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    Addicted to Television The temptations that can disrupt human life are often caused by pure indulgences. That which we most desire may ultimately harm and destroy us. For example‚ no one has to drink alcohol. Realizing when a diversion has gotten out of control‚ such as alcohol‚ is one of the greatest challenges of life. These excessive cravings do not necessarily involve physical substances. Gambling can be compulsive‚ leading to great financial distress; sex can become obsessive‚ often altering

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    The Television Habit Marie Winn classifies television watching as an addictive and destructive behavior‚ drawing similarities between it and the abuse of drugs and alcohol. On the surface‚ this claim seems justifiable and arguments can be made in its favor. However it is Winn’s equating television with drugs and alcohol that is ultimately the downfall of her argument‚ demonstrating a misapplication of the term “addiction” and all of its conditions to television watching. First‚

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    In Television Addiction by Marie Winn she makes the claims that although television addiction isn’t as serve as a drug and alcohol addiction it still has a draw to it. At first announces that the word “addiction” is used “jokingly” as well as a way to “denote” splurging on something you find enjoyable. Winn brings up the negative side of addiction defining it as‚ “a search for a “high” that normal life does not supply.” Which leads her into discussing the effect on the people who are addicted and

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    Value Chain Analysis – Human Resource Management I would like to use the Value Chain Analysis to study the importance of the Human Resources function in the study of a firm’s value chain. However‚ the latest trend has been the outsourcing of HR – especially the transactional roles in HR as they are seen as non-value adding and a non-differentiato Premium362 Words2 Pages Value Chain Analysis Introduction Value Chain Analysis describes the activities that take place in a business and relates them

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    Mere Christianity

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    C.S. Lewis argues that he is not looking from the view point specific to a certain branch of Christianity‚ while he is anglican. The name Christians was first given at antioch (Acts 11:26) to ‘the disciples’. To those who accepted the teachings of the apostles. The book started as Radio broadcast delivered from 1942-1944 in WW2. He served in WW1. Lewis ‘ Christianity is not philosophy or theology but a way of life. The Law of Human Nature People are moral creatures. The Law of Nature refers

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    Metaphors

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    Approaches to metaphor: Structure‚ classifications‚ cognate phenomena HELEN V. SHELESTIUK Abstract The article aspires to present a systematized view on the contemporary understanding of metaphor essence and structure‚ reviews various classifications of metaphor‚ and discusses cognate ‘similarity-based’ phenomena in natural language. The opposing views on metaphor as a three- and twocomponent structure are reconciled in the article through the analysis of di¤erent kinds of metaphors. Three types

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    potential risk of over using internet‚ cell phone‚ and television in the daily life. First of all‚ those three kinds of technology make us lazy. Take a look when we are too enjoy watching our favorite TV programs‚ we will postpone our assignments. We will delay them in 5 minutes later‚ then 5 minute later again‚ and again‚ and finally we don’t finish them. Moreover‚ our time for studying are reduce. We are more interested watching television‚ browsing through internet‚ or chatting by phone than

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    Metaphor

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    A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is‚ on some point of comparison‚ the same as another otherwise unrelated object. Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association‚ comparison or resemblance including allegory‚ hyperbole‚ and simile. In simpler terms‚ a metaphor compares two objects or things without using the words "like" or "as". One of the most prominent examples

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    metaphors

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    Metaphors You can never fully get away from using metaphors in your life. We use them everyday without knowing it‚ which is why I agree with Robert Frost. The use of metaphors is so common when we speak or write‚ we sometimes don’t even notice and that’s the beauty of it. It’s so easy to use and it can make a conversation or writing much more exciting. When Robert Frost says : You don’t know how much

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    English 1302 Dr. Hawley 5/9/2013 Herbert’s Metaphors George Herbert wrote the poems: “Alter” and “Windows” that have a good use of metaphor throughout each poem. Herbert has a good use of metaphor in these two poems that greatly enhances the meaning of them both. The metaphors used have affect over the connotation and the denotation of the adjectives and the analogies that are made with the use of the metaphors “Alter” has a great use of metaphor in not only the words but also the shape of the

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