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Cyclones down 9-0 early...
#10 Fio beat #6 Clark 4-0. Clark really wasn't in the match as Fio claimed 2 minutes riding time and a take down.
UR Shelton takes down #7 Fanthorpe and Fanthorpe tweaks his knee on the way down. Gets an escape and can not continue. Injury Default.
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#2 Gallick up 2-1 in 2nd period. Building riding time (3:17).
Gallick out quick in third - 3 takedowns and a stall warning against Vernon. Nice takedown at buzzer for the 10-3 win.
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#18 Mueller vs. #13 Terry. Terry with the early lead 2-0 in 1st.
Terry out quick in 2nd to take 3-0 lead, no scoring from the feet.
Mueller chooses neutral. Terry has RT advantage. Terry gets late takedown and wins 6-0 with riding time.
3-12 bad guys...
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Thanks for the update.
Yep, updates appreciated. A rare wrestling meltdown on the horizon? :( Well, it's not March so it doesn't matter.
#7 Sanderson vs. #16 Vernon under way. Sanderson pushing the action early as Vernon gets hit with stall warning. Cyclone take down at end of 1st.
Cyler takes down and gets out quick followed by another take down. Cyler cuts Vernon for another takedown. Cyler cuts him again and takes down Vernon to his back for a 5 point move. 12-2
Cyler racks up 3 more takedowns and a stalling point against Vernon in third before he gets the fall.
Very impressive win for Sanderson who has been struggling lately
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When is ISU going to start winning these big matches? It seems as though they have not been able to win the big ones. Are people starting to get frustrated?
#6 Reader vs. UR Smith. Reader with takedown and 3 near fall for the early 5-0 lead. Reader with a quick tilt for the 7-0 lead.
Reader takes down and gets out easy. Smith hit for stalling, Reader take down 10-0. Reader with 2:10 RT at end of 2nd
Reader with 2 take downs and stalling point. 16-2 Major Decision.
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Nice pin by Sanderson.
Reader off to a good start. Things are looking better for ISU.
It will be a close match, bonus points might decide it. Burk needs a win at 174, that would be a big lift.
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When is ISU going to start winning these big matches? It seems as though they have not been able to win the big ones. Are people starting to get frustrated?
Iowa State has won about 4 matches this year in which they weren't favored in and way too many loses when they were favored...
Originally Posted by 06Panther
When is ISU going to start winning these big matches? It seems as though they have not been able to win the big ones. Are people starting to get frustrated?
The injury to Fanthorpe was probably a 9 point swing in the team standings. If Fanthorpe doesn't hurt his knee and continues he wins that match. I-State is going to win the meet but it will appear to be a lot closer match then it really was.
13-12 Good guys
#8 Burk vs. #9 James. Burk with first 2 shots. James counters Burk's shot on the edge for the take down. 1:05 RT for James as the period expires.
James escapes and Burk continues to push the action from the feet.
Burk takes down in 3rd period. James rides for entire 3rd period to take 4-0 dec.
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The Herschel 400's and beyond - looking for input
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:23 PM
So I just ordered The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects: Sir William Herschel's Star Clusters, Nebulae and Galaxies based on the review here and in comparision to O'Meara's Herschel's 400 (great book but I don't need the substantial "finder" help provided.
I belong to a club where this year I'll have about 25 days (depending how many are "rain" delayed) to start this project.
I have a C8 on a goto mount and enough EP's to give me a wide range of powers. I also have the 400 and 400II lists in Deepsky for viewing and log details.
I'd appeciated any specific type of advice you have on doing the 400 and others with a goto C8.
Posted 05 February 2013 - 02:02 AM
NGC 1990: Alleged Nebula around Epsilon Orionis. Does not exist, and is apparently an observation of light scattered by the telescope around that star. A number of observers, as well as quality photographs show nothing other than the glow of scattered light around Epsilon.
NGC 2253: Alleged Open Cluster in Camelopardalis. No recognizable cluster at that location. Only a few scattered groups of field stars can be found within half a degree of the plotted position (6h 42.6m +66 deg. 24', eq. 2000.0), and none seem to form a recognized cluster. The plotted location is slightly uncertain, and Uranometria 2000.0 incorrectly plots it as a galaxy at 6h 43.2m +65 deg. 40.5', which is the location of the tiny 14th magnitude elliptical galaxy MCG +11-9-7 (CGCG 308-037). SIMBAD and the DSS also respond to the entry query of NGC 2253 as this small galaxy at the second location. However, this galaxy is quite faint (nearly 15th magnitude) and nearly stellar at low to moderate powers in my ten inch, thus, is probably not one which Herschel logged. In any case, no cluster can be seen at the positions which match Herschel's description.
NGC 2253 can't be found. There is nothing at W. Herschel's position (06 36.8 +66 53, 1950), nor is there much to suggest a systematic error in the positions of the other objects found that night (NGC 2347 = III 746 and NGC 2403 = V 44). Herschel's description -- "A vF patch or S cl of eS st(ars)" -- as well as the fact that he included this object in his class VII (number 54) suggests that we should be looking for a small, tight group of faint stars. There is a scattered group of (10 or 15 stars of magnitudes 14 to 16) is at 06 37.4 +66 22 (1950), but it is not a "patch" by any stretch of the definition of that word. Herschel's description might just as well fit UGC 3511 (06 38 45.8 +65 15 22, 1950), a rather patchy late-type spiral galaxy, but the position is off by random amounts in both coordinates. Similarly, the CGCG object at 06 38.2 +65 43 (1950) is probably not N2253. Since there are no reasonable solutions that we can easily see, we'll just have to let NGC 2253 be "Not found" for the time being.
- Dr. Harold G. Corwin, Jr.
NGC 6526: Alleged nebula in Sagittarius north of M8 and southeast of M20. This entry is mis-identified on many atlases as a diffuse nebula north of M8. The object plotted as NGC 6526 on Sky Atlas 2000.0 (2nd edition), Megastar, and Uranometria 2000.0 is actually a large star cloud (0.6 deg. E-W x 0.3 deg. N-S), with many faint members at R.A. 18h 4.8m, Dec. -23 deg. 35'. This cloud contains little or no nebulosity which can be seen visually. There is some historical information which suggests that the nebula William Herschel cataloged as NGC 6526 is actually an earlier observation of part or all of the Lagoon Nebula M8 (NGC 6523). A one degree declination error on the part of Caroline Herschel apparently put NGC 6526 in the location shown on many atlases.
NGC 6991: Alleged open cluster in Cygnus. No object matching catalog size is seen at the original Uranometria 2000 1st edition's plotted location (R.A. 20h 56.6m Dec. +47 deg. 25'). However, about 10 arc minutes to the west at 20h 54.9m, +47 deg. 25' (Uranometria 2000 Field Guide, 2nd ed.), or about 3 arc minutes west of the mag. 5.7 star HD 199478, there is a group of faint stars involved with a few bright ones which is probably the cluster. Unfortunately, the Milky Way in this area is often as rich as this "cluster" is. At best, the object may have had a position error in R.A., and at worst, this object may be merely a Milky Way condensation.
Good luck and clear skies to you.
Posted 05 February 2013 - 04:55 AM
The Herschel 400 Observing Guide by Stephen O'Meara seems more usable for the pursuit of the first 400, but both books are excellent.
I'm working off the Herschel 400 list with my 6" F5 Celestron refractor with my Vixen GP-Dx mount. Though originally I didn't want to list everything Ive found with notes and drawings and just thought Id use the list as a guide to give me a direction to follow, now I'm realizing that recording everything seems to be fun also especially without the distraction of other friends around me that seem to take away more from this hobby for me than adding to it.
Though I have no interest in GoTo scopes to find these objects since to me that takes the fun out of everything, there are times when I wish I had the help.
What I find most amazing about these Herschel objects is that just about everything in the sky seems to be listed by Herschel and so many of them are right on top or right beside objects we have been looking at for ages.
I choose to use my 6" F/5 refractor because its a simple but beautiful scope optically, and sometimes makes even the obvious easy to find objects a little more challenging than using my larger scopes.
I'd say 90 percent of the observing I'm doing is just in my Suburban back yard, again making it that much more challenging.
On the more difficult objects, I may have to mount my 6" refractor piggy back on my C11 or C14 and use the larger scopes first, then see if I can detect anything in the smaller 6" refractor. If this still doesn't work, I'll have to venture into darker skies and I know on many I will have to but that's what makes this so fun.
Since I work and hold a regular job, my time is limited so this is going to take several years but that doesn't mater really. It gives me a very fun direction to take this hobby, something few people I know, understand.
One final comment, every thing you need in the way of Log Entries you can find here. This really is your one stop shop for everything related to Log Entry information:
Good luck with all of this, its unbelievably fun stuff to me!!
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I'd appeciated any specific type of advice you have on doing the 400 and others with a goto C8.
Begin at the beginning, and go on to the end: then stop.
And of course darker skies are always better.
Posted 05 February 2013 - 10:17 AM
With a goto scope most of these should be pretty obvious the second you look in the eyepiece, especially if you know what you are looking for.
Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:56 PM
The club holds about 5 3 night viewing session in this location, and I'll probably go the the Oregon Star party this year for an additional 3 or 4 days.
David thanks for that information, along with that I got the astronomical league stuff on the Herschels. I'm not in a hurry and plan on making a low, medium, and high power observation on each. Not sure if I will image all of them, but I will those I really like.
On some trips I'm planning on using my C5 as a comparison scope at the dark site to see how well it does. I'll post my trials and tribulations (observations) here when I'm into the project. First trip is schedule march 8th.
Posted 06 February 2013 - 01:41 AM
Have a great time you guys chasing all those fun objects with whatever telescope you have.
Clear skies;
Steve Coe
Posted 09 February 2013 - 05:21 AM
I'd appeciated any specific type of advice you have on doing the 400 and others with a goto C8.
Begin at the beginning, and go on to the end: then stop.
And of course darker skies are always better.
This is type of wisdom that makes Cloudy Nights such a great place!
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Posted 10 February 2013 - 03:49 PM
My strategy is to concentrate on a constellation or two each night I'm out. The Saguaro Astronomy Club has a handy list of the H400 objects by constellation:
Posted 14 February 2013 - 04:32 PM
Thanks for the heads up on the problems with H400 ll list. I'm at 202 objects found. It's interesting when doing a google search for NGC 1990 an image came up that looks the same shape as what's depicted in the old edition of Urantrometria. In the new edition there is no nebulae shown for NGC 1990.
Posted 14 February 2013 - 11:17 PM
Here, are my observation notes and sketches for the Herschel 400.
Bill in Flag
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 04:34 PM
The Herschel 400 list has a couple of questionable entries. NGC's 2371 and 2372 are different portions of the same planetary nebula, M76.
M76 (NGC 650/651) is located in Perseus. NGC 2371/72 is located in Gemini.
Dave Mitsky
Posted 17 February 2013 - 07:37 PM
I have the Herschel 400 broken out by month via O'Meara's breakout in an Excel format on my Google Documents. You can find here at this link. That's if you want to follow his map by month.
Posted 17 February 2013 - 09:20 PM
I have the Herschel 400 broken out by month via O'Meara's breakout in an Excel format on my Google Documents. You can find here at this link. That's if you want to follow his map by month.
Thanks Jay! I'm waiting on the paperback version of the book to come out, but this will be a great reference until then. Officially over 25% done with the list. It's a good one!
Posted 17 February 2013 - 11:53 PM
The Herschel 400 list has a couple of questionable entries. NGC's 2371 and 2372 are different portions of the same planetary nebula, M76.
M76 (NGC 650/651) is located in Perseus. NGC 2371/72 is located in Gemini.
Dave Mitsky
Thanks for catching that and making the correction, Dave.
Bill in Flag
Posted 18 February 2013 - 11:03 AM
Posted 22 February 2013 - 12:43 AM
Here is another list I like when using goto. It is in NGC order, which of course gives you R.A. order also.
Good hunting!
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Posted 23 February 2013 - 11:38 AM
The Herschel 400 list has a couple of questionable entries. NGC's 2371 and 2372 are different portions of the same planetary nebula, M76.
M76 (NGC 650/651) is located in Perseus. NGC 2371/72 is located in Gemini.
Dave Mitsky
I do not know why NGC 2371-2 would be such a questionable object to view. O'Meara viewed both parts of this planetary nebula in his 4-inch TV refractor telescope. See page 76 in O'Meara's Herschel 400 Observing Guide.
And good additions they would be too, but you should contact the Astronomical League to revise the real list that started the Herschel 400 program. There are many Herschel 400 lists out there, but only the Astronomical Leagues really counts if you wont any recognition for completing the list.
I recommend adding NGC 4039 and NGC 4340 to the list to bring it back up to a nice round total of 400 discreet celestial objects. Both galaxies were observed and cataloged by Herschel, and both are adjacent to objects in the official Herschel 400 list. You're gonna observe them, anyway, so might as well count them as part of the program.
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Air travel is generally one of the safest and most convenient methods of travelling. Millions of passengers around the world choose to travel by air each year, the vast majority of which experience no ill effects from their journey. Nevertheless, the popularity of air travel means that a lot more passengers with medical problems travel by air each day, many of which are unaware of the potential interaction of their illness with the aircraft environment. A little forward planning can often make the journey more comfortable, both during and after the flight.
Most people are fit to travel by air, but special attention is required for passengers whose health problems may be exacerbated by altitude, hypoxia, travel stress, manhandling luggage, changing climates and food as well as other travel related difficulties.
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Family without home after early morning fire
Published: Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 8:40 a.m.
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An unattended candle sparked a house fire, 1010 Hanover St., early Thursday that left a family of four displaced. Firefighters were able to rescue the family's pets, an official said.
Crews contained the fire to one room, said Battalion Chief Danny Grafius with the Wilmington Fire Department.
While inside, a firefighter came across a "lethargic" dog, which was revived after being administered oxygen.
"The dog was struggling really bad and after about 10 minutes it was up running with its owner," Grafius said.
He said a guinea pig and cat were also saved from the home.
Damage to the home is estimated at $10,000.
The Red Cross was called to assist the family.
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Look, this infographic with the recent obesity information we got from Drueisms is pretty disturbing. As you can see, 20 years ago, no states had an obesity rate over 19%. Now there's only one with an obesity rate under 20%. The disturbing thing – at least to me – isn't that the obesity rate seems to be rising, but that it never turns around. It never goes down at all. But you can't even supersize things at McDonald's anymore!
In essence (some of the key in between years are in the gallery below) we've gone from this:
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I'd really love to hear your thoughts on why you think this is. Economic conditions? More readily available terrible food? Witches? Bad-witch-magic is my answer to a lot of things.


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Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), chronic, non-healing wounds on the feet of diabetic patients, present a serious challenge to global health. These ulcers affect between 15-25% of the 18-21 million Americans who have diabetes (world-wide incidence of diabetes: 366 million people). DFUs have a huge impact on our health care system, not only in terms of economic cost, but also from a psychosocial perspective, associated with significant morbidities, decrease in quality of life, prolonged hospitalization and importantly, often result in the amputation loss of lower extremity. In the United States, persons with diabetes are at twice the risk for amputation compared to non-diabetic individuals. According to recent census, DFU is the leading cause of lower limb amputation and greater than 85% of amputations are preceded by an active foot ulcer.
Treatments for curing DFU are very far from optimal. Current standard of care can cure only about 30% of DFU and even the most advanced therapies, cell-based devices containing skin-derived keratinocytes and fibroblasts, boost the cure rate only to about 50%, leaving a tremendous unmet need for new effective cures for DFU.
The research that we propose with our collaborative partners in Germany is directed specifically at this problem. The candidate device is a combination of mesenchymal stem cells that have curative powers, and secrete potent stimulatory molecules, coupled with a collagen scaffolding creating a template upon which new tissue can be rebuilt and regenerated. The combined mesenchymal stem cell- scaffold device will be pre-conditioned so that its reparative properties are maximized. Testing of the material will occur in animal models that closely mimic the human DFU condition, so that the results can be reliably translated to a human curative product. The product will come to the clinic as living mesenchymal stem cells embedded in the pre-optimized scaffolding. All the treating physician will need to do is rinse the bandage-like material and apply it to the wound. Based on our preliminary studies that have examined the potent healing and revascularizing effects of MSC on damaged tissues, we anticipate that rapid healing will ensue.
While the number of individuals with all forms of chronic wounds is increasing in the general population, particularly with the rise of diabetes and aging of the population, the number of individuals affected by diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), the target disease for the development candidate in this proposal, is increasing in California at an alarming rate. That is because the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is now increasing within the state of California to epidemic proportions. In 2002, over one million California adults age 45 and older were diagnosed with diabetes, and by 2005 that number had risen to 1.5 million: 5.9% of the California population. For reasons that are not all that clear, there are marked differences in the prevalence of diabetes in different Californian ethnic and racial groups. Among Californians 65 and older, diabetes is significantly more common in African Americans (25.6%) , and Latinos ( 24.4%) as compared to caucasians (12.2%). (1) The diabetes brings with it devastating health impacts: it is the sixth most common cause of death in the United States. Among the morbidities associated with diabetes, DFU is one of the most debilitating. Approximately 15-25 percent of patients with diabetes will develop DFU, and of those, six percent will be hospitalized due to infection or other ulcer-related complication. According to a recent census, DFU is the leading cause of lower limb amputation and greater than 85% of amputations are preceded by an active foot ulcer.
Sadly for our state, we lead others in the US in the prevalence of DFU: "Of the 45 areas (44 states and DC) that reported information from the BRFSS diabetes module, Indiana (16.3%), California (16.2%), and Nevada (16.2%) had the highest age-adjusted prevalence of a history of foot ulcer among persons with diabetes, and Colorado (7.4%), Wisconsin (8.8%), and Hawaii (8.9%) had the lowest " (2).
Treatments for curing DFU are very far from optimal. Current standard of care can cure only about 30% of DFU and even the most advanced therapies, cell-based devices containing skin derived keratinocytes and fibroblasts, boosts the cure rate only to about 50%, leaving a tremendous unmet need for new effective cures for DFU, particularly in California. We anticipate that the development candidate that we propose, a stem cell-based "biological bandage", will bring such a new and effective cure to our citizens who are suffering from diabetic foot ulcers.
Sources: 1) California Health Care Survey, UCLA, http://www.chis.ucla.edu/
2) CDC reports Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5245a3.htm
Overall, the progress can be summarized in the following aspects: (1) We will continue our project using bone marrow-derived MSC. (2) MSC associate, distribute and are viable within the scaffold for dermal regeneration (Integra™ Matrix, SDR), "bio-activating" the scaffold. (3) A murine diabetic impaired wound-healing model has been established. (4) Preconditioning by modulation of β–AR signals and hypoxia show a positive effect on MSC and MSC in SDR.
Our first goal was to determine whether to continue our project with bone marrow- (BM-) or adipose tissue- (AT-) derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). Here we show that both cell types show similar surface markers: CD45-, CD73+, CD90+, CD105+, but expression of the pericyte marker CD146 is higher in BM- than AT-MSC. When tested for their potential to differentiate toward adipogenic and osteogenic lineages, both BM-MSC and AT-MSC showed comparable capacity, as evidenced by Oil Red O and Alizarin Red S, which stain triglycerides and calcium deposition respectively. In terms of their angiogenic activity, we presented in our 6 month-progress report that both BM- and AT- MSC showed very similar potential to induce migration of endothelial cells (HUVEC) in vitro. Now we have also considered the following aspects: (1) Isolation and expansion protocols for BM-MSC are well standardized. Isolation of AT-MSC typically requires collagenase treatment, which may present adverse effects after implantation. Most importantly, BM-MSCs have been approved for administration as drugs by FDA-equivalent institutions in Canada and New Zealand. Since our goal is to make an off-the-shelf product that can be administered in the clinic, we need a banked allogeneic cell source and have all our standard operating procedures (SOPs) well established in our UC Davis Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility for normal healthy donor-derived BM-MSC.
To determine the cell load-capacity of the scaffold for dermal regeneration (Integra Matrix®), BM-MSCs were seeded at various concentrations. The highest concentration tested was equivalent to almost 4 million cells per square centimeter of SDR and this was still not the maximal cell load capacity. Using confocal microscopy we observed that the cell distribution appears relatively homogenous within the SDR, but 85% of cells are concentrated in the upper half of the scaffold. It is therefore perhaps feasible to increase cell load capacity by addition of cells from both sides of the scaffold. However, at this point it is unclear what will be the optimal cell dose required, since this has to be established through functional studies in vivo with varying cell doses per SDR. These studies will continue through year 2 of funding.
We also quantified cell viability over time using different methods. We concluded that the cell number remains rather stable over at least 14 days, probably due to similar rates in cell death and proliferation. To evaluate the angiogenic potential of MSC in SDR in vitro, we performed HUVEC migration assays, with supernatants of either empty SDR or MSC-containing SDR in either 21% (normoxia) or 1% O2 (hypoxia). We observed that supernatant of both, MSC-containing SDR in control conditions and hypoxia induced migration of HUVEC. It also appears that hypoxia enhances the angiogenic potential of BM-MSC. In terms of modulation of β-AR signals in BM-MSC, now we report how both Epinephrine and the β-AR antagonist Timolol increase the osteogenic potential of BM-MSC but did not affect cell viability. From these experiments, we conclude that modulation of β-AR signals do not greatly affect MSC in SDR in vitro. However, significantly absent in these assays are a component of the wound – bacterial antigens that could activate TLR receptors on the surface of the MSC and thus alter the response to adrenergic signals. In the next year of funding we will examine this effect and their effect on tissue healing in vivo, since the effects could be observed in the damaged tissue.
Finally, we have established an impaired disease model in mice. To mimic the background of human patients with chronic wounds, we used diabetic animals. These mice present high glycemia levels. Most important, these animals present slower wound closure dynamics, strongly resembling the human condition. We have performed preliminary experiments testing whether human BM-MSC containing SDR will provide wound closure improvement. However, when compared to no treatment, we did not observe improvement, which may be related to a stenting function of the SDR placed in the wound. Ongoing experiments are comparing SDR to BM-MSC containing SDR, as well as alternative more flexible SDR.
This early translational award is focused on creating a stem cell based therapy to improve healing in diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). DFU are probably the major complication of diabetes mellitus. It is estimated that between 15- 25 % of all patients who have diabetes will develop this complication, and this goes on to be the cause of an astounding 85% of all lower leg amputations. The incidence of diabetes is increasing worldwide, and sadly, California leads the US with the highest prevalence of DFU. New therapies using live cells have been marketed as major advances in the therapy of this devastating problem, but their success is limited. Here we have proposed to engineer a wound replacement tissue that is laden with bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), that have been pre-treated using conditions that will optimize their ability to repair the wound.
In this funding period (year 2) we have met all the preset milestones for this work. In particular, we have developed a model of impaired skin wound healing in a diabetic mouse, and demonstrated that our combination therapy of preconditioning the MSC with a treatment of hypoxia (low oxygen tension) and a drug commonly used to block the beta adrenergic receptor can improve healing in this impaired healing model. The MSC are pretreated and then adhered to an extracellular matrix that forms a scaffold for cell attachment and tissue regeneration. Improvement of over 20% of healing rates have been achieved in this model. A second milestone of this year's work was to initiate a model of impaired healing in pig skin, as this mirrors human skin wound healing much more closely. We show the development of this model, how multiple healing parameters are measured in this model, and how these metrics can show us the impairment of healing that occurs when the wound is infected with common wound pathogenic bacteria. Our plan is to test our pre-conditioned MSC/matrix device in these two models and to not only demonstrate efficacy, but also to understand the mechanisms by which the device improves healing. At the end of this three year funding period we hope to have sufficient data to lead to an IND submission to the FDA for initiation of a clinical trial in patients with DFU.
Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Heal Chronic Diabetic Wounds
Our goal was to engineer a device to improve healing in diabetic foot ulcers, a devastating consequence of diabetes that occurs in about 25% of all diabetic patients and is responsible for most leg or foot amputations. More than 3 million people in the US and up to 91 million people worldwide have diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). There is a clear medical need. There are products on the market that can improve wound healing for some, but not all patients. This causes a large financial burden for the health care system, and great suffering for the patients who live with open wounds, often infected, that progress to amputations. Therefore there is a clear medical need for advanced therapies to heal diabetic ulcers faster.
We proposed to create a device consisting of a scaffold for dermal regeneration (SDR) populated with mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) that have been pre-conditioned for optimized reparative function. We formed a team of established wound and stem cell/matrix experts, and this team has indeed successfully engineered and demonstrated efficacy of the device in two animal models, and is now ready to progress to IND-enabling studies in support of our very promising Development Candidate.
During this Early Translational grant, we developed a product that consists of an FDA-approved scaffold for dermal regeneration (SDR) filled with human bone marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC). These are then pre-incubated for 2 days in hypoxia and in the presence of a beta adrenergic antagonist. We have completed studies that demonstrate that this "next generation" stem cell product is highly efficacious in healing skin wounds, using diabetic mouse models.
In this third year of funding, our top priority was to evaluate our product in a pig model for skin wound healing. Confirming our previous results in diabetic mice, we found that two weeks after administrating our product to the wounds of a Yucatan minipig, we achieved over a 20% higher rate of wound healing (re-epithelialization) as compared to SDR alone. These results are very promising, even more so because the improvement we note is in normal, healthy pigs, who ordinarily heal well. We anticipate that when we use this device on wounds that are infected, or in diabetic animals, where healing is delayed or impaired, the increase in healing rates will be even greater.
We are very excited about these results and hope to continue working on this project through future CIRM funding, in order to bring this highly promising therapeutic to a clinical trial.


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This announcement solicits applications for the HIV Care Program Part A HIV Emergency Relief Grant Program. Part A funds provide direct financial assistance to an Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA) or a Transitional Grant Area (TGA) that has been severely affected by the HIV epidemic. Formula and Supplemental grants assist eligible program areas in developing or enhancing access to a comprehensive continuum of high quality, community-based care for low-income individuals and families with HIV. A comprehensive continuum of care includes the 13 core medical services specified in law, and appropriate support services that assist people with HIV/AIDS in accessing treatment for HIV/AIDS infection that is consistent with the HHS Treatment Guidelines. Comprehensive HIV/AIDS care beyond these core services may include supportive services that meet the criteria of enabling individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS to access and remain in primary medical care to improve their medical outcomes.
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"My observations began on November 6 with the opening of a polling station at a university in downtown Baku, followed by other precincts in the capital and surrounding rural districts. Throughout the day, at the dozen or so stations I visited, including two military bases, there were an impressive number of domestic observers, most affiliated with individual candidates or political parties. In nearly every station I encountered voters whose names did not appear on the official voter list posted at each station, including one irate individual complaining that she had voted at the same school all her life but had been dropped from the roster. Otherwise, the balloting generally proceeded smoothly.
"However, as someone once said, 'It's not the people who vote that count -- it's the people who count the votes,' and unfortunately, most of the officials I encountered on November 6 were the very same individuals who had administered Azerbaijan's earlier flawed elections.
"The 7:00 p.m. poll closing was accompanied by a dramatic and tense turn of events at the polling station I observed when the precinct election commissioners began moving unused ballots and other materials to an office well beyond the sight of observers. Amid shouting protests from the dozen or so domestic monitors, I reminded commissioners that all aspects of the closing and vote count were supposed to be conducted in full view of observers. After a momentary pause, the ballots were retrieved and the count proceeded without further incident. Aided by a low voter turnout – 30 percent at this particular polling station – the vote counting process moved along rapidly.
"Ultimately, an independent candidate among the 21 people on the ballot won in the constituency. Subsequently, however, the entire vote in the Binagadi constituency electoral district #9 was invalidated, as also happened in a handful of other districts."
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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Back in the day, if your horse went lame, the options were to put it out to pasture or end its life. Now, there's MREquine, a mobile, high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) service that takes the guesswork out of treating bone and soft tissue injuries.
MREquine, based in Boise, Idaho, has been visiting Glenwood Veterinary Clinic (GVC) once a month since late last summer.
GVC's Dr. Eric Everett says MRI scans open diagnostic doors.
"A [bone scan], ultra-sound, and X-ray tells you where [the injury is] but not what," he explained. "But, the X-ray doesn't see soft tissue and an ultra-sound doesn't see bone." The MRI sees it all - soft tissue, ligament, bone and cartilage. And it's cheaper in the long run because with an MRI, horse owners can skip the intermediate diagnostic steps.
Dr. Everett compares MREquine to sports medicine.
"If I injured my shoulder today, I'd go to [the hospital] and they'd do an MRI," said Dr. Everett. "They're not going to mess around."
MREquine got its start in 2009 and now has three mobile veterinary MRI coaches, serving the nation's northwest, southwest and southeast regions.
The southwest coach comes to Glenwood Springs and looks like a white semi-truck and trailer as it rolls down the road. Inside are a state-of-the-art imaging suite and computer room where a technician monitors the images as they're scanned.
"We're like the circus," said Sierra Hightower, an MREquine technician from California, "only we're not as smelly or creepy."
She said the large-bore magnet in the imaging suite is similar to those used in human hospitals. It is so powerful it can suck a metal object like a pocket knife or wristwatch right into its core. A visitor was cautioned to remove all ferrous objects and not take a camera near the magnet. It also neutralizes credit cards, warned Hightower.
The magnet room is lined with lead and copper because the magnet is always on. The lining, she said, "protects people on the outside who might have pacemakers or other things that would be affected by a magnet."
But the magnet doesn't hurt the animals or the staff inside the room. It takes pictures or image slices of the injured area, top to bottom, front to back and side to side, which are then sent to a computer in the adjacent room.
So, how do you fit a horse into an MRI scanner? Very carefully and with lots of preparation.
First, the horse's shoes are removed. Then the hooves are cleaned and the animal is prepped for anesthesia in GVC's surgery barn. (The horses are completely sedated for the procedure.)
X-rays are taken to make sure no metal fragments from the shoes remain in the hooves that can cause image distortions or damage the machine.
When the X-rays are approved, the horse is led to a padded room and sedated. Once unconscious, it is hoisted onto a bed and wheeled outside, constantly surrounded by doctors and staff who monitor vitals and breathing.
The bed is lifted into the imaging suite in the back of the trailer. Once inside, the horse's injured leg is positioned inside the magnet, which resembles a large doughnut, and the scanning begins.
It's amazing how beautiful equine anatomy can be when seen through the eye of a large-bore magnet. The black and white and grey-toned images rival sketches by the old masters. That's because the larger the magnet, the more detailed the images, said Dr. Everett.
"It's the strength of the magnet that gives you the details," he explained.
After the scan, the horse is wheeled back into the surgery barn, hoisted off the bed, and returned to the padded room for recovery.
GVC is the only hospital on the Western Slope offering MREquine services. The process takes several hours to complete and costs around $2,300.
But it's more convenient than hauling a horse to Denver or to Colorado State University at Fort Collins, which has its own large-bore, high-resolution magnet.
"We're seeing two to three horses a month," Everett said. He hopes that as word gets out about the mobile MRI, more people will use it.


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Nice site for a Helm's Deep style confrontation! What software are you using?
This is my second city and it is located in the same realm as J.B. Springs, which I got finished few days ago. Old Nordhart is surrounded by mountains except from south and is located northeast from J.B. Springs.
I have to stop for today and I decided to post this eventhough there is not much done yet.
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Nice site for a Helm's Deep style confrontation! What software are you using?
That's exactly what I thought at my first look. I also have the same question as Robulous... What software, I am trying to figure out what I should use to make maps. Oh and keep up the nice work!
The heightmap is created using Geocontrol and rest is Photoshop. There is a quickguide on working on heightmaps in the guild, if you're interested: http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?16688
I started to create the inner part of the city. The surroundings indeed would have granted me the possibility to create something like Helms deep, but I had already planned for more regular city. Maybe after I got this one finished (I must say I'm tempted).
This one seems to be proceeding in good speed. It requires more details and labeling and then I can call it finished. All comments and critique are welcome.
looking good pasis
my only "crit" is that my mind is telling me that the inner city should be sitting at a higher elevation than the outer, but my eyes don't see it. It kinda looks "flat" or on level ground...
Love the hills/mountains
Art Critic = Someone with the Eye of an Artist, Words of a Bard, and the Talent of a Rock.
Please take my critiques as someone who Wishes he had the Talent
The land is actually quite flat, but I see what you mean. I tweaked the streets a bit to show the bumpmap through to give a bit more elevation. I think it looks better now.
My only question is what is everyone who lives there drinking?
There are the farming plots but no visible surface water to irrigate them.
We do not stop playing because we grow old.
We grow old because we stop playing.
The city folks rely on natural rain and no irrigation needed. Drinking water is got from wells and various small springs that surround the city.


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The brand introduced its top 2013 models in Cortina, Italy, with an eye toward reducing weight and increasing speed. --Matt Phillips
In addition dropping a pound from the frame, Trek also changed several elements of the Superfly 100 to make it faster. Travel on the 29er was reduced by 10mm to 100mm and the suspension was tuned for a firmer feel with a more progressive stroke—similar to Trek's 26-inch race bike, the Top Fuel. The bike also has internal cable routing that is compatible with most RockShox and Fox shocks with handlebar remotes. Engineers also raised the bottom bracket 5mm for more clearance and slackened the head angle by 1 degree to add stability. The bike's seat tube also takes a curved shape to increase mud clearance in front of the rear tire. Despite losing a pound, the frame is slightly stiffer than the current model, Trek claims. Complete bike weights start at 21.4 pounds.


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Grandma J's Butter Cookies
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1/2 pound real butter (not oleo or margarine)
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon real vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter and egg yolk. Add powdered sugar, flour and vanilla and mix well by hand.
Make into little balls, place on ungreased cookie sheet, and press down with a fork dipped into powdered sugar.
Bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
May use Hershey's Kisses, whole walnuts or colored sprinkles on top of each cookie before you place them in the oven. May dip in powdered sugar after they cool.
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Love ZIMBRA Desktop BUT would love to be able to use the e-mail section properly.
cannot use the "to" or "cc" buttons to add addresses. Buttons greyed out. I can select and paste into address area OK
anyone got any idea what the problem is, is the address book in the wrong place and Zimbra looking but cannot find it??


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Is it possible for users to use https protocol for reading mail?
I don't see any problems - ssl is supported, 443 port is free. How can I divert 443 port to 80+SSL?
Thank you.
P.S. As I understand Zimbra supports multiple domains for mail. What about using appropriate SSL certificates for each domain?


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Thank you for this opportunity to address the Commission on the urgent matter of the fate of Chechen civilians.
Médecins Sans Frontières is an international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics, and natural and man-made disasters in more than 75 countries. Founded in 1971, MSF believes that all people have the right to medical care regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.
MSF first came to the former Soviet Union in December 1988 to carry out emergency relief work in the aftermath of an earthquake in Armenia. Today, MSF assists vulnerable populations in nine CIS countries, with programs ranging from emergency distributions of relief items in conflict zones to longer-term efforts to fight epidemics such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
Since the resumption of war in Chechnya in 1999, MSF has provided humanitarian assistance in Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan. In Ingushetia, MSF runs prenatal, gynecological, pediatric, and general health clinics in Nazran, Karabulak, Sleptsovskaya, and Malgobek, and provides medicines and medical supplies to government health structures throughout the Republic. MSF continues to work to improve the basic living conditions of displaced Chechens in Ingushetia through the provision and repair of shelters as well as essential non-food items, water and sanitation facilities.
In Chechnya, MSF provides medicines and medical equipment and supplies to 30 health structures and has carried out small rehabilitation projects in several health structures.
Since the kidnapping of MSF volunteer Arjan Erkel on August 12, 2002, by three unknown gunmen in Makhachkala, all activities have been suspended in Dagestan, and only emergency donations are carried out in Chechnya.
We want to underline here the fact that after ten months, Arjan Erkel is still missing. Russian and Dagestani officials have recently assured us that Arjan is alive, but they have failed to provide MSF and Arjan's family with any verifiable information on where he is being kept, who abducted him, for what reason, guarantees for his current security, and on ways to move forward to secure his safe release. After ten months, the lack of significant progress in the investigation points to the obstruction of Arjan's release, and raises concerns about the willingness of Russian authorities to solve the case.
As of today, our repeated requests for a meeting with the Presidential Administration to discuss the case have been denied. Since, in accordance with international humanitarian law, the responsibility for the safety and security of humanitarian personnel rests primarily with the authorities of the host country, MSF believes that strong political willingness from the highest authorities of the Russian Federation is crucial in the resolution of the case. We urge President Putin to take all necessary means in his power to assure Arjan Erkel's rapid and safe release.
The Fate of Chechen Civilians
The war still rages in Chechnya. Civilians have been targeted by Russian armed forces who often suspect them of supporting the rebels. Witness statements and reports from human rights organizations provide detailed accounts regarding the indiscriminate use of force and widespread violations of human rights. These violations include torture, summary executions, arbitrary detention, disappearances, rape, and widespread destruction and looting of property.
Rebel fighters are also committing serious human rights violations towards civilians inside Chechnya. According to the US Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002, civilians have been used by the rebels as human shields and forced laborers, abducted for ransom, prevented from fleeing conflict zones, and killed for refusing to assist the rebels.
According to an assessment carried out by the Council of Europe in December 2002, the situation in Chechnya has worsened since the October 2002 hostage crisis in Moscow. Military activities and sweep-up operations within the Chechnya have increased.
Again, the US Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices for the year 2002 describes in detail the current situation in Chechnya: "In addition to casualties attributable to indiscriminate use of force by the Federal armed forces, individual federal serviceman committed many abuses. According to Human Rights observers, government forces responding to Chechen attacks at times engaged in indiscriminate reprisals against combatants and non-combatants alike." (page 10) On the fate of displaced Chechens, the report states: "Many IDPs reported that they were forced to provide payments to, or were otherwise subjected to harassment and pressure at checkpoints. There were some reports that Federal troops purposely targeted some infrastructures essential to the survival of the civilian population, such as water facilities or hospitals. The indiscriminate use of force by Federal troops resulted in a massive destruction of housing, gas and water supply facilities." (page 10)
In a statement made on April 24 by the chief of the Chechen Security Council, Rudnik Dudayev, 215 people have been illegally detained or kidnapped in Chechnya since the beginning of the year. Forty-six of these cases were registered after the referendum of March 23. According to Dudayev, the overwhelming majority of these people are civilians who have no relation to the rebel groups. According to Human Rights Watch, two people disappear in the Republic every day, with an increased number for the first three months of 2003.
A Systematic Policy of Forcing the Return of Displaced Chechens
According to the UNHCR, as of December 31, 2002 there were 142,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Chechnya, 8,000 in Dagestan, and 40,000 in other regions of the Russian Federation. As of May 2003, 89,000 were living in deplorable conditions in Ingushetia. Fifty-five percent of these Chechen IDPs in Ingushetia are staying in host families, while 18% live in tent camps and 27% are squatting in farms, abandoned factories, hangars, and cellars.
Despite the deteriorating security situation in Chechnya, the forced return of IDPs in Ingushetia to Chechnya has already begun. The UN estimates that up to 38,000 IDPs living in Ingushetia and 2,000 living in Dagestan returned to Chechnya during the year 2002. According to the Danish Refugee Council, registration figures in the five main IDP camps in Ingushetia dropped from 22,254 in August 2002 to 14,594 in March 2003. Between January 1 and May 2003, the UNHCR has registered 5768 returns from all over Ingushetia. Yet in a report published in February 2003, the UNHCR stated that the conditions to assure a voluntary return of Chechen displaced – decent security and living conditions – have not been met.
Why are displaced Chechens leaving Ingushetia on a daily basis to return to Chechnya where continued insecurity and a lack of services make life unbearable? Simply because in the past several months, Russian, Ingush, and Chechen authorities have begun implementing a systematic policy to force displaced Chechens back to war-torn Chechnya. They have employed a number of means that make it near impossible for Chechen IDPs to refuse returning.
In May 2002, Russian, Ingush, and Chechen authorities adopted a 20-step Action Plan for the return of all displaced Chechens living in neighboring Republics. The plan includes suspension of governmental aid for the displaced; promised assistance, like compensation packages, that has yet to materialize; and the complete closure of all tented camps in Ingushetia. At present, the authorities state that all remaining tented camps will be closed in the coming months.
Following the adoption of the plan, authorities closed the two tented camps in Znamenskoye in Northern Chechnya in July 2002. The 5000 IDPs accommodated there were forced to relocate to temporary accommodation centers (TAC) in Grozny. According to a report published by the UNHCR in February 2003, the living conditions in the TACs in Chechnya remain very precarious, with sanitation facilities below acceptable standards.
In December 2002, the authorities also closed the camp in Aki Yurt, Ingushetia, which accommodated nearly 2,000 IDPs.
Following the election of Ingush President Ziazikov in April 2002, Russian Federal troops have been positioned in Ingushetia. Furthermore, after the hostage crisis in Moscow in October 2002, these troops have been also positioned in the direct vicinity of the camps for displaced Chechens. The presence of these troops has resulted in a dramatic increase in the psychological pressure on Chechen IDPs through aggressive control of identification papers, arrests of IDPs on false charges, disappearances, threats, intimidation, and deletion of names from the lists of beneficiaries for governmental assistance programs. In addition, Chechen authorities and FSB officials have increased visits to the tented camps, further pressuring displaced Chechens to sign off for repatriation. Officials have threatened to cut off assistance to those who refuse to leave, and tell IDPs that they will not get financial compensation to rebuild their lives or temporary accommodations in Chechnya if they do not return immediately. All of the IDPs have been told that the camps will be closed during the spring of 2003, with the closures of Aki Yurt and Znamenskoye cited as examples.
IDPs report these incidents in the camps to us on a daily basis, which only highlights the lack of proper assistance and inadequate protection they receive. Russian and Ingush authorities are abandoning displaced Chechens to the status of illegal and undesirable migrants. According to the 1995 Russian Federal Law on "Forced Migrants," citizens of the Russian Federation who have been forcibly displaced are granted a formal residency status that allows them to move freely, to live, work, and go to school legally in their place of refuge. Between October 1999 and December 2002, however, only 89 IDPs living in Ingushetia were granted this status by the authorities. In April 2001, the Ingush division of the Ministry of Federal Affairs passed an order suspending registration of all newly arrived Chechen IDPs. Without registration by migration authorities through Form #7, IDPs do not have access to governmental assistance, including distribution of food and non-food items, accommodation in camps, and provision of much needed governmental allowances such as pensions.
In Ingushetia, provision of governmental assistance to the displaced Chechens such as food, non-food items, gas, electricity and water, has been drastically reduced since the signature of the 20 steps repatriation plan in May 2002. At the same time, Ingush authorities passed a number of orders directly limiting assistance programs from international humanitarian organizations. Authorities have banned the construction of new camps to accommodate displaced people currently squatting in unsuitable locations, and they have also requested non-governmental organizations to stop replacing torn tents in camps or to extend the capacity of the camps to improve the living conditions.
After the closure of the Aki Yurt camp, the need to build alternative shelters to accommodate displaced persons who might be evicted has become alarmingly relevant. MSF received verbal approval from President Ziazikov for the construction of alternative shelters for those Chechens who did not wish to return home. As of January 2003, 180 alternative shelters erected by MSF were ready for use.
However, on January 28, the government of Ingushetia passed an instruction declaring the alternative shelters illegal according to local construction codes. Despite having obtained all the required authorizations from all relevant Federal and Ingush services, MSF suddenly received an ultimatum to destroy the shelters. Our plans to build an additional 1,200 shelters, as well as plans by other humanitarian organizations to build 1,500 more, have been indefinitely suspended.
The claim by Ingush authorities that MSF has not conformed to administrative instructions is just the latest in a long series of political measures exercised against the Chechen displaced population which leaves them with no other choice but to return to Chechnya against their will.
Results of MSF Survey of IDPs in Ingushetia
From February 3-16, 2003, MSF carried out an extensive survey of Chechen displaced persons living in five official and three unofficial tented camps in Ingushetia. The main objective of this survey was to identify clearly which and how many families were in need of alternative shelters in Ingushetia and then to select the most vulnerable families to benefit first from our program of constructing alternative shelters.
A total of 3,209 families (16,499 people) were interviewed by MSF. Only 39 families were not interviewed, as they could not be found after repeated visits to the camps. The results of this survey are a clear indication that the basic rights of displaced persons – to seek safe refuge, to be protected and assisted properly during a time of conflict, and to only return home voluntarily, as guaranteed by international humanitarian law – are not respected. Russian, Ingush, and Chechen authorities are currently in open violation of international humanitarian law.
Only 58 families surveyed are planning to return home in the near future. More than 98% said they did not want to go back to Chechnya in the near future. This represents 3,151 families out of the total of 3,209. Among them, 93% expressed fears for their safety as the main reason for wishing to remain in Ingushetia.
The following comments from displaced people are typical:
"My husband went through a filtration camp, his shoulder was broken... he still has many scars from his detention."
"Our son, born in 1984, disappeared after being arrested at a check point in Urus Martan."
"During the day I am afraid of the Russian soldiers, at night I am afraid of the rebels."
The vast majority of the families interviewed continue to live in unacceptable conditions. More than half, 54%, live in tents that leak, with no insulation and even no floors. 88% of the families did not consider humanitarian assistance when deciding whether to return to Chechnya or stay in Ingushetia.The very poor quality of aid in Ingushetia is definitely not an incentive for people to stay in Ingushetia. This contradicts statements made by Chechen, Ingush and Russian authorities who have argued that assistance in Ingushetia is preventing people from going back home.
This reflects the reality that in 2002 and 2003 authorities have significantly cut public assistance programs for the displaced in Ingushetia. At the same time, assistance provided by international humanitarian organizations has been limited by increased administrative constraints applied by the authorities as well as insecurity.
As one interviewee told us, "Living conditions are worse than in Grozny, but at least here we have less fear for the lives of our sons and husbands."
Another terrible finding is that families are being forced to choose between living in deplorable conditions in Ingushetia or returning to Chechnya and risking the lives of their family members.
If the flow of refugees returning to Chechnya is growing, it is because people are left without a choice. What are they going to do if the camps are closed? Most people don't know where to stay. "If the camps are closed," one man said, "I will dig a pit in the ground and sit together with my children."
"I think no reasonable man would go to Chechnya at the present moment," said another man. "If you ask where do we expect to stay, you will hear only one answer: nowhere."
Do these desperate displaced Chechens have a real choice to stay in their current place of refuge? According to the survey, out of the 98% of the families who do not plan to go back home in a near future, 90% did not know about any alternative place to stay in Ingushetia other than the camp where they are currently living. This represents 2,827 families with 14,433 people in immediate need of alternative shelter if the camps are closed.
The MSF survey clearly shows that displaced Chechens do not want to return to Chechnya, and that the authorities are not offering any real option to stay in Ingushetia. People do not return on a voluntary basis, but after several months of pressure by the authorities, they simply give up. They are forced to accept the unacceptable: the denial of their basic right of safe refuge.
Humanitarian Access to War-Torn Chechnya
We must emphasize that access by independent, impartial humanitarian organizations to populations in need has been seriously hampered by security constraints not only in Chechnya, but also in Ingushetia and Dagestan. In addition, the authorities have increased administrative restrictions on NGOs by failing to deliver clearances for those NGOs carrying out programs in Chechnya, blocking authorization to use radio frequencies, issuing warnings about the threat of kidnappings faced by aid workers, and recommending that NGOs use armed escorts while traveling to Chechnya – a serious breach of our principles of neutrality, independence of action, and impartiality.
The security and safety of humanitarian workers in the Northern Caucasus is an alarming problem. Since the beginning of the second conflict in 1999, dozens of aid workers have been taken hostage in the Northern Caucasus. In January 2001, MSF volunteer Kenny Gluck was abducted in Chechnya and released three weeks later. In 2002 alone, four aid workers were kidnapped. Nina Davidovitch of the NGO Druzhba was freed in January 2003 after more than six months in detention. In November 2002, two ICRC drivers were abducted in Chechnya and released three days later. And MSF volunteer Arjan Erkel was abducted in Dagestan in August 2002 and is still missing.
If present security conditions in Chechnya and the neighboring Republics are not adequate for humanitarian workers to carry out assistance activities, why would they be considered adequate for civilian Chechens to return and resume their normal lives?
Today, there is not a single international humanitarian worker permanently based in Chechnya. Despite the urgent need for humanitarian assistance in Chechnya and neighboring Republics, the authorities continue to actively block direct access to the Chechen population by impartial humanitarian organizations seeking to assist them in an independent fashion and to bear witness to their situation. The Russian Government did not extend the mandate of the OSCE's Assistance Group in Chechnya, which expired at the end of 2002. In a statement on May 7, 2003, the Head of the Chechen Administration requested that international humanitarian organizations distribute aid through district authorities rather than directly to the populations in need. In January 2002, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe expressed serious concerns about the relief process in Chechnya by stating, "up to 70% of relief aid does not directly reach those to whom it is addressed."
The International Community Abandons Chechen Civilians
What has the international community, including the United States, done to address the well-known, wide-scale human rights violations in Chechnya? What has been done to stop blatant violations of fundamental provisions of international humanitarian law by the Russian, Chechen and Ingush authorities? What has the international community done when confronted with the hard facts of violence committed against humanitarian personnel such as abductions in the Russian Federation?
With the exception of making obligatory statements at summit meetings, press conferences, and public forums, the international community, including the United States, has failed to alleviate the suffering of Chechen civilians.
Statements made during recent summits in St-Petersburg and Evian are striking proof that the United States, Europe and the United Nations, have abandoned the Chechen civilians to their unacceptable fate. The representatives of these governments, international and regional bodies, warmly met with an ally that continues to violate international humanitarian law and fundamental human rights with impunity.
For years, the United States has made general statements that there must be accountability for human rights abuses in Chechnya; that humanitarian organizations must have unlimited access to people in need; and that displaced Chechens should not be forcibly sent home until the security situation improves in Chechnya. The U.S. Administration has also stated that it raises these points with their Russian counterparts at every possible occasion.
Unfortunately, this strategy towards the Russian Government is not having any positive impact whatsoever on the lives of civilian Chechens.
On January 2, 2003, after the closure of Aki Yurt camp, the State Department spokesperson welcomed Russia's repeated assurances that persons displaced from Chechnya would not be forced to return against their will. These so-called assurances did not prevent a continuation of the campaign of pressure on displaced Chechens to return. It seems clear that it is not enough for the United States and the international community to repeat the same empty diplomatic statements on their worries about the situation in the region.
The US-led "war against terror" should also not be used as a pretext for Russia to continue violating their fundamental rights. By linking incidents in Chechnya with the global "war against terror", the Russian government has written itself a blank check to continue its repressive campaign with impunity. On March 14, 2003, Colonel Shabalkin, Head of the FSB security services in Chechnya, stated that all terrorist acts committed on Chechen territory are financed by international terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda.
Despite reports by independent observers and journalists raising serious doubts about the fairness of the constitutional referendum in Chechnya on March 23, the international community, including the United States, has already used the results as a sign of a return to normalcy in the Republic. The referendum appears to be just an alibi that allows the international community to stop offending an important ally. This gives tacit consent to the continuation of widespread and serious violations of international humanitarian law.
At the annual session of the UN Human Rights Commission, the US delegation declined to sponsor a resolution against Russia on Chechnya. Explaining the vote in Geneva, Ambassador Southwick of the US Delegation said, "My government wishes to emphasize its hope that the March 23 referendum in Chechnya will enable a political process to take hold that produces a lasting solution in the area." The Ambassador continued by saying, "My government finds encouragement in several promises made publicly by Russian officials to alleviate to situation in Chechnya."
Quite simply, the international community, including the United States, has abandoned Chechens civilians.
We warmly welcome, though, the constant efforts of the members of the Helsinki Commission to raise the situation in Chechnya and neighboring republics to the US Administration and the Russian authorities. In particular, we appreciated the letters sent by the Helsinki Commission to Presidents Bush and Putin over the past year that raised the issues of forced repatriation and the humanitarian situation in the region. We are also grateful for the letter sent to Ambassador Ushakov regarding Arjan Erkel.
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) urges the United States Government and the United States Congress to take all appropriate measures, whether political, diplomatic, or public, to:
Urgently press Russian, Ingush and Chechen authorities to immediately cease all official and unofficial measures currently forcing displaced Chechens to return to war-torn Chechnya, particularly from Ingushetia;
Press Russia to respect displaced peoples' physical integrity and their basic right to be adequately assisted and protected in a safe refuge in Ingushetia and elsewhere in the Russian Federation;
Press Russia to respect its obligations according to international humanitarian law to allow impartial humanitarian organizations to fully exercise their right to assist war-affected Chechen civilians in the Northern Caucasus, especially by lifting the administrative measures blocking the provision of alternative shelters for displaced Chechens in Ingushetia;
Press Russia to take all necessary steps to bring an end to illegal detentions and other forms of violence affecting humanitarian aid workers in the Northern Caucasus, and to assume its basic responsibilities according to international humanitarian law to provide safety, security and freedom of movement to humanitarian personnel;
Urgently raise the case of kidnapped MSF volunteer Arjan Erkel to President Putin and other high-ranking Russian officials, particularly by asking them to give the highest political commitment and priority to assure the immediate, unconditional, and safe release of our colleague and by asking them to accept meeting with MSF representatives to discuss upon the investigation of the case.