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Saying that encouraging independent inquiry by promising new investigators is a major goal for the National Institutes of Health, NIH Director Doctor Elias A. Zerhouni has announced the NIH Pathway to Independence Award Program.
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Assessment: One 3,000 word essay
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In this course, we will be examining the political, economic, social and legal issues surrounding the enactment, implementation and enforcement of regulatory policy. We will begin by discussing various justifications for regulation, with particular focus on the market failure framework and then look at how regulatory authority is delegated, as well as how it is enforced. In addition to domestic settings, we will also look at the regulation of transnational business and at how international standards are negotiated. Finally, we will examine regulatory reforms, such as privatization and regulatory impact analysis, in the developed and developing world. These concepts will apply to a variety of issues, such as consumer protection, antitrust (competition law), utilities, environmental policy, financial policy, and health and safety.
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Chicago gun turn-in yields 5,500 firearms
Just some of the more than 5,500 firearms turned in to the Chicago Police Saturday, June 23, 2012, as part of a drive to get guns off the streets. The weapons were exchanged for gift cards ranging in value from $10 to $100. / WBBM
(CBS News) CHICAGO - Chicago police collected firearms numbering more than 5,500 and counting on Saturday, from a gun turn-in program designed to take dangerous weapons off the street.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said the tally could go considerably higher, reports CBS Station WBBM.
Pallets were still being unloaded at a Homan Square facility where the weapons were being sorted.
"I'm quite certain that if you look at some of these heavy weapons, we certainly are making a difference here, just by getting these guns off the street," McCarthy said at a news conference to show off some of the weapons.
The firearms ranged from an M-60 machine gun and sawed-off shotguns to pen-like "zip" guns that can fire a lethal round.
Of the more than 5,500 weapons, about 700 turned out to be BB-guns or replicas, McCarthy said.
During the gun turn-in Saturday, dubbed "Don't Kill a Dream, Save a Life," Chicagoans could turn in firearms, no questions asked, at churches to get $100 gift cards for each firearm.
BB-guns and replicas were worth $10 cards.
Some locations ran out of gift cards, and had to give people IOUs.
This year's gun turn-in appeared to be one of the more successful. By comparison, the tally in 2010 was 3,900 weapons, including 600 BB-guns or replicas.
Critics say the firearms police collect through the turn-in event by and large aren't the most dangerous kinds, and may even be decades old and non-functioning.
But McCarthy says any gun is welcome.
All weapons collected Saturday will be destroyed.
The collection comes as Chicago is drawing attention for gun-related violence. More than a dozen people were wounded this weekend, and a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday night.
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- Evidently the M60 assault rifle is worth $30,000.... Brilliant trade! Hopefully the organizers of the event can sell it and use the profits for something that will reduce the terrible violence taking place in Chicago on a daily basis.
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- While these milquetoast preachers are preparing their sermonettes, they should read what the Lord Jesus said: "He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one." (Luke 22:36) Of course, the Roman sword was the First Century equivalent to a Twenty-First Century handgun: it was the weapon of choice for personal, close quarter combat. In today's parlance, Jesus said if you don't have the money, sell your clothes if you have to, and buy a GUN! That's a far cry from churches in Chicago asking people to give up their guns, isn't it?
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- They really dance around saying whether or not the M-60 was live or an inert replica. Obviously they want to lead with it and leave you with the impression that it was real.
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- Stupid is as stupid does.
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- If the founding fathers could return and see what has happen in persent day America they go back to 1787 and repeal the
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- The Founding Fathers would still say, as I do as an extreme liberal, that the Second Amendment is very necessary to keep our government from overstepping it's bounds and to protect people from the depredations of other people.
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- Next, they should have a collection day for sharp objects, blunt objects, kitchen knives, regular pocket knives, bats, clubs, and garden hoes. Our government is out of control.
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- NB62- Well then you must have NEVER checked because as long as anyone has been alive we are a Republic. Perhaps now would be a good time for you to "check" for the 1st time!
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- It's a sure bet that the criminals were NOT turning in their guns. This event is a sham that will not reduce the crime rate one bit. Until the people of Chicago can change the culture, the mindset of criminals will not change and gun violence (in a city where guns are illegal) will continue as it has.
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America has 16 times the population of Australia.
America has 370 times the gun deaths of Australia.
America has the N.R.A.
Australia has gun control laws.
When the gun control laws were introduced in Australia, the gun death rate fell massively, the number of guns in circulation fell massively, the number of people increased by natural means, and migration.
Therefore, less guns, more people, less deaths by gun
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CATIA V5 - Automatic Feature Recognition
Part Design Feature Recognition is intended to recognize Part Design feature from a dumb solid. The user imports a part and can recover elementary Part Design features.
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CATIA V4 to V5 Transfer 2D drawing
A previous video showed how to convert 3D V4 data to V5. This time we show how to convert 2D drawing data to V5 Drafting workbench. There will be no link between the 2 versions but at least you have the data in V5 to print and do simple changes.
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CATIA V5 - 3D XML and Functional Tolerancing and annotation (FTA)
This is video tip on how to benefit from the FREE 3D XML viewer found on the official Dassault website. It's a great tool for those looking for to share their 3D FTA (commonly known as GD&T) with users who don't have access to CATIA V5. You also can insert the 3DXML file into an Office document and capture the design from any angle.
Friday, February 15, 2013
CATIA V5 - GSD - Review Part history
Many of us design parts or receive models that are quite complex. To go through the spec tree is a long and difficult task. In Generative Shape design (Surfacing) there's a nice hidden feature that allows you to review the part history quickly without having to run the "Define In work object" function. It give you a good insight into how the part was modelled which makes modifications easier.
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SEATTLE, Washington— September 8, 2011— PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual video games, today announced a major update to its smash hit Plants vs. Zombies™ for the iPhone®. The update adds nine new mini-games, all from the original PC/Mac edition, that players can access via Crazy Dave's Store. The content also includes a new micro-game and Game Center achievements.
Players can unlock three mini-game packs (each containing three new mini-games) by purchasing the packs from Crazy Dave with coins earned during gameplay or by tending the Zen Garden. Players short of coins, or wanting immediate gratification, can purchase the Sunflower's Golden Chest, Marigold's Coin Pot and/or Stinky's Secret Stash via an in-app 'coin' purchase of US$.99 each to unlock the new content instantly.
The new mini-games packs include fan favorites such as:
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-Walnut Bowling 2: Knock 'em dead in this killer twist to an old favorite sport.
-Seeing Stars: Unravel the mystery of the star-shaped pattern.
-Bobsled Bonanza: Melt the ice and defeat bobsledders and Zombonis in this frosty battle.
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Invisi-Ghoul: Test your prowess to take on invisible zombies.
Last Stand: Not your average day at the pool!
ZomBotany 2: Hybrid zombies sport plant heads and abilities to up the challenge ante.
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-Beghouled Twist: An homage to Bejeweled Twist™, this mash-up requires match-3 skill.
-Pogo Party: Crash the pogo party of your roof!
-Zombie Nimble Zombie Quick: Get ready to move faster than ever!
The update will also include more Game Center achievements to accompany the new mini-games: Shooting Star; Beyond the Grave; Peking Express; Sol Invictus; and Sproing! Sproing!.
Also featured is the new "Race to China" micro-game which is tied to Game Center achievement Peking Express: You've probably seen the Chinese zombies down the achievements tunnel, but how fast can you dig your way to China?
About PopCap
PopCap Games is the leading global developer, publisher and operator of casual video games: fun, easy-to-learn, captivating games that appeal to all ages across PC, mobile, social and other platforms. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000, was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2011, and has a worldwide staff of more than 500 people in Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. PopCap's games have been downloaded over 1.5 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship franchise, Bejeweled®, has sold more than 50 million units.
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Hello everyone!
Welcome back from the weekend, the A to Z challenge is more than halfway finished! (whew!)
T is for Twitter Tips and Tricks. Here's a few things I've learned while tweeting away.
- OK, assuming you've set up your account and have selected a "handle," a name you'd like to be referred to. TIP! Pick something short–if you can–because you're only allowed 140 characters to communicate and you don't want to use too many on your name. I go by my name in real life @Kelly_Said (Twitter adds the @)
So, if y'all remember the "Social Media Explained" graphic, we'll use "Donut" as our example. (mmm, donuts )
- Here's me telling *all my followers* what I'm doing…
The hashtag in front of #donut invites anyone searching for tweets referencing donuts to join the conversation.
Popular writing hashtags? #amwriting, #amreading, #writetip, #querytip, #pubtip (publication tip) #WW (writer wednesday) #FF (follow friday)
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- Here's me telling *one* of my friends what I'm doing…
If my followers also follow @mytwitterbuddy, then my message to @mytwitterbuddy will be seen by all of our shared followers. The only private form of communication is the DM or Direct Message – and you can only DM someone if you're following them, and they're following you back.
- Maybe I want *all* my followers to see that I'm talking to @mywriterbuddy, you know, to invite them into the conversation – that's what "social" networking is about, right? hehe! besides, we're talking donuts, people! hehe! OK, so I want *all* my followers to see my chat with @mytwitterbuddy, therefore I'm going to insert a character (a . or _ or ^_^) before the recipient of your tweet and the tweet will go out to *all* your followers, not just the ones you share with @mytwitterbuddy…
- Say I come across a tweet I'd like to share with my followers to see, I'll re-tweet that msg with an RT, which stands for Re-Tweet. RT is the abbreviation used to credit who tweeted the original tweet.
Here, @mytwitterbuddy shared information with me about free donuts! This is important! hehe! I want to pass this on to my followers, letting them know @mytwitterbuddy found us some free donuts.TIP! If you see an MT in a tweet, that stands for Modified Tweet. This is used when you edit a tweet for content or character count before re-tweeting it, in lieu of RT.
- So, you have all these followers, how do you keep up with everyone? TIP! One way to keep your followers organized is with a list. Go to a specific follower and click on the icon button next to "Following"…
Click on Add or remove from lists and you'll be able to create a list to keep your followers organized. I have many lists, one for Literary Agents, so any time I'm looking to see what they tweeted for the day, I pull up that list and can see only their tweets. I have another list specifically for family I follow. I keep this list private, so only I can see this.
One thing about lists is that you can add *anyone* to a list without "following" them.
Here are some things I like to keep in mind while tweeting:
- I try to respond to *everyone* who mentions me. (unless thou be a spammer)
- I like to tweet about whatever's going on in that moment for me, whether writing or reading related or things of a slightly more personal nature.
- I have family members who follow me, however I don't really like to mention them by name, simply as a means to protect their privacy, especially since as I'm using my real name out there, hehe!
- I don't go overboard with marketing, either. I'll pass along a marketing tweet during each session I'm logged in, upwards of three times a day. But the majority of my tweets are me socializing with my followers. Everyone has their own style though, so you need to really find what works for you, you know, what you're most comfortable with.
So, those are some of the Twitter tips and tricks I've picked up on the way. Some people incorporate other applications to manage or schedule their tweets or to coordinate posts to other social networking sites. Again, that's a matter of personal preference. I only use Twitter, but someday I may find need to schedule tweets to go out at certain times. Right now, I'm most comfortable with tweeting in the moment.
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Area News-- River Falls Swim Club Interim Coach Gunnar Teigen knew he had "good athletes and great kids" on his team. What he didn't know was how some were capable of heroism.
By: Phil Pfuehler , Pierce County Herald
River Falls Swim Club Interim Coach Gunnar Teigen knew he had "good athletes and great kids" on his team. What he didn't know was how some were capable of heroism.
He saw plenty of heroic action Friday night, Sept. 21, at the high school swimming pool.
Three swim club members in particular came together as a lifesaving trio on behalf of 12-year-old Marissa Metzler of the town of Troy.
Marissa's heart stopped beating in the pool lane as she finished a kickboard drill.
She was floating chest up, legs down, arms flailing. What happened in the next few minutes proved to be the difference between life and death.
"It was remarkable to see the confidence and calmness that everyone displayed," Teigen said. "Even those who weren't in the middle of it respected the space needed for the rescue. There was a total lack of panic, which was important because that meant no distractions."
Three of Metzler's swimmates, brothers Ben and Jon Heiniger, ages 15 and 14, and Becca Thomas, 15, along with Ben and Jon's mother, Sonja Heiniger, a former physician assistant, formed the spontaneous team of rescuers.
The three teens had recent CPR training. Sonja was watching swim practice from the upper balcony.
She spotted Marissa thrashing in the water, yelled "get her" and raced downstairs to the pool.
Keeping Marissa's head above water, her son Jon carried Marissa out and laid her on the pool deck. She was tipped to the side but no water came from her mouth.
Others from the pool gathered close. Teigen couldn't get a pulse. Marissa had seizures from the oxygen cutoff.
"Marissa was lifeless. Her heart had stopped. I knew it was a sudden cardiac arrest. I didn't even recognize her she looked so bad," said Sonja. "Her lips were completely blue, her skin was colorless and her pupils were blown out and dilated."
Sonja had the poolside emergency phone to call 911 but couldn't get it to work. She handed the phone to Tiegen who punched in the prefix 99 before the 911 so the call for help would go through.
Fourteen-year-old Jon said they had to start CPR. He began chest compressions. Sonja bent over Marissa to do mouth-to-mouth breathing.
Ben, a natural observer, had noticed during swim club practices an AED (automated external defibrillator) stored in a nearby corridor glass cabinet.
As part of his recent CPR training, Ben knew how to use the portable device that diagnoses heart rhythms and delivers electric currents to re-establish normal heartbeats.
Ben ran from the pool, grabbed the AED, which briefly set off a school building alarm, and returned to the pool deck in seconds.
The battery-operated AED with two sticky pads was attached to Marissa's chest.
It was used twice to deliver shocks to Marissa's heart.
Meanwhile, Becca took over handling chest compressions from Jon. Sonja said Becca brought renewed energy that seemed to stimulate Marissa.
Between the AED shocks, the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions, Marissa began to come around though she still had no pulse.
"Her eyes were normal, she was stirring. She groaned and nodded when asked if she could hear us," Sonja said. "Those were positive signs."
River Falls Ambulance paramedics then arrived to take over. Before they left with Marissa, Sonja said they congratulated the swim club for a job well done.
Sonja, who gave up a medical career to home school Ben and Jon, said she reacted instinctively while trying to channel her professional skills.
"It's been 10 years since I really used my medical experience," she said. "Even then, I was in family practice and never had to deal with a cardiac arrest case."
Sonja admitted she also channeled a higher power.
"When I was breathing for Marissa, I was kissing her forehead and praying out loud, calling out to Jesus. I didn't care who heard me."
At the same time Sonja was terrified because she knew that oxygen deprivation causes brain damage.
"The odds get worse the longer it takes to revive," she said.
Sonja was overjoyed by the praise from River Falls EMTs.
"Marissa was conscious, and they said we did just what we were supposed to do," she said.
Of course it wasn't easy for the Heinigers to fall asleep that night. They live nine miles east of River Falls just off Hwy. 29 in the town of Martell.
"I drank two cups of chamomile tea to calm myself down," Sonja said.
Jon admitted he was still in a "dream state" when he got home later that Friday night. He broke down explaining the dramatic episode to his father, Stephen.
Ben said he tried to second guess what the rescuers could have done better.
"I kept analyzing it and then finally stopped," he said. "You don't want to beat yourself up with all the 'what ifs.'"
Almost a week after the incident, Jon was more settled: "I'm relieved now that I know Marissa will be OK. I hope she can get back into swimming. I know that's what she wants."
Ben added an analytical twist: "I'm grateful we did something that had an exponential effect. Because of this, Marissa will live on and have a family of her own someday."
Sonja said her sons and Becca came together to resuscitate Marissa with the poise and skill of a "hospital Code Blue team."
"That's what it felt like," she said. "I'm just very proud and thankful, not only for what Jon and Ben did, but for everybody who was there and did little things to help.
"No one had to be directed. Like a drill, everyone was organized and responsive."
It so happened that in August, Sonja enrolled Ben and Jon for a four-hour evening class called Heartsaver-AED.
The class, taught be River Falls (Ambulance) EMS Director Jeff Rixmann, included instructions on when and how to use the AED device.
Ben promised his mom he would participate but was skeptical.
"I thought, seriously, when am I ever going to use this? -- It's pointless," he said. His mother said the message everyone learned is glaring: "Whether it's family members, neighbors -- get your CPR training. Anybody can learn how to do this and then know what to do in an emergency."
Marissa's mom, Denise, called the local swim club rescuers "my heroes."
She said her daughter had no prior health conditions and there was no history of family heart problems.
Marissa appears to have recovered from her brush with death without permanent brain or organ damage.
She was released from Children's Hospital in Minneapolis after having an internal cardiac defibrillator implanted.
Almost like a pacemaker, the device will monitor and regulate Marissa's heartbeat. The Hudson Middle School 7 th grader is expected to make a full recovery.
Denise said extensive testing has shown her daughter has Long QT syndrome, a rare heart condition.
This can trigger palpitations, fainting and sudden death due to ventricular fibrillation (arrhythmia).The later occurs in heart-attack patients.
Denise described Marissa as always being very healthy and active, saying, " She lives for swimming and horses. That's her life."
Denise said Marissa is determined to return to the swimming pool. Doctors haven't ruled out a swim comeback -- someday.
She has a Wednesday appointment with a cardiologist and may return to school later this week.
Denise believes it wasn't just heroic people who saved her daughter.
"I don't believe in coincidences," she said. "I truly believed this all happened for a reason and that God put everyone in place to do what they did to keep Marissa alive."
Denise said she last took CPR training more than 12 years ago -- when she was pregnant with Marissa.
"It's time for me to go back and get retrained," she said.
Rixmann said there are more than 200 of the portable, life-saving AEDs now found around River Falls -- in schools, the public library, City Hall, some businesses and homes.
He said the local Heartsaver-AED classes are the result of a partnership between the River Falls Area Hospital's Wellness Center and River Falls Ambulance. For more information, he said to call the Wellness Center at 715-307-6060.
Rixmann said those trained should strive to follow the example of the swim club rescuers: "I would stress that, No. 1, you have to stay calm no matter what the emergency situation is."
Rixmann said a clear head means emotions are checked so rescuers stay focused and can perform vital procedures.
For anyone interested in obtaining an AED for their office, business or home, call Rixmann at 715-425-0370, Ext. 1.
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-- This Batman story! Thanks to everyone who passed it along to me. A man dressed as Batman – evoking, perhaps, the spirit of Del Boy and Rodney more than the sleek leather outfit of Christian Bale's latest incarnation – was caught on camera bringing a wanted man into police custody.
The caped crusader marched into Trafalgar House police station, in the south of the city, in the early hours of 25 February and handed over the suspected criminal, before disappearing into the night.
-- In case you missed it, Maria Menounos won the Internet for the day when she posted this pic.
-- What's possibly the best cure for a migraine? Guess. You'll get it!
A team of neurologists found that sexual activity can lead to "partial or complete relief" of head pain in some migraines.
The study, from the University of Munster, Germany, suggests that instead of using a sore head as an excuse to refuse sex, making love can be more effective than taking painkillers.
Does sex cure anything else?!?! If only it were that easy, right?!
-- From this review, Superman could be as so many of have hoped since before the Brandon Routh version. The action is great in the movie. There is fair bit of it. It feels like The Matrix. By that, I mean it's quite over the top. This is good because it's Superman. There are a lot of little touches that are shown by Henry Cavill which give more gravitas to the vulnerability of Superman. Moments where he's shaken or staggered. They're just cool moments. The action is both slow and fast which gives an effect of something superhuman occurring. In terms of action, there are about four major setpieces. Then there are a lot of little action moments in between. It really does feel like the first time Superman has been done justice in live action. There is one moment near the end where you will go, this is [frick]ing Superman.
-- Another season of The Following, because it's been renewed.So basically a show that torments me because the authorities seem so inept during and then at the conclusion of each show, is probably going to leave us with the cliffhanger of all cliffhangers when the final 8 episodes of this season finishes up. The Following has performed well with advertiser-coveted young adults, ranking as TV's No. 3 drama when delayed viewing of up to a week is considered.
Fox entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly praisedThe Following's producers and cast.
"From the very beginning, we felt (executive producers) Kevin Williamson and Marcos Siega had created a high-quality, edge-of-your-seat drama that could break from the pack, and it is exciting to see the audience responding," Reilly said in a statement accompanying the renewal announcement. "Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy have given us two of the most compelling characters on television and the entire cast is incredible."
-- That 20/80 thing I teased you with yesterday was an Oprah thing? Damn, never knew. When it comes to jeans, I'm like 10/90. "You wear 20 percent of your clothes 80 percent of the time," he says. "For the next six months, whenever you wear an article of clothing and hang it back in the closet, I want you to hang it the correct way. ... If you have stuff after six months that's still hanging back to the front, you have to ask yourself, 'Are you ever going to wear it again?'"
-- Rumor slightly debunked? My source tells me in regards to DC and WB producing future superhero movies, "Fans' enthusiasm for more movies will be rewarded once MoS comes out." So based on that, DC knows fanboy(and girls) want to see more of their superheros on the big screen, but I was told that we can count on NOT hearing anything for sure until Man Of Steel hits theaters. Now that is plausible and correlates to what we've read before. If MoS isn't a monster, it dampens everything's future potential for success.
Unfortunately for some, I am hearing that Christian Bale will NOT be back as Batman. They are looking to recast the character and go with a new story. Another rumor that has floated around is that Will Beall's script has been thrown out, and David Goyer will be writing the movie. However, I'm hearing Beall's script is still in play, and that Goyer may do some rewrites or consult on the movie, but he will not write the movie. "If Bale is coming back and Goyer is penning, it's news to Warner Bros,"
-- Ooooook, so Latino Review whiffs every now and then. Whedon, who directed "Marvel's The Avengers" and has signed on for the sequel, told IGN that there are no plans for a "Planet Hulk" film to follow "Avengers 2." When asked if upcoming Marvel movies would delve further into Hulk storylines, Whedon took a firm stance: "Well, I'm really not supposed to comment, but no, that's nonsense."


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Dec 04 2012
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Location: Tick and Biting Fly Research
Technical Abstract: Background: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is an obligate blood feeder which is host specific for cattle. Existing knowledge pertaining to the host or host breed effects on tick transcript expression profiles during the tick – host interaction is poor. Results: Global analysis of gene expression changes in R. microplus during larval, pre-attachment and early adult stages feeding on Bos indicus and Bos taurus cattle were compared using gene expression microarray analysis. Among the 13,601 R. microplus transcripts from BmiGI Version 2 we identified 297 high and 17 low expressed transcripts that were differentially expressed between R. microplus feeding on tick resistant cattle [Bos indicus (Brahman)] compared to R. microplus feeding on tick susceptible cattle [Bos taurus (Holstein-Friesian)]. These include genes encoding enzymes involved in primary metabolism, and genes related to stress, defence, cell wall modification, cellular signaling, receptor and cuticle formation. Microarrays were validated by qRT-PCR analysis of selected transcripts using three housekeeping genes as normalization controls. Conclusion: The analysis of all tick stages under survey suggested a coordinated regulation of defence proteins, proteases, and protease inhibitors to achieve successful attachment and survival of R. microplus on different host breeds particularly Bos indicus cattle. R. microplus ticks demonstrate different transcript expression patterns when they encounter tick resistant and susceptible breeds of cattle. In this study we provide the first transcriptome evidence demonstrating the influence of tick resistant and susceptible cattle breeds on transcript expression patterns and the molecular physiology of ticks during host attachment and feeding. The microarray data used in this analysis have been submitted to NCBI GEO database under accession number GSE20605.67


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REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY in WEST BENGAL ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS 5 TEAMS OF SHAKTI VAHINI WILL REACH OUT TO 4000 BORDER VILLAGES ACROSS WEST BENGAL
'Aunts' stake claim to trafficked girl
NEW DELHI: One of the two young women rescued from Delhi's hellhole—the infamous GB Road on Friday—could never had never imagined her traffickers going such lengths to try and push her back into flesh trade. Two women, who appeared before the local court where she was produced on Saturday, claimed they were her aunts but could provide no document to prove it. They even refused to state how her parents lost their lives, a claim they made before the court. Cops believe the two are part of the trafficking gang but managed to slip away from the court premises before they could be detained. Police, though, said there was no evidence against the two women to take any action against them.
Shakti Vahini, the NGO that helped rescue her, claimed she is a minor. However, the victim has told Kamla Market police that she is 19 years old and hence a major. This is the reason she was initially not produced before a juvenile justice board. Police claim she's from Nepal. The local court has now given a detailed order in the case. "Two women, Sarita and Bakula, have appeared and submitted they are the mausi and bua of the girl, respectively. However, they could not provide the names of her parents or how their deaths occurred though they claimed they had passed away. It is doubtful if the women are related to her at all," metropolitan magistrate Sachin Sangwan said.
The order goes on to state that the cops must get the ossification test of the girl done as there is no document to show that she is a minor.
The other victim, an 18-year-old student from South 24-Parganas, is not happy that Delhi Police has decided to leave it to police in West Bengal to register a case and conduct investigations even after she named five persons. "I request the chairperson to take immediate action against the traffickers and brothel keepers so that many like me can be saved," she wrote to National Commission for Women.
Trafficked, confined and raped in the heart of Delhi
As Delhi debated and discussed the issue of women's rights and safety during the past three months, barely four kilometres from Parliament, the seat of Indian democracy, a 19-year-old girl was kept confined within a small cavity in the walls of a brothel at G.B. Road. During this period she was continuously raped – usually by over a dozen men from morning to night.
But even after she was rescued on Thursday, the Delhi Police did not deem it fit to register a gang-rape case. Rather, it even allowed her rapists, abductors and brothel owners to intimidate her during her court presence. And while her father has come from South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal to take his youngest daughter back, she was on Friday sent to Nari Niketan instead.
The tragic tale began this February when the girl was preparing for her Class X Board exams.
Based on the limited conversation that he had with his sister post her rescue, the girl's brother, who accompanied his father to Delhi, told The Hindu that one evening when she came out of her village house in West Bengal, a drug-laced cloth was pressed against her face which made her unconscious.
"When she came back to her senses, she found herself at the Howrah railway station accompanied by the abductor and few others who told her that they were waiting for a train to Delhi. As she protested, they made her consume some more sedatives and she then regained consciousness only on reaching Delhi," said Imran (name changed), whose earlier visit to Kotla Mubarakpur and other colonies of Delhi in search of his youngest sister was reported by The Hindu.
Back then, the girl's brother had contacted NGO Shakti Vahini seeking help.
The same NGO along with the police conducted a raid at the brothel on May 9 and rescued the girl who was found confined in a "cave-like structure" cut into one of the walls.
But the girl's trauma did not end there. When she was produced before a Duty Magistrate on Friday, the brothel owners were also present in the court room in strength and during the course of hearing, they even showed the gumption to coerce and threaten the girl sitting in the court room to bring her back into the business.
The girl's father, a man with a white beard, was ready with all the related papers to take his daughter in his custody, but the court said he could get his daughter back only from a regular court.
The girl was then sent to Nari Niketan on technical grounds.
'Victim of an organised racket'
According to Rishi Kant of NGO Shakti Vahini that helped in the girl's rescue, she was a victim of an organised racket. The gang members abduct teenaged girls and push them into the flesh trade.
The racket involving Delhi's brothel owners and traffickers in the hinterland functions so professionally that girls are kidnapped and forced into the trade without being detected because the police response is lukewarm to this crime against women.
An example of this apathy is the three-month delay that was witnessed in registering the missing report by the West Bengal Police into the disappearance of the girl.
The State police only fulfilled this mandatory formality after she was rescued here on May 9.
Dad's 3-month search for lost daughter ends in city brothel
NEW DELHI: In the chaos of busy Swami Shradhanand Marg, commonly referred to as GB Road and known as the capital's largest red light area, a father wept inconsolably as he hugged his 18-year-old daughter rescued from a hidden chamber in the wall inside a filthy brothel on Thursday.
A Class X student aspiring to be a nurse, the girl was kidnapped from outside her house in a village in the South 24-Parganas district of West Bengal in February this year. She was trafficked to Delhi but police in her home district only registered an FIR in the case on Friday even though the matter was reported by the family on February 15. It was dumped as a mere diary entry of a "missing complaint".
Even in Delhi all of Friday was spent in deciding whether an FIR should be registered here or not. Finally Delhi Police decided to leave it to the police in West Bengal to register a case and carry out investigations.
This case brings to the fore the plight of the families of missing children. The victim's father, who is a daily-wage labourer, reveals that the girl was studying for her Class X exam in March. A committed student, the victim stepped out of the house for a short break from her studies and never returned. Her parents and two elder brothers searched in vain and their complaint to the local police failed to make an impact as the records show no effort was made to register a case by police.
Not one to give up hope, the victim's father contacted NGO Shakti Vahini which had rehabilitated another girl who was trafficked from their village. "I thought maybe someone has taken away my daughter to Delhi like the other girl," the father told TOI. Some time during the next three months, the father said, an unknown person contacted him to inform she had been kidnapped and kept in a brothel at G B Road. The family was told she was desperate to return home.
The victim's family joined forces with activists from NGO Shakti Vahini to launch a rescue operation through Delhi Police. The victim's brother who makes a living by doing embroidery revealed how they went up the narrow stairs to the dingy brothel and finally pulled her out from a hidden chamber. Another girl from Nepal was rescued from a similar chamber in the wall. The victim's brothers now want to take her home to her mother who has been sick since her disappeared. But the family reunion will have to wait till early next week as the trial court sent her to Nari Niketan for care till final orders are issued for her rehabilitation.
Girl sold, raped and rescued
The long journey of Debyani (name changed) from her village in the Burdwan district of West Bengal to Delhi and then to Bharatpur in Rajasthan is a saga of a minor girl who was kidnapped by traffickers and sold off for forced marriage and then subjected to continuous physical and sexual abuse for the past four years. The girl, who has now been rescued, is the mother of two children.
On the pretext of getting her employed as a domestic help, a fellow villager had one day taken Debyani along to a place where she was handed over to a trafficker four years ago. It was two years after she went missing that the local police registered a specific case on the basis of a complaint lodged by her father who raised suspicion about the complicity of a girl named Sulekha.Police investigations revealed that she was handed over to a person named Kalu Sheikh, who sold her off for a paltry sum. She was then forcibly married to a resident of Deeg village of Bharatpur in Rajasthan. "About a year ago, the investigating officer tracked her down and rescued her. He also arrested Kalu Sheikh. The girl had by then become the mother of two children. Surprisingly, she was escorted back to West Bengal by some villagers. In her judicial statement, she claimed that she had fled on her own as her parents wanted to push her into prostitution. As a result, the accused was released on bail and the girl was taken back to Rajasthan," said a West Bengal police officer.
It was after the victim's family moved habeas-corpus petition in the High Court that an Anti-Human Trafficking Unit team led by Inspector Sarbari Bhattacharya was directed to probe the matter. The officer discovered that the case had been closed. She got it reopened and in coordination with non-government organisation Shakti Vahini reached Bharatpur.
"The moment the girl saw the Bengali-speaking woman officer, she clung onto her pleading to take her back home. She even forgot to take her elder son along and wanted to leave immediately. She kept crying, alleging that she was sold off and subjected to torture," said Rishi Kant, who was part of the rescue team.The police officer made enquiries and found that a woman named Rakhi from West Bengal, who had settled down there 20 years ago, lived in the neighbourhood. "During questioning, she disclosed that she had bought the victim from her relative Kalu Sheikh. Her brother had tortured the victim so much that she still dreads him."
Realising that it was purely a case of human trafficking, the officer decided to rescue the girl along with her two children and arrested Rakhi. "However, it will be difficult for us to now track down Kalu Sheikh and Sulekha…there are umpteen number of cases were girls and women from West Bengal are being trafficked to places like Delhi and being pushed into prostitution, forced labour and marriage. But we come across officers who do not realise the gravity of the problem and treat the victims as just 'poor Bengalis'," said a West Bengal Police officer.
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Trafficking of tribal girls: Sick gardens trigger exodus
Several Delhi-based placement agencies, that claim to provide work to these trafficked girls, are being run illegally and without any registration. These agencies work in nexus with the 'agents' who are local tea garden workers and known to the victims.
The ignorant poor parents, who cannot feed their children, are ready to lap up the opportunity of sending the children to Delhi for work. in order to get rid of the their responsibility and also in the hope of getting a regular monthly income.
Once the victims reach Delhi, they stay in touch with the families for a few days. some of them is in contact with the family. But soon they are barred from communicating with their parents and also, money stops reaching their families. Only a handful of them get work as domestic help, while the rest are either sold in brothels or for marriage.
About four months ago, a placement firm by the name Sai Placement Agency lured four girls from the Mateli police station area. Shakti Vahini members rescued the girls with the help of West Bengal Police. The agency was found to be fake and the trafficker Neelima Sharma was arrested after an FIR (number 223/12 under section 363/366/374 dated 21/11.2012) was lodged with the Mateli police.
Though the trend of migration by tribal girls started way back in 2000, the exodus has taken a massive proportion in last five to six years after several tea gardens were declared sick. Many of these tea estates do not even have primary schools and heathcare facilities. There is hardly any penetration by organizations that work for the welfare of the tribals.
Jalpaiguri police are aware of the magnitude of the problem and admitted that there is need to do much more to prevent trafficking. Police's anti-trafficking activities like awareness programmes are restricted to educational institutions, a place that is out of bounds to the girls here.
"Poverty is the main issue. Unless it is addressed, the girls here will remain vulnerable. Though we cannot do much on that front, we are working on other preventive measures. Few days back we arrested two agents in Banarhat for trying to lure some girls. We need to penetrate deeper into the tea gardens. Officers-in-charge of all police stations have been asked to maintain records of girls who are going away for work, the persons taking them away, contacts of employers in collaboration with the local panchayats," said Jalpaiguri SP Amit P Javalgi.
The schemes for the poor, like the BPL card and old age pension, are distant dreams. Most are not even aware of the existence of such schemes. There is no effort worth mentioning on part of local politicians for uplift the economic status of this tribal population. A major portion of the funds under schemes like NREGA are being pocketed by local panchayats.
"Recently we found misappropriation of NREGA funds by the local panchayat. Many garden workers were made to sign that they were paid for 100 days work, whereas these illiterate workers were paid only for seven days. We were even threatened by some panchayat members for unearthing this information and educating workers on their rights and dues," said Omega Minj, a field worker.
Unfortunately NGOs active in anti-trafficking in many pockets of North Bengal seem to have left out these tea gardens of Jalpaiguri.
"We have been working in various parts of North Bengal but we need better penetration in the tea gardens. We will work out with the district administration, police and other stake holders to start off," said Rishi Kant of Shakti Vahini, an orgnisation that has successfully worked with administration and police in Malda.
Going all guns out on the traffickers by the police could only serve a temporary purpose. Till the concerned departments salvage the tea garden community out of poverty and hunger, young women and children will continue to be smuggled unabated from the cursed tea gardens.
Two minor girls rescued from brothel in Capital
They were kept confined under claustrophobic conditions in an unventilated chamber inside a G. B. Road brothel here to evade detection. Until they were rescued by a joint team this week, the two minor girls were subjected to continuous sexual abuse and physical torture by the woman brothel owner and her men. One of the girls is seven weeks pregnant.
Members of the rescue team now suspect that bogus voter identity cards are being used by flesh traders to portray minor victims as consenting adults.
It was on the basis of a tip-off about some minor girls forced into the flesh trade that a team comprising officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Delhi Police besides representatives of non-government organisation Shakti Vahini was constituted to conduct the rescue operation.
"There were numerous cubicles on the first floor. While looking for the girls in the cubicles we noticed that a wooden plank had been affixed to the wall in one of them. As we removed the plank, it led us into a narrow tunnel wide enough only for a single person. We found two girls inside it. The tunnel had no ventilation," said a team member.
The team member said both the girls looked traumatised. Once out of the brothel, the victims were offered some eatables and then counselled by experts. They were then produced before the Child Welfare Committee.
One of them disclosed that she belonged to 24 Parganas in West Bengal and was trafficked into the Capital by an unknown person and sold to the brothel keeper for Rs.1.5 lakh.
The victim said she was in love with a village boy, but her family members was against the relationship and even beat her up. About eight months ago, the girl fled from her home and reached a railway station where she met a boy who took her to a place, kept her in confinement and raped her.
She was then raped by the boy's friend.
She was then brought to the Capital and sold off to the brothel keeper. The girl once tried to flee, at which she was beaten up badly. She told the CWC that she was forced to entertain nearly two dozen persons every day.
"Her medical examination revealed that she is seven weeks' pregnant. When she was brought before the CWC, a woman approached the Committee and produced a voter identity card claiming that she was an adult. However, it appeared to be a fake document. The CWC has ordered investigations into its authenticity.
In case the identity card turns out to be bogus, we suspect that a similar modus operandi is being used by the flesh traders in G.B. Road to evade law," said Rishi Kant of Shakti Vahini.
The other victim, a Nepalese national, was brought to the city by her brother-in-law about five months ago and kept at a hotel for a few days before being sold off to the brothel keeper for Rs.3 lakh. "She disclosed that her elder sister died a few years ago. Her brother-in-law who lives in the same village had brought her to Delhi on the pretext of getting her a job in Saudi Arabia. She was beaten up by the brothel keeper whenever she refused to entertain clients," said Mr. Kant, adding that both the girls were medically examined at JPN Hospital.
Abducted Gurgaon minor rescued from West Bengal
First case of reverse trafficking from Haryana to Bengal
A 13-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted from a village here earlier this month has been rescued from Malda in West Bengal. She was rescued by the local police following a tip-off by a non-government organisation, Shakti Vahini.
The girl's family had lodged a complaint with the police on January 13 stating that she had been abducted by their neighbour, a native of Malda in West Bengal. The complaint said the accused had abducted her on the pretext of marrying her. A First Information Report was registered at Kherki Dhaula police station in this connection.
The NGO took up the matter with the police and also met the victim's family.
"We then contacted the Malda Police and the girl was rescued from the Habibpur police station area. During counselling the victim revealed that the accused took her along on the pretext of marriage. It is a clear case of human trafficking and the accused probably wanted to sell her," said Shakti Vahini activist Rishi Kant. The accused has been arrested.
Mr. Kant, who has been working on the issue of human trafficking in Haryana, said it was the first such case of reverse trafficking in which a girl from Haryana was trafficked to West Bengal.
"Every year a large number of girls are being trafficked from West Bengal to Haryana, but this present case is the first instance where the opposite has happened. It could be the tip of an iceberg and hints at the possibility of a reverse trend. In 2011, more than a thousand minors and 2,677 adults had gone missing in Haryana. There is need for strengthening inter-State police and non-government organisations' partnership to combat human trafficking in the State."
Child trafficking continues to be a lucrative trade in Capital
Around this time in 2012, the issue of child trafficking was in limelight due to the case of the battered child and her 14-year-old 'guardian'. The teen was treated as a victim when it came to light that she was raped and her father used to beat her up. A year on, various gangs continue to smuggle in young girls to the Capital and force them to work for various placement agencies. "The case was an eye-opener. The chain of events that had led to the incident was shocking. Along with the 14-year-old girl, the mother of the baby too was a victim of trafficking," a child right activist said.
Following the incident, the Delhi Police launched a massive crackdown on placement agencies and trafficking gangs. Over 1,000 children were rescued in 2012 and action was taken against more than 150 placement agencies. The rescued children were usually employed as workers in factories or as domestic helps in homes.
"On an average, 14 children go missing in Delhi every day. Many of them end up in traffickers' hands. Children below eight years are forced into begging. The older ones are pushed into child labour. Organised gangs kidnap minors and transport them to other cities," said Rakesh Senger, national secretary of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, an NGO.
Sources in Delhi Police said special measures were being taken to curb the problem. "We have identified the areas from where children go missing. We will soon launch an awareness programme to educate parents about safeguarding their children. We take missing persons' complaints very seriously now," said a senior police officer.
Rishikant, executive director of NGO Shakti Vahini, said strict laws against trafficking could act as a deterrent.
Special cell to deal with inter-state trafficking cases
A year after the death of the two-year-old battered baby at AIIMS last year, the Delhi government has constituted a centralised cell to deal inter-state cases of trafficking. The government is making efforts to chart out steps needed to deal with trafficking, especially of girls who are later exploited sexually. The state women and child department has appointed a consultant to come up with a list of initiatives and steps required to keep a check on trafficking. The consultant stressed the need to provide intensive counseling to rescued children so that they can lead a normal life.
"There is a lack of coordination between states on the trafficking front. A number of children are trafficked to Delhi and repatriating them is our biggest concern. We needed a systematic approach to deal with the situation and so decided to form a centralised cell. It will coordinate with states such as West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and other states from where children are mostly brought to Delhi," said Kiran Walia, women and child development minister.
Most trafficked children are either forced into prostitution or employed by placement agencies. The women and child development department has now taken up the matter with the labour ministry to bring in a bill to rein in placement agencies. The department wants these agencies to be registered to ensure that the government can keep a check on them as many flout labour norms.
In the past few months, child welfare committees have rescued 197 children and repatriated them with the help of Delhi Police. The government now plans to tie up with various NGOs such as Shakti Vahini, who work for such children, to carry out rescue operations on a larger scale.
The issue of trafficking has been taken up with other states from where a majority of the children are trafficked to Delhi. These states have been asked to share details on a regular basis of children who go missing.