Fertile Crescent

Palestinian 'seed library' salvages agricultural heritage from Israeli occupation

Edit The National 27 Apr 2016

BEIT JALA, WEST BANK // Light green almonds — still unripe — dot a giant old tree on one of the few terraced plots left in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem ... While documenting these stories, she came across some seeds from a rare watermelon called the Jadu'i that used to be widely grown in the fertile crescent running through the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank — but is now nearly wiped out ... ....

How the outdated, nonsensical Passover rules taught me what Judaism is really about

Edit Vox 22 Apr 2016

Off and on growing up, I attempted to keep "kosher for Passover" — something my purely secular Jewish family didn't do. In a neighborhood where my claims to being Jewish were inherently suspect because I didn't attend a synagogue anyone recognized or go to youth group conventions and summer camps, it was something Jewish that I could actually do on my own. Or so I thought ... the Fertile Crescent of thousands of years ago ... "Nobody knows .")....

How Many Boots on What Ground?

Edit Huffington Post 14 Apr 2016

The Elusive Truth About the American Military Role in Iraq. Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com. At the moment, there are a maximum of 3,870 U.S. military personnel (or 7,740 actual boots on the ground) in Iraq supporting the war against the Islamic State ... er, um... military because everyone knows that they aren't either troops or boots on the ground and so don't get counted. Those are the rules ... er, um... that country in the Fertile Crescent....

No typical day in artist in residence’s classroom (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Apr 2016

(Source. University of Wisconsin-Madison). It didn't take long for the students in Amy Franceschini's class to realize that this wasn't going to be your typical art course ... Photo by. Bryce Richter ... Photo by. Bryce Richter ... Photo by ... Next ... Seed Journey will take ancient grains from Norway that have never been patented or industrialized and send them on a sea voyage in September to the Fertile Crescent, considered the birthplace of agriculture....

The Hobbit gets a little older, and science a little wiser (UNSW - The University of New South Wales)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Apr 2016

(Source. UNSW - The University of New South Wales). The 'Hobbit' - scientific name Homo floresiensis - continues to surprise us, and its discovery has rewritten the human story in some unpredictable ways, writes Darren Curnoe. OPINION ... But its brain was tiny ... To put this into context, people were already beginning to develop agriculture in the Fertile Crescent and rich plains of the Yangtze River by around 12 thousand years ago ... (noodl....

The Hobbit Gets A Little Older, And Science A Little Wiser

Edit IFL Science 05 Apr 2016

When a skeleton of the so-called ‘Hobbit’ - scientific name Homo floresiensis - was unearthed in Indonesia in 2003 it would go on to cause a major furor in anthropological circles like few others before it ... I doubt history will be on their side ... So again, Lucy-like ... To put this into context, people were already beginning to develop agriculture in the Fertile Crescent and rich plains of the Yangtze River by around 12 thousand years ago ... ....

United States Democracy And Foreign Policy Deteriorating According To Political Experts

Edit Inquisitr 02 Apr 2016

The current state of United States democracy and foreign policy makes America increasingly unable to fight the war on terror effectively ... Meanwhile, Angelo M ... “Vladimir Putin‘s foreign policy is more effective than the United States… Once its allies guard the Turkish border, Russia will be the unchallenged mistress of the Fertile Crescent, while the United States will have become irrelevant there.” ... “U.S....

Why Are There Jewish Anti-Zionists?

Edit Huffington Post 22 Mar 2016

There are Jews who are passionately anti-Zionists ... To understand from where such hatred comes we need to look at the roots of the Jewish nation ... It is a nation that was formed in the days of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as they went from the Fertile Crescent to the land of Canaan, then to Egypt and back to Canaan until they became the people of Israel when they agreed to unite "as one man with one heart" at the foot of Mt. Sinai ... ....

'Faraway' wars, droughts and conflicts hit closer to home than you think (like in your larder)

Edit Huffington Post 22 Mar 2016

Every day, our planet and many of our brothers and sisters with whom we share it are in danger. Just look at the news ... For many of us, these disasters seem to be occurring in a distant world ... Gap Analysis Video from Crop Trust on Vimeo. The "fertile crescent" of the Middle East, spanning modern-day Syria and Iraq through to Egypt, is so called because it is one of the oldest and richest of agricultural lands ... ....

A Brief History Of Techquity (Occupy Oakland)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Mar 2016

(Source. Occupy Oakland) ... It is well apparent, her inner entrepreneurial bureaucrat is unhinged, unchained, and best of all, unchecked! Lizzy modestly describes techquity as mere trickle-down economics, but it is so much more than that ... To understand techquity, one must understand the role Oakland played in financing the Silicon Valley, paving over the fertile crescent of San Jose, to erect a robust and virile corporate Mecca ... J.D....

Miami, meet the woman proving arts programming can be 'cool and extraordinarily diverse' (John S and James L Knight Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Mar 2016

(Source. John S and James L Knight Foundation). Above. A YoungArts event. Photo by Jean Carlos Ramirez. All event photos courtesy of YoungArts ... Who is Esther Park?. I ask that question to myself every day ... Esther Park ... We want the arts community to seek YoungArts as this fertile crescent of futurism-of works that have never been done before; of works that are constantly changing and shifting with the elements of time, space, audience ... John S....

The Telegraph Lists Yerevan Among Europe's Most Ancient Cities - Photos

Edit Topix 04 Mar 2016

THE TELEGRAPH LISTS YEREVAN AMONG EUROPE'S MOST ANCIENT CITIES - PHOTOS 12.22 â~@¢ 04.03.16 While many of the world's oldest cities, settled around the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East, are off-limits to travellers at present, Europe's most ancient settlements are very much open to visitors, according to the Telegraph. These are the continent's 16 oldest continually inhabited ... ....

Regional Climate Change and National Responsibilities

Edit Huffington Post 02 Mar 2016

Global warming of about 1�F (0.6�C) over the past several decades now "loads the climate dice." Fig. 1 updates the "bell curve" analysis of our 2012 paper1 for Northern Hemisphere land, which showed that extreme hot summers now occur noticeably more often than they did 50 years ago ... 2) ... 2 is that the public in the U.S ... In China (Fig ... 2) ... Fig. 1 ... Fig. 2 ... Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought, Proc ... ....

The History of the Fertile Crescent and the Rise of Civilization