Government monitoring, The efforts to prevent future terrorist attacks have subsequently created an increase in public infringement of expected privacy. As video surveillance in the U.S continues to expand the problem begins to grow larger and become more prevalent. As technology continues to advance surveillance becomes easier and easier. In this present day in, age we find ourselves in a world full of video cameras watching our every move. Information about our habits and lives is collected…
concerned with whether or not faces have an advantage over detailed objects in a recognition task. An advantage for faces over objects could serve useful adaptive and social functions, as well as fill a gap in the literature and lend insight into facial recognition after a crime. Should faces have an advantage over objects, it may give insight into how visual information is processed in order to achieve survival and social goals. The ability to recognize previously seen faces over previously…
In today’s world, one of the greatest challenges being faced by individuals across a vast array of disciplines is protection and security. If we are to take a moment and reflect upon every instance during our everyday lives in which we use some sort of technology to access personal information or encounter something in which we are required to prove our identity, we can clearly see that there are numerous opportunities through the day in which our information is at risk. Therefore, it becomes…
advancements in technology, the answer to that question is, yes! Facial reconstruction is not a new avenue of identification, but is continually adapting to be more useful in the forensic community. The documentary, The Mad Trapper tells the story of a Canadian mystery where an unidentified criminal is exhumed in attempts to attain an actual identification using new forensic techniques. This essay will provide an explanation of basis of facial reconstruction, outlining the major categories of…
Introduction This paper includes a memorandum requesting consideration of a blended biometric solution for a specific company. Included in the memorandum is an analysis of the blended attacks that have occurred against the organization and the risks associated with the attacks. This memorandum is to include recommendations for best practices for blended biometric solutions that should be implemented both foreign and domestic by the security administrators for marginalization and prevention.…
Martha Graham’s “Lamentation,” like many of her other works, is a direct expression of emotion; an expression of emotion through body movements. Graham was known as the “Mother of Modern Dance” and for her technique “contraction and release.” She also focused on the stability and strength of the body and keeping its control. This technique was in efforts to develop and maintain flexibility in the spine and hips, specifically in a seated position. “Lamentation” was created in response to the…
1. A topic for the journey, ‘My Journey as a writer’, was first chosen. Script was written in this topic to properly utilise drama elements. After editing and improving, final script emerged. After several practices it was recorded using some of the drama elements and a few props like books and photos were used. Windows movie maker was used to edit the movie effectively. The short film ‘The Gift’ was chosen for viewing for ‘Arts responding’ aspect of the assessment. The drama brought tears and…
The Immortal Devil This article was centered around the Tasmanian devil. One may think for their breeding habits or lifestyle, but it was what was growing in them. The cancer, devil facial tumor disease, was the prime focus of this article and many others after seeing the devastation it caused. At the start of the article a biologist by the name of Menna Jones who had caught a Tasmanian devil and she proceeded to do what she has done many times before. She dumped the small creature out of the…
The Tasmanian devil is an apex predator and the largest marsupial carnivore. Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) is a highly aggressive, transmissible cancer that is decimating the Tasmanian devil population and threatening the species with extinction in as little as thirty years (Brüniche-Olsen et al., 2016). The disease first showed up in 1996 and a second transmissible cancer in devils was discovered in 2014. This disease has since declined the population 95% in some areas while spreading to…
Yeats’s poem ‘’Leda and the Swan’’ and Dorothy Hewitt’s ‘’Grave Fairytale’’ have content that is both mythological and violently sexual. In Yeats’ poem the speaker retells a story from Greek mythology. It is that of the rape of Leda by Zeus. In Hewitt’s poem, the speaker creates a new version of Rapunzel’s fairytale. This essay will discuss the relationship between mythology/ folklore, violence and sex through the analysis of both poems. In Yeats’ poem, the speaker resents the rape scene,…