Apples, Apples, Apples and homemade Apple pie

The early settlers brought Apple seeds to Massachusetts from Europe. A farmer named John Chapman, from Leominster Massachusetts was known as “Johnny Appleseed”. He distributed apple seeds all over North America...

Filipino Fruit Salad Recipe

Fruit salad recipe is a very simple and easy to prepare. All you need to do is to prepare the fruits of your own choice. Please select the freshest fruits in the market so that you will be able to have the best and healthy salad in town. This recipe is a perfect to serve...

The Passion of a New England Farm

Smolak Farm is surrounded by preservation land in a country setting in North Andover, Massachusetts. A distinct seasonal personality of New England set in a green valley surrounded with vivid warm autumn foliage....

Japanese Elephant Better at Math than American Students

Yup, it's true. It really is true."The elephant's memory is legendary, but in a large, gray surprise to science, the mighty Asian elephant turns out to have a distinct flair for math as well Under carefully controlled experimental conditions — essentially...

Forget the minor stock market problems; where's the bee? - from GTBP.org

I was sitting in my apple orchard with my neighbor Asher this week.  Asher is a retired banker, a Philadelphia Eagles fan, and my beer drinking pal.   He was a bit nervous and depressed and it has nothing to do with the liquidity crunch or the upcoming football...

A Cambridge First for the anorexic girl given just hours to live

" After graduating from Cambridge University with a starred First Class degree, Mandy Kaye has the world at her feet. She achieved the highest possible grade, the only student in her faculty to do so. But she...

Apples Beat Pears Due to Better Circulation

Thanks to science, we now know why apples stay fresh longer than pears. "It is all to do with how oxygen is able to find its way to the centre of the fruit after it has been picked. Belgian researchers used one...

The U.S. Military, Ethical Hellhole

This article is disturbing.  Our young people are being run through the Bush cabal meat-grinder and this administration still pretends that the bad news we are allowed access to are merely setbacks.  The...

Last Strawberry

"Last Strawberry While I was talking about the things that were not readily available some years ago, I am also reminded of the nomenclature of some of those things. Those names make me feel that China is the land...

Strawberries

"Strawberries When I was a kid, fruits like strawberries, cherries, kiwi etc were not very common. They used to be available in very few places and they used to be quite expensive. Today a lot of people has seen the potential of these things and have started growing them....

Steven Levy talks about showing Bill Gates the iPod for the First Time

Newsweek Senior Editor and writer of The Technologist column, Steven Levy, gave a great talk at the NYC Tech Meetup to promote his new book, The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Culture, Commerce and Coolness....

"Afternoon of Terror"

I had seen photographs of this Hail storm, which hit Argentina, and it looked pretty bad. So, I took a look around and found little in the way of postable news. However, I ran into a blog post from a Greek...

EMPTY SEAT

"So what's the itinerary?", I ask my father the night before we were to head off. "We're going to rest, then get up then pick up my brothers in the morning" came the response. "And then what?", I enquired. "Then...

Can Fruits and Veggies Keep Your Memory Strong?

"Filling your plate with fruits and vegetables may not only be a good way to keep your body healthy, it can keep your brain going strong, too. In yet another study uncovering the benefits of fruits and vegetables, researchers from Utah State University have found that elderly...

Smart Stuff. The world's smartest stuff.

"Apple corer that actually releases the core. All apple corers we have ever seen har one problem in common. The core gets stuck inside the tube and has to be pushed out with a finger or som other tool. It's really a silly problem, but also one that, at least to our...

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