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Design Star: Lessons from the New York School of Flower Design

In the current economy prospective brides, party givers, and commercial businesspeople are looking for ways to create their own sophisticated arrangements rather than hire expensive third parties. With author Michael Gaffney's foolproof methods, Design Star brings readers into the world of the professional floral designer with secrets, tips, and formulae for great design, and step-by-step instructions on everything from Classic English design to Exotic Tropical design. Michael has been featured on the TODAY SHOW, the CBS Early Show and many other programs demonstrating his foolproof methods of design. His students have designed for film, fashion., weddings and large events from New York to Los Angeles.With over 400 color photos that detail dozens of start-to-finish arrangements, the book provides a beautiful display of finished arrangements for readers to replicate. It also guides readers through the basics of opening a flower shop or becoming a professional flower designer Design like the pros!

History of the TEXAS LONGHORN COW:

No history of the cattle industry can be told without beginning with Texas and the Texas Longhorn. Texas was the original home of ranching and became the major blending pot for the evolution of the history-making Texas Longhorn breed of cattle.

The Spanish brought the first longhorn cattle to America in 1493. Descendants of these longhorns formed the first cattle population in North America.

The first Anglo-American settlers of Texas came to raise cotton. However, they brought with them a few cows, mostly of northern European breeds. These cows mixed with the Spanish breeds already in Texas and soon grew into considerable herds. Most of the cattle for the first stocking of the central and northern plains came from these herds.

The climate and range conditions were ideal for cattle raising in Texas. In addition, the liberal land system made it easy to acquire large blocks of acreage.

However, the size of farms does not tell the whole story.

As the number of cattle increased in Texas, small acreage owners ranged their cattle primarily upon unoccupied public lands. In fact, some cattle owners with thousands of head of cattle did not even own one acre of land.

Other men who moved to Texas invested all their capital in cattle and then depended on the open range for pasture. Some of those with no capital got their start by branding calves "on share" for others. At that time men were employed to brand calves and received one calf out of every four branded "on share."

During the Civil War, some Texas cattle were used to feed the Confederate troops. However, due to the isolation of Texas, that number was small.

Mostly, cattle continued to multiple, mature, and grow fat wandering the ranges of Texas while able-bodied men fought. It is estimated there were approximately five million longhorns in Texas by the end of the Civil War.

These Texas cattle had long legs, lanky bodies, with legs and feet built for speed. It took a good horse with a good rider to outrun a Texas Longhorn. Their narrow faces, sullen expressions, and horns that swept out horizontally, gave these cattle a sinister look. And indeed, they could be mean.

A century or so of running wild had make the longhorns tough and hardy enough to withstand blizzards, droughts, dust storms, attacks by other animals, and Indians. They did not require great amounts of water to survive. Their horns served for attack and defense. A strong sense of smell made it easy for the cow to find her calf and she would ferociously defend this calf.

And the bulls... There was probably no meaner creature in Texas than a Longhorn bull. The slightest provocation would turn him into an aggressive and dangerous enemy. The bull's horns usually measured six feet or less from tip-to-tip, but could measure over eight feet long. In addition, the sharpness of horns of any length, the speed and muscle power of the bull, and the ease with which he could be aroused and enraged, made him a dangerous and uncontrollable animal. When two bulls met, there was sure to be a fight, often to death. And only a very well-armed cowboy had a chance against a Longhorn bull.

This abundance of cattle at the end of the Civil War had depressed the Texas market. However, the prices of cattle and beef were still high in the north and east. So despite the danger involved in a round-up, the hardy Texas cattle began flowing north. They continued on the Chisholm, Loving-Goodnight, and Dodge City trails until that market was sated and the ranges of the central and northern plains were fully stocked.

J. Frank Dobie, great teller of Texas tales, wrote in the Fort Worth Press in 1936, "There is a widespread idea, even among people who should know better, that trail driving originated after the Civil War, when a lone Texas herd headed for some vague point 'north of 36.' As a matter of fact, on the very day the Texans whipped the Mexicans at San Jacinto, in 1836, a herd of Texas longhorns from Taylor White's ranch west of the Neches River was trailing for New Orleans. Cattle had been trailed out of Texas before that. Through the 'forties they were trailed north into Missouri and also to Louisiana markets. There is a record of one herd's trailing to New York, about 1850, and through the 'fifties thousands of steers were driven across the continent to California. The trailing business attained volume and became well organized when in 1867 Abilene, Kansas, opened as a market."

The cattle conditions at the end of the Civil War are also given credit for the beginning of cattle rustling. George W. Saunders, president of the Old Time Trail Drivers of Texas explained, "During the war we boys and a few old men tried to keep the cattle branded up, and we always branded for absent soldiers and widows. Of course the range was only loosely worked and vast numbers of cattle went unbranded. The scuffle for these mavericks, that began after the war was o

Dreamworks Animation at Glendale, California, USA

New flower street extension take fro new lake side Dreamworks building. Picture take just after sunrise. It's a panorama use 3 pictures and process by Autopano Pro.

I like the curves of this picture...

My 24-70mm don't deform a lot but I can't wait to get Lightroom 3.0 with lens corrections.

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Vue depuis le nouveau "Lake Side" de Dreamworks Animation sur l'extension de la rue Flower. Vue prise au matin juste apres le lever de soleil. Cette photo est un panorama compose de 3 prises monte avec Autopano Pro.

J'aime les courbes de cette photo...

Meme si mon 24-70mm ne deforme pas trop, je suis impatient d'avoir les corrections de lentilles dans Lightroom 3.0

Dietmar Kramer, one of Germany's most innovative practitioners of Bach Flower Therapy, has developed powerful new therapeutic applications that remain true to Edward Bach's wish for simplicity and ease of use. New Bach Flower Body Maps details Kramer's unique system of diagnosis, in which 242 areas of the body are correlated with each Bach Flower Remedy, and are mapped out in diagrams indicating the relationship between remedy and body zone. By reading the body maps, one can treat both physical symptoms and their emotional causes more directly. Physical ailments are relieved when the flower essences are applied to the skin, and underlying emotional problems improve more rapidly after topical treatment than after taking the drops orally. Preventive treatments are also possible using the body maps.
The author demonstrates that the effectiveness of the flower remedies is greatly increased when they are applied in the form of compresses or ointments.
Kramer's procedures are illustrated by many case studies which confirm the effectiveness of this significant new extension of Bach Flower Therapy.
Bach Flower Remedies are also used in beauty therapy. Many practical examples illustrate the use of Bach Flowers in skin care.