Monday, October 31, 2016

The West: From the primary sources

I've had the opportunity to investigate several newspapers from 1866-1880 in the west. I've found a story in Sacramento about three children who were struck in the head at the same time and drowned. I also found a Sacramento newspaper following the president at the time (Rutherford B. Hayes), who was in Connecticut at the time visiting the bones of his ancestors. There was a story from that same newspaper about three men who were killed by a lightning strike.
Link to Newspaper

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Lightning bolt
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The church that President Hayes visited 

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Rutherford B. Hayes

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Summary

In these past endeavors, I have learned the gravity of the situations that we researches, and how serious human trafficking is. It is very important to learn from slavery in the past, while it is also important to acknowledge its existence in the present. This issue has showed me that while "slavery" in America might not exist, the concept and its practices are still around, but take a different form

Monday, October 10, 2016

Organ Trafficking

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/organ-transplant-after-the-transplant#1 -

http://ksfm.cbslocal.com/2012/04/23/how-much-are-your-body-parts-worth-on-the-black-market

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/organ-harvesting/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anne-speckhard/isis-defector-reports-on-sale-of-organs_b_8897708.html

Kidney - $262,000
Liver - $157,000
Heart - $119,000
Small Intestine - $2,519
Pair of Eyeballs - $1,525
Coronary Artery - $1,525
Gallbladder - $1,219
Skull with Teeth - $1,200
Scalp - $607
Spleen - $508
Stomach - $508
Hand and Forearm - $385
Pint of Blood - $337
Skin (per square inch) - $10

Caused by the massive supply demand gap
20-30 people die every day waiting for an organ
ARTIFICIAL ORGANS

I think that the supply demand gap is so large with this situation that the only solution would be to research how to manufacture artificial organs. This would close the supply demand gap exponentially and save a lot of lives and money.