By combining the flexibility of Asterisk or Freeswitch with a well conceived user interface solution a vendor can offer a product that addresses a wide range of possible user cases. By leveraging some Web 2.0 technologies that GUI can be very intuitive.

In addition, one appliance vendor that I'm aware of even provisions ITSP services via a third party. This in concert with auto-provisioning of SIP phones gives them a truly turnkey device. It's a great solution. If sufficiently well implemented it can eliminate the need for any on-site IT staff or consultants.

For all of the above I offer kudos to those in the space. But now it's time to take it up a notch. I offer an idea on how to differentiate your device from the pack in a truly meaningful way; take advantage of the large LCD displays and XHTML/XML browsers in the better quality SIP desk phones.

The browsers in the better Polycom, Aastra, Linksys & Cisco phones can provide a very convenient way to turn the PBX into more than just a phone system. They can better integrate it into business processes and deliver a more complete solution to the end user.

Start simple, that's ok. Download a bit map to the phone branding the phone for the end user. It's trivially simple. Just do it as part of your auto provisioning. Heck, download YOUR logo to begin with and the let the end user swap it for theirs if they want.

Next, establish a simple application framework so that you can tailor the XHTML service to common end user needs. The first aspect of this is connectivity to information services.

All the manufacturers involved publish developer guides to aid in building browser based applications. Polycom gives away an example that includes display of random quotes, looking up weather reports online, and looking up stock values. If there was a fairly generic way to extend this into an inventory lookup that would be killer on a sales desk!

At present the overhead of getting such an integration rolling puts it simply out of reach of most SMB end users, and even many consultants. Not everyone is a code geek, nor should they need to be.

There are good odds that the various end-point manufacturers will help you in this task. After all, it serves to promote their higher-end phones. Anything that leverages an advanced feature in their device enhances their value proposition and entrenches them further into the end users site.

Next, consider the physical aspects of the site that might come into play. Almost every business needs some form of access control. You can provide hooks to drive a mechanism controlling an electric door release or gate opener. How I would love to let the Fedex driver in my gate when he pushes the intercom button. Why does that have to be so difficult?

Xorcom provides hardware interfaces in the Astribank USB channel banks. This is genius, but even these devices are larger and more costly than many sites require. A few contact closure interfaces (relays) connected should be easily implemented and not drive costs up too much.

What about the ability to bring up a security webcam image on the LCD of one of the newer color phones?

It's time to start thinking beyond the obvious about what your prospective customer might need. As a telecom/UC solution your device is ideally positioned at the core of the end users business. Leverage that fact and it'll bring you business.

Preparing for your first race is all about ensuring that you enjoy yourself and want to sign up for another one afterwards. To that end, follow these

Simple tips:
Check out the race site
If possible, visit the site and do a training run on the route a week or two beforehand, and get to know the course. Being comfortable with the route will calm some of your nervous energy.

Eat familiar foods The night before and the day of the race, stick to foods you know won't upset your stomach. This is not the time to branch out and try something that might not sit well with you during the race.

Prepare well ahead Get your race-day gear – pre- and post-race snacks, drinks and a change of clothes – ready the day before the race. You definitely don't want to be worried about this on the morning of the race. It's also a good idea to pin your number on your shirt the night before the race.
However, if you don't pick up your number until the morning of the race, don't worry – safety pins will be provided and a volunteer will be glad to assist you in pinning on your racing bib.

Hydrate Sip water throughout the evening before and the morning of the race to ensure that you are well hydrated.

Think positive thoughts Professional athletes know the benefits of visualization. Imagine yourself the day of the race feeling confident, relaxed and energetic.

Sleep well Try to get a good night's sleep before the race, but don't worry too much if nerves keep you awake – the sleep you get two nights before the race is even more important.

Arrive early Get to the race site early. Especially if it's a large event with lots of runners, you'll need time to visit the toilet at least once, sign in and get your number (if you haven't already), check your bag (but not your valuables), find where you need to line up and get in a good warm-up.

Warm up Keep your pre-race warm-up relaxed and easy: a mile of running (at the very most) or some walking, along with a few short striding lengths should warm your muscles sufficiently.

The IMS makes it mandatory for the establishment of IP Sec Security associations (SA) between the IMS UE and the Proxy CSCF. These security associations are set up during the two way handshake:

REGISTER , 401, REGISTER and 200 OK, which takes place during IMS registration and authentication procedures.

On the SIP level, there are three headers that are of importance for the setup of these security associations. These are the Security-client, Security-server and Security-verify headers.

As part of the SA establishment at the client side, there are two ports that are negotiated with the P-CSCF. These are the protected client port and the protected server port. When the UE sends the initial 'unprotected' REGISTER request to the P-CSCF, it is sent over the default port for SIP (5060). This initial REGISTER request contains the Security-client header which specifies the encryption algorithms that the UE supports, the security schema that the client supports and the parameters needed for SA setup.

This REGISTER request reaches the registrar (S-CSCF). The S-CSCF formulates an authentication challenge in the form of a 401 Unauthorized response back to the UE. This message contains the challenge parameters under the www-authenticate header. Additionally it also contains the Security-server header. The parameters received in this header are used by the UE to setup a temporary set of SAs. The lifetime of these SAs is set to the reg-await-auth timer.

Subsequently, the UE answers the challenge with another REGISTER request. This request contains the Security-verify header that mirrors the Security-server header of the 401 response received earlier. If the authentication answer is successful at the S-CSCF, a 200 ok is received. If the 200 ok is received, then the newly set of SAs are established between the UE and P-CSCF in place of the temporary SAs.

Thus, two protected ports each are negotiated between the UE and the P-CSCF for all subsequent signaling traffic.

Upon re-authentication by the UE, be sending another REGISTER refresh message, another set of SAs are established. The P-CSCF may or may not decide to keep the old set of SAs in lieu of the SAs established due to re-authentication.

To summarize, there are three types of Security Associations:

1) Newly established set of security associations: Two pairs of IPsec security associations that have been created at the UE and/or the P-CSCF after the 200 (OK) response to a REGISTER request was received.

2) Old set of security associations: Two pairs of IPsec security associations still in existence after another set of security associations has been established due to a successful authentication procedure (re-authentication).

3) Temporary set of security associations: Two pairs of IPsec security associations that have been created at the UE and/or the P-CSCF, after an authentication challenge within a 401 (Unauthorized) response to a REGISTER request was received. The SIP level lifetime of such created security associations will be equal to the value of reg-await-auth timer.

<gateway name="wateen.net">
<param name="username" value="021XXXXXX"/>
<param name="auth-username" value="021XXXXXX@wateen.net"/>
<param name="password" value=""/>
<param name="register-proxy" value="sip:58.27.240.22:9060"/>
<param name="register" value="true"/>
</gateway>

:-) Have fun! and drop a comment if this post was helpful.

My extensions.conf is available here.

Slashdot RSS Feed Reader (ISN 7001*939 / sip:slashdot@sip.uberpipe.co.uk)

Ext 7001 Pri 1
PHP script fetches RSS feed from /., each line is the innerXML from the //ITEM[]/TITLE tag from the RSS feed, with the word "break" appended to each line to signify EOL (otherwise, sentences would run together as the feed gets read to the listener). This is the passed into Flite's standard input for speech synthesis.

The get_slashdot_news.php script looks like this (very simple):

<?
        $sd_rss_feed = "http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot";
        $sd_sxml = new SimpleXMLElement(file_get_contents($sd_rss_feed));
        foreach($sd_sxml->item as $item){
                $outstr .= $item->title . ". break.\r\n";
        }
        echo $outstr;
?>

The output looks like this:

cmn@ubercdn-tcsov:/etc/asterisk$ php /usr/share/agi-scripts/get_slashdot_news.php
BBC's Open Player Claims Not Followed Through. break.
Debian's Testing Branch Nears Completion. break.
reCAPTCHA Hard At Work, Rescuing Fading Texts. break.
Netflix Woes Mean a Gap In Shipments. break.
Using Photographs To Enhance Videos. break.
What Will Linux Be Capable Of, 3 Years Down the Road?. break.
30% of Americans Want "Balanced" Blogging. break.
Slashdot's Disagree Mail. break.
Violent Video Gaming Comes To the Wii. break.
Slashdot Announces Idle Section. break.
Americans Refusing To Wait For Mainstream EVs. break.
The Evolution of Sega. break.
Literacy Bridge Founder Answers Your Questions. break.
Psystar "Definitely Still Shipping" Mac Clones. break.
Intel Releases USB 3.0 Controller Interface Spec. break.

extensions.conf:

exten => 7001,1,System(php /usr/share/agi-scripts/get_slashdot_news.php | flite - /tmp/sdnewsout_tmp.wav)

Ext 7001 Pri 2

Output from fLite is encoded using Sox. GSM and uLaw/aLaw voice codecs only carry voice in 1 channel 8kHz 16bit SBC/SL, whereas the output from Flite is 16kHz unsigned 16-bit PCM. Also specified was a 45-bit sampling window (-qs; see man sox) so that Sox would resample the file in the quickest possible time at the expense of stop-band rejection accuracy (very high/low frequencies can "leak" into the passband, accounting for some wierd artefacts from time to time).

extensions.conf:

exten => 7001,2,System(sox /tmp/sdnewsout_tmp.wav -r 8000 -c 1 -s -w /tmp/sdnewsout.gsm resample -ql )

Ext 7001 Pri 3 & 4

The final resampled .gsm file is finally copied into Asterisk's sound library in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/, and then played to the caller via Asterisk's Playback() application.

extensions.conf:

exten => 7001,3,System(cp /tmp/sdnewsout.gsm /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/)
exten => 7001,4,Playback(sdnewsout)

Hmm, looking at the feeds (on the sidebar of this page) I want to do a Twitter version now. This could be quite awesome.

As far as I can tell Pingtel is not a significant player in the open source VoIP community. Oh, they're out there, but I have literally never had anyone talk to me about Pingtel with the kind of enthusiasm that I hear about other projects. In fact, I've never had anyone talk to me about Pingtel. Period. I suspect that they exist at some other level, perhaps in enterprise space.

Admittedly, my focus is very SOHO/SMB-centric. From my viewpoint the broader open source VoIP community revolves around OpenSER/OpenSIPS/Kamailio, Asterisk, and more recently Freeswitch. I hear a lot of enthusiam about Freeswitch lately.

I think that Garrett Smith has a sound perspective on this purchase. In making such a purchase it's certainly not safe to view Nortel as an all-of-a-sudden-champion-of-open-source. It's a big company with a well established closed source internal culture. It won't make that kind of a shift abruptly, although there may be groups internally who are able to effect change slowly.

There's surely room for good to come from the deal as SIPFoundry will presumably have some added resource to bring into the space. I'm sure that the individuals involved will do well. Perhaps Nortel can learn a few new tricks along the way.

Disclosure: I'm a Canadian citizen and Nortel is a fine Canadian company. I once owned a Pingtel Xpressa SIP desk phone. It was perhaps the prettiest yet most frustrating piece of VoIP hardware that I've ever experienced.

 Our Mission

Mormon Widows and Orphans Society (MWOS) is not affiliated with any church. Mormons join the Society but do not have to belong to any church.

Preamble

Who is a 'Mormon'? The Society is made up of people with a common belief that Mormon refers to “Mormon” the Prophet who compiled the records of the ancient inhabitants of the Americas. Mormons are believers who follow the teachings and doctrines taught by Joseph Smith and the Latter-day Saints prophets. These doctrines are believed to be eternal, and part of the Gospel preached by Jesus Christ and the Holy Scriptures of the Bible. For the non-sectarian purposes of our Society a Mormon is to be: a parent of a Mormon, the child or dependent of a Mormon, the spouse of a Mormon, a living or dead person baptized Mormon, and any stepchild or sibling-by-marriage in a Mormon family. And, in general, all “defenders” of the Articles of Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints (or similar Mormon denomination) or persons who profess to be Mormon (followers of Joseph Smith's teachings) who are to be baptized Mormon (while living or after death) are accepted by our Society to be Mormons. Mormons believe the Book of Mormon to be a sacred text and "another testament of Jesus Christ". Members of this Society consider themselves to be Mormons by belief, culture, relationship, a church membership or personal enlightenment. The Society is not a religion or a part of one. MWOS applies these criteria for the broadest possible purposes of inclusion and membership eligibility for our membership benefits. These exceptionally broad criteria should not be taken as official theological policy or doctrine.

Mission Statement

The Society members join together to assist and care for the Mormon spouse and dependents of a deceased member. Members of the Society perfect their personal plans ('Perfect Plan') for a 'Mormon Funeral' and Self-Insurance Plan. The Society's members are interested in promoting the religious practices of Mormon Funerals and Baptism for the dead in Mormon Temples.  Voluntary Social Security is promoted as a religious obligation centered in Mormons' concerns for long term financial stability of the family when a parent dies. The Mormon Widows and Orphans Society works to assist members in their planning and religious observance of these practices and customs. MWOS acts as a facilitator in the successful undertaking of a deceased member's 'Perfect Plan' and the creation of a Self-Insurance Plan (SIP).  

We, the members, officials, agents, employees and assigns of the Mormon Widows and Orphans Society make it known that:
Article I: ASSESSMENTS. As of September 1984, this Charter stipulates that the “Assessment” referred to in all MWOS documents is to be ten U.S. Dollars ($10). Assessments are to be paid immediately upon notice that an assessment is due. This Article is subject to change from time to time by the Council which governs the Society.

Article II: MEMBERSHIP. The members of the Mormon Widows and Orphans Society (collectively “Members” and each a “Member”) shall consist of such persons as may be qualified for and admitted to Membership by the acceptance and approval by the Society of an application for Membership. Membership may not be transferred or inherited. Membership is not conditioned on any health-status of an applicant or Member, or relating to any applicant’s or Member’s spouse or a dependent's. The Society has different classes of Membership (collectively “Classes” and each a “Class”), each having different privileges, benefits and rights. General Members have all of the standard membership privileges and benefits described in the Membership Handbook, as the same may be amended from time to time (“General Benefits”), as well as such rights as are set forth in this Charter of the Society (the “Charter”). Members of Classes with additional or ancillary benefits have all of the General Benefits plus the privileges and benefits for that particular Class that are described in the additional benefits handbook for such Class, as the same may be amended from time to time (“Additional Benefits”).

Article III: APPLICATION AND PROCESSING CHARGE. Applications are submitted with a “one time” Application and Processing Charge as follows: $500 where an applicant is under the age of thirty (30) years; $1,000 where an applicant is older but not past the age of fifty (50) years; $5,000 where an applicant is older than fifty (50) years; and, $10,000 where an applicant is older than sixty (60) years. The application is submitted with the inclusive declarations. These declarations pertain to acknowledgments of age, Mormon persuasion and relationship status to a spouse and dependents. Payment arrangements are possible when applicants can demonstrate credit-worthiness or hardship. Charges are scaled because younger applicants pay more membership dues and assessments over time than older members while assessments remain at the same levels and aggregations are based upon total membership in every case.

Article IV: DUES. In order to maintain Membership in the Society and enjoy the General Benefits, you must pay an application processing charge and the Society annual dues of $36.00 per year ("Basic Dues"). If you belong to a Class with Additional Benefits, you must pay additional* Society annual dues of $24.00 per year ("Class Dues") plus Assessments for the Additional Benefits of the Class to which you belong ("Assessments"). Payment of all Basic Dues and Class Dues ("Dues") and all Assessments are due in advance and will be drafted from or charged to the account or credit card that you authorized MWOS or its agent to draft or charge. Your election to continue your membership after receipt of the Membership Handbook and these Terms and Conditions will be deemed confirmation of this authorization. Depending on the day you selected when you enrolled, your annual charges will be submitted on either the 5th, 10th, 15th or 20th day of the preceding month for the upcoming year. The payment of your Membership application charge and your first year's Dues and Assessments, as well as any subsequent payments, will be deemed confirmed on the date five business days after the date of the receipt of such payment by ACH, Check by Phone or credit card. The Society reserves the right to terminate any Membership and deny any and all privileges and benefits or for lack of timely payment. Dues and Assessments may be changed for ALL members of a particular class (but not individually) with notification, as the Council determines is necessary, appropriate or desirable in its discretion; provided, however, that any increase in the Basic Dues over $60.00 per year must be approved by a vote of the Members as set forth in the Charter. All payments of Dues and Assessments are collected and disbursed by a Third Party Administrator on behalf of the Society, in order to ensure timely payment for all Member benefits and to satisfy any applicable laws or regulations. *Please note: If you belong to a Class with Additional Benefits, the Basic Dues discussed above are already included in the amount ($60) you agree to pay each year.

Article V: BENEFITS.

Section 1. General Benefits are defined as Aggregation of Assessments. The Society notifies members and collects all assessments. These are aggregated for the benefit of a surviving spouse and orphans in accordance with a perfected plan which you have made before you die. All Basic Members must pay these assessments to remain members in good standing. Special Assessments are NOT voluntary. Additional Benefits are defined as Aggregation of Assessments. The Society notifies members and collects from them all assessments or any special assessment. These are aggregated for the benefit of a surviving spouse and orphans in accordance with a perfected plan which you have made before you die. All Class Members must pay these assessments to remain members in good standing. Special Assessments ARE voluntary.

Section 2. You must be actively enrolled and paid up on your Dues and Assessments in order to use or receive any General Benefits or Additional Benefits. You agree that you will use your membership only for your personal benefit or the benefit of your dependent family members. "Dependent Family Members" are immediate family members living with you, your spouse, or family members living with you and financially dependent upon you. Students aged nineteen (19) or older up to their twenty-sixth (26th) birthday must be enrolled in full time study at an accredited school in order to qualify as a dependent family member. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any of the General Benefits and Additional Benefits may be modified, changed, replaced, substituted, discontinued or eliminated as the Council, in its sole discretion, deems necessary, appropriate or desirable. Should your benefits materially change, you will be notified as soon as reasonably possible and in accordance with any applicable laws. Logging on to the Society website at www.MWOS.org will keep you up to date on your benefits and other pertinent Membership information.

Section 3. Membership in the Society entitles you to the benefits described in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article. Section 3 relates to the results obtained: “Aggregates”. Aggregates vary in amount based on total membership levels at a point in time. Aggregates can be retroactively increased to correlate with historical performance. The Society will distribute the first fifty-thousand (50,000) members' assessments to the entitled person(s) with any surplus to be applied to equalization of aggregates distributed which were based on fewer than that number. This is the equalization cycle and any new cycle can begin when that number doubles.

Section 4. Membership in the Society entitles you to the benefits described in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article. Section 4 relates to the disposition of “endowments”. For the purposes of this Charter, an endowment is any part or all of the Article III Application and Processing Charge. Every member is entitled to the repayment in full of this endowment upon written request under the terms set forth in Article VII of this Charter. You have established this endowment for yourself and your own account as a Self-Insurance Plan (SIP) and will be required from time to time to name a successor or assign. Failure to do so will be your affirmation and confirmation that the endowment bequeathed to the Benevolent Fund For Mormon Widows And Orphans.

Article VI: ACTIVATION AND TERM. Your Membership in the Society and any Affiliates is on an annual basis. General Benefits and any other benefits of your Class are activated as soon as your initial payment is confirmed. Your benefits are activated as set forth in your Benefits Handbook. The term of your Membership may continue for so long as you continue to meet the qualifications of Membership established by the Society and pay all required Dues and Assessments in full and in a timely manner.

Article VII: CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION. You can cancel your automatic Membership renewal at any time. If you wish to cancel your automatic Membership renewal, you must submit a signed Cancellation Request Form to the Secretary of the Society. To obtain a Cancellation Request Form please call Member Services for a faxed or emailed copy. To effect a cancellation as of the last day of a given month, your signed Cancellation Request Form must be received by member services no later than 5:00PM Eastern Standard Time on the 20th day of that month. Once received, your cancellation will be processed and will become effective as of midnight on the last day of the effective month of your cancellation. If your cancellation notice is NOT received by 5:00PM Eastern Standard Time on the 20th day of the month, then your Membership will continue through the end of the following month and you will be responsible for the full payment of all Dues and Assessments owed through such date. Non-payment of any Dues or Assessments will result in an automatic termination of your Membership and Benefits. Members who are terminated for nonpayment have a ten day grace period for reactivation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Council of Directors of the Society or its authorized Delegate (the “Council”) may terminate your Membership at any time in its sole discretion, in accordance with the Charter of the Society. If your Membership is terminated for non-payment and you fail to re-activate, or if your Membership is otherwise terminated for non-compliance on your part or at the discretion of the Council, then your Membership and Benefits will be retroactively terminated to the day prior to the last monthly anniversary of your effective date, and any claims subsequent to that date will be declined.

Article VIII: LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The Society, its Affiliates, Councilors and all service companies contracted by the Society (collectively, the Companies”) assume no liability with regard to any benefits or services provided, or to be provided, by any third party. You agree that any claim with regard to such benefits or services shall be made against the providers of such benefits or services and not the Society, its Affiliates or Service Companies, whose sole obligation hereunder shall be to provide Members with eligibility to access to receive such benefits or services from the providers of such benefits or services.

Article IX: DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. The Companies are not merchants, manufacturers or direct providers of many of the General Benefits and do not give any warranties, expressed or implied, as to description, quality, merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, productiveness or any other matter, for the General Benefits, third-party providers of benefits or services or any services or merchandise purchased or received by you through your Membership in the Society. You acknowledge that you are not relying on the Companies' skills or judgments in selecting any third-party provider or benefits or services available to you. In the event that any benefit received by you is cancelled, modified, defective or otherwise unsatisfactory to you, you will look solely to the provider for any refund, or satisfaction of a claim. It is further understood that all benefits of Membership are subject to the availability of such benefits, which may change without notice for reasons beyond the reasonable control of the Companies.

Article X: GENERAL RELEASE. You and your eligible dependent family members hereby forever release, acquit and discharge each of the Companies and their respective officer's, directors, employees and agents from any and all liabilities, claims, demands, actions and causes or action that you, or your covered dependent family members may have by reason of any monetary damage or personal injury sustained as a result of or in connection with the provision or lack thereof of any and all benefits or services available through or by virtue of your Membership in the Society. The sole recourse available to you and your covered dependent family members under your Membership shall be cancellation of your Membership and any refund available as provided in these Terms and Conditions and/or the Mormon Widows and Orphans Society Charter.

Article XI: RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. You agree that you and your eligible dependent family members are solely responsible for payment of any amounts due from you in connection with your Membership. Failure to make prompt payment of the amounts due to the Society may result in the termination of your Membership. None of the Companies shall be considered either a guarantor or payer for any products or services provided to any Member by any third party.

Article XII: USE OF MEMBER INFORMATION. Keeping financial information secure is one of our most important responsibilities. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect Member credit card and/or checking information, and such sensitive information as social security numbers. We will not share any information about you with other organizations . You may direct us to share information that is assembled or used to determine Members’ eligibility for or potential interest in products or services by e-mail notice delivered to the Secretary of the Society.

Article XIII: NOTICE OF MEETINGS AND ACTIONS. All notices required to be given to you of any meeting or action of the Society by law or Charter will be posted on the Society web site. Unless you inform the Society to the contrary in writing, and other than as set forth in the Member Terms and Conditions, by virtue of accepting or using any of the benefits of Membership you shall be deemed to have waived all individual delivery of notices required to be given to you of any meeting or action of the Society by law, the Society’s Articles of Incorporation or Charter, as if such waiver was given in a written document executed by physical or electronic signature by you.

Article XIV: VOTING. Voting is conducted within the terms of this MWOS Charter. The Secretary of the Society may issue electronic ballots using email or other internet technologies. Ballots not cast will be presumed to be affirmative or “YES” votes, and only “NO” votes must be cast to be counted. Electronic voting will not be secret because voting in person conducted at meetings is by a showing of hands. Elder Councilors with the Executive Councilor are to certify voting.

Article XV: DEFENDER OF THE FAITH. The Council may confer Defender of the Faith status upon anyone of faith who demonstrates a life experience which confirms the truthfulness of Mormon beliefs. Society and Fund employees and other applicants who are not Mormons within the Society's non-secular meaning are eligible for membership and granted 'honorary' Defender of the Faith status. Their Application and Processing Charge will be automatically waived. Other non-Mormon applicants who are employed by any organized Mormon church or any religious organization having its primary basis in Mormonism will be considered for 'honorary' Defender of the Faith status. Their Application and Processing Charge cannot be waived. A Defender of the Articles of Faith waiver of the Application and Processing Charge can be requested by all Mormons employed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the 'Mormon Church').

Article XVI: GOVERNANCE. (This Article in full can be found in the Handbooks and Published versions of this Charter. The MWOS Charter and Membership Handbooks are made available solely for the benefits of our members of the Society and may be distributed digitally, or in print and only with the expressed permission and license of MWOS.) The Council ratifies one Councilor who is appointed Secretary by the Executive Councilor. Councilors are invited by the Executive Councilor to serve on the Council for no less than six (6) months and no more than five (5) years per invitation. You may seek an invitation to serve one term as Councilor by submitting at least one-hundred new memberships. These new members must be unanimous in their nomination of you for Councilor. At least 50% of these new members must be under the age of thirty (30) years and no more than 25% may be older than fifty (50) years but not older than sixty (60) years. Members older than sixty (60) years may be invited to serve for one term as an Elder Councilor by submitting at least twenty-five new memberships. These new members must be unanimous in their nomination of you as an Elder. All these new members must be older than sixty (60) years. The Executive Councilor and Elder Councilors are responsible for oversight of voting and determine what will be voted upon by the Membership unless this Charter provides for it specifically.

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Die Mobilkom hat vor einigen Wochen den Wettbewerb "A1 InnovationDays" ausgerufen. Damit werden Entwickler aufgerufen, Ideen für Projekte einzusenden, die Internet-Anwendungen mit dem Handy verknüpfen. Ein spezieller Fokus liegt auf SIP, einem Protokoll, dass beim Telefonieren über das Internet zum Einsatz kommt. Alle Projekte müssen unter einer Open-Source-Lizenz laufen.

Weil die Sprechtarife in Österreich so niedrig sind, finde ich die bisherigen Angebote für IP-Telefonie am Handy nicht überzeugend: Bei Roaming sparen, aber dafür Grundgebühr zahlen, zahlt sich bei meinen Telefonier-Gewohnheiten nicht aus. Wenn wirklich überzeugende All-in-One-Lösungen für Internetkommunikation und Handy kommen, könnte mich das aber schon überzeugen.

In die Richtung geht das Projekt, das bisher die meisten Votes als "Best Idea" sammeln konnte. Für das E-Mail-Programm Mozilla Tunderbird soll ein Plug-In programmiert werden, das bei einem Klick auf einen Kontakt auch gleich die Möglichkeit bietet, diesen per IP-Telefonie anzurufen, eine SMS zu schreiben oder einen Instant-Messaging-Sitzung zu starten.

Das klingt erst einmal ziemlich unspektakulär, aber gute Ideen müssen ja nicht immer kompliziert sein. Und wenn das wirklich mit einem Klick funktioniert wie per E-Mail antworten, dann stelle ich mir das schon praktisch vor. Ich sitze oft vor meinem E-Mail-Programm und überlege, wie ich jetzt auf eine Nachricht reagiere. Und brauche jetzt noch mein Handy und ein eigenes Instant-Messaging-Programm zusätzlich für das, was dann mein E-Mail-Programm alleine könnte.

Neben diesem Projekt gibt es noch eine Menge andere gute Ideen. Die ganze Liste findet man hier. Es sind auch kuriose Ideen dabei wie das "Cool Ear Tool", das dafür sorgen soll, dass das Ohr beim Telefonieren nicht überhitzt. Auch der "Traffic Light Controller - Push for GREEN" wird in dieser Form wohl nie kommen, obwohl ich freie Fahrt per Handy gar nicht mal für eine schlechte Idee halte ;-).

The Video Portal uses SIP to established incoming calls and after the call is setup a Flow execution session is started to keep track of the state of the user inside the container. The user can interact with the video portal from a UMTS phone using DTMF tones sent to the application server as SIP INFO messages or inside the media path.

The JSLEE container provides a well define concurrency model using the concept of activity, all the event belonging to a given call are queued inside a so called activity context and are received by the application logic instantiated by the container to handle the call and registered to receive all the events inside the call.

Once the call is setup the application logic inside JSLEE (implementing using Service Building Blocks) ask the WebFlow Registry for a flow definition using a flow id and creates a flow execcution session and start the flow execution. After the flow is created all the events belonging to the call (like DTMF) are notified to the flow execution. The Flow Session is saved inside a persistent field that allows to continue the flow execution on a different node in case of failure of the first active node.

The call events are passed to the flow using a method of FlowExecutionImpl with the following signature:

Application signalEvent(String eventId, ExternalContext ctx)

the flow engine execute the transition described inside the flow definition for the given event, returns a view to be presented to the user and waits for the next event. The view usually is the url of the new video to be streamed to the user mobile phone using a Media Server.

A flow definition in spring webflow is represented using an XML files that defines the state machine implementing the video portal flow. The Flow Definition is very closed to the specification of the video portal application coming from the marketing, this reduces drammatically the implementation of the video application and provides a very fast and clean way to change the video portal behaviour according to the marketing needs.

Luca Filigheddu

Earlier in my thought process I had considered the best use of the funds; a FWD account or a Kiva loan? My wife and I have recently started to support Kiva, at least in part inspired by Randulo of VUC fame. However, it's an unfair comparison. FWD has served me well over the years so perhaps it's time that I returned the favor.

As I write this sitting in the Continental Airlines President's Club lounge in Fort Lauderdale it occurs to me that the $30 annual fee is a relatively trivial sum of money. I very much consider it like a membership in a club. Not  a professional organization like the AES or SMPTE to which I have also belonged at times. A more elite club of VOIP visionaries.

Despite all the progress that we've already made in VOIP I still feel that any force that helps push the legacy PSTN into antiquity has to commended, and FWD seems to be carrying on that mission. As such I must commit to converting my membership to paid, and I suggest that you do as well.

I remain, sip:54245@fwd.pulver.com.

Makna logo:

• Logo yang dibuat bermakna taksa (ambigous) menunjukkan misi UGM yang berorientasi keluar dan kedalam.
• Pada sisi logo sebelah kiri menunjukkan misi ugm yang berorientasi keluar sebagai penyelenggara pendidikan yang bertujuan untuk memberdayakan kehidupan bangsa, memelihara integrasi nasional, menghasilkan lulusan yang berkualitas, serta mengabdikan diri kepada masyarakat.
• Pada sisi logo sebelah kanan menunjukkan orientasi UGM yaitu transformasi organisasi dan pengelolaan UGM untuk mengembangkan keunggulan akademik serta meningkatkan efisiensi dan produktivitas, serta penyediaan sarana-prasarana kampus untuk mendukung posisi UGM ke taraf mutu internasional.
• Warna emas pada tulisan '55 Tahun' menunjukkan usia UGM yang telah melampaui Tahun Emasnya sehingga makin bersinar keemasan.
• Latar belakang Biru menunjukkan predikat 'Kampus Biru' yang telah lama dikenal masyarakat.
• Warna hijau pada tulisan 'UGM' sesuai dengan komitmen UGM yang mulai melakukan penghijauan kembali pada tanggal 25 Agustus 2004.
• Tulisan 'Universitas Gadjah Mada' menunjukkan kesatuan kedua makna sisi logo

I like the logo but I still can’t believe I wrote those words… +_+ errgh

Karena satu orang peserta boleh mengirim satu desain, so saya bikin lagi satu desain secara express.

Akhirnya, setelah diproses di meja kepanitiaan, jangankan jadi logo resmi, jadi juara harapan keberapapun gagal dengan sangat sukses tanpa harapan! dua-duanya gagal! Tak apalah, kalaupun bukan orang lain yang menghargai karya kita setidaknya kita bisa menghargai karya kita sendiri (huh, such a wise word of a total loser…). (-_-)

Logo yang akhirnya menang ternyata jauh lebih sederhana, pokoknya simple and elegant. (sayang ga bisa nemu gambarnya di web, dah kelamaan kali ya). Jenis desain yang disenangi sama tukang sablon, ngga teralu banyak warna dan gradasi. Saya sama sekali tidak berpikiran ke situ, sampai saya lihat pegawai universitas mengenakan baju senam dengan logo tersebut.

Any comment? ^_^

*)Disclaimer:

Per-contong-an, kata dasar contong, adalah bahasa jogja yang artinya kurang lebih “omong doang” dengan penyampaian yang sangat kasar, nyaris sebagai makian. Plesetan S.I.P (yang seharusnya Sarjana Ilmu Politik) menjadi Sarjana Ilmu Percontongan pertama kali diperkenalkan seorang dosen Hubungan Internasional UGM (demi keamanan, identitas beliau disembunyikan ^^),

“kalo ngga nyontong, yang namanya ‘pemerintah’ ngga bakal ada” tambah adikku.

Jadi bukan hasil pemikiran penulis lho... (fiuhh…cuci tangan)

It'll no doubt take them a few days to get the review ready for publication. I would expect it to be online some time in the next few days.

Not to ruin the surprise, but I'll be very sad to turn in the sample phones and go back to my old IP600. I may need to find some resource to procure a couple of IP650's for myself. Once you get used to them it's hard to go back.

Update: Here the link

I once spoke to a guy down in Argentina who just happened to answer the intro line. I also left Jeff Pulver a voice message once. His number was really cool and low, like 1001 if I recall. Mostly I just called their echo test to verify connectivity.

FWD was fun. It was truly HAM radio on the internet. It was part of what drew me into VOIP.

Early in 2007 when I was shopping for an ITSP I found that Junction Networks was offering free SIP calling as well as commercial termination. That is, you could sign up for a free account and get issued a SIP URI. Then you could call SIP-to-SIP for free. Calling the PSTN or getting a DID cost real money, but not much.

In their transition to emphasis on the OnSIP hosted PBX it seems that the free accounts have been dropped from their web site. I wonder if they still do that? It was very FWD-like.

Perhaps the greater worry should be for FWD to figure out how to have any relevence at all moving forward? At $30/year they'll be competing with Majic Jack and their ilk. That's not good. It's a race to $0.00/minute that does noone any good. Effectively a race back to free. That's not progress.

Or maybe FWD is something whose time has simply passed? SIP is not exactly on the edge any more. I'd love to see greater use of ENUM and SIP URIs but it's unclear how that can be accelerated.

Michael Robertson's SIPPhone kinda went through a similar sort of transition. SIPPhone spawned Gizmo Project, which evolved into Gizmo5 and has a buncha chargable services now.

The honest truth is I'm not certain where any of this is going. For business use I don't feel that I can rely upon services that are not bone fide commercial providers with reliable support. Someone I can lean on when things don't work.

I could be convinced to pay for FWD if there were some particular advantage to it. Perhaps they could be the first ITSP to offer secure SIP calls? There needs to be reason, a differentiator...or why bother?

El funcionamiento es el siguiente: Mediante la conexión wifi de la nintendo DS, ésta se conecta a internet a traves de tu router, y mediante el protocolo SIP de VoIP, se efectuan las llamadas usando una cuenta de un servicio de telefonia de internet que tendras que registrar. Con una cuenta gratuita solo podras efectuar llamadas nacionales, que es la prueba que yo mismo hice, llamandome al telefono fijo de mi casa desde la nintendo ds. Era un poco raro hablar por el microfono de la nintendo, pero solo saber que se puede hacer vale la pena el tiempo invertido en que funcione.
Enhorabuena a los desarrolladores que han creado el SvSIP.





En relacion al SIP, debo decir que uso el software fring de symbian, con el que me conecto a internet mediante un bono de datos y a traves de fring hago llamadas gratuitas usando SIP...tambien chateo con los contactos de MSN, Yahoo, GTalk y Skype, y hago llamadas a mis contactos de Skype con SkypeOut (tengo un amigo en Mexico al que solo le llamo por SkypeOut)

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Let me focus on the service part in this poost.

Quality : My experience with tringme tells QoS is not all that great. I experienced lags. Though reduced from earlier experiences it still needs a lot of improvement.

Pricing : My first reson for going in for a VOIP based click n call play is to reduce the cost. I am not sure how others are using these services. I am a tard disappointed with the pricing. It's more expensive to make calls to UAE using this service. I spent 565 seconds over phone to UAE. I received a charge of $2.35. $1.82 to the UAE phone and the  rest to my phone. it averages out to $.25 per minute. Bingoo! . It will cost me Rs 9 from my landline. I must be a fool to spend Rs 11 on my Voip. I had a look at Jaxtr pricing. They too charge at similar rates. Please have a look at the rate cards before you buy these services

Customer Care :I have some issues with tringme billing. The customer care is quite responsive. If they can keep up this level of speed at higher volumes, they can make a positive dent on customer.

I am not very sure if there is a value on offer in this call compared to mobile/landline network.

Suggestion :I am not interested to come to your site everytime to call. I am neither interested to install a widget as of now. Please provide me a toll free SMS number so that i can send in my destination number. You can get me onto the call. If this feature is already implemented then direct me to the link.

Hace tiempo que tengo fring en mi N70. Fring es un soft gratuito de VoIP móvil que te permite hablar y enviar mensajes instantáneos usando el acceso a Internet de tu teléfono móvil.

Puedes hacer llamadas gratuitas por SIP usando una cuenta de VoIP, como VoIP Buster, y las puedes hacer usando acceso WIFI, o GRPS, o EDGE, o 3G, además de comunicarte con tus contactos de Skype®, MSN® Messenger, Google Talk™ desde una lista integrada de contactos. Puedes añadir y usar también los servicios de mensajería instantánea de ICQ, Yahoo™ y AIM®.

Tengo configuradas en fring mis cuentas de Skype®, MSN® Messenger, Google Talk™ y Twitter, y las uso para chatear, postear en twitter y llamar via SkypeOut o SIP en cualquier momento usando el bono GPRS que tengo contratado, ya que el N70 no tiene wifi. Tuve unos dias el E65 por probar la wifi, y a parte de la wifi de mi casa, no encontraba muchas abiertas. La desventaja del E65 que me hizo volver al N70 son las caracteristicas multimedia, mejores en el N70 que en el E65.

Veamos un video sobre como hacer llamadas gratuitas con fring, usando una conexion wifi en un nokia N80, quitando previamente la targeta SIM para demostrar la gratuidad de las llamadas.

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EdgeBox promete um pouco de tudo tal como o acima e acrescenta a possibilidade de PBX/VOIP Gateway

IPBrick é português fornece as mesmas features que as ofertas acima e mais tem parceiras com a SUGAR CRM que ultimamente no negócio de PBX me parece uma mais valia. Disaster recovery como apresentam recuperar o sistema em menos de 15 minutos pode ser muito interessante.

"To reach this goal, IPBrick uses only Internet communications services (SIP, SMTP/IMAP, XMPP and HTTP) integrating with DNS and LDAP support services."

E rapidamente temos uma solução "out of the box".

Mas rapidamente estão a surgir produtos semelhantes destinados às pequenas empresas que podem ser adquiridos numa fnac ou vobis. Mas tal como referi apenas se assemelham a estes pois as possibilidades dos produtos não vão além da partilha de ficheiros com acessos aos mesmo via diferentes serviços.