As a result of the rapidly declining cost of computing power in the 1980’s and 1990’s, visual effects technologies encountered an unprecedented period of rapid growth, innovation and improvement. This period of advancement bled-over into the 2000’s with the rise of consumer and prosumer software programs, which were becoming more and more intuitive, while still remaining cost effective for smaller productions. The science fiction genre changed rapidly throughout the 2000’s, as a result of new…
daughters seemed to be the most well known and influential. All of his children married powerful people to unite and strengthen ties within empires. They were great warriors, by horse and arrow, much like their father. Much like his conquests, they expanded through the Silk Road. They conquered land from the Pacific to the Mediterranean, changing economic structures. Genghis Khan believed in equality between men and women, that women could fight and rule just like men would. The daughters were…
created the universe He gave it a mass that was necessary for life to exist. If there were less mass in the universe, only lighter elements such as helium would be produced. If there were more mass, only heavier elements, such as iron, would be produced. The mass of the universe had to be precise to create a life supporting planet. Further an exact mass for the universe is necessary for the formation of our sun and the solar system. Then we have the expansion of the universe. If the universe…
He turned a little sideways in his chair to drink his mug of coffee. At the table on his left the man with the strident voice was still talking remorselessly away. A young woman who was perhaps his secretary, and who was sitting with her back to Winston, was listening to him and seemed to be eagerly agreeing with everything that he said. From time to time Winston caught some such remark as 'I think you're so right, I do so agree with you', uttered in a youthful and rather silly feminine voice.…
Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…
"Well, use your head, son," he said, smiling. Which really meant, "That's all I'm going to tell you," or "I don't know the answer, so don't embarrass me." A Partnership Is Formed The next morning, I told my best friend, Mike, what my dad had said. As best I could tell, Mike and I were the only poor kids in this school. Mike was like me in that he was in this school by a twist of fate. Someone had drawn a jog in the line for the school district, and we wound up in school with the rich kids. We…
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