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Q: TCP communication between Windows 10 and Windows IOT core I couldn't figure out whats stopping the communication between Windows 10 IOT Core and Windows 10 machine.
My setup is as follows ,
1) NXP imx6 installed with Windows 10 IOT
2) My dev sandbox installed with windows 10
3) Both machines are in same subnet
Installed a TCP port forwarding UWP app on Windows 10 IOT core (Copied code as it is and customized to make it UWP app, reference from Git hub provided below).
https://gist.github.com/bongbongco/588abf3928cbd297443dd9da8171eb9a
The app running successfully on Windows 10 IOT , it fails to accept the client connection request from my Windows 10 machine.
The app keeps waiting for the client connection at following line of code
source = _mainSocket.Accept();
from my client machine(Windows 10 dev machine) when i try connecting to Windows 10 IOT core i receive connection timeout exception.
I am trying to telnet 8081 to  iMX6 board having windows 10 IOT Core installed, but i am getting the error "Could not open connection to the host, on port 8081: connect failed"
When i ping to the iMX6 machine i get a reply, my question is that , is IOT core has specific ports open?
or some firewall settings we need to enable? If so how to enable.
I have installed the following image from NXP "W1860_1_0_1_EVK_iMX6ULL_512MB_TestOEMInput-xml-Release.ffu"
Let me know your thoughts what could be an issue.
Does any one has working port forwarding app developed in UWP?
Some observations from my side
1) I could ping to my Windows 10 IOT core
2) I can install, manage apps on Windows 10 IOT core
3) While debugging the app remotely via visual studio, all dependent framework libraries are installed
Couple of questions pondering me
1) Is it possible to communicate between Windows 10 and Windows 10 IOT , using TCP protocol
2) am i missing any libraries on Windows 10 IOT
My Server Program below
/// <summary>
/// TCP server is used to connect, disconnect and manage TCP sessions
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>Thread-safe</remarks>
public class TcpServer : IDisposable
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Initialize TCP server with a given IP address and port number
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="address">IP address</param>
    /// <param name="port">Port number</param>
    public TcpServer(IPAddress address, int port) : this(new IPEndPoint(address, port)) {}
    /// <summary>
    /// Initialize TCP server with a given IP address and port number
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="address">IP address</param>
    /// <param name="port">Port number</param>
    public TcpServer(string address, int port) : this(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(address), port)) {}
    /// <summary>
    /// Initialize TCP server with a given IP endpoint
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="endpoint">IP endpoint</param>
    public TcpServer(IPEndPoint endpoint)
    {
        Id = Guid.NewGuid();
        Endpoint = endpoint;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Server Id
    /// </summary>
    public Guid Id { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// IP endpoint
    /// </summary>
    public IPEndPoint Endpoint { get; private set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Number of sessions connected to the server
    /// </summary>
    public long ConnectedSessions { get { return Sessions.Count; } }
    /// <summary>
    /// Number of bytes pending sent by the server
    /// </summary>
    public long BytesPending { get { return _bytesPending; } }
    /// <summary>
    /// Number of bytes sent by the server
    /// </summary>
    public long BytesSent { get { return _bytesSent; } }
    /// <summary>
    /// Number of bytes received by the server
    /// </summary>
    public long BytesReceived { get { return _bytesReceived; } }

    /// <summary>
    /// Option: acceptor backlog size
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// This option will set the listening socket's backlog size
    /// </remarks>
    public int OptionAcceptorBacklog { get; set; } = 1024;
    /// <summary>
    /// Option: keep alive
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// This option will setup SO_KEEPALIVE if the OS support this feature
    /// </remarks>
    public bool OptionKeepAlive { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Option: no delay
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// This option will enable/disable Nagle's algorithm for TCP protocol
    /// </remarks>
    public bool OptionNoDelay { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Option: reuse address
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// This option will enable/disable SO_REUSEADDR if the OS support this feature
    /// </remarks>
    public bool OptionReuseAddress { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Option: enables a socket to be bound for exclusive access
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// This option will enable/disable SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE if the OS support this feature
    /// </remarks>
    public bool OptionExclusiveAddressUse { get; set; }

    #region Start/Stop server

    // Server acceptor
    private Socket _acceptorSocket;
    private SocketAsyncEventArgs _acceptorEventArg;

    // Server statistic
    internal long _bytesPending;
    internal long _bytesSent;
    internal long _bytesReceived;

    /// <summary>
    /// Is the server started?
    /// </summary>
    public bool IsStarted { get; private set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Is the server accepting new clients?
    /// </summary>
    public bool IsAccepting { get; private set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Start the server
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>'true' if the server was successfully started, 'false' if the server failed to start</returns>
    public virtual bool Start()
    {
        Debug.Assert(!IsStarted, "TCP server is already started!");
        if (IsStarted)
            return false;

        // Setup acceptor event arg
        _acceptorEventArg = new SocketAsyncEventArgs();
        _acceptorEventArg.Completed += OnAsyncCompleted;

        // Create a new acceptor socket
        _acceptorSocket = new Socket(Endpoint.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);

        // Apply the option: reuse address
        _acceptorSocket.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.ReuseAddress, OptionReuseAddress);
        // Apply the option: exclusive address use
        _acceptorSocket.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.ExclusiveAddressUse, OptionExclusiveAddressUse);

        // Bind the acceptor socket to the IP endpoint
        _acceptorSocket.Bind(Endpoint);
        // Refresh the endpoint property based on the actual endpoint created
        Endpoint = (IPEndPoint)_acceptorSocket.LocalEndPoint;
        // Start listen to the acceptor socket with the given accepting backlog size
        _acceptorSocket.Listen(OptionAcceptorBacklog);

        // Reset statistic
        _bytesPending = 0;
        _bytesSent = 0;
        _bytesReceived = 0;

        // Update the started flag
        IsStarted = true;

        // Call the server started handler
        OnStarted();

        // Perform the first server accept
        IsAccepting = true;
        StartAccept(_acceptorEventArg);

        return true;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Stop the server
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>'true' if the server was successfully stopped, 'false' if the server is already stopped</returns>
    public virtual bool Stop()
    {
        Debug.Assert(IsStarted, "TCP server is not started!");
        if (!IsStarted)
            return false;

        // Stop accepting new clients
        IsAccepting = false;

        // Reset acceptor event arg
        _acceptorEventArg.Completed -= OnAsyncCompleted;

        // Close the acceptor socket
        _acceptorSocket.Close();

        // Dispose the acceptor socket
        _acceptorSocket.Dispose();

        // Disconnect all sessions
        DisconnectAll();

        // Update the started flag
        IsStarted = false;

        // Call the server stopped handler
        OnStopped();

        return true;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Restart the server
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>'true' if the server was successfully restarted, 'false' if the server failed to restart</returns>
    public virtual bool Restart()
    {
        if (!Stop())
            return false;

        while (IsStarted)
            Thread.Yield();

        return Start();
    }

    #endregion

    #region Accepting clients

    /// <summary>
    /// Start accept a new client connection
    /// </summary>
    private void StartAccept(SocketAsyncEventArgs e)
    {
        // Socket must be cleared since the context object is being reused
        e.AcceptSocket = null;

        // Async accept a new client connection
        if (!_acceptorSocket.AcceptAsync(e))
            ProcessAccept(e);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Process accepted client connection
    /// </summary>
    private void ProcessAccept(SocketAsyncEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.SocketError == SocketError.Success)
        {
            // Create a new session to register
            var session = CreateSession();

            // Register the session
            RegisterSession(session);

            // Connect new session
            session.Connect(e.AcceptSocket);
        }
        else
            SendError(e.SocketError);

        // Accept the next client connection
        if (IsAccepting)
            StartAccept(e);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// This method is the callback method associated with Socket.AcceptAsync()
    /// operations and is invoked when an accept operation is complete
    /// </summary>
    private void OnAsyncCompleted(object sender, SocketAsyncEventArgs e)
    {
        ProcessAccept(e);
    }

    #endregion

    #region Session factory

    /// <summary>
    /// Create TCP session factory method
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>TCP session</returns>
    protected virtual TcpSession CreateSession() { return new TcpSession(this); }

    #endregion

    #region Session management

    // Server sessions
    protected readonly ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, TcpSession> Sessions = new ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, TcpSession>();

    /// <summary>
    /// Disconnect all connected sessions
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>'true' if all sessions were successfully disconnected, 'false' if the server is not started</returns>
    public virtual bool DisconnectAll()
    {
        if (!IsStarted)
            return false;

        // Disconnect all sessions
        foreach (var session in Sessions.Values)
            session.Disconnect();

        return true;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Find a session with a given Id
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="id">Session Id</param>
    /// <returns>Session with a given Id or null if the session it not connected</returns>
    public TcpSession FindSession(Guid id)
    {
        // Try to find the required session
        return Sessions.TryGetValue(id, out TcpSession result) ? result : null;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Register a new session
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="session">Session to register</param>
    internal void RegisterSession(TcpSession session)
    {
        // Register a new session
        Sessions.TryAdd(session.Id, session);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Unregister session by Id
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="id">Session Id</param>
    internal void UnregisterSession(Guid id)
    {
        // Unregister session by Id
        Sessions.TryRemove(id, out TcpSession temp);
    }

    #endregion

    #region Multicasting

    /// <summary>
    /// Multicast data to all connected sessions
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="buffer">Buffer to multicast</param>
    /// <returns>'true' if the data was successfully multicasted, 'false' if the data was not multicasted</returns>
    public virtual bool Multicast(byte[] buffer) { return Multicast(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); }

    /// <summary>
    /// Multicast data to all connected clients
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="buffer">Buffer to multicast</param>
    /// <param name="offset">Buffer offset</param>
    /// <param name="size">Buffer size</param>
    /// <returns>'true' if the data was successfully multicasted, 'false' if the data was not multicasted</returns>
    public virtual bool Multicast(byte[] buffer, long offset, long size)
    {
        if (!IsStarted)
            return false;

        if (size == 0)
            return true;

        // Multicast data to all sessions
        foreach (var session in Sessions.Values)
            session.SendAsync(buffer, offset, size);

        return true;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Multicast text to all connected clients
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="text">Text string to multicast</param>
    /// <returns>'true' if the text was successfully multicasted, 'false' if the text was not multicasted</returns>
    public virtual bool Multicast(string text) { return Multicast(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text)); }

    #endregion

    #region Server handlers

    /// <summary>
    /// Handle server started notification
    /// </summary>
    protected virtual void OnStarted() {}
    /// <summary>
    /// Handle server stopped notification
    /// </summary>
    protected virtual void OnStopped() {}

    /// <summary>
    /// Handle session connected notification
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="session">Connected session</param>
    protected virtual void OnConnected(TcpSession session) {}
    /// <summary>
    /// Handle session disconnected notification
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="session">Disconnected session</param>
    protected virtual void OnDisconnected(TcpSession session) {}

    /// <summary>
    /// Handle error notification
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="error">Socket error code</param>
    protected virtual void OnError(SocketError error) {}

    internal void OnConnectedInternal(TcpSession session) { OnConnected(session); }
    internal void OnDisconnectedInternal(TcpSession session) { OnDisconnected(session); }

    #endregion

    #region Error handling

    /// <summary>
    /// Send error notification
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="error">Socket error code</param>
    private void SendError(SocketError error)
    {
        // Skip disconnect errors
        if ((error == SocketError.ConnectionAborted) ||
            (error == SocketError.ConnectionRefused) ||
            (error == SocketError.ConnectionReset) ||
            (error == SocketError.OperationAborted) ||
            (error == SocketError.Shutdown))
            return;

        OnError(error);
    }

    #endregion

    #region IDisposable implementation

    // Disposed flag.
    private bool _disposed;

    // Implement IDisposable.
    public void Dispose()
    {
        Dispose(true);
        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
    }

    protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposingManagedResources)
    {
        // The idea here is that Dispose(Boolean) knows whether it is
        // being called to do explicit cleanup (the Boolean is true)
        // versus being called due to a garbage collection (the Boolean
        // is false). This distinction is useful because, when being
        // disposed explicitly, the Dispose(Boolean) method can safely
        // execute code using reference type fields that refer to other
        // objects knowing for sure that these other objects have not been
        // finalized or disposed of yet. When the Boolean is false,
        // the Dispose(Boolean) method should not execute code that
        // refer to reference type fields because those objects may
        // have already been finalized."

        if (!_disposed)
        {
            if (disposingManagedResources)
            {
                // Dispose managed resources here...
                Stop();
            }

            // Dispose unmanaged resources here...

            // Set large fields to null here...

            // Mark as disposed.
            _disposed = true;
        }
    }

    // Use C# destructor syntax for finalization code.
    ~TcpServer()
    {
        // Simply call Dispose(false).
        Dispose(false);
    }

    #endregion
}

My Main Program:
public class Program
{

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // TCP server port
        int port = 1111;
        if (args.Length > 0)
            port = int.Parse(args[0]);

        Console.WriteLine($"TCP server port: {port}");

        Console.WriteLine();

        // Create a new TCP chat server
        var server = new TcpServer(IPAddress.Any, port);

        // Start the server
        Console.Write("Server starting...");
        server.Start();
        Console.WriteLine("Done!");

        Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to stop the server or '!' to restart the server...");

        // Perform text input
        for (; ; )
        {
            string line = Console.ReadLine();
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(line))
                break;

            // Restart the server
            if (line == "!")
            {
                Console.Write("Server restarting...");
                server.Restart();
                Console.WriteLine("Done!");
                continue;
            }

            // Multicast admin message to all sessions
            line = "(admin) " + line;
            server.Multicast(line);
        }

        // Stop the server
        Console.Write("Server stopping...");
        server.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("Done!");
    }
}

Thanks

A: Yes, it is possible to communicate between Windows 10 and Windows 10 IoT Core using TCP protocol. You need to follow these two steps:

*

*Specify the port in your firewall setting on your server device via this command.
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Web Access" dir=in protocol=TCP localport=8081  action=Allow

*Add the privateNetworkClientServer capability in your UWP app. You may refer to this document(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/networking/sockets#build-a-basic-tcp-socket-client-and-server).

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Swastika painted on home, campaign sign of NJ Rep. Josh Gottheimer supporters
(Courtesy of Josh Gottheimer)
(JTA) — A swastika was painted on the home of a supporter of Democratic New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer.
The campaign sign standing in the front yard of Adam Stolarsky, 48, who lives in the house with his girlfriend, Colleen Murch, also was defaced with drawings of swastikas, penises and vulgar language. The graffiti also called on people to "vote MAGA," a reference to President Donald Trump's popular campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
The vandalism occurred early on Saturday morning, The New York Times reported. It was the second time in the week since the couple put up the sign that it was vandalized. In addition, there were signs that the vandals had tried to force open the garage door on which they painted the swastika. Stolarsky and Murch are not Jewish. They replaced the sign hours after the attack.
Gottheimer, who is Jewish and running for his second term in New Jersey's 5th Congressional district, said in a statement issued on Saturday that: "There's no place for white supremacists or anti-Semitism in our broader community, and this vile hate-motivated crime certainly does not reflect the values of the people of Sussex County."
It is not the first time that the Gottheimer campaign has been subject to an anti-Semitic attack. Prior to the 2016 election, an anti-Semitic flier depicting Gottheimer with devil's horns and a sinister goatee alongside a pitchfork was distributed in the district. Gottheimer alleged that supporters of the Republican then-incumbent, Rep. Scott Garrett, distributed the flier.

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Online news site barred from PM's office
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
(Najib pic courtesy of theSun)
PETALING JAYA, 9 April 2009: Chinese online news site Merdeka Review was barred from entering the Prime Minister's Department today to report on the announcement of the new cabinet.
The order to bar Merdeka Review's reporter and photographer was issued by the prime minister's office, according to an officer who declined to fully identify himself.
Reporter Wong Shu Qi said upon her arrival at the guardhouse of the prime minister's office at 2.30pm today with photographer Saw Siow Feng, she was asked which media outfit they were with.
Once she identified their news organisation, she was immediately told by the security personnel that Merdeka Review was barred.
"When I asked why, they told me they were only following instructions," she told The Nut Graph.
Wong was then given a phone number and the name of an officer said to be Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's "pegawai khas".
"When I asked him why Merdeka Review was being barred, he told me it was an order from the prime minister's office," she said. "He said he wasn't sure why we were being barred, and there was no black-and-white instruction."
Wong said the security personnel at the guard house told her that the officer had earlier informed them to bar Merdeka Review from entering the Prime Minister's Department for Najib's 3pm cabinet announcement.
When The Nut Graph rang the officer, he confirmed that he was merely carrying out instructions from the prime minister's office. He declined to give his full name or to fully identity his position in the prime minister's administration.
Other online news sites such as Malaysiakini and The Nut Graph were allowed in.
Merdeka Review editor-in-chief Chang Teck Peng said this was the first time they had been barred from the Prime Minister's Department.
"We didn't have problems going in to report before, even when we hadn't yet gotten our Information Department media accreditation tags," he said in a phone interview.
The barring of Merdeka Review from Najib's announcement happened just three days after Najib delivered a speech at the Malaysian Press Institute's Press Night on 6 April 2009, where he stressed on the need for a "vibrant, free and informed media".
In his speech, delivered on his fourth day as premier, he also said, "If we are to build a democracy that is responsive to the needs of all the people, we need a media — both old and new — that is empowered to responsibly report what they see, without fear of consequence, and to hold governments and public officials accountable for the results they achieve or do not achieve."
Filed Under: News Tagged With: barred, media freedom, merdeka review, new cabinet announcement, new line-up, online news site, Prime Minister's office
Tshiung Han See says
Nice report, Jacqueline. Let's hope foreign news sources pick it up. Unlikely since they also are allowed to operate in the country by the grace of the government.
DIASPORA says
Now we know why they say "Never, ever, trust a politician". They can convince you to build a 200 span iron bridge in the Sahara Desert. This is only the beginning. Now with Keris Hish in the Home office and his strong feelings about utilising the ISA ruthlessly, we can be assured of more restrictive rules and regulations and the police, MACC and immigration whooping it up.
Why do people tend to believe in the repeated rhetorics of politicians. Even the press could get duped as we can see from this incident.
Until the government decides to take it down, the speech is available here: http://www.pmo.gov.my/index_full.php?menu=speech&news_id=117&page=1676&speech_cat=2
Selinak says
Why ah? Why only Merdeka Review? What news have they carried that PM wants to blacklist them? So all the dosh about quality and free media is just rubbish, isn't it?
Hafidz Baharom says
Sigh….transparency transparency transparency….
When will the government finally understand the need for it….
"Judge me by my actions!" Well, it's quite clear that PM Najib's actions are quite contradictory to his words, no? Which means that he is not serious about any reforms. He is just into media spin. And the sooner we all realise this, the better we can deal with this new regime.
Din Haron says
When the PM say "No", it means "Yes" and "Yes", it means "No". It's "reverse action". These has been the practice dulu, kini and selamanya. Till when will the rakyat learn?
Gopal Raj Kumar says
To be refused entry into a press conference or an event where the press is usually invited is at the discretion of the host.
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher revived this practice, a variant of McCarthyism, that has become the staple of most governments the world over.
Since privatisation of the media worldwide and the proximity of government (through its largesse paid in advertising and other facilitation revenue) with media interests, they the media have been quick to shed their ethics, morals and shift their individual biases to make sure they do not bite the proverbial hand that feeds them.
It is a somewhat precarious and perfidious dalliance between government, vested interests and the media that occurs each day an event occurs and someone is privileged to relay the event to the public.
What happened to this particular media outlet is not something that the international media would bother about. Why? They are all collectively guilty of acting in their interests first in preference to public interest and the truth.
The taking of a life like that of Kugan's has lost its currency with Malaysia's altenative media. Yet it was a human life taken in the custody of an all powerful government instrument. But it belonged to a lower class person not part of the emerging trendies of the X or Y or baby boomer generation.
So why would the exclusion of Merdeka Review warrant any attention of the world media?
ganesh says
The honeymoon is over. Mahathirism rears its head.
navin says
You knew Najib was talking [rhetoric] when he mentioned the words, "free press" in one sentence.
There is no free press in Malaysia. None sanctioned by government, that is.
This has only increased the mystery surrounding Merdeka Review. Now everyone would want to visit that site. I'm going to right now. Great advertising, don't you think?
chinhuatw says
CIJ, WAMI: Najib's credibility in media freedom shattered
Any credibility Prime Minister Najib Razak may have had when he called for "embracing" the new media and "promoting a free environment" was shattered on the day he announced his cabinet line-up, say the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and the Writers for Media Independence (WAMI).
Only six days into his prime ministership, an online media, merdekareview.com has been barred from covering the announcement of Najib's new cabinet line-up. It had recently published commentaries criticising pro-Najib stories in the best-selling Chinese press, Sin Chew Jit Poh.
CIJ and WAMI warn that the PM's move in centralising the governance of broadcast and internet media – under the purview of the Ministry of Information, Communication, Arts and Literature might simply mean more news censorship and tighter control for those media.
Already, the appointment of Hishammudin Hussein as Home Minister has raised doubts about whether more space for dialogue is possible. The former Umno Youth chief has on the record vocally supported the Internal Security Act and sparked ethno-nationalist controversies with his incendiary language.
To salvage his credibility in promoting openness, CIJ and WAMI call upon the PM to announce both a plan and a timetable to set up a Parliamentary Select Committee tasked with reviewing all media laws. This parliamentary panel would ensure broad-based public consultation and allow real reform.
CIJ and WAMI maintain that barring journalists from reporting violates principles of media freedom. Any media outlet must be allowed to cover all official events, regardless of its owner's political affiliation or style of reporting.
CIJ and WAMI call upon both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat to show their commitment for media freedom. This ban by the Prime Minister's Office, as well as the Pakatan Rakyat Penang government's earlier ban of the English daily New Straits Times from its official functions, demonstrates further that both are willing only to pay lip service to the fundamental rights of freedom of expression and information.
Issued by
Writers' Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI)
Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)
To answer the question: "Why Merdeka Review?"
The widely-believed answer: It has published two articles in a row strongly criticising the best-selling Chinese daily, Sin Chew Daily, for publishing a series of [positive] articles on Najib after his visit to the press.
The next question: Who did the translation for the PM's office?
Andrew I says
There's a character in the British sitcom, "The Vicar of Dibley" who answers most questions with no, no, no, no, no, no err.. yes.
Not funny, until he really means no. Then, a yes doesn't follow…obviously.
If only some of our own politicians could be as predictable as he is.


Giselle Fernandez was named co-anchor of NBC's Weekend editions of "Today" and anchor of "NBC Nightly News" Sunday edition in January 1995. In addition to her anchor duties, Fernandez also covers special and foreign assignments for NBC News from her New York base.
Fernandez is expected to host a daytime program, now in development, for the NBC Television Stations. The five-day-a-week interview program should be introduced by early 1996.
Formerly, Fernandez had been a New York-based correspondent and fill-in anchor at CBS News since October 1991. She also served as a substitute anchor on "CBS This Morning" for Paula Zahn, Dan Rather for "CBS Evening News", and Connie Chung on "CBS Weekend News." In February 1992 she became a regular contributor to the "Eye in America" series on "CBS Evening News." Fernandez also took assignments for "CBS Sunday Morning", "Face the Nation," and "48 Hours."
Fernandez has covered a variety of stories around the world. The list includes coverage of the United States military efforts in Somalia, the Bosnian war (based in Sarajevo), the Haitian military government, and the Cuban immigration crisis. Fernandez has also covered IRA complications in London, Hurricane Andrew, and the World Trade Center bombing.
In October 1994, Fernandez was the first reporter to interview Cuban leader Fidel Castro in English in two decades.
Prior to joining CBS, Fernandez was a weeknight anchor and a reporter at WCIX-TV in Miami, covering events in south Florida and overseas, including the Persian Gulf War, Haiti, and the U.S. invasion of Panama.
Earlier in her career, Fernandez was a reporter/weekend anchor at WBBM-TV in Chicago, a reporter/anchor for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles and a reporter at KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara. She began her broadcasting career at KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs.
Fernandez was born in Mexico City and raised in California. She graduated from the University of Sacramento with a degree in journalism.
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Zhaga: Standardizing Interfaces, Enabling Interoperability
Lighting must become both connected and serviceable to unlock IoT related business opportunities, enable the circular economy, and meet regulatory expectations. But doing so requires standardized interfaces that support interoperable components – which is where Zhaga comes in.
"Zhaga, the global lighting industry organization, puts the spotlight on interoperability," says Dee Denteneer, Secretary General of the Zhaga Consortium. "Our mission is to specify the electrical, mechanical, optical, thermal, and communication interfaces for the interoperable components used in LED luminaires."
According to Zhaga, a luminaire component is interoperable when it can be combined with (an)other interoperable component(s) and function as specified in the component datasheet. "Interoperability requires that components match on all aspects of each relevant component interface," adds Denteneer.
To illustrate, Denteneer points to replacing an LED module with a more efficient LED module. "The new LED module is considered interoperable if it fits into the luminaire and can function according to its datasheet," he explains.
However, such interoperability is only possible when the proper interface specifications are in place. "At the most basic level, a specification supports interoperability when all the compliant components of a first type are interoperable with all the compliant components of a second type," says Reinhard Lecheler, Chair of the Zhaga Steering Committee. "In more advanced cases, the specification defines several profiles, with the interoperability of compliant components limited to the defined profiles."
In all cases, the specification never interferes with safety and other regulatory requirements. Zhaga develops interface specifications, known as Books, that define the necessary conditions for interoperability and serve as the standard for the lighting industry. For example, Book 18 specifies the smart interface for outdoor luminaires, while the smart interface for indoor luminaires specified in Book 20 allows luminaires to be interoperable with sensing and communication modules in indoor applications.
"These interface standards create ecosystems of interoperable components, and the certification of these components gives confidence in their interoperability and capability of becoming a part of an existing ecosystem," notes Lecheler.
Benefiting the Lighting Value Chain
Having components available that comply with and are certified in accordance to such standards benefits luminaire OEMs, component manufacturers, specifiers, and end-users alike. For example, an OEM's design of a new luminaire is facilitated by the availability of many components of different types, all of which are based on standardized interfaces. Having certified components of different types readily available alleviates the need to check whether they will function together.
By defining what is required for components to work together, interface specifications benefit component manufactures too. Products manufactured in accordance with such an interface specification require less, or even no, co-development. It also eliminates the hassle of having to deal with companies providing complementary components.
"No longer concerned about whether their products are interoperable, these companies can now focus on innovation and differentiating features," explains Denteneer. "These products then become part of a richer ecosystem of complementary products, which ultimately benefits the end customer."
Having interoperable components based on standardized interfaces also means LED luminaires can be upgraded and serviced – particularly if the interface supports plug-and-play interoperability. "This advantage is especially appealing to end-users and specifiers," adds Denteneer.
The ability to upgrade and service an LED luminaire plays an important role in the various stages of a luminaire's life cycle. For example, replacing a component in-the-field not only fixes the broken part, it could also serve as an opportunity to adjust, upgrade, or even extend a luminaire. More so, it allows end-users to separate certain decisions (e.g., they can first decide on the luminaires and later about adding sensors for smart applications), thus easing both project planning and execution.
Finally, during the end-of-life treatment of a luminaire, plug-and-play interoperability allows components to be 'unplugged' – a feature that supports the circular economy and facilitates sustainable recycling.
Addressing Challenges Head On
Despite these advancements in interface specifications, challenges remain. For example, interoperable luminaire components require a technical alignment of all interface aspects, including electromagnetic compatibility. There's also the issue of how the module driver interface makes it difficult to match a module to a driver (e.g., when exchanging modules in the field). The specification of the thermal interface between LED modules and luminaires is another challenge that needs to be addressed.
"We must also provide specifications that ensure the minimum level of functionality necessary for interoperability whilst leaving room for performance differentiation," explains Lecheler. "This means ensuring that different suppliers provide products with different performance characteristics on top of the specified, minimum functionality."
Finally, there's the challenge of legacy management. "Legacy management must be considered so that a new generation of components is still interoperable with all the other components in the luminaire," adds Lecheler.
Zhaga is addressing all these challenges head on. For example, it is developing standards that evolve with market and/or technology changes and is working to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using reference luminaires for the EMC testing of LED modules and drivers. The consortium is also taking concrete steps to future proof LED luminaires.
"Zhaga is developing the standardized interfaces needed to support the interoperable components that make lighting both connected and serviceable," concludes Denteneer. "This work will ultimately benefit companies and end users along the entire lighting value chain."
The White Paper on Interoperability can be downloaded here.
Zhaga invites all companies to join and participate in this important task. To learn more, visit www.zhagastandard.org or contact Zhaga at +1-732-562-5404 or info@zhagastandard.org.
© 2021 LED professional / Luger Research e.U.


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Love St Lucia? Well, you're certainly not the only one!
Last year St Lucia's tourism industry achieved several records.
According to statistics released by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), our beautiful island welcomed a record 1,105,541 visitors in 2017.
With visitor arrivals to St Lucia surging by 11% last year, the island also achieved the highest visitor arrivals' growth rate in the Caribbean.
According to the CTO, stay-over arrivals rose to 386,127 while cruise arrivals increaed 14% to reach 669,217.
"The tourism industry continues to be an incredibly important and vital part of the Saint Lucian economy. We are happy with the levels of growth witnessed and as we continue our marketing efforts, we as well look to maximizing the impact of tourism on our economy," commented Dominic Fedee, St Lucia's Minister of Tourism Information & Broadcasting.


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These days, it's way too easy to get buried by our commitments and our responsibilities. We're so over-extended that balancing work and life becomes overwhelming, and there are just some days when you find yourself struggling to find a starting point. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if a good number of you reading this were nodding in agreement right now. And, I'm willing to bet that there are even more of you silently chastising yourselves for spending time staring at the computer screen rather than tackling the items on your seemingly endless to-do list.
To those in the "yeah, I really should get to that list" camp, you're already this far in, so why not stick with me for a few more minutes?
This is going to sound counter-intuitive, but one of the best ways to combat feeling overwhelmed and to ensure that you have time enough to do the things you need to do and the things you want to do is to carve out time for yourself. My husband and I have discovered that making a point of setting aside some time each weekend for an activity that we find enjoyable actually helps us to stay focused on our respective to-do lists during the week and improves our overall mood. That's why, no matter what else we have going on, we reserve time every Sunday to go for brunch.
Brunch is our favorite meal, so much so that it inspired the dishes we served at our wedding reception. While we typically bounce back and forth between our mainstay restaurants in Bethlehem (Blue Sky Café on West Fourth Street and Jumbars on Chelsea Avenue), the foodie in me likes to mix it up every now and then. The last time I felt the need for a change in dining scenery, I hit the web to see what other restaurants in the Lehigh Valley offered brunch on Sunday. Not surprisingly, we had plenty of potential options to consider.
What sold me was the advertised Sunday Jazz Brunch at Sette Luna, located on Ferry Street in the heart of Easton's historic district. This Tuscan trattoria has received numerous accolades for the intimate and romantic atmosphere it creates for its diners as they enthusiastically dig into the restaurant's rustic-yet-artistically-prepared dishes. While the setting they provide is powerful enough to transport diners to Italy during the evening hours, I wanted to know whether it could do the same during the peak brunch hours.
When we walked through the door, I instantly fell in love with the rich shades of red and yellow used in the restaurant's décor. They reminded me so much of the vibrant colors that my husband and I encountered while on our honeymoon in Tuscany last September.
To truly celebrate the sentimentality of the moment, I didn't hesitate to order a Bellini ($8) to go along with my usual coffee and water. If you like to pair your meal with a beverage that's alcoholic in nature, then you'll be pleased by the drink menu at Sette Luna. You'll be able to choose from an extensive list of brunch cocktails as well as an impressive number of Belgian beers.
Settling on our entrees was a bit of a chore because there were so many items we wanted to try, including the Breakfast Pizza from the Special Menu and the Eggs in Purgatory ($11). I mean, what about poached eggs served in a spicy marinara sauce with home fries and sliced Ciabatta for dipping doesn't sound intriguing? While the temptation was strong to go with those options, we ultimately ordered two totally different things.
My husband chose the Tuscan Benedict ($12, not pictured) made with poached eggs, house-cured pancetta, and sautéed Swiss chard atop Wolferman's muffins. All of this is served with a side of "Dad's home fries" and half of a grapefruit that's been roasted to bring out some of its sweetness. I was only able to steal a bite of the Benedict, but that's all I needed to be able to agree with my husband's assertion that the pancetta was the star on the plate. Thinly sliced and crisped to perfection, it provided just the right amount of saltiness to balance out the richness of the rest of the dish.
As for me, I took a complete departure from my traditional brunch order (usually something egg-related) and selected the Bologna ($10). A link of LaJo's spicy Italian sausage is split lengthwise before being grilled and served alongside broccoli rabe that's been sautéed with sliced garlic and seasoned with crushed red pepper flakes. That alone would've been plenty of food for me, but I, too, got some of "Dad's home fries" and half of a roasted grapefruit.
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We enjoyed our experience at Sette Luna so much that we're already talking about going back, which means we've added a new restaurant to our regular brunch rotation. More importantly, though, we're guaranteeing that we'll continue setting aside some time for us to take a step back and focus on something other than our to-do lists.


Formation of an HIV-1 particle with a conical core structure is a prerequisite for the subsequent infectivity of the virus particle. We have previously described that glycineamide (G-NH2) when added to the culture medium of infected cells induces non-infectious HIV-1 particles with aberrant core structures.
Here we demonstrate that it is not G-NH2 itself but a metabolite thereof that displays antiviral activity. We show that conversion of G-NH2 to its antiviral metabolite is catalyzed by an enzyme present in bovine and porcine but surprisingly not in human serum. Structure determination by NMR suggested that the active G-NH2 metabolite was α-hydroxy-glycineamide (α-HGA). Chemically synthesized α-HGA inhibited HIV-1 replication to the same degree as G-NH2, unlike a number of other synthesized analogues of G-NH2 which had no effect on HIV-1 replication. Comparisons by capillary electrophoresis and HPLC of the metabolite with the chemically synthesized α-HGA further confirmed that the antiviral G-NH2-metabolite indeed was α-HGA.
α-HGA has an unusually simple structure and a novel mechanism of antiviral action. Thus, α-HGA could be a lead for new antiviral substances belonging to a new class of anti-HIV drugs, i.e. capsid assembly inhibitors.
During or concomitant with the HIV-1 release from infected cells, the Gag precursor protein (p55) is cleaved sequentially into matrix (MA/p17), capsid (CA/p24), nucleocapsid (NC/p7) and p6. Thus, proteolytic cleavage of p55 within the budded particle triggers a morphological change of the core which transforms it from a spherical  to a conical core structure consisting of approximately 1,500 p24 molecules [2–4]. The conical core formation not only results as a consequence of the proteolytic cleavage of p55 but also from substantial conformational changes and rearrangements of the p24  which is connected to one another through N-terminal hexamer and C-terminal dimer formations [5–8]. Acquisition of virion infectivity, reverse transcription, and subsequent dissociation of the capsid core are all critically dependent on just the right semi-stability of the capsid cone structure, which in turn is made up of multiple semi-stable non-covalent p24-p24 interactions . Thus, proper structural rearrangement of p24 after Gag cleavage is a crucial step and is a highly conserved feature in most retroviruses . This makes p24 of interest as a target for developing new antiviral drugs.
There are twenty-five approved drugs that belong to six different antiretroviral classes for the treatment of HIV-patients . The majority of these drugs control HIV-1 infection by targeting the two viral enzymes reverse transcriptase and protease . A 36 amino acid peptide binding to the transmembrane glycoprotein gp41 inhibiting the fusion of the viral envelope with the plasma membrane is also used [13, 14]. Two other classes of antiretroviral drugs, a CCR5 co-receptor antagonist entry inhibitor  and an integrase inhibitor [16, 17], have also recently been approved. Other drugs being developed include zinc finger inhibitors affecting the RNA binding of the nucleocapsid protein (NC, p7) [18, 19], and capsid maturation inhibitors [20–22].
We have previously shown that the tripeptide glycyl-prolyl-glycineamide (GPG-NH2) cleaved to G-NH2 by dipeptidyl peptidase CD26, present in both human and fetal calf serum, affects proper HIV-1 capsid assembly and infectivity [23–26]. Here we show that G-NH2 by itself does not affect HIV-1 replication, but displays antiviral effect only when converted to a metabolite by a yet uncharacterized enzyme present in porcine or bovine serum but not in human serum. The metabolite was identified as the small molecule α-hydroxy-glycineamide (α-HGA) having a molecular mass of only 90 Daltons, a molecule which we recently showed could inhibit HIV-1 replication .
The antiviral activity of G-NH2 was tested in HIV-1 infected H9 cells cultured in medium containing human (HS), porcine (PS) or fetal calf serum (FCS). When FCS was used, 100 μM G-NH2 repeatedly abolished HIV infectivity (Fig. 1A, FCS). Similar results were also obtained when infected cells were cultured in PS (data not shown). However, no antiviral activity was observed when the infected cells were cultured in HS (Fig. 1A, HS). An explanation for this could be that G-NH2 had to be converted by an enzyme present in FCS and PS, but not in HS, to acquire its antiviral activity. To test this hypothesis, 1 mM G-NH2 was dialyzed against FCS (pre-dialyzed against PBS five times to clear it from low molecular weight material) at 37°C over night. The dialysis solution (DS) obtained which contained the presumed G-NH2 metabolite, was then added to infected H9 cells cultured in medium containing HS (Fig. 1B, DS). Infected cell cultures to which 100 μM G-NH2 or no drug had been added served as controls. The results of a typical experiment are shown in Fig. 1B. G-NH2 showed no antiviral activity, however, infected cells cultured in human serum with DS at a 1/10 dilution, corresponding to ~100 μM of possible G-NH2-FCS product, showed virus replication that was completely inhibited (Fig. 1B, DS).
Antiviral activity of G-NH 2 and characterization of G-NH 2 metabolite obtained after dialysis against FCS or PS. (A) H9 cells (105) were infected with the SF-2 strain of HIV-1 and cultured in medium containing 100 μM G-NH2 and either 10% fetal calf serum (FCS) or human serum (HS). Ten days post-infection, the level of p24-antigen in the culture supernatants was assayed with a p24-ELISA. (B) H9 cells infected with the SF-2 strain of HIV-1 were cultured in medium containing 10% human serum (HS) and either 100 μM G-NH2 or a dialysis solution (DS) of 1/10 dilution of 1 mM G-NH2 dialyzed against FCS. Untreated cultures without any addition of G-NH2 or DS served as controls. (C) Infected H9 cells were cultured in the presence of 10% boiled porcine serum (BPS) or non-boiled porcine serum (PS). The infected cultures were cultured with the addition of 100 μM G-NH2, DS or were left untreated. Virus production was assessed using an RT assay. Error bars indicate standard deviations from quadruple cultures.
To further test if G-NH2 was converted to the active antiviral substance by an enzyme present in porcine or calf serum, HIV-1-infected H9 cells were cultured in medium containing normal PS or boiled PS (BPS). The cells were then treated with 100 μM G-NH2, with the DS at a 1/10 dilution or were left untreated. A typical experiment is depicted in Fig. 1C. Infected cells without any test compound and cultured in medium containing PS or BPS served as controls (Fig. 1C, Untreated). In contrast to what was observed in cells cultured with BPS and treated with DS, G-NH2 showed no antiviral activity in cells cultured with medium containing BPS (Fig. 1C). DS, however, repeatedly inhibited HIV replication regardless of the infected cells being cultured in the presence of PS or BPS (Fig. 1C, DS).
DS derived from 1 mM G-NH2 dialyzed against pre-washed HS or PS was analyzed by HPLC using a cationic ion-exchange column. With G-NH2 dialyzed against PS at 37°C (Fig. 2A) but not at 4°C (Fig. 2B), a peak designated Met-X (retention time at 2.9 min) was always observed in addition to the G-NH2 peak (at 6.2 min). Dialysis of G-NH2 in HS gave no such change in the HPLC pattern (Fig. 2C). The unknown peak fraction obtained by dialysis of G-NH2 at 37°C was also isolated and tested for its antiviral activity (see below).
HPLC analysis of G-NH 2 and the G-NH 2 -derived metabolite Met-X. HPLC chromatograms of dialysis solution (DS) after dialyzing 1 mM G-NH2 against porcine serum (PS) at 37°C (A) and at 4°C (B) or human serum at 37°C. The dialysis solutions were analyzed with a cationic ion-exchange column (Theoquest Hypersil SCX, Thermo), and the absorbance was measured at 206 nm.
Furthermore, we tested a number of different animal sera for their ability to convert 14C-G-NH2 to the antiviral metabolite X (Met-X). The conversion of G-NH2 to Met-X was detected by the migration pattern in HPLC. As shown in Figure 3, sera from human, rat, mouse, and bird did not convert G-NH2 but sera from rabbit, monkey, cat, dog, pig, horse and cow were successful in conversion.
Conversion of G-NH2 to Met-X in different sera. 14C-labeled G-NH2 was incubated with sera from different species at different time points as indicated in the figure. Conversion to Met-X was analyzed by HPLC. Percent conversion to Met-X for respective sera is depicted.
13C2/15N-labeled glycine (Fig. 4A) was transformed to 13C2/15N-labeled G-NH2 (Fig. 4B) by Fmoc peptide synthesis. In order to produce 13C2/15N-labeled Met-X (Fig. 4C), 13C2/15N-labeled G-NH2 (Fig. 4B) was dialyzed against PS or FCS as described above. The 13C15N-labeled Met-X was then purified by HPLC and the peak fraction containing labeled Met-X was concentrated by lyophilization before being analyzed by NMR.
Chemical structure and production of G-NH 2 -derived metabolite after dialysis against porcine serum. The chemical structures of doubly labeled glycine with two 13C- and one 15N-isotopes (A) which was transformed into labeled glycineamide (B). The latter was dialyzed against porcine serum at 37°C, and the 13C2 15N-labeled product (C) here is referred to as Met-X. This compound was purified by HPLC and concentrated before being analyzed with NMR.
Based on the NMR analysis (1H NMR, coupled 1H-13C NMR, and 2D 1H-15N HSQC NMR) one of the possible structures of the unknown compound Met-X was determined as α-hydroxy-glycineamide (α-HGA).
α-HGA was chemically synthesized and compared to Met-X. The HPLC chromatogram of α-HGA was identical to that of Met-X (Fig. 5A). Furthermore, the antiviral activity of the HPLC peak fraction identified as Met-X and α-HGA were tested in H9 cells infected with the HIV-1 SF-2 virus and in chronically infected ACH-2 cells. Both substances had similar antiviral activity (data not shown). The HPLC peak fractions identified as Met-X and α-HGA were also analyzed by capillary electrophoresis using bare silica capillaries under the same experimental conditions. The analysis of Met-X revealed some impurities which were well separated from the major peak containing Met-X (Fig. 5B). The pure α-HGA sample gave a symmetrical single peak, which had strikingly similar migration times to Met-X. The reproducibility was high (RSD = 1.14%; n = 4). Comparison of the UV spectra of the substances in separate experiments further revealed identical absorbance properties. Furthermore, the structural information gained by proton and carbon NMR analyses resulted in identical chemical shift values (data not shown).
Comparison of Met-X with α-HGA. HPLC analysis of synthetically produced α-HGA and Met-X, the latter produced enzymatically after dialyzing 1 mM G-NH2 against PS at 37°C, is depicted in panel A, and capillary electrophoresis analysis of α-HGA and Met-X in panel B.
Both α-HGA and Met-X treatment at concentrations corresponding to 10 μM resulted in similarly significant changes in virion core morphology (data not shown). Pleomorphic virus particles with distorted, irregular packing of aberrant core structures, partly devoid of dense core material, were seen. Virions having double core structures and occasionally viral cores bulging off from viral envelope were also observed.
α-HGA and some other structurally related compounds (Fig. 6A) at drug concentrations of 100 μM were tested for a possible inhibitory effect on HIV-1 replication in infected H9 cells in the presence of FCS. As shown in Fig. 6B, both α-HGA and G-NH2 abolished HIV-1 replication. By contrast, oxamic acid, oxamide, α-methoxy glycineamide, and Boc-α-methoxy glycineamide did not show any significant effect on HIV-1 replication. The 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) in HIV-1 SF-2 infected H9 cells ranged from 4 to 6 μM for both α-HGA and Met-X. A typical dose response curve for α-HGA is depicted in Fig. 6C.
Biological and antiviral comparison of α-HGA and some structurally related compounds. Chemical structures of glycine, glycineamide (G-NH2), α-HGA, oxamic acid, oxamide, α-methoxy glycineamide and Boc-α-methoxy glycineamide (A). Antiviral activity of 100 μM of respective compound added to HIV-1 SF-2 infected H9 cells cultured in the presence of 10% fetal bovine serum (B). Dose response of the antiviral activity of synthetically produced α-HGA (C).
In this study, we were able to identify, isolate and characterize a novel antiretroviral glycineamide (G-NH2)-derived metabolite (Met-X) obtained after incubation of G-NH2 in porcine (PS) or fetal calf (FCS) serum. Dialysis of G-NH2 against FCS at 4°C or boiled PS gave no Met-X, indicating that the enzyme responsible for converting G-NH2 to Met-X is temperature-dependent and heat-sensitive. Furthermore, unlike in FCS or in PS, G-NH2 could not be converted to Met-X when incubated in human serum at 37°C, suggesting that humans lack either the active enzyme or a necessary co-factor. Interestingly, humans seem to share this inability to convert G-NH2 with mice, rats and birds. However, other species such as non-human primates can readily convert G-NH2 to Met-X.
Here we characterized Met-X by NMR and this unknown compound was identified as α-hydroxy-glycineamide (α-HGA). In addition, with NMR, HPLC and capillary electrophoresis analysis of Met-X and the synthesized α-hydroxy-glycineamide the same chemical structure was determined. Therefore, it is very likely that these two compounds are identical chemical entities. The antiviral activity of the Met-X purified by cation exchange chromatography and identified as α-HGA by NMR was also confirmed both in H9 cells infected with the HIV-1 SF-2 virus and chronically infected ACH-2 cells. Consistent with previous reports on GPG-NH2 and G-NH2, the addition of Met-X or α-HGA to the culture medium of infected cells resulted in HIV-1 particles with aberrant core morphology.
The reduction in infectivity was not due to cytotoxicity, since neither Met-X nor α-HGA at concentrations up to 1,000 μM has any effect on the cell viability of PBMC or a number of other cell lines . Furthermore, α-HGA had no mitogenic activity against human PBMCs at concentrations of up to 2,000 μM.
Two other compounds that inhibit or interfere with the HIV-1 capsid (p24/CA) maturation or assembly have previously been reported [20, 21, 28]. PA-457 [20, 22], is a compound that binds to the proteolytic cleavage site of the p24 precursor (p25/CA-SP1) and thereby affects its maturation to p24. α-HGA does not affect the proteolytic processing of p25 . The other compound reported by Tang et al. describes the binding of N-(3-chloro-4-methylphenyl)-N'-2-(5-[dimethylamino-methyl]-2-furyl)-methylsulfanyl-ethyl urea (CAP-1) to the N-terminal domain of p24 . CAP-1 affects HIV-1 capsid cone formation but did not prevent virus release . However, α-HGA, which is comparatively a small molecule, specifically affected HIV-1 CA assembly and cone formation, possibly by binding to the hinge region between the N- and C-terminal domains of p24 . A 12-mer alpha-helical peptide (CAI) was also shown to interfere with p24 dimerization, but not with HIV-1 replication in cell culture due to the lack of cell penetration [28, 29]. However, more recently a structure-based rational design was used to stabilize the alpha-helical structure of CAI and convert it to a cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) displaying antiviral activity .
In this study, we have reported that G-NH2 by itself has no anti-viral activity but is converted to a small (molecular mass 90) anti-retroviral compound when incubated in some animal sera. The new compound was identified as α-HGA, which has an unusually simple structure and a novel mechanism of antiviral action. Thus, α-HGA could be a lead for new antiviral substances belonging to a new class of anti-HIV drugs, i.e. capsid assembly/maturation inhibitors.
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), H9 and ACH-2 cells were cultured in complete RPMI-1640, and HeLa-tat cells was cultured in complete DMEM medium supplemented with 10% serum and antibiotics. Porcine and human sera (PS and HS) (Biomeda), fetal calf serum (FCS; Invitrogen) oxamic acid and oxamide (Sigma) were used. Glycineamide (G-NH2) and α-hydroxy glycineamide (α-HGA; manufactured to order by Pharmatory Oy, Oulu, Finland) were kindly provided by Tripep AB, Stockholm, Sweden. 13C2/15N-labeled Fmoc-glycine (Isotech) was transformed to 13C2/15N-labeled G-NH2 by Fmoc peptide synthesis. 13C2/15N-labeled G-NH2 was dialyzed against PS or FCS to produce 13C2/15N-labeled metabolite of G-NH2 which will be referred to as Met-X (Fig. 2A, B and 2C).
HIV-1 stock of SF-2 from H9 cells was prepared as described previously , and 50% tissue culture infectious dose (TCID50) was determined. H9 cells were infected with SF-2 at 100 TCID50 by incubating for 2 hours at 37°C. The cells were then pelleted, washed and resuspended in complete RPMI medium containing HS or PS, and the test compound was added. Cells were cultured for 11 days, and the growth medium was changed seven days post-infection. The HIV-1 p24 antigen contents were assayed at day 7 and 11 post infection essentially as described elsewhere  (see below). For RT-assay, the manufacturer's procedure was followed (Cavidi Tech AB, Uppsala, Sweden).
13C2/15N-labeled or unlabeled G-NH2 was enzymatically transformed to Met-X by dialysis against FCS or PS at 37°C. Dialysis was performed with 10 ml of serum in a dialysis tubing (5 kD MWCO) that was prewashed by dialyzing 5× against PBS under constant stirring. After 24 hours, the dialysis solution (DS) containing Met-X was analyzed by injecting it onto a 250 × 10 mm, 5 μm cationic ion-exchange column, Theoquest Hypersil SCX, (Thermo), with 90% 0.1 M KH2PO4pH 4.5/10% acetonitrile as mobile phase at isocratic flow. The absorbance was measured at 206 nm. Lyophilized 13C2/15N-labeled Met-X was also analyzed as above except that a mobile phase of 90% 2.5 mM formic acid pH 3/10% acetonitrile was used. All HPLC chromatograms were compared using retention time as an indicator. Once the structure of Met-X was indicated by NMR (see below) to be α-HGA, the HPLC properties of Met-X and chemically synthesized α-HGA were analyzed under the same conditions.
The HPLC peak fraction containing 13C2/15N-labeled Met-X was isolated, lyophilized, and analyzed with NMR. Due to the low natural abundance of 13C- and 15N-nuclei, a commercially available labeled glycine with two 99% 13C- and one 99% 15N-isotopes (Fig. 4A) was used as starting material. The labeled glycine was transformed into G-NH2 (Fig. 4B) which was dialyzed against PS or FCS to obtain labeled Met-X. The 13C/15N-labeled Met-X was purified by HPLC and concentrated by lyophilization before being analyzed with NMR. The samples were analyzed on a Bruker DPX 300 MHz, a Jeol Eclipse+500 MHz and Bruker DMX 600 MHz spectrometers.
Capillary electrophoresis experiments were carried out at 20°C with a BioFocus 3000 system (Bio-Rad) which was equipped with a fast scanning UV-Vis detector. Fused silica tubing (50 and 365 μm inner and outer diameter, respectively) was purchased from MicroQuartz and cut to a length of 23 cm (with 18.5 cm effective length). Sodium phosphate buffer (0.05 M) at pH 7.4 was used as a background electrolyte. The polarity was set from positive to negative (with the detection point closer to the cathode). The capillary was flushed with the buffer for 1 minute before each run. The Met-X solution obtained from the dialysis procedure was diluted two fold in the buffer solution and filtered through a syringe disc filter (Ultra free-MC 5 000 NMWL, Millipore) prior to injection by pressure (3 psi·s). α-HGA was dissolved in the buffer at 10 mM concentration and injected by pressure (3 psi·s). The applied voltage was 10 kV in all experiments resulting in 50 μA current.
p24-ELISA of infected cell culture supernatants was performed essentially as described elsewhere . Briefly, rabbit anti-p24 coated micro-well plates (MWP) were blocked with 3% BSA in PBS at 37°C for 30 minutes. Supernatants from infected cells were added to the plates, followed by incubated at 37°C for 1 hour. The MWPs were washed three times, and biotinylated anti-p24 antibody (1:1 500) was added. One hour after incubation, the MWPs were washed and incubated with HRP-conjugated streptavidine (1:2 000) for 30 minutes. Finally, the MWPs were washed and detected by adding the substrate o-Phenylenediamine Dihydrochloride (Sigma). Recombinant p24 at fixed concentrations was used as a standard. The plates were read in a Labsystems multiscan MS spectrometer. For RT-ELISA, the manufacturer's procedure was followed (Cavidi Tech).
The antiviral activity of α-HGA and some other structurally related compounds was tested in infected H9 cells in the presence of FCS at drug concentrations of 100 μM. H9 cells were infected as described above and cultured in medium containing oxamic acid, oxamide, α-methoxy glycineamide and Boc-α-methoxy glycineamide.
The sera from different animal species were diluted 10-fold in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer pH 8.0. To 100 μl (10% serum) were added 0.1 μCi [14C]G-NH2 (radiospecificity: 56 mCi/mmol), and the samples were incubated for 1, 6 or 24 hours at 37°C. At these time points, 200 μl cold methanol was added, and the samples were left on ice for another 15 minutes. After centrifugation at 15,000 rpm, the supernatants were subjected to HPLC analysis using a SCX-partisphere column (Whatman). The following gradient was used to separate G-NH2 and Met-X (α-HGA): 5 mM buffer B (5 mM NH4H2PO4 pH 3.5) (10 minutes); linear gradient to 83% buffer C (0.3 M NH4H2PO4 pH 3.5) (6 minutes); equilibration 83% buffer C (2 minutes); linear gradient to 100% buffer B (6 minutes); equilibration 100% buffer B (6 minutes). The retention times of G-NH2 and α-HGA were 12 and 2 minutes, respectively.
H9 cells were infected with HIV-1 SF-2 at 100 TCID50 by incubating for 2 hours at 37°C. After seven days of incubation, medium containing Met-X or α-HGA was added. Cells were cultured for an additional four days, and progeny virus was analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The HIV-1-infected H9 cells were fixed freshly upon embedding in epon, essentially as described before . Sections were made approximately 60 nm thick to allow accommodation of the volume of the core structure parallel to the section plane. Duplicate samples were used and minimal beam dose technique was employed throughout. Evaluation of morphology was done with series of electron micrographs to depict different categories of virus morphology. Similar results were also obtained with chronically infected ACH-2 cells induced to replicate HIV-1.
We thank Pia Österwall and Sung Oun Stenberg for help with the dialysis and antiviral assay. We thank the original donors of the following reagents that were obtained through the AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program, Division of AIDS, NIAID, NIH: the CD4+ cell lines H9  and ACH-2 , and the CD4- cell line HeLa-tat-III . This work was supported by grants from the K.U. Leuven (GOA-05/19), Swedish Research Council (grant no. K2000-06X-09501-10B), Swedish International development Cooperation Agency, SIDA (grant no. HIV-2006-050) and Tripep AB.
Author AV is a shareholder and a director of the board of Tripep AB, and author ML is an employee of Tripep AB.
SH performed electron microscopy, ÁV capillary electrophoresis, and ML HPLC analysis. MH together with WT and IR performed NMR analysis. JB performed the experiments with different animal sera. SA performed all other experiments in the study and wrote the manuscript with AV. AV is the principal investigator and conceived of the study. All authors read and approved the manuscript.


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Premiere: The Breathtaking Genius of Kuri's Avant-Folk Masterpiece "Sort Sol"
by Mitch Mosk
Kuri demonstrates his singular talent on the breathtaking "Sort Sol," a lyrically ingenious, musically mystifying cinematic folk masterpiece.
If everyone else feels the same thing, then why don't we call it divine? I only seem to have a heartbeat when I'm flying…
Kuri's music is as dazzling as it is bewildering. At a distance, his songs make for a dreamily pleasant listening experience, their rich instrumental flourishes rising and falling in sweet cascades of melody. Up-close, that brilliant gleam morphs into an intoxicating radiance through the artist's stunningly immersive imagery and incredible attention to detail.
Sort Sol – Kuri
I saw the starling black sun in bloom
such calm that I never knew in the universe
I was a cog in the mess
and it was a great typhoon
I was a part of the breath
within the calming move
but I never knew, I never knew
Atwood Magazine is proud to be premiering the music video for "Sort Sol," the lead single off Kuri's forthcoming debut album (out later this year via Nevado Music). Formerly of alternative band Oh Village, Scott Currie is an independent multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer based in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Describing himself as an "observer," Kuri introduced himself late last year with the mystifying colors of his debut Human Nature EP, an expansive six-track indulgence of ingenius, thought-provoking lyrics, lush orchestrations, and deep philosophy.
While its release comes only months after that of Human Nature, "Sort Sol" finds Kuri already developing upon the musical watermark he established not long ago.
A humble acoustic guitar rises out of the blue, organic and intimate against a calm, earthy backdrop. Kuri's layered voice is warm and engaging: Built-up but still raw, he sings of his own eyes opening to the surrounding world and what he found there.
sun down, an hour, the transience of my youth
one task, a dance of the last of an elder verse
well I was a note in the chord
I was a part of it
home in an affable lore
"This song was kind of bizarre," Kuri tells Atwood Magazine. "I didn't really know what was happening as I wrote. I didn't even really understand the timing that was taking place, but I just knew that it worked. I've always enjoyed the three-part format. Almost 3 separate movements – these sections kind of representing connection, chaos, and call to action. But I always wanted them to be tied together. I think the sporadic nature helped give it this dream-like movement, which was largely the goal. But the writing was definitely drawn out. Each section was kind of written individually at different times. The first song I wrote was really just a whole bunch of the first section. It definitely wasn't enough for me."
Kuri © Rachel Pick
These sections kind of represent connection, chaos, and call to action
Opening with the black and white image of a newborn baby, Kuri's "Sort Sol" video infuses color over the process of growth and discovery to inspire his song's message of connection, understanding, and peering into the unknown until it becomes the known. A child flies a kite with his parent; a teenager walks alone across a flat expanse; birds circle the skies in packs while on the ground below, people mill about in scattered crowds.
At once
It was a cold and feral place
but I had a glance at the break of an age
I was sitting low
I was passing through
can anyone else see the fleeting light
slipping away capsized into the night
can anyone else see the fleeting mind
sipping away half drunk on the fetishized
Kuri
There is so much happening at every moment of every day: Our world is overwhelming in the best possible way, and "Sort Sol" seeks to embody that dichotomy of volatility and balance. "This song is so much about connecting to the chaos of existence and to the unity in how we move ourselves amongst other selves," Kuri explains. "I think this visual helps aid that sentiment. Where is the line between the individual and the whole? Is there much of a line at all?"
Kuri has firmly set himself apart as a noteworthy artist-to-watch in 2019 and beyond.
His avant-folk artistry is sublime in its self-expression and emotive impact. From who, what, or where does Scott Currie pull together his musical world?
"I try to pull from everywhere. Obviously modern, pop, contemporary is kind of the medium – Avant-folk is a great way to put it actually – but I tend to listen to a lot of world music, jazz, a lot of hip-hop recently. There's this band Tinariwen that was on a lot while I was writing this record. I just love to listen. And things slip in from everywhere. I think it's important for me to listen and enjoy as much as I can. Even if it's not something I might normally enjoy intuitively, there's almost always something valuable happening."
Fans of Kuri are likely to find equal favor in fellow Canadian Mappe Of, the creative outlet for Toronto's Tom Meikle.
It's a truly wondrous feeling to stumble upon beautiful new music, and Kuri is as fresh as it gets. Dive into this artist headfirst: Kuri's "Sort Sol" is stream exclusively on Atwood Magazine!
if everyone else feels the same thing
then why don't we call it divine
I only seem to have a heartbeat when I'm flying
does anyone else feel the same thing
or maybe I'm out of my mind
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Q: sequence to sequence models output I executed the code translate.py from sequence to sequence models tutorial of tensorflow 60 hours ago and still waiting for the output.
Can anyone tell me how much more time will it take to display the output
System specifications:
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 on VMware with a disk space of 35 GB and RAM of 1 GB.

A: The best way is check the code . Normally in the training phase we don't print the progress in every epoch .  So it might take some time .
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50 Golden Years
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All human beings share a common defect among each other. That is that we all have a sense of pride in ourselves. Pride is not what other people think of us it is more what we think of ourselves. It is the thing humans use to make them selves feel better then others, to give themselves a higher feeling of importance. In the book Pride and Prejudice the author Jane Austen shows pride in her book through Mr. Darcy's actions, Mr. Collins refusal to believe Elizabeth's rejection, and Elizabeth's feelings of her self.
In the book Mr. Darcy shows a great amount of pride at the beginning of the book. At the first ball in the book Mr. Darcy shows his pride by scorning every one he meets that is not in his social circle. This is proven by what he says to Mr. Bingley about Elizabeth. He says "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me" (13).By saying this Mr. Darcy proves the pride in himself. He believes that since he is so much higher class then Elizabeth that she isn't worthy of him so he puts her aside. He further proves the pride in himself by finding faults in other people. Since he has so much pride in himself he believes that everyone is inferior and so he finds faults in them. For example, he says Elizabeth is not handsome enough to tempt him and that Jane smiles too much. Mr. Darcy also shows pride by letting his pride get in the way of his love for Elizabeth. If it were not for his pride he and Elizabeth would have found out that they make a good match much quicker and avoided a lot of trouble.
The theme of pride is further illustrated in this book by Mr. Collins. Mr. Collins decides that he wants to marry one of the women of the estate to lessen the difficulty of entailment of the estate. He turns he attention to Elizabeth and after a short while asks to marry her. When Elizabeth turns him down he replies by saying "That it is usual with young ladies to reject the addresses of the man whom they secretly mean to accept, when he first applies for their favor" (106). By not believing Elizabeth's refusal the first time, even though she showed clearly that she meant no, he shows his pride in himself. He also beliefs high of himself so when he was refused in stead of believing Elizabeth and taking the fault on himself he thinks that the reason for her saying
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Keep the development of your site on track with automated, continuous feedback on your performance pipeline. Use our API to compare deployments and any performance regressions or budget violations are flagged, ensuring that you're able to fix performance problems before they reach production.
Track pixel level changes to your UX with visual diffs, filmstrip and video comparisons allowing you to easily spot any visual changes you may or may not have expected.
Your technical team wants charts that help them go deep with performance issues. Your executive team wants high-level charts that focus on the metrics they care about. SpeedCurve lets you tailor different dashboards for different stakeholders and send weekly emails so that people only see the charts and data they need to see.
We offer a couple of different plans to suit different monitoring needs. You can get started right away with a Pay-As-You-Go plan for a minimum of $20 USD per month. For our Enterprise plans, click through to get a quote.