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Sellers thinks that solving the puzzle “is really interesting because it’s a great example of how we can struggle and not see something for a long time and then, once we see it, discover that its almost impossible not to see it and also discover that the insight is so profound that it opens doors that alter or direct the path of our life.” To read this blog, go to www .csemag.com/blogs Connect all the dots with four straight lines, without lifting your pencil, and without retracing a line. EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD ANIL AHUJA, PE, LEED AP, RCDD, President, CCJM Engineers, Chicago PATRICK BANSE, PE, LEED AP, Senior Mechanical Engineer Smith Seckman Reid Inc., Houston DAVID COOPER, PE, LEED AP, President and CEO WSP Flack + Kurtz, New York PETER D’ANTONIO, PE, LEED AP, President PCD Engineering Services Inc., Longmont, Colo. RAYMOND GRILL, PE, FSFPE, Principal Arup, Washington, D.C. RAJ P. 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