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An interactive cinematic VR learning experience
'260 Tales' is MANND's newest project and first initiative within the educational sector. Combining cinematic VR, teaching elements and storytelling, this prototype strives towards teaching high school students a second language in an enriching new way. By placing the students within a story in a foreign country as the protagonist with the opportunity to interact with the storyline, we aspire the students to work around language in a compelling format. This prototype will be used a beta test in order to research the extent that VR can have on language learning. The project is funded by Interactive Denmark, Cross Motion and Filmby Aarhus.
I have done the entire sound work on 260 Tales, working closely with the MANND team to fulfil their vision about the sound design. My work on the project includes: Field recording, on-set actor recording, sound design, post-production, ambisonics mixing & musical score.

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Monday, February 6, 2012
BLUBBERELLA the latest "comedy" from Uwe Boll makes MEET THE SPARTANS look like BLAZING SADDLES. Seriously! The entire time I was watching this "movie" I actually was wishing I was watching MEET THE SPARTANS, VAMPIRES SUCK, and even STAN HELSING which are actual comedies compared to whatever BLUBBERELLA is!
What is BLUBBERELLA? Your guess is as good as mine? My guess is that Uwe Boll finished filming BLOODRAYNE: THE THIRD REICH twenty-eight days ahead of a thirty day schedule. So with all that spare time and budget Uwe thought it'd be funny to give his producers and financiers the middle finger and make BLUBBERELLA.
This very well may be the worst attempts at comedy in the history of filmmaking! It's so bad that I really want to give Uwe the benefit of doubt and say that he was making this un-watchable film on purpose to really give his hatters something to talk about but I don't thing Uwe is that smart or clever.
Instead of a zany comedy about an obese half human half vampire killing Nazis in WW2 and saving the world from an army of the undead, we have Blubberella cooking, eating, and complaining about her love life. We also get unfunny fat jokes, gay jokes, Holocaust jokes, and just when it couldn't get more tasteless we get white actors in blackface!
I almost shut this movie off but I'm the one that knew better so I wasn't about to let the movie win.
I'll watch the occasional Uwe Boll film for a "it's so bad it's good" laugh every once in awhile like IN THE NAME OF THE KING: A DUNGEON SIEGE TALE. But I will never watch one of his comedies, oops sorry I meant "comedies" ever again.
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• May be ousted on Thursday
• NWC members push for Acting Chairman till March
• Don't dump PDP, Tukur begs Obasanjo
The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is rallying President Goodluck Jonathan and the First Lady, Dame Patience, for their support to save his job.
He is also banking on key members of the party's Board of Trustees and some governors to triumph over the National Working Committee (NWC) members who want him out at all cost.
His fate is expected to be determined at this week's meeting of the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja.
But after gauging the mood of all but one of the NWC members at a session with President Jonathan in Abuja on Thursday night, Tukur and his aides quickly launched a counter plot against those bent on his sack.
Participants at the Thursday session shocked the president when they openly demanded Tukur's exit, insisting that his retention as national chairman would spell doom for the PDP in next year's elections.
Bewildered by the development, President Jonathan postponed further deliberation at the meeting and made his exit.
The Nation gathered that Tukur has been trying to convince President Jonathan that the plot to get rid of him by the NWC members is being sponsored by some governors who are bent on hijacking the party with a view to frustrating the second term bid of the president.
He is said to have pinpointed a South-South governor as the arrowhead of the plot.
Tukur's supporters claim that some of the NWC members were bribed in the tune of N30million to N40million each to lead the campaign for his removal.
The NWC members were adamant yesterday in their demand for Tukur's sack.
They said the recourse to bribery blackmail was an afterthought and a desperate bid by Tukur to cling to a straw to retain his post.
They denied receiving any bribe from any governor to ask for the chairman's removal.
The NWC is rooting for the appointment of an acting National Chairman by the NEC on Thursday.
The Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, is being proposed for the position pending the election of a new National Chairman in March by the National Convention of the party.
Investigation by The Nation revealed that Tukur has vowed not to step down as demanded by the NWC members.
Sources said he has been with First Lady Patience Jonathan, some members of the Board of Trustees, and PDP governors on the call for his exit.
A top source said: "Tukur is also pulling the strings in all relevant organs of the party to stay put in office. He believes those pushing for his removal are against the reforms being carried out in the PDP.
"He said those against free and fair primaries are uncomfortable with him following plans to change the old order in the party when different rules applied at any given time.
"He is also alleging that his exit might lead to the hijack of PDP structure by some governors which would make it difficult for Jonathan to get a second term ticket."
A source rubbished Tukur's allegation that a South-South governor is responsible for his woes.
The source said Tukur seems to have forgotten that the same governor has been a major financier of the party in the last two years.
Another source said Tukur met with the president and the first lady during which he put them into confidence on the crisis in the party.
The source said: "Tukur is banking on the president, the first lady and some governors for survival.
"As we speak, he has been reaching out to NEC members to correct the wrong impression about him by NWC members. He is trying to secure the support of at least two- thirds of NEC members who are about 94.
"He has a 50-50 per cent chance because the NEC is the highest decision-making organ of the party. Once the NEC passes a vote of no confidence in him on Thursday, he has to step aside."
A key factor in the degeneration of relations between Tukur and the NWC members, it was gathered, is the alleged resort to propaganda by the chairman's camp that some NWC members had collected between N30million and N40million each to revolt against him.
But they did not provide any proof as at the time of filing this report.
A source in Abuja also said that the president may have been persuaded to let Tukur be.
Several presidential aides are understood to have been making a case for Tukur with their principal on the ground that the party chairman has been loyal and committed to the second term project of the president.
A member of the NWC said: "The degeneration of the crisis in the party is obvious.One does not need bribe to say the truth. Are they saying the G-7 governors who raised concerns about the party were also bribed?
"No one has collected any bribe in the NWC. We are all men of integrity. Some people are just desperate to keep Tukur in charge for their selfish end. The reality is that PDP cannot win election with Tukur in charge.
"PDP is getting divided on daily basis. It is more worrisome because there is no leadership structure in place. Tukur is running a one-man show, he does not carry NWC along."
Asked about Thursday meeting, the NWC member said there was no going back on Tukur's sack.
He said the NWC put Tukur to task at a session with the president on Thursday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja and he could not respond to the allegations cogently.
The issues raised were:
•Holding party /NWC meetings at Tukur's residence instead of the PDP Secretariat;
•Running a parallel NWC, leaving Tukur to take decisions on critical party matters with only his aides;
•Mass defection from the PDP due to lack of confidence in Tukur;
•Governors, National Assembly members, BOT, NEC unhappy with Tukur;
•No concrete achievements since Tukur took over in the last two years. He could not even complete the ongoing National Secretariat of the party;
•Globe-trotting without any result to enhance the electoral fortunes of the party;
•Lack of access to Tukur sometimes for two weeks.
The source said: "The meeting was amazing and the president was shocked when he asked each NWC member to talk.
The NWC source added: "We are standing by our agitation that Tukur must go. We have told the president, it is left to him to decide as our National Leader.
"I can also tell you that the battle has shifted to NEC meeting on Thursday if Tukur does not resign before then. If he is sticking to his mandate, we will go to NEC to test our popularity."
NEC members had raised six posers for Tukur ahead of Thursday meeting.
Some of the posers, which are contained in a document, are as follows:
•What accounted for the breach of the PDP's constitution on convening of NEC meeting?
•What informed arbitrary and illegal suspension of top PDP members, including governors,and high-handedness by Tukur?
•The rationale for unilateral dissolution of state Executive Councils by Tukur and NWC.
•Why did Tukur's NWC usurp NEC's powers on the appointment of the Disciplinary Committee for the PDP at the national level?
•Tukur's position on the grievances of the governors and ways to prevent more defections, and
•The party's perspective on court rulings on the office of the National Secretary of the party.


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I just finished watching another great presentation from the 2016 Indie Author Fringe Festival that took place at the London Book Fair last week. Basically, #IAF16 was twenty-four hours of incredible interviews, presentations, blogs and podcasts. You can find them all here. There was so much fantastic information that it was a challenge to keep track of all the things I wanted to work on by the time the event was over, however—I have picked out a few follow-ups I think are achievable within the next year. So without further ado, here are my 6 takeaways from #IAF16, organized into short, medium and long-term goals.
Short Term Goals (1-2 months)
LESSON # 1: Update my social media descriptions. I'll be the first to admit that when I first joined Facebook and Twitter, I wasn't exactly sure how I wanted to represent myself to the social media world. I have a ton of interests and all of them seemed important or central to my online identity. I care a great deal about humans all over the world having fresh water. I want the education system to represent diversity well, particularly where it concerns Indigenous Peoples. And I love learning to speak the Cayuga language. But what I find myself tweeting, or reading and thinking about the most is my passion for writing and the incredible joy that I get from every aspect of the self-publishing process. There's a better way to succinctly communicate that via my social media bios, and I'm going to take some time to figure out how.
LESSON # 2: Learn to use bit.ly to make my links shorter. One thing I've learned is that the little things can go a long way to tidy up or better organize the information I'm sharing or want to share with the world. I always wondered how people managed to make their links shorter—especially given the character limits on various platforms. Fortunately, this presentation by Jane Friedman helped shed some light on how easy it is to make links more accessible. There's several other nuggets of wisdom in her presentation, but this is a small one I was super happy to hear about.
Medium Term Goals (3-6 months)
LESSON # 3: Record an audio book. At present, I have three books out. One is a short novel, one is a collection of stories and the third is a novelette. I would love to turn these into audio books. Over the next 3-6 months, I will be working on bringing this material to life in the audio format. This presentation by Joanna Penn was incredibly helpful in determining how and where to get started.
LESSON # 4: Practice making stronger and catchier images/covers. So, a confession. It was only in the last month that I discovered the wonder that is Canva (this despite the fact that I've read about it in so many self-publishing blogs) and I've been obsessed with it ever since. I love how easy to use it is and moving forward, I plan to use it a lot to help me craft images for my blogs and design cool infographs or just make more interesting images. And while for the most part, I plan to hire out all of my cover designs, I still love making the attempt to design covers on my own (even though I've made pretty much every rookie mistake that the three wonderful cover design presentations covered!). One of my favourite presentations was this one by Derek Murphy. I took a ton of notes and look forward to trying to make better images based on what I learned here. And I have to admit—this is probably not the best use of my time as an author but as I'm super fortunate to have all of this really amazing software (InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere, etc), it would be a real shame to not put it to some good use—if not for my own author brand, then definitely for my publishing company's.
Long Term Goals (6 months - 1 year)
LESSON #5: WRITE MORE BOOKS. If there's one thing I've learned over the last two years of serious writing, it's that making time to write every day—even 500 words a day—can really add up. The number one piece of advice I heard consistently in each panel and presentation—was to keep writing and producing great stories. Not necessarily social media posts, or newsletters, or blogs, or sales descriptions—but work hard to finish that first novel, then the second, then the third. This year I plan to write three new books, a non-fiction book, plus write a novelette and a few short stories. So far, I'm doing well in meeting that goal. I've written the first draft to a book called The Wall of Bones, and I'm working on another book called The Fortunes of Ithaca right now. I've also written two short stories. Since creation is the funnest part of being a writer, it's easy to make time for it. That doesn't mean the ideas are always there or that I still don't get lost—I definitely do. But making time to write every day has certainly paved the way for me to write more stories than I'd ever have dreamed possible as little as three years ago.
LESSON #6: Continue Organizing My Writing Business. In March of this year (right at the start of my March break vacation), I hired a facilitator to help me work through a strategic planning session for my author business because I wanted to get organized around the activities I was going to undertake on behalf of my books, as well as those I was going to undertake for my publishing company (since they are slightly different and have slightly different audiences).
This exercise was incredibly helpful. It helped me to set some specific targets for what I hoped to achieve over the next year such as establishing an email list, setting up my finances in a responsible way, taking care of my intellectual properties, and understanding my distribution networks in a way that didn't interfere with the creative/creation aspects of writing. It also helped me to see that you don't have to do everything all at once. That it's okay (and honestly better) if you tackle one thing at a time. For instance, I spent the last week getting more familiar with Canva. The week before that, I spent setting up a separate business account for author related expenses, and the week before that I spent learning about how to create ebooks in Scrivener, etc., etc. Tackling these new tasks or technologies in bite-sized pieces has made it a lot easier to incorporate them into my work in a meaningful and effective way.
So that's it—those were among my biggest takeaways from the Indie Author Fringe Festival. I am super excited that the Alliance of Independent Authors has made the presentations available for everyone to view. The presentations are an incredible resource and even though I knew you could watch the videos at any time, I still woke up and tried to attend most of the events on the day of because I've never been to a writer's conference before and I thought it would be fun to pretend I was (which it absolutely was). So I want to say a big thank you to the Alliance of Independent Authors for creating a space for these topics to be shared with those of us who can't travel to these book fairs in person. I learned a lot and I appreciate it so very much! I hope you all have a chance to check them out as well!
Happy writing everyone!


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Hip Hop & Food Justice from Burning Hearts Media on Vimeo.
Hip Hop & Food Justice by Kevin Tillman & Keith TuckerResistance Ecology Conference 2014
Portland, Oregon
this is where food justice with a plant-based/decolonial diet perspective meet hip hop and where we explore the intersections of other animal/human/earth liberation. hip hop is rooted in resistance and rich with experience in fighting for social justice. veganism is about practicing compassion and is motivated by living cruelty-free for the sake of other animals. the fusion of veganism and hip hop is designed to promote holistic activism..


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Ehlers-Diagnosis Syndrome
For a long time after that appointment with that chiropractor in 2006 who told me I had this weird thing I had been born with of joints bending backwards, the words "Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome" haunted me. I couldn't say them.
Always, when I awoke, I'd have a brief moment when I'd forgotten those words. Like when someone you love has suddenly died, you wake up and at first you think it was all a bad dream. Then I'd remember and descend into blackness.
I cried to myself in the middle of the night. I was so mad. I knew I did not have it in me to endure decades more of Ehlers-Danlos torture. I had only kept going before because I was so sure I was sick and one day I would be well. Because being so sick and in so much pain made no sense anyway! Surely it was all going to resolve somehow, right? I had no idea I was having a completely different life experience than everyone else.
Back then Shari Gamson (lucky you if you ever met that lovely woman) was running a local support group that met sometimes on Sundays at the Sherman Oaks Hospital. What a strange experience it was to walk into a room of people who were just like me, except these people were not first degree relatives. I was just like them. We were sick people. Struggling. Hurting. Tired. Out-of-it. Spaced out. Distracted. Kind of annoying, too.
It was fun and amazing to be around people who are like me. This really was what was wrong with me! But this was also totally depressing. Oh, no! Every crazy body problem I'd ever had was just normal for Ehlers-Danlos. Hooray. Things were only going to get worse for me. Even more fun. Nothing can be done for me. Yipee.
My diagnosis was a lot to take in. It didn't help that I was perpetually on the brink of totally losing my mind from pain and sleep deprivation.
I would have liked to have grieved the full life I once had, but I had never had one. I'd always been too sick to function. Instead, I embraced my shattered dreams. They cut me to shreds. I dropped them.
One thing at a time, I told myself. Let me get used to these words. A day was coming when the shock of it all and the desire to push them out of my mind would stop. A day when I would hardly remember a time when I didn't know those disgusting words "Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome."
The most ugly, awful words I had ever heard.
Their sting would pass. Those words would become part of who I am. That's how time works, if you try to move along with it.
It took a while.
I am glad I stuck it out, embraced my life, went on the ride. I did not get to caught up in acceptance. Acceptance is the first step, then you must be effective.
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Radical Fear
"The history of mankind is the history of growing individuation, but it is also the history of growing freedom. Freedom, though it has brought him independence and rationality, has made him isolated and, thereby, anxious and powerless. This isolation is unbearable and the alternatives he is confronted with are either to escape from the burden of his freedom into new dependencies and submission, or to advance the full realisation of positive freedom which is based upon the uniqueness and individuality of man."
Erich Fromm
On Wednesday evening, The Community of Radical Alchemists held an intimate and honest call on this months theme Transforming Fear into Love.
Our first call explored the loving presence that exists behind all fears. It can be hard to recognise that our fear originated from a loving intention trying to protect us. But when we do see the Loving Presence inside our fear, we can alchemise the fear in the moment. Fear says 'you are loved, a loving energy wants to protect you.'
This week we shifted our attention to the radical aspect of alchemising fear. Since the beginning of human civilization, fear has been implemented as a means of social control. If you are fearful of authority, you are very unlikely to riot and very likely to work hard, to slave away at some externally imposed ideal of success, and consume lots .When we are born we are anarchists..the system makes us docile. Even our parents or guardians use fear as a way to protect us, to civilise us. The same is true in school: we are trained to be obedient citizens, largely through the threat of punishment, even or especially when that punishment involves the removal of love or connection.
As human civilisation advances, as people become more free from traditional ties or bonds (think the class, or caste system, or religious orders), they find themselves with a newfound independence and freedom. But as Erich Fromm writes in the brilliant Fear of Freedom, this new independence brings huge anxiety, which we tend to seek escape from by surrendering ourselves to authoritarian figures.
These authority figures don't necessarily wear swastikas or look very angry. They might wear white coats, or have lots of letters after their name, or they might even have a very spiritual sounding name. The forms of power in modern civilisation are more subtle but still absolutely present. French philosopher Michel Foucault talks about 'docile bodies' to describe the subtle effects of these new forms of power. For example, we move from external public punishments -think the cane in school or the stocks - to more subtle hidden forms of punishment, largely achieved through careful observation, surveillance, and scientific knowledge. So, if you are naughty at school, instead of the cane you get diagnosed with ADHD and given Ritalin to control you.
Because modern power if often a more subtle form of power its harder to see. In a brilliant scene in the film version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (if you haven't seen this film you really, really must) McMurphy (played by Jack Nicholson) finds himself an inmate in a psychiatric ward, even though he he has his marbles. One day he realises that al the inmates are voluntarily in the psych ward. This is subtle power turning us into 'docile bodies'. The attention economy is the worst form of this subtle power as it completely keeps us locked in a state of fear or inertia, and strips us of all the qualities we need to fight for what we believe in.
This subtle power is what William Blake called the mind forg'd manacles, handcuffs we wear that are in our minds and keep us trapped in ways of being that don't serve us.
So, if you want to know what to do about these mind forg'd manacles, if you want to tune into the energy of 'FUCK OFF', then you can catch up on this short teaching and meditation by clicking the image below or downloading this link. If you just want to listen to the meditation, you can download this here to listen to at your own convenience.
And if you haven't taken part in this month's challenge and listened to Tim Ferris talk about Fear Setting here is your chance to do it now.
Don't forget to join our community WhatsApp group where our monthly challenges will be shared and explored. It is fast becoming an integral part of this group. Please do email your number to firstname.lastname@example.com if you want to be a part of the group.
Additional Resources
Working with Fear and Trauma by Tara Brach
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our politics with The Ezra Klein Show
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64 | Affirmative Action ft. Temilola Sunmonu
On this episode, the following was discussed:
- Temilola is a behavioral therapist and she joined me to talk about the importance of mental health.
- Affirmative action is being removed from universities process when in consideration of admission.
- Religion and religion politics
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2013 MLB Playoffs Review
This postseason has proven the old adage, once again, that good pitching beats good hitting…. especially in October. Here are some stats to back that up:
- 13 different starting pitchers with more than one start have an ERA below 3.00
- Out of the 5 starters with 3 starts already, only Joe Kelly has an ERA over 2.60
- 10 different hitters have already struck out at least 10 times in less than 10 games
- Justin Verlander has given up 1 run in 23 innings over 3 starts and is still 1-1
- Closers have gone 14 for 16 in save opportunities
- The Tigers rotation has give up 3 runs in 27 innings in the LCS, yet the series is tied 2-2
- A team has scored 3 runs or less 33 times already this postseason
- There have been four 1-0 games
- There have been 7 shutouts
- Only 1 player has more than 7 RBI (Beltran)
- Prince Fielder, Freddie Freeman, Andre Ethier, and Josh Donaldson have combined for 0 postseason RBI in a span of 90 AB
- 15 different pitchers have a WHIP under 1.00
- The Cardinals, who set a regular season record for average with RISP (.330), are hitting just .250 with RISP in the postseason
- 34 different players have grounded into a double play already
Bottom line: Sorry to every major sports station, but the 2013 postseason is all about the dominant pitching, not Yasiel Puig.
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At the beginning of August, Manila, the capital of the Philippines, hosted a number of international forums that opened their door for foreign ministers of a number of states. These events played an important role in the preparations for a number of summits (planned for the first half of November of this year) that are going to be held for the countries that are directly or indirectly involved in the political, economic, military-strategic affairs of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) in general and the subregion of Southeast Asia in particular.
Although the dangerous situation on the Korean Peninsula has been touched upon during these events, but a lion's share of attention was paid to the South China Sea and the matters that are related to the situation in that strategic area.
By the nature of the assessments of the problems observed in Southeast Asia and South Korea, as well as approaches to the resolution of this crisis, the participants in the Manila summits could be divided into three groups.
The first group consists of ten ASEAN member countries, all of which together form the political and geographical category of "Southeast Asia". Preparation for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of ASEAN was among the most important topics in Manila.
Secondly, this is China, whose leaders are also considering it to be a part of this subregion. Finally, the were ministers from a number of countries that took part in the Manila events, that are being referred to by Beijing and a number of other players as "extra-regional forces".
That is an extremely remarkable geopolitical meme. On the one hand, it refers to countries that are not geographically related to Southeast Asia and that allegedly have nothing to do with the political problems that exist within the region in question But at the same the use of the word "forces" means that the countries described by this term are trying to project their influence over the regions that are lying far away from their national territories.
Such countries in Beijing's understanding are the US, followed by Japan and Australia. It should be noted, however, that the latter, while being a separate continent, is directly adjacent to Southeast Asia.
At the same time, India is also risking to find itself on the list of "extra-regional forces" is India, whose Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has also paid a visit to Manila. She participated in the preparatory activities for the next meetings of the countries participating in the East Asian Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum, which will also be held in early November in Manila.
Actually, the confrontation that exists in Southeast Asia between China and "outsiders" is the main content of the problematic situation in the subregion, as well as the political game that has been unfolding there over the past 15 years.
In this context, the 10 countries of Southeast Asia are not being regarded as partners, but as as a desired prize for the strongest geopolitical player. At the same time, the rhetoric of the leading players is characterized by an emphatic politeness to ASEAN in general and its individual members in particular. Their importance in regional affairs is formally acknowledged, and the external players are expressing their desire for developing mutually beneficial ties with them.
An illustration of all of the above mentioned trends were the deals adopted in Manila. For instance, the so-called Code of Conduct in the South China-Sea signed by China and ASEAN members. Or a Joint Statement of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the United States, Japan and Australia that was announced after a series of the Manila events.
As for the Code of Conduct, this projects has been in the works for a really long time, since as early as in the 1990s regional players would announce the need to develop certain binding norms of conduct in the South China-Sea, where territorial claims of coastal states often lead to disputes.
But the decision to develop and adopt such a document was formally announced only in 2002 at the ASEAN + China summit and since then the discussions of all of the details was rather slow and painful. That is why it is not clear how far the practical implementation of the Code of Conduct will go after the initial signing.
In this regard, one can not fail to notice the skeptical comments appearing in the Western media about the significance of this document, since the initial differences in the positions occupied by China and its southern neighbors in the course of discussions was way too obvious. If China, that may claim up to 90% of all South China-Sea waters doesn't want any binding agreements SCM, its southern partners would like to see more "limitations" in the document that is being developed.
However, in recent years, China started to get increasingly more flexible in its relations with the ASEAN countries largely due to the fact that they've been seeking support of those "extra-regional forces", and Beijing doesn't want any of those to have a say in Southeast Asian affairs.
China keeps arguing that what is happening in the South China-Sea should be of no interest to Western powers since they are in no way related to it. That's why the latter would adopt the above mentioned Joint Statement of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the United States, Japan and Australia.
It follows from its content that the authors are extremely concerned about the issues of "ensuring the freedom of navigation and flights over the South China-Sea", as well as compliance with relevant international legal acts.
The three ministers, while reaffirming their countries' intention to "swim and fly wherever international law permits," called on China and the Philippines to adopt last year's decision of the Hague Arbitration Court, which effectively rejected China's territorial claims in the South China-Sea. The sharply negative attitude of the latter towards this decision is well known and has been discussed before in NEO.
We've been also observing the attempts to strengthen the (quasi) US-Japan-Australia alliance, the importance of which has been one again reaffirmed in Manila. This trend plays a pivotal role in the development of the situation in Southeast Asia. It's should be reminded that two months earlier, a similar meeting of Defense Ministers of the above mentioned states was held in Singapore. Back then those ministers would adopt a paper that would state their desire to develop cooperation in the areas of security and defense, both in the trilateral and multilateral formats.
It's curious that before the Singapore meetings and after the meetings in Manila, American destroyers would enter a 12-mile zone around the islands that Beijing believes to be an integral part of its territory. These provocations were designed to "show the military might of the US".
However, these "demonstrations" will lead to no fundamental changes in the policies pursued by the regional players, however, we can expect further aggravation of the situation.
In general, the results of the events held in early August in Manila have once again confirmed the opposing intentions of world powers engaged in the subregion of Southeast Asia. And this face-off there's no signs of a change.
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Do you ever feel like trying to market your business is similar to running around like a chicken with its head cut off? You've got blog posts to write, advertisements to create, email funnels to develop and Instagram content to schedule. And that was just this morning!
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Now, you probably started your wholesale business out of passion- you love the product you make and truly believe people will love your products. However, I'd urge you to take a step back and do a bit of research. What pain point are you solving for your target audience? Take some time to interview people's reaction to your product. Ask them what they like, what they don't like. Ask them how your product improves their lives. In terms of marketing, find out how you can best reach your audience. What platforms do they spend their time on? What is the best time during the day for you to reach the? Look into your social media and website metrics to best answer these questions.
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Once you determine where you are reaching your audience, write out a clear funnel which you would like your potential buyers to walk through, from first viewing your platforms (website or social media) to clicking "purchase". Remember, people want to buy what your product can offer them. They want to buy the solution that your product can give them but first, they need to be convinced that your product can provide that solution. On average, someone needs to view an ad at least seven times before they are convinced to take action. It might seem strange, but gaining buyers is often like dating: you have to let your buyers get to know you over time, so give them the opportunity to do so!
Choose three main platforms where your buyers will initially come into contact with you (your social media platforms) which should direct viewers to your website. Then, have clear "call-to-actions" on your website for your viewers to sign up for your newsletter and view your products. You should have at least five call-to-actions on your website. This will give your viewers a chance to interact with you and your brand. A least two of those call-to-actions should be sign-up forms for your email newsletter. Growing your email list is extremely important and allows you to have multiple, personal interactions with your potential buyers. Make sure to interact with your email list at least once a week, telling them about your business and products.
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Working for Simply Smiles is definitely weird...and wonderful. Weird? I've done lots of things for my job that I didn't quite anticipate. The most recent example: Getting my CDL license so that I could drive a red school bus across country with my brother to get to the Cheyenne River Reservation. And, of course, wonderful. I'm fortunate that I can implement what I've learned in graduate school and in my past farming career in practical, meaningful ways. I also get to meet incredible people and have many unique experiences along the way. Not a bad job.
And, the La Plant Grows Its Own Food! project has been transformative for both me and, I hope, for residents of La Plant. It makes my heart swell when a child willingly goes into the garden space and wants to help, asks questions, or runs to me as soon as they arrive at camp and are excited about what we're planting that day. Or, when I have a group of adults who offer to take care of the garden, actively participate in its growth, or ask how they can grow things at their houses. Pretty wonderful, right?
In the span of one year, the garden has done just that - grow. Volunteer groups have helped to build new raised beds - 21, to be exact! - and these beds have greatly increased our growing space. Our compost system is thriving (fellow compost nerds, rejoice!), our native species project has physically taken root, and we're getting ready to enclose the high tunnel within the coming month to extend the growing season. There's buzz about the project among more residents in town and even throughout the entire Reservation. It has rumblings and makings of a food movement.
All this change, growth, and planning...and I won't physically be implementing much during the month of June.
Because Simply Smiles is becoming more ambitious in its programming and our holistic approach is attracting a wider audience of potential supporters and ambassadors of our mission, things - and people - need to shift. Rather than staying on the Rez for five straight months, the staff is taking office rotations, and mine starts this month. As a naturally anxious person/a (slight) control freak, not being present is a problem for me. But, the job requirements aside, my gut tells me this is a healthy break. I hope it is one that reveals and recognizes the roles and interdependence of communication, learning to cede control, trust, and, of course, the truly magical nature of growing, living things and beings.
I'm trying a new mantra: Things will be ok. Things will grow.
Just when it set in this past Saturday morning that this - being in La Plant - was over, albeit for a little over a month, our friend and La Plant resident Ford Hill shook my hand.
"Goodbye, Ford," I said. "See you in July."
"You know, in Lakota, there's no word for 'goodbye'," he said. "We say, 'see you soon.' Saying 'goodbye' is too lonesome and final."
So, with that, see you soon, La Plant. For now, I'll enjoy these recent memories and look forward to lots of delicious food and blooming flowers in the near future.
(All photos taken by A.Gross, April-May 2015, Cheyenne River Reservation/La Plant, S.D.)


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MP visits "Sussex Farmer of the Year" in Cowfold
Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited Andrew and Joanne Knowles at Trenchmore Farm in Cowfold on Saturday (28 January), just a few days before they received a top prize at the Sussex Food & Drink Awards.
Andrew and Joanne are relatively new 'second career' farmers. Trenchmore Farm was started in 2012, and their youngest son Oscar joined them in 2015 to manage the farm day-to-day.
On Wednesday night (1 February) they collected the 'Sussex Farmer of the Year' award at an event hosted at Brighton's Amex Stadium.
The Knowles are cross breeding Sussex cattle with Wagyu cattle with the ambition of producing the best tasting local beef from a healthy and happy herd. The cattle are mostly grass fed, but also feed on local brewer's grains.
Andrew describes the farm as a 'show and tell' farm, a place where chefs and buyers can visit the cattle and see first-hand the lifecycle and wellbeing of the herd. Trenchmore beef is sold to many leading Sussex restaurants.
Mr Herbert toured the farm with Andrew and Joanne. The cattle are housed in a Roundhouse Barn in the winter, a revolutionary style building which is more efficient to run than traditional barns. By investing into the farm's infrastructure the Knowles are able to improve the welfare of their stock and reduce labour input.
Trenchmore Farm also has an orchard of 1,600 traditional cider apple trees. Silly Moo cider is pressed and fermented on site. In 2016 the farm took in more than 12 tonnes of surplus apples from Sussex gardens in an annual apple swap. Apple growers can exchange their surplus apples for cider.
After the tour Mr Herbert, Andrew and Joanne discussed some of the wider concerns of modern farming and sustainability, and how to raise the profile of South Downs produce so that buyers can identify locally made food and drink.
Mr Herbert has championed the idea of marketing local produce under a South Downs banner to help boost local businesses and tourism. An example of this has proved successful in Kent with 'Produced in Kent', a not-for-profit collaboration between the County Council and Hadlow College.
Andrew Knowles said: "It was good to meet Nick who comes from a farming background and really appreciates the challenges of modern farming. Improving our Wealden Clay soils and building up our herd of Sussex X Red Wagyu cattle takes years and creating a clear National Framework will allow Farmers to plan for the future. Having the opportunity to talk to Nick about ways to broaden the focus to include sustainability alongside the commercial pressures was very welcome."
Nick Herbert said: "I always enjoy farm visits and it was a particular pleasure to meet Andrew, Joanne and Oscar. I am delighted that Trenchmore Farm won Sussex Farmer of the Year, an accolade which is clearly highly deserved."
1. Photo: Andrew Knowles, Joanne Knowles and Nick Herbert MP in front of the Roundhouse barn at Trenchmore Farm.
2. For more information about Trenchmore Farm see www.trenchmore.co.uk.


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The People's Playlist: Vol. 12 - Heavenly Bramble
Hey! My name is Heavenly Bramble, Founder of Heavenly Experience VA, a Virtual Assistant Company. I'm originally from the Bronx, New York but was raised and reside in Richmond, VA with my awesome husband and energetic son, who gave me the inspiration to push my dream business to a full-time reality!
My background: I worked with the State Government of Virginia for over 6 years, knowing from Day 1 that I wanted more, but not in the corporate world. I named my company Heavenly Experience Virtual Assistant (VA) because I want everyone to receive an excellent experience through customer service that they deserve no matter what. I help my clients achieve organized success through scheduling management, email marketing, and research marketing. I coach aspiring entrepreneurs who wants to start a virtual company and guide them with the tools and resources they need.
I have a love-hate relationship with music; growing up, I always saw how people connected with the songs and knew the lyrics verbatim, while I could barely remember the artists who created the songs. I felt like I didn't know music because of that, but that quickly changed over the years.
I grew up in a strict Christian household where only gospel music was played, but my friends and peers listened to rap and hip hop, and I always loved the beats on hip hop songs. Over the years, I appreciated the different genre of music--from gospel, to jazz, classical, and rap.
My love with music grew because I can always find a song to fit whatever mood I'm in. So, here is the list of my ever-changing moods, whether I'm researching client work, reading, typing a blog, teaching cycle class, or having fun with family and friends!
Ready to kick off your week with Heavenly? Let's jump right in. The People's Playlist: Vol. 12- Heavenly Bramble
"Happy" - Pharrell Williams
"I Smile" - Kirk Franklin
"Work" - Rihanna
"Run The World" - Beyonce
"He Wants It All" - Forever Jones
"Bodak Yellow" - Cardi B
"Golden" - Chrisette Michele
"A Long Walk" - Jill Scott
"I Love The Lord" - Whitney Houston
"Get Me Bodied" - Beyonce
"Dutty Wine" - Beenie Man
"Red Nose" - Sage The Gemini
"Ain't Worried About Nothin" - French Montana
"HUMBLE." - Kendrick Lamar
"Bless The Lord" - Tye Tribbett
"Sinking" - Tye Tribbett
"You Are Everything" - Tye Tribbett
"Let The Beat Build" - Lil Wayne
"Bring Me to Life" - Evanescence
"Porcelain Doll" - Chrisette Michele
"Set Fire to the Rain" - Adele
"Summertime" - Fantasia
"Beethoven Symphony" - Kelly Valleau
"Showtime" - Machel Montano
"4 Page Letter" - Aaliyah


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Stop Thinking About Your Logo! Branding Advice For Impact Entrepreneurs
When business owners and entrepreneurs discover that I have a background in design and that I lecture in branding, they inevitably ask me what I think of their brand. And then they show me their logo.
Every time this happens, I want to say two things. First: "It doesn't matter what I think, because I am not your audience." Second: "Stop thinking about your logo and think about your brand instead."
A brand is an emotional connection that resides in a person about a business, product or offering. It's a gut feeling and an expectation that can generate a powerful response. It connects your target audience to your business in a meaningful way, and it's informed by your story, your purpose, your reason for being.
To think about brand only in terms of a logo is to render it small.
A brand identity system, by comparison, is the tangible representation of a business, product or offering. It's how your story is expressed visually and verbally, and a logo is only one small piece of the brand identity system. It's just a quick identification mark. So focusing on your logo, instead of your deeper story, is selling your purpose short.
What's really important is to capture and articulate why you matter to your audience.
As a business in the social impact space, you have a head start on this. Your purpose is intrinsic in everything you do because you have a deeper reason for existing than just financial gain. Your business is answering a genuine need in the community, the environment or society in general. There's already a tribe of people – your tribe – who believe in what you believe. You just need to articulate your belief in a way that resonates with the hearts and minds of these people.
Much like you wouldn't build a house without professional plans, developing your brand's foundations is vital. Creating a consistent voice that reaches across every single inward- and outward-facing, verbal and non-verbal touchpoint brings your brand to life for your customers. It's the way you answer the phone, the way you write an email, the way you greet your customers, the way you establish your offering.
Your values and purpose permeates through every part of your business and when you can articulate this consistently in the right way, you connect emotionally to your tribe.
Your brand isn't just a logo that can be created by your best friend's brother who happens to know Illustrator. This is a job for a professional branding expert who has the in-depth knowledge and understanding of how to capture the heart of your purpose, communicate it to your audience and make it stick. Investing in a branding professional who can identify your unique difference and bring that to life isn't a 'nice to have', it's an essential element of a successful business.
It's the difference between a business that crosses it's fingers and hopes for the best, and a business that understands its purpose and seeks to genuinely communicate to the hearts and minds of its tribe.
If you still think your brand starts and ends with your logo, it's time to think again.
About the author
Leanne Farnworth possesses a unique combination of skills and experience. She is a creative leader who is educated and experienced in Design, Design Thinking and Design Integration; an awarded business owner; an experienced group facilitator; and a highly regarded university lecturer in branding and design.
Throughout her career, Leanne's ability to solve business problems creatively has been one of her biggest strengths. She has always been passionate about finding new and innovative ways of solving challenges across multiple industries and disciplines. She has a natural ability to listen, empathise, lead and encourage others to achieve new possibilities. Her understanding of what really matters to the target audience is at the heart of her approach, enabling her to deliver solutions that have a deeper purpose and impact. She is further developing these skills through her current MBA degree from UNSW where she is specialising in Social Impact.


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Dark comedy and big questions combine in a play coming to The Place in Bedford.
The Pendulum Swings is set on America's Death Row and tells a story of two inmates awaiting their executions.
It contrasts the older, steadier nature of Frank with the tortured and desperate psyche of Michael. While examining the purpose of capital punishment, the play deals with Frank's attempts to help Michael see that there is some value to being alive.
Writer and artistic director Anthony Lowery said: "The steady influx of crime and punishment documentaries, from ITV's Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald to Netflix's more recent Making a Murderer, is evidence that people are very interested in the criminal justice system. What better way to show it to them than with all the immediacy that live theatre provides?
"The work is based on information collated from books, interviews and documentaries, this is an artistic representation of that which occurs on one of the most unforgiving places on Earth."
"This is a deliberately paced dark comedy on Death Row with all the atmosphere, spaces and uncomfortable pauses in that world."
The Pendulum Swings will be performed on Friday July 1 and Saturday July 2 at 7.30pm.
Tickets cost from £9.50. The play contains very strong language and sex references and is recommended for ages 16 and above.
Visit www.theplacebedford.org.uk or call 01234 354321 to book.


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Connor & Anna got married at the beautiful Willamette Heritage Center in Salem, Oregon. We've known Anna and her family for most of our lives, and it was already about 8 years ago that Peter photographed Anna's senior photos. Connor is a firefighter, and we first met him at a New Years Eve party at our house last year! Photographed their burgeoning heart eyes in our sketchy basement photo booth, and then fast forward to 2019—a gorgeous winter wedding.
It's always a special treat to be able to photograph friends' weddings and party with our crowd. Also, to absolutely gorge ourselves on incredible Italian food and brownies, amen.


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Swimming Instructional Video
Production, Direction, Cinematography, and Graphics by Sky. Production Management, Art Direction, and Drone Video by Brian Adams
Driven and SWS Story Video
Driven and SWS Teaser
Orlando Music Video - Director's Cut
Concept, Video Direction, Art Direction and DSLR Filming by Brian Adams
Reach Your Peak - Swim Camp Commercial
Concept, Production Management, Video Direction and Art Direction by Brian Adams
The Greatest Chapter - Senior Living Lifestyle and Architectural Video
Art Direction, Photography and Photo Editing by Brian Adams
PEAK OUT! Dry-Land Training Video
Production Management, Video Direction, Art Direction, Logo, and DSLR Filming by Brian Adams
Miami Hi-Rise Condo Real Estate Aerial and Interior Video 1
Videography and editing by John
Miami Hi-Rise Condo Real Estate Aerial and Interior Video 2
Videography and editing by John
Home Walkthrough Video
Astro Pak 60th Anniversary Teaser


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Location: East Coast FL
Palm Beach Kennel Club
After meeting with my team I decided I would just eat dinner at the Poker Room and eager to play. I sat down with $300 and doubled my stack within the first 20 minutes, gotta love it when you start off the session winning Full House over Nut Flush. I ended up playing until early morning and ended the night +$800-ish before heading to my hotel for the long drive back to Jacksonville, FL. I knew I would need to rest before the 5 and a half hour drive Home and was eager to get some rest after a long day of driving down to West Palm Beach.
Daytona Beach Kennel Club
I wake up and check out of the hotel around 11am and start driving home to Jacksonville, FL. I see Daytona Beach Kennel Club along the highway as I passed the exit. Daytona was another room I'd heard great things about, so I decided to turn around at the next exit and try and run it up again. I sat down with $300 (as usual) and BOOM, double up my first hand with 4-4. (I flopped a set against A-A) Gotta love flopping a set against an over pair, and GETTING PAID. I ended up playing another couple hours and left up another +$800-ish or so and decided to head Home to Jacksonville, FL.
Orange Park BestBet
After the long drive Home I finally get back and felt unstoppable on the felt, just like most of us get when we go on a heater. It was dinner time and I decided to bet a couple dog races while I enjoyed a steak dinner before hopping on the Poker table again. After dinner, I sat down with my usual $300 and this session started a bit differently. I lost my first all-in with an open-ended straight flush draw (Jd-9d) on a Qd-10d-3s board and bricked both streets to K-K. I rebuy and grind my way back to even. At this point I'm dead tired from the 11 hours of driving and simply the Poker grind. I look down at K-K which becomes the Hand of the Day. (scroll down for details) I ended up cashing out with roughly $1,500 for a +$900 session.
Hand of the Day
I look down at K-K in the Big Blind starting the Hand around $750. The Hand starts off with a Straddle and 3 Callers to the Button. The Button makes it a cold $100 and I raise to $225. The player that straddled went All-In for less (roughly $190) and it Folds around to the Button whom Calls the Raise and has me covered. The Flop comes out 6-8-2 rainbow and I go All-In for my remaining $500 or so. Button tanks until he calls Clock on himself …. and Calls. Turn is a 2 and River is a 6. Kings Holds for a triple up. Cashed out roughly $1,500
Wow, I ran Good. This was probably the most fatigued I've ever been due to the 11 hours of driving and the hours I put in playing Poker. Overall, it was a very profitable (+2,500/day) and hope you tune in for the next article.