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Meta Arcon

Internet Marriages on Rise in Some Immigrant Communities - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • With a red embroidered veil draped over her dark hair, Punam Chowdhury held her breath last month as her fiancé said the words that would make them husband and wife. After she echoed them, they were married.
  • Normally one of the most intimate moments two people can share, the marriage had taken place from opposite ends of the globe over the video chat program Skype
  • These are called proxy marriages, a legal arrangement that allows a couple to wed even in the absence of one or both spouses.
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  • Such convenience has also raised concerns that it will facilitate marriage fraud — already a challenge for immigration authorities — as well as make it easier to ensnare vulnerable women in trafficking networks.
  • All people applying for American citizenship through marriage must first be interviewed by officials from the Homeland Security or State Department who are charged with rooting out fraud. Officials said that if the spouses were to explain they had been married thousands of miles apart over the Internet, it would quite likely raise a red flag.
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Addicted! Scientists show how internet dependency alters the human brain - Science - Ne... - 0 views

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  • Internet addiction
  • changes in the brain similar to those seen in people addicted to alcohol, cocaine and cannabis.
  • We are doing it because modern life requires us to link up over the net in regard to jobs, professional and social connections – but not in an obsessive way.
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  • "The majority of people we see with serious internet addiction are gamers – people who spend long hours in roles in various games that cause them to disregard their obligations. I have seen people who stopped attending university lectures, failed their degrees or their marriages broke down because they were unable to emotionally connect with anything outside the game."
  • spent many hours on the internet,
  • you know they have a problem
  • "The limitations [of this study] are that it is not controlled, and it's possible that illicit drugs, alcohol or other caffeine-based stimulants might account for the changes. The specificity of 'internet addiction disorder' is also questionable."
  • emotional processing, attention, decision making and cognitive control.
  • "internet addiction disorder"
  • In a groundbreaking study, researchers used MRI scanners to reveal abnormalities in the brains of adolescents who spent many hours on the internet, to the detriment of their social and personal lives.
  • An estimated 5 to 10 per cent of internet users are thought to be addicted – meaning they are unable to control their use.
  • "The majority of people we see with serious internet addiction are gamers – people who spend long hours in roles in various games that cause them to disregard their obligations.
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