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    The Camera Doesn’t Lie... Or Does It? An Essay Analysing the Techniques Used In A Current Affair Program Sixty Minutes. A Current Affair. Today Tonight. We like to see people’s lives. That’s why these shows succeed. They show us the good times and the bad. They bring people’s lives into our living rooms. But are these shows bringing us the honest truth? For example‚ the segment reported by Sixty Minutes‚ titled "The Lost Children"‚ tells the story of children who were sent to Australia for the

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    Nikola Tesla had changed the development of alternating current in many ways through his work of: the AC motor‚ the Niagara Falls Power Plant‚ electromagnetism‚ remote control‚ the X-ray‚ the Tesla Coil and the Neutral Particle Beam Accelerator or Death Ray. Some ways that Tesla has changed the development of alternating current is through making the AC motor that revolutionized how large machines work and how large businesses can better function. He also made the standard for electricity‚ with the

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    Chapter 33 Alternating Current Circuits Multiple Choice 1. An ac generator with peak voltage 100 volts is placed across a 10-Ω resistor. What is the average power dissipated? a. 100 W b. 150 W c. 500 W d. 1000 W e. 2000 W 2. An electric heater draws an average power of 1100 Watts when plugged into a 110 V-rms outlet. Calculate the resistance of the heater and the rms current. a. 11Ω‚ 10 A (rms) b. 110Ω‚ 10 A (rms) c. 10Ω‚ 11 A (rms) d. 10Ω‚ 110 A (rms) e. 0.09Ω‚ 11 A (rms)

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    A Current Affair (Ch 9) and The 7.30 Report (ABC 1) are examples of group media communication. They fall in the category of current affairs. These programs share common components such as form and context. They differ quite clearly in audience‚ language and purpose. The programs that were viewed on Wednesday the 13th of February 2008 will be useful to analyse the points of comparison between the two‚ Especially the Stolen Generations Apology. Form: The 7.30 Report and A Current Affair‚ talk about

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    The US Current Account Deficit Case Analysis 1 The large US current account deficit is attributed to a widening trade imbalance which accounts for 87% of the US deficit (see Exhibit 1). The trade deficit is the result of globalization‚ consumer spending‚ and large current account surpluses found in China‚ oil exporting countries‚ and Russia totaling a combined surplus of $920B in 2008 (see Exhibit 2). Globalization of production resulting from low labor costs in China and other emerging markets

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    Current Balance of Payments(BoP) Position of Bangladesh One country’s economic performance is reflected through its Balance of payment. Balance of payments (BoP) accounts is an accounting record of all monetary transactions between a country and the rest of the world. Bangladesh is not different so. The improvement of its economy also depends on the performance of its Bop. According to a World Bank report published in 2012‚ The Current account balance (BoP; US dollar) in Bangladesh is 926.19 billion

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    In the late 1880’s Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison battled over what type of electricity {Alternating Current or Direct Current} would become standard in the United States (Nix). People today take electricity for granted‚ but during this time period people were just beginning to dawn the idea of having electricity in households. The vast majority of people had to utilize more dangerous types of electricity such as gas lamps. Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison both invented a type of electricity and the

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    The flowing of current through conductor produce heat. We are using this heat due to flow of current in our daily life as in electric iron‚ electric bulb‚ electric fuse‚ electric heater and more. Heating effect of electric current are below (i) Electric iron: In an iron the upper part is grooved. In this groove a coil is placed. Mica as an insulator is placed between the metal part and the coil‚ so that there is no electrical connection between them. Mica is a bad conductor of electricity but

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    Nikola Tesla. (2004‚ July 22). In Wikipedia‚ The free encyclopedia. Retrieved November 14‚ 2007‚ from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla George Westinghouse Alternating Current. (2004‚ July 22). In Wikipedia‚ The free encyclopedia. Retrieved November 14‚ 2007‚ from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_Current Direct current Current Electric Chair. (2004‚ July 22). In Wikipedia‚ The free encyclopedia. Retrieved November 14‚ 2007‚ from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Chair Penrose‚ James

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    A.C current meters Introduction An ammeter is a measuring instrument used to measure the electric current in a circuit. Electric currents are measured in amperes (A)‚ hence the name. Neither type of basic dc PMMC meter movement will correctly indicate an alternating current. There are‚ however‚ four basic types of meter movement that will indicate ac values:- Thermocouple Hot wire Electrodynamometer Iron-vane Electrodynamic ammeters An electrodynamic meter uses an electromagnet instead

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