Silence suppression Silence suppression is achieved by recognizing the lack of speech through a speech processing mechanism called voice activity detection (VAD) which dynamically monitors background noise and sets a corresponding speech detection threshold. This technique is also known as speech activity detection (SAD). Silence suppression is a way to save bandwidth when conducting voice communications‚ or at least audio communications‚ over the Internet; it’s an advantage for businesses‚ especially
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Behind the Title of Dahl’s ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’” ‘‘Lamb to the Slaughter’’ is representative of Dahl’s economical style and dry‚ dark sense of humor. Like all of his short fiction‚ the narrative in this story is driven by plot‚ not by character or mood. Readers find themselves dropped into the middle of the action with no knowledge of the background or history of the characters to establish tone or motive. Starting with the double meaning of its title‚ however‚ ‘‘Lamb to the Slaughter’’ offers
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Songs of Silence Theme: Silence Topic: How is silence depicted in the following chapters: Effita‚ A story with no name‚ Nathan and Miss Minnie? In the novel Songs of Silence the theme silence is portrayed in the various chapters and shows us the different reasons and reactions to silence. Silence is a major theme in the novel but in these particular chapters it gives us a clearer understanding to what is happening. The novel suggests to us that silence is not just the absence of sound‚ but is
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Lamb To The Slaughter – Roald Dahl Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter is the story of a loyal’s wife reaction to her husband’s betrayal‚ using the rhetorical devices of dramatic irony‚ dark humor and foreshadowing. Throughout‚ the story you follow an abnormal day in Mary Maloney very wonted life. She makes the day abnormal by murdering her husband and shrewdly covers it up‚ without leaving a trace of evidence. The biggest symbol in the story is the lamb. It’s the most spoken about object in the story
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Therefore‚ I agree with his point. We live in twenty first century a world that is so busy and fast. Music Industry plays a great role in people’s lives. The question is does music has positive effect or negative effect on us? After reading "On Silence"‚ I would say negative effect. Now I realized that music is something that people use to forget their bad times‚ music is a just temporary solution to people’s problems. Aldous Huxley states three main points on music. He says that the music is a
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The Importance of Silence No one should ever underestimate how important silence really is in our lives. It is very important to be silent during performances‚ no matter what the performance is for. If it is for speech‚ singing‚ Broadway‚ etc.‚ you still need to be silent. No matter what you think‚ silence is a key role to many things in our lives. You always need to be silent during a performance because you are not the only person there. You have to be considerate for the other people
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first read “The Lamb”‚ I initially concluded that Blake was referring to Jesus Christ throughout the whole poem. I had heard that some think Blake may just have been describing an actual lamb – I think there may be some justification for that in the first half‚ but we’ll get to that in a moment. My reflections about the Christian interpretation changed immediately when I read “The Tyger”. In my opinion‚ Blake’s religious points of view as portrayed in his works‚ “The Tyger” and “The Lamb”‚ stand in staunch
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Walli-Attaei Ms. Klimitz ENG 3U1-01 21 July 2012 Clever Killer What was the last mistake you made that really ruined things for you? In the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl‚ Mary Maloney the protagonist is seen as the average house wife living‚ until she murders her husband‚ Patrick Maloney‚ a police officer with a frozen leg of lamb. Mary discovers about a divorce her husband wanted and acted upon it killing him. Mary Maloney’s personality traits such as her cleverness to fool the
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Lies of Silence: Personal freedom is not viewed as important here. Throughout the text individuals are forced to do things by others that they do not wish to do‚ or others at least attempt to force them to do so‚ which is still indicative of a world where one’s personal freedom to choose what they wish to do is not valued. The IRA attempts to force Dillon to cooperate in the blowing up of the hotel he works‚ despite his obvious wishes not to – however he almost goes through with this‚ due to the
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QEP: The Lamb And The Pinecone The Lamb And The Pinecone The piece or excerpt taken from “The Lamb And The Pinecone” is one that reflects the youth and childhood of a man who is now an adult. Because he is unable to attach to anything in his adulthood like he was able to attach to his toy lamb as a child‚ he longs to fulfill that feeling once more. This excerpt demonstrates one longing for childhood feelings during manhood. The author indicates that the lesson of friendship is one that he
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