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Study of Immunity at the Genital Mucosa of HIV-1 Infected and Healthy Women (MUCOVAC)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01715103
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Results of primary outcome are not satisfactory in terms of RNA quality)
First Posted : October 26, 2012
Last Update Posted : July 1, 2015
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Current knowledge on mucosa, especially genitals in women, however, remain inadequate, especially regarding defense mechanisms and possibilities for a vaccine to induce an active immune response at mucosal front door of the most pathogens. Induction of mucosal immune response has emerged as a research priority research prophylactic vaccine.The development of strategies to prevent sexual transmission of HIV-1 depends in part on an understanding of specific and innate immune mechanisms involved in this transmission.
MUCOVAC is a feasibility study of the immunological and transcriptomic analysis of cervicovaginal samples of women infected or not infected with HIV-1. We also assess tolerance samples taken by cytobrush and cervicovaginal washings, efficiency and reproducibility of the sample by cytobrush and cervicovaginal lavage for transcriptomic analysis, measurement of cytokines by Luminex technology, quantification of IgG and IgA. In blood we will determine the phenotype of B cells and Tfh cell frequency (T follicular helper) and quantification of serum immunoglobulins and will perform a transcriptomic analysis of blood cells. Finally we will make correlations with the observed responses at the genital mucosa.
This pathophysiological exploratory study will be performed in 20 women infected with HIV-1 and 20 healthy women recruited from two centers in France and will include a screening visit and two visits M0 and M1 during which mucous and blood samples will be performed.
The results of the study will capitalize skills in biology mucosa, using powerful tools to assess mucosal immunological parameters.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infected Women Healthy Women Volunteers
|Procedure: vaginal swabs by washing and cytobrush
|Not Applicable
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|14 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Official Title:
|Study of Immunity at the Genital Mucosa of HIV-1 Infected and Healthy Women
|Study Start Date :
|July 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2015
Healthy women volunteers
Healthy women volunteers with vaginal swabs by washing and cytobrush
Procedure: vaginal swabs by washing and cytobrush
vaginal swabs by washing and cytobrush
HIV-1 infected women
HIV-1 infected women with vaginal swabs by washing and cytobrush
Procedure: vaginal swabs by washing and cytobrush
vaginal swabs by washing and cytobrush
- Acceptability, tolerance, Efficiency [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
- Acceptability
- Local tolerance of sampling (particularly for collection by cytobrush), bleeding (need for protection, abundance, frequency) leucorrhoea (frequency, amount, aspect), fever, pain, gynecological vaginal burns and general tolerance (fever, occurrence of pelvic infection).
- Efficiency of collection by washing (Ig rate > 1μg/ml) and quality of cells collected by cytobrush and of cell pellet from washes for a transcriptomic analysis (the quantity and quality of RNA: RIN (RNA integrity number) > 5 and an amount of RNA 50> ng)
- Concentration of antibodies in cervicovaginal samples [ Time Frame: Month 0 and month 1 ]Concentration of antibodies in cervicovaginal samples
- Concentration of cytokines in cervicovaginal samples [ Time Frame: month 0 and month 1 ]Concentration of cytokines in cervicovaginal samples
- Expression genomics in cervicovaginal specimens and whole blood [ Time Frame: month 0 and month 1 ]Expression genomics in cervicovaginal specimens and whole blood
- B phenotypes and the frequency of Tfh cells in whole blood [ Time Frame: month 0 and month 1 ]B phenotypes and the frequency of Tfh cells in whole blood
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Free, informed and signed consent
- Person affiliated or beneficiary of a social security system or the Universal Health Coverage
- Female
- No menopausal, aged 18 to 45 years,
- Under oral contraceptive or implant
- Urine pregnancy test negative
- HBsAg and HCV serology negative
- Cervicovaginal smear normal older than one year,
- Normal vaginal smear dated within one year
For healthy women
* HIV serology negative
For infected women
- HIV-1 infection checked by western-blot and/or the detection of HIV-RNA
- CD4+ T cells >350/mm3 (several tests, since 6 months)
- Viral load <40 copies/ml since 6 months
- Treated with antiretroviral drugs since 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Significant history of vaginal pathology (malignancy, prolapse)
- Hysterectomy, conization
- History of abnormal Pap smear in the previous year (ASC-US, AG-US and LSIL and high grade according to Bethesda).
- Breakthrough bleeding;
- Clinical symptoms suggestive of genital infection within 10 days prior to the examination of the study,
- Antibiotic systemically within 10 days prior to the examination of the study,
- Immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory treatment in the last six months and corticosteroids (> 20 mg / day for 5 days) in last 3 months
- Presence of other sexually transmitted infection detected in samples at pre-inclusion visit and ongoing at V1 visit (Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, Trichomonas, Candida albicans and Syphilis)
- A person participating in another research including a period of exclusion still ongoing selection
- Population called vulnerable (minors, persons under guardianship, or deprived of liberty by a judicial decision.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01715103
|Centre d'investigation clinique Cochin Pasteur (CIC1417)
|Paris, France, 75 679
|Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales
|Saint Etienne, France, 42055
|Principal Investigator:
|Fréderic LUCHT, PU PH
|Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales,CIC-EC, CHU Saint Etienne
|Principal Investigator:
|Odile LAUNAY, PU PH
|Centre d'investigation clinique Cochin Pasteur (CIC 1417), hôpital Cochin Paris
|Responsible Party:
|French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01715103 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
MUCOVAC ( Registry Identifier: 2011-A01470-41 )
|First Posted:
|October 26, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 1, 2015
|Last Verified:
|June 2015
Keywords provided by French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS):
HIV infection
immunological parameters
genital sampling
healthy women volunteers


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KnowledgeBase 00064: The File Cache
Multivalue applications frequently include loops that call catalogued subroutines that open several files to local file variables. These variables are discarded on exit from the subroutine, closing the files and hence requiring that they must be reopened on the next call of the subroutine.
Caching Files
QM optimises applications that work in this way by use of a caching mechanism. Effectively, when an application closes a file either explicitly or by discarding the file variable, the file is not actually closed at the operating system level. Instead, it is moved into a cache of recently closed files from which it can be reopened at the application level very quickly.
This caching mechanism applies only to the high performance dynamic hashed files, not directory files. The size of the cache is set by the DHCACHE configuration parameter, defaulting to 10 if this parameter is not present. Applications that repeatedly reopen the same files will benefit from making this parameter value large enough to cache a suitable number of files. Beware, however, that setting the parameter significantly higher than needed can have a negative impact on performance.
A separate file cache is maintained in each QM process. A file closed by one process cannot be cached for quick opening in another process.
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Planning for the holidays can be hectic and time consuming. While the holiday season expresses a spirit of giving, holiday tipping may be difficult to manage in terms of who should be tipped and how much should be given.
Over the past few years, consumers have set a tight budget on holiday tipping due to the nation's frail economy. However, with a five-year high on consumer sentiment, recent labor reports, and a rise in contributions to 401(k)'s and rising house prices, a number of indicators show that the economy is steadily improving.
As the nation gains a new sliver of hope in the economy, consumers are likely to be moved to spend more this year on holiday tipping.
"People are more generous this year because when the economy gets better, people do better and tend to be happier around the holiday time," said Jacqueline Whitmore, leading international etiquette expert and founder of the Protocol School of Palm Beach.
"We're probably going to see more people getting tips this year," she said. "It may not be the same amount in years past, but there will be more of it."
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Vatican City, Apr 30, 2012 / 11:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI says that forgiveness is the key to creating harmony between peoples and nations.
"Forgiveness is not a denial of wrong-doing, but a participation in the healing and transforming love of God which reconciles and restores," Pope Benedict said April 30.
"Historic wrongs and injustices can only be overcome if men and women are inspired by a message of healing and hope, a message that offers a way forward, out of the impasse that so often locks people and nations into a vicious circle of violence."
The Pope made his comments in a message to Professor Mary Ann Glendon, the President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, which was made public on April 30. The academy is holding its April 27 – May 1 full assembly in Rome to explore the legacy and lessons of Pope John XXIII's 1963 encyclical "Pacem in Terris" (Peace on Earth).
"While the global political landscape has changed significantly in the intervening half-century," Pope Benedict noted, "the vision offered by Pope John still has much to teach us as we struggle to face the new challenges for peace and justice in the post-Cold-War era."
At the time of its publication, Pope John XXIII described his encyclical as an "open letter to the world" in which he made the case for the "tranquility of order" as the foundation for global peace.
"The world will never be the dwelling-place of peace," he wrote, "till peace has found a home in the heart of each and every human person, till all preserve within themselves the order ordained by God to be preserved."
The popular Italian pontiff, who is often referred to as "Good Pope John," was gravely ill at the time he wrote his encyclical, causing it to be sometimes described as his "last will and testament." He died two months later.
Pope Benedict XVI described "Pacem in Terris" in his recent message to the academy as "a heartfelt appeal from a great pastor, nearing the end of his life, for the cause of peace and justice to be vigorously promoted at every level of society, nationally and internationally."
He explained that at the heart of all the Church's social doctrine is an "anthropology which recognizes in the human creature the image of the Creator, endowed with intelligence and freedom, capable of knowing and loving."
Peace and justice, he said, are the "fruits" of this right order that is "written on the human heart" and therefore "accessible to all people of good will," regardless of their religion.
Pope Benedict asserted that because humanity is made in the image of God, therefore, its affairs should reflect the God of justice who is "rich in mercy."
"It is the combination of justice and forgiveness, of justice and grace, which lies at the heart of the divine response to human wrong-doing," he said, quoting his own 2007 encyclical "Spe Salvi."
A similar sentiment, he noted, was issued by Pope John Paul II in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, when he insisted that there can be "no peace without justice, no justice without forgiveness."
Pope Benedict took heart from the fact that since 1963 "some of the conflicts that seemed insoluble at the time have passed into history." He finished his message by commending the work of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences to "Our Lady, Queen of Peace."
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Election season can be tense, but, sometimes, tensions spill over into post-election season. That happened during a Nov. 19 Osceola City Council meeting.
During an interview with the Osceola Sentinel-Tribune, Ty Wheeler, city administrator/clerk, said there was concern with low-voter turnout in the Nov. 5 Osceola City Council and mayoral elections.
Only 16 percent of the registered Osceola population voted in the election.
Wheeler said he receives inquiries as to whether having two at-large and three ward seats on the city council is hindering voter turnout, and would it be better to have all at-large seats for the entire city to vote on?
"I deal with questions all the time ... I have heard this after every election since I've been back," Wheeler said.
Answering the question
Since the inquiries directly related to city affairs, Wheeler said he looked up the rules in the Iowa Code and found council members can't take it upon themselves to change at-large and ward seats. It has to be done by a petition and voted on by the public in a special or general election.
Wheeler said an example of a petition and special election is Clarke County's May special election held in Osceola, Woodburn and Murray about whether to repeal the local option sales tax, which helps fund Clarke County Reservoir Commission's lake project.
Once Wheeler found the information, he sent out a follow-up to council members to brief them on his findings and how to answer the question in case any of their constituents ask.
"It was more of a FYI," Wheeler said.
What happened next
However, tensions escalated over the issue during the council meeting.
During council reports, Councilman Glenn Schaff questioned Wheeler about who asked him to look into the issue.
Wheeler said he had several inquiries, and has gotten many inquiries throughout the years with different elections, even dating back to when former Councilwoman Peggy Mateer was holding office.
"Our last meeting, we had a concern that we only had 16 percent of our people who voted," said Councilman Dave Walkup. "I guess, we could look at different ways to get them out to vote."
Again, Schaff asked Wheeler who authorized him to look the information up.
Mayor Fred Diehl said he didn't think it was an appropriate question to ask. Schaff replied that it was an appropriate question.
"He (Wheeler) brought up a subject that should be discussed," Diehl said. "It doesn't mean he took any action. It doesn't mean you took any action, and, so, therefore, if you discuss it, it doesn't have any kind of authority one way or the other."
"Apparently, I don't have any time, folks, to speak, so I'll just shut up," Schaff said.
Diehl said Schaff could speak, but not dictate what could be discussed.
"You already said it," Schaff said.
Councilwoman Sarah Truitt said 84 percent of the population didn't vote in the election, and she would like to think at least part of the 84 percent would have voted for her if she had been at-large.
"If there is a petition in the future to have that changed, you will see me again, and I will be the one asking for it," Truitt said. "So, I asked for him to get the information, along with other council people."
Schaff turned in his seat and addressed Truitt, "Are you the majority of this council?"
Truitt, who sits directly next to Schaff, responded, "Oh no, I'm not Glenn, but it doesn't take the majority to ask a question. Nothing is changing."
Out of order
Throughout the discussion, the voices of council members were escalating, and Diehl had to step in and tell the council members they were out of order.
Discussion on the issue ended there.
However, as the meeting adjourned, Schaff said, "Thank you all for coming, next time I will have my piece to say."


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Movie reviews of some off beat films that I saw recently
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Re: Movie reviews of some off beat films that I saw recently
Kundun ( 1997 )
This film tells the story of his holiness the Dalai lama , the spiritual and the political leader of Tibet who is affectionately called 'Kundun' by his people . Regarded as the living manifestation of the Lord Buddha , the Dalai lama is regarded as God himself in Tibet . The film was made by Martin Scorsese with co operation of the Dalai lama and his family along with other Tibetans . It tells the story of the Dalai lama while he lived upto his youth in Tibet , but ends at his self imposed exile into India . It does not tell how the Dalai lama spent and continues to spend the rest of his life trying to work out some solution to the brutal Chinese occupation of Tibet .
The film begins with monks coming to the Dalai lama's birth place , first in disguise and then openly to identify him in childhood . He is just a toddler when he is given things to pick , and when he picks out things which were property of the previous Dalai lama then he is identified as the next Dalai lama . He is taken to the Potala palace in Tibetan capital city Lhasa , where his education begins .
Frankly , this first part of the movie was somewhat boring , for it showed us the wonder that the young child felt at the new things around him ; the story simply didn't seem to get a start . Of course , real care has been taken to show tibetan traditions and customs , but to westernized persons these must look like a morass of superstitions and otherworldly traditions . And who cares for the customs of some godforsaken place that is inaccessible across the mighty Himalayas....
What held me however was the enthralling music in true and rich Tibetan style , something that was present throughout the movie . The blow of the Tibetan horns somehow seemed to convey a sense of impending doom , and the doom arrived in due course in the form of the invading Chinese . This was the reason why I was watching the movie anyway , and the reason why it was made ; had Tibet remained an independent country , no one would have made or seen any movie on it---it was the Chinese invasion and rape of that land that made it such a cause celebre.....
From being immersed in some ancient rituals and hanging out among animals like peacocks in his palace , the Dalai lama is rudely awakened to the fact that his country is under foreign occupation and that he can do nothing about it . At first the officers of the Chinese army are respectful to him but as the movie progresses they become more and more rude . Chairman Mao , whom the Dalai lama goes to visit in Peking / Beijing , is outwardly friendly but to him religion and any person practising it is poison .
As his own people tell him of horror stories of Chinese persecution and he comes to know of them being killed by the Chinese , the Dalai lama feels himself in danger . One night he and his entourage flee across the mountains towards India . The last shot of the Dalai lama in Tibet is truly heartrending . He turns to say goodbye to the soldiers who escorted him to the Indian border and has a vision of them bloodspattered and shot dead by the Chinese , for that is exactly what is going to happen to them as also the the rest of the Tibetan people . There is little hope of him ever being able to return to his homeland again....
Of course , given the immense human tragedy of the destruction wrought by the Chinese in Tibet , the necessity of making such a movie is obvious . This is especially true because the Tibetans are a gentle people , wedded to the arts of peace rather than war---one of the few peoples on earth to be so .
As an Indian whose country has given refuge to the Dalai lama and hundreds of thousands of Tibetan refugees , my sympathies invariably lay with the Tibetans....and as the movie progressed I could not help but be moved by what was unfolding on the screen . This despite the fact that I had waited shamelessly for the Chinese to emerge on screen to get the story really moving .
Photography and picturization of Tibet is really perfect , and you get a authentic glimpse into Tibetan culture if you are interested in it---though actually I wasn't to be honest . Every cloth , every frame has been carefully constructed , and is rich with colour . But in the end all the colours are swept away by the hand of fate....for as predicted in the movie , he and his entourage are reduced from kings to wandering people who are saved only because the Indians agree to give refuge to them at terrible price to themselves ; the Indians have to incur the unending enemity of the Chinese for that act ( the last part of the sentence is not shown in the movie , but as an Indian I have to say it ) .
The movie will be liked only by the art film lovers , and also by those interested in history---I am both . But those interested in commercial fare can go for 'Seven years in Tibet ' which tells the story of a German's quest for reaching Tibet and his friendship with the Dalai lama . But 'Kundun' is the more authentic movie , if you are really interested in authenticity .
Verdict--decent .
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FAQ: CODEC's, a Primerthe_wine_snob Jul 31, 2012 2:17 PM
CODEC. That term is used a lot, and is often misunderstood. What is it, and why should I care? Well, at the very basic level, a CODEC is a "device," that is most often a two-way conversion to either encode, or decode a data stream. For a complete discussion on CODEC's, please see this Wiki-pedia entry.
In video editing, we use these going both ways.
1.) They allow us to playback an AV file.
2.) They allow us to edit an AV file.
3.) They also allow us to encode, for delivery, an AV file.
They are often .dll (Dynamic Link Libraries), or similar, and are usually installed to our computer as both a file, and as a Registry entry, defining the link to that file, the usage of that file and perhaps linking it to another program on our computer, such as an NLE (Non Linear Editor).
Going back to 1.) and 2.), let's look a bit more closely. Being able to do 1.) does not insure that we can do 2.). Playback of an AV file on our computer is very different than editing that same file. Having the necessary CODEC installed for 1.) does not mean that 2.) logically follows. Also, be aware that some software players contain their own CODEC's, so playback might well work with that particular software player, yet not another. That is because the first player contains the necessary CODEC, but it is not installed on our system, so it is not available to other players.
Even if we install it, our particular NLE might not be able to work with it for editing. Part of this is often because the AV file is not in an editable form, but in a "delivery-only" form. It can also be an inability for that NLE to use the CODEC, even though properly installed. Some NLE's are much more lenient regarding certain CODEC's, especially those designed for delivery. A good example of one of these is the popular DivX CODEC (and it's open source cousin, Xvid). Some NLE's can work with this, so long as the proper DivX CODEC is installed on the system. Some NLE's will almost always exhibit problems. These can be a lack of video display, a lack of audio playback, a lack of both or perhaps OOS (Out Of Sync) issues. This can be confusing, as one might get good results with one NLE, but nothing in another. That is due to differences in how the code for the NLE's was written.
As mentioned, some CODEC's are designed for delivery-only. Some can still be edited, but some cannot. It varies greatly, CODEC to CODEC.
Most CODEC's provide some form of compression, allowing the resultant file sizes to be reduced. Some do more compression, than do others. This compression will usually result in some quality compromise, though not always. There are several "lossless" CODEC's that just compress elements in the AV file that do not affect the quality of the audio, or the video. Some do compression that only affects these at a minimal level. The DV-AVI Type II, MS DV CODEC is an example of this. There is compression, and a tiny quality loss, but it can usually not be detected, even with a side-by-side comparison. Other CODEC's, like the MPEG-2 DVD-Video CODEC do affect quality, but does a very efficient job of compression. This is the accepted compression CODEC for DVD-Video. It was determined to be a good compromise between file size and quality, and is written into the DVD-Specs. This is what is inside the .VOB files, that we see on every DVD-Video disc, tucked into the VIDEO_TS folder, that is always present. It is a delivery CODEC, because it does not contain each "frame" in the AV file completely defined. It uses GOP (Group of Pictures), where there are only a certain number of fully defined frames, and in between these will only be difference frames, that are linked back to the last fully defined frame (the I-Frame). If one does a cut between the I-Frames, there is no longer a reference to that previous I-Frame. That is why most NLE's need to internally generate files (conversions) from the MPEG-2 material. In this generation/conversion, each full frame is defined - they all become I-Frames.
While some might treat CODEC's like they would a vampire, if one wishes to understand digital video files, they need to educate themselves in the general concept of CODEC's, and then learn the details on the CODEC's used by their specific cameras. To not do this would be tantamount to deciding that they did not wish to learn about film ISO, before the digital days. One does not need to do a PhD program in CODEC's, but learning the concept, the impact and the uses of these will help them get the best possible quality and also editing experience.
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Bertha Wolffberg Gottschalk
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Bertha was born to Jewish parents in the capital of East Prussia. Her father served on the Koenigsberg city council. In 1887 Bertha married Hugo Gottschalk, and the couple settled in the small town of Schlawe in northern Germany. There, Hugo owned the town's grain mill. The Gottschalks raised their four children in a home near a small stream, ringed by orchards and a large garden.
1933-39: My daughter Nanny and I have moved to Berlin--Hugo passed away in 1934 and we were afraid of the growing antisemitism in Schlawe. We'd hoped that, as Jews, we'd be less conspicuous here in a large city. But the Nazis have ordered all sorts of restrictions for Jews--recently I had to register my jewelry and silver. My daughter Gertrud has sent her three daughters to England. I would also like to leave, but it's difficult to get an exit visa.
1940-42: Nanny and I have been deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia, where we've been assigned to a dirty, crowded and lice-infested room on the second floor of a house. Nanny hauls in bags of sawdust, which we burn to heat our room. I had a chance to go to America in 1941, but I refused to go without Nanny. My days in Schlawe are a distant memory now.
Bertha died in Theresienstadt on November 23, 1942.


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Early Inventor Of Streaming Video Wants To Help Fight Off Video Streaming Patent Trolls
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There are a few patents that pop up in the various lawsuits, but Joao appears to hold a few hundred patents on a fairly wide variety of areas. "Joao" is really Raymond Joao, himself a patent lawyer, who apparently realized that rather than representing others, there was tons of money to be made by getting a bunch of patents himself (represented by himself) and then going after others. For what it's worth (and without making any statement on the merits of this claim), some employees/inventors of a company for whom Joao once represented have previously accused Joao of filing for some of his patents while working for them, taking their ideas and then filing his own patents on them.
Either way, Joao has been arguing that he's patented certain forms of streaming video, and Mattheij finds the whole thing ridiculous, and has made an offer to anyone sued by Joao (or any other patent troll) over online streaming:
I'm pretty anal when it comes to data retention, I can go back 25+ years when it comes to software that I have developed. And that came in pretty handy. I provided the counsel for the defense through the defendant (which I had had prior dealings with, they were an early licensee of the software) with all the relevant data and made myself available as an expert witness. It never came to that.Of course, patent system apologists will point out that he never patented his own work, and Mattheij answers that the same way many developers I know have answered various patent questions, by noting that what they did was nothing special, and the idea that it deserves patent protection is ridiculous.
If anybody out there finds themselves sued because of violation of patents regarding streaming video and payment systems then here is a standing offer to give you a full packet of data with a detailed timeline documenting the first use of streaming video on the world-wide-web, sample images from public broadcasts using this technology from well published events (such as World Media Live using the software to broadcast the '96 Yves St. Laurent fashion show but there were plenty of others before that, it took a while to gain traction), the first use of pay-per-view and subscription based access to streaming video and audio and many more such milestones. This offer is free of charge, if it should come to any form of testimony then I'm more than happy to go where ever it is needed if you pay my way (airfare + basic accomodation is fine) or to give remote testimony via - rich irony here - video link, in which case it is free.
It is high time that this matter is laid to rest once and for all, Joao Controls is clearly abusing the legal system in the full knowledge that their patents are of 0 value.
I've never harped on public recognition for coming up with a way to stream live video to the browser (as far as I know it's not mentioned in places like wikipedia) because as far as I'm concerned it was a rather trivial affair software wise. Some of the stuff I have built was several orders of magnitude more work and vastly more complex than this. To register a patent for something like that to me is abuse of the patent system. There is no substantial research to invest in, it is just basic plumbing, a re-use or composition if you want of existing elements in a new but obvious form. So, in order to frustrate any further attempts at shake-down of hardworking people by parasitic patent trolls I hereby stake a public claim on the creation of the first streaming webcam software, in March of 1995, to the claim of having the first combination of streaming video and credit card payments for pay-per-view and subscription based access in May of 1995 for a customer that became very well known with the product, and for plug-in free streaming video and audio combined in July of 1996. And I'm willing to stand by that claim and defend it with documentation if challenged.Kudos to Mattheij for making this offer and standing up for what's right, though it's simply ridiculous that he even needs to do this in the first place.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The MIT men's track and field team captured a 21st place finish at the ECAC Division III Championship at Springfield College despite entering just four competitors into the meet, resting key contributors ahead of next weekend's NCAA Championship.
Yermie Cohen kicked things off for the Engineers in the 1500, hoping to improve upon his NCAA provisional qualifying time in that event. The senior ran a strong race, improving his own personal-best and finishing just .02 seconds out of first with a time of 3:53.84. While that time was below the provisional standard Cohen was unable to earn a spot in the NCAA Championship.
MIT's three other entrants were all competing in the pole vault. Greg Tao led the way once again as his vault of 15-9.75 feet was good for third overall. Tao enters the NCAA Championship with the 11th best mark in Division III. Joining Tao in that event was freshman Nathan Peterson and Nate Sharpe. Peterson cleared 14-4.00 feet to finish 12th while Sharpe's effort of 13-10.00 feet landed him in 17th place.
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DOVER — Dover's Amber Long won two events and set an individual meet record in helping the Keene State College women's swimming and diving team capture the Little East championship last weekend at UMass Dartmouth.
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« Database Home Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Octopoda Octopodidae Thaumoctopus mimicus
Description & Behavior
This fascinating creature was discovered in 1998 off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia on the bottom of a muddy river mouth. For the next 2 years, scientists filmed nine different mimic octopuses, Thaumoctopus mimicus (Norman & Hochberg, 2005), impersonating sea snakes, lionfish, and flatfish—a strategy used to avoid predators. Mimic octopuses reach about 60 cm in length and are typically brown and white striped.
Mimic octopuses have been observed shifting between impersonations as it crosses the ocean floor to return to its burrow.
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All octopus species are highly intelligent and change the color and texture of their skin for camouflage to avoid predators. Until the mimic octopus was discovered, however, the remarkable ability to impersonate another animal had never been observed.
Norman and fellow researchers, Julian Finn of the University of Tasmania in Australia and Tom Tregenza of the University of Leeds in England, describe the mimic octopus in the September 7th issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.
Although mimicry is a common survival strategy in nature, certain flies assume the black and yellow stripes of bees as a warning to potential predators, the mimic octopus is the first known species to take on the characteristics of multiple species. The creatures they mimic include:
» Sole fish: This flat, poisonous fish is imitated by the mimic octopus by building up speed through jet propulsion as it draws all of its arms together into a leaf-shaped wedge as it undulates in the manner of a swimming flat fish.
» Lion fish: To mimic the lion fish, the octopus hovers above the ocean floor with its arms spread wide, trailing from its body to take on the appearance of the lion fish's poisonous fins.
» Sea snakes: The mimic octopus changes color taking on the yellow and black bands of the toxic sea snake as it waves 2 arms in opposite directions in the motion of two sea snakes.
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Indo-pacific (Sulawesi and Bali in Indonesia), muddy estuary bottoms in the tropics.
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Because mimic octopuses, Thaumoctopus mimicus, are found in muddy river bottoms and estuaries, its diet most likely consists of small crustaceans and fish.
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Great sequence of photos of mimic's mating to at Andrea and Antonella Ferrari photograph pair of mating mimic octopus
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Mimic Octopuses: Will we love them to death? - Dr. Roy Caldwell and Christopher D Shaw, Dr. James B. Wood, Editor
Opportunistic mimicry by a jawfish of a mimic octopus
References & Further Research
Norman, M. D., J. Finn, and T. Tregenza. 2001. Dynamic mimicry in an Indo-Malayan octopus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268 (Sept. 7):1755
The "Mimic Octopus" (Thaumoctopus mimicus n. gen. et sp.), a new octopus from the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) - Molluscan Research 25(2)
Dr. James B. Wood, The Cephalopod Page
Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen, 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 3. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop., (125) Vol. 3277p.
Tree of Life: Cephalopoda
Tree of Life Cephalopoda Glossary
National Resource Center for Cephalopods
Norman, M., Debelius, H. 2000. Cephalopods - A World Guide, Conchbooks, Germany. 319 p.
TONMO.com - The Octopus News Magazine Online
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MACON, Ga. (Nov. 30, 2009) - Thanks to a scoring and rebounding outburst that helped lead the ETSU men's basketball team to three wins last week, junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday. It is Hubbard's first POTW honor.
Hubbard powered the Bucs to a perfect 3-0 record last week including a victory against Southeastern Conference foe Arkansas. The business major posted 32 points and 10 boards against the Razorbacks, and followed that performance with a 25-point, 13-rebound showing in the Bucs' A-Sun opening win against UNF. The 32-point, 10-rebound effort against Arkansas marked the first time since 2007 than an A-Sun player had reached the 30 and 10 plateaus in a single game against a non-conference opponent.
The native of Boston has posted five double-doubles in the Bucs' last six games and nearly posted six consecutive with a nine-point, nine-rebound showing in victory in Johnson City, Tenn. against the College of Charleston. In three contests, Hubbard, who averaged only 4.0 points per game last year, averaged 23.3 ppg, and 11.3 rpg for the week.
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Mathematics students at Central Washington University have broken a world record—they found the largest "weird number" yet discovered: 1,304,478,802,221,037,336,898,806,955,880,590,950,108,213,611,184,211,428,152,436, 309,358,286,058,099,789,749,839,735,498,620,012,494,920,476,023,972,998,095,015,247,872.
Mathematicians use the term "weird" informally to describe a number that has unusual characteristics. In this case, a weird number is one in which no combination of its divisors add up to the original number. Divisors are numbers that can be divided into a whole number to yield a quotient that is a whole number. For example, in the smallest weird number, 70, its divisors are 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 35. No combination of these numbers will add up to 70. Weird!
According to Dominic Klyve, CWU mathematics professor and advisor, a better understanding of weird numbers leads to a better understanding of factorization, which is the basis of all modern cryptography—the art of writing or solving codes.
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Team helps treat burn victims in Ukraine
LONG-DISTANCE LEARNING: On the television, Fuzaylov, at right, and MGH plastic surgeon Daniel Driscoll, MD, consult with clinical staff in the Ukraine from the MGH.
Square canvases line the top of the cabinet in the office of Gennadiy Fuzaylov, MD – each painting featuring vivid shades of reds, oranges and yellows. The pediatric anesthesiologist in the MGH Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine says the art is the work of a former patient from the Ukraine who suffered a severe electrical burn injury requiring extensive surgery, a lengthy recovery and the ultimate amputation of his dominant right hand.
"The colors really show the post-traumatic stress disorder," Fuzaylov says. "But he learned to paint with his left hand, and he received a lifetime scholarship to the Museum of Fine Art. It's been eight years since his accident, and he's been able to resume a 'normal life.'"
Fuzaylov launches into another success story, sharing photographs that first depict an unsmiling, smaller-than-average 9-year-old Ukrainian boy whose arm was rendered useless after being melded by scar tissue into a massive burn across his stomach – a burn that was never treated in his home country. Follow-up photos show a markedly happier child – his arm now mobile – smiling shyly at two nurses who helped in his care when he came to the United States for treatment.
Fuzaylov has been able to bring 15 critically ill children to Boston for treatment over the course of the past five years. The process, however, is complicated, time consuming and expensive. To create programs that will lead to sustainable improvement Ukrainian burn patients, he founded the nonprofit organization "Doctors Collaborating to Help Children." The group is made up of clinicians and supporters from the MGH and Shriners Hospital for Children.
"Our goal is to share our knowledge and help hospitals in the Ukraine learn how to treat these patients," Fuzaylov says. "The perception in many areas of Eastern Europe is that treatment is used only to save someone's life. But when you leave a burn untreated, you can lose that person from society. If you treat them – it may take years – but you can bring that person back into society."
The organization recently launched a new telemedicine program allowing MGH and Shriners physicians to provide quick and efficient consultations for acutely ill burn patients in Ukraine. They also provided funding for the creation of a learning center in a burn unit in the city of Lviv, which allows clinicians to advance their medical knowledge via access to text books and journals as well as computers. Volunteers from the organization will travel there in September to collaborate with local physicians on an estimated 40 cases, which will include orthopædic abnormalities in addition to burns.
Fuzaylov says they have also just received IRB approval to begin a burn registry in the Ukraine, the first of its kind in the country, which will help create a burn prevention program – key to raising awareness and decreasing the high rate of preventable burn injuries.
"This is a group effort," Fuzaylov says. "We have two hospitals and multiple charitable organizations – including the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Ukrainian Medical Association of North America and United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. – behind us. And we have a great group of people who have the capability, desire and willingness to share their expertise and help others."
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"When I'm evaluating entrepreneurs and their ideas, I look for "innovation bipolarity," a version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's first-rate intelligence: "the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." Entrepreneurs should be able to argue passionately that their idea will change the world, and then, without skipping a beat, honestly assess the risks standing in the way of its success and describe what they are doing to mitigate them."
"I wanted to make the ship move, and I wanted to make it speak, and I wanted to speak back to it, with it, together. To make something." The poetry of creation is important. Also, @shipadrift is lovely, but you already knew that.
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"In my forthcoming book Alien Phenomenology, at the start of the chapter on Carpentry (my name for making things that do philosophy), I talk about the chasm between academic writing (writing to have written) and authorship (writing to have produced something worth reading). But there's another aspect to being an author, one that goes beyond writing at all: book-making. Creating the object that is a book, that will have a role in someone's life—in their hands or their purses, around their mail, in between their fingers. Now, in this age of lowest common denominator digital and POD editions, it's time to stop writing books and to start making them." I am not totally sure I buy all of Bogost's argument, but I like his points explaining the role of artefacts. However, POD is weirder than he gives it credit.
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There are things that I slurp and chug, and then there are things that I sip and savor– a summer beer is some where in-between. Not watery swill, but a bright and drinkable (less drunkable), easily refillable consumable. Enough to quench one's thirst without inducing dizziness. Here are a list of beers that to seem to best answer the question, what is a summer beer?
- HELL OR HIGH WATERMELON WHEAT BEER {can; 21st amendment brewerey; san francisco, ca} "We start by brewing a classic American wheat beer, which undergoes a traditional secondary fermentation using fresh watermelon. A straw-colored, refreshing beer with a kiss of watermelon aroma and flavor."
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Gili Air is the most easterly of the three Gili Islands off Lombok.
Of the three Gilis, this is the island closest to Lombok. Traditionally, Gili Air was seen as the domain of families and couples wanting a quiet, off-the-beaten-path escape, while the rowdier hoardes had their fun on Gili Trawangan. With Trawangan now upscaling so obviously, more and more backpackers seem to be chosing Gili Air as their primary option. This island has more of a rural, established feeling than the other two, and it is no surprise that many of the local Gili Islanders seem to prefer living on Gili Air, and that it has the highest permanent population of about 1,800.
Most of the accommodation and other tourism facilities are on the south and east coasts, facing Lombok. The boat landing is in the centre of the south coast. A coastal path leads you around the perimeter of the island, and a leisurely stroll all the way around will take about 90 min. For such a small island, the maze of paths that criss-cross the island can get surprisingly confusing, but these always lead back to the coast path eventually.
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By Boat
See Gili Island main page for more info.
The sea is calmest in the morning and all transport stops running in the late-afternoon, well before dark. During periods of southerly winds and in July and August especially, the swell can be a bit hairy and you are very likely to get wet on the crossing. It is advisable to place laptops, cameras and handphones in waterproof bags for the crossing. You will need to wade through shallow sea when disembarking, so wear either appropriate footwear, or none at all.
From Bali
Not All fast boat operators stop at Gili Air. Here are some of the ones that do:
Amed Sea Express offers a twice daily high-speed schedule to Gili Air from Amed on the East coast of Bali. Boats depart Amed at 10AM and 3:30PM with arrivals on Gili Air at 11:30AM and 5PM. Prices are Rp 600.000 (one-way) and Rp 1,100.000 (return) and tickets can be booked online.
Scoot Cruises also now departs from Sanur in Bali and stops in Lembongan, Lombok and Gili Air. Gili Getaway (formerly Island getaway) go directly to Gili Tawangan but offer a transfer service to Gili Air as soon as you arrive.
Also Kudahitam and Semaya one both stop at Gili Air.
To check live seat availability on a variety of trusted carriers (including many of the above) and book boat tickets online, use the recently established Gilibookings website.
From Lombok
Public boats depart from Bangsal between 8AM-5PM but often no later than 4PM and are fewer in number than go to Gili Trawangan. The voyage takes about 30 min and the official price is Rp 8,000. Sometimes these services only depart when there are enough people, normally a minimum of 15 is enough. If numbers are insufficient you may have to endure a wait at Bangsal. The official maximum is 20 people but sometimes the boat is overloaded by the time it is ready to depart. The best time to be sure of a crossing to Gili Air is 2PM-3:30PM in the afternoon however this can vary, especially with weather or passenger loads.
Buy your tickets direct from the official Koperasi Angkutan Laut Karya Bahari office. In Bangsal this is located inside the main building near the door at the eastern corner. The Koperasi operate the Public Boat, the Shuttle boat, the Island Hopping boat and also offer (official) Charter boats.
There is a ticket office on Gili Air to buy your ticket back to Bangsal, it is located adjacent to the arrival and departure point.
Public boat (ferry)
Shuttle boat
Charter boat
Perama [18] has a small office on Gili Air next door to Villa Karang, and they offer daily transfers from Senggigi at 9AM for Rp 90,000. These should not be relied on outside of the peak tourist season though. Perama is unlikely to take you to Gili Air if you are the only passenger.
Departing from Bangsal to either of the three Gili islands is rarely pleasant due to the very persistent touts who infest the place, just try to ignore them and do not listen to their generally fanciful tales that involve you paying them money to solve an imaginary transportation problem. They often provide a chorus of gloomy predictions regarding the alleged unavailability of services, then if successful they just place unknowing passengers upon the normal scheduled service or a private charter at an often seriously inflated prices.
The situation arising from the activities of pestering touts combined with confusing and inadequate formal services at Bangsal is the source of many disappointments and complaints.
From Gili Trawangan and Gili Meno
To move from one island to another the formal procedure is to take the Public boat (ferry) to Bangsal and then a further similar ferry to the required island departing from Bangsal. To return the reverse is required. This can be confusing and co-ordinating the timing with the connecting boat departing from Bangsal may be either difficult or elusive. There is also a limited official inter-island Island Hopping service provided.
Ferry operators may sometimes enter into informal arrangements with passengers to journey inter-island. In this situation a passenger boards a boat that is meant to go directly to Bangsal from one of the three Gili islands but instead it detours and sets down on the beach at another island whilst en-route. The prices are a movable feast but people will normally pay a price of around Rp 25,000. Inter-island access on the public boats in this manner is dependant upon timing, weather, loading, payment and the inclination of the crew to facilitate an inter-island journey and such arrangements are not officially sanctioned. The standard procedure is to travel to Bangsal and make a separate trip to the different island or to use the very limited official service. The price for a single journey Public Boat ferry journey from Gili Trawangan is Rp 10,000 and Gili Meno to Bangsal is Rp 9,000. The price for the subsequent Public boat to Gili Air from Bangsal is Rp 10,000, this assuming the required connection was made at Bangsal.
Charter boat
Informal private charters are also available. Prices are subject to negotiation, take your time over the process.
Get around
Walking is the best option as you can wander around the whole of Gili Air in about 90 minutes.
Bicycles are widely available for rent for Rp 30,000-50,000 per day. Some hotels might give you one as part of your accommodation package.
There are fewer horse carts (cidomos) here than on Gili Trawangan, but they are still not hard to find. If you are planning an early morning departure and have heavy bags, it is wise to ask your hotel the day before to book a cidomo for you. Short trips will cost about Rp 30,000 per person.
See and Do
Dive shops
There are 5 dive operators with offices on Gili Air. Most of them are independently run outposts of Gili Trawangan based shops. All dive shops offer a full menu of PADI or SSI dive courses and fun dives.
If you intend to learn to dive or advance existing qualifications and wish to avoid all the temptations of partying whilst doing so, then Gili Air is the ideal base.
Any of the dive shops will also be able to organise snorkelling trips for you, including hire of gear. Alternatively, there are some good spots where you can snorkel from the beach. Try almost anywhere along the east coast where the fringing reef is fairly healthy and close offshore. Be careful walking in the shallow waters though as there are a lot of very spiny sea urchins in amongst the sea-grass. Equipment can be hired from almost any cafe or shack close to the beach for about Rp 30,000, or your hotel will be able to help you.
Gili Air hardly registers a blip on the global surf scene, which is somewhat surprising. There is a poorly known, barreling right hander off the south coast called Playgili. This is by no means a straightforward wave, breaks over some very sharp coral and is best left to experienced, skilled surfers. It does not always roll, but when it does this is a good wave. Best first stop for any surfer is Ozzy's Surf Shop, where the local crew will be keen to rent you a board and chat about the conditions.
The circular walk around Gili Air is very pleasant indeed. The highlight for many would be the awe-inspiring views of massive Mount Rinjani towering over Lombok.
There is an ATM on the island. It is located 5 min east of the ferry arrival area. Blue Marlin Dive Centre provides a credit card cash advance for a commission of 7%. There are other ATMs on Gili Trawangan.
The best bet for changing money is Oseana shop located in the Harbour. Oseana shop will change a lot of different currencies. Ideally, make sure you bring enough cash with you that is already converted to Rupiah.
There are a few shops selling basic necessities close to the boat landing and on the eastern coast. In the same area there are also a couple of vendors with a reasonable collection of Lombok handicrafts for sale.
In the centre of the island (in the village, on main north-south road of the island), there's a bigger shop (they have lots of smelly dried fish), selling, besides other things, some cheap foods (try donuts for Rp 1,000 if you are not afraid). Slightly cheaper than beach shops, but some sellers try to compensate for that when see foreigners, so the same 1.5 lt bottle of water could easily cost Rp 5,000 one day and Rp 4,000 the next one depending upon where you purchase it.
Starting at the jetty and working your way north on the east side of the island up to Hotel Gili Air, there are lots of decent places to eat. Since there is no fresh water on the island, purified shipped water is the norm, which does not mean that salads are 100% safe, but the food is generally not problematic. Many restaurants propose delicious grilled fish, freshly caught from the ocean. Choose the fish from their display stand and discuss the price. Local cooking style normally tends to overcook the fish, so it is a good idea to specify your cooking taste.
For budget travellers, there are several warungs in the village, just go inland from the harbor. Nasi campur spesial (with chicken) is Rp 10,000, as well as soto ayam. There's also a place selling bakso and (sometimes) martabak a bit further inland, almost in the middle of island. Rp 10,000 for bakso, opens in the late afternoon.
Gili Air usually has one party a week rotating at different bars during the peak season only. Locals and restaurant owners will usually mention them to you, and sometimes flyers are posted around. The party scene on Gili Air is much more low-key, and not nearly as rowdy as the wild all-nighters on Gili Trawangan.
For those who want really cheap accommodation (Rp 50,000-100,000), the good option is to walk by the road going inland from the harbor/boat ticket office to the village. There are several homestay-type accommodation options there. In low season, the price can often be bargained down.
Gili Air budget hotels tend to bear a striking resemblance to one another and most are on the east side of the island. There is not a wide range in quality or appeal, although a few stand out.
The island has mobile telephone coverage by the major Indonesian networks (Telkomsel, XL, Indosat, Axis, poor coverage by 3), and there are a couple of public telephone offices.
The internet has improved a little on Gili Air in recent years, but is still usually painfully slow and very expensive at around Rp 24,000-30,000/hr). Mobile internet (especially with introduction of unlimited plans since 2009 in Indonesia) is a much better option, if you have your own laptop or a smartphone. GPRS/EDGE access seems to be quite slow on Gili Air, however, depending upon the operator used it may help to go to the eastern or western beach to try for a better connection.
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