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posted: Wednesday November 26th - 12:15pm
Avoiding ADHD Depression - I Hope
During the holidays especially, unrealistic expectations and ridiculous goals can backfire on ADHDers and send us spiraling into depression. So don't let yourselves up to fail, folks!
posted: Tuesday November 25th - 9:42am
ADHD vs. Self-Esteem
The ADHD question for the day: Is there a causal relationship between ADHD and poor self-esteem?
posted: Monday November 24th - 12:19pm
The ADHD Swing Thing
If you want to accomplish something, the more impediments you can remove, by constant intelligently planned practice, the quicker you'll achieve proficiency.
posted: Friday November 21st - 1:54pm
Hay-foot, Straw-foot
I don't have dyslexia, nor do I have left-right confusion, but you'd never know it if you watched me practice Tai Chi.
posted: Thursday November 20th - 1:24pm
Quinoa and the ADHD Diet
If you are looking to eliminate prepared foods from you ADHD kid's diet, I suggest trying quinoa. It's a healthier alternative to dinner in a box.
posted: Wednesday November 19th - 9:30am
Tools for the ADHD Google User
I can easily get so lost in Google Land, that I forget the six or seven things I just had to get done.
posted: Tuesday November 18th - 9:15am
Talking to Myself
I talk to myself all the time, but I rarely get a helpful response.
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Friday is fun, Saturday I'm scum, Sunday it's quiet, Monday I'm a riot, Tuesday I'm strong, Wednesday...?
I know it's a cliche, but try reading 'Men are from Mars, women are from Venus'. If you have a relationship worth saving most of the answers to your question are in there. Women have different needs from men. The main differences are that men want solutions and women want reasurance. This can cause the sexes to clash. If a man offers a solution, a woman will read it as the man is telling her what to do and that the man does not care about her feelings. Sometimes as a man you just need to be there to listen to and comfort your loved one. A good method to use is to mirror the words of your loved one. For example, she says 'I'm fed up of this mess, I'm so exhausted' (The man naturally thinks he is being blamed so usually retaliates) What she wants to hear is 'Yes, it is a bit messy, but you're exhausted. Why don't you have a little rest now and I'll help you tidy up when you are feeling better'' The other thing about women is that, according to this book, they have natural waves of emotion and the secret is to just let them go through them and not to feel it is your fault they feel like this. These emotions belong your partner not to you. There are many other really good tips and explainations to lengthy to write here. I'm not a good example of a woman, having Aspergers and not being right brain dominant, so it is difficult for me to give intuitive advice. I found that some of the 'male side' applied more to me, but it was still helpful in understanding both men and women generally.
Not every woman wants the same thing. I don't know why people think that every single woman is a carbon copy of every other one's personality and desires and are so upset when they learn that they aren't. It's not exactly a secret.

I can not tell you what women want because it's different for every woman. I want someone who is smart, funny, and kind. Another woman might want a man who is protective and good looking. Still another might want a man who is dominating and doesn't have a brain in his head. We're not identical. Thinking that all women are or should be the same is probably a big part of why you're having a problem in the first place. Stop thinking of women as some sort of alien creature with a hive mind and start looking at each as an individual human being and you'll no doubt start having less relationship problems.
Figuring out a womans mind is impossible for the average guy.

Give up now before you get a headache.
For starters, find out if she wants a woman or a man because being a man on Thu and a woman on Fri could be confusing for her or if that's what she wants then confusing for you. Clear that one up and step by step work on other issues :)

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Aion Enchantment Guide
Armor is really the biggest investment you make for your character. We upgrade regularly, spend countless amounts of kinah to buy the best we can afford, and spend countless hours to get the best drops. Making these investments more worthwhile for longer is what enchantments can do and if you havenÂt tried using them yet then you are not getting the most you can out of your gear.
Below you will learn all about enchantment stones, what they do, why you need them, and how to use them. Hopefully by the time you are done reading, youÂll be ready to make your gear better and battle ready!
What are Enchantment Stones?
In a nutshell, enchantment stones are player created enhancements that you can buy from other players or create yourself then add to your armor pieces. Once successfully added to your gear you will enjoy an increase in stats that can be very valuable in both PvE and PvP gameplay. Often referred to as Âleveling your gearÂ, you can use up to 10 enchantment stones per armor piece making them a great way to boost your base stats.
How Does Enchanting Work?
Step by step, enchantments aren't that complicated.
Each piece of your armor and weapons start out at basically level 0. Your gear will never degrade beyond its original level 0 stats. Each enchantment stone you add will give you an additional level indicated by a (+1) next to the name of your item. You can add up to (+10) on each piece of gear eventually adding a large amount of extra stats that can be very valuable.
You will obtain enchantment stones, add them to your weapon and armor pieces, and then see the resulting stat benefits. It sounds easy enough but it can get a little complicated.
How do I get started?
First youÂll need extraction tools. You can find these from general merchants in the cities and they go for around 1000 kinah each. They can only be used once so if you intend to do all of your gear youÂll need a stack of them.
Now you need gear to disenchant. If youÂre planning ahead, you can save green armor drops which are by far the cheapest way to obtain enchantment stones. If you arenÂt thinking ahead then you need to either pick up good deals off of the broker or just buy the enchantment stones. YouÂll need gear the same level as the gear you intend to enchant or higher and preferably of green quality or better.
To use the extraction tool, right click on it then click on the gear you wish to disenchant. This destroys the item so donÂt use anything you didnÂt want to lose. Once the process is complete youÂll have anywhere from 1 to 3 enchantment stones to use. The stones will either be blue, white, or gold and what quality you receive seems to be random though whites or equal level to the piece of armor you extracted from are the most common. I extracted from 6 pieces of armor and weapons of green and white quality and all level 12 and got back 4 white level 12s, and 3 gold level 21s. Not a bad return!
I Have my Enchantment Stones, Now What?
Enjoy better gear immediately
Now comes the fun part failure! If you intend to do all of your gear, the first order of business is to get everything to +1. The cheapest and easiest way to do this is to add enchantment stones that are about 5 levels higher than the gear you are enchanting if you are working with typical green armor. Blue armor would need stones 10+ levels higher and orange gear would need at least 15+ levels higher. Anything lower will just add to your chance of failure and even at this point you can expect to fail part of the time.
Higher level enchantments have a lower chance of failing, but you will still fail sometimes. This is why as you add multiple levels of enchantment to your gear youÂll really want to invest in higher level enchantment stones to avoid de-leveling your gear back to 0.
In doing my own gear, I had about a 50% success using enchantments about the same level as the gear I was enchanting so IÂd really recommend not wasting kinah on higher level enchantments until youÂve achieved a level or two on each of your pieces. You cannot use enchantment stones a lower level than your gear; I tried several times and all failed. My best results were in using enchantment stones 10+ levels higher than my gear; I failed in about 1 of 3 attempts in this case.
Actually applying the enchantment stones is just a matter of right clicking on the stone then clicking on the gear you wish to enchant.
What will the Enchantments do for my Gear?
- Daggers and swords get +2 Attack per level.
- Greatsword, Polearm, and Bows get +4 Attack per level.
- Mace, Orb, Spellbook, and Staff get +3 Attack and +10 Magic Boost per level.
- Armor gives a +Defense that depends on what type of armor you are enchanting and what slot it fills.
- Shields get a +2 to Damage Reduction per level.
These kinds of stats are certainly nothing to sneeze at and while I donÂt recommend enchanting at lower levels unless youÂre playing a twink with cash to burn, it is something that is essential at higher levels as part of your typical armor upgrade routine.


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Serena Williams rallies for 3-set win at Sony Open
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KEY BISCAYNE, Florida — Serena Williams' match was more than an hour old Monday before she began to make some noise.
"Come on!" she shouted at her fist through gritted teeth, adding a soundtrack to her comeback. Her demeanor transformed, Williams rallied past Dominika Cibulkova in the fourth round of the Sony Open, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
The top-ranked Williams, seeking her sixth Key Biscayne title and her first since 2008, was down a service break trailing 4-1 in the second set before she swept the final five games of the set. She also won the last three games of the match and served it out at love with three aces.
Williams' opponent in the quarterfinals will be No. 5-seeded Li Na, who beat wild card Garbine Muguruza 7-6 (6), 6-2.
Williams was impassive and flat on her feet in the early going against the No. 13-seeded Cibulkova, and the half-empty stands made for a sleepy atmosphere.
"Bor-ing!" one spectator shouted.
"I was just struggling," Williams said. "I was making so many errors and couldn't pull myself together."
During changeovers, disco, salsa and Coldplay blared from the public address system, and something finally got Williams going. Her shots began landing consistently just inside the lines, and she won 10 consecutive points to surge ahead in the second set.
She showed emotion for the first time when she hit a backhand winner to reach set point, screaming encouragement at herself. The crowd responded with a roar.
Williams won the next point with an ace, and when a replay confirmed the call to seal the set, she hollered again and spiked a spare ball.
Her father and coach, Richard, stroked his chin as he watched the comeback from the photographers' pit.
"I saw my dad on the sideline, and he was so calm and so relaxed," she said. "And I was just like, 'OK, Serena, you can do this.' I took that energy and started playing better."
Williams went ahead to stay by breaking serve at love for a 2-1 lead in the final set. After closing out the victory with a 116-mph ace, she swung her fist in satisfaction.
Williams lost serve five times but hit 14 aces. She won despite 52 unforced errors, including 27 on her backhand.
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No one can contain China, scholar says amid territory rows
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BEIJING — No one can contain China's rise, a leading Beijing foreign policy thinker said Tuesday, warning Manila and Tokyo that they had been mistakenly emboldened by Washington in territorial disputes with his country.
China is embroiled in a bitter row with Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea, and also claims almost the whole of the South China Sea, where it has engaged in standoffs with Philippine forces.
At the same time the Obama administration is engaged in a "pivot" to Asia.
But Ruan Zongze, vice president and senior fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, said: "No one in this world will try to contain China and no one in this world is capable of containing China.
"Since the United States has adopted this new strategy of returning to the Asia-Pacific region, some countries have made the wrong judgement that the US will encourage them to challenge the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China," he added.
"This is a misjudgement on their part."
Ruan, who has served as a diplomat in the United States and Britain, was speaking at an event organized by the All-China Journalists' Association, a state organization.
The US has defense treaties with both Japan and the Philippines, and Ruan blamed Washington for emboldening them.
It had sold weaponry to the Philippines following tensions between Beijing and Manila over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, he said.
"This has intentionally or unintentionally boosted the confidence of the Philippines to challenge China."
Regarding the East China Sea dispute, Ruan said: "The United States is very clearly aware that it is responsible for this conflict between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Island issue."
Ruan used the Chinese name for the islands. Japan, which administers the chain, calls them Senkaku.
The US and China are the world's top two economies and militaries, and their respective presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping held their first summit in California in June, seeking to establish a personal rapport as they manage relations.
The best scenario was for the two countries to "enhance mutual understanding" and "accommodate… each other's core interests," Ruan said.
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AUSTIN, Texas—The University of Texas School of Law has created a new Community Development Clinic that provides students with a unique opportunity to develop transactional legal skills while addressing systemic causes of poverty.
Clinic students represent nonprofit organizations and individuals involved in community development. Students provide business law services to support sustainable economic development through job creation, affordable housing, and asset building strategies. Typical legal projects involve real estate, tax, contract, and nonprofit incorporation matters.
The Community Development Clinic is directed by attorney Heather Way, a 1996 graduate of UT Law, who co-teaches the clinic with attorney Frances Leos Martinez. The clinic is the result of collaboration between the Law School and Texas Community Building With Attorney Resources (Texas C-BAR). Texas C-BAR is a statewide, transactional pro bono project of Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid that delivers free legal services to nonprofit organizations serving low-income communities and individuals and to micro enterprises and low-income owners of small businesses. Way founded Texas C-BAR in 2000 and served as its first director. Martinez was appointed as director in 2004.
"This new clinic gives our students who are interested in business law a tremendous opportunity to develop their transactional lawyering skills," said UT Law Professor Mechele Dickerson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. "While most of the clinical opportunities the law school provides focus on litigation, the Community Development Clinic will allow our students to hone their business law skills and at the same time help low-income communities with their redevelopment efforts."
The Law School has a large clinical program, with 13 separate clinics and seven internship courses offering students the opportunity to integrate theory and substantive law with hands-on experience representing clients. The clinical program has expanded significantly in the last few years, and nearly half of the student body now participates in a clinic or internship prior to graduation. The Community Development Clinic is the first clinic at the Law School focused on transactional and business law.
Way was named Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas by the Texas Young Lawyers Association in 2002. While at the Law School, she was associate editor of the Texas Law Review, received the Order of the Coif, was named Grand Chancellor, and graduated with high honors. Following graduation she clerked for U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice. She received a Skadden Fellowship to work for two years at Legal Aid of Central Texas in Austin, and Legal Aid then hired her as a staff attorney and she founded Texas C-BAR.
Martinez has served as the executive director of Texas C-BAR since 2004. She graduated from Stanford Law School in 1990, and clerked for U.S. District Judge Filemon B. Vela. She was awarded a Skadden Fellowship to work in the Colonias Project of Texas Rural Legal Aid. In 1995, Martinez founded the Community Development Clinic of St. Mary's University Law School, where she served as a Clinical Professor until 2001 when she began working for the McAuley Institute on community development issues. In 2003 Martinez became the Director of Make It Your Own, a women's homebuilding initiative, and served in that position until coming to Texas C-BAR.
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The University of California, San Francisco has received a $7.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to address the shortage of healthcare workers in Tanzania. The two-year grant will support a strategic collaboration between UCSF Global Health Sciences and the Muhimbili University of Health Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania to develop, implement and document strategies to enable MUHAS and other African institutions to meet their countries' health workforce needs.
UCSF and MUHAS will work together to develop a partnership and gather preliminary data to inform a long-term, sustainable partnership. UCSF Professor Sarah Macfarlane and MUHAS Professor Ephata Kaaya lead the collaboration.
Solving sub-Saharan Africa's healthcare worker shortage has long been a priority for governments, universities and international organizations, according to the collaborators. Tanzania's leaders recognize the need to educate and train more health care workers, they said. This project harnesses the resources of two major universities to approach the problem and aims to develop an institutional partnership model that can be replicated in other low-resource settings.
Faculty from the UCSF schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and dentistry will work with their MUHAS counterparts, as well as the MUHAS School of Public Health, to share curricula and educational technologies, and develop collaborative research programs.
"Through this collaboration, MUHAS will recruit and train faculty, strengthen the academic environment for education and research, and revise undergraduate and post-graduate curricula in order to increase its output of health professionals to serve the needs of the country," said MUHAS Vice Chancellor and Professor Kisali Pallangyo.
This grant will enable MUHAS, the only public university of health sciences in Tanzania, to plan and build capacity to meet Tanzania's long-term need for healthcare professi
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The Aspire S3-391-6899-US 13.3" Ultrabook Computer from Acer finds the perfect balance of performance and portability. It has a 0.68" slim design and a weight of just under 3 pounds for ultimate mobility. While it may be ultraportable, it can still deliver when it comes to processor power. Take powerful dual-core Intel Core i3 performance with you while on the go.
The 13.3" HD CineCrystal display on this Acer Ultrabook has a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. The screen is also backlit with LED lamps, which brighten faster, use less power and provide better image quality than their CCFL counterparts. The 1366 x 768 native resolution is supported by integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000.
The system is powered by a dual-core 1.5GHz Intel Core i3-2377M processor. It also has 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 520GB of hard drive storage (500GB 5400rpm hard drive and a 20GB solid state drive), a 2-in-1 digital media card reader, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, an integrated webcam and digital microphone. There are also built-in Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers. Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) is the installed operating system.
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Audio associated with a video program, such as an audio track or live or recorded commentary, may be analyzed to recognize or detect one or more predetermined sound patterns, such as words or sound effects. The recognized or detected sound patterns may be used to enhance video processing, by controlling video capture and/or delivery during editing, or to facilitate selection of clips or splice points during editing.
1. A computer system for editing a video program generated from a plurality of video sources, each video source having one or more video clips, each clip associated with a common audio comprising:
means for analyzing the audio to recognize one or more predetermined sound patterns;
means for retrieving clips from the plurality of video sources using the recognized sound patterns;
means for controlling delivery of the retrieved clips to a display during an editing process;
means for facilitating selection from among the retrieved clips during editing; and
means for placing the selected clips in a timeline.
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means for matching video segments having sound patterns matching the selected portion of the script;
means for displaying the matched video segment as option for selection by the editor.
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16. A computer system for digitally editing a video program based upon a script associated with the video program using one or more video sources, each of the video sources including one or more video clips and a common audio portion, the system comprising:
means for analyzing the audio portion to recognize one or more predetermined sound patterns;
means for selecting a range of the script;
means for retrieving one or more clips from the one or more video sources that contain sound patterns that match the selected range of the script;
means for displaying the one or more clips that contain sound patterns that match the selected range;
means for enabling the selection of at least one of the clips;
means for placing the selected clips in a timeline.
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The present invention is related to the use of speech recognition in data capture, processing, editing, display, retrieval and playback. The invention is particularly useful for capture, authoring, and playback of synchronized audio and video data.
While speech recognition technology has been developed over several decades, there are few applications in which speech recognition is commonly used, except for voice assisted operation of computers or other equipment, and for transcription of speech into text, for example, in word processors.
Use of speech recognition with synchronized audio and video has been primarily for developing searchable indexes of video databases. Such systems are shown in, for example: "Automatic Content Based Retrieval Of Broadcast News," by M. G. Brown et al. in Proceedings of the ACM International Multimedia Conference and Exhibition 1995, pages 35-43; "Vision: A Digital Video Library," by Wei Li et al., Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries 1996, pages 19-27; "Speech For Multimedia Information Retrieval," by A. G. Hauptmann et al. in Proceedings of the 8th ACM Symposium on User Interface and Software Technology, pages 79-80, 1995; "Keyword Spotting for Video Soundtrack Indexing," by Philippe Gelin, in Proceedings of ICASSP '96, page 299-302, May 1996; U.S. Pat. No. 5,649,060 (Ellozy et al.); U.S. Pat. No. 5,199,077 (Wilcox et al.); "Correlating Audio and Moving Image Tracks," IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin No. 10A, Mar. 1991, pages 295-296; U.S. Pat. No. 5,564,227 (Mauldin et al.); "Speech Recognition In The Informedia Digital Video Library: Uses And Limitations," by A. G. Hauptmann in Proceedings of the 7th IEEE Int'l. Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, pages 288-294, 1995; "A Procedure For Automatic Alignment Of Phonetic Transcriptions With Continuous Speech," by H. C. Leung et al., Proceedings of ICASSP '84, pages 2.7.1-2.7.3, 1984; European Patent Application 0507743 (Stenograph Corporation); "Integrated Image And Speech Analysis For Content Based Video Indexing," by Y-L. Chang et al., Proceedings of Multimedia 96, pages 306-313, 1996; and "Four Paradigms for Indexing Video Conferences," by R. Kazman et al., in IEEE Multimedia, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1996, pages 63-73, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Current technology for editing multimedia programs, such as synchronized audio and video sequences, includes systems such as the media composer and film composer systems from Avid Technology, Inc. of Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Some of these systems use time lines to represent a video program. However, management of the available media data may involve a time intensive manual logging process. This process may be difficult where notations from a script, and the script are used, for example, on a system such as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,476,994 (Ettlinger). There are many other uses for speech recognition than mere indexing that may assist in the capture, authoring and playback of synchronized audio and video sequences using such tools for production of motion pictures, television programs and broadcast news.
Audio associated with a video program, such as an audio track or live or recorded commentary, may be analyzed to recognize or detect one or more predetermined sound patterns, such as words or sound effects. The recognized or detected sound patterns may be used to enhance video processing, by controlling video capture and/or delivery during editing, or to facilitate selection of clips or splice points during editing.
For example, sound pattern recognition may be used in combination with a script to automatically match video segments with portions of the script that they represent. The script may be presented on a computer user interface to allow an editor to select a portion of the script. Matching video segments, having the same sound patterns for either speech or sound effects can be presented as options for selection by the editor. These options also may be considered to be equivalent media, although they may not come from the same original source or have the same duration.
Sound pattern recognition also may be used to identify possible splice points in the editing process. For example, an editor may look for a particular spoken word or sound, rather than the mere presence or absence of sound, in a sound track in order to identify an end or beginning of a desired video segment.
The presence of a desired sound or word in an audio track also may be used in the capturing process to identify the beginning or end of a video segment to be captured or may be used to signify an event which triggers recording. The word or sound may be identified in the audio track using sound pattern recognition. The desired word or sound also may be identified in a live audio input from an individual providing commentary either for a video segment being viewed, perhaps during capture, or for a live event being recorded. The word or sound may be selected, for example, from the script, or based on one or more input keywords from an individual user. For example, a news editor may capture satellite feeds automatically when a particular segment includes one or more desired keywords. When natural breaks in the script are used, video may be divided automatically into segments or clips as it is captured.
Speech recognition also may be used to provide for logging of material by an individual. For example, a live audio input from an individual providing commentary either for a video segment being viewed or for a live event being recorded, may be recorded and analyzed for desired words. This commentary may be based on a small vocabulary, such as commonly used for logging of video material, and may be used to index the material in a database.
In the drawing,
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system in one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of a graphical user interface for use in connection with the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 illustrates another view of the graphical user interface shown in FIG. 2)
FIG. 4 illustrates a graphical user interface in another embodiment of the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is another view of the graphical user interface of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is another view of the graphical user interface of FIG. 4; and
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention.
The present invention will be more completely understood through the following detailed description which should be read in conjunction with the attached drawing in which similar reference numbers indicate similar structures. All references cited herein are hereby expressly incorporated by reference.
FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of the invention where speech recognition and the script of a video program are used in combination to enhance the editing process. In this embodiment, sound pattern recognition, particularly speech but also sound effects, may be used in combination with a script to automatically match video segments with portions of the script that they represent. In this embodiment of the invention, the script may be presented to an editor via a computer user interface. One system that displays a script to a user that may be modified in accordance with the invention is shown in U.S. Pat. No 4,746,994 (Ettlinger).
In this embodiment, a graphical user interface 40 displays a portion of a script, as indicated at 42, and frames selected from video clips associated with a selected portion of the script. A portion of the script may be selected in response to user input 44. The user input may also indicate a selected video clip to by used to complete the video program for the selected portion of the script. The selected script range or a selected clip, as indicated at 46, is provided to an editing system 48. In response to receipt of a selected range of the script, the editing system displays the script portion and frames of possible clips for the script as indicated at 50. In order to identify this information, the editing system 48 supplies a range of the script to a database 52. In response, the database returns a set of corresponding clips 56. A corresponding video clip has content including the selected range of the script. This correspondence, rather than overlapping time codes from an equivalent source, may be used to indicate equivalency, and may be used in the manner such as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,584,006 (Reber). In response to receipt of a selected frame of a shot, the editing system 48 may update a representation of a video program being edited.
The database 52 may be populated with data about the video clips by capturing video and audio from multiple sources or takes of the video. In this capture process, the captured audio track 60 is supplied to a speech recognition module 62. Speech recognition can be performed using many techniques which are known in the art. For example, the speech recognition module may use a Hidden Markov Model-based form of pattern recognition, such as in the ViaVoice product from IBM, or a phonemic approach. Various other techniques may be used, such as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,623,609 (Kaye). Another input to the speech recognition process may be the script 64. The script 64 may be used to improve the speech recognition process by providing a target to which recognized speech may be matched. In some instances, text must be generated only from speech recognition, for example, when the dialogue is spontaneous. Speech recognition module 62 also receives time codes corresponding to the audio, as indicated at 66, which may be used to align the script to the time codes according to the speech recognized in the audio. The output of the speech recognition module 62 is thus the range of the script or text represented by the video clip and a time code aligned version of the script or text. This data as indicated at 68 may be stored in the database 52.
One embodiment of the speech recognition process performed by speech recognition module 62 involves matching the script, sound patterns in the audio, and the time codes using the following procedure. First, the most easily and reliably detected text points, words or syllables are time matched and marked within the clip. These points are those for which the pattern recognition process used has indicated a reasonable level of certainty about the accuracy of a match. The result of this step may be visualized by the following time line:
Recursive analysis may be used with time interpolation, spanning the known valid points for a best approximation to seek a finer match for the words or phrases located in between the known 15 valid points. This step may provide the following result, for example:
An additional recursive step may be performed, to provide the following result, for example:
This recursive matching process ultimately interpolates smaller and smaller passages to map the entire script to the audio track, resolving timing accuracy down to an image, i.e. field or frame, or two. The beginning and ending time of any word or syllable thus is reasonably and reliably mapped across a series of time code addresses. The number of recursions used to make this mapping may be user-defined to allow control of the degree of desired timing accuracy, the computational time and loading of the system. A frame to script mapping for example, may appear as the following:
The mapping of the script to time codes actually may involve mapping the script to a phonetic or other sound pattern representation of the text which in turn is mapped, for example, using an anray, look up table, list or other data structure to timecodes or other resolution in the time dimension of the audio track.
The speech recognition module may include software that is executed by a computer system that also supports the editing system 48. Alternatively, this computational burden may be removed from the main processor and may be performed using special purpose hardware.
The average rate of speech falls between 100 and 125 words per minute. These words are typically constructed from 150 to 200 syllables. If a timing marker were saved for each syllable or sound pattern of the script, the result would be on average about three matching time references per second between script text and speech, or about one timing match roughly every ten frames. This resolution provides sufficiently fine granularity to support reasonable draft editing driven by a word processor interface using the script. Speech to text matching and subsequent time code frame mapping of each word or syllable as shown above would allow an individual with minimal training to cut and paste the desired dialogue text using a standard word processing interface, and thereby easily assemble a draft cut of a video sequence. The draft edit would allow the individual to quickly define a story in rough form. A frame trimming function could then be invoked at each transition to fine tune the dialogue timing and flow. The script may also be divided into segments and may be associated with a story board to generate a story in rough form, such as shown in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/687,926.
Where the same dialogue is recorded from several camera angles and/or over several takes, the editing system 48 may find and present one or more frames from all takes containing a highlighted word or passage in the script. The user then may preview and select a desired camera view or a take. As a further aid to editing directly from text, the system also may generate script marks or display the edited text in different colors or fonts according to a script clerk's camera coverage notations.
The audio track also may be transcribed where no script is available. The text input into the speech recognition process also may include sound effects which may have predetermined sound patterns. Converting spoken dialogue to time annotated and synchronized script text would greatly accelerate the production process.
Two example graphical user interfaces for use with using scripts to edit a video program will now be described in connection with FIGS. 2-6. Script-based editing is described. for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,746,994 and is available from Avid Teclhnology, Inc. In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, the user interface is similar to a basic word processor. A display area 80 displays the script (at 82) and an indicator of the portion of the script being viewed (at 84). Highlighting any part of a script causes the editing system to retrieve all the corresponding clips that contain some or all of the highlighted dialog as edit candidates that match some part of the highlighted text 94. The list of corresponding shots may be shown at 86. The range of the script that is covered by the shot appears in the displayed text at 82 with coverage arrows 88, similar to a script clerk's annotated production script. A representative frame for each clip may be displayed at 90. The user may select a candidate shot using an input device. A selected candidate shot may be transferred to the program time line 92. After a shot is selected and placed in a time line for the program, the user may select another segment for which a shot may be selected, as is shown in FIG. 3. The user may highlight new text at 96. After auditioning the candidate clips 90, a selected shot, e.g., shot 16, may be placed in the program time line.
FIG. 4 is an example of another embodiment of a graphical user interlace, which is an automated dialog film editing interface. In this embodiment, there is little direct use of timecodes. The timecodes are shown for illustrative purposes, but may be omitted.
At the left of FIG. 4, the script is formatted in a vertical column 100. Thin horizontal cursor lines 102 and 104 indicate edit points between shots. Thicker cursor lines 106 and 108 bound the top and bottom of box 110 that highlights an active part of the script column 100.
Lines 106 or 108 may be positioned wherever a user desires by moving the line, for example using a mouse, to "capture" a desired portion of the script. The upper cursor line 106 may be positioned just above the first word in the desired portion of script. Upon release of the upper cursor line 106, the candidate shots are displayed in a column 120 to the right and are synchronized to match the first word in the selected script. The lower cursor line 108 may be set to determine a desired coverage of the script dialog for the shot. This coverage is used to identify those candidate shots that include the selected script. As the lower cursor line 108 is moved to cover more or less of the script different candidates can appear or disappear when the cursor is released. When no candidate shot has been selected for this selected dialog, a place holder 116 is indicated in the display.
Referring now to FIG. 5, a shot may be selected from those displayed in column 120, for example, by using a mouse. After a shot is selected from column 120, a frame from the shot is displayed in column 112, such as shown at 118. Once a candidate has been finally accepted, then the upper cursor line 106 may advance to the next word in the script following the last word at the end of the edit. The center column 122 of frames is the assembled sequence as it relates to the script at the left. The frame featuring the controls 112 along its right edge is the current edit event. Selecting different candidate frames in column 120 may be used to switch the event image in column 112 much like operating a video switcher.
In FIG. 6, the start cursor line 130 a bit prior to a point preceding the last word in the edit shown in FIG. 5. In this case, the dialog may be converted to timecodes in the prior shot in order to perform an approximate matching trim to the end of that shot automatically. By repositioning the cursor over a new span of dialog, as shown between lines 130 and 132, all of the candidates again may be prequalified for coverage of the selected text and the display may be updated to display the starting frames of these candidate shots.
In another embodiment of the invention, the speech recognition module 70, as shown in FIG. 7, receives the audio signal and one or more selected words or sound patterns and possibly timecodes. The selected word or sound pattern, while similar to a script, is used by the speech recognition module to output a binary wave form 76 indicating the presence or absence of the selected word or sound pattern within a given range of the audio stream. An output signal may be used for several purposes. First, the output signal may be displayed so that an editor may identify splice points in the audio track. For example, this signal may be used in an editing interface such as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5.634,020 (Norton). that indicates the presence or absence of a selected word or sound pattern, rather than the mere presence or absence of sound. In one embodiment, selected words from the script may be used to automatically identify points in the video being captured. Using this process, the natural breaks in the script are used and video may be divided automatically into segments or clips as it is processed.
The detection of a selected word or sound pattern also may be used to control the capturing of video information. For example, the presence of a word may be used to initiate recording while the presence of another word or sound pattern may indicate that the recording is to be stopped. The recognition event may be considered as a discontinuity that starts or stops recording in the manner described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/866,570. In addition, the output of the speech recognition module 70 also may signify an event which triggers recording using a system such as described in PCT Publication WO96/26601, or U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/835,104.
The audio input into the speech recognition module 70 may be the audio track corresponding to the video signal. Alternatively, the audio input may be a second audio track, such as a live audio input from individual providing commentary for a video segment. For example, an individual may be logging video material that has been recorded. A small subset of words pertinent to the logging process may be used to index the video segments. In this embodiment, the graphical user interface 40 may display selected words from the logging vocabulary to allow an editor to select clips relevant to that category. In addition, the audio input may be commentary on a live event being recorded.
In another embodiment, satellite feeds of news information may be captured. In a news environment, such as shown in PCT Publication WO97/39411, an editor or journalist may be notified of received video information if the capturing module of the system is notified of selected words or sound patterns for each journalist or editor. Upon receipt of matching video segments, the capture module may automatically direct a video clip to be viewed to a journlalist's work station. This capability also may be used without video, by monitoring only audio signals, such as over a telephone line or on radio, and to automatically capture clips using the occurrence of a selected word or sound pattern in an audio signal as an event to control the capturing of the audio, using a system such as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No.08/835,104.
Having now described a few embodiments of the invention, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the foregoing is merely illustrative and not limiting, having been presented by way of example only. Numerous modifications and other embodiments are within the scope of one of ordinary skill in the art and are contemplated as falling within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims and equivalent thereto.
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Lyon must have been hopeful of assuming control of the section when Alassane Pléa gave them an early lead, but Andrej Kramarić's splendid strike earned the hosts a share of the spoils. The result leaves Lyon second on six points, two behind leaders Real Betis Balompié, who earned a late 1-0 win at Vitória SC. Guimarães have four points, with Rijeka bottom on two.
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China increases budget for rural healthcare spending
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China increases budget for rural healthcare spending09:00 EDT Wednesday, August 01, 2012TSX-V: CHOOTCQX: CHLBFwww.chinahealthlabs.comTORONTO, Aug. 1, 2012 /CNW/ - China Health Labs & Diagnostics Ltd. ("China Health" or the "Company") (TSXV:CHO; OTCQX:CHLBF) is well positioned for growth as China's central government continues to increase its investment and annual budget for healthcare with an emphasis on moving towards universal healthcare and improving rural healthcare.In 2010, a total of 1,998 billion yuan ($320 billion dollars) was spent on healthcare in China. In 2011, it is estimated that China spent 2,250 billion yuan ($360 billion dollars) on healthcare, being healthcare expenditure per capita of 1,643 yuan ($263 dollars). While China has increased its healthcare spending, it still spends far less per capita than developed countries such as Canada and the USA which were estimated by The World Bank to have per capita total healthcare spending of $5,222 and $8,362, respectively, in 2010.Although significant improvements is required for China's healthcare system to be comparable to developed countries such as Canada and USA, China is committed to improving its healthcare system significantly in the next few years. For an example, in April 2009, the Chinese government announced that it would earmark 850 billion yuan ($125 billion dollars) in additional healthcare spending between 2009 and 2012 to meet China's three-year health care reform program, which included: providing 90% of the population with some basic coverage by end of 2011; building 30,000 hospitals, renovating 5,000 town hospitals, 3,700 community health centers and 11,000 community clinics over the next ten years; and increasing access to prescription drugs by building a list of essential medications for which the government will increase subsidies for end users.A recent statistical report from the Ministry of Health in China provided an update on the status of healthcare improvements made from 2009 to 2011, showing impressive progress including basic medical care insurance programs that cover over 95 percent of China's population and completion of an additional 1,688 hospitals and 5,552 community health centres. Between 2009 and 2011, 63 billion yuan ($10 billion dollars) was invested in the construction and improvement of 33,000 hospitals at grass-roots levels and 451 billion yuan ($72 billion dollars) was invested in medical care services."China's move towards a universal healthcare system and investments in improving rural healthcare has supported the growth of our rural hospitals and clinics business. Our network of rural diagnostic lab total solutions ("BK Clinlabs") has increased from 86 BK Clinlabs in two provinces in 2009 to 977 BK Clinlabs in nine provinces, installed or under contract in 2012," said Wilson Yao, CEO of China Health. "Our growth is also driven by the track record we have established of providing a total diagnostic solution that delivers reliable and efficient test results that enable rural hospitals to diagnose and treat patients - based on our success to date we expect to increase our coverage in the nine provinces where we have installed BK Clinlabs and add new provinces."China Health's BK Clinlab total diagnostic labs solution combines diagnostic laboratory equipment, a proprietary lab management system, training and ongoing maintenance and supply of reagents and consumables and has proven its effectiveness in improving overall healthcare to citizens in rural areas. With a potential of 90,000 rural hospitals and clinics in China, the Company is working diligently in expanding its network to new and current provinces in China.About China Health Labs & Diagnostics Ltd.China Health, operating in China as the Biochem Group, is a leading diagnostic lab solution provider for the public healthcare industry in China. The Company develops and sells Biochem Group branded and third-party medical diagnostic products and services to diagnostic facilities in China. Customers include large urban hospitals, rural hospitals, Chinese defense and rescue operations, the Beijing government and third-party distributors.The Company intends to continue its growth by focusing its efforts on expanding its sales network in three areas where it provides proprietary solutions, has limited competition and which are supported by Chinese government policies and budgets: BK Clinlab total lab solutions for rural hospitals and clinics, POCT solutions for the Chinese defense and rescue operations, and food safety solutions for large cities in China. In 2011, China Health increased its revenues by 35% to $45.6 million, and increased its installed base of BK Clinlabs from 210 at the start of 2011 to 977 rural hospitals installed and contracted to date. In addition, the Company grew revenues from its overall total lab solutions business by 99% from 2010, which increased gross margins to 44% in 2011 as compared to 39% in 2010.Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATIONThis press release contains forward-looking statements and information that are based on the beliefs of management and reflect China Health's current expectations. When used in this press release, the words "estimate", "project", "belief", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan", "predict", "may" or "should" and the negative of these words or such variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. The forward-looking statements and information in this press release includes information relating to the expansion of the Company's installed base of BK Clinlabs in new and current provinces and the growth of the Company's business through its sales network in areas where it has proprietary products, limited competition and strong government support. The forward-looking information is based on certain assumptions, which could change materially in the future, including the assumption that the Company will have the resources and ability to expand its installed base, and that the Company will be able to grow its sales network and business. Such statements and information reflect the current view of China Health with respect to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in those forward-looking statements and information. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the risk that the Company may not have the ability or resources to expand its installed base, and the Company may not be able to grow its business as expected through its sales network in any of the areas in which it has proprietary products, limited competition and strong government support. China Health cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not exhaustive. When relying on China Health's forward-looking statements and information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. China Health has assumed a certain progression, which may not be realized. It has also assumed that the material factors referred to above will not cause such forward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual results or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors.THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF CHINA HEALTH AS OF THE DATE OF THIS PRESS RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. 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Prior to 2011, 16 teams went to the final state tournament in each classification. After the "regional round" format was implemented four years ago, only eight teams make it to the final week of the season. According to WIBCA's press release, those 96 teams account for 1,152 players whose seasons ended this weekend.
"WIBCA … would like to send their sympathies to the following 96 basketball teams whose seasons were cut short of State by the regrettable Regional format that the WIAA has imposed upon the basketball community of this state," the statement read, followed by the schools who lost in the regional round.
In boys' games, Arlington, Mountlake Terrace and Shorecrest saw their seasons end. On the girls side, Glacier Peak, Mountlake Terrace, Edmonds-Woodway played their final contests.
WIBCA has been lobbying the Washington Interscholastic Coaches Association ever since the change to the format.
"As tournament fever spikes for high school basketball fans throughout the state of Washington, the regrettable Regional format that has replaced the Classic 16-Team Tournament leaves many basketball players and fans wanting," the statement read. "... These teams, who have played by the WIAA slogan 'Just Play Fair' would be happy to just play. The argument that Regionals is somehow a 'state' experience rings hollow: a single-elimination evening game in a local high school gym pales in comparison to the promise and excitement of the Big Tournament in Spokane, Yakima, or Tacoma."
On Prep Sports Weekly, The Herald's weekly Monday radio show, WIAA Executive Director Mike Colbrese said the change was made for financial reasons. Cutting it down to eight teams cut the WIAA's overhead nearly in half, according to Colbrese.
"I want to be careful and say it wasn't a deficit," Colbrese said on the show. "We just weren't making the kind of money that we needed and we could see the continual downward tick."
WIBCA said the WIAA might be saving money, but there's still a high cost of the current tournament.
"These savings come at a very high price: lost memories, lost dreams and lost learning opportunities for countless young people throughout our state," the statement read.
For more on the regional round of the state tournament, read David Krueger's story coming next week.
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The material also holds a distinctive signaturethe thickness of the nacre layers for the water depth at which the material was assembled by a mollusk, potentially providing even more insight into environmental conditions of the present and past.
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By Luis Agostini: Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are taking part in the biggest boxing matches of the year. Just not against each other. After years of wrangling, negotiating, stall tactics and bluff calling from Team Mayweather and Top Rank Boxing, Money Mayweather and the Pac-Man will square off against Miguel Cotto and Timothy Bradley, respectively, in two of 2012s hottest bouts. Their bouts have the potential to change the face of boxing forever and possibly not in the way intended.
Victories for both Mayweather and Pacquiao may bring them one step closer to a purse rumored to be as high as $55 million per fighter later this Fall. The bout would give boxing fans the dream match theyve been waiting for since Pacquiao iced Ricky Hatton in a May 2009 second-round knockout, and Mayweather pitched a perfect game against Juan Marquez in September of the same year.
But what if Cotto pulls the ultimate upset, and delivers Mayweather his first taste of defeat? And could Pacquiao possibly suffer a loss at the hands of Bradley, and move that much closer to leaving the squared circle and embracing a life of politics and religion in the Philippines?
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Pacquiao and Mayweather have been heralded by many as the last superstars of a dying sport. The casual combat-sports fan most likely would recognize the names of Ultimate Fighting champions George St.Pierre and Anderson Silva, than they would Super Six super-middleweight tournament winner Andre Ward, or even the Klitschko brothers, boxings heavyweight kings. Victories by the number one and two pound-for-pound pugilists could set up the potential mega-fight, and reignite interest in the sweet science.
But could losses by both men have the same effect? Could Cotto/Bradley wins create an overnight, mainstream superstar, and finally include Cotto in the same the conversation of all-time greats as Pacquiao and Mayweather? I say no.
Cotto is boxings current number-three pay-per-view draw, behind Pacquiao and Mayweather. Considered by the masses a first-ballot, future hall of famer, Cottos stoicism, tenacity and humility draws a stark contrast against the flashy, oftentimes inciteful Mayweather, who routinely turns to social media to display his six-figure gambling earnings on Twitter, and flaunts rolls of hundred-dollar bills while driving an Escalade or in a hotel room with buddy 50 Cent.
Still, as evidenced by his hardcore fan base in Las Vegas and New York against his last three opponents (Yuri Foreman, Ricardo Mayorga and Antonio Margarito), Cotto is already a fan-favorite superstar.
Say Tim Bradleys name to the average person on the street, and more than likely you will be greeted with a blank stare, or Who? The undefeated Bradley (28-0, 12 KO) , who just recently moved up to 147 pounds to take on Pacquiao, is a name only widely recognized by boxings most hardcore fans. His most-watched fight was a unanimous decision against Devon Alexander in January 2011, which was stopped in the tenth round due to an accidental headbutt, sending the bout to the scorecards for a decision.
Bradleys jump into boxings biggest stage may not be enough to bring him Nike sponsorships or guest spots crooning on Jimmy Kimmel, but definitely could have people talking the following Monday morning, and recognizing him on the street.
Boxing will survive, mega-fight or not
If Mayweather decides to hang it up following his three-month jail sentence this summer, and Pacquiao chases his political aspirations of becoming the president of the Philippines, boxing will continue to groom future superstars. Saul Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., are on the cusp of superstardom. Fans are waiting to see Sergio Maravilla Martinez jump into the Pacquiao-Mayweather lottery. Lighter, faster fighters such as Yuriorkis Gamboa, Brandon Rios and Juan Manuel Lopez continue to excite fans and gain steam with the masses. Mayorga and Margarito, boxings super-villains, will still have some paying to see them lose a few more times, possibly against each other.
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They may not have fans purchasing branded Affliction or TapouT t-shirts, but the purses of boxings superstars will continue to be exponentially higher than mixed martial artists, and boxing will continue the historic trend of beating out UFC PPVs.
One thing that MMA does have over boxing is its ability to create fan-friendly fights. To continue its path toward survival, boxing needs to allow rationale, not ego or pride, to reign, and create the fights and cards boxing fans want to see. That includes strengthening undercards. The May 5 event may be the first of many strong boxing cards, as the Alvarez-Mosley bout serves as the co-main event for Cotto-Mayweather. Boxing must continue this trend of great matchmaking and undercard development.
May 5 and June 9 will not decide the fate of boxing, but rather lay down the groundwork for an exciting future.
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Report: Miami Marlins Release Former All-Star Shortstop Miguel Tejada
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Miami Marlins players may have had their first day off in three weeks, but the front office kept busy upon its return to South Florida. The Marlins signed infielder Miguel Tejada to a minor-league contract while releasing right-handed reliever Carlos Marmol on Monday afternoon. Tejada, 39, is currently serving a 105-game suspension for amphetamines after testing positive three different...
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