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- 841: Integrated Computer Controlled Video Viewing Systems
- Integrated Computer Controlled Video Viewing Systems The new integrated systems have integrated computer control capability featuring remote control of camera, pan & tilt and lights via mouse or keyboard. Other features will include full screen, high resolution images, real time video display, easy to use icon based interface, programmable presets, and on screen position ... horizontally or in all up and downwards positions. Additional cameras can be mounted. Halogen lights provide the necessary light at night and in deep regions. Several accessories like cameras, still cameras, Sonar for automatic depth control or horizontal target Sonar and a depth meter can be mounted. All video and control signals are frequency-modulated and are transmitted in combination with the power supply via a special 9.8 mm ...
- 842: Integration Of UMTS And B-ISDN: Is It Possible Or Desirable?
- ... was considered useful for implementing mobility procedures in UMTS, it was studied as part of MONET, and is now specified in the Q.1200 series of the ITU-T recommendations. The intelligent network separates service control and service data from basic call control. Service control is then activated by 'trigger points' in the basic call. This means that services can be developed on computers independent of the network switches responsible for basic call and connection control. This gives flexibility ...
- 843: The Sanctity Of The Heart
- ... Prynne, being publicly exposed as an adulteress. Not wanting to be associated with her sin, he announces himself as a physician, and takes the new name Roger Chillingworth from the original Roger Prynne. Two sins control his destiny as well as the destiny of others. His initial sin was marrying a wife a generation younger than him. Hester's unhappiness, due to a mismatched matrimony, leads her to become an adulteress ... portrays, through Dimmesdale's words, that Chillingworth has committed the most severe of the sins in the novel: Violating the sanctity of the human heart. This new knowledge does not free Dimmesdale of Chillingworth's control. It is not until Dimmesdale's confession to the town that he escapes the control of Chillingworth. Although Dimmesdale had gained back control, it was too late for him to gain back his health. At the end of the book the characters find themselves reaping the results of decisions. ...
- 844: Sweetness And Power
- ... Spaniards set out to establish a sugar industry on the Atlantic islands they controlled, sugar was still a luxury, a medicine, and a spice in western Europe (Pg. 30). Spain and Portugal competed slightly over control of the sugar industry, but it was Brazil in the sixteenth century that took a firm grasp of the industry: the sixteenth century was the Brazilian century for sugar (Pg. 33). Mintz states that for ... was being produced steadily with Cuba and Brazil leading the way. He then explains that because of sugar s high demand, countries began creating settlements with the proper environment for growing sugar. Eventually, by gaining control of the sugar islands, England became a great power in the sugar industry. This dominance would not last due to French competition, though. Trade became very important due to production needs for sugar, and the ... importing neighbors (Pg. 43). Mintz then mentions the importance of plantations to sugar production and the importance of sugar to the increase of plantations. Topics in this chapter included how sugar production spread, the shifting control over sugar, the advancement of production, and also raw data, such as how sugar was produced and where, and the labor used to produce it. He has explained how England became aware of sugar ...
- 845: Snow Crash
- ... Snow Crash, a novel by Neal Stephenson, Stephenson examines how expanding technology affects a society. He introduces us to a world where a computer virus is altering people s minds, and where they have no control over themselves. He vividly describes how Hiro, the protagonist, must fight the virus to save the future of the world. Technology is expanding everyday. Our society has grown and expanded and has become extremely powerful ... as person. People entered the Metaverse so regularly-especially hackers- that subconsciously their has become a susceptible binary code in computers. Snow Crash affects the optic nerve and because of this the infected person loses control of their mind. Snow Crash came about to control people. It not only affected hackers in the Metaverse, it also affected people in reality. In reality, Snow Crash is made up of an infected person s blood laced with cocaine so that it ...
- 846: The Idiot
- ... her childhood, her innocence, and her self-respect. In a society in which female virginity prior to marriage and the chaste life is prized, Nastasya Filippovna has already been robbed of the decision to take control of her own sexuality. It is this first sexual encounter that has fueled the intense self-destructive activities of Nastasya Filippovna. Resting quietly for four years, the young girl becomes a woman. Upon hearing a ... but preventing him from living any other life. Allowing him to pay for her comforts, yet without allowing herself to "succumb to any financial inducements no matter how large"(47). Nastasya Filippovna is able to control Totsky at the same time she is able to maintain what is left of her pride and self-respect. Totsky, tired and desperate, unable to cope with the fierce woman tries to "buy" her off ... rejected and her honesty regarded as lies. Yet again objectified by a man, reduced into sensuality and capital, Nastasya Filippovna's identity is taken from her and she is, as of yet, unable to take control of her life. The first time Nastasya Filippovna is actually seen in the novel is not until the end of Chapter Eight in Part One. Her presence at Ganya's is unexpected and arouses ...
- 847: The Man Who Made Ireland
- ... the equivalent of being head of state and chief executive officer. Arthur Giffith, Michael Collins, Cathal Brugha, Con Markievicz, and William Cosgrave all took their seats in his administration. With this new administration established, the "gun" in Irish history began to take on a severe political identity. While Collins' official title was that of Minister of Finance, there was no doubt that Collins himself now had the IRA, formerly the IRB ... intertwined with the creation of the Republic. Coogan openly admits that there was fraud involved in the election, but does not condone or condemn the actions. For Coogan, he does not glorify the violence or gun in Irish history; rather he sees it as an eventual necessary evil. Without this violence and military action there would have been continual efforts by the British to keep the Irish down. And while he ... was winding down, as the British Army was evacuated from Dublin Castle. Anti-Treaty forces were not going away, they posed an immense threat to the viability of the newly formed Irish Free State. The "gun" was fired again, this time by the anti-treaty forces. In April 1922, a defiant group of anti-treaty members seized the Four Courts in Dublin, trying to incite a response from Collins and ...
- 848: Animal Farm Real World Example
- ... has always had a thirst for power; over its peers, environment and spiritual beliefs. To quench this thirst it has gone as far as genocide; but has often employed more subtle techniques, such as mind control. In today s socio-economical and political worlds, mind control plays a key role in dictating tastes and lifestyles; as well as controlling political thoughts, views, and people s understanding of the world. It is accomplished using various channels to condition people s thinking. Publicity and advertisement campaigns saturate people with products, broadcasting over radio, and television which in itself is a prime example. Many religions employ mind control, conditioning their followers to obey without questioning. With nearly global use of the television; it has become a preferred method with which to influence and regulate people s thinking, creating an unreal and idealistic, ...
- 849: Private Cable TV
- ... massive, consistent and orderly solution to satisfy multiple communication needs". In fact this cable plan met opposition of several parties. This was representing to high costs, and the state organization (DGT) assigned of the overall control control of the implementation of the new technology antagonized the manufacturers of cable equipment who proved unable to produce what was required within the agreed price and time. In 1986, the cable plan was definitevly abandonned ... The first TV-experiments in Germany were made in the 1930s to broadcast e.g. the Olympic Games. After World War II the harbinger of the first German TV-station ARD began broadcasting under allied control in 1949 in northern Germany and Northrhine-Westfalia under the responsibility of the NWDR-Laenderanstalt. The ARD is a broadcaster with only organizing functions for the "Laender"-based production facilities (Laenderanstalten, e.g. NDR, ...
- 850: Fate Of Oedipus
- ... Greek mythology, oracles or gods are rarely wrong in their predictions of the future. Yet Oedipus still tries to fight the predictions. Is Oedipus' downfall due to an error in judgement or his lack of control over his destiny? I believe that Oedipus never really has any control over his destiny. Oedipus is a shrewd man furnished with wit and intellect. But none of these traits could help him change his predetermined destiny. His tragic destiny had already been determined before he was ... father King Laius - in a quarrel. But Oedipus does not realize that he has killed his real father - King Laius. "Oedipus:
And as I traveled," to "
I killed them all." (P.19). Oedipus has no control over his fate that leads him to the road where he kills his father. Oedipus led by fate, reaches Thebes. The city of Thebes was then tormented by the mythological monster - the Sphinx. Only ...
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