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Nigerian singer, Innocent Udeme Udofot, better known as MC Galaxy talked about his relationship with Laura Ikeji, his music and the type of woman he will like to marry in an interview with PUNCH's Saturday Beats.
Addressing the issue of his speculated romantic relationship with Laura, he said he never dated her seeing as she was in a relationship as at the beginning of their friendship and it has remained that way.
He also mentioned that Ogbonna Kanu, who is Laura's husband loves him a lot and is one of the people who attended his listening party, traveling all the way from London.
"Laura had always had a boyfriend for a very long time and I knew, but other people did not know about it. Probably if she did not have anyone in her life, I would have asked her out because we really connected and we were best of friends. She is someone I talk to every time and now that she is married, it has not affected our relationship in any way. Her husband loves me a lot and he attended my album listening party. He came all the way from London to attend my listening party.
There was nothing between Laura Ikeji and I. She is not just my best friend, but I refer to her as my sister because she knows about everything that I want to do. If I listen to her advice, everything works out fine and I consult her before I sign some artistes. If she tells me not to do so, I listen to her because she is very intelligent. If she talks to you and you listen, you would make it. The reason my brand is big today is because of Laura. I was not used to granting interviews, but she advised me that I need it. I am just lucky and blessed. As a smart guy, if you have such a person as a friend, you have to keep them as friends because the moment you mess it up, things might go sour.
I am currently single, and I don't know when I would get married. God can decide and say I will get married tomorrow, who knows? Marriage is not something you rush, just be sure of the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. My mother tries to pressure me into marriage, but I know how I calm her down. I would want my wife to be God-fearing and good looking because I have worked hard to the stage that I deserve a good looking woman," he said.
Talking about the inspiration behind his latest album, Money Making Machine (MMM), Mc Galaxy stated that the Ponzi scheme, MMM, was his inspiration.
"The message I am trying to pass with my new album, 'Money Making Machine,' is that everyone should work hard and be patient. Prayer is the key and with all these, success is guaranteed. You also have to work smart. I have both inspirational and dance songs in the album. I also have love songs, it is a complete album. I intentionally explored all kinds of music for my fans; I owed them something extraordinary. I actually got the inspiration for the title of the album from the Ponzi scheme, MMM, which I was a victim. I know that with the album, I would recoup the money I lost," he said.


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Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition hitting US on December 12
NOA has announced the US will get to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Super Mario Bros. game series along with Europe and Japan with the Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition on Wii.
To be made available only while supplies last, the package contains four classic Mario games, a soundtrack CD and an illustrated commemorative booklet.
Games included on the disc include: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.:The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3. Each one has enhanced graphics and updated sound from the Super NES collection, and all four can be played using one either: the Wii Remote controller, Classic Controller, Classic Controller Pro or the GameCube controller.
The soundtrack CD contains music from the Mario franchise along with sound effects from the original Super Mario Bros. game all the way up to Super Mario Galaxy 2 game, and also includes the first official release of the Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme.
The booklet has a 32-page history lesson on Super Mario and features: interviews, behind-the-scenes details and concept art.
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition will land in the US on December 12 for $29.99. Europe gets it on December 3.

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Failure to Rescue has emerged as an issue in the patient safety movement and is now being addressed as it applies to correctional nursing. I wrote about it last fall and have continued to consider how this concept impacts practice in our specialty. This morning I attended a session in the Updates in Correctional Healthcare presented by Sue Smith, MSN, RN, CCHP-RN, whom I interviewed last year on Correctional Nursing Today. Sue presented a case study based on an actual situation involving an inmate who frequently complained of chest pain without an actual medical event. After multiple episodes he again complained of chest pain. The nurse was busy and said she would assess him after completing the intakes that were at hand. We all know the ending to this story – the patient was really having an MI this time and expired before the nurse arrived to assess and render care. Correctional nursing practice seems a specialty particularly vulnerable to this phenomenon.
Failure to rescue is defined as the inability to save a patient's life when the patient is experiencing a life threatening event. Although it originally began as a general term, it now has focused on nursing care as nurses are usually the vigilant individual at the bedside monitoring patients or, as in the case of corrections, the first and main staff member to see and evaluate an inmate-patient. Failure to rescue often involves a patient under care for a noncritical medical condition who began to show signs of an impending issue. The nurses failed to connect the dots or report the condition up the chain of command. The following factors have been found to contribute to rescue failure:
- Staffing issues: Not enough staff to allow the nurse to focus on monitoring symptoms rather than just tasks
- Levels of licensures: Expecting higher level functioning from staff members with limited scopes of practice such as LPN or LVN staff
- Levels of Experience: Inexperienced nurses who are refining their skills may overlook issues and symptoms. Ability to analyze patterns and symptoms to respond appropriately. However, there can be a downside to experience as it can lead to tunnel vision and mental short-cuts. We can see this in correctional practice as we deal frequently with inmates who may be manipulating the system for secondary gain.
- Task orientation: Overly concerned with getting tasks done make staff too busy to notice.
Nursing requires engaged analysis and trending of information to make meaning of assessment and response data presented to us by our patients.
Another issue leading to failure to rescue is the communication system among care providers including the nurse/physician relationship. I talked about communication in an earlier post. If nurses are hesitant about contacting the physician provider or nurse practitioner, the.y may not respond to subtle changes in a patient's status
Security concerns can restrict your access to the supplies you need to initiate action. This can discourage action when so many tasks are at hand that much be done.
The frequency of emergency assessments can reduce vigilance. If nurses are interrupted constantly in duty performance, patient error can result.
Our inmate patients lend toward failure to rescue – they can be hard to care about, manipulative, have hidden agendas and potential for violence. To what degree does this affect our ability to provide vigilant nursing care? An interesting question to ponder.
This was an intriguing presentation. Do you think failure to rescue is a concern in corrections?
Photo Credit: © James Thew – Fotolia.com
If you like this post, you might like:
Understanding Your Patients: The Inmate Subculture
Ethics in the Practice of Correctional Health Care
Correctional Nurse Guide to the Code of Ethics: Relationship to Patients
ANA Shakes Up the Code of Ethics for Nurses
The Correctional Nurses' Guide to the Code of Ethics


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ANDRES turned the 83-year-old warehouse into the Starwood Hotels & Resorts' first Aloft hotel in Dallas. Originally built for the Santa Fe Railway, the eight-story brick building had been vacant for more than a decade. The 160,000-square-foot structure now includes 193 hotel rooms. Among many other amenities, the hotel contains an outdoor pool, a gym, an electric car charging station, a lounge, a business center, and a bar.
Aloft Hotel Downtown is located in a historic Dallas building in the business district. The hotel is located next to City Hall, the Dallas Convention Center, the American Airlines Center and the Arts District.
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The best open-source SQL server under the sun?
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By now most people have heard the news: Sun is acquiring MySQL. I was sharing the announcement with co-workers when one of them said that it is old news. He apparently heard about it last night or this morning. But as you can tell from my SELECT statement, I think that MySQL's acquisition is long overdue.
MySQL: Icarus rising
Some things catch fire when they get too close to the Sun, but MySQL is poised to set the world ablaze. A blog on CNET remarked that "an acquisition by Sun means that MySQL gets to continue being a pureplay open-source company and won't need to sacrifice the ideals or the benefits of open source to suit a halfway (and half-baked) stance on open source" and another blog wondered aloud if MySQL was ever really innovating. I agree with both of these statements. The reason that MySQL has become the most popular open-source database is not because it is the best open-source database (although you could argue that it is), but because MySQL has a terrific support model. However, the technology itself needs to catch up with some of the competition, such as Postgres schemas.
Almost serendipitous is my previous blog about Trac. The Trac development community has a love/hate relationship with MySQL; that is, for the most part, they love to hate it. Their problems begin with the lack of schema support as well as many others. Perhaps as CNET mentioned, having some backers with deep pockets, MySQL might spend a bit more money on building out its feature set (I cannot wait for 6.0!)
A new Sun on the horizon
Sun has been busy this last year, first rebranding their NYSE ticket from Sun to Java, and then becoming a Windows OEM. Despite reassurances, it is obvious that Sun is looking to make moves that boost its bottom dollar, and acquiring the leading open source database server is the right direction to take. MySQL is famous for its scale-up architecture and what better commodity platform to scale on then one that can offer 32 parallel threads? Sun hardware + Solaris + MySQL equals one fantastic database box.
Will MySQL leverage its newly acquired wings to explore innovative ideas, or will it, like Icarus, get burned by the (ahem) sun?


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On Friday, March 20th, the State Health Benefits Design Committee unanimously voted for a solution that finalized the Superior Court decision that unilaterally indexed retiree prescription copays in the years 2013, 2014 and 2015.
The committee was presented with three possible solutions to rectify the overpayment of copays in the aforementioned years. Unfortunately, the monumental task of calculating payments to members would have resulted in another year of delay in payments to our retirees and due to medicare regulations some members would have actually owed money to the federal government. This solution allows for compensation in that copays will be reduced or eliminated depending on the classification of the drug and the type of in which the member is enrolled for the period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 and will return to 2012 rates as a baseline for negotiating new plans for 2016.
The decision in superior court was a landmark decision, in that it gives the committee the authority on all levels to negotiate plans going forward which is especially important in this era of escalating costs in the health care realm. The committee, both labor and management have made a commitment to work together to create plans that provide better health care for both our retirees and active enrollees.
The terms of the retirees are as follows for the rest of 2015 are as follows:
For the period from now to June 30, 2015, copays will remain as they are currently.
For the period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2105 copays for $10 and $15 copay plans will be, see graphic.
The maximum out of pocket will be $1,351 per person which is the 2012 rate will apply for 2015.
Please notify your retired members of these pending changes.
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The South Bay Archery Club was formed to foster and perpetuate the practice of archery for individuals and families.
We are a non-profit [501 (c)(7) private club with an average membership of 400 archers of all ages, styles, and backgrounds who have access to a field archery range on the coast in Rancho Palos Verdes. We are run by volunteers. We host monthly hunter and field tournaments, periodic 3-D shoots, and have a Junior Olympic Archery Development program for our youth. Our range is open for member use during daylight hours, weather permitting. Business and awards are handled at monthly membership meetings. Membership enrollment is open to the public who have their own bows.
The South Bay Archery Club was formed to foster, expand and perpetuate the practice of field and Olympic archery, 3-D Target Shooting, and bow hunting for individuals and families.
We are a sanctioned archery club affiliated with the California Bowmen Hunters/State Archery Association (CBH/SAA), the National Field Archery Association (NFAA), and USA Archery.
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Our opportunity, as designers, is to learn how to handle the complexity, rather than shy away from it, and to realize that the big art of design is to make complicated things simple.
— Tim Parsey
We were browsing the Internet for design inspiration with quotes on design. One of the quotes' recurring theme is the importance of simplicity in design, and upon realizing that, we also realized that as important as it is, it is also an often-forgotten rule.
Truly elegant design incorporates top-notch functionality into a simple, uncluttered form.
— David Lewis
Simplicity doesn't equate to plainness. It merely connotes a thorough understanding of the information at hand and its purpose, and indicates this through a clear visualization of it.
Simplicity is clarity. When something is stated simply, its manner of information is clearer, and when information is presented clearly, it is transmitted more quickly. And in this day and age of the Internet, anything that can be absorbed or devoured in a snap is of profitable value.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
— Antoine de Saint Exupéry
One must certainly incorporate it in their routine to double check whether their design is of the simplest form possible, without sacrificing exquisite aesthetic. Here are some ways to do that:
1. Revise, edit, and shorten your text. This refers to headlines, titles, and section names. This also applies to text, but remember not to sacrifice clarity for word count. The key is to be concise, and straight to the point.
2. Make use of shapes. Mickey Mouse—with his large circle of a face in the middle, and two smaller ones on the upper right and left for his ears—is iconic because he is designed in such a way that enables people to easily remember how he looks like by the shape of his head. When designing graphics, especially logos, focus on simple, basic shapes and their harmony together. This allows for easier recall, and perhaps increased recognition of the design itself.
3. You only have room for what is necessary. This is important to remember. Everything that does not add to your website's aesthetic or to the site's information, cut it out. It is unnecessary, and you only have room for what is necessary.
That said, it's important to discern what is necessary. Aesthetic is necessary, and so are certain pieces of information, so do not cut those out. Instead, consider the most important aspects of your client's website, and play those up. If something is generic, or doesn't necessarily add or help achieve a certain purpose, or is assumed or part of public knowledge, then you may decide not to include those. It's all a matter of being concise and direct to the point, while still being visually arresting.
Design is an opportunity to continue telling the story, not just to sum everything up.
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Latina Leader: Criminal Defense and Immigration Attorney Latisha Rivera
This is another installment of the series, formerly called Spotlight On! A series where we showcase Latina lawyers and learn about the successes in their early careers.
Today we talk to Latisha Rivera, a criminal defense/immigration attorney based in Baltimore.
Now, through our Instagram community, I am privileged to see sneak peeks into the lives of so many of you and all the hard work you do. So it's no small thing when I say that Latisha works! I see her putting in the time to make herself a better litigator and advocate that always leaves me so impressed! Super excited to have her share some of her knowledge today:
1. When did you start practicing?
Technically, I passed the Texas Bar a few weeks prior to graduating law school (May 2015) but I didn't actually become a full blown litigating attorney until Fall 2015. Then, I passed Maryland!
2. What and Where do you practice?
My practice areas are divided like a pie chart! Overall, I consider myself a crim-immigration attorney. I practice immigration, crimmigration (think: post conviction and advising immigrants, criminal defense attorneys and immigration attorneys about criminal consequences of criminal convictions) and criminal defense. This comprises about 85% of my practice.
The remaining 15% is unevenly divided between personal injury (motor tort and police misconduct: solely jury trials) and family law (custody and non contested divorce).
I practice immigration anywhere I can! So far, I've been to Maryland, Virginia and Philadelphia. New York and Texas are hopefully next!
With state based law I'm limited to Maryland and Texas.
3. What is a typical day like?
Insanity. haha It is a whirlwind of emotions! I walk into work every morning bracing myself for all types of emotions. Some days I have back to back consultations whether they be in my office or in one of the detention centers. Some days I have to be in two different courthouses for two different hearings/trials involving two different types of law. Some days I have one whole day to myself in my office where I furiously attempt to get all my work done.
Most days my work day is 10-12 hours long. See what I mean? Insanity. Every day I leave though, whether it be 6 pm or 10 p.m., I know that my work is meaningful. That makes it a little less insane. It also helps that my fiancé is a public defender with an equally insane work schedule. He gets me!
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I get asked this a lot and my answer is generally the same. I've seen too often in life that our people are taken advantage of by the justice system. A system that is meant to provide justice oftentimes skips over us for a variety of reasons (language barriers, skin colors, misconstrued perceptions) and I will never be one to stand idly by and let that continue. I always knew that I wanted to help people; be a voice for the voiceless. Coupled with the fact that I am a product of immigration being Puerto Rican and Jamaican, being an immigration attorney just seemed like a natural path.
So, here I am!
5. What do you like most about your current position?
The freedom! I know it may not seem like I'm very "free" due to my crazy work days but I am. When I first starting working at my job, my boss wasn't super experienced in removal defense. He mainly did USCIS based cases. However, he did let me attend every single training my heart desired and paid for a lot of them. He then allowed me to take on about 30 Pro Bono cases (ranging from U visas, SIJS, VAWA, withholding, defensive and affirmative asylum, post conviction, expungements, etc) in order to implement all that I had learned from said trainings. From day one, he has trusted my intuition and let me make my own decisions while supporting me 100%. At times when I've needed to be pushed out the nest, he's cut that cord and let me fly. (i.e. when I had to do my own jury trials!).
Having a boss that trusts you and gives you space to spread your wings makes a huge difference in work life happiness!
6. What is your best survival tip for current law students?
Preparation is KEY. I was blessed enough to have an amazing trial advocacy coach whom I refer to as "Coach." Coach taught me many many things. The most important being that if you're prepared for anything than nothing can stop you. I apply this to EVERYTHING in life.
When I walk into Court, I always have multiple copies of evidence in my hand and multiple well thought out arguments in my mind.
Additionally, although my Bar Prep experience was a little different (took one while still in school), when it was time to gear up for Bar Prep, I ordered a box of MBE flashcards and started studying months before Bar Prep started. I enrolled in Bar Skills for my entire 3L year. Once actually in Bar Prep mode, I made a chart of all the past tested essays and the average that they were tested an I did above and beyond the essays required from Kaplan. See what I mean about being prepared? I passed both and it was because I was prepared for whatever those examiners had to throw at me.
7. For Latinas considering law school, what advice would you give them?
Stay true to who you are and the value and principles that Mami taught you. I never mispronounced my name in order to make it easier for someone to say "Rivera." Even now in Court, if the Judge asks me to repeat my name for the record, I spell it out rather than repeat it without an accent. Stay strong and fierce like Mami taught us. You'll need it in the legal field where a lot of attorneys don't look like us but a lot of the clients we represent that DO look like us are depending on us.


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Universities engage in sustainability projects with industry – Case study – University World News.
Researchers at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) and Azhar Food Industries – both in the Malaysian state of Johor – have collaborated to install a mini biodiesel plant in the latter's factory.
Azhar Food Industries makes potato chips and crisps for the local market. The company previously had problems disposing of excess cooking oil, waste material that can be damaging if released into the environment.
Professor Dr Sulaiman Bin Haji Hassan, dean of the faculty of mechanical and manufacturing engineering at UTHM, said the project would contribute to the efficient use of a sustainable, renewable energy source in line with Malaysia's development policy of promoting renewable energy as an alternative to traditional fuels.
"Biodiesel is an environmentally friendly, alternative fuel prepared from domestic resources such as palm oil that can be used in normal diesel engine cars and buses without any engine modification," he explained.
"It can be used either in the pure form (B100) or as blends in conventional diesel engines, and it is biodegradable. Johor, being a state abundant with palm oil plantations, is the perfect place for us to test and manufacture this kind of energy," Sulaiman explained.
The mini biodiesel plant at Azhar's factory is already producing fuel that can run the company's truck fleet, which is used for daily transportation of food products.
Meanwhile, De La Salle University – Dasmariñas in the Philippines is setting its own carbon footprint in order through using electric vehicles.
eJeepneys, supplied by national manufacturer PhUV (Philippine Utility Vehicle) Inc, are used to transport students within its 27-hectare site as part of a drive to achieve a carbon-neutral campus.
Two eJeepneys were purchased by a parent-lecturer body called The Parents' Organisation of Lasalle Cavite. It owns and operate the vehicles, charging PHP6 (US$0.14) for each passenger, from which one peso is paid to the driver while another peso is channelled into the university scholarship fund.
Each eJeepney runs on a battery that needs charging for eight hours. "At the battery station, an eJeepney goes into a loading bay where the used battery is taken and replaced with a charged one – the entire [changeover] process takes about 10 minutes," said Dr Carmelyn Cortez-Antig, a lecturer at the university.
Replacing a used battery with a fully charged unit costs PHP220 (about US$5) and provides for some 115 kilometres of travel, she said. Each eJeepney avoids the discharge of more than 62 kilograms of carbon dioxide exhaust emission per day.
The Malaysian and Philippine projects were presented at the recent AsiaEngage "Regional Conference on Higher Education-Industry-Community Engagement in Asia: Forging Meaningful Partnerships", held at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, on the outskirts of the capital city Kuala Lumpur.
AsiaEngage is a platform by means of which a group of ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) universities, regional networks and programmes share expertise, knowledge and experience in community engagement.


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Next time you are at St. James, be sure to take a moment to kneel at our prayer station at the back of the sanctuary, set up by our Guardian Angels Prayer Team. We have a kneeling bench as well as prayer candles and a prayer request box, where you can drop in your own specific prayer requests so that the Guardian Angel Prayer Team can be in prayer for you. The Guardian Angels pledge complete confidentiality, and can pray for specific concerns for you, or for general peace and caring.
(Please note that this prayer box is separate from our church prayer list in Sunday's bulletin. If you would like for a name to be added to or removed from the prayer list in the church bulletins and newsletters, please contact the church secretary at 359-2122.)


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Ann Fosburgh at Compensation Works has over 20 years of experience in human resources management in entrepreneurial technology and financial services companies with a particular focus on compensation, benefits, HRIS, and accounting. She has proven success in designing and delivering customized business solutions by aligning reward strategies to business objectives.
She has successfully led global payroll and HR systems implementations, design and development of incentive compensation plans, contract renewal for health benefits as well as company acquisitions and integration activities. She has worked to design and scale domestic and global companies in rapidly changing environments.
Before co-founding Appian Resources and joining forces with Compensation Works, Ann was Senior Director of Compensation & Benefits at Providence Health & Services, Director of Global Total Rewards at Russell Investments, and Director of Human Resources at ComTek in Washington, D.C.
Before that Ann was Director, Worldwide Compensation, Benefits and HRIS at Corbis, where she oversaw global compensation, company benefits and all human resources systems for 1,500 employees in nine countries. She worked closely with the President of Corbis and the senior acquisition team as they purchased and assimilated twelve competitive companies from around the world.


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Aaron Johnson
Aaron Johnson has always loved the quirky side of life, forgoing a desk job for more creative endeavors. The Phoenix native and resident, 30, has lived in an artist commune at the Firehouse and was the first crepe slinger at Jobot Coffee Shop in downtown Phoenx, but now he's the owner of a shop he's always wanted to open: independent bookstore and printing house Lawn Gnome Publishing, also downtown. Johnson, a longtime slam poet, says the inspiration for Lawn Gnome came from his love of the independent bookstores he visited throughout the country during his travels as a performance poet, and now his literary haven has celebrated its 1-year anniversary. But Lawn Gnome isn't just for interesting reads — the charming shop (which boasts more than 20 volunteers) also hosts nightly events, ranging from scientist presentations, to storytelling, to slam poetry. Johnson is still writing poetry, too, and he's the slammaster for the Phoenix poetry slam team that will head to the National Poetry Slam this August. And while he's not spitting rhymes or managing the store, Johnson designs flyers — he created more than 100 last year. Read on for how Lawn Gnome came to fruition, as well as to hear five reasons why he loves living in the Valley.
What brought you to Arizona?
I was born here in Phoenix, and I've traveled a lot of places since, but I always come back. I have family and friends here.
How did Lawn Gnome get started?
I was working at Jobot as the very first crepe cook and working at Firehouse. At Firehouse, I had a zine store of pallets around my room. I had printed and collected all these books of poetry and pamphlets from over the past 10 years, and people from politically radical circles and other DIY culture started coming through to check out my zine collection. It got to the point where I wanted to get out of there and do something bigger. While I was working at Jobot, I saw a "For rent" sign pop up here , and I was like, "I want it."
How did owning Lawn Gnome Publishing become a reality?
I think I had $200 in my pocket when I saw the "For rent" sign, so I started a Kickstarter project and raised $2,300 in 10 days, paid my deposit, and moved in. We painted the red box outside for book donations, and people started filling it with books. At first, it was all donations, and then we started doing trades. We now ship online and now have 3,000 books listed on our website. You can see everything we have on lawngnomepublishing.com.
Is there anything you wouldn't want people to donate?
No at all, because anything that's damaged or messed up, we re-purpose. I make tons of envelopes out of pages that are interesting. We guillotine them, and then we make journals, envelopes, picture books, and flyers.
When did you make your first zine, and how did you get into it?
2004 is when I made my first zine, and I've been making zines ever since then. I learned how to make zines from the book Stolen Sharpie Revolution. I fell in love with the book and thought that was what I wanted to do, make books that are a little more radical than what you typically find, like how to recycle or how to make solar panels, or how to eat vegan or gluten-free or raw, or poetry that's considered too different. Publishers don't really want to risk publishing a new poet that does something different. I do. I find that stuff interesting. At the same time, I feel like my customers who come in want to see something different. They don't want to see the normal Simon & Schuster stuff, they want to see radical politics, different music, reviews — all kinds of stuff.
How have things been for the bookstore the past year?
There's that initial new-business, got-to-go-check-it-out excitement that happens right away. The first 3 months were incredible. We were just in one room, we had a lot of sales. We didn't have a lot of merchandise, but at first the zines were the biggest selling things out of here. Over time, the used books became more and more important. We started filing niches for people because communities need books. If you're going to school and need to get a book that's used, you can get it a lot cheaper here than at a campus bookstore. We have the resources to order stuff for a fraction of what you'd pay for it. I could get you most textbooks for under $20 rather than paying $80-$100. You should also bring your book back to get credit and then get more.
Summer is always really hard for a retail business in Phoenix. Your utility bills go through the roof, nobody wants to go outside, and it's just a tough time. But persevere — if you make it through the summer, it picks back up. From here, I think it's just going to keep getting better and better.
Do you buy books off people?
Not yet, but that's definitely in the future. When we get enough cash flow, that's what we want to do. We do trade books.
Are there any trades you'd reject?
Not at all. We do so much book recycling, whether it's book binding, journal making or letter making, every book is valuable to us.
What are your goals with Lawn Gnome?
I want to get this place to the point where I have full-time employees making a living wage. I'd want to have 10,000 books online and here. Currently, we're printing 12 different new authors a year, and our next submission contest starts in June. We had 86 submissions last June, and we just chose 12 winning authors. We're going to print their books, they'll get 100 books to sell or give out to friends, and we carry them in the store forever. They'll be online, and there will be e-version's of their books. It's about two-thirds local authors.
What made you want to own a bookstore like this?
A lot of people, when they graduate high school or college, travel. That wasn't super-easy for me because of finances, but I really wanted to see the entire United States. I had maybe eight poems I'd written, published one zine, and I went on MySpace and went to every city I wanted to travel to and found a coffee shop, comic book store or bar that would let me perform and sell my book as long as I got there. I drove across the United States for 3 months performing poetry and saw all the weird, quirky coffeeshops and bookstores and decided back then that that's what I eventually wanted to do — be the guy who owns the quirky bookstore that lets weird travelers perform there. I wanted to bring that weird, quirky culture that you'd find in Portland, Austin, Santa Cruz, Albuquerque, New Orleans. These kinds of places are everywhere. 5th Street is kind of unique because it's all in houses, and I love that Lost Leaf kind of started this out. Jobot, myself, Aside of Heart, Think!, and MADE are trying to echo it.
How would you compare the Phoenix alternative scene to the places you mentioned?
We're still a baby child. Portland's pretty young, too, but I think what happened with Portland is that so many young, crazy entrepreneurs descended and started doing their thing at the same time. Austin, Texas has been weird for so long. They've been doing crazy ice cream stands and barbecue pits and bars for awhile and have a performance venue in an old abandoned racquetball court. You can feel this choice of making an area usable, by any means necessary, like taking a worn-out racquetball court and reviving it into a beautiful performance venue/bar. I changed this house into this used bookstore. You have to see the space and ask what can be done.
Why do you think Phoenix has been slow to make that alternative transformation like the other places you've mentioned?
A university helps — having kids that are excited about doing new stuff with the resources they have available allows for funkier, wabi-sabi businesses. But it's nice to see these old homes be used again here in downtown Phoenix, and things like social consciousness are being talked about again. I love that so many businesses are having murals painted in this area, too.
What advice would you have for someone who's thinking about opening up their own business?
Do it. Just do it. Having money helps, and I'm not going to lie, I wish I had a whole lot more money when I started. But you just have to do it, and make sure you tell everyone you know you're going all in. You have to know what resources you need, and you have to have vision.
What do you think makes a successful Kickstarter campaign?
A good video. I just told people what it was I wanted to do and that I was going to do it no matter what, but that having the money would help so much, and it did. I was going to build this thing out of stuff people threw away, but that money I raised helped get a register and other things. No matter what, especially if you're an artist, you have to keep going and keep trying. Keep creating. Every time you do something new, you learn things, whether it's how you launch it or how you tell people about it or where you put the mop sink.
For people who want to get into slam poetry, what advice would you have?
Watch it as much as you can on YouTube, and read page poets as much as you can, too, and learn about their literary devices. Learn about the stuff that you like. If there's a line you find that you really like, figure out why you like it — whether it's a colorful image that pops or the format. Practice doing your own, and see where that goes.
What's inspiring you these days when it comes to your poetry?
Other people's poetry. I read all the time, so if I stumble across a new poet that's doing something interesting, either I try to write about it, or I tell other poets what I'm reading and what they should try doing. It's really fun running a venue because you have so many young musicians and poets who are eager to take on new stuff.
For first-time performers, what advice do you have for getting over nervousness?
I'm still nervous, every time I get on-stage, especially in front of people I don't know. You just have to ride with it and do it. Know that someone's going to take something from it. Talking in front of people is one of the scariest things, and there's a reason why TV's so popular still — because people don't want to leave their house and talk to people. Public speaking is scary because you have to talk to so many people at one time and don't know what they're thinking.
Why should people be motivated to get out of their houses to support local arts?
We do an open mike every Monday, and it's crazy because so many people come out. I think it takes a certain type of ego to be like, "I'm going to get up in front of people and talk or tell this story or write a poem that's good enough for people to hear." The oral tradition is what creates culture and makes us evolve. Back in the day, our ancestors used to sit around the campfire and tell stories. We've evolved because of storytelling, public speaking, an exchange of ideas, and coming together.
What do you think technology's effects on the oral tradition are?
It's a bit of a trade-off. It's cool that people still communicate in a different way, through their cell phones, YouTube videos and chat boxes, and it can also bring people together face-to-face. We still make more money from online sales than from people walking into the store, and I think once we start doing e-books, it's going to get weirder. The reason why we have this store is to see people come together and check out new shows, music and art. Anyone trying to start a career has to go out and perform for other people or talk to other people face-to-face. As long as there are people who are motivated to make change, we'll always have to rely on face-to-face interaction.
Is there anything that stands out to you about Phoenix writers?
We have so many super-funny comedic writers. I only see that in a few other cities, such as Austin and San Francisco. In New York, it's all serious race stuff, in Chicago, it's all jazz-influenced, social change kind of stuff. It's cool that we have a bit of a style, but we need to get past being silly. I'm trying to push for more social change writing and race/gender issues. I think it's due time for that to emerge.
What's your favorite zine that you sell here?
I'd tell people to check out Joy Young. She's new, and her book is called Ladyboy — she did the layout, and we printed it for her. She's been coming out to poetry slams and open mikes, and she's really, really new and different. Cartoons with Animals in Them is by Brandon Huigens, and he's been a really popular comic artist.


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The eight years of the Obama Administration represented a dramatic break from the bipartisan foreign policy consensus that had held since World War II: instead of the United States asserting
While Dr. London passed on the 10th of November the work of the London Center is continuing and expanding both its mission and purpose. The London Center for Policy Research, in the conduct of its mission to engage in research and provide advice on key issues of national security, energy security, and threats to American interests worldwide, has achieved significant successes over the first six years under Dr. London's leadership. He led the creation of a team of national security experts that created the foundation of concepts such as the Middle East Strategic Alliance (aka Middle East NATO), the path for the reinvigoration of NATO (NATO 2.0) as well as published numerous books such as the Sunni Vanguard, Leading from Behind: the Obama Foreign Policy and the BDS War Against Israel.
Here are a few of the tributes to Dr. London:
Herbert London, Conservative Savant and Social Critic, Dies at 79 By Sam Roberts, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/herbert-london-dead.htmlRead more...
Herbert London: An Iconic Example of Learning, Teaching by Bruce Abramson and Jeff Ballabon, Newsmax https://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/890376?section=abramsonandballabon&keywords=hudson-judaism-nyu-talmud&year=2018&month=11&date=12&id=890376
A Great and Good Man, Herb London 1939-2018 by Benjamin Weingarten, City Journal https://www.city-journal.org/herb-london
In Memoriam: Presidential Fellow Dr. Herb London The King's College https://www.tkc.edu/stories/in-memoriam-presidential-fellow-herb-london
The eight years of the Obama Administration represented a dramatic break from the bipartisan foreign policy consensus that had held since World War II: instead of the United States asserting
From the Middle East to Africa, Asia, Europe and even the US, the challenge of militant Islam is hard to deny. But given its dispersed nature as a series of
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Noor Mohammad Bhat, who teaches English in Gandhi Memorial College, was arrested by the police under the Unlawful Activities Act on Friday.
A senior police officer said Bhat had set the English paper for the graduate- level examination asking examinees to 'discuss stone-pelters as real heroes'.
Another question in translation from Urdu to English said, "The blood of young Kashmiris is being spilled by the Indian security forces as the state government watches the situation helplessly."
However, Kashmir college teachers association has defended the right of the paper setter maintaining that he had asked a contemporary question that had caught the imagination of the youth and the local population during the recent unrest in Kashmir, which lasted for over four month.
"He is a teacher, a literary personality who keenly observes the happenings of the surroundings. So when he was asked to set the paper, he translated his observations and feelings on paper," said Tariq Ashai, the president of the association.Ashai said the association met the authorities and demanded his release.


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These are still as yet highly speculative rumours but the personality in question is said to be involved in Vodafone Middle East operations.
It is hard to pin down an individual but Nairobitech will seek to get more information over the coming days but it is instructive that Serpil Timuray, the lady who heads the Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific region of Vodafone as CEO also sits on Safaricom's board.
Anyone coming from the Middle East operations is likely to be someone who has been reporting to her.
Former CEO Michael Joseph who also sits on the board is said to be the other influential voice in the room.
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"I've been thinking…"
My husband was pushing the shopping cart. He looked up at me blandly. I get these "thoughts" rather frequently. They are conceived in my fevered imagination, and burst unexpectedly from my mouth at all odd hours of the day and night (in the middle of a film…during a church service… when he's trying to kiss me…). One can never guess when I'll turn to him and say these words. Truthfully, the majority of these moments aren't even preceded by this three and a half-word warning. His introduction to this trend came early in our dating history. I remember one particular phone call when I answered my cell, skipped the greeting, and blurted out, "What exactly is a sarcophagus?"
Perhaps a more tangible explanation of this strange proclivity of mine, would be to compare myself to Dug, the golden retriever in Pixar's movie "Up". Throughout our journey getting to know the scatterbrained pup, he will often break off mid sentence, stare into the distance and shout, "Squirrel!". My husband burst into raucous laughter when we first saw this moment of movie magic. I laughed too…until Timothy leaned over and whispered, "It's you!" I grimaced at him. "Very funny Timothy. Veeeeery funny…"
Regardless, we were in Walmart, picking up this and that. We were approaching the dairy section. I had my eye on a particular brand of sour cream. A gentlemen and his companion sidled up to the area I was required to approach, and broke into a short discussion. We queued up behind and waited our turn. That was when I turned to my husband.
"I've been thinking, what if someone went all Mr. Bean on people at the grocery store."
My husband smiled at me and chuckled. He knew immediately what I meant. The poor man has had more servings of Mr. Bean force-fed to him than most people get in a lifetime. My thought process ran thus:
I imagined myself standing directly behind, almost uncomfortably close to the gentlemen in front of my beloved brand of sour cream. He picks up vanilla yogurt. I too pick up the same brand and container of vanilla yogurt. He shrugs and wonders why that odd duck needed to stand so disagreeably close to him. Cart leading the way, he shoves off towards the chip and pretzel aisle.
After browsing the current selection of Lay's potato chips, he lifts a bag of the salt and vinegar variety. Something in his peripheral vision catches his eye. He turns. Blinks. There I stand, looking him over with an unidentifiable expression, somewhere between amusement and disdain. I reach over. I lift not one but two bags of the same potato chips. I sneer. He widens his eyes, grunts, and heads to the next aisle.
What else did he need? Bread! Right. He stops to gently squeeze a loaf. Fear and curiosity tickle the hairs on the back of his neck. Hesitantly, he looks over his shoulder. Yes. Yes I'm there. I already have three loafs of the same bread in my cart.
He dashes with his cart into the next aisle. His heart beats hard against his ribs. He stops short in the middle. His head turns back and forth several times. The freak is nowhere in sight. He takes stock of his surroundings. Candy and gum. He walks down towards the Twizzlers. A pick-me-up would be lovely after this bizarre experience. His hand stretches for the cherry bites. Just before his fingers touch the plastic packaging, a hand reaches from the void and snatches it away. He closes his eyes. Lifts his hand for another. That one too disappears. He finally turns his eyes to mine. I slowly shake my head.
My husband and I finished our trip to Walmart. We hopped into our little white Honda in silence. I was staring off into the distance.
"Buckle up," Timothy said. He turned the key in the ignition. I turned my head towards him.
"They'd curse me out wouldn't they?" I asked.
"Probably. But if you want to do it, I'll follow you and video."
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At 12 I was insecure about my body... My body had become more womanly; I got boobs and a waist and at a time where I was beginning to understand my new womanly body (these) three boys degraded me by (joking) about having a threesome with me...They said things like "we're going to sandwich you," "you'd probably like us to," and "I get the face you can have her bottom parts." I was innocent! I had never kissed a guy and they're talking about having sex with me. I couldn't concentrate on the teacher... it made me feel horrible and uneasy about my body and they laughed the whole time.
Many young girls today experience this kind of discrimination and degradation throughout their years in the public education system. Not only are girls disrespected in the school system but they are neglected by not having a more reality-based sex education program.
Another inequality in the school system between boys and girls is the lack of standardized testing and general education geared towards females. Though I do not argue that inequalities between girls and boys in the public school system has not improved over time, gender disparity still exists and needs to be eliminated by implementing major changes in public education.
Gender discrimination is not as bad as it used to be, but it still exists in the harmful form of sexual harassment. According to the American Association of University Women, "Thirty-one percent of girls experienced harassment 'often,' compared to only 18 percent of boys (1)" . Though boys still experience sexual harassment, girls experience it at a significantly higher rate and are more affected by it. Some argue that the actual rate of sexual harassment is lower than the rate reported using the to broadened definition given by...


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The definition is contested as the answer has immense economic implications. If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to the forest department and can be auctioned to the paper and pulp industry, often at throwaway rates.
If it is a grass, then it would be classified as a minor forest produce and people would have the right to cut bamboo for sale or for value addition by making furniture or baskets.
The Indian Forest Act 1927, the bible for forest managers in the country, says "forest produce" is what is found in or brought from a forest. This includes trees and leaves and plants that are not trees. Furthermore, trees include palms and bamboo. Timber is defined as trees, fallen or felled. Over the years, foresters have interpreted these provisions to mean that bamboo, being a tree, is timber and, therefore, under the control of the department. The legacy passed down from generations of forest managers has meant that this grass-like tree is not included in the list of minor forest produce.
The minor produce of a forest is everything valuable that is not timber. This produce, from tendu used in beedi manufacture to lac resin and tamarind, is big bucks business. It is also the main source of earning a living for the people who live in and around the country's forests. The opportunity is to use this ecological wealth for building economic wellbeing of the people, mostly poor, in these rich regions. But forest policy has worked deliberately to destroy this option.
So over the past years different state governments have nationalised different produce and differently handed them over to either federations or contractors or corporations to collect and sell. People, who live in the forests, have no right to sell the nationalised minor forest produce, other than to governments. They are wage labourers and collectors for contractors and forest departments.
B D Sharma, a former civil servant who has spent a lifetime campaigning for the rights of tribal communities to forest produce, will tell you that many attempts have been made to correct this distortion. In 1974, when the tribal sub plan was conceptualised, it was agreed that the collector would be the owner of the produce. But even as the policy got operationalised governments took control over the produce, leaving collectors to be just collectors.
Then in 1996, the Central Act for panchayats in Scheduled V (tribal) areas was passed. It directed state governments to ensure that in these areas gram sabha (the village assembly) would be given the "powers of ownership of minor forest produce". But even before the ink on the Act was dry, the resource battle was lost again.
First, the forest department objected, saying PESA (as this act is known) did not define what constitutes minor forest produce. As Sanjay Upadhyay, a lawyer working in this area, points out this is when the Indian Forest Act does not define minor forest produce. Second, states made rules to bypass these provisions.
The fight for the minor produce does not stop here. In 2006, the Forest Rights Act (FRA) for the first time defined minor forest produce as including bamboo and tendu and many other things. It also gave tribals and other traditional forest dwellers the "right of ownership, access to collect, use and dispose of minor forest produce, which has been traditionally collected within or outside village boundaries." Now the fat is in the fire. Tribals and other traditional forest dwellers have the right to both collect and sell bamboo.
What happens now? As my colleagues found when they traversed the country's tribal districts, the right exists only on paper. Of the 2.9 million claims settled under the FRA, only 1.6 per cent pertained to community rights. Worse, virtually no right of any community has been recognised for minor forest produce. They noted the missing right was deliberate. Governments across the tribal districts ensured no information was ever provided to people that this right was available. The technique was simple: the form issued to people to ask for rights left out this provision.
Two villages did ask. Menda Lekha and Marda in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra asked for the community right over their forest and its produce. The right was recognised. But as Mohan Hirabai Hiralal, an activist working with the villagers, will tell you this legal right is still not worth the paper it is written on. The forest department now says that people can indeed have control over the sale of the bamboo, but they cannot take it out of the forest. The transit rules over forest produce do not allow for transportation of any produce unless it has been "authorised". The state forest department is busy inserting provisions to say that people have rights over the minor forest produce, but only if it is for self use.
The forest department will tell you these controls are needed to protect forests. But forests in India are the habitat of millions of people. The conservation of forests will require more productive benefits. The challenge is to use the green wealth and also regenerate it and increase it for the future. Putting a fence around it and negating its value as the livelihood of millions will not do.
So, let us hope that this time the definition of bamboo will remain settled. It is a tree-grass, one that can give a million new shoots and provide a million new jobs to the people.
—Sunita Narain
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Hi Sunita I am into bamboo
Hi Sunita
I am into bamboo sector, i entered in this sector to provide jobs for the tribes community and to save nature by introducing bamboo as an alternative for wood.
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Dear Madame, I started
Dear Madame,
I started reading DTE 1 year back and have been stuck to it since then. The article has not come at more appropriate time.
In days of alternative energy sources, Bamboo could provide bread and butter for millions of people.
Since childhood, I have been tought that Bamboo is the highest growing grass. I do not what is tought to forest department.
The grass is one of the fastest growing. It can also be used as fancing and can be grown on marginal lands, generating additional revenue to farmers.
It's one of the few biomass inputs that can be cut from third year onwards and can give annual consistent income for at least 25-30 years.
I hope your efforts in this area will root out anomalies in forest department's rules and the grass will be available for growing and selling freely.
Manish Khare
With the passage of time and
With the passage of time and reduction in forest resources due to various factors,the importance of forest produce on which the forest dependents survives has become an area of extreme care and judicious use.Who should have the right on this produce is a matter to be decided.Naturally the dependence of forest community is supreme than any other use. Let the community take decision how they would like to dispose off this produce in their own interest.Let they be vested with the right to collect Bamboo and dispose without any interference.
When Bamboo was in abundence,its use in Industry was Ok. Now under changed circumstances,its use for forest dependent community need to be ensured first and option for its disposal be vested with them.
hello sunita, an information
hello sunita,
an information for you.
Bamboo shoots which are 6-8 inches or so are used to prepare a very delicious dish by the tribals.If they are allowed to eat away those new shoots and you know bamboo grows very slowly gradually bamboo forests will diminish.be the forest contractors or the tribals no one should touch the bamboo which is raw.only dead bamboo should be allowed to be taken by the tribals.
Bamboo has never been
Bamboo has never been considered a tree by the Forest Department anywhere in the country. The role it plays in the livelihood of the people living inside and in the fringe forest villages have also been recognised and well documented.
Bamboo forests do not disappear because the local communities use it. In most instances, it is due to faulty working of bamboo coupes.
The other misconception is about the settlement of rights under the FRA. The forest department has little role to play in it. The rights to communities is recognised because they have been protecting the forests while using it on a sustainable basis. I wonder, if any study has been taken recently to study the deforestation that has taken place after settlement of rights.
From taxonomic point of view,
From taxonomic point of view, there is no dispute that Bamboo belongs to Graminaceae (Grass family) but it is also widely acclaimed as Poorman's timber due to its varied utility. Keeping in view the later aspect this is categorised as timber in the IFA,1927. From the management point of view, bamoo needs special care from regeneration to harvesting at periodic interval. Without cultural operations quality stock is not available in the forest. Hence, it is a class in itself unlike other NTFP crop. No doubt, it has industrial demand but it is also used to meet out demands of the communities especially in tribal belt. In southern Rajasthan where bamboo was chosen as principal species in rehabilitation of Degraded Forest are managed under JFM from early ninties and preparing Management Plan, since 2002 bamboo are being harvested and net revenue is being shared @50:50 basis between JFMC and Govt as per JFM Resolution of the State Govt. Every year JFMCs of this area are earning sizable revenue in this process and huge money has been accumulated in their Village Development Funds. In Dhar village the portion of the revenue accrued enable SFD to electrify each house hold with solar pannels, so also streets and other community owned premises including village school. As an acknowledgement to PESA Rajasthan FD is transferring 100% revenue to Panchayats proportionate to their areas. I do not see any conflicts in these petty issues although in the beginning some activists with vested interest also tried to raise hue and cry on these issues by organising so called Public Hearing etc and today the grateful villagers also tell about misdeeds of acivists and kept them at arm's length. These are realities that can be verified from the field.
ABHIJIT GHOSE,IFS(Retd.)Ex PCCF(HoFF)Rajasthan
Good, informative and able to
Good, informative and able to bring the facts to millions. I support the oppinion.
Ms. Sunitha! Good that this
Ms. Sunitha!
Good that this issue is raised now.Its important for all of us who are concerned with livelihoods of tribal communities especially when the forests they live in and/or nearby have Bamboo in abundance. In Andhra Pradesh, the Government, in the CFM GO agreed that 100% net returns from Bamboo go to the VSSs of which 50% to be reinvested in the forest and 50% can be shared among the members. Our organisation has been struggling to see that this happens at the field level, in 100 VSSs in the Srikakulam Forest Division. There are 1000 VSSs which have Bamboo in AP.
It is often said that the communities do not know the management aspects, in this case - inventorying, and harvest plan preparation (whcih currently needs approval of FD). Community members were trained in all these aspects and they submitted the proposals in due formats seeking harvest permits. For the past two and half years it did not happen as the field level officials do not have clarity (or they do not want to do it deliberately) though senior officials in the Head Office say it has to be done. In the case and in other cases of benefit sharing from plantation and timber hravest what we could understand is - at the top level the government and the senior officials have good intentions and they bring out good policies/implementation guidelines, but the local field functionaries and their attitudes are not allowing things to happen.
I strongly feel that, there is a need for reorganisation of forest administration where a separate stream of officials need to be performing dedicated duties for Community Forestry. Their performance need to be assessed in terms of how many benefits are shared with the communities within their area and so on... Otherwise they lack accountability and say that attending to VSSs related work is one of the several tasks they need to perform that too not their primary mandate. Let us all work towards making this as primary mandate for atleast some officials by advocating for creation of a separate stream for Community Forestry within the Forest Departments and MOEF.
Which is the ideal trees to
Which is the ideal trees to be planted on the drought prone areas of Bengal, like Purulia etc. I have been advised to plant ecalyptus trees as according to them it is the most valuable trees for faster growth and beter returns to help the poor water-starving people of the area, as I found manysuch trees thrive and grows there. Your expert recommendations please.
Is bamboo is tree or Grass:
Is bamboo is tree or Grass: very knowledgable write-up revealed the 420/illeterate policy of Forest ministry.
My observation is regarding
My observation is regarding not only bamboo but all the NTFP and medicinal plants that are collected from the forest. Collection, use and sell of all NTFPs except Tendu Patta is allowed under the JFM Rule of UP. But during a recent study in UP Forest Divisions, we found that field-level forest officials lack awareness and often prevent the villagers from collection of Mahua, Amla etc. from the forest. JFMC members, specially the women who mainly collects from the forest, are also not aware of their rights. The benefit sharing should not remain only on the Rule Book and should be implemented on ground. For the greater benefit of the forest dependent communities, the JFMC women members need training and capacity building exercises on techniques of collecting, drying and processing of NTFPs for higher income generation.
Society for Natural Resource Management and Community Development (SNRMCD)
There have been several
There have been several comments and discussions earlier also on this topic. Law and science has been mismatched in this issue more often than not.
The classification in the law gets irrelevant once everything, including grasses and trees are classified as forest produce. It is the policies and proceses for regulating the harvest and use, which are important.
In this background, it is the policy, which decides who uses the forest produce and how. MFP is not a legal but management term and has nothing to do with either taxonomy or law. In most of the places,collection of bamboo is regulated by special dispensation for tribals, local communities and separate systems exist for industrial use: rightly owing to its quantum and sustainable yield potential. It has been free of regulations or very concessional for local communities in many states. There have been several initiatives at state and national levels for improving the benefits of bamboo for the local communities through value addition.
For the industrial use, rates have been different - very cheap earlier, but increasing now. It needs to be appreciated that large quantum needs stronger mechanisms for dealing. Trade oriented use can only be sustained by proper institutional mechanisms. Federations do this task and returns are with the state to use either for communities individually or for public collectively - again a matter of policy!
I fully agree with the point that community rights are not being pursued under FRA, whcih must have been the foremost ones to be set right in terms of mechanisms and processes for assessment and plans for sustainable use. It is here that science must come, albeit in simple methods.Focus has been ignored in the FRA itself and its rules.
Who could see it as important as the "individual right", is something to be seen!
think u should respect the
think u should respect the forest departments view too
but what if the tribal s can plant 200 trees every month or two months per family and take care of the trees so that the forest lives too ,then most probably have an understanding with the forest dept and govts for getting 50 trees per family say for every month and use these to make and sell so that they could support there family too.
don't know if this really can work but i feel its a mans duty to take care of nature too lets say for rains or for natural resources we do require our forests too for it to take care of a man
Bamboo is indeed a grass. It
Bamboo is indeed a grass. It is assigned to the family Graminae (Poaceae), SUBFAMILY: Bambusoideae, TRIBE: Bambuseae and SUBTRIBE: bambusinae. A search on the internet will reveal that there is universal acceptance of the fact that bamboo is a 'woody' grass. Defining it 'legally' as a tree does not necessarily make it so! A tree has certain characteristics such as a clear bole or trunk, branches, tap roots among others - none of which bamboos have! Bamboos, however large, do NOT have real branches, have an adventitious root system on a rhizome (rather than a well defined tap root and lateral roots) and the leaves are parallel veined (like all grasses). There are many other characteristics that place bamboos closer to grasses than to trees.
Bamboos were indeed classified as 'minor forest produce' in all classical forestry literature - now popularly known as NTFP - non timber forest produce. The reason forest departments do not want to let go of control over bamboo is the traditional dependence that the paper industry has had upon this resource. Major paper industries were set up in MP, Orissa, Maharashtra and Assam primarily because of the bamboo resources in the forests there. Forest leases ensured regular supply at minimal rates. Local villagers were permitted to use the bamboos for local construction, farm tools and handicrafts. There were few or no roads in the forests and few or no markets for bamboo other than the paper mills. Consequently there was no serious demand for community control over this resource.
Times have changed since. As education and awareness has spread, NGOs and media have become more active and environment and tribal rights have come to the forefront - calls for devolution of control over forest resources (including bamboo) have become more vociferous. It is doubtful whether communities (actual users) will ever be allowed to take control of the forest resources they depend upon for their livelihoods (for whatever reason), but there is definitely a case for the benefits from bamboo exploitation to be shared with them.
As per the 1980 Forest Policy, it is the local people who have the first claim over the forest resources. That does not imply that the resource is theirs to do as they will. Maintenance of forest cover is still the primary aim of the forest policy. What is needed is that Government forgoes its claim to the revenues from forest exploitation - the revenue should go to the people/communities. Conservation of the environment/natural resource is a function of the government, and budget needs to be allocated for this, but revenue should definitely go to the locals - as the Policy envisages.
Bamboo, in any case, is a grass AND an MFP/NTFP so the right to harvest/use/sell this lies with the local communities. Let the paper mills buy what the need from the tribals - on the same (or better) terms that they had with the government!
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laws are meant to be for the
laws are meant to be for the welfare of populace. they have to be implemented, interpreted and enforced in such a fashion that the true spirit behind that enactment comes into fore rather than merely sticking to the wording. this is where the acumen and sensitivities of those who implement,matter the most. forest dept is no enemy of people. it is saddled with dual responsibilities which conflict with each other--of protection as well as that of distributing out of that which needs to be protected. all seems to be in a faulty policy which leaves too much room for manipulations and interpretations. if the forest produce gets started to be exploited for commercial gains by anybody--be it a right holder (which i understand are for bonafide use), then there will be no end. but agreed that the policies have to be more clearer on these issues. no use blaming forest officials.
Scientifically, Bamboo is a
Scientifically, Bamboo is a grass. Some species of bamboo are tall- that can not be a reason to consider it as tree. Grass is grass. It belongs to Poaceae family. Poaceae(formerly known as Gramineae) is a family in the Class Liliopsida (the monocots) of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses, or, to distinguish them from other graminoids, true grasses. The shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo (there are also herbaceous, non-woody bamboos). There are about 600 genera and some 9,000ÔÇô10,000 or more species of grasses and bamboos are members of them. All morphological characteristics of bamboo are similar to species of Poaceae. It is surprising,the forest acts still considers bamboo as tree !
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The Article is very
The Article is very informative and definitely helps in increasing broader awareness. But with rights come responsibilities. As couple of posts give the insight, sustainability is important. As one post on AP prompts the communities need to be first trained in planning, preservation, community ownership & responsibility, etc. This should also be reassuring to all stake holders whose concern is in balancing conflicting interests. An organised effort in this could be beneficial. Else, as we all know, any well intended effort (inc intentions of the present exclellent article) could actually end up strengthening local vested interests.
Hi Vinay Bamboo is not slow
Hi Vinay
Bamboo is not slow growing plant, its the fastest growing plant in this world. And if tribes using the bamboo shoot for food, why stopping them, they not doing any commercial activity they taking it for their food. They are living by depending the forest. Not all the bamboo shoots are eatable, only specific varietiies shoots are eatable like dendrocalamus asper.
i m looking for the answer
i m looking for the answer that "is bamboo tree or not"
Its there in the story
Its there in the story only
"The fight for the minor produce does not stop here. In 2006, the Forest Rights Act (FRA) for the first time defined minor forest produce as including bamboo and tendu and many other things. It also gave tribals and other traditional forest dwellers the ÔÇ£right of ownership, access to collect, use and dispose of minor forest produce, which has been traditionally collected within or outside village boundaries.ÔÇØ Now the fat is in the fire. Tribals and other traditional forest dwellers have the right to both collect and sell bamboo"
Idrisi MS
It is unfortunate but a fact.
It is unfortunate but a fact. That we seem to be losing out on the environment front in a big way. Rivers, forests and the produce along with it all seem to exist only to fill the coffers of a select few. The Government would do well to rectify and allow the silent tribal communities the liberal and ready use of bamboo.
This single move will bring the dual benefit of optimum use of the produce as well as the well being of the countless who inhabit the villages located on the fringes of forests. What is more? They would form a lasting vote bank for our corrupt politicians as well.
It actually seems a win win situation for everyone but the very few who are pocketing the returns obtained currently.
Krishnan Ananad
In the forests of Western
In the forests of Western Ghats, I know it is a major elephant's food. Lot of wild animals (Langurs, Red panda, deers), reptiles, (Bamboo pit viper), birds, insects and micro organisms depend on it.
We are trying to harvest what we have not planted, maintained, watered, from a forest that is common to all living beings. Don't you think harvesting bamboo from the forest for the needs of humans living outside the forests can be disastrous to real forest dwellers?
I am glad to inform that we
I am glad to inform that we are under the process of establishing a miniunit for manufacture and supply of bamboo sticks for using in agarbathi industry. In this regard we approached District Industries Corporation authority Vijayawada for issuing of SSI certificate. The authority information directed to contact forest department to state whether NOC is required or not and obtained if needed. The forest department orally said that no NOC is required for this unit and only simple information is quite sufficient.
We had the golden opportunity of going through your detailed statement published DOWN TO EARTH dated 15 December 2010 ÔÇ£Is bamboo a tree or grassÔÇØ. But still we are in dilemma to come to a decision to obtain NOC from the forest department to clarifying that bamboo sticks manufacturing unit comes under minor forest produce and such we humble request you to kindly take pains to supply a copy of any act what so ever or an order or any court judgement and for this we will be highly thankful to your kind co-operation for early established of our unit which provides lively hood for the rural unemployed poor.
What was the fruiting age of
What was the fruiting age of the Dendrocalamus Strictus( a spp. of bamboo)?....I am the student
I fully agree with Dr. Sunitha Narain.The FRA rights have to be recognized and those who have right should be recognized. However, though laws and rules are there, the problem is getting sufficient regeneration and harvesting the yield sustainably. The quality of forests all over the country are very poor and the system to manage and harvest the resource sustainably is quite weak. Again the PFM/tribal cooperatives are also not strong and so ultimately unscrupulous elements will eventually destroy the forest in the name of tribals or forest dwellers who may not get anything in the process. We have to be careful in dealing with the cases to avoid heavy forest destruction in the name of tribals and FRA. So we have to examine the system and carefully build a sound strategy that will help to get forest dwellers their due rights without sacrificing the forest & bamboo. It is not just the question of definition but the lack of proper system . If we start without addressing these concerns there may not be any forest as eventually, it will lead to further degradation of quality.
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