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Theatre Development Fund – TDF. Everyone knows that purchasing tickets at TKTS is the best way to get affordable tickets to Broadway and Off Broadway shows.

Theatre Development Fund – TDF

TKTS has been here in Times Square for over 40 years, offering the widest selection of discount tickets. When you purchase at TKTS, you know your seat locations and know exactly what you are paying for. What you may not know is that TKTS is part of a larger entity, Theatre Development Fund, a not-for-profit organization. The $5.00 per ticket service fee (significantly lower than all online sales outlets) doesn't just cover the costs of operating TKTS. Stream Broadway Shows & Musicals Online. Office of the General Counsel. The guide set forth below is available in PDF here: Copyright and Fair Use: A Guide for the Harvard Community. You may also read frequently asked questions concerning copyright and privacy for more information. Copyright and Fair Use: A Guide for the Harvard Community. The Rise of Plagiarism in the Age of Self-Publishing Books on Amazon, Google Play, and Barnes & Noble.

In the world of self-publishing, where anyone can put a document on Amazon and call it a book, many writers are seeing their work being appropriated without their permission.

The Rise of Plagiarism in the Age of Self-Publishing Books on Amazon, Google Play, and Barnes & Noble

Some books are copied word-for-word while others are tinkered with just enough to make it tough for an automated plagiarism-checker to flag them. (Though the practice is legally considered copyright infringement, the term “plagiarism” is more widely used.) The offending books often stay up for weeks or even months at a time before they’re detected, usually by an astute reader. For the authors, this intrusion goes beyond threatening their livelihood. Writing a novel is a form of creative expression, and having it stolen by someone else, many say, can feel like a personal violation. Personality, fear of missing out and problematic internet use and their relationship to subjective well-being. The current research examines how an individual's personality, their internet use and the extent to which they are inclined to fear missing out impacts subjective well-being overall and in terms of emotional, physical, and personal relationship well-being.

Personality, fear of missing out and problematic internet use and their relationship to subjective well-being

A total of 495 participants aged 18 to 30 (69% female) completed an online questionnaire via the Qualtrics website that included measures of the Big-5 personality dimensions (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability), fear of missing out, and problematic internet use. Participants were recruited through posting messages on the Facebook social media site linking to the Qualtrics website. FOMO Addiction: The Fear of Missing Out. The fear of missing out (FOMO) has become pervasive in society. Teens and adults text while driving, because the possibility of a social connection is more important than their own lives (and the lives of others).

They interrupt one call to take another, even when they don’t know who’s on the other line (but to be honest, we’ve been doing this for years before caller ID). They check their Twitter stream while on a date, because something more interesting or entertaining just might be happening. The association between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and internet addiction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Literature search Three hundred sixty studies were identified using the search strategy, including 2 from CENTRAL, 127 from EMBASE, 97 records from PubMed and 248 from PsychINFO (Fig. 1).

The association between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and internet addiction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

After excluding 114 duplicated studies, a total of 360 articles were identified according to the present inclusion criteria. 29 potentially relevant studies were included in the systematic review and assessed by full-text. Among the remaining 29 articles, 3 case series were excluded, 4 studies were excluded because they were not associated with the relationship between IA and ADHD, 7 studies were removed because the outcome measures were unavailable. No additional studies were included through reference and bibliographic review. Finally, 15 studies were deemed eligible for the meta-analysis. Flow chart of literature selection Main characteristics of included studies. Resources - Advisen Ltd. Accountability for Your Internet Behavior. Posted on07 December 2010.

Accountability for Your Internet Behavior

Tags: accountability partners, Internet Addiction One of the major reasons that the Internet is so addicting is the lack of limits and the absence of accountability. 32 Resource Links on Cyberbullying. 32 Resource Links on Cyberbullying. Reducing bullying and cyber bullying. This fall, there are new and revamped laws in many states that address K-12 bullying and cyber bullying.

Reducing bullying and cyber bullying

In Massachusetts, we have one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching laws in the country. As in many states, K-12 teachers in Massachusetts have new responsibilities to respond to, report, and address bullying and cyber bullying. Here at the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC), we’ve developed 10 tips to help faculty cope with what can seem an overwhelming task. 1.

Keep “responding” and “reporting” separate in your mind. What behaviors do you have to report for possible formal discipline? 2. It’s useful to understand the difference between “gateway” behaviors and blatant bullying. Focusing on the small stuff means understanding that we need to educate kids about the impact of even small behaviors and react when we see them happening. 3.