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"Indian Country Today" on Cuba-Navajo Trade Deal

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"Indian Country Today" on Cuba-Navajo Trade Deal

Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit

[While Cuban news sources characterize this agricultural agreement as a deal
with "New Mexico," it's not -- the Navajo Nation is a sovereign state
located within what is essentially a conquerer occupation by the US federal
government. The state government of New Mexico acted here in a sort of
facilitator role. "Indian Country Today" explains this rather weird
situation, made weirder by the bizarre US blockade against Cuba, from the
Navajo's viewpoint. -NY Transfer]

Indian Country Today - Aug 31, 2006
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=...


Navajo Nation, Cuba negotiate trade agreement

by Brenda Norrell
Indian Country Today

HAVANA - The general manager of Navajo Agricultural Products Industries, a
member of the first trade delegation to Cuba since Fidel Castro temporarily
stepped down, has signed a letter of intent to sell food products to Cuba.
"We are honored that our products will help feed the Cuban people," said
NAPI General Manager Tsosie Lewis, who oversees the Navajos' 68,000-acre
commercial farm located in the Four Corners area near Farmington, N.M.
Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. praised Tsosie Lewis for entering into the
agreement, and described it as a trade agreement between two sovereign
nations.

"We are a sovereign nation and we need to do everything we can to get back
on our feet," Shirley said, expressing appreciation for the new source of
trade.

During the New Mexico Agriculture Trade Mission to Cuba in August, NAPI
signed a letter of intent with Alimport, Cuba's state food purchasing
agency, to sell yellow corn, wheat, apples, onions, pinto beans and other
farm products.

If finalized, the cash-only trade agreement could bring millions of dollars
to the Navajo Nation, due to exceptions to the U.S. trade embargo of Cuba.
Under provisions of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act
of 2000, Alimport is allowed to negotiate the purchase of agriculture
products directly from U.S. suppliers on a cash-only basis paid in advance
by Cuba.

Since passage of the act in 2000, 35 states have entered into agreements to
sell American products to Cuba, resulting in incoming revenues of about
$1.8 billion

U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., spearheading the New Mexico delegation, said
it was the highest-level U.S. delegation to visit Cuba since Castro
temporarily turned power over to his younger brother, Raul.

Udall said the delegation did not meet with Fidel or Raul Castro. Fidel,
80, ruled Cuba for 48 years and temporarily handed over the reins of power
to his brother after undergoing emergency surgery to stop intestinal
bleeding July 31.

While the binational trade agreement has not yet been approved by the
Navajo Nation council, Shirley pointed out that NAPI is already selling
millions of tons of beans to Mexico.

"What it means to the Navajo Nation is revenues. It means jobs. It means
economic development," Shirley said.

"There are grandmas and grandpas over there. They have to eat," Shirley
said of Cuba. "There's nothing illegal about dealing with Cuba as far as
selling food items."

Shirley said this trade agreement was another step forward for Navajo
Nation sovereignty and its current policy of reaching out.

"I think that is the most important thing that is happening with this
agreement. Of course, it has already happened with the country of Mexico
and now with the country of Cuba. The recognition of the Navajo Nation as a
nation, a nation within a nation, that's just the way it should be."

Since 1999, NAPI, a long-time producer of potatoes for potato chip
companies, has shown a profit. It has been producing the Navajo Pride brand
of corn for more than 30 years and is known for its alfalfa, wheat, barley,
pinto beans and onions. The Navajo Pride brand of potatoes includes
varieties of Russets, Golds and Reds.

Dry corn, however, is the foundation of Navajo culture. NAPI, in a
statement reflecting the product name, said it takes "great pride" in
producing more than 16 different varieties of dry corn for a number of
uses.

"We purchase our seed from Pioneer Seed Co., Syngenta Inc. and Monsanto,
companies producing the best quality genetic hybrid corn seed on the market
today," NAPI said.

Upon returning from Cuba, Udall said he hopes the historic agreement not
only means jobs, but new relationships.

"This is a great opportunity for NAPI and other New Mexico farmers who
have long sought opportunities to sell their products in new markets. I am
hopeful the work done during this trip will continue to grow into fruitful
relationship between the Cuban people.

"We are very pleased to return home with a letter of intent between NAPI
and Alimport providing for the purchase of yellow corn, wheat, apples,
onions, pinto beans and other New Mexico grown products."

Udall said the agreement could mean millions of dollars for American
Indians in New Mexico, since Cuba is already purchasing food from the
United States.

Udall said the objective of the trip was to promote and facilitate the sale
of New Mexican agriculture products with Alimport. Over the course of three
days, Udall and the delegation met with Alimport Chairman and CEO Pedro
Alvarez Borrego to negotiate potential purchases from New Mexico.

Shirley praised the effort of Udall and pointed out a new direction of the
Navajo Nation in international ventures. "I wholeheartedly support what
Congressmen Udall is doing for the NAPI program."

Shirley said this is not the first international agreement Navajos have
signed. In November 2005, the Navajo Nation became a member of OCCAM - the
Observatory for Cultural and Audiovisual Communication - a United Nations
nongovernmental organization to help indigenous nations around the world
develops a wireless telecommunications network like that which exists on
Navajo land.

Photo Captions:

Top photos courtesy Pablo Duran; bottom photo courtesy Navajo Agricultural
Products Industries -- (Top) Trade delegation members Rep. Tom Udall,
D-N.M., and Navajo Agricultural Products Industries General Manager Tsosie
Lewis visited with Havana locals in August to negotiate a deal for the
Navajo Nation to sell food products to Cuba. (Second photo) New Mexico
Secretary of Agriculture Miley Gonzalez, Udall and Lewis (hidden) read a
plaque on a church wall while touring Havana. (Third photo) Antique cars
are a common site on the streets of Havana. (Bottom photo) Tsosie Lewis.

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2 Answers

Android Cat

7/12/2008 5:48:00 AM

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JT wrote:
> <kennethnoisewater1@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> Redone in TiddlyWiki format,
>>> naturally...http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/t...
>>
>> That javascript function on there is really cool. I like it.

Careful, Scientology will haxor you with javascipt, again. :-P

> Now is a good time for me to ask what is TiddyWiki.

http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/#...

> I had a look on that page and it seems that one of its function is to
> add labels to pages?
>
> In this case using a blog may be a bit more simple.

One design constraint is that there was no server-side code or db support
for that web space.

More complex examples:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/frontc...
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/te...

--
Ron of that ilk.

Ted Mayett

7/13/2008 12:59:00 PM

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On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:48:24 -0400, "Android Cat"
<androidcat98@hotmail.com> wrote:

>JT wrote:
>> <kennethnoisewater1@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> Redone in TiddlyWiki format,
>>>> naturally...http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/t...
>>>
>>> That javascript function on there is really cool. I like it.
>
>Careful, Scientology will haxor you with javascipt, again. :-P
>
>> Now is a good time for me to ask what is TiddyWiki.
>
>http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/#...
>

Leads to:
http://danielbaird.com/tiddlywikiguides/userguide-sa...[[TiddlyWiki%20User%27s%20Guide]]


OK, here we go, if you're busy and don't have time for this shit but
want a fast and dirty explanation read on....

In essence this tiddly stuff uses overly complex things to show how
simple life can be. And this requires special software to write this
stuff as compared to using simple text files/tools like Notepad.

"TiddlyWiki is a single file, "
"A complete TiddlyWiki is stored in a single file on your computer. "

So now your entire web site is one file, I'm still not sure how things
like jpg's are handled.

"A brief note about "WikiWords"
.... using capital letters for the start of each word, and leaving out
the spaces between the words. A phrase typed this way is called a
"WikiWord". So, "these words are normal", but "ThisIsAWikiWord".

"Creating Tiddlers
TiddlyWiki is about tiddlers, which are.. kinda hard to describe.
Fortunately you can create one without knowing what it is --"

"Titling
The TiddlyWiki system provides a title and a sub-title for your
TiddlyWiki. These are stored in the tiddlers SiteTitle and
SiteSubtitle. The default SiteTitle is "My TiddlyWiki" and the default
SiteSubtitle is "a reusable non-linear personal web notebook"; they
are shown in your browser title bar and in the blue header area in
your TiddlyWiki window."

And now here it ends, my further study of this subject. It took three
clicks of tiddlies or whatever they are to find what I ~knew~ would be
found. Read if you will the following typo:
"tiddler
A tiddler is a piece of micro-content in a TiddlyWiki. Micro-content
can be thought of as stuff that's smaller that a page of content. The
precise meaning of "micro-content" and "page" (and "smaller") are
still occasionally debated byTiddlyWiki cognoscenti."
""can be thought of as stuff that's smaller that a page of content.""
Should be --> smaller THAN a page of content

Do any of these tiddle guru's correct this error? No, it takes
someone like me to actually read a "web page".

So you need special software, special rules, to make a web page with
tiddle. And when you are done with it all, what you have is a web
page, duh.

OK, so I went further. I went to:
next: Customising TiddlyWiki >>
And this page does not work properly, it has a glitch or a code error,
and again why don't these apostles of tiddly report this is what I
wonder. And if I had interest in this, was selling this, I would
proofread it all carefully and make sure it all works properly. But
then I'm an asshole and not one of the beautiful people.

So in essence all your web page htm and txt files become one big file,
maybe pdf's and doc's and some others go into this one big file but I
did not research this aspect. Maybe txt files are not allowed at all,
I'm not sure about this though. And then your Menu's have to follow
some specific rules it would seem. As much as html and css are
languages, so too is this tiddly a language that must be learned.

The Back button on a browser is allowed, new windows for clicked links
are not a requirement for this tiddle stuff.

For the End User, the reader of the web page. This is only another
web page, nothing special in and of itself. Except that it has
confusing links available such as:
close close others permalink view
It can also be called 'close all'. And if you go to a tiddly page for
the first time ever, and click on 'close all' then all the text
content of the page disappears. And for some of the critical web
pages, this would be an appreciated and desirable feature.

BTW, anybody except me notice this spelling error?:
OK, so I went further. I went to:
next: Customising TiddlyWiki >>

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa



--
Ted Mayett
Critical information regarding Scientology:
http://www.solitar...