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Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and Michael's demand that the group participate in a devious telephone game unleashes dormant and unspoken emotions.
23) The call
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Veteran 911 operator Jordan ... takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl ... who has been kidnapped and thrown into the trunk of a madman's car. But with the clock ticking, Jordan soon realizes she must confront a killer from her past to put and end to a serial killer's haunting rampage"--Container.
24) Black Christmas
Publisher
Somerville House
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The college town of Bedford is receiving an unwelcome guest this Christmas. As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sig prepare for the festive season, a demonic stranger begins to stalk the house. A series of grisly obscene phone calls begins to plague the residents and soon they will each meet their fate at the hands of the psychotic intruder. As the police trace the calls, they soon discover that nothing is as it seems.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A prank phone call leads to a night of pure terror. With her parents away on an overnight trip, Libby amuses herself by joining her friend Kit, in calling up strangers and whispering, 'I saw what you did.' When Libby dials Steve Marak, a psychopath who just murdered his wife, his jealous neighbor listens in on the call, a conversation that ends with the panicky killer determined to silence them all.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the original telephone system, the connection stayed in place until that one conversation was complete. But when email was developed in the 1970s and ‘80s, people weren't satisfied sending just one type of signal. Explore the development of the ethernet and internet and learn about the protocols that now allow us to send such a wide variety of information types.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the old-style analog telephone system, voltage increased and decreased across the wires, corresponding to the human voice signal. But in a digital system, that all changes. Learn how the human voice is changed into binary values, sent over the system, and then converted back into volts with the voltage applied to the speaker in the phone handset. The human ear takes it from there.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Were some of the first friends named Grover, Mr. Hooper, and Bob? Remember the Ladybug Picnic? How about Pinball Number Count? The show is a time capsule of the early days of the ground-breaking series kids grew up on. Take a trip back in time with Bert, Ernie, Big Bird, and Snuffleupagus. Sing along with classics. Bring back the music, memories, and mayhem from Sesame Street's first five seasons which can be enjoyed again and again.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A stunning documentary about the life of indigenous people living in the heart of the Siberian Taiga. Deep in the wilderness, far away from civilization, 300 people inhabit the small village of Bakhtia at the river Yenisei. There are only two ways to reach this outpost: by helicopter or boat. There's no telephone, running water or medical aid. The locals, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, live according to their own...
Series
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In volume 1
Publisher
TimeLife
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target....
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Elmo learns all about drums, bells, and violins. There are doorbells, hand bells, telephone bells, and even honker bells. Violinist Miri Ben-Ari stops by to show Elmo how to hold a violin and bow, and friendly pair of bongo drums visit Elmo and show him how to make a beat.
Publisher
Marshall Fairman Productions
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Join in as the emergency dispatch operator sends out the alarm to the firefighters after the 911 telephone call. Discover how the big water cannon shoots water hundreds of feet into the air. Watch the firefighters jump off the fire engine and spray the water. Learn the names of the fire equipment and learn important safety tips.
Author
Publisher
New York Relay Service 711
Pub. Date
n.d
Language
English
Description
"New York Relay Service is a telecommunications relay service, providing full telephone accessibility to people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-disabled. Specially-trained relay operators complete all calls and stay on-line to relay messages electronically over a text telephone (TT), so called TTY for "Teletype", or verbally to hearing parties."--New York Relay Service website http://www.nyrelay.com/ viewed 3/31/04.
Publisher
Manufactured, marketed, and distributed by Eagle Vision
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A gala charity performance. Classic hits, along with other gems from the Discovery album, are all featured on this superb DVD which truly captures the musical magic of ELO, a band whose place in the pantheon of popular music is well assured.