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Sun Jul 5

• DanNorth.net » The perils of estimation: The part where we estimate the stories is a real chore (c?mon ? we?re estimating 400 stories here), so we cut corners. We do a first pass as t-shirt sizes (small, medium, large) and then take a representative sample (sounds suitably scientific) and do a ?detailed? estimate of those. This involves a bunch of people estimating lots of important-soun ding metrics: minimum, likely and maximum size, clarity, volatility (eh?) and whatever else, and then multiply it up to provide a WOOOOAAAAAHHHH ! hang on a minute! What were we trying to do again? All they wanted to know is: How long will it take, and how confident are you about that number?
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Sat Jul 4

• France 24 | Menswear hits the French capital | France 24

Fri Jul 3

• YouTube - Highlights from Wildwood, N.J.

Thu Jul 2

• Benson, Simon. "DNA lab's two-year lag hampers NSW forensic investigations ." The Daily Telegraph. July 2, 2009.: Mass DNA testing was introduced in 2000, requiring police to test anyone charged with an indictable crime. That move created an instant backlog of cases.

Wed Jul 1

• Simoncelli, Tania. "Dangerous Excursions: The Case Against Expanding Forensic DNA Databases to Inncoent Persons." June 16, 2006.: -A 'hit' ; does not necessarily lead to the resolution of a crime. Neither will the number of hits increase proportionatel y with the number of people entered into the database. -Usefulness and relevance of DNA evidence. -Cost vs. benefit. Cost is unjustifiable. -The near ten-fold increase in demand for DNA processing imposed by CA's recent database expansion has so far resulted in a quadrupling of its backlog.
• Protess, Ben. "As Rape Victims Wait, Money for DNA Testing Goes Unused." ProPublica. November 9, 2008.: Los Angeles backlog of 7,000 rape kits. The federal backlog of rape kits is estimated to be at about 400,000 cases. Since 2004, Congress has given the Justice Department $474 million through the Debbie Smith Act. About $55 million of the money provided by Congress since 2004 is unaccounted for
• Protess, Ben. "The DNA Debacle: How the Federal Government Botched the DNA Backlog Crisis." ProPublica. May 5, 2009.: -At least 350,000 samples from murder and rape cases remain untested, according to the federal government 9;s best estimates. In 2005, labs across the country saw their DNA backlogs nearly double. -Backlog as a product of expansion. -Largest backlog is in LA, with more than 12,000 untested rape kits. 500 have passed the time limit for prosecution. -16% of state crime labs say their backlogs may have allowed additional crimes to be committed. -In CA, the backlog at the state crime lab jumped from 35,000 in January to almost 46,000 in February, after law enforcement agencies began collecting DNA upon arrest. -New York eliminated their backlog over four years. The city's arrest rate for reported rape cases rose from 30% in 1999 to 70% in 2007. -Description of outsourcing.
• Moore, Solomon. "Progress Is Minimal in Clearing DNA Cases." NYTimes.com. October 24, 2008.: -The LAPD has the largest known backlog, about 7000 cases. 217 cases backlogged so long that the 10-year statute of limitation had passed. -Two weeks ago, President Bush signed a bill that includes an additional $1.6 billion over six years to speed DNA analyses. But many crime labs are disqualified from receiving more money because they have failed to spend previous financing in a timely manner. The LA Police Department spent less than half of the $4.4 million in federal money it received from 2004-2008. -About 1/4 of the 105 local and state agencies that received federal money failed to meet spending goals. 40 of 82 agencies said their DNA case backlogs had increased or remained constant in the last six months. Many places haven't counted their backlogs. -Use of 'touch� 39; technology to see whether a defendant even touched a weapon. -"DNA really accounts for just 10% of the caseload in crime labs around the country. The majority of our work is analyzing drugs."

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