cases presented in this discussion board are major to the nations history. Each showed both the need for civil right advancement and progress that was made in this area. In the Dred Scott case the issue of freedom amongst slaves was first highlight in this nations court system. It can be argued that though Dred Scott was not successful in his attempt towards freedom‚ his case was a victory for the slave population. This is because the case examined whether African American should be viewed as citizens
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"Today’s Fail – Safe Students” by Scott Carlson‚ states that today’s students are being coddled from failure. “How to fail isn’t always a lesson today’s students are learning. Instead‚ they are insulated from it” (page 1). Students who have been taught failure are the ones who become more successful in life. As you see in the article‚ students at the College of Wooster are often receiving failing grades and don’t know how to recover. Students who have never experience failure are unfazed by it.
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Pronunciation of Nouns in Text to Speech systems E.Veera Raghavendra‚ Lavanya Prahallad IIIT Hyderabad‚ India raghavendra@iiit.net‚ lavanyap@cmu.edu At present most speech synthesis systems use raw text as their input which is understandable from a human point of view but problematic for the machines since the process of converting text to speech is very complex; in this paper we discuss the need for having a specific SSML tag for each “mention” (1st occurrence‚ 2nd occurrence) of a proper noun
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This shift of ideals was not only evident through the actions and mindsets of Americans during this time but also through authors and literature. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote several novels and short stories that reflect the developing ideas during the Roaring Twenties. Within one of his most famous novels‚ This Side of Paradise‚ he reflects upon his
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Through his classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald allows many aspects of his personal life to permeate into the story‚ characters‚ and ideologies. Without having any background into the life of Fitzgerald‚ the average reader would conclude that the story was no less than a figment of Fitzgerald’s imagination. This is not the case however‚ as F. Scott funnels many of his thoughts and ideas into the characters in the book. There are quite a few stunning similarities between his character
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A Writers Style The Pulitzer Prize winning writer N. Scott Momaday has become known as a very distinctive writer who depicts the stories of the Native American life in almost poetic ways. He does an excellent job of transporting the reader from the black and white pages of a book‚ to a world where every detail is pointed out and every emotion felt when reading one of Momaday’s books or other writings. This style of writing that Momaday uses is very evident in his work "The Way to Rainy Mountain
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“Unfinished Masterpieces” is a short story about Anita Scott Coleman who is reminscing about her childhood friends Dora Jones and a vagabon named Mr. William Williams. Anita describes the two characters based on what they did with their lives. She is writing about this in order to convey to the audience the message that one should use the time they have to make something of their life‚ a masterpiece. Dora Jones is fascinated with creating figures using mud which causes her to be isolated from others
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In Dr. Scott Atrans talk entitled Talking To The Enemy he explores the sociological nature of radicalised people in the twenty-first century‚ and the political ramifications of religious fanaticism. some of the points he makes consist of moral virtue‚ sacred values‚ and how acknowledging someone’s sacred values can take tension off of cultural clashes. He also stresses the importance of a an individual’s personal identity Dr. Scott Atrans calls to attention how significant moral virtue is to humanity
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In an essay The Men in our Minds‚ Scott Sanders explains his thoughts on gender equality as a boy‚ and how his views change when he realizes the problem is not with gender inequality but about problems with social class. In a conversation with a friend‚ Sander believes that women have a harder life than men because women are trying to prove their equality. This conversation makes Sanders think about the men he knew as a young boy‚ they worked back-breaking jobs and died young because they were worn
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Guaranteed return of escaped slaves to their owners 3. Slaves referred to as "person held to Service or Labour" in the Constitution 4. Dred Scott vs. Sandford (1857) - See pg. 543 Peter Blow -Dr. Emerson dies while they are in free state - Mrs. Emerson now owns Scott - Mrs.Emerson gets married and gives Scott to Mr. Sandford(brother)-since he was in another state they could take it to federal court-Chief Justice Taney ruled that he was not free-filed using
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