...People who believe 9/11 was inside job say that the not only did the FBI try to suggest that these phone calls were real, but that the call was scripted and recorded by the government in order to fool the public into thinking that 9/11 was the work of terrorists. The biggest assumption that the conspiracy theorists make, is that the government had a good reason to destroy the towers. In the article, the only theory they mention is that the towers cost a lot to keep running and that they destroyed them to save those expenses. This is incredibly vague and isn’t convincing. Despite this, I still wouldn’t say that the people who believe that the government played a part in 9/11 are completely unreasonable. I say this because there is a lot of holes in the government’s summaries about what happened in 9/11. This could be for only two reasons, they are hiding their involvement with the tragedy that is 9/11. Or they sincerely don’t know who was behind the attacks. The possibility that an outside party could have caused this sounds unlikely. The United states placed the blame on terrorists but the terrorists don’t seem to give all the answers to the mysteries that occurred during 9/11. So the only people left who have the knowledge, and resources to go through with this...
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...9/11 Essay Terrorism has been a very influential problem in American history and has had an enormous effect on U.S. From Pearl Harbor, First World Trading Center, Truck Bombing of Federal Building, and last but not least September 11, 2001. September 11th was a very devastating event in the history of America. This was a huge problem and caused depression, mourning, and paranoid many people. Of course, this affected many people and to this day still does. What do you think caused 9/11?.... Let's find out. September 11, 2001 was a very tragic day in American history. It all started when 19 terrorists boarded multiple airplanes, hijacked them, and crashed them into different targets. The terrorists focus was at the Pentagon and World...
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...After reading Fish’s essay, I arrived at the conclusion that a conspiracy theorist is an individual who seeks out the truth behind an event. A conspiracy theorist may also be an individual who researches alternative explanations for situations that may not be widely accepted. I think anyone can fit into this category because anyone can do thorough research to uncover the truth behind a certain event and draw conclusions about who or what caused that event. There can be a range of definitions for the term, “conspiracy theorist.” Most of these definitions include some sort of covert or secret planning by either an organization or the government of a country. The term has more negative connotations than positive connotations because most people...
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...LEGAL NOMENCLATURE Anthoney N. Rigdon Ogeechee Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Abstract In this paper, legal terminology such as mens rea, actus reus, causation, knowing, reckless, negligent, strict liability, inchoate offenses, preparation and attempt, conspiracy, impossibility doctrine, and living document will be discussed. Also, examples will be provided to help the reader better understand what each word means and how it relates to society and events that could occur. The difference between preparation and attempt will be determined, as will the difference between factual impossibility and legal impossibility. 1. Mens rea means a guilty mind. Meaning you should’ve known what you were doing, it is necessary to be proven in a crime. For example, when 911 happened, the terrorist that took over the planes were acting out of mens rea, they had to be in a certain state of mind, and aware of what they were doing in order to carry out the criminal act. 2. Actus reus means a guilty act, unaware of the crime, whether its voluntary or involuntary. For example, if a woman in her thirties (or over 18) were to have sexual intercourse with a boy under 18 while she is drunk, she could get into trouble. But she is unaware of the crime she has committed because of her unconscious state of mind. 3. Causation is based on the elements that contribute to making up the criminal offenses. There must be a...
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...lives. I do not think any American who watched this unfold will ever forget and those who did not witness it will never realize just how much freedom we have really lost. September 11, 2001 has brought about many changes to the way the United States handles illegal immigrates and those people who wish to migrate to the United States. Security at airports as also been heightened. In this paper I will discuss some issue before September 11, 2001 and after. Changes made in Airports. Before September 11, 2001 no one in the United States had heard of Osama Bin Laden, the airports were a place that people went for happier times either to greet someone returning from a trip or coming to visit. It was a place where people were excited about going on vacations. If you sat back and watched people coming and going you would see smiles you would witnesses hugs and tears of joy. People that were too young to remember those times would find it hard to image the airport being anything but a nightmare. We our the last generation that will remember crossing the border as if it was a toll booth or throwing a pocketknife in your carry-on because you thought you might need it. Days like that are long gone since terrorists decided to fly planes into buildings packed full of people. Many things have changed since 09/11 but it is certainly most obvious at the airports. Between October 2001 and December 2010 these are some of the changes that have taken place in airports. * Cockpit doors have been...
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...lives. I do not think any American who watched this unfold will ever forget and those who did not witness it will never realize just how much freedom we have really lost. September 11, 2001 has brought about many changes to the way the United States handles illegal immigrates and those people who wish to migrate to the United States. Security at airports as also been heightened. In this paper I will discuss some issue before September 11, 2001 and after. Changes made in Airports. Before September 11, 2001 no one in the United States had heard of Osama Bin Laden, the airports were a place that people went for happier times either to greet someone returning from a trip or coming to visit. It was a place where people were excited about going on vacations. If you sat back and watched people coming and going you would see smiles you would witnesses hugs and tears of joy. People that were too young to remember those times would find it hard to image the airport being anything but a nightmare. We our the last generation that will remember crossing the border as if it was a toll booth or throwing a pocketknife in your carry-on because you thought you might need it. Days like that are long gone since terrorists decided to fly planes into buildings packed full of people. Many things have changed since 09/11 but it is certainly most obvious at the airports. Between October 2001 and December 2010 these are some of the changes that have taken place in airports. * Cockpit doors have...
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...Surveillance– Essay Have we civilized countries grown to be dependent on the benefits modern technology provides us? As technology has progressed through the decades, we have greeted the simplicity and efficiency it has brought us with open arms. Little did we know that these revolutionizing creations of Mankind would one day be implements misused in a never-ending battle, between individual privacy and state power. Surveillance around the world has strongly increased after the terrorist acts of 9/11. This has led to a strong media focus on the impact the different kinds of surveillance technology will have on our societies. The first text “The Spy in Your Refrigerator” is an excerpt from an article in The UNESCO Courier, written March 2001 by Simon Davies. The article focuses on the civilian surveillance and its’ evolution. The fear of surveillance growing into an uncontainable situation is clearly illustrated in the quote “… surveillance that will one day cross all national boundaries – touching citizens everywhere” (p.4,ll.15-16). The writer makes use of the persuasion mode, Pathos, as he plays with our emotions regarding our fears against the states invasion of privacy. Furthermore we are introduced to the different kinds of surveillance methods and technology. The most common and obvious practice of surveillance is the “Closed circuit television cameras” (CCTV). They are neither hidden nor unnoticeable, but simply monitor private properties or numerous town streets...
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...course. Course Objective: To increase awareness of the ethical and legal issues of computing and responsible use. Course Description: By way of case study and fact pattern analysis, we will find and frame legal and ethical issues presented by past, contemporary and emerging technology. Cases and events will be examined. At the conclusion of the semester, students will be able identify and discuss legal and ethical issues presented by technology. Instructor: Office Hours: Leslie Dixon 9 am – 11:30 am M W and by Office: 202B Houser Hall; 205-348-1663 appointment Email: Ldixon@cs.ua.edu (please include a subject) Course Websites: http://cs340.cs.ua.edu & https://ualearn.blackboard.com/ Twitter: cs340 Required Text: Ethics in a Computing Culture Binkman ISBN: 1-111-53110-2 Required Access: Global Technology Watch ISBN: 1-111-37635-2 Grading: Writings, quizzes, in-class work, participation: Project: Exams (3 @ 15% each): 30% 25% 45% Writings: Approximately 3 times this semester, students will write an essay or reflection on a current event in technology. Material for these will be provided through the Global Technology Watch website. Project: This semester students will work in teams of approximately 4-5 students on a project concerning ethics and popular culture or legal issues and popular culture. Each team and topic is student selected, but instructor approved. For the projects, each team will craft a presentation for the class. Presentations will have a script and use multimedia...
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...4/19/2015 The Rosicrucian Initiate Degrees (19) lessons thread, page 1 video top new live archive recent forums join login The Rosicrucian Initiate Degrees (1-9) lessons thread page: 1 18 log in join MerkabaMeditation posted on Apr, 18 2015 @ 11:04 AM link I would like to learn more about the Rosicrucian Initiate Degrees (1‐9) lessons without becoming a member, but alas there are not many resources on the subject online. The only one I know of is Degree 9: "Invisibility" where the student imagines a cloud surrounding him/her by which he/she magically become invisible to others. Here are the other Initial Degree lessons; could other ATS members add their more detailed knowledge of these to the thread? Thank you. Degree 1 Duration: 4 months The first Initiate degree introduces the concept of polarity and its relationship to http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1064310/pg1 NOW PLAYING 1/21 4/19/2015 The Rosicrucian Initiate Degrees (19) lessons thread, page 1 The first Initiate degree introduces the concept of polarity and its relationship to the subatomic world and its vast range of vibratory rates. It introduces the full spectrum of physical and non‐physical manifestations. An understanding of these subjects gives you an appreciation of the system and order of the universe, the interconnectedness of all...
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...John Schiman Compositions II Ms. Birks 9/26/11 Five Freedoms Don’t Exist This Essay asked my opinion about which of the five freedoms do I value the most and why. I will start by saying that the five freedoms are religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, I don’t know what freedom of association is, but it’s not one of the freedoms in the Bill of Rights. I do not value any of these supposed rights, because in my opinion, and in my own personal experience, these rights do not exist in society today. When the bill of rights was first written, times were very different. I won’t presume to know what it was like, but I imagine people did not lie, cheat and steal to be successful the way they do today. I do believe that it probably happened on occasion, but today it is the standard. I also believe that anyone that thinks these rights still exist today is very naïve, or just plain ignorant. All one has to do is watch the news, or read a news paper, and one can find examples of violations of these rights. Regarding the Freedom of Speech, this one is sketchy; you could say that it exists in certain situations, but not anywhere at any time. Try to tell a politically incorrect joke at work and you’re liable to get fired on the spot. If you get pulled over by the police for a minor traffic violation you best keep your mouth shut or you may be arrested for interfering with the duties of a peace officer. Everywhere you go, you will find that you do not have the freedom...
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...The essay will discuss the meanings of intention, motive and malice as used in the law of torts. The law of tort is concerned with civil wrongs, in the sense that a wrong or tort is committed against an individual (which includes legal entities such as companies) rather than the state. The importance of the Law of tort is that individuals have certain interests or rights which are protected by Law. These interests are protected by a court awarding a sum of money, known as damages, for infringement of ones rights. Alternatively, by the issuing of an injunction, which is a court order, to the defendant to refrain from doing something. It is important to take note of the Latin words, damnum and injuria as used in tort. Damnum means damage caused or suffered, and injuria means a right of action or claim. This is because there are some cases in which the defendant’s act or omission may have infringed or caused damage to the claimant but the claimant may have no action as the interest affected may not be one protected by Law. In Law this position is referred to as damnum sine injuria meaning damage suffered without violation of a legal right. For example; A opens a fish and chips shop in the same street as B’s fish and chips shop. A reduces his prices with the intention of putting B out of business. A has committed no tort as losses caused by lawful business competition are not actionable in tort On the other hand, there are also cases where the defendant’s act or omission causes...
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...Clark Farley AMST 486: Shalom Y’all Dr. Marcie Cohen Ferris 08 December, 2010 The Relationship of Southern Jews to Blacks and the Civil Rights Movement Since the 1960’s historians and many other scholars have tried to delve into the relationship of blacks and Jews. The experiences of blacks and Jewish people have common histories of dispersion, bondage, persecution, and emancipation. Their relationship can be primarily recognized since the formation of the NAACP in 1909. During the civil rights movement, this organization played a key role in the black-Jewish alliance. However, many scholars have argued if there ever was an alliance between the two, and if so, what might have caused this alliance to break? We may generalize that today’s relationship between the two groups is a relationship in which Jews are superior in regards to social position. In my research I analyzed the works of several scholars to seek the involvement of southern Jews with blacks and the Civil Rights movement. In his 1973 publication of The Provincials, Eli Evans argues that the South is one of the least anti-Semitic regions in the Nation. Among their gentile neighbors, Jews had been accepted as white members of Southern society during the civil rights movement. At this time Jews barely made up one percent of the South's population. Even though a large portion of white civil rights activists were Jewish, the percentage of Jews in the South that took part in the civil rights movement...
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...Chapter 1 UNDERSTANDING INVESTMENTS Multiple Choice Questions Establishing a Framework for Investors 1. Which of the following is the best definition of wealth? a. the sum of all current and future income b. the total of all assets and all income c. the total of assets and income less any liabilities. d. the sum of current income and the present value of future income. (d, moderate) 2. Stocks and bonds would be classified as: a. real assets b. indirect assets c. personal assets d. financial assets (d, easy) 3. Technically, investments include: a. only financial assets. b. only marketable assets. c. financial and real assets that are marketable or non-marketable. d. only financial and real assets that are marketable. (c, easy) 4. The retirement plans that guarantee retirees a set amount of money each month are known as: a. 401(k) plans b. self-directed plans c. defined-benefit plans d. defined-contribution plans (c, moderate) The Importance of Studying Investments 5. The investment professionals that arrange the sale of new securities are called: a. arbitragers b. traders c. investment bankers d. specialists (c, moderate) 6. Another name for stockbrokers is: a. specialists ...
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...Law and Business, is entirely my own work and has not been taken from the work of others save and to the extent that such work has been cited and acknowledged within the text of my work. Student Name: Nicoletta Hodyas Student Number: 13383056 Date: 20/04/2015 Student Signature: Nicoletta Hodyas Assignment title: ‘A majority of the Group is of the view that the current exclusionary rule is too strictly calibrated, and would wish to see a situation develop where the court would have a discretion to admit the evidence or not, having regard to the totality of the circumstances and in particular the rights of the victim’ (Balance in the Criminal Law Review Group, 2007: 161). Word count without bibliography: 1997. Introduction. This essay will analyze the exclusionary rule, focusing on its development mainly in Irish law. It will examine the development of the rule providing the arguments for an urgent change and analyze the Gardaí improvements in accountability. Finally, it focuses on the most recent Supreme Court decision in DPP v. JC [1], which overturned decision in People (DPP) v. Kenny[2]. Exclusionary rule allows evidence that was obtained through deliberate and conscious breach of accused’s constitutional rights to be excluded in the case, unless extraordinary circumstances appear. The rule prohibits all evidence unconstitutionally obtained regardless of the relevance of the evidence. There is also a requirement of a causative link between the breach of the right...
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...Bibliographic Essay on African American History Introduction In the essay “On the Evolution of Scholarship in Afro- American History” the eminent historian John Hope Franklin declared “Every generation has the opportunity to write its own history, and indeed it is obliged to do so.”1 The social and political revolutions of 1960s have made fulfilling such a responsibility less daunting than ever. Invaluable references, including Darlene Clark Hine, ed. Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia 2nd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004); Evelyn Brooks Higgingbotham, ed., Harvard Guide to African American History (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001); Arvarh E. Strickland and Robert E. Weems, Jr., eds., The African American Experience: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2001); and Randall M. Miller and John David Smith, eds., Dictionary of Afro- American Slavery (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1988), provide informative narratives along with expansive bibliographies. General texts covering major historical events with attention to chronology include John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2000), considered a classic; along with Joe William Trotter, Jr., The African American 1  Experience (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001); and, Darlene Clark Hine, William C. Hine, and Stanley Harrold, The...
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