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Since the launch of the SMARTER Grant in 2010, more than fifteen residents and one fellow from the Shizuoka Family Medicine (SFM) Program have come to the University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine and participated in short-term rotations under the guidance of U-M faculty.
While at U-M, the resident visitors have an opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities. They spend a majority of their time in the outpatient clinic at the Japanese Family Health Program (JFHP) at Domino's Farms Family Medicine Clinic where many Japanese patients are seen by bilingual family physicians. This is where they learn first hand what family medicine looks like in real life and how family medicine clinics are run. At JFHP, resident visitors also have observed the Group Prenatal Visits conducted by Dr. Little and Dr. Hashikawa, where prenatal visits are done in a group to provide prenatal teaching and support building for the Japanese pregnant women and families who usually have language barriers due to their recent immigration to the US.
Residents have also participated in Department of Family Medicine Grand Rounds, M&M Conferences and Resident Conferences, and also had opportunities to observe the inpatient family medicine services in Family Mother Baby (FMB) and in University Family Medicine (UFM) services. Some of the resident visitors have observed the palliative care service at U-M.
Some residents had the opportunity to take CME courses on women's health update and family medicine update. Other activities have encompassed observing palliative care service, sports medicine, mental health, and participating in Block Month (orientation month for the 1st and 2nd year residents) at U-M. They also have an opportunity to meet with U-M medical students and family medicine residents who have strong interest in Japan.
In addition, SFM residents are given access to the JFHP Rotaiton Manual and other U-M educational media and resources to further their study to become better family physicians.
Through the experience of seeing the US style family medicine with their own eyes, we hope that the residents will start imagining and thinking about what family medicine that fits the Japanese situation would be. We also hope that by meeting and exchanging ideas with US family physicians will give them an opportunity to find a role model and an inspiration for their future practice in family medicine.

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There are tons of lodging options in the magnificent Adirondacks but there is only one Sagamore Resort. Majestically mounted on the shore of Lake George at the end of “millionaire’s row,” guests feel like a million when they stay. Summers are booked far in advance when a pool lounge chair is a hot commodity among the 1100 people on property. As one guest said, relating to her love of September, “In June it was take a number.” Shoulder seasons are the way to go here, especially fall for the brilliant foliage.
The Sagamore is a mansion with surrounding rim lodges where rooms are updated with modern appointments. Fireplaces, art deco lighting and private balconies view the trees and lake without light pollution. Off the main lobby, the boutique is uniquely stocked to tickle any fancy with fine gifts, clothing and golf gear. Bear props are part of the decor but rarely seen on the extensive nature trails. Hike them all or for indoor exercise, the workout room faces the lake and has a sitting room to rival most lounges. Pool settings are gorgeous in and out. Rent a pontoon, paddleboard or anything in between, at the dock below.
History buffs like to head 20 minutes north to Fort Ticonderoga or to Fort William Henry at the south end of the village. In the village are water and amusement parks and more than one mini golf ventures for kiddies in tow. For a real golf thrill, take the shuttle to the Sagamore Golf Course. Donald Ross architected a classic layout, converting environmental splendor into a golf gem. Number one overlooks Lake George with a phenomenal representation of the Adirondacks. It was a soggy day at the Sagamore with an absolute downpour by the time we reached the first green but with the absence of lightning, we continued to tackle the layout and the elements. The second green was practically under water but otherwise the drainage was impressive as was the occasional foliage so early in autumn. Danny in his Antigua rain gear and Alice in Sunice ended up dry at the turn, surprising Dave Cummins, the pro in the shop. On the back nine, the weather cleared to showcase more spectacular scenery and natural design incorporating brooks, streams and ponds framed by the towering forest. At one with the deer in the woods, absent of traffic noise and homes, this course will invoke memories for a lifetime.
Back at The Sagamore Resort, The Morgan cruise sets sail on most afternoons for a complimentary guest tour of the lake through the narrows with more than 100 small islands, some available for families of six to camp for $30. Tongue Mountain guards the north and Paradise Cove makes the perfect roundabout on the east side. For post cruise social interaction, the lobby bar and terrace over look the pool terrace, the marina and beach, then wide-open water. For more libation enjoyment, try the Country Thyme Lemonade at the Lakeside Restaurant– Absolut Citron, Bacardi Limon, plump blueberries, hand picked thyme, agave, lemonade and splash of soda – served with a smile and local knowledge such as celebrity homeowners, including Derek Jeter. Dinner reservations are recommended at La Bella Vita’s fine dining restaurant where the view is again extraordinary and the steak is succulent.
Purchased by Opal, The Sagamore has extended back to year round accommodations, hoping to attract snow lovers with Gore Mountain, a popular ski area nearby. The conference and banquet books are looking good so far. While the fireplaces feel so cozy in the fall, imagine their wintertime warmth and glow. In any season, a stay at The Sagamore Resort on Lake George in Bolton Landing, New York is full of splendor. For reservations, go to www.thesagamore.com.

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The White House’s free trade negotiations with South Korea, Colombia and Panama are about to look like a piece of cake, compared to the work ahead to get House Democrats to agree on the details.
Already Republicans are on board, another show of President Barack Obama’s ability to work with the GOP while irking his party’s liberal base.
But Camps’ Democratic counterparts aren’t so warm to his haste. As in past trade votes, members of the more-liberal wing of the Democratic Party appear ready to side with organized-labor and human rights advocates, groups Obama will no doubt look to for support in 2012. It’s an awkward position for Obama as the trade debate unfolds toward a bipartisan agreement expected this summer.
“There is a reason the agreements didn’t move forward with the previous administration,” U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said of the then-Democratic-controlled House, at a Wednesday press breakfast hosted by the centrist group Third Way. “We did bring people back to the table and addressed some of the concerns of labor.” Trade observers in both parties have said that new White House chief of staff Bill Daley—who has had strong connections to the business community—has pushed for quicker action.
Although Kirk conceded the GOP’s persistence in pushing the three agreements since taking House control, he added that they didn’t affect the White House’s broader strategy—either on substance or timing. “Republicans came in and said send [the agreements] out. We said no,” until additional changes were made.
Still, much of organized labor and its closest Hill allies remain staunchly opposed—a source of discomfort for Obama as he prepares for reelection. With unemployment close to nine percent, many Democrats believe that reduced trade barriers are a bad message to beleaguered workers.
For Democratic critics, the Colombia deal has raised the strongest opposition because of continuing concern over physical attacks and threats to union leaders. “I am appalled that the administration is putting forward this action plan as the answer to Colombia’s rampant human rights and labor rights violations,” said Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine), who chairs the House Trade Working Group.
A larger group of liberal Democrats—including close Pelosi allies George Miller (D-Calif.), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)—last month demanded assurances from Obama that “Colombia’s long track record of repression, violence and murder of labor unionists has truly changed.” Obama subsequently hosted Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos at a cordial White House meeting to promote the trade agreement.
Even stronger criticism of all three trade deals has come from Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, which has support on these issues from large labor unions. At a Ways and Means Committee hearing, the group’s leaders called for more sweeping clean-up of Panama’s bank secrecy practices and tax-haven practices, and cast doubt on Administration claims that the South Korean deal would yield 70,000 U.S. jobs.
CORRECTION: Corrected by: Zeeshan Aleem @ 05/05/2011 04:21 PM 5/5/11 by Zeeshan Aleem per Marty Kady. CLARIFICATION: This story has been clarified to explain Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch’s relationship with unions on trade pacts.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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This report studies the global Skincare Devices market status and forecast, categorizes the global Skincare Devices market size (value & volume) by manufacturers, type, application, and region. This report focuses on the top manufacturers in North America, Europe, Japan, China, and other regions (India, Southeast Asia).
Focuses on the key Skincare Devices manufacturers, to study the capacity, production, value, market share and development plans in future.
Regional and country-level analysis of the Skincare Devices market, by end-use.

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Great for kids and the kids at heart, our tongue twister shaved ice syrup is a ready to use, deliciously tart fruit blend that�s guaranteed to keep your tongue tied. Except for �Yum�, you won�t be able to say anything else about our fruity snow cone syrup. During hot summer days spent at the pool or park, snow cones are a refreshing treat to keep everyone cool. Fruit blends are the most popular flavor due to their sweetly tart, icy goodness, and our tongue twister snow cone syrup is a bit more sour than our other blends.
Our tongue twister shaved ice syrup isn't too tart, and it�s a favorite flavor for those who like sour candy. Have a children�s summertime party? How about a snow cone stand? For some added fun, serve our tongue twister snow cone syrup and have a funny faces competition. Although this fruity snow cone syrup is delicious on its own, tongue twister snow cone syrup also adds a little sour to sweeter fruit flavors. This flavor is also available as part of a syrup package.


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The Spanish Civil Guard launched a raid in Barcelona early Wednesday morning in search of voting material for the independence referendum that Catalan authorities plan to hold on October 1, despite its suspension by the courts on the grounds that it is unconstitutional.
Under the orders of a judge, officers entered nine government premises, including the Palau de la Generalitat – the seat of government – and the foreign affairs, economy and labor departments, according to the EFE news agency. A total of 41 searches were carried out.
Fourteen people have been arrested, according to police sources. One of them is a top Catalan official, Economy Secretary General Josep María Jové, who answers directly to the deputy regional premier, Oriol Junqueras. Among the other detainees are the regional Tax Agency secretary, Josep Maria Salvadó, and the services director from the vice-premier’s office, Natalia Garriga.
As well as public officials, three citizens were also among the 14 detainees. Pau Furriol is a lawyer and was the head of the guarantee commission for Catalan nationalist party Republican Left of Catalonia. Mercedes Martínez Martos, meanwhile, is the representative of an advertising company called Fox Box Publi Alternativa. The firm owns an industrial premises in Bigues i Riells (Barcelona) where voting slips and other material related to the October 1 referendum were located. Also placed under arrest, in this case in Madrid, was Rosa María Rodríguez Curto, the general services manager of IT consultancy and services company T-Systems.
At 9am, protesters spilled out onto the bustling La Rambla pedestrian mall yelling “we will vote” and “independence,” Europa Press reported.
“They are attacking this country’s institutions and thus attacking its citizens. We will not allow it,” said deputy premier Oriol Junqueras, following his aide’s arrest.
The Catalan premier, Carles Puigdemont, called an emergency meeting of his Cabinet in response.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in Congress that “this was done on the decision of a judge to ensure compliance with the law.” Catalan deputies in the chamber walked out.
These events represent a major escalation in the ongoing confrontation between Madrid and Barcelona over the illegal October 1 referendum.
Until now, moves to stop the ballot from taking place had been more low-key, as had been the efforts to make it happen.
Law enforcement forces in Catalonia – the Mossos d’Esquadra regional police, the National Police and the Civil Guard – were instructed on September 12 to confiscate all voting material, from campaign posters to ballot boxes.
But Spain’s public prosecutor is unhappy about the way the Mossos have been acting – or failing to act – to stop these preparations.
In July of this year, the Mossos chief resigned and regional authorities appointed a replacement with a public history of supporting secession.
Instead, the Civil Guard has been taking the lead in anti-referendum operations.
Regional premier Carles Puigdemont has promised that the planned ballot will be binding, no matter what the turnout and despite its lack of legal backing.
In order to provide the vote with some kind of legal framework, the Catalan parliament recently passed two controversial pieces of legislation using an unprecedented fast-track method that dispensed with regular procedural safeguards and triggered a mass walkout by non-separatist forces in the chamber. The laws were immediately suspended by Spain’s Constitutional Court.
Puigdemont and his separatist coalition, which holds a slim majority in the Catalan parliament thanks to support from a fringe party called CUP, have been intensifying their challenge to national laws by holding rallies in support of the vote, asking mayors to lend municipal premises on October 1 and notifying 55,000 citizens of their duty to go man the voting stations that day.
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It’s the second week of January, the year is still new, there are still opportunities for you. So, take a look, and see if you would like to apply any of them.
• 180 school days, 180 scholarships, that’s the kind of math that might make you qualified for today’s the Actuarial Diversity Scholarship, if you’ve got a parent of color and a minimum GPA of 3.0 and an SAT math scored of 600 and interested in becoming an Actuary, there is $4000 saying you’re right. Visit, https://actfnd.academicworks.com/opportunities/144, for more details.
• Today’s scholarship is the only thing making our announcements go long–it is the American Fire Sprinkler Association Second Chance Scholarship it is worth $1,000. Visit, https://www.afsascholarship.org/secondchance/, for more details and apply.
• Kaiser Permanente Asian Association (KPAA) scholarships recognize graduating high school seniors who have been instrumental in bringing tangible benefit to an Asian community and who have the potential to be leaders of the future. In order to be eligible, you must either attend high school or reside in the Northern California Kaiser Permanente service area. They will be offering scholarships of $3,500 each, and are open for applications. So, check out https://kaiserpermanente-asianassociation.org/scholarship/, for more details.
Those are all the scholarships for this week. I hope one of them stood out to you, and that you will jump on the opportunity to earn a scholarship. Have a great week.

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Today, medical marijuana laws are changing around the world. In fact, in many countries, large scale growers are being embraced as a method of providing patients with the high quality medication that they need and deserve. Because of that, we are expanding into bulk seed sales.
Of the many strands available today, the classic Skunk XL is still among the best. This 75 percent sativa blend has its roots in the Mexican, Colombian and Afgan races. It revolutionized cannabis for a new generation.
This strain grows well both indoors and out. Under a 600 watt bulb, you can expect to get between 65 and 75 grams per plant or 500 grams per meter squared. In a warm climate like Italy, Spain or California, you can expect a yield of 100 grams per plant outdoors. Skunk XL can also be grown in colder climates like the Netherlands or the United Kingdom but will not reach the full yield.
This plant is a dream to grow. For a Sativa, it has very little stretching during the flowering period and requires a relatively small amount of maintenance. This makes Skunk XL a perfect plant to grow in both soil and hydroponic based operations. It is especially well suited for sea/screen of green operations.
When looking to maximize flavor, the flowering should be considered complete at the seven to eight week mark. Many, however, let it go as long nine or 10 weeks to give the smoke an extra kick. Because of the short flowering time, ease of growth and large yield, Skunk XL is considered among the premium cash crops available today.
Skunk XL is a popular strain because it provides an instant head high then a slow creeping full body stone. Smokers enjoy the sweet, fruity taste that makes hitting the joint or bong a pleasurable experience. Due to the sweetness, this is also a strain that works well in edibles.
The ease of growth and popularity of this plant makes it well suited for bulk growth. Feel free to contact us if you need assistance.

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The new comedy project that is being aired on Comedy Central was written and made by Alex Anfanger and Dan Schimpf. Both men feature as executive producers of the series as well along with other outstanding and talented show makers. As to Alex Anfanger, he is in the series’ cast as well.
The first part of Big Time in Hollywood includes ten episodes that tell viewers a story of two brothers, filmmakers, who take decision of string out independently after they have been kicked out of own house by their parents.
The cast of this hilarious comedy project is really brilliant. The outstanding performance makes viewers enjoy good laughter in the course of each episode. Thus the fans of the series are really inpatient to see more of it.
Whether this thrilling comedy series, season one of which premiered this spring on Comedy Central is coming back with its second part is not known yet. As soon as first episode of the comedy kicked off the project received extremely welcoming reviews and sky-rocket ratings of viewers. The dynamics continued thus it would be a small surprise if the series got renewal. Check back to receive the latest updates on this from us!
Comment (at least 5 characters)...this show needs to come back. Qwerkiness at its best!
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industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Each hair root Contains an oil gland.
Each hair on the head stands individually because the oil in the gland coats every strand. When the oil in the natural oil glands isn’t able to reach and cover the entire duration of the strand, hair becomes dry and damaged, resulting in hair fall. That is why you desire conditioners to nourish the whole strand, from root to tip. Especially for hair – if you have them permed, straightened or coloured – conditioner isn’t optional, it is an absolute necessity. Dermatologists also suggest constant use of hair dryers to nourish your hair regularly.
All these are things that the majority of us understand about hair dryers. But, there is a lot of things which nobody talks about. So here are 5 things which you may not know about your own hair conditioner.
Your conditioners can end up being great styling solutions. Should you wish to have that wavy look, spray a small number of leave-on conditioner to dampen your hair and make a braid.
But fear not! Employ a deep conditioning mask right into the scalp at least once every month.
This may come as a shock for most because conditioning following shampoo is a common practice. But conditioning can raise the body of your hair.
The choice of your conditioner must be strictly based on your hair texture. For those who have thin hair, decide on a volumizing conditioner and should you thick greasy hair, pick a conditioner formulated using less oil.
Prevent your roots while cleansing. Start in the endings and comb the conditioner to the mid-lengths of the hair. This is the very best way to moisturize your strands.


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Statement of Christina Mills, joining Environment Minnesota press conference.
My name is Christina Mills. I am a staff scientist and policy analyst with the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) which provides policymakers, journalists, and the public with understandable and accurate scientific and technical information on energy and environmental issues.
IEER’s aim is to bring scientific excellence to public policy issues in order to promote the democratization of science and a safer, healthier environment.
As the report “Too Close to Home” discusses, nuclear power plants pose a threat to the drinking water of millions of Americans. Unfortunately many Americans have been and continue to be exposed to radioactive drinking water as the result of routine operations at the country’s nuclear reactor fleet. Tritium, a form of radioactive hydrogen, is routinely released by reactors across the country, including the Prairie Island reactors here in Red Wing. Additionally, as the report highlights, leaks of tritium can go undetected and are likely to increase as reactors age and the infrastructure wears down.
There have been two tritium leaks at Prairie Island, including one unmonitored leak of 3,700 gallons of water on November 30, which was not reported until February 1. This is unacceptable, especially since the NRC report acknowledged that there was potential for the liquid to contaminate local groundwater. And recently a smaller leak was reported, but this time the concentration of tritium was much higher at 15,000 picocuries per liter. Unfortunately these events fit into a pattern of tritium leaks at many reactor sites, despite which the NRC and the reactor operators have not yet put in place an adequate system of reporting or monitoring.
Stronger federal standards on tritium are needed.
Tritium, like all radioactive substances, is a known carcinogen. Every exposure to radiation produces a corresponding cancer risk – a low exposure produces low risk, and that risk increases with exposure. There is no threshold below which there is zero risk. Tritium can replace one or both of the hydrogen atoms in a molecule of water (the H’s in H2O) and if released as a gas can combine with rainfall and contaminate groundwater. Measurements of rainwater are not taken and the NRC does not require monitoring of surface or groundwater that may be contaminated by tritiated rainfall. Tritium can also become incorporated into food, replacing hydrogen in organic molecules and can become part of our genetic material.
The EPA’s current limit for tritium in public drinking water is 20,000 picocuries per liter (A picocurie is a unit of radiation. A liter is just under one-fourth of a gallon.) which corresponds to a lifetime fatal cancer risk of about one in 25,000 for a person drinking two liters a day for a lifetime. This is far less protective than a one-in-a-million risk level, the most stringent standard for cleanup for a single pollutant at Superfund sites containing radioactive waste. Additionally, the present tritium limit fails to account for health risks such as early failed pregnancies, malformations, and other non-cancer outcomes. For instance, if a pregnant woman drinks tritiated water, tritium can cross the placenta, become incorporated into the embryo/fetus, and irradiate rapidly dividing cells, thereby raising the risk of malformations and early failed pregnancies. Given that all of a woman’s ova get made while she is still in her mother’s womb, the risks can be multi-generational.
Because the reporting is not consistent for plants that have more than one reactor, like Prairie Island, it is difficult to accurately determine the risk of tritium exposure to communities near these plants. For instance, in 2005 Prairie Island’s reactors had a combined release of 516 picocuries per liter of tritium, but the individual amounts for each reactor are not known.
Further these samples are taken at various intervals and measurements from times that tritium is discharged are averaged with measurements from times that it is not. The NRC does not verify when the samples are taken and there is no independent way for communities and the public to verify what discharges are occurring, which leaves opportunity for leaks to go unreported for extended periods of time.
Some states have adopted more protective tritium guidelines or public health goals – though they cannot legislate enforceable radiation standards. California’s public health goal is 400 picocuries per liter (1 in 1 million lifetime fatal cancer risk). Colorado’s surface water tritium standard for Rocky Flats clean up, made in agreement with the Federal government is 500 picocuries per liter. New Mexico has set a notification guideline for public health in the Rio Grande section from which drinking water is drawn of 4,000 picocuries per liter (1 in 100,000 lifetime fatal cancer risk).
Residents and communities around nuclear power plants are at risk. As we have just witnessed here in Minnesota, it does not take a large-scale disaster to cause leaks of radioactive water from nuclear reactors.

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Abstract—The performedresearch is used to explore the prospectiveinfluence of sodium montmorillonite (Na-MMT) on the high temperature ablation, thermal stability/conductivity and mechanical parameters of elastomeric composites. Ablation characteristics viz. (backface temperature rise, insulation index, and ablation rates)were amassed using oxy-acetylene flame test. Thermal conductivity, thermal stability, ultimate tensile strength and elastomeric hardness were performed on domestically developed TC apparatus according ASTM E1225-99, TGA, UTM, and rubber hardness meter, respectively. The experimental data explored that with increasing Na-MMT contents in the acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, back-face temperature acclivity, linear ablation resistance, and radial ablation impedance were reduced by a factor of 95, 800, and 88%, correspondingly. Maximum filler content viz. 30% has efficiently improves thermal insulation character, tensile properties and elastomeric hardness of the fabricated specimens. Microscopic results showed microporosity generation during ablation that eventually enhanced the insulation character of the ablative specimens at high temperatures. In the view of the obtained results, well dispersed Na-MMT in NBR matrix is a good combination of high as well as low temperature insulation applications.
Index Terms—Aerospace, polymer composite, oxy-acetylene flame, ablation testing, thermal analysis, mechanical properties, thermal conductivity, electron microscopy.
Sadia Sagar Iqbal is with University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan(e-mail: sadiasagariqbal.pu@gmail.com).
Cite: Sadia Sagar Iqbal, Nadeem Iqbal, Tahir Jamil, and Arshad Bashir, "Exfoliated Sodium Montmorillonite Reinforced Elastomeric Nanocomposites: Ablation, Thermal Transport/Decomposition/Transitions and Mechanical Aspects)," International Journal of Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 19-25, 2018.

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New York Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins and the man running to be his lieutenant, Brian Jones, are offering a Progressive lifeboat to voters adrift in the conservative maelstrom now buffeting workers in a state that once led the labor movement.
“The 1 percent has two parties. Working people need one of their own,” says Hawkins, who has run for office in nearly every election since 1993.
Jones, Hawkins’ running mate, is a first-time general election candidate who advocated for Progressive principles while running for Secretary of the United Federation of Teachers. Despite differing backgrounds, the two candidates share a common vocation: Both are workers.
Hawkins, an active Teamster, unloads trucks at UPS in Syracuse. Jones spent nine years teaching in the public schools before moving on to a Ph.D. program. Both believe they are well-suited to represent average New Yorkers because they spend their days with average New Yorkers. They are running on two agendas: A Green New Deal and a program to desegregate the Empire State.
– The right to a job, through public sector jobs for the unemployed.
– The right to an adequate income, built into the progressive tax structure.
– The right to healthcare through a single public insurer.
– The right to affordable housing through investing mixed-income, mixed-race, scattered-site public housing.
– The right to a good education, including full and equitable funding, rejection of high-stakes testing linked to Common Core, and desegregation.
– The right to affordable mobility through improving and expanding mass transit, including intra-city light rail, inter-urban rail, and long distance high-speed rail.
– The right to a sustainable environment, starting with building out a 100% clean energy system by 2030.
The campaign’s desegregation program targets everything from education (“New York schools are the most segregated in the nation,” according to the campaign) and housing (“NYC and Syracuse are the most segregated” large- and medium-sized U.S. cities respectively), to criminal justice, health care, food, and financial services.
Hawkins faces incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, Republican Rob Astorino and Libertarian Michael McDermott. Cuomo leads in the polls, though continuing controversy could damage his campaign. He has faced significant criticism for beating up on public employee unions, supporting the Independent Democratic Conference (which caucused with Republicans and turned a Democratic electoral victory into a Republican governing majority), pursuing conservative tax policies, and backing ultra-conservative Republicans over Democrats in the current election cycle.
Beyond these controversies, Cuomo fought against a minimum wage increase (despite a campaign promise to raise the minimum wage across the state) and sought to increase public resources for charter schools while weakening public schools. The embattled Governor is currently dealing with the fallout from a corruption investigation.
Astorino is running on a pledge to cut government spending and taxes in order grow the economy, a.k.a., trickle-down theory – which has been so roundly disproved by economists of every political stripe that it scarcely qualifies as even a “theory” these days. He also supports the repeal of government regulations in order to make the state more “business friendly.” And just in case that doesn’t make Astorino enough of a throwback to capture the 25 percent of voters now polling as his supporters, he has come out strongly in favor of fracking in western New York, the source of New York City’s water supply.
For his part, Hawkins notes significant differences between himself and his competitors. Both Cuomo and Astorino favor private and charter schools over public schools. Hawkins also rejects an “all-of-the-above” energy policy and unapologetically opposes fracking, instead focusing on investment in renewable sources.
But the issue perhaps most resonant with New York workers is Hawkins’ drive for a $15-per-hour minimum wage, a movement that took root last year in Seattle and has now spread to Los Angeles and many other locales.
Recent polling indicates Hawkins is right. His projected 9 percent of the vote could help him exceed the vote count Astorino wins for the state’s Conservative Party (Astorino cross-filed, Republican and Conservative). Should that happen, the New York Green Party will swipe from the Conservatives “Row C” ballot status as the state’s third-largest party in the next election.
Finally the "merit-based" race of hard-scrabble up by their own bootstrappers America deserves!


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A/Prof Xiaodi Huang is with School of Computing and Mathematics at Charles Sturt University (CSU). Prior to that, he was an s/lecturer at CSU, and a lecturer in School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at the University of New England, Armidale. He is also a distinguished professor (Jan 2012~present) of South China Normal University, China.
1. Anwar H. Masud, Xiaodi Huang, Strategies and Practice of Cloud-Based Learning Environment Implementation, Handbook of Research on Cloud-Based STEM Education for Improved Learning Outcomes, ISBN-13: 978-14666992432016, pp. 42-63, 2016, IGI global.
2. Anwar H. Masud, Xiaodi Huang, ESaaS: A New Education Software Model in E-learning Systems, Information and Management Engineering Communications in Computer and Information Science, ISBN 978-3-642-24021-8, pp.468-475, 2011, Springer.
3. Xiaodi Huang, WSRank: A New Algorithm for Ranking Web Services, New Technologies, Mobility and Security, H. Labiodand M. Badra eds., ISBN 978-1-4020-6269-8, pp.535-546, 2007, Springer.
4. Xiaodi Huang, Jinsong Bao, Xiaoling Dai, Edwin Singh, Weidong Huang, Changqin Huang, M&E-NetPay: A Micropayment System for Mobile and Electronic Commerce (Selected), 169, Chapter 2: Applications, Symmetry Measures on Complex Networks, Angel Garrido (Ed.) ISBN 978-3-03842-498-7, 2017 MDPI.
5. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, Web Graph Clustering for Displays and Navigation of Cyberspace, Web Mining: Applications and Techniques, Edited by Dr Anthony Scime. ISBN 1-59140-415-0, pp.253-274, 2004, Idea Group Inc.
6. Xiaodi Huang, Graph Visualization: Filtering, Clustering and Dynamic Layout of Graphs in the WWW, VDM Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-639-16606-4, 278 pages.
7. Yuxin Liu, Anfeng Liu, Xiao Liu, Xiaodi Huang, A statistical approach to participant selection in location-based social networks for offline event marketing, Information Sciences, Vol. 480, pp.90-108, 2019.
8. Nicholas Pawsey, Tahmid Nayeem, and Xiaodi Huang, Use of Facebook to Engage Water Customers: A Comprehensive Study of Current UK and Australian Practices and Trends, Journal of Environmental Management, 228, pp.517-528, 2018.
9. Haijiao Xu, Changqin Huang, Xiaodi Huang, Muxiong Huang, Multi-modal multi-concept-based deep neural network for automatic image annotation, Multimedia Tools and Applications, pp.1-25, 2018.
11. Haijiao Xu, Changqin Huang, Xiaodi Huang, Chunyan Xu, and Muxiong Huang, Combining Convolutional Neural Network and Markov Random Field for Semantic Image Retrieval, Advances in Multimedia, pp. 1-25, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6153607.
16. Y. Wang, X. Lin, L. Wu, W. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Xiaodi Huang, Robust Subspace Clustering for Multi-view Data by Exploiting Correlation Consensus, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol.24. No. 11, pp. 3939-3949, 2015.
17. Xiaodi Huang, Jinsong Bao, Xiaoling Dai, Edwin Singh, Weidong Huang, Changqin Huang, M&E-NetPay: A Micropayment System for Mobile and Electronic Commerce, Symmetry, Vol.8, No.8, 2016.
18. Xiaodi Huang, W. Huang, GO: A cluster algorithm for graph visualization, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, Vol. 28, pp.71-82, 2015.
19. J. Zhou, S. Zhu, Xiaodi Huang, Y. Zhang, Enhancing Time Series Clustering by Incorporating Multiple Distance Measures with Semi-Supervised Learning, Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 30, No. 4 pp. 859-973, 2015.
20. L. Wu, Xiaodi Huang, J. Shepherd, Y. Wang, Multi-Query Augmentation-Based Web Landmark Photo Retrieval, The Computer Journal, Vol. 58, No.9, pp. 2120-2134, 2015.
21. L. Wu, Xiaodi Huang, C. Zhang, J. Shepherd, Y. Wang, An Efficient Framework of Bregman Divergence Optimization for Co-Ranking Images and Tags in a Heterogeneous Network, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol.74, No. 15. pp. 5635-5660, 2015.
22. Xiaodi Huang, UsageQoS: Estimating the QoS of Web Services through Online User Communities, ACM Transactions on the Web, Vol. 8, No. 1, Article 1, pp. 1- 31, 2013.
23. X. Han, Á. Cuevas, Noel Crespi, R. Cuevas, Xiaodi Huang, On Exploiting Social Relationship and Personal Background for Content Discovery in P2P Networks, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 40, pp.17-29, 2014.
24. X. Li, Xiaodi Huang, X. Deng, S. Zhu, Enhancing quantitative intra-day stock return prediction by integrating both market news and stock prices information, Neurocomputing, Vol.142, No. 22, pp.228-238, 2014.
25. Y. Xu, C. Luo, M. Qian, Xiaodi Huang, S. Zhu, MHC2MIL: a novel multiple instance learning-based method for MHC II peptide binding prediction by considering peptide flanking region and residue positions, BMC Genomics, Vol. 15. No.S9, pp.1-9, 2014.
26. Xiaodi Huang, X. Dai, W. Liang, BulaPay: A Novel Web Service based Third-Party Payment System for e-Commerce, Electronic Commerce Research, Vol.14, No. 4, pp. 611-633, 2014.
28. H. Miao, Xiaodi Huang, A Heuristic Field Navigation Approach for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp.15-32, 2014, Taylor & Francis.
29. Xiaodi Huang, J. Zhao, J. Ash, W. Lai, Clustering Student Discussion Messages on Online Forum by Visualization and non-Negative Matrix Factorization, Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol.6, No.7B, pp.7-12, 2013.
30. Xia Liu, Hui Miao, and Xiaodi Huang, A Novel Approach for Blind Estimation of a MIMO Channel Including Phase Unwrapping Ambiguity Elimination, IT Convergence Practice, Vol. 1, No.2, pp.20-33, 2013.
31. Yang Wang, Xiaodi Huang, Lin Wu, Clustering via Geometric Median-Shift over Riemannian Manifolds, Information Sciences, Vol. 220, No. 20, pp.292-306, 2013. ScienceDirect.
32. Md Anwar Hossain Masud, Xiaodi Huang, M-learning Architecture for Cloud-based Higher Education System of Bangladesh, Mobile Computing, Vol.2, No.4, pp.84-94, 2014.
33. W. Huang, R. Khoury, T. Dawborn, B. Huang, M. Huang, Xiaodi Huang, WeBeVis: Analyzing User Web Behaviour through Visual Metaphors, SCI. CHINA Inf. Sci, Vol. 56, No. 5, 2013.
34. Md Anwar Hossain Masud, Xiaodi Huang, A Cloud-Based M-learning Architecture for Higher Education, Archives Des Sciences, Vol.66, No.1,pp.751-760, 2013.
35. Miao Hui, Xiaodi Huang, Guo Chen, An Enhanced Simulated Annealing Scheduling Approach for Smart Meter Technology, International Review of Electrical Engineering (IREE), Vol.8 No.1, pp.321-328, 2013.
36. Miao Hui, Xiaodi Huang, Guo Chen, A Genetic Evolutionary Task Scheduling Method for Energy Efficiency in Smart Homes, International Review of Electrical Engineering (IREE), Vol.7 No.5, pp.5897-5904,2012.
37. Md. Anwar Hossain Masud, Xiaodi Huang, An E-learning System Architecture based on Cloud Computing, International Journal of Social and Human Sciences, Vol. 6, 2012, pp.185-189.
38. Miao Hui, Xiaodi Huang, Dynamic vehicle path planning using an enhanced simulated annealing approach for supply chains, International Journal of Enterprise Network Management Vol.5, No.2, 2012, pp.197-218.
39. Yang Wang, Lin Wu, Xiaodi Huang,* and Xuemin Lin, Human Action Recognition from Video Sequences by Enforcing Tri-view Constraints, The Computer Journal, Vol. 55, No.9, 2012, pp.1030-1040.
40. Gang Shu, Xiaodi Huang, Shanfeng Zhu, A Consensus Method for Prioritizing Drug-Associated Target Proteins, International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics, Vol.6, No.2, 2012, pp.178-195.
41. Xiaodi Huang, Xiaodong Zheng, Wei Yuan, Fei Wang, Shanfeng Zhu, Enhanced Clustering of Biomedical Documents Using Ensemble Non-negative Matrix Factorization, Information Sciences, Vol. 181, No.11, 2011, pp. 2293-2302, ScienceDirect.
42. Wei Lai, Xiaodi Huang, Mao Lin Huang, SWING: A System for Visualizing Web Graphs, Advances on Information Sciences and Service Sciences, Vol.3, No. 2, pp.94-101. doi:10.4156/aiss.vol3. issue2.11. 2011.
43. Zhuang Shao, Zhikui Chen, Xiaodi Huang, A Mobile Service Recommendation System Using Multi-Criteria Ratings, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking( ISSN 1941-8663), Vol.2 No.4, pp.30-40, 2010.
44. Yang Wang, Zhikui Chen, Xiaodi Huang, Element Retrieval Using Namespace Based on Keyword Search over XML Documents, Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol.3, No.1, pp.65-72, DOI: 10.4236/jsea.2010.31008, 2010.
45. Junbin Gao, PWL Kwan, Xiaodi Huang, Comprehensive Analysis for the Local Fisher Discriminate Analysis, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol.23, No.6, pp. 1129-1143, 2009.
46. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, A.S.M. Sajeev, and Junbin Gao, A New Algorithm to Remove Overlapping Nodes in Graph Layout, Information Sciences, ScienceDirect, Vol. 177, No. 14, pp. 2821-2844, 2007.
47. Xiaodi Huang, Dianhui Wang, Kazuo Misue, Jiro Tanaka, A.S.M. Sajeev, On the Graph Modeling, Node Ranking and Visualization, International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, Vol. 3, Nos. 3/4, pp.188-210, 2007.
48. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, Clustering Graphs for Visualization via Node Similarities, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, ISSN 1045-926X, Vol .17, No.3, pp. 225-253, ScienceDirect, 2006.
49. Dianhui Wang, Xiaodi Huang, Y.S. Kim, J.S. Lim, M.M. Han, B.W. Lee, A Structured Based Approach for Multimedia Information Filtering, Multimedia Tools and Applications: An International Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp.73-89, Springer, 2006.
50. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, Online Web Information Visualization with Filtering and Clustering Graph Layout, The IEEE Intelligence Informatics Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 11-17, 2005.
51. Hua Wang, Jinli Gao, Yanchun Zhang, Xiaodi Huang, A Flexible Electronic Payment Scheme and its Management, IFORMATION ( ISSN 1343-4500), Vol.7, No.2, pp.187-196, 2004.
52. Suyang Dai, Zihan Zhang, Wenxuan Zuo, Xiaodi Huang, Shanfeng Zhu, GrantExtractor: A Winning System for Extracting Grant Support Information from Biomedical Literature, The IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, pp: 333-340, 2018, doi:10.1109/BIBM.2018.8621579.
54. Xiaodi Huang, Muxiong Huang, Weidong Huang, A Novel Metric for Edge Centrality, BDIOT Proceedings of the International Conference on Big Data and Internet of Thing, pp16-20, 2017, ACM.
59. Weidong Huang, Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, RE-Tutor: An Augmented Reality based Platform for Distributed Collaborative Learning, The 11th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 8683, 2014, pp. 111-117, Springer.
60. Xiaodi Huang, Edge Filtering for Exploration of Graphs, IEEE Symposium on Large-Scale Data Analysis and Visualization(LDAV), 2013, (best poster paper).
61. Anwar H. Masud, Xiaodi Huang, ESaaS: A New Software Paradigm for Supporting Higher Education in Cloud Environment, The 17th IEEE International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2013, pp.196-201.
62. Zhenzhen Zhao, Xiaodi Huang, and Noel Crespi, A System for Web Widget Discovery Using Semantic Distance between User Intent and Social Tags, Social Informatics, 2012, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 7710, pp.1-14, Springer.
63. Qiang Lin, Daqing Zhang, Xiaodi Huang, Hongbo Ni, Xingshe Zhou, Detecting Wandering Behavior for Elders with Dementia based on GPS Traces,12th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCA), pp. 672-677, 2012.
64. Cuiting Huang, Xiao Han, Xiaodi Huang, Noel Crespi, “A triplex-layer based P2P Service Exposure Model in Convergent Environment”, UP-TO-US: User-Centric Personalized TV ubiquitOus and secUre Services, EuroITV 2012,Germany, pp.306-314, ISBN:978-3-00-038715-9, editors: Sefan A. Stephan S., Hendrik, K, and Jan H.
65. Md. Anwar Hossain Masud, Xiaodi Huang, “ A Novel Approach for Adopting Cloud-based E-learning System”, 11th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICIS 2012, Shanghai, China, 2012, pp.37-42.
66. Md. Anwar Hossain Masud, Xiaodi Huang, Jianming Yong, Cloud Computing for Higher Education: A Roadmap, 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2012, pp.552-557.
67. Yang Wang, Lin Wu, Xiaodi Huang, Action recognition using tri-view constraints, The 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal based Surveillance(AVSS), 2011, pp.107-112.
68. Jianming Yong, Sanjib Tiwari, Huang Xiaodi, Jin, Qun, Constructing Robust Digital Identity Infrastructure for Future Networked Society, 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2011, pp.570-576.
69. Anwar H. Masud, Xiaodi Huang, Jianming Yong, Enhanced M-Learning with Cloud Computer: The Bangladesh Case. 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2011, pp735-741.
70. Yang Wang, Xiaodi Huang, Geometric Median-Shift over Riemannian Manifolds. PRICAI 2010: Trends in Artificial Intelligence Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2010, Volume 6230/2010, pp. 268-279, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15246-7_26.
71. Zhikui Chen, Zhuang Shao, Zhijiang Xie, Xiaodi Huang, An attribute-based scheme for service recommendation using association rules and ant colony algorithm, Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), 2010, pp.1- 6, 10.1109/WTS.2010.5479624, IEEE.
72. Wei Lai, Xiaodi Huang, From graph data extraction to graph layout: Web information visualization. The 3rd International Conference on Information Sciences and Interaction Sciences (ICIS), pp. 224- 229, 10.1109/ICICIS.2010.5534742.
73. Yang Wang, Weidi Dai, Xiaodi Huang: Riemannian Manifolds clustering via Geometric median. 2010 Seventh International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD), 10.1109/FSKD.2010.5569375 2010, pp.1652-1656, IEEE.
74. Zhikui Chen, Zhuang Shao, Xiaodi Huang, Yang Liu, LSAP: Low Storage Authentication Protocol for cluster-based wireless, sensor networks, International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery (CyberC). 10-11 Oct. 2009, pp.218 - 225, ISBN: 978-1-4244-5218-7, DOI 10.1109/CYBERC.2009.5342204.
75. Zhikui Chen, Song Yang, Xiaodi Huang, Yang Liu, An adaptive feedback timing control algorithm of delay-constrained data aggregation in wireless sensor networks, International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery (CyberC). 10-11 Oct. 2009, pp.337-342, ISBN: 978-1-4244-5218-7, DOI: 10.1109/CYBERC.2009.5342205.
76. Lachana Ramingwong, A. S. M. Sajeev, Sakgasit Ramingwong, Xiaodi Huang, Analysing Software Process Models using SAM. Software Engineering Research and Practice, pp.50-54, 2009.
78. Lachana Inchaiwong, A. S. M. Sajeev, Xiaodi Huang, Sakgasit Ramingwong, A Comparison of Software Process Models, Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP), pp.503-509, July 14-17, 2008, USA, 2 Volumes, CSREA Press,1-60132-088-4.
79. Di Zhang, Yunquan Zhang, Shengfei Liu, Xiaodi Huang, Parallelization of FM-Index, 10th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), pp.169-173, 25-27, Sept. 2008.
80. Zhikui Chen; Xiaodi Huang, Dynamic Fast Authentication and Authorization during Inter-Domain Mobility, 4th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM), pp.1-4, 12-14 Oct. 2008.
81. Xiaodi Huang, WSRank: A New Algorithm for Ranking Web Services, New Technologies, Mobility and Security, H.Labiodand M.Badra eds., Springer, ISBN 978-1-4020-6269-8, pp.535-546, 2007.
82. Jiuyong Li, Xiaodi Huang, Clinton Selke, Jianming Yong, A Fast Algorithm for Finding Correlation Clusters in Noise Data, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2007, Volume 4426, Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, pp. 639-647.
83. Wei Lai; Xiaodi Huang, An Efficient Approach for Building Web-based Courseware, First IEEE International Symposium on Information Technologies and Applications in Education (ISITAE ), pp.260-263, 2007.
84. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, Maolin Huang et al. A Kernel-based Algorithm for Multilevel Drawing Web Graphs, International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation (CGIV), pp. 454-459, 2007, the IEEE Computer Society.
85. Wei Lai, Xiaodi Huang, Quang Vinh Nguyen, Mao Lin Huang, Applying Graph Layout Techniques to Web Information Visualization and Navigation, International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation (CGIV), pp. 447-453, 2007, the IEEE Computer Society.
86. Mao Lin Huang, Q.V Nguyen, Wei Lai, Xiaodi Huang, Three-Dimensional EncCon Tree, International Conference onComputer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation (CGIV), pp.429-433, 2007, the IEEE Computer Society.
87. Hua Wang, Xiaodi Huang, Goutham Reddy Dodda, Ticket-based mobile commerce scheme and its implementation, the 2nd ACM International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks, 2-6, Oct 2006, Terromolinos, Spain, pp.119-122, ISBN:1-59593-486-3, ACM Press, New York, NY, USA.
88. Xiaodi Hung, A. S. M. Sajeev, Wei Lai, A Scalable Algorithm for Adjusting Node-Node Overlaps, International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization(CGIV), pp 43-48, ISBN 0-7695-2606-3, pp.25-28, 2006, the IEEE Computer Society.
89. J. Yong, J. Yan, Xiaodi Huang, WFMS-based Data Integration for e-Learning, Proc. of the 10th International Conference on CSCW in Design (CSCWD), pp.1361-1366, ISBN:1-4244-0164-X, Nanjing, China, May 3-5, 2006.
90. Adam Ghandar, A. S. M. Sajeev and Xiaodi Huang, Pattern Puzzle: A Metaphor for Visualizing Software Complexity Measures. In Proc. Asia Pacific Symposium on Information Visualisation (APVIS), Tokyo, Japan. CRPIT, 60 Australian Computer Society 2006. Misue, K., Sugiyama, K. and Tanaka, J., Eds., ACS. pp. 221-224, 2006.
91. Xiaodi Huang, Peter Eades, Wei Lai, A Framework of Filtering, Clustering and Dynamic Layout Graphs for Visualization, In Proc. Twenty-Eighth Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC), Newcastle, Australia. CRPIT, 38 Australian Computer Society. Estivill-Castro, V., Ed. ACS, pp.87-96, 2005.
92. Xiangsheng Chen, Jiuyong Li, Grant Daggard, Xiaodi Huang, Finding Similar Patterns in Microarray Data, AI 2005, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 1272-1276, Vol. 3809 / 2005, Shichao Zhang, Ray(Eds.) 2005.
93. Yun Yang, Wei Lai,Jun Shen, Xiaodi Huang,Jun Yan, Lukman Satiawan, Applying Visualization Mechanisms to Workflow Enactment, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3007, pp. 794-803, Advanced Web Technologies and Applications, Yu, J.X.; Lin, X.; Lu, H.; Zhang, Y. (Eds.) 2004.
94. Xiaodi Huang, Jianming Yong, A New Approach to Filtering Multimedia Information Based on its Structure, In Proc. Eurographics Symposium on Multimedia ( in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH), Correia, Jarge, Chambel, Pan (eds.), ISSN 1812-7118, pp.59-68, 2004.
95. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, On the Structural Algorithm of Filtering Graphs for Layout, In Proc. 2003 Pan-Sydney Area Workshop on Visual Information Processing (VIP2003), Sydney, Australia. CRPIT, 36 Australian Computer Society, 36. Piccardi, M., Hintz, T., He, S., Huang, M. L. and Feng, D. D., Eds., ACS, pp.33-42, 2003.
96. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, A Novel Framework for Graph Visualization, Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing, pp.905-910, USA, 2004.
97. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, A Web Graph Filtering and Clustering System, Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing, pp. 899-904, USA, 2004.
98. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, Automatic Abstraction of Graphs Based on Node Similarity for Graph Visualization, Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, pp.110-117, July 2003, San Francisco Bay.
99. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, Identifying Clusters in the Web Graph by Using Local Search. Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing, pp. 83-89, Las Vegas, USA. 2003.
100. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, NodeRank: A New Structure-Based Approach to Information Filtering. Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing, pp.167-173, Las Vegas, USA. 2003.
101. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, Identification of Clusters in the Web Graph based on Link Topology, Proceedings of the 7thInternational Database Engineering and Applications Symposium(IDEAS 03), pp.123-129, IEEE Computer Society, July 2003, Hong Kong.
102. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, Force-Transfer: A New Approach to Remove Node Overlapping in Graph Layout, Australian Computer Science Communications, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp.349-358, 2003.
103. Xiaodi Huang, Wei Lai, WWW as a Hypergraph: Exploration and layout, Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing, pp.615-621, Las Vegas, USA, June. 2002.
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The Bible Challenge is a program to encourage kids of all ages to read the Bible. Kids can read any version of the Bible; kids can read the Bible with parents; they can even listen to the Bible in audio format (CD or Online). For each chapter the child reads they will earn one Super Buck. There is no time limit on how much to read, just read at your own pace. We keep all forms, completed or partial, on file so if a child is working towards one of our Bible reading programs we have record of their progress K-5th Grade. You can bring any form with any number of chapters read and get Super Bucks.
To find the worksheet for any book of the Bible Challenge, click the link below to download the worksheet in .pdf format.
Parents often ask what is a good Bible for a child. If you go into a bookstore and look at the Bibles, you will find a wide variety choices and translations. We can spend a lot of time on the different translations, but for kids there are three translations that I recommend.
The New International Verson (NIV) is used in all of our curriculum here at Lakeside - Sunday School, Royal Rangers, Mpact Girls, Junior Bible Quiz and Kids Church.
The New International Readers Version (NIrV) is written for kids with words easier to read than the NIV.
The New Living Translation (NLT) verion is also easy to read.
The Assemblies of God recently developed the Fire Bible for Kids. This NIV translation has notes, pictures and a special app you can load onto your ipad or iphone to use to interact with the Bible. Click on this link to go to the Fire Bible for Kids website The Fire Bible for Kids Paperback is available in the Lakeside SuperStore for 170 Super Bucks. The Fire Bible for Kids in Paperback can also be purchased for $17 (exact cash or check please).
We will also have NIrV Paperback Bibles available in the Super Store for 50 Super Bucks or they can be purchased for $5 (exact cash or check please).


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Etemad daily, Nov. 1 – The Supreme Court upheld the death decree for a 24-year-old man by the name of Moussa. This young man will soon be taken to the gallows.
Iran daily, Nov. 1 – A young worker has been sentenced to execution by a court judge.
Khorassan daily, Nov. 7 – Tayebeh, a 28-year-old woman, was sentenced to death. The Supreme Court upheld the death sentences for two men named Alireza, 29, in Karaj, and Behrouz in Qazvin.
Iran daily, Nov. 10 – A man in Tehran was sentenced to death. He was charged with killing a Tehran district mayor.
AFP, Nov. 16, Tehran - Iran's hard-line judiciary has sentenced a 16-year-old boy to death. The boy was only identified as Vahid.
INTV, Nov. 21 - An Iranian political prisoner was sentenced to death. The state-run Iran daily reported that Hojat Z. was sentenced to death for allegedly bombing the regime's Engelab building in 1998.
The man sentenced to death is the brother of one of the slain Mojahedin members Khaz-al Zamani, from the city of Ilam.
Political observers say issuing the death sentence for a case from six and a half years ago is only a reaction to the great blow the regime has received from the resistance's revelation of its clandestine atomic sites in recent days.
Iran daily, Nov. 21 - The Iranian officials in Tehran issued the death sentence for a 19-year old boy by the name of Majid.
Aftab Daily, Nov. 22 - Death sentences have been issued for two men by the names of Mohsen and Davoud who are accused of clashing with security forces. During this clash that took place 45 days ago, the forces fired at these two young men, killing one passer-by and injuring another. The Supreme Court also issued 5 death sentences in public for a man in Tehran. He is to be hanged mid-December in Tehran's Qaytarieh district.
INTV, Nov. 25 - An individual accused of murder was executed on Tuesday November 23 in the city of Isfahan. His sentence was carried out at 6 am in Touqhchi square (Qods).

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“Forgive us the wrong we have done, as we have forgiven those who have wronged us” (Matthew 6:12 N.E.B.).
The need to offer forgiveness.
Jesus knew there would be occasions (daily) when they would sin against God (and need to receive His forgiveness) and occasions when they would be sinned against (and need to offer forgiveness).
If we ignore either one of these needs, the results are personally and relationally destructive. A failure to receive forgiveness results in unresolved guilt. A failure to offer forgiveness results in unresolved anger. Unresolved guilt and unresolved anger are physically, emotionally, and spiritually debilitating. They also easily multiply into other sins because they alienate us from God and other people (Hebrews 12:15).
After presenting His guide for daily prayer, Jesus had more to say about forgiveness. Perhaps he sensed a need for additional clarity about just how important forgiveness is to God. Jesus warned, “For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins” (Matthew 6:14-15).
Does this strike you as a “Forgive, or else…” kind of warning? It certainly qualifies as one of the hard sayings of Jesus. “How can this be?” we ask. Is Jesus teaching that there is a conditional relationship between the forgiveness that we offer to others and the forgiveness we receive from God? Is he saying that God will withhold forgiveness from us if we refuse to forgive others? Yes. This much is clear. In another place, Jesus said, “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins” (Mark 11:25).
What do you find confusing about a conditional relationship between your act of forgiving and God’s forgiveness of your sins? Does it appear to teach that we earn or merit God’s forgiveness by forgiving others? Does it contradict a gospel of grace? Is there a quid pro qo arrangement (a favor for a favor) in the gospel? I thought our salvation was based on God’s unmerited favor in Jesus Christ. What Jesus teaches appears to be a works based approach to God.
The key to resolving what feels like a tension to us is to understand what we receive in the gospel of God’s grace and to keep first things first. In the order of the gospel, forgiveness of our sins is so great that God expects forgiven people to forgive others (See: Matthew 18:23-32; Ephesians 4:31-32; Colossians 3:13). God’s forgiveness of our sins then is the basis for our forgiveness of others. So it would look like this: Since God has so graciously forgiven your sins by lovingly bearing the just penalty of them at the cross (II Corinthians 5:18-21), He expects you to forgive as He forgave you. If, in daily experience, as a forgiven disciple of Christ, you refuse to forgive those who sin against you, don’t come talking to God about your need for His forgiveness. This is the order of the gospel.
The Apostle Paul had this order in mind when he wrote: “Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:31-32, NLT).
We must not gloss over the urgent warning from our Lord in Matthew 6:14-15. The spiritual consequences of withholding forgiveness are significant. In fact, this may be one of the primary reasons why many followers of Christ are not experiencing the joy and fulness of life in Christ. A little root of bitterness is personally troubling and poisonously infectious. When we’ve been hurt we become vulnerable to anger and angry people are vulnerable to bitterness.
Anger gains full hold when it turns into bitterness and bitter people are difficult to help. God pictured anger as a vicious animal looking to pounce its’ prey (Genesis 4:6-7). We must deal with our anger before it becomes bitterness (see: Hebrews 12:15; Ephesians 4:26-27).
When bitterness is a fully entrenched condition of the heart, it’s more difficult to dislodge it. Bitterness for many people has become a form of idolatry that rules their hearts in place of God. To gain freedom, we must see bitterness as a protective mechanism used to guard our cherished resentments and we must confess it as idolatry.
A bad attitude toward God?
Sometimes the resentments we hold have a subtle line directed at God. After all, God could have changed things but evidently chose not to! But those who stay connected to the Christian community typically conceal their attitude toward God behind a veneer of expected Christian gregariousness. I encounter this often when I travel and teach on forgiveness themes. I am usually approached with general questions about “why God would allow…?” Then, as I probe, I find out that the issue is more personal. We must not take lightly the dangers of allowing our hearts to become resentful toward God.
The father in the book of Proverbs warned his son about the danger of a bad attitude toward God. “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves” (Proverbs 3:11-12). The father wisely offered advanced notice to his son that life will not always turn out the way you think it should. The father had already told his son to trust God with all of his heart and acknowledge God in all of his ways (proverbs 3:5-6).
But when trials and hardships come, and one feels helpless to change his circumstances, God becomes an easy target of a resentful heart. Many centuries later the writer of the New Testament book of Hebrews treated this father’s advice as God’s enduring word to first century believers (see Hebrews 12:1-15). They too stood in danger of misunderstanding their hardships (i. e. hostile treatment from sinful men) and becoming resentful and bitter toward God.
The teaching of Jesus is a firm reminder that an unforgiving heart contradicts the gospel and disrupts spiritual progress (Philippians 2:12-13). The way out of unforgiveness, resentment and anger is to meditate continuously on the greatness of God’s forgiveness of your sins— on the gospel of grace).
“Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit” (Psalm 32:1-2).
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust” (Psalm 103:8-14).
Don’t confuse forgiveness and reconciliation. Some people struggle to forgive because they think forgiveness always means immediate restoration to an offender. It does not.
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We often hear the term “to err is human, to forgive is Divine”. If we have the Spirit of Jesus Christ dwelling in us via the new birth, we have the capacity to forgive. He sanctifies us with His blood and “The circumcision of our hearts” allows the Holy Spirit to create a desire to forgive. He has promised us that our sins are as “far as the east is from the west” and our transgressions into the depths of the sea. It takes the Spirit of the Lord to help us forgive and forget. In short, we “cast down every imagination” and every thought that exalts itself against Christ and bring those thoughts into the obedience and captivity of Christ’s control and we move forward. If we don’t forgive men their transgressions, neither will God forgive us. If we forgive others: “and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors”, The Lord will forgive us!
Peter asked the Lord about forgiveness 7 times a day, and Jesus said not 7 but 70 times a day should we forgive one who tresspasses against us. In actuality it does’nt stop with 490 times a day but “always” forgive! Unforgiveness in our hearts will keep us from receiving the peace we need from God. On our own it is impossible to completly forgive someone who has wronged us! Again it takes, prayer, fasting, forgiveness, and where possible “restitution”. Paul tells us that “we have the ministry and the word of reconciliation”!
Jacob wrestled with God that the “Ford of Jabok” and would not let Him go until he received the blessing needed to offset the probably hostile encounter with his brother Esau with whom he stole the birth right and blessing designated for that elder brother. After wrestling with the Angel of the Lord, and having his name changed to Israel, Jacob’s meeting with his brother Esau was one of great tears, joy and reconciliation on each side. Pray, Pray, Pray! for the ablility to “turn the other cheek”.
Even wayward spouses who have been unfaithful, “forgive and is shall be forgiven”. Pray a hedge of thorns around your wife or husband and sooner or later, depending on the intensity and effectuality of those prayers of faith, many marriages can be saved! Jesus said “Father forgive them for they know not what they do”. If Jesus abides in our hearts and we ask in faith believing, forgiving and forgetting is assured.
I’m forgiven! Praise God! He has been faithful and just to forgive me of all my past sins!
Excellent post! Thank you for this fierce reminder that forgiveness is indeed a matter of life and death.
This is a wonderful post that I know will be and is a blessing to many others. It has been to me. I know that there are many who struggle with it. Really a blessing to many. Great post and thanks for sharing.
Since I have some unresolved anger, I probably have some unresolved unforgiveness. Since the Word says in several places (quoted above) that if we don’t forgive, God won’t forgive us, and “the wages of sin is death”, does this mean that if we don’t forgive, we lose our salvation?


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“Truth be Told” was held September 14-17 in Johannesburg, South Africa and was hosted in partnership with CBE-South Africa, Gender Equality Matters, and Rhema Bible Church. The opening session featured well-known Rhema Bible Church pastor Ray McCauley and was highlighted by South Africa’s Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, who spoke on gender based violence, a session now available to the public at no cost.
CBE partnered with Publish4All, a global Christian printing network, to ensure that each attendee left the conference with resources. For many attendees, the impact was immediate and significant. “We thought man was made in God’s image and woman was made in God’s image” said a group of women after reading one of CBE’s resources for the first time.
Following “Truth be Told,” CBE shared its message at a conference in Cape Town and joined its longtime partner, Ekklesia Foundation for Gender Education, for “Truth be Told-Kenya” a follow up conference in Kenya, held September 21-23. CBE’s presence in Africa is the fruit of ongoing partnerships with local leaders.


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Sociology does not claim to be a potentially all-inclusive and all-sufficing science of society which might absorb the more specialized social sciences. The late origin of sociology does not mean that its standing as compared with other social sciences is very weak. Its scope has been clearly demarcated right from the early days. Its concepts, terms, typologies and generalizations leading to theories, emerged from the very beginning. Moreover, there are striking similarities between sociology and other social sciences: man as a principal ingredient of their subject matters, applications of some methodological tools like observation, comparative method, casual explanations, testing and modification of hypothesis etc.
When so much is common to sociology on the one hand and the other social sciences it is understandable that there is some amount of commonness in the studies as well as mutual borrowings in the form of data, methods, approaches, concepts and even vocabulary. In brief, sociology is a distinct social science, but it is not an isolated social science as the current trends indicate that every social science is depending more and more on inter-disciplinary approach, that is, historians and sociologists, for example, might even work together in curricular and search projects which would have been scarcely conceivable prior to about 1945, when each social science tendered to follow the course that emerged in the 19th century; to be confined to a single, distinguishable, though artificial, area of social reality.
Our closest relatives are chimpanzee, gorilla and oranguatan. Though similarities between man and other animal forms were discovered by Linnaeus who grouped men ,the great ape and monkeys in a single order, primates, the three main theories are Lamarckism, Darwinism and Synthetic theory.
Sociology makes a scientific study of society: Prior to the emergence of sociology the study of society was carried on in an unscientific manner and society had never been the central concern of any science. It is through the study of sociology that the truly scientific study of the society has been possible. Sociology because of its bearing upon many of the problems of the present world has assumed such a great importance that it is considered to be the best approach to all the social sciences.
Sociology studies role of the institutions in the development of the individuals: It is through sociology that scientific study of the great social institutions and the relation of the individual to each is being made. The home and family ,the school and educaton,the church and religion, the state and government ,industry and work ,the community and association, these are institutions through which society functions. Sociology studies these institutions and their role in the development of the individual and suggests suitable measures for restrengthening them with a view to enable them to serve the individual better.
Study of sociology is indispensable for understanding and planning of society: Society is a complex phenomenon with a multitude of intricacies. It is impossible to understand and solve its numerous problems without support of sociology. It is rightly said that we cannot understand and mend society without any knowledge of its mechanism and construction. Without the investigation carried out by sociology no real effective social planning would be possible. It helps us to determine the most efficient means for reaching the goals agreed upon. A certain amount of knowledge about society is necessary before any social policies can be carried out.
Sociology is of great importance in the solution of social problems: The present world is suffering from many problems which can be solved through scientific study of the society. It is the task of sociology to study the social problems through the methods of scientific research and to find out solution to them. The scientific study of human affairs will ultimately provide the body of knowledge and principles that will enable us to control the conditions of social life and improve them.
Sociology has drawn our attention to the intrinsic worth and dignity of man: Sociology has been instrumental in changing our attitude towards human beings. In a specialized society we are all limited as to the amount of the whole organization and culture that we can experience directly. We can hardly know the people of other areas intimately. In order to have insight into and appreciation of the motives by which others live and the conditions under which they exist a knowledge of sociology is essential.
Sociology has changed our outlook with regard to the problems of crime etc:It is through the study of sociology that our whole outlook on various aspects of crime has change. The criminals are now treated as human beings suffering from mental deficiencies and efforts are accordingly made to rehabilitate them as useful members of the society.
Sociology has made great contribution to enrich human culture: Human culture has been made richer by the contribution of sociology. The social phenomenon is now understood in the light of scientific knowledge and enquiry. According to Lowie most of us harbor the comfortable delusion that our way of doing things is the only sensible if not only possible one. Sociology has given us training to have rational approach to questions concerning oneself, one's religion,customs,morals and institutions. It has further taught us to be objective, critical and dispassionate. It enables man to have better understanding both of himself and of others. By comparative study of societies and groups other than his existence ,his life becomes richer and fuller than it would otherwise be. Sociology also impresses upon us the necessity of overcoming narrow personal prejudices, ambitions and class hatred.
Sociology is of great importance in the solution of international problems: The progress made by physical sciences has brought the nations of the world nearer to each other. But in the social field the world has been left behind by the revolutionary progress of the science. The world is divided politically giving rise to stress and conflict. Men have failed to bring in peace. Sociology can help us in understanding the underlying causes and tensions.
The value of sociology lies in the fact that it keeps us update on modern situations: It contributes to making good citizens and finding solutions to the community problems. It adds to the knowledge of the society. It helps the individual find his relation to society. The study of social phenomena and of the ways and means of promoting what Giddens calls social adequacy is one of the most urgent needs of the modern society. Sociology has a strong appeal to all types of mind through its direct bearing upon many of the initial problems of the present world.


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When I saw the tractors, I knew the truth. I was going the wrong way. Much of the cityscape looks the same, but I surely would have remembered those tractors. I sighed and pushed the button to let the taxi driver know I wanted out.
A taxi in Thailand isn’t a nice yellow car. It’s a little pick-up truck with a cover over the back. They are handy things, but it’s annoying to discover you are headed the wrong direction. That happens to me often since I can’t speak Thai and the drivers usually don’t know English.
I went the wrong way all day yesterday. I walked down the road about a mile to the highway and caught taxi number one. It was full, but I climbed in. Cries of dismay met my entrance. A young monk in his orange robe sat in the shadow of the door. It is taboo for a monk to touch a woman in the slightest way, and I was too close for his comfort. I scrunched as far away from him as I could on the narrow middle bench seat and he drew back as if I smelled bad or had leprosy. He looked like an older teenager, or in his early twenties, at most. His smooth face looked blank and serene and I wondered what he was thinking. (Other than that I was unpleasantly close, of course.) I longed to be able to talk to him, to tell him about the true, living, and loving God. But the language came between us. That’s why I was headed to the city. I planned to enroll in language school.
At the taxi stop, everyone got out. Remembering how I once was carried to a far-off town because I failed to get off at the last drop spot, I climbed out, too. Paul and Bro. Anond were far away on the border of Burma preaching at a prison, so I knew I had no one to help me if I got lost.
Wrong place. No worries, though. I found another taxi — this time a red one, piloted by a young woman with her friendly little girl. I showed her my AUA brochure and she took me without incident to the language school.
But there I hit a snag. The class was full. I paid the tuition and enrolled in the afternoon class — which would mean English for the Bible school students would have to be moved to the morning. The diminutive lady told me in careful English that she would call me if someone in the morning class canceled.
Bro. Anond had told me that I could walk from the school to the day market where there was a taxi stand.
“Nice walk. Walking save money. Cheaper,” he said. I like to walk and am all for saving money, so I asked directions from the receptionist and started out.
How far did Anond consider a nice walk to be? I trudged on and on, ever hoping to see the familiar market at the next curve of the street. Nope.
“Kad Luang?” I finally asked after a couple of miles. The two ladies in the food booth responded — one pointing onward, one pointing back the way I had come. They argued for a while, but the lady who thought I needed to backtrack won the debate. By this time I was tired and hot and no longer cared about saving money. I flagged down a taxi, who took me a long distance back to the market.
I purchased a couple of umbrellas and then went to look for a taxi home. The white and yellow ones run between Chiang Mai and a town farther south. All I have to do is remember to get off at the right place as the road they travel is the one down the mountain from the children’s home. The yellow taxi driver couldn’t understand a word I said when I asked, “Mae Rim? Ho Nam Rim?” He looked blank, but I would just ring the bell and get off when I neared home. I climbed in back and, after waiting for a few more customers, we started off.
After a while I became uneasy. Were we taking a different way to the highway? It was taking too long to get out of the city. I scrunched down to look out the window to look for landmarks. That’s when I saw the tractors. Paul once had a beloved red antique tractor back home in Oklahoma. I would have remembered seeing these that looked so similar. I rang the bell and tried again to talk to the driver.
“Mae Rim? No, no. Doi Set. You get out,” he said with a lovely smile. Why, I wondered, didn’t he say that before I got into the taxi? I paid him, crossed a busy highway and waited for another taxi on the other side. Almost immediately one pulled up. “Kad Luang?” he asked hopefully. Evidently my taxi driver friend had called a coworker and told him a bewildered American lady needed to go back to the day market.
I have noticed that the Thai people seem to worry about me a lot. They are sure I will wander off and get lost unless they help me. “You go somewhere?” strangers frequently ask, meaning, “Do you know where you are going?” I don’t mind! I climbed aboard and took the long trip back to the market.
I made sure the next taxi was a white one and that the driver understood me.
The taxi was full, but I was determined to get home, so I squeezed in. We were uncomfortable, but then took on about five more passengers, several with large packages. I counted heads. Twenty people crunched into the back of the taxi.
I decided that I WOULD NOT feel claustrophobic. I would not scream. I would focus on getting home. I breathed deeply and checked Facebook on my iPhone. We stopped to wait for some school kids who evidently had a standing arrangement with the taxi. We stopped again so people could get off to buy ice cream. At last we were out of the city and moving.
All day long I had messed up my travel arrangements. I was determined I would not miss my last stop. In spite of the objections of my close-quartered seat mates, I scrunched around to look out the narrow side window for landmarks. There was the Makro. Almost home. There was the temple with the lion dog statues. The sign saying, “We make paper from elephant dung,” The temple with the statues of little ladies lined along the cement fence. And here it was — the temple nearest home. It has flying dragons on its fence.
I was off at the exact spot, and only needed to get up the mountain — preferably before it started pouring rain. However, I did have a new umbrella, so it wouldn’t be a total disaster.
Done — and none the worse for the experience. Just tired!
Paul, meanwhile, was having a much more profitable day. He and Bro. Anond left early and traveled for two hours to a city near the Burma border. There Paul preached and Anond translated for a Bible study in the men’s prison. They had a large group of more than 100 men from several different tribes. They went from there to the woman’s prison, where eight Lahu women came with eager faces to the Bible study.
Paul called me (I was in a taxi) to tell me about the studies. I could hear that glad note in his voice that told me more than his words that it had gone well. He so loved volunteering at the El Reno FCI in Oklahoma. Teaching these prisoners had brought him the same joy. He also had a good time with Bro. Anond on the long journey. I know they will soon be the best of friends.
At the prison, they learned that one of the ladies had just been released yesterday. The others were concerned, because she was truly destitute. She had nowhere to go and no family to help her. She and her little boy would be without food and basic necessities. Evidently the little boy was in prison with her — an arrangement that happens often here.
Bro. Anond was so concerned for this lady, that he and Paul set out to find her. They traveled to several villages, and finally tracked her down. But the road to the village where she was staying was impassible because of the rain. It was narrow and slick, and the mountain dropped off sharply at the edge of the road. They reluctantly dropped their quest, prayed for the lady, and headed home.
On the way, they stopped at the hospital to to see if Ha Na Mi La was ready to be released. “Tomorrow,” the nurse said. And that’s where Paul and Bro. Anond are now — picking him up. We are so grateful to all you who prayed for this sweet little guy, and for especially for those who gave to help make his life-saving surgery possible.
Please continue to pray for him and his family. His grandmother has been staying with him at the hospital because his mother has a little baby to care for. The baby’s father just left with all the family’s resources, leaving them penniless and without a way of earning a living. They live in Burma, where conditions are far worse for the tribal peoples than here in Thailand.
There are a growing number of churches in Burma among the tribal peoples. The government has recently relaxed their visa requirements and the country is more open than it has ever been. Please pray with us about how we can make use of those open doors, so near to us, to spread the Gospel.
Our Internet works great! We purchased an iPhone 5 and the hot spot it creates gives us reasonably fast and reliable service. The phone was expensive — twice as much as in the U.S. However, the service is not too costly, and we are delighted to have good Internet here at home. This was one of our biggest prayer requests that we asked when we were on deputation — and the Lord answered.
The truck is due to arrive in a few days. Paul will be so happy to have wheels again! Please pray for safety as he learns to drive Thai style.
We bought a hot plate, an electric oven, and a crockpot. With these additions, and with careful shopping, I have been able to cook actual, edible meals. Thank you to those who suggested recipes and prayed for my food problem requests.
Long post! I’ll try to make shorter, more frequent ones. I the meantime, we are often on Facebook to give updates. If you haven’t already, please send us a friend request. We love “seeing” and hearing from friends back home.
Will go as He has planned for U and the people He has He has sent U to minister too. I look forward to receiving your mail. Emmanuel.

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I was so excited this week…my business cards arrived!! Complete with my new logo!
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