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Eurospeech 2001 - Scandinavia
Mikiko Mashimoy , Tomoki Today , Kiyohiro Shikanoy , and Nick Campbellz
Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0101 Japan
[mikiko-m, tomoki-t, shikano]@is.aist-nara.ac.jp
ATR Information Sciences Division, Kyoto, 619-0288, Japan
Voice conversion is a technique for producing utterances using any target speakers voice from a single source speakers utterance. In this paper, we apply cross-language voice conversion between Japanese and English to a system based on a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) method and STRAIGHT, a high quality vocoder. To investigate the effects of this conversion system across different languages, we recorded two sets of bilingual utterances and performed voice conversion experiments using a mapping function which converts parameters of acoustic features for a source speaker to those of a target speaker. The mapping functions were trained using bilingual databases of both Japanese and English speech. In an objective evaluation using Mel cepstrum distortion (Mel CD), it was conrmed that the system can perform cross-language voice conversion with the same performance as that within a single-language.
Since voice conversion allows mapping of any target speakers voice after training using a small number of source speaker utterances (roughly 50-60 sentences), it has a potential for various applications. Our goal is to capture not only the target speakers voice and speaking style, but also to convert across language pairs which the original speaker may not be capable of. This method would have potential applications in e.g., computer aided language learning system and interpretation systems, although cross-language voice conversion has not yet been well researched. For cross-language conversion, the quality of converted speech should sound as if the target speaker had spoken the other language, and the speaker individuality should also be preserved across different languages. An attempt was made by Abe et al [1] in the late 1980s between Japanese and English using a codebook mapping
method [2], which became the typical voice conversion algorithm. Recently, an algorithm based on the Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) has been proposed by Stylianou et al [3],[4]. The advantage of this method is that the acoustic space of a speaker is modeled by the GMM, so that acoustic features are converted from a source speaker to a target speaker continuously. The codebook mapping method uses a discrete representation through vector quantization. Voice conversion algorithms based on the GMM method were applied to a high quality vocoder STRAIGHT (Speech Transformation and Representation using Adaptive Interpolation of weiGHTed spectrum) (Kawahara et al [5],[6]), by Toda et al [7],[8]. From their objective and subjective evaluation report, this system succeeded to produce high quality of converted voice within a single-language. The purpose of the present paper is to apply crosslanguage voice conversion using the GMM and STRAIGHT-based system and to evaluate the effect of it as a rst step towards producing high quality voice conversion between different languages. In the present study, we are working on the assumption that this voice conversion system will be applied to a practical pronunciation learning system. In most language learning systems, there is only a single language dataset for the learner (i.e., that of target speaker). However, we collected a bilingual female speakers databases of both source and target texts for investigation into whether the differences between the two languages has an effect on the converted voice.
In our method, p-dimensional time-aligned acoustic features of a source speaker and a target speaker determined by Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) are assumed as below, where T denotes transposition. source speaker : xf[x0 ; x1 ; : : : ; xp01 ]T g, target speaker : y f[y0 ; y1 ; : : : ; yp01 ]T g,
2.1. GMM-based voice conversion algorithms In the GMM algorithm, the training data size and the number of trainable parameters are variable [3],[4]. The probability distribution of acoustic features x can be described as m m X X p(x) = i N (x ; i , i ); i = 1; i 0; (1) i=1 i=1
Table 1: Recording conditions. Recording place Microphone Recording equipment Sampling frequency Number of sentences Sound treated room SONY C355 DAT SONY DTC-ZA5ES 48000 Hz 60
where N (x; ; ) denotes the normal distribution with the mean vector and the covariance matrix. i denotes a weight of class i, and m denotes the total number of the Gaussian mixtures.
2.2. Conversion of acoustic features Conversion of the acoustic features of the source speaker to those of the target speaker is performed by a Mapping Function, dened as follows,
high quality vocoder developed to meet the necessity of a exible and high quality analysis-synthesis [5],[6]. It consists of pitch adaptive spectrogram smoothing and fundamental frequency extraction (TEMPO), and allows manipulation of speech parameters such as vocal tract length, pitch, and speaking rate.
F (x) = E [yjx]
m X i=1
The GMM-based voice conversion algorithm has been implemented in STRAIGHT by Toda et al [7], [8]. In their system, acoustic features are described by the cepstrum of the smoothed spectrum analyzed by STRAIGHT. In our work, however, we used Mel cepstrum because of its closeness to human auditory perception. The prosodic characteristics have not been considered yet but the fundamental frequency (F0 ) of the source speaker is adjusted to match the target speakers F0 in average of log-scale for the source information. The adjusting function is described as follows, 0 f0 = y 2 f0 (4) x where f0 and f0 denote log scale F0 of source speaker and converted speech of source speaker, and x and y denote mean log scale F0 of source speaker and target speaker.
; y denote mean vectors of class i for the where x and i i source and target speakers. 6xx is covariance matrix of i class i for the source speaker. 6yx is the cross-covariance i matrix of class i for the source and target speakers. These matrices are diagonal.
j =1 j
; hi (x) = Pm i N (x;(i 6;i 6) ) N x; x xx
x xx j j
hi (x)[y + 6yx (6xx )01 (x 0 x )] ; i i i i
2.3. Training of The Mapping Function
yx In order to estimate parameters such as i ; x ; y ; xx ; i , i i i T, the probability distribution of the joint vectors z = [x yT ]T for the source and target speakers is represented by the GMM whose parameters are trained by joint density distribution [9]. Covariance matrix z and mean vector i z of class i for joint vectors can be written as i
xy xx = 6iyx 6iyy 6i 6i
x = iy i
(3) 5.1. Speech Databases Bilingual (Japanese and English) speech utterances of two Japanese female speakers were recorded, sampled at 48000 Hz. Each speaker has long experience living in abroad or having learned English from a native speaker since before the age of seven. The speakers read 60 bilingual sentences selected from the ATR phonetically balanced sentences [10]. After down sampling to 16000 Hz, the 50 sentences were used for training data sets, and the remaining 10 were used for evaluation sentences for the converted utterances. Table 1 shows other recording conditions.
Expectation maximization (EM) is used for estimating these parameters.
In a voice conversion system, not only the voice conversion algorithm but the quality of the analysis-synthesis method determines the quality of the synthesized voice. Therefore, choosing a reliable analysis-synthesis method is of importance. In our work, STRAIGHT was employed as the analysis-synthesis method. STRAIGHT is a very
Sorce speaker utterances
English Japanese
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3. Converted voice + conversion rules of a source speaker 2. Voice conversion System based on GMM & STRAIGHT
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Target speaker utterances
1.Training the acoustic features from a source to a target
Evaluation (Evaluation sentences)
Japanese (Evaluation sentences)
Figure 1: Diagram of cross-language conversion procedure, English converted voice trained by Japanese.
Figure 2: Diagram of single-language conversion procedure, Japanese converted voice trained by Japanese.
5.2. Voice Conversion In order to investigate the differences between voice conversion across different languages, both Japanese and English trained mapping functions were used for learning the source and target speakers parameters for conversion of acoustic features. Therefore, the system was tested on 4 types of female to female converted voice, (1) English (Eng) converted voice trained by Japanese (Jpn), (2) Jpn converted voice trained by Jpn, (3) Eng converted voice trained by Jpn, and (4) Jpn converted voice trained by Jpn.The procedure for producing utterances of (1) Eng converted voice trained by Jpn and (2) Jpn converted voice trained by Jpn are depicted in Figure 1 and Figure 2. The procedures of voice conversion trained by English is the same. According to the previous work of Toda et al [7],[8], the relation between the number of GMM classes and cepstrum distortion (CD) saturates at a certain number of classes, approximately 64, so we used 64 GMM classes. Other analysis parameters were shown in Table 2. Note that the mean F0 of speakers is different.
Table 2: Analysis parameters. Analysis Window sampling frequency Shift length Number of FFT points Number of the GMM class Training sentences Evaluation sentences mean F0 (source speaker) mean F0 (target speaker) Gaussian 16000 Hz 5 ms Jpn: 270.0 Hz Eng: 248.6 Hz Jpn: 227.6 Hz Eng: 233.9 Hz
To evaluate speaker individuality objectively, a Mel cepstrum distortion (Mel CD) function was calculated between the converted speech and the target speech. Mel (conv) (tar) and mci CD is calculated as below, where mci denote Mel CD coefcients of converted voice and target voice, respectively.
MelCD = 10=ln(mc(conv) 0 mc(tar) )2 : i=1 i i
If the value of Mel CD is smaller, speaker individuality of converted voice is closer to that of target speaker. Figure 3 shows the results of Mel CD whose conversion rules were trained by 50 English and 50 Japanese sentences. Table 6 shows the values numerically. We can see from the results in the table that characteristics of converted speech were also improved within the cross-language voice conversion. However, since there are normally large spectral differences between Japanese and English speech sounds, the results of the converted speech trained by the same language show closer values (i.e. English converted voice trained by English and Japanese converted voice trained by Japanese is still preferred). In addition, for producing a higher quality converted voice, we must consider the voice quality differences between Japanese and English of the same speaker.
Original source voice - target voice Conv voice trained by Jpn - target voice Conv voice trained by Eng - target voice
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9. References
[1] M. Abe, K. Shikano and H. Kuwabara, Statistical analysis of bilingual speakers speech for crosslanguage voice conversion, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 90(1), pp. 7682, July 1991 [2] M. Abe, S. Nakamura, K. Shikano, and H. Kuwabara, Voice conversion through vector quantization, J. Acoust. Soc. Jpn. (E), vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 7176, 1990.
Mel CD [dB]
3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0
[3] Y. Stylianou, O. Cappe, E. Moulines, Statistical methods for voice quality transformation, Proc. EUROSPEECH, Madrid, Spain, pp. 447450, Sept. 1995. [4] Y. Stylianou, O. Cappe, A system voice conversion based on probabilistic classication and a harmonic plus noise model, Proc. ICASSP, Seattle, U.S.A., pp. 281284, May 1998.
[5] H. Kawahara, Speech representation and transformation using adaptive interpolation of weighted spectrum: vocoder revisited, Proc. ICASSP, Munich, Germany, pp. 13031306, Apr. 1997. [6] H. Kawahara, I. Masuda-Katsuse, A. de Cheveign , e Restructuring speech representations using a pitch-adaptive time-frequency smoothing and an instantaneous-frequency-based F0 extraction: possible role of a repetitive structure in sounds, Speech Communication, vol. 27, no. 34, pp. 187207, 1999. [7] T. Toda, J. Lu, H. Saruwatari, K. Shikano, STRAIGHT-based voice conversion algorithm based on gaussian mixture model, Proc. ICSLP, PAe(09-10)-K-05, pp. 279-282, Beijing, China, Oct. 2000. [8] T. Toda, H. Saruwatari, K. Shikano, Voice conversion algorithm based on Gaussian mixture model with dynamic frequency warping of STRAIGHT spectrum, Proc. ICASSP, Salt Lake City, U.S.A., May 2001. [9] A. Kain, and M.W. Macon, Spectral voice conversion for text-to-speech synthesis, Proc. ICASSP, Seattle, U.S.A., May 1998. [10] M. Abe, Y. Sagisaka, T. Umeda and H. Kuwabara, Speech Database Usrs Manual, ATR Technical Report (in Japanese)
Figure 3: Result of the objective evaluation experiment of speaker individuality.
Table 3: Values of Mel cepstrum distortion. Jpn (Hz) Original Source - Target converted voice - Target (trained by Jpn) converted voice - Target (trained by Eng) 3.33 2.32 2.59 Eng (Hz) 3.53 2.75 2.52
In this paper, we evaluated the effect of applying crosslanguage voice conversion to a system based on GMM (Gaussian Mixture Model) and STRAIGHT. From the results of the objective evaluation using Mel cepstrum distortion, it was found that the system performs cross-language voice conversion nearly equivalent to that of singlelangu- age conversion. This indicates that it has a possibility to be employed to a language learning system. For the next step, the problem of mean fundamental frequency (F0 ) differences between Japanese and English utterances of the same speaker and variation of the quality of voice must be considered, as this will cause inconsistency in perception of converted voice sounds. Future work will include developing a method of perceptual evaluation which takes such differences into account.
This work was partly supported by JST/CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) in Japan.
Acoust. Sci. & Tech. 26, 4 (2005)
Auditory feedback control during a sentence-reading task: Eect of others voice
Akira Toyomura1; and Takashi Omori2; y
Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Sapporo, 0608628 Japan 2 Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Kita 14 Nishi 9, Sapporo, 0600814 Japan ( Received 21 December 2004, Accepted for publication 7 February 2005 ) Keywords: Delayed auditory feedback, Transformed auditory feedback, Speech motor control, Stuttering PACS number: 43.70.h [DOI: 10.1250/ast.26.358] 1. Introduction Speech perception plays an important role in speech production. When we speak, we always control our voice through speech perception in order to adapt our speaking to unpredictable environmental changes. For example, according to the Lombard eect [1], pitch or loudness increases under a noisy condition. An articial change such as a delayed auditory feedback (DAF) or a transformed auditory feedback (TAF) experiments also gives rise to various behaviors of subjects. It is known that in the DAF experiment, where speech is delayed for a short time (50300 ms) before it is replayed to the speaker, normal subjects fall into a stutteringlike condition [2]. However, in the case of stutterers, stuttering is suppressed with DAF. In the TAF experiment, where the pitch of the feedback voice is shifted, the pitch frequency is feedback-controlled with fast (150 ms) and slow (!300 ms) responses [35]. Stutterers also demonstrate dierent performance from normal subjects [6]. These ndings indicate that complex feedback controls, including multiple processing paths, play a part in speech motor control through speech perception. A phenomenon called the chorus eect, which is related to stuttering, is known [7]. It is a phenomenon in which stuttering is suppressed when the stutterer speaks the same sentences in synchrony with others. The mechanism of this eect is not known, however, there are some possible explanations for this eect. One is that the brain of stutterers forms a specic structure in the feedback control of articulation that does not exist in normal subjects, and it is eective only under the condition described above. A second simpler explanation which is not limited to stutterers is that, in general, the feedback control of articulation is activated only on ones own voice; it does not function when others voice is input to the auditory system. As a result, stutterers who have some problem in their articulation feedback control system do not fall into stuttering when others voice is given. In the latter case, we can predict that when a parameter of the feedback voice is articially shifted suciently to change ones perception of the voice, the feedback control of articulation will be suppressed. One of the parameters is pitch. It is known that a frequency altered feedback (FAF) medical treatment,
where the pitch of the feedback voice is shifted for stutterers, has an inhibitory eect on stuttering [8]. Up to now, control models of pitch [4,5] or brain processing models of speech [9] have been proposed from the viewpoint of speech motor control. However, brain processing that explains the chorus eect, such as the two possibilities above, has not been suciently discussed or examined. The assumption that feedback control of articulation acts only on ones own voice suggests the existence of another process of speech motor control that has not been considered until now. Consequently, we report the results of an experiment in which DAF and TAF were combined to examine the nature of the interaction between articulation control and pitch-shift perception. Following that, we discuss the mechanism of feedback control on articulation. Experiment It has been reported from conventional DAF experiments that DAF is most eective at delays under 200 ms. However, if the feedback control of articulation is suppressed in proportion to the pitch shift, the DAF eect will be reduced in proportion to the pitch shift, independently of the delay time. 2.1. Experimental method Eight healthy, male native Japanese speakers (age range 2226 years, mean SD 23:5 1:9) participated as subjects. They had no speech or voice disorders, and were not trained as singers. Each subjects voice was recorded with a microphone (SHURE SM58). The delay and pitch were converted through an eector (ZOOM RFX-2000) and fed back to the subjects through headphones (AKG K271S). The parameters of pitch and delay were manipulated using a PC (SONY VAIO PCVRX72K) through MIDI. The voices were recorded on a DAT (SONY DTC-ZA5ES). Pink noise at 75 dB SPL was generated by an analyzer (PHONIC PAA-2) and mixed with the feedback voice by a mixer (PHONIC PM602FX). Each subject was instructed to read a Japanese junior high school language textbook. Two conditions were prepared. Under the normal condition, subjects read the textbook aloud while listening to an unaltered feedback voice through headphones. Under the altered condition, they read the same text aloud while listening to an altered voice. Under the altered condition, the sentences were divided into blocks, and each block was allocated dierent delay-time and pitch-shift 2.
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A. TOYOMURA and T. OMORI: AUDITORY FEEDBACK CONTROL DURING A SENTENCE-READING TASK Table 1 Mean SD of mora ratio for 15 s. Pitch (halftone) 1:00 0:00 1:18 0:14 1:41 0:12 1:47 0:20 1:31 0:17 1:44 0:28 1:44 0:1:28 0:20 1:20 0:07 1:34 0:13 1:37 0:18 1:27 0:23 1:30 0:11 1:26 0:1:09 0:10 1:22 0:19 1:27 0:13 1:28 0:11 1:24 0:14 1:15 0:11 1:32 0:1:16 0:12 1:16 0:09 1:27 0:19 1:19 0:17 1:14 0:09 1:13 0:13 1:16 0:1:10 0:09 1:15 0:12 1:20 0:20 1:15 0:09 1:25 0:14 1:10 0:09 1:19 0:14
Delay (ms)
parameters. There were 35 combinations of altered-condition parameter settings: delay times of 0, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 700 ms; pitch shifts of 0, 2, 4, 6 and 12 halftones. Although the delay time was randomly chosen, the pitch parameter was increasingly shifted from 0 halftones in order to avoid a change in the subjects threshold for pitch shift perception. The subjects were instructed to read the text at their preferred pace, clearly and with as little reading error as possible. During the experiment, they were instructed to take a break and drink water when necessary. The experiment was carried out over two days, the normal-condition experiment being conducted on the rst day and the altered-condition experiment on the second day. During those two days, the subjects read about 12,000 morae. To analyze the subjects performance, we extracted the recorded voices for the same sentences under both conditions from the DAT. In order to quantify the eect of the parameter settings, we aligned the beginnings of the same sentences under the two conditions, and counted the morae number of the sentences that were read in 15 s. As a performance index of the parameter settings, we calculated the mora ratio, in which the number of morae under the normal condition is divided by the number of morae under the altered condition. When a subject repeated the same mora, it was counted as 1 mora. As a result, when the subject read the word repeatedly or slowly due to the delay and the pitch-shift parameter setting, the mora ratio become larger than 1. 2.2. Results Table 1 shows the measured mora ratio for each parameter setting. In the 0 halftone line, which is the conventional DAF experimental setting, the 200 ms delay shows the largest value. The mora ratios for 400 ms and 700 ms also show large values. At these settings, however, subjects tended to intentionally stop reading the text in order to avoid overlap of their immediate voice and the feedback voice. This tendency led to larger mora ratio values. Therefore, we cannot discuss the relationship between DAF and pitch-shift setting at these parameter settings. The mora ratio at each delay time approached 1 in proportion to the amount of pitch shift. At the 0 halftone line, the value clearly increased from that at 0 ms delay and reached a peak at 200 ms, though at or greater than the 6 halftone line, the value remained nearly constant. In order to evaluate the eect of each delay time level in each pitch shift line, two-way ANOVA and one-way ANOVA were applied (Table 2). In the two-way ANOVA, there was a signicant dierence in the interaction between delay and pitch. The main eects of pitch (p < 0:005) and delay (p < 0:005) were
Table 2 ANOVA results for various delay times or pitch shifts. F Delay Pitch 0 halftone line 2 halftone line 4 halftone line 6 halftone line 12 halftone line 200 ms delay line
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2.02 6.93 0.81 2.60 0.89 1.21 4.88
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Fig. 1 95% condence intervals along 200-ms-delay line.
also signicant. The one-way ANOVA was applied on the delay time range from 0 to 700 ms at each halftone line. According to the result, at the 0 halftone line, there was a signicant dierence in delay time. However, at the 2, 6, and 12 halftone lines, there was no signicant dierence in delay time. The mora ratio also approached 1. These results suggest that the DAF eect decreases when the pitch shift increases in the normal subject case. Figure 1 shows the eect of the pitch shift on the 200-msdelay line. The DAF eect is not immediately suppressed when the pitch shift increased; it is, however, gradually suppressed in proportion to the amount of pitch shift. This result suggests that the feedback controller of articulation is suppressed in proportion to the pitch shift. Also, the interval at 12 halftones is narrower than that at 0 or 2 halftones, indicating that normal DAF with a 200 ms delay does not have a uniform eect on all subjects. However, DAF with a
Acoust. Sci. & Tech. 26, 4 (2005) sucient pitch shift has a minor eect on most of the subjects. On the 200-ms-delay line, ANOVA also revealed signicant dierences (Table 2). Although it was not a primary observation in this experiment, most of the subjects displayed the same phenomenon as the Lombard eect [1]. Interestingly, on the 200-msdelay line, the voice pitch under 2 halftone shift was higher than that under 12 halftones in many cases. This outcome suggests that subjects did not interpret the feedback voice to be their own voice or that of others under the 2 halftone condition, although they did make an eort to monitor and control their own voice. More detailed investigation is necessary regarding this phenomenon. Discussion The experimental results showed that the DAF eect is suppressed in proportion to the pitch shift in normal subjects, suggesting a process where in feedback control of articulation is suppressed when the pitch of the feedback voice is changed. This study focused on normal subjects. However, there is a possibility that the same mechanism is also valid for the chorus eect or FAF for stutterers. That is, stuttering is suppressed when a voice that is dierent from ones own voice is fed back to the auditory system. This phenomenon can be called the others voice eect. The eect implies a critical concept that stuttering is related to the feedback control system of speech. In this study, we only measured the eect of pitch shift, though another method such as recording the eect of a decrease in pitch, or a technique such as a formant change, might be adopted for the same purpose. Further study is necessary regarding this point. We can assume some possibilities for a concrete neural circuit suppressing the feedback control of articulation. The rst is a ltering-like mechanism that can distinguish ones own voice from others voices within the articulation control loop, and then suppresses the feedback controller when it judges the voice to be that of another. The second is that the feedback loop of pitch exists independently of the feedback loop of articulation, and that there is an inhibition circuit from the former loop to the latter loop. When the pitch shift increases, the feedback loop of articulation is suppressed by the pitch loop, resulting in uent speech even under the DAF condition. Howell and Sackin suggested that subjects performing the DAF task recognize the feedback voice as noise, because speakers increase their vocal level in a way that resembles the Lombard eect when DAF sounds are amplied [10]. However, the feedback voice during the DAF task has a specic vocal spectral structure, and the spectral structure diers greatly from that of real noise. In addition, the voice has sucient unique characteristics for subjects to distinguish their own voice from those of others. Here, we introduce voice levels to characterize the process of articulation feedback control between ones own voice and noise. Actually, according to our result, there is a possibility that the subject changes the interpretation of the two voices on the basis of the amount of pitch shift. First, under the parameter setting of 12 halftones, it is highly plausible that subjects identies the feedback voice to be others voice or noise, 3. because the mora ratio is close to 1 (Fig. 1). In this setting, others voice and noise seem to have the same eect. However, under normal DAF conditions, the feedback voice always interferes with speech production. We can interpret that subjects recognized their own voices more strongly as compared to the case of 12 halftone shift. Under the settings between 0 and 12 halftone shifts, the recognition of the voice changed from their own voice to that of other in proportion to the pitch shift. Unfortunately, we cannot yet identify the neural circuit to explain the chorus eect or FAF on the basis of only our results. Future work will involve the identication of the mechanism through various means. One is to conduct DAF and TAF tasks in combination with a noninvasive brainmeasuring techniques such as fMRI, EEG or MEG. If the region for each function in the brain is identied, we may get closer to resolving the above issues. 4. Conclusion In this study, we rst highlighted the possibility of brain neural circuits that distinguish ones own voice from those of others. Second, we reported experimental results based on a combination of DAF and TAF settings for normal subjects. The results showed that the DAF eect decreased in proportion to the pitch shift. Finally, we discussed some possibilities that can explain this result and the chorus eect. Acknowledgement We thank Dr. Koichi Mori at the Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled, Japan, for many helpful suggestions. This work was supported by a Sasakawa Scientic Research Grant from The Japan Science Society. References
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Teen charged with killing Scranton cab driver waives hearing
A 16-year-old who said he shot and killed a city cab driver for "taking the long way" waived his preliminary hearing Thursday.
Police arrested Aazis Richardson on May 23, hours after finding Vincent Darbenzio dead in his cab.
Mr. Darbenzio picked up Mr. Richardson around 3 that morning, but the teen decided the driver was taking too long to arrive at Valley View Terrace. Mr. Richardson told police he thought he was being ripped off, so he shot Mr. Darbenzio twice in the back of the head. He also told police he stole $500, but the money was not recovered.
Police found Mr. Richardson hiding in an attic after tracing the number that called the cab company. They also found a 9 mm handgun in a bag in the attic where Mr. Richardson was hiding.
Mr. Richardson is charged with first-, second- and third-degree murder, robbery and related counts and is being charged as an adult.
The night of his arrest, with hair past his shoulders, he walked out of Scranton Police Headquarters cursing Mr. Darbenzio's family. In court Thursday, with his hair cut short and in a red jumpsuit, he had few words.
He said only "yes," when Magisterial District Judge Terrence V. Gallagher asked if he wanted to waive his preliminary hearing and arraignment. No trial date has been set. Mr. Richardson, of Scranton, is in Lackawanna County Prison without bail.
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May 24, 2016
Last week, Georgia carried out that very sentence over a public outcry that Troy Davis was an innocent man.
Many of the witnesses who testified against him later recanted.
Due in no small part to the Davis execution, here in Florida democratic Representative Michelle Rehwinkel-Vasilinda's filed a bill to abolish our death penalty.
In her view, even given advances in d-n-a technology, many times it's impossible to prove guilt beyond any doubt.
And beyond that, a death row inmate can cost taxpayers millions of dollars in court fees as the appeals process drags on.
Representative Rehwinkel-Vasilinda's says, "I'm thinking that a better way to spend our money, instead of 51-million dollars a year on death penalty appeals and all that sort of thing, we could put that money to better use in law enforcement, investigation and equipment."
Florida has a unique affinity for capital punishment, having become the first state to perform an execution after the supreme court re-authorized it back in the early '70s.
And, even today, Tallahassee's Republican leaders are unabashedly tough on crime.
The death penalty's a key part of that philosophy.
If would-be criminals know they could be executed, they may be less inclined to commit a crime.
For those who may not have done anything, they'd have a chance at being exonerated.
Only if enough people agree it's time to put capital punishment itself to death.
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text: On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held in Bland v. Roberts that the use of the "Like" button on Facebook qualifies as constitutionally protected free speech under the First Amendment and cannot be used against public employees. The case arose after five former appointees at the Hampton, Virginia sheriff's office were not reappointed after they used the like button to support his opponent's campaign. The court rule that their public expression did not interfere with their job duties as public servants and likened their actions to putting a campaign poster in their front yards, a type of speech that has long been protected.


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Campaign 2008 | Presidential candidates differ-but perhaps not enough-on foreclosure crisis policy
Early predictions that Iraq would serve as the defining issue of the 2008 presidential campaign have given way to a new focus on a slumping economy. At the center of that market dip, the housing crisis stands as the watershed indicator of the direction in which candidates will govern.
On one side, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama castigate a corporate culture of greed for having triggered the foreclosure surge and excuse borrowers from culpability with promises of government-funded bailouts. On the other, Republican John McCain favors federal relief only for those borrowers victimized by fraudulent or deceitful lending practices.
Clinton and Obama likely hold the upper electoral hand with their position, providing security for voters wracked with uncertainty over their financial futures. Unlike his straight-talking clarity on Iraq, McCain's stands on the mortgage crisis play like Democrat lite-conservative only in their lack of boldness and creativity.
By contrast, Clinton has offered exceptionally bold policies, such as a 90-day moratorium on subprime foreclosures and a five-year freeze on subprime interest rates. More recently, she has called for a $30 billion emergency fund to help states address the problem on a more local level.
Obama likewise supports a federal fund to help borrowers refinance. His plan calls for $10 billion raised from enacting stiffer fines on fraudulent lenders.
Moving from Iraq to economic issues provides Democrats a chance to lead the conversation-and to continue campaigning against George W. Bush, a tack made more difficult by the progress of the Iraq troop surge. Democrats charge that the Bush administration failed to recognize early warning signs of the mortgage crisis and reacted far too late to a mess otherwise avoidable.
Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter of Colorado, a state whose acute foreclosure trouble began earlier than most, told WORLD his constituents were disappointed with Bush's initial inaction on the matter: "I think at the end of the day Republicans are going to pay for that."
Placing blame on the White House and corporate lenders offers delinquent homeowners a way out of self-examination and financial penance. And the Democratic narrative is not without credence. Many first-time homebuyers trusted the advice of suit-wearing lenders behind impressive desks, who littered their sales pitches with assurances that equity would climb, that rates would stay low, and that buying as much house as possible constituted sound investing.
Banks are now paying for such practices, many having since abandoned the subprime market or at least halted the funding of nothing-down, interest-only loans to people with lousy credit. Borrowers might soon learn similar lessons-provided elected officials allow it.


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The Amazing Race Recap: Brought To You By The Letter A
April 21, 2013 08:31 PM by Stephanie Gustafson
Chuck and Wynona are out (thank God) which leaves us with just five teams remaining on The Amazing Race. Where did the time go? Tonight, the racers head to Berlin for some more crazy shenanigans.
The racers are all cozy at a ski lodge in Switzerland, but now they have to depart for Dresden, Germany. Once again, Bates and Anthony are the first to head out. Caroline and Jennifer confess that the two guys are their "race boyfriend" and that they're looking forward to sharing the final two spots. Problem is, the gals start this leg in 4th place. Although, as we've learned, placements at the beginning of the leg can change pretty quickly. And that proves once again the case as everyone ends up on the same train and thus, on an even playing field.
Everyone takes the chance to catch a little shut-eye on the train, but unfortunately, during this time, Bates' bag is stolen! Fortunately, Bates was smart and kept his passport on him, so while he's missing a few helpful items, he has the most essential one near and dear. When these little incidents occur, I like to think that they were not the work of fellow racers, but who knows?
Upon departing the train, everyone hops in ford Fusions and heads for the next clue. But before they can receive that clue, they must answer three questions related to both United States and world history. Max and Katie are the first to come up with the answers, so they grab their clue and begin the 100-mile drive to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. Another clue tells them to keep driving right on past the gate and over to a local hotel. They must base jump from the roof of the hotel to the ground below in order to receive the next clue. If Wynona had managed to stay in, we'd be in for a load of complaining right now.
Following their successful base jumps, the racers learn that they have a Detour awaiting. This one is Train Trials vs Font Follies. In Train Trials, the teams have to lay down train tracks and then make sure that a train actually stays on them. Font Follies involves picking up huge letters and delivering them to a museum without causing any damage. It feels a little bit like Sesame Street here and I expect the letters to suddenly start singing and dancing. Max and Katie decide to do the Font Follies challenge and blast through it like the champs they'll likely be in this leg of the race. Joey and Meghan are not far behind, for, having chosen Train Trials, they discover that laying down tracks is a lot of fun! Unfortunately, actually getting the train around those tracks winds up being a little harder than they expected.
The country singer and hockey player alliance joins up once again, this time to complete Font Follies. But they have some trouble finding the museum, as it is inconveniently located within a huge mall. During the hunt, one of Bates and Anthony's letters shatters, so they are forced to begin the challenge again.
Max and Katie make it to the Salon Zur Bar for their next challenge. They must determine the origin of a famous quote and then wind their way through a labyrinth until they find a white room. But this is one trippy labyrinth with lights flashing all over the place. Katie chooses to complete the challenge, despite her fear that someone will jump out at her in the dark. Joey, on the other hand, loves the labyrinth and wishes he'd encounter challenges like this more often on The Amazing Race. As I predicted, Max and Katie finish first, but Meghan, Joey, Caroline and Jennifer are not far behind.
Despite switching to Train Trials, Bates and Anthony manage to catch up with Mona and Beth at the labyrinth. They help each other out, which I think is pretty cool. But then, on the way to the pit stop, the hockey players manage to overtake the roller derby moms, leaving them at risk of elimination. They're in luck though, for this is a non-elimination leg! Stay tuned for another elimination next week!
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jb44 Says:
April 22nd, 2013 at 5:09 pm
When they departed the train, the camera panned to Bate's bag which had been moved to the overhead compartment. It appears his bag was not stolen, just moved.
Mark Says:
April 28th, 2013 at 6:14 pm
Two weeks ago Chuck and Wynona were disqualified because they rolled cheese wheels down a hill instead of using a sled as stated in the rules.
Why weren't the hockey brothers disqualified for carrying the whiskey barrels when the rule said to roll them?


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Jon Sandusky, son of former Penn State assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, and Cleveland Browns executive, was arrested in North Dakota Tuesday morning on suspicion of drunken driving, according to the Fargo-Moorhead Inforum.
The 36-year-old was pulled over after making an illegal U-turn around 1:50 a.m. and a field sobriety test was administered, Fargo police lieutenant Joel Vettel told the Inforum.
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After the field sobriety test determined that Sandusky was over the legal limit, police arrested him and he was booked into the Cass County Jail under suspicion of driving under the influence.
He posted bail later on Tuesday.
Sandusky is in his fourth season as Cleveland's director of player personnel after spending nine seasons with Philadelphia's personnel department. He's responsible for the evaluation of all college prospects and NFL free agents. He played safety for Penn State from 1996-99.
"We're aware of the situation and currently working to gather facts," Browns spokesman Zak Gilbert told The Associated Press.
Jerry Sandusky, 69, a former defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions, is serving 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Sequels! It's taken a while, but wildly successful movies from different sides of the tracks are now getting ready to return in front of the cameras as sequels, and even better, they've got some helmers to go with it. So, let's dive in.
First up, and perhaps most significant, Disney is finally pushing ahead with their follow up to Tim Burton's billion-dollar-earning "Alice In Wonderland." It's a bit shocking it took them nearly three years to get the ball rolling, but now it's picking up speed, and James Bobin is the man in early talks for the gig. He's already proved to Disney that he can do franchises, having successfully rebooted "The Muppets" and currently directing "Muppets...Again!" and we suppose he'll meet the approval of Johnny Depp, who we can only imagine is the no brainer to return. Perhaps this also factored into his decision to bail on the gangster flick "Black Mass" when asked to work for only a paltry $10 million? Between this and 'Pirates 5,' it looks like Depp could buy himself another island in a few years. Anyway, original 'Alice' writer Linda Woolverton is penning the script for the movie that's going down the rabbit hole again.
Meanwhile, the long-gestating "Bad Santa 2" seemed to be on track last year when Steve Pink was signed up rewrite and direct the movie. But now folks behind the movie are giving those jobs to "Entourage" creator Doug Ellin. He's writing the movie for sure, but directing will depend on what's going on with that "Entourage" movie, as a script has been handed, but no word yet on when it might actually shoot. But the schedules of the dudes on that show can't be too busy, can they? If all goes according to plan, cameras will roll on 'Santa' this fall, but they also said it would shoot last year, so we'll see. [Variety/Deadline]


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Big Brother 12 Premieres Tonight On CBS
July 08, 2010 01:00 PM by Nancy Floyd
Big Brother 12 kicks off another exciting new season tonight on CBS! Thirteen new houseguests (including the introduction of a house saboteur) move into the Big Brother mansion tonight and begin competing for half a million dollars. Keep reading for more details on tonight's premiere, the 13 houseguests, and the saboteur…
Season 12 of Big Brother premieres tonight on CBS and this season promises a lot of exciting twists and shocking surprises. Last week, CBS revealed the identities of the 13 houseguests moving into the Big Brother mansion who will be vying for the half million dollar prize. The houseguests range in age from 24 and 40 and include a model, several students, a podiatrist, a professor, and a deputy sheriff. One of the new cast members has a huge secret though: he/she will be acting as the Big Brother saboteur.
The saboteur is a new addition to the show to stir up drama and involve the at-home audience. On tonight's season premiere of Big Brother, the 13 houseguests will move into the Art Deco-styled mansion and learn that one of their roommates has an ulterior motive. The saboteur is being placed in the house to disrupt the lives of the other contestants. He/she will be taking suggestions from the at-home audience of how to antagonize and sabotage the other players. The identity of the saboteur will be revealed to viewers next Thursday, July 15th during the first LIVE show. At that point, audiences can voice their ideas, suggestions, and opinions for the saboteur at the Big Brother website. If the saboteur makes it halfway through the season, he/she wins a major financial reward.
In addition to tonight's season premiere, you can also catch Big Brother on Sunday, July 11th, Wednesday July 14th, and the LIVE show on Thursday, July 15th at 8pm EST. With 52 cameras and 95 microphones installed in the house, you definitely won't miss any of the drama and action this season.
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Most Innovative Products
This year's Most Innovative Products contest at World of Masonry/World of Concrete includes some of the most creative, useful, and practical materials and equipment to burst upon the scene since the 2007 show. These products run the gamut from big to small, high-tech to low-tech, and high-priced to low-priced. But they all have two important factors in common.
First, the products represent new ways to meet construction challenges. And second, the companies who have entered are hoping that you will vote to help decide which ones are this year's most innovative.
To help navigate the 144 entries in the 2008 contest, the products are categorized by primary application. The products in the two masonry categories – Materials and Tools & Equipment – are described in this article.
Mat deflects mortar, dries cavity
Mortairvent is a mortar deflection and ventilation mat used behind manufactured stone, natural stone, stucco, EIFS, and brick. The gray filter fabric acts as the mortar deflection, while the blue polypropylene matrix creates a dry cavity allowing for proper drainage and ventilation. The mat greatly reduces the chance of rot and mold within a wall system. WOM/WOC Booth 3444
Rebar positioner seated in CMU core
CoreLock is a hassle-free rebar positioner that makes the mason's job easier and ensures a secure installation. It is seated 1¼-in. into the CMU core, rather than on top of the block. Diagonal placement ensures the rebar is always centered and prevents movement. The one-piece design has no welds and does not interfere with the installation of wire joint reinforcement. It is used for 8-in. and 12-in. block. WOM/WOC Booth C3512
Lath system serves several applications
SpiderLath is an innovative fiberglass lath system used in a wide variety of masonry, stone, and stucco applications. Used in place of metal or other conventional laths, the product is rustproof, lightweight, and easy to cut. This patent-pending lath provides a time saving advantage during installation, and the standoff strips allow it to be encapsulated by the cement, creating a stronger substrate. WOM/WOC Booth S14606
Machine mixes, dispenses, and places
The Mix-N-Place can mix and dispense mortar and/or grout with the same machine and augers the product out the bottom for perfect placement. It takes only two people to grout – one drives the forklift and the other controls the pour directly into the block. Using the product reduces labor costs, and as a mixer, the ¾-yd capacity fills numerous tubs in one trip. WOM/WOC Booth C3568
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as you know, this blog is all about good-looking people. in real life, the look comes first and then comes.... personality? a sense of humor? intelligence? actually, before someone can open their mouth to prove all those things, you've already - usually subconsciously - noted their smell, consequently, smelling nice is important stuff.
so when DIESEL DENIM assigned me to introduce their new perfume for men and women, i figured it could be something to look smell into, this summer.
fresh, young and sexy are the adjectives that are being communicated with these scents. the ladies' version has floral elements such as lavender and jasmin but also fruitful goodness from mandarine and cassis. the guys' version is a luscious mix of berries, vanilla and grapefruit. all in all, the descritption of those pefumes makes me hungry - it really sounds deliscious.
the DIESEL DENIM campaign for those new scents was photographed by terry richardson, by the way. i like that the bottle looks like a vintage cowboy-style water bottle.
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31 May 2011
smell this? - DIESEL DENIM
as you know, this blog is all about good-looking people. in real life, the look comes first and then comes.... personality? a sense of humor? intelligence? actually, before someone can open their mouth to prove all those things, you've already - usually subconsciously - noted their smell, consequently, smelling nice is important stuff.
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30 May 2011
berlin: maxi skirt, mini jacket
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29 May 2011
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berlin: down to earth
Posted by Kat Walks at 13:56 4 comments
a message from the office
i was recently asked to test and review a new gadget called Arctic Breeze, a little fan that is energized via the usb outlet of your laptop. now, i really have a thing for gadgets, so clearly i had to try out this one as well.
it's been lying around on my desk for weeks and i had alost forgotten about it until an hour ago, when i found myself sitting at my laptop, fanning air to my face with a folded piece of paper while typing with one hand. with 27°C in berlin today, the time had come to free my arctic breeze out of the wrapper and test drive it.
blends in nicely with the rest of my work space, don't you think?...
what i like about it (exept for the fresh air) is that it comes without any sort of cable or batteries, making it simple to bring it with you, anywhere. for me, as a travelette, i have spent countless hours writing at my laptop in the blistering heat of india, mexico or morocco. you bet, i would have liked to have a thing like that with me. the good news is, it's really cheap at only €7,95 (available in shops or here). summer can come.
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24 May 2011
eye candy
it's been a while since my last video. made this one at the end of a photoshoot.
thanks to our gorgeous model Indre @ M4 Models Berlin, fabulous stylist Philipp Humm and our lovely make-up artist Jana Oheimb-Rosta
to see a larger version of this video click here
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23 May 2011
berlin: popping colors
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19 May 2011
the travelettes tumblr
for those who like my travel photos, my other project travelettes now have a tumblr with our photos (including some unpublished ones)
see if you like it and follow if you do.
glamcanyon has one too, btw.
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berlin: mom with style
i live in the berliner neighborhood of prenzlauer berg, which is said to have the highest birth rate in all of europe. it's full of moms and dads, many of them young and fashionable, a lot like the woman in the picture. have a look at my post of a paris mom and compare with this one, i think they tell a lot about both cities.
happy belated mothers day to all the lovely moms out there!
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berlin: extra small
one of my favorite pieces of clothing on girls are denim jackets from the kids section. the kind where the arms stop at the elbow. here's a boys' version of the same. i think it can be quite cute on the right guy.
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the new Swarovski commercial
bling bling, my dears!
for a bit of magical feel and fairytale-like images, have a look at this new cinema-ad by Swarovski. i love a good video and this one is an enchanting cross between fashion video and cinematic big pictures. enjoy!
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berlin: poster boy
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Department of Energy (DOE) researchers and their collaborators continued to make significant progress throughout 2015 in the emerging field of spintronics, also known as magnetic electronics. Spintronics could change conventional electronics by using the spin of electrons to store information in solid state devices rather than, or in addition to, the transport of the electrical charge of electrons. This new technology addresses many of the challenges of conventional electronics because it allows for transfer of information from one place to another using much less energy, essentially generating no heat, and requiring little space. The field of spintronics is rapidly advancing and opportunities at the frontiers of spintronics are immense.
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Amazing Aerogels
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Aerogels are some of the most fascinating materials on the planet. They were discovered in the 1930s by Stanford University's Samuel Kistler who proved that he could successfully replace a gel's liquid with a gas by drying it, thereby creating a substance that was structurally a gel, but without liquid. Since their invention aerogels have primarily been made of silica but can be made of a growing variety of substances including transition metal oxides, organic polymers, biological polymers, semiconductor nanostructures, graphene, carbon, carbon nanotubes and metals as well as aerogel composite materials and the list is growing.
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Light-emitting diode (LED) lighting is a type of solid-state lighting that uses a semiconductor to convert electricity to light. LED lighting products are beginning to appear in a wide variety of home, business, and industrial products such as holiday lighting, replacement bulbs for incandescent lamps, street lighting, outdoor area lighting and indoor ambient lighting.
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During the 1700's, the Reverend Thomas Bayes was a nonconformist minister at the Mount Sion Chapel in Tunbridge Wells, UK, about 40 miles southeast of central London. Having studied both theology and logic at the University of Edinburgh, he was also a mathematician and developed a strong interest in probability late in life. He was known to have published only one book on theology and one book on mathematics in his lifetime. A third manuscript he never published about the probability of cause made him famous. After his death, a good friend Richard Price recognized the importance of the paper and, after extensive editing, submitted it for publication. More than 20 years later, the great French mathematician, Pierre-Simon Laplace devised the formula for Bayes' probability of causes and acknowledged Bayes as the discoverer of what we now know as Bayesian inference.
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1. Are all HGH supplements the same?
Absolutely not. First of all, there are various types of HGH supplements. The most popular and the most numerous ones are anti-aging HGH supplements, but they are not the only ones. There are also those that are aimed at people with sexual issues, those for weight loss and those for muscle gain, just to name a few. Also, there are various companies that make HGH supplements and they are not all the same. Some of them have better HGH supplements and some of them sell poorer. You need to learn about them and you need to know how to choose.
2. Do HGH supplements contain HGH?
No, they do not. These products work in a different way and they do not introduce outside HGH into the body. They help your own body produce its own HGH in increased amounts and that is how it leads to the increased levels of HGH in the body.
3. Are HGH supplements safe?
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There are innumerable reasons to love the holiday season. Who doesn't love the phantasmagoria of lights, hot chocolate, snow, trees, gifts friends and family that come along with December?
Beyond the aforementioned perks of the season, this year I have found myself most excited for all the dressing up. Much like Nan Kempner, my favorite part of the party is often getting dressed for it. Unlike the other eleven months of the year when it's considered uncool to look dressed up or as if you put any thought–let alone effort–into your appearance, come December, it is all big curls and bright sequins.
During a majority of the year, on trend, after-eight outfits usually consist of a high-low pairing, a crew neck sweatshirt with a sequin skirt or a pair of tennis shoes with a flouncy cocktail dress. Your outfit is suppose to feel nonchalant and effortless, as if you were all together too busy with other more pivotal things than to worry your perfectly imperfect bed head and what you'll wear with it. Lots of menswear extras that tone down fanciful feminine pieces. Simply putting some brogues on was a common theme this past season.
The irony of this is that it takes, in my experience, just as much time to make an Adidas tennis shoe work with a vintage brocade dress as it does to match it with the perfect heel, but I digress. I trust you have participated or at least witnessed this trend, and understand my frustration.
However, during the holidays, the rules on being "cool" become irrelevant and petty. It is a time to embrace magic and romance in all facets of life–especially when getting dressed. For me, the holidays are a time for ultra feminine glamour. A perfect time to go digging through your mother's closet or through the racks at your favorite vintage stores. There is something so empowering about putting on all of your favorite, most beautiful things.


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করে (kare) is one of the most frequent words in Bangla corpus, which exhibits various morpho-syntactic functions. Morphological-ly, the word can be analyzed as a noun (meaning "hand", "tax", etc.) with a locative case-marker, a finite verb (meaning "do" or "does") as well as a non-finite form of "do" (meaning "having done"). However, owing to various functional modifications this particu-lar lexical item can also be used as a postpo-sition and particle. Due to this extremely va-riable behavior, the lexical item "kare" is problematic for several NLP tasks and, there-fore, calls for a special treatment. In this pa-per we investigate the various distributions and functions of "kare" and identify eleven basic morpho-syntactic categories covering these various functions. On the basis of di-achronic and synchronic evidence, we show how these various functions of "kare" can be explained by positing etymological homo-morphism and/or functional diversification. Further, we propose suggestions for dealing with "kare" during morphological analysis, parts-of-speech tagging, chunking and other advanced NLP tasks.
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Demisexuality is one of those things I don't completely understand. That's just me though, I can see it actually happening though because I know of people who are so reserved in themselves and would never dare open up to someone sexually unless they had some sort of connection like that. That's cool though.
As for people who call themselves "demiromantic" I feel like they have no idea how interpersonal relationships work.
I-I guess the best way I can explain it is that I can't feel desires for people based on lovely appearances or anything instinctive. Those kinds of things don't get to me at all. ;w; I have to already be 'attracted' to someone on a deeper level. The way I usually describe it is if I'm not already in love or caring deeply for someone, I'm asexual. XDD;
That usually helps to get the meaning out there better. Hope it helped a bit. ^^; Demisexuality is a project to explain, dfkjdslj.


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HOLIDAY, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a 23-year-old is suspected of setting a house fire that killed his father on New Year's Eve.
According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Baron Von Duke Vercruysse was arrested Tuesday. They say 52-year-old Rene Dominique Vercruysse died of "homicidal violence."
The Tampa Bay Times reports deputies believe a dispute between the father and son led to the death. However deputies did not release further details.
Authorities found the father's body when they responded to the fire around 10:20 p.m. on Monday.
The son was charged with first-degree murder. The Times reports his prior arrest record includes charges of larceny and possession of controlled substances.
A neighbor told the newspaper he heard a sharp scream Monday night just before authorities responded to the fire.
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Despite its bad points, be thankful that we had the BCS
College football kicked off Thursday night, and it was the beginning of the end for the BCS.
This is the last year for the BCS, replaced next season by a four-team playoff. After 16 years, the controversial system will go the way of leather helmets and two-way players, and for that, we can be thankful.
Thankful that the BCS will soon be dead.
But thankful, too, that we had the BCS in the first place.
Yes, we have come to hate it. Yes, its end is long overdue. But without a system like the BCS, we would have never gotten to a playoff.
The BCS was a conduit to a playoff.
"The BCS has been remarkably successful," BCS executive director Bill Hancock said the other day. "Yeah, it has been controversial, but as we get ready to bid it goodbye, we know there's a lot that it did right."
Granted, he is the frontman for the BCS, paid to say nice things about the institution that sports fans hate like none other. But that doesn't mean he's wrong.
The BCS wasn't completely evil, and its most redeeming quality is that it provided a bridge to a playoff.
Before the BCS and its first-cousin, short-lived predecessors, the Bowl Coalition and the Bowl Alliance, pollsters determined college football's national champion. The media and the coaches had the final say in what team stood atop the sport at season's end. And since there was no guarantee that the top teams would play each other, it was a system fraught with peril and controversy.
Sure, there were plenty of seasons where the best team was obvious. But there were a bunch of seasons that weren't so clear cut, and in the 56 seasons before the Bowl Coalition, the Bowl Alliance and the BCS, the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the media poll met in bowl games only eight times.
"I think about how unhappy fans would be if that was still continuing today," Hancock said.
No doubt about that.
"But the BCS fixed that problem," he said.
But why did we need the BCS at all? Why didn't we just go straight to a playoff?
Because big changes are rare in college football.
This is a sport steeped in tradition and ritual. Even slight tweaks cause ripples. There was a near revolt in the Sooner Nation earlier this month, for example, when fans found out the marching band was changing the pregame fanfare.
The fanfare.
Imagine what would happen if Bob Stoops decided to change the Sooners' uniform.
Even though college football had every reason to go from the polls to a playoff — playoffs have been wildly successful and popular in many sports and leagues for decades — it wasn't going to happen. The polls were a long-standing tradition, and many wanted to keep the pollsters a part of the sport in some form or fashion. Then, there were the bowls, another venerable tradition. What would happen to those games with a playoff?
Now we know, of course, that the bowls can coexist with a playoff. A whopping 38 bowls are on the docket for next season, the first with a playoff.
We also know there's a place for real, live human beings in a playoff system. A yet-to-be-named selection committee will be picking the four teams that make the playoff.
The BCS gave us a chance to see what worked and what didn't work. It whet our appetite for end-of-season games between the best teams, for a national champion that's determined on the field. But it also turned our stomachs when seemingly deserving teams were left out of the mix.
As a result, college football slowly but surely moved toward a system that would amplify the good and diminish the bad.
A playoff isn't a perfect system. Deserving teams will be left out. It happens in the pros. It happens with the NCAA basketball tournament. And it will happen in college football.
But we're closer to perfect with a playoff than we have been with the BCS just like we were closer to perfect with the BCS than we were with pollsters determining a champion.
So, as we hear the opening strains of the BCS's swan song, we should celebrate the system for the change it helped usher in.
"I believe history will view the BCS favorably for all the good that it's done for this game that we love," Hancock said.
Thank you, BCS.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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Film, TV producers say NC may lose future features
The nation's major film and television series producers are warning that North Carolina could lose thousands of jobs and millions in economic investment if it doesn't extend a state incentive program set to expire at the end of 2014.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that the Motion Picture Association of America's senior vice president for government affairs wrote to state officials four days before the Legislature adjourned.
Vans Stevenson wrote that the unwillingness of lawmakers to extend the program is already having an effect on the state and meant North Carolina would no longer be considered for major future feature films.
Bill Vassar, head of the state's major film studio, said he had nothing to do with the letter and was "disturbed" to hear about the MPAA's demand.
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Rutherford County's Health and Education Committee asked the county school system last night to look into accepting vehicle registrations as part of its residency verification requirement.
"There are certain citizens out there who aren't paying (the county's wheel tax) and that's certainly unfair to those who do pay," County Commissioner and Chairman of the Health and Education Committee Bob Bullen said.
Because of the current economic climate, the county is looking at any and all ways to boost revenue, without raising taxes. Commissioner Jeff Phillips said the county is in a "tight budget situation" and more revenue is needed to support local schools.
The school system agrees the revenue is needed, but doesn't want to commit to a new role as wheel tax enforcer.
"We don't want to put up any barriers to keep parents from enrolling their children in school …" RCS Community Relations Coordinator James Evans said. "But we want them to be tax payers, too, and not have someone else paying for the education of their children."
Evans said the Board of Education will discuss the issue in the coming months, after the Health and Education Committee passed a motion last night asking it to.
The motion asks the board to look at the feasibility of including vehicle registration as part of residency verification each year.
RCS Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Don Odom said the school system usually takes utility bills and accepts out-of-county students for different reasons.
"We are only approaching the group that are circumventing the law, not law abiding citizens," Phillips said.
The Health and Education Committee then discussed other options, like requiring students who drive to submit proof of registration when getting a parking pass or allow the county's wheel tax officer to patrol high school parking lots.
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This nail art was pretty much born out of the idea that I wanted to wear Revlon Royal but also wanted some sparkly and glitz. After all, I wore this manicure on my very first trip to go car shopping, so it was kind of a therapeutic stress reliever to spend an hour or two doing my nails the night before. (Ultimately I didn't buy a car that weekend, but did decide that when I do buy a car later this year, it'll be a Mini Cooper. SO. FUN.) This design sort of morphed into something that resembled an underwater scene for me; I added the pearls to play into the ocean/underwater theme even more. It's also a personal practice version of "galaxy nails" type sponging- I know I know, galaxy nails are super easy and freeform, and blah blah.. I'm still a little intimidated by them, ok?
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You can purchase basic make-up sponges at any drugstore, but I prefer to get mine at the Dollar Tree where a pack of 10+ is only $1! N.Y.C. Skin Tight Denim Creme is in N.Y.C.'s permanent collection and can be purchased at most drugstores or big box retailers for just $.99, as well as being available online. Revlon Royal is part of Revlon's Top Speed Line and retails for $6 at most drugstores and big box retailers, as well as being available online. China Glaze Zombie Zest was part of the 2010 Awakening Collection and can be purchased online or through the occasional blog sale. Orly Luxe is part of Orly's permanent collection and can be found at beauty supplies, some drugstores, and online retailers. You can also purchase Luxe through Amazon for about $4-5. CND Jade Sparkle can be purchased through some retailers depending on your location, on Amazon for $7-8, or other online sources. Decorative half-pearls were purchased through the bornprettystore.
In case you haven't already noticed (which you probably have) I made a new layout for my blog! I've been wanting to showcase larger pictures for a while now, so I made a layout that is conducive for that and also is a tad more muted so that the colors of the polish are the focus. I also added some new social media buttons, so you can check out some other websites that Lovely In Lacquer (or me!) are on. Cause you know.. there's a person behind the polish, and I'm more than happy to get to know my lovely readers. I've also updated my pages (I'm in the process of re-documenting my collection, so that page will be updated soon!!) and given some of them a new look, so you can go check those out too if you'd like. I'm also excited to say that I have access to my graphics program again (and I have Photoshop CS5 on it's way to me as well! yay!) so Bottles for Banners is back up and running. I want to thank all of the lovely people who have participated so far, and I'm happy you've helped make it a success!
Have you tried doing galaxy nails, or any type of sponging? What do you think of this manicure?
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As the Occupy Wall Street movement gains steam, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is standing beside the demonstrators and defending their right to speak their minds.
Teams of NYCLU staff and volunteers regularly visit the movement's headquarters at Zuccotti Park to distribute our Know Your Rights information and engage the demonstrators' on their experiences with the NYPD. The park's makeshift library is well-stocked with our Demonstrating in New York City and What to Do if You're Stopped by the Police guides. We're engaging the protestors on Facebook and Twitter as well.
And, our royal blue-clad legal observers are on hand monitoring police activity and recording any instances of police misconduct.
If you or somebody you know has been the victim of police misconduct associated with the protests, if you've seen the police engaging in intimidating behavior or using video cameras in a way that chills the right to protest, or if you've seen the police doing something right, please tell us about it. Send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and tell your story. We're collecting your videos and photos, too.
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You need to be filing suit over what happened in Boston asap.
- October 11, 2011
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This is an outrage
- October 11, 2011
You guys are dumb asses. Wake the hell up.
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Love to see articles like this. The irony is, the OWS protestors are fighting for the rights and jobs of policemen, too.
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Senior Dylan Meier (121 for 22 passing) has been booted for Freshman Josh freeman (11 for 33 passing): http://kstatefootball.com/depth.shtm
Freshman Kirby Meier is still feeling punky as Senior Adam Barman starts again: http://kuathletics.cstv.com/sports/m...100306aaa.html
On the status of QB Kerry Meier and Adam Barmann's performance in filling in:
"Kerry is feeling much better. He has made great improvement. His status at this point is unchanged. Adam Barmann made some mistakes early, but to his credit, he overcame them and showed great mental toughness. He kept the offense together and played outstanding after his early mistakes. I would say that the biggest thing about Adam is that he overcomes adversity. We say all week that "The next play is the most important play." You can't change history, good or bad. You can't worry about tomorrow either. As a program, we focus on the task at hand day-to-day. Adam is living proof that you can overcome adversity by adhering to that motto. Our players see that he is capable. We have confidence in both of them. The kids have always had confidence in him. He is prepared every day. He is one of the hardest working guys in the off-season programs and is very good with younger players. He is helpful with younger quarterbacks. He is an all-around team guy."
"Before we get started, I would like to announce the players of the game from the Nebraska contest as voted by our coaching staff. The offensive player of the game was sophomore wide receiver Dexton Fields. The defensive player of the game was junior defensive tackle James McClinton. The special teams player of the game was junior kicker Scott Webb. Our scout team offensive player of the week was Micah Brown, and our defensive scout team player of the week was Todd Haselhorst.
Looking back on the Nebraska game, I was very proud of the effort of our football team on Saturday. We showed a great deal of heart and resiliency. We played a great game in terms of effort and fight.
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This is the first election year with the same number of millennial voters as baby boomers. Here's how lobbyists for young people could change our politics on prisons, climate, and student debt.
Voters hit hardest by free-trade economics are rebelling against the status quo. We can use that energy to build a powerful, grassroots movement for democracy.
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In every community I visited, I found people working hard to lay a different foundation for our society.
From blue corn to bison, narrow federal food-safety codes impact tribal food systems. But advocates are writing their own food laws to preserve Native food sovereignty.
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Five reasons baby boxes are more than cutesy cardboard containers, from offering a safe place to sleep to giving an equal start in life.
Nearly 200 activists arrived in Anacortes, Washington last week to protest our dependence on fossil fuels. They joined others across the globe in the call for a renewable energy transition.
Seattle University students plan to sleep outside their dean's office for as long as it takes her to resign. Will she budge?
I had held at bay the question of whether I wanted to participate in direct action. But I also knew it was the heartbeat of this diverse movement.
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Captains and coaches of dragon boat teams took to the water Saturday for a lesson from the pros as a prep for the Montana Dragon Boat Festival in September.
Eighty area paddlers hopped into the 46-foot-long boats to learn everything from proper paddle technique to paddling to the beat of a drum. Kevin Kwan, a veteran dragon boat racer and trainer from Edmonton, Alberta came to the Flathead to train these leaders before the fall event.
"The people that volunteered to captain or coach, giving them a little bit of education, giving them a little bit of support so they can continue to do what they're doing," said Kwan. "Getting everyone out, motivating them. Whether it's for fun, for a workout, for strategy, for the sport. So its really just giving them the tools so they can go forward and do that."
Captains will continue to train their teams until the festival which kicks off September 7th at the Flathead Lake Lodge.