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Wednesday, 2 September 2009
YSL fall lips
I had a look at the fall collection a few days ago and the Gloss volupte caught my eye. They have released four shades and three on them look REALLY bright in the tube (except shade #1, this is almost clear once applied so I'd give that a miss) .Straight away I wanted the frosted plum shade (#4) but they had not received shipment of this shade at any of the counters I went to so I settled for #2, chilled raspberry.
What we get is a sheer cool toned wet look pink,very wearable but not the most unique shade. Texture wise they have a lot of slip, are not sticky in the least, colour though very sheer is buildable ( but your not going to get the colour as it appears in the tube).
As they had some new Rouge Volupte lipsticks I got shade #20; spicy pink. This is a pinky brown (who would have guessed !) but it does have a noticeable mauve tone so if you are warm toned I'd avoid this one. Pigmentation is really good and the texture is creamy and the shade wears well. Both are £20 each and are heavily scented (fruity) I prefer unscented stuff ideally.
For me both shades are really wearable but not must haves, I think that #4 frosted plum maybe a bit more unique and as the YSL SA's said no where has stock of it I have taken that to be a challenge.... it will be mine :) I've updated my swatches as the light was poor the first time. On the left is Spicy pink, on the right is chilled Raspberry
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The packaging for these lippies looks lovely, I should really check them out.ReplyDelete
YSL do a lipgloss which is my HG, it's from the YSunL range and it's great. I have to agree with you on the dodgy packaging though, I don't like the way they have the "clicker" which produces more product right at the end of the tube. My Touche Eclat does that and everytime I finish using it I click the bottom and more comes out. Thanks for the frosted plum swatch, looks like my kinda colour
I haven't seen these in person yet. will have to look. The colour will have to be really unique for me to justify the splurge. Thanks for the review!ReplyDelete
So pretty! I got RV #22 (the one from the ad-campaign) and it is oh so gorgeous, blackberry-ish shade. I want #20 too!ReplyDelete
Thanks for posting swatches!
Hi Rhamnousia, thanks for your comment. Sorry I should have labelled them the pink swatch is of #2 chilled Raspberry. I think I may re-do the swatches though as the light wasn't good. I will get #4 Frosted plum at some point so will post that on here as soon as I do.ReplyDelete
Hello Michelle, yes, I think they are worth testing before buying, as I am sure a lot of people will not like the pigmentation of the volupte glosses. Thanks for visiting.
Hello peachgirl, I did really like #22 but thought it maybe a bit too intense for my pale self :) thanks for your comment.
amazing swatches thank u! Was curious about these!ReplyDelete
I love the YSL Rouge Volupte lipsticks my absolute favourite is #7 Lingerie Pink but I also really love #19 Frivolous Pink and #2 Sensual Silk.ReplyDelete


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Wheelchair-bound killer alleged to have poured acid on woman, forced her to have sex with son, 11
A wheelchair-bound man, who served two-and-a-half decades in prison for burning and beating his stepfather to death in 1980, will go on trial later this month for allegedly pouring acid into a woman's eyes and forcing her to have sex with her pre-teen son while he filmed it.
Jerry Gilligan, 72, faces 26 charges, including 10 counts of sexual conduct with a minor under the age of 12 and six counts of aggravated assault by domestic violence, stemming from an alleged four-day torture orgy in Kingman, Ariz., according to the Mohave Valley Daily News.
Gilligan was arrested on Sept. 17, 2016 after a family member was taken to hospital, where the sordid story slipped out. He has been held on bond at the county jail ever since.
Despite being confined to a wheelchair, Gilligan is alleged to have poured battery acid in the women's eyes, taped her and her 11-year-old son's mouths shut, tied them up with duct tape and beat them both with a wooden stick. He then allegedly ramped up the sexual violence by forcing the woman and her son to have sex with him — and each other — while recording video and shooting photos of the acts.
Deputy Mohave County Attorney Jacob Cote said Kingman police believe the horrific four days came at the end of two years of alleged abuse by Gilligan.
Gilligan was convicted in 1988 of burning and beating his stepfather, Walter Bopp, to death in Arizona eight years previously. He served 25 years for the murder and was released from prison in late 2014.
Gilligan's trial at Mohave County Superior Court is expected to start Oct. 29.


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Charles Carreon Finally Drops Appeal, Admits Whole Thing Was Dumb... But Still Blaming Pretty Much Everyone Else
from the just-a-week-after-he-suggested-I-be-brutally-beaten dept
Charles Carreon seems like a fun guy. Just a week ago, in a bizarre and nearly incoherent ramble on his website (which I won't link to here) he said that I deserve to be savagely physically tortured (while at the same time comparing himself to Rodney King). Specifically, he stated that it would be "appropriate" if someone (from which it is implied himself) were to do "what that gangster at the end of Pulp Fiction has in mind -- gettin' Medieval on his ass." Why do I deserve this fate? Because I happened to coin the term "The Streisand Effect" and, in doing so, I "stole" her name, and he doesn't like that, because (it turns out) Carreon is a fan of Streisand's "stirring love songs" which he sang along to "with great enjoyment" as "an adolescent." And yet, he still insists that somehow it's unfair that everyone else is "attacking" him and trying to destroy his reputation. There's a level of self-awareness that appears to be nearly entirely missing from Carreon (and his wife, who has referred to Techdirt as "Nazi scumbags" in one of her more lucid attacks).
So I find it amusing that about a week later, Carreon is now talking up how he is a Buddhist who agrees that he made some poor decisions in his legal strategy. It would appear, however, that he does not seem to believe that his calls to have me tortured "medievally" are a part of those regrets.
Of course, Carreon has been involved in a lawsuit involving his astounding threats against a satirical blogger, Christopher Recouvreur, who was mocking Carreon for his somewhat incredible overreaction to Matthew Inman's response to a different questionable legal threat from Carreon. If you haven't been following the story, feel free to go back through the archives. While Carreon eventually dropped his lawsuit against Inman (which had no chance in the first place), the nature of his threat against Recouvreur really called for a declaratory judgment (in part because Carreon specifically threatened to wait until pro bono legal help wasn't interested in the case any more before he'd sue). Carreon eventually settled, but made a strategic error in believing the settlement precluded him having to pay legal fees. It did not. Eventually (through a long and convoluted process made much worse by Carreon's own actions), Recouvreur's lawyers Paul Alan Levy and Cathy Gellis were awarded $46k in legal fees that Carreon needed to pay. The court noted that Carreon's own activities in making the process more difficult played a role in deciding to award the legal fees.
Carreon had appealed, but this week dropped the appeal -- meaning that he has to pay the $46,000. Paul Levy has made it clear that he intends to collect, telling Ars Technica:
"Given the amount, it's hard to walk away from it," he said. "We're not willing to let the money just sit there. I really don't know at this point what assets [Carreon] has. He has a law practice. Presumably he's getting paid at his law practice—but you hate to think about that."However, what is even more interesting is Carreon trying to rationalize what happened. While he admits he was "dumb" and waded into something he didn't understand, everything he does still frames it as if he was the victim, rather than the aggressor. This fits with his usual style -- setting up an entire site with vicious non-sensical attacks on his critics (see above) while complaining when journalists basically point out that what he's doing on the legal front doesn't make much sense. There's a combination of ignorance, lack of self-awareness, and a bizarre belief that because lots of people loudly criticized him (with strong reasons) that makes it fair game to lash out at everyone such as wishing them to be tortured.
In his interview with Ars, he again suggests the whole thing is the fault of online "mobs" and suggests that the real problem is that the law is not set up to handle such "mobs."
"So when you take a situation in which the legal rules don't impose any effective sanctions on people for that kind of behavior, mob behavior on the Internet, then a legal analyst like myself should look at that situation and say: 'You can't fix everything that's broken,'" he said. "There is not a proper legal remedy for it. I attempted to do something and I made it worse."The more you read Carreon, the more you realize he puts himself at the center of every story. In the torture story above, he compares himself to Rodney King. In his blog post-"conceding" this situation, he again makes the story about him first, comparing the experience to a Ramones concert (he is frequently pictured wearing Ramones t-shirts). He claims that the lesson he learned is "never get involved in a game in which you do not know the rules" and then goes on to complain about those awful "online mobs." While I imagine that's a fairly valuable lesson, I'm not sure that's the actual lesson here, nor do I think he's actually learned very much.
"It's an insoluble problem," he continued. "It's is not remediable. As long as you keep punching 'Charles Carreon' into Google, there's just more stories about this nonsense. How can anyone get their message through? I've written hundreds of works. You can't find them. Is that helpful? No. Now it's difficult for prospective clients to see that I'm a relatively erudite person. Since then, some Amazon reviews of my books have, in bad faith, been given one star—I don't sell many books anymore. Now it's highly unlikely that anyone would say that Charles Carreon is a pretty bright guy."
He doesn't seem to recognize that his initial legal threat letter was way over the top -- accusing Matthew Inman of "defamation" for pointing out that Carreon's client Funnyjunk (who quickly faded into the background in all of this) had been reposting Inman's comics. He doesn't seem to recognize that he falsely thrust himself into the middle of this by incorrectly interpreting Inman's silly cartoon to be about Carreon's mother (it wasn't, at all). He doesn't seem to recognize that suing charities like the American Cancer Society and the National Wildlife Foundation based on a ridiculous legal theory because Inman was helping raise money for them might be viewed as a massive legal overreach. He doesn't seem to recognize that threatening not a mob, but an individual who was having some fun by satirically mocking Carreon (and then trying to get that blogger fired from his job) might be seen as an overreach. He doesn't seem to recognize that setting up an entire site in which he attacks reporters, lawyers and basically anyone who has tried to publicly discuss his various overreaches as "rapeutationists" might also be seen as incredibly over the top.
No, instead, he sees this as a story where he's the victim of a legal system that apparently doesn't provide him the tools to stop people from publicly discussing why they think his repeated overreactions are overreactions. The posts that we and others have done about Carreon are not attacks of a mob, contrary to his beliefs, but rather discussions about someone who has consistently sought to use the legal system to stifle the speech of others. He is, of course, free to disagree and discuss his position, but the near total lack of self-awareness about his own actions in all of this is really rather impressive. I may not know much about Buddhism, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean putting yourself at the center of every story and blaming everyone else for nearly all of your actions. I'm also curious about the Buddhist position on torturing people with ancient torture tools, because they coined a phrase that you feel unfairly maligns a singer you like, because she (like you) overreacted via the legal system.
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Actress Gabrielle Union, a vocal sexual assault survivor, found herself on the defensive as some questioned why she was appearing in the upcoming film "Birth of a Nation" with co-star and director Nate Parker, who was accused and acquitted of sexual assault in 1999.
Parker admitted he had sex with his accuser, but claimed it was consensual in an interview with Variety. The woman said she was unconscious, and did not consent to having sex with Parker. She also claimed that she was stalked and harassed by Parker after she reported the incident to the police.
In 2012 Parker's accuser committed suicide.
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The revelation about Parker's past has prompted some to call for a boycott of the film, and others to hurls barbs at Union for being affiliated with the production.
Union penned an op-ed piece for the Los Angeles Times where she addressed the controversy head on.
"Twenty-four years ago I was raped at gunpoint in the cold, dark backroom of the Payless shoe store where I was then working. Two years ago I signed on to a brilliant script called "The Birth of a Nation," to play a woman who was raped," Union wrote. "One month ago I was sent a story about Nate Parker, the very talented writer, director and star of this film. Seventeen years ago Nate Parker was accused and acquitted of sexual assault. Four years ago the woman who accused him committed suicide."
Union says she was unaware of the past allegations against Parker when she signed on the film, which depicts the slave revolt led by Nat Turner, played by Parker.
The actress, married to Chicago Bulls star Dwayne Wade, said since Parker's past was revealed to her she has been in a "state of stomach-churning confusion"
"As important and ground-breaking as this film is, I cannot take these allegations lightly. On that night, 17-odd years ago, did Nate have his date's consent? It's very possible he thought he did. Yet by his own admission he did not have verbal affirmation; and even if she never said "no," silence certainly does not equal "yes."
Union added after reading 700 pages of the trial transcript, she'll never know what actually occurred between Parker and his accuser that night. "But I believe that the film is an opportunity to inform and educate so that these situations cease to occur on college campuses, in dorm rooms, in fraternities, in apartments or anywhere else young people get together to socialize," she said.


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Veneer bubbles 5 years later...help4/28
The photos show the concave side of a curved face (back) mdf audio speaker. I have pressed veneers with Unibond 800 and the Vacupress for the last 15 years. This is the first job I have had come back to me. These speakers have been kept in a climate controlled room without excessive heat or sunlight. (I understand the room is filled with about 750K of audio equipment which makes me believe that excessive environmental variables are not the problem.) This condition occurs only on the concave face of both speakers. The convex faces, veneered at the same time, same glue, same species, same finish show no problems. Nor does a flat veneer job on a nearby woofer box. (veneer direct to mdf) I paper taped and pressed the Pau Ferro veneer to the brown paper backing by Neenah (http://www.neenah.com/technical/heirloomfurniturecomponents/veneerbacker.aspx)and
How did you glue the paper backing to the veneer? Did you use raw paper back or glue one side paper back. Most paper back is pressed at 150psi with a min. temperature of 250F. These aren't bubbles but surface checks in the veneer. 99% of the time these surface checks are moisture related. What type of finish did you use? Water based or solvent?
Why the paper? What do you expect from this added step that you won't get from bonding directly to the MDF? Is that the seam I see where it is slightly curled over the entire length? Sure does look like moisture, but maybe some of that is knife cracks from the veneering process? Maybe consider that knife checking when choosing the side to face the MDF.
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Not sure what Unibond is made of, but with hard veneers like Pau Ferro, a resin glue never moves. Heat can effect PVA glue even after hot pressing/ catalyzing. Paper moves more than you might think. Movement creates stress, stress creates fissures.
From the Neenah link: "Compatible with - Contact glues - water-based emulsion glues - hot-melt adhesives"
"I paper taped and pressed the Pau Ferro veneer to the brown paper backing"
If you flat pressed them together with Unibond 800, that's the cause. I also don't understand the use of paper, but I would definitely use PVA for the paper to veneer joint.
Thank you for your thoughtful responses. We pressed the pau ferro to a paper backing with Unibond 800, a urea resin cold press glue. The paper adds strength to the veneer when pressing over a curved substrate, especially the concave substrate. We did not use the paper on a nearby square, flat woofer box. It shows no problems. But the convex curved faces of both speakers we used the paper backing and also show no problems. Either by chance I treated the two 2-ply (paper and veneer) differently that I used on the front from those I used for the backs. I think I glued all four 2 plies at the same time so it would be just chance that two bad ones ended up on the backs and two good ones ended up on the front. We used a conversion varnish finish on all faces, applied at the same time, same manner. I am requesting better pictures from the customer and will repost if I learn something. It looks environmental to me but I am certainly open to another explanation. Thanks
When the kitchen cabinet door manufacturers first started membrane pressing the raised panel inserts there were a lot of issues when using straight UF resins. The solution was to blend in up to 35% PVA and 5% Melamine into the UF glue. You retain the thermoset glue line with the 65% UF content, the PVA makes the glue line more flexible and the Melamine gives a higher water resistance.
The stresses between the paper and the veneer could be causing your glue line to crack and this could be transferring to the wood.
And what's between the paper and veneer appears to be a rigid glue line that was put into compression when the flat 2 ply lamination was applied to a concave shape. Plastic resin is great for bent laminations that you don't want to flex, its not a good choice for flat laminations that you plan on bending.
This is just a wild idea, but I thought I would through it into the mix.
The damage to the veneer really looks like moisture damage to me. That damage occurs because the veneer swells with moisture and pushes up like a mountain range.
So why the difference between the convex and concave. The concave is already compressed and that leaves no room for the expanding veneer to go. The convex side is in tension, so there is some space for the veneer to move to when it expands.
We had some bending ply core baseboard delaminate a couple years ago on the concave side of of a curved wall. The convex side was fine.
We had a double layer of 1/8" thick white oak veneer applied to the face of a double layer of 3/8" bending ply. As the oak shrunk with moisture change it remained stable on the convex side because shrinkage just pulled it tighter to the curve. On the concave side though shrinkage allowed the oak to move away from the wall surface thus putting pressure on the bending ply layer structure. The grain direction was going length wise down the wall so that the only shrinkage involved was over the 4" width of the material. In effect the oak was able to curl away from the wall.
One could consider that the same was taking place here. If the wood had been glued direct to the MDF substrate there would have been no way for it to move. My guess is the paper backer was the weak link much as our bending ply. It acted as an weak barrier between veneer and MDF allowing for the veneer to surface to move and fail.
Think of the paper barrier's strength in terms of paper being used in a joint where the surfaces are going to have to be separated later..... like when mounting blanks for turning on a lathe. Paper is put between the two because it will split on center when the two wood parts are split apart with a chisel.
Even in a climate controlled space there will be some moisture variation over a 5 year period. Perhaps a different veneer wood species would have been more forgiving in this situation. I suspect the paper allowed for enough wood movement to stress the grain structure, thus resulting in surface failure.
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We had some paper backed Maple veneer on a flat surface do this same thing. The company that supplied the veneer tried blaming the finish. It wasn't the finish.


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Abraham Lincoln is about to drink your milkshake.
Long stuck in production purgatory, Steven Spielberg's biopic about the 16th President of the United States is finally being made, with Daniel-Day Lewis playing the famous politician.
Entertainment Weekly reports that the film, appropriately titled "Lincoln," is written by Tony winning playwright Tony Kushner ("Angels in America"), which in turn, is based off of Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography "Team of Rivals," that chronicles the president's time in office.
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The film will reportedly focus on the most pivotal point in Lincoln's presidency, from the clash between Lincoln and his cabinet as well as his long battle for the freedom of slaves and the culmination of the Civil War.
According to Popeater, the film is slated to be released some time in 2012 in time for that most wonderful time of the year—the Award Show season. And with a stalwart team like Spielberg and two-time Oscar winner Day-Lewis, it seems like the perfect formula for Oscar domination.
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Tattoos have become very popular of late. Tattoo Facts & Statistics notes that "thirty-six percent of those ages 18 to 25, and 40 percent of those ages 26 to 40, have at least one tattoo, according to a fall 2006 survey by the Pew Research Center." As popular as tattoos are with twenty and thirty somethings, sailors have been marking their bodies for most of history.
Many years ago a retired ship's captain told me that his youth deckhands often had "HOLD FAST" tattooed across the knuckles of their hands so they wouldn't fall when they went aloft. They also often had a pig tattooed on one foot and chicken the other which was supposed to protect you from drowning. He told me that he never figured out which foot was supposed to be tattooed with the chicken and which with the pig. He would say, with a twinkle in his eye, that he never got the tattoos because he was afraid of getting them on the wrong feet.
There are two versions of the story as to why a pig and chicken will prevent a sailor from drowning. The first is just that pigs and chickens do not like water, so they would like to be out of the water as soon as possible. A slightly more plausible explanation is that pigs and chickens were often carried on deck in wooden pens. In a shipwreck the pens would often wash ashore with the other debris from the ship. Pigs and chickens were at times th only survivors of ship wrecks. A more prosaic explanation was that having a pig and chicken tattoo would guarantee that a sailor eats well as he carries his hams and eggs with him at all times.
One variation was to have a tattoo of a pig on the left knee and a rooster (cock) on the right foot signified "Pig on the knee, safety at sea. A cock on the right, never lose a fight."
Sailors also got bird tattoos to signify the completion of voyages. Sparrow, swallow and/or blue bird tattoos were used to signify 5,000 miles sailed. Compass roses, stars, ships, dragons, turtles, rope, daggers and cannon all have their own significance to the wearer of the tattoo. To read more click here or here.
Ironically, while tattooing has been practiced for thousands of years, the word "tattoo" entered the language relatively recently. Captain Cook first recorded his derivation of the Samoan word "tatau" in his log in 1769. Tattooing was obviously very popular among seaman of the day. Many of the Bounty mutineers of 1789 were identified by their tattoos. Fletcher Christian, the leader of the mutiny, was reported to have "a star tattooed on his left breast," and to be "tattooed on his backside".
So far I have resisted the urge to follow Christian's example and have my backside tattooed but a star or two sounds interesting.


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Josh was born in Edgewood, KY to John and Joan Jackson. He was raised mostly in San Diego, CA with his younger brother Jordan. Josh's talent and passion was apparent a young age. After graduating high school as a 4-sport athlete, he pursued collegiate Football.
At Eastern Kentucky University Josh was a Fullback. His sophomore year he transferred to Kentucky State University where he would not only play Football, but Golf also under scholarship. He graduated in 2012 with a Bachelors in Broadcasting Journalism. Shortly after graduating, there were a few NFL teams eyeing him enough for tryouts.
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In 2018, he added 17mph of clubhead speed to start competing. Josh had his first year of competition and 402 yards in Mesquite, NV was his longest drive in competition. 2019's season is right around the corner and he has added at least 7 mph clubhead speed from last season. He is looking to make a positive impact in the game of golf and needs financial backing to ensure attendance for the World Long Drive Tour's 2019 televised schedule.
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Police descend on Fairfield home of UNH suspect
FAIRFIELD -- More than a dozen police detectives from West Haven and the FBI converged on the home of a University of New Haven student Tuesday night, after he was taken into custody for allegedly bringing a loaded weapon onto campus.
After searching the house for about 90 minutes, authorities emerged with a single plastic tub filled with what appeared to be a black container. The contents offered few clues about the man accused of causing the third gun-related scare at a Connecticut university in the last month.
Authorities hadn't identified the suspect late Tuesday, but he is believed to be William Dong, 22, a graduate of Fairfield Warde High School. Fairfield town records show the house that police searched is owned by Qiang Zhen Dong and Mei Zhen Guo.
On Tuesday afternoon, University of New Haven officials said a suspect was taken into custody and weapons were recovered, after a report of a man near the campus with what appeared to be a rifle.
University officials said the main campus was placed under lockdown as police searched buildings, but there were no reports of injuries from Tuesday's incident. The lockdown was lifted early Tuesday evening.
Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara said a vehicle found at the scene in West Haven was registered to the Fairfield home. He said as the chaotic situation was unfolding in West Haven, Fairfield officers went to the Stratfield Road home to look for the suspect.
There, Fairfield police found a weapon that appeared to be a rifle, but it was later determined to be a pellet gun.
Dong was recently issued a permit to have a handgun by Fairfield police, and more weapons were believed to be in the house. It was not immediately clear if the weapons were legally owned or if they had been modified in a way that would run afoul of laws enacted after last year's Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.
Tuesday's incident at UNH was the third report of a gunman on a Connecticut campus in four weeks. Last week, nearby Yale University was locked down for six hours in what police later said appeared to be a hoax.
Central Connecticut State University, meanwhile, was in lockdown for several hours Nov. 4, after witnesses reported a masked man carrying a gun or sword. Police later arrested a student who said he had been wearing a ninja-like Halloween costume and meant no harm. He faces several charges, including breach of peace.
On Tuesday, neighbors who lived near the Dong residence were shocked to learn that the yellow, two-story house at 1336 Stratfield Road might be connected to a weapons scare.
Barbara Rowe was raking leaves in her front yard two houses down from the Dong residence as Fairfield police began blocking off the street to prepare for the search. She said family members kept to themselves and she didn't know them very well.
"I don't like it," Rowe said of the police activity. "I didn't know the boy. I didn't know he had a gun."
Shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, four West Haven police units swooped into the neighborhood, pulling along the curb opposite the Fairfield squad cars. A large group of detectives gathered in the driveway for a short time before an FBI search dog was sent into the house, followed by the authorities.
The beams of the detectives' flashlights could be seen darting about the darkened rooms of the house. The officers and the dog then moved out to a garage behind the house, searching through it and peeking inside a small freezer in the garage.
As they scoured the home for evidence, a man walked up to the scene and appeared nearly incredulous that the search could be happening. The man, who refused to give his name, said he was a close friend of the family and that he had known them for more than a decade.
"He's fine," the man said, when asked about William Dong. "They're wonderful people and a lovely family. Really, this is all overblown."
Fairfield police said West Haven authorities will lead the investigation. West Haven detectives at the scene said they weren't allowed to tell reporters about the search or what they had found.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.


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AMSTUD 51Q: Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity (COMPLIT 51Q, CSRE 51Q)
We may "know" "who" we "are," but we are, after all, social creatures. How does our sense of self interact with those around us? How does literature provide a particular medium for not only self expression, but also for meditations on what goes into the construction of "the Self"? After all, don't we tell stories in response to the question, "who are you"? Besides a list of nouns and names and attributes, we give our lives flesh and blood in telling how we process the world. Our course focuses in particular on this question--Does this universal issue ("who am I") become skewed differently when we add a qualifier before it, like "ethnic"?
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Writing 2
Instructors: Palumbo-Liu, D. (PI)
2014-2015 Spring
4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Writing 2 |
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
03/30/2015 - 06/03/2015 Tue, Thu 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM at 260-012 with Palumbo-Liu, D. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2015-06-09 7:00pm - 10:00pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Palumbo-Liu, D. (PI)
AMSTUD 54N: African American Women's Lives (AFRICAAM 54N, CSRE 54N, FEMGEN 54N, HISTORY 54N)
Preference to freshmen. The everyday lives of African American women in 19th- and 20th-century America in comparative context of histories of European, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American women. Primary sources including personal journals, memoirs, music, literature, and film, and historical texts. Topics include slavery and emancipation, labor and leisure, consumer culture, social activism, changing gender roles, and the politics of sexuality.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
2014-2015 Winter
3-4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
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AMSTUD 68N: Mark Twain and American Culture
Preference to freshmen. Mark Twain has been called our Rabelais, our Cervantes, our Homer, our Tolstoy, our Shakespeare. Ernest Hemingway maintained that all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. President Franklin D.nRoosevelt got the phrase New Deal from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Class discussions will focus on how Twain's work illuminates and complicates his society's responses to such issues as race, technology, heredity versus environment, religion, education, and what it means to be American.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
AMSTUD 101: American Fiction into Film: How Hollywood Scripts and Projects Black and White Relations
Movies and the fiction that inspires them; power dynamics behind production including historical events, artistic vision, politics, and racial stereotypes. What images of black and white does Hollywood produce to forge a national identity? How do films promote equality between the races? What is lost or gained in film adaptations of books?nLimited Enrollment, Instructor¿s Consent Required. Class meetings held in Manzanita Multipurpose Room.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Mesa, C. (PI)
2014-2015 Spring
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
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03/30/2015 - 06/03/2015 Mon, Wed 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM with Mesa, C. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2015-06-09 8:30am - 11:30am (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Mesa, C. (PI)
AMSTUD 121: Introduction to American Literature (ENGLISH 21, ENGLISH 121)
(English majors and others taking 5 units, register for 121.) An exploration of the diverse political, racial, social, and aesthetic questions which inform works of American literature from the early national period to the late twentieth century.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Richardson, J. (PI)
2014-2015 Spring
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
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| Students enrolled: 8
03/30/2015 - 06/03/2015 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM at 200-030 with Richardson, J. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2015-06-10 8:30am - 11:30am (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Richardson, J. (PI)
AMSTUD 123D: American Literature, 1855 to World War I
A survey of American writers from Whitman to T.S. Eliot, including Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Kate Chopin, Theodore Dreiser, and Henry James. Topics include the tension between romance and realism, the impact of naturalism and modernism, as well as race, gender, and the literary evolution of the American language.
Last offered: Autumn 2010 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
AMSTUD 123G: Mark Twain: A Fresh Look at an Icon and Iconoclast, 100 Years after His Death
The vitality and versatility of a writer who has been called America's Rabelais, Cervantes, Homer, Tolstoy, and Shakespeare. Journalism, travel books, fiction, drama, and sketches by Mark Twain; how Twain engaged such issues as personal and national identity, satire and social justice, imperialism, race and racism, gender, performance, travel, and technology. What are Twain's legacies in 2010, the centennial of his death, the 175th anniversary of his birth, and the 125th anniversary of his most celebrated novel? Guests include actor Hal Holbrook.
Last offered: Spring 2010 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul
AMSTUD 124A: The American West (ARTHIST 152, ENGLISH 124, HISTORY 151, POLISCI 124A)
The American West is characterized by frontier mythology, vast distances, marked aridity, and unique political and economic characteristics. This course integrates several disciplinary perspectives into a comprehensive examination of Western North America: its history, physical geography, climate, literature, art, film, institutions, politics, demography, economy, and continuing policy challenges. Students examine themes fundamental to understanding the region: time, space, water, peoples, and boom and bust cycles.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Cain, B. (PI) ; Fishkin, S. (PI) ; Freyberg, D. (PI) ... more instructors for AMSTUD 124A »
Instructors: Cain, B. (PI) ; Fishkin, S. (PI) ; Freyberg, D. (PI) ; Kennedy, D. (PI) ; Nemerov, A. (PI)
2014-2015 Spring
5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
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03/30/2015 - 06/03/2015 Tue, Thu 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM at 200-002 with Cain, B. (PI); Fishkin, S. (PI); Freyberg, D. (PI); Kennedy, D. (PI); Nemerov, A. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2015-06-09 7:00pm - 10:00pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Cain, B. (PI); Fishkin, S. (PI); Freyberg, D. (PI); Kennedy, D. (PI); Nemerov, A. (PI)
AMSTUD 132: American Art and Culture, 1528-1910 (ARTHIST 132, ARTHIST 332)
The visual arts and literature of the U.S. from the beginnings of European exploration to the Civil War. Focus is on questions of power and its relation to culture from early Spanish exploration to the rise of the middle classes. Cabeza de Vaca, Benjamin Franklin, John Singleton Copley, Phillis Wheatley, Charles Willson Peale, Emerson, Hudson River School, American Genre painters, Melville, Hawthorne and others.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II
AMSTUD 139B: American Women Writers, 1850-1920
The ways in which female writers negotiated a series of literary, social, and intellectual movements, from abolitionism and sentimentalism in the nineteenth century to Progressivism and avant-garde modernism in the twentieth. Authors include Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Jacobs, Rebecca Harding Davis, Emily Dickinson, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
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(Pocket-lint) - With countless iPads currently nestling under trees (or in Santa's heaving sack) ready to be unwrapped by eager paws on Christmas Day, this is probably not the news many will be wanting to hear. But yes, Apple is planning to release an even better iPad in just a few months - gosh, shock horror, who could've guessed it?
Latest rumours suggest that a new, improved iPad - commonly dubbed iPad 5 - is going to be announced in March, which isn't that surprising, to be frank. The "new" iPad - or iPad 3 - was announced in March this year, and the iPad 2, March 2011.
The original iPad was first announced in January 2010, but pre-orders didn't begin until March that year. Of course, the fourth-generation iPad was unveiled at the same time as the iPad mini in October, but that was more because the company wanted to add support for 4G in the UK as the EE network had just gone live.
So, a "leak" suggesting that the next model will be announced in March is like whispering to someone conspiratorially that it is going to rain tomorrow after taking a glimpse at a weather report.
More interesting, perhaps, is that the Japanese website Macotakara also reports that its "informed sources" say that the iPad 5 will be lighter and thinner, drawing inspiration from the design of the iPad mini. And this does accord with a previous rumour that the next Apple tablet will ditch one of the two LED backlighting bars in order to reduce weight.
Translation is sometimes tricky in such cases, but we think that when Macotakara claims that the new iPad will be "a small 4mm in height, 17mm in width, depth 2mm" it means that it will be smaller than the former model by those dimensions. For example, the current fourth-generation device is 9.4mm thick. Take away the 2mm quoted and that'll leave 7.4mm. The iPad mini is 7.2mm, so that makes sense.
If this is true, is also means that the bezel on the iPad 5 will be smaller, as the screen will be the same 9.7-inches. That'd be nice.
Whatever the reality of the situation, you can be sure of one thing: this will not be the last we hear of the iPad 5 before its launch. Oh no, siree.


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Welcome home, Khloé Kardashian!
Sources have confirmed to E! News that the newly single star has just purchased Justin Bieber's Calabasas pad. Yes, that mansion--where Egg-Gate occurred along with numerous other neighbor-irritating instances.
After filing for divorce husband Lamar Odom in December of last year, the E! star has been living at her mom Kris Jenner's house--along with most of the famous family including Kim Kardashian and newborn North West. But even when Khloé moves into her new 9,214 square foot home she won't be far from her sisters. Her new digs, which include six bedrooms and seven bathrooms, are just down the street from Kourtney Kardashian. According to a Kardashian insider: "Khloé is planning renovations and is excited about moving in as soon as she can."
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As for the home she shared with her basketball-playing husband, she listed that Tarzana pad for $5.4 million in January. A price that is very close to the $6 million Bieber originally paid for the mansion she will soon dwell in.
No doubt, this new real estate deal must come as a huge relief for all the folks in The Oaks gated-community. Heck, they might even throw her a house-warming party!
Don't forget to watch Keeping Up With the Kardashians this Sunday at 9 p.m., only on E!


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Woman Initially Charged in Shooting Has Been Released
While a Berkeley man has been charged with murder following Tuesday's death of the victim of a Jan. 11 West Berkeley shooting, a 47-year-old woman originally charged with the shooting has been released.
Berkeley Police Sgt. Mary Kusmiss said Thursday that the district attorney's office decided there wasn't enough evidence to charge Rhonda Reid in the death of Lee William Payton.
Lee Freddie Green, 50, was already in custody at Santa Rita County Jail on a charge of attempted murder for the shooting, and the charges were raised to murder after 27-year-old William Payton died of his injuries in Highland Hospital.
Police responded to 911 calls reporting a loud argument in the 1100 block of Parker Street shortly after 8 p.m. on the 11th. As officers were searching the area, they heard gunshots and soon found Payton bleeding from his injuries as he lay in the parking lot at the rear of the Bank of America at 2546 San Pablo Ave.
Reid was arrested near the crime scene after a search by police from Berkeley and Richmond, assisted by officers from the California Highway Patrol.
Green turned himself in the following morning after he learned that police were looking for him, Sgt. Kusmiss said. He remains in custody.


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When my mother called me early in the morning to say my father had died, it was a very unreal feeling for me. I could not quite understand that I would never get to speak to my father again, and I replayed the last conversations I had with him, just a day earlier, over in my mind. I thought about how we had built up a relationship with one another over time, he understood me in ways that many others never have, and I like to think that I knew him in a similar way. I thought to myself "where does this history or connection that we had go now?" It is no longer a two way street but instead just memories that I hold alone within myself. I felt almost as though I needed something physical to remember him by. This in order to keep what we had alive. I now think of it in a different way. I imagine it as though going to a live symphony orchestra, and reveling in the music that we hear. As the concert passes by and the final note, of the final song, slowly fades away to silence, I am not left with nothing but rather the experience of knowing my father. And that is what I cherish.
The work is simply called "To Dad, love Bryn" and all proceeds from its auction go to AISLA Onlus. If you wish to donate, listen to music or bid on this work then here is the slurl. The event begins tomorrow at 2pm SLT with Lisa Brune performing and will have various musicians and DJs until February 28th when the auction and event closes. There are three other wonderful artists involved with original artwork you can bid on as well, Mistero Hifeng, Solkide Auer and Kicca Igaly.
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When I got started in computers, we were sort of like mysterious high priests and I think I liked it better. Today, computer professionals either are under intense scrutiny from suits, or lumped in with someone's nine year old who is "a regular computer whiz."
Even our little embedded niche has been invaded over the years. High school kids make robots, and "makers" play with Basic Stamps and Arduinos. It is surreal to get a question about reading a temperature sensor via SPI while in line at the grocery store.
Don't get me wrong, I have worked with many student groups and I like the Basic Stamp for simple one-off projects. (I've even written a few books about the Basic Stamp.) The Arduino, on the other hand, really annoys me. If you haven't run into the Arduino, it is a simple development board aimed at hobbyists. The circuit is simple but the real thing of interest is the built-in bootloader that communicates with the development environment via a serial port. Because of the bootloader, you don't need a programmer, just some software on your PC.
The idea is fine. I like the Atmel CPUs that power the Arduino. I have designed several systems with bootloaders myself. But what annoys me about the Arduino is that it introduces beginners to unnecessarily wrong terminology. When someone stops you at a coffee shop and asks you an Arduino-related question, you'll be glad for this Arduino to normal cheat sheet:
- Wiring – the GNU C compiler with a simple IDE that knows how to talk to the Arduino bootloader
- Sketch – A C program for the Arduino
- Shield – a daughterboard that fits many Arduino boards to add some extra hardware
Don't be fooled. Sketch sounds like something graphical, but it is just a C source file. Well, sort of. The Arduino library has code that must look something like this:
int main(void) { init(); setup(); for (;;) loop(); return 0; }
Not really rocket science. Any code you want to run once, you put in the setup function (init is used by the library). Any code you want to repeat over and over goes in loop. The library also has a nice set of calls to control the onboard hardware (what we would call a board support package). A typical LED blinker looks something like this:
int led= 13; // LED on many Arduino boards void setup() // do this once { pinMode(led, OUTPUT); // digital port to an output } void loop() { digitalWrite(led, HIGH); // LED on delay(200); // wait for 200ms digitalWrite(led, LOW); // LED off delay(200); // 200 more ms }
So the verdict? The Arduino isn't a bad choice for its intended market segment. I'm not entirely sure how it attained near cult status. I just wish it didn't teach bad habits.


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"Numerical Simulations of the Stratified Oceanic Bottom Boundary Layer."Background:
John R. Taylor received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics (Honors) from Santa Clara University in 2001. He spent the following year as a UCAR visiting scientist at the Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center before starting graduate school in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego in 2002. During graduate school he was awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. He received an M.S. in 2004 and his Ph.D. in 2008. His thesis work on stratified bottom boundary layers was advised by Prof. Sutanu Sarkar. John is currently working with Prof. Raffaele Ferrari as an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT. His current research interests include turbulence in the ocean and atmosphere, internal wave dynamics, and physical-biological interactions.


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give (one) Hail Columbia
To scold someone harshly. "Hail Columbia" is a euphemism for "hell." My mom really gave me Hail Columbia when she saw my report card and found out that I was failing three classes.
give someone Hail Columbia
Inf. to scold someone severely. The teacher gave her students Hail Columbia over their poor test scores. If Miss Ellen finds out I broke her window, she'll give me Hail Columbia for sure!


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A New Reproduction From Scott Drake Makes It Possible To Replace Rear Quarter Windows In '87-'93 Mustang Hatchbacks
We salute the venerable '79-'04 Fox-body Mustang for its huge contribution to the history of America's favorite fun car. With 25 years of evolution and improvement, there are plenty of them out there to restore, build, and enjoy.
Fox-body Mustang restoration today is much like it was 25-30 years ago for those of us with classic '65-'73 Mustangs because finding restoration parts is one of the greatest challenges. Some reproductions are available, depending on the model year, and some parts remain available from Ford. When those two options fail, there's new-old-stock as you can find it on eBay and other sources. Fortunately, the product planners at Scott Drake Enterprises are looking closely at this market to see what they can do for '87-'93 Mustang restorers and builders.
The latest Scott Drake reproduction part for Fox-body Mustangs is the E7ZZ-6129710-1B quarter window for '87-'93 hatchbacks. Available from Latemodel Restoration Supply, this is a really nice piece, although purists will notice the absence of the "MUSTANG" graphic in the glass. If you must have the lettering for concours or other purposes, you will have to find NOS or excellent used.
Fox-body Mustangs ushered in a new era of manufacturing technique. Where the classic Mustangs had roll-down quarter windows, '79-'93 Mustangs did not. Removal of the old glass is not easy because it is both studded and sealed into place. And because the bonded areas are difficult to reach, you run the risk of breaking the glass during removal, which is best approached from the inside with careful separation of rubber and body in baby steps with a putty knife. We enlisted The Custom Shop to replace our '87-'93 Mustang hatchback quarter windows. Keep in mind coupe quarter window replacement works the same way though a reproduction is not yet available.


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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin.
Several Afghan officials have been suspended following an attack on the popular restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan which left 21 people dead. It was the deadliest violence against foreign civilians since the war began. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for recent a airstrike that killed a number of Afghan civilians in a village north of the capital. The violence is the latest indication that the situation in Afghanistan is far from stable.
As the U.S. prepares to draw down forces after more than 12 years of war, a lot of the political unrest in Afghanistan is rooted in the opium industry. The U.S. alone has funneled billions of dollars into the country to fight the narcotics trade. But now, the man in charge of overseeing how U.S. dollars are spent in Afghanistan says there's very little to show for that investment.
John Sopko is the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction and he said exactly that to a Senate panel this past week. He joined us in our studios to talk about his findings. And I started off by asking him about the state of the drug trade.
JOHN SOPKO: They're growing more poppy now and introducing more opium than ever before.
MARTIN: How in the world is that possible? I mean, when you think of all the aid that has been put into that country specifically to address that particular issue - billions of dollars from the U.S. alone, let alone all the international partners who've been focusing on this.
SOPKO: Well, the big problem we have found is we really don't have a strategy and it's no longer a priority, and it hasn't been a priority for the U.S. or for Western governments for a number of years. And if it's not a priority and you don't have a strategy - a real strategy on how to do it - you're going to have failure, and that's what we've seen. Right now, our strategy is nothing other than a bunch of wish lists that we hope the Afghans can do something, but they're not able to.
MARTIN: But wasn't there a strategy before? I mean, early on, after the U.S. overthrew the Taliban, Afghanistan was full of civilian advisers from America and Europe who were there to help Afghan farmers figure out what else to grow.
SOPKO: Well, we've changed the strategy over time. And we've emphasized, like you said, crop substitution. We actually did interdiction. But we tend to do it for a month, a year or whatever, and then we go and do something else. We had a very successful program in Helmand, with the Helmand Food Zone. But that was part of the surge. Once the surge ended, once then we stopped the program, now Helmand is producing more opium then it was before.
MARTIN: This is the last year, as of yet, that U.S. combat troops are going to be on the ground. International assistance has been dramatically reduced. The number of civilians who are working on aid projects, like poppy eradication, have left the country. Does some of the impetus for change need to happen within Afghanistan itself?
SOPKO: Well, obviously this is not going to work unless the Afghans have a will to pursue this. That's what I'm really concerned about, is because we will have less mobility. So we look at reconstruction and our concern is, now more than ever, reconstruction and any gains we made in reconstruction are in peril.
Because the narco traffickers don't care about women's rights, they don't care about better health care, they don't care about better education for the Afghans. They don't care about rule law. They actually opposed the rule of law. And what is happening is this is a bigger threat now than ever.
MARTIN: At what point do you cut your losses and say, there is no way that we can fix this problem to a level where it makes sense to continue funneling U.S. taxpayer dollars in this direction?
SOPKO: Well, let me back up and answer that question. It's a difficult one. Remember, I don't do policy. We just look at the process and look at the programs. I can say the money that has been used so far, if the goal was to reduce cultivation, we failed. If the goal was to reduce opium production, we failed. If the goal was to reduce the amount of money going to the insurgency, we failed. If the goal was to break that narco trafficking nexus and the corrupting influence, we have failed. I can tell you that.
All you have to do is look at the data. All you have to do is look at the statements made even by the DOD itself in the latest report to Congress about the failures.
MARTIN: What makes you so sure if we have seemingly wasted $10 billion already, that we would have the capacity to use future monies differently and more wisely?
SOPKO: That is the question I asked in Afghanistan. And no one in the embassy, no one at our military ISAF headquarters could explain to me how we were going to do a better job, or how we were doing a good job right now on counter narcotics.
MARTIN: Have you met with people at USAID? Have you gotten honest conversations about what is failed?
SOPKO: Well, we don't always get honest conversations. Very few people, particularly at some of the higher levels want to talk about failure. I was not overly impressed with the explanations given to me by anyone at our embassy, or anybody at ISAF. As a matter of fact, when I interviewed the country team leader for AID, he couldn't even explain the counter narcotics program to me. So this indicates to me is this isn't a priority, and that's very disturbing because this is a national security issue.
Early on, we determined that we had to cut that nexus between the narco traffickers, and they're providing now 30 percent of the revenue to the Taliban and the other terrorist groups. Narcotics is, we haven't broken that.
MARTIN: John Sopko is the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. He joined us in our studios here in Washington. Thanks so much.
Thanks so much for coming in.
SOPKO: You're welcome.
MARTIN: We reached out to the U.S. State Department for their response about Mr. Sopko's remarks. Larry Sampler, at USAID, said that the staff in Kabul is working very hard and at great personal risk. He went on to say, quote, "We all need to acknowledge it is a complicated problem with only long-term solutions."
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Biomarkers predict long-term outcomes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Different mechanisms of response could explain poor treatment response in rheumatoid factor positive patients
Data demonstrate the possibility of using biomarkers (developed from whole blood gene expression profiles) in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) to predict the status of their disease at 12 months. The long-term disease status at 12 months was accurately predicted only after treatment had been initiated, in newly diagnosed patients.
JIA is the most common childhood chronic rheumatic disease, affecting 16-150 children in every 100,000. As indicated by the name, the cause of JIA is largely unknown.3
'By predicting disease progression in these young children we can better understand the course of the disease and how best to treat the individual,' said lead author of the study Professor James Jarvis, from the Department of Paediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
Blood gene expression profiling has led to major advances in the field of rheumatology over the last decade but to date it has only been possible to predict therapeutic outcome at 6 months.
'The challenge was to test the feasibility of using these prognostic biomarkers from whole blood gene expression profiles in children with newly diagnosed JIA to predict disease status at one year,' explained Professor Jarvis. 'Baseline expression profiles that could predict disease status at six months could not predict status at 12 months. However, using four month data (the earliest point at which samples were collected from children on treatment) we were able to determine strong predictive properties for disease status at 12 months. Thus, after children had initiated therapy longer term outcome was predictable,' Professor Jarvis said.
In this study, researchers also discovered the appearance of different mechanisms of response in Rheumatoid Factor (RF) positive and RF negative patients after four months of therapy, a finding that could explain the relative refractoriness of RF positive patients to otherwise effective therapies.
Whole blood expression profiles were studied from children enrolled in the TREAT study, an NIH-funded clinical trial comparing methotrexate (MTX) with MTX + etanercept in children with newly-diagnosed JIA. Gene expression profiles were examined to determine those genes whose expression levels best predicted outcome (active vs. inactive disease) at 12 months.
Researchers have described seven types of JIA, which are distinguished by their signs and symptoms, the number of joints affected, the results of laboratory tests, and the family history. In general, symptoms include joint pain, swelling, tenderness and stiffness that last for more than six continuous weeks; the condition can also affect the eyes and lymph nodes.


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