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Egyptian farmers turn to ancient agricultural techniques to bring dead land to life (World Bulletin)

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Egypt to use ancient farming techniques

A lack of water in the desert is making Egyptian farmers turn to ancient agricultural techniques to bring dead land to life.

Faris Farrag, a well-known Egyptian banker, is leading an Aquaponics project aimed at turning the Egyptian desert green. Farrag, who himself owns a farm in Cairo and is said to be fond of growing plants, told Al-Jazeera ‘As the price of water soars, as the price of petrol soars, and when the subsidies on farming disappear, this model makes sense.’

Aquaponics is an ancient irrigation technique which is believed to have been invented by the Aztecs which combines the commonly used aquaculture and hydroponic agricultural systems. Having studied the subject in the University of the Virgin Islands under Dr. James Rakocy, Farrag plans to introduce this technique to Egypt. The system has already…

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Stories From The Fringe – ‘Texas fundamentalists want to teach Garden of Eden in science class’

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‘Christian fundamentalists in Texas are out to destroy your child’s education again’.

‘The state school board, which is stuffed with right-wing ideologues who cheerfully reject any science they feel is in conflict with fundamentalist Christianity, are once again trying to use that power to try to teach your kid their religion in the science classroom’.

‘The Texas Freedom Network, a group that advocates for church-state separation in Texas, obtained notes from the state school board and found that the board members even went so far as to claim that the Garden of Eden myth is “science,” and the equivalent of the theory of evolution’.

‘One of the board members, a nutritionist at Texas A&M named Karen Beathard, explained the strategy of smuggling in religious instruction into the science classroom’:

“Students should have the opportunity to use their critical thinking skills to weigh the evidence between evolution and ‘creation science.’”
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‘Government Slimdown,’ Not ‘Shutdown’ Insists Fox News’

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‘According to Fox News, America is not facing a “government shutdown,” just a “government slimdown.”
‘In various Associated Press reports being used on FoxNews.com, they have replaced the word “shutdown” with “slimdown” in what can only be seen as an attempt to minimize the disaster currently being perpetrated against the American people by a handful of Tea Party Republicans’.
‘he blog at MediaMatters.org reports several instances of the Fox News website altering the AP titles and reports’.
‘For instance, one AP headline- ”Obama Shortens Asia Trip Because Of Shutdown”- was changed to “Obama shortens Asia trip due to government slimdown.”From : http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/10/04/government-slimdown-fox-news/

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Habitat For Humanity Crew Robbed At Gunpoint: SFist

9500 block of Edes Avenue in East Oakland. (Google Street Views)

Preparing for a visit by former President Jimmy Carter next week, eight members of the Habitat for Humanity crew in Oakland were robbed at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon. One victim was shot at and pistol whipped.

Hardworking Habitat and AmeriCorps crew members has their cellphones, wallets and “other personal property” stolen from them by two men at around 1:40 p.m. at the Brookfield Court development in the 9500 block of Edes Avenue in East Oakland.

Oakland Tribune has more:

Four men walked onto the property and robbed the seven men and one woman, ages 23 to 68, police said. Roughly a dozen other people were also working on the development, where 12 townhomes are under construction, but they were not robbed, said Habitat spokeswoman Krysta Morgenthaler.

The robbers drove away in two cars and police have not yet released full descriptions of the men or their cars. No arrests have been made.

via Habitat For Humanity Crew Robbed At Gunpoint: SFist.

Hungarian Ambassador intervenes Against “anti-Hungarian” Art Exhibition in Linz

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via http://pusztaranger.wordpress.com (translated by Jasmina Tumbas – see German version below.)

 

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Political art with the predicate particularly valuable: The Hungarian Ambassador to Austria intervenes against the “racist, anti-Hungarian” exhibition opening in Linz. The Salzburg Hungarian Cub, closely allied with the Hungarian Jobbik, provides the necessary e-mail terror against the organizers. The artist Marika Schmiedt shows, among other things, parallels between the national socialist and present-day hatred towards Roma – among other places, also in Hungary, along with a sharp criticism of Fidesz and Jobbik. The ambassador tried to undermine the Roma artist and activist in his in semi-official communication,  accusing Schmiedt of “hostility against Roma,” because her work thematizes the word “Gypsy Cutlet,” and insinuating that, after all, the “socialists” must be behind this…. (SPÖ)

Event Tip: “Thoughts are Free” Exhibition by Marika Schmiedt
Opening: Monday, 7. October 2013, 4:30pm, Altes Rathaus Linz, Hauptplatz 1…

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Habitat for Humanity crew robbed at gunpoint – AP State News – The Sacramento Bee

Police say a group of workers were robbed at gunpoint at a Habitat for Humanity site where former President Jimmy Carter is scheduled to tour in Oakland.The Oakland Tribune http://bit.ly/1dWTHDf reports that eight Habitat staff members and AmeriCorps workers were robbed of their cell phones and wallets Tuesday at the Brookfield Court development in East Oakland.Police say a man was also shot at and pistol-whipped. He refused medical attention.Habitat spokeswoman Krysta Morgenthaler says four men robbed the workers where 12 townhomes are currently under construction. Another dozen workers were not robbed.No arrests have been made.The robbery comes less than a week before Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter are scheduled to visit Oakland and San Jose as part of a weeklong campaign highlighting Habitat for Humanity’s home-building projects.

via Habitat for Humanity crew robbed at gunpoint – AP State News – The Sacramento Bee.

College graduate volunteers at Our House hit by shutdown | thv11.com

The looming federal government shutdown threatens Our House’s eleven AmeriCorps VISTA members, who have committed a year of their lives to serving the homeless while living below the poverty line themselves.

These national service members who have come from across the country to help Our House, will not receive their meager living stipend if the federal government shuts down. These VISTAs (Volunteers In Service To America) depend on a federal stipend, which amounts to less than $5 an hour, as their only source of income during their year of full time service. As a VISTA member, they are not allowed to work or have any earned income outside of their VISTA living allowance.

via College graduate volunteers at Our House hit by shutdown | thv11.com.