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Scholarships Awarded to Remote Micronesian Islanders
Twenty-one students from across Micronesia will enroll in prestigious private schools this fall with the help of scholarships from the Habele Outer Island Education Fund. The students, whose families come from isolated islands and atolls throughout Yap and Chuuk States, have...Chairty Publishes "Ulithian" Dictionary for Pacific Islanders
Charity Publishes Dictionary For Remote Micronesian IslandersThe picturesque Atoll of Ulithi, located in the Central Pacific, is home to 700 islanders. These Micronesians live on a chain of coral islands a thousand miles east of the Philippines. Most have learned to read and...
Deepwater Barreleye Fish Sports A Clear Canopy
"The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) has extremely light-sensitive eyes that can rotate within a transparent, fluid-filled shield on its head. In this image, although the barreleye is facing downward, its eyes are...
created by Edmund Jenks | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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2961 views | 39 recommendations | 11 comments
UN urges end to US Cuba embargo (Updated)
" NEW YORK.—The UN General Assembly today approved by an overwhelming majority the resolution demanding an end of the U.S. blockade of Cuba, a vote passed by the Assembly over 17 years, the news agencies report. ...The resolution calling for an end to the blockade...Volunteers send tuition scholarships to Micronesia
Six decades ago, the remote Pacific Islands of Micronesia were the site of intense battles between American GIs and entrenched Japanese defenders. Now the region is better known for hosting the reality television...Survivor Micronesia: Parvati Plays The Flirt Card All The Way To The Bank
She was named after a Hindu goddess and she can flirt like nobody's business, but Parvati says she took the million dollars because she owned this game. She doesn't know what it feels like to wake up a millionaire...Survivor Micronesia: The Black Widows’ 20/20 Hindsight
Last night in the Survivor Micronesia finale Parvati was awarded a million dollars by a jury of her peers. How did the cash slip through Amanda’s, Natalie’s and Cirie’s fingers, right into Parvati’s lap?...Survivor Micronesia: Erik's Comedy Of Errors
Erik Reichenbach is the latest victim to get caught up in the women's tangled web of deceit and manipulation on Survivor Micronesia. In what is being called the dumbest move in Survivor history, the ice cream...Suvivor Micronesia's Alexis And James: Blindsided By Injury
It must be something in the water... this season's crew of castaways have perfected blindsiding each other in the fierce bid for $1 million. The game took yet another an unexpected turn when James was forced to...Survivor Micronesia: Ozzy Outsmarted
I should have played the idol, and that’s the biggest mistake I made. I brought the hidden immunity idol to Tribal Council in spirit. I said I was going to put it in my bag, but I just didn’t do it.... Yap, Island of Stone Money
Yap State, located within the Federated States of Micronesia
We were looking for a place inthe sun that was away from brash commercialism. We found it in Yap. We took two days to get there, but it...
created by Barbara McPherson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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3762 views | 1 recommendation | 12 comments
School Books & Supplies Donated to Remote Pacific Island
The Habele Outer Island Education Fund announced today that it mailed over a dozen boxes of school supplies, textbooks and instructional materials to the Atoll of Eauripik in Yap State, Micronesia.The Atoll of Eauripik is comprised of several small islands surrounding a...Survivor You Guys Are Dumber Than You Look S16E01 (CBS)
The WGA is ending, but when CBS commissioned another season of Survivor, they didn’t know how long the strike would last. Because of this Big Brother, Survivor and The Amazing Race are all coming back during this season. I knew that the 16th season of Survivor would feature...California High School Students Donate Books to Pacific Islanders
December 8th 2007 | Covina California A group of students at Covina High School in California are mailing off an early Christmas Gift to fellow students in Central Pacific nation of Micronesia. The gift, a collection of lightly-used text books, has...Clean up grants for atomic atolls
Land owners in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands are being offered grants and favourable loans to clean up contaminated land sites.NowPublic on Facebook
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