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Viacom Gets To Find Out What YouTube Videos You Watched
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However, much more troublesome is the judge's ruling that Google does need to hand over log files including the IP address and usernames of people who viewed YouTube videos. This represents a huge violation of privacy and a clear violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). This was the law we were just discussing, due to a lawsuit concerning Blockbuster revealing rental info via Facebook's Beacon program. It was originally passed after the video rental history of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork was released in the press. The idea is that what movies you rent should be private info not to be shared.
The court pretty much ignored this law, only mentioning it in a footnote, suggesting that it only applies to video tapes. But, as the EFF points out in the link above, the law actually says "prerecorded video cassette tapes or similar audio visual materials." But, more to the point, it is not at all clear why Viacom should need this specific information. If it wants to show numbers of people who viewed certain videos, it seems that aggregate info should be sufficient. Having Google hand over much more info doesn't seem to serve any purpose related to the legal questions involved in the case. Update: There are now claims that Viacom will be very limited in how the data can be used -- with the threat of a contempt of court charge if anyone other than the lawyers involved in the case and specific experts see the data, but that's really not sufficient for privacy purposes. There's no way to make sure the data only stays in those hands, and even so it's still a violation of the privacy of users.


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An increasing number of sociology departments recognize that a majority of their graduates pursue careers that are in applied, clinical, or public settings rather than academic or pure research. Accreditation is the tool these departments use to assure they provide high quality programs to meet the needs of their students.
The Commission on the Accreditation of Programs in Applied and Clinical Sociology (CAPACS) provides the standards against which quality programs in applied, clinical and public sociology and sociological practice are measured. Accreditation verifies that a program is well-grounded, providing students with a strong background in theory, methodology, and practical, hands-on experience. Students graduate from these programs able to articulate the skills they bring to employers.
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ROBERT McNAMARA has had four careers: Harvard professor, Ford Motor Company executive, secretary of defense, and president of the World Bank. But as he bounds up the curving staircase to his room at the River Club here, taking the steps two at a time, you might peg him for a fifth career - as athlete. Upstairs, as he turns his attention to the agenda for the 21st century, his mind proves equally athletic. He speaks with the rapid-fire vitality of a thinker seized by the subject and impelled by its urgency. Not surprisingly for a man with his background in defense and development issues, he singles out two central items for his agenda.
The first is the nuclear threat, which is the subject of his new book, ``Blundering into Disaster: Surviving the First Century of the Nuclear Age.''
``After all,'' he says, ``if we can't survive as a civilized world, then there's no time to work on any other subject.''
The other item he describes as ``the population problem - not as a density problem, but rather as an imbalance of population growth rates on the one hand and social and economic rates of advance on the other.''
It is a problem, he says, that is ``going to cause very, very serious economic, social, political, and perhaps even military problems'' for the 21st century.
Ranked below these two ``high leverage'' issues, he says, are three others:
East-West political tensions, which he argues are ``distorting our allocation of economic resources.''
A loss of some of the traditional moral values of American democracy.
The need for new forms of institutions fitted to a changing world.
On this last point, Mr. McNamara does not expect to see the development of a world government. But he notes that ``in 50 to 100 years from now, we [in the United States] will find it's in our interest to transfer from national sovereignty to international institutions certain of the powers that we exercise now as a nation-state.''
``The longer we delay in addressing some of these issues - the East-West tensions, the institutional forms appropriate for an increasingly interdependent world, the return to our national traditions - the greater difficulty we're going to face in the 21st century,'' he concludes.
Turning to his first agenda item, McNamara discounts the argument that the West's nuclear strategy - which he finds seriously flawed - has preserved peace since World War II. ``I think it's extremely dangerous,'' he asserts, ``to carry on our present strategy and our present weapons-development programs, in the direction they're headed, for another 40 years.''
The danger, he says, arises ``because of the environment we're in. We are in a world with 50,000 nuclear warheads - each one, on average, some 30 times the destructive power of that dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.'' What nuclear war plans omit `WAR plans covering their use are in existence - and there is, in effect, a mind-set that would assure their use in the event of confrontation between East and West,'' he explains, condensing arguments he has developed at greater length in his book.
``And yet,'' he adds, ``no plan exists for initiating the use of nuclear weapons without the probable destruction of the civilization in the initiator.''
How dangerous is the threat of such conflict?
``I don't believe that any well-informed, coolly rational military or civilian leader on either side, East or West, would initiate the use of nuclear weapons,'' he says. ``But it has been my experience - and I think it is a widely shared experience - that military and civilian leaders in times of crisis are neither well informed nor coolly rational.''
``And I, for one, am not prepared to accept the risk that these [East-West] political rivalries will not, over a period of decades, upon occasion lead to military confrontation,'' he adds.
What, then, can be done?
``Well, clearly, one should address the basic issue, which is the political rivalry between East and West,'' McNamara says. ``We have become almost paranoiac, as a people, with respect to the Soviet Union. We exaggerate their strengths, we underestimate our own, and we keep ourselves in a continual state of anxiety with respect to them.''
This anxiety, he continues, ``has a lot to do with a movement away from our traditional values.''
For 200 years, he argues, the United States has ``supported freedom and liberty and democracy.'' But over the last 40 years, he says, American governments have backed Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek, the Shah of Iran, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, and Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle.
``Support of those regimes,'' he says, is ``not consistent with the social, political, moral values I wish to pass on to my children.''
The problem, he says, has arisen because the citizenry has accepted ``actions inconsistent with our national heritage and national traditions, in order to strengthen our position vis-`a-vis this `communist' threat.''
``It is that, of course, which leads to this tremendous - I consider [it] excessive - expenditure on military weapons,'' he says. ``I think we pay a very, very heavy price for failing to deal more effectively with this East-West tension,'' he adds.
For McNamara, better East-West relations include a stronger Western Europe. ``This should be one of our objectives for the 21st century,'' he says, ``to help and encourage Europe to act in a more unified fashion.
``I think that today the West suffers because to a considerable degree it's fragmented. If we could reduce that fragmentation by assisting and encouraging Europe to unify itself - economically, politically, and certainly in terms of defense - we would be much better off.''
With that, McNamara turns to the second major issue on his agenda: the population problem, brought so sharply to his attention during his years at the World Bank.
While he acknowledges that some areas of the world face severe overcrowding, he says that ``the problem today is not, on a global basis, density of population.'' What he describes as ``the carrying capacity of the world'' - the globe's capacity to support its population - is ``greater than the existing world's population.''
The problem arises instead, he says, from ``the imbalance of population growth rates on the one hand and social and economic advance on the other'' - which ``leads to human misery.''
``In sub-Saharan Africa as a whole,'' he says, ``with the population of something on the order of 350 million people, food production growth rates - on average, per capita - have been negative for 10 years.''
``Now, 10 years ago malnutrition existed,'' he says, ``and if you have had a negative per capita food production rate since that time, then there's less food per capita today than there was 10 years ago.''
``That kind of a situation is bound to have political repercussions - and it has had,'' he says, mentioning attempted coups as well as successive waves of migration. ``And lest one think these migration problems are limited to Africa,'' he notes, ``look at our own problem with Mexico.''
There, he says, the problem arose from very high rates of population growth several decades ago. The result, he says, is ``a rate of increase in their labor force that is one of the highest in the world, roughly 3.2 percent per year.''
``The Mexicans want to live in Mexico,'' McNamara says, ``but the operative word is live. And if they can't live there, they're going to live here,'' especially given the 2,000-mile-long US-Mexican border that, he says, ``cannot be protected no matter how much we expand the Immigration Service.''
``I think we must recognize as a fact that for many purposes we are one market,'' he says, adding that ``we have no choice but to take either their men or their goods.''
In dealing with global population issues, McNamara says he sees two ways forward. One is to help nations reduce their population growth rates. In this regard, he says, better distribution of and education about contraceptives is part of the answer.
But he notes that ``in many parts of East Africa where the population growth rates are 4 percent - which means that the population will double for those countries in 17 years - the average female during her reproductive years will produce eight children.'' And in many cases, he adds, ``the females, when asked, state that they want six or seven children.'' To change `mind-sets' IN such situations, he notes, it's not enough to increase the availability of contraceptives. Instead, he says, ``one must change mind-sets.''
Unless that change is made, McNamara warns, the resulting population growth will produce such serious ``quality-of-life'' problems for Bangladesh, India, and sub-Saharan African countries that their governments will be tempted to take ``drastic action'' to reduce population. The example of China's one-child-per-family policy, he says, suggests that such actions can be imposed only autocratically.
``I will predict that if those nations of East Africa do not find a way to reduce the desired family size of seven or eight down toward two,'' he says, ``they are going to move - without any question by the end of the century, and certainly [by] the early part of the next century - to autocratic, repressive, dictatorial family systems that will restrict in the most brutal ways the size of families.''
In that situation, he says, families may kill children whose presence would otherwise ``place them above the prescribed limits [of] the state.''
In addition to controlling population growth, McNamara says, he sees a second way forward: an increase in the rate of economic development. In the 21st century, he says, the US must contribute more to international economic development as an expression of the nation's traditional ``concern for others'' and ``sense of compassion.''
During the period of the Marshall Plan following World War II, he says, when America's real income per capita was ``less than half of what it is today,'' the nation was giving some 2.5 percent of its gross national product in foreign economic assistance. Today, he says, ``we are spending on the order of [only] 0.21 percent of our GNP'' for such assistance.
``I mention this because I think it shows a loss of sensitivity to our responsibility to others,'' he says. ``It's a lack of compassion. It's a failure to pursue those values I felt we had traditionally respected in our society.'' Answers for developing nations PART of the answer for developing nations, he says, is a direct transfer of resources from the industrial nations. But it is even more important, he says, to ``accelerate our own rate of economic advance - because we are a market for their goods.''
``It [has] become a truism to say that the world is becoming interdependent economically,'' he says, adding that ``our economic welfare depends on the welfare of Brazil, Mexico, India, and China, [while] their welfare depends on ours.''
Finally, what about environmental degradation? McNamara ranks it as a serious problem, related in large part to the imbalance of population growth and economic development.
Despite a lack of certainty about the causes of certain environmental problems, such as acid rain, the destruction of the ozone layer, and the greenhouse effect, he says the developed nations should be ``willing to buy insurance that will help us avoid undesirable, irreversible effects'' by tackling what are thought to be the most likely causes of the problems.
``Later,'' he acknowledges, ``it might prove that those were not the causes. In that case we would have wasted those funds.''
``On the other hand, later it may prove that they were the causes, and we would have substantially reduced the cost'' of battling the problem, he says. ``But if we spent 1 or 2 or 3 percent of GNP to protect us against these uncertain environmental effects,'' he concludes, ``I would suggest to you it's money well spent.''
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Thanks for your reply.
I appreciate you filling me in on the background stuff, that learned experience stuff is impossible to get from a book and difficult to read between the lines on a howto.
Touche. My 'next' task is to find out how I can turn my laptop (Dell Inspiron 1150) touchpad off, when I buy a real mouse, it drives me nuts the way it does that.okay ... let's hope that the 4th times' to charm here. the touchpad driver keeps browsing backwards when i touch it
Okay it's official I'd like to cry. I've read all the man pages for mount, mount.cifs and mount.smbfs some of them several times. I have no idea why but the winning formula seemed to be:
Looking good... (see bottom line)Code:sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.2/music /media/music -o user=*****,password=*****,domain=*****
/side noteCode:mount /dev/hdc1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw) /sys on /sys type sysfs (rw) varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw) varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw) procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.15-27-386/volatile type tmpfs (rw) binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) //192.168.0.2/music on /media/music type cifs (rw,mand)
I think it also may have worked another time with the 'rw' switch I discovered it had worked once by accident (I reckon I almost tried every sort of switch combination/placement imaginable.) I still have no idea what the '-t' switch does.
You were right to, when it gets mounted in 'media' it does show up on the desktop!
And then:
*dramatic pause* (see screenshot)
There's nothing in it. #$%?!?!#!
I don't think i've gotten anywhere at all.
The following is from the mount.cifs 'man' page:
Well I had a look in the /proc/fs/cifs folder and I couldn't find any debugging stuff not in the debugging or FYI files anyway. I also couldn't find the 'README' file mentioned.In the directory /proc/fs/cifs are various configuration files and pseudo files which can display debug information...For more information see the kernel file fs/cifs/README.
To answer your questions:
I use it all the time on windows clients without a problem. You can just path to it as you would another windows machine (e.g. \\server-ip), there is a funny problem with windows where if you have the guest account turned on it won't ask you for a username and password so you can't access the drives. (And so, no I did not have to install any additional software; I have several of the drives loading as 'network' drives on boot up)i assume you have this connected and transferring files with no problems to a windows client? if so, did you have to install software or drivers to make it work?
So am I right in understanding that my router is linux based? Would presumambly run something similiar to SAMBA to give windows compatability and would recommend cifs for linux interfacing?
Hmm, everything does run behind a firewall/router. But then how different is cifs to smbfs and the nautilus sharing things. Because the files appear when I mount it with smbfs and I stream music with rhythmbox fine under nautilus, and I can path to it with smb://ip-adress/folder --> it's just a pity not all the programs (ie. Amarok) can interface in this way.how about firewall protection. you must have a router in place, so it's something worth checking.
What kind of thing would stop cifs from working? Do I need a port forward on the router or some such?
But if I follow the instructions here:since nfs is a completely different functionality for mounting shared files, the command in fstab and in the cli is completely different. so no, if you just use "mount" it does not assume nfs.
under "NFS Client"
and the instructions for a manual mount:
-Then that does a nfs mount and they haven't added in any extra switches?Code:sudo mount 192.168.1.42:/home/music /home/poningru/music
Hmm in the case I think the wins stuff worked because I can ping the server using it's DNS name rathern it's ip adress. (not sure if I used the right words then - hopefully you get my meaning)the wins stuff at the beginning is designed to allow your ubuntu computer to resolve netbios names, so you will be able to mount your nas by name rather than ip.
As requested, smbtree info:
So who knows why but the server isn't even showing up there. I don't think i've progressed at all, I think i'm going backwards.Code:MSHOME \\NARKY-LAPTOP narky-laptop server (Samba, Ubuntu) \\NARKY-LAPTOP\ML-1510 ML-1510 \\NARKY-LAPTOP\ADMIN$ IPC Service (narky-laptop server (Samba, Ubuntu)) \\NARKY-LAPTOP\IPC$ IPC Service (narky-laptop server (Samba, Ubuntu)) \\NARKY-LAPTOP\print$ Printer Drivers ICEBERG


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Minori on the other hand is probably the only girl that doesn't match Ryuuji at all. Despite the possible future developments.
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I've been thinking of Minorin as a crazy hyper not very deeply developed interwoven to the plot character... But now as the episode go on the plot is beginning to unravel even more... OooOOh I looooove it. <33333
And, episode 12, The Argument, bliss... Minorin, knows something, that Taiga + Ryuuji don't... But I think I do. ^^ .
Minorin is showing some deep friendship with Taiga here... But at the beginning of the anime, the way Minori chan was displaying friendship I always saw it as a very caring/understanding / I know things about you that no one else will understand type thing... You know like, how come some one like Minorin is her friend and no one else was... I know Minori can seem crazy and a bit detached from life, but I think she;s a bit like me... And I like her even more now.
And this anime is moving its way higher and stronger in place of the best...Anime eVER! >,<
|2008-12-20, 12:09
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Caring, Diligent and slightly crazy. What I would give to have someone like Minori as a friend...
|2008-12-20, 13:27
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But I still wonder about Minori and the whole issue with Taiga's dad. I believe all of the hatred towards him would make sense, if it was something so horrible that it should not be uttered. (Where a felony was involved)
|2008-12-21, 11:58
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I think episode 12 is a good progress on Ryuuji's relationship with Minori
Back on episode 10, Ami said that "you can't become equal through admiration alone".
After everything that's happened so far, I think Ryuuji now knows more about Minori's personality than just simply admiring her. Although it's bad that he got into a fight with her in the process...
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|2008-12-26, 11:50
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Haha, even though I think of myself of quite a Minorin... I doubt I'm QUITE.. as cheerful as her.. and Sporty?Never.... -.-'(Where does she get that energy from? Her + Ryuuji's final pelt of that race was quite something indeed.)
Yeah, a friend like Minori would be great... Somebody wacky, crazy yet, understanding and caring/knowledgeable in her own strange Minori way *w*
I just loved the emotion depicted in her teary face as she turned around before Ryuuji took her hand. I had to watch it three times. I like how Minori's character is developing more and more directions deeper and deeper, and the Ryuuji x Minori thing that I always thought quite un-stable before is proving to be... Magical.
But I still see Ryuuji ending up with Taiga. <3
|2008-12-26, 12:28
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Hehe, to think that Minori's emotions have kept a low profile all the way until Ep12 and Ep13. Yes she's a good friend indeed, but sadly, in real life you would be hard pressed to find someone like her, let alone trying to get her attention from among the throngs of people clamoring over her.
A bit sad, if you look at it that way.
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Wasn't Minorin determined to do her best in succeeding at softball? That route would be a little different from the typical 'needing someone else'. Not that I wouldn't mind RyugiXMinorin. Just seems fans often push their own feelings to often into these stories.
|2008-12-27, 04:25
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I agree with the dependant part though and that will eventally be addressed, or is going to start being addressed as a consequence of what happened here. That's part of the implication of the "I can live alone" line.
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|2008-12-27, 09:16
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Taiga or Ami are much more suited for him. Though i can't say I am in love with Taiga's character either, but you don't have to be genius to figure out that Minori/Ryuuji relationship would never last.
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I'm going to have to agree, although lately, I've been thinking they don't really have that awful compatability.
Though, a bit too many of the conversation moments Ryuuji has with Minori has stuff like Minori making some kind of reference and gag and Ryuuji going "???". Minori's like a big question mark to the guy.
And, typhonsetra, I somehow have the feeling that I'm going to be the only one that will answer that... Somebody else answer for a change.
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Minorin is also a closet otaku, and her idea of humor doesn't click with Ryuji either. All in all, Ryuji can't be himself around Minorin unlike with Taiga or Ami, it's like he puts on a faux face as well (although very little), which is why they are not that compatible.
roan: very little people here are able to read the novels that far as they rely on the translations, this was apparent from the get go. Though I can answer the question:
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Could these wires be our actual zipline?
Her husband was waiting in the center of the old city and he saw pple running down the street with cameramen following along and he also saw cameramen and others with walky-talkys tracking other pple and talking btwn eachother with directions that pple were running.
I really need to know where that raft was when they were going off in the row boat. It was taken either 8:30 to 9:30 AM or 4:30 to 5:30 PM.The current best guess of where the zipline goes argues for the PM time due to the sunshine on their backs as they zip down from the old fort.
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Locally grown food just got closer. If you crave the flavor of home-grown carrots or cucumbers, the taste can be yours, even if you don't have a backyard. You can grow a garden just as delicious (if not as plentiful), with no more space than your apartment provides. Take advantage of that balcony you never use or that empty corner in your living room and start growing your own edible garden.
The benefits of growing your own food are endless, says Ramona Clark, executive director of Boulder-based gardening organization Growing Gardens.
"When you grow your own food, you know exactly what went into it and you develop a relationship with the plant," Clark says. "You harvest it at its best, and you get all the nutrition. The store's food might be two or three days old, and when you make your own, you're eating it that day. It's the healthiest food you can put into your body."
And luckily, almost everything you can grow in the ground can be grown inside — just not all at the same time.
Creating a miniature garden begins with containers, which range from 6-inch pots to gigantic whiskey barrels. Selecting the proper barrel size all depends on the plant. Alison Peck, owner of landscape design company Matrix Gardens, suggests choosing the biggest container possible.
"Life will be easier if you plant in large containers," Peck says. "To be healthy, plants need a healthy root system, and it will be easier if they have a lot of soil to stretch their roots out into. Smaller containers stress plants out. A small container can dry out in two hours on a sunny balcony."
Choosing the right vegetable depends on the microclimate of your garden, Peck says. Southernfacing decks and windows get the most sunlight, so hot weather plants like tomatoes, squash and peppers will flourish. But if your apartment is shrouded in darkness, plant vegetables like lettuce, which do better in the shade.
Get creative with different plants, like citrus dwarf trees, which, Peck says, grow to be about 3 feet tall, have long lives and are resilient to changing temperatures. Also, the citrus scent will leave your home smelling delightful.
Container gardens do require more babysitting to maintain the delicate balance of temperature and hydration.
"You need to keep an eye on your container, because you have to make sure the soil doesn't get too dry or too hot or too cold," Peck says. "When you're gardening in the earth, you have all this soil, and the roots can reach out to get water, but in a container the plants depend more on you."
Remember, the sometimes scorching Boulder sunlight will require watering multiple times a day.
"If you have a lots of hot-weather plants like tomatoes, basil and rosemary, since they have less soil, they need a lot of water, and, so they don't roast, that might require watering twice a day," Clark says.
For that reason, self-contained watering containers come in handy. Julie Hauser, owner of Indigo Landscape Designs, recommends getting creative and making your own. Line your container with a piece of string or candle wick, then drill a tiny hole in a bucket and string the yarn through. Fill the bucket with water and hang it like a potted plant. The water will run down the string, keeping your plant moist all day, or for a weekend away.
But don't forget to include drainage holes in your container. Otherwise, you'll drown your plants.
"The roots of the plant will sit in water," Hauser says. With soil closer to the air, there's more evaporation and the soil appears dry, "so you'll water it again, but the roots are drowning. "
Balconies, apartment corners or window sills might only give you a few feet of area to work with, but don't fret; there are plenty of ways to work around a lack of space. Instead of branching out, why not branch up, with vertical gardening? You can drape plants like tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and beans on a tall trellis, saving you valuable floor space.
Also, choose plants that take up less room. Instead of planting tomatoes that grow on vines, plant a tomato bush, says Peck.
Companion planting will save you room, too. Tomatoes and basil don't just work well together on pizza; they also love sharing the same pot. Hauser suggests getting a container big enough to handle more than six plants. But choose plants that will get along.
"You want to make sure you plant plants that are compatible and have similar requirements in terms of heat and watering," says Ashley Giles, manager of garden center Sturtz & Copeland. "You can't plant Mediterranean herbs, which like it drier and hotter, with tender leafy herbs that need more water."
Ask for some guidance before selecting your seeds or seedlings.
Growing a garden in your apartment is usually a decision made out of necessity, but there are some ben efits that make up for it, including an extended grow season. Colorado's schizophrenic weather cuts the growing season down to only a few months, but luckily, gardening inside can trick a plant into thinking it's spring all year long.
"Your indoor environment is technically a summer environment with warm, even temperatures," Giles says. "In theory, you can have a garden year-round."


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Rodney King autopsy concluded; results weeks away
RIALTO, Calif. – Investigators conducted an autopsy Monday on Rodney King's body, but it was expected to take several weeks to determine what killed him, officials said.
Coroner's officials will await results from toxicology tests that could take up to six weeks to gather before determining how King died. He was pulled from the deep end of his pool early Sunday morning by police who were called to his home by his fiancee.
King, 47, became famous after he was severely beaten by Los Angeles police in 1991. It was captured on videotape and broadcast worldwide, as were photos of King's bloodied and bruised face. The more than 50 baton blows and kicks inflicted by officers left King with 11 skull fractures, a broken eye socket and facial nerve damage.
The trial of four officers charged with felony assault in connection with the case ended after a jury with no black members acquitted three of the officers on state charges in the beating; a mistrial was declared for a fourth.
The verdict sparked one of the most costly and deadly race riots in the nation's history.
Rialto police were investigating King's death as an apparent drowning and said they have found no signs of foul play. King's fiancee spoke with police for several hours Sunday and is considered a witness in the case, Rialto Police Officer David Shepherd said Monday.
A police officer remained stationed outside of King's one-story home throughout the day Monday, with several news crews also remaining in the neighborhood. Cars slowed to look at the house and some stopped for passengers to snap photos, but no memorial to King had been created at the residence.
Toxicology results will show whether King, who struggled with addiction throughout his life, had any alcohol or drugs in his system.
Police have said there were no signs of alcohol or drug paraphernalia near the pool. Officers were seen taking a marijuana plant out of the house Sunday, but Shepherd said he could not confirm what items were taken from the home.
Anthony McCartney can be reached at http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP .


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Smith, 2-0 in two starts has a 2.45 earned run average. Smith, a right-hander, was 7-4 with a 3.86 ERA for the Bisons this past season as a redshirt junior. He finished with 101 strikeouts.
Smith is playing in the Florida Collegiate Summer League.
Outfielder Tyler Wilson slammed two hits in three trips to the plate to help lead the North Division to a 9-8 win over the Central Division in the Cotton States Baseball League All-Star Game Saturday night at Legion Field in New Albany, Miss. Wilson also walked twice, stole one base and scored two runs.
Wilson , a member of the Tallahatchie Rascals, has played nine games, batting .351 with two doubles and 10 runs batted in. He is a perfect four-of-four in stolen bases.
Wilson, who will be a senior for the Bisons this season, batted .315. He also led the Atlantic Sun Conference in stolen bases with 25, a new school record.
Also named to the Cotton States All-Star Game was Colby Maxwell, an infielder for the Tallahatchie Rascals. Maxwell, who will play for the Bisons this fall as a walk-on, was unable to play in the game due to an injury.
Maxwell has played in 15 games, all as a starter. He is batting .294 with one double and seven RBI.
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On August 24, 2011, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a ruling that revamps the way courts in the state will treat eyewitness identifications. The first of two major revisions announced in the unanimous 142-page ruling provides that if a defendant can show police meddled in the eyewitness identification process through suggestiveness or any other intervention, the court must hold a pretrial hearing. The second major change will be a more tailored set of jury instructions that delineate circumstances known to diminish the reliability of eyewitness identification (these include cross-racial identification, level of stress, use of a weapon, etc.). In the more than 250 conviction overturned because of DNA evidence, 73 percent were attributable to misidentifications by eyewitnesses. According to NACDL Past President Barry Scheck, of the Innocence Project Inc., anticipates that "This decision will ultimately affect every state and federal court in the nation."
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Psy.D., Wright Institute (Dissertation title: "The Effect of Sexual Orientation on Ideal vs. Perceived Body Image Discrepancy as a Measure of Body Dissatisfaction in Men and its Relationship to Shame")
BA, UC Berkeley (Communications)
David transitioned from a former career as a software engineer/computer programmer for Charles Schwab & Co. to obtain his doctorate at the Wright. He currently lives in Portland and has a passion for amateur astronomy, jazz and classical music, and hiking.
Current Work:
David maintains a private practice in Portland, Oregon, with a specialty in complex anxiety conditions involving underlying trauma. After finishing his postdoctoral residency at Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in Santa Rosa, he worked as a staff psychologist in the Psychiatry Department for four years, providing psychotherapy and psychodiagnostic consultations. David developed one of the first group programs for Social Anxiety Disorder at Kaiser, and served on the Northern Region Best Practices Committee for the development of treatment guidelines. He also co-led the year-long anxiety treatment training seminars for postdocs at Kaiser.
I worked with a very caring, committed team that placed highest priority on providing services within a large health maintenance organization. I had the opportunity to be a patient advocate at a time when services are diminishing. I often had a direct impact on service access, enabling me to make a difference for people in great distress.
David re-located to Portland in 2005, where he provides individual and couples therapy, and teaches part-time. His website is: http://www.davidwindstrom.com.
The APA Internship:
David's APA accredited internship was with the Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital (CT), a large psychiatric hospital. He completed three rotations: psychological assessment, trauma recovery track (a partial hospitalization program for women chronically sexually abused as children), and in the locked inpatient unit.
My internship was a life-changing experience - it was the place I needed to be. There was a real commitment to mentoring and a smaller, more advantageous ratio of interns to supervisors...I was supervised by a number of people from different disciplines - from psychodynamic to behavioral orientations - so it was a very rich opportunity to interact with people from different backgrounds and philosophies. They really cared about the interns. The training director was a brilliant clinician and a fine teacher who blended the masculine and feminine, the intuitive and analytic - well matched for me.
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The Case Conference was very important, with an outstanding leader. The format provided a good balance of didactic learning, case supervision, and attention to individual issues that emerged from the clinical work. The opportunity to form important supportive bonds within a small community seemed unique to the Wright.
I chose the Wright because it was APA accredited, and offered a sense of community, a tradition of social responsibility, and a firm underpinning in psychodynamic theory balanced with an eclectic exposure to other disciplines.
David's practica included a third year placement at the Westside Crisis and Outpatient Clinic, formerly providing culturally competent mental health and other social services to San Francisco residents with a focus on African American and other minority communities. His second year practica was at San Leandro Community Counseling, and the first year at Institute for Labor and Mental Health.
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Such is the world of sports, one minute you're elated and have everything figured out and the next you're tearing up and torturing your body to forget the pain of losing (Apparently, even Heat fans are soft).
There's not a lot to say about Game 1. The Bulls played virtually a perfect game. The defense was suffocating. Their OReb% was 41%. They shot 45% (9-20) from 16-23ft. And they shot 48% (10-21) from 3. The only shining light for the Heat in that game was it was very unlikely the Bulls could duplicate a performance like that. I'm not 100% positive about this next statistic, but someone from ESPN said that the Bulls shot 35% on first chance shots. I believe it. The Heat played fantastic defense for 20 seconds, then couldn't grab the rebound. The Bulls then were able to kick out for long 2s and 3s with no Heat player around. Of the Four Factors, the Heat and Bulls had virtually the same effective FG% and FT rate, but were demolished in offensive rebounding rate (41.3-18.8%) and turnover rate (11.8-18.8%). That's a recipe for disaster. As such, the Bulls were able to put up 87 shots to the Heat's 68, and take 5 more FTs. It's amazing the Bulls didn't win by more than 21.
Game 2 started out the same way as Game 1 (I almost turned the game off out of frustration). The Bulls had 7 ORebs in the first 6 minutes of the game. Luckily their offense was so terrible I'm not sure they could have hit water if they fell out of a boat. Fortunately for my health and well-being, the Heat held the Bulls to 10 Orebs the final 42 minutes, and pulled out a victory on the backs of a suffocating defense, a resurgent Udonis Haslem, and another masterful 4th quarter by LeBron James. The Bulls were still had a 33% Oreb%, which is right at their season average against the Heat. The big difference was the Heat were able to get on the offensive boards themselves with the help of Haslem and LeBron. Having a 29% offensive rebounding rate helped negate one of the Bulls' biggest advantages, and in my opinion was the biggest reason for the win on Wednesday night (Okay probably second biggest behind the Bulls shotting 34% from the field and 15% from 3).
Derrick Rose had a pretty Rosian (TM - John Eric Turner - all rights reserved) night in Game 2 with 21 points 8 assists and 6 rebounds on 7-23 shooting. Afterwards, Rose (which the media eventually parroted) said that he missed a lot of shots he normally makes, but is this true? I say, "No!" Rose is at his best when he's near the rim. Over the season he shot 60% at the rim on 6 attempts. He shot close to that in Game 2 going 2-4. The real reason for Rose's poor night was his midrange game and his 3 point shooting. On the season from 3-9Ft rose shoots 40% on 2 attempts. So he's not very good from this distance, and doesn't take those shots very often. On Wednesday he was 0-7. Okay so he's unlikely to go 0-7 in the future, but what this shows is that the Heat did a great job of keeping Rose away from the rim and forcing him into shots that he normally doesn't take. So I have to disagree you, Derrick. I don't think you were missing shots you normally make. The shots you normally make you weren't allowed to take.
Erik Spoelstra has won the coaching match up so far, not because he's been much better than Thibs, but because his team took home court away from the Bulls. At the end of the day, that's all that matters. Still I'm not sure how much credit Spoelstra really deserves for this. Sure he made some good defensive adjustments against the Bulls and his rotations for the most part have been solid, but he completely lucked into Haslem and for that I'm docking him points. I've been saying for quite some time now. If Haslem's going to play you need to play him every game regardless of how he's playing even if only for a few minutes because you never know when "it" will happen. "It" is when the switch goes off inside a player and they suddenly remember how to play basketball again. When they're mind and body catches up to the speed of the game. And when they aren't thinking about what they're supposed to be doing, they're just doing it. Well in Game 2, "it" happened for Udonis. The frustrating part is Spoelstra wasn't going to play him. He didn't play him in Game 1, mistake. And the only reason he saw time in Game 2 was because Joel Anthony and Jamaal Magloire picked up 2 fouls early in the game and Spoelstra didn't want James to pick up a second foul by playing PF. So in went Haslem, and the rest as they say is history. Both coaches have been less than impressive through two games with their stubbornness getting the best of both of them.
We talked about in the preview whether the Bulls would play PnR or Isolation. The answer: much more isolation. In the first two games the Bulls ran 15% of their plays in isolation and only 17% PnR. This was much lower than their playoff numbers (which going into the series was around 9% iso and 27% PnR. This should work out in Chicago's favor because Rose going isolation against Bibby is advantage Rose for all eternity, but it's not. The Bulls are only scoring .81ppp on isolations (.89ppp for Rose in these situatiosn) v .94 on pnr opportunities (1.05ppp for Rose in these situations). Now, why? My guess, and it's just that a guess, is because Rose is settling for jumpers more than he's taking Bibby to the rim. Conversely, it's possible that Rose is being met by 3 more Heat defenders just before he gets to the rim (adding to that 0-7 from 3-9ft). Either way isolations have not been as fruitful for the Bulls as one would have thought going into the series. (Side note, the Heat have been terrible in Isolation so far this series with .56ppp. Terrible. LeBron is .67ppp and Wade is .50ppp. Even more shocking is that Bibby, Miller, and Anthony are all 0.0ppp in isolation situations. Okay that probably wasn't so shocking. As such, every time the Heat run isolation I lose a day of my lifespan. In addition for the Bulls, Deng is scoring .33ppp in isolation, he should probably stop that.)
What to look for the rest of the series
Udonis Haslem make a gigantic splash in a game many doubted he would even play (I'm sure you can add Erik Spoelstra to that list). Haslem's effect didn't show up in the +/- of the game, but it was there for all to see. When he entered the game half way through the third, the Heat immediately went on a 10-0 run. He had 9 points in the final 6 minutes of the 3rd including 2 monstrous dunks. It was wonderful to see, especially from a player who had only played 7 minutes in the last 6 months. The Heat need Haslem to be effective off the bench in Games 3 and 4. I think he'll live up to the hype in Game 3 with 4 days of rest and that Miami crowd feeding him adrenaline, but in Game 4 I'm not sure if he'll have it. He's definitely going to test his fitness level and the health of his foot in a game with only one day off.
Can the Heat either prevent the Bulls from getting offensive rebounds (a gambler's bet if there ever was one) or at least get their own offensive rebounds to negate the advantage? It's pretty obvious after the first two games that the Bulls are going to live and die on the glass. Their offense is terrible and the Heat's defense can strangle you. So the Bulls need to maximize their shot opportunities to get shots. For the Heat this means playing Haslem and Mike Miller as much as their bodies can handle. For the Bulls this means Boozer needs to be just good enough on offense to stay on the court so he can push people in the back (I mean get rebounds). I think the Bulls will be back to winning the rebounding battle in Games 3 and 4, but the Heat will stay just competitive enough to pull the games out.
Will the role players for either team show up on the offensive end? Kyle Korver, James Jones and Mike Bibby are all missing in action. I'm surprised that Korver struggled in Chicago, and I don't see his fate changing in front of a hostile Miami crowd (There's a reason the Heat are undefeated at home in the playoffs). I'd love to say that Bibby's shot will suddenly reappear, but his shooting 22% or so from 3 this playoffs. It's terrible. I'd rather Mike Miller shoot at this point, and that's saying something. Luckily Bibby has been playing pretty good defense this series, including a block on Luol Deng on a fast break in Game 2 (Seriously, how did the apocalypse not occur yesterday???). James Jones is the one player I think could break out and hit some shots, but I don't see him getting many minutes as long as Mikey Miller keeps rebounding. Still even 1 or 2 makes could be huge in the defensive struggles that are likely to define this series. This series will likely continue to be a battle of Rose v James/Wade... Advantage Miami..
Bosh had a huge game in Game 1, but was quiet on offense in Game 2. Look for the Heat to get him back involved in Game 3 and 4 with a bunch of PnRs. He's scoring 1.5ppp in those sets with most of them being wide open dunks. I'm not sure why they abandoned that for Game 2, but they did. It ended up working out for them as they won the game, but James and Wade aren't going to score 25+ on 50% shooting every night in this series. And taking as much pressure off them as possible is important. If the Heat and James don't get Bosh the ball in those PnR situations, I might fly to Miami and punch Erik Spoelstra in the throat.
The first two games were exciting and boring all at the same time. I fully expect that to continue, but I'm not sure Bulls fans are going to be happy with the outcomes of the next two games. The Heat need to win both at home otherwise they risk needing to win a Game 7 in Chicago. The Bulls need to win a game or face the task of climbing Mount McKinley to win this series (climbing Mount McKinley might be easier). I think both games will be close, but the Heat will pull away in the 4th as is their M.O. in these playoffs. This is all speculation of course. I'm not a psychic. With the game later tonight, however, I do feel like this kid awaiting the goodies that will come in the near future...


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I wrote this way earlier in the day and didn't get a chance to post it until now, so extend my challenge to the weekend!
Today is Love Your Body Day. The common response I've seen for this is "everyday should be love your body day!" and while this is true, let's be honest: this isn't a reality for most people. It's a laughable impossibility for some, and they shouldn't be made to feel worse about this than they already do (and trust me, they do).
I'm not a shining example of what it means to love your body even though I grew up in a household where I was never shamed or made to feel bad for how I looked. Like most teens who are oblivious to the rest of the world, I didn't realize this wasn't a normal thing until I got a little older and met new people and their families. It seems like the norm is shaming kids into being something they might not be (thin, straight, flawless, etc.) and that's just sad. (Today is also Spirit Day, so I hope you'll join me in standing with our LGBTQIA friends and families!)
It's hard to love yourself when all you see is flaws when you look in the mirror. I remember one of my many, many epiphanies regarding myself was in high school, or maybe college, when I realized that I'm the same person on the inside regardless of how I look on the outside, and if people are too stupid to not like me because they don't appreciate the outside, then why in the world would I want to be friends with them? It was a new way of thinking that made making friends a lot easier. I also started doing that thing where you just get kind of real with yourself in front of a mirror. It's terrifying and difficult but loving yourself is a lot easier if you're comfortable with what your body looks like. Every scar and dimple and roll and freckle (in my case). Right now I am kind of obsessed with my legs and the freckles on my knees, and I am planning a romp in my new favorite skirt tomorrow. It's Friday, after all!
That said, instead of admonishing everyone on how they should TOTALLY love their bodies RIGHT NOW because it's a healthy mindset to embrace, we'll just dip our toes in the tepid waters of learning to be with ourselves as we are. Last week, I had a coffee date with a friend. We haven't seen each other in about a year and even though we're friends on Facebook, we had a lot of catching up to do. At one point, our conversation turned doing nice things for ourselves, treating ourselves, and she showed me her bracelet, which she bought as a gift for herself. There's a lot more to the story than that but those details aren't any of your business, Internets. The point isn't the details anyway. The point is the gesture. She did something kind to herself, to help herself feel better. She took a couple of minutes and a few bucks and got herself something that would remind her that she is precious and lovely to herself.
Loving yourself is a radical act that can make a lot of people really upset, especially if you fall into a category that is marginalized. Believe me, nothing pisses people off more than seeing a fat woman walking down the street unapologetically enjoying herself. Yes, something as simple as walking can annoy people. And really, don't you want to annoy those sticks in the mud anyway?
That's the toe-dip in the water for today, kids. It's my challenge to you.
Antagonize the trolls. Do something nice for yourself without feeling guilty or reprimanding yourself later or apologizing to other people who may not understand the gesture. It doesn't have to be big or costly. It could be as simple as taking yourself to coffee or doing that one thing you've been thinking about but have put off because there are so many *other* things you should be doing. Take five minutes or thirty or two hours and be nice to yourself. You deserve it!


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It comes, of course, as something of a surprise to discover that there's a restaurant at Hawthorne Municipal Airport (aka Jack Northrop Field).
Except that it sits between the 105 Freeway and a lot of interesting South Bay restaurants along Crenshaw Boulevard, it's not a place to which much attention is paid. Indeed, it wasn't until I was glancing through a press release about a branch of the Eureka! Restaurant Group that had opened in Huntington Beach that I noticed a mention of a sibling in Hawthorne. And so, there I was — sitting at a table in our local Eureka! trying to figure out exactly what the name of the place is.
Most of the branches (which are spread across California) seem to be Eureka! Discover American Craft. The Hawthorne Eureka! appears to be the only satellite called "Tasting Kitchen." Darned if I can say why. The menus seem to be the same, except that the airport outlet serves breakfast and is closed on Sunday. But aside from that, if there is a "tasting kitchen," you sure can't see it. What you can see is the bar, which dominates the room. And for good reasons — this is, first and foremost, a good place to go for a craft beer, or some small batch wines. And to watch the game of the moment, shown on big screens around the room.
The menu designer at Eureka! is crazy mad for exclamation marks, which pop up all over the place. Thus, we have Specialty Drinks! Boiler Makers! Draft Beer! Cans! House Favorite! Liquors! Beverages! Odds & Ends! (They even appear on the breakfast menu — Ready for Take Off! Jet Center Signatures! Sides!) So what is the House Favorite! cocktail? Somewhat unexpectedly, it's an "Old Fashion." (Note to menu writer: The drink is an Old Fashioned, not an Old Fashion!) And it definitely is an old-fashioned creation — Old Overholt Rye Whiskey, bitters and orange zest over ice. Truth be told, there's nothing especially old-fashioned about an Old Fashioned; it's just a good bit of mixology.
There are more drinks, with names like Blood & Sand, Manhattan, Greyhound, Negroni, Margarita, that offer a trip down memory lane. There are Boiler Makers as well, a drink I haven't seen in years — beer and a shot of whiskey. Only in this case, the beer isn't Schlitz. It's Racer 5 or Orange Wheat. Which is as it should be, since the beer list at Eureka! posted on a blackboard next to the bar is heavy with craft beers. If you can't make up your mind, they do a sampler of four for $9, a good way to taste a bunch o' brews. (They serve a lot of beers in cans rather than bottles. There's an explanation of that on the menu. Which makes sense — except I like my beer in glass, if it's not draft. That's just me.)
In terms of the food — Eureka! is built around burgers, which are chunky and juicy and large and come with handcut fries, or, for $1.25 extra, with onion rings, sweet potato fries, coleslaw or a side salad. If you want, you can jettison the bun, and get your burger "naked," over arugula in a lemon dressing — a good choice. The burgers range from the basic Original, through a Napa with pesto and pancetta, a Catalina made of bison with peppers and smoked mozzarella, a Fresno Fig Burger and more.
Watching the food come out of the kitchen, I'd say virtually everyone at Eureka! orders a burger. But there is more on the menu — quite a bit, in fact. And it gets pretty eclectic.
The choices for Starters! for instance run from "lollipop" corndogs to mac 'n' cheese Alfredo (an appetizer that doesn't need much to follow), from osso buco riblets to shredded chicken tacos (with french fries, if you want). The salads include a balsamic steak salad wrap, and an 1849 Cobb Salad. (A curious choice of date for a salad invented at the Brown Derby in the 1930s.)
If you want to pass on the burgers, there's beer-braised duck, pan-seared salmon, fried chicken sliders, braised short ribs and more. Eclectic in the extreme. Or, all over the map, if you prefer. The coffee is from Caffe Luxxe, with "unlimited refills." A nice touch. Now if only the beer was unlimited as well — wouldn't that be a reason to shout: Eureka!
Merrill Shindler is a Los Angeles-based freelance dining critic. Send him email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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If it was a USB cable, I'd so buy many and make all the computer nerds in my life giggle hysterically.
BRILLIANT idea. A USB lunch heater - why not? There are coffee warmers.
As i was looking at that I was hoping it was USB but alas not. I might not have any proper internet access (everything but work sites is blocked. I actually had to ask them to allow multimaps so i could plan journeys that take me out of the office!), but I have 3 spare USB ports on my computer at work. I'm already wondering if I can get away with a USB 'greenhouse' and grow a tropical plant in a bottle on my desk!
Goodness, how do you manage that? I have an extra 7 port powered hub and I still manage to run out!
My work computer has 6 USB ports and only the mouse, keyboard and one other thing I can't recall are plugged into it. At home it's an entirely different matter. You can't find a spare USB for anything!
Oh this box is great and I fall in love with design. Is there a bento box similar to this one without the heating?
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This joint issue of the Netherlands Journal of Medical Education (Tijdschrift voor Medisch Onderwijs) and the German Journal of Medical Education (Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung) is unique. Both journals are directed at readers who are interested in developments in the area of the education of doctors, dentists, veterinarians and other health care professionals. Both journals primarily present papers and other information dealing with medical education and research that take place in the Dutch-speaking country the Netherlands and in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium or in the German speaking countries Germany, Switzerland and Austria. But nowadays medical education is not confined to national borders. Medical education has become a European concern, or even a broader issue with international impact. Consequently, one might consider the question whether the language of the Tijdschrift voor Medisch Onderwijs and the Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung should not be changed to English. Clearly, as both journals have different distinguishing features and the countries in which they are published also have their own characteristics, the answers to this question may differ. But, the wish of both Editorial Boards to look beyond national borders was the basis for an experiment: a joint issue of the Tijdschrift voor Medisch Onderwijs and the Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung in English.
The most relevant example of the European influence on medical education is the Bologna agreement [1]. In this document, signed in 1999, European ministers of education agreed that higher education programmes should become organized according to the bachelor-master structure and that the content of programmes should be based on clearly described competencies. The main goal of the Bologna agreement is to stimulate international mobility among students. Naturally, the implementation of the Bologna agreement does not happen identically in all European countries [2]. In the countries of the Tijdschrift voor Medisch Onderwijs and the Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung the bachelor-master structure has been implemented in the Netherlands, Flanders and Switzerland, while this change of curriculum design has not yet been adopted in Germany and Austria. Clearly, national or even local traditions and concepts in relation to medical education determine the process of change and explain the great differences in this process. They represent different characteristics of nations, national cultures and professional identities. And, they also may reflect the delicate balance between steps towards an integrated Europe and the conservation of national identity.
When considering publication of a joint issue, the Editorial Boards felt that we should learn from each other. Those who embraced Bologna may realize that it may be attractive to include aspects of the 'old' programmes in the 'new' programmes. And those who keep away from Bologna may realize that this concept also offers great advantages and challenges. In order to compose an attractive content of the joint issue, the Boards identified subjects of interest for both groups of readers. Next we invited authors to write a contribution to this special issue. All manuscripts were read by a Dutch and a German speaking reviewer. Their comments and recommendations were incorporated by the authors in the final versions of their manuscripts.
We hope that the content of this joint issue of the Tijdschrift voor Medisch Onderwijs and the Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung will advance the exchange of experiences between educators, policy makers and other professionals in the field of education for health care professionals. Furthermore, we hope that this issue will help to find an answer to the question about the language of the two journals. But first and foremost, this first issue of the 2010 volume should be considered as a reflection of the great challenges we face in medical education in the Dutch and German speaking countries as well as in Europe.
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- Europese ruimte voor het hoger oderwijs. Gezamenlijke verklaring van de ministers van Onderwijs bejeen te Bologna op 19 juni 1999. Den Haag: Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap; 1999. Available under: http://www.minocw.nl.
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I am responding to Casey McClellans statements regarding route closures in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. In a June 7 Cortez Journal article, McClellan was quoted as stating, Ive been in meetings where the support to keep these areas multiple use and open to motorized vehicles has been overwhelming yet when the decision comes out it is quite the opposite. McClellan then points to route closures in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument as decisions that he believes have been made with little to no input from local government: It seemed like the board of county commissioners should have been involved in the decision to close these routes.
The county commissioners were afforded multiple opportunities to be involved, and they actively participated. A Montezuma and a Dolores County commissioner were appointed members of the Canyons of the Ancients Monument Advisory Committee. Early in the planning process, both boards of county commissioners were invited to be cooperating agencies with the BLM but declined, stating that positions on the Advisory Committee provided sufficient participation in the planning process.
McClellan did not attend any of the public meetings, or any of the 24 Monument Advisory Committee meetings, did not submit comments on the Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP), and did not protest any of the closures in the Proposed RMP (see the administrative record for the Canyons of the Ancients Resource Management Plan). In short, he did not participate in any aspect of the eight-year-long public participation process to decide which routes should stay open a public process which concluded almost three years ago.
The Monuments Resource Management Plan was expected to provide balance between concerns of all public interests, not just the county commissioners and advocates for keeping routes open. The lengthy scoping period, public meetings, the Advisory Committee meetings, and comment periods for the Draft and Proposed Plans allowed everyone an opportunity to identify issues and to express their concerns. BLM addressed each and every one of these concerns in the response to comments and in the Directors Response to Protests, providing reasoning that supported the Record of Decision and the associated route closures in the Canyons of the Ancients RMP.
I urge Mr. McClellan, and any other interested parties, to educate themselves before misstating the facts related to the Canyons of the Ancients route closures. A good start would be to access planning summaries and documents at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Programs/land_use_planning/rmp/canyons_of_the_ancients/documents.html.
For example, the Scoping Report states Nearly all respondents expressed a desire to have OHV use heavily restricted, if not completely banned from the Monument. (p. 26). More detail is found in the Proposed RMP and Final Environmental Impact Statement, Appendix U Response to Comments (p. U-63); Approved RMP and Record of Decision, Section 1.8 Public Involvement in the Planning Process (p. 17), Appendix E SW Resource Advisory Council 1999 Report and Monument Advisory Committee Considerations and Guidance for Management Decisions (p. 185), Appendix F Transportation Planning Process (p. 203), and Appendix K Consideration of Cultural Resources in Transportation Plan Development (p. 273); and Directors Protest Resolution Report at http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/planning/planning_overview/protest_resolution/protestreports.html.
The articles states McClellan said he is rational in his decision making process and facts, not opinion, emotion or bias, will guide his decisions as a Montezuma County commissioner. McClellans self-evaluation is contradictory to his position on Monument route closures, which seems to be based on opinion, emotion and bias, rather than facts. After failing to participate in the lengthy planning process, Mr. McClellan now uses emotions rather than facts to question the methods used to identify route closures in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.
LouAnn Jacobson was BLM Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Manager from 2000 until she retired in October 2010.


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