Bruce Edwards Ivins

In the past I’ve shared about the impact of the books you “choose” to read, the people you “choose” to meet, and the places you ‘choose’ to visit. My life changed this summer because of where we chose to go, China! After the death of my father in 1988, I buried my head in the world of martial arts. I became a ‘dojo rat’ as they say. All day it was practice, practice, practice. Once I had somewhat developed my skills I was taught to teach, but it really wasn’t teaching, it was learning as I…

Writers Statement: For the Writing Publication task, I decided to do a film review on the recently released film Split as I enjoyed watching the message of the movie unfold through the plot twists. My purpose for the film review was to discuss the aspects of the film that stood out to me and the parts that I would assume people who watch horror would enjoy. I decided to use the subtitle The Power of Abuse as it informs the reader of the major theme that is found within the film. This theme is…

Tuckman’s theory was 5 step theory which were Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. In 1965, Tuckman publish an article dealing with the stages of group development. When analysing with group development he formed three types of group: therapy groups, training groups and laboratory groups. Then later Tuckman assumed that four general stage of group development could be identified with these three type of group stages. Tuckman entitles these stages forming, storming, norming and performing.…

Purpose: to get people interested in the desert, to inform readers about the dangers of the desert –educational appeal, to make people laugh. You should come and visit the desert but take care of it. Invites you as a recruit to come and protect what’s left of American wilderness. Pg. 17 “Nevertheless all is not lost; much remains, and I welcome the prospect of an army of lug-soled hiker’s boots on the desert trails.” Intended Audience: People new to the desert – first-timers or those who…

skin. You’re almost guaranteed to see one of these running around on October 31. Ever since the Twilight Saga came out though it has changed the view of vampires, according to the series vampires have ice cold, glittering skin, and chiseled features. Edward Cullen is seen by many people all over the world as a disgrace to fans of vampires. Personally my favorite vampire is from a book series called The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Heather Brewer. The story is about an abnormal human/vampire…

within the company. On the other hand, in Blood Diamond, individuals can bring to stop the war, as every solution starts with one and increases in supports, but Maddy believes, “Why? This whole country 's at war. Why should I help just one person?” (Edward Zwick) This shows that one may try to help the innocent but individuals believe that due to the war, it is pointless to help one or two human beings when the help of one or two beginning to rise, will bring peace to the world. In conclusion,…

Postcolonial theory is built in large part around the concept of otherness. There are however problems with or complexities to the concept of otherness, for instance: otherness includes doubleness, both identity and difference, so that every other , every different than and excluded by is dialectically created and includes the values and meaning of the colonizing culture even as it rejects its power to define; the western concept of the oriental is based, as Abdul Jan Mohamed argues, on the…

critics’ efforts to “undermine the text of colonial authority as well as to install a distance from the concepts of anticolonialist theory” (Parry, 2004: 67). It was referred to as ‘colonial discourse analysis’. Postcolonial criticism emerged with Edward W. Said’s Orientalism, it acquired the name ‘postcolonialism’ in the late 1980s. It is concerned with historical, political, cultural and textual outcomes of the encounter between the West and East. Initially it aimed at reviewing critically the…

In the extract from the essay ’’The new empire within Britain’’ Salman Rushdie, an Indian born Briton and author, explores the subjects of institutional racism, the subconscious racist nature of the English language and the stains that the time of imperialism has left on the British mentality. To gather Rushdie’s main thesis, one need only to look at the title: “The New Empire within Britain”. Rushdie states: “It sometimes seems that the British authorities, no longer capable of exporting…

Ahjussi (아저씨), also known by it’s English title The Man from Nowhere, is an action packed, thriller film starring Won Bin as the movie’s protagonist, Cha Tae Sik. The movie was released on August 4, 2010 and was directed by Lee Jeong Bum. The story begin with Cha Tae Sik, the owner of a pawnshop, who lives by himself and leads a quiet life. He is a quiet man and does not have any friends except for a little girl, Somi, who lives next door with her mom. Somi frequents the pawn shop, often selling…