Mark Wahlberg stars in this action thriller set in the cut-throat world of international smuggling. Once a professional criminal specialising in contraband goods and counterfeit money, Chris Farraday (Wahlberg) left his life of crime behind a long time ago and is now happily settled into family life with his wife, Kate (Kate Beckinsale). But when his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), becomes involved in a botched gangland drug deal, Chris finds himself dragged back into the criminal underworld as he goes all out to save Andy's skin.

This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications IMAGE MODELS (AND THEIR SPEECH MODEL COUSINS) is based on the proceedings of a workshop that was an integral part of the 1993-94 IMA program on "Emerging Applications of Probability." We thank Stephen E. Levinson and Larry Shepp for organizing the workshop and for editing the proceedings. We also take this opportunity to thank the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Office, and the National Security Agency, whose financial support made the workshop possible. A vner Friedman Willard Miller, Jr. v PREFACE This volume is an attempt to explore the interface between two diverse areas of applied mathematics that are both "customers" of the maximum likelihood methodology: emission tomography (on the one hand) and hid den Markov models as an approach to speech understanding (on the other hand). There are other areas where maximum likelihood is used, some of which are represented in this volume: parsing of text (Jelinek), microstruc ture of materials (Ji), and DNA sequencing (Nelson). Most of the partici pants were in the main areas of speech or emission density reconstruction. Of course, there are many other areas where maximum likelihood is used that are not represented here."

The complete eight seasons of the US comedy drama following the ups and downs of Hollywood newcomer Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) as he hits the big time. Along for the ride are his best friends, Eric (Kevin Connolly) and Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), his half-brother, Johnny (Kevin Dillon), and his agent, Ari (Jeremy Piven). The episodes comprise: 'Entourage', 'The Review', 'Talk Show', 'Date Night', 'The Script and the Sherpa', 'Busey and the Beach', 'The Scene', 'New York', 'The Boys Are Back in Town', 'My Maserati Does 185', 'Aquamansion', 'An Offer Refused', 'Neighbours', 'Chinatown', 'The Sundance Kids', 'Oh, Mandy', 'I Love You Too', 'The Bat Mitzvah', 'Blue Balls Lagoon', 'Good Morning, Saigon', 'Exodus', 'The Abyss', 'Aquamoon', 'One Day in the Valley', 'Dominated', 'Guys and Doll', 'Crash and Burn', 'Three's Company', 'Strange Days', 'The Release', 'Vegas Baby, Vegas!', 'I Wanna Be Sedated', 'What About Bob?', 'Sorry, Ari', 'Less Than 30', 'Dog Day Afternoon', 'Manic Monday', 'Gotcha', 'Return of the King', 'The Resurrection', 'The Prince's Bride', 'Adios Amigos', 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'The First Cut Is the Deepest', 'Malibooty', 'Sorry, Harvey', 'The Dream Team', 'The Weho Ho', 'The Day F*ckers', 'Gary's Desk', 'The Young and the Stoned', 'Snow Job', 'No Cannes Do', 'The Cannes Kids', 'Fantasy Island', 'Unlike a Virgin', 'The All Out Fall Out', 'Fire Sale', 'Tree Trippers', 'ReDOMption', 'Gotta Look Up to Get Down', 'First Class Jerk', 'Pie', 'Seth Green Day', 'Play'n With Fire', 'Return to Queens Blvd.', 'Drive', 'Amongst Friends', 'One Car, Two Car, Red Care, Blue Car', 'Runnin' On E', 'Fore!', 'Murphy's Lie', 'No More Drama', 'The Sorkin Notes', 'Security Briefs', 'Berried Alive', 'Scared Straight', 'Give a Little Bit', 'Stunted', 'Buzzed', 'Dramedy', 'Tequila Sunrise', 'Bottoms Up', 'Hair', 'Tequila and Coke', 'Sniff Sniff Gang Bang', 'Porn Scenes from an Italian Restaurant', 'Lose Yourself', 'Home Sweet Home', 'Out With a Bang', 'One Last Shot', 'Whiz Kid', 'Motherf*cker', 'The Big Bang', 'Second to Last' and 'The End'.

This book addresses the problem of articulatory speech synthesis based on computed vocal tract geometries and the basic physics of sound production in it. Unlike conventional methods based on analysis/synthesis using the well-known source filter model, which assumes the independence of the excitation and filter, we treat the entire vocal apparatus as one mechanical system that produces sound by means of fluid dynamics. The vocal apparatus is represented as a three-dimensional time-varying mechanism and the sound propagation inside it is due to the non-planar propagation of acoustic waves through a viscous, compressible fluid described by the Navier-Stokes equations. We propose a combined minimum energy and minimum jerk criterion to compute the dynamics of the vocal tract during articulation. Theoretical error bounds and experimental results show that this method obtains a close match to the phonetic target positions while avoiding abrupt changes in the articulatory trajectory. The vocal folds are set into aerodynamic oscillation by the flow of air from the lungs. The modulated air stream then excites the moving vocal tract. This method shows strong evidence for source-filter interaction. Based on our results, we propose that the articulatory speech production model has the potential to synthesize speech and provide a compact parameterization of the speech signal that can be useful in a wide variety of speech signal processing problems. Table of Contents: Introduction / Literature Review / Estimation of Dynamic Articulatory Parameters / Construction of Articulatory Model Based on MRI Data / Vocal Fold Excitation Models / Experimental Results of Articulatory Synthesis / Conclusion

This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications IMAGE MODELS (AND THEIR SPEECH MODEL COUSINS) is based on the proceedings of a workshop that was an integral part of the 1993-94 IMA program on "Emerging Applications of Probability." We thank Stephen E. Levinson and Larry Shepp for organizing the workshop and for editing the proceedings. We also take this opportunity to thank the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Office, and the National Security Agency, whose financial support made the workshop possible. A vner Friedman Willard Miller, Jr. v PREFACE This volume is an attempt to explore the interface between two diverse areas of applied mathematics that are both "customers" of the maximum likelihood methodology: emission tomography (on the one hand) and hid den Markov models as an approach to speech understanding (on the other hand). There are other areas where maximum likelihood is used, some of which are represented in this volume: parsing of text (Jelinek), microstruc ture of materials (Ji), and DNA sequencing (Nelson). Most of the partici pants were in the main areas of speech or emission density reconstruction. Of course, there are many other areas where maximum likelihood is used that are not represented here."

Recent years have seen a revolution in our knowledge of how children learn to think and speak. In this volume, leading scholars from these rapidly evolving fields of research examine the relationship between child language acquisition and cognitive development, bringing two vital strands of investigation into close dialog. The book explains important new ideas about how language acquisition interacts with the process of early cognition, providing original empirical contributions based on a variety of languages, populations and ages as well as theoretical discussions that bridge psychology, linguistics and anthropology.

Recent years have seen a revolution in our knowledge of how children learn to think and speak. In this volume, leading scholars from these rapidly evolving fields of research examine the relationship between child language acquisition and cognitive development, bringing two vital strands of investigation into close dialog. The book explains important new ideas about how language acquisition interacts with the process of early cognition, providing original empirical contributions based on a variety of languages, populations and ages as well as theoretical discussions that bridge psychology, linguistics and anthropology.

The complete sixth season of the US comedy drama following the celebrity life of Hollywood star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his friends, Eric (Kevin Connolly), Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) and Drama (Kevin Dillon), Vince's half brother. In this season, Vince is back at the top of his career, Eric gets a new job and a new girlfriend, Turtle goes to college and Drama struggles to keep his position on his show, 'Five Towns'. This series includes guest appearances from Jay Leno, David Schwimmer, Mark Wahlberg, Zac Efron, Matt Damon and LeBron James. Episodes comprise: 'Drive', 'Amongst Friends', 'One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car', 'Running On E', 'Fore', 'Murphy's Lie', 'No More Drama', 'The Sorkin Notes', 'Security Briefs', 'Berried Alive', 'Scared Straight' and 'Give a Little Bit'.