Catfish

The evolution of technology has brought many positives in today’s world, although when there is good, evil always follows it. Gary Colombo writes “Thinking Critically, Challenging Cultural Myths” and talks about how we connect to people with our beliefs and views, how college will give us obstacles and we will grow as individuals, and lastly, about our identities and how our culture can affect how we relate to others. Sherry Turkle “Growing up Tethered” says mostly negative things about…

In being humans, we like to eat and, unfortunately, we don’t settle for the everyday catfish or tilapia. No, we have to eat weird dishes like shark fin soup. “It is estimated that 100 to 200 million sharks annually are killed for their fins alone. This practice is mainly for supplying shark fins for the so-called delicacy known as shark fin…

Six Flags Trying to keep a serious face while going downwards on a rollercoaster is seemingly difficult. The best part of the roller coaster ride is when it takes your picture when you’re on the ride. If anyone were to go online and search, “funny roller coaster photos”, I’m sure they will get a laugh out of it. That’s exactly what I did when I went to Six Flags with my girlfriend. I tried to keep a straight face or others would say it’s the disappointed face. The moment was so perfect, I…

While research about the relationship between Instagram followers and their friendships in real life, is inconclusive, research about one’s portrayal of themselves on Instagram and how they see themselves in real life proved to be more relative. A person’s portrayal of himself or herself on Instagram directly correlates to how they think of themselves in real life. Users tend to have unrealistic views of themselves on their social media platforms and in their life outside of the app. Users of…

controls a profile of either a fictional character that they created or a real person that doesn 't use that dating site. In doing this, person A has turned into a cat-fisher. In the context of online dating, a cat-fisher isn 't someone who fishes catfish but someone who has created a fake persona of themselves and uses that persona on social media and online dating sites to fool others into thinking they are someone they’re not. As you can see, self-efficacy has a large role in how people…

Social media Web sites are among the most common activity of today 's youth. Social networks are decreasing productivity in the youth because of the use of Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Vine, Twitter, Youtube, and sadly the list continues. However, why does one go on all these social networks? In recent years, social media has become important for social networking and content sharing. How much time does a teenager spend on the internet on the average? An hour a day, maybe two, three,…

The Animals of Cold Mountain The characters in Cold Mountain are often hard to identify with as they are from the past and have experienced vastly different situations than the people of today. In order to make the characters feel more relatable Charles Frazier, the author of the book, utilizes the motif of insect animal and nature appearances. Frazier integrates the motif into his book with imagery and uses the animals as symbols for the reader to identify with. The first appearance of the…

Prenatal Nutrition in Canada The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) is a program that is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), providing support and promoting public health to improve maternal-infant health. Through Florence Nightingale’s historic fundamentals of chattering hopes and advice to the patient, educating on what food to eat, and taking food, healthcare providers of Canada can advance maternal-infant health care today. It is important for women who are…

On May 2, 1933, Mrs. Aldie Mackay saw something in the still calm waters of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. This was the first modern sighting of an aquatic beast, said to be a plesiosaur, inhabiting the waters of the Loch Ness lake. Known as “Nessie,” the Loch Ness Monster has brought about a lot of dubiousness around the world. Although there had been plenty of reported sightings from people all around the world who have visited Loch Ness to determine whether Nessie is real or not, there…

in turn would then report directly to the Secret Service, the franchise, and to the credit card companies. The young four-eyed geek, who flew in from the Midland Region carried the key to unlock the mystery. A typical nerd analyst, knowing the ins and outs of all the computer systems, Japes worked him as best he could, establishing a quick relationship while attempting to decipher what happened. Although the youngster could not say officially what occurred, he soon recognized the malignant…