Switzerland was a pioneer in watches very early on it self. Its biggest watch company‚ Swatch‚ dominated the industry at one time. However as foreign competition increased from other nations Swatch was greatly affected. American and European watch makers established assembly plants in the city to take advantage of highly skilled‚ cheap labor and favorable tax conditions. Globally people started preferring the low end daily use watches from other companies as Timex and Citizen and moved away from
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word television comes from Greek and means "seeing far away". However‚ the more we watch it‚ the more short-sighted and narrow-minded we become. Unfortunately‚ TV is fast becoming as popular and dangerous as drugs. In this essay‚ I will outline some problems linked to TV. addiction and suggest some viable solution. Starting with the dangers‚ health is one of the biggest. To clarify‚ people who watch too much TV. frequently develop problems with their eyes and back and‚ too‚ may become obese. A
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Reality TV Blake Brandt Reality TV has unseen effects and is detrimental to society. Reality TV is the current trend on TV that has brought back the buzz to television‚ but it also has unforeseen effects on its viewers. Some examples of Reality TV shows include: American Idol‚ The Bachelorette‚ Americas next top model‚ fear factor‚ etc...These shows range from singing talents‚ overcome their fears‚ to looks and beauty. Reality TV brings drama and voyeurism to its viewers by making its viewers
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Now‚ children can watch television up to 24 hours per day. A study done by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Children’s Digital Media Centers (2003) statistical findings show that 43 percent children under the age of two watch TV every day. By the age of two‚ 74 percent of all infants and toddlers have watched TV. On average children under six spend two hours per day in front of the TV screen. About the same amount time the children spend playing outdoors. Comparing TV watching to reading
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Some parents believe that watching television is bad for their children. So‚ they try to restrict their children from watching TV. However‚ other parents think that there is nothing bad in watching TV. Personally‚ I think that watching TV brings children only benefits unless they spend in front of TV set less then a couple of hours daily. For the following reasons‚ which I will mention bellow‚ I believe that television plays an essential role in child’s development. First of all‚ television helps
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Addictive or Not Addictive? That Is The Question Marie Winn‚ author of “TV Addiction” states that‚ “television viewing‚ for those vulnerable to addiction‚ is more like drinking or taking drugs- once you start it’s hard to stop” (609). Winn strongly believes that television is so addicting that it can and will ruin people’s lives. The meaning of addiction according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is the compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (such as heroin‚ nicotine‚ alcohol) characterized
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college is the impact of parents‚ whole family or even the society. Our future plans are very often made by our parents‚ who feel sometimes too responsible for our life. Knowing that we should accept all their decicions or being assumed that they want to do all their can for us and they want only tthe best things‚ we try not to argue with them. Besides‚ after some time‚ we agree with them that the education is the most important component of our life and we should invest in it all our money‚ talents and
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It seems that almost every TV channels has their own reality TV show. It’s crazy what they do on those shows‚ most of the episodes on Jersey Shore the cast drinks so much that they black out or Chef Ramsey cusses out one of the contestant’s family because they didn’t cook the fish properly. The negative aspects exceed the positive one vastly. According to Google the definition of a reality TV show is “a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations”
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Many children and adults play violent video games on a regular basis‚ but are they doing more damage than people think? The amount of time teens spend hours playing violent games in a day is shocking. Everyday locked in their rooms‚ with their highly addictive simulations can do more harm than we think. Though creators state their games improve children’s mental skills and reflexes‚ due to the different tactics involved‚ this can be expressed in different ways‚ making one believe that violence is
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forget why you do what you do and who you do it for‚ and make sure everything you do honors that. What I’ve seen happen often times (especially in… yup‚ you guessed it: the education reform movement)‚ is that intentions start out good but the sword starts to swing the other way when money‚ power‚ and statistics are valued over the lives and humanity of students. “Kids first” and “For the kids” becomes merely rhetoric‚ as people jump to enact radically dangerous and untested policies that do anything
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