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Monday, May 28, 2007
ASSORTED CARNATIONS
Carnations have long been a colorful and popular fresh cut flower Fresh Carnations are cheerful and festive. Carnations are less expensive than Roses,The Carnation is a hardy fresh cut flower and many times a white Carnation will be floral sprayed blue for the 4th of July or green for Saint Patrick's Day.
TYPES OF CARNATIONS
For the most part, carnations express love, fascination, and distinction. Light red carnations represent admiration, while dark red denote deep love and affection. White carnations indicate pure love and good luck; striped symbolize a regret that a love cannot be shared. Green carnations are for St. Patrick's Day; purple carnations indicate capriciousness. Pink carnations have the most symbolic and historical significance. According to a Christian legend, carnations first appeared on Earth as Jesus carried the Cross. The Virgin Mary shed tears at Jesus' plight, and carnations sprang up from where her tears fell. Thus the pink carnation became the symbol of a mother's undying love, and in 1907 was chosen by Ann Jarvis as the emblem of Mother's Day, now observed in the United States and Canada on the second Sunday in May. A red carnation may be worn if one's mother is alive, and a white one if she has died.
The Carnation is also the birth flower for those born in the month of January.
In some cultures, however, especially the French culture, the carnation symbolizes misfortune and bad luck.
At Oxford University, carnations are traditionally worn to all examinations — white for the first exam, pink for exams in between and a red for the last exam.
The state flower of Ohio is a scarlet carnation. The choice was made to honor William McKinley, Ohio Governor and U.S. President, who was assassinated in 1901, and regularly wore a scarlet carnation on his lapel.
Carnation is the provincial flower of the autonomous community of Balearic Islands of Spain[1].
The flower of the collegiate fraternity Theta Chi is the red carnation. The intercollegiate fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon also uses the red carnation as the official symbol of their fraternity. The women's fraternity Alpha Chi Omega uses the red carnation as the official flower of their fraternity.
[ References
Anderson's Online Documentation: Floral emblem of state (Ohio)
[edit] External links
Wikibooks' Gardening-Carnations
Carnations and Pinks Resources
Oxford Carnations
Carnations and the Floriculture Industry: Records of the Colorado Flower Growers Association
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation"
RESEARCH WORK ON CARNATIONS
CARNATIONS[DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS] WEBSITE ;WIKIPEDIA
The Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) is a flowering plant native to the Near East and has been cultivated for the last 2,000 years. Its original natural flower colour was pinkish-hued, but later, cultivars of other colours, including red, white, yellow and green, have been developed. The carnation is the national flower of Spain.
Carnations are often worn on special occasions, especially Mother's Day and weddings. They were known as "Jove's Flower" in ancient Rome as a tribute to one of their beloved gods. In Korea, red and pink Carnations are used for showing their love and gratitude toward their parents on Parents Day (Korea does not separate Mother's Day and Father's Day, but has Parents Day on May 8). Sometimes, you can see old parents wear a corsage of Carnation(s) on their left chest on Parents Day. Not only on Parents Day, but also on Teacher's Day (May 15), people express their admiration and gratitude to their teachers with Carnations, as Carnation has the meaning of 'admiration','love', and 'gratitude'.
The carnation is also the symbol of the Portuguese Carnation Revolution.
RESEARCH ON ESTATES
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Real estate appraisal; Website; Wilkepidia Encyclopedia
A real estate appraisal is a service performed by a licensed or certified appraiser, who develops an opinion of value based upon the highest and best use of real property. The highest and best use is that use which produces the highest value for the land, as if vacant. This use is based on 4 parts; physically possible, appropriate, legal, and economically feasible. Also of importance is the definition of the type of value being developed and this must be included in the appraisal, i.e. market value, condemnation value, quick sale value, etc. For mortgage valuations of improved residential property, this value is most often reported on a standardized form, the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report.[citation needed]
An appraisal is performed for a specific client, to whom the appraiser has a fiduciary responsibility, regardless of what party ultimately pays for the appraisal, whether anyone actually pays for the appraisal, or when the appraisal is paid for. Typically residential appraisers agree to accept orders from lending institutions with the understanding that payment will be made following settlement, or closing of the loan. In most cases, the homeowner or buyer ultimately pays for a residential appraisal, either directly or rolled into settlement fees.
In the USA, minimum appraisal standards and appraiser qualifications are the province of The Appraisal Foundation which is chartered by Congress.[citation needed] Through one of its boards, The Appraisal Standards Board (ASB), it periodically publishes the Uniform Standard of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). USPAP provides the minimum development and reporting standards an appraiser/appraisal report must meet. The Appraisal Foundation is also responsible for setting the minimum qualifications for appraiser licensure/certification through its other board, The Appraisal Qualifications Board (AQB). The AQB is responsible for establishing the minimum education, examination, and experience requirements for licensed/certified appraisers. Effective January 1, 2008, the requirements to become a state licensed or certified real property appraiser will significantly increase.[1] State licensing was established in the early 1990s in the wake of the Savings and Loan "crisis".
The implementation of licensure and enforcement are state functions. In addition, there are appraisal organizations, private not-for-profits, some of which date back to the Great Depression of the 1930s, such as the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, founded in 1929.[citation needed] Others were founded as needed and opportunity arose in specialized fields, such as the Appraisal Institute and the American Society of Appraisers (founded in the 1930s) and the International Right of Way Association and the National Association of Realtors (after World War II). These organizations all existed to establish and enforce standards, but their influence has waned as the government increases appraisal regulation.
There are several professional organizations of appraisers in the US. They include the American
Monday, May 21, 2007
RESEARCH WORK
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The Appleton
2 bedrooms
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Post Three
This is a brief description of the following websites that I visited
http://www.sacentral.sa.gov.au/
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Post Two
This is my second post. The following is alist of useful websites
http://www.eoc.sa.gov.au
What is discrimination?
The term discrimination refers to the choices and judgments we make every day.
For example, when buying a car we make a discriminating choice—to match our needs according to our budget, the make and model of the car, and so on.
Similarly, employers discriminate in a way when recruiting staff. There will be many applicants, so employers need to make a choice. They choose the best person for the job by discriminating according to the applicants' skills, experience, etc.
These types of discrimination makes sense.
But some types of discrimination are unfair and against the law. For example, a sensible employer does not make decisions about who to give a job to based on irrelevant personal characteristics, like someone's race or gender.
First Post
This is Laura's first post . I am enrolled in the Women's Ed Course and part of the modules is Women using the Internet. The topics in this module are as follows .
What is the Internet, Women and the Internet , Search tools , Women and the Internet, Search Tools ,Internet Safety, Email, Build own site ,Research task, and then Assessment.