The Internet is viewed as a platform and delivery medium for tools that help to eliminate some of the distance constraints in direct democracy; its use is discussed in the context of Internet democracy. Technical media for e-democracy can be expected to extend to mobile technologies such as phones. There are important differences between previous communication media and the Internet that are relevant to the Internet as a political medium. Most importantly the Internet is a many-to-many communication medium where radio/televisio ...

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E-democracy, E-democracy - Practical issues with e-democracy, E-democracy - Internet as political medium, E-democracy - Pros and cons, E-democracy - Electronic direct democracy, E-democracy - Differences from direct democracy, E-democracy - Relevant external links

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Channelling mediumistic - Books and channelled texts. Several notable books describe the entering of a trance state to allow the dead to speak through the medium or channel, or a spiritual guide to convey messages from other spirit men to listeners (see seance). A New Day Is Dawning: Channelled text allegedly from Jesus, channelled by Diandra founder of www.inwardjourney.com Ask and it is Given: Channelled text, allegedly from Abraham, channelled by Esther Hicks. Co ...

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Channelling mediumistic, Channelling mediumistic - General, Channelling mediumistic - Channelling Definition, Channelling mediumistic - Hypotheses on Channelling, Channelling mediumistic - Books channelled texts entities and mediums, Channelling mediumistic - Books and channelled texts, Channelling mediumistic - Entities and mediums, Channelling mediumistic - Channelling in fiction

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Channelling mediumistic - Books and channelled texts. Several notable books describe the entering of a trance state to allow the dead to speak through the medium or channel, or a spiritual guide to convey messages from other spirit men to listeners (see seance). A New Day Is Dawning: Channelled text allegedly from Jesus, channelled by Diandra founder of www.inwardjourney.com Ask and it is Given: Channelled text, allegedly from Abraham, channelled by Esther Hicks. Co ...

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Channelling mediumistic, Channelling mediumistic - General, Channelling mediumistic - Channelling Definition, Channelling mediumistic - Hypotheses on Channelling, Channelling mediumistic - Books, channelled texts, entities and mediums, Channelling mediumistic - Books and channelled texts, Channelling mediumistic - Entities and mediums, Channelling mediumistic - Channelling in fiction

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The Faraday effect is imposed on light over the course of its propagation from its origin to the Earth, through the interstellar medium. Here, the effect is caused by free electrons and can be characterized as a difference in the refractive index seen by the two circularly polarized propagation modes. Hence, in contrast to the Faraday effect in solids or liquids, interstellar Faraday rotation has a s ...

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Faraday effect, Faraday effect - Faraday rotation in the interstellar medium

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The typical duration of a vinyl album was about 15 to 25 minutes per side, except classical music which could extend to over 30 minutes on a side. If a side exceeds the average time, the maximum groove amplitude is reduced to make room for the additional program material. This can cause hiss in the sound from lower quality amplifiers when the volume is turned up to compensate for the lower recorded level. An extreme example, Todd Rundgren's Initiation LP, with 36 minutes of music on one side, has a "technical note" at the bottom of the inner ...

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Gramophone record, Gramophone record - Basics, Gramophone record - Common formats, Gramophone record - Less common formats, Gramophone record - Structure of a typical record, Gramophone record - Early history of the medium, Gramophone record - History of the materials, Gramophone record - History of the speeds, Gramophone record - Progress and the War of the Speeds, Gramophone record - Stereo and beyond, Gramophone record - Other developments, Gramophone record - The record mastering and pressing process, Gramophone record - Recording the disc, Gramophone record - Mass producing records, Gramophone record - Packaging and Distribution, Gramophone record - Record Labels, Gramophone record - Disc limitations, Gramophone record - Recording medium comparison, Gramophone record - Beyond the 1990s: Records versus the digital media, Gramophone record - Arguments about sound fidelity, Gramophone record - Disc jockeys, Gramophone record - Creating homemade records, Gramophone record - Studios, Gramophone record - Personal recording devices, Gramophone record - Preservation of disc recordings

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Disc recording is inherently neither better nor worse than cylinder recording in potential audio fidelity. Recordings made on a cylinder remain at a constant linear velocity for the entirety of the recording, while those made on a disc have a higher linear velocity at the outer portion of the groove compared to the inner portion. Edison's patented recording method recorded with vertical ...

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Phonograph, Phonograph - Terminology, Phonograph - History, Phonograph - The phonautograph, Phonograph - Phonograph theory, Phonograph - The first phonograph, Phonograph - British and American and Australian language usage differences, Phonograph - Disc versus cylinder as a recording medium, Phonograph - The dominance of the disc phonograph, Phonograph - Turntable technology, Phonograph - Turntable construction, Phonograph - Turntable drive systems, Phonograph - Pickup systems, Phonograph - Arm systems, Phonograph - Front-loading systems, Phonograph - The phonograph in the 21st century

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Cloud types - Altostratus. Abbreviation: As altostratus undulatus altostratus radiatus altostratus lenticularis altostratus duplicatus altostratus translucidus altostratus opacus altostratus mammatus altostratus praecipitatio Altostratus is usually associated with a weather front and can bring rain or snow. Cloud ...

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Cloud types, Cloud types - High-level clouds, Cloud types - Cirrus, Cloud types - Cirrocumulus, Cloud types - Cirrostratus, Cloud types - Contrail, Cloud types - Medium-level clouds, Cloud types - Altostratus, Cloud types - Altocumulus, Cloud types - Nimbostratus, Cloud types - Low-level clouds, Cloud types - Stratocumlus, Cloud types - Stratus, Cloud types - Cumulus, Cloud types - Vertically developed clouds, Cloud types - Cumulonimbus, Cloud types - Other clouds, Cloud types - The meaning of cloud names, Cloud types - Main cloud components, Cloud types - main cloud types, Cloud types - Main sub-cloud types, Cloud types - Other cloud types, Cloud types - Storm Clouds, Cloud types - clouds associated with the development and duration of storms

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Cloud types - Altostratus. Abbreviation: As Altostratus is usually associated with a weather front and can bring rain or snow. altostratus duplicatus altostratus lenticularis altostratus mammatus altostratus opacus altostratus praecipitatio altostratus radiatus altostratus translucidus altostratus undulatus Cloud ...

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Cloud types, Cloud types - High-level clouds, Cloud types - Cirrus, Cloud types - Cirrocumulus, Cloud types - Cirrostratus, Cloud types - Contrail, Cloud types - Medium-level clouds, Cloud types - Altostratus, Cloud types - Altocumulus, Cloud types - Nimbostratus, Cloud types - Low-level clouds, Cloud types - Stratocumulus, Cloud types - Stratus, Cloud types - Cumulus, Cloud types - Vertically developed clouds, Cloud types - Cumulonimbus, Cloud types - Other clouds, Cloud types - The meaning of cloud names, Cloud types - Main cloud components, Cloud types - Main cloud types, Cloud types - Main sub-cloud types, Cloud types - Other cloud types, Cloud types - Storm Clouds

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Text adventures are one of the oldest types of computer games and form a subset of the adventure genre. The player uses text input to control the game and the game state is relayed to the player via text output. Input is usually provided by the player in the form of simple sentences such as "get key" or "go east" which may be handled by a simple parser. Parsers vary in sophistication; the first text adventure parsers could only handle two-word sentences in the form of verb-noun pairs. Later parsers could handle increasing levels of co ...

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Interactive fiction, Interactive fiction - The medium of interactive fiction, Interactive fiction - History, Interactive fiction - Adventure, Interactive fiction - The commercial era, Interactive fiction - The modern era, Interactive fiction - Notable works of interactive fiction, Interactive fiction - Sample transcript, Interactive fiction - Interactive fiction development systems, Interactive fiction - Alternative definitions

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A scheme known as carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) governs the way the computers share the channel. Originally developed in the 1960s for the ALOHAnet in Hawaii using radio, the scheme is relatively simple compared to token ring or master controlled networks. When one computer wants to send some information, it obeys the following algorithm: Start - If the wire is idle, start transmitting, else go to step 4 Transmitting - If detecting a collision, continue transmitting until ...

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Ethernet, Ethernet - History, Ethernet - General description, Ethernet - CSMA/CD shared medium Ethernet, Ethernet - Ethernet repeaters and hubs, Ethernet - Bridging and Switching, Ethernet - Dual speed hubs, Ethernet - Ethernet frame types and the EtherType field, Ethernet - Varieties of Ethernet, Ethernet - Some early varieties of Ethernet, Ethernet - 10 Mbit/s Ethernet, Ethernet - Fast Ethernet 100 Mbit/s, Ethernet - Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet - 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet - Related standards, Ethernet - Implementations

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Under general relativity, the gravitational field parameters are supposed not just to 'modify' underlying pre-existing distances and times, but to define them, completely. Separation between objects is then not an independent mathematical property as it is with special relativity, the "quantity of space" between two objects is instead entirely defined by the properties of the region's gravitational field. Einstein, 1952: "... Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially extended ...

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Aether and general relativity, Aether and general relativity - The gravitational field considered as a medium, Aether and general relativity - Einstein on GR's aether, Aether and general relativity - Physical properties of the GR aether, Aether and general relativity - Utility of the GR aether concept, Aether and general relativity - Validity of the GR aether description

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In 1939, the USA had manufactured 18 examples of the Medium M2 tank. This tank was never to see service, but its chassis and suspension were used as a basis for the Lee and Sherman tanks. Following the German invasion of France in 1940, a small number of Medium M2A1 tanks (an improved model) were manufactured for training, while a more modern tank (which was eventually to become the Medium M3 Lee) was designed. The Lee was superseded by the Medium M4 Sherman. This originally carried a low-velocity 75 mm gun ...

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American armored fighting vehicle production during World War II, American armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - Light tanks, American armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - Stuart series, American armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - Other light tanks, American armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - Medium tanks, American armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - Heavy tanks

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The T-34 was originally armed with a 76-mm gun; this was upgraded to a higher-velocity 76-mm, then finally to an 85-mm gun in a bigger turret. The production given for the T-34/85 in 1945 is the full production of that year. The SU-85, SU-122 and SU-100 were all self-propelled guns mounted on the chassis of the T-34. The SU-85 and the later SU-100 mounted high-velocity guns and were designed for anti-tank work. The SU-122 mounted the lower-velocit ...

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Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II, Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - Light AFVs, Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - Medium AFVs, Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - Heavy AFVs, Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - KV series, Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - IS series

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Psychic (medium)

a person who is sensitive to psychic influences or forces.

(See also: Psychic, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Up-and-coming webserial authors enjoy a benefit webcomic artists do not - text is the accepted, dominant medium of the internet and images are not. It is much easier to publish a webserial with little resources at your disposal and make it look palatable. Online journal services such as LiveJournal and Xanga often play a role as an impromptu host for webserials. Those few who openly elect to use it in preference to other mediums favor the built-in RSS broadcasting, and often rely on stories that can stand alone fairly well, as neither service makes reading a full ...

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Webserial, Webserial - Medium, Webserial - Publication, Webserial - Business

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Glycine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS, especially in the spinal cord. When glycine receptors are activated, Cl- enters the neuron via ionotropic receptors, causing an inhibitory post-synaptic potential (IPSP). Strychnine is an antagonist at these ionotropic receptors. Its LD50 is 0.96 mg/kg in rats, and it usually causes death by hyperexcitability. Glycine is a required co-agonist along with Glu in CNS. In contrast to the inhibitory role of glycine in the spinal cord, this behaviour is facilitated at the (N ...

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Glycine, Glycine - Physiological function, Glycine - Presence in the Interstellar Medium

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Research of articles by channellers has shown they allegedly have channelled ascended masters like Buddha, Jesus, or St. Germain.; people that have passed away; angels; and higher dimensional beings. Channelling is a popular source of revealed teachings in some New Age groups. Well known channellers like Diandra (Salem), Edgar Cayce, Esther Hicks (Abraham), Jane Roberts (Seth), and Lee Carol (Kryon) have volumes of teachings on angels, chakras, higher dimensions, future predictions, manifestation, meditation, non- ...

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Channelling mediumistic, Channelling mediumistic - General, Channelling mediumistic - Channelling Definition, Channelling mediumistic - Hypotheses on Channelling, Channelling mediumistic - Books channelled texts entities and mediums, Channelling mediumistic - Books and channelled texts, Channelling mediumistic - Entities and mediums, Channelling mediumistic - Channelling in fiction

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For most of the 20th century, the radio frequency 500 kHz was reserved world wide as the Morse code international calling and distress frequency for ships on the high seas. The frequency 2182 kHz is still used for this purpose, but employing voice transmission. Other services that operate in medium wave include Navtex and the Amateur Radio 160-meter band. The obsolete LORAN-A system used medium wave. ...

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Mediumwave, Mediumwave - Antennas, Mediumwave - Non-broadcast use

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Lithography - The principle. Lithography as a manual process is based on the repulsion of oil and water. The image is placed on the surface with an oil-based medium. The range of oil based mediums is endless but the dexterity of the image relies on the lipid content of the material being used--its ability to withstand water and acid. Following the placement of the image is the application of an acid emuslified with gum arabic. The function of this emulsion is to create a salt layer directly around the image area. ...

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Lithography, Lithography - Printing, Lithography - The principle, Lithography - The early process, Lithography - The modern process, Lithography - Semiconductor lithography, Lithography - Lithography as an artistic medium

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Advertising - Regulation. Main article: Advertising regulation There have been increasing efforts to protect the public interest by regulating the content and the reach of advertising. Some examples are the ban on television tobacco advertising imposed in the USA, and the total ban on advertising to children under twelve imposed by the Swedish government in 1991. Though that regulation continues in effect for broadcasts originating within the country, it has been weakened by the Europea ...

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Advertising, Advertising - History, Advertising - Media, Advertising - Objectives, Advertising - Political uses, Advertising - Impact, Advertising - Techniques, Advertising - Public service advertising, Advertising - Social impact, Advertising - Regulation, Advertising - Critiques of the medium, Advertising - Public perception of the medium, Advertising - Future, Advertising - Bibliography

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In ancient times the most common form of advertising was 'word of mouth'. However, commercial messages and election campaign displays were found in the ruins of Pompeii. Egyptians used papyrus to create sales messages and wall posters. Lost-and-found advertising on papyrus was common in Greece and Rome. As printing developed in the 15th and 16th century, advertising expanded to include handbills. In the 17th century advertisements started to ...

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Advertising, Advertising - History, Advertising - Media, Advertising - Objectives, Advertising - Political uses, Advertising - Impact, Advertising - Techniques, Advertising - Public service advertising, Advertising - Social impact, Advertising - Regulation, Advertising - Critiques of the medium, Advertising - Public perception of the medium, Advertising - Future, Advertising - Bibliography

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Whereas marketing aims to identify markets that will purchase a product (business) or support an idea and then facilitate that purchase, advertising is the paid communication by which information about the product or idea is transmitted to potential consumers. In general, advertising is used to convey availability of a "product" (which can be a physical product, a service, or an idea) and to provide information regarding the product. This can stimulate demand for the product, one of the main objectives of advertising. More spec ...

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Advertising, Advertising - History, Advertising - Media, Advertising - Objectives, Advertising - Political uses, Advertising - Impact, Advertising - Techniques, Advertising - Public service advertising, Advertising - Social impact, Advertising - Regulation, Advertising - Critiques of the medium, Advertising - Public perception of the medium, Advertising - Future, Advertising - Bibliography

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