From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V6 #141 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Thursday, August 17 2006 Volume 06 : Number 141 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [chakram-refugees] OT newspaper story ["Mark B." ] [chakram-refugees] OT - another article.. ["Mark B." ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:26:34 -0500 From: "Mark B." Subject: [chakram-refugees] OT newspaper story My local paper carried an article out of Wellington: "Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Queen of New Zealand's Maori population, died Tuesday, her family announced. She was 75. Te Ata was the sixth Maori sovereign, a direct descendant of a royal line that began in 1858 when the Maori responded to Britain's colonization of New Zealand by choosing a monarch of their own. The role carries only ceremonial powers but is hugely respected by most Maori." I am still amazed at how, through XWP, we learn so much about societies and cultures [past and present]. This article just jumped out at me! Mark ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:35:34 -0500 From: "Mark B." Subject: [chakram-refugees] OT - another article.. My local paper carried a front page story about a committee of the International Astronomical Union which voted to add three more worlds to the solar system population. Ceres - the largest asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, Charon - Pluto's moon and UB313 -aka Xena. Most of the references in the article cited 'Xena' rather than the official designation of UB313. Hopefully that name will become official at some future date! Mark ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V6 #141 **************************************