Los Angeles photographer, Tom Paiva, might just know a thing or two about what goes bump in the night. He often finds himself working long after Jimmy Fallon has put the rest of us to sleep. Tom received his BFA from the San Francisco Academy of Art, and for the last 15 years has worked as a freelance photographer specializing in large format photography of industrial and maritime settings, as well as architecture and interiors. To say that Tom is passionate about night photography is an understatement. He is a co-founder of The Nocturnes, an organization dedicated to night photography, and has recently started a blog that celebrates twilight and night photography. What I love about Tom's work is that his night images elevate industrial structures to epic proportions, the same structures that seen during the day don't get a second glance.
I pulled the image below off Tom's blog–it's the Griffith Park Observatory, where Rebel Without a Cause was filmed, and for me this image represents the best of Los Angeles.
I have been photographing in the industrial landscape at night for well over 10 years and enjoy the structural aspects of this environment.
No one who built these structures had any thought of aesthetics. They are intended to be functional over any consideration of visual concerns. However, I find these environments exceedingly appealing. The forms are modern, massive, simplified, without embellishment. Light creates dimension and startling relationships. It can magnify shapes and textures, and stimulate the viewer's interest.
There is a long tradition of American photographers who focus on the industrial landscape. Like Charles Sheeler's photographs of the Ford Rouge Plant in Detroit; Luke Swank's work of steel mills in Pittsburgh; and Margaret Bourke White's photographs of power plants throughout the country, I am drawn to the power and monumentalism of major industrial projects. But unlike most of these great artists, I enjoy working at night and twilight, and in color. The commercial sites are often still functioning, but the glare and energy of the day has subsided. What is raw and ugly in the noon time sun is transformed by night into an evocative landscape you want to explore and linger in.
The 4×5 negative captures an unbelievable amount of detail and tonality. On the other hand, it is incredibly hard to do, especially at night. Rarely can I get more than three or four images completed in a night's work. I actually like the technical challenges of working with film at night. You cannot be sure what the film will pick up in these environments of complex mixed light sources, diverse intensities, and deep shadows. The available light sources of sodium vapor, mercury vapor, metal halide, tungsten and fluorescent intensify the yellows, blues, greens, and overall depth. I do not use any addition light or computer manipulation in my work.


Load lifting, which is an act to oppose gravitational pull towards the centre of the earth, attempted manually or by deploying mechanized means with or without prime mover, remains a very hazardous activity. It claims a large share of accidents at workplace. Correct lifting can move large objects efficiently whereas incorrect lifting can lead to disastrous accidents entailing serious injuries, loss of worktime and property.
At a major project site, a large mobile crane, during operation, toppled. It can't be termed as a simple near-miss since they could potentially lead to serious injuries for both workers and the public.
There is a dearth of competent facilities, to train and groom crane operator, rigger and material handler of skill and competence. Several times, the contractor shows heavy vehicle driving license for the post of crane operator and gets the job. It only qualifies him to drive the crane on-road and not for operations and load handling.
There are elaborate and clear statutory directives, both under the Factories Act, 1948 (section 28 & 29) and corresponding state Factory Rules; and also the BOCW central rules, 1998 (Rules 55 to 81; particularly Rule – 64 (a) to (zf)) for lifting appliance and gear.
Loose soil may subside. Strengthen the ground bearing capacity by compaction; putting large wooden logs/planks to distribute the load on wider base; if there are excavation nearby, strengthen excavation's support; when on slope, and adjust the out rigger to keep the crane base horizontal.
Overhead charged powerlines – stay well clear, maintaining jib's distance more than 6 metres, or even more for higher voltages.
Rains and water create wet and slippery ground, loose soil and can lead to landslides, etc. If the crane's stability is threatened, stop lifting work and lock the crane.
In strong winds, decrease the safe working load; for wind speeds above 50 kmph, stop the crane operations.
The crane/ lifting machinery/ gear are all tested and cleared for use by competent persons as statutorily needed.
Crane operator, rigger, signaler i.e. the entire team, trained and reliable to be engaged. Their certificates may be checked and also their knowledge on actual equipment needs to be verified.
These measures are essential, as the ultimate responsibilities of ensuring safe lifting lies with the employer.
Sub-rule 81 (iii) requires them to possess the knowledge of the inherent risks involved in the operation of lifting appliances.
Lifting operations must have a lifting plan supported by risk assessment. In line with the risk level and complexity, suitable control measures are to be suggested and implemented.
Critical lifts are those complex and difficult lifts which require more extensive and comprehensive planning by qualified and expert persons, for example, lifts involving two or more cranes; loads above 70% of the engaged crane; personnel being hoisted; cranes on floating barges; lifting near charged powerlines; lifts in high wind or with other adverse environmental conditions; hoisting personnel in basket, etc.
For hoisting personnel in a crane suspended platform (basket), the following OSHA requirements apply: load lines to have safety factor of at least 7 times the maximum intended load; a positive locking safety latch on crane's hook; guard rails with locking gate that does not swing outward; proof testing at 125% of the platform's rating capacity; total weight of load not to exceed 50% of the crane's load chart capacity; satisfactory trial lift with unoccupied platform fully loaded to the anticipated locations; etc.


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Jaipur:USA-based Theoretical Quantum physicist, Dr. Amit Goswami, Founder, Quantum Activism Movement worldwide, who is best known for his research on Quantum Activism and conscience, has found a team of supporters in India, which will together take his concept and work forward. IITian Mr. Anil Sinha, Director Research and Education, who is credited with co-founding "Consciousness Engineering Research Foundation" at Pyramid Valley, Bangalore which has established a Meditation Lab and a global conference on Quantum Energy Medicine is part of the team. Dr. Valentina Onisor, Integrative Medicine and transformational expert who travels with Dr. Goswami for Quantum workshops is also in the foundation team.
Mr. Dinesh Kukreja, CEO, Quantum Activism Village Foundation, a businessman from Jaipur, himself a professed quantum activism enthusiast has joined force with Prof. Sinha and set up a company by the name of Quantum Activism Village Foundation to realize dream of establishing a 300-acre village on the 'quantum' concepts. As a prelude to the main project of establishing Quantum Vishwalayam, the foundation has come up with its inaugural course as a One-Year Certification Program in Quantum Science and Conscious Leadership in New Delhi last month. This course will have two semesters, first would concentrate on self-development and the latter would focus on professional development and integration. The educational program aims to inculcate a holistic and transformational system based on the fundamentals of ancient wisdom with the backing of authentic scientific research on quantum science and consciousness.
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\section{Introduction}

Overlapping speech detection (OSD) is a key component for speaker diarization and speech separation. Speaker diarization seeks to match a time frame of speech to the corresponding speaker identity. The agglomerative hierarchical clustering on speaker embeddings has been one of the main approaches for speaker diarization \cite{DBLP:journals/taslp/MiroBEFFV12}\cite{DBLP:conf/icassp/Garcia-RomeroSS17}\cite{DBLP:conf/icassp/WangDWMM18}\cite{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2012-14952}. Audios are split into segments and speaker embeddings are extracted from each of the segments. Unsupervised clustering is performed on the speaker embeddings to obtain speaker identities\cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/ZhengLSL19a}. One problem of clustering approach is that speaker embeddings extracted from small segments can be biased by the speech content \cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/ZhengLS20}. Furthermore, it lacks the ability to handle overlapping speech.

Recently an end-to-end speaker diarization approach is proposed, which incorporates overlapping speech detection into the process of inferring speaker labels at any given frame time \cite{DBLP:conf/asru/FujitaKHXNW19}\cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/FujitaKHNW19}\cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/HoriguchiF0XN20}\cite{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2003-02966}. When tested on datasets with overlapping speech, the end-to-end approach achieved a better performance than the embedding-based clustering methods. The improvement is not unexpected since the baseline clustering method does not have the capability to handle overlapping speech, which makes up a considerable proportion of the test set. It remains unclear how accurate the system is in detecting overlapping speech. Given its importance in the speaker diarization system, it is worthwhile to single out the OSD component for extensive study.

When overlapping speech occur, identifying speakers of interest is not enough. It is also necessary to separate the overlapping speech in order to obtain the clean automatic speech recognition (ASR) results corresponding to the target speakers. Therefore, a speech separation or target speaker extraction component is usually applied to overlapping speech segments.

A vast number of literatures can be found on  speech separation \cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/WangLSWCLHLPNG20}\cite{DBLP:conf/icassp/DelcroixZKON18}\cite{DBLP:journals/taslp/LuoM19}\cite{DBLP:journals/taslp/WangNW14}\cite{DBLP:journals/taslp/WangC18a}. A major challenge faced by researchers studying speech separation is that it may cause distortions to original speech and result in degradation to the performance of ASR \cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/WangMWSWHSWJL19}. This poses as a discouraging factor for real application since overlapping speech only contributes to a small portion of the entire duration and harming the rest of the non-overlapping speech may seem unworthy. Furthermore, performing multi-target speaker extraction on non-overlapping speech may result in undesired ``ghost speech", which will contaminate the final ASR deliverable. Therefore, knowing when to perform speech separation is crucial.

In this paper we aim to detect overlapping speech segments on microphone array data. A microphone array-based beamforming process separates speech into multiple beams according to the localization of the corresponding speakers. Therefore, when an overlapping segment is detected, separated speech is produced alongside. The only further action required is to select the optimal beam(s), depending on most probable localization of the speaker(s). \cite{anguera2007acoustic} is one of first works focusing on beamforming approach for speaker diarization. It provided a non-neural network based approach to take advantage of multi-microphone data. In \cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/ZhengS21} we proposed a speaker diarization system based on microphone array data. We showed that integrating spatial spectrum information can lead to remarkable improvement to the system. An OSD component was mentioned in the proposed system but was not elaborated. In this paper we discuss in details the OSD component mentioned in previous work. We propose a neural network architecture called BeamTransformer, which manages to take advantage of beamformer's ability to utilize multi-microphone data and transformer's power in context sequence modeling.

Several previous efforts on detecting overlapping speech detection is worthy to be addressed. \cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/YoshiokaECXA18} proposed a BLSTM based unmixing transducer that transforms an input multi-channel acoustic signal into a fixed number of time-synchronous audio
streams. The AMI corpus is one of the few publicly available corpus containing annotations to generate labels for overlapping speech detection \cite{mccowan2005ami}. \cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/AndreiCB17} is among one of first efforts to train deep neural networks on OSD task. The authors reported a 0.77 precision and 0.68 recall on 25ms frame on AMI corpus. \cite{DBLP:conf/specom/KunesovaHZR19} seeks to improve speaker diarization by detecting overlapping speech and reports a 0.71 precision and 0.48 recall. \cite{DBLP:conf/icassp/BullockBG20} claims to have made significant improvements, observing a 0.92 precision and 0.48 recall on AMI.

According to the performance reported by the aforementioned works, frame-level overlapping speech detection is still far from being a reliable component in the system of speaker diarization and automatic speech recognition. It is suspected that a 25ms frame of input feature does not contain enough useful information for the neural network to make reliable prediction on the OSD task. One frame of information may be sufficient for a ``0 vs 1" task, such as voice activity detection, but the ``1 vs more" task requires more.

We choose to experiment on one-second segments instead of frames for several reasons. First, inferring on small segments allow us to take into account the sequence context information, which turns out to be helpful for inputs from multiple beams. The segment-level classification reports a more convincing result than the frame-level performance mentioned above. With accuracy, recall, and precision hovering around 90 percent, we can be more confident on relying on the outputs of OSD component in practical speaker diarization and ASR systems.

Second, the final goal of overlap detection is not simply inferring speaker labels, but to separate and recognize speech from the targeted speakers of concern. Overlapping speech are usually processed by target speaker extraction and speech separation, both of which require segment-level inputs. Hence a frame-level responsiveness is trivial.

Third, frame-level OSD task requires accurate labeling on every frame, which is highly impractical. \cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/AndreiCB17} reported that AMI corpus contains labelling errors in terms of OSD annotations. Segment-level OSD task, on the other hand, is much more tolerant on the quality of annotations.

\section{Methods}

This section is organized as follows. In 2.1 we discuss the methods used to extract acoustic and spatial features from microphone array data. In 2.2 the architecture of BeamTransformer is thoroughly discussed. In 2.3 a complementary component used to process spatial features is described.

\subsection{Features}
The acoustic and spatial features we utilize are extracted from our previously proposed Circular Differential Directional Microphone Array (CDDMA). The detailed design of CDDMA are more thoroughly discussed in \cite{DBLP:conf/interspeech/ZhengS21}\cite{huangdifferential}. The look-direction of each beamformer is uniformly distributed around a circle to cover the whole space. The output signals of the beamformers are spatially separated from each other. All the directional elements are uniformly distributed on a circle and directions are pointing outward. The CDDMA beamformer is given as below:
\begin{equation}\label{solution}
	\textbf{h}_{cddma}(\omega)  = \textbf{R}^{H}( \omega, \boldsymbol{\theta }) [\textbf{R}( \omega, \boldsymbol{\theta }) \textbf{R}^{H}( \omega, \boldsymbol{\theta })]^{-1} \textbf{c}_{\boldsymbol{\theta }} .
\end{equation}
where the vector $\textbf{c}_{\boldsymbol{\theta }}$ defines the acoustic properties of the beamformer such as beampattern; the constraint matrix $\textbf{R}( \omega, \boldsymbol{\theta })$ of size $\mathit{N} \times \mathit{M} $ is constructed by the directional microphone steering vector which exploits the acoustics of microphone elements. As shown in \cite{huangdifferential}, the CDDMA-beamformer displays significant improvement in terms of white noise gain (WNG), which measures the efficacy to suppress spatially uncorrelated noise, and directivity factor (DF), which quantifies how the microphone array performs in the environment of reverberation\cite{brandstein2013microphone}\cite{benesty2018fundamentals}.

SRP-PHAT features based on the CDDMA-beamformer are extracted to represent spatial localization of the speakers \cite{dibiase2000high}. We formalize the microphone array signals received per frame as:
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\textbf{x}\left( \omega, \theta \right) = [x_{1}, x_{2},\ \cdots \ x_{M}]^{T},
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where the superscript $^{T}$ represents the transpose operator, $\omega = 2 \pi \mathit{f} $ is the angular frequency, $\mathit{f}$ is the temporal frequency,  $\theta$ is the incident angle of the signal, and $x_{m}$ represents the signal of each microphone. For each candidate of incident angle $\theta$, we design each corresponding CDDMA-beamformer to target at the direction of $\theta$, denoted as $\textbf{h}_{cddma}(\omega, \theta)$, and we calculate the transient steering response power(SRP) at $n^{th}$ frame as below:
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\textbf{P}_{n} \left(  \theta \right) = \int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} | \textbf{x}\left( \omega, \theta \right)^{H} \textbf{h}_{cddma}(\omega, \theta)|^{2} d \omega.
\end{equation}
 The locale estimate of incident angle for current frame is given by:
\begin{equation}\label{eq:1}
\hat{\theta} = \underset{\theta}{argmax} \ \textbf{P}\left(  \theta \right)
\end{equation}
Based on the estimate of SRP at each frame, we can form a spatial spectrum  as below:
\begin{equation}\label{eq:2}
\mathcal{B} \left(  \theta , n \right) = \textbf{P}_{n} \left(  \theta \right), \forall \ n \in \mathbb{N}^+
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A smoothing function is applied to the estimated angle $\hat\theta$ of each frame to filter noisy direction of arrivals.

The SRP-PHAT extracted has a dimension of 120 per frame, each representing 3 angular degree. In addition, the log energy received by each of the microphone is included. Hence the spatial feature we use for each frame has a total dimension of 128.

For acoustic feature, filterbanks are extracted from each beam formed by CDDMA.

\subsection{BeamTransformer Architecture}

Figure \ref{fig:beamtransformer} displays the architecture of a BeamTransformer. Pointing directions from beams 1 to 8 are distributed evenly in a circular manner. Therefore, pointing direction of two adjacent beams has an angular size of 45 degree, which also indicates that beam 1 and beam 5 have opposite pointing directions.
 A 1D convolution Pre-Net is applied to beam-wise filterbank features. Pre-Net shortens the input lengths from $L$ to $\frac{L}{4}$, which reduces the computation cost of the following transformers. Beams from opposite directions are paired up. Each of the four pairs are fed to a transformer encoder. The main motivation to perform a re-combination of beams in this manner is to reduce the number of parameters and computation costs of transformer while retaining as much uncorrelated spatial information as possible to help identify sequential difference among beams. The opposite beams, such as beam 1 and beam 5, will have smallest correlations since the beamforming for speech separation have been designed to achieve relatively high front-to-back ratio. Therefore, beams on opposite direction should display more disparity than the adjacent ones, regardless of the relative localization of overlapped speakers. The outputs of transformer encoders are then stacked together and go through a Post-Net. Post-Net consists of a simple feed-forward network.

Figure \ref{fig:overlap} and Figure \ref{fig:nonoverlap} illustrate the key feature that Beam-Transformer is trying to identify. When there are two overlapped speakers (Figure \ref{fig:overlap}), the target beams pointing to the corresponding speakers have different dominant harmonic structure of speech in the spectrogram. When there is one single speaker (Figure \ref{fig:nonoverlap}), on the other hand, there is only one dominant harmonic structure of speech, which is in the target beam pointing to the direction of speaker. As the beam direction deviates from the direction of speech, the harmonic structure gets monotonically weaker, as the signals are more suppressed by CDDMA beamforming.

\begin{figure*}[t]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{BeamTransformer.png}
  \caption{Architecture of BeamTransformer.}
  \label{fig:beamtransformer}
\end{figure*}

\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{BeamTransformerOverlap.png}
\caption{Spectrogram of beams from overlapping segments. Two overlapping speakers are located near Beam 1 and 4, respectively.}
\label{fig:overlap}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{BeamTransformerNonoverlap.png}
\caption{Spectrogram of beams from non-overlapping segments. One single speaker is located near Beam 6.}
\label{fig:nonoverlap}
\end{figure}

\subsection{SpatialNet Architecture}

SpatialNet is the architecture used to train the spatial spectrum input. The dimension of input is 128 each frame, including 120 dimensional SRP-PHAT feature and 8-dimensional microphone array log energy, as mentioned above. It has the same Pre-Net, Post-Net and transformer encoder structures as in BeamTransformer. The only difference is that a re-combination of beams is not required by SpatialNet.

Since BeamTransformer takes the acoustic signals as input and SpatialNet takes only spatial information, they can be effective complements to each other. In Figure \ref{fig:spatialnet} we show how the SpatialNet and BeamTransformer are combined. The outputs of Post-Nets from both sides are concatenated together. A frame-alignment process is applied beforehand.

\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{spatialspectrum.jpg}
\caption{Spatial information such as SRP-PHAT is extracted and fed into SpatialNet. The output of SpatialNet is concatenated to the Post-Net component of BeamTransformer.}
\label{fig:spatialnet}
\end{figure}

\begin{table}[h]
    \centering

        \caption{Tensor dimensions after each components of BeamTransformer and SpatialNet. F is the feature dimension. L represents the length of inputs, in terms of total number of frames. D represents the specified hidden dimension.}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
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 Input & $F \times L \times$ 8 & $128 \times L \times 1$\\

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  Pre-Net & $D \times \frac{L}{4} \times 8$ & $D \times L \times 1$ \\
  \hline
  Recombination of beams & $(D \times \frac{L}{4} \times 2) \times 4 $ & $D \times L \times 1$\\
 \hline
  Transformer Encoders & $4D \times \frac{L}{2}$  & $D \times L$ \\
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   Post-Net & $D \times \frac{L}{2}$ & $D \times L$ \\
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    Mean Pooling & $D \times 1 $ & $D \times 1$ \\
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\end{tabular}

    \label{tab:network}
\end{table}

\section{Experiments}

\subsection{Corpus}

In this paper we experiment on both the publicly available AMI corpus and self-recorded AliMeeting corpus.

The AMI corpus data are recorded using circular array with omni-directional microphones. In order to utilize the microhpone array data of AMI corpus, the spatial spectrum are estimated based on conventional circular differential microphone array(CDMA) instead of the CDDMA. We follow the AMI Diarization Setup in \cite{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2012-14952} to split up the train set and test set.

The AliMeeting corpus contains 175 real meetings with human annotations. Each of the meetings has a duration of around 30 minutes. There are 4 participants in each of the meetings, 182 speakers in total. Overlapping speech consists of about 40 percent of all speech data in the corpus. The train set consists of 156 meetings and the test set contains 19 meetings. All speakers and meeting rooms in the test set are unseen in the train set. Overlapping and non-overlapping segments of at least one second are selected for both training and testing stage.

\subsection{Experiment Setup}

The baseline system is trained on original single channel audio input without beamforming. 40-dimensional filterbank features are extracted and fed into a similar network structure: a Pre-Net, one 6-layer transformer encoder, and a Post-Net. Since there is only one channel, there is no re-combination of beams involved and there is only one transformer encoder.

We also experimented using only the spatial feature and no acoustic features. A SpatialNet is trained using 128-dimensional acoustic feature.

BeamTransformers with 40-dimensional filterbanks and 160-dimensional high dimensional filterbanks are compared to find out how much more information BeamTransformer can mine from a more detailed sequential input.

Finally, we combine BeamTransformer and SpatialNet by stacking the outputs of Post-Nets from both networks. Since the acoustic features and spatial features are relatively independent, it is expected that such combination should see a noticeable improvement.

\subsection{Results}

Table \ref{tab:amiresults} and Table \ref{tab:aliresults} display results from AMI corpus and AliMeeting corpus, respectively. SpatialNet represents the experiments using only the spatial feature and no acoustic features. BT(High-Res) stands for BeamTrasnformer with high resolution filterbank inputs. BT+SpatialNet represents the combination of BeamTransformer and SpatialNet.

BeamTransformer+SpatialNet is reportedly the best performed system on both AMI corpus and AliMeeting corpus, immediately followed by BeamTransformer with high resolution features. A relatively improvement of $15-16\%$ on both precision and recall is observed on both corpus.

\begin{table}[t]
  \caption{The performance of overlapping segments detection on AMI corpus (\%).
  }
  \label{tab:amiresults}
  \centering

  {
  \begin{tabular}{lcccc}
  \toprule
   & Accuracy & Precision & Recall & Fscore  \\
  \midrule
  Baseline & 83.4 & 75.4 & 74.6 & 75.0 \\
  \midrule
  SpatialNet & 84.6 & 76.9 & 77.0 & 77.0 \\
  \midrule
  BeamTransformer & 88.2 & 83.1 & 81.0 & 82.0 \\
  \midrule
  BT(High-Res) & 90.0 & 85.5 & 84.5 & 85.0 \\
  \midrule
  \textbf{BT+SpatialNet} & \textbf{91.7} & \textbf{87.8} & \textbf{87.0} & \textbf{87.3} \\
  \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
}
\vspace{-2mm}
\end{table}

\begin{table}[t]
  \caption{The performance of overlapping speech segments detection on AliMeeting corpus (\%). Accuracy, Precision, Recall, and Fscore are denoted as A, P, R, Fs, respectively.
  }
  \label{tab:aliresults}
  \centering

  {
  \begin{tabular}{lc}
  \toprule
   & Metrics - A, P, R, Fs, lengths  \\
  \midrule
  Baseline & 79.4(A), 71.9(P), 70.7(R), 71.3(Fs), 1s \\
     & 82.9(A), 76.6(P), 75.1(R), 75.8(Fs), 2s \\
  \midrule
  SpatialNet & 81.1(A), 73.5(P), 73.6(R), 73.6(Fs), 1s \\
     & 85.1(A), 79.2(P), 79.1(R), 79.2(Fs), 2s   \\
  \midrule
  BeamTransformer & 83.6(A), 77.7(P), 76.0(R), 76.8(Fs), 1s \\
     & 87.8(A), 83.7(P), 81.9(R), 82.8(Fs), 2s   \\
  \midrule
  BT(High-Res) & 85.2(A), 80.0(P), 78.4(R), 79.2(Fs), 1s \\
     & 89.7(A), 86.1(P), 84.9(R), 85.5(Fs), 2s   \\
  \midrule
  \textbf{BT+SpatialNet} & 87.1(A), 82.5(P), 81.2(R), 81.8(Fs), 1s \\
     & \textbf{91.2(A), 88.1(P), 87.2(R), 87.6(Fs), 2s}  \\
  \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
}
\vspace{-2mm}
\end{table}

\section{Conclusions}

In this paper we investigated microphone array-based approaches in detecting overlapping speech segments. We discussed the importance of OSD in the system of speaker diarization and speech separation, and the lack of reliability in current state-of-the-art performances of frame-level OSD. We found that utilizing segment-level sequence information, along with spatial information, significantly improves the performance of overlapping speech detection. To achieve our goal, we propose a specific architecture named BeamTransformer that takes advantage of beamformer's ability in spatial filtering and transformer's renowned edge in capturing sequential knowledge.

More works could be done in the future. The reported performance was achieved by training on only 80-90 hours of data. Multi-microphone data simulation and augmentation techniques could be investigated to quickly enlarge the size of training data. Furthermore, even though the overlapping speech has been separated into different beams, a single-channel target speaker extraction approach can be applied to the corresponding beam. This way we can largely remedy the negative effects when OSD went wrong.

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This is the first Oscar nomination for Schrader, 72, who co-wrote four screenplays with Martin Scorsese: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, and Bringing Out The Dead. He's also directed more than a dozen other movies, including American Gigolo, Cat People, and Mishma: A Life in Four Chapters.
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Also known as the American pike or northern pickerel, the northern pike's range extends farther than that of any other freshwater gamefish.
Species Type
18 to 20 inches in length
Freshwater lakes, ponds and rivers, preferring clear, shallow, vegetated areas
Found throughout the northern half of North America, from Canada south to Nebraska, Missouri and Pennsylvania. Range extends farther than that of any other freshwater gamefish.
Smaller fish, frogs, crayfish, small mammals and birds
The Northern pike is an insatiable predator and popular sportfish that willingly bites lures and bait. (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources/Flickr)
The northern pike averages 18 to 20 inches in length and has a single dorsal fin. 7 to 9 rows of light-colored, bean-shaped spots run down the sides of its dark green, elongated body. Its underside is white to cream colored. The northern pike's duck-bill shaped mouth is lined with sharp teeth.
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Adult northern pike have few natural predators, but young may be eaten by predatory fish or aquatic birds.
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The Northern pike is an insatiable predator and popular sportfish that willingly bites lures and bait.
The Maryland state record was caught in 1999 in Deep Creek Lake. It measured 46 inches and weighed 24 lbs., 12 oz.
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American Pike – University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Northern Pike – Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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Rinus VeeKay was on a 75-mile training ride when he lost control of his bicycle, flew over the handlebars and landed so hard that he cracked his helmet and his left shoulder.
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The rising IndyCar star will miss Sunday's race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, but told The Associated Press on Thursday he's determined to be back in the car at Mid-Ohio in two weeks and salvage his promising season.
"Everyone is very, very sure that I can drive in Mid-Ohio," VeeKay said during a drive to Milwaukee, where he planned to have lunch with the CEO of Direct Supply, the company sponsoring his Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet this weekend at Road America.
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VeeKay and his trainer, Raun Grobben, left Detroit following the IndyCar doubleheader and headed toward Chicago for their training ride Monday. VeeKay's parents went to the beach while he and Grobben went for a ride that dipped into Indiana on a "trail with good asphalt. No cars, no motorcyclists, we were just the only ones out there and taking it easy, just chatting."
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ГЕС Ембретсфосс III—IV — гідроелектростанція у південній частині Норвегії, за чотири десятки кілометрів на захід від Осло. Знаходячись між ГЕС Гравфосс I—II (вище по течії) та малою ГЕС Конгсфосс (2,9 МВт), входить до складу каскаду на річці Драмменсельва, яка впадає до Drammensfjorden — затоки Осло-фіорду. При цьому між станцією Гравфосс та греблею Ембретсфосс до Драмменсельви праворуч впадає велика притока Hallingdalsvassdraget, нижньою станцією каскаду на якій є ГЕС Kaggefoss.

Використання енергії падіння води на порогах Ембретсфосс почалось ще у 1872 році в межах проєкту целюлозної фабрики (закрита у 1970-х). Втім, спершу йшлось лише про виконання механічної роботи, допоки у 1915-му на східній стороні порогів не запустили ГЕС Ембретсфосс І. За шість років на західній стороні почала роботу Ембретсфосс II, обладнана трьома турбінами типу Френсіс загальною потужністю 9 МВт. А у 1954-му поряд з нею стала до ладу Ембретсфосс III з однією турбіною типу Каплан потужністю 18,5 МВт, що дозволило вивести з експлуатації Ембретсфосс І. Разом друга та третя станції забезпечували виробництво 218 млн кВт·год електроенергії на рік.

У 2010 році розпочали проєкт спорудження ще однієї черги — Ембретсфосс IV. Її розмістили на схід від порогів, там же, де колись з'явилась перша гідроелектростанція. Запущений у 2013-му новий об'єкт має одну турбіну типу Каплан потужністю 52,5 МВт, яка при напорі у 16,3 метра забезпечуватиме виробництво 270 млн кВт·год електроенергії на рік. Всього ж після виводу з експлуатації Ембретсфосс II комплекс у складі третьої та четвертої черг має виробляти 335 млн кВт·год на рік.

Разом з Ембретсфосс IV біля порогів спорудили нову греблю. Як і раніше, вона не створює значного сховища, а призначена передусім для відведення води до турбін. Під час будівництва четвертої черги витратили 40 тис. м3 бетону та 1,2 тис. тонн арматури.

Примітки

Ембретсфосс

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posted Friday, May 29, 2009 - Volume 37 Issue 22
AFSC SPEAKER'S BUREAU LOOKING FOR QUEER YOUTH
The American Friends Service Committee's speaker's bureau, Out Spoken, is looking for Queer youth to interview about their life experiences and hopes for the future to expand and enrich their panel presentations. Participants will receive a gift card and much appreciation for helping out. Contact LT at ltan@AFSC.org for more information and to set up an interview.
PROM RESOURCES FOR LGBT STUDENTS
http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/youth/39462res20090424.html
NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS SIXTH ANNUAL BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, "OUT FOR BUSINESS," IN SEATTLE MAY 28-30
The NGLCC will hold their sixth annual Business & Leadership Conference, "Out for Business," May 28-30, at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel. The three-day event includes a series of business symposia, keynote speakers, panel discussions and special events designed to educate and connect attendees. Various tracks of programming are designed to meet the interests and needs of LGBT business owners and entrepreneurs, allied companies and NGLCC affiliate chambers from around the country. The Out for Business Conference also connects local and national LGBT businesses with NGLCC's corporate partners for contracting opportunities. For a complete list visit www.nglcc.org/corporate/partners. For complete information and to register for the conference, visit www.nglcc.org/Seattle2009.
MISS ECSA PAGEANT
On Friday, May 29, the Emerald City Softball Association hosts the Miss ECSA Pageant, doors at 6 p.m., contest from 6-9 p.m., at R Place, 619 E. Pine St.
CAPTAIN SMARTYPANTS PRESENTS AIR SMARTY CONCERTS IN COLUMBIA CITY
When a luxury airliner nosedives in the Pacific, the shipwrecked Air Smarty crew takes to the airwaves. Part Tempest, part Gilligan's Island, part Lost, and part American Idol, this show demonstrates just how creative, and desperate, a group of nine survivors can get. Air Smarty features songs by Annie Lennox, a tribute to Gay and straight composers, and a medley of songs shown to drive people clinically insane. Peppered with commercials for new and cryptic products, the evening features a parade of undaunted, unbalanced, and unearthly characters who will keep you laughing. Joining Captain Smartypants on May 29, 30 and 31 is Waxie Moon, Seattle's own gender-bending boylesque sensation. On June 5, 6 and 7, the bubbly, bawdy and brilliant local singing legend Bobbi Kotula will join the Pants. Sensible Shoes, the small ensemble of the Seattle Women's Chorus, will perform a 10 to 15 minute curtain warmer at Saturday and Sunday performances. The performances will be presented at the Columbia City Theater, 4918 Rainier Ave. S. on May 29, 30 and June 5, 6 at 8 p.m., on May 31 at 2 p.m., and on June 7 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. 206-388-1400; www.flyinghouse.org. Captain Smartypants is a small ensemble of the Seattle Men's Chorus.
EMERALD CITY SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION SPRING LEAGUE UNDERWAY
The Open Division Spring League is underway every Sunday through June 21 (except Memorial Day weekend) at the North SeaTac Park, S. 128th St. & 20th Ave. S., SeaTac, WA (C Division Teams) and Celebration Park, 11th Pl. S. & S. 324th St. (1111 S. 324th St.), Federal Way (A, B & D Division Teams). (Check website for possible rainout announcements and Saturday rainout day schedules.) Both fields are accessible by public transit. For further information, including teams, league sponsors and schedule of play, visit www.emeraldcitysoftball.org.
VIXXXEN'S LOUNGE - LOUNGING WITH THE SISTERS - VOLUME II AT MARTIN'S OFF MADISON
On Sunday, May 31, from 5-8 p.m., join The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of St. Joan, and friends, at Martins Off Madison, 1413 14th Ave., for an evening of live piano, performances, schmoozing and a chance to win a fantastic gift basket. Proceeds from this event will go towards The Sisters' International Conclave Fund - a conference this July bringing Sisters from around the world to Seattle to learn and share ideas that will make for stronger communities wherever The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence call home. www.theabbey.org.
BARTELL DRUGS AND NORTHWEST HARVEST ORGANIZE "STOCK THE PANTRY" FOOD DRIVE - JUNE 1-14
From June 1 to June 14, all 55 Bartell Drugs locations in King, Pierce and Snohomish County will be accepting nonperishable food donations for Northwest Harvest. www.bartelldrugs.com.
GAY SOCIAL DINNER CLUB OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY
Every Monday a group of Snohomish County Gay men meet at a different Snohomish County restaurant to socialize, network, share a joke or a life experience, meet new people, and make new friends. There are no dues to join this dinner club. The only cost is your meal. All ages welcome. For more information, contact Ricardo Hernandez at socialdinnerclub@yahoo.com or at 360-722-1664.
DUNSHEE HOUSE GAY & LESBIAN BOOK CLUB
Come discuss the best of Gay and Lesbian novels at the new Seattle Gay and Lesbian Book Club. Join other book-lovers on a drop-in basis every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave. E. Come only once or come every meeting. Each month a different title will be discussed. The title for June is Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. For more information, call 206-322-2437; nickdimartin@earthlink.net.
GAY CITY HOSTS NEW VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION
On Wednesday, June 3, at 6:30 p.m., hosts an inaugural training to introduce Gay City's programming and the principles which guide them. This is a mandatory training for all new volunteers, but all current volunteers are welcome to participate. Please email chris@gaycity.org with questions and to sign-up. For information on the Gay City Health Project, visit www.gaycity.org.
ADRIENNE RICH TO SPEAK AT CENTRAL WA UNIVERSITY
On Wednesday, June 3, internationally renowned poet and social critic Adrienne Rich will be speaking at Central Washington University. Ms. Rich will give a rare public talk when she reads and comments on some of her recent poetry. The public talk will begin at 7 p.m. in McConnell Auditorium, followed by a reception and book signing at Gallery One. This is a ticketed event. Tickets are free and available by contacting the Douglas Honors College at 509-963-1445 or dhc@cwu.edu.
COUNTRY DOCTOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC OFFERS HEALTH CARE NIGHT FOR LGBTQ COMMUNITY
Spectrum Natural Health at Country Doctor Community Health Clinic, 500 19th Ave. E., offers primary and naturopathic care for the LGBTQ community every Thursday, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Providers have been serving the LGBTQ community for many years. Cost is sliding scale - no one turned away for lack of funds. For information and to make an appointment, call 206-299-1600.
RADICAL WOMEN PRESENTS DOCUMENTARY ON EARLY DAYS OF LGBT RIGHTS MOVEMENT
On Thursday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m., at New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Radical Women presents Outrage '69, a documentary that delves into the heady days of the LGBT rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall rebellion, when bar patrons fought back against police harassment, igniting the struggle for Queer liberation. A dinner, with vegetarian option, will be available at 6:30 p.m. for a $7.50 donation. For more information, rides or childcare, call 206-722-6057 or 206-722-2453. All welcome. Wheelchair accessible.
Q-LAW FOUNDATION SEEKS VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS FOR GLBT LEGAL CLINIC; SPONSORS GLBT LAW CLE
On Friday, June 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the Q-Law Foundation of Washington, in cooperation with the King County Bar Association Neighborhood Legal Clinics and Equal Rights Washington, are excited to announce the addition of a new legal clinic designed to address the unique and complex legal needs of the LGBT community in King County. The clinic will be open one evening a month.
The Q-Law Foundation is currently recruiting volunteer attorneys to meet with clients in 30-minute sessions. They are looking for attorneys who will commit to volunteer at the clinic twice over the course of six months. Volunteer attorneys are required to attend an upcoming CLE titled "GLBT Law from A to Z" that will cover several broad topics of concern to the LGBT community. The CLE will take place Friday, June 5. The CLE is approved for 4.25 general and 1.5 ethics credits. For more information and to sign-up, visit www.q-law.org.
GLSEN/WA PRESENTS 5TH ANNUAL GSA AWARDS
On Friday, June 5, join GLSEN/WA (the Washington state chapter of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) for their 5th Annual GSA (Gay/Straight Alliance) Awards. The evening will be held at the Bush School, 3400 E. Harrison St., starting with a reception at 6 p.m. The awards ceremony follows at 7 p.m. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, good conversation, live entertainment, silent auction and an inspiring and heart-warming awards ceremony. Celebrate the courageous youth and allies who seek to end anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in Washington's K-12 schools. These kids are doing incredible work in our state to support each other, raise consciousness and fight bigotry in their schools! Tickets are $25-general; $10-students and can be purchased in advance at 1-800-838-3006 or online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/58138. For more information and to support the work of GLSEN/WA, visit www.glsenwa.org, email mail@glsenwa.org or call 206-330-2099.
LIFELONG AIDS ALLIANCE CARE TO SHOP FOOD DRIVE
Chicken Soup Brigade, Lifelong AIDS Alliance's food program, sponsors an on-going food drive program to provide bags of groceries to people living with HIV/AIDS in Seattle/King County. "Care to Shop" is held between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the following stores:
The first Saturday of the month at QFC, 416 15th Ave. E., Seattle; the second Saturday of the month at QFC, 417 Broadway E. (Broadway Market), Seattle; and the third Saturday of the month at Thriftway, 9740 SW Bank Rd., Vashon Island. They particularly need: cereal, canned tuna, canned meals (soup, stew, etc.), juice, canned beans, peanut butter, jam/jelly, canned fruits and vegetables, macaroni & cheese, dry pasta, canned or jarred spaghetti sauce. Store gift cards and cash donations are also always appreciated. You can also help by organizing your own food drive at an office gathering or holiday party. For more information, call 206-328-8979.
TEXT DONATE TO LIFELONG AIDS ALLIANCE CHICKEN SOUP BRIGADE
Chicken Soup Brigade, Lifelong's nutrition-based food program, packs 1,000 grocery bags and distributes 3,000 meals a week to hungry people in the greater Seattle area. But they can't do it alone. You can help. Your $5 donation will give two meals to a hungry person today. Use your cell phone to donate $5 to Chicken Soup Brigade: 1) Text LIFELONG to 90999; 2) Reply to the automated text message with YES; 3) That's it! You just provide two meals with two texts! Visit the Lifelong AIDS Alliance website - www.lifelongaidsalliance.org - for more information or to donate online.
(NOTE: A one-time charge of $5 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Standard messaging rates and additional fees may apply. All charges are billed and payable to your mobile service provider. Proceeds benefit Lifelong AIDS Alliance and are collected by the MGF. Service is available on most carriers. You can unsubscribe at any time by texting "STOP" to 90999. For full terms, visit mgive.com/a.)
SEATTLE REP HOSTS GIANT COSTUME & PROP SALE
On Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., the Seattle Repertory Theatre opens their costumes and props collection to the public for sale for the second time in their history at the Bagley Wright Theatre, Seattle Center, Mercer St. at Second Ave. N. The last time was 1974. More than 300 costumes, accessories and props from the past 36 seasons will be on sale - everything from Oberon's cape from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Queen Elizabeth's gown from The Bard of Avon to dresses, suits, wigs and hats. Prices range from $10-$1,000, and there are many sizes available. In addition to the sale, a dozen of the most elaborate and intricate show pieces will be part of a silent auction. Bidding will take place from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cash, check and credit cards accepted. All proceeds will benefit the Seattle Rep.
CASCADE FLYERS HOST LUNCH MEETING IN GEORGETOWN
On Saturday, June 6, the Cascade Flyers, an LGBT Pilots and Aviation Enthusiasts Group of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, will be hosting a lunch meeting at noon at the Hangar Café, 6261 13th Ave. S., near Boeing Field. For more information, visit www.cascadeflyers.org or email cascadeflyers@cascadeflyers.org.
MAJESTICS FINAL HOME GAME
On Saturday, June 6, at 7 p.m., catch the Seattle Majestics women's football team in action at the final home game of the 2009 regular season. Standing at a strong 6-0 record this season, the Majestics rank third in the IWFL Western Conference. Pending late season victories, the team is teetering on an away playoff game, most likely to the LA Amazon team. Seattle faces the Portland Shockwave at French Field, Kent Meridian High School, 10020 SE 256th St., Kent. Tickets: $12-adults, $10-student/senior, military (with ID), $5-youth.
www.theseattlemajestics.com/store or at the gate day of game.
IMPERIAL VOTING DAY & IMPERIAL PRINCE & PRINCESS BALL
On Sunday, June 7, from 12-6 p.m., in the lobby entrance to the Richmark Building, 12th Ave. & E. Pine St. next to the liquor store, the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic & Rainier Empire will hold elections to select their new Imperial Prince and Princess. All King County residents (ID required) are invited and encouraged to participate in this election.
On Sunday, June 13, the LGBT community is invited to the 2009 Imperial Prince and Princess Ball, which will be held at Russian Hall, 704 19th Ave. E., door at 6 p.m., pageant at 7 p.m. Tickets: $20 at the door. www.imperialcourtofseattle.com.
MUFFIN TOPS VS. LAMBERT HOUSE - A SOFTBALL EXHIBITION GAME
On Sunday, June 7, starting at 3:10 p.m., the Emerald City Softball Association's Muffin Tops will take on youth, volunteers and staff from Lambert House, Seattle's Center for LGBT youth, in an exhibition softball game. The game will be held at the North SeaTac Park at 13735 24th Ave. S., in SeaTac, WA. Spectators are encouraged to attend. All proceeds will benefit Lambert House youth programs. For more information, contact Kristina at Lambert House at 206-322-2515 or email Kristina@lamberthouse.org. www.seattlegaysoftball.com; www.lamberthouse.org.
PACIFIC NW LESBIAN ARCHIVES SPONSORING WOMEN'S WEEKEND IN THE WOODS - JUNE 12-14
The gathering you've only dreamed about is happening! Join us for a relaxing weekend on Kitsap Peninsula this summer. Choose to sleep under the stars or in the cabins at Camp Indianola. Visit http://www.pnwlesbianarchives.org for all the details. When you are on the website, you may need to follow a few links in order to find pricing, registration, etc. If you know of any women who do not have internet access, but may be interested in attending, please spread the word and let them know how to get in touch with us. Pacific NW Lesbian Archives, PO Box 27671, Seattle, WA 98165; 206-654-4477. Please register by Saturday, May 30.
SEATTLE MEN'S CHORUS UNPLUGGED CONCERTS WITH M-PACT AT MEANY
Seattle Men's Chorus presents an all a cappella concert at the UW's Meany Hall for the Performing Arts on Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, June 21 at 2 p.m. Joining the SMC at Meany Hall will be the vocally stunning a cappella sextet m-pact. Hear Sondheim and Schubert blend beautifully with Mendelssohn and Montoya. The repertoire for SMC Unplugged will cover lots of musical ground: from African anthems to barbershop, and beyond. m-pact's pop-jazz vocals and unique sound make a perfect pairing of two extraordinary vocal groups appealing to anyone who loves music. The SMC will also present their concert sans m-pact on Saturday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m., at McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon, WA. Tickets for Meany Hall performances are on sale at www.flyinghouse.org or 206-388-1400. Prices range from $20-$55. Tickets for the Mount Vernon concert are available at ticketing.mcintyrehall.org or 360-416-7727.
LAMBERT HOUSE SEEKING VOLUNTEER GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Lambert House, Seattle's LGBTQ youth center, is currently seeking a volunteer graphic designer. This position requires experience working in graphic design at a professional level. For more information about this opportunity, please contact Katie@lamberthouse.org or call 206-322-2515 ext *814.
HIV VACCINE AWARENESS DAY
www.bethegeneration.org
HIV IS STILL A BIG DEAL ONLINE VIDEO SERIES TO HELP PREVENT HIV AMONG GAY MEN
HIV Is Still a Big Deal follows Josh, a young Gay man living in Manhattan, as he deals with everything from love and friendships to online hookups and unsafe sex. To view the first two episodes, go to www.hivbigdeal.org
"COMMUNITY STORIES" DOCUMENTS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES & HEALTH CARE STRUGGLE AROUND THE AIDS CRISIS IN SEATTLE IN THE 1980S
The onset of AIDS "was a health crisis, but it was also a civil rights crisis," recalls Carol Sterling, former director of the Chicken Soup Brigade. Debuting recently on the Seattle Channel (Cable Channel 21), "Community Stories" looks back to the 1980s and the start of the AIDS epidemic in Seattle. This history is told through the words of people - including Sterling, City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, Seattle Gay News editor George Bakan and King County AIDS Program Director Bob Wood - who lived and worked on the front lines in the community. Learn about this important history by following this link now: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3170902.
SOLDIERS PROJECT NW OFFERS FREE COUNSELING FOR VETS/ACTIVE MILITARY & THEIR LOVES ONES
Soldiers Project NW is a 100% volunteer organization whose purpose is to provide free counseling to those who have served or are serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to their families and loved ones, including LGBT active military/veterans and their loved ones. Many people choose to receive help directly from the military or the VA. Soldiers Project NW offers an alternative for those who, for whatever reason, do not or cannot utilize those benefits. Soldiers Project NW has put together a list of licensed private practice therapists from Olympia to Bellingham who are willing to see one client (or couple, or family) at no charge, for as long as they need to be seen to deal with any of the stressors that have come from being involved in combat or loving someone who has. For more information, call the Soldiers Project NW's 24-hour phone line, 206-290-1035.
Darlene Nipper speaks at Seattle POCAAN
Court OK's California's Prop 8; rally/protest march in Seattle
Operation Shine Seattle begins
Pride weekend main events
PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR
Sisters accepting grant applications
Bat N' Rouge returns to Cal Anderson Park
UPDATE: Domestic partnership cancel court petition to amend Referendum 71 title
Seattle Gay History: The great Andy Warhol
The OutField: Emile Griffith: Out for the count
Entre Hermanos' Latino Pageant 2009
Zero to 60: 2009 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SV
Arnold actually plans to take away people's HIV meds
Thousands at Fresno rally
Gay mayor's illicit love shakes a Texas town
Shock at gay film shown to teenagers
Nev. Sen. overrides Gov.'s veto of DP bill
Gay marriage accord reached
Judge Sotomayor and LGBT Rights
New Images From the Stonewall Uprising's Final Night
Bill Proposes Immigration Rights for Gay Couples


Ideal for changing the color style of your smartphone with an official Samsung product.
The battery cover is identical to the original, so you can replace yours if you have damaged or lost. Ideal for those with a back cover that has become dull or damaged and who want their phone back to life. There are 4 colors to choose from the official battery caches, each offering a different perspective on the design of the phone.This product is stamped Samsung, which guarantees high standards of workmanship and quality.


the request seems like overkill.
complete, the http protocol for atomic complete/fail is satisfied.
incompletely updated resource, I can accept that approach.
> Thanks for reviving this, James.  Here are my comments.
> Why not?  I don't see the problem.
> such (using some future extension).  Suggest removal.
> server MUST fail the entire request, applying none of the changes"
> Why is this needed?  It would seem to depend upon the diff format.
> encoding to a known entity by first acquiring the strong ETag [...]"
> encoding" case of sec 2.2.2.
> this section is the definition of the Accept-Patch header.
> header with the header registry defined in RFC 4229.
> Sure, why not?  HTTP can indicate that with a 201 response.
> anything about it IMO.
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Podcast: High Flying Bird / Top 3 Non-Athlete Characters in Sports Movies – Episode 313
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This week on the InSession Film Podcast, The Vern from Cinema Recall joins us as we review Steven Soderbergh's latest film High Flying Bird, which is available now on Netflix. We also discuss our Top 3 non-athlete characters in sports movies and JD gives a few predictions for the Oscars that will be airing this Sunday. Finally, we offer some brief thoughts on the James Cameron-produced Alita: Battle Angel that hit theaters over the weekend.
Big thanks to Vern for joining us once again, he's always a pleasure to have on the show and this time was no different. We had a lot of fun talking Soderbergh, the Oscars, whatever Alita was supposed to be and sports movie characters. A full show, and because it's JD and Ryan together, it was a long show – but hopefully one you enjoy as much as we did.
That said, check out this week's show and let us know what you think in the comment section. Thanks for listening and for supporting the InSession Film Podcast!
– Movie Review: High Flying Bird (6:28)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: Tarell Alvin McCraney
Stars: André Holland, Melvin Gregg, Zazie Beetz, Bill Duke
– Notes / Alita: Battle Angel / Oscar Predictions (49:44)
Originally Vern was scheduled to join us to discuss Alita, and while we thought High Flying Bird would garner a deeper discussion, we still wanted to honor Vern's request to talk about Alita. So, we did offer a few thoughts on its potential and major flaws. JD also wanted to give a few Oscar predictions as we lead into the 91st Academy Awards coming this weekend.
RELATED: Listen to Episode 308 of the InSession Film Podcast where we discussed our Top 10 Movies of 2018!
– Top 3 Non-Athlete Characters in Sports Movies (1:23:12)
Inspired by High Flying Bird, which focuses mostly on a sports agent trying to figure out to solve an NBA lockout, we thought it would be fun to look at sports movies in a similar way by discussing the best non-athlete characters that make the genre as alluring. They are just as memorable as the players themselves despite less screen time. Anyone whose seen Major League will have no problem remembering "juuuuusssstt a bit out" from the great Harry Doyle. So, this was a really fun topic to explore, and hopefully that comes through in our discussion. That said, what would be your Top 3?
Runnin' – Mike WiLL Made-It, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, Nicki Minaj
High Flyin' Bird – Richie Havens
Love And Happiness – Al Green
Main Review: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Featured: The Criterion Channel – Act III Of An Infinite Exploration


Tory Brexit rebels risk putting Jeremy Corbyn in power, a prominent Eurosceptic warned as the fallout from Theresa May's first Commons defeat over Europe continued.
Backbench MP Nadine Dorries, who has said the 11 rebels should face deselection, compared the situation to wartime and claimed her colleagues had a duty to support the Prime Minister.
But ex-cabinet minister Ken Clarke said it was "idiotic" to call for a purge of Tory Europhiles and "absurd" to say the revolt was helping the Labour leader.
The former chancellor also said the current cabinet – which will discuss Brexit over the coming days – was "deeply divided on the details" about the future trade deal it wants with the EU.
"Now we need to get on to a sensible economic future, worked out by people who are prepared to read the brief and know something about trade, investment and business in the modern, globalised, economy," he said.
Ms Dorries hit out at Mr Clarke and his fellow rebels, telling the BBC's Sunday Politics the "real heroes" were Tories who had backed Remain but were now supporting the Government's Brexit plans.
She said the rebels were pursuing a tactic of supporting measures to "frustrate and delay Brexit".
Ms Dorries, who has voted against her leaders on a series of issues in the past, said the difference now was "we have a Marxist government knocking on the door".
Another rebel, Anna Soubry, used a Mail on Sunday article to claim the Tories "have our very own Blue Momentum" – a reference to the Corbyn-supporting group which has been blamed for targeting MPs opposed to the Labour leader.
Responding to the deselection calls, Mr Clarke told Sunday Politics: "It is utterly idiotic if a few of our association members in various parts of the country start interpreting this as the start of some sort of purge of backbench members of conscience.
Meanwhile Tory peers Baroness Altmann and Baroness Wheatcroft said they were "shocked at the vilification" aimed at the rebels and dismissed "hysterical" claims the revolt had helped Mr Corbyn.
"We are deeply disappointed that colleagues who have rarely if ever rebelled before but want the best for their country are being lambasted for standing up for their beliefs on this crucial issue," they said in an Observer article.


The corporate HR function has gone through many changes with the adoption of new technologies and ERP software solutions. The influx of high tech solutions has created a virtual HR environment and has enabled companies to build databases of company and employee data. While data mining is new to the HR environment, the practice of data mining has been successfully employed in more traditional corporate areas for trending business activities and fine tuning business processes. With the adoption of Automated HR Helpdesk solutions, the opportunity to fine tune the HR function through data mining and the analysis of helpdesk data has arrived.
Employee queries can be resolved by a generalist or routed to a specialist as required. The employee also has the option of searching within the helpdesk databases for answers and similar situations raised by other employees. The HR helpdesk software is fully integrated to the HR systems, and utilizes corporate systems such as e-mail and voice systems to communicate in a secure environment.
LBi HR HelpDesk will also perform automatic escalations of unresolved cases and will maintain a complete case history for each employee.
Data Mining is relatively new in the data analysis field but is readily gaining acceptance in the world of business analytics. It allows for the analysis of data to extract patterns from a larger set of data. With data mining techniques we can go beyond the tracking of policy and guideline concerns and search for patterns showing repeated issues with specific employees or managers. Companies can find patterns that would not have become apparent in a manual system.
Analysis of the accumulated data from the HR helpdesk activity can help to highlight trends and patterns where employees experience difficulty in understanding policies or in understanding how benefits are applied. Armed with this new information, the company can then decide on how to address the issue, clarify the policies and avoid the confusion going forward.
These techniques combined with the helpdesk data can help assess the impact of new or modified company processes such as implementing Six Sigma or lean manufacturing disciplines. While employees may not report concerns to their line managers, there may be patterns in the data that can lead back to these changes. Stress felt by employees can be both a satisfaction issue and a retention problem for the company.
According to the EEOC, there were over 32,000 reported incidents of workplace harassment which cost businesses $98,500,000 in settlement costs. Data Mining of helpdesk data can highlight potential issues, provide direction in seeking appropriate solutions, and assist in the timely response to these situations. Additionally, Data Mining can help evaluate corporate policies and their impact on specific employee demographics. For instance, are men complaining more than women about specific policies? Is there a prevalence of religious issues?
Employee satisfaction can be gauged from data in helpdesk surveys and through data patterns revealed in the analysis. A good helpdesk solution will provide for employee surveys to gauge the effectiveness of the helpdesk and the HR process.
Helpdesk solutions, like LBi HR HelpDesk, extend the reach and accessibility of the HR department. Additionally, the data accumulated and stored can be used as a basis for highlighting potential problems and concerns. Analyzing the data and the trending of employees' queries and concerns can highlight corporate policies that are confusing, complex or poorly written.
Reviewing the volume of queries by area and drilling down into specific issues can help identify potential problems and address these issues to reduce the traffic into the HR helpdesk. Issues that are identified can then be reviewed by management and may be addressed with a clarifying memo, additional training or other actions as required.
With time and experience in leveraging the available data, correlating information from the various HR systems with other critical Key Performance Indicators (i.e. corporate revenue/profitability performance, customer satisfaction, employee retention and turnover), becomes a viable possibility.
In the end, there is a true relationship between performance in every discrete area of any organization, from Finance to HR to Manufacturing to Sales, etc. Employee performance in any one business unit may ultimately impact performance in every other department. A comprehensive HR Help Desk solution with intelligent analytics capability will help identify potential critical issues in each department and become the centerpiece of a total solution to effectively managing your workforce.
interesting article…how many employees would make this worthwhile?
2,500 or more employees would make the data worthwhile.


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Safed Hospital Treats 200th Syria Civil War Victim
Medical treatment for patients' war-inflicted wounds has cost medical center $4 million.
Eli Ashkenazi
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Safed's Rebecca Sieff Hospital reached a milestone on Wednesday when it treated its 200th Syrian wounded in the country's civil war and brought over by Israeli forces.
Israeli Hospital in a War Not Its Own
Syria's 'Campaign of Terror'
Syrian Troops Ambush Rebels
Israeli Hospitals Treated 700 Syrians
A 21-year-old was evacuated to Safed after sustaining gun wounds to his waist and abdomen. He underwent emergency surgery overnight and was hospitalized in intensive care.
10 Syrians are currently hospitalized at Sieff, including five children and one woman. Eight have arrived over the past week, including a 10-year-old with both legs amputated and his 6-year-old cousin, who has one leg amputated and an open fracture in the other; a 4-year-old child with a complex open fracture in his left leg; and an 18-month-old baby with a severe hand injury. Shrapnel wounds throughout the body are the common denominator to all victims.
The Israeli Defense Forces began transferring wounded Syrians for treatment at Sieff about ten months ago. The cost has reached 14 million shekels (over $4 million), according to the hospital and now the Health, Defense and Finance ministries are debating how to cover the expense.
By comparison, Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya, another medical center in northern Israel near the border, has so far treated 175 wounded Syrians.
According to Sieff director Dr. Oscar Embon the hospital will continue providing medical treatment to Syrian patients as long as needed, the same way it provides treatment to any sick or injured person who seeks its services.
"Rebecca Sieff Hospital faithfully treats every sick or wounded person with the aim of saving lives and easing suffering and as part of the doctors' oath which the staff has signed," Embon said.
"Treating the wounded Syrians brought to us by the IDF is no different from treating any other person and is performed professionally and sensitively according to the individual needs of every patient. The cases in question are very severe, with horrible war injuries sustained by women, children and infants. We cannot remain indifferent to these wounds, regardless of the identity of the patients."
The hospital is now collecting donations to help purchase medical equipment for wounded Syrians through its website.
G., 15, being treated at the hospital. The longing for family and homeland are usually stronger than the fear of returning.Credit: Avishag Shaar-Yashuv
Israel health


Authors: Acharya, A., Gunaratna, R., Pengxin, W.
While, not discounting the potency of the radical Islamic religious discourse in fuelling the contemporary wave of terrorism, this book makes an attempt to explain terrorism in China as an ethno-nationalist conflict rooted in issues involving minority identity. However, a largely domestic conflict is being hijacked by the radical Islamists.
ROHAN GUNARATNA is Professor at Nanyang Technical University, Singapore.
ARABINDA ACHARYA is Research Fellow at Nanyang Technical University, Singapore.
WANG PENGXIN is Research Analyst at Nanyang Technical University, Singapore.


Is it possible to use the 4424 in picolog?
It is not listed in the devicelist.
If so how must I add it?
The scope works fine in picoscope.
PicoLog supports the 2000 & 3000 series scopes, but not the 4000.
For your 4424 device you will ned to use Picoscope 6.
I share the same problem.
We have purchased a Picoscope to record RMS value for long period (several days). Picolog is suitable to accomplish this task. Picolog is provided with the device but surprisingly not compatible with it! Unfortunately this function seems to not be offered by Picoscope 6.
Is there another way to log rms value with a PS 4424 ?
The device is useless for our needs if we can't achieve this function and the local supplier refuse to refund the scope.
The Software CD that is supplied with the device is not specific to that device but contains the required items (software, documentation, drivers etc.) to support most of our products.
With PicoScope, you could use the trigger and alarm functions in conjunction with Maths Channels to save the data into files which you can then process afterwards.
We have a number of videos on our PicoScope.tv site which will provide more information on how to configure your setup - I've placed links to these which can be found further on in this post.
In the Alarms dialog, select 'Capture' from the Event 'drop-down' list.
Choose to 'Save Current Buffer' from the 'Action' drop-down menu and set the file name & location (the name can be appended with a variable to timestamp or number the buffer when saving the current buffer, and you can choose the file format to save as .mat file).
Click 'OK', 'Apply', then 'OK' again.
Set the required timebase and samples - I would suggest using streaming mode (200ms/div or greater) if you are capturing over a couple of days.
The alternative is to write your own software using the supplied Software Development Kit - this will require the use of a programming language that supports the standard C calls.
Is it possible to use the picoscope 2206 in picolog? I need to record a value, for long periods.
Is there some way to create a log with the picoscope 2206?
No, the 2206 is one of our newer scopes and is not supported by Picolog. Take a look at the suggestions for using Alarms in Picoscope6 as this may help you achieve the data logging you require.


This feature allows the seating unit to be used simultaneously from inside and outside, providing the users with a collaborative use for more casual work.
Ikaros is a armchair designed as an alternative to a desk and to serve the needs of any work environment. The design can be placed in the middle of any work zone or at confluence areas to bring people together for chance or formal encounters, or to enhance cross fertilization of ideas and discussions in a work area. This design combines work with pleasure and relaxation, with the armchair doubling as an writing tablet and a table at the same time. All horizontal surfaces may be used as service areas. The extension wing in the rear is at table height, where it can be used as a worktop whilst sitting on a chair. This feature allows the seating unit to be used simultaneously from inside and outside, providing the users with a collaborative use for more casual work.


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Ecoatlas
Ecological Atlas
Roberto Rovira
Engineering Campus Park
The ECPark studio sought the long term, phased transformation of the FIU Engineering Campus. It posed the questions: "What does a Park as a Classroom look like? How can the design of outdoor space connect the physical environment of a university to its pedagogical mission? +
Lake Belt Learning Facility
The Lake Belt Learning Facility studio focused on a 35-acre site at the edge of a limestone quarry in Miami-Dade County. The program called for a center that would provide opportunities to learn about the wildlife and vegetation of this area west of Miami, +
Catalysts of Urban Canvas
The course "Catalysts of the Urban Canvas" invites both landscape and architecture students to explore projects that view landscape architecture as prescriptive of urban change and essential to its evolution. +
Nature Preserve Park
Formerly an integral part of the greater Everglades ecosystem, the seven acre FIU Preserve was at the eastern boundary of the fabled "river of grass." A destination for local wildlife as well as for education, leisure and recreation within the FIU campus, the Preserve studied design solutions that would help learn about the ecology +
Miami Waterfront Park
Exhibited at the 5th European Bienal in Landscape Architecture, as part of the International Exhibition of Landscape and Architectural Schools in Barcelona, Spain. +
Quarry Reclamation Studio
The 4-acre site is located within the 77.5 square mile, limestone-mining district known as "The Lake Belt" in western Miami Dade County, Florida. This project proposes the transformation of this industrial region through the incremental creation of a floating landscape that deploys a series of islands. +
DIGITAL DESIGN IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Through Computer Practices in Landscape Architecture, students explore the integration of computer software in the design, representation and communication of landscape architecture. +
CLUI_South Florida
The studio dealt with a site at the edge of Miami's Urban Development Boundary–a limit established in the 1970's to control Miami's westward development into the Everglades. Students were asked to locate the +
Invented Remote Landscape
Visual Notations teaches drawing skills in multiple media and uses the process of drawing as a medium of investigation, documentation, memory, observation and presentation. +
Visual Notation
FIU Sweetwater Studio
The studio rethought the boundary between the Florida International University campus and the city of Sweetwater, FL, to the north. Two communities that have been neighbors for over 30 years, the studio sought to redesign the wide right of way that divides these two communities and create public spaces to bring them together. +
Since 2005, Roberto Rovira has taught a Florida International University's College of Architecture + the Arts in Miami, Florida, where he is Associate Professor & Chair of the Landscape Architecture Department. Roberto's teaching has been recognized through the Excellence in Design Studio
Teaching Award by the Council of Educators in Landscape Archiecture (CELA), the premier international organization for academics in landscape architecture, through the Excellence in Teaching Award at Florida International University, and through his recognition as an FIU Top Scholar.
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