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Does anyone have links to well designed garden ideas? I'm looking for links to good photographs, or even video links. I'm NOT interested in flower, or the extremely fancy herb gardens. I'm interested in really practicle gardens that produce fruits, vegtables, berries, and possibly small orchards. Living and working on my own farm leaves me little to no time to tour the gardens of other people. I'm always looking for good ideas I can incorperate into my own gardens and orchard. So links with pictures, good drawings, or videos would be very much appreciated!

Any great backyard flower garden layouts? My first backyard (long rectangular shape with trees in corners) and I really want to design a great flower garden layout. Anyone know of any websites with great garden layouts? I want neat ideas. Thanks!

What's the best way to start planting a flower garden? I just bought my first house, and I have no idea where to begin in planting and designing a flower garden. If it helps I live in Virginia where it's a little warmer.

Flower garden stencils? How do you make flowers form designs and words in the ground? I have seen this and would like to make one with initials in front of a restaurant, in the garden but have no idea where to start. Would you use stencils on the ground?

Landscape Design, Landscape services? Which do I need? I bought a house that hasn't had any landscaping done to it at all. Unless you count overgrown bushes, weeds, and the neighbors bushes encroaching in my yard. I want to get a flower garden started next spring. I have a guy who will cut the bushes and weeds for me. He could do tilling if I need it or i can. But it's the garden design I need help with. I'm not sure what flowers and plants would work best in my yard and I'm not that good at color design and design ideas. But I don't necessarily need someone to do all the planting for me. I just need to know What to plant Where and When. Like a "Paint-By-Numbers" design for my garden. Is this the type of service a landscape designer would do? Or a landscape service? If not them, then who would be able to do something like this? And how much done something like that cost (ballpark)? I'd appreciate information from other gardeners and especially people who work in the landscape business. Thanks. P.S. Please don't suggest I buy a bunch of garden books. I have a bunch. I still can't decide where to begin.

What's the best way to design a perennial garden? I have a large space - 26' - along the front of my house. I think I'm going to make the bed about 3 or 4' in width. What's the best way to lay out my garden? Should it be symmetrical or just bunched and more free (like a cottage garden)? I'm thinking of using Delphinium, Echinacea, Daylilies, Oriental Lilies, small shrub roses (2'x3') and then some small ornamental grasses and 2-4" border flowers in the front. I think I'm also going to put a weeping redbud on the left side. Do you have any ideas for how I should do this... I'm at a loss!!!

Garden stepping stone ideas.....? I have all the supplies to make a small (dinner plate size) garden stepping stone, but need some ideas for what the design should be. I have different colored glass, but can't come up with a small picture. Like a fish, flower, etc. Can someone give me some more ideas??

Garden stepping stone ideas please? I have all the supplies to make a small (dinner plate size) garden stepping stone, but need some ideas for what the design should be. I have different colored glass, but can't come up with a small picture. Like a fish, flower, etc. Can someone give me some more ideas?? Soldiers Girl............... Those are a little elaborate, but WOW !! I absolutely love the site and YOU have given me some more ideas! I've always loved stained glass, now I have more ideas for the garden and I'm going out to get some stuff to make another project right now. Thank you so much =) You inspired me girl !

Designing a 'Fairytale' garden, any ideas what to make/do? Umm... There's a horrible dull patch in my garden and we need to brighten it up so.. I really need some help and inspiration for what I'll make/do. The theme will be 'Fairytale'. So far, I have some bits and pieces planned like making toadstools, a raised flowerbed and an arch with climbing vibrant flowers. Anything to add? Thanks! x (:

Any idea where to find a landscape designer to design my home's backyard in Livermore CA? Any references? Any Looking to have a nice garden with lot of colourful flowers & design for front & back yard.

my mom is starting a gardening design buisness and we need a good creative name, any ideas? she is basically starting a business, where she takes a property and completely re-designs or starts designing the property then she will plant the flowers to, and take care of them. The only problem is.... she doesn't have a name. please help!!!

Landscape/garden design client horrors. Convincing client what they want is awful? Three years ago I was hired to landscape a gravelly, weedy front yard zone 6b,into something that would enhance the property/house. Client liked the idea of eliminating the lost-cause "lawn", wanted flowering plants, a sitting area. I designed a plan, installed or had installed most of it (would have been 100% but for her not providing suff.$$) and have done maintenance. AFTER having spent many weeks on design work, plant selection, hardscape materials and having mostly completed everything she began slyly expressing dissatisfaction such as mentioning how she has always loved Hydrangeas (macrophylla), Delphimiums, Oriental Poppies, huge tall billowy things, "being surrounded by things she loves" which included hideous plants (chrome yellow coreopsis and others) which clash with the house both in flower and foliage. The house is a very pale tone of dull yellow green, looks almost gray/green, faces directly South and gets full sun dawn to sunset. It is directly across from the ocean and is windswept. The plants I chose were creeping thyme, fine textured artemesias, echinacias, lavenders, sedums, sempervivums, achillea, liatris, helictotrichon, dwarf Japanese black pine, small horizontal junipers cedars, a few winter-blooming heaths, and others. About 60% of the flowers are in the pale-med red/violet family with others pale-med violet or blue and a few butter yellow. Predominant foliage colors are grayish green, deep green, blue-green with about 10% burgundy foliage. Most are very short plants with talls placed around the perimeter and in a couple other places for accent. The yard is small, 20dx35w. The entire yard is an excellent design and the plants are all perfect with each other and with the house and hardscape. Now she is on again about Hydrangeas, Delphimiums (which get eaten by snails + need to be staked), other very tall plants, brilliant yellow, AND "small" tree (exactly in the center of the lot, too). How do you convince someone that a front yard is about the house, its style/color/shape, about the location, about what can thrive there and look good and not about "being surrounded by things she loves". If she fills the yard up with all these things she loves it will be more hideous than when I began work. How do you cope with a design client who does not understand design or plants? Is it better to drop the client and lose the money than cope with the excruciating frustration?

I am planning my garden and need some ideas and tips? Every year my mom and I design our garden around this time but I have been assigned to find the plants I want this year. We already have lilies and tulips planted, they're so pretty. We have these three azalea bushes that I can't wait to get rid of but I want more flowers that will be eye-catching and pretty. I don't mind if I have to replant them next year. I really like Bleeding Heart flowers, they're gorgeous. What are good flowers to plant in the early spring? I am thinking of planting a Cherry Blossom tree but I don't know. Ideas? I live in Baltimore, MD and the weather isn't supposed to drop back down under 50 again and this upcoming week its gonna be high 60's with rain :) The springs are normally warm... I'm near the Chesapeake Bay--about ten minutes away by car. My neighborhood is mostly grass, my garden is against the kitchen and right next to my neighbor's huge tree. My yard gets ALOT of water when it rains, to the point of little pools in the grass

Why am I so obsessed with gardening, plants,flowers, animals and birds? I noticed that I have been obsessed with gardenting since it's my first time starting a veggtable garden. Me and my boyfriend went to Lowe's yesterday and I spent 30 min in the garden area I wanted to buy everything I just ended up buying hummingbir food and a blueberry bush. I Went home and I started to pull a bunch of weeds and clean and water my garden, then I layed bird and squirrel food along my fence and I cleaned my hummingbird feeders and filled them up with hummingbird necter that I had made. I told my boyriend I should have bought a couple of more plants and seed that I saw there at the store but when I go back I will buy them. I want to buy and plant everything I love all plants and growing them from a seed. I love giving the seeds life because plants give oxygen to the world. Is there something wrong with me? oh and if you have garden design ideas please feel free to share. Thank you.

Dried Hydrangeas? Does anyone have any flower designs Ideas that I can incorporate with lavendar colored hydrangeas that I dried out from the garden? I lean more towards natural colors and earthy texures like twisted sticks, pussy willows, rocks and ferns things like that. Any ideas would be welcomed and appreciated..Thanks!

Does anyone have any suggestions for a kind of flower to put on the rim of a birdbath? I'm having to design a bird bath for school, and I'm looking for some kind of short flower to put in rim, which I'll be using as a planter. Does anyone have any suggestions, preferably something that comes in either white, blue, or pink, and very short (a bit like cress height)? I've tried looking on gardening centre websites for ideas, but I don't really get a sense of scale.

How can I "design" a CREATIVE CONTAINER GARDEN using these limitations? In the ongoing drought conditions (it has been 35+ years since my region has had SUBSTANTIAL PRECIPITATION) I am concerned about using any more water than I HAVE TO. I am considering starting a Container garden to raise simple flowers and eventually a Vegetable garden. I live so far out in the boonies that no water is pumped from my local metropolitan city to my neighborhood. Living on Well water, I try to live as "Earth-friendly" possible. How can / if should I try to pump the wash water from my clotheswasher to water my container garden? %I currently pipe this water outdoors, into my yard. The weeds are growing like..... WEEDS along this side of the house! I have to mow only that spot of my yard to keep my yard looking "respectable" and under control to prevent the possibility of grassfires - which my region has just just faught a major grassfire that had torched the entire region. Thanks for creative ideas.

How do I design my bedroom with an Alice in Wonderland theme? I will be getting a new bedroom in a few months and it is about medium size and I would like the decorating theme to be Alice in Wonderland. The Disneys movie and the scene where alice is in the Golden Afternoon Garden. You know, with the big flowers and mushrooms etc... I have a loft bed and they might build one of those ebcesses windowd where it goes out and theres a window seat. I also have a dresser that is raw wood so I can paint it or stain it. My bed is a light pine wood but I cannot stain or paint it.... sooo.... any ideas to decorate my room? Any I can start now before my room is built?

HOw do you plan on designing your garden(s) this spring/summer? hmmmm ..... Wish I could spend a lot more, but decided to plant on one side all blue gladiolus (around 30 I guess), in the middle a jiant spread of huge zinnia's/color variety, then on the right side a slew of fushia w/white lillies (so expensive but very gorgeous flower indeed!) The background will be the biggest/tallest/largest sunflower possible/plant those every year. Aren't sunflowers charming? and inexpenive :-) any idea's for a nice border? some type of greenery that's highly attractive, grows well in full sun? What's your gardening plans this season? :o)

How should I plant flowers in my planter box? I have a 8X13 concrete planter box in front of my home. I have never planted flowers before so I have no idea what to do in order to create a nice looking flower garden. What are some flowers that look good together and how should I plant them? I want to do a bunch of bright colorful flowers. I need a design and also need to know how far apart I should plant each flower. If any can come up with some ideas, please let me know. I'm not sure what kind of dirt is there but I can replace it with potting soil. I live in southeast Texas, so I think that's hardiness zones 8 and 9. I'm not sure when the ground warms or freezes. I am fairly new to the area and I just recently bought my first home. The sun probably starts shining on the box about midday and continues until it sets. I originally thought that I wanted perennials but then I saw alot of pretty annuals and I think I like the idea of being able to change the look each year. I just want some pretty flowers or maybe some that attract butterflys, but just pretty is fine. I'm not really worried about being able to change them rapidly. I can have tall flowers and I kinda like the idea of having some that drape over the side. I'd like to have some that are fairly low maintenance becuase I have very little experience with flowers.

Teen bedroom design...please help I'm so confused!!! so i've been trying to figure out how to design/decorate my room for years now and I finally thought I had it nailed down when I all the sudden think I don't know if this will look good etc...I might want to be an interior designer/decorator when I'm older (im 15) so I have a billion different ideas for every room im in. anyway I have a full color palate and a picture which i was going to turn into a mural but I dont know which colors to choose, if it will look good, if it will be too much etc. theres a picture of it so you can see for yourself. oh and if you have other ideas im completely open to suggestion...you can probably tell I LOVE bright, happy colors...Thanks! http://www.wallpapermurals.co.uk/mural-gallery/flowers-and-garden/poppy-mural/

Any ideas on low maintenance plants, fruit trees etc? i am designing for course work a low maintenance contemporary garden, the clients do not like flowers . And would like zero maintenance i did think of bamboo trees but these are a little boring i would like to add some color. Also i would like a large fruit tree that requires no maintenance any suggestions welcome? many thanks

preparing a garden bed for a butterfly garden.? it will be on the south side of my house, and i live in zone 5 ( dont know if that matters). here is the garden that i am going to try to build. it is the second one down http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/gardens/butterfly/designs.html how do i get the soil ready for the plants? and do i put mulch in around the plants? ive never had a garden before so im kinda just learning. i am going to go get a book from the library next week, but i want to see if i can even afford to try to build a garden like this. also if you look at the size scale of that garden, it is the same size as the area i have to use. about how many plants of each of those flowers should i purchase? i have been told that most of those spread, so should i just buy like 1 or two plants of each or should i try to plant seeds? any ideas are appreciated? thanks

I Need Ideas For My Art Final Piece!? I need an idea (or ideas!) for my BTEC fine art design final piece. I am an okay drawer i think - do not want to be modest or anything. I like to draw tigers but however have to combind flowers into the piece as it is for a garden centre. I have a few pictures you can see, unfortunately they are on facebook. Thanks for all your help :) http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=821825513&ref=profile#/photo.php?pid=6590701&id=821825513 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=821825513&ref=profile#/photo.php?pid=6590702&id=821825513 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=821825513&ref=profile#/photo.php?pid=6590769&id=821825513

Could please answer these problem solving on applications on linear equations? We had these 50 item homework about it and I cannot answer 10 of it so please help me? Here are the problems: 1.Novels. A literature professor owns 400 novels. The number of horror novels is 46% of the number of science fiction novels; the number of science fiction novels is 65% of the number of romance novels; and the number of mystery novels is 17% of the number of horror novels. How many science fiction novels does the professor have? Round to the nearest ones. 2.Installing Seamless Guttering. The Jordans are installing seamless guttering on their house. This type of guttering is delivered on a continuous roll. Sections are then cut from the roll as needed. The Jordans know that they need 127 ft of guttering for 6 separate sections and that the four shortest sections will be the same size. The longest piece of guttering is 13ft more than twice the length of the mid-size piece. The shortest piece of guttering is 10ft less than the mid-size piece. How long is each piece of guttering. 3.Real Estate Commission. The following is typical real estate commission on the selling price of a house: 7% for the first $100,000, and 4% for the amount that exceeds $100,000. A realtor receives a commission of $10,320 for selling a house. What was the selling price? 4.Picture Framing. A piece of wood trim that is 100 in. Long is to be cut into pieces, and those pieces are each to be cut into four pieces to form a square frame. The length of a side of one square is to be 1½ times the length of a side of the other. How should the wood be cut? 5.Carpet Cleaning. A carpet company charges $75 to clean the first 200 sq ft of carpet. There is an additional charge of 25¢ per sq ft for any footage that exceeds 200 sq ft and $1.40 per step for any carpeting on a staircase. A customer’s cleaning bill was $253.95. this included the cleaning of a staircase. In addition to the staircase, how many sq ft of carpet did the customer have cleaned? 6.Triangular Piece Monument. In Indianapolis, Indiana, children have turned a vacant lot into a monument for peace. This community project brought together neighborhood volunteers, businesses, and government in hopes of showing children positive nonviolent ways of dealing with conflict. A landscape architect used the children’s drawings and ideas to design a triangular are formed by Indiana Avenue and Senate Avenue. The third side is formed by an apartment building. The second angle of the triangle is 7º more than the first. The third angle is 7º less than twice the first. How large are the angles? 7.Moving sidewalks. A moving sidewalk in O’Hare Airport is 300ft long and moves at a speed of 5 ft/sec. If Kate walks at a speed of 4ft/sec, how long will it take her to travel the 300 ft using the moving sidewalk? 8.Blending Flower Seeds. Tara’s website, Garden Edibles, specializes in the sale of herbs and flowers for colorful meals and garnishes. Tara sells packets of nasturtium seeds for 95¢ each and packets Johnny-jump-up seed for $1.43 each. She decides to offer a 16-packet spring garden combination, combining packets of both types of seeds at $1.10 per packet. How many packets of each type of seed should be put in her garden mix? 9.Air Travel. An airplane flies 1062 mi with the wind. In the same amount of time, it can fly 738 mi against the wind. The speed of the plane in still air 200 mph. Find the speed of the wind. 10.Planning an Intertribal Dance. Hannah Two Rivers and Feather McBride are planning the Intertribal Dance Event for September’s Council Tree Pow Wow and Cultural Festival. Less experienced, Feather estimates that if she were working alone, it would take her 9 hours longer than Hannah to complete the job. Working together, the two women finish in 20 hrs. How long would it take each, working alone, to complete the job?

Is this a good costume idea? I want to get a nude colored body suit, maybe one from american apparel. And then I want to get pretty fake flowers from Michaels or Joannes...and put them all over in a cool design. Its not really a costume, it would be more like being a flower garden but I think it would be really sexy and original. And I can make my hair really big and high fashion looking. Ya or No? I am 20 years old, live in LA, and skinny so its ok to dress slutty, lol

What's the best website for searching idea's about gardening? I have some really nice space this spring in my yard for planting flowers and I would like get some good idea's on any layouts or designs.

During this recession, what do you think of these ideas for saving and making money? 1. Set up an apple cider stand on a crisp fall day. 2. Start a gift-wrapping service at the holidays. 3. Sell items from the attic using an on-line auction service. 4. Wear your winter coat one more season 5. Set up an automatic paycheck withdrawal for $2 per week. 6. Hold a garage sale. 7. Barter with neighbors or friends for needed household services. 8. Babysit for neighbors. 9. Mow lawns. 10. Post a flyer at the grocery store offering to help people move. 11. Start a spring cleaning service. 12.Walk dogs. 13. Offer seamstress and tailoring services. 14. Sew instead of buying clothes or home accessories. 15. Provide a taxi service for elderly neighbors. 16. Bike to work. 17. Car pool. 18. Use public transportation. 19. Park in the less expensive lots and enjoy the exercise you get from walking! 20. Conserve electricity at home and estimate monthly savings. 21. Find a student (kindergarten through college) who needs a tutor. 22. Cut out candy and snacks; donate what you save on these purchases and dental bills! 23. Take outgrown kids' clothes to a consignment shop. 24. Take your duds from the '70s or '80s to a vintage shop-everything old is new again! 25. Camp instead of staying in hotels on vacation. 26. Give up cable television for a few months--or forever! 27. Pet sit for neighbors who are traveling. 28. Make Saturday "Homemade Pasta Night" instead of dining out. 29. Borrow the latest best-sellers from the library instead of buying them. 30. Give up soft drinks for a whole summer. 31. Take a Thermos of fresh-brewed coffee to work instead of stopping for gourmet brew. 32. For your birthday, ask friends and family to make a gift to Mennonite Board of Missions, Commission on Overseas Mission, Commision on Home Ministries or Ministries Commission, Mennonite Church Canada in your name. 33. Give up your gym membership for the summer and exercise in the fresh air and sunshine. 34. Use coupons when shopping, and donate the savings. 35. Shop at yard sales and thrift stores--you never know when you'll find a hidden treasure. 36. For large household purchases, look for bargains on-line. 37. Pay off credit card debt so no interest collects. 38. Don't let water run while brushing teeth and turn out lights when you leave a room. 39. Offer your services as an office temp or substitute teacher. 40. Design Web sites for local families and businesses. 41. Buy cost-cutter brands for staples and household supplies. 42. Email friends and family instead of calling. 43. Make your own gift cards for holidays and birthdays. 44. Wear more "hand-me-downs" instead of buying new clothes. 45. Buy clothes that mix-and-match for each season. 46. Start flowers from seeds instead of buying seedlings. 47. Put on a family or neighborhood talent show and charge admission. 48. Use vinegar and water for a general household cleaning solution and save on expensive products. 49. Collect cans. 50. Study your health insurance policy and discover ways to avoid health care costs. 51. Plant a larger garden and sell vegetables at a roadside stand. 52. Instead of taking friends or clients out to dinner, send a donation in their name. 53. Donate your holiday club account and give homemade gifts this year. 54. Instead of buying a new CD every week, trade with your friends. 55. Scale back your vacation this year, or choose a service project instead. 56. Wait another six months for any major household purchase. 57. Postpone an upgrade to a software application you use. 58. Make a choice: Chocolate or coffee. Movies or eating out. Experience the one you choose more fully and donate your savings. 59. Buy a live plant instead of fresh flowers to decorate your table. 60. Love your looks--give up hair color, permanents, and other things that detract from your natural beauty. 61. Learn calligraphy and make money addressing invitations and lettering announcements. 62. For special family nights, plan on a video and pizza at home instead of dinner and a movie out. 63. Take the kids to the grocery store with you instead of hiring a babysitter. 64. Restrict your use of the cellular phone to emergencies only. 65. Choose eyeglasses with a sun clip instead of buying prescription sunglasses. 66. Wait for summer clothes to go on sale. 67. Be creative with leftovers--use them for work lunches. 68. Find loose change and save it in a coffee can for a year. 69. Bathe the dog yourself and save the groomer's costs. 70. Do your own house painting this spring instead of hiring a professional. 71. Play tennis on the public courts and save fees. 72. Give up golf for a few weekends and hike in a state park instead. 73. Rake lawns in your neighborhood in the fall. 74. Donate your expense checks from work-related travel. 75. Hold a bake sale. 76. Have friends over for parlor games instead of going out to the theater or a concert. 77. Shovel snow for money. 78. Organize a neighborhood car wash. 79. Sell lem

Where did Emma Watson get her Converse X-hi tops (garden pattern)? Do you have any idea where she could have got them or where they can be on other websites? I've already tried the make-your-own converse on converse.com and they didn't have that specific design...it's like a creamy color with pink&orange flowers on them and green leaves...yeah, I need them! haha.

What book club is best for gardening? My husband has a landscape business and I would like to learn more about all types of annuals, perennial, tree shrubs, rose bushes, or any type of flowers. I would like to get into a book club about this and also that gives ideas on how to care for them and ideas for landscape designs, can anyone suggest any? Thanks

Looking for web sites w/ pictures of how ppl have hidden hot tub/spa in and amongst flowers not just decking I have a 16 x 25 foot side yard w/privacy fencing that I want to transform into a lush garden retreat. As part of the design I want to add our hot tub. Rather then deck it in like most people I want it surrounded with perennials and annuals. I want to add a narrow winding wooden walk way that leads through the side yard but then off to the tub. I am looking for a site that shows other home owners hiding there tub in a garden setting and not just decking it in. If you have done this or Know some one who has and has posted pictures I would be very interested in seeing them to get ideas. thanks in advance

Help with this Differentiation question please!? Am really confused by this question =( Q) A gardener is considering a new design for his garden; he has a rectangular lawn measuring 5m by 3m and wants to dig up part of it to include a flower bed along the 3m edge. the equation of the curved edge of the flower bed is y = -x2 + 2x + 3 Calculate the area of flower bed. I don't even have any idea how to approach this..

i need your advice on starting a Go Green Club at my Highschool, i am not confident.? i really want to start a Go Green Club at my school, but i am scared and dont have confidence that it would be a success. my school is somewhat filled approx. 65% of thugs and gangsters, and am afriad that if i set up a garden, they would vandalize it, trash it, or ripp up the flowers. i have good ideas but im scared that the ppl in the club would be bored and drop out of it. i hate to see my club filled with only 10 members. should i still do the club? i know i can lead the club, but im afriad the ppl might think my ideas are dumb and lame. i was thinking on making crafts during the meetings lik - turning a milk carton into a wallet, is that lame or dumb idea? - and having an afterschool meeting to paint Go Green themed trashcans by the memebers, then placing the trashcans around the school. - i also wanted to make laminated membership cards, just cus they look cool to have one! - i was also planning to have a garden in an area of the school to plant stuff, but afriad that thugs woulds step on it and ruin it, i would feel so depressed if i found our hard work tarnished and emberrissed to, i dont want ppl see our club looking lame cus ppl trash it. - i was also planning to have meetings after school to also have the members go around to each classroom every other week and collect scrap paper - and on EARTH DAY we can set up a stand and sell food and handmade crafts, lik the wallets and etc. - for fundraising, i was thinking on selling beaded bracelets-- which are "in" at our school right now, with a "go green" letters on it for a dollar - also bottons, bags, lanyard, stickers too - but i havent thought of fieldtrips yet tho. - and i already have cool t shirt design too! i have asked my friends about that idea but many of the said "thugs and gangsters might destroy and not respect our stuff" that just stopped me there. i really hav planns and want to do this, but i dont have confidence and unsure, and thats whats stopping me i am afraid to take the leap, the risk, to start that club, becuase im afriad it would be dumb and lame towards ppl, and nobody would join, what if i gets boring, wat if ppl stop showing up to the meetings, i dont want others clubs and teachers to see this club as a failure! should i do it? and why?

i need your advice on starting a Go Green Club at my Highschool, but i am not confident.? i need your advice on starting a Go Green Club at my Highschool, i am not confident.? i really want to start a Go Green Club at my school, but i am scared and dont have confidence that it would be a success. my school is somewhat filled approx. 65% of thugs and gangsters, and am afriad that if i set up a garden, they would vandalize it, trash it, or ripp up the flowers. i have good ideas but im scared that the ppl in the club would be bored and drop out of it. i hate to see my club filled with only 10 members. should i still do the club? i know i can lead the club, but im afriad the ppl might think my ideas are dumb and lame. i was thinking on making crafts during the meetings lik - turning a milk carton into a wallet, is that lame or dumb idea? - and having an afterschool meeting to paint Go Green themed trashcans by the memebers, then placing the trashcans around the school. - i also wanted to make laminated membership cards, just cus they look cool to have one! - i was also planning to have a garden in an area of the school to plant stuff, but afriad that thugs woulds step on it and ruin it, i would feel so depressed if i found our hard work tarnished and emberrissed to, i dont want ppl see our club looking lame cus ppl trash it. - i was also planning to have meetings after school to also have the members go around to each classroom every other week and collect scrap paper - and on EARTH DAY we can set up a stand and sell food and handmade crafts, lik the wallets and etc. - for fundraising, i was thinking on selling beaded bracelets-- which are "in" at our school right now, with a "go green" letters on it for a dollar - also bottons, bags, lanyard, stickers too - but i havent thought of fieldtrips yet tho. - and i already have cool t shirt design too! i have asked my friends about that idea but many of the said "thugs and gangsters might destroy and not respect our stuff" that just stopped me there. i really hav planns and want to do this, but i dont have confidence and unsure, and thats whats stopping me i am afraid to take the leap, the risk, to start that club, becuase im afriad it would be dumb and lame towards ppl, and nobody would join, what if i gets boring, wat if ppl stop showing up to the meetings, i dont want others clubs and teachers to see this club as a failure! should i do it? and why?

Would this be a good birthday gift for my wife? My wife was recently let go from a floral shop. She is currently a bartender in downtown DC. She seems happy, but I can tell she really misses flower arrangements and even the business side of it. My idea was to have a website designed for her, design a logo/business card/letterhead/etc. and purchase all the necessary tools needed for flower arrangement and even gardening if needed (though we live in a small apartment in DC, so the gardening would have to be done elsewhere if she insisted on doing that). She is effing talented with it and knows a lot about color, plane, volume, shape, negative space, etc. etc. I have no doubt she'd do a great job. Also, she speaks Spanish fluently and we live in a predominantly spanish section of the city which I'm sure would work well for her. Does this seem like a good gift or should I just scrap this idea and go straight to the jewelry?

Good idea for shabby chic style colour wall? I am trying to design my room in a shabby chic style, i already have a white wooden bed, a large white wooden set of drawers and then a small set of drawers. I would like a feature wall where my bed is, but my bed covers are patchwork with flowers, chequered in colours like baby blue, baby pink, lime green and white, and i am just unsure what colour to use on my feature wall. These are my bed sheets: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SHABBY-CHIC-PATCHWORK-FLORAL-SINGLE-DUVET-SET-BN-/250696006022?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Bedroom_Bedding_PP&hash=item3a5ea57986 Any ideas on what i can do without it clashing too much?

Please read a few....chapters from my story? I know it REALLY SUX! But it would be nice if i had a few reviews on it! Btw I'm only 11 years old (I kno the main character is 18 years old, but my cousin is that age and I kind of based the character from him.) PLEASE READ IT!!! Thanx for all of you who do! :D And yes i kno its long, but i would appreciate it if you read it :) One I really wish I could change my decision. I also regret my unfaithful choice. It was a risky decision, but here I am, facing death every second I move, for my unfulfilling idea was completely stupid. But maybe it wasn’t. Maybe—just maybe, that this choice was the right one after all, the choice that not getting my powers at the right time was a good way to go. However, my life was put in grave danger that way. Maybe death is a choice for me anyway. My life has never been perfect; well I will just have to keep dreaming. Powers. At the age of 12, you start developing powers. Powers are a…well power that you develop. But, however, these powers aren’t like Super-Man, or Spider-Man, these are special personal designed powers that are born in your blood. You still are a normal human, but you have a sort of “sixth sense”, as my dad calls it. I’m at the age of eighteen, and I still haven’t developed a single power…at all. This is because when you reach at age eleven, you prepare and get checked by certain medical persons, and they decide when your powers are going to start to be developed, and it isn’t just a guess. They give you an exact date on when you’ll acquire that gift. And they had to hold me back on the process to get my powers. It’s very…embarrassing. I’m not going into details, but I do get picked on for this. But, not everyone gets powers…at all. “You will develop them---in the next seven months, Mr. Bradshaw.” Dr. Pavlov said looking at his clipboard, then to me. I was in the section on the hospital where you get checked for powers. I didn’t care where. “I’d say you’d keep it cool, a couple of weeks from now you will get a letter saying the date when you develop. Sorry to keep you waiting so long.” He said. “It’s okay, I’ve waited years for this day, I’m sure I can wait a few more months.” I said in a limited laugh. “Okay, you’re free to go.” He chuckled. I sauntered out of the white room. “So, when?” I heard dad ask as I walked seamlessly to the waiting room. “Seven more months.” I grumbled. I was practically lying to the doctor. “Well, you can survive.” Mom mouthed, then patting me on the back. “I guess.” I said, rolling my eyes. 1. My family…is the ordinary, all of the above type of family—except me. My dad, he works at a fitness program company and co-owns it. His confidant friend is the original owner, they both work out there also…every day in matter of fact. I don’t stay in touch with him a lot, I barley even see him a day. His power is mostly concerned on weight. He can also have visions on seeing images on a person’s past life. It’s sort of like reading minds, but different on seeing images rather than hearing. Mom…she works at a floral shop, just down the street. She hands out the flowers, plus she is like special at gardening. Flowers are mostly her personality, nothing much about mom. Her power is all about…well gardening. Yeah…that’s pretty weird isn’t it? But it’s the way it is, I guess. I really don’t actually know if mom has a power, I think it’s just her personality to garden… She never told me. My younger brother, Jeff, who’s fifteen, takes much on dad’s side. Let’s face it, he is more muscular than me, better looks, tanner, gets the girls (which every time I think of that I just roll my eyes), smart, and is…so called “popular”. That explains most of him. The only think that bugs me the most is having a brother who is more mature than me. He has powers, which is a shock-energy power, born in his blood to do it. Not surprised. I don’t really get it though. Oh, and me? The scrawny, little un-popular, not fit, or any of what Jeff got. I’m practically jealous of him, to be honest. We rode home from the hospital, getting ready to move to a new destination. My dad’s co-company is moving, so we must as well. He’s taking most of the equipment along with him; mom is also going to make a business of her own, being a florist. Moving to a new location. Yippee. “Chris!” Mom called unexpectedly to me. “I need your help lifting some of these boxes! They’re unbelievably heavy!” Mom groaned. Yeah, like I could help, as helpless as I am. I thought, as I jogged to mom to “try” to help. “Where’s Jeff?” I asked while I panted. “He’s helping your father getting the exercise equipment downtown.” She said loading her flowers into the moving van, packed in loads of bubble-wrap around on all of her flower vases, then lays it in a box that said: Caution. FRAGILE “Of course.” I said rolling my eyes. I grabbed a box of her cookb

PLZ PLZ PLZPLZ! Read a few pages in my story!!?!??!?!?! Thnx!? Here, I know some parts can be confusing, but i will go back and edit it later! I need detailed, really good answers! PLZ!!! I NEED CRITICS lol Here:::: One I really wish I could change my decision. I also regret my unfaithful choice. It was a risky decision, but here I am, facing death every second I move, for my unfulfilling idea was completely stupid. But maybe it wasn’t. Maybe—just maybe, that this choice was the right one after all, the choice that not getting my powers at the right time was a good way to go. However, my life was put in grave danger that way. Maybe death is a choice for me anyway. My life has never been perfect…but neither has yours. Powers. At the age of 12, you start developing powers. Powers are a…well power that you develop. But, however, these powers aren’t like Super-Man, or Spider-Man, these are special personal designed powers that are born in your blood. You still are a normal human, but you have a sort of “sixth sense”, as my dad calls it. I’m at the age of eighteen, and I still haven’t developed a single power…at all. This is because when you reach at age eleven, you prepare and get checked by certain medical persons, and they decide when your powers are going to start to be developed, and it isn’t just a guess. They give you an exact date on when you’ll acquire that gift. And they had to hold me back on the process to get my powers. It’s very…embarrassing. I’m not going into details, but I do get picked on for this. But, not everyone gets powers…at all. “You will develop them---in the next seven months, Mr. Bradshaw.” Dr. Pavlov said looking at his clipboard, then to me. I was in the section on the hospital where you get checked for powers. “I’d say you’d keep it cool, a couple of weeks from now you will get a letter saying the date when you develop. Sorry to keep you waiting so long.” He said. “It’s okay, I’ve waited years for this day, I’m sure I can wait a few more months.” I said in a limited laugh. “Okay, you’re free to go.” He chuckled. I sauntered out of the white room. “So, when?” I heard dad ask as I walked seamlessly to the waiting room. “Seven more months.” I grumbled. I was practically lying to the doctor. “Well, you can survive.” Mom mouthed. “I guess.” I said, rolling my eyes. 1 My family…is the ordinary, all of the above type of family—except me. My dad, he works at a fitness program and co-owns it. His confidant friend owns it, they both work out there also…every day in matter of fact. I don’t stay in touch with him a lot, I barley even see him a day. His power is mostly concerned on weight. He can also have visions on seeing images on a person’s past life. It’s sort of like reading minds, but different on seeing images rather than hearing. Mom…she works at a floral shop, just down the street. She hands out the flowers, plus she is like special at gardening. Flowers are mostly her personality, nothing much about mom. Her power is all about…well gardening. Yeah…that’s pretty weird isn’t it? But it’s the way it is, I guess. My younger brother, Jeff, who’s fifteen, takes much on dad’s side. Let’s face it, he is more muscular than me, better looks, tanner, gets the girls (which every time I think of that I just roll my eyes), smart, and is…so called “popular”. That explains most of him. The only think that bugs me the most is having a brother who is more mature than me. He has powers, which is a shock-energy power, born in his blood to do it. Not surprised. Oh, and me? The scrawny, little un-popular, not fit, or any of what Jeff got. I’m practically jealous of him, to be honest. We rode home from the hospital, getting ready to move to a new destination. My dad’s co-company is moving, so we must as well. He’s taking most of the equipment along with him; mom is also going to make a business of her own, being a florist. Moving to a new location. Yippee. “Chris!” Mom called unexpectedly to me. “I need your help lifting some of these boxes! They’re unbelievably heavy!” Mom groaned. Yeah, like I could help, as helpless as I am. I thought, as I ran to mom to “try” to help. “Where’s Jeff?” I asked while I panted. “He’s helping your father getting the exercise equipment downtown.” She said loading her flowers into the moving van, packed in loads of bubble-wrap around on all of her flower vases, then lays it in a box that said: Caution. FRAGILE “Of course.” I said rolling my eyes. I grabbed a box of her cookbooks and set them in the moving van. “Oh, don’t be that way sweetie, you will get them too.” She said in a voice that sounded like she was talking to a five-year-old. “Yeah, seven months!” I complained, setting another box in the truck. “It’ll go by quick, trust me.” 2. At that moment, my cell phone rang in my pocket. I clutched it out of my pocket and ran back inside the house to talk to who whoever it was calling me. “Hey Joseph!” Obviously, it was Joseph. “Hey, listen, is it alright if I could come over and help you load stuff before you move?” He asked. “Well sure! We could use it, definitely.” “Okay…I will see ya in about—“ All of a sudden I spun around to see what all the commotion was. It was Joseph. His power was…well speed. “Now.” He said as he punched me on the shoulder. OUCH! I thought in my mind, but didn’t reveal the pain. Does everyone with powers have strength? Geese. OMG FIRST QUESTION! THNX! And i bet the rest will be fine as well....umm u email me first. Cause i cnt find ur email in ur first profile. Guys, i didnt mean for it to be kind of like Sky High. This i thought was differnt, if u read my mind, u guys would see wat im talking about LOL! The book has a more sinister tone, SKy High was like powers were u like...its hard to explain but its much different people!

Can you please read a few pages in my story??? PLEASE??? lol? I am only 12 years old without barley any writing experience, but please read it, i need some critics on this. I know it resembles Sky High, but trust me if u read the rest i have its more sinister and more...realistic. This really is nothing compared to...that...gay...sky high if u were in my mind lol. One I really wish I could change my decision. I also regret my unfaithful choice. It was a risky decision, but here I am, facing death every second I move, for my unfulfilling idea was completely stupid. But maybe it wasn’t. Maybe—just maybe, that this choice was the right one after all, the choice that not getting my powers at the right time was a good way to go. However, my life was put in grave danger that way. Maybe death is a choice for me anyway. My life has never been perfect…but neither has yours. Powers. At the age of 12, you start developing powers. Powers are a…well power that you develop. But, however, these powers aren’t like Super-Man, or Spider-Man, these are special personal designed powers that are born in your blood. You still are a normal human, but you have a sort of "sixth sense", as my dad calls it. I’m at the age of eighteen, and I still haven’t developed a single power…at all. This is because when you reach at age eleven, you prepare and get checked by certain medical persons, and they decide when your powers are going to start to be developed, and it isn’t just a guess. They give you an exact date on when you’ll acquire that gift. And they had to hold me back on the process to get my powers. It’s very…embarrassing. I’m not going into details, but I do get picked on for this. But, not everyone gets powers…at all. "You will develop them---in the next seven months, Mr. Bradshaw." Dr. Pavlov said looking at his clipboard, then to me. I was in the section on the hospital where you get checked for powers. "I’d say you’d keep it cool, a couple of weeks from now you will get a letter saying the date when you develop. Sorry to keep you waiting so long." He said. "It’s okay, I’ve waited years for this day, I’m sure I can wait a few more months." I said in a limited laugh. "Okay, you’re free to go." He chuckled. I sauntered out of the white room. "So, when?" I heard dad ask as I walked seamlessly to the waiting room. "Seven more months." I grumbled. I was practically lying to the doctor. "Well, you can survive." Mom mouthed. "I guess." I said, rolling my eyes. 1 My family…is the ordinary, all of the above type of family—except me. My dad, he works at a fitness program and co-owns it. His confidant friend owns it, they both work out there also…every day in matter of fact. I don’t stay in touch with him a lot, I barley even see him a day. His power is mostly concerned on weight. He can also have visions on seeing images on a person’s past life. It’s sort of like reading minds, but different on seeing images rather than hearing. Mom…she works at a floral shop, just down the street. She hands out the flowers, plus she is like special at gardening. Flowers are mostly her personality, nothing much about mom. Her power is all about…well gardening. Yeah…that’s pretty weird isn’t it? But it’s the way it is, I guess. My younger brother, Jeff, who’s fifteen, takes much on dad’s side. Let’s face it, he is more muscular than me, better looks, tanner, gets the girls (which every time I think of that I just roll my eyes), smart, and is…so called "popular". That explains most of him. The only think that bugs me the most is having a brother who is more mature than me. He has powers, which is a shock-energy power, born in his blood to do it. Not surprised. Oh, and me? The scrawny, little un-popular, not fit, or any of what Jeff got. I’m practically jealous of him, to be honest. We rode home from the hospital, getting ready to move to a new destination. My dad’s co-company is moving, so we must as well. He’s taking most of the equipment along with him; mom is also going to make a business of her own, being a florist. Moving to a new location. Yippee. "Chris!" Mom called unexpectedly to me. "I need your help lifting some of these boxes! They’re unbelievably heavy!" Mom groaned. Yeah, like I could help, as helpless as I am. I thought, as I ran to mom to "try" to help. "Where’s Jeff?" I asked while I panted. "He’s helping your father getting the exercise equipment downtown." She said loading her flowers into the moving van, packed in loads of bubble-wrap around on all of her flower vases, then lays it in a box that said: Caution. FRAGILE "Of course." I said rolling my eyes. I grabbed a box of her cookbooks and set them in the moving van. "Oh, don’t be that way sweetie, you will get them too." She said in a voice that sounded like she was talking to a five-year-old. "Yeah, seven months!" I complained, setting another box in the truck. "It’ll go by quick, trust me." 2. At that moment, my cell phone rang in my pocket. I clutched it out of my pocket and ran back ins

PLZ PLZ PLZ! Read a few pages in my story! REALLY PLZ!?!??! THNX!!? here, i want good, specific, nice good detailed answers!!!! If u can plz plz plz plz! IM me, plz i would like to talk about it live :P lol Here: One I really wish I could change my decision. I also regret my unfaithful choice. It was a risky decision, but here I am, facing death every second I move, for my unfulfilling idea was completely stupid. But maybe it wasn’t. Maybe—just maybe, that this choice was the right one after all, the choice that not getting my powers at the right time was a good way to go. However, my life was put in grave danger that way. Maybe death is a choice for me anyway. My life has never been perfect…but neither has yours. Powers. At the age of 12, you start developing powers. Powers are a…well power that you develop. But, however, these powers aren’t like Super-Man, or Spider-Man, these are special personal designed powers that are born in your blood. You still are a normal human, but you have a sort of “sixth sense”, as my dad calls it. I’m at the age of eighteen, and I still haven’t developed a single power…at all. This is because when you reach at age eleven, you prepare and get checked by certain medical persons, and they decide when your powers are going to start to be developed, and it isn’t just a guess. They give you an exact date on when you’ll acquire that gift. And they had to hold me back on the process to get my powers. It’s very…embarrassing. I’m not going into details, but I do get picked on for this. But, not everyone gets powers…at all. “You will develop them---in the next seven months, Mr. Bradshaw.” Dr. Pavlov said looking at his clipboard, then to me. I was in the section on the hospital where you get checked for powers. “I’d say you’d keep it cool, a couple of weeks from now you will get a letter saying the date when you develop. Sorry to keep you waiting so long.” He said. “It’s okay, I’ve waited years for this day, I’m sure I can wait a few more months.” I said in a limited laugh. “Okay, you’re free to go.” He chuckled. I sauntered out of the white room. “So, when?” I heard dad ask as I walked seamlessly to the waiting room. “Seven more months.” I grumbled. I was practically lying to the doctor. “Well, you can survive.” Mom mouthed. “I guess.” I said, rolling my eyes. 1 My family…is the ordinary, all of the above type of family—except me. My dad, he works at a fitness program and co-owns it. His confidant friend owns it, they both work out there also…every day in matter of fact. I don’t stay in touch with him a lot, I barley even see him a day. His power is mostly concerned on weight. He can also have visions on seeing images on a person’s past life. It’s sort of like reading minds, but different on seeing images rather than hearing. Mom…she works at a floral shop, just down the street. She hands out the flowers, plus she is like special at gardening. Flowers are mostly her personality, nothing much about mom. Her power is all about…well gardening. Yeah…that’s pretty weird isn’t it? But it’s the way it is, I guess. My younger brother, Jeff, who’s fifteen, takes much on dad’s side. Let’s face it, he is more muscular than me, better looks, tanner, gets the girls (which every time I think of that I just roll my eyes), smart, and is…so called “popular”. That explains most of him. The only think that bugs me the most is having a brother who is more mature than me. He has powers, which is a shock-energy power, born in his blood to do it. Not surprised. Oh, and me? The scrawny, little un-popular, not fit, or any of what Jeff got. I’m practically jealous of him, to be honest. We rode home from the hospital, getting ready to move to a new destination. My dad’s co-company is moving, so we must as well. He’s taking most of the equipment along with him; mom is also going to make a business of her own, being a florist. Moving to a new location. Yippee. “Chris!” Mom called unexpectedly to me. “I need your help lifting some of these boxes! They’re unbelievably heavy!” Mom groaned. Yeah, like I could help, as helpless as I am. I thought, as I ran to mom to “try” to help. “Where’s Jeff?” I asked while I panted. “He’s helping your father getting the exercise equipment downtown.” She said loading her flowers into the moving van, packed in loads of bubble-wrap around on all of her flower vases, then lays it in a box that said: Caution. FRAGILE “Of course.” I said rolling my eyes. I grabbed a box of her cookbooks and set them in the moving van. “Oh, don’t be that way sweetie, you will get them too.” She said in a voice that sounded like she was talking to a five-year-old. “Yeah, seven months!” I complained, setting another box in the truck. “It’ll go by quick, trust me.” At that moment, my cell phone rang in my pocket. I clutched it out of my pocket and ran back inside the house to talk to whoever it was calling me. “Hey Joseph!” Obviously, it was Joseph. “Hey, listen, is it alright if I could come over and help you load stuff before you move?” He asked. “Well sure! We could use it, definitely.” “Okay…I will see ya in about—“ All of a sudden I spun around to see what all the commotion was. It was Joseph. His power was…well speed. “Now.” He said as he punched me on the shoulder. OUCH! I thought in my mind, but didn’t reveal the pain. Does everyone with powers have strength? Geese. Ok, im done, but PLZ do not say its kind of like Sky High, its sort of "similar" but it u were me u would be like "OK THIS IS NOT SKY HIGH GUYS! IT IS SOMETHING ENTIRLEY DIFFERENT, IF U READ THE WHOOOLLE STORY U WOULD KNO" lol. Long story short, its NTO sky high

What personification is in the poem "The History Teacher" by Billy Collins? Personification: giving animals, ideas, or inanimate objects human-like qualities. Poem: Trying to protect his student's innocence He told them the Ice Age was really just The Chilly Age, a period of a million years When everyone had to wear sweaters. And the Stone Age became the Gravel Age, Named after the long driveways of the time. The Spanish Inquistioin was nothing more Than an outbreak of questions such as "How far is it from here to Madrid?" "What do you call the matador's hat?" The War of the Roses took place in a garden, And the Enola Gay dropped one tiny atom On Japan. The children would leave his classroom For the playground to torment the weak And smart, Messing up their hair and breaking their glasses, While he gathered up his notes and walked home Past flower beds and white picket fences, Wondering if they would believe that soldiers In the Boer War told long, rambling stories Designed to make the enemy nod off.

o me readcan you explain this ting to me and make it clear as possible? Push grows for Diana statue in Paris Some fans say permanent memorial should be erected in city of her death The Associated Press Updated: 6:43 a.m. PT Aug 30, 2007 PARIS - At a golden statue of a flickering flame, fans of Princess Diana pay homage to her in Paris, leaving behind poems and prayers even now, 10 years after she died nearby. A French child’s collage proclaims her “unforgettable.” An Italian fan scrawls, “I still love you.” But contrary to popular belief, the statue wasn’t built for Diana; it was merely appropriated by her fans. With the 10th anniversary of her death on Friday, a few fans say it’s time she had a Paris monument in her honor — something permanent, unlike the memorabilia swept away regularly by trash collectors — and they have begun a fundraising drive. ‘Shocking and flagrant’ Dominique de Fontenay says he thinks about Diana every day as he passes through the Pont d’Alma traffic tunnel where she died in a car crash, and he is always struck by the lack of a monument. “That seems shocking and flagrant, given Diana’s notoriety and the love that most people all over the world felt for her,” said de Fontenay, a 34-year-old event planner who conceived the project. De Fontenay teamed up with a jeweler and sculptor, Xavier de Fraissinette, who sketched out ideas for a bronze statue of a suit-clad Diana reaching out to a small child holding a bouquet. “The hardest thing will be getting her expression, her smile, her face right,” said de Fraissinette, who designed a sculpture for the Lyon, France, meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized nations in 1996. “It must not be a mortuary monument, she must be natural.” Raising money, slowly After a few mentions in the local press, about 150 people have donated a total of $9,500, the two said. Building the statue will require $240,000, said de Fontenay, a Diana fan who remembers joining up with crowds to mourn the princess after the Aug. 31, 1997, crash that killed her, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and their chauffeur, Henri Paul. “I think everyone on the planet who had a heart was depressed that day, or at least filled with a great sadness,” said de Fontenay, who named his cat “Princess” in Diana’s honor. The plans by de Fontenay and de Fraissinette are in the early stages and do not have approval from Paris City Hall, where the press office said officials were not aware of their campaign. The process could be long, and they will need approval from the city council. De facto memorial For now, the torch statue near the traffic tunnel remains the de facto memorial. A replica of the Statue of Liberty’s torch, it was donated in 1987 by the International Herald Tribune newspaper as a symbol of French-American friendship. Ten years later, mourners turned the torch into a Diana shrine, which seemed fitting because Elton John sang “Candle in the Wind” at her funeral in London’s Westminster Abbey. On any given afternoon, dozens of tourists crowd around the torch, snapping pictures and leaving behind cellophane-wrapped roses. After posing for a snapshot, 29-year-old Arijit Ray of London said he wished de Fontenay and de Fraissinette luck. “There should be a statue,” he said. De Fontenay already has a spot picked out — a grassy garden right above the tunnel where the crash took place. “It’s all ready. There are flowers. All that’s missing is Diana,” he said. © 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20511139/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSN Privacy . Legal © 2007 MSNBC.com i have a minor case of Dyslexics so i cant really comprehend it

help me with comprehending this please? PARIS - At a golden statue of a flickering flame, fans of Princess Diana pay homage to her in Paris, leaving behind poems and prayers even now, 10 years after she died nearby.A French child’s collage proclaims her “unforgettable.” An Italian fan scrawls, “I still love you.”But contrary to popular belief, the statue wasn’t built for Diana; it was merely appropriated by her fans.With the 10th anniversary of her death on Friday, a few fans say it’s time she had a Paris monument in her honor — something permanent, unlike the memorabilia swept away regularly by trash collectors — and they have begun a fundraising drive.‘Shocking and flagrant’ Dominique de Fontenay says he thinks about Diana every day as he passes through the Pont d’Alma traffic tunnel where she died in a car crash, and he is always struck by the lack of a monument.“That seems shocking and flagrant, given Diana’s notoriety and the love that most people all over the world felt for her,” said de Fontenay, a 34-year-old event planner who conceived the project.De Fontenay teamed up with a jeweler and sculptor, Xavier de Fraissinette, who sketched out ideas for a bronze statue of a suit-clad Diana reaching out to a small child holding a bouquet.“The hardest thing will be getting her expression, her smile, her face right,” said de Fraissinette, who designed a sculpture for the Lyon, France, meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized nations in 1996. “It must not be a mortuary monument, she must be natural.”Raising money, slowly After a few mentions in the local press, about 150 people have donated a total of $9,500, the two said. Building the statue will require $240,000, said de Fontenay, a Diana fan who remembers joining up with crowds to mourn the princess after the Aug. 31, 1997, crash that killed her, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and their chauffeur, Henri Paul.“I think everyone on the planet who had a heart was depressed that day, or at least filled with a great sadness,” said de Fontenay, who named his cat “Princess” in Diana’s honor.The plans by de Fontenay and de Fraissinette are in the early stages and do not have approval from Paris City Hall, where the press office said officials were not aware of their campaign. The process could be long, and they will need approval from the city council.De facto memorial For now, the torch statue near the traffic tunnel remains the de facto memorial. A replica of the Statue of Liberty’s torch, it was donated in 1987 by the International Herald Tribune newspaper as a symbol of French-American friendship.Ten years later, mourners turned the torch into a Diana shrine, which seemed fitting because Elton John sang “Candle in the Wind” at her funeral in London’s Westminster Abbey.On any given afternoon, dozens of tourists crowd around the torch, snapping pictures and leaving behind cellophane-wrapped roses. After posing for a snapshot, 29-year-old Arijit Ray of London said he wished de Fontenay and de Fraissinette luck.“There should be a statue,” he said.De Fontenay already has a spot picked out — a grassy garden right above the tunnel where the crash took place.It’s all ready. There are flowers. All that’s missing is Diana,” he said.

How should I decorate my mom's birthday cake? My mom is turning 54 in May. I know it's early to be thinking about it, but I really want to make her a cake! I love to bake, but I have never done a real decorated cake before (I've only frosted cakes with sprinkles and designed cupcakes). So my question is: How should I decorate her cake? She likes gardening (because she absolutely loves flowers), she works at Disneyland (her favorite character is Tinkerbell), she used to be a phone operator at AT&T, she has recently gotten very interested in yoga, and... I think that's it. Could you guys help me think of any ideas? All are appreciated. Oh, and I am 15 years old, so these ideas have to be doable for me. Thank you so much! <3(:

Anyone had doubts about there wedding venue once its booked? So me and my fiance have eventually set a date for our wedding, may 2010. Found it difficult to decide on where to be married as everywhere is sooo expensive! Eventually decided on a place called Piperdam (www.piperdam.com) the first venue we agreed on. We paid the deposit to make the booking but since then i cant help looking at other venues and thinking they look better!! I had originally wanted my dream wedding of a castle in scotland, beautiful gardens, exclusive use, but we dont and our parents dont have £20k to have such a grand day. Piperdam is still gonna cost us too, its not cheap but is very picturesque like i wanted. I want my guests to be like "wow", im a bit of a show off and want to impress. Part of me is being realistic and is just excited about being married to the person i love and not care where it is but then the "cinderella" part of me is wanting the wow factor. Also if any one can give me some money saving tips for weddings would be grateful! I am getting a wedding cake from marks and spencer and decorating it myself (£150 max) Hiring a part time photographer who is keen to build up his portfolio (£600 for full day from getting ready to first dance) I was originally quoted £2k from another photographer Found a piper online who plays for free for sheer enjoyment, just pay travel expenses and a few cokes. Not having wedding cars, gonna borrow a friends fancy car and have ribbon on it. Making my own invitations, brother in law is designing them, father in law does calligraphy. Using silk flowers for bridesmaids as you can pick them up quite cheap on ebay. Friend who is makeup artist and hair stylist is doing my hair and makeup on day. Getting my designer wedding dress made by milly bridal for £200 quid than pay for original at £1200. Having favours, miniture jackdaniels £1 each and sweets for girls Having a friend DJ at night (hopefully) Any other ideas? Thanks in advance xx

Please proofread this essay for me...? I need to do this essay here for High School. Please proofread it and tell me what you think. The one who helps me the most will get 10 points. The faster the better because I will only be here until 4:00 EST (I'm at the Library). I really need your help on it. Just to give you an idea, its supposed to be something either from my experience, or a personal view point: also from my own experience. Its not to be a researched paper... so I do not want it to sound like one. I also have a problem wording a couple things too... Like, the fifth paragraph, second sentence... seems weird, but I do not know how to fix it. Also, it needs to 'flow' from one sentence to another, and one paragraph to another. I need help with that. Here it is: The dandelion, to me, is not a weed at all but rather an extremely versatile, and easily accessible plant. Its bright yellow flowers can be enjoyed from spring to fall and the entire plant is edible every season of the year. I dare not weed it out just because it is in the lawn. I know of many people who do such things. They see dandelions as weeds that they cannot get rid of, though they do try. People have sprayed them, cut them, pulled them, burned them, etc… and still, the dandelions thrive. I’ve seen the elderly who have ‘been there, done that,’ laugh at people who employ such methods. No matter how hard you try, dandelions will eventually grow back. They are very hard to get rid of. Of course, there are many methods. I know of many people who have sprayed them with herbicides designed especially to remove dandelions and not harm the lawn. Nevertheless, as some weeds are killed, others remain alive and adapts to the chemicals making a new breed that are able to handle the chemicals. At this point, one must use a stronger herbicide or give up. Another method to remove them is to get out on your hands and knees with a dandelion weeder. But this never works either because their strong roots are hard to pull up in one piece. Every piece left into the ground will quickly grow back into another dandelion. I have learned to not waste my time pulling up dandelions. If I wanted a dandelion-free lawn and garden, I would be busy day and night with not much success. Instead of weeding them, I let them grow and try to benefit from them the best I can. Over time, I have discovered many of their great uses and I will do my best to explain them to you. I did not have to pull up too many dandelions to notice how long, strong, and healthy their roots are. These kinds of roots are called taproots, and if you pull them up, they look similar to a carrot. Because of their strong, long roots, I believe dandelions are very useful in breaking up clumps of hard clay while sending rich nutrients up to the leaves. Then I either put them into the compost pile where the nutrients get put back into the soil, or I eat them. As a vegetable, I have found dandelions to be quite satisfying. I have never, ever got sick from eating them. Not only is the plant an excellent survival food but also it is something I would eat even if I had other food sources around. Furthermore, they are really high in nutrients such as vitamin A, and many others. I’ve eaten all parts of the dandelion from time to time, except for the stem, which I have not bothered with although it is edible. The leaves make a great addition to green salads. I like them best in early spring before the hot sun gets to them. At this stage, they are small but not bitter at all. In the summer, I still eat the leaves even though they are bitter. Every time I juice vegetables, I like to throw a few of the leaves down the juicer. Come winter, dandelions will still grow. I believe that the winter is the best time to eat dandelions because the cold weather keeps the leaves from turning bitter. They will grow best when they are under some protection like a sheet of plastic or a cold frame (miniature greenhouse). The roots are best cleaned, dried, then roasted to make a coffee substitute. It does not taste exactly like coffee but I really like it as a beverage. Both the roots and the leaves can also be made into a satisfying herbal tea. In addition to all of dandelion’s benefits, I believe they look great and add color to the lawn, the garden, and my dinner plate. Seeing a bright yellow flower pop up on the lawn does not make me the least bit sad. I believe that dandelions are just one of the plants God created that grow prolifically despite all of man’s efforts to destroy them. The plant benefits the ecosystem in a great way, while it’s also an excellent survival food: very high in nutrients, and great tasting as a coffee substitute or herbal tea. Seeing how God has blessed me with the dandelion so many times, I think that if you do not plan on eating it, you better not waste your time weeding it. All I need is a little pointers... or someone to set me in the right direction.

Please give me some pointers on my essay here....? I need to do this essay here for High School. Please proofread it and tell me what you think. The one who helps me the most will get 10 points. The faster the better because I will only be here until 4:00 EST (I'm at the Library). I really need your help on it. Just to give you an idea, its supposed to be something either from my experience, or a personal view point: also from my own experience. Its not to be a researched paper... so I do not want it to sound like one. I also have a problem wording a couple things too... Like, the fifth paragraph, second sentence... seems weird, but I do not know how to fix it. Also, it needs to 'flow' from one sentence to another, and one paragraph to another. I need help with that. Here it is: The dandelion, to me, is not a weed at all but rather an extremely versatile, and easily accessible plant. Its bright yellow flowers can be enjoyed from spring to fall and the entire plant is edible every season of the year. I dare not weed it out just because it is in the lawn. I know of many people who do such things. They see dandelions as weeds that they cannot get rid of, though they do try. People have sprayed them, cut them, pulled them, burned them, etc… and still, the dandelions thrive. I’ve seen the elderly who have ‘been there, done that,’ laugh at people who employ such methods. No matter how hard you try, dandelions will eventually grow back. They are very hard to get rid of. Of course, there are many methods. I know of many people who have sprayed them with herbicides designed especially to remove dandelions and not harm the lawn. Nevertheless, as some weeds are killed, others remain alive and adapts to the chemicals making a new breed that are able to handle the chemicals. At this point, one must use a stronger herbicide or give up. Another method to remove them is to get out on your hands and knees with a dandelion weeder. But this never works either because their strong roots are hard to pull up in one piece. Every piece left into the ground will quickly grow back into another dandelion. I have learned to not waste my time pulling up dandelions. If I wanted a dandelion-free lawn and garden, I would be busy day and night with not much success. Instead of weeding them, I let them grow and try to benefit from them the best I can. Over time, I have discovered many of their great uses and I will do my best to explain them to you. I did not have to pull up too many dandelions to notice how long, strong, and healthy their roots are. These kinds of roots are called taproots, and if you pull them up, they look similar to a carrot. Because of their strong, long roots, I believe dandelions are very useful in breaking up clumps of hard clay while sending rich nutrients up to the leaves. Then I either put them into the compost pile where the nutrients get put back into the soil, or I eat them. As a vegetable, I have found dandelions to be quite satisfying. I have never, ever got sick from eating them. Not only is the plant an excellent survival food but also it is something I would eat even if I had other food sources around. Furthermore, they are really high in nutrients such as vitamin A, and many others. I’ve eaten all parts of the dandelion from time to time, except for the stem, which I have not bothered with although it is edible. The leaves make a great addition to green salads. I like them best in early spring before the hot sun gets to them. At this stage, they are small but not bitter at all. In the summer, I still eat the leaves even though they are bitter. Every time I juice vegetables, I like to throw a few of the leaves down the juicer. Come winter, dandelions will still grow. I believe that the winter is the best time to eat dandelions because the cold weather keeps the leaves from turning bitter. They will grow best when they are under some protection like a sheet of plastic or a cold frame (miniature greenhouse). The roots are best cleaned, dried, then roasted to make a coffee substitute. It does not taste exactly like coffee but I really like it as a beverage. Both the roots and the leaves can also be made into a satisfying herbal tea. In addition to all of dandelion’s benefits, I believe they look great and add color to the lawn, the garden, and my dinner plate. Seeing a bright yellow flower pop up on the lawn does not make me the least bit sad. I believe that dandelions are just one of the plants God created that grow prolifically despite all of man’s efforts to destroy them. The plant benefits the ecosystem in a great way, while it’s also an excellent survival food: very high in nutrients, and great tasting as a coffee substitute or herbal tea. Seeing how God has blessed me with the dandelion so many times, I think that if you do not plan on eating it, you better not waste your time weeding it.

how are these 3 different openings of the same story? which one do you like best? can you please rate each from 1-10 (10 being best) 1)There is a section of my house that is framed-by a wooden frame. It is neither ornately carved or of a unique design, but the ebony wood was striking against the pale crème walls. The frame is not big; it is only three feet tall and one foot wide. My friends would reach their fingers out, tentatively, looking around all the while, to touch what the frame holds. On their faces would be a sort of frustrated curiosity. When they met no glass, their hands would lurch forward, like when one trips while walking down a staircase, when their feet do not find another stair but smooth pavement. They must have expected whatever enticed them, to be protected. On a slightly yellowed piece of paper, that makes one think of antique, are two hands traced in pencil. One is slightly larger than the other, and the lines are strangely wobbly as if drawn by a child just learning to hold a pencil. 2) It was a windy day, and when people ventured outside with their umbrellas, they were deterred as gusts of wind would flip their umbrellas inside out, and raise their coats almost vertically in the air which would whip in the air with a sharp, Crack!. Taxi drivers looked at their cabs with fearful eyes; they could already see that today was a day when driving would be a menace, not a necessity; the chance of totaling their car didn’t seem quite as low as yesterday. The road looked like a long black slippery snake, slick as ice and the clay used to fill potholes and dirt from gardens would travel to down slopes to the middle of the street. But the air smelled sweet, like freshly cut grass; it was a crisp, faint scent. It made one want to inhale deeply, as if to store this fragrance inside to keep. The rain called for hot water bottles, hot chocolate, and smiles. Secrets, dreams, art, poetry, children, and spring. It felt as if someone was brushing the dust away from a forgotten book or wiping a bad slate clean. And then, you remember that even wonderful illusions, short moments, like these have to end, and after it is over, its memory leaves a painful, sweet taste in your mouth, reminding you that it didn’t change anything. 3)The summer Marlowe volunteered at the Larson General Hospital, was when she had been thirteen for a few months. Her school required all eighth graders to volunteer at the library, hospital, or act as a tutor so that when they leave high school and allowed to get work permits, they would have an idea what to expect. Marlowe’s home was only a few blocks away from the hospital; a ten or fifteen minutes would be a sufficient time for her to leave the house and arrive at the hospital. Many of her friends, had volunteered at the hospital because it seemed to be the easiest job to do. In their minds, they were wearing crisp white uniforms and delivered flowers to patient rooms and organized magazines. This seemed favorable to teaching quadratic equations and learning the Dewey Decimal System, which was inevitable as a tutor or a library assistant. So, when she finally signed her name on the volunteer slips, and filled in the box labeled Hospital, most of the spots were filled. And when Marlowe went to the Larson General Hospital, or the LGH as the volunteers called it, there was only one spot left, and that was..,Companion. A companion was a person that stayed with some of the more lonely patients, and talked to them. Usually no one would want to be a companion, because they usually did not volunteer to help, but because they had to.

wht do u think bout this ppl? From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we in the West take for granted. Here are 20 of their most influential innovations: (1) The story goes that an Arab named Khalid was tending his goats in the Kaffa region of southern Ethiopia, when he noticed his animals became livelier after eating a certain berry. He boiled the berries to make the first coffee. Certainly the first record of the drink is of beans exported from Ethiopia to Yemen where Sufis drank it to stay awake all night to pray on special occasions. By the late 15th century it had arrived in Makkah and Turkey from where it made its way to Venice in 1645. It was brought to England in 1650 by a Turk named Pasqua Rosee who opened the first coffee house in Lombard Street in the City of London. The Arabic “qahwa” became the Turkish “kahve” then the Italian “caffé” and then English “coffee”. (2) The ancient Greeks thought our eyes emitted rays, like a laser, which enabled us to see. The first person to realise that light enters the eye, rather than leaving it, was the 10th-century Muslim mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al-Haitham. He invented the first pin-hole camera after noticing the way light came through a hole in window shutters. The smaller the hole, the better the picture, he worked out, and set up the first Camera Obscura (from the Arab word “qamara” for a dark or private room). He is also credited with being the first man to shift physics from a philosophical activity to an experimental one. (3) A form of chess was played in ancient India but the game was developed into the form we know it today in Persia. From there it spread westward to Europe — where it was introduced by the Moors in Spain in the 10th century — and eastward as far as Japan. The word “rook” comes from the Persian “rukh”, which means chariot. (4) A thousand years before the Wright brothers, a Muslim poet, astronomer, musician and engineer named Abbas ibn Firnas made several attempts to construct a flying machine. In 852 he jumped from the minaret of the Grand Mosque in Cordoba using a loose cloak stiffened with wooden struts. He hoped to glide like a bird. He didn’t. But the cloak slowed his fall, creating what is thought to be the first parachute, and leaving him with only minor injuries. In 875, aged 70, having perfected a machine of silk and eagles’ feathers he tried again, jumping from a mountain. He flew to a significant height and stayed aloft for ten minutes but crashed on landing — concluding, correctly, that it was because he had not given his device a tail so it would stall on landing. Baghdad international airport and a crater on the Moon are named after him. (5) Washing and bathing are religious requirements for Muslims, which is perhaps why they perfected the recipe for soap which we still use today. The ancient Egyptians had soap of a kind, as did the Romans who used it more as a pomade. But it was the Arabs who combined vegetable oils with sodium hydroxide and aromatics such as thyme oil. One of the Crusaders’ most striking characteristics, to Arab nostrils, was that they did not wash. Shampoo was introduced to England by a Muslim who opened Mahomed’s Indian Vapour Baths on Brighton seafront in 1759 and was appointed Shampooing Surgeon to Kings George IV and William IV. (6) Distillation, the means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points, was invented around the year 800 by Islam’s foremost scientist, Jabir ibn Hayyan, who transformed alchemy into chemistry, inventing many of the basic processes and apparatus still in use today — liquefaction, crystallisation, distillation, purification, oxidisation, evaporation and filtration. As well as discovering sulphuric and nitric acid, he invented the alembic still, giving the world intense rosewater and other perfumes and alcoholic spirits (although drinking them forbidden, in Islam). Ibn Hayyan emphasised systematic experimentation and was the founder of modern chemistry. (7) The crank-shaft is a device which translates rotary into linear motion and is central to much of the machinery in the modern world, not least the internal combustion engine. One of the most important mechanical inventions in the history of humankind, it was created by an ingenious Muslim engineer called al-Jazari to raise water for irrigation. His Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (1206) shows he also invented or refined the use of valves and pistons, devised some of the first mechanical clocks driven by water and weights, and was the father of robotics. Among his 50 other inventions was the combination lock. (8) Quilting is a method of sewing or tying two layers of cloth with a layer of insulating material in between. It is not clear whether it was invented in the Muslim world or whether it was imported there from India or China. However, it certainly came to the West via the Crusaders. They saw it used by Saracen warriors, who wore straw-filled quilted canvas shirts instead of armour. As well as a form of protection, it proved an effective guard against the chafing of the Crusaders’ metal armour and was an effective form of insulation — so much so that it became a cottage industry back home in colder climates such as Britain and Holland. (9) The pointed arch so characteristic of Europe’s Gothic cathedrals was an invention borrowed from Islamic architecture. It was much stronger than the rounded arch used by the Romans and Normans, thus allowing the building of bigger, higher, more complex and grander buildings. Other borrowings from Muslim genius included ribbed vaulting, rose windows and dome-building techniques. Europe’s castles were also adapted to copy the Islamic world’s — with arrow slits, battlements, a barbican and parapets. Square towers and keeps gave way to more easily defended round ones. The architect of Henry V’s castle was a Muslim. (10) Many modern surgical instruments are of exactly the same design as those devised in the 10th century by a Muslim surgeon called al-Zahrawi. His scalpels, bone saws, forceps, fine scissors for eye surgery and many of the 200 instruments he devised are recognisable to a modern surgeon. It was he who discovered that catgut used for internal stitches dissolves away naturally (a discovery he made when his monkey ate his lute strings) and that it can be also used to make medicine capsules. In the 13th century, another Muslim medic named Ibn Nafis described the circulation of the blood, 300 years before William Harvey discovered it. Muslim doctors also invented anaesthetics of opium and alcohol mixes and developed hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes in a technique still used today. (11) The windmill was invented in 634 for a Persian caliph and was used to grind corn and draw up water for irrigation. In the vast deserts of Arabia, when the seasonal streams ran dry, the only source of power was the wind which blew steadily from one direction for months. Mills had six or 12 sails covered in fabric or palm leaves. It was 500 years before the first windmill was seen in Europe. (12) The technique of inoculation was not invented by Jenner and Pasteur but was devised in the Muslim world and brought to Europe from Turkey by the wife of the English ambassador to Istanbul in 1724. Children in Turkey were vaccinated with cowpox to fight the deadly smallpox at least 50 years before the West discovered it. (13) The fountain pen was invented for the Sultan of Egypt in 953 after he demanded a pen which would not stain his hands or clothes. It held ink in a reservoir and, as with modern pens, fed ink to the nib by a combination of gravity and capillary action. (14) The system of numbering in use all round the world is probably Indian in origin but the style of the numerals is Arabic and first appears in print in the work of the Muslim mathematicians al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi around 825. Algebra was named after al-Khwarizmi’ s book, Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah, much of whose contents are still in use. The work of Muslim maths scholars was imported into Europe 300 years later by the Italian mathematician Fibonacci. Algorithms and much of the theory of trigonometry came from the Muslim world. And Al-Kindi’s discovery of frequency analysis rendered all the codes of the ancient world soluble and created the basis of modern cryptology. (15) Ali ibn Nafi, known by his nickname of Ziryab (Blackbird) came from Iraq to Cordoba in the 9th century and brought with him the concept of the three-course meal — soup, followed by fish or meat, then fruit and nuts. He also introduced crystal glasses (which had been invented after experiments with rock crystal by Abbas ibn Firnas). (16) Carpets were regarded as part of paradise by mediaeval Muslims, thanks to their advanced weaving techniques, new tinctures from Islamic chemistry and highly developed sense of pattern and arabesque which were the basis of Islam’s non-representationa l art. In contrast, Europe’s floors were distinctly earthly, not to say earthy, until Arabian and Persian carpets were introduced. In England, as Erasmus recorded, floors were “covered in rushes, occasionally renewed, but so imperfectly that the bottom layer is left undisturbed, sometimes for 20 years, harbouring expectoration, vomiting, the leakage of dogs and men, ale droppings, scraps of fish, and other abominations not fit to be mentioned”. Carpets, unsurprisingly, caught on quickly. (17) The modern cheque comes from the Arabic “saqq”, a written vow to pay for goods when they were delivered, to avoid money having to be transported across dangerous terrain. In the 9th century, a Muslim businessman could cash a cheque in China drawn on his bank in Baghdad. (18) By the 9th century, many Muslim scholars took it for granted that the Earth was a sphere. The proof, said astronomer Ibn Hazm, “is that the Sun is always vertical to a particular spot on Earth”. It was 500 years before that realisation dawned on Galileo. The calculations of Muslim astronomers were so accurate that in the 9th century they reckoned the Earth’s circumference to be 40, 253.4km — less than 200km out. Al-Idrisi took a globe depicting the world to the court of King Roger of Sicily in 1139. (19) Though the Chinese invented saltpetre gunpowder, and used it in their fireworks, it was the Arabs who worked out that it could be purified using potassium nitrate for military use. Muslim incendiary devices terrified the Crusaders. By the 15th century they had invented both a rocket, which they called a “self-moving and combusting egg”, and a torpedo — a self-propelled pear-shaped bomb with a spear at the front which impaled itself in enemy ships and then blew up. (20) Mediaeval Europe had kitchen and herb gardens, but it was the Arabs who developed the idea of the garden as a place of beauty and meditation. The first royal pleasure gardens in Europe were opened in 11th-century Muslim Spain. Flowers which originated in Muslim gardens include the carnation and the tulip