...I love television with all my heart, I also hate it with a passion. I have many reasons for my emotional dyslexic connection to television. I love the feeling I get when Thursday rolls around and the Apprentice is on NBC. Who will be eliminated tonight? What will their task be? I love Home and Garden Television. They do home renovations in two days time, show us how to plan and carry out a fabulous dinner party in an evening, and demonstrate how to create fabulous decorations for any holiday season. DIY or Do It Yourself television is equally inspiring, though neither are actually inspiring enough for me to have attempted any of the projects I learned about, but that is beside the point. When I would talk about different shows, my friend would get a confused look on his face and say, “I’m not familiar with that show, if it’s not on PBS then I wouldn’t have seen it.” That is the defining statement of a PBS snob, he admits it. Different people could fill in the ‘PBS’ designation with the ‘History Channel’ or the ‘Discovery Channel’. At that point I knew it was futile to even attempt to convey how funny the show was that I watched, it would have been lost on him. There is a sense of superiority when people say, “Oh, I don’t watch television.” Like we immediately picture them reading War and Peace instead of watching the finale of The Bachelor. I think of them as alcoholics that don’t allow themselves to watch any television because they would soon find themselves sitting among...
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...Television is a form of media that has great ability to influence and brainwash the viewing public. The talking box in one’s living room has assumed the overpowering role it plays today as a result of the weakness of society. This may seem like a negative view but a society’s strength is based on the relationships between people and when so much time is spent away from others and together with the media, the actions that take place are often times a reflection of what television presents. In President Clinton’s speech, he brings forth this very point and he acknowledges the family’s increasing weakness and calls on all people to bring back the values of the past and stop the media from playing such a huge role in our community. The overwhelming influence of the media is a constant threat to the maintenance of traditional family values and to the protection of our children’s future. Nevertheless, television cannot be changed for it is too big and powerful but compromises can be made that can strengthen society and help keep certain values protected. Over the past decades, people have less and less time in their hands due to careers, divorces and the constant struggle for success. This unfortunately, is resulting in parents spending less time with their children, which is an important responsibility that no one or nothing can replace. President Clinton said, “television… may be the third parent, but it can’t be the first or the second”(Clinton, p.173). The focus on “parental...
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...A BRIEF REPORT ON TELECOM SECTOR IN INDIA January 2015 For more information, contact: sateesh.kulkarni@asa.in A brief report on Telecom Sector in India 1. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 1.1 Introduction The Indian telecommunications industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. Government policies and regulatory framework implemented by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) have provided a conducive environment for service providers. This has made the sector more competitive, while enhancing the accessibility of telecommunication services at affordable tariffs to the consumers. In the last two decades, the Indian Telecom Sector and mobile telephony in particular has caught the imagination of India by revolutionizing the way we communicate, share information; and through its staggering growth helped millions stay connected. This growth, however, has and continues to be at the cost of the Climate, powered by an unsustainable and inefficient model of energy generation and usage. Simultaneously, this growth has also come at significant and growing loss to the state exchequer, raising fundamental questions on the future business and operation model of the Telecom sector. Telecommunication services are globally recognised as one of the driving forces for overall economic development in a nation. They are also one of the prime support services needed for rapid growth and modernisation of various sectors of the economy. The Government of India recognises...
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...1. Make a sketch of how a local telephone network interfaces with a long distance telephone network. 2. Make a sketch of how a long distance telephone network interfaces with an international telephone network. 3. Explain what is meant by interoffice trunk connection. A connection between two telephone central switching offices. The basic trunk line is called a T1 line. They provide many connections in a single cable, originally they were bundles of copper wire twisted pairs but now are often just a single fiber optic line. 4. I’ve decided to call my friend Jane who lives next door. Jane’s telephone line and my telephone line are both served out of the Oak Street CO. Draw the call path between Jane’s telephone and my telephone. 5. I now need to call my friend Ernie who lives on the other side of town and is served out of the Monroe Street CO. Draw the call path between Ernie’s telephone and my telephone. 6. I decide that I need to call my friend Jose who lives two states away. Trace the call path between my telephone set hanging off the Oak Street CO in Burlington, Vermont, and Jose’s telephone set hanging off the Clinton Street CO in Muncie, Indiana. 7. After talking with Jose, I realize I haven’t talked with my friend Karl who lives in Denmark for some time and decide to call him. Trace the call path between telephone hanging off the Oak Street CO in Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A., and Karl’s telephone hanging off the Boulevard Street CO in Copenhagen, Denmark...
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...Case 14-3 Coconut Telegraph 1) No it does not. According to ASC 985-605-15-4a, “Arrangements for products or services containing software that is incidental to the products or services as a whole.” The key word is incidental, which means it accompanies, but not a major part of something. In Buffet’s case, Coconut does not offer the system without the software because it is key to the functionality of the system. 2) Under ASC 985-605-25-3, revenue shall be recognized when all of the following criteria are met: Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the vendor’s fee is fixed or determinable, collectability is probable. Coconut has contract signed, delivery has occurred, Coconut’s price for the Volcano system is fixed, and cash has already been collected. Coconut will recognize revenue of $12,000 as of February 1st, 2012. 3) Under ASC 985-605-25-47 “additional software products are included in a post contract customer support arrangement, the revenue allocable to the additional software products be accounted for separately from the post contract customer support arrangement as an element of a multiple-element arrangement. Since it is stated that Coconut and Buffet came to a “separate contract” on May 1st 2012, the separate contract will be treated as a multiple-element arrangement and accounted as such. 4) Under ASC 985-605-25-88 “If an arrangement to deliver software… requires significant production, modification… the service element...
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...U5014042 ENGN2226 Portfolio Analysis of the Impact of Replacing Out-dated GPS Devices in a Taxi Fleet Name: Samuel Stefopoulos Student ID: u5014042 Course name: Engineering Systems Analysis Course code: ENGN2226 Lecturer: Chris Browne Assessment piece: Individual Portfolio Date submitted: 25th October 2013 U5014042 ENGN2226 Portfolio Summary GPS devices have become increasingly common due to the advancements of electronics. They can now be hand-held and are highly prominent on roads. This is particularly noticeable in taxis, as most cabs are now fitted with some form of GPS device and many fleets have enforced mandatory GPS policies. This document analyses the impact and worth of refitting a fleet of taxis the size of Canberra Cabs with new portable GPS devices. A series of systems analysis techniques were applied in the analysis of the devices in order to reduce the complexity of the components. A major period of device improvement was identified as the time between 2007 and 2009 based on a diffusion of innovations analysis. The analysis of two particular devices, the TomTom XL 310 (2007) and the Garmin Nuvi 1350 (2009), were used as a comparative measure of the improvements made in the time period. The devices chosen for analysis were ergonomically assessed in terms of their user interface. The major factors improved were found to be the prediction of text and consistency with other devices users may be familiar with. An experiment was then designed and performed to...
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...3. Explain what is meant by interoffice trunk connection. • An interoffice trunk connection is a direct trunk between the local central offices in the same exchange 8. Connections are built between switches, whether the switches are used to switch local or long distance calls. The circuits connecting the switches are of different types of media. List the three common types of media used to connect two switches together. • Shared Trunks, Intermachine Trunks IMT), and Feature Group Trunks. 9. What is a T1 circuit used for? • A T1 circuit is a dedicated digital data circuit transmitted over copper wiring and is used to carry voice and data at speeds up to 1.544 million bits per second (1.5Mbps) using 24 "channels" or timeslots. 10. Define the term LATA. • LATAs are Local Access and transport area. Geographic areas defined after the Modified Judgment of 1982. 11. Define the term intraLATA. • Are calls that travel within the LATA. 12. Define the term interLATA. • InterLATA are calls that travel outside of the LATA, and may have an extra charged attached (long distance). 13. List the three types of data networks described in this chapter. • Dial-up Network, Dedicated Data Circuits, and Packet Networks – The Internet. 14. Draw a dial-up data connection. [pic]15. What is the difference between an ILEC and a CLEC? • ILEC is the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier is the local telephone company that serves an area before the 1986 Telephone Act. The CLEC is the Competitive...
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... What is forgiveness? Forgiveness is not holding a grudge or seeking revenge, but releasing the other from blame and trust in God to forgive the person who offended us. The bible states, “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins (Matthew 6:14-15). As believers, we are obligated to forgive those who hurt us and leave it to God for justice. Forgiveness may be hard, but it is one of the key elements in life to move on and pursue happiness. Although we may never forget the offense one has done to us, forgiveness allows us to not only be at peace with ourselves, but also live in the imagine and likeness of God. In the book Left to Tell by Immaculée Llibagiza, Immaculée must make the decision to forgive not only a man who has murdered her family, but also all Hutus who have murdered over seventy perfect of the Tusti population in the Rwandan genocide. When Immaculée finally met the man who had murdered her family, Felicien, the man wept and was now left to live his life in regret. He knelt to his knees and looked at the floor. He was guilty and embarrassed to even face Immaculée. Instead of seeking revenge, Immaculée said, “Forgiveness is all I have to offer” (Llibagiza 204). She not only put all her faith and trust in God, but she was able to forgive those and move along with her life. Without hesitation and with God by her side, Immaculée...
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...The Merger of Liberty Media and Barnes and Noble, Inc. [pic] [pic] Introduction Liberty Media has chosen to try to inquire Barnes and Noble. The price that has been offered to inquire this company is $17 per share or $1 billion. In the following we are going to discuss whether or not this inquiry is one that will be good or one that will be bad. We will determine if this industry is attractive to enter/maintain business in, we will this is a smart move financially and how much this inquiry will affect the current business practices, and lastly, we will use value chain analysis to determine if this was an overall smart move for the company. Industry Attractiveness Market Size and Projected Growth: The industry of books and media is one that is quite large there are many other book and media companies out there. Barnes and Noble has been trying to expand their business opportunities, buy expanding online operations by creating the world’s largest eBook store, and by developing the NBOOK which is the worlds most advanced eBook reader. Barnes and noble also is the world’s largest seller of magazines offering more than 5,000 titles. The company has tried to expand the company as much as possible by again expanding digital operations, and by expanding there publishing operations the company has recently acquired spark notes.com and sterling publishing. If the company continues to inquire upon more...
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...jouant des jeux vidéo, soit en regardant des émissions – qui n’est pas bien pour le développement du cerveau. Aussi, apart les risques pour la santé associé avec la télévision – comme l’effet sur la durée de la concentration – un enfant pourrait faire du sport au lieu de regarder la télé, donc en plus la télé est lié avec un grand problème de l'obésité en Angleterre. D’autre part c’est une déclaration très generalisé de dire que chaque enfant est la même, parce qu’il y a beaucoup d’enfants qui ne regardent la télé aussi souvent. Dans mon école primaire, j’ai eu quelques amis qui n’avais pas la permission de regarder la television du tout. Chez–moi, ma mere l’a interdit, sauf que pendant le weekend, parce qu'elle a pensé que la television a affecté notre travaille scolaire. Si j'étais permit de me reposer devant une émission, normalement je choisirais une documentaire au une chose comme ça, donc la télé peut avoir un effet positif ainsi que negatif. Donc pour faire le point de l'affaire: d’une part je connais des enfants qui ne regardent jamais la télé, mais d’autre part il y a des enfants à l’autre extrême. Selon moi dans l'avenir c'est important d’assurer que les enfants qui regardent trop de la télé, regarderont...
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...Patients can receive treatment closer to home, especially those in rural areas. Mental and behavior health disorders can be treated due to the access of qualified clinicians. The patients who need treatment will have improved compliance along with the education needed of the disorder. There is also an improved coordination of services (Saeed, 2015). Telehealth that is well designed can have improved health care access and positive outcomes especially for vulnerable groups like seniors. It will help to reduce the demand on primary physicians and create a healthcare cost savings. Disadvantages of Tele-behavioral Health While there are many benefits to tele-behavioral health, there are also disadvantages. One of the main concerns is if the medical site or home site has the operability. Is there access to communication technology? Telehealth needs to have advanced scheduling for clinics and in-home use. The primary physician must recognize the need for the referral and make the referral. There needs to be coordination between the primary physician and the specialty referral and an agreement upon treatment (Tebbs, 2018). Informatic Skills and...
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...Registry. This National Registry would allow Consumers to register on online or through the toll-call-national number in which will protect the Consumers rights of not having calls by Tele-marketers for five years span. After the five years span consumers have the right to renew their phone numbers every five years on this National Registry List and Telemarketers are responsible to update their list every three months by doing so they would not be fined. If they do not honor the National Registry List they will be fined up to amount of $11,000 dollars for their violation. Noted by (Bagner), (Evansburg), (Watson), and (Welch) ( 2003), the Article FTC’s “ Do-Not-Call Program passes Congress” and received funding the National Registry fees will be collected principally from Tele-marketers. Tele-marketers complained that the cost associated with the National Registry could reach into the millions of dollars including Federal Trade Commission or FTC’s fees and expenses, such as new equipment and operator training. However, Tele-marketing is a billion dollar industry so bear the cost and fees or get out of the business. The information technology for this act Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003 was informed from the Internet, WorldWideWeb, plus updated equipment to protect Consumers and the Tele-marketers Company to uphold ethical issue of Consumers rights as a Nation Wide law with this Registry list and uphold...
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...permanent, for at least a desired period of time” (p. 29). The stakeholder’s agreement to implement a Telemedicine Intensive Care Unit (tele-ICU) in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) becomes operational. The second part of this Organizational Change Plan focuses on strategies for implementing a tele-ICU in the MICU. The chief medical director assigns a project manager to the project to oversee the implementation of the tele-ICU. The project manager schedules large weekly meetings with the stakeholders to ensure everyone is completing their assigned tasks. The project manager has an issues log containing issues categorized by subject, owner, and pending due date or completed date. The purpose of the issues log is to track and resolve issues as identified to keep the project moving forward. If the stakeholders in the meeting cannot resolve the issues, the project manager reviews the issues with the chief medical director for resolution. In addition, the project manager schedules small group meeting with different departments. The small groups report to the larger group to keep everyone abreast of all activities. The clinical subgroup committee is a group that oversees the clinical integration of this project. The tele-ICU clinicians reside in the Cincinnati VA medical center. These clinicians have experience in managing the tele-ICU. The Cincinnati clinicians met with the Cleveland clinicians, the MICU manager, the ICU educator,...
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...Registry. This National Registry would allow Consumers to register on online or through the toll-call-national number in which will protect the Consumers rights of not having calls by Tele-marketers for five years span. After the five years span consumers have the right to renew their phone numbers every five years on this National Registry List and Telemarketers are responsible to update their list every three months by doing so they would not be fined. If they do not honor the National Registry List they will be fined up to amount of $11,000 dollars for their violation. Also noted by (Bagner), (Evansburg), (Watson), and (Welch) ( 2003), the Article FTC’s “ Do-Not-Call Program passes Congress” and received funding the National Registry fees will be collected principally from Tele-marketers. Tele-marketers complained that the cost associated with the National Registry could reach into the millions of dollars including Federal Trade Commission or FTC’s fees and expenses, such as new equipment and operator training. However, Tele-marketing is a billion dollar industry so bear the cost and fees or get out of the business. The information technology for this act Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003 was informed from the Internet, World Wide Web, plus updated equipment to protect Consumers and the Tele-marketers Company to uphold ethical issue of...
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