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In the News (Mon 7 Dec 09)

  
  Western New Guinea - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Papuans, the native people of New Guinea, are a Pacific Melanesian people, as are those of the Solomons, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji.
The border with Papua New Guinea is a mix between the artificial border of the 141st meridian, and the natural border of the Fly River.
The combined population of the Indonesian provinces of West Irian Jaya and Papua, constituting all of Western New Guinea, was estimated to be 2,646,489 in 2005.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Western_New_Guinea   (3195 words)

  
 Reading Online: International Perspectives -- Vernacular Education in Papua New Guinea
Marriages between people from different community groups are now common, transfers to different parts of the country by government departments and large commercial companies are taken for granted, and movement around the country is now made easier by the availability of various means of transport (airplanes, buses, trucks, motor-powered canoes and boats).
One of the Papua New Guineans drew a “cultural map,” a visual representation of a piece of land, with traditional perspectives drawn into it (the sago tree of one important story drawn larger than the creek nearby, for example).
Papua New Guinea is unique in its approach to vernacular literacy education, in that all 850 languages, which are mostly oral languages, are “official languages” in the context of elementary education.
www.readingonline.org /international/honan   (3515 words)

  
 History of Papua New Guinea (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The term New Guinea was applied to the island in 1545 by a Spaniard, Ynigo Ortis de Retez, because of a fancied resemblance between the islands inhabitants and those found on the African Guinea coast.
Papua was administered under the Papua Act until it was invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and civil administration suspended.
The Papua and New Guinea Act of 1949 formally approved the placing of New Guinea under the international trusteeship system and confirmed the administrative union of New Guinea and Papua under the title of The Territory of Papua and New Guinea.
read-and-go.hopto.org.cob-web.org:8888 /Papua-New-Guinea/History-of-Papua-New-Guinea.html   (1103 words)

  
 What's New in 2004
Until a new approach with a better effectiveness/adverse effects profile than ziconotide for refractory pain emerges, further optimisation of Ziconotide for use in the treatment of refractory pain should be undertaken.
The 4 pages with the Systematic List are followed by 62 pages of a commented Taxa List which gives detailed descriptions of animal and shell and information on synonymy, distribution (with detailed map) habitat and biology.
New sequences continue to expand the diversity and utility of the pool of available alpha-conotoxins.
grimwade.biochem.unimelb.edu.au /cone/new2004.html   (13890 words)

  
 Madang (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mans contact with the New Guinea mainland has extended through the past 50,000 years, and although as yet unproven one would presume this figure to be true for this region also.
The Ramu people are prolific carvers and the lower Ramu has cultural links with the villages of the artistically diverse Sepik River region.
Sago is a staple of the Ramu river people especially in its lower reaches.
read-and-go.hopto.org.cob-web.org:8888 /Papua-New-Guinea/Madang.html   (863 words)

  
 News Foreign Banknote Newsletter
The first is a new 1999 dated P5 without a safety thread similar to the 1994 and 1996 P6, and the second 500 Shilling note is also similar to P6, but with a safety thread.
The new Governor as from 18/09/2006 is Mr Glenn Stevens.
The new notes in denominations of 10, 20, 100, 500, and 1,000 Pacatas bear the date of 8 August 2005 and have been in general use since the first of the year.
www.nachthund.biz /news   (10365 words)

  
 Western New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Western New Guinea is the Indonesian western half of the island of New Guinea and consists of two provinces, Papua and West Irian Jaya.
He called it Nueva Guinea owing to the resemblance of the local inhabitants to the peoples of the Guinea coast in West Africa.
The Indonesian government disbanded the New Guinea Council and forbade the use of the West Papua flag or the singing of the national anthem.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Papua   (3496 words)

  
 FRAC News Digest - May 29, 2006
Also, New York should follow the lead set by California, which in 2004 became the first state to provide paid leave to care for a new child, one’s own serious illness or that of a family member.
The new policies will be reviewed and renewed each year, and schools will be encouraged to come up with their own subcommittees to incorporate the requirements into individual school policy.
New federal rules, which are part of the Deficit Reduction Act, state that 50 percent of TANF recipients must have jobs or job training for 30 hours per week.
www.frac.org /html/news/newsdigest/05.29.06.html   (3550 words)

  
 What's New in 2003
Conus ochroleucus ochroleucus GMELIN, 1791 Papua New Guinea, Finsehafen - 59.3 mm and
Considered together, these new interactions suggest that the R13 side chain and the bulk of the bound toxin micro-CTX molecule may be significantly tilted with respect to pore axis.
The improved data were used to produce a new set of structures by a molecular modeling process incorporating relaxation matrix methods for the determination of interproton distance restraints and a combination of distance geometry and simulated annealing for structure generation.
grimwade.biochem.unimelb.edu.au /cone/new2003.html   (14526 words)

  
 Scoop: West Papua firmly on Pacific Islands Forum agenda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Leaders of the Pacific people of West Papua attending the Pacific Islands Forum in Auckland have welcomed the Forum's continued interest in their struggle for self-determination and human rights.
In their communiqué issued today Forum leaders expressed concern about the human rights situation in West Papua and called for the perpetrators of serious crimes committed in the territory to be brought to justice.
In what seems to be a new tactic to counter police intervention in the alienated suburbs, youths have ambushed police on three occasions.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0308/S00180.htm   (597 words)

  
 List of people on stamps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The list that follows is an index to the lists of people for individual countries.
In some cases, several short lists from related countries are merged into a single list, while entries without links indicate entities that never had any people on their stamps.
In 1871 Ceres and Napoleon III became the only identifiable people to appear on these stamps which were used in a wide variety of places.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/List_of_people_on_stamps   (383 words)

  
 New Brunswick, New Caledonia, Newfoundland & New Guinea Covers & Postal History
JAN 31 1929 first flight cover for first official flight St. John New Brunswick to Ottawa Ontaria, violet cachet, neatly addressed, franked by one 1-c and two 2-c King stamps, clear backstamp, slight browning of the paper with age.
JAN 31 1929 first flight cover for first official flight St. John New Brunswick to Montreal, violet cachet, neatly addressed, franked by two 2-c King and one 1-c Macdonald stamps, clear backstamp, slight yellowing of the paper with age.
Circa 1900 unused 15-f carte-lettre of New Caledonia and Dependencies, slight browning of the paper with age, faint corner crease.
www.judnick.com /LotsOfCovers/NewBrunswickToNewHampshire.htm   (2724 words)

  
 Bookmarks for aj ward
detecting stamps which have been reperfed is to compare size of suspect stamp with one that you are sure has not been reperfed by putting suspect stamp on top of the good stamp.
Increasingly, however, the extra blank paper that surrounds a pane of stamps, known as selvedge, has been used to heighten the overall artistic expression for whatever theme is being expressed with a particular issue.
Independent Stamp Bureaux have been established on both Islands and the first distinctive issue bearing the individual names of Nevis and St Kitts were scheduled for early June 1980.
www.members.tripod.com /~ajward/stamps/new_list.htm   (4671 words)

  
 Stamp Collectors Exchange Lists
This is a list of people who are willing to exchange stamps, either of countries or particular themes.
These are those who registered for the list in 2004 and complied with the terms.
My interests: mint stamps and letters on religious themes (plots, Popes, Saints, prests, church), new mint stamps Vatican, mint and used stamps of former coloniesand the small countries of America, Africa, Oceania.
www.read-out.net /stmp/2004.html   (562 words)

  
 Genealogy in the News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
By taking the pledge, people can learn conversational French and a sense of belonging to a culture that is more than 200 years old.
Some people collect stamps, others collect Hello Kitty paraphernalia, Jim Tipton, 27, collects dead people -- the locations of their graves, that is. The Salt Lake City webmaster currently has more than 2.6 million entries in his online archive of the dearly departed at Find A Grave.
A woman has flown to Papua New Guinea to meet members of a former cannibal tribe which ate her great-great uncle.
www.genealogysearch.org /news/2001-07.html   (1971 words)

  
 Demographic Stamps
I coined the word to refer to "stamp collecting with a demographic theme".
Shown are all the stamps I could find in the 1991 Scott Catalog and a few I've added since.
The "" marks are there if want to download this list -- you can convert such marks to column separators for a spreadsheet.
www.ac.wwu.edu /~stephan/webstuff/es.stamps.demography.html   (1328 words)

  
 Articles and FAQs about Islam, Muslims, Allah, Muhammad (pbuh), Quran, Hadith, Woman, Fiqh and Fatwa.
Ans: Islam is not a new religion, but the same truth that God revealed through all His prophets to every people.
Ans: One billion people form a vast range of races, nationalities and cultures across the globe, from the southern Philippines to Nigeria, are united by their common Islamic faith.
B: With nearly 3 million people converging in The Holy Land to perform the Hajj, the Saudi authorities have understandably imposed Hajj quotas.
www.islamicfinder.org /faq/list.php   (3856 words)

  
 List of people on stamps of Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first part of this list is for the stamps of Papua New Guinea issued under that name.
No persons were featured on the stamps of German New Guinea.
It previously used the stamps of German New Guinea, and is now a part of Papua New Guinea.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_people_on_stamps_of_Papua_New_Guinea   (145 words)

  
 AllStamps -- Stamps and Covers for the Rare Stamp Collector, Stamp Dealer, Philatelist, Philatelic, Post, World, ...
In addition to the more than 10,000 stamps you can browse online, we have tens of thousands more scanned and ready to emailed to you upon request.
If you are trying to find that scarce or impossible stamp or set of stamps we may have it in stock.
For a complete list of the topicals we stock, click here.
www.allstamps.com /countries.shtml   (215 words)

  
 New PWO Member
All sites could be anyway listed in the Philatelic Links Online - please click here to reach the entry form for the PLO.
It isn't expected that you are an expert in your philatelic field; any stamps fan who wishes to show or to say something on stamps, and who presents a philatelic site (but not his quickly and dirty made 2-3 pages!) is kindly invited.
Please put into the Subject line of your e-mail: "PWO Members Area Password" and write in the body of the e-mail your name and the name of the country where you are living.
www.artonstamps.org /apwp/cgi-bin/apwp-db-update.asp   (552 words)

  
 New issues
11 February: New Caledonia, 2006 Definitives, = 07.02.2003 Definitives.
Brazil, 31.10.03 Greeting stamps, and 22.09.04 Greeting stamp.
Belgium, 21.03.05 Birds, and 04.04.05 Stamp day, and 04.04.05 Birds.
www.birdtheme.org /newissue.html   (866 words)

  
 The Reptile Information Network - (Home of the Mid-Atlantic Reptile Show)
We had an opportunity to talk to a lot of people about keeping reptiles and amphibians as pets.
O’Shea’s books are: A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea and the Dorling Kindersley Handbook Reptiles and Amphibians and contributed chapters to others.
He will be happy to talk to people and answer questions about his experiences and listen to yours.
www.reptileinfo.com /News.aspx   (776 words)

  
 New PASIC Member
Don't fear to be flooded by unsolicited mail after having published your e-mail information, because the e-mail addresses cannot be automatically taken over from the members' list.
If possible choose a language that many people speak on the Internet, like English.
In order to verify the result, load the Members List in a new instance of the browser (launch it again, because if not, you'll read the old version from your computer's cache).
www.artonstamps.org /cgi-bin/db-update.asp   (218 words)

  
 NZ Scrapbook Company
All details you provide will not be shared with any other company.
To opt out of receiving our newsletters or any other information via email from us - please refer to the instructions at the bottom of each email.
New Zealand Scrapbook Co. Ltd (09) 448 1150.
www.nzscrapbook.co.nz /newsletters.php   (102 words)

  
 What's New?
Instead of listing the new photographs by family, I have changed the format to an alphabetical listing by person or website (when the photographer is not indicated).
Several new people have been listed on the "Names and Addresses of Parasitic Plant Specialists" page.
The listings of genera that appear on each family index page now have each genus set out to the left in a bold, red heading to help with organization and navigation.
www.parasiticplants.siu.edu /WhatsNew.html   (2159 words)

  
 Stamporama: Join Stamporama
Note: You MUST check the box next to the statement "I have read the Stamporama By-Laws" for your application to be submitted properly.
Clicking on the hyperlink will open a new window with the by-laws in it.
Once you have read them, close that window and continue filling out the application.
www.stamporama.com /mdata/newmember.php   (365 words)

  
 Papua New Guinea Forum - Business World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
New and used Landcruisers, all makes and models, parts.
New standard required for PNG specialty coffee — expert
Papua New Guinea to host "Leading Company Director's Course" - (October 20 -24)
www.pngwebdirectory.com /forum/archive/index.php/f-4   (945 words)

  
 Price List for Tennis - Table Tennis - Ping Pong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
We've counted over 1530 Stamps in Sets and MiniSheets plus over 140 Souvenir Sheets.
Olympic MiniSheet of 8 (upper left Tennis stamp has Olympic EMBLEM at lower right)
Olympic MiniSheet of 8 (upper left Tennis stamp has Olympic FLAG at lower right)
www.worldstamps.com /pricelist.php?topic=103   (247 words)

  
 Mailing List Title
My intent here is to set up an "Emailing List" so that we can send out virtual postcards to save time and stamps.
If you are not regular about checking your email and would like postcards announcing upcoming shows, please also include your street address.
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dwp.bigplanet.com /rae/mailinglist   (122 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk Shop - Splendid Stamps: Birds: Papua New Guinea.1974.Birds Heads set.Umm Mnh, Mali.1960.Birds.300 Fr.on 500 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Meet us at Stamp Fairs in the South, or on-line.
If you don't see what you are looking for, please do ask and if it is stock, we will list it!
Our policy is to respond to every message but from time to time there may be short delays whilst we are away on buying trips or attending Stamp Fairs.
stores.ebay.co.uk /Splendid-Stamps_Birds_W0QQcolZ2QQdirZ1QQftidZ2QQtZkm   (190 words)

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