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Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr.
major figures in African-Caribbean history
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH
(17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940), was a
Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was
a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to
which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).He
founded the Black Star Line, which promoted the return of the African diaspora to
their ancestral lands.
Prior to the twentieth century, leaders
such as Prince Hall, Martin Delany, Edward
Wilmot Blyden, and Henry Highland Garnet advocated the involvement of the African diaspora in African affairs. Garvey was
unique in advancing a Pan-African philosophy to inspire a global mass movement
and economic empowerment focusing on
Africa known as Garveyism. Promoted by
the UNIA as a movement of African Redemption, Garveyism would eventually
inspire others, ranging from the Nation of
Islam to the Rastafari movement (which
proclaims Garvey as a prophet).
Garveyism intended persons of African
ancestry in the diaspora to “redeem” the
nations of Africa and for the European colonial powers to leave the continent. His
essential ideas about Africa were stated in
an editorial in the Negro World entitled “African Fundamentalism”, where he wrote:
“Our union must know no clime, boundary,
or nationality… to let us hold together under all climes and in every country…
Early Years
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. was born
as the youngest of eleven children in St.
Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, to Marcus Mosiah Gar-
vey, Sr., a mason, and Sarah Jane Richards, a domestic
worker. Only his sister Indiana
along with Marcus survived to
adulthood. His family was financially stable given the circumstances of this time period.
Garvey’s father had a large library, and it was from his father that Marcus gained his
love for reading. He also attended elementary schools in
St. Ann’s Bay during his youth.
While attending these schools,
Garvey first began to experience racism. When Marcus was
younger, he used to be friends
with his white neighbors and
play with them all the time.
However, when they reached
their teenage years, they began to shun him. Sometime in
1900, Garvey entered into an
apprenticeship with his uncle,
Alfred Burrowes, who also had
an extensive library, of which
Marcus made good use.
In 1910 Marcus left Jamaica
and began traveling throughout the Central American region. His first stop was Costa
Rica, where he had a maternal
uncle. He lived in Costa Rica
for several months where he
worked as a time keeper on
a banana plantation. He began work as editor for a daily newspaper called La Nacionale in 1911. Later that year,
he moved to Colón, Panama,
where he edited a biweekly
newspaper, before returning to
Jamaica in 1912.
After years of working in the
Caribbean, Garvey left Jamaica
to live in London from 1912 to
1914, where he attended Birkbeck College, taking classes
in law and philosophy. He also
worked for the African Times
and Orient Review, published
by Dusé Mohamed Ali, who was
a considerable influence on the
young man. Garvey sometimes
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Toussaint Louverture major figures in African......from pg 2
spoke at Hyde Park’s Speakers’ Corner.
Garvey’s philosophy was also influenced by
African-American leaders such as Booker
T. Washington, Martin Delany, and Henry
McNeal Turner. Garvey is said to have been
influenced by the ideas of Dusé Mohamed
Ali in his speeches, and his later organizing
of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Jamaica in 1914 (Vincent, 1971).
Organization on UNIA
In 1914 Garvey returned to Jamaica,
where he organized the UNIA. Historian Rashid suggests that the UNIA motto,
“One God, One Aim, One Destiny”, was
derived from Dusé Ali’s Islamic influence
(Rashid, 2002). Garvey named the organization the Universal Negro Improvement
Association and African Communities (Imperial) League. The UNIA held an international convention in 1921 at New York’s
Madison Square Garden. Also represented
at the convention were organizations such
as the Universal Black Cross Nurses, the
Black Eagle Flying Corps, and the Universal African Legion. Garvey attracted more
than 50,000 people to the event and in his
cause. The UNIA had 65,000 to 75,000
members paying dues to his support and
funding. The national level of support in
Jamaica helped Garvey to become one of
the most influential leaders of the 20th
century on the island.
After corresponding with Booker T.
Washington, head of the Tuskegee Institute
in Alabama and a national African-American leader in the United States, Garvey
traveled by ship to the U.S., arriving on
23 March 1916 aboard the S.S. Tallac. He
intended to make a lecture tour and to
raise funds to establish a school in Jamaica modeled after Washington’s Institute.
Garvey visited Tuskegee, and afterward,
visited with a number of black leaders.
After moving to New York, he found
work as a printer by day. He was influenced by Hubert Harrison. At night he
would speak on street corners, much as he
did in London’s Hyde Park. Garvey thought
there was a leadership vacuum among African Americans. On 9 May 1916, he held
his first public lecture in New York City at
St Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery and undertook a 38-state speaking tour.
The next year in May 1917, Garvey and
thirteen others formed the first UNIA division outside Jamaica. They began advancing ideas to promote social, political, and
economic freedom for black people. On 2
July, the East St. Louis riots broke out. On
8 July, Garvey delivered an address, entitled “The Conspiracy of the East St. Louis
Riots”, at Lafayette Hall in Harlem. During
the speech, he declared the riot was “one
of the bloodiest outrages against mankind”,
condemning America’s claims to represent
democracy when black people were victimized “for no other reason than they are
black people seeking an industrial chance
in a country that they have laboured for
three hundred years to make great”. It
is “a time to lift one’s voice against the
savagery of a people who claim to be the
dispensers of democracy.”[15] By October,
rancor within the UNIA had begun to set
in. A split occurred in the Harlem division,
with Garvey enlisted to become its leader;
although he technically held the same position in Jamaica.
Garvey worked to develop a program to
improve the conditions of ethnic Africans
“at home and abroad” under UNIA auspices. On 17 August 1918, he began publishing the Negro World newspaper in New
York, which was widely distributed. Garvey
worked as an editor without pay until November 1920. He used Negro World as a
platform for his views to encourage growth
of the UNIA. By June 1919, the membership of the organization had grown to over
two million, according to its records.
On 27 June 1919, the UNIA set up its
first business, incorporating the Black Star
Line of Delaware, with Garvey as President. By September, it acquired its first
ship. Much fanfare surrounded the inspection of the S.S. Yarmouth and its rechristening as the S.S. Frederick Douglass on
14 September 1919. Such a rapid accomplishment garnered attention from many.
During the first year, the Black Star Line’s
stock sales brought in $600,000. This
caused it to be successful during that year.
It had numerous problems during the next
two years: mechanical breakdowns on its
ships, what it said were incompetent workers, and poor record keeping. The officers
were eventually accused of mail fraud.[16]
Edwin P. Kilroe, Assistant District Attorney in the District Attorney’s office of
the County of New York, began an investigation into the activities of the UNIA. He
never filed charges against Garvey or other officers. After being called to Kilroe’s office numerous times for questioning, Garvey wrote an editorial on the assistant DA’s
activities for the Negro World. Kilroe had
Garvey arrested and indicted for criminal
libel but dismissed the charges after Garvey published a retraction.[citation needed]
On 14 October 1919, Garvey received a
visit in his Harlem office from George Tyler,
who claimed Kilroe “had sent him” to get
the leader.[citation needed] Tyler pulled a
.38-caliber revolver and fired four shots,
wounding Garvey in the right leg and
scalp. Garvey’s secretary Amy quickly arranged to get Garvey taken to the hospital
for treatment, and Tyler was arrested. The
next day, Tyler committed suicide by leaping from the third tier of the Harlem jail
as he was being taken to his arraignment.
[citation needed]
By August 1920, the UNIA claimed four
million members. The number has been
questioned because of the organization’s
poor record keeping.[16] That month,
the International Convention of the UNIA
was held. With delegates from all over the
world attending, 25,000 people filled Madison Square Garden on 1 August 1920 to
hear Garvey speak.[17] Over the next couple of years, Garvey’s movement was able
to attract an enormous number of followers. Reasons for this included the cultural
revolution of the Harlem Renaissance, the
large number of West Indians who immigrated to New York, and the appeal of the
slogan “One Aim, One God, One Destiny,”
to black veterans of the first World War.
Garvey also established the business, the Negro Factories Corporation.
He planned to develop the businesses to
manufacture every marketable commodity in every big U.S. industrial center, as
well as in Central America, the West Indies, and Africa. Related endeavors included a grocery chain, restaurant, publishing
house, and other businesses. Convinced
that black people should have a permanent homeland in Africa, Garvey sought to
develop Liberia. It had been founded by
the American Colonization Society in the
19th century as a colony for free blacks
from the United States. Garvey launched
the Liberia program in 1920, intended to
build colleges, industrial plants, and railroads as part of an industrial base from
which to operate.
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Organic vegetable gardens bring special rewards
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Vegetable Gardening for Beginners
GROWING your own vegetables is both fun and rewarding.
All you really need to get started is some decent soil and a few
plants. But to be a really successful vegetable gardener —
and to do it organically — you’ll
need to understand what it takes
to keep your plants healthy and
vigorous. Here are the basics.
“Feed the soil” is like a mantra for organic gardeners, and
with good reason. In conventional chemical agriculture, crop
plants are indeed “fed” directly
using synthetic fertilizers.
When taken to extremes, this
kind of chemical force-feeding
can gradually impoverish the
soil. And turn it from a rich entity teeming with microorganisms
insects and other life forms,
into an inert growing medium
that exists mainly to anchor the
plants’ roots, and that provides
little or no nutrition in its own
right.
Although various fertilizers
and mineral nutrients (agricultural lime, rock phosphate,
greensand, etc.) should be add-
the room and, even more importantly, the time and energy
needed to grow a huge garden
well, go for it. But vegetable
gardens that make efficient use
of growing space are much easier to care for, whether you’re
talking about a few containers
on the patio or a 50-by-100foot plot in the backyard. Raised
beds are a good choice for beginners because they make the
garden more manageable.
Get Rid of Your Rows
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Make your own raised bed with
our Raised Bed Corners, or
Example of an edible back yard garden concept
choose a complete kit. Elevated
ed periodically to the organic ticular, organic matter provides raised beds allow for no-bend
garden, by far the most use- a continuous source of nitrogen gardening.
ful substance for building and and other nutrients that plants
maintaining a healthy, well-bal- need to grow. It also provides SHOP NOW
anced soil is organic matter.You a rich food source for soil mi- The first way to maximize space
can add organic matter to your crobes. As organisms in the in the garden is to convert from
soil many different ways, such soil carry out the processes of traditional row planting to 3- or
as compost, shredded leaves, decay and decomposition, they 4-foot-wide raised beds. Single
animal manures or cover crops. make these nutrients available rows of crops, while they might
Organic matter improves the to plants. For more on this sub- be efficient on farms that use
fertility, the structure and the ject, read Building Healthy Soil. large machines for planting,
cultivating, and harvesting, are
tilth of all kinds of soils. In parMake Efficient Use of Space often not the best way to go in
The location of your garden the backyard vegetable garden.
(the amount of sunlight it re- In a home-sized garden, the
ceives, proximity to a source of fewer rows you have, the fewwater, and protection from frost er paths between rows you will
and wind) is important. Yet just need, and the more square footas crucial for growing vegeta- age you will have available for
bles is making the most of your growing crops.
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more progress for st peters community garden
Removal of old unwanted zink
As the new year openS we have
to give thanks for life, and for us to be
able to wake u and continue this journey…
Though, i must say the journey is a rough
road fighting to continue to build the agricultural awareness amongst the various
communities, i have no plans on giving up,
for this is bigger then me or you, this is
about our children and our country.. So if
it is for that cause, then to me it a cause
worth fighting for…
I want to give thanks to the supporters
this month that made their contribution to
the Community Garden, LEONARD EN-
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Benefits of Community Gardening
Some of the Organic green produced locally by Wyatte and Ras Jah
right in the front yard along the road side...
Community Organizing
• Community gardens increase
a sense of community ownership and stewardship.
• Community gardens foster
the development of a community identity and spirit.
• Community gardens bring
people together from a wide
variety of backgrounds (age,
race, culture, social class).
• Community gardens build
community leaders.
• Community gardens offer
a focal point for community organizing, and can lead to community-based efforts to deal
with other social concerns.
Crime Prevention
• Community gardens provide
opportunities to meet neighbors.
• Community gardens build
block clubs (neighborhood associations).
• Community gardens increase eyes on the street.
• Community gardening is
recognized by the many police
departments as an effective
community crime prevention
strategy.
Cultural Opportunities
• Community gardens offer
unique opportunities for new
immigrants (who tend to be
concentrated in low-income urban communities) to:
• Produce traditional crops
otherwise unavailable locally,
• Take advantage of the experience of elders to produce a
significant amount of food for
the household,
• Provide inter-generational
exposure to cultural traditions,
• Offer a cultural exchange
with other gardeners,
• Learn about block clubs,
neighborhood groups, and other community information.
• Community gardens offer
neighborhoods an access point
to non-English speaking communities.
• Community gardens allow people from diverse backgrounds to work side-by-side
on common goals without
speaking the same language.
Youth
Community
gardens
offer
unique opportunities to teach
youth about:
• Where food comes from
• Practical math skills
• Basic business principles
• The importance of community and stewardship
• Issues of environmental
sustainability
• Job and life skills
And,
• Community gardening is a
healthy, inexpensive activity for
youth that can bring them closer to nature, and allow them to
interact with each other in a socially meaningful and physically
productive way.
Food Production
• Many community gardeners,
especially those from immigrant communities, take advantage of food production in
community gardens to provide
a significant source of food
and/or income.
• Community gardens allow
families and individuals without
land of their own the opportunity to produce food.
• Community gardens provide access to nutritionally rich
foods that may otherwise be
unavailable to low-income families and individuals.
• Urban agriculture is 3-5
times more productive per acre
than traditional large-scale
farming!
• Community gardens donate thousands of pounds of
fresh produce to food pantries
and involve people in processes
that provide food security and
alleviate hunger.
Health
• Studies have shown that
community gardeners and their
children eat healthier diets than
do non-gardening families.
• Eating locally produced
food reduces asthma rates, because children are able to consume manageable amounts of
local pollen and develop immunities.
• Exposure to green space
reduces stress and increases a
sense of wellness and belonging.
• Increasing the consumption of fresh local produce is
one of the best ways to address
childhood lead poisoning.
• The benefits of Horticulture
Therapy can be and are used to
great advantage in community
gardens.
Green Space
• Community gardens add
beauty to the community and
heighten people’s awareness
and appreciation for living
things.
• Community gardens filter rainwater, helping to keep
lakes, rivers, and groundwater
clean.
• Community gardens restore oxygen to the air and
help to reduce air pollution.
• Community gardens recycle huge volumes of tree trimmings, leaves, grass clippings,
and other organic wastes back
into the soil.
• Community gardens provide a place to retreat from the
noise and commotion of urban
environments.
• Community gardens provide much needed green space
in lower-income neighborhoods
which typically have access to
less green space than do other
parts of the community.
• Development and maintenance of garden space is less
expensive than that of parkland.
• Scientific studies show that
crime decreases in neighborhoods as the amount of green
space increases.
• Community gardens have
been shown to actually increase property values in the
immediate vicinity where they
are located.
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65 Health Risks of GM Foods pt 3
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The difference between happiness and health ... or sickness, depression and medical bills.
2.8 Novel RNA may
be harmful to humans and their offspring
1.Small
RNA
sequences can regulate gene expression, most commonly by silencing
genes.
2. RNA is stable, survives digestion and can impact
gene expression in
mammals that ingest it.
3. The impact
can be passed on to
future generations.
4. Genetic modification
introduces new DNA
combinations
and
mutations,
which
increase the likelihood that harmful
regulatory RNA will
be accidentally produced.
2.9
Roundup
Ready
soybeans
produce
unintentional RNA variations
1. A “stop signal” is placed after
the transgene, telling the cell, “STOP
TRANSCRIBING AT
THIS POINT.”
2. The stop is
ignored in GM soy,
resulting in longer
than intended RNA.
3. It is transcribed
from
a
combination of the
transgene, an adjacent
transgene
fragment and a mutated sequence of
DNA.
4. The RNA is
further rearranged
into four variations,
any of which may
be harmful.
5. The faulty
“stop” signal may
have triggered the
rearrangements.
6.
The
same
“stop” signal is used
in other crops, and
might lead to similar “read-throughs”
and RNA process-
ing.
2.10 Changes in
proteins can alter
thousands of natural chemicals in
plants,
increasing
toxins or reducing
phytonutrients
1. Plants produce thousands of
chemicals which, if
ingested, may fight
disease, influence
behavior or be toxic.
2. The genome
changes described
in this section can
alter the composition and concentration of these chemicals.
3. GM soybeans,
for example, produce
less
cancer-fighting isoflavones.
4. Most GM-induced changes in
these natural products go undetected.
2.11 GM crops
have altered levels of nutrients and
toxins
1.
Numerous
studies on GMOs
reveal
unintended changes in nutrients, toxins, allergens and small
molecule products
of metabolism.
2. These demonstrate the risks associated with unintended
changes
that occur due to
genetic
engineering.
3. Safety assessments are not
adequate to guard
against
potential
health risks associated with these
changes.
Section 3: The
protein produced by
the inserted gene
may create problems
3.1 A gene from
a Brazil nut carried
allergies into soybeans
1. A gene from
a Brazil nut was
inserted into soybeans.
2. When tests
verified that people allergic to Brazil nuts would react
to the GM soy, the
project was canceled.
3. This research
verified that genetic engineering can
transfer allergenic
proteins into crops.
3.2 GM proteins
in soy, corn and papaya may be allergens
1. Tests cannot
guarantee that a
GM protein will not
cause allergies.
2. The WHO and
FAO offer criteria
that help minimize
the likelihood that
allergenic GM crops
are approved.
3. GM soybeans,
corn, and papaya
fail those criteria.
4. The GM proteins from these
foods are too similar
to known allergens.
5. This evidence
was ignored by regulators, who approved the crops.
3.3 Bt crops may
create allergies and
illness
1. Soil bacteria
(Bt) create a natural
pesticide that has
been used in spray
form for years.
2. Genes from
the bacteria are
inserted into crop
DNA, so the plant
produces Bt-toxin.
3. Approvals of
Bt crops are based
on the claim that
the spray is harmless and Bt-toxin
does not react with
mammals.
4. In reality, Bt
spray is linked to allergies and illness in
humans and mammals.
5. Bt-toxins also
elicit immune responses in mice.
3.4 The Bt in
crops is more toxic
than the Bt spray
1. The excuse
that the Bt toxin
is safe because Bt
spray is safe is further contradicted by
differences in the
concentration and
form of the protein.
2. Bt sprays are
used intermittently
and degrade in the
environment.
3. The Bt toxin in
crops is thousands
of times more concentrated and is
continuously
produced in every cell.
4. The form of
the Bt toxin protein
in GM crops is also
more toxic.
3.5
StarLink
corn’s built-in pesticide has a “medium
likelihood” of being
an allergen
1. StarLink corn,
considered potentially allergenic by
the US EPA, was
approved as animal
feed but not for human consumption.
2.
The
tiny
amount planted in
the US nonetheless contaminated
the food supply,
prompting massive
food recalls.
3.
Thousands
reported health effects, including life
threatening
episodes they thought
may be related to
StarLink.
4. The FDA was
unable to create
a test to rule out
allergenicity
and
experts say it has
a “medium likelihood” of being an
allergen.
5.A
small
amount still remains in the food
supply.
3.6 Pollen-sterilizing barnase in GM
crops may cause
kidney damage
1.Corn
and
canola are engineered to produce
a pollen-sterilizing
toxin called barnase.
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A Raw Food Diet Can Change Your Life
Nothing compares to the satisfying
crunch of carrots, the sweetness of sugar
peas straight from the vine, or the leafy
green goodness of a forkful of salad.
For many of us, raw fruits and vegetables are largely seasonal pleasures associated with farmer’s markets, CSAs, and
the hot summer months. Come autumn
and winter, we welcome hearty soups and
steaming casseroles. For others, raw food
is a year-round way of life. Endorsed by
the likes of designer Donna Karan, model
Carol Alt, and actors Woody Harrelson and
Demi Moore, “raw foodism” is becoming increasingly popular, and generating mixed
media attention.
Proponents of the raw food diet claim
that consuming a diet consisting of 75 percent or more raw foods greatly enhances
overall well-being and can improve or eliminate a wide range of health complaints.
Critics say the regime is for dietary fanatics and can lead to a host of physiological
imbalances. Seems like, between the two
perspectives, there should be a healthy
medium in there somewhere—we’ve outlined the raw food facts below.
Dining in the Raw
As one might expect, the raw food diet consists primarily of plant foods including fresh
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fruit and vegetables, sprouts, nuts, seeds,
grains, legumes, seaweed, and dried fruit.
Raw foodists believe that heating food
above 116 degrees F. destroys the naturally occurring enzymes that assist in digestion and absorption—and saps vitamin
power to boot. Therefore, cooked foods
are out, as are all processed foods, refined
sugars and flours, caffeine, and acid-forming foods, like meat, fish, poultry, eggs,
and dairy. Raw foods supply the body with
important vitamins and minerals, which
would otherwise be mostly depleted when
cooking, says Stella Metsovas, a certified
nutritionist in Laguna Beach. “[They] contain beneficial living enzymes that help to
digest foods naturally without pulling from
your physiological reserves.” According to
Metsovas, live foods also contain beneficial
fibers that can help regulate blood sugar.
To make their meals more digestible
and palatable, raw foodists employ preparation techniques including sprouting, juicing, soaking, blending, and dehydrating.
In general, raw diners aim for a diet of at
least 75 percent raw foods; hardcore enthusiasts shoot for 100 percent raw.
The Raw Food Diet Benefits
Many people who’ve gone raw rave about
the raw food diet’s numerous health benefits, especially noticeable in the first few
months or years.
“I saw weight loss, improvement in my
menstrual cycle, better digestion and elimination, thicker and shinier hair, much better skin, and better emotional and mental health,” says Lenka Zajic, currently of
San Diego (see Lenka Zajic survey of raw
foodists). “I made the most fun, yummy
things and totally indulged, and I still lost
25 pounds, had the energy of a 12-yearold, and was extremely happy.” The raw
food diet has many apparent health boons.
Because it is low in sodium and high in
potassium, magnesium, fiber, and phytochemicals, it can help dieters to easily
shed pounds and can also help fend off
diseases like diabetes and cancer, particularly colon cancer.
“The raw diet is extremely cleansing,”
says Jeanette Bronee, a Holistic Health
Counselor and Nourishment Consultant
from New York state. “That’s why it feels so
good.” “In particular,” says Bronee, “eating
raw foods can help cleanse the system of
toxins that can accumulate in the digestive tract due to eating too many starches,
flour-based foods, meats, and dairy.”
Studies show that the raw food diet,
having little or no saturated fat and trans
fats, can also be extremely heart healthy.
A 2005 Journal of Nutrition study found
that a long-term raw food diet can lower
and balance serum LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, thus reducing the risk of heart
disease.
The Drawbacks of a Raw Food Diet
In spite of its many seeming benefits, a
raw food diet may not be a wise choice for
some. “The problem with raw food,” says
Bronee, “is that we can’t necessarily absorb it. Sometimes, to be able to absorb
food, we need to cook it, and that varies
from person to person really.”
According to Bronee, people with weak
digestive systems, “which, by the way, is
most people out there, people who eat excessive amounts of sugar and highly processed foods,” may simply not possess the
digestive enzymes required to break down
the nutrients in raw foods.
Genetics and culture can play an important role as well. “If you have lived your life
thus far on traditional [cooked] Indian cuisine,” says Metsovas, “your physiology has
a blueprint to metabolize foods in a certain
way.” Both Metsovas and Bronee agree that
a person’s digestive enzymes can slowly
be ‘trained’ to tolerate raw foods, but both
advise a cautious approach. “Transitioning
to a raw food lifestyle should be treated as
a process and not as an instant switch,”
says Metsovas. “Beware of the detoxifying properties a live food diet is capable
of producing.” Headaches, nausea, lightheadedness, and extreme cravings are all
symptomatic of rapid detoxification and a
good cue to take it slow.
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La Rich Interview
2015 Will be a most challenging year, but for those that
set their goals ,be consistent
and work hard towards making
their dreams come true, it will
be a year worth the challenges
and achievements.
One person we can say that
stands out amongst the various
communities today and definitely reflect passion, ambition
and hard work Is Local aspiring
Artist and Entrepreneur Mr Lucinda Audain better know as La
Rich. Cultural Xpression News
Letter got a chance to interview
Ms La Rich in the cozy setting
of the The Philipsburg Cultural Center… Surrounded by kids
that share a true passion for
their arts, it was hard to stay
focus on the interview as the
the kids rehearsed , moment
by moment they stole your
attention away by the expressions made by them through
their art….
Lucinda Audain born and
raised on the beautiful island of
St Maarten grew up in the town
area of the dutch side of that
island, which we call philipsburg. ‘’Proud gyal from town ‘’
she couldn’t help but to mention that she was born at St
Rose hospital an Arcade area
where most of us today that
are under 25 have minimum or
no knowledge about….
Born of proud parents Mr
Anthony Audain and Ms Sherly Richardson, Lucinda started sharing a passion for art at
the tender age of 6. It didn’t
stop there , as art was not the
only passion she shared, La
Rich always had a mind set for
business even at a young age,
from young she started exploring her entrepreneur skills, by
selling chocolate, stickers or
bracelets ect.. ‘’ I always had
a a little side hustle ‘’ she explained.. As she grew older her
love for arts and business also
grew , she went to complete
her studies in business management, but never but her
love for the art on the side..
She made transition from being a civil servant in government, where she worked as a
facility manager to dedicating
more of her concentration to
the arts… At that moment she
started to work as a designer
for an art decoration company
for 2 year…. After gaining that
experience she decided to take
a grand step towards opening
her own business which focuses on Creative arts, Culture
and innovative concepts …
After putting a few years of
experience under her belt with
a Local Art Event Decor company where she did marketing
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, creative concepts, graphics
and event decor for cooperate
companies, she is now confident that she was heading in
the right direction. as and individual in the local community
pushing her own business..
Funtopia
formally
know
as Body Arts By La Rich, is a
concept that is now leaving
its brand mark amongst various community and organization… Inspired by the first
concept Body Arts By La Rich
which focused on body art and
face paintings for events, children parties, fashion show and
carnival, Funtopia is a transition into a much more fun and
cultural experience for kids
and families by now including,
clowns, stilt walkers and living
statues to their menu…
The Funtopia concept has
been growing strong ever since
2012. One of our strengths
Lucinda explained is that she
never limits anyone on bringing an idea to the table ’’as artists , they all have something
to offer’’.
‘’ There is a young man that
i have had with me since he
was a 13, now he is grown up
, finished with high school and
works for me full time, if they
believe in their art the sky is
the limit, you never let and one
discourage you from your passion or goals’’ she explained.
The focus became stronger
for Lucinda after completing
studies and trying to ficus on
a direction… After taking a trip
in 2010 to a body arts convention in Miami , she took it upon
her she to grasp as much as
she can pertain to the arts and
business and brought it back to
St Maarten..
Taking advantage of the
different dimension within the
arts and entertainment field,
the Funtopia concept began
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la rich interview...
to grow. ‘’It took
us many years and
transformations
to build the brand
to the point where
we can say and be
proud to be an N.V.
Lucinda’s ambition continues to be
inspired and motivated by want to
lead the youths in a
positive manner… ‘’
I get all my motivation and inspiration
from the youths’’
Lucinda expressed,
Kids think limitless,
different
to
older heads, that may
see things only one
way, give the youths
a concept and they
run with it, always
thinking outside the
box and that is one
of her biggest motivation…
La
Rich
now
spends most of her
time working with
the youths on developing new concepts with in the
arts and entertainment field… ‘’I teach
them as much as i
can’’ lucinda added
, we also take workshops on discipline,
self motivation and
responsibilities, because i know what
it will take to get
there.. ‘’I Iive as a
testament to keep
them motivated that
they also can make
a living off of their
arts if they remain
consistent and dedicated’’ she added.
Another one of
her biggest inspirations come from local artist Ruby Bute
and Ms Clara Rayes,
both locally know for
their renowned work
amount the various
communities,
Ms Bute has always
encouraged me to
never give up on my
Arts and that one
day once i continue
to believe in my self,
i will achieve my
goals. La Rich continues to be inspired
by every local artist that is working
hard in which ever field they are
in.. In 2015 La Rich plans to sharpen up all her previous services, she
would also like to take a groups if
kids if all goes well , to a creative
arts convention over seas in Florida so that they may also have a
chance to be inspired by a different
environment… She also has plans
to expand on a new creative concept called Dream Chasers which
she didn’t mentioned to much
From page 10
about , but just for us to know that
as usual is all about the youths..
In the 2015 Funtopia will be expanding on its services, with new
T Shirt concepts ect, They will be
out and about throughout the various communities , raising funds
through various family fund filled
events to be able to obtain enough
revenue to take the kids on the
trips schedule for the upcoming
months…
La Rich said in her conclusion
to cultural Xpression that ‘’ 2015 is
a year for people to Discover Funtopia, they heard about us, they
know us, but now it’s time of them
to discover us’’..
For more information on how
you can Discover Funtopia Visit
FaceBook: La Rich TheArtist OR
Funtopiasxm
Cultural xpression Looks forward on bringing you more great
interviews from Great Local Artist
in the months to come…
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Benefits of Ecotourism
There are many different
benefits that can be derived
from ecotourism if it is used
as a tool by local communities
rather than large outside interests. However, the results are a
direct reflection of the motivation behind the project. Since
these motivations are often
mixed it follows that the results
are often mixed too.
The following article was
originally published by USAID, an organization that helps
fund various ecotourism projects in many non industrialized
nations. USAID has it’s own
unique problems and challenges but it’s an interesting article
nonetheless.
Win Win Approaches: Ecotourism and Biodiversity
Conservation
Whether called nature tourism
or ecotourism, recreational and
educational travel based on
natural attractions is a promising means of advancing social,
economic, and environmental
objectives in developing countries. It offers countries new
opportunities for small-enterprise investment and employment and increases the national stake in protecting their
biological resources. However,
making ecotourism a positive
economic and environmental
tool requires policies that foster responsible nature tourism
development, broad-based and
active local participation in its
benefits, and conservation of
developing countries’ biological
heritage.
The Problem
Forest and marine habitats are
being destroyed and some of
the wildlife they contain is being driven to extinction under
the pressures of hunting, logging, agriculture, and fishing.
Where areas have been officially reserved for nature conservation, many developing coun-
try governments lack sufficient
funds to manage and protect
them. These areas are being
destroyed because they are not
fully valued for their role as nature’s genetic reservoirs of the
world’s biological resources.
The Win Win Solution
A recent USAID evaluation has
identified ecotourism as an enterprise with potential positive
contributions to the conservation of endangered biological
resources. Contributions of ecotourism include raising local
awareness about the value of
biological resources, increasing
local participation in the benefits of biodiversity conservation
(through new sources of jobs
and incomes), and generating
revenues toward conservation
of biologically rich areas.
Wildlife and its habitats in
developing countries are becoming increasingly popular
attractions
for
international tourism. Many of the richest areas, biologically, are in
the developing world. Growing numbers of ecotourists
are flocking to the mountains
of Nepal and Madagascar, the
tropical forests of Costa Rica
and Thailand, and the beaches
of Belize and Sri Lanka. Nature
tourists bring with them money
to spend, money that creates
jobs and incomes for households and communities in and
around national parks and other protected areas. Ecotourism
enterprises, tour agencies and
guide services, lodges and private reserves as well as such
satellite activities as crafts industries and transportation
and food services, also generate revenues and foreign exchange. Governments can use
this income in operating and
protecting natural habitats.
By recognizing the importance of protecting biological
diversity, ecotourism is raising
appreciation for biological re-
sources and leading to better
conservation practices by developing country populations.
It must of course be properly
regulated and managed to protect against adverse environmental and cultural effects that
can come with overbuilding of
tourist facilities and influx of
populations around fragile ecosystems. Assuming such oversight, nature tourism can benefit both the environment and
economic development.
The Role of USAID
USAID supports nature-based
tourism activities as part of
its biodiversity conservation
programs in more than a dozen countries worldwide. The
Agency’s ecotourism activities
include support for developing national park systems, demarcating and equipping new
national parks, recruiting and
training park staff, and encouraging government reforms that
promote regulated investments
in private lodging, guide service, and other tourism ventures.
The Agency’s involvement
is recent, beginning in the
mid-1980s, and the effect of
these activities is only starting
to emerge. USAID biodiversity
conservation programs have
demonstrated that potential local resistance to setting aside
forest and fishing areas for
conservation can often be softened by employment and income-producing opportunities
ecotourism can generate.
In Costa Rica, Jamaica, and
Sri Lanka, USAID support led
to the creation of entirely new
wildlife parks that have begun to
spawn tourism facilities around
them. Tourist demand for food,
lodging, souvenirs, educational
materials, and guide and transportation services stimulates
local investment, employment,
and incomes. Costa Rica has
introduced revenue retention
arrangements to keep earnings
from entrance fees for park operations; it awards contracts to
local communities to operate
food and souvenir concessions
as a means of building local involvement in and commitment
to park conservation. Costa
Rica has also included a variable park entrance fee structure (charging higher fees to
international tourists than to
local visitors) to increase revenues.
In Nepal, Madagascar, and
Thailand, USAID has supported integrated conservation
and development activities to
promote new livelihoods including nature tourism based
employment as alternatives
to encroaching into protected national parks for hunting,
logging, and farming. Engagement of local people in planning and conducting ecotourism activities has generated a
new group of stakeholders with
a vested interest in protecting
parks. The new nature jobs depend on it.
MORE ON THIS TOPIC
IN FEB 2015 EDITION
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Save a Struggling Business: 8 Tips
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people-related issue. Not financing, not capital: Employees, management, or owners.
Somewhere along the way something broke and now there’s
a disconnect between the owner’s concept and what people did
with that concept. The problem may be entitlement, complacency, laziness, or ego.
Eventually, between the reality of the marketplace and the
company’s ability to act within that reality, something fractured
until it was too late. Always start with people, because it’s always
about people.
Nearly every aspiring entrepreneur dreams about starting a
company from scratch. Few dream of turning around a struggling
business.
Like a friend of mine. He’s wanted to own a business for years.
I don’t blame him. He’s a brilliant operations guy. But there’s a
problem. “I don’t know what kind of business to start,” he invariably says.
That’s why he’s decided to buy a once thriving, now struggling
business. Compared to a start-up the advantages are obvious:
An established infrastructure, a certain level of market awareness, and at least some cash flow.
Plus the one thing every start-up envies: Existing customers.
Still, turning around a struggling business is far from easy. I
asked Niels Juul, a partner at the brand recovery firm Nofatego,
how he typically approaches a turnaround.
Juul and his firm just finished a three-year turnaround and restructuring of Cecchi Gori Pictures, the film production company
behind Oscar-winning movies like Life is Beautiful and Il Postino.
(Named as temporary CEO, Juul was brought in to recover lost
assets and restructure operations after years of mismanagement
and fraud.)
Here’s what Juul says about how to turn around a struggling
business:
Think like a firefighter.
We feel often like firefighters; when we kick in the door we don’t
know what’s going on inside.
Usually the flames are bigger than we were told, and we walk
in and don’t know if the house will collapse before we put out the
fire. That’s because we’re often called when it’s almost too late.
You may get the opportunity to buy a struggling company
when it’s almost too late, too.
Why? Raising the white flag is tough. Most people don’t want
to admit they need help—much less that they’re failing.
Everyone holds out hope, even to the end, so always assume
the business is in worse shape than you were led to believe.
Ignore the business plan.
A business plan is often little better than a fantasy. On the other
hand, a struggling company involves realities you can touch and
feel.
Maybe they had a plan and didn’t follow it. Or maybe the plan
is totally unrealistic. I worked with a company that had burned
through $8 million and had 600k in sales to show for it. They
were operating under a business plan and a flawed model that
would never ever fly.
Often people go into businesses they don’t understand. Only
spend time reviewing the business plan if that will help you identify why the business is struggling.
Instead put all your attention on reality: Revenues, expenses,
operations, cash flow...
Focus on people.
If a once-successful business is struggling, it’s almost always a
Then assess the brand.
That disconnect always manifests itself in one or two places: on
the front end with the brand and sales, or on the back end in
sourcing and operations.
Maybe the brand has lost its core attraction or equity. Or maybe distribution can’t support the brand.
Either way, when did that disconnect occur, and what was the
reason? If it’s a brand problem, when did the company stop looking at new avenues for sales? Have they ignored international
expansion?
Lots of American companies underestimate the enormous potential overseas. We’ve done great things with American brands
in Japan, China, Europe, etc, and in every case the owners underestimated or even ignored the opportunity.
If a brand—or a business—once had value in the eyes of customers, it can recover that value, and that value can be extended,
whether regionally, nationally, or internationally.
Then assess operations.
The main problem may lie with the brand, but ultimately the issue
will be a question of operations, because if the wheels are not
working the business is still a lost cause.
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6 tips for daily fitness...
From page 16
1. Give yourself at least 20 minutes
per day for fitness and exercise. Although the time you spend on fitness and
exercise may vary depending on the activities you perform, at least 20 minutes of
vigorous exercise (such as running, swimming, or basketball) is required for an optimal workout.
2. Set fitness goals. In most cases,
goals will force you to establish a routine
in order to meet those goals. For example,
if your goal is to lose a certain amount of
weight within a specific timeframe, you will
more than likely have to exercise consistently on a daily basis to meet your weight
goal.
Consult with a certified fitness trainer
or expert to help you set realistic fitness
goals if you are unsure of the timeframe in
which you can achieve your goals.
3. Choose a fitness activity you enjoy. You will be more likely to establish and
adhere to a daily routine if you genuinely
enjoy the activity you are performing. For
example, if you enjoy playing a specific
sport, join a team or league for that sport
Choose a sport or fitness you enjoy.
in your neighborhood or at a gym.
4. Perform short, less intense exercises in the beginning. If your routine
is too strenuous or intense up front, you
may dread exercising; however, if you feel
comfortable and satisfied with your initial
exercise routine, it may increase the likelihood of fitness becoming a permanent
daily routine.
Walk up and down flights of stairs instead of taking elevators or escalators, and
park your automobile in the farthest spot
away from your destination to increase
your daily activity in the beginning.
Work your way slowly up to your ex-
No ragatta party in marigot ....From page 16
seriour fun with Heineken Rgatta
Korteweg said the Collectivité’s budget
had been approved in December 2014 but
she had been told the Collectivité could
not help. “What with everything that happened with budget costs last year there’s
no way we can put in any extra money to
finance the party on the French side. They
did put us in the budget, but only for a
certain amount and not the amount we
requested to hold the party. And the late
feedback didn’t help as we prepared as if
we weren’t going. They did say what they
could manage, but our plans were already
made,” she said.
She said the Tourism Office had offered
30,000 euros, but the request had been
for a little more than double that amount.
“It’s sad that we had to make that decision to cancel, but if we had done it and
taken the risk without being able to afford
it then you don’t have an event anymore.
We have to make all sorts of adjustments
to the event in order to remain the biggest and best and not blow up financially. We took a big hit in the budget on the
Dutch side two months before the event
last year, which was very dangerous and
we just survived. It’s not getting any easier. We have to cut out all financial risks
and this was one of them,” she said.
She said the cancellation in no way
would detract from the overall high quality
of the regatta. While small businesses accustomed to having stands at the Marigot
party will be disappointed, she said they
could approach the organisers for the possibility of renting booths on the Dutch side
during the regatta. – The Daily Herald
ercise goals. For example, if you want to
make running part of your daily fitness
routine, start out by walking at a brisk
pace until your body feels comfortable and
ready for jogging or running.
5. Prepare your fitness equipment
in advance. This will allow you to attend
your workout without taking the extra time
to prepare or pack your equipment, which
can be helpful if your daily schedule is extremely busy.
Pack your gym bag for the following day
on a nightly basis, or keep your fitness
equipment in your car or in a locker at the
gym.
6. Take breaks as needed. If you exercise on a daily basis even on days when
you are especially tired or sore, you may
become resentful of your fitness routine
and lose the motivation to work out.
Allow your body to rest and recover 1 or
2 days per week. If you feel guilty about
missing a workout, or want to maintain a
routine even when you are tired, perform a
milder activity such as housework or strolling around your neighborhood.
Thunderz move into first....
From page 16
their record to 10-1. Second is Cash 4 Gold Lava
Girls at 8-2. MGM Lightning is third at 6-4 and followed by Learning Unlimited at 1-9 and Bush Tea
Remedy 1-10. Chantel Hodge was named Motorworld Player of the Game as she led Thunderz to
a 52-25 victory over Bush Tea Remedy. Hodge
had 21 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and
three steals. Salammbo Guibert - Soutade was
good for 14 points, seven rebounds, eight assists and six steals. Sunday Joyette Lloyd had
13 points, 15 rebounds and four steals as she
led Thunders to a 40-35 win over MGM Lightning
and earned the Motorworld Player of the Game
title. MGM took the early lead and was up 30-25
at the end of the third quarter. Lightning was led
by Jamaiah Newton-Herbert with 17 Points, 11
rebounds, two blocks and four steals. Team mate
Micaela Galva added six points, three rebounds
and seven steals. In the early game Last week
Sunday, Cash 4 Gold Lava Girls crushed Learning
Unlimited 62-29. Three Lava Girls netted more
the 15 points. Wendy Jack was named Motorworld Player of the Game with 17 points, 11 rebounds, nine assists and seven steals. She was
assisted by Diasha Ferdinand with 18 points and
five steals and Selah Fleming with 19 points and
seven rebounds.
Jakisha Brooks had 14 points and 20 rebounds for Unlimited. Team mate Fabiana Richardson was good for 11 points and three assists.
Games continue last Saturday with Bush Tea
Remedy taking on MGM Lightning at 6:00pm and
on Sunday MGM Lightning tip off against Learning Unlimited at 3;00pm followed at 5;00pm by
the two top teams Cash 4 Gold Lava Girls versus
Thunderz .
Highlights and full games can be seen on the
YouTube page www.youtube.com/walichibasketball.
Little League School
Tournament
Runners are on the move as Leonard
Connor blasted past Sister Borgia in the
St. Maarten Little League School Tournament at the Stadium on Pond Island ealier
thiis week .
Leonard Connor won 15-5. Hector Hassell was the winning pitcher. Action continued later that afternoon as Methodist Agogic Center went up against Ruby
Labega. The Daily Herald
Little Leaguers have fun on the field - Photo
The Daily Herald
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Thunderz move into first place in the Ladies Basketball Championship
SUCKER GARDEN--Thunderz won both
Last week Saturday
and Sunday’s games to
move into first place in
the Walichi Basketball
Association’s
Ladies
Basketball
Championship which is sponsored by Motorworld &
Jeep.
Playing at the Melford Hazel Sport and
Recreation
Center
Thunderz bested Bush
Tea Remedy Saturday
and MGM Lightning
Sunday to improve
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6 tips on how to How to Make Fitness a Daily Routine
no party this year in
marigot for regatta 2015
MARIGOT– Heineken Regatta Director
Michele Korteweg confirmed Wednesday
that there will not be a regatta party in
Marigot this year, partly because the Collectivité is not able to meet the regatta
budget increase required to hold the event
and partly for logistical reasons. The traditional Saturday night party will instead be
held on Kim Sha Beach.
However, she stressed that the door
was not closed to the French side, as the
regatta intends to look at different ways to
include and promote the French side.
“Logistically it’s a lot easier to be located in one central location, so all starts and
finishes will be in Simpson Bay,” she explained. “We got feedback also that moving boats around was not very easy, and
if you don’t then you have to rely on taxis
and accommodation for the crew, which
was difficult, so that was something else
we listened to.
“Secondly, for several years now we
have handed in proposals to the Collectivité explaining that the costs are significantly higher than the amount they sponsor.
The Collectivité paid in the past, but now it
has been taken over by the St. Martin Tourism Office since 2011. We’ve explained we
can’t continue in this fashion unless they
increase their budget because we end up
partly financing the party in Marigot.”
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Adding fitness
and exercise into
your daily routine
is an ideal way to
benefit your health,
especially after you
have made fitness
a consistent habit.
When your life is
busy enough as it
is, and you already
have a daily routine
in place, the act of
adding fitness into
your life may seem
complex.
However, with the proper
goals and mindset,
you can take steps
to make fitness a
daily routine. Continue reading this
article
to
learn
about the many
ways you can add
exercise into your
life and stay consis-
tent with your fitness.
1. Designate a
specific time for
fitness. You can
adhere to a routine
if you set aside specific daily times for
exercise.
Without
a scheduled timeframe, you may be
more likely to stray
from your daily fitness commitment.
Choose a time
that
compliments
your daily schedule.
For example, if you
join a gym located
near your place of
work, you can exercise early in the
morning before you
go to work, or in the
afternoons or evenings following your
work shift.
continued on
page 15
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