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    Threat Assessment

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    a CBRN weapon and where it would most likely be used if it was procured. The prospects for a group such as Al-Qaeda or other non-state actor to obtain and use a CBRN weapon are relatively low both within the United States and abroad‚ however the threat is not non-existent. As noted by Sinai (2007)‚ there are four major security issues including the terrorist groups themselves‚ weapon proliferation/acquisition by these groups‚ safe havens in weak‚ failed‚ and/or failing states‚ and permissive conditions

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    Religious Discrimination

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    http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/qanda_religion.html The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Questions and Answers: Religious Discrimination in the Workplace Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers with at least 15 employees‚ as well as employment agencies and unions‚ from discriminating in employment based on race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ and national origin. It also prohibits retaliation against persons who complain of discrimination or participate in an EEO investigation

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    World War I was a blow to the ideals of a “superior” Western civilization and to global socialism because advanced civilizations resorted to basic human nature. Before World War I‚ “…mankind seemed to have moved beyond the time when disputes were settled by war” (Foner 722)‚ with much of disputes between countries being settled with reason. The fact that issues could be resolved without violence in Western civilizations gave them an air of superiority—that violence was how uncivilized people solved

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    Religious Terrorism

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    Topic: Religion and Terrorism: The Connection Terrorism is an act of violence or threat that is unlawful and has an objective of exacting revenge‚ intimidating‚ or influencing an audience. Many terrorist attacks have been made all over the world. Religion is considered the key motivation to terrorism. Religion has been used to show terror to its followers and its non followers. Terror has been used in various religions to encourage fear among the followers or to set boundaries between religions

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    Dangerous Traditions

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    Dangerous Tradition Traditions are normally comforting rituals‚ with deep roots in religious or familial events. They usually are cause for celebration and coming together with family and community. When the roots of our traditions are forgotten then the reason for carrying on the custom is lost. Shirley Jackson writes about the dark side of following rituals mindlessly in her story‚ “The Lottery”. Jackson resolutely conveys this theme using palpable symbolism‚ irrational faith‚ and senseless

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    Religious Gay

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    Taoism Main article: Homosexuality and Taoism There is no single official position on homosexuality in Taoism‚ as the term Taoism is used to describe a number of disparate religious traditions. Seeking to emulate Buddhist precepts‚ the doctrine of some Taoist schools considered homosexuality as sexual misconduct.[89][90] However‚ homosexuality is not unknown in Taoist history‚ such as during the Tang dynasty when Taoist nuns exchanged love poems.[91] Attitudes about homosexuality within Taoism

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    needs your help‚  So are the oceans‚ the coral‚ the kelp.  There must be a way for all to unite‚  To stop the earth from a disastrous fright.  We can’t leave this world a barren waste land‚  But luscious and fertile‚ as many creatures as there are sand.  We’re destroying our jungles‚ our forests our beaches‚  Taking away what is the earth’s like billions of leeches. a Few natural habitats are left on this globe‚  All are scattered like the rays of  strobe.  We welcome you to an endangered

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    Why I Do What I Do

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    forget why you do what you do and who you do it for‚ and make sure everything you do honors that. What I’ve seen happen often times (especially in… yup‚ you guessed it: the education reform movement)‚ is that intentions start out good but the sword starts to swing the other way when money‚ power‚ and statistics are valued over the lives and humanity of students. “Kids first” and “For the kids” becomes merely rhetoric‚ as people jump to enact radically dangerous and untested policies that do anything but

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    On 10/10/16 I received a email with interview documentation for Ora Melissa Brown from Monica Kelley‚ CCI Investigator. Monica conducted a face to face interview on 10/3/2016 at the operation. Ms. Brown had stated that the child was playing in centers at the time of the incident. Ariel the teacher grabbed the child on the arm to take her to time out. The child did not want to go and threw her body back. When the child threw her body back‚ the teacher kept ahold of her arm to prevent the child from

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    Crusades Leading up to the Crusades‚ secular kings and the church were constantly jockeying for superiority over one another. Kings status’s symbolically fluctuated constantly in the public eye by seemingly meaningless gestures. The Crusades‚ while a holy mission‚ were also a political weapon to increase the power of the popes of the middle ages. In the 1070’s Pope Gregory VII challenged the Holy Roman Empire. While this was the start of the rise and increase in the power of the papacy‚ Pope

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