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    Internet

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    Internet and Computer Addiction Signs‚ Symptoms‚ and Treatment While time spent online can be hugely productive‚ compulsive Internet use can interfere with daily life‚ work‚ and relationships. When you feel more comfortable with your online friends than your real ones‚ or you can’t stop yourself from playing games‚ gambling‚ or compulsively surfing—even when it has negative consequences in your life—then you may be using the Internet too much. Learn about the signs and symptoms of Internet

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    Critique on Good to Great

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    Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don’t This report consists of the critical analysis of Jim Collins’s book Good to great‚ a brief introduction of the author and background of the book. 2012 Faraz Shaukat Materials Engineering (Sec-A-97) 5/13/2012 Introduction Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies — how they grow‚ how they attain superior performance‚ and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested nearly a quarter

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    Gambling in Finland

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    by mood of the gambler. According to the latest prevalence study (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health/Taloustutkimus 2007) over the last 12-month period‚ 3.1% of the population (130‚000 persons) were classifiable as having gambling problems. Over the same period‚ 1% of the population (42‚000 persons) were classifiable as probable gambling addicts (with a SOGS score of at least 5 points). It follows that I have only analyzed the situation from the point of view of the gambler‚ but to understand

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    Perceived Risk & Gambling

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    Perceived Risk & Gambling As of 2008‚ there were more than 2‚000 internet gambling sites worldwide; with combined revenue of these websites being estimated to be north of $18 billion (Overview of Gambling Regulations‚ 2008). Due to its obscene rate of growth‚ potential harm to its consumers and growing ease of accessibility‚ internet gambling is viewed by many as a major cause for concern. Don’t expect the apprehension towards online gambling to ease up any time soon. Casinos‚ of both

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    Match Fixing

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    competitive advantage (for instance‚ earning a high draft pick) rather than gamblers being involved‚ the team is often said to have tanked the game instead of having thrown it. In pool hustling‚ tanking is known as dumping. In sports where a handicap system exists and is capable of being abused‚ tanking is known as sandbagging. Thrown games‚ when motivated by gambling‚ require contacts (and normally money transfers) between gamblers‚ players‚ team officials‚ and/or referees. These contacts and transfer

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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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    Harrah’s Entertainment – Think Piece Organizational Assessment: Harrah’s Entertainment is one of the largest casino based entertainment companies in the US. They have invested a heavy amount of 100 million $ in information technology and they have moved away from “product centered” to “customer centered”. They use a strategy of “Database Marketing” where they utilize their collected data to make business decisions regarding marketing. They have an extensive rewards program where regular customers

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    Smoking Bans in Casinos

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    Elizabeth Madej Professor Dean Winther English 102 30 November 2012 Smoking Bans in Casinos Las Vegas is often referred to as “Sin City”. People come here from all over the world to gamble‚ party‚ and enjoy the nightlife this city has to offer. Vacationers expect a crazy trip where “sinning” is the norm. Vegas is a place where you can get away from rules and laws‚ and many think they should be able to drink and smoke to their heart’s content. But recently‚ Vegas passed laws banning smoking

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    Spot Fixing

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    took money from gambler and bowled badly in a Teat match. The most dramatic event in this regard happened recently when the British police charged three players of the Pakistan Cricket Team including their captain for spot-fixing in a Test match and taking money from a bookie of India. All of them found guilty and banned for 5 year. This was great setback to Pakistan cricket. In the past it was said that Cricket is a game of gentlemen. But now it has become the game of gamblers. The present

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    Internet Gambling

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    The technoculture related topic that I am going to explore is the phenomenon of Internet gambling. With the emergence and explosion of gambling on television such as the World Series of Poker of ESPN or The World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel‚ online gaming has quickly become a major player in the technoculture of contemporary society. I feel it is important to explore this issue because of American society ’s fascination and obsession with gambling. Gambling can and has become a very serious

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