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A speech recognition system receives and analyzes speech input from a user in order to recognize and accept a response from the user. Under certain conditions, information about the response expected from the user may be available. In these situations, the available information about the expected response is used to modify the behavior of the speech recognition system by taking this information into account. The modified behavior of the speech recognition system according to the invention has several embodiments including: comparing the observed speech features to the models of the expected response separately from the usual hypothesis search in order to speed up the recognition system; modifying the usual hypothesis search to emphasize the expected response; updating and adapting the models when the recognized speech matches the expected response to improve the accuracy of the recognition system.
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generating features of input speech;
comparing the input speech features to features of an expected response to generate an associated confidence factor;
comparing the confidence factor to an acceptance threshold for accepting the expected response as the result of the speech recognition.
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analyzing a speech input to generate features of the input speech;
maintaining a set of responses which the input speech may match;
comparing the input speech features to a smaller subset of the set of responses to generate a hypothesis and associated confidence factor;
comparing the confidence factor to an acceptance threshold for accepting the hypothesis based on the comparison.
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in a speech dialog, determining an expected response to be received as input speech from a user;
based upon the expected response, modifying a speech recognition match/search algorithm to tailor it to the expected response;
processing input speech from a user with the modified match/search algorithm to generate a hypothesis and confidence factor for the input speech.
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receiving input speech from a user and generating features of the input speech;
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based upon the comparison, adapting acoustic models using the features of the input speech.
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circuitry for generating features of input speech;
processing circuitry operable for comparing the input speech features to features of an expected response to generate an associated confidence factor and for comparing the confidence factor to an acceptance threshold for accepting the expected response as the recognized speech.
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circuitry for analyzing a speech input to generate features of the input speech;
a set of stored responses which the input speech may match;
processing circuitry operable for comparing the input speech features to a smaller subset of the set of responses to generate a hypothesis and associated confidence factor and for comparing the confidence factor to an acceptance threshold to accepting or deny the hypothesis based on the comparison.
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processing circuitry including a match/search algorithm for performing speech recognition;
the match search algorithm being dynamically modifiable based on an expected response to be received as input speech from a user and further being operable for processing input speech from a user as modified to generate a hypothesis and confidence factor for the input speech.
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circuitry for generating features of input speech from a user;
processing circuitry including a match/search algorithm having acoustic models;
the processing circuitry operable for comparing the input speech features to features of an expected response to determine if the input speech matches the expected response and for adapting acoustic models of the algorithm using the features of the input speech based on the comparison.
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This application is a continuation in part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/051,825, entitled Method and System for Considering Information About an Expected Response When Performing Speech Recognition filed Feb. 4, 2005, which parent application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to speech recognition and, more particularly, to improving the speed and accuracy of speech recognition systems when one or more expected responses are likely.
Speech recognition has simplified many tasks in the workplace by permitting hands-free communication with a computer as a convenient alternative to communication via conventional peripheral input/output devices. A worker may enter data by voice using a speech recognizer and commands or instructions may be communicated to the worker by a speech synthesizer. Speech recognition finds particular application in mobile computing devices in which interaction with the computer by conventional peripheral input/output devices is restricted.
For example, wireless wearable terminals can provide a worker performing work-related tasks with desirable computing and data-processing functions while offering the worker enhanced mobility within the workplace. One particular area in which workers rely heavily on such wireless wearable terminals is inventory management. Inventory-driven industries rely on computerized inventory management systems for performing various diverse tasks, such as food and retail product distribution, manufacturing, and quality control. An overall integrated management system involves a combination of a central computer system for tracking and management, and the people who use and interface with the computer system in the form of order fillers, pickers and other workers. The workers handle the manual aspects of the integrated management system under the command and control of information transmitted from the central computer system to the wireless wearable terminal.
As the workers complete their assigned tasks, a bidirectional communication stream of information is exchanged over a wireless network between wireless wearable terminals and the central computer system. Information received by each wireless wearable terminal from the central computer system is translated into voice instructions or text commands for the corresponding worker. Typically, the worker wears a headset coupled with the wearable device that has a microphone for voice data entry and an ear speaker for audio output feedback. Responses from the worker are input into the wireless wearable terminal by the headset microphone and communicated from the wireless wearable terminal to the central computer system. Through the headset microphone, workers may pose questions, report the progress in accomplishing their assigned tasks, and report working conditions, such as inventory shortages. Using such wireless wearable terminals, workers may perform assigned tasks virtually hands-free without equipment to juggle or paperwork to carry around. Because manual data entry is eliminated or, at the least, reduced, workers can perform their tasks faster, more accurately, and more productively.
An illustrative example of a set of worker tasks suitable for a wireless wearable terminal with voice capabilities may involve initially welcoming the worker to the computerized inventory management system and defining a particular task or order, for example, filling a load for a particular truck scheduled to depart from a warehouse. The worker may then answer with a particular area (e.g., freezer) that they will be working in for that order. The system then vocally directs the worker to a particular aisle and bin to pick a particular quantity of an item. The worker then vocally confirms a location and the number of picked items. The system may then direct the worker to a loading dock or bay for a particular truck to receive the order. As may be appreciated, the specific communications exchanged between the wireless wearable terminal and the central computer system can be task-specific and highly variable.
During the interchange between the worker and the system, there may be instances where the system expects a specific response from the worker (e.g., when the worker is confirming his or her location). It is desirable to use the expected response information to reduce inefficiencies in a speech recognition system. Several such systems and methods are disclosed in the parent application U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/051,825 noted above. It is further desirable to speed up the speech recognition system, improve the accuracy of the speech recognition system, and improve the acoustic models used by the speech recognition system. It is desirable to further address inefficiencies, delays and costs associated with voice-directed tasks and work, as noted above and to improve an overall speech recognition system. It is further desirable to improve a speech recognition system wherein a specific response is expected from the user.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate speech recognition system components and embodiments of the invention and, together with the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
Technical Introduction
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In particular, the signal processor 104 divides the digital stream of data that is created into a sequence of time-slices, or frames 105, each of which is then processed by a feature generator 106, thereby producing a vector, matrix, or otherwise organized set of numbers 107 representing the acoustic features of the frames. Further explanation of an exemplary speech recognition system is provided in U.S. Pat. No. 4,882,757, entitled SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein, by reference, in its entirety. This referenced patent discloses Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) coefficients to represent speech; however, other functionally equivalent methods are contemplated within the scope of the present invention as well.
A speech recognition search algorithm function 108, realized by an appropriate circuit or software in the system 100 analyzes the feature vectors 107 in an attempt to determine what hypothesis to assign to the speech input captured by input device 102. As is known in the art in one recognition algorithm, the recognition search 108 relies on probabilistic models from a library of suitable models 110 to recognize the speech input 102. Some of the models in the library 110 may be customized to a user via templates or other means, while some models may be generic to all users.
When in operation, the search algorithm 108, in essence, compares the features 107 generated in the generator 106 with reference representations of speech, or speech models, in library 110 in order to determine the word or words that best match the speech input from device 102. Part of this recognition process is to assign a confidence factor for the speech to indicate how closely the sequence of features from the search algorithm 106 matches the closest or best-matching models in library 110. As such, a hypothesis consisting of one or more vocabulary items and associated confidence factors 111 is directed to an acceptance algorithm 112. If the confidence factor is above a defined acceptance threshold, then the recognized speech is accepted by the acceptance algorithm 112. Acceptance algorithm 112 may also be realized by an appropriate circuit or software component of the system 100. If, however, the confidence factor is not above the acceptance threshold, as utilized by the acceptance algorithm, then the acceptance algorithm 112 ignores or rejects the recognized speech or prompts the user to repeat the speech. In this instance, the user may repeat the speech to input device 102.
One common modeling technique utilized for speech recognition includes Hidden Markov Models (HMM). In speech recognition, these models use sequences of states to describe vocabulary items, which may be words, phrases, or subword units. As used herein, the term "word" is used to denote a vocabulary item, and thus may mean a word, a segment or part of a word, or a compound word, such as "next slot" or "say again." Therefore, the term "word" is not limited to just a single word. Each state in an HMM represents one or more acoustic events and serves to assign a probability to each observed feature vector. Accordingly, a path through the HMM states produces a probabilistic indication of a series of acoustic feature vectors. The model is searched such that different, competing hypotheses (or paths) are scored; a process known as acoustic matching or acoustic searching. A state S can be reached at a time T via a number of different paths. For each path reaching a particular state at a particular time, a path probability is calculated. Using the Viterbi algorithm, each path through the HMM can be assigned a probability. In particular, the best path can be assigned a probability. Furthermore, each word in the best path can be assigned a probability. Each of these probabilities can be used as a confidence factor or combined with other measurements, estimates or numbers to derive a confidence factor. The path with the highest confidence factor, the best hypothesis, can then be further analyzed. Other paths, including those that are not the best hypothesis can also be analyzed as described herein. (The other paths are often referred in the literature as n-best hypotheses or n-best list.) The confidence factor of the hypothesis or the confidence factors of each word in the hypothesis can be compared with an acceptance threshold. It should be understood that other speech recognition models are also contemplated within the scope of the present invention; for example, template matching dynamic time warping (DTW) and neural networks are two such exemplary, alternative modeling techniques.
While existing speech recognition systems generally address the task of determining the spoken input and recognizing the speech, there are still some drawbacks in such systems. For example, all of the hypotheses generated by the system, even the best-scoring hypothesis, may have confidence factors that fall below the acceptance threshold. In such a situation, the speech is rejected and may have to be repeated. As noted, this reduces productivity and efficiency. The invention as set forth in the parent U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/051,825 addresses such issues and improves upon the recognition efficiency by using expected speech to modify the acceptance threshold.
More specifically, in certain environments utilizing speech recognition systems, the expected speech or expected response to be received from a user is known beforehand or can be determined. For example, when picking a part from a bin, or placing an item in a warehouse location, there can be a check-digit that verifies the location of the user or the operation being performed by the user. During the operation, the user is prompted to go to a location and speak the check-digit (or check-phrase) displayed at and associated with the location. The speech recognition system attempts to recognize the user's spoken response and compare it with this check-digit or check-phrase to confirm that the user is at the correct location before prompting the user to perform an operation, such as picking a case of product. As used herein, "check-digit" refers to the set of one or more words that are associated with a location, bin or slot for the purpose of verifying a user's location. A "check-digit" may, for example, be a three-digit number, or non-digit words, or a combination of these. In addition to this exemplary environment, there may be other scenarios in which a particular response or series of responses is expected from the user. For example, the expected response might be obtained by at least one of evaluating an expression or retrieving the expected response froma a table or data structure prior to comparing the hypothesis to the expected response. Alternatively, the expected response might be dynamically determined prior to the comparison. Other such examples are described in US patent application 2003/0154075 and include password verification, quantity verification, and repeat/acknowledge messages. The exemplary embodiments of the parent U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/051,825 and described herein involve situations wherein one (or more) known expected response(s) are utilized to improve speech recognition systems. In addition to these exemplary environments, an expected response may be known in other situations when a recognizer is waiting for a response from the user. As recognized by one of ordinary skill, the principles of the present invention can be advantageous within these situations as well.
In accordance with the principles of that invention, this most probable sequence, or the hypothesis with the highest confidence factor, is compared, in step 210, to an expected response that was known beforehand. Then, based upon such a comparison, the acceptance algorithm is modified. If the comparison shows that the most probable speech hypothesis matches an expected response, the hypothesis is more favorably treated. Specifically, the acceptance threshold is modified by being downwardly adjusted or lowered in order to allow speech that may otherwise be rejected to be accepted and output as recognized by system 100.
In accordance with various alternative embodiments of the present invention, this knowledge about the response that is expected from the user (expected response) is utilized in a multitude of other ways to improve performance of the speech recognition system and thus improve the overall efficiency and cost effectiveness of the system.
This invention presents several other approaches to improving a speech recognition system when a specific response is expected from the user (expected response). That is, knowledge of the expected response is used by the speech recognition algorithm or system to improve the overall speech recognition process. In one embodiment, the recognition system compares the observed speech features only to the models of the expected response and if the match is satisfactory, then the expected response is accepted. If the match is not satisfactory, then the observed features are processed by the search algorithm in the normal fashion, i.e., the features are compared to the models of all the words possible at this point in the grammar. The advantage of this approach is great computational savings anytime the expected response is given by the user. This reduction in computation will allow the recognition system to produce a result with very little delay if any, thereby increasing the efficiency and productivity of the user.
In still another approach, the recognition systems alters its acoustic models and its search strategy through the possible models to favor the expected response. The alterations affect parameters such as word insertions penalties, state transition penalties and pruning levels.
In the still another approach, the recognition system performs unsupervised adaptation when the observed features produce a hypothesis that matches the expected response. The observed features are then used to adapt the models. This improves the accuracy of the speech recognition system for future utterances.
The embodiments of the invention disclosed herein might be incorporated in one or more appropriate circuits in the system 100 or software for such a system as shown in
In accordance with the embodiment of the invention as set forth in the flowchart of
If the confidence factor, based upon the direct comparison of the input speech to the expected response, exceeds the acceptance threshold, then the hypothesis is accepted in step 310. Because of the direct nature of such analysis, this embodiment allows dramatic response time improvements in the speech recognition. This approach requires less computation time, because it is simpler, and therefore faster, to compute a confidence factor of a single sequence of words by comparing the observed speech features to a single option or model (i.e., the expected response) than it is to search for the best sequence of words from a large set of possible options.
Alternatively, if the confidence factor is below the acceptance threshold based upon such an expected response analysis, then the speech is analyzed to obtain the most likely hypothesis in the typical fashion. (e.g., as shown in
An example is helpful in illustrating such an embodiment of the invention. In a typical voice-directed work dialog, with a central system or computer interfacing with a plurality of portable terminals carried or worn by workers, the voice interface may ask the worker to speak certain information, such as a numerical check digit. For example, in the picking application described earlier, the user may be directed to a shelf or bin and asked to pick a product and speak a two-digit numerical check digit to indicate that they are at the proper shelf or bin. The possible responses for a single numerical word spoken by the user are "zero" to "nine" and thus with a two-digit check digit, there are 100 possible combinations. The user will then speak the two-digit check digit, for example "three five" (3, 5). The system or terminal, pursuant to an aspect of the invention, knows that the expected response from the user for the desired check digits at that shelf or bin are the words "three five". In the invention, the speech recognizer only compares the observed features of the spoken words to the model associated with the expected response of "three five". That is, effectively a single response model is used in the analysis. Without the invention, the speech recognition system would compare the observed features of the user's spoken words to the models corresponding to the 100 possible combinations of two-digit check digits. As may be appreciated, this is relatively time consuming. With the invention however, the speech recognition system compares the observed features with only those of the expected response (the check digit corresponding to the location to which the user was directed 3, 5) resulting in a computation time savings of a factor of 100 whenever the user goes to the correct shelf and says the expected response.
If the observed features are not a good match to those corresponding to the expected response, the speech recognition system would then examine all 100 or just the remaining 99 possible combinations. Therefore, in one aspect of the invention, if the initial comparison does not a produce a match of the expected response, the speech recognition might proceed as normal and compare the input speech to all of the remaining or available models.
In one embodiment, only a single expected response is used. Alternatively, there may be several possible expected responses that form a subset within a larger set of possible responses. For example, a set or subset of responses might be stored in memory for use in such fashion. The comparison of the input speech might be made to the expected responses in the smaller subset rather than to all possible responses, thus realizing a time savings, although not as large as that realized using the comparison to just a single expected response.
In addition to the embodiments described above, the present invention contemplates additional embodiments and ways to use information about an expected response to improve the accuracy and efficiency of a speech recognition system. In an alternative embodiment, the acoustic match/search algorithm itself, may be modified based on the expected response. For example, in one suitable speech recognition scenario using HHM models and the Viterbi algorithm, probabilities are associated with transitions between various states, with the observation of an output from a state, and with starting at an initial state. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the transition probabilities, which may be thought of as the cost or penalty for changing from one state to another state, are modified based on the knowledge of an expected response and the likely state transitions that the expected response would elicit. By changing the state transition costs or transition probabilities within the model, one path can be scored higher or lower based on the knowledge about the expected response. Therefore, in one embodiment of the invention, the match/search and recognition algorithm, that is, the models and paths that the spoken words traverse in the analysis process, are modified to boost the overall probability or confidence factor of the input speech if it closely matches that expected response.
Other modifications or changes may be made to the acoustic match/search process. For example, the initial state probability or insertion penalty, or word insertion penalty may be modified to affect the overall outcome of the process. Alternatively, applying a bias or penalty per frame of the spoken word(s) can also be used to affect the path through the models that results in the highest score. Also, the pruning algorithm responsible for eliminating low scoring hypotheses during the search of various search algorithms may be modified to make sure it does not eliminate search path associated with the expected response. One of ordinary skill will recognize that there are a number of ways to modify the way the acoustic match/search process scores the different possible alternatives in a model; however, in accordance with the principles of the present invention, these different scoring techniques are modified based on knowledge about an expected response.
Such an improvement will emphasize the expected response by boosting the score or probability/confidence factor of its hypothesis. For example, an expected response that is the correct recognition may actually be the second or third highest-scoring hypothesis due to its probability score from a typical match/search process. Therefore, the expected response (and correct recognition) might be lost or disregarded because it is not initially the hypothesis with the highest probability score. However, using the invention to modify the match/search process as disclosed herein, the expected response is essentially allowed to become the number one or highest-scoring hypothesis.
Returning to the flowchart of
In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, at least some of the speech recognition models contemplated within the scope of the present invention utilize adaptive learning or training based upon the expected response. As is known to those skilled in the art of speech recognition, as more speech samples are received and processed by a speech recognition system, the accuracy of the models can be improved through training or other learning or adaptation algorithms. This training and/or adaptation can be in a supervised manner or in an unsupervised manner. The present invention utilizes the expected response as a trigger for providing adaptation/training and enables such adaptation/ training in a semi-supervised mode, eliminating the drawbacks of supervised and unsupervised training and adaptation. More specifically, when the hypothesis resulting from the input speech compares favorably with the expected response, the results of such a comparison are utilized as a feedback to provide adaptation of the acoustic models of the speech recognition system. This provides significant advantages over existing adaptation.
For example, unsupervised training algorithms, where a reliable transcript of the speech samples is not available to the system, often suffer from instability or require compromises that limit the improvements to the recognition accuracy that the unsupervised training algorithms can deliver. In unsupervised adaptation and training, the models are created and adapted while the user is speaking. Thus, models can constantly be improved as the user uses the system and provides spoken commands and responses. However, such unsupervised adaptation uses input speech with unreliable machine-generated transcription that can make the models go bad or degrade very quickly (e.g., a cough or other random noise might be interpreted as a word and used to update the models of that word).
On the other hand, supervised training, where a reliable transcript of the speech samples is known, typically requires a time investment either by the user, where he reads a known transcript, or by a transcriptionist where a speech sample is manually transcribed to generate the reliable transcript. Supervised training thus requires additional burdensome time or cost, and does not offer the benefit that performance improves as the user uses the system. For example, in supervised training or adaptation, a user may speak a variety of words from defined templates or transcripts that are then used to make or train the models for the speech recognition engine. That is, the models are trained and adapted with the known transcripts. While this process enables the creation of good models, such training/adaptation is also slow and requires the user to spend significant time training and adapting the system.
The present invention's use of an expected response offers several advantages over prior approaches, both supervised and unsupervised. Compared to an unsupervised system, the combination of the expected response provided by the application and the acoustic match of the recognizer enables a much more reliable transcript to be generated. This prevents the instability problems, removing the need for compromises that limit recognition accuracy. For example, random noise will not match an expected response and thus will not be utilized in the adaptation provided by the invention.
The invention's advantages over supervised training include reduced time and cost by eliminating the step of generating a reliable transcript for a sample of audio (or collecting audio from a user given a transcript). The invention has the added advantages that it can continuously adapt to the user's new speaking patterns and any other artifacts in the audio, such as effects from microphones or background noise. This training using the knowledge of the expected response can adapt the prior models (adaptation) or create new models based on the data (training). This improves the future performance of the speech recognition system.
One advantageous method of adapting the models is to take advantage of the outcome of the acoustic match/search processes that implement one or more of the improvement methods described herein that take into account knowledge about an expected response. For example, using the invention as described with relation to
Similarly, the other methods of
It will be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art that the match/search algorithm for a speech recognition system may be adapted in a number of different ways. One suitable adaptation involves adapting the acoustic model(s) associated with the expected response using features from words that are spoken by the user (ie input speech) that compares favorably to the expected response. The adaptation in step 504, for example, is performed by aligning the observed features of the input speech with the states in the models associated with the words in the expected response (step 506). Then the statistics (e.g., means and variances) of said states are updated using the values of the observed features of the input speech (step 508). For example, the Baum-Welch re-estimation algorithm might be used to perform such alignment. These values are mixed into the models with the appropriate weighting (step 510) to maintain a balance between the previous training data and the new features. Thus, in one embodiment of the invention using the expected response as a trigger for adaptation, the new models are created through adaptation by using the observed features of the input speech to adapt the existing or original models. In that scenario, both the observed features of the input speech and the existing features of the original models, and the statistics associated with each, are used to create the new models. Additionally, in such a scenario, the new statistics might be weighted in various fashions to tailor their effect on the original statistics in the model.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, only the new observed features, and information therefrom, might be utilized to create the new model. That is, a new model is created with the new features only.
In general, the adaptation could be performed using data from a single user or multiple users. In one particular embodiment, only speech data from an individual user might be used to perform the adaptation. This generates a model that is adapted for that user and performs well for that user.
The present invention, in its various forms, may be implemented directly in the software of a speech recognition program or system. That is, the improvements are actually part of the speech recognition algorithm. Alternatively, the invention does not have to be built into the recognizer. Rather a separate program or application may be utilized that uses a speech recognizer and the expected response to provide the benefits of the invention.
For example a separate application or software module may be utilized to handle the adaptation in accordance with the principles of the invention. Specifically, an application may interface with a speech recognizer to control when and how the speech recognizer is adapted. The application uses the information associated with the expected response and other information such as the results of the comparison between the expected response and the input speech of the user to tell the recognizer to adapt using the audio features associated with the expected response. The separate adapting application may then control how the adaptation progresses and also determine the criteria to be met before adaptation is ordered. Furthermore, once adaptation is to proceed, the application may determine whether the existing models are replaced with new models created with the new features only or whether the existing models are just adapted using information from both the new features and the existing features of the existing models.
In various of the scenarios that are discussed herein, the expected response is in the form of a string of words, such as a response within a voice-directed work dialog for example. In other scenarios, the expected response comparison might incorporate a rule rather than a matching scenario. For example, US Patent Application 2003/0154075 (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety) incorporates other scenarios to determine if a response in the input speech is a proper or expected response, such as checksum algorithms, database matching etc. The selective adaptation provided by the present invention utilizing the features of the input speech that are verified as an expected response may use these other rules or scenarios as the trigger for adaptation in accordance with the present invention.
Thus, while the present invention has been illustrated by a description of various embodiments and while these embodiments have been described in considerable detail, it is not the intention of the applicants to restrict or in any way limit the scope of the appended claims to such detail. Additional advantages and modifications will readily appear to those skilled in the art. Thus, the invention in its broader aspects is therefore not limited to the specific details, representative apparatus and method, and illustrative example shown and described. Accordingly, departures may be made from such details without departing from the spirit or scope of applicants' general inventive concept. For example, the exemplary speech recognition system described herein has focused on wearable wireless terminals. However, the principles of the present invention are applicable to other speech recognition environments as well.
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The apartment has a fully stocked kitchen you may or may not need, with all the restaurants in the neighborhood. There is a small store a couple blocks away, across from a bakery. Which has great things for breakfast. Metro is a comfortable walk through residential neighborhoods.
Comfortable, well maintained, clean and quiet are good descriptors.
NOT good for anyone w difficulties with stairs. It is on the top floor.
How many times a day do you race up and down the stairs when on vacation?
I can honestly recommend this apartment without hesitation.
good apartment for group travellers less than 6per
It would be much better if the owner Mr claude, install a phone call at the building to for local and country wide calls.because some of the guests may not have their cell phone,s active in canada
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We have rented a few times before during other vacations and each time we have highly relied on 360 degree feedback.
There are a couple of things that needs improvements, none major,and mostly inexpensive. But doing this would go, in my opinion, a long way and result in a even more positive experience
1) All three doors (both bedrooms and bathroom)don't close properly. Open/close one room or bathroom door another one opens. Very easy fix, put new handles on each of them.
2) There was no salt or pepper or sugar, the three basic ingredients. We realized it first thing in the morning and ended up running out to get them. Easy fix..
3) There is a manual coffee grinder, but unfortunately its fix on the wall is falling apart. pretty easy fix, would result in great coffee!
4) This is important. there is a railing just as you enter the condo, which is very very flimsy and in my opinion, its an accident waiting to happen. Either additional reinforcement is needed or replace one with a sturdier railing.
5) There may be other basic necessities for a family visiting, one that is typically found in most vacation rentals, please keep a fill of them and most people do replenish on their way out
Again, we thoroughly enjoyed the stay but do check on the above things (wouldn't be surprised if Claude have them all fixed within a day or two, but worth checking)
Again, I just want to reiterate, Claude and Bridgette are just awesome hosts, I am pretty confident they would go out of their way to make your stay pleasant as well, so I definitely recommend the condo (we have plans to revisit next summer and I will be sure to touch base with Claude)
Montreal is an awesome city, great people, excellent food and lots of fun stuff for families to do, so on that note we love Montreal!
Cozy, quiet condo in the middle of the city
- close to unique one-of-a-kind shops and restaurants but on a quiet street
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- a bathroom with a beautiful shower AND a bath
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We will definitely come back here when we are in town!
Great Apartment, Great Location
I highly recommend this apartment.
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For those who pre-order the upcoming Batman: Arkham City at Best Buy, you'll be getting one heck of a pre-order bonus: a playable Robin. Here's your first look at him.
Robin – based off of the Tim Drake version of the character – will be playable in the game's challenge mode. Here's a few added details from the press release:
Robin will come complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape. The pack will also contain a bonus Red Robin character skin.
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The race between former allies turned rivals to attract an NFL franchise to Southern California turned personal this week with John Semcken, vice president of billionare Ed Roski Jr.'s Majestic Realty and the group behind the City of Industry stadium, pointedly criticizing the Anschutz Entertainment Group's plans for a downtown stadium and AEG's top executive.
Semcken also said in a meeting with the Orange County Register this week that NFL is misguided in its belief that a stadium needs to be close to Los Angeles' affluent Westside communities.
But Semcken, a former Navy fighter pilot, saved his harshest criticism for the AEG's plans to build a retractable roof stadium on the current site of the Los Angeles Convention Center's West Hall.
In particular, Semcken criticized AEG chief operating executive Tim Leiweke's credibility.
"Tim's a bad guy," Semcken said of the man he once worked side-by-side with to create Staples Center. "He can't build the building."
AEG spokesman Michael Roth said the group has no interest in responding to any of Semcken's statements. Earlier this week, Leiweke announced AEG is in the process of an architectural review for a stadium in downtown Los Angeles.
Citing congestion problems on the 10 and 110 freeways, the reduction of convention space and construction costs and issues, Semcken said a stadium in downtown Los Angeles "doesn't benefit anybody in the greater Los Angeles area.
"At the end of the day, I don't know why they're doing it. It can't be done," Semcken said of the AEG plans. "We can break ground tomorrow."
Having reached agreements with neighboring cities and met environmental impact requirements, Roski and Majestic have the green light to build an $800 million, 73,000-seat stadium on a 600-acre site near the 57 and 60 freeways that Semcken said would be within an hour drive for 15.5-million people.
"One out of every 19 people in America live within an hour's drive of the 60 and 57 (intersection)," Semcken said.
All Majestic needs to break ground is a deal with an NFL franchise willing to move to Southern California.
Semcken said his group was confident of attracting an NFL team to the City of Industry before Goodell placed a ban on franchises moving until a Collective Bargaining Agreement is reached between NFL owners and the NFL Players Association. The current agreement expires Feb. 1 and there is a likelihood that part or all of the 2011 season will not be played before the two sides reach an agreement.
In the meantime, Semcken said Goodell has encouraged AEG, creating competition to land an NFL franchise in the nation's second largest market. Jacksonville and Minnesota reportedly have shown interest in the Los Angeles market.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Character Battle Skyrim Edition: Battle 2 - Cicero vs Aela the Huntress
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Who do you think would win in a fight to the death? - Results (112 votes)
46.43% (52 votes)
Aela the Huntress
53.57% (60 votes)
This poll is now closed.
If you want to check out battle one, look here:
[Warning: Mild Spoilers Ahead]
On one side we have Cicero the assassin. Who is not only stealthy and highly skilled with a blade but also completely insane. Will that be an advantage or a hindrance?
Opposing him is Aela the Huntress. A cool headed warrior women, with extreme skills in archery as well as melee combat. Not to mention the fact that she is a Werewolf.
Who will emerge victorious?
You're in the topic. Topic is in the forum. Troll is in the forum.
Just put them against each other in the PC version.
Round 1 - Both Lv 50 in a sword fight:
Cicero wins easily.
Round 2 - Replay but with more distance for Aela to fire shots:
Cicero wins again.
Round 3 - Cicero VS. 4 Aelas:
Cicero kills 2 of them before getting killed by an arrow.
So really Aelas only chance is going into wolf mode.
Joe_Cobbs posted...
Just put them against each other in the PC version.
I'm really not sure if this is the point <.<
Anyways it just depends on if Cicero has stealth/the element of surprise. In a straight fight, I vote Aela.
In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws, And mine are long and sharp, my lord, as long and sharp as yours.
RebelElite791 posted...
I'm really not sure if this is the point <.<
I know. The topic just got me wondering who would win in the game, figured I'd share.
Obviously it was flawed since Cicero had everything available and Aela wasn't able to go into werewolf form. But it was just for fun.
But if it was a "real life" fight Aela would likely just get him with an arrow if he didn't get the jump on her.
Gameplay wise... Aela has nearly double the hit points & better armor and weapons. And she could totally wolf out (though without perks... Cic would have the upper hand then, no?). = p
Aela though, because sideboob.
Remember: IamI3rian told ya.
Funner is NOT a word if you're older than seven.
I look at these from a "realistic" stance.. I know werewolves aren't realistic, but I mean.. if they were.. So putting game mechanics/stats aside and whatnot, Aela wins. She'd just turn into a werewolf and tear Cicero up.. of course, Cicero would just laugh at the fact that his insides have been strewn throughout the battlefield, but he'd die sooner or later.
I like video games.
Let's not forget that Cicero already fought a werewolf and won.
"Bravery is by far the kindest word for stupidity..."
I think Aela would win. Besides being a werewolf, she is very stealthy as well.
I thought I'd bring up though, that Cicero kicked Anbjorn's butt, who is also a werewolf. Although I suppose he "Gave as good as he got." Again, I still voted Aela.
I live tomorrow, you I'll not follow
As you wallow in a sea of sorrow
I dunno, maybe because I always do The Companions quests at a low level, but every time I've fought beside Aela, she's just been terrible. She takes a knee rather quickly, and one time I stood and watched her shooting arrows at something. They barely did any damage at all.
Again, maybe it's because I've never fought with her at higher levels, but, yeah . . . not impressed.
neithskye posted...
She takes a knee rather quickly
I like video games.


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Naraniecki, Alexander (2012) Karl Popper on Jewish nationalism and cosmopolitanism, European legacy : toward new paradigms, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 623-637, Routledge, Abingdon, England [C1]
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2011 School of International and Political Studies
Naraniecki, Alexander (2011) Multicultural thought in Australia : the legacy of Jerzy Zubrzycki, Citizenship and globalisation research papers, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 66-84, Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin university, Melbourne, Vic. [C1]
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Naraniecki, Alexander* (2010) Neo-positivist or neo-kantian? Karl Popper and the Vienna Circle., Philosophy, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 511-529, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England [C1.1]
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Naraniecki, Alexander J.* (2009) Logic and The Open Society : revising the place of Tarski's theory of truth within Popper's political philosophy, Rethinking popper, pp. 257-271, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands [B1.1]
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This happened to me tonight, while it was not really anyone fault. It was just one of those "all the NPC hate me" I will also point out that I have run Elites for a few months now and when I run with my fleet buddies, we 99% of the time complete each STFE with about 2-5 mins on the clock and get every bonus objective.
Ok, so tonight I unpacked my cardassian Galor, set it up and went testing it on STFE and everything was going wonderful. I GUP for ISE and so the story begins.
So we head over to the cube and by "we" I mean just 2 of us. At first you might think, oh great another AFK story, but you would be wrong. They started to head over 1 at a time, so at least they were starting to play. While keeping an eye on them, I didn't spot the damage I had taken and the heavy plasma torpedo hitting me square in the face.
1st death.
So I heal myself spawn and head back into the fight, about 2 mins later the cube goes pop. I realise now that it has taken us about 4 mins to pop that cube and know now some of these guys don't have any real DPS, but I persist and we kill the spheres. I say in chat "10% rule would be nice" like I do every time I gup and to my surprise I get a reply back saying "agreed" so we head over to the left cube and begin the attack.
2nd death.
Yep, out of no where I just go pop, 100% shields 100% HPs to zero in the blink of an eye. FINE, I think, heal, respawn and head back over. We take out the cube drop the gens following the 10% rule pop the tranny and start hitting the in coming spheres.
3rd death.
Yes another random death from 100% to zero. Heal and head back in helping to pop the spheres which takes longer than normal, due to some of them not having any high DPS. So we head over to the right side. As normal I leave a 13-15k distance from the gate.
4th death.
Yep another random blink of the eye death, caused by the gate, even thou I was about 15k away. So I heal and head back into the fight. I would like to point out that it was not just me that was dying, but I care not to mention how many times some of them died.
Ok so skipping ahead. We were taking down the gens and I had mine at 10% a lot quicker than them. I decided to look at each of their gens to see who was not doing much damage. Spotted who they were and asked them how many STFE they had done and got an honest answer. "not many". "NP" I replied "but you should run normals until you have better Borg gear before trying elite"
Skip ahead to killing the spheres 2 more deaths, after heading back the tac cube decides he just doesn't like me and aggro's on me even thou I left a 40k distance from it on the way back to help the others. Another death caused by and aggro'ed cube and an angry gate. Respawn only to find the cube sitting near the spawn point waiting for me. WTF, ok, I run from it to get back over to the others and we pop the gate. Everyone starts to hit the cube, but I notice a sphere that has been missed and it has decided to aggro me. Ok I will kill it and the others can work on the cube, which should then aggro onto them.
Nope, the cube is still angry and aggro'ed on me, Why? I don't know maybe he didn't like the cut of my jib. Even thou they are attacking it, the cube ignores them and attacks me. As well as the forgotten sphere. I did manage to kill the sphere before I went pop. So respawn and oh joy the cube is back at the spawn waiting for me, even thou the others were attacking it.
We managed to take down the cube and I managed to incur no more deaths, but I was not happy. I was not unhappy with my fellow team mates, I know the risk in gupin, so getting annoyed about it is pointless. I was miffed at how many random complete BS deaths I had. I don't think I have died that many time in a single night of STFE, maybe even 2 nights of running them.
Wow - talk about bad luck! Though it does seem as if the whole thing was made worse by the inexperienced team. Saying that, we've all encountered those and, as you say, it would be nice if they'd complete a few normal-level STF's before trying Elite.
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Wednesday's KDKA Afternoon News: Sen. Toomey, Weather Update & More
To busy to catch the Wednesday edition of the KDKA Afternoon News? Maybe you want to hear that interview you enjoyed one more time? Well here's a recap of Wednesday's show.
Former Sen. Arlen Specter Laid To Rest
Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was an "irreplaceable" force who approached politics — and life — with grit and determination, a who's who of politicians and others said Tuesday at the longtime senator's funeral.
Gov. Corbett Orders Flags At Half-Staff In Honor Of Sen. Arlen Specter
Gov. Tom Corbett has ordered all flags to half-staff in honor of the late Sen. Arlen Specter.
Prominent Pittsburghers Remember Former Sen. Arlen Specter
Pittsburghers might have a hard time actually putting their finger on exactly how former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter may have had an impact on their lives. But Pittsburgh's Elsie Hillman, who knew Specter as both a senator and a friend, says all we need to do is look around because his fingerprints are on just about everything.
Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter Dies At 82
Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the Republican-turned-Democrat who played a key role in many Supreme Court nominations, has died. He was 82.
Statements On Death Of Former Sen. Specter
Statements on the passing of former Sen. Arlen Specter.
Elsie Hillman's Statement On Death Of Former Sen. Specter
Former Pennsylvania Republican National Committeewoman Elsie Hillman's statement on the passing of former Sen. Arlen Specter
Opinion: Republicans Are Abandoning Romney's Sinking Ship
Romney is dragging his own campaign and every Republican down. Republican operatives and House and Senate candidates have conceded as much throughout the month of September.
Opinion: Ryan VP Pick Changes Electoral Math
Paul Ryan has changed the Electoral College math. With the pick, Romney has chosen a path that writes off almost all of the country and focuses the election on the industrial Midwest.
Opinion: The Audacity Of Harry Reid
How dare Harry Reid, the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, spew his latest unsubstantiated rumors against Mitt Romney?
Opinion: Harry Reid Dares to Talk About Angry Old White Men
Harry Reid got – as he often does – in calling Republican donors "angry old white men". Imagine the reaction if House Speaker John Boehner were to say something such as: support or donations to Obama made by 17 angry black men.
Opinion: Republicans Vote For Denial Of Affordable Health Care Again
Tea Party zealots in Congress are obsessed with stripping people of their right and access to affordable care.
Highmark, UPMC Announce Deadline Extension
There is more pressure for UPMC and Highmark to end their contract dispute. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is pushing through legislation that could eventually force the two groups into binding arbitration, but the clock is ticking.
KDKA Radio's Robert Mangino Talks Prison Costs
KDKA Radio's Robert Mangino speaks to Senator Stewart Greenleaf, PA Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman. They discuss the current cost of the prison system.
Sen. Toomey: Tax Hike Would Harm U.S. Economy
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, has been named to a joint congressional committee. Toomey, along with 11 other Senate and House members, must come up with at least $1.2 trillion in cuts to the budget by late November.


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Review: and poor quality... but in helsinki will be difficult to eat good vegan food. we tried it few weeks ago and the best thing was the vegan cake. If you have the time you can jump in the eco shop next door... where you can buy all kind of european vegan goods and some pastry. otherwise you don't have to try.
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Record Revenues Power Q1 Microsoft Profits
Thanks to record revenue amounts topping $16 billion, Microsoft posted first-quarter net profits of $5.41 billion dollars on Thursday–a 51 percent increase over the same period last year.
The revenues, which were actually $16.2 billion, marked a 25-percent increase, the most ever for the Redmond, Washington-based corporation. According to BBC News, sales of Microsoft Windows increased 66 percent over first quarter 2009, to $4.8 billion, and the company's business software, including the Office line of products, earned $5.1 billion, a 14 percent increase.
Strong sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 videogame console also contributed to the record revenue amounts, according to AFP reports. Xbox 360 hardware sales increased 38 percent to 2.8 million units, while the company reported earnings of $350 million for "Halo: Reach," the latest entry in a popular series of science fiction software titles available exclusively for Microsoft's console.
"This was an exceptional quarter, combining solid enterprise growth and continued strong consumer demand for Office 2010, Windows 7, and Xbox 360 consoles and games," Microsoft chief financial officer Peter Klein told the BBC, and chief operating officer Kevin Turner told AFP that the company was also experiencing growth in cloud development, as well as in its Bing search engine.
Some analysts see that shift from traditional software development to cloud computing as a key to Microsoft's future. As Rob Helm, the managing vice president of research for the independent tracking firm Directions On Microsoft, told AFP, "Microsoft is really counting on the cloud to pull in new customers."
"The cloud is going to turn customers who buy something from Microsoft and go away and not send the company another dime for six years into subscribers," he added. "It is going from a business like car sales to a business like providing electricity. People will be paying Microsoft every month."
Toan Tran, an analyst with Morningstar, told BBC News that Microsoft "had a very good quarter"¦ Windows is still doing well, Office is doing well, and servers and tools are doing well. The big three businesses are firing on all cylinders as the PC upgrade cycle continues."
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BANGALORE: Saturday night was certainly a night to remember for the Bengali community, as a unique tribute concert to the pioneers of Bangla rock, Mohiner Ghoraguli, gave fans a chance to once more relive the magic of one of the most iconic acts of the genre.
Combining elements of rock and jazz music with themes from every day Bengali life and incorporating a chamber orchestra, Mohiner created an eclectic, wide-ranging sound that spanned a number of musical genres at the same time. And Levi's First Rock, organised by founding member of Mohiner Ghoraguli Ranjon Ghoshal, certainly captured that spirit of diversity with a grand stage show of 31 instrumentalists and eight vocalists. In both age and style, the collection of musicians encompassed a great range, from grey-haired original members of the band such as Bula Chatterjee to maestros in their own right such as Hindustani slide guitarist Prakash Sontakke to younger musicians such as Anubrata Ghatak, who did an admirable job on the acoustic guitar as well as conducting the Atelier Musique orchestra. Hauntingly beautiful, sweetly comic and just plain rocking by turns, the ensemble led the audience through a well-rounded, wholesome package of emotions and expressions.
Besides giving the audience some great tunes to listen to, the organiser's had some charity on the cards. As the ensemble performed, painter Hiran Mitra made visual magic in his corner of the stage by creating two art works live. These impromptu works were donated at the end of the evening to the Bangalore School of Music and to the Concern India Foundation to be sold or auctioned at a later date to raise funds.
Of course, bringing together the creative energies of 31 musicians is no easy task, and many parts of the performance did suffer from a lack of cohesion and tightness. Though the ensemble brought to the stage more enthusiasm than technical skill, there was more than enough nostalgia going around the room for the evening to be a hit.


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Metal Fabrication Training Programs and Degree Information
Metal fabricators and assemblers use various welding techniques to weld and fabricate metal products for manufacturing companies. Metal fabricators use complex tools and equipment to fabricate items like cars, large appliances and computers. Metal fabricators and assemblers must have a high school diploma; postsecondary training is optional but recommended. Metal fabricators can obtain welding certification to boost career prospects.
Training Requirements and Recommendations
The typical training program for metal fabricators starts with on-the-job training or a welding certificate program. Metal fabricators must have a high school diploma. Although most employers do not require metal fabricators to have college-level coursework, a welding certificate program is recommended and allows workers to gain a better technical understanding of metal fabrication and manufacturing.
Metal fabricators should have good coordination and physical health. They should be able to read mechanical blueprints and fabrication diagrams. They should be comfortable using metal fabrication equipment and tools and must adhere to strict safety procedures. In some cases, metal fabricators must have leadership skills in order to lead assembling and manufacturing crews.
Formal Education
Metal fabricators are typically required to have a high school diploma or GED. Most employers do not require a postsecondary education, but obtaining a welding certificate can display welding proficiency and lead to greater career opportunities.
Welding Certificate
A welding certificate adequately prepares students to work as metal fabricators and assemblers with manufacturing companies. A welding certificate teaches students how to use different methods and materials when welding. Students learn how to safely and effectively weld metal by working in the school's welding shop. Typical courses include:
- Welding, cutting and brazing
- Gas metal arc welding
- Shielded metal arc welding
- Gas tungsten arc welding
- Welding blueprints and diagrams
- Oxy-fuel welding
- Welding safety and accident prevention
Job Experience
Metal fabricators are usually required to have 1 - 5 years of welding and metal fabrication experience. While metal fabricators may gain some experience through a welding certificate program, most get additional experience by accepting entry-level employment that provides on-the-job training. Some training programs allow beginning metal fabricators to work under the supervision of experienced assemblers and metal fabricators.
Licenses and Certifications
Metal fabricators are not required to be licensed or certified in metal fabrication. However, voluntary welding certification from organizations such as the American Welding Society (AWS) can prove welding and fabrication proficiency to potential employers. Metal fabricators who pass a comprehensive welding exam administered by the AWS receive the credentials of certified welding inspector (CWI). With this certification, metal fabricators can increase career prospects and hourly wages.
Workshops and Seminars
Technical and vocational schools that offer welding or metal fabrication programs sometimes hold welding, assembling and fabrication workshops. Workshops typically focus on specific areas of metal fabrication, such as quality control, quality assurance, electromechanical manufacturing or metal fabrication crew management. Employers may provide training workshops to newly hired metal fabricators and assemblers.
Additional Professional Development
Metal fabricators can find professional development resources and networking opportunities at Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International (www.fmanet.org). The organization offers a job board, an online newsletter, metal fabrication research studies and surveys, custom training and continuing education resources. The organizations also holds annual leadership conferences and summits for metal fabricators who have management or supervisory responsibilities.
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Panda Security 2010 Consumer Solutions Now Compatible With Windows 7
GLENDALE, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Panda Security, the Cloud Security Company, today announced that its entire 2010 consumer product line is now compatible with Windows 7. All users with this operating system installed now or in the future will be able to use the free trial versions (available at: http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/downloads/) and paid versions (https://shop.pandasecurity.com) of Panda Security's 2010 products. The general release version of these products coincides with the launch of Microsoft's new operating system on October 22.
Thanks to Collective Intelligence, Panda's exclusive cloud-computing technology, the company's 2010 solutions leverage the knowledge gathered from the community of millions of Panda users around the world. Each new file received is automatically classified within six minutes and the Collective Intelligence servers classify more than 50,000 new malware samples every day. These technologies correlate information on malware received from each computer to continuously improve the protection level for the worldwide community of users. Panda's 2010 solutions have continuous, real-time contact with this vast knowledge base allowing the company to offer users the fastest response against the new malware that appears every day.
The Panda 2010 solutions, launched in June 2009, are designed specifically to offer maximum protection with minimum resource consumption. The products have achieved an 80 percent performance improvement with respect to previous versions and deliver 60 percent improved browsing speed and 40 percent improved download speed, consuming just 8 MB of PC memory.
More information can be found at: http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/.
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Raymond Weil Lady Maestro
Price: Starts at $2,250
I feel for the ladies when it comes to scoring a better watch. Because -- let's be honest -- time is a sexist business. Watches for woman usually err on the trophy-wife side of things, bedazzled in a way that drives up the price and ugly. Smart women usually wind up cribbing a unit from men's lines, which is a bore. So I have to hand it to Raymond Weil for treating women right with its new Lady Maestro series. Rolled out for the holidays, these watches are the more feminine riff of the popular Maestro line, which features a decent automatic movement, a reasonably delicate 9.13-mm watch and, most importantly, a full range of colored leather bands. (You will definitely want to buy this watch from a living person in a store, because choosing the right colored band is the whole point and will be hard online.) Weil has added in a nice ring of 74 itty-bitty diamonds that add a surprisingly subtle and attractive bling factor.
I liked the mechanical movement discreetly visible in the main face, and even tired eyes can still read the thing. Overall, the Lady Maestro is a rare thing in women's watches: reasonably priced for a luxury mechanical watch and step-for-step as good as any man's.Brava.


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Thiruvananthapuram: UDF members in the City Corporation Council staged a dharna in front of the Corporation office at Palayam on Monday to protest against the delay in disbursing Plan fund assistance to poor families.
Inaugurating the dharna, DCC president V.S. Sivakumar termed the government's contention that local bodies had disbursed 80 per cent of the Plan funds an attempt to hoodwink the public.
"The delay in disbursing assistance demonstrates the abject failure of the administrative machinery," he said.
Fund utilisation
Mr. Sivakumar alleged that the LDF-ruled Corporation had failed to utilise the funds sanctioned by the Union government for urban development under the Jawharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and other schemes.
"The government and the Corporation are sitting on proposals worth crores of rupees," he said.
UDF council party leader Johnson Joseph and councillors Veli Varghese, Beemapally Rashid, Anilkumar, Nedumam Mohan, Ajikumar, Philomina Rani, Badarunnisa, Sylvi Mathew, Sheeba Justin and Biju Harikumar participated in the dharna.


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