Main principles on the garden’s design

Bring the Japanese feeling into your garden with these basic steps. First of all, embrace the ideal of nature. That means, keep things in your garden as natural as possible, avoiding to include things that could disrupt this natural appearance.

For example, don’t include square ponds in your design as square ponds are nowhere to be found in nature. Also, a waterfall would be something closer to what exists in nature if we compare it to a fountain. So you also have to consider the Japanese concept of sumi or balance. Because one of Japanese gardening design main purposes is to recreate large landscapes even in the smallest place. Be careful when choosing the elements for your garden, because you don’t want to end up filling your ten by ten courtyard with huge rocks.

As a miniaturized landscape, the rocks in the garden would represent mountains and the ponds would represent lakes. A space filled with sand would represent an ocean. By that we assume that garden masters were looking to achieve a minimalistic approach, best represented by the phrase “less is more”.

The elements of time and space

One of the things westerners notice at first are the many portions of empty space in the garden. In fact, these spaces are an important feature in Japanese gardening. This space called ma, relates to the elements around it and that also surround it. The concepts of in and yo are of vital importance here, they are best known to the Western civilization by the Chinese names yin and yang. If you want to have something you have to start with having nothing. This is an idea quite difficult to understand, but it is a rule of thumb in Japanese gardening.

An important clue in the development of a garden is the concept of wabi and sabi. There’s no literal English translation for those words. Wabi is about uniqueness, or the essence of something; a close literal translation is solitary. Sabi deals with the definition of time or the ideal image of something; the closest definition might be time strenghtened character. Given the case, a cement lantern that might appear unique, would lack of that ideal image. Or an old rock covered in lichens would have no wabi if it’s just a round boulder. That’s why it is important to find that balance.

Ma and wabi/sabi are connected to the concepts of space and time. When it comes to seasons, the garden must show the special character of each one. Japanese garden lovers dedicate time to their gardens every season, unlike the western gardener who deserts in fall just to be seen again in spring.

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As an objective player (I think) of both games, I am setting out to solve the age old question (tongue in cheek): Which is better? Farm Town or FarmVille?

Land Expansions:

Farm Town: When you reach Level 15 you can expand your farm using coins; at Level 25 you can expand to a 24 X 24 Farm. After that you can no longer expand, and there are no immediate plans to add more expansions.

FarmVille: Your level and number of neighbors dictate when you can expand, and expansions are few and far between. They also cost more. The 24 X 24 expansion is still locked for all players.

Decorations, Buildings, and Landscaping:

Farm Town: There are a lot of options for decorating your farm. You can create 3-D effects and elevation by using the decorations available. Simply, there is a lot more than you do with your farm on Farm Town. However, will all of those options, it is easy to run out of land very quickly.

FarmVille: There are options for decorating your farm, but many of them are purchased with FarmVille Cash (purchased with your very real money). In addition, what you see is what you get. You can’t use your creativity to create illusions of elevation, lakes, pools, etc.

Harvesting, Plowing, & Seeding:

Farm Town: You can hire other farmers to do your plowing and harvesting, thus saving a lot of time. Hiring others is also what makes the game very social and interactive. However, when you hire someone to plow for you, you give them a portion of any experience points earned. On the positive side, when you hire someone to harvest for you, you get 25% more profit.

FarmVille: You can’t hire others to harvest, plow, or seed for you.

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1. Fruit mostly consists of water just like the human body does;

2. Fruit is one hundred percent cholesterol free;

3. Fruit leads to better memory;

4. Fruit has miraculous healing effects

5. Fruit has plenty of fiber

6. Fruit makes you feel better, naturally

7. Fruit is the most natural and tasty food

More often than not, fruit consists of water just like the human body. Just like 80% of our body is water is 80% of fruit. Come to think of it, it’s logical for the human body to have foods that contain as much water as the body.

The nutrition that meets our requirements is fruit, hence there is no other food than fruit that contains on average 80% water. No doubt, vegetables contain a lot of water too and are therefore second best on our list.

Fruit is 100% bad-cholesterol free and there is no argument about this. Too much of cholesterol is bad for our bodies and fruit doesn’t contain one bit cholesterol. On the other hand, animal products such as meat and dairy contain a lot of bad-cholesterol.

Besides, it is now proven that fruit stimulates the memory In case you did not know tit yet, fruit is the ultimate brain fuel. The way it works has yet to be discovered and a number of scientists are looking into it. But, we do know that if you have lots of fruit, your brains will be able to recall information faster and more easily.

The miraculous healing effects of fruit are doing the rounds nowadays. In fact, spectacular stories about folks that got cured from incurable diseases just abiding by a strict diet of raw fruits and/or vegetables are well known.

Then how about fibers? We all know now that a diet with lots of fibers helps against obesity, hypertension, and other things that increase the chance for a heart disease and cancers. The amount of fibers consumed could be an even more important factor than the amount of fat that people consume.

Finally, fruit is the most natural food. When you see a piece of fruit dangling from the branch of a tree it is telling you something: “Eat my fruits and help me spread my seeds.” That is how nature works, humans eat fruits and vegetables and subsequently help plants spread.

Human beings use animals to work the land to grow the plants and trees that produce these vegetables and fruits. No wonder, fruit is the best human diet
A healthy diet should comprise a lot of freshly squeezed fruit juices, raw fruits and vegetables. Here are some tips:

1. It is a good start to eat and drink more fresh fruits;

2. It is very simple, before you know it you will be feeling so much better;

3. Always remember to eat fruit on an empty stomach, not after meals

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It seems that, increasingly, life is being divided into traditional and alternative. Each side claims their methods to be better than the other’s. Each tries to win people to their side. Traditional schooling fights alternative schooling. Conventional medicine fights alternative medicine. Mainstream culture fights alternative subcultures.

Farming, too, is involved in a battle, conventional farming against organic farming. Environmentalists and those concerned with their health assure us that organic farming is preferable in many ways. But others argue that organic farming is bad.

Why is organic farming bad?

Research Results

In 2002, Swiss scientists at the Research Institute for Organic Agriculture published in “Scientist” a highly publicized study. Their study, which covered 21 years, compared four types of farming. Two of those types were organic farming. The other two types were conventional farming.

Reporters quickly stated that the study proved organic farming was more efficient. Organic farming’s advocates said the study showed that organic farming uses 50% less energy. The facts?

1. Conventional farming is 20 percent more productive than organic farming.

2. Crop yields were significantly lower in organic farming.

3. The above two facts meant energy savings in organic farming were actually only about 19 percent per unit of crop produced, not 50 percent.

4. The study did not test organic farming against the most current methods of conventional farming. If it had, experts say, the 19 percent advantage of organic farming would disappear.

5. Current conventional farming matches organic farming when it comes to environmental advantages. Both have beneficial insects, produce less pesticide and fertilizer runoff, and reduce soil erosion.

6. Food quality was almost identical in conventional and organic farming. Advocates of organic farming had long claimed their food was far superior.

7. Current conventional farming methods produce the same or greater yields mentioned in number 1 above.

This research does not, of course, conclude that organic farming is bad. On the face of it, the conclusion is more that organic farming is not very different from current conventional farming. There most be other reasons for people believing organic farming is bad.

Organic Farming Can Kill

Many took from the Swiss study a realization that, as Cambridge chemist John Emsley said, “the greatest catastrophe the human race could face this century is not global warming, but a global conversion to ‘organic farming’- [where] an estimated 2 billion people would perish.”

Organic farming may supply food for small markets, but how can it feed starving nations? Its adversaries claim that current conventional farming is the only hope for these people. If we turn entirely to organic farming, they say, we will doom billions to die of starvation.

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What if you stop eating meats and poultry. What if you also went vegan. Where could you get your daily requirement of proteins? Most would want to eat soy products for their protein content. Most health sites and health stores are not aware of the damaging effects of soy foods. You could refer to these articles from Dr. Mercola’s Site. Since this article is about the benefits of eating fruits, the answer must be to eat fruits to get your daily requirement of proteins. Most of you may not be aware of this, but fruits contain a small amount of protein.

A person on a raw or vegan diet can get their proteins from fruits alone. Eating a piece of fruit can give you up to 1 gram of protein. Protein from fruits is very compatible with the human body since it is natural and uncooked. Your body does not require as much protein as you were led to believe especially if you eat your proteins uncooked. A daily 25 grams of protein is all your body needs. It has been known that eating a lot of protein especially cooked protein can lead to Cancer and other diseases.

You might be asking : how will I be able to build my muscle if I just eat fruits for protein? I need my meat and chicken to build strong muscles. Fruits do not build strong muscles.

A gorilla or even a monkey does not eat meat or chicken. These animals eat mostly fruits and nuts. Fruits will give you the purest and best form of protein. Here is a site about a person that eats nothing but raw foods. If you want to know the protein content of different types of fruit, you can visit CalorieKing.

When you eat your fruits, make sure that you eat them on an empty stomach or at least make sure that you have not eaten any foods for one hour. Fruits pass through the stomach very quickly and if they are slowed by other foods especially fats, then they will ferment. You do not want to let that happen.

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Jesus said in John’s Gospel…John 15:3-8. “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.”

We see that it is the Father’s will that we bear much fruit. Bearing fruit is what discipleship is all about. It is a result of abiding in God’s Word and having God’s Word abide in us. Jesus calls this discipleship. He who does not bear fruit will be cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. That sounds very serious. God is glorified when we bear fruit so that is something I want to do. I want to glorify God. When harvest time comes I want there to be a harvest of fruit in my life. I want fruit that lasts.

So what must we do to be productive and fruitful, thus becoming a disciple of Christ? First of all we hear His Word. Secondly His Word must abide in us and we must abide in Him. No fruit will be produced if these things don’t happen.

Jesus talks about this in the 8th chapter of Luke. I would like to take a close look at the parable of the sower. Jesus is giving us instructions on how we can bear fruit. Since these are the Lord’s instructions on fruit bearing, we should pay close attention. He is giving these instructions so that we will bear fruit. So let’s take a look.

Luke 8:5-8. The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it. Some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold.” When He had said these things He cried, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

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The coconut palm thrives on sandy soils and is highly tolerant of salinity and prefers areas with abundant sunlight and regular rainfall (750 to 2,000 mm annually), which makes colonising shorelines of the tropics relatively straightforward. Coconuts also need high humidity (70–80%+) for optimum growth, which is why they are rarely seen in areas with low humidity (e.g. the Mediterranean), even where temperatures are high enough. They are very hard to establish and grow in dry climates.
Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera)

The flowers of the coconut palm are polygamomonoecious, with both male and female flowers in the same inflorescence. Flowering occurs continuously, with female flowers producing seeds. Coconut palms are believed to be largely cross-pollinated, although some dwarf varieties are self-pollinating.

Typically, the coffee cherry, or fruit, that forms on a coffee plant contains a bean that forms two halves. These typical beans are flat on one side. Sometimes only one of the two seeds becomes fertilized. In that case, the coffee cherry contains a single bean. This single bean is round or oval in shape, similar to a pea. Hence, such individually formed coffee bean is known as a “peaberry,” or less often as a “caracol.” Roughly five percent of all coffee beans are reported to be peaberries, so there is no question that peaberry coffee is rare.

In high grade Arabica coffees, peaberries are generally separated from regular “flat” coffee beans. A coffee labeled as a “peaberry” should contain only peaberry beans. Peaberry coffees — in contrast to regular coffee beans — are claimed to provide a superior taste. One school of throught argues that peaberry beans are superior to regular beans due to the roasting process. Since the peaberries are oval in shape, they roll easily in the roasting chamber, thereby providing a more evenly roasted bean.

Another argument for the superiority of peaberry coffee is the flavor of the bean itself. The single peaberry bean is smaller and more dense than the two typical beans. As only one bean is formed, the sole bean is frequently reported to be more robust in flavor and more acidic (generally good for taste) than regular Arabica coffee beans. Still others argue that the superiority of peaberry coffee beans comes from the rigorous selection process whereby regular beans are separated out from the peaberries.

Peaberry coffee is also designated by their geographic origin. For example, one of the most popular peaberry coffees is Tanzanian Peaberry. Even the most expensive coffees such as Kona and Jamaica Blue Mountain come in Peaberry varities. So the next time you purchase a single origin coffee you may want to try a peaberry variety to see if you can taste the difference. Though still hard to find at traditional retail establishments, premium peaberry coffees are now readily available through online stores.

One such online store is World Trader Coffee, which offers a dozen varities of Peaberry coffees from the Americas, Africa, Caribbean, Asia, and Indonesia.

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Most of the herbal treatments available for hemorrhoids
have been around for many years, but only known to certain countries. Acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine is highly recommended, it not only relieves pain and also can cure it if treated continuously for a long period of time. Acupuncture should be treated everyday for best results and Chinese herbal medicine has to be taken three times a day.

Most of the other remedies involve your everyday diet. Foods that are greasy will only make hemorrhoids worse. The body needs a high fiber diet to treat hemorrhoids properly. Dark green leafy vegetables should be eaten every day, this will help give relief and reduce bleeding.

Papaya and berries are very good for the digestive system and can help relieve hemorrhoids and possibly cure them; pomegranate juice is also good for this. Plenty of water, fruit, like apples, and exercise, all of this will help to get rid of hemorrhoids.

Homeopathic remedies are very effective and provides relief shortly after taking the medicine, but even this treatment still recommends using food therapy which is having a diet that consist of food that is good for the digestive system, creating soft stool.
Using olive oil, vitamin E, and aloe vera are all very soothing.

Using herbal medicine to treat hemorrhoids is inexpensive and healthy. Certain medicines may have an unpleasant smell or bad taste but they are not harmful to your body.

Produce: I encourage everyone to consume fresh, whole food. The best way to incorporate this into your nutrition plan is to focus on your fruit and veggie selections. Next time you go to the store, try picking up a fruit or veggie that you haven’t tried before. The internet is a great resource to learn the best and healthiest ways to prepare them. Better yet, try some of the seasonal produce from your area! Farmer’s markets have cropped up across the country. Take advantage of access to the freshest ingredients at incredibly low prices straight from the source.

Spices: There are so many options I don’t know where to begin! Fresh garlic, onion, and/or ginger are the easiest way to flavor up a dish. Spices are yet another opportunity to try something new. For a South American flare, try cumin and red pepper flakes. Craving tasty Asian flavors? Try mixing in some Chinese Five Spice in with your chicken and veggies! There are also many spice blends available that take the guess work out of what might be good together. Ms. Dash and McCormick both make tasty blends.

Dressings: If you choose a bottled dressing, of course, I would always recommend low fat/low carb dressings. Vinaigrettes are my favorites. Have you ever tried making your own dressing? As an example, vinegar, Dijon mustard, garlic and a packet of Splenda (show me a dressing that doesn’t have some sugar in it!) mixes up to a very tasty low cal, low carb, and low fat dressing. Let your imagination free and come up with your own favorite concoction.

Diverse Protein Sources: We’ve all heard of people going on a “diet” and eating canned tuna or boiled chicken for every single meal. BORING! You can easily incorporate all sorts of protein sources into your nutrition plan. You just need to enjoy them in the appropriate portion sizes. Chicken and turkey breast are quite common in most healthy meal plans, but there are many more options. How about trying a new type of fish? Even considered shrimp or scallops? How about extra lean pork or beef?

All of these are delicious options and yes… you can have them all AND keep yourself from getting bored with your eating regimen. Don’t be afraid to try something new! Your taste buds will thank you for it and you’ll easily keep your nutrition plan on track.