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  Delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In mathematical finance delta, δ, is one of "The Greeks"; delta measures the sensitivity of the value of a derivative to changes in the price of its underlying instrument.
In particle physics, the delta particle is a short lived resonance of the proton.
In information technology, delta compression is a process that produces a file recording only the changes (or diff) between versions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Delta   (350 words)

  
 Delta Amacuro State (Venezuela)
Sky blue represents the Deltaic sky where the hope covers and protects the aspirations of the inhabitants of the region, inspiring the force to raise their spirit and to overcome the difficulties that can limit the harmonic and deserved development of the state.
The stars symbolizes the four municipalities which conform the state and are white for remember the peace, the harmony, the spiritual tranquility and the bonanza necessaries for the well-being of the Deltaic community.
The motto remembers the calmness, the tranquility, the concord and the bonanza in the state and the enamel of the pennant (vert) alludes to the verdure of its forests, fertility of its ground, the hope, the abundance and the freedom.
www.fanshop-online.de /fahnen-flaggen-infos/ve-y.html   (817 words)

  
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flag of the deputy state mufti (uncertain) (brunei)
state flag, state ensign and war flag (germany)
state flag and ensign 1882-1948 (british north borneo, malaysia)
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 Explore Margarita - Travel and Accommodation on Margarita Island, Margarita Online Portal, Venezuela
The delta is divided into upper and lower regions, west and east of the Caño Macareo respectively.
The lower delta, still under the influence of the Orinoco, is subject to flooding during the dry season, when water levels may vary by up to 15m.
Tucupita, the capital of Delta Amacuro State, has a population of 80,000 and is the commercial center of the region.
exploremargarita.com /regions/venezuela_regions_orinocodelta.htm   (1065 words)

  
 WARAO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Spoken in the Delta Amacuro State of Venezuela.
Note: The "Warao" is a language spoken in Venezuela by a group of natives from the Delta of the Orinoco River, in Delta Amacuro State, known as the Waraos.
Based in the native census from 1991 in Venezuela, the population of Waraos was 21,125.
www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/JPN-warao.html   (98 words)

  
 Stories in the Time of Cholera: INTRODUCTION
Many of my friends from the delta were living on the streets of Tucupita and nearby Barrancas del Orinoco, another small city on the edge of the delta, begging and performing odd jobs to survive, sleeping in shelters constructed of stray pieces of plastic and surplus lumber.
The cholera epidemic and the subsequent exodus of Mariusans and their neighbors to major cities had discomfited the state government, threatened its legitimacy, and further stigmatized Delta Amacuro as being a bastion of backwardness and ignorance, a premodern cancer on a modernizing country.
I first went to Delta Amacuro state in 1985, drawn by the advice of Venezuelan colleagues who suggested that research on social dimensions of the predominant language used in the delta, Warao, and how it interacts with Spanish might be useful in bolstering programs in bilingual education and health care.
www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/9447/9447.intro.html   (6817 words)

  
 Venezuela - States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Currently only six states have adopted officially a new flag, but other states are planning to adopt a flag in the next months.
Another state is supossed to adopt (or approve) a flag in January 1997; I have the flag design but I'm unsure about the name of the state.
All the states, the Distrito Federal and Delta Amacuro Territory have an attribued unofficial flag of white with shield.
www.flagspot.net /flags/ve-state.html   (533 words)

  
 Orinoco Delta Lodge
The Orinoco delta is a vast, intricate labyrinth of waterways weaving through a simmering jungle to carry the waters of the Orinoco to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Orinoco Delta — the landmass now known as Delta Amacuro State — has formed over the course of thousands of years as the mighty river has deposited millions of tons of sediment into the ocean.
The delta is divided into upper and lower regions, west and east of the Caño Macerao respectively.
www.orinocodelta.com /f_delta.htm   (707 words)

  
 Delta Amacuro --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the northeast, Guyana on the southeast, and the Venezuelan states of Bolívar on the south and Monagas on the west.
The state consists of the swampy delta through which the 26 distributaries of the Orinoco River empty into the sea.
state, southeastern Venezuela, bounded to the north by the Orinoco River and the Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro, to the south by Brazil and the Venezuelan territory of Amazonas, to the east by Guyana, and to the west by the Orinoco River and Colombia.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9029859?tocId=9029859&query=null&ct=null   (773 words)

  
 Discover Venezuela :::...::::Useful informations about Venezuela - Orinoco delta
The Delta Amacuro State is located at the northeast region of Venezuela and it has about 360 Kms.
Capital of the State Delta Amacuro and of the Municipality Tucupita, it was founded in 1848 by people originating of Margarita island.
It is located 110 km of the coast on the oriental bank of the pipe Mánamo, where it connects with the small pipe Tucupita that this runs in address and it ends in the Atlantic.
www.discovervenezuela.net /en/places/deltaorinoco.asp   (461 words)

  
 Venezuela
The COPP states that a person accused of a crime cannot be incarcerated during criminal proceedings unless that person is caught in the act of committing a crime, or a judge determines that there is a danger that the accused may flee or impede the investigation.
In Guárico state, a lawsuit for defamation against a journalist from the La Prensa del Llano newspaper and a court order prohibiting the newspaper from mentioning the state governor in its reports were regarded by some observers as a case of official pressure.
The IPI report stated that "the aggressive rhetoric by President Chavez has contributed to the creation of a climate of intimidation and hostility toward the press and self-censorship is becoming more common." The IPI charged that some government officials at the state and city levels also have tried to intimidate the media.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/wha/8229.htm   (16879 words)

  
 Virtual Andean Tourist Routes - The greatest ! - The Orinoco Delta - Venezuela / Andean Community - 2003
The Orinoco Delta, now known as Amacuro Delta State, is a land of waters, with a humid green landscape crisscrossed by multiple blue veins.
Amacuro Delta offers tourists a countless number of attractions that are possible only in this part of the world.
Tucupita is the capital of Amacuro Delta state.
www.comunidadandina.org /ingles/tourism/greatest/i_orinoco.htm   (513 words)

  
 Orinoco Delta region of Venezuela.
The Orinoco Delta, located in the northeast of the country, is a treasure not only for Venezuela but for the world.
The Orinoco Delta boasts species of great scientific and biological importance and here lives the ancestral culture of the Warao.
The Delta Amacuro State covers 16,294 square miles and its capital city is Tucupita.
www.lostworldadventures.com /countries/venezuela/vzregions/orinoco.htm   (329 words)

  
 DiscoverVenezuela - Guayana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Best known among these is the Autana, or "tree of life" as it is known in the indigenous Piaroa legend, located in the highest parts of Guayana, in the state of Bolivar, are the Roraima, Keukenán, and the Auyanepuy.
The state of Amazonas is situated in the southeastern part of the country, bordering Colombia to the west, and Brazil to the south and east.
Further east is the Orinoco delta, a labyrinth of more than 300 rivers and ravines that represent virtual water roads that can change direction and location at any given time.
www.discovervenezuela.com /guayana.cfm   (634 words)

  
 Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Orinoco wetlands (NT0906)
This delta region is characteristically impregnated with river systems, and hosts a great diversity of riparian features including permanent wetlands and marshes, large rivers, oxbow lakes, small gallery streams, levies, and the typical delta alluvial fan.
The Delta del Orinoco biosphere reserve (9¸21'N - 60¸56'W) was established in 1991 by WCMC and UNEP, and is the largest protected area within the delta region.
Population pressure is increasing threats to the delta fisheries, triggering overhunting in areas close to towns and villages and along rivers.
worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0906_full.html   (1575 words)

  
 Geographic distribution - Preliminary Checklist of the Mammals of the Guiana Shield
Of the political units within Venezuela, Delta Amacuro has 62% of the mammal species recorded in the next smallest and less diverse unit (French Guiana).
In addition to its relatively small size (less than half the area of French Guiana), Delta Amacuro is composed of predominately semi-inundated ecosystems (mangroves, marsh forests, palm swamps, and grasslands), which are marginal habitat for many species.
Delta Amacuro also represents the state of the Venezuelan Guayana Region with the lowest effort for mammal inventories.
www.mnh.si.edu /biodiversity/bdg/shieldmammals/geography.html   (742 words)

  
 Read about Delta at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Delta and learn about Delta here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
delta compression is a process that produces a file recording only the changes (or diff) between versions.
Delta Holdings S.A. A computer, see Delta (computer)
Grand Chapter (http://www.deltasigmatheta.org), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide services and programs to promote human welfare.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Delta   (266 words)

  
 Orinoco Delta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Delta Amacuro State offers its visitors a unique environment.
Except for some 100 km roads around the capital, Tucupita, its extensive system of roadways are the caños (streams) of the Orinoco River delta.
The caños divide the delta into countless humid islands covered with dense foliage.
www.alpi-group.com /orinoco_delta.htm   (198 words)

  
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Settlements are clustered, with the state capital of Tucupita registering a population of 80,000, and the population density across the landscape of the Delta is very low, particularly in the interior.
The DAO seeks, inter alia, to improve the standard of living in Delta Amacuro State and the neighbouringneighboring States of Monagas, Anzoategui, Sucre, and Bolivar by diversifying existing livelihoods, investing in social and economic infrastructure, and establishing new development cooperation partnerships between the public and private sectors.
These investments focus on other ecoregions, particularly in Amazonas State, and exclude the Orinoco Delta as thes ODBR had yet to be been e Protected Areas were not yet decreed when loan negotiations occurred in at the moment of proposal, discussion and negotiation of the Loan Convention that occurred in 1991/ and 1992.
www.gefweb.org /Documents/Project_Proposals_for_Endorsem/Venezuela_orinoco2.doc   (13746 words)

  
 Memórias on line
The purpose of this study was the evaluation of Helicobacter pylori infections in children and adults from two indigenous communities of Delta Amacuro State, Venezuela, that differ in hygienic conditions of the housing.
To the local authorities of Delta Amacuro State.
Table II This investigation was financed by Conicit Project S1-96001408, and by the Program for Special Attention to Indigenous Populations, coordinated by General Victor Salom the National Guard of Venezuela.
memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br /986/4672.html   (691 words)

  
 Articles - Venezuela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Venezuela is home to a wide variety of landscapes, such as the north-easternmost extensions of the Andes mountains in the northwest and along the northern Caribbean coast, of which the highest point is the Pico Bolívar at 5,007 m.
The centre of the country is characterised by extensive plains known as the llanos that stretch from the Colombian border to the river delta of the Orinoco east.
The last geographical region is the Deltaic System forms a pantanous triangle, covering Delta Amacuro State, with the Atlantic platform branchin off the coast.
www.lastring.com /articles/Venezuela?mySession=4259a6e6ebeb456165100258db941787   (2909 words)

  
 Delta Amacuro State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Estado Delta Amacuro is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.
Delta Amacuro State covers a total surface area of 40,200 km² and, in 2001, had an estimated population of 7 987.
This page was last modified 19:02, 25 November 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Delta_Amacuro_State   (81 words)

  
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The present state of knowledge about parrot's population dynamics shows that estimating productivity in parrots is extremely complicated, given that only a given (and unknown) proportion of adults breed a given year, making life-table calculations very difficult.
The Orinoco Delta is important as a sink for carbon which accumulates primarily in the peat and in lesser proportion in the soils of the bogs and flood plains.
Potential contaminants that flood onto the Delta may be absorbed by clays and peat and buried in the substrate.
www.gefweb.org /COUNCIL/GEF_C14/Venezuela/part2.doc   (3707 words)

  
 Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Dispute over Orinoco River Delta just starting
The Orinoco Delta, 40,000 sq km of waterways and sedimentary islands, is considered the last of the world's great river deltas to enjoy unspoiled status.
Catalina Herrera, a member of the Directorate for Assistance to Indigenous People in Delta Amacuro, told IPS that the state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. had not consulted with the Warao concerning the effects of planned activity on the fragile ecosystem.
She condemned a separate moveby government authorities to replace her as Director of the Office of Indigenous Affairs of the Delta Amacuro Governing Council.
www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntl71601.htm   (564 words)

  
 Pictures of the Amacuro Delta, Venezuela, by Sophie Roquefort
These successive loads of sediments from the Orinoco merging with the Amacuro river have created one of the world's largest deltas and Venezuela's youngest state, the Amacuro Delta (since 1981).
The delta's original inhabitants, the Warao, settled here in prehistoric times and consider the Orinoco "The Father of Our Land".
Since the Waraos' lifestyle revolves entirely around the water of the Orinoco and Amacuro rivers, drilling could sign the end of their culture.
www.sophieroquefort.com /html/Venezuela/Amacuro/Amacuro.htm   (232 words)

  
 VENEZUELA -DELTA AMACURO
The state of Delta Amacuro is covered almost entirely by the Orinoco Delta,(where the river discharges into the sea.) At this point the river divides into two major Caños (Sp.
There are a few tiny and widely separated communities in the delta itself only accessable by boat, sometimes there are no paths or streets between the houses only raised walkways.
The inky fl waters of the delta contrasted these brilliant jewels, set in a tapestry of the most verdant green against a glorious blue sky.
freespace.virgin.net /susan.armitage/VENPAR3.HTM   (4569 words)

  
 (4/15/97) Orinoco Natives Confront Big Oil, Venezuela
Warao communities in the Orinoco River Delta are demanding an immediate end to oil exploration by transnational companies in three areas of their homelands.
Catalina Herrera, a member of the Directorate for Assistance to Indigenous People in Delta Amacuro, said that the state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela had not consulted with the Warao concerning the effect of planned activity on the fragile ecosystem.
She condemned a separate move by government authorities to replace her as Director of the Office of Indigenous Affairs of the Delta Amacuro Governing Council.
www.monitor.net /monitor/9704a/oilwarao.html   (614 words)

  
 10/07/01 -- Poverty, disease, oil exploration and logging drive Warao Indians to Venezuela's cities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Activists estimate 2,000 to 7,000 Warao are in constant migration to and from the cities, mostly to beg.
"Warao" means "canoe people" in the Warao language, and "Delta Amacuro" means "quilt of water." Rivero, 41, grew up in a typical Warao village in the heart of the delta, dotted with thatch homes built on stilts.
For the first time, a Warao is the mayor of the Antonio Diaz district of Delta Amacuro, where 70 percent of Warao live.
forests.org /archive/samerica/podisoil.htm   (1014 words)

  
 CIV coordinator welcomes government housing for Delta Amacuro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
College of Engineers (CIV) coordinator Dorgelis Alcocer says he's pleased with the 33 housing solutions that the Infrastructure Ministry (Minfra) is building for the Playa Sucia indigenous community, located in eastern Delta Amacuro State...
"future owners joined in the projects of making their future adobe houses." Delta Amacuro Warao indians are said to be the poorest and most abandoned of Venezuela's indigenous ethnic groups.
The CIV recommends that the government should continue to support such initiatives that guarantee health, education, tourism and fishery projects in the Playa Sucia area...
www.vheadline.com /printer_news.asp?id=11284   (156 words)

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