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    Time by Allen Curnow is a truly inspiring poem and it‚ lucratively‚ has a number of remarkable impacts on me. To begin with‚ the poem tells us that time is made up of little things such as “rust on railway lines” and “the magpie’s screech”. To me‚ the little things are like pieces of gold mixed in with sand. Unless we look closely‚ we don’t even notice the gold in its infinite worth. I feel that this poem is telling us to slow down and look at the sand so that we can learn to spot and value the

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    Internet and television are extremely important sources of information and communication in today`s world. We rely on the Internet to help succeed in our jobs and classes‚ it also allows for more interaction with fellow individuals that live beyond our face-to-face communication center‚ and helps create new connections. Television keeps us informed of the news and it is a way to interact with your family and friends. The digital era is growing fast and improving a lot in the 21st century‚ and the

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    Impact Of The Television ​How may hours a day‚ a week‚ a year‚ do you spend watching television? Everyone enjoys his or her fair share of TV—it’s relaxing‚ and provides the occasional leisure time. The technology of television has been a recent phenomenon that is arguably one of the most influential innovations of the 20th century. Television may have had a rough start‚ but nowadays it is a constant presence in a vast amount of American lives. Once a luxury item‚ TV’s can currently be found in nearly

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    Television should be prohibit to children Television as a media tool is popular around the world. With its popularity across all age groups comes the question of whether or not children should be prohibited from watching television. I believe that children should not be allowed to watch television for extended periods of time because it has many negative side effects. I will explain the three major negative effects—that is bad for children’s health like causing obesity‚ myopia and waste time in

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    Introduction The television has been around for more than 70 years since its first publication on January 1926 by John Logie Baird who first demonstrated how a television works (Christakis and Zimmerman‚ 2006). This small invention turned to be something that needed to be studied on 20 years later it was first publicized. It was also on the researches about the television wherein humankind was able to find out that it poses a threat to the society and mainly on the younger generation. To an

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    * You are the news director of a local television station. The city council has just voted to close city parks 3 days a week to save money. Meanwhile‚ a major celebrity has died. The park story has greater effect on your viewers‚ but the celebrity death will get bigger ratings? Which do you make your lead story and why? For some unknown reason‚ news has become more than a center of information. It has become the platform of entertainment. Ratings have increased when the news includes celebrity highlights

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    Television and its harms on children The question that many Muslims have in minds is whether watching television is Haram. The Messenger of Allah SWT said “The severest punished on the Day of Qiyamaah will be the picture makers” but is it the same for the ones who only watch the pictures? In this article‚ a poem on television‚ pros and cons of watching television by young children and Islamic perspectives on watching television will be evaluated. First and foremost‚ the poem is “Television” written

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    Television And It’s Effects on Children Have you ever wondered how television effects your children? The average child watches television 2 hours per week and most of this viewing is of violence or sexual acts. During this time there is a violent act shown every 6 minutes and on Saturday mornings there is 20 to 25 violent acts shown every hour on prime time t.v. especially in cartoons or animated programs. So no matter what your child is watching it is damaging their sense of imagination and

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    Arguments in favor of television being a bad influence. Television makes children violent and aggressive. According to the National Institute of Mental Health‚ there is a consensus developing among members of the research community that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs. Television discourages face-to-face interaction among children or families. Sitting passively in front of the television leads to weight gain‚ increasing the

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    Television will eventually ruin sports. Do you agree?  Sports is physical activity of any kind which carried out to exercise the body and as recreation.  It is supposed to be fun‚ though some sports like boxing‚ martial arts and wrestling‚ involve beating the daylights out of each other.  By “television” the question obviously means “viewing television”.  Viewing television is a passive state where a viewer sits in front of the google box and escape into a world of make believe.  This

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