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Or Homer Simpson: "I've discovered a new meal between breakfast and brunch".
I like the way you think. I am pretty sure I need a pre-breakfast as well. Reminds me of that quote from Lord of the Rings: "I don't think he's heard of second breakfast, Pip."
Smallworld, thank you for sharing your week of food-related activities. I also appreciate the detailed biography - it sure helps tell the story. (BTW I went to Brampton Centennial Secondary School for five years - there were five grades of high school back then).
I often find myself wishing there were more meals in a day. I think Homer and the Hobbits have it right.
There were still 5 years when I went too. The four year system was brand-new and I was the only one of my friends to finish quickly, which I regret. They stayed on and had fun and I was plunged into the real world, which wasn't as fun as I'd imagined. I went to Central Peel by the way.
Wow, the color in that food is amazing! Maybe it's because it is still very much winter here (we got six inches of snow yesterday), but I find it very cheerful. I can't ever recall eating anything that had quite that kind of neon glow to it.
The store-bought chirashi-zushi certainly did have a neon glow! I think the fish roe was its natural colour but I find the bright pink of the sakura dembu to be a bit gross. I do think that in general there is a lot of importance placed on colour in Japanese cuisine, although it is usually a bit more subtle than that sushi.
I'm curious to know what the reason is for avoiding imports, if you care to share. Is it something most people in Japan would try to do?
I try to avoid imports as much as I can, which can be expensive. Stuff like lemons and kabocha squash are easily grown in Japan but the imports are usually more widely available and are sold for half the price--or better--of their domestic counterparts.
It's just sensible to buy local: there's less pollution from shipping, it's usually fresher and tastier, and it supports the local economy. I've always thought that way about certain things, like bottled water (I'd never buy Evian unless I was actually in France, for example) but since getting used to Japanese cooking I've really noticed the difference in quality between domestics and imports. Not that non-Japanese produce is inferior, it's just that it loses so much on the journey here.
I have an environmental streak which I will discussing soon, I hope.
Great blog so far! so do you speak Japanese fluently? Also, are you working in Japan? Looking forward to where the week takes us.
Ah geez, I wrote that long introduction and still managed to forget stuff! Yes, I work part-time teaching English, mostly from home. This week I have a very light schedule, luckily.
I'm not fluent, even after all these years. I'm terrible with languages-- after 6 years of studying French (grades 4 to 10) I couldn't even remember how to answer "Comment ca va?" the last time I went to Quebec. I've never formally studied Japanese, so I'm just learning as I'm going. I know enough to get by and can survive most simple conversations, but anything complicated and I'm lost.
Since getting married my biggest Japanese language input has been from my husband. So naturally I pick things up from him, but because men and women speak a bit differently here it's a bit of a problem. I go around saying "dekai" (big) instead of the proper "ookii", or "umai" (delicious) instead of "oishii" until someone corrects me. I'm sure foreign spouses of both genders can relate to this.
I can read as well as I can speak, which is a bit unusual because the written language here far more difficult than the spoken language (I've met plenty of non-Japanese who are fluent or near fluent speakers but completely illiterate). I learned to read at first by going to karaoke with friends (I hate karaoke, so I'd just sit there and watch the words on the screen), and then with Japanese cookbooks and cooking magazines. Now I'm fine with most recipes, I can understand most of the stuff on food packages, and menus are mostly no problem. But I still run into problems occasionally, and there's no way I can understand a newspaper or anything not food (or karaoke) related.
I'm going to a pho place tomorrow in Fujisawa that I've gotten a strong recommendation from some co-workers about. I'm a pretty harsh critic, having lived in Vietnam, so I'll let you know how it turns out. Are you the sort of person who'll make a field trip for good noodles?
Without eGullet, I don't think I could have survived my first few months in Japan financially! What resources have you used to learn Japanese techniques and recipes?
I wouldn't go all the way to Fujisawa just for pho, but I'd make a detour if I was already out that way. Let me know how it is.
The most useful resource has been NHK's "Kyo no Ryouri". Watching the shows while following along in the monthly magazines helped me both learn to read and learn to cook. It is the best cooking show and food magazine and they really do everything right. EGullet has also been helpful, but I didn't discover it until I'd already learned the basics.
Btw, I'd never heard of a panzarotti until I moved here. I was very familar with calzone's though. I think the difference is that a calzone has ricotta( at least mine do as does every calzone I've ever had at a restaurant) and a panzarotti doesnt.
where we would eat panzarotti (which doesn't seem to exist in the rest of the world—is it the same thing as calzone?)
To me, a panzarotti is like a folded pizza.
Thanks! So maybe panzarottis are a Canadian thing. I wonder if both panzarotti and calzone derived from the same dish in Italy, or if they are based on separate foods, or if one or both are just completely made up?
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Kline said the students sign confidentiality forms, take a TB skin test and show proof of immunizations before they start the job shadowing program. She said patient confidentiality is emphasized to the students, who wear a badge printed with their name and the title "Job shadowing."
The students rotate between the hospice, labor and delivery and respiratory sections of the hospital as well as the Emergency Room. Just before the program culminates, each student then chooses which department they want to shadow in for the full final month, which occurs in May.
Kline said Erlanger at Hutcheson CEO Roger Forgey is a big advocate of the job shadowing program. He understands that it is a big recruitment tool for the local hospital's Human Resources Department, said Kline, who recently moved to the Hutcheson campus after serving at the main Erlanger campus for 17 years. She said many former students that job shadowed at that Chattanooga location now work at Erlanger as full-time employees.
"We expect the students to learn and pay attention," she said. "They do take it seriously. We know they are learning from this experience and deciding a career path to take. They can't do hands-on patient care. They can answer phones, deliver ice and blankets. They mainly observe."
LFO High School Work Based Learning Coordinator Bo Campbell said the LFO students are receiving quality training at Erlanger at Hutcheson Medical Center's campus.
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The Key: Russell Westbrook's injury has made a lopsided series more interesting, but I believe Kevin Durant and company will get the job done tonight. Only three times in NBA history has a team rallied from an 0-3 deficit to even force a seventh game, and it hasn't happened since 2003. The Thunder won Game 3 in Houston without Westbrook so they won't be lacking confidence. Plus, it's about time that coach Kevin McHale's strategy to double Durant backfires. Durant's going to get his teammates open shots, and I expect them to do a better job of knocking them in tonight. I expect a much better game from Kevin Martin, who reached double figures in scoring in each of the first four games of the series before scoring only 3 points on 1 of 10 shooting in Game 5. He very well could be the difference-maker for Oklahoma City tonight. The Thunder are 41-22 ATS after 2 or more consecutive losses under coach Brooks. They are also 42-23 ATS under Brooks when out for revenge for an upset loss to an opponent. Lastly, the underdog is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings. Take the Thunder.
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Simi Valley Mayor Bob Huber has proposed a 20-point economic development plan to attract more businesses to the city.
Huber, who is running for re-election in November, introduced his "We Want Your Business" plan at the end of Monday night's City Council meeting. Because the plan was not on the meeting agenda, the council took no action on it.
Huber wants city staff members to analyze his proposal, after which it likely will be on a council agenda and considered.
"I've been mulling this for about six months," said Huber, who in making the plan talked to the Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce and Bill Watkins, an economist at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.
Huber's proposal includes:
Developing a "business-friendly" slogan such as "Simi Valley: A Great Place to Live and Work."
Following the lead of San Diego in formulating a coordinated development process for homeowners, property owners and contractors.
Producing a regional marketing plan to attract Southern California businesses and professionals to Simi Valley.
Reviewing the potential for creating a blue chip high-technology center.
Commissioning CLU economists to do a comparative study of the business climates of Simi Valley and surrounding cities. Huber said Simi Valley's neighbor Moorpark was ranked in a Claremont McKenna College survey last year as one of the least expensive cities in the state in which to do business.
Updating the city's economic development website to improve effectiveness.
Advertising in trade journals that Simi Valley is "a great place to live, work and do business."
While saying he supported the intent of Huber's plan, Councilman Glen Becerra said Monday that in February, he proposed spurring job growth in the city by temporarily waiving various fees for new and expanding businesses. Becerra said Tuesday that his proposal was never put on a council agenda because city staff members found it would require a legislation exemption for the city "that is not possible under the current political environment in Sacramento.
"I appreciate the fact that Bob is joining me to help enhance economic development in the city of Simi Valley," Becerra said. "But most of this stuff, we're already doing."
For instance, he said, the city advertises in local business journals and has started upgrading the economic development portion of its website. Becerra wants a cost-benefit analysis of Huber's plan done.
Watkins, executive director of CLU's Center for Economic Research and Forecasting, said that if all 20 of Huber's recommendations were implemented, they would likely help the city retain businesses.
"In terms of attracting new businesses, cities have big challenges" just being in California, he said. Many in the business community consider California among the least business-friendly states in the country because of its taxes and environmental regulations.
Huber is running for a second two-year term as mayor against challenger Ken Sandberg, who unsuccessfully ran for the council in 2010.
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I'm thinking about upgrading my injectors and I'm looking for some opinions on what I should go with. All the supporting mods will be done at the same time (AD2, ITP RR). Important: I will be running whichever injectors with a stock turbo until I can afford one. I do have studs and an EGR delete.
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Why are Elite and Cass almost double the price? You gettin what you pay for? Should I take the chance with RCD?
Would all these options be safe to run with a stock turbo until I can afford one? It will be around May till I could get one. I won't be towing anymore since I bought a dually, mostly normal highway driving and commuting to school, work and home.
The AirDog2 can support all of these injectors correct?
Who has the best customer service and offers a warranty?
Whose making decent amount of power with either of the three injectors? I'm not looking to break any records, but I'd like to know that either of the three could potientally get to 500hp.
Thanks in advance
Without reading... Go with Casserly.
I'm not a 6.0 guy but word has it his sticks are top notch. And stay away from RCD, they've been known to have problems with their injectors.
If Cass is no longer building 6.0 injectors I don't know about it. Someone more informed with the 6.0 aftermarket will have to confirm that.
You get what you pay for when it comes to 6.0 injectors.
Cass does do injectors again. The reason he is so much more is because he used new ford reman injectors insted of modifying someone elses injectors. Ryan had a very good warranty and will stand behind his product. He will make things right if there is a proble, RCD seems to have a problem doing that. As for elite they make good injectors too it's just if you want to deal with their crapy customer service or not.
For a stock turbo I would only go up to 155s or 175s.
Only a ad2 will be fine.
You won't find better customer service than Ryan Casserly.
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My RCD's lasted 5k and they are trying to blame me for the problems because I am not a journeyman heavy duty tech, so I must have put them in wrong!!! If I am so dumb why is my Ex running like a top with new Ford injectors, that I put in!
You will be throwing your money away if you go with them!!!
Casserly is the only place I would go for injectors of any kind.
RCD builds used injectors and that's what leads to very spotty workmanship. You never know if you're getting injectors that were high mileage in the first place and will have a short life, or you got a low mileage set with lots of life left. That is why the price is lower than the rest.
Elite will use new reman injectors if you purchase the longest warranty they offer (I'm not sure if this is still their practice or if they've discontinued using used injectors with their shorter warranty sales). They build good injectors but like anything some will have problems. Their customer service after the sale has been questionable by many for years.
Casserly (full force diesel) will now only build injectors starting with new Ford remans. His injector tips are also a completely new tip machined from scratch, not a stock tip that is EDM'd or extrude honed for improved flow. The advantage of starting with a new machined tip is they don't seem to be prone to cracking or coming apart like the OEM tips once they are EDM'd or honed. Casserly also has the best name in injectors when it comes to customer service. He has been known to bend over backwards to take care of a customer before AND after the sale.
Another builder to throw in to the mix is Hypermax. They do not sponsor any forums that I'm aware of. They do really good work as well. But with them you also get what you pay for. They will modify used injectors, but they are more expensive than RCD for this. They also have a better reputation for reliability. If you spend the extra money they will also start with new remans. They leave that choice up to you. You have to call them and discuss your options with Ron before proceeding. They don't show anything but their stage 1 injector mod on their website and there is a reason for it. They want to talk to every customer first and explain options and benefits/draw backs to everything up front.
Hope this helps. Also I wouldn't go any bigger than 190cc's on a street truck with a single turbo if you want to have decent driving manners. The bigger you go the hotter it will run. Towing a decent size load with 190's and even a modded VGT turbo will push EGT's in to the caution, if not danger zone. It's doable, but I'd suggest straight water injection if you choose 190's and tow a lot. 155's are perfect for most people. They provide a noticeable bump in power and don't tow very hot. 175's are of course a compromise between the two. 190cc's is a big injector on these trucks. Anything over 190cc's I would consider huge.
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Presented by members of Colonial Carriage & Driving Society. the 15th Annual Orleton Farm Pleasure Driving Show offers visitors the chance to enjoy the atmosphere of horse and carriage days gone by as they watch drivers in their traditional turnouts compete with their magnificent horses, beautiful carriages, and gleaming harness for ribbons, for the love of the sport, and to be part of the history and tradition of carriage driving in the Berkshire Hills.
The Berkshires was the place to come and be seen driving your horse and carriage during the Gilded Age of the late 19th Century. The large estates and wonderful carriage houses provided the perfect setting. Summer residents would be met at the Stockbridge train station and transported by the family horse and carriage to their "cottages." Orleton Farm, a beautiful 200 acre farm nestled in the Berkshires at 31 Prospect Hill Road in Stockbridge, has been a part of that tradition as a horse facility since 1900.
The modern Pleasure Driving Show, presented by members of the Colonial Carriage & Driving Society, started 15 years ago at famous sculptor Daniel Chester French's home, Chesterwood, in Stockbridge. The show remained there for three years, with the number of exhibitors and spectators increasing each year. The need for more space prompted the show to move to Eden Hill, one of Stockbridge's great estates. In 2006, with the desire to add more classes, the show expanded to a two day format and moved to Orleton Farm. A Combined Test consisting of driven dressage and timed obstacles was added to the schedule in 2011.
Drivers (called "whips" in pleasure driving vernacular) come from the Northeast and as far away as Virginia to demonstrate their skills in reinsmanship in both ring and obstacle classes. A water crossing is a popular feature of the Cross Country Course. New classes this year include Old Guard (for drivers 65 and over!) and American Heritage, a nod to the turnouts of the turn of the century.
This unique annual event offers something for everyone as you stroll through the beautiful grounds of Orleton Farm, watching history come alive. The highlights of the show include: Berkshire artisans and other vendors at the Coach Barn Shoppes; tours of the collection of antique coaches, carriages and sleighs; wagon rides (weather permitting); and the "Horse Power Meets Horsepower" Car Cruise on Sunday. Food, catered by Madjack's BBQ of Pittsfield, is available on site each day. The event is a perfect way to spend Father's Day weekend with your family and friends. General admission is $5.00
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To gauge chemical contamination in the soil at a former rocket engine and nuclear test site south of Simi Valley, scientists are turning to land in Thousand Oaks.
The Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency's board of directors last week approved a request from the state Department of Toxic Substances Control to take samples of surface and subsurface soil in the Woodridge Open Space area, about four miles west of the polluted Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
The open-space agency's board also voted to recommend to the Thousand Oaks City Council that the city allow the state agency and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take soil samples in the Lang Ranch Open Space area. The council needs to approve that request because the city owns the property.
Federal and state officials plan to use the Thousand Oaks soil samples to help gauge the normally occurring, or background, levels of chemical and radiological matter in the region's soil. Those results will help determine whether the levels found at the Santa Susana Field Lab are natural or were caused by the work that took place there.
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EPA Senior Science Adviser Gregg Dempsey, with the agency's Radiation and Indoor Environments National Laboratory, is leading the radiological survey at the field lab. The Lang Ranch site is ideal because it is in the Santa Susana geological formation, is relatively flat and appears undisturbed by human activity, according to Dempsey.
Soil samples were also taken in the Chatsworth formation by the EPA.
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Summary: The Scripting Guys discuss using Windows PowerShell to change a user's Active Directory password in this how-to article.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to change a user's password by using Windows PowerShell. In the VBScript days, I had a script that I had essentially copied from the How Can I Change a User's Password? Scripting Guy post. The problem is that when I attempt something like that using Windows PowerShell, it fails. This is a real problem because we have many calls to the help desk from users who for whatever reason are forgetting their passwords. This has gotten worse since we began to enforce password complexity and shortened the amount of time between password changes. We need to implement a self-serve password solution, but those things are expensive.
Hello SD,
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is almost inevitable that when a group of network administrators get together, their stories soon involve clueless users. There may be many reasons for this, but I think one of the main causes is simply the proliferation of computers and the way in which they have touched nearly every aspect of life. Because a user has a computer at home, they tend to think they know all about computers at work. I mean, welders do not get evening phone calls from their co-workers who are trying to weld aluminum with a 3/32 7018 rod and are experiencing predictably poor results, do they?
Yet, I cannot count the number of times when I was a network administrator and I received phone calls at night and on weekends from co-workers who were attempting to perform a similar operation on their home computers. Some user stories have become legendary. The broken retractable "cup holder" on the computer, and the missing "any key" are two such stories that spring to mind. More pedestrian user stories nearly always surround users and passwords. I could spend nearly a week writing such stories from my own experience, but by the end of the week, you would either be bored or in tears. Neither is the desired reader experience for this blog.
SD, luckily the little critter whose picture I took in Chattanooga, TN, is not actually a network user. But he does appear to be ready for winter.
To change a user's password using Windows PowerShell, you can use the [adsi] type accelerator. To do this, make a connection to the user object by passing the entire distinguished name of the user. This line of the code is shown here (keep in mind that LDAP is all capital letters, and does not refer to a police department in southern California):
$oUser = [adsi]"LDAP://$user"
Next, call the invoke method from the psbase object, and invoke the setpassword method while passing the password. Then you must commit the changes. This is shown here:
$ouser.psbase.invoke("SetPassword",$pwd) $ouser.psbase.CommitChanges()
The Set-AdUserPwd.ps1 script is seen here.
Function Set-AdUserPwd { Param( [string]$user, [string]$pwd ) #end param $oUser = [adsi]"LDAP://$user" $ouser.psbase.invoke("SetPassword",$pwd) $ouser.psbase.CommitChanges() } # end function Set-AdUserPwd Set-AdUserPwd -user "cn=bob,ou=HSG_TestOU,dc=nwtraders,dc=com" -pwd P@ssword1
Function Set-AdUserPwd { Param( [string]$user, [string]$pwd ) #end param $oUser = [adsi]"LDAP://$user" $ouser.psbase.invoke("SetPassword",$pwd) $ouser.psbase.CommitChanges() } # end function Set-AdUserPwd Set-AdUserPwd -user "cn=bob,ou=HSG_TestOU,dc=nwtraders,dc=com" -pwd P@ssword1
The Set-AdUserPwd.ps1 script runs on both Windows PowerShell 2.0 and Windows PowerShell 1.0. It will work on any version of AD. A much better approach, however, is available when using the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) cmdlets from Windows Server 2008 R2; there is the Set-ADAccountPassword Windows PowerShell cmdlet. Changing a user's password does not require you to write a script; you can do it directly in the Windows PowerShell console. As a nice security advantage, the password is masked on the console line and encrypted on the wire.
For a good introduction to using the Active Directory Domain Services Windows 2008 R2 cmdlets, see the What's Up with Active Directory Domain Services Cmdlets.
The first thing that must be accomplished is to import the Active Directory module. It is possible to add this command to your Windows PowerShell profile, and it might even make sense if you routinely work with AD. A recent series of Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog posts talks about the Windows PowerShell profile, and will assist you in deciding what to add and what to leave out. The Import-Module cmdlet is used to import the AD module.
Import-Module ac*
After the AD module has been imported, the Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet can be used to reset the password. You do not have to use the complete distinguished name for the user. To reset the password use the –reset switch. Interestingly enough, even though the help files state that not including the old password with the new one will force the user to change the password on logon, in my testing this was not the case. In addition, if you leave out the new password parameter, the cmdlet prompts for it. The basic command is shown here:
Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity bob -Reset
The output from the Set-ADAccountPassword command is shown here.
If you need to change a local user password, you may want to use the Set Local User Password script I wrote for the Windows 7 Resource Kit. I have posted it on the Scripting Guys Script Repository because it is too long to show here.
SD, that is all there is to changing a user's Active Directory password via Windows PowerShell. User Management Week will continue tomorrow when we will talk about retrieving the members of a group in Active Directory in alphabetical order.
We invite you follow us on Twitter and Facebook. If you have any questions, send email to us at firstname.lastname@example.com, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.
Ed Wilson and Craig Liebendorfer, Scripting Guys
I encountered a problem a while ago with setting the password with PowerShell (and found the method using PSBase to work), see www.remkoweijnen.nl/.../powershell-2-0-changing-password-through-adsi-problem
Can you explain why the Password property and the SetPassword method do not work as expected?
Wow, so much easier in R2. Would also be great to see how to do this in bulk.
You should note that the AD module only works with domain controllers running AD Web Services (2k8 R2) or the AD Managment Gateway (2k3 SP2, 2k3 R2, 2k8 SP2).
I have a script that will allow me to change a local account's password on multiple machines (provided the same account exists on all of the machines).
If I wanted to the local password of a machine not on the same domain, how would you do that?
PowerShell offers a nifty Get-Credentials, but I would know where to pass that in.
Jeff - YOu cannot use this script to cahnge local account passwords.
Your question is about things other than AD. Try posting in the TSGF forum a good answer to your on-off question:
I would be interested in seeing how to apply this to many users at once.
module "ac*" was not load because no valid module file was found in any module directory
how could i fixed this error???
@Shadin - you need to have added the RSAT (Remote Server Admin Tools) to your computer - get them from Microsoft, for the OS you need - they vary in install files.
Once RSAT is installed, you need to activate them in Programs and Features, Turn Windows Features on and off. Basically, select the RSAT checkbox, and click OK. At that point, you will be able to import-module ac* with no problems.
Thanks scripting guy. Hilarious and helpful at the same time.
Sorry for being a rookie... I understand scripting however some of the conventions I am unfamiliar with. Here is what I think I understand -- please clarify:$oUser ~this is a declared variable?$User ~ this is a declared variable that refers to a column in a CSV file?
I found good information to change a User's Active Directory Password with power-shell script . This article explain to change AD password with script and set local user password but i already tried this AD self service password reset tool ( www.selfservicepasswordreset.org
) to do this task. Thanks
This is great, please can someone assit, I would like to see if an account is locked or expired before attempting a pw reset using powershell?
Thank you so much for this article. I tried this Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet from while changed the user password but it showing the showing the error message message then I searched this self service password reset (http://www.lepide.com/active-directory-self-service/)
software which provides to facilitate to reset active directory password and sent email notification to users when their passwords expired, and update their profile information in Active Directory without involving the helpdesk personnel


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Situated in St. Albans, this hotel is 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from St. Albans Historical Museum and 4.7 mi (7.6 km) from St. Albans Bay Park. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge and Smugglers' Notch Ski Area are also within 32 mi (52 km).
Hotel Features
Along with an indoor pool, this hotel has a fitness center and coffee/tea in the lobby. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a business center, meeting rooms, and laundry facilities are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 81 rooms provide free WiFi, coffee makers, and cable TV. Other amenities available to guests include free local calls, hair dryers, and ironing boards.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
La Quinta Inn & Suites St. Albans features an indoor pool and a fitness center. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Event facilities measure 2000 square feet (180 square meters). This St. Albans hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, coffee/tea in the lobby, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Meeting rooms
- Conference space size (feet) - 2000
- Conference space size (meters) - 180
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Business center
- Total number of rooms - 81
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Indoor pool
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Number of floors - 3
- Laundry facilities
- Free self parking
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a fitness center.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible parking
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Pets allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
We should mention
Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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|Numéro de publication
|Type de publication
|Numéro de demande
|Date de publication
|6 juin 2002
|Date de dépôt
|5 déc. 2000
|Date de priorité
|5 déc. 2000
|Autre référence de publication
|Numéro de publication
|Mohana Barathan, Edward Clark, Alan Frey, Gang Huang, Prashant Parikh, Henry Peter
|Cessionnaire d'origine
|Barathan Mohana Saravanan, Clark Edward A., Frey Alan Eugene, Huang Gang Gary, Parikh Prashant Shashikant, Peter Henry Thomas
|Exporter la citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Citations de brevets (2), Référencé par (20), Classifications (8), Événements juridiques (7)
|Liens externes: USPTO, Cession USPTO, Espacenet
[0001] This invention relates to a method and apparatus for interfacing between telecommunications switching systems and telecommunications application servers.
[0002] Problem
[0003] Originally, all feature control software for program controlled electronic telecommunication switching systems was stored in the switching system which provided service to the customers. More recently, in order to serve the needs of common carriers which wanted to provide features under their own control without requiring the switch to be provided with the software for implementing a feature, the intelligent network was provided. An intelligent network is a group of controllers and their associated databases which respond to requests for call control direction by providing responses to these requests. The intelligent network is a distributed processing system, all of whose software is under the control of a common carrier. Feature interactions in this system are controlled by that common carrier.
[0004] More recently, pressure has built up to permit outside vendors to supply special feature software. The outside vendors may be more competitive in the pricing of their software, and more responsive to needs expressed by the common carrier than the common carriers own software development group. Further, the outside vendors may have their own ideas as to additional features, and may wish to protect the revenue associated with these ideas by directly providing the software for implementing these features.
[0005] When such third party software is used for implementing features, the third party itself, has the responsibility for ensuring that feature interactions are properly handled. At the present time, this is relatively straightforward because only one third party vendor can provide feature software to a switch.
[0006] A problem with the prior art is that because of the problems of feature interaction, a plurality of third party application vendors cannot be connected to a common telecommunications switch. As a result, a carrier is confined to the use of a single third party vendor of feature software, even if other competitive potential feature software providers may offer a more advantageous specialized feature package for a sub-set of the features than the sub-set offered by the single third party vendor.
[0007] Solution
[0008] The above problem is solved, and an advance is made over the teachings of the prior art in accordance with this invention, wherein a service integration node is interposed between the telecommunications switch and each of a plurality of third party application servers. The service integration node comprising a message switch and a Policy Manager controller intercepts all messages from the switch to third party application vendors, and steers an appropriate sequence of messages based on a request message to appropriate ones of the third party application vendors. Responses from the application vendors are returned to the service integration node which may return the response to the switch, or may generate additional requests to the same or other third party application servers. Advantageously, the switch is shielded from any adverse feature interactions, and can, therefore, request service from a plurality of third party application vendors.
[0009] In accordance with one preferred embodiment of Applicants' invention, the Policy Manager controller stores a profile for each customer subscribing to a feature provided by one or more of the third party application servers. When a request message is received in the service integration node, the Policy Manager examines the event reported in the request, and decides whether one or a plurality of specific requests should be sent to the third party application servers, and which third party application server should receive which event message. Advantageously, the interface to a third party application server is one in which that server receives a request and generates a response. This will make the requirements of the interface between third party application servers and the service integration node straightforward, thus making it possible for third party application servers to provide software with a minimum of required detailed knowledge of the software structure of the telecommunications switch.
[0010]FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the operation of the prior art, wherein a single third party application server provides third party features to a switch;
[0011]FIG. 2 illustrates the basic messages exchanged between the switch and the third party application server in the prior art;
[0012]FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the operation of Applicants' invention for working with a plurality of feature servers;
[0013]FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the messages used in FIG. 3;
[0014]FIG. 5 illustrates event and action datagrams exchanged among the switches, Policy Manager, and application server; and
[0015]FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating the operation of Applicants' invention.
[0016] Before describing the block diagram of FIG. 1, Applicants would like to explain in a broad sense what the object of their invention is, and how the various pieces fit together. In this description, event information datagrams represent any event, such as an off-hook signal, a busy indication, a disconnect, or a signal representing customer data such as destination number, route selection information, (for example, to select an alternate common carrier, etc.), on which a customer wants action to be taken. The action datagram represents any information for gathering requests (such as playing an announcement, collecting digits), a next step for processing a call (like making a connection to a dialed number or some alternate number), or a default treatment in response to the event. The programmable switch is a switch connected to the customer. In accordance with the prior art, from that switch's point of view, it is working with one external application server for each customer/event pair; the switch either directly processes the event datagram, or sends the event datagram for processing by an external application server. The switch pre-defines the possible applicable actions to be taken by external application servers for each event. The same switch is provided for all application providers to process action datagrams and send event request datagrams.
[0017] In accordance with Applicants' invention, a service integration node is a common interface for any of a plurality of switches and any of a plurality of application server nodes. Service integration and interaction are managed using a Policy Manger of the service integration node whose specific data tables are maintained by the service provider and the application server provider. The Policy Manager contains data for all of the applications, customers, and events/action relationships.
[0018] Application Servers are distributed in the network. The Application Servers communicate with the switch or service integration node using a protocol such as JTAPI (Java Telephony Application Provider Interface), or PARLAY API. The Application Managers manage application specific data and may allow end user customization of the data in the service node. The application server nodes perform their tasks by controlling event/action sequencing.
[0019] Concerning the process of performing actions in response to events, each event is processed completely by the application server nodes before processing of the next event occurs. The Policy Manager may aggregate some of the action outputs, in order to optimize performance. Each application server is unaware of the presence of other application servers, i.e., is independent of these other application servers. Each application server can access the host switch information via action calls, (datagrams).
[0020]FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the operation of the prior art. Block (10) contains the pertinent building blocks of a telecommunications switch. The bulk of the software for controlling calls is in Block (11), the call processing and connection manager. This unit communicates with a resource server (12) for accessing network resources, for example, for providing announcements and conference circuits. It also deals with a gateway (13) for interfacing with trunks to other switches, and customer premises equipment connected to this switch. The call processing and connection manager also communicates with Block (14), which is software for such non-call activities as maintenance. When the call processing and connection manager recognizes that the event has occurred, which requires direction from the application server (20), the call processing and connection manager sends a message, such as message (40), (illustrated on FIG. 2), over data network (15) to the single application server (feature server) (20). This feature server analyzes the message and responds with one or more response messages (45), instructing the call processing and connection manager on how the call is to be processed. Responsibility for all feature interactions lies with the third party feature application server (20).
[0021] The application server (20) comprises a database (21) for storing, for example, customer profiles for each customer subscribing to a feature that is controlled by the application server. The database may also be used for storing the present status of each such customer, because this status may affect how an event message from the telecommunications switch (10) is processed. Application server (20) generates one or more response messages to the telecommunications switch (10) in order to implement the desired feature action.
[0022]FIG. 2 shows messages (40) and (45) of FIG. 1 in more detail. Message (40) comprises an event identifier (41), a subscriber identifier (42), and an event descriptor (43). The response message (45) comprises the same event identifier (46) for use in processing the response, the same subscriber identifier (47), and a response (48).
[0023]FIG. 3 illustrates the operation of Applicants' invention. The same switch (10) generates the same messages, (datagrams) (40), transmitted over data network (15), and receives the same response messages (45), also transmitted over data network (15). The messages (40) go to a service integration node (30), which consists of a message switch (32), and a Policy Manager (34). The message switch (32) receives a message (40) from telecommunications switch (10), and passes this message to the Policy Manager (34). The Policy Manager generates one or more request messages (50) for transmission over data network (15) to one of the plurality of third party application servers (25), (26), . . . , (27). Suppose that the Policy Manager, based on the received message (40) and its stored policy for that subscriber, decides to send a message (50) to third party application server (26), this message is passed to the message switch, which then forwards that message to that third party application server. The server receiving that message, processes it and generates one or more response messages (60) for transmission over data network (15). These response messages are sent back to message switch (32) for analysis by the Policy Manager (34). The Policy Manager may simply request that the key contents of message (60) be returned to telecommunications switch (10) in a message (45), but may also recognize that the original event message implies a plurality of request messages, which may be sent to the same, or different, application servers. In the latter case, the Policy Manager would cause another message (50) to be transmitted to the same, or another, application server.
[0024] Eventually, an action request is executed by the switch (10), responding to one or more response messages (45).
[0025]FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the additional messages required for Applicants' invention. Message (50) is a message from the service integration node to one of the third party application servers. The message includes a server identifier (51), a local application number (52), an event identifier (53), subscriber identifier (54), and an event descriptor (55). The message is basically the same as message (40), but expanded to include the additional identifiers required for dealing with a plurality of servers.
[0026] The server responds with a response message (60), which includes a server identifier (61), a local application number (62), an event identifier (63), subscriber identifier (64), and response (65). The Policy Manager examines this response message, and determines, based on the context of the event identifier and subscriber identifier, what action to take next. The action may be simply to pass on the response message as a message (45) to the telecommunications switch (10), or may cause the Policy Manager to generate another message similar to message (50), representing an additional query, and sending that query to the same, or a different third party application server, or the Policy Manager may do both.
[0027] The message switch (32) contains information for locating the application server, (e.g., 25, 26, 27), including both the identification of the application and that physical location of the application for the purpose of routing messages to the application server. The message switch also contains information for locating the switch of the call which is being served, including the identification of the switch and the physical location of the switch for the purpose of routing messages to the switch.
[0028] The Policy Manger (34) contains subscriber profile information, including subscriber's identification and a list of the features subscribed to by that subscriber. The Policy Manager also contains information for use in selecting the algorithm to be used for selecting the feature to be executed, and information concerning feature interactions. Based on the feature list of the identified subscriber, the algorithm will select the feature to be executed, and in case of events which may require the execution of multiple features, the condition, if any, for sequencing among the features, or for broadcasting feature execution requests to a plurality of feature servers.
[0029]FIG. 5 illustrates the event and action datagrams for datagrams exchanged among the switches, Policy Managers, and feature servers. Some of these datagrams have been described in FIGS. 2 and 4. A Policy Manager receives or sends an event datagram (500) from a switch or to an application, the datagram comprising the following fields:
[0030] a switch or application identifier (502) of the switch or application of the event datagram;
[0031] a call reference value (CRV) (504) for identifying the call;
[0032] an event identifier (506), identifying the particular event for which appropriate feature action is requested;
[0033] an event name (508), indicating the type of event that is being reported;
[0034] the subscriber's identification (510), identifying the subscriber who generated the event; and
[0035] event data (512), providing particulars about the specific event.
[0036] Action request datagram (520) is sent from the Policy Manager to the switch or from the application server to the Policy Manager. The datagram includes:
[0037] the switch or application identifier (522) of the switch or application of the datagram;
[0038] a call reference value (CRV) (524);
[0039] the action identifier (526), indicating the specific identification number of the action request;
[0040] the action name (528), indicating the type of action being requested; and
[0041] action data (530), providing specific data for the switch to carry out the action.
[0042]FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating the operations of the Policy Manager. In the quiescent state (600), the Policy Manager is waiting for an event datagram. Upon receipt of an event datagram, Test 602 is used to determine whether an event processing algorithm should be used.
[0043] If the result of Test 602 is negative, indicating that a feature based processing algorithm is to be used, then Test 604 is used to determine the type of algorithm processing. If the processing is of an unconditional static type of algorithm, the event is passed to applications sequentially in a predefined order specified by the user. Then, an event datagram is sent to the next application server (feature server), (Action Block 606). When the response from this application server is returned, this response is processed, (Action Block 608). The processing can result in sending an action datagram to the switch, and/or in setting local variables within the Policy Manager. Test 610 is then used to determine if all the applications for the particular event have been completed. If not, Action Block 606 is re-entered. If the result of Test 610 is positive, then Action Block 600 is re-entered.
[0044] If the event is of a type which requires conditional static assignment of features, i.e., assignment of features depending on responses from the feature server, then the output of Test 604 leads to Action Block 619. Action Block 619 loads the next condition from the local data table of the Policy Manager. Then, Test 620 checks the condition. If the condition has passed, (indicating that further action is required), then an event message is sent to the feature server of the next application, (Action Block 622). When a response from the feature server is returned, Action Block 624 processes the action of the message from the feature server. Next, the Policy Manager checks whether all applications responsive to the condition have been completed, (Test 626). If not, Action Block 622 is re-entered. Then, Action Block 624, and Test 626 are repeated. If Test 626 indicates that all applications for that condition have been processed, then Test 628 is entered to check whether all conditions have been processed. If so, Action Block 600 is re-entered. If all conditions have not been processed (negative result of Test 628), then Action Block 619 is re-entered.
[0045] If the result of Test 602 is an indication that an event processing algorithm is to be used, (positive result) then, the User Preference for that event is read, (Action Block 639). Then, Test 640 is used to determine whether the event requires action by broadcasting an action message to a plurality of feature servers, or whether the action messages should be sent to individual feature servers, possibly in sequence. If the result of Test 640 indicates that a broadcast of an event message to a plurality of feature servers is required, then the event message is sent to all of the selected application feature servers, (Action Block 642). (In general, broadcast types of events do not require further actions as shown, for example in Block 608). Thereafter, Action Block 600 (Wait for Next Event), is re-entered.
[0046] If the result of Test 640 is an indication that event messages should be sent in some sequence to individual application feature servers, then an action message is sent to the next application feature server, (Action Block 652), and a response from that feature server is processed, (Action Block 654). Test 656 is used to determine if all applications have been completed for this event. If so, then Block 600 is entered. If not, Action Block 652 is re-entered.
[0047] In order to illustrate the operation of Applicants' invention in a specific instance, which includes conditional static events, assume that there are three third party application servers: the first server screens incoming calls based on the caller's identification, (i.e., directory number), and on the screening policy requested by the called party. The second server provides an enriched feature set for call waiting situations. The third application server provides call forwarding service. Assume that there is an incoming call to one of the parties subscribing to all three services. The event message received in the Policy Manager is the arrival of the call, and the calling party's identification. The Policy Manager recognizes that the subscriber has subscribed to all three feature packages and sends a message initially, to the feature server for call screening, (because if the call is to be screened, there is no need to either forward it, or to consider call waiting treatment). Assume that the response is that the call is not to be screened, (if the call is to be screened, a response can immediately be sent to telecommunications switch (10) to return call termination denial treatment to the caller).
[0048] The call waiting feature server is invoked. This will only be done if the called party is busy. If the called party is idle, then the Policy Manager does not send a message to the call waiting feature server. If the called party is busy, then the Policy Manager prepares to send a request for appropriate called call waiting treatment, but does not send this request until it has queries the call forwarding server to determine if waiting calls should be forwarded.
[0049] For the case that the called party is idle, the call forwarding server is invoked to determine whether the call should be forwarded.
[0050] This example can be arranged to have further decision points within the Policy Manager. For example, if the call waiting server and the call forwarding server allow these features to be activated and deactivated, then the response of the server will be affected by the activation stage requested by the called party.
[0051] Based on the outcome of the screening action, the next action could be disconnect, call waiting only, call forwarding only, or call waiting followed, after a time-out, by call forwarding.
[0052] The message interchange flow can also be affected by specifics of the event. For example, if some or all of the customers of switch (10) have immediate response to emergency incoming calls so that such calls are immediately connected overriding any existing connections to the called party, then the specialized event (incoming emergency call), leads to a different sequence of actions. This can be recognized at the time the call is screened. However, if the emergency incoming call is recognized at the switch, (e.g., a 911 call), this may be a different event, served by a completely different server. Finally, there are some events which lead to the Policy Manager sending a plurality of messages to a plurality of servers. For example, in the case of a disconnect, the message might be sent to all three of the servers discussed in the previous example.
[0053] In this system, one Policy Manager and one application feature node can serve many switches. The advantages of this architecture are many. For example, many customers, including customers on many different switches, are able to share and subscribe to a feature provided by one application service provider (ASP). However, any customer may subscribe to features provided by many different ASPs. It is possible to customize the policies for feature interaction by different common carriers and third party service providers, and apply these policies. The operation, administration, maintenance, and provision for new system for new features can be integrated with a base OAM&P of the service providers by using existing interfaces to network management systems, provisioning systems, etc. The control allocation and ownership of network resources among new features, can be allocated fully using the Policy Manager. Billing and measurement modules can be readily added as new modules to existing records on the switch.
[0054] It is the Policy Manager which decides on the sequencing of messages based on the event and the responses from the third party application servers.
[0055] The above is a description of one preferred embodiment of Applicants' invention. Many other embodiments will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. The invention is limited only by the attached
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