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A Guide to Writing Subtitles
A Guide to Writing Subtitles A subtitle is a textual version of what is said onscreen; often used in foreign movies to translate languages or in science fiction films to translate a lost or imaginary language to real language. To begin, the subtitler should have the film on media (VHS, DVD, etc.), a copy of the production and, if possible, a copy of the dialogue list. Everything in the film should be subtitled. Even road
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A Huge Impact That Computers Has Made in the Last 15 Years
The age of electronics and more precisely, computers, has caused a huge impact on the way we do business today. Just 15 years ago, innovations such as the FAX machine, and the Personal Computer(PC) were top-of-the-line and were considered to be cutting edge. The growth and innovations of the computer brought along with it many aspects of the business world. Today, many business people would not be able to function effortlessly without computers. Communication is
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A Humanoid Future?
A HUMANOID FUTURE? In the science fiction movie "A.I.," humans build robots in their own image, using them for companionship, and as surrogate children. By the end of the film, humans' innovations have outlasted them. The earth is populated by what appears a race of super-intelligent androids. But it's anybody's guess when robots might encompass human intelligence. Currently, scientists working on humanoid robots - that is, robots designed in the form of a human -
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A Hybrid Electric Vehicle
A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle and electric vehicle which combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) propulsion system with an electric propulsion system. The presence of the electric powertrain is intended to achieve either better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle, or better performance. A variety of types of HEV exist, and the degree to which they function as EVs varies as well. The most common form of HEV
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A New Era of Cheating
Abstract This paper explores the relationship between 21st century technology, specifically cellular phones, iPods, MP3 players, YouTube and online plagiarizing to cheat. With these latest inventions and the affordability of these devices students can upload tables, graphs, charts, answers to test questions and more. Not only can they cheat to get into prestigious colleges and universities, but they also earn degrees. Using electronic devices students can pass on information to a high volume of other
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A Paradigm Shift Caused by the Impact of Interactive Multimedia Technologies
“We can get a better idea of the implications of Barr’s (Alfred H. Barr Jr.) critical model by seeing it as a paradigm a similar way to that proposed by Thomas S. Kuhn, the historian of science. Kuhn explains change in scientific theory not as a linear series of revolutions but as shifts of paradigms….an existing paradigm comes under stress when it fails to solve or explain fresh problems. A new paradigm becomes dominant when
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A Primer on How to Create a Bullet-Proof Disaster Recovery Plan for the Entire Organization
A Primer on How to Create a Bullet-Proof Disaster Recovery Plan for the Entire Organization Elizabeth M. Ferrarini, She is a free-lance writer from Boston, Massachusetts. Reach her at iswive@aol.com Minutes after the first of two planes plunged into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Inc., the largest tenant in the World Trade Center, declared a disaster and rushed its disaster recovery plan into place with the
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A Primer on Satellite Communications
In 1945 Arthur C. Clarke wrote an article entitled "The Future of World Communications" for the magazine Wireless World. This article, which the editors renamed "Extra-Terrestrial Relays", was published in the October issue. In it Clarke described the properties of the geostationary orbit, a circular orbit in the equatorial plane of the earth such that a satellite appears to hover over a fixed point on the equator. The period of revolution is equal to the
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A Problem on the Road
A Problem on the Road Every year, thousands of people are injured or killed in car wrecks caused by road rage/ aggressive driving. Despite this fact many people still are impatient and become angry on the road. Driving is a curious display of public and private acts. A car isolates the driver from the world. The personal sensation of power over a couple thousand pound car is intoxicating. Road rage/aggressive driving starts from things such
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A Quantum Computer... A Future Technology
By the strange laws of quantum mechanics, Folger, a senior editor at Discover, notes, an electron, proton, or other subatomic particle is "in more than one place at a time," because individual particles behave like waves, these different places are different states that an atom can exist in simultaneously. Ten years ago, Folger writes, David Deutsch, a physicist at Oxford University, argued that it may be possible to build an extremely powerful computer based
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A Report on Hardware in a P.C
B.Sc. (Hons) Computing Information Systems Computer Systems Written Assignment Task 1 Matthew Bartlett Lecturer: Bev Holland Year: 1 Due date: 15th December 2006 Contents Executive Summary 3 Terms Of Reference 3 Introduction 3 Specifications 4 Components 5 Comparisons 8 Final Specifications 10 Conclusions 11 References and Acknowledgements 12 Executive Summary In this report I have found that often some of the new technology and especially the high spec items are being pushed by companies in
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A Report on Sip
A Virtual Whiteboard Application Irfan Abid (05-0094), Usman Chaudhry (05-0104) Abstract – This application allows two users (one being server, and other client) to connect to each other using SIP. After connection, server can start drawing basic shapes on drawing canvas in application and client side can view it. SIP is used so that users don’t need to know each other’s physical IP beforehand to start. Users must only know each other’s ID. Registrar server
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A Review - Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and The Failure of Established Firms
Radical and incremental innovations have long been the cornerstone of which firms base their knowledge and methods of technological innovation. However, this paper serves to bring attention to one of the less apparent forms of innovation, whose importance is increasingly being brought to light. Architectural innovations are, as defined by Henderson and Clark, “innovations that change the way in which the components of a product are linked together, while leaving the core design concepts (and
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A Risk Assessment of Fedex Corporation
A Risk Assessment of FedEx Corporation Marvin Conley CIS RISK MANAGEMENT & STRATEGIC PLANNING CMGT/585 Mr. Sardoni June 12, 2006 Abstract Many organizations perform risk assessments to measure the amount of risks that could impact their organization, and identify ways in treating them before a major disaster occurs. Risks involve theoretical effectiveness of security measures, loss of impact, threats and vulnerabilities that are common in today’s society. FedEx Corporation follows guidelines and policies that are
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A Rural Tale - a Cautionary Allegory for Is Researchers
A Rural Tale: A Cautionary Allegory for IS Researchers Professor Mike Newman Abstract A textual fragment from a case study describing the attempted introduction of a simple water deliver system into a rural village is presented. Using text as allegory, we try to reveal how textual analysis, management change theories, social theory and IS literature can be used to add to our understanding of the events portrayed in the text. We show what each interpretive
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A Safe Internet
4/28/2005 English 003-13 Evaluation Argument Professor Aithal A Safe Internet "I've heard of and experienced an Internet address where it's a casino online. They say they'll give you cash prizes if you win so many chips. I've won the chips... I ask for the prize. And it's nowhere to be seen. I wrote several times to them. No messages were replied. I lost $200 to them so far, and I know others have lost
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A Search Algorithm to Solve a Maze
Abstract Our project will be to come up with a smart agent – MiFo – that is capable of solving a maze using the shortest path possible. So, clearly, the concept of path finding is the main idea behind our project. In this paper, we will discuss the search algorithm that we will be using to come up with the fastest solution to our maze. To make the maze more pragmatic we will add some
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A Study of Impact of Nafta and Lessons for Saarc
A STUDY OF IMPACT OF NAFTA AND LESSONS FOR SAARC The United States, Canada and Mexico started NAFTA and formed free trade agreement in Jan 1994. The express purpose of it was to liberalize trade in goods and services, remove barriers to investment, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights; and establish a framework for further trilateral cooperation. The agreement is based on principals of non-discriminatory treatment and transparency. It consists of 24 chapters and
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A Study on Enhancement of Heat Transfer Rate by the Aid of Nanofluids
A study on enhancement of heat transfer rate by the aid of nanofluids Abstract: This project titled “A study on enhancement of heat transfer rate by the aid of nanofluids ” explores several methods to improve the heat transfer efficiency. Some of the methods are utilization of extended surfaces, application of vibration to the heat transfer surfaces and usage of micro channels. Heat transfer efficiency can also be improved by increasing the thermal conductivity of
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A Successful Implementation of the Pyramid Project
Purpose of the Project - Details For a successful implementation of the Pyramid Project, the new project management and tracking system will allow the organization to better identify key business representatives from each business unit within the organization; the new project management and tracking system will allow for better project process management; the new system will also allow the organization to enhance the issue management process by providing a more effective and efficient issue tracking
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A Systems Analysis of Lily Rose Tiaras
Background/ Identification of the problem Lily-Rose Tiaras is a small business that makes wedding jewellery designed the owner. It is run by my mother and is in addition to her normal job. As it is not her main occupation there is no legitimate system in place for the company. As orders are received they are produced and sent out after payment. This generates many problems for the company. By using a computer system an organisational
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A Technological Revolution: The Transistor
A Technological Revolution: The Transistor The most significant and revolutionizing discovery of the twentieth century was the electrical characteristics of semiconductors. The idea of semiconductors can be fully grasped when the band theory of solids is understood. This theory clearly states that for electrical conduction, elements have an orbital line-up of electrons. The lower orbitals are filled first, then the higher ones. If an element has a filled valence orbital, the highest filled conduction band,
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A Trip Through the Pipes
A Trip through the Pipes Ouch! Something hard touched the end of my feet. In the darkness, I couldn’t make out the color or the shape clearly, but it was no doubt made of steel. I tried to remember what I had put in my back porch, but I could not remember. So I went back into the house, turned the light of the porch on, and returned. It was a huge box-shaped machine with
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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings By Gabriel Garcia Marquez The fictional tale entitled A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings is an intriguing story which is expressed very well in the title. The story is about just that, an old man with wings. The only aspect that the title fails to point out is that he is an angel. I find the story to be somewhat interesting; however, it isnпїЅt exactly hard to
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A Wavelet Transform Approach to the Design of Complementary Sequences for Communications
A wavelet transform approach to the design of complementary sequences for communications Todor Cooklev, Keh-Gang Lu School of Engineering, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA 94132, USA Abstract: In this paper we study the relationship between filter banks and complementary sequences. Non-periodic and periodic complementary sequences are identified to be special cases of non-periodic and periodic (or cyclic) wavelet transforms. These wavelet transforms are non-regular. A systematic approach for the generation of periodic symmetric
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A World of Freedom with Chains Attached
Everyone has heard of the Internet and how it is going to help set the world free. The Internet is the fastest growing form of communication and is becoming more and more commonplace in the average American home. Companies these days do big business over the Internet, and online shopping has grown tremendously in the last few years. For instance, the online auction site eBay sells millions of items every year online. Many companies are
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Aalsmeer Flower Auction E-Business
On a daily basis Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer sets the world price for flowers and plants. This happens by bringing supply and demand together by means of the auction clock- a captivating process during which large and small batches of flowers are sold within fractions of seconds. Each day, 19 million flowers and two million plants are sold through 13 clocks at 'Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer is said to have the largest trade building in the entire world. In
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Aalsmer Flower Auction
Identify and analyse the business and information requirements of the board of the Aalsmeer Flower Auction, suggesting a suitable information strategy which will help them to achieve their business objectives and ensure competitive advantage in the industry. Task As the IT Consultant you have been hired to recommend how the use of modern information systems and technology might ensure the continued success of the Aalsmeer Flower Auction. Write a management consultancy report that addresses the
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Abbey Case Study
INFORMATION AND E-BUSINESS SYSTEMS ASSIGNMENT 1: ABBEY and EDS SECTION 1) ABBEY is a leading mortgage lender in U.K., structured in business divisions, namely Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Finance and Markets, Manufacturing, Risk, Central Units, HR. A strategic objective for Abbey is to gain competitive advantage, that is to improve its competitive position through a better service to its clients, an improved effectiveness in its internal operations and a reduction in costs (estimated in savings
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Abe
Individual Responsibilities Plans must address requirements for individuals accessing or processing Restricted Data so as to comply with basic responsibilities for campus data in general, as required by the provisions of the DMUP. In particular, Plans must specify requirements to be implemented within departments or units to ensure that individuals will be able to protect Restricted Data. [4] This includes ensuring that: o passwords or other instruments that allow access to Restricted Data are protected;
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