‘’Big Brother isn’t watching you’’ In 2011 between 6 and 10 August‚ London was tormented by riots where there were thousands of people in streets and the high amount of people resulted in chaos and a high level of police activity. The riots that are deemed to come from the economic class triggered a debate among political‚ social and academic figures. The debatable question is what caused the riots and who to blame. English comedian‚ actor‚ singer and famous TV person‚ Russell Brand‚ comments
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a child watches television more than 4 hours / day‚ and they are very hard to change this habit. It is very harmful. Children watching TV too much can face to many diseases and other psychological problems as clarified in the following essay The first harmful from watching TV too much is that it can reduce the ability of concentration and awareness. Actually‚ watching television causes many serious effect to the child’s focus that is not good at the development of their body and mind.. Symptoms
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Read the text. TV or no TV? That is the question. Bess TV is an important issue for us‚ because over three quarters of British teenagers have a TV in their bedroom (pretty antisocial if you ask me!)‚ and they watch TV for an average of 14 hours a week. In the USA‚ it’s over 20 hours a week. In my research for this debate‚ I’ve discovered some amazing facts. For example‚ 57% of programmes contain what is called ‘psychologically harmful’ violence. That means‚ according to the experts
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Effects of Watching TV before Bed on Sleep Quality Matthew Spector Palomar College Abstract There is plenty of research on whether or not watching television has an effect on the effectiveness of sleep. However‚ there is contradicting research‚ so the results are inconclusive. In order to study the effects of TV on sleep‚ I watched TV for half an hour before bed for a week straight‚ and recorded how tired I felt in the morning. I then recorded how I felt in the
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violent about the World Wrestling Federation. I think it’s unfair of you to insinuate it when there are so many shows and so many different movies‚ and so many different social problems that really do contribute to violence in this country." -- UPN president Dean Valentine in 1999 after a 7-year-old child in Dallas killed his little brother with a "clothesline" maneuver he had seen on a wrestling show. One fact should not be in dispute: TV is violent! Guns‚ shootings‚ murders‚ hitting‚ punching‚ slapping
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10 days earlier each year because of the difference between the Lunar Year (354 days) and the Solar Year (365 days). Although not all the people in Anatolia are religious‚ these religious feasts are very traditional and have become essential. People make lots of preparations in celebration of these feasts like cleaning houses‚ shopping‚ buying feast gifts‚ new clothes‚ sending greeting cards and so forth. On the first day of the feast‚ very early in the morning‚ people get up‚ wash themselves‚ wear
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Personality: What makes you the way you are? - Science News - The Independent At some point in your life‚ you ’ve probably filled in a personality questionnaire ("Do you see yourself as....?")‚ and wondered as you ticked the boxes if there can really be any validity to such a simplistic way of assessing people. Surely the scores just reflect your mood on the day‚ or what you want the investigator to think. Surely everyone gives the same answer‚ which is "it depends". Or even if the scores measure
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favorite shows. So could we actually live without tv? My answer is yes. First of all‚ there are many alternatives for television‚ such as internet. With the latest technology‚ we can easily find the information or entertainment we need from interest. For example‚ you would like to know more about an extinct animal. You may watch discovery channel on the television‚ but will interest you can ask any question you want. With the enormous database online‚ you can probably find almost all kind of answers
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Big brother isn’t watching you The expression‚ Big brother isn’t watching you is a directly parallel to the English author and journalist George Orwell’s book‚ 1984. Originally‚ the book was written in the year 1948 and is about an insignificant young man‚ named Winston Smith‚ who works for the state. His job is to paraphrase historical documents to promote propaganda in the society. The book is about Winston’s attempt to rebel against the totalitarian state‚ he lives in. People today‚ still
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environmental influences and that 30‚000 genes were too few to explain human nature‚ whereas 100‚000 would have been enough. As one scientist put it to me a few weeks later‚ just 33 genes‚ each coming in two varieties (on or off)‚ would be enough to make every human being in the world unique. There are more than 10 billion combinations that could come from flipping
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