In Arcadia by Tom Stoppard‚ Bernard Nightingale is a scholar who craves fame and recognition in academia and he consequently creates a theory that Lord Byron killed Ezra Chater in a duel. In the excerpt‚ Bernard believes he has stumbled upon proof of this theory and pursues it despite Hannah Jarvis’ objections. In order to characterize Bernard as a fame-hungry scholar‚ Stoppard uses stage directions and dialogue between characters to portray his character. Stoppard inserts a variety of stage directions
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Chapter 18: Speaking on special occasions Speeches of Introduction Definition: A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience. 3 purposes in introduction: * Build enthusiasm for the upcoming speaker * Build enthusiasm for the speaker’s topic * Establish a welcoming climate that will boost the speaker’s credibility Something about speaker -> Topic 1. Be brief (max. 2-3 mins) 2. Make sure remarks are accurate (get facts‚ names etc. right) 3. Adapt remarks to the
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“Thoughts” on Redistribution and Recognition The ideas of redistribution and recognition by Fraser‚ really intrigued me to further my thoughts on these concepts. Fraser explains that recognition can be a cultural group looking for recognition of difference whereas redistribution is classified as a transfer or reduction of socioeconomic classes. This made me wonder‚ does redistribution include a progression of taxes according to income? If this is true‚ I can see a strong indication of how this
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Pattern recognition is a useful tool for mathematics‚ mathematical visualization‚ and art. After a brief description of Bongard’s methodology in the field of pattern recognition‚ the author introduces the concept of colour modularity and evaluates how it affects pattern recognition classification. Combining Bongard’s methodology and colour modularity‚ the author attains a richer‚ more persuasive dynamic in pattern description and recognition of five- and ten-pointed star polygons.". Keywords: pattern
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said Jackie Fenn‚ a Fellow in emerging trends and technologies for Gartner‚ a market research firm. GESTURE-RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY In the early 1960s‚ users could move a light-emitting pen to control the Sketchpad computer-aided design system. Several subsequent commercial systems also worked with light-emitting pens. Research into camera-based computer vision for gesture recognition began in earnest in the early 1990s at places such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab‚ Japan’s
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through the poor excuse of a manual provided. While the guide had some of the important pieces we expect from a solid user manual such as warranty information‚ hazard details‚ and equipment information; the manual does not however properly consider its audience. The manual also fails in its ease of use‚ and its document design. THE GOOD Ethical Instructions It is important for any successful user manual to be ethical. A key factor in doing this is to highlight the potential hazards and warnings
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owner’s manual for the iR1210. The criteria for this critique will be in the following areas‚ Audience Recognition‚ Introduction‚ Glossary‚ Technical Description‚ and Graphics. The link to find the manual is by going to www.safemanuals.com and clicking on the Canon iR1210 link and that will enable anyone to download the manual. In writing a manual the goal is to offer customer support. Audience Recognition is a way to decide what to say and how to say. The writer needs to recognize who the readers
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Facial recognition technology is a very well-known technology because of the high security it provides to crucial businesses and government agencies. According to the FBI this technology was‚ "Developed in the 1960s‚ the first semi-automated system for facial recognition required the administrator to locate features (such as eyes‚ ears‚ nose‚ and mouth) on photographs before it calculated distances and ratios to a common reference point" (Facial Recognition). Government agencies and crucial companies
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example‚ patients CK who lost ability to recognize objects after a car accident performed perfectly on the tasks of face recognition. () Meanwhile‚ many cases of patients who suffered prosopagnosia‚ their ability of object identification remains intact. It suggests there is a double dissociation between face and object recognition. Although it helps us to know face and object recognition may not activate the same region of the brain areas‚ we do not know yet which areas are responsible to them respectively
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Handout Cases on Revenue Recognition CASE 1 The Sea-Soft Water Company distributes its water softeners to dealers upon their request. The contract agreement with the dealers is that they may have 90 days to sell and pay for the softeners. Until the 90-day period is over‚ any softeners may be returned at the dealer’s expense and with no further obligations on the dealer’s part. If the water softeners are damaged while in the hands of a dealer‚ Sea-Soft agrees to accept the return of the
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