17
Mar

Check out these south pacific images:

South Pacific dawn

Image by Light Knight
A scene enacted for centuries: fisherman in Tonga wade out to their craft to fish for their people. By midday they will be sleeping off their efforts under a tree and waiting for the later feast. Life has continued this way for these fabulous people for about 2000 years and the world changes and they take their mobile phones fishing but they don’t change their way of life. Perfect.

Moe

Image by Romain [ apictureourselves.org ]
La sieste de l’après midi… Les wallisiens se levent au levé du soleil vers 5h et donc le midi ils sont fatigués alors ils se reposent après un bon gros repas.

15
Mar

SATURDAY’S COMMUNITY CALENDAR
“Thomas & Friends Live!” 11 a.m., 2 and 5 p.m. March 12. -; VIP premium package, . The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester. (877) 571-7469 or www.thehanovertheatre.org.
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Obituaries for March 12
Bruce Linden Thompson March 31, 1941-March 3, 2011 Troutdale resident Bruce Linden Thompson died Thursday, March 3, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was 69. At his request, no service will be held. Bruce was born March 31, 1941, in Delena to William and Elvera (Nelson) Thompson. He …
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13
Mar

A few nice south pacific images I found:

South Pacific Railway

Image by DigitalUrban
Sepia high dynamic range panorama of the South Pacific Railway, California

Clouds over the South Pacific

Image by yksin
Clouds over the South Pacific

11
Mar

A few nice south pacific images I found:

A guitarist in the Octopus Resort’s string band

Image by thaths
The string band played lilting songs of the South Pacific every evening after the Kava ceremony

09
Mar

Check out these south pacific images:

South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide

Image by prc1333
South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide
Transferred from slide to scanner to Roxio.

South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide

Image by prc1333
South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide
Transferred from slide to scanner to Roxio.

08
Mar

Timken Expands Line With 28 New FAA Certified Replacement Parts
Company Supports Bell, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce Platforms The Timken Company continues to expand its capabilities to serve the total lifecycle of overhaul and replacement parts for the aviation industry with 28 new FAA-certified replacement parts for a variety of helicopter drivetrain and engine platforms.
Read more on The Aero-News Network

DAC International And Cobham STEC Reach Agreement For HeliSAS
Two-Axis Flight Control System On Display At Heli Expo DAC International of Greenwich AeroGroup, Inc. announced Friday they have entered into a distribution agreement for sales into South America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe with Cobham’s HeliSAS Autopilot and Stability Augmentation System for light and medium helicopters.
Read more on The Aero-News Network

ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (03.06.11)
Aero-Linx: How Helicopters Work Helicopters are the most versatile flying machines in existence today. This versatility gives the pilot complete access to three-dimensional space in a way that no airplane can. If you have ever flown in a helicopter you know that its abilities are exhilarating. The amazing flexibility of helicopters means that they can fly almost anywhere. However, it also means …
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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (03.06.11): HMM (Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron)
HMM (Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron) The first H means helicopter; the M means Marine; the M means medium. (NOTE) The three numbers following these letters usually identified the original parent Marine Aircraft Group and the sequence in which the squadron was first commissioned. HMM-161 was the first squadron commissioned in MAG-16. HML-367 was the seventh squadron commissioned in MAG-36 …
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07
Mar

A few nice south pacific images I found:

South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide

Image by prc1333
South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide
Transferred from slide to scanner to Roxio.

South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide

Image by prc1333
South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide

06
Mar

A few nice south pacific images I found:

South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide

Image by prc1333
South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide
Transferred from slide to scanner to Roxio.

South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide

Image by prc1333
South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide

04
Mar

Senate inquiry to question emergency communications
Liberal senator Mary Jo Fisher has called for a Senate inquiry into the reliability of telecommunications and emergency systems during natural disasters, in light of recent outages during the Queensland floods and earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Read more on CIO

Angry Tongas At The Polynesian Cultural Center
The Polynesian Cultural Center is one of Hawaii’s top tourist traps.
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ICT sophistication leads to business innovation: Bureau of Statistics
A report released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has found a direct link between the “sophistication” of a business’ use of ICT and its ability to innovate in improving its products and processes.
Read more on CIO

02
Mar

South Pacific Sept-Oct 1991 Indonesia 111

Image by osseous

Tough little spinner
Communications satellites, inelegant boxy contraptions today, were once spinning drum-shaped spacecraft. Dwayne Day describes one such spinner that lives on ot this day, owned by an obscure satellite operator.
Read more on The Space Review

Gauguin’s Visions of Paradise in D.C.
Collection organized by London’s Tate Modern opens Sunday.
Read more on NBC Washington

AGIMO sounds out industry on data centre services
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has called for industry feedback on its proposal to offer government agencies data centres as a service (DCaaS).
Read more on CIO

Skilled Group recruiting new CIO
Australian recruitment company Skilled Group is calling for applications to fill the role of CIO to oversee the end-to-end delivery of IT services to the business.
Read more on CIO