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NEW YORK Long considered a niche technology years from widespread adoption, speech recognition is becoming part of the pervasive computing strategies of IBM, Cisco, Intel and Microsoft, which intend to embed it into every future cell phone, PDA, car and consumer gadget.
The technology still has a way to go, but that hasn't stopped plans to use the Web as a medium for natural speech between man and machine. "The technology is not there yet for dictation to computers," said Xuedong Huang, general manager of the .Net Technologies Group at Microsoft Corp. "Based on historical extrapolation we will have it in about 10 years."
Microsoft launched a speech initiative based on its .Net platform at the SpeechTek 2002 conference here this week and announced the availability of a beta release of the .Net Speech Software Development Kit, which includes tools for creating applications using Speech Application Language Tags (Salt). The kit also supports the development of speech applications that can summon both text and graphics content on desktop PCs and Microsoft's Tablet PCs running the company's Internet Explorer browser software.
"Microsoft's Salt-based technologies are designed to easily extend the Web server infrastructure to enable Web access via speech on a wide range of devices," said Kai-Fu Lee, corporate vice president of the Natural Interactive Services division at Microsoft. "We believe that Salt will enable a multitude of speech Web applications and have submitted the standard to the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C] for adoption."
More Salt, please
Microsoft and Intel said earlier this month at the Intel Communications Summit in Orlando, Fla. that they would develop enabling technologies and a reference design for Web-enabled speech applications using the Salt specification.
The W3C has defined VoiceXML 2.0 and will look to incorporate Salt specifications into the next version of the standard, said Jim Larson of Intel, chairman of the W3C Voice Browser Working Group.
Under an alliance formed earlier this year with SpeechWorks International Inc., a text-to-speech technology leader, Microsoft plans to bring Salt technologies to developers of enterprise applications. "Speech has fared well in the mother of all recessions," said Stuart Patterson, president and chief executive officer of SpeechWorks, during a panel discussion at SpeechTek. "Speech technologies are moving from the network into the embedded arena very fast, and standards like Salt, VoiceXML and Aurora for mobile applications will all contribute to this trend."
SpeechWorks is a founding member of the Salt Forum, which intends to develop Salt as a royalty-free, platform-independent standard. Other founding members are Cisco Systems, Comverse, Intel, Microsoft and Philips Speech Processing. (Philips Electronics recently signed an agreement to sell its Speech Processing unit to ScanSoft Inc. of Peabody, Mass.) The forum has submitted the Salt 1.0 specification to the W3C.
Ultimately these companies hope to replace dial tones and keyboards as the means for gaining access to information on the Web. Today's handhelds like those from Palm Inc. utilize pens, keyboards and a limited voice-recording capability. The Tungsten T handhelds Palm introduced this week, based on Texas Instruments Inc.'s Omap1510 processor and featuring a 320 x 320-pixel display, is even smaller than the company's earlier products. The increased number of features on these systems cry out for voice-activated commands to alleviate the limitations of ever-smaller form factors.
Calling the Web
Cell phones without keypads are expected to hit the market as early as next year. Philips Electronics recently demonstrated a palm-sized flat display. Such devices are expected to enhance the use and appeal of the mobile Internet when coupled with voice-recognition features that allow users to call up any Web page from a mobile device just by speaking its address.
In a demo at the 3GSM World Congress in February, Mitsubishi Electric showed its Trium Mondo PDA with a SchlumbergerSema SIM card featuring voice validation software developed by Domain Dynamics Ltd. The software provided a biometric template that can recognize a person's voice to properly identify a user a necessity when providing access to corporate or private databases over the Internet.
Tim Phipps, chief technology officer at Domain Dynamics, said voice authentication can ensure security for a new generation of wireless devices with powerful processors, plenty of multimedia functions, and easy links to other systems. "The road to secure m-commerce [mobile commerce via wireless devices] is to first implement voice authentication on terminal/PDA designs as a simple feature to unlock access to the handset," said Phipps. That would eliminate the common, inconvenient PIN numbers now in current use.
William Osborne, vice president of the Pervasive Computing Segments of IBM Corp., agreed that voice will become an authenticating medium as PDAs get smaller and smarter, but added that dictation will also become pervasive. A speech technology veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the field, Osborne is an advocate of the technology. "We have to start thinking of speech in terms of an end-to-end imperative in the IT world," he said. "Speech must become part of the IT industry, not remain an industry of its own kind."
Ron Croen, chief executive officer at Nuance, assessed how far speech technologies must go before they become an everyday interface for computers at work and at home. "A lot of investment money is coming into the industry, but too few people are making a profit and too many are chasing the same goals," he said, referring to a proliferation of proprietary solutions. "We need to standardize on the standards, consolidate, and have each industry player find the natural level of expertise to contribute to the whole," he said.


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I'm still trying to recover from the discharge of sonic molestation that follows the depressive streams of compositions on "Sejr's" first track, "En Falden Kriger". Apparently, it shifts from harmony to head on grim and bleak ferociousness. Ynleborgaz is back... with a vengeance.
The origin for this man's antagonism is the hordes of Christians, who has stamped out the Northern way of life, its background and its religious conviction. This is a voyage through a vindictive yet proud cosmos, where compassion and pity is as rare as "tr00" black metal bands these days. Only the demise of the invaders will satisfy Ynleborgaz's mighty thirst for devastation.
Angantyr follows in the grand tradition of bands like Burzum and Nargaroth, as Ynleborgaz himself plays all the instruments. Same bands could probably be used as reference points, although "Sejr" has a more Folky/Viking Metal approach than the aforementioned bands. Still, the comparison is in my books a good one. Angantyr did actually start out as an ambient project (back in 1997 I believe), very much inspired by the "Filosofem"-era of aforementioned band, Burzum. Ynleborgaz is still very close to Varg's most famous project. The music has that suicidal edge that stunned those of us, who has enjoyed "Filosofem". Though the difference between "Filosofem" and "Sejr" lays in the way that Angantyr builds up his songs. Unlike Burzum this is not droning guitar, but actually a varied (for minimalistic black metal that is), it also contains that lovely Viking metal style that you can also enjoy Angantyr creating in one of his side-projects, Holmgang. According to Ynleborgaz, he claims to have been inspired by the Swedish band Domgård, although I must admit that I have sadly never heard any of their songs, so I can hardly tell if he has allowed his muse's modus operandi to show on his record. What I do know is that Domgård was imprisoned for several church burnings, and the images of burning churches has been on almost all of Angantyr's material.
The music is extremely well played, simple as that. Angantyr is a fabulous musician, and each instrument is spoiled. From the distorted and depressive guitars, to the pounding drums and the both subtle, yet at times dominating bass, Ynleborgaz makes sure to give each instrument a chance to shine. The album has an unusually good production (one of the best I've ever experienced on a black metal release), and Ynleborgaz' vocals are picture-perfect. Every word is crystal-clear and easily understandable, and with such brilliant lyrics it would be a shame if they were washed out by bad production, or by frenzied high-pitched wails a la Dani the Castrato. Speaking of the lyrics, to travel into the vast abyss of "Sejr's" lyrics, is to travel into a lair of hatred and disgust. Not often have I stumbled upon such manifested revulsion towards Christianity. Ynleborgaz kills priests and burns churches, as proud warriors makes a final stand. Lightning strikes and the hordes of radiance are fought off with axes, bitter determination and strength of mind. Reading the lyrics is like reading the ancient sagas of old, something that was probably Ynleborgaz' intention all along.
Standout tracks are "Niddingdåd", "Sølverpilens Kald" and my personal favourite "En Falden Kriger". (Bizarrely) these are the three initial tracks, but the songs on the other half of the album are of almost the same stupendous excellence, so that really doesn't matter at all.
Summing up, this is one of the most unwavering albums that I've had the delight of examining. Not a single tune lets you down, and even as I write this, I find myself headbanging to the magnificent hymns on this icy black (fucking) metal album.
This is simply an immense and enthralling record, and one that I think you should try to get your, hopefully ash-stained, hands on (did you remember to burn your daily quota of churches?).
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Chesapeake (Va.) Western Branch linebacker Vince Hall has finally named a decision date and time.
"It'll be between Virginia Tech and North Carolina and Vince is going to announce on Friday around noon in my office," said Western Branch head coach Lewis Johnston. "He'll break the heart of one school and make another one very happy."
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September 21, 2012 at 12:12 pm #16483
I'm in the process of taking my site off of the responsive layout.
I saw this thread: https://kriesi.at/support/topic/iphone-1-column-layout
And did the following:
1 – in layout.css file, remove between lines 2034 and 2099.
2 – open the grid.css file and also remove all the media queries in there (line 57-180).
That seems to be working on most things, but when I make the browser smaller the navigation disappears and the all of the product images remain in their responsive state.
How can I fix this so that everything remains as it is when the browser is at full width, on computer, ipad and mobile?
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KateSeptember 23, 2012 at 2:46 am #91651
If you don't mind me asking, what's the reason behind your move away from responsive design? You don't have to answer, but I am thinking of writing an article about this topic but haven't found anyone who asked first, to use as a lead intro.
You found the correct instructions https://kriesi.at/support/topic/ (Purchase code hidden if logged out) -theme-revisited but there is another step not mentioned there, but is in this topic https://kriesi.at/support/topic/responsive-layout-woes-continue .
Basically you need to open your header.php and remove the following line:
<!-- mobile setting -->
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1">
And I found more media queries in
Lines 1656-1775 in woocommerce-mod.css in config-woocommerce directory in the theme folder.
I think that's it, I went over all your css files. Please remove that block of css and the meta tag from the header and see if it's the way you want it.
NickSeptember 23, 2012 at 8:47 am #91652
Hey Nick
Brilliant thank you! That's sorted out the products and it views perfectly on my phone now. The navigation still disappears though but I couldn't see the block of css you mentioned? Is this the custom.css file?
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KateSeptember 23, 2012 at 8:52 am #91653
Hi Nick
Forgot to say that the reason for choosing a non responsive layout is that I was having lots of issues getting things to line up pixel perfect across multiple browsers. I guess speaking from a designers point of view, the look of the site is far more important to me and it will still function on an ipad/mobile the same way it does on a desktop which gives me some peace of mind.
Kind regards
KateSeptember 25, 2012 at 3:36 pm #91654
Hi Kate,
The css to be removed is in the woocommerce-config folder in the woocommerce-mod.css file.
DevinSeptember 25, 2012 at 4:01 pm #91655
Hi Devin
I'm not sure which code you mean sorry. I deleted the following from the woocommerce-mod.css file but it didn't fix the problem:
Lines 1656-1775 in woocommerce-mod.css in config-woocommerce directory in the theme folder.
Kind regards
KateSeptember 27, 2012 at 4:34 am #91656
Sorry about pasting it as if that was code. Please open up the woocommerce-mod.css in config-woocommerce directory, and make a backup copy of the file, then find line 1656 which looks like
/* #Media Queries
Starting from that line, delete everything until you reach line 1777 which looks like
/*added for woocommerce 1.4 +*/
You do not have to delete line 1777 itself. But everything in between 1656 and 1777 has to be removed.
NIckSeptember 27, 2012 at 6:32 am #91657
Hi Nick
Thank you but as discussed in my last post to Devin, I had already deleted those lines and it didn't fix the problem.
Kind regards
KateSeptember 27, 2012 at 4:21 pm #91658
I gave the main menu a width of 680px. This stops the menu from disappearing when I decrease the size of the browser window. however, now I get a mobile main menu appear over the top of the nav instead when I decrease the size of the browser window.
I'm not sure if I've made it better or worse by giving the menu a width but I'd like to now remove the drop down menu which is appearing now (I don't need to worry that it will be removed on the mobile as my site is no longer responsive so this shouldn't appear anyway).
If an answer could get back to me asap, that would be super as it is the only issue I now have to fix.
Kind regards
KateSeptember 27, 2012 at 4:46 pm #91659
Oh in that case just add the following css:
#top .mobileMenu {
display: none;
That should do it!
DevinSeptember 27, 2012 at 4:47 pm #91660
Here is a quick fix for Quick CSS
#mobileMenu_menu-main-menu {
display: none !important;
However that part needs to be removed from jQuery since the rollover on the menu wont work now .
[Edit] … and Devin beats me by 58 seconds!! Woot!
NickSeptember 27, 2012 at 5:17 pm #91661
Fixed :-) Thank you all so much!September 27, 2012 at 10:30 pm #91662
Let us know if you have any other questions.
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- What connections do they have to the actual perpetrator of these false police reports which appear to endanger conservative activists?
- Hynes was just revealed to have racist James Richarson on staff, as well as working against Tea Party Texas Senate candidate Ted Cruz
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- I found this write up on SPLC listed hate talker Robert Stacy McCain's site.
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- Brandon Darby Swatting Calls
- There are four false police reports I find particularly interesting, because they seem to be tied to an extortion attempt by Mike Grimm, Congressman from NY-13, an obstruction of justice attempt intended to deflect attention from James O'Keefe, and the whole thing is being wrapped up by Hynes Communications in an attempt to create another "Bill Ayers" for the 2012 election.
- Mike Stack – Montgomery Township, June 23rd 2011:
- Stack was used to push the message that a New York Democrat was going to have a sex scandal starting around the beginning of May 2011 and he was left holding the bag for what happened to Anthony Weiner. He was a liability after Weiner's June 16th resignation, particularly since the news came out June 18th that the "teen girls" Weiner had been talking to were entirely fabricated. The false report seems calculated to shut him up.
- A false report was made and the voice of the source seems to be Brandon Darby. This YouTube video is a composite of three false report calls and interview audio of Darby.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe4NCaz4NgM
- The underlying motivation for the Weiner stalk/smear is his reporting of Grimm's extortion attempt in the fall of 2010.
- John Patrick Frey – Los Angeles, June 30th/July 1st 2011:
- Frey engaged former Raw Story editor Ron Brynaert in a call that straddled the midnight hour June 30/July 1. During this time there was an alleged false report made on him, again the voice is Brandon Darby. Frey banned Lee Stranahan from his blog, patterico.com, within about 36 hours. It should be noted that Darby and Stranahan own http://darbystranahan.com. Frey has been a vocal defender of James O'Keefe.
- The best source for picking this apart is Lane Lipton aka @qritiq. She's dug deeper into the details of the event's timeline, Frey's shifting, implausible explanations, and his use of an audio forensics expert to try to pin it all on Brynaert.
- My read is that Darby and Stranahan did this on their own initiative, Frey was furious about it, but that he realized he was in deep and attempted to help with the cleanup by shifting the blame to Brynaert. Ron can't make a false report call to save his life – he had a mental breakdown in the fall of 2010 and is incapable of remaining lucid during phone calls – I spoke to him once, and it was 30 seconds of me trying to answer questions and five minutes of him yelling at me.
- Erick Erickson – somewhere in Georgia, May 27th 2012:
- Erickson wrote about swatting, motivated by a conflict between Brett Kimberlin and Robert Stacy McCain. He also happened to contact his local sheriff's department and warn them that such a thing was likely. A false report call, again the voice of Brandon Darby, was made. He tweeted about it, two minutes later he had a short blog post about it, and then he was off and promoting the smear – claiming that this was done by Brett Kimberlin or an 'associate' – an un-subtle way of saying 'Neal Rauhauser'.
- If I were investigating this, which I am, I would be focused on Hynes Communications in general and James Richardson in particular. This company, now Romney's online rapid response vendor, seems a very likely candidate as the architect behind what has been directed at Kimberlin. Specifically:
- • James Richardson is a Hynes Communications staffer • James Richardson is a former contributor to Red State, Erickson is founder • GA Senator Saxby Chambliss has been pushing for investigation into swatting • Richardson and Brandon Howell run GeorgeTipsheet.com • GeorgiaTipsheet.com has a Capitol Hill source -Dome Confidential • We're working on the assumption Dome Confidential = Chambliss staffer • O'Keefe was funded by American For Prosperity • Darby and perhaps Stranahan were funded by Americans For Prosperity • O'Keefe money/front man is Erick O'Keefe of Sam Adams Alliance • Emily Zanotti is a Hynes Communications staffer • Emily Zanotti was formerly the online strategy person for Sam Adams Alliance
- There are plenty of non-trivial business, personal, and financial links between a small group of people. They've got a history of criminality involving complex deception.
- Aaron Walker, Manassas Virginia, June 25th
- Walker was outed as the operator of the Islamophobic Everyone Draw Mohammed blog January of 2012, he was arrested for assaulting Brett Kimberlin on January 9th at a contempt hearing for Seth Allen, whom either he or Frey had been guiding to smear Kimberlin. He was arrested again for a peace order violation in June, and this triggered the massive "Everyone Blog About Brett Kimberlin" smear, publicly announced by Lee Stranahan and promoted by Ali Akbar/National Bloggers Club.
- I have some information regarding connections between Hynes Communications, Romney online rapidly response, and Ali Akbar, founder of the National Bloggers Club. The public information about ties are tenuous, but the tight coordination seen between NBC and Saxby Chambliss's office makes this all very interesting.
- It should also be noted that Walker is another former contributor to Frey's blog, also banned under mysterious circumstances.
- We don't have audio of the call but I know it did occur – I've spoken to the officer who responded. I am presuming we're going to find Brandon Darby's voice again.
- So, the things you are seeing here are:
- • Grimm extortion attempt reported, Weiner set up in response • O'Keefe grand jury in New Hampshire, lots of antics because I carried documents for the AAG on the case into a hearing in New Jersey. • Hynes Communications attempting to solve several problems at once, turning Brett Kimberlin into Bill Ayers for 2012, protecting Eric O'Keefe/Sam Adams Alliance, etc. • Frey faces a civil suit from Nadia Naffe, witness to O'Keefe's behavior, and I'm the one who got her the lawyer handling the case.
- What happened to Stack was real from what I can see. What happened to Frey was a soft pitch from Darby, and Frey either knew before it happened, or they informed him right after the fact. Erick Erickson's event is clear and intentional fabrication and I want to know what role James Richardson and Emily Zanotti of Hynes Communications played in it.
- I am assuming that Walker's false report call was also Darby – they have pointedly not released audio.
- Given the timing, immediately after a hearing against Brett Kimberlin, this is fabricated even if they did manage to get someone other than Darby to make the call.
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Wilson Bentley (1865-1931) was a self-educated farmer in Vermont who in his teen years became interested in ice crystals and began examining them under a microscope. He attached a camera to his microscope and developed a technique for photographing snowflakes before they melted or sublimated—a technique which is still used today. His photographs have become world renowned, being exhibited by museums, published in Scientific American and National Geographic, and spawning a colloquialism that is as ubiquitous as the snow itself.
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European Union Applies TRACES System to Hunting Trophies
Published: October - 2011
The European Union has applied the TRACES system to hunting trophies, creating yet another bureaucratic hurdle to clear before trophies arrive safely to their final destination. The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) (www.cic-wildlife.org) has posted an advisory to all outfitters, taxidermy companies and trophy exporters outside the European Community, informing them that "pursuant to the EU-Commission Regulation 142/2011 they have to be registered [with] the EU authorities, if they intend to export hunting trophies into countries of the EU in the future." You can read the full text of this alert at http://www.cic-wildlife.org/index.php?id=746. This rule refers to all trophies from animals with horns, feathers or hooves. Elephants, carnivores and crocodiles are not affected. The regulation, which quietly came into effect on May 1, 2011 after a transition period of only 14 days, stipulates that all "trophy processing plants" require a Trade Control and Export System "TRACES" registration number from the EU Commission's Directorate D (Animal Health) of the Directorate-General SANCO (https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sanco/traces/) in Brussels. We consulted John J. Jackson, III, of Conservation Force (www.conservationforce.org) to get his take on this new (and, apparently, entirely unnecessary) regulation. His takeaway for international hunters is this: if any trophy shipment you are involved with is touching European soil at any point in its journey, make absolutely certain that all shippers involved are correctly registered with EU authorities and that the "Common Veterinary Entry Document" or CVED has been created for the shipment. According to the CIC release, a number of important hunting countries have not yet complied. For more information on getting a TRACES number, visit http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Health_and_social_care/Food/TRACES.htm. This site offers guidelines on how to register for TRACES. We are indebted to Conservation Force for finding this information and sharing it with Hunting Report subscribers. Importantly, hunters who in the past have chosen to take their trophies home as part of their baggage will be put out by this registration requirement. The CIC warns, "The new regulation will make it virtually impossible for foreign hunters to take their trophies home with them after the hunt."
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ALK Technologies announced that its ALK Maps and PC*Miler web services products are now available with J.J. Keller's Encompass with E-Logs premium edition online fleet management dashboard.
Continental Commercial Vehicle & Aftermarket has added capabilities to its VDO RoadLog software to include hours-of-service compliance for Canada, Alaska and oilfield service.
July 29, 2014
Pegasus TransTech has released Transflo Docu-Type, an automated document classification system that complements the Transflo suite of scanning applications.
July 22, 2014
Ellis will be responsible for I.D. Systems' operations, including sales, marketing, customer service, implementation and support for the company's wireless machine-to-machine asset management systems.
July 17, 2014
ChatterStack, a social-employment network designed to connect job seekers, employees and employers in the trucking industry was introduced Thursday by Trucking Now, Woodbridge, Conn.
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Orbcomm this week successfully launched six next generation OG2 telecommunication satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, to provide faster data systems to customers and increasing the company's overall network capacity for customers in trucking and other fields it serves.
July 15, 2014
A suite of fleet management applications can now be factory installed on new trucks from Volvo Trucks under a partnership between the truck maker and Telogis.
July 11, 2014
EBE Technologies, a developer of enterprise business process management applications for the transportation industry, has partnered with TrueNorth Companies, a risk management solutions provider to the transportation industry, to create OverDrive.
July 10, 2014
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has revised its guidance regarding hours of service logging software programs on laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones, to allow for digital driver signatures.
July 8, 2014
Internet-based chassis reservation exchange ChassisFinder.com has expanded its online chassis leasing and management tools with the development of an app for iPhone and Android phones.
July 7, 2014
Supply chain software companies Accellos, Colorado Springs, and HighJump, Minneapolis, announced July 7 that the two companies would merge operations, creating a company with 11,000 customers in 23 countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
When Superior Bulk Logistics implemented the warranty management function of its fleet maintenance software, it was expecting to save $500,000 in the first year. By May, it was already more than halfway there.
July 2, 2014
Pedigree Technologies, Fargo, N.D., has developed a mobile fluid monitoring system in partnership with Pro-Fab Industries, Arborg, Manitoba, and Titan Logix Corp., Edmonton, Alberta.
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Pegasus TransTech is offering a new smartphone application designed to allow drivers to accept loads, update trip status, report accidents and claims, send/receive messages and delivery documents.
June 30, 2014
David Green has joined Karmak as a business consultant, where he will match the unique business processes and needs of each customer with the Karmak system they are running to help them reach their potential.
June 27, 2014
This new release offers fleets insight and trending regarding types of violations, analysis of individual violation data points, and options for drilling down into specific data, according to the company.
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Diagnostic fault code data collected from Rand McNally in-cab fleet management devices now integrates with Navistar's OnCommand Connection remote diagnostics system, the company announced June 26.
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On Friday Chelsea's Jose Mourinho shocked everyone by launching a personal attacked on Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
Mourinho described Wenger as a 'specialist in failure' and the Arsenal manager was asked about the comments after his 2-1 win over Liverpool.
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Senator Bill Larkin (R-C, Cornwall-on-Hudson) today called for a cap on the state sales tax on gas to provide immediate price relief to motorists.
Senator Larkin also called for the use of already accumulated gas taxes to help seniors stay warm this winter.
"Soaring gas prices have also generated an unexpected tax windfall from all the increased sales," said Senator Larkin. "We should be using this extra revenue to help the people who need it most. I believe these funds should go to programs that will help seniors pay what is expected to be astronomical heating bills this winter. Also, eliminating the state gas tax will provide at least some relief to motorists."
This week, the State Senate will propose legislation to roll back the gas tax and replace it with a fixed state-local levy, providing motorists immediate savings up to eight to 10 cents per gallon on fuel purchased at more than $2 per gallon. Unlike the existing levy, the new gas tax would not rise as prices increase, thereby eliminating any future windfall to state and local governments.
The bill would also create a new "Senior Heat" program, which will provide direct, one-time, rebate checks of $100 or more to assist at least 640,000 New York seniors eligible for the Enhanced STAR property tax program in meeting their increased energy bills this winter. Enhanced STAR is available to seniors 65 years and older who earn under $65,000 per year.
In Orange County, approximately 11,910 seniors would be eligible for this rebate. In Ulster County, approximately 9,334 seniors would benefit.
The program is to be funded with revenues from the gas tax windfall, now projected at $42 million, but estimated to grow to $100 million or more by the end of the fiscal year.
"Seniors living on a fixed-income are facing potential critical hardships this winter because of this surge in gas and fuel prices," added Larkin. "No New Yorker, especially the elderly, should have to choose between staying warm and meeting life's other necessities."
In addition to soaring gas prices, the price for natural gas and heating oil has risen dramatically since last winter. According to NYSERDA, the average fuel oil price rose from $1.76 per gallon one year ago to $2.43 per gallon last week -- a 38 percent increase. New York homeowners consume an average 800 gallons of fuel oil each winter. Natural gas costs are expected to show similar increases.
Senator Larkin, in partnership with the entire Senate Majority, has called on Congress to launch a detailed investigation into possible illegal price gouging by oil companies.
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Hunter: Club must breed winning confidence
The Angels outfielder has played on teams that have opened the season on a blistering pace (his Twins went 18-6 in April 2001) and clubs that have scuffled mightily out of the gate (his Twins started 18-36 in 1999).
Hunter said the Angels -- off to a 6-13 start -- can't procure a winning mentality on their own. Instead, they must patiently let it come to them.
"Baseball hasn't come to us," Hunter said. "We're trying to go get it. The feeling that you have to have, it has to come to you. The feeling of winning, the feeling that nobody can beat you -- it has to come to you. You can't just go get it."
For the club to breed that winning confidence, Hunter said, it takes one player's energy to spread throughout the clubhouse.
"It's 100 percent contagious," said Hunter, a nine-time Gold Glove Award winner. "If [Jered] Weaver is out there busting his butt with a runner on third and strands him, or gets three quick strikeouts, that energy level pumps you up and that adrenaline goes into the next guy. If a guy gets a base hit and hustles for a double and pumps his fist, I can feel that energy.
"It's a ripple effect, a domino effect. Hopefully we get somebody going and it becomes contagious."


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My knees were the things that
kept me up and my skin is my
cutting board my eyes are the
rain clouds to the fire running
down my arms and my heart is
the fire place that keeps me
burning so calm
Copyright © brittney lopez | Year Posted 2013
To see her blog, adorned with pastel tones
Widens the gap that pervades my bones
For now we eat her passing meal of plain white rice
Leaving us all alone, without much needed fashion advice
The red light district has lost an inductee
For I would have love to be involved in her naked party
Yet for now we must all be content
With the debauched path she hath went.
Sadness invades a binary world
Where tweeters and bloggers hearts have curled
Bringing back memories of Madonna's 'Like A Virgin'
Her fashion advice precise like a mastoplexic surgeon
I remember the fervour when you were followed by Kath Kidston
A similar experience when I had my first Jar of Branston
Yet when you found out the intensity with which I was following you
You wanted to change species and become a Gnu
You learnt to accept my frequent outpourings of love
When you finally spoke to me, I felt as free as a pure white dove
But upon your departure I feel pathetic and hollowed
The best I can hope for is the number of one of the hot bloggers you followed
She was always my muse, my intimate inspiration
No-one can cause such an outpouring of personal perspiration
My heart now yearns to see her type a special tweet
One that would make Mr Sexton act like a dog on heat
Now the world mourns the passing of Lily Fulvio-Mason
I can still see her face reflected in my wash basin
With every heart beat, every full blooded pulse
My sadness streaked blood makes my body convulse
But now it's time to go, my heart says goodbye
The pain eats my nipples like the Syrphid Fly
I can finally see your body laid in an eternal rest
And now I can now finally uncover your breast.
Copyright © Tom Hyam | Year Posted 2013
Who am I?
Am I defined by what is near in sight?
Am I defined by what I have done,
Or am I defined by what I could become?
Perhaps I'm of no use.
To him, or her, or I, nor you.
Or perhaps I'm too misunderstood to be defined,
And it is something like understanding that comes in time.
And if to the world I'm never shown,
Yet in my own light I've grown and grown,
And so I can know no happiness but my own--
The reason for my smile, to you, will forever be unknown.
I do not pray for the world to know my name.
For it and verse; the letters are the same.
And if a man should find his sorrow in what he reads,
I pray his pain my words to keep.
Should his eyes rain on my page,
Better tears than storms of rage.
And if a man should find his sorrow in what he reads.
I pray his pain my words to keep.
And if to the world you're never shown,
Yet in your own light you've grown and grown,
And so you know no happiness but your own.
Let the reason for your smile, to you, only be known.
Copyright © Kristopher Higgs | Year Posted 2013
The pain I put in the ground.
For such a precious thing.
The family enjoys their meal.
They plant their leftover kernels.
And wait for me to tend to them.
An endless cycle in which happiness is born.
21 February 2013
Copyright © Smail Poems | Year Posted 2013
Cowboy Joe
My dad Joe, often rode the circuit rodeo
He lasso'd horses from the word go
Often he'd break them for many a few
His lasso event went far, for his name's Joe
Many men tried to go faster and win before him
They all found out, they were all left out on a limb
Now Joe didn't have not one mean evil, evil streak
He rode on many long extended trips in his younger peak
And he was one of the best of the happy hunting men for game
Always brought home lots of food for us, so we could all tame
He was one of the best riding lasso of mem who was in Rodeo's Hall of fame
I'm so dang proud to have him as my gifted riding cowboy of a father
Now ya'll come on over and give us a loud caller
For we always got on a full pot of coffee or tea
Cause we all learned from our dearest parents
How to be and expect to respect strangers with
hospitality and have extra edibles like peppermints.
Copyright © Eden Barton | Year Posted 2016
The old West has porches made of wood
Two rockers creak away with Mom and pop on board
Reclining out their days and ages spent
Dreaming about the prairie days gone by
Tall glasses holding lemonade and ice
Crash quietly as they dose off in Summer
Violence rises in the distance
The canyon can not hold it back
Above the noise dad and mom snore on
Floor boards and porches pull themselves together
Hound dog licks between the cracks
White under shirts hang out on the line
Blow furious kisses then surrender to the wind
Don't mind the storm or tumbleweeds
Tornadoes don't care either deep inside
Sweeping through the West in just an instance
Clearing out the landscape in the blinking of an eye
Leaving dust behind as a reminder
Why mom and dad are not reclining
on their rockers any more
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2016
Jimmie's dad was bent and wise, a man that life had rode by—
But Jim still recalled his words when he would laugh and half cry:
"Life's a fragile balance between honor and what's true—
A rare, livin' miracle like a winter moon that's blue."
Jimmie started busting sheep when he was only six—
His dad taught him to ride and shoot, and do those fancy tricks.
He grew long and lean on that ranch and helped with the chores—
And rode the broncs and young bulls then, keeping track of his scores.
His name was Jimmie Moon, but his friends just called "Blue"—
'Cause kids like him were few and far and his heart was strong and true.
He had wisdom beyond his years – he had seen the light—
He never did the easy thing; he did the thing that's right.
It came as no surprise; he married a girl named Liz
Folks knew was large with child that was another man's, not his.
But that was fine with Blue and he still followed his star—
Ranching now part-time and riding bulls in the PBR.
"It's not like the ol' days," smiled his dad, not being funny—
"Then bull ridin' was for buckles – now you're talkin' money!"
But just as Jimmie Blue Moon was on the edge of fame—
September 11th happened and stirred within a flame.
Though his family begged him not to sign and go away—
He enlisted in the Army just the very next day.
Sure enough, his service to a cause became a fact
And he was sent far off to war in a place called Iraq.
Then months and years rolled by as Blue only rode iron tanks—
Never forgetting his wife and child, for which he gave thanks.
Then came a Christmas season when Blue's ranch was deep with snow—
A knock on the door brought news Blue's wife did not want to know.
Copyright © Glen Enloe | Year Posted 2006
But she would not even read it – she knew what lay within—
A red rage toward her country now the fire that was her friend.
Yet just a few days later on a now black Christmas Eve—
Another knock was heard from a cowboy come home on leave.
And Jim Blue Moon stood on the porch with presents in one arm,
A proof against dark forces wishing all of us great harm.
He said like Twain, news of his death was exaggerated—
And with smiles his wife helped him in, and they celebrated.
Yet in the haze of happiness and all her loving care,
Only now did Liz realize Blue's left arm was not there.
But snatching life from death's dark rider is a precious thing,
And nothing could dispel the joy their reunion would bring.
Then came the new Christmas day, which now seemed so clear and bright—
Yet Blue held back - flexed his cold metal arm in morning light.
"I wonder if it was worth it?" Blue mumbled at the sight—
But Liz nodded and said: "Yes, you did the thing that was right."
Then they slowly opened presents - three united again—
Later dad and mom came over, and each rodeo friend.
"PBR's done," dad whispered in a voice like from the grave—
"Heck no!" Blue then replied, "I just lost the arm that I wave!"
Sure enough, with prosthetic arm, Blue rode the bulls once more—
Till he volunteered to go back to that faraway shore.
Alone, Jim's wife held their child and the inner one so new—
As a full, pale Christmas moon rose and slowly turned to blue.
How can you cause all this pain
You say that you love Jesus so how can you take his name in vain
Every day was so insane
You always like to cause so much pain
What did you have to gain
At times I thought you have lost your mind
How could you be so unkind
Behind all these tears comes shame
I could say you are to blame
But I won't play that game
Copyright © martha heath | Year Posted 2005
On those endless rides of childhood
Down trails of dark and light,
There are those that you remember
And those that haunt your night.
The green fresh days of farm and ranch
When you raised your first sow—
The flowing sea of bluestem grass,
The calf that was your cow.
You helped give life to Brownie's calf
Or least so you did hope,
By helping tug its leg around—
Holding that bloody rope.
Then Dad said you could have that calf
To feed just like your own,
Then Brownie's calf became your pet—
A friend when you're alone.
Yet, you were big enough to know
The fate of each old cow,
Yet you knew this was different—
But you weren't sure just how.
And so one day Brownie came home
And her calf was not there,
Then did the same, time and again—
But that calf was no where.
Now Brownie's calf had gone away,
But you weren't sure just where—
So Dad and you searched the far fields
In hopes you'd find her there.
Then to some woods and creek you came
Where birds flew overhead
And then the smell of that calves flesh
Told you that she was dead.
You turned and ran back to the ranch—
Sought out old Brownie's face—
And knew that life is just a chance
But for our good Lord's grace.
(A remembrance of driving to the auction in Odessa, Missouri.)
You're bumpin' down the highway in that ol' pickup truck,
Just a kid slowly tunin' in a radio that plays—
Headin' for the stock auction with your dad and some luck—
A part of history, back in those Odessa days.
Dad will be biddin' on some calves to haul way back home—
He fancies doin' more farmin' like in younger days—
He left the farm more than twenty years ago to roam,
To find a town job and turn his back on farmin' ways.
But the land stays in your blood and someday you go back,
If not in bone and muscle, at least within your mind—
And you seek a part of youth—that's just a natural fact,
For you're always on the outlook for what you'll never find.
You roll past green pastures and that churnin' Mighty Mo,
Count the silos, barns and the cattle as you drive past—
Music fills the truck with songs of love and eatin' crow—
Cowboys, beer, bar fights and pickups—things that never last.
That ol' black pickup rattles and bucks just like a bronc,
Its days, just like the horses, will soon come to an end—
And as we reach the auction, my dad pulls up to honk:
A ritual of completion for a son and now a friend.
And when we head on home with those calves all loaded up,
We'll turn on that radio and sing in one sweet haze—
For in just a few years, there will sit dad's empty cup
And there will just be memories of those Odessa days.
Copyright © Glen Enloe | Year Posted 2005
I am so tough,
You taugh me so much,
I was never some damn cream puff.
But I still feel your touch.
Oh Dad I loved you so,
How could you hurt me like that,
You even threatened my bro,
You left me so flat.
You stole my childhood,
Destroyed my life,
What made think you could.
In my heart you put the knife.
But made a enemy and knew you would.
Oh how I wanted to hurt you.
I wanted you to feel my pain.
But I never could fill your shoe.
It was all in vain.
I will die wondering why,
I was your favorite,
All you did Dad was let me cry.
You gave me such a fight.
Copyright © donna Phillips | Year Posted 2005


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Acer unveiled his laptop Predator X 21 at IFA 2016.It is the first Gaming laptop with a curved screen in a notebook.
This announcement at IFA 2016 reinforces the dedication of Acer in the premium gaming area with a focus on expanding the number of high-performance Predator available to enthusiasts worldwide.
The Predator 21 X Official Presentation
The Predator 21 X : The New Sheriff in Town
The Predator 21 X is a flagship model in the series of gaming notebooks from Acer and is more advanced than any other laptop in the market today. It is the first notebook in the world to offer a 21-inch curved screen (2560 x 1080) with IPS technology and a wide viewing angle for superior gaming experience. To carry immersion in games beyond a simple notebook The Predator also includes a reading technology, Tobii eye movement to a new method of control that is more intuitive and natural. This integrated hardware (sensors for infrared and software) unlocks a new facet in the games.
Reading the eye movement of a player through software, The Predator introduces new interactions as point, identifies enemies and takes cover by just looking at the objects on the screen. Reading eye movement also improves the gaming experience by offering endless views while navigating the highways and roads of video games.
With 7th generation Intel Core processors and dual graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 in SLI, the Predator 21 X leads to AAA gaming experience.The curved screen also incorporates NVIDIA G-SYNC technology to enable smooth gameplay and unerring in any scenario. The visuals are not the only star of the show : the Predator 21 X also includes SoundPound 4.2+ (4 speakers and 2 subwoofers), 3-way audio and Dolby audio for total enjoyment. The notebook also includes an advanced cooling architecture with 5 fans, 3 of which are Aeroblade ultra-fine metal fans, which draws the excessive heat giving you a performance without interruption.
The Predator 21 X incorporates a complete mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX switches and RGB backlight customizable for each key. In addition to its curved shape, the keypad on the Predator X 21 has a unique design and can be transformed into a precise touch-pad.
New Monitors Eye-Tracking Revealed
In addition to the notebook top of the range, Acer announced three new monitors for Predator games that also integrate reading technology Tobii eye movement. Each monitor features NVIDIA G-SYNC and high refresh rates for smoother gaming experience without lag.
The new displays for Predator games are available in different sizes and configurations to appeal a broad range of users wanting to take their game to a new level:
• Predator Z271T: 27″ Curved Screen (Curvature of 1800R), FHD 1920 x 1080 (144 Hz)
• Predator XB251HQT: 24.5″ Flat Screen ZeroFrame, FHD 1920 x 1080 (240 Hz)
• Predator XB271HUT: 27″ Flat Screen ZeroFrame, WQHD 2560 x 1440 (165 Hz)
GPU Update for Best Performance
At this year's IFA in Berlin, Acer also announced updates to its GPU for notebooks Predator games 15 and 17. The new versions include GPUs with the new NVIDIA Pascal architecture until NVIDIA GeForce 1070 and Windows 10. This allows notebooks to feed the latest VR equipment dynamically.
Pricing and Availability
• The Predator Z271T will be available in October with prices from € 799.
• The Predator XB271HUT will be available in October with prices from € 899.


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as i say, it all works, bar the custom dictionary. is there something i need to do to enable this?
Also is there any restriction on the version of word used? i am currnelty using word 2003, but would prefer to use 2007 as it has better support for lazy typing - eg it realises "Im" could be "I'm" where as 2003 doesnt ("Doesn't!).
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Hi Lini, thanks for this and sorry for the dealy in replying.
This works - to a point. I'm using word 2003 again now by the way.
The problems i have now is this:
It adds the words to the custom dictionary OK. Checking in word itself, a Word spell check also uses the words in the custom dictionary. The problem is that the Radspell implementation of the Word spell checker doesn't use the customer dictionary INSIDE WORD, but outside word.
It looks like it does a Word spell check then eternally to this loads in the custom dictionary. Which is mostly fine, except that the custom words are CASE SENSITIVE and also the custom words are not presented in the list of suggestions.
For example, we add (with this case) the words "MWL", "Vikram" and "Solanki" to the custom dictionary on the first use of radspell. Checking in MS Word as the MSWord user, if you type these three words in lower case, they are auto corrected by Word to the Title case values stored in the custom dictionary (as you would expect Word to do) . Also if you type in "Vikrma" instead of "Virkam" word reads the value "Vikram" from the custom dictionary and presents it to the user.
if you follow this example in rad spell, having added "MWL", "Vikram" and "Solanki" to the custom dictionary, ttyping these words in lower case just brings back spell check errors for all three words, which is not desirable. If you get he case right, they match i.e. "Vikram" is valid, while "vikram" or VIKRAM are invalid). We could cope with this, but more frustratingly, the custom word "Vikram" is not presented to the user as a suggested word, even though the word is the same, it is just in a different case.
1) is there a way to make the MSWord adapter use the standard dictionary AND the custom dictionary (the MSWord user which is used to load the word process is using the same custom .txt file as the radspell control)
2) if not, is there a way to make the external use of the custom dictionary file a) match words regardless of casing and b) present words from the custom dictionary as suggestions?
thanks again for your help
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So the big announcement this time was Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, the first main series Pokemon games on 3DS, and the first games of Generation VI. :3
I had been speculating it was the case, since the anime was so close, even had some arguments with friends about it. (Pokemon is srs bsns, after all.)
Anyway, definitely excited, and really excited about the new Fire-type starter, Fennekin. <3
And... was hoping for, but surprised to hear they announced it as a simultaneous worldwide release! I don't have to import this time, not that I could with the 3DS region lock. Still, this is fantastic news, and I'm looking forward to what these games will bring to the table this time. :3
Anyway, here's the trailer:
Also, too bad on the no Hoenn remakes, but they'd be pretty awesome in the X/Y style, wouldn't they?


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OTTAWA - The Canadian women's hockey team took Thursday off for a day of rest and recovery.
Make that two days, since Canada barely broke a sweat in dispatching a Swiss team in a world championship game that provided plenty of fodder for an old but inevitable debate.
Critics already had their knives sharpened by the time the final whistle sounded Wednesday, the score showing 13-0 for a Canadian side that had just finished firing 79 shots on the Swiss goal.


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In consideration for a new DSLR, and looking at the D90 vs D5100 vs D7000, as well as others, most DSLRs bottom out at "100", with the D90 showing a low end of "200".
Is ISO the same as ASA was with film? If so, they why don't digital cameras go LOWER than 100? The best film ever created was Kodachrome 25. There was a ASA 50 film I liked but can't remember if it was Fuji or Agfa or? If ISA and ASA are roughly the same, I can't see much use for anything higher than 400. I can't imagine EVER needing the top end of these things, whether 3200 or 26,500 or however high they go these days. Color will look like crap and I'm not interested in extreme contrast b&w images.


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WEST BOUNTIFUL — Fire crews will be back Monday at the scene of a house fire that happened Sunday night at about 10:30 p.m. on 700 West and about 1800 North. The home's single occupant was transported to the hospital with smoke inhalation.
The fire started in the basement of a split-entry home, South Davis Metro Fire Agency Chief Jim Rampton said. On the first level, the fire crept between the floors and walls on the exterior of the house, making it difficult for firefighters to get to.
"It took us quite a while to get it under control," Rampton said.
Firefighters also battled freezing temperatures and icy conditions.
"It takes more people to fight a fire in the cold," Rampton said. "After firefighters have been inside a nice, warm environment and come out into below freezing conditions, they're all sweaty and it takes longer to rehab them before they go back in."
Another concern was that as soon as water from the hoses hit the ground, it froze. Rampton said that presents a special problem around the fire truck, where water is spraying everywhere.
The West Bountiful public works department brought in salt to place around the truck.
The home's occupant may have gone back into the house to rescue the dog, leading to worse smoke inhalation for the man, Rampton said. The dog died in the fire.
The home sustained between $50,000 and $60,000 in damage, he said. Because of overnight temperatures, water pipes in the home may also have broken.
"It's going to be a while before they get back in," Rampton said.