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- 3881: Tele-education
- ... emerging technology. It has been applied in Europe and Canada, and is still under study in order to improve it from time to time. From this project, it is known that Tele-education is a revolution of distance learning in which distance learning basically only provides asynchronous learning environment. But Tele-education has improved it by providing both asynchronous and synchronous learning environment. After studying all the materials found for this ... SCHEDULE OF PLANNING (Timetable) REFERENCES [1] Krebs, A.M, "D21A - The Initial Requirement Analysis", ACTS Project AC052, http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/platun/coop/prospect/new/delivara.htm#D21A [2] Jain, R, " A Revolution In Education", IEEE, 1997, pp. 1 [3] Bison, T, "Distance Learning Is an Opportunity" , Circuit and Devices, March 1997, pp. 41. [4] GammelGaard, A, "D21B - Final Requirement Analysis", ACTS Project AC052, http://www.fokus.gmd ...
- 3882: Technology In The Home
- ... notch higher. This pushes one-notch's-worth of toothpaste out of the nozzle. A measured amount of toothpaste every time and no more goo on the sink. Refrigerators Over 90 percent of all North American homes with electricity have refrigerators. It seems to be the one appliance that North Americans can just not do without. The machine's popularity as a food preserver is a relatively recent phenomenon, considering that ... very well until a Swiss inventor named Lazio Josef Biro designed the first modern version in 1939. He called it a birome. Commercial production was delayed by World War II, and then in 1945, an American firm, Reynold's, introduced "the miraculous pen which revolutionizes writing" at Gimbel's in New York City. The new pen didn't work very well and cost a whopping $12.50 U.S., but it ...
- 3883: Tattoo History
- ... different reasons, some use them as a marking of status, where a person fits in their culture. Dayak tribes believed that tattoos symbolized an important function after death, this belief was also known in many American Indian tribes. The Chinese culture uses tattoos to distinguish a person who has been found guilty of a severe crime. In native North America tattooing was frequently associated with religious and magical practices. As tattooing ... moving through the land. During the 19th century one of the most prominent British tattoo artists was Tom Riley. After spending time in the army he established himself as a tattoo artist in London. His American cousin, Samuel O'Reilly, was a successful New York tattooer. O'Reilly invented and patented the first electric tattooing machine in 1890 and shared this invention with Riley. Both enjoyed a long and profitable career ...
- 3884: Sleep Deprivation
- ... will provide local school districts with incentives to change the starting time of the secondary schools to a time that fits with adolescents biological need to sleep. Harms: SLEEP DEPRIVATION LOWERS THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS. A. The vast majority of adolescents suffer from sleep deprivation. Mart Carkadon (Prof., Psychiatry, Brown U. Med. Center Jan. 99, 352 The problem of inadequate sleep affects more segments of our society than adolescents ... to 39% among parents who children reported having fallen asleep at school during the past year. C. Attendance is boosted with later starting times AASA- School Administration For Whom the School Bell Tolls March 99 American Association for School Administrators "We're seeing our attendance is up and our tardiness is down, so we have more kids coming to school every day and more kids coming to school on time." And ...
- 3885: Serial Killers 3
- ... victims by gaining their trust. "Serial killers don't wear their hearts on their sleeve. Instead, they hide behind a carefully constructed faηade of normalcy." (Crime Library) Serial killers have been an integral part of American history and plagued this country for many years. With the hype and myth surrounding the phenomenon of serial murder, serial killers' crimes occupy a high profile category and occur at the end of the spectrum ... to provide an inventory of serial murders from each law enforcement jurisdiction. This type of research is the only current way to collect this data (Seltzer 11). Many movies, such as Silence of the Lambs, American Psycho, and Summer of Sam, have been made featuring serial killers. The serial killer novel is now a well-established subgenera in the mystery/thriller world (USA Today 7). Serial killers live on the other ...
- 3886: Self Expression
- Self Expression The American social environment has revolutionized the ways in which people express their sexual identity. Years ago it was taboo for a young lady to talk about sex or even arouse her interest about the topic. Sheltered ... This shows that Lorde realizes where all these feelings came from and how they grew to come about. If Lorde was alive today, I am sure she would be happy to see how much the American social environment has influenced today s youth. Homosexuality is far more accepted today than ever before. Children are being brought up in a free society that allows them to express their identity and sexuality in ...
- 3887: Subliminal Advertising Is Fair
- Why Subliminal Advertising is Fair to American Consumers The United States ad industry consists of many ad agencies whose job it is to make sure that the American consumers buy their clients products. As many people get smart enough to look past the physical eye tricks the ad may play on them, the ad agencies has turned to subliminal messages to get their ...
- 3888: Snowboarding
- ... for riding in deep powder, often using iron edges on his earlier boards. During the following two years Dimitrije also reached an important agreement with Petit Morey and Kendall, the two main insurance companies of American ski resorts, to cover liability for snowboarding. In 1977 the main snowboard company for today started production; Jake Burton made and sold his prototypes with handmade bindings. These included some elements similar to modern design ... and Chuck Barfoot created the first board made of fiberglass. At the end of the seventies the beginning of the eighties, the snowboard begin to appear in some sports magazines (especially skateboard magazines,) and on American and Canadian TV. A beer commercial showed Paul Graves riding a snowboard. This introduced the snowboard to the public, although it was still considered a strange sport. Now that snowboards were allowed on some mountains ...
- 3889: Sexual Behaviour As The Means
- Sexual Behaviour as the Means Order Sexual behaviour has been changed and moulded into a revolution over the last 100 years. The changes in our societies have allowed the freedom of public displays of affection. Woman have also played a large part of the sexual revolution. They have gone from doing all that men want to asking men on dates. With this sexual freedom problems have arrived. Rape and sexual harassment have increased leaving us to ask questions. Is sexual freedom ...
- 3890: Security 2
- ... authorized insiders is extremely low. Individuality of vocal signature is one kind of biometric security system. The main point of this system is voice verification. The voice verifier described here is a developmental system at American Telephone and Telegraph. Only one thing that people need to do is repeating a particular phrase several times. The computer would sample, digitize and store what you said. After that, it will built up a ... are still in the experimental stage, reliable computer systems for voice verification would be useful for both on-site and remote user identification. The voice verifier described here is invented by the developmental system at American Telephone and Telegraph. Enrollment would require the user to repeat a particular phrase several times. The computer would sample, digitize and store each reading of the phrase and then, from the data, build a voice ...
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