Essays on Protection

Question One: Homeland Security

Homeland security in essence refers to the protection of the United States of America against terrorist attacks. However, the department’s work is not limited to terrorism activities only. In that context, homeland security may be defined as the national concerted effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the US, reduce the vulnerability of the US to terrorism and minimize the damage from the attacks upon occurrence. From the definition, it can be gathered that Homeland Security is especially designed for the prevention of terrorist attacks and or mitigation of the effects of the attacks upon occurrence. It can be

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As a manager, how would you plan on securing organizational data? How does security effectiveness and relative cost figure into those plans?
A breach in security can have seriously damaging impacts on an organization. One needs to consider two elements with respect to information breaches. The first entails upfront investigation so as to prevent technological data breach in future. Other than this a thorough investigation has to be conducted with respect to timings of staff and other resources including managing the situation after a data breach. Effectively managing data after a data breach can help an organization to save

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Animals have always been used in fiction literature to display the character and nature of human beings. People have diversified characters, which can be best defined by specific behaviours displayed by certain animals. In the story of Pi, the tiger has been used to display the strong, dangerous and daring nature of Pi character. The articles, Little red riding Hood and The company of Wolves tell the character of the wolf and how the animal has been used to represent the devil or the beastly acts of men on women. The two animals, the tiger and the wolf not

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Linguistics

Workplace violence may be referred as any act or form or threat of any physical violence, intimidation, harassment, humiliation or any other threatening disruptive deed or behavior that take place at work site. It may range from threats, homicides and even verbal abuses as well as physical assaults. Such workplace violence may affect or involve clients, employees, visitors and customers. Homicide is reported as one of the leading causes of fatal workplace injuries in USA. Moreover, it is regarded as the cause of many women’s untimely deaths at workplace. Workplace violence is on the rise and thus making

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Introduction

The problem of air and water pollution has been a great concern not only to the people of New Jersey but throughout the world. This has been a problem to the whole world for the past over a hundred years and it still remains a challenge today though several efforts have been made to curb it. From the period of the second half of the 20th century several countries including the United States have tried to come up with certain rules and regulations to help reduce the level of pollution. The United States through the United States Environmental Protection

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Introduction

International free trade and environmental protection have appeared mutually exclusive in the modern world. This has been more the case at the turn of the decade of the 1990s with the adoption of the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in the Uruguay Round and the subsequent establishment of the World Trade Organization in the year 1994. Liberalization in trade has been touted as a major force of enhancing the economic welfare of the world. At the same period, there arose the concept of sustainable development which emphasizes on the environmental protection and the issue of sustainable development

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Women Rights Movement was formed to dismantle the gender hierarchy that had been embedded in the American society. The Women Rights Movement was formed to fight for equality in the society such that both men and women would enjoy equal opportunities both at a socio-political point and economically (Dautrich 125). Women were denied their right to work and a law was enacted such that women earned a lower pay compared to the men. These were some of the things that instigated Women Rights Movement in the American society. This paper will examine how courts have progressed from gender classification

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Abstract

The Hurricane Katrina presents one of the most devastating disasters ever witnessed by the global community. From the Engineering perspective, the Katrina disaster is of high relevance because it challenged ethics in engineering professional. The disaster caused a storm surge that levees in New Orleans were unable to sustain. Evidence affirms that the Katrina disaster is attributable to failures in various elements including engineering, political and social systems. In the Katrina case, the engineering failure that prompted the incident is identifiable in the fact that the engineers failed to armor or protect the levees against erosion. Other factors including

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The episode portrayed a great story touching on environmental issues. It depicted varied points of view that reflects real time situation in issues relating to environmental management and protection. There are various themes portrayed in Schmain forest South Park. Environmental protection or conservation of “mother” nature is presented by the role Miss Stevens plays. She is so passionate about the environment and nature that she wants to teach everybody including the natives Costa Ricans the wonder and joy that she derives from the rain forest. This subject matter is presented also by her courage and role in leading the

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Introduction

Since the petitioners were passive and quit while promoting what they claimed as an a cancer awareness campaign, their conduct is within the protection of the First Amendment Free Speech Clause in addition to the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause. The bill of rights is available to all people under the US jurisdiction of Justice whether one is a teacher or a student. The First Amendment’s perpetration of human rights is available and effective to both students and teachers despite the specialty in the working characteristic of the school system. Under the Fourteenth Amendment, prohibition of opinion expression

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The Story: Part One; Question 1

- In order to receive trademark protection, it is required that the trademark be distinctive. This implies that the mark should be able to clearly distinguish a specific product (good or service) as originating from a certain producer. To this end, consumers and the public should be able to identify the source of the product by just seeing the trademark. Secondly, the trademark to be registered must be in use commercially. Otherwise, the trader must give written evidence that they intend to use the trademark for commercial purposes in the future.
- There are four main types of trademarks,

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Introduction

Australia’s current legislative approaches regarding asylum seekers are a strongly contested area of public policy. The issue of where and how to process the growing number of asylum seekers that arrive at the border has become a significant matter in terms of 2013 Australian federal elections campaign. However, no proposed solution appears to be without its weaknesses. In the past, the Labour Government has considered various countries to launch offshore processing, such as Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Nauru. However, these potential solutions have met with legal obstacles to prevent them from going ahead. Similarly, the future reforms

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In the Sonoma County, the state of California, it is mid-day at the beginning of the summer. The land gets the highest amount of rainfall in this state but also has the longest summer, which makes it prone to fire. The natives create a simple ceremony in the fields at the beginning of every summer. The fields are open, no chairs except one on the podium, which is used by the priest. A table with bottles of water and some glasses is at the center. There are about two hundred people, both whites and African Americans though the whites

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Both law enforcement officers and private security personnel play a central role in maintaining law and order. They observe criminal activity, take part in group patrols, reply to urgent calls, issue passes, make busts, examine criminal offenses and admit in court as needed. Required these experts are different, and may vary greatly from within one governmental perspective to another. Common responsibilities connect with keeping the serenity, police authorities, protection of people and property, and the research of criminal offenses. Professionals are expected to reply to a variety of situations that may occur while they are on responsibility (Zhao, Ren&Lovrich

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Aussie Dishes is the name that we will give to our visionary business. The restaurant will predominantly serve Australian traditional foods. The business will operate under Aussie Dishes LLC – a limited liability company. This is because, as indicated earlier, I will need to bring on board people with different backgrounds to complement each other’s skills and experience. For example, the business will require a partner with sales experience, accounting experience and catering experience. Therefore, a limited liability company would be more ideal than a sole proprietorship.
Aussie Dishes will start by patenting its domain name. The business will

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Introduction

The Health Promotion model was put into test as a causal theory of hearing protection for construction workforce. A study population of 359 characters was selected for the testing of this theory with both exploratory and theoretical models fitting each other well with a variance of 50.6% and 36.3% respectively in hearing protection applicability.
The research identified barriers and values of hearing protection use as the vital forward planners in both the exploratory and theoretical models. In the theoretical model, health status was distinguished to be an individualistic predictor. At times when modifying factors were permitted to directly relate

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8. Which of the following theories of privacy supports the right of a person to be free from interference in his/her private space?
a) The skeptical view of privacy
b) The communitarian view of privacy
c) The control theory of privacy.
d) The restricted access theory of privacy. Pg24
9. Which of the following theories support the idea that privacy is an intrinsic human value?
a) The control theory of privacy.
b) The restricted access theory of privacy.
c) Deontological view of privacy. Pg 33
d) Teleological view of privacy
10. Which of the following theories support the idea

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Online shopping knows a tremendous development nowadays, with customers turning to their personal computers, laptops, smartphones and other mobile devices to access various shopping websites and purchase their needed items. One of this website, and probably the most successful in the online shopping market, is e-Bay. As a consumer to consumer multinational company, eBay intermediates the offers of the sellers with the demands of the customers all around the world. In this global business environment it is possible for a customer from Eastern Europe to purchase a classical movie package from a buyer from North America, Asia, or any

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA's) Risk based approach guidance document helps clinical investigation sponsors to develop monitoring plans and strategies that are risk-based for medical products’ investigational studies, including biological and human drug products and medical devices. This guidance’s overarching goal is to promote protection of the human subject and clinical trial data quality through focusing the sponsor oversight on the most essential matters of reporting and study conduct . On the other hand, European Medicines Agency’s (EMA's) reflection paper on risk based approach to quality management is a document that helps clinical investigation sponsors to design, conduct,

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Law

The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited the states from treating persons differently based on characteristics such as race, color, age, nationality, ethnicity gender and social standing. This was enunciated in the case decided by the Supreme Court which imposed the same obligation on the federal government under the Fifth Amendment and after the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified. The Fourteenth Amendment allowed racial segregation the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. The Supreme Court decided a law separating races was constitutional provided that the facilities of equal quality were made available to all, whites and blacks. However, this

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Abstract

This paper will discuss the differences in the 5th and 6th Amendment because of Miranda rights. Through these changes,it will show on the custodial protections. Last, it will reflect over the past, present and further for Miranda rights.

Main Body

The history of the Miranda Rights reflected to protect 5th Amendment. It also to ensure that people interrogated, avoid any form of tortured or abused. When the Miranda Rights became into effect, it also brought set limits and techniques when presenting evidence.
If anything is incorrect from the moment of an arrest all the way to the stage where a

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Introduction

Zero day or zero hour threats, are threats that exploit new or previously unknown vulnerabilities in computer applications. The attack therefore occurs in zero days/zero hours of awareness of its existence. Developers of the threat exploit vulnerabilities unknown to the developers of the targeted software. These threats, unfortunately, are difficult to analyze since no data about them is available until after the attack. In addition, and owing to rarity of their occurrence, their observation in honey pots and experiments in labs is highly unlikely. Zero day threats easily pass through signature-based defenses undetected and as such, are an increasing

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Introduction

Asylum is a fundamental right for people who are facing harmful prosecution and adverse circumstances in their own country and therefore are in need of international protection. That granting asylum to helpless refugees is an international obligation was first recognized in Geneva Convention held in 1951 on the protection of refugees. Geneva Convention identified refugee as someone who cannot return to his home country due to reasonable "fear of being prosecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion” (McDonough & Tsourdi, 2012). All the member states of European Union are required to

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Introduction

Various environmental problems affect the entire world. These environmental problems in reality are the harmful aspects of the human activity on biophysical environment. The major current environmental problems include pollution, climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation among others. It is disturbing to note that various human activities are responsible for the many environmental problems that we face throughout the world. For instance, there are various industrial activities that directly affect the environment. This report focuses on water pollution from the industrial activities in Sydney Harbor, New South Wales.

Environmental Problem.

Water pollution is an environmental problem that occurs after water bodies

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Lab coats are usually knee-length, white overcoats that are worn by students, medical professionals, or researchers while working in labs. The most important purpose of a lab coat is to ensure safety. The following are a couple of possible accidents that can occur in a lab which can lead to severe damages in the absence of a lab coat.
1) Chemical spills: While working with chemicals, there is always a danger of splashes from toxic or corrosive elements which can react adversely with the skin. A lab coat generally gives a thick layer of protection to ensure that such

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Background

Witness Protection Programs are an extension of law enforcement that is shrouded in secrecy. Originally developed to protect organized crime witnesses, these programs now have wider application (UN, 2008). In criminal cases involving members of organized crime, witnesses testify at risk to their own lives, or personal safety, as well as those close to them. This is not the only group with whom a witness may find themselves, and their families, in peril. Over the years, Witness Protection has evolved to also include other well-resourced individuals and groups who are facing criminal conviction, such as despots and war criminals

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ABCDE

- Introduction of the problem
The protection of the information on the personal computer as well as on the internet has come along the way since the introduction and implementation of the internet. Firewall is a mechanism to stop virus, unauthentic access and other malicious program to enter into the computer on the network.
Now-a-days lots of information files and emails have been shared on the internet, all this information is vulnerable to get attacked by hackers because of this threat many organizations using firewalls to protect unauthorised access of their files. The information shared on worldwide web is

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Introduction

Nigeria is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It is growing at a rate more than 8% for the last decade. But Nigeria also has one of the highest percentages of poor people in the world and the percentage of poor population is continuously increasing. The growth curve of Nigeria is unable to improve the lives of the poor and destitute. As it happens in many developing countries, the mainstream financial institutes in Nigeria completely exclude the poor population from having any access to the financial system. This makes their daily living a perpetual struggle with

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Shinto rituals are performed by male priests who are assisted by the female shrine functionary called the miko. Shinto rituals were sacred ceremonies whereby female shaman did euphoric dances. They relayed messages to kamis in a state of kami-possession and made various requests. Shinto rituals are the main component of the national festivals in Japan. Here are some of the New Year festivals;

Held around January 15th each year. Talismans, shrine decorations and other ornaments are collected and burnt in bonfires. This is done by typically pilling bamboo, tree twigs, and straw and then set ablaze to wish for

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- Identify one group from the text by Tucker and state one specific CBRN threat presented by that group. Then, identify the principles of detection, avoidance, protection, and decontamination from one specific CBRN hazard presented by that group.
In 2001 the Islamist cult group that launched the Anthrax attack was considered a dangerous threat. According to Canadian Data Projections an anthrax attack on 100,000 Canadians would result in 50,000 anthrax cases, 32,875 deaths, 332,500 hospitalization days, and a cost of $ 6.5 billion. The detection process is difficult since anthrax an easily spore forming being delivered to

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Organized crime is fully represented by the protection rackets. War making and state making uses protection rackets as a typical example of organized crime. Organized crime is influenced by the expanding impact or role played by the powerful countries in the supplying of military organizations and arms to the third world countries. The government offers both internal and external protection to its citizens and charges a price for the service hence qualifying it as racketeering. The power holders extract resources that are relevant in the process of war making and state making from the population to which he or

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Confidentiality is a key value thatshould be safeguarded, more so information that is shared between people or institutions. It is very critical in protecting the right and freedom of individuals/institutions. Confidentiality rules should be applied in both government and private institutions which deal with management and provision of services. These would include hospitals, banks, schools, business firms among others.
The importance of this value has seen its consideration in the enactment and establishment of the federal laws. There are numerous regulations that have been put in place to safeguard the confidentiality of information, individuals, and institutions.The regulations applicable to

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Security process

Security itself is not a technology rather it is a process that has to be applied (Wadlow, 2000). This is because new threats are developed every day, which require new forms of protection (Nordquist, 2002). The security process involves the analysis of a problem followed by the development of a solution based on the analysis and then evaluating the solution.
- Analysis
- This involves learning all concepts that concern the nature of the threat attack.
- Synthesis
- This involves developing a solution based on the outcome of the analysis.
- Evaluation
- This involves cross checking whether

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Introduction

Clean Environment for Sustainability was an experiential activity that was taken by the all the stakeholders to keep the residential areas clean. This activity aimed at protecting the existing resources within the proximity of the residential area. This was from the realization that a clean environment is essential for a healthy community (Robbins 60).

Discussion

Clean air and water are rare commodities in the current days due to increased rates of pollution. This activity sought to apply all the innovations that find relevance in real-world setting. The activity was participatory and involved all the stakeholders such as the local authority,

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Introduction

Majority of the residents of Wisconsin enjoy travelling on the scenic roads as well as highways of the county. Unfortunately, during the motorcycle scenic travels, the riders and their passengers may be involved in accidents. Motorcycle accidents have been devastating, and such accidents have been extremely experienced in Wisconsin, USA. During the accidents, the people involved may suffer injuries that are due to the failure to have safety measures in place. External protection can be of a great save against injuries caused by motorcycle accidents. One external protection measure that has been attributed to preventing people from injuries is

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Environmental Policies of the US

For the past few decades, the issue of environmental protection, climate change prevention and the application of alternative programs to improve sustainability had been in the frontlines as countries have been made aware of the dangers global warming poses to each person. Collective and unified action was immediately devised by many nations to combat global warming, while a few remained separated to the collective action on environmental protection. In the case of the United States, its environmental policies both for domestic and international purposes has shifted throughout the years as the US had begun to realize that it was

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Role of the integumentary system in protecting the body

Introduction
Human body, like all higher order vertebrates, relies on multiple organ systems for maintenance of homeostasis, the integumentary system is but one of them. Anatomically, the integumentary system has two components :the cutaneous membrane(the skin) and its accessory structures. The skin comprises of the dermis and epidermis whereas the later include hair, nails, and exocrine glands located in the dermis. Interestingly, both the cutaneous and accessory structures share a common embryological origin: The ectoderm (Martini 2005, p.151). With respect to functioning, the skin is involved in a variety of physiologic functions, the most obvious being protection of

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Business Formation Types.

This is the simplest business form, which is started, run and owned by an individual. There are no formal actions required in setting up a sole proprietorship, and as long as there is ownership this status becomes automatically acquired. This is unlike any other form of business where one needs to obtain formal documents such as licenses and permits. The sole proprietor is entitled to all profits and also bears all business losses and debts. He/she makes decisions and has complete control of the business (Dlabay et al, 2009). There is no differentiation between the sole proprietor and the

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Human Resources Case Study: A Detailed Plan on How to Handle the Risk of Hearing Loss in the Factory

Today, Beth, who has been our employee for the past twelve years, presented our department with a medical report indicating that she is suffering from a mild case of hearing loss. She claims that the hearing loss is caused by the noise in the main work floor where she works. We require employees working in the main work floor to wear ear protection, so this incident will be important in helping us know if these ear protection devices are effective in mitigating the risk of hearing loss our employees. I am writing this plan

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Commentary 1

This answer is given correctly since the difference between energy security and energy infrastructure security is clearly provided. In defining energy security, the key words to look for include the availability of energy resources, affordability of these resources, disruptions of supply, economic development and sustainability, and the political and physical environments (IEA, 2013). The answer describing energy security manages to explore all these aspects. It identifies that energy sources must be available for energy supply despite disruptions. However, it does not explore the affordability aspect. In defining energy infrastructure security, some of the key words include energy infrastructure and

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