The widely shocking attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11 was interpreted differently by various institutions worldwide, ranging from America's legitimate motive to begin a 'war on terror' to defend her 'very freedom', to a pretext for Bush administration to pursue G. H. W. Bush's temptation for 'a new world order'. Various institutions, therefore, made use of their...

This paper describes our experiences our experience in building and using a Web-based video library designed for educational use. The CAETI Internet Multimedia Library’s initial audience is K-12 schools; most of the content of our library comes from news and politics-related historical footage. The video library is a good tool not just for content but also for acquiring visual literacy. Politic...

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Most of the commercialized games have used controller by manipulated hands or foots. Recently, some studies tried to facial expressions or emotion as game input, but it didn’t directly manipulate a game. It adjusted the difficulty of game. In this study, we suggest a new type of game input interface using face components as input, directly, and present one offline game and two online games by u...

CHICAGO – Tony Curtis, who rolled into town to introduce his classic “Some Like it Hot” – December 5th and 6th, 2009, at the Hollywood Palms in Naperville, IL – has a sharp and voracious intelligence, plus the adventurous life story to share. In his new book, “The Making of Some Like it Hot,” Curtis relates the incredible Hollywood tale about how two big stars, he and Jack Lemmon, dressed up as...

prior to the 1980s, numerous charges of discrimination were noteworthy among women in hollywood. in those years, women were in uncertain situations, so they seemed aimless and vulnerable. in the period that this article focuses on, the female characters are or have become intelligent and therefore open-minded and potentially independent. although, they are still vulnerable and unsure of themsel...

OBJECTIVE Smoking in movies is associated with adolescent and young adult smoking initiation. Public health efforts to eliminate smoking from films accessible to youth have been countered by defenders of the status quo, who associate tobacco imagery in "classic" movies with artistry and nostalgia. The present work explores the mutually beneficial commercial collaborations between the tobacco co...