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Today's first major meeting to which all the delegations were invited, was a political briefing. Media could attend but everything said was clearly "off the record." It struck your publisher that if everyone had skipped the "political briefing" and had the morning I did--all before 8 a.m.--the point of the meeting would have been made crystal clear.

Let me explain. To hit the gym this morning, I pushed the elevator button for the third floor below the lobby level. The elevator opened and I did a double take because I thought the time machine had kicked in and I was in the Amazon. There before me was an Olympic size (in length) swimming pool complicated by meandering side ponds and waterfalls surrounded by exotic flora and fauna. The ceiling was two stories high and tiny, star like twinkle lights were embedded in the ceiling.