Silver bullet

Militarization of US Police Force America, the country of the free, but is it actually free when the police are packing heat like never before? Recently the local police departments has been seen using excessive force and equipment necessary. Over the past few decades, the government have offered local police departments around five billion dollars’ worth of military-grade weapons and equipment intended for fighting major crimes, terrorism and response to disasters (Snowiss). Why would police…

Faustina Remaniak CHE 108 Essay Drug Trafficking “The ambition and focus that propel you to success can also be your downfall.” Power and wealth have been the downfall of men since the beginning of time. Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade that has become the number one cause of deaths in the United States. Pablo Escobar was a notorious drug Lord during the 1970-1990’s who became famous for his illegal activities in Drug Trafficking. Becoming untouchable in his own country and…

The year was 1955. An African American boy lay asleep in his uncle’s house in a small town named Money, Mississippi. Around 2 a.m., two white men came knocking on the door. The men demanded to see the boy who had “done the talkin’ in Money.” The men walked the boy to their car and asked a woman sitting in the backseat, “Is this the boy?” “Yes,” she replied. The boy was shoved into the front seat, and the car sped off. The boy’s body would be found mutilated by a fisherman three days later…

Introduction Vitamin A deficiency (VAD), the leading cause of preventable blindness in children worldwide, is especially prevalent in India (Chow, Klein & Laxminarayan, 2010). Due to the limited availability of nutritious staple foods in poor and rural areas, India hosts about 35 million children with VAD—the greatest number, and the greatest percentage, of VAD children in the world (ibid). VAD also affects more than 12 percent of pregnant women in India, causing them and many of their children…

"Come on, let's go pack." "Pack what? I have no belongings." "Yes, but we always have extras. Plus, your clothes will burn up in Apollo's chariot. You need something fireproof." Aerwyna said. Quinn followed her back to the tent where they got the silver armor. The place looked cluttered. The huntresses were back into their normal fashions of clothing, so several…

The last vestiges of fall had passed and only brown, shriveled leaves remained on the sidewalk. Trees appeared naked, shivering without their blanket of color. Cold air blew through their skinny, lifeless branches, tossing the trees around as though they were mere sticks rather than giants. She shuddered as the chilly wind kissed her brow, leaving a wretched disease of ice and sorrow in its wake. Within this wintry prison there was no joy, there was no warmth, and, above all, there was no…

The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah. The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah. There had been many times when Michael was little that he had heard the ant song, his father playing it to him over and over in the hopes of reminding him of his Muggle side. Now, the lyrics had somehow found their way into his mind, distracting him from the cold rain pelting down on him. Perhaps it was because he felt like an insect, marching with his fellow ants to a destination he could not…

Introduction The space hotel is named Caelum, which is the Latin term for space, universe, and heaven. This name represents the future of luxurious travel, taking humans into outer space on an amazing vacation. Not only is this an amazing chance to travel into space and live there for a week or two, but it is also a once in a life time opportunity. Caelum lets the people who have already traveled to all seven continents get the full experience, and travel to a place “out of this world”. This…

Like many soldiers, Wilfred Owen, was faced with harsh tasks. He marched six miles over shelled roads and flooded trenches in the middle of No Man’s Land in the dark. Being a soldiers, among other things, heavily influenced his work. Among those other things, were his mother, his priesthood, and his perceived homosexuality. However Wilfred, was not a poet known to support the war. Wilfred Owen born on March 18, 1893 in Shropshire, England was a famous poet in the time of World War…

shot yesterday while on his way home from school. We are truly grateful that he didn’t die or so we had thought, but due to his critical situation, and the lost of blood, I’ve just learned that he has passed away this morning. However, there is a silver lining, for I am pleased to inform you that, thanks to the efforts and due diligence of law enforcement, lead by detective, Pivot Nior, and commanded by Attorney general, Centennial, we have arrested the Grape, who has committed this horrendous…