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Just a kid from The Bronx, born 2nd generation of a family of immigrants from Italy, Andy was blessed in so many ways over the years. There was no silver spoon or any kind of privilege in his life or his family. He learned the value of hard work at a very young age and was blessed with the fruits it yielded the rest of his life. Having left home at barely 17 years of age, he joined the Navy (Vietnam era), served over 8 years, and was honorably discharged. After being discharged from Active Duty, he went back to college, full time at night, while working full time during the day. Although this was done during difficult family times, it set a firm foundation in place for his next career in life to reap more blessings. It was just after this time that he received another Blessing... he met his wife, Grace, with whom he has shared 35 wonderful, glorious years as of the time of this writing. Looking forward to many more years, he and his wife are happily retired in their home on Whidbey Island, WA. Putting to use his lessons in life, he applied what he learned with the help of God, and an extraordinary amount of hard work and sacrifice, to build a home, a successful career and a retirement, adapting to the many unexpected hands that life sometimes deals you. "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans"..... John Lennon.

This book gives you a look at the past, the present and the future. It will give you methods that will help you plan the future while telling you about the past and the current events. Once you have read and understood these parables, paradoxes, and paradigms, you will have a blueprint to work with. Note, however, to feel good, be productive and move forward in life, the mind and body must make the deal - a deal that will yield utility (i.e., happiness) and a sense of self. The said deal will create a synergistic bond that will propel you to a place where dreamers dream, creators create, and all others merely conjecture. Doing all of this while heading in the direction of perfection (where time has no application) only never to arrive!

A group of alien cattle rustlers, the culprits behind those mutilations going back 50 years, are still dispatching herds in southwest Kansas. But now night raids in their triangular craft are coming up short--the bovine gene pool's gotten small...offering too little reward for their labors.Their best remaining hope: to conscript an Earth-human collaborator, to force an able someone to procure new breeds for them. If only their random choice were other than Harley Rennet, an aging sign painter. But...it's old Harley they levitate while at the wheel of his '59 Rambler. Once up, he's not so much terrified by the aliens as fascinated by how they look.That's no surprise, really, since Harley only took to painting billboards and barns to make ends meet. He's the very model of a frustrated artist. So as the aliens coerce him on pain of "liquidation," Harley looks for a way to even the score. If he's to do this or die, he'll seek to do it his way. Gathering his pluck, he poses them one question.When he asks "What's in it for him?" he innocently trips a cosmic lever...a key legal precept of far-distant stars. Now the aliens must oblige him in something-but in what? Harley doesn't need to think twice. If he's going to sell out Kansas ranchers, then these aliens will help him do the crop circles he's dreamt for years of making. There's your bargain!Thus--Harley's long-suffering wife, his dog, his little Kansas town and five whole counties roundabout--are all soon held tight in the grip of High Strangeness. Like those unhappy cows, the mystery drops (with a thud) in the lap of Kansas Law Enforcement: lazy-ass Sheriff Ted, a small town P.I., and a couple of countrified tornado spotters known to a weather channel. Together they'll track the falling cows, puzzle over the circles, and call on gorgeous Nance and her boyfriend to fly their drones...all as a dragnet tightens around hapless Harley.

Becoming Tonus 0 is a coming-of-age story of a boy growing up in the Baby Boom era. From a time of seemingly harmless fun to a poolhall life, that was anything but harmless, he navigates his way through the obstacles and challenges of growing up.This is a story of a young boy who as he grows into his teen years comes dangerously close to following the wrong paths. His adventures, although many times funny, are accompanied by some perilous and life-altering moments. How he chooses to deal with these moments will lead to choices that could affect the rest of his life.It is a humorous as well as dangerous tale.

The angel's announcement to Mary in the sixth month (Luke 1:26) and the use of the Hebrew calendar prove that Christ was born on Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 6 B.C. in the Julian calendar. The Universe is governed by a set of laws. An investigation into the original source of these natural laws proves that God had made the laws of the universe before the beginning of the universe billions of years ago.The proof that God had made the laws of the universe before the beginning of the universe means God had been living before the beginning of the universe billions of years ago. This is no fiction because it is based on the laws of physics, such as the law of gravity.Edwin Hubble's discovery of an expanding universe in 1929, when extrapolated back in time, proves that the universe had a beginning. The universe had a beginning and the proof that God had been living before the beginning of the universe prove God created the universe.The proof that God created the universe, which included all the atoms that made up 100% of the human body, also proves that God created man.

The legend of a demigod who fathered a nation begins this origin story. As the community he created faces multiple threats, the foundational role of women in leadership that he carves out proves invaluable. Colonial rule, enforcing "scientific racism", then births the new horror of ethnic purges. Many lose access to their history as they are scattered around the world. In the family ancestral journey retold in these pages, previously hidden accounts are restored, and the resilience of the human spirit inspires us anew. An ancient indigenous treasure trove of oral history reaches down through time to tell us anew what happened to them.

The Last Day 1985, is a story about two world powers seeking control of oil in the world's richest oil location, during a time when gas lines around the world were several blocks long. The method decided on to resolve this conflict by these two world powers, will take you on a fascinating and suspenseful journey.

Devil's Night is a story of terror, horror, revenge and a late found love. With a backdrop of Detroit in the 1960s, the story begins on Halloween Eve - called Devil's Night. A teenage prank goes horribly wrong on this quasi-festive night when five teenage boys steal a mocked-up scarecrow from a neighborhood porch and hang it on an expressway overpass. This seemingly harmless act leads to an evolving series of life changing events. Georgie Kolpacki is the self-appointed leader of the boys. His dire family background, deep-seated paranoia, and waning friendships feed his quest for brutal revenge. Rosemary Lesko is one of the targets of this revenge. The Lesko family and their Aunt Anna have their lives turned from idyllic to turmoil as they deal with tragedy and the evolving consequences. Aunt Anna's psyche is transformed from a lifelong spinster to a woman falling in love with a local bar owner and plays a key role in the outcome of the story. A Doberman Pinscher by the name of Lucifer, and a twin specter, prove to be a nemesis that Georgie must try to escape from!

The School-Based Behavior Technician is a training handbook and studying resource for individuals pursuing a Registered Behavior Technician® (RBT) certification in the school setting. The objective of this book is to serve as a means to prepare and train for the certification exam which aligns with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board® (BACB) RBT task-list (2nd ed.). This training manual is offered independent of the BACB. This handbook is a supplemental tool to completing the 40-hour required RBT training and aims to serve as a professional guide to individuals providing behavior analytic services in the school setting.You can find more information at www.schoolbasedbehaviortech.com

Jay Michael Smith is a retired insurance broker, a former banker, civil and human rights advocate, who served as the first Executive Director of Health Professions Licensing Bureau in Indiana state government. Jay took on major developmental roles at Indiana University School of Medicine and later at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He later finished his career as owner of Jay Smith and Associates. Jay and his wife are now involved in philanthropy activities designed to promote quality of life, educate and provide opportunities to African-Americans in need of developing their life skills. An African-American only-child born in a tenement building towards the end of World War ll and raised in the inner city by a great Aunt, a devout Baptist and domestic/cafeteria worker. He received a catholic elementary and secondary education. Jay graduated from Ball State University with a degree in business administration and from Indiana University with a master's degree in higher education administration. Jay shares his many experiences and adventures, some humorous, but all with lessons learned. From being part of a delegation visiting a hospital for indigenousness people in Guatemala with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, listening to Nelson Mandela upon his release from prison addressing an audience at Morehouse College, to hearing the Dalai Lama share his stories and wisdom. He along with his wife traveled with People-to-People International program (a program that offers opportunities to get to know local cultures) to South Africa. Jay provides his observations of competing as well as surviving in white dominated banking, government, higher education, and insurance environments with help from people of different races and backgrounds. Jay is a recipient of one of Indiana's highest awards for his service and leadership in state government, Council of the Sagamore of the Wabash. His life has revolved around promoting education, civil and human rights, the arts, and world travel, especially among African-Americans with an emphasis on giving back to humankind.

In How to Think and Create Success: Creators Are Thinkers-Thinkers Are Creators, Wayne Faulkner distills his twenty-two years as an educator and seventeen years in corporate management into a method, concept, and solution-all in one-that helps inventors, creators, artists, and designers start a business, launch a concept, or offer a solution. Faulkner's easy, four-step way helps people create success, allowing them to have a better career, demonstrate their purpose in life, and be financially free.

Ripples - is the story of Father Sal Gomez, a priest serving in Southern California who faces a canonical trial summoned by his bishop. Accused of scandal arising from the forbidden relationship with his childhood sweetheart, he grapples with preserving his integrity and preventing his impending fall from grace.Will the challenges soaked in the pages of this novel impact Sal's world and the people who inhabit it? Will his mythical character overcome dark schemes other characters hatched to steal his future and of those he cares about?You, the readers are invited to ride rippling waters and watch them turn into ocean waves as you follow this masterfully crafted story spanning from the river town in Central Philippines, to the labor farms in Central California, to the heart of the People Power Revolution in Manila, and head on to the clashing forces in Los Angeles.

People are hungering to know Jesus whether they know it or not. Our job as followers of Jesus is to bring his presence into our everyday world. One of the tools God has given us to accomplish this is the gifts of the Holy Spirit. In Discovering the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, the reader is introduced to twenty-one of these gifts and their use in real-life situations. This will help the reader discover their own gifts and how they can be used to make Jesus's presence a reality. Deacon Michael Wesley has a Master of Theological Studies degree, is an ordained deacon in the Catholic Church and has been a part of the Catholic charismatic renewal for 51 years. His goal through this book is to inspire Catholics to discover and start using their own gifts of the Holy Spirit. He believes the gifts of the Holy Spirit is one way Jesus intends us to continue his ministry on earth. In addition to introducing readers to the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Deacon Mike also discusses obstacles to the spirit-filled life, such as unforgiveness and spiritual warfare. He believes the more people see Jesus's presence through our use of the gifts the more they will be drawn to him.

The retired FBI ladies ask the eight cousins to help them with an uncover mission in the mountains of Arkansas. These cousins are proficient in such missions, but could the ladies take care of the numerous bad men who are equipped with guns and have every confidence in themselves.It's not just some horrible men, who have committed atrocious acts, they have to worry about, they will be in the wooded areas that are filled with bears, bobcats, cougars, and snakes. Can the ladies really do this job, or will they become too scared and make a run for home?

Robert Kinerk grew up hearing great Alaska stories. He has recreated many of them in Tales from the Territory. He lived in Alaska from when it was a territory, working as a reporter, as a logger, and an ambulance attendant. He labored in a pulp mill and moonlighted as a night-time disc jockey. His stories are of rugged and often solitary women and men driven by the demands of climate and of distance to rely mostly on themselves. On their own, they thread their way past life's snares and pitfalls. In Tales from the Territory, a reader will discover kids and grown-ups, priests and prostitutes, arsonists and artists working out the adventures and misadventures life presents them. Sometimes they tackle that job rightly, sometimes wrongly. But they always do it humanly, with all the bumps and warts and wanderings that being human entails. They bring to the task of living their accumulated stores of strength and their burdens of frailty. Those burdens and those strengths are at the heart of Tales from the Territory.

In the late 19th century, Brahmins in India rarely ventured out of their comfort zones in their tightly-knit village communities to cross the seas and court excommunication when they returned. What then prompted some 130 young pioneers to leave their village sanctuaries, cross the vast stretch of the Indian Ocean on a hazardous week-long journey to seek an uncertain future in British Malaya? How did they cope with a challenging environment characterized by an unfriendly equatorial climate, deadly tropical diseases, and an unknown foreign language? How did they live through two world wars, two periods of emergency and the Singapore separation? What was the legacy they left behind, and how has this been perpetuated by their descendants? A Malaysian of Brahmin descent, the author addresses these questions based on research spanning five years and incorporating his own perspectives. Utilizing secondary sources and anecdotal accounts of pioneer Brahmins, he has compiled a social history revealing that an adventurous spirit and promise of more equal and rewarding opportunities propelled pioneers to plunge into the unknown. This pioneering spirit made succeeding generations of Brahmins successful and distinguished in their respective places of domicile.

I have always loved the church as it has played a significant role in my life and my family's life. I am what I am today because the church poured into me, opportunities, spiritual advisement, and amazing experiences. I will always be thankful for those pastors and church leaders who helped to grow and to nurture my spiritual formation. The church was a major centerpiece for our small community wherein enduring relationships were formed, young minds were edified, and were shaped into loving, caring, and morally upright Christians. Unfortunately, however, there are those whose narrative reads differently. Sadly, there are too many narratives of pastors, church leaders, and laity alike who have been exposed to devastating experiences within the body of Christ, creating painful hurt and disappointment. Church hurt is one of the most painful hurts that a person can experience. I urgently say that the pendulum swings in both directions when it comes to church hurt. It flows upwardly toward church leaders as well as flows downwardly to church parishioners. Neither is beneficial to the body of Christ. Church hurt is an issue that must never be swept under the rug, expecting it to go away. The health of the body of Christ is at stake, therefore, those who are in leadership and followership positions must take a stand against this awful sin. Healing must be sought for those who have been injured by and or through the very institution that represents our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Happily, healing can take place and people's faith can be renewed. Will you be one of the ones who will help them through the healing process? May God speak to your heart to be a healer and not one to contribute to this terrible, and sinful act. Who will help them to Heal?

New and growing Christians are daily grappling with fundamental questions about their place in the overall plan of God for humanity. The digital age has created many half-baked and self-acclaimed "teachers" and "mentors" from whom many of these Christians receive their instructions in righteousness, and with the deluge of misinformation and outright falsehood flowing from social media and, even some supposed Christian leaders, this state of uncertainty and confusion is further heightened. I am led to write this manual, which is interactive by design following a Q&A approach, specifically not to completely fill the gap, but to contribute, in any small measure, in proffering answers to some of these hunting questions. This book deals with some of the questions a Believer is having and likely going to have as he/she grows in their relationship with God. This book, which can be used as a bible study manual in a church or school setting or as a tool for personal learning and growth, addresses questions around baptism, liberty in Christ, sin, and condemnation, the coming of the Messiah, the significance of the parables and miracles of Jesus, demonic possession, domination and affliction, Hell, Paradise, and Heaven, etc. The book, therefore, is suitable for Believers who are desiring to know more about God and mature in their relationship with Him. It is the plan of God that we do not remain baby Christians when we come to the saving Grace of our Lord and Personal Savior, Jesus Christ, but to grow to maturity organically and consistently. As babes in faith, it is very possible and easy for us to be tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes, according to Ephesians 4.

Smuggling a baby. Evacuation. Humor. Leaving the family dog tied to a car bumper. Bombs. The Iran civil war. All are part of Last Flight to Freedom. Judith Marie and her family are transferred to Iran, arriving the first day of martial law in Tehran. Her pregnancy adds to the stress of seeing the war firsthand. Buildings are here one day and bombed the next. Snipers interrupt a normal drive to school. The only American giving birth in a private Iranian hospital on the high holy day of Azar Ashura had its complications as well as surprising hospitality. Playing with a pretend gun, her son had an enlightening outcome with some soldiers. On the way to the baby's first doctor appointment, Judith's driver kept them safe while the car was being rocked by Shah supporters and Khomeini revolutionaries. One plane was finally allowed to land to take out 60 remaining people. With only one hour to get to the airport, the family dog was tied to their car bumper at the office with promises from Iranian staff he would be safe and everything they could carry was packed. The baby, being Iranian due to birth, was smuggled through the airport with an unexpected delay. A true adventure during an historical political event is well worth the read.

Bud Shipley heard these words in response to an effort to find out what he could do to save his marriage. His wife, Emily, and their six year old son had flown to River View, Georgia in July to help her grandmother recover from a stroke. Barely a month later she had filed for divorce. Her attorney had advised her to treat it as a hostile divorce. Bud was told that he needed to stay away from her or risk a restraining order that would also limit his ability to see their six year old son.Her harsh statement and the divorce came from Emily's conviction that Bud was having an affair.Reluctantly, Emily listened to Bud that morning. She learned that he had made an effort to get to River View and help her with her grandmother last August, but had encountered her and Danny apparently already in an established relationship with another man and he left without talking to her. By that evening, she had finally checked with someone she could trust and learned that Bud hadn't had an affair. Both she and Bud would have to move past months of false assumptions and find a way back to the marriage that they had committed to God seven years ago.This is a story of the role of faith in bringing Emily and Bud through all of the human fears that accompany the attempt to restore a marriage that has gone so far astray. It assumes that a marriage based on promises before God is always worth saving and that God is capable of leading us though even the most difficult challenges.

"Sour is a Sweet Magnolia" is a collection of selected poems from a 2021 full year of production.They are a reflection of several different aspects of a poet's intent to the exploration of his own feelings, memories and experiences.The collection is a dedication to the work that is a reflection of a personal interpretation of poetry, personalized and globalized by a spirit of truth and honesty without fear of expressing moods and attitudes developed through different styles that come to life at the discretion of the author's inspiration.This is a personal journey. Each reader is supposed to be the personification of the poet and a mirror of his feelings or integrate the shared intentions just by a posture of acceptance.A good reader is the one that shares. A better reader is the one that lives the poetry along with the poet.

While written as fiction, BOY WITHOUT A FATHER is a remembered account of an actual event that occurred in the 13th Century in a remote mountain village on the Eastern slope of the Andes in South America when extraterrestrials from a planet in the Sirius Star System made contact.The journeyers from Sirius are on a mission to facilitate the evolution of those they contact. The contact is not at all random but intentional.In this story, they contacted villagers of a remote Andean Mountain village bringing a gift, a human baby, a boy, who was to grow up as one of the Quechua villagers' own, making this contact the entry point into the reincarnation cycle on Earth for the spirit of this boy.As suggested, the child from space is not the first of its kind. The Sirians have participated in countless instances of such "Starseed drops" on what they call the Blue Planet in a manner so clever and indirect as to influence the spiritual development of its inhabitants delicately.There is little doubt that many humans on Earth today had their origin as spirits who have come from other star systems to influence the course of human evolution on this planet and participate in their evolutionary development."Drops" are a means the Sirians use to comply with the fundamental law in the galaxy, which is non-interference. The mandate deals primarily with interaction between spacefaring civilizations and non-spacefaring, stating the former should not interfere in the latter's development without adequate cause.The "Down to Earth" narrative proceeds through the first life of this boy on Earth as he grows into adulthood, the fantastic things he does and says to help transform the lives of the villagers, which comes to a shocking climax and reiterates that life is without end.

This book was published based on a journal written by high school principal Rick Lasley during his final year of a 32-year tenure in public education. Glimmer of Hope (Book 2), chronicles the spring semester 2022 journal entries and follows Humanity in Peril (Book 1, published May 2022), which is based on the fall semester 2021 journal. Education is in dire straits while teachers are working through the pandemic with student apathy at an all-time high, student misbehavior on the rise, concerns with mental health/emotional well-being reaching unprecedented manifestation, and the decrease in certified candidates for teaching approaching never seen before vacancies. Glimmer of Hope focuses more on the positive aspects that still remain, giving hope for the future of education. It also represents the rallying call to communities, parents of school-aged children, legislators, district administrators, principals, and teachers for what each group can do to help bring the appeal and respect that it so profoundly deserves BACK to education. This advice given by Rick Lasley, retired HS principal, can only lead to more respect given to education and more certified teacher applicants in the pipeline over the next five to ten years...