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ficus religiosa bonsai tree Bonsai Tree Ficus Religiosa With Pot (Live Plant) – GreenParadiseLiveGreen Paradise Offers Healthy Bonsai Ficus Religiosa Tree About Bonsai Ficus Religiosa Tree The Bonsai Tree Ficus Religiosa, also known as the Sacred Fig or Bodhi tree, is a popular species for bonsai cultivation. It is a member of the Moraceae family and is native to Southeast Asia, particularly India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The Ficus Religiosa holds great cultural and religious significance, as it is considered sacred in Buddhism,
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About Bonsai Ficus Religiosa Tree
The Bonsai Tree Ficus Religiosa, also known as the Sacred Fig or Bodhi tree, is a popular species for bonsai cultivation. It is a member of the Moraceae family and is native to Southeast Asia, particularly India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The Ficus Religiosa holds great cultural and religious significance, as it is considered sacred in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Here are some key features and characteristics of the Bonsai Tree Ficus Religiosa:
Appearance:
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The Ficus Religiosa has distinct heart-shaped leaves with a glossy texture.
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The leaves are generally small and alternate in arrangement along the branches.
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The bark of the tree is smooth and greyish, with aerial roots that can grow from the branches and trunk.
Size:
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In its natural habitat, the Sacred Fig can grow to be a large and tall tree, reaching heights of up to 30 meters (98 feet).
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However, when grown as a bonsai, it is pruned and trained to maintain a much smaller size,
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usually ranging between 30 and 60 centimeters (12-24 inches) in height.
Bonsai Cultivation:
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Ficus Religiosa is well-suited for bonsai cultivation due to its adaptability and tolerance to various growing conditions.
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It responds well to pruning and shaping, making it ideal for creating artistic bonsai designs.
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The aerial roots can also be utilized to enhance the tree's visual appeal.
Symbolism:
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The Bonsai Tree Ficus Religiosa holds deep spiritual and religious symbolism.
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It is revered as the tree under which Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha, attained enlightenment.
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As a result, the tree represents wisdom, enlightenment, and spiritual growth.
Care:
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To maintain a healthy bonsai Ficus Religiosa, it is important to provide it with the following care requirements:
Light:
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Place the bonsai in a location with bright, indirect light.
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It can tolerate some direct sunlight, but intense sunlight should be avoided, as it may scorch the leaves.
Watering:
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Water the tree regularly, ensuring that the soil remains slightly moist.
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Overwatering or allowing the roots to sit in water can lead to root rot, so proper drainage is essential.
Temperature:
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The Ficus Religiosa prefers warm temperatures between 20-30°C (68-86°F).
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Protect it from extreme cold or drafts.
Pruning and Shaping:
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Regular pruning and wiring are necessary to maintain the desired shape and size of the bonsai.
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Prune back new growth and remove any unwanted branches to maintain its aesthetic appeal.
Fertilization:
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Use a balanced, organic fertilizer during the growing season to provide essential nutrients to the tree.
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Observe the dosage and frequency guidelines listed on the fertilizer packaging.
It is important to note that bonsai cultivation requires patience and dedication. Regular monitoring and care are necessary to ensure the health and longevity of your bonsai Ficus Religiosa.
How To Grow Bonsai Ficus Religiosa Plant
Growing a bonsai tree from a Ficus religiosa, also known as the sacred fig or bodhi tree, requires patience, attention to detail, and proper care.
Here's a step-by-step guide on how to grow a bonsai tree from a Ficus religiosa plant:
Acquire a young Ficus religiosa plant:
- Obtain a young Ficus religiosa plant either from a nursery or by germinating the seeds.
- The seeds can be found online or potentially from a local gardening store.
Select a suitable pot:
- Choose a shallow bonsai pot with drainage holes to ensure proper water drainage.
- Usually made of clay or ceramic, bonsai pots.
Prepare the potting mix:
- Create a well-draining soil mixture suitable for bonsai.
- A common mix includes a combination of akadama, pumice, and lava rock.
- You can find pre-made bonsai soil mixes at gardening stores.
Prune the roots and plant the Ficus religiosa:
- Gently remove the plant from its original container, and prune the roots by carefully cutting away about one-third of the root mass.
- This pruning encourages the growth of fine feeder roots.
- Place the tree in the prepared bonsai pot, spreading the roots out evenly.
- Fill the pot with the bonsai soil mix, ensuring that it covers the roots and gently firm it down.
Shape the trunk and branches:
- Begin shaping your bonsai tree by wiring the trunk and primary branches.
- Use bonsai wire to carefully wrap around the branches, bending them into the desired shape.
- Be cautious not to wrap the wire too tightly to avoid damaging the tree.
- Leave the wire on for a few months or until the branches are set in place.
Watering and humidity:
- Ficus religiosa prefers a consistent watering routine.
- Thoroughly water the bonsai, making sure the soil is evenly moist but not soggy.
- Allow the top layer of soil to dry out slightly before the next watering.
- Mist the leaves regularly to increase humidity, as Ficus species generally appreciate higher humidity levels.
Light and temperature:
- Place the bonsai tree in a location that receives bright, indirect light.
- Ficus religiosa thrives in warm temperatures, ideally between 65°F to 85°F (18°C to 29°C).
- Keep it away from sharp temperature changes and chilly draughts.
Fertilization:
- Feed your Ficus religiosa bonsai during the growing season, typically from spring to fall.
- Use a balanced, water-soluble bonsai fertilizer diluted to half the recommended strength.
- Apply the fertilizer as directed on the packaging every two to four weeks.
Pruning and maintenance:
- Regularly prune the bonsai to maintain its shape and promote branching.
- Trim back new growth to maintain the desired silhouette.
- Ficus religiosa has a vigorous growth habit, so frequent pruning will be necessary to refine the tree's appearance.
Repotting:
- Repot the bonsai tree every two to three years to refresh the soil and encourage root health.
- Repotting is best done in spring before the growing season begins.
- Prune the roots and replant them in a slightly larger bonsai pot, using fresh bonsai soil.
Remember, growing a bonsai tree is a long-term project that requires ongoing care, patience, and attention. Regularly observe your Ficus religiosa bonsai for signs of pests, diseases, or other issues and address them promptly. With time and proper care, you can enjoy the beauty and serenity of your bonsai tree.
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There is a war... for your Mind!
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"There is a war... for your Mind!"
That's the slogan of InfoWars, the incendiary conspiracy news network and nutritional supplement marketing firm. And while Alex Jones is wrong about almost everything, he's right about that. In LikeWar Singer and Brooking ably synthesize a sophisticated picture of information warfare in 2018, drawing from sources as diverse as Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, and ISIS, to argue that the internet has lead to a blurring of lines between consumer, citizen, journalist, activist, and warrior which threatens the foundations of liberal democracy. The tech companies which built these platforms and profited from them must grapple with the politics of their technologies, before we all reap the whirlwind.
Computer networks and smart phones connect billions of people, allowing ideas to flow faster than ever before in history. Sometimes, the results can be impressive. The Chiapas Zapatista movement in 1994 was a dial-up and fax version of a network insurgency that managed to bring enough international opprobrium on Mexico that the government blinked, and reached some kind of political accord (Chiapas is complicated). More recently, Eliot Higgins and a team of open source analysts at Bellingcat managed to track down the exact BUK missile system and Russian soldiers responsible for shooting down MH 17 in 2014.
But there are a lot of dark sides. When people connect, the emotion that spreads most rapidly is anger. Lies spread five times faster than truth. Musicians can use social networks to directly connect with their fans, and ISIS uses it to connect with alienated Muslim youths worldwide. Social networks sort diverse citizens into filter bubbles of people who think alike. Eliot Higgin's careful open source intelligence has a paranoid fun-house mirror version in the QAnon conspiracy, where Qultist decoders find hidden messages from an alleged 'senior white house source'.
And then there is the matter of information war, an area that even now, after years of offensive cyber operations, liberal democracies still don't understand. Hostile propaganda slips into Western news networks and major platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are infested with bots. LikeWar can even take a personal toll. Over the course of writing this book, General Michael Flynn went from forward looking full-spectrum commander to head Trumpist conspiracy cheerleader to indicted and plead out felon. Flynn's fall is complex, but it can't be separated from the internet. If the trolls got him, what chance does your idiot cousin stand? The counters, 'citizen truth teams' and senior emissaries to groups vulnerable to recruitment, seem like thin reeds against the coming maelstrom of noise.
LikeWar starts with Clausewitz's dictum that war is a continuation of politics by other means, and there are clear links between cyberspace and physical space. Intensity of hashtags impacted the subsequent intensity of Israeli airstrikes during attacks on the Gaza strip. ISIS used propaganda to create an aura of invincibility that outflanked the defenders of Mosul, while Russia denied that its 'little green men' were even in Ukraine. But the difference is that cyberspace is constructed space rather than natural space. The networks are built, maintained, and owned by real corporations and real people. The internet grew from an anarchic specialized scientific network to a major engine of commerce and communicate with little deliberate government oversight. Section 230 absolved American companies of responsibility for policing content, with major carve outs for copyrighted IP and pornography. Yet as concerns over cyberbullying and counter-terrorism rose, major networks adopted digital constitutions that were permissive towards speech and censorious towards erotica. Policing content is and was possible, but always took a back seat to growth and engagement, the guide stars of Silicon Valley.
The future is if anything, darker. Advances in machine learning and AI allow ever more realistic bots, computer generated DeepFakes where a politician can be programmed to say anything, and personalized targeting of people with exactly the propaganda they'll believe. There are defensive counters, but if I might draw military analogies, what we saw in 2016 was armored warfare circa 1918: clearly the future, but not yet a mature system. Given the pace of technology, we only have a few years before digital blitzkrieg.
I'm extremely online, and I've been following this space for years. I've presented at multiple conferences on this topic, including Governance of Emerging Technologies and Association of Internet Researchers. LikeWar is the book I wish I'd written. Cognizant, forward looking, and deeply researched, it is vital reading for anyone interested in technology or politics.
My only reservation is that I wish the sources were better linked in the text, instead of being buried in static endnotes. Maybe the next edition will push an update.
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Making Sense of the Tactics Deployed in the Social Media War
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Singer and Brooking’s book, pulls together in one place the various threads of information about cyberthreats from the last few years, weaving them into a coherent, memorable, and understandable(!) whole. All these authors provide exhaustive lists of sources. It’s incumbent on responsible people to understand the tactics of information warfare, because, “[recent Senate hearings] showed that our leaders had little grasp on the greatest existential threat to American democracy,” said Leigh Giangreco in the Washington Post.
These ill-intentioned manipulators understand the human brain is hard-wired for certain reactions: to believe in conspiracy theories (“Obama isn’t an American”); to be gratified when we receive approval (“likes”!); to be drawn to views we agree with (“confirmation bias”). If we feel compelled to weigh in on some bit of propaganda or false information, social media algorithms see this attention and elevate the issue—“trending!”—so that our complaints only add to the virality of disinformation and lies. “Just as the internet has reshaped war, war is now radically reshaping the internet,” the authors say.
Contrary to the optimism of the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who saw social media as a positive, democratizing force, this new technology is being used to destructive effect at many levels of society. At a local scale, for example, it bolsters gang violence in Chicago; at a national scale, it contributed to the election of fringe politicians; at a regional scale, it facilitated the emergence of ISIS; and at an international scale, it undergirds the reemergence of repressive political movements in many countries.
How to be a responsible citizen in this chaos? Like it or not, “we’re all part of this war,” the authors say, “and which side succeeds depends in large part on how much the rest of us learn to recognize this new warfare for what it is” and how ready we are for what comes next.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019
★★★★★ 4
A Must-Read for the Internet Age (Even If It’s a Little Terrifying)
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If you’ve ever found yourself doomscrolling through Twitter (sorry, X—ugh), arguing with a stranger in the comments section, or wondering why that ridiculous meme is suddenly everywhere, LikeWar is the book that explains why. And let me tell you, it does so in a way that’s as entertaining as it is unnerving.
P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking take a deep dive into the battlefield of social media, where wars aren’t just fought with bullets but with hashtags, viral videos, and AI bots pretending to be real people (or worse, real people pretending to be bots). They connect dots between everything from military psy-ops to online disinformation campaigns, showing how social media has become the new frontline of modern warfare.
The book is packed with fascinating stories—from ISIS using social media to recruit followers like an influencer pushing protein powder, to political campaigns that make you question reality itself. And while the subject matter is serious, the authors keep things engaging with sharp writing, eye-opening insights, and just enough humor to keep you from spiraling into existential dread.
So why four stars instead of five? Well, while LikeWar is undeniably eye-opening, it occasionally gets a little too caught up in explaining things at length. Some sections feel a bit stretched, like that one friend who insists on telling a story with every single detail included. A tighter edit in some places might have made it even stronger.
That said, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how the internet shapes the real world—whether you’re a journalist, a policymaker, or just someone trying to figure out why your uncle keeps sharing weird conspiracy theories on Facebook. It’s insightful, timely, and slightly terrifying, but in the best way possible.
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