Word: connection
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...sitcoms, police procedurals and, well, reality TV. "The reality-TV genre is growing stale, and networks are looking for a new, low-cost format to fill that gap," says Monica Gadsby, a Hispanic-media expert and the CEO of Tapestry, a marketing firm in Chicago. If the shows connect with viewers, the U.S. will soon have a taste of the melodramatic highs and campy lows that virtually every other country in the world has loved for years...
...subscription to go. With the latest equipment, you can carry the Passport from car to home theater to portable device. Listen wherever you want, and pay just the $13 monthly fee. Announced in January, The Passport is only now creeping into stores. (It will replace XM's current Connect and Play antenna, which also lets you move service from one device to another, albeit with the help of a rather bulky antenna and a long wire...
...they designed a solar-powered Internet network that is inexpensive, easy to install and nearly maintenance free. At its heart is a regional hub from which wireless relay stations--some bolted to trees--fan out for up to four miles and connect a network of PCs. Total cost, including solar panels and relay stations...
...studied violin for a long time before college, and what I appreciated most about performing was the ability to connect with other people in a very unique, special way,” Kamihara wrote in an e-mail. “Music is a very powerful medium for encouraging people to become less withdrawn, to experience moments of joy and to recall fond memories from the past...
...Vlaams Belang immediately condemned the murders, demanding "the heaviest possible punishment for the murderer" and declaring that "such disturbed criminals ought to have no place in our community." But other politicians and commentators were quick to connect the murders to VB's xenophobic policies. "These horrible and cowardly crimes are a form of extreme racism," said Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt. "No one can ignore what the far right can lead to." Whether such charges will erode the VB's appeal, or give it a new underdog allure, is still not clear...