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New York Times – Mar 23, 2008
Cyberpunks like William Gibson contemplating the impact a worldwide computer network might have on human interaction and personal identity wrote fiction not perhaps as sexy as Mr. Clarke’s tales of interstellar exploration and alien contact but equally perceptive. The next time you log onto a Web-based virtual reality site like Second Life or a multiplayer online game like World of Warcraft thank.
Addiction to internet ‘is an illness’
Guardian – Mar 23, 2008
A primary case study is South Korea which has the greatest use of broadband in the world. Block points out that 10 people died from blood clots from remaining seated for long periods in internet cafes and another was murdered because of an online game. Their country now ‘considers internet addiction one of its most serious public health issues’. The government estimates that around 210000 South Korean children are affected and in need of treatment of whom 80 per cent might need drugs targeting the brain and nearly a quarter could need to go to hospital. Since the average high school pupil there spends about 23 hours per week gaming Block notes another 1. 2 million are believed to be at risk of addiction and require basic counselling.
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Shelby Star – Mar 23, 2008
“We’re hard-headed so we look up there anyway” Tar Heels backup point guard Quentin Thomas said. What they saw was their second straight tournament masterpiece this one giving them a spot in the Sweet 16 against fourth-seeded Washington State (26-8). That game is slated for 7:27 Thursday night at Charlotte Bobcats Arena site of the previous weekend’s Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. North Carolina (34-2) which had to scratch out a victory against Michigan State in last season’s second round of the NCAA Tournament breezed past the Razorbacks breaking the 100-point mark for the second straight game and the eighth time this season. “It’s tournament time we’re going for the kill right from the get-go” North Carolina reserve forward Alex Stepheson said. “That was our mindset these past two games. In Friday night’s first round North Carolina thrashed Mount St… After Tyler Hansbrough missed on the Tar Heels’ first possession 15 of North Carolina’s next 16 possessions resulted in points. North Carolina jumped out to a 20-point lead at 31-11 with 10:52 left in the first half and the Razorbacks never got closer. “Certainly in every basketball game every competition you want to get off to a good start” Arkansas coach John Pelphrey said. “It is a game of runs. We’re still waiting on ours. North Carolina kept its foot on the gas in the second half going up by as much as 36 on the team that played for the Southeastern Conference Tournament title a week earlier. “I guess we expected the game to be a little closer but I think when you look back at some of the things that we did out there we made it tough for them to make a run back at us” North Carolina junior Marcus Ginyard said.
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