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Social Media Breakfast.. Nom Nom

12 April 2010

This morning I attended the monthly breakfast series for Social Media Club DC at Bus Boys and Poets. On the panel was Jill Foster, founding editor of Women Grow Business and co-founder of DC Media Makers; Yong Lee, consultant for the Social Media Club Education Connection (SMEC) and Frank Gruber, co-founder of TECH cocktail and co-producer of Digital Capital Week. At this session we of course covered the basics: Twitter as a powerful medium to connect people and how to convince unlikely settings to adapt to social networks.

What I particularly found interesting and new was Yong Lee’s discussion on using social media in higher education as a form of learning. Social Media Club Education Connection is working with various institutions to create higher education curriculums based on the growing changes in this field. SMEC is a national initiative with the goal of uniting educators, students, and professionals to further the development of social media curriculum in schools and prepare students for the workforce. I learned that Edmodo is a new tool that serves as your “Twitter” for the classroom. It was interesting to hear where these social networks were actually trying to expand.

There are several companies that are working to bridge mobile technology and social networks for learning. Qualcomm, a leader in mobile technology, is one company that is working to position smartphones as a significant learning device for the classroom through its Wireless Reach program. Through Wireless Reach, Qualcomm launched Project K-Nect, a two-year pilot program that works to improve math skills among at-risk ninth-grade students in North Carolina using advanced wireless technology. Project K-nect resulted in the enhanced learning and comprehension of these students in the classroom. Maybe one day teachers will be convinced that many social media tools serve as resources and forms of learning rather than distractions.

I look forward to the next event!

Disclosure: Qualcomm is a Hill & Knowlton client.

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2 Responses to “Social Media Breakfast.. Nom Nom”

  1. Yong Lee

    Thanks for the mention! Jill and Frank have both done some amazing things, it was great to meet them and so many enthusiastic, passionate people at the breakfast.

    We hope to do big things w/ SMCEDU, and the group we’re forming now in DC has me excited at the possibilities.

    We’re putting together an event (possibly two) for DC Week in June, hope to see you there!

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Cloud/IaaS: It’s all about the workload

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014

So you think moving your server workloads to the cloud will save you money?

Think again.

The cloud paradigm is no longer new to computing, but even when it was a new computing idea, it was already an old commercial idea. When we move workloads to cloud servers, we are in effect leasing servers rather than buying them.

How is that relevant?

I can buy a big screen TV at my local electronics shop, or I can lease one next door. If I lease it, initially it will seem less costly, but over time, leasing will cost more than buying. The same is true with cars: I can buy one and drive it into the ground, over 10 or 15 years, or I can lease one, and replace it with a newer model every couple of years. Leasing will definitely cost more.

So the lesson here is that cloud == leasing, on-premise == buying. Leasing costs more but has the benefits of offloading administration to someone else, plus the opportunity to replace the product or service with a newer version quite frequently. In other words, with leasing, I pay more, and I get more.

IaaS and SaaS are the same. You don’t buy the compute capacity – you lease it. You don’t buy the hosted app – you lease access to it. Someone else manages it and someone else upgrades it once in a while. It costs more in the long run, but you get those benefits.

So does this mean that IaaS is definitely more costly than purchased compute capacity? Mostly, yes. The main exception to this rule is where the workload is sporadic. If I have a VM that needs to run for just 1 hour per day, if I buy the capacity, then I’ve effectively purchased 24x as much capacity as I needed, so even the buy-vs-lease cost savings won’t help me. It’s better to lease that for just the time windows I need it.

What does this mean in practice?

IaaS is cost effective for specific workloads — those that are only run on demand, and are shut down most of the time. Training systems. Demo systems. Peak capacity web farms. POC and lab environments. Testing systems used infrequently. There are lots of workloads where – if you have the discipline to shut things off when not in use – you can save money by moving the runtime platform to the cloud.

But who has the discipline? That’s the real problem. Human users forget to shut down their VMs, so they might move to the cloud to host sporadic workloads, but then they forget to turn things off, and wind up leasing much more capacity than they really need.

This is where Hitachi ID can help. Our Privileged Access Manager can be used to “check out” a whole machine (not just a privileged account), which has the desirable side-effect of turning the machine on. The subsequent check-in, which might be manual or due to a timeout, will suspend the same VM, effectively stopping the billing until the machine is needed again.

This can amount to a huge cost savings for IaaS used to host sporadic workloads.

If your IaaS usage fits this pattern, call us — we can save you money.

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The Associated Press will launch its news registry on 14 July, opening it up to all members and publishers who want to sign up before the end of 2010, the agency has announced.

The new system will automatically notify the agency and members about how their content is used beyond their own websites. It also stores information identifying each piece of AP content distributed and its terms of use.

The registry will make use of the new microformat for metadata introduced by the AP earlier this month, which has been added to all its news stories online to encourage an industry standard for tagging.

“Beyond analytics, the registry also will set the stage for a new way of doing business as a cooperative,” says Tom Curley, AP president and CEO, in a release.

“Every content creator who uses the registry will be able to set the rights for the use of that content, so that it can be copied legally or used in new products that the industry or others create with proper permission and compensation.”

More than 200 AP member newspapers have signed up as beta testers of the system and the agency expects this number to reach 600 by the July launch date.

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Brill's New Pauly Online

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Perdita Manuscripts Database

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Germanica Pacifica

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British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries, 1500-1950

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Blackwell Reference Online

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Eighteenth Century digital resource

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May 3, 2013, 2:27 PM ET

A lawsuit against Bitcoin’s main trading exchange Mt. Gox was filed this week regarding rights to the North American market. And no, the plaintiff is not seeking damages in Bitcoins.

CoinLab, backed by venture capitalist Peter Vessenes, said it entered into an agreement with Mt. Gox in November that gave CoinLab access to Mt. Gox’s technology – its computer servers and the “exclusive right to certain intellectual property” –  so that CoinLab could provide exchange services to North American customers as Mt. Gox’s exclusive partner in the region. Mt. Gox is based in Japan.

Transactions in the U.S. and Canada through Mt. Gox were switched to CoinLab as of March 29, according to a press release from CoinLab.

The suit alleges that Mt. Gox beached its contract with CoinLab by conducting business with North American customers and failing to provide necessary data,  according to a complaint filed by CoinLab in federal court.

CoinLab is seeking at least $75 million in damages.

“Defendants have, in email and other written exchanges, and in public statements to the press acknowledged that they have directly serviced customers in the United States and Canada since entering the Agreement. This conduct constitutes a breach of the Agreement, including the exclusivity provisions in the Agreement,” the filing states.

CoinLab’s Vessenes said in the statement: ” What tipped us into filing was our complete inability to get Mt. Gox to deliver on the few simple things left that were needed for customers to move over en-masse”

Mark Karpeles, chief executive officer of Mt. Gox, said in a statement Friday: “Mt. Gox has been contacted by Coinlab (US) regarding a formal complaint ﬁled against us in the United States. As we have just now received the complaint, neither Mt. Gox nor our legal team can make any ofﬁcial comment on the matter at this time, but we take this very seriously and will respond appropriately and quickly once we have had time to review it.”

Both Vessenes and Karpeles sit on the board of the Bitcoin Foundation.

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Time to reward those doing the dirty work.

Based on statistics provided to me, the Colonial League’s leading tackler is….

Catasauqua’s Jared Nosal with 81.

Notre Dame-Green Pond’s Chris DeGaetano is next with 73, followed by Southern Lehigh’s Collin Kendrick (67), the program’s career leader in tackles.

Here are the team-by-team leaders in tackles entering Week 7, for those who provide such stats (the two teams not listed here will be represented soon so check back for updates):

Bangor: 1. Dallas Labar 32, 2. Logan Matthews 28, 2. Cam Strohe 28.

Catasauqua: 1. Jared Nosal 81, 2. Rhaine Sziy 62, 3. Brandon Purrone 52.

Northern Lehigh: 1. Nate Farber 59, 2. Jace Umlauf 40, 3. Chance DeLong 26.

Northwestern: 1. Justin Betz 59, 2. Harry Hall 56, 3. Jacob Najarian 34.

Notre Dame-GP: 1. Chris DeGaetano 73, 2. Stanton Santos 52, 3. John McDonald 38.

Palmerton: 1. Tre Nelson 63, 2. Isaac George 58, 3. Alec DeLong 56.

Pen Argyl: 1. Ryan Lobb 38, 2. Brady Mutton 32, 3. Chris Muller 29.

Saucon Valley: 1. Justin Propsner 44, 2. Tyler Kehs 28, 3. Tom Misiak 27.

Southern Lehigh: 1. Collin Kendrick 67, 2. Jake Del Priore 49, 3. Christian Ricci 30.

Wilson: 1. Michael Fabian 42, 2. Logan Murray 38, 3. Nick Labatch 36.

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Getting the story wrong… again.

CBS’ John Miller was one of two reporters today who botched the identity of the person apparently responsible for killing at least a dozen people at the Navy Yard in Washington today.

The gunman carried the ID of another man and Miller, along with an NBC news reporter, didn’t wait for authorities to identify the suspect. Instead, he opted to report it. He was wrong, and had to retract his scoop and write a tortured excuse:

This changes a lot. It means the identity they believed they had of the gunman is wrong. It means that the possible motive — troubles the man was having with the Navy and with family — is not the motive.

And it means the rush to get the story first falsely implicated an apparently innocent man, although Miller didn’t go that far.

But he’s gone this far before.

He was one of the people responsible for the claim that a Saudi national, seen running away from the bombs at the Boston Marathon finish line, was being hunted by police.

From appearance, we will simply have to accept that reporters are going to pass along information that’s wrong when there’s breaking news, rather than get it confirmed first.

Slate’s Will Oremus says the fog of breaking news creates the opportunity to getting the story wrong.

“But there’s a difference between saying, ‘we’re hearing that there may have been more than one shooter,’ and saying, ‘we’re hearing that the shooter’s name was X.’ The difference is that the former can be walked back without leaving anyone’s life ruined in its wake,” Oremus wrote this afternoon.

  • davidz

    This is a great example of why I’m not a news reader via Twitter. There was not a thing about this story that I needed to know in short tiny bursts. I’m a thousand miles away, so there was not “need to know” in the emergency. I like my information distilled into news, rather than flung at me as raw data.

  • John

    Maybe Bob can comment on this –

    Since most news organizations exist as for profit companies, are there rewards for getting out the raw information so quickly? Does viewership dramatically increase for the network that gets the story (wrong or right) out first, and thus the income of the network goes up? (My money will go to the organization that gets it right and takes a bit more time to get there, but perhaps my nature is not representative of the herd as a whole.)

    My experience with major “as it happens” news has been that all the networks are more or less interchangeable. I can flip between any of the four/five major TV news providers and see the same talking points and lines repeated ad nauseum, sometimes with a slight spin toward that network’s bias (notably – Fox spins right and CNN spins left in general – ABC, NBC and CBS seem to wander closer to the middle).

    Conversely, will there be any punishment (fiscal or otherwise) for the people/networks who reported it wrong? Is there potential for a winnable libel suit from the person incorrectly named as the shooter?

    • Bob Collins

      Let me be clear on this: When most people say “we’d rather wait and have it be right,” they’re pretty much lying. What they want is it right NOW and right, which is also what most journalists want.

      But people abandoned the system that generally insured that, the newspaper the next day and they want their news now. But any assertion by people that they’re willing to wait is pure fantasy; they’re not willing to wait.

      • John

        Fair enough – like I said, I’m relatively sure that I’m in the minority in my willingness to wait. In my world, getting answers in one day is practically a miracle. Getting them in a week (often to questions with significant financial implications to my customers) is relatively normal, and when it’s a tough enough question getting answers a month or so from now is just a fact of life. (It took me 6 years to figure something out once – but that’s the nature of academic research).

        So, for me to have to wait a day or two for accuracy in reporting is really not an inconvenience. My entire career and reputation as a scientist are 100% dependent on the integrity of my data – apparently that isn’t true of those who bring the rest of the world to me?

      • davidz

        I’m with John — I assert that I’m not like most people. I *am* willing to wait. I do read the paper the next day, but I also read the web sites today. I’m even known to reload a page to see what’s changed.

        I want it right, now. I’m willing to concede on “now”, because I understand that getting things right takes time. That’s much more important to me than “right now”.

        My choice to forego Twitter for news consumption aligns with my preference for “right”.

  • MrE85

    May the ghosts of Murrow and Cronkite appear by Miller’s bed. With axe handles…


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“Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 is supported by SAP GUI for Windows 7.10 as of patchlevel 13.”

·         Support for Office 2007 files (*.docx and *.xlsx), note 1286768

“With new changes done in SAP Office Integration, both old .DOC & .XLS as well as new *.DOCX & *.XLSX files of MS Office will be supported.
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800 wins, 3 eras

BRIDGEWATER — Beating the best excited Wayne Hoy and the rest of the original Somerset Patriots.

“They were supposed to be the best team in the league,” Hoy said after an 8-5 victory against the Atlantic City Surf in the first Atlantic League game.

It would have been impossible for Hoy to guess on May 20, 1998, who ultimately would most often stake claim to the title of “best team in the league.”

The Patriots captured their league-record 800th regular-season win Tuesday, an impressive feat to add to their unmatched eight playoff appearances and four championships.

“We’ve always tried to do things the same here,” said manager Sparky Lyle, who has been around for every win and all 677 losses. “We’re about getting players that can play together. That’s the common denominator. I guess our philosophy works.”

Part of the reason the formula has produced results is an ability to keep a nucleus intact for multiyear stretches, making it easy to categorize the success into three well-defined eras.

1999-2001: 217 wins, three Championship Series appearances, one title.

The Patriots finished with the league’s second-worst record in the inaugural season, but quickly turned around their fortunes behind the likes of Kevin Dattola, Billy Hall, Michael Warner, Darrin Winston, John Briscoe and Ricardo Jordan. “We had a good group of guys who played the right way,” Dattola said. “If you get individuals, that’s when you can have problems. We always had a lot of confidence and we would bring that out in big spots.”

2003-05: 213 wins, two Championship Series appearances, two titles.

The start of the 2003 season marked a clean slate; for the first time, no players remained from 1998. Instead Jeff Nettles, Ryan Radmanovich and Tony Gsell debuted, joining Emiliano Escandon to form a long-term foundation. “You know when you put the uniform on that you are expected to win,” Nettles said. “Even when you’ve already won a half and you’re going as individuals, there is a commitment to the team.”

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2007-09: 200 wins, two Championship Series appearances, one title.

Not long after last September’s celebration died down, Casey Cahill broached the topic of the future with several teammates. “We started talking about coming back and trying to build a dynasty,” said Cahill, one of six players to play for the Patriots in each of the past three seasons. “Everybody wants to further their own career, but as long as we’re here why not do something great?” Clinching a playoff berth earlier this month accomplished the first step toward becoming the league’s first back-to-back champions.

The similarities in approach across the eras made it comfortable for Dattola to return as hitting coach in 2007 after a five-year absence and for Nettles to transition back prior to this season.

“Everybody always talks about getting out of here,” Nettles said of the desire to get back on the track to the majors, “but everybody seems to want to come back here. A lot of that has to do with in affiliated ball you’re focused so much on yourself, then you come here and it’s more about the team. Winning is more important than anything.”

Cahill, a New Brunswick native, is better-versed in Patriots history than most of his teammates, but says he is not the only one interested.

“A lot of our players have a great understanding of the history,” he said, “and they take pride in winning.”

Because minor-league rosters tend to undergo annual wholesale changes, the stable Patriots offer a market novelty.

“A reputation has been built here,” Dattola said.

Lyle sees the potential to add another chapter in the coming months.

“We’ve won so many different ways — on the road, at home, in the first half, in the second half,” he said. “It all comes down to having a good clubhouse, and this might be the team with the best attitude yet.”

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Abortion bill veto will boost Charlie’s Senate race.

     Sometimes you just have wonder what goes through the minds of politicians.

     Charlie Crist just lobbed a bomb at the Republican Party by going independent. Republican legislators blasted him. And then today, they gave his campaign a major boost by sneaking through an oppressive anti-abortion bill.
They did it at the last minute, with no public input and over the objections of most women legislators.  The rather idiotic bill would punish women seeking an abortion by making them pay hundreds of dollars for a needless ultrasound. The doctor then would be ordered to rub the images in the woman’s face.

       Let me tell you what Charlie will do. He will veto this bill. He will do it in front of television cameras.

       He will have a prepared statement proclaiming that he is pro-life, but that this bill — like the teacher merit pay bill – - is onerous and was passed without taking into account the voice of the people. He will point out the cruelties of forcing a woman who was raped to produce police documentation of that fact to avoid this measure. He will point out that there are far more reasonable and compassionate ways to reduce abortions.

        And that’s what he is all about, he will say. Getting rid of ideological closed-door deals.

         It plays into every talking point of his campaign.

      Charlie will knock it out of the park.  Watching him will be women, particularly Republican women, who have never been keen on the party’s men controlling the bodies of women.

       This bill is a huge win for Charlie Crist.

       And if that wasn’t enough, the Republicans have tacked some hometown pork spending on to the budget, allowing Charlie to pick them off with his veto pen in another photo-op.

      I don’t think Charlie has much of a chance in November. But with friends like Marco Rubio has in the Legislature, Charlie may yet pull it off.

Yes, his open honest transparency is what he will run on.

“To put these rumors to rest once and for all, as we have said countless times before, Governor Crist is running for the United States Senate as a Republican. He will not run as an Independent or as a No Party Affiliation.

“The Governor is proud of his conservative credentials and stands firmly behind the principles of limited government and more personal freedom, the bedrock values of the Republican Party. He is proud to be a member of the Party of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan.

“This should completely and utterly put to rest any of the unfounded rumors coming from the Rubio campaign that Governor Crist would run as anything other than the Republican that he is.”

Charlie Crist’s website, April 8, 2010

If you go looking for it, look in google’s cache, it’s been removed and flushed down the memory hole at Crists’ website now… since it was clearly the lies of a self-serving self-absorbed politician and not anything resembling honesty.

But we need more self-serving liars in D.C. we don’t have nearly enough… or the GOP changed horrifically in the past … 3 weeks?

That’s going to be a tough one to defend isn’t it?

Well said Mike. I think Charlie will pull it out…and I’m a “R”.

Are you implying that his veto of the teacher bill and the potential veto of the bill with an onerous abortion amendment are only political? He IS right if he vetoes both on the grounds that they were rammed through the legislature without proper vetting. How novel. A politician who listens to the people over their party. Our system is obviously broken when a politician does what the people over the wishes of ideologues but he is essentially accused of self-serving actions. Good grief.

Yes, Floridian, they are only political.
Have you been paying attention the past three years?

I sure hope the Governor vetoes this terrible abortion bill.
Abortion should between a woman and her doctor and the Republican should respect a woman’s right to chose.

You are entitled to your opinion. Of course, your opinion is why I cancelled my subscription to your paper and I’ve been encouraging others to do the same.

What is an abortion?

Before one has one, one needs to see what one is aborting.

This bill DOES make sense!!!

Charlie Crist reminds me of an old cartoon i saw where a military officer is watching a parade go by and he says “I must hurry and get in front of them because I am their leader”. Charlie knows that the great silent majority of moderates of both parties are against this bill so he will veto it. Not because he is a man of principal but because its the politically safe thing to do. Not to mention that to sign this bill would be to give ammunition to his opponent. It is however one of the great paradoxes of the republican far right they are against abortion but for the death penalty and they refuse to fund anything that could help families take care of the kids they would force the mothers to bear. I could see the anti-abortion effort if at the same time the Republicans would budget for head start and pre-k and affordable child care for working mothers but they wont because that’s welfare and they are against welfare.

Jim: Once again, it may be the politically safe thing to do but if Charlie knows that most people would be against the bill (Dems and moderates) why should he get criticized for doing the “safe thing.” SHouldn’t a pol listen to the people?

Floridian, if there’s one thing that ought to be common knowledge about Charlie Crist by now, is that for as long as he’s been in politics, he was never really a Republican, he is and always will be a “Cristican”, or a “Charliecrat”, or what ever you want to call someone who habitually puts his own best political self interests ahead of any other considerations.

Floridian, the problem is that we have too many politicians who respond to polls and only do what will keep them in office, and not enough statesmen who will do what is right regardless of the polls.

So what is the “right” thing to do? Force a woman who may not be able aford it to have an ultrasound? Is the right thing to do to humiliate her into not even want to have an abortion? Aren’t woman already counciled before an abortion? I doubt they just walk into a clinic and hop on an operating table all in one day. Is it right to sign a bill that was rammed through without any public input? Again, a Crist veto is possibly political. It may help him in the polls. However, a Crist veto in this instance is the right thing to do. We also have too many pols who are ideological purists and I’m sick of it. The blame should be placed on Dean Cannon, Mike Haridopolos and the rest of the Reich Wing in Tallahassee.

Your analysis is well-reasoned and would be correct, except for one thing: The voters of Florida are hip to Charlie’s grandstanding tricks, and I doubt the voters will fall for it this time around, as in the past. Fool me once — shame on you. Fool me twice — shame on me. The voters know that Florida has serious problems and that a serious person is needed to deal with them. Reasonable people can differ about who the best candidate is: We have 2 fine candidates in the race in Marco Rubio and Kendrick Meek, representing different ends of the ideological spectrum. Both are serious candidates who cannot be compared with the self-serving empty-suit dog tricks Charlie has been feeding us for the past several years, and I feel confident that voters across the ideological spectrum will agree that the last thing Florida needs is to bring Charlie’s trademark do-nothing approach to Washington, and that is it time for a change.

Charlie hasn’t changed. He was always a moderate. He was always a populist. Do you know what HAS changed? The Florida Legislature. It’s extremely right wing. It made a huge jump to the far right in the past couple years. Read this article from the hometown paper of John Thrasher, Senate Republican AND RPOF Chairman. If the Sentinel is going to misrepresent Charlie, at least I will post an article that shows where the true change occurred. Charlie didn’t leave the Republican Party. The Republican Party left Charlie.

TALLAHASSEE — The Republican-led Florida Legislature sharpened its rightward tilt this year and incoming GOP leaders are hoping to keep moving it in that direction after the November election.

The House historically has been the more conservative of the two chambers. The Senate, and Gov. Charlie Crist for the past four sessions, have taken a more moderate stance, killing or vetoing some of the House’s right-leaning handiwork.

That changed during the 2010 session that ended Friday with the Senate not only embracing but initiating measures championed by such conservative stalwarts as former Gov. Jeb Bush, who has a foundation that lobbies for his education policies.

“I would call it an instantaneous veering to the right,” said Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach. “All the Jeb Bush stuff came roaring back, all the unbridled right-wing ambitions of leadership came into play.”

It culminated during the session’s final two days with passage of an abortion bill that would require women seeking the procedure to first pay for an ultrasound scan and then view the image unless they can prove they are victims of rape, incest of domestic violence.

Gelber and other opponents are seeking a veto by Crist, who just a day before the session ended left the GOP to run for the U.S. Senate without party affiliation.

“I’m concerned about it, I am,” Crist said Saturday, adding that he hasn’t yet made a decision. “I don’t know if I want government telling people what to do, and I want to look at the details of how it’s drafted, the final language and what the practical effect of it would be and give it some thought.”

The Legislature’s rightward slant also is evident in issues lawmakers put on the Nov. 2 ballot. One is a nonbinding straw poll asking voters if Congress should balance the federal budget without raising taxes.

The others are state constitutional amendments that would loosen class size limits voters adopted in 2002 even though Bush had campaigned against them, counter a pair of citizen initiatives designed to curtail favoritism toward incumbents and political parties in redistricting and a ban on Floridians being forced to obtain insurance coverage.

The latter is a response to the health care overhaul passed by the Democratic-controlled Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama, though legal scholars say it cannot override federal law.

“It’s going to get even more exciting next year,” said Sen. Mike Haridopolos, a Merritt Island Republican who is slated to take over as Senate president. “My agenda was pretty clear when I came into the Senate. My goal was to move the Senate to the right on the financial issues.”

His focus may be fiscal, but Haridopolos said he’s also happy to accommodate lawmakers who want to advance socially conservative legislation such as the abortion bill.

Haridopolos’ partner in conservatism is Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, who is in line to become House speaker in November.

It’s unlikely either will have to worry about losing control of his chamber to the Democrats. The GOP has commanding majorities of 76-44 in the House and 26-13 in the Senate. In the Senate, a Democratic seat became vacant when Ted Deutch stepped down to make his successful run for South Florida’s 19th Congressional District in a special election.

The GOP leaders will be campaigning and raising money to help their favorite legislative candidates, but they aren’t supporting just any Republicans.

“We’re picking people who are more in the Jeb Bush mold,” Haridopolos said.

Crist said the same political climate that pushed him out of the Republican Party also may be affecting GOP lawmakers who are worried about getting primary challenges from the right.

“That wouldn’t shock me,” Crist said.

Gelber, who won’t be returning because he’s running for the Democratic attorney general nomination, believes the Senate’s rightward veer began with the death of Sen. Jim King last July.

King, a Republican from Jacksonville and former Senate president, was a moderating influence. He was replaced in a special election by John Thrasher of St. Augustine, a conservative and highly partisan former House speaker who also chairs the Florida Republican Party.

“I love Jim King, I’d have to say that to begin with,” Thrasher said. But, he added, “I am what I am and he was what he was.”

Thrasher sponsored the most high-profile piece of conservative legislation this year, a bill (SB 6) that would have made it easier to fire teachers, tied their pay to student test scores, barred tenure for new hires and cut funding for school districts that failed to comply with the pay provision.

Teachers and their unions said it would result in the loss of good as well as bad teachers and that test scores cannot be trusted because they are affected by many factors outside a teacher’s control.

The bill passed over their objections. Crist vetoed it after he was deluged by thousands of calls and e-mails from angry teachers, parents and students, many of them also taking to the streets across the state to hold protest demonstrations.

The veto may have sealed Crist’s political fate by further alienating conservative Republicans.

“It certainly will be interpreted that way,” Crist said. “I guess it was part of the progression toward that.”

Polls showed he already was badly trailing former House Speaker Marco Rubio, a favorite of the tea party movement, in their race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination.

“It was a remarkable session given all the drama that had to play out,” Thrasher said. “A lot of drama, a lot of distractions. (But) I considered it a good session overall.”

It seems abundantly clear that Crist is neither a right wing conservative nor a left wing liberal. So, if he shoots for what is popular with the public, which is generally moderate, does it make any difference what his motivation is? Perhaps he will actually represent the average Floridian better than Rubio or Meek. I don’t think Rubio is really as conservative as he tries to project, but he is more willing and able to pander to the base than Charlie was. If Meek doesn’t start getting some name recognition outside of South Florida, moderates of both parties may decide that Crist is better than the alternative.

So, Charlie gets one right. So, that won’t make me vote for him. He can vote right on some things. He’s problem is that he is power hungry. The only thing he thinks about is getting more power and he doesn’t care WHO he uses to get it. Nope- he’s all out for Charlie.

Breaking free from the State GOP as they goose step to the right fits the moderate, who cares if it was political if it represents what Florida needs. I hope more moderate Republicans and Democrats do the same and stop the party within the party from running Florida further into the ground. Crist needs to spend the next few months explaining how corrupt and extreme the State GOP has gotten, and connect that to being against the voice of the people of Florida who inhabit the middle ground. Attacking women was just the latest from the Gestapo GOP, who has their Special Interest corruption plotted out in their loyalty pledges to extremists.

Michael, the main problem with “death bed confessors” is that they all too frequently recover their health and all too soon return to their formerly errant ways, i.e. — write rag stories not based on factual data and actual journalistic research, but speculation and innuendos. Hope you have the cookbook entitled “How To cook And Enjoy Crow Meat In 101 Different Ways” during the upcoming “crazy season”, you need the extra calories. crow tastes like CHICKEN.

No, he should simply put forth a bill that stands or falls on its own merit. Sen. Gardiner tried this and it was voted down, so now he tried to sneak it through as an attachment to another bill that might be harder to vote down. It’s a bad bill, but it should get a fair hearing by being sponsored, co-sponsored and put through the committee process, just like any other bill.

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Record Retention Guidelines and Schedules Now Available

The University Archives has posted a working draft of Record Retention Guidelines and Schedules on its website at (You will need to enter your NetID to access the site.)

These schedules can help you and your staff more easily access record retention and document destruction guidelines for the common sets of records in your departments. This consolidates information from several sources and I hope you will find it easier to use.

Many University employees are responsible for maintaining university records so that the University complies with state and federal requirements. Even where retention of records is not legally required, there still may be important reasons to keep them for the proper administration and documentation of University business. The University encourages all supervisors to maintain good recordkeeping systems, whether in paper or electronic form or both.

If you have any questions, please email me or call 8-4333.

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“The Apprentice”: Jenny, the Deflector

May 1, 2008

kevin.jpgJenny does it again.

Despite showing a woeful lack of common sense with the doomed environmentally themed greetings card idea, and exhibiting a total lack of awareness during a sales pitch when she admitted no longer buying cards to be environmental, she still managed to deflect attention from herself in the boardroom by picking on the quietest woman in the room.

She did it in the second show when Shazia was kicked off, and attempted it against Sara in this week’s episode.

This is not to say she is Miss Teflon – Alan Sugar seemed to be aware of what was happening, but it clearly shows her tactics and helps extend her stay in the house.

“The house” is becoming the right phrase as “The Apprentice” is increasingly beginning to resemble the thinking-man’s “Big Brother”.

The barracking of Sara on her return from the boardroom was just aggressive showmanship. Raef, in pointing out the firing had already been dished out by Sugar in the boardroom, was the only one to come out of the situation well.

The sad thing is how the others so easily jumped on the bandwagon, including Lee, who, for me, is beginning to resemble a loose cannon, and Kevin, who was clutching at anything in the boardroom, except the obvious.

Let’s hope it’s not too long before Jenny goes — that way, we can see more of Lucinda’s increasingly odd wardrobe and Alex biting off more than he can chew.

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I agree with this article, but would go further to say that Sara was bullied and looked like a poor little doe who was scared and abused.

The housemates (apart from Raef the star) should be repremanded and this sort of thing, bordering on racism, should be stopped.

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I agree that the regular appearance of bullying on this series needs to be addressed. However, it would be naive to think that the show is not reflecting the reality of working in a high pressured cut-throat environment.

Why are people suggesting it was rasist though. Yes Sarah is Asian, but her treament appeared no different to Lucinda’s in week 2.

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It takes one to know one they say…many people that accuse people of racism are doing so to be ethically just. However many more cause un-racist remarks to be scene as racist as they too are a little too much focussed on skin colour.

If you are to accuse someone of being racist it has to be for the right reasons. The apprentices are bullies – but no well known racist word of abuse was used so it can not be deemed any different to the abuse Lucinda received a few weeks back, and there for not racist.

In my opinion – Sarah had some fantastic ideas – pointing out the thin market of other religious festivals. BUT she was shouted down by the big ginge (a minority yet to be protected by any european laws – and they seem to deal with it). So although she is a bright spark – she’ll never be heard in Alan’s cut throat imperialistic business.

Speaking when spoken to is well mannered – but to lead a team you have to speak first and be heard!

Jenny should have gone though, why would anyone think it was a good idea to have more trees chopped down and more postvans fuel used to point out the effects on the environment?

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What’s common between Sara’s treatment and Lucinda’s treatment?
One person – Jenny – the bully.

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Sorry, why is it being said that people were being racist to Sara…? When was her faith or culture brought into it… perhaps I missed it? People love jumping on that bandwagon don’t they? Political correctness gone mad – all that was said was that she did not perform on the task.

And people think that is racism…. now that is funny.

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Controller John Chiang is joining state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier in Contra Costa County to lead a seminar on small businesses and regional business opportunities.

Chiang did tell The Bee Capitol Bureau earlier this week that he's interested in running for state treasurer. Job creation is part of the mix.

"I worry about cash, and I think about the general economy and how to impact California," he said Wednesday in this video. "In the treasurer's office, I can focus on access to capital -- how do I make job creation happen, how do I make business creation happen in the state of California."

Chiang and DeSaulnier, D-Concord, will conduct the seminar from 1 to 4 p.m. at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill. Representatives of state, local and federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration, will talk about tax compliance, small business financing and other incentive programs. Click here to read the flyer.

Chiang is also leading a seminar for nonprofits this morning in San Jose along with Democratic Assembly members Nora Campos of San Jose, and Paul Fong of Cupertino, and Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro. Click here to see the flyer for that event.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, meanwhile, is discussing California's public education system during the Association of California School Administrators' leadership summit. Torlakson will also talk up his "Blueprint for Great Schools" initiative during his address, which starts at 11:30 a.m. at the Sacramento Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E, at 1400 J St. Click here to learn more about the event.

CEQA: UC Davis Law School is sponsoring an assessment of the California Environmental Quality Act at its 40th anniversary. Listed speakers include Democratic Sen. Lois Wolk of Davis, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg's aide Kip Lipper, and Ken Alex, director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Research. Click here to read the agenda.

RECESS: Assemblyman Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, is helping clean up litter and graffiti in Isla Vista, Assemblyman Warren Furutani, D-Gardena, is hosting a seminar in Los Angeles intended to help seniors avoid car repair and other scams, and Assemblywoman Norma Torres, D-Pomona, is co-hosting a workshop in Ontario on how to apply for state boards and commissions.

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January 31, 2012
League of Women Voters supports November vote on strong mayor proposal

One of the region's most respected political groups is supporting placing Mayor Kevin Johnson's revamped strong mayor plan on the November ballot.

The League of Women Voters' board voted to support placing the proposal on the ballot. The board has not decided whether it supports the measure.

The City Council is scheduled to debate whether to place the measure on the ballot next week. However, there appears to be more City Council support for a ballot measure seeking to create a charter review commission to explore changing how the city is governed.

"Changing the city charter is one of the most important decisions a community can make," said League of Women Voters President Lola Acosta. "But our Board believes that this decision ultimately belongs to the voters of this city. "

Meanwhile, Johnson has released a tweaked version of the plan in response to comments and concerns made by his City Council colleagues earlier this month.

The mayor now supports placing the proposal on the November ballot, after originally asking it be placed before voters in June. He has also added term limits for the mayor (two) and City Council (three).

The centerpiece of the plan remains a strong mayor plan in which the mayor would have the authority to fire and appoint the city manager, propose the city budget and veto some City Council actions. That part of the measure was changed slightly; new language in the plan would require the mayor to notify the council in writing 10 days prior to removing the city manager.

The new plan removes the creation of an independent redistricting commission from the measure. It also creates a ninth City Council district to be served at-large until the next redistricting process.

In addition to added powers for the mayor, the plan would give the City Council final approval over the mayor's city manager appointment and budget, plus some mayoral veto override authority. The council would also be in charge of the city attorney, clerk, treasurer, auditor and independent budget analyst.

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Now that the Wine Spectator has completed its countdown of the top 10 wines for 2007, what are the surprises? None, really. As usual, high-priced wines dominated the list. And as usual, the roundup was spread rather fairly among the regions seen as the globe's top wine producers - France, Italy, California and Australia.

The magazine's editors really like the 2005 vintage from Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Two of the top three wines were from the appellation, the Le Vieux Donjon at number three, the Clos des Papes at number one. Even if those two can't be found hereabouts, any of the 2005s from Chateauneuf-du-Pape might be worth seeking, especially if you aren't already familiar with the robust and complex wines of the appellation.

For Californians, the big surprise on the list is the number-two wine, the 2005 Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay from Ridge Vineyards, a winery customarily recognized more for its cabernet sauvignon and its wide range of zinfandels. The chardonnay also may not be easy to find, with just 2,000 cases made, but the $35 price makes it appealing to enthusiasts of the varietal.

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Scientific American Science in Action in Swaziland

Sakhiwe Shongwe (left center, in green sweater), Bonkhe Mahlalela (right center, in green sweater) and local farmers in Swaziland. Credit: Sahkiwe Shongwe

We judges and others who work on the Google Science Fair believe that kids have the power to change the world. The $50,000 Scientific American Science in Action Award recognizes a particular type of change–one that focuses on making a practical difference by addressing an environmental, health or resources challenge. (For more on the award and the prize, see the Scientific American Science in Action page.) We caught up with Sakhiwe Shongwe, who with Bonkhe Mahlalela, won in 2012 when they were 14, to find out what he was doing now.

By the way, entries are open until May 12 for students ages 13-18. Good luck!

In 2012, you and Bonkhe Mahlalela won the first Scientific American Science in Action award, as part of the second annual Google Science Fair. What was your project about? And what have you been doing since then?

Our project was on a farming method we refer to as the Unique Simplified Hydroponics Method, in which we grow vegetables in a mixture of sawdust and manure in boxes.

After we won the award, we were very keen on getting the project started and teaching people this method. Luckily, my mother happened to mention this to a friend of hers, who happened to tell us of a farming community and helped us set up the meeting with the chief’s assistant so we could discuss this. He then arranged for us to make a presentation to a group of seven farmers telling them about our project. After they had agreed we went to the individual homes to begin and after we planted we continued to do weekly check ups to make sure everything was OK.

An arrangement was made that we plant alongside their existing plots so that they can see the difference. Their gardens were ideal for us since they are fenced and livestock cannot destroy the plants. We visited some of the homesteads. In each homestead, we demonstrated with 14 boxes with 84 plants, 42 lettuce and 42 spinach plants.

We worked together with the families. It is worth noting that this created a lot of excitement amongst the neighbors, who had never seen this method of farming. I am sure they will be keen to try it out once they see its success.

The simplified hydroponics developed by Sakhiwe Shongwe and Bonkhe Mahlalela use 90 waste: old cardboard boxes, sawdust or grasses in the growing medium, and mature chicken or cow manure for fertilizer. Credit: Sakhiwe Shongwe.

How did you choose which plants to use? How long did they need to grow? How did they do compared with the way the farmers usually plant?

Lettuce is really popular, so it was the obvious choice. The farmers also had lettuce growing, so that was ideal for us to compare with. As usual lettuce takes about eight weeks and, considering the few hiccups we had, it was very successful and of great size. Despite this, the lettuce from the hydroponics side was better than that of the [traditional local methods for] subsistence farming and that said a lot.

What challenges did you face? What did you do to get past them?

We faced challenges like weather and water availability, but since the method saves water, the farmers didn’t struggle that much. Also, our previous manure had not properly aged so the vegetables were suffering due to that factor. But after finding out, we swiftly acted and added mature manure to make the soil fertile. We also transplanted with younger seedlings since some were unable to recover. Soon the farmers were harvesting and they were mainly impressed by the quality of the leaves.

What are you doing in school now? Are you still studying science?

School has been very busy this year and since starting a new syllabus at school I’m doing the science stream. So I’m currently doing biology, physics/chemistry and agricultural sciences. I’d say it’s going quite well.

Is there any advice you have for other students who are interested in creating science projects like yours?

I believe that the key to achieving any goal is imagination and dedication. Think outside of the box and think of the endless possibilities. If you have an idea you believe in and would like to achieve it. The best way to make it a reality is to dedicate your time to fulfilling it.

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Fusenews: Stump and Nonsense

So much for that whole we’re-going-to-cast-an-unknown idea for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie.  From Cynopsis Kids:

Fox 2000 ‘s big screen version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid will star Zachary Gordon (National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Brothers Bloom) as middle schooler Greg Heffley, THR .  Directed by Thor Freudenthal, the movie is based on Jeff Kinney’s books and is being produced by Nina Jacobson under her Color Force banner with Brad Simpson.  Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer, Kick Ass) is expected to also be in the film as a girl in his class who is all clad in black and has a wry sense of humor.  Rachel Harris (The Hangover) will play Gordon’s mom in the movie.

I’m also not entirely thrilled about the Chloe Moretz choice since I just saw (500) Days of Summer and she was the weak link.  But maybe I’m just having a day of the grumps.

  • For some reason I keep blurbing YA books.  It’s odd.  First it was The Chosen One.  Then it was When the Whistle Blows (which breaks middle grade as well).  Last, but not least, was So Punk Rock.  Now the crazy kids behind that last highly amusing book have been interviewed over at Cynthia Leitich Smith’s place.  And considering how funny their book was, I gently suggest you give ’em a gander.

Art directors?  We don’t need no stinking art directors!  I imagine this YA novel would be about a kid who starts campaigning for a candidate who promises her that he’ll save her favorite grove of trees.  Then he betrays her halfway through for a freeway.  A billion thanks to 100 Scope Notes for laying down the rules.  Be sure to read the comments so that you can see all the other covers people have made.  I think my favorite thus far is Diana Peterfreund’s Yank.  Particularly the by-line.  There’s also a collection of various faux YA jackets here for your amusement.

  • I’m sure that this is very very good advice for artists (the title of the post is How Not to Display Your Artwork on the Web , after all).  But after reading some of the advice I’d like EVERY possible person with a website to consider taking these notes to heart when creating or updating their sites.  It had me at "As long as you’re coding, make sure your site is Internet Explorer specific. You don’t want any bums using Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, OmniWeb, UNIX, LINUX or a Mac to access your site. If they can’t get a real computer, they should get lost."  S&S website take note.  Thanks to Children’s Illustration for the link.

  • The other day I vaguely looked at all that info about Blogher and the Blogher Conference.  Made me idly curious.  Wondered if I should consider throwing my hat in the ring.  After all, I fulfill their two requirements.  I blog and I have more than one X chromosome.  But after reading MotherReader’s post Blogher09 Vs. Kidlitcon, my curiosity has been sated.  Some day I do hope to find the breach between our little insular world and the mommy blogger world that lurks just beyond our walls, but for now I’m content to eye it from a wary distance.

  • Blue Skunk tells us that your desktop image says something about you.  Probably true.  My husband’s computer consists of a rotating series of campy 1950s & early 60s comic book covers and panels (where I got this).  My own laptop’s desktop?  Just one photo and it looks like this.

Paging Dr. Freud.  Thanks to Teacherninja   for the link.

  • Daily Image:

A new entry into the Animals That Should Have Their Own Picture Books category:

Thanks to Shaken & Stirred   for the link.

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Elizabeth Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of NYPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

  1. Lee Wind says:

    WOW, Betsy! – your laptop image is awesome! Thanks for all the great links and stuff!

  2. Scope Notes says:

    Great YA cover. And an intriguing story to boot. I hear that all the great writers begin by looking at the cover first (I’m kidding – although that would probably work sometimes). Thanks for taking part – I added your cover to the gallery.

  3. Hiya just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your story in the TBR tallboy! I’ve been reading the odd story here and there and got to yours this morning – fab and creepy.

  4. Fuse #8 says:

    Oh! How pleasant. Thanks so much. I appreciate your liking of the creepy.

  5. STUMP could SO work. I LOVE those shoes.

  6. Betsy, I know it’s not, but I REALLY want that do be you in your desktop picture.


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Review: Carter’s Big Break

Carter’s Big Break by Brent Crawford. Hyperion. 2010. Brilliance Audiobook. 2011. Narrated by Nick Podehl. Reviewed from audiobook from Brilliance. The Plot: Will Carter survived his freshman year — he’s got his friends, he’s got his girl, and he even passed all his classes. Sweet! What could be sweeter? How about starring in a movie? […]


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Travel Diary: A Busy Day in Wellington

Posted by David Huebner
November 4, 2010
Secretary Clinton Poses for a Photo With New Zealand Prime Minister Key
Secretary Clinton Watches a Powhiri With White-Tahuparae, Ambassador Huebner, and Albert
Secretary Clinton Speaks With a Member of the “Iwi Kaumatua”
Secretary Clinton Participates in a Bilateral Meeting With New Zealand Prime Minister Key
Secretary Clinton and New Zealand Foreign Minister McCully Sign the "Wellington Declaration"
Secretary Clinton Holds a Joint Press Availability With New Zealand Prime Minister Key
Secretary Clinton Shakes Hands With New Zealand Opposition Leader Goff
Secretary Clinton Speaks During a Reception Hosted By New Zealand Minister Foreign Minister McCully
New Zealand Prime Minister Key Displays a Kiwi Chocolava Bar Beside Secretary Clinton

About the Author: David Huebner serves as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand.

Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, Foreign Minister Murray McCully, Dr. McWaine, and I welcomed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Wellington this morning at the crack of dawn. Deplaning vigorously after her long flight from Papua New Guinea, the Secretary jumped right into a busy schedule of internal and Ministerial meetings, after a private impromptu walk around town which turned commuters' heads.

Secretary Clinton and her traveling party were welcomed to Parliament with a pōwhiri and greetings from Maōri elders. The Secretary was greatly impressed with the warrior challenge, the performance of all the participants in the ceremony, and the graciousness with which she was received. She referred to the ceremony repeatedly throughout the day's subsequent meetings and events.

Prime Minister John Key, Speaker Lockwood Smith, and Foreign Minister McCully greeted Secretary Clinton on the steps of Parliament and then escorted us into the building for two lengthy rounds of subsequent discussions. The Prime Minister and Secretary concluded the meetings with a joint press conference before the always vigorous Wellington press corps. During the press event the Secretary and Foreign Minister signed a Wellington Declaration that reaffirmed our two nations' historical ties and committed us to a renewed strategic partnership across a wide range of issues and activities.

Our next stop was a meeting with Leader of the Opposition Phil Goff and his foreign affairs team.

The afternoon at Parliament culminated in an official welcome reception hosted by Foreign Minister McCully. The approximately 500 guests invited by the Ministry and our Embassy reflected the full diversity of New Zealand society including students, women entrepreneurs, LGBT community leaders, and religious leaders, as well as Members of Parliament. I was particularly pleased that our friends from Waiwhetu Marae and from the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand accepted our invitation and traveled into town for the event.

In a room full of VIPs from academic, science, entertainment, sports, government, and business circles, it would be difficult to identify particular stand-outs. The Secretary and Foreign Minister energized the room with their remarks about the strength and future of the bilateral relationship, and then worked the room to greet the guests. The Secretary thoroughly enjoyed the reception and seemed a bit hesitant to leave, but we couldn't be late for dinner -- an intimate barbeque hosted by the Prime Minister at Premier House.

At dinner we sampled a wide range of Kiwi delicacies including paua, oysters, crayfish, wild boar sausage, whitebait, and pavlova. Insights were shared. Issues were discussed. Humorous anecdotes were exchanged. The Prime Minister made it a point to clarify the origin of pavlova, lest there be any misunderstanding. The congenial conversation continued well into the evening, marking a warm end to an exciting, productive, and important first day for the Secretary in New Zealand.

Ambassador Huebner's posting also appears on the U.S. Embassy New Zealand website.

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