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CALLING ALL SPONGEBOB FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Posted by Tropical Gardener on Feb 17, 2010 under Tropical Herbs

I’M TAKING A QUIZ ON FACEBOOK AND I MUST PASS IT HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS SUM1 WILL GET10 POINTS IF I PASS THE QUIZ!!

What type of fish swarm the Krusty Krab in the very first episode?

Sea Cucumber

Flounder

Anchoves

Cod

What type of animal is Mrs. Puff replaced by when she gets “fired”?
Shark

Jellyfish

Eel

Anchove

Which of the following is the town only accessable by driving over a cliff?

Bikini Top

Rock Bottom

Cliff Bottom

Rock Crack

What is Squidward’s home?
Tiki Head

Christmas Island Head

Tropical Face

Easter Island Head

What type of animal are Sandy’s bosses?
Elephant

Chimp

Llama

Monkey

During what sporting event is the ‘Bikini Bottom Bubble Bowl’?
Tennis

Football

Soccer

Hockey

What amusement park to Patrick and Spongebob visit twice?
Glove World

Handkerchief Wonderland

Pot Holder Paradise

Mitten Cove

What are Patrick’s parents’ names?
Herb & Margie

Clyde & Ursoola

Stan & Louise

Marty & Janet

What is Plankton’s computer?
M.O.M.

H.O.N.E.Y.

B.A.B.E.

W.I.F.E.

What is Spongebob’s Address?
114 Seabed Avenue

124 Conch Street

523 Clam Way

67 Oyster Drive

SORRY I COPIED AND PASTED IT! BUT HELP ME OUT NOW!!! RENEMBER 10 POINTS FOR THE SUPER FAN WHO GETS THEM ALL RIGHT THANKS!!!!

Wht was the columbian extange?

Posted by Tropical Gardener on Feb 15, 2010 under Tropical Herbs

The Columbian Exchange
By: Cody jones
The Columbian Exchange (also sometimes known as The Great Exchange) has been one of the most significant events in the history of world ecology, agriculture, and culture. The term is used to describe the enormous widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that occurred after 1492. Many new and different goods were exchanged between the two hemispheres of the Earth, and it began a new revolution in the Americas and in Europe. In 1492, Christopher Columbus’ first voyage launched an era of large-scale contact between the Old and the New World that resulted in this ecological revolution: hence the name “Columbian” Exchange.
The Columbian Exchange greatly affected almost every society on earth, bringing destructive diseases that depopulated many cultures, and also circulating a wide variety of new crops and livestock that, in the long term, increased rather than diminished the world human population. Maize and potatoes became very important crops in Eurasia by the 1700s. Peanuts and manioc flourished in tropical Southeast Asian and West African soils that otherwise would not produce large yields or support large populations.
This exchange of plants and animals transformed European, American, African, and Asian ways of life. Foods that had never been seen before by people became staples of their diets, as new growing regions opened up for crops. For example, before AD 1000, potatoes were not grown outside of South America. By the 1840s, Ireland was so dependent on the potato that a diseased crop led to the devastating Irish Potato Famine. The first European import, the horse, changed the lives of many Native American tribes on the Great Plains, allowing them to shift to a nomadic lifestyle based on hunting bison on horseback. Tomato sauce, made from New World tomatoes, became an Italian trademark, while coffee from Africa and sugar cane from Asia became the main crops of extensive Latin American plantations. Also the chili / Paprika from South America was introduced in India by the Portuguese and it is today an inseparable part of Indian cuisine.
Before the Columbian Exchange, there were no oranges in Florida, no bananas in Ecuador, no paprika in Hungary, no tomatoes in Italy, no pineapples in Hawaii, no rubber trees in Africa, no cattle in Texas, no burros in Mexico, no chili peppers in Thailand and India, no cigarettes in France and no chocolate in Switzerland. Even the dandelion was brought to America by Europeans for use as an herb.
Before regular communication had been established between the two hemispheres, the varieties of domesticated animals and infectious diseases were strikingly larger in the Old World than in the New. This led, in part, to the devastating effects of Old World diseases on Native American populations. The smallpox epidemics probably resulted in the largest death toll for Native Americans. Scarcely any society on earth remained unaffected by this global ecological exchange.

Type of organismOld World list (what they had)New World list (what they had)
Domesticated animals•camel
•cattle
•donkey
•fowl (several species including chickens)
•goat
•horse
•pig
•rabbit
•sheep
•fowl (a few species)
•guinea pig
•raccoon
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Im desperate. Please! Help?

Posted by Tropical Gardener on Feb 13, 2010 under Tropical Herbs

How do I get rid of these?

nakakahawa!

(I also have them all over my chest. Apparently, I didnt have to take a picture of it too.)

Been having it since grade school.
I’ve tried every possible topical solution / creams/ herbs I could apply to it. No good.
It’s definitely hormones thats causing it or some melanin disorder.
But whatever. What I need is cure. A really effective one.
So I was thinking, if they couldnt be cured on the outside, then it should be cured from the inside.
should I take something?
can glutathione help? some anti androgen or estrogen?

help anyone.

I cant go out without wearing a turtle neck or a tight round neck shirt. and its seriously hot where i live.
a tropical country. duh.

everytime i try to expose it like i dont care if anyone sees them, some people look at it (and me) like it’s some contagious disease, fungus, etc.. and it definitely crumbles my self esteem down.
ive been to at least 3 dermatologists and skin specialists already.

Young preacher with fatigue/pain?

Posted by Tropical Gardener on Feb 11, 2010 under Tropical Herbs

Please help us – my preacher is in his mid 30’s. He was perfectly well until just recently. He can’t do anything without getting fatigued – just preached a message wears him out. He also has pain all over. He has been to his family doctor and to a tropical disease doctor (he went to the Phillipines over the summer) and all of his blood work and scans have came back normal. He feels so helpless. He is going to preach on Sunday but is going to sit down in front of the congregation to preach. I suggested a homeopathic doctor, one to work with herbs, etc. I also know a lot about fibromyalgia and that may be his problem. He is only 39 and has been in great shape. Any answers? He is a precious jewel to us. Please help.

homework help?

Posted by Tropical Gardener on Feb 9, 2010 under Tropical Herbs

natural vegetation of this biome consists of grasses, shrubs, and herbs

A.grassland
B.rangeland
C.wetland
D.temperate forest
E.tropical forest