In the article “Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚” Wil Haygood emphasizes how the dangers of obesity are rampant in small towns. Specifically‚ how their surroundings are contributing to the alarming obesity rate in this charming little town of Manchester. While Haygood depicts how the locals “celebrate the joys of community closeness‚” he also reveals how “it is one of the unhealthiest places of all” (407). In fact‚ he points out that an estimated 52% of the 2‚100
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The Internet and Privacy There has been a lot of controversy about the internet and its privacy. Today‚ some say you have no privacy with anything you do on the web. They say that the government is taking away the public’s privacy because they can monitor everything that happens on the internet. Even though most of this is true‚ there are plenty of good things to come from it. In this essay I will be writing about the internet and its privacy. The lack of privacy that comes with technology
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2011 19th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols Internet Exchange Points and Internet Routing Mohammad Zubair Ahmad and Ratan Guha Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science‚ University of Central Florida‚ Orlando‚ Florida Email: {zubair‚guha}@eecs.ucf.edu I. I NTRODUCTION The Internet is a network of Autonomous Systems (ASes) comprising of a complex and complicated ecosystem of networks used for a wide variety of applications. ASes exhibit varied functionality
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Journalism and the Internet The development of new technologies and mass media influenced dramatically modern culture. In actuality‚ people spend a considerable part of their life while watching television and surfing Internet. At the same time‚ today‚ mass media become more and more diverse offering the audience different products in order to attract a possibly larger amount of viewers. In such a situation‚ many companies operating in entertainment industry and television attempt to conduct marketing
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It’s on television‚ in magazines‚ newspapers‚ and in our schools. Everywhere you go you hear about the Internet. Dubbed "The Information Superhighway‚" one might think that this network of millions of computers around the globe is as fast and as captivating as television‚ but with more and more users logging on everyday and staying on longer and longer‚ this "Information Superhighway" could be perhaps more correctly referred to as a clogged Los-Angeles expressway at lunch hour.<br><br>Users are often
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The Internet is very helpful for businesses all over the world. It helps speed up many processes in a cost-effective way. Yet the usefulness of the Internet depends on what types of services and products each business. And how they take advantage of what is available. Many businesses may benefit a great deal more than others may. And there are many different benefits depending upon the types of the business‚ whether it is a supplier‚ a distributor‚ or a retailer. Some of the benefits could be; creating
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Research Paper Theme: Social Impact of the Internet 8 October 1997 ABSTRACT The Internet is the largest source of information in the world today. With its web sites and chat rooms‚ it is a means of communicating with people in places all over the face of the earth. Since its conception in 1973‚ the Internet has grown at a whirlwind rate. 51 million adults‚ were on-line as of the second quarter 1997 in the United States alone. Some say that the Internet is so enjoyable that it is almost addictive
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INTRODUCTION The internet has become a part of everyday life and "internet addiction" has become a part of our common vocabulary. It is just a psychological disorder and does not involve use of an intoxicating drug and is very similar to pathological gambling.. This is a growing problem is plaguing many families‚ couples‚ and individuals both young and old. Science and technology are supposed to make life better for humans but many people‚ especially young people are now dangerously addicted
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teens and Internet addiction Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is a theorized disorder originally made as a satirical hoax by Ivan Goldberg‚ M.D.‚ in 1995. He took pathological gambling as diagnosed by the DSM-IV as his model for the spoofed description. Although IAD was meant to be a hoax‚ it is promoted as a real condition by some supporters. Supporters often divide IAD into subtypes by activity‚ such as pornography‚ overwhelming and immoderate gaming‚ inappropriate involvement in online social
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Introduction The importance of Internet is enormous and it is largely increasing. It connects people worldwide‚ and it provides possibilities that are impossible without it. This importance can be viewed in few aspects‚ most of all importance for the global economy. Considering this aspects it is of great value to make Internet accessible for all people. The difference in accessing the Internet between rich and poor countries‚ or the so called "digital divide" is stunningly large. Efforts to outcome
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