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    There are many genres and sub-genres of television programs‚ but almost all shows share the same goal: to make a profit. Canadian television show are no different. Canadian television shows are unique because they offer “gentle comedy” that embraces Canadian values‚ while also profiting on not only a national market‚ but globally (Doyle‚ 2007‚ p. 5). The Canadian film industry has culturally significant issues‚ such as Canada’s multicultural population and the issues this comes with‚ while remaining

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    period English 11 Summary In this excerpt‚ Steven Johnson takes a look at the development of television narratives over the past few decades. In this‚ he argues that many of the shows that our population deems bad TV‚ are relatively healthy for our brains to watch. Johnson compares hit TV shows like Dragnet and Starsky and Hutch to that of more recent shows like The Sopranos. He explains how early television like Dragnet and Starsky and Hutch follow a strict linear narrative with little variation

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    youngsters have been serious effect by TV‚ while there are some cogent reasons why this technology still has some positive outlooks. A contradictory impact on society is being seen in watching TV. First of all‚ some people have linked violence on television with crime rates in a real world lead to youngsters‚ who can effortlessly be influenced‚ will copy the behavior they look at. Secondly‚ children are unhealthy due to spending less time on regular exercise. Everyone will completely permit that they

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    Television Though john Logie – aird started selling television sets in 1930‚ Germany gets the credit for creating the first device to send pictures through a wire in 1884. In 1884 Paul Gottlieb Nipkow‚ a 23-year-old university student in Germany‚ patented the first electromechanical television system which produced 4000 pixels per second that took on the shape of a picture made of 18 parallel lines The television camera tube‚ called the iconoscope tube was made by ValdimirZworykin

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    can be good for you. When watched in moderation‚ the shows provide us information we might have overlooked‚ they can actually make us smarter as they force us to pay close attention and make us use our minds to even the comedic shows provide a dark reality within their content‚ making it seem that watching TV can be good for us. TV shows‚ serious or comedic

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    think‚ what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger is well known across hundreds of nations all over the world. what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger has been around for several centuries and has a very important meaning in the lives of many. It would be safe to assume that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger is going to be around for a long time and have an enormous impact on the lives of many people. Social & Cultural Factors what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger has a large role

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    Vietnam‚ a war that ended in 1975 was a war about the prolonged struggles between the nationalists forces that were trying to attempt the unification of Vietnam as a country under a government of communism and the United States attempting to delay or stop the spread of communism. To the Americans‚ this war seemed pointless and the Americans saw that there was no way of winning so the government lost the support for this uncalled war. In "The Things They Carried‚" Tim O’Brien wrote a novella about

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    Response # 1 What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. My mother‚ Lebanese woman‚ lived in London. Her neighbors were a couple‚ an Israeli Jews couple more precisely. Despite the war at that time between the two countries they were friends. They supported each other’s more than their respective governments did. Unfortunately‚ both populations are the soldiers in a chess game. The government‚ the social media and all the propaganda are tools to play in our minds. I think this is

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    “What you do‚ the way you think‚ makes you beautiful” “What you do‚ the way you think‚ makes you beautiful” this quote by Scott Westerfeld means that if when the right thing is done ‚ or when someone tries to do the right thing ‚ and when they think good thoughts about other people ‚ and other things. When someone has good intentions‚ It makes them beautiful. That it is what true beauty is‚ it’s what’s on the inside‚ and not what other people see that’s on the outside

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    Life is what you and you alone make of it! What is your view? I believe that we can make our lives into what we want them to become if we have enough drive and reserve to achieve our goals. Our lives are our own‚ waiting for us to take them and mold them into exactly what we want. However‚ our lives are very much influenced‚ affected‚ and controlled by the people around us. Friends‚ parents‚ society‚ and even ourselves‚ can inhibit our hopes and dreams just as much as they can help us achieve

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