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Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau, Dean of Students Thomas Mogan, and Associate Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Tony Penna. (Lee Pellegrini)
Members of the University community, including many students, gathered last Thursday to hear thoughts from three senior Boston College administrators on how to promote rational discourse at Boston College, and beyond.
Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau, Dean of Students Thomas Mogan and Associate Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Tony Penna, were the speakers for the event, "Maintaining Community Throughout Difficult Conversations," held as part of the Fireside Chat series sponsored by University Libraries, the Office of the Provost, Student Affairs, and Campus Ministry.
University Librarian Thomas Wall moderated the 45-minute discussion, which took place in the O'Neill Library Reading Room. Audience members had the opportunity to follow up in a subsequent Q&A session.
"During the last presidential campaign, I think we all realized the prevalence of this 'Everyone has an opinion, but no one cares to listen' rhetoric," said Wall, in an interview.
"One thing that makes Boston College so special is its sense of community, so the provost and Council of Deans and I decided it would be a good idea to have a chat around not one particular ideology, but how BC's community is maintained in a time when people are very impassionate with their political viewpoints."
Wall stressed the importance of the event being co-sponsored by the three pillars of academics, student affairs, and campus ministry.
Each has a role to play in "moving us away from anti-intellectualism and towards rational discourse," he said. "If any one of those three pillars took a step back, it would take away from our motto 'Ever to excel.'"
Head Librarian for Assessment and Outreach Carli Spina used those three pillars to focus her outreach efforts across campus to ensure the event would reach a broad potential audience of interested students, faculty and staff.
"I'm really pleased with how the event turned out," said Spina. "The panelists brought insightful perspectives to this timely topic, represented the BC character and response, and did a great job of answering the audiences questions."
Wall called the Fireside Chat series an experiment, albeit an "excellent" one, and said organizers would consider continuing it in the fall semester.
"Most issues in society are far more nuanced than opinions," said Wall. "We need to take heart of the idea of being good citizens, and try to understand different viewpoints.
"Conversations are difficult and divisive because people are so invested in their own opinions. Boston College aims to transcend opinions and look towards truth."
–Siobhan Sullivan / University Communications


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17 Undeniable Things You'll Find In Every Vermont Home
Here in Vermont, there are certain objects you'll find in our homes that make us who we are—and while some of these items appear in homes in other states, their presence doesn't mean what it means to us here in Vermont. The following are 17 undeniable things you'll (probably) find in nearly every Vermont home.
What do you have in your home that most Vermonters have? Please like this post if you have any of the above items!

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to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater
to pass by gradual or unobservable change (often followed by along, away, by, etc
to move quietly or stealthily or without being noticed (usually followed by in, out, along, etc
to move in the air, especially at an easy angle downward, with less engine power than for level flight, solely by the action of air currents and gravity, or by momentum already acquired
to fly in a glider
to pass from one note to another without a break
As verb (used with object), glided, gliding
to cause to glide
As noun
a gliding movement, as in dancing
a dance marked by such movements
slur (def a)
a speech sound having the characteristics of both a consonant and a vowel, especially w in wore and y in your, and, in some analyses, r in road and l in load; semivowel
a transitional sound heard during the articulation linking two phonemically contiguous sounds, as the y- sound often heard between the i and e of quiet
a calm stretch of shallow, smoothly flowing water, as in a river
an act or instance of gliding
slip (def )
a smooth metal plate, as on the bottom of the feet of a chair or table, to facilitate moving and to prevent scarring of floor surfaces
a metal track in which a drawer, shelf, etc
, moves in or out
As noun
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms
something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair:The two men clasped hands to make a chair for their injured companion
a seat of office or authority
a position of authority, as of a judge, professor, etc
the person occupying a seat of office, especially the chairperson of a meeting:The speaker addressed the chair
(in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank; desk:first clarinet chair
the chair, Informal
electric chair
sedan chair
(in reinforced-concrete construction) a device for maintaining the position of reinforcing rods or strands during the pouring operation
a glassmaker's bench having extended arms on which a blowpipe is rolled in shaping glass
British Railroads
a metal block for supporting a rail and securing it to a crosstie or the like
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to install in office
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to carry (a hero or victor) aloft in triumph
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As Idioms
get the chair, to be sentenced to die in the electric chair
take the chair, to begin or open a meeting
to preside at a meeting; act as chairperson
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suiting the purposes or needs of:medicine for the aged
in order to obtain, gain, or acquire: a suit for alimony;to work for wages
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in favor of; on the side of:to be for honest government
in place of; instead of:a substitute for butter
in the interest of; on behalf of:to act for a client
in exchange for; as an offset to: blow for blow;money for goods
in punishment of:payment for the crime
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contributive to:for the advantage of everybody
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in the character of; as being:to know a thing for a fact
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in spite of:He's a decent guy for all that
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As conjunction
seeing that; since
As Idioms
for it, British
in (def )
As noun, plural nurseries
a room or place set apart for young children
a nursery school or day nursery
a place where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or for experimental study
any place in which something is bred, nourished, or fostered:The art institute has been the nursery of much great painting
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Hello dearest readers. At the end of the work day today, I'm off on vacation! JUST A LITTLE EXCITED. I'm going up to Georgian Bay and then off out East to Montreal, Quebec City, and Prince Edward Island. Soooo…I'm planning on taking a million photos…give or take…and I will be posting as many as I can here. A change of scenery is always inspiration for a photographer. It may also inspire some creative writing…you never know.
This past week has been quite pleasant and relatively relaxing as lazy summer days tend to be. Even the kids have (more or less) taken it down a notch and enjoy their time outside. We went looking for rocks along the shore of the Rideau River. They love tossing rocks into the water which provided me with the photo of the ripples in the water. We ran through fields of clover which smell so lovely. And we spent time in my backyard having water balloon fights and running through the sprinkler where I discovered that my wee rose-bush had actually produced some lovely flowers. As always, it's the simple things that I enjoy and love to try to capture in photos.
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A Chic Shelf
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Who's Shooting House?
A bus breaks apart and passengers fly through the air in slow motion as a crash ensues. A man with locked in syndrome slips in and out of consciousness, the world fuzzy and distorted. A three quarter shot of Hugh Laurie as he stares at the photograph of a deceased staff member, unable to contain his pain and bewilderment.
These are the kinds of shots cinematographer Gale Tattersall captures week after week in the hit drama "House."
Tattersall began building the career that led him to "House" in architectural school.
As a student at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, Tattersall assumed the role of school photographer. When renowned architect Buckminster Fuller was scheduled to speak at the school, Tattersall was asked to film the presentation.
"I picked up a Bolex and became completely enthralled in the whole process," recalls Tattersall.
Tattersall enrolled in a two-year program at the London Film School. Upon graduating, he received a grant from the British Film Institute to shoot "Value for Money," which starred Quentin Crisp. This piece became the calling card that attracted award-winning director Bruce Beresford, who asked Tattersall to join him in Australia as his camera operator. At that time, directors such as Peter Weir, George Miller and Fred Schepsi were on the rise, and Tattersall gained a wealth of experience during the Australian film industry boom. Tattersall returned to England and worked as a camera operator in the commercial industry with such directors as David Bailey and Tony Scott.
Once Tattersall received his first opportunity to work as a Director of Photography on a feature, even Stanley Kubrick's offer for him to act as camera operator on "Full Metal Jacket" couldn't turn him away. Since then, he's photographed diverse movies such as "The Commitments," "The Addams Family," "Pushing Tin," and "13 Ghosts." He's also shot countless commercials for everything from the Irish Tourist Board to Bud Light.
Being a father to two teenage boys, Tattersall was looking for something that would keep him in Los Angeles, where he's been residing for 20 years. "You know," said Tattersall, "that's the difficult side of being a filmmaker or DP; the constant travel and being away from your family."
When Tattersall received his "House" call, he was not only enthusiastic to join a television series shooting in LA, but also working with lead actor Hugh Laurie.
"I've always been a great fan of Hugh Laurie," said Tattersall. "We reminded each other that we worked on a Kate Bush video together about 25 years ago. He's one of the finest actors on the planet. I also just thought the scripts were so stunning. David Shore and his team, they just keep it going. It's amazingly good writing, with so many back stories and such complexity. Getting all that medical stuff believable and possible is quite an achievement week after week."
Tattersall shoots each episode of "House" with an Arriflex camera. "Because of the post production workflow, we haven't taken the step to go digital yet, although we might in the future," said Tattersall.
"We shoot on 35 and I've found that Arriflex is basically the best system these days for doing just that. We have Arriflex cameras, Cooke prime lenses, Angenieux zoom lenses. One of my battles in the very beginning of coming on board 'House' was to have basically enough equipment on hand to not have to think 'Maybe we need a little crane for Thursday, maybe we need steadicam on Wednesday.' We just have these things basically available to us so we have much more creative tools."
The creative tools Tattersall has on hand have resulted in providing stunning cinematography in episodes such as last year's Emmy winning "House's Head" and more recently, "Locked In."
"I'm the first to admit that we're the worst thieves on the planet!" jokes Tattersall about his inspiration for the look of "Locked In." "A lot of the inspiration for the look came from 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' shot by Janusz Kaminski. But, we developed on it. We developed a lot of ways of moving the camera around to simulate a patient on a gurney or a patient going into an MRI machine."
The episode follows a patient, played by Mos Def, who, through the result of exposure to a toxic resin, has no muscular control over his body. Although he is mentally coherent, he's unable to communicate at all. The only body parts he can control are his eyelids.
"It was a very interesting episode because my wonderful camera operator, Tony Gaudioz, really became a member of the cast," said Tattersall. "He had to put himself in the character, to be able to react like someone who was locked in that way. We used a device called the Lens Baby, which is basically like a swing shift lens. It's in a rather stiff rubber bellows which, by bending the lens with your hand, you can throw the planes of focus across the lens from one point to another. Gaudioz would react to the dialogue with that lens."
With very limited time and budget, Tattersall works closely with his lighting crew to provide inventive lighting effects that enhance the tone and mood of each episode.
"I always think about what arc the episode is going through," said Tattersall. "Where's it starting, where's it going to be in the middle, where's it going to go at the end. Then I think of how the lighting can be employed to subtlety enhance that arc by creating a mood. It's a combination of lighting and help from the art department and designer, Jeremy Cassells."
In the episode entitled "House's Head," for which director Greg Yaitanes won a Best Director Emmy in 2008, Tattersall had to capture the interior of a bus as it crashed, and then visually reconstruct this interior as the holding place of House's memory as his body lay unconscious.
"Creating a look is all great fun," said Tattersall. "I wanted a stylized feeling of lighting, so we could go into the fantasy that kept the movement of light going, as if still traveling on a bus. Moving light was a constant theme in the episode."
The effect Tattersall, along with the lighting and art department, developed was a fully encompassing blanket of soft white light. The light bathed the interior of the bus and minimizing all colors except those of the actors present. The colors of the characters outfits and skin tones remained vibrant and were not blown out. This year, the episode entitled "Simple Explanation" involved a foundation-shaking plot twist for the series characters. Tattersall wanted the lighting to enhance the somber tone of the episode.
"We did a really radical change," said Tattersall. "We brought it way down. I used smoke in the hospital and very contrasting lighting to create a really somber mood, and drained the world of color. It was more a photographic effect than anything else. These are the scenes that really get my creative juices flowing and make it fun and a challenge. I think this is the stuff that actually keeps you alive as an artist."
Tattersall has fully enjoyed his work on "House" and the challenges working in television provide.
"It's a complete and absolutely brutal change initially because it's very hard to work at that pace and be happy with your work. It's quite a huge leap for a DP to make from commercials and features," said Tattersall. "It's taken me quite a while to adapt. There's so much more pressure in television. The hours are sort of gruesome, but it seems these days that all the best scripts appear to be in television. There's always something good to be said about making a change. I'd happily swap the brutal hours we work for the great scripts that we work on. And, the wonderful family that develops on something like a TV show because basically you work together for season after season."
Tattersall would like to return to features in the future. He's enjoyed all the films and television he's worked on, including the series "From the Earth to the Moon" which provided interesting opportunities.
"Astronauts are such very, very special people, and that was a fantastic project to be a part of," said Tattersall. "It was kind of chilling to be standing on the pad at Cape Kennedy, where Neil Armstrong set off for the moon. Dave Scott was our advisor for the series. He had walked on the moon with Apollo 15, and it was just an absolutely stunning experience and a pleasure to be a part of."
"One thing I would love to do is sit in a hide for six months and wait for some amazing piece of wildlife to come along. I probably wouldn't be very good at it because I don't have the patience, but it strikes me as a really wonderful thing," said Tattersall of the type of cinematography he would love to try. "Take for instance 'Planet Earth.' I mean it's just so breath-taking. Those are the people I take my hat off to. Of course, you are always fascinated by something completely different from your own field."
Said Tattersall, "I've been very happy with the kind of breaks I have, and I've been very lucky. To work on 'House' is an absolute honor."
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Where has this Summer gone? Today my youngest started Pre-K so now both of my kids are in school. Granted even though youngest only goes in the morning, the house is unusually quiet! Now with them gone each morning, I can concentrate on finding awesome clothing must haves for them!
As a little girl I can remember wearing rain boots. It was so much fun splashing around with them on! So needless to say I am over the moon that they are back in fashion!
I recently discovered Kamik boots and I have to say, I'm in love! This design would be perfect for my little fashionista! They would go perfectly with everything and Kamik is such a well known brand.
What do you think of their Kamik Dots Boots?
I also love the fact that they are 100% recyclable! How cool is that!
I have to admit this site could easily be a bit addictive! I mean they also have Mommy stuff! That could mean trouble for the shopping budget!
If you haven't discovered Kamik yet, you definitely need to check them out! They have been in business for over 120 years! To me that is a huge statement about their customer service and quality!
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Responsive web design (RWD), the ability for your web application to "respond" to the size of the view port (traditional screen size vs mobile screen size) is common place and practice today. Responsive design leverages client side, front end UI frameworks to hide, show, stack, shrink and grow elements on the screen in a way that is appropriate for the size of the device's screen. In essence, it is many user interfaces in a single code base.
Adaptive web design (AWD), a (seemingly) alternative approach to RWD is a server side capability to respond to the client with completely unique templates / markup for a given device type (amongst other facets.) Adaptive design, while extremely powerful is somewhat less common in part because it relies on a server and is thus a less general technology. It's also less prevalent in part because, for a large class of problems, RWD is "enough" to get the job done. However, as complexity and sophistication of requirements mount, adaptive design starts to show clear advantages over a purely responsive approach.
Responsive design and adaptive design are often thought of as an either/or architectural choice. There is clear overlap in the problems they address and each approach has clear strengths and weaknesses over one-another. Let's take a quick look at a side by side comparison:
Responsive Design: Leverages server agnostic front end frameworks (eg. Twitter Bootstrap) to render a appropriate content flow for the given screen size.
Adaptive Design: Leverages back-end server templates (e.g. Crafter CMS) to render distinct markup for the device and context requesting the application.
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While RWD and AWD are most commonly looked at as competitive approaches, the simple fact is that they are not. These two approaches are in fact mutually exclusive with another and can be combined to acquire the benefits of both.
Responsive design is front end technology. Adaptive design is backend technology. Combine them.
Consider leveraging Adaptive design to drive truly unique and contextual markup to the user for what they are doing, on the device of their choice at that moment. Allow the front end to leverage Responsive frameworks to make sure those experiences flow nicely on a given device. For performance and code maintainability, as your RWD code grows in complexity and size, consider breaking it down in to smaller code bases that can be individually delivered to a device by RWD (the server.)
A simple example of this is to have AWD templates for Small, Medium and Large screens. Each with their own unique features and markup. When it comes to the specifics like an iPhone vs a Galaxy smart phone (both considered small), RWD steps in to make the minor adjustments required to provide a perfect fit for the given device type. This makes the code more maintainable and more importantly it makes the user's experience much more zippy.
Single Page Applications (SPA) are quickly becoming the industry standard for HTML5 based applications and responsive websites because they tend to be more user friendly, feel faster and are more responsive.
As with most applications today, SPA's frequently contain a lot of content and related digital media such as images and videos. Often times content and digital media are deployed statically along with the application. This approach creates unwanted dependencies for content updates on the developers and requires heavy deployment processes.
In the business context this misalignment and lack of independence can slow activities way down and ultimately impact the bottom line. To address this common problem developers often build custom applications for non-technical users or leverage content management system (CMS) technology. Building custom authoring tools doubles development time and creates an additional support burden on your development team. Leveraging a CMS is a great idea, but you need to make the right choice. Many CMS architectures impose serious limitations on application and API architecture and design. As we'll see in this article, Crafter CMS supports application developers with Content-as-a-Service that does not force any constraints on the application itself.
In this article we'll build a simple (but not too trivial) SPA based on Angular2, then we'll update it so that non-technical users may edit and deploy/publish content through Crafter CMS.
For our application we'll start with a fun, simple Angular2 application called Pokedex written by Cory Rylan. The application is freely available via Github the AngularExpo. This application is a great example of a content application because, like most real-world applications, it contains content-oriented data that should be separated from the application code. Smart web/mobile/digital app developers separate content from their code.
The example application has two modes for retrieving data, the first option is via a static JSON data store that's built at compile time and the second is pulling the data from a traditional data store. Both out-of-the box options are not ideal for this real world scenario because to add new Pokemon to the Pokedex you need to be technical (i.e., a developer). In this article we're going to fix that so that any basic non-technical user can manage the Pokemon content, while the application consumes the data via Crafter's API that provide Content-as-a-Service.
The first step is to get the CMS downloaded and installed. Crafter CMS is free and open source software licensed under GPL v3.
Now we want to get the application source code and get it running. To get and and build the code for this application you will need Git and NPM installed.
We now have the prerequisites done and we're ready to party! Let's install the application into the CMS.
It's worth noting that this step is completely optional. You can run and manage the application code itself completely outside the CMS and simply leverage the CMS for the Pokemon content itself.
So why add the whole app to the CMS?
Several reasons:
If you plan to manage the application outside the CMS completely simply follow Step 3.1 and move to Step 4.
The first step in content enabling the application is determining what the content model is. A content model is a definition and structure of the content. We maintain the definition of the content structures within Crafter CMS by declaring Content Types.
To figure out what your Content Types should be, look for the NOUNS in the application that you want a non-technical user to be able easily update and publish at any time. In our case, this is an individual Pokemon creature.
While a Pokemon in this simple application will be pretty basic, real world applications leveraging Crafter CMS can model very complex objects as well as relationships between objects.
Before get into the CMS, let's figure out what the definition for our Pokemon type should be. We do this by looking at the application and seeing what fields the app will require.
By clicking around in the application we come to learn that every Pokemon instance will require the following fields:
It appears we also need an image; however, looking closely at the application code, we'll find that the application assumes an image has been uploaded with a filename based on the Pokemon number. For simplicity sake, we'll maintain this assumption even though it's worth noting that enabling authors to upload and pick images, videos and other rich media is very simple in Crafter CMS.
OK! We have a list of fields we need for our Pokemon, let's get started defining the type inside the CMS:
Now it's time to create some test content. To return to your project Click the Crafter Logo on the toolbar in the top left corner of the screen. This takes you to your workflow dashboard. From here you can create content or navigate back to your application preview via the Site Content panel.
Any CMS worth its salt today can provide content via REST in JSON and other formats. Crafter does this out of the box — but Crafter also provides an important capability a lot of CMS do not and that's an ability to easily define your own service. The dirty little secret with Content as a Service (CaaS) and CMS's is that if you use the CMS's out of the box APIs to get content you may be locking your self into the CMS and you are almost certainly forcing your app to adapt to the CMS. That's the tail wagging the dog. Let's look at how we can do small amount of scripting so that our JSON service response matches EXACTLY what the app expects (rather than changing the app to match the CMS.)
// Define a query for pokemon content
def data = []
// Return the data structure, which Crafter CMS will MARSHALL into JSON automatically
return data
We're in the home stretch now! We have a dynamic service that updates any time we add, update or remove Pokemon content. All we have to do now is change the application to use the new service.
import { Response } from '@angular/http';
public getPokemon() {
return this.http.get('/api/1/services/pokemon.json').map((res: Response) => res.json());
constructor(private http: Http) {
this.store = { pokemon: pokemonData };
this._pokemon = new BehaviorSubject(Object.assign({}, this.store).pokemon);
this.pokemon = this._pokemon.asObservable().map(pokemon => pokemon.map(p => this.setPokemon(p)));
this.pokemon = this.getPokemon();
Single Page Applications and the frameworks that help developers build them like AngularJS 2 are quickly becoming the defacto approach for building user-friendly responsive applications. Smart developers will separate code from content so that non-technical users can quickly and easily update the application's content without involvement from technical resources for code updates or deployments. Integrating your CMS with your SPA is a strong pattern for solving this problem — but architects beware, not all CMS platforms are the same. The wrong CMS will interfere with the development process and force interface and implementation details. Crafter CMS offers the right architecture for the job. Crafter CMS integrates with your development process and tools and puts you app in control of the interfaces and implementation code while providing content authors with the tools they need to update and publish the application independently. To learn more check out Crafter CMS at http://craftersoftware.com and http://craftercms.org.
Special thanks to Cory Rylan and the Angular Expo for providing a fun application!


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If while coloring your child goes out of the outline, it will not be so noticeable. When the child sees how cool his result is, it will inspire confidence in him and will be a good stimulus for further work. Good coloring are those with the text in it. The text introduces the kid with the game, the kid will be interesting, while the text will expand its horizons.
Coloring helps the child to learn how to control the scale of his hand. Please note that when the baby is just started to draw he does not monitor the boundaries of the sheet, and the picture is not painted on the outlines, and even beyond.


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Monday, December 22, 2008
Scrub A Dub Dub!
Just a week ago, I received some lovely soaps in the mail! Cam, from camsoaps, makes smelly, wonderful soaps. My personal favorites are raspberry lemonade and coconut lime.She makes the soaps with essential oils, milk, cocoa butter, scent, and other complex stuff :)
Cam's soaps are very soft on your skin and they smell so awesome. One of my favorite shops on Etsy. Behind the shop is Cam. She is so very smart, nice, and talented too. Cam has a degree in chemistry and lives in California. Every time I talk to her she is working on a new formula for her soap. She is very hardworking. Keep up the good work Cam! You rock! :)
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5 comments:
- Marci said...
What a great article on camsoaps, I think she is an amazing etsyian and I love hearing what kind of soap she is making as the scent combos are as unique as she is. I can't wait to buy from Camsoaps!
- December 22, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Her soaps look wonderful! Nice feature. :D
- December 23, 2008 at 5:05 PM
- Jess said...
Hey Kelly,
Her soaps look so good! very cool of you to feature her!
- December 31, 2008 at 12:16 AM
- f2images said...
Sounds delightful! It's always so fun to try to new soaps and things to help us feel and smell pretty! :)
- January 2, 2009 at 6:37 AM
- kim* said...
ooh pina colada what a nice choice
- January 6, 2009 at 7:45 PM
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Small business owners felt slightly less optimistic in the third quarter, according to a new survey.
Capital One's Small Business Barometer survey results suggest that many U.S. small businesses were slightly less optimistic about the strength of the economy and their own financial position relative to last quarter. While many small businesses polled report that they are experiencing stable economic conditions and steady financial performance for their businesses, a decreased percentage believe economic conditions are improving and fewer say that their financial position has improved since last year. Accordingly, an increased percentage of small businesses surveyed plan to hold spending on business development and investments at current levels rather than increasing spending. On the hiring front, however, an increased number of small businesses report plans to add positions over the next six months.
"Our survey results for the third quarter of this year suggest that financial performance is stable for many of the small businesses we surveyed, but some respondents have a more cautious outlook about their growth and expectations for the broader economy and their business," said Robert M. Kottler, executive vice president of small business banking at Capital One. "It is a positive sign, however, that most small businesses believe they have access to the credit and financing they need and many are making plans to increase their workforce and begin hiring again."
The survey results suggest that the overall economic outlook of U.S. small businesses has continued to weaken slightly. While financial performance remains stable for most small businesses, fewer respondents report improved finances compared to last quarter.
In the first quarter, 39 percent of small business owners surveyed said that economic conditions for their business were improving, but this number dropped to 32 percent in the second quarter of this year and 27 percent in the third quarter. Nearly half (49 percent) of small businesses report stable conditions and one-quarter (24 percent) say that economic conditions are getting worse.
Thirty percent of small business owners polled report that their firm's financial position is better than it was one year ago, down seven percentage points since last quarter. On a year-over-year basis, however, this number is up six percentage points. About half (51 percent) of small businesses surveyed say that their firm's financial position has held steady relative to one year ago. This number increased 8 percentage points since last quarter. Consistent with the last two quarters, only 18 percent of small businesses report that their financial position has worsened compared to one year ago.
Most U.S. small businesses polled plan to continue holding off on additional business development and investment spending in the near-term, but the percentage of respondents reporting plans to hire increased slightly.
The majority (66 percent) of small businesses say they plan to keep business development and investment spending at current levels for the next six months. Fewer small businesses plan to boost spending this quarter -- only 16 percent -- compared to 21 percent in the second quarter.
Consistent with results from the last three quarters, 15 percent of respondents reported plans to decrease spending. Thirty percent of small businesses polled in the third quarter plan to add employees to the payroll over the next six months, consistent with results from the first quarter of 2010 but 4 percentage points higher than last quarter. Still, 63 percent of small businesses say that they will not hire additional employees during the same period.
The survey results suggest that most small businesses continue to have adequate access to credit and financing. Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of small businesses surveyed report that they are able to access the financing they need while 22 percent say they do not have adequate access to credit and financing. About one-quarter (23 percent) of small businesses in the survey say that securing the capital needed to continue operations will be one of the biggest challenges they face over the next six months.
When asked about funding sources for financing their firm's growth, half (52 percent) of respondents say they will seek financing from a bank or commercial lender, consistent with past results. A slightly increased number of respondents say they will rely on personal savings to finance growth (40 percent compared to 35 percent last quarter).
Last quarter, the Small Business Barometer survey found that there were significant uncertainties about the potential longer-term consequences of the Gulf oil spill. Results from the third quarter suggest that the impact of the spill has not spread significantly and fewer respondents believe they will be affected long-term.
To date, only 11 percent of small businesses surveyed say that their business has decreased since the spill, the same as last quarter. Six percent report increased business. Only 13 percent of small business owners or managers nationally believe the disaster will have a moderate to significant impact on their business, down from 25 percent in the second quarter. Ten percent say that it's too early for them to predict whether or not their business will be affected, whereas 17 percent of respondents were unsure about the longer-term impact last quarter.
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Garden Party Dress, Ivory-Neon Pink
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Wow what a gorgeous dress! From the colors to the trendy print, this one is a no brainer. :) It comes with a chain belt, and it really helps to dress this one up!Fits true to size. Miranda is wearing the small.Shoulder to hem:S - 37.5"M - 38.5"L - 39.5"
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Length: 39.5"
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- An Army veteran from the Metro East faked paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.
That's according to a federal indictment made public yesterday in East St. Louis, naming Jeffrey Rush in the scheme authorities say he carried out with his wife, Amy.
The indictment says Rush was stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., in 2004 and awaiting deployment to Iraq when he was injured in a one-vehicle accident.
Rush claimed to be unable to walk and to have no control over his bowels or bladder. Doctor's couldn't pinpoint a cause.
But the indictment claims the Rushes knew within weeks of the wreck that he could walk but kept it quiet.
Federal authorities say Jeffrey Rush now lives in Tennessee, while his wife is in Glen Carbon. Neither has a listed home telephone number.
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Furniture Systems For A Small Room
If you have just moved into a new apartment, condo or loft, then you might be surprised how little space you actually have. Apartments seem to be getting smaller and smaller each year, especially as you acquire more and more belongings along the way. When it comes to fitting furniture systems for a small room there are several ways to go about it. Organization can go a long way when it comes to fitting furniture in a small space and making it your own friendly neighbor environment.
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One of the tricks to fitting furniture in a small space is to keep the room as open as possible and minimize, minimize, minimize. This means you may have to part with some of your favorite items of furniture in order to make the most of your new small space. Stick to the essentials – a place to sit, eat and play (for the kids). You might have to kiss that bulky entertainment system goodbye and opt for a smaller table (or perhaps a flat screen television).
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Another option when it comes to fitting furniture systems for a small room is to make a couple of 'room's by positioning the furniture in a certain way. For example, you can position the couch away from the kitchen table to make a living area and a dining area. You can choose to place your desk facing a wall with a bookcase to make an 'office' or you can take advantage of room separators and screens to make separate rooms.
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If you are stuck on space in a bedroom and looking for ways to fit your bed, vanity table and bedside tables, one trick is to take full advantage of your closet. Consider placing your vanity table in your closet and using a storage system for your clothes. Install hooks wherever you can so your jackets, scarves and outerwear has a place to hide and use large storage bins placed under your bed to keep any out-of-season clothing.
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The key to fitting furniture systems for a small room is organization. You may notice that when you have very little room to move, it does not take much to make the room look untidy or cluttered. In fact, having a few magazines out of place or a few toys scattered around the floor can make a huge impact on the size of the space. What this means is that it is critical that everything has its place. Invest in storage systems, such as a coffee table that doubles as a treasure chest to keep extra blankets, books. See if you can find an ottoman or a couch that offers storage space underneath to store children's toys, books and puzzles.


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Frequently Asked Questions
- Why is the City of San Diego pursuing water recycling?
- What is the Water Reuse Study?
- What about water conservation?
- Is recycled water available during a drought?
- What about desalination?
- What is recycled water used for in San Diego?
- Is recycled water safe?
- Does recycled water smell or look different than tap water?
- Are there any health or water quality laws that apply to recycled water?
- What uses does California Code of Regulations Title 22 allow?
- Will constituents in the water, such as salts, harm landscaping?
- Will there be damage to my car, my house, etc., if it is sprayed with recycled water?
- How much does recycled water cost?
- How will recycled water get to the ultimate users?
- What are the rules and regulations for recycled water use?
- What kind of signage is required to notify the public that recycled water is being used?
- What training does the City provide to these users in retrofitting?
- What happens when the wastewater flow into the water recycling plant exceeds the demand for recycled water?
- Where is recycled water used in the City of San Diego?
- Is recycled water being used in other places in San Diego?
- Where else is recycled water used?
Why is the City of San Diego pursuing water recycling?
During the drought in the early 1990's, City residents became aware of how precarious the City of San Diego's position is during a water resource crisis. Currently, the City imports up to 90 percent of its total drinking water supply from Northern California and the Colorado River. Our demand for water will continue to increase as our population continues to grow. The use of recycled water as an alternative water resource for irrigation and commercial processes will help the City meet our future water needs and reduce wastewater flows into the ocean outfall.
What is the Water Reuse Study?
In January 2004, the San Diego City Council authorized a comprehensive evaluation of all viable options to maximize the usage of recycled water. The Water Reuse Study also included analysis and research on the health effects of reuse options and a public participation process. The Reuse Study's stakeholders identified Reservoir Augmentation at the City's San Vicente Reservoir to be their preferred strategy. In October 2007, the San Diego City Council also recognized the North City-3 strategy, also known as San Vicente Indirect Potable Reuse, as their preferred alternative.
What about water conservation?
Currently, the City's Water Conservation Program has a conservation policy goal of 32,000 acre-feet (AF) by 2010; 36,000 AF by 2020 and 46,000 AF by 2030. Although conservation is effective in saving precious water resources, it will not be enough to offset the future demands for additional water. It will take a combination of alternatives - including conservation and the use of recycled water - to meet the City's future demand.
Is recycled water available during a drought?
Yes, a full supply of recycled water is available during a drought and generally is not restricted for outdoor use during normal water supply conditions or droughts. During prolonged droughts, retail water providers have often restricted the use of drinking water (potable water) for outdoor use and landscape irrigation. This may result in costly replacement of plant materials. The continuous, year-round availability of recycled water is an economic and environment benefit.
What about desalination?
Seawater desalination represents a new, safe, and drought-proof water supply that will reduce the San Diego region's over reliance on imported water from the Colorado River and Northern California. Seawater desalination is a process that removes salts and other impurities from seawater. Used in many areas of the world where fresh water is scarce, seawater desalination produces very safe, high-quality water suitable for drinking and other potable water uses.
Until recently, seawater desalination was not considered a viable water supply option for California because of its high cost. However, continuing advances in reverse osmosis technology have brought the cost of seawater desalination down dramatically.
What is recycled water used for in San Diego?
Landscape irrigation is the single largest use for recycled water within San Diego. In addition, recycled water may be used for some industrial processing, cooling towers, and soil compaction and dust suppression at construction sites. Furthermore, recycled water may be used in recreational lakes, ponds and ornamental fountains, for wetlands restoration and for the irrigation of commercial nurseries and crops.
Is recycled water safe?
Water recycling is a safe way to preserve our natural water resource. In addition, recycled water projects are designed and operated to protect public health. Careful monitoring by responsible local health authorities and water quality control agencies also ensures that the City of San Diego produces a highly treated, filtered and disinfected product that meets the State Department of Health Services criteria. No health-related problems have been traced to any of the water recycling projects currently operating in California.
Does recycled water smell or look different than tap water?
Recycled water is the end product of a three-stage treatment process in which municipal wastewater is settled out, biologically oxidized, clarified, chemically coagulated, filtered and disinfected. The resulting water is clear and colorless. Although recycled water may have a slight chlorine smell, it is visibly indistinguishable from tap water to the human eye.
Beyond what the senses can perceive, recycled water does not contain any constituents that exceed federal and state drinking water standards for heavy metals, minerals, trace organic compounds, pesticides and microorganisms. However, this process does not treat recycled water to drinking water standards.
Are there any health or water quality laws that apply to recycled water?
There are very stringent water quality laws that apply to recycled water. The State Department of Health Services standards for recycled water are referred to as "Title 22." These standards are incorporated in Title 22, Chapter 3, Division 4 of the California Code of Regulations, with stipulations applying to various types of reuse, and levels of required treatment. The Regional Water Quality Control Board is involved with respect to the use and application of recycled water and any associated runoff.
What uses does California Code of Regulations Title 22 allow?
Title 22 allows for many uses of recycle water. In San Diego the uses for recycled water include irrigation of food crops, parks, playgrounds, school yards, residential landscaping, cemeteries, freeway landscaping, golf courses, ornamental nurseries, pasture for animals, orchards, and vineyards. In addition, recycled water can be used for fishing or boating recreational impoundments, fish hatcheries, cooling towers and decorative fountains. Other allowable uses include flushing toilets and urinals, industrial process water, commercial laundries, making artificial snow, soil compaction, mixing concrete and flushing sanitary sewers.
Will constituents in the water, such as salts, harm landscaping?
There are various constituents in recycled water that exceed those found in the drinking water supply, including total dissolved solids (or salts). For example, although recycled water contains a slightly higher salt content, turf grass irrigated with recycled water will continue to flourish.
With proper drainage and good management, landscape irrigated with recycled water will continue to thrive. Moreover, there are some constituents, such as nitrogen and phosphorus found in recycled water. These constituents are beneficial for plant growth, and will serve as an additional "fertilizing" source.
Will there be damage to my car, my house, etc., if it is sprayed with recycled water?
One of the regulations required by the Regional Water Quality Control Board for the use of recycled water is to minimize or prevent recycled water from leaving the reuse area. Each user is responsible for insuring the minimization of runoff or spray leaving the area of intended use. However, if recycled water does come in contact with your car or home, it doesn't contain high enough levels of salts or other constituents to do any damage. Recycled water does not contain the high salt levels of sea water or other corrosive-type waters. Simply rinsing off your car or home will be sufficient insurance against any remote chance of damage.
How much does recycled water cost?
The monetary savings are substantial when using recycled water. The cost for recycled water is .80 cents per hundred cubic feet (HCF) of water, which is equal to 748 gallons. This is a tremendous deal when compared to the current potable water rate which is about $3.61 per HCF.
How will recycled water get to the ultimate users?
The City has a recycled water distribution system to deliver recycled water to customers. Recycled water must be conveyed in a system separate from the existing water or sewer systems. This system has been built along routes that are cost effective with the intent to maximize the use of recycled water.
What are the rules and regulations for recycled water use?
Since recycled water is not treated to drinking water standards, customers are required to adhere to regulations which minimize or eliminate possible misuse. The publication, Rules and Regulations for Recycled Water Use, is available to recycled water customers. These regulations were developed in cooperation with other City departments as well as the San Diego County Department of Environment Health and San Diego County Water Authority.
The publication also includes input from public forum meetings with representatives from the building industry, landscape architects, golf course superintendents, and other large irrigation and industrial users. Copies of this manual are distributed to recycled water customers. Others may receive a copy for a nominal charge by contacting the City's Development Services Department, Publications Section, at (619) 446-5100 or visiting their office on the second floor of the Development Services Center, 1222 First Avenue, San Diego.
What kind of signage is required to protect the public from recycled water?
One of the requirements for sites using recycled water is the placement of signs around the reuse area to advise the public that recycled water is being used. Statewide, these signs commonly portray a positive message that the business is participating in potable water conservation by using recycled water. The signs for use within the City of San Diego read "We are conserving our most valuable resource by irrigating our landscaping with recycled water," as well as the message "Caution - Do Not Drink." In addition, pipes, sprinkler heads, meter boxes and other irrigation equipment must be properly marked or color coded purple to avoid any potential for cross-connections and to distinguish the equipment from potable supplies equipment.
What training does the City provide to these users in retrofitting?
A Recycled Water Certification Workshop is conducted several times a year by the San Diego County Water Authority for potential recycled water users. These classes offer information on the basics of recycled water to include how it is produced, water management, irrigation techniques, cross-connection prevention, health issues, and record keeping. Tours to a local water recycling plant are also offered to get a first-hand look at the water recycling treatment process.
When a user's site is completely retrofitted for recycled water use, the Water Department and the County Department of Environmental Health will inspect the site to insure there are no cross-connections and all the Rules and Regulations have been adhered to.
What happens when the wastewater flow into the water recycling plant exceeds the demand for recycled water?
The City is committed to identifying customers to maximize the use of recycled water. However, recycled water use for irrigation is seasonal and customers are likely to use less during the winter months. The City is working to identify commercial and industrial water customers that present a year-round demand. The Water Reuse Study is investigating all opportunities to optimize the production and use of recycle water in the city. In the meantime, the City only produces the amount of recycled water needed to meet our customer's needs. Storage options and other water management strategies are also being explored in order to maximize the water recycling program. After all other alternatives have been exhausted, any excess wastewater will only be treated to a secondary level and disposed via the ocean outfall.
Where is recycled water used in the City of San Diego?
In San Diego, some of the largest customers are the Torrey Pines Golf Course, UCSD, City Parks and Recreation and several well-known businesses. Uses include landscape irrigation and source water for toilet/urinal flushing and air conditioning cooling towers for commercial buildings.
Is recycled water being used in other places in San Diego County?
There are many agencies in San Diego County currently producing and distributing recycled water to customers. Uses vary from landscape irrigation at schools, apartment complexes, parks, decorative ponds, fountains, and recreational lakes. Additional uses by other places in San Diego County include dust control, manufacturing concrete blocks and washing government vehicles.
Local producers and distributors of recycled water include the City of Carlsbad, City of Escondido, Padre Dam Municipal Water District, Olivenhain Municipal Water District, and Vallecitos Water District. The Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve, operated by the Padre Dam Municipal Water District, has used recycled water to fill artificial lakes and irrigate the preserve's landscaping in Santee since the early 1960's.
For a list of all recycling projects in San Diego County, see the San Diego County Water Authority's website at www.sdcwa.org and click on Water Management/Recycling/Recycled Water Facilities.
Where else is recycled water used?
In southern California, the Irvine Ranch Water District has distributed recycled water for over thirty years. Recycled water is used in high-rise office buildings for toilet and urinal flushing. In Los Angeles and Orange counties, recycled water is injected into groundwater storage basins to prevent saltwater intrusion into the basins near the coastline. Additionally, in Orange County, recycled water that has undergone additional advanced treatment is added to groundwater supplies that are used as a source of drinking water.
Recycled water is used in many ways and in many states across the country. In Arizona, Texas, Virginia and Florida, recycled water is added and blended with water sources in reservoirs and underground storage basins that are used as drinking water supplies.
Globally, Israel, Jordan and Australia are considered leaders in the use of recycled water.
For more information on water recycling projects, see the WaterReuse Links and Resources.
If you are interested in learning more about recycled water, please email us at [email protected].


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These 16 Interesting Facts About the Sun Will Enlighten You
This article contains facts about the sun; the huge ball of fire that keeps us warm. It is one of the main reasons for the existence of life on planet Earth, and without it, this world would have been nothing but a huge mass of ice.
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Last Updated: Jul 4, 2017
We have studied in our school and college textbooks, about how the sun is millions of years old, that it's a huge ball of fire which rises in the east and sets in the west. Besides these, there are several other interesting facts about it. Given below are some fun facts regarding this star.
Amazing Facts
The facts mentioned below emphasize how powerful this star actually is.
Amazing Facts
The facts mentioned below emphasize how powerful this star actually is.
- The sun is a star which is around 4½ billion years old. Scientists have predicted it to shine for another 5 billion years.
- It accounts for 99.8% of the solar system's mass, while Jupiter, the largest of the eight planets, accounts for only 0.2% of the solar system's mass. 109 Earths would be needed just to fill its disk, while around 1.2 million Earths would be needed to fill its interior.
- Light from the sun travels over a distance of around 93 million miles in order to reach the Earth, in about 8.3 to 9 minutes.
- 74% of the sun is made up of hydrogen, while 24% comprises helium. The rest 2% contains small amounts of iron, oxygen, and some other elements which are present in our solar system.
- There are at least 200 billion stars in our universe and the sun is one of them. Of these 200 billion, only 6,000 stars can be seen by the naked eye, and the sun is one of them. Also, it is not the largest star in the universe.
- Its surface temperature is around 5,800 K, and the temperature at its center is around 15.7 million K .
- The amount of energy produced by it is approximately 385 billion-billion megawatts, out of which, the Earth receives around 95 billion megawatts.
- It is made up of several layers. Its outer most layer is called 'photosphere', and it is made up of dense gases. This is the only layer that is visible to us. Just beneath this layer is the 'convective zone', where the heat moves slowly from the inner layers to the surface. Beneath this layer is the radiative zone, and this is where the hydrogen and helium reactions take place.
- It produces a stream of particles having low density, known as solar wind, which contains electrons and protons, and blows across the solar system at a speed of 450 km/sec.
- Different parts of the sun rotate at different speeds. The region at the equator takes around 25 days for one rotation, its inside region takes 27 days, and the area near the poles takes 36 days.
- The sun too revolves around the milky way, and it takes 225,000,000 years to complete one round around the milky way, while traveling at a speed of 800,000 km per hour.
- Only 55% of Americans know that it is a star.
- You will never see a solar eclipse last for more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.
- The sun is not the hottest, because, some lighting bolts can be even hotter.
- If it stops shining, then we would need about 8 minutes to realize the same.
- The Aztecs believed that 'sunset' actually meant that the sun was dead, and that it needed human blood so that it could get the strength to rise up the next day. They sacrificed 15,000 men every year for this purpose.


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This webpage is part of a series on the Genetics of Dog Coat Color and Type and mounted on August 26, 2006 by Sheila Schmutz. It was last updated on Oct. 9, 2010.
Although C. C. Little's book is the considered the classic work on color, he did not address hair length or type. For a discussion of these, one must look at Frederick B. Hutt's book "Genetics for Dog Breeders" (1979, W. H. Freeman and Company, San Franciso) Chapter 8 or to the earlier work by by Ojvind Winge, "Inheritance in Dogs with Special Reference to the Hunting Breeds" (1950, Comstock Publishing, Ithaca, N.Y.).
Crawford and Loomis (1978) studied 1,216 St. Bernards from 221 litters and showed that short coat (L/-) was dominant to long coat (l/l). They stated that the type of coat is clear by 6 weeks of age. Interestingly they observed that short coated pups had bluish skin and the hair was white at the base, whereas long haired pups had pink skin and that the hair was buff at the base.
In 2006, almost 30 years later, Donna Housley and Patrick Venta published that the gene causing hair length in several breeds of dogs was fibroblast growth factor 5 (FGF5). They studied this gene because it causes "angora" in mice. They initially began their study with Cardigan Welsh Corgi in which the long haired variety is called "fluffy".
They have shown that the mutation in FGF5 causes hair length differences in:
Shadow, at the left, is a Rough Collie and Prima, at the right, is a Smooth Collie. Since Prima had pups with a rough coat, we know she is L/l in genotype. Different breeds use different names for longhaired and shorthaired.
At the Third International Conference on Advances in Canine and Feline Genomics held in Davis, CA from August 2-6, 2006, Dr. Housley said they were currently studying other breeds to determine if their hair length differences are also caused by this mutation..
In 2010, a paper by Edouard Cadieu in Elaine Ostrander's group at NIH published a paper that expanded the breeds studied to 80. Among these, many breeds were either all long-haired (35) or all short-haired (33). Some additional breeds had individuals of both long and short coat varieties and a few breeds (11) had only 1 or 2 individuals tested.
They indicate that the mutation causing long is recessive also, but the length of the "long" is variable within individuals and across the breeds. They classified some dog breeds as having meidum length hair and either or both genotypes were present in some of these.
Most dogs grow their coat to a specific length and then the hair growth stops. Pups of long coated breeds do not achieve their full length coats for several months.
In other breeds, the hair keeps growing and growing. Some people refer to these breeds as "non-shedding". Lisa Peterson of AKC was quoted in Pets magazine (Jan/Feb 2006 issue) as listing the following breeds in this category, but there are probably others also.
In late fall of 2009 a comprehensive study of dog coat length and type was published. This study involved the FGF5 gene previoulsy discovered to affect coat length but expanded the number of breeds tested, as discussed above. In addition two new genes were described which affect wire and curly coats in dogs.
Wirehaired dogs have coarser textured hair that is more bristley than smooth. Many wirehaired dogs also have "facial furnishings" or a beard. It was the "furnishings" characteric or "beard" that was used by Cadieu et al. 2009 to discover the gene involved is R-spondin-2 (RSPO2). It is quite likely that shorthaired wire coats feel more wirey than longhaired wire coats. The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon is an example of a dog with a wirehaired coat but there were many breeds with this genotype, including most of the Terriers.
Winge (1950) postulated that wire (W) is dominant to non-wire (w). This was supported in the stud by Cadieu et al. (2009). The dogs with furnishings had at least one mutant allele that had an insertion in the region past the stop codon of RSPO2.
Some breeds of dogs have "curly" coats, the Curly Coated Retriever being one example. The Irish Water Spaniel, shown at the right is another example. Cadieu et al. 2009 showed that a single base pair mutation in a keratin gene, KRT71 (previously called K6irs1, Kb34 and K71) is responsible for the curly coat trait in dogs. Arginine is changed to trypotophan at amino acid 151 in the mutation responsible for curly. Curly is recessive to straight.
A detailed study of how the genes for length and curly interact to cause various coat types in Portuguese Water dogs has also been conducted by Parker et al.
The following breeds were reported to have curly hair based on their genotype:
The following breeds were reported to have curly hair, or not, based on their genotype:
Corded coats are probably coats that are both curly and continuously growing. The Puli is an example of a breed with a corded coat, as illustrated by Raz on the right. The Komondor is another breed with a corded coat. It is said that this coat protected sheep herding dogs from being bitten by wolves since it was so thick the teeth didn't penetrate it.
A few breeds of dogs do not grow hair and are sometimes called "hairless". The Xoloitzcuintli, often called the Mexican Hairless is a breed that does not grow hair. The Chinese Crested grows hair on its extremities only in one variety, as shown by Melogy on the left. In the other variety, the dog has long hair all of its body and this is called "powder puff".
The literature states that at least some types of hairlessness are lethal when the dominant allele is homozygous. One copy of the dominant allele would result in a hairless dog. A dog inheriting two copies of the homozygous recessive allele would produce hair.
The mutation causing the hairless phenotype was discovered using a genome scan by a collaboration of the labs of Kirsten Lindblad-Toh and Tosso Leeb.
The American Hairless Terrier is always hairless. A breeding study by Sponenberg et al. suggests the trait in this breed is inherited as a recessive.
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