Ransom Research Papers Samples For Students

In December of 1996 the United States fell in love that was never to be requited. Six year old JonBenét Ramsay, the beautiful and talented child beauty pageant contestant was found murdered in the wine cellar of her parent’s Boulder, Colorado home. Lying on the floor of the wine cellar, covered in her blanket, JonBenét’s wrists were bound above her head, duct tape covered her mouth and a nylon cord was looped about her throat. For more than a decade after her murder, the case of JonBenét Ramsey’s homicide remains an unanswered question in the ...

The ritual of marriage is a very important milestone in the life of an individual and, more so, in the life of an individual who is also a devout Christian. The Scripture often mentions the sanctity of marriage as well as the permanency of it in one’s life. Such descriptions have resulted in a dilemma for particular individuals who, for some unfortunate reason, have had to divorce and remarry. At present, Catholicism does not permit divorced individuals to remarry unless and until they have had their marriage annulled by the Church.
While the Orthodox Catholic views on remarriage ...

Introduction

The question that comes to mind is what is Trojan horse? Trojan horse is stated to be a malicious program that looks harmless however, it is used to hack into people’s computers. The term Trojan horse is derived from Trojan War a Greek mythology (Christensson, 2006). The myth talks about the wooden horse that was pulled by the people from Troy. The legend claims that inside the horse there were Greek soldiers in it who emerged at night and seized the city. This fact can be observed from the program where a person installs the application unaware that ...

INTRODUCTION

Civil wars usually impose substantial costs on the involved countries economy. The wars are destructive to both human lives and the economic infrastructure. They also undermine the legitimacy of the state by threatening its institutions, the security of property rights, and the rule of law. Still, internal wars bringing tremendous uncertainty into the economic environment, making both public and private investments riskier. The U.S civil war was caused by several issues including regional conflicts between the North and the South, economics forces, and humanitarian concerns for the welfare of enslaved people. This war pitted both sides of the country ...

Colombian conflict - asymmetric warfare, which began in 1964 (active - since 1966) and continues at the present time, between the Government of Colombia, paramilitary groups, criminal syndicates and leftist guerrillas (FARC, ELN) for influence in the country. It is believed that, historically, the civil war has become a continuation of la violencia - armed struggle between conservatives and liberals in the 1948-1958. The victory of the conservatives in this struggle led to the unification of liberal and communist militants in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Causes for the outbreak of conflict, each party interprets to their ...

The Fallacy on ‘D.B Cooper.'
On 24 November 1971, the aircraft Boeing 727 that was in transit from Portland International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was hijacked. The identity of the hijacker was presumed to be of a man who had boarded the plane under the alias D.B Cooper. He supposedly had a bomb in an aircraft that has about forty-two passengers and demanded among other things 200000 US Dollars. To date, there has been no conclusive evidence on the identity of the suspect, where he disappeared to and exactly what happened to the money given as ransom.
The ...

U.S. Counter Terrorism Strategies
Since the beginning of the new millennium, global terrorism has firmly occupied the place of "the main threat to humanity". Undisputed leader in the fight against "evil terrorist" remains the United States, providing a wide range of activities to capture and destroy the militants of “Al-Qaeda” and others like that, not only in the country but also far beyond its borders. What are they, the results of decades of anti-terror battle?
A proof of special significance for the United States to combat global terrorism was the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after ...

Discussion

Raphanus savitus is a cool-season crop. The radish seeds are living organisms that lie in the state of dormancy and affected by different factors such as air, temperature, light and moisture. Every single seed of radish can grow into a seedling provided it gets an ideal environment. However, that doesn’t happen normally. The experiment examines the effect of acid, base, caffeine, and microwaves on the germination of Raphanus savitus seeds.
The main purpose of the experiment was to test the negative and positive effects of different environmental factors on seed germination. The data was collected after two weeks. It ...

Introduction

Germination is the process by which a plant develops from a seed and grows in optimal conditions where temperature and water available is suitable for the transformation of a seed into a plant. The conditions are favorable when the right balance of air, moisture and temperature are reached that stimulate the seed to come out of hibernation and start sprouting a root and shoot that starts the process of germination(Bewley, J. Derek, et al). Mostly, germination is the growth of embryonic seeds. When a seed is germinating and fertilizing, it produces an embryo where an embryo is present after fertilization and this embryo gets ...

Geog 315: Assignment 2 Literature review

Introduction
The Tohoku magnitude-9 earthquake occurred on March 11th 2011. Its epicenter was on the undersea floor of the Pacific Ocean, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of Tohoku in northeastern Japan, and at a depth of about 20 miles (32 km). The cause was the sudden movement at the junction of two tectonic plates – the Eurasian Plate rising over the Pacific Plate. The tremors lasted about six minutes, and caused a huge and devastating tsunami. Huge waves reached Japan’s coastline less than an hour after the earthquake itself, and in some locations travelled inland as far as six ...

Abstract

Gang Lifestyle is a lifestyle wrought with fear. It begins at childhood with young minds getting crippled with hatred, from a life of deprivation of necessities of life, love and compassion. Gangs rule by fear and absolution, and life is unpredictable and death is the only way out for them. Following is an article on gang lifestyle and the use of fear as the true way of living.

Introduction

The word “Gang” has a very wide set of meanings. Old English referred to the word “Gang” as any set of people or things that would go together, set off on a journey of similar ...

One of the contemporary issues faced by nations all over the world is the strike by public sector employees. The topic has been a controversial one for a long time, though there has not been much reconciliation and acknowledgement of a satisfactory stand. Employees in most developing and developed countries have been accorded the right to strike. With globalization and liberalization, the constitutions of most countries have recognized the fact that employees have the right to strike. The right to strike enables employees to initiate action against unreasonable employers. It helps them to get for themselves what they believe is fair and ...

Abstract

The Taliban is a Muslim affluenced group. The group is among the outlawed groups in the Southeast Asia region and they base most of its activities on the Quran. The group is well known to misinterpret the teachings of the Quran to oppress the people. The group started way back in the early 1990’s and has steadily grown strong over the years. It has attacked many countries, has placed so many people under its oppressive rule. So much has been done in efforts to close up the group, but it has proven futile. This paper looks a number of aspects in ...