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Aerial Dance
Jan. 26th, 2-2:30p, $35
Learn to flow gracefully in a routine designed for beginners and set to music. We'll start with a short warm up, then break down the choreography, and finally piece it all together. This fun and elegant aerial dance will help develop confidence, agility, and strength. Limit of 7 silks.
Below is a 48 second clip from the routine. There will be no climbing, dropping, and deep back bending. Modifications will be offered for comfort and ease.
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ViraFlow Yoga - Eagle & Monkey
Saturday, 4/12/14, 1:30p-3:30p, $30 early reservation or $35 at door if space permits.
Discover your inner warrior with this unique
style of yoga that incorporates yoga poses and kung fu stances in flowing sequences that will challenge you physically and mentally. ViraFlow has more cardiovascular benefits than a traditional asana
class and will develop balance, grace, strength, and flexibility.
This workshop is for physically active all-level students. We'll focus on the Eagle and Monkey sequences, breaking down each pose to ensure proper positioning, then move with the breath.
Come to explore moving in a fun and different way. Leave feeling empowered and invigorated.
ViraFlow Yoga - Tiger & Warrior
Learn to move with strength and grace like the tiger and warrior in this unique workshop incorporating poses with a kung fu flair and flowing sequences that will challenge you physically and mentally. Yang yoga has more cardiovascular benefits than a traditional asana class and will develop balance, coordination, strength, and flexibility. Come and explore moving your body in a fun and different way.
This workshop is for all levels and will focus on the warrior and tiger sequences. We will break down each pose to ensure proper positioning, then move with the breath.
Jessica Imburgia has practiced yoga since 1999 and has taught since 2001. She and her husband, Jonathan, own Body Synergie, a yoga and tai chi studio. Jonathan has over 25 years of martial arts experience. They have combined both their expertise and created more sequences after discovering Paul Grilley's version of yang yoga.
Restorative Yoga Workshop
Saturday, 6/28/14, 1:30-3:30pm, $25 investment
Please contact email@example.com to register, or call 214-227-3610
Cash, check (made out to Tara Kristof) and PayPal accepted
Location: Body Synergie studio 1103B Ridge Road Rockwall, TX 75087
Give yourself or someone you love the gift of bliss! De-stress this holiday season! This workshop is accessible to everyone---even those who have never done yoga before.
Honor and nurture your body and mind. This workshop will include a short lecture about Restorative Yoga, luxurious prop-supported poses held 3-20 minutes each, and will end with an extended guided meditation.
Restorative yoga is a necessary part of a healthy yoga practice. The antidote to stress is relaxation, deep rest. This rest is different from sleep. Deep states of sleep include periods of dreaming which increase muscular tension, as well as other physiological signs of tension. In relaxation there is no movement, no effort, and the brain is quiet. All stress-reduction techniques include putting the body in a comfortable position, with gentle attention directed toward the breath to cultivate the relaxation response - "a physiological state characterized by a slower heart rate, metabolism, rate of breathing, lower blood pressure, and slower brain wave patterns." By supporting the body with props, we alternately stimulate and relax it to move toward balance. Some poses have an overall benefit. Others target an individual part, such as the lungs or heart. All create specific physiological responses which are beneficial to health and can reduce the effects of stress-related disease.
Restorative poses help relieve the effects of chronic stress in several ways:
Props provide a completely supportive environment for total relaxation.
Each restorative sequence is designed to move the spine in all directions. These movements illustrate the age-old wisdom of yoga that teaches well-being is enhanced by a healthy spine. Restorative poses include backbends and forward bends. Additional poses gently twist the column both left and right.
A well-sequenced restorative practice also includes inverted poses, which reverse the effects of gravity. This can be as simple as putting the legs on a bolster or pillow, but the effects are quite dramatic. Because we stand or sit most of the day, blood and lymph fluid accumulate in the lower extremities. By changing the relationship of the legs to gravity, fluids are returned to the upper body and heart function is enhanced.
Restorative yoga alternately stimulates and soothes the organs. For example, by closing the abdomen with a forward bend and then opening it with a backbend, the abdominal organs are squeezed, forcing the blood out, and then opened, so that fresh blood returns to the organs. With this movement of blood comes the enhanced exchange of oxygen and waste products across the cell membrane.
Stress Less
Life can be demanding and stressful. If not handled properly, stress can easily lead to a variety of health and emotional problems including insomnia, anxiety, digestion problems, weakened immune system, etc. In this stress reducing workshop you will learn:
- What stress type you are
- How to reduce and deal with stress
- How to create a calm and peaceful environment
- How to create a stress-free lifestyle
- Gentle asana (posture) practice
- Meditation for Stress
- Relaxation Techniques
Perhaps you take one or two classes a week and love the benefits, but know that a more regular home practice is necessary to truly transform your body and your life. A home yoga practice is valuable not only because it can bring you the cumulative benefit of a daily practice, but by taking control of your own practice, you'll gain a deeper understanding of yoga poses and their specific effect on your body, as well as a deeper, more personal meditative experience. Yet many beginning yogis struggle with either the motivation needed to get on their mats and practice without a teacher, or the knowledge of how to choose and sequence asanas (poses) according to their effects on the body.
This workshop aims to provide you with all the tools you need to build a home practice:
an overview of the types of asanas and their effects
guidelines on sequencing your personal practice
customizing your practice for your own body & its needs
your space - home, office, hotel, or outdoors and its effects
you will be given special handouts that will support different types of home practice including set sequences and mini set sequences that are color coded for easier picking within the categories, i.e., standing, seated, lying, back bends, etc.
The discussion will be interactive and will prompt students to try out the asanas we discuss and create their own short flows in class.
All levels of yogis are welcome - whether you're looking to begin a home practice, or deepen one that you already have. However, we do ask that you be familiar with basic yoga poses, and have taken at least a couple yoga classes. __________________________________________________________________
All workshops are for all levels and are from 2:00p - 3:30p on Saturdays, $30 paid in advance or $40 on the day of unless specifically stated. Please be sure to register early; there needs to be a minimum of 5 people signed up before the workshop day.


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Apr 26, 2013 at 6:11 am
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KNSI) The county attorney in Benton County will be leaving that position to become a judge.
Governor Mark Dayton announced Thursday that Robert Raupp has been appointed to a judgeship in Minnesota's Seventh Judicial District. Raupp will be chambered in Foley, and will replace Judge James Hoolihan, who retired.
Raupp is a graduate of the Hamline University School of Law, and worked as an assistant city attorney in Minneapolis before coming to Benton County.
The Seventh Judicial District consists of cases in Becker, Benton, Clay, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Stearns, Todd and Wadena counties.
Temp: 33°F (1°C)
Dewpoint: 29
Wind: 17 NW
Wind Chill: 22°F
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More Coal Recipients from Down Under
The Brisbane Courier is reporting that Lucella Bridget Gorman, 38, of Banyo, Queensland, Australia, was arrested for stealing fruit, chocolate, Barbie dolls, toys, batteries, electronics, beauty products and earrings. After her arrest, police took her mug shot with a digital camera; when the booking officer turned his back for a moment, she swiped the camera, too, which was then recovered from her bag. She pleaded guilty to several theft charges. Her motive? "I didn't have enough money for Christmas and I thought that would be an easy way of getting things" for her gift recipients, she told the court.
Ummmm...yeah..alrighty then.


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Prepaid insurance/
Prepaid insurance is the fee associated with an insurance contract that has been paid in advance of the coverage period. Thus, prepaid insurance is the amount expended for an insurance contract that has not yet been used through the passage of the time period stated in the contract. Prepaid insurance is treated in the accounting records as an asset, which is gradually charged to expense over the period covered by the related insurance contract.
Prepaid insurance is nearly always classified as a current asset on the balance sheet, since the term of the related insurance contract that has been prepaid is usually for a period of one year or less. If the prepayment covers a longer period, then classify the portion of the prepaid insurance that will not be charged to expense within one year as a long-term asset.
Prepaid insurance is commonly recorded, because insurance providers prefer to bill insurance in advance. If a business were to pay late, it would be at risk of having its insurance coverage terminated. In particular, the providers of medical insurance usually insist upon being paid in advance, so that a company must record an insurance payment at the end of one month as prepaid insurance, and then charge it to expense in the next month, which is the month to which the payment relates.
Prepaid Insurance Journal Entry
Prepaid insurance is usually charged to expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the related insurance contract. When the asset is charged to expense, the journal entry is to debit the insurance expense account and credit the prepaid insurance account. Thus, the amount charged to expense in an accounting period is only the amount of the prepaid insurance asset ratably assigned to that period.
For example, a business buys one year of general liability insurance in advance, for $12,000. The initial entry is a debit of $12,000 to the prepaid insurance (asset) account, and a credit of $12,000 to the cash (asset) account. In each successive month for the next twelve months, there should be a journal entry that debits the insurance expense account and credits the prepaid expenses (asset) account.
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RainX Anti-Fog Product Description
The RainX Anti-Fog is part of the RainX range, designed to improve your visibility when driving. Anti-fog is specifically designed to eliminate interior condensation, fogging and steaming, caused by wet weather, high humidity & temperatures changes.
Features & Benefits of RainX Anti-Fog
- Eliminates interior condensation
- Quick & simple to use
- Suitable in wet weather, high humidity & temperature changes


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The January effect is one of a series of known 'market failures'. We assume the stock market to be efficient with regards to publicly available information. However, in some instances one is able to generate abnormal return using a publicly known phenomenon. The January effect is one such phenomenon.
Some studies have shown stocks generate abnormal returns in January when compared to other months of the year. These studies have also shown that:
1. The first days of January are mostly responsible for this effect.
2. Companies with lower market values generate greater abnormal returns.
This phenomenon can also be phrased as following: The majority of abnormal returns generated by companies with lower market value are happens in January.
The most common explanations are:
1. Tax considerations – After realizing loss for tax purposes in December investor hurry and buy back the stocks sold.
2. This phenomenon is more common is lower market cap companies as each transaction has more effect.
January is also considered a sort of proxy for the entire year. It appears, according to Globes.com, that since 1950's out of the 36 times the first 5 days of January ended positively 31 years have also generated positive results (The remaining 21 times the first 5 days of January ended negatively 11 years ended positively and 10 ended negatively).
So, will we see the January effect in 2008? We'll know in a few days. Many speculations are available as markets are sensitive and edgy.Abnormal, abnormal return, abnormal returns, information, january effect, loss, majority, market cap companies, market failures, series


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During a recent road trip and overnight stay at the Comfort Suites in Gallup, New Mexico, I came across this picture hanging in the hotel lobby. It made me feel a sense of pride as I thought about my mom who was a member of the military in the early 1960's, before I was born, and served as a reservist during my middle school years.
I would often quietly observe my mom in her uniform with her tiny combat boots, and wonder what her weekend would entail as she headed off for her weekend duty. I always admired her, but even more so when she was in uniform.
I recently had the fortune of going through my mom's footlocker to sort and retrieve items from the past, like the Thanksgiving program from the mess hall and a brief letter home. It was a such special time for me. I always wished I could have been a fly on the wall to see my mom in her youth, this was my opportunity to see a piece of it.
I am grateful to have a mom that served her country. She was the foundation that kept our family together. My mom is such an important part of my life and I am so fortunate to share a new life journey with her.
Happy Mother's Day mom!❤


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In the weeks leading up to the events, there seemed to be no topic more newsworthy than the approaching total solar eclipse, which would be the first total eclipse visible from the continental United States since 1979, and for Greater St. Louis, since 1442. The National Guard declared a state of emergency due to the extraordinary number of travelers expected to move into the path of totality for the event, and the hype was out of this world.
In our research of what to expect, we discovered that many people had given many accounts of what the experience would be like, and although their descriptions sometimes varied, one thing they all unanimously agreed on was that no verbal explanation or photo would ever justify the experience itself. We walked to the park with a cooler full of eclipse-themed snacks and waited for the experience to begin.
All of the spectacles and byproducts of the eclipse held true – the sweeping darkness, the eerie calm, the lit dusk to dawn lights, the chirping insects, the sharp shadows, the mini eclipses in the shadows of trees, the black sky and bright horizon, but what held true the most was the indescribable amazement we all shared during totality. The crowds at Tower Grove Park unanimously let out a loud "Wow!" as we all removed our glasses, and continued to ooh and aah throughout totality until the diamond ring appeared atop the moon, signaling the end of the rare phenomenon.
If you happened to miss this total eclipse, another will be visible in certain parts of the U.S. on April 8, 2024, and we insist you make plans to see it.


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An intimate wedding ceremony, a Suzanne Neville dress and a ceilidh band to get the party started! Genevieve and Graham held their beautiful and intimate wedding ceremony and reception with us in August.
Genevieve spent the morning getting ready with her mother and eight bridesmaids. The girls arrived into the courtyard just before the wedding car drew inside, it was the perfect entrance!
Their day began in our Bishop Sherlock's Room, home to a collection of historic paintings and a feature chandelier. Gen & Graham looked picture perfect at the top of the aisle and their beaming smiles following the ceremony say it all.
Time to head outside for the all-important confetti throwing and fizz to follow! Gen and Graham had chosen kept their choices close to home with two sparkling wines from Chapel Down Vineyard in Kent.
Their fantastic photographer Jo of Captive Photography has certainly mastered the art of the confetti photo, Gen & Graham's is one of the best we have seen…
Then it was time for guests to find their seats for dinner, we loved Gen & Grahams table plan – it showed off their love of London and their cat who by the looks of it is very mischievous!
With a slightly more intimate affair Gen & Graham decided to dine in our Great Hall with 80 of their nearest and dearest. With the help of Jay Archer a regular florist at Fulham Palace they transformed the beautiful wood panelled room into a warm and elegant dining space for a cosy wedding breakfast.
Jay used Gen's favourite colours of green and purple for the floral centre pieces. They also used the bridesmaid's flowers once the main photographs had been taken.
A delicious three course dinner was served where the menu was created and designed to suit Gen & Grahams personal tasted and favourites. With Gen being a vegetarian she wanted to make sure she didn't end with something typical boring she has been given at previous weddings. We took one of her favourite dishes from The Gate restaurant in Hammersmith and created a fantastic main course for Gen and her vegetarian guests. Full menu below ….
A salad of grilled halloumi, roasted vegetables, baby chard with pomegranate and lemon yoghurt
Crispy skinned sea bream with ginger and spring onion, lemon and olive oil mash, Savoy cabbage, creamed parsley salsa verde
Vegetarian: Butternut squash Rotolo (roasted butternut, goat's cheese and basil in a baked thyme infused potato and rolled)
Warm sticky toffee pudding, with poached pear and ginger ice cream
After dinner a quick top up of English fizz ready for the speeches – we love this photo of Gen & Graham enjoying the speeches!
Then it was into the Bishops Terrick's Drawing Room for the cutting of the cake and cocktails, while we turn around the Great Hall from dinner to dancing. Gen & Graham made the cake themselves which is super impressive and with the addition of some flowers from Jay to finish it off. It certainly went down a storm with their guests.
Thank you to all our lovely suppliers who work with us on this fantastic summer wedding for Gen and Graham.


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This interview was first published in the May 2012 issue of TGL.
Avi Liran's mother was a hard-working penniless refugee who became a pediatrician, healed many children, and saved many lives. During Avi's childhood, she told him that if he did not study well, he would end up cleaning the streets. To prove her wrong, Avi completed two BA degrees in Economics and Business. Later, he worked on his MBA for himself and is now contemplating earning a Ph. D in Positive Psychology.
Avi held leadership positions in government and in private sector. He established (and sold) an advertising and PR agency and founded two successful companies. He is the co-designer of a learning and training approach called Easier Done than Said that combines research-based principles from positive psychology, social neuroscience, behavioral economics, and Gestalt therapy—marinated with improv, humor, playfulness, and laughter. This unique approach creates rituals that stick.
TGL: Avi, what is your specialty area?
Avi: People store their memories as visual images and retrieve them faster when emotions are associated with them. My specialty is to design training sessions that store images and clips them together with emotions. People resist change from outside although they behave like they would love it and buy tons of self-help books. To overcome this behavior, we design small harmless-looking Trojan horses and take them inside your castle. The agents of the desired change sneak into your subconscious and activate intrinsic motivation. This encourages you to take ownership of the desired change.
TGL: How did you get into designing and using games?
Avi: Fate. Calling.
TGL: How long have you been designing and using games?
Avi: Since 2006.
TGL: Where do you use games?
Avi: In all my training sessions.
TGL: How do your clients respond?
Avi: They usually pay. Most of them invite us again and refer us to others.
TGL: How do your participants respond?
Avi: About 10 percent of the participants don't find our strategies suitable to their serious view of life at work. At the other extreme, 20 percent of the participants report a life-changing experience. The rest give us thumbs up and provide positive feedback about what they loved.
TGL: What is the most embarrassing moment you had in conducting games?
Avi: In one of my training sessions, I responded to an emotional question during a debriefing discussion with a logical explanation of research evidence. In doing so, I violated an important principle of good facilitation: I was not present and I was defensive. I owe the participant a great deal of gratitude for taking 30 minutes after the workshop to attack my character. This forced me to remember to be present, compassionate, and empathetic. This incident also taught me to take the contrarian voice as a gift and to share real life experiences. After that session I came up with this adage: "If your sole purpose is to be right, you are wrong."
TGL: What advice do you have to newcomers about interactive training?
Avi: Always learn from the best. Don't sell anything. Fulfill their needs.
TGL: Do you have any book recommendations?
Avi: I have many, but they are not about the design of games.
TGL: What is your prediction about the future of games?
Avi: We will continue playing after December 31, 2012.
Passions Tic Tac Toe
This simple game that explores the concepts from these two quotations:
Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. —Oprah Winfrey
Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are. —Penelope Lively, novelist
To help the participants to get to know each other at the beginning of a training session.
To help the participants identify their values during the later part of a training session.
15 to 30 minutes.
At least 10.
A blank 3 x 3 tic tac toe grid for each participant
A clipboard or some other hard writing pad that allows the participants to write as they walk
Gifts for the winners
Brief the participants. Ask them to spend a few minutes to fill in all nine spaces in their grid with different personal passions. Give some examples of your passions. Explain that the participants can write each of their passions in any random space in the grid.
Ask participants to interact. After a suitable pause, tell the participants to walk around the room, pair up with each other, and compare their passions. When they find the same passion listed in both grids, ask them to sign for each other in the appropriate square.
Reward the winner. Announce a 5-minute discussion period. Ask the observer to keep track of time.
Change roles. The winner is the participant who manages to have other people's signatures on three lines (vertical, horizontal, or diagonal). Continue the game until you have identified five winners.
No hard writing pad? Bring smiley stickers and let the participants stick them on the appropriate space in the tic tac toe grid.
Not enough time? Settle for fewer lines for the winners. Limit the number of winners.
Ample time? Break into groups and share passions with each other. Conduct a debriefing discussion on how people's passions influence their relationships at work.


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Indonesia President Joko Widodo at the White House0
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 26, 2015) — The White House Office of the Press Secretary on Monday released the remarks of President Barack Obama and Republic of Indonesia President Joko Widodo, following a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office. Along with the remarks were issued several Fact Sheets that are based on formalized agreements as a result of Widodo's official state visit.
Oval Office – 3:55 P.M. EDT
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. Selamat siang. It is a great pleasure to welcome President Widodo to the Oval Office, along with his delegation. And it is a useful occasion for us to emphasize the strength of the bilateral relationship between two of the world's largest democracies.
Obviously I have a very personal interest in Indonesia given the fact that I spent time there as a child and have relatives who are Indonesian. But what is also true is that our partnership is very much in the interests of the United States, given Indonesia's large population, its leadership in the region, its democratic traditions, the fact that it is a large Muslim country with a tradition of tolerance and moderation, and its role in trade and commerce and economic development. The United States has a great interest in being a partner with Indonesia, and I think our meeting today helped to emphasize the nature of what we believe is a key strategic partnership.
During the course of this meeting I complimented the President on a number of the reforms that he's initiated, and we discussed how we could continue to strengthen the trade, investment, and commercial relationships between our two countries, including the President's interest in expanding the digital economy in Indonesia in a way that would alleviate poverty and empower millions of people in that country.
We had an opportunity to discuss our security cooperation, including in the maritime area, helping Indonesia modernize its naval capabilities. And we discussed the importance of working through channels like ASEAN and the East Asia Forum to encourage a continuing strengthening of rules and a international order governing the behavior of nations in the maritime area.
We talked about our cooperation in the counterterrorism area. Indonesia has been a very important partner. And we are continuing to work together not just on the security elements of counterterrorism, but also countering the message that comes from organizations like ISIL. And Indonesia I think is uniquely position to be able to help spread a message of peace and cooperation and modernity within the Muslim world.
And we discussed a range of global issues, because Indonesia, as a member of the G20, is not only a regional leader but also a global leader. So we discussed the joint work we're doing on issues like global health security and making sure that we have public health systems in place to prevent future pandemic.
Indonesia has been a leader on the Open Government Forum and transparency and rooting out corruption. And one of the main topics we discussed was the issue of climate change and why it's so important that large countries like ours work together to arrive at the strongest possible set of targets and international agreements when we arrive in Paris just a little over a month from now.
So whether it's helping Indonesia deal with the current difficulties surrounding peat fires, or it is encouraging ongoing student exchanges between our two countries, this meeting I think signifies our taking this partnership to the next level.
I think that, Mr. President, you are moving Indonesia in the right direction. We want to be a partner with you. And please know that the friendship that the United States feels towards Indonesia is not just an issue of strategic interest but also represents the strong people-to-people ties between Americans and Indonesians. And we want to welcome you and wish you well, and look forward to our continued partnership.
PRESIDENT WIDODO: (As interpreted.) First of all, I wish to thank President Obama for his warm welcome and the hospitality extended to myself and my delegation. I wish to also welcome the strategic partnership as a symbol of the enhancement of the bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and the United States.
Indonesia is the biggest Muslim country in the world. Indonesia is also the third-largest democracy in the world.
Islam in Indonesia is moderate, modern, and tolerant. We believe that Islam in Indonesia plays a significant role in maintaining democracy and pluralism, as well as fighting radicalism and terrorism.
Indonesia is an open economy, and with the 250 million population we are the largest economy in Southeast Asia. And Indonesia intends to join the TPP.
Indonesia is also a country with enormous digital economy potential in the world. I have set a target to make digital economy as one of the top priorities in the future economic development of Indonesia. And in our discussion just now, I've also invited the United States to work together in this field.
We've had a thorough discussion with President Obama on the issue of climate change. We also agreed to work together in addressing this issue for the sake of our future generations. Especially in Indonesia, we have a big challenge right now. We have peat fires, and the efforts to extinguish it is quite challenging.
President Obama and I committed to strengthening and expanding the relationship between Indonesia and the United States.
Thank you.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Terima kasih. Thank you, everybody.
Joint Statement by the United States of America and the Republic of Indonesia
At the invitation of President Barack Obama of the United States of America, His Excellency Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, visited the United States in October 2015. On this occasion, President Barack Obama and President Joko Widodo held a meeting at the White House on October 26, 2015, and adopted this Joint Statement.
The two Presidents recognized that the ties between their two countries are stronger than ever, dynamic, and firmly based on shared principles of democracy and good governance, respect for human rights, and the promotion of peace, stability, and economic well-being. The U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, a framework launched in 2010, has further broadened, deepened and elevated the bilateral relationship. The Comprehensive Partnership has demonstrated the global significance of enhanced cooperation between the world's second and third largest democracies, the tremendous possibilities for economic and development cooperation, and the importance of fostering exchanges and mutual understanding between two of the world's most diverse nations.
Strengthening a Long-Term Partnership
In order to meet evolving challenges and capitalize on emerging opportunities, the two Presidents recognized the need to enhance the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership and continue deepening the relationship based on mutual benefit and respect for each others' sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States and Indonesia, as two of the largest democratic countries in the world, share a responsibility and an abiding interest to address strategic challenges on the international stage, together as partners. In this spirit, the two Presidents committed to forge a Strategic Partnership between our countries, to expand cooperation on shared strategic interests. They further established an annual Ministerial Strategic Dialogue, led by the Secretary of State and the Foreign Minister and complemented by other minister-level exchanges, to discuss and collaborate on strategic efforts to advance international peace and prosperity as well as bilateral priorities. Recognizing the invaluable contributions of civil society and the private sector to the two democratic countries and their broader relationship, the two Presidents welcome civil society engagement and non-governmental tracks which will also be important to the vitality of their Strategic Partnership.
Maritime Cooperation
The two Presidents highlighted the importance of the maritime area to their respective countries, surrounding region, and the world. The two Presidents pledged to deepen their cooperation on maritime affairs, as described in the new "Memorandum of Understanding on Maritime Cooperation," which extends to a full range of fields, including: maritime security, maritime economy, marine resources and fisheries conservation and management, maritime safety and navigation, marine science and technology and other areas of cooperation identified by both countries.
Both Presidents underlined the importance of improving maritime infrastructure to enhance connectivity and enable freer flow of commerce in the region and between the two countries. Therefore, they committed to continue working together to promote cooperation and investment in infrastructure.
The two Presidents also affirmed the urgent needs to combat, prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing. They are committed to jointly identifying actions to strengthen bilateral cooperation and build capacity to combat IUU fishing.
Defense Cooperation
The two Presidents affirmed their commitment to further strengthen their bilateral defense cooperation, and welcomed the growth in bilateral military engagements, which now stand at more than 200 activities annually. The Presidents welcomed the Joint Statement on Comprehensive Defense Cooperation of October 26, 2015, between the Indonesian Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense. The two Presidents underscored their commitment to deepen collaboration on areas such as: maritime cooperation, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, defense joint research and development, countering transnational threats, and military professionalization. The two Presidents also affirmed their interest in exploring and consulting on new activities to advance cooperation in the areas of co-development and co-production of defense equipment, cooperative logistics, and maritime security. As peacekeeping cooperation has been and remains an area of bilateral cooperation, the two Presidents welcomed the outcome of the Leaders' Summit on Peace Keeping on the margins of the 70thUnited Nations General Assembly. The United States welcomed Indonesia's role in peacekeeping efforts and its intention to expand its troop contribution.
Economic Growth and Development
The two Presidents recognized the importance of a predictable, open, and transparent economic policy framework, one that encourages foreign investment and promotes fair competition and the protection of intellectual property rights, to facilitate greater two-way trade and investment and to promote private sector-led economic growth. They acknowledged that such a policy framework is important for the growth of the financial sector, as foreign investors and service providers can provide capital and expertise to help deepen Indonesia's financial markets, as well as channel private sector resources to help develop Indonesia's infrastructure. Both leaders discussed Indonesia's recent reforms and affirmed that steps to enhance the ease of doing business in Indonesia would create the conditions for a further expansion in two-way trade and investment. The two Presidents welcomed the recent commercial agreements between U.S.-based firms and Indonesian partners, amounting to over $20 billion, as reflective of the deepening bilateral economic relationship.
Regular consultations under the U.S.-Indonesia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), signed in 1996, serve as a key platform for both countries to address bilateral trade and investment issues, develop concrete initiatives to further deepen economic ties, and to increase cooperation in regional and multilateral fora. Both leaders welcomed the outcomes of the recent TIFA meeting, especially the agreement on working together to leverage future rounds of Indonesia's Economic Policy Package to advance deregulation. The United States and Indonesia remain committed to the ratification of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and to the implementation of the 2011 APEC Leaders' commitment to reduce applied tariffs on the agreed Environmental Goods List by the end of 2015.
Recognizing the opportunities and challenges presented by information and communications technology, both Presidents reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring that technology and innovation are critical components of overall bilateral engagement in the 21st century and in narrowing the digital divide. To this end, the Presidents committed to continue to develop cooperation in many areas of science, technology and innovation, including the development of the information and technology sector in Indonesia in alignment with Indonesia Digital Economy 2020 vision. The Presidents affirmed the need for states to protect the Internet as an essential platform for economic growth and development around the world. In support of that objective, both Presidents underscored the importance of further cooperation and discussions to ensure a safe and secure Internet, including efforts to promote trust, transparency, and stability among states regarding information and communication technologies.
The two Presidents also welcomed the recently launched bilateral Aviation Working Group aimed at assisting Indonesia improve the safety, security, and efficiency of its air transport network. Separately, the United States and Indonesia will continue consultations between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Indonesia's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to support the DGCA's full implementation of international safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) with the aim of restoring Category I status at the earliest possible time.
Both countries note that their strong partnership to promote sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty through the $600 million Millennium Challenge Corporation compact, the largest compact in Asia, is advancing Indonesia's efforts to promote renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions reduction, deliver essential public services, and improve overall health and nutrition for women and children.
Energy Cooperation
Recognizing their shared strategic interest in clean energy development and energy security, the United States and Indonesia affirmed their commitment to deepen energy-related cooperation as outlined under the new MoU Concerning Cooperation on Energy, which will support the establishment of Indonesia's Clean Energy Center of Excellence in Bali and deepen cooperation in areas such as accelerating the deployment of remote and off-grid renewable energy systems, collaborating on carbon capture and storage, and strengthening national energy security by planning strategic petroleum reserves. The two Presidents welcomed the newly created U.S.-Indonesia Power Working Group, which is aimed at helping Indonesia achieve its ambitious power generation goals over the next five years in a clean and sustainable way.
Increasing Cooperation on Global and Regional Issues
Both Presidents welcomed the Indonesian Government's maritime vision to become a global maritime fulcrum, as well as Indonesia's leadership in regional and global fora, and the United States' Rebalance policy to the Asia Pacific aimed at promoting peace, prosperity, stability and security in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Climate change remains a priority area of cooperation between the United States and Indonesia, and both countries committed to working closely together to implement strong domestic policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions and increase climate resilience. They also emphasized their commitment, at the Paris Climate Conference in December 2015, to conclude an ambitious and durable global climate agreement that reflects the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in light of different national circumstances, and that can help promote a global low-carbon transformation over the course of this century. Both Presidents affirmed their intention to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption while maintaining essential energy services for the poor. The Presidents reiterated their support for the statement on hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) from the 2013 G-20 Leaders Statement.
The two Presidents affirmed the importance of preservation of peat lands and other high-carbon landscapes. President Obama welcomed President Widodo's recent policy actions to combat and prevent forest fires and associated health, environmental, and economic impacts, including President Widodo's May 2015 decision to extend the moratorium on new development licenses in primary forests and peatlands, and President Widodo expressed appreciation for the U.S. offer to assist in this regard. Both Presidents are committed to sustainable forest management, including through private-sector initiatives.
The two sides reaffirmed their G-20 commitment to lift growth, boost economic resilience and strengthen global institutions in efforts to achieve strong, sustainable, and balanced growth, by undertaking policies to support demand and create jobs that underpin prosperity. They also committed to promoting sustainable development, and the two Presidents welcomed the adoption of the post 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and committed to supporting it.
The two Presidents pledged to continue and strengthen their efforts to address non-traditional security threats, including the scourge of terrorism and violent extremism, natural disasters, illegal trafficking of wildlife, illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing and fisheries related crime, water security, and pandemics as well as cooperation and capacity building in cyber space.
President Obama acknowledged Indonesia's success in counterterrorism law enforcement actions, which serves as a model of a civilian-led, rule-of-law counterterrorism approach. The two Presidents pledged to continue and strengthen their cooperation and strong efforts to counter terrorists and other extremist groups, including stemming the flow of foreign terrorist fighters, and counter-radicalization efforts to prevent virulent messages from taking hold in vulnerable populations. The United States and Indonesia welcomed the convention of the Leader's Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism. The two Presidents endorsed the Council on Religion and Pluralism, an innovative bilateral mechanism, designed to promote pluralism, tolerance, and moderation. To prevent an act of nuclear terrorism, both Presidents welcomed the planned 2016 Nuclear Security Summit and will complete cooperative efforts to secure nuclear materials in advance of the Summit.
The two Presidents also acknowledged the need for expanding cooperation on health and to build capacity to prevent, detect and respond to global health challenges, including epidemic threats. Taking into account the expanding cooperation in this area, the two countries have committed to work on an umbrella agreement on health cooperation that will provide framework and future direction. The United States welcomed Indonesia's continued leadership in the five-year initiative of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) aiming for mutually agreed upon targets, including as 2016 GHSA Steering Group Chair.
The United States and Indonesia are committed to enhancing cooperation in regional fora, such as the Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum, and the East Asia Summit. Significantly, the two countries recognized the importance of a united and strong ASEAN, ASEAN's central role in the regional political and security architecture, and the strength of the United States–ASEAN relationship. Both leaders also noted the importance of strengthening and developing a positive and constructive regional architecture by supporting the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), and welcomed Indonesia's intentions to further strengthen the regional architecture of the Indian Ocean during its 2015-2017 IORA chairmanship.
The two Presidents expressed their shared concern about recent developments in the South China Sea that have increased tensions, eroded trust, and threatened to undermine peace, security, and the economic well-being of the region. Both countries believe it is vital for all parties to refrain from actions that raise tensions in the South China Sea. Both Presidents affirmed the importance of safeguarding maritime security and upholding internationally recognized freedoms of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea. Both countries support the peaceful resolution of disputes in conformity with international law, including as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (UNCLOS), and recognize the importance of full and effective implementation of the Declaration on Conduct of Parties in the South China, as well as efforts to quickly conclude the Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea.
People to People Contacts
The United States and Indonesia, as two diverse democracies, are committed to fostering a robust civil society, vibrant press, and opportunities for women and minorities. Their joint leadership in the Open Government Partnership reflects their solid commitment to promoting good governance and transparency for the benefit of their citizens, and to sharing their experiences with emerging democracies through triangular cooperation.
The two Presidents are also committed to broadening and deepening the breadth of people to people ties between the two nations, including through promoting educational exchanges and tourism. President Obama welcomed Indonesia's policy to extend visa-free arrangements to U.S. citizens on short-term visits. The United States and Indonesia will consider ways to extend the validity of non-immigrant visas issued to Indonesians traveling to the United States for tourism and business as well as the validity of student and exchange visitor visas issued to U.S. citizens traveling to Indonesia.
The United States and Indonesia are committed to advancing bilateral cooperation in scientific research and higher education partnership through expanding opportunities for scientist-to-scientist collaborations in priority areas outlined by the Science & Technology Agreement including marine protection, agricultural technology, health and renewable energy. As a centerpiece of supporting this cooperation, the establishment of the Indonesian Science Fund represents a milestone in Indonesia's scientific development and the creation of new opportunities for connecting Indonesian research to the global scientific community.
Agreements and Arrangements Reached
The two Presidents welcomed the conclusion of the following agreements/arrangements:
· Memorandum of Understanding on Maritime Cooperation between the Government of The Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the United States of America
· Joint Statement on Comprehensive Defense Cooperation
· Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Cooperation on Energy
· Memorandum of Understanding Between the Federal Aviation Administration Department of Transportation of the United States of America and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia on the Promotion of Sustainable Aviation Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy.
FACT SHEET: U.S.-Indonesia Maritime Cooperation
As part of the U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Partnership, the United States and Indonesia are working together on a wide range of maritime cooperation that will advance our shared maritime security interests, protect our global oceans, and promote sustainable development in the marine sector. On October 24, 2015, Indonesia and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Maritime Cooperation. This fact sheet provides further details on a number of key maritime initiatives between the United States and Indonesia.
· Protecting Coastal Communities and Fisheries: The United States will provide substantial assistance to support conservation of marine biodiversity, sustainable fisheries management, and improved governance of marine resources at local, district, provincial, and national levels in Indonesia. Efforts will focus on the three provinces in eastern Indonesia with the highest marine biodiversity.
· Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing: The United States and Indonesia work closely to combat and deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing both in Indonesian and in the broader ASEAN region. The U.S. Agency for International Development, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Justice, and Department of Defense assist Indonesia through procurement of technologies, systems integration, and capacity building. This includes training related to implementation of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures, fisheries enforcement, and information and intelligence analysis. Our collaboration also will support Indonesia's capacity to comply with the new data requirements of the U.S. seafood traceability program, which is being developed to combat seafood fraud and IUU seafood in U.S. commerce.
· Expanding Marine Science & Technology Collaboration: Under the U.S.-Indonesia Agreement on Science and Technology Collaboration, NOAA collaborates with Indonesia to conduct joint observation and research on marine ecosystems, including oceanographic and climate variability research. This will improve our understanding of the complex interactions between the ocean and atmosphere and our ability to predict long-term climate change and ecosystem responses. The United States and Indonesia will be able to: assist with forecasting drought and abnormal rain fall for Indonesia, understand how oceanographic phenomena within the Indian Ocean affect the United States, and understand ecological impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs.
· Improving Security at Sea and Ports: The U.S. Coast Guard and Department of State's Export Control and Related Border Security Program conduct boarding officer training courses. The U.S. Coast Guard's International Port Security Program also conducts capacity building for compliance with International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) standards. These efforts aim to detect and deter security threats in the maritime transport sector, especially for goods shipped between the United States and Indonesia.
· Promoting Environmentally-Sustainable Economic Growth: The United States and Indonesia will explore and support trade and investment activities to further develop trade ties between the United States and Indonesia in the maritime sector. We will also explore the creation of public-private partnerships, organization of business roundtables, and promotion of trade shows to support the sustainable development of Indonesia's fisheries and ports. Indonesia and the United States, including through collaboration with the private sector, will support the use of sustainable catch methods by seafood businesses operating in Indonesia.
· Assisting Victims of Forced Labor within the Seafood Industry and Encouraging Justice: The United States contributes emergency victim assistance funds to support efforts by Indonesia and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to rescue victims of forced labor within the fishing industry. The United States also encourages the Indonesian government to develop procedures to identify victims and refer them to care, as well as advocating for increased efforts to prosecute and convict recruitment agencies, brokers, and corrupt public officials involved in their exploitation.
· Assisting and Protecting Irregular Migrant Movements: In response to the May-June 2015 maritime migrant crisis in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, the United States contributed emergency funds to IOM and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to meet the needs of vulnerable migrants in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, and Bangladesh by providing temporary shelter and non-food items, health and nutrition support, voluntary assisted returns, international protection, information sharing, and addressing root causes.
FACT SHEET: U.S.-Indonesia Energy Cooperation
Expanding U.S.-Indonesia Cooperation for Energy Development and Energy Security
Recognizing that sustainable development and energy security are fundamental to economic prosperity and national welfare, Indonesia and the United States have committed to expand their partnership on energy development. Building on the success achieved under the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, the United States and Indonesia will partner to promote clean energy technologies and policies to help meet Indonesia's growing energy demands, improve energy access, and reduce energy-sector greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the global threat posed by climate change. Expanding U.S.-Indonesia cooperation covers a range of energy goals and involves a range of U.S. agencies and companies, with a focus on clean energy, the power sector, responsible oil and gas development and energy security.
U.S. support for energy development in Indonesia includes, among other investments:
- the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) $332.5 million Green Prosperity Program;
- the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided nearly $18 million for Clean Energy Development and to build Indonesian capacity to reduce carbon in land use and energy; and
- the U.S. Department of Energy's $1.2 million Sustainable Electricity for Remote Indonesian Grids program.
In addition, the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta also has organized the U.S. Power Working Group for Indonesia, allowing the U.S. private sector and U.S. government to work together to help Indonesia achieve its power generation goals.
On October 23, 2015, U.S. Secretary of Energy Moniz and Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sudirman Said signed a Memorandum of Understanding to expand existing energy cooperation focused on remote and off-grid renewable energy; assistance with the establishment of a Clean Energy Center of Excellence in Bali; strategic petroleum reserves; and collaboration on carbon capture, utilization and storage.
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC): Green Prosperity
The MCC compact with Indonesia's Green Prosperity Program invests in renewable energy and land-based greenhouse gas emissions reductions through innovative public-private partnerships that leverage additional investment. The MCC compact with Indonesia is a cornerstone of U.S. support to the Jokowi administration's goals of reducing greenhouse gases and generating 19% of the country's energy from renewable sources by 2019. The compact committed over $145 million for renewable energy projects that will mobilize up to $400 million in private financing. A $15 million facility currently is supporting the professional preparation of 40 renewable energy projects—totaling approximately 100 megawatts (MW)—in partnership with the private sector and local governments.
U.S. Power Working Group for Indonesia
Indonesia has set an ambitious target of adding 35 gigawatts of power generation capacity by 2019, including 25% from renewable sources. This would provide the affordable and reliable power that Indonesia needs as a backbone to grow the economy.
The U.S. Power Working Group for Indonesia, launched in September 2015, represents a full "Team U.S.A." approach toward helping Indonesia achieve its power generation targets, partnering closely with Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and National Electric Company. The group includes about 60 company members and 11 U.S. government agencies and departments. The engagement of the Power Working Group is a key component in helping Indonesia boost its utilization of clean and renewable energy sources.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Accelerating Development of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Looking Ahead: USAID works with the key Indonesian stakeholders, including the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), the National Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) and the Financial Services Authority (OJK), to promote and accelerate development of renewable energy and energy efficiency as part of Indonesia's plan to meet energy demand and achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets. USAID recently launched the second phase of the Indonesia Clean Energy Development (ICED II) Project in May 2015. The project will run through 2020 with the goal to assist the government of Indonesia (GOI) in establishing an effective policy, regulatory and incentive environment for low-emission growth in the energy sector, while simultaneously attracting public- and private-sector investment in clean energy development and increasing human resource capacity in technology and innovation. Through technical assistance activities to government and private sector counterparts, the project is expected to achieve: (1) 4.5 million tons of greenhouse gas emission reduced or avoided; (2) $800 million of private and public investment mobilized; (3) an additional 5 million people with access to clean energy, (4) twenty institutions with improved capacity to address climate change issues, and (5) twenty laws, policies, strategies, plans, or regulations addressing climate change mitigation officially proposed, adopted, or implemented.
Results to Date: USAID's future engagement in the clean energy sector builds upon the success of several programs conducted from 2010 to early 2015. In total, USAID's $18 million in technical assistance mobilized approximately $269 million of private and public financing for commercial-scale clean energy projects. This investment represents approximately 181 MW of potential power capacity, sufficient to electrify more than 300,000 households and provide energy for 1.2 million people. In addition, as of early 2015, USAID assisted in the completion of four small-scale hydropower plants and 10 community-scale clean energy pilot projects with a total capacity of 21.84 MW. These projects generate electricity for 202,400 people and have reduced GHG emissions by 75,600 tons CO2e to date. USAID programs also contributed to the reduction of $3.28 million in subsidies to the power sector.
To achieve these results, USAID trained approximately 5,200 people and helped 24 local institutions improve their understanding and capacity on clean energy project development and climate change mitigation.
U.S. Department of Energy: Sustainable Energy for Remote Indonesian Grids
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is funding the three-year Sustainable Energy for Remote Indonesian Grids (SERIG) initiative to support Indonesia's efforts to develop clean energy and increase access to electricity in remote locations across the country. A collaboration between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Winrock International, SERIG has two primary components:
Pilot Studies: SERIG conducted technical and economic analyses of renewable energy and hybrid systems to reduce reliance on diesel generation on selected Indonesian grids. The project identified three pilot locations in which hybrid systems make technical and economic sense. SERIG now aims to provide these site analyses for others to develop as proof-of-concept demonstration projects.
Nationwide Replication: The next goal of SERIG is to offer strategies for accelerating nationwide development of renewable energy in remote grids. With input from local partners, SERIG aims to draw upon experience and lessons learned to facilitate more widespread deployment of renewable energy.
U.S. Department of State: Climate Benefits of Geothermal Energy Development
To increase our cooperation on climate change and bolster Indonesian energy security, the United States and Indonesia will collaborate on financing structures and adequate project risk mitigation tools to accelerate the pace of geothermal investments in Indonesia. Indonesia has approximately 29 gigawatts of geothermal resources that, if fully realized, could help to avoid yearly release of .73 gigatons of CO2e.
The Indonesia Ministry of Finance established a geothermal fund for risk sharing with more than $300 million in funding to mitigate resource risks in early stage geothermal development. In addition, the World Bank has raised $150 million for the Global Geothermal Development Plan. The Department of State has proposed a geothermal risk reduction program that seeks to utilize these idle funds to support exploration drilling and insurance instruments for geothermal production drilling risk to accelerate the financing of geothermal projects in Indonesia.
FACT SHEET: U.S.-Indonesia Climate Cooperation
The United States takes a whole-of-government approach to helping Indonesian efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and counter the effects of climate change by improving local forest and land management, advancing public-private partnerships, promoting clean energy technologies, and providing technical assistance to improve scientific capacity related to responding to climate change.
Active U.S. partnerships in Indonesia are at an unprecedented level, including approximately $60 million under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act's debt-for-nature swaps, and $50 million under the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) compact. These programs leverage the expertise of the U.S. Forest Service, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Conserving Ecosystems and Helping People Adapt to Climate Change
In addition to traditional programs to improve forest and peatland management of more than 8 million hectares in the Indonesian provinces of Aceh, Kalimantan, and Papua, USAID has innovative partnerships with the Indonesian public and private sector to conserve mangroves that sequester "blue carbon," and partnerships to reduce degradation of forests and peatlands from agro-forestry cultivation.
MCC compact partners also are applying climate-smart agriculture techniques. For example, the compact has matched an industry investment of nearly $12 million in the cacao sector to assist Indonesian cacao farmers to increase productivity. Co-financing partners include U.S. industry leaders Mars and Mondelez. Another $25 million MCC activity engages communities and local governments in processes that reduce land-based greenhouse gas emissions.
But conservation of landscapes cannot exist without considering the impacts on Indonesia's people. Through USAID, we are helping Indonesians to manage climate and disaster risk, minimize climate-related economic losses, strengthen community and environmental resilience, and transform the way climate and disaster risks are presently managed.
Training the Next Generation of Scientists
In addition to scholarships for Indonesian students to study in the United States, we are forging ties between leading U.S. and Indonesian universities to bring the best minds to bear on today's issues and to prepare the next generation of scientists. These thought leaders will inform fact-based decision making on land use policy and stimulate local higher education. USAID partnerships also support research institutions to advance forest and peatland sciences, promote sister-agency collaboration, strengthen the management of forest resources, national parks, and conserve forest carbon and biodiversity.
Seven consortia of Indonesian universities and other organizations were selected for $15 million in competitive MCC grant awards. These funds will build local, provincial, and national capacity to strengthen the workforce and drive forward Indonesia's nation-wide low carbon development strategy.


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One of the best parts of being a new media artist is having the ability to connect so many different ideas and tools together, both literally and figuratively. Recently we've been in touch with Luciana Haill and Sam Wiehl who shared with us some of the details behind their latest collaboration PZYK SKAN which brings together so many amazing things into a single project that we had to share it with all of you. The initial description was "I use PandoraStar strobe lights as precursors for EEG brainwave projects, where signals from the brain of the audience are triggers to live events via Max Msp, Ableton, OSC and recently VDMX when we collaborated" and you can read all about it below!
1. Who are you, and what do you do?
Sam Wiehl:
As Artistic Director of Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia, I showcase experimental music and visual art, bringing together artists and audiences from all over the world.
I focusing on live performance, visual styling and installation design, and combine these with an aim to create immersive experience for an audience. My work exists at the intersection of image, narrative and tone and takes in many forms. I have collaborated and toured with a number of international musicians and artists which include Matthew Herbert, Chris Watson, Forest Swords, Hookworms, Jane Weaver and Vessel. Projects include installational AV work with a number of cutting-edge UK clubs nights including Abandon Silence and Enrg - an example here Lightbox, as well as directing music videos like Forest Swords Panic. Commissions include Tate Britain, Unsound, Loop Berlin and AND Festival.
Luciana Haill: I'm a Fine Artist specialising researching Altered States of Consciousness, my artworks are interactive, investigating the neural correlates, suggesting and stimulating the surreal psychophenomenological characteristics preceding an Altered State of Consciousness, and interviewing participants about their experiences.
For instance I am fascinated by the hybrid state of Lucid Dreaming (where you are asleep and aware you are dreaming and exert some control). For my artworks I love inducing a state of Hypnagogia, associated with an increase in 'Theta' brainwaves, where time passes without quantification, new ideas emerge and creativity increases. I use devices old and new to help encourage these and similar 'drugless highs' - such as those induced by lights and sounds like Dreamachines, drumming and drones. My technological toolkit permits the recording and implementation of brainwaves (EEG signal), something I've beed doing with a mac for over 20 years. I am currently a research fellow ( Artist in Residence ) for Greenwich University London, department of Psychology. I also have a company Brainmachine specialising in the manufacture of a portable brainwave (EEG) recording technology based on the south coast St Leonards, Hastings. I've shown my work in Mexico City, Lithuania and been trained in Hawaii by Dr Stephen Laberge who brought the evidence of lucid dreaming to the scientific community in the sleep laboratory.
2. How did you get into this?
My background was initially in Graphic Design, running the Liverpool design studio Burneverything. With time, I started to focus on moving image and live performance. Having worked predominantly in the DIY music scene of the North of England, running and promoting smaller music shows and events, I became one of the organisers of the Hive Collective which showcased new and established electronic performance. The collective brought acts from all over the world to Liverpool, and with time, began to produce its own AV installations and performances, as well as numerous commissions.
At this point I was on a crash course learning curve about live AV and performance, and it offered me a (ridiculous!) opportunity to produce live sets for incredible selection of artists including Plaid, The Bug, Shackleton, Kode 9, Vladislav Delay, Teleseen, Kangding Ray, Philip Jeck and Pendle Covern.
I studied a degree in Fine Art / Interactive Art in the early 1990s led by pioneering Telematic artist ( and teacher of Brian Eno ) Roy Ascott
I attempted to make various bio projects for making music combining sensors from muscles into Midi information, then
my quest in cybernetics inspired by artist Stelarc led me to the brain.
I've worked with legendary musician Arthur Brown in the last few years taking his brainwaves during improvisation singing sessions and feeding this back as other generative instrumentation, we actually debuted some of this live on stage in Bestiville - Isle of Wight festival 2015.
My strobe light-driven installations stimulate (behind closed eyes) colourful patterns of phosphenes: 'form constants' and 'Flicker' visuals intrinsic in these ephemeral artworks where I monitors percipients' brainwaves using a portable EEG system. The Hypnagogic state can be recognised by a "loosening of ego boundaries … openness, sensitivity, internalization-subjectification of the physical and mental environment" – all characteristics frequently described by percipients in the interactive art works as I interview them immediately afterwards.
3. Tell us all about this latest project and how you became involved with The Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia.
Craig Pennington, one of the original organisers of The Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia (now in its 6th year) contacted me and wanted to know more about my current Artwork 'The Phrontesterion' where I involve a sophisticated scientific strobe lamp known as PandoraStar to induce an altered state of consciousness close to sleep known as The Hypnagogic, while recalling in a dentist chair. Participants experience a light reverie where we receive images and ideas, often non-linear narratives, behind our closed eyes as we drift off to sleep. I monitor their brainwave changes during this experienced and sonify it, feeding it back to the guest as a multi layered sound piece with different samples and field recordings triggered by different EEG frequencies and voltages from the front of their head.
Craig and I had been looking to collaborate for our main AV installation at PZYK festival this year - we looked at brainwaves as a trigger for an immersive art piece in out PZYK PRYZM space. Our intention was to produce a piece that would work as a interactive AV experience for the festival audience, something people could take part in, as well as watch. The piece was entitled PZYK SKAN and was important to us in examining the festivals core theme this year of extreme cause and effect processes on the human brain. It used sound and light to control emotion. We came across Luciana's work and it seemed a good fit and was great to work with her.
Our core message this year was THIS FESTIVAL WILL DESTROY YOU, and PZYK SKAN gave us the opportunity to explore this theme, whilst collaborating with a number of individuals - Luicianna Haill, Stephen Goodman (Kode 9) and Robert Strachan. Stephen was speaking at this years festival regarding his 'Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect and The Ecology of Fear' book and studies, and was working as Audit. Together with Robert, they produced a series of sound stems that would be used alongside the visual content of PZYK SKAN.
The piece took the form of the 'brain scanning area', run by Luciana, with her wave readings being taken into a machine running VDMX. this was connected to a large projection screen and the sound stems were driven from the brain waves, which then ran into a sound system in the space. It was here that audience participation meant we could scan a number of people, and the results drove both the visual and sound experience for the watching audience. The ' volunteer's' experience was the bombardment of the Pandora Star, and the sound that was generated live, by the stems on headphones for immersion and on the PA !
We saw this as creating a kind of feed back loop of what the test subject experienced, affected the experience of the watching audience - the more extreme the response of brain wave pattern - the more extreme the experience was for the audience. The piece was to run for several hours each day at the festival with the audience encourage to take part in the process. People really seemed to enjoy the experience which certainly was intense.
4. What hardware and software did you use? How was it all connected?
The visual side of the project was controlled by VDMX, and sound was by Garage Band. It was all triggered by the mdii output from the IBVA wave scanning. The visuals we controlled in two major ways from the midi signal. Alongside myself, Benjamin Power and Damien Wiehl helped create content for the patch.
Over 200 animations, films and ISF shaders were created and broken in to 2 media banks - one was 'calm', and the other 'intense'. By mapping the midi signal, animations/shaders were triggered - the low end brain waves pulling from the 'calm' bank and higher readings pulled from the 'intense' field. The more activity from the brain the faster the jump between the randomly pulled animations from the relevant bank. If the waves flattened out less jumping was noticed between the different content and the films played out more in their entirety giving the audience a calmer experience. With no one being scanned the wave was flat meaning again nothing would be triggered jus the last film being triggered. This gave the piece it spikes and gave the audience and understanding of how things were triggered.
We obviously controlled the content but we found this was our curation, our involvement, for the project. For example, glacial landscapes and slow motion human movement and abstract shaders, and were included as part of the 'calm' content. Whereas more extreme flashing and intense footage were included in the 'intense' section. As these were triggered randomly - just from the brain waves and the overplayed nature of the footage - no two responses / experiences were the same. Each was unique and had their own feel. Unexpected, surprising, results were achieved and were fascinating to observe for us us, and hopefully for the audience.
The other control from the midi signal visually was when we colour mapped the wave. It resulted in an intense wave pattern, with a strong colour change and intensity. Calmer wave patterns created less intense movement and pulled from a different colour range. I studied colour effect on the brain, and blue light is often seem as creating the most pleasant experience for a viewer. So these hues were pulled on lower brain wave readings where are reds orange yellow were seen as having extremer reactions on the brain for the viewer - the palette used for the higher readings.
Together these two visual mappings helped us create the overall visual experience for the piece, and coupled with the audio that was triggered by Luciana, the piece morphed and developed over the two days. The live experience was our first test. We do feel the pice can develop with time, but we were happy with the first experiment.
The software is 'IBVA' - Interactive Brainwave Visual Analyser and it communicates the EEG signal directly into MIDI, QC / OSC, and for Max/ Msp on a Mac, its been developed and sold since mid 1990s. I use IBVAs custom 'BrainSwitch' Audio Unit Plugins for the left and right side of the brain, installed in my Mac to setup potentially 16 different switches which I can assign unique parameters to within IBVA software. SO certain brainwaves speed and amplitude can be designated to trigger a sample if they are in range… this does vary from person to person,, some concentrate more ,, find it harder to 'switch off ' self consciousness '… and others with some meditation practice or just deep circular breathing can trigger a much more detailed and dynamic remix of the same 16 tracks… its really fascinating to hear - I'm sharing more of these on my Vimeo channel.
Quite a lot going on here – we hope that your brain is leaving this as inspired as ours. Can't wait to see more work from these two in the future, but in the meantime be sure to check out Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia and other projects from Luciana Haill and Sam Wiehl!


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Focus on the Swedish Film Institutelike
A conversation with Magnus Rosborn
Long-time attendees of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival should be familiar with the work of the Swedish Film Institute (SFI), which has been providing a feature film for each edition of the Festival since 2010. If you've enjoyed The Blizzard, The Outlaw and His Wife, or The Girl in Tails, then you have the SFI to thank.
This year we'll be presenting Alf Sjöberg and Axel Lindblom's The Strongest at noon on Saturday, June 4. To commemorate the occasion, our guest-blogger Kyle Westphal interviewed Magnus Rosborn, film archivist at the SFI. Both are graduates of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation. Their conversation has been slightly edited for clarity and length.
KW: What made you want to become a film archivist, and how did you go about it? What does your job at SFI entail on a daily basis?
MR: My interest for the film history started around the age of 20 when I began to visit the Cinematheque screenings in my home city, Malmö. I realized that I had to change my plans for the future and started to study film at the University of Lund. After one year I continued to the University of Copenhagen, where I took a special course focusing on film history from a material and archival perspective. Since I have always had a fascination with history and archeology, this seemed to be a natural step in my film studies. That's also where I found out about the film archival program at the George Eastman House (today George Eastman Museum) in Rochester where I studied 2002-2003.
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TOKYO – Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. will debut a new version of its 4-cyl. Theta gasoline engine in the midsize Sonata sedan in the U.S. in February, a Hyundai official tells Ward's at the Tokyo motor show here.
Lee Hyun-soon, president-research and development, declines to divulge specifications but says the "power increase will be significant" and there will be an improvement in fuel economy.
The current 2.4L 4-cyl. Theta in the Sonata makes 162 hp and 164 lb.-ft. (222 Nm) of torque. Lee says he is unaware of any criticism of Hyundai's version of the Theta, the so-called "World Engine" because it is shared with Chrysler LLC and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. However, Hyundai led the development of the mill.
Chrysler's version of the Theta, available in the Dodge Caliber compact car and other models, has been criticized for a lack of refinement.
But Lee says Chrysler's tuning likely is the culprit.
"If they were trying to generate more power out of the engine, better acceleration feel, (refinement) can be lost," he says.
As for the Sonata in the U.S., a Hyundai spokesman says the auto maker is committed to the vehicle and the refreshed version should improve sales. Hyundai recently announced it would temporarily halt the car's production at its Montgomery, AL, plant due to high inventories.
The spokesman says the fiercely competitive midsize-sedan segment in the U.S. is to blame for the sales falloff. The current-generation Sonata debuted in 2005 as an '06 model.
Ward's data shows U.S. Sonata sales were down 19.6% through September compared with year-ago.
In addition to the new engine, other changes to the Sonata include more lightweight materials, such as an increased use of aluminum, plastics and high-tensile strength steel. Lee says the front bumper now is plastic and the seat frames are crafted of aluminum.
The refreshed Sonata will debut in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit alongside the production version of Hyundai's new Genesis rear-wheel-drive sedan.


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The summer season runs from June until September, presenting both professional and amateur theatre, opera, comedy and music of the highest quality from both national and local touring companies.
Situated behind Penlee House, the nearest car park is above Penlee Park, entrance on Alverton Street. The gates open 60 minutes before the scheduled start time. Refreshments are available. Refunds are only given if a show is cancelled - performances will go ahead except in the very worst weather. Please bring whatever you need for a comfy and cosy experience - picnic, warm clothes, waterproofs, blankets, cushions, mozzie spray, thermos etc. No umbrellas, please! Seating is provided. Wheelchair access.
You can book online or call the box office on 01726 879500. A small transaction fee is charged per booking for credit/debit cards. Tickets will also be available on the performance night: cash only. For all other enquiries, please call the Theatre Manager on 07816 285367.
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The Making of the World's Fastest IRONMAN
Melissa Hauschildt went from the operating table to a world record in under a year. Here's how her record day played out.
by Jordan Cantwell
Less than a year ago, Australia's Melissa Hauschildt was lying on an operating table when blood started spurting all over the operating theater. The surgeon had accidentally sliced through a major artery and he was forced to squeeze the artery for more than 45 minutes until an additional surgeon could join the team to assist. This blunder happened during a procedure to unkink one of Hauschildt's common iliac arteries, a disorder that had been causing numbness in her leg while cycling. "I lost a lot of blood, needing two blood transfusions during the operation and another two after," Hauschildt says of the normally straightforward procedure.
It feels like a miracle to Hauschildt that just 11 months later she went on to record the fastest ever IRONMAN time for a woman, winning the IRONMAN North American Championship, Texas in 8:31:04. While the operation was successful in fixing her kinked artery, the additional complications surrounding the operation left her weak for months. She believes the post-op fatigue she experienced impacted her performance at last year's IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii, where she placed a disappointing 14th.
Towards the end of 2017, Hauschildt continued to gain strength and recover from the surgery. Fueled by the failure to perform in Kona, she ripped off an impressive end of season racing streak, taking wins at IRONMAN 70.3 Western Sydney and IRONMAN Western Australia. Her 2018 season got off to a winning start, including a victory at IRONMAN 70.3 Texas in Galveston just three weeks before the full Monty in The Woodlands.
Hasuchildt's victory in Texas marked her sixth IRONMAN title and her third regional championship title—she won Melbourne, then the IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship in 2015, and the IRONMAN European Championship in Frankfurt in 2016. In fact, she's unbeaten over the distance outside of the Hawaii race.
But while the 12-minute winning margin in Texas may give the impression of an easy victory, Hauschildt's account of the race paints a quite different picture.
1 Part Attitude
With a background as a steeplechaser in track and field, swimming is Hauschildt's weakest triathlon discipline. She recalls that she lost touch with the main pack of swimmers very early in the non-wetsuit swim and was forced to swim alone. She didn't panic, however, but got into "a good relaxed rhythm," and eventually exited the swim in 8th overall, approximately 3 minutes down on her biggest competition.
While it's clear that Hauschildt was a little frustrated at losing ground so early in the race, she didn't let her swim determine her mood—or her race. Despite exiting the water almost 11 minutes behind race leader Lauren Brandon, her deficit to other strong bike-runners—such as IRONMAN champions Michelle Vesterby and Jocelyn McCauley—was only 3 minutes, a gap she considered to be manageable.
2 Parts Race Strategy
Hauschildt's strategy on the bike was to ride herself to the front of the race by the time she hit T2. She rode alone, focusing on her own effort for the first third of the bike ride, at which point Jodie Robertson and Sara Svensk caught her. Hauschildt recounts that their group "caught up to Meredith [Kessler] and Michelle [Vesterby] on the second lap of the two lap course," but that it was difficult to pull away from the group after that. With light race day winds and minimal terrain changes, the 12- meter draft zone offered some benefit to those behind so Hauschildt was unable to distance herself from the pack.
While Hauschildt did not achieve her goal of leading into T2, she had halved the lead to the front of the race by the time she got off the bike by remaining calm and riding her own race as much as possible. Unfortunately, several high-caliber runners accompanied her as Robertson and McCauley got off the bike within a few seconds of her. This promoted Hauschildt to speed through T2 to gap these fleet-footed women as quickly as possible.
A Dash of Lessons Learned
Once on the run, Hauschildt says she felt amazing and had worked her way to the head of the race by the 7-mile mark. On the surface, it appears that she sailed to victory relatively easily, posting a race-best run of 2:57:07 and a winning margin in excess of 12 minutes. "I felt really strong running but my feet were causing me a lot of pain," bemoans Hauschildt. It's not the first time she's experienced this problem in a race as she has a dropped 3rd metatarsal bone in her foot, which can become painful and inflamed on impact. New orthotics had fixed the problem, but Hauschildt made a last-minute decision to wear shoes a half size bigger for IRONMAN Texas.
"The metatarsal dome was not in the right spot," says Hauschildt. "I got a massive blood blister from the met dome rubbing on my arch!" The pain in her feet caused her pace to drop a little in the last 10km of the run, but she had built enough of a cushion that it didn't matter. It was a painful way to learn the lesson of not making game-time equipment changes, but luckily it didn't change the race outcome for Hauschildt.
Yields: The World's fastest IRONMAN
Hauschildt's overall time of 8:31:04 is the fastest recorded women's time for an IRONMAN distance race. While she was unaware of the overall time during the race, learning the news after she breasted the tape was a huge boost. "It's a privilege to have posted the world's best time," she smiles, "but I don't think times mean much in IRONMAN racing"—a way of acknowledging that courses, terrain, and weather conditions always make for a highly variable experience when it comes to IRONMAN racing. Still, Melissa, we salute you!
Jordan Cantwell is a multiple-time IRONMAN finisher, Kona qualifier, and writer living in San Francisco.


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Chelmsford City Showcase for Business
This year Simboc & our sister company The Speaker Expert will be exhibiting at the annual Chelmsford City Business Showcase. You can find us on stand 12, where we will be giving away the opportunity to win one of our Speaker Expert Masterclasses for you and a friend, worth over £250. We will also be answering your questions, so if you want to learn more how Simboc is 'making the impossible possible' or The Speaker Expert is helping its clients to 'Speak & Present like an expert' the stop by and say 'hello'.
David Bell the Founder of The Speaker Expert & Simboc will also be running a seminar about public speaking at 10.00am in the Banqueting Room. So if you want to learn 'How to Speak and Present Like an Expert' then make sure you book in via the Chelmsford City Showcase Website. If you want more details about our Speaker Expert Masterclasses then visit http://www.TheSpeakerExpert.com/SpeakerX
More Information about the Chelmsford City Showcase 2015
The Chelmsford City Showcase for Business is now a major feature in the Chelmsford business world's diary. It is normally held annually in November during Global Entrepreneurship week (GEW). Global Entrepreneurship Week is a large international campaign to promote entrepreneurship and is a vital part of making the UK more entrepreneurial, encouraging more people to start up businesses.
The Showcase is hosted and organised by Chelmsford City Council's Inward Investment, Economy & Growth team in partnership with the Chelmsford Business Forum. It is designed to demonstrate the extent of business support and the range of commercial opportunities available. All parts of the event are free of charge.
The day provides valuable business advice and guidance including free seminars and exhibitors who offer a range of support and ideas. Throughout the day there are opportunities to network with fellow business people.
The 2014 Showcase attracted over 450 visitors, included a series of nine seminars, and 56 trade stands. Footage of past events can be found by following the links on the right hand side, including an interview with the event organiser and footage of the official opening.


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