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Hi there and welcome to today's U.S. National Cyber Security Awareness Month tip, courtesy of those of us involved in administering and/or contributing to Cisco Security Intelligence Operations!!
For all of you savvy technologists and those well versed in the security realm many of these tips may be old hat but, based on many of my discussions with both personal and professional peers, I know that most, if not all, of these Best Common Practices (BCPs) are not exactly "common." 🙂
- Use non-trivial passwords – While most sites and applications now dictate requirements (lower/upper alphabetical, numerical, symbols, minimum length) for passwords, there are still those that rely on the user to utilize complex passwords. Password selection brings with it a challenging dichotomy – on one hand we are being told (and sometimes forced!) to use complex not-so-easy-to-guess passwords and on the other hand we are expected to be able to remember all of these passwords without writing them down and sticking them on our laptop! Check out Numeric Password Follies and Keep passwords safe and secure with password management for some information from previous Cisco Security Blog posts that may help you choose and manage your passwords more effectively.
- And now that we have finally chosen an acceptable complex password, and we have been able to commit it to memory!, we now have to make sure we Change Our Passwords Regularly! 🙂 You will find that many of your "more secure" sites implement a specific time frame, e.g., 30 or 60 days, after which time you _must_ change your password. For all those sites, applications, and situations in which this is not the case, it is HIGHLY recommended that you take the proactive approach and manually change your password regularly. It shouldn't be that hard – just create a repeating reminder in your daily calendar to help you remember to change your passwords!
- And while on the subject of passwords, here's another recommended best practice! Don't use the same password everywhere!!! Again, our minds can only contain so many passwords (in addition to everything we need to remember on a daily basis) and things like passwords probably fall to the bottom of our priorities, so use a password manager tool. Because we often take the easy way out and, once we've developed that very complex, non-trivial password that we discussed in our first tip, we hang on to it for dear life and use it EVERYWHERE! Bad move! There are few days that go by in the security world where we don't come across a hack or data breach that was helped along the way by the fact that so many people use the same passwords for both personal and professional sites and applications. Several examples of these breaches can be found in these previous Cisco Security Blog posts: July, a Busy Month for Breaches, Compromised Accounts, Stepping Stones, and 6.5 million password hashes suggest a possible breach at LinkedIn.
- If it looks like phish and "smells" like phish it probably is phish – Do NOT open emails that appear "phishy" – go directly to the known website of the supposed sender of the email. You should also be careful clicking links in emails from known contacts that do not have human-looking text from your friend. For example, be leery of emails which contain nothing but one URL/link or emails that start out with text such as "open this, it is funny." Agree with your friend to send something he knows that will identify him when he sends a single link. For example ask him her to put in "I was born in XXX, July 1934" or what team he supports.
- Keep your operating system (OS) and application software up to date. Many OS vendors, e.g., Microsoft, provide automated means of updating software on a regular basis, so take advantage of this offering if your vendor provides it. It is certainly understandable that probably a great many of you have important devices and simply cannot take the chance with automated updates, but for those with less mission-critical concerns it is a worthwhile practice to use automatic software updates. The Cisco Security Intelligence Operations portal includes a section devoted to security alerts affecting both Cisco and non-Cisco products.
- Have your "social engineering" guard up at all times. For many of us, the combination of our personalities and lack of time causes us to become more trustworthy and accepting all invitations – whether by email, phone call, or text – on their surface. What we need to do when working online is put on our "tinfoil hat" and simply not trust anyone! So, when you get that next email soliciting you to "click on the link" to resolve a banking dispute think twice, do NOT click on that link, and then log in directly to the website of your bank (or call them) and resolve that "issue" the proper way. Clicking on links sent to you via email or text could cause you to inadvertently and unknowingly provide login credentials and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to the bad guys. Check out Levi Gundert's recent post on how the loss (or theft) of PII can impact you.
- While Anti Virus (AV) Software is certainly not a silver bullet and probably won't stop some of today's more complex threats, it is still a useful tool to have in our security toolbox both for our corporate and personal devices. Although most corporate IT departments push out updates regularly to our professional devices, we need to also ensure that the AV Software running on our home and personal devices is kept current and is regularly updated.
- Understand the security measures that are available (and not available!) for social networking sites and applications. Many of you and your peers use some form of social networking – e.g., Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. – and it is imperative that you are aware of what information gets shared and what mechanisms are available to you to restrict access to the data you want shared to only those people with whom you wish to share! You would probably be surprised to find out that the data that gets shared, both freely and inadvertently, is often leveraged for malfeasance such as phishing emails!
- Who you gonna call? Know who and how to report any suspect network security incidents, i.e., phishing, spam, malware, DoS, etc. This recommendation may border on the nebulous but it is really important, whether you are on your personal device at home or on a corporate device, that you know that there are resources available should you come across activity, e.g., phishing emails, evidence of DDoS attack activities, etc., that you can contact to get assistance. This could be your ISP, your corporate IT department, Help Desk, Information Security (InfoSec) department, or even a friend or coworker.
- Be vigilant and stay abreast of cyber security news! Regardless of your role and your technical acumen, find at least one source of security intelligence to monitor via RSS, email, Twitter, or by just directly visiting websites. Please visit the Cisco SIO portal, which includes a variety of information such as security alerts, blog posts, technical white papers, best common practices, and upcoming security conferences. Some additional recommended sources of this information include CERT, NANOG, Full Disclosure, Bugtraq, SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC), and Krebs on Security…..to name a few.
My call to action to all of you is to go out there and work together to make our cyber world just a little bit safer – one byte, one email, one phish, and one website at a time!


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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY, Plff. in Err., v. JAMES R. GAINEY, JR.,de bonis non of the Estate of Richard Dwyer, Deceased.
36 S.Ct. 633
60 L.Ed. 1124
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY, Plff. in Err.,
JAMES R. GAINEY, JR.,1 Administrator de bonis non of the Estate of Richard Dwyer, Deceased.
No. 453.
Submitted April 19, 1916.
Decided June 5, 1916.
Messrs. E. L. Worthington, W. D. Cochran, Le Wright Browning, and P. K. Malin for plaintiff in error.
Messrs. R. S. Dinkle, George B. Martin, and Watt M. Prichard for defendant in error.
Mr. Justice Pitney delivered the opinion of the court:
This was an action under the employers' liability act of Congress of April 22, 1908, as amended April 5, 1910 (chap. 149, 35 Stat. at L. 65, chap. 143, 36 Stat. at L. 291, Comp. Stat. 1916, § 8862). It was brought to recover damages for the death of Richard Dwyer, caused by the negligence of the railroad company, while he was in its employ in interstate commerce. The sole beneficiary was decedent's widow, who originally qualified as administratrix and brought the action, but has died since the allowance of the present writ of error.
Laying aside a contention based upon the 7th Amendment to the Federal Constitution, which has been disposed of in Minneapolis & St. P. R. Co. v. Bombolis, 241 241 U. S. 211, 60 L. ed. ——, 36 Sup. Ct. Rep. 595, the only question raised relates to the method adopted in ascertaining the damages. The jury returned a verdict for $16,000. On appeal to the Kentucky court of appeals it was insisted that this amount was grossly excessive, and was the result of erroneous instructions to the jury. It was contended that the verdict of $16,000 if placed at interest would yield an annual income greater than the amount the widow would have received had she lived, and would yet leave her the principal to dispose of at the time of her death. The court overruled this contention, on the authority of Chesapeake & O. R. Co. v. Kelly, 160 Ky. 296, 169 S. W. 736, where the same court held that in such a case the whole loss is sustained at the time of intestate's death, and is to be included in the verdict without rebate or discount. A reading of the opinion of the court of appeals in the present case (162 Ky. 427, 172 S. W. 918) makes it evident that it was only upon this theory that the court was able to reach a conclusion sustaining the verdict. Since we have held, in Chesapeake & O. R. Co. v. Kelly, this day decided [241 U. S. 485, 60 L. ed. ——, 36 Sup. Ct. Rep. 630], that the theory is erroneous, it results that the judgment here under review must be reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
Death of Sarah Dwyer suggested, and appearance of James R. Gainey, Jr., administrator de bonis non of Richard Dwyer, deceased, as party defendant in error herein, filed and entered January 31, 1916.
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Appointments to the Coface Board of Directors
The Combined General Meeting of Shareholders of COFACE SA, which was held on 2 June 2014, appointed four new independent directors with effect from 1 July 2014, for a term of four years: Eric Hémar, Sharon MacBeath, Clara-Christina Streit and Olivier Zarrouati. Bruno Deletré, Yvan de la Porte du Theil, Natixis (represented by Olivier Perquel), Nicolas Plantrou and Emmanuel Pouliquen resigned from their positions on the same date.
The Board of Directors is now composed of twelve directors, including six independent directors and five women.
The Board's composition is therefore in line with the recommendations of the AFEP MEDEF Code of Corporate Governance, which COFACE SA signed when it was listed recently on Euronext Paris, both in terms of the number of independent directors and equal representation of women and men. Laurent Mignon, président du conseil d'administration ; BPCE (représentée par Marguerite Bérard-Andrieu), Jean Arondel, Jean-Paul Dumortier, Eric Hémar, Pascal Marchetti, Nicole Notat, Laurence Parisot, Sharon MacBeath, Laurent Roubin, Clara-Christina Streit, Olivier Zarrouati.
- Eric Hémar, Chief Executive Officer of ID Logistics.
Eric Hémar graduated from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA - French national business school). He began his career as an auditor at the Court of Auditors before joining the Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Tourism, in 1993, as an advisor to Minister Bernard Bosson. In 1995, he joined Sceta, before being appointed as Company Secretary at Geodis Group and, subsequently, Director of Geodis Logistics. In 2001 he founded ID Logistics, a company specialising in supply chain logistics which today counts 13,000 staff with a presence in 14 countries. Eric Hémar brings to the Coface Board his experience in the development of a very small enterprise into a significant listed company.
- Olivier Zarrouati, Chief Executive Officer of Zodiac Aerospace.
Olivier Zarrouati graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and the École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (Supaéro - the French national school of aeronautics and space). He began his career as an engineer and project manager for large-scale projects at CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales - French national centre for space studies) and then at Matra Marconi Space. He joined Zodiac Group in 1999, as Head of External Development and Subsidiaries, before being appointed chairman of the Executive Board of Zodiac Aerospace Group in 2007. He is the Chairman of the French aeronautical components manufacturers group GEAD, which is part of GIFAS, the grouping of French aeronautical and space industries. Olivier Zarrouati brings to the Coface Board his experience as director of a major industrial listed group.
- Clara-Christina Streit, associate professor at the Lisbon Nova e Catolica University and former senior partner at McKinsey&Co.
Clara-Christina Streit graduated from the University of Saint Gall and began her career as a consultant and associate at McKinsey, where she is now Senior Advisor. Along with this role, she is a member of the Board of Directors of Dutch insurance company Delta Lloyd and of German property company, Deutsche Annington Immobilien. Clara-Christina Streit brings to the Coface Board more than twenty years' experience as an advisor to financial institutions, particularly insurance companies.
- Sharon MacBeath, Group Senior Vice President Human Resources at Rexel.
Sharon MacBeath graduated from the University of Glasgow and has a Masters in Human Resources from the University of Sorbonne, as well as an Executive MBA from INSEAD. She was appointed Head of Human Resources and Communication at Rexam in 1999 after having managed her own consulting company. In 2005 she joined Redcats as Group Head of Human Resources and Communication before being appointed Head of Human Resources and member of the Executive Committee at Rexel in 2013. Sharon MacBeath brings to the Coface Board extensive experience in complex environments and companies with a global reach.
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Richard A. Bloom
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The details of the debt deal still being hammered out Sunday night allows the United States to avert an historic default if it survives tough votes in Congress. That's enough to bring great relief to the White House. But no cheers. The months-long melodrama leaves President Obama weakened politically and potentially constrained as a president.
Obama put the best spin possible on the deal when he announced it in the White House briefing room. But there's little good news for him and his party in what's immediately known about the framework of the compromise. The best hope for Democrats is that this will be like the deal worked out last December to keep government operating. As more details of that agreement became known, Democratic anger at the extension of the Bush tax cuts ebbed at the realization that they too had gotten things they wanted. But right now it's hard to see many victories the president can show to his party in this deal. He didn't get the "clean" increase he once demanded. He didn't get the "balance" (revenue increases) he demanded, though he insisted that taxes remain very much a part of the second phase of the bargain.
He did get the Republicans to yield on his insistence on getting the ceiling raised high enough that this debate won't be repeated until after the 2012 presidential election. In achieving that, the president and the congressional leaders all but guarantee that next year's campaign will feature a large and perhaps unprecedented debate over spending and budget priorities and the relationship between government spending and job creation. That's a long overdue debate and, if conducted honestly, will allow the winner of the presidential election to claim a genuine mandate.
But the bad news for Obama is that this deal — and his role in the deal-making — could make it more difficult for him to win a second term. To win reelection, he needs an improved economy with robust job growth. As the president mentioned in his remarks, the White House throughout this debate was acutely aware that massive spending cuts by the government would pose a severe challenge to a recovery already made more fragile by state and local government spending cuts. Critical to how much damage fresh cuts do to the economy will be — again — those details. How much of the cutting will be done in the next 12 months and how much is deferred to a later date? And how much will this detail constrain his ability to govern in the next 12 months?
There's no need to wait for details, though, to know that the president has damaged his standing with the progressives and activists who make up the Democratic Party base. Even before it was announced Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, blasted it as "grotesquely immoral" and "bad economic policy." And Twitter and the liberal blogosphere were filled with criticisms of the president.
Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, strongly criticized Obama for making the deal and warned of direct consequences for his reelection campaign. "Seeing a Democratic president take taxing the rich off the table and instead push a deal that will lead to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefit cuts is like entering a bizarre parallel universe," she said in a statement, warning of "horrific consequences for middle-class families." Even before the deal was announced, the influential group had been rallying liberals to signal their displeasure by withholding their support for Obama's campaign. Taylor said that more than 200,000 people have already pledged not to donate or volunteer for Obama in 2012 if he approves any cuts in Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. She said those who signed the pledge gave more than 2.5 million volunteers hours and more than $17 million to Obama in 2008.
The liberal group MoveOn.org, in a statement, said the debt deal "has gone from bad to worse" and called on Democrats to oppose it.
Of course, showing a willingness to stand up to the liberal base is not necessarily bad — if it pays off in increased support from the Independents who often determine the outcome of elections. But there is no sign that Independents approve of the president's handling of the debt issue. The combination of a depressed base and a disillusioned center is potentially toxic to the president. His challenge in the next 15 months is to find an antidote by showing he's still able to govern under the terms of the deal and able to persuade his own party that they need to rally behind him.
Read more: http://nationaljournal.com/obama-hurt-by-debt-debate-20110731


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The music from the movie "Jaws" is a sound that many people have learned to associate with a fear of sharks. Just hearing the music can cause the sensation of this fear to surface, but neuroscientists do not have a full understanding of how that process works.
Now an adult mouse model reveals that changes in lattice-like structures in the brain known as perineuronal nets are necessary to "capture" an auditory fear association and "haul" it in as a longer-term memory. The journal Neuron published the findings by scientists at Emory University and McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.
The findings could aid research into how to help combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
"We've identified a new mechanism — involving the regulation of perineuronal nets in an adult auditory cortex — that contributes to learning an association between an auditory warning and a fearful event," says Robert Liu, a senior author of the study and an Emory biologist focused on how the brain perceives and processes sound. "It's surprising," he adds, "because it was previously thought that these perineuronal nets did not change in an adult brain."
Another novel finding by the researchers: It's not just activity in the auditory cortex during a fear-inducing experience associated with sound, but after the experience that is important for the consolidation of the memory.
"What is unexpected is that this brain activity was not in direct response to hearing the actual sound, since animals were just sitting in a quiet room during that period," Liu says. "This finding could fit with an idea that's been around for some time, that the way your brain consolidates memories of your day's experiences is by replaying the events after they have happened."
The amygdala — a region of the brain located within the temporal lobes — has long been tied to learning what stimuli can trigger emotional reactions such as fear. More recent studies have shown the firing of circuits in the auditory cortex during a threatening sound also play a role in learning what signals should set off a fear reaction.
The auditory part of the brain goes from the ear and cochlea through several stages to reach the auditory cortex — the highest neural processing level for sounds.
Perineuronal nets (PNN) are extracellular lattices that surround and stabilize neurons. During childhood development they have plasticity. "When they eventually mature, they crystalize, locking down the anatomy around the neurons and forming a kind of scaffold," Liu says. "It's been thought that these nets remained largely stable in adulthood."
The mice used in the current research were trained to associate the sound of a tone with a mild shock. The animals eventually would freeze when they heard the sound, in anticipation of the mild shock. Days later, they continued to freeze at the sound even when the shock no longer followed it. The researchers found that, after the fear-association experience, a transition period lasting about four hours occured in which the PNN in the rodents' auditory cortex changed to become stronger.
"We speculate that the strengthening of these nets — just like during development — may be putting a brake on further neural plasticity and 'locking in' the fear association before other sound experiences interfere with the memory," Liu says.
When some mice in the study were given an enzyme that dissolved the PNN in the auditory cortex, they stopped remembering to freeze at the sound of the tone. "We essentially removed these nets and that appeared to prevent the fear association from consolidating in the memory, so it fell away faster," Liu says. "It's counterintuitive. Before we would have thought if we removed the PNN it would have increased the potential for learning the fear association by increasing the plasticity of the neurons."
Such research could aid in the development of an intervention for PTSD. "It suggests that there may be a window of time after someone experiences a trauma that you could give them a drug to silence activity in a particular area of the brain," Liu says. "That might prevent them from consolidating a particular traumatic memory."
The findings also add to data about how the brain learns in general, and the relationship between receiving new information and a critical time period needed to consolidate it, he says.
First author of the study is Sunayana Banerjee, who conducted the research while she was a post-doctoral fellow at Emory. Co-senior author is Kerry Ressler – a psychiatrist focused on PTSD who was formerly with the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory University and is now at Mclean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Co-authors include research specialist Hadj Aoued and Emory undergraduates Vanessa Gutzeit, Justin Baman and Nandini Doshi. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health grants R21MH102191 and R01DC008343 and the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs' Primate Centers P51OD11132.


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On March 26 the Center for American Progress hosted an event looking at the progress and challenges of the Obama administration's Race to the Top, or RTT, initiative. This program was created to help states and school districts close achievement gaps and better prepare students for higher education and the job market. At the event, CAP Senior Fellow Ulrich Boser unveiled his new report, "Race to the Top: What Have We Learned from the States So Far?," which looks at the performance of states that received the RTT grants.
In his welcoming remarks, Tom Perriello, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, said:
The global economy we face today [requires] a level of creativity and innovation within our education system, one that we believe that our principals, our teachers, and our parents are up to if we create the incentives and the opportunities for that kind of innovation to take place.
Perriello mentioned the more than $4.35 billion the administration has so far invested in Race to the Top and said:
It was part of a bigger effort to invest in critical sectors while supporting innovation and an understanding that too many of our students were leaving high school either ill-prepared for college or the modern workforce. Race to the Top aimed to change that, by sparking reform and creating the conditions for greater innovation.
Boser then discussed the findings in his new report. He said that CAP "wanted to engage and dig into Race to the Top. We wanted to find out what was working, what was not working, and see what lessons could be learned from what states have done so far." Although he cautioned that the report is neither summative nor exhaustive, Boser said that "Race to the Top has advanced the reform agenda … [and] has done a lot to move forward" the application of Common Core State Standards, a set of new and more rigorous academic standards that are internationally benchmarked.
"A lot of states have developed specific training and professional development opportunities around the Common Core," Boser said. "We've also seen a lot of movement around new teacher evaluations."
All states involved in RTT are somehow involved with "new teacher-evaluation systems," and many are working toward meeting the goals that they've set for themselves within the program.
"At the same time," Boser said, "there are some states that have struggled to keep up momentum." He discussed some of these states' problems and recommended further improvements and the continued and valuable involvement of the Department of Education.
A panel discussion followed Boser's presentation. Moderated by CAP Vice President for Education Policy Cynthia G. Brown, the panel included Boser; Francine Lawrence, executive vice president of the American Federation of Teachers; Lillian M. Lowery, secretary of education for the state of Delaware; and Joanne Weiss, chief of staff for the Department of Education.
Lawrence said "The report is about policy enactment, not practice and implementation. And we know that implementation is absolutely the key if Race to the Top is going to succeed. … any education reform, Race to the Top included, has to be about what happens in the classrooms, with teachers, and with students."
Weiss agreed, saying "It's really all about implementation. In the end, the program is a success or not a success depending on whether we're really successful with the kids in each of these states." She discussed how the Department of Education has moved toward truly helping students—not just making sure that states with RTT grants are compliant with the program but actually helping the states meet their goals.
While Race to the Top cannot yet be called an unqualified success, many of the states involved in the program have experienced success, and it is important to consider how best to replicate and build upon that success going forward.
For more on this event, please see its event page.
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This article was originally published in the March 2012 issue of Skin Inc.
- A fresh, healthy complexion is a big trend for spring/summer 2012, and more beauty companies are developing foundation products that look more like skin and less like makeup.
- Blush and bronzers are offering encouraging flushes of color in cosmetic applications, further contributing to a healthy glow.
- Cosmetic colors for eyes are running the gamut from dynamic to intense to romantic shades, and metallic accents are lending a reflective element.
- Semigloss is a big trend in lips, with consumers seeking out long-wearing hues in a variety of shades.
Spring always brings with it a feeling of newness; of hope and light and new possibilities. After shaking off the stupor of a long winter's rest, people tend to look with a renewed vigor at their world, and many seek to express this feeling through makeup. This spring, consumers aren't hard-pressed to find the exact color to fit their moods, whether it be romantic nudes and pastels or bright, vibrant shades that say "Look out world; I'm out of hibernation!"
Makeup is an easy and relatively inexpensive way for consumers to liven up their wardrobes and put a new face to their world.
Although many of the hot colors for spring may seem out of reach for the everyday woman, their influence can be seen in more mass products, as well. "Remember that runway looks are meant to be theatrical trendsetters, and that women who want to look current may not necessarily want to, or be able to, rock what a runway model can carry off," says Emily Katz, celebrity makeup artist. "Employ realistic options while creating a feel for what these looks are now."
The color palette for spring 2012, from color authority Pantone,* includes a plethora of fun, bright colors, as well as those that are more subdued for a more neutral look. "The colors that will be hot are tangerine and neons and other bright colors, and some of the nudes and softer colors," says Teresa Paquin, makeup artist and owner of Anika Skincare & Makeup Studio. "Spring is a time of renewal, and these colors can be made wearable for every [consumer] of every age."
"Something those in the skin care world have been waiting for is happening this spring—skin really is in. Because of this, sheer coverage is key this season," says Katz. Taking a departure from the heavier coverage of fall/winter 2011, flawless, lightweight coverage is all the rage for spring. "I'm excited about getting back to the complexion," states celebrity makeup artist KJ Bennett.
"It's all about gorgeous skin again. We're paying homage to skin. Many makeup companies are making foundations that look like skin and not like makeup. It's all about coverage and perfect skin with highlights and gorgeous finishes—the kind of skin that makes people say, 'How the heck does her skin look that perfect?'"
Kate McCarthy, national artist and educator for Glominerals agrees, "Spring will return to having a fresh, no-makeup complexion. This will be achieved with a more full-coverage foundation that has a dewier, satin finish."
According to Tricia E. Campbell, director of education for Jane Iredale, "People are looking for coverage, but they're also seeking sheer-looking texture. Many want a matte finish on the skin, but they don't like the feel of that heavy foundation."
According to corrective makeup artist Donna Mee of Donna Mee, Inc., much of makeup success comes from the right foundation. "Most people don't know how to match their foundation to their undertones ... they need to compare the shade to the color of their neck and chest. The whole purpose of foundation is to cover surface tones and bring out undertones."
Blushes and Bronzers
Once that perfect complexion has been established, color can be added to enhance the bone structure and offer a livelier look for spring. "People are getting away from the spray tanning and are using bronzers more often," says Bennett. "That way, [there is] a subtle color to the body and the face. All the colors are more on the rosy side than on the orange side."
McCarthy agrees, "Bronzers are going to offer a sun-kissed, warm glow. I've been doing a lot of light contouring, placing the bronzer on the face where the sun naturally hits, like on the hollows of the cheeks, at the hairline and on the sides of the nose. It adds warmth and shape to the face."
Blush is another major player in spring 2012's vibrant look. Whether consumers are leaning toward a more natural or a bolder look, blush can play a big part in adding a hint of color. "The cheek is very soft with a sheer pink or peach blush to go with a lot of spring colors," explains Paquin. If a consumer is going with a either a nude look or intense color, she says, a soft, sheer pink can be used on the cheek with a sheer neutral on the lip.
Katz agrees that sheer pink or peach is the way to go. "A very light beige or rose pink or peach are best to keep blush from looking too clownish." Adding blush to bronzer can really add a touch of sun to the face, says Bennett, noting that consumers are apt to do a flush of color over the bronzer on the apples of the cheeks for a sunny glow with the bronzer, and the infusion of spring colors precludes anything murky or muddy-looking.
Dynamic and intense or romantic and neutral, the eyes are always a point of focus for application and color trends.
For those who prefer a more dynamic and intense look, "A beautiful tangerine-washed gold is a great eye shadow color for spring that can be worn by many different women," suggests Katz. Other bold—even neon—colors can be used, including teal, turquoise, purples and ocean blues, according to Katz.
Along with intense colors, metallic colors for the eyes are gaining momentum this season. "Metallics are huge right now, but are not what you would expect—they are not the typical silver, gold and bronze. It's metallic colors, and it's so fresh and invigorating for the spring and summer. It isn't a shimmery, glittery look; it's reflective and shiny in a metallic way, and every color is being done—like pinks, purples and mint tones," explains Bennett. "There is nothing more stunning than a metallic mint tone against bronzed skin. Pair that with a beautiful transparent tangerine glossy lip, and it screams happiness, sunshine, and evokes an unbelievable feeling of the season that it is."
For consumers who prefer a more romantic and neutral approach to spring, there are beautiful options available, as well. "Everyday women really gravitate toward the natural look; women want their natural beauty to come through," says Campbell. Sheer pink is a big eye shadow color for the more neutral look. "Eyes are soft for spring, and there are a lot of pastels being used. It's going to be pretty sheer. For eye shadows, I'm seeing a color wash, where one color is used from the lash line to the brow bone. Rose petal, lilacs, mint greens and a dark black liner are keeping eyes soft, romantic and pretty," says McCarthy.
To incorporate some of the spring colors in a more natural way, Katz suggests using eye shadows in golden tones. "Colors, especially light golden orange, can look beautiful without being harsh, along with nudes, beiges and light taupes. [A shimmer can be added] without having too much shine, which would inappropriately enhance skin texture. There are new formulations that blend well and are sheer, lightweight and easy-to-apply," she says.
No matter which type of color palette consumers choose, liner, lashes and brows also play an important role this season, adding "An intense color of shadow, a little color under the brow and a nice dramatic line," says Paquin.
Another look that has lingered from fall/winter 2011 is the winged eye, although to spice it up for the new season, and lots of thick, black lashes are still in vogue for this season, while eyebrows remain a strong feature as well. "Big brows are coming back," advises McCarthy. Paquin agrees, saying, "Brows are thick and well-shaped. There's a lot of attention on a full brow that is naturally shaped this spring."
Although reds will always be in, the traditional red that graced the porcelain faces of fall/winter 2011 is transitioning into the new season. "The beautiful tangerine color can help transition the red lips of last season by taking red and infusing it with the tangerine giving it a warmer edge. It's a gorgeous bridge," says Bennett, who is also inspired by the lavender colors of spring. "A lavender lip is stunning, fresh and unexpected on the lips," he says.
Although cream lipsticks are carrying over from last season, semigloss is holding its own this spring. "Lips are not high gloss this season," says Paquin. "It's a little more sheen than what was being seen in the fall. A sheer gloss really complements some of the looks this spring." According to McCarthy, "Sheer colors for lips, such as berries and pinks, are in this spring."
Along with semiglosses, lip stains are also a favorite. "People are looking for lip stains that are long-wearing with softer colors in nudes and pale pinks," says Campbell. And lip crayons are providing the precision of a liner and the look of a lipstick with crisp and polished looks.
Making It Work
As most beauty professionals are aware, just because the color and application is trendy doesn't mean that it is the right choice for everyone. Customization is also a key trend. Explains Katz, "Trendy isn't always right for everyone. It's good to go with what really works." Every season gives beauty brands an opportunity to reinvigorate the relationships they have with consumers by introducing them to new makeup colors and trends. And this spring and summer offers a colorful reason to get back in touch with those who have been missing in action.
"Color affects people's moods so much. It's something needed, it's refreshing and people need to be refreshed," says Paquin. "Because of the trying times, consumers add color to their everyday lives, it brightens their moods. [Current color trends] are very wearable and are what people are needing."
Cathy Christensen is the associate editor of Skin Inc. magazine, a business-to-business publication for the professional skin care industry and a sister publication to GCI magazine. Her work has been honored by American Business Media's Folio: Awards, as well as the American Society of Business Publication Editors' Azbee awards.


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If only others in our lives needed so little to give us SO MUCH!!
The photo below is of my Angel Bobo (sorry Cody, but you are featured here ALL of the time!). It is Angel Bobo who this blog was originally dedicated to back when it began in 2009. Bobo and I shared 18 beautiful years together. He passed in 2007 and I still miss him and think of him EVERY DAY. This photo is from the 1990s.
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Being structurally composed of one or more cells, which are the basic units of life. Yet within a cell, there seems to be the same behaviors that define life:
- Regulation of the internal environment to maintain a constant state;
- Organization: Don't most cells have organs?
- Metabolism.
- Growth ~ not sure about this one.
- Adaption ~ Think this is accurate, but I'm not well versed in cellular biology at all.
- Response to stimuli. Cells interact with external whatnots.
- Reproduction - Cells do this, at least many of them.
Most of what lead me to this question came from chapter 5 of Spontaneous Healing by Andrew Weil, M.D.. I'll type the parts relevant to the discussion below - in case he's wrong and I'm basing my thoughts on wrong information. bold sections indicate my interjection
DNA takes the same form in all organisms, from human beings to viruses - an enormous molecule with a double-helix structure made up of two chains of sugar molecules, with "rungs" linking the two chains. The rungs form between complementary pairs of nitrogen-containing subunits 'nucelotides', whose specific sequences differentiate the DNA of one organism from that of another. Only four different nucelotides occur in DNA; they are the "letters" of a genetic code spelling out "words" of information that direct the construction and operation of all forms of life. The so-called Central Dogma of modern molecular biology states that DNA replicates itself in order to pass its genetic information on from one cell to another and from one generation to the next reproduction; DNA also transcribes its information into another macromelecule, RNA, that can travel out of the cell nucleus; RNA, in turn, transslates this information into the manufacture of specific proteins that determine the structure and function of organisms. regulation? These three processes - the replication, transcription, and translation of genetic information - are the most basic processes of life. They are also amazingly intricate and risky, because there are so many points at which things can go wrong.
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Therefore, sophisticated mechanisms have evolved for the repair of this molecule in order to assure nearly error-free transmission of genetic information from one generation to the next, even in the simplest forms of life. organization, regulation, reproduction - evidence of response to stimuli?
All of the mechanics of replication, transcription, and translation are directed by a special class of proteins called enzymes. A great deal of the genetic code specifies the manufacture of enzyme molecules, which, in turn, oversee the chemical reactions that develop the genetic code into biological reality. evidence of intelligence?
much snipping.
In practical terms, they (enzymes) function as ingenious machines that alter the substrate molecules: cutting them apart, putting them back together, snipping particular pieces off them, adding others back, all with astonishing precision and speed.
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Therefore, polymerase I actually proofreads its own work, editing mistakes as it directs the synthesis of new copies of DNA.
He goes on to talk about plasma membranes, which seem to be how cells interact with the "outside" world..


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Little Water Cay is so spectacular tourists have to be forewarned of its beauty.
"We like to get people ready. Build the anticipation," says tour guide Gregory Robinson flashing a big white smile.
"It really is the highlight of this trip. People are blown away."
And blown away we are.
My wife, daughter and I are on the three-hour Kitty Katt Catamaran Tour offered by Beaches Resort in the Caribbean paradise of Turks and Caicos.
First there was a stop at a coral reef in the Princess Alexandra Marine Park to snorkel and spot parrot fish, lobster, conch, doctor fish, grouper, snapper and lion fish.
Very enjoyable, but, truth be told pretty standard Caribbean stuff.
Back on the catamaran we head to Little Water Cay, which has been nicknamed Iguana Island for its healthy population of the reptile.
When the one kilometre by 200 metre island appears on the horizon the fawning begins.
The island is as simple in its geography as it is in its beauty.
The west side is one glorious stretch of white sand beach; the middle a grass-and-iguana-infused dune; and the east side more beach with its own Half Moon Bay.
The west side beach that the Kitty Katt glides up on is pristine and achieves that status without a small army of resort workers continually raking it.
Usually I roll my eyes when people start to wax poetic about the colour of ocean.
Yet, here I am about to wax poetic.
The water as it hits the beach is a frothy white, a few feet out gin clear, then a melted gemstone green and finally shades of blue and even purple.
After the initial admiration, we snap photos, stroll the beach, stalk iguanas and then finally swim and thank our lucky stars that our travels have brought us here.
Not that we're roughing it at Beaches Resort a couple of kilometres away on the main island of Providenciales (nicknamed Provo for those in the know).
By the way, Turks and Caicos—the smattering of islands located where the Caribbean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean—is referred to as the TCIs by locals and lingo-savvy tourists.
Beaches Resorts is the family-friendly luxury all-inclusive brand of Sandals Resorts, the company that has couples-only luxury all-inclusives throughout the Caribbean.
"Just because you're travelling with your kids doesn't mean you have to compromise on quality and that extra glam," public relations manager Elanor Krazanowski tell me during a tour of the property.
To prove her point, while I'm checking out the infrastructure my girls are at Red Lane Spa getting mother-daughter tropical bliss massages.
Most of the 615 rooms are suites that sleep at least four, feature tropical colonial décor and have a big balcony or patio.
Bathrooms sport double vanity sinks, Jacuzzi tubs, rain shower and separate toilet room.
The 65-acre grounds are lush; the beach second-to-none; the pools and restaurants plentiful; the activities constant; and the service impeccable.
Our favourite restaurants tended to be ones within sight and sound of the ocean—Schooners for exceptional seafood and Barefoot by the Sea, where the evening service is all white tablecloths and candlelight, but you can kick your shoes off and dig them into the sand floor.
As a family-oriented resort, Beaches has ratcheted kids clubs up a notch.
The clubs are divided by age—baby, toddler, kids, tweens and teens—and youth can pick and choose tailored activities from waterslides, surf simulators, lazy river and their own nightclub and catamaran cruise to pool and beach volleyball, special seating in restaurants and programs built around Beaches' partnership with Sesame Street.
One of our off resort forays was to Da Conch Shack in nearby Northside.
Everyone we asked said it was the most authentic place on the islands for conch, the big beautiful-shelled snail that is the national dish.
It finds its way into virtually every recipe from fritters, salad and chowder to pasta and as a steak.
Located oceanside, Da Conch Shack is a collection of weather-beaten clapboard shacks and picnic tables in the sand.
It's definitely the place to have waitress Karene Brown bring you conch fritters and a Turk's Head beer while the palm trees sway, the ocean laps at the beach mere metres away and the DJ spins reggae tunes even in the mid-afternoon.
It's also where we met Roger the stray dog who lives off a steady diet of scrap conch.
Resident fisherman Gaan Geahheah collects conch from the ocean floor using a kayak and pulls meat from the shell in a beachside performance that tourist consider ceremony and he considers a work-a-day job.


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COTTON, WILLIAM LAWSON, newspaperman; b. 23 July 1848 in New London, P.E.I., eldest son of Richard Cotton, a Bible Christian preacher, and Maria Lawson; m. 17 June 1874 Margaret Ellin Harris in Charlottetown, and they had four daughters, one of whom died in infancy, and four sons; d. there 31 March 1928.
William L. Cotton left school in New London at 16 to learn the printing and newspaper business in Charlottetown under the direction of John Ings, editor of the Islander. After two years in Halifax as a reporter for Edmund Mortimer McDonald*'s Halifax Citizen in the early 1870s, he returned to Charlottetown, where in June 1873 he became editor and manager of the Examiner, owned by Jedediah Slason Carvell*. Two years later he bought the paper and in 1877 he turned it into a daily, the first in Prince Edward Island. The move was a bold one, but a spirit of optimism was abroad in Charlottetown, and large homes and new public buildings were under construction. The boom did not last, but the Examiner did, and its main competitor, the Patriot, followed suit in becoming a daily in 1881. At least until 1901 Cotton continued to publish a weekly edition as well. In 1922 the Examiner was absorbed by the Charlottetown Guardian, with which it had been merged in 1915, and Will Cotton retired after having edited it for 49 years. However, he sat on the Guardian's editorial board, and wrote a column for the paper, mostly essays in Island history that were brought together and republished in 1927 under the title Chapters in our Island story.
He had continued the Examiner's tradition of support for confederation established by its founder, Edward Whelan*, and just a month after he became editor the Island entered the Canadian union. For four decades the Examiner was the only Conservative paper in Charlottetown, and Cotton himself was a lifelong Conservative, although the Guardian noted when he died that he maintained "a spirit of independence which at times made him restless under party discipline." He was no reactionary, however, and he wrote early editorials urging free education, land reform, construction of the Prince Edward Island Railway "from Georgetown to Cascumpec," and installation of an up-to-date water and sewage system in Charlottetown. Around 1880 the standard of coverage and commentary in the paper began to decline, but Cotton continued to take stands from time to time. For example, when it was still an issue of controversy, he urged on his fellow Islanders acceptance of the automobile, which the provincial legislature had banned from the public roads in 1908 in an act that remained in force until 1913, when motor vehicles were allowed to operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. He also wrote knowledgeably on agricultural matters - a necessity for a newspaper editor in the Garden Province - and his readers were treated to complete descriptions of the people and places he encountered on several trips he made, to the west and to Britain with Margaret Ellin in 1922.
Cotton served for many years as chairman of the trustees of St Peter's Anglican Cathedral in Charlottetown. These trustees constituted an unusual form of church government that had been designed to protect St Peter's Anglo-Catholic character when it was made the Anglican cathedral for Prince Edward Island in 1879 by Hibbert Binney*, the bishop of Nova Scotia, who had episcopal jurisdiction over the Island. Cotton's marriage had been only the second solemnized in St Peter's after its erection as a chapel of ease for the parish church of St Paul's in 1869. Cotton also served for many years as secretary and treasurer of the Island's Children's Aid Society.
He was an even-tempered, dark-haired man with a bushy beard, married to a wife who set exacting standards of respectability and decorum for her husband and their large family. There was, however, one room in their home that was his sole domain, where Margaret Ellin's writ did not run. The fact that there was no source of heat in the room made no difference to Cotton, and he used it in winter as well as summer, well bundled up.
Cotton died in 1928 and his wife in 1944. A stained glass window in their memory was subsequently installed in All Souls' Chapel at St Peter's Cathedral, the masterpiece created by two of her brothers, architect William Critchlow Harris* and painter Robert Harris*. One of the finest such windows in Prince Edward Island, it was designed by Frederick W. Cole and made by the English firm of William Morris of Westminster (London). Its subject is Christ, who is shown robed and crowned as King, reigning from the cross. Important portraits of the couple by Robert Harris form part of the permanent collection of the Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum in Charlottetown, and are often included in the gallery's exhibitions.
[Family information was graciously supplied to the author by Frederick E. Hyndman of Charlottetown, a great-grandson of Will and Margaret Ellin. r.c.t.]
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- Copying common in electronic medical records – Most doctors copy and paste old, potentially out-of-date information into patients' electronic records, according to a new study looking at a shortcut that some experts fear could lead to miscommunication and medical errors."The electronic medical record was meant to make the process of documentation easier, but I think it's perpetuated copying," said lead author Dr. Daryl Thornton, assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland.Electronic health records have been touted as having the potential to transform patient data from indecipherable scribbles into easy-to-read, searchable, standardized documents that could be shared among hospital staffers and a patient's various other health care providers.
- 2012 was worst year for whooping cough since 1955 – The nation just suffered its worst year for whooping cough in nearly six decades, according to preliminary government figures.Whooping cough ebbs and flows in multi-year cycles, and experts say 2012 appears to have reached a peak with 41,880 cases. Another factor: A vaccine used since the 90s doesn't last as long as the old one.The vaccine problem may continue to cause higher than normal case counts in the future, said Dr. Tom Clark of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"I think the numbers are going to trend up," he said. The agency provided the latest figures on Friday.
Last year, cases were up in 48 states and outbreaks were particularly bad in Colorado, Minnesota, Washington state, Wisconsin and Vermont.
- Julia Roberts to star in HBO film on early AIDS epidemic – Julia Roberts will star as a paraplegic physician treating patients early in the AIDS epidemic in the stage-to-screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning drama "The Normal Heart," U.S. cable television network HBO said on Friday."The Normal Heart," set to air on HBO in 2014, tells the story of the dawning of the epidemic in 1980s New York.Oscar-winner Roberts plays Dr. Emma Brookner, who treats several early patients infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS. Co-star Mark Ruffalo plays Ned Weeks, an eyewitness to how the disease ravaged the city's gay community.
- FDA proposes sweeping new food safety rules – The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe and leafy greens.The long-overdue regulations could cost businesses close to half a billion dollars a year to implement, but are expected to reduce the estimated 3,000 deaths a year from foodborne illness. Just since last summer, outbreaks of listeria in cheese and salmonella in peanut butter, mangoes and cantaloupe have been linked to more than 400 illnesses and as many as seven deaths, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The actual number of those sickened is likely much higher.
- CrossFit Endurance's Unconventional 12-Week Marathon Training Plan – Brian MacKenzie has a few pointed words about your endurance workout. "If you're running five miles a day at the same speed and think you're getting a lot out of that, you're sorely mistaken," says the founder of CrossFit Endurance. "If you're not trying to improve, what's the point?" MacKenzie, who lays out his radical philosophy in the new book Power Speed Endurance, believes that short, intense exercise can give you many of the long-haul benefits of classic distance workouts—and spare you the chronic injuries and boredom. To try this 12-week program for runners, seek out a CrossFit Endurance gym or coach (there are hundreds listed at CrossFitEndurance.com). "If you can't make it through the first week, back off a little," MacKenzie says, then add reps as your strength and stamina improve. Your performance should get better each week.


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- Example: Expected Value
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US agents thwart planned Laos coup plot
The Laotian government has urged US officials to issue the most extreme punishment possible for ten men charged with conspiring to overthrow the nation's communist regime, reports the Daily Telegraph.
"This is the great news that Laos has waited for for so long," said the foreign ministry spokesman Yong Changthalansy. "We hope the United States will prosecute them strictly under the Patriot Act and punish the violators of the law severely."
The failed coup was hatched in southern California and crushed there on Monday in a series of arrests by federal agents. According to charges filed in federal court, nine ethnic Hmong and one retired lieutenant colonel from the California National Guard planned to train a militia, equip them with $9.8 million worth of weapons, smuggle them into Laos through Thailand, attack key government installations, and seat themselves as the new ruling regime, reports the Associated Press.
Investigators say former General Vang Pao, a Hmong who lead the CIA-backed Royal Army of Laos during the 1960s and 70s, developed the plot along with retired Lieutenant Colonel Harrison Ulrich Jack, a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran. The Associated Press reports the two men's plan was ill-fated.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was in on the plot almost from the beginning because the agency was tipped off by a Phoenix-area weapons dealer. The dealer told federal agents that Jack had approached him seeking to buy 500 AK-47 automatic weapons, according to a sworn affidavit by the agent.
On Feb. 7, the agent said he secretly recorded his luncheon meeting with Jack, Vang Pao and 10 associates at a Thai restaurant a few blocks from the state Capitol in Sacramento. They then walked to a recreational vehicle parked nearby to examine machine guns, grenade launchers, antitank rockets, antipersonnel mines and other weapons. On Feb. 15, Jack called the agent to report that the plot was "in motion," the affidavit says.
The Times reports that Mr. Jack and Mr.Vang attempted to recruit former US special forces soldiers and Navy SEALs to fight in their militia. Additionally, the Los Angeles Times reports that they planned to securetraining for Hmong-Americans through the California Highway Patrol.
An affidavit filed by an undercover agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives alleges that the group planned to use CHP training to develop a cadre of officers to help with the military operations and provide security in the new regime.
According to the affidavit, Jack told the agent the group wanted as many operatives as possible to attend the CHP Academy, a rigorous 27-week course.
After the coup, "the newly trained Hmong CHP officers would abandon the CHP and move to Laos to take positions of trust in the law enforcement departments" of the new Laotian government that would be headed by Gen. Pao, according to the ATF agent, whose name was redacted from the affidavit.
Federal agents moved in to arrest the conspirators as they allegedly prepared to receive their first weapons shipment.
Pao is known in California and Minnesota — Hmong hubs in the US — as a prominent community leader who has helped countless immigrants since his arrival in 1975. He has also proved a powerful lobbyist for Hmong causes.
The Merced Sun-Star reports that Pao had developed a number of strong ties inside the US government.
"The contributions that Gen. Vang Pao has made to the Hmong and Laotian people of California have been invaluable," Rep. George Radanovich, R-Mariposa, declared in a House statement on May 8, 1996.
Pao's lawyer says his client was "wrongly accused," and many Hmong community members as well as his family have offered him their support. Reuters reports that Pao's lawyer has gone so far as to call him a "hero."
"General Vang Pao stands wrongly accused of the criminal charges against him," his court-appointed attorney, John Balazs, told reporters. "Since immigrating to the United States in 1975, General Vang Pao has been a tireless advocate for democracy, human rights and the Hmong people. (He) has worked actively to pursue peaceful solutions to the problems in Laos and has disavowed violence."
Although many in the Hmong-American community are well assimilated, for those who survived the Vietnam-era there often remains a lingering bitterness. The US guaranteed asylum to those who helped them during the war. However, the Associated Press reports that thousands of Hmong suffered under the communist Laotian regime after the US pulled out.
After fighting as U.S.-backed guerillas in Laos, members of the ethnic minority were all but abandoned when the country fell to communist forces in 1975. More than 300,000 Laotian refugees, mostly Hmong, fled into Thailand.
About 145,000 members of Laotian ethnic groups resettled in the U.S., establishing large enclaves in Fresno, St. Paul, Minn., cities across Wisconsin and in small towns throughout Arkansas' Ozark mountains.
"People of my father's generation have hoped one day that they could go back to a free Laos and farm the plot of land they left 30 years ago," said Minnesota state Rep. Cy Thao of St. Paul. "Vang Pao is sort of their last hope. You hear them talk about it, but you don't ever think it will come to this point."