...The Role of Federal Agencies in Fighting Digital Crime Abstract The United States of America is the most connected and technologically advanced country in the world. The genius of our electrical engineers, computer scientists, and technology companies has helped to change the way that the world does business, made our daily lives safer and more enjoyable, and brought the world closer together. Albeit, these are remarkable innovations, but they have unfortunately given criminals, terrorists, and hostile states new opportunities to steal American property, disrupt our way of life, and compromise our National security. This paper will attempt to show the roles and challenges of law enforcement agencies such as the Secret Service, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and others that have taken on roles to fight computer crimes and terrorism. This paper will also discuss how the U.S. could align the efforts of these agencies to better protect the nation against digital crimes and terrorism. Keywords: law enforcers, national security, protect, crime The Role of Federal Agencies in Fighting Digital Crime Cyber crooks are always working to steal the privacy and money of hard-working Americans. The computers of American consumers are subject to endless scams and schemes achieved by malicious e-mails, malware turning their computers into unwitting bots that send out unwanted spam, or the plethora of identity theft conjured up by these crooks to steal hard-working people’s...
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...causing them to fight, would you join the cruel humans that are doing this just to have fun watching animals fight and be abused? Animal cruelty comes in different ways from animal abuse, fighting the animals, and even mistreating them. Cruelty to animals is growing all over the United States even out of the US, especially dog fighting and cock fighting has grown dramatically. Animals used for other purposes are being abused more. The poor animals feel pain and suffer every time they are killed or mistreated. Even though my own father commits animal cruelty, still does not change the way I feel towards animal cruelty. My father thinks it is not bad to fight roosters, but I always tell him that fighting them is very cruel to the rooster. Two main animals used for fighting are roosters and dogs. They are trained and forced to fight each other to death, which cock fighters find interesting and gamble their money. Animal Rights and Human Obligations Second Edition, Ed. by Tom Regan and Peter singer, specifies the rights of animals, treatment of animals, killing and value of life of animals, etc. It has various authors on each specific topic that makes it more interesting. I argue that animals should be given their rights and not be tortured by humans for no apparent reason, and those committing the crime should face the maximum fine and fine them with a huge amount of money and even be imprisoned for more time. With time and research, a solution will can be found to...
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... Dog fighting has been around for hundreds of years and can be traced back to Europe. The sport of dog fighting is progressively getting more and more popular. It is illegal and considered a felony under federal laws in all fifty states in the United States of America (Dogfighting Fact Sheet 1). Besides the act of dog fighting itself being illegal, there are usually always other criminal activities involved such as: drug paraphernalia, illegal weapons, illegal gambling, and gang activities. Therefore, this so-called sport of dog fighting should continuously stay prohibited, and be more harshly punished by stricter laws. This brutal and bloody entertainment sport, where dogs fight to the death, is an inexcusable example of animal cruelty. Dog fighting is believed to have started in England after bull-baiting was outlawed. Bull-baiting was a spectator sport where a bull had a rope tied around its neck and then tied to a stake in the ground. Bulldogs were then sent to attack or “pin down” the bull by grasping the bull by its nose. Many dogs would receive life threatening wounds or would be killed by the bull trying to escape the torture of numerous dogs attacking him (Luca 1). After this very popular sport was banned people who owned these bull-baiting dogs, also known as bulldogs today, began pitting these dogs against each other. After people began participating in the sport of dog fighting, people began breeding bulldogs with terriers (Background on Dog Fighting 1). ...
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...One of the most shocking and gruesome stories over the last five years has been the report of Michael Vick running a dog fighting scandal in the confines of his Virginia home. This story was covered by every single major news outlet across the United States and caused uproar amongst millions of animal lovers. While this press undoubtedly raised awareness of the perils of animal cruelty, there are still hundreds and hundreds of cases that go unnoticed every day. For how loving and caring animals are to human beings, it is about time that we stand up to those who mistreat them and give animals the support they need and deserve. There have obviously been several animal activist groups over the years such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) but there is still so much we can do to raise awareness of this issue and make a difference. There are varying degrees of animal cruelty, however, one no better than the other. It is important to recognize each one and the motives behind the owner’s abuse because there needs to be different ways to handle these crimes. There is blatant abuse, such as in the Michael Vick case, where owners put animals in an atmosphere that is detrimental to their health and well-being. As for Vick, he bred and trained dogs to become vicious fighters as a part of his operation called “Bad Newz Kennels” (Schorn 1). CBS Sports Anchor James Brown asked Vick in an interview what had motivated him to continue to run this operation despite...
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...Southeast University An Assignment On Real Steel Course Title: Intermediate composition Course Code: ENG-1002 Table of Contents CHAPTER’S, CHAPTER (1) ----- Introduction CHAPTER (2) ----- Character & The Plot CHAPTER (3) ----- Moral of The Movie CHAPTER (4) ----- Movie Details CHAPTER (5) ----- Picture’s & Details CHAPTER (6) ---- The good side And the bad side of this movie CHAPTER (7) ---- CONCLUSION CHAPTER (1) Introduction Introduction "Real Steel" imagines a near future when human boxers have been replaced by robots. Matches between small fighting robot machines are popular enough to be on television, but in "Real Steel," these robots are towering, computer-controlled machines with nimble footwork and instinctive balance. (In the real world, 'bots can be rendered helpless on their backs, like turtles.) Hugh Jackman stars as Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who is now hanging onto the fringes of the fight game as the owner-operator of a ramshackle robot he tours with. It's no match for the competition, and when the desperate Charlie replaces it with another battered veteran, it can't even outfight a real bull.If the movie were all robot fights it might be as unbearable as well, a Transformers title. Drama enters in the person of Charlie's son, Max Kenton (Dakota Goyo), a smart, resilient pre-teen who, like all kids, seems to have been genetically programmed to understand computers, video games and all allied fields. Charlie is...
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...boxers have been replaced by robots. Matches between small fighting robot machines are popular enough to be on television, but in "Real Steel," these robots are towering, computer-controlled machines with nimble footwork and instinctive balance. (In the real world, 'bots can be rendered helpless on their backs, like turtles.) Hugh Jackman stars as Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who is now hanging onto the fringes of the fight game as the owner-operator of a ramshackle robot he tours with. It's no match for the competition, and when the desperate Charlie replaces it with another battered veteran, it can't even outfight a real bull.If the movie were all robot fights it might be as unbearable as well, a Transformers title. Drama enters in the person of Charlie's son, Max Kenton (Dakota Goyo), a smart, resilient pre-teen who, like all kids, seems to have been genetically programmed to understand computers, video games and all allied fields. Charlie is a very bad absent father, and as played by Hugh Jackman, he is actually mean toward his boy. Charlie's sister (Hope Davis) and her husband (James Rebhorn) plan to adopt the boy, but in a complicated arrangement, Charlie first has to take care of Max for a summer.This Max is some kid. He loves robots. During a scouting expedition in a 'bot junk yard, he comes upon an ancient training robot named Atom literally covered in mud and convinces his dad this relic still has fighting...
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...just like we are, and they deserve kindness and respect as well. Are we doing enough in our society to see that these dogs are brought to justice? When I first learned about dogfighting, I was horrified. I couldn’t believe that people would try and make a profit over two dogs fighting to the death or until one of the dogs couldn’t continue. I learned that dogfighting is a brutal and ruthless sport in which two dogs, or even more, are trained to fight. Most of the time the canine they choose for these fights are pit bulls because of their jaw power and unwillingness to let go. Both pit bulls are placed in a small enclosed area to fight each other for the on-lookers enjoyment and gambling purposes. The Humane Society says that the dogs used in these events often die of blood loss, shock, dehydration, exhaustion, or infection, hours or even days after the fight. Ed Faron says in his book ‘The complete gamedog: a guide to breeding & raising the american pit bull terrier’ that the injuries inflicted and sustained by dogs participating in dogfights are frequently severe, even fatal. The American pit bull terrier-type dogs used in 63% of all dogfights have been specifically bred and trained for fighting and are unrelenting in their attempts to overcome their opponents (Faron 16). Not only is dogfighting harmful to the animal itself, it also can have a negative effect on our children! Merz-Perez, Heide, and...
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...PHYSICAL EDUCATION-an integral part of total education process, is a field of endeavour which has as its aim the development of physically, mentally, emotionally and socially fit citizens through the medium of physical activities which have been selected with a view to realizing these outcomes. ARNIS-are umbrella terms for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines that emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives and other bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons. It includes hand-to-hand comba and disarming techniques. KALI-may be a portmanteau of the Cebuano words "ka"mot, or "ka"may meaning hand or body, and "li"hok, meaning motion. Kali means to Scrape. ARNIS DE MANO = Means "Harness of the Hands". Which also means "What ever you can get in your hands as weapons and to use them well". Arnis de Mano is the Martial Arts of the northern region of the Philippines. DIFFERENT TYPES OF BLADED WEAPONS 1.Shakra 2. Pizza cutter 3. Special Forces Shovel 4. Bolo machete/knife 5. Chinese sword. 6. Viking/Norse ax 7. Machete. 8. Two-handed axForged "standard" tomahawk 9. Small forged (or mouse) tomahawk 10. French hawk ...
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...You can learn a lot about me by just a quick glance down at my wrist. You won’t see an ordinary bracelet that most girls wear these days, but something that could one day save my life. I wear a Medical ID on my right wrist. It’s not for any simple reason, but for a battle I will be fighting until the day I die. I am Amanda Lewis and I am a Type 1 Diabetic. My senior year started like it was going to be the best year of my life. I had planned out my future to one day reach my dreams. Varsity cheerleading was working its way to the top. I was so excited about all the things I had accomplished. But on August 22, 2013 my life changed forever. As I was diagnosed I realized I would be changing my lifestyle, adapting to all new things. I saw that my future was not going to be easy, at all. But with my family and friends I knew anything was possible. Beginning of senior year I was ready to conquer the world it seemed like. I was ready to go out and fight for all my dreams. I wanted to make them reality. As a varsity cheerleader I was planning on continuing what I love in college. I was planning on continuing on into college to eventually become a veterinarian. But on that day, the day I was diagnosed I realized everything would be put into a different view now. Everything I had planned now came with the question, “but what if…” Cheerleading is my one love and being diagnosed really impacted it for me. My first practice back was the hardest. I lost most of tumbling because my body...
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...Michael Vick Michael Vick was born on June 26, 1980 in the city of Newport News, Virginia. Vick’s parents Michael Boddie and Caletha Vick and Vick’s siblings Christina, Courtney and Marcus grew up together in the hostile environment that Newport News was known for. Newport News is infamous for it’s gangs and drug activity. It is nicknamed “NewportNam”. This is a reference to Vietnam in order to show the hostile and dangerous environment that Vick grew up in. This would impact Vick in a negative way in his future. Vick’s journey to prison would start at a young age. Michael Vick saw his first dog fight at the age of 8. Dog fighting was a part of the culture of the neighborhood. In his biography, “Finally Free”, Vick says that “When [he] was young, [he] witnessed dogfighting so much that [he] didn’t think it was wrong” (102). Growing up in this kind of environment would lead to Vick’s imprisonment. He also states that while he knew that people got in trouble for dogfighting, he never knew that people could be arrested for it. Another factor that caused Vick’s imprisonment was the absence of his father. Vick’s father, Michael Boddie, worked at a local shipyard as a sandblaster. Boddie also struggled with an addiction to drugs and alcohol. This resulted in Vick growing up with no one to teach him right from wrong. This also resulted in no one being able to guide him through the tough times of living in Newport News. In accordance, in the book “Role Models”, the author writes that...
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...which have been gaining massive momentum since the introduction of the pinball machine. The industry of gaming has evolved so much that communities of players have formed to support certain genres of games. One community in particular is the fighting game community. There is indeed a community of people involved with the interaction and improvement of fighting games. These people, some call Armchair Athletes , (Parker) are the players, streamers, event organizers, companies that make the games, and therefore supporters, of the fighting game scene. The purpose of this paper will be to describe what the Fighting game community is what it means to the people involved, and its importance in the world electronic sports. Or in popular terms E-sports. It will also show the origins and growth of the Fighting game community throughout the years and what it has become. Finally, his paper will be concluded by an explanation of where the community stands now and what it means to be a part of something so big yet so unknown to the world outside of the world of gaming. So what is the fighting game community? Why does it exist? To a foreigner of competitive fighting games, the scene might look like nothing more than a large group of nerds who just play fighting games all day. This is simply not the case and an unsafe assumption. There are several layers to the FGC and those who are a part of it. When taking a closer look, it is realized that there are different degrees of gamers in the community...
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...other for the spectator’s entertainment and gambling. “Man’s best friend” may fight to the death in dog fights, often with tens of thousands of dollars at stake. Dogfighters sometimes kill the losing dogs, and even the winning dogs may die from their wounds. Life as a dog used for fighting is a nightmare. Dogfighting is a huge problem and it needs to stop. Sometimes as an individual you don’t think there is much you can do, but there is. Humane Society of the United States (2011) says dogs that are used as fighting dogs live chained up or are put into a tiny cage, do not get the veterinary care that they need. They die in the ring or they are unceremoniously shot for losing and some are used as “bait” for other dogs. Pit bulls and dogs that look like pit bulls get a bad rap because of their reputation as fighting dogs. Dogs that are used in dog fights often die of blood loss, shock, dehydration, exhaustion, or infection hours or even days after a dog fight. Injuries that are inflicted and sustained by dogs participating in dog fights are frequently severe, even fatal. The American pit bull terrier-type are used in a majority of dog fights. Pit bulls have been specifically bred and are trained for fighting as puppies. With their extremely powerful jaws, they are capable of inflicting severe bruising, deep puncture wounds and broken bones. Dog fights often last for up two hours, usually ending when one dog will not or cannot continue. ASPCA (2010) says issues common to dogfighting...
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...Stress is one of the leading causes of the common health problems. If we have a stressful life, we can get mad easily and then we may lose our health. Without health there is no meaning of living. There are some reasons that can cause stress. One of the major causes of stress for almost everyone is money. Everybody needs money for living a good quality life. Unfortunately, only a few people are able to earn enough money to have a better life. Of course money is not the only reason, however; we need money for materials we use for living like car, home, food, etc. For example, a father who can’t buy her daughter the dress she wanted is full of stress. Instead of buying the dress, he only has enough money to pay the bills. It is such a harsh situation for a father. That could knock him down. We all have bills to pay. Some people even can’t pay their bills. That means stressful days are ahead. On the other hand, if you still have a job and you earn some money then you are a lucky person. Probably, you can survive with the stress of not having enough money. However, if you lose your job, now the stress hits the top of your head. Money is never enough to live non-stressful life. We have to choose our husband/wife very carefully. Instead of being rational if we decide without analyzing in depth, we may not be able to see which disagreements shall appear in the future. In fact, people who get married at a young age can divorce after a few years. Sometimes we found our perfect soul...
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...1915 Moonlight Road wasn’t just the house that the Atlanta Falcons football star Michael Vick lived in. It was the site of many kennels and sheds hidden behind the house that kept around 50 Pit Bulls, who were trained and bred to be fighting dogs. The initial raid on the house was conducted on April 25, 2007. The dogs were sent to many different shelters for months before they got moved to foster homes, volunteer services, or new shelters. As stated before, many dogs were trained and specifically bred to be fighting dogs. Jim Gorant wrote in the book, The Lost Dogs, “The best fighters- the most aggressive and skilled- were bred to one another to enhance those traits in further generations.” The quote above explains how the dogs were picked...
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...Dhemna Grace P. Baquilod August 5, 2014 GPE0211 History of Arnis The term arnis is believed to be a Tagalog corruption of the Spanish term arnes, or harness, a reference to the decorations worn by the early Filipinos. Kali is another term used to refer to the same kind of martial arts. Different provinces may have different names for arnis, such as baston and kaliradman (Ilonggo, Bisaya), pagkalikali (Ibanag) and kalirongan (Pangasinan). These are only a few examples of the terms already recorded in different sources.One suggestion is that it originally came from another martial art system, called tjakalele. This is actually the name of a branch of the Indonesian martial art system known as pentjak silat. Another suggestion is that it was brought here from the Southeast Asian mainland, particularly during the Madjapahit and Shri-Visayan empires. Yet another suggestion is that it was propagated by the so-called ten Bornean datus fleeing persecution from their homeland.The glorious lives of Filipino heroes are linked with the awesome power of the martial art of Arnis. They triumphantly waged their heroic battles for freedom and liberty as a testimony of the power and effectiveness of Arnis. Their successful stand against their superiorly armed adversaries in mortal combat in the arena of battle is now held in immortal inviolability by history.It would not be far-fetched to...
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