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Having a green lush lawn is what every homeowner wishes for when the weather gets warm. Spring and summer months the grass needs to be manicured more than another other time of the year depending upon the area you reside in.
Knowing how to water your lawn is important. When you don't do it the right way more often than not your turf will suffer many bald and brown spots which makes the lawn unattractive.
Many people feel that a light sprinkling of water every few days is sufficient to keep the grass green and healthy. This is not so. The secret is to apply the water so it seeps deeply into the soil.
The first time you go out to water the grass, use an even flow of water from a sprinkler head on the lawn hose. Water the grass slowly until the ground is moistened at least six to eight inches deep below the surface of the grass. Then check the lawn daily to see how much water has evaporated. It is advisable to water again once the top portion of the ground has dried only two inches deep.
By only allowing two inches of moisture to escape before the next watering is needed will ensure that the roots remain deep and each individual grass blade will survive a lot longer. To check and see if it is time to apply another watering to your lawn walk over the lawn to see if the ground springs back when it is stepped on. You can also use aerating lawn shoes to do the same thing in a few choice areas before giving the grass another needed drink of water.
The grass doesn't have to be greener on the other side of the street if you water properly!
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text: 04 March 2012 archive See all show photos THERE'S something disturbing but required about having no music at a show and having, instead, to pay attention to the clothes and the thoughts that run through your head rather than those that are put there by the music that simulates a mood or "vibe". And that's what Rei Kawakubo did this afternoon for her autumn/winter 2012-13 Comme des Garcons collection, which was one to make you stop and think and evaluate where fashion is going right now. It is Fashion Week after all and so the perfect and most poignant of timing to do so. Stop, look and listen. Kawakubo kept it simple, sending out models with the same painted hair we had seen at her protégé Junya Watanabe's show this morning - with cartoon oversized silhouettes of dresses that looked like they were pattern pieces, plucked from the cutting room table and being stitched together. They were stiff and they were bold – a minimalist yet equally flamboyant sensibility as they came in bold shades of raspberry, a mauve and then green on pink to form dress on dress fashion trickery and then childish florals on top of checks and plaids. There was some leopard print in there too – all the elements you would usually associate with being loud and cluttered but somehow reduced to something simple, even when exaggerated and accentuated shapes came into the equation. But that's Kawakubo's speciality – and equation is just the word to capture that. It's more a question of analysis and maths when it comes to Comme. "It was rebellious and wonderful and she was asking all of those questions about fashion now," said Vogue's Harriet Quick. Music did start up right at the end – a little bit like in the film The Artist when sound is used, but only once or twice (sorry if you haven't seen it). The penny drops, the point is made. And that's why you see a Comme des Garcons show. SEE THE COMME DES GARCONS SHOW ARCHIVE Jessica Bumpus Continue reading Back to top

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Every single weekend, studios wait in anticipation to see impressive numbers at the box office and every weekend, I cannot help but think about Arthur Abbott and his wise words from from "The Holiday" (2006). While I cannot find the exact quote, I can remember him stating that box office success did not dictate the success of whether a film was deemed successful or not. This is not so much the case now, which makes a lot of people yearn for the days of old Hollywood once more. The days where a movie could have a longer run and build up success by word of mouth. People miss the days as Arthur states where the box office results were not reported like "like baseball scores on the nightly news." Despite this, we all eagerly await the results each and every weekend.
The box office results for the the weekend of Feb. 7, 2014 through Feb.9, 2014 are the following:
- "The Lego Movie" (2014); Weekend Gross: $69.1M; Overall Gross: $69.1M; Weeks: 1
- "The Monuments Men" (2014); Weekend Gross: $22M; Overall Gross: $22M; Weeks: 1
- "Ride Along" (2014); Weekend Gross $9.6M; Overall Gross: $105.3M; Weeks: 4
- "Frozen" (2013); Weekend Gross: $6.9M; Overall Gross: $368.6M; Weeks: 12
- "Lone Survivor" (2013); Weekend Gross: $5.6M; Overall Gross: $112.9M; Weeks: 7
- "That Awkward Moment" (2014); Weekends Gross: $5.2M; Overall Gross: $16.5M; Weeks: 2
- "Vampire Academy" (2014); Weekends Gross: $3.9M; Overall Gross: $3.9M; Weeks:1
- "The Nut Job" (2014); Weekend Gross $3.8M; Overall Gross: $55M; Weeks: 4
- "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" (2014); Weekedng Gross $3.5M; Overall Gross: $44.4M; Weeks: 4
- "Labor Day" (2014); Weekends Gross: $3.2M; Overall Gross: $10.1M; Weeks: 2
At this time last year, the box office results were the following:
- "Identity Thief" (2013); Weekend Gross: $36.6M; Overall Gross: $36.6M; Weeks: 1
- "Warm Bodies" (2013); Weekend Gross: $11.5M; Overall Gross: $36.7M; Weeks: 2
- "Side Effects" (2013); Weekend Gross: $10M; Overall Gross: $10M; Weeks: 1
- "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012); Weekend Gross: $6.91M; Overall Gross $90M; Weeks: 13
- "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" (2013); Weekend Gross: $5.75M; Overall Gross: $43.8M; Weeks: 3
- "Mama" (2013); Weekend Gross: $4.32M; Overall Gross $64M; Weeks: 4
- "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012); Weekend Gross: $4M; Overall Gross: $83.6M; Weeks: 8
- "Argo" (2012); Weekend Gross: $2.5M; Overall Gross: $124M; Weeks: 18
- "Django Unchained" (2012); Weekend Gross: $2.29M; Overall Gross: $155M; Weeks: 7
- "Bullet to the Head" (2012); Weekend Gross: $1.98M; Overall Gross: $8.17M; Weeks: 2
To continue comparing box office statistics from last year to this year, please click here.
For those interested in viewing any of the aforementioned features in theaters, in Austell, the safe bets are always Carmike Cinemas Movies 14 and Regal Stadium 22 in Austell.
If you are interested in renting any of the films mentioned from last year, make sure to check out the titles through Videodrome, Netflix, or movie channels based upon your cable or satellite provider.
To purchase any Blu-rays or DVDs mentioned in this article please check out your local Austell Movie Stop, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, or Kmart.


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I hate to be the one to say it, but, sadly, it is true:
It was two weeks before Election Day when Mitt Romney's political director signed a memo that all but ridiculed the notion that the Republican presidential nominee, with his "better ground game," could lose the key state of Ohio or the election. The race is "unmistakably moving in Mitt Romney's direction," the memo said.
But the claims proved wildly off the mark, a fact embarrassingly underscored when the high-tech voter turnout system that Romney himself called "state of the art" crashed at the worst moment, on Election Day.
To this day, Romney's aides wonder how it all went so wrong.
They console each other with claims that the election was much closer than realized, saying that Romney would be president if roughly 370,000 people in swing states had voted differently. Romney himself blamed demographic shifts and Obama's "gifts": federal largesse targeted to Democratic constituencies.
But a reconstruction by the Globe of how the campaign unfolded shows that Romney's problems went deeper than is widely understood. His campaign made a series of costly financial, strategic, and political mistakes that, in retrospect, all but assured the candidate's defeat, given the revolutionary turnout tactics and tactical smarts of President Obama's operation.
via The story behind Mitt Romney's loss in the presidential campaign to President Obama – News – Boston.com.
You see, there used to be a time in this Country, when the Republican Party and the Conservative movement actually stood for something; and that is a Constitutional Republic. A Constitutional Republic is what The United States of America was founded as, and not a Democracy as is parroted by some of the idiots on the left and some of the idiots on the so-called "Right" as well.
The Republican Party and the Conservative movement in this Country used to stand for social, economic and military restraint. Nowadays, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party both stand for unlimited spending, hippy-style social policy, high taxes, totally ignoring the United States Constitution and runaway military. This is why the American people did not vote for Mitt Romney or any of the so-called Republican "Players" during this election. Because all they saw was Democratic Party, and Democratic Party Lite.
American's economy is in shatters, and the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are both to blame for it. Instead of being adults and making the tough calls, on what needs to be done. Like ripping out the so-called "free trade" agreements and putting back in place the tariffs that would pay down our debt, and fund our social safety net — the Republicans are refusing to allow taxes to be raised on anyone making over a million dollars a year and the Democrats are squabbling over any and all cuts made to the social system.
As for Americas economy, why it is totally in shambles is because of the idiot transformation that took place during the Nixon years. America essentially ended the The Bretton Woods system and began a system of Keynesian economics. This caused America to print more money, than they had to back it up in gold. Which causes inflation and devaluing of the US dollar. Again, this was done, by both parties and is why we are where we are today.
Instead of actually fixing Americans problems through sound policy; the Republican Party would rather pick a fight with AFL-CIO and the UAW to try to crush the labor movement in this Country. After doing this, they really actually expect to be elected in those Union friendly states. My friends, something is horribly wrong the Republican Party.
Mitt Romney lost the 2012 election for one simple reason: Romney allowed himself to be framed by the liberal media as a rich, out of touch, elitist who could have honestly cared less about the middle class in this Country. Mitt Romney might actually be a very moral person and a very capable leader. But, when you have the money he has, you get painted in that fashion.
Another thing that is wrong with the Republican Party and the Conservative movement was written about by Patrick J. Buchanan in his 2005 book, "Where the Right went Wrong." Since that time, the Bush Presidency has ended and it was thought for a time that the neoconservatives in this Country would be relegated to the backwoods of politics for a very long time.
However, Kristol, Podhoretz and the rest of that neoconservative clan had other ideas. They spend a good deal of money in foolhardy plans to try to bolster Mitt Romney's bid for the White House. Which ultimately caused Mitt Romney's loss in the election. Which makes one wonder if possibly the neoconservatives were a bit worried that Mitt Romney was not the defense hawk that they truly wanted in the White House and actually were trying to kneecap his Presidency.
The war in Iraq should have been a wakeup call to the media, to Americans and to the Conservative movement that unilateral war without proper constitutional authority was a disaster. Instead the Conservative movement and the Republican Party just buried Bush and his failures and are now making the case for all out war with Iran.
In closing: My friends, Mitt Romney was not the problem; the problem is that the Conservative movement that was, and the Republican that was, of long ago; has been replaced with a Democratic Party Lite. This is not an American Conservative movement. But, rather a horrible fraud. This is why the Republicans lost the election of 2012 — nothing more, nothing less.
Anyone who tells you otherwise, is a highly misinformed.
Others: Balloon Juice, Addicting Info, The Impolitic, Firedoglake, PERRspectives, The Political Carnival, Lawyers, Guns & Money, PoliticusUSA, The Moderate Voice, Washington Examiner, The Hill,Booman Tribune, Gawker, The National Memo, The Other McCain, Mediaite, Eschaton and Outside the Beltway (Via Memeorandum)


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The Georgia Real Estate Commission & Appraisers Board
Welcome to the Real Estate Commission & Appraisers Board website. Our agency's mission is to ensure professional competency among real estate licensees and appraisers and to promote a fair and honest market environment for practitioners and their customers and clients in real estate transactions in Georgia. The information and services available through this site allows us to interact efficiently with our constituents and assist in achieving our mission.
Latest News & Announcements
Georgia Real Estate Commission Proposed Rule Changes: Rule 520-2-.03 (6) Real Estate Instructors - Renewal of Instructor Approval and Rule 520-2-.04 (6) (c) Real Estate Courses –Continuing Education Courses – Subject Areas
Georgia Real Estate Commission Proposed Rule Changes: Rule 520-1-.08 Managing Trust Accounts and Trust Funds and Rule 520-1-.14 Citations.
Important Notice to all Georgia Real Estate Firms:
Our Online Services for Real Estate Firms have been upgraded. All Qualifying Brokers will need to register new login passwords for the upgraded system. Instructions for the new process may be found here:
The Georgia Real Estate Commission will have a specially called meeting on Thursday June 30, 2016 at 10:00am via Teleconference. You may participate by calling at 404-656-6704. The only item on the agenda is whether or not the Commission should object to a motion to suspend the sanction against Rico Martinez Pearson & Buyer Realty, LLC pending the results in an appeal filed by Respondents in the Superior Court of Fulton County Against the Georgia Real Estate Commission in CIV: No. 2016 cv 276094
Posted at June 27, 2016
By William L. Rogers, Jr.
Georgia Real Estate Commissioner
The Board has adopted a rule that requires Appraisal Management Companies ("AMCs") to pay appraisers customary and reasonable fees for appraisal services being performed for one to four family residential units for the market area being appraised. The Board has also funded a study of customary and reasonable fees paid in Georgia in 2014 for appraisal services being performed for one to four family residential units.
You can read the rule at:
You can read the study at:
On July 1, 2015: required hours of continuing education increase from 24 to 36.
On July 1, 2016: 3 of the 36 hours must be on the topic of License Law.
Click here for list of approved courses.
Georgia Real Estate License Rule Changes Video:
The Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board adopted changes to the "Appraiser Classifications and Their Education, Examination, and Experience Requirements" Rule and the "Courses" rule. These Rules implement the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria required as of January 1, 2015 as established by the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) of The Appraisal Foundation. These Rules are effective as of January 1, 2015.
You can view these Rules by clicking here:
You can view a summary of these changes by clicking here:
- Waiver or Variance Requests – Click this Link ; then Click on " Search Rules Waiver Petitions"; Under "Search by" Use Chapter Number " 520" to search for Real Estate Rule Waivers and Variance Requests and Chapter Number "539" to search for Appraiser Rule Waivers and Variance Requests.
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|Vandal men get 4-1 win
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – If Tuesday's result was any indication, the Idaho men's tennis team is bound for success when it enters the Big Sky Conference next season. The Vandals visited five-time defending Big Sky champion Sacramento State and left with a 4-1 victory.
"It is nice to get a win and at this point all we can do is build off the positives," Idaho coach Jeff Beaman said. "The guys carried their strong doubles from yesterday and put a more consistent effort across the board in singles."
The Vandals picked up doubles wins at the top two positions and clinched the victory with singles wins at Nos. 1, 4 and 5 to clinch the match victory.
Idaho improves to 6-9 on the season with the win, and continue play on Mar. 28 against Seattle U. Sacramento State has won the Big Sky championship every year since 2009.


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Ellen L. Barber of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born in Grant County, Kansas, the daughter of H. H. Caldwell and Tessie (Halsted) Caldwell. Other than 10 years that Ellen lived in Holly, Colorado, she was a lifetime resident of Ulysses, Kansas. She was a homemaker and farmwife. She worked many years as a clerk at JM McDonalds Department Store, Gish's Sporting Goods and Gibson's Discount Center. Ellen was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Rebecca Lodge and Patterson Avenue Church of God. While she resided in Holly, CO, she was a member of the Nazarene Church and was a Girl Scout leader. Throughout her life, she enjoyed teaching Sunday School and loved to sew and make clothing for her family.
Ellen married Lawrence Barber on August 18, 1934 at Lakin, Kansas. He preceded her in death on July 15, 1975.
She is survived by one son; Lawrence Barber and wife Roberta of Tacoma, Washington, two daughters; Marilyn Kay Stuart and husband Jim of Ulysses, Kansas, Connie Wise and husband Roger of Canton, Oklahoma, one foster son; David Gibbs of Ottawa, Kansas, 9 Grandchildren, 21 Great-Grandchildren and 6 Great-Great Grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by one grandson; Kevin Wise, three brothers and three sisters.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Patterson Avenue Church of God in Ulysses, Kansas with Pastor Earl Heath, Jr., and Reverend Todd Burpo officiating. Internment will follow at the Ulysses Cemetery. Friends may call on Monday, March 28, 2011 from 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Garnand Funeral Home in Ulysses. Memorial contributions may be given to The American Diabetes Association or to Missions at Crossroads Wesleyan Church of Imperial, Nebraska in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 405 W. Grant Ave, Ulysses, KS 67880.
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UCLA Sand Volleyball on Twitter
LOS ANGELES - The sixth-ranked UCLA Bruins (6-6) conclude the regular season at the 2014 Beach Collegiate Challenge, hosted by USA Volleyball at 1300 The Strand, Hermosa Beach, Calif. The tournament will take place on April 12-13 and will feature collegiate sand teams from No. 1 USC, No. 2 Pepperdine, No. 3 Hawai'i, No. 6 UCLA, Arizona, CSU Bakersfield, Loyola Marymount and Santa Clara.
The Bruins are 2-4 against the tournament field this season with wins over Santa Clara and CSU Bakersfield and losses to USC, Hawai'i (twice) and Loyola Marymount.
UCLA is in Pool A and is seeded 5th. Pool A consists of No. 1 USC, No. 4 LMU, No. 5 UCLA and No. 8 Santa Clara. Pool B includes No. 2 Pepperdine, No. 3 Hawai'i, No. 6 CSU Bakersfield and No. 7 Arizona.
The Bruins open pool play at 10:00 a.m. on April 12 on courts 7-11 with No. 4 LMU. After a bye at 11:00 a.m., UCLA will face No. 1 USC at Noon on courts 1-5. The Bruins will conclude pool play at 2:00 p.m. with No. 8 Santa Clara on courts 7-11.
Sunday's pairs tournament begins at 9:00 a.m. and concludes with the finals at 3:15 p.m.
You can follow us (link provided above) on Twitter for updates throughout pool play on Saturday or click here for tournament updates from USA Volleyball.
The Bruins, under second year head coach Stein Metzger and assistants Jenny Johnson Jordan and Sarah Straton, are 9-13 overall in dual matches after going 3-7 last season. UCLA had a pair of teams reach the 2013 AVCA National Championships, Meg Norton and Kelly Reeves, as well as Nightingale and Becca Strehlow. Reeves became the first Bruin to earn AVCA All-America honors last year.
UCLA Dual Pairs Records in 2014
#1 - Kamila Tan / Jessyka Ngauamo (6-6)
#2 - Zoë Nightingale / Madie Smith (2-10)
#3 - Taylor Formico / Karsta Lowe (3-6)
#4 - Skylar Dykstra / Jennie Frager (4-8)
#5 - Karly Drolson / Rachel Inouye (8-4)


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The Epson v600 is an extremely high quality and versatile photo and document scanner thanks to its 6400 x 9600 dpi resolution that can reproduce prints in vivid detail up to 17″ x 22″.
The V600 can take care of all of your scanning requirements including photos, invoices, receipts and even 3D everyday objects.
It is a great way to share photos that have been sitting in your attic or in some dusty shoe box and haven't seen the light of day in decades.
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- As well as being able to scan slides, negatives and medium format prints, you can also scan books, magazines and documents.
- Use Digital Ice technology on your old photos to remove any creases, tears or any other perfections that are present.This will save you a lot of money by avoiding the high cost of professional photo editing
- Digital Ice is also available for film, removing the appearance of dust, scratches and other nasties that are present on slide, negative or medium format film
- Something called Easy Photo Fix is also available to correct photos that have color balance issues. A great addition to the V600 color scanner is the addition of Adobe Photo Elements which is great for any photographs that need further enhancement. It is a great program and easier to use than the more intensive Adobe Photoshop.
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In addition to the scanning capabilities of the V600, this scanner is also customizable with 4 settings to help you quickly scan, scan to email, copy or create PDF's with the touch of a button. You can also scan documents and convert them into editable text which is a great feature that you can have hours and hours of fun with.
What others are saying about the Epson V600
The vast majority of photo scanner reviews from people who bought this scanner were overwhelmingly positive.
DR Mackenzie from Sacramento, CA was one of those people and he/she left some helpful points to supplement this review.
Here is a portion of their original review:
First, this unit does a superb job of scanning both slides and film, so that part worked out very well. At first, I scanned at 4800 dpi, but after a bit, realized that 3600 dpi was more than enough resolution for most pictures.
People have said that the carrier is flimsy, but it wasn't a problem. Tip — when scanning a lot of slides, tape the left and bottom sides of the carrier to the scanner chassis (not the glass). You can quickly drop slides into the slots and later remove them, without the carrier shifting.
A lot of people were put off by the Epson software, and suggested Vuescan. I demo'd Vuescan, and wasn't impressed. Why spend a bunch of time modifying the image before the scan, when it is so much easier to make adjustments later in Photoshop 7 (supplied with the scanner)?
All I really want to do when scanning is to get a decent version of the image, minimizing clipping, etc., without investing a lot of time. I also like the way Epson auto-cropped the pictures for me.
There is a step by step method for getting the most out of the included Epson software, and you can read the rest of this helpful review here if you do decide to purchase this scanner.
For those of you who are still unsure, it really is a case of tinkering with the settings to suit your personal needs and to get the most out of the product.
While this can be said for almost any product, people should not be disappointed if they don't get the results they are looking for straight out of the box. Some minor customization might be the only thing separating you from what you want to get out of your photos.
What you get in the box
- Perfection V600 Photo color scanner
- Transparency unit (built into lid)
- Film holders for: 35mm film and mounted slides & 6 x 22 cm medium-format film
- Scanner software CD-Rom
- Adobe Photoshop Elements DVD
- Start Here poster
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable
- AC adapter and power cable
How much should you pay?
You shouldn't be paying more than $200 for the Epson V600. Buy it now on Amazon for under $180 and you can also receive free shipping.
The Epson v600 has received an awesome response from 99% of the consumers who purchased it. Perhaps the only negative point is the Digital Ice software that can produce some strange results, depending on the photo that it is attempting to fix.
Some have reported that Digital Ice works well for slide film and medium format, but not so well on prints.
If you get bad results with the included software, my advice would be to scan and edit the photo in Elements or Photoshop afterwards and you will get much better results. You really have to take it on a photo by photo basis as results will differ.
Overall this is a great photo scanner that gets the job done with a minimum of fuss, which is what we all want in this modern day hectic lifestyle.
The V600 represents great value for money and my advice would be to seriously consider upgrading to this scanner if you have had an older model for a number of years now.
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NAIS Workshop on Skeletons, Heterogeneous Systems and Domain Specific Optimization
Apr 20, 2012
from 09:30 AM to 05:30 PM
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ParaPhrase will be present at the forthcoming NAIS workshop in Edinburgh. The arrival of highly parallel, heterogeneous hardware in the computing mainstream challenges conventional programming models. This workshop brings together a series of talks on projects which seek to address the issues, focusing in particular on the synthesis between pattern and domain oriented programming abstractions and the ability to autotune code for performance portability.
The workshop is funded by the Centre for Numerical Algorithms and Intelligent Software (NAIS).
The day will run from 09:30 to 17:30.
Registration is free, and lunch, tea and coffee will be provided for participants. To register, please email Murray Cole.
Location/Travel The workshop takes place in room G07 of the Informatics Forum, at the University of Edinburgh.


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College Hockey:RPI Shocks Dartmouth
Engineers One Win Away From Huge Playoff Upset
HANOVER, N.H. — The kids were more than all right for Rensselaer on Friday night. They were the difference in an ECAC quarterfinal upset.
Freshman Christian Morissette and Jordan Watts scored their first career goals and fellow rookie Allen York made 31 saves as the 11th-seeded Engineers surprised sixth seeded Dartmouth in overtime, 3-2, to take the first game of their best-of-three series at half-full Thompson Arena.
Watts forced overtime by beating Big Green freshman netminder Jody ONeill in traffic two minutes into the third period. Morissette, in just his fifth game for RPI (8-25-2) redirected a Jeff Foss drive at 8:49 of overtime for the game-winner.
Rensselaer can eliminate the Big Green (14-13-3) with a win on Saturday night. Dartmouth needs two straight victories to extend its season, something the Big Green hasnt done since late December.
Every team plays a different style, but the great thing about hockey is winning in the playoffs is same thing: being physical, winning puck battles, protecting your house and blocking shots, Renssselaer coach Seth Appert said. It doesnt matter; any kid thats played hockey in any country in the world knows that. Its a matter of whos going to do it.
Freshman Alex Angers-Goulet set the winning play in motion, feeding Foss at the blue line. As teammates clogged ONeills view, Foss sent an ice-level shot that caught Morissettes leg and slipped through the Dartmouth goaltenders pads.
Dartmouth never trailed until that point. Scott Fleming scored twice to give the Big Green a pair of one-goal leads, only to have the Engineers answer each time.
They played well; its just a break, Dartmouth coach Bob Gaudet said. They got a puck to the net. We got the puck to the net and did some nice things, but they played a good game. We just gotta to continue to try and battle and play hard and learn from it.
Fleming got Dartmouth started at 3:54, taking a pass from a falling Adam Estoclet and beating York from the inside right circle. Seth Klerer leveled for the Engineers at 13:33, catching the Big Green defense too far forward and getting enough space on the counterattack to put a 20-footer past ONeill.
Fleming again put the Big Green in the lead at 7:09 of the second. ONeill stopped RPI freshman Josh Rabbani to kill a 4-on-2 break, and Dartmouths Rob Pritchard took the ensuing rebound and sent Fleming on a rush, resulting in his own 20-foot wrist shot past Allens right arm.
Watts forced overtime at 2:13 of the third stanza, chasing a loose puck, wheeling around low-slot traffic and tucking a wrister under the crossbar behind ONeill (33 saves).
Greg Fennell covers Dartmouth hockey for the Valley News of West Lebanon, N.H.
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College Hockey:Gionta's Three-Point Night Lifts Boston College
Eagles Earn Split of Weekend Home-and-Home with BU
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Jack Parker's Boston University Terriers proved one thing on Sunday night against the Boston College Eagles: If you're not excited to play in one of college hockey's biggest rivalries, you're surely not going to win.
In what Parker called a "legless" effort by his club, the Eagles jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second period and survived BU's best chance for a comeback, handing the Terriers a 5-2 loss at Conte Forum.
"I thought we had two problems tonight," said Parker. "We had no idea what our systems were and we were legless for most of the game. We looked like we were walking in quicksand.
"It was a slow game and I think we contributed to that mostly."
On the other side of the ice, BC coach Jerry York was happy with his club's victory, especially in light of the Eagles' 3-2 loss in the series opener on Saturday night. But York, too, admitted that the encore performance of college hockey's top rivalry lacked the zest of Saturday's game.
"Sometimes, the second night, the heart and the mind are with it, but the games are simply tiring," said York.
The offensive hero for the Eagles was none other than captain Brian Gionta. But as much as this surprises no one, it surely brought smiles to the face of York. Gionta, a perennial scoring leader for the Eagles, has struggled lately and had fallen to fourth in scoring entering the game.
"It was good to seem him score," said York about Gionta, who finished the night with two goals and an assist. "He's had some chances lately but could get the puck in the net."
Gionta, who had three points in his last six games entering Sunday night, surely didn't surprise the Terriers with his performance. Now, through 13 career games against BU, Gionta has racked up 10 goals and seven assists.
"The BC-BU game is huge for the team and each player tries to do his part," said Gionta. "My position is to create some offense and, through fortune and luck, I've been able to do that [against BU] over the years."
Though the early going of the game was slow, both teams had their chances. Just 87 seconds in, BC's Mike Lephart gathered a faceoff win from Ales Dolinar, beat BU netminder Jason Tapp (24 saves) cleanly, but rung the shot off the left post. At 4:32, while BU was on the power play, Ealges netminder Scott Clemmensen (26 saves) was forced to make doorstep saves on John Sabo and Carl Corazzini to keep the game scoreless.
At 10:11, Eagles and Hockey East scoring leader Krys Kolonos ignited his team's offense, opening the game's scoring. Skating down the right-wing side, Kolonos took a drop pass from Jeff Giuliano. What looked innocent for BU turned deadly as Kolonos perfectly placed a shot between the left shoulder of Tapp and the crossbar to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead.
Less than five minutes later, BC clicked again, this time on the power play. After Tapp turned aside a nice bid on Gionta, rookie center Ben Eaves regrouped the play in the center zone and broke 2-on-1 with Tony Voce. Eaves ripped a hard wrist shot along the ice that beat Tapp between the legs at 14:53.
From there, the Eagles attack continued, but thanks to heads-up goaltending by Tapp, the game remained 2-0 through 20 minutes.
The second period began as the first ended, with the BC attack plastering shot upon shot on the lifeless BU defense, but Tapp held his ground early.
At 10:55, though, Voce made a highlight film pass that set up Gionta's 12th goal of the season. Skating down the left wing, Voce began to lose his balance near the blueline. After falling to his knees, Voce threw a backhand pass through traffic that found Brian Gionta at the far post. Gionta, already past the net with BU defender Keith Emery draped on his back, was able to get enough of his stick blade on the puck to redirect it into the empty net for the 3-0 lead.
BC's York described the goal as "unreal" and said that it was made because of Voce's "athletic instinct." Gionta, though, had more of a laugh on the play.
"[Voce] was coming into the zone and tripped over the blueline," joked Gionta. "But then he recovered and made a great pass. I was just lucky to get a stick on it."
The offense didn't stop there. At 14:16, just 10 seconds after a BU penalty to Freddy Meyer had expired, Gionta struck again. Setting a perfect screen, Gionta deflected a Bobby Allen shot from the point through the legs of the blinded Tapp to open up a four-goal cushion for the Eagles.
Gionta's two goals marked the first time since November 21 that he has registered two goals in a game.
BU finally finally responded on the power play late in the period. While bringing the puck into the zone, Nick Gillis dropped it to a flying Mike Pandolfo who, in turn, found Brian Collins heading to the net. Collins' wrister beat Clemmensen inside the left post for the sophomore's fifth goal of the season at 16:11.
In the final minute of play, Clemmensen, who hadn't been called upon to that point to make a big save, stopped Gillis on a breakaway to preserve BC's three-goal lead. Though Gillis might have been able to one-time the breakaway pass from Pandolfo and catch the BC goaltender moving, he instead elected to skate in further and attempt to deke Clemmensen. But the senior netminder stayed with Gillis every inch and turned aside the shot with a right pad save.
"There were different parts to the game that went both ways," noted York. "But that save there was important. They had just scored and it kept them from getting momentum into the locker room."
Early in the third period, neither offense mustered much attack, with the Eagles seemingly happy to stifle the Terrier attack. But at 9:12, BC's Ales Dolinar let the Terriers back into the game when he took a five-minute major for hitting from behind in the Eagles offensive zone.
Though BU seemed disorganized early in the man-advantage, at 11:37, things clicked. Sabo took a breakaway pass from rookie Gregg Johnson and stuffed it between the legs of Clemmensen to pull BU within two.
But that was all the offense that the Terriers would mount as the partisan crowd of 7,770 grew to its loudest volume of the night when the Eagles returned to full strength.
York was pleased with his team's penalty kill, saying, "It was a credible job giving up only on goal on the five-minute major. It was a tough kill, especially without our top penalty killer [Dolinar]."
The Terriers would continue to get chances late, as Brooks Orpik's penalty for holding with 2:54 remaining gave BU its seventh and final power play. But J.D. Forrest, fresh back from the World Junior Tournament, ended BU's hopes for the comeback. His shot, which in golf terms would be considered a beautiful pitch-and-run from 50 yards, floated nicely over the BU defense and found the dead center of the empty net to account for the 5-2 final.
The win allows BC (14-5-1, 7-2-1 Hockey East) to keep pace with Providence, 8-5 winners over UMass-Amherst on Sunday, in the race for first place for Hockey East. With 15 points apiece, BC and Providence are two points ahead of third-place New Hampshire.
BU evens its league record at 5-5-1 (7-10-1 overall) and remains tied with Maine for fourth.
The Eagles' only game next weekend will be a road game at UMass-Lowell. BU will travel to Maine to meet the Black Bears in a two-game series next Friday and Saturday.
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Process of Service-Learning
Process of Service-learning
Students in service learning classes prepare for Service learning component of a course through a simple four step process. The four steps are preparation, action, reflection and demonstration.
Students are prepared for the service learning activity by learning the skills and knowledge necessary to underpin the practical aspect of the course
Students take part in a structured activity which incorporates the need to use learned skills and apply relevant knowledge.
Students reflect on the services performed and how it has impacted the community. They also reflect on how they have applied their knowledge and skills in the service learning experience. Students should record their reflections in as the SL experiences is happening in order to capture an accurate record.
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College Hockey:USCHO Names Amherst Defenseman Jeff Landers D-III Player of the Year
National Champion Dominick Dawes Wins Highest Coaching Honor
MINNEAPOLIS — Amherst senior defenseman Jeff Landers has been selected the USCHO.com National Player of the Year. The Hanover, Mass. native tallied nine goals and 33 assists this season to lead all Division III defensemen. He led the Lord Jeffs to a school-best 22-5-1 record and the NESCAC regular season and playoff titles.
USCHO.com has also named Neumann coach Dominick Dawes National Coach of the Year. In his debut season, Dawes' Knights won their first ever Division III National Championship.
The winners and all-star teams are selected by the USCHO.com staff. A complete list follows:
East First Team
Goal : Keith Longo, Sr., Hobart
Defense : Jeff Landers, Sr., Amherst
Defense : Nick Rolls, Sr., Plattsburgh
Forward : Jeff Hazelwood, Sr., Curry
Forward : Nikita Kashirsky, Sr., Norwich
Forward: Jamie McKenna, Sr., Middlebury
East Second Team
Goal: Cole Anderson, So., Amherst
Defense: Andy Brennan, Sr., Hobart
Defense: Karl Linden, So., Elmira
Forward : Dylan Clarke, So., Plattsburgh
Forward: Jason Hill, Sr., Buffalo State
Forward : Chris Trafford, Sr., Manhattanville
Honorable Mention: Justin Fox (Salem State), Matt Ward (Neumann), Joey Wilson (Plattsburgh),
East Rookie Team
Goal: Ross MacKinnon, Neumann
Defense : Jeremy Gates, Neumann
Defense: Wayne Sands, Mass-Boston
Forward: Tim Coffman, Utica
Forward: Martin Drolet, Middlebury
Forward: Skylur Jameson, Wentworth
Honorable Mention: Ryan Barlock (Curry), Emmond Bell (Norwich), Alan Dionne (Wentworth), Marlon Gardner (Neumann), Jacob Rinn (Nichols), Erik Selleck (Oswego),
West First Team
Goal: Chad Beiswenger, Sr., UW-Superior
Defense: Chris Berenguer, So., Hamline
Defense: Nick Tabisz, So., St. Norbert
Forward: Derek Hanson, Jr., UW-Stout
Forward: David Martinson, Jr., Gustavus Adolphus
Forward: Shawn Skelly, So., Adrian
West Second Team
Goal: Steve Bounds, Sr., St. Scholastica
Defense: Adam Davis, Sr., St. Thomas
Defense: Jack Wolgemuth, Sr., UW-Stout
Forward: Braden Desmet, Jr., UW-Superior
Forward: AJ Gale, Jr., St. Norbert
Forward: AJ Tucker, Sr., St. Scholastica
Honorable Mention:Joel Gaulrapp (UW-Stout), Chris Johnson (Augsburg), Rob Johnson (St. Thomas),Adam Krug (Adrian), Dylan Mueller (St. Olaf)
West Rookie Team
Goal: Beau Christian, Hamline
Defense : Trevor Doden, Augsburg
Defense: Matt Morin, UW-Stout
Forward : Nick Guran, Augsburg
Forward : Jon Madden, UW-Stevens Point
Forward : Ross Ring-Jarvi,Gustavus Adolphus
Honorable Mention: Brian Arrigoni (Hamline), Chris Fiala (Bethel), Kent Detlefsen (UW-Superior), Mike Leone (Adrian), Carl Wood (St. Thomas)
D-III Player of the Year: Jeff Landers, Amherst
D-III Coach of the Year: Dominick Dawes, Neumann
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Sophy Burnham's A BOOK OF ANGELS on BEST OF OPRAH
February 20, 2013 by TarcherPerigee
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Last week Oprah Winfrey selected some of her favorite episodes to run on OWN-TV's THE BEST OF OPRAH and one was devoted to Sophy Burnham discussing her New York Times bestselling book A BOOK OF ANGELS and the existence of angels in our lives.
Sophy Burnham recently revised and updated A BOOK OF ANGELS, but when she originally wrote it, she inspired a phenomenon. This beautiful book not only tells the extraordinary true stories of present-day encounters with angels, but also traces the study of angels throughout history and in different cultures. Burnham writes about the powerful male angels, Buddhist bodhisattvas, Islamic angels, Hindu Apsaras, the mysterious angels of the Jewish Kabbalah, cherubim, seraphim, guardian angels, the angel of death, and others.
What are angels? What do they look like? Whom do they choose to visit? Why do they appear sometimes and not others, and would you recognize one if it appeared before you? With great feeling, Burnham offers an eloquent report from the place where earth and heaven meet. A wondrous journey into the world of angels, this book is a song of praise to life.
Read an excerpt from A BOOK OF ANGELS HERE.
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Praise for A BOOK OF ANGELS:
"A golden conjunction of heaven and earth…reminding us that there are angels in every religion." –The Washington Post
"As far as angels are concerned, now you see them, now you don't. A Book of Angels gives us a lovely, sustained glimpse." –Chicago Tribune


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With spring just around the corner, get your green thumbs primed and learn how to plant a healing herb garden.
Healing Herb Workshop
On March 20th, Wendy Rigeaux of Fort Macleod, will be offering a three-hour course on the healing benefits of common herbs and how to grow them in your own Southern Alberta garden. Her workshop will be very hands on, as she is supplying everyone with pots, soil and the seeds of several healing herb varieties. As well, she will be serving homemade herbal tea and lavender cookies.
Wendy will teach about the healing properties of several herbs, the basics of growing them and what to do once they've been harvested.
Many Ways to Heal with Herbs
Healing with herbs is an ancient tradition that appeals to many. In most cultures across the globe, ways of using these tiny crops for healing include:
- Compresses
- Decoctions
- Extracts
- Herbal vinegars
- Infusions
- Oils
- Ointments
- Poultices
- Powders
- Syrups
- Teas
- Tinctures
Of course in three hours, Wendy won't be able to cover all of these uses, but be prepared to learn some techniques for creating some truly magical and medicinal herbal potions.
Herbal Magick
Tina Glaessner of Medicinal Herb Plants & Crimson Sage Nursery in Orleans, California says,
There is magic in the Healing Herbs in your garden. This magic consists not only of the properties of these Herbs, but in the strong sense of connection and interdependence that comes from growing, collecting and using the Medicinal Herbs that you have grown.
Please join Wendy's limited-space workshop and experience this true herbal magick.
Wendy's workshop will be at the Fort Macleod Library on Saturday, March 20th from 9 - 12 pm. The fee is $35, which includes all materials. To register, phone 403-553-4689 and leave a message.


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In Peter Gelfan's novel, "Found Objects," a happy, bisexual and interracial triad struggles, when a fourth person arrives on the scene. Aldo and Erica were happily married, but a bit bored, when they fell in love with Marie and her two kids and became one big happy family. Until Marie's disappearing act of a husband, Jonah, shows up and wants to make amends.
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"I am a tidy person, my wife is not. Our lover, Marie, can go either way."
SL: What made you decide to write about an idyllic three-way relationship?
PG: Plenty of stories recount the struggles of people from a "normal" social milieu who fall in love with someone outside of it—different nationality, race, religion, class—or discover they are gay or bi. The underlying question of such stories is, can it work? Can they find happiness? I started this story with the initial status quo of a happy bi threesome plus children in order to immediately get past the usual question and explore what happens next.
I have often been surprised and puzzled by unconventional people who are stuck in their own ways, especially when I find I'm one of them. "Found Objects" is a story about unconventional people who are pushed to go beyond their own set of conventions, and have trouble doing so. I can't think of any unconventionality more personal or emotional than sexual nonconformity.
SL: The triad in your book included two bisexual women and a straight man. What is it about bisexuality that intrigues you?
PG: Bisexuality is intriguing in its own right, no? But that wasn't what I found most intriguing. Throughout my life, I have always been surprised by whom I fell in love with next. I'd have a good idea of what kind of person I could go for or couldn't, and then fall in love with someone outside my self-subscribed pool.
In "Found Objects," none of the three central characters started off looking for a bi or polyamorous relationship. They just fell in love with one another. We have a habit of slapping labels on things, and it seems that once we have labels, we have to take sides.
SL: Have you ever been in a relationship like that of your characters? Is it a fantasy of yours?
PG: The characters and storyline of "Found Objects" are fictional but largely a mash-up of people and situations I have known and been involved with, blended together with imagination.
For me, there is a big fantasy: that such a thing could ever work. In all the actual or incipient polyamorous relationships I have in any way been a party to—by which I mean an ongoing, multi-partnered relationship rather than the occasional group-grope or swinger scene—they have all quickly fallen apart for unforeseen reasons. Somebody takes a sudden dislike to their best friend, someone else gets scared, greedy, jealous, or insecure. It's always a big disappointment, because in principle, three or four or five seems more interesting, amicable, and viable than two. I wanted to explore this question with "Found Objects."
SL: Do you have any personal experience with bisexuality? If so, what kind?
PG: The answer to the previous question gets into my personal history on the subject about as far as I want to go. But when more than two people are involved, the lines blur, as does the fraught question of sexual identity and any pat answers to it.
SL: So I guess you're taking the fifth on that. What made you decide to start the book off with a threat to the triad's idyllic existence? I found myself wishing I could have spent more time reading about their happiness before anything else was interjected.
PG: I thought about this question as I was writing. I wanted to get the plot—the conflict, the struggle—underway early. As well, I considered the state of mind readers should be in when they enter the fray. I decided that if they wanted more of the good times rather than felt sated by it and were ready for the axe to fall, they would be more in step with the characters.
SL: How do you think the children benefitted from having three or four parents at home instead of just two?
PG: These four parents, like most parents, all had something to offer the children, and all were lacking in some way. None of them was abusive or overbearing. Having four of them, delivered more good parenting and made up for more of the others' gaps, than two parents would. I don't see it as much different from a traditional extended family in which grandparents and uncles and aunts participate in the care and rearing of children.
SL: Why was the story told only from Aldo's point of view? Why not alternate between characters? I would have liked to know more about what Erica and Marie were thinking. To me, the bisexual characters are the most unusual, and therefore the most interesting…why not explore them more? Although I think that keeping Jonah a bit of a mystery helps the story.
PG: This was another tough question I grappled with when I first started. I could have used at least three POV characters, but worried that in such close quarters, this could risk becoming repetitive and slowing the pace, as different characters mulled over the same events.
It's fascinating that we all have to go through life without knowing what other people are thinking, feeling, and planning. We live in abysmal ignorance of what's going on right around us, even if we concoct predictive scenarios as a guide, and drum up self-confidence in their laughable accuracy. In a relationship with more than two people, the problem is multiplied. I wanted Aldo's ignorance of the others to be an important element in the story, one readers could experience with him.
SL: What made you decide to use interracial relationships in the story?
PG: The simple answer would be, why should they all be white? But there's more to it. I thought the parallels between racism and homophobia could be useful, and I wrote this book for general readers, many of whom might be more familiar with racism.
However, that's all after-the-fact rationalization. What really happened was that as I started to write Erica and she swam into sharper and sharper focus, I realized she was black. I slapped my forehead and said, "Why didn't I think of that in the first place?"
SL: Aldo was able to adjust when another woman entered his couple relationship and extended it into a ménage a trois. Why couldn't he tolerate another straight man coming into it? Why not a ménage a quatre?
PG: Good question. Don't expect an answer from me. I was yelling at him the same thing everyone else was—"You idiot, what's the matter with you?" That question must also top the list of all-time favorite self-interrogations. But I give Aldo credit for coming back to tackle it.
SL: Is writing about bisexuality and multi-partner relationships a one-time thing? Or do you intend to tackle this topic again?
PG: Although I'm sure it will come up again, at this point, I'm not planning it as a central topic for another novel. But you never know.
Found Objects by Peter Gelfan is published by Nortia Press and is available from your favorite book purveyor.


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What happens to the gorgeous original finishes that are ripped out of historic Philly homes when they undergo renovations? They wind up in this two-story salvage warehouse, which is teeming with ornate crystal light fixtures, glass doorknobs, boxes of real subway tiles, carved wooden mantels and porcelain sinks and tubs. (Do with them what you will!)
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Travels with Maeva
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Collection of photos and thoughts from a six year South Pacific cruise. Begins with restoring a classic teak sailboat, stocking supplies and heading off from Vancouver Island, Canada. Sailing through Hawaii, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Australia.
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Published April 16, 2013
Doorways of TURKEY
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Dappling is a coat pattern found in the Dachshund dog breed. This dappling is also called merle in other dog breeds such as the Collie, Great Dane and Australian Shepherd. This dappling pattern is a splotchy multi-color pattern in the dog coat. The dappling can be all over or in a very small area such as an ear or spot on the chest. Dappling is genetic and the results vary widely regardless of the mother or father's coat. A very lightly dappled dachshund could produce heavily dappled, lightly dappled or even no dappled pups. However there is a very large risk in breeding two dapples together which will result in what we call double dapples.
Double dapple is the result of both the mother and the father dog giving the pup a dapple gene. For example, the father dog gives the pup the gene first and dapples his back legs and tail, then the mother dog gives a dapple gene to the puppy's entire body. Where the two dapple genes overlap results in solid white; the other areas that did not overlap genes result in spots which contain dappling. There are extreme risks in breeding dapples and a good breeder will not risk the health of their pups in this way.
The risks in breeding dapples include birth defects such as blind, deaf or both and microphthalmia (an abnormally small eye). Sometimes this overlapping dapple gene can even cause missing eyes and/or ears. However, a double dapple puppy can be born with no deformities at all. Many believe that if the dog has blue eyes they are a double dapple. This is incorrect because some dapples have blue eyes and some double dapples do not have blue eyes. Because of the beautiful pattern of double dapples, some people take the risk of breeding the dogs because of the price for which they can sell the puppies. This is such a sad thing because many of the pups that are born with birth defects end up being killed, sent to shelters or sold to people unaware that the pup is blind/deaf. You can only hope that those that bought a double dapple and later find out they are blind/deaf will still love them and take care of them.
Many times double dapples are mistaken or sold as piebalds. Piebalds are a normal Dachshund color pattern with white. This pattern is usually, but not necessarily, symmetrical where a double dapple pattern is very jagged with undefined edges. In piebalds if they have a white sock the other paw will have a white sock, a black ear the other ear will be black. Also the spots on a piebald have no dappling at all. In the double dapple pattern the spots are dappled. For more in depth information on double dapples visit DORG.
However, there are dappled piebalds and double dapple piebalds! This can be very difficult to distinguish and may require genetic testing for confirmation of the coat. Lisa J. Emerson author of The Wienepedia: Dachshund Coats, Colors, & Patterns discusses the intricate genetics involved in these coats in an article she wrote when I asked her about the specifics. In Lisa Emerson's article she states, "It is a common myth that such-and-such parti pattern must look symmetrical, or that it must have four white feet, or that it must have a white tailtip, etc., or that a double dapple must have the same placement of white or that it must be completely asymmetrical. The truth is, every dog is an individual, and where that individual's particular pigment cells migrate or fail to migrate to on its body cannot be proficiently predicted." Click Here to read Lisa's article Dapples, partis, and mixes – oh my!! You can find more good information on genetics at Li'l Dacs. Finding homes for special needs dogs is very difficult and most end up euthanized. Yet owning and training a blind/deaf dog is really not any more difficult than a normal dog. It is known that normal dogs train best with hand signals and clickers rather than voice command. Blind dogs can easily be trained with clickers and hand touch. While deaf dogs utilize hand signals and sign language. If your dog is deaf and blind, hand touch and a vibration collar (not an e-collar) will work.
If you are looking for a dog please consider adopting a special needs dog. Furever Dachshund Rescue can help you find a dachshund in need. My mom, Angela Craig, is Social Network Coordinator and DeeAnn Jones is Intake Coordinator for this new Dachshund rescue. Kimberly Sharp is well known throughout several rescues and specializes in rescuing double dapple and merle dogs with special needs. As Lisa Emerson states in her article, be careful when purchasing a so called piebald, dapple or double dapple from a breeder. Make sure they really understand the genetics and do not just breed to make big bucks at the cost of these gorgeous dogs. Better yet, contact a rescue and adopt! Too many times rescues find these dogs dumped at shelters by breeders and owners alike.
I would like to thank Lisa J. Emerson for her time in writing and sharing her article Dapples, partis, and mixes – oh my!! Also a big thanks to Kimberly Sharp, DeeAnn Jones and Jenay C. for sharing their furbaby photos.


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By Bob Hueston on Feb 05, 2007
To be a good leader of engineers, one has to take on the roles of a good engineering leader. One has to be willing to surrender their own behaviors, and adopt the behaviors of a good leader. Like an actor, the engineering leader plays a role, and often the role changes from scene to scene. I'm not suggesting that an engineering leader learn to act, to pretend, to be a leader; instead, they must learn how to act like a leader.
Three Roles of an Engineering Leader
In his book From Sage to Artisan: The Nine Roles of the Value-Driven Leader, Stuart Wells identifies nine roles for a leader, but I can never remember all nine. Instead I've identified three primary roles that the engineering leader assumes, and yes, I've come up with cute names so they'll be easy to remember:
- beekeeper: system-oriented.
- shepherd: team-oriented.
- cowboy: goal-oriented.
Why three roles, and not one? There is nothing quite like leading a team of engineers, and as a result, there is no single analog that reflects the engineering leader. Also, a leader's behavior has to adapt, based on the people and situation. At any given moment, the leader will be exhibiting one or more of the roles.
Studying Leadership Roles
Why should we study the behaviors of a leader -- aren't you either a good leader or not? No. Some people may take on the roles of a good leader instinctively, but the rest of us can learn the roles as well.
When I graduated from college I was a shy, introverted young engineer with little or no leadership abilities; only a desire to be an engineering leader. Over time I learned to act like a leader by watching the good engineering leaders around me. I learned how to give good presentations despite my abject fear of public speaking (and today some people even think I love an audience). I learned to approach strangers and get them to help when my nature is to avoid unknown situations. I learned how to motivate others, and how to motivate myself. I learned how to touch the human side of my teammates, and how to allow them to touch me. I learned that even though my gut might be telling me to keep my head down low in the foxhole, someone must stand up and lead the charge, and that someone was me.
I think any person, even with no natural leadership abilities, can grow into a good engineering leader. And a person like me who has gone through the transformation is probably in a good position to talk about the roles and behaviors a good leader must learn.
In addition to the three roles for a good leader, there are also dozens (perhaps hundreds) of other roles that we all play in our normal lives. As a leader, we can't always play the role we want to play; we have to decide to act differently in order to ensure our people and projects are successful. When another project leader calls up and says they can't deliver some dependency on their promised date, we might want to employ the angry, indignant customer role who yells some derogatory epithet and slams down the phone, but we need to play the beekeeper role. When we have a passive-aggressive engineer who won't follow the plan, we could play the wounded child role and go back to our office and cry, or the cowboy role and push them to complete their tasks. If we have a set of roles that we can use in these tough situations, we can stop, think about the correct role, and then move forward to resolve the situation in a constructive manner.
Roles in Action
As a negative example, consider the person -- we all know one -- who consistently plays the same, predictable role. My favorite I call the "grenadier;" he's the guy who figuratively throws a grenade into a crowded room (for example, he emphatically says, "This will never work!"), then when the smoke clears, he walks in to see who's left standing (he sees if anyone is able to defend their original position). It's a role that has limited usefulness, but the real problem is when a person plays the same role in all situations. I can imagine when this person gets home from work: He yells in the front door, "Dinner smells terrible!", then walks in, kisses his mother on the cheek and asks her what she's been cooking.
As a more positive example, consider a project I led a few years ago. Our software needed to interface with the software from another department, and my senior engineer had a proposed interface, call it option A. She met with the senior engineer from the other group, and he was very negative on her proposal -- it was overly complex, it would never work, and "everyone else" was using another approach, call it option B. My engineer didn't think option B was that great, and there appeared to be technical holes in the approach, but she went back to the drawing board and in a week or two we modified our design based on option B and got his personal OK (in writing via email). Then we held a formal review with multiple groups. When we reviewed this portion of the design, many people criticized the interface, pointing out the deficiencies in option B, and recommended a different approach, almost identical to our original option A. The engineer from the other group joined the choir, saying, "I told them this wasn't a good idea, and I think they should have used option A." My senior engineer seethed, but I encouraged her to refrain from commenting. We took an action item to investigate the two approaches.
Back at my office, my senior engineer let loose. She still had the email from him telling us to abandon option A and use option B. She wanted to send the email to his boss in order to point out his incompetence. I did too, but I realized that running with my emotions would have only served to initiate a finger-pointing argument, which could sour the relationship with the other group and hinder forward progress. More importantly, we needed the OK from this other engineer, and making him look bad, especially in front of his manager, was not going to help achieve our goal. Instead, I took a deep breath, and playing the role of the beekeeper, I drafted an email response to our action item saying that upon further review, we agreed that option A was superior, and thanked the members of the design review for catching this problem, all of which was true -- we did believe option A was superior and we were glad the reviewers helped finalize the design. I just chose not say anything further. This approach got us what we wanted: Approval to use option A (which is what we wanted all along), an official OK from the other group (which we needed to finish our product), and left us on good terms with the other engineer, with whom we often would have to deal in the future.
The story does have a happy ending, well, as happy an ending as a story about design reviews and software interfaces can be. The other engineer sent a private email to my senior engineer saying that he realized that he might have been the one to lead us down the wrong path, and he apologized for any inconvenience that might have caused. He was basically admitting, privately, that he had screwed up, something he could not do publicly for whatever reason.
Roles are a set of behaviors that we use when dealing with others. There are roles we play naturally, from instinct. We can also learn roles, roles that are constructive, supportive, and motivating in order to lead our projects and achieve our goals. When we understand the roles available to us, we are able to intelligently select a role that best suits the situation.