Thanksgiving 1997 in San Francisco began as a normal day. Fog blanketed the streets early in the morning but lifted by noon. My brother Gordon was overdue for dinner. This wasn't unusual as he lived across town and the buses were often late. The doorbell finally chimed. "Hey," I said, opening the door. Gordon's pale face looked strained. A sheen of sweat glistened on his forehead. I pulled him into the house and murmured words of concern about his appearance. His re-rimmed eyes searched my face as if to judge whether to share something with me. I felt a premonition of dread but ignored it. After several false starts, what he said was as unexpected as it was astonishing. "I was scanned by aliens this morning.” Gordon wasn’t given to flights of fantasy. He was a pilot and aeronautical engineer by training, but with feet rooted in the ground. Gordon had an abiding faith in the certainty of numbers, the logic of physics, and the reason of hard science. While he enjoyed science fiction movies, he considered them as mere entertainment. Like me, he chuckled at stories of alien abductions. He viewed people who saw Area 51 as a vast government conspiracy or proof of alien visitation as slightly "wacko." This is why his story astounded me. “You what?” I laughed. "For a moment I thought you said you were scanned by aliens." My forced smile faded at the look on his face. "Sit down. Let me get you some wine." I ran to the kitchen. My heart raced. When I returned, he was
What is human trafficking? Human trafficking is a modern-day slavery, which involves the use of force, fraud, or obtaining some type of labor sex act. Every year, thousands of women, men, and children in countries all over the world are trafficked. Human trafficking is a hidden crime where victims hardly come forward for help because of the language they speak, fear of the traffickers and the fear of law enforcement. More border regulation should be in place to reduce human trafficking in the United States because the percent of victims are increasing every year, it is the third largest international crime industry, and the impact it has on the environment.
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which traffickers use fraud or coercion to profit from forcing victims in commercial sex acts or labor services ("Human Trafficking".) It is a market-driven criminal industry that is based on the principles of supply and demand, like drugs or arms trafficking. Many components make children and adults susceptible to human trafficking. Traffickers target vulnerable people for a variety of reasons, including psychological or emotional issues, economic hardship, lack of safety, or political instability. Unfortunately, victims rarely seek help due to language barriers, fear of the traffickers and law enforcement, or fear of potential consequences. Knowing how to identify signs of human trafficking is the first step in pinpointing victims. Additionally, we can assist victims by modifying criminal policy, receiving more state funds, participating in organizations, and raising awareness.
UFO-Alien Abduction Still Haunts Travis Walton was written through the Huff Post: Weird News, with no author. It was posted April 23, 2015. It describes Travis Walton’s experience from 40 years ago. He describes how he was abducted by non human beings. He was reported missing for 5 days, when he returned he did not know how long he had been gone for. He describes his experience from the second he saw the space craft to being inside of the same space craft surrounded by 3 non human beings. I believe that kairos in this article is bad. The experience being described is from 1975, so it is not new. The article would be better if the experience that was being described was recent. There is nothing new and useful about this article. The point of the article is to describe someone’s experience of a UFO abduction, it does not establish kairos.
Human Trafficking is the practice of illegally transporting people from their home countries against their will to new ones for the purpose of slavery or sexual exploitation. While it is blatantly obvious that the selling of humans as property is a cruel line work, the society lived in today still promotes human trafficking due to the high demand of cheap goods. People around the world benefit from human trafficking without realizing it. Business buy goods from factories and other businesses that enslave their workers with little to no payment for their work. By doing this, these factories or businesses are able to sell their goods for a cheaper price which attracts more buyers. While Human Traffickers obviously benefit, the victims do not. Enslaved humans receive physical and emotional abuse as they are forced to work. How can we put an end to human trafficking, and how can businesses reap the benefits but not at the cost of forced labor?
Today I’ll talk about a horrible disaster that happened one night in 1871. It started out a peaceful night with the wind blowing harder than usual. Almost everyone was asleep because of their normal busy lives that they thought they would be doing in the morning.
Stepping out of the car I analyzed the environment around me. A gust of fresh air flowed swiftly through my hair and caressed my face. The temperature outside was mildly warm and humid. Rays of sunshine blazed down upon me and begun to heat up my black t-shirt. The black and rough asphalt crumbled beneath my feet as I walked. I could tell that it was recently paved because of how smooth it was when I slid my shoe across it. Sweat collected on both of my palms because of the anxiety I gathered prior to my visit. Everything on my body seemed heavier at the time. The necklace dangling around my neck. My phone and wallet that rested in my pockets. It was the result of all of the built up tension within me. I had no idea what to expect.
The topic of aliens is often a very controversial one to talk about. The aliens in THE FOURTH KIND represent many fears that we have has as humans such as the fear of feeling inferior. That is why many people don’t like to acknowledge that there could possibly be other intellectual species outside of earth, due to the fear of them feeling inferior to a more advanced life form. If aliens are anything like the human species then we should all be afraid, due to the fact that the human race killed most of the animal species and even kidnapped and enslaved other humans. If extraterrestrials ever came to our planet, their technology and intellect would be far more advanced than ours and that could possibly hurt humanity because they could have the power and technology to enslave us. They also represent how people would be willing to do wicked things like using science and technology for malevolent purposes. The aliens abuse of power in the film reflect how humans could possibly turn out if we obtained their technology. Humans could learn to one-day build rockets and spacecraft’s that can travel to other planets and their main goal would be to use these technologies to benefit ourselves. If we had the power to overtake another planet and inhabit it, we would not hesitate to do so and we are willing to do the unthinkable for power and advancement. Aliens also represent the fear of there being no god or religion because most religious people oppose science and credit god for
Extradition is the transfer of an accused from one state or country to another state or country that seeks to place the accused on trial. In legal term extradition can be defined as the legal surrender of a fugitive to the jurisdiction of another state, country, or government for trial. Extradition between nations is regulated by extradition laws or diplomatic treaties between the country where the accused is present. Not all the countries have extradition treaties. The united states have entered into extradition treaties with many countries in Europe and Latin America and few countries in Asia and Africa. Extradition treaty is necessary because once a person leaves the border of a country the laws of that country cease to apply to them and
The states were in huge national debt to foreign nations and influential private citizens. Wealthy Americans and foreign nations loaned money to America for the Revolutionary War that summed up to about millions of dollars. Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of Treasury, was in charge of strengthening the national government. Hamilton introduced the idea assuming all debts. This caused the Southern States to be enraged because most of them had already paid off their debt, and did not want to pay taxes to pay off the debt of Northern States. The states did not pay the taxes because the Articles of Confederation could not tell the state what to do. Alexander Hamilton proposed a Bank of America that would collect taxes and would be funded by U.S.
"I don't know what happened back there today," No eye contact. "It was, uh, something." He couldn't place the words. 'Something' was right. "I don't know how I feel about it. It was good I guess." Good I guess? GOOD I GUESS?! The color of my face drained to a blank white, my nails deeply scratched my fisted palms.
December eleventh, 2012, started out as any other Tuesday did. After school, I left with my friend, Jessica, and her mom to go pick up her little sister, Sophia, planning to go shopping before heading to a doctor's appointment. When picking up her sister, we stayed to talk and eat popcorn with the family who had been watching her for about half an hour before heading to the
“Great decision.” He said, as his creepy smile, crawled back on his face. “Wait, before I go, what's your name?” I asked
Alien abduction stories have always held a strong interest among people all over the world, captivating our attention and curiosity as they propose yet another unsolved mystery of gigantic proportions and unthinkable consequences for humanity to contemplate. More so in modern times, and especially in the western world, where the media is a more significant part of culture, many science fiction novelists and screen writers brought out the issue to the public in the form of entertainment. This, due its widespread appeal, gave these stories a certain level of credulity among the masses, and sparked curiosity for closer investigation.
An alien race known as the Ziegrich have come to Earth offering their technology to humankind. In return, they want our information, and we would acquire their technology, known only as Vegieleid, an advanced kit of tech that can be used to travel to time and travel in the speed of light. It can replicate food and can also replicate organs. Some of the tech and can be used to mind control. If the United States government acquired the tech kit they would use it for good and the “evil” they would use it for is to mind control people and probably use it to brainwash people ( the bad ones). If it was the North Korean government, then that would also be negative. They would definitely use it for evil and will try to conquer the world and try to
On a snowy and windy night, I was at Barnes & Noble in Green Bay with my friends, Alan and Karina. Christmas music played overhead, the smell of hot chocolate and freshly brewed coffee wafted over, the customers were kind and cheerful, and snow was beginning to blanket the parking lot outside. We were sitting near the cafe wrapping books to support their mom’s school fundraiser. I stared outside and remembered my mom’s warning of the large snowfall that was almost upon us. Around 7:15, the snowflakes were becoming larger and we could barely see outside the window.