I moved to Vientiane, Laos to work on a World Bank funded agricultural economic program for Laos' Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Unfortunately, with the change of jobs and venues, I have had little time to communicate with most of my friends and family. In any case, I would like to apologize for my lack of communication with my friends and far-flung family in Latin America & USA. Nevertheless, I was able to keep most of my close family, in no particular order of importances as follows, by region (A) those who are in the Washington DC Area (Wife Nica Maritza Emerson, Spanish born daughter Susanna Emerson, and older Brother Chuck Emerson (plus wife Anne E., and son Le