Published on: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
By: Bernama
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A flock of geese fly over a field in Linum, Germany while migrating south on October 8, 2011. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)
ALOR GAJAH: No threat of bird flu (H5N8) has been detected in Malaysia during the migration of birds of prey (raptors) from the southern hemisphere which has been underway since early March, said Malaysian Nature Society president Professor Dr Ahmad Ismail.
He said although there were cases of bird flu detected in Algeria in February due to the migration of the birds, Malaysia is however so far safe from the threat.
March 31, 2021 25 Minutes
This week we are starting the first of a four (?) part look at pre-modern textile production. As with our series on farming and iron, we are going to follow the sequence of production from the growing of fibers all the way to the finished object, with a focus not merely on the methods of production but also
on the people doing the producing at each stage of production. Now while I have titled this series, “Clothing, How Did They Make It?” it is worth noting that textiles were used for a lot more than just clothing. All sorts of household goods were produced this way. In addition, of course, clothing was sometimes made out of non-textile materials (although, as we’ve discussed, far less often than is portrayed in popular culture; in Eurasia, by and large, clothing meant textiles).