(2008‚ May 12). MPAA aims at taking The Pirate Bay down with $15.4m lawsuit. IT ProPortal. Retrieved November 20‚ 2009‚ from http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2008/5/12/mpaa-aims-taking-pirate-bay-down-154m-lawsuit/ Barkai‚ D. (2002). Peer-to-Peer Computing: Technologies for Sharing and Collaborating on the Net. Santa Clara: Intel Press. Gardner‚ S.‚ & Krug‚ K. (2005). BitTorrent For Dummies. New York: For Dummies. Michel‚ N. J. (n/d). Internet File Sharing: The Evidence So Far and What
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Images of the Naked Body: With the Essays of Bordo and Nochlin The naked body has become such an ordinary image in advertisements‚ movies‚ and art‚ and has been in the media for so long that it is no longer as startling to viewers as it once was. Linda Nochlin and Susan Bordo are two authors that use images and representations that embrace the naked body in their writing. Although their essays both revolve around images similar in this way‚ the images themselves as well as the two essays about
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teenage Body Image” Introduction Looking beautiful and having a thin body has become a standard today‚ which everyone wants to achieve today. People are bombarded with amazing beautiful images from watching television‚ surfing the internet and reading magazines‚ which forces people emotionally to become like them. People today‚ especially women‚ believe that perfect beauty and thinness is a norm and it is achievable by wearing beautiful clothes‚ applying makeup and by reshaping the body. Media has
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forces in our society – teenage peer groups and pressure? Do you conjure up nightmare images of gangs‚ drugs‚ sex and alcohol? If so‚ you are not alone. The public has a tendency to associate teen peer group influence as only negative. Peer groups are not inherently positive or negative. They can be both good and bad. Teen friendships‚ group interactions and influences are a part of positive development. Here are some ideas on peer group influence: Why are peer groups important? Children learn
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DEMONSTRATION PROJECT: PEERS AND DELINQUENCY 18 CJ 798 008 University of Cincinnati June 5‚ 2009 Introduction The problem of how to deal with juvenile offenders has plagued society since before the establishment of the first juvenile court in 1899. (OJJDP‚ Juvenile Court Statistics 1999) Prior to that development‚ delinquent juveniles were processed through the adult court and often received harsh punishments. The American juvenile justice system was designed to
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The peer-reviewed science article “Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders” looks into discovering a more conclusive test of mirror neuron theory (MNS) on autism involving socio-emotional tasks in sample children with and without autism to show MNS activity. It was hypothesized that abnormal MNS functioning would be present during action imitation and observation in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The study used a pool
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Bottom of Form Persuasive Essay: Peer Review Worksheet Part of your responsibility as a student in this course is to provide quality feedback to your peers that will help them to improve their writing skills. This worksheet will assist you in providing that feedback. Copy and paste the completed review into your reply to the post containing the assigned draft. Do not post your review as an attachment. Name of the Draft’s Author: Kelsey Johnson Name of the Peer Reviewer: Michael Julian Summary
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Peers To most adolescents‚ how their peers see them can play an important role on their everyday lives. When I look back on my adolescent years‚ I can recall a lot of enjoyable times with my peers such as talking on telephone till I was tired‚ going to places like the mall‚ movies‚ and out to eat‚ or just plain hanging out. According to the book‚ peers are children or adolescents who are about the same age or maturity level. Peers can also provide a source of information about the world
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4. Peer Acceptance As Sentse‚ Lindenberg‚ Omvlee‚ Ormel & Veenstra (2009) stated‚ the need to belong is one of the most important need of an individual‚ and during adolescence‚ the closest group of people that an adolescent could have strong attachments with is his/her family and friends. In a study by Khurshid & Rehman (2006)‚ those who have low self-esteem were reported to have higher peer stressors as compared to others having high self-esteem. Their findings suggested that those who
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Assignment 1: Written Essay 1500-2000 words Topic: “Pressure ulcers are debilitating for the client and yet they are largely preventable”. Word count from Introduction to Conclusion: 1520 Abstract This paper will discuss how pressure ulcers are essentially a serious problem within healthcare settings and how prevention is accountable in the development in pressure ulcers. The paper explores various ways to prevent pressure ulcers‚ reducing the risk factors‚ the responsibility of
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