Double redirects

Hesford and Brueggemann say, “the visual lure of tourism . . . [is] based on a double-sided rhetoric involving identification and difference” (273). The Lonely Planet page displays images of cascading waterfalls (Fig. 1) and detailed historic architecture (Fig. 2), playing on the exotic difference of the images to appeal to tourists…

Lacan from symbolism and Phallus-centric ideas to the psychology of women and femininity Freud had spent many years writing his first psychoanalytic publication, The Interpretation of Dream (1900), in which he advanced the principals of his new Doctrine (Kurzweil:13). He considered the essence of femininity in Oedipus Complex; so, after he had become convinced that the Oedipus myth is universal and that the boy’s first desires are for his mother. Based on this, he could also expect that the…

Kimberly Peirce, is an adaption of the real-life story of Brandon Teena. Brandon is a trans man who attempts to lead a new life with his girlfriend (Lana) but loses his life in a hate crime perpetrated by two male friends (John and Tom) enraged by his double identity. In the biopic, Peirce challenges the restricting binary system that forces people into either category of male or female and honors masculine privileges. In doing so, she reveals the brutal suppression of sexual transgression and…

Old Switcheroo The old switcheroo is not a joke and is serious business. Some con sites design their websites to look similar to well-known websites. I have even seen sites designed to look similar to official government sites. It’s important to double check that you are on the correct website by checking official clues. Some things that you can check are:  Contact detail - If website is a franchise, see if pages in other cities look like the one in your city.  ICan (like telephone book…

if steps and precautions were taken to ensure the greatest chance that the baby was born healthy. By having more healthy babies born, the hospital would be able to redirect the extra money towards other babies and patients that need the medical attention. Even after birth, education for children with special needs costs more than double what it does for regular education indicating that the community would benefit continually for each baby born healthy and that the social impact bonds invested…

secret that I care a lot about social justice, even if I’m far from an expert. So of course I heard about Patricia Arquette’s Oscar speech (meh) and her elaboration afterwards (ugh). I don’t want this post to be about her comments though, so I’ll just redirect you to Amanda Marcotte’s great overview at Slate instead. The key thing Arquette is: And it’s time for all the women in America and all the men that love women, and all the gay people, and all the people of color that we’ve all fought for…

You vs. Social Engineering Technology has come a long way since its birth. Nowadays, we have the internet, cell phones, social media, YouTube, Netflix, and many more technological innovations. However, even with all these technological innovations, keep in mind that your security is more vulnerable than ever. Security is a major issue and plays a massive role in our everyday lives. A few examples are locking your car, using your email and accessing your banks ATM. These all have security…

Psychodrama was founded by the psychiatrist Jacob L. Moreno, it is mainly humanistic and is an action approach to group therapy. People discover their problems through role playing, enacting situations using numerous dramatic ways, help to find their own creativity, and learn new behavioral skills. By closely restructuring real-life situations, and acting them out in the present. This gives the clients the opportunity to evaluate their behavior as well as help them understand a particular…

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Problem Summary Angry Birds is a popular video game where the task is to shoot birds with different properties from a slingshot at a structure that houses pigs and to destroy the pigs. The structure can be very complicated and can involve a number of different object categories with different properties. The game and the structure largely observes the laws of physics and it is possible to infer how the structure will change when hit at a certain position. The…

Cold War Following years of brutal fighting, a war which engulfed the entire world, feelings could not simply be thrown away. Bitter rivalries had arisen out of World War II, even ones between former allies. Just after the war America’s public support and trust of the USSR was higher than 50%, within months that number would drop lower than 35% as hostility grew between the two nations. Many began comparing it to Hitler’s Nazi Germany in ways such as the autocratic government and labor camps.…