Walking the Kepler Track

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It's been a week since I last posted on here. Since then I've been on a 60km hike from Te Anau and back again. It's a hike known as the Kepler Track http://www.doc.govt.nz/keplertrack, one of New Zealand's Great Walks. It is a great way to get away from it all, without going on a retreat. No internet, no cellphones-  only freez dri food and lots of walking, with a full pack. 

For me, since my great grandfather was an early explorer around Lake Manapouri and I was born in that part of the world and spent my early years there, the information I found out was even more impactful. Here are some photos.

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Why New Zealand needs a written constitution?

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On a road show around New Zealand are Sir Geoffrey Palmer, law professor and former prime minister, and Andrew Butler, a litigator at Russell McVeagh in Wellington, New Zealand. They are promoting their book: “A constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand” and are asking people for their views on the points they have laid down for a otential written constitution.

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How to hunt a lone wolf

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Anti-Muslim rhetoric is increasing all the time and much of it is a result of "lone wolf" attacks. Often these attacks are the result of people acting alone but whom ISIS has approached later in the day. They then claim the attacks as their own. This article is from Brookings Institute.

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Investment Environment Report - February 2017

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I received this report from the NZ Super Fund earlier today. It provides some insights into the investment environment right now.

 In this 'Investment Environment Report', Dr Roland Winn, Senior Investment Strategist, explains the global investment environment and its implications for the NZ Super Fund.

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Journalists who obtain leaked official material could be sent to prison under new proposals

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Reading this article, I hope the proposed law doesn't proceed in Britain and that it doesn't even get proposed in New Zealand.

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Backing into World War 111

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This article about why WW III is pending makes for not only an interesting read but for a fascinating one as well. The article might be long but it is well worth the read. It's by Robert Kagan, a senior fellow, Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy, at the US-based Brookings Institution.

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Denmark’s 29,000 Doctors Declare Circumcision of Healthy Boys an “Ethically Unacceptable”

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I came across this article that appeared in The Huffington Post about a month ago. Here, research is discussed that furthers the debate as to whether one should circumcise or not.

Denmark’s 29,000 Doctors Declare Circumcision of Healthy Boys an “Ethically Unacceptable” Procedure Offering no Meaningful Health Benefits

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Why Companies Should Seek #INSTAFAME Right Now

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One of the things we're interested at LDC is which social media works for which companies. This article from the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) newsletter gives an insight into this.
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New Zealand’s Refugee Report Card

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A campaign to increase New Zealand's refugee quota started two years ago, when I completed a documentary: "Stepping up: NZ's response to the refugee crisis" https://www.luciadore.com/blog/stepping-up-nz-s-response-to-the-refugee-crisis. 

Amnesty International then endorsed it. In it, I point out that while I agree with increasing the refugee quota, any increase should also go hand-in-hand with an increase in government funding. Refugees will only do well if they have employment, have educational prospects, overcome any language barrier and have good access to healthcare. The Canterbury Refugee Resettlement and Resource Centre (CRR&RC), formerly, the Canterbury Refugee Council (CRC) and I are about to embark on a study to investigate these issues further.

In the meantime, Tracey Barnett, has written this great article about NZ's response to the refugee crisis so far.

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The forgotten NZ deal behind Trump’s phone call

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Amidst the frenzy of President Trump's first two week's in office, and of his phone calls with other world leaders, including the prime minister of NZ, Bill English, the plight of refugees has been forgotten. What does the new American vision mean for refugee policy and for New Zealand in particular? In this article, Tracey Barnett, founds out.

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Four more journalists get felony charges after covering inauguration unrest

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It would appear that America is no longer the country of the "free", with immigration being curbed and a ban on Muslim immigrants in particular, and a crackdown on the media. No longer can journalists say what they know to be true; it is clearly better to present "alternative facts".

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Saudi Arabia Opens the Hood on its Reserves

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The volume of oil reserves in Saudi Arabia has interested me, ever since I covered oil and gas in the Middle East. There were often disputes about the oil reserves in the region, and that the current estimates were not believable. How much does Saudi Aramco administer? How much will it fetch for its planned IPO? This article that appeared in the Wall St Journal, on 26 January, sums up recent activities.

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Five things a professional communicator wouldn't do on the first day at the White House as Press Secretary

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The debate between those at the White House and the media is not going to end any time soon. The fact that in the US, journalists will now have to question what comes from official sources puts them in the same position as most journalists in the Middle East. Question, authenticate and verify are some of the buzzwords.  This action is required even more, since most sources are not independent. It looks like this is the case in the US now.
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America, you look like an Arab country right now

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Having lived in the Arab World for some years I'm sympathetic to the views of many Arabs about the attitude of the West toward their countries. This article, that featured in Politico Magazine, sums up the ways in which America is similar to the Arab World.

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Joyless fantasies abound in Trump's inauguration speech

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The presidential inauguration of Trump in the USA seems to be the only show in town. Every day the problems seems to get worse. Now, lies or falsehoods don't exist. There are only "alternative facts".

This article appeared in the Weekend Financial Times. I think it sums up the latest US administration well.

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Another survey finds users aren't that engaged with online video

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I've had a great deal of information cross my desk saying that online video is the way to go for blogging and for dissemination of information since videos engage the readers more. This survey undertaken by the Nieman Lab says otherwise.

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Millennial Communication Professionals in the Workplace- study conducted by the IPR

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This study, commissioned by the Institute of Public Relations, shows how some attributes of millennials will enrich the public relations and communications profession.

Millennial communication professionals and their managers hold sharply different perceptions about millennials’ workplace factors, values and attributes

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Workplace automation: Separating fiction from fact

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The future of technology and how it affects us, as companies and individuals, are important issues we ought to think about. In this article, James Manyika, Director, McKinsey Global Institute gives his opinion of what technology means for us.

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Death toll in Yemen conflict passes 10,00

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UN humanitarian aid office says 40,000 people also injured in the conflict while 10 million need 'urgent assistance'.

While the war rages in Syria, it is raging in Yemen too. In case people forget about Yemen, here is one of the latest pieces on the subject, from Al Jazeera.
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CMS in 2017: Delivery & Transformation and Industry-Specific Predictions for the Year Ahead

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It's always important to know what might happen in the year ahead and there are many ideas in various sectors. Here are some predictions for Customer Management Services.

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