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Q1: Which Car Company has recently crosses 1 crore unit sales mark in India?
(c)Mahindra & Mahindra
(e)None of these
A1: Maruti Suzuki India said that it has crossed the 1-crore (10-million) units milestone of cumulative sales in the domestic market since it started selling cars 29 years back.
Q2: If B says that his mother is the only daughter of A's mother, how is A related to B?
(a) Son
(b) Father
(c) Brother
(d) Grandfather
(e) Uncle
A2: (e) B's mother is the only daughter of A's mother. In other words ,B is the grandson of A's mother. Hence, A is the uncle of B.
Q3: First Governor of RBI was –
a) Hilton Young
b) Paul Samuelson
c) C.D.Deskmukh
d) O.A Smith
A3: (d) O.A. Smith
Q4: Computers process data into information by working exclusively with:
(a) multimedia.
(b) words.
(c) characters.
(d) numbers.
A4: (d) numbers
Other questions like:
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What is a Repo Rate/Reverse Repo Rate/CRR Rate?
What is RTGS System?
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Credit CARD Act and Its Affect on College Students
According to a 2009 study by Sallie Mae, the average credit card balance for college students was $3,173.
Only 15% of college freshman surveyed had a zero balance.
Of overall students, 82% carried a balance and had monthly interest charges. The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 put new rules in place to help consumers better understand their credit cards and cut down on unfair practices from credit card companies. Of those rules, there are some that college students should be especially aware of.
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ZYNC Card From American Express – Review
Have you seen the commercials for the ZYNC Card from American Express?
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Schumer Box And Credit Card Offers
Ever hear of the Schumer Box? It's actually an important piece of information that you will find in a credit card application and something you need to be aware of when considering a credit card.
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My First Credit Card – And The High It Gave Me
It's been many moons but I remember my first credit card. It was a retail card for A&S (remember that store?). I forget what I was buying (a sweater maybe?) but there was a discount offered if you signed up for their card. "What they hey," I thought. Why not sign up and see what happens? So I did. And a few minutes later I was the proud owner of a new credit card! Ahh, memories.
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What Is A Mortgage Escrow Account?
When you are purchasing a new home one of the terms you are going to come to know is mortgage escrow account.
"But what is a mortgage escrow account? What's the purpose of it when owning a home?," you may be thinking to yourself.
Great questions.
Before we get into what a mortgage escrow account is let's look at what escrow, in general, is…
Basic Concept of Escrow
Escrow is widely used in many business transactions where the buyer and seller cannot make a simultaneous exchange of money and goods or services and neither would want to deliver first without the guarantee to receive later (neither party wants to risk being the one left without the dough).
To resolve the trust issue between a buyer and seller, a third party, known as the escrow, can work on behalf both the buyer and the seller to ensure that once a party fulfills its contractual obligation, the escrow will release to the party what it entitles from the transaction.
Such escrow service is also standard practice in real estate transactions where the buyer deposits money with the escrow and the seller delivers title documents to the escrow, and the escrow firm will not release the funds to the seller or convey the title to the buyer until both the funds and the documents are placed with the escrow.
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More 0 Percent APR Credit Card Offers Expected
SmartMoney is reporting that we should expect to see more 0% APR credit card offers available for those who have credit scores of 720 and above. Balance transfer offers are also on the rise.
It wasn't long ago that credit card companies cut out 0% APR offers and balance transfers since those with better credit tended to also be less profitable as they usually paid off their balances. According to the SmartMoney article, credit card issuers are hoping that the more credit-worthy will spend with their new cards and keep a balance beyond their introductory offers.

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Obama's abortion lies
Keep him away from the babies.
There's a newly uncovered paper trail demonstrating Barack Obama's abortion militancy you can believe in (hat tip – Jill Stanek):
Newly obtained documents prove that in 2003, Barack Obama, as chairman of an IL state Senate committee, voted down a bill to protect live-born survivors of abortion – even after the panel had amended the bill to contain verbatim language, copied from a federal bill passed by Congress without objection in 2002, explicitly foreclosing any impact on abortion. Obama's legislative actions in 2003 – denying effective protection even to babies born alive during abortions – were contrary to the position taken on the same language by even the most liberal members of Congress. The bill Obama killed was virtually identical to the federal bill that even NARAL ultimately did not oppose.
The NRLC's Obama paper trail index is here.
And here's a related howler about the Party of Planned Parenthood:
ABC NEWS: Are Democrats Now Pro-Life? As Convention Draws Near, New Talk of a Pro-Life Presence
Founders unavailable for comment: Obama celebrates 'core constitutional right' of abortion
January 22, 2015 07:43 PM by Doug Powers
Planned Parenthood's fiscal year in review: 37 abortions per hour
January 2, 2015 05:19 AM by Doug Powers
Planned Parenthood cranks up the irony dial to eleven
December 2, 2014 10:24 AM by Doug Powers
'XL' in Keystone XL stands for X-tra Lethal, says abortion advocate Barbara Boxer; Updated
November 18, 2014 12:16 PM by Doug Powers
Can you guess the two main reasons Wendy Davis lost in Texas?
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A Look At The New Host Of The Daily Show - Trevor Noah - Announced as the host of The Daily Show, to replace John Stewart, Trevor Noah is a South African stand-up comedian who has recently been appearing on the...
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One guy. One world. Who's gonna blink first?
What happens next, I'm proud of: I walk up to them and say, calmly, "Excuse me." She's got the balls to be surprised to see me. I hand her back her mixtape, and the cheap-ass vodka, and say, "Goodbye." And I walk away - first to settle our tab and say goodbye to @Soulcamp at the bar, and then up the 25+ blocks to my brothers Jason and Kev-Fu's apartment, where I'd have two Whiskey & Cokes to settle me down. As I'm leaving the parking lot, she texts me: "meant no harm." I take 10 seconds for my reply: Sure you didn't.
What music are you listening to today?
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Drier air is moving in from the northwest which will result in dry weather through the weekend. Meanwhile, temperatures will be cooler for the next few days with lows in the 40's. Afternoon temperatures will slowly warm over the weekend with lots of sunshine.
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MIAMI (AP) -- Tropical Storm Jerry has stalled over the Atlantic with weakened winds and poses no immediate threat to land.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday that the storm was centered about 1,300 miles (2,095 kilometers) east of Bermuda and was nearly stationary.
Jerry had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph) and little change in strength is forecast for the next two days.
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It's all coming together...
I just checked the American Academy of Religion website, and the 2007 AAR annual meeting is in San Diego. This is the conference that I absolute have to attend, because I'll be in the final year of my PhD and on the job market - a lot of interviews are scheduled at this conference.
Do you know what's near San Diego? Arizona! Arizona is near San Diego! It's like the stars are aligning to find me the perfect job.
Okay, okay... maybe I'm just all hopped up on the painkillers. Maybe the universe isn't working on some master plan to find me a job in Arizona. But STILL. Isn't it exciting? The location of the conference means there's more likelihood that small colleges and universities from the Southwest will hold their interviews there. It is so totally a fabulous turn of events. I've really got to make sure I'm ABD by November 2007.
Imagine: me, in Arizona, with cacti in my front yard, and stars overhead. Heck, I'd even take New Mexico if it came down to it.
"When the mooooooooon
Is in the seventh houuuuuuse
And Jupiteeeeeeer
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Then peeeeaaaaaaaace
Will guide the plaaanets
And looooooooooove
Will steer the stars!"
Universities? There are a few Christian Colleges in the Bay Area.
If you're looking at recreation, SDES has their epiphyllums at the Wild Animal Park. If you want to come up to SLO county, I could show you all sorts of nurseries you'd drool over. Jeff Harris should be able to tell you more about other C&S finds in the SD area.
Here is a link that might be useful: CA Colleges
lol, I hear some of the Christian colleges around here are pretty liberal. I'm sure you could find one that'd be happy with the tattoos. The liking cute boys would be a perk also. However we'd have to work on recostructing the devil though, he'd have to play second fiddle for a while. :)
Was he ever really deconstructed?
One of the colleges DD was considering, and which our family visited with her, was a Quaker school. That was either the weekend before, or after 4/20, and the party was on! I was a bit surprised.
Anyway-- I'm so glad you got out to see the sunshine, Shelly! ("Wait 'til the sun shines, Shelly, when the clouds go drifting by...") That's got to be good for you, inside and out :)
How did the cacti fare? Did you get to check on them, or were they too far away?
The cacti are doing fine!!! :) A little burning on the winter growth on my euphorbias, but not too much - it was overcast and rainy for the first week that they were out, so they had a chance to get used to outdoor light before having to deal with any direct sun at all. And it's been raining in the evenings for the past few days, so I don't even have to worry about watering them. Life is fabulous :)
Now if I can just move them to Arizona, my master plan will be complete....


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Summer temperatures in the Silver State can reach triple digits. So, the Bureau of Land Management is testing shade structures that they say could offer some relief for their mustangs and burros.
The Palomino Valley National Wild Horse and Burro Center holds about 1,000 horses and burros.
Zachary Reichold is the Acting Deputy Division Chief of the Wild Horse and Burro Program. He says the animals have adapted to extreme conditions. "Wild horses are actually a very resilient animal," Reichold said. "If you look at the environment that they were actually gathered from, they're exposed to very harsh winter and summer conditions."
In August of 2013, the BLM started testing three different types of shade structures for the animals' comfort. Some use the shade, while others stay in the sunshine. "We're going to conduct studies later on in the summer to look at how, when and why these horses actually use shade," Reichold said.
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Shade is also available for horses that have health issues. The BLM provides medical treatment for all of their horses, including vaccinations, deworming, and hoof maintenance. The facility goes through 12 tons of hay per day, with each horse drinking about 10 gallons of water. "The water troughs are spread out so that multiple horses can drink," Reichold said. "There's usually not another horse that has to wait long before it can actually get a drink of water."
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A Starbucks Barista in London Creates Elaborate Cup Art for a Few Lucky Customers
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The British Museum is home to about 8 million pieces of work that illustrate and document the story of human culture. A Starbucks store across the street from the central London museum is home to a much smaller display of a French artist's work.
Gabriel Nkweti's canvas is a grande-sized Starbucks paper cup.
He's been a Starbucks barista for about three years, and for the past couple of years he's been surprising customers with intricate designs of their names.
"I don't think about getting any reward with this other than making people happy," Nkweti said. "When you give a cup to someone and he or she smiles, then I go back to work with a huge smile on my face too."
He gets requests from tourists who come to the coffee shop from Japan, Italy, the U.S. and other parts of the world hoping to have a cup created just for them. The artistic barista needs to be selective though because designing cups is a hobby he does away from work. The customers he has designed cups for have all expressed "a special kindness" when they were in the store.
So far Nkweti, 41, has created about 100 personalized cups for customers. Most designs take between two and three hours to make. He's put in as many as 40 hours on a few of the more elaborate cup illustrations. While there's no time for fancy cup art when Nkweti is at work, he finds time to draw when he's commuting on the Tube or at home watching television.
"Sometimes I wake up at 4:00 in the morning and I have to begin drawing because I have a design idea," he said. "It's like the image is printed in my mind and it needs to get out."
Nkweti said the best part of his job is getting to know customers, starting with their names.
One of his favorite customer name cup designs features a mask for "Georgina."
"I love the idea of masks because of the mystery they create about people," he said. "You never know who is behind there. We all have masks, until we get to know each other."
Images of Nkweti's cup art have gotten international attention through news articles in the UK and online. Nkweti said he's "shy" and isn't used to the sudden interest in what he's been doing for years.
For many years, customers have also been decorating Starbucks cups. Several thousand designs were submitted for the Starbucks White Cup Contest. The entry deadline has passed. Now the challenge will be narrowing the entries to a few finalists and ultimately picking a winner.
See customer designs on the Starbucks White Cup Contest board on Pinterest.
Find more of Nkweti's art on .
Photos courtesy Gabriel Nkweti
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The investigation is reportedly looking at email accounts and phone records - and it's reported that investigators are looking at those who work at the highest level of government - those who would have had access to this very sensitive information.
I discussed the issue today on America Live on FOX News and made it clear that this is a very significant issue with serious implications.
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September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. I really wonder if ovarian cancer would ever have made it on the cause-of-the-month hit parade, if it weren't for Gilda Radner. Sadly, she lost her battle with the disease in 1989. Back then it seemed ludicrous that the "silent killer" could take the life of such an ebullient woman. While her somewhat nasal, sharp voice was lost that day, her legacy lives on with memories of riotous laughter, occasional references to Emily Litella and Roseanne Roseannadanna. I owe Gilda Radner a personal debt of gratitude. She helped to save my mother's life. Six years ago, through some miracle, my mother decided that the stomach pain she was feeling deserved a trip to the doctor. I think both she and her doctor paid a bit more attention because of Gilda Radner.
Mom had always ignored aches and pains and tossed them off as minor annoyances. If the pain got really bad, she would pull out a heating pad or pop a couple of Advil. I think she assumed that whatever pain she had was a normal part of the human condition, and I'm certain that she thought that there was honor and grace in bearing it. She often quotes the nuns of her childhood when things were tough. "Offer it up" she'd say. Something nagged her this time. The pain was different. It wasn't in her stomach like an ulcer (from her Advil habit) might be. It was lower, and she knew somehow that it needed to be checked. Shortly after that check-up (about which my siblings and I knew nothing), she called to say that 1) my sister was in labor with her 2nd child, and 2) I wouldn't be able to reach my parents at home the next day because she was going to have surgery. In a fashion that is so typical of my mother, she slipped in the part about the surgery just after she told me that my niece Olivia was about to be born. She might as well have told me that she was going to Stop & Shop to buy milk. She went on to explain that the surgery had been planned for later that month, but the doctor's office had called on Friday and told her to come in Monday morning. "They had some scheduling issues, I guess", she said. "They're having a gynecological oncologist do the surgery. The regular surgeon must not be available." Yup, just scheduling issues.
That was the beginning of my mom's journey into and thankfully through the world of ovarian cancer. After the surgery and chemotherapy, she was declared cancer free and has remained so for 5 years. That day was also the moment, for me, when I went from being a child in her life to truly being a grown up. I think she'd thought of me as a grown up for many years (I had 4 children after all), but I still thought of myself as her child. When hit in the face with her mortality, I also had to face my own mortality. Was there anything that allowed the cancer to take hold and grow in her body? How could I learn what it was, help her and help to protect myself, my sisters and my daughters? As much as my mother has always been stalwart in tough situations, she has accepted many things passively. There was no way I was going to take a passive approach to my well-being. From that moment on, my generally healthy lifestyle shifted into a higher gear.
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CCSWG Doc 0051 Notes of the 44th Meeting of the Common Connection Standards Working Group (CCS-WG of TSAC) Date/Venue: 1 Sept 2000 (Fri) 2:30 p.m., OFTA's Conference Room Present: Mr K K Law Smartone (Chairman) Mr Patrick So New T&T Mr Francis Chan New T&T Mr S K Lam HGC Ms Judith Lam HGC Mr Daniel Wong HTCL Mr Honcus Luk NWT Mr C K Lin NWPCS Mr Shaun Yu PCCW Mr Sam Wong PCCW Mr Y C Cheng PCCW Mr Joey Chiu Smartone Mr Anthony Chan Mandarin (Sunday) Mr H C Ho Peoples Mr Ocean Fung Peoples Mr Samuel Wong HK Cable TV Mr T L Or HK Broadband Network / HK ETS Society Mr Eric Wong HK Broadband Network Mr Jackson Yuen HKNET - Teligent Mr W K Li HKNET – Teligent Mr Elvin Lam Eastar Technology Mr Kin Wong HK ETS Assoc. – China (HK) Ltd Mr Michael Chan HKRPA – Chevalier Mr C S Li OFTA Mr T S Chew OFTA Mr C H Chan OFTA Mr S T Cheuk OFTA (Secretary) Mr K K Sin OFTA Absent with apology: Mr M K Li Smartone Broadband Mr Terence Ma PSINet HK Mr Wilfred Kwan TAHK - Globalone Mr Richard Lau TAHK - Nortel Mr Michael Ng HKPF Agenda Item 1 - Notes of last meeting (43rd CCS-WG Meeting of 6 July 2000) 1. Mr Y C Cheng of PCCW proposed a slight amendment to paragraph 17 of the notes of last meeting (CCSWG Doc 0036) which should read as "… Furthermore, he was concerned that mobile networks might act as transit networks in some cases (eg inter-MSC routing)..". The amendment was accepted and the notes were confirmed by members. Agenda Item 2 - Matters Arising Notes of 44th CCS WG Meeting - Page 1 - CCSWG Doc 0051 2. Mr S T Cheuk reported that the working documents of CCS WG were now available for retrieval by members on OFTA's web site with password control. He reminded members that the password should only be disclosed to parties within organisations of the members on a strictly need-to-know basis. Agenda Item 3 - Proposed Revision to HKTA 2202 Specification on Network-to-Network Connection 3.1 Delayed Release Message (DRS) 3. Mr S T Cheuk introduced some comments received from PCCW, NWT, HTCL and NWPCS (see CCSWG Doc 0037 and Annex 1 of notes) concerning the phasing out of DRS. After some discussion, members agreed that DRS should be phased out (i.e. DRS should not be sent by originating switches) in the networks by the end of 2002. 4. Mr Shuan Yu of PCCW asked whether the release treatment of originating switch in response to interworking with non-C7 encountered should be standardised (for example by sending REL instead of DRS). The Chairman suggested that the DRS requirement should be settled first and need of further standardisation could be discussed later. 3.2 Incoming Operator-Assisted Calls 5. Mr S T Cheuk introduced some comments received from PCCW, NWT, HTCL and NWPCS on CCS WG Paper No. 7/2000 (see CCSWG Doc 0037 and Annex 1). In response to the suggestion of PCCW to consider the use of language digit for non-C7 signalling to identify operator calls in accordance with ITU-T Recommendation Q.107, Mr S T Cheuk indicated that the concerned provision in Q.107 applied to signalling systems No. 4, No. 5, R1 and R2 which were not used for interconnection between FTNS and ETS in HongKong. In response to the comments of NWT that ETS operators using non-C7 should arrange with succeeding operators to set the proper CPC, the Chairman pointed out that the external traffic carried over non-C7 routes should account for very small portion of the overall external traffic (less than 1 %) and that incoming operator-assisted calls would account for an even smaller portion. He suggested that the CPC setting for operator-assisted calls carried over C7 routes should be standardised first while CPC setting for non-C7 routes should be left to commercial agreement between ETS operators and other network operators. In any case, the impact of not having CPC for operator-assisted calls delivered over non-C7 routes should be tolerable. 6. In response to the comments of HTCL and NWPCS that external facilites / services operators should separate collect calls from other operator-assisted calls before delivery to the local terminating networks, the Chairman understood that any such arrangment should be based on bilateral agreements same as existing practice for delivery of operator-assisted calls by PCCW. 7. As for the technical solution to differentiate collect calls from other operator-assisted calls, OFTA provided some information about a "collect call request" indicator which was defined in the latest ITU-T Recommendations for ISUP (see CCSWG Doc 0045). Mr Y C Cheng pointed out that the implementation of this indicator was not common in international practice. Since most operator-assisted calls were routed from overseas, the usefulness of this indicator would depend on the status of implementation by other international network operators. Nevertheless, considering that the signalling protocol solution was better than dedicated trunk routes in terms of network efficiency, Notes of 44th CCS WG Meeting - Page 2 - CCSWG Doc 0051 the Chairman suggested that the local network operators might consider the support of the "collect request indicator" as one technical option for identifying collect operator calls in the long term. 3.3 Setting of Call Forwarding Parameters and Numbers 8. Subsequent to the last meeting, some comments were received from CWHKTC, HTCL and NWPCS concerning the setting of CF parameters (see CCSWG Doc 0037 and Annex 1). After considering the members' inputs and noting also some recent discussion in the Telecommunications Numbering Advisory Committee (TNAC) concerning the feasibility of inserting "redirecting number" in C7, a CCS WG Paper No. 9/2000 was prepared in which the long term requirements of the three CF number information parameters Original Called Number (OCN), Redirecting Number (RGN) and Redirection Number (RNN) were proposed. 9. Mr Y C Cheng pointed out that even if the concerned parameters were supported, there was technical constraint in exchanging the parameters with PCCW's fixed network which used Telephone User Part (TUP). Also, he did not see signficant incentive for existing networks which could not support the concerned parameters to make the upgrades. For example, the application of OCN parameter in terminating customer features like voice mail was only valid in special scenarios. For the application of the RGN parameter, as he did not fully understand the operation of CF to international services like the '307' level (e.g. whether one 307x xxxx number was allocated for one customer or one overseas destination of a customer), he was not convinced that this could lead to reduction of number resource utilisation. For the application of RNN in call re-routing, it was only valid if C7 drop-back procedure was supported across networks. Unless there were concrete service requirements, he did not see the justification to mandate the support of the parameters. Mr Shuan Yu supported the view that there was no imminent requirement for mandating the support of the parameters. 10. Mr Kin Wong of HK ETS Association supported the availability of the concerned parameters to service providers on the basis that they could give flexibility for development of innovative services which were important for the survival of small players in the telecommunications market. Mr T L Or of HK ETS Society considered that availability of the parameters would stimulate new service developments, and standards setting need not be pre-empted by concrete service requirements. 11. Mr S K Lam of HGC believed that the potential reduction of number resource for '307' type PNETS application should be the most important consideration. He recalled that one concern discussed in the TNAC was the need to advance 8 digits to 9 digits migration of the Numbering Plan if the number consumption was great. Some members pointed out that the quantity of '307' type PNETS numbers could not be reduced for those ETS operators using non-C7 even if RGN was supported. 12. The Chairman observed that more study was required to justify the upgrades needed in existing switches to support the CF number information parameters. OFTA pointed out that the proposal in the discussion paper was for long term requirements and there should be no difficulty for new C7 switch / equipment. As for upgrade of existing C7 switch / equipment, OFTA would like to have feedback from operators on the feasibility. All members were requested to give comments on CCS WG Paper No. 9/2000 by 22 September 2000. [Action: All members] 3.4 Review of "Under Study" Items 13. Subsequent to the last meeting, five operators PCCW, NWT, NWPCS, Smartone and HTCL provided inputs (see CCSWG Doc 0041 – 0044, 0047-48) concerning the current treatment of their Notes of 44th CCS WG Meeting - Page 3 - CCSWG Doc 0051 networks for those "under study" items in HKTA 2202. In order to have a more detailed look into the concerned inputs and to propose any amendment required in HKTA 2202 for these "under study' items (see also paragraph 15), Mr Honcus Luk of NWT agreed to hold a sub-group meeting to have further discussion on the issue. [Action: Mr Honcus Luk] 3.5 "Compliance Status" in HKTA 2202 14. Mr S T Cheuk introduced a proposal for the interpretation of the different "compliance status" (complied, complied with notes, partially complied, not supported, under study, descriptive text) used in the compliance tables for ITU-T Recommendations in Section II of HKTA 2202 (CCSWG Doc 0038). The proposed interpretation was intended to be incorporated in the draft Issue 3 of HKTA 2202. 15. Members agreed that the proposed interpretation was pragmatic and had the following additional inputs: (a) The "complied", "complied with notes" and "partially complied" status should mean that the concerned requirements should be implemented by all network operators using C7; (b) The "not support" status should mean that most operators should not implement the requirements of ITU Recommendations; and some operators which might implement the requirements should have obligation to solve any interworking problem with other operators; (c) The "under study" status should be renamed as "optional", and it should mean that some operators in Hong Kong might implement the concerned requirements of ITU Recommendations while the obligation for solving any potential interworking problem would be considered on case-by-case basis. Agenda Item 4 – Review of HKTA 3202 Classification of HKTA 2xxx Series Specifications 16. After considering the comments from members on the Draft Issue 2 of HKTA 3202 in the last meeting, Mr S T Cheuk presented a new proposal concerning the classification of HKTA specifications for public telecommunications services (CCSWG Doc 0039). In short, it was proposed that the HKTA specifications would be classified as two categories Mandatory Technical Standard (MTS) and Voluntary Technical Standard (VTS), while other interface standards used by network operators for special applications should be notified to the TA as Operator-specific Technical Standard (OTS) which would not be issued as HKTA specification. 17. Mr Y C Cheng was concerned with the administration burden for notification of OTS for all existing and new services provided by the operators. OFTA clarified that the notification was required only for interface standards for user-to-network and network-to-network connection, and the notification procedure could be further discussed to minimise administration burden. Mr Shuan Yu considered that OTS should not be available for public access by default since there might be commercial secrets involved. OFTA noted the concern and requested all members to give any other comments by 22 September 2000. [Action: All members] Agenda Item 5 – Transmission Parameters for Voice Services Notes of 44th CCS WG Meeting - Page 4 - CCSWG Doc 0051 18. OFTA had recently noted some potential developments of Voice over IP (VoIP) services in the local market. As such, there might be a need to define the basic performance of PSTN voice services in end-to-end manner. For members' reference, a document prepared by the UK's Network Interoperability Consultative Committee (NICC) on "Recommended Standard for the National Transmission Plan for Public Networks" was distributed (CCSWG Doc 0040). The document defined certain minimum performance standards for transmission parameters like transmission levels, delay and echo, error performance, quantising distortion etc., which might also be considered for standards setting in Hong Kong. 19. Mr Samuel Wong of HKCTV opined that VoIP services were relatively new and operators should be allowed to offer different grades of service without the need to set minimum performance standards. Mr Y C Cheng pointed out that it would be difficult for radio access networks to provide some guaranteed grade of service. Mr Joey Chiu of Smartone supported that there should be some standards to govern basic voice quality in order to reduce customer complaints due to poor performance of other networks. Members agreed to further study the need of setting standards for the concerned transmission parameters and provide preliminary feedback to OFTA by 22 September 2000. [Action: All members] Agenda Item 6 – Annual Review of HKTA 3208 Schedules A and B on Free Access Codes in Private Payphone 20. OFTA reminded the FTNS operators that the deadline for submitting any request for amending the Schedules A and B of HKTA 3208 on free access codes in private payphone was 1 October 2000 for any amendment to be made in the year 2001. Agenda Item 7 - Any other business 21. Mr Patrick So of New T&T introduced a short discussion paper on network annou ncement (CCSWG Doc 0046) in which New T&T proposed the insertion of a "network identifier" in network announcements to improve tracing of faults across networks which might be of intermittent or transient nature. 22. Mr Y C Cheng was concerned with the lengthening of announcements and prolonged holding of circuits if network identifier was included in all network announcements. Besides, the real difficulty of fault tracing was not when network announcement was encountered but when network tones were encountered. Mr Shuan Yu was concerned with the cost and frequency of re-programming the announcements whenever there was a change in the name of the network operator. Mr C K Lin of NWPCS was concerned with the resources required for longer announcements and efforts of re-programming a large amount of network announcements including those used for value added services. Mr Joey Chiu opined that while fault tracing could be improved, there might be confusion caused to users and privacy concern in case the announcement heard by the calling party was not provided by the network of originally called party as a result of call forwarding and transiting. 23. The Chairman summarised that the benefits of inserting a network identifier in network announcements were not perceived to justify the additional costs and efforts required. Mr Patrick So noted the comments of members and would not pursue the matter further at this moment. Notes of 44th CCS WG Meeting - Page 5 - CCSWG Doc 0051 Agenda Item 8 - Date of next meeting 24. The next CCS WG meeting was tentatively scheduled on 12 Oct 2000 (Thur) 2:30pm in OFTA's Conference Room. [Post meeting notes: the next meeting was re-scheduled to be held on 31 Oct 2000 (Tue) 2:30pm in the same venue] - END of Notes – Notes of 44th CCS WG Meeting - Page 6 - CCSWG Doc 0051 Annex 1 to Notes of 44th CCS WG Meeting Comments of NWPCS per action points of 43 rd CCS WG Meeting 1. Delayed Release Message (DRS) According to vendor's reply, our switch is supported the DRS message but it should not send out the DRS upon receiving ACM with interworking bit = 1. We agree the nature phase out of supporting DRS and the phase out target date should be before end of 2002. 2. Incoming Operator Assisted Calls (Reference to CCS WG Paper No. 7/2000) Para 11 - we agreed to use the CPC parameter = 02 to indicate the incoming operator call and shall be specified clear in HKTA 2202. Para 15 - We opt (a) as stipulated in CCS WG paper no. 7/2000, i.e. the external facilities /services operator shall have ability to separate the collect calls from other types of operator assisted call by any possible solution before passing the separated collect calls to the terminating switch. Spare CPC setting ( =/= 02 ) to differentiate the collect call is agreed. Then the terminating switch and external facilities /services operator should have their own right to discuss the treatment for conveying the collect call and normal operator assisted call under mutual commercial agreement. Para 16 - The differentiating of the collect call from other types of operator assisted call is not feasibl e in terminating switch expect there is a key to identify the operator incoming collect call from normal operator assisted incoming call conveyed from the external facilities /services operator. 3. Call Forwarding Parameters and Numbers After consideration there is NO urgent requirement to use the Original Called Number, Redirecting Number and Redirection Number during invocation of CF service except the use of the OCN / RDN for the CND based charging. Besides NWPCS switch is not supported the Redirection number right now, we need to have software upgrade to support it. If there is NO actual requirement, NWPCS does not want to have any change. Notes of 44th CCS WG Meeting - Page 7 -
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Where do you plan to put your pretty signs? Heck, I even like our painted cardboard in the background! lol
hee hee -- the painted cardboard "protects" the driveway from my spray painting adventures.
These signs I'm going to sell at a craft show at school because they're on nicer wood (GS). I have some scrap wood that I'll use for signs for my own garden -- I like it better.