Physical Security Principles: An introduction Animals and humans alike are territorial. The desire to protect‚ and defend is a primal instinct. Safety concerns have given the opportunity to numerous security companies to expand their product‚ and include means of physical protection for private and public buildings. Improvements are made constantly because the technology is advancing. Unfortunately‚ the most sophisticated systems cannot pretend to keep the public safe; security systems are a deterrent
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The Death Penalty Controversy The methods for carrying out the death penalty or capital punishment have varied throughout history. The word ‘capital punishment’ comes from the Latin word‚ capitalism (‘meaning the head’) since it was carried out through decapitation. Methods for carrying out the death penalty have ranged from boiling to death‚ flaying‚ disembowelment‚ impalement‚ stoning‚ shooting with a gun‚ and dismemberment. The death penalty or capital punishment is a type of sentence that
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tell us how awful the damage was. Windows from the blast were broken up to 16 blocks away. While the rescuers were searching for the survivors and the victims‚ he was with the team that would find the evidence that would soon point the finger at Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. These two cowards drove a large moving truck/van that was loaded with about 4‚800 pounds of fertilizer and oil‚ where it exploded. Police detectives were out there twenty-four hours a day for several days‚ picking through the
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of November 2‚ 1999. A few things happened in the U.S. government in 1999. In January‚ Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial began. Clinton would later be acquitted in February. In March‚ the Supreme Court upheld the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing. The case would become important because it expanded the ruling of a police stop and frisk. This means that the case set a new precedent. The new precedent changed the original precedent that was set during the
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Open Source and Hacker Anthropology: The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1997-2001) Probably the most popular thing I’ve written. It’s in demand in a lot of different forms‚ so I’ve given it its own subsite. Includes Homesteading the Noosphere‚ The Magic Cauldron‚ and A Brief History of Hackerdom. Goodbye `free software’; hello‚ `open source` (1998) My original February 1998 call to the community‚ issued immediately after the Netscape breakthrough‚ to start using the term `open source’. This is the
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World Trade Center. Six people were killed and nearly 1‚000 more injured. The suspects responsible claimed to belong to a radical Islamic sect. On April 19‚ 1995‚ anti-government anarchist Timothy McVeigh bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The attack killed 168 people and injured 700. McVeigh cited the government’s handling of the Ruby Ridge standoff and Waco siege as his motive. In 1996‚ Ted Kaczynski‚ the Unabomber‚ was arrested after nearly 20 years of mail bombings‚ which
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Joseph Bryan Professor Malloris Hum 3710 Capital Punishment: The Botched Solution Capital punishment is the rightful means to rid our society of criminals incapable of living a civil life. It provides a sense of closure to victims yet may take a loved one from others. The methods of implementing capital punishment have evolved greatly over the years and are designed to be more ethical and humane in the United States. Whether it is a firing squad‚ hanging‚ electric chair‚ gas chamber‚ or lethal injection
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Essay Question: Critically evaluate the differences in the representation of terrorists and terrorism before and after 9/11. The representation of terrorists and terrorism can be said to have changed significantly since the attacks on the United States of America on September 11th 2001. On this day‚ referred to as 9/11‚ Islamist extremists hijacked four aeroplanes that were flying above the United States. The hijackers intentionally flew two of these planes
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assembly of the towers. Several men associated with aggressive Islamic organizations were found guilty of the crime. In April 1995‚ a van encompassing explosives blew up in front of a federal establishment in Oklahoma City‚ killing 168 people. Timothy McVeigh‚ a previous Army soldier who had become part of a militant antigovernment
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Homosexuals are offended because they were some of the people that fought courageously to end things like slavery‚ colonialism‚ and segregation (for African Americans)‚ and yet even as the gays continue to battle against the forms of inequality that still hurts our neighborhoods and communities today. Still‚ people aren’t grateful enough for what most gays do for our country‚ even after the horrific treatment that comes from African Americans and others. In some African countries‚ homophobia is now
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