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- 701: Five Imporant Events Of The 19
- ... Bell Telephone and AT&T as a communications satellite. Telstar was a 3 foot-diameter ball, that had solar cells which provided power to the satellite. It was capable of picking up radio signals like television broadcasts and telephone calls. On earth receivers would pick up the radio signals, and would then amplify them to be heard or seen. In 1963 the first commercial based satellite communications company was formed the ... 1964, COMSAT became the U.S. member. Based in Washington, D.C., INTELSAT is owned by more than 120 nations. Intelsat 1 was launched in 1965 provides either 2400 voice circuits or one two-way television channel between the U.S. and Europe. Also for military usage, the military has satellites, which they use for private communication and early weather detection. The idea of using outer space for military reconnaissance was ...
- 702: Where Do We Draw the Line?
- Where Do We Draw the Line? British Literature 500 Mrs. Taylor, block 6 Its a rare occasion that I find something interesting on television after school, but just last week I saw the most incredible thing. I was watching Oprah and just as she broke for a commercial she said, Coming up next: you wont believe your eyes ... a human ear grown in a laboratory- on the back of a lab rat! Stay tuned! Now, I usually change the channel during commercial breaks, but that day Oprah kept my eyes fixated on the television from the moment those words entered my very disbelieving ears until the moment the credits rolled. Sure enough, when Oprah came back, she showed a clip of a human ear, growing on the back of ...
- 703: Dvd
- ... DVD-Video-Player. The DVD-Video-Disc is not an MPEG 2 digital video stream, but a stream of all these elements put together. What goes out of a DVD-Video-Player and into the television is not actually digital-video, but one of three types of standard television signals: component, composite, or S-Video.
- 704: Neil Postman
- ... true, and false, will happen to words such as semantic, and pedagogical. Vocabulary tests should be left as they are. If a student wishes to study words of everyday use, read a book, or watch television. The next principle was thought provoking as well. The use of a metaphor as a tool in education is rarely used, as Postman notes. "Unless our students are aware of how metaphors shape arguments, organize ... a bridge, but does not tell us with which tools he intends to build it with. This particular concept is valid alone for the above reason. Whether you are talking to a teacher or watching television, metaphors need to understand. The fifth concept is that of reification. This means confusing words with things. We falsely associate simple words with things they dont even resemble. This occurs many times when we ...
- 705: Ethics In Business
- ... Wong 17). An overwhelming 77% regarded business as a dog-eat-dog proposition. The sources of this popular image of businessmen are, of course, personal experience, but also, the stereotype is produced by communications media (television, radio, daily newspapers, and weekly magazines), plays, movies, and political speeches. Unfortunately for businessmen, their wrongdoings and shortcomings are what most often make the news. This negative press gives the overall impression that businessmen are ... Wong 17). An overwhelming 77% regarded business as a dog-eat-dog proposition. The sources of this popular image of businessmen are, of course, personal experience, but also, the stereotype is produced by communications media (television, radio, daily newspapers, and weekly magazines), plays, movies, and political speeches. Unfortunately for businessmen, their wrongdoings and shortcomings are what most often make the news. This negative press gives the overall impression that businessmen are ...
- 706: Great Britain
- ... are administered by British Telecom. 29.5 million telephones were in use in the mid-1980s, giving Britain one of the world's largest telecommunications systems. In the 1980s 15 commercial program companies gave the television on a basis; satellite-broadcasting services have also been introduced. Four television channels are broadcasted at the moment and soon a fifth. 50 commercial firms in the main cities run local radio stations. 124 daily and Sunday newspapers and more than 1000 weekly newspapers are published in ...
- 707: What Are Values?
- ... wearing expensive jewelry or shoes are targets of other young offenders . What could cause teenagers to commit more crimes and acts of violence? More and more kids are growing up exposed daily to violence on television and their own neighborhoods and with a lack of moral or religious teachings ( ). The violence on television helps contributes to the desensitization of the today's youth. Kids of today have less respect or no regard for human life. Children do not understand how precious life is and how wrong it is ...
- 708: Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic
- ... and spent much of his time alone, entertaining himself because he did not have many friends growing up. He lived life as if he was on the outside looking in. Much like a person watching television or a director directing a picture. Reading was also a part of Hitchcock's life from a young age. The novels Bleak House and Robinson Crusoe were two that stuck with him over the years ... like Dial "M" for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and North By Northwest (1959) were on the big screen and the Hitchcock name was everywhere. In 1955 the television program "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" was also released. The style and reputation that came with the Hitchcock name was visible in every movie, in every scene. North By Northwest to this point had gone where no ...
- 709: Violence in Media: You Are What You Watch
- Violence in Media: You Are What You Watch The rising tide of crime in North America exists primarily in the minds of the media. Television has created a perception that crime has multiplied, double or triple, in the past quarter-century due to violence. In fact, US Justice Department survey data shows, crime in the US has dropped 24 percent ... 2 percent. Crime statistics serve the media well. The single-minded reporting of violent news, the presentation of violent movies and violent reality-based "cop" shows has made violent crime a growth industry for the television, press, and media. Violence bombards us constantly. Networks shoot in sequence one violent scene after another, delivering untold numbing horror into Canada's living rooms, bedrooms, and nurseries. Taped TV violence, unlike real violence, repeats ...
- 710: The Video Game Wars
- ... were Sega's games, and on the last, were Sony's games. Surprisingly, Nintendo's new games didn't look much different than the other two companies'. On three corners of the room, there were television sets displaying the latest and greatest games for each popular console. While watching these new games, I was in awe. When I was younger, I remembered playing what those times considered, "high tech" video games ... do pay these ridicules prices? These video game players are addicted to the market and are always looking for the best. Today's video games are very entertaining. People spend hours in front of the television to play these games. Why do they enjoy them so much? Maybe it's the ability to control things like a god. Maybe they just enjoy the way they games look. I don't know ...
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