 exercise is your model. One incredible approach to give kids a chance to see your authority in real life is to volunteer for a network corporation. Set up objectives and little ventures they can be effective at. They’ll increase significant confidence and certainty by acing new abilities as they take care of business. Show your children the significance of tuning in to yourself and other people. One of the most significant characteristics of a pioneer is the ability of tuning in, and the previous it’s taken in the more instinctive it moves toward becoming.
Your most prominent duty as a parent is to set up your kids for what the future has coming up for them. The more set up they are at the point at which they graduate, the less time they’ll have to hold up before they start their lives. They’ll thank you for helping them sharpen their administration abilities when they land their fantasy work.Bring the trails home with you, thanks to Longmont-based artist Rob Decker's National Park Posters Project.
You don’t have to visit a national park this month in order to celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th birthday—though we’ll jump at any reason to explore Colorado’s great outdoors. (Find some inspiration with our two-minute guide to the Centennial State’s national parks and this national parks road-trip map.) But if you simply can’t make it to the trails, you can still bring them home with you thanks to Longmont-based artist Rob Decker’s National Park Posters Project.
Four years ago, the 57-year-old photographer set out to recreate and reinvent the iconic Work Progress Administration posters of the 1930s and ’40s, depicting all 59 national parks.
Decker, a University of Colorado Boulder grad who got his first camera when he was seven, committed to photography after studying under the legendary Ansel Adams at just 19 years old. (Decker also works in interactive multimedia software, web, and graphic art development.) Since then, he has visited and photographed 40 national parks, some of which he’s revisited in order to capture just the right image. Those original photos are the basis for the reimagined posters—a single scene that evokes each national park—which he digitally manipulates to get an illustrated style, similar to the WPA posters. Then he writes a short description that encompasses the park’s character and offerings.
He has, however, already managed to produce three versions of Rocky Mountain National Park, his “home park.” A photo series focused on RMNP may be in Decker’s future.
Fans can purchase the 13-by-19-inch national park posters online. They’re printed in Boulder on 100 percent recycled paper using soy-based inks and are available as limited-edition prints ($30), artist proofs ($50), or framed artist proofs ($495). Your new piece of art also benefits the green spaces themselves: Decker donates 10 percent of the proceeds to foundations, conservancies, and associations that support our national parks through education, restoration, and more; past beneficiaries have included the National Park Foundation, Rocky Mountain Conservancy, and Western National Parks Association.Horse Temperament: Can You Breed for a Certain Type?
Whether you can breed for a certain horse temperament is a great question. In my experience you can attempt to breed for a certain horse temperament but there are no guarantees.
I have also been asked, by someone who took the online level one certification course, if any breeds tended to be a specific horse temperament type. That is another great question, and I am excited to hear people thinking along these lines. For instance, are all competitive thoroughbreds Wood temperament types? Or could all sensitive Arabians be Fire temperament types? Unfortunately, while it is tempting to stereotype breeds, this theory does not hold up. This is why I developed the Five Element horse temperament typing system.
The frustrating but true fact is that each horse is born with his own temperament regardless of our efforts. For example, in most cases breeding two competitive, athletic, Wood temperament horses will get you a competitive, athletic foal.  Crossing gentle Earth horses does not guarantee that you won’t have a spooky, high energy, Water foal. Just as parents can marvel at how different their children can be, despite having the same genetics and being raised in the same environment, so it is with horses.
So what does this lack of control of horse temperament mean for someone who wants to select or breed the horse most fitting for a certain sport or individual? Unfortunately, selecting the wrong temperament often means that horses get put in jobs they hate or with owners who don’t suit. The wrong horse for the job means money wasted on training, as well as disappointment and hard feelings for all concerned. After all, aren’t all thoroughbreds supposed to love racing? Not! Don’t all quarter horses love to work cows? Nope.
At first, learning how to recognize horse temperaments can seem daunting, but with practice you will be able to spot that couch potato thoroughbred who will fit perfectly into your hunter program. You will also be able to see the spark in the eye of the ranch-bred quarter horse who could be your next barrel racing champion.
Learning how to type a horse is no different than learning any other horse discipline or event. No doubt you were not an expert the first time you jumped a fence or roped a cow. Learning a new skill takes time and focus but we offer several great tools to get you started. Just check out the resources in the next section.
Start by mastering the pure types they are less complicated than the combinations. Taking the time to figure out a horse’s type allows you understand why he acts the way he does and anticipate problems before they occur. This could mean buying the right horse or getting along better with the one you have. The horse can’t change who he is to fit our needs but once we understand typing, we can change how we interact with him so that being with us makes him feel good and allows him to be successful, regardless of his breed or breeding.
This entry was posted in Five Element Personality Typing and tagged 5 element personality typing, horse breeding, horse personality, horse types on April 15, 2011 by Madalyn Ward, DVM.
You couldn’t have posted this as a better time for me! As I contemplate between purchasing a colt or just breeding to get a foal, I’ve been wondering if I could actually “create” the foals temperament through breeding. You make a good point; it is what it is, and it’s best for all if we learn the personality it is born with.
It’s funny, I coach people to embrace who they are rather than trying to make themselves be something different. Perhaps I should apply the same way of thinking to my horses!
I have two quarter horses from the same dam. My gelding is a total Earth horse, he’s solid as a rock. My mare is 100% Fire/Water. What a difference the sire makes!
I agree totally with the parallel between people and horses. What if all parents and teachers could see the temperament of a child and support that child in being who he is and building on his talents.
…A cold blooded horse is a horse which belongs to a breed known for having a stable calm temperament. Most cold bloods are also very strong rugged durable animals and they have been used as work horses and stable companions for centuries.
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Capacity of 388,363 Freight Cars.
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four steel ships of 40.000 tons.
ships of 18,407,276 deadweight tons.
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