Television: the Undiscovered Drug After a long‚ hard day of school and work‚ I trudge up the stairs to my apartment. As I approach the door‚ I can already hear the mumbles of the television. I open the door and am not surprised to see my sister on the couch‚ hand on remote‚ flipping through channels. I am now accustomed to this picture. My sister could be crowned couch potato queen. She watches television day and night--so much that my cousins and I now refer to her as the Human TV Guide. She knows
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The Worst Sinner in The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter there are three main sinners presented to the reader. Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth are all written with their own forms of sin‚ and each has a unique coping mechanism for their sins and guilt. Sin‚ at this time‚ was a hugely important part of daily life‚ and punishment for one’s sins was universally seen as not only a positive thing‚ but a necessary action to keep the people of the colony pure. Both Hester
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advancements were lost during a time we cannot mention. After these times‚ there has been an effort to keep them at bay and eradicate all evidence of its existence in order to keep the society in control. Anthem’s technological primitiveness is due to the fear of the science and technology and its lack of progress is due to the loss of individuality. Inventions are not easily accepted into the society. In Anthem‚ there is a set process for allowing a new invention into society. It is a very long
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Television has become a "member" of almost every single family on our planet. And not just an ordinary member‚ but a very important one‚ because the time spent next to it exceeds the amount of time spent together with any other family member. You do not have to apply any efforts to talk or listen to complaints while “communicating” with it. You do not have to play with your little son after a hard working day. You are SO tired! Can anybody respect that? You can simply turn the TV on and everything
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WHY COMPUTERS ARE THE BEST INVENTION OF THE CENTURY Computers are perhaps the greatest invention in the field of microelectronics that has suited well with the advancement in the new century . They have moved centre stage in the achievement of major operations world over with their use in every aspect of life . Computers are the building blocks to the resent advancement in knowledge creativity and invention . Through use of computers designs have been manufactured and so much has been
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One of the worst days in modern American history is September 11‚2001. That day was a horrific day of events. On that day the leader of Al-Qaeda Osama Bin Laden ordered the attack on the Twin Towers in downtown Manhattan. This attack was the worst attack in history. When the towers came down it killed almost 3 thousand people. Ever since I was young I have always had a great deal of respect for our service men and women. I come from a military background. Both of my grandpas were in the military
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though‚ last through time. Inventions that can change a life or even a lifetime. The Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria as he was known. He has no legal name as far researchers can find. Not much can be told about the man behind the inventions really at all. Due to his title it is assumed he lived inside the city of Alexandria‚ Egypt and though it is up to debate most historians agree he was most likely alive around 62 A.D. Mathematician and inventor he made many various inventions before the Industrial
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Advantages and disadvantages of television viewing In this new era of science and technology‚ we have incorporated technology into our everyday lives. In fact‚ we cannot live without electrical appliances that we call necessities and the television is one of them.Much has changed since the first television was invented - from black and white to colour televisions. For some‚ the television is a window to the modern world. By viewing the programmes that are aired on television‚ we can gain a lot of information
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A bad spell for a worst witch Mildred Hubble returns to Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches for her second year‚ determined to lose her embarrassing reputation as "the worst witch in the school". After Maud Moonshine and Enid Nightshade arrive‚ the three bump into two first-years (one of whom reminds Mildred very strongly of someone‚ the other with ginger frizzy hair in bunches). The one who seems familiar bursts into tears and clings onto Mildred when she hears that a lot of the teachers (including
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IN MANY WAYS‚ TELEVISION HAS PROVED TO BE ONE OF THE WORST INVENTIONS OF MODERN TIMES. ALL TOO OFTEN‚ TELEVISION IS HARMFUL BECAUSE OF THE SHOWS IT BROADCASTS AND THE WAY IT IS USED IN THE HOME. Undoubtedly‚ television has millions of viewers in the world and thanks to its inventor Philo Farnsworth‚ a Utah-born genius that had coloured the world of modern technology. Nowadays‚ people use television as a mass of communication‚ to learn from how to style to how to make a bomb‚ to tie a good family
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