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Lumitrack is a novel motion tracking technology that uses projected structured patterns and linear optical sensors. Each sensor unit is capable of recovering 2D location within the projection area, while multiple sensors can be combined for up to six degree of freedom (DOF) tracking. Our structured light approach is based on special patterns, called m-sequences, in which any consecutive subsequence of m bits is unique. Lumitrack can utilize both digital and static projectors, as well as scalable embedded sensing configurations. The resulting system enables high-speed (500+ FPS), high precision (sub-millimeter), and low-cost motion tracking for a wide range of interactive applications. Published at UIST 2013.
WorldKit makes use of a paired depth camera and projector to make ordinary surfaces instantly interactive. Using this system, touch-based interactivity can, without prior calibration, be placed on nearly any unmodified surface literally with a wave of the hand, as can other new forms of sensed interaction. From a user perspective, such interfaces are easy enough to instantiate that they could, if desired, be recreated or modified "each time we sit down" by "painting" them next to us. From the programmer's perspective, our system encapsulates these capabilities in a simple set of abstractions that make the creation of interfaces quick and easy. Published at CHI 2013.
The proliferation of touchscreen devices has made soft keyboards a routine part of life. However, ultra-small computing platforms like the Sony SmartWatch and Apple iPod Nano lack a means of text entry. This limits their potential, despite the fact they are capable computers. We present a soft keyboard interaction technique called ZoomBoard that enables text entry on ultra-small devices. Our approach uses iterative zooming to enlarge otherwise impossibly tiny keys to comfortable size. We ran a text entry experiment on a keyboard measuring just 16 x 6mm – smaller than a US penny. Users achieved roughly 10 words per minute, allowing users to enter short phrases both quickly and quietly. Published at CHI 2013.
At present, touchscreens can differentiate multiple points of contact, but not who is touching the device. We propose a novel sensing approach based on Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing that enables touchscreens to attribute touch events to a particular user. This is achieved by measuring the impedance of a user to the environment (earth ground) across a range of AC frequencies. Natural variation in bone density, muscle mass and other biological factors, as well as clothing, impact a users' impedance profile. This is often sufficiently unique to enable user differentiation. This project has significant implications in the design of touch-centric games and collaborative applications. Published at UIST 2012.
We present Acoustic Barcodes, structured patterns of physical notches that, when swiped with e.g., a fingernail, produce a complex sound that can be resolved to a binary ID. A single, inexpensive contact microphone attached to a surface or object is used to capture the waveform. We present our method for decoding sounds into IDs, which handles variations in swipe velocity and other factors. Acoustic Barcodes could be used for information retrieval or to triggering interactive functions. They are passive, durable and inexpensive to produce. Further, they can be applied to a wide range of materials and objects, including plastic, wood, glass and stone. Published at UIST 2012.
Touché proposes a novel form of capacitive touch sensing that we call Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing (SFCS). This technology can infuse rich touch and gesture sensitivity into a variety of analogue and digital objects. For example, Touché can not only detect touch events, but also recognize complex configurations of the hands and body. Such contextual information can enhance a broad range of applications, from conventional touchscreens to unique contexts and materials, including the human body and liquids. Finally, Touché is inexpensive, safe, low power and compact; it can be easily embedded or temporarily attached anywhere touch and gesture sensitivity is desired. Published at CHI 2012.
Touch input is constrained, typically only providing finger X/Y coordinates. We suggest augmenting touchscreens with a largely unutilized input dimension: shear (force tangential to a screen's surface). Similar to pressure, shear can be used in concert with conventional finger positional input. However, unlike pressure, shear provides a rich, analog 2D input space, which has many powerful uses. We put forward five classes of advanced interaction that considerably expands the envelope of interaction possible on touchscreens. Published at CHI 2012.
Since the advent of the electronic age, devices have incorporated small point lights for communication purposes. This has afforded devices a simple, but reliable communication channel without the complication or expense of e.g., a screen. For example, a simple light can let a user know their stove is on, a car door is ajar, the alarm system is active, or that a battery has finished charging. Unfortunately, very few products seem to take full advantage of the expressive capability simple lights can provide. The most commonly encountered light behaviors are quite simple: light on, light off, and light blinking. Not only is this vocabulary incredibly small, but these behaviors are not particularly iconic. Published at CHI 2012.
Phone as a Pixel is a scalable, synchronization-free, platform-independent system for creating large, ad-hoc displays from a collection of smaller devices, such as smartphones. To participate, device need only a web browser. We employ a color-transition scheme to identify and locate displays. This approach has several advantages: devices can be arbitrarily arranged (i.e., not in a grid) and infrastructure consists of a single conventional camera. Further, additional devices can join at any time without re-calibration. These are desirable properties to enable collective displays in contexts like sporting events, concerts and political rallies. Published at CHI 2012.
Researchers and practitioners can now draw upon a large suite of sensing technologies for their work. Relying on thermal, chemical, electromagnetic, optical, acoustic, mechanical, and other means, these sensors can detect faces, hand gestures, humidity, blood pressure,proximities, and many other aspects of our state and environment. We present an overview of our work on an ultrasonic Doppler sensor. This technique has unique qualities that we believe make it a valuable addition to the suite of sensing approaches HCI researchers and practitioners should consider in their applications. Published in IEEE Pervasive.
We consider how the arms and hands can be used to enhance on-body interactions, which is typically finger input centric. To explore this opportunity, we developed Armura, a novel interactive on-body system, supporting both input and graphical output. Using this platform as a vehicle for exploration, we prototyped a series of applications and interactions. This helped to confirm chief use modalities, identify fruitful interaction approaches, and in general, better understand how interfaces operate on the body. This paper is the first to consider and prototype how conventional interaction issues, such as cursor control and clutching, apply to the on-body domain. Additionally, we bring to light several new and unique interaction techniques. Published at TEI 2012.
TapSense is an enhancement to touch interaction that allows conventional screens to identify how the finger is being used for input. Our system can recognize different finger locations – including the tip, pad, nail and knuckle – without the user having to wear any electronics. This opens several new and powerful interaction opportunities for touch input, especially in mobile devices, where input bandwidth is limited due to small screens and fat fingers. For example, a knuckle tap could serve as a "right click" for mobile device touch interaction, effectively doubling input bandwidth. Published at UIST 2011.
OmniTouch is a novel wearable system that enables graphical, interactive, multitouch input on arbitrary, everyday surfaces. Our body-worn implementation allows users to manipulate interfaces projected onto the environment (e.g., walls, tables), held objects (e.g., notepads, books), and their own bodies (e.g., hands, lap). A key contribution is our depth-driven fuzzy template matching and clustering approach to multitouch finger tracking. This enables on-the-go interactive capabilities, with no calibration, training or instrumentation of the environment or the user, creating an always-available projected multitouch interface. Published at UIST 2011.
Modern mobile devices are sophisticated computing platforms, enabling people to handle phone calls, listen to music, surf the web, reply to emails, compose text messages, and much more. These devices are often stored in pockets or bags, requiring users to remove them in order to access even basic functionality. This demands a high level of attention - both cognitively and visually - and is often socially disruptive. Further, physically retrieving the device incurs a non-trivial time cost, and can constitute a significant fraction of a simple operation's total time. We developed a novel method for through-pocket interaction called PocketTouch. Published at UIST 2011.
When viewing LCD monitors from an oblique angle, it is not uncommon to witness a dramatic color shift. Engineers and designers have sought to reduce these effects for more than two decades. We take an opposite stance, embracing these optical peculiarities, and consider how they can be used in productive ways. Our paper discusses how a special palette of colors can yield visual elements that are invisible when viewed straight-on, but visible at oblique angles. In essence, this allows conventional, unmodified LCD screens to output two images simultaneously – a feature normally only available in far more complex setups. Published at UIST 2011.
In this paper, we define a new type of iconographic scheme for graphical user interfaces based on motion. We refer to these "kinetic icons" as kineticons. In contrast to static graphical icons and icons with animated graphics, kineticons do not alter the visual content of a graphical element. Although kineticons are not new – indeed, they are seen in several popular systems – we formalize their scope and utility. One powerful quality is their ability to be applied to GUI elements of varying size and shape – from a something as small as a close button, to something as large as dialog box or even the entire desktop. This allows a suite of system-wide kinetic behaviors to be reused for a variety of uses. Published at CHI 2011.
SurfaceMouse is a virtual mouse implementation for multi-touch surfaces. A key design objective was to leverage as much pre-existing knowledge (and potentially muscle memory) regarding mice as possible, making interactions immediately familiar. To invoke SurfaceMouse, a user simply places their hand on an interactive surface as if there was a mouse present (see images on right). The system recognizes this characteristic gesture and renders a virtual mouse under the hand, which can be used like a real mouse. In addition to two-dimensional movement (X and Y axes), our proof-of-concept implementation supports left and right clicking, as well as up/down scrolling. Published at TEI 2011.
We developed Pediluma, a shoe accessory designed to encourage opportunistic physical activity. It features a light that brightens the more the wearer walks and slowly dims when the wearer remains stationary. This interaction was purposely simple so as to remain lightweight, both visually and cognitively. Even simple, personal pedometers have been shown to promote walking. Pediluma takes this a step further, attempting to engage people around the wearer to elicit social effects. Although lights have been previously incorporated into shoes, this is the first time they have been used to display motivational information. Published at TEI 2011.
TeslaTouch infuses finger-driven interfaces with physical feedback. The technology is based on the electrovibration principle, which can programmatically vary the electrostatic friction between fingers and a touch panel. Importantly, there are no moving parts, unlike most tactile feedback technologies, which typically use mechanical actuators. This allows for different fingers to feel different sensations. When combined with an interactive graphical display, TeslaTouch enables the design of a wide variety of interfaces that allow the user to feel virtual elements through touch. Published at UIST 2010.
Devices with significant computational power and capability can now be easily carried with us. These devices have tremendous potential to bring the power of information, creation, and communication to a wider audience and to more aspects of our lives. However, with this potential comes new challenges for interaction design. For example, we have yet to figure out a good way to miniaturize devices without simultaneously shrinking their interactive surface area. This has lead to diminutive screens, cramped keyboards, and tiny jog wheels - all of which diminishes usability and prevents us from realizing the full potential of mobile computing. Published in IEEE Computer Magazine.
Skinput is a technology that appropriates the human body for acoustic transmission, allowing the skin to be used as a finger input surface. In particular, we resolve the location of finger taps on the arm and hand by analyzing mechanical vibrations that propagate through the body. We collect these signals using a novel array of sensors worn as an armband. This approach provides an always-available, naturally-portable, and on-body interactive surface. To illustrate the potential of our approach, we developed several proof-of-concept applications on top of our sensing and classification system. Published at CHI 2010.
Minput is a sensing and input method that enables intuitive and accurate interaction on very small devices – ones too small for practical touch screen use and with limited space to accommodate physical buttons. We achieve this by adding two, inexpensive and high-precision optical sensors (like those found in optical mice) to the underside of the device. This allows the entire device to be used as an input mechanism, instead of the screen, avoiding occlusion by fingers. In addition to x/y translation, our system also captures twisting motion, enabling many interesting interaction opportunities typically found in larger and far more complex systems. Published at CHI 2010.
Human perception of time is fluid, and can be manipulated in purposeful and productive ways. We propose and evaluate variations on two visual designs for progress bars that alter users' perception of time passing, and "appear" faster when in fact they are not. In a series of direct comparison tests, we are able to rank how different augmentations compare to one another. We then show that these designs yield statistically significantly shorter perceived durations than conventional progress bars. Progress bars with animated ribbing that move backwards in a decelerating manner proved to have the strongest effect. We measure the effect of this particular progress bar design and show it reduces the perceived duration by 11%. Published at CHI 2010.
A cord, although simple in form, has many interesting physical affordances that make it powerful as an input device. Not only can a length of cord be grasped in different locations, but also pulled, twisted and bent — four distinct and expressive dimensions that could potentially act in concert. Such an input mechanism could be readily integrated into headphones, backpacks, and clothing. Once grasped in the hand, a cord can be used in an eyes-free manner to control mobile devices, which often feature small screens and cramped buttons. We built a proof-of-concept cord-based sensor, which senses three of the four input dimensions we propose. Published at CHI 2010.
Although network bandwidth has increased dramatically, high-resolution images often take several seconds to load, and considerably longer on mobile devices over wireless connections. Progressive image loading techniques allow for some visual content to be displayed prior to the whole file being downloaded. In this note, we present an empirical evaluation of popular progressive image loading methods, and derive one novel technique from our findings. Results suggest a spiral variation of bilinear interlacing can yield an improvement in content recognition time. Published at CHI 2010.
Mark Weiser envisioned a third wave of computing, one with "hundreds of wireless computers in every office," which would come about as the cost of electronics fell. Two decades later, some in the Ubiquitous Computing community point to the pervasiveness of microprocessors as a realization of this dream. Without a doubt, many of the objects we interact with on a daily basis are digitally augmented – they contain microchips, buttons and even screens. But is this the one-to-many relationship of people–to-computers that Weiser envisioned? Published in IEEE Multimedia.
Whack Gestures seeks to provide a simple means to interact with devices with minimal attention from the user – in particular, without the use of fine motor skills or detailed visual attention (requirements found in nearly all conventional interaction techniques). For mobile devices, this could enable interaction without "getting it out," grasping, or even glancing at the device. Users can simply interact with a device by striking it with open palm or heel of the hand. Published at TEI 2010.
We developed a magnetically-driven input approach that makes use of the (larger) space around a (very small) device. Our technique provides robust, inexpensive, and wireless input from fingers, without requiring powered external components. By extending the input area to many times the size of the device's screen, our approach is able to offer a high C-D gain, enabling fine motor control. Additionally, screen occlusion can be reduced by moving interaction off of the display and into unused space around the device. Published at UIST 2009.
We present a method for identifying the order of stacked items on interactive surfaces. This is achieved using conventional, passive fiducial markers, which in addition to reflective regions, also incorporate structured areas of transparency. This allows particular orderings to appear as unique marker patterns. We discuss how such markers are encoded and fabricated, and include relevant mathematics. To motivate our approach, we comment on various scenarios where stacking could be especially useful. We conclude with details from our proof-of-concept implementation, built on Microsoft Surface. Published at ITS 2009.
Physical buttons have the unique ability to provide low-attention and vision-free interactions through their intuitive tactile clues. Unfortunately, the physicality of these interfaces makes them static, limiting the number and types of user interfaces they can support. On the other hand, touch screen technologies provide the ultimate interface flexibility, but offer no inherent tactile qualities. In this paper, we describe a technique that seeks to occupy the space between these two extremes – offering some of the flexibility of touch screens, while retaining the beneficial tactile properties of physical interfaces. Published at CHI 2009.
Despite touch being a rich sensory channel, tactile output is almost exclusively vibrotactile in nature. We explore a different type of tactile display, one that can assume several different textural states (e.g., sticky, bumpy, smooth, course, gritty). In contrast to conventional vibrotactile approaches, these displays provide information passively. Only when they are explicitly handled by the user, either with intent to inquire about the information, or in the course of some other action, can state be sensed. This inherently reduces their attention demand and intrusiveness. We call this class of devices texture displays. Published at CHI 2009.
On-body interfaces will need to notify users about new emails, upcoming meetings, changes in weather forecast, stock market fluctuations, excessive caloric intake, and other aspects of our lives worn computers will be able to monitor directly or have access to. One way to draw a wearer's attention is through visual notifications. However, there has been little research into their optimal body placement, despite being an unobtrusive, lightweight, and low-powered information delivery mechanism. Furthermore, visual stimuli have the added benefit of being able to work alone or in concert with conventional methods, including auditory and vibrotactile alerts. Published at CHI 2009.
When conversing with someone via video conference, you are provided with a virtual window into their space. However, this currently remains both flat and fixed, limiting its immersiveness. We present a method for producing a pseudo-3D experience using only a single generic webcam at each end. This means nearly any computer currently able to video conference can use our technique, making it readily adoptable. Although using comparatively simple techniques, the 3D result is convincing. Published at ISM 2008.
We present Scratch Input, an acoustic-based input technique that relies on the unique sound produced when a fingernail is dragged over the surface of a textured material, such as wood, fabric, or wall paint. We employ a simple sensor that can be easily coupled with existing surfaces, such as walls and tables, turning them into large, unpowered and ad hoc finger input surfaces. Our sensor is sufficiently small that it could be incorporated into a mobile device, allowing any suitable surface on which it rests to be appropriated as a gestural input surface. Published at UIST 2008.
Numerous methods have been proposed that allow mobile devices to determine where they are located (e.g., home or office) and in some cases, predict what activity the user is currently engaged in (e.g., walking, sitting, or driving). While useful, this sensing currently only tells part of a much richer story. To allow devices to act most appropriately to the situation they are in, it would also be very helpful to know about their placement – for example whether they are sitting on a desk, hidden in a drawer, placed in a pocket, or held in one's hand – as different device behaviors may be called for in each of these situations. Published at UIST 2008.
Using OpenCV's Haar cascade face detection functionality, I was able to throw together a real time head tracking program. I coupled this with several 3D demos, including a Johnny Lee style targets demo. Performance is surprisingly good. On my 2.16 Ghz MacBook I am tracking at 25 frames per second - sufficient for real time interaction with no obtrusive reaction delays. Additionally, I've optimized the code so that only 50% of a single processor core is consumed (and that's on my relatively slow laptop).
The size and resolution of computer displays has increased dramatically, allowing more information than ever to be rendered on-screen. However, items can now be so small or screens so cluttered that users need to lean forward to properly examine them. This behavior may be detrimental to a user's posture and eyesight. Our Lean and Zoom system detects a user's proximity to the display using a camera and magnifies the on-screen content proportionally. Results from a user study indicate people find the technique natural and intuitive. Most participants found on-screen content easier to read, and believed the technique would improve both their performance and comfort. Published at CHI 2008.
Numerous factors cause progress bars to proceed at non-linear rates (e.g. pauses, acceleration, deceleration). Additionally, humans perceive time in a non-linear way. The combination of these effects produces a highly variable perception of how long it takes progress bars to complete. Results from a user study indicate there are several factors that can be manipulated to make progress bars appear faster, when in fact they are not, or potentially even slower. Published at UIST 2007.
The simple sling is often neglected when reviewing the long history of ranged warfare. Scholars typically focus on the simple thrown spear, atlatl, throwing axe, bow, and crossbow. However, in experienced hands, the sling was arguably the most effective personal projectile weapon until the 15th century, surpassing the accuracy and deadliness of the bow and even of early firearms. Published in the Bulletin of Primitive Technology.
Using the RCBIS package developed by Stacey Kuznetsov and myself, Jeff Borden put together a image clustering package. The application was created using the Prefuse information visualization toolkit and a K-means clustering method. The latter used a distance metric the RCBIR engine calculates when given two images.
After several months of intense development alongside Stacey Kuznetsov, the Rapid Content-Based Image Search (RCBIS) engine was ready for use in user oriented programs. The most obvious and appealing project was to develop an image search engine which took not text, but a sketch as input.
Television was once championed as the "electronic hearth" which would bring people together. Indeed, television shows provide a common experience, often affording even total strangers a social connection on which to initiate conversation. However, a fundamental shift in how we consume media is degrading such social interactions significantly – an increasing number of people are no longer watching television shows as they broadcast. Instead, users are favoring non-live media sources, such as Digital Video Recorders, Video-On-Demand services , and even rented physical media (e.g. Netflix). Published at UXTV 2008.
Conventional program guides present television shows in a list view, with metadata displayed in a separate window. However, this linear presentation style prevents users from fully exploring and utilizing the diverse, descriptive, and highly connected data associated with television programming. Additionally, despite the fact that program guides are the primary selection interface for television shows, few include integrated recommendation data to help users decide what to watch. iEPG presents a novel interface concept for navigating the multidimensional information space associated with television programming, as well as an effective visualization for displaying complex ratings data. Published at UXTV 2008.
Hierarchical file systems mirror the way people organize data in the physical world. However, this method of organization is often inadequate in managing the immense number of files that populate users' hard drives. Systems that employ a time-centric or content-driven approach have proven to be compelling alternatives. Kronosphere offers a powerful time and content-based navigation and management paradigm that has been specifically designed to leverage universal cognitive abilities.
Ineffective and insufficient commenting of code is a major problem in software development. Coders find commenting frustrating and time consuming. Often, programmers will write a section of code and come back later to comment, potentially reducing the accuracy of the information. Speech Enhanced Commenting is a system that takes advantage of an unused human output - voice. This system allows users to speak their comments as they program, which is natural and can happen in parallel to the user typing the code.
Checking passwords often requires a complex algorithm, but computation time is generally small. For users on their local machines, it's insignificant. However, if the password needs to be checked by a remote login server, things become more expensive. Secure connections have be negotiated and databases have to be queried. Throw in a few thousand users and your are looking at a serious load problem. Visual hashes can reduce the burden on login servers by eliminating some unnecessary login attempts.
During the 2006 and 2007 summers, I spent eleven weeks in Turkey assisting an archeological expedition at a Greco-Roman city named Aphrodisias. A small Geographical Information Systems (GIS) team worked on producing maps to assist the project, both in surveying the region and artifact collection. Creating site level contour maps was a major effort in the first season. I primarily worked on developing methods for predicting the location of ancient sites, such as iron mines and forts, and the routes of aqueducts and ancient roads.
Compilers are quite possibly the programmer's most frequently used tool, and yet often overlooked. Over the course of 2 months, I coded up a compiler in C++ for a medium-sized language dubbed 'A'. The compiler supports all the goodies, including: arrays, pointers, function calls, recursion, type checking, static scoping, and more. The output: executable PPC assembly.
People place different levels of importance on applications they use. This importance is often transient. For example, when the user is in a rush and wants to quickly check their email before they leave, the email application should not have to wait on other applications. However, other times, the user might accept a longer launch time because they also value background processes, like a downloading a file or transferring pictures from their digital camera. Anticipating user needs is practically impossible. However, users provide a wealth of feedback in the form of gestures.
Over the 2005 summer, I had the pleasure of working at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California, under the leadership of John Barton and Stephen Farrell. The development team consisted of Chris Parker, Meng Mao and myself. We worked on a unique application which blended aspects of personal information management, social networking, and content management. The project was dubbed Enki, after the Sumerian God of Knowledge.
In 1624, the Dutch established their first outpost about 150 miles north of Manhattan, up the Hudson River, called Fort Orange. It was located near the modern city of Albany, NY. Interestingly, the environment was similar to that of prehistoric Manhattan. The plant life was similar, with spruce, fir, birch, and poplar dominating the area around Fort Orange. Because archaic groups and a fledgling European outpost relied so heavily on the local environment to survive, there are many commonalities in how they lived. Using this similar environmental context, one can explore how each group, with their different technologies and social traditions, adapted and survived.
This page is dedicated to describing my work for the OS Bakeoff, which was the finale to a semester long advanced operating systems class. Students started by building their own shell, and later added support for booting the OS (on X86 hardware), paging (protected memory management), multiple program environments, scheduling, and preemptive multitasking to name a few.
With the advent of computers, which could perform millions of mathematical calculations per second, new topics and problems in geometry began to emerge and the field of computational geometry was born. As the subject evolved, a number of new applications became apparent, ranging from computer vision and geographical data analysis, to collision detection for robotics and molecular biology. This paper discusses perhaps one of the oldest and most celebrated computational geometry problems; the convex hull.
A multithreaded server capable of pipelining HTTP requests from multiple concurrent clients. Features an LRU cache to store frequently used files in main memory and supports a full compliment of MIME types via an external config file. All in about 500 lines of Java code...
This page is dedicated to research I conducted in my high school's science research class. I presented the work at several science competitions and ultimately filed a patent for the technology during my freshman year in university. This page is very out of date.
BaLiS was my first attempt at designing an AI (high school). It uses a priority matrix that builds as a virtual bacterium explores. Different items are encountered, such as food. The bacterium exhibits certain behaviors based on what it finds, and adjusts it's memory accordingly.


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TEDxAthens this November, took the format even further by focusing on 'The Ones Who Do'. The theme seemed entirely appropriate, given the country's current lack of belief in the system and in the future. "Our choice of topic is not only local but urgent: we need to turn thought into action today", one of the organisers Dimitris Kalavros comments.

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2010 Galardi "Terra di Lavoro" Roccamonfina
Review Date: 8-18-2013
This wine is not for the faint at heart. When I first popped the bottle, the wine was so full of game, wild herbs, ferrous notes,smoke and earth, it was almost pungent on the nose. I came back to it a few hours later and the nose had changed to show more chocolate, black licorice, and molasses, while still maintaining the game and spice notes. It was not until the next day when I enjoyed a glass with lunch that the blackberry and cherry liquor started to pop out. I tasted it this morning after being open for three days and it had developed even more, showing dried flowers, strawberry jam and a hint of cloth. So an incredibly complex wine to say the least. Will blow you away (in the best sense of the term)if you drink it now. Just make sure to decant it at least an hour before serving it. Better yet, sit on it for 5 to 10 years and you'll be even more blown away. One of the most intriguing wines I've ever experienced from Southern Italy. Wow! CM
Price: $64.99
2007 Mastroberardino "Radici" Taurasi
Review Date: 8-18-2013
It's hard to understate the importance of Mastrobernardino in general, the "Radici" bottling in particular. I've been following this wine for decades now and it seems to get better and better. The 2007 is incerdibly perfumey, with sweet cherry, violettes, vanilla and sweet herbs. Medium bodied with the classic tannic structure of Aglianico, the overall impression on the palate is "velvety". If I were unfortunate to own only one bottle of this wine, I would certainly lay it down for a few to several more years. However, were I lucky enough to own a case, this wine will be fascinating to watch evolve over the next 20 years by cracking a bottle every year or two and checking in. CM
Price: $39.99
2011 Correggia Anthos Dry Brachetto
Review Date: 6-30-2013
I'm a sucker for these types of red wines. Highly floral, spicy, lighter bodied. They're unusual, to say the least, but can be so much fun when you open your mind to them. I had this with some spicy fish tacos one night and finished the bottle with a pasta primavera of sorts the next day for lunch and it rocked with both. In fact, this wine sort of needs food to really make it sing. I'd love to pair it with some high quality salumi, or Piemonte style carne crudo. Fun little wine for only 17 bones. Love it. CM
Price: $16.99
2011 Poderi Morini "Savignone" Savignon Rosso
Review Date: 6-30-2013
One of the coolest wines I've come across in a long time. I opened it for the staff and they unanimously fell heads over heels for it as well (usually even if most of the staff loves a wine, there's still at least one "meh", but not this time!) Medium bodied, with zesty red raspberry, dried cherry and a ton of black pepper, rose petal, clove and exotic spice. Good concentration, but with a lively acidity that makes the wine thirst quenching and a natural to pair with a wide variety of foods. Savignon Rosso is an extremely rare grape from the far west of Romagna, near Ravenna on the Adriatic coast (it of course has nothing in common with Sauvignon or Cab Sauv). It is also called "Centesimino", which means "cheapskate", which was the nickname of the farmer who cultivated it back from the verge of extinction. Just for fun, "centesimo" is the old expression for 1/100th of a lira, and if you remember, there were about 2000 lira to the dollar by the time the Euro came around, so to be a "centesimino" or a "little 1/100th of a lira" was to be one heck of a cheapskate indeed. Gotta love Italy!
Price: $14.99
2011 Tenuta Sarno 1860 Fiano di Avellino
Review Date: 5-16-2013
This is a direct quote from my article in the February 2012 K&L newsletter; "Fiano is one of Italys most important white grapes, and Fiano di Avelino is one of Italys greatest white wines. I sincerely believe the 2009 Tenuta Sarno Fiano di Avellino could be the best Fiano Ive ever had. Theres so much complexity to this wine, its
hard to pinpoint the fruit. Stone fruit? Tree
fruit? Tropical? There is also a smoky, slightly
gamey, intensely mineral quality I find
beguiling. It reminds me of a great Hermitage
Blanc four to five times its price. Delicious." Well, all that said folks, I'm thinking the 2011 may be even better. So seamless and complete, just a stunning wine. My only caveat is that it could use another year or so in the bottle to really hit it's stride. You know those nature shows where you see a baby horse or deer born and it immediately gets to it's feet but is really wobbly and not really ready for what it's meant to do. That's sort of where I see this wine at this moment. It will be bounding with endless grace soon, but this wine will not last, so stock up for sure. CM
Price: $24.99
2012 Giuliano Pecorino Terre di Chieti
Review Date: 5-4-2013
Pecorino is a delicious white wine from the east coast of Central Italy. It reminds me a lot of Viognier (peach blossom, apricot and yellow plum aromas) but with much more acidity and crispness on the palate. This wine would be perfect to sip well chilled on it's own as the days get progressivly warmer or with some light fare like salads, white fish, or lighter preparations of chicken (or, as would be fitting, some Pecorino cheese!). Lovely little bottle of wine and highly reccomend you check it out. CM
Price: $14.99
2009 Vigne del Malina Chardonnay Friuli Grave
Review Date: 5-3-2013
The wines of Vigna del Malina are, for me, quintessential expressions of Friuli Grave terroir. The Grave area is a large flat expanse spreading from roughly the border with the Veneto to the Giulian Alps in the north and the mountains that form the border with Slovenia in the east. Unfortunately this is where much of the mass produced, much less exciting Friulian wine comes from, but in the hands of the right person, they can be some of the most intriguing wines of the entire region. And this is a huge statement as Friulian whites are some of the most intellectual wines in the world. It was Friulian white wine making in the early 70s that really kick started the modern wine revolution in Italy were still witnessing today, and they somehow just keep getting better. Friuli lacks the breathtaking beauty of, say, the Alto Adige or the Amalfi Coast, and is not as painfully romantic as, say, the countryside around Montalcino, but it is without a doubt one of my favorite regions in all of Italy (the food can rival Piemonte). Anyway, this Chardonnay is absolutely delicious. Lots of bruised yellow delicious apple, slight under ripe pear, quince and honeycomb but reticent, vervy and hugely mineral driven on both the nose and palate. It certainly doesnt have the opulence of a California Chard or Chassagne-Montrachet, or even a more fruit driven Pouilly Fuisse, but again, while not void of a visceral appeal, it really speaks to the intellect. Precise is another word that comes to mind. Whatever, the wine is killer, and a steal at 19 bucks. Enjoy with lighter fare like Prosciutto di San Daniele and grissini or even as an aperitif. Fantastico!
Price: $18.99
2006 Sesta di Sopra Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
Review Date: 1-26-2013
The 2006 Sesta di Sopra Brunello Riserva is a "wow" wine. I challenge you to put your nose in a glass of this and have your brain register any other word. The extra year in wood and the hint of barrique aging (as well as an arduous selection process) have created quite a different wine than the 2006 normale. The bright cherry fruit has evolved into a more macerated cherry, black raspberry, saba like balsamic-y note, in addition to the high toned sweet spice and vanilla bean aromas. The wine explodes on the palate before settling into a rich, structured wine that coats every nook and cranny of your palate. The tannins are prevalent but ripe and in harmony with the fruit, alcohol and underlying acid. At first impression, I thought this wine was going to need sufficient time in the cellar to come together perfectly, but the more I go back to it, the more I'm thinking this wine is going to be utterly delicious and nearing it's peak (where I'm sure it will cruise for a decade or more) in the next two to three years. Miniscule amounts made so do yourself a favor and jump on a bottle of two right away, to be sure not to miss it. CM
Price: $89.99
2007 La Lecciaia "Manapetra" Brunello di Montalcino
Review Date: 12-15-2012
This is a lovley offering from the 2007 vintage in Montalcino. Pretty bright cherry, cherry pipe tobacco, licorice, exotic spice, a hint of game and a little bit of a woodsy note on the nose make it a very intriguing wine from the get go. On the palate the wine is not as dense as one would expect from the intensity of the aromas, but what it lacks in power, it more than makes up in finesse. In fact, this is easily one of the most elegant Brunelli I've had from 2007, and almost makes me think of Burgundy. Silky tannins firm up on the finish, and the flavors linger forever. When many of the 2007 Brunelli shout, this one sings. Lovely wine, and a great value to boot.
Price: $39.99
2010 Selvagrossa "Muschén" Marche Rosso
Review Date: 9-12-2012
We had enourmous success with the 2009 vintage of this wine (we had more than a few sad faces when we informed people it was sold out), and it just may be the case that the 2010 is even better. Same blend of mostly Sangiovese, with Cab Franc and Merlot making up the remainder (60%, 30% and 10% respectively to be precise), the wine is silky, full and long on the palate, with gobs of pretty cherry, spicy herb and hint of chocolate and anise. A steal at $20, the wine is an unbelievable value at $14. Highly, highly recommended. CM
Price: $13.99
2010 Amantis "Goghi" Rosso Toscana
Review Date: 9-8-2012
This wine is really, really good. The label is... well... let's just say this is an instance where the old adige "it's all about what's in the bottle" is a very important thing to keep in mind. I'd love to hear the back story of it's inception; my guess is either someone lost a bet or it has something to do with a hallucinogenic drug trip. Anyway, the wine itself is incredibly pretty. Gobs of sweet cherry, sweet tobacco, spice, sweet herbs and a hint of menthol, it's full and voluptious but also has a nice vervy feel that keeps it from being heavy and dull. Lovely length and well stuctured tannins, this would be awesome with some mid wieght chicken, pork or pasta dishes, or really, even on it's own. It will certainly open up with some air, so I recommend decanting it. Also, that way, no one sees the bottle. CM
Price: $19.99
San Venanzio Prosecco Brut
Review Date: 11-19-2011
Delicious Prosecco. I usually prefer Prosecco done in an "extra dry" style, as I feel the extra touch of sugar accentuates the inherent floral and stone fruit qualities of the grape. Many Proeseccos done in the "Brut" style are often times too "brut" and come of as a little austere, even shrill. This one nails it however. Lots of peachy, key lime and white flower aromas with zesty acidity and surprising depth and length. A deal and a steal at this price. Stock up for all your holiday bubbles sipping. CM
Price: $12.99
Launois "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Review Date: 7-28-2011
This is another scratch my head in wonder deal. In fact, and this is a bold statement, this could be the greatest deal in the store. Wait... bold statement is an understatement, as we have so many head scratching "yougottabefrigginkiddinme" deals is this store. But alas, I think it might be. This could hold its own in a blind tasting with bottles of bubbles two, three or even four times this price. Hell, five times. I implore you to give it a try.
Price: $34.99
Maui Brewing Company "Bikini Blonde Lager" Hawaii 12oz Cans
Review Date: 7-22-2011
I started working here at K&L about 18 months ago. The only thing that scares me more than trying to calculate how many cans of this I've consumed since that start date, which is also the point at which I discovered this insanely delicious brew, is how much Fernet Branca I drank in the decade I was in San Francisco. I "heart" this beer! CM
Price: $1.83
Deligeroy Cremant de Loire Brut
Review Date: 2-12-2011
What a value! I love this wine. An excellent little sparkler for any occasion. Celebrating a wedding, an anniversary, a Tuesday, a Sunday morning, tying a shoe, boiling an egg, the sun rising yet one more time, feeling good. This wine will enhance any one of those. A fridge without a bottle of this is an unhappy fridge. Make more happy fridges!! CM
Price: $11.99
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Comments: I got this after Halloween so will be used next year but had to test it out.. she looks as great as others had said and she is really easy to assemble, well there really is no assembly. and I like that! |
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Best Uses Comments: This decoration looked incredible. I bought one but the mouth wouldn't function so I exchanged it. The second one worked when I tried it out, but stopped working after that. The head will spin forever and she won't talk. I called to exchange it but they were out due to the high level of returns. Got a refund. Really too bad. |
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Pros Cons Best Uses Comments: We love her. She ended up being a photo opp for our guests at our party. My only con is that sometimes she shrinks back down ...wishes she locked better. She is sooooooo creepy and looks really well made for the money. Love her! |
Cons Best Uses Comments: This is an ideal purchase, great quality, perfect price. The Regan doll has been a prop inside our haunted house since Oct 1st, and her eyes sort of glow in the dark at night even when she's not plugged in, which makes going to the bathroom at night very disturbing. She is truly authentic and bone chilling to look at and works perfectly. The only thing I would add is a volume control to have the option of turning her voice down , but other than that she is the epitome of Halloween. Nice job! |
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Cons Best Uses Comments: this is very awesome product. out of all the animatrons i saw in the store, this has to be my favorite. |
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Cathepsin Activatable Fluorescent Probe (LUM015)
This study is enrolling participants by invitation only.
David Kirsch
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
David Kirsch, Duke University Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: June 20, 2012
Last updated: October 21, 2013
Last verified: October 2013
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Real-time detection of cancer cells during surgical removal of a tumor is important. Currently when tissue is removed at the time of surgery, the removed tissue goes to pathology when the margins (edges of the tissue) are examined to see if cancer cells are present. This may take a few to several days. Patients tissue with positive (cancer cells present) margins may require additional therapies including surgery. The purpose of this study is to determine a safe dose of a new imaging agent (LUM015), like a fluorescent contrast agent or dye, that will show in the tumor area during surgery and may help facilitate visualization of tumor for its removal.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Sarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcoma Breast Cancer |
Drug: LUM015 |
Phase 1 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Endpoint Classification: Bio-equivalence Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Diagnostic |
Official Title: | A Phase I Study of the Safety and Activation of a Cathepsin-Activatable Fluorescent Cancer Specific Probe LUM015 |
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics:
breast cancer
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources:
Malignant Mesenchymal Tumor
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
U.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Duke University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Dose of LUM015 in mg [ Time Frame: 24 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Dose of LUM015 in mg that is tolerated and labels tumors
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Mean number of fluorescence counts per second per square centimeter [ Time Frame: At time of surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To obtain PK/PD information regarding LUM015 when administered IV in patients. [ Time Frame: Two years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The pharmacokinetic parameters to be measured will include: area under the curve (AUCt), maximum concentration (Cmax), time to maximum concentration (tmax) and first-order terminal (elimination) rate constant. Secondary (derived) parameters will include: terminal half-life (t1/2), clearance (CL), mean residence time (MRT), and apparent volume of distribution during the terminal phase (Vz). The distribution of these parameters will be described for each dose cohort separately; breast and sarcoma patients will be combined.
- To analyze cathepsin protease expression in tumors. [ Time Frame: 2 Years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Cathepsin expression in tumors, measured in arbitrary units by Real-Time PCR compared to adjacent normal tissue when available, will be assessed in sarcomas and breast tumors. For each tissue specimen the expression of cathepsin will be compared to the imaging signal. Scatterplots of cathepsin level against imaging signal will be made according to tissue type within each dose cohort.
Estimated Enrollment: | 15 |
Study Start Date: | June 2012 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | July 2014 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: LUM015
Receive single dose of LUM015 through a vein in the arm the day prior to surgery
Drug: LUM015
LUM015 assigned dose given once by IV push
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 74 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years of age or older
- Diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma (breast cancer patients scheduled for a lumpectomy or mastectomy will be included in the expanded cohort).
- Subjects must be scheduled for surgical resection of a tumor at least 1 cm in size.
- Performance status of 0 or 1
- Able to read, understand and sign an informed consent form
- Must be able and willing to follow study procedures and instructions including an overnight stay before surgery
- Otherwise healthy except for the diagnosis of cancer
- ALT, AST, and total bilirubin within 1.5x institutional upper normal limits; and alkaline phosphatase within 2.5x institutional upper normal limits
- Serum creatinine of 1.5 mg or less; creatinine clearance greater than 30 ml/min
- May have previously received pre-operative external beam radiation therapy for this sarcoma
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or lactating
- Prolonged QT interval: corrected QT interval (QTc) > 480 msec
- Insulin dependent diabetes
- History of anaphylactic reactions to any drug or contrast agent
- Asthma under medical management
- Uncontrolled high blood pressure
- Severe, active co-morbidity
- Known substance addiction
- Sexually active and not willing/able to use medically acceptable forms of contraception.
- Obesity defined as BMI as body mass index greater than 35 kg/meter squared.
- Atopy or atopic syndrome
- Known AIDS
- Cannot have taken an investigational drug within 30 days of coming onto this study
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01626066
United States, North Carolina | |
Duke University Medical Center | |
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
David Kirsch
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Principal Investigator: | Brian Brigman, MD | Duke University |
More Information
No publications provided
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 10, 2014
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | David Kirsch, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01626066 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | Pro00035444 |
Study First Received: | June 20, 2012 |
Last Updated: | October 21, 2013 |
Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration United States: Institutional Review Board |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms Sarcoma Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |
Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
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To better understand the PLA's ability to employ its developing capabilities in a variety of potential scenarios, this year's workshop examined how the PLA learns by doing, specifically through its exercises and noncombat operations at home and overseas, and through key logistical and theoretical developments. Key findings are: 1) recent PLAN exercises and operations point to an increasing interest in developing expeditionary naval capabilities and a presence in distant seas, suggesting that a move beyond the current "near seas" focus is both possible and an extension of existing efforts; 2) PLA ground force exercises—rather than aiming to intimidate others by demonstrating the ability to project power beyond China's borders—focus on moving military power within China, both to defend China's borders and perhaps as a prelude to military restructuring in which smaller but more mobile formations could replace larger and more static ones; 3) through its participation in international military exercises as well as peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid and disaster relief missions, the PLA is gaining greater capabilities to deploy outside of China's borders for a variety of missions; and, 4) PLA operations are increasingly supported by a modern, civilian-integrated military logistics network, though a lack of overseas bases continues to limit the effectiveness of this network as it pertains to overseas power projection capabilities.
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The United States and China in Power Transition
Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples' Wars
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Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions other than Taiwan
The "People" in the PLA: Recruitment, Training, and Education in China's Military
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- Cold Chain Temperature Monitoring in Vietnam: Monitoring Ambient and Cold Chain Temperatures During Delivery of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is intended to prevent cervical cancer. As part of project Optimize, a two-year HPV vaccine demonstration project is being conducted to demonstrate how existing delivery systems can be adapted to successfully provide HPV vaccine to young adolescent girls. HPV vaccine is a strong candidate for out-of-the-cold-chain use given its characteristics of high heat stability and freeze sensitivity.
Author: Robertson J, Vu H, Le N, et al.
Publication date: July 2010
Region: Global
- Collaborating With Countries to Improve Supply Chains
Project Optimize—a collaboration between the World Health Organization and PATH—aims to employ technological and scientific advances in the immunization field. This document describes efforts to define ideal specifications for health products and create a flexible and robust vaccine supply chain that can handle an increasingly large and costly portfolio of vaccines.
Publication date: November 2010
Region: Global
- Common Virus and Senseless Killer: A Briefing Paper on Rotavirus
This briefing paper underscores the burden of rotavirus and highlights the promise of vaccines to combat the virus as the global health community prepares for worldwide introduction.
Publication date: September 2009
Region: Global
- Cool Innovations for Vaccine Transportation and Storage
Keeping heat-sensitive vaccines and other drugs at the right temperature is crucial yet often difficult in areas with limited or no electrical power. In response to this challenge, a group of public- and private-sector partners is working with project Optimize to evaluate a range of transportation and storage containers for heat-sensitive drugs and vaccines that operate in environments with or without access to reliable power.
Publication date: July 2012
Region: Global
- Delivering MenAfriVac Using the Controlled Temperature Chain Approach
In November 2012, the first immunization campaign to use a controlled temperature chain (CTC) took place in northern Benin. This photo set by project Optimize contains images taken during the campaign, where more than 155,000 people were vaccinated using the CTC approach.
Publication date: April 2013
Region: Africa
Part of series: Project Optimize photo sets
- Delivering Vaccines: A Cost Comparison of In-Country Vaccine Transport Container Options
Project Optimize, a collaboration between PATH and the World Health Organization, undertook a cost-comparison case study of five container options for vaccine transport from the national to the regional level in Senegal. This report may be used as a starting point for other country vaccine programs weighing transport options in the face of increasing vaccine volume.
Author: Lorenson K, Mvundura M
Publication date: January 2013
Region: Global
- Developing a Vision for Immunization Supply Systems in 2020: Landscape Analysis Summaries
Facilitated by project Optimize and conducted by a multidisciplinary group of partners, these landscape analyses highlight ongoing work related to five priority areas that comprise the vision for immunization supply systems in 2020. The analyses also highlight critical gaps that need to be addressed to achieve the vision. The five priority areas are vaccine and related products, supply system design, environmental impact, information systems, and human resources. The document is available as one large file or as six smaller files for easier downloading.
Publication date: June 2011
Region: Global
- Development of a Freeze-Stable Formulation for Vaccines Containing Aluminum Salt Adjuvants
This article was published in Vaccine, Volume 27, Issue 1, Jones Braun L, Tyagi A, Perkins S, et al, Development of a freeze-stable formulation for vaccines containing aluminum salt adjuvants, pp. 72-79, Copyright Elsevier (2009). The journal may be accessed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0264410X.
Author: Jones Braun L, Tyagi A, Perkins S, et al
Publication date: January 2009
Region: Global
- Direct-Drive Solar Vaccine Refrigerators—A New Choice for Vaccine Storage
This evidence brief developed by project Optimize is directed toward supply chain managers in low-and middle-income countries and provides information about direct-drive solar refrigerators, which may be a good option for vaccine storage in areas with little or no electricity. It provides background about the technology and some practical guidance about weighing this option for specific situations.
Publication date: May 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Project Optimize evidence brief series
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 1, Issue 3)
The September 2004 issue of PATH's programmatic newsletter focuses on five projects: PATH's Children's Vaccine Program, which is strengthening immunization in Senegal, Cambodia, and India; evaluation of the SolarChill refrigerator, which is using solar power to fuel the cold chain; our cervical cancer work in Kenya and Peru, as part of the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention; the Program for Advancement of Commercial Technology–Child and Reproductive Health (PACT-CRH), which is transferring health technologies to India's private sector; and results from three evaluations of clean home delivery kits used in Nepal and Tanzania.
Author: PATH
Publication date: September 2004
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 4, Issue 1)
This special issue of Directions in Global Health highlights PATH's vaccine partnership efforts: PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), pneumococcal vaccine development project, Meningitis Vaccine Project, cervical cancer vaccine project, and Rotavirus Vaccine Program. The issue also features a case study of the vaccine vial monitor.
Author: PATH
Publication date: May 2007
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 4, Issue 3)
This issue of Directions in Global Health profiles five aspects of PATH's work: our regional efforts to control tuberculosis, the development of and new applications for the Uniject device, a study evaluating storage of hepatitis B vaccine outside of the cold chain, promotion of condom use among young people, and PATH's procurement team.
Publication date: January 2008
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 5, Issue 1)
This issue of Directions in Global Health profiles our effort to expand access to safe water, particularly in India; a project to improve nutrition for infants and young children; our thermostable vaccine work; surveillance activities for Japanese encephalitis; and our work under the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition.
Publication date: May 2008
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 6, Issue 3)
This issue of Directions in Global Health features PATH's work to optimize vaccine supply systems, advance development of malaria vaccine candidates, prevent postpartum hemorrhage to save mothers' lives, address health needs in Tanzania, and use monitoring and evaluation systems to further PATH's mission. It also highlights two prestigious awards that PATH recently received.
Publication date: December 2009
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 8, Issue 1)
This issue of Directions in Global Health features PATH's work related to vaccines and immunization. Articles cover the development and introduction of a vaccine to eliminate epidemic meningitis in Africa, use of vaccines and other interventions to prevent cervical cancer, transformation of vaccine distribution systems, expansion of access to rotavirus vaccines, and advancements in vaccine technologies.
Publication date: May 2011
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Disposable-Syringe Jet Injectors
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes PATH's work on designing the next generation of jet injectors.
Publication date: January 2014
Region: Global
Part of series: Technology Updates
- Domestic Refrigerators for Vaccine Storage in Tunisia: Conclusion and Recommendations
This project Optimize document summarizes a laboratory report on performance testing of four models of domestic refrigerators that are available on the Tunisian market. Project Optimize contracted the tests to demonstrate to the government the importance of prequalification of models according to World Health Organization quality, safety, and standards for the storage of vaccines.
Author: Lloyd J, McCarney S, Ouhichi R
Publication date: October 2012
Region: Africa
- Effects of Freezing on Vaccine Potency: Literature Review
This document is part of a series that describes the serious risk of freezing vaccines and provides tools to reduce freezing in the cold chain. The materials contain current WHO-recommended freeze-prevention strategies targeted toward all levels of storage and transport of vaccines.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- Evaluating HPV Vaccine Delivery Strategies in Vietnam
This report is a synthesis of the project Evaluating HPV Vaccine Delivery Strategies in Vietnam, which aimed to identify appropriate strategies for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine delivery in different geographic and socioeconomic conditions. The report summarizes results of both the implementation and research aspects of the project. The document is available as one large file or as four smaller files for easier downloading.
Publication date: December 2010
Region: Asia
- Evaluation of Out-of-the-cold-chain Approaches for Improving On-time Delivery of the Hepatitis B Birth Dose in Rural Areas of China
This document summarizes the results of a study of out-of-the-cold-chain approaches for improving on-time delivery of birth doses of the hepatitis B vaccine in rural areas of China.
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia


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By Rick McCrabb
Staff Writer
The man with a famous name and a distinguished voice will be in Middletown Friday.
Ted Williams, the former homeless man from the Columbus area who was discovered to have "a golden voice," will meet with residents at Hope House, the city's homeless shelter, during a book signing for his biography at 11:30 a.m. Friday in the Miriam G. Knoll Community Center at Miami University Middletown, 4200 N. University Blvd.
Sandra Snyder, community relations director at Hope House, said Myra Smith, coordinator of Service Learning at MUM and also a Hope House board member, contacted her about the residents meeting Williams since he was participating in the university's Celebration of Service Expo.
In addition to William's address, this year's expo will feature a community partner breakfast seminar, community partner information booths, student and faculty presentations and a performance by the United Voices of Middletown Choir.
Most Expo events are free, with tickets for specific events ranging from $10 to $25.
Snyder believes Williams, whose story is well know to Hope House residents, shows that "no matter what they've been through, there is a brighter side if they apply themselves and make good choices."
The residents will be transported from the homeless shelter to the university in vans, Snyder said. She said they're "thrilled to get the opportunity" to meet him.
Williams, 55, hit on hard times and was panhandling on the streets of Columbus when a photographer filmed him in 2011. Video taken of Williams became an Internet sensation.
In his book, "A Golden Voice," Williams, a father of nine, talks about how his life started falling apart in 1986 with a combination of drug and alcohol abuse plus a loss of interest in his broadcasting career.
In 1994, he was evicted from his house. During this period Williams was arrested at least seven times on charges including theft, drug possession, escape, and robbery. He was also issued misdemeanor citations for drug abuse, criminal trespassing, and pedestrian solicitation. These resulted in two jail sentences, with Williams serving three months in 1990 for theft and nearly two months in 2004 for theft, forgery and obstructing official business.
He has appeared on "The Early Show" on CBS, the "Today Show" and "Dr. Phil." He has been in and out of drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and on May 14, 2012, Williams made an appearance in an interview on the "Today Show." In the interview he said he had been clean and sober for more than a year.
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Day 1
Those arriving on group flights will be transferred from San Jose del Cabo airport to the charming colonial fishing village of Todos Santos this evening (journey time approximately one hour and a half). Land Only passengers should make their own way to the start hotel in Todos Santos or be at the airport in time to meet the designated group transfer.
Day 2
After a short briefting we set off this morning for a cliff walk above the sweeping beach of Punta Lobos. Local fishermen launch their pangas each morning and return each afternoon with the days catch. There is a short uphill section to reach the start of the trail. At the top we are rewarded with breathtaking views of the coastline, its dramatic rocky out croppings and crashing surf. Between early February and early March it's possible to see whales from this high vantage point. On today's walk we'll pass an active sea lion colony as well as the ruins of Los Algodones shipping port, before arriving at the idyllic San Pedro beach around 2 - 3 hours later. At San Pedro we'll have a picnic lunch and free time to enjoy the protected cove, surrounded by towering palm trees and a marsh full of bird life. There are around 140 species of birds in the Todos Santos area, with 2 endemic species of hummingbird, the Xantus and Costas. The Cape Pygmy Owl, Mexican Thrasher and Belding's Yellowthroat are also endemic to Baja California. We return to Todos Santos to freshen up before enjoying one of the local eateries, many of which are a short walk along the cobbled streets from our hotel.
Day 3
Today we transfer 1 hour to the marina at La Paz where we'll board a motorboat through protected waters to Espiritu Santo Island. The Gulf of California is one of the most diverse seas on earth and has been designated as a global conservation priority by The Nature Conservancy. Our home for the next two nights is an eco-camp on Espiritu Santo Island, a semi-permanent tented camp right on the beach. We have plenty of time to explore our new surroundings this afternoon. Tents have raised platforms with camp beds (towels and linen provided) and open out to the sea. There is also a dining tent where freshly prepared meals will be served.
Day 4
Expect to wake up to the sound of waves this morning! Using the eco-camp as our base, today will be free to hike, kayak, swim, paddle, go bird watching or snorkel at your own leisure. The wildlife in this area is plentiful and you'll likely encounter sea lions, dolphins, frigatebirds, lizards and crabs. All activities whilst on the island are included at no additional cost and the schedule can be as relaxing or as active as you choose. Each evening you'll have the opportunity to appreciate the never ending array of stars before heading back to your tent to sleep to the sound of the sea.
Day 5
Spend the morning exploring more of Espiritu Santo Island and then return to La Paz by motorboat after lunch. The rest of the afternoon is free to enjoy the history and small town ambiance of La Paz. A guided city tour of La Paz can be arranged this afternoon (optional excursion at additional cost).
Day 6
This morning we drive for 4.5 hours and then board a short boat transfer to arrive at Magdalena Bay Whale Camp on the western coastline of Baja California. For the next two nights we stay at a semi-permanent tented camp that looks onto the same beach that we'll use to depart for our whale watching excursions. We take to the water after lunch on motorised skiffs, accompanied by experienced naturalist guides who will point out the many behaviours of Grey whales such as mating, breaching and spy hopping. We may even see Grey whales nurturing their young. Grey whales complete one of the most epic migrations in the world, leaving cold Alaskan waters to travel 5,000 miles south to their breeding grounds in the warm, pacific bays of Baja California. These inquisitive giants have been known to approach boats and allow themselves to be touched, a magical experience if this happens for us!
Day 7
The surreal landscape of the sand dunes that the Magdalena Bay Whale Camp backs onto provides an exciting backdrop for our whale watching excursions. Today we have two further excursions to see the Grey whales, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. In between whale watching we have time for walks along the beach or in the dunes. The camp has a fleet of kayaks that can be taken into the mangroves or other areas where paddling is permitted. This afternoon we also offer an optional excursion (additional charge) to visit the nearby Turtle Camp. Leaving at midday, you will take a boat to the camp for an introduction to the programme of turtle conservation, including monitoring and release of hatchlings. Tonight everyone is invited to a presentation about the Baja Peninsula by one of the experienced guides at Magdalena Bay Whale Camp.
Day 8
There is one final whale watching excursion this morning. After lunch we return to La Paz (journey time approx. 4.5 hours) and the rest of the afternoon is yours to spend at leisure. We recommend taking a walk along the Malecon in La Paz - the seaside walkway is a great spot to appreciate one of the kaleidoscopic sunsets that Baja is famous for.
Day 9
This morning we leave for San Jose del Cabo. Those on the group flight will depart today.
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- 1/4 cup Triple Sec
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1 (16 ounce) package elbow macaroni
1/4 cup butter
1 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 green bell pepper, chopped
4 cups cubed, fully cooked ham
4 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese
4 ounces shredded hot pepper Monterey Jack cheese
2 ounces shredded sharp white Cheddar cheese
3/4 cup milk, or more as needed
4 Italian plum tomatoes, cut into wedges
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