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    dissecting the philosophy of real and reality. Linking this film with the world in which live in‚ there is a number of comparison that can be made. Such comparison is the face value appearance and the reality. The comparison can help to dissect the real and reality from the deceptive appearance that human eyes tend to believe without questioning. A close review of Rene Descartes philosophy on the very prism of view of The Matrix can help illuminate the real and reality. Rene Descartes holds that sometimes

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    Mind: Reality TV Is Reality TV good for us? This may be a question a person might ask themselves if they were one of the millions people who checked in with Joe Millionaire in the fall of 2003 on Fox. "Why Reality TV Is Good For Us"‚ this article was written by James Poniewozik in TIME magazine in 2003. Poniewozik goes to talk about how reality TV is good for all of us‚ "that viewers can empathize with Tony Soprano without wanting to be him" (Poniewozik 471). Wrong‚ most people look at TV and dream

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    When Kids Get Life In the Frontline video “When Kids Get Life” we were introduced to 5 cases in the state of Colorado where teenage boys had been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. After watching the video I found myself struggling to have an objective opinion on the issue presented‚ mostly because of personal experiences being a victim of childhood abuse and also having a family member (my brother) murdered. I felt the video to be very one sided but I do find myself agreeing with the

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    TV & Children: Television‚ Health and Development How does television affect the health of our children? Children from birth to age five are actively growing‚ learning and developing habits that will shape their physical and emotional health. Because this time period is so crucial to the development of a child’s body and brain‚ any negative influences can have lifelong health effects (1). Excessive television viewing among young children has been linked to negative impacts on early

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    When it comes to the topic of teenage pregnancy‚ most of us will readily agree that TV shows like ‘16 and pregnant’ encourage teenage girls to start their own family at a young age. Where this agreement usually ends however‚ is on the question of rather TV show ’16 and pregnant’ have helped teenage girls from getting pregnant at a young age. Whereas some are convinced that the show has reduced teenage pregnancy rates‚ others maintain that the show is not something teenagers should be watching because

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    Abstract Reality TV shows is common spread TV program in foreign countries‚ as a result of modernity The Arabic civilization had adopted that type of program in order to keep pace with development. Those program are attracting viewer from all age category specially teenager (Arabs)‚ being live program taken from real life action‚ its show emotions and behavior of those who are involved. Star academy play a major role in influencing Arabs teenager‚ however they are the most susceptible audience. This

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    Joseph A. Van Burk MA PHI 101 False Reality vs. the Real World False reality vs. real reality what do we know? In Matrix there were several false reality explored in it‚ most were fun but what if it were used to imprison you? The part where they were working in the computer room‚ and Anderson works on the cubicle‚ manning a computer and doing the hacking on the side when Morpheus who was some what interesting in what’s going on around him is it real. It seemed that Thomas like most people‚

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    Virtual Reality in a Real Physical World Carla B October 29‚ 2012 The concepts of virtual reality have been around for quite some time. In fact‚ researchers have studied ideas of the three-dimensional world since the late 1950s. The ideals of virtual reality did not surface into our society until the late 1980s. Today‚ virtual environments are used in many different capacities. In this paper‚ research will show the positive impacts of virtual reality when it is applied to sports training‚ physical

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    Journalist Morley Safer once said “Reality tv is sleazy. It is manipulative. It is as momentary as any thing in popular culture.” Many reality tv shows shown today emphasize violence which could result in dangerous actions from others. Also‚ many reality shows are easily accessible for children‚ and they can influence vulnerable children. Finally‚ many people have a difficult time separating reality from reality TV. For these reasons‚ I believe that reality tv does promote dangerous stereotypes.

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    Is It Too Easy to Get a Gun in America? The Constitution protects the right "to keep and bear arms." But some say the availability of guns contributes to gun violence in the U.S. YES Every day‚ eight American children and teenagers die from gun violence. More than 29‚000 people are killed by guns in the U.S. each year. One major reason for these deaths is easy access to guns. There are an astounding 200 million privately owned firearms in our nation today‚ including 65 million handguns.

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