...“After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, U.S. foreign and defense policy undertook a major shift under the administration of President Bush. The Bush administration created and executed a policy of preemptive military action against any threat deemed imminent to the security of the U.S. (Commonly referred to as the "Bush Doctrine") This policy was used as justification for invading Iraq in 2003, which was believed to possess Weapons of Mass Destruction and accused of harboring international terrorists. Discuss whether you believe the U.S. should follow such a foreign policy. What are the costs of preemptive military action? What are the costs associated with not preempting threats to U.S. national security? Do you believe such a policy makes the U.S. and its citizens more or less secure?” There is arguably two ways one could approach this discussion. One way being from a political realist/power-politics perspective, and the other from a moralist idealist perspective; and while both can start in the same place; they end up in some very different conclusions. So for all intents and purposes I’m going to stay within a political realist perspective on this issue. Since the Second World War, the U.S. has increasingly achieved a sort of empire and has in fact become the new Rome, as Chalmers Johnson would put it. Much like its predecessors in order to maintain the empire it needs to enact the security of its interests in it. In the U.S.’s case, instead of traditional...
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...Cyprus perceptions and concerns about UAVs utilization in National Guard Stelios Nikolaou Communication Department Cyprus, Nicosia steliosloukanikolaou@gmail.com Abstract- In today's age of modern technology, the trend for even larger and broader use of unmanned air vehicles is evident, especially in the military sector. These modern designed aircrafts, autonomously or remote controlled, have already shown that they will play an important role in the future global environment. The research process which is used for describing methodology was grounded theory, with structure elicitation technique. Qualitative data were collected by a questionnaire, which referred to a number of 16 people who have Cypriot citizenship. This research, answered in questions such as: should Cyprus participate with drone procurement? Furthermore, what will be the reactions and concerns of civilians when they inform about the existence of this advanced program in National Guard and that can be used as a weapon? The existing army equipment is modern or obsolete? Must National Guard upgrade the existing weapons and communication equipment? Evaluating the results of the questionnaire it can be said that the majority of the participants believe that the current military equipment is not appropriate or high advanced and it needs to be upgraded with weapons and communication systems. Most of the participants supported the idea of introducing UAVs in the Cyprus army. Additionally...
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...Kevin Orcutt created the Orcutt Police Nunchaku (OPN) in 1982. Since then, more than 250 departments across the country have used the OPN, including Bexar County Fire Marshals, Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Hays County Sheriff’s Office and Austin Police Department. The Denver County Sheriff’s Office has used them for 25 years and states they “wouldn’t be able to function without them.” Every cadet goes through the three day Basic Course. In the past 34 years they have been sued twice, Forrester vs. City of San Diego (Dismissed) and once in Los Angeles where Orcutt was absolved of any wrongdoing because the officer at fault had never been certified in their use. San Diego still uses the OPN but Los Angeles does not as part of the settlement...
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...I believe that instituting stricter regulations on the use of drone attacks by the U.S military would be beneficial because it would minimize number of lives lost and the cost spent on war. To being with, fifty seven of the eighty two people killed were civilans, the U.S drones killed the fifty seven yemeni civilians in six seperate strikes aimed at them. Little kids and pregnant women were wrongly killed. Imagine being in their shoes, they fear of regular sunny days because drones will attack the innocent people that dont deserve the attack in their life.Yemeni President Hadi said his brother-in-law was an imam who had strongly and publicly opposed al-Qaeda, and that his young cousin was a policeman. To continue, they spent...
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...1. On this site they give an overview of bilingual education from all perspectives. They explain what bilingual education is and how it came to be. It goes into great depth about the legislative actions that have been taken to ensure it is taught the same across the board both on a stated and federal level. This site is for or in support of bilingual education because they believe that since our country is comprised of so many different nationalities that it is important to be able to communicate with one another. It also defines the different approaches that bilingual education can be taught. 2. This article gives four different responses to a previous article that had pieces written by a couple different authors about bilingual education and why it is important. The majority of the article focuses on the response to one author in particular who is considered to be very well educated but not well versed in being an educator. While the author is in support of bilingual education his theories and ideas of how to get there are filled with a lot of “fluff” or unattainable options. He is somewhat of a political figure and tends to ride the fence on what might be considered controversial from someone of his stature. 3. This article is about bilingualism in politics. In this article the author writes about and teenage boy who was suspended from school for speaking Spanish. The author argues that the issue isn’t at all about language, but about immigration and issue...
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...The article “What Will Really Happen When San Andreas Unleashes the Big One?” is an informative text of the earthquake set to greatly impact California possibly in the next 30 years. The movie San Andreas paints a very unrealistic picture for what the “Big One” will actually look like. There will probably be no huge tsunamis or split-up cities but there will be many roads and power lines split up and a lot of blowback after all of the earthquakes because much of the minimum water supply will be gone. Scientists are working with everyone to prepare California for the “Big One.’ All in all, this earthquake could cause a whole lot of damage and even though we cannot yet predict it, hopefully Californians will be prepared. One thing this article...
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...Criticizing teenage girls for the way they speak is nothing short of a time-honored tradition. Some adults take issue with everything from slang to vocal fry. But Quartz's Gretchen McCulloch has a bone to pick with those critics. She argues that female teen linguists should be applauded for their longtime innovation. They have been shaking things up for centuries. McCulloch argues that female teenagers are actually "language disruptors." They invent words that make their way into the language. "To use a modern metaphor, young women are the Uber of language," she writes. William Shakespeare has long been seen as the poster boy for introducing new words into the English language. Although, some have questioned his celebrated language...
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...with this mnemonic : FAST. • FACE: Keep an eye out for crooked smiles. The key here being that one side of a person’s face is drooping therefore clearly identifying nonresponsive facial muscles as a result of lowered brain activity relative to where those muscles are located. • ARMS: See if a person can hold their arms straight out without it falling. If an arm immediately starts drooping it’s indicative of a person stroking out sooner than you can imagine. • SPEECH: Have the person say a simple phrase and see if you notice their speech slurred. • TIME: If any one of these symptoms are present, immediately call for help. You have less time than you realize. While this is meant as a sort of preventive measure in order to minimize blowback, the symptoms are common enough that it’s quite distinguishable given they are externally identifiable. C. In preventing strokes the most important and probably the very umbrellas to house the others is changing one’s...
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...Information Flow in an Organization , information is created for meaning, decision making and sharing of knowledge. Just like a river flowing information flows from one place to another, into every house, school or organization. The flow begins with the creation of the data at a terminal; this is the beginning of the information flow. From there the information flows down the pipeline through the network which is like a pipeline. Within this network of pipes you have the switching and routing of the information flow, like the valves used to push water from one location to another. From there the information flows to storage facilities like large storage facilities, these facilities in a data network are the servers, mainframes are used in conjunction with software to store, collate, and share the data just waiting to be accessed and shared. Once a person turns on the faucet or access the information the flow starts again, from the storage facility to another set of switches/routers or valves. This information is accessed like getting a drink of water. Information flow within an organization is an ever evolving process; it is circular in nature according to its activities. Chesapeake Energy’s information flow starts with the design of the information network or pipeline, network circuits include cell modems, T1 and fiber circuits. From here the routers and switches are put in place to send the information to the right storage facility or server. Software is created to determine...
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...Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) is the examination of the shapes, locations, and distribution of patterns of bloodstains, in order to provide an interpretation of the physical events that gave rise to their origin. When BPA is done properly, many things can be discerned including distance from the blood source to the target, direction of travel and impact angles, nature of the force used to cause the bloodshed, sequencing of multiple bloodshed events, and interpretation of contact or transfer patterns. When it has been properly documented, BPA can also be used to confirm of refute the position of a victim, witness, suspect, or defendant, determine if there is evidence of a struggle, or if the assault was “one sided”, and confirm or refute statements made by the principles in a case, as in telling if the patterns match accounts given by victims, witnesses or defendants. Blood has specific characteristics that are exhibited in the way it behaves when separated from the blood source. Blood is always spherical in shape until it impacts a particular surface. This is due to the fact that blood naturally pulls in on itself, both horizontally and vertically, due to its specific surface tension. Spatters of blood occur when blood is acted upon by force and travels through the air before landing on a target surface. Transfers occur when a blood source comes in direct contact with the target surface area. Depending on the surface texture of the area, bloodstains...
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...at the store were down 5%. Not bad. They were down 2% year-on-year last year. They were down 1% year-on-year in 2009. And they had a record year for sales in 2008. There’s a pattern there. The percentage reduction is doubling each year. When I said, “so you’ll be down 10% next year and 20% the year after that, right?” Bookseller said, “probably.” If you are an Amazon watcher, there are patterns like this everywhere. The company is nothing if not deliberate and systematic in everything it does. When unexpected things happen, Amazon, unlike most companies, does not immediately respond with knee-jerk PR damage control. As Bezos said during an interview a while back, the company is willing to be misunderstood and endure temporary PR blowback. The larger gameplan is too important. Which is why the current furor over the price comparison app, and the related #OccupyAmazon reaction, is unlikely to elicit any dramatic responses from Amazon. Where other companies might respond with overwrought displays of contrition and dramatic conciliatory gestures, Amazon will likely do the minimum necessary, wait out the storm, and move on. Amazon dealing with its market is the corporate equivalent of a patient, low-reactor parent dealing with a child throwing a...
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...The questions given are thus: should a convicted sexual offender be able to consent to surgical castration as a means of avoiding incarceration? Could a judge require this before a sexual offender is paroled? What are the ethics in these cases? The answer to the first question can be nothing but an outright no. While it has been the case before, we have no reason to allow criminals to trade body parts for the punishment and sentencing they have shown themselves to deserve. This is especially true when the amputation involved is actually no real guarantee that the offender will repeat their crime. While seeming like an extreme scenario (and it is), removal of such an offender’s testicles is not necessarily going to eliminate his capacity to assault or molest a child, minor, or even adult. In a similar case, a man convicted of sexual battery on a minor and lewd and lascivious behavior had requested surgical castration as a means of avoiding what would be an almost certain life-sentence. This man was arrested for performing oral sex on an eleven-year-old1 . He did not need his penis or testicles for this heinous act. One might argue that with the loss of the testicles, sex-drive is decreased very much. This is true, but with hormone therapy it can resurface, and while it would not necessarily be easy for a convicted sex offender to get ahold of testosterone injections, it would not, by any means, be impossible. Even the drop in ability to maintain an erection would not necessarily...
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...Impurities are substances inside a confined amount of liquid, gas, or solid, which differ from the chemical composition of the material or compound.Impurities are either naturally occurring or added during synthesis of a chemical or commercial product. During production, impurities may be purposely, accidentally, inevitably, or incidentally added into the substance An interfering agent is a thing added to a sugar syrup to prevent crystallization. Coat is naturally the skin of humans and animals, or can refer to any one of the following:Coat, a layer of a certain substance, usually paint.*****Coat (animal), the natural fur coat of an animal.*****Coat (clothing), an article of clothing for humans.***Coat (dog), the natural fur coat of a dog.****Coat of arms, a heraldic design used to identify a nation, city, family, or individual.***Dogcoat, an article of clothing for dogs. Meringue, is a type of dessert, often associated with Swiss and French cuisine, made from whipped egg whites and sugar, and occasionally an acid such as cream of tartar or a small amount of vinegar. A binding agent such as cornstarch or gelatin may also be added. ****Potassium bitartrate, also known as potassium hydrogen tartrate, with formula KC4H5O6, is a byproduct of winemaking. In cooking it is known as cream of tartar. It is the potassium acid salt of tartaric acid, a carboxylic acid.***Sucrose is the organic compound commonly known as table sugar and sometimes called saccharose. A white, odorless, crystalline...
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...Organizational Behavior Organizational behavior is term that one does not hear often in day-to-day life. But organizational behavior is something that is seen and heard many times over throughout the work-day. The reason why one would see and hear organizational behavior but not be aware is because most people are not aware of what comprises the field of organizational behavior. This paper will cover the important terminology used in organizational behavior, the observable aspects of said important terminology and provide a brief analysis of the culture and behavior of Speedy Cash, a nation-wide financial services organization that provides payday loans to the general public. Important Terms and Observable Aspects There are four important terms in the field of organizational behavior. They are organizational behavior, organizational culture, diversity and communication. Organizational behavior is “a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behavior within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness” (Robbins & Judge, 2009, pg. 10). The observable aspects of organizational behavior would be the ethics used by employees, teamwork, IT usages, absenteeism, diversity of employees, turnover, and the importance of human capital. These are just a few items that can be witnessed within an organization. Organizational culture can be confused with organizational behavior...
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...Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Taught more than thirty decades ago, cursive writing has a famed and legendary past. It was once a vital element of American education but is now becoming an archaic artefact as technology advancement and the requirement of more regulated tests push it out of the education system. Cursive writing should be scrapped out of the education system for there is no need of wasting time and resources to continue teaching a skill that won’t be beneficial to the students in the near future. For many students in America, cursive writing is as foreign as the hieroglyphics of the ancient Egypt. In most colleges and universities, more students are increasingly using tablet computers and laptops to take notes rather than the old adage of using pen and paper. With the changes in technology, handwritten letters are rare to come by. Most people have changed with the dynamics of technology. Most communication is done using email, Skype and Facebook as opposed to manual letter writing. Just like calligraphy, cursive is unnecessary. Writing is seen as a means of communicating. Technically talking, we are past the times of physical writing as an art. Whatever can be created by a pen, a computer can recreate it much better. Welcome to the world of technology. If it can be printed then it can be communicated in the penned form. The argument that cursive writing aids in refining the motor skills of students is completely untrue...
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