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    Negative Effects of Television In recent years‚ many people are often watching television‚ but you do not know that it cause some bad effects to us. For example‚ television broadcast false information ‚ fall down your ability‚ and lessen communication with your family and friends. Bad effects arise all people: man‚ woman‚ old‚ young and especially children. So you need to notice risk of watching television‚ and watch for it. In order to learn the details of it‚ you must focus on three main

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    TELEVISION Are people nowadays addicted to TV? How does TV influence people’s behavior (particularly young people’s? Is violence on television a problem? What kinds of programmes do you enjoy? Do you think there should be more control of television programmes? I think there are many programmes that could offend certain members of the public‚ for this reason certain measures should be taken. The government should have the means to control TV programmes but‚ without being a kind of censorship.

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    The Cause of Addiction COM/156 Each year‚ there are more deaths and disabilities in the U.S. from substance abuse than from any other cause. In the United States alone‚ it is reported that roughly 18 million Americans have alcohol problems; 5 to 6 million have drug problems‚ and more than 9 million children live with a parent addicted to alcohol or illicit drugs. Drug addiction continues to be a growing concern‚ prompting medical and scientific research on a global scale into the possible

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    Genetic explanations for the Initiation of addictions Heritability of addictions such as alcoholism and gambling can be studied through family and twin studies. The presumptions of twin and family studies are that if family members share similar behaviours‚ then the degree to which the behaviours are caused by genetic factors can be examined. There are two types of twins‚ identical and non-identical. Identical twins are monozygotic (MZ) as they came from the same egg‚ and therefore share an identical

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    Metaphors In Othello

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    Othello and himself; Cassio is one the only people to survive. The play is predominantly centered around the jealousy with Iago and Othello. Throughout the play Iago uses very intelligent and sometimes even animalistic metaphors about sex‚ and jealousy. His cleverly worded metaphors accentuate the deceptive person

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    Addiction

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    Addiction The Tabers medical dictionary defines drug addiction as a compulsive and maladaptive dependence on a drug that produces adverse psychological‚ physical‚ economic‚ social‚ or legal ramifications(5). In the U.S.‚ the abuse or misuse of prescription drugs has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a growing problem. In 2007‚ for example‚ the CDC reported that more than 27‚500 Americans died of drug overdose‚ an increase of more than 100% in the preceding

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    Addiction We are going to talk about addiction and what it means. There are a couple text book definitions to what this means. Addiction in one form or another is common to most people. Addiction in the dictionary says‚ “The quality or state of being addicted.” With that being the case‚ look at what addicted means. Addicted also means to devote or surrender to something habitually or obsessively. Most of the time we hear this word is because we associate it with drugs. When most people think of

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    Man’s greatest achievement? Perhaps not‚ but can you afford not to read on when I am about to tell you about Television? Many an afternoon has been enjoyed by a family‚ bonding over the discussion of Television. Cited by many as the single most important influence on post modern micro eco compartmentalism‚ Television is featuring more and more in the ideals of the young and upwardly mobile. Often it is seen as both a help and a hinderence to the over 50‚ who are likely to form a major stronghold

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    Addiction

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    view regarding abuse/addiction is superficial and during this time I think it’s merely a wrong decision. But as I grew and exposed to this through peers‚ school and church teachings I saw that there are a lot of factors to consider why an individual resort to drug and/or alcohol abuse/addiction. Emotional factors: I learned this in-depth during my college life (a couple of years ago) when I was introduced to Maslow’s pyramid of human needs. There is a high risk for addiction for people who have

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    CHEM 1660 BETTER LIVING THROUGH  CHEMISTRY Part III Addiction Dr. Susan Y. LIANG Email: ytliang@hkbu.edu.hk Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than  5‚000 years ago the properties of  opium were known in the Euphrates  River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great  took opium to Persia and India‚ from  where cultivation slowly spread  eastward and reached China in about  the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy

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