The attacks on the United States on September 11‚ 2001 were the direct result of the failure of US agencies‚ ranging from the White House to airport security‚ to recognize vulnerabilities present in the various symptoms. The reason why these vulnerabilities were not acknowledged and repaired is that these various agencies were trapped in a cognitive dissonance cycle of thinking. After the Cold War‚ terrorism was seen as a regional problem (9/11 Commission‚ 92). The majority of terrorist groups
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APL&C-Period 1 21 August 2012 You Also Have the Right to Tell a Bigot What You Think By Leonard Pitts S Who is the speaker? Who is the voice that tells the story? The speaker is a syndicated columnist‚ a writer versed in and paid for expressing his opinion in an interesting‚ thought-provoking way. He is educated yet down to earth and not a bombastic or over-inflated or even lover of elevated lexicon or writing style. He is representative of the majority of educated US citizens. O
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Crucible vs Muslim Treatment Post 9/11 Fear in itself is something to be feared. Fear is the primary source of insanity and chaos. Fear alone sent the Puritan society of Salem‚ Massachusetts into a state of utter hysteria in the year 1692‚ when one of the world’s most infamous witch hunts occurred. Arthur Millers play‚ The Crucible‚ is a historical fiction depicting the events of the Salem Witch Trials. A witch hunt is a political campaign launched on the pretext of investigating activities subversive
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A wave of violence‚ murder‚ and persecution followed directed towards Muslims and members of the Nubi community‚ who by now could easily be identified and singled out.Worse still‚ a people from West Nile who were collectively associated with Amin’s regime were branded as ‘foreigners’ and their guilt was implicitly assumed even by international organizations such as the United Nations Many of them were forced to escape to South Sudan as exiles or refugees and would only come back later when conditions
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Has High School Changed you? The future is unpredictable‚ and with it come more and more responsibilities. Are you the same person you were before? Or have these actions and responsibilities molded you to become the person you are today? Is the same person that started high school four years ago standing where you are‚ or is that person long gone? For me‚ the transition through high school has changed me thoroughly. I’ve noticed that high school has made me sharper about whom to
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citations for all the sources you use. What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is the denial of opportunites and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Prejudice is a negative attitude towards an entire category of people‚ such as a racial or ethnic minority. Stereotypes are unreliable‚ exaggerated generalizations about all members of a group that do not take individual differences
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Do you believe Blair’s recommendation to adjust the allowance for doubtful accounts is within his rights as manager‚ or do you believe this action is an ethics violation? Justify your response. Blair’s recommendation to the controller by means of reducing the estimate of doubtful accounts‚ I believe is an ethics violation. By lowering the estimate‚ the net income for the company would be overstated which would result in Blair getting a higher bonus. The company should only use the ethical standards
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"Do artifacts have politics?" Discuss Langdon Winner’s question and give some examples. Iva N. Ivanova ivai@ifi.uio.no First semester at UiO Word count: 2103 Introduction The objective of this paper is to discuss Langdon Winners theory on the politics of technology. In his book "The Whale and the Reactor" Langdon Winner asks the question "Do artifacts have politics?". That question has provoked many to look for different dimensions of technology. Winner argues
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11 do you think that college professional show favoritism among student Teachers respond more to students who express interest in the material taught in class. Nevertheless‚ other teachers are interested in the personal appeals they receive from individual students‚ making extra attention to such students appear discriminative. Therefore‚ I think teachers show favoritism among students because of their relationship in and out of class. Personally‚ I think that it is difficult for teachers
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Without question‚ both Jesus and Muhammad have affected humanity powerfully. As religious leaders both men laid down the principles upon which Christianity and Islam are founded yet today. However‚ while Jesus performed miracles and arose from the dead‚ thus proving to his followers he was God‚ Muhammad performed no such feats‚ and made no such claims. In fact‚ Muhammad’s only claim was that he was the last prophet sent from God. While the events of September 11‚ 2001‚ cast the Islam religion in an
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