text: Hello this is my first post, although i have been reading the forum for just over four months I need some advice I dont know where else to go and am so upset and shocked I cannot even bring myself to talk to my girlfriends onthe phone. I have suspected my husband of seven months has been not altogether honest with me for a couple of months. He is always on a internet forum to do with a soccer team in england and because it is local he often meets a lot of them in when the team play. He has also been running a football team and most of them are involved. One of the girls has been getting lifts from him and watching this football team for a while, i found out by accident. My gut instinct was something was going on between them or had the potential too. This girl has been sending him private messages via the internet forum and everytime i come into the room or am on our PC is on MSM trying to speak to him, sending little crying smilies if he doesnt say goodnight and she has been texting him. I know this is really wrong what I am about to admit to but about a week ago i was really suspicious and looked at his mobile/cell phone and found they had been texting each other some of the messages where really personal for example off her: I am just going to get in the shower, babe, will call you soon and off him Ok honey Very sadly one of our friend died suddently in an accident last week which was really was really upsetting and he had a lot to do witht he internet forum and lots of people knew him including her (not very long though only a couple of months, me and my husband had known him for a number of years) I let it go because i knew everybody was upset. we all met up last week, prior to this i had seen this girl about but she had never spoke to me and her face when I walked into the meeting place was a picture, it dropped and she avoided me. Last week i told him i felt insecure about his relationship with her and he told me not to be silly, he could understand how i felt but she was just one of the lads, and no threat. so i felt better....... till this week My husband drove quite a few people to the funeral service on valentines day. this guy who died was 38 so understandibly, everybody is really upset. However outside the church, she was the first one after the service he went over to to hug and console. There was a wake which the family put on and he stayed out and his sister came to pick me up and drive me home cause i was tired and had work early the next day...He came home at 3 in the morning. Last night she was on MSM all the day and he was respoinding back, so when i come home from work tonight I looked at his private messages, i am wrong to do so, i know i have totally invaded his privacy, but what i have found has made me feel sick. one message said from her that she was in work, tired and bored and wanted to go to bed to sleep and he responded with " lets be honest if it was my bed you wouldnt get much sleep" and then there is more about how he would have a pillow fight with her after he has sh*gg*ed her, i am sure you can understand what I mean. I am sitting here shaking and crying, he is a cab driver and apparently in work, but there were things said that are making me think he is meeting up with friends and she will be there later tonight. I dont know what to do i am heartbroken and cannot believe this is happening, to be fair, it is him being more suggestive than her. i am sorry this is my first post but i honestly cannot think what to do and how to handle this? Can anybody advise or help me please?????


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Few people have ever said, "I want to backpack across the Pinto Basin." For that matter, far fewer people visit the Pinto Basin than the western portion of Joshua Tree National Park, with the one exception being the Teddy Bear Cholla Cactus Garden. For the most part the Pinto Basin is a 200-square mile basin void of anything except creosote bushes, and cactus. It is also HOT, with summer temperatures comparable to those in Coachella Valley, or even Death Valley.
The earliest known people to this region once lived in the Pinto Basin, that however was several thousand years ago, possibly as many as nine thousand. The landscape was a bit different then, streams once flowed through the basin, and the surrounding Pinto and Eagle Mountains were forests. The basin floor probably looked like a giant oasis, and food was plentiful. These earliest people we call the Pinto People. Thanks to Elizabeth Campbell, an amateur archeologist in the 1920s and 1930s, a large collection of stone tools were collected from the basin, and are part of the Campbell Collection, housed by Joshua Tree National Park.
Between 1890 – 1892, the Monte Negras Mining District was formed along the southern slopes of the Pinto Mountains. The district received significant attention based on claims of nuggets of gold and quartz of extreme riches. Despite that, work in the district was slow-moving, by 1894 only a few tons of ore had been processed, with unknown results.
The principle mines of the district were the Great Eastern, Venus, Columbus, Summit, Porcupine, Schiller, Hillerman, Ethel, Annie Rooney, Republican, Ramona, McKinley Bill, and Revenue.
The two mines that myself and Ranger "X" had interest in visiting were a part of the Monte Negras District, yet far removed based on geological location, in the southeast corner of the Pinto Mountains. They are the Zulu Queen and the Outlaw Mines. Their recorded history is sparse, mostly nonexistent.
The National Park Service closed all the roads in the Pinto Basin in 1994, when the Park graduated from National Monument to National Park. The exceptions being the blacktopped, Pinto Basin Road and the dirt tracks, Old Dale Road, Gold Crown Road, and the Brooklyn Mine Road. This effort has made the Zulu Queen and Outlaw Mines two of the least visited historic mining properties within the boundaries of the park.
The hike to these two properties took a grueling two days, with over twenty round trip miles across desert pavement, alluvial fans, and washes. There were zero signs of life, and the only water for miles was the fifty-six pounds of it that we had spread out across our backs. The hike began in the morning at the closed Zulu Queen Mine Road, off of the Brooklyn Mine Road. Sadly at least a few people have failed to yield to the wilderness boundary, a few sets of tire tracks lead the way across the route that has been closed for over twenty years.
By mid-morning it was HOT, with temperatures reaching well into the 100s. The only shade across the basin was provided in small increments by creosote bushes. Needless to say, this should have been a winter hike, but when Ranger "X" and myself get something stuck in our heads, we get it done. We reached the Zulu Queen Mine around lunch time, it was only a five-mile trek, but one that required several breaks, including a quick "cat nap" by Ranger "X". His naps used to annoy me, however I've begun to come around to the idea.
The Zulu Queen Mine was one of three mines that were known to be owned by Sunrise Mines, Inc., in the 1930s. The property had a total of eleven claims, and operated between 1933 to 1938. The mine had a vertical two-compartment shaft, which was sunk to 100 feet, with drifts at 50 and 100 feet, and one additional 110-foot adit with winzes. Records from the mine are not known to exist.
Knowing that easy access to the Zulu Queen had been cut off twenty years ago, we were excited about the prospect of finding an amazing untouched site. That wasn't so much the case however, the harsh desert environment hasn't been kind to the Zulu Queen Mine. Most of the surface artifacts have been washed away by flash flooding, or trucked off prior to the closure of the road which once led to it. The same can be said about the mine headframes, which have all succumbed to their environment, and collapsed.
Several stone structures remain standing in one form or another, however most having reached being unrecognizable. The most prominent being a single cemented stone wall, with a concrete foundation. What it was used for, I don't have the slightest idea. Then there is a stone retaining wall along the road, which leads up to the higher of the two adits. In the wash below the mines, we found two outlines of what may have been tent sites, with stones stacked two or three high. Along with this, the ruins of a crudely built fire pit or outdoor cook stove.
After meandering around the Zulu Queen for a couple of hours, we again hit the trail. Our intentions were to reach the Outlaw Mine by early evening, and primitive camp in the vicinity. To reach it, it was another four mile hike east of the Zulu Queen, with an additional mile north up a canyon. The mid-day heat was relentless, with temperatures nearing 110F. The hike across the basin was relentless, brutal, tiring, and mentally challenging. Each of our packs weighed nearly 60-pounds, half of which was water. Every step forward became one that neither of us wanted to take, but we continued on, one foot in front of the other until we reached the outline of a parking area below the mouth of Outlaw Mine Canyon.
Yes, you read that correctly, a parking area! In all the years that I've been visiting remote ransacked old mines, I had yet to find one with an outlined parking area. Along with the parking lot, there was a stone outlined walkway, a partially still standing small stone building, and an incredible 1930s era trash dump. One of my favorite things to do recently has been to photograph historic trash, I love the look of the old rusty cans and broken glass bottles. I'm always on the lookout for any identifying features, and at this dump site I came across an Old Dutch Cleanser can top, with the lettering still very visible, and a 1930s era Maxwell House "Drip Grind" coffee can lid. All of this, and we were still a mile from the mine itself!
It was just about sundown as we finished exploring the area around the mouth of the canyon, so we decided to postpone the mine until the morning. We set up our camp, and both called home to check-in using our new Globalstar satellite phones. This was my first experience actually getting to the use the phone, and I was thrilled with the results. The call quality was better than that of a cellular or landline, and it connected quickly and easily.
In the morning we trudged up the canyon to what we had hoped would be the main event…
The Outlaw Mine is enshrouded in mystery, the original claim owner is unknown, however it is thought to have been owned and operated by Sunrise Mines, Inc., the same company that operated the Zulu Queen. That is all in speculation however. In 1949, assessment records indicate assessment and road work was carried out by W.P. O'Connor and J.P. Hayes. The mine itself consists of a 100 foot vertical shaft, and several test diggings.
In 1968, it was reported that at the mine there were two standing shacks, a "variety of disintegrating machinery," and that the headframe had fallen into the shaft. A 1976 report made mention of the stone lined parking area, trash dump, and the masonry shell at the camp site that I had previously mentioned.
The hike up the canyon that morning was beautiful. The canyon offered a nice mix-up from the long nine previous miles in the wide open Pinto Basin. The floor of the canyon was littered with boulders of all sizes and shapes, with significant evidence of some heavy flash flooding.
When we reached the mine, we found that the two shacks that had been reported as standing in 1968, had fallen over on each other. Their walls now a part of the floor boards. An old metal bed frame and head-board taunt us with images of when the place was in its prime. A significant amount of historic artifacts still cover the area, much of it in a full state of decay. The mineshaft has been sealed off by the National Park Service, probably when it was made a National Park. I found that interesting considering the Park's own historic research study states that, "visitation is probably extremely infrequent," going on to say, "it is recommended the site be left to natural deterioration."
While both mines were further along in a state of decay than we had hoped for, it was still good to get out into a region that sees little in the way of humans. The hike kicked our butts, but we survived, and I can now provide some photographic images of two mines that were virtually forgotten.


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Western Australians have voted above the national average in support of same-sex marriage, with more than 1.2 million people across the state taking part in the postal survey.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics announced the survey results on Wednesday morning, with the yes vote attracting 61.6 per cent of national votes compared to 38.4 per cent against same sex marriage.
Western Australia recorded the second highest yes vote in the nation with 63.7 per cent, compared to 36.3 per cent who ticked no.
Residents in the federal electorate of Curtin were most likely to vote yes, with 72.2 per cent voting in favour of marriage equality.
The electorate includes Perth's western suburbs.
The no vote was highest in the electorate of O'Connor, with 43.8 per cent of the vote. The electorate covers the state's Great Southern and Goldfield regions including Albany, Kalgoorlie, Esperance and Collie.
People in the Perth metropolitan area were more likely to vote yes, with nearly two thirds supporting marriage equality (64.6%) compared to 60.9 per cent across regional WA.
Participation rates in WA were just under the national average, with 78.4 per cent of people voting compared to 79.5 per cent nationally.
State government environment minister Stephen Dawson was one of hundreds of people who attended the Northbridge Piazza on Wednesday morning to learn the outcome of the vote.
Mr Dawson and his partner Dennis Liddlelow have been strong marriage equality supporters and were one of the first to marry in 2013 in Canberra when the law briefly allowed it before the decision was overruled by the High Court.
"It's a fantastic result, I'm very proud of Western Australians and also Australians in general," he said.
"This is a momentous day for the LGBTI community.
"Our Federal politicians must act without haste, they've had the power all along and now the people have told them to legislate and now they must do that immediately."
Mr Dawson said he would speak to Mr Liddlelow about getting married "again", after their first marriage was deemed invalid after just five days.
"It has been a long time coming for myself and my partner," he said.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had promised to legalise same-sex marriage before Christmas if the yes vote was successful.
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Safely make multiple holes in the side of the tin can to allow air in to keep the flame alight, make sure all the labels have been removed. Place the tin over the candle making sure it is close enough to the tin to heat it but not to far away or cooking time is too long.
Once the tin is ready light the candle and place a small amount of oil on top then pour on a small amount of pancake mix and wait till cooked flip and then enjoy!
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This Dallas Restaurant Takes Farm Fresh to New Extremes
Chef Opens His Own Produce PalaceBY Merrit Stahle // 07.11.17
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Executive chef Ryan Olmos
CiboDivino Marketplace
Tomato and summer squash
Fresh tomato salad
Produce at Olmos' farm in Midlothian, Texas
Ryan Olmos, executive chef at CiboDivino Marketplace in Oak Cliff's Sylvan Thirty district, has a passion for organic produce that is hitting close to home — literally.
Olmos recently unveiled an organic farm where he lives in Midlothian, Texas, to provide fresh and healthy ingredients for dishes available at the market.
Cheekily named Olmos Famous Organics, his farm grows zucchini, cherry and heirloom tomatoes, eggplant, acorn squash, purple cauliflower, okra, Swiss chard, arugula, and bell peppers.
Simply using non-GMO seeds, sunshine, and water, Olmos grows more than five pounds of crops every other day. He plans to add bok choy and cabbage when winter arrives, and also to expand his farm to include a fruit-tree orchard within the next year.
Inspired by the Mercati di Piazzas in Italy where visitors shop for fresh produce, CiboDivino offers authentic Italian fare. The market's zucchini bread, summer salads, and vegetable medley (acorn squash, zucchini, eggplant, bell peppers, tomatoes tossed with salt, pepper, and olive oil) all feature produce grown at Olmos' farm.
"We take pride in serving dishes with honest and whole ingredients," he says, "just as it is done in Italy."
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10 Collaboration Ideas for Caribbean Girls Who Blog
Last month I attended the Caribbean Digital Divas event here in New York City. Fellow Caribbean Girl Who Blogs, Mikelah of Style and Vibes, hosted the event. The event panel was focused on branding, and on the panel were the founder of caribBEING, Shelly Worrell, digital strategist, Kelly Pierre-Louis , and business blogger, Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown of Carry On Friends.The ladies shared some wonderful tips on branding including these principles:
The ladies shared some wonderful tips on branding including these principles:
- Branding is a long process. It doesn't happen overnight and as vision gets clearer, things will change.
- Your Caribbean identity should be a part of your brand because it's a great way to stand out from the crowd.
- Branding is about authenticity. Infuse your authentic story into your brand.
- A brand is not products, it's the story you tell to sell the product.
Alysia of Rewind and Come Again did an amazing recap of the event. You can read it here.
During the Q&A section of the night, I asked a question about Caribbean culture going mainstream. It really centered on how we could ensure Caribbean people are credited for their cultural contributions as we see more and more mainstream artists and brands profiting from Caribbean culture.
Many of the panelists had really great answers to this question. The theme throughout their responses was the responsibility we as Caribbean people have in creating quality content and then working together to amplify our voices. It really got me thinking about the many ways we can collaborate to amplify our voices and take control of our narrative.
Caribbean Girls Who Blog is a huge collaboration between Tamara and I. We decided to come together and serve our community, and many people are curious about how we make our partnership work, especially since we've never met in person. The answer is that we believe in a much larger mission than ourselves. We understand the power of content creators in the quest to maintain control of our narrative. We also understand the power of a collective and that collective collaborations are definitely the way to go.
Truth be told, the blogosphere is a difficult place to navigate alone. There is so much on the Internet vying for the attention of readers so having a community of collaborators is a strategic way to maximize your audience reach while getting in front of someone else's audience.
With that being said, here are 10 collaboration ideas for Caribbean bloggers:
- Guest Posts
Allow another blogger's work to be posted on your site. If there is a blogger in your niche that produces quality content, publish some of their work or mention them on your site.
- Instagram Challenge
Host an Instagram challenge or create a movement of interest to your audience and your collaborator's readers.
- Guest Appearances
Write posts for other bloggers' sites. This is great for Search Engine Optimization since usually the blogger will link back to your site from the post.
- Interviews
Interview each other on your respective expertise and share it with your audiences.
- Giveaways
Offer gift cards, products, services, and free consultations. Doing this while joining with another blogger (or multiple bloggers) can increase your reach, especially for the giveaway.
- Contests
Consider engaging your audiences in a combined contest. For example, a photo of the day or a video contest can be a lot of fun.
- Chats
Twitter chats are a great way to connect and meet potential collaborators. We host our chat the last Wednesday of each month at 8pm EST. After the chat is over reach out to 2-3 people you connected with a pitch for collaboration. If you don't have an idea for a collaboration just shoot them an e-mail letting them know you enjoyed chatting with them and would love to work together in the future.
- Podcasts
Podcasts have really taking off in the last year. This is a great opportunity to produce another form of content your audience may really enjoy. Reach out to a fellow Caribbean blogger and ask them to be a guest on your podcast or to be a co-host.
- Products
Collaborate and produce books, e-books, and/or workbooks.
- Promotion
If all else fails, just promote each other's work. Hit that share button and share it with your audience and vice versa.
There is plenty of room for more and more collaborations throughout the Caribbean creative community. Get on it. If you have any more collaboration ideas, please add them below.


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Dinar Updates Tuesday PM Chat 7-12-16 Part 1 of 2
localcats says():has anyone heard about a military prade on thursday in iraq ?
Pablo says():Did they voet on the bank reforms today, or just discuss them?
Pablo says():vote
Society says to Pablo():Not sure if they even discussed
Pablo says():They did, it was in the news earlier.
da58 says to localcats(The start of a military parade areas and the streets of Baghdad unexpectedly
Tuesday 12-07-2016 | 9:07:09 Shafaq News / The Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday morning , a military parade in most areas of central Baghdad.
Began military convoys wheeled tanks, cannons and rockets roam Baghdad.
And proceeded Iraqi security authorities since morning to cut areas and streets and bridges ofhead of central Baghdad.
As areas and street names comes and bridges that have been made: bridge Republic, Alsank, Jadiriyah, martyrs, fast course, east door, Wathba Square, Tahrir Square, the Eagles Square, Knight Square Aviation Square, Khilani Square, Sadoun Street, Street fight, Karrada, princesses Mansour Street, olive Street, validity, Karada Mariam, Alawi, Street 6, Andalus Square, Bab al - Sheikh area, the intersection of Cordoba.
informed sources said that this is to practice Alqtoat security, and will be open all those areas, roads and bridges after completion http://www.ara.shafaaq.com/81097
bubbles says():Did parliment vote the laws in?
Society says to da58():Now that is interesting
Pablo says to bubbles():They voted some stuff in, but I'm not sure all. They have called another session tomorrow.
localcats says():thank you i wonder if it has anything to do with sadr protest ?
Pablo says to bubbles():Jubouri wants to move things along.
bubbles says to Pablo():thank you
da58 says to bubbles():no.. tomorrow addressing the banking act/economic laws.. whether they'll get to the 'vote' we dont know.. art states discussion and vote.. we'll see..
Pablo says to da58():But that stuff is the last of the laws that we needed to see, correct?
da58 says to bubbles():Economy News / Baghdad ...Ports announce high finance its imports to 27 billion dinars during last June
Ministry of Transport announced on Tuesday, the high financial and imports to 27 billion dinars during last June.
General Company of Iraqi Ports said in a statement "the economy News" received a copy of it, that "imports of Iraqi ports for the month of June stood at 27 billion dinars."
The company added, "These revenues increased revenues recorded for the month of May by two billion dinars, where revenues amounted to 25 billion dinars."
The province of Basra has five commercial ports frequented by dozens of foreign ships per month, and is the stronghold of Abu Flus and Khor Al-Zubair ports of Umm Qasr north and south, as well as ports for the export of oil and two ports of Khor al-Amaya and Basra.
da58 says to Pablo():ha - depends who ya talk to! some think yes, some thing many others are needed, some think none.. I do believe the 'economic' laws are needed - just makes a ton of sense.. .
the GOI can always be improved, with new laws - just as our govt is always ammending and passing.. that's what govt's do.. but for our purposes here, I feel the banking act, ammending the investment law (tweeking) and economic laws are important.
da58 says to Pablo():oops - 'thing should be think! guess I wasn't.. (lol)
Pablo says to da58():That's what I figured.
Pablo says to da58():So, from what I am seeing that this is what they were discussing today and will finish tomorrow followed by a vote?
Pablo says to da58():Jubouri seems to be putting their feet to the fire to get things done.
bubbles says to Pablo():I see on FB they appoved the oil deals
Pablo says to bubbles():Oil deals, as in HCL?
monique13 says():bubbles says to Pablo():never mind went to get it it is Iran they were talking about sorry
Baxter says():Sadr is getting Mad again.... Not passing laws.. not opening up the economy... floating Bonds... borrowing money from the IMF.. Taxing Imports.. Now talking about raising taxes on citizens.. Not good..
da58 says():if I was starving, had no electricity for a/c, and no job - watching some fat cats parading down the street loaded with wealth might tend to hit a nerve..
Mudder says():Any exchange that has the dinar in his company???? BIG TROUBLE
da58 says to Marilynjoy():I had thought the parade was thursday.. holiday, etc..
da58 says to Marilynjoy():I'm not sure.
bubbles says to Marilynjoy():I think they are building up sercuity there was another bombing at the markets thismorning
tman23 says():This Friday the people will be gathering..........July 20th is a date set where as they are planning 10 million citizens to gather and over-throw the government of Iraq for ........LACK OF SERVICES AND WELFARE........... TICK-TOCK !!!
JETSET says to tman23():i think we should be looking at SADR as someone who is stirring the pot trying to get the results we need in Iraq1
tman23 says to JETSET():I don't think it matters....... At this point they have to give the citizens something other than laws and empty promises.......They need something tangible.......REAL........ And nothing in their country shows a promising future to them.........
In other words they need instant gratification.........the only thing that they all share in is the use of currency............ AND IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE !!
JETSET says to tman23():exactly and Sadr has called for that too!
mainegirl says():Sadr isnt happy thats for sure
tman23 says to JETSET():The GOI has gotten a second chance......... When 10 million hit the street there will not be a third........There will be no talking them down......... Final Round......DING DING
clay01 says():Tman23, that is my thoughts on this as well, the government over there better be taking this seriously or there will not be a govt left
Baxter says():Tman I totally agree.... this Parliament has no desire at all to pass these much needed laws.... its been over 3 months now... with nothing happening...
clay says to tman23():thanks for your input
Mudder says():And it should be.... The people in Iraq have suffered enough....
rcookie says():URGENT SESSION TOMORROW INSTEAD OF THURSDAY...
Hutch says to rcookie():I THINK THAT IS GREAT NEWS !!!
clay says to Texrock():I'll wait
sagecanyon says():GREAT NEWS! THANKS RCOOKIE!
ol lar says to rcookie():Think Sadr put a bit of a fire under thier backsides?
bubbles says():What is this huge parade/celabration they are getting ready for next week? It was even on tv but didnt say what it was for
USAALways777 says():A friend of Mine tried to buy some VN Dong & went to a few Banks that we have used before & was Told there is NONE to be had.. has anyone else Reported this...
USAALways777 says():She even went to a Currency place &they said they are all OUT of the DONGS
USAALways777 says():Will go to my Local bank Tomorrow & see what they say..
Pablo says to USAALways777():I'st I've heard of it.
clay says():my bank sold me some about 4-5 months ago
Robl says():Just came home and was wondering if anyone has heard anything about Parliment being back in session today? Did it happen?
subgirl says to Robl():sounds like it is today and tomorrow... :)
Robl says to subgirl():Thanks... but as of yet, no news on anything accomplished?
Militia Man says to Robl():I read where yes they did. "
Robl says to Militia Man():Good to know that they did meet today. So hopefully tomorrow we will have some info as to if anything was accomplished.
Baxter says():Parliament is supposedly have a special session tomorrow.
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Café Cultura, Quito
Set in an old family home, Café Cultura is a boutique hotel with 26 rooms including 10 beautiful suites, each with its own identity and each bringing to life a unique mix of Ecuadorian and English architecture. As a city hotel it pitches the perfect blend of rustic luxury, so you can escape the crowds and relax, while still feeling utterly spoilt.
Café Cultura is nestled 20 minutes away from the city's historic center providing the perfect mix of sightseeing and relaxation. With local restaurants only a five minute walk away the hotel is great for getting to know the Ecuadorian cuisine. A local artisan market is also located just around the corner making the hotel a fantastic place to combine the glittering city lights with a more cultural experience.
Your room
Designed by a local artist, your spacious suite gives you plenty of room to settle in and very little incentive to move too far. If the gargantuan bed wasn't enough, you also have a gorgeous bathroom, seating area and a balcony. Each suite has been given its own unique look, with traditional wooden furniture that is off-set by pops of vibrant color in traditional woven fabrics. The eclectic array of art and keepsakes you'll find at every turn are a mesmerising symbol of the stories so much a part of Ecuador's rich history.
Why we like it
There are lots of reasons to love Café Cultura; the handy location and enormous rooms certainly spring to mind. But another feature we haven't yet highlighted is the private garden which is a lovely spot to while away the evening whilst getting to know the local resident hummingbirds.


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Keep everything securely in one place with the AmpliVox® Multimedia Presentation Podium – Without Sound. Sporting elegant radiused corners, The Multimedia Presentation has everything you need for your next presentation – a side media shelf, a slide-out keyboard drawer, a locking door to secure your equipment and belongings, internal wire management grommets, and internal adjustable shelf and 4-industrial casters (2-locking) to easily transport to wherever you need to be.
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This application is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/799,385, filed Mar. 5, 2001, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/186,933 filed on Mar. 4, 2000. The prior applications are incorporated herein by reference.
This invention relates to processing of audio files, and more specifically, to an improved technique of searching audio and textual strings.
Stored documents and audio files may be searched in a wide variety of business situations. The user may wish to search a video recording for specific topics, or may wish to search a textual file. Textual searching may be done, for example, for the purpose of reviewing long transcripts and other such items. Typically, search strings are entered by a user and the search string is compared to a stored file. When a match is found, an indication of such is conveyed to the user.
With regard to textual searching, one problem is that misspellings will not be matched. More specifically, if the search string spells a word differently from the way that the word appears in the document, the searching software would usually not find the word in the document. With regard to audio searching, the signal processing is usually extremely complex. This means that unless one employs a super high speed and expensive computer, the searching cannot be done in a reasonable time frame, and certainly cannot be accomplished in many times faster than real time. Thus, it is impractical to search a substantial size file of audio in a user interactive manner. Further, because speech to text algorithms are subject to error, prior known searching algorithms based on the textual output of a speech to text system are typically unreliable.
Still another issue is the use of "hard decisions" in audio searching. Specifically, in most prior systems, a threshold is set that represents a degree of similarity. If the search string and the file being searched meet the threshold, then a "match" is declared. These hard decisions are not optimum in audio searching, due to the large number of variables in search strings, particularly if such search strings are input in audio form themselves.
Another issue which has hindered the potential uses of audio searching software is the fact that the user interfaces are typically unreliable or cumbersome. More specifically, the user would typically interface with the system using a Boolean searching strategy, which often requires that commands be spelled correctly. While the user may instruct the system to look for words within a certain "distance" of each other, such "distance" is usually specified by a number of words, sentences, or paragraphs. For example, a user may instruct a system to look for the word "take-off" in the same sentence as the word "airplane". However, phonetic searching operates by sounds on actual audio signals, not by sentences. Thus, it is difficult for the software to accurately determine when items are in the same sentence, within three words of each other, etc.
In view of the foregoing, there exists a need in the art for an improved user interface and phonetic searching system that can provide high speed, search results.
There is also a need for a system that can provide a user-friendly and flexible interface into a phonetic and textual searching system.
There also exists a need for a better system of logic functionality for permitting a user to input items for searching in a textual or audio file.
There is still a further need in the art for a system that can search audio files thousands of times faster than real time.
The above and other problems of the prior art are overcome in accordance with the present invention. A first aspect of the invention relates to permitting a user to input searching criteria and command a software system to process an input search string against a prestored file that may be either of the audio type or the textual type. In a preferred embodiment, the user inputs words and the system determines whether each word in the input search string is a phonetic spelling or a linguistic spelling. Thus, the user may use "mix and match" in the input string. Other embodiments include allowing the user to specify distances between words by time, and/or by number of words and sentences.
The user is also permitted to input search strings to be used against a textual file, which will be converted to a phonetic description, and searched phonetically. In such a case, the search string may be input linguistically, phonetically, or via audio.
An algorithm is also disclosed for performing the phonetic searching. The preferred embodiment of the algorithm eliminates any hard decisions, and instead calculates a set of probabilities indicating where in the file the search string is likely to be, ranking such results preferably in order of increasing or decreasing probability. The algorithm preferably utilizes a stored probably matrix that includes rows representing time frames of the stored file, and columns representative of various phoneme states.
The foregoing and other advantages of the present invention will become apparent as the following description of the preferred embodiment and drawings are reviewed.
Returning to
The above techniques may be mixed and matched as the system implementer desires and as the particular system dictates. Thus, for example, the user may input a search string seeking to find occurrences of the term "rain" within two seconds of the term "Spain", all in the same sentence as the word "plane." Other variations are also possible.
Regardless of which such input method is used to enter the search string, all of the terms may be converted to phonetic representation prior to performing the search. The file to be searched is also either an audio file, or a text file that has been concerted to a phonetic transcription.
In the event that the user does not know how to spell one or more words or phrases, part of the search string may be input in phonetic form. Thus, for example, a user can input a search string by specifying "The rain in Spain [FAOLZ] mainly on the plane". The term [FAOLZ] is a phonetic representation of "falls." The deliminators signify a phonetic representation. This would permit the system to search for the appropriate string even though only a portion of the string is spelled correctly. The user may also input word or nonsense utterance whose pronunciation using letter-to-sound rules approximate that of the target.
Notably, a novel aspect of the invention therefore, comprises converting the input string into phonetics by searching the input string to ascertain which words are entered linguistically, and which words have been entered phonetically. A text to speech program can then be utilized to convert the linguistically entered words into phonetics, while the phonetically entered words are converted by simply generating the phonemes. Any words that are misspelled linguistically will be detected via their absence from a dictionary. The spelling can then be corrected using standard techniques known and used in word processors, and the correct linguistically entered word ascertained and converted to phonetics. In another embodiment, the system could process correctly spelled words linguistically, and could presume that incorrectly spelled words are phonetically entered. Notably, even if the incorrect word is ascertained, as long as the ascertained word is phonetically similar to the desired word, then the phonetic searching described herein will operate substantially correctly.
Thus, a search string may be entered that specifies phonetically or linguistically which terms are to be located, and which specifies distances between items in the search string by either words, paragraphs, etc. or by time. The search string may even be entered in a manner that separates words by number of phonemes, although such a technique is less user-friendly and thus less desirable. The ability to specify search items in such a manner provides the most flexibility to a user, and represents an advance over fixed input type of systems.
In still another embodiment, the input string may itself be entered by voice commands. The voice commands are then placed through a speech recognition algorithm and are turned into a sequence of phonemes for phonetic searching. The algorithm to convert the voice string into the phonemes may be a commercially available such algorithm, or may utilize the technology described later herein.
File to search field 103 permits a user to specify whether the search is being performed on a text or an audio file. In the case of a text file, the system may convert such text first to a phonetic transcription. Note that the software may determine automatically from the examination of the file whether the file to be searched is an audio file or a text file. However, in the case where two files have the same name, it would be desirable to specify which file should be searched, either the audio or the textual. For phonetic searching, the file may be preprocessed in accordance with the algorithm described hereafter.
A quality meter 106 is also part of the user interface. The quality meter gives the user an indication of how accurate the search results are likely to be based upon the input search string being entered. The "quality" would usually increase as the number of words increases. Moreover, given the probabilistic nature of the search, and the lack of hard decisions, the longer and more unique the search string is, the more accurate the results. The quality meter includes an indicator that moves from a predetermined minimum to a predetermined maximum in order to indicate how "good" the input search string is.
The quality meter may be calibrated empirically by measuring the quality of results achieved with search strings of different lengths. Alternatively, the quality of the search may be related to any parameter of the string via empirical calculations. Thus, the quality may be related to the number of vowels in the search string, the number of separate words, or any other parameter. The system designer is free to pick any parameter that characterizes the search string, vary the values through a range, and then utilize changes in the accuracy of the result to calibrate the quality meter correctly.
Once calibrated, the quality meter determines that a particular search string is 50%, or 80%, or 90% accurate. The user may then keep lengthening and changing the search string until an acceptable quality is reached.
The algorithm for performing the search is essentially a matrix of phonemes, wherein one dimension of the matrix represents time frames of an audio file to be searched, and a second dimension of the matrix represents the 40 phonemes and a "bridge" state, representing the state between words. The second dimension actually includes 121 values, since each of the forty phonemes includes three states, and the "bridge" state is one additional state.
In order to maximize the speed of searching the stored audio file, a novel-searching algorithm, is disclosed. In the exemplary embodiment, multiple Gaussian mixtures are utilized to model a vector of 39 features, the features being comprised of 13 Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC's) along with a first and second derivative for each. The models are then used to compute bs(Ot) for all states s, 1≦s≦S, where S is the number of states, and observation symbols Ot at all time frames t, as specified in Rabiner Equation (8) (Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 77, No. 2, February 1989, pp.-257-284). The possible states are chosen from the 121 states, 120 of which represent 3 states of 40 phonemes, and one of which is a "bridge" state as described below. The model utilized is one of several standard models used to train in the well-known Balm Welch training algorithm.
In addition to being utilized to calculate bs(Ot) for all states and time frames, the models also contain state transition probabilities ajk as defined in Rabiner Equation (7). The transition probabilities ajk represent the probability that the signal will transition to a state k the next time frame if it is currently in state j. These transition probabilities can be ascertained using the Baum Welch algorithm as described in Rabiner III-C or other ways known in the art.
During pre-processing of the stored audio file, a matrix is constructed, wherein rows of the matrix represent time frames of an audio file, and columns of the matrix represent different possible states. Each entry in the matrix is the likelihood of the feature vector for a specified phoneme at a specified time as denoted bs(Ot), or more accurately, during a specified time frame. A representation of such a matrix is depicted in
Preferably, each of these probabilities is quantized with a four-bit log linear quantizer producing a quantized score. The score for each phoneme state is stored for every frame. In a preferred embodiment, the frame is 32 milliseconds long, and overlapping frames are calculated every 10 ms. Thus, with reference to
In addition to the foregoing preprocessing, a forward variable score for the bridge state αt(bridge) as described in Rabiner, equations (19) and (20), for all frames is calculated. Conceptually, this represents the probability that the system is entering the bridge state, given the signal history starting from the beginning of the signal and moving forward. It attempts to calculate the probability that, of the plural possible different paths through all of the possible states that the signal could take, it in fact took a path that would put it into the bridge state during this particular frame. This forward variable score αt(bridge) is calculated for each frame (i.e., row) in the matrix of
The next step in the preprocessing, is to calculate and store P(O|λ), as described in Rabiner, incorporated herein by reference, eqn. (21). O represents all of the speech feature vectors O0. OT. The variable λ stands for the entire HMM network and acoustical models that were calculated when the speech signal was modeled according to the multiple Guassian models and the Baum Welch training algorithm as previously described. Conceptually, the term P represents the probability that the input speech signal was produced by the acoustical model used to model the speech. Techniques and software for calculating P are known in the art.
The next step in the preprocessing stage is to calculate the backwards probability, βt(bridge), as described in Rabiner eqn. (24) and (25) for all frames. This represents the probability that the signal is in the bridge state given the history looking backwards. In other words, starting from the end of the signal and working toward the beginning, as the frames are traversed, βt(bridge) represents the probability that the signal has traversed a path of states that leads it into the bridge state at time t. This probability then must be multiplied by the acoustical probability that the signal is in the bridge state at time t, based upon the Guassian models previously described.
Next, we observe that the probability that a phoneme having its last state as state n ends in a particular time frame t can therefore be represented as
Γt (n)=[βt+1(bridge)]b bridge(O t+1)][a n,bridge]
where bbridge(Ot+1) is the acoustical probability of the bridge state given the feature vector from frame t+1. In other words, bbridge(Ot+1) is the 121st column of the matrix shown in
The an,bridge represents the transition probability from state n to the bridge state. State n is chosen to be the last state of the last phoneme of the search phrase, and thus depends on the search string. Nonetheless, the portion of the Γt (n) for each of the time frames that is represented by the first two factors of the right side of the above equation is all known in advance of the entry of the search string, and can be calculated during preprocessing. When the search string is entered, the calculation of the Γt (n) can be completed, yielding a set of variables that represent the probability that the system has moved from the bridge state at time t, given Ot+1, Ot+2, . . . , OT and its audio characteristics during time t.
After completing the foregoing preprocessing, the system will seek to find, during searching, for each time frame, the probability that the signal, moving backwards in time, goes from the bridge state to the state that is the last state of the search string. In other words, this represents the probability that the search string ended during a time frame in the prestored audio file.
In the search stage, a command may be given by a user to find a specified key word or phrase in the audio. The command may be given utilizing one of the exemplary user interfaces described herein, or another exemplary user interface. Once converted to phonetics, the goal now is to compare the search string to the preprocessed information and to ascertain, for each time frame in the matrix of
In furtherance of the above, the system needs to ascertain, as best as possible, what the state of the search string is at the time the string ends. In other words, the system attempts to ascertain the last state of the last phoneme of the search string. It then compares this last state to the stored preprocessed audio file in order to find the 32 ms frames that have the maximum probability that the last state of the search string occurred during said frame.
More specifically, the search string is processed initially to obtain a probability that the search string is in state k at a time frame of −1. This is initialized by setting α−1(k)=0 for all states (i.e., for all ks).
The variable αt(k) as defined in Rabiner Equation (18), is the forward variable probability that the search string is the kth state during time frame t. For each time frame greater than −1, the probability that the search string traversed a sequence of states to arrive at a state k is calculated as follows:
For k=1, which is the first state in the search string:
αt+1(1)=[αt(bridge)a bridge,1+αt(1)a 11 ]b 1(O t+1)
For k>1 and up through n, the following applies:
αt+1(k)=[αt(k−1)a k−1,k+αt(k)a kk ]b k(O t+1). 2≦k≦n, 0≦t≦T
Wherein bn(Ot+1) is the entry of the matrix of
Notably, any states not contained in the search string correspond to columns of the matrix of
Intuitively, the foregoing attempts to calculate the probability that the input signal has traversed a path defined by a set of states. For each time frame and each state, the above calculates the probability that the signal was in that state and stayed in that state, and adds it to the probability that the signal was in the prior state and moved to the state in question. The equation above for the first state is slightly different, because the first state was entered from the bridge state.
The system then can find the time frame in the stored audio file at which the search phrase is most likely to have ended by calculating the probability that the path of the search string through all possible states goes from state n, the last state of the search phrase, to the bridge state, during time frame t. The following equation yields such a result:
where λ is defined in Rabiner Equation (11)
The system computes the above equation for each of the time frames t, which represent the probabilities that the search string ended within a particular time frame. These probabilities are then sorted and preferably displayed in descending order. The result is a list of the time frames, in descending order of probability, during which it is most likely that the search phrase ended.
In essence, the algorithm is determining the probability that the searched for phrase ended during a particular time t. The algorithm may then output the set of probabilities, with the corresponding time t, in decreasing order. This can represent a decreasing ordered list of the most probable times that the searched for phrase appears in the stored audio signal.
It will be readily appreciated by those of skill in the art that the foregoing algorithm need not be limited to searching for the time frame in which a key phrase or word ends. By simply reversing the time order of the foregoing equations, which are set up to search for the end of a word, the algorithm may search for the beginning of a word. Moreover, after the particular time frames in which the beginning or end of the word occurs are ranked by probability value, the audio may be played back to a user. Preferably, the list of time frames would be displayed on the screen, and the user can select particular time frames. Once the time frame is selected, the system should preferably begin playing back the audio from the stored audio textual file from a few words, seconds, or sentences prior to the selected time frame, so that the user can see the context of the phrase.
We note that the term "Phonetic", as used herein, is given its ordinary meaning. That is, it is meant to define the format used by most common dictionaries. The use of a phonetic search string provides more user flexibility because the user need not know the correct spellings of each word.
There is however, still another type of search string contemplated by the present invention, which is sometimes referred to as phonetic but which is different from the ordinary phonetic. We term this additional type of search string a "sounds like" phonetic search string. An example will help illustrate. Take the word "caterpillar". A phonetic spelling is kat'er pil'er. A sounds like phonetic spelling would be "cat are pill or", which, although not strictly phonetic, represents still another manner in which search strings may be put in. Different deliminaters or other characters may be used to designate, for each term or sound in the input phrase, whether the term or sound is being entered linguistically, phonetically, or using sounds like phonetically. In such a manner, any combination of two or three of the foregoing techniques may be used depending upon user preferences.
While the foregoing describes the preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be appreciated that various other modifications or additions will be apparent to those of skill in the art. Such modifications or additions are intended to be covered by the following claims.
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Through a collaboration with the Emerson College collective Film Organics, we are very proud to present a brand new 35mm copy of Brûle la mer (Burn the Sea), made by Nathalie Nambot and Maki Berchache in 2014 and partially completed at the independent filmmakers' collective and laboratory L'abominable. A very special thanks to MoMA and the filmmakers for this fortuitous opportunity!
Brûle la mer stands at the paradoxical crossroads between the lively energy of a revolution in progress (Tunisia), the momentum of a departure to Europe, and the violence of a welcome declined. The film targets what constitutes the sensitive framework of an existence at a time of rupture; that which is the smallest, the most common, far from exoticism, but haunted by a dream, like an exhortation. It is not a film about emigration or revolution, it is an essay on freedom, or rather an essay that stages freedom: a real and fictitious attempt to escape which involves the making of a film, taking part in the process of emancipation: burning the sea, borders, laws, papers, etc. What does it mean to break with one's past life, leave one's country and family in which, somehow or other, strong links of solidarity, mutual assistance and ancestral ties to the land still prevail, and join a world mythologized and dominated by capitalist relationships? What is meant by 'living one's life'?
Up until 2009 Nathalie Nambot worked mainly as a theatre actress. She directed her first film Ami, entends tu in Moscow in 2010. She spends part of her time at L'abominable. She is also active with political collectives and illegal migrants fighting against social exclusion and repression.
Maki Berchache was born in Zarzis, Tunisia. He left school early and worked in several hotels and tourist complexes on the South East coast of Tunisia. He arrived in France just after the fall of Ben Ali. He was introduced to cinema at L'abominable by Nicolas Rey and Nathalie Nambot.
75 minutes, 35mm, color
In French and Arabic (subtitled in English)
Shooting format: Super8 and 16mm
Production company: les Films du Bilboquet / Eugénie Michel-Villette and Alix Didrich
Images 16mm: Nicolas Rey
Editing: Gilda Fine


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