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Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) The War On Drugs
Drug abuse and addiction are a public health issue, not a criminal justice one. Making that change happen begins with courageous police officers speaking out about the injustice and ineffectiveness they've witnessed firsthand while fighting the War on Drugs.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of police, prosecutors, judges, and other law enforcement professionals fighting to end the War on Drugs, know there's a long way go before drug abuse and addiction are treated as a public health issue rather than a criminal justice one. Happily, we're just the right people for the job – surveys have shown that law enforcement officers are some of the most effective speakers in convincing voters to support marijuana legalization.
It's incredibly brave for Law Enforcement officers to speak out at any stage of their career, including after they're retired; It's particularly difficult for active duty officers who fear both personal and professional consequences for speaking out about the injustice and ineffectiveness they've witnessed while fighting the War on Drugs.
Sadly, there is a history of law enforcement officers being penalized for speaking out against unjust laws. In 1999, a Vancouver officer, one of the earliest law enforcement advocates for drug policy reform, was discouraged from speaking out by his department. Six years later, it was a police sergeant in Washington State who was fired after speaking in favor of marijuana decriminalization. Four years after that, it happened to a U.S. Border Patrol agent. And there have been many more.
Currently, that battle involves a British Columbia police officer, a LEAP speaker who has stepped before a human rights tribunal to challenge unlawful and discriminatory orders that prohibited him from publicly discussing the drug war while off-duty. His case could lead to a precedent that has the potential to change the environment in which police debate important public policy matters.
Continue the fight and allow LEAP to recruit more active duty officers. To keep booking presentations, recruiting more active duty police officers, and fighting for the right of current law enforcement professionals to speak out about how and why the War on Drugs has failed, we need you to join the "Help Police Speak Out Against the War on Drugs" campaign today.
Your donation puts LEAP speakers in front of audiences. To support LEAP's work by making a tax-deductible contribution, please Click Here. LEAP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and a top-rated Guide Star Exchange Seal organization
History has shown that drug prohibition reduces neither use nor abuse. After a rapist is arrested, there are fewer rapes. After a drug dealer is arrested, however, neither the supply nor the demand for drugs is seriously changed. The arrest merely creates a job opening for an endless stream of drug entrepreneurs who will take huge risks for the sake of the enormous profits created by prohibition. Prohibition costs taxpayers tens of billions of dollars every year, yet 40 years and some 40 million arrests later, drugs are cheaper, more potent and far more widely used than at the beginning of this futile crusade.
We believe that by eliminating prohibition of all drugs for adults and establishing appropriate regulation and standards for distribution and use, law enforcement could focus more on crimes of violence, such as rape, aggravated assault, child abuse and murder, making our communities much safer. We believe that sending parents to prison for non-violent personal drug use destroys families. We believe that in a regulated and controlled environment, drugs will be safer for adult use and less accessible to our children. And we believe that by placing drug abuse in the hands of medical professionals instead of the criminal justice system, we will reduce rates of addiction and overdose deaths.
Please donate to LEAP so they can continue working to ensure an environment in which police officers are able to speak out about their own experiences without fear of losing their jobs. Protect their rights; they are fighting to protect yours.

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Yeah, I was thinking the wars between Greece and Persia. If Persia would have conquered Greece and stamped out its culture, then our culture today would be vastly different.
And as for the religion generally associated with Western Civilization, Christianity would not have been able to spread so far, had it not been for Alexander the Great's conquests unifying the known world.
Now, what would be the most important battle?
I believe the Battle of Salamis would be, though it is a close race in my book with the Battle of Marathon.


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Tag: gov 2.0
Preetam Rai of Global Voices Online (courtesy of GovCamp Singapore)
In an ideal Web 2.0 enabled world populated by active and engaged citizens, the public would be engaged, empowered and encouraged to use social technologies and digital tools to build a better society. As the government does not have a monopoly on ideas, it would be critical for citizens to help themselves so to speak.
What then are some of the developments in this area, and how can one take that tentative first step forward? Well, there are lots of food for thought from three sessions which I recently attended at the second Govcamp Singapore.
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Its time once again for GovCamp Singapore, our island's only "unconference" focusing on how citizens and government can work together to improve our lives using technology as an enabler.
The second event this year – I moderated one of the sessions in the first in on 19 January – GovCamp looks at positioning government as a platform to engage key stakeholders in a country (namely everyone of us!) in a spirit of open collaboration, ideation, networking, and joint problem solving.
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At the recent GovCamp in Singapore, Professor Zachary Tumin from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government shared several strategies on how public and private organisations can lead in an increasingly connected and networked world.
According to Tumin, organisations around the world should work more closely with their citizens to "do together what no one can do alone". In his words, collaboration is the "Difference Maker", "Game Changer" and "Force Multiplier" (you get the point).
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A view of what Government 2.0 could be (courtesy of ZD Net)
What does Government 2.0 mean? Does it merely entail government agencies embracing the use of multiple social technologies and community platforms? Is it reflective of a more open, engaging and inclusive approach to governance? Or does it epitomise the beginning of active citizenry in all public affairs?
As I'll be moderating a Gov 2.0 session on 'Connection' next week at Govcamp, I thought I should dig in deeper into this topic. For a start, here's a definition of what Government 2.0 means according to Gartner
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KSEC is among the top integrators in the Chinese materials handling market and is the unchallenged market leader in Chinese AGV business. To further expand its business, KSEC has entered into a partnership with Egemin for the use of Egemin's AGV technology. This technology transfer has been successfully negotiated through Egemin's Representative Office in Shanghai that targets the South East Asian market. The contract was officially signed by the Vice General Manager of KSEC Li Tao and Egemin Handling Automation CEO Jan Vercammen at the KSEC headquarters in Kunming in the province of Yunnan.
This contract is the second licence sale this year in China and means the real Asian breakthrough for Egemin. Egemin has been active on the AGV market since the seventies and the confidence of the leading AGV system builder in China proves that Egemin belongs at the top of AGV technology in the world.


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Rainbow's End by Rex Ellingwood Beach
XI. The Hand of the Captain-General
On the stroke of midnight O'Reilly was arrested. After a thorough search of his person and his premises he was escorted to Government headquarters, where he found Leslie Branch.
The invalid looked taller, thinner, more bloodless than ever, and his air of settled gloom admirably became the situation.
"Hello, Earl. What luck?" Johnnie flashed at him.
An officer sharply commanded them to be silent.
There ensued a long delay, introduced, perhaps, for its effect upon the prisoners; then they were led into a large room where, it seemed, the entire staff of the Spanish garrison was waiting. It was an imposing collection of uniforms, a row of grim faces and hostile eyes, which the two Americans beheld. Spread out upon a table in front of the officers were the personal belongings of both men.
The prisoners were ordered to stand side by side, facing their accusers. Then each in turn was subjected to a rigorous examination. Owing to his acquaintance with Spanish, O'Reilly was able to defend himself without the aid of an interpreter. He began by asserting that he had come to Cuba for his health, and declared that he had endeavored at all times since his arrival to conduct himself in strict conformity with local regulations. If in any way he had offended, he had not done so intentionally, He denied having the remotest connection with the rebels, and demanded an explanation of his arrest.
But his plausible words did not in the least affect his hearers. General Antuna, the comandante, a square-faced man with the airs of a courtier, but with the bold, hard eyes of a fighter, leaned forward, saying:
"So you suffer from ill health, senor?"
"I do, severely. Rheumatism."
The general nodded. "Three days ago you were overtaken by a rain- storm while walking through the city."
"Yes, sir."
"When the rain had passed, you returned to your hotel. At the junction of San Rafael and Estrella streets a pool of water had gathered and you leaped it. Am I right?"
"No doubt."
General Antuna consulted a report before him. "That pool measured six feet four inches in width. Do you ask me to believe that a person suffering from rheumatism could do that?"
Leslie Branch shifted his weight and wet his lips, but O'Reilly only shrugged impatiently. "My dear General," said he, "did you never experience a neuralgia? Well then, was the pain continuous? In this climate my affliction troubles me very little. That is why I remain here."
From among the articles in front of him the general selected a solitary 44-caliber revolver cartridge and, holding it up, said:
"What do you say to this?"
"I don't know what to say. Where did it come from?"
"It was found in the cloth pocket of your valise."
O'Reilly frowned; then a light of understanding irradiated his frank countenance. "It must have lain there ever since I left Matanzas, three months ago."
"Ha! Matanzas!" fiercely ejaculated a colonel. "What were you doing in Matanzas?"
It was unnecessary to prevaricate now. Johnnie told of his earlier connection with the Carter Importing Company, gave names, dates, and facts to bear out his statements, and challenged his accusers to verify them.
Undoubtedly some of his hearers were impressed, but they were by no means convinced of the innocence of his present purpose, and, in fact, the ferocious colonel seemed to regard past residence in Cuba as proof conclusive of a present connection with the rebels. Johnnie gathered that he was suspected of being one of those American engineers who were reported to have been engaged to instruct the enemy in the use of explosives: his inquisitors did their best to wring such an admission from him or to entrap him into the use of some technical phrase, some slip of the tongue which would verify their suspicions. They even examined his hands with minutest care, as if to find some telltale callous or chemical discoloration which would convict him. Then finally, to give him the lie absolute, the aggressive colonel seized a nickel- plated atomizer from the table and brandished it triumphantly before the young men's eyes.
"Enough of this pretense!" he cried. "What is this instrument, eh?"
"It is evidently an atomizer, a nasal syringe. I never saw it before."
"It's mine," said Leslie Branch; but the colonel did not heed the interruption.
"Ha! And pray explain its use."
Johnnie undertook to do so, but it was plain that his words carried no conviction, for his mocking inquisitor gave a loud snort and gestured eloquently to his commander. "There you have it!" he declared, proudly. "This impostor betrays himself."
The other officers were eying the unfamiliar article curiously; one of them ventured gingerly to handle it; they exchanged whispers.
"What do you call it?" the general inquired, leaning forward.
This was the colonel's moment. "I will tell you!" he said, with a sneer at O'Reilly. "I am something of a genius at mechanical inventions, and therefore I am not for a moment deceived by this fellow's common lies. This"--he paused dramatically and held his brother officers with a burning glance--"this instrument, in my opinion, was devised for the purpose of injecting fulminate of mercury into dynamite."
There was a breathless hush. The Spaniards stared at the little syringe with amazement.
"And how does it operate?" queried one.
"It is one of those ingenious Yankee contrivances. I have never seen one quite like it, but my intelligence makes its principle plain. Evidently one inserts the tube into the dynamite, so, and presses the bulb---"
There came a loud cry from General Antuna, who had bent closer; he clapped his hands to his face and staggered from his chair, for in suiting his action to his words the colonel had squeezed the bulb, with the result that a spray of salt water had squirted fairly into his superior officer's interested and attentive countenance.
"My eyes! Dios mio! I am blinded for life!" shouted the unhappy general, and his subordinates looked on, frozen with consternation.
The author of this calamity blanched; he was stricken dumb with horror.
Some one cried: "A doctor, quickly. Jesus Cristo! Such carelessness!"
"This is terrible!" another stammered. "It will explode next."
There was a concerted scramble away from the table.
Leslie Branch laughed--it was the first time that O'Reilly had ever heard him give audible evidence of amusement. His reedy frame was shaken as by a painful spasm; his colorless face was distorted, and from his lips issued queer, hysterical barks and chortles. "Tell 'em it's nothing but brine," he said, chokingly.
When this welcome intelligence had been translated, and when the general had proved it to be true, there was a great sigh of relief, followed by a subdued titter at the colonel's expense. The latter was chagrined. Having made himself and the comandante ridiculous, he took refuge behind an assumption of somber and offended dignity. But it was plain that he still considered these Americans dangerous people, and that his suspicions were as keen as ever.
The interruption served to end O'Reilly's ordeal, for the moment at least, and attention was now turned to his companion. It was evident from the first that Branch's case was hopeless. He readily acknowledged himself to be a newspaper writer, and admitted having sent articles for publication through the mails. This was quite enough; from the attitude of the military men it promised to go hard with him. But he sprung a surprise by boldly proclaiming himself an English citizen and warning his captors not to treat him with the contempt or with the severity they reserved for Americans. Curiously his words had an effect. Judgment for the moment was suspended, and the two prisoners were led away, after which another delay ensued.
At last O'Reilly was recalled; but when he re-entered the big room he found General Antuna awaiting him, alone.
"Permit me to apologize for the inconvenience we have put you to," the comandante began.
"Then am I free?"
"You are."
"I thank you."
The general's hard eyes gleamed. "Personally I at no time put faith in the idea that you are a powder expert," said he. "No. I had my own suspicions and I regret to say this inquiry has not in the least served to lessen them."
"Indeed? May I ask of what you suspect me?" Johnnie was genuinely interested.
The general spoke with force and gravity: "Mr. O'Reilly, I believe you to be a far greater menace to the interests of my country than--well, than a score of dynamite experts. I believe you are a writer."
The American smiled. "Are writers such dangerous people?"
"That altogether depends upon circumstances. The United States is inclined to recognize the belligerency of these Cuban rebels, and her relations with Spain are becoming daily more strained; ill- feeling grows, and all because of the exaggerations, the mendacities, that have gone forth from here to your newspapers. We are determined to put down this uprising in our own way; we will tolerate no foreign interference. War is never a pleasant thing, but you journalists have magnified its horrors and misrepresented the cause of Spain until you, threaten to bring on another and a more horrible combat. Now then, you understand what I mean when I say that you are more dangerous than a powder expert; that your pen can do more injury, can cause the death of more Spanish troops than could a regiment of Americans with dynamite. Your English friend makes no secret of his business, so we shall escort him to Neuvitas and see him safely out of the country, once for all."
"And yet you permit me to remain?" Johnnie was surprised.
"For the present, yes! That is my official message to you. Privately, however"--the speaker eyed O'Reilly with a disconcerting expression--"I would like to warn you. You are a bright fellow, and you have a way with you--there's no denying it. Under other conditions it would be a pleasure to know you better. It grieves me, therefore, to warn you that your further stay in Cuba will not be--pleasant. I almost regret that there is no conclusive evidence against you; it would so simplify matters. Come now, hadn't you better acknowledge that I have guessed your secret?"
O'Reilly's perplexity was, changing to dismay, for it seemed to him he was being played with; nevertheless, he shook his head. "I would only be deceiving you, sir," he said.
General Antuna sighed. "Then I see embarrassments ahead for both of us."
"More arrests?"
"Not necessarily. Understand me, I speak as one gentleman to another, but--you must have noticed that Americans are unpopular with our troops. Eh? They are impulsive, these troopers; accidents cannot be prevented. Suppose something should happen to you? There is the trouble. You came to Cuba to enjoy its climate; you cannot be expected to remain indoors. Of course not. Well! Among our soldiers are many new recruits, patriotic, enthusiastic young fellows, but--careless. They are wretchedly unproficient marksmen, and they haven't learned the dangers of promiscuous rifle fire. They are forever shooting at things, merely to score a hit. Would you believe it? Oh, I have to discipline them frequently. To think of you going abroad through the streets, therefore, worries me intensely."
"Your solicitude is touching." O'Reilly bowed mockingly; but disregarding his tone, General Antuna proceeded in the same false key:
"Suppose you should be found dead some day. Imagine my feelings." The speaker's tone and expression were eloquent of concern. "How could I fix the responsibility?"
"By having me followed, as usual, I dare say," O'Reilly said, bitterly.
"Oh, you will of course be shadowed day and night; in fact, to be quite sure of your--er--safety I shall ask you to permit one of my men to accompany you everywhere and even to share your room. We shall try never to lose sight of you, depend upon it. But these detectives are careless fellows at best; I don't trust them. Of course such precautions would exonerate me from all blame and relieve my Government from any responsibility for injury to you, but, nevertheless, it would tend to complicate relations already strained. You see I am quite honest with you." The general allowed time for his words to sink in; then he sighed once more. "I wish you could find another climate equally beneficial to your rheumatism. It would lift a great load from my mind. I could offer you the hospitality of an escort to Neuvitas, and your friend Mr. Branch is such good company he would so shorten your trip to New York!" The speaker paused hopefully; that same sardonic flicker was on his lips.
Johnme could not summon an answering smile, for his heart was like lead. He realized now the utter futility of resistance; he knew that to remain in Puerto Principe after this thinly veiled warning would be to court destruction--and destruction of a shocking character against which it would be impossible to guard. Even an espionage stricter than that to which he had been subjected would utterly defeat his plans. After a moment of thought he said, gravely:
"I appreciate the delicacy of your consideration, sir, and--I shall go."
General Antuna leaped to his feet, his grim face alight; striding to O'Reilly, he pressed his hands--he seemed upon the point of embracing him. "I thank you!" he cried. "You render me a supreme service. See, I breathe easy. Permit me to offer you refreshment-- one of our famous Spanish wines. No? Then the best cigar in all Cuba!"
His expressions of gratitude were fulsome; he swore that O'Reilly had done him the greatest favor of his life, but his words were like poison to his hearer.
"You embarrass me," O'Reilly told him, endeavoring to carry off his defeat with some show of grace. In his bitterness he could not refrain from adding, "If my accursed affliction returns, perhaps we shall meet again before long, either here or elsewhere."
"Oh, I have little hope for such a pleasure," the general quickly replied. "But if we do meet, remember we Spaniards have a cure for rheumatism. It is unpleasant, but efficacious. A little, nickel- plated pill, that is all." General Antuna's teeth shone for an instant. "There is another remedy, not quite so immediate in its effect, but a good one. I have tried it and found it excellent. Drink plenty of cocoanut-water! That is the Cuban remedy; the other I call the Spanish cure. Cocoanuts are splendid. I shall see that a crate of the choicest fruit is placed aboard your steamer. Accept them with my compliments, and when you partake of them think of me."
O'Reilly did think of General Antuna, not only when he was escorted to the railway station at daylight, but when he and Branch took their seats and their guards filed in behind them. He assured himself moodily that he would not cease to think of that sardonic old joker for a long time to come. He cursed savagely; the memory of these wasted weeks, the narrow margin of his failure, filled him with a sick feeling of dismay and impotence. His mind quailed at the consequence of this new delay. Where was Rosa now? How and when would he return? With difficulty he resisted the impulse to fling himself from the moving train; but he composed himself by the thought that Cuba was not fenced about with bayonets. He would come back.
Leslie Branch broke in upon his gloomy preoccupation by asking, "How much money have you?"
"Less than ten dollars."
"You're rich. My landlady cleaned me. Is it the practice of beneficent monarchies to provide transportation for their departing guests?"
Branch coughed dismally. "It 'll be all right if they just buy me a ticket to the first fog. One more hemorrhage and I'll wing my way aloft. God! I'd hate to be buried at sea."
"Cheer up!" O'Reilly reassured him, irritably. "There may be ice aboard."
"Ice!" Leslie gasped. "Oh, bullets!"
In marked contrast to the difficulties of entering Cuba was the ease of leaving it. A ship was sailing from Neuvitas on the very afternoon when the two Americans arrived, and they were hurried aboard. Not until the anchor was up did their military escort depart from them.
With angry, brooding eyes O'Reilly watched the white houses along the water-front dwindle away, the mangrove swamps slip past, and the hills rise out of their purple haze. When the salt breath of the trades came to his nostrils he turned into his state-room, and, taking the crate of cocoanuts with which General Antuna had thoughtfully provided him, he bore it to the rail and dropped it overboard.
"Rheumatism was a fool disease, anyhow," he muttered.
"Great news!" Esteban Varona announced one day as he dismounted after a foraging trip into the Yumuri, "We met some of Lacret's men and they told us that Spain has recalled Captain-General Campos. He acknowledges himself powerless to stem the flood of Cuban revolution. What do you say to that?"
"Does that mean the end of the war?" Rosa eagerly inquired.
"Oh no. They have sent a new man--he's in Havana now--a dark little, old fellow who never smiles. He has a long nose and a big chin; he dresses all in black--a very 'jew-bird' in appearance, from what I hear. His name is Weyler--Valeriano Weyler, Marquis of Teneriffe." Esteban laughed tolerantly, for as yet the name of Weyler meant nothing to him.
"No wonder we knew nothing about it," said the girl. "We hide like animals and we see no one for weeks at a time. I sometimes wonder how O'Reilly will manage to find us."
"Oh, he'll manage it somehow," Esteban declared, cheerfully. Then he ran an approving eye over the new bohio and the new garden plot which Evangelina had courageously begun. "We're not so badly fixed, are we? At least Colonel Cobo won't find us so readily this time."
"Cobo!" shuddered the girl. "I dream about him."
Esteban scowled. "I've seen him at a distance several times, but he takes pains to guard himself well when he comes into the Yumuri. They say he's trying to destroy the whole valley."
"He will never forget."
Esteban covertly appraised his sister's charms, but respecting her terror of Cobo he did not speak his thoughts. He was certain, however, that Rosa knew, as well as he, what motive lay behind the fellow's tireless persecutions of the valley dwellers; for in spite of their isolation stories of Cobo had reached the refugees- -stories that had rendered both the boy and the girl sick with apprehension. The colonel, it seemed, had nearly died of his machete wound, and on recovering he had sworn to exterminate the wasps that had stung him. He had sworn other oaths, too, oaths that robbed Esteban of his sleep.
Esteban idolized his sister; her loyalty to him was the most precious thing of his life, Therefore, the thought of that swarthy ruffian hunting her down as a hound hangs to the trail of a doe awoke in him a terrible anger. Second only to his hatred for the guerrilla chief was his bitterness against the traitor, Pancho Cueto, who had capped his villainy by setting this new peril upon them; and since Rosa's safety and his own honor called for the death of both men, he had sworn that somehow he would effect it. It was, of course, a difficult matter to get at the Colonel of Volunteers, but Cueto still lived in the midst of his blackened fields, and it was against him that the boy was now planning to launch his first blow.
The mention of Cobo's name had momentarily distracted Esteban's thoughts. Now he collected them and said:
"Wait! I am forgetting something. See what Lacret's men handed me; they are posted from one end of the island to the other." He displayed a printed bando, or proclamation, signed by the new captain-general, and read as follows:
It was that inhuman order of concentration, the result of which proved to be without parallel in military history--an order which gave its savage author the name of being the arch-fiend of a nation reputed peculiarly cruel. Neither Esteban nor Rosa, however, grasped the full significance of the proclamation; no one could have done so. No eye could have foreseen the merciless butchery of non-combatants, the starvation and death by disease of hordes of helpless men, women, and children herded into the cities. Four hundred thousand Cubans driven from their homes into shelterless prison camps; more than two hundred thousand dead from hunger and disease; a fruitful land laid bare of all that could serve as food, and changed to an ash-gray desolation; gaunt famine from Oriente to Pinar del Rio--that was the sequel to those printed words of "Weyler the Butcher" which Esteban read.
"Eight days! When is the time up?" Rosa inquired.
"Bless you, this is already two weeks old!" her brother told her.
"Why, then, it means that we'll be shot if we're caught."
"Exactly! But we sha'n't be caught, eh? Let the timid ones take fright at the squeaks of this old black-bird. Let them go into the cities: we shall have the more to eat!" Esteban crumpled the paper in his hand and dropped it. "Meanwhile I shall proceed toward my settlement with Pancho Cueto." His very careless confidence gave Rosa courage.


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In this episode I speak to Chris Kerston, a holistic "beyond organic" farmer who now works with The Savory Institute promoting farming methods that can heal the land from the damage done by conventional farming practices. These practices can help to undo the damage we've done that is leading to climate change.
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In this episode we discuss:
- Chris's background as a holistic farmer, and the techniques he used
- How farmers can save fuel costs by using grazing animals to "mow" orchards & remove weeds
- What life is like for animals on conventional farms
- How conventional farming is turns the land to desert (explained in detail!)
- How holistic farming undoes that damage
- Difficulties in spreading holistic farming as the new standard
- Strategies to overcome those difficulties
- How holistic farming can be applied in extreme climates like Canada
- Why we need farms to "mimic nature", rather than fully restoring nature itself
- Resources to learn more
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
- The Savory Institute
- Video: Allan Savory's TED talk
- Video: Chris's talk How Grassfed Beef Will Save The World
- Movie: Food Inc.
- Joel Salatin's farm website
- Book: You Can Farm by Joel Salatin
- Video: Soil Carbon Cowboys
- Book: Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making by Allan Savory
- Ebook: The Grazing Revolution by Allan Savory with TED


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Esther's Sacrifice and Mordechai's Freedom
A phrase borrowed from the Torah describes how Mordechai was freed to help the Jews. But Esther was given no such freedom; she had to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Torah Live friend Harry Rothenberg explains these ideas in his Purim video:
For additional Purim inspiration, see our megillah slideshow, especially useful for educators teaching the megillah and rabbis looking to enhance the reading in shul.


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Position: #30
Brand: Deutsche Post
Brand value: 979 Mio. EUR
Brand value change compared to last year: +5%
Ranking change compared to last year: +1
Dating back to the 15th century, Deutsche Post is one of the oldest German brands featuring one of the most iconic brand identities. Deutsche Post increased its brand value 5% to take 30th place. One reason is Deutsche Post's constant efforts to broaden its portfolio with customer-focused, innovative products, like special package boxes outside of buildings to deal with increased shipments from online retailers. A new mobile messenger app called SIMSme attracted over one million users in just six months. Deutsche Post DHL Group also acquired streetScooter, a German e-car manufacturer, and expanded its business model to offer Postbus, a provider of domestic bus trips. The company also shows its personal, reliable and caring side with its Post Persönlich service in which delivery people check on the well-being of their elderly customers and contact emergency services if no one responds. In addition to responding to customer needs, Deutsche Post is committed to sustainability and social responsibility.


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Named after Bologna-born owner/chef Contstantine (Tino) De Lucia, this makeshift restaurant and urban wine garden is a casual spot for rustic, old-world pizzas and a selection of low-priced wines you don't find every day.
Tino's is just a doorway away from Momi Oyster & Raw Bar, a straight-out-of-Brooklyn concept with seafood that attracts an eclectic crowd, especially late at night.
They are both nice fits for the South Miami Avenue scene — something a little less buttoned up than the surrounding suits.
"Bringing this concept to Brickell has been a long-term goal of mine," Constantine DeLucia told me. "I wanted to bring a unique and never-seen-before spot … where all can gather for a date or simple glass of wine with friends."
Here brick walls, dozens of melted candlesticks on the bar and a concrete "garden" sandwiched between buildings with mismatched chairs combine to create a hipster vibe. Add to that some college-crowd pricing and you've got what should be a winner.
Sadly, however, Tino's is erratic. There are two entrances on some nights and a sidewalk chalkboard with tapas and specials that the waitress has no idea about. I asked how the advertised clams were prepared, and she ventured to guess that they were sold individually "just like oysters." Well, not exactly.
Since August, I'd also heard a lot about a peculiar multi-culti addition of pork and chicken gyoza with truffle sauce to the pizza menu and looked forward to seeing how that was going to work. I needn't have worried. Those lovely little Japanese dumplings were not only not on the menu, even the "secret menu" the PR folks insisted existed, but the waitstaff — on three separate visits — did not know what a gyoza was or even how to pronounce the word.
When it comes to pizzas, however, there are lots of delicious, straightforward options.
What we had was mostly excellent, though a bit of salt in the otherwise finely hewn crust would have elevated them. The puffy orbs are baked in a super hot, wood-eating Stefano Ferrara oven, nicknamed "Bertha" for the chef's great grandmother.
They come out super fast in their gorgeously charred frames with an array of quality toppings. The San Daniela pizza is draped decadently with see-through sheets of prosciutto over a thin lacquer of San Marzano tomato sauce and a silky layer of mozzarella. A veggie version features slivers of white mushrooms, zucchini and nibs of eggplant. The rich tomato sauce is tangy and well-seasoned with a velvety finish.
The standout is a rich truffle blend with fresh black Italian truffles shaved over bubbling-hot cheese.
Some pies might seem soft or wet in the middle, but that is authentic Neapolitan style. You don't pick this up and eat it by the slice. It's a knife and fork affair.
While on the subject, don't expect gloppy stringy cheese and piles of sauce either. The sauce and cheese are swiped in thin even layers.
Weirdly, though, some pizzas get topped with an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach, making the eating a bit of a mission.
The puffy, golden discs of focaccia that make appearances as plates for seafood or alongside salads are sprinkled with just enough salt and loads of fresh rosemary.
On the tapas menu we found a disconcerting melanzana eggplant parm, with a too-sweet sauce over odd little cubes of eggplant with more seeds and skin than flesh. But tiny clams with dimes of zingy chorizo in a rich, herby broth were enchanting. A shrimp scampi featured perky crustaceans but a blah garlic sauce.
I take my salads seriously, and here I was a bit put out. What is billed as a $13 ensalate mista was a bowl of unforgivably flaccid leaves, including slimy bits of red oak leaves, dumped from a cello bag and overdressed in a balsamic dressing. Another night we sampled the rucola salad with similarly wilted greens and unambitious cherry tomatoes. Don't expect farm-fresh produce here.
A Barbie townhouse of a wine menu includes more than 50 bottles under $100 and more than half served by the glass. This does mean you will find glasses served oxidized and some not available. Though prices are pretty cheap, starting at $6 a glass, the markup can still be a stiff four times retail on other pours. Good craft beers and ales make a turn as well.
Desserts include the requisite Nutella-smeared crust dotted with some tired slices of strawberries and bananas. Other New York specialties like cheesecake and Caprese cake are sent from Tino's cousin's bakery.
Expect new menu items to roll out soon, including an all-you-can-eat lobster special for $80, and hopefully staffers who will know what they are.
Tino's offers a trampoline of ups and downs with a service staff that is pleasant but woefully untrained and unknowledgeable. Still, the cute place serves a purpose for those who want to experience what a mostly good sit-down pizza is all about. The only thing is there are suddenly better pies and prices just steps away.
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If You Go
Place: Tino's
Address: 1040 South Miami Ave., Miami
Rating: ☆ ☆ 1/2 stars (Good)
Contact: 786-703-7817; Facebook.com/tinosbrickell
Hours: Noon-midnight daily. Wednesdays until 3 a.m. Friday and Sunday until 5 a.m.
Prices: Tapas $10-$18, pizzas $11- $20, All-you-can-eat lobster $79.99, desserts $11.
FYI: Wine and beer only; self-park at street meters or rear entrance, 31 SW 11th St.; reservations not required; corkage $15/bottle
What The Stars Mean: 1 (Poor) 1.5 (Fair) 2 (OK) 2.5 (Good) 3 (Very Good) 3.5 (Excellent) 4 (Exceptional)


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Eris is the main antagonist in DreamWorks's 7th animated feature film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.
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Eris is the goddess of chaos and the third wife of Jonathon Tangelo. She is voiced by Michelle Pfeifer and her Youtube portrayer is Menslady125.
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There is a Trump doctrine, and if he or Steve Bannon were to put a name to it, it would be called transactional nationalism.
Transactional nationalism better captures the meaning of "America First". It is based on two premises. First: money spent on exporting the values of democracy is wasted. Put another way, transactional nationalism proposes: to each, his own. America should defend its borders, not fret about spreading "values" no one really believes in. Build that wall. Second: business transactions involving profit secure the peace better than everything else. Business between trading partners is the glue that holds the peace.
This is a simple explanation of the Trump doctrine, transactional nationalism. It explains why the Republican Party, at its national convention, drastically softened its position on Ukraine and Russia. It explains why Russia was silent when Trump, on his first overseas trip as president to Saudi Arabia, blasted Iran — Russia's proxy in keeping Mideast tensions on high boil. Putin isn't throwing Trump a life line; he is giving Trump a chance.
So it wasn't dumb error or naivet when Jared Kushner, Trump's powerful son-in-law, sought to open a back-channel, thinking he could bypass U.S. intelligence services, with Russia. Remember: even though the public does not have evidence of Trump indebtedness to Russian bankers / mobsters (because he won't release his tax returns that would point in the direction of outstanding loans), there is plenty of evidence that Trump forged close relationships with Russian investors (in south Florida real estate). Moreover, as a result of lax U.S. reporting rules, it is a known fact made many Trump deeds were signed by obscure, concealed capital.
Crony capitalism shaped Trump's world view. Better than anyone, he know the reason he survived near-financial death in the 1990's. He was too big to fail, or, his bankers were too frightened for the loss of their own careers and income to let him fail. No rule of law kept Trump from bankruptcy, as would face any common mortgage holder who can't keep up his payments. Crony capitalism saved Trump.
Trump and Putin come out as virtual twins in this aspect: both have been enriched by insider deal-making. (Putin towers over Trump in the net worth category.) It stands to reason — their reason — if they can make deals between the United States and Russia, and furthermore if those deals incorporate national sovereignty in internal matters while enriching their closest allies — peace will thrive.
Trump earned Putin's trust by never questioning the origin of dark money — violence, coercion, murder — from Russia in his buildings around the world, starting with Sunny Isles in South Florida. Trump earned a chance to try out his doctrine on the big stage.
That's what Jared Kushner wanted to discuss on secure lines with Moscow, using Russian telecom. What Trump proposes, based on Bannon's thinking, is no less than the end of multilateralism that defined our connections to the free world since the end of the Second World War. It resembles, more, in its essential nature those agreements to partion at the end of the First World War. Multilateralism is the antithesis of transactional nationalism.
Trump proposes Putin should be allowed to reassemble a Soviet-like state, including territories he deems Russian; like Crimea. In return, Russia will take its hand off its constant, violent pot-stirring in the Middle East.
Of course, none of this horse-trading has been vetted by Congress much less the American people. Or has it?
Think, for a moment, about Blackwater: the massive private army sanctioned by U.S. military policy. Eric Prince, founder of Blackwater and a relation to Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos– a billionaire created by the Bush/Cheney obsession with privatization of essential federal government services — , met with Putin proxies in the Seychelles in 2016 on Trump's behalf.
Transactional nationalism requires secret handshakes that already define the Republican Party. Blackwater is the result of secret handshakes. The American voter did not rise up in revolt. Far, far from it.
Kushner wanted a backchannel, because that is how deals are done. He believed there would be no consequence if Russia helped him create one.
This week, Trump may cancel the participation of the United States in the Paris Climate Agreement, signed by President Obama. The possible withdrawal of the world's largest economy is a major point of contention between our allies, in NATO, and Trump. NATO leaders understand perfectly well that the immigration crisis in their homelands is being severely aggravated, now, by climate change. (How furious they must be with Trump for saying they should increase their focus on terrorism.)
For Trump, climate change is more than an inconvenient truth: solving climate change requires exactly the multilateral cooperation that transactional nationalism does not tolerate. Former President Obama told adoring crowds in Berlin last week, "We cannot hide behind walls": that is especially true of climate change impacts.
The Russian economy, however, (not to mention the Saudis) entirely depends on fossil fuels. The fight against climate change is perceived by Putin as a direct threat to him, to his power, and to his version of crony capitalism. We are about to see who and what Trump values more, in pursuit of a doctrine: transactional nationalism.


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Placemats add a big pop of color to your table but can be an expensive purchase for a large number of people.
Budget Saver: To create easy, inexpensive placemats, open up orange dinner napkins into a large square, then fold a few inches of one side down to create a rectangular shape. Lay the flap-side down so that it's hidden. Once the creative place settings are paired with a plate, no one will know the difference.
Sources: IKEA, 365+ Dishware. Libbey Charisma, champagne flutes.
Flip a small white bowl upside down to act as a pedestal for larger bowl to create this one-of-a-kind centerpiece. Fill the bowl with oranges and small flowers.
Use pretty patterned ribbon in different styles to create napkin rings for rolled luncheon napkins. The napkins look super-cute when displayed all together or on individual place settings.
Use a 1-inch circle-shaped craft punch and rubber stamp to create custom drink tags featuring the bride's first initial. Tie the tags to the stems of champagne or wine glasses with contrasting green ribbon.
Instead of names, display quotes about love and marriage in place card holders. Print the quotes from your computer, or use store-bought scrapbooking stickers.
Dress up an ordinary vase by lining it with slices of oranges and lemons. Keep the slices in place by inserting a small vase inside a larger one, with about 1/2-inch space between the sides of the vases. Drop the slices into the space between the vases, and use the inside vase to hold flowers.
Fill mini flower pots and small glass vases with opaque orange and white vase gems and faux orange blossom branches.
Create a pretty drink display from an array of bottled orange and citrus beverages. The modern design of Izze soda packaging makes this sparkling beverage ideal for an ultra-hip drink display. Choose clementine and pear flavors for a display that coordinates perfectly with a citrus theme. To dress up the food and beverage tables use orange and yellow paper lanterns.
What could be more fitting at a citrus shower than a celebratory toast with mimosas! Use fresh-squeezed O.J. with your favorite champagne (or sparkling cider for a "mocktail" version). Serve in champagne flutes garnished with orange slices. Cheers!
For a easy dessert, set out bowls of themed candies such as jelly beans, lemon-drops, candy-coated chocolates, jelly rings, and sugar-coated orange slices.
Bedding plants housed in mini ceramic pots make an adorable take-home favor for guests. Using a hot glue gun, adorn the containers with a band of the same patterned ribbon used to tie the napkins. Line all of the pots in neat rows for a pretty table display, or use them as additional decor throughout the party and instruct guests to take one with them when they go home.
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Agri-business needs more steps
By Siraj-ul-Hasan
The government, realizing the importance of privatization of
various public functions, has now picked up its string with
due vigour. Banking has been the first to feel its impact.
process of bringing some businesses and industries from the
grip of public sector to the lap of the private sector was
initiated by the People's Party second government but the
thrust was half-hearted or hesitant.
In its own wisdom the IJI government came all out with
greater force and vigour to take this process beyond all
expectations, to its far most end, even certain age old
government functions and ancillary responsibilities were
transferred to semi-autonomous and private
bodies/organizations. The scope of this article being
limited to agriculture and allied activities.
The importance of the private sector playing its part
unhampered, judiciously and with provision of necessary
incentives in the areas of agro-business and agro-industry
has been long recognized by the policy makers.
That is why even in the days of the government controlled
sale/purchase of a number of commodities, including main
food grains (wheat and rice), sugar etc., the trading of a
large number of agricultural and livestock products was
freely allowed and was entirely in the hands of the private
These included coarse grains, spices and condiments, fruits
and vegetables, gur, gram and pulses, meat, milk and eggs.
Now, commodities like sugar, wheat, rice, oil seeds and
cotton have also been added to this list.
Their internal marketing has been deregulated and foreign
trade participation has also been permitted with encouraging
results. Private sector participates with the TCP in cotton
and rice export, as well as, in sugar and wheat import.
There is still much scope for broad basing the existing
agri-business in general, as well, as there is great
potential for bringing in new investment by the private
sector in many lucrative agri/industrial projects.
With all its shortcomings, Pakistan's agriculture has
progressed to a stage where further development may take
place with the rationalization of agri-business both
upstream and downstream.
Upstream operations include the supply of modern inputs and
field-oriented services while at the downstream, these are
handling, marketing, processing, grading, packaging,
storing, transporting of produce as well as establishing of
agri-industries. The present government is adopting a
supportive policy.
Yet, the private sector agribusiness establishment leaves
much to be desired. Barring fertilizers, textiles and sugar
agri-business (including agro-industry) is rather small and
Broadly speaking the constrains in the expansion of private
sector agri-business may be termed as (a) policy, (b)
procedural (c) financial (d) infrastructural (e) legal (f)
conceptual (g) technical (h) political and (i)
entrepreneurial. In order to bring home their implications,
a brief explanation is necessary:
(a) Policy constrains include various policies adversely
affecting or hampering agribusiness and the ari-industrial
establishment. There is a need to devise various policies
judiciously and objectively not just to place checks and
controls on agri-business projects, but to assist.
Particularly, policies on investment, industry, pricing,
foreign trade (export import), intellectual property
(parents and trademarks) should be well-conceived,
attractive and compatible with the international climate.
(b) Procedural constraints: The process and procedure of
seeking the government sanctions should be simple,
straight-forward and quick. Necessary guidance in this
regard may be provided through personal contracts rather
than by correspondence to avoid delays.
(c) Financial: Under this category difficulties fall in
obtaining credit from banks. Bureaucratic attitudes, high
mark-up rates and underassessment of collaterals are key
obstacles. Levy of taxes (income, excise sale, octroi
surcharges etc.,) should be realistic and equitable.
Inadequacy of the capital markets is one of the main
financial constrains.
(4) Infrastructural: Lack or inadequacy of infrastructural
facilities like water, gas, electricity, roads and
communications, is considered a great impediment in setting
up business and industry by the private sector,
particularly, in rural areas. The required, facilities may
be provided on top priority basis to encourage shy
(e) Legal: Rules, regulations and other legal measures
required to set discipline in the agri-business operations
should be supportive rather than prohibitive.
(f) Conceptual: Sometimes private agri-business, despite
having all sorts of facilities fails to succeed due to
conceptual defects in the very project. It is, therefore,
desirable if expert advice in formulating projects may be
provided to private sector at a nominal cost by the
(g) Technical: Technical know-how in carrying out a
particular line of business or establishing a particular
type of industry successfully is a must. It is, therefore,
in the interest of private entrepreneurs themselves to hire
technical and professional personnel on reasonable wages
rather than pulling on with less qualified staff engaged on
lower pay.
(h) Political: It is obvious that if there was no political
peace, not only agri-business but all sorts of economic
activities would suffer.
(i) Entrepreneurial: Some businessmen and industrialists
themselves lack the qualities and approach of practical
entrepreneurship. In other cases corporate business
operations themselves are not carried out judiciously and in
a business like fashion.
INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN: An industry wise analysis
highlights some individual problems and remedies.
POULTRY INDUSTRY: Although our poultry industry has
developed to a great extent, it lacks stability. Sudden
outbreak of diseases or occurrence of other calamities
affects it adversely.
As a result, production and availabilities are reduced to
the detriment of both producers and consumers. Major
problems/constrains identified by experts are:
* Lack of effective disease control.
* Levy of taxes on income and duties on inputs.
* Absence of technical and professional guidance and
education for farmers.
* Poor quality of locally available feed ingredients.
*Infrastructural inadequacy: Possible solution to some
problems is briefly indicated below:
* The imposition of income tax and levy of duties may be
made as rational as possible. The high cost of imported
proteins required for feed mix, fails to improve the
nutritional value of feed due to low quality ingredients.
This affects the quality of poultry.
Strict measures are required for availability of better
quality ingredients of indigenous origin. The government
livestock extension personnel have no provision to come to
the rescue of the poultry farmers in times of outbreak of
As a result the country has seen a drop in number of poultry
farms by over 50 per cent. It is, therefore, not only
desirable but imperative to check or minimize the adverse
incidence of disease by taking necessary steps.
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Company H 4th Arkansas Cavalry
Civil War Confederate
October 24, 1839 - January 30, 1925
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, Februry 5, 1925
COWAN, Miles - {from Lowell) The many friends of Miles Cowan were grieved to hear of his death last Friday at the home of his son, Demp Cowan, west of town. Burial was in the Pleasant Grove cemetery. Uncle Miles was one of our oldest citizens, having lived here a greater part of his life. He was the father of Demp Cowan and Mrs. Byron Jones of this place.
*Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans, Benton County, Arkansas 2009
Compiled by William W Degge
Contributed on 12/12/08 by saschwe
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Record #: 121784
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How much does self-storage cost? The prices for self-storage units can differ greatly from city to city and from state to state. A score of factors can influence the monthly rent, such as self-storage company, location, security, 24-hour access and so on. Generally speaking, the tiniest unit you can hire (5'x5') can start from $60 and go up to $100, or even more. And let's face it: that much extra room won't fit too many of your excess household items (5'x5' is nothing more than having a second home closet), so you're probably going to need to rent more space. Let's assume you're paying an average of $80 for the smallest self-storage unit. Then, that's $960 per year for storage space which could hardly fit a mattress set. And more space equals more money.
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