Non-Lethal weapons are being used by the military‚ law enforcement and every people looking for personal safety. These weapons benefit the user with the ability to incapacitate a person‚ while minimizing fatalities‚ permanent injury‚ and collateral damage. The use of tasers is being used more frequently all over the country and is part of many police departments duty belt. It also gives the officers flexibility to respond according to the situation. With police shooting over the last few years
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Pros of HIPPA: 1) Allows patients legal rights to see‚ copy‚ and correct their personal medical information. 2) Prevents employers from accessing and using personal health information to make employment decisions. 3) It enables patients with pre-existing conditions to change jobs without worrying that their medical conditions would not be covered under a new employer’s health plan. Cons of HIPPA: 1) The regulations of
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“assault weapons” and high capacity magazines. Recently there was a school shooting on an Oregon college campus making this the 45th school shooting in Oregon this year. President Barack Obama addressed the issue and described how gun control is one of the most frustrating issues he has faced during his time in office. Is gun control really the answer or will the ban of high capacity firearms and “assault rifles” cause more problems for U.S. citizens. I see the ban of "assault weapons" and other
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Nuclear weapons were introduced to the Asian continent in 1945‚ by the United States. The United States succeeded in nuclear weapon development all thanks to the Manhattan Project team. Thus the United States developing its nuclear weaponry‚ the fears of the Soviet Union amplified and many other powers joined the nuclear arms race. President Truman at the time‚ approved the August 6‚ 1945 bombing of Hiroshima. Since the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima took place‚ more Asian nations have gone
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ most commonly known by its initials HIPAA‚ was enacted by Congress then signed by President Bill Clinton on August 21‚ 1996. This act was put into place in order to regulate the privacy of patient health information‚ and as an effort to lower the cost of health care‚ shape the many pieces of our complicated healthcare system. This act also protects individuals from losing their health insurance if they lose their employment or choose to
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HIPPA‚SOX‚ & PCI EXPLAINING HIPPA‚SOX‚ & PCI ITT TECH HIPPA HIPAA which stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was passed in 1996. It was made to make sure that health or medical information data is protected. But it ’s not just used by the health care industry‚ employers that offer health insurance must abide by HIPAA. HIPAA defines health information as any data is created or received by health care providers‚ health plans‚ public health authorities
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made the decision to continue the research and development of thermonuclear weapons. He wrote a letter to Crawford H. Greenewalt asking him to take charge of overseeing the designs‚ construction‚ and operation of the new site to produce plutonium. They set up distant sites across the country and ended up having operations in 32 states. During the Manhattan Project the main focus was on the development of fission weapons but work on the hydrogen bomb was also taking place. In the study for the hydrogen
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of nuclear weapons. Subsequently‚ the World Health Organisation (WHO) requested for an advisory opinion by the ICJ in 1993.17 The International Court of Justice dismissed the request by WHO however on the ground that the organisation did not have mandate to request for advisory opinions as is required by the UN Charter.18 In 1994‚ the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution which again requested the ICJ to render a advisory opinion explaining if the "use or threat to use nuclear weapons in any circumstance
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Nuclear weapons are the deadliest weapon ever created by the human being‚ “Western newspapers struggled to explain how thousands of American‚ British and Canadian scientists had managed to harness the power of the sun to such deadly effect” ‚ becoming weapons of mass annihilation. Though‚ do they provide us security? It’s true that they can provide nuclear deterrence‚ but can they actually physically protect us against a nuclear attack? The answer is no. Thus‚ possessing them doesn’t make us any
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develop and test weapons of mass destruction because it can kill millions‚It’s expensive and has lack of morals. On August 6‚ 1945 Harry S. Truman‚ had to make a world changing and tough decision. The United States dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb all over Japan‚Hiroshima.The explosion destroyed 90% of the city and very quickly killed about 80‚000 people and later on because of radiation exposure ‚ 10‚000 people died. The United States shouldn’t make and test weapons of mass destruction
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