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Southern Vance is still learning how to put four quarters together, still learning how to finish.
The Raiders (1-1 3-A Carolina Conference) led 36-33 entering the fourth quarter Tuesday, but Orange outscored the home team 18-7 in the fourth quarter for a 51-43 win.
"We let one go through our fingers," said Southern coach Torrey Nowell. "We'll be back in here at 6 a.m. (Wednesday) grinding it out."
Nowell will find out just how much those 6 a.m. workouts have paid off Thursday and Friday with back-to-back away games at Chapel Hill and Cardinal Gibbons. The Chapel Hill game was originally scheduled for last Friday.
"It's going to be tough, but that's what all those 6 a.m. practices are about," said Nowell. "It's about the grind. If these guys want to play basketball and be committed to it, they have to understand that's how it's going to be."
Orange claimed the lead for good on a layup from J.D. Brooks with 5:26 to play before Gerrell Satterwhite connected on a 3-pointer to put the Panthers up 44-40.
Southern got within four, but misfired on a 3-pointer with 1:32 left before Matt Gattis put an exclamation point on the win with a baseline dunk.
The Raiders led 24-22 at halftime.
"We have to learn how to finish. That's all it is," said Nowell.
Senior Jamal Williams led Southern with 15 points.
"He's slowly becoming a leader and helping us out," said Nowell. "He's one of our best shooters so we rely on him a lot. And when the 3 ball is not working, he can drive in and do other things."
Cameron Evans added nine points for the Raiders and Ty-Traveon Roberts had eight, including a breakaway, one-hand flush in the first half.
Shawn Henderson was starting his second game at point guard in place of the injured Jamarcus Perry.
"He's going to make some mistakes," said Nowell. "He got in a little foul trouble and it got in his head a little bit. He's still developing and learning."
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Methods and apparatus for providing converged communication services in a communication system are disclosed. A first endpoint of the system communicates with at least a second endpoint of the system via session initiation protocol (SIP). At least a portion of the SIP communication is controlled utilizing an application layer overlay framework which permits substantially simultaneous operation of the first endpoint in two application layer protocols, the two application layer protocols including SIP and web services protocol. The web services protocol may illustratively comprise an application layer web services transport protocol such as SOAP/HTTP. The application overlay framework comprises a web services interface, with the web services interface being configured to permit access to information associated with the SIP communication by one or more communication service applications of the system.
1. A method comprising:
initiating a call from a first endpoint to a second endpoint via the Session Initiation Protocol;
applying to the call an overlay framework that enables the first endpoint to maintain concurrent communication in two application layer protocols, wherein:
(i) the first application layer protocol is the Session Initiation Protocol and the second application layer protocol is a web services protocol, and
(ii) the overlay framework comprises support for (A) the web services protocol, (B) a Session Initiation Protocol user agent, and (C) an interface that communicates between the Session Initiation Protocol user agent and an application that uses the web services protocol; and
executing the application by the first endpoint via the web services protocol, wherein:
(i) the operation of the Session Initiation Protocol user agent is independent of the operation of the application, and
(ii) the operation of the application does not require the cooperation of the second endpoint.
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a second component configured for interfacing the first component to the application.
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19. An article of manufacture comprising a Non-transitory machine-readable storage medium containing software code that when executed implements the steps of:
initiating a call from a first endpoint to a second endpoint via the Session Initiation Protocol;
applying to the call an overlay framework that enables the first endpoint to maintain concurrent communication in two application layer protocols, wherein:
(i) the first application layer protocol is the Session Initiation Protocol and the second application layer protocol is a web services protocol, and
(ii) the overlay framework comprises support for (A) the web services protocol, (B) a Session Initiation Protocol user agent, and (C) an interface that communicates between the Session Initiation Protocol user agent and an application that uses the web services protocol; and
executing the application by the first endpoint via the web services protocol, wherein:
(iii) the operation of the Session Initiation Protocol user agent is independent of the operation of the application, and
(iv) the operation of the application does not require the cooperation of the second endpoint.
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The present application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Applications Ser. No. 60/549,003, filed Mar. 1, 2004 and entitled "WSIP—Web Service SIP Endpoint for Converged Multimedia/Multimodal Communication Over IP," and Ser. No. 60/556,833, filed Mar. 26, 2004 and entitled "WSIP—A Resilient Application Layer Overlay Framework for Converged Communication Services Over IP," the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
The present application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/953,089, filed concurrently herewith and entitled "Web Services and Session Initiation Protocol Endpoint for Converged Communication Over Internet Protocol Networks," the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
The invention relates generally to the field of communication systems, and more particularly to techniques for providing converged communication in such systems.
Converged communication refers generally to an arrangement in which users can communicate seamlessly, through multimedia and multimodal interaction, utilizing a variety of different types of endpoint devices and network infrastructure. Implementation of such functionality may make use of the session initiation protocol (SIP), as described in RFC 3261 of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), which is incorporated by reference herein. For example, SIP is one of the most important protocols for implementation of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communication on Internet-enabled devices. The continuing growth of IP networks and the recognized need for VoIP as an alternative to calls over a public switched telephone network (PSTN) is expected to accelerate the acceptance of SIP as the primary application layer protocol for implementing next generation VoIP in the converged communication context.
Despite the success of SIP as an efficient VoIP protocol, SIP is under constant expansion in order to support new communication services which are not covered in its original scope, such as messaging, authentication, presence, etc. This has made it increasingly difficult to integrate SIP in a converged communication arrangement involving such services. Accordingly, a need exists for an extensible service integration environment that facilitates the integration of SIP in converged communication applications.
The present invention meets the above-identified need by providing an application layer overlay framework which leverages both SIP and web services to implement reliable converged communications over IP networks.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a first endpoint of the system communicates with at least a second endpoint of the system via SIP. At least a portion of the SIP communication is controlled utilizing an application layer overlay framework which permits substantially simultaneous operation of the first endpoint in two application layer protocols, the two application layer protocols including SIP and a web services protocol. The web services protocol may illustratively comprise an application layer web services transport protocol such as SOAP/HTTP, where SOAP denotes the simple object access protocol, HTTP denotes the hypertext transfer protocol, and "/" denotes "and/or." The application overlay framework comprises a web services interface, with the web services interface being configured to permit access to information associated with the SIP communication by one or more communication service applications of the system.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the SIP communication may be accessible as a web service allowing an authorized network administrator to monitor the quality of the communication on demand. The quality monitoring may be based, for example, on transmission and reception statistics associated with the SIP communication that are computed from respective sender reports and receiver reports of real-time transport control protocol (RTCP) packets.
In an illustrative embodiment, a given one of the communication service applications comprises a network monitor service application that is accessible to the first endpoint via a web service request. The web service request may be triggered responsive to an alarm indicating that one or more network condition parameters have deviated from desired values.
Advantageously, the application layer overlay framework is utilizable in administration of dynamic network resource management for communication services over Internet protocol networks. For example, the application layer overlay framework may be configured to control implementation of one or more network resource management policies on demand. More specifically, the application layer overlay framework may be utilizable by a network administrator to temporarily disable one or more bandwidth resource demanding services on the endpoints without interfering with other services. In such an arrangement, the web services interface of the application layer overlay framework may be utilizable by the network administrator to temporarily disable a given communication session between the first and second endpoints in the presence of a bandwidth shortage without disrupting other on-going communication sessions between the endpoints.
The invention provides substantial improvements over conventional techniques. For example, the invention in the illustrative embodiment noted above provides a unified service integration environment based on web services that extends the separation of signaling and media transmission in SIP to a new multi-tier architecture that separates signaling, media transmission and service integration.
The invention will be described below in conjunction with a number of exemplary communication systems. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to use with any particular type of communication system or any particular configuration of endpoints or other processing elements of the system. Those skilled in the art will recognize that the disclosed techniques may be used in any communication system application in which it is desirable to provide improved converged communication functionality.
The network 102 may represent, by way of example, a global communication network such as the Internet, an intranet, a wide area network, a metropolitan area network, a local area network, a wireless cellular network, or a satellite network, as well as portions or combinations of these or other wired or wireless communication networks. Implementation of the present invention thus does not require any particular type of network or set of networks.
In accordance with an aspect of the invention, each of Element A and Element B comprises what is referred to herein as a WSIP endpoint. Such an endpoint generally includes a SIP component configured for communication via SIP signaling with one or more other endpoints of the system, and a web services component configured for interfacing the SIP component to one or more communication service applications of the processing device. In this illustrative embodiment, each WSIP endpoint is both a SIP endpoint that communicates with other SIP endpoints through SIP signaling, and a web services node that provides a generic service integration environment for SIP applications. Advantageously, such an arrangement considerably facilitates the implementation of converged communication functionality in system 100.
Referring again to the figure, Element A implements a WSIP endpoint 110A. The SIP component of the WSIP endpoint 110A comprises a SIP user agent (UA) 112A and a wrapper layer controller (WLC) 114A. The web services component of the WSIP endpoint 110A comprises a simple object access protocol (SOAP) server 116A and a SOAP client 118A.
The SIP UA 112A in WSIP 110A is responsible for SIP signaling and media transmission. It handles functions such as making a SIP call, answering an inbound SIP call, disconnecting the call, holding the call, etc., in accordance with the SIP protocol. It also sends call-related events to the WLC 114A, such as call arrival, call hang-up, media change, etc. The SIP UA exposes a set of application program interfaces (APIs) to the WLC for basic communication service using SIP, such as MakeCall, SendIM, HangupCall, etc. The WLC wraps the API functions of the SIP UA into an extensible mark-up language (XML) format suitable for processing by the web services component of WSIP endpoint 110A.
The web services component of WSIP endpoint 110A is a SOAP node, and as indicated above, comprises both a SOAP server 116A and a SOAP client 118A. Web services, generally described in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) working draft entitled "Web Service Architecture," which is incorporated by reference herein, separates the service protocol and application data from the application layer protocol. It encapsulates the service protocol and application data in a SOAP message, where SOAP denotes an XML standard from W3C, the corresponding specification document also be incorporated by reference herein. Web services thus provides a standard format for XML-based remote procedure call and data exchange. This allows web services to be supported on multiple application layer protocols, such as hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP).
In addition, the web services component provides a standard service integration environment through the use of web service description language (WSDL). It allows dynamic application service binding between the SOAP message and the service APIs. This results in a distributive service model, where multiple services and platforms can be linked remotely through the exchange of SOAP messages to perform business transactions.
The web services component of the WSIP endpoint 110A communicates over a web services interface 120A with SOAP client 122A and SOAP server 124A, both associated with one or more SIP applications 126A. More specifically, SOAP client 122A communicates with SOAP server 116A of the web services component, and SOAP server 124A communicates with SOAP client 118A of the web services component.
Use of web services to interface the SIP component of WSIP endpoint 110A to SIP applications 126A advantageously avoids further complication of the SIP protocol, by separating SIP signaling from the service integration environment.
Element B operates in substantially the same manner as Element A, and includes WSIP endpoint 110B, SIP UA 112B, WLC 114B, SOAP server 116B, SOAP client 118B, web services interface 120B, SOAP client 122B, SOAP server 124B, and SIP applications 126B. References to any of these identifying numerals herein without an A or B suffix should be understood to refer to the corresponding part of either Element A or Element B.
The two WSIP endpoints 110A and 110B can communicate directly with one another via conventional SIP signaling as shown. These endpoints can also communicate directly with one another using SOAP, through their respective web services components. In addition, the WSIP endpoints 110A and 110B can each communicate with one or more SIP applications of the system, whether co-located therewith on the same processing element or implemented on another processing element of the system. For example, a SIP phone call to alert a customer to the arrival of his product order can be initiated by an application associated with a remote agent who travels on the road with only a web connection.
The system 100 may include additional elements not explicitly shown in the figure, such as routers, gateways or other network elements. The system may also or alternatively include one or more communication system switches, such as a DEFINITY® Enterprise Communication Service (ECS) communication system switch available from Avaya Inc. of Basking Ridge, N.J., USA. Another example call processing switch suitable for use in conjunction with the present invention is the MultiVantage™ communication system switch, also available from Avaya Inc. The term "processing element" as used herein is intended to include such switches, as well as routers, gateways or other network elements. A WSIP endpoint of the type described above can be incorporated into any such processing element.
It is therefore to be appreciated that the present invention does not require the particular arrangements shown in
Those skilled in the art will recognize that the individual elements of
Referring again to
1. Receive and parse a SOAP request at the SOAP server 116.
2. Bind SOAP service request to WLC 114 in accordance with the WSDL specification, and execute the request by calling the corresponding API functions of SIP UA 112.
3. Receive a SIP event from SIP UA 112, and propagate the event to WLC 114.
4. Package the event into a SOAP message, and send the event notification message to application(s) 126 through SOAP client 118.
5. WSIP system services (described below).
The WSIP system services provide a set of web service functions for configuration, testing, maintenance and update of SIP UA 112. This allows a SIP service application to dynamically discover and configure the SIP UA functions through the web services interface. A SOAP message for WSIP system services can contain instructions to WLC 114 with configuration parameters. For example, such a configuration message may include information specifying the maximum number of calls that the SIP UA is allowed to handle, the media type and formats that the SIP UA can access, and the type of media coder to be used by the SIP UA. This is a very useful feature for controlling network congestion.
The WSIP system services allow the WSIP endpoint to be maintained and updated on demand and dynamically. System administrators can use web services to install a new version of one or more SIP UA 112 components through WLC 114. With proper authorization, the WLC can install new SIP UA components automatically without user intervention. This capability of the WSIP endpoint is particularly important for communication using SIP, because there are large installation bases of SIP phones and other devices, and the SIP standard is under frequent revision. Maintaining interoperability between SIP UAs of the various installed bases has therefore been difficult, and the WSIP approach overcomes this problem. In addition, the discovery capability of web services combined with the WSIP system services enables the system administrator to monitor, discover, update and even repair a WSIP endpoint. The functionalities of WSIP can be published through a standard web services process, and the WSDL-based service integration environment facilitates the creation of applications.
It should be noted that the web services component of WSIP endpoint 110 is a stateful component. It contains the status of the SIP UA 112, such as the number of active calls, the port number that is being used, etc. It also contains the status of each active call, for example, session type (voice, instant message), the state of the session (ringing, call is proceeding), caller ID, starting time, etc. So it is important to guarantee that all the states can be kept correctly. It is up to the application to maintain and manage a given stateful transaction. This situation is further complicated in situations in which the WSIP endpoint is handling multiple threads, where these threads can be initiated by either the SIP UA or the application through the web services component.
It may therefore be beneficial for the web services component to maintain a contact history registry, based on one or more rules. For example, a rule may be established specifying that if a contact event of a call is initiated or answered by one application, all the subsequent contact events of that call have to be forwarded to the same application. As a more particular example, a given rule may specify that if an application initiates a SIP call through the web services component of the WSIP endpoint, then all subsequent events of that application have to interact to the same thread on the SIP UA, until the final hang up of the call.
To address these issues, a given embodiment may incorporate a two-way web service proxy to manage the many-to-many two-way connections between the WSIP endpoint web services component and the applications 126. The web service proxy may be configured, by way of example, to perform the following functions.
1. Use XML condition/action rules to specify which application to launch based on contact events received from the SIP UA 112.
2. Maintain a web service registry for contacts from the WSIP SOAP server 116.
3. Maintain sessions between applications 126 and applications running on the SIP UA, if necessary.
Each external application web service may be assigned a unique service key, which may be a uniform resource identifier (URI), and when a new contact is routed to the WSIP endpoint, the event XML includes the service key, event type and contact description, among other information. If necessary, the web service proxy will launch the specified application, and create a session that maintains the relationship between the external web service that submits the application and the state of the application that is running on the SIP UA. This process will be discussed in greater detail below in the context of WSIP event notification.
In a particular implementation based on Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 3.0 and an IIS web server on Win2K, the web service proxy is preferably configured as a COM+ service that uses a Singleton pattern to represent the session table, so that the session connections between the web service proxy and the SIP UA can be maintained throughout the interaction.
Another issue relates to making the web service thread safe. Since the WSIP web services component allows multiple applications to access the SIP UA simultaneously, it is important for the SIP UA to guarantee synchronization. For example, if two sessions are requesting real-time transport protocol (RTP) ports from a port manager, it is important for the port manager to use a synchronization technique, such as the "mutex" technique, to make sure that it assigns different ports to the two sessions.
Event notification will now be described in greater detail. An application 126 can access services of the SIP UA 112 of the WSIP endpoint 110 by having its associated SOAP client 122 send a service request through the web services interface 120A. For example, the application can make a SIP call by sending an appropriate SOAP request configured in accordance with the WSDL specification.
In order for the application to receive the SIP UA events, the WSIP endpoint may implement an event notification mechanism such as Version 1.0 of the IBM Web Service Notification (WS-Notification). The WSIP endpoint, the event producer, provides a SUBSCRIBE service. This allows the event consumer, a SIP application, to register or "subscribe" the event and the event handler of interest. Such information can be stored in an event registration table. In order for the SIP UA to send the event to the application, the application first exposes the event handling function NOTIFY as a web service, then subscribes the events to the SIP UA by sending a SOAP message through its associated SOAP client. The SOAP message identifies the event of interest, and the corresponding event handler, using WSDL.
When a subscribed event occurs, the WSIP endpoint 110 looks up the registration table, finds the subscribing application(s), and then sends the event to the subscribing application(s) using its SOAP client 118. A given application may use a message queue to store the event temporarily. When the SOAP server 124 receives an event, it simply posts the event to the message queue. Another thread keeps retrieving the message from the queue, and processing all the events asynchronously.
0. SIP application 126 subscribes the events CallArrival, CallHangup, CallAnswered, etc., to WSIP endpoint 110.
1. When a remote SIP endpoint having a SIP UA calls SIP UA 112, a SIP INVITE message is received.
2. SIP UA 112 notifies WLC 114 about the event, which wraps the event and sends it to SIP application 126.
3. After receiving the CallArrival event, SIP application 126 may pick up the call by sending an AnswerCall message to WSIP endpoint 110.
4. SIP UA 112 sends a "200 OK" message to the remote SIP UA, and the call is set up.
5. SIP UA 112 sends a CallAnswered event to SIP application 126. The call may be conducted using RTP between WSIP endpoint 110 and the remote SIP UA.
6. When SIP application 126 wants to end the call, it sends a HangupCall message to WSIP endpoint 110.
7. SIP UA 112 sends a BYE message to the remote SIP UA to disconnect the call.
8. WSIP endpoint 110 receives a "200 OK" message from the remote SIP UA, and sends a CallDisconnected event to SIP application 126.
This call flow process is presented by way of example only, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention in any way. Numerous alternative communication services may be implemented in the system 100 in accordance with the invention.
The WSIP endpoint 110 can be easily integrated with a wide variety of XML-based applications. For example, the WSIP endpoint 110 can be configured to utilize the XML-based switching and call control environment provided by CSTA from ECMA. See Standard ECMA-269, "Services for Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications (CSTA) Phase III," and Standard ECMA-323, "XML Protocol for Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications (CSTA) Phase III," both of which are incorporated by reference herein. CSTA provides a standardized abstraction layer for applications to perform call and device control in a business telecommunication environment. ECMA-348 (CSTA-WSDL) provides a web services description language specification for functions in CSTA. See Standard ECMA-348, "Web Service Description Language for CSTA Phase III," which is incorporated by reference herein.
Another aspect of the WSIP approach described herein is the provision of an application layer overlay framework which leverages both SIP and web services to implement reliable converged communications over IP networks. The application layer overlay framework of WSIP in the illustrative embodiments comprises a standard-based service integration environment which allows distributed service integration and remote monitoring, a more particular example of which will now be described with reference to
In this embodiment, communication in the SIP environment can be exposed as a private web service allowing an authorized network administrator to monitor the quality of the communication on demand. Certain information may be carried RTP and real-time transport control protocol (RTCP), as described in RFC 1889 of the IETF, hereby incorporated by reference herein. For example, an RTP/RTCP protocol stack can be used for delivery of both peer-to-peer media streams and network condition parameters, such as packet loss, inter-arrival jitter, and delay. These critical parameters can be calculated from transmission and reception statistics in respective sender reports (SR) and receiver reports (RR) in RTCP packets. Using the WSIP approach, this information can be accessed through web service and bound to service applications and transactions. For example, an application on a receiver WSIP endpoint 404A or 404B can launch a web service request to subscribe to the network monitor service of monitor application 406 when the packet loss, jitter or delay of the RTP/RTCP communication triggers an alarm at the receiver end. The network monitor service can be purely web service based without interfering with the current SIP session.
WSIP thus provides a way to administrate dynamic network resource management for communication services over IP. It allows the network resource management policies to be propagated on demand. In the case of network congestion, the network administrator can temporarily disable certain bandwidth resource demanding services on the endpoints in the network, and turn them back on later without interfering with other services. For example, it is possible to temporarily disable a video session between WSIP endpoints should a bandwidth shortage arise. This can be done in such a way that all on-going communication sessions between the WSIP endpoints are maintained, but no new video sessions can be established, by temporarily disabling a video coder option via web services. The video session capabilities can be turned back on by the network administrator, again via web services, should the congestion issues be resolved.
The present invention, as indicated above, may be implemented in the form of a terminal node or other endpoint which is both a SIP endpoint and a SOAP node. This provides a new type of communication endpoint based on both SIP and web services, and unifies these protocols in an efficient manner.
Such an endpoint may be used to deliver converged communication services over IP utilizing two application layer protocols at substantially the same time. This is fundamentally different from one-mode-at-a-time communication (e.g., SIP or web services (SOAP/HTTP)). In the illustrative embodiments, all communication services may be provided efficiently and seamlessly, although such services may be delivered or otherwise processed over two protocols (SIP and web services (SOAP/HTTP)), and through two different communication ports, at the same time (e.g., SIP typically uses port 5060 and web services typically uses port 80).
The invention thus provides a unified service integration environment based on web services that extends the separation of signaling and media transmission in SIP to a new multi-tier architecture that separates signaling, media transmission and service integration.
In accordance with an aspect of the invention, two application layer protocols (e.g., SIP and a web services transport protocol such as SOAP/HTTP) are utilized to achieve the application layer overly redundancy for reliable communication over IP. This is fundamentally different from physical network redundancy, where redundant physical network infrastructure is built and used to bypass troubled network access. Such redundant physical network infrastructure may be used, by way of example, to re-route a data packet through a completely different physical route (e.g., through a different physical wire, etc.).
The application layer overlay in the illustrative embodiments is achieved through the unification of two or more application layer protocols (e.g., SIP, SOAP, HTTP, etc.). Although these application layer protocols are on top of the same IP substrate (e.g., use the same IP transport layer), they have different reach, accessibility and are typically through different communication ports.
The binding of SOAP with HTTP (the application layer protocol being used by Internet) allows network services implemented via WSIP to be ubiquitous, especially in a case in which a given service cannot be accessed by other application layer protocols, such as SIP, SMTP, etc. due to the issues of firewall, network policies, etc. Web services is used to provide a standard interface, and it is the binding of SOAP with HTTP which makes this interface ubiquitous.
As a more particular example, an embodiment may comprise a group of web services enabled communication terminals or servers (e.g., WSIP terminals) in a network, with the terminals or servers configured to communicate with each other using specified communication protocols (e.g., SIP). Using the techniques of the invention, a network administrator can dynamically access the current status of each terminal or server, as well as current network conditions (e.g., delay, jitter and packet loss) between any two such network elements, through another application layer protocol such as SOAP/HTTP. Based on the information, the administrator can estimate the conditions of the entire network.
The WSIP approach of the illustrative embodiments described above provides substantial improvements over conventional techniques. In these embodiments, each WSIP node is both a SIP endpoint communicating via SIP over IP and a web services SOAP node that provides a native and generic service integration environment for bringing SIP-based communication in web services. The unification of SIP with web services in WSIP provides a new converged communication paradigm. It allows dynamic service discovery and binding that integrates SIP as a component in the business transaction.
There are a number of additional advantages associated with the WSIP approach of the illustrative embodiments. For example, the clear separation of service integration environment and SIP signaling in this approach avoids further complication of the existing SIP protocol, while leveraging the power of web services for implementing converged communication services. The ubiquitous service integration nature of web services provides a disciplined solution to maintain and update a large number of SIP endpoints from different installation bases. The WSIP approach also enables functions such as dynamic monitoring and updating of SIP endpoints, which are particularly useful when implementing VoIP and other converged communication services using SIP. Moreover, as indicated above, WSIP provides an extensible and modularized multi-tier architecture that separates service integration, signaling, and media transmission and provides enhanced capabilities which are not available in pure SIP-based endpoints.
As previously noted, one or more of the processing functions described above in conjunction with the illustrative embodiments of the invention may be implemented in whole or in part in software utilizing processor 202 and memory 204 associated with a processing element of the system. Other suitable arrangements of hardware, firmware or software may be used to implement the techniques of the invention.
It should again be emphasized that the above-described arrangements are illustrative only. For example, alternative embodiments may utilize different processing element configurations and different communication protocols than those of the illustrative embodiments. In addition, the invention can be applied to any type of SIP communications, including VoIP telephone calls, instant messaging, etc. These and numerous other alternative embodiments within the scope of the following claims will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
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Baumgartner Vaughan: Lessons of the playground
This past weekend, I played on a playground that had the kind of equipment popular today, with bright colors and arching monkey bars and plastic slides. It also had a lot of metal and chipped paint equipment, including swings that were actual seats with armrests, a see-saw and a merry-go-round.
It was in a rural county in Southwestern Virginia where my husband grew up. It's the town park, located across from a fire station, town hall and a few businesses surrounded by farms and mountains and winding roads. It is, as Scotty McCreery would sing, a "Water Tower Town." The park even has an old caboose to check out, parked near fairly busy railroad tracks. (The tracks are behind a fence, if you were wondering.) As playgrounds and parks go, it's a pretty awesome one. It's not fancy, but it works. Kids don't need expensive stuff, but they do need some stuff to play on, and they need it walking distance from houses or at least a short drive away. This is something that our taxes should go toward because parks and recreation is not an afterthought, but a quality-of-life issue.
The playground hadn't wrapped everything in bubble wrap, though there were soft rubber pieces under some of the newer equipment. No gravel to pick out of skinned knees like in my day, so fewer scar stories. I rode the merry-go-round with my son because it is fun. But just for a minute, and then off to parental seating when more kids came over to play.
From the grownup swings, my husband and I watched an interesting situation play out in the societal microcosm of youngsters. Little kids pushed the merry-go-round for big kids, the momentum keeping it going pretty fast. A toddler wandered by, and another kid yelled "Stop!" in case the little one wanted to get on. Kids asked each other's names. From strangers to playmates in a second, that's what a playground does.
Then one girl kept losing her shoe, and other kids picked it up and gave it back. Eventually we saw another girl pick up the shoe, and the shoe went missing. Did she still have the shoe? Kids got on and off the merry-go-round intermittently trying to locate the lost shoe, being helpful but not stressing about it. Soon finding the shoe became a goal of a half dozen kids. Eventually I saw that the girl, presumed sister of the lost shoe girl, was hiding the shoe. My husband and I discussed the situation, observing and wondering how it would play out. We sat back and watched. And waited. Around and around they went. The shoe search continued.
Finally the older girl sat up, tossed the shoe and declared: "I had the shoe the whole time!" Kids laughed and they kept going around.
It wasn't the outcome or reaction I expected, and it was awesome. She fessed up quickly and loudly. Other kids took it as "no harm, no foul" and kept the ride going.
That's what a playground – new and plastic or old and rusted – can do. It's a place where kids learn to meet and greet, share, lend a hand, make a joke, let someone off the hook, and just keep on playing. We stayed until sunset.
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So the season is over. What a season it was. The best in Blue Jackets history by any measure you want to use. We'll all have some thoughts coming later this week on the season, so let's talk about this series for a minute. It took until the game five reminder, but keep in mind just how good this Penguins team really is. They had the two most talented players in this series by far, and probably four or five of the top five or six. Hell, they would have the two most talented players in ANY series they could possibly play. Their downfall the last couple years has been Marc-Andre Fleury, who was steady enough in this series. Basically, this is a very good hockey team. Yet the Blue Jackets gave them all they could handle. Unlike their last playoff appearance, this was a series. Actually, that verbalizes it quite well. 2008-09 was a playoff appearance, 2013-14 was a series. This team fought to the bitter end, well after others had given up. Our own RockmanHalo turned the television off. I headed over to the kitchen to do some cooking about two minutes before Tyutin scored (don't worry I could still see/hear). I stayed in the kitchen through all three goals, but had to sit back down for the final furious minutes. Pretty sure it's my fault. If I stayed in the kitchen, they probably would have tied it up. Dammit. Anyway, let's take a look at some goals.
Evgeni Malkin from Chris Kunitz, 1-0 Penguins
Pierre McGuire yammered on about overplaying Crosby, and a lot of people blamed Wiz, but this goal really isn't "on" anyone. Sometimes very, very good players make special plays. Crosby is one of the best players on the boards in the entire league, and he managed to get the puck to Kunitz despite two Jackets being right on him. Kunitz managed to thread a pass through two players. Malkin is very good at scoring. Regarding Wiz: Malkin is sort of his man, but he is not the primary responsibility. You may have heard mentions of layering before, and that is what is going on here. Dubinsky is defending Kunitz one-on-one, with Wiz as the second layer if he gets beat. Wiz needs to be in a position to defend Kunitz if he beats Dubi, and the pass to the slot. He's in the right position for both, Kunitz just makes a perfect pass. Seriously, watch the placement of that pass. Juuuuuust out of Dubi's reach. Close enough to Wiz's feet that he can't get his stick there, far enough away that he can't stop it with his foot, just off the ice, yet flush when it hits Malkin's stick. The closest thing to an actual breakdown on this play is probably Dubinsky coming into the pile so hard. If he stays a bit softer there, Kunitz doesn't have the half-step on him he needs to make the pass.
Evgeni Malkin from Sidney Crosby and Matt Niskanen, 2-0 Penguins
DMac, DMac, DMac. That HAS to be out. He had time, space, and only one man on the point. Who he blindly shot the puck right at, as soon as he got his stick on it. After that, not too much too it. A couple of nice passes, and a ridiculous shot by Malkin. The Niskanen pass is pretty much identical to the Wiz pass from the last breakdown. Those quick touch passes can be so huge in creating a scoring chance, but the decision has to be so quick, and the execution perfect for it to work.
Brandon Sutter unassisted, 3-0 Penguins
Okay this is the goal everyone blamed Wiz for (even more than the first). I saw people on Twitter try to blame losing this game on his play. I saw talk of the team trying to dump Wiz after the season. I say this as nicely as possible, but seriously, shut up. Shut up about that. This goal is so much more on Jack Johnson than James Wisniewski. What kind of moron fires a rolling puck that hard at the last man back? It is so beyond stupid. Yes, Wiz mishandles it, but look at the puck. It is CLEARLY on its side as it heads back to Wiz. And it's not like Johnson doesn't know there is no support for Wiz should this go sideways, as HE IS THE OTHER DEFENSEMAN. Wiz has his faults, and he makes bad plays sometimes, and he takes chances that go awry. However, every single Wiz screw up makes sense. He is trying to make a play that on tape is very clear. Sometimes he misreads the risk-reward of that, but it makes sense. Jack Johnson CONSTANTLY does things that make no sense. Does things there are absolutely no reason to do. Like this play here. What is the upside here? The best case scenario is that Wiz manages to knock down the puck before Sutter gets there, but he still has the puck, as the last man back, with no outlets, and Sutter taking away the boards. If Wiz doesn't mishandle the puck there is still a pretty good chance this still results in a Sutter breakaway. I would understand if Johnson didn't have another option, but he had Letestu down low. Here's my thing: sh*t happens. Pucks roll or bounce or sticks and shinpads in strange ways. I have a very tough time picking on a guy who is trying to do the right thing and gets a bad bounce. I cannot stand poor/non-existant decision making. There are times where Wiz exhibits poor decision-making, but this wasn't one of them.
Evgeni Malkin from Jussi Jokinen and Matt Niskanen, 4-0 Penguins
Bad job by the Jackets forwards here. I understand pressing for offense, but when you have all three forwards near/below the goal line, you also need to hustle your ass back into position when the puck comes up high again. MacKenzie is the only guy even somewhat trying to get back and he's coasting. This looks like pure give up from whoever it is down low (Comeau and ?. They never get back into the play enough to see). You setup in front of the net, and when a turnover happens, it's "oh well I was caught deep, aw shucks". I've played that role in many a blowout. Would have been nice to have a little help back on this play though. It kind of ended up mattering.
Fedor Tyutin from Matt Calvert and Jack Johnson, 4-1 Penguins
This goal is nice and all, but given the way the Penguins had been forcing things the prior five periods, I doubt this is a goal in a closer game. The let Comeau have time with the puck in the Jackets end, let Johnson rag the puck a bit, let Calvert walk around the net with it, and left Tyutin wide open. A tiny bit more urgency at any of these points by the Pens and this is not a goal.
Artem Anisimov from Jack Johnson and Cam Atkinson, 4-2 Penguins
Good job on the zone entry by the Jackets, but like the last goal I think they kind of let them have it. Considering how they had been defending powerplay entries late in the series, I think they were just trying to "play it safe". On the goal itself, watch Fleury as the puck moves. He gets a little more off his net than he thought he was, and it opened up enough space for Arty to snipe it home. If you are sick of hearing me talk about making Fleury move, I can't imagine how the Jackets players feel about it by now. If I were coaching that team I would have been repeating it non-stop for the last week. The screen in front by Dubi really helps too, the more distraction for Fleury the better.
Nick Foligno from Fedor Tyutin, 4-3 Penguins
This goal was a little strange. The Pens were soft again on the entry, but Boone's headshot pass to Johansen really causes things to get mucked up. When there is a loose puck in the defensive zone, it is reallllly hard to not get distracted by it as a defender. The players close all thought "oh a puck let me get it". The players not close all thought "oh a puck, if they get it they can pass it to me". This leads to chasing and puck-watching. Both defensemen overplay the puckside. So when the puck pops back to Tyutin on the point, there is no one in front of the net except Nick Foligno. How did he get there? Ask Jussi Jokinen. Wait, maybe don't, because I'm pretty sure he has no idea. Watch 36 in white from Boone's pass on. He NEVER takes his eyes off the puck. Not sure he even notices Foligno skate right in front of him to that big fancy space in front of the net. Perfect tip by Foligno as well.
So there it is. The final goal breakdown of the season. Well unless I decide to look back on other goals during the offseason. I have put together a bunch of things on the Jackets breakout that might show up over the summer, but if you want any specific goals or plays, or clarifications on things I yammer on about in these posts feel free to leave suggestions in the comments. We'll be back later this week with our thoughts in the season, followed by the tUB Awards. Farewell.


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Kyle Liechty, 2011 graduate of Career and Technical Education, was hired in July 2011 by Jackson Community College to be the IT Literacy Outreach Coordinator. In this position, Kyle is teaching free introductory computer and employability classes to the public in Jackson, Lenawee, and Hillsdale counties. Along with this, he has been active in the promotions department with the Detroit Tigers.
Posted October 21
Julia Davis, senior, Textile and Apparel Studies: Fashion Design was recently awarded the Ethel O. Washington Memorial Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is given to a college or university student in Michigan who demonstrates leadership, high academic ability and career goals in a human ecology discipline. Instructors Linda Winquist and Anne Marie Forrest nominated Julia for this award. Congratulations, Julia.
Posted October 12
Brian Horvitz, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology and Richard Zinser, Family and Consumer Sciences will present results from their National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research project at the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) National Principal Investigators Conference in Washington, DC on October 27. The ATE program provides grants to improve and expand educational programs, primarily at community colleges, that prepare skilled technicians to work in the high-tech fields. Their presentation, titled "Online Instruction in ATE Funded Projects: Opportunities and Challenges", highlights results from their survey of NSF-ATE projects that include a significant online instructional component. Their report includes a look at the state of ATE-funded online instructional development and trends in this area.
Posted October 10
Dr. Linda Dannison, Chair, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Dr. Andrea Smith, Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies, provided the keynote address for the fourth annual Michigan Kinship Care Conference in Detroit, September 15. Their talk was titled, "Resiliency in kinship care families: Capitalizing on family strengths."
Posted September 26
Adam Manley, assistant professor of career and technical education, has been awarded the Eulalia Toms Grant. The grant will help Dr. Manley explore the impact of live and symbolic role models on a Career and Technical Education (CTE) concentrator's decision to pursue or not pursue a career within their industrial technology-related career pathway. Dr. Manley plans to interview high school level seniors who have concentrated in one of CTE's industrial technology career pathways. Also, he plans on interviewing community college students who have decided to pursue an industrial technology major. The interviews are intended to help determine if certain individuals or group of individuals influenced the participants to choose their career path.
The research is theoretically based on Albert Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), which proposes that most human behavior is learned observationally through both live and symbolic modeling. Live role models are generally defined as parents, peers, and teachers. Symbolic role models are people portrayed in some peripheral medium such as news media, TV and radio personalities, and Internet websites.
Dr. Manley hypothesizes that students who focus on live role model support rather than the support or lack thereof from symbolic models are more prone to initially pursue an industrial technology career pathway. Additionally, Dr. Manley hypothesizes that students with support to pursue their career pathway, especially from parents and peers, are more likely to pursue it.
WMU CTE Launches The CTE Advocate Website
Dr. Manley has developed a news website for Michigan Career and Technical Education (CTE) called The CTE Advocate. The Advocate offers viewers CTE-related news, information, and free stuff! The website is broken into six sections:
Dr. Manley plans to continue building the website. The next section Dr. Manley plans on adding to the website will be a professional development page. This page will have online professional development sessions that will be intended to help new CTE teachers learn more about the art of teaching. To visit the website, go to www.cteadvocate.com.
Posted September 15
Dr. Ghada Soliman published the following article featured in Cell Cycle: Soliman GA. The integral role of mTOR in lipid metabolism. Cell Cycle. 2011 Mar 15;10 (6):861-2. She was also awarded Level II Certification in Adult Weight Management from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), after completing the training in May 5 - 7, 2011 in California, successfully passing the examination, and fulfilling weight management level 2 certification requirements.
Family and Consumer Sciences undergraduate dietetics student, Daniel Barrett won a Michigan Dietetics Association scholarship in May.
Posted June 17
Dr. Larissa "Aisa" Valera Frias, a popular Western Michigan University faculty member, died suddenly in her sleep June 5. She was 38. Frias was an assistant professor of family and consumer sciences specializing in family studies. She joined the WMU faculty in 2008, after having begun her career in education as a guidance counselor and then an instructor at the University of the Philippines.
WMU News article
Posted June 10
Carla Zidarevich received her bachelor's in Textile and Apparel Design in December 2006. Since then, she has been working as a Technical Designer in Target's PD&D division at their headquarters in Minneapolis. Specializing in home products including bedding, kitchen textiles, table linens, and seasonal product, she has received two promotions and traveled throughout the US and China meeting with vendors and developing products. Carla was quoted saying "I wouldn't have had my start without the education I received from Western".
Posted June 6
Five WMU students receive Michigan service awards
A statewide organization presented community service awards to five Western Michigan University students during the 15th annual Outstanding Student Service Awards ceremony April 9 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing, Mich.
The awards were presented by the Michigan Campus Compact, a coalition of 38 colleges and universities from around the state. The recognition ceremony honored Michigan college students who have demonstrated outstanding dedication to community service during their college years.
WMU students who received awards were:
Paauwe and Raisanen received the Commitment to Service Award, which recognizes two students per MCC member campus for either the breadth or the depth of their community involvement. Only 45 students of the 350 honored this year received this award.
The remaining three students received the Heart and Soul Award, which recognizes students for time, effort and personal commitment to their communities through service.
Posted April 20
In January, Drs. Adam Manley and Richard Zinser were awarded a grant from State of Michigan's Office of Career and Technical Education to update the Performance Based Teacher Education (PBTE) competencies. These competencies, which were last updated and published in 1987, detail the measurable knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors critical to successful CTE teacher job performance. The study's participants include 475 CTE teacher educators, administrators, and teachers from Michigan. A three round modified Delphi technique will enable the participants to update the antiquated competencies to better reflect the 21st century CTE teacher. The results from this study will provide a foundation for further studies that will identify the professional development needs of Michigan's CTE teachers
Posted April 1
Thank you to everyone who came out and showed support to five of the graduating Interior Design Seniors during their 'Guidelines' reception Friday, March 11th. The show displayed work that the seniors have completed while in the Interior Design Program over the last four years. The term "guidelines" has many meanings and interpretations, and the girls felt that this was the most powerful way to convey their intentions for the show. They utilized different colored duct tape as both a directional and representational tool to guide viewers through the gallery and to help viewers differentiate which work belonged to which designer.
Pictured are Interior Design graduating seniors Bridget Bueche, Laura Zylstra, Riwa Khawaldeh, Kelly Timmer and Elizabeth Riggan.
Posted March 30
Students enrolled in FCS 3300, Entrepreneurship in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, are working on a USDA sponsored project to explore entrepreneurial opportunities in rural communities. Course instructor Dr. Barbara Frazier is currently a principal investigator on a 3 year USDA Agricultural and Food Research Institute project to investigate community factors that lead to entrepreneurial success in rural areas. A key focus of the project is to discover ways that rural communities can attract and retain younger residents. As part of the project, students are working with community economic development representatives and business leaders in Hastings, Michigan during the Spring 2011 semester to learn what it takes to be successful as a rural entrepreneur. Students visited Hastings in January to learn more about the community, and completed team interviews with local entrepreneurs. Student teams are conducting extensive research and analysis of the community, and presented their findings and recommendations to the Hastings business community on March 8. Presentations included students' recommendations on how to make the downtown business district more attractive to younger consumers. During the second half of the semester, student teams will develop business plans for potential businesses that can attract new markets to the community later in the semester, and present to the Hastings community. The course project is scheduled to be widely disseminated via the eXtension.org website later this year.
Posted March 14
Marlene Breu, Professor Emerita from the Family and Consumer Sciences Department, and her co-author Dr. Ronald Marchese of the University of Minnesota at Duluth announce the publication of their book Splendor & Pageantry: Textile Treasures from the Armenian Orthodox Churches of Istanbul. Their ground-breaking study resulted in presentation of historical artifacts never before published. The book contains over 170 plates of textiles in the church collections, some of which are still used for the Divine Liturgy and others for display in the Patriarchal museum collection. Substantial dialogue about the objects' context within the social, cultural, political and economic parameters within which they were produced is also given. The book provides a brief historical background, inscriptions found on the objects, discussion of iconographies of the objects and description of their techniques of production. A reference catalogue provides detailed information on each piece included in the book. The book will be an excellent reference for art historians, textile historians, Armenian scholars, religious historians and others interested in minority populations within the Ottoman Empire. Dr. Breu's work was funded in part by the Faculty Research and Creative Activities Support Fund, Diether H. Haenicke Center for International Studies and the Eulalia Toms Fund for Family and Consumer Sciences. The books are available at amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.
New York Times article
Posted March 14
Thank you to everyone who came out and showed support to six of the graduating Interior Design Seniors during their 'Sprout' reception Friday, February 11th. The show displayed work that the seniors have completed while in the Interior Design Program over the last four years. It was a great experience for the student designers to see the amount of growth that has taken place throughout their time in the program here at Western Michigan University.
Pictured are graduating seniors Amanda VanDoornik , Andrea Smith, Sarah Bombard, Ashley McCullough, Allison Muir and Melissa Sauter.
Several Textile and Apparel Studies students showcased their work in Student Fashion Exhibition 2011 in January in Kohrman Hall. Family and Consumer Sciences graduate assistant Nicole Eckerson hosted the event and welcomed the public for viewing of outstanding student designs.


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Which Was Bigger Bombshell for Wife? Husband's Grenade or Sex Change?
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As KMOX reports today, Hibdon was arrested back in 2007 when his wife called for help. Apparently Hibdon was chasing her around the couple's Jefferson County, Missouri, home with a sword and spear.
Police arrived on the scene and restrained Hibdon with pepper spray. They then searched the home to find 17 guns and a hand-grenade -- its pin held in place with duct tape.
Flash forward two years and Hibdon is now Rachel Amratiel.
He, err, she got a sex change overseas while awaiting trial for the grenade. Today in federal court in St. Louis, Amratiel pleaded guilty to possessing an unregistered, live explosive and could face two to four years in prison.
As for Amratiel's spouse?
The KMOX article doesn't give any information about her whereabouts. But the Post-Dispatch offers a clue in reporting that Amratiel "disputes her now ex-wife's account of the 2007 disturbance."
Wow. I'd like to see their divorce file. I bet it's even more colorful than the grenade incident.
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Tour of Texas' largest solar energy project a reminder of San Antonio's leadership
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San Antonio's outstanding water and energy utilities help to make our economy strong
A national association's recognition of the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) as one of the best water companies in the United States gives me a good excuse to brag about the quality of our city's utility services. Most of us take our water and energy utilities for granted, but they play an extremely important role […] [Read More]
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Being Quiet is Key
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Mauer: Prevention magazine offers tips on healthy buys
For me, grocery shopping's mostly an on-the-run, in-and-out Saturday errand. Quick-trip food shopping leaves me little to no time to read packaged product ingredient lists and places me in at a disadvantage when it comes to selecting the healthiest options.
So I appreciate it when Prevention magazine does the work for me and comes up with its cleanest foods awards. To qualify, foods must contain no genetically modified ingredients; must have no more than 10 grams of added sugar or less than 200 milligrams of sodium per serving; all cans must be BPA-free; all fish must be sustainable, according to Monterey Bay Aquarium criteria and definitely must be absolutely delicious.
Some winning brands you may have never heard of, while others on the list may surprise you.
Among the products that surprised me: Smucker's organic peanut butter, Heinz organic ketchup, Kerrygold pure Irish butter and Morningstar Farms breakfast patties made with organic soy.
I was happy to see some of my favorites on the list, including Organic Prairie grass-fed ground beef 85/15 (higher in fat than I'd like, but great flavor and makes a terrific healthy burger), Bionature whole wheat pasta (cooked in lots of water for the right amount of time produces a pasta that tastes as good or better than some of the best standard pastas), Organic Valley pasture butter (tastes so good you can easily use less), Organic Girl's fresh herbs and greens (its romaine makes my salads sing), Green Valley Organics lactose-free kefir, plain (in my fridge right now, and tastes great for my breakfast with organic fruit and sweetened with organic stevia), Applegate Farms organic roasted turkey breast (with sliced farmers market tomatoes and organic romaine on whole-grain bread makes the best sandwich), Applegate Farm's The Great Organic Beef Hot Dog (not a Ballpark frank, but it still will leave you smiling), Applegate Farms organic Sunday bacon (terrific taste with minimal guilt) and Bob's Red Mill chia seeds (if you're into the Aztec diet, this is one of the best).
For better-for-you snacking, Prevention gives a nod to Horizon Organic reduced-fat cream cheese, Wholly Guacamole's organic guacamole, Tribe's organic roasted hummus, Better Bean's wholly chipotle bean dip and Muir Glen's organic salsa as well as Kettle's Bakes sea salted potato chips, Newman's Own Organic honey wheat pretzel rounds and Mary's Gone Crackers (gluten- and wheat-free).
Gimme Coffee! organic beans, Tipu's organic Indian chai slow-brew tea and Whole Foods' 365 coconut water came up winners in the beverage category. For dairy alternatives, Prevention stands behind Pacific Natural Foods organic almond milk, Silk Pure Coconutmilk, WESTSOY organic unsweetened soymilk and Whole Foods 365 organic rice milk.
I don't have room to include all 100 products on Prevention's Eat Clean list, but you can see them all at: prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/100-cleanest-packaged-food-awards-2013.
Try this recipe: For this amazingly moist and delicious cake I started with David Leite's take on Hershey's Cocoa Chocolate Cake and then I headed to the dark side via Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa. I also did away with Leite's frosting (and its two sticks of butter) and ended up with cake that's several thousand calories lighter; yet one of the best I've ever tasted.
Don's Dark Chocolate Cake
1/2 cup unsweetened, unflavored applesauce
Vegetable oil and flour spray
2 cups granulated sugar
1 3/4cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup Hershey's Special Dark cocoa
2 tablespoons instant espresso powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 cup low-fat milk
1/4 cup mild olive oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
Powdered sugar
Place a wire mesh strainer over a bowl deep enough to keep the bottom of the strainer from touching the bottom of the bowl and add 1/2-cup applesauce. Set aside.
Position oven rack in the middle and heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 13-by-9-inch pan with foil and then lightly coat with vegetable oil and flour spray. Set aside.
Add sugar, flour, cocoa, espresso powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt to a large mixing bowl and, using a wire whisk, stir together until combined. Add eggs, milk, oil, 1/4-cup drained applesauce and vanilla and, using an electric mixer, beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in the boiling water. (The batter will be thin; that is normal).
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out almost clean. Place on a wire rack and cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar (or a 50/50 mixture of sugar and cocoa). Serves 12.
Nutrition values per serving: 270 calories (22 percent from fat), 6.6 g fat (1.6 g saturated), 52.4 g carbohydrates, 2.7 g fiber, 4.4 g protein, 37 mg cholesterol, 267 mg sodium.
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Texas Secretary of State John Steen leaving post in January
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Secretary of State John Steen announced he will step down in January to return to his private law practice and focus on family investments.
Gov. Rick Perry appointed Steen to office in late 2012.
"I want to express my heartfelt appreciation to Gov. Rick Perry for appointing me as Secretary of State and for his steadfast support during my time in this office," Steen said. "Serving as secretary is a significant honor, and I am very proud of this agency's work during my tenure, but the time has come for me to return to my business and family obligations in San Antonio."
The secretary of state is the chief elections officer for Texas. The secretary helps county elections officials and ensures "the uniform application and interpretation of election laws throughout Texas," according to the Texas Secretary of State office materials. The office also keeps business and commercial records and publishes rules and regulations.
During Steen's time, he oversaw implementation of new photo ID requirements, "the creation and completion of a new program providing resources to military voters, and the revival of the Border Trade Advisory Committee which makes recommendations to the governor and the Texas Department of Transportation," the release states.
"Through the years, John Steen has been a capable and dedicated servant to the people of Texas in a number of capacities, and I thank him for his strong leadership as Secretary of State," Perry said in a statement.
The previous secretary of state, Hope Andrade, had served since 2008 before resigning November 2012.
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Celtic manager Neil Lennon faces Scottish Football Association disciplinary action over his language during his team's 1-1 draw at St Mirren Park on Sunday.
Lennon was issued with a notice of complaint by the SFA's compliance officer accusing him of misconduct, specifically his alleged "failure to behave in a responsible manner as an occupant of the technical area by repeated use of offensive, insulting and abusive language".
The microphones on the live television coverage of the game appeared to pick up Lennon swearing at St Mirren captain Jim Goodwin following a tackle near the visiting dugout.
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It was my first time at the IAC building in New York'a bold architectural icon. It was a fitting location for Audi's debut of the A7'a stunning design icon itself. We are particularly excited about the A7 unveiling because it's the first model to sport Audi Connect. As part of Audi's NVIDIA-powered MMI navigation system, Audi Connect features the world's first live Google Earth navigation in a production car, which will be available early May. Partnering with T-Mobile, Audi connects the A7 to a 4G network , making the car a truly mobile hotspot.
Audi's impressive nav system integrates 4 layers of graphics and information for an intuitive, more informative user experience. It's quite the technical feat. First there is the navigation info, showing streets, landmarks, highways, turn-by-turn directions, that we've come to expect. Second, Audi layers on photo realistic Google Earth images, live. Third, they show traffic information, layering red/yellow/green visual indications of real-time traffic conditions. And fourth, are points of interest like gas stations, parking, ATMs, etc. Pfew. It's a lot of to deliver in a car nav system. And Audi makes it look easy.
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Arctic Pipe and Materials LLC, Colorado Springs, Colo. and TDF Construction Joint Venture, Colorado Springs, Colo., are being awarded a $150,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for the Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) construction contract for Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Ft. Carson Post and Pinon Canyon, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo. The work performed is construction services, which includes maintenance, repair and minimal design. The Air Force can issue delivery orders totaling up to the maximum amount indicated above, although actual requirements may necessitate less than the amount above. At this time, $100,000 of the funds has been obligated. Future funds will be obligated as individual delivery orders are issued. This work will be complete November 2005. Solicitation began August 2004 and negotiations were complete January 2005. The 21st Space Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA2517-05-D-5001 and FA2517-05-D-5002).
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