Voice Power: Using Your Voice to Captivate, Persuade, and Command Attention

Renee Grant-Williams

	Voice Power: Using Your Voice to Captivate, Persuade, and Command Attention
	Published: 01 February, 2002
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	Author: Renee Grant-Williams

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Voice Power: Using Your Voice to Captivate, Persuade, and Command Attention

At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080822/ap_on_sc/sci_greenland_glaciers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.222094d3dbcf41db84ef06f9b6b6b49c.greenland_glaciers_wx105.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=tNw1G_vRKGr2fW0Om4qs4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="This image provided by the Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, Ohio, taken July 25, 2008, shows a growing giant crack and an 11-square-mile chunk of ice hemorrhaging off a prominent glacier in northern Greenland. The crack, at center, right, is seven miles long and about half a mile wide. It is about half the width of the 500 square mile floating part of the glacier. If the cracking continues, the floating part of the glacier could lose up to one third of its size. (AP Photo/Byrd Polar Research Center)" border="0" /></a>AP - In northern Greenland, a part of the Arctic that had seemed immune from global warming, new satellite images show a growing giant crack and an 11-square-mile chunk of ice hemorrhaging off a major glacier, scientists said Thursday.

Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_sc/venezuela_saber_toothed_cats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.6abe0231a266417da4882e6325eda335.venezuela_saber_toothed_cats_xlat101.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=VtYOGchQs3kzlHIfLZwxCw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this undated photo released by Ascanio Rincon, a fossil of a type of saber-toothed cat is seen. An ancient tar pit exposed when state oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists never found in South America before, and scientists say it holds the promise of many discoveries to come.(AP Photo/Ascanio Rincon)" border="0" /></a>AP - An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America. Scientists say the find holds the promise of many discoveries to come.

Study: Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_sc/whales_oil_exploration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.7666dd24a4dd4fd9823fd772d368aa83.whales_oil_exploration_txps101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Y2QisOmjZCSEwezXvE0kFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this July 2002 handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior, two sperm whales flip their tails as they go into a feeding dive near a Texas A&M University research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. A six-year, $9.3 million study examining the impact of offshore seismic activity on the Gulf's endangered sperm whale population showed the oil companies' use of powerful acoustic devices had no dramatic effect on the whales. (AP Photo/U.S. Dept. of Interior, Jonathan Gordon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Powerful acoustic devices used by oil companies searching for new sources of hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico have had no discernible effect on endangered sperm whales living in those waters, according to a federally funded study released Thursday.

9 polar bears observed on risky open ocean swims (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080822/ap_on_sc/polar_bears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080813/2008_08_11t074221_450x300_us_arctic.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Ky_CSkcZZbMEJT55OwTQuQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Polar bear cub Wilbaer plays with his mother Corinna in their enclosure at the Wilhelma zoo in Stuttgart during his first appearance April 16, 2008. (Alex Grimm/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska's northwest coast, an increase from previous surveys that may indicate warming conditions are forcing bears to make riskier, long-distance swims to stable sea ice or land.

Study: Large Earthquake Could Strike New York City (LiveScience.com)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080822/sc_livescience/studylargeearthquakecouldstrikenewyorkcity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t190341_450x271_us_newyorkcity_energy.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=bQzsGu1v4KOtsANbxbGckQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="A view of the New York skyline with buildings along Central Park South, as seen from the AeroBalloon ride flying above New York's Central Park on the opening day of rides open to the public, July 25, 2008. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - The New York City area is at "substantially greater" risk of earthquakes than previously thought, scientists said Thursday.

Soggy storm Fay moves over Florida again (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/sc_nm/storm_fay_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_19t153816_450x294_us_storm_fay.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=TcrdpWHSCeq27jN2n4l7LA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Workers clear debris from a damaged roof at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic after Tropical Storm Fay passed through Wellington, Florida August 19, 2008. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tropical Storm Fay came ashore on the Florida coast for the third time in less than a week on Thursday, bringing more of the torrential rain that has flooded hundreds of homes.

Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080822/wl_nm/mexico_crime_chips_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080822/2008_08_21t124320_343x450_us_mexico_crime_chips.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=zYOs7Ea3AG24Kd5XP1Zr.g--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="A global positioning satellite is seen in a handout artist's rendering. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Affluent Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stuffed in the trunk of a car.

Angel the dog credited with saving kittens (AP)

AP - You've heard of man bites dog. What about, dog saves cats? A two-year-old dog that had been turned over to the Nevada Humane Society's shelter in Reno is being credited with rescuing six abandoned kittens.

US scientists find stone age burial ground in Sahara (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/sc_afp/usnigerarcheology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhf83.140808190527.photo00.photo.default-512x289.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=Nle4lLIZM1gjTjtdb6SovA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="The cover of a US magazine National Geographic. US archaeologists have discovered the largest known burial ground of the Stone Age in the Sahara desert, in Niger, that besides human remains has also yielded fossils of huge crocodiles and dinosaurs, National Geographic magazine said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US-led team of archaeologists said Thursday they had discovered by chance what is believed to be the largest find of Stone Age-era remains ever uncovered in the Sahara Desert.

Oil prices rocket higher (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/ts_afp/commoditiesenergyoilprice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.njc10.210808215430.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=E9oCrMK9GxArtXovxhjeIA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="An oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil prices rocketed higher Thursday as traders tracked geopolitical tensions between the United States and Russia, a weak dollar and a large drop in US motor fuel reserves.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Oil prices rocketed higher Thursday as traders tracked geopolitical tensions between the United States and Russia, a weak dollar and a large drop in US motor fuel reserves.

Stem cell test to help treat bowel cancer (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/sc_nm/cancer_bowel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nip78.200808122903.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=8UhVoHGV8V9XWQvZn0jrwg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A French doctor examines a patient's medical results as he looks for tumours at a hospital in Nancy, France. British researchers have developed a more accurate technique for spotting the most aggressive forms of bowel cancer.(AFP/File/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Stem cell scientists have developed a new and more accurate way of spotting aggressive forms of bowel cancer, allowing for tailored treatment that should improve patients' chances of survival.

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