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pheonix358
Very professional video. Too good perhaps.
Why is it that the presenter is always either a beautiful young lady or a hansom man. Everything is right. Good makeup / good hairstyle both just touched up. Where is someone ordinary.
Why is she speaking English?
The whole thing seems to me to be very professional, in fact, way too so.
I lean towards 'Just another dose of Propaganda aimed at ones emotions'
To the OP, thank you for finding this. Either way it is good to see.
Pedit on 16/3/2014 by pheonix358 because: (no reason given)
sosobad
The end of this video details who Larry Diamond is, very good details on what's happening in Ukraine also.
edit on 16-3-2014 by sosobad because: (no reason given)
Wavelet-based Voice Morphing
ORPHANIDOU C.,
Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Oxford OX1 3LB, UK
[email protected]
MOROZ I.M.
Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Oxford OX1 3LB, UK
[email protected]
ROBERTS S.J.
Pattern Analysis and Machine Learning Research Group
Information Engineering, University of Oxford
Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK
[email protected]
Abstract: - This paper presents a new multi-scale voice morphing algorithm. This algorithm enables a user to
transform one persons speech pattern into another persons pattern with distinct characteristics, giving it a new
identity, while preserving the original content. The voice morphing algorithm performs the morphing at
different subbands by using the theory of wavelets and models the spectral conversion using the theory of Radial
Basis Function Neural Networks. The results obtained on the TIMIT speech database demonstrate effective
transformation of the speaker identity.
Key-Words: - Voice Morphing, Wavelets, Radial Basis Function Neural Networks.
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www.robots.ox.ac.uk...
The above is just one example.
Char-Lee
but clearly just one person here or there in a country can't really tell anyone the truth about the whole of what is going on in a country.
Char-Lee
the2ofusr1
reply to post by sosobad
Thanks for that counter for consideration .There is a vid up on youtube I watched between Syrian Girl and Ukraine Girl .She is a cuti too but speaks to the truth .She give some better clarification on some of the reports we heard in the vid you posted and points out some other western propaganda as well . www.youtube.com... I tried embedding I hope it works ...peace
spooky24
For once I agree with the majority that this is manufactured for propaganda. The girl looks and sounds like an actress.
The question is why. It fails to matter which side you are on in this standoff because this is so clearly manufactured for political effect.
Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, where he also directs the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. He is the founding co-editor of the “Journal of Democracy” and also serves as Senior Consultant (and previously was co-director) at the International Forum for Democratic Studies of the National Endowment for Democracy. During 2002–3, he served as a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and was a contributing author of its report “Foreign Aid in the National Interest.” He has also advised and lectured to the World Bank, the United Nations, the State Department, and other governmental and nongovernmental agencies dealing with governance and development. His latest book, “The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World” (Times Books, 2008), explores the sources of global democratic progress and stress and the prospects for future democratic expansion. At Stanford University, Diamond is also professor by courtesy of political science and sociology. He teaches courses on comparative democratic development and post-conflict democracy building, and advises many Stanford students. In May 2007, he was named “Teacher of the Year” by the Associated Students of Stanford University for teaching that “transcends political and ideological barriers.” At the June 2007 Commencement ceremony, Diamond was honored by Stanford University with the Dinkelspiel Award for Distinctive Contributions to Undergraduate Education. He was cited, inter alia, for fostering dialogue between Jewish and Muslim students; for “his inspired teaching and commitment to undergraduate education; for the example he sets as a scholar and public intellectual, sharing his passion for democratization, peaceful transitions, and the idea that each of us can contribute to making the world a better place; and for helping make Stanford an ideal place for undergraduates.” During the first three months of 2004, Diamond served as a senior adviser on governance to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad. Since then, he has lectured and written extensively on U.S. policy in Iraq and the wider challenges of post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction, and was one of the advisors to the Iraq Study Group. His 2005 book, “Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq,” was one of the first books to critically analyze America’s postwar engagement in Iraq. He has also participated in several working groups on the Middle East. During 2004–5, was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Independent Task Force on United States Policy toward Arab Reform. With Abbas Milani, he coordinates the Hoover Institution Project on Democracy in Iran. Diamond has edited or co-edited some 36 books on democracy, including the recent titles “How People View Democracy,” “How East Asians View Democracy,” “Latin America’s Struggle for Democracy,” “Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan, and Assessing the Quality of Democracy.” Among his other published works are, “Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation” (1999), “Promoting Democracy in the 1990s” (1995), and “Class, Ethnicity, and Democracy in Nigeria” (1989). He also edited the 1989-90 series “Democracy in Developing Countries,” with Juan Linz and Seymour Martin Lipset.
Diamond has served as an advisor to numerous governmental and international organizations at various points in his life, including the United States Department of State, United Nations, World Bank, and U.S. Agency for International Development. He is an advisory board member for the Roosevelt Institution and a founding Co-Editor of the National Endowment for Democracy's Journal of Democracy. He is also a coordinator of Hoover Institute's Iran Democracy Project, along with Abbas Milani and Michael McFaul.
sosobad
Excuse me for being harsh but what the hell does that have to do with the film being funded by Larry Diamond? All the proof is there on the website for the film. If you don't trust "robotic" voices why don't you have a look for yourself? Or will you not trust your eyes either?edit on 16-3-2014 by sosobad because: (no reason given)
The following year, he was recruited to join the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps and trained at Fort Holabird, Maryland. Then he was assigned to the 519th MI Battalion in Miami, Florida, where he interviewed Cuban refugees fleeing Fidel Castro’s government. During the last six months of his enlistment, his unit was deployed to Vietnam, where he joined Armed Forces Radio-Saigon and met the station’s program director, Airman Adrian Cronauer. Their close friendship resulted in Moses' decision to write the story of their experiences at Armed Forces Radio – Saigon, which he titled "Good Morning, Vietnam."
sasquatch5100
reply to post by ElectricUniverse
I believe the Ukrainians want freedom as well and the girl in the video may, or may not be, an actress but it's being used by propagandists. She could very well be acting, her eyes don't have to move side to side for that to be true. Aside from that, it is much easier for the tptb to film someone that is organic, if she is for real, then to coach someone.
All that being said, if the CFR is involved then it is for their own self interests, not ours or the Ukrainians!edit on 16-3-2014 by sasquatch5100 because: (no reason given)
I am responding to your response to respond to both your response and that of the member who posted that video.
sosobad
Also Writer, Director and Producer Ben Moses en.wikipedia.org...
The following year, he was recruited to join the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps and trained at Fort Holabird, Maryland. Then he was assigned to the 519th MI Battalion in Miami, Florida, where he interviewed Cuban refugees fleeing Fidel Castro’s government. During the last six months of his enlistment, his unit was deployed to Vietnam, where he joined Armed Forces Radio-Saigon and met the station’s program director, Airman Adrian Cronauer. Their close friendship resulted in Moses' decision to write the story of their experiences at Armed Forces Radio – Saigon, which he titled "Good Morning, Vietnam."
For a month now I have been debating whether or not to post this simply because I didn't want to get into a heated discussion, but this is the truth.
The 2014 Ukrainian revolution[21][22] began with civil unrest in Kiev, Ukraine, as part of Ukraine's ongoing Euromaidan protest movement against the government.[23] The conflict escalated rapidly, leading to the downfall of the government of President Viktor Yanukovych and the setting up of a new government to replace it within a few days.[21] Yanukovych fled to Russia,[24] and is wanted in Ukraine for the killing of protesters.[25] The conflict continued with the 2014 Crimean crisis when Russian forces seized control of the Crimea region.[26]
Internationlly, the status of the transition as a "revolution" is currently ambiguous. [27] Russia and Yanukovych denounce it as a coup d’état.[28]
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The Euromaidan (Ukrainian: Євромайдан, Yevromaidan, literally "Eurosquare") is a wave of ongoing demonstrations, civil unrest and revolution in Ukraine, which began on the night of 21 November 2013 with public protests demanding closer European integration. The scope of the protests expanded, with many calls for the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and his government.[70] Many protesters joined because of the violent dispersal of protesters on 30 November and "a will to change life in Ukraine".[5] By 25 January 2014, the protests had been fueled by the perception of widespread government corruption, abuse of power, and violation of human rights in Ukraine.[71] Unrest stemming from the Euromaidan protests, and subsequent, violent government response, has prompted fears of civil war.[72]
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According to journalist Lecia Bushak writing in the 18 February 2014 issue of Newsweek magazine,
EuroMaidan has grown into something far bigger than just an angry response to the fallen-through EU deal. It's now about ousting Yanukovych and his corrupt government; guiding Ukraine away from its 200-year-long, deeply intertwined and painful relationship with Russia; and standing up for basic human rights to protest, speak and think freely and to act peacefully without the threat of punishment.[85]
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