We used to talk about this. It's good to see someone saying you got to start at the local level and the local has got to drive the dynamic. Maybe we were a little ahead of the times.

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On Jul 27, 2013, at 1:55 PM, James Wiegel <jfwiegel@yahoo.com> wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/opinion/the-charitable-industrial-complex.html

Jim Wiegel

In 1770, Captain James Cook, commander of the British ship, Endeavor, discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia by running aground on it. Hmmmmm . . .

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