Northeastern University presented a TED Talk called‚ “Synthetic Voices‚ as unique as fingerprints.” As a speech scientist‚ she wanted to engineer a solution that focused on building customized voices for people with speech impairments. She started the Human Voicebank Initiative‚ which allows people of all walks-of-life to donate their voices to the VOCALiD project for infusion into compatible speech-impaired voices. This bank made the matches between donors and receivers based on the receivers’ personalities
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delivered the awe-inspiring speech “Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address.” The speech was given in response to the detrimental bombing that occurred in Oklahoma City only four days prior. This presentation was delivered to the family‚ friends‚ and community of the victims. The speech is considered to be one of the top rhetoric speeches in American history‚ and it is deemed as such because of its beautiful array of literary devices and appeals present. At the time the speech was delivered Clinton was
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The United States prides itself on the freedoms that are afforded to each of its citizens. Among those freedoms is the first amendment freedom of speech. However‚ that freedom is often called into question. For instance‚ the Snyder v. Phelps case. In the Snyder v. Phelps case‚ Albert Snyder who is the father of Matthew A. Snyder‚ argues how the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) picketed his son’s funeral asserting offensive statements due to his Albert Snyder’s homosexuality. Moreover‚ Snyder filed a
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One of her most memorable moments was when she gave the speech The Destructive Male at the 1868 Women’s Suffrage Convention. With this speech she passionately states how the intelligent‚ wise female is kept from having any involvement in the world and how this affects our nation since
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Interpreting Multiple Interpretations Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Double Portrait is a painting that has intrigued viewers and scholars for centuries. Many scholars have contemplated the identity of the two sitters as well as the symbolism related to everything else in the room. Compared to Van Eyck’s other works‚ the delicate and detailed paintings appear to share a common thread of painting a scene that contains many items that would make it more realistic of a setting. The scene depicted seems likely
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ENGL101 Final May 15‚ 2012 Invention Conan O’Brien gave his commencement speech at Dartmouth in 2011‚ congratulating the graduating class and imparting a few words of wisdom.During his speech‚ he appealed mostly to pathos and ethos‚ being as this was a commencement speech‚ there wasn’t very much need to appeal to logos using stats or facts. He used pathos to appeal to the graduating students by telling about his falling out with NBC and how he came back to fame with his talk show on TBS. He
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Jade Richmond Kimberly Southwick English 702 Wednesday‚ April 15‚ y Hate Speech: Could It Hurt? As a little girl‚ money was scarce. Living in in a tiny apartment poor was well known in my vocabulary. I was around children who had money and opportunity and two parents where I had no money‚ and just a single mom. Kids laughed when I had holes in my shoes and ripped stockings and none of the popular toys‚ and parents whispered when my mom couldn ’t afford to rent a hall for my birthday party or a
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SPEECH You are the president of the robotic Club in your school. You would like to present a speech entitled: ‘Keeping Robot Pet Is More Practical than Raising Real Pets’ at school assembly and compare the two types of pets. Good Morning to the Principal ‚ teachers and fellow students. My name is Rose Benitar and as the president of the Robotics Club‚ I would like to present a speech entitled ‘Keeping Robot Pets Is More Practical than Raising Real Pets’. I am sure many
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Edward Snowden’s speech about the NSA and its deceitful practices was more effective in persuading the audience than Barrack Obama’s speech defending the NSA. This is due to Snowden‘s speech having a greater appeal to the viewer’s sense of logos‚ ethos in comparison to Obama’s speech. Snowden’s speech is more persuasive then Obama’s speech in terms of logos because of the flawed reasoning behind Obama’s central messages. Obama’s tries to convey that the American people should “focusing on facts and
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Lecture No. 1 Introduction to Strategic Management Chapter Summary Strategic management is the set of decisions and actions that result in the formulation and implementation of plans designed to achieve a company’s objectives. Because it involves long-term‚ future-oriented‚ complex decision making and requires considerable resources‚ top-management participation is essential. This chapter describes strategic management as a three-tier process involving corporate-‚ business-‚ and functional-level
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