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Public Domain Video Clips
962 wordsIt seems like the fight between legal departments at major movie and TV studios and fan producers of websites has reached a fever pitch. In late September, the legal department of Fox TV sent out notices to cease and desist to two webmasters of fan "King Of The Hill" websites. Fox Primetime has cracked down on fan sites before, most notably those saluting "The X-Files. " It boggles the mind why fan sites pose such a threat to the studios. It would seem that for a fan to take the time and spend t...
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Private Sector Public Radio
1,101 words... in the USA). Non commercial entities jumped on the bandwagon and started sewing these networks together (an activity fully subsidized by government funds). The result was a globe encompassing network of academic institutions. The American Pentagon established the network of all networks, the ARPANET. Other government departments joined the fray, headed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) which withdrew only lately from the Internet. The Internet (with a different name) became public pro...
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Walt Disney Company Mickey Mouse
664 wordsThe Walt Disney Company is a company that developed from the vision and work of only a small amount of people, mainly Walt Disney. Disney Studios became a big success because of the creativity, determination, and effort put forth by Walt Disney who never gave up and got upset when people wouldn't work as hard as him. In 1893, Roy Disney was born on December 5, and in 1901 on the same day, Walter Elias Disney was born. As children their father beat them, and it was said that the beatings always h...
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Censoring The Internet Children Watch
696 wordsNews flash: A 12 year old kills a 6 year old by practicing wrestling moves on her he learned from WWF Smack Down. A 13 -year old boy shoots and kills a classmate with a gun he ordered from the Internet. As we can see in these disturbing incidents, violence amongst youngsters is on the rise. One of the forces driving our youth to violence is the media, such as TV and the Internet, to which children have easy access. To prevent violence, adults must take responsibility and take action. Censoring t...
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Bell Amp Howell Battle Bots Robots
1,052 wordsRobots are something that interest people of all ages. People have different ideas of what robots are and what they do. Robots have actually been around a lot longer ten you think. They also perform many more tasks then you can imagine. It is believed by Greek scientist SoMe that robotics was originated by the Greeks. There are references made back as for s 270 B. C. to Greek robots. Greek engineer Ctesibus is credited with inventing water clocks with moving gears. In the 1770 s Pierre Jacquet-D...
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Cable Modem Personal Computers
1,119 wordsRecently the world or more specifically the Western society has been dominated by something sophisticated enough to throw a civilization into a new era, a piece of hardware we call a computer. Computers have become an irreplaceable part of our lives and we end up dealing with them no matter where we go and what we do. Today computers control pretty much every aspect of our lives. They store and manipulate our funds, property, and personal information. As our society entered computer age, and so ...
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News Corp Services Provided
1,083 words... r go an extra step to seek out a product will often times be a turn off and make the product less desirable. The less effort a consumer has to do, the more convenient the product is and the more attractive that product becomes. In the Internet field, the free site offering listings is a great idea. It is a way to get the TV Guide name out on the Internet, and offers computer users a fast and simple way to check televisions listings. The primary drawback to the site is that it is free, which ...
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Foust Roxie Shoemaker Nikki Neff Roxie Shoemaker Nikki Neff Nate Men
852 wordsOriginal Message From: Jacquelyn & Ty James To: Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 11: 01 AM Subject: Fw: Men Original Message From: michell and jt williams Date: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 11: 13: 33 AM To: shelly and girls waugh; shawn trues dale; ; russ and mary foust; roxie shoemaker; Nikki Neff; nate williams; Megan; Lee and Barb Fetzer; joe cable; Jacquelyn Rebekah James; dawn rayburn; dale& tina stream; CHARLES RIGHTER; Anita Hoffina; Alyssa Dunham Subject: Fw: Men Original Messag...
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Ad Hoc Electronic Devices
603 wordsToday computer technologies are rapidly developing, which allows millions of people around the globe to work faster and more conveniently. Bluetooth is the wireless networking initiative that is led by the worlds most advancing information technologies companies such as Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, IBM, Toshiba, Lucent and others. The creation of Bluetooth is a remarkable advance towards the development of new approaches in information technologies industry. Bluetooth was originally created by Ericss...
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Hewlett Packard Target Audience
997 wordsAdvertising Plans Effective advertising plan and advertising strategy are crucial to success of the company, its production or services. Advertising technologies are not necessarily the case for huge expenditures. There are plenty of companies who implement successful advertising projects spending moderate amounts. Lets examine advertising plans, projects and technologies used by two computer giants: Dell and Hewlett Packard. It is generally known that advertising plan can be implemented at seve...
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Sesame Workshop And Growth
624 wordsSesame Workshop and International Growth With more than 30 years of existence on the American market, Sesame Workshop achieved significant success in many other countries worldwide. By 2001, Sesame Street childrens educational show being either original or locally produced version was acclaimed in more than 150 countries. Although the common opinion of Sesame Workshops management regarding international opportunities was optimistic international revenue of 2001 represented 20 % of total revenue....
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Violence On Television Survey Conducted
531 wordsThis was my first experience searching databases. Once again, I was overwhelmed with the onslaught of information I found on my topic. Searching databases definitely seemed faster and more efficient than searching for information online using search engines. For the purpose of this assignment, as you know, I will be interviewing two subjects I believe will be helpful in my quest for information. Josh Bond, Station Manager and Program Director for KXAN (NBC), and Tara Lantz, mother and Program Su...
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Digital Subscriber Line High Speed
840 wordsDigital DSL Digital Subscriber Line Digital Subscriber Line new technology that takes advantage of standard copper telephone line to provide secure, reliable, high-speed Internet access. DSL refers to the family of digital subscriber line technologies, such as ADSL, HDSL, and RADSL. Connection speed for DSL ranges from 1. 44 Mbps to 512 Kbps downstream and around 128 Kbps upstream. Unlike traditional connections DSL such as analog modems and IDSN, DSL deliver continuous? always on? access. That ...
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World Becomes Bland Violence On Television
1,612 wordsIn society today, violence is any deliberate act involving physical force or the use of a weapon in an attempt to achieve a goal, further a cause, stop the action of another, act out an angry impulse, defend oneself from attack, secure a material reward, or intimidate others. Television is a display of violence. Although when first invented it was used as a family entertaining device, its purpose has been greatly altered. Now with over sixty channels to choose from, people of all ages can easily...
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Informative Entertainment Speech Talking About Drinking Decided
1,106 wordsInformative/Entertainment Speech The Hazards Of Drinking Informative/Entertainment Speech The Hazards Of Drinking And Walking BEER! Oh my god, I love beer. I could drink it all day and all night. Beer, wine, vodka, rum, whiskey, anything with an alcohol content I could guzzle in an instant. But that does get dangerous, and Im not talking about drinking and driving. Im talking about drinking and walking. Take, for example, the man in West Virginia, who was at a party drinking, and managed to blow...
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York New York University Of Michigan
1,078 wordsMadonna was born Madonna Madonna Madonna was born on August 16, 1958, in the city of Bay City, located in the state of Michigan. Her real birth name is Madonna Louise Ciccone. However, most people know her as simply Madonna. She is known as a controversial singer, actress, dancer, songwriter, and has become one of Americas biggest and well- known stars in the late 1980 s. Madonnas assertive behavior, outspoken personality, and aggressive acts of sexuality, along with her great efforts to push ba...
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Caged Bird Sings Women And Blacks
649 wordsIn Maya Angelous book I Know Why the Caged Bird sings, she reflects the various societies she grew up in. Maya growing up occurred mainly in stamps, Arkansas. She later moved to St. Louis. After her short-lived stay in St. Louis, she moved to San. Francisco. In each of these there locations, women and blacks were treated differently. Each of these varying attitudes has influenced Maya in several ways. Stamps, Arkansas is also refereed to as hang-em high Arkansas. The white people in this town la...
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Theme Parks Operating Income
738 wordsPaul Hlivko Michael Eisner 038; Disney Research Paper Although they have either the number one or number two brand in over twenty countries, Disney s earning have been falling and analysts are placing a hold on the stock. Since April of 1998, Disney s earning per share have fallen twenty seven percent. Many analysts agree that the Disney brand has declined in popularity, their target markets have changed, and Eisner is trying to run the entire company from top down. Lately, there have been po...
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Significant Events E Mail
866 wordsThe Internet is perhaps todays most influential technological advance. Significant events in history contributing to the development of the Internet can be traced back to as early as 1858. As the Internet expands in the future, it stands to gain control over much of the world. The earliest event in history leading to the development of the Internet took place in 1858. This was the laying of the Atlantic Cable. It was laid to provide instantaneous communication across the ocean. Although it was s...
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Law Abiding Citizens Meals A Day
878 wordsShould Prisoner s Rights Be Expanded or Limited? What Additional Rights Should They Be Given? What Rights Should Be Taken Away? When an individual commits a crime the legal system prosecutes the criminal and ultimately incarcerates him. The very foundation of such a sequence of events is meant to degrade the offender and remove any social rights he had while on the outside. For example, prisoners have this vague notion that they are entitled to any basic rights while in prison. This concept has ...
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