WELLINGTON Air Max 97 Silver Grey Red Men's Nike Shoes Sale UK , Oct. 6 Xinhua) -- A piece of a 600-year-old Maori canoe is providing New Zealand researchers with valuable insights into the Polynesian exploration of the Pacific in pre-European times.
The 6-meter piece of a canoe, or "waka," was one of only two Polynesian canoes known to predate European contact the other being a waka excavated in the Society Islands, more than 4,000 km away, University of Auckland researcher Dilys Johns said.
The relic was found in 2012 at Anaweka Men's Nike Air Max 97 Black UK Sale , on the remote northwest end of the South Island, after a storm had scoured out its resting place in a sand dune.
"I had never seen anything as large and complex come out of a site," Johns said in a statement Monday.
The piece was radiocarbon-dated to around 1400 AD, a period of ongoing maritime exploration and inter-island travel, and it included a rare carving of a sea turtle.
Turtle designs were rare in Maori culture and had only been seen before on four prehistoric stone amulets.
Turtles were held in high regard by Polynesian societies, and only high-status people were allowed to eat them. Turtles featured in visual art Cheap Nike Air Max 97 Men's All Black UK , myths and rituals and were also able to represent humans or gods.
The waka also featured carved interior ribs together with evidence of repair and re-use, and had structural similarities and a similar age to the Society Islands waka, which was excavated from a waterlogged site 30 years ago.
It was made from New Zealand matai and provided insight into a period of travel and cultural exchanges between the Polynesian islands.
BERLIN, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Pilots of German airline Lufthansa would walk out for the eighth time this year on Monday, a union announced on Sunday, asking for a more favorable retirement scheme.
The pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) said the strike would start at 13:00 (1100 GMT) on Monday and last until 23:59 (2159 GMT) on Tuesday.
All passenger flights of Lufthansa with aircraft types of Airbus 320 family Air Max 97 Men's Nike All White Shoes UK , Boeing 737 and Embraer would be affected, said the union in a statement.
The 35-hour strike is the eighth walk out of Lufthansa pilots since April this year. They are asking for rights to retire early at 55 years old while receiving 60 percent of their salaries. Lufthansa currently allow an early retirement in 60 years old, and has rejected the request.
The union accused Lufthansa of not taking up its "compromise proposals" and obstruct the solving of the dispute.
Last Thursday, a 12-hour strike of pilots in Lufthansa's budget airline Germanwings forced around 100 flights to be cancelled, and stranded about 13,000 passengers.
German passengers faced huge interruption of their journeys in recent weeks Air Max 97 Summit White Snakeskin UK Sale , as pilots and train drivers repeatedly walked out.
German national railway transportation is still under chaos due to a 50-hour train driver strike. Starting at 2:00 (0000 GMT) on Saturday, passenger train drivers of German state-owned railway company Deutsche Bahn laid down their work in a bid for a 5 percent higher payment and shorter working week to 37 hours.
Only about one third of German railway lines were running due to the strike, according to the Deutsche Bahn. Millions of passengers of the company's long-distance and regional trains, as well as S-Bahn services in German cities were affected.
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NAIROBI, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Kenya expects more teams and individual athletes to qualify for the Rio Olympics as the country seeks to surpass their 2008 Beijing Games performance.
After meeting with Athletics Kenya (AK) officials in Nairobi, Kipchoge Keino air max thea womens sale , the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) Chairman, said Monday, "We need to act fast and ensure the preparations are going on well. "
"That is why we are meeting with the respective teams to see what their demands are and see how best we can come to work together for the common good of the Kenya team," Keino said.
He commended the AK leadership and urged all officials to work together for the benefit of Kenya team and enhance the performance of Team Kenya during the Rio Olympics
Athletics remains the country's golden goose having won the only medals the country has had since the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
In Beijing, Kenya had its best performance claiming six gold, four silver and four bronze medals. In London four years ago air max thea uk sale , the country had two gold, four silver and five bronze medals. In total, Kenya has had 79 medals from athletics and seven in boxing.
"We need to improve our medal tally and that is why we are taking serious our preparations and see that we enter as many athletes as possible," said Keino.
At the London Olympics, Kenya had surpassed the record set in Beijing by a single athlete. A total of 47 athletes, 27 men and 20 women nike air zoom 90 it white , competed in athletics, boxing, swimming and weightlifting.
Keino said they expect at least 70 athletes to take part including Rugby Sevens (men and women), which will be making its debut in the games.
Women's volleyball also has a chance to claim the continental spot having missed out in the last two editions in London and Beijing.
"The Rio games are important to us and we want to work on areas we have not been successful before. Even in athletics, you saw that sprinters have all qualified and we want other disciplines to also push for more quotas," Keino said.
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Kenya plans to spend five million U.S. dollars to send the team of over 90 athletes and officials to the games.
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