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jcoop11

The Maori - New Zealand in History - 0 views

history-nz.org/maori.html

cultures pacific

shared by jcoop11 on 17 May 07 - Cached
  • Although Māori culture was a totally stone-age culture until the arrival of Europeans and the introduction of metal, it was highly evolved. The various working materials used before the Māori had access to metal were mainly bird bones, whale bones, ivory teeth, both dog and human bones, and also stone, from the large stone resources which had been discovered further inland within New Zealand.
  • › Māori : The name "Māori" originally meant "the local people", or "the original people". Māori was a word which signified "local" or "original" - as opposed to the new arrivals - white European settlers - the "pakeha". With the arrival of European settlers, the word Māori gradually became an adjective for the "Māori people". This change took place before 1815.
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...

gaming worldsim

started by Mike Wesch on 21 May 07 6 follow-ups, last by senoumou on 24 May 07
kgarland

World Simulation Ideas - 95 views

I think it would be great to add more natural disasters, along with trying to bring out the slave trade, I think we could make the slave trade more part of the game. Also I think it would be great ...

worldsim

started by Mike Wesch on 18 May 07 37 follow-ups, last by kgarland on 29 May 07
jcoop11

Indigenous Australians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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pacific

shared by jcoop11 on 17 May 07 - Cached
  • not been shown to be related to any languages outside Australia. In the late 18th century, there were anywhere between 350 and 750 distinct groupings and a similar number of languages and dialects
  • At the time of first European contact, it is estimated that a minimum of 315,000 and as many as 1 million people lived in Australia. Recent archaeological evidence suggests that the land could have sustained a population of 750,000[11].
  • the regions of heaviest Indigenous population were the same temperate coastal regions that are currently the most heavily populated
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  • While Torres Strait Island populations were agriculturalists who supplemented their diet through the acquisition of wild foods the remainder of Indigenous Australians were hunter-gatherers. Indigenous Australians along the coast and rivers were also expert fishermen. Some Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders relied on the dingo as a companion animal, using it to assist with hunting and for warmth on cold nights.
  • Torres Strait Islanders
  • Indigenous Australians did practise agriculture.
  • sugar cane, taro and sweet potato as well as husbanding pigs
  • To enable men and women to find suitable partners, many groups would come together for annual gatherings (commonly known as corroborees) at which goods were traded, news exchanged, and marriages arranged amid appropriate ceremonies. This practice both reinforced clan relationships and prevented inbreeding in a society based on small semi-nomadic groups.
  • mainland Australia no animal other than the dingo
  • Indigenous diet included a wide variety of foods, such kangaroo, emu, wombats, goanna, snakes, birds, many insects such as honey ants and witchetty grubs. Many varieties of plant foods such as taro, nuts, fruits and berries were also eaten.
  • A primary tool used in hunting was the spear, launched by a woomera or spear-thrower in some locales. Boomerangs were also used by some mainland Indigenous peoples. The non-returnable boomerang (known more correctly as a Throwing Stick), more powerful than the returning kind, could be used to injure or even kill a kangaroo.
  • Permanent villages were the norm for most Torres Strait Island communities. In some areas mainland Indigenous Australians also lived in semi-permanent villages, most usually in less arid areas where fishing could provide for a more settled existence. Most Indigenous communities were semi-nomadic, moving in a regular cycle over a defined territory,
  • Many Indigenous communities also have a very complex kinship structure and in some places strict rules about marriage. In traditional societies, men are required to marry women of a specific moiety
  • In contrast Australian Aborigines did not cultivate any crops and lacked any domestic food animals
  • The Indigenous Australians lived through great climatic changes and adapted successfully to their changing physical environment
Kendall

Expanded Academic ASAP Document - 0 views

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child child prostitution

shared by Kendall on 28 May 07 - No Cached
  • Kendall on 28 May 07
     
    This article is basically just one of the ways The United States of America is trying to end the labor of child prostitution.
Kendall

Expanded Academic ASAP Document - 0 views

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child labor

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  • Kendall on 28 May 07
     
    Children are more susceptible to injury or death on the job than adults. (which is the same in physical abuse.)
Kendall

Expanded Academic ASAP Document - 0 views

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"child labor"

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  • Kendall on 28 May 07
     
    This article highlights the concerns people have for the environment and type of work that young citizens do.
Chelcie

Osprey Media. - Northumberland Today - Ontario, CA - 0 views

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conservation_sustainability endangered snakes

shared by Chelcie on 28 May 07 - Cached
  • Chelcie on 28 May 07
     
    This article is about how individuals are trying to protect the Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake.
Amanda Stueve

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM-CAMEROON: NGOs Long on Vision, Short on Detail? - 0 views

www.ipsnews.net/...nota.asp

africa healthcare monetaryaid ngo's sap's worldbank

shared by Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07 - Cached
  • condemn globalisation, and demand an increase in development aid and local implementation of international labour standards.
    • Amanda Stueve
      Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
       
      paradoxical? maybe!
  • Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) overseen by the World Bank and IMF.
  • Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
     
    Presents differing ideas on globalization and financial aid to Africa.
Amanda Stueve

DEVELOPMENT: Keeping Civil Society on the Straight and Narrow - 0 views

www.ipsnews.net/...nota.asp

africa healthcare ngo's

shared by Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07 - Cached
  • Quite a large number of civil society organisations and NGOs have no organically-evolved mandate from the citizens,"
  • Mkaronda said complaints about NGO conduct may sometimes stem from public misunderstanding about the roles of these groups: "For example, the Zimbabwean community in South Africa expects us to mobilise resources to sort out shelter, feeding and legal (immigration) status. Yet our role is to highlight the crisis in Zimbabwe."
  • believes self-regulation may hold the key to improving matters: "It would be a good idea if NGOs and civil society groups came up with a code of conduct like the one which guides other professionals such as medical doctors and lawyers."
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  • These include working "in genuine partnership" with local organisations and communities; complying with governance, accounting and reporting obligations in countries of operation; and balancing expectations of NGOs with the salaries needed to attract competent staff, when deciding on remuneration.
  • Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
     
    Puts forth some ideas that could make NGO's more effective. One thing noted is that even NGO's have to pay their employees wages high enough to have a low turnover rate, or else they cannot be effective.
Kendall

Local News Updates - Officials pledge to fight a rise in child prostitution -The Boston... - 0 views

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child prostitution

shared by Kendall on 26 May 07 - Cached
  • Kendall on 26 May 07
     
    Child Prostitution is becoming a growing problem.
Josh Sparkman

Children Should Never Be Soldiers. - 0 views

www.worldvision.org/...nochild_soldiers

child soldiers

shared by Josh Sparkman on 28 May 07 - No Cached
  • Josh Sparkman on 28 May 07
     
    The site is dedicated to informing the public of child soldiers by signing a petition and sending to your local congressman
bmoran

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

www.ucsusa.org/...warming-spreading-disease.html

disease globalwarming

shared by bmoran on 31 May 07 - Cached
  • 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)
elligant35

Human Rights Watch: Child Labor - 0 views

hrw.org/labor.htm

shared by elligant35 on 28 May 07 - Cached
    • elligant35
      elligant35 on 28 May 07
       
      Addresses all aspects of child labor globally and locally. Links child labor to HIV/AIDS, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Education, Terrorism and more. Focuses on all third World countries along with the United States. Gives the labor force of children in all these areas.
Aaron Scott

CARE :: Defending Dignity. Fighting Poverty. - 0 views

www.care.org

care poverty

shared by Aaron Scott on 27 May 07 - Cached
  • Aaron Scott on 27 May 07
     
    CARE seems like it has some of Easterly's Planner tendencies in that it has some Big Goals
    (and celebrity faces on its homepage) but it seems that many of its methods are more those of searchers in that it gets involved with local families and communities to understand the problems they face and ways that they can help them.
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