Transportation. Scope of the American Transportation System America's transportation network is an important tie binding our economy together. Our strong and efficient transportation system provides businesses with access to materials and markets, and provides people with access to goods, services, recreation, jobs, and other people.
Transportation touches each one of us every day in all aspects of our lives. One in eight jobs throughout the economy is directly linked to transportation. Each day, about 440,000 public school buses transport 24 million children to and from school and school-related activities. Transportation contributes 11 percent of the Nation's gross domestic product, amounting to approximately $950 billion. The U.S. transportation system carries over 4.7 trillion passenger miles of travel and 3.7 trillion ton miles of domestic freight generated by about 270 million people, 6.7 million business establishments, and 88,000 units of government. Customers on local and regional routes.
U.S President. Toys. Third band. Madonna Louise Ciccone[2] (/tʃɪˈkoʊneɪ/ chi-KOH-nay) (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. One of the most prominent cultural icons for over three decades, she has achieved an unprecedented level of power and control for a woman in the entertainment industry. She attained immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Madonna is known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry.
Music critics have praised her diverse and innovative musical productions which have also been known to induce controversy. Cited as an influence among numerous artists around the world, she is often referred to as the "Queen of Pop". Life and career 1958–81: Early life and career beginnings Madonna Louise Ciccone was born in Bay City, Michigan, on August 16, 1958.
Technology. By Mary Bellis PCS (Personal Communication Services): Used to describe a newer class of wireless communications services recently authorized by the FCC. PCS systems use a different radio frequency, the 1.9 GHz band, than cellular phones and generally use all-digital technology for transmission and reception. (Definition from the Wireless Advisor glossary.) After the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declared in 1987 that cellular licensees could employ alternative cellular technologies in the 800 MHz band, the cellular industry began to research new transmission technology as an alternative to AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Service) that had been the industry standard since 1978. In 1988, the Cellular Technology Industry Association (CTIA) was established to work with the cellular service operators and researchers to identify new technology requirements and set goals. Wireless Standards Digital Service: A method of encoding information using a binary code of 0s and 1s.
T.V show. Series Description The America's Funniest Home Videos TV show is a comedy series on ABC that began as a 30 minute show and then expanded to 60 minutes after five years on the air. Fans sent in their own hiarious home videos and some of them would be shown on each episode. The studio audience and viewers at home would then vote for their favorite and the video with the most votes would win $10,000 for its owners and make them eligible for the $100,000 season end grand prize! America's Funniest Home Videos Cast Bob Saget ............... Host (1989-1997) Daisy Fuentes ........... America's Funniest Home Videos Trivia The series is based on a Japanese TV series called, "Fun TV". The second and third best videos on America's Funniest Home Videos receive monetary prizes each week. America's Funniest Home Videos was originally intended as a one time TV special that aired in November of 1989. Bob Saget was one of television's most popular stars when he began hosting America's Funniest Home Videos.
Second band. Keyboardist Gregg Rolie now left a successful band for the second time in his career.[17] Keyboardist Stevie "Keys" Roseman was brought in to record the lone studio track for Captured, "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love),"[18] but Rolie recommended pianist Jonathan Cain of The Babys as the permanent replacement. With Cain's replacement of Rolie's Hammond B-3 organ with his own synthesizers, the band was poised for a new decade in which they would achieve their greatest musical success.[19] This success was met with piqued criticism. The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide gave each of the band's albums only one star, with Dave Marsh writing that "Journey was a dead end for San Francisco area rock.
" Marsh later would anoint Escape as one of the worst number-one albums of all time. Between 1987 and 1995, Columbia Records released three Journey compilations, including the 1988 greatest hits album, which remains the band's best-selling record. News event. Content[edit] Michael Jackson dancing with the living dead. Due to Jackson being a Jehovah's witness, the video begins with a disclaimer that reads: "Due to my strong personal convictions, I wish to stress that this film in no way endorses a belief in the occult" - Michael Jackson On a night set in the 1950s while driving, a teenaged Michael and his unnamed girlfriend (Ola Ray), runs out of gas in a dark, wooded area.
They walk into the forest as they leave the car behind and Michael asks her to be his girlfriend, she accepts, and he gives her a ring. However, he then tells her that he is different than other guys. She tells him that's the reason she likes him, but Michael insists that she doesn't understand what he means. The scene then cuts to a movie theater where Michael and his unnamed girlfriend, along with an excitable audience, are actually watching the scene unfold in a fictional Vincent Price horror movie titled "Thriller". Credits[edit] Thriller Awards[edit] Grammy Award[edit]
Movie. Footloose is a 1984 American musical-drama film directed by Herbert Ross. It tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), an upbeat Chicago teen who moves to a small town in which, as a result of the efforts of a local minister (John Lithgow), dancing and rock music have been banned. The film is loosely based on events that took place in the small, rural, and religious community of Elmore City, Oklahoma.[1] Dean Pitchford wrote the screenplay (and most of the lyrics) for Footloose, Herbert Ross directed the movie, and Paramount Pictures co-produced and distributed it. Michael Cimino was hired by Paramount to direct the film when negotiations with Ross initially stalled.
After four months working on the film, the studio fired Cimino, who was making extravagant demands for the production, including demanding an additional $250,000 for his work, and ended up rehiring Ross.[2] The film was made at various locations in Utah County, Utah. First band. History[edit] Early years (1977–1979)[edit] Soon afterward they adopted a name proposed by Elliott, "Deaf Leopard", which was originally a band name he thought up while writing reviews for imaginary rock bands in his English class (and in at least partial reference to the band Led Zeppelin).[15] At Kenning's suggestion, the spelling was slightly modified in order to make the name seem less like that of a punk band.
In January 1978, Steve Clark joined the band. According to Joe Elliott, he successfully auditioned for the band by playing Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" in its entirety.[16] Rise to fame (1980–1983)[edit] Hysteria era (1984–1989)[edit] Following their breakthrough, the band moved to Dublin in February 1984 for tax purposes to begin writing the follow-up to Pyromania. Fashion. Athlete. Actor.