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La Quinta Inn & Suites Marshall
La Quinta Inn & Suites Marshall
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.8/10
6015 East End Blvd South
Marshall, TX 75672
Welcome to the La Quinta Inn & Suites Marshall
With Wi-Fi, complimentary breakfast with waffles, an indoor pool and modern rooms with refrigerators and microwaves, La Quinta Inn and Suites Marshall is a solid choice for Priceline guests.
Hotel Features
The stylishly modern, non-smoking La Quinta has 61 rooms on three floors, all with Wi-Fi, coffeemakers, microwaves, mini-fridges, hairdryers and ironing facilities. Fill your plate with waffles and more at the hotel's complimentary breakfast each morning, stock up on snacks at the hotel's convenience store and help yourself to a free newspaper in the 24-hour lobby. Make a splash in the indoor pool or work up a sweat in the fitness center. A guest laundry and a business center are also available, pets are permitted and parking is free.
Hotel Location
Located off I-20, La Quinta Inn is about halfway between Longview and Shreveport. A dozen restaurants are located within three miles. Texas State Technical College, East Texas Baptist College and Wiley College are all within six miles of the hotel. East Texas Regional Airport is 25 miles away in Longview, and Dallas International Airport is 167 miles west.
Guest Favorites
Guest-pleasing amenities at La Quinta Inn include rooms with mini-fridges, microwaves and Wi-Fi, as well as a fitness center and a snack shop. A handy location off I-20 is another plus.
La Quinta Inn & Suites Marshall Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- Accessible facilities
- Accessible parking
- Air conditioning
- Air conditioning individually controlled in room
- Alarm clock
- AM/FM radio
- Business center
- Cable television
- Children welcome
- CNN available
- Color television
- Complimentary coffee in lobby
- Complimentary continental breakfast
- Complimentary in-room coffee or tea
- Complimentary newspaper in lobby
- Continental breakfast
- Direct dial telephone
- Elevators
- Exercise gym
- Fitness center on-site
- Free parking
- Front desk
- Full service housekeeping
- Hairdryer
- Heated guest rooms
- High speed internet access fee
- High speed internet access for laptop in public areas
- Housekeeping - daily
- Indoor pool
- Interior corridors
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Lobby coffee service
- Meeting rooms
- Non-smoking
- Non-smoking rooms (generic)
- On-site business center
- On-Site parking
- Parking
- Parking lot
- Pets allowed
- Photocopy center
- Pool
- Public area air conditioned
- Remote control television
- Security
- Sundry/Convenience store
- Telephone
- Voice mail
- Wakeup service
- Wireless connectivity
- Wireless internet connection
- Wireless internet connection in public areas
Hotel Information
You must show a valid photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all special requests cannot be guaranteed and are subject to availability upon check-in. Additional charges may apply. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the La Quinta Inn & Suites MarshallOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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November 3, 2014
This hotel was average. Not in line with other La Quinta hotels. The breakfast left a lot to be desired. The overall appearance was not that of other hotels in this chain. The staff was friendly and helpful.
October 7, 2014
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I've stayed here a few times and the stay is always pleasant.
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The two have reached an agreement to have the bourse install a dedicated team to specifically market the floundering GEMS.
Launched in January 2013,GEMS has struggled to attract issuers with only one company - real estate developer Home Africa - trading since July 2013.
This has greatly fell short of CMA's projections of three to four new listings a year as per its 10-year masterplan from this year.
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The NSE officer is expected to work with about 18 nominated advisors that have been appointed by the Exchange to advise and guide potential firms wishing to go public by taking them through the application process and listing requirements.
GEMs' lonely actor Home Afrika has suffered a heavy dip on its share price since debuting at Sh12 in July 2013 and is currently trading at average of Sh5.50, slightly improved from the Sh3.80 late last month.
Njoroge said the nose-diving performance, largely attributed to lack of clear revenue growth projections, could have dampened interest by potential issuers.
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GEMS, targeted at the dominant SMEs, is self-regulated by the NSE and has lower entry requirements compared to the Main Income Market Segment (MIMs) and the Alternative Investment Market Segment.
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Andrew Luck's Record-Breaking Performance Justifies Place Ahead of Robert Griffin III as the Premier Young Quarterback
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All of the hype surrounding Andrew Luck's future as a quarterback has taken a bit of a backseat to the spectacle that Robert Griffin III has put on in Washington this season. But on Sunday, Luck reestablished his position as the best young quarterback in the NFL. Luck threw for a rookie record 433 yards -- breaking Cam Newton's previous high of 425 -- and a pair of touchdowns in the Colts' 23-20 win over the Dolphins. In the awe-inducing effort, Luck exchanged blows with fellow rookie Ryan Tannehill. The back and forth battle was exciting, but Luck yet again justified the enormous hype surrounding him. While guys like Tannehill, Griffin -- heck even Brandon Weeden, on occasion at least -- continue to impress with their statistics and athleticism, Luck remains focused on the wins and losses. Through his first half season in the NFL, Luck has as many wins as any other first or second-year quarterback -- Christian Ponder also has five with the Vikings -- and has now outdueled three of those companions -- Ponder, Tannehill and Weeden. Even more impressive, though, has been Luck's impact on the Colts. Just one season after finishing with an NFL worst 2-14 record and going splits-ville with Hall of Famer Peyton Manning, Luck has Indianapolis back in contention. What was expected to be a slow and steady return to glory for the Colts' franchise has become one of the best stories of the year. With Sunday's win over Miami, the Colts now sit at 5-3 and hold a firm grasp on a playoff spot -- something that was utterly unconscionable not even eight months ago. An improved defense and a big talent boost have helped, but Luck has been the primary reason behind the turnaround. Luck is one of the Top 10 passers in the NFL right now and Sunday's massive passing performance can only serve to improve his rating among fellow quarterbacks like Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers, who Luck also bested earlier this season. That's not to say that Luck is by any means in the same elite category as Brady, Rodgers and others, at least not yet. But he's definitely carving out a place for himself in the conversation. There are still plenty of games and half a season left to play. But with so much success this early in his young career, it's hard to argue that Luck isn't already living up to the hype. Such early comparisons to the elite quarterbacks in football may be a little premature, but Luck has already established himself as the best young quarterback in football. Have a question for Luke Hughes? Send it to him via Twitter at @LukeFHughes or send it here.
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Vintage: 2010
2010 saw extremely high quality viticulture in many parts of the world, with an exceptionally long and hot summer providing huge benefits for wineries across many countries, especially in the southern hemisphere. The northern hemisphere and Europe saw something of a cooler summer and flowering period, but this was by no means as disastrous as it could have been. France, especially, had a fantastic year in 2010, with the world renowned Burgundy region proclaiming that their white wines of this year are ones to look out for, and despite yields being relatively small across much of the country, the quality was exceptionally high. Spain, too, received some cooler weather, but Rioja and the rest of central Spain are hailing 2010 as a very good year indeed, again as a result of smaller, finer yields. California also received similar climatic conditions, but again, wineries are highly positive about the overall effect this had on their produce, as the slightly challenging conditions resulted in smaller yields of much elegance and distinction. 2010 was really Australia's year, and in South Australia and across the Mornington Peninsula, Chardonnay vines produced good yields with a lower sugar level than in previous years. As such, the majority of South Australian white wines from 2010 are superb, and packed full of character. Shiraz also had a great year, and most Australian wineries have been proclaiming 2010 one of the great vintages. Both the Argentinian and Chilean wine industries benefited from some ideal climatic conditions this year, and are reportedly ecstatically pleased with the fact that their 2010 wines ended up with lower alcohol levels, and were beautifully balanced wines packed full of flavor.
Varietal: Chardonnay
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
Region: California
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.
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Whilst there are several strains of native grape varietals in the United States, it was the introduction of the European species which prompted the country to begin producing wines on a large scale. Over the past few centuries, experimentation and cross-breeding has produced great successes in regards to the quality and suitability of the fruit grown in states such as California, Oregon, Washington and New York, and the past few decades have seen New World wines from the United States reach much higher standards. Arguably the finest United States wines have always come out of California, where the climate and terrroir is most suitable for fine wine production. The masterful blending of classic grape varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, amongst others including Syrah and Chardonnay, have had world beating results in recent years, prompting many to suggest that there has never been a better time for buying and drinking United States wines.
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When it comes to Californian wines, the region of Santa Barbara is highly respected, and has an ever growing fan-base who adore the big, characterful and flavorful wines the region produces. Santa Barbara benefits from the same west coast sunshine the rest of the state does, and has a fine set of soils which help give the wines some of their distinctive flavours. The majority of Santa Barbara wines are red, with Cabernet Sauvignon being an important grape varietal for the dozens of wineries which call the county their home. However, white wine production is very much on the increase in Santa Barbara, as wine-makers discover how good the blend of sunshine and Pacific wind can be for many classic French white wine grape varietals.
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Mark Duper arrested, accused of child abuse
Former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Mark Duper was arrested on Wednesday. Duper, is accused of punching, body slamming, choking and then knocking a teenage boy unconscious. Police have charged Duper with child abuse.
The incident happened on Tuesday in Duper's home.
Local 10 in Miami details what happened on Tuesday that led to Duper's arrest.
"While playing video games with a friend's children, Duper got into an argument with the victim when the boy refused to pick his hat off the floor, police say.
Duper then punched the boy in the face and slammed him to the ground several times, causing him to lose consciousness, police say.
After 10 minutes of fighting, Duper told the boy to leave his house, according to the arrest affidavit. The boy began to leave but walked back inside the house to grab a jacket, and he and Duper again began fighting. The boy's father separated the pair when he saw Duper punching his son in a bedroom.
As the boy left the house, he pushed his bicycle into Duper's vehicle, police say. Duper saw him, punched him in the face, and began choking him while the boy was on the ground."
Duper went on to threaten to kill the boy as the boy's father separated the pair.
According to the police, the boy had a swollen and cut lip, scratches on his elbow, a cut on his bicep and a bruise on his ear.
It is not clear if Duper will face jail time, but from the sounds of the incident he will not get off lightly.
Duper caught 59 touchdowns and was inducted into the Ring of Honor following an 11-year career with the Dolphins.


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I am really sorry this is such a vague request but I need some git help. I know enough to do something pretty stupid, but not enough to know how to avoid doing something very stupid.
I have a remote git server and a working directory on that server. I just need a 'master' for version 1.0 with a development branch and a 'master' for version 1.1 with it's own development branch. I need to be able to work on these independently. I only want one repository so perhaps there would be a master with a 1.0 branch with its own devel branch and a 1.1 branch with its own devel branch.
I don't mind experimenting, if I have a back-out plan, and don't mind learning the hard way but I'm not the only one who uses this repository and I've been asked to make a version 1.1 workspace for the group and I don't know the best way to do that. I also don't know how to back out of anything dumb that I may have done.
After hours and hours of googling and trying to find git books and cookbooks, nothing I've come across helps me because I don't know how to refer to my remote branch properly, among other things, and there is something fundamental that I'm failing to comprehend. I'm at the point I don't know where else to turn. I've seen many posts that get me close to what I need but I can't get past a few hurdles without being able to refer to my set up since git doesn't click for me, yet, and I can't extrapolate others' recommendations onto mine without asking more specific questions.
Is somebody willing to do a little back and forth question/response session with me to help me understand git's brains and verify my setup?
Here's a bit to get us started:
SERVER$ git branch -r
SERVER$ git branch -l
* devel
SERVER$ git branch -a
* devel
SERVER$ git remote show origin
* remote origin
Fetch URL: /git/sold.git
Push URL: /git/sold.git
HEAD branch: master
Remote branches:
devel tracked
master tracked
Local branch configured for 'git pull':
master merges with remote master
Local refs configured for 'git push':
devel pushes to devel (up to date)
master pushes to master (up to date)
Thanks in advance.


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A pattern recognition system and method wherein errors are reduced by creating independent error templates which correspond to patterns which tend to be erroneously matched and linked error templates which are linked to specified reference templates which are stored for comparison. Upon comparison with reference templates, independent error templates and linked error templates, the unknown pattern is identified as a match wherever its test template is most closely matched to a reference template, is identified as a non-match when its test template is most closely matched with an independent error template, and when most closely matched to a linked error template, the comparison criteria are revised and further comparison(s) are made.
1. A device for reducing errors in automated pattern recognition systems comprising:
(a) means for creating reference templates which correspond to known patterns;
(b) means for creating test templates which correspond to unknown patterns;
(c) means for creating independent error templates which correspond to erroneously matched patterns;
(d) comparison means for comparing test templates to reference templates and to independent error templates;
(e) means for identifying the unknown pattern as a match whenever its test template is most closely matched to a reference template; and
(f) means for discarding the unknown pattern as a non-match whenever its test template is most closely matched to an independent error template.
2. The device of claim 1 further comprising means for creating linked error templates which are linked to specified reference templates, and wherein said comparison means compares test templates to said linked error templates in addition to said reference templates and independent error templates.
3. The device of claim 2 wherein said independent error templates and said linked error templates are composite templates which correspond to a class of erroneously matched patterns.
4. The device of claim 3 further comprising means for modifying said comparison means whenever said test template is most closely matched to a linked error template, said modification being to discard from further consideration said linked error template, its specified reference template, and all independent error templates.
5. The device of claim 4 further comprising means for comparing said test template to the next best match among reference templates and remaining linked error templates.
6. A device for reducing errors in automated pattern recognition systems comprising:
(a) means for creating reference templates which correspond to known patterns;
(b) means for creating test templates which correspond to unknown patterns;
(c) means for creating linked error templates which are linked to specified reference templates;
(d) comparison means for comparing test templates to reference templates and to linked error templates;
(e) means for identifying the unknown pattern as a match whenever its test template is most closely matched to a reference template; and
(f) means for modifying said comparison means whenever said test template is most closely matched to a linked error template, said modification being to discard from further consideration said linked error template, and its specified reference template.
7. The device of claim 6 further comprising means for comparing said test template to the next best match among reference templates and remaining linked error templates.
8. In an automated pattern recognition system in which the characteristics of known patterns are stored as a series of reference templates to be compared against the characteristics of incoming unknown pattern templates, a method of reducing matching errors comprising the steps of:
(a) determining those incoming pattern templates which tend to be erroneously matched to reference templates;
(b) creating independent error templates which correspond to the incoming pattern templates which tend to be erroneously matched;
(c) comparing incoming pattern templates against the said reference templates and the said independent error templates;
(d) identifying the unknown pattern as a match whenever its template is most closely matched to a reference template; and
(e) discarding the unknown pattern as a non-match whenever its template is most closely matched to an independent error template.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of creating linked error templates which are linked to specified reference templates.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein said independent error templates and said linked error templates are composite templates which correspond to a class of erroneously matched patterns.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of discarding from further consideration the linked error template, its specified reference template, and all independent error templates whenever the unknown pattern template is most closely matched to a linked error template.
12. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of comparing the unknown pattern template to the next best match among the reference templates and the remaining linked error templates.
This invention relates to automatic pattern recognition systems, such as speech recognition, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for reduction of errors in such systems.
In many known speech recognition systems an input speech pattern is analyzed to provide a set of features characteristic thereof. Such feature signals may be derived through a spectral, linear prediction, or other analysis of successive time intervals of the speech pattern. Initially, the recognition apparatus is trained by generating feature signal templates for utterances of identified reference patterns. Subsequent to the storage of the reference pattern feature signal templates, an unknown utterance is analyzed and the sequence of feature signals for the unknown utterance is compared to the template sequence of the reference patterns. After the comparisons are completed, the unknown utterance is identified as the reference pattern whose feature signals most closely correspond to the feature signals of the unknown utterance.
The amplitude spectrum of speech is estimated by linear predictive coding (LPC), also known as autoregressive analysis. LPC predicts the amplitude of a speech waveform at any instant by combining the amplitudes at a number of earlier instants. The LPC coefficients that best approximate the speech waveform can be mathematically converted to approximate the amplitude spectrum. In speech applications, the LPC analyzer is basically a lattice of filters that approximate a series of resonant cavities, thus simulating the vocal tract.
A comparison of the feature sequence of an incoming word to the feature sequence of a reference template requires time alignment of the feature sequences to account for differences in speech rate and articulation, and measurement of the similarity of corresponding features. Time alignment optimization is generally accomplished in the art by dynamic programming to determine the length of an incoming word's feature sequence as compared to a reference template's feature sequence.
The successful use of voice signals requires that utterances be recognized as particular words or phrases. Accurate recognition, however, is difficult because of the complexity of speech patterns and their variability from speaker to speaker and even for the same speaker from time to time.
A common approach to improving pattern recognition and reducing errors in speech recognition systems is to refine the features characteristic of the words desired to be recognized so as to better distinguish these words from closely related words. This is a complex and laborious process since it requires a detailed knowledge of the template-making process.
It is, therefore, a primary object of this invention to reduce errors in pattern recognition systems such as speech and the like.
An additional object of this invention is to reduce errors in pattern recognition systems without requiring detailed knowledge of the template-making process.
Another object of this invention is to render speech recognition systems more speaker and pronunciation independent.
An additional object of this invention is to reduce errors stemming from internal positive substitution.
Yet another object of this invention is to reduce errors stemming from external positive substitution.
Still another object of the invention is to reduce errors in speech identification and verification systems.
These and other objects of this invention will be better appreciated by referring to the following description and drawing.
Briefly, this invention pertains to a method and apparatus for reducing errors in automated pattern recognition systems. Error templates are created which correspond to erroneous words or sets of words such that incoming test words are compared against the error templates and against reference templates. If the closest match is to an error template, the word is discarded as a non-match, whereas if the closest match is to a reference template, the word is identified as a correct match. Linked error templates are also created such that if the closest match is to a linked error template, the error template and its linked word are both discarded from further consideration of finding the best match.
The FIGURE illustrates a block diagram of the apparatus of the invention.
In any speech recognition system there is usually a finite probability of error in matching an incoming speech pattern with a reference pattern. Speech patterns can be words, sounds or their components such as phonemes and allophones.
When comparing an incoming word with a reference word in the system's vocabulary, there are basically three types of error which may occur:
(1) External Positive Substitution - an incoming word which is external to the system's vocabulary erroneously matches to a vocabulary word.
(2) Internal Positive Substitution - an incoming word which is internal to the system's vocabulary matches the wrong vocabulary word.
(3) Non-recognition - an incoming word which is internal to the system's vocabulary does not match any vocabulary word.
This invention addresses itself to the first two types of errors.
In a speech recognition system which is designed to recognize a finite number of words through the mechanism of template matching, the error rate can be dramatically reduced by introducing one or more "Error Templates" which correspond to speech patterns that are not within the system vocabulary. Consider, for example, a system having a one-word reference vocabulary. If another word, randomly chosen, is introduced as an error template, then each word would have an equal chance of being matched to a third, randomly chosen, incoming word. As more randomly chosen error templates are introduced into the system, the probability (P) that an incoming word will match the reference word decreases proportionally as ##EQU1##
where NET is the number of error templates.
Once those words which are potentially a source of error are identified, their patterns can be intentionally introduced into the system as error templates to shunt incoming words which would otherwise be mismatched.
Since language words fall into a finite number of sets, the error templates should be chosen from as great a variety of these sets as possible. The number of error templates may be reduced by combining them together in such a way as to retain in the composite a significant amount of the unique features of the individuals. For example, the weighted average ##EQU2##
defines the optimum number of error templates ET(N).
Referring to the FIGURE, templates corresponding to appropriate utterances are first stored in reference template storage 14, independent error template storage 15, and linked error template storage 16. Templates corresponding to incoming utterances to be tested are temporarily stored in incoming word template storage 17 and are then compared with the previously stored templates in storage means 14, 15, and 16 in comparison processor 18.
Describing this process in greater detail, an incoming utterance or word is received by transducer 10 and converted to an electrical signal. The signal is applied to filter and sampling processor 11 which removes noise and undesired frequencies and samples the filtered signal at a predetermined rate in a manner well known in the art. The signal is then applied to an analog-to-digital converter 12 to create a digitally coded representation of the signal which is then applied to the LPC feature extraction processor 13.
Feature extraction processor 13 is adapted to produce a time frame sequence of acoustic feature signals characteristic of the unknown speech pattern. The time frames may, for example, be 5-50 msec in duration. For each time frame, a set of linear predictive parameters are obtained which characterize the frame speech spectrum. The predictive feature signals may then be linearly scaled to a prescribed number of time frames. Processor 13 may comprise a microcomputer arrangement such as one using the Motorola type 6800 microprocessor which is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,519,094, which is incorporated herein by reference. Another arrangement which may be used utilizes the General Instrument SP1000 voice recognition chip, is denoted as the "Lis'ner 1000", and is described in an article entitled "The Lis'ner 1000" by Steve Ciarcia, Byte, November, 1984, Pp. 111-124, which is also incorporated herein by reference.
In the storing of templates, the output of LPC processor 13 constitutes a variety of templates which are stored in reference template storage 14, independent error template storage 15, or linked error template storage 16. As mentioned, these templates are compared in comparison processor 18 against templates from incoming word template storage 17.
Comparison processor 18 is adapted to determine the degree of correspondence between the acoustic feature signals of the unknown speech pattern and the feature signals of each reference template. Processing is done in accordance with the principles of dynamic time warping generally described in the article "Considerations in Dynamic Time Warping Algorithms For Discrete Word Recognition" by L. R. Rabiner, A. E. Rosenberg and S. E. Levinson, IEEE Transactions On Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Vol. 26(6) pages 575-582, December 1978, to take into account variations in speech rate and articulation.
Incoming word templates are placed in temporary storage 17 while they are compared in comparison processor 18 to templates permanently stored in reference templates 14, independent error templates 15, and linked error templates 16 to identify the closest match.
Reference template 14 stores templates of those vocabulary words which the system is intended to recognize. Independent error template 15 stores words or composites which the system is intended not to recognize. Finally, linked error template 16 stores words or composites which have similar sounds to words which the system is intended to recognize.
Comparison processor 18 outputs to a matched reference template gate 19 which activates a utilization device 20 whenever an incoming word template 17 is best matched to a word stored as a reference template 14, thus declaring that the incoming word has been recognized as a vocabulary word. Whenever comparison processor 18 determines that an incoming word template 17 is best matched to a word or composite stored as an independent error template 15, the output is to a non-match gate 21 which terminates further processing of that incoming word. Thus, whenever the closest match is to an independent error template, the system does not declare a match.
Finally, whenever comparison processor 18 determines that an incoming word template 17 is best matched to a word or composite stored as a linked error template 16, the output is to linked match gate 22 which activates processor 23 for revising the comparison criteria in comparison processor 18. Revision in comparison processor 18 initially requires that the next best match be sought, provided that all independent error templates are discarded and that the linked reference template also be discarded. Thus, the next best match may be a reference template, in which case match gate 19 would activate utilization device 20. On the other hand, the next best match may be another linked error template, in which case linked match gate 22 would activate yet another revision in comparison processor 18. A limit may be placed on the number of permissible revisions, in which case a non match would also result.
In designing a speech recognition system which utilizes error templates in accordance with this invention, it is first necessary to ascertain whether the primary source of errors arise from external positive substitution or internal positive substitution. Although both sources of error can be reduced by the use of error templates in accordance with this invention, the procedures differ depending upon the source of error.
Where the primary source of error is from external positive substitution, significant error reduction can be achieved by incorporating error templates which correspond to the error sources. Consider, for example, a speech recognition system having a one-word vocabulary, say the word "blow." The template for the word "blow" would be stored in reference template storage 14. Now assume that the incoming word "snow" is erroneously processed by the system as a match. The prior art approach would be to refine the template for the word "blow" so as to better distinguish it from the word "snow" thereby avoiding the error next time. The present invention, however, would simply add the word "snow" to the vocabulary by creating a template for this word and storing it as an independent error template 15. The next time the incoming word is "snow" its incoming word template 17 will be best matched to the independent error template "snow" (which is stored in 15) and discarded by way of non-match gate 21.
In order to reduce the required number of error templates, one can construct composite error templates which retain the drawing ability of their constituent parts. It has been found empirically that composite error templates may be created by averaging together words tending to cause the errors, thus creating the composite templates.
In other words, in order to generate error templates to protect reference templates from the largest variety of non-matching words, it is desirable to have error templates which deviate from the reference template in a given direction and by a given distance in generalized template space. Since such a template may not correspond to a known, or even utterable word, it poses some problem as to how such a template may be formulated. It has been found empirically, however, that such templates may be formed by averaging or combining together words that are potential sources of error thus making a composite template.
Thus, instead of creating an error template to correspond directly to the word "snow" one can create a composite error template, such as the fictitious word "shmow" and store it as an independent error template 15. In this case, a whole set of incoming word templates 17 such as "snow, slow, sew, so, shown, stow" etc. would be best matched to the composite error template in storage 15, shunted to non-match gate 21, and, therefore, not falsely recognized as the internal vocabulary word "blow."
It is significant that no knowledge of the template formation process is necessary in order to use the principles of this invention. All that is needed is the ability to create additional templates, and designate them as error templates.
Now for the problem of internal positive substitution. Assume that there are two vocabulary words, "slow" and "snow" stored as reference templates 14, and that when the incoming word "slow" is mispronounced as "shlow" its template 17 tends to be erroneously matched to the word "snow" stored in template 14. This mis-match can be corrected by creating a composite error template, say the word "shmow", placing it in linked error template storage 16, and linking it to the internal word "snow". Now, when the incoming word is mispronounced as "shlow" it will likely be matched to the linked error template "shmow" in storage 16. Since error template "shmow" in storage 16 is linked to internal vocabulary word "snow" in storage 14, both the error template and its linked word are removed from further consideration as a possible match. This leaves the word "slow", also in storage 14, as the next best match, thereby activating gate 19 and utilization device 20.
In seeking to distinguish a particular pattern from alternate patterns or randomly generated noise, some measure of "distance" or deviation of the test data from a standard representation of the pattern sought must be defined. In many established pattern recognition procedures, the distance measure is defined only in relation to the standard template and the test pattern. This invention differs in making use of prior knowledge concerning the probable occurrence of data samples which are similar to the one standard under consideration, while actually belonging to the domain of a different standard template. Thus the invention assumes, at least implicitly, the existence of multiple standard templates, even though the object of a particular implementation may be the identification of a "match" to only one.
To be somewhat more specific, one can view the standard templates (designated by A, B, . . . ) and a sample to be analyzed (designated by S, T, . . . ) as functional values within a defined domain. In speech, for example, such function could be the amplitude in a two dimensional time-Fourier space. In a visual image one might consider simply the intensity distribution in a two-dimensional image plane. A simple distance measure could then be the integral
φ=˜[S(X,Y)-A(X,Y)]2 dxdy
or in the case of a system based upon discrete sampling, the corresponding summation ##EQU3## in which φ is the distance function or a measure of mismatch. Identification of the test pattern as "A" would then require φ to be less than some prescribed tolerance limit.
A more refined approach would incorporate the possibility that not all regions of the domain over which these functions are defined are equally important as discriminants. That is, that an acceptable match to some standard template can tolerate much larger deviations in one region than in another. This property is incorporated through a weighting function "W" in the distance measure computation ##EQU4##
This invention embodies the additional concept that a test pattern being examined for a match to "A" is more likely to be similar to "B" or "C" than to be a completely random function. Stated alternatively, for an acceptable match to "A" the distance function must be much smaller if the deviation is toward known detractors "B" or "C" than would be the case for a random deviation from the standard "A". This approach could be implemented by the multi-condition match criterion: the sample belongs to "A" if the distance from "A" is sufficiently small, AND the distance to "A" is less than the distances to "B", "C" or any other template within the comparison set.
This procedure, or one nearly equivalent to it, can be visualized in terms of correlations within the pattern of deviation of test data from standard template "A". As a specific example, define the function
simply the linear difference between standards "A" and "B". Notice that it is not the same as the distance function between the two. A new error measure can then the expressed in form of the deviation, and a term based upon the congruence of the deviation within the A-B difference. In a fully developed procedure, this generalized distance would include correlation terms with the difference function for all competing templates. ##EQU5##
The first term in this equation is simply the distance function described above. It is modified, however, by the additional term whose value is related to whether or not the deviation of test template S from the reference A is toward alternative reference B or not. Deviation toward B is thus interpreted as a less-close match to A, than if the deviation had been in a random direction. Such correlations with multiple templates can be accommodated by including corresponding terms of this form in the distance measure calculation. K is simply a weighting factor to scale the strength of the correlation terms.
Another example of how the invention can be used is to reduce positive substitution error in both speaker identification and speaker verification systems.
Sounds from many different individuals are recorded as templates while the association of a sound with the individual who uttered it is retained.
The templates are then divided into two populations. The templates from those people who require identification are entered as reference templates in block 14. The templates from those people who do not require identification are entered as independent error templates in block 15. For the purpose of speaker identification block 14 may contain many reference templates per test utterance while for speaker verification block 14 may contain only one reference template per test utterance.
If in response to a test utterance, comparison processor 18 outputs a best match to a reference template from 14, then the persons name or identification code associated with that template is outputted through matched gate 19 and a utilization device 20 activated. If, however, the best match is to an independent error template from 15 then a non-identification is outputted through non-match gate 21.
There thus has been described a novel pattern recognition system. While the description has been with reference to speech and voice recognition systems, it will be apparent that the principles of this invention may be applied to visual and other pattern recognition systems in which matching techniques are employed. Other changes and modifications may also become apparent to persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention as defined by the appended claims.
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If any NBA team is going to take former Ohio State star Deshaun Thomas — projected by many outlets to be a second-round pick — in the first round of the 2013 NBA Draft, it could very well be the San Antonio Spurs.
The hope of that happening, however, wasn't enough to convince Thomas to give the Spurs' brass his cell phone number.
"I can't go around giving it out to everyone," Thomas explained to reporters at the NBA draft combine last week. "Now if they want to draft me, I'd be happy to give it to them."
Note to Thomas: The San Antonio Spurs aren't everyone. And we're fairly certain that by asking Thomas for both his e-mail (which he gave to them) and his cell phone number during their interview with him last Wednesday, the Spurs were in fact announcing their interest in drafting Thomas.
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George Bernard Shaw once said that the "single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
He could well have been talking about the Times Higher Education "HE Jargon" competition, which has been collating examples of the gobbledegook contained in university corporate messages up and down the country. The collection proves that no institution is immune.
One Ph.D. student contacted us regarding an e-mail outlining changes to the structure of "FMT meetings," happily confessing that he had "no idea" what these were.
Fortunately for him, the e-mail helpfully told him: "The first change is that ADs, SFA, HCM and BDM will meet on Mondays at 10 a.m. and then FMT will meet (including HoDis or APDs) at 11 a.m."
The exasperated postgraduate told us: "I have no idea whatsoever as to whether I am supposed to react in any way."
Communications involving the University of Oxford's libraries proved to be a particularly fruitful source of higher education baloney.
For example, the Oxford University Library Services Strategic Plan 2009-10 to 2014-15 is mind-bogglingly unclear in its aims. The document describes itself as a "roadmap for collective action and an aid to chart our progress into the future," which "takes into account the known world and projects forward the path into terrain where we shall be explorers of new peaks."
Elsewhere, an informant at the University of Leeds claimed that a pro vice-chancellor's job title was convoluted enough to warrant an entry of its own.
However, comments by Dawn Freshwater, pro vice-chancellor for staff and organizational effectiveness, in the university's in-house magazine really stood out for sheer nebulousness. Talking about organizational effectiveness, she said: "We can reframe the way we define it, so that it's not viewed as simply foregrounding cost savings, but instead a much more complex interplay of influences and drivers that facilitate opportunities for enhancing the ways in which we manage movement."
Finally, a mole working at a London university sent us a quote that neatly sums up what every university management team hopes to achieve when faced with adversity.
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Cedar Park, Texas is a suburban community about 20 miles northwest of Austin. The tremendous growth in the area between the early 90s and today has led to the development of new home communities throughout the area, and increased demand for Cedar Park homes in older neighborhoods. Buyers have over 40 Cedar Park neighborhoods from which to choose, and with Cedar Park homes ranging in price from $100K to over $750K, there are options to suit every budget. Typical Cedar Park homes are priced between $200K and $300K, making it an affordable Austin suburb. Cedar Park residents are fortunate to be surrounded by parks. Brushy Creek Sports Park, with its many courts, fields, and new skate park, and Brushy Creek Lake Park, with its 90 acre lake for fishing, canoeing, and kayaking, are themselves tremendous assets to the community, but they are only two of the 40+ parks in the area! In fact, most Cedar Park home owners can walk to a local park to enjoy the outdoors, go for a swim, or let the kids play. The city is also home to Cedar Park Center, a large entertainment venue where people gather to watch musical performances and sporting events. Nearby shopping includes the new 1890 Ranch with its many shops and restaurants, and Lakeline Mall.
Cedar Park Real Estate
- Residential Listings 435
- Average List Price $338,129
- Average Price / Sq Ft $131
- Average Size (Sq Ft) 2,629
- Highest Price: $1,080,000
- Highest Price / Sq Ft $638
- Average Year Built 2004
- Lowest Price $150,000
- Lowest Price / Sq Ft $66
Historical Sales Data
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Cedar Park Location and Map
Cedar Park neighborhoods are located in either Williamson County or Travis County. The city is about 17 miles northwest of Austin, TX off Highway 183. The zip code for Cedar Park is 78613.
Cedar Park Neighborhoods
Click a link below to read a neighborhood profile for a Cedar Park community.
- Anderson Mill West
- Bella Vista
- Bellamy Garden Homes
- Breakaway Park
- Buttercup Creek
- Buttercup Villas
- Carriage Hills
- Cedar Park Ranchettes
- Cedar Park Square
- Cedar Park Town Center
- Coventry Crossing
- Creekview
- Cross Creek
- Crossing at Carriage Hills
- Cypress Bend
- Cypress Canyon
- Cypress Creek
- Cypress Mill
- Deerfield Park
- Emerald Oaks
- Enclave of Shady Trails
- Estates at Brushy Creek
- Forest Oaks
- Gann Ranch
- Heritage Park
- High Meadows
- Hunters Glenn
- Lakeline Oaks
- Oakmont Forest
- Oakwood Glen
- Paradiso Villas
- Park Place
- Parkwest Estates
- Quarry Oaks
- Quest Village
- Ranch at Brushy Creek
- Ranch at Cypress Creek
- Ranch at Deer Creek
- Red Oaks
- Reserve at Brushy Creek
- Reserve at Twin Creeks
- Riviera Springs
- Settlers Creek
- Shenandoah
- Silver Oak
- Silverado West
- Silverstone
- Spanish Oak Terrace
- Sunset Ridge
- The Place
- Trails at Carriage Hills
- Twin Creeks
- Volente Hills
- Walsh Trails
- West Park Estates
- Westside Preserve
- Whippoorwill
- Whitestone Oaks
- Whitestone Oaks Anderson Mill
- Woods at Carriage Hills
Cedar Park MLS Listings
Click below to search all Cedar Park MLS listings and view property details for all available homes, lots, rentals and more. From there, select a tab to refine your search by price, bedrooms, bathrooms, square feet, property type, year built, pool, garage spaces, and more.
Cedar Park Real Estate Listings
$1,800,000 Active
603 W Park St Cedar Park Ranchettes Pt Of
- 3Bed
- 1Bath
- 1,200Sqft
- 1970Year
Mallach and Company
$1,750,000 Active
1800 E New Hope Dr Parker W S Sur Tr 05 Pt & 07 Ac
- 10.91Acres
Keller Williams Realty
$1,080,000 Pending
3008 Juneau Dr Breakaway Park Sec 4
- 4Bed
- 4Bath
- 4,567Sqft
- 2006Year
Realty Austin
$1,000,000 Pending
701 Kodiak Trl Breakaway Park Sec 4
- 4Bed
- 4Bath
- 4,491Sqft
- 2006Year
Keller Williams Realty-RR
$999,800 Active
1109 W New Hope Dr Dover S J Sur
- 3Bed
- 2Bath
- 1,566Sqft
- 1981Year
e-Executive Realty
$794,530 Active
2758 Grand Oaks Loop Bluffs At Twin Creeks
- 5Bed
- 6Bath
- 4,800Sqft
- 2015Year
$769,900 Active
780 Starwood Place Tr 06
- 4Bed
- 4Bath
- 4,989Sqft
- 2000Year
Realty Austin
$744,990 Active
2906 Grand Oaks Loop Twin Creeks
- 4Bed
- 4Bath
- 3,891Sqft
- 2015Year
Donald Ray Cox
$689,990 Active
2014 Colina Cv Abrantes
- 4Bed
- 5Bath
- 4,279Sqft
- 2015Year
RGS Realty LLC
The information being provided is for consumers' personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing.
Based on information from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (alternatively, from ACTRIS) from July 4th, 2015 at 9:45am CDT. Neither the Board nor ACTRIS guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. The Austin Board of REALTORS®, ACTRIS and their affiliates provide the MLS and all content therein "AS IS" and without any warranty, express or implied. Data maintained by the Board or ACTRIS may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.
All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified.


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At 8:50 in episode 5, Ballad of Fallen Angels when the kids are in the convenience store viewing porn, (English Dub) you hear in the background a news report about Israel and Syria having a conflict involving jet fighters.
Don't Israel and Syria not exist since the Gate blew? Earth is uninhabited on the surface for the most part, so how would jet fighters be effective? Media from our time is derelict, so how would she view an old report?


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Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson said he has no idea when he will be able to return to the lineup. Anderson has been sidelined since severing a tendon in his pinky last week while cooking dinner at home last week. He underwent surgery to repair the tendon and still is not able to grip his stick. "Obviously the timeline is wide open right now," Anderson said Thursday. "All I can do right now is make sure I stay in shape. I'm able to go out there and skate with my gear on. The main thing right now is keeping my legs, keeping everything strong, so when I do have a chance to come back, I'm physically ready to go." The 30-year-old Anderson has a 29-19-6 record and 2.85 goals-against average to put Ottawa in the seventh spot in the Eastern Conference entering play Thursday. Robin Lehner has won both his starts since he was called up from Binghamtom, including his first career shutout in Tuesday's 1-0 win over Boston.
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Total of 66 user ratings spread across 66 releases
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Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Age of Empires Online
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Army of Two
A guide for those who are interested in purchasing or renting the game!<br />
Overall, fun campaign, horrible multi, poor control, and terrible interface. It's a pretty fun game, despite that it's poorly designed. The campaign offers a short but fun experience if you can co-op with a fri... Read Full Review0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Not the Westwood classic that you used to know! It's just not fun any more :-(
To date, I have not spent too much time on this game. Primarily, it has to do with the fact that I find it difficult to continue. Playing the first Red Alert in DOS was amazing. I can still vividly recall the fi... Read Full Review5 of 7 users found the following review helpful
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Chessmaster 10th Edition
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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The Longest Journey
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Battlefield 1942
Stuntman Ignition
Professor Fizzwizzle
This is a game for just about everyone, regardless your age, sex, or even operating system.
As a linux user, I first learned about the company and the game through Linux Journal. The interview motivated me to download the demo and give it a try. Within minutes, I was in love with the game. Your mission... Read Full Review0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
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Deus Ex: Invisible War
LEGO Star Wars
Halo 3
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II
It's not a great game. Unfortunately, the horrible online multiplayer made it a regretful purchase for even $9.99.
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American McGee Presents Bad Day LA
Rise of Nations
A RTS that truly focuses on "strategy" instead of resource gathering.
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Best Mac AC3 Player software
AC3 is a kind of file type that is primarily associated with "AC3 Audio File Format" by Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Surround Audio Coding-3 (AC3) is a 6-channel, audio file format by Dolby Laboratories that usually accompanies DVD viewing. It operates 5 channels for normal range speakers (20 to 20,000 Hz) and the 6th channel reserved for low-frequency (20 to 120Hz) sub-woofer operation.
Free Mac Media Player is the best AC3 player software, supporting all Mac models (including iMac, Macbook Pro, Air, Mac mini, and Mac Pro). Its universal performance also refers to all media formats of movie, video, audio, music, and picture, including DVD, VideoCD, MOV, MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV, MP4, MPEG, RMVB, MP3, WMA, AAC, etc. With DTS 5.1 supported, it can output audios of AC3 or other media formats at a high level.
Note: Human's audible range of frequency is typically between 20Hz to 20kHz (that's 20,000Hz) and this range is called sonic. Anything below the range is referred to as infrasonic whilst anything above is ultrasonic.
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Jeremiah Smith (lawyer)
|Jeremiah Smith
|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At-large district (Seat 1)
|In office
March 4, 1791 – July 26, 1797
|Preceded by
|Abiel Foster
|Succeeded by
|Peleg Sprague
|6th Governor of New Hampshire
|In office
June 8, 1809 – June 5, 1810
|Preceded by
|John Langdon
|Succeeded by
|John Langdon
|Personal details
November 29, 1759
Peterborough, Province of New Hampshire
|September 21, 1842
(aged 82)
Dover, New Hampshire
|Political party
|Other political
|Pro-Administration (until 1795)
|Elizabeth Ross, Elizabeth Hale (married twice)
|Alma mater
|Harvard University, Rutgers College
Jeremiah Smith (November 29, 1759 – September 21, 1842) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician from Exeter, New Hampshire.
Born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Smith attended Harvard University before graduating from Queens College, New Brunswick (now Rutgers University) in 1780. He served in the Continental Army, and read law to enter the bar in 1786. He was in private practice in Peterborough from 1786 to 1796. He was a member, of the New Hampshire State Legislature from 1798 to 1791, and represented the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1791 to 1797. He was a United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire from 1797 to 1800. He was a probate judge of Rockingham County, New Hampshire from 1800 to 1801.
On February 18, 1801, Smith was nominated by President John Adams to a new seat as a federal judge on the United States circuit court for the First Circuit, created by 2 Stat. 89. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 20, 1801, and received his commission the same day. Smith's federal judicial service was terminated on July 1, 1802, due to abolition of the court. He then became Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of New Hampshire, from 1802 to 1809.
Smith was elected Governor of New Hampshire in 1809, defeating incumbent Governor John Langdon by only 319 votes. However, Langdon defeated Smith in the following election, in 1810. Smith returned to the private practice of law from 1810 until 1813, when he again became Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of New Hampshire, this time until 1816, when he was removed by the elimination of the court by the legislature.[1] He again returned to private practice New Hampshire from 1816 to 1820.
Smith was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814.[2]
Smith died in 1842 in Dover, New Hampshire, and is buried at the Winter Street Cemetery in Exeter.
- ^ See John H. Morrison, Life of the Honorable Jeremiah Smith, Little & Brown, 1845.
- ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
External links[edit]
- Smith's Congressional biography
- Jeremiah Smith at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Jeremiah Smith at National Governors Association
- Jeremiah Smith at Find a Grave
|United States House of Representatives
|Preceded by
Abiel Foster
|Member of the House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's At-large (Seat 1) congressional district
|Succeeded by
Peleg Sprague
|Legal offices
|Preceded by
Edward St. Loe Livermore
|3rd United States Attorney
for the
District of New Hampshire
|Succeeded by
Edward St. Loe Livermore
|Political offices
|Preceded by
John Langdon
|Governor of New Hampshire
|Succeeded by
John Langdon
- 1759 births
- 1842 deaths
- Governors of New Hampshire
- Judges of the United States circuit courts
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire
- United States federal judges appointed by John Adams
- United States Attorneys for the District of New Hampshire
- Chief Justices of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
- Rutgers University alumni
- New Hampshire Federalists
- Probate court judges in the United States
- Harvard University alumni
- Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives
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When I heard that petty squabbling has threatened to stall an important movement to deal with Milwaukee's troubling infant mortality crisis, it sounded very familiar.
What sounded most familiar was the sense by some in the African-American community that powerful forces had decided to deal with an issue of great impact for many low-income black residents of Milwaukee without including enough credible black voices.
Pat McManus, executive director of the Milwaukee Black Health Coalition, raised the issue of a lack of input from African-Americans in a bold plan by the Milwaukee Lifecourse Initiative for Health Families that the city and the media has enthusiastically endorsed to educate the public on the life-threatening problem.
McManus, who has been on the front lines of these types of public health campaign for years, put it pretty plainly when describing what she thought was holding things back: "This is what happens. Power outside the black community appoints a black person they back, who will do what they say."
McManus was talking about a specific staffing situation - "We thought they would be bringing in a consultant to consult with us, not to run it," she told the Journal Sentinel - but the real issue is money.
The Wisconsin Partnership has committed $50 million - $10 million every five years for 25 years - to four cities participating in the Wisconsin Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families: Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha and Beloit.
Whenever that much money is allocated for dealing with a "black problem," veteran observers in the inner city are not surprised when the purse strings aren't controlled by black hands.
McManus wasn't happy with the amount of participation by local black health officials and leaders for a city that is 40% African-American with many social problems in the black community.
She's been accused of creating dissension, but I think it's a valid observation from a veteran black leader who knows the way this stuff works.
And it's just not McManus who thinks that way. I've heard the same over the years from black professionals in all walks of life who think the city seldom puts real control in the hands of black people when it comes to big-money projects.
The distrust between some African-Americans and the largely white organizations that are involved in helping solve social problems in Milwaukee isn't widely acknowledged, but it's out there.
More times than I can count, I've talked to African-American community leaders in government, education and the public sector who chafe in an environment where their involvement is solicited but the bigger decisions get made by others.
It's the kind of situation in which only a certain number of black folks at any given time get to sit in the room. And if you're not in the room, you get left out.
McManus reminds me of former state Rep. Annette Polly Williams, now retired, who was an early supporter of the school choice program for African-American families in Milwaukee. After becoming a national media star back in the 1990s, Williams was pushed out of the limelight when school choice became a high-profile, and lucrative, policy proposal for conservative politicians who wanted to use the issue for their own political purposes.
When Williams began to push back against Republicans who favored expanding school choice outside of the black community, she was pushed out of the spotlight altogether.
There are plenty of black professionals in Milwaukee who agree with McManus when it comes to how some white power-brokers deal with the African-American community.
The money generated to improve the lives of low-income residents in predominantly minority areas of the city is controlled by people who live outside those areas, and it's no surprise sometimes resentment bubbles to the surface.
In some cases, it may be misguided paranoia.
But there's enough evidence of grand experiments in Milwaukee that promise to come up with solutions to black problems that lacked sufficient input from black people for some to cast a suspicious eye.
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