Recently returned to New Zealand having spent 6 years working in Port Moresby; Papua New Guinea as the Chief Information Officer for ASX listed Financial Services firm Kina Securities. Happily married to my reality checker, she of www.hotstrongcoffee.com and very proud jungle gym for the 3X’s… X1,X2,X3 – my kids.
We had the experience of a lifetime, moving from Dunedin and becoming expats in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Keep checking often as I recount our trials and tribulations as we live/lived in “The Land of the Unexpected”, and my thoughts on Technology, PNG Development and Expat life. Coming back to NZ feels a bit like leaving, so I will still keep the blogging going – but there maybe more focus on an outside/in view of PNG, as well as life outside the bubble.
Please do let me know if there is anything I can help with especially about PNG, but also if you need formal advice or advisory services.
We had the experience of a lifetime, moving from Dunedin and becoming expats in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Keep checking often as I recount our trials and tribulations as we live/lived in “The Land of the Unexpected”, and my thoughts on Technology, PNG Development and Expat life. Coming back to NZ feels a bit like leaving, so I will still keep the blogging going – but there maybe more focus on an outside/in view of PNG, as well as life outside the bubble.
Please do let me know if there is anything I can help with especially about PNG, but also if you need formal advice or advisory services.
This blog isn't to extol the virtues of Palm Oil, or to rage against the environmental damage it can do. I just want to give people an idea about where Palm Oil comes from, the people, the land, the weather (there is a lot of weather) and a bit about my life in Papua New Guinea.
The company I work for are certified by the Round table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) as well as the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SANS) which gives us Rainforest Alliance Certification (this is the green frog you might have noticed on some products like, chocolate, coffee, etc). As far as Palm Oil goes we are the good guys.
The company I work for are certified by the Round table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) as well as the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SANS) which gives us Rainforest Alliance Certification (this is the green frog you might have noticed on some products like, chocolate, coffee, etc). As far as Palm Oil goes we are the good guys.
The PNG Experience highlights the Bible translation and language development effort in Papua New Guinea (PNG). PNG is located just north of Australia and is home to over 830 languages. Many of these have had little or no language work done. The PNG Experience is documenting the work being done in this country and the impact that this work has on the people of Papua New Guinea.
Our aim is to wrest the reins of power from out of the hands of corrupt leaders and put them back into the hands of the people by exposing corruption, limiting the opportunity for the corrupt to retaliate and creating a context where corruption may no longer be carried out in secret..
PNGReport.com provides commercially-valuable insight into an interpretation of resource sector developments in PNG and surrounding countries, with a particular focus on the mining and energy industries.
An initial coin offering (ICO) or initial currency offering is a type of funding using cryptocurrencies. Mostly the process is done by crowdfunding but private ICO's are becoming more common. In an ICO, a quantity of cryptocurrency is sold in the form of "tokens" ("coins") to speculators or investors, in exchange for legal tender or other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum. The tokens sold are promoted as future functional units of currency if or when the ICO's funding goal is met and the project launches. In some cases like Ethereum, the tokens are required to use the system for its purposes.
TechRepublic helps IT decision-makers identify technologies and strategies to empower workers and streamline business processes. The site delivers a unique blend of original content by IT professionals, peer-to-peer advice from the largest community of IT leaders on the Web, and a vast library of professional resources from the leading vendors in the IT industry. TechRepublic features blogs, community forums, vendor white papers, software downloads, Webcasts, and research.
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Sections: Mobility News | Microsoft Office Blog |
Source: TechRepublic.com
Sections: Mobility News | Microsoft Office Blog |
Mobility News
Sections: Mobility News | Microsoft Office Blog |Microsoft Office Blog
Sections: Mobility News | Microsoft Office Blog |
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Jane - teaching drama for a year, hopefully growing a garden and baking. Getting in touch with domestic bliss. Cam - Working to help protect coral reefs. Also a scuba diver with much interest in history. Should currently be in paradise.
Sections: Cam & Jane | The Bay Today |
Sections: Cam & Jane | The Bay Today |
Mary Jane lived in the Southern and Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea from 2001 to 2005.
She was a manager with Trans Niugini Tours, Papua New Guinea's leading inbound tour operator and she served on the Executive Committee for the Mount Hagen Cultural Show.
Prior to living in Papua New Guinea, Mary Jane lived and worked in southern Belize. Her own homeland is Canada.
Mary Jane's behind-the-scenery background lets travelers forget about most practical challenges of exploring Papua New Guinea and enriches the journey towards their own unforgettable PNG experiences.
She was a manager with Trans Niugini Tours, Papua New Guinea's leading inbound tour operator and she served on the Executive Committee for the Mount Hagen Cultural Show.
Prior to living in Papua New Guinea, Mary Jane lived and worked in southern Belize. Her own homeland is Canada.
Mary Jane's behind-the-scenery background lets travelers forget about most practical challenges of exploring Papua New Guinea and enriches the journey towards their own unforgettable PNG experiences.
UNAIDS is leading the global effort to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Since the first cases of HIV were reported more than 35 years ago, 78 million people have become infected with HIV and 35 million have died from AIDS-related illnesses. Since it started operations in 1996, UNAIDS has led and inspired global, regional, national and local leadership, innovation and partnership to ultimately consign HIV to history.
UNAIDS is a problem-solver. It places people living with HIV and people affected by the virus at the decision-making table and at the centre of designing, delivering and monitoring the AIDS response. It charts paths for countries and communities to get on the Fast-Track to ending AIDS and is a bold advocate for addressing the legal and policy barriers to the AIDS response.
|OUR AIM | OUR INTENTION |OUR MISSION |
DEBATECreate a neutral avenue where REAL ISSUES are openly addressed by Goilala people from all walks of Life irrespective of class and status of an individual.
EXPOSE
Enable Goilala District’s good, bad and the ugly gets exposed to online community both in Papua New Guinea and Worldwide.
DISCUSS
Allows for mature discussions on general issues that is faced in Goilala by Goilala people. External stakeholder input and contribution in Goilala is also addressed to enable the online community to have access to that.
EXPRESS
Those with internet access is able to express their views for or against way of Life in Goilala and how that way of life can be improved or changed for the better.
Fox Sports is an Australian group of sports channels, owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited (known as Premier Media Group until February 2012), which is owned by News Corp Australia. Its main competitors are ESPN and beIN Sports, both available as part of a Foxtel subscription.
Fox Sports in Australia differs from other Fox Sports-branded channels in the United States and elsewhere around the world in that it is not owned by 21st Century Fox, but by News Corp—the publishing company that was spun out from the larger News Corporation in 2013. Although 21st Century Fox maintains ownership of the remainder of News Corporation's broadcasting assets, its Australian television assets were spun out with the new company as well. Both companies nonetheless remain under the control of the Murdoch family.
Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field. One of the two codes of rugby, it originated in Northern England in 1895 as a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.
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Fox Sports in Australia differs from other Fox Sports-branded channels in the United States and elsewhere around the world in that it is not owned by 21st Century Fox, but by News Corp—the publishing company that was spun out from the larger News Corporation in 2013. Although 21st Century Fox maintains ownership of the remainder of News Corporation's broadcasting assets, its Australian television assets were spun out with the new company as well. Both companies nonetheless remain under the control of the Murdoch family.
Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field. One of the two codes of rugby, it originated in Northern England in 1895 as a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.
Source: wikipedia.org
AIDSinfo offers access to the latest, federally approved HIV/AIDS medical practice guidelines, HIV treatment and prevention clinical trials, and other research information for health care providers, researchers, people affected by HIV/AIDS, and the general public.
AIDSinfo, a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics that are searched billions of times each year by millions of people around the globe. NLM also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. The Library coordinates a National Network of Libraries of Medicine, a nationwide network of health sciences libraries and information centers with a mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public’s health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health.
AIDSinfo is 100% federally funded and sponsored by the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—both part of NIH, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
AIDSinfo, a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics that are searched billions of times each year by millions of people around the globe. NLM also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. The Library coordinates a National Network of Libraries of Medicine, a nationwide network of health sciences libraries and information centers with a mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public’s health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health.
AIDSinfo is 100% federally funded and sponsored by the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—both part of NIH, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Ethereum is an open-source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform and operating system featuring smart contract functionality. It supports a modified version of Nakamoto consensus via transaction-based state transitions.
Ether is a cryptocurrency whose blockchain is generated by the Ethereum platform. Ether can be transferred between accounts and used to compensate participant mining nodes for computations performed. Ethereum provides a decentralized virtual machine, the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which can execute scripts using an international network of public nodes. The virtual machine's instruction set, in contrast to others like Bitcoin Script, is thought to be Turing-complete. "Gas", an internal transaction pricing mechanism, is used to mitigate spam and allocate resources on the network.
Ethereum was proposed in late 2013 by Vitalik Buterin, a cryptocurrency researcher and programmer. Development was funded by an online crowdsale that took place between July and August 2014. The system went live on 30 July 2015, with 72 million coins "premined". This accounts for about 70 percent of the total circulating supply in 2018.
In 2016, as a result of the exploitation of a flaw in The DAO project's smart contract software, and subsequent theft of $50 million worth of Ether, Ethereum was split into two separate blockchains – the new separate version became Ethereum (ETH) with the theft reversed, and the original continued as Ethereum Classic (ETC).
The value of the Ethereum currency grew over 13,000 percent in 2017, to over $1400. By September 2018, it had fallen back to $200.
Ether is a cryptocurrency whose blockchain is generated by the Ethereum platform. Ether can be transferred between accounts and used to compensate participant mining nodes for computations performed. Ethereum provides a decentralized virtual machine, the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which can execute scripts using an international network of public nodes. The virtual machine's instruction set, in contrast to others like Bitcoin Script, is thought to be Turing-complete. "Gas", an internal transaction pricing mechanism, is used to mitigate spam and allocate resources on the network.
Ethereum was proposed in late 2013 by Vitalik Buterin, a cryptocurrency researcher and programmer. Development was funded by an online crowdsale that took place between July and August 2014. The system went live on 30 July 2015, with 72 million coins "premined". This accounts for about 70 percent of the total circulating supply in 2018.
In 2016, as a result of the exploitation of a flaw in The DAO project's smart contract software, and subsequent theft of $50 million worth of Ether, Ethereum was split into two separate blockchains – the new separate version became Ethereum (ETH) with the theft reversed, and the original continued as Ethereum Classic (ETC).
The value of the Ethereum currency grew over 13,000 percent in 2017, to over $1400. By September 2018, it had fallen back to $200.
The Garamut is Papua New Guinea’s leading political blog and was established in 2008.
Deni ToKunai (aka “Tavurvur”) studied business and law at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
He hails from Duke of York Island in East New Britain and is the third of four siblings to a Papua New Guinean father and New Zealand mother.
While studying in NZ, Deni became the first Papua New Guinean to be elected as SRC President of a NZ University in 2010, and was successfully re-elected for a second term in 2011.
He has served on several boards and held several directorships in various capacities, most notably the Waikato University Council under the leadership of former NZ Prime Minister Jim Bolger; University Sport NZ; NZ Tertiary Education Commission’s LAC; and as Chairman of Student Job Search Inc NZ.
In 2008, Deni started his leading political blog The Garamut using the nom de guerre “Tavurvur” and has secured a growing loyal readership – both domestically and internationally.
He has established himself as one of PNG social media’s leading political commentators and is regularly interviewed and quoted by media organizations in Australia and around the Pacific.
Deni’s observations and political commentary have been reported in the New York Times and The Economist, and his blog posts and tweets are regularly picked up and reported on by Australian media and New Zealand media including industry publications and news websites.
In 2012, The Garamut gained international acknowledgement as the number one source of information and news about the PNG 2012 National Election.
Deni ToKunai (aka “Tavurvur”) studied business and law at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
He hails from Duke of York Island in East New Britain and is the third of four siblings to a Papua New Guinean father and New Zealand mother.
While studying in NZ, Deni became the first Papua New Guinean to be elected as SRC President of a NZ University in 2010, and was successfully re-elected for a second term in 2011.
He has served on several boards and held several directorships in various capacities, most notably the Waikato University Council under the leadership of former NZ Prime Minister Jim Bolger; University Sport NZ; NZ Tertiary Education Commission’s LAC; and as Chairman of Student Job Search Inc NZ.
In 2008, Deni started his leading political blog The Garamut using the nom de guerre “Tavurvur” and has secured a growing loyal readership – both domestically and internationally.
He has established himself as one of PNG social media’s leading political commentators and is regularly interviewed and quoted by media organizations in Australia and around the Pacific.
Deni’s observations and political commentary have been reported in the New York Times and The Economist, and his blog posts and tweets are regularly picked up and reported on by Australian media and New Zealand media including industry publications and news websites.
In 2012, The Garamut gained international acknowledgement as the number one source of information and news about the PNG 2012 National Election.
Keith migrated with his family from England to Australia in 1949 and grew up on the south coast of New South Wales. After leaving high school he trained as a teacher at the Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA), arriving in the then Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1963 at age 18.
He launched the PNG Attitude blog in 2006 to enable Australians and Papua New Guineans to engage in public discussion on political, social, economic and literary matters. The blog has spun off the Crocodile Prize literary awards, Pukpuk Publications, McKinnon-Paga Hill Fellowships for writers and the Walk to Equality project, publisher of the first collection of writing by PNG women. All are not-for-profit enterprises.
He launched the PNG Attitude blog in 2006 to enable Australians and Papua New Guineans to engage in public discussion on political, social, economic and literary matters. The blog has spun off the Crocodile Prize literary awards, Pukpuk Publications, McKinnon-Paga Hill Fellowships for writers and the Walk to Equality project, publisher of the first collection of writing by PNG women. All are not-for-profit enterprises.
ACT NOW! is a community advocacy organisation that assists ordinary people to make their voices heard in relation to matters of national importance in Papua New Guinea. We are an independent not for profit organisation registered in PNG. ACT NOW! is not affiliated with any corporation, political party, government, or other non-government organization.
AsiaPacificReport.nz is a joint venture between Multimedia Investments Ltd (Milnz.co.nz) and AUT’s Pacific Media Centre(PMC.AUT.ac.nz)(Facebook.com/PacificMediaCentre).
A core of the content is provided by postgraduate student journalists on the PMC’s Asia-Pacific Journalism Studies course in the School of Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology. The students report on a range of Asia-Pacific issues ranging from climate change and the environment to education and health to politics, media, law social justice and sustainable business. Their reports are supplemented by articles from the University of the South Pacific’s regional journalism programme and Wansolwara newspaper; University of Santo Tomas journalism programme in the Philippines; and contributing journalists and academics.
A core of the content is provided by postgraduate student journalists on the PMC’s Asia-Pacific Journalism Studies course in the School of Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology. The students report on a range of Asia-Pacific issues ranging from climate change and the environment to education and health to politics, media, law social justice and sustainable business. Their reports are supplemented by articles from the University of the South Pacific’s regional journalism programme and Wansolwara newspaper; University of Santo Tomas journalism programme in the Philippines; and contributing journalists and academics.
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