ABSTRACT In this paper we address the issue of pronunciation model- ing for conversational speech synthesis. We experiment with two different HMM topologies (fully connected state model and forward connected state model) for sub-phonetic model- ing to capture the deletion and insertion of sub-phonetic states during speech production process. We show that the experi- mented HMM topologies have higher log likelihood than the traditional 5-state sequential model. We also study the first and
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Money Does Not Buy Happiness For a long time money and happiness has been compared and contrasted‚ but recently there has been more of a push to find a better understanding and correlation between the two. The author of True Wealth‚ Juliet B. Schor‚ suggests that this debate started around the 1970’s‚ although‚ the basic idea of consumerism is been around for virtually forever or for ever long goods have been made in large quantities. But does having more stuff really make you happier? Is someone
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Money Can Buy Happiness: The Question of Choice in Dreiser’s “The Second Choice” The United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was undergoing a drastic change. A war between its states had just concluded‚ enslaved people were granted freedom‚ immigrants from all over the world flocked to the country‚ and a bitter divide between rich and poor was beginning to form. The literature followed the same trajectory of the country and‚ as does most literature‚ became a mirror of the
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the thirst of money is almost the most often common quality.This reflects the people’s selfishness and weakness in front of such a worthless thing.For most people in our modern-capitalism world‚ money is the first thing‚ and sometimes the only thing to which they aspire.People run after these pieces of paper sealed by the evil believing that nothing else matters but money.This kind of persons think that with money they can buy everything in this world‚ but it’s not true. Money are just a way
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whether it can buy happiness. Can money buy happiness? This question is one of the most heavily disputed and researched of all times. The case points The 5 influencing Factors Money has on happiness‚ and studies done by economist Richard Easterlin and young economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers and their findings. In his study Richard Easterlin argues that economic growth doesn’t necessarily lead to more satisfaction. Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers argue that money indeed tends
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Money Money doesn’t buy happiness but it helps. Money has become one of the main things in our modern life. Some people live their lives to earn money. They work hard‚ trying to earn as much money as they can. Some of them become crazy about it and lose their dignity hunting money. They don’t appreciate such important things as family‚ friendship‚ love and other feelings. Such people become greedy‚ they spend their lives in loneliness. I don’t deny that money influences our life a lot. As W
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Can Money Buy Happiness In today’s materialistic world‚ the phrase that ‘money can’t buy happiness’ is tending to be proved hence otherwise. Social research and surveys have shown results based on an individuals income‚ health and the political scenario which is dominant in his or her region. It is quite obvious that the gap between the privileged and the not so is growing into a great divide giving rise to different class and status‚ thus defining ones social circle. It should therefore be understood
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Money can bring happiness‚ do you agree or disagree? ( within 300 words‚ at least 250 words; IELTS for GENERAL TRAINING) As the most significant symptom of wealth‚ possessing a large sum of money has become a unique pursuit of many people‚ especially young generation‚ around the world. They are convinced of that happiness can bought by sufficient money. However‚ they could neglect the fact that happiness is not just determined by one factor but many others such as your friends‚ relatives‚ and
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Can money buy you happiness? The general belief is that the rich tend to pamper their children by buying them all sorts of “toys”‚ while the poorer children do not do this because they cannot afford to. It is usually presented in stories- especially in movies - that rich children are bad while those from poorer families struggle all their lives. Consequently it may be believed that children from rich families are happier than those from poorer ones. This may be the case in some instances‚ but is
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life while the truth of the matter is their money allows them to easily take care of the necessities in life such as food and clothing that other people may not be able to maintain. Therefore‚ in comparison to those types of people‚ the ones with more money generally appear more fulfilled because they are able to purchase other desires without the worry of not sustaining a steady lifestyle. Having more money provides relief for the person rather than happiness because of their ability to obtain new possessions
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