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- 2261: Fiber Optics
- ... sand [ Less expensive to maintain If damaged, restoration time is faster (although more users are affected) [ Backbone to the Information Superhighway Information (data and voice) is transmitted through the fiber digitally by the use of high speed LASERs (Light Amplification through the Simulated Emission of Radiation) or LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes). Each of these methods create a highly focused beam of light that is cycled on and off at very high speeds. Computers at the transmitting end convert data or voice into "bits" of information. The information is then sent through the fiber by the presence, or lack, of light. Computers on the receiving end convert the light back into data or voice, so it can be used. ORIGIN OF FIBER OPTICS Information (data and voice) is transmitted through the fiber digitally by the use of high speed LASERs (Light Amplification through the Simulated Emission of Radiation) or LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes). Each of these methods create a highly focused beam of light that is cycled on and off at very ...
- 2262: Civil Rights
- ... Black Muslim Movement. 1933: The NAACP files -and loses- its firs suit against segregation and discrimination in education. 1938: The Supreme Court orders the admission of a black applicant to the University of Missouri Law School 1941: A. Philip Randoph threatens a massive march on Washington unless the Roosevelt administration takes measures to ensure black employment in defense industries; Roosevelt agrees to establish Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC). 1942: The congress ... executive order desegregating the armed services. 1950-1960 1950: The NAACP decides to make its legal strategy a full-scale attack on educational segregation. 1954: First White Citizens Council meeting is held in Mississippi. 1954: School year begins with the integration of 150 formerly segregated school districts in eight states; many other school districts remain segregated. 1955: The Interstate Commerce Commission bans racial segregation in all facilities and vehicles engaged in interstate transportation. 1955: Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing ...
- 2263: Should We Legalize
- ... now use drugs, the conclusion would be that 165 million people would be drug users in the United States. Considering the United States has only 200 million people over age 12, believing that such a high number of people would use drugs is were legal 50 million people (1/4 the over 12 population) would use marijuana regularly and that 60 million (nearly 1/3 the over twelve population) would use ... violent behavior, less racism, and the end of the infringement of certain rights. It is clear that Prohibition has a hand in each of these societal problems. Crime would be greatly decreased which repeatedly appears high on surveys as the biggest problem America faces, if legalization were to happen. Much of the concern about drugs and crime is that the use of drugs somehow causes crime. These studies are usually faulted ... drugs causes the crime. Instead, many experts claim that much of what is labeled "drug-related" crime is instead due to criminality. This criminality of drugs is a causal factor in crime because of the high costs to consumers and high profits for suppliers. The market prices for marijuana, cocaine, and heroin are about 100 times what the price would be in a free market. This means crime results from ...
- 2264: The Invention of the Computer
- ... for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. However, only in the last 40 years has it changed the American society. From the first wooden abacus to the latest high-speed microprocessor, the computer has changed nearly every aspect of people’s lives for the better. The very earliest existence of the modern day computer’s ancestor is the abacus. These date back to almost ... the military. New weapons systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and their associates at the University of Pennsylvania decided to build a high-speed electronic computer to do the job. This machine became known as ENIAC, for "Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator". It could multiply two numbers at the rate of 300 products per second, by finding the ... wire it to perform whatever task he wanted the computer to do. It was, however, efficient in handling the particular programs for which it had been designed. ENIAC is generally accepted as the first successful high-speed electronic digital computer and was used in many applications from 1946 to 1955 (Dolotta, 50). Mathematician John von Neumann was very interested in the ENIAC. In 1945 he undertook a theoretical study of ...
- 2265: Wallace Stevens
- ... son of Garret Stevens and Margaretha Zeller. He was the second of five children and outlived all of them. He had two brothers and two sisters who were all very close. Wallace attended Reading Boys' School where his brothers also attended. The competition between the brothers concerning academics was extremely intense. Wallace being the shy, quiet type, was often overlooked and was struggling for attention. As a young boy, Wallace was ... all of these qualities stayed with him as he grew older. He loved football and reading: his favorites were, Edgar Allen Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. All three of the Stevens' boys' graduated from Reading Boys' School and Wallace gave the commencement speech and received much praise for his poise and confidence while speaking. Each of the children went on to a different school. Wallace's older brother John went on to school at Yale which led to more competition for Wallace. And Wallace's younger brother went to the University of Pennsylvania, where their father attended to ...
- 2266: Economics: Foreign Trade
- ... in the Australian dollar restricts the things we import. b) What are the main reasons for Australia experiencing a sustained CAD? Australia is experiencing a sustained current account deficit for many reasons. These reasons include: high interest rates, worsening terms of trade, high consumer spending and less saving, inflation, variations of the exchange rate, freight and tourism and international competitiveness. The first reason is the fact that interest rates on existing debt are high as well as the fact that we don't save enough, adds a considerable cost onto the final debt. Higher interest rates drive us further into debt than we began with, leading to a ...
- 2267: Computers-how They Affect Our Lives
- ... for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. However, only in the last 40 years has it changed the American society. From the first wooden abacus to the latest high-speed microprocessor, the computer has changed nearly every aspect of people's lives for the better. The very earliest existence of the modern day computer's ancestor is the abacus. These date back to almost ... the military. New weapons systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and their associates at the University of Pennsylvania decided to build a high-speed electronic computer to do the job. This machine became known as ENIAC, for "Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator". It could multiply two numbers at the rate of 300 products per second, by finding the ... wire it to perform whatever task he wanted the computer to do. It was, however, efficient in handling the particular programs for which it had been designed. ENIAC is generally accepted as the first successful high-speed electronic digital computer and was used in many applications from 1946 to 1955. Mathematician John von Neumann was very interested in the ENIAC. In 1945 he undertook a theoretical study of computation that ...
- 2268: Cather In The Rye - Language
- ... academic lesson plans, has captured the spirit of this stage of life in hyper-sensitive form, dramatizing Holden Caulfield's vulgar language and melodramatic reactions. Written as the autobiographical account of a fictional teenage prep school student Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye deals with material that is socially scandalous for the times (Gwynn, 1958). As an emotional, intelligent, inquisitive, and painfully sensitive young man, Holden puts his inner world ... he is not making it up but is, in fact, telling the truth. These mannerisms may point to several aspects of his character. For example, Holden is on the verge of failing out of preparatory school and fears telling his parents. Because he did not do well in school, Holden may have felt as though no one ever took him seriously and realized his actions left him with no solid academic standing. Since Holden is essentially a failure at school with no serious ...
- 2269: The Global Logic Of Strategic
- ... Fixed Costs, 4. Dangers of Equity. The first issue, described by Ohmae as the Californization of Need, refers to the convergence of customer needs and preferences and the fact that the national identity of many high-quality products has virtually disappeared. Secondly, companies can no longer maintain a leadership position based solely on superior, advanced technology. This results because of the increasing number of critical technologies embedded in the majority of ... hypothesis of a positive relationship between research orientation of the alliances and the research intensity of the sectors. The study conducted by Duysters and Hagedoorn (1995) attempted to explain whether strategic partnering density (in international high-tech industries) within strategic groups is lower than external strategic group partnering density. Their results were inconclusive, showing that both types of strategic partnering occurred. Another study by Hagedoorn (1995) explored the extent to which ... alliances can be obtained by decreasing power and managerial imbalances, careful project selection and matching of partners. Their study also found that strategic alliances tend to be more successful in turbulent, often global, environments or high-tech industries. McArthur and Schill (1995) undertook a study on how international co-operative technology arrangements had a two-fold perspective: technology is a strategic resource to be managed and alliances used to improve ...
- 2270: Dyslexia
- ... imagine how it feels for a child to face not only new challenges life has, but to face these challenges while living with a learning disability? These challenges are met not just when they begin school either. Students suffer from learning disabilities from the moment they begin learning, not when they start school. Learning disabilities are real and they affect millions of people. “One such disability that affects over approximately 15 percent of the total American population is dyslexia” ( Nosek 5). We will discuss the following issues and ... style, motor dexterity, time/math, memory/cognition, language/reading skills, behavior and vision. Sometimes the dyslexic youngster has early or late developmental stages, such as crawling, walking or talking” (Grolier’s). Once these children begin school they might appear bright and highly intelligent, but unable to keep up with their peers in reading and writing. They test well orally, but when given a written test on the same subject they ...
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