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- 1161: Telecommunications Act Of 1996
- ... providing full scale services; most have quietly terminated plans to enter the market after unsuccessful test-marketing. Similarly, most telephone companies have quietly terminated plans to provide video to their customers. Most analysts expected the Big Three IXCs (AT&T, MCI, and Sprint) to quickly charge into the local telephone market. Sprint has made small moves also providing cellular telephone services in five urban areas. AT&T has barely begun test ... S. market. This increased competition in the U.S., but the greatest effect is likely to be felt in emerging countries. Cable television and television broadcasting also met changes. Deregulation of the cable industry meant big changes. Rate regulation requirements were removed this year also allowing cable companies to offer long distance services. The act also mandated the use of the V-chip. A computer chip installed in new TVs to ...
- 1162: History Of Punk Rock
- ... history and aspects of punk rock over the years. Slam Dancing Slam dancing has been popular through the history of punk. You may have heard of called "mashing" or "stage diving." Mashing is just a big game of bumper cars like you played when you were a kid. I think Natalie Jacobson who is dating the lead singer of "Murphy's Law" describes stage diving best when says, "It's like ... album, "...And Out Come the Wolves"5 for instance. It is their rendition of Reggae. Most punk groups don't make much money at all. Once in a while a punk group will hit it big time but that is very rare. Paul Westerbert, lead singer of the Replacements quotes, "We are the hungriest band I've ever seen. We get in the van and drive to a town, play, stay ...
- 1163: China
- ... this could take months or years. Tony Wang stated: " We are pioneers in China, but so are the Chinese. However, whether they want to learn or not is another story. Many Westerners make the same big mistake in China: they assume that they can just pay to have the required work done or at least expedited. This just doesn't work in China. The Chinese are not motivated by a desire ... tenant took over. This worried Wang because he would be stuck with a number of unskilled Chinese that he would have to employ. Wang wanted the first store that was to be opened to be big and flashy because it would determine the future success of KFC in China. This was strategically a good idea but it ran counter to the culture in China where there was a history of hostility ...
- 1164: Beatlemania In The 1960s
- ... first Beatles fanzine in America, it shows how crazy America was at this time over the Beatles. It has life stories, full page pictures, how to do the Beatle dance, and the Beatle haircut. The big contest was to win a call from the Beatles. And at the end there was some wallet size photos for the girl's purses. It is obvious that the Beatles influenced everyone's lives. From ... after they stopped touring in 1966, which was due to the strain and stress of touring that they had endured. But their impact was to last forever. The wanting of the reunion has been so big that they are reuniting to collaborate for a new album. It will undoubtedly be a best seller. After all these years, people still love them. 1 According to "The Beatles"- The first American Beatle Fan ...
- 1165: Jurassic Park Book Report
- ... is in the sequel, The Lost World. Finally there is Dennis Nedry. He was the computer genius who's greed and ambition bring chaos to Jurassic Park. There are many other characters that played a big part in the book, but I thought they were the best and the plot revolved around them. The characters show the greatest difference in the movie and the book. There were many opposites in the ... this book. There is one thing I must recommend about this book though. Read it as something for fun, not for school. And go at your own pace, but read a lot, it's a big book. The experience of the book it much better then.
- 1166: Battle Royal Symbolism
- In the story "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison, he uses a white, naked, exotic dancer as a big symbol in the story. Tattooed on the girl that the narrator is directing his attention to is an American Flag. The symbol of the American flag on the naked blonde girl relates to the many ... direction it takes. The title of the story could have come from an obvious event in the story. The event being when the group of black guys got in the boxing ring and had a big "battle", but there is another way the author could have gotten the title. It could have been from the struggle of the narrator to become equal among everybody else and maybe, even to strive in ...
- 1167: Commercial Effectiveness
- ... the question of advertising over the T.V. has been present. Commercials became a major issue beginning in the mid 1940's, starting as "small jingles and catchy phrases" (Internet TV Commercials 1). The first big time name in television commercials was probably Betty Furness. Beginning in 1949, Furness starred in commercials for Westinghouse, advertising refrigerators and appliances (Internet History of T.V. 5). The 1950's were a more prominent ... dietary desire. This simply means that consumers are motivated to go out and buy food just because of what it looks like on the television. How many of us have seen an advertisement for a Big Mac on T.V. and had to go to McDonald's and get one right away, only to realize that the actual burger was not nearly as delectable or as sizeable as the one seen ...
- 1168: The College Scandal
- ... exceptional amount of attention because of many incidents involving college athletes accepting gifts from agents and coaches. These incidents happen because agents will do anything for money. They know that if their prospect makes it big, they will get a cut of the earnings. Marcus Camby is one of the many athletes to accept gifts from agents even though it is a complete violation of NCAA rules. Sports Illustrated staff writer ... athlete is getting a fair salary. Once a student-athlete has been in contact with an agent, their eligibility is on the line. Jack McCallum and Kostya Kennedy recognized in their article for Sports Illustrated Big Problem, Small Victory that The NCAA has estimated that more then 70% of major-college football and basketball players are contacted by agents while the athletes are still in school (21). Agents are not supposed ...
- 1169: Global Warming -.
- ... there should be individual levels for every country considering its specific situation. The level should be determined by numbers like the projected population growth, emission intensity, energy intensity of exports, etc. Australia is resisting a big reduction in the emissions level, which would have a devastating effect on a country that is a big coal exporter and also relies on coal for domestic energy use. Australia supports the idea of a tradable permit system with some reservations, especially about the initial distribution of permits and the huge transfers of ...
- 1170: The Impact The Death Penalty Has On The Global Community
- The Impact The Death Penalty Has On The Global Community The impact the death penalty has on the global community is extremely big. There are a lot of arguments for, and against the death penalty. However controversy will always be surround this topic. Who are we to chose who will die and who will spend the rest of ... commited crimes of murder didn't care the way their victim's died so why should we. We always have to remember the saying "two wrongs don't make a right." Thedeath penalty asyou eeisa big subject, one that will always affect the global community and the criminal justice system in whole. We will never know if the death penalty is the way to go or if it isn't. For ...
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