1-Id-ul-Fitr is the most important of all the Muslim festivals. It is celebrated at the end of the holy month of Ramzan‚ the ninth month of the Islamic calendar‚ during which all adult Muslims all over the world observe a month-long fast and they have their meal only at night. It is celebrated on the first day of the tenth lunar month of the Islamic calendar. Fitr is said to be derived from the word Tatar’ which means ’breaking’ or ’fitrah’ meaning alms. It is an occasion of feasting and rejoicing
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Non-negative Matrix Factorization Based Noise Reduction for Noise Robust Automatic Speech Recognition Seon Man Kim1‚ Ji Hun Park1‚ Hong Kook Kim1‚*‚ Sung Joo Lee2‚ and Yun Keun Lee2 1 School of Information and Communications Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology‚ Gwangju 500-712‚ Korea {kobem30002‚jh_park‚hongkook}@gist.ac.kr 2 Speech/Language Information Research Center Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute‚ Daejeon 305-700‚ Korea {lee1862‚yklee}@etri.re.kr Abstract
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Common greetings during this holiday are the Arabic greeting ‘Īd mubārak ("Blessed Eid") or ‘Īd sa‘īd ("Happy Eid"). In addition‚ many countries have their own greetings based on local language and traditions. Typically‚ Muslims wake up relatively late in the morning—always after sunrise—and have a small breakfast (as a sign of not being on a fast on that day) of preferably the date fruit‚ before attending a special Eid prayer (salah) that is performed in congregation at mosques or open areas like
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Times have changed in today’s world or this is at least what most adults tell me about my generation. They think my generation gets treated differently and the world is more lenient towards us. The day I turned sixteen years old my parents told me to get a job not because I should learn the value of a dollar but to learn a strong work ethic. They taught me to believe that having a strong worth ethic will set me up for success in my future. Charlotte Kent‚ professor of English at Mercy College believes
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Vasquez 1 Naisy Vasquez Professor Machado EOH 350 T/Th April 29‚ 2010 Noise Pollution and Its Impact “Calling noise a nuisance is like calling smog an inconvenience. Noise must be considered a hazard to the health of people everywhere.” -William H. Stewart The word noise is derived from the Latin word nausea meaning seasickness. Like its root meaning‚ noise has a negative effect to human health and well-being. Noise resulting from road traffic‚ jet planes‚ jet skis‚ garbage trucks‚ construction
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Noise Enforcement Introduction Barking dogs‚ construction equipment‚ amplified musical instruments‚ trash trucks‚ and loud parties are all examples of noise found in major urban areas. Understandably‚ certain noise levels must be tolerated by all citizens in order for normal functions of urban life to continue. However‚ excessive‚ unnecessary‚ and/or annoying noise is subject to regulation. On March 29‚ 1982‚ the City Council adopted a new Noise Ordinance that established limits on noise pollution
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NOISE IS A BARRIER Noise is indeed a barrier to communication‚ it is unavoidable and prevalent in just about every environment. Some types of noise are: * physiological noise - this includes hearing disorders‚ impairments and disabilities that make it difficult to send or receive messages‚ for e.g. deafness * semantic noise – the unintended meanings aroused by the use of certain behaviours or symbols that distract your
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UNDERSTANDING NOISE POLLUTION Most of us are very used to the sounds we hear in everyday life. Loud music‚ the television‚ people talking on their phone‚ the traffic and even pets barking in the middle of the night. All of these have become a part of the urban culture and rarely disturb us. However‚ when the sound of the television keeps you from sleeping all night or the traffic starts to give you a headache‚ it stops becoming just noise and start turning into noise pollution. For many of us
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ISSN 2229 – 6441 STUDY ON NOISE POLLUTION OF INDUSTRIALIZED AND URBANIZED TOWNS LIKE RABAKAVI AND BANAHATTI OF BAGALKOT DISTRICT‚ KARNATAKA STATE‚ INDIA Basavaraj M. Kalshetty & Basappa I. Karalatti Commerce‚ BHS Arts and TGP Science College Jamkhandi‚ District Bagalkot‚ Karnataka state‚ India. ABSTRACT The modern civilization creates more and more noise‚ because of the development of Industries‚ machinery and Technology. It has been reported that noise inside the factories can become
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If we could all see beyond our differences‚ I feel as if our minds would be more at peace. It doesn’t have to matter about gender‚ physical appearance‚ religion‚ money‚ or even sexuality. We are all human and in my opinion‚ everybody should be treated equally. Whether our differences define who we are‚ it would be at our best if we valued everybody equally. In the article “Seeing Beyond Our differences” by Sheri White‚ she states that we should see each other as equals. Maybe it would be best if
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