, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements in the acquisition of firearms from FFLs, commonly referred to as straw purchasing, on Jan. 5, 2012, and March 5, 2012, respectively.
Today, U.S. District Judge Randy Crane sentenced Caballero Jr. and Sr. to 46 and 37 months in federal prison, respectively, each to be followed by a three-year-term of supervised release. The guideline range for sentencing was enhanced as it was determined they had been involved not only in the trafficking of firearms, but that they should have had reason to believe the firearms were going to be used or possessed in connection with another felony offense, specifically the unlawful export of the firearms to Mexico.
ATF agents began their investigation after receiving multiple sales reports for handguns purchased by both of the Caballeros men. Caballero Jr. admitted to straw purchasing six firearms and recruiting his father, Caballero Sr., who purchased seven firearms.
At sentencing, Caballero Sr. was held responsible for purchasing the seven firearms while Caballero Jr. was held responsible for 13 firearms since he recruited his father and was, therefore, responsible for all of their purchases.
Both defendants have been on detained since the time of their arrest where they will remain pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
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The USMMA swimming and diving teams hit the pool for the second time this season, competing at the TCNJ Invitational. The men's team finished fourth out of five teams while on the women's side the Mariners took fifth place out of six teams.
Kevin Lindgren (Palm City, FL) posted a pair of third-place finishes in the 100 and 200 backstroke. The junior hit the wall in 53.19 seconds in the 100 yard backstroke and recorded a time of 1:54.72 in the 200 yard event.
The USMMA women had its best individual finish posted by Alexandra Biehn (Burnsville, MN), who took seventh in 1650 Yard Freestyle. Jacqueline White (Oradell, NJ) came in seventh place in the 200backstroke, clocking in at 2:21.35. Emily Boyson (Garland, TX), notched a tenth place finish in 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:12.92. In the 200 yard medley relay, team of Jolyn Green (Riverside, CA), Boyson, White and Nina Demet (Lake Forest, IL) grabbed tenth place, finishing the race in 2:01.36.
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Mineral musicIt's an early summer morning. The temperature is rising fast. The air is completely still and the quiet is profound. But, listen carefully and you'll hear a sounds like tiny pops and pings. Bend your ear to the ground and the sound grows louder. The musical sound of literally billions of tiny salt crystals bursting apart as they expand and contract in the heat provides the backdrop for this salty story.
Lakeside propertyNot long ago, about 2000-4000 years ago during the Holocene, the climate was quite a bit wetter than today. It was so wet that water gradually filled Death Valley to a depth of almost 30 feet. The ancient peoples of Death Valley must have enjoyed centuries of abundant food in their lakeside homes.
The desert returnsThese good times didn't last, however. The climate warmed, rainfall declined, and the shallow lakes began to dry up. Minerals dissolved in the lake became increasingly concentrated as water evaporated. Eventually, only a briny soup remained, forming salty pools on the lowest parts of Death Valley's floor. Salts (95% table salt - NaCl) began to crystallize, coating the muddy lakebed with a three to five feet thick crust of salt.
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Heating Up the Patio
Patios and decks are evolving fast thanks to a new generation of outdoor fire amenities. The Key West Coffee Table by Firegear, for example, which was introduced in 2011, is actually a portable propane fire pit. The elegant contemporary table is 43 inches wide, 20.25 inches tall, and 20
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BOULDER — Last week, not long after Fairview's boys soccer team suffered a shutout loss in its rivalry showdown against Boulder, veteran Knights coach Stan Jozwiak was lamenting his team's inability to capitalize on its offensive opportunities.
It was not as if Fairview was lacking firepower. With seniors Eric Kronenberg and Jack Mayfield working alongside upstart sophomore Nick Porter, the Knights boast perhaps the best array of skill players in the Front Range League. Those players had seemingly just hit a midseason lull.
After Fairview's performance on Saturday, Jozwiak is cautiously optimistic that lull is a thing of the past.
Those three players combined for three goals and three assists as Fairview erupted for a 5-1 victory against Legacy in a rain-soaked Front Range League match. Fairview, which also received a key opening goal from sophomore midfielder Raul Magno, remained just behind Loveland and first-place Boulder in the FRL with four games remaining in the regular season.
"That's a group of players we have with tremendous potential to get us goals," Jozwiak said. "That, quite honestly, has been a struggle for us the last half-dozen matches or so — just getting those guys uncorked and playing with each other in better ways. It felt good to break out of that today."
Fairview (8-2-1, 4-1-1 FRL) jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first half, opening the scoring when Magno bashed home the rebound of a long service from Mayfield that had bounced among the Legacy defense in the penalty box.
Senior defender Charlie Bowers, who makes a habit of creating scoring chances by racing up the right wing from his post on the back line, used his speed to his advantage in the final minute of the half by breaking free to deliver a perfect crossing pass to Porter. The sophomore was by himself at the far post and headed home perhaps one of the easiest goals he will ever record.
"That was just a perfect ball by Charlie," said Porter, who took over the team lead with seven goals this season. "It was a great service and I was right in front of the goal. I think we can be one of the most dangerous offenses in high school. We're all good at finishing and when we all click, we're dangerous. It was a good feeling to finally get us all scoring."
Fairview survived a scare when Legacy (3-8-0, 1-5-0) pulled within a goal with 18.1 seconds remaining in the first half, with Caio Miranda heading in a goal off a long feed from Jonah Cavender.
That, however, proved to be the only shot the Lightning put on net. Kronenberg notched assists on goals by Mayfield and Porter to give the Knights a 4-1 lead, and Robbie Dunn capped the scoring with his first goal of the season off an assist from Mayfield.
"When everyone is competing at their top level, we definitely can create a lot of opportunities," Mayfield said. "The (Boulder) game was a tough game and we wanted to start playing like we know we can. Hopefully we can carry this through to the last game and maybe get a home playoff game."
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Orlando -- The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is putting forward an innovative encryption-based security architecture for software-defined networks and cloud environments that draws some of its inspiration from high-security networks used by the U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence agencies.
Called the "Software Defined Perimeter," the CSA's architecture plan calls for use of VPN-style authentication and encryption that would enable a security process could strictly determine availability of services and applications in a cloud environment. At the CSA Congress this week, some of the technical authors of the proposed architecture known as "Software Defined Perimeter" spoke about why the CSA, whose mission is establishing best practices and standards for cloud security, is strongly backing the concept and what's expected of it in the future.
The rise of cloud-based services has accelerated the disappearance of traditional network perimeters and new methods need to be adopted to protect data that's shared with cloud data centers, corporate networks and mobile devices, they say.
"Part of this initiative is to come up with an easily adjustable way to adjust the perimeter," said Bob Flores, former chief technology officer at the Central Intelligence Agency, a contributor to the "Software Defined Perimeter" architecture document. The idea that CA is proposing would change the way that people, applications and data flows can be authenticated by requiring an identification process first before network access is granted.
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The "Software Defined Perimeter" makes use of technologies such as "mutual TLS" based on digital certificate exchange and an encryption for very strong identification, explained Jamaid Islam, CTO at Vidder, who is also a contributor to the "Software Defined Perimeter" architecture document. Other co-authors include Alan Boehme, chief of enterprise architecture and emerging technologies, the Coca-Cola Company and Jeff Schweitzer, chief innovation architect at Verizon.
Vidder's Islam said ideally the CSA's ideas for strong cloud security, which draw directly from Department of Defense high-security networks, would be built into the modern Software-Defined Network products now emerging in the marketplace. The advantage of CSA's plan is that it can achieve what's called a "dark" network that's hard to see on the Internet and thus much harder to attack.
"The DoD world is dark," said Flores during his talk about the new architecture yesterday evening. "It's extremely difficult to attack something you don't actually know exists, if they don't see the surface of the network."
The CSA's concept does rely on key management structures being in place, acknowledges Vidder's Islam. He said it's possible that cloud service providers could play a role there, plus more and more of them are starting to make various Hardware Security Modules (HSM) available to their customers as services. But enterprise customers could maintain their own key-management processes in-house as well. Islam said his company has built this style of high-security network for private-sector companies, though he wouldn't identify them.
As with all new ideas put forward to be adopted on a large scale, there's the question of how far the high-tech industry and their customers will go in actually adopting it.
Flores said there is one large company now making use in production of exactly what the CSA is proposing with "Software Defined Perimeter," and at the upcoming RSA Conference next year there will be news about industry support and more. CSA plans to make available "Software Defined Perimeter" software as open source for the public to adopt as well.
"We believe this could be a game changer," said Flores. "The right thing to do is to put this into the open-source community so cloud computing becomes one of those things you don't have to think about."
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EVERETT — Melissa Lee Bradford was arrested after a squabble with her sister just before 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The Tulalip woman, 42, was booked into the Snohomish County Jail about 30 minutes later.
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The Saffioti lawsuit alleges several employees, including a corrections officer and four jail nurses, ignored the Mukilteo man's medical needs when he began to suffer an apparent allergic reaction after eating breakfast.
A trial date is pending.
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At just 17 years old, Alle Plymale is lying in a hospital bed with a broken neck, back, pelvis, hand and fingers. She can hardly move but she can speak and her message is loud and clear; wear a seat belt.
Alle, her cousin Connor Gourley, and their friend Casey Charf were in a bad car accident Saturday night near 276th Street and Bennington Road. Charf lost control of her car, which flipped several times into a ravine.
"It was one of those turns where it's like, BOOM, then BOOM. Then we started rolling," described Conner, 19. "Alle was like, 'oh geez, skunk!' And then Casey swerves really hard to the left."
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"I'm in a lot of pain," said Alle. "I broke a couple of pieces of my neck. My ribs are very bruised so it makes it hard for me to breathe in and out."
The crash threw Alle from the car, breaking multiple bones. Connor, riding in the backseat, was awake the whole time.
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Countries by Population: Taiwan (Taiwan)
Taiwan (臺灣, 台灣), officially the Republic of China, is a state in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China now governs the island of Taiwan (formerly known as Formosa), which makes up over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands.
Neighboring states include the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east and northeast, and the Philippines to the south. Taipei is the capital and economic and cultural center of the country, while New Taipei is the most populous city.
The earliest evidence of Taiwan being inhabited is from the late Paleolithic era. The island of Taiwan was mainly inhabited by Taiwanese aborigines before being explored, and later colonized by European powers including Dutch and Spanish in the 17th century. The first Han Chinese polity on Taiwan began in 1662 when Koxinga's troops expelled Dutch forces, and established the Kingdom of Tungning. In 1683, the island was subsequently conquered by the Qing Dynasty.
Following Japan's victory over the Qing Dynasty in the first Sino-Japanese war, Taiwan was ceded to Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895. The Republic of China was established in mainland China in 1912. At the end of World War II in 1945, Japan surrendered Taiwan and associated islands to ROC forces. Following the Chinese civil war in the last three years, Chinese Communists took full control of mainland China and founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949; the ROC resettled its government to Taiwan, and its power of governance is limited to Taiwan Area. Since the founding of the PRC, international recognition of the ROC has gradually eroded as most countries switched recognition to the PRC. In 1971, the PRC assumed China's seat at the United Nations. Only 22 UN member states and the Holy See currently recognize the ROC as a sovereign state and maintain formal diplomatic relations with it, though it has informal ties with many other states via Taipei Representative Office.
Officially, the ROC government has claimed sovereignty over all of "China", in a definition that includes mainland China and Mongolia, as well as Taiwan, via the ROC Constitution but has not made retaking mainland China a political goal since 1992. However, the government's stance on whether "retaking" or "reuniting" with China is desired or whether Taiwan and China are separate countries or are regions of one country depends on which administration is in power. Meanwhile, the PRC also officially asserts itself to be the sole legal representation of China and actively claims Taiwan to be under its sovereignty, denying the status and existence of ROC as a sovereign state.
It has threatened the use of military force as a response to any formal declaration of Taiwanese independence, or if it deems peaceful reunification no longer possible. Cross-strait relations between Taiwan and China as well as issues of national identity within the country are important factors in Taiwanese politics and a cause of social and political division among political parties and their respective supporters.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Taiwan evolved into a multi-party democracy with universal suffrage. Building on the infrastructure and education improvements initiated during the Japanese era, Taiwan has experienced rapid economic growth and industrialization during the latter half of the 20th century and is now an advanced industrial economy. It is one of the Four Asian Tigers and a member of the WTO and APEC. The 19th-largest economy in the world, its advanced technology industry plays a key role in the global economy. Taiwan is ranked highly in terms of freedom of the press, health care, public education, economic freedom, and human development.


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Here is some simple advice: Don't leave a medical office without a copy of an encounter form. Once you get that copy, you'll understand what that Explanation of Benefits actually says and means when you receive it a few weeks after your appointment.
When you hire a plumber or electrician, buy an automobile or a Christmas gift, and use any form of credit card you always get some sort of receipt. Why is payment for the service you get as a patient in a doctor's office any different? It shouldn't be. They are all financial transactions.
Fraud occurs everyday in health care, especially with Medicare. If we could end, or at least control it, the financial picture of the health care industry would be much improved.
One of the problems has to do with the medical coding for visits to your primary physician, specialist or other provider in an office setting.
Each visit you make to any provider has a specific code. Everything that can be done medically to you, has an individual code. That code determines the fee you are charged and the monies paid to the provider. There are hundreds of numerical codes, each with a specific title defined in a huge book called "Current Procedural Terminology" or CPT. These codes are revised and updated annually.
All of this is the product of years of research and review starting in the 1960s at the AMA. I was there. You can imagine what it took to codify every kind of medical visit for every kind of medical specialty, for every kind of medical diagnosis and problem, with all sorts of modifiers having to do with specific procedures and extended time visits.
The most common are called visitation codes - first visits that generally require more examination and time, and follow-up or ongoing visits being the number of times you see your provider for continuing care.
Visitation codes are five digits, ending in 1-2-3-4-5, with one being the least complex and five being the most. The vast majority of patient visit codes end in number three or four. Keep in mind that the higher the number of each code, the higher the fee.
Here is the proverbial "rub." Each visit code requires certain things that must be included in the visit that have to do with clinical examination and time. The provider, usually the doctor, has to make sure his or her clinical note in the medical record reflects the requirements of the used code in very specific terms. The code also has to be determined at time-of-service by the provider's own hand. In other words, if the doctor performed the service, that person has to check off the appropriate code. The same holds true for a nurse practitioner or even a nurse doing a blood pressure check.
They use a certain type of financial document often called a routing slip, superbill or encounter form. On that paper, is every code used for that particular medical office or specialty. This paperwork or electronic transmission is the information the insurance company or the government uses to pay the provider fee and determine what the patient might owe.
Encounter forms should be in three parts or copies - one for the insurance company, one for the office records, and particularly, one for the patient to take home. In the seven years we have lived here, in the multiple visits my wife and I have made to doctors, I have just once received a copy of an encounter form.
Without this copy of the form the patient has no record of what was done, when it was done and what the fee was. There is no "paper trail." When the insurance company or the government pays the provider weeks later, you receive an Explanation Of Benefits report. Without your copy of the coded encounter form, you have no idea how to compare what was done, if you were charged properly and whether the payment the provider received or the amount you might owe was correct. A patient cannot know about coding specifics, but if you'd ask 10 patients if their Explanation of Benefits was correct, 10 would not know.
The potential for fraud is called "up coding." This is using a code number that pays more, when that visit should have had a lesser number. Say that the difference between an 04 and an 03 code is $50. Multiply the number of visits each day, each week, each month, each year, where payments received are not correct. But remember the patient's individual medical record must indicate exactly and specifically every code number's requirement. If the information is not there or falsely reported, fraud is committed. Again and worth repeating, the provider must check off the code at time of service - not the medical assistant, receptionist, financial clerk and certainly not the outside billing company. That alone could be fraudulent in Medicare's eyes.
Most medical offices and the doctors themselves are not intentionally doing wrong. They certainly don't want to commit fraud. They simply don't know all that is necessary about CPT coding and it is essential that they do. They want someone else to worry about it; they dislike all that "business stuff" and that is why use of outside billing companies is common. It is also why so many doctors have given up private practice and become employed by hospitals. In my many years of teaching CPT, most doctors I worked with were losing money, not committing fraud. They were "under coding" their patient visits for fear of a Medicare audit and had lost thousands of dollars over many years. Doctors go to medical school and do all the necessary training that takes so very long and they work so hard, but they don't always take the time to learn the critical financial side of running a medical practice.
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Separated by studies, Cambodian Heller student courted wife-to-be on web
Valentine's Day isn't a traditional Cambodian holiday, but it has special meaning for Sothea Phan, a Heller School master's degree candidate from Cambodia.
It was on Feb. 14, 2012, that he first asked Chandalin Mom for a date, shortly after his uncle introduced the two. She declined. But with a persistence and patience that would prove typical for him, Phan tried again and met with better results a few days later.
Phan was also a planner. Back in 2003, he created a 10-year plan with three overarching goals: Buy a house, earn a graduate school scholarship and find a wife.
Phan's persistence and patience would be put to the test. His parents were divorced when he was just 11, and thus, he had to work at a very young age to help support his family. He spent years working as night guard with little sleep.
As a result, he managed to put himself through college, and by February 2012, Phan, by then a program associate/grant administrator for OxFam America East Asia Region, was a new homeowner, and just weeks from proposing marriage. A traditional man, Phan pledged his love for Mom to her parents, who approved, but asked them to wait a few months before an official engagement.
They didn't want to wait too long and planned a late December wedding. Then Phan received an email in July that threatened his relationship: He learned he had been awarded a World Bank-sponsored scholarship to the Heller School's Sustainable International Development program.
What do you do when one dream conflicts with another? For Phan, the answer was once again patience and persistence. He'd already prepared his application for the scholarship before they met, and she had encouraged him to follow his dream. It would, however, mean leaving her behind, albeit temporarily.
"That night we cried together," Phan says. "We cry a lot. I don't even know how to count how many days we cried together."
Mom's family, especially her grandmother, was a bit worried. They had seen so many men leave Cambodia for the United States and never come back. In fact, Mom's own parents were separated for 10 years while her father pursued graduate degrees in Germany.
Before Phan left, Mom's grandmother made them matching rings, each with the other's name engraved on it. To assure her and her family of his commitment to the relationship, Phan promised to send Mom a message and a flower every day he was gone. When she had 102 flowers, he told her, he'd return for her. He also said that he would bring her to the U.S., where they'd build snowman together. Sometimes, they'd sleep with their phones or laptops next to them, Skype sessions still open.
At Brandeis, where international students make up 14 percent of the student population, Phan's classmates understood, and photographed flowers for him whenever they could. On Facebook, he would post a flower on her wall each day.
When 102 flowers finally amassed on her page, he followed through with his promise. Phan returned to Cambodia at the end of the semester to marry the love of his life. But first, he had to convince professors to arrange for early final exams.
Then he had to return alone to finish his studies. Soon enough, he was able to bring her to join him in the U.S. but that meant Mom leaving her family, and her own bank job as an auditor behind.
Now, two years after the Valentine's Day date that didn't happen, Phan and Mom are expecting their first child this week. This morning, he left a red rose in the refrigerator next to the milk before leaving for class.
"Honestly, I got everything I need here. I feel ready to go back and work," says Phan, who will complete his studies this May and then return to Cambodia with his wife and child. "One thing that doesn't feel good is the sacrifice my wife made. I will make it up to her."
Someday, Phan adds, he'd like to bring his child back to the U.S. to see Brandeis.
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