Optimal alarm sound design: New design process for noticeable‚ but pleasant sounds Author 193 Track 3: what the beep? ABSTRACT The goal of this research is improving alarm sound design‚ focusing on the paradox of noticeable versus pleasant sounds. The characteristics of annoying sounds correspond in large extend to the characteristics of noticeable sounds. Therefore it is difficult to design an alarm sound‚ which is noticeable‚ but not annoying. A lot of studies are conducted along aspects
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Rodney Carey African American History Dr. Reginald Ellis Go Sound the Trumpet: Synopsis In the book Go Sound the Trumpet by Canter Brown Jr.‚ he talks about the documentation of different African Communities in Florida and the communities of the freed slaves. He tells us what happened to slaves after they were freed and where they went. Some of these communities he described as unidentified and he talked about one in particular that escaped identification. Information about the community known
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The Silent Scream “Abortion‚” the sound of massacre‚ murder‚ and manslaughter. Abortions became legal in 1973 with the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court case. With the legalization of eliminating fetal infants‚ there are approximately 40-50 million abortions executed in the United States every year. Abortions should be illegal at all phases of pregnancy for the reasons that the fetuses feel pain during the procedure‚ it can cause psychological harm to the mother‚ and it is morally fallacious. During
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In the opening scenes of the movie‚ Dustin Hoffman plays the starring role as “The Graduate” Benjamin Braddock Benjamin is on an airplane landing in Los Angles as he arrives background music plays “The Sound of Silence”‚ and begins with the line‚ “Hello darkness‚ my old friend” plays. The main motifs of this movie seem to play on rebellion against authority; alienation and isolation; sexually dominance‚ and the loss of one’s innocence. Often a young man‚ although educated‚ possibly will perhaps
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Describing Biblical Parallels in Hawthorne’s "Rappaccini’s Daughter" In Hawthorne’s "Rappaccini’s Daughter‚" many biblical parallels can be found. The story duplicates the chapter of genesis in the bible in many ways. Ranging from the characters‚ to the setting‚ and even the deadly plant in the story. The account of Adam and Eve in Genesis 1-3 is extremely similar to the situation of Giovanni and Beatrice in the story. In both "Rappaccini’s Daughter" and the Genesis chapters in the bible‚ lush
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stupid people‚ they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience”. Mark Twain was an outstanding american author who wrote Tom Sawyer (Later called the great american novel) and it’s sequel Huckleberry finn. In the Novel Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry‚ by Mildred Taylor‚ Choosing your own Battles is an ongoing theme throughout the book. One example is on pg. 54‚ when the book was talking about how the bus that always splashed them to and from school‚ “ As it approached the lake‚ it
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In Faulkner’s The Sound and The Fury Jason Compson was unintentionally cheated out of a prosperous future by his immediate self-absorbed family. Jason was born to two self envying parents‚ who cared more about themselves than their family. Mr. Compson‚ an alcoholic‚ drank himself to death. His wife force fed Jason hatred towards the family by singling him out as a Bascomb and not a Compson‚ therefore installing the mentality that he is different from his siblings and they are beneath him. Quentin
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Taylor Coleridge uses several types of sound devices to enhance the meter and rhyme of the poem written in seven main parts. In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚” Coleridge uses sound devices such as alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ consonants‚ assonance‚ internal rhymes‚ and end rhymes to heighten the meaning‚ mood‚ and imagery of the poem. In lines 7 through 8 of the poem‚ Coleridge uses consonance in the words “guests‚” “feast‚” and “May’st.” Repeating the “st” sound here emphasizes the images of a busy
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In her poem “The Sound Of Night”‚ Maxine Kumin recalls an experience outside with other people at night time when a whole other world comes out. She describes the many animals that thrive in the night and make noises that can be interpreted as threatening. The author appears scared of the unknown and what could be lurking in it’s dark depths. The title‚ “The Sound Of Night”‚ makes the reader begin to ponder what sounds they associate with night. I associate night with chirps and whistles and creaks
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Describing Line: The Study of Canaletto’s Use of Line The purpose of this journal entry is to discuss the way Canaletto uses line in his work The Maundy Thursday Festival before the Ducal Palace in Venice. Also‚ it will compare the accuracy his work to that of a modern photograph of the same location. How do they differ? Line is used in nearly every aspect of art‚ whether it is an actual mark on the page or simply implied. Canaletto uses line to show the audience the boundaries in his art. He
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