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What is the information "superhighway" really all about? Communications engineers at GTE and US WEST provide a remarkably clear introduction to the basic concepts of the digital communications revolution. Demonstrates how 1s and 0s represent graphics, video, and even sounds.
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Communication between people and cultures initially stemmed from trade and commerce. With Guttenberg's invention of the printing press, information was available to people beyond the elite and wealthy for the first time. Trade drew explorers out into the oceans, and mapmakers outlined their treacherous journeys. These basic maps are what led Columbus to believe he could reach the East by sailing west. Instead he found America, and established trade routes between America and Europe.
Modern emails, pagers, faxes, and cell phones! It's all about communication with Timeblazers Sam and Jen, who travel back to test out different communication methods. The message-in-a-bottle tactic proves it could be a long wait before the tide comes in to carry the bottle to sea. It wasn't that long ago that to "log on" meant to throw a log on the fire to send smoke signals. There was the Pony Express and horse-drawn stagecoaches in the 1800s. Then came carrier pigeons, the telegraph, telephones, the Post Office, and overnight delivery.
Provides an overview of all the stages to ensure a kitten grows up to become a happy, healthy, and much-loved addition to a family. Cats have an extra sense organ, and they can actually "taste" smell. In relation to their body size, cats have the largest eyes of any mammal. The cat's grace and beauty have inspired artists since ancient times. By Victorian times they became pampered pets. Cats are loving and affectionate but have an independent character that guarantees them a special place in the hearts of their caregivers. NOTE: Bonus material follows main feature.
Puppies are a joy to behold, but with that joy comes responsibility. Regardless of what kind of puppy one has, the same general rules apply when caring for a pet. Like people, all puppies have different personalities, and no two are exactly the same. For this reason, owners of new puppies or dogs will have to take time to get to know them, to build trust, and to discover what actually motivates them. Experts explain all the necessary steps to ensure that a puppy grows up to become a healthy, well-behaved, and much-loved addition to a family. NOTE: Bonus material follows main feature.
Provides important steps you can take and become self-reliant to prepare for various emergency situations topics include: Weather-related disasters, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, floods, wildland fires, earthquakes, power outages, terrorism, bio terrorism, pandemics, avian and swine influenza, radiation emergencies, effects of climate change, and other disruptions including civil unrest. Knowing what you and your family can do to prepare for any type of disaster will help reduce stress if a natural or man-made disaster occurs. Having the proper supplies and knowing how to use them can make a difference between life and death in time of an emergency. Explains how to store food and water and you can have hot, tasty meals without electric power.
Timeblazers Sam and Jen go back to a time when ancient Chinese civilizations were using cowrie shells as currency and when buying a water buffalo meant coughing up the animal's weight in coins. They flash forward to the 1800s, when goods could be purchased in exchange for beaver pelts. Then to the middle of the 1400s, when "gold fever" gripped the imaginations of explorers who dreamed of finding the fabled city of El Dorado, but it was the California gold strike in 1849 that brought more than 50,000 prospectors to the West in search of easy riches.
What are explorers? What do they do? What skills do they need? Is exploring done today? How can students be explorers? Following a summary of the 18-month Lewis and Clark expedition, elementary students learn about Will Steger, contemporary arctic explorer. Emphasizes the importance of keeping a journal to record what is seen and heard. Students explore nearby woods and share their discoveries.
Some conservationists believe that perhaps half of all species on earth will become extinct in the next 50 to 100 years. To prevent that, several groups work to assist efforts at conserving biodiversity. Some of the efforts include taxonomy (cataloging species), managed retreat (letting nature retake areas), saving seeds, and propagating endangered plants. Man's efforts toward destruction and development must be balanced with sustainability.
European farmers no longer import some of their food because they have high efficiency farms and a food surplus. Because of this, some farmland has been set aside for nonfood crops, such as timber, oil-producing seeds, sports grasses, and plants and animals from which clothes are made. This British production shares creative and innovative uses of land formerly kept only for food crops.
Timeblazers Sam and Jen meet some geniuses of the past, including Nicholas Copernicus, the first to map out the Solar System; William Shakespeare and his magnificent Globe Theatre; Benjamin Franklin, a great inventor, printer, and philosopher; Thomas Edison, who invented the first practical incandescent light bulb; Eratosthenes, who used a stick to figure out the size of the earth and that the planet was round; Plato, a great philosopher and thinker; Jean-Francois Champollion, who unlocked the mystery of the Rosetta Stone; Magellan, who was the first to sail around the world; and the "Renaissance Man," Leonardo da Vinci.
Information and Communication Technologies, known as ICT's make reference to electronic devices used for specific communication purposes, for example: television, radio, Internet, cell phone, iPhone, iPod, computer and other technological innovations that are part of the information culture.
Timeblazers Sam and Jen look back at the squalid ways of old. For thousands of years people dumped garbage wherever they liked; food scraps were simply tossed onto the floor; and, in medieval times, garbage and human waste went right into the castle moat. All that garbage attracted the rats, which, in turn, spread a terrible disease called The Plague, The Black Death, or the Bubonic Plague.
The Atlantic cod, staple food for centuries, has been overfished worldwide, and supply doesn't meet demand. After a brief look at the problem, viewers learn about "aqua farming" efforts in Scotland. Salmon and trout farming already exist there, and efforts are now being made to cooperatively develop cod farms. This British production explores the practicality, economics, and challenges of one answer to a food supply problem.
Gives basic first-aid techniques to help an injured dog in the first critical moments after a medical emergency occurs until the dog can be transported to a veterinarian. Covers: what's normal for my dog, scene safety, muzzles, rescue breathing, CPR, choking, fractures, car accidents, shock, poisoning, snakebites and more. Lists what to include in a pet first-aid kit. Recommended by ASPCA.
Gives basic first-aid techniques to help an injured cat in the first critical moments after a medical emergency occurs until the cat can be transported to a veterinarian. Covers: what's normal for my cat, scene safety, restraints, rescue breathing, CPR, choking, car accidents, poisoning, burns, heatstroke and more. Lists what to include in a pet first-aid kit. Recommended by ASPCA.
Thanks to the establishment, use, and appropriation of ICTs (Information and Communications Technologies); there has been great social, educational and cultural advancement which has increased the country's competitiveness. Today, the search for greater productivity at work has led to the implementation of a new type of work known as telecommuting. This initiative of the Ministry of ICT is a form of distance or remote work that carries out its objectives or goals through the use of information and communication technologies.
Today, people send emails, text messages, and status updates instantaneously. But not so long ago, messages were handwritten and travelled no faster than people could carry them. With the invention of the telegraph and then the telephone, instant communication was born. Radio and television created an industry for mass entertainment that continues to grow, and the computer age changed how data is crunched. With the invention of the internet in the 1980s, the world of communication has truly shrunk.
All animal species undergo a process of constant change. Those that survive do so because they perfect certain strategies that enable them to develop successfully in their environment. Discovers that conditions in the environment determine which abilities animals develop, and introduces survival strategies such as camouflage, poison, symbiosis, parasitism, and adaptation. NOTE: Contains nudity.
Timeblazers Jen and Sam travel back 63 million years before the first primitive people appeared on Earth, and they learn that people and dinosaurs never met. They jump to the Paleolithic age, when humans first appeared, to see some "cavemen," as they are often called. About 8000 BCE the first primitive civilizations began to develop after humans started farming. Then to 3100 BCE: The Egyptians. Around 750 BCE came the ancient Greek civilization; then from about 27 BCE to 476 CE came the Roman Empire. Then came the Middle Ages from 500 to about the year 1400, the Renaissance.
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