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Thanks a million to "istockphoto" for this lovely German shepherd Dog Christmas card.
Here's a little smile, some words of cheer, a bit of love for dog lovers around the world and their beloved dogs. Here's my Christmas dog lover wishes and best wishes for the coming year.
Let this Christmas wave a magic wand over your world and let the Lord's blessings on you turn all things golden for you.
One most real German Shepherd Dog description found by my very personal experiences is that, he is a dog with intense sense of bondage with his own ones. He is a dog that can be called "caninestein" instead of just "canine". Yes, the degree of intelligence that he possesses, has made him the most talked about breed all over the world. I'm really a happy owner of German Shepherd Dogs, but I can't deny the fact that his intelligence level have fooled me a number of times. Often I've seen him capable of thinking too deeply; even logically of a number of ways to get whatever he wants or to attract my attention. If not trained properly, intelligence of German Shepherds can be nightmare for his owners. Certain funny behaviors that seem to be cute in your GSD puppy today, can throw your life out of gear tomorrow, when he would grow to be a mighty wolf! Here's the importance of proper training. Find a few tips on training GSDs. Read on....
Teach Basic Commands to your German Shepherd
If you're envying to see your friend's well mannered king-size Shepherd, its YOU who's responsible for such discontentment of yourself. It's just a magic of 5 most common words! A well-behaved German shepherd knows to follow the 5 most important basic commands: Come, Sit, Down, Stay and Heel. Teaching these 5 basic actions will make your German Shepherd your most loved companion. This basic training can make life easier for both you and your shepherd. Most importantly, you can keep him and yourself cool and safe in any situation.
Train Your German Shepherd to act on the command "Come"
Almost a dozen times in a month I get phone calls from people around my locality and even from far and wide, inquiring about the ways to train up their German Shepherds. Interestingly most of them have already put their German Shepherd on training sessions, but the sadly many of them turn up with loads of complains. Let me tell you that stubbornness and aggression are not typical characteristics of German Shepherd Dogs. These are the consequence of improper training. Believe me, there's no word like "Bad Dog", the owners, handlers and trainers may be bad and compel their dogs to behave in the way they should not! If your shepherd have are developing bad habits, you are responsible for that – don't blame him! It's due to the lack of socialization and bad training that a dog become what they shouldn't be.
As for my first German Shepherd Dog training tips, Stop Muzzle your GSD Immediately! If a trainer suggests you to muzzle your dog, just move on... look for another good trainer. No point wasting time talking to him regarding dog training. Remember, no reputable dog trainer or canine behaviorist will ask you to muzzle your dog. There are other good ways to control your dog if he is aggressive to other dogs.
Training German Shepherd Dogs is an art, to be mastered properly before actually you start training a GSD. Here's how to train German Shepherd Dogs.
Be Gentle While Training a GSD
German Shepherd dog training can be perfectly accomplished by starting at an early age. If you lose your patience and temperament you are an utter flop in this field. Undesirable behaviors have to be dealt with in the most consistent manner. Loving lavishly during the training session won't work; being too harsh to him would be a bad idea either! Things must be dealt with in a gentle manner. Hitting and yelling at him will make your work tougher.
Use His Intelligence
German Shepherd Dog is the world's most intelligent breed after Border Collie and Poodle. He can learn things faster than many of the other dog breeds. This reveals a great opportunity for you, if you are a dog trainer; encash this opportunity! Don't forget to reward him for all positive behaviors with treats and lavish praises. Be consistent in this. You will get to know how smart your German Shepherd puppy is! Remember that German Shepherd Dogs have the inherent quality to distinguish goods from the bads! Your GSD's behavior may be modified at any point of time almost throughout his life.
Early Start Off
Start off training your German Shepherd Dog at an age as early as around 6 months. This will make life easier for both – you and your dog. Letting the problems go unaddressed may be nightmare for you as a GSD owner.
House Training Your German Shepherd Dog
House training German Shepherd Dog is unquestionably a great idea. Once a dog properly housebroken he would never uses the house for his toilet. House breaking your German shepherd puppy can be an easy process or difficult as well depending on the method you follow. Remember it starts on the you bring your GSD puppy home. Right after you bring your puppy home, take him out on a leash to the potty spot as per his choice. Don't carry him to it's potty spot. As soon he reaches the spot, just deliver the command – one single word you would use for him for potty. Be consistent. German Shepherds are very smart to learn things quickly. You have to be a patient and keep an eye on your shepherd all the day. When you see the toilet or potty signs take your GSD puppy out to his potty area. Common signs are circling, floor scratching, ground sniffing and running here and there looking for an apt place for potty.
Chewing Things
All German Shepherd puppies chew on things – sometimes his own body parts. It's a normal behavior – as normal as heartbeats! Just don't be worried. All you need to do is to divert his attention by putting him to play with other puppies and stuff. If he chews you finger... don't let him do that. A single approach to say one word of dissatisfaction (for instance "Uffff or ouch") in response to the behavior with moderately strict voice can be a good method. But don't forget to get out of the room, leaving him alone for a while. Repeat things as many time as he tries to chew your thumb.
Socializing GSD
Early age socialization is of utmost importance. While an unsocialized German Shepherd may be a nightmare for you, a properly socialized GSD puppy can make the most precious companion. Start of the Socialization session before he is 3 months old. Just try out these few full proved approaches.
One most frequent question that I usually come across is: "How often should I bath my German Shepherd?" Most of the dog sites state that dog doesn't need so frequent bath. True indeed! They do not need frequent bath. But I am sure you don't find this answer quite satisfactory. Well, a lot of things are to be considered to decide how often if you should bath your German Shepherd. Frequent bathing washes off the natural oil of their skin, making it dry and produces dandruffs, which can be one of the major reasons of seborrheic scurf and other dermal infection. Over-bathing your German Shepherd Dog should be avoided to avoid drying out of his skin.
The first thing to be considered is how well you maintain him.
Secondly, the country you live and it's climatic condition are of the next prime imporant points to be considered.
Thirdly, season
Fourthly, regular brushing keeps your dog clean.
Fifthly, the place you keep your dog is the last point... but not the least!
A well maintained dog usually doesn't require frequent bath. Maintenance includes everything, starting from feeding right kind of foods to regular cleaning. In fact, to avoid over-bathing proper maintenance is of prime importance. It keeps the most beloved member(s) of your family live a happy and healthy life.
Next most important point is the country you live in. Most people, I have seen, overlook the point. If you are living in tropical country, most likely you may need to bathe your dog more frequently than if you live in colder region. Summers in topical region are really the most dangerous time of the year for breeds like Alsatian dogs. Frequently bathing – sometimes as often as once a week may be required during summer in tropical countries. Summer is the killer season for breeds like German Shepherds in tropical countries. During the flea season, you may need to bathe your German Shepherd Dog more often as a part of a the flea control program.
Routine and regular brushing keeps your shepherd's coat free from mats and tangles, which naturally keeps him clean. Not so frequent washing is required.
Lastly you must keep your kennel clean. It's part of your daily routine.
Make sure you use the soap and shampoo specially made for dogs. Why? Because, the body "pH" of a dog is much different from that of human beings. Also remember GSDs' skin "pH" are comparatively higher than most of the other breeds. Picking the right kind of soap and shampoo finds its importance here, when it comes to bathing your shepherd. Make sure water should enter the ears... if this happens, it may end up with serious ear infection in future.
Make sure you rinse him well. Left over shampoo and residual of soap leather will cause skin irritation and infection in future.
Wet coat gets easily tangled. Make sure to dry him well after the bath.
Here's another important tips, you might not have heard before! Between two consecutive baths you can easily manage the odor that can come during this long span of time! All you need to do is to massage some baking soda into the shepherd's coat properly and brush it off well. This will remove the odor. You can repeat this at an interval of 10 – 15 days. This is a temporary deodorizing technique for your dog.
How to use baking soda?
Interestingly, it's quite easy! And you don't need to call a professional groomer for that.
People easily fall in love with German Shepherds without knowing or considering the some of the negetive things about the breed that might turn out to be the owner's nightmare in future. Grooming is something that should be taken into consideration very seriously. And for breeds like German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers and Collies etc. the habbit of not grooming the dog properly can be your major reason worries in future. Well, candidly speaking I'm a bit biased about German Shepherds and find nothing negetive in the breed. It's the owner's irresponsible nature that brings him worries... not the dog. My friends.. take it quite seriously; pick your grooming kit right this moment and be at it! Grooming German Shepherds can be fun, if you love him. And it's not all that a big deal.
German Shepherds... rather call him German Shedders! Yes, this is amongst those breed that shed a lot... and shed all though the year. Why grooming is more essential for a GSD as compared to most of the other breeds? Well, German Sheherd Dogs is a double coated breed, like most of the other dog breeds we know. His coat consists of a wooly type "Under Coat" and longer, straight type, all-season "Guard Coat". The Guard Coat is the one that guards the "Under Coat". The Guard Coat in GSDs shed through out the year (normal shedding), while the Under Coat only twice a year (seasonal molting – shedding of dead follicles during winter or summer). If not brushed regularly, your most loved GSD may run a risk of developing mat, which are usually not apperant until they creat clumps of fur, causing dermal infections like rashes, bald spots, hot spots and become stinky. I would suggest to brush your GSD daily at the end of the day, or at least once every alternative day. Let his skin breath properly.
Here's few tips for grooming German Shepherds that I have learned from some of my fellow German Shepherd Dog breeders and have been practicing myself since years:
Rub the coat with the rubber grooming gloves in the direction of the coat once more at the end of the process. You can get an extra shine in his coat. Check out these precious clips brought to you by YouTube to get to know a bit about the Grooming technique and training.
Hey folks... I know I've been a bit too slow and not been posting so frequently. I'm an IT professional and usually remain busy chasing my targets and meetings deadlines, like all my other colleagues and all other peeps in the industry. I hardly get a chance to scoop time out of my busy schedule for maintaining my sites regularly.
Here's something about the Alsatian breed, that you would like to read... I am sure. This would probably be the only post in this site that would have every chance to be always in process. You can waves of interesting facts about German Shepherd Dog breed that any GSD lover would ever want to know.
Have you ever wondered....
1) Which is the world's first German Shepherd Dog Club and when was it founded?
2) Which was the first GSD to be registered in the stud book of the first GSD Club?
3) How is a Shiloh Shepherd different from a German Shepherd?
4) What was the name of John Kennedy's beloved German Shepherd Dog?
5) what was the name of the first German Shepherd Dog to return back home from the Vietnam War?
6) What rank does this breed acquire in the list of world's 10 most intelligent dog breeds?
Get the answers to all these questions at the official website of About German Shepherd Dog - German Shepherd Dog facts
Highly praised worldwide for its stunning elegance, intelligence, verstility, and working abilities, the German Shepherd Dogs have earned a great deal of popularity these days. Most of the first time dog owners, I have seen, tend to go for a German Shepherd puppies, without knowing the shady nook of tne breed - the health issue. The astounding glory of a well bred German Shepherd Dog has made many novice dog lovers make wrong decision while choosing the right breed. German Shepherd Dog is not for all... especially not for the first time dog owners and for those who simple don't take canine health issue seriously. German Shepherd dog is a very different breed altogether! He can work hard and play even through a lot of physical pain. German Shepherd Dog sometimes doesn't easily show any underlying health problems until the condition gets matured. It takes a really an observant owner to know if his or her dog is suffering from any pain or health condition. Understanding that owning a truely healthy and well bred GSD unfolds loads of pleasure to the owner, here's my honest trial to come up with a comprehensive guideline regarding health and behavioral problems in German Shepherd Dogs. These are mostly the genetic ailments that are commonly found in the breed, although many of these conditions are not very common these days due to selective breeding programs undertaken by the responsible breeders. Thanks a million to them.
Achalasia (R) : Dilated esophagus. Characterized by difficulty in swallowing, Achalasia shows symptoms like chest pain and voluntary or involuntary return of partly digested food from the stomach by vomiting. This is relatively uncommon these days.
Ankylosis (U) : Also spelled as 'Anchylosis'. Inflammation of the joint-ends of the bones - especially in vertebrae in tail or spinal cord - to be fused together, which reduces movement.
Bilateral Cataract (D) : Opacification of lens form in both eyes. Bilateral cataract is usually diagnosed after 18 months to 24 months of age.
Calcium Gout (S) : Medically known as Calcinosis Circumscripta, Calcium gout are lumps in the skin caused by calcium deposits due to improper absorption of calcium.
Cerebellar hHypoplasia (S) : Cerebellum doesn't mature completely at the birth, which leads to abnormal gait and lack in control. Symptoms usually starts at two months of age or so but sometimes may take 10 to 12 weeks to become apperant. The condition doesn't get worse or better with age.
Chronic Pancreatitis (S) : Inflammation of pancreas accompanied by lack of enzymes secretion, which alters the normal functionality of the digestive system. This gradually leads to weight loss, weakness and ill health, thereby making the dog easily susceptible to diseases.
Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate (N) : Nonclosure of bones of upper jaw and roof of mouth, which is a genetic trait, but not always the fact. This usually occurs if the tissues of the lip and/or palate of a fetus do not grow together early in pregnancy. Oral clefting are not commonly found these days.
Corneal Dermoid Cyst (S) : Congenital cyst on eye surface. Corneal dermoid is a congenital Choristoma, which is characterized by heterotopic cutaneous tissue on the surface of the eye, affectting the nictitating membrane, and cornea. Besides GSD, breeds like St. Barnard, Golden Retreiver and some short-legged breeds like Dachshund, Welsh Corgis and Basset Hounds are also afflicted to Corneal dermoid cyst.
Cryptorchidism (S) : Undescended testicle(s). Common in GSD. This is a condition present at the birth. The undescended testicle doesn't developed and becomes non-functional, and sometimes turns out to be the major source of problems - especially Cancer, during the matured age.
Cystinuria (R) : It is the metabolic disorder that is characterized by the formation of cystine stones in the kidneys, ureter and bladder. This condition is seen only in males.
Degenerative Myelopathy (Chronic Degenerative Radiculomyleopathy - CDRM) (U) : It is an autoimmune disease in which the dog's own immune system attacks its CNS, leading to loss of myelin (insulation around nerve fibers) and axons (nerve fibers). This degenerative neurologic disease is spinal degeneration or spinal ataxia in older GSDs and some other breeds.
Diabetes Mellitus (R) : Insulin deficiency... low level of blood sugar, which may be noticed at an age as early as 2-6 months. Older animals are more prone to this condition.
Distichiasis (S) : Extra row of eyelashes that grows on the eyelid of the dog and irritates the eye. These eyelashes usually come out from the duct of the meibomian gland that is located at the margin of eyelid. The eyelashes sometimes arises more than one from a duct.
Ectasia (R) : Not very much found in GSDs, the condition is called Collie Eye Anomaly or Scleral Ectasia Syndrome or Collie Ectasia Syndrome, this is an optic nerve/retina abnormality in which certain in which certain occular tissues of the fetus doesn't get properly matured. Its called Collie Eye Anomaly because it was first discovered in Collie breed. the condition also affects some other breeds like Border Collies, Australian Sheepdogs and Shetland Sheepdogs. In Shetland Sheepdogs Ectasia is called 'Sheltie Eye.'
Elbow Dysplasia (D) : Progressive developmental deformity of elbow joints, which is an inherrited disease that primarily affects the larger and medium breeds. Other than GSDs the high incedences of occurences of ED has been noticed in the Golden Retrievers, Rottweilers,
Eosinophilic Colitis (S) : Related to the probles in gastrointestinal tract, this is an inflammation of the colon, or large intestine resulting Chronic bouts of diarrhea.
Eosinophilic Myositis (Masticatory Myositis) (U) : Eosinophilic myositis is a bit too complicated ailment the dog seems to be in pain when trying to open his mouth or chew something. This may be bnoticed one day all on a sudden or occur gradually. some of the possible reason may be:
Epilepsy (R) : Recurrent seizures. The incidence of occurrences starts between 1-3 years old.
Hemophelia A (R) : Blood Clottig disorder, when the blod doesn't clot faster. This happens due to the mutation of factor VIII gene, which leads to deficiency in Factor VIII. Hemophilia increases the risk of severe bleeding from injuries in joints, muscles, digestive tract, brain and other common injuries.
Hip Dysplasia (P) : Although selective breed programs have managed to controll the population of the dogs with displastic hip, yet it is a polygenic disease - progressive developmental deformity of the hip joints. This can slowly cause crippling and lameness.
Intervertebral Disc Disease (S) : The intervertebral discs are the cushion that presents in the space between adjacent spinal vertebrae. These discs are subject to certain degenerative conditions which predispose the vertebral column of the animal to rupture over time. Although suspected to be a genetic disorder, but excessive strain exerted against the spinal cord over time may also result to Intervertebral Disc Disease, leading to gradual worsening of neurologic function, causing pain, weakness and paralysis of limbs.
Malabsorption Syndrome (S) : Problem of absorption of one or more nutrients in the food, which causes diarrhoea, abdominal distension, leading to starvation and resulting weight loss.
Monorchism (S) : Monorchism is a condition of having only one testicle descended.
Nodular Dermatofibrosis (D) : Inherited Skin Disorder. Dogs afflicted to Nodular Dermatofibrosis will develop lumps on the skin, which can grow from 0.1 to 2 inches in the feet. In severe cases these lumps can ulcerate causing foot deformities and lameness. Nodular Dermatofibrosis is associated with underlying renal cancer or uterine cancer if the female is unspayed.
Osteochondritis Dessecans (OCD) (S) : Osteochondritis Dessecans is a disorder of immature long bones.Also spelled as "Dessicans", butI chose to spell "Dissecans" because this is it has been mentioned in Dorland's Medical Dictionary. Suspected to be a genetic ailment it is a growth disorder of long bones. Especially found in the oversized and fast growing progenitors, the growing long bones develops hairline cracks in the in the cartilage of the weight bearing surface, such as shoulder cartilage. P The condition worsens to pain and finally lameness.
Pannus (S) : This is a chronic inflammation of the cornea, characterized by the invasion of the superficial vessels and pigmented cellsinva into the transperant cornea, leading to opacity... worsening to blindness. Although most affected animals are the ones that are middle-aged, but the disease can develop in young adults too.
Panosteitis (Pano) (S) : Usually seen in oversized and fast growing progenitors,panostitis is Acute Shifting Lameness disease of growing dogs. The afflicted animal suffers from deep bone pain... the reason is unknown. Also called "long bone disease" and "wandering lameness".
Patent ductus arteriosus (P) : This is a polygenic condition, which is aortal development defect in the fetus. The heart murmur will be loud and the animal will be exercise intolerant.
Perianal Fistula (S) : Open draining tracts around or near anus
Peripheral Vestibular Disease (R) : Congenital deafness which is permanent. Defect in the inner ear causing puppies to show unusual behaviors like head tilt, circling behaviour, or a tendency to roll over or fall. The sysmptoms are noticed by 2 to 4 months of age.
Pituitary Dwarfism (R) : Pituitary Dwarfism is a condition, when the animal becomes abnormally smaller in stature. Although mostly found in almost perfectly proportioned body structure, the condition is sometimes characterized by altered body proportions. While some researchers describe PD to be an autosomal recessive trait, a few believe that it is a polygenic trait.
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) (R) : Progressive Retinal atrophy retina problem causing gradual but total blindness.
Renal Cortical Hypoplasia (S) : Also called Renal Dysplasia, this is a condition when the kidnies are not properly developed (usually undersized)that are not adequately capable of filtering the blood and conserving water and doen't allow proper flashing off of body toxin.
Scleral Ectasia Syndrome (R) : Not very much found in GSDs, the condition is called Collie Eye Anomaly or Scleral Ectasia Syndrome or Collie Ectasia Syndrome, this is an optic nerve/retina abnormality in which certain in which certain occular tissues of the fetus doesn't get properly matured. It's called Collie Eye Anomaly because it was first discovered in Collie breed. The condition also affects some other breeds like Border Collies, Australian Sheepdogs and Shetland Sheepdogs. In Shetland Sheepdogs Ectasia is called 'Sheltie Eye.'
Soft Ears (R) : The ears gets erected properly but with Weak ear musculature. This cause the ears flip as the dog trots or gallop.
Spondylosis Deformans (S) : Spondylosis Deformans is a condition in which bridges are formed along the ventral (bottom) parts of the vertebrae, leading to severe pain. American lines of GSDs have mostyl been diagnosed with the condition, however some of te German line GSDs have also found to be afflicted to the disease.
Subaortic Stenosis (U) : Narrowness in the outflow tract of the left ventricle due to an obstruction little below the aortic valve, which causes an obsturction in blood flow from the left ventricle results in left ventricular hypertrophy. This in turn breeds a good chance of developing severe arrythmia leading to sudden death.
Third Eyelid Eversion (Nictitating membrane eversion) (R) : Also called "Cherry Eye", the Third Eyelid Eversion is an opthalmic condition where an extra growth is developed in the eye lid of the dog and that rolls back to cover the eye. The uderside of the growth is a small gland. SUrgery is the only resort.
Von Willebrand's Disease (vWD) (D) : This is a blood coagulation abnormality predominantly found in GSDs and other breeds like Dobermann, Scottish Terriers etc. It is a type of canine hemophilia which may turn out to be really lethal.
Well, don't be scared... this is one of the toughest chapter. I have been consulting a varried sources since years. Today I just felt like I should write on the colors and patterns in GSDs. Many a times I've been hit by querries, as to whether there is only these colors in GSDs that we usually find in localities and dog shows. Nah.... a lot more are there that are not seen in general dog shows, nor in our localities. Some of the pigments have been declared to be conformation fault; some are really rare genes. But, hey... I'm not a scientist, nor do I understand the magic of gene to the fullest extent. Nor again have I come across all these colors. But I can show you some pics of really awesome pigments and patterns that I've collected while exploring the web randomly. I started gathering info about the colours and patterns in GSDs and related pictures in the year 2003 or so, when my CIZAR (pronounced as 'Scissor') was just a li'l boy.
When we think of GSDs, the image that reflects in our mind is a robust dog with errect ears, bushy tail, brown almond eyes and royal gesture and kingly gait, with saddle-black or black-tan markings. However, German Shepherd Dogs come in a wide range of colors... saddle-black or black-tan are the ones that are most commonly found. GSDs can be one solid colour – either solid white or solid black. Besides, there are colors like sable with black mask. The patterns include a varried combinations like black & tan, black & red, black & cream, solid black, solid white (conformation disqualification, although a pure gene - not albino), sable (various colorations). GSDs als come in black & silver, liver (rare - conformation fault) and even blue (rare - conformation fault). This topic of colors and patterns in German Shepherd Dogs should should not be taken for granted. It is one of the most serious point to be kept in the forefront of mind, especially if you are an aspiring breeder or have already started breeding German Shepherd Dogs. Dr Malcolm B Willis wrote two books "The German Shepherd Dog: A Genetic History" and "Practical Genetics for Dog Breeders", which are still a couple of unparallel books about German Shepherd Dog breed and the genetic configuration thereby. Based on the information in these books here is a brief summary of the patterns and color inheritance in GSDs. Colors in German Shepherd Dogs, as in many other breed as well, are actually controlled by some series of genes.
BLACK SERIES (gene controls the black pigment formation)
WHITE SERIES (The gene that controls 'White' is recessive to all other colors. In order get a white coat color, both parents must carry the white gene - either be white themselves or be carriers of white gene)
COLOR SERIES (This gene controls the intensity of non-black pigments)
DILUTION SERIES (The gene controls how intense the black pigment will be)
I know I have not been posting much here. I am not actually getting enough time to update my personal site. Well, I think I put some really good stuff in Welcome Dog Lovers. Hope, you will be helped. I have been getting mails for not maintaining proper pace here. Okay... here's something that the German Shepherd lovers will really love to read. I think this post is going to help you in ways!
Many a times I get calls from unknown people looking for a good companion, but confused as to whether they should go for a German Shepherd Dog or not. A lot time I came across people with wrong notions about the breed. Weekends, for me, are like "Attend a Dog Lovers' Call Day". At times I tend to have pity on my cell phone and cordless. Well, I don't mind receiving such calls... I can spend centuries talking about dogs.
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People often says "mine is a German Shepherd Dog, not an Alsatian dog". At time they ask is there any difference between GSD and an Alsatian dog? Check out this
Of all existing canine breed in the world today, German Shepherd Dog breed possesses myriad qualities, making it the finest canine specimen in the world. Starting from its intellect and physical appearance to its inherent protective instinct and courageous nature, everything makes the breed a complete canine companion. But the GSDs that we find today are very much different from those of the pasts.
If you are looking for more on how actually German Shepherd Dogs that we see today evaluated, Check out my works on History of German Shepherd Dog Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV; and here's a bit more details on History of the breed. Read on...
On April 3rd, 1899 - the same year when Captain Stephanitz formed the Verein für deutsche Schäferhunde (SV) - world's first All-Breed German Dog show was held in Karleruube Rhineland. Captain Stephanitz, and his friend, Arthur Meyer were present in the show. They were looking for a perfect dog to create a really superb herder and fall in love with a dog, strongly built, perfectly healthy, with erect ears, an outgoing and friendly nature. The dog had medium-short coat that was weatherproof. Stephanitz purchased the dog at the spot and this turned out to be the major turning point in the History of German Shepherd Dog.
Hektor Linkshrein was the name of the dog, but later he was renamed into Horand Von Grafrath - the first dog to be registered in the new stud book of the verein. Horand became the foundation dog of the German Shepherd Dog breed. Horand was a from the Thuringian origin and his recessive white genes had been one of the most enhancing factors found in him.
Check out what Captain Stephanitz said about Horand.
Hey... check out what I just found while surfing the net. Thanks to You tube for coming up with such great clips.
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"Courage without Ferocity and Beauty without Vanity"... said perfect!
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Continuous researches are being in process with the German Shepherd Dog breed! If you're not in continuous touch with what's going on worldwide with this breed, you cannot get track of the evolutionary process of the breed. If you are studying seriously about German Shepherd Dogs you are probably looking for some sort of illustration of German Shepherd Dogs from past till date. Here's something of a kind you probably want to know about German shepherd Dogs.
The difference is clearly noticed -- GSD of 1940s to GSD of 2000s, the breed underwent a continuous change.
Notice the German shepherd pictures carefully. You can their's a noticeable difference in the structure of the breed. Look at the 'Top Lines' of the two shepherds. The 'Banana Back', which is also called 'Roach Back' is visible in the recent dog, while the 'Top Lines' was smooth -- called 'Level Back' is noticed in the dog of 1940s.
A couple of other differences worth noticing are:
Reva is 18 months old puppy. She descends from the rich blood line, sired by the son of VA Quirin V Hochmoor (SCHH3 Kkl 1). She is really naughty and hardly sits quietly. It's hard to take her snaps,but somehow I could manage to take one. Check out this. Click on REVA's image and view it enlarged...
Versatility of Alsatians is beyond question! A well bred German Shepherd Dog is an all round canine companion of his master, although it's true that not all shepherds are equally versatile. If bred properly a German Shepherd puppy will grow up with all the desirable and mandatory instincts that would make it a real royal dog and truly a protective companion of his owner.
Captain Max Von Stephenitz emphasized more on the working ability of the breed than the look. When it comes to the working ability (Schutzhund protection work) of the breed we need to know all about the 5 Basic Instincts of well bred German Shepherd Dogs. These five instincts are genetically inherited by a puppy from it's well bred dam and sire. Selective breeding is hence essential.
Wondering why I'm using the word "Well Bred" so frequently over and over again? Because breeding is that scientific art or artistic science (whatever way you look at it) that will give you a near to perfect dog, if not hundred percent perfect. So a good shepherd is the one that has a good parental lineage and have all or most of the the desirable features -- both structural and behavioral. These German Shepherd instincts are those behavioral aspects that cast a deep impact on the dog's character and behavior, making it a more useful companion. Two of these five basic German Shepherd instincts are known as Critical Instincts.
Here are the 5 Basic Instincts of a "Well Bred" Alsatian.
1. Booty Instinct: Also know as "Prey Instinct", this is one of the two Critical Instincts of a well bred Alsatian dog. This German Shepherd instinct makes the dogs chase moving objects like flies, moths, butterflies, mosquitoes, etc. and seize them. This is one of the most vital instincts for excellent Schutzhund protection work. The Booty/Prey Instinct is mandatory part of a shepherd's character, because it acts as the motivator of striking with speed and power. This critical instinct start to develop as the puppy reaches 6 months of age and eventually becomes prominent as it grows.
Social Aggression is an exclusively a male instinct found in most canine breeds, but seen prominently in GSDs. Though this is a general desirable instinct for all the German Shepherd males, but this instinct remains dormant until the dog faces a threatening situation.
Apart from these 5 Basic Instincts, there are few more general instincts of Alsatians. Stay tuned to read more about the German Shepherd Instincts.
Well, we talked a lot about the origin and history of German Shepherd Dogs. Here's something very interesting about the breed. Why are German Shepherd Dogs the most versatile breed?
If you are really looking for a wonderful, smart , intelligent, protective, decent, courageous, self assertive, sturdy, powerful, royal, loyal and highly trainable working canine companion, German Shepherd Dogs are the right choice for you. The nature of a well bred Alsatian (German Shepherd Dog) is notably different from any other breed of dogs in the world. And it's because of this very different nature (not forgetting the gorgeous look) of the German Shepherd Dogs (GSDs) that the breed rightfully deserves a soft corner in the hearts of zillions of dog lovers across the world.
GSD has earned massive popularity all around the world after the World War II as a perfect working dog breed. To be very candid, no other breed of dog in the world has successfully mastered such a huge range of skills like GSD. This breed is large and powerful enough to tackle a couple of men at a time, protective and courageous enough to protect his master and property and intelligent and responsible enough to to safely control a whole herd of sheep.
True that he cannot outrun a Greyhound, but again it's beyond all controversy that he can show a stand out Turn Of Pace. Moreover a well bred Alsatian can also maintain a steady canter for longer than most of the other breeds of dogs. Besides his awesome intelligence, a well bred Alsatian is an ideal working dog, which is why this breed has really marked a name of itself in varied fields across the globe. Whether as a shepherd dog or rescue dog or a police dog or a guide dog for blind or a guard dog or an attack dog or a war dog or a messenger dog or a sniffer dog or a movie actor, Alsatian dog breed has proved to be the best among all the other dogs in the world. Originally started his career as a shepherd dog breed, Alsatians have underwent a wide range of diversifications insofar the nature of their work is concerned. An incredible number of 48,000 Alsatians took an active role in the Germen regiment during the World War II. This breed has also earned a lot of fame as sentry dog and security dog during the war time and the post war period. The most interesting fact about the breed of German Shepherd Dog is that, this breed was the first canine breed to come in the movie screen. Rin Tin Tin (Rinty) the famous GSD was the world's first canine celebrity who appeared in over 40 hit movies. Within only two years since he started his career as an actor he had been earning 400 pounds per week during 1920s. He had his own car, chauffeur and own bank account.
To begin with Rinty developed a really impressive war record. Owned and trained by Corporal Lee Duncan, Rinty started off his career taking active part in World War I, carrying out important dispatches, sentry and other significant duties for Red Cross. He first appeared as an actor in a movie called "Where The North Begins", directed by Chester Franklin. It was in this film that Rinty set Warner Brothers back on its feet along with a financial set back. The popularity of Rin-Tin-Tin almost became the nightmare of the great stars like Charlie Chaplin and the Gish Sisters. In the year 1925 Rinty was voted as the most popular star of USA.
The saddest part of Rinty's life was that he was insanely busy all through his life and could not enjoy a retirement although he had a remarkable life. Stay Tuned, More about Rin-Tin-Tin to come!
Pictures: Rin Tin Tin, nick name -- Rinty, (often written as Rin-Tin-Tin) Sep. 10th 1918 to Aug 10th 1932.
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Every year as I wade into reviewing books for the Jolt Awards, I am forced to slog through several language tutorials. Over the years, I've found them to be reasonably well written, although rarely more than this. That is, they're accurate, and a determined reader can certainly learn enough from them to code in the target language. But I am hard-pressed to be more complimentary for even the best tutorials.
These books are marked by common failings that greatly frustrate their simple mission. The first and by far most-common handicap is a confusion by the authors in which they conflate a tutorial with a detailed treatise on every aspect of the language. For reasons not quite clear, the latter approach seems generally favored by the publishing industry, resulting in almost ridiculous volumes. I have in front of me a 1480-page "introduction" to Java. The notion that anyone would read that many pages as a primer defies credulity. Predictably, the book descends into the AWT and Swing, pops up to diverge through tributary libraries, disappears into the VM, and finally ends up in parallel programming, after which it thankfully comes to an end. Given that this particular volume is the 4th Edition of this title, I have to believe that it represents the ultimate in refinement of the author's intended model. It's really a hybrid tutorial-reference work. And my guess is that since it weighs 4½ pounds, it serves primarily in the latter capacity. Mark Lutz's Learning Python is that language's equivalent of this book. Other tutorials, such as the "Pickaxe book," which brought Ruby to the attention of the Western world, unabashedly follow this model. The front half is tutorial, the back half is marked as reference. This approach works far better. And the quality of the Ruby tutorial, despite its length (418 pages), justifies the popularity the book has enjoyed.
Another common failing is that the authors forget what readers most want to do when learning a new language; namely, to write small working programs to familiarize themselves with the syntax. Frequently, tutorials present endless tiny snippets of code that illustrate a feature without showing a single useful program. This tendency is greatly exacerbated if the language has a built-in shell/interpreter, as is the case with Ruby, Groovy, and Scala.
For example, the Scala tutorial by Odersky, Spoon, and Venners (Programming in Scala) is a fair representation of the problem. In the first 200 pages, I was able to find only one example longer than 20 lines of code; the majority being less than 10. (In K&R, which I'll come back to in a moment, the first 20-line program appears on page 26.) The result, as I experienced it, was that after a lot of reading and typing, I knew a little bit about a lot of features, but still had not written a single program that actually did something useful. To be fair, this problem is strikingly common. I have tutorials on Clojure and Groovy before me that proceed exactly the same way.
Finally, a pet peeve that I find frequently in poorly edited tutorials: the desire to show off the language by presenting clever tricks or small hacks it can accomplish. Personally, I want to learn, rather than watch linguistic parlor tricks. This weakness shows up most frequently in tutorials for functional languages and for those, such as Groovy, where the syntax is purposely designed to be better than a competing language (in this case, Java).
The truly frustrating aspect of all three limitations is that there has long existed a brilliant tutorial to serve as a guide: Kernighan and Ritchie's C Programming Language book (K&R). Judging it beside other tutorials, the differences are immediately visible. Let's start with the obvious things: the tutorial portion of K&R is a mere 177 pages. This is followed by 40 pages of appendices, which serve as a highly abbreviated reference section. At this modest length, any reader can work through the book and do all the examples. Secondly, most of the programs are longer than 20 lines, do something mildly useful and familiar, and are complete. Even 125 pages into K&R, an illustrative program has a main() function. We're not talking snippets here, we're looking at real, albeit short, programs. Finally, the explanations are lucid and they build incrementally on each other. They do not present a scattershot of features. There is a pervasive sense of sequence; and at all times the reader knows where he is in relationship to the ground covered and the ground yet to be traversed.
What is missing from K&R? Most clearly, it lacks a section that explains every function in the standard library. Java books should drop this nonsense, too. (The definitive books on all the arcana of Java, including the library and solving knotty problems, is the lapidary Core Java, Volumes I and II, by Horstmann and Cornell. But at a combined 1800 pages, they do not comprise a tutorial nor, I might add, do they claim to).
The second thing K&R omits is spoon feeding. You have to think as you work through it. All the information is there, but you're forced to engage the language through the examples to get what you need. The authors expect you to be an attentive reader. As a result, you can move quickly through the language because the book supports you, rather than forcing you to read pages that add little to your comprehension.
One can argue that C is a small language and therefore concision comes naturally to an introductory text. I would invite you to examine the other tutorials on C and see whether you can find another that's as short and well written as K&R. Or try JavaScript, which is also a small language, and likewise lacks for short, lucid tutorials.
I want to make clear that the books I named were chosen with care because they are, in my view, the best tutorials for their respective languages. Odersky et al. on Scala, Thomas on Ruby, Lutz on Python these are the best starting points for their respective languages. I only wish they'd followed K&R's model more closely.
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Marlborough offers a host of exciting activities delegates and their families can tag on to their conference visit, including cycling, kayaking, fishing, walking, museum visits, and wine tours.
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Wine toursFrom Blenheim take a wine tour by bike or hire a bike and do a self-guided tour around the cellar doors in the region. Have lunch at one of the many award-winning winery restaurants along the way. If you're feeling particularly active, finish the day with a walk or mountain bike up the Wither Hills and check out the outstanding views across to Wellington from the top.
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From an era between vintage cars and the textbook vehicles of today, Omaka Classic Cars offers four decades of real cars with real stories from when motoring challenged the limits of both design and technology. This living, working collection from the 1950s to the 1980s forms a rare and important piece of New Zealand and Marlborough motoring. All of the cars, or the makes they represent, have formed part of the New Zealand way of life at some point during their lifecycle and all were originally available on the local market.
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Just minutes from Blenheim, ArcheryPlus is a fantastic and fun way to experience Marlborough's beautiful landscape, amongst gorgeous vineyards at Dartington Barn.
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Marlborough Museum
Experience the heart of Marlborough through heritage at Marlborough Museum. Enjoy exhibitions with artefacts from Marlborough's 700 year old Polynesian arrival site. Exhibitions also cover: the arrival of Captain Cook in 1976; whaling days of the 1820s and 1830s; and European Settlement, including the Wairau Affray in 1843. Discover the Victorian Rooms, and selections from our unique collections from historic textiles, toys and photograph collections. The Wine Exhibition tells the story of wine in Marlborough. It showcases some of the earliest characters who shaped the industry, their tools, inventions, environment, social, and economic climate, and of course their product.
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The Forrest Graperide - March 30, 2019
If you have some extra time before the conference then why not consider the annual Forrest Graperide? A challenge for any cyclist the Forrest Graperide is an award winning ride that takes you from the vines of the Wairau plain to the picturesque port of Picton then through 40km of incredible Marlborough Sounds scenery to the greenlip mussel capital of Havelock and home to Forrest Estate where the fun and relaxation awaits.
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The president is scheduled to tour the Edison International Vehicle Electrics Plant, 265 N. East End Ave., at 10:30 a.m. Students from Village Academy School, which Obama mentioned in a speech last week, and who will be the subject of a "20/20" report on ABC-TV on Friday, will be brought over to the plant to meet him.
Now that's a field trip. (The school, btw, is literally across the street from the plant.)
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Brooklyn, NY---Duplicitous operators compromising the health of thousands of coal miners each year. An oil producer's complicity in the murder of two Nigerian environmental activists. "Made in the U.S.A." labels affixed to garments manufactured in sweatshop conditions by oppressed Chinese workers on Saipan. Corporations that milk millions of dollars more in tax breaks from local governments than they ever repay in jobs and economic expansion.
Reporters who broke these stories of reckless business practices were four of 13 winners of the George Polk Awards for excellence in journalism in 1998, an- nounced today by Long Island University. Reports on corruption in politics, health care and the judicial system also received Polk awards, as did an in-depth exami- nation of the human consequences of the Asian financial collapse, and intrepid reporting of torture and destruction in African and European war zones. Columnist Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News won an award for commentary. And, in continuance of a Polk tradition of recognizing lifelong, exceptional journalistic achievement, satirist Russell Baker was honored with a career award.
The winners will be feted at a luncheon that also will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the George Polk Awards, which were established by the university in 1949 to honor the memory of a CBS reporter who lost his life in Greece while covering the civil war there.
Gardiner Harris and R.G. Dunlop of The Louisville Courier-Journal won the Polk Award for environmental reporting for publishing their findings that 1,500 coal miners continue to die each year of black lung disease. Their year-long investigation, involving interviews with more than 250 working and retired miners and analyses of over seven million government records, revealed that mine operators routinely ignore mandated safety rules and fake air-quality tests.
"Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship," a documentary produced by Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill for Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now series won the Polk Award for radio reporting. Canoeing through the remote communities of the Niger Delta, they interviewed oil workers, residents, contractors and oil company employees to document Chevron's role in the killing of two Nigerian environmental activists who were part of a protest demanding that the company, which provides about 80 percent of Nigeria's revenue, contribute more to developing the impoverished nation and decrease pollution.
Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz are repeat winners of the Polk Award for television reporting for a scathing report on the practices of American clothing manufacturers in Saipan, a U.S. territory. "Made in America?"--shown on the ABC News television magazine 20/20--revealed that clothing labeled "Made in the U.S.A." by Ralph Lauren, the Gap and many other companies is manufactured under sweatshop conditions by oppressed Chinese workers housed in crowded, rat-infested barracks. In response to the broadcast's revelations, changes were demanded--and have been made--in work conditions and garment labeling.
The Polk Award for national reporting went to Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele for a trenchant four-part series in Time magazine on taxpayer giveaways to corporations. After an 18-month investigation covering 24 states, they demonstrated that economic concessions and rewards given to entice companies to remain in or move to an area rarely pay for themselves, spurring little job growth or economic activity. This is the fifth Polk Award for Barlett and Steele, who won in 1971, 1973, 1988 and 1991 for stories that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, thus breaking their tie with The New York Times' Seymour M. Hersh, the only other four-time Polk winner.
New York Times reporter Clifford J. Levy, winner of the Polk Award for local reporting, sensed larger news in the fact that some New York office-holders had raised unprecedented campaign war chests. His meticulous examination of contribution lists unearthed clear examples of conflicts of interest, sparking federal criminal investigations of the campaigns of two top New York State officials.
Robert Whitaker and Dolores Kong tracked down patients involved in two decades worth of psychiatric research to produce the carefully documented Boston Globe series, "Doing Harm: Research on the Mentally Ill," which won the Polk Award for medical reporting. They found that patients were being lured into federally funded and drug company-supported experiments run by unscrupulous doctors, thus exacerbating their illnesses. The articles played a major role in the drafting of legislation to create an independent review board to enforce mental-health research standards.
Alix M. Freedman of The Wall Street Journal won the Polk Award for international reporting for "Population Bomb," an explosive front-page investigative report about the sterilization of more than 100,000 women in Third- World nations--often without their knowledge or against their will--with quinacrine, a carcinogenic chemical. The story revealed that the two American population-control advocates behind its distribution received funding from anti-immigration interests in the U.S. Her article led to the discontinuation of production of the drug in Switzerland and to the banning of quinacrine sterilizations in Chile and India. Freedman is the daughter of one Polk winner (Emanuel R. Friedman of The New York Times in 1956) and the spouse of another (Scot J. Paltrow of The Los Angeles Times in 1993; he's now with The Wall Street Journal).
Joe Stephens of The Kansas City Star won the Polk Award for legal reporting for "On Their Honor," a report exposing widespread conflicts of interest among federal judges. Months of research through thousands of financial disclosure forms revealed that many judges had a personal stake in the cases of litigants. Within weeks of The Star's story, members of Congress scheduled hearings and within months, the nation's top judges, meeting at the Supreme Court, approved a range of reforms. It is Stephens' second Polk award in five years.
Mary Jordan, Keith Richburg and Kevin Sullivan of The Washington Post won the Polk Award for economic reporting for "Shattered Lives," an eight-part series that translated the Asian economic crisis into human terms. They described how the collapse of currencies and financial markets in South Korea, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand led to lost jobs, broken homes, hunger and even death in what had been a growing Asian middle class. One indelible portrait chronicled the suffering of a scapegoated Chinese community in Indonesia.
Dispatches from the Balkan province of Kosovo earned Tracy Wilkinson the Polk Award for foreign reporting for giving Los Angeles Times readers early insight into the political and human struggles between ethnic Albanian separatists and Serb nationalists. Her profiles of five people seeking ethnic harmony in Bosnia brought a fragile note of optimism to the bleak landscape of postwar stagnation so well depicted in her other reports.
The Polk book award went to Philip Gourevitch, for his harrowing account of genocide in We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). In addition to examining how and why 800,000 predominantly Tutsi Rwandans were murdered by erstwhile Hutu friends and neighbors, Gourevitch's book depicts a chilling tale of cowardice and moral equivocation by an international community that refused to intervene. In six visits to Africa over 30 months, he interviewed hundreds of survivors of the widest-scale mass killing since World War II. Much of the material in the book first appeared in The New Yorker magazine, where Gourevitch is a member of the staff.
Juan Gonzalez won the Polk Award for commentary for his street-savvy, unflinching columns in the New York Daily News. In the foreword to Roll Down Your Window, Stories from a Forgotten America, a compilation of his work, he writes that much of his time in the past two decades has been spent writing about neighborhoods where "strangers roll up their windows as they pass through." In his writing, Gonzalez rolls down the windows to depict complexities in communities of color, struggles in the labor movement and flaws in politicians.
As winner of the Polk career award, Russell Baker is honored for a second time. He won in 1978 for commentary. Resident wit at The New York Times from 1962 through 1998, Baker is a satirist, commentator and raconteur. His whimsically irreverent "Observer" columns and his autobiography, Growing Up, both earned him the Pulitzer Prize.
The 1998 Polk Award recipients will be honored at the 50th Anniversary luncheon, which will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City on April 14. A seminar with previous Polk winners Christiane Amanpour and Sydney Schamberg will take place the previous evening at the Newseum in Manhattan.
For more information on the Polk Awards, go to the following web site: http://www.liu.edu/cwis/bklyn/polk/polk.html


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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: USC QB Matt Barkley to return for senior season
LOS ANGELES -- Southern California quarterback Matt Barkley has decided to return for his senior season and put off the NFL for another year.
With USC coach Lane Kiffin and his family in attendance, Barkley announced Thursday that while he feels prepared for the NFL, he has unfinished business with the Trojans. His announcement set off cheers from the roughly 200 people who attended his news conference at USC's Heritage Hall.
"I am staying so I can finish what I started," Barkley said.
Barkley is coming off a spectacular season in which he led the Trojans to a 10-2 finish and the No. 5 ranking in the country. Because of NCAA sanctions, USC was not allowed to play in the postseason.
The 6-foot-2, 220-pound quarterback has been projected as a first-round pick in the NFL draft, in the top 10 overall on some boards.
Barkley was the latest in a heralded lineup of USC quarterbacks that's included Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and Mark Sanchez.
Barkley had an uneven first season with the Trojans, making some questionable decisions that led to 14 interceptions. Still, he threw for over 2,700 yards and 15 touchdowns to become the only freshman semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Award as the nation's best quarterback.
Barkley developed into a mature leader by his sophomore season, again throwing for over 2,700 yards, with 26 TDs, a completion rate of 62 percent and 12 interceptions. He also handled questions about USC's sanctions with poise, never shying away from talking about the program's difficulties.
As a junior, he developed into one of the country's best quarterbacks, throwing for 3,528 yards and 39 touchdowns with only seven interceptions on a team that one of the best in the country the last half of the season. The Trojans won seven of their final eight games to climb the polls, though had to endure second straight bowl-less season thanks to sanctions that end next season.
USC left tackle Matt Kalil declared for the NFL draft last week, but on Wednesday safety T.J. McDonald said he was returning for his senior year. Now with Barkley, the Trojans are loaded and likely one of the front-runners to win next year's national title.
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Dan Flavin: A Retrospective
Dan Flavin: A Retrospective
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Dan Flavin: A Retrospective, the first comprehensive exhibition of Flavin's career, presents approximately 50 objects and installations, most of which use the medium of fluorescent light, along with drawings, sketches, and collage-constructions. Michael Auping, chief curator of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, notes, "Dan Flavin's light installations may be the closest thing we have to a contemporary sublime. The apparent simplicity of these industrial, fluorescent light fixtures belies their ability to swallow us in ethereal fields of color." Auping adds, "Seeing Flavin's flowing luminosity traveling through Ando's generous corridors is something I've been looking forward to for a number of years."
Dan Flavin: A Retrospective showcases the chronological development of Flavin's work over the course of 35 years, demonstrating the various means through which he experimented with light, color, and interior space. It includes the full range of his work, from the early "icons" to installations that occupy an entire room. Many of these are specifically dedicated by Flavin to modernist predecessors and contemporary artists he admired, such as Constantin Brancusi, Piet Mondrian, Henri Matisse, and Alexander Calder. Other dedications reveal Flavin's commitment to the politics of his time and his attempt to reinvent the genre of the commemorative monument.
The exhibition begins with a group of "icons," produced between 1961 and 1963, a series of box-like constructions with attached incandescent and fluorescent lights. Many of these works signify Flavin's invention of an object that is neither painting nor sculpture, yet incorporates elements of both.
The next section of the exhibition represents Flavin's move from the "icon" construction into works composed solely of fluorescent light. Standardized tubes that were available from hardware stores in prefabricated lengths and colors were used by the artist in an unaltered state, beginning with the diagonal of May 25, 1963 (to Constantin Brancusi), 1963.
A group of Flavin's well-known "monuments' for V. Tatlin, 1964–1981, comprise the chief example of the principle of seriality and permutation in his work. The range of Flavin's content is represented by pieces that include political subjects, such as untitled (to a man, George McGovern) 1, 1972. In other works, Flavin pays respectful, slightly humorous homage to fellow artists such as Robert Ryman, in an installation using warm and daylight white lamps, and Ad Reinhardt, in a work consisting only of ultraviolet (or "black") light.
One of Flavin's signature "barrier" works, untitled (to you, Heiner, with admiration and affection), 1973, a 120 foot–long installation in green fluorescent light, will be on view in the central pavilion gallery on the ground floor, where the light from the installation will be reflected in the Modern's pond.
The exhibition also includes a selection of works on paper (portraits, landscapes, and collages, as well as plans and diagrams), which reveal both practical and conceptual aspects of Flavin's working process.
Dan Flavin: A Retrospective
Installation View
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Is Offshore Business Process Outsourcing Running Aground?By Edward Cone
The theft last month of $350,000 from citibank customers via Indian outsourcer MphasiS BFL might be just the beginning of bad news in the offshore call center market. There is nothing unique to India about criminals talking people out of their passwords, and the thieves in this case16 people in all, including current and former employees at the MphasiS contact center in Punewere apprehended quickly.
But the negative publicity hit at a moment when some structural problems with BPO are coming into public view.
"The contact center outsourcing model is under siege from a number of different factors," says Forrester Research Inc. analyst Bill Martorelli. He contributed to a post-heist Forrester report predicting that growth of BPO call center deals could drop 30 percent over the next 18 months as a result of multiple factors.
"The initial rush to offshore locations for contact center jobs now looks to some extent misguided," he says. "The theft will just embolden critics within companies that have debated the move."
Security fears are certainly an issue, although perhaps the easiest problem to fix. Increased Indian regulation and oversight could make American companies more comfortable. NASSCOM, India's industry association, promptly announced a training initiative for Pune's cybercrime unit, which caught the bad guys from MphasiS.
But regulation will almost certainly add to the cost of these call centers, the main reason jobs go to India in the first place.
"It was widely believed that these jobs were viewed as a godsend in India, even to highly educated people," he says. "But we're finding out it's not viewed that way after all."


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The man piloting this bike is smiling. This is not an isolated incident. Photo by Tyler Frasca.
This article is part of the Mtbr's Enduro Compare-O. See all the stories in this special section here–https://reviews.mtbr.com/category/enduro-compare-o-2014
If we gave out a Chuck Norris award in our Enduro Compare-O, the 2014 Rocky Mountain Altitude MSL 770 Rally Edition would win by a tractor pull. Though the fearsome Norco Range gives it a run for the money, the edge would still go to this mega-adjustable, heavy-duty piece of carbon Canadian bike burliness. In fact, we may just have to install some gold-dipped Truck Nutz on this bad boy because it deserves to have its virility—its cojones—on display for all to see.
Informed by the man who envisioned the enduro race format—Frenchman Fred Glo—the Altitude MSL bleeds enduro blue. Big 2.4-inch wide tires, ultra-wide 785mm handlebars, a gigantic 1×10 drivetrain made for pedaling at high speed, and a crazy adjustable shock mount system that can alter the bike's bottom bracket height by as much as an inch, and tilt the head tube angle from slack to even slacker.
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Flows Downhill Like Maple Syrup
Clearly with its big gearing, big shock—a Fox Float-X CTD—and burly build, Rocky was going for a bike with great downhill acumen, something they certainly achieved according to our test crew.
"This bike gave me a huge grin for the DH," said one reviewer. "The suspension was so thick and satisfying that I just wanted to boost everything."
To-a-man the downhilling feedback was complimentary. But as you might expect, there was another side to the coin.
"When looking downhill, it's a point and smile bike," said another reviewer. "But when you go uphill, it leaves you dreaming about the next DH."
For the record, that's two different riders who independently said the bike made them smile—a fact that says to us Rocky Mountain is doing things right.
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Climbs like Canadian Bacon
Indeed what comes down must go up, and uphilling is not the Rocky's strong suit. In fact the Altitude MSL 770 had a slightly different smile associated with it during ascents. A sort-of pain grimace/anticipation smile that said "this is eff-ing killing me, but I can't wait to head back down."
Like a few of the other bikes in our test, the Altitude MSL 770 came with a remote-adjusted suspension system, giving access to Fox's CTD—Climb, Trail, Descend—modes from the handlebar. And, as we learned, it was a necessity on the Rocky Mountain. In order to get the suspension suitably plush for the downhill we ran sag in the 35-40-percent range, then relied on the platform settings to firm things up for climbing and rolling terrain.
"Without lock out, this bike was the most bobbish of all the bikes," commented one reviewer. "Locked out, it worked well, though a bit more of a grind for climbing."
And while clocking in at just over 30-pounds, the weight—while substantial—was only part of the equation for one rider.
"OK, 30-pounds…I can deal with that, you just lock it out and spin in most cases," he said. "But between the 34-tooth chainring and 27.5-inch wheels, my knees where crying 'Uncle!'"


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Teaching in the French Alps Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Teaching in the French Alps Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> France View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message SekhmetJoined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 329Location: Alexandria, Egypt Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject: Teaching in the French Alps I've been looking around, and I haven't found any jobs available anywhere in the Alps. This is the area I'm most interested in going to because I am a Ski instructor, and it would be nice to get a little additional income my way doing that as well as teaching. I am from the UK, so visas aren't a problem, and I've looked on the Pages Jaunes, but can't find anything. Has anyone got any bright ideas? Back to top eo-nomineJoined: 24 Nov 2004Posts: 72Location: Berlin, Germany Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:05 pm Post subject: I think it'll be tough to find work IN the alps... if I were you, I'd look in Grenoble. I know there is a Wall Street institute there, and there should be other, smaller language schools too (because you don't really want to work for Wall Street Institute, do you?). Grenoble also has an HEC and Science Po branch - which means that it is full of students... should be easy to find privates there.Last edited by eo-nomine on Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:26 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top SekhmetJoined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 329Location: Alexandria, Egypt Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:48 am Post subject: eo-nomine, thanks!! Actually, my reasons for hanging around in the Alps, is that I'm also a certified ski-instructor, and what I would love to do would be to divide my time between the classroom and the slopes. Maybe some of the bigger towns down in the valleys? It really doesn't matter too much which mountains, so I'm fairly flexible... I'm fluent if French - would that maybe help? It's just a possibility for the future, but it's something I really would love to do!!! Thanks for your help so far. Back to top eo-nomineJoined: 24 Nov 2004Posts: 72Location: Berlin, Germany Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:11 pm Post subject: Quote: I'm also a certified ski-instructor, and what I would love to do would be to divide my time between the classroom and the slopes Bring the classroom on the slopes! Teach your students how to ski in English as you tumble and fumble around in the snow with the more attractive ones... On a more serious note: you might want to look at the language assistant thing. I know virtually nothing about it, except that all the assistants who came to teach us German in lycée always hated their time in France! At any rate, http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=19177 is the thread were this program is mentioned. Some of the "bigger towns down in the valley" like Gap or Digne might have language schools too, true. Gap is a quite dynamic (and very pretty) town, I would have a look there. I don't know about Digne, though. Parler français courament est souvent très utile pour établir un meilleur contact avec les employeurs, surtout en province... you have an edge over other EFL teachers there. Nice might be worth a shot too, although it's further away, and will probably be full of EFL teachers already, but you never know! I just had a quick look at les pages jaunes, entered "formation anglais" for Gap (Hautes Alpes, 05), and I just saw two or three places you could contact... hmm, also, I don't know when you plan to start looking for work, but right now isn't the best of times. The school/business year starts in September, and that's the best time to ask for interviews and such. Voila... hope some of this helps! Edit - Turin might be another possibility, too. On the slopes within two hours, big thriving city... I would definitely give it a shot! Back to top SekhmetJoined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 329Location: Alexandria, Egypt Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject: Thanks for the advice!!! I've looked into Albertville, since that seems to be the closest to my home from home - Meribel. However, my knowledge of geography is rudimentary at best, so I could be deluding myself!!! The Turin idea looks really cool - and I loved the thought of teaching students to ski at the same time as teaching them English!!! maybe there is a market for that??? Cheers, Sekhmet Back to top eo-nomineJoined: 24 Nov 2004Posts: 72Location: Berlin, Germany Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:18 pm Post subject: Albertville! That's tiny! I don't know where Meribel is, but maybe you could try Chambéry or Annecy... bigger cities with more going on, and I think you would have an easier time finding work there than in Albertville (Albertville is only like 15,000 big, right?) they're much closer to Albertville than say Gap. Back to top SekhmetJoined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 329Location: Alexandria, Egypt Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:56 am Post subject: Yes, Chambery is also an option. Meribel is up the valley, around the shoulder from Courcheval. It's really nice, and closer to Chambery and Albertville than the other resorts. Plus, Chambery isn't too far away - the odd weekend on the slopes would be good!!! Thanks, I'll look into that. Back to top BabinoJoined: 10 Jun 2005Posts: 8Location: Europe Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:14 am Post subject: Teaching in the Alpes Hi there! I know for a fact that there is at least one language school in Bourg St Maurice, you can't dream of a better place to reach the hills in a very short time!!! Good luck, grab the pages jaunes and give it a go Back to top SueHJoined: 01 Feb 2003Posts: 1022Location: Northern Italy Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject: Well Sekhmet, if you ever develop an ESP course - 'English for Ski Instructors' let me know! I plan to go to the Italian side of the Alps (my Italian's better than my French). Personally I hope to go freelance although my house here is taking an age to sort out and I might not even make the first snows. Chambery would be handy for nipping back to the UK as there are increasing numbers of low cost flights - particularly in the winter (eg: Flybe to Southampton). Although I'm a 25 seasons skier I'm a bit too old and rusty with hockey/football players' knees (European versions!) and think I'll forget doing a BASI course myself, but it certainly sounds appealing. Good luck. Back to top Elizabeth WorthingtonJoined: 21 Sep 2005Posts: 15Location: London Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: Alpes Try "Infolangues" in Grenoble. They aren't particularly nice people to work for but they do have a centre near the ski slopes. There used to be an outfit called "Options" a few years ago which I would avoid at all costs. You could try the Chambre de Commerce in Grenoble. They might have something. You normally get paid by the hour but you do get a decent hourly rate. 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