The article provides a postcolonial analysis of issues related to culture and language within the context of public education in the U.S. More specifically, the manner in which restrictive policies were implemented over a four-year period within the public schools of Boston, Massachusetts, following the passage of a referendum to repeal the use of transitional bilingual education in favor of a strategy of English immersion, are presented and discussed. This discussion serves as an excellent site of inquiry, in that it mimics many of the same conditions of schooling experienced today by English language learners across the nation. RESUMEN Las Políticas Restrictivas de Idioma: Un AnálisisPostcolonial de Lenguaje y Escolaridad. El artículo ofrece un análisis postcolonial de temas relacionados con la cultura y el idioma en el contexto de la educación pública en los Estados Unidos. Más específicamente, la manera en que se implementaron políticas restrictivas durante un período de cuatro años dentro de las escuelas públicas de Boston, Massachusetts, tras la aprobación de un referéndum para derogar el uso de la educación bilingüe de transición a favor de una estrategia de inmersión en inglés, es presentado y discutido. Esta discusión sirve como un excelente sitio de investigación, en que imita muchas de las mismas condiciones de escolaridad experimentada hoy por aprendices del idioma inglés a través de la nación. Spanish-speaking student population. But that was the era of civil rights, when a many educational efforts to address the longstanding historical inequalities faced by children in communities of color were being advocated by civil rights activists everywhere. Postcolonial Directions in EducationToday, however, it seems that previously held goals of educational equality and social concern for the most disenfranchised have fallen by the wayside, Furthermore, restrictive language policies can formidably be traced to political economic exigencies of the nation-state, that seek to safeguard control of it's 1 See: BBC News, "Research to find effects in brain of bilingualism" reports on the research of Virginia Gathercole at Bangor University who is exploring the benefits of being bilingual. She stated in the article, "The very act of being able to speak, listen, and think in two languages and of using two languages on a daily basis appears to sharpen people's abilities to pay close attention to aspects of tasks relevant to good performance." Education, 2(1 working populations, in order to ensure the quasistability of it's ever increasing low-wage service sector-a labor market that requires a growing sector to be minimally educated. In fact, Jean Anyon (2005) asserts that "most jobs openings in the next ten years will not require either sophisticated skills or a college degree. Seventy-five percent of new and projected jobs will be low paying. Most will require on-the-job training only, and will not require college; most will be in service and retail, where poverty zone wages are the norm (370)." Simultaneou...

a b s t r a c tWe present the case of a 45-year-old woman, with two-year history of chronic renal insufficiency and proteinuria. A kidney biopsy showed the presence of AA amyloidosis (positive Congo red staining and immunohistochemistry). There was no evidence of amyloid deposits in other organs and there was no underlying disease. AA amyloidosis normally is secondary to chronic inflammatory or infectious diseases. High levels of IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-␣ play a role in the pathogenesis of amyloidosis and induce the synthesis of serum amyloid A protein (SAA), a precursor of tissue amyloid deposits. We empirically treated the patient with a low dose colchicine. The patient responded well. Colchicine has been used for the treatment of Familiar Mediterranean Fever and related auto-inflammatory diseases. To monitor treatment responses, we measured SAA finding low titers. Soon after treatment onset there were signs of improvement pertaining to proteinuria and stabilization of renal function.

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