Sunday, December 25, 2011
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It is quite easy to spend several hours a day glued to the screen of a television set. It is estimated that on average an individual watches approximately two full months worth of television over the course of a year. Some suggest that this fascination with television has contributed immensely to the obesity problem in North America. Finding an alternative to watching hours of television a day may pose a difficult task for some people who simply cannot miss a particular show that they watch on a regular basis. However, despite the temptation television creates, there are far more enjoyable activities one can participate in during those few hours regularly spent in front on the small screen.
Since television is a major contributor to weight problems, exercising seems like a logical thing to...
Thursday, December 22, 2011
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DO touch that dial to avoid fake news
Government agencies, corporations, industry groups, and other large organizations contaminate the airwaves with fake news. These organizations produce pre-packaged news segments called VNRs, or Video News Releases. These segments look like real news. In fact, VNRs are little more that propaganda pieces for their producers. Stations have routinely used these fake news segments since at least the 1980s, usually without disclosing their source.
There is nothing inherently wrong with the government and other social actors creating interesting audio or video pieces to communicate with the public. The problem is that these propaganda pieces do not properly identify the source. They are made to look and feel like independent news casts with government/corporate...
Sunday, December 18, 2011
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What is the most popular activity on the face of the Earth, no holds barred? Why, it's TV of course!
No other activity even comes close to the popularity of TV. We watch it, talk about it, pattern our behavior after it, laugh and cry because of it, and have it in nearly every household in America.
Ponder a few of the following facts about TV:
The average TV viewer will see an estimated 20,000 commercials every year. That's about 55 commercials each day. All the while we watch TV our perceptions about self-image, a healthy lifestyle and human behavior are being slowly and systematically changed, and in some cases, distorted.
American youth watch an average of 1,023 hours of TV yearly, while they only spend about 900 hours in school.
In year 2000, a National Assessment of Educational...
Friday, December 09, 2011
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Game show lovers gather around the television once a week for NBC's runaway hit show Deal or No Deal. This extremely popular and exciting hour long show is hosted by none other than Howie Mandel, the loveable stand up comedian who offers average citizens the chance to strike it rich.
Mandel's likeable nature and comical banter combined with the enthusiasm shown by contestants would make for good TV in itself. The real hook of the show though is the way the tension builds as deals are cut with the mysterious banker up in the shadows.
The game of Deal or No Deal does require some strategy, but ultimately it comes down to luck. The game involves trying to choose the case which contains 1 million dollars out of 26 cases which hold various dollar amounts. The cases are held and opened by 26 of...
Monday, December 05, 2011
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Are you thinking about investing in a plasma television for your home? Plasma televisions can provide an excellent television viewing experience, and are becoming increasingly popular among those when want to enjoy a high quality home theater experience.
As with most technology purchases, there are advantages and drawbacks associated with investing in this type of television. Before investing in your next television set, it's important to understand the basics of plasma televisions.
Image Quality
One of the primary reasons that plasma televisions are so popular is their high quality image displays. These types of televisions offer very high resolution images with sharp details and true to life color.
Convenient Display
Plasma television sets can easily blend into the design of just...
Friday, December 02, 2011
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FT2 is committed to assisting the film and television industry achieve a diverse workforce,which more closely represents the makeup of society as a whole. We are an organisation dedicated to training those with talent, enthusiasm and committment, to develop a career within the British film and television industry. Includes articles of film and television music critique, opinion, and research, and a selected soundtrack of the week. ATA hosts a series of film and video screenings, exhibitions and performances by emerging and established artists and a weekly cable access television program. The CFTPA is a non-profit trade association representing almost 400 Canadian production companies involved in television, film and interactive media. Film and video editors edit soundtracks, film, and...
Sunday, November 27, 2011
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Studies show: TV makes you fat
This large amount of time spent motionlessly staring at a screen is also hazardous to your health and girth. Numerous studies show a relationship between TV watching and obesity. The most striking were several studies published in The American Journal of Public Health. These studies found that people who watched three or more hours of television per day were almost twice as likely to be obese than people who watched less than one hour per day. Men, women, and children all had similar results. The waistlines of men, women, and children are all victims of their TV-watching habit.
40 studies found children's TV watching was related to weight
Reviewing 40 recent studies involving TV and childhood obesity, a Kaiser Permanente study found a definite link between...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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He was recognized by his trademark phrase - “I don’t get no respect.”
Born on November 22, 1921 in Babylon, New York, Rodney Dangerfield began writing jokes at age 15 and performing his comedy by his late teens. For ten years, he struggled as a stand up comedian and worked as a singing waiter to make ends meet. When his comedy career failed to really take off, Dangerfield, who had been working in entertainment as Jack Roy, left show business for a regular job. He spent the 1950’s selling aluminum siding in New Jersey while supporting his first wife and two children.
He took another chance at show business after his divorce in 1961 and became known for the rest of his life as Rodney Dangerfield. By this time, he was approaching his fortieth birthday. His big break came when he appeared as...
Friday, November 18, 2011
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Modern technology is just getting better and better and everything is becoming more and more convenient. When different tasks are combined into one place it is so much easier to do what you want and to do it whenever you want to instead of waiting and timing what you want to do around things that you can't control.
The internet has become such a vital aspect of our lives that it is hard to imagine doing anything without it. The speed of being online and the way we can network with millions of people get news, weather reports, do research, and stay in touch with all our acquaintances is truly amazing.
Research has been taking place over the past few years to make the internet even more useful for us so that we can combine our tasks even more and more. Now, after seven years of research...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
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Television is a very important place in entertainment world and it has been entertaining us from past many decades. But now that television has dumbed us down, will Internet TV weird us out?
Internet has a very important place in today’s era. With the help of free TV show on the internet we are able to view our favorite television shows on internet fro free. Numbers of online sites have aims to be the online version of public television with a nonprofit Internet channel anyone can use to distribute video. The Internet gives you the freedom to do what you actually envisioned.
If you have missed out any serial or program with internet TV you can see all, so now you don’t have to worry if you can’t take out time from your busy schedule to watch program according to their telecast timing. Just...
