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Put Some Bee Pollen in Your Diet Today!

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This article is to educate one on bee pollen which has been a fast growing nutrient used in many household recipes now.

While most people recognize the term bee pollen, many people do not know what bee pollen actually is or what it has to offer. Bee Pollen is one of nature¹s unique and most powerful foods. It is flower pollen that bees collect for food. Bee pollen offers a treasure trove of special plant nutrients.

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The nutrients found in Bee Pollen are extremely high quality. Not only does bee pollen contain high quality nutrients that can be burned as fuel, it also provides nutrients that are helpful in maintaining and promoting health.

The nutritional makeup of Bee Pollen is extremely broad spectrum. The wide range of nutrients found in Bee Pollen include polyphenols, enzymes, beneficial fatty acids, free amino acids, vitamin complexes, chelated minerals and trace elements, as well as a large array of phytonutrients that have yet to be identified. This nutritional diversity makes Bee Pollen an ideal dietary supplement as a complement and boost to a well-rounded diet.

The nutrients in Bee Pollen are very concentrated. This nutritional density means that even small amounts provide effective and valuable levels of important nutrients. In other words, bee pollen, as a food source or as a supplement, provides low volume, but high intensity, nutrition.

One teaspoonful of pollen contains approximately 1,200 pellets or 2.5 billion grains, each of which has the capacity to supply those factors that are necessary in order to fertilize and reproduce the particular species that it represents (such as a fruit, grain or tree). Pollen is composed of myriads of microspores that are produced in the anthers of flowers and in the cones of conifers. Each grain measures approximately .002 inches in diameter (although the representative diameter is somewhere near one-half millimeter), and each bee-collected pellet contains approximately two million grains of pollen.

Pollen contains the richest known source of vitamins, minerals, proteins amino acids, hormones, enzymes and fats, as well as significant quantities of natural antibiotics. Most of the known vitamins in pollen exist in perfect proportion, which further enhances their value.

One gram of fresh raw pollen contains from 7 to 15 mg. of vitamin C, along with traces of vitamin E (tocopherol).

Although vitamin K does not exist in mixed pollens, it is usually found in fermented pollen (bee bread). It is most likely created by bacteria that either accompany or assist in the fermentation process whenever pollen is stored in the cells of the combs. While ordinary pollen gradually deteriorates while in storage, bee bread closely resembles fresh pollen and retains its food value (even after more than two years).

Pollens usually contain as much as 17 milligrams of rutin, although beehive stored pollen may contain up to 13 percent. The richest supply of rutin is found in buckwheat pollen, due to the fact that rutin is derived from buckwheat. Daily consumption of from 60 to 70 grams of pollen is considered safe insofar as the intake of rutin is concerned.

There is many other unmentioned vitamins and minerals in just one teaspoon of bee pollen so buy some today at www.SharpWebLabs.com and boost your health today!

Sincerely,

Carol C.
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Born and raised in the outskirts of Boston, Ma. With a deep backround in herbal nutriton I offer advice and tips on many natural remedies using only natural herbs and spices. See our discounted organic herbs and spices at www.SharpWeblabs.com and www.FloridaHerbHouse.com or visit our retail store in Port Orange, Florida!
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Weird Dreams

Features

The game box comes with a 64-page novella with 19 chapters written by Rupert Goodwins, featuring the back-story of the game. The novella also serves as a copy-protection mechanism (the game asks the player to type in a specific word from a certain paragraph on a particular page).

There are 15 different enemies/challenges (cotton candy stick, giant wasp, rosebush with teeth, lawnmower, soccer ball with mouth, little girl with steak knife, jack-in-the-box clown, fat dancing ballerina, hopping totem poles, desert creatures (featured on the box), fake doors, bats, giant roast chicken with a mouth, and a large brain with an eye in the middle), 7 different death animations and 5 different musical scores by C64/Amiga musician legend David Whittaker on the Amiga. Barry Leitch did the music for the Commodore 64 and PC version.

Game progress is tracked by a time counter and a heart rate monitor of Steve, which goes from 75bpm (normal) to 100bpm (in frightening situations) to 170bpm (shortly before death).

Plot

The background story is told by the novella. Steve is in love with his attractive fellow coworker Emily. Unbeknownst to Steve, Emily is possessed by a daemon named Zelloripus which was banished to Earth, stripped of most of his powers, and trapped into a human female due to unspecified crimes he did to other daemons.

Emily sees a chance to let someone else suffer and stifle her boredom. She tricks Steve to take three pills, constructed by her, to eal his flu. While the pills do cure him, they also grant Zelloripus access to his body and mind. His dreams become both more lucid and strange, each one getting more intense and painful. Steve’s psychiatrist does not understand what causes the dreams, and neither does Steve. He refers him to a neurosurgeon. After his health dramatically declines, Steve undertakes brain surgery in an attempt to stop the dreams. Under an anaesthetic, he slips into one more dream, possibly his last.

Gameplay

The game starts where Rupert Goodwins’ novella ends, with Steve lying on the operating table and slipping into the dream world. Steve is controlled by the player through numerous surreal worlds. He can collect certain weapons and items on these levels, but with a few exceptions, cannot carry them to another level. Steve has no health meter; he immediately dies if he comes into contact with an enemy or an obstacle. He can also die if he remains too long in certain areas such as the Country Garden, where a lawnmower will come and decimate him. When Steve dies, the game returns to the scene in the operating room where the surgeons attempt to save him. There are no savepoints in the game, and instead of score points the player’s progress is stated as a percentage.

Steve can acquire following weapons/items thru the game:

Cotton Candy (from the cotton candy machine): Used to distract the giant wasp.

Fly Swatter (Fairground): Used for pushing the giant wasp away.

Stick (English Country Garden): Used for defeating the rosebush with teeth.

Soccer ball with mouth (English Country Garden): Carried by the little girl with the steak knife, but later on swallows her up and becomes an item Steve carries. Later in the game, it can be used to eat a path through the green colored desert (it explodes afterwards). It can also on the fat ballerina (but ineffectively).

Electric Eel (Hall of Tubes): Can harm Steve if not carefully taken; helps to defeat the wasp which breaks into the hall of mirrors later on.

Flying Fish (Desert): Caught from the sky in the desert. Used to defeat the jumping totem poles and desert creatures and to destroy the statue which holds an orb, and helps release the orbs orbiting the brain in the last level.

Green/Blue/Red Orb: All three orbs need to be collected by Steve in order to win the game. The first one is carried by the giant wasp on the fairground, the second one is hidden inside the statue in the desert and the last one is found in an old pendulum clock on the hall of doors level.

Levels and Enemies

Candy floss machine (Amiga)

English Country Garden (Amiga)

Fairground: Steve’s dream begins at a giant candy floss machine, where he must collect cotton candy on his body and jump onto the rotating stick takes him to the fairground, where he encounters a giant wasp carrying the first orb. He leaves the fairground through a door into the hall of mirrors.

Hall of Mirrors: The rest of the game is accessed through the hall of mirrors. Walking through each of the mirrors leads to a different location, including the fairground. Later in the game, the giant wasp breaks into this level.

English Country Garden: A green garden on a sunny day. Steve must first defeat rosebushes with teeth and avoid a lawnmower that can shred him to bits if he takes too long. Then he must defeat a little smiling girl wielding a steak knife by repeatedly catching and bouncing back her soccer ball, which can develop a mouth with huge teeth.

Desert: A dry desert with flying fish in the sky, hopping totem poles, large desert monsters, and a green statue holding the second orb. Quicksand is used to return to the hall of mirrors.

Hall of Tubes: A large hall with lots of tubes everywhere. The floor is made of oversized piano keys which strike upward, played by a jack-in-the-box clown. There is also a fat ballerina dancing to the Dance of the Sugar-plum Fairy (from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite) and an aquarium with an electric eel which can be taken and used as a weapon. A rotating tube at the end brings Steve back to the hall of mirrors.

Hall of Doors: A hall with a wooden floor, brown wallpaper, and tall doors left slightly ajar (attempting to enter them results in Steve being bitten in half by large mouths). Steve has to avoid flying bats and a giant roast chicken with huge teeth.

Desert with Tree: Back at the desert, facing a giant brain growing on a tree stump with three orbs orbiting it. The brain has an enormous eye in the middle. By releasing the three orbs, the game ends and Steve wakes up on the operating table, finally free from Zelloripus’s attempts to kill him. In the Amiga version of the game, one of the surgeons turns out to be a knife-wielding woman, possessed by Zelloripus who cackles at Steve with a resounding laugh after the player finishes the game.

Development

The general plot was conceived by the developers, and Rupert Goodwins was asked to write the novella included with the game.

The scenarios in the game are not based on Serrano’s own nightmares, but are inspired by the paintings of Salvadore Dali, Terry Gilliam’s cartoon animations for Monty Python, and on odd observations. After a visit to the dentist, Serrano developed a phobia of teeth, which is noticeable in the design of the monsters, many of them having mouths with large teeth.

The game took over a year to produce.
Reception

Weird Dreams received mixed reviews. While everyone praised its visual style, there were some criticisms depending on the game platform. Frustrating difficulty, long loading times, and a disappointing soundtrack were common criticisms, albeit not unanimous.[citation needed]

90% – The One for 16-bit Games 9 (Jun 1989)
81% – ST Amiga Format 13 (Jul 1989)
71% – Amiga Action 4 (Jan 1990)
64% – The Games Machine 20 (Jul 1989)
60% – Zzap 60 (Apr 1990)
31% – Computer + Video Games 101 (Apr 1990)
External links

Screenshots, Boxcover, Reviews on Mobygames: http://www.mobygames.com/game/weird-dreams

References

^ a b The Bird Sanctuary

^ Penn, Gary (June 1989). “Weird Dreams(Review)”. The One for 16-bit Games (9). 

^ Weird Dreams review from The One for 16-bit Games 9 (Jun 1989)

^ Weird Dreams review from ST Amiga Format 13 (Jul 1989)

^ Weird Dreams review from Amiga Action 4 (Jan 1990)

^ Weird Dreams review from The Games Machine 20 (Jul 1989)

^ Weird Dreams review from Zzap 60 (Apr 1990)

^ Weird Dreams review from Computer + Video Games 101 (Apr 1990)

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Are bites and stings dangerous?

Animal and insect bites and stings are relatively common minor injuries. Usually, they will heal on their own and will not cause serious or permanent damage, but they can be serious and it is important to know appropriate first aid measures. What are the possible complications of bites and stings? Many animal bites result in puncture wounds – deep wounds that penetrate the tissue underneath the skin and cause internal damage. The germs from the animal’s mouth can then be carried deep into the wound and may cause serious infections. The adder is the only poisonous snake in the UK, and although the venom can be fatal, the number of recorded deaths is very small indeed. There is one serious complication of insect stings. A small percentage of people can develop a life- threatening allergic reaction called anaphylactic shock, where airways become swollen and reduce the air getting to the lungs. The symptoms of anaphylactic shock are red, blotchy skin with raised areas, swelling of the face and neck, puffiness around the eyes, wheezing and difficulty breathing, rapid pulse and loss of consciousness. Anaphylactic shock is a very serious condition and requires immediate hospital treatment. What should I do if someone has been bitten or stung? First, assess the seriousness of the bite or sting. Serious bites and stings If the bite is large and/or bleeding heavily, take the person to the nearest GP or hospital, or call 999 for an ambulance If the person has been stung in the mouth, give them ice to suck on and phone 999 for an ambulance If you suspect the person is going into anaphylactic shock, call for an ambulance immediately. Check the person’s ABC (see box bellow) and if necessary (and you are trained to do so), perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation You should be aware that coming into contact with blood and body fluids may expose you to infections such as hepatitis B and C, and HIV. If the bite is bleeding, do not touch it with your bare hands. Ideally, put on a pair of disposable, preferably sterile gloves: if you do not have a first aid box to hand or you do not have disposable gloves, use another type of barrier, such as a thickly folded dish towel or clean handkerchief, and wash you hands thoroughly before and after touching the person. Minor animal bites Wash the wound with warm water and soap, if possible Pat the wound dry, and cover it with a plaster or small dressing, or any piece of clean, non-textured cloth that you have to hand If the person has been bitten by an animal, check with its owners about current immunisations. The person who has been bitten should see their doctor about a tetanus immunisation. Afterwards, keep an eye on the wound for signs of infection (redness, swelling and heat concentrated at the site of the wound). If the person has been bitten by a snake, keep the wounded area below the level of the heart and do not allow the person to walk around, as this will spread the venom through the body. If you can, immobilise the injured area using strips of cloth and padding tied into a splint. Call an ambulance. Minor insect bites and stings Bites from insects such as mosquitoes, fleas or flies usually do not require medical attention. Even stings from bees, wasps or hornets, although painful and frightening, are not usually serious. If the stinger it still there, remove it by scraping a credit card over the surface; do not try to remove it with tweezers – you may squeeze more venom out of the venom sac into the wound Apply a cold compress (any clean cloth soaked in cold water will do) to reduce the pain and swelling A paste of baking soda mixed with water can help to relieve the pain. If the pain and swelling do not go away, or if it gets worse over the next day or two, the person should see a doctor As mentioned above, if you suspect the person is having an allergic reaction to a sting (anaphylactic shock) you must phone for an ambulance immediately. What can I do to prevent bites and stings? There are several measures you can take to reduce the likelihood of being bitten or stung: Do not approach wild animals, especially if they seem injured Avoid strange cats and dogs Do not wear strong perfume, which will attract bees and wasps Use an insect repellent Take care when eating and drinking: bees and wasps are attracted to sweet, sugary foods. Take particular care when drinking from cans of soft drink: always use a straw or pour the drink into a cup or glass If you come across a wasp or bees’ nest, do not disturb it Avoid dense forested areas in hot weather and in the height of summer. Take a walking stick if you intend to walk through long grass or undergrowth: your stick will disturb a snake or other biting animal before you do Wear protective clothing: long socks and long-sleeved garments will provide protection from bites and stings

Animal and insect bites and stings are relatively common minor injuries. Usually, they will heal on their own and will not cause serious or permanent damage, but they can be serious and it is important to know appropriate first aid measures.

What are the possible complications of bites and stings?

Many animal bites result in puncture wounds – deep wounds that penetrate the tissue underneath the skin and cause internal damage. The germs from the animal’s mouth can then be carried deep into the wound and may cause serious infections.

The adder is the only poisonous snake in the UK, and although the venom can be fatal, the number of recorded deaths is very small indeed.

There is one serious complication of insect stings. A small percentage of people can develop a life- threatening allergic reaction called anaphylactic shock, where airways become swollen and reduce the air getting to the lungs. The symptoms of anaphylactic shock are red, blotchy skin with raised areas, swelling of the face and neck, puffiness around the eyes, wheezing and difficulty breathing, rapid pulse and loss of consciousness. Anaphylactic shock is a very serious condition and requires immediate hospital treatment.

What should I do if someone has been bitten or stung?

First, assess the seriousness of the bite or sting.

Serious bites and stings

If the bite is large and/or bleeding heavily, take the person to the nearest GP or hospital, or call 999 for an ambulance

If the person has been stung in the mouth, give them ice to suck on and phone 999 for an ambulance

If you suspect the person is going into anaphylactic shock, call for an ambulance immediately. Check the person’s ABC (see box bellow) and if necessary (and you are trained to do so), perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation

You should be aware that coming into contact with blood and body fluids may expose you to infections such as hepatitis B and C, and HIV. If the bite is bleeding, do not touch it with your bare hands. Ideally, put on a pair of disposable, preferably sterile gloves: if you do not have a first aid box to hand or you do not have disposable gloves, use another type of barrier, such as a thickly folded dish towel or clean handkerchief, and wash you hands thoroughly before and after touching the person.

Minor animal bites

Wash the wound with warm water and soap, if possible

Pat the wound dry, and cover it with a plaster or small dressing, or any piece of clean, non-textured cloth that you have to hand

If the person has been bitten by an animal, check with its owners about current immunisations. The person who has been bitten should see their doctor about a tetanus immunisation. Afterwards, keep an eye on the wound for signs of infection (redness, swelling and heat concentrated at the site of the wound).

If the person has been bitten by a snake, keep the wounded area below the level of the heart and do not allow the person to walk around, as this will spread the venom through the body. If you can, immobilise the injured area using strips of cloth and padding tied into a splint. Call an ambulance.

Minor insect bites and stings

Bites from insects such as mosquitoes, fleas or flies usually do not require medical attention. Even stings from bees, wasps or hornets, although painful and frightening, are not usually serious.

If the stinger it still there, remove it by scraping a credit card over the surface; do not try to remove it with tweezers – you may squeeze more venom out of the venom sac into the wound

Apply a cold compress (any clean cloth soaked in cold water will do) to reduce the pain and swelling

A paste of baking soda mixed with water can help to relieve the pain.

If the pain and swelling do not go away, or if it gets worse over the next day or two, the person should see a doctor

As mentioned above, if you suspect the person is having an allergic reaction to a sting (anaphylactic shock) you must phone for an ambulance immediately.

What can I do to prevent bites and stings?

There are several measures you can take to reduce the likelihood of being bitten or stung:

Do not approach wild animals, especially if they seem injured

Avoid strange cats and dogs

Do not wear strong perfume, which will attract bees and wasps

Use an insect repellent

Take care when eating and drinking: bees and wasps are attracted to sweet, sugary foods. Take particular care when drinking from cans of soft drink: always use a straw or pour the drink into a cup or glass

If you come across a wasp or bees’ nest, do not disturb it

Avoid dense forested areas in hot weather and in the height of summer.

Take a walking stick if you intend to walk through long grass or undergrowth: your stick will disturb a snake or other biting animal before you do

Wear protective clothing: long socks and long-sleeved garments will provide protection from bites and stings

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The Apple Orchard And Bees

The country is full of apple orchards. Apple orchards are where the apples you buy in the supermarket come from. Applesauce is made out of apples grown in orchards. People who drink apple juice and apple cider enjoy the produce provided by the hardworking orchard owners. Without apple orchards there would be no apple pies. The world would be a sadder place without apple orchards.

In the springtime people drive past apple orchards and see tidy row after tidy row of apple trees, their spreading boughs fragrant with the scent of delicate apple blossoms. In the summer they can drive past the same orchard and see the same trees, leaves shining in the sunshine. In the fall those same trees are laden with apples, crunchy and full of juice. In the winter, the spreading limbs of the apple trees spread wide and are blanketed with a layer of glittering snow. When they stop to admire the artistic trees they notice that unlike other types of agriculture endeavors the only time they see anyone working amongst the trees is when the trees are heavy with fruit and the farmers are picking the apples. It doesn’t take very long for the passer bys to start thinking about how easy it would be to own an orchard. When the opportunity to purchase an apple orchard comes along, these people can hardly walk away from the opportunity.

The reality is that there is a lot more to owning an apple orchard then picking apples and pulling in money.

The casual passerby thinks that owning an apple orchard won’t be much work, the reality is that a great deal of backbreaking labor goes into maintaining the orchard. The trees have to be pruned. The trees have to be sprayed to protect them from being ravished by insects. In addition to caring for the trees there is a lot of general maintenance chores that have to be taken care of. There is also the task of removing the old, unproductive trees and replacing them with young trees.

The next thing to consider when purchasing an apple orchard is the size of the orchard. According to the experts an apple orchard has to be at least ten acres large in order to break even. That’s just breaking even. In theory a larger orchard means a larger profit margin for the orchard owner, but a larger orchard also means that the owner will have to buy more insecticide, rotate more trees, hire more employees, and spend more money on the equipment needed to maintain the orchard and harvest the apple crop.

Perhaps the biggest error newcomers to the apple orchard business make in the spring time when the apple trees are in bloom. In order for the trees to bear fruit the flowers have to be pollinated. Although the wind can help pollinate the flowers, honey bees are better. Many new orchard owners think that there are enough bees in the wild to pollinate the acres of apple trees. These owners are making an assumption that could harm their yearly yield. Experienced owners know that to ensure they get a profitable harvest they need to work with local beekeepers. They lease the hives and the honey bees from the beekeepers. The hive owners set up the hives in the orchards. The extra bees assist in the pollination.

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Pest control companies are prominent to avoid pests’ problem

Even though you are keeping your home well clean but still suffering from the cockroaches, bed bugs, fleas, wasps and  silverfish kind of pests. It is really tiresome process when these kinds of pests will make you to suffer from the muddle they create inside your home. It is in fact more tiring when you and your family suffer from pest bites. The more irritating situation comes when you have just got tired after doing an immense sanitary work but still cockroaches are running inside your kitchen. Have you ever given a thought why these pests are coming again and again and how to get rid of pests completely?

You will be ever seeing bed bugs inside your sofa and bed, silverfish & parasites inside the bookshelf, sideboard and storeroom and cockroaches running in & around the kitchen. These pests are tarnishing your valuable things where they need to be keeping safe and sound. If you have not taken an immediate step in order to destroy and get rid of these pests completely then one day you will see all your valuable things in a destroying stage and that day you will feel that your home had been troubled by these pests. Therefore, don’t allow such day to come by using best quality pest control or professional exterminator.

Before they destroy your lovable items let you exterminate them. In order to exterminate these pests completely you have to appoint a professional pest control company.  There are lots of pest control companies available to give you the best service by their professional exterminator.  You can ask from your family members, relatives and friends to get an appropriate pest control company because they can share their experience about the particular company from which they got satisfied.

Some of the best companies offer pest control operation along with pest extermination through professional pest exterminators. Expert pest exterminators first check out the level of bugs or infection in the home so that it will be easy for them to carry out required pest control operation.

If you are residing in place like Maple Ridge, Surrey, New Westminister or you are citizen of nearby locality like White Rock, Vancouver, Hope, Port Moody otherwise living in Langley, Aldergrove, Mission, Chilliwack, and Delta, Richmond, Coquitlam, Abbotsford, Port Coquitlam county then you have to find out the best pest control company in your locality so that it will be easy for you to get in touch with them. Try to get the entire detail about the company before appointing to get rid of pests’ problem.

Bugs and pests can be seen not only in home but also in the commercial places or industrial places. As the level of service differs from home to industry, you have to verify whether the pest control company is providing all kind of pest control services like; Bed Bugs pest control, Cockroaches pest control and for all level such as residential pest control, commercial pest control, institutional pest control and industrial pest control etc.

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