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07
Nov
2009
Among the Spice Island Sago-eaters

1 day ago by Joel

From The Spice Islands Voyage: The Quest for Alfred Wallace, the Man Who Shared Darwin’s Discovery of Evolution, by Tim Severin (Carroll & Graf, 1997), pp. 142-144: More than a century before Wallace’s visit, the people of Gorong were still habitual sago-eaters. Toman upon toman of sago flour was st ...

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Among the Spice Island Sago-eaters

1 day ago by Joel

From The Spice Islands Voyage: The Quest for Alfred Wallace, the Man Who Shared Darwin's Discovery of Evolution, by Tim Severin (Carroll & Graf, 1997), pp. 142-144: More than a century before Wallace's visit, the people of Gorong were still habitual sago-eaters. Toman upon toman of sago flour was st ...

Far Outliers - faroutliers.blogspot.com · Rank: 70,054 · 39 references

06
Nov
2009
Capacity Building @ ESfO 2010, Scotland

2 days ago by Heather E. Young-Leslie

I’m happy to announce that the European Society for Oceanists has accepted a panel on Capacity Building, for the 8th ESfO Conference to be held in Sr. Andrews, Scotland in July 5-8, 2010. Martha Macintyre (University of Melbourne) and I will be selecting up to 10 panelists. We are hoping for a stron ...

Ethnographer | Ecographer - heatheryoungleslie.wordpress.com

Update and Pix from Lissenung

2 days ago by FiNS

Here’s an update we just received from Ange at Lissenung Island Resort in Papua New Guinea: It’s been a while since I’ve updated our dive log, which doesn’t mean that there has been nothing to report, only that we’ve been too busy to sit down and write about it. We have done three more New Hanover t ...

FiNS Magazine - finsonline.com · Rank: 140,864 · 15 references

05
Nov
2009
# 42 – PAPUA NEW GUINEA / 1, inscet

3 days ago by fiume051

State of PAPUA NEW GUINEA stamp: 25 toea year: 1996 insect: - Anthicidae

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The highland hug

3 days ago by Vasco Pyjama

Last year in Somalia I found myself devastated when a colleague refused to shake my hand when I met him at Mogadishu's K50 airport. Once I had recovered my pride, I started getting cautious when approaching men. A smile and a nod would suffice, I thought. Or if adventurous, I would look expectantly ...

Pyjama Samsara - vasco-pyjama.livejournal.com · 22 references

04
Nov
2009
Find the Perfect Coffee to Pair With Someone’s Personality

3 days ago by The Connaisseur

michelle faber asked: Much ado nowadays pairing gourmet coffees with matching desserts, or chocolate varieties. We’ve discovered something new for you to pair. Why not pair a premium coffee with the unique and individual personality of someone you care about. People are all so different. For a fun c ...

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03
Nov
2009
Six Acne Myths… Busted

4 days ago by Brad

There are many myths and stories that surround acne. The certain cause of this skin problem has not been pinpointed by the scientists, yet. Because of this fact, people consider that one thing or another provoke acne. The most common myths on acne are: Acne is caused by certain diets. No matter how ...

Acne System - acnesystem.us · Rank: 187,002 · 1 reference

The Island of New Guinea

5 days ago by Author

New Guinea is the world’s second largest island, and is was well one of the world’s last, vast and remote wildernesses. With a complex political history, this great island is divided. The western half, is now referred to as Papua, a region of Indonesia, while the eastern half, Papua New Guinea or PN ...

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Farmers to view market produce via their Digicel phones

5 days ago by Emmanuel

Wednesday 28th October, 2009 – Digicel, PNG’s Bigger, Better Network and Fresh Produce Development Agency (FPDA) launched a new mobile Marketing Information System (MIS) today that will enable local farmers and consumers to check fresh produce on the market. According to FPDA, surveys have been cond ...

the Masalai blog - masalai.wordpress.com · Rank: 32,213 · 30 references

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