part 2: Add a PAINT_ALL_CONTINUATIONS flag for nsLayoutUtils::PaintFrame.
Implement the followings to allow use of an arbitrary element as the source for CSS background.
an element in the document to which the stylesheet applies.
used instead of the element with ID foo when -moz-element(#foo) is used.
This patch is worked on top of the patch v4 for bug 113577.
This passes all the reftests except for one. (I need to tweak DrawPaintServer()).
(I brought them forward from roc's repo and replaced url(#id) with -moz-element(#id)).
This patch also brings forward the feature to use gradient and pattern SVG frames as the source of CSS backgrounds.
(1) Copy and paste the image snapping code from imgFrame::Draw() to nsSVGIntegrationUtils::DrawPaintServer(); the idea of duplicating over 100 lines of code does not sound so good.
(2) Move the image snapping code from imgFrame::Draw() to somewhere else that can be accessed from both imglib2 and layout components.
(3) Renders a paint server frame as an imgIContainer image and simply toss it to nsLayoutUtils::DrawImage(), which internally calls imgFrame::Draw(). An extra step of drawing a paint server on the surface of a temporary imgIContainer is not too bad, I think, because we anyway have to draw it on a temporary surface when tiling it.
I implemented the option (3) in patch v2 because it makes the most of the existing code base. But, the option (3) is a kind of cheating and may be a very bad idea. Any advice on this issue?
The patch v2 fails 5 reftests (all moz-element() related); the causes are the same: an unexpected scaling.
I still need to clean up DrawPaintServer() and fix a leak and a few reftests.
Anyway, It's very close to finish.
I am hoping that I can finish this in a week after going back to Japan.
Ryo, do you think you'll have time to finish this patch, or do you want somebody else to take over?
Markus, I'm sorry for this late reply. I will have some free time towards the end of this month, and am planning to work on this patch. However, if this patch needs be finished sometime soon, it's no problem for me that someone else takes it over.
Will this be a means to use videos as a background, too? There are some pretty fancy examples of use of video as background listed here http://abduzeedo.com/web-inspiration-video-backgrounds, though these are all using flash, of course.
I'd like to work on this because I need it for the new Mac theme, see bug 547805.
conclusion that we want the v2 approach.
the v3 patch uses option (1).
>    conclusion that we want the v2 approach.
>    the v3 patch uses option (1).
That won't work well with SVG images. I think we need either 1 or 2.
I don't quite know how this will work with bug 547805. There, you want to align the rendering of -moz-element() based on the position of the referenced element, and these patches don't do that (and in many use cases we wouldn't want to do that). Maybe we will need an extension value for background-position, say -moz-align-with-source, that positions the center of a -moz-element() image at the center of its source element, if there is one?
Eventually I would like to extend this so it can be used for TabCandy, accelerated using layers. Let's not go there immediately, but I'd like to make sure the API doesn't prevent that. I think right now we're in good shape.
> >    the v3 patch uses option (1).
> That won't work well with SVG images.
Why not? I've looked at imgContainerSVG::Draw in http://hg.mozilla.org/users/dholbert_mozilla.com/svg-patches/file/07ca124f2309/svg_images - we construct an empty gfxASurface and use presShell->RenderDocument to draw into it, so couldn't we just return that surface instead and draw it in nsLayoutUtils? Or do you mean that SVG images don't want the pixel snapping that imgFrame::Draw does?
Well, not really. I wasn't going to reference an element, but an image outside the document set by document.mozSetImageElement. And I think background-attachment: fixed will take care of the positioning nicely.
Not sure what this will look like. Are you planning to create a separate layer for backgrounds that use -moz-element and then reflect the relation between that layer and the referenced element's layer in the layer tree? Or just reusing the retained layer of the referenced element when rendering the background?
I haven't read those patches yet, so dholbert should comment. But for the non-tiled case, we shouldn't need a temporary surface. Rather than stretching a surface to fill the image area, instead SVG images are drawn to correctly fill the image area.
> background-attachment: fixed will take care of the positioning nicely.
Good idea, background-attachment:fixed will work fine.
> > accelerated using layers.
> that layer and the referenced element's layer in the layer tree?
Yes. When we reference an element with a layer, we should create a layer for the -moz-element background and for the referenced element (if possible) and hook them up in the layer tree so the retained layer subtree for the referenced element is used directly in the -moz-element background. That would let us accelerate everything with the GPU.
Okay. For option (2), what place is there that can be accessed from both imglib and from layout? Do I need to create that place first?
Or should I just go with code duplication for now?
Markus: we could put shared snapping logic in gfx maybe?
Wait, I think this leaks strings.
Probably the nsStyleImage::mElementId.  However, style structs don't get destructors run, so instead of making nsStyleImage::mElementId own a string, you should make it point to the memory in the style rule.
Not sure what you mean, I see a destructor called ~nsStyleImage().
> you should make it point to the memory in the style rule.
Is that the memory of the nsCSSValue that gets passed to SetStyleImage? That's what I'm using in this patch now. Is that nsCSSValue guaranteed to outlive the nsStyleImage object filled from it?
> Markus: we could put shared snapping logic in gfx maybe?
Moving it into gfxUtils seems to work, thanks.
Ryo's latest patch makes dynamic updates to out-of-document canvases work by having nsHTMLCanvasElement dispatch a "redraw" event that nsSVGRenderingObserver listens for. Is that a good approach? These events aren't standard so I'm not sure if it's a good idea to expose them to web content.
I don't think we should be firing DOM events here.
We should probably just add a private C++ API to nsHTMLCanvasElement that lets you add an observer that will be called back on updates.
The previous patch was missing the implementations of nsStyleImage::IsOpaque(), IsComplete() and operator==.
Still not done... I need to add nsChangeHint_UpdateEffects in CalcDifference when the referenced element has changed. I'll request review when everything runs and passes tests.
Like the previous version, but with changes to CalcDifference that also add nsChangeHint_UpdateEffects when -moz-element changes. This needs changes to MaxDifference and maxHint nsStyleContext::CalcStyleDifference.
This is the heart of the operation. It needs lots of things from the dependent bugs.
Compute the right size, call Acquire/ReleaseReferenceFrame at the right times, and delegate drawing to nsLayoutUtils::DrawPixelSnapped or nsSVGIntegrationUtils::DrawPaintServer.
These are the reftests from Ryo's patch, adapted and culled until they passed. There are several instance where I compare scaled things to unscaled things at the same position, so the scaled version is blurred. In order to get rid of the blurring I apply an SVG threshold filter.
Some more reftests I made. These test dynamic changes, multiple -moz-element background images, rendering sharpness and how fractional sizes are dealt with.
callers write VARIANT_IMAGE | VARIANT_INHERIT.
>+  // function with the closing parenthesis and skip all the tokens in between.
I'd suggest removing the comment.
NS_STYLE_HINT_VISUAL when nsChangeHint_UpdateEffects is also needed.
than |const nsString|, which creates multiple unneeded temporaries.
Name this aPaintServerSize and document it as well as you did in DrawableFromPaintServer?
PaintFrameCallback doesn't repeat when aRepeat is true. Isn't that a bug?
Factor out the calls to nsLayoutUtils::GetGraphicsFilterForFrame in ImageRenderer::Draw?
How can this already be non-null?
Change the 1.1 zoom factor to 1.2. We want 60/zoom to be an integer.
So with this patch, referencing a <canvas>, <video> or <img> that has a frame will include borders and padding in the rendering, but if it doesn't have a frame we won't get those. CSS scaling might also be applied if there's a frame, but not if there isn't.
Some people might complain about that difference, but I guess it makes sense.
> PaintFrameCallback doesn't repeat when aRepeat is true. Isn't that a bug?
It didn't have to; repeating is handled by gfxCallbackDrawable. I got rid of the aRepeat argument for gfxDrawingCallbacks in bug 572680.
> How can this already be non-null?
It can't. Removed the check.
I think you need an additional change to add InvalidateDirectRenderingObservers to WebGLContext::Invalidate.
all layers before deciding to return NS_STYLE_HINT_VISUAL.
nsStyleImage::GetElementId should still return |const PRUnichar*|; you don't want the caller messing with the data that the nsStyleImage owns.
Requesting approval on all patches in this bug, bug 572680, bug 572689 and bug 572688.
Attachment #465376 - Flags: approval2.0?
And listed on the CSS Reference's Mozilla extensions page and Firefox 4 for developers.
Do let me know if I missed anything.
I beg to add support for the values in CSS content and cursor. And it is not justice. Also, border-radius. I also ask to add CSS to mask your browser.


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Q: Jupyter notebook could not convert to pdf file I was trying to convert my notebook to .pdf file but instead I got this "500:Internal Server Error - nbconvert failed: xelatex not found on PATH, if you have not installed xelatex you may need to do so. Find further instructions at https://nbconvert.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html#installing-tex."
I checked my jupyter and I have installed nbconvert 5.6.1.  Ay help is greatly appreciated.
I followed the suggested installation and still no luck
I tried to upload the file to Jupyter lab to convert it online. And even that got the same error message.
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Top tools to fight email overload
Technology 01 Dec 2021
By Glenn Rees
Make email work for you instead of against you with these time and sanity saving apps.
Try as we might to avoid it, most of us spend too much of our workday on email. The shift to remote working has made the situation worse – what time we gained by having fewer distractions and no wasted commute time, we have lost to the increased volume of emails since the start of the pandemic.
Email alternatives, such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, work well to a point. The trouble is, your entire team needs to use the same app, equally enthusiastically and consistently. Otherwise, people tend to default back to the standard business communication tool – email.
Despite all its annoyances, there is a definite upside to having a busy email inbox – it is where much of our "workflow" begins. The key is to be able to identify and act on the important emails quickly, while not getting bogged down in lower-value emails and tasks. Here are some of the tools that can help.
Outlook add-ins
The first step to conquering your inbox is to declutter it. Microsoft Outlook has tools, including categories, folders and tasks, designed for sorting and prioritising your emails.
Setting them up – and keeping the system going – requires time, effort and discipline. Thankfully, many other apps can help. For example, SaneBox and SimplyFile can do much of the sorting for you. Both use artificial intelligence to analyse how you use email and automate or simplify your email filing.
Next, Outlook's outdated Tasks tool can be swapped for a modern app that may do a better job for you.
Most task and project managers, such as Asana, Trello and Wrike, have Outlook add-ons that allow you to easily turn your emails into actionable tasks.
Flow-e takes this approach even further by transforming your inbox into a central task management app. For easily scheduling videoconferences, Microsoft Teams and Zoom offer add-ins that integrate with Outlook's Calendar.
If much of your work involves working with clients, Outlook's basic Contacts tool is probably not enough. Plenty of customer relationship management apps, like Nimble and Insightly, offer add-ins that allow you to keep track of contacts easily from within Outlook.
Microsoft has released several helpful Office 365 apps, including Microsoft Planner for managing team tasks, Lists for larger projects and To-do for personal tasks.
To-do automatically pulls in Outlook tasks, but the other apps' integrations with Outlook are oddly inconsistent. Thankfully, Office 365 includes Power Automate, which can integrate and automate processes between these and many other apps, including Outlook.
For example, if you like to work in Excel, Power Automate can automatically pull in data from emails into a spreadsheet. Another option, depending on your version of Office, is to use Power Query to connect a worksheet to your email. This way you can easily view data from emails using various criteria – such as all emails in a certain folder.
Related: The secret to successful email management
Gmail add-ins
If you use Google's Workspace or Gmail, you have some useful tools by default.
You can "snooze" an email for later, create a task or launch a video chat from the inbox.
In addition, the likes of SaneBox, Asana, Trello, Wrike, Nimble, Insightly, Zoom and more also offer add-ins for Workspace or Gmail.
For a more dramatic overhaul, Drag turns Gmail into a Kanban-style team management app. It is designed to be used as a shared inbox for sales, helpdesk and other teams, but you could also use it for personal task management.
Alternative email apps
Alternative email apps such as Spike take the novel approach of integrating chat into email – what it calls "conversational email". You can start a real-time chat from any email using text, audio or video.
It also offers a calendar, tasks, notes, video meetings and groups. The latter are designed for team chats, like Slack, and you can invite anyone with an email address to participate in the group.
The benefit of this integrated approach is that you and your team are more likely to use the right tool for a particular purpose – such as a quick chat in real-time to resolve an issue, rather than a back and forth exchange on email.
Spike also allows you to unify your inboxes and calendars, integrating with other email platforms, such as Office 365, Gmail and iCloud.
Another tool, Hive, takes a different approach. It is a project management app that pulls emails in from Office 365 or Gmail, allowing you to assign them as tasks for yourself or a colleague.
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The year is 1796 and the soil of Piedmont and Tuscany runs with blood, another battle takes shape on the mysterious Adriatic Sea Alan Lewrie and his 18 gun sloop, HMS Jester, part of a squadron of four British warships, sail into the thick of it But with England s allies failing, Napoleon busy rearranging the world map, and their squadron stretched dangerously thin alongThe year is 1796 and the soil of Piedmont and Tuscany runs with blood, another battle takes shape on the mysterious Adriatic Sea Alan Lewrie and his 18 gun sloop, HMS Jester, part of a squadron of four British warships, sail into the thick of it But with England s allies failing, Napoleon busy rearranging the world map, and their squadron stretched dangerously thin along the Croatian coast, the British squadron commander strikes a devil s bargain enlisting the aid of Serbian pirates.
This was a difficult one to finish. I don't really know why. The plot was interesting. It was not too long. I guess it just did not click with me. Or maybe it was because i was traveling or something. Being truthful i had few exiting moments in the whole book.In almost the entire book Alan faced boring tasks and events. Just at the end it gets a lot more interesting real quick.All in all it was difficult to finish, some good moments but mostly boring and Alan getting older.Bye.
Better than the last one, much more action.
Dewey Lambdin, and his Hero at their very best, a great read.
This is a fine adventure romp with our rogue British sea-officer hero. Fun as it is, I read it while I was re-reading Patrick O'Brian's wonderful novels set in a similar period and the difference is, to quote Mark Twain, like that "between lightning and a lightning bug."
Another good Dewey Lambdin read about his fictional British Sea Officer, Alan Lewrie, during the Napoleonic Wars, this time in the Mediteranean Sea. This the 8th book in this series.Recommended to lovers of this genre.
I read the entire series largely back-to-back (my local public library is well-stocked). One of the great things about this series is that we get to watch Alan Lewrie, the main character, grow up from a callow, self-indulgent teenager to a mature, thoughtful, and responsible adult.


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Theresa May faces grilling from MPs over 'hard Brexit' stance before Davos visit
Conservative premier will be cross-examined at prime minister's questions.
By Ian Silvera
January 18, 2017 08:31 GMT
Theresa May says a punitive Brexit deal by EU would be 'an act of calamitous self harm'	ITN
Theresa May will face tough questions from MPs over her 12-point Brexit plan as she takes part in prime minister's questions (PMQs) on Wednesday (18 January).
The House of Commons grilling will come after the prime minister revealed on Tuesday that the UK Government would not seek to maintain membership of the EU's single-market.
Tories welcome May's 'point by point' Brexit speech
Theresa May is right - the Single Market isn't all it's cracked up to be
Nicola Sturgeon: New independence vote 'more likely' as Scotland faces hard Brexit
The Conservative premier also announced that she was willing to trade on default World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules with the EU if the UK is offered a "punitive" trade arrangement by Brussels.
"Britain would not – indeed we could not – accept such an approach," she said.
"And while I am confident that this scenario need never arise – while I am sure a positive agreement can be reached – I am equally clear that no deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain."
The Lancaster House speech comes just two months before May plans to invoke Article 50 – the mechanism to break from Brussels – and trigger talks with the EU by the end of March.
May's 12-point Brexit plan
Government will provide certainty and clarity to politicians and businesses.
UK will 'control our own laws' by quitting the European Court of Justice.
May will strengthen the 'precious union' between England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
There will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
UK will 'control' EU immigration, while recruiting the 'brightest and the best' from around the world.
Government will seek a reciprocal residency rights deal for EU and UK workers 'as soon as possible'.
May has promised to protect workers' rights.
Ministers will seek a 'bold' and 'comprehensive' free trade agreement with the EU.
UK will seek a customs agreement so that it can broker its own trade deals with non-EU nations.
May will keep European science and innovation ties in a bid to keep the UK a 'world leader'.
UK will continue to work with the EU in bid a bid to combat the threat of terrorism.
Ministers will seek to avoid a 'cliff edge' and seek a smooth split from the EU.
The prime minister's critics have warned that her so-called "hard Brexit" stance could have a detrimental impact on the UK's economy and workers' rights.
"Theresa May has made clear that she is determined to use Brexit to turn Britain into a bargain basement tax haven on the shores of Europe," said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
"She makes out this is a negotiating threat to the 27 EU countries but it's actually a threat to the British people's jobs, services and living standards.
"We welcome that the prime minister has listened to the case we've been making about the need for full tariff-free access to the single market but are deeply concerned about her reckless approach to achieving it."
May will attend PMQs before a speech at the 47th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday morning.
Chancellor Philip Hammond is also expected to address the elite conference as well as Chinese President Xi Jinping and outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry.
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Test running of Abuja light rail to start in mid Nov. -Minister
Malam Muhammad Bello, the Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday said FCT Administration would start the test running of the Rail Mass Transit by middle November. Bello disclosed this when he received a delegation of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) led by its President, Chief Tomilola Akingbogun when they paid him……
Abuja Light Rail Project 90% completed – FCT Minister
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, said on Monday that work on Abuja Light Rail Project has reached 90 per cent, as most of the rail stations are at the finishing stages. The minister made this known after his inspection of the project site in Abuja. Bello noted that there are 13 railway bridges, 50……
Lagos-Ibadan new rail project, a promise fulfilled – Ashafa, Oyegun
Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, says the new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project is a fulfilment of the promises of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the electorate. Ashafa said this on Tuesday at the ground breaking ceremony of the project in Lagos. "One major aspect of this project is generation……
Fashola decries collapse of roads, bridges; canvases rail for trailers, tanker businesses
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has expressed dismay at the rate roads and bridges are collapsing owing to the pressure of cargoes on them by tankers and trailers, declaring that all businesses involving movement of trailers and tankers on Nigeria roads were to revert to rail transportation. Speaking in Abuja…


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Population testing for COVID-19 could soon begin in certain Kansas counties
by: Korinne Griffith and Kansas Capitol Bureau
Posted: Apr 3, 2020 / 05:47 PM CDT / Updated: Apr 3, 2020 / 05:47 PM CDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) — It has been four weeks since the first positive case of the coronavirus hit Kansas. Now, as more test kits become available, the state is looking to test more people.
On Friday, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Lee Norman said that the state would be receiving hundreds of new test kits that take just 45 minutes to get results. With the new kits the state hopes to not only continue testing individuals with obvious symptoms, but also people who are seemingly healthy.
Secretary Norman says that young people are the most common ones spreading the virus to others. This is because young people often show little to no symptoms of the coronavirus. They don't realize they are sick, so they continue to go to work or leave their home.
"Young people are less likely to follow rules and feel vulnerable. It's the older folks and people with other kinds of immune deficiencies understand they're at risk and young people don't necessarily feel they're at risk," explained Secretary Norman.
He says by testing these people, they are able to quarantine if their results are positive, rather than continue to, unknowingly, spread the virus.
Secretary Norman says these population tests would begin in counties that are seeing large outbreaks of the virus. He says once the testing begins, it would likely only take a week to get through the entire process in the county.
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Branding.
Live & Virtual Events.
Creative Consultancy.
Elisa Tarzia
One Year in Business: Learning the Pandemic Lingo
Is there a good time to start a business? Convention and common sense suggest it would be crazy to start a new venture in the midst of one of the worst economic downturns in living history. But we're creatives. And creatives turn any challenge into an opportunity.
As Steve Jobs once said, "creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while".
And that's what happened: we saw a shift.
Over the past decade, there's been an obvious and steady move from physical to digital, but the acceleration it had during lockdown—three years of growth in just three months—will have a lasting impact on the way we tell stories, we create experiences and communities. Most importantly, we will have to build revolutionary moments for brands and creators to connect with new audiences on new platforms.
It was at the beginning of 2021 that we simply stopped thinking about "when things get back to normal" and started working with this new reality and its inevitable buzzwords:
Hybrid: the best definition for this term is simply "the new black". Hybrid goes with everything, from the future of work to new formats of events. It used to be an emergency solution, one you adopted when unforeseen circumstances would not allow you to meet or work in person. It has now become one of the many available scenarios, with its sets of strategies for engagement, revenue and experience building. When it comes to events, "hybrid" is a wonderful option to combine the advantages of virtual events (on-demand, comfortable access to content that focuses on knowledge transmission) with the attractiveness of in-person networking.
Engagement: the biggest challenge when it comes to virtual events, marketing campaigns and content. In a world where you must compete for attention with thousands of other on-screen experiences, how can you make sure attendees and readers stay in front of their screens and - more importantly - interact? A challenge that many virtual events platforms have tried to solve with gamification, networking and chat options, matchmaking or exhibition space and event planners have combined with offline complements to create this feeling of cohesion and sharing. According to both industry surveys and feedback we had from our clients, online event engagement remains one of the most difficult challenges.
Remote: a consequence of the pandemic for many, a reality for others over years already - remote work has become as common as "remote" events and teams. We at Shifted have a distributed model with teams and talent spread across different locations. We find this set-up has a lot of advantages (no expensive overheads for instance) and agree that it needs to be compensated by in-person reunions that help keep the spirit and culture alive. The combination of asynchronous work of in-person brainstorming allows creative professionals to work with flexible schedules while feeding their busy minds with new ideas and interactions.
Zoom Fatigue: the increasing reluctance to stay connected to a device and participate in a virtual meeting or event. Some argue this is not caused by the fact that we already spend too many hours in front of our screens, but rather down to the overwhelming number of options available and the scarcity of good content that truly adds value to the audience. We tend to think this is a combination of both and believe that virtual solutions need to get better in the future, both on a technological and content level.
Community: what has kept us together while we were apart. It is also what a lot of event professionals and marketers have discovered to be essential to create long-lasting engagement. We need communities more than ever, especially in this hybrid and virtual world, where a lot of people are working remotely and yearn for meaningful connections on a personal and professional level. That is also why we started Shifted as a community, providing a space for creative talent to connect, work together, share experiences and opportunities.
Crypto: it literally means secret, but in the world of blockchain-based projects it actually stands for the opposite. For instance, cryptocurrencies are digital or virtual currencies secured by cryptography, which makes it nearly impossible to counterfeit or double-spend. Many cryptocurrencies are decentralized networks based on blockchain technology—a distributed ledger enforced by a disparate network of computers. Blockchain technology is also revolutionizing art, which takes us to our next buzzword.
NFTs: Non-fungible tokens. What, if anything, could convince you the image above is worth $530 million? The simplest way to put it, NFTs transform digital works of art and other collectibles into one-of-a-kind assets that are easy to trade on the blockchain and cannot be replicated.
Our 2021 Projects: surfing the digitization wave
We started the year in a pretty much "locked down" claustrophobic nightmare, and the logical consequence for many corporations and public entities was to focus on online strategies. In order to stand out and really make a difference in such an environment, though, what we needed to come up with are new and substantially different ideas of how to attract, engage and retain the audience through content.
One example was the Content Marketing campaign we created together with the Porto & North Convention Bureau, aiming to increase awareness and change the perception of this region to one of a forward-thinking, innovative and sustainable destination. We achieved this by involving some of the region's most dynamic and innovative business leaders, who shared their experience and responses to present time challenges while taking the audience on field trips to their companies (as soon as this was safely possible). After an 8-month duration campaign, Porto & North has over 1.700 organic new followers on LinkedIn, the perception has clearly shifted and new opportunities have been generated.
Other subscription-based content marketing projects we have been working on this year include BRIDGE IN, where the content and SEO-driven strategy has brought the company to rank in the first page of Google searches for many relevant keywords and increased the inbound leads count by 65%.
It was in the last quarter of 2021 when the world (especially Europe) decided to go back to in-person events and everyone was keen to be part of this boom. Web Summit has attracted many people and companies to come to Lisbon and Shifted has had the opportunity to work with Made of Lisboa (Lisbon's municipality) creating and managing the strategy of its participation at this worldwide renowned event. Our Shifters also collaborated with DAOmaker, co-organizing their Crypto Event and managed the hybrid version of the Lisbon Tourism Summit with Beta-i and Turismo de Portugal that brought together important voices from the tourism industry and included an in-person networking moment.
Check out some more details and videos from these projects HERE.
What will 2022 hold in store?
Only one thing is certain - uncertainty will keep accompanying us again next year. Back to normal is a concept of the past: the new normal is an ever-evolving reality that requires flexibility.
What we have learnt from this year: when restrictions eased and regulations allowed for in-person events to happen again, there was a boom of live events. People are still sociable creatures and an in-person experience continues to be irreplaceable.
We remain confident that resilience will pay off, lean company structures and distributed teams will provide big advantages and that events will remain an important part of most brands' marketing and communication strategies.
Be it hybrid (with a trend to asynchronous events) or in-person - Shifted will be there to make them happen with you!
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"We love being a part of this special tradition!" says Branch Manager Drew Brannon. "People from all over West Texas and Eastern New Mexico come to the mall to shop for Christmas presents and they look forward to seeing it decorated every year. It is an honor to be a part of such a fun and special opportunity and to be able to help spread Christmas cheer!"
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      une ville localisée dans le département de Seine-et-Marne en Île-de-France. Elle totalisait 6 475 habitants en 2008.

À Champagne-sur-Seine le salaire médian par mois par habitant est situé à approximativement 2 028 €  net. C'est inférieur à la moyenne du pays.

La ville offre quelques  équipements sportifs, elle propose entre autres un terrain de tennis, un terrain de sport et un équipement de roller/skate.

Le nombre de logements, à Champagne-sur-Seine, se décomposait en 2011 en 1 451 appartements et 1 478 maisons soit
 un marché plutôt équilibré.

À Champagne-sur-Seine, la valeur moyenne à la vente d'un appartement se situe à 2 292 € du m² en vente. Le prix moyen d'une maison à l'achat se situe à 2 318 € du m². À la location la valeur moyenne se situe à 11,95 € du m² par mois.

La ville dispose en ce qui concerne des études de un collège et deux lycées.
Concernant les plus petits d'entre nous, la commune dispose de quatre maternelles et deux écoles primaires.
Champagne-sur-Seine dispose des installations éducatives permettant une éducation de proximité.
Lors d'un projet d'acheter un appartement ou une maison à Champagne-sur-Seine, il est intéressant d' évaluer la notoriété des écoles de la communes

À coté de Champagne-sur-Seine sont positionnées géographiquement les villes de
Vulaines-sur-Seine située à 4 km, 2 429 habitants,
Saint-Mammès située à 1 km, 3 177 habitants,
Avon située à 5 km, 14 261 habitants,
Thomery à 1 km, 3 290 habitants,
Écuelles à 5 km, 2 553 habitants,
Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine à 4 km, 2 653 habitants,
 entre autres. De plus, Champagne-sur-Seine est située à seulement 18 km de Melun.

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You don't need eggs to make this vegan french toast. This Strawberry Pecan Stuffed French Toast uses mashed bananas as a replacement. Use a baguette for bite-size toast. Drizzle your sweet breakfast with maple syrup, sprinkle a bit of confectioner's sugar, or eat it as is.
Accompany your Sunday morning breakfast with these soft and fluffy biscuits. Pour some mushroom gravy on top and serve. Easy as that! This is comfort food at its best. These delicious biscuits are also gluten-free.
This cruelty-free bacon will wake up even the sleepiest head in your household. When baked, these faux bacon strips taste amazingly smokey, and a bit salty too. A perfection addition to a big breakfast.
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Here's another fancy dinner entree that will leave guests flabbergasted that it's entirely vegan. A classic, French dish, this recipe is reimagined. Using seitan, mushrooms, and a hint of dry red wine, this bourguignon (pronounced bore-geen-yone) is sure to be a star on any menu.
Although its' origins are unclear, it's very clear that this Portobello Wellington is stunningly beautiful and delicious. No need to worry about that semi-raw meat burrowed in the middle of cripsy, decadent pastry. We have portobello mushrooms to give us that earthy taste and texture.
This burger is the bomb. A twist on the classic Reuben sandwich, this flavorful burger will have anyone saying "Wow, maybe this vegan thing is doable after all!" Serve it up with a brew as the recipe suggests, and you'll be turning people vegan left and right in no time at all.
Are you trying to eat your computer screen yet? Made from garbanzo beans, this vegan crab cake recipe is simple, nutritious, and will even have your house smelling like "real" seafood as you cook it up — meaning this is the perfect dish to treat those seafood-loving vegan skeptics in your life with!
Who needs buffalo wings? Not us vegans! These dreamy tofu fries, served up with some vegan ranch, will have even the biggest of vegan nay-sayers saying "More, please!" Serve up this snack at your next tailgate or game — we think the fries will do all the talking for you.
Have a cheese lover in your life? Check out this vegan version of mozzarella cheese, made with cashews and all kinds of good for you ingredients. You can use this cheese in dips, on pizza, on Italian sandwiches…the list goes on and on. Whip a batch of this stuff up, and you'll have no problem turning the cheese lover in your life on to the goodness that is vegan cheese.


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Horowitz, Y., Fuks, E., Datz, H., Oster, L., Livingstone, J. & Rosenfeld, A. (2011). Mysteries of LiF TLD response following high ionization density irradiation: Glow curve shapes, dose response, the unified interaction model and modified track structure theory. Radiation Measurements, 46 (12), 1342-1348.
Three outstanding effects of ionization density on the thermoluminescence (TL) mechanisms giving rise to the glow peaks of LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD-100) are currently under investigation: (i) the dependence of the heavy charged particle (HCP) relative efficiency on ionization density and the effectiveness of its modeling by track structure theory (TST) (ii) the behavior of the TL efficiency, f(D), as a function of photon energy and dose and (iii) the shape of composite peak 5 in the glow curve for various HCP types and energies and following high dose electron irradiation. It is concluded that (i) The predictions of TST are very strongly dependent on the choice of photon energy used in the determination of f(D), (ii) Modified TST employing calculated values of f(D) at 2 keV is in agreement with 5 MeV alpha particle experimental results for composite peak 5 but underestimates the 1.5 MeV proton relative efficiencies. Both the proton and alpha particle relative TL efficiencies of the high temperature TL (HTTL) peaks 7 and 8 are underestimated by an order of magnitude suggesting that the HTTL efficiencies are affected by other factors in addition to radial electron dose. (iii) The dose response supralinearity of peaks 7 and 8 change rapidly with photon energy: this behavior is explained in the framework of the Unified Interaction Model as due to a very strong dependence on photon energy of the relative intensity of localized recombination, (iv) The increased width and decrease in Tmax of composite peak 5 as a function of ionization density is due to the greater relative intensity of peak 5a (a low temperature component of peak 5 arising from two-energy-transfer events which leads to localized recombination).


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Voice recognizing method and apparatus
A voice recognizing method apparatus in which an input voice is recognized by obtaining a similar pattern by comparing the input voice and voice standard patterns. Voice standard patterns are stored into a memory. A voice is inputted. Voice duration lengths and distances are calculated by performing matching processes between the input voice and the standard patterns. The distance is corrected in accordance with the voice duration length so that the voice duration length having the best matching result is used as a reference, or such that the distance is small as the voice duration length is long. A recognition result is determined in accordance with the corrected distance. The matching is executed by a word spotting method. The input voice to be matched and the voice standard patterns are expressed by voice characteristic parameters.
Sakurai, Atsushi (Yokohama, JP)
Tamura, Junichi (Tokyo, JP)
Kosaka, Tetsuo (Kyoto, JP)
Matsuo, Hiroshi (Akita, JP)
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)
704/231, 704/E15.016
G10L15/12; G10L15/08; G10L15/10; G10L15/00; (IPC1-7): G10L5/06; G10L9/00
381/41-43, 395/2, 395/2.48, 395/2.47, 395/2.5, 395/2.4, 395/2.52, 395/2.53, 395/2.55
5181256 Pattern recognition device using a neural network 1993-01-19 Kamiya 382/14
5131043 Method of and apparatus for speech recognition wherein decisions are made based on phonemes 1992-07-14 Fujii et al. 381/41
4888823 System for continuous speech recognition through transition networks 1989-12-19 Nitta et al. 381/43
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4736429 Apparatus for speech recognition 1988-04-05 Niyada et al. 381/43
4718095 Speech recognition method 1988-01-05 Asakawa et al. 381/43
4712243 Speech recognition apparatus 1987-12-08 Ninomiya et al. 381/43
4596032 Electronic equipment with time-based correction means that maintains the frequency of the corrected signal substantially unchanged 1986-06-17 Sakurai et al. 381/51
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"A Connected Spoken Recognition Method by O(n) Dynamic Programming", IC
DORVIL, RICHEMOND
Venable LLP (1290 Avenue of the Americas, NEW YORK, NY, 10104-3800, US)
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/895,007, filed Jun. 8, 1992, now abandoned.
1. A voice recognizing method comprising the steps of:
inputting a vocal sound into a voice recognition apparatus;
performing matching between the input vocal sound and stored standard patterns, the matching producing a matching score representative of the degree of similarity between the input vocal sound and a matched standard pattern;
correcting the matching score of a specific standard pattern produced in said performing step by multiplying the matching score of the specific standard pattern by a correction value corresponding to a time length of an input vocal sound matching the specific standard pattern; and
determining a recognition result in accordance with the corrected matching score.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of correcting the matching score is executed by using as a reference the duration time in which a result of the matching step is best.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of correcting the matching score is executed so that the matching score is small as the duration time is short.
4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the matching step is performed by a word spotting method.
5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the stored voice standard patterns are expressed by characteristic parameters.
6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the input vocal sound is expressed by characteristic parameters.
7. A voice recognizing apparatus comprising:
standard pattern memory means for storing voice standard patterns;
voice input means for inputting a vocal sound;
matching means for performing matching between the input vocal sound and the stored standard patterns, the matching producing a matching score representative of the degree of similarity between the input vocal sound and a matched standard pattern;
matching score correcting means for correcting the matching score of a specific standard pattern produced by said matching means by multiplying the matching score of the specific standard pattern by a correction value corresponding to a time length of an input vocal sound matching the specific standard pattern; and
determining means for determining a recognition result in accordance with the corrected matching score.
8. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said matching score correcting means corrects the matching score by using as a reference the duration time in which a result of the matching process which is obtained by said matching means is best.
9. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said matching score correcting means corrects the matching score so that the matching score is small as the duration time is short.
10. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the matching means includes means for performing the matching process by a word spotting method.
11. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the voice standard patterns which are stored in said standard pattern memory means are expressed by characteristic parameters.
12. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the input vocal sound voice information which is matched by said matching means is expressed by characteristic parameters.
13. A voice recognizing method comprising the steps of:
performing matching between the input vocal sound and stored standard patterns, including detecting a duration time of the input vocal sound which matched the standard pattern, the matching producing a matching score representative of the degree of similarity between the input vocal sound and a matched standard pattern;
storing the matching score and duration time of a specific standard pattern;
determining a correction coefficient for the matching score which is obtained in accordance with a ratio of the duration time of the specific standard pattern to that of a standard pattern having the highest matching score;
correcting the matching score in accordance with the determined correction coefficient; and
determining a recognition result in accordance with the corrected distance.
14. A method according to claim 13, wherein the step of correcting the matching score is executed by using as a reference the duration time in which a result of the matching process is best.
15. A method according to claim 13, wherein the step of correcting the matching score is executed so that the matching score becomes smaller as the duration time becomes shorter.
16. A method according to claim 13, wherein the matching step is performed by a word spotting method.
17. A method according to claim 13, wherein the stored voice standard patterns are expressed by characteristic parameters.
18. A method according to claim 13, wherein the input vocal sound is expressed by characteristic parameters.
19. A voice recognizing apparatus comprising:
matching means for performing matching between the input vocal sound and stored standard patterns, including means for detecting a duration time of the input vocal sound which matched the standard pattern, the matching producing a matching score representative of the degree of similarity between the input vocal sound and a matched standard pattern;
memory means for storing the matching scores and duration time of a specific standard pattern;
determination means for determining a correction coefficient for a matching score obtained in accordance with a ratio of the duration time of the specific standard pattern to that of a standard pattern having the highest matching score;
matching score correction means for correcting the matching score in accordance with the determined correction coefficient; and
recognition means for determining a recognition result in accordance with the corrected matching score.
20. An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the matching score correction means includes means for correcting the matching score by using as a reference the duration time in which a result of the matching process is best.
21. An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the matching score correction means includes means for correcting the matching score so that the matching score becomes smaller as the duration time becomes shorter.
22. An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said matching means includes means for matching using a word spotting method.
23. An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the voice standard patterns are stored as characteristic parameters.
24. An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the input vocal sound is expressed as characteristic parameters.
25. A storage medium storing a computer program for instructing a voice recognition apparatus to perform a method comprising the steps of:
inputting a vocal sound into the voice recognition apparatus;
26. A medium according to claim 25, wherein the step of correcting the matching score is executed by using as a reference the duration time in which a result of the matching step is best.
27. A medium according to claim 25, wherein the step of correcting the matching score is executed so that the matching score is small as the duration time is short.
28. A medium according to claim 25, wherein the matching step is performed by a word spotting method.
29. A medium according to claim 25, wherein the stored voice standard patterns are expressed by characteristic parameters.
30. A medium according to claim 25, wherein the input vocal sound is expressed by characteristic parameters.
32. A medium according to claim 31, wherein the step of correcting the matching score is executed by using as a reference the duration time in which a result of the matching process is best.
33. A medium according to claim 31, wherein the step of correcting the matching score is executed so that the matching score becomes smaller as the duration time becomes shorter.
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for voice recognition in which a similar voice pattern is obtained by comparing an input voice pattern voice and a voice standard pattern.
2. Related Background Art
As a method of voice recognition, for example, like a continuous DP method, there has been used a word spotting method whereby a matching is executed while sequentially sliding a standard pattern for an input voice and a detection at a voice duration and a recognizing process are simultaneously executed on the basis of a distance as a result of the matching.
The word spotting method is a method whereby the matching process is performed while sliding word standard patterns each consisting of characteristics of a voice such as a spectrum or the like for the input voice on a frame unit basis and a duration at which it is presumed that the word exists is detected by a point at which a score as a calculation result of the matching process has the minimum value in each standard pattern, and, after that, the minimum values of the scores of all of the standard patterns are compared, thereby obtaining a recognition result.
According to the conventional word spotting method, however, there is a drawback in that, in the case where a phoneme train constructing a certain standard pattern perfectly coincides with a part of a phoneme train of another standard pattern having a larger number of phonemes, an erroneous recognition cannot be avoided in principle. For example, in the case where there is /roku/ in addition to /ku/ as a standard pattern, when the input voice is /roku/, the standard patterns /ku/ and /roku/ each perfectly coincide with a part or all of the input voice. Therefore, although the scores of both of the above patterns are higher than those of the remaining standard patterns as a result of the matching process, there is no clear difference between the scores shown by the respective patterns so long as the input voice is normally pronounced. The pattern /roku/ is set to the first order or /ku/ is set to the first order depending on a slight fluctuation of the input voice. That is, according to the conventional example, there is a drawback in that, even when the input voice is normally pronounced, an erroneous recognition cannot be avoided because of a defect of the word spotting method in principle.
It is an object of the invention to correct a score of matching in accordance with a length of voice duration detected as a result of a word spotting, a recognition which can cope with a length of voice is performed to thereby improve the recognition rate.
Another object of the invention is to prevent an error, for example, where "ku" is recognized from an input voice of "roku", by correcting the score of the matching mentioned above so as to raise the score when the voice duration is long.
Still another object of the invention is to correct the score of the matching mentioned above in accordance with the circumstances of each of the input voice and the matched patterns by correcting the matching score by a relative value while using the cut-out voice duration length of the pattern whose score has been set to the first order as a reference.
Yet another object of the invention is that the matching score is compared with a predetermined threshold value, and when it is determined that a rejection process is not to be performed, a correcting process is executed, thereby reducing a processing time without performing a vain correcting process.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a voice recognizing apparatus embodying the invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a list of words registered in a word dictionary;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a construction of a word standard pattern;
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a form of a DP path;
FIG. 5 is a diagram to explain the detection of a voice duration;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the detection of the voice duration by a word spotting method and a score;
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure for the score correction using a voice duration length;
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the result of the score correction;
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the detection of the voice duration for a short input voice and a score;
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the result of the score correction for a short input voice; and
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another example of a construction of a word standard pattern.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes an input terminal of a voice; 2 indicates an A/D converter; 3 indicates a characteristic parameter analyzer; 4 indicates a recognizer; 5 indicates a word dictionary which is used when the recognizer 4 executes a recognizing process; 6 indicates a score corrector according to the invention; 7 indicates an auxiliary storage device; and 8 indicates an output terminal of the recognition result.
The voice supplied from the input terminal 1 is A/D converted by the A/D converter 2 and, after that, is analyzed by the analyzer 3 at a frame period of 10 msec and is converted into a time series of an LPC cepstrum coefficient vector. In the recognizer 4, the time series of the LPC cepstrum coefficient vector is matched with a word standard pattern stored in the word dictionary 5 using the auxiliary storage device 7.
The present embodiment will now be described with respect to an example in which the recognition of seventeen words shown in FIG. 2 is an object. The standard patterns of seventeen words shown in FIG. 2 are stored in the word dictionary 5 by variable lengths. The present invention is not limited to the present embodiment of seventeen words; the present invention may be used with any words so long as the word standard patterns are previously stored in the word dictionary 5.
The present embodiment relates to a voice recognizing apparatus which is used for an unspecified speaker and uses a Mahalanobis distance as a distance scale. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, each of the word standard patterns which are stored in the word dictionary 5 is obtained by the following method. Namely, word voices pronounced by a plurality of speakers are analyzed at a frame period of 10 msec and are converted into corresponding LPC cepstrum coefficient vectors, the number of frames is normalized, and after that, a mean vector mj and a variance-covariance matrix Σj-1 are obtained for each frame.
The conventional word spotting method will now be described.
A matching of a time series {xi } of the LPC cepstrum coefficient vectors generated by the analyzer 3 and the word standard patterns in the word dictionary 5 is executed by the recognizer 4 in accordance with the following procedure using a continuous DP.
First, equations which are used in the word spotting are shown. ##EQU1## where, i: frame number of the input voice
j: frame number of the standard pattern
xi : input vector in the ith frame
mj : means vector in the jth frame
Σj-1 : variance-covariance matrix in the jth frame
The word sporting process is performed by using the above equations in accordance with the following procedure. A form of DP path is as shown in FIG. 4.
(1) A Maharanovis distance d(i, j) of the input vector xi and means vector mj of the standard pattern is obtained in accordance with equation (1).
(2) An accumulated distance p(i, j) is obtained in accordance with equation (2).
(3) An optimum path length c (i, j) is obtained in accordance with equation (3).
(4) The processes in the above items (1) to (3) are repeated from the head frame of the word standard pattern to the final frame.
(5) A DP value d(i) of the input vector xi and the word standard pattern is obtained in accordance with equation (4), where J indicates the final frame number of each word standard pattern.
(6) The processes in the above steps (1) to (5) are repeated from the head frame of the input voice to the final frame.
(7) The minimum value of the DP value is obtained for each word standard pattern and is set to a score for each word standard pattern for the input voice.
The word duration is detected by deciding a DP path by back tracking from a position at which the DP value D(i) of each standard pattern has the minimum value, as described in step (7) of the above procedure, and as shown in FIG. 5.
The above method relates to the conventional word spotting method. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention however, in order to overcome a defect in principle of the conventional method, the score is corrected using a voice duration length detected in the score corrector 6.
FIG. 6 shows matching scores of the word standard patterns for the input voice /roku/ together with the word duration determined by a word spotting method, in which an axis of the abscissa indicates the time and an axis of the ordinate shows the score. FIG. 6 relates to the conventional method in which the score is not corrected. A threshold value to decide whether a rejection process is performed or not is set to 4.00. When a word of a score smaller than the threshold value doesn't exist, a rejection process is executed. According to FIG. 6, in the case of the word standard pattern /roku/, the voice duration of /roku/ is correctly detected from the input voice by the word spotting method, and the score also indicates 3.51 which is less than the threshold value. However, the word standard pattern /ku/ matches with a part /ku/ of the input voice/roku/and indicates the score 3.34 of the first order. Thus, in the conventional method, /ku/ is selected as a correct solution and the result shows an erroneous recognition. However, by paying attention to the voice duration which has been cut out as a result of the word spotting method, the voice duration length of the word standard pattern /roku/, in which the number of syllables is large, is longer than the voice duration length of the word standard pattern /ku/ of one syllable. In the present embodiment, attention is paid to such a point, the voice duration length of the score of the first order is used as a reference, and the scores of the second and subsequent orders are corrected so as to be inversely proportional to the detected voice duration length of each word standard pattern. That is, they are corrected in a manner such that, as the detected voice duration interval of the score becomes longer, the score becomes better.
A procedure for score correcting processes by the score corrector 6 will now be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 7. In FIG. 7, "1" denotes an auxiliary variable; "a" indicates a score correction coefficient decided; "li " indicates a voice duration length of the ith order; "c" "a" indicates a voice duration length adjustment coefficient; "di " indicates a score of the ith order before correction; and "di '" indicates a score of the ith order after correction. The following processes are executed using the auxiliary storage device 7.
(S1) A numerical value 2 is set into the auxiliary variable i.
(S2) The voice duration length l1 of the score of the first order is divided by the result of the multiplication of the voice duration length li of the score of the ith order and the voice duration length adjustment coefficient c and the result is substituted for a.
(S3) The correction coefficient a is multiplied by the score di of the ith order and the result is substituted for di '.
(S4) A numerical value 1 is added to the auxiliary coefficient i.
(S5) A check is made to see if the auxiliary coefficient i is larger than the numerical value 17 or not. When it is not larger than 17, the processing routine is returned to step (S2). When it is larger than 17, processing is finished.
FIG. 8 shows the results of the correcting processes which were executed by the score corrector 6 to the output from the recognizer 4 for the input voice /roku/ on the basis of the flowchart of FIG. 7. The processes will be ,described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7. The voice duration length adjustment coefficient c is provided in order to improve the score of the word standard pattern having a sufficiently long voice duration and it is now assumed that c=0.60 and is set so that the effect of the score improvement appears when the voice duration length is equal to or longer than 5/3 of that of the score of the first order.
(S2) By setting a=70/(165×0.60), a=0.71 is obtained as a correction coefficient.
(S3) By setting d2 '=3.51×0.71, the correction score d2 ' for the second order is obtained.
By calculating the correction scores of the third and subsequent orders in a manner similar to the above, the results shown in the column of "score corrected" in FIG. 8 are obtained. As for the order after completion of the score correction, the order of the word standard pattern /roku/ is the first order since its word duration length is equal to 2.48. Due to this result, the score corrector 6 generates the word number 10 of the word standard pattern /roku/ indicative of the score of the first order from the output terminal 8 and the recognizing process is completed. That is, the erroneous recognition in the conventional method can be prevented by the present invention.
An example in which the voice duration length of the input voice is short will now be described. FIG. 9 shows the matching scores of the word standard patterns for the input voice /ku/ together with the word durations determined by the word spotting. In FIG. 9, an axis of the abscissa denotes the time and an axis of the ordinate indicates the score. A threshold value for rejection is also similarly set to 4.00. According to FIG. 10, in the case of the word standard pattern /ku/, the voice duration of /ku/ is correctly detected from the input voice by the word spotting method, and the length of score is also equal to 3.84, lower than the threshold value. For the result of the matching process, FIG. 10 shows the result of the score correcting operation performed by the score corrector 6 in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. 7. Since the continuation time length of the input voice is short, each of the voice duration lengths determined as a result of the word spotting doesn't have a sufficient length. Even after completion of the correction, a reverse phenomenon doesn't occur between the score of the first order and the scores of the second and subsequent orders. That is, so long as the number of syllables of the input voice is large, an effect of the score correction based on the voice duration length is made effective.
Although the effect of the present invention has been described above with respect to the voice recognizing apparatus which is used for an unspecified speaker, a similar effect is also obtained when the invention is applied to a voice recognizing apparatus which is used for a specified speaker. That is, when the word standard patterns which are stored in the word dictionary 5 in FIG. 1 are set to a vector time series indicative of a spectrum of the voice of the specified speaker as shown in FIG. 11 and the Euclidean distance shown by the following equation (5) or the city distance shown by the following equation (6) are used as a distance scale in place of the Mahalanobis distance shown by equation (1), the word spotting method for the specified speaker can be improved by substantially the same procedure as that in the first embodiment. ##EQU2##
In the above description, although the LPC cepstrum coefficient has been used as a parameter showing a feature of the voice, it will be understood that the effect of the invention is obtained irrespective of the kind of parameter so long as it expresses a feature of the voice.
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Whose Land is It Anyway?
Erick Vasconcelos | @jfrost | Support this author on Patreon | July 6th, 2014
When the demolition of abandoned warehouses at the José Estelita Docks started in the city of Recife, Brazil, the ongoing mobilization since 2012 by the #OcupeEstelita movement proved its worth. On May 21, when real estate developer Moura Dubeux's bulldozers got in position during the night to demolish the old sugar warehouses, several individuals, mobilized mainly through the Direitos Urbanos (Urban Rights) group were there to stop them.
On June 3, #OcupeEstelita had their victory (partial, up to this point) formalized by the municipality, whicht begrudgingly suspended the authorization of demolition of the warehouses.
Decades abandoned, the Estelita warehouses are relics from the old sugar cane economy of the state of Pernambuco, and used to belong to the now defunct Federal Railway Network. The land where the warehouses are located was auctioned off in very sweet terms to a consortium of developers who planned, along with the municipal authorities, the New Recife project.
New Recife consists in the building of 12 skyscrapers of over 40 stories in the area, one of the best located in town. Moreover, the project also consists in the capture of the debate by the government. By the mayor's and the developer's plutocratic logic, which has been able to find adherents, there's the camp in favor of progress, new apartments and urban development, and there's the team who favors the past, backwardness, the continued abandonment of an area potentially very valuable like the José Estelita Docks.
It's obviously a bogus dichotomy and has been challenged by the Direitos Urbanos activists, who debate urban solutions for the city. As a forum for discussion and activism, Direitos Urbanos gathers many different positions on how to occupy and plan the city. Unfortunately, not only are they diverse, but they're also vague and a little bit too slanted towards a middle class urban outlook. They emphasize not the legitimacy of use and property of urban land, but a specific view on how these spaces should be put to use: mixed communities, plazas, squares, trees, bicycle lanes instead of car roads, etc.
There's nothing wrong with mixed urban spaces, which should be favored rather than disincentivized by legislation (as they are nowadays), but the fundamental problem of the use of urban land remains, even with a aesthetic rejection of the developers' claim to Estelita's warehouses. The fundamental discussion should be: Who should be able to use the land?
We can sort out the details about how later. First, we should talk about how to take the state out of public land. Clearly, a privatization that puts a huge and extremely well located plot of land in the hands of a consortium of developers is unjust.
And the government doesn't have any legitimacy to sell them off and exclude the rest of the population of the possibility to homestead the area. Unfortunately, the details of such a process of taking the land out of the control of the government can be messy.
So, I'd like to advance a modest proposal.
In Brazil, it is calculated that between 200 and 250 thousand families have been evicted from their houses because of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. Many have gotten laughable compensations for their property while others haven't received rent assistance at all, or it has been insufficient to pay for any decent place to live.
I propose a solution: Developers can build all the skyscrapers they want in the area, but the apartments should be occupied by people who were violently evicted from their homes by the government.
It seems fair: If the government conducts an excluding process of privatization, it's only natural it should favor those who were previously excluded. Land for the people.
If the victims of the World Cup benefit from it, we can think about urban impact later. What do you think, Urban Rights people?
Erick Vasconcelos, Whose Land is it Anyway?, Dhaka, Bangladesh New Age, 07/08/14
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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
The final hour...
By John Fontana@Johnny_Fonts May 22, 2004, 7:13pm EDT
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As minutes tick away and fans flock to the St. Petersburg Times Forum (or Times Palace, as I like to call it) I can't help but realize this is the biggest game ever played in Tampa Bay. One can point out the Bucs and the 2002 Super Bowl appearance, but the NFC Championship and Super Bowl were played in Philadelphia and San Diego respectively. One could mention that Tampa Bay has hosted 4 Super Bowls, and I can only say those were other teams, representing other cities.
This game is the biggest in the the history of the Lightning, that is for sure. This playoff series has been a lot more eventful than the entire history of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and most playoff appearances by the Bucs....
For the Lightning, a win would push the team into a final confrontation -- the grand finale of the Pass the Friggin' Torch Tour -- for the right to hoist Lord Stanley's Cup. It will deliver a 40 year old dreamer to his dreams, and give a taste of legendary status to the rest of the players on the roster: The cocky 24 year old from Ile Bizzard, the consistent and resilient young man from Prince Edward Island, the 5-nothing, 100-nothing pound forward who has taken nay-sayers opinions and shoved them up their collective asses. There's the balls-to-the-wall Swede, the "potential realized" Czech, etc, etc.... All rounded out by the man known to his enemies and allies alike as the Bulin Wall...
Potentially, sixty minutes of hockey is all that is left for one of these teams. A bitter resentment of how close they came will be all that lingers for the next three months (or more pending work stoppage) as they prepare themselves both mentally and physically to try, try again...
And the winner? The winner gets the chance at glory -- to realize boyhood dreams or to re-live them that they once experienced in a different town, among different people. Nothing is certain as any sports fan can tell you.
Throw out your clichés, for there truly is no tomorrow for the loser... The quest for Lord Stanley's Cup ends for all but one in the Eastern Conference tonight...
And my final question to you is this: Are you ready for some hockey?


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Q: A class's instance gets destroyed when inner class's method exits? I am going to use Xposed Bridge API to customize my status bar on my Android phone.
Hooking methods are working pretty well, but there's a problem.
public class WPSModule implements IXposedHookLoadPackage {
    final int ICON_SIZE = 100;

    FrameLayout FlStatusBar;
    ...

    void HideWidget(FrameLayout FlLayout, String Name)
    {
        int ViewId = FlLayout.getResources().getIdentifier(Name, "id", "com.android.systemui");
        if(ViewId == 0)
        {
            XposedBridge.log("Failed to find resource " + Name + " on systemui package.");
            return;
        }
        View v = FlLayout.findViewById(ViewId);
        if(v == null)
        {
            XposedBridge.log("v == null with resource " + Name + " on systemui package.");
            return;
        }
        v.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
    }

    public static TextView TvText = null;

    public void handleLoadPackage(final LoadPackageParam LppParam) throws Throwable {
        if (!LppParam.packageName.equals("com.android.systemui"))
            return;
        XposedBridge.log("WPS: SystemUI package found.");

        //Hook
        findAndHookMethod("com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.PhoneStatusBarView", LppParam.classLoader, "onFinishInflate", new XC_MethodHook() {
            @Override
            protected void beforeHookedMethod(MethodHookParam MhpParam) throws Throwable {
                // this will be called before the clock was updated by the original method
            }

            @Override
            protected void afterHookedMethod(MethodHookParam MhpParam) throws Throwable {
                FlStatusBar = (FrameLayout) MhpParam.thisObject;
            }
        });
        ....
    }
}

And when I try to use FlStatusBar like this:
HideWidget(FlStatusBar, "notification_lights_out");

It doesn't work. On Xposed's log...
07-31 20:22:09.962 E/Xposed (18737): java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.content.res.Resources android.widget.FrameLayout.getResources()' on a null object reference.

Other things which uses FlStatusBar doesn't work too..(ex: FlStatusBar.toString() gives me NullPointerException)


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Married, moved, and getting it together.
How would I lay me down to sleep? 2007 Jan 04
I don't think I mentioned it, but several weeks ago I went to the Cathedral for Mass. I think it was around Thanksgiving.
Anyway, I took some time after Mass to explore a little and I visited the Mausoleum downstairs. I found myself really compelled by the place. It's solitary and quiet, nestled under a Cathedral meant to stand for hundreds of years. It occurred to me that it was exactly where I'd want my remains interred.
I'm 36 years old, and not prone to such mortal thoughts. Nonetheless, there was the thought, and I liked it. I've no idea what it costs, but given that Gregory Peck is laid to rest there, it just might be pricey.
Still, that desire is there. Something in me – perhaps narcissistic, perhaps egotistical, that makes me want my remains left there. Perhaps some other urban pseudo-apostate, pseudo-devout Catholics to see my name — in 2107, or 2207, or even 2507 — and wonder — "just who was that Joe Crawford?"
Perhaps I'd have my domain name engraved, so they could look me up!
Joseph Arthur Crawford
1970 — 2XXX*
http://www.artlung.com
So, what would I leave behind for them to find? Maybe just these documents.
Something to ponder as I move forward. It doesn't feel morbid to talk about, but it's a dark thought, to be sure. I feel hopeful though. I have much to contribute.
*Note the small optimism there, to live to 21XX I'd have to make it to 130 years old. To do that, I'd better lose some more weight! I wonder if they'll still have "http" in 200 years?
Joe Crawford blogged this at 12:43am in 2007 in January. The 4th was a Thursday. You are reading this 13 years later. Comment. There are no comments Tweet. Send email. It has no hastags. The Date
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's largest telecom-equipment maker, plans to invest 1 billion yuan ($145 million) over the next three year to develop artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for its cloud business, it said on Friday.
Zheng Yelai, president of Huawei's cloud unit, also said the company planned to start offering public cloud service in South Africa, as it is "a strong base from which to develop cloud business in the African continent".
Huawei established BU in 2017 to go into the public cloud service market in China, currently dominated by Alibaba.
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Bishop Randy Borders, an anointed preacher of our time, communicates the gospel message with unmistakable clarity. His ministry challenges believers to flow in God's Divine Order. Bishop Borders gave his life to the Lord at the tender age of 12. By age 15, he had risen to a countywide youth chaplain with the Missionary Baptist Church, where he was later licensed and ordained into ministry.
While in college, Bishop Borders attended Evangel COGIC under the leadership of superintendent Otis Lockett. Five days after his graduation from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in 1990, Bishop Borders founded Word of Life Fellowship Church. The church name was officially changed to Faith Harvest Church in March of 1999. Bishop Borders currently serves as senior pastor of Faith Harvest Church, in Shelby, NC. and submits to Bishop Kenneth Yelverton as his covering pastor.
Faith Harvest Church has evolved into a multiracial, multifaceted ministry, which include many ministries of edification and outreach. Bishop Borders is also Founder and Presiding Prelate of Harvest Ministries International, Inc., a network of local churches with primary apostolic vision of church planting and strengthening.
In April of 1996, Bishop Harold Ivory Williams, and an official college of duly consecrated Bishops, consecrated Bishop Borders to the bishopric. Since his consecration, Bishop Borders has become part of the Joint College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops Congress where he currently serves on the executive board. Bishop Borders also serves at the Overseer of Armorbearers for the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship under the direction of Bishop Joseph Walker.
While attending UNCG, Bishop Borders met the former Norma Lee while attending and the two were married in June of 1994. From their union was born two lovely children; Efrim and Hope.
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Freely Educated: Through the keyholem # 8 - Nightstand.
Through the keyholem # 8 - Nightstand.
we don't care how 'unpolished' it is, we're just nosy!
I am one of those people whose nightstand ends up expanding to the floor, so these days I do not actually bother with one, and instead I have two shelving units next to each other, beside the bed. The shelves mean I can have lots of books nearby and there is plenty of room for the invariable bits ad bobs that end up being thrown on there at the end of the day.
What you can't see is my overspilling yarn stash - it's to the right in a box on the bottom shelf, but there's too much so it's expanding to the next shelf, onto my easel, the floor.
To follow and/or join in "through the keyhole" have a look at Holistic Mama's blog.
I never knew there was 'that' type of person! But I guess we all just live so differently. Nice you can have all that space to put stuff. All I get is a wall next to my side of the bed.
Actually, a book shelf makes sense. My nightstand is next to my chair, and there is always a stack of books on it. Even when I had a nightstand next to my bed, I'd always end up with various books on top.
omg, what mess! LMAO. seriously, that's bad feng shui clutter energy you got going on there.
i have 4 of the titles i can read.
That's a proper night stand!! I have Eva's old cot that is wedged up against the bed and because Min sleeps with us still, the cot is FULL of my stuff - magazines, clothes, cuddly toys, shoes, slings. Gah!! What kind of person tidies their bedroom anyway?


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Kacey Musgraves has enlisted a starry lineup for her first holiday special, and the first one to come out under the Amazon Prime Video banner, "The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show," set to bow on the service Nov. 29. Lana Del Rey, Camila Cabello, Troye Sivan, Zooey Deschanel and Kendell Jenner are among the guest stars just announced for the show, which Musgraves calls "a nostalgic, Wes Anderson-inspired reimagining of the holidays."
Others lined up include Leon Bridges, Fred Armisen, Dan Levy, the Radio City Hall Rockettes and James Corden. The latter's late-night co-executive producer, Ben Winston, fills that role on this special, too, along with Emma Conway, Musgraves and her manager, Jason Owen.
The other guests, though, are new to Musgraves' world, holiday-wise or otherwise. Sivan will debut a new original song with her, "Glittery." Other fellow carolers will mostly drop in on more familiar standards, like Del Rey on "I'll Be Home for Christmas," Cabello on "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and Deschanel on "Mele Kalikimaka." The Rockettes will be featured on the show-closing "Ribbons and Bows," one of the original tracks from her 2016 album. Levy, of "Schitt's Creek," will narrate.
A soundtrack album for the show will be available on Amazon and other digital providers on Nov. 29 as well.
"I can say without a doubt that this project is unlike anything I've ever done before," Musgraves said in a statement. "What started as the small seed of an idea one night over a year ago has turned into something I'm so proud of. Some truly brilliant comedic and musical guests are featured in the show, as well as my own grandma." (That would presumably be in what shows up on the soundtrack listing as a dialogue bit enthusiastically titled… "NANA!") "My vision was to bring my old Christmas album to life visually and create a modern and fashionable, fresh take on a classic format."
Musgraves' most recent album, 2018's "Golden Hour," triumphed in both the country and pop realms. It won the CMA Award for album of the year at last November's ceremony, then went on to capture the all-genre album of the year trophy at this year's Grammys, where she won four in all.
The track list for the soundtrack:
Let It Snow Featuring James Corden
Countdown – Dialogue
Getting Ready – Dialogue
Present Without A Bow Featuring Leon Bridges
Making A List – Dialogue
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Featuring Camila Cabello
(Not So) Silent Night Featuring Fred Armisen
Christmas Makes Me Cry
Amp It Up, Dan – Dialogue
Christmas Fail – Dialogue
Mele Kalikimaka Featuring Zooey Deschanel
Cookies – Dialogue
Glittery Featuring Troye Sivan
I'll Be Home Intro – Dialogue
I'll Be Home For Christmas Featuring Lana Del Rey
NANA! – Dialogue
Ribbons And Bows Featuring The Radio City Rockettes
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