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The sun was beginning its descent behind the mountains when Vinh Ngoc Le stepped out into the backyard of his Aurora home. He inhaled the crisp, clean air, then let it go like a prayer.
Le sat down in a patch of grass, took out a pad of paper and started to write. "It is a very quiet evening," he began on that October evening in 1994. "Autumn and its scenery come lightly to my soul with much calmness and restfulness. I sit here, my eyes closed, wandering my memory back to my early childhood."
Le, a small man with a face the shape of a full moon, paused to let the images play out in his mind. His grandfather preaching the gospel. His mother on her knees, praying. Then he began to write again.
"Some people say they can even remember things that happened when they were two or three years old, but for me, my mind cannot go so far. My mother told me one day, 'Everybody has one life to live. If you can feel good and smile with yourself when you look back on your past, realizing that you had done things that are beneficial and constructive, that you can share with others without shame but with delightfulness, you are to be content and give thanks to the Lord.'"
Le had tried to live his life, 56 years to that point, by his mother's benediction. First as a doctor in his native Vietnam, then as a minister to his displaced people here in Colorado. And he had much to be thankful for: the safety of his family, their new home, the five churches he had founded.
Although he'd started keeping a journal in 1983, while he was in the Philippines waiting for permission to fly to the United States to join four of his children, it wasn't until ten years later, when he began working on his doctorate in divinity, that he put his past down on paper.
Now, with the sun setting behind the mountains and the light fading, Le wrote: "I am going to write down the history of My Life."
That Vinh Ngoc Le became a Christian at all can be attributed to drugs--or an act of God, as Le would describe it in his booklet, My Life. Like most people in Vietnam, his family had been Buddhist up until the late Twenties. In fact, Le's grandfather, Khanh Van Le, was a respected Buddhist leader in their village in North Vietnam.
But in 1925 Khanh Van Le was arrested by French authorities--the colonial power ruling Vietnam--for smuggling opium. He was sentenced to three years in prison and his property was confiscated. "He realized that his religion was meaningless and could not help him in any way," Le wrote. "He decided to find the truth when he got out of jail."
Khanh Van Le was released in 1928 and "returned home in shame with a cold welcome from the people of his village," his grandson related. "Only a friend of his, Nguyen Thien Dao, recently converted to Christianity, went to see him frequently. He helped him rebuild his life and shared with him his new faith and hope in Jesus.
"Like a tree in a dry land for a long time, my grandfather felt something fresh and soothing that quenched the thirst of his anguished soul."
Khanh Van Le became a Christian, giving up alcoholic beverages, smoking, gambling and drugs. "He declared to all people that he found the truth," Le wrote. "He destroyed all his idols and burned the altar."
He began going from house to house preaching the gospel and was appointed a lay pastor at a newly formed church. But the truth, as Khanh Van Le now saw it, had a price. His wife, children and other relatives, as well as most of his friends, deserted him. Only his youngest son, Nam Le, converted to Christianity.
Several years later, a young woman named Loi Thi Tran heard Khanh Van Le preach and became a Christian. She soon married Nam Le, and together they had eight children--four girls and four boys, including Vinh Ngoc Le, born on June 15, 1938.
Shortly after Vinh's birth, his father joined the French army and left to fight the Japanese. It was a perilous time, even for those who stayed behind. "My country was under the Japanese yoke," Le wrote. "They dominated people with their swords. With those who were rebellious against them and were arrested, they did not put them in prison nor bring them to court but cut them vertically in two before people's fearful eyes. With those who committed theft or robbery, they cut off their hands and feet."
Young Vinh and his family were on their way home from church one day when they saw two Japanese soldiers grab a beggar. He turned out to be a Frenchman in disguise. As the horrified family and other passersby looked on, the man was beheaded on the spot.
No one had heard from Nam Le since he joined the army. "We thought he was killed in action," Vinh Le wrote. "My mother had to raise the children. My grandfather, even in his seventies, tried to help Mom cope with this hard situation. He went fishing every night. During the day, he planted rice, corn, vegetables and fruit trees. My brothers assisted him in watering the garden and plucking weeds. My sisters helped Mom to raise domestic animals, such as chickens and pigs.
"We took turns reading the Bible, and Grandpa shared with us God's promises that encouraged us to trust Him more. Mom tried to keep her peaceful mood, but I could see her brokenheartedness while she spent time with the Lord in prayer."
Coming home from school one day, Vinh Le called out for his mother but got no answer. Suddenly afraid, he ran to her room and opened the door. His mother was on her knees, reciting the Lord's Prayer.
Later that evening, as she was preparing a meal, his mother explained how she was able to deal with her fears through prayer: "I don't know where your dad is now, but God stays with us, protects us and feeds us."
Fifty years later, Le could still hear her voice and see her praying, and wrote: "I realize how courageously she faced that dark time. My mother did not leave any inheritance to me, but she gave me an example which is so precious in my life. Whenever I have a problem, I remember her...and I set my mind on God and pray, letting Him take away my load."
During that same dark time, a strange thing happened. Le and his brothers were returning from school when the weather began to change. "It was thundering and lightning, and the wind began blowing harder and harder. Suddenly, we saw three very big, long animals--two black and one white--coiling and playing in the clouds."
The boys thought they looked like dragons and ran home, frightened. They told their grandfather what they had seen. Perhaps they were an omen, he replied. In the years that followed, Vinh Le sometimes thought about that. His life was so full of turmoil, though, it was difficult to select any single thing as being the possible inspiration for the dragon vision. He wondered if the clouds simply depicted the enduring struggle between good and evil.
In 1945, as the war was winding down, Vinh Le's grandfather came down with tuberculosis. His death hit the seven-year-old hard; the old man was the only father he had ever known. But he took comfort in the hundreds of people who showed up at the funeral of Khanh Van Le--a former opium smuggler once shunned by even those he loved--and in knowing that his grandfather was now with his God.
The Japanese were defeated and expelled from Vietnam, and the country was handed back to the French. But the peace was short-lived. Vietnamese patriots, many of them young men and women students, formed a revolutionary army called the Viet Minh. On December 19, 1946, they began their long struggle to wrest power from the French. The Viet Minh controlled the countryside by night; the French controlled it by day. The common people, including the Le family, were often caught in the middle.
In 1947 they learned that the father they had not heard from in nine years had survived the war and was living in Saigon. He wrote them a letter, describing his experiences in many theaters of war. At the end of the struggle he had parachuted back into Vietnam, only to be captured and jailed as a member of the French army by the Viet Minh. During one of the many truces, the Viet Minh had turned him over to the French, and he'd taken a job with a railroad company.
He'd been looking for his family, but because of poor communication between the northern and southern parts of the country, he'd been unable to get any information until an old friend had located him. But news of Nam Le's survival was tempered by his admission that he was now living with another woman.
"Sometime in 1948," Le wrote, "Mom got a letter from Dad saying that he was seriously sick and wished to see her. He also apologized to Mom and asked for forgiveness."
Nam Le sent his wife a plane ticket to Saigon. At first she did not want to go, but members of her church persuaded her to reunite with her husband. Several months later the couple sent for their children, who left North Vietnam on board a ship.
"When the ship entered Saigon harbor, my heart was palpitating," Le recalled. "I could not stop thinking about a man that I was to call Daddy." As the children descended the gangplank, a man in his forties stepped forward and called them by name. Vinh Le ran into his father's arms.
In Saigon, Nam Le and his family stayed active in the church. As a teenager, Vinh Le discovered a gift for music; he played the organ and piano, translated English-language gospel songs into Vietnamese and eventually composed more than 200 hymns.
When he finished high school in 1957, Le wanted to go to college to study agriculture, but his family was too poor to send him. So he prayed.
Soon afterward, on a whim, he took a premed exam. He did so well that he was offered a scholarship to attend college--and become a doctor.
In 1962 Le married Thu Mai Tran. They soon had a son, Van Ngoc, who would be followed by five sisters. The couple looked forward to the day when Le would be a successful physician. When he graduated from medical school in 1966, he was immediately inducted into the army in South Vietnam and the family moved to Da Nang.
Although he was an army medical officer, Le was allowed to have a private practice. He bought a clinic for about $30,000, a great sum of money in Vietnam. But as the war in Vietnam escalated, Le spent less and less time at the clinic and increasingly found himself coping with traumas caused by mines and bombs and bullets.
His country and his people were being battered. And as the peace talks in Geneva progressed, the South Vietnamese became increasingly concerned. "People discussed whether the USA would forsake South Vietnam," Le wrote. "Que sera, sera." In 1973 their fears were realized when the U.S. withdrew its forces.
In February 1975 the last convention of the National Vietnamese Evangelical Churches was held in Da Nang, where Le was now the commander of a large blood bank and working as a pediatric surgeon at a children's hospital established by a Christian missionary group. "I had the privilege of leading the choir in singing the Hallelujah Chorus by Handel," Le remembered.
But such peaceful moments were rare. The fighting was growing closer to Da Nang. Refugees flooded the streets as the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong overran other cities. Rumors circulated about the horrors being perpetuated by the victorious armies. Le began to prepare for the inevitable.
On March 27, 1975, with the Communist forces approaching the outskirts of Da Nang, Le put his wife and four youngest daughters on a plane to Saigon. "For me, as a commanding officer, I thought I should not leave my post without receiving an order from my commander."
That order never came. Two days after his wife left, the Communists entered the city and raised their flag. "Only at that moment did I try to escape from Da Nang with my two remaining children on a small ship," Le wrote. "But God did not let me go away."
The overcrowded ship, carrying seventy refugees, got out of port but soon lost power. "Many other refugee boats passed by," he remembered, "but nobody paid attention to us, even though we begged many to help us by SOS signals."
When darkness fell, they were still adrift. A storm blew in and huge waves crashed across the deck, tossing the ship like a toy. Le prayed, entrusting his life and the two children still with him to God. "My thought was that life and death were His. If He wants me to live, I will live for Him, and if He wants me to face death, I will be with Him right then. So either way was good for me."
When another Christian refugee fearfully asked, "Don't you think we'll all surely die?" Le replied by reciting Psalm 118:17-18: "We shall not die, but live and tell of the works of the Lord. The Lord has disciplined us severely, but has not given us over to death."
On the third day the storm abated, and the morning dawned with a dazzling display of light reflecting off the now-calm sea. It was Easter Sunday.
A fishing boat passed by, and the refugees beseeched its crew for help. The boat returned to shore. A short time later, a large motor boat flying a Communist flag and carrying soldiers came roaring toward the refugee ship. "As it was approaching our boat, a soldier of the former army, who was standing right behind me with his back leaning on mine, pulled out the pin of a grenade to commit suicide. There was a big explosion, and many people were killed," Le remembered.
"I saw here a hand, there a leg, over there intestines...Oh, what a terrible scene!"
But the worst was yet to come. Hearing the detonation, the soldiers in the Communist boat thought they were being fired upon and raked the refugee ship with automatic weapons. By the time they stopped shooting, only twenty people still lived--including Le and his two children.
The Communists ordered Le back to his job at the blood bank. A few weeks later, though, all of the medical officers were called together and "invited" to attend a special education camp to learn about their new government. They were told it would last a week, after which they would return to work "in a new spirit of understanding."
Le's wife and four of their children were still trapped in Saigon. He left his other two children with friends when he boarded the bus for camp. He had no idea when, or if, he would ever see any of them again. He could only hope and pray.
At the camp, Le and his colleagues found themselves joining a thousand former officers of the army of South Vietnam. The new arrivals were greeted with the news that the others had been at the camp for two weeks already and there had been no education programs, only daily demands to write down what they had done for their former government. "So everyone was sad and worried about his future," Le remembered.
As the days passed, the men were given nothing to study, just more forms and more lectures saying that they had not written enough. If they wanted to return to their jobs and families, they were told, they had to write more.
While at the camp, Le learned that his wife and four children had made it back to Da Nang. He was also introduced to the camp's director who, it turned out, was the nephew of a pastor friend of Le's who had since fled overseas.
As they talked about mutual friends, the camp director mentioned that he was in serious need of antimalarial and antidysenteric medications. Le offered a deal: If he could go home for the weekend, he would stop by his clinic and pick up the medicine. The director was pleased to accept, and this became the first of several weekend passes Le used to visit his family.
Two months after they'd arrived at the camp, however, the men were transferred to another, and Le's visits home ended. One night, as he was returning from a prayer meeting, Le stepped in a hole and broke his foot. He could not get up and had to be carried to the camp clinic, where he was outfitted with a cast and crutches.
A few days later the prisoners were told to get ready to move again. "A wretched atmosphere covered the camp. All my roommates were sad." Most of his comrades used the time to write letters, but Le prayed. He didn't want to leave his family even further behind, and he feared what this next camp would be like.
The day before the move, a Communist official came to see Le and asked about his foot. "He looked at me a while, then spoke softly, 'Mr. Le, we have decided to allow you to go back home because of your broken foot and because our investigation shows that you do not have any bloody debt with the people.'" Le was told to stay in his room when the others moved out.
Le has always believed that God intervened that black night when he stepped in the hole. If he had not broken his foot, he would have been moved with the others to a camp far away, a camp where many of his friends died of starvation and disease.
Back in Da Nang, Le prayed over what he should do next. A doctor friend who'd owned a clinic had tried to keep it for himself when the Communists took over the city; the clinic had been seized and the doctor jailed. Le had paid a lot of money for his own clinic. But after praying, he knew what he had to do.
Le went down to the new public-health offices and offered his clinic to the Communist government. Officials were pleased with his cooperation and gave him a job at a Da Nang hospital; they even gave him permission to see patients at his old clinic. Le accepted the hospital post on two conditions: that he be allowed to attend church on Sunday and that he not have to perform abortions.
In other parts of Vietnam, churches had been closed, pastors imprisoned and Christians persecuted. But in part through the gentle efforts of men like Le, the Vietnamese Christians in Da Nang were allowed to continue worshiping as they had before. "Why did they spare us?" Le wrote in My Life. "We have only one answer: 'As God opens a door for His Church to proclaim His word, no earthly power could shut it.'"
Still, his children were ridiculed for their beliefs by peers and harassed by Communist teachers. And when Le's son, Van, graduated from high school, the family was told he could not attend college because his father had worked for the former government. Le knew he had to take action if his children were to have a future.
His prayers were again answered one day in July 1981 when a patient asked if he could speak with Le privately. The patient said he was organizing an escape; the cost was $1,500 per person.
Le wanted at least his four oldest children, plus one adopted boy, to get out of the country. He had only $4,500, but the man was willing to make a deal: five for $7,000. Le had no idea where he would raise the additional money, but then God provided: A friend offered another $2,500.
Early one morning, an escape organizer came for the children. There was hardly enough time for tears, a last hug, and the admonition to trust in God and be good--and then they were gone. "We also put in His hands our lives and our two remaining daughters," Le wrote. There was no telling what the Communist officials would do when they learned of the children's escape. It was likely that his house would be confiscated and that Le might end up in jail.
For a month the Le family worried as they waited for word. Then a telegram arrived. The children were safe in Hong Kong and living in a refugee camp. The news that followed was equally good: The children had been taken out of the camp by Christian missionaries who knew their father. On January 23, 1982, they arrived in Colorado.
But back in Vietnam, the situation was bleak. The Communists were angry over the escape and told Le they planned to put him in a concentration camp. If he wanted to avoid punishment, he had to make incriminating statements about evangelical chaplains he knew. But Le refused to label his fellow Christians as traitors. "I boldly told them that we true Christians are to bring love, peace and help to others only. After many threats that did not frighten me, they finally gave up."
This time, God had help. After giving his clinic to the Communists, Le had begun treating many high-ranking officials and their wives. These patients now interceded on Le's behalf, and he was allowed to return to his family and work.
But by June 1982, Le had another escape plan going. He arranged to be transferred to Saigon, where he would be out from under the watchful eyes of Da Nang officials. Then, forging false travel papers, he went to North Vietnam and hid in the home of Christian friends for a month while he waited for his wife to join him.
She never arrived. Finally, a friend from Da Nang tracked Le down and gave him a letter from his wife. The Communists had intercepted his telegram asking her to join him; now the police would not allow her to leave the house. Le could not return to Da Nang without facing arrest. She urged him to go on without her and find their other children.
"On July 10th, 1982, the boat was ready to sail," Le recalled in My Life. "I was deeply sad as my wife and my two children could not join me. How great was my anguish then, but I could not give up the trip and turn back home any more."
Thirty-nine adults and children had paid $500 each to escape on a Chinese junk, an old ship that was barely seaworthy. Before the boat had even reached the open ocean, some of the refugees talked about turning back.
"It was Sunday," Le remembered. "Oh, what a beautiful day it was! We took a deep free breath. Tung [a Christian friend] and I sang gospel songs, then shared with the people our faith in God. Some listened to us but some seemed to deride us, saying, 'How can you guys sing in a situation like this?'"
A mile offshore that night, the boat struck a rock and water began pouring in. The refugees cried out in terror, and "everybody prayed to their own gods."
Sure that the boat was sinking, Tung jumped in the water, prepared to swim for it. Suddenly he began to laugh, and when the others looked over, they laughed as well. The water was only up to his chest. Le climbed over the side and urged the other men to join him so that they could push the boat to shore.
They landed on a Chinese beach where residents of a nearby village, as well as Chinese police, helped pull the boat to shore. The villagers wondered how they had made it that far in the decrepit vessel.
Later that night, a fierce storm hit and the boat was smashed to pieces. The refugees had no doubt that had they still been at sea, they would have drowned. Remembered Le: "Every deed God had done for us was quite marvelous."
The refugees were given work in a local fish-drying factory to earn their keep. The manager of the factory was particularly friendly. "He prepared room for all of us, helping us to have all our needs met. People from our group said to each other, 'Who is this man? Why is he so nice to us?'"
One night Le got the chance to talk to the manager and thank him on behalf of the refugees. The Vietnamese doctor mentioned to the Chinese factory manager that he was a Christian. Le was delighted and surprised when the manager said that he was, too.
Because the manager worked for the Communist government, he could not openly practice his faith. But there were 300 Christian families in the village, the manager told Le. He and the few other Christian refugees could attend services that Sunday if they got permission from the police.
Permission was granted. "I saw some very ancient Chinese Bibles that the owners had had to bury underground during the darkest times of the Communist revolution," Le wrote.
The refugees had been in the village twenty days when two more boats that had escaped Vietnam stopped to buy provisions. The boats were not full, and the Chinese police persuaded their crews to take on the other refugees. "We gave thanks to the police for their wholehearted help," Le recalled. "We also gave them all the watches and jewels we had."
From there, the trip to Hong Kong took twelve days. The refugees arrived on August 14, 1982. Within the week, Le and his fellow Christians had arranged a thanksgiving service that had officials shaking their heads. What did people with nothing but the clothes on their backs and the prospect of long months in a refugee camp have to be thankful for?
At the camp, Le busied himself organizing an evangelical mission. With the aid of the Salvation Army, he and fellow Christians ministered to the camp's 2,000 inmates, attending to their physical needs, organizing activities for children and offering English language lessons. For those seeking spiritual guidance, Le had a simple reply: God had brought them through war and danger; God would continue to look out for those who put their faith in Him.
It was a powerful message for those facing such an uncertain future. When Le arrived, there were eight Christians in the camp. When he left, there were more than 200.
From Hong Kong Le went to the Philippines, where he awaited permission to enter the U.S. With Christian friends in America, Le could have settled in a number of places. California, Florida and Texas were attracting large numbers of Vietnamese because of their warm weather and job opportunities. But most of his children were already in Colorado, and when Le learned that there were 10,000 Vietnamese living in a state with no Vietnamese Christian church, his mind was made up.
"My heart turned to this snowy state," he wrote in My Life, "and I felt something encouraging my soul, saying, 'Come to Denver. God is preparing a work for you there.'"
Le arrived in Denver on July 14, 1983. He was met at the airport by the children who had escaped Vietnam two long years before. Their tears and laughter lasted long after the other passengers had left the concourse.
Vinh Le was reunited with his children, but he was still a stranger in a strange land, with poor English skills, no job, no place to stay and few possessions. At first Le thought about continuing his work as a medical doctor in the U.S. and even took several of the required tests. But then he realized he had a more important calling.
When Le talked to other Vietnamese refugees who had been in this country longer than he had, he was surprised to learn they were unhappy. Parents who were floundering to learn a new language and working hard to earn a living found it difficult to maintain traditional family values. Some of their children were joining gangs, doing drugs, getting in trouble with the law.
The refugees had been yanked out of their ancient culture and set down in one where materialism was the key to fitting in. The Vietnamese who'd arrived before him seemed to have so much--cars, apartments, televisions--but their spirits were down.
Le wrestled with his choices. As a doctor, he would be successful, respected by those outside the Vietnamese community as well as by those within. "But God wanted me to do something new," he wrote. "An Anglo pastor told me, 'If you are not the person to bring the gospel to your people, who else will do it?' My heart was deeply touched by this counsel."
Le began searching out other Vietnamese Christians. "I found one family of six and some singles who became believers when they were in refugee camps." But Le didn't know what he could do for them other than offer moral support as a fellow believer, and he prayed for guidance.
It came in the form of a minister at Denver's Judson Memorial Baptist Church who met Le through a mutual friend. The minister had noticed that a large community of Vietnamese refugees had settled in the area around his church, but he didn't know how to reach out to them. He asked if Le would agree to lead the Vietnamese ministry at Judson.
Le had only been in this country a month. "I was amazed about this prompt answer from God. I accepted the invitation unconditionally, considering it a blessing for me."
On October 15, 1983, Le established what he believes was the first Vietnamese-language church in Colorado, the Vietnamese Evangelical Church, at Judson Memorial Baptist Church with Le as its lay minister. Soon its congregation numbered two dozen adults and children.
The next month, a large turkey arrived at the apartment where Le lived with his children. Sent by a member of the Judson congregation, the turkey was accompanied by a letter explaining the American tradition of Thanksgiving. A people seeking religious freedom had come to this land, where the natives had succored them in their hour of need.
It was a story Le could relate to.
As Le settled into his new life, he had two major objectives. One was to get his wife and two daughters out of Vietnam, a tangle of red tape that tried even his faith. The other was to establish independent Vietnamese missions.
At different times, several Anglo churches had taken in his congregation. But as at Judson, it always seemed that sooner or later, the Vietnamese congregation would be urged to integrate with the main body. Le felt a need for his people to hear the gospel in their own language. They had already been asked to give up so much.
Le wanted to let his people know that the message of Christianity--a message of love and hope--was for all people, not just those in the West. His faith in God had seen him through terrible times in Vietnam; he believed that faith in God could get these new Americans through rough times as they adjusted to their new home.
When a recent arrival from Vietnam would complain about some trouble, Le liked to tell a story about his early days here. In 1985 he had rented a two-bedroom apartment in Five Points. His children cried; they didn't want to move to an area with a reputation for gangs and killings. "But I encouraged them by reminding them of God's promises concerning His protection and care," Le says. "At last they all agreed to accept that shelter."
In the beginning, though, it looked like Le's children might be right. On the family's first day in Five Points, thieves removed the snow tires from Le's old car. The second day they took the battery. "Do not panic, kids, I comforted them. I put a sign on my car...'Friends, God loves you, and we love you, too.' After that, nobody disturbed us."
At the time, the Vietnamese Evangelical Church was holding its afternoon services in Aurora. But Le also liked to have a neighborhood house of worship. With no Baptist church nearby, Le and his family joined the Agape Christian Church at the corner of 25th and California streets ("Sanctuary," August 15) so that they would have a place to worship on Sunday morning.
At Agape, Le met the Reverend Robert Woolfolk, a leader of the black community. "As his music director had just left," Le remembers, "he asked me to take this position and my daughters to play the piano and organ."
One day Le told Woolfolk that he dreamed of studying theology. The reverend gave it some thought, then called the Denver Seminary and arranged a meeting between Le and the dean of students. "You need a full scholarship, don't you?" the dean asked Le. "So you will have to pray hard, because you have to get approval of all seven members of the leadership board."
Le did as he was told. Two weeks later a letter arrived notifying him that he had been accepted with a full scholarship to study for his master's of divinity. If he had not been willing to move to Five Points and trust in God's protection, Le would tell his listeners, he never would have met Robert Woolfolk, his friend and benefactor.
By 1988 Le's far-flung congregation had grown to the point where he decided he needed to hold services in two locations: Denver and Aurora, where he had bought a home.
That house was finally filled the next year, after the government of Vietnam allowed Le's wife and two youngest daughters to join him. When at last they were able to put their arms around each other again, Le knew exactly how long it had been: "Seven years, one month and seven days."
It was a good year all around. In August 1989 Le received his master's degree and was ordained. In September he opened two more Vietnamese missions--one in Boulder and one in Westminster, which would later move to Northglenn. Those were followed by a Colorado Springs outpost in June 1990.
Out of nothing had sprung five Vietnamese churches. And these churches did more than attend to the community's spiritual needs. They offered programs designed to aid Vietnamese refugees in their adjustment, including English instruction and classes to help them understand their new country. Church projects provided newcomers with places to live and job opportunities, as well as clothing, furniture and other household goods. There was even a program to help bring Amerasians to this country. Most of them children of U.S. servicemen and Vietnamese mothers, they were not accepted in Vietnam. The Vietnamese Evangelical Baptist Churches in Colorado--as Le's organization was now known--brought these children over and even tried to locate their fathers. Sometimes the men already had wives and families and didn't want to meet their Vietnamese offspring. But others were happy to be reunited with children who now often were grown, with families of their own.
With Le running five churches and assorted programs, his friends and family wondered if he was spreading himself too thin. "My answer was, 'This is the Lord's business, not mine. I am just a tool, ready for his use.'"
Two years after he finished writing My Life, publishing it himself in a modest booklet, Vinh Le keeps adding new chapters. The ranks of his Vietnamese missions have grown by two more churches--one in Denver and another in Englewood--with a total congregation of about 500. Le no longer ministers to them alone; he's been joined by four other Vietnamese pastors and is solely responsible only for the Aurora and Englewood congregations.
Le is finishing up his doctorate through Golden Gate Baptist Seminar in San Francisco. All six of his children have attended or are attending college; they are an American success story. Two daughters have married and moved to Atlanta, but Van leads the choirs at his father's churches, and the rest of the children sing or play the organ there.
Le is a happy man. Even when he describes the darkest moments of his past, he can hardly speak a sentence without laughing. The dragons have been vanquished. There are no obstacles that cannot be conquered by faith.
The next mountain he wants to move is back in Vietnam, where two of his sisters still live and where he hopes to establish a college of theology. Named after an Old Testament king who returned from Babylon to rebuild Jerusalem, the project is currently mired in bureaucracy; the Communist government is quick to ask for money but slow to live up to promises.
"But Lord willing," Le says, "someday we will return--not to stay, but to leave others to spread the gospel."
In this country, Le's seven churches still meet in borrowed spaces at other churches or in civic buildings. But even that will end soon. With the aid of fellow Baptists at Anglo churches, Le's congregation plans to raise a new church building of its own on two acres of land already purchased in Montbello.
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And when Vietnamese Christians from across the Front Range gather at the Denver mission for this year's Thanksgiving feast, they will find more reason than ever to give thanks.
"Oh, yes!" Le says. "Praise the Lord!"
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Birth & Midwifery in Canada
Resources for parents and practitioners
Connect with many more midwives and birth enthusiasts from around the world by joining IAM, the International Alliance of Midwives!
Some of the following sites may not be in English; an online translator may be useful.
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Louise McDonald has been practising midwifery in Canada since 1988 and has attended births in Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (her home base), Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. She trained in 1986 with the Association of Ontario Midwives which pioneered the introduction of legislated midwifery in Canada. Louise is the mother of four homeborn sons and partner of a "long-suffering man who still wholeheartedly supports this difficult profession!" She is interested in sharing information about the challenges of "midwifing this northern nation into the 21st century."
- Mother Nurture - Childbirth Education
- Hypnosis for Childbirth - Midwifery Consulting Services
- Choices Childbirth - Education & Doula services
- Canadian Association of Midwives - Find a midwife in Canada
- Association of Ontario Midwives
- Newfoundland and Labrador Midwives' Association
- Alberta Association of Midwives
- Midwifery Coalition of Nova Scotia
- The Association for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth
- Midwives Association of British Columbia
- Midwives Association of New Brunswick
- La Leche League - Canada
- Parent Book Store - Books on parenting, birth, pregnancy and much more.
- McMaster University - Midwifery education programme
- Ryerson University - Midwifery programme
- College of Midwives of British Columbia
- Midwifery Baccalaureat en pratique sage-femme a l'Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres
What is the biggest challenge facing normal birth in your country and what is being done to address it?
We are a country of 10 provinces and 3 territories, spread out over 4000 miles from coast to coast. In 1993, after 10 years of political lobbying by parents and midwives, midwifery was finally proclaimed a regulated profession in the province of Ontario, which is our most populous province. British Columbia had legislated midwives working by 1998 and, in the following decade, most of the other provinces/territories followed suit. The East Coast provinces have been slower to pass legislation, lacking population, midwife practitioners and financial resources. However, Nova Scotia, the tiny province where I have practiced for over 20 years, finally passed its legislation in 2007.
From a couple of hundred midwives scattered across Canada in 1994, there are now almost 1000 midwives in practice, either working as employees of government health districts or as independent health contractors. There are also at least three different provinces offering a four-year Baccalaureate of Health Sciences in Midwifery, with several dozen new midwives graduating every year.
Midwives are mandated to offer women primary maternity care, choice of birthplace, informed choice options and as much continuity of care as individual practice constraints will allow. Midwife waiting lists are always full!
There is a downside to this rosy picture, unfortunately. Canada, like many industrialized countries, is now facing a severe shortage of maternity caregivers, with no easy way to replace older caregivers who are retiring or getting out of the demanding field of obstetrical care. Midwives are feeling the brunt of this shortage, with local governments asking that they curtail their time with women, take on heavier caseloads or even share call with family doctors or obstetricians.
There are other complex problems as well; for example, the necessity to acquire and maintain hospital privileges so midwives can attend their clients who are choosing to birth in hospital. Midwifery is still a young profession here, and most hospitals do not have a department of midwifery, so midwives' practice falls under the jurisdiction of obstetrics. As a result, many midwives have their practice unofficially "supervised" by obstetricians. This arrangement narrows the freedom that midwives and clients have in their decision making.
While I have some serious concerns about the future direction of midwifery care in Canada, I cannot help but admire the tremendous hard work and dedication of so many parents and midwives who have literally recreated an ancient profession from the ground up, here in this beautiful country. For more information, please visit www.canadianmidwives.org.
— Louise McDonald
Update on the Inuit of Northern Quebec
I am heading tomorrow to work in Puvirnituq for a month, an amazing community among the Inuit of Northern Quebec, where birth has been taken back by the community in spite of the full-scale evacuation of all women from there in the late '70s and early '80s by the Federal Medical Services Bureau. This community provides the hope of what a small community can do when the women take power and kick the white male dominant culture out on a snow drift.
Almost all of Northern Quebec has now been rematriated, and almost all birth now takes place back in the community again, with better outcomes, even though they are a two- to eight-hour plane ride to cesarean section facilities. This was the work of 20 years of Inuit determination and help from southern white midwives, while US communities seem to have gone the opposite direction in the same time period. While the Inuit hadn't even heard of any "Yes, We Can" slogan, it was a case of cultural survival. That is what we need to transmit to women and communities at large. How birth is handled in any society is a barometer of that culture's survival capacity.


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Leaving tomorrow for a week in Hungary, and I'm compiling a list of restaurants to check out. We'll spend some time in Budapest, a few days in Villany, and maybe head elsewhere (possibly Eger, but I think I prefer the wines from Villany).
Also, any recs for baths in Budapest? There are so many that it's hard to choose!
Honestly, the best food we had in Budapest was from the food stalls in the upstairs of the Market Hall. It's a fun atmosphere and the food was fantastic.
We stumbled onto Kuskakukk (it was down the street from the flat we rented) www.kiskakukk.hu - it was really yummy, really great Hungarian food and super friendly service. I actually grabbed a card from them so I could remember to recommend them in future.
Have fun!
You can check out my blog posts here
But in summary:The Szechenyi baths is where all the locals hang out and is pretty cool to people watch on a Saturday morning
Gerbeaud Cafe - its expensive but was in every book based around Budapest
Great markets - upstairs has like a "fast food" stall
Koleves - traditional Hungarian food
M Restaurant - Translyvanian food
Klub Feszek - local club, kind like a an Aust RSL but better
I will second the recommendation to eat on the upper level of the market hall. We had delicious goulash there for really cheap. It was a perfect lunch while we were walking around and sight seeing.
We also had a wonderful dinner at the Bock Bisztro. The food was good, not too pricy, and there was live music. Here is the link to reviews on Tripadvisor: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g274887-d811480-Reviews-Bock_Bistro-Budapest.html


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We are glad you are considering becoming part of the diverse community at Trinity Christian College! A Trinity education is a life changing experience that will challenge you academically, enrich you spiritually, and equip you for your future career and calling.
Trinity Celebrates Commencement 2013: Photogalleries
Commencement celebrated the graduation of 189 traditional and 45 Adult Studies students on Saturday, May 18, 2013. The speaker for the traditional ceremony was Dr. Justin Cooper '72, executive director of Christian Higher Education Canada (CHEC).
During the ceremony, Dr. Robert Rice, professor of history was honored with emeritus status. Rice has served the College since 1979 and was honored with the inaugural Professor of the Year award last year.
This year's Professor of the Year award was presented to Dr. Brad Breems, professor of sociology. The award recognizes the achievements of a distinguished professor who has shown excellence in teaching or scholarship. The faculty development committee chooses from nominations submitted by students, faculty, and staff.
Commencement program—Traditional
Commencement guests were greeted by Beth Decker '67, chair of Trinity's Board of Trustees. Henry Perez, parent of Adam Perez '13 of Racine, Wisconsin, gave the invocation. The Commencement litany was delivered by Student Association Vice President Megan Kuiper '14 of McBain, Michigan.
All the graduates were welcomed to their new alumni status by Travis Bandstra '06, director of alumni relations. The benediction was offered by Ellen Fondrk, parent of Kaitlyn Fondrk '13 of Belvidere, Illinois.
Dr. Cooper's address was titled "Living Sacrifices for Christ."
Processing this year were students from Trinity's Class of 1963.
Commencement program—Adult Studies
President Steve Timmermans, Ph.D., greeted Commencement guests. Dr. Mary Webster Moore, assistant professor of education, gave the invocation. The Commencement litany was delivered by Karen A. Rivera '13 Homer Glen, Illinois.
The graduates were welcomed to their new alumni status by Joyce Schulting '74, alumni board president. The closing prayer was offered by Chaplain Willis Van Groningen, Ph.D.
About Dr. Justin Cooper '72
Dr. Justin D. Cooper has had a long career of service in Christian higher education and is now the executive director of Christian Higher Education Canada (CHEC), an organization of 33 Christ-centered universities, colleges, and seminaries. He is also president, emeritus of Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, where he served for 30 years—16 as president and eight as vice president, academic, in addition to being a faculty member in political science.
In the academic arena, he completed two terms as a board member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, an organization of over 100 Christian liberal arts institutions based in Washington, D.C., served as chair of the Board of CHEC, and formerly was vice chair and then executive director of the Association of Reformed Colleges and Universities. He has also served on institutional visiting committees for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and for Ontario's Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board.
He received his B.A. from Trinity Christian College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Toronto. In May of 2010, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by McMaster University.
He and his wife, Jessie, live in Dundas, Ontario, have two married sons and eight grandchildren, and attend First Hamilton Christian Reformed Church.
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Australia gave MS Dhoni's Team India a cricketing lesson in the T20 championship 2012 in Colombo on Friday. A day before the game, the Indian captain had said that he had a problem of plenty. Well, tonight, he only had problems – and plenty of them.
India played without any conviction. They batted without self-belief and bowled like amateurs. They were outmuscled by a superior side. Dhoni's men looked listless and surrendered without a fight. Australia reached their target of 141 with over five overs to spare. In T20 cricket, it doesn't get any more one-sided than this. As Harsha Bhogle rightly said, if this was boxing, you would call it a knock-out.
At least part of the problem was Dhoni's own doing. When captain MS Dhoni announced before the game that he was facing the toughest selection decision of his life, it was easy to understand that India's most dangerous batsman was on the chopping block.
I am not saying that Sehwag would have scored a century today. But I think the Indian captain was shrewdly trying to create a false debate that it was a choice between playing Sehwag or five bowlers. Dhoni tried to make it appear that on current form, Sehwag was India's most expendable player.
That is anything but true. Admittedly Sehwag has been getting out to low scores but he has never looked out of touch. He remains a potential match winner. But he doesn't seem to enjoy the captain's confidence at the moment.
Let us face it when Dhoni wants a player, he gives him unlimited chances — Rohit Sharma being the most recent example — till he finds a semblance of form. When he doesn't, he meets Sehwag's fate.
India paid the price for dumping quality. Playing Irfan Pathan as an opener upset the symmetry of the team. It was not Pathan's fault that he scored an unconvincing 31 off 30 balls, a couple of smart shots aside. He is a great No 8 but only a makeshift opener. As commentator Ian Chappell rightly noted, he is not convinced of Pathan's efficacy as an opener.
When it came to the crunch, Rohit Sharma flopped again. He was beaten by sheer pace. And as one has been repeatedly stating in this blog, Dhoni is not a great T20 player. Tonight he scored a scratchy 15 off 21 balls. He also dropped a catch. He was the main reason why India ended up with a mediocre 140 in 20 overs.
Aussies toyed with leg spinner Piyush Chawla. Incidentally, Dhoni has immense faith in this bowler. Remember how he was preferred to Ashwin throughout the ODI World Cup? One sincerely hopes this is end of the five bowlers experiment.
As for Australia, they seemed to be on a mission. Pat Cummins was superb as a bowler. And all-rounder Shane Watson is simply the player of the championship so far.
Earlier, Pakistan pulled off a thrilling two-wicket win against chokers South Africa. When you win a match after all seems lost, you are a true champion team. As I have said before, Pakistan is one of the favourites to reach the final.
All is not lost for India though. They can bounce back, if they defeat both Pakistan and South Africa. But the huge loss has also left India with a poor run rate. India will have to make up on that account too. That is improbable but not impossible. I am praying that Dhoni takes Sehwag back.


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WINNIPEG, Man. A previous CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week returned to the line-up after a two-game absence with a minor leg injury. The reigning Player of the Week brought a five-game point streak into Wednesday nights game. Both Jiri Hudler and Valtteri Filppula would figure greatly in the outcome of a wild 3-2 shootout win for the Grand Rapids Griffins over Manitoba at MTS Centre.
The Moose struck first late in the opening period, as defenseman Kevin Bieksa flew into the left side of the offensive zone and threaded a cross-ice pass to a streaking Mike Keane on the right wing. After a nifty inside-out move, Keane caught Griffins goaltender Jimmy Howard on a bad angle throwing the puck into the crease, where it deflected off the skate of Rick Rypien for the score. Manitoba took a narrow 10-9 shot advantage and a 1-0 lead into the locker room.
With the call-up of defenseman Kyle Quincey to the Detroit Red Wings, Jon Insana broke back into the lineup and made an immediate impact. Cutting in from the left point, Insana took a pass from Jiri Hudler and managed a shot on Moose backstop Wade Flaherty while falling to the ice. Rookie winger Michael Hackert jarred the puck loose in the crease, where team captain Matt Ellis was able to coax in the equalizer at 7:02 of the second.
Manitoba controlled the action for the remainder of the second period, culminating in the go-ahead goal as center Nathan Smith sent a pass down low to winger Jason Jaffray, then retrieved the rebound from Jaffrays shot for the put-away at 15:25. Bieksa was also credited with his second assist on the play, as the Moose mustered a 12-6 edge in shots in the frame to forge a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes.
Just when it seemed the Griffins would not be able to solve a brilliant Flaherty, Tomas Kopecky keenly found Darryl Bootland all alone for a mini-break at the Manitoba blue line. Bootland launched a rocket from the top of the right circle that landed in the upper-left corner of the net to square the count at two-all with 4:12 left, ensuring a point in the standings.
Howard was equal to the task, matching Flaherty save for save over the frenetic final minutes of regulation. The rookie goalie rejected 30 of 32 shots en route to third-star honors and his fourth victory against two defeats.
Following a scintillating but indecisive overtime, the goaltending dual between Howard and Flaherty extended to a shootout. Hudler notched the first marker on the Griffins third attempt, Howard denied all four shots he faced, and Filppula victimized Flaherty for the second time in eight days with the shootout clincher for a 3-2 Grand Rapids victory.
The Griffins continued the greatest start in their ten-year history, improving to 15-3-0-1 with the win as well as sweeping all four games in the road set on their way to nine victories in their last ten games. Grand Rapids extended their lead in the North Division to eight points over Manitoba with a game in hand, and the team returns home for a brief stop against the Hamilton Bulldogs on Saturday night. Start time is scheduled for 8 p.m.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Although the annual Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo will not take place in Austin this October, organizers are in effect taking the show on the road by partnering with selected stock shows, rodeos and other family-oriented cultural events to present the new Life's Better Outside® Experience in 2010.
Since 1992, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and its partners have produced the free, annual Expo as a public service the first weekend of each October. During the event's 17-year run, more than half a million visitors of all ages got to try activities like fishing, shooting, birding, photography, camping, climbing, mountain biking and more with gear and guidance provided free. The new Life's Better Outside® Experience will continue that tradition.
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Lorraine Dyer, first aid co-ordinator, was named regional winner in the fundraising success of the year category for her efforts in selling out and attending first aid courses which have generated significant sums of cash for the branch; she has also increased profits at the branch's popular nearly new sales by taking on the role of cafe co-ordinator.
Rebecca Crichton, out and about group leader, was awarded a regional commendation for her commitment to the branch which last year she was co-chairman of, as well as baby fair co-ordinator, advertising co-ordinator and out and about group co-leader.
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Philip Rosser, head of volunteering at NCT, said: "The support and enthusiasm that NCT's volunteers give to the charity is invaluable and makes a huge difference. The awards are a wonderful opportunity for us to say thank you and well done to these often unsung heroes, supporting parents in so many ways through their first 1,000 days. Volunteering for NCT is a fantastic way to give something back and meet new people whilst having fun along the way."
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That might be true. But they might also trade 15 years of him for a couple of SB wins in his prime. Shanahan's heavy reliance on his stars is designed to win Super Bowls, not put players at the top of the career leaders record book. I'm not saying he has a Super Bowl roster to work with, but he does seem to maximize results of whatever roster he has.


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THE WRAP: On a hot day in Adelaide, Port, St Kilda and the Crows have each come away with a win.
St Kilda (50) d. Adelaide (24)
Nine pointers: St Kilda: Nil. Adelaide: Nil.
Goals: St Kilda: B Maister 2, T Dennis-Lane 2, T Milera 2, A Saad, S Milne.
Adelaide: G Johncock 3.
Best: St Kilda: F Ray, J Gwilt, A Siposs.
Adelaide: G Johncock, M Wright, D Mackay.
Injuries: Nil.
Reports: Nil.
Umpires: Stephen McBurney, Corey Bowen, David Harris.
Port Adelaide (65) d. St Kilda (15)
Nine pointers: Port Adelaide: M Broadbent.
St Kilda: Nil.
Goals: Port Adelaide: J Schulz 2, P Stewart 2, Brad Ebert, C Wingard, J Neade, M Broadbent, O Wines.
St Kilda: J Koschitzke, T Lee.
Best: Port Adelaide: Brad Ebert, K Cornes, J Neade.
St Kilda: L Montagna, J Steven, J Gwilt.
Injuries: Nil.
Reports: Nil.
Umpires: Stephen McBurney, Corey Bowen, David Harris.
Adelaide (43) d. Port Adelaide (27)
Nine pointers: Adelaide: Nil.
Port Adelaide: Nil.
Goals: Adelaide: J Jenkins 2, J Lyons, L Brown, R Douglas, R Henderson.
Port Adelaide: A Monfries, A Young, B Ah Chee, C O'Shea.
Umpires: Justin Schmitt, Gary Fila, Curtis Deboy.
Injuries: Adelaide: B Smith (collarbone)
Port Adelaide: Nil.
Reports: Nil.
FULL TIME: Adelaide 6.7 (43) Port Adelaide 4.3 (27)
There it is! The Crows take out the mini-Showdown and each team today wins a game. Seemed like the Power were just too tired to keep up the good form of their first game, and turnovers and sloppy skills took a toll. The Power did their best to stick in it though, and were still a chance late into that game. Adelaide looked much better than in its first game, and having the break in between probably helped them get over the line.
Adelaide 6.7 (43) Port Adelaide 4.3 (27)
Goal Adelaide! There's the sealer. Just seconds left on the clock as an exhausted Douglas sends a long ball home for a goal.
Adelaide 5.7 (37) Port Adelaide 4.3 (27)
Crows have possession now with just over a minute to go. Looks like they will hang on, though a supergoal to Port would make things interesting.Back to top
Adelaide 5.7 (37) Port Adelaide 4.3 (27)
And they do! Goal to Port Adelaide through Ah Chee, who was nicely positioned in the goal sqaure. Ball spilled out the back of the pack and Ah Chee makes the Crows pay.
Adelaide 5.7 (37) Port Adelaide 3.3 (21)
With three minutes left, Port Adelaide need to get moving if they are to have any chance.
Adelaide 5.7 (37) Port Adelaide 3.3 (21)
Goal Port! Bad turnover by Adelaide heading back towards goal. Monfries picked up the spilled ball and bounced it through nicely. Six minutes to go - plenty of time left for Port if they can string a couple together.
Adelaide 5.7 (37) Port Adelaide 2.3 (15)
Behind Adelaide. Jenkins is everywhere in this half. He's marked it again after some quick handballs in the midfield left Port Adelaide to stand and watch. Pity he can't finish off on this occasion, though the shot did not look to be a difficult one.
Adelaide 5.6 (36) Port Adelaide 2.3 (15)
Goal Adelaide - it's all happening now. Mighty kick from outside 50 by Henderson, but the man on the mark was inside the arc, so just 6 points for that one.Back to top
Adelaide 4.5 (29) Port Adelaide 2.3 (15)
Sorry, just eating my words here - Port Adelaide has just torn through the centre of the ground to go coast-to-coast for a nice goal. O'Shea the scorer at point-blank range. Power still in it.
Adelaide 4.6 (30) Port Adelaide 1.3 (9)
Another behind to Adelaide, this time rushed through off hands, Port Adelaide has really dropped away here.
Adelaide 4.5 (29) Port Adelaide 1.3 (9)
Huge grab by Jenkins! McKay sent in a high floater and Jenkins came from the deep to take a nice grab over two Port Adelaide defenders. He goes back and takes the shot on a very slight angle, but the kick is a poor one. Would have been nice to see him kick a goal after such a good mark.
Adelaide 4.4 (28) Port Adelaide 1.3 (9)
Behind Adelaide. After that first miss by Port it has been all Crows. McIntyre has an ambitious snap from the pocket but the kick is no good.
Adelaide 4.3 (27) Port Adelaide 1.3 (9)
Goal Adelaide! Horrible, horrible turnover in the middle of the ground by Port Adelaide. The Crows have taken full advantage, banging the ball in long where Jenkins got a boot to the bouncing ball. Nice goal for the Crows. Port will be disappointed.Back to top
Adelaide 3.3 (21) Port Adelaide 1.3 (9)
Second half has begun and Port has the first chance. It is yet another poster! Not the start they would have been hoping for, the Power.
Adelaide 3.3 (21) Port Adelaide 1.2 (8)
INJURY UPDATE: Brenton Sanderson has told Fox Footy that Brodie Smith has busted his collarbone. He says it looks like a 6-8 week injury.
Scott Watters has spoken about the heat at his post-match press conference: "You have to take a close look at the heat policy."
"At the end of the day, when you're playing in that sort of heat, it's testing, especially for the younger players."
He said the only concession his team had was two extra water carriers.
HALF TIME: Adelaide 3.3 (21) Port Adelaide 1.2 (8)
Adelaide takes the lead at half time in the mini-Showdown. The Crows were clearly the fresher team, as you would expect. But Port Adelaide fought back to stay in the contest in the second part of that half. Much tighter game than the first two, should be an interesting second half.
Adelaide 3.3 (21) Port Adelaide 1.2 (8)
Crows win a strange free - awarded for a shepherd in the ruck, when the Crows didn't seem to have a ruckman in the contest. Lyons took the free and kicked the goal. Adelaide won't say no to that one.Back to top
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Simon Miller, Editor-In-Chief - Mario Kart 7 - Nintendo 3DS
Brett Phipps, staff writer on Sportra.com, believes he can beat me at Mario Kart 7. While he may have a chance to provide me with some competition, Mario Kart is the only game that I'm actually any good at.
Given that we now have to battle at some point next week, I've returned to the 3DS version to polish up on my skills. Aside from the original, I genuinely think the DS iterations of the series are the best it's ever conjured up, even when Nintendo just tweaks the process by do something simple - such as adding a glider vehicle. There's just something about it that wins me over time and time again.
This is why Mario 8 will be gold...
Dave Scammell, Deputy News Editor - South Park: The Stick of Truth, Xbox 360
It's difficult to say too much about The Stick of Truth without running the risk of spoiling the joke, so I'll try and keep it brief: Obsidian's game is [censored], hilariously [censored] and possibly the [censored] use of a TV license I've ever [censored]. The scene involving the [censored] is particularly [censored]. So yes, if you're a [censored] fan, definitely consider [censoring] it up when it [censors] this [censor].
Steve Burns, Reviews and Features Editor - Castlevania: Lords of Shadows 2, Xbox One
This week I reviewed both Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and Dead Rising 3: Chaos Rising. Both were disappointing, to say the least, which isn't great considering the high hopes people had for MercurySteam's sequel and the missteps Capcom's zombie title continues to make.
Thankfully, there was Dark Souls. There's always Dark Souls.
Tom Orry, Editorial Director - FIFA 14, PS4
I'm still only playing FIFA 14, although I'm very tempted to start Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 or South Park. Anyway, back in FIFA land I'm working through my third season in Ultimate Team, racking up coins to spend on packs. I realise that spending money on packs might not be the best way to build the team you want, but it's so much more fun. Opening the new packs delivers a few moments of glee and hope, usually then ruined by the realisation that you've wasted 7,500 coins on players you don't need.


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Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ] [ Media Contact: TPWD News, email@example.com, 512-389-8030 ] [ Additional Contacts: Rob McCorkle, TPWD (830) 866-3533 or firstname.lastname@example.com; Rosieleetta Reed, Texas Buffalo Soldier Association (817) 719-5261 ] Sept. 30, 2013 Texas Buffalo Soldier to be Honored Posthumously Historical Marker for Felix Lindsey to be Unveiled Oct. 5 in Wichita Falls WICHITA FALLS - Seventy-four years after he was laid to rest in a crudely marked grave in Riverside Cemetery, a slave-turned-vaunted-Indian fighter who made his home in Wichita Falls will finally receive official state and military recognition on Saturday, Oct. 5. Buffalo soldier Felix L. Lindsey, who died at the age of 92, received three wounds in the Indian Wars while fighting for the 10th U.S. Cavalry during the U.S. Army's pursuit of hostile tribes on the Western frontier. Lindsey later recounted how in 1885 after his regiment captured Geronimo in Arizona, he had a face-to-face confrontation with the elusive and feared Apache chieftain as Geronimo negotiated his surrender. A leg wound led to the end of Lindsey's 11-year military career in 1893, while he was serving in the Hospital Corps at Fort Sill, Okla. A Community Memorial Service will be held at 9:15 a.m. at 800 Jalonic St., the site of Lindsey's Wichita Falls home in the African-American neighborhood, where he and his wife Mary Tillman raised nine children. The former Army sergeant, whose mother was mulatto and father a full-blood Creek Indian, was a respected member of the community who along with family members operated a drapery cleaning and house cleaning service. The memorial service will include the laying of a wreath and placing of a U.S. flag, as well as a presentation by Rosieleetta Reed, president of the Texas Buffalo Soldier Association. "The amazing part of this story is the perseverance of two white men, the Greenwoods, who helped bring recognition to a black man, Felix Lindsey, who was a slave and became a buffalo soldier," Reed says. "Felix was a humble man, who didn't brag on what he did, such as helping capture Geronimo. He served his country and community with quiet grace." At 10 a.m. at Riverside Cemetery, 1810 Seymour Hwy., members of the association, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department's state parks, law enforcement, wildlife, and the inland and coastal fisheries divisions, and Sheppard Air Force Base Honor Guard will pay homage to Lindsey at a military honors ceremony, followed by the State Historical Marker unveiling. The marker is the result of a tireless campaign for Lindsey's recognition by Wichita Falls resident Mark Greenwood, whose father Arch interviewed the then 90-year-old Lindsey for a story that ran in the Wichita Falls Times-Record in 1937. On hand for the marker unveiling will be Lindsey's granddaughter Doris Ford and great granddaughter Ann Wyatt. Following the graveside ceremony, a reception will be held at the Museum of North Texas History, 720 Indiana Ave. Representatives of Fort Richardson State Historic Site will host a Buffalo Soldiers exhibit and the museum theater will show a Buffalo Soldiers documentary. The public is invited to attend any of the Lindsey commemorative events. Buffalo soldiers, so-called by Indians because the black soldiers' hair reminded them of bison, were former slaves and freedmen who comprised the 9th and 10th Cavalry and 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments formed in 1867 after the Civil War. Buffalo soldiers, reputed to be fierce and skilled fighters, served at frontier military posts from Texas to the Dakota territories to help with the westward expansion of the United States. Ken Pollard, former president of the Texas Buffalo Soldier Association and founder of TPWD's Texas Buffalo Soldier program in the mid-1990s, is the coordinator of the Lindsey project that shines a light on the forgotten legacy of the African-American military experience. Pollard helped secure legislative support for the designation of July as Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Month and creation of the Texas Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Trail that incorporates historical sites operated by TPWD and the Texas Historical Commission. "Felix Lindsey's accomplishments after his Army service demonstrates his determination to succeed when he started his own cleaning business and was well liked by those who used his services," Pollard says. "All was good until the Great Depression hit, but the old sergeant held true to the 10th Cavalry's 'Ready and Forward' motto by taking a job as a special delivery agent for the Wichita Falls post office." Pollard says two of the primary goals of TPWD's Buffalo Soldiers Program headed by Luis Padilla, are to tell the buffalo soldiers mostly forgotten story and add more inclusiveness in the activities and workforce of the agency. The Felix Lindsey Memorial Project is being made possible through the local support of the City of Wichita Falls and the Wichita County Historical Association. For more information, contact the Texas Buffalo Soldier Association at (817) 719-5216. Editors: To download an archival photo of Lindsey as well as other Buffalo Soldier images, please visit: http://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/news_images/?g=buffalo_soldiers -30-


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It is possible to buck the trends and raise a boy who loves to read? You just need to follow a few simple steps.
Research shows boys score lower on reading tests, read less often and have less positive attitudes towards reading than girls. But are these results less about ability and more about attitudes and frequency? Psychologist Jocelyn Brewer says the latter is most likely.
According to Brewer, a boy's willingness to read totally depends on his parents own experiences of reading and their pro-educational values, as well as their attitudes toward technology use and the focus and value they place on reading.
"Parents who had negative experiences with reading might place less value on their son reading, especially if technology use is unlimited and uncontrolled. Or they might realise how important reading ability is and really push their kids to read," Brewer says.
"The way that parents of boys value reading will really depend on their value of a son over a daughter and inherent gender expectations and biases they have."
So what's the answer if you have a boy who's resistant to reading? Brewer says there are a number of steps you can take:
Finding a book that would snag her son's interest is exactly what mum-of-three Claire Watt did when her eldest son showed a distinct lack of interest in reading. "My son was definitely less interested in reading than my daughter," says Watt. "She has always been very into books and would want us to read to her every day; my son, on the other hand, would simply walk away and show no interest at all even when we tried to encourage it."
Watt thinks it was a combination of gender and personality. "He is a fair bit more interested in reading now that he has actually learnt to read by himself. Once he started learning this at school, I bought a couple of comic books and kids' joke books that I knew he would have an interest in.
"I started off with the joke book so that it made him laugh and then he wanted to read it because he found it funny. I think once you find something that your child is interested in, then you work from there. He likes to read now every couple of days, if not a bit each day."
When it comes to boys, it's important to remember that dads play a significant role in setting a good example for boys. "Dads are great role models: if dad reads, then his son will learn that reading is a male pursuit too," says Brewer.
Unfortunately, dads can be terrible role models, too. Social learning is important so the "monkey see, monkey do" effect can be powerful. So if a dad isn't interested in reading, his son may follow suit. This doesn't mean that a boy is a lost cause. Find him another male role model he can follow or just show him the broad range of books on offer at the library. He may well fall in love.
This article was written for Kidspot by Nicole Madigan with additional information from Joceylyn Brewer.


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We are all aware of the need for carbohydrates for aerobic performance. Now it appears not only do carbohydrates aid endurance performance, but also help the immune response to exercise.
Triathletes ran or cycled for 2.5 hours at 75% of maximal aerobic capacity on two occasions. On one occasion they drank a carbohydrate drink and on another, a placebo containing no carbohydrate. When drinking the carbohydrate drink, the triathletes showed higher blood sugar and insulin levels, and lower blood cortisol and growth hormone levels. A lower cortisol level is an indicator of less stress. When drinking the carbohydrate drink they also showed lower white blood cell counts.
The authors conclude that carbohydrate ingestion during activity lessens hormonal responses indicative of stress and raises the immune response. The lowered immune response when not ingesting carbohydrates could result in an increased chance of infection.
Recommendations: Carbohydrate drinks consumed during exercise not only supply energy but help lower the major stress hormone during exercise.


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This version is a recipe where a bit more or less zucchini won't matter, but to keep the zucchini from being watery in the finished dish, I trim away some of the inner white part, and then saute it with the green chiles for extra flavor. I use drained low-fat cottage cheese here to make this creamy without a lot of added fat, but you can also just use more cheese and skip the cottage cheese if you prefer.
If you want to skip the photos below and watch a video instead, here is a video of how to make this recipe. See more recipe videos on My You Tube Channel.
More Delicious Breakfast Ideas with Green Chiles:
Slow Cooker Breakfasts Photo Index Page ~ Slow Cooker from Scratch
Bobbi's Low-Carb Breakfast Casserole with Egg, Cottage Cheese, and Green Chiles ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Baked Egg Sausage Casserole with Green Chiles ~ Cookin' Canuck
Low-Carb Vegetarian Chile Rellenos Bake ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Chile Verde Huevos Rancheros ~ Foodie Crush
Low-Carb Green Chile and Cheese Egg Muffins ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
(This recipe makes 4-6 servings as shown in the photos. See below for original recipe which makes 10-12 servings)
1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese, rinsed and drained well (Use more cottage cheese if you'd like
1 or 2 medium zucchini, about 8 inches long (or even more)
1-2 tsp. olive oil for sauteing zucchini and chiles
1 tsp. Spike Seasoning (optional but recommended, or use any seasoning mix you like on eggs)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 can diced green Anaheim chiles (4 oz. can)
10 eggs, beaten well
1 T cream, half and half, or milk (use milk for South Beach Diet, or you can leave this out)
1-2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese (use low fat cheese for South Beach Diet)
Preheat oven to 375 F/190C. Spray 7X11 inch or 8X8 inch casserole pan with nonstick spray or olive oil. Put cottage cheese in a colander placed in the sink and rinse thoroughly with cold water to wash off the "cream", then let drain.
Wash zucchini, cut lengthwise into fourths, then cut away the inner white part of the zucchini, leaving not over 1/2 inch thickness of white still on the skin. Discard white part, and cut remaining zucchini strips crosswise into same-size strips.
Put olive oil into nonstick saute pan and saute zucchini over low heat for 4-5 minutes, seasoning with Spike seasoning, salt, and pepper. Then add undrained green chiles and saute another 4-5 minutes. (Zucchini should still be pretty firm when you turn off the heat, so be sure you have it on low.)
Layer zucchini/green chile mixture, drained cottage cheese, and cheese into casserole dish. Beat eggs with cream or milk and pour over other ingredients. Use a fork to gently stir so that zucchini, green chile, cottage cheese, and cheese is evenly distributed in the egg mixture. Bake at 375 for about 25 minutes, or until mixture is set and top is nicely browned.
Zucchini and Green Chile Breakfast Casserole
(Larger size from original recipe - makes 10-12 servings)
16 oz. low-fat cottage cheese, rinsed and drained well (or more)
1 large zucchini, about 12 inches long (or more)
2-3 tsp. olive oil for sauteing zucchini and chiles
2-3 tsp. Spike Seasoning (optional but recommended, or use any seasoning mix you like on eggs)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 can diced green Anaheim chiles (7 oz. can, or use two 4 oz. cans)
18 eggs, beaten well
1/4 cup cream, half and half, or milk (use milk for South Beach Diet, or you can leave this out)
1 1/2 - 2 1/2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese (use low fat cheese for South Beach Diet)
Follow the same preparation method as above, but use a 10x14 inch casserole dish for this larger size, and bake 40-45 minutes.
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ONTARIO — A multi-vehicle collision on the eastbound 10 Freeway near the 15 Freeway has led to a major traffic backup, according to initial dispatch and California Highway Patrol reports.
Several vehicles, some reports show as many as six, were involved in a crash on the 10 Freeway just before 9 p.m., according to the CHP website.
Witnesses reported at least one person appeared to be trapped in one of the vehicles.
All lanes were reportedly blocked as of 9:20 p.m., according to CHP reports.
It was not clear if anyone was injured in the collision. Paramedics and CHP officials are on scene.
This crash happened about an hour after a fatal incident took place on the westbound lanes of the 10 Freeway near Tippecanoe Avenue in San Bernardino.
More to come.