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|Walter Stammler, Fritz Class, Carsten-Uwe M{hacek over (o)}ller, Gerhard Nüssle, Frank Reh, Burkard Buschkühl, Christian Heinrich
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The invention concerns a process for automatic control of one or more devices by speech control or by real-time speech dialog, by a process for automatic control of one or several devices by speech commands or by speech dialog in real-time operation. The invention further concerns an apparatus for carrying out this process according to the invention by an apparatus for carrying out the above process, in which a speech input/output unit is connected via a speech signal preprocessing unit with a speech recognition unit, which in turn is connected to a sequencing control, a dialog control, and an interface control.
Processes or apparatuses of this kind are generally used in the so-called speech dialog systems or speech-operated systems, e.g. for vehicles, computer-controlled robots, machines, plants etc.
In general, a speech dialog system (SDS) can be reduced to the following components:
Without being limited to the general usability of the described processes, devices, and sequences, the present description focuses on the speech recognition, the dialog structure, as well as a special application in motor vehicles.
The difficulties for the solutions known so far include:
It is the object of the invention to provide on the one hand a process, which allows the reliable control or operation of one or several devices by speech commands or by speech dialog in the real-time operation and at the lowest possible expenditure. The object is furthermore to provide a suitable apparatus for carrying out the process to be developed.
The solution to the above object according to the invention is reflected with respect to the process, by a process for automatic control of one or several devices by speech commands or by speech dialog in real-time operation. The entered speech commands are recognized by a speaker-independent compound-word speech recognizer and a speaker-dependent additional speech recognizer and are classified according to their recognition probability. Recognized, admissible speech commands are checked for their plausibility, and the admissible and plausible speech command with the highest recognition probability is identified as the entered speech command. The functions associated with this speech command for the device or devices, or the responses of the speech dialog system are initiated or generated. The above object is generally achieved according to the invention with respect to the apparatus by carrying out the process according to the invention in which a speech input/output unit is connected via a speech signal preprocessing unit with a speech recognition unit, which in turn is connected to a sequencing control, a dialog control, and an interface control. The speech recognition unit consists of a speaker, an independent compound-word recognizer and a speaker-dependent additional speech recognizer, which are both connected on the output side with a unit for the syntactical-grammatical or semantical postprocessing that is linked to the sequencing control, the dialog control, and the interface control. Advantageous embodiments and modifications of the process according to the invention as well as of the apparatus according to the invention are disclosed.
That fact that a reliable control or operation of devices by speech command or real-time speech dialog is possible with relatively low expenditure must be seen as the essential advantage of the invention.
A further essential advantage must be seen in the fact that the system permits a speech command input or speech dialog control that is for the most part adapted to the natural way of speaking, and that an extensive vocabulary of admissible commands is made available to the speaker for this.
A third advantage must be seen in the fact that the system operates failure-tolerant and, in an advantageous modification of the invention, for example, generally recognizes even non-admissible words, names, sounds or word rearrangements in the speech commands entered by the speaker as such and extracts from these entered speech commands admissible speech commands, which the speaker actually intended.
The invention is explained in the following in more detail with the aid of the figures, which show:
The speech dialog system (VDS) 1 in
The syntax structure and dialog structure as well as the base commands that are mandatory for all users/speakers are created and fixed "off-line" outside of the SDS or the SOS (example) with the aid of a PC work station 10 and in the "off-line dialog editor mode" 4, and are then transferred in the form of data files to the SDS or the SOS, prior to the start-up and together with the parameters and executive sequencing structures to be specified.
The SDS 1 in
On the input side, the speech encoder 21 is connected to the device for noise reduction 13 and on the output side to the speech memory 23. The speech memory 23 is connected on the output side to the speech decoder 22, which itself is connected on the output side via a digital/analog converter 24 to a speaker (not shown).
The echo compensation device 12 is connected via interfaces 25 with units/sensors. (not shown), which supply audio signals that may have to be compensated (referred to as "audio" in the figure).
The speaker-independent compound word speech recognizer 15 on the one hand comprises a unit 27 for the feature extraction 25, in which the cepstrum formation takes place and the recognizer 16 is adapted, among other things, to the analog transmission characteristic of the incoming signals and, on the other hand, it has a downstream-connected classification unit 27.
The speaker-dependent speech recognizer 16 also has a unit for the feature extraction 28 on the one hand and a classification unit 29 on the other hand. In place of the classification unit 29, it is also possible to add, with a selector switch 30 a unit 31 for the input of the speaker-specific additional speech commands that must be trained by the speech recognizer in the training phases before, during or after the real-time operation of the SDS. The speaker-dependent recognizer 16 operates, for example, based on the dynamic-time-warping process (DTW), based on which its classification unit 28 determines the intervals between the command to be recognized and the previously-trained reference patterns and identifies the reference pattern with the smallest interval as the command to be recognized. The speaker-dependent recognizer 16 can operate with feature extraction methods such as the ones used in speaker-independent speech recognizers 15 and 16 (cepstrum formation, adaptation, etc.).
On the output side, the two recognizers are connected to the postprocessing unit 17 for the syntactical-grammatical and semantical processing of the recognizer output signals (object and function of this unit are explained later on). The dialog control 18 that is connected to the sequencing control 19 is connected downstream of the postprocessing unit 17 on the output side. Dialog and sequencing controls 18, 19 together form the SDS control unit, which selects the preprocessing, the speech input unit and the speech output unit, the two recognizers, the postprocessing unit, the communication interface and the control interface, as well as the devices to be controlled or operated (the latter via suitable interfaces—as shown in FIG. 2).
The mode of operation for the VDS is explained in more detail in the following.
As previously explained, the SDS contains two different types of speech recognizers for recognizing specified speech commands. The two recognizers can be characterized as follows:
The speaker-dependent recognizer is:
Following the speech recognition, a postprocessing of the results encumbered with a certain recognition probability of the two speech recognizers takes place in the postprocessing unit.
The speaker-independent compound-word speech recognizer, for example, supplies several sentence hypotheses in a sequence, which represents the recognition probabilities. These sentence hypotheses as a rule already take into account the allowed syntax structure. Where this is not the case, non-admissible word sequences are separated out or evaluated based on different criteria within the syntactical postprocessing (FIG. 2), to determine the probability of the therein occurring word combination. The sentence hypotheses generated by the speech recognizers are furthermore checked as to their semantical plausibility, and the hypothesis with the highest probability is then selected.
A correctly recognized speech command is passed on to the dialog control and subsequently leads to an intervention, assigned to this speech command, in the application, wherein the message is transmitted via the control interface. If necessary, the recognized speech command is also (or only) transmitted from the dialog control to the speech output and is issued there.
The here outlined system is characterized in the "on-line" operation by a fixed syntax structure and a fixed command structure as well as by a combination of fixed vocabulary (speaker-independent recognizer) and freely definable vocabulary such as names (speaker-dependent recognizer).
This framework, which initially appears to be inflexible, is a precondition for a high recognition capacity with an extensive vocabulary (at the present time up to several hundred words), e.g., for a noise-encumbered environment, for changing acoustic conditions in the passenger cell, as well as for a variety of speakers. The extensive vocabulary is used to increase the user friendliness by using synonymous words or different variations in the pronunciation. Also, the syntax permits the rearranging of words in the speech command, for example as follows:
The here outlined approach to a solution proves to be advantageous, in particular because
The user comfort is further increased in the present system through the advantageous use of hands-free microphones in place of (or to complement) headsets (earphones and lip microphone) or a hand-held microphone. However, the use of a hands-free microphone generally requires a powerful noise reduction (
The echo compensation in particular permits the user/speaker to interrupt the speech output, meaning to address the recognizer while the speech output is active.
The vocabulary and the commands furthermore can be changed at any time, in the laboratory via "off-line dialog editor," without requiring a new training with a plurality of speakers for the new words of the speaker-independent recognizer. The reason for this is that the data bank for speaker-independent phonemes and/or speaker-independent whole-word models exists in the laboratory and that with the existing developmental environment, new words and commands can be generated without problems from these phonemes or whole-word models. In the final analysis, a command or vocabulary change is aimed at transferring the new parameters and data, computed in the laboratory with the development system, as data file to the speaker-independent "real-time recognizer" and to store them in the memory there.
It is possible with the aid of the SDS to operate functions within the computer, of which the SDS is an integral component, as well as to operate external devices. In addition to a PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Standard) interface, the SDS, for example, also has interfaces that are accessible to external devices. These include, for example, a V.24 interface, (German serial interface standard corresponding to t U.S. Standard RS232)an optical data control bus, a CAN (Controller Area Network) interface, etc. The SDS can be provided optionally with additional interfaces.
The SDS is preferably activated by actuating a push-to-talk key (PTT key) or through a defined key word. The system is shut down by entering a respective speech command ("termination command") at defined locations in the dialog or at any time by actuating the PTT key or an escape key or automatically through the internal sequencing control, if, following a time interval that is specified by the SDS or is adjusted adaptively to the respective user and/or following a query by the SDS, no speech input has taken place or the dialog selected by the user has been completed as planned(e.g, the desired telephone number has been transmitted to the telephone for making a connection). In a low-noise environment, the SDS can also be activated continuously.
Description of the Sequence
It must be stressed at this point that the SDS in
The functional blocks shown in
A Hidden-Markov-Model is defined by the following quantities:
Output symbols can be generated with the aid of this model and using the probability distributions A and B.
In order to increase the user friendliness, the SDS described here uses a combination of a speaker-independent (compare point 5) and a speaker-dependent recognizer in the compound word mode ("call Gloria," "new target uncle Willi," "show function oblique ellipse") , wherein the words "Gloria," "uncle Willi," "oblique ellipse" were selected freely by the user during the training and were recorded in respective lists, together with the associated telephone numbers/target addresses/function descriptions. The advantage of this approach to a solution is that one to two (or if necessary even more) dialog steps are saved.
The dialog control furthermore maintains a general view of the application status, as far as this is communicated to the VDS. Underlying the dialog control is the sequence control, which controls the individual processes logically and temporally.
The digital signal processor (DSP) is a commercially available, programmable processor, which is distinguished from a microprocessor by having a different bus architecture (e.g., Harvard architecture instead of Von-Neumann architecture), special "on-chip" hardware arithmetic logic units (multipliers/accumulators/shifters, etc.) and I/O functionalities, which are necessary for the real-time digital signal processing. Powerful RISC processors increasingly offer similar functionalities as the DSP's and, if necessary, can replace these.
The digital signal processor shown here (or another microprocessor with comparable capacity) can process all functions shown in
The use of the hardware structure according to FIG. 6 and especially omitting the additional special components for the recognition and/or the dialog control, sequencing control, speech encoding and interface protocol processing, offers the chance of a realization with compact, cost-effective hardware with low current consumption. In the future, DSP's will have higher arithmetic capacities and higher storage capacities owing to the technological improvements, and it will be possible to address larger external storage areas, so that more extensive vocabularies or more powerful algorithms can be realized.
The SDS is activated by the "push-to-talk" key (PTT) connected to the DSP. Actuating this key causes the control software to start the recognition process. In detail, the following additional hardware modules exist besides the DSP:
A/D and D/A converter
The hardware configuration outlined here, in particular with respect to the interfaces, depends strongly on the respective application or the special client requirements and is described here in examples for several application cases. The selection of interfaces can be totally different for other applications (e.g. when linking it to a PC or a work station or when using it in portable telephones). The A/D and the D/A converters can also be integrated on the DSP already.
Function Description Using the Example of a Speech-operated Car Telephone
The dialog sequences are described in the following with the example of a speech-controlled telephone control (e.g., in a motor vehicle).
This example can be expanded to the selecting of telephone and radio and/or CD and/or navigation in the motor vehicle or the operation of a CAE work station or the like. Characteristic for each of these examples is:
When operating the telephone via the speech input, the SDS assumes different states, some which are shown as examples in
Operating State "Deactivated"
The speech dialog system is not ready for recognition when in this state. However, it is advantageous if parts of the signal processing software are continuously active (noise reduction, echo compensation) in order to update the noise and echo state permanently.
Operating State "Active" (
The speech dialog system has been activated (81) with the PTT key and is now awaiting the commands, which are allowed for the further control of the peripheral devices (telephone). The function sequences of the operating state "active" are shown in
Operating State "Name Selection" (
This state presumes the correct recognition of the respective speech command "name selection" or "telephone name selection" or the like. It is possible in this state to dial a telephone number by entering a name. For this, a switch to a speaker-dependent speech recognizer is made.
The speech dialog system requests the input of a name. This name is acknowledged for the user. The speech dialog system then switches again to the speaker-independent recognizer. If the name was recognized correctly, the telephone number assigned to the name is transmitted to the telephone where the connection to the respective telephone subscriber is made. If the name was misunderstood, a dialing of the telephone number can be prevented through a termination function (e.g., by activating the escape key). Alternatively, a request for repetition from the SDS is conceivable, to determine whether the action/function assigned to the speech command must be carried out or not. Depending on the effort or the storage capacity, the telephone directory can comprise, for example, 50 or more stored names. The function sequences for the operating state "name selection" are shown in the form of a flow diagram in FIG. 9.
Operating State "Number Dialing" (
This state presumes a correct recognition of the respective speech command (e.g., "number dialing" or the like). A telephone number is dialed in this state by entering a number sequence. The input is made in a linked form (if necessary in blocks) and speaker-independent. In this operating state, the SDS requests the input of a number. The user then enters the number either as a whole or in individual blocks as a speech command. The entered numbers or the respectively entered number block is acknowledged for the user following the input of the respective speech command. Following the request "dialing," the number is transmitted to the telephone where the connection is made to the respective telephone subscriber. If the number was misunderstood, then the number can be corrected or deleted with an error function, or the speech operation can be terminated via a termination function, for example, with a command "terminate," that is to say, the SDS can be deactivated. The function sequences of the operating state "number dialing" are shown in the form of a flow diagram in FIG. 10.
Operating State "Connection"
The telephone connection to the desired telephone subscriber is established. The speech recognition unit is deactivated in this state. The telephone conversation is ended, for example, by using the escape key.
Operating State "Store Number/store Names"
After the SDS has requested that the user/speaker input the numbers, following the speech command "store number" or "store name," and after the user has spoken those in (compare operating state "number dialing"), the command "storing" or a comparable command is input in place of the command "dialing." The telephone number is then stored. The SDS subsequently requests that the user speak in the associated name and makes sure that the name input is repeated once or several times to improve the training result. Following this repetition, the dialogue is ended. In completion, it must be said that the initial number input can be controlled with dialog commands such as "terminating," or "termination," "repeat," "correct" or "correction," "error" etc.
Operating State "Delete Telephone Directory/delete Name"
In connection with the "telephone directory" (list of all trained names and associated telephone numbers), a number of editing functions are defined, which increase the system comfort for the user, for example:
Deleting of Telephone Directory
A complete or selective deleting, wherein an accidental deleting caused by recognition errors is avoided through a repetition request by SDS ("are you sure?") prior to the final deleting and, if necessary, an output of the specific name.
Name Deleting
The SDS urges the user to speak in the name to be deleted. The name is then repeated by the SDS. With the question "are you sure?" the user is subsequently urged to confirm the deleting operation:
The input of the speech command "yes" triggers the deleting of the name from the telephone directory. Any other word input as a speech command will end the dialog.
Operating State "Listen to Telephone Directory"
The SDS announces the content of the total telephone directory. An activation of the PTT key or the input of the termination command terminates the announcement or the dialog.
Operating State "Telephone Directory Dialing"
The SDS announces the content of the complete telephone directory. If a termination or dialing command is issued following the announcement of the desired name, or if the PTT key is actuated, then the selected name is announced once more and the following question is asked: "should this number be dialed?"
The input of the speech command "yes" triggers the dialing operation, meaning the connection is established.
A "no" causes the SDS to continue the announcement of the telephone directory. The speech command "termination," "terminate," or the like or an actuation of the escape key ends the announcement or the dialog.
The two last-named functions "listen to telephone directory" and "telephone directory dialing" can also be combined to form a single function. This can be done, for example, if the PTT key is actuated following the relevant name during the function "listen to telephone directory," and if the SDS initiates the dialing operation, e.g., following the announcement "the name 'uncle Willi'is selected."
By taking into account further applications, the characteristics of the above-described SDS can be summarized as follows:
Used is a process for the automatic control and/or operation of one or several devices for each speech command or each speech dialog in the real-time operation, in which processes for the speech output, speech signal preprocessing and speech recognition, syntactical-grammatical postprocessing as well as dialog control, sequence control, and interface control are used. In its basic version, the process is characterized in the "on-line" operation by a fixed syntax structure and a fixed command structure, as well as a combination of fixed vocabulary (speaker-independent recognizer) and freely definable vocabulary, e.g. names or function values (speaker-dependent recognizer). In advantageous embodiments and modifications, it can be characterized through a series of features, based on which it is provided that:
For one preferred embodiment of the described speech dialog system, it is provided, among other things, that executive sequence control, dialog control, interface control, speech input/output, as well as speech signal preprocessing, recognition, syntactical-grammatical and semantical postprocessing are carried out with the aid of micro processors and signal processors, memories and interface modules, but preferably with a single digital signal processor or microprocessor, as well as the required external data memories and program memories, the interfaces and the associated driver modules, the clock generator, the control logic and the microphones and speakers, including the associated converters and amplifiers necessary for the speech input/output, as well as a push-to-talk (PTT) key and an escape key if necessary.
It is furthermore possible that with the aid of one or several interfaces:
It is understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiments and application examples shown here, but can be transferred to others in a corresponding way. Thus, it is conceivable, for example, that such a speech dialog system is used to operate an electronic dictionary or an electronic dictation or translation system.
One special embodiment of the invention consists in that
It is furthermore possible to provide an output unit (e.g. display) that operates on an optical basis as a complement or alternative to the speech output, which output unit displays the entered speech command, for example, in the form recognized by the SDS.
Finally, it is conceivable that the activated SDS can also be deactivated in that no new speech command is input by the user/speaker during a prolonged interval, which is either specified by the system or adaptively adjusted to the user/speaker.
Hidden Markov Models
dynamic time warping
cepstral vectors mean-value free
digital cosine transformation
Fast Fourier Transformation
linear discrimination analysis
pulse code modulation
vector quantization
speech dialog system
speech operating system
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This is a long term Computer service and Sale with over 6 years of successful operation and long term client portfolios, Servicing computer, Laptops, tablets, cell phones an inventory will not included in sales price 100k with the cost value, the clients and training will be associated for 30 days. Rent is 2300.00 other details will needs signing Confidentiality agreement and proof of funds 6000.00 net profit /month or more Approximately 2400 square feet inside a shopping Center right on Jimmy Carter Blvd. High Visibility location
Gwinnett County, GA
Full service MSP using all the industry standard tools for complete Managed Services. 30 customers with re-occurring monthly invoices ranging from $100 to over $4,000 per month. Turn-key Azure Platform backend and additional re-occurring revenue from Microsoft Partnership and Office365. The owner is a techie at heart and never built the Sales and Marketing side of the business. It wouldn't take much to turn this into a million dollar company.
Roswell, GA
This is a well established, and highly profitable computer repair shop. Currently 90% of the revenue is generated from computer repair, while 10% is cell phone and tablet repair. The owner of the business is responsible for approx. 40% of the repairs while a key employee is responsible for the remaining 60%. For additional information regarding this opportunity please contact Mark Werbalowsky at 404-277-3400, or email@example.com.
Atlanta, GA
Information Enhancement Software and Consulting, Price $5,990,000: Well established company boasts recurring revenues of 33 % in 2014. The Business provides software systems, software management, and technical and consulting assistance predominately to clients in the healthcare, banking, insurance, utilities, and hospitality industries. This high quality provider of EMR, ERP, IDN, VIP and SaaS software targets clients who expect to optimize the information from their systems. The company's information and data management products extend and enhance the end users application suites, filling reporting gaps that ultimately lead to increased productivity, reduced expenses and increased revenue. The Company's products simplify how decision makers access crucial information, which allows them to take prompt and effective action. This business is listed for sale by Walden Businesses, Inc., a prestigious mergers and acquisitions firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about this opportunity, contact John Webster at 678-277-9951 ext. 17. Please visit our website for more information about our company and the services we provide our clients.
Briarcliff, GA
The Company is a stable, profitable, growing Atlanta, Georgia provider of managed care IT services, network support, consulting, hardware, web marketing and other services to a diverse client base. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, the Company has earned an excellent reputation in its areas of expertise for over ten years and generates a very high percentage of its revenues under managed care agreements. Company revenues are in the $1 million dollar range. This would make an excellent opportunity for a strategic acquisition by a company seeking to expand into the growing Atlanta market or expand its existing Atlanta business, individuals seeking to leave corporate IT services and own their own business, or anyone seeking entrance into the booming IT services industry or Atlanta economy. All information provided in this ad is general, anonymous, information and does not contain any representations, warranties or claims of any nature by the Company, is not a solicitation to buy the Company's securities. Parties to any prospective transaction are presumed to be sophisticated business practitioners and solely responsible for conducting their own due diligence. Contact information is that of the Company's legal counsel, who is serving in an intermediary capacity to provide information to interested parties.
Atlanta, GA
IT SOLUTIONS PROVIDER - MORE THAN $12 MILLION ANNUAL SALES AND $4 MILLION IN ANNUAL RENEWALS, Price $2,500,000: In addition to information technology solutions, the Business provides hardware sales, network configuration and management, hardware and software systems, software management, and technical and consulting assistance to clients. The Firm has recently been named to the CRN Tech Elite 250 for the 4th consecutive year. It is perhaps best known for its Concierge Call Center which has won numerous industry awards including the Gold Stevie Award, which is conferred for outstanding business services to organizations and individuals in more than 60 countries. The Company's annual revenues exceed $12 million with more than $4 million in recurring Annual Maintenance Contracts with some of the best known firms in the US. This business is listed for sale by Walden Businesses, Inc., a prestigious mergers and acquisitions firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about this opportunity, contact Jim Snodgrass at 678-277-9951 ext.19. Please visit our website for more information about our company and the services we provide our clients.
Atlanta, GA
Company sells and services telecom and other low voltage systems to hotels and MDU's. Products include low voltage wiring, PBX systems, HD tv's, security camera systems, guest high speed internet and satellite tv services through partners, and 24/7/365 technical support to hotel staffs on a contracted basis. It also provides PBX service agreements to SMB customers. The company has 10 employees and 100+ contractors. All employees are virtual. Virtual corporate headquarters. Revenues $1.2 million in 2014 with a net profit of $201,395. Revenues 7-31-15 YTD were $964,738 with a net profit of $211,707. The business is listed for sale by Walden Businesses, Inc., a prestigious mergers and acquisitions firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about this opportunity, contact Sara Burden, CBI, M&AMI, FMAS, FIBBA at 678-277-9951. Please visit our website for more information about our company and the services we provide our clients.
Fulton County, GA
SECURITY SYSTEMS AND ACCESS CONTROL, PRICE $3,000,000 REAL ESTATE AVAILABLE: With profit margins averaging 60%-70%, this Business is a preferred provider for a well-known international product. Specializing in corporate security, the Company offers high-end security systems, access control systems, and integration systems for commercial and industrial clients. All systems are custom designed and the Company constructs its own servers, allowing it to tailor to the individual needs of its customers. Poised for expansion throughout the Southeastern United States, this Company has key personnel in place and a well-established reputation for service and quality work. Repeat sales account for 90% of the Company's total revenue, with the remaining 10% coming from new business. Along with its high percentage of repeat business, the majority of new clients stem from referrals. Seize the opportunity to take this business to the next level! For more information about this business for sale, contact Pat McDonald by telephone at 678-277-9951 ext 22 or Dean by telephone at 678-277-9951 ext 12. Please visit our website for more information about our company and the services we provide.
Atlanta, GA
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PROVIDER, PRICE $300,000 Established in 1994, this business to business Information Technology service provider supplies highly professional clients with solutions to their information technology needs. The services provided include hardware and software sales, information management systems, systems management, digital surveillance, integration and consulting, and repair and maintenance. With a strong client base, the Company offers single source contact for hardware, software and network support to professional offices such as doctor's offices, law firms, CPAs, real estate companies, and private and public schools. This investment opportunity offers a proven industry tenure and excellent reputation. This business is listed for sale by Walden Businesses, Inc., a prestigious mergers and acquisitions firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about this opportunity, contact Sara Burden, CBI, M&AMI, FMAS, FIBBA, at 678-277-9951 ext. 11. Please visit our website for more information about our company and the services we provide our clients.
Milton, GA
The company is a privately owned company offering support services to the telecom industry. For the past 12 years the company has been a service provider for companies such as AT&T, BellSouth, KMC Telecom and Lucent Technologies. Currently, they are under contract with AT&T to provide Spares Management for Layer 3. They perform such services as custom cabinet assembly and testing (Rack & Stack), material storage and inventorying and equipment transport. They are a brand name recognized entity in this industry and have been to over 200 central offices in the southeast region. They are recognized as a high quality supplier, and because of their management strategies, are considered a competitive provider. The company is recognized as the best at spares management by the NRC of AT&T, and with good personal relationships with upper level management of the companies we support. Most of the work performed has been brought by word-of-mouth, and as result the company has never been marketed. A diamond in the rough reputation for high quality, great service and competitive pricing. The industry is growing exponentially and is poised to become a leader and grow accordingly with the right player. The greatest weakness, non-existent marketing could do well for the right player with marketing skills. A company that will be known throughout the entire industry for the values we have built for the past 12 years. A company or individual who wish to have a valid supplier status and revenue generating existing contract with AT&T should be particularly interested. Also, companies or individuals who wish to migrate into service to supplement their existing business strategy should also consider us. If you already sell equipment or provide spare cards to this industry, this is an opportunity to expand into the top tier of spares and service management without having to start from scratch. It is extremely hard to break into the Approved Supplier status. Strengths App
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Expert Committee meeting on revision of seniority lists 1 to 5: The last meeting of the committee held today. It is expected that the report will be submitted by the Expert Committee to the Hon Supreme Court by 15th October, 2015. Now the case is listed for hearing on 31.10.2015. So far 17 sittings made by the committee.
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a) As per Hon SC order dated 20.01.2015, the seniority lists 1 to 5 is revised to old 1 to 17 (promoted upto 1994) followed by list 18 (those promoted in 1998 and subsequent years).
b) On revision of seniority, there will not be any reversion from Substantiate status. Those who promoted earlier and become junior on revision of seniority and may face reversion, the promotion and pay will be protected.
c) The seniors on revision /restoration of seniority list 1 to 17 will be given notional promotion, notional pay (without arrears), pension and the service will be counted for the next promotion.
d) The 147 officers will not be included in seniority list 1 to 17 as their names were not available in the original list. Assn strongly objected BSNL move to include their names in the original list 1 to 17 by inserting their names and giving seniority from 1990 onwards. Further Hon Ernakulam HC quashed their revision of seniority from 1994 to 1990 onwards also. Finally BSNL agreed to submit the original seniority lists of 1 to 17 to the expert committee without inserting the names of 147 officers which committee accepted. Now they are placed in the next seniority list of 18 (for those promoted in 1998 or later), giving seniority from 1994 to 1996 onwards till Hon SC decides the SLP.


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Colgate-Palmolive began removing triclosan, a pesticide and fungicide, from its Palmolive washing-up liquid in 2011 amid growing consumer, regulatory and legislative scrutiny of the antibacterial ingredient. But Ethical Consumer's buyers' guide to toothpaste has revealed that it's still the key active ingredient to fight gingivitis in Colgate Total toothpaste, a billion-dollar-plus global brand.
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Before the word there was the image.
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Before the word there was one image. The one image expanded and accelerated and formed many images. Images were teeming and seething with images. Time and space were born and became one.
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In 1970, bpNichol published the concrete poetry masterwork still water and won the Governor General's Award.In 1990, stuart pid responded by rewriting the entire book as distilled water, the key work in launching the IZEN imprint.In 2000, paloin biloid rerewrote the book as water detail, beginning his own exploration of allusion in concrete poetry in the water works series.In 2005, Geof Huth rererewrote the book as water vapour, adding new colours in the process. The 44 years of concrete creativity in these books are being celebrated with an exhibit featuring all four books in Gallery 1879, located in the lobby of Stuart's Opera House at 52 Public Square in historic Nelsonville in southeast Ohio. The exhibit will also include Dan Waber's essay on all four books, originally published in _Open Letter_, and an encore presentation of prints from The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008. Opening: Friday, September 26, 2014 5-9 PMLast day: Friday, October 24, 2014Exhibit hours: Monday-Friday 10AM-5PM and show nights (Oct. 11, 17, 19)
J. D. WhitneySeptember 17, 7 p.m.Ellison Hall, First Floor Meeting RoomJ. D. Whitney's bio:Born in California. Raised there & in Detroit. Partly educated at the University of Michigan.Taught writing and literature for many years in Wisconsin-- at the University of Wisconsin--Marathon County (Wausau) and College of Menominee Nation (Keshena).Poetry readings done at many colleges/universities--including several tribal colleges. Writing fellowships from National Endowment for the Arts and the Wisconsin Arts Board. Recent writing work centers on the intimate and interdependent relationships between humans and what we call "the natural world," with emphasis on understandings I've learned from Native peoples & cultures.Poetry published in such literary magazines as POETRY, ORION, ORIGIN, CATERPILLAR, LONGHOUSE, RUNES, EL CORNO EMPLUMADO, BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL.20 books/chapbooks published since 1965, including HELLO (Artists' Workshop Press), THE NABISCO WAREHOUSE (Elizabeth Press), SD (Elizabeth Press), WORD OF MOUTH (Northeast/Juniper Press), GRANDMOTHER SAYS (Arctos Press), ALL MY RELATIONS (Many Voices Press), and SWEEPING THE BROOM SHORTER: SELECTED POEMS 1964-2014 (Longhouse Press).Moved from Madison WI to Norman OK in fall of 2013. Staying.Make sure to have your friends Like this page so that we can keep them in the loop. Future readers include Rose McLarney, Jim McCrary, Kyle Schlesinger, and James Yeary, with a number of other events in the works.
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Perhaps if I'd started earlier, & achieved what has thus far been achieved—80 books in total, covering a range of media & with an impressive list of creators—I might still have the energy to continue. But I didn't, & I haven't; so, with sadness, I announce the last two books from Otoliths.
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harry k stammer's new book, grounds, is a sequel to his previous book tents. It continues to dig deeper into the realm of a homeless person's mind as he/she lives in downtown Los Angeles. As Philip Primeau, of PERSISTENCIA, said of tents, "stammer mixes a sort of poetic cubism with wordplay, startling typography, and a wide array of other adventurous techniques with creative intensity rarely witnessed." This book uses imagery and meaning to describe the various illnesses that afflict the homeless.
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Mark Young
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The Codicils is actually a number of new books, nine at least, collected into a single brick, covering Mark Young's poetry from the four years since the publication of Pelican Dreaming: Poems 1959-2008. It revisits some familiar themes — Magritte, geographies, that peripatectic Postman — but it also brings in a number of new streams & memes, & includes an essay by the poet on the universality of the stochastic methodology that lies behind his poetic canon.
The journal will continue on, & print copies of the three most recent issues, twenty-eight to thirty, are now available fromThe Otoliths Storefront where the full catalog of Otoliths books & issues of the journal can also be found.


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Rodriguez, coming off of a tough outing his last time out, was magnificent going seven innings while allowing a run on three hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out six.
The only runners to reach in the first six innings off of Rodriguez (2-2) were both on throwing errors. In the seventh inning with the no-hitter still intact, Pelicans shortstop Luis Sardinas legged out an infield hit to end the no-no bid. After allowing the run on three hits, Rodriguez finished the inning strong getting a fly out and a strikeout to end his evening.
Frederick grabbed the lead in the fourth inning when they finally got to Asher. After having the first ten men retired consecutively, shortstop Sammie Starr walked to start the rally. Third baseman Travis Adair then doubled moving Starr to third base. After a walk loaded the bases, designated hitter Zane Chavez singled sharply up the middle, scoring two runs to give the Keys a 2-0 lead.
Keys centerfielder Delvi Cid reached on an error and then later scored on a wild pitch in the fifth inning to up the advantage to 3-0.
Left-handed pitcher Trent Howard worked a scoreless two innings to put an end to the game notching his first save. The game was the shortest nine inning game of the year, played in two hours and 12 minutes. The victory is the fourth in their last five for the Keys.
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