According to the U.S. State Department webpage, human trafficking, also called “trafficking in persons,” includes an estimated 27.6 million victims worldwide. Traffickers target people of all ages, nationalities and socioeconomic status. Traffickers have forced their victims to engage in both legal and illegal jobs such as “hospitality, travel, agriculture, construction, landscaping, massage parlors and retail services.”
Dallas College has launched a new program focused on human trafficking. According to Michael Hunt, Senior Title IX and Equality Compliance Officer, this office is providing information through flyers and information tables because sexual exploitation and human trafficking is new ground for the Title IX office on campus.
“Generally, we focus on sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence, domestic violence, stalking; those are the main ones we focus on,” Hunt said.
According to Richland Campus cybersecurity professor Jason Alvarado, a former police officer and a computer forensic specialist in Colorado, controlling and abusive behavior can lead to human trafficking.
“There’s a local agency here called Mosaic Family Services and that’s one of the things they specialize. They specialize helping folks who have been involved in human trafficking,” Hunt said.
Hunt added that traditionally, Title IX offices only take cases of sexual assault, sexual harassment and stalking, but now they are also offering these services and information about some resources.
“At the very least, we will put you in contact with some resources that will be able to support them. Some in the community college and some outside of the community
college,” Hunt said.
Andy Woodward, community educator from Hope’s Door New Beginning Center, offers a web seminar to educate attendees on how to prevent cyberstalking, stalking, domestic and sexual violence and digital abuse.
According to Woodward’s presentation, one in four women (and one in 10 men) will be stalked. She also stated that the average stalking will last approximately two years. Alvarado said that one of the first red flags is controlling behavior because abuse can lead to human trafficking. He added that phones can be hacked, and people might get access to your camera and microphone. There are apps, however, that can help with security issues.
“I always recommend removing any app you don’t recognize or apps you don’t use anymore. Some other things you can look at their VPN profiles and then device Management Profiles on Android and iPhone,” Alvarado said.
According to Woodward’s presentation, some examples of digital abuse from a partner that can lead to human trafficking are controlling your friendships on social media and sending insulting, derogatory or even threatening messages on social media and even using different social media platforms to “keep constant tabs on you.”
Putting you down in their status updates, sending updates and demanding to keep tabs on you, stealing your passwords, constantly sending texts, making you feel that you can’t be away from your phone and looking thoroughly through your phone content are all examples of digital abuse.
Alvaro said that the best way to combat this is “If you see something, say something.” He added that if you witness a dangerous situation that you do not feel safe intervening in, there are some other tools on campus that you can use. The panic button on phones in offices and classrooms on campus connect
silently to dispatchers.
In addition, there are more resources such as competitions that exist in cybersecurity using Open-Source Intelligence.
These publicly accessible web databases are used in competitions working with law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Cybersecurity professionals, students and anyone else can enter the competition and gather as
much information as possible about missing people and the team finding the most information wins. One example of such a contest is the Data Jam Against Exploitation, sponsored by the United Nations.
For more information about human trafficking, cyberstalking, stalking, sexual harassment or you do not feel safe, contact Hunt at: 972-238-6357 or email MAHunt@dalcollegeedu or call 911 if in imminent danger.
Coast before shooting it down showed he was in league with China. Others, meanwhile, chastised Biden for shooting down foreign aircraft that they imagined could be carrying bioweapons or nuclear weapons.
Texas governor Greg Abbot announced a statewide model security plan for the state agencies, including institutions of Higher Education, to talk about the safety concerns using TikTok and other software on smart devices from personal to stated-issued devices at the beginning of February, according to gov. texas.gov.
All the state agencies will have until February 15, 2023, to come up with a policy to implement this plan.
According to a press release by the Dallas College, four guidelines were presented for compliance. Beginning February 15, 2023, Dallas College employees must take the following actions in regard to the statewide plan:
“Cease all use of TikTok, via the web or the application (“app”) on College-issued devices* and, if you have not already done so, remove the TikTok app from any Collegeissued device in your possession.
Cease posting to TikTok on College-sponsored** accounts.
Refrain from downloading the TikTok app to a College-issued device.
Remove all links to TikTok (web, app, or otherwise) from College-sponsored** web pages”
In order to follow the states requirements the district will develop a plan including to following:
Ban and prevent the download or use of prohibited technologies, including but not limited to TikTok, on any College-issued device.
Prohibit College employees and contractors from conducting College business on prohibited technology-enabled personal devices.
Identify sensitive locations, meetings, or personnel within the College that could be exposed to prohibited technology-enabled personal devices. Prohibited technology-enabled devices must be prohibited from entering or being used in these sensitive areas.
Implement network-based restrictions to prevent the use of prohibited technologies on College networks by any device.
Coordinate incorporation of other technology providers into the plan, as necessary, including any apps, services, hardware, or software that pose a threat to the College’s sensitive information and critical infrastructure into this plan, according to the Dallas College press release.
-Blanca ReyesThe downing of four aerial devices by U.S. warplanes has touched off rampant misinformation about the objects, their origin and their purpose, showing how complicated world events and a lack of information can quickly create the perfect conditions for unchecked conjecture and misinformation.
The presence of mysterious objects high in the sky doesn’t help.
“There will be an investigation and we will learn more, but until then this story has created a playground for people interested in speculating or stirring the pot for their own reasons,” said Jim Ludes, a former national defense analyst who now leads the Pell Center for International Relations at Salve Regina University.
“In part,” Ludes added, “because it feeds into so many narratives about government secrecy.”
President Joe Biden and other top Washington officials have said little about the repeated shootdowns, which began with a suspected Chinese spy balloon earlier this month. Three more unidentified devices have been shot down, with the latest Sunday over Lake Huron. Pentagon officials said they posed no security threats but have not disclosed their origins or purpose.
On Monday, many social media sites in the U.S. lit up with theories that Biden had deployed the aerial devices as a way to distract Americans from other, more pressing issues. Those concerns included immigration, inflation, the war in Ukraine and Republican investigations into Hunter Biden, the president’s son.
While the concentration of claims was highest on fringe sites popular with farright Americans, the unfounded rumors and
conspiracy theories popped up on bigger platforms like Twitter and Facebook, too.
One of the most popular theories suggested the White House and Pentagon are using the airborne devices to divert attention from a chemical spill earlier this month in Ohio.
That incident, caused by a train derailment, occurred several days before the most recent devices were shot down, and was covered extensively. Nonetheless, the spill remained the top subject searched on Google on Monday, showing continued public interest in the story.
China’s government apparently took notice. On Tuesday Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying tweeted a link to news coverage of the Ohio chemical leak and added #OhioChernobyl, a hashtag used in many posts that suggest the incident is being covered up.
“Apparently some in the US take a wandering civilian balloon as a big threat while the explosive train derailment and toxic chemical leak not,” she wrote in the tweet, which racked up tens of thousands of views within hours Tuesday.
Misleading claims about the airborne devices have also prompted violent threats, according to an analysis by the SITE Intelligence Group, a firm that tracks extremist rhetoric online. After the White House said earlier surveillance flights went undetected during Donald Trump’s presidency, an article circulated on far-right sites urging the execution of any Trump administration officials who may have withheld the information.
Trump administration officials have said they knew of no such surveillance craft.
Some commenters said Biden’s decision to wait until the balloon had reached the East
Alongside the political conspiracy theories were suggestions that the aerial objects were extraterrestrial in origin. Photos of alleged UFOs were shared online and web searches for the term “UFO” soared around the world Sunday, according to information from Google Trends.
Online posts mentioning extraterrestrials increased by nearly 300% since the first balloon was identified, according to an analysis conducted for The Associated Press by Zignal Labs, a San Francisco-based media intelligence firm. Zignal’s review included millions of posts on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.
“Don’t worry, just some of my friends of mine stopping by,” Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX, joked in a tweet Sunday.
Humor aside, while the details of the different claims vary, they have two things in common: a lack of evidence and a strong distrust of America’s elected leaders.
In that instance, Russia spread conspiracy theories blaming the U.S. for the sabotage. The baseless theories were quickly amplified by far-right users in the U.S. It’s not the first time America’s authoritarian adversaries have seized on global events to portray the U.S. as belligerent.
China has claimed the balloon shot down Feb. 4 was engaged in meteorological research. On Monday, China’s foreign ministry said 10 U.S. balloons had entered Chinese airspace without permission in the past year.
Beijing’s response to this latest diplomatic row seeks to portray China as the responsible actor, while sidestepping surveillance allegations made by the U.S., according to Kenton Thibaut, a China expert at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, a Washington-based organization that tracks foreign disinformation and propaganda.
“It’s about projecting an image of responsibility and rationality, of being the adult in the room,” Thibaut said of China’s response. “It’s a clear signal to nations in the developing world that the U.S. is selfish, untrustworthy and hypocritical.”
On Monday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did refute one viral claim to have emerged from the balloon saga.
“I know there have been questions and concerns about this, but there is no — again no indication — of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns,” JeanPierre told reporters. “I wanted to make sure that the American people knew that, all of you knew that and it was important for us to say that from here because we’ve been hearing a lot about it.”
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Richland Campus drama professor and director Andy Long and the student cast of “Self-Injurious Behavior” have done an excellent job of portraying somber realism.
The drama department presented this as a participating production at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival last October. Competing in Region 6, which includes colleges and universities in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Richland is one of only five groups selected to advance to the regional competition. This is the first time Dallas College has been chosen.
Richland’s drama department can go to the festival due particularly to the generous support of Ahava Silkey Jones, the vice provost of the School of Creative Arts, Entertainment and Design, and Dr. Shawnda N. Floyd, the provost. Unfortunately, there was not enough money in the Richland Campus budget to send the cast to the festival. ,
“Self-Injurious Behavior” is an autobiographical play about a young woman in her mid-20s, living in Dallas. After getting married to a professional musician, they had a baby who was discovered to be autistic when he turned 8. The child began to hurt himself and, eventually, the parents had to commit him to a 24/7 care facility when he was 11. The couple divorced and the mother went to a renaissance festival in Portland, Oregon to receive love and comfort from her two sisters.
There is plenty of cursing and emotion in this play, which is adult themed. There are also many lessons to be taken from this performance as well. Jillian Villegas, a student cast member said, “I think a large lesson to take from this is forgiving yourself for not being able to take it all on your own. The main character sought shelter in the arms of her sisters. It is something I struggle with, coming to people when I need help. An important lesson from here is that it is OK to rely on others to help you when you can’t handle all of life’s crises.”
As for members of the Drama Department, they are all very excited to be moving forward in this competition. “I am genuinely proud of all of us and what we created together. Everything I learned from Andy and everyone else is truly inspiring. I feel as though I am a different person than who I was on the first day of rehearsals. And I cannot be more grateful for that. I could not be prouder of everyone,” said Ava Stipe, production stage manager.
When it comes to the competition itself, the main focus isn’t on winning. “There’s no real winning in the competition. Various productions will be honored with different awards.
It’s less of a competition and more of a festival. It is such a tremendous honor to have advanced this far. And it’s the first time in the history of Dallas College that it had ever happened. We have put on four previous produc-
tions before, but we had never advanced. So this is a tremendous honor,” Long said.
I was able to witness a rehearsal of the drama which has been in the works for six months. I was in major awe over the story and performance. While this rehearsal did not include lighting changes and costumes, the actors and actresses were on stage, performing as though it was the real play in front of an audience. It was truly a beautiful tale acted out by very passionate and hardworking students. Long was on top of the student cast as the director, offering corrections when needed but allowing the students to work on their performances and improve the experience.
The student cast considers him a strict but fair presence. Kendra Bailey, one of the performers, said, “I would say his No. 1 goal is to push you to be the best that you can be. The
most important thing he taught us is that process is the most important thing. How much effort you put in and how aware you are of yourself, and your cast members are what really matters. You need to have a higher awareness of how the story will be perceived. For the characters, it is not about how much you suffer or how much success you have. Ultimately, the people who will be watching it and how you want them to understand and feel what the story is trying to convey are key. And concerning the festival, Andy has always been saying that it does not matter what you know or the awards you get, it is about the process and experience. That is what the fundamentals of a show and acting are about.”
Performances in advance of the competition for “Self-Injurious Behavior” were scheduled to run Feb. 15-18.
With writer and director M. Night Shyamalan, whose new mystery-thriller is “Knock at the Cabin,” one never knows what they’ll get. Either greatness like “The Sixth Sense” and” Unbreakable” as well as the Mel Gibson led “Signs,” which paired Gibson with Joaquin Phoenix and Abigail Breslin.
On the disappointment end, he helmed the mediocre dramatic mystery-thriller “The
Village” and the disappointing fantasy-mystery “Lady in the Water,” as well as the misfire that was “The Visit” in 2015 wherein fake grandparents was the big twist. He made up for it with the “Unbreakable” trilogy that finished with “Glass” in 2019.
The end in “Knock at the Cabin” is worth the time and effort despite the ludicrous plot twist.
“Knock at the Cabin” is worth a look despite any doldrums that occurred in the storyline. It is worth seeing in theaters.
Grade: B
This is the latest installment of Pronk’s classic film series “Eternally Grateful Great Movies.”
The film “The English Patient” (1996), is based on the novel of the same title by Michael Ondaatje, who was co-winner of the 1992 Booker Prize, a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. It also won the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2023, a special award established to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the prestigious British literary prize. The late Anthony Minghella wrote the screenplay and directed the film, which was produced by Saul Zaentz.
The movie reminds us that the causalities and fatalities of war, whether they be acquaintances, friends, family members, lovers or enemies, each have their interconnecting ephemeral stories soon forgotten. Both the book and movie are highly recommended. I prefer the book but hope a much longer made-for-television movie will be made to more fully develop the central characters of the book. Apparently, the BBC is in the early phases of doing exactly that with a television adaptation of the novel.
A British group of explorers are attempting to map the North Africa desert in the years just before World War II (Cairo 1930-1938). The English patient is Hungarian Count László Almásy (Ralph Fiennes), a member and one of the pilots of the group, whose lover is Katharine Katherine Clifton (Kristin Scott Thomas), whose husband Geoffrey Clifton (Colin Firth),
a British explorer, pilot and aerial photographer working for British intelligence. Clifton attempts to kill the count when he learns of his wife’s love affair, by crashing his plane into Almásy. Clifton succeeds in killing himself and seriously injuring his wife, but just misses killing his target, Count Almásy.
The consequences of the attempted murder and suicide lead to the count’s biplane being shot down over the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa by the German Army toward the closing months of World War II. The count’s life is first saved by Arab Bedouins and the count eventually ends up in Northern Italy in the medical care of a Canadian Army nurse Hana (Juliette Binoche). The count claims he has little memory of his past but does have his copy of Herodotus’ “History,” which includes his annotations over many years that triggers his memories of his deceased lover, Katharine.
A former thief, David Caravaggio (Willem Dafoe), a Canadian immigrant, (who is working for British Intelligence), was captured, interrogated and tortured by German Army Major Mueller (Jürgen Prochnow). Mueller informs Caravaggio that “You are a Canadian spy working for the Allies. Code-name Moose.” “Look here, for every name you give me, I’ll let you keep a finger. You give me something, and you’ll keep something.”
to deal with the constants pain. Caravaggio shows up at the villa where the English patient and nurse are staying. He is seeking revenge against those who informed on him and believes the count was the one who gave the German Army his name as a British spy.
“The English Patient” was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won nine in 1997, including Best Picture ( Zaentz), Best Director (Minghella), Best Cinematography (John Seale), Best Actress in a Supporting Role ( Binoche), Best Film Editing ( Walter Murch), Best Sound ( Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Christopher Newman), Best Film Editing ( Murch), Best Music, Original Dramatic Score (Gabriel Yared), Best Art Direction – Set Decoration), and Best Custom Design (Ann Roth). The movie also won Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Original Score –Motion Picture (Yared), and Golden Reel Award-Motion Picture Feature Film Music Editing (Robert Randies)
Canadian army nurse Hana (Juliette Binoche) riding with her lover, a British officer and elite combat engineer Kirpal or Kip Singh (Naveen William Sidney Andrews).
Caravaggio keeps his fingers but loses his thumbs and becomes addicted to morphine
“The Sixth Sense” (1999)
-- Bruce Willis is a psychologist who communicates with the other side in this welldone mystery-thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan. It has a great twist ending.
“Unbreakable” (2000)
-- Willis reteams with Shyamalan in this awesome sci-fi mystery-drama that also features a turn from Samuel l. Jackson. With Robin Wright and Spencer Treat Clark.
“The Happening” (2008)
-- Oops, a Shyamalan misfire. A teacher portrayed by Mark Wahlberg is plagued by a plague; freaking out with an enemy that you can’t see. in this sci-fi adventure-drama co-starring Zooey Deschanel.
After viewing the movie on DVD, I would recommend going to the special features section and listen to the commentary of the director and screenwriter, the late Minghella on the making of the movie and listen to Ondaatje, the author of “The English Patient” and how he went about researching and writing the book and others commenting upon his novels and poetry.
“The Last Airbender” (2010) -- Yet another misfire and a black mark on Shyamalan’s great resume. This family-adventure adaptation of the anime has some cool visuals but subpar turns from the cast, including Dev Patel who would star in Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” a couple of years later.
“After Earth” (2013) -- This clunky misfire of a sci-fi adventure found Will Smith teaming up with son Jaden. Earth is looked at as a dangerous place to reside, since humans are gone and otherworldly animals run amok everywhere.
-Ricky MillerDespite the addition of new superstar player Kyrie Irving, the Dallas Mavericks fell short to a very aggressive Minnesota Timberwolves team 124-121 on Feb. 13.
Since making the blockbuster trade to get the All-Star guard from Brooklyn, the home crowd had been eager to see the superstar make his home debut. The biggest question after acquiring Irving was how the defense was going to suffer, since the Mavs traded away their best defender in forward Dorian Finney-Smith and guard Spencer Dinwiddie. But without a doubt, the NBA will be seeing the best backcourt and offensive wizardry with the combination of Luka Doncic and Irving, as their combined average is 60.5 points per game.
At the tip-off, the pace was at a very high tempo as T-wolves center Rudy Gobert missed a layup and Mavs guard Josh Green took possession, creating ball movement throughout the floor. Dwight Powell posed up in the paint and passed the ball out to the corner for Mavs forward Reggie Bullock who knocked down a three-point shot.
The Mavs would lean on this as the defensive pressure of the T-wolves made sure that no basket would be an easy one. The smaller lineup of the Mavs made it difficult for them to grab defensive rebounds in the first quarter, making it easier for Minnesota to gain second chances at scoring. This would hurt Dallas in the long run during crunch time.
The T-wolves continued to be aggressive as their gameplan seemed to be doubleteaming superstars Luka and Kyrie, forcing them to give up the ball to Josh Green and Theo Pinson to create low-percentage shots while at the same time not allowing Dallas players the easy layup.
This forced Dallas into shooting more three-point shots. But nothing seemed to be going in the Mavs’ favor, resulting in them trailing by 11 points at halftime, 65-54.
The desperation from the Mavs started to show as the physicality of the Timberwolves seemed overwhelming. Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards was a strong scoring presence as he continued to attack the paint by drawing fouls and finding teammates to convert assists. It made the Mavs continue to live and die by the three as the game started to trail away.
The deficit grew to 26 points in the third quarter because Dallas couldn’t find an answer and gain control of the game. By the end of the quarter, you could see some midgame adjustments as they started to double-team Edwards and force the ball out of his hands making it quite hard for the T-wolves to score.
Doncic came out of the game in the fourth quarter as Irving was able to be the main ball handler. He single-handedly changed the entire aura of the Mavss as he
sped up the pace and forced fastbreak layups, giving the T-wolves no time to think about who to guard.
Irving has the highest fourth quarter scoring average in the NBA as he put on a
call a timeout, which allowed the Mavs to bring Luka back into the game and have the scoring duo back together. Irving continued to show the hot hand while Luka assisted by making his three-point attempt and continuing to make free throws. Irving scored 26 points in the fourth to ultimately help cut that deficit to three. With only 14.8 seconds left in the game, the Mavs attempted to inbound the ball to Doncic, but he couldn’t get a shot off, so he gave the ball to Irving, who was also overwhelmed with a double-team and couldn’t find room to shoot as time ran out.
This is only the second game that Doncic and Irving have played together. Offensively, they are such a strong duo. They complement each other.
Irving finished the night with 36 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds while shooting 44.4% from three. Doncic finished the night with 33 points, 6 assists, and 12 rebounds while shooting 50% from the field. As the team goes into the All-Star break, it’ll give more time for the Mavs to settle into the new roster.
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The Richland Campus men’s baseball team is off to a fast start, winning five games out of the first seven this season. While it is true the season is just beginning, it is very important to accumulate as many wins as possible in order to qualify for the playoffs. The season consists of 56 games. First pitch was on Jan. 27. The season is scheduled to end on May 6.
The Thunderducks participate in the DAC Conference with Dallas College campuses Eastfield, Cedar Valley, Mountain View, Brookhaven and North Lake. There are two regional conferences and the top six teams qualify for the postseason, in which any team that loses two games will be eliminated.
After the postseason, the team that wins the title will participate in the national championship that will take place in Cookeville, Tennessee, with the participation of the best eight teams in the country. However, there is an at-large bid that only one team can get if they don´t win the district tournament, such as being the team with the best record among all
of them that didn’t qualify for the tournament in JCA, for example.
“The pitching on the mound has been really good so far. The starters have done the job, and we have had really good bullpen arms as well,” manager Jimmy Brenneman said. Ryan Taylor, Jason Scrantom and Jacob Blaede have been the starters who dominated the hitters in the first five wins, while Aidan Valenzuela, Jacob Smoot, Vince Ray and Carson Caudill have shown outstanding performances from the bullpen.
“We have a lot of speed (T-Ducks has stolen 20 bases in the first seven games). Some guys showed a little bit of power, too. Eight home runs on the first seven games. We are timely hitting. Our batting average is not anything crazy, but we have guys just come through on the clutch getting hits when we need it,” Brenneman said.
About the aspects the team needs to improve, Brenneman said, “I would like to see our guys a little bit more aggressive in the count. We have been kind of passive at the plate. We need better approaches with two strikes on the hitter. I think if we can clean these two things up, we are going to be pretty tough to beat.”
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Trahan stands at 6-foot-4 and is a sophomore forward from Cypress, Texas. Trahan has averaged 20 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while shooting 67% from the field as the T-Ducks won three conference games last week.
Trahan’s hard work and effort helped the team move up one spot to No. 8 in the NJCAA Division III rankings this week, coming off an 81-79 road win at Cedar Valley Campus. Trahan is averaging 15 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 55.7% shooting from the field this season.
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