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As NASA's Mars rover Curiosity prepares to use its rock-boring drill for the first time, engineers are troubleshooting an issue with the power tool that may affect the entire mission.
Curiosity's fast-spinning percussive drill should make it through the originally planned two-year prime mission, team members say. But at some point a bond in the drilling mechanism will fail, causing an electrical short that could threaten to knock out the entire rover.
"Unless you do something about it, all hell breaks loose electronically, because it takes our power bus and rattles it around," Curiosity chief engineer Rob Manning, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., told Space.com in a video interview. "It's almost like the drill grabs the rover and shakes the whole thing electronically."
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By the time the Curiosity team noticed the issue, it was too late in the planning of the mission to rework the drill and correct it, Manning said. But engineers were able to install a potential safety net just a month or two before the rover blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in November 2011. [ Video: Curiosity's Drill Will Break ]
They bolted in an additional set of wires that could be used to keep Curiosity's power bus safe, by shorting it temporarily in advance of any big drill problems.
"So if this short happens on the spacecraft, it doesn't rattle around everybody," Manning said. "We've been testing all that — to see what's going on, to make sure it all works properly."
The $2.5 billion Curiosity rover landed inside Mars' huge Gale Crater on Aug. 5, kicking off a mission to determine if the Red Planet could ever have hosted microbial life.
The percussive drill is a key part of this quest, allowing the six-wheeled robot to bore 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) into Martian rocks — deeper than any rover has been able to go before.
Curiosity has not used its drill on the Red Planet yet, but that should change soon.
The mission team is currently looking for rocks that would make a suitable target for its first drilling operation, which scientists hope to complete before the Christmas holidays.
While the drill should last at least two years on Mars, Curiosity may be able to keep chugging around the Red Planet for far longer than that.
The car-size rover's nuclear power source, for example, should be good for at least a decade, and perhaps much longer.
And NASA will keep funding Curiosity as long as possible. Last week, the agency announced that it would continue to operate Curiosity and its other Mars spacecraft as long as they're scientifically viable.
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Adults returning to college and other "non-traditional" students comprise the majority of all degree-seekers in the USA. College Factual's Modesto (CA) Ranking of the Best Colleges For Non-Traditional Students was designed to specifically address the unique concerns of students who fall outside the "norm" of first-time, full-time degree seekers under the age of 24.
California State University - Stanislaus tops our Modesto (CA) list of the Best Colleges For Non-Traditional Students. Cal State Stanislaus charges tuition and fees of $18,918 ($7,038 for California residents) . The college has an acceptance rate of 77.1%. The average salary for recent graduates is $61,000.
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The Herman Miller Embody chair is the best we've sat on, but its creators wanted a companion desk so your entire working experience comfortable. The desk wraps around your body like a blanket. A hard, wooden blanket.
The Price
$US1000, but there are deals available
The Verdict
It's a fine desk, and it's even finer if you have bad posture. Think of it as a back brace - if you slouch, you're forced to stand upright, but if you're already fine, you'll notice no real difference.
The secret is that the top of the desk - the desk surface and the black arm-rest part - slides down toward your stomach to envelop you. This forces you to sit in the recommended position in your Embody, having your entire back being supported by the back of the chair. It eliminates hunching-over-your-keyboard syndrome, and brings the display and peripherals closer to you rather than you being closer to it.
I've used the desk for a couple months now and it's a very good desk, provided you're a regular person with at most a laptop and a monitor or two. What it can't support securely is a giant setup with a 27-inch iMac and a 30-inch Dell display, which is what I have. One, yes, but both, no. The desk is definitely not un-sturdy, but the combination of having the top be slidable and lots of equipment isn't a smart one.
My major issue with the desk - and the Embody chair, actually - is the price. The desk hovers somewhere around $US1000. You can get a perfectly fine desk for half that much, one that can support, say, two people conducting themselves inappropriately in an office. But if you've already got an Embody chair, the Envelop desk really is a perfect companion for it. And if you have an Embody chair, you're most likely a person who works at home and needs their workstation to be as comfortable as possible, or work at a place where the person who approves office furniture purchases knows the worth of having something of quality. [Buy Online]
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The Student Association of Facility Management (SAFM) is a Wentworth sponsored club that encourages members to expand on their knowledge of the Facility Management profession. The students achieve this by participating in events and fund-raisers to network and create valuable relationships with professionals who may serve as future employers. Each SAFM member is required to become an IFMA (International Facility Management Association) member. SAFM members strive to collaborate with IFMA, recognizing how important relationships are with the professionals of the Boston Chapter.
SAFM works closely with Wentworth Institute of Technology's Student Leadership Program, which helps promote the organization and assists with annual budgeting. Yearly budgets are developed that include school funds, outside donations, fund-raising events, along with matching grants.
The members meet weekly to discuss strategies for events. Every year, SAFM attends IFMA's World Workplace Conference and Expo, and NeoCon World's Trade Fair. These trips not only expose SAFM members to the latest technologies within Facility Management, but also allow WIT students to meet students and professionals on a worldwide basis.
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Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has some pretty, well, wild things to say.
The 40-year-old entrepreneur sat down with The Hollywood Reporter soon after being convicted earlier this month by a Los Angeles jury of assault and false imprisonment.
The verdict stemmed from an incident in January 2011 involving three women he met at a Hollywood nightclub with whom he allegedly had a physical altercation after taking them back to his house.
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NEWS: Joe Francis convicted of assault, false imprisonment
And as you'll see, Francis certainly doesn't hold anything back when it comes to expressing his feelings about those who found him guilty and then some. Here are some of the, er, highlights:
- "I want that jury to know that each and every one of you are mentally f--king retarded and you should be euthanized because, as Darwin said, you have naturally selected yourself. You are the weakest members of the herd. Goodbye! And if that jury wants to convict me because I didn't show up, which is the only reason why they did, then, you know, they should all be lined up and shot!"- "The problem with the jury system is that anyone who's not smart enough to come with an excuse to get out of jury duty doesn't get out. Only the stupidest of the stupidest people end up on juries, you know? I've never met a smart person who's done jury duty."
NEWS: Girls Gone Wild trustee to Joe Francis: Keep away!
-"You know why I've been criticized, why I've been brutalized? Anybody who criticizes me, anybody who--it's just a jealous guy. Everybody who says, 'Oh, Joe Francis is this'--look at their penis and tell me if it's small. Tell me."-"I have private jets, I have a great life, I'm a good-looking guy. I'm not conceited, but like--look, I have girls around me all the time, whatever I want. I make a lot of money. It's a great life. If I wasn't me, I'd f--king hate me."-"Look, at the most, I could get 90 days of anger management. That's the maximum." So why has the media reported that he could face five years in prison? "Because they're reporters, and they're assholes, of course."
OK then.
Meanwhile, Francis is scheduled to be sentenced in July.


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SYDNEY - A Pakistani asylum-seeker and leg-spin bowler who helped Australia as they prepared for the first Test against South Africa was Thursday rewarded with a permanent visa to stay in the country.
Fawad Ahmed, who left his home in the border region near Afghanistan to come to Australia on a short-stay visa to play cricket in 2010, was granted his wish to stay after the personal intervention of Immigration Minister Chris Bowen. "Chris Bowen has personally considered Mr Ahmed's case and decided to grant a permanent visa for him to be able to stay, work and play cricket in Australia," an immigration spokesman said.
Ahmed, 30, has previously said he was targeted by Muslim extremists in Pakistan because of his involvement in cricket, even receiving death threats because of the perception that the sport promotes Western values. At the urging of opener Ed Cowan, Australia decided to use him in the nets for batting practice during the South Africa series because of the similarities in his bowling to the Proteas' leg-spinner Imran Tahir. Ahmed is familiar with naturalised South African Tahir, having played against him when they were both in Pakistan's domestic cricket. "We have all been touched by his story and immensely proud of how far he has come," said Cowan, who has been a mentor and friend of the player.
Ahmed, who dreams of one day playing at state level or in the T20 Big Bash League, said he was overjoyed. "I'm grateful to the government and everyone who helped me with my application. It is overwhelming, I'm really happy," he said.
Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland said the minister's decision was a fantastic result for cricket.
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Living with mountain lions in Colorado: It may be safer to run away!
Mountain lions creep me out. Which is not to say that I'm against them. I'm all for mountain lions. I like the idea of them. I'm just not crazy about coming home late at night and finding one in the front yard. Like the other night.
My youngest son, Brent, called to give me a head's up. "There's a mountain lion at the house," he reported. A big one. After he'd spotted it, the cat had run across the road setting off the security light next door. It was fast, he said, kind of like seeing a ghost.
When I mentioned the lion to my neighbor the next day she merely shrugged. "Yeah, he's around," she said, never missing a beat while raking pine needles. "We got a bear comes around too," she added.
Okay. I know about the bear. Bear and I have already shared a few uncomfortable moments.
"He passes through now and then," my neighbor said returning to the fact of the lion. "Got a den up there on Berrian Mountain. Never bothers anything."
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The Spellbinding Boxes are a true marvel of magic. A spectator's signed coin is placed under a handkerchief and then held by the spectator. The magician then removes a golden container from his pocket and it is placed in the spectator's other hand. Now, with the handkerchief covering the signed coin in one hand, and the gold container in the other hand, the spectator is ready to be amazed! The magician then takes the handkerchief from the spectator revealing the coin has vanished. The spectator is then asked to open the gold container, revealing another sealed container inside! The inner container is opened to reveal another container inside, a third container. The third container is opened to reveal a 4th container inside. Now for the climax, inside the 4th container is the spectator's signed coin.
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Steve Coburn, one of the owners of California Chrome, was furious about horses being allowed into the Belmont Stakes without racing the previous races in the Triple Crown. He called Tonalist's victory the "coward's way out." A day later, Coburn's still fuming about the loss.
Most of the interview above is the same bluster as last night—you may have to turn up your volume, the audio's bad—but Coburn had some notably weird analogies for advantages in horse racing:
If you go to Baskin Robbins and ask for a triple scoop, and you get one, you're going to be upset about that.
The Triple Crown's like ice cream. OK. Wait, there's another:
It wouldn't be fair if I played basketball with a child in a wheelchair, because I've got the upper advantage.
In that one, Tonalist is Steve Coburn, and California Chrome is a child in a wheelchair who has won his first two pickup games?
These comparisons aren't really getting a clear point across—aside from the understood fact that Coburn is mad—but I hope there are more of them.


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Pakistan to award slain boy for foiling bombing
- On Friday%2C Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif praised the boy in a statement
- Teacher remembered Hasan as a brave%2C sincere and an obedient student
- Area is home to many of Shiite Muslim sect who have often been killed by militants
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's prime minister announced Friday that a teenage boy who sacrificed his life to stop a suicide bomber who wanted to attack his school should be honored with the nation's highest civil award of bravery.
Aitzaz Hasan, 17, died Monday in a remote village in Hangu, a district in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistanis have praised the boy since his teacher told police that he saw Hasan chasing the bomber, who detonated his explosives, killing the teen.
On Friday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif praised the boy in a statement, saying his "brave act saved the lives of hundreds of students and established a sterling example of gallantry and patriotism." Sharif advised President Mamnoon Hussain to approve the conferment of Pakistan's Star of Bravery to Hasan, the statement said.
The award is given by the president on the advice of the prime minister.
On Friday, Hasan's teacher Azmat Ali told AP Television News that the boy "played a significant role while stopping the suicide bomber. Our school is really proud of him."
He remembered Hasan as a brave, sincere and an obedient student.
Classmate Naseeb Ali also praised Hasan, saying he was a very bold and kind boy.
"We felt sorry after losing him but we are proud of being his friends," Ali said.
The area where Hasan lived is home to many members of a minority Shiite Muslim sect who have often been killed by militants who view them as heretics.
Pakistan has witnessed scores of suicide bombings in recent years.
Meanwhile Friday, gunmen killed two workers at the shrine of Ghazi Shah Baba in the northwestern city of Mardan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police official Iqbal Khan said. Mardan lies 30 miles east of the northwestern city of Peshawar.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Pakistani Taliban, who follow a strict interpretation of Islam, have in recent years targeted shrines, which they consider to be sacrilegious. Last week, militants killed six people at the shrine of a Sufi saint in the port city of Karachi.
Khan said an investigating is underway to determine whether the two attacks are connected.


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Rex Young can be reached at [email protected] His blog is at http://www.java.net/blogs/rexyoung/.
Object-oriented programming has been at the center of mainstream software development since the early 1990s. Although OOP languages have evolved, the OO model foundation hasn't changed much. OOP is still deeply rooted in sequential programming within a single address space in the following ways:
- Objects are related and linked by references. This tightly coupled relationship is based on the assumption that all objects are in the same address space.
- Objects interact with each other by synchronous method invocations. The caller's thread of control always steps inside the callee. Although the OO model says that an object encapsulates data and behaviors, the object does not have any control over who would execute a behavior and when. Thus objects actually encapsulate the definition of the behaviors rather than behaviors themselves. This makes an object just a stop for a thread to reach into, do something, then get out of in a sequential route through which the thread executes.
- OOP uses threads as its concurrent model. Multiple threads are used to execute the different parts of an OO program concurrently. Such a program may be abstracted as multiple sequential thread routes over collections of objects. This concurrent model adds extra semantics for a programmer to handle. On the one hand, at design level this model adds a new dependence of the design of thread routes to objects besides their own data and behaviors. On the other hand, at programming level it adds handling interleavings to the programming of the objects when they sit on a route where multiple threads cross. This kind of programming in non-trivial programs is incomprehensible to humans and cannot and should not be trusted, as Edward Lee concluded [Lee 2006].
- The OO model suggests modeling live, real-world entities using active objects [Booch 2007]. In this approach an active object is defined as an object with its own thread of control. Unfortunately, active objects do not change the abstraction that programs may be viewed as multiple, sequential thread routes over collections of objects. Non-active objects remain passive, and even active objects are forced to be passive when they are on the thread routes of other active objects.
Currently, several forces are pushing OOP and its foundations to overcome their limitations and be ready for highly concurrent and distributed systems. These forces include evolving hardware (e.g., multicore processors), increasing complexity of programming languages, and increasing level of expectation of new and growable software [Grogono 2008].
Despite the limitation, the OO model has proven to be a unifying concept in computer science [Booch 2007]. For this reason, I decided to leave the OO model untouched for computations (at which it is good) and add a component-based coordination model called the "Actor Virtual Machine" (AVM) as a new extension. A coordination model is the glue that binds separate computations into an ensemble [Gelernter 1992].
The AVM model brings to the OO model message-passing concurrency, which is the basic framework for multi-agent systems, the natural style for a distributed systems, and lends itself well to building reliable systems [Van Roy 2004]. Moreover, AVM customizes the message passing with a dynamic message-binding mechanism that encourages human interventions (e.g., hot code swapping, adjustable workflow) via visual syntax and tools at run time.
The AVM Model
The core idea behind the AVM model is to introduce an object, called the "AVM object", that forwards messages for objects. Sender objects synchronously invoke methods on the AVM object. The AVM object also synchronously invokes methods on receiver objects, but using its own threads. As a result, sender objects' thread of control never step into the inside of receiver objects. Thus asynchronous message passing is achieved between senders and receivers.
Sender and receiver objects are called actors for the sole reason that they are aware of an AVM object and use it for sending and/or receiving messages. Objects that work with an AVM object other than sending and/or receiving messages are not called actors. The name of actor is borrowed from the Actor Model, but AVM actors do not comply with the Actor Model. For example, AVM actors may carry out computations without receiving an incoming message, are not required to support become command for change of behaviors, etc. [Agha 1986].
The AVM model employs several techniques and elements, from basic to advanced. Code fragments use Java-like syntax for demonstration only. These techniques and elements are designed to be used individually as a utility toolbox or combined as a coordination language, which is based on message-passing concurrency, up to user's choices, where applicable.
Asynchronous Message Passing
Actors interact with each other by asynchronous message passing, which effectively breaks the abstraction that OO programs may be viewed as multiple sequential-thread routes over collections of objects, as asynchronous interaction separates the thread of control among actors.
class AVMObject { void send(AVMCallback receiver, Object message); } interface AVMCallback { void onMessage(Object message); }
The AVM model introduces an AVM object between a sender and a receiver. First, the sender invokes the AVMObject.send() method, and AVMObject immediately lets the sender's thread return. Then the AVMObject uses its own thread to invoke the receiver. onMessage() method. As a result, the sender successfully sends an asynchronous message to the receiver.
The AVM model requires that messages between a certain pair of sender and receiver arrive at the receiver's callback method in the order they are received by the AVMObject. A sender is required to know the references of the AVMObject and a receiver. The receiver is required to implement the AVMCallback.onMessage().


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About Marmot, Sherpani, Timbuk2 Backpacks, Sherpani is an authentic brand leading a shift in modern, natural, minimalism that is focused in organic materials and modern trend esthetics; pioneering a new style of luxury, designed for unpretending fashion. This gentle approach to innovation is punctuated with clean lines, organic textures and sophisticated textile choices: soft wool, recycled fabrics and leather. Modern designs are reflected in our pure and original silhouettes. The color pallets evoke a free and natural mindset. Sherpani comes from the Nepalese term used for a female Sherpa; a member of a Tibetan people living on the high southern slopes of the Himalayas, who serve as expert guides on Himalayan mountaineering expeditions. The visual identity of Sherpani is a stylized edelweiss flower that grows in the high alpine region of Europe. The alpine flower symbolizes Sherpani's feminine focus and connection to a simple life style that touches urban fashion. Sherpani // Modern Design stitched with Alpine Heritage,
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Deploying Voice Workloads for Skype for Business Online and Server 2015 (40409A)
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This course is intended for IT consultants and telecommunications professionals who design, plan, deploy, and maintain solutions for unified communications (UC) and need to translate business requirements into technical architectures and designs for UC solutions. It is also intended for support staff in charge of maintaining UC solutions. The student should be familiar with Skype for Business Server 2015 or Lync Server 2013 technologies and the telecommunications standards and network components that support the configuration and deployment of Skype for Business architectures.
Experience with Skype for Business Server 2015 or Lync Server 2013 technologies and familiarity with supported migration scenarios.
Proficiency in planning and deploying Skype for Business Server 2015 and Skype for Business Online solutions for end users, endpoint devices, telephony, audio/video and web conferences, security, high availability, and disaster recovery.
Ability to monitor and troubleshoot Skype for Business Server 2015 at a basic level using Microsoft monitoring and troubleshooting tools (Snooper, centralized logging service (CLS), Key Health Indicators (KHI)).
Proficiency with Active Directory Domain Services, data networks, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, directory synchronization, and telecommunications standards and network components that support the configuration and deployment of Skype for Business architectures.
Familiarity with the requirements and process for integrating Skype for Business Server 2015 with Microsoft Exchange Server and Office 365.
Knowledge of the following technologies: Windows, Windows Server and Hyper-V, QoS, TCP/IP, network load balancing, PowerShell, understanding of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (basic telephony concepts including SIP trunking, gateway, and Session Border Controller (SBC) interconnects, and common private branch exchange (PBX) deployment architectures.
- Describe the various voice workloads available with Skype for Business Online and Skype for Business Server 2015.
- Assess a network in preparation for a Skype for Business Server 2015 or Skype for Business Online voice solution.
- Deploy and configure a Skype for Business voice solution that combines Skype for Business Online and Skype for Business Enterprise Voice.
- Deploy and configure Cloud PBX with PSTN Calling.
- Configure on-premises Enterprise Voice functionality.
- Deploy and configure Cloud PBX with On-Premises PSTN Connectivity.
- Integrate Skype for Business Server 2015 with non-Microsoft voice infrastructures.
- Plan for and deploy Cloud Connector Edition.
- Configure features that extend Skype for Business Enterprise Voice (on-premises) functionality, such as Location Information Servers and Response Groups.
- Optimize voice communications on a TCP/IP network.
- Use Call Quality Methodology and Skype for Business Server 2015 monitoring tools and reports.
- Troubleshoot Skype for Business Online and Skype for Business Server 2015 Enterprise Voice (on-premises) voice communications.
Module 1: Introduction to Voice Workloads
Designing a Skype for Business voice solution requires the understanding of many technologies. With Microsoft's latest cloud based voice services, customers now have even more flexibility in deploying a voice solution for their enterprise, but with that flexibility comes further complexities that must be understood. In this module, you will learn about basic VoIP concepts, how they evolved from early telephony technologies, as well as Office 365 services and Microsoft's entry into the voice world. You will also learn about on-premises and cloud based voice offerings now available as part of the Skype for Business product set.
- Voice Overview
- Designing Voice Workloads
- Skype for Business Ecosystem
- SIP Basics and Routing
In this module, you will learn how to perform a network readiness assessment for an implementation of Skype for Business Server 2015 or Skype for Business Online. This module coincides with the Skype Operations Framework (SOF) Plan phase. Specifically, this module aligns with the Envision, Assess, and Design stages. You will learn about Skype for Business Online and Skype for Business Server 2015 features and functionality. You will also learn the supported architectures for Skype for Business Online and Skype for Business Server 2015.
- Network Planning and Assessment
- Skype for Business Features and Functionality
- Plan your Cloud PBX Solution
In this module, you will learn what is meant by the term split domain and what it describes relative to the Skype for Business product. You will also learn the benefits of split domain, the prerequisites needed to deploy this environment, and how to provision users once it's been configured. Finally, you will learn to troubleshoot common issues.
- Split Domain Overview
- Split Domain Requirements
- Split Domain Deployments
- User Provisions and Migration
- Troubleshooting Split Domain Related Issues
Cloud PBX is a Microsoft-based PBX solution offered in Office 365. Cloud PBX enables organizations to eliminate their existing PBX infrastructure and migrate PBX functionality, as well as existing telephone numbers, to Office 365. Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) Calling provides a PSTN connection for users via Microsoft Calling Plans. PSTN Conferencing has been integrated into Skype for Business Online Meetings capability in Office 365 which allow users to create, manage, and host their own online meetings with PSTN integration for easy dial-in access.
- Cloud PBX with PSTN Calling Features
- PSTN Conferencing and Meeting Features
- Skype for Business Server 2015 Dial-in Conferencing
In this module, you will learn about Skype for Business Server 2015 Enterprise Voice. Enterprise Voice is a unified communications solution delivered by Skype for Business Server 2015. Enterprise Voice enables organizations to send and receive calls via the Publicly Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). You will learn how to configure voice components like Dial Plans, Voice Policies, and Routes that are an integral part of the Enterprise Voice solution.
- Designing Enterprise Voice
- Configuring Enterprise Voice
- Voice Routing
- Assigning Phone Numbers
- Client Configuration
- Unified Messaging
A key component to a successful organization is the ability to communicate between internal employees and customers and partners. In order for this to happen organizations need to bridge communications between their internal communications systems such as Skype for Business Server 2015 and the public switched telephone network by using an existing Public Branch Exchange (PBX), gateway, or Internet service provider (ISP). Connection to the PSTN enables enterprise users to make and receive calls from external numbers by using the same Skype for Business client used for internal calls. In addition, employees can leverage the broad range of Skype for Business features to improve their communications interactions with external users connected through the PSTN.
- Connecting to the PSTN
- Connecting to the Existing PBX
- M:N Interworking Routing
- Call Routing Reliability
- Call via Work
- Shared Line Appearance
- IP Phones
- Room Systems
- Mobile
This module discusses the implementation and configuration of Cloud PBX with an on-premises PSTN with an existing deployment. With many options for implementation, students should be familiar with the different methods and connectivity options. Implementing Cloud PBX requires a tenant with Office 365 and a network infrastructure that can be utilized for users at an office or on a public internet connection. It is important to remember that dial-in conferencing needs to be implemented via PSTN Conferencing or Audio Conferencing Provider (ACP). On-Premises PSTN Connectivity with Cloud Connector Edition will be covered in the next module.
- Call Flows and Manageability
Enterprises that have a voice solution on-premises that does not include Skype for Business Server 2015 or Lync Server 2013 can still integrate their current solution with Skype for Business Online by leveraging Cloud Connector Edition (CCE). It is important to choose the correct topology for CCE in order to support an organization's voice requirements. This module will review the different supported topologies and provide guidance on the deployment process.
- Introduction to Cloud Connector Edition
- Planning PSTN Connectivity via Cloud Connector Edition
- Deploying Cloud Connector Edition
Enterprise Voice provides a number of specific on-premises features such as call parking, unassigned numbers, PSTN conferencing, and Response Groups. It also builds on the basic Enterprise Voice deployment scenario introduced earlier in the course. To use Enterprise Voice, you need to know about the various Enterprise Voice applications and how to implement and configure them. You will explore the Skype for Business Server Response Group Service (RGS) in some depth, including components such as RGS agent groups, RGS queues, hunt groups or basic workflows, and Interactive Voice response workflows. In addition, you should be able to describe the Attendant routing method.
- Call Park Service
- Managing Calls to Unassigned Numbers
- Delegation and Private Lines
- Response Group Services
- Location Information Services and E9-1-1
In this module, you will learn how to optimize voice communications on a network by planning for network consumption and implementing bandwidth optimizing technologies such as call admission control (CAC), quality of service (QoS), and software defined networks (SDN). You will also learn the media stacks available for Skype for Business Server 2015 and Skype for Business Online.
- Media Stacks
- Traffic Modeling
- Quality of Service
- Software-Defined Networking
- Overview of Call Admission Control
- Implementing Call Admission Control
- Software-Defined Networking
Asserting, achieving, and maintaining call quality are imperative for a successful Skype for Business deployment, especially for voice and conferencing workloads. This module will detail Microsoft's Call Quality Methodology as both a process and toolset that can be used to achieve these goals. Call Quality Scorecard, along with its accompanying script and the Call Quality Dashboard, will be described as additional tools to measure and maintain call quality goals set by an organization. The module will also show how to leverage native Skype for Business tools and datasets to help troubleshoot and further refine deployment quality.
- Call Quality Methodology
- Call Quality Dashboard
- Monitoring Tools
- Usage Reports and Monitoring
Troubleshooting is a basic skill that is required to support Skype for Business Server deployments. Skype for Business infrastructure can be deployed in a variety of topologies, as has been described throughout this course. Skype for Business administrators should be familiar with both the core tools and the troubleshooting methods that apply specifically to Skype for Business Online and Skype for Business Server 2015. This module will introduce tools and methodologies for troubleshooting Skype for Business client, Skype for Business Server 2015, and Skype for Business Online. Various scenarios will be explored to provide familiarity with some of the common issues administrators face.
- Troubleshooting Call Quality
- Troubleshooting Scenarios
- Troubleshooting Skype for Business Online Voice
- Troubleshooting IP Phones


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This Valentine's Day project for a sweet heart card with matching envelope and "I heart you" pennant comes to us compliments of Caroline Devoy of JCaroline Creative.
Downloadable Pdf patterns for Envelope, Heart Card, and Valentine Pennant.
Materials Needed:
- Fabric and/or felt- largest piece 12" x 12" (two for envelope).
- Ribbon for pennant and embellishment. Pennant needs 1 to 2 yards.
- any other embellishments- appliques, buttons, brads- you name it
- Heat and Bond Ultra Hold sheet
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- temporary fabric adhesive for holding pattern to material
Step 1 Cut a piece of fabric approximately 12" x 12" and a piece of Heat n Bond Ultra Hold approximately 11-1/2" x 11 1/2". Iron the Heat n Bond to the wrong side of the fabric. Let the fabric cool before removing the paper backing.
Step 2 Cut another piece of fabric approximately 12" x 12" and press right side up to the Heat 'n Bond to create a two sided piece. Let fabric cool before handling.
Step 3 I like to use Temporary Spray Adhesive to hold my patterns to the fabric, but you could use pins or weights as well. Place the envelope pattern on the fabric and cut out. I used a rotary pinking blade to make an interesting edge, but that isn't necessary.
Step 4 After you've cut out the envelope, leave the pattern in place and use it as a guide to press in the folds to create the envelope.
Step 5 If you are creating an envelope for the pennant banner, you will want the envelope to open fully to get the banner in it. Cut a narrow piece (3/8" or 5/8" wide) of ribbon approximately 12" long. At the midpoint of the ribbon adhere a little strip (3/4") Ultra Hold to the right side of ribbon. Remove the paper backing and press it to the bottom flap of the envelope. Then using a small pair of scissors to create two slits on the top flap for the ribbon to pass through. (When you finish the pennant banner, you will place it in the envelope and push the ribbon through the slits and tie into a bow.)
Step 6 If you are creating an envelope for a card, you can iron two stripes of Heat n Bond Ultra Hold 3/8" (or just cut two strips from your Ultra Hold sheet) to the as shown in the picture. Remove the paper backing, fold the flap in and press the three flaps together. You can then use the Ultra Hold to adhere a 2" to 3" loop of ribbon to the underneath of the top flap. Glue a button to the bottom flap to create a closure. (I will warn you- the button I used was too small. Choose a larger button so you have a large enough surface to glue and still have room for the ribbon to slip around the button. And if you own a needle and thread, sewing the button on would be even better.)
Step 7 Now you can create your card or pennant banner. Both projects use appliques, which you can read a detailed how-to about those here. I made my card and pennants by appliquing fabric to felt to give it bulk. Again, I cut the pennants with a pinking blade because I was feeling fancy. I then appliqued on a coordinating fabric and finally, appliqued on the heart or letter.
Step 8 I pressed a 5/8" strip of Heat and Bond Ultra Hold across the top of each pennant. (The strips come on rolls, or you can just cut a 5/8" width strip out of your sheet.) Let cool and remove the paper backing.
Step 9 Place the pennants approximately 3" apart (in the correct order!) and press a 5/8" wide ribbon across the top to create a banner.
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Lincoln Christian University
Provost Clay Ham has announced the naming of Dr. Dinelle Frankland
as the academic dean for Lincoln Christian Seminary, effective Jan.
"As we look toward the future, I am optimistic about
what the community of Lincoln Christian University can do together,"
Dr. Frankland wrote in a letter to the faculty. "We have the
personnel and tools to provide an excellent graduate education that
will have long lasting consequences for the Kingdom."
In his announcement, Dr. Ham wrote:
"Under her leadership, the Seminary faculty have attained
approval from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) to offer
two-thirds of the Master of Divinity program online, have submitted
to ATS for approval a new MA in Ministry to be offered in the
Indianapolis area, have completed the application for professional
accreditation of the MA in Counseling program by the Council for
Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP),
are revising the current MA program (ministry), and are developing a
new MA (academic) -- all this, in three semesters!"
Frankland earned a B.S.M. from LCU's School of Undergraduate
Studies, an M.M. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and
a D.W.S. from the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies.
Before joining the Lincoln Christian Seminary faculty in 2003, she
served as professor of music at Ozark Christian College and at
Dallas Christian College. She has regularly taught at TCMI in
Vienna, Austria, and she authored "His Story, Our Response: What the
Bible Says About Worship" (College Press, 2008)
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Sharing her goals, Frankland wrote: "As Dean of the Seminary I am
committed to developing collegiality across campus, championing our
faculty, challenging our students and guiding Lincoln Christian
Seminary in fulfilling the Great Commission."
An installation service is scheduled for Jan. 30.
Lincoln Christian University serves the church as part of its
mission to equip Christians to serve and lead in the church, the
workplace and the world. Established in Lincoln in 1944, LCU now
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Great classic book: "The Manipulated Man"
This is an oldie but goodie and somewhat hard to find. It's by the Argentinean author Esther Vilar. Original copywrite was 1971 under the German title "Der Dressierte Mann", but was reprinted by Pinter and Martin in 1998.
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You may want to check this out. Back in 2007 I typed up the Introduction, Conclusion and the Chapter called "Women's Liberation"
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Too hot for American book stores
Has anyone read this yet? I should track it down...
USA price: $150
Uk price: £7.19
Here is my review of this book:
I had expected to like this book because I had heard that it is anti-feminist. But in fact, it is not. Just like feminists, the author believes that men and women should be basically equal. She just has the insight to realize that men are worse off than women are in modern society. So she basically just rants against women. And while I share with the author a general disgust for modern women, I have nothing against traditional women. Just like feminists, the author is hopelessly confused by failing to understand the fundamental differences between men and women.
Great Book
I have had it for years. I have it in hardcover and softcover. I also want to buy her other book, The polygamous Sex a mans right to 2 women. She recieved death threats for her books from women. I think it is the best book written by a woman ever. The poligamy book is real expensive though.
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Is this the book? Some of it is online: http://www.naturalthinker.net/trl/texts ... usSex.html
Where the hell did you find this? I think the book is like 200 dollars on Amazon. Some crazy number.
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I'm pretty good with tracking things down on the net...lol There was a torrent around on pirate bay where you could have download a free copy, but looks like that well is all dry.
The other option now is to buy it for 40 bucks if you can speak German, OR go here and see if a local library has a copy you can check out: http://www.worldcat.org/title/polygamou ... ef_results
As far as the book, I'm just going to buy it for 180 bucks... I have read online that it's like taking another red pill moment.
Here is another book of hers... You need to use a online translator from German to English.
The book is called, "The trained man. The polygame sex. The end of the Dressur" Whatever Dressur means...
Random comment left in German translated to English:
"The first book "the trained man� shows that the simple formula "man suppresses and hives woman it out� is not only wrong, but even the opposite of the observable reality. It gives an exploitation to the woman by the man, it is however marginal compared to the substantial exploitation of the man by the woman in our society. Countless working men are the slaves of lazy and stupefied women everywhere on the planet, and this type woman reaches that, by playing weak Kindchen, in order to manipulate the men in such a way that they are responsible for it without equivalent return. And, then Vilar continues to point, this is to the disadvantage of all parties: the exploited men, even the exploiting women, and the women, who do not exploit men (and "dependent� on them its) want.
The second book "the polygame sex� is rather a sociological scientific paper over love, Sex and relations in our culture. The Buchtitel is misleading something, because one does not recruit for polygamy. Main topic is rather, as fatal some of the today's role pictures of man and woman (like them in the mass media to be represented) are actual.
In the third book "the end of the Dressur� presents to Vilar their utopian reform program, in order to create a world, fairer and more worth living is than the today's. Compared to other utopian concepts it does not go particularly far, yet so far still not one their many quite good proposals by the policy into practice one put."
Another comment....
"In the original German both books were published in an omnibus volume along with Vilar's third one titled "Das Ende der Dressur" ("The end of manipulation") which describes how things could get better in the future.
Such an omnibus volume should be published in English as well. This could be of great help especially to American readers cause the American man is probably the one who gets fooled, ripped off and brainwashed by women more radically than any other male in the democratic western countries.
Reading the whole trilogy an American reader might almost feel like Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" after swallowing the magic red capsule..."
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OH MY GOD!!!! DUDE, I got the book FOR FREE ONLINE IN ENGLISH (Polygamous Sex)!!! Do a torrent search!!!!
I'm going to be up all night reading this!
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No seeders at the moment, only leechers.
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Can't you just provide us a link to it?
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