The world is yearning for democracy. True democracy is much more than holding free elections. It is the most important social process. It is far deeper and only be developed by truly living it at all levels all the time.

True democracy can only be built when everyone is inspired to create a world of opportunities and prosperity. True democracy is much more than democratic elections. It has to be ingrained as a great value in our psyche at an early stage. Green Living is an very important ingredient of the recipes of Democratic living. And this starts best with building a democratic garden that offers you the ambience for inculcating democratic thinking and deep value orientation for green life style in children.

Beautiful and flourishing garden is the best bet for building a rich life style in today’s world. While building a garden for the family, it is important to look into the needs of all members. Divide the space of your yard in two or three visual spaces, one for play and relaxation, one for gardening and maybe one for pets.
An open space, covered by lawn is ideal for your children. Here you can install a table for open air lunches or for a romantic summer evening dinner. Make it a practice to take minor decisions
democratically while deciding on which flowers, plants or herbs to plant in different seasons
Keep a portion of your garden especially for depositing fire woods, but make sure it is at a considerable distance from the house or animals that can cause damage.
How about pets? Before you plant bushes and ornamental plants, enclose the pet space in a way to restrict access to garden space for plants, vehetables and herbs. Cats and dogs tend to be attracted exactly by the things we try to keep them away from.
Keep the by-passers’ eyes away from your personal life. Before planning the scenery, you must have in sight a place for the garbage cans. It wouldn’t be very nice to have a wonderful garden right next to the garbage cans. These can be efficiently hidden in some kind of surrounded space, decorated on the sides with life fence.

Functionality is an important factor in your garden, so you have to think about children, little pets and family assets before you plant anything. Save a portion of the yard especially for you, in which you can plant whatever you want and leave for the others some space to breathe freely.
You will find it more satisfying this way, once the whole family is happy with your garden and they might even bring their personal ideas for it. It is important that personal space is respected and that is why the garden must not be very wide, taking up all available space. Build from time to time a pathway or some benches where you can just relax and admire your work

The planned pollution tax on airline companies operating in EU Zone is a very healthy legislation to curb the excessive pollution caused by airlines. In a recent meeting, EU refused to roll back on the proposed taxes, even among reports China putting an Airbus order on hold and growing discontent in the United States.

Today or tomorrow, this type of legislation will be required for all industries causing pollution.

Our world is occupied and overwhelmed with many issues around natural disasters, economy & technology. The all round disasters in Japan – Earth Quake, Tsunami and Nuclear Catastrphy, Cyclones and Tornadoes in Americas,  Valcanoes in Iceland and South America, unprecedented floods in China, India are all signals from Mother earth – to pause, think and move into safer, environment friendly technologies, achieving economic growth while reducing consumption and investing in eco-friendly growth. Achieving economic growth with reckless non-productive consumption is very dangerous for environment and can be root cause of many disasters in future.

But today and right now environment & renewable energy are the biggest issues needing global attention.

Natural Disasters – These are signals from the greatest teacher – `Nature` to think new and take new directions  Every disaster needs a thorough analysis to look into corrective measures – immediate, medium term and long term

The year 2011 witnessed disasters of all types spread around the globe, sending a strong message for the need to shift to green energy faster than fastest. This also neccessitates deeper thinking at all levels – from home to government and policy makers to consciously and committingly reduce non-productive repeat non-productive consumption even at the risk of slower economic growth.

Every ton of carbon dioxide generated from transport and industrial processes that cannot be recycled by the natural conversion processes  is a big risk & can cause more damage in the long term.

The natural disasters must drive home the point – not to over consume the resources from the mother earth – The economic growth fuelled by reckless over consumption in any sector is certainly self defeating and destructive in short, medium and long term.

A balanced approach to eating for nutrients is an essential part of healthy green life style . The biggest mistake we make, relates to intake of excess acidic foods.

This can be easily corrected by increasing the intake of alkaline foods for health. One of the main factors causing acidic pH levels in blood is sugar we consume. Over consumption of sugar is the major reason harming our health due to faulty eating habits. The average American consumes 2 to 3 pounds of sugar each week, that translates to over 135 pounds of sugar per person per year. This is on average double the international consumption.The high consumtion is due to Sucrose, dextrose, high fructose corn syrups that are present in all processed food.

With excessive sugar level, it has an effect on insulin levels that drops. With insulin levels dropping, release of growth hormones also drops. This results weakening of the immune system, leaving the body open to host of diseases. Insulin also inhibits the body’s ability to fight weight gain and elevated triglyceride levels. Simply speaking, the high sugar food will promote fat storage in the body. These stored fat cells play a host to acidic waste that in turn degrade the structure of red blood cells in the blood stream.

So now you are aware of the disadvantages of high sugar diets and must start developing green life style with fresh foods and fruits.If there is a higher concentration of sugar in the bloodstream, Vitamin C level in blood cells is reduced. Without good effects of Vitamn C on cellular structures they are unable to fight off the attacks of viruses and bacteria and the body is more vulnerable to disease.Sugar also uses vital micro-nutrients to help it metabolize into the body system. A deficit is created when these micro-nutrients are not replaced. Due to this deficiency fat cells and cholesterol do not metabolize well, thus leading to high blood pressure and obesity and diabetes. The ability of sugar to raise insulin levels artificially eventually leaves the pancreas dysfunctional and the body dependent on sugar. This is commonly referred to as diabetes.High sugar levels can also cause gallstones, mood disorders, heart disease and even asthma. With all of the negative effects that sugars have been clinically linked to, is it any wonder that sugar is also one of the most acidic things you can put into your body.Suhar also is a major precipitating cause of cancer due to heavy sugar dependence.  This lactic acid produced by fermenting glucose is transported into the liver. Cancerous cells thrive on lactic acid. A more acidic PH is produced by this buildup of lactic acid in the cancerous cells, the highly acidic nature of cancerous tumors confirms this. The connection between sugars and unhealthy acidic levels in the bloodstream is clearly due to glucose (sugar) causing growth cancerous cells.

The simple truth is simple sugars are quite simply a poison to the body that deteriorate the quality of cellular development and suppress the immune system to the point of failure and not being able to defend the body when needed. By balancing the diet with an 80% alkaline and 20% acid induction of foods, supplements, and beverages you can keep yor body fighting fit and reduce the risk of disease. By replacing simple sugars with more complex ones or alkaline-based sweeteners such as Stevia. You need to look carefully at ingredient labels and be aware of the many names that simple sugars hide behind. Become educated on how the body metabolizes simple sugars, as well as how carbohydrates can be broken down into simple sugars in the bloodstream. By arming yourself with information you can improve the quality of your life.Green coconut is the best natural nutrient to reverse the bad effects caused by heavy intake of simple sugarss and sweeteners. Intake of  seasonal fresh fruits  and vegatables in balanced quantities will also help in adapting green life style and improving health.икони

Arthritis and Bronchitis is spreading worldwide and is nearly a disabling factor in many lives. Both these conditions are
caused by leading a faulty life style and can cured by slowly developing a healthy green life style.

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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, multi system, and inflammatory autoimmune disorder that will bring on an attack to the joints. It is a very crippling and painful condition that can lead to loss of mobility to the pain and joint devastation.

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Psoriasis Arthritis is an illness that affects millions of people. There is no cure yet for it. It is known for the swelling of joints and scaly patches of skin. This type of arthritis is related to the skin condition of psoriasis and it also affects millions of people around the world. If you or someone that you know is dealing with psoriatic arthritis it is necessary to do the right research for this condition in order to completely understand its symptoms and treatment options that are out there for the pain. With learning all that you can about psoriatic arthritis and all the drugs that treat it you can get a better understanding of how to treat it. Your doctor will be able to provide you with the right information so that you can read on it and use the different organizations that are located on the Internet and at the centers across the country.

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Many people are growing more and more enthusiastic about getting themselves a greenhouse. Greenhouses are very practical to have nowadays especially when the prices of crops in the market are becoming more and more expensive.

In building greenhouses, one has several options to choose from. One can actually hire a professional greenhouse expert to guide him throughout the whole process of building his greenhouse. From the creation of plans to the actual creation of the greenhouse, one can use the services of a professional. However, this approach will entail a lot of costs. The professional fees will definitely take its toll in the pockets of the greenhouse enthusiast. Another way to do it is to buy resources about building greenhouses. There are many resources out there that contain greenhouse plans and other tips which can be used in building a greenhouse. However, there are sources which give free plans and tips which can be very useful, especially for greenhouse enthusiasts who are just beginning.

There are several parts of a greenhouse which need careful consideration and planning. These are:

1) Base
The base is made from sawn timber. This kind of timber can easily be availed from local timber merchants. This timber is more commonly found in fences. The base for our plan is measured at 2400 mm by 3000 mm.

2) Side walls
The side walls should be built from 75 by 50 tanalised sawn timber. They usually come in 4800 mm.

When the base is established on a flat ground, the two side walls should be built. The two side walls should be put upright and temporarily in place on top of the base. They are to be attached to the base using galvanized nails.

3) Roof frame

The roof frame should also be built using the 75 by 50 tanalised sawn timber. The roof frames should be placed above the side walls. A roof frame should be placed at each end of the side walls. They are also to be attached using galvanized nails.

4) Windows

The windows should be made of 50 by 50  sawn tanalised timber. Some people would want a couple of windows for their greenhouses. The windows should be hinged so as to allow regulation of temperature.

5) Covering

The greenhouse covering should be made up of polythene which is resistant to ultra-violet rays. The covering is to be placed using thin battens which will hold the polythene to the greenhouse. The battens are to be nailed to the greenhouse studs and roof rafters.
One must be cautious about the kind of polythene which he will avail from the hardware store since most of the suppliers only have polythene which is not ultra-violet-resistant.

There are other things to consider when building greenhouses. Here are some of them:

- One should check the local building regulations before engaging into greenhouse construction. If in any case that there are restrictions regarding deeds, one should look at the requirements regarding set backs and regulations about easement. Hoop houses are greenhouses which are made from frames which can be easily disassembled. These kinds of greenhouses are not considered as permanent structures and therefore exempt from the regulations concerning such structures.

-One should make a layout of the whole yard and the house before he constructs a greenhouse. A greenhouse would often times become the centerpiece of a garden or a yard and it is much recommended that people plan before putting a single nail into it.

-Time management and budgeting are two important things to constantly consider in building a greenhouse. One should allot around eight to twenty thousand US dollars if he is serious about constructing a quality greenhouse. However, there are greenhouse kits that are available out there that are not as expensive. One should know what to spend and how to spend it. The time table in constructing a greenhouse should be set according to the plans of the owner. Greenhouses can be built in a couple of days to a couple of years. It all depends on the owner.

One may find many free greenhouse construction plans in the Internet. All one needs to know is the know-how’s of search engines. These free plans come with good tips and wonderful illustrations to guide one in constructing a greenhouse for his plants.

Let’s say you have an idea for a startup. How do you begin the process of finding cofounders and employees, creating a corporation, handing investors, growing the company, etc.? There are lots of details about building a startyp that are usually a mystery to the newly initiated founder. Usually you have to learn this stuff on the job, making mistakes along the way.

But not anymore. Last night I saw a 45 minute presentation by Mint CEO Aaron Patzer at a startup competition event called Juice Pitcher on the Microsoft campus. The event, which is put on by TheFunded and Vator.tv, put a handful of new startups on stage to show their stuff and compete for a top prize. Between pitches, Patzer took the stage and told the story of Mint, in detail. His company just sold for $170 million to Intuit.

Patzer takes the audience (and now you) from the beginning of Mint, and gives some incredibly useful device. He talks about the early days of Mint, where he lived on $30,000/yr and hired engineers at just a little more salary by offering them significant equity. He also says that, as a rule of thumb, every engineer in a pre-revenue startup adds $500,000 in valuation. Every business guy lowers the valuation by $250,000, he half jokingly quipped. In its earliest days, Mint was burning $150,000/year, he says, for 2 founders and 1 engineer/contractor.

Patzer also spoke about financial modeling, keeping costs low throughout the life cycle of the company, and Mint’s revenue model. He also gives suggested goals and milestones for each successive funding round. One interesting fact – today Mint, which is free, generates $30/year/user from various offers and value added services.

There are lots of additional details, including, for example, various hidden costs in financings (mostly legal).

If you are a startup founder, you’ll want to bookmark this and refer back to it. It’s absolute gold.

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A buddy pinged me tonight with the video below. It’s of an iPhone called Puff! that basically allows you to blow into the iPhone microphone or push your finger up the screen in order to get a Japanese girl’s skirt to blow up into the air, revealing her underwear. I’m watching this video, and thinking of my headline for this story. Here’s what I had: Well, Here’s An App You’ll Never See In The App Store.

The only problem? This app is in the App Store. As in it it right now, live. In the U.S. too! What the hell, Apple?

Let me just get this straight: A hilarious satirical app made by the Someecards guys cannot get approved because it contains cards that, for example, mock Hitler. But an upskirt app is just fine? That is so ridiculous.

Now, to be clear, this Puff! app contains no nudity, but I think we all know what this type of app is implying, and who this type of app specifically appeals to (hint: some may be found in this app). This app is rated 17+ for “frequent/intense sexual content or nudity” but Someecards app was also submitted with the same rating, but just for satire (so basically, language), and it was rejected.

Apple is either extremely hypocritical, asleep at the wheel again (remember Baby Shaker?), or both.

Look, I’m all for all kinds of apps getting into the App Store, including porn apps as long as they’re correctly rated. What I’m not for is Apple’s totally uneven rules for what apps get in and what don’t. And today has brought two perfect examples of that.

I still think it’s time to tear down the App Store wall. I just wonder how long it will take Apple to realize that they have to because the approval situation is untenable and ridiculous? Maybe when they hit a million apps in the App Store? 2 million? Until then we’ll just have to deal with this BS, I guess.

[thanks Sean]

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