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Human Trafficking

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Human Trafficking: The Secret Shame Around the World 
     What is human trafficking? Human trafficking is selling men, women and children into some kind of slavery. Sex slavery is the destination for many women and girls. Most of the men and male children go to labor-intensive places. According to freedom4innocence.org, human trafficking in the Middle East happens to 12% of men, 22% of children and 66% of women. The article also says that 80% of traffic victims end up as sex slaves. Traffickers do this for the sole purpose of making money. In 2005, the global human trade industry made over $31.6 billion in profits.  
     One thing many people do not know is the victims often go with the traffickers willingly. They go with promises of jobs or marriages. Some families also sell their children to traffickers. Many of the people are vulnerable individuals who have no family, such as orphans or street people.  
     The most common ways victims experience exploitation are prostituting, forced labor, slavery and removal of organs for sale. Sexual exploitation is by far the most common. The female victims suffer from a much higher risk for STD’s, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. These women are forced to have sex for making pornography.  
     These women often have permanent damage to their reproductive organs and many suffer from PTSD. A trafficker can make 20 times more than he paid for a victim. If the victim remains in “good condition”, a pimp could sell her again for an astronomical amount of money.
     Around half of these victims are under the age of 18. Many of the trafficked children undergo sexual exploitation as well. These children are much more likely to develop mental disorders, to engage in drugs, to resume the prostitution and to become involved in violent crime later in life.
     The other half of the victims go in to physical labor. This is the second most common form of trafficking in the world. As unbelievable as it sounds, there is a market for slaves. The average cost of a slave is $100. An estimated 27 million slaves exist around the world. The most popular destinations are Italy, Belgium, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Japan, Germany and the US. Many of the young victims become victims because their family members sell them into slavery.
     
There are many survival stories with human trafficking. However, the stories of those never saved are much more common. The stories of the survivors are hard to read and hear about but the public needs to be aware of what goes on around the world, even here in our own country.
Many of the survivors are forever damaged by what happened to them, whether the damage be psychological or physical or both. The following stories are from survivors.
    Dai, a young female Korean immigrant was taken into sexual slavery after years of parental and spousal abuse. She escaped her abusive relationship, but not before he took her naturalization papers. A female pimp in Las Vegas who invited her to join an escort service approached her.      
Another story, perhaps even more upsetting, is Concy’s story. When she was nine years old, she was taken from her village in Uganda. She became part of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). She became a child soldier and married the Brigade Commander against her will. At the age of 10, her “husband” forced her to have sex with him. The Brigade Commander had 20 “wives”, most of them between 12 and 18. Since Concy was a soldier who fought, she was the “top wife”. When he left, Concy was in charge of keeping the other girls in line. A year after being captured, there was a large fight between LRA and Ugandan government soldiers. She used that opportunity to run away. Life back in her village wasn’t easy, though. Her people shunned her, because they knew the unspeakable things she had been forced to do. She went back to school, and one day when she was 15, was forced into a man’s hut, where he raped her. She was shunned again and she returned to the man, as he was now her “husband”. She became pregnant and lived for a year with her “husband”. He abused her, and she left with her daughter. She is now working in a bakery in Pece and remarried a good man (Survivor Stories).      Trafficking is something that happens all around the world. It is a hard thing to talk about, and because of that, many people just ignore it. It is something that needs to change, and future generations have the power to change it.  

     Several weeks later, she found herself in a prostitution/ sex slave ring. She spent six months in this world, where she lost her identity and her dignity. A wealthy man eventually bought her and conditioned her to become a female pimp. She began to do the same thing those people did to her. She became addicted to drugs, which she used to escape her reality. While she was on the run, she found people she could trust, became a voice against trafficking, and dug herself out of that hole (A Survivor’s Story).



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Diagnosing ADHD: What you need to know 

There are no laboratory or imaging tests available to determine a diagnosis; instead, clinicians base their conclusions on the observable symptoms and by ruling out other disorders. The specialist who conducts you or your child’s evaluation will ask you a range of questions that you should answer honestly and openly. He or she may also:
• obtain a thorough medical and family history
• order or conduct a general physical and/or neurological exam
• lead a comprehensive interview with you, your child, and the child’s teacher(s)
• use standardized screening tools for ADHD
• observe your child at play or school
• use psychological tests in order to measure IQ and social and emotional adjustment (Segal & Smith, 2014)

The mental health professional assessing the problem will also look at the following factors:
• How severe are the symptoms? To be diagnosed with ADHD, the symptoms must have a negative impact on you or your child’s life. In general, people who truly have ADHD have major problems in one or more areas of their life, such as their career, finances, or family responsibilities.
• When did the symptoms start? Since ADHD starts in childhood, the doctor or therapist will look at how early the symptoms appeared. If you are an adult, can you trace the symptoms back to your childhood?
• How long have the symptoms been bothering you or your child? Symptoms must have been going on for at least 6 months before ADHD can be diagnosed.
• When and where do the symptoms appear? The symptoms of ADHD must be present in multiple settings, such as at home and school. If the symptoms only appear in one environment, it is unlikely that ADHD is to blame (Grohol & Martin, 2013).



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Willis Tower Disaster
 Officials at Chicago's Willis Tower say the popular tourist attraction is safe, even though a glass ledge jutting from the building's 103rd floor appeared to crack beneath the feet of a visiting family. The see-through glass bays are known as The Ledge and extend about four feet from the building, which was once called the Sears Tower. Officials say the family wasn't in danger when the cracks appeared Wednesday on a glass enclosure. In a statement Thursday, Willis Tower says a protective coating covering the glass surface cracked, not the glass itself. They say the cracks don't affect the "structural integrity" of the ledge, which is designed to occasionally crack. The ledges have proven to be a popular — if a frightening — experience since they opened in 2009 ( “Cracks Appear on Ledge at Chicago's Willis Tower.” (NBC15 RSS. N.P.) 
About Willis Tower
The Willis tower was formerly named and still commonly called Sears Tower. This building is a 108-story, 1,451-foot skyscraper that was built in 1973. It was formerly the tallest building in the world and it held this rank for almost 25 years. At this point in time, the Willis Tower is currently the second-tallest building in the United States and the eighth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. Over one million people each year visit this enormous skyscraper, which makes it one of the most popular tourist destinations in Chicago. Due to a lease on a portion of the space, Sears Tower was renamed Willis Tower in 2009. Even though it was renamed, people often still refer to it as Sears Tower (Wikimedia Foundation).
How it was built
With about 350,000 employees, Sears, Roebuck & Co. was the largest retailer in the world in 1969. Sears executives agreed they wanted to consolidate all of their employees that had offices all throughout the Chicago area into one building; Sears Tower. Sears wasn't sure where to put it, so they asked an outside council to suggest a location. After the firm met with authorities and the applicable law, Sears was advised that the proposed structure could be built in an area known as Goose Island (Wikimedia Foundation).
After the site was decided upon, the preliminary inquiries determined that the necessary permits would be able to be obtained. The next thing that needed to be done in this process was to gain the property and a team of attorneys from the Arnstein law firm headed by Andrew Adsit. The attorneys began buying the property parcel by parcel. Sears bought fifteen buildings with character and paid $2.7 million to the City of Chicago for the part of Quincy Street which divided the property (Wikimedia Foundation).
Demanding 3,000,000 square feet of space, and predictions that they will grow in the future, Sears found amazing architects by the names of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) to come up with a structure that was predicted to be one of the largest buildings in the world. SOM’s team of architect, Bruce Graham and Fazlur Rahman Khan, a structural engineer, designed the building as nine square "tubes" squished into a 3×3 matrix producing a square base with 225-foot sides. The nine tubes would go up to the 50th floor of the building. Once the tubes hit the 50th floor, the northwest and southeast tubes end, and the remaining seven continue up. When they reach the 66th floor, the southwest and northeast tubes end. At the 90th floor, the south, east, and north tubes end. Finally, the center and west tubes continue until the 108th floor (Wikimedia Foundation).
The Willis Tower was the very first building to use Khan's tube structure. This amazing design was structurally efficient and economic. It effectively provided more space and became higher than the Empire State Building, although the cost was much less per unit area. This, in turn, highly influenced the skyscraper construction. It is usually used in extremely tall buildings today, including the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. To honor Khan's contributions to the skyscraper, the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois made a sculpture of him for the lobby of the Willis Tower (Wikimedia Foundation).
Sears executives came together and agreed that the space they are going to occupy will be designed to house their Merchandise Group, and that floor space for future growth would be rented out to smaller firms and businesses until Sears could take it back. The latter floor areas had to be drawn up to a smaller plate to be attractive and marketable to prospective lessees. It also had a high window-space to floor-space ratio. On the other hand, smaller floor plates needed to have a taller structure to yield sufficient square footage. Skidmore architects proposed a tower with large floors in the lower part of the building, which would give the Sears Tower its distinctive look (Wikimedia Foundation).
As you can tell just from the reading, the Willis Tower is an extremely extravagant building that took a very long time to build. If you are interested in touring Willis Tower, it is located in Chicago, IL and is very easy to schedule. Even if you are afraid of heights, on the main floor you can learn more about the history and see pictures of the skyscraper dating back to when they were building it.
Work Cited 
“Cracks Appear on Ledge at Chicago's Willis Tower." NBC15 RSS. N.p., 29 May 2014. Web. 08 Oct. 2014.
< http://www.nbc15.com/news/headlines/Cracks-appear-on-ledge-at-Chicagos-Willis-Tower-261135771.html>.
"Willis Tower." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Oct. 2014. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
 < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Tower>



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The Main Ways to Drop a Duck!! continued..
Hunting from a boat is usually the least likely way to go duck hunting. This is because hunters need camouflage and cover when hunting from a boat. Sitting on the lake in a boat can make this difficult because water cannot cover hunters from ducks seeing them. The way to go would be to find some shallower water where weeds are growing to put the boat in. Finding tall enough weeds with hide the boat and the hunters from the sight of ducks.
Besides shooting from a boat, there is the option to hunt just from shore. This is by far the most popular kind because the cost of having a boat is not required. Usually only one pair of waiters is needed to set the decoys out. Using decoys would be the only reason for the necessity of waiters. Place the decoys in the preferred pattern right off shore making it easier to retrieve them also. The best part about hunting from the shore is that it is best or coverage. The trees hanging over the water or even the tall weeds by shore help form a camouflage around the hunters. In addition, sitting by shore makes it so ducks coming from behind cannot see the hunters until it is too late. 
The main problem is that it is harder to see the decoys in the water, or even just to see past the weeds if any ducks have landed in the decoys. The perfect landscape needs to be in place for this type of duck hunting which is quite rare.
Hunting from a boat does not have to be from the middle of the lake either. If the shore is to muddy to sit on, then the boat works as a floor. This too would be very hard to find because cover would be another issue turning it into a bad hunting spot.


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The Main Ways to Drop a Duck!!
Duck hunting is one of the most exciting ways to hunt with a group of people or with just a friend. The beautiful landscape along with the cooling air sets the mood for all duck hunters and goose hunters. The noises of plants and animals waking up. The sun just popping over the horizon as morning birds start to look for food. Life begins to wake up for the day. Just being there almost makes it completely worth the duck-hunting trip.
Duck hunting is a different section of hunting and, duck hunting has many ways of being performed. From hunting from a boat in the lake to shooting from shore. Both ways though involve decoys and duck calls. The two main elements of trickery in duck hunting. Hunting form a boat, form shore, or from jumping ponds are three ways to duck hunt. Cost or the preferred way of hunting determines which way is usually done.


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The number of diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has ballooned over the past few decades. Many people label others with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as people who are just hyper all the time and can’t sit still, let alone focus on anything. There are severities of ADHD ranging from mild to extremely severe. Children, adolescents and adults live with this disorder every day. It’s a serious public health problem. We know that ADHD causes problems in how well children do in school, in their ability to make and keep friends, and function in society. Although there are treatments to improve ADHD symptoms, less is known about managing ADHD as a child ages and reaches adulthood.

RELIEVING THE BURDEN


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11) Wire Christmas Tree
12) Candy Cane Centerpiece
We hope these twelve Christmas crafts bring you and your home some fun and excitement over the holiday season. Remember, do the craft to save the cash. Happy crafting!


michael jakson

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 King of      money
Michael Jackson
Born Michael Joseph Jackson 
August 29, 1958 
Gary, Indiana, U.S 

Died June 25, 2009(aged 50)
Los Angeles, California, U.S 

Cause of death Cardiac arrest 
Residence Los Olivos, California, U.S 
Other names Michael Joe Jackson
Occupation Singer 
songwriter
dance
Actor
Record producer
Bussiness man
Philanthropist





Religion Jenovah´s Witness (1965-1987) Christiaity (1994-2009)
Spouse(s) Lisa Marie Presley 
(m 1994-1996; divorced) 
Deborah Jeanne Rowe 
(m. 1996-1999; divorced)
Children Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr 
Religion Christianity
Spouses Lisa Marie Presley (1994-1996; divorced)
Deborah Jeanne Rowe(1996-1999; divorced)
Children Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr.
Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson
Prince Michael Jackson II.




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                                       WINTER CLOTHES IDEAS
                                                                                                                               Fashion Diva
Now the most exciting part, for every girl is the clothing! What to wear in the winter that is not so boring? We have some great ways of keeping your outfit exciting. Being a babe is tricky if you're covered in head-to-toe layers and a big bulky coat. With our great fashion sense, you can avoid the marshmallow or mummy looking outfit, and keep your style looking good so people want to look like you. Don't throw a giant parka over a pretty cocktail dress; instead, cover up with a stylish looking coat and or pull over (cosmopolitan.com). Also you can wear any type of shoes!


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                                                                 STEP 3, 4, 5 PICTURES
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2010+ Chevrolet Camaro Stage 2 Kit

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2010+ Camaro Stage 2 Cam
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Vocaloid

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    vocaloid
They are a group of synthetic voices, their respective characters .
were created in Japan and starting pulling her hanido creating several characters .
one of the famous group cantantesmas is Hatsune Miku .
she recently had a concert opening act for Lady Gaga.
My favourite songs are:
One fandub of Nonsense speaker by Hatsune Miku.
The fanduber is Hitori-tan neko
Rolling gril by Hatsune miku
ah it's a wonderful cat by: len and megpoid Gumi
Vocaloids i don´t like:
Len and rin
They don´t sing very well and i don´t like most of the songs
The most popular song of vocaloid is World is mine by Hatsune miku is one of the most
In japan they have gone so far that have created them each a personality of members



Military Academy For Troubled Boys

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Military Academy For Troubled Boys
White River Academy therapeutic boarding school has the structure and 24/7 support that allows us to firmly disrupt the current dynamics and go directly to the source of your son's problem.


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