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Last week I had the pleasure of hosting our inaugural Future Leaders of the Pacific Conference (#FPL13) in Pago Pago, American Samoa. Conceived here at the Embassy as a youth version of the annual Pacific Islands Forum of heads of government, the conference came to life in partnership with our friends at the East-West Center and the Government of American Samoa.
Working with our sister American Embassies in the region, we identified and brought together twenty-two young leaders ranging in age from 21 to 26 from the 16 Pacific Islands Forum member nations plus American Samoa. On the agenda for discussion were a wide variety of important regional and global regional issues such as women's empowerment, democracy and governance, climate change, sea bed mining, and non-communicable diseases. You can access the full daily agenda here.
The delegates were Eugene Amor (Federated States of Micronesia), Toai Bartley (Samoa), Luana Bosanquet-Heays (Cook Islands), Berrick Dowiyogo (Nauru), Mua Galea'i (American Samoa), Tarema Henry (Kiribati), Aldric Hipa (Niue), Joe Iosua (American Samoa), Hiku Jackson (New Zealand), Tina Kivalu (Tonga), Karl Laulu (Samoa), Vitalina Niroa (Vanuatu), Mele O'Brien (Solomon Islands), Grace Pace (American Samoa), Theresa Penn (Samoa), Shon Satele (American Samoa), Isabela Silk (Marshall Islands), Jone Tamanikaimoturiki (Fiji), Kasipo Teo (Fiji), Jewel Vaka (American Samoa), Naomi Woyengu (Papua New Guinea) and Demei Yobech (Palau). Our Australian delegate was unable to attend because of a family emergency.
As Ambassador I have attended the Post-Forum Dialogue sessions of three Pacific Islands Forums (in Vanuatu, Auckland, and Rarotonga). The meetings were interesting and at times productive. As with most such conclaves, though, my mind drifted to how much more interesting and productive the conversation might be if the younger voices of promising future leaders were mixed in with those of the older, current leaders. FPL13 was the result of that persistent daydream.
FPL13 opened in fine form. The Honorable Governor of American Samoa Lolo M. Moliga hosted a traditional Samoan ava ceremony to welcome delegates the evening everyone arrived in Pago Pago, followed by a banquet and impressive performances by the Leone High School Swing Choir and the Iakina SDA New Hope Singers. Miss Grace Pace of Teen Challenge American Samoa gave the opening invocation, and the Governor, a representative of the East-West Center, and I offered opening remarks.
The next morning Dr. Jerry Finin (co-director of the East-West Center's Pacific Islands Development Program) and I welcomed the delegates once again. My good friend His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Taisi Efi, the Head of State of Samoa, then formally opened the conference with a powerful address on leadership titled "Transforming Intelligence into Good Judgment."
The Honorable Toke Talangi, Premier of Niue, offered strategic thoughts on "Facing the Future: Where and How Oceania Should be Engaging." He was followed by Dr. Sitiveni Halapua, Member of Parliament from Tonga and Co-Director of the East-West Center Pacific Islands Development Program, who spoke on democracy and good governance.
Over the course of the next two days we ran a series of leadership trainings and expert-led break-out sessions on specific issues. One of the highlights was a presentation by Women in Business Development Inc Executive Director Adimaimalaga (Adi) Tafuna'i. Other expert discussion leaders included Dr. Allen Clark on natural resource management and sea-bed mining issues, and Dr. Nancy Lewis on non-communicable diseases, the leading cause of death in the Pacific islands.
Among the other presenters and facilitators were Dr. Falai Taafaki from the Government of the Marshall Islands, Mr. Solomon Kantha from the International Office for Migration in Papua New Guinea, and Pa'u Roy Ausuage, Director of Youth and Women's Programs for the Government of American Samoa. As you can tell, a truly impressive list of experts and officials engaged with the delegates, who in turn enthusiastically and confidently engaged right back.
Delegates even had the opportunity to take a field trip to see the only "Science on the Sphere" south of the Equator, at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. Dr. Victoria Keener, a climate change expert from the East-West Center, used the Sphere to illustrate climate change data and projections, and led a dynamic discussion on climate change risk mitigation in the Pacific islands.
The real sphere struck back, in the form of an 8.0 earthquake in the Solomon Islands that provoked a tsunami watch throughout the Pacific, including for American Samoa. The heads of state and government in attendance were evacuated to higher ground, and we moved the delegates to the second floor of the hotel. We rearranged the agenda a bit and plowed forward in the 2nd floor hallway with our Deputy Chief of Mission from the American Embassy in Fiji, Jeff Robertson, leading the group through a Harvard Leadership Exercise.
Of course, the whole point of the conference was to help prepare the delegates for the leadership roles that they are likely to assume in the future. Near the end of agenda, I therefore circled back to share what I have observed and learned about leadership in my legal and diplomatic careers to date. I focused on the traits and approaches that I believe separate workmanly good leaders from impactful great leaders. The delegates jumped in with excellent questions, and another vigorous discussion ensued.
I provided examples of outside dynamics and personal characteristics that can impede or defeat a leader, and I emphasized the importance of cultivating leadership potential in others if you really want to effect positive change and make a durable difference in your environment. I ended with a favorite quote of mine from Jack Welch: "Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others."
Of course, we didn't work the delegates around the clock. There was time to relax, bond, and network, which are essential elements of professional and leadership development. In addition to a couple of field trips and casual dinners, one evening we held an impromptu talent show in which each delegate shared a bit of home country culture.
Even though no one had time to prepare, there were too many great performances — from graceful Cook Island siva, to fierce Niue haka, to exuberant Nauru hula, to hip modern dance moves from Palau and a very American Samoan Harlem Shake – for me to pick a favorite. To help represent my current home country, I joined New Zealand delegate Hiku Jackson for a rendition of the All Blacks haka.
On the final evening of the conference the Hon. Governor Lolo Moliga graciously invited delegates and presenters to dinner. There were moving prayers, great local entertainment, another grand meal, and gifts from the Governor including lava lavas, commemorative shirts, and cans of American Samoa's famous Wahoo tuna. To thank the Governor for his generosity and support, two of our Samoan delegates presented him with a siapo on behalf of the group. The evening concluded with a special performance of the taualuga by the First Lady of American Samoa.
While everyone seemed to have fun, the heart of the conference was the serious, substantive engagement – treating folks under age 25 as meaningful players, facilitating detailed discussion of complex issues, and listening to what the youth had to say. To me, it's obvious that educating, empowering, and amplifying the young voices of the Pacific are not only the right things to do, but the smart things to do. No doubt about it.
And the delegates proved my point. They engaged in an intense, confident, and sophisticated manner, and made full use of the resources that we assembled. They quickly forged strong bonds with each other, forming what I hope will remain a vibrant pan-Pacific leadership and support network that further expands over time. The network is off to a good start — I'm told that the private Facebook page that we established for the delegates to continue their conversation has been heavily trafficked.
In my view, the conference was an unequivocal success. I was so impressed that we've asked the #FPL13 delegates to select two spokespersons whom I will take with me to this year's Pacific Islands Forum in Majuro, Marshall Islands so that they can observe the proceedings, participate in the Post-Forum Dialogue, and hopefully engage directly with additional island leaders.
I see no better investment in our shared Pacific future than convening, mentoring, and empowering our future leaders. So, we are going to continue the conference as an annual event. In fact, we have already started planning #FPL14. Stay tuned …


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'Satyamev Jayate': Aamir Khan's attempt to connect with people
Actor-producer Aamir Khan, soon to debut on television with his upcoming show 'Satyamev Jayate', said he was scared to take up the project. "Initially I was scared to do the show as we were travelling on a different path. I was worried. It was in a way difficult, but we knew what we are doing is different, but it comes straight from our heart," he said.
The 47-year-old actor has been working on the concept for over two years after Uday Shankar, CEO, Star India, suggested that he get into TV. "I have been working on the show for more than two years. It has taken a toll on my life, films are getting postponed, and other personal things. All I can say is we have left no stone unturned... we want to connect with the people, it is in a way like 'Bharat Jodo Abhiyaan'.
"Through this show we understand the problem of the people, we are not here to make a change. I am no one to change anything. I don't think I am in the position to. I feel understanding a problem and feeling it or holding one's hand or hugging is also important. I may not have the solution, but at least I can hear and understand," Aamir said after unveiling the first promotional song of the show.
Aamir also said that entertainment does not necessarily mean making people laugh. "I am an entertainer, my attempt is to connect with the people. But entertainment can be of any form, it need not be making people laugh everytime." About the TRP race, Aamir said, "I have no clue what TRP, GRP mean. I don't know how it is calculated, I don't get into all of this. Also, I don't know if they will like it or not."
The actor is keeping everything about the show under wraps. As a result, no one is aware of the format. "I don't want to talk much about how the show will be and about its format. I want everyone to see it directly on TV." Aamir said he has travelled extensively over several weeks to various places in Rajasthan, Kashmir, Kerala, Delhi, Punjab and even in the North-East to shoot for the show. Sukhwinder Singh has sung a 22-minute song, written by Prasoon Joshi and set to the tune by Ram Sampath, for the show.
Aamir has also asked various brand managers not to screen any of his ads during the show, for the fear that they may dilute the show's impact. The show will start from the next month on all Star TV channels, and also on national TV channel, DD.
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The first time I ever went to any kind of counselor was in third or fourth grade. My fingers had started developing callouses because of how hard I used to press the pencil to write. My teachers and mom thought it was because my dad used to yell and hit my mom. To be honest, I can't remember much at all from before I started kindergarten and even the majority of events up until now are hazy. The real reason for my stress was my third grade teacher. She used to yell at me all the time and "lose" my work. I never told anyone because they were always busy and I could tell when they were stressed enough to not want more on their plates.
Almost everyday I had to go see this woman, Mrs. Hall. She always tried to talk about my childhood; before my mom moved my siblings and I from the country to a town. Most of the memories I managed to hold onto were actually good though. They involved getting to roam around for a long ways and exploring the rundown old house behind ours.
The one clear bad memory I have is from when my sister fell and hurt her arm. We shared a room at the time, and one night, she wanted her favorite koala bear, but it was in the top shelf in the closet. She decided to climb up to retrieve it herself. I knew she was probably going to fall so, using a child's logic, I put some soft things on top of a crate full of hard toys and hid on my bed. When she did fall, she wouldn't stop screeching until our parents had gotten to her.
After they took her out of the room, I knew that she would say I had been at fault, so I hid under my covers and just shook. My mom and dad both eventually came back. She took my sister's pillow while they both yelled at me. Eventually, one of them tore the blanket off and my dad beat me with a belt. It was painful.


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California-based singer/songwriter Jason Mraz makes laid-back, melodic pop with stylistic nods toward folk, jam band music, hip-hop, and soft rock. Since coming to the public's attention with his 2002 hit single "The Remedy (Don't Worry)", Mraz has proven himself to be a reliable pop craftsman whose crowd-pleasing melodies can encompass both cheeky humor and earnest sincerity.
Born in Mechanicsville, Virginia, in 1977, Mraz grew up amidst the sounds of the Dave Matthews Band and local roots musicians the Agents of Good Roots. However, it was Mraz's interest and participation in musical theater that served as his first introduction to music. Following high school, he moved to New York to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, but dropped out a year later when he took up the guitar and began to focus on songwriting. Nonetheless, Mraz's training as a vocalist would later show itself on his debut album, which was marked by the pure clarity of his tenor range.
After busking around New York, Mraz eventually returned to Virginia; in 1999, however, he made his way out West and settled in San Diego, California, having been drawn to the city's coffee house scene and its historical support of singer/songwriters, most notably Jewel. Mraz began playing shows and soon landed a weekly residency at the local hot spot Java Joe's, which had previously played host to Jewel during the early stages of her career. He also formed a duo with drummer Noel "Toca" Rivera, who accompanied Mraz's acoustic material by banging the djembe. Together, the musicians honed a live show that featured as much comedic banter as actual music.
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This public K-8 school is a hidden gem. Feels like a private school atmosphere, good communication, offers great pre-K program plus before and after school program (we have used both), great parental involvement, school foundation raises funds to support PE, Music, Drama, etc that would not be possible without the extra funds as those were the first to go with state cuts. They have after school spots for middle school, running club for all, choir, cheer, etc. It's near the gated Rancho San Pasqual community but we don't live there...still feel welcomed, you get what you give on that front! Have two kids there in 4th and 8th in the fall...and have really liked the teachers and school experience there for both kids and it has been great to have them together at the same school for so long even with the 4 year age difference. Highly recommend SPUS.
The little school in the valley is a great school. The teachers are amazing and the atmosphere feels like family. It's not a big school so that's one of the things that I was attracted to. I feel like my children are receiving the best education there is in escondido.
We have been grateful to have our kids enrolled in this school for the last several years. The elementary school has been great for my oldest and the pre-K is excellent. Each teacher that we have encountered has been caring and dedicated to their students. The pre-K program is second to none and the quality of the curriculum is unmatched in the area. I continue to be amazed at what my preschooler has learned in a few short months. The administration is attentive and very involved with the day-to-day activities of the students. This is a small public school that has the feeling of a private school. All CA schools are making tough choices with reduced funds, but this school continues to put the needs of the kids and families first and makes the best of what they have! We will be moving out of state soon and we will miss this community and this school tremendously! We have not encountered an issue with excessive homework as well...my oldest has homework most nights but it is never an unreasonable amount. The school regularly communicates with families, using phone messages, Wednesday Folder, emails, etc. Our experience at this school continues to be a positive one.
Generally a good school for K-5. But the middle school has a multitude of issues starting with the woman who ran it in her roll as Vice Principal. Her discipline methods were iron-fisted and ineffective. She was demoted, thankfully, but too late for those of us who had to endure the middle school years with her at the helm. The SPA kids created another set of social issues that were not handled very well by the administration. Last, but certainly not least, is the out of control "homework for homework's sake". Parents are encouraged to cut back on their children's after school enrichment activities in order to give them more time for homework. Expect 2-3 hours a night in middle school. Say good bye to dance class, Pop Warner and music lessons. The school has very little enrichment to offer the students outside of the academics, which puts the parents and students in a no win situation.
SP is an outstanding school with an API of 889. There is a caring staff who takes pride in providing wonderful opportunities for all students. The ELL program sponsors a tutoring program after school, monthly parent educational meetings with opportunities for parent education, technology opportunities, and small group instruction each day utilizing the AVENUES PROGRAM. The GATE program provides hands on learning and research opportunities for students in grades 4-8. All students have the opportunity to participate in music programs, (band,chorus, general music), after school sports, cheerleading, Science Fairs, our state of the art technology lab, our outdoor garden program, and educational field trips including the Marine Science Floating Lab, Sixth grade outdoor education week, and a special science program at the San Diego Zoo's Safari Park for our 4th. graders including animal visits, a sleepover in the park, and special events. This one school district stands out as a jewel as the "Little School In the Valley." Our goal is to meet the needs of our diverse population, providing every student with a world class education.
This is a fantastic school that has so much to offer considering its size and limited resources. Being a 1 school, school district, funds are limited, yet commitment of the staff is not. If you are looking for a small (private school like atmosphere) school, where your child will not get "lost" in the crowd, this is a great option. It is true that if you have a child with special needs you may be frustrated with the resources available to you. If your child truly needs extra resources they might be better served in a larger district that can provide more options. Coming from a family of educators, we truly feel blessed that our children are being educated in this environment.
For average to above average general education students this is a terrific school. But for those students who have special needs this school struggles mightily to provide services for these students. We have had to move or special needs student to another school after almost 3 years of trying to work with SPU.
This school is EXCELLENT. Small country feeling, great Teachers, great feeling of care here compared to other schools and it ranks 9 out of 10. No problems at all with gangs, rock solid learning.
Excellent school with dedicated staff, great before and after-school program (Kids' Club). This school has a variety of after school events, family functions and community awareness programs. As it stands alone as its own district, I believe it provides the best of public school education with many of the benefits of a private school.
My three children attended this school. My youngest now in the 7th grade. It was a wonderful experience during the elementary years. The school is very nice, in a beautiful and safe location with better than average teachers. However, all middle school classes are taught by just a few teachers and the school doesn't offer electives that would be available at a larger middle school. They have a small athletic program. But, overall even with my concerns, my older children transitioned well to High School and my oldest went on to college on an athletic scholarship. There are pluses and minus with a small school just like there are with a larger school. My choice would still be the smaller school.
School community provides children with a safe enviroment to learn. Bullying is not as big of an issue as a at 'regular' middle school. Teachers have high expectations of student learning, but are willing to help students in need. Although there are no electives offered at the school, academics are stressed and studnets are provided with extra long math and language arts blocks to make sure all the stanards are taught. Character education is a big part of daily language. I would rather my children be prepared for the rigor of high school than be able to 'take wood shop'. The middle school does put on a HUGE musical at the end of every year. A great place for children to grow and learn.
Well, San Pasqual gave me the experience of a life time in my short amount of time there I learned so much and I when I went to my high school registration what they told me was the San Pasqual are among the most prepared schools. Also, our school is a family i'm sure we are all well aware of the small school and that also was an advantage we watch out for we each other and we love each other we therefore are a family and we had the most amazing teachers K-8th I m so shocked that everyone is saying that San Pasqaul isn t prepared enough when board members from all over California give San Pasqaul awards for outstanding SAT scores. I came in 6th grade and at every other school I ve been to I had no welcome like San Pasqaul. There are no words except amazing for San Pasqaul.
I have had my kids at the school from K-8 and my youngest will graduate in a few weeks. Overall is was a good experience but I was not very happy with the middle school experience. I found my children were no longer nurtured and were often treated as failures if they didn't excel just as another parent said in an earlier post. This school is beautiful and a very safe environment. On the surface it has very few problems if any. By middle school however, children are no longer nurtured and are often treated as failures if they don't excel. Giftedness is not celebrated and failures are exasperated. Expectations of students are almost at high school level, with the claim that teachers are preparing students for the transition into 9th grade.
I was shocked to see a few negative comments about this school because I can't say enough good things about it. When I talk to other parents about it, I feel like I sound like a spokes person. My oldest started kindergarten in Fall 2006 and my husband, son and I are so so happy with this school! We couldn't be more thrilled about his teacher who celebrates both his strengths and encourages him during times of difficulty. I always feel informed and up to date on my son's progress and what's going in his class and school as a whole.
This school is not prepared for children with disabilities. There is a really great kindergarten teacher there.
I'm really not sure how I feel about the school. I think it's really unorganized. I had my child in private school and I really enjoyed the discipline, communication and the knowledge about my questions. I have already had some problems with the after school program at SP union school. I don't think my child will return next year.
Wonderful country school in a suburban neighborhood. Essential skills are stressed in K-4 so students are prepared to do integrated problem solving. Each year the board tries to put into place better ideas/programs to help the students attain their maximum potential and to narrow the achievement gap. Dedicated staff and administration who really care about the students makes it an ideal place to learn.
Great lower grade teachers and exceptional 7th & 8th grade history teacher. Dedicated good teachers. Principal is also the superintendent. The school board consists of at least two friends of the principal who ran for the board at his request. No computer lab. Students are asked to provide laptops in 6th grade. Fairly irregular training on laptops and occasional typing lessons. Many decisions are made without polling or stating what the subject of the board meetings will be about ahead of time on the bulletin board. Therefore, many important discussions are held and decisions are made by a small group of people-- not the parent community. No Avid program. Pay for Spanish lessons, pay for chess, pay for drama except for 1 play per year. Annual trip to camp for 6th grade. Parent's must pay for it even though part of the curriculum. Any fund raising is restricted to principal's descretion.
All the teachers that my children have had during the 2002-2004 schools years have been wonderful. They support the childrens needs wonderfully and have all been a conerstone in my childrens educational career. Since the school was built in a neighborhood enviornment it has been able to blossom as a safe place to send our kids 7 hours a day.
We left this school because of problems. Many thefts(including my son's lap-top computer) because students were required to leave backpacks outside of classroom. Only students who's parents 'ran thing' or worked for school got to represent school at competitions regardless of who actually won the contest at the school to represent the school(ie math days, science fair). 'Student of the Month' always went to an employee's child. Principle is more interested in honors than in the students. Parents who live in the prestigious Rancho San Pasqual are openly hostile to those who do not.
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- Librarybox 2.0 — fork of PirateBox for the TP-Link MR 3020, customized for educational, library, and other needs. Wifi hotspot with free and anonymous file sharing. v2 adds mesh networking and more. (via BoingBoing)
- Chicago PD's Using Big Data to Justify Racial Profiling (Cory Doctorow) — The CPD refuses to share the names of the people on its secret watchlist, nor will it disclose the algorithm that put it there. [...] Asserting that you're doing science but you can't explain how you're doing it is a nonsense on its face. Spot on.
- Cloudwash (BERG) — very good mockup of how and why your washing machine might be connected to the net and bound to your mobile phone. No face on it, though. They're losing their touch.
- What's Left of Nokia to Bet on Internet of Things (MIT Technology Review) — With the devices division gone, the Advanced Technologies business will cut licensing deals and perform advanced R&D with partners, with around 600 people around the globe, mainly in Silicon Valley and Finland. Hopefully will not devolve into being a patent troll. [...] "We are now talking about the idea of a programmable world. [...] If you believe in such a vision, as I do, then a lot of our technological assets will help in the future evolution of this world: global connectivity, our expertise in radio connectivity, materials, imaging and sensing technologies."
ENTRIES TAGGED "nokia"
Four short links: 26 February 2014
Library Box, Data-Driven Racial Profiling, Internet of Washing Machines, and Nokia's IoT R&D
Four questions about Microsoft with Mary Jo Foley
Mary Jo Foley on what's on the horizon for Microsoft in 2012.
Long-time Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley tells us what to expect with Windows 8, Metro design guidelines, and the Kinect SDK for Windows.
Open, closed, then "open," but not really
A look at Symbian's on-again, off-again history with open source.
Symbian, once Nokia's flagship smartphone OS, has had a rocky road recently. It looks like its on-again/off-again open source saga is finally coming to a closed ending.
Open, closed, then "open," but not really
A look at Symbian's on-again, off-again history with open source.
Symbian, once Nokia's flagship smartphone OS, has had a rocky road recently. It looks like its on-again/off-again open source saga is finally coming to a closed ending.
Developer Week in Review
Special Jeopardy edition featuring Nokia, MacBook Pro rumors, and Google's Public Data Explorer.
Tired of everyone making "Terminator" or "Matrix" references to Watson's domination of its pitiful human rivals? Well, we go old school with our media references, as we look at Nokia's fickleness, new toys for geeks, and Google's campaign for pretty data.
Four short links: 14 February 2011
Vesting Incentives, Camera Hacks, iPad Longform Saviour?, and Bogus Science
- Stephen Elop is a Flight Risk (Silicon Beat) — a foresight-filled 2008 article that doesn't make Nokia's new CEO look good. A reminder to boards and CEOs that option vesting schedules matter. (via Hacker News)
- CHDK — Canon Hack Development Kit gives point-and-shoot Canon digital camera new features like RAW images, motion detection, a USB remote, full control over exposure and so on. (via Sennheiser HD 555 to HD 595 Mod)
- The Atavist – iPad app for original long-form nonfiction (what used to be called "journalism"). (via Tim O'Reilly)
- Why Most Published Findings are False (PLoS Medicine) — as explained by John D. Cook, Suppose you have 1,000 totally ineffective drugs to test. About 1 out of every 20 trials will produce a p-value of 0.05 or smaller by chance, so about 50 trials out of the 1,000 will have a "significant" result, and only those studies will publish their results. The error rate in the lab was indeed 5%, but the error rate in the literature coming out of the lab is 100 percent!.
ePayments Week: How to steal coffee from your friends
Starbucks skips security, Visa wants a cut of those Smurfberries, and Nokia's CEO sets a fire.
The stakes may be low, but the weaknesses in Starbucks' mobile app highlight the trade-offs between security and convenience. Also, Visa buys a virtual goods platform and Nokia won't go quietly.
Developer Week in Review
Apple lawyers up, the FSF is Injected, and Google donates Wave.
In a somewhat slow news week, Nokia pulls the plug on the Symbian Foundation, the FSF gets hacked, and Wave goes to Apache.
Four short links: 4 February 2010
Personal Ad Preferences, Android Kernel, EC2 Deconstructed, Symbian Opened
- Google Ad Preferences — my defaults look reasonable and tailored to my interest. Creepy but kinda cool: I guess that if I have to have ads, they should be ones I'm not going to hate. (via rabble on Twitter)
- Android and the Linux Kernel — the Android kernel is forked from the standard Linux kernel, and a Linux kernel maintainer says that Google has made no efforts to integrate. (via Slashdot)
- On Amazon EC2's Underlying Architecture — fascinating deconstruction of the EC2 physical and virtual servers, without resorting to breaking NDAs. (via Hacker News)
- First Full Open Source Symbian Release (BBC) — source code will be available for download from the Symbian Foundation web site as of 1400GMT. Nokia bought Symbian for US$410M in 2008 (for comparison, AOL bought Netscape for $4.2B in 1999 but the source code tarball had been escape-podded from the company a year before the deal closed). This makes Symbian more open than Android, says the head of the foundation: "About a third of the Android code base is open and nothing more," says Williams. "And what is open is a collection of middleware. Everything else is closed or proprietary." (quote from Wired's story).
The War For the Web
It is becoming clear to me that we are heading into a bloody period of competition that could be extremely unfriendly to the interoperable web as we know it today. If you've followed my thinking about Web 2.0 from the beginning, you know that I believe we are engaged in a long term project to build an internet operating system. I've outlined a few of the ways that big players like Facebook, Apple, and News Corp are potentially breaking the "small pieces loosely joined" model of the Internet. But perhaps most threatening of all are the natural monopolies created by Web 2.0 network effects. We're facing the prospect of Facebook as the platform, Apple as the platform, Google as the platform, Amazon as the platform, where big companies slug it out until one is king of the hill. And it's time for developers to take a stand. If you don't want a repeat of the PC era, place your bets now on open systems. Don't wait till it's too late.


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Phil Neville believes Everton's consistently evolving style will keep their Premier League rivals guessing as they bid to maintain their early season form.
Speaking to evertontv, the skipper suggested an ability to adapt has been key to the Toffees' success so far.
"Sometimes you can play a certain way for one or two weeks and then you've got to find another way of playing to combat what other teams are doing against you," he explained ahead of Saturday's visit of Southampton. "We've got great flexibility within the squad.
"[Marouane] Fellaini, for example, can play up front, he can drop and play in the holding position, so we have got flexibility. We've got players that can rotate in different positions and that makes it harder for the opposition and we'll probably have to do that in the coming weeks."
Fellaini is one of a number of Everton players to have drawn admiration so far this campaign and Neville senses opposition sides are putting the Blues' more attack-minded stars under closer scrutiny than ever.
"You look at [Leighton] Baines, [Steven] Pienaar, Fellaini, [Kevin] Mirallas - these are the ones who are getting the headlines and I think with the performances, the headlines and the glory comes a bit of added attention from defenders.
"That's what we'd do if we were playing against these types of players - we'd do our homework, we'd look at trying to nullify their strengths and capitalise on their weaknesses, so that's something we're all guarding against."
Everton have been widely praised for a progressive brand of football that has seen them earn recent high-scoring wins over Aston Villa, Leyton Orient and Swansea City.
Neville recognises the importance of trying to score as many goals as possible - something he insists is now a must for those clubs eyeing Europe.
"I think it's a style we are trying to develop," he added. "It's the style of the Premier League now that you've got to go for the three points and you've got to go to score goals. One goal isn't enough in the Premier League any more - sometimes two goals aren't enough.
"Last week we were winning 2-0 at half-time and there was still that desire to score one more. It's the way the league has gone over the past few years and playing for 0-0 draws is a thing of the past. I think it's a league where he who dares wins."
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ISO Offers Standard Approach to Global Supply Chain Security
ISO publishes ISO/PAS 28000:2005 to standardize supply chain security
ISO/PAS 28000:2005 is one of several developments underway for intermodal supply chain security being undertaken by ISO/TC 8 that include the following documents:
- ISO/PAS 20858:2004, Ships and marine technology – Maritime port facility security assessments and security plan development , which was published in June 2004, is designed to assist in the implementation of the International Maritime Organization's International Ship &Port Security (ISPS) Code.
- ISO/PAS 28001, Best practices for custody in supply chain security, will assist industry to meet best practices as outlined in the World Customs Organization Framework. It is expected to be published in the second quarter of 2006.
- ISO/PAS 28004, Security management systems for the supply chain – General guidelines on principles, systems and supporting techniques, will assist users of ISO 28000. It will reference ISO 19011:2002, Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing, and the future ISO/IEC 17021, Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems.
ISO/PAS 28000 is the output of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 8, Ships and marine technology, in collaboration with other technical committee chairs. Fourteen countries participated in its development, together with several international organizations and regional bodies. These included the International Maritime Organization, the International Association of Ports and Harbours, the International Chamber of Shipping, the World Customs Organization, the Baltic and International Maritime Council, the International Association of Classification Societies, the International Innovative Trade Network, the World Shipping Council, the Strategic Council on Security Technology, which has a Memorandum of Understanding with ISO/TC 8, and the US-Israel Science and Technology Foundation.
ISO/PAS 28000:2005 costs 81 Swiss francs and is available from ISO national member institutes (see the complete list with contact details) and from ISO Central Secretariat. The new document is the work of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 8, Ships and marine technology, in collaboration with other TCs responsible for specific nodes of the supply chain.
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Bellevue University provided a unique opportunity for me to complete my graduate degree in management, at a time and location that best suited my needs.
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This accelerated degree program in Supply Chain and Logistics Management is designed to provide a foundation of professional skills needed to become a successful global business manager. This degree program is designed to provide a foundation in supply chain and logistics management from both a U.S. perspective and a global perspective. The analytical and problem solving skills necessary for solving a variety of supply chain and logistical problems will be presented. Topics include inventory management, transportation, procurement, and warehousing. Leading-edge supply chain strategies including global logistics management and RFID are also explored. A foundation in basic business concepts, business communication, problem solving and decision making is also provided.
Prerequisites for the College of Business' Supply Chain and Logistics Management Accelerated Cohort Bachelor's Degree Completion Program
Bellevue University's College of Business offers Accelerated Bachelor's Degree Completion Programs for working adult students, those with past employment history or those with significant volunteer experience who have completed an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 semester hours of transferable credit from regionally accredited institutions of higher education.
The accelerated nature of the degree presumes that students have organizational life experiences that can be applied to their studies. This allows for application-based instructor to student interaction and a student's contribution to peer-to-peer learning.
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LA 300 Foundations for Professional Success
This course prepares students for success in their academic and professional careers. The foundation for learning is established for professional skill development through practical experience with the University's four essential learning outcomes - communication, problem solving, collaboration, and citizenship. Learner strengths are assessed and analytical, relational, and resilience skills are developed.
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SCLM 309 Foundations of Supply Chain Communication
This course focuses on the practical application of business communication. Emphasis will be placed on learning the different types of writing required in the modern business environment including an introduction to professional presentations. Prerequisite: Acceptance into a College of Business accelerated degree completion program.
SCLM 319 Decision Making in a Global Environment
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Who thinks Telecom shares are too high? Telecom
"Good to have some of the heat out of the price – it was trading WAY above DCF."Featured comment
What was behind Telecom's 8.53% share drop yesterday?
The company posted headline numbers that were only factionally short of analyst expectations as underlying earnings rose 9% to $422 million. Full-year earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation from continuing operations climbed 42% to $1.08 billion, even as sales declined 8.6%t to $4.58 billion. Analysts were expecting ebitda of $1.1 billion on sales of $4.67 billion.
But guidance was tepid. Earnings for 2013 were seen as flat to a single digit decline. And its mobile customer numbers were "reset" at 1.57 million (from the previous half year's 1.97 million) with the CDMA network closure.
And Telecom had mixed results in the two areas that are supposed to compensate for its declining traditional landline business: mobile and broadband (Telecom Retail chief executive Alan Gourdie, responsible for both segments and an unsuccessful CEO candidate, earlier announced his resignation).
So what sent Telecom shares (NZX: TEL) into such a spin?
After opening trading at $2.75, by 5pm it had dropped 23.5 cents to $2.52, on trade of more than 32 million shares worth $83.6 million. That wiped $430 million off the company's market capitalisation.
Sending a message it thinks its shares are too high
For Forsyth Barr analyst Guy Hallwright, a key element in yesterday's share fall was, "The comment the share buy-back might not be completed by the end of the year but basically when the board thinks it's appropriate was sending a signal that maybe Telecom themselves thought the share price was getting a bit high."
The company has so far completed $169 million of its $300 million share buy-back programme, CFO Nick Olson said yesterday.
Speaking to NBR soon after the result Mr Moutter said Telecom shares were difficult to value after the Chorus spin-off. The new boss added that there was now some distance between analysts valuations and Telecom's market cap - what could be seen as a tacit admission the stock price had run a bit ahead of events. (Ahead of yesterday's report, Forsyth Bar had a DCF valuation on Telecom of $2.06 a share; Deutsche Bank a 12-month target of $2.33.)
Mr Hallwright also flagged higher than expected capital expenditure, which might have spooked investors. Mr Moutter's line-in-the-sand comment about broadband market share implied more spending in that areas.
And while 9% was a big one-day drop for Telecom Mr Hallwright says the price had a good run-up this month leading up to the result - rising 15%.
Before today's full-year earnings report, Telecom had risen 34% (see chart above) since the Chorus spin-off in November.
The board declared an 11 cents-per-share final dividend taking the annual payout to 20 cents per share.
Results by division
Telecom's wholesale and international unit, which provides services to other telecommunications providers, reported a 28% fall in sales to $745 million, though ebitda rose 6.2% to $154 million as it sliced a third from its expenses bill.
The retail business increased earnings 2.6% to $506 million with a 4.3% decline in sales to $1.93 billion.
At the end of the balance date it lifted the number of customers on its XT mobile network 32% to 1.57 million, leaving 466,000 on its obsolete CDMA network.
The phone company increased average revenue per unit 9.4% to $29.14 for mobile customers in fatter data sales.
Telecom's Gen-I, which offers services to businesses, reported a 4.4% fall in sales to $1.36 billion, while lifting earnings 11% to $263 million as it squeezed its labour costs.
Australian unit
Australian unit AAPT, which divested its consumer division in 2010, reported a 5.6% decline in earnings to $A67 million on a 25% drop in sales to $A516 million.
The technology and shared services unit, which maintains Telecom's shared systems, reported zero earnings as sales and costs fell by about a fifth, while the corporate segment increased ebitda 19% to $37 million, with a 25% lift in sales to $223 million as it took on greater group responsibilities.
Telecom says the Chorus demerger will lead to cheaper compliance costs, though it faces a risk of more expensive access to the network company's infrastructure if the Commerce Commission de-links the prices of certain services delivered on the copper lines.
The split meant Telecom slashed its capital expenditure by 42% to $386 million in the 2012 year, and it signalled it expects to spend $460 million in 2013, which includes the spend on spectrum and an allowance for a data centre.
OnePath senior investment analyst Craig Brown says Telecom faces a competitive environment that may get tougher if rival mobile phone operator Vodafone New Zealand wins regulatory approval to buy fixed-line carrier TelstraClear.
Chorus will report its debut earnings result as a standalone entity on Monday.
Comments and questions14
Alternative take:
1: Telecom meets EBITDA expectations
2: Telecom revenue represents 2.2% of New Zealand GDP
3: Telecom EBITDA represents 0.5% of New Zealand GDP
4: How about those roaming prices?
5: How about our data prices?
6: How is Telecom's UFB to households/businesses/schools program? going?
Lance, I think you mean how is Chorus' UFB going? As the article states, you'll find out on Monday
Good analysis Lance. I think telecom retail is onto a hiding to nowhere as the telco market continues to slide down the crapper owing to increasing competitive pressures hurting profitability.
Telecom retails single strength is scale - it has billing relationships with the lions share of the market.
Conversely their weakness is an inability to innovate and add value and thus have more control over their fortunes.
This is a real shame as there are some really good people there and Telecom is the only company that is reinvesting in New Zealand whilst other telcos suction vast sums offshore.
Wow - very tabloid heading for a business publication. Someone's desperate for some attention. Not sure how you can "miss" if you come in at the top end of guidance ...
Given the share price drop, the mrket would beg to differ...
@lex I agree, the results didnt sound too bad considering the state of the market.... CK what about sky???
"Shock drop"? What did you expect after an "earnings miss"?
Good to have some of the heat out of the price – it was trading WAY above DCF.
Telecom are worse than any government department in terms of service.
No surprise at their results.
Does this mean that paying their CEO $7 million has not worked out. You know the one using his cell phone while fishing on the west coast.
But of course the share holders must have agreed to that sort of payment.
Who believes McAfee might drag the share price further south?


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5375 Queen Mary
Montreal, Quebec
Metro: Snowdon
Bus: STM 17, 51, 63, 166
Visit: April 21, 2012
Greek food and large group gatherings have become a vital part of my food adventures in Montreal. Ever since I've been to my first real Greek restaurant in September of 2011, I've been looking forward to every and each opportunity I could get. Most of those Greek outings, even if they were organized by me, came from the head of someone else. This would be the first time that I would be the one to choose the Greek restaurant. The pressure was going to be on my head.
5386 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
Montreal, Quebec
Bus: STM 46, 55
Visit: December 14, 2011
With 2011 coming to an end, I have 2 locations in mind to close things off. I chose this particular restaurant for a few simple reasons. The first being that I've heard they had a nice selection of menus. The second was the unique name, which I find a little intriguing. The last reason was the special feature of their burger selections.
1886 Notre-Dame
Montreal, Quebec
Bus: STM 36, 57
Metro: George-Vanier
Visit: September 21, 2010
This restaurant holds a special place for me. It's not the restaurant itself, it's the location. This place is located a few doors down from where my late grand-mother used to live. I spent many a Sunday in this area during my childhood. So, this was more nostalgic than not.
The restaurant's decor was quite unique. The booths were from another era. The menu displayed throughout one wall. The service was very considerate.
5 Napkins Burger
This burger contains onions, lettuce, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, pickles, barbecue sauce, and bacon. The concept of this burger intrigues me. The name, for one, raises an eyebrow. Will I use 5 napkins? I'll say, for one, the taste was quite good. I have no complaints. I, however, did not use 5 napkins, but just one. Another special note for the coleslaw and french fries, which complemented the burger well.
I put the title in capitals due to the unique name of the dessert. Usually, I do not order dessert on my burger quests, but this really intrigued me. This brownie, with ice cream, actually includes bacon in it. The cold of the ice cream and the warmth of the brownie go well together. The bacon was soft and mixed well with the consistency of the brownie. Though, I found the taste of bacon faded in all the sweetness. But, having said all that, I may die, now that I had a dessert with bacon in it.