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If we ask ourselves the question that William Shakespeare penned hundreds of years ago -- "So what's in a name?" that which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet... " -- then we are to believe that a name doesn't really mean a lot. What is important is what something is, not what it is called. If that's the case, why then do we spend so much time nowadays trying to figure out the perfect name for our children? The hype for creative names is a fairly recent trend. Leading up to the 20th Century, our American ancestors (comprising a multitude of cultures) followed a fairly simple format. Oldest sons were given their paternal grandfather's name, the next oldest son was given his father's name, and later sons were named for their father's brothers. This worked fine in families with a lot of children, which was usually the case back in the day. While the format was simple for our ancestors, it gives genealogists headaches because they...

Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system which combines Aquaculture and Hydroponics- therefore forming a mutual relationship where the effluent, nutrient-rich water from the animals, are flowed to plants which serves as fertilizer. The effluents just re-circulate in the system that serves beneficial for the 2 main components: fish and plants. Before knowing the right fish and plants to use, you must also be able to understand the 3 styles - because it also affects the Aquaponics fish and plants that are suitable for the setup. The first style is the media filled beds. This is the simplest among the three, and is best likely to be used by beginners. It has container with expanded clay or the like which absorbs the water from the fish tanks above it. It can be done via a continuous water flow system, where water flows through rocks or via draining the grow bed via a flow cycle. The second style, Nutrient Film Technique or NFT. For this type, nutrient filled water is pumped dow...