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		<title>The Simplicity of Joy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While in Nicaragua last month, we made our way to visit a number of partners and prospects for funding, as usual.  A week&#8217;s worth of visits that includes sixteen visits within five departments of the country can make for a tiring itinerary, but there is always a boost of energy that comes from the people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacewinds.org/archives/1477</link>
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		<title>Banking On It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In light of the current status of banks and banking in the U.S. (wretched), I suppose the last institution with which I&#8217;d like to be affiliated is a bank.  Central banks and those deemed &#8220;too big to fail&#8221; contributed mightily to the near-collapse of the U.S. economy several years ago, and their persistent breaches of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacewinds.org/archives/1462</link>
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		<title>Defining What Is Fair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had no more completed my December 5 entry here (&#8220;On Being Cooperative&#8221;) when I received notice that the New York Times had published an article authored by William Neuman about the state of the fair trade movement.  There is a schism forming which essentially would allow the larger producer plantations to participate in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacewinds.org/archives/1427</link>
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		<title>Whose Good Work?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At this time of year I receive many newsletters and periodicals from other organizations who work within Nicaragua.  Most are headquartered somewhere in the United States but have staff or the majority of their operation within Nica.  I&#8217;m familiar with many, but not all, and I&#8217;m always interested to read about the good work that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacewinds.org/archives/1435</link>
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		<title>How Much Is Enough?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spoke with my daughter this morning about upcoming preparations for the Christmas holiday and the things that are currently occupying her time.  Like the rest of us, she and her husband are busy with holiday tasks (some enjoyable and some less so), now with less than week remaining.  As both an attorney and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacewinds.org/archives/1429</link>
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		<title>On Being Cooperative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives, highlighting the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development, particularly their impact on poverty reduction, employment generation and social integration.  With the theme of “Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World”, the Year seeks to encourage the growth and establishment of cooperatives all over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacewinds.org/archives/1403</link>
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		<title>What If?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What if the lives we are living were not at all about how much we could earn, or what we could accumulate for ourselves, but rather about how much we could give away, sort of a &#8220;reverse competition&#8221; of life as we know it?  Would there be an intensity to our turmoil as we no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacewinds.org/archives/1395</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s My Point?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After my most recent entry here (&#8220;Not A Nicaraguan,&#8221; posted 11-17-11), I got to thinking further about the reflection and wondered what is my objective in sharing my thoughts every week?  I suppose it finally dawned on me that a series of seemingly random, disconnected essays ought to have a goal to be achieved or an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacewinds.org/archives/1384</link>
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		<title>Not A Nicaraguan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I passed another of those milestones not long ago, euphemistically called employment anniversaries when they are little more than giant ticks of the clock.  For six years now I have had the privilege to represent Winds of Peace Foundation and talk with whoever might listen about the circumstances and causes-and-effects contributing to Nicaragua&#8217;s standing as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacewinds.org/archives/1370</link>
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		<title>Education and Economics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have been reading entries here during the past year, you already know that Winds of Peace Foundation has begun an education initiative in Nicaragua in the memory of Louise Nielsen.  (See the sidebar LVN Initiative on our homepage.)  We affectionately refer to it as the &#8220;Louise Initiative,&#8221; due to its focus on young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacewinds.org/archives/1353</link>
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