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- 25101: Teletubbies
- ... Interactive Teletubbies doll reassures, comforts and delights a child and sets an effective stage for learning. Teletubbies' liberal use of repetition, large movement, bright colors, and deliberate pace nurtures and reinforces the development of children's listening and thinking skills. The pacing and repetition of Teletubbies encourages children to practice fundamental skills and concepts again and again. Successfully anticipating what comes next-predicting-is an important aspect of building a sense ... allow children to appreciate diversity at a very young age. Four Teletubby characters named Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, and Po are distinguished by different colors and varying physical characteristics that represents diversity in today's society. Teletubbies represent physical and mental characteristics such as race, obesity, shy, shortness, and homosexuality, yet it shows children that people with these characteristics can still be loved and appreciated. Socializing being such an integral part of child's growth, Teletubbies teach kids to appreciate diversity, which would later be useful when children enroll in kindergarten and beyond. Other social skills that Teletubbies teaches are affection, love and sincere care for one another. ...
- 25102: The Year 2000 Problem
- ... Year 2000 Problem The Year 2000 Problem, also known as the Y2k Problem or Millennium Bug, refers to the inability of computers to accurately process dates in the year 2000 and beyond. On New Year's day, 2000, millions of computer calendars will read the date as 01/01/00. The obvious problem with this is that the year 2000 will be interpreted as 1900. Millions of software applications will either stop working or produce erroneous results. This problem is embedded in millions of aging software applications, thus affecting computers worldwide. This occurs because many software applications use only a year's last two digits, while assuming that the first two digits are "19". Software applications that generate date dependent calculations will reach incorrect conclusions when using dates commencing with January 1, 2000 (01/01/00). For ... essential to the flow of information. According to Dr. Edward Yardeni, a chief economist for Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, "The problem will be a disruption of the information flow. Even if only 10% of the world's computers are not synchronized to register the year 2000, many computer systems will automatically shut down if they cannot communicate with other systems. That would result in a range of problems, from airlines canceling ...
- 25103: Importance of Computer Software In Education
- Importance of Computer Software In Education The beginning of the 1990's is marked by the era of computers. Everywhere we look ,we see computers. They have become an essential part of our every day life. If the world's computer systems were turned off even for a short amount of time, unimaginable disasters would occur. We can surely say that today's world is heading into the future with the tremendous influence of computers. These machines are very important players in the game, the key to the success however so is proper software (computer programs). It ...
- 25104: How Batteries Work
- ... in the opposite direction are known as secondary cells, are rechargeable cells. The primary battery is the most common type of battery used today, invented by the French chemist Geoges Leclanche in the late 1860’s. At the time this invention was very important and helped the start of the industrial revolution. It allowed people with portable electricity. This popular invention was called the dry cell or flashlight battery. The Lechlanche ... plate to lead and lead dioxide. After this the battery is recharged. Lead-acid storage Another widely used secondary cell is the alkaline cell, which was invented by the American, Thomas Edison in the 1900’s. It works similar to the lead-acid battery, but it is much smaller. A disadvantage is that the battery loses a little bit of capacity each time it is charged. In recent years a number ... conventional storage batteries, they have been able to make electric cars and longer lasting batteries. Still there exits some draw backs to these batteries, either short range, high expense, bulkiness, or environmental problems. The U.S Advanced Battery Consortion (USADC) was set up in 1991 to speed up development of new storage batteries. Batteries are being developed that cause no environmental hazards and occupy little space. All this advancement in ...
- 25105: Eileen Gray
- ... France and was influenced greatly by a veriety of designers and architects. She found her self indulged in the art of Toulouse-Lautrec, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gaughin, Seurat, and Bonnaard. Eileen Gray admired Le Corbusier’s Five Points of Architecture, and found it to be a stating point in her designing of buildings. It could be seen in her E-1207 house, Tempe A Pailla, and her Lou Perou house built ... accessible roof terrace without plantings. Pilotis support portions of the volume of the house. The windows of the house open with a completely different system than the one Le Corbusier proposed. Some of E.1027's windows are vertical rather than horizontal bands, but still they are continuous and add flow to the interior rooms. The interior stairways are free, and there is storage places concealed in the walls of the ... houses with unique pieces. Eileen Gray was about designing pieces of furniture that would be used for a period of long time, regardless who used the house after her. She was concerned with the furniture’s practicality, and usability. She created coffee tables that adjusted to human jesture. She used a lot of shiny metals, such as chrome and silver, to trim chairs, tables, wardrobes, and beds. She used materials ...
- 25106: Lord of the Flies; A Review
- ... provocative scenes of terror and an ongoing timeline of events to follow a pack of boys on an incredible journey while a nuclear war continues on back home. The bonding and breaking of friendships, Ralph's obsession with getting home, and the regressions to savagery are just a few of the many aspects of Lord of the Flies. Through the entrance of the first few characters in the novel we believe ... novel dives right into a quickly formed friendship through the rivalry for leadership between Ralph and Jack. We later find that it was not meant to be and that as time passes Ralph and Jack's rivalry develops into a hatred for each other and Jack's true colors shine through. Through the rivalry between Ralph and Jack an opening is formed for Piggy to become Ralph's friend. Ralph and Piggy soon realize that they need each other to stay ...
- 25107: Computer Viruses
- Computer Viruses Introduction In the past decade, computer and networking technology has seen enormous growth. This growth however, has not come without a price. With the advent of the "Information Highway", as it’s coined, a new methodology in crime has been created. Electronic crime has been responsible for some of the most financially devastating victimizations in society. In the recent past, society has seen malicious editing of the ... suppressed or protected and that the crimes they commit are really not crimes at all. What they choose to deny is that the nature of their actions are slowly consuming the fabric of our country’s moral and ethical trust in the information age. Federal law enforcement agencies, as well as commercial computer companies, have been scrambling around in an attempt to "educate" the public on how to prevent computer crime ... the financial and emotional level. In this paper, we will explore these areas of which we know so little, and will also see that computers are really extensions of people. An attack on a computer’s vulnerabilities are really an attack on peoples’ vulnerabilities. Today, computer systems are under attack from a multitude of sources. These range from malicious code, such as viruses and worms, to human threats, such as ...
- 25108: Popular Music Revolution
- ... and this became the reason many parents and other adults protested this type of music. Many performers’ onstage dancing styles were considered “lewd and inappropriate for their children.” This became another reason for the music’s popularity because they were given a chance to rebel against their parents. There is nothing prohibiting a situation like this from happening again. Today, teenagers in general strive to become different from their parents. This ... form of music, under extreme circumstances, the conventions could deviate enough to allow something new to emerge. Smaller revolutions have occurred. The genre underwent a major transformation on “the day the music died.” Don McLean’s “American Pie” outlines what happened after the historic deaths of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. “The entire song is a tribute to Buddy Holly ... songs sounded different from each other, the instrumentation led to a familiar feeling in the genre. In the ‘70s, artists manipulated their sound more frequently in the recording studio to create distinct sounds. Pink Floyd’s Darkside of the Moon album had a different sound than the generic rock formula. The trend toward electronica in the ‘90s features bands such as The Prodigy and Orbital using sounds manipulated in recording ...
- 25109: Microsoft
- ... 26.9 percent are female. The average age of the employees who work for Microsoft is 34 years old and 30-39 year old employees grabbed 51.3 percent of overall workforce. In addition, Microsoft’s subsidiary offices around the world are exceeding 38 countries. (Microsoft Homepage, April 14th, 1999) Microsoft is best known for its superior financial soundness. Microsoft continues to amaze competitors with its financial stability. Microsoft Corporation’s revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 was 14,484 million dollars, and it achieved 4,490 million dollars on net income. Both have steady gained profit every year since 1994. In addition, Microsoft’s total assets jumped from 14,387 million in 1997 to 22, 357 million dollars in 1998. (Microsoft Homepage Annual Report, April 14th, 1999) Microsoft’s current stock quotes for May 8th, 1999 are 79. ...
- 25110: 12 Angery Man
- ... into the jury room by organizing the juries, the discussions, and the votes. With the excellent traits that Vance brings into the jury room, he allows the trial to run smoothly and effectively. Dorian Harwood’s profession as nurse also shapes his actions in the jury room. In the jury room, he acts with compassion and respect. As a nurse he does the same. His compassion lies in caring for another ... very opinionated and that definitely stands out in the jury room. He does not care what anyone has to say. He has his own beliefs and does not care or want to hear anyone else’s views. He is also known to be rude, because he shows no compassion or thought towards the boy on trial and he just wants to get it over with. He does not even stop to think that someone’s life is on the line, he is too concerned about his own. Tony’s profession does not give him the best qualities, as he does not have the best qualities in the jury room. ...
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