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IBM WebSphere Voice Response V4.2.3 delivers adapterless VoIP and WVR for AIX 4.2.0 withdrawnIBM United States Software Announcement 206-080
April 11, 2006
|At a glance
WebSphere Voice Response (WVR) for AIX V4.2.3 supports:
- Connection to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network without the need for an additional PCI hardware adapter
- Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS)-compliant BladeCenter T chassis
Existing WVR V4.2 clients can install WVR V4.2.3 as a PTF upgrade.
WVR for AIX V4.2.3 continues to support:
- AIX 5.3 and AIX 5.2
- IBM System p5 servers (with some limitations)
- Logical Partitioning (with some limitations)
- IBM Support Assistant (ISA)
- WebSphere Voice Toolkit V6.0.1 available as a Web download, rather than on CD-ROM in the program media pack
- WebSphere Voice Server (WVS) V5.1.3 (with some limitations) and continued support for WVS V4.2
The optional Unified Messaging for WVR is unchanged in this modification release. Remaining at V4.2 level, it delivers:
- Compatibility with WVR V4.2 and V4.2.3
- Messaging support and mailbox repositories for voicemail, fax, and e-mail
- Operation with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), fax, and AIX V5.2
- Voice interface supporting VoiceXML V2.0
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative or IBM Americas Call Centers at
(Reference: YE001).
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WebSphere® Voice Response for AIX® V4.2.3 (WVR V4.2.3) offers an application services platform and an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system for medium and large enterprises, telcos, and service providers. The IVR system delivers telephony connection for WebSphere Voice Server.
WVR V4.2.3 modifies and upgrades WVR for AIX V4.2 (WVR V4.2) by enabling connection to a VoIP network without an adapter. WVR will therefore run on an IBM BladeCenter® with AIX. Refer to the Hardware requirements section for details.
WVR V4.2.3 continues to provide the functions included in WVR V4.2. Some limitations apply to the update in WVR V4.2.3. Refer to the Description section for details.
The WVR 4.2.0 Media Pack will be withdrawn from marketing on May 12, 2006, and is replaced by the WVR 4.2.3 Media Pack.
Product and release Support withdrawal date WVR 4.2.0 Media Pack (BK05INA) September 30, 2007
Unified Messaging for WVR, the separately orderable option for WVR, remains at level 4.2 and is supported with WVR V4.2.3.
The following skills are necessary to install, configure, and commission WVR V4.2.
- Telephony skills to connect the product to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) switch or networking skills to connect to VoIP network
- UNIX®/AIX skills for software installation and configuration
One of the following programming skill sets:
- VoiceXML, Call Control eXtensible Markup Language (CCXML), Rational®, and Eclipse-based application development skills
- Rational and Java programming skills for using Java programming interfaces in WVR
- WVR and C/C++ skills for programming in State Tables and Custom Servers
If these skills are not available in your organization, contact an IBM Certified Voice Systems
Business Partner or a WebSphere software specialist for more information.
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|Key prerequisites
Refer to the
Hardware requirements
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|Planned availability dates
- April 11, 2006 (electronic software delivery)
- May 5, 2006 (media and documentation)
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VoIP telephony using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP): With WVR V4.2.3 you can connect to a VoIP network without a hardware adapter card.
VoIP features include:
SIP Support for VoIP signalling:
- TCP or User Datagram Protocol (UDP) compliant to industry standard RFC 3261
- Transmitted and received through the system Ethernet port (using the AIX TCP/IP stack)
- Connections to soft phones, hard phones and proxies that conform to SIP RFC 3261
Real Time Protocol support for VoIP media:
- Support for Real Time Protocol/Real Time Control Protocol (RTP/RTCP), using UDP compliant to industry standard RFC 1889
- RTP/RTCP media transmitted and received through the system Ethernet port (using the AIX TCP/IP stack)
- Codec for uncompressed G.711 only (A-law and mu-law)
- DTMF send/receive keys using audio tones or RTP payload packets that are RFC2833 (Telephone Event) compliant
- No support for echo cancellation
Application support:
- Existing and new State Table, Java, VoiceXML, and CCXML applications can be used with SIP.
- Many applications require no change. Others can be extended to exploit SIP capabilities.
- The tagged string interface between SIP and applications allows access to SIP headers (diversion, from, to, request, alang, final response and subject header (on bye)).
- Inbound and outbound calls.
- Blind and supervised call transfer.
- Reinvite from remote party allowing mid-call changes to session characteristics.
Blind notify for Message Waiting Indication (MWI) control.
Note: WVR V4.2 base retains a numeric numbering plan for subscriber profiles and called/calling numbers. Therefore, some solutions such as Unified Messaging may require a SIP proxy or gateway with a numeric numbering plan to provide called/calling number information.
Logical partitioning: WVR V4.2.3 supports the dynamic logical partitioning (DLPAR) environment on AIX 5.3 with IBM System p5 servers. WVR V4.2.3 may be installed in a maximum of two LPARs running in the same System p5 server. LPAR is supported only with AIX 5.3. Micro-Partitioning is not supported. It is recommended that each WVR V4.2.3 production system instance be assigned a minimum of two processors for each LPAR. Virtualization is not supported. The DTTA and DTEA adapters support LPAR but the following adapters do not support LPAR:
- DTXA adaptor
- SS8 SS7 adapter
- Brooktrout TR1034 FAX adapter
WVS V5.1.3 support: WVR V4.2.3 complements WVS V5.1.3 and makes it possible to create integrated Web and telephone self-service access to your business data and processes. The following limitations may affect applications using WVS V5.1.3:
- Java Speech Grammar Format (JSGF) grammars or precompiled finite state grammars (FSG) are not supported.
- Built-in grammars are updated and supplied by WVS, not WVR. Support for user-modifiable built-in grammars is removed. Continued use of built-in grammars may require VoiceXML application changes.
- WVS V4.2 natural language understanding (NLU) is not supported.
- Not all national languages that were supported in WVS V4.2 are supported in V5.1.
- The http-equiv declaration in Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS) grammars is not supported.
- Only two-part language identifiers are supported in VoiceXML documents and grammar files.
- End-pointed audio recording of user's utterance during speech recognition is not supported.
- Java or State Table applications are not supported for use with WVS V5.1.
Unified Messaging: Unified Messaging for WVR is an optional, separately orderable component of the WVR product. Unified Messaging is unchanged from the previous release so it remains at the V4.2 level. It uses the scalability features offered by WVR V4.2.3.
On demand feature: You can manage your licenses using Licence Use Management (LUM) tools. Because licenses can be shared across multiple servers and sites, you can respond to immediate demands on your systems and allocate channels on systems that need them. The licenses are enabled when the channels are enabled.
Choice of channels for on demand access: WVR V4.2 includes VoiceXML and CCXML industry-standard programming environments that handle voice call processing and telephony channel control. It can be integrated with an application server, such as WebSphere Application Server, to deliver voice-enabled On Demand Business solutions. You can include WVS for speech-enabled applications using speech recognition or text-to-speech. If required, WVR V4.2 and WVS can be used for non-IBM application server solutions.
Contact/call center solutions: WVR for AIX is the self-service channel in many contact and call center solutions. It can be deployed either behind the call center switch, or in front of the PBX or automatic call distribution (ACD) switch. Most call center deployments deploy WVR behind the switch. WVR is deployed in front of the switch where a significant percentage of calls are completed in the IVR application, or where the WVR is used to provide call steering across several call centers. With VoIP SIP support, you can also use WVR in IP contact/call center solutions. You can use WVR in conjunction with products from the main Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) suppliers.
Service provider on demand voice services platform: WVR for AIX is a proven platform for delivering solutions to service providers.
- An open platform running UNIX with CCXML and VoiceXML industry-standard programming environments and IVR programming environments for its existing clients.
- Resilient and highly scalable, running on IBM System p5 550 and BladeCenter T chassis, meeting Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS) compliance.
- Highly scalable to 480 channels per server when using DTTA adapters. Such systems can be clustered for large installations.
- Highly scalable and redundant SS7 software for use in service provider networks.
- Support for next-generation SIP networks with existing applications and services. Access to signaling information allows development of new and enhanced services.
- Support for mass-calling applications.
- Scalable, redundant, and resilient centralized application management using application servers for VoiceXML applications.
- IBM HACMP and WebSphere Voice Response Single System Image (SSI) clusters for state table and custom server applications.
SS7 support: The E1 SS7 solution used by WVR 3.1 is withdrawn by SS8 Networks Incorporated. It is not supported on WVR V4.2. D7. The new software from SS8 Networks, Inc., works on the same hardware but uses a new software stack and supports both ANSI (T1) and ITU (E1) versions of SS7. PRPQ 7J0465 is required for SS7 support in WVR V4.2
- PRPQ 7J0465 replaces PRPQ 7J0426 for SS7 E1 (worldwide, except for U.S.and Japan). WVR 4.2.3 supports the same SS7 E1 switches and networks as WVR V3.1.
- The SS7 Call Manager (program number 5724-F79) is no longer required when using the SS7 PRPQ 7J0465.
SS7 features:
- Reuse of E1 hardware adapters from previous solutions.
- Improved scalability from 1400 to 2304 (T1) or 2880 (E1) channels.
- Support for previous SS7 function with ITU-ISUP Generic as main switch connection
- Support for T1 ANSI (generic and MCI variant) networks.
- Support for E1 ITU 1997, ITU White Book (1992, 1993), CCITT Blue Book (1988).
- Standard T1 or E1 link is for signaling; no support the for the older serial V35, with insufficient bandwidth for 2000 channels. Newer VoIP transports are not supported
- The SS8 D7 product has a different redundancy strategy from the previous version. Two links, SS8 cards and D7 stacks, are both active (load-sharing) at all times; if one is lost, the other is ready with no loss of calls.
Protocol support
- QSig Protocol. WVR V4.2 supports inbound and outbound calls and message waiting indicator using the QSig protocol.
- R2MFC Korean. WVR V4.2 supports the R2MFC Korean protocol. Note that this is the Korean variant only. "Standard for Signalling System R2," KTS-1K-0029 (1992).
CCXML V1.0 support
- Use of CCXML is optional. Existing applications not using CCXML do not need to change.
- CCXML enables XML-based call control for enterprise and service-provider applications and enables all applications to be stored on central Web or application server for reliability and redundancy.
- CCXML enables the routing of incoming calls to specific applications based on ANI or DNIS, thus simplifying the configuration on base Voice Response platform.
- CCXML can be used with VoiceXML V2.0 or 2.1 and Java applications with basic inbound and outbound calls handled by CCXML.
- CCXML Browser parses all the tags according to the level W3C standards it supports.
- The WVR signaling process can pass extra protocol data, such as ISDN and SS7 information elements and SIP header information (in tags using ECMA script) on incoming calls to CCXML applications.
- The WVR signaling process can present calls in alerting to CCXML applications where protocol permits, enabling playing of announcement messages to caller without the caller being connected and caller being charged (including early media support).
- CCXML enables specification of a channel group on an outbound call to select which protocol to make the outbound call.
- Support is available for CTI products for contact center, call-center applications, and solutions.
- CCXML is responsible for call handling within an application and can call out to CTI products.
The WebSphere Voice Toolkit provides a CCXML editor as the recommended method of creating CCXML applications. It enables CCXML to be developed using the same tooling as VoiceXML and Speech Grammar development.
Limitations: Some tags, for example "conference," which have no functional support in WVR V4.2, return no-ops. For more information, refer to WebSphere Voice Response for AIX: Using the CCXML Browser (SC34-6368).
Echo cancellation: Echo cancellation on the DTTA adapter delivers capability and reduces cost, without the need for external echo canceller boxes. Features include:
- Removes the mandatory requirement for an initial force play convergence prompt, although this is still recommended for optimum performance
- Delivers improved echo cancellation during the call on account of the continuous convergence up to 32 msec echo delays
- Removes possibility of failure of initial calibration due to excessive echo (previously, echo cancellation within the call was unusable if the initial calibration failed)
- Delivers improved overall echo cancellation (smaller echo residual signal means improved voice recognition and more reliable barge-in)
Scalability of VoiceXML to 480 channels with DTTA adapters
- Simple VoiceXML V2.0/2.1 applications, with no speech recognition or text to speech, can be supported on a single server with four 1.5 GHz processors.
- More complex applications with speech recognition or text to speech can be supported with 480 channels of telephony on a single server but with VoiceXML V2.0/2.1 browsers and WVS systems distributed across other servers.
Migration: If you are migrating large system environments that are available 24 x 7 from earlier releases of WVR to WVR V4.2, or earlier releases of Unified Messaging for WVR to V4.2, they must first be upgraded to AIX V5.2 ML2 and HACMP V5.1 (if applicable), respectively, to minimize downtime. As part of a planned migration only, WVR V3.1 and Unified Messaging for WVR V3.1 are immediately supported in production under AIX V5.2 ML2, provided they are at current PTF levels before any AIX upgrade. Do not install new features while WVR V3.1 is running on AIX V5.2.
PCI fax card: The Brooktrout fax card (TR114), withdrawn from marketing by Brooktrout, is not hardware-compatible with current System p5 servers. It is replaced with a new Brooktrout card (TR1034) with similar function. WVR V4.2 supports one TR1034 Fax card (30 channels). WVR V3.1 code that supports the old TR114 fax card is not removed.
WebSphere Voice Toolkit: You can download the WebSphere Voice Toolkit V6.0.1 from
The Voice Toolkit is no longer included on CD in the WVR 4.2.3 Media Pack.
The toolkit supports the CCXML 1.0 and the VoiceXML 2.1 specifications, and includes a grammar editor, pronunciation builder, and an audio recorder. You can configure a development environment to create, test, and debug custom voice portlets using VoiceXML 2.0 or 2.1. Other features of the toolkit include:
- The ability to debug your portlets using the local debugging environment
- The ability to create VoiceXML applications using the new Communication Flow Builder
- An editor that can handle both CCXML and VoiceXML source code
- A conversion wizard to assist you in migrating any VoiceXML 1.0 applications to 2.0 or 2.1
- An integrated VoiceXML 2.1 Application Simulator and Debugger
- Integrated concatenative text-to-speech (CTTS) and speech recognition engines
The toolkit editor also includes a wizard that allows you to select and customize Reusable Dialog Components (RDC) written to the VoiceXML 2.0 or 2.1 specification. These RDCs contain pretested code for commonly used functions such as credit card type, currency, date information, and so on.
Accessibility by people with disabilities
WebSphere Voice Response for AIX has three types of users:
Telephone callers: These are the users of applications that clients create to run on WVR. They make up the vast majority of the WVR user population. They do not interact with any GUIs, only with the telephone user interfaces provided by the applications. These telephone user interfaces are fully accessible to people with no or low vision and, if speech recognition is implemented, to people with manual disabilities. Telephony devices for the deaf are supported in addition to ordinary phones. For any caller able to use a telephone, WVR provides full accessibility to your data.
Application developers: Interfaces (or voice applications) are created by application developers who use standard application development tools to access the Java and XML application programming interfaces that WVR supports. WVR uses Eclipse-based tools.
System administrators: WVR systems and applications are managed and monitored by systems administrators who use a variety of user interfaces to perform their tasks. Systems running VoiceXML applications are fully accessible. For systems running State Table applications some tasks can be performed using either a GUI or the command line, while others can be performed only using the GUI.
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|Education support
The following educational offerings are available as classroom course:
Course Course title number Defining and SW093 Developing SRGS Grammars IBM WebSphere(R) Voice SW067 Response for AIX(R) Application Development IBM WebSphere Voice SW064 Response for AIX Installation and System Administration Introduction to Voice SW720 Technology Unified Messaging for SW065 IBM WebSphere Voice Response WebSphere Voice Server V5.1 SW085 Installation and System management WebSphere Voice Server SW089 VoiceXML Application Development
IBM Global Services, IT Education Services, provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of courses for IT professionals and managers are on the IBM IT Education Services Web site
Refer to the IBM IT Education Services Web site for information on course locations and availability dates.
Call IBM IT Education Services at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for catalogs,
schedules, and enrollments.
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|Offering Information
Product information is available via the Offering Information Web site
Also, visit the Passport Advantage® Web site
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A publications CD-ROM containing documentation in PDF and HTML formats is included with the program media. The WVR publications are also available from the IBM Publications Center on the Web at
The publications are available online free of charge. You may view or
download these titles without having to place them in a shopping cart and
without providing any information about yourself.
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Specified operating environment
Hardware requirements
WebSphere Voice Response for AIX V4.2.3
- System p5 server with IBM DTTA (feature number 6312 and 6313) for trunk connection
- System p5 server or BladeCenter® without an adapter for VoIP connection
The WVR for AIX licensed program runs on selected models of System p5 and BladeCenter systems. These may be rack-mounted telephony servers or workstation entry servers, depending on the performance and channel requirements. Smaller System p5 client systems can be used for voice application development.
WVR V4.2.3 can operate with AIX V5.2 or V5.3. Customers should ensure that the system unit planned for use operates with AIX V5.2 or V5.3. AIX V5.3 is required for BladeCenter systems
Connectivity with the telephone network is provided directly from System p5 models with PCI bus
- Trunk connection requires DTTA (feature number 6312 and 6313).
- VoIP connection does not require a specialized adapter. Standard network connection is used.
Support for p5 and pSeries® systems with DTTA: For selected pSeries models, adapters are inserted within a special cassette referred to as the Blind Swap Cassette (for example, pSeries 650 Model 6M2 and 7311-D10 I/O Drawer). For these models you can order DTTA within its carriage under feature #6313. All other models require the DTTA without the Blind Swap cassette orderable under feature #6312.
- p5 520 (for example, 9111-520 or 9131-52A) with up to 3 x DTTA (#6312) per LPAR (maximum 2)
- p5 550 (for example, 9113-550 or 9133-55A) with up to 4 x DTTA (#6312) per LPAR (maximum 2)
- p5 570 (9117-570) with up to 4 x DTTA (#6312) per LPAR (maximum 2); all DTTA adapters must be placed in the pSeries 7311-D20 I/O Drawer)
- pSeries 615 Models 7029-6C3 and 7029-6E3 with up to 4 x DTTA (#6312)
- pSeries 630 Models 7028-6C4 and 7028-6E4 with up to 4 x DTTA (#6312)
- pSeries 650 Model 7038-6M2 with up to 4 x DTTA (#6313)
- pSeries 7311-D20 I/O Drawer with up to 4 x DTTA (#6312) available on pSeries 650-6M2, pSeries 630-6C4, p5-520, 550, and 570
- pSeries 7311-D10 I/O Drawer with up to 3 x DTTA (#6313) available on pSeries 650-6M2
- IntelliStation® 9114 Model 275 with up to 1 x DTTA (#6312)
For more information, refer to Software Announcement 203-208 , dated August 26, 2003.
DTXA was withdrawn from marketing in June 2004 but is still supported on the same system units as WVR for AIX V3.1, except where that system unit does not support AIX V5.2. For further information refer to Software Announcement 202-154 , dated June 21, 2002. DTXA is also supported on the p5 520 and p5 550, but not in an LPAR environment.
DTEA is still supported on the same system units as WVR for AIX V4.2.2,. For further information refer to Software Announcement 206-009 , dated January 17, 2006.
Adapter compatibility: DTTA and DTEA can be mixed in system units in any combination up to a total of three or four adapters respectively. The same is true of DTXA and DTEA together, but DTTA and DTXA adapters must not be mixed in the same system unit.
Mixing of DTTA, DTXA, and DTEA in the same system unit allows applications to use double trunk where calls between VoIP and PSTN can be bridged; for example, in IP Call Centers. Note that a single DTEA can support 96 channels when configured for T1 (U.S./Japan) and 120 channels for E1 (rest of the world). Like DTXA and DTTA, each DTEA adapter provides support for four telephony trunks.
For installations where there is more than one DTXA, DTTA, or DTEA card in the same system unit a top connector cable is required to connect all adapters that are used by WVR V4.2 in the same system unit. This cable, known as the H.100 bus cable, is available in two lengths, one with four drops and another with eight drops. For all but the largest configurations that also use fax adapters, or if adapters are installed in adjacent slots, the four drop cable will usually be suitable. This cable can be ordered using one of the following options:
- At the same time as the p5 system unit is ordered with the appropriate feature number. For example, p5-520 feature #2877 H.100, four-drop cable, or p5-550 feature #4353 H.100, eight-drop cable.
- As an MES on an existing system unit using the same feature numbers.
- Directly from a telephony cable supplier.
Support for BladeCenters and p5 without an adapter for VoIP connection
- BladeCenter JS20
- BladeCenter JS21
- p5 520 (for example, 9111-520 or 9131-52A)
- p5 550 (for example, 9113-550 or 9133-55A)
- p5 570 (9117-570)
Capacity planning for adapterless configurations has to account for the processing otherwise done by the DTTA adapter. Each adapterless system instance must be assigned a minimum of two processors for each LPAR. (A development system with fewer than 30 channels may be supported by a single processor). An p5 550 (9113-550) with 2*1.9 GHz processors can support 240 channels of a simple state table application. Additional factors in capacity planning are the use of DTMF detection and compression.
- DTMF detection: The system unit's processors are used for DTMF detection. This cost can be avoided if the VoIP network supplies DTMF send/receive keys using RTP payload packets: RFC2833 (Telephone Event).
- Compression: WVR can store voice data in its database using 5:1 compression. Voice is sent uncompressed (G711) over the VoIP network; therefore, the system unit's processors need to carry out the required compression and decompression on record and playback respectively.
Adapterless configurations have the following double-trunking capabilities:
- Calls can be double-trunked between adapterless connections using the Trombone Custom Server
- Adapterless connections can coexist with Digital Trunk Extended Adapter (DTXA) or DTTA in the same system unit, allowing hybrid PSTN/VoIP configurations in, for example, IP Call Centers. However calls cannot be double-trunked between adapter and adapterless connections
- Coexistence with DTEA (hardware VoIP adapter) is not supported.
Unified Messaging for WVR: WVR V4.2.3 is a prerequisite for Unified Messaging for WVR. There are no additional hardware requirements for the Unified Messaging option other than the requirements for WVR V4.2.3.
WebSphere Voice Toolkit V6.0.1: The WebSphere Voice Toolkit has been upgraded to V6.0.1. It is available only by Web download.
To run the WebSphere Voice Toolkit, the following system configuration is required:
- Minimum of an Intel® Pentium® III processor at 800 MHz, or equivalent (1.0 GHz recommended).
- Display adapter setting of at least 256 colors and 1024 x 768 resolution.
- Minimum of 800 MB free disk space (in addition to the disk space requirement for the Rational® environment), plus additional space for the installation options that you select. For installation purposes, an additional 800 MB of temporary space is required.
- Sound card with speakers.
- Microphone (if you want to record speech).
Testing speech recognition and text-to-speech applications is supported using the speech engines provided in the WebSphere Voice Toolkit. These engines support the use of multiple national languages.
Software requirements
WVR for AIX V4.2.3: Mandatory installation requirement: Telephony or networking skills for connection to networks
Mandatory software requirement: AIX V5.2 (5765-E62) with minimum Maintenance Level 2 or AIX V5.3 (5765-G03) with minimum Maintenance Level 2. LPAR and BladeCenters are supported only on AIX 5.3. System units with telephony adapters installed must use a 32-bit kernel.
Optional software requirements:
- HACMP, V5.1 for clients requiring high availability using a redundant NFS and DB2® server
- Visual Age C++, V6.0 compiler for custom server development
- IBM WebSphere Voice Server V4.2 or V5.1.3 for clients who require text-to-speech and voice recognition
- WebSphere Application Server
- Communications Server for AIX, V6.1 for host communication using terminal emulation
- JAWS screen reader on a PC for accessibility; for more information visit
Unified Messaging for WVR V4.2: The optional Unified Messaging for WVR remains at the V4.2 level. It functions the same with WVR V4.2.3 as it does with WVR V4.2.
Mandatory software requirement: WVR for AIX V4.2.3 (5724-I07)
Optional software requirements:
- SSI servers recommended to use 64-bit support (AIX kernel) and JFS2.
- WebSphere MQSeries®, V5.3; required only if you want to use the XML provisioning capability provided by Unified Messaging for WVR. You must purchase a WebSphere MQSeries license.
- J2EE 1.3-compliant Web application server software to host the Unified Messaging for WVR Voice interface; for example, WebSphere Application Server V5.0.
- Local Number Portability (LNP) Server for SMDI. A sample LNP Server is provided.
WebSphere Voice Toolkit V6.0.1
Mandatory software requirements:
- Microsoft Windows XP (with Service Pack 1, or later)
Existing installation of the Rational Software Development Platform 6.0
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You're trained in Heal so you can patch wounds and stabilizing dying characters, but it doesn't have to stop there. Here are 10 new and creative ways to get more out of Heal. Depending on your PC's background and how you role-play him, Heal can encompass a wide variety of disciplines.
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During an interrogation you use your knowledge of anatomy to cause your target excruciating pain. +2 to your next Intimidate check.
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You accurately identify a rare illness. Gain +2 to the appropriate knowledge skill used to identify, cultivate or gather the ingredients for medicine used to treat the illness.
You know how to hypnotize people. Make a Heal check vs the target's Will. If successful he becomes hypnotized (save ends). While the target is under the influence you received +2 to Diplomacy, Insight and Streetwise checks.
Your knowledge of medicines includes a familiarity with poisons and their affects on the body. A successful Heal check allows you to recognize poisons by sight, smell or taste as well as know what affects it will have on targets.
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New Year's Day Bash in the Majestic Lost Creek Wilderness
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Lake Park Peak-More Than We Bargained For
Tarryall Where Are You?
"Lake Park Peak" (11403')
"Tarryall Peak" (11780')
Lost Creek Wilderness/Tarryall Range, CO
13 miles RT, 4200' gain
From Spruce Grove TH (8560')
Participants: John and Renata Collard, Kevin Baker
I was hoping to hit something high on New Year's Day to get the year off to a good start, but those pesky winds had other plans. The LCW is always an excellent plan B, especially since the area hasn't received as much snow as the rest of the state. Who knows, we may even get by without snowshoes! John and Renata are always up for a slog, so we set out sights on Lake Park and Tarryall Peaks right in the heart of the majestic LCW.
Lake Park Peak-More Than We Bargained For
We met at the Spruce Grove TH, which is a little over 13 miles n.w. of Hwy 24on the Tarryall Road (CR-77). We set out at a less than alpine start of 8am anticipating a long day. The temp was a moderate 33 degrees, but we could tell the winds were ripping pretty good up high. The trail crosses Tarryall Creek at the start and goes underneath a cool tunnel of rock. It then contours above some private property before heading up a drainage to Lizard Rock.
There was quite a bit more snow than my visit to the area 3 weeks ago, but there were still quite a few dry patches until we reached a mini-saddle to the east of Lizard Rock. Here we entered the LCW proper and hung a right at an intersection with the Brookside/McCurdy trail.
Lizard Rock looks to be 5th class:
The trail then wrapped around the saddle onto a northwest facing aspect, and as expected the snow got a lot deeper. It was mostly 1-1.5 ft deep, not enough for snowshoes to be any benefit since it was mostly all sugar. We followed an old bear track for awhile, but he wasn't too interested in taking the switchbacks! The views north to The Catamount beckoned us onward to Hankins Pass.
We were still moving pretty well despite the snow and took a break at Hankins Pass. Renata made some treats and I had some tasty fudge. She told me that I had just consumed a Drunken Isador with a bit of rum! Not to worry mom, because the alcohol is evaporated, thus my 36 year streak of no alcohol is still intact! John did a nice job of trail breaking above Hankins Pass as we were able to follow the trail. We took a more direct line through the trees when the trail ridiculously zigs way too far to the west. On the way up to Lake Park we were treated to some spectacular granite formations.
We reached a 10940' saddle s.w. of Lake Park Peak and bushwacked our way up to its' s.w. ridge. Per Roach's instructions, we stayed on the right side of the ridge to avoid some towers, but it was still no cakewalk. The deadfall was pretty thick and the snow was not as thin as we had wished. At around 10720', we were due south of the summit and headed straight up after contouring below the ridge. We finally topped out at 12:20 after a tiring climb up the ridge. It looked like it was going to be a long slog over to Tarryall, but we felt like it was still in the cards for the day.
The Catamount and Tarryall (R) from Lake Park summit:
Tarryall Where Are You?
We took a nice, long break on the summit to refuel for the next leg. Instead of reversing our ascent route, I found a nice line down the n.w. side of the ridge that was free of boulders and was a nice plunge step down to Lake Park. It would have been brutal ascending this slope though, as the snow was pretty deep.
Lake Park Peak from Lake Park:
Once down in Lake Park, we skirted some willows on the south side and attempted to pickup the trail. We somehow missed it and did some rough bushwacking amidst many boulders until we found the trail again at a mini-saddle above Lake Park. The effort really intensified when the trail wrapped around onto northeast facing slopes. We had to start rotating trail breaking duties a lot sooner and Renata even got in on it. Renata kept saying, "Send Kevin!" For some reason, I was moving pretty slow today. Must have been too much New Year's egg nog and fondu the night before!
We finally donned the snowshoes less than 2/10ths of a mile from the summit as the snow was knee deep in spots with a crust layer on top. We were a bit above the trail at this point and I ended up making a beeline for the summit instead of hitting the saddle n.e. of the summit. Big mistake. I guess we should have read the route description! We plowed our way upwards and came to a gully that we thought might be the correct one.
We took off our snowshoes here and after a considerable effort of plowing up steep powder I topped out on the ridge. Surely this is it.
Looking down at John and Renata in the gully:
A class 4 section blocked easy passage and I contoured around it only to find a 10 ft mini-cliff that kept us from the true summit!
I was ticked as we now had to go back down the gully and look for another way. I passed through a steep notch to keep from losing more elevation and found another gully that topped out to the north of the show stopper. John and Renata countoured a bit below my line. A bit of scrambling on the ridge and we were finally there, topping out at 3:37.
Our improvised route to the summit:
We were the first to sign the register since Tyson Ferryman back in Oct. This summit afforded some of the best views in the LCW that I have seen to date. Granite hoodoos surrounded the summit as the late afternoon light provided a nice prize for our efforts. I will have to return someday to soak up the enchanting beauty of this place.
Bison and McCurdy to the n.w.
The Catamount looking mighty formidable in winter:
We only hung around long enough to sign the register and snap a few pics as we had many miles before we sleep! I left my snowshoes on for awhile on the descent, but they weren't much use below the point where we put them on. We took our last break above Lake Park and were treated with a spectacular winter sunset near Hankins Pass.
The uneventful hike back to the cars seemed like it would never end. Nearly 4 hours later, we staggered back to the cars at 7:30. I kept seeing the lights of a ranch below, but they never seemed to get closer. The first real slog of the winter is always a test and these two peaks were tough even though the LCW doesn't have a ton of snow yet. It was a fine New Year's bash indeed!
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Granite Hoodoos on Tarryall Peak
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- AIA DC- Award for Excellence in Historic Resources | 2012
- Committee of 100 on the Federal City - Vision Award | 2012
- ED+C - Government/Institutional Renovation National Award | 2012
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- GSA Design Award- Urban Design | 1998
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Bob Swank has over 40 years of architectural experience in all phases of design and construction, with particular expertise in technical coordination, detailing and quality assurance on complex projects.
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- Bachelor of Architecture | 1973
- Penn State
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l.As seen in Exhibit 15.2, Hong Kong stocks are over twice as volatile as U.S. stocks. Does that mean that risk-averse American investors should avoid Hong Kong equities? Explain.
ANSWER. No. Although Hong Stock stocks are much more volatile /than U.S. stocks, their systematic component of risk is relatively low because of the low correlation with the U.S.
market. The net result is that the systematic risk (beta) of the average Hong Kong stock from a U.S. perspective is only 0.85, compared with a beta of 1.0 for the average U.S. stock. In
other words, diversifying into Hong Kong stocks will reduce the riskiness of a portfolio currently concentrated in U.S. stocks.
2. What characteristics of foreign securities lead to diversification benefits for American investors?
ANSWER. The two basic characteristics are:
a)Many foreign securities are issued by companies that produce goods and services not available from U.S. companies.
b)All U.S. companies are more or less subject to the same cyclical economic fluctuations. Foreign securities by contrast involve claims on economies whose cycles are not perfectly in
phase with the U.S. economic cycle. Thus, just as movements in different stocks partially offset one another in an all-U.S. portfolio, so also movements in U.S. and non-U.S. stocks
cancel out each other somewhat.
3. Will increasing integration of national capital markets reduce the benefits of international diversifications?
ANSWER. Despite increasing integration of national capital markets, they still dont march in lock step. Some economies and, hence, their markets will do befter than others at any given
time, so having stakes in several countries still spreads risks. Nonetheless, increasing integration could lead to more comovement in common risk factors (e.g., real interest rate changes).
If so, this will increase the correlation of national markets and decrease the risk-reducing benefits of diversifying internationally. Ultimately, its an empirical issue, and one that should be
ANSWER. Domestic stocks are more highly correlated because they are all subject in one way or another to the state of the domestic economy. The lower correlations between
domestic and foreign stocks reflect the lower correlations between the domestic and foreign economies. These lower correlations also imply that international investing is likely to lead to
greater diversification than just investing across industries within a country. As the text shows, these lower correlations appear to be persisting despite the greater integration of the global
5. Who is likely to gain more from investing overseas, a resident of the United States or of Mexico? Explain.
ANSWER. Mexican investors will gain much more from international investing. The size of the U.S. economy is such that the U.S. and world stock markets are highly correlated whereas
the Mexican stock market, being much smaller, shows a much lower correlation with the world stock market. The result is greater diversification (and, I hence, risk reduction) benefits for
the Mexican investor than for the U.S. investor. In addition, the U.S. has a much greater range of industries than does Mexico, giving much more scope for industry diversification outside
Mexico than would be true for a U.S. investor who has access to such a broad range of industries already.
6-Suppose that Mexican bonds are yielding more than 100% annually. Does this high yield make them suitable for American investors looking to raise the return on their portfolios?
ANSWER. These returns are denominated in nominal peso terms, subjecting them to currency risk. Nonetheless, holding a small percentage of your portfolio in Mexican bonds will
reduce its risk, without sacrificing expected return. This is because arbitrage will equilibrate expected returns across countries at the same time that the actual returns from the Mexican
peso bonds are relatively uncorrelated with returns on the U.S. stock market. Hence, the primary reason for holding Mexican bonds is to reduce risk, not raise expected return.
7. According to one investment advisor, UJ feel more comfortable investing in Western Europe or Canada. I would not invest in South America or other regions with a record of debt
defaults and restructuring. The underwriters of large new issues of ADRs of companies from these areas assure us that things are different now. Maybe, but who can say that a
government that has defaulted on debt wont change the rules again? Comment on this statement.
ANSWER, its true. A nation that has already defaulted on its debt is less trustworthy than one that never has. However, this possibility has already been factored into the prices of that
nations bonds and stocks in the form of a large discount to what they would sell for absent that past experience. The real--and important--question is whether the discount is high enough
to provide an expected return high enough to compensate for those risks. If so, then Latin American stocks and bonds would be a reasonable investment since they would provide
additional A diversification benefits.
8-Investors should avoid Hong Kong, given its problematic outlook now that Britain has surrendered the colony to China. Comment.
ANSWER. The problematic outlook for Hong Kong now that it is a special province of China is already reflected in the price of Hong Kong assets (in the form of discounted prices).
Thus, the expected risk-adjusted return on Hong Kong assets is the same as that on assets elsewhere. It is precisely these different risks, which are uncoordinated with risks elsewhere
that give rise to the benefits of international diversification.
ANSWER. Note that the same argument could be made as to why non Japanese investors should also invest all their money in Japan. Implicit in this argument is the expectation that
historically high returns will persist into the future. Such an expectation is an unreasonable one in efficient markets. Thus, unless one unrealistically expects these superior returns to persist
into the future, diversification would make sense for both Japanese and non Japanese investors. The benefits of this diversification were pointed out in 1990, when the Tokyo Stock
Exchange fell 35% in dollar terms (39% in yen), while the Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index fell by just 18.6% in dollar terms.
b. What arguments would you use to persuade a Japanese investor to invest overseas?
ANSWER. Here are two arguments. First, you cant expect stock markets to keep going up in a straight line. All markets entail risk, and one way to counter that risk is through
diversification. This argument should by now be bolstered by the crash of the Japanese stock market in 1990. Second, to the extent that the Japanese investor consumes foreign goods
and services, international investing can reduce the risk associated with the investors consumption stream by matching foreign currency inflows with foreign currency outflows. For
example, if the yen depreciates, the higher yen cost of buying foreign goods and services will be offset by the higher yen value of foreign assets.
c. Why might Japanese (and other) investors still prefer to invest in domestic securities despite the potential gains from international diversification?
ANSWER. If investors buy mostly domestic goods and services (or at least goods and services priced in a domestic context), investing overseas will expose them to currency risk that is
not offset by gains on the consumption side. For example, if the yen appreciates, the yen value of dollar assets will decline. If the Japanese investor is not consuming much in the way of
U.S. goods and services, the reduction in consumption costs will not offset the investment losses.
10. Because ADRs are denominated in dollars and are traded in the United States, they present less foreign exchange risk to U.S. investors than do the underlying foreign shares of stock.
ANSWER. the answer to this question depends on the distinction between the currency of denomination and the currency of determination. Although the ADR currency of denomination
is the dollar, the currency of determination is the local currency (or whatever currency determines the cash flows of the stock). More specifically, the price of an ADR is the price of the
share of stock in its foreign currency multiplied by the spot dollar value of the foreign currency. As the spot exchange rate changes, the dollar price of the ADR will also change (unless the
foreign currency value of the stock changes in inverse proportion to the change in the spot price, an unlikely scenario). Hence, ADRs are as subject to exchange risk as the underlying
shares of foreign stock.
2. The dollar return on Swiss bonds equaled (1 - .016)(1 + 0.08) - 1 = 6.27%. The return on French bonds was lower at (1.018)(1.026) - 1 = 4.45%. In this case, Swiss franc
appreciation more than offset the lower local currency return on Swiss bonds.
3.Substituting in the numbers yields a total dollar return on Toyota stock for the year of 51.17%:
Note that yen appreciation during the year was (145 - 120) = 20.83%.
4. During 1989, the Mexican stock market climbed 112% in peso terms while the peso depreciated by 28.6% against the U.S. dollar. What was the dollar return on the Mexican stock
market during the year?
ANSWER. According to these data, the dollar return on the Mexican stock market during 1989 was 51.37%:
it = (1 ÷ 1.12)0 - 0.286) - I = 51.37%
5a. in 1992, the Brazilian market rose by 1,117% in cruzeiro terms, while the cruzeiro fell by 91.4% in dollar terms. Meanwhile, the U.S. market rose by 8 which market did better?
ANSWER. The dollar return on the Brazilian market can be calculated as 4.66%
The numbers reflect the fact that a return of 1,127% is equivalent to receiving an additional Cr11.17 for each Cr1 invested. Based on these figures, the U.S. market return of 8.5% bested
the dollar return on the Brazilian market by almost 4 percentage points.
b. In 1993, the Brazilian market rose by 4,190% in cruzeiro terms, while the cruzeiro fell by 95.9% in dollar terms. Did the Brazilian market do better in dollar temis in 1992 or in 1993?
ANSWER. Redoing the numbers in the answer to part a, we see that the Brazilian market did far better in 1993 than in 1992:
= (1 + 41.90)0 - 0.959) - 1 = 75.89%
In this case, the extraordinarily large local currency return more than offset the dramatic devaluation of the cruzeiro.
6. Suppose that the dollar is now worth _l.1372. If one-year German bunds are yielding 9.8% and one-year U.S. Treasury bonds are yielding 6.5%, at what end-of-year exchange rate
will the dollar returns on the two bonds be equal? What amount of euro appreciation or depreciation does this equilibrating exchange rate represent?
ANSWER. To begin, given that German bunds are yielding more than U.S. Treasuries, it is clear that for dollar returns on these two securities to equilibrate, the euro must depreciate
against the dollar by about the interest differential, which is 3.3%. Using Equation 15.4, the expected dollar return on investing $1 in a bund (after first converting it into _1.1372) for a
year can be found as
1.l372(l.098)e1 = 1.2486e1 where e is the unknown end-of-year exchange rate ($/J. Note that ex ante, one cannot anticipate any capital gains or losses on investing. Setting this figure
equal to the $1 .065 expected dollar return from investing one dollar in a Treasury bond yields the solution e = $0.8529, which converts into a direct quote for the dollar of _1.1724. This
exchange rate entails a euro depreciation of (1.1372 - 1.1724)/1.1724 = -3.01% against the dollar. Alternatively, the dollar has appreciated against the euro by (1.1724 - 1 = 3.10%.
7. In 1990, Matsushita bought MCA Inc. for $6.1 billion. At the time of the purchase, the exchange rate was about Y1451$. By the time that Matsushita sold an 80% stake in MCA to
Seagram for $5.7 billion in 1995, the yen had appreciated to a rate of about Y971$.
a. Ignoring the time value of money, what was Matsushitas dollar gain or loss on its investment in MCA?
ANSWER. If an 80% stake in MCA was worth $5.7 billion, then the entire firm was worth $7.125 billion. Based on this valuation, Matsushita actually made $1 .025 billion on its
purchase of MCA. That is, by buying MCA at a price of $6.1 billion and selling it for a price that valued the business at $7. 125 billion, Matsushita made $1 .025 billion.
b. What was Matsushitas yen gain or loss on the sale?
ANSWER. Taking into account the differences in exchange rates, Matshushita paid Y884,500,000,000 (6,100,000,000 x 145) for MCA in 1990 and sold MCA in 1995 for a price
that valued it at Y691,125,000,000 (7,125,000,000 x 97). The net result was a loss for Matsushita of Y193,375,000,000 on its purchase of MCA.
c. What did Matsushitas yen gain or loss translate into in terms of dollars? What accounts for the difference between this figure and your answer to part a?
ANSWER. Matsushitas yen loss converts into a dollar loss of $1,993,556,701 (193,375,000,000/97). This figure differs from the answer in part a because it takes into account the
change in exchange rates between 1990 and 1995. In effect, it asks what would have happened if Matsushita had held onto its yen instead of converting them into a dollar asset that
didnt appreciate in line with the yens appreciation. In other words, this computed dollar loss represents an opportunity cost


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I stood at the checkout with my son's warm hand in mine. I could see, over at the next checkout, another mother from our school. Her son was with her, too. We didn't talk, but there was a wry grin exhanged between us. We both knew why our boys weren't at school.
Today is the Swimming Sports Carnival.
I phoned in his absence this morning, mumbling something about his ears. I took him to the doctor soon after, she looked in each of his ears, hmmming and adjusting the ottoscope before confirming what I already know. His ears are fine.
I remember one of these days a few years ago. My mildly dyspraxic girl, still grappling with learning to swim, was standing terrified beside a six foot deep pool. It was competition day. She was crying and begging to be let off. The teachers responded with grim determination. The bank of stopwatch officials waited with barely disguised impatience. The whole swimming complex seemed to sigh with frustration. I was not allowed to go to her, poolside, to help calm her down. The whole school waited until she eventually got in the pool. An older girl was already in the water with a pool noodle, waiting to tow her the length of the lane. What is the purpose of this kind of showy display of 'you WILL do it, even though you can't do it?' Who does it serve? Near the finish line, myself and some of the sympathetic parents around, erupted into applause. And my beautiful daughter emerged from the water, dripping with shame. She smiled a wobbly smile at me and slunk back to join her class on the bleachers. I went out behind the swimming pool complex and cried for her. It was an awful experience.
This picture is from last year, when she was delightfully astonished to place first in her heat. One day, I might see a similar smile on my son's face, when he swims well enough to enjoy competing. But this year, he and his perfectly fine ears are sitting out the indignity of race day.
It has always baffled me why P.E teachers are so hot on participation. Why joining a competition even if you are not competitive is such a religion to them. My kids are both involved in sports, both are involved in their schools' wider culture. I entirely endorse the idea of being there to support your classmates, your school house, your peers. And this is why it bothers me so much. I have spent too much wasted time on the phone talking to the PE staff at school about this. Going around in circles. Banging my head against a brick wall.
The compulsory nature of Swimming and Athletic sports days (and the dreaded Cross Country) means that you are effectively forced to stay away if you are not going to participate. Or lie about an injury or illness that prevents you from swimming or running. It's madness. To me, that is teaching kids something far worse than not racing. It's saying that if you are not like those people who enjoy competition, you should hide, you should make excuses. It's saying that you should suffer for a day because you are not like them. Suffer in competition, or suffer in silence at home. It's saying that your voice of encouragement and cheering from the sidelines is only valuable if you have also competed. It's bollocks.
We are not all the same. I would never dream of asking my kids to compete in showjumping horses until they are competent in the saddle. I would never expect a dyslexic child to enter a spelling bee, or drop someone with agoraphobia in the middle of the desert. I think there is a cruelty to the one-size-fits-all environment of our Education System in relation to PE. And I think it needs to change.
So today, we are sitting out the Swimming Sports in silent protest. I feel resolute. I know I am not the only mama out there feeling this way today. I sit here in solidarity with all of them. With you, if you have ever felt the frustration I feel.
Here's to the others. The non-competitors, the slower starters, the ones who always bring up the rear, to the ones whose genius is not defined by physical test of speed; whose gentle souls are built for fairer things. They are not failures for not being sporty, they should not feel ashamed. Sporting prowess is simply one kind of genius. Take it away Mister Einstein.


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GEORGE PYNE has been named to the newly created position of Manager of Business Development-Licensing for the NASCAR. Pyne was with AMC Events in Atlanta, a sports marketing and event management firm, where he was Exec Dir (NASCAR).....MICHAEL PLANT was named President of Goodwill Games Inc., and VP/Events for Turner Sports. He is President of Medalist Sports, which operates cycling events (USA TODAY, 8/16)....FERRIS THOMPSON was named Dir of Sponsorship Sales and Services for SportsLab. SportsLab, backed by ABC/Cap Cities and Electonic Arts, will hold interactive sports events in cities throughout the U.S. (SportsLab).
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