<div style="background-color: white; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: '&amp;quot', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: black; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'">Alo PI members!<br /><br />Upcoming Pacific-related events are listed at: <span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/events" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; " target="1">http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/events</a>. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: '&amp;quot', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1e56ba"><br /></font>It is a busy week with several seminars, three public lectures and a roundtable Friday 24 August on Timor-Leste. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: '&amp;quot', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><br /></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: '&amp;quot', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'">On Monday 21 August, The</font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "> Hon Bob Carr (Foreign Minister of Australia) will speak on Australia's relationships with Asia; we expect he will have something to say about the Pacific. On Tuesday 22 August, The Hon Gordon D. Lilo,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'; "> Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, will speak on his nation's economy and on Wednesday 23 August, we hope to hear a little about US multilateralism in the region from Dr Esther Brimmer, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'; ">US Assistant Secretary of State</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "> for International Organizations, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'; ">who is stopping by at ANU on her way to the Pacific Islands Forum. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: '&amp;quot', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: black; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><br />As usual, all new posts to Outrigger are at: <span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; " target="1">http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute</a> </span>with feature items at top of page. <br /><br />Individual posts may be viewed by clicking links below:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: '&amp;quot', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: black; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><br /></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: '&amp;quot', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: black; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><ul style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: square; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><li style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/08/17/art-of-ethnography-images-from-trobriand-islands-fieldwork-an-exhibition-by-andrew-connelly-31-august-2012/" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " title="Art of Ethnography: Images from Trobriand Islands Fieldwork (An exhibition by Andrew Connelly) – 31 August 2012">Art of Ethnography: Images from Trobriand Islands Fieldwork (An exhibition by Andrew Connelly) – 31 August 2012</a></li><li style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/08/17/recent-news-from-pace-net/" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " title="Pace-Net update (August 2012)">Pace-Net update (August 2012)</a></li><li style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/08/17/report-on-the-5th-papua-new-guinea-research-science-technology-conference-2012/" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " title="Report on the 5th Papua New Guinea Research, Science &amp; Technology Conference 2012">Report on the 5th Papua New Guinea Research, Science &amp; Technology Conference 2012</a></li><li style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/08/17/call-for-papers-sustainable-development-in-oceania-towards-a-new-ethic-24-26-april-2013/" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " title="Call for Papers: Sustainable development in Oceania – Towards a New Ethic? (24-26 April 2013)">Call for Papers: Sustainable development in Oceania – Towards a New Ethic? (24-26 April 2013)</a></li><li style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/08/17/pacific-places-curriculum-unit-for-year-7-school-students/" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " title="Pacific Places curriculum unit (for Year 7 school students)">Pacific Places curriculum unit (for Year 7 school students)</a></li><li style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://devpolicy.org/review-interpreting-corruption-culture-and-politics-in-the-pacific-islands/" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " title="Review – Interpreting Corruption: Culture and Politics in the Pacific Islands">Review – Interpreting Corruption: Culture and Politics in the Pacific Islands</a></li><li style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/08/17/asia-and-the-pacific-policy-society-conference-incorporating-a-pacific-roundtable-and-the-2012-pacific-update/" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-t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