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    Video Game Addiction

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    of video gaming can be summarized into one word: addiction. Guilty pleasures like video games‚ television‚ and candy are tolerable when done in moderation. The problem with video gaming is that unless controlled or limited by a third party‚ it’s both chemically and mentally addictive. Studies have scientifically shown that excitement from playing video games causes the human brain to release an addictive chemical. Psychologically‚ video game addiction is explained through what is called ’the God effect

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    Mobile Phone Addiction

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    cell phone addiction! Mobile Phones Boon Or Bane Since the dawn of human civilisation man has been creating things to meet his needs. Mobile phone is one such ‚ portable electronic device. They are now inexpensive‚ easy to use‚ comfortable and equipped with almost every latest feature we desire such as calculator internet games camera and many more. They are also known as lifesavers as they can help people in emergencies. Moreover Psychiatrists believe that mobile phone addiction is becoming

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    gadget addiction

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    Database programming Database application = { a particular database‚ a collection of programs to access the database} Bank database application‚ Railway database application‚ university database application‚ … • A database programming language is a programming language developed specifically for writing database application. • Writing program to access a particular database is called database programming. 1 Database programming Approaches to database programming i) Embedding database

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    Facebook Addiction

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    The outline 1-The introduction a- Hook: Why is Recycling Important??Well... Why is breathing important? When you take the time to really think about it‚ you’ll see that both of these questions have fundamentally the same answer: TO SURVIVE b- Topic: paper recycling process c- Background information: • Paper recycling has been around as long as paper itself. Paper companies have always recognized the environmental and economic benefits of recycling. In recent years‚ paper recycling has

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    Biblical Perspective on Spirits Pastor Mark – 29th May 2013 Spirits “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood‚ but against principalities‚ against powers‚ against the rulers of the darkness of this age‚ against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12) 1. Existence of spiritual powers There are dark‚ spiritual‚ powerful forces at work We don’t want to be ignorant of Satan and his demonic forces “And when He stepped out on the land‚ there met Him

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    The Spirit Catches You

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    In The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ Anne Fadiman narrates the story of Lia‚ a Hmong girl suffering from epilepsy who was surrounded by challenges due to conflicting viewpoints of her parents and her health care providers. For the Hmong people‚ epileptic seizures are viewed as a positive trait; those people who suffered from seizures are attributed to be a “twix neeb”‚ or “a person with a healing spirit” (Fadiman‚ 1997‚ pg. 21). Lia’s parents—Foau and Nao Kao (the Lees)—considered her condition

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    Addiction Defined Addiction has been defined as "A primary‚ chronic disease‚ characterized by impaired control over the use of a psychoactive substance and/or behaviour. Clinically‚ the manifestations occur along biological‚ psychological‚ sociological and spiritual dimensions"‚ (Schlimme‚ 2002). Symptoms of Video and Computer Game Addiction According to Maressa Hecht Orzack of Computer Addicition Services‚ symptoms of video and computer game addiction are quite specific: Psychological Symptoms

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    Drug Addiction and Crime

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    Drug Addiction and Crime: How Does Poverty Contribute to the Two? Poverty‚ crime‚ and addiction are social elements that create social problems. According to Reiman‚ “poverty is a source of crime” (27). Poverty in America is a major problem. In the United States‚ one out of every five children grows up in poverty (Reiman‚ 86). Many factors contribute to poverty. Some examples of these factors include: financial aspects of addiction‚ exclusion‚ images of crime‚ subcultures of

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    Moral Model Of Addiction

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    The moral model states that addictions are the result of human weakness‚ and are defects of a persons character. People who don’t agree with the moral model ‚ often have scant sympathy for people with serious addictions. They believe either that a person with greater moral strength could have the will to break an addiction‚ or that the addict showed a great moral failure in the first place by starting the addiction. The moral model is applied to dependency on illegal substances‚ perhaps purely

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    Internet Sexual Addiction

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    Internet Sexual Addiction It seems that the Internet has become an ever-growing part in numerous areas of the everyday lives of people. One area that is worthy of further study involves sexual addiction and how it is related with too much use of the Internet. Some scholars allege that sociopaths are starting to emerge online and it has been dubbed as “technological addictions”. This article looks at Internet addiction with respect to excessive sexual behavior. It includes discussions of the notion

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