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Novel Immune Markers in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis (NIMMS)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified July 2010 by University of Washington.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
University of Washington
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First Posted: December 4, 2009
Last Update Posted: November 1, 2017
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The investigators hypothesize that the endogenous cannabinoid signalling system has lost homeostasis in the disease multiple sclerosis (MS). To investigate a novel action of dietary fish oils, the investigators will administer a food frequency questionnaire to both healthy subjects and patients with MS. The investigators will first determine if there are differences between both populations of endogenous cannabinoids, and then determine whether dietary intake of fish oils alters these levels
|Multiple Sclerosis
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Quantification of Novel Immune Markers in Human Serum of Patients With MS
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: multiple sclerosis
MedlinePlus related topics: Multiple SclerosisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University of Washington:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Quantification of endogenous cannabinoids [ Time Frame: one time blood draw ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Monocyte migration [ Time Frame: one time blood draw ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|May 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|January 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
healthy subjects
subjects with no sign of inflammatory disease, or diagnosis of MS
|Patients with MS
Information from the National Library of Medicine
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Inclusion Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria for MS patients:
- Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (relapsing, remitting) made by a clinical neurologist within the previous 5 years by either MRI (> 3 white matter lesions) or score of 3-5 on the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale.
- Not currently in "relapse" or exacerbation.
- Age > 21 and < 50.
- Subjects must be able to attend study visits at screening, baseline and time points of 4, 12 and 24 weeks.
- Diet, exercise, and supplementation must be kept constant throughout participation in the study.
- Ability to read and speak English.
Inclusion criteria for healthy subjects:
- Current.
- Age > 21 and < 50.
- Subjects must be able to attend study visits at screening, baseline and time points 4, 12 and 24 weeks.
- Diet, exercise, and supplementation must be kept constant throughout participation in the study.
- Ability to read and speak English.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Supplementation with fish oils in the last six months.
- Diagnosis of any bleeding disorder (hemophilia, vonWillebrands, menorrhagia, hypercoaguability, history of clots, thrombocytopenia). Any patient with one of these diagnoses and/or any patient on any of/combination of the following medications would not be eligible for participation: ANTICOAGULANT/ANTIPLATELET DRUGS: Some of these drugs include aspirin, clopidogrel (Plavix), dalteparin (Fragmin), dipyridamole (Persantine), enoxaparin (Lovenox), heparin, ticlopidine (Ticlid), warfarin (Coumadin).
- Hormone Replacement Therapy or oral contraception pills or pregnancy.
- Use of clinical Cannabis for MS symptom control or recreationally in the last 6 months.
- Previous diagnosis of DSMV criteria.
- Use of tobacco, either orally or inhaled.
- BMI >27 or <19.
- Diagnosis of Diabetes (fasting blood sugar over 125 mg/dl).
- Performance athletes.
- Medical history/diagnosis of autoimmune or other chronic inflammatory disease or serious immunologically-related health condition.
- Lactose intolerance (in-ability to eat/drink milk products without problems).
- Allergy to fish or seafood. Theoretically, some people who are allergic to seafood such as fish might also be allergic to fish oil supplements. There is no reliable information showing how likely people with seafood allergy are to have an allergic reaction to fish oils; however, until more is known advise patients allergic to seafood to avoid or use fish oil supplements cautiously.
- High dose supplement/botanical therapy which may have an effect on bleeding times: Vitamin E (greater than 400 IU/qd); adn/or daily use of any/combination of the following botanical therapy: Angelica sinensis; Allium sativum; Zingiber officinale; Ginkgo biloba; and Salix alba.
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01026272
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01026272
|United States, Washington
|University of Washington
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98028
|Contact: Michelle Sexton, ND 206-538-3896 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Michelle Sexton, ND
|University of Washington
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
|Contact: Michelle Sexton, ND 206-543-3896 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Michelle Sexton, ND
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Washington
|Principal Investigator:
|Michelle Sexton, ND
|University of Washington
More Information
Keywords provided by University of Washington:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
|Responsible Party:
|Michelle Sexton ND, University of Washington
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01026272 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
A50879 ( Other Identifier: University of Washington )
|First Submitted:
|December 2, 2009
|First Posted:
|December 4, 2009
|Last Update Posted:
|November 1, 2017
|Last Verified:
|July 2010
Keywords provided by University of Washington:
Fish Oil
Multiple Sclerosis
Monocyte Migration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Sclerosis
Pathologic Processes
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
Nervous System Diseases
Demyelinating Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases


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Sunday School at 10:00 am followed with Worship Service at 11:00 am.
All worship services have Spanish translation available and there is also a Hispanic Sunday School class.
Wednesday nights we have adult Bible study that begins at 7:30pm.
On Wednesday nights the Calvary Tabernacle Youth (CTY) have a Youth service at 7:30pm.
Wednesday & Saturday at 7:30pm there is a Spanish language service.
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Release Date: September 26th, 2005
DVD Release Date: January 15th, 2008
Not Yet Rated|1 hr 22 min
Plot Summary
Based on the H.G. Wells story, this film centers on George Fotheringay (Roland Young), a retired man who receives nearly limitless power from a group of supernatural beings. At first George is amazed by the powers, but also worries about how to use them properly. Advised by Mr. Maydig (Ernest Thesiger), George attempts to end war and disease. However, after using his powers for selfish purposes, George finally comes to a decision about the best way to deploy his abilities.
Cast: Roland Young, Joan Gardner, Ralph Richardson, Ernest Thesiger, Wallace Lupino, George Zucco, Bernard Nedell
Director: Lothar Mendes
Genres: Fantasy
Production Co: London Film Productions
Keywords: England, Small town, Charming, Playful, Bar, Sacrifice, 1930s


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Here's a fun little thing I found out about recently. Suppose, I have a Cloud Service that I'm running on the devfabric and I want to simulate a configuration change.
I'll start by creating a cloud service with a single web role:
Opening the service configuration file, I can see that the instance count is set to 1.
<Role name="WebRole1">
<Instances count="1" />
I hit F5 and my service has 1 instance of the web role running on the devfabric:
Note that the deployment ID is 51 – it's in brackets in deployment(51).
To change the configuration while my apps is running, I open up the Windows Azure SDK command prompt (found in the start menu) and navigate to where I created my cloud service. An easy way to get there is to right click on the Cloud Service node in Solution Explorer and select "Open Folder in Windows Explorer".
In that directory will be a ServiceConfiguration.cscfg file. This corresponds to the file in your cloud service project. Edit the value of your ServiceConfiguration.cscfg file (the one you edited before) and change the instance count to 3.
<Role name="WebRole1">
<Instances count="3" />
Now use the command line tools csrun to update the service configuration file. The command line help shows the command is:
/update:<deployment-id>;<configuration-file> [/launchBrowser]
You'll remember above that in my case the deployment ID was 51. So my command will be:
> csrun /update:51;ServiceConfiguration.cscfg
csrun will then tell me that the new settings have been updated and when I look at the devfabric UI again, I hit refresh and I see that there are now 3 instances of the Web Role.
There are a couple of tricks here – because we are debugging this service, we started the role instances as suspended. Click on the Service Deployment, in my case deployment(51) and hit the play button to get those instances to run.
What you'll also notice now is that if you hit "break all" in VS to stop in the debugger, VS is still only debugging one instance of RdRoleHost.exe which is the host process for the web role.
To debug the new web role instances while not stopping this session, go to the VS Debug menu and select "Attach to Process" and select the RdRoleHost.exe processes that are not currently being debugged and click "Attach".
Hit "run" and now you're debugging all of the role instances after making the configuration change.
Alright, I admit – a bit of a party trick to impress your friends with (now I have you guessing what kind of parties I go to) and not terribly useful in the July CTP as the role instances restart when the service configuration file changes. You may also see some cases where the dfagent crashes (these are not the droids you are looking for).
Letting the cat out of the bag here – in the upcoming release, you will have more control over what happens with your roles after a configuration change and it may be interesting to debug this scenario.


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Biden said "..they just like the way it(the gun)feels. Like driving a Ferarri. I ask, how does it feel to be Vice President of the United States when you don't have the brains to run a 7-eleven?
Composite of a Democrat. Joe Biden's quick thinking, Jimmy Carter's mental health, Bill Clinton's fidelity, Ted Kennedy's driving and swimming skills, Hillary's honesty and Madeline Albrights good looks. Throw in a couple of well groomed Network anchors and there you have it.


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A study in Zen – life drawing meditation, ink and water. 1 minute.
From a series of experiments of "letting go" (of the ego) in creating, and freeing oneself from the "inner critic", achieved by being as loose as possible and giving up control to allow for "mistakes". (Exercises I use for this include: using very quick poses from the model; using unpredictable brushes; drawing with my left hand; continuous line; drawing without checking my work; and even drawing with my eyes closed.)
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Is it just me, or is there an inordinate number of massage therapists in this town? Not that I'm complaining, and really, judging by the number of you who voted in this category, neither are you. Yes, it came down to the last few votes, people, but in the end the fine handiwork of Julie Kells earned her this year's top massage therapist spot. So if by some chance you don't already have a massage therapist, why not put yourself in her capable hands? Sackville Sports Stadium, 869-4182 and the South Park YMCA, 423-9622.
Runner-up: Cindy Brideau, Harbour House Day Spa


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The right words can sell your book or teleseminar in 15 seconds or less. Think about it. We judge a book by its cover and we make buying or reading decisions in a quick blink of an eye.
On Wednesday, November 14, at 5 p.m. ET, The Blog Squad is inviting Susan Kendrick and Graham Van Dixhorn to give a 70 minute teleseminar on how to create killer packaging. This isn't just for books. Packaging is required for digital products, teleseminars, coaching programs, and just about any service you want to sell these days.
Here is the link to get more information and to register ($39):


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As you know, Diet Season is almost upon us, and we are looking for your continued help to make this a great success with the Nutrisystem program. Starting December 26th, you will begin to see significant push on TV, in print and with your help all over the web. To help us hit the ground running I will need you to act as fast as possible to update your content to reflect the new ads and copy available in the buy.at platform on the 24th in support of this push
Key Points:
1. The new campaign will be focused on having all channels present 1 uniform offer (2 weeks + Jumpstart). Starting the 26th that will be the default offer for each and every copy point and banner.
2. There will be updated banners and copy available to you to pick up and post on the 24th. On the 25th the links will be live and going to the new landing page.
3. Be sure to update your copy points and banners as soon as they become available as that will significantly improve your conversion.
Keep in mind Nutrisystem does not allow Brand term bidding, forcing clicks or URL high jacking (please review the T&Cs). If you are identified as abusing any of the terms, you will promptly be removed from the program.
I'm confident that this coming season will be one of the best, and I am looking for your greatest efforts to drive increased orders.
Happy Selling!


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In 2008, while filming his two-part Che Guevara biopic in Bolivia, the director Steven Soderbergh happened upon little known local spirit called singani. Although widely consumed in the South American country for almost five centuries, the grape brandy's appeal had never stretched far beyond Bolivia's borders, and certainly not to the United States. But when he tasted it for the first time, the Traffic and Ocean's Eleven director knew he'd found something special.
Soderbergh spent nearly six months in South America working on Che, and a bottle of singani was never far from his hand. Even when the crew was filming outside of Bolivia they managed to develop a supply chain so that the editing room was always stocked with the spirit. "It was really personal and immediate," Soderbergh told me of his first experience drinking singani. He was impressed with how smooth it was, with its floral notes and soft fruits. "As we were really getting near the end of the shoot, I was getting kind of sad. Like, 'Oh, this is going to be the last of it.'"
Soderbergh brought back a supply of singani when he returned to the States. But his appreciation for the drink soon turned into an obsession, and he realized he wanted to spread the gospel of singani to a wider audience. So in January 2014 he debuted his own brand, Singani 63. He's focused on expanding into cities with robust cocktail cultures, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and Washington, D.C. The spirit has proved popular with bartenders, particularly those known for embracing new products and exotic ingredients, and the brand has sold as much through the first half of this year as it had sold all of last year.
In July, I met Soderbergh during a day of pouring rain in New Orleans, where he was attending Tales of the Cocktail, the spirit industry's annual weeklong conference. Soderbergh was sitting on a couch in an empty lounge, the day after hosting a raucous party dubbed The Crescent City Affair, which served as one of the official Spirited Dinners hosted during the festival.
Soderbergh, who has been on a hiatus from the film industry since 2013, was in town pounding the pavement to promote his product. "At the end of the day, everybody's gotta make their case," he told me.
The director briefed me on the drink's backstory. Singani is made from the Muscat of Alexandria grape, which took a circuitous route to Bolivia, from Egypt to Spain, and then to South America via Spanish missionaries. "It finds its way to Tarjia"—a highland city in southern Bolivia—"where the altitude and terrain are so extreme that this particular grape has to struggle to survive and in doing so builds up an abnormally thick skin, which is where all the aromatics are," Soderbergh said. "So just by chance, this grape finds the perfect place to be."


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This is a scene from the Flint Hills. Oil painting on canvas 16 by 20 inches. Done in the studio.
Plein Air Painting – 6/13/2017
Plein Air Paintings
Painting in Plein Air This Morning
A Few Little Plein Air Paintings
Pedernal Mountain October
Paintings Juried into Taos Art Museum at Fechin House Gala Exhibition and Auction
I have two paintings that have been juried into the Taos Art Museum at Fechin House 2016 Gala Exhibition and Auction starting this month and ending at the Gala Auction on August 27. They were submitted in the category of "Following Fechin: artwork inspired by/in the style of Nicolai Fechin". This is a fundraiser with auction proceeds benefiting the Taos Art Museum at Fechin.
Both paintings are oil paintings measuring 16" wide by 12" high.


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TROY, N.Y. -- Jury deliberations are underway in the Jacob Heimroth trial. Heimroth is accused of brutally beating a Lansingburgh couple to death in the summer of 2014.
A judge charged the jury Monday morning after closing arguments. Deliberations began in the afternoon, and already, the jury has asked several questions. They wanted to know what the weather was the night of the crime, but that was never introduced as evidence, so the judge couldn't tell them. They also asked for the definition of "reasonable doubt" again, and for several parts of testimont to be re-read.
The defense used closings to try and discredit testimony from Daniel Reuter, who took a plea deal in connection to the murder in exchange for testifying against Heimroth. Reuter said he beat victim Allen Lockrow with a bat while Heimroth killed Allen's wife Maria with a two-by-four wooden board.
Prosecutors told jurors that other witnesses confirmed Reuter's testimony as they played a tape of a neighbor who called 911, reporting she saw two men running outside of the home and then get in the Lockrow's car.
"[Reuter] told police Jacob Heimroth was a part of it because that is what happened. [The defense] would have you believe Daniel acted alone," said prosecutor Andrew Botts. "In the span of five minutes, [Reuter] kicks in the door wearing two different shoes, runs down the hallway with two separate weapons, allows Maria to get by, kills Allen, then kills [Maria] inside of five minutes. All the while he's checking the dresser and ransacking it. Talk about absurdities. There were two people: Daniel and Jacob."
If Heimroth is convicted, he faces life in prison.


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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's 2016 budget presentation to the National Assembly was a setting for him to lure Nigerian students to the study of science and technology at tertiary institutions without paying fees. He extended the same gesture to those wishing to take degrees in education in order to address the chronic shortfall in qualified teachers in schools. No doubt, this is a sign of his government's desire to reverse the trend of dwindling interest in these critical areas of knowledge.
Nigeria's path to prosperity lies in our capacity to develop exportable products. But Nigeria's economy is grossly undermined by our indifference to technological development. A majority of the teeming graduates that join the labour market annually have no industry-tailored or entrepreneurial skills. Thus, they roam the streets in search of non-existent white-collar jobs. This was why 526,650 job seekers applied in the Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment scam of 2014 that led to the death of 18 persons in stadia stampedes across the country. Only 4,556 vacancies were on offer.
In today's world driven by knowledge, emphasis is on science, technology and innovation to solve man's pressing problems. Breakthroughs in these empirical fields have brought wealth to nations in Europe, the United States and Asia; and also improved living standards of the people. Todd Thibodeaux, CEO, Computing Technology Industry Association, says, "The tech industry accounts for 7.1 per cent of the overall US Gross Domestic Product and 11.4 per cent of the US total private sector payroll." Clearly, Nigeria is missing out on this score.
No country has achieved a breakthrough in this area with just a presidential declaration. It is a function of a solid educational structure, national aspiration and massive investment. Education, most people agree, has collapsed in Nigeria, forcing youths whose parents could afford the cost to move in droves to the United Kingdom, the US and Canada in search of functional education. Some who cannot afford these Western countries opt for Ghana and South Africa. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, said last week that over $600 million was released for the payment of school fees of our students studying abroad in 2015.
In the past, policies geared towards erecting the foundation for technological education had floundered. Technical colleges that flourished in the 1960s and 1970s were either abandoned and overgrown with weeds or converted to liberal colleges by our short-sighted political leaders. The 60:40 admission ratio to universities in favour of the sciences over the arts, which has never worked, and the collapse of the 6-3-3-4 system of education are further evidence of how Nigeria has been trifling with technical education. A critical evaluation of how the country sauntered despite these earlier initiatives should be the ideal starting point for Buhari.
The foundation for science, technology and innovation culture is laid at the lower rungs of the educational ladder. Unfortunately, this does not exist here. Across the country, primary school pupils sit on the bare floor to receive lessons, while others study under tree shades. Many of their teachers are not better than the taught. At the secondary level, the situation is not better either. At a time, technical equipment imported for the implementation of the 6-3-3-4 system was abandoned at Lagos ports for years. Presently, many secondary schools lack science and mathematics teachers. With poor rudimentary knowledge in these subjects, furthering technology education becomes a mirage.
The situation is further complicated by the conditions of our universities. Routinely, students and teachers go on strike over lack of basic infrastructure for learning – inadequate classrooms, no water and electricity, dry laboratories, non-existent science workshops, and out-dated libraries. University administrators with scant regard for academic excellence admit students more than the carrying capacities of their institutions, just as they compete with politicians to abuse funds voted for the running of their schools. Research simply does not exist in most of our universities.
With the economy in icy headwinds, a new education system that focuses on the acquisition of knowledge that underpins production of goods has become imperative. The N483.6 billion lion's share for education in the 2016 budget proposal is a step in the right direction, but not enough. Buhari's pronouncements too are frighteningly vague. Moving ahead requires structural changes, not mere budgetary allocations. Every other development agenda should take a queue from a robust education structure. Therefore, the mess in the sector calls for a declaration of a state of emergency.
It is said that prosperous countries are those that have the knowledge to make a larger variety of more complex products in a sustainable manner. Based on this, other countries have successfully revolutionised their education, especially in STI. Nigeria has to learn from them. Looking backwards in order to step forward sure-footedly has become unavoidable. The Federal Government, under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, got UNESCO in 2004 to empanel an STI advisory body with the task of reviewing investment in science, industry, innovation and performance of government, academics, science and technological institutions. The body, which also comprised UNIDO and UNCTAD, was required to develop a funding template, upgrade capacity for our scientists and review STI in the light of global changes. At a donor conference in 2006 to fund the programme, the government pledged $5 billion. Regrettably, this was just on paper. This has to be rejuvenated.
Evidence abroad shows that quality basic and secondary education can trigger technological revolution, typified by the ingenuity of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs –the oracle of Apple computers – and Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook genius. Zuckerberg dropped out from Harvard University while studying psychology, and devoted all his energy to his first love – computer programming. His Facebook in 2015 was worth $300 billion in market capitalisation to top General Electric.
All it takes is school-based reform for quality and relevance. Transition to a more knowledge-based economy should be anchored on competency-based and demand-driven technical and vocational education and training. If European countries now copy Germany's technical education model that focuses on industry needs –which underpins its economy, the biggest on the continent – Nigeria too can do the same. The invention of a software application by Chinedu Echeruo, a Nigerian who schooled at King's College, Lagos, now based in the US, which Apple bought for $1 billion in 2015, illustrates the point that innovation is not the exclusive preserve of the West.
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|Aug 22, 1995
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|Aug 4, 1993
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|Aug 4, 1993
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|Steve M. Chang
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|Trend Micro Devices Incorporated
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention is directed to personal computers used as workstations in local area networks (LANs).
2. Background of the Invention
It is common to connect individual personal computers as workstations using what is often referred to as a local area network or LAN. A LAN is usually defined as a network of computers, usually connected by a cable or wire at a single geographical location such as one or more floors of an office building, so that various resources can be shared among the workstations and/or allow the individual workstations to send and receive electronic mail or E-Mail.
Typically, local area networks enable individual users to access databases or files physically associated with another computer, called a server, or with other workstations on the LAN. In this manner, data and programs which are needed by more than one user can be maintained on a single computer on the network and still be available to other workstations on the network. In this instance the computer with the common data is referred to as the server and the workstations of the individual users are called clients. In other situations, a database or files may be set up on various workstations such that each can function as a server and each can function as a client. This is frequently referred to a peer-to-peer structure.
In large networks, with hundreds or, even thousands of workstations and dozens of servers, administration or management of the individual workstations can be a cumbersome task. This administration consists of, but is not limited to, the following tasks:
Workstation configuration control
System security
Workstation fault correction
Application monitoring for software license compliance
Software application distribution
Software version control
Customization of user environment (i.e. menus, boot files, etc.)
User training
In such larger networks, this administration can be very time-consuming and tedious because the system administrator must be in the same physical location as the workstation. Since these workstations can be spread over a large area such as a large multi-story building, a significant amount of time and effort is spent in traveling between workstations to perform management tasks.
Also, these management tasks are often associated with computer functions that take place during the workstation's boot (startup) cycle. They often require repeat reboots of the workstation to test changes in configuration. From a security standpoint, much of the ability to control access to both workstations and servers is vastly improved by being able to control functions that occur before, during and after the boot process. Current methods depend upon control of functions occurring during or after the boot process. Since control of many functions prior to workstation boot allows the network administrator to impose significantly more control over the workstation some method of pre-boot control is very desirable.
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for preboot file and information transfer between workstations and other workstations or workstations and servers on local area networks. For convenience, this description will be with reference to DOS-based systems. However, persons skilled in the art will recognize that the inventive concepts have application in UNIX based systems and other network environments. Specifically, it is necessary to provide a mechanism by which a network administrator can carry out the functions, as well as other network management tasks. That mechanism should be imposed prior to workstation boot. Workstations using MS-DOS, PC-DOS or other operating system variations such as UNIX execute a startup process called a boot sequence. During the boot sequence the various components of the workstation and network operating system are loaded and executed. Since all control of the workstation after the boot sequence is passed to the operating system, any management tasks performed after boot must be performed by application programs running on the workstation. These application programs are often called utilities. In order for utilities to run at the same time as other applications (such as word processing, database management or E-Mail) the utilities must be loaded resident in the workstation memory. That causes a reduction in available application memory and, often, causes conflicts which can cause the workstation to "lock up" or "hang". In that case, the workstation must be rebooted and all programs reloaded. There is, likewise, a strong probability of damage or loss of data which was in use during the failure.
The present invention overcomes these problems by providing a hardware component, for example a ROM or PROM containing appropriate programming placed in the usually unused boot ROM socket of a LAN card installed in the individual workstations, or a chip including a PROM or ROM built onto the motherboard or system board of the individual workstations. The program in the PROM can be set up so that, at system startup, prior to loading of the workstation operating system software during the boot sequence, it performs certain operating system functions by using the basic input/output system (BIOS) of the workstation to enable the workstation to communicate with a server on the network and make the necessary resources of the workstation available to a server management application running on the server via the network. This process, controlled by a system administrator, allows a variety of preboot functions to take place in the workstation.
For example, by exchanging IDs encoded within workstation and server hardware the workstation can be validated for connection to the network. This adds a greatly improved dimension of security to the network. Or, as another example, a workstation which has experienced a conflict resulting in a failure could be rebooted remotely and, during the reboot cycle, boot files changed to clear possible conflicts. While this process is common, it is always performed by an operator entering commands while sitting at the workstation. The invention enables this functionality to be carried out remotely. The invention could also provide preboot updates to critical boot files prior to workstation boot by transferring those files from the server in advance of their use. Workstations that had experienced a virus attack on the boot sectors of their hard drives could have that damage detected and repaired prior to executing the boot sequence providing an increased measure of anti-virus protection. It is to be noted that the applications, utilities or malicious programs such as viruses that may be present on the workstation hard disk will be under the control of the invention since all preboot operations take place prior to loading and running the workstation's operating system.
The invention enables a rich assortment of high-value technologies because it is:
Protocol and operating system independent
Only activated on request
Not a TSR--it occupies no memory
A tool that allows the system administrator to force a server connection
Able to create a network connection for the workstation at boot time even if the local drive is damaged or the user does not log in
A remote access to the workstation hard drive without user intervention
Some examples of possible server management applications enabled by the present invention are:
Configuration management (remote edit and installation of workstation system files)
Identification and authentication services
Smart hub management
Critical node monitoring
Workstation crash recovery
Remote software installation, distribution, metering and diagnostics
Single sign-on synchronized passwords
Finally, the invention provides a rich variety of network administrator benefits because:
Thousands of hours per year can be saved because no "office hiking" is required to gain access to user workstations that have hung or crashed
User workstations can be configured centrally
The invention allows appropriate workstation configuration regardless of the environment. Users who cannot tolerate TSRs due to ill-behaved applications still benefit since the invention requires no TSRs
Security can be improved materially by adding pre-boot authentication for both user and workstation
Software installation, updating, version control and metering can be greatly simplified and centralized
The administrator's overall view of the network is materially improved.
FIG. 1 is a block overview diagram showing a local area network with a pair of client workstations and a single server.
FIG. 2 is block diagram showing the functional components of the programming contained in a PROM or ROM forming part of the invention.
FIGS. 3a and 3b are flow charts of the preboot sequence controlled by the invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing of EE-PROM/ASIC implementation of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a block overview diagram showing a local area network with a single server workstation 11, a client workstation designated User 13 and a client workstation designated Administrator 15. The server workstation 11 includes server files (not shown), an access control list database (ACL-DB) 11a, and a server management application (SMA) such as a NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) in a Novell NetWare environment, which functions in conjunction with the invention, and a workstation database (DB) 11d which contains information used by the invention to modify information in the workstation during the preboot process. Both client workstations 13 and 15 are configured the same, each containing a hardware component (typically a programmable read-only memory (PROM) and application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) combination, referred to herein as firmware, installed on the workstation network interface card (NIC) or motherboard) 19a and 19b respectively, but the administrator client also includes an administrator program 13. The firmware manages workstation functions and communicates with the server prior to loading of the complete workstation operating system.
The client workstation firmware (19a or 19b) also provides preboot access to the client operating system's file services and contains a functional subset of the client workstation operating system and the client workstation component of the network operating system. Its purpose is to communicate with the server. The server hardware component takes instructions from the server SMA. The server SMA contains control routines to manage operation of the invention. The specifics for incorporating suitable programming in the SMA depend upon the functionality desired to be performed. However, such specifics are well within the skills of persons having ordinary ability in the field of the invention based upon the descriptions provided herein. Administrative utilities are executed in the designated workstation. One of those utilities could be a scripting language which allows the administrator to program a series of client-server operations.
FIG. 1 shows the basic communications between the client workstation 13 and the server workstation 11 and the client workstation 15 and the server workstation 11. The basic communications (which actually take place over the network) provide the mechanism for making a connection between client and server. Once that connection has been made, the client 13 is authenticated as a legitimate client to the server 11. Once the client is identified to the server, any preboot activity such as file transfers, file updates or operating system rescue (due to malicious or accidental damage) can take place automatically under control of the SMA.
In particular, each time a client workstation attempts to connect to the network, firmware 19a or 19b executes a program which seeks a server on the network with which to communicate. The appropriate server, e.g. the one with the SMA (the NLM in a Novell NetWare environment), responds to the client workstation. The client workstation then sends, using the invented subsystem, its network interface card (NIC) address to the server. The server SMA verifies the address in the access control list 11a which resides in the server. The server SMA then performs whatever tasks it is preprogrammed to perform. The invention, being an enabling technology, insofar as it resides in the SMA, can be customized to provide a wide variety of preboot services. For example, it could be customized to update files by transferring new files to the client prior to boot since the file management system is operating on the client. It could be customized to verify that the boot sector of the client is free of virus infection and that the boot sector is intact. If not, it could remove the virus and restore the boot sector from the workstation database 11d residing safely on the server.
Once all client-server preboot functions are complete and acknowledged by the client, the firmware 19a or 19b on the client returns boot control to the client's basic input/output system (BIOS). The client then boots in the normal manner, loading the complete workstation operating system and attaches to the network as it normally would. The advantage of the preboot sequence of the invention is that any damage to the client workstation's boot or operating system that would prevent normal boot or cause further damage can be managed and recovered during the preboot process. The invention contains a functional subset of the complete operating system installed in the client workstation which allows the client to partially boot from a sterile environment without using any of the operating system elements installed in the client workstation which could become damaged. This sterile environment is maintained within the firmware of the invention. A second advantage is that any updates or repairs to critical software systems can be managed centrally using a sterile operating environment without interfering with the user of the client in any way.
The invented technique for initiating a network connection with a server sends a registered unique identification to the server, such as the workstation network interface card (NIC) ID (for example, in an Ethernet environment the Ethernet hardware address), through the standard or de-facto network protocol. The network protocol could be varied depending on the networking environment, such as TCP/IP of Internet, SPX/IPX of Novell's NetWare, or any standard LAN protocols defined by Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). The server application checks for a pre-configured database to determine whether the connection should be accepted. After connection is established, the server SMA sends managing requests to instruct the program in the workstation firmware to perform appropriate management tasks. The firmware sends back the result of its executed operation to the SMA and goes back to the normal booting process when approved by the server.
The invention utilizes a client server technology, implemented as firmware (i.e., programming in a PROM or ROM), which allows full, remote pre-boot control of any network workstation, regardless of operating environment, without the use of terminate and stay resident (TSR) programs at the workstation. The invention provides an open architecture upon which developers and OEMs can build custom server-based client management applications.
One example of an implementation of the invention utilizes a single PROM containing the necessary programming (i.e., firmware) which is plugged in an ASIC, which provides address decoding, which ASIC plugs into the normally unused boot ROM socket on most network interface cards. The necessary programming provides file handler, component control, network services, server management command interface, and executable services engine functions. In an alternate embodiment, the programming could be contained in a flash erasable PROM (EPROM) which would avoid the need for the address decoding ASIC for reasons which should be apparent to persons skilled in the art.
The firmware on the client communicates with server SMA via a customer application programming interface (API) or industry standard protocol such as SNMP. Virtually any server management application can be written in a variety of programming languages, or existing SNMP management applications can be accessed directly.
A simplified block diagram for the programming in the PROM or ROM of the invention is shown in FIG. 2. Excluding housekeeping services and functions not germane to this description, the system includes:
A Server Management Command Interface 21: This is the basic interface between the firmware on the client and the Server Management Application (SMA) on the server. Its main task is to interpret the commands sent in packets from the server SMA and to construct a response packet containing the result of performed operations in a form which can be understood by the SMA. It serves the same function as an SNMP, an industry defined management protocol.
Executable Services Engine 23: The executable services engine provides the proprietary pre-boot functions that allow control of the workstation pre-boot processes. The executable services engine receives its instructions based upon the requirements of the SMA. In other words, the executable services engine and the SMA together control the actions of the workstation prior to the commencement of the workstation boot process.
Operating System Kernel 25: The operating system kernel is, in effect, a "mini operating system." The operating system kernel utilizes file handler 27a, component control 27b and network services 27c and communications appropriate to the installed operating environment. This environment includes both the workstation environment (DOS, O/S2, UNIX etc.) and the network operating system (NetWare, LANManager, Vines, etc.).
The programming necessary to provide the functionality of server management command interface 21 and executable services engine 23 is well within the skills of a person having ordinary skills in the field of the invention. A suitable operating system kernel 25 is available from Hitech Business Software, Inc. of Wilmington, Del.
FIGS. 3a and 3b are flow charts showing the processing performed by programming in the PROM or ROM at system startup.
In normal operation, as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3a and 3b, the invention interrupts the boot process after the BIOS (in an MS-DOS environment, for example) is executed but before DOS executes. Specifically, upon workstation power-up (step) 31, the system BIOS is executed (step 33) in a manner well known in the art. The system BIOS detects the existence of a program in a ROM socket on a network interface card (step 35) and passes control to this program (step 37). Referring now to FIG. 3b, upon control being passed to the program in the PROM, network communications software is loaded from the workstation storage medium (step 39) using its internal mini-operating system and the appropriate network communications protocols. In this manner, communication with the server SMA is initiated (step 41). Under instructions from the SMA, the invention executes the appropriate functions contained in the executive services engine of the program in the PROM. The executive services engine uses low level control functions, such as the BIOS under DOS, to perform the instructions sent by the server SMA to the workstation. After initiation of the server connection in step 41, the workstation NIC address is sent to the server for verification (step 43). If the NIC address is not in the ACL-DB (step 45), the connection to the network is cut, otherwise an attempt is made to connect the workstation to the network (step 47) and, if successful, workstation files are updated (step 49). Otherwise, the attempt to initiate the network connection is repeated (step 41). In step 49, the server sends any required workstation updates to the client and performs any assigned tasks under control from the SMA. During update workstation files step 49, any processes programmed in the PROM are executed and acknowledged. This process execution and acknowledgment is accomplished by the firmware under instruction from the server SMA. The server and client communicate directly with workstation hardware and firmware at a level below the normal operating system, thus providing a sterile, controlled operating environment. After the update is successfully performed and acknowledged (ACK) by the client (step 51), control is returned to the workstation boot process (step 53) and the normal boot process is completed (step 55 of FIG. 3a). The foregoing functionality set forth in steps 39 and 41 is performed by file handler 27a and 27b, while the functionality set forth in steps 43, 45, 47, 49, 51 and 53 is performed by network services 27c and executable services engine 23.
Since the operating system kernel in the firmware is controlling the workstation, a pristine operating environment exists. The workstation can execute any instructions sent by the SMA, exit from control of the firmware and commence normal boot Any changes made during the pre-boot process by the SMA are reflected immediately at the workstation.
Referring to FIG. 4, the firmware 19a and 19b is implemented on a read only memory (ROM) such as a 256K PROM 61. As shown in FIG. 4, also necessary is a 2K (or larger) electrically erasable PROM (EE-PROM) or random access memory (RAM) 65 which functions as a workstation configuration memory which is set up by the user when the workstation is first set or when additional hardware is added. For purposes of this invention, the only information which needs to be stored in this memory is the address of the network driver program on the workstation disk drive or other storage medium which is needed to communicate with other devices on the network. As previously noted, when implemented in this manner, an address decoder with page control 63 is also necessary. The address decoder logic provides a shared memory paging mechanism. It is needed in a typical DOS system since the boot PROM can only provide 8K bytes of addressable memory space. In order to access the 256K memory space needed by the invention, the address decoder logic is needed to page the ROM address space into the 8K page accessible to the workstation CPU. Preferably, the address decoder functionality is provided using an ASIC. The details for producing a suitable ASIC which can be plugged into a network interface card and into which a PROM containing the programming used by the invention can be plugged should be readily apparent to persons skilled in relevant art.
Some additional examples of the preboot functionality which could be programmed into the firmware are checking to insure that the client is running only the most current versions of application software, the most current databases for virus scanners are available to the client and that the correct boot files are in place on the client. If errors are found during the preboot process, the PROM programming could provide the appropriate updates from the server files.
For the purposes of this invention, however, potential customized functions are not considered. Only the basic, enabling technology present in the client used in the preboot process form the present invention as defined in the following claims.
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|U.S. Classification
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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