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    technology‚” 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

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    PBS Sick Around America and Sick Around the World Reflection on Health Care Finance This documentary shows the inherent disparities of healthcare in US. Though we are generally thought to be a nation based upon equality‚ when it comes to the economics of being healthy and maintaining health‚ certain segments of the population get relegated to the gutter. The World Health Organization decrees that health is a universal right of every human. (WHO‚ 2015) Though health can arguably be considered

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    LIN 2602 LANGUAGE IN A CHANGING WORLD SEMESTER 2 ASSIGNMENT 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 QUESTION ONE 3 2 QUESTION TWO 5 SOURCES CONSULTED 6 QUESTION ONE 1. Language continues to adapt to reflect the circumstances and realities of its speakers as they live through changing times. Over time‚ language and the written word changes; therefore languages can be written down and the written forms can

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    Religious Taboo Explained Why don’t we say certain things or perform certain acts? What stops us from using cursing in public? What stops us‚ for example‚ from discussing ? In every walk of life‚ there is a concept known as taboo. A taboo is something looked down upon by society because of social custom. Incest and indecent exposure are both examples of taboos that hold a legal statute. However‚ many taboos are not illegal. Many actions and words are only taboo because of custom. There are no laws

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    Rachel Notley´s body language INTRODUCTION Nonverbal communication includes all manifestations of non-verbal communication: body language‚ paralinguistics‚ temporal aspects of non-verbal expression‚ communication through action‚ products‚ barriers‚ non-verbal constellations congruence between individuals (Dařílek‚ 2005). Nonverbal communication creates an image of our personality and the impression which it leaves. Up to 55 percent of the information are said by our body language‚ therefore‚ we

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    that the love between Vera and her past love is also acerb; they are destined not to live together; meanwhile‚ it symbolizes Vera’s feeling about their love: acerb rather that sweet. Many details in the article are meaningful‚ especially the body language. The moment Vera met the man‚ “she raised her veil and unbuttoned her high fur collar”.

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    Signs ‚Symblos and Gestures:  A sign is something we directly encounter‚ yet at the same time it refers to something else. Thunder is a sign of rain. A punch in the nose is a sign of anger. An arrow is a sign of whatever it points toward.  Symbols expand the notions of signs and signals. Symbols are characterized by rich meanings that are multiple‚ fluid‚ diverse‚ layered‚ complex‚ and frequently predicated on metaphorical associations that assert an analogy between things from

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    and summary about Nenshi’s body language during the interview Background In the daily social life‚ communication plays an important role in helping individuals to share ideas and strengthen their relationship. Except the words people used in the communication‚ body language is the other significant part of it. Body language is a special language that people use body changes to cooperate with their words to express feelings and emphasize ideas. Every single body language the person used will affect

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    Section B Insignificant Gestures The short story deals with the aspects of life when you are terrorized by a foreign memory. It is written in 2007 by Jo Cannon. The short story is told by a doctor and psychiatrist looking back at his time in Africa. He had a young girl named Celia as a servant‚ who he developed a close bond to‚ during his time in Africa. One day‚ she was found bruised and dying. Later it was discovered that she died of meningitis. The doctor is now haunted by the memory of

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    The story “The Gestures of Grace” by Alison Melotti-Cormack is about a teacher who still liked to learn. She learns something new everyday‚ mostly from her students. At first‚ she didn’t want to be a teacher‚ in fact‚ she said that it was the last thing that she wanted to be. She believes that a teacher listening to their students is a gesture of grace. The students might only trust not trust anybody else enough to talk to them. She thinks that teachers evolve over time and you don’t just become

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