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Science fact sheet- traditional Maori fisheries - 0 views

  • Traditional Maori fishing operations were very well organised. Different tribes had their own fishing areas. Tribal boundaries were marked by landmarks and stakes and protected against trespassers. Fishing was often a community activity. Tasks involved everything from observing the movement of schools of fish and making gear, to catching and processing the fish. Early Maori knew a great deal about the life cycles of different fish. A fishing calendar was developed to work out when certain fish should be caught, what techniques to use, and whether it should be during the day or night. Kaimoana was a very important trading item. Coastal tribes traded it with inland iwi for goods such as birds, berries or workable stone. In Canterbury, Kaipoihai pa was a trading pa with eight different gates. It was similar to European trading sites in the middle ages.When Europeans arrived, Maori started trading with them. They bartered fish for other goods or sold it for cash. They exported fish to Australia in the early 19th century.
  • Maori are very knowledgeable and skilled fishers. Lines were made from flax fibre and sinkers from stones. Hooks were made from wood, bone, stone or shell. Sometimes a gorge was used instead of a hook. It was a straight piece of bone, sharp at each end and attached in the middle. When the line was pulled it turned sideways and caught in the fish's throat.
Seiji Ikeda

YouTube - Pepper Pad on CBS News The Saturday Early Show - 0 views

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    Pepper Pad on CBS News The Saturday Early Show.
bmoran

Early Warning Signs of Global Warming: Spreading Disease - 0 views

  • Mosquitoes in particular are highly sensitive to temperature. The mosquitoes that can carry malaria (Anopheline spp.) generally do not develop or breed below about 16° C, and the variety that transmits dengue fever (Aedes aegypti) is limited by winter temperatures below 10° C.
  • Warmer global temperatures will allow an expansion of the geographic range within which both the mosquito and parasite could survive with sufficient abundance for sustained transmission. Model predictions indicate that a 3° C global temperature rise by 2100 could increase the number of annual malaria cases by 50-80 million (not considering factors such as local control measures or health services)
jcoop11

Global Healthcare in a Borderless World - 0 views

  • Since the early 1990s, institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have required state-owned hospitals and clinics in Third World countries to be privatized before loans are considered. Many times those formerly state-owned and -run hospitals were purchased by U.S. and European insurance companies that then introduced U.S. models of managed care, even though the history of healthcare in those countries was vastly different from the systems that had developed in the United States.
  • first systematic study of the relationships between globalization and public health policies.
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    " first systematic study of the relationships between globalization and public health policies " The relavence of the article lies in the previous statement. This is a rational look at how we are trying to solve the global healthcare problems.
kgarland

Children at war in Africa - The Wire - September2003 - Amnesty International - 0 views

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    children in Africa dieing at an early age , due to young children involved in the war
senoumou

Ideas from Games - 55 views

After today's games in class, what I suggest is that we can think about limiting the strenght of growing nations, and give a kind of long life to weak nations. By doing so, the competition might be...

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