Fishing in the dark..

Why Are Some Plants Called Weeds?

That plant is a weed.This may sound like two minutes with Andy Rooney but I just don\'t agree with this term. If a plant looks pretty and it has some quality that makes it useful, then why is it a weed.What is a weed?The chicory plant has a pretty little flower and some people use it to make tea. Isn\'t the bright yellow flower of the dandelion similar to a marigold or some little yellow daisy? You can make wine from dandelions. That\'s good isn\'t it. what is grass. It just lays all over the place and looks plain old green. I guess cows can eat it.

I don\'t think it\'s a weed but I think it acts like a weed. Grass tries to overpower everything else. If Creeping Charlie tries to do that, we call him a weed.Do weeds have some exclusive property that we can use to define them from other plants? Are those other plants just \"plants\" or should we call them \"non weeds\"?When my wife \"weeds\" the flower garden, she will constantly ask \"is this a weed?\" Does it really matter? My response is always the same. \"If you like it - leave it there. If you don\'t like it, pull it out.\"Milkweed - wow, poor plant got it right in the name. This plant with the fun little seedpod is home to the much admired Monarch Butterfly.

The monarch needs this plant to survive. Children love to open the mature seed pod and blow the little parachutes all over the place. We are intent on eradicating it because it is a \"weed\". I don\'t know what makes it a weed.There are some plants that I guess we would all can safely be called a weed. Poison Ivy comes to mind first. I can\'t see anything good about this plant. This one can go away forever as far as I am concerned. A couple of god doses of this plant have it on \"My weed list\".There are some very interesting names for weeds.

The mouse eared chickweed. Does this really sound like a weed\" It sounds like something we should see on the farm. Another similar name is \"lamb\'s quarters\". It belongs to the \"goosefoot family\" It just does not sound like a weed. More farm type plants - try \"field horsetail\" and \"wild oats\". Sounds like they should do well together.Don\'t forget the \"european frogbit\" Now you really must wonder about that name.I like the masses of purple loosestrife I see growing in ditch banks but I guess it is a monster in disguise. It gets out of control and chokes out everything. Maybe that makes it a weed.I guess St John\'s Wort and Cypress Spurge don\'t sound that good to me. Maybe I will add them to my weed list.Now this one really makes me wonder. I looked up Common weeds of northern United states and Canada. Where is the thistle.That mean bristly plant wasn\'t to be found in the list of weeds. It must be a good plant I guess but I can\'t imagine why.I want to talk to the guy that made that list of weeds. I just don\'t think he has it right!I think I\'m going to call Andy Rooney and see what he thinks of this whole weed deal. I bet he could provide a very interesting response.
By
Tom Henricks

Your First Web Form

If you have recently established a website for your first internet business, adding a simple web form to your website, such as a feedback form, contact form, or other online form, can be a tough task. Most programming novices create their first website using pre-developed templates and have no advanced knowledge of HTML programming. As a result, creating a simple web form that can email the form responses to the webmaster can be a difficult and frustrating task.

If you just posted a new website, but you do not have a web form uploaded and you need to quickly provide a way for your visitors to contact you, then you should simply post your email address on your Contact page. However, if you want to create a sophisticated online form to collect information from your visitors and respond to their questions, you need to know something about HTML and another programming language called PHP.Installing the online form on your website is the easy part.
If you are not familiar with how to create the code for a form, there are many different online tutorials that can teach you how to create the code. After that, you will need to create a file that will process your form after someone fills it out and send the answers to you via email. The code used to process a HTML form is often referred to as Formmail. Formmail is written in a programming language called PHP, which is more advanced than HTML.

There are many websites where you can download the Formmail file for free. Formmail has been used to process and email the results of web forms since 1997.When you download Formmail, make sure it has code that prevents spam from being sent through your online form. There are many different versions of Formmail floating around the internet, and some have built-in spam protection while others do not.

Many times, inexperienced programmers will put a form on their website that does not include code to at least try to prevent spammers from utilizing the form to send spam to hundreds or even thousands of people. As a result, those who have been spammed complain to their internet service provider, who then directs the complaint to the hosting company that handles your website. This can be a huge problem.If you do not have the patience to create your form yourself, there are more than a few form creation services on the internet that provide a simple way for you to create a form without doing any programming. These third-party form creators usually do not provide you with the PHP code you need to process the form. Instead, they process it for you on their own servers.

If you are comfortable with programming, you might want to try to create your web form yourself with the help of some online tutorials. If you do not have the patience to do the work, use an outside service that creates the form for you. Either way, it is important to have an online form so that people can contact you directly through your website.
By
Jim Pretin

Reasons to be happy....

When I had many deficits, In fact, I wasn't too happy....But thought twice, I should be happy...If not, I won't have any time left to be happy....So, I decided to keep calm and remain happy...Happiness is so scarce, cherish it, be happy...That was one good reason for me to be happy.....When I had nothing,In fact, I wasn't happy too...But thought twice,

Nothing cannot make me unhappy...Since I have Nothing to be unhappy...So, I decided to remain not unhappy....because he who had everything was still unhappy...Why should I who had nothing be unhappy?One day....When I have something...In fact, I can be happy...But think twice, why shouldn't I be happy?Happiness doubles, so there is no reason to be not happy...Something is better than nothing, so rejoice and be happy...But some don't even have anything, yet they are happy...And they are so much at peace of mind and heart and happy...
One day...When I have everything...I suppose I can be very happy...But think twice, to have everything is nothing to be proud and happy...When I had nothing, I wasn't unhappy...When I have something, I wasn't unhappy...Only when everybody has something, we be happy...When only everybody has everything, we will be so happy...

Happiness is self-made..Happiness is self-acquired...Happiness is love in the making...Happiness doubles through sharing...So, it depends on how one looks at happiness...So, it depends on how one attains happiness...Only then one will experience true happiness...

Compiled by Lucy