Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Using Plant Names as Baby Names

Just because I am having a baby. CowaBonsai

The Tree Blog

Flowers are very inspiring and are great gifts to many people, they are very well use to enhance cities, parks, graveyards and they were given to us by nature to provide shelter for some of our exotic wild life, and in many Countries plants give housing to people. it makes sense to use them in our personal lives and as part of a family’s history.

Imagine a new pair of parents who are just starting their family tree, and as a poetical finish, those tree branches are named after plants, and those names belong to people, wouldn’t this create a strong connection between the two. Flowers and plants have their moods and those moods match with the human heart. We understand them even if is at a subconscious level.

Plants, Trees, and other flowering plants are the messengers through which emotions, wishes, and thoughts are expressed. for centuries they have held traditional meaning, for instance, the association of the red rose, with true love comes form those traditional given meanings. whether the associations come from mythology, or from old folk stories, the names of plants bring memories and hopes to one’s mind.

The Victorians where who codified the language of plants and gave it an elegant communicating skill without spoken words. many grasses, herbs, leaves were assigned simple messages, and now a days people sent beautiful flower arrangements that represent carefully thought out sentiments. A gift of snow-drop blossoms, signify hope. A bouquet with a ribbon tied on the left side was significant to the sender, and if it was tied to the right, it represented the recipient.

Inverted flower bouquets, signified a terrible blow. Using the Victorian style, anyone can create new arrangements that carry different meanings and more ideas can come not only for the gardener but for those in search of baby names. Romantic flower names; Acacia the pink one represents elegance, and the yellow secret love. Amaryllis, it signifies pride, Apple is equal to preference, while Aster signifies variety.

Azalea means temperance, a Camellia red means loveliness, and a white one signifies excellence, Cedar means strength, Daisy means innocence, Dhalia instability, Elm means dignity, Fuchsia means taste. Hazel means reconciliation, Heather is solitude, Holly is foresight, and Iris means message. Ivy is friendship, Laurel is glory, Larkspur is levity, Magnolia means dignity, while Lotus is strange love. Olive means peace, Palm is victory, Quince means temptation, Reed is music, Rue means disdain, Willow means mourning.

As mention before, even if one finds any of these flower and plant names difficult to use for a baby’s name, a similar name can be created if imagination is used. if one likes the meaning of Camellia for example, but don’t like the spelling or the sound of the name, one can easily change it a little to something like Cammy, Camela, or Carmela and still keep it’s meaning.

Using Plant Names as Baby Names

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Save the World

Everyone come together and save the world. CowaBonsai

The Tree Blog

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.” (2 Timothy 3:1) the word perilous means dangerous or exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost. the rest of the verses express where most of the danger shall come from and also the reason for the promised peril that shall come. “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” (2 Timothy 3:2-5) in a society where morality is placed on the back burner anything goes. a philosophy such as do as you will or do what thou will this shall be the whole law was made famous by a known Satanist and founder of the church of satan Aleister Crowley. a world where everyone feels free to do as he or she pleases is a disastrous world where ruin is certain. in a world that does what it feels like there are no rules. what if I feel like murdering someone or raping someone under these philosophies it is perfectly ok? in fact to live by such rules is truly to declare yourself to be God because you are governed by you. yet, the bible expressly declares that in the last day’s mankind will go so far from God that they will bring peril upon themselves and this whole world. Jesus Christ speaking of the last days said “And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” (Matthew 24:11-12) a world without love, a world where people are selfish and self driven.

Was it not satan that invented the it’s all about me theology. “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! for thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.” (Isaiah 14:12-15) When satan was cast down to earth in the record of the fall of man did he not preach this same it’s all about me theology to Eve “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”(Genesis 3:4-5) Not, much has changed satan is still trying to convince every man and woman that they could be there own god just as he tried to become his own god. even so much to impose the philosophy of I can do whatever I want God knows my heart. How many times has this been quoted by people to justify their own sin. When God says “no” how can we say God understands, his ways are his ways and we should do are best to keep them (through the power of the Holy Spirit). we should not simply go out of are way to do wrong or continue in our sins simply because it feels good to us. we should seek repentance just as the first words Christ preached “From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17) a life in God shows the power of God and that power is for God to transform that life. it is always not easy for us to do right but we should do our best to do what God says. for surely if God knows our heart shouldn’t we know his heart and his will.

With the knowledge of this danger that is sure to come; the human heart has a unique need to be saved. After all we do all we can do to live so we eat, visit the doctors, we exercise, we drink water, we avoid poverty at all cost, we even seek pleasure to avoid boredom. There is something inside mankind that always drives us towards self preservation and man will almost always choose peace over suffering. the internal desire is another evidence of the need for the salvation of God. Hollywood has always created it’s heroes that would soon come and save the world from ruin. When the truth is that this world can’t be saved by man nor superheroes it actually will be destroyed according to 2 Peter 3:9-10 “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” it is a promise of God that this world shall be destroyed but be of good cheer because although this world will die the people in it can be saved. “Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.”(John 12:44-47)

What I fear most is that mankind doesn’t take the claims of God to be serious or urgent. we should always see the urgency in what God is saying to us. There are a lot of dangerous and very disastrous events that are taking place right now and will take place in the future. we always look to the coming of Christ as being light years ahead of us, but as God said we should not be slack according to his promise that he will destroy this world. Of the last days the scriptures testify in Matthew 24:3-7 “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, take heed that no man deceive you. for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.” many have came to this earth and claimed to be Christ all the way back to before Jesus time on earth. Most recently we have seen Jim Jones, Charles Manson, Jose Luis De Miranda, Sun Myung Moon, Billy Meir and others. these men have led many into destruction, just as Christ has spoken. When we speak of wars and rumours of wars how many years in your own personal life can you look back to a time where there was not war going on in the earth? How many years can you remember when there was not a talk about a war? All throughout history we discover war after war and this is the work of mankind. we see nation rising against nation and kingdom against kingdom everyday. whole nations of people that hate other nations of people simply because of land disputes, color of skin, and customs. Famines in the land just in 2008 Myanmar, the Horn of Africa, Afghanistan, East Africa, and Bangladesh all suffer from food crisis while the rest of the nations over eat. Pestilence the world has many infectious diseases that cause death, most recently Aids, bird flu, flesh eating virus, malaria, cancer, and sars. Earthquakes have shaken many places of this world most recently China and Central Asia. this information lets us know that all things have been checked off and the reason Jesus gave these examples is to let you know that we really don’t know when he is coming. the world will be going on business as usual so we should always be ready for his return.

The beauty of the situation is God knows we have a basic need for salvation. we have a human desire for peace, and quality of life. we all want to live forever and not suffer forever. what we really are looking for is hope and not hope that a man can bring. Not the promise of man’s change or what man can fix, but hope that God will save us from this wretched world and the disaster of mankind’s errors. “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;” (Titus1:2) That is a promise that I could believe in, because unlike mankind God cannot lie. He promised salvation and we should expect nothing less. He promised to give us this gift we should expect nothing less. I challenge you to put your hope in something you can’t see right now but will see in the future. the promise that God who cannot lie gave to us SALVATION!!!!!

“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” -1 John 2:1-2

Save the World

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

How Can we save our mother planet earth from getting destroyed day by day from the threat of global warming?

Truly amazing article and fun facts about saving Mother Earth. Indoor Bonsai Trees

The Tree Blog

how can we educate more and more people from around the world to bring their attention to this threat to our planet?can we stop living with luxuries which we harldy need them as necessary part for our survival?because there are so many luxuries which are being produced globally and threatning our planet life.

Global warming is not something caused by man but a natural event in the evolution of our planet. If you investigate the past as a reference to the future, you will see that temperature fluctuations on a global scale and over very long periods of time have always happened. Right now we are at the beginning of a natural change in global temperature and we have called it "global warming" and as with many things, we like to think it's caused by man. Why? Becuase if it's caused by man then it seems like we have some control over it and we could maybe effect a change of some kind and stop it. but the truth is, while we may have some miniscule contribution to the global warming, if we all ceased to exist on this planet, the natural warming and cooling cycles would just continue, with or without us, as they have always done.

I am a firm believer in global warming (along with 99% of scientists who are not paid by companies to say they are against it) because it is a documented fact.
It will never destroy the earth. the earth has warmed and cooled off and on for millenia, but man has sped up this process. the problem we face is that it is warming up faster than we could possibly move our cities inland to avoid flooding, move our agriculture further from the equator where the temps won't be as hot, etc.
If this were happening 20,000 years ago, people and animals would simply gradually move to more favorable climates. It's simply the existence of society, and the staggering overpopulation of humans on the earth, that make warming or cooling a serious issue.
As for educating people, that's already been done. the problem is, corporations, which control our government mainly through influencing Republicans, don't care about long term issues. They care about short term profits. Another issue is transportation. 100 years ago, you could live without ever getting in a car. You could work, live, and eat on your own land. Society has put demands on us that require traveling, and transportation is the number one source of the pollution that contributes to global warming.

Sorry but global warming ended about 3 years ago when the sun went into the deepest solar minimum ever documented. Currently real scientists are trying first what caused the sun to shut down into standby mode and secondly about how long this condition might last. Historically we only have full documentation on 2 of these events the Maunder minimum about 1650 and the Dalton minimum about 1815. both along with the Sporer and the Oort minimums brought us the extremely cold period that ended in the 1850s that was known as the little ice age when millions died of sickness and starvation in a Europe to cold to feed them. now the sun has returned apparently to the same low output state that caused the little ice age and kept the planet exceedingly cold for almost 400 years.

Some scientific information revealing the truth about global warming, when it happened and what probably caused it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:0Maste
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/global
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenh
http://reasonmclucus.tripod.com/CO2myth.…
http://mc-computing.com/qs/Global_Warmin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_varia
Where the heat came from and why it was abnormally cold previously
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~dbunny/research/g
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_minim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Min

Instead of trying to conquer.the planet.We must learn to be a part of it.What we take we must replace.and when we pollute we must find another way,and to educate more people,you have to teach more people.

have all the GWers move to the utopia of Antartica and of course leave your evil heaters and evil electricity behind and just commune with nature and leave the rest of us alone

I love the outdoors and the idea of Living simply but please try and educate yourself on both sides of the global warming argument and forget your current biases.

It's as easy as saving the planet from raging carnivorous unicorns.

It's the sun. Humans are incapable of changing the climate.

Why are you getting so worked up by a threat that probably doesn't exist? seriously, the world has bigger threats to worry about, not some stupid theory.

Well, I intend to produce as much C02 and other pollutants as I possibly can.

Oh that reminds me I have a bunch of old tires in the backyard I need to go burn.

Is that a cell phone you are holding?

Umm.. spray those pressurized air things into the air…

How Can we save our mother planet earth from getting destroyed day by day from the threat of global warming?

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Article: Examining the impact of clean energy innovation

Google is taking a step into a cleaner world, so can you! Juniper Bonsai Trees


Examining the impact of clean energy innovation
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/examining-impact-of-clean-energy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29


Examining the impact of clean energy innovation

Examining the impact of clean energy innovation

At Google, we’re committed to using technology to solve one of the greatest challenges we face as a country: building a clean energy future. That’s why we’ve worked hard to be carbon neutral as a company, launched our renewable energy cheaper than coal initiative and have invested in several clean energy companies and projects around the world. But what if we knew the value of innovation in clean energy technologies? How much could new technologies contribute to our economic growth, enhance our energy security or reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? Robust data can help us understand these important questions, and the role innovation in clean energy could play in addressing our future economic, security and climate challenges.

Through Google.org, our energy team set out to answer some of these questions. Using McKinsey’s Low Carbon Economics Tool (LCET), we assessed the long-term economic impacts for the U.S. assuming breakthroughs were made in several different clean energy technologies, like wind, geothermal and electric vehicles. McKinsey’s LCET is a neutral, analytic set of interlinked models that estimates the potential economic and technology implications of various policy and technology assumptions.

The analysis is based on a model and includes assumptions and conclusions that Google.org developed, so it isn’t a prediction of the future. We’ve decided to make the analysis and associated data available everywhere because we believe it could provide a new perspective on the economic value of public and private investment in energy innovation. Here are just some of the most compelling findings:

  • Energy innovation pays off big: We compared “business as usual” (BAU) to scenarios with breakthroughs in clean energy technologies. On top of those, we layered a series of possible clean energy policies (more details in the report). We found that by 2030, when compared to BAU, breakthroughs could help the U.S.:
    • Grow GDP by over $155 billion/year ($244 billion in our Clean Policy scenario)
    • Create over 1.1 million new full-time jobs/year (1.9 million with Clean Policy)
    • Reduce household energy costs by over $942/year ($995 with Clean Policy)
    • Reduce U.S. oil consumption by over 1.1 billion barrels/year
    • Reduce U.S. total carbon emissions by 13% in 2030 (21% with Clean Policy)
  • Speed matters and delay is costly: Our model found a mere five year delay (2010-2015) in accelerating technology innovation led to $2.3-3.2 trillion in unrealized GDP, an aggregate 1.2-1.4 million net unrealized jobs and 8-28 more gigatons of potential GHG emissions by 2050.
  • Policy and innovation can enhance each other: Combining clean energy policies with technological breakthroughs increased the economic, security and pollution benefits for either innovation or policy alone. Take GHG emissions: the model showed that combining policy and innovation led to 59% GHG reductions by 2050 (vs. 2005 levels), while maintaining economic growth.
This analysis assumed that breakthroughs in clean energy happened and that policies were put in place, and then tried to understand the impact. The data here allows us to imagine a world in which the U.S. captures the potential benefits of some clean energy technologies: economic growth, job generation and a reduction in harmful emissions. We haven’t developed the roadmap, and getting there will take the right mix of policies, sustained investment in technological innovation by public and private institutions and mobilization of the private sector’s entrepreneurial energies. We hope this analysis encourages further discussion and debate on these important issues.

Posted by Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar, and Charles Baron, Google.org, Clean Energy Team

Thursday, June 16, 2011

I need a poem for how to save our planet?

Bonsai Trees
 
 I need a poem for how to save our planet?
via The Tree Blog by admin on 6/15/11
i need a poem for how we can save our planet ? for tommorrow plzz
search it on google
extinguish greed and satisfy need….
then you will be able to feed
those truly worthy of care and deed…
earth earth u rock my socks earth earth u bout 2 die y y (i rox ur sox)
roses are red violets blue if we don't stop polluting we are all going to be doomed
Woe to you oh earth and sea,for the devils sends the beast with wrath…it is a number a human number its number is six hundred and sixty six. Or plaguerize Hands Held High…your teacher never heard of it. LINKIN PARK
Everdyay is Earth Day
Everyday is Earth Day,
If it's cold or wet or hot
Pitch in to save the planet
It's the only one we've got.
or
Our Earth
The Earth is ours to enjoy
For every little girl and boy.
But we must always be aware.
That all its beauty we must share
With all the children yet to come,
Who want to laugh and play and run
Around the trees and in the fields.
So we must keep our planet free
From messy trash and debris
With air that's clean and fresh and clear
For all to breathe from year to year.
We must never ever abuse
Our sweet Earth that's ours to use.
Do your own homework
It'll benefit you later
Surely, without a doubt.
That's a haiku right there.
The Captain Planet Theme Song
"EARTH!"
"FIRE!"
"WIND!"
"WATER!"
"HEART!"
"Go Planet!"
"By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!"
Captain Planet, he's our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero
He's our powers magnified
And he's fighting on the planet's side
Captain Planet, he's our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero
Gonna help him put asunder
Bad guys who like to loot and plunder
"You'll pay for this Captain Planet!"
We're the Planeteers
You can be one too
'cause saving our planet is the thing to do!
Looting and polluting is not the way
Hear what Captain Planet has to say!
"the Power is yours!"
You'll get an A+
I GUARANTEE IT
its our earth, we need to start today, pick up your trash you save whales that way.the years of our life is counting let it be the best , but to save our world from global warning will make it better for the rest.please our children and our childerens children will thank you one day.do what you know is right is all i have to say.
SAVING THE WORLD
__________________
Take away the borders
Throw away your fears
No more wars and poverty
No more wasteful tears
Give the world a future
Take away the bombs
No more radiation
To spread throughout the years
Get on with your neighbors
And see a brighter world.
Man if i did this earlier how happy id be,
please dont waste energy go behind a tree,
i am a liar and proud of it too,
no teacher this is not a haiku,

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

At Dirt Day in Lakeland, Kids Can Help Save the Planet

Live a little dirty. Juniper Bonsai Trees

The Tree Blog

It’s called Dirt Day.

The next one will be June 25 at 9 a.m, at the Christina Park pavilion, 625 County Road 540A in Lakeland.

Space is limited to 40 participants, all of whom must be accompanied by an adult. Preregistration is required. the program is fee.

“It Matters What You Grow” is a pilot youth program initiated by the foundation.

The purpose is to teach youngsters, who the program refers to as “EcoFriends,” how to grow Florida-friendly and native plants from seeds, cuttings and other methods of propagation.

“The focus is on plants that conserve water and are good for Mother Earth,” said Marian Ryan, one of the organizers.

Some other benefits the plants provide include offering food for wildlife.

For instance, this session’s featured plant, American beautyberry, sprouts berries that birds eat.

The flowers also provide nectar for butterflies, bees and other pollinators.

Other topics related to conservation and protection of the environment are also included in the workshop.

At each Dirt Day, EcoFriends pot two of the featured plants — one to take home and one for the Foundation’s shade house at Circle B Bar Reserve for future planting at a public park, environmental lands site or along a Trek Ten Trail.

To preregister or get more information, call Glenda Mink at 863-534-4340 during normal business hours.

[ Tom Palmer can be reached at tom.palmer@theledger.com or 863-802-7535. his blog on the environment is at environment.blogs.theledger.com. ]

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Monday, June 13, 2011

Bonsai Care

Spring time is here! I think it is about time we plant some Bonsai Trees! <a href="http://www.cowabonsai.com/">Bonsai Trees</a>


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                                          IS THIS SPRING?

We hope your spring was good---most of the country had too much wind and rain, but
summer is only a few days away.  We all have been trimming new growth on many
outdoor bonsai and pre-bonsai.  INDOOR bonsai can be shipped now.  We ship
OUTDOOR bonsai all year.

Don’t forget Dad...Father’s Day is June 19.  Gift certificates make it a little easier:
http://www.american-bonsai.com/index.php?cPath=45

*  *  *  *  *  KEEP BONSAI SIMPLE......AND ENJOY !  *  *  *  *  *

TEMPERATURE:  Let's think about the summer....your OUTDOOR bonsai need
protection from the extreme heat.  Bonsai are affected by temperature, wind, and sun.
Any extremes of these can be harmful to bonsai....and us.

Your INDOOR bonsai will love the outdoors where they can experience fresh air and
warm breezes.  If you have a shady place, put them outside when it will REMAIN
above 55ยบ.   Outside, they will dry more quickly....so insure they receive sufficient water.

Have you seen our Single, Pre-Bonsai, Outdoor page?
http://www.american-bonsai.com/index.php?cPath=44
These are one-of-a-kind trees and only need some of YOUR personal fine tuning to
create a good bonsai.

Most bonsai enjoy plenty of light, but sometimes have problems with DIRECT
sunlight.  The OUTDOOR trees generally like morning sun and afternoon shade.
Some species prefer the morning sun to be filtered (partial shade).  To be certain
about the light requirements, read, AND FOLLOW, the instructions that apply to the
individual species.

Our Bonsai Care page will give you greater detail:
http://www.american-bonsai.com/care.php

Our website:  We add new bonsai only when they become established...months after
their potting.  When you “adopt” my bonsai, you’ll receive the same one in the photo,
one that I personally designed, styled, and potted.  It will indicate "NEW,” even though
it may have been in training for a long time.

Planning your potting needs.....
SPECIALS:
http://www.american-bonsai.com/specials.php
BULK DISCOUNTS:
http://www.american-bonsai.com/bulk.php
Hand made bonsai stands:
http://www.american-bonsai.com/index.php?cPath=34

Reminder.....Although, Jan and I are operating at “full steam,” I have some
physical problems that are slowing my daily activities.  We’re still searching for a
bonsai enthusiast to retire to Arkansas and take over our home and turnkey
bonsai nursery as a supplemental income.  We welcome you to take a virtual tour:
http://209.7.241.131/bc/
If you have any questions, please contact me:  Email or call 479.474.9225.

May God bless you with a good summer,
Happy bonsai-ing
Bill