<p style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Dear PI members,<br /><br />Upcoming Pacific-related events are listed at: <a href="http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/events" target="_blank">http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/events</a><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 1px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 1px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><br /></p>New posts to Outrigger are at: <a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute" target="_blank">http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute</a><br /><p style="margin-top: 1px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 1px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><i>We encourage you all to consider participating in the Talanoa Oceania 2012 conference in Canberra in early November.</i></p><div style="min-height: 1em; "><br /></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Individual posts below <b>(as always, we welcome your contributions to Outrigger!</b>)*</p><p style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><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/2012/10/22/5th-talanoa-oceania-2012-come-learn-and-live-9-11-november/" 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; " title="5th Talanoa Oceania 2012 (9-11 November)">5th Talanoa Oceania 2012 (9-11 November)</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/2012/10/23/welcome-dr-susan-dixon/" 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="Welcome, Dr Susan Dixon!">Welcome, Dr Susan Dixon!</a></li><li style="background-image: initial; backgrou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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="Fiji Day 2012 Celebrations (Canberra, 20 October)">Fiji Day 2012 Celebrations (Canberra, 20 October)</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/2012/10/15/pacifica-power-2012-culture-currency-back-to-the-mat-13-oct-20-nov-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="“Pacifica Power 2012: Culture currency, back to the mat” (13 Oct – 20 Nov 2012)">“Pacifica Power 2012: Culture currency, back to the mat” (13 Oct – 20 Nov 2012)</a></li></ul></span></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><br /></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">* If you would like to have an account that enables you to post items directly to Outrigger, please contact me.</span>