s the TV‚ as we know it‚ dead? The last few years has seen more people ditching their televisions in favour of a bigger monitor than ever before. With movie and TV downloads (legal or otherwise)‚ streamed video content from a host of online players and a raft of catch-up services‚ some have speculated that it’s the thin end of the wedge for the goggle box. At the same time‚ we’ve since seen the Internet come to our TVs‚ widgets on our big screens and the arrival of 3D from the cinema as well‚
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Sumerians were one of the earliest urban societies to emerge in the world‚ in Southern Mesopotamia more than 5000 years ago. They developed a writing system whose wedge-shaped strokes would influence the style of scripts in the same geographical area for the next 3000 years. Eventually‚ all of these diverse writing systems‚ which encompass both logophonetic‚ consonantal alphabetic‚ and syllabic systems‚ became known as cuneiform. It is actually possible to trace the long road of the invention of the Sumerian
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Television and Presidential Elections Television has been influential in many aspects of modern society‚ but how has it impacted presidential elections? Today‚ many people get their news from television programs including almost everything about elections. Every four years‚ millions of Americans watch the presidential debates live on the television and listen to analysts’ interpretations of every move each candidate makes. Americans are far more informed about who they are voting for‚ but could
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Nowadays‚ with the invention of the microwave and with the popularity of fast food restaurants‚ food has become easier to prepare than ever. Do you think microwave ovens and fast food restaurants are beneficial to society? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Most of the people prefer fast foods and foods cooked in microwave oven instead of preparing and cooking foods at home that takes longer. The trend of having food quickly has advantages and disadvantages. I think this
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Modern technology plays an important role in our daily lives‚ it is the means of communication and entertainment. Computers‚ televisions and smartphones has influenced our lives in different ways‚ nowadays everyone carries a smartphone with access to the Internet. Imagine going a whole day without your cell phone. Would you be able to function right? The advancement of many new sciences has made our lives easier and more convenient. As our technology improves‚ so does our quality of life. For
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The greatest invention ever Out of the 6‚973‚738‚433 people who currently live in the world‚ how many people use the internet? According to Internet world stats‚ in the year 2011‚ thirty two percent of the world population used the internet in their everyday lives. After a year had past‚ more teenagers and elders started to use the internet to communicate research and watch the news. This great invention by Tim Burners-Lee had become a part of us‚ something our teenagers cannot survive without-
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Organic Life One Baby Step at a Time Altering our daily diets by cutting out processed‚ GMO or genetically modified foods to consume organic and whole foods‚ fruits and vegetables has proven to be a journey of rediscovery. My husband and I made the very real and scary decision to invest our life savings‚ with no prior working knowledge of a farm‚ to open our family run farm‚ 1860 Organics‚ to improve our families overall health and to eliminate our consumption of the “dirty dozen.” Here lies
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10 accidental inventions that changed the world and in fact‚ experts estimate that between 30 and 50 percent of of all scientific discoveries are in some way accidental. the following accidental inventions from the past two centuries have changed the world in one way or another. 1. Matches Many of us wonder what life was like before electricity or the Internet (shudder)‚ but imagine life before matches. We’re talking magnifying glasses and flint. For those of us who like to create controlled
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In “Modern Times (1936)” Charlie Chaplin was a factory worker struggles to survive during the great depression. Charlie suffers from a breakdown from work and is sent to hospital‚ only to come out unemployed. Charlie goes through several jobs and gets arrested numerous times. Many people would be stress from this situation‚ but Chapin grows numb to this and stays positive to find another job. He runs into a girl named Ellen who is escaping the police for stealing. He attempts to save her by taking
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Inventions of the 20th century Light Switch Tired of using old your old push-button light switch? As of 1916 William J. Newton and Morris Goldberg have come out with a new and improved patented light switch. Instead of pushing a button‚ all you have to do is either flick it up or down‚ and you’re light will automatically turn on. It’s now safer than the old push-button because it won’t control the whole mechanism directly‚ but instead through a series of springs and levers. Get your own revamped
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