The trick is not to focus on any of this, but to focus on preparation and then on the real thing.
Do you think you're afraid to talk in front of other people? Guess what? The average person says 15,000 words per day. Unless you're in solitary confinement, those words are spoken to other people, sometimes two, three or more at the same time. You speak to family, friends, fellow students, and co-workers. You're already a public speaker, and you can help yourself gain more control over the situation by remembering this.

Get control, even if it's just in your own mind, with a little ritual before making a presentation. Some people might call it a good luck charm. Michael Jordan wore his old University of North Carolina shorts under his NBA shorts in every game. Wade Boggs always ate chicken before he played. Control, even in these seemingly small and…...

Such an attitude is part cultural clash and part resp0onse to external events, but it fosters a way of thinking that only leads to more conflict over time.
U.S. support for Israel is often cited as the key element in explaining Islamic hatred of America, but that is only one element. The way the U.S. fails to understand Islam is another element that creates tension. Also, actions such as those in the first Gulf War create anger as the U.S. first helped by invading Iraq, promising to support those who sided with the U.S., and then abandoned many of the Iraqis who did try to fight Hussein and leaving them to their fate. The U.S. inaction against Hussein over his attack on the Kurds also created hatreds in the region. One of the major points of contention with Israel and with the U.S. has been the Palestinian question and the…...

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Abdolian, L.F. & Takooshian, H. (2003). The U.S.A. Patriot Act: Civil Liberties, the Media, and Public Opinion. Fordham Urban Law Journal 30(4), 1429.

Affifi, a.E. (1958). The Rational and Mystical Interpretations of Islam. Islam: The Straight Path: Islam Interpreted by Muslims. Ed K.W. Morgan. New York: Ronald Press.

Al-Qaeda's origins and links (2004, Jul;y 20). BBC News. Retrieved June 17, 2007 at  http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1670089.stm .

Baker, N.V. (2003). National Security vs. Civil Liberties. Presidential Studies Quarterly 33(3), 547.

attack of 911 has posed a serious threat to the aviation industry. For the first the world could realize that airplanes are not only the mode of transportation but can also be utilized as potential bombs. Many passengers are apprehensive of air travel. This led Governments, Policy Makers, aviation industries and regulatory authorities to think a while about aviation security. The aviation security is being revolutionized since then to adopt newer technology for the purpose of ensuring the need of complete baggage screening, explosive detection, biometry identification, risk analyses, deployment of adequate skilled personnel, strengthening of cockpit doors etc.
An analysis of the effects of September 11th and Terrorism on Aviation in the United States and Around the orld

The terrorist attack in the morning of September 11, 2001 converted the United States became a nation transformed. An airliner flying at the speed of hundreds of miles per hour with about…...

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Screening Systems. Retrieved from   Accessed 15 September, 2005http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05896t.pdf 

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Screening Operations. Retrieved from   Accessed 16 September, 2005http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04440t.pdf 

Attack Causality in Internet-Connected Cellular Networks," internet infrastructure security researchers Patrick Traynor, Patrick McDaniel and Thomas La Porta address the convergence of telecommunication and internet networks, and "how the architecture of cellular networks makes these systems susceptible to denial of service attacks" (2007). ather than attribute the threat posed by denial of service attacks to the oft cited cause of limited bandwidth capability, the authors contend that telecommunication and internet networks are constructed on fundamentally divergent design platforms. As the authors state directly, "to support our assertion, we present two new vulnerabilities in cellular data services & #8230; (and) these attacks specifically exploit connection setup and teardown procedures in networks implementing the General Packet adio Service (GPS)" (Traynor, McDaniel & La Porta, 2007), and despite the complexity of this semantic construction, the implication of their assertion is clear. The article goes on to explain that the Standalone Dedicated Control…...

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Traynor, P., McDaniel, P., & La Porta, T. (2007, August). On attack causality in internet-

connected cellular networks. In Proceedings of 16th USENIX Security Symposium on USENIX Security Symposium (pp. 1-16). USENIX Association. Retrieved from  https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec07/tech/full_papers/traynor/traynor_html/ 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence and Analysis. Homeland security threat assessment: Evaluating threats 2008-2013. Washington, DC: Government Printing

Office, 2008. Retrieved from Threats2008-http://info.publicintelligence.net/DHS-

attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor shocked the American public and precipitated the country's entry into orld ar II, and the mark it left on the United States' culture and public consciousness was arguably not rivaled until the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. Because of the surprise nature of the attack and the massive casualties, Pearl Harbor has been regarded as a tragedy by historians and the public alike, but viewing the attack in this way actually serves to preclude an effective understanding of the events surrounding the attack, its aftermath, and the true tragedy of the whole affair. Considering the attack on Pearl Harbor with a sober eye allows one to understand that the true tragedy was not the military lives lost on December 7th, but rather the fact that the attack, and indeed, the subsequent war between the United States and Japan, could have…...

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Coox, Alvin. "The Pearl Harbor Raid Revisited" in The American Experience in World War II:

Pearl Harbor in history and memory. Walter Hixson, ed. New York: Routledge, 2003.

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Fitzgerald, Stephanie. Pearl Harbor: day of infamy. Minneapolis: Compass Point, 2006.

That only requires 36 contacts between the victim nodes and the attack nodes, with 720 intervals for updates (Chan-Tin, et al., 2011). At that point, disruptions in the network would begin to be seen. The attacker can continue to increase the variance, but there will eventually be a point reached at which the variance is no longer successful because the frog-boiling attack fails (Chan-Tin, et al., 2011). This usually comes about due to a too-rapid increase in the changing victim node coordinates, which stops the attack because the system flags the changes in the node as something that may be problematic. Naturally, in order for the attack to be successful the node changes must be gradual enough to avoid a flag by the system.
Network-Partition Attack

The second kind of attack discussed by Chan-Tin, et al. (2011) is the network-partition attack. This attack is similar to the basic-targeted attack, but yet…...

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large terrorist WMD attack might be conducted. I have also indicated the most probable type of materials that could be used and the potential targets and probable forms of attack.
It is rather difficult for the policymakers to weigh up the likelihood of a mass-casualty terrorist attack in their nation states. On the other hand, the consequences of such a prospect call for the governments worldwide to give serious attention to this fear. During 1990s, a number of developments took place that amplified public concern that the activist could get hold of nuclear, biological or radiological weapons and detonate them in a big metropolitan region.

According to the researchers, the terrorists probably may not have the access to nuclear weapons. However, there are chances that they may bring radiological weapons into play in the upcoming times. Fortunately, there has been no occurrence of even a single nuclear or radiological terrorist attack…...

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Blair, B.G. "What if the Terrorists Go Nuclear?" CDI Terrorism Project, (October 1, 2001).   (accessed January 24, 2013).http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/nuclear-pr.cfm 

Brown, C. "Transcendental Terrorism and Dirty Bombs: Radiological Weapons Threat Revisited." The Air University. (accessed January 24, 2013).http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cst/csat54.pdf

Grotto, A.J. "Defusing the Threat of Radiological Weapons: Integrating Prevention with Detection and Response." American Progress.   (accessed January 24, 2013).http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/kf/dirtybomb072705.pdf 

Kelly, H. "Dirty Bombs: Response to a Threat." Journal of the Federation of American Scientists 55, no. 2 (2002).

Such nations include North Korea, Iran, and hina. Such nations cannot be neglected to have no weapons, yet they possess immense technology and innovative power in the world. Protection from the United Nations is not sufficient to stop these nations from longing attacks on one another using weapons of mass destruction. Terrorists will keep seeking to interfere with other nations all over the world. One of the nations under such threats is the United States of America. Nonetheless, retaliation measures from such a nation could be more harmful as done upon the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks
Perpetrator

Several nations have the likelihood of perpetuating attacks by use of weapons of mass destruction. Terrorists are almost everywhere in the world. Such illicit groups are the finest prospectuses who have the capacity to lounge attacks on other nations deemed to be target nations. For instance, South Korea can lounge attacks on Russia and…...

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Charvat, J.P.I.A.G. Homeland Security Organization in Defence against Terrorism. Ios Pr Inc., 2012.

Arnold, Roberta, and Noe-lle N.R. Que-nivet. International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law: Towards a New Merger in International Law. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.

Bennett, Bruce W., and Richard a. Love. Initiatives and Challenges in Consequence Management after a WMD Attack. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala: USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air University, 2004.

Algeria
Why was the attack downplayed?

Between midnight and 2 am on the morning of All Saint's Day, 30 individual attacks were made by FLN militants against police and military targets around French Algeria. These attacks ultimately lead to the war against France in which Algeria won. This attack was particularly significant as it helps people clearly delineate what side of the conflict they were on. It also, gave the Algerian people a more patriotic sense of duty as it related to France. This is particular true as religion had a major impact on the start of the France-Algerian conflict. During the All Saints Day attack, seven people were killed. All except two were white French colonist. The political reaction notwithstanding, the Toussaint ouge attacks did not receive much coverage in the French media. The French daily newspaper Le Monde ran less that two short columns on the front page. The attack…...

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1) David Huf, Between a Rock and a Hard Place: 1987 France and Algeria, 1954 -- 1962

2) Gregory D. Peterson, The French Experience in Algeria, 1954 -- 62: Blueprint for U.S. Operations in Iraq, 2004, Ft Leavenworth, Kansas: School of Advanced Military Studies, p.3-33

3) Martin S. Alexander and J.F.V. Kieger, "France and the Algerian War: Strategy, Operations, and Diplomacy," Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol.25, No. 2, June 2002, pp. 6 -- 21

I would ensure I secure a job at a fast food that normally dispenses light foods like popcorn to sports enthusiasts like the football games. This will enable me be in apposition of being in contact with the food going to be eaten and placed close to the nose of many people within the venue. Being that the powder is not detectable by scanners and it has no smell, I would just carry it in the pocket in a casual manner. When serving the customers, I would ensure I have the dust in my hands and occasionally dip my hands in the pocket to get some more. Being that the gloves worn while serving are white, the powder will not be detected easily by the fans that are in a hurry to get into the field.

My potential targets would be American students in big symposiums and inter-university games where large…...

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Liza Porteus,(2006).Weapons of Mass Destruction Handbook. Retrieved on May 29, 2012

from  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,76887,00.html

Terrorist Attack
Efforts made to identify a terrorist group and techniques used to prevent an attack

Crime incidences and terrorist attacks have been on the rise in many parts of Georgia State. Police have tried to conduct investigations and patrol in the area, but minimal or no justifiable results are available to explain the situation. The situation called for the intelligence department of police to conduct surveillance and come up with a report that explains the situation. The surveillance used intelligence techniques to identify the central problem in the local area and the measures used to curb the situation.

The intelligence department utilized a combination of intelligence stages and law enforcement to identify the source of the attacks and prevent further attacks from taking place in the local area. Strategic intelligence was to identify potential terrorist operations and targets within the community. Strategic intelligence assisted in predicting where future operational terrorist acts might…...

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Gross, E. (2006). The struggle of democracy against terrorism: Lessons from the United States,

the United Kingdom, and Israel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.

Jones, G.S., & Libicki, C.M. (2008). How terrorist Groups End: Lesson for Countering Al Q

a'ida. Arlington: RAND Corporation.

Conversely the partnerships of open source databases vendors including MySQL and others have created a strong alliance that has forced Microsoft's SQL Server database team to create customized connectors for these open source applications. Open source, first the subject of an encirclement strategy, is now implementing its own on Microsoft's operating system business. The Linux operating system is now pre-installed on many of the world's leading hardware manufacturers' laptops, desktop and server systems. The business development teams and strategies representing Linux have struck back at Microsoft with an encirclement strategy that started with Microsoft's OEM partners first and progressed to their enterprise, or large business customers.
ypass attack is a marketing strategy that concentrates on defining and attacking uncontested markets that competitors either have not yet discovered, or are so new and emerging that no one has found them yet. The concept of finding uncontested markets was defined by Kim…...

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Bibliography (Kim, Mauborgne, 2004)

Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne. (2004). BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY. Harvard Business Review, 82(10), 76-84. Retrieved June 10, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 701178841).

The force of the explosion ripped the building from its foundation. The building then imploded upon itself," read a Defense Department report on the attack. "Almost all the occupants were crushed or trapped inside the wreckage (CBS News, 1983)."

If one looks at the events of 1983 closely, it is perhaps possible to see what might have occurred differently in the Middle East if the United States had proceeded in a policy that was multi-lateral, as opposed to unilateral with respect to the Middle East.

Reagan wanted a Palestinian homeland, and Yasser Arafat wanted a Palestinian state (inslow, p. 238). Reagan seemed to have made the mistake, too, of believing that all the players in the Middle East were had a defined role in a Middle East peace plan, at from his perspective; and when they did not react to his proposals in the way that Reagan had anticipated they would, then…...

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The House rejected an effort to require the withdrawal of the Marines by early 1984, on November 2nd, 1983.
And, Senate "Democrats were unable to force a vote on a proposal, introduced on Oct. 26 as Ses253, to replace the Marines with a United Nations, or some other "neutral," force."

The primary short-term threat was that Marines had become targets in Lebanon. They were no longer the neutral forces that had been intended to be. nor, was it argued, were they the effective peacekeepers they had been sent to be. Although immediate Marine safety and effectiveness was the short-term threat, a majority still felt as Marine Corps Commandant General P.X. Kelley felt when he spoke in front of the Senate and House Armed Services committees and said, "I don't think the United States of America, the greatness country in the free world, should back off from some damn terrorist" (qtd. Felton).

The…...

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Adequacy of U.S. Marine Corps Security in Beirut, Report of the Investigations Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee and Report of the Department of Defense Commission on the Beirut International Airport Terrorist Act, October 23, 1983." Historic Documents of 1983. 19 Dec 1983. CQ Press. CQ Electronic Library. University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ. November 29, 2007  http://library.cqpress.com .

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Japanese Preparation and Attack on Pearl Harbor
During the early part of the 20th century, Japan was faced with some fundamental challenges in its effort to expand its empire throughout Asia and beyond. Although Japan had enjoyed some significant successes during the first decades of the 20th century, including the colonization of the Korean peninsula and military successes in China and Indo-China, the United States stood poised on the other side of the Pacific as a formidable bulwark of democracy with its naval forces stationed at Pearl Harbor representing a geographic thorn in Japan's side. Following its alliance with the Axis powers in World War II, Japan was faced with the need to counter this potential threat to its expansionist plans as well as America's efforts to restrict its access to badly needed resources through a preemptive air strike on Pearl Harbor and ancillary facilities. In reality, though, beyond the Neutrality…...

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Operation Anaconda was, at the time, the largest combat operation in Afghanistan as part of the War on Terrorism that was declared after the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.  It was launched on March 2, 2002.  Major General F.L. Hagenback, the commander of the U.S. Army 10^th Mountain Division, was responsible for leading an offensive attack on al-Qaeda and Taliban forces that were located in the Shahi-Kot Valley/ Arma Mountain region near Zormat in Afghanistan.  It was the first major battle after the Battle of Tora Bora and was the first battle to feature American....

One of the more shameful moments in American history was the establishment of internment camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II.  Ostensibly started because the United States was at war with Japan, it is interesting to note that there were no similar internment camps for people of Italian or German descent, despite the fact that Italy and Germany were also part of the Axis powers that fought against the Allies in World War II. 

Prior to World War II, Japanese began immigrating to America for work opportunities.  They initially immigrated to Hawaii, which was annexed by the United....

In order to really understand resistance in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, it is important to look at all of the characters and not just the highlighted European males, such as the protagonist Marlowe, that sit at the center of the story.  That is because resistance is the undercurrent behind all of the action in the story.  The main characters are always acting against the threat of resistance by the African people who are often portrayed as victims, but are consistently offering resistance to the colonizers, as evidenced by the arrow attack by the natives on the ship. ....

This is a difficult question to answer.  In the era of COVID-19, when personal interactions with people are limited, especially with people outside of your immediate social group, being an agent of social change is more difficult than it is in other times.  That is because social change agents have to be able to influence people.  While some of that can be accomplished in a virtual environment, hence the popularity of internet “influencers,” that type of influence is simply not going to be enough to reach some people.  People tend to go to places on the internet....