The Commencement Address Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is. My own commencement speaker‚ who shall remain nameless‚ began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This raised my expectations‚ and then he went onto speak for 26 minutes‚ so I’m just going to tell you now: 12 minutes flat‚ 11:45 if you don’t laugh. Congratulations to all of you here
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Reid Roman Mrs. Arnold English II- 3rd Block 13. Nov. 2015 Censorship The average citizen would be surprised how often he/she looks at any media related things‚ such as newspapers‚ television‚ books‚ even the internet‚ that are censored. Think about it. Have you ever watched a movie like 21 Jump Street on TV‚ and during a conversation‚ a character’s dialogue goes silent? The character’s lips seem to be moving‚ but no words are being expressed. That is an example of censorship. Sure‚ censorship can
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Carl continued speech therapy at Middle Tennessee State University Speech-Language Hearing Clinic. He does not receive any other therapeutic services or take any medications regularly. He currently attends Middle Tennessee Christian Academy and is in the tenth grade. Carl is very intelligent for his age. SEMESTER OBJECTIVES AND PROGRESS Articulation: 1. The client will produce in all word positions within conversation given minimal cues at 90% accuracy. Status: Not Achieved‚ 78% The clinician
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The event that I attended was a lecture and book signing by David Margolick‚ the author of Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock. The well-organized event was sponsored by the writing center. David Margolick summarized his experience with Elizabeth and Hazel‚ and his process of writing the book. Margolick also urged the audience to take action and try to encourage a movement such as emailing president Barack Obama‚ to make Elizabeth and Hazel reconcile and become friends again. Afterwards
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Fidel Castro Speech Critique Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was born near Birán‚ Cuba‚ on August 13‚ 1926. In 1959‚ Castro used guerilla warfare to successfully overthrow Cuban leader Batista‚ and was sworn in as prime minister of Cuba. As Cuban prime minister‚ Castro’s government established covert military and economic relations with the Soviet Union‚ leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis. He served as prime minister until 1976‚ when he became president of Cuba. Educated in private Jesuit
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1304 February 16‚ 2013 On racist Speech The voice of writers and authors are the key components to their inner thoughts. It is a way of actually portraying what a person is trying to say. However the case is that their words silenced and put in period of exile away from the eyes of the public. Author Charles Lawrence goes on to state that racist speech is wrong simply because of the drastic agony it puts on a victim’s perspective. In the article “On Racist Speech‚” the author‚ Charles R Lawrence
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Hate Speech Edward Oliver‚ Jr PHL-305 3/102013 Colette Palamar Hate Speech Hate Speech Thomas Jefferson one of the founding fathers once said‚ “A democracy cannot be both ignorant and free.” The first amendment structured to give United States citizens the right to speak freely is an essential law that builds the foundation of the United States Constitution. The first amendment is one of the most controversial laws that higher instructions of learning‚ churches‚ state‚ and
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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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Chiderah Onyeukwu Katie Schoonover COMM 150 Lab 10 April 2013 Outside Speaker Critique For this critique‚ the speaker was my pastor‚ Pastor Frank Ofosu-Appiah. His speech was a sermon he titled “Overcoming Loneliness.” The purpose of this sermon is to uplift and inform the congregation‚ by giving them examples‚ stories‚ and analogies from with the Bible to help him do so. While doing this‚ there were some strengths and weaknesses that could be identified throughout the sermon. The underlying example
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himself as a political dissenter. He does this to establish some sort of credibility as a free speech advocate‚ supposedly in contrast to what he will continue to speak about. While there is no mystery why he does this in my estimation‚ in so doing he perpetuates what I believe to be a fundamental misconception about free speech as it relates to law and the continued health of democracy. If free speech is to have any power at all‚ the ability to shout down ideas that have no value must remain. Freedom
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