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Bengaluru gets first GI products store
Team Udayavani, May 11, 2018, 6:20 PM IST
Bengaluru: The country has got a first-of-its-kind store in Bengaluru where Geographical Indication (GI) products are sold. The store is located in HSR Layout and has been established by a group of GI product enthusiasts under the banner of Geographical Indications Tagged World Premium Products Limited (GITWPL).
The GI tag is given to products that possess certain unique features that are reflective of a specific geographical location and its heritage. This tag is used for agricultural, natural and manufactured goods. There are 10,000 products with the GI tag all over the world, out of which 350 are from India and 36 from Karnataka.
Some of these products are Mysore silk, Mysore agarbatti, Bidriware, Channapatna toys, Byadagi chilli, Nanjangud bananas and Devanahalli pomelo. The store will especially deal with the sale and retail of these products. S.J. Tejas who is the owner of the store says that such a store showcases the culture of the country. The store also houses the famous Villainur Terracotta works in the form of statues of horses and elephants.
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Nigeria, like many other African countries, is fast recognizing the advantages of a green economy that generates growth and improvements in people's lives while reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. There are several policy documents, and initiatives indicate a willingness to pursue their development goals in ways that leverage the opportunities for green economy transition.
Nigeria's long-term development blueprint, Vision 2020, intends that by 2020, the country will have a strong, diversified, sustainable and competitive economy that effectively harnesses the talents and energies of its people and responsibly exploits its natural endowments to guarantee a high standard of living and quality of life to its citizens. Following the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Nigeria has submitted a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) which commits the country to 45% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The policies and measures aimed at delivering this reduction include improving energy efficiency, forest conservation, rural electrification, and putting an end to gas flaring. There is also an ambitious commitment to achieve 35,500 MW of energy by 2030 from renewable energy sources.
However, despite all these laudable goals, huge gaps exist in the form of the capacity and skills needed to realise these stated ambitions and commitments. Indeed many scholars and practitioners have identified lack of or limited capacity as one of the critical barriers hindering the transition to green growth in Africa.
As a measure to kick-start a more systematic identification of existing and additional capacities to achieve Nigeria's green growth aspirations, the University of Reading, UK under the Global Challenges Research Fund, sponsored a highly interactive consultative workshop titled "Capacity Gap Assessment for Green Economy Transition in Africa: Case Study of Nigeria." The project leader was Chukwumerije Okereke, Professor of Environment and Development at the Department of Geography and Environmental Science and Associate Director of Reading University Centre on Climate and Justice. The workshop which held at Federal Capacity Territory in Abuja Sandralia Hotel in Abuja and drew a total of 53 technical officers from public and private sectors, and civil societies. Representatives from the donor community such as the European Union and GIZ were also in attendance. The Nigerian workshop was the second of this kind of workshop, the first having been held in Nairobi Kenya on March 12, 2018.
The workshop in Nigeria created an avenue for a structured reflection and group discussion over the historical and current green growth policy making and low carbon projects implementation with a focus on human and technical capacity. The focus was on six sectors including Agriculture, Transport, Forestry, Energy, Industry, and Sustainable Cities.
At the workshop, participants agreed that Nigeria's economy development pathways were undergoing rapid modifications in line with the global commitment to low carbon development. It was however also noted that Nigeria's ability to maximally benefit from the opportunities offered by green growth is being constrained by limited by capacity gaps at institutional, organisational and individual levels. Some of the critical gaps identified during the workshop relate to policy formulation, stakeholder engagement, emission accounting, financial management, mainstreaming, mini-grid design, energy auditing, impact assessment, solar PVC installation, and monitoring and evaluation.
Some of the key barriers identified include weak legal and policy frameworks, institutional fragmentation, lack of policy continuity, and low private sector participation.
Participants stressed the need for a much more comprehensive green capacity auditing followed with clear targets, an ambitious programme with adequate incentives to close the gaps. The need for stronger partnership between academia, the government and private sectors in the pursuit of green innovation was also stressed. As green skills deployed to undertake green jobs is a critical plank in the green growth transition, it was emphasised that Nigeria should aim to create "an army" of green workers proficient in the wide-ranging set of skills needed to enable the country meet its target of attaining a sustainable economic vision.
Researchers from the University of Reading in the UK held a fruitful and stimulating workshop on "capacity needs assessment for green economy transition in Africa" at Nairobi Kenya on March 12, 2018.
The workshop which held in the Hilton hotel was attended by academics from the University of Nairobi and technical officers from public and private sectors, as well as civil societies organizations that are involved in planning and implementing green growth initiatives in Kenya. The workshop was funded by the University of Reading UK under the Global Research Strategic Fund. The Project is led by Professor Chukwumerije Okereke who is from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science and Associate Director of Reading University Center for Climate and Justice with contributions from Scientists from Oxford Brookes University and African Technology Policy Studies in Nairobi.
The workshop featured presentations, survey questionnaire completion, focus groups and structured reflection over green growth policymaking and implementation in Kenya with a focus on human and technical capacity.
The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and African Agenda 2063 in 2015 by African Governments had come against a backdrop of rising economy in many African countries. However, despite notable gains in recent years, economic growth has not translated into reduction in poverty and inequality. At the same time, it is widely recognized that the current reliance on finite natural resource extraction to power African economic development is unsustainable in the long run. Moreover, Africa's economic development is being hampered by climate change with its negative impact on food production and extra cost imposed on infrastructural development. Hence business-as-usual models of growth is no longer a viable option for Africa in the face of growing environmental scarcities, economic uncertainty, and widespread poverty.
Green growth is a recent global phenomenon and much-lauded pathway for achieving economic transformation, climate resilience, and inclusive, sustainable development. Green growth is a relatively new approach for policymakers and businesses in Africa. While there are a few notable promising steps, African countries are mostly yet to understand and exploit the various opportunities for developing the green economy across the scale from national, through the regional level. Scholars and policymakers alike have regularly asserted that lack of or limited capacity is a significant barrier hindering the transition to green growth in Kenya and Africa more broadly. However, there is insufficient understanding of the range of skills (both indigenous and external) that is needed to achieve green economy transition in Africa.
For example, Kenya's long-term development blueprint, Vision 2030, seeks to transform the country into an industrializing, middle-income country that offers a high quality of life to all people in a clean and secure environment by 2030. Kenya aims to increase annual GDP growth rates to 10% and to maintain that average till 2030. Key programs include the massive development of solar, geothermal energy, increased mechanization of agriculture, green industrialization and innovation, and better monitoring of forests to enhance biological conversation and diversity. However, like most other African countries there is limited capacity to transform this grand visions into reality.
A principal rationale for the workshop is that a critical condition for improving capacity is to generate a clear and robust framework that can help policymakers and other stakeholders to assess their capacity needs systematically. In the workshop, the participants were presented with an analytical framework for green growth transition which is being developed by Professor Okereke and his research team. The analytical framework which is adapted from the UNDP's generic model identifies five functional capacity areas needed for green growth transitioning in Africa and more broadly. These include strategy and policy formulation, project design and implementation, stakeholder engagement, financial management, and monitoring and evaluation.
Participants were invited to rank the capacity strengths and needs of their sectors based on the above five functional capacity areas. Their rankings were subsequently discussed alongside in-depth deliberation on what can be done to accelerate capacity building and mobilization for green transitioning in Africa.
A similar workshop is planned in Abuja Nigeria on March 26 after which the results will be collated and published in a short report. It is hoped that the project will result in the development of a green capacity template that will improve national green capacity auditing and assessment in sub-Saharan Africa.


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A respected musician
Robert Berry, known in the music industry
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If you are a fan of pop music, odds are good that you have listened to Robert Berry, even if his name isn't as well known as many of the people he has performed with.
His diverse body of work spans more than 40 years, playing alongside iconic progressive rock musicians like Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer in 3. The prog pop trio, which released one album in 1988 before disbanding, has experienced an unexpected resurgence during the past several years, rebranding as 3.2. Berry is also a music producer, a solo musician, and has played in bands including The Tubes, Ambrosia, Alliance and The December People.
He plays bass alongside Greg Kihn, whose 1980s hits include "The Break-Up Song" and "Jeopardy." Berry is equally comfortable with everything from mariachi music to complex progressive rock. After coming to prominence in the West Coast band Hush in the 1970s, he briefly replaced ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett as a member of GTR, the 1980s supergroup formed by Hackett and Yes guitarist Steve Howe. He is currently producing an album for Los Tigres del Norte, who have been dubbed "The Mexican Beatles."
"Music is just music if it's done right," Berry reflected. "I've strived for that 'done right' part by working with so many people and understanding their different styles."
Berry was born and raised in California's Silicon Valley, and began performing live when he was only 12 years old, learning the ropes of the music industry from the grizzled 18-year-olds he played alongside. Even then, he believed in surrounding himself with successful people. As a young man, he studied piano and trumpet, then taught himself guitar and drums. A music major at San Jose State University, he learned to play violin, cello and tuba.
"I had a backup plan to be a music teacher," he said. "But I'm the worst teacher on earth because I want to get right to playing 'Stairway to Heaven.'"
Based in Campbell, California, a suburb of San Jose, he owns a recording studio, where he can be found five days a week, unless he's on the road.
"I'm as busy as I want to be," he reflected. "And I keep really busy."
Every Thursday, Kihn drives more than an hour to collaborate with Berry for writing sessions. The pair have worked together for nearly 15 years. Kihn expects to release a new album next year, with Berry influencing the finished product. Berry is also recording a solo album for Roger Steen from the Tubes, mixing sounds on a Neve console that was built in 1974. (Music fans will recognize the name — a bigger Neve was the subject of Dave Grohl's documentary Sound City.) Near Berry's home base are the headquarters for technology companies like Apple, Google, eBay, and Netflix.
"I have a building with three studios in it," he said. "My studio has the best of everything, and I rent out the other two. I have the latest Pro Tools. I have 100 guitars, 30 or 40 keyboards, and three drum sets. Because I play music with a lot of people, I need a variety of sounds."
The first 3
Progressive rock fans remember the band 3 as Keith Emerson's project between 1986's Emerson, Lake & Powell and the reunion of Emerson, Lake & Palmer in 1992. 3 featured Emerson on keyboards, Carl Palmer on drums, and Robert Berry singing and playing bass. Berry wrote or co-wrote five of the eight songs on the initial album, To the Power of Three, including the top-ten hit "Talkin' Bout." Despite radio airplay and a successful tour, the band only released one album before breaking up, becoming a footnote in progressive rock history.
"Emerson, Lake & Palmer stopped working in 1979-80," explained Bruce Pilato, a former journalist and Palmer's longtime manager. Based in Rochester, N.Y., Pilato has worked inside the music industry for decades.
"ELP never really broke up," Pilato said. "Carl went off and did Asia, and they had a huge album, with three platinum albums in a row, so that was rocking. By 1986, ELP hadn't been together and decided to re-form. Carl was still contractually signed to Asia to do another album. He told the other guys, 'If you can wait eight months, I can do it.' They didn't want to wait, so they went out with Cozy Powell. They did one album, which was great, but the tour was a financial disaster."
Two years later, Pilato said, Emerson wanted to play again, but Lake wasn't interested.
"Keith called Carl and said, 'Do you want to come out with me? We'll find somebody else and we won't call it ELP.' They found Robert Berry and called it 3. They got some attention with a single and an MTV video. They also did a really cool version of 'Eight Miles High,' which was a song the Byrds had done. I was still working as a journalist then, so I interviewed them. They did one album and one tour, and along the way did a couple of radio broadcasts — one for a show in New York and another in Boston. Then the band broke up. It was kind of a one-off thing."
One reason for the breakup was because Emerson received unexpected criticism, according to Berry.
"Back in 1988, there was no Internet or widespread email," Berry explained. "You couldn't communicate like we do today. Two guys sent letters to the management company. One said Keith was ruining his reputation by playing these (shorter) songs, instead of long ELP songs. Well, Yes was doing it, Genesis was doing it. Everyone had done it. Keith had never done it before, so he was criticized. Carl never got criticized because he had done that with Asia."
The other letter writer objected to scantily-clad background singers, who toured with the band and were featured in the video for "Talkin' Bout."
"I don't know a guy in the progressive rock world who loved ELP, who would care if there was a girl onstage. But it bothered Keith so much that he broke up the band. That's how fragile he was with criticism. He strived to be the best, and he was. But he always had that little bit of self-doubt."
Emerson committed suicide in March 2016 at age 71. Reports linked Emerson's death to a fear of playing piano during an upcoming concert slate, because he had suffered from nerve damage and carpal tunnel. But Berry believed there were myriad reasons beyond that. He was devastated by his friend's death on a personal level. Professionally, too. They had been planning a comeback together.
Origins of 3.2
In 2015, RockBeat Records discovered the 1988 recording of 3 performing live in Boston, and sought permission to release the show as an album.
"I was approached by RockBeat about releasing that radio broadcast," Pilato recalled. "I got ahold of the three guys. Keith was still alive. I said 'I can put a record deal together. They're going to clean them up and they'll sound good. Do you want to put them out?'"
Palmer was on board, and Emerson signed a contract as well, considering it as money in the bank, according to Berry. When management contacted Berry, he recalled jumping up and down, sensing an opportunity for listeners to rediscover the band.
"I wanted people to see how good we were," Berry said. Understanding Emerson's complex memories about the original band, Berry had never brought up the idea of a follow-up album, but admitted, "My dream was to do a second 3 album 27 years later."
Cynics might suggest that progressive rock's heyday peaked in the 1970s. But in Western New York and much of the Northeast, the genre remains popular, despite an aging audience.
"Yes was a band that I loved early on," said Bob Schanbacher, of Angola, N.Y., who plays a guitar with a group that frequently experiences name changes. Most recently, they were known as Picking for You, focusing on classic rock with a folk streak.
"I remember when I first heard Rush, and my brother was a big fan of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, so I listened to a lot of those albums," Schanbacher said.
Now 58, Schanbacher remembers 3's first album, and has encountered Berry's name over the years.
"He's recognized as a project musician who travels in different circles," he said. "Berry's name pops up in a prog band, then he's doing Christmas music. He's not a one-trick pony."
Jon LaPorta, of Orchard Park, N.Y., has a roundabout connection to Emerson. Approximately 20 years ago, he helped design navigational menu graphics for a concert DVD of Emerson, Lake & Palmer that was released in the early 2000s.
"I worked for a company called Eastco in Orchard Park that did CDs and DVDs for groups all over the world," LaPorta said. Pilato, who became ELP's manager in 1992, hired the company, and brought master tapes to Orchard Park.
LaPorta, 48, hosts a Spotify podcast called "Lifetrax," during which guests discuss five influential songs that have shaped their life. He reflected fondly on the experience of designing DVD graphics.
"We took the images and converted them into artwork," LaPorta explained. "We designed all that and built the menus. The band loved what we did, so we were invited to Rochester for a rehearsal before they went on the road. I don't remember where it was held, but it was small and pretty guarded. That was something really fun to do with a legendary act."
After the rehearsal, LaPorta's musician friends spoke with Emerson. But LaPorta talked to Greg Lake, who autographed a $1 bill. LaPorta has saved the keepsake.
Emerson's excitement
On the day that the live 3 album was shipped to him, Berry was busy at his studio. That night, he got a call at home from Emerson. The keyboard star lived in Santa Monica, 330 miles down the California coast, and had listened to their live performance for the first time minutes earlier, while sipping wine and reflecting on the past.
"Robert?" Emerson said, excitement surging through his voice. "We were a really good band."
"We talked," Berry recalled. "He said the jamming was fiery and the solos were open-ended arrangements where we could take off and improvise. ELP didn't have that because they were more structured. When he heard some of the articulated tempos that Carl and I were playing, he said, 'I can't believe how good we were.'"
For ten years prior to this, Frontiers Records had been asking Berry about the possibility of another 3 album.
"I took the opportunity and said, 'Keith, how about doing a follow-up?'" Berry said. "He said 'Maybe.' So I called the company and said I have Keith with an open door. Their only request was that it sound like [the original] 3. I negotiated a dream deal for Keith, and called him back."
Berry wasn't being offered as much money as Emerson. When Emerson heard the amount on the table, he was surprised.
"Who has that kind of money?" Emerson wondered.
"That struck me as funny at the time," Berry said. "I told him, 'You're Keith Emerson.' He thought nobody cared anymore. I couldn't believe that he was doubting whether anybody cared. I said, '[The record company] wants you and they want a 3 album. They want what we did. You just called me and said what we did was good.'"
Berry replied to the record company with a streak of mischief, saying that Emerson would agree to a new 3 album — rebranded 3.2 — but only for an additional $10,000. A deal was struck immediately.
"Keith never said that, but I just wanted to call him back and say, 'I got you another $10,000,'" Berry laughed. "He said I should be his manager. He was excited. That's how it came about and we started working."
Finishing the project
The pair began working remotely. While there were discussions about Carl Palmer playing on the album, Palmer was busy with his own band, ELP Legacy, which frequently tours North America. ("They're incredible," Berry mused.) He agreed to perform on three tracks, but the record company and artist couldn't agree on a contract, Berry said.
"Carl and Robert are good friends," said Pilato, Palmer's manager. "When Carl wants to work with other musicians, he'll sometimes say, 'We could always call Robert and get him to play bass and sing.' So that might happen someday down the road."
Emerson and Berry began assembling songs remotely via FaceTime.
"When we worked together again, it was easy," Berry said. "Keith's a funny guy and I'm an easygoing guy. It just blossomed. We had six or seven of the nine songs written. He sent me digital files, so I had most of his keyboard parts."
Many songs needed to be filled with keyboard solos. Emerson planned to play a few shows in Japan, visit his grandchildren, then travel to Berry's studio to finalize the recording. He committed suicide before any of that occurred.
"When he died, it was really rough on me," Berry admitted. "We were friends and had a hit record and had done a lot of things together. As a keyboard player, he was the best of the best. I wasn't going to finish the album."
Berry's manager, along with Emerson's son, Aaron, convinced him otherwise. This was the last work Emerson had done, they argued. The world deserved to hear it. But the Emerson estate would not allow any of Emerson's keyboard recordings to be used.
"I threw a fit," Berry said. "But the Emerson estate had the right to call the shots. Their excuse was that they wanted Keith Emerson to be remembered as a composer."
As a classically trained piano player, Berry eventually agreed to rerecord all of Emerson's keyboard parts himself.
"It took me months. Keith had done about 60 percent of the album, so I recreated his parts with the exact keyboards, the same sound and feel. And then I had to finish the last 40 percent. I thought, Oh my God, I have to do these solos. How am I going to do that? I came up with a plan to go into a solo section on a Hammond B (organ) with reckless abandon, the way I thought Keith would play it, full of fire. I had worked with Keith for so long that I could do it."
While Berry jammed, he realized in the moment that he was making mistakes. After listening to the recording, however, he was encouraged.
"I thought, that's exactly how I want it to be, only without the mistakes. So I learned it, then played it again. I've always believed that it's easier to fix an idea than it is to get one. It was exciting to sit back and think, Even though it's me playing, it's not me. Where did that come from? It's special."
The 3.2 album, The Rules Have Changed, was released in 2018. Although Emerson had helped create the sound, Berry played all the instruments.
"It wasn't my intent to do it all," Berry reflected.
In the fall of 2019, Berry embarked on a nationwide club tour, playing songs from his deep catalog. He recruited fellow musicians Andrew Colyer (keyboards), Paul Keller (who had played guitar on tour with the original 3 back in 1988), and Jimmy Keegan (drums). The success of 3.2 led the record company to ask Berry for a follow-up album. That became Third Impression, released early in 2021. The record company produced a video for the song "A Fond Farewell."
There will be no more new 3.2 material, Berry insists.
"I wasn't going to do a third in the series," he reflected. "I had only one (unreleased) song that Keith and I worked on, and it was a big one, at nine minutes long. Once I committed to doing the last record, I said 'This is it. I can't do anything more with the 3 name because I've used everything I have with Keith.' It's a trilogy. Three albums, three names. The first album started with three of us, the second had two of us, and the last one was a little bit of Keith but really just one of us."
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Bay of Fundy South - The view from Atlantica
25 June 2009 * Vol. 5, Issue 4
What is Atlantica? Click here for more information.
Ø Plugging In: New Brunswick & Maine pitch international energy corridor.
Ø Making it happen: New Brunswick moves forward as Atlantica's energy hub.
Ø Linking Up: North American cross border report released.
Ø Buying American: A policy that could backfire.
Ø Opening trade: The challenges and opportunities.
Ø Following the lead: Why the public sector can not and should not lead the charge for the Atlantic Gateway.
Plugging In: New Brunswick & Maine pitch international energy corridor
Maine and New Brunswick are exploring the development of an international energy corridor between the Maritimes and New England. The proposal was announced as a joint project by the New Brunswick premier and the Maine governor. The project is in addition to the natural gas pipeline that now runs through Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and into New England.
Click here to read the joint news release from both governments.
Follow this link to read the news story from OilWeek magazine.
Making it happen: New Brunswick moves forward as Atlantica's energy hub.
New Brunswick is committed to being the energy hub of Atlantica and is well on its way. Already six out of ten cars in Boston are powered with fuel produced at the Irving oil refinery in Saint John. The province is also moving toward electrical and clean energy generation. New Brunswick Deputy Minister of Energy, Claire LePage, explained the strategy at the Canadian Energy Forum in Halifax organized by the Energy Council of Canada.
"There are no borders in North America when it comes to energy. New Brunswick is committed to being a strong partner with the US Northeast," she said. Her speech came just one month after New Brunswick and Maine committed to the Northeast Energy Corridor.
"The Northeast Energy Corridor would create a path to market to increase our region's supply of secure, reliable and clean energy; attract investment; and create new economic development opportunities. It will also significantly accelerate the development of wind energy resources in both Maine and New Brunswick. This marks an important milestone in the development of a New Brunswick energy hub and in our partnership with the State of Maine. We have the potential to write a new chapter with respect to cross-border energy sector collaboration and partnerships."
To read the complete speech, click here.
Linking Up: North American cross border report released
To the Policy Research Initiative we say, "Welcome to Atlantica!" The PRI issued its final report entitled The Emergence of Cross-Border Regions Between Canada and the United States.
The report finds that higher bilateral trade intensities underline how much more the economies of neighbouring provinces and states now depend on each other. As well, analysis using a socio-cultural index shows that the northeast and northwest coastal regions are especially characterized by shared values. The socio-cultural values of Atlantic Canada are closer to those of the US east coast, while Alberta and British Columbia have socio-cultural values that are closer to those of the western part of the United States. It says that regional cross-border networks and organizations have proliferated since NAFTA, and provide a useful vehicle for bi-national business and community groups to work together on issues of mutual interest, often with the ultimate aim of problem-solving or creating local edges for success in the larger North American and global economies.
Buying American: A policy that could backfire
In this op-ed in the Bangor Daily News, Perry Newman, founder and director of Atlantica Group, and an AIMS' Board member, explains why the current cry to 'Buy American' can backfire. The Atlantica Group is a division of Pierce Atwood Consulting LLC, a global business development consultancy based in Portland, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts. It assists business, governments and not-for-profit organizations in achieving international development objectives, with clients in North America, Europe and Israel.
To read this op/ed, click here.
Opening trade: The challenges and opportunities
The Canada – U.S. border has been one of the most open in the world. But the word is changing and so is that border. Passports are now required of Canadians and Americans moving back and forth at all crossings. So how does one keep the trade moving between the two countries? This list of recommendations was created for the Obama Administration to help make it happen.
Following the lead: Why the public sector can not and should not lead the charge for the Atlantic Gateway
In Canada, the federal government is throwing money at the Atlantic Gateway proposal through the Gateway Fund. This Commentary explains why people should not confuse the discussion on the Atlantic Gateway with that of the 2.1 billion dollar Gateway Fund. AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill says government may be leading the Gateway Fund, but it is the private sector that should lead the Gateway concept.
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