investors they possess many attractive advantages which include: diversifying portfolios, greater yields, lower volatility thus makings for a good long-term investment and the fact that bondholders have priority of recovering their money over equity security holders in the case of bankruptcy. These bonds are accessible to investors either as individual issues or through the means of high-yield mutual fund investments. On the other hand, there are certainly risks involved when investing in high yield
The Emotional Security of Real-life Television Real-life television shows of police officers, such as COPS and LAPD: Life on the Beat, offer viewers an intimate, up-close look at life as seen through the eyes of determined police officers who patrol our streets. Television cameras capture actual footage of police officials working to expose and fight drugs, gangs, prostitution, and murder as well as other criminal injustices. As people watch the episodes, they cheer for the "good guys" and detest
district of San Francisco. They began using high-tech security measures even before the attack on the Oakland Bay Bridge. The school had used other security measures as well, “Every one of them has an arphid - Radio Frequency ID Tag - glued into its binding” (38, Doctorow). The school said that these arphids helped the school track books that were checked out by students AND they also allowed teachers to know where you were at all times. This security measure is similar to the one many students today
independent or cut across party lines about any specific issue. This earned him respect from both sides of the House floor. His legislative accomplishments include authorship of the Truth in Securities Act of 1933 and the Railroad Holding Company Bill. A year after those he authored bills that created the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. In 1935, he co-authored the Rural Electrification Act, which helped to bring electricity to most rural homes in America
the biggest terrorist attack since 9/11. The shooter had the possession of an Apple iphone, and the FBI wants the four digit code. Apple believes that if they were to create a software to crack the code of this phone. It may expose the privacy and security of all Apple customers. The FBI deserves to have this phone because, it is an order of federal court. Additionally, this could possibly lead to ISIS and when they may strike again. FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence
Security plays an important job in today’s society, which is to prohibit any type of incoming danger. People want to believe that security is accommodating sanctuary, on the other hand, it is just a false belief. In her article, “Trading Liberty for Illusions”, Wendy Kaminer, a lawyer, claims that people are giving up their privacy for security that is essentially non-existent. The reasons for Kaminer’s assertion is because of the problems of fear and distrust that are arising from face-recognition
Privacy is Nonexistent in Cyberspace Privacy is becoming rare as our society continues to become more industrialized and move towards a society hyper-focused on technology. Nicholas Carr explains this obsession with technology in his essay “Tracking Is an Assault on Liberty.” He identifies three dangers that are present in today’s internet society that are: personal data can fall into the wrong hands easily, personal information may be used to influence our behavior, and personal privacy is eroding
Policies and procedures are guidelines instructing service providers to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and have a responsibility for safe guarding. A set of policies are guidelines formulated by an organization to reach its long-term goals, which according to the multi-risk agency team is to protect and prevent adult’s from abuse and neglect. Establishing multi-agency safeguarding, sharing information amongst the allocated healthcare professionals suited to a case, in a multi-disciplinary
Khaemon Edwards Professor Larry D. Huff Class 1301 September 17th 2014 Does the common citizen really need access to all types of technology? Technology, one of many tools which help us decrypt our society, its high tech equipment should not be accessible to everyone. Not everyone will use the technology for their correct reasons. Others will abuse the influence the equipment has within our community. In 2013 a Southlake lawyer was gunned down by three men who used sophisticated
Is a Citizens Safety More Important than Privacy? In the modern era technological breakthroughs have shaped how we socialize with one another, do school work, and even cook. This is a great thing for many people as they can easily access information about anyone or anything that they want to know about. However, since the 9/11 attacks the Government has been able to help foil many potential terrorist attacks by using the information that you store online. Many people believe that having the Government
Security in the workplace is a very important topic for organizations today. Anyone can experience workplace violence regardless of the type of job they have. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration defines workplace violence as “violence or the threat of violence against workers. It can occur at or outside the workplace and can range from threats and verbal abuse to physical assaults and homicide” (“OSHA Fact Sheet”, 2002). According to the National Safety Council, nearly two million American
All companies/agencies, including police departments, have certain requirements an individual must fulfill to become an employee. For instance, the home health agency in which I am employed requires everyone to have a clean criminal and driving record, a valid driver’s license, a high school diploma or GED (if attending home health aide classes) or a current state CNA, LPN, or RN licensure, negative TB skin test (upon hire and annually), own transportation (being taken to and/or picked up from a
The reasons for this vary through different levels of the government, from the local, state, and the federal government. To start off, what would be the reason the US government would want to monitor internet content? The obvious answer is for security purposes, this includes preventing incidents to investigate the cause of. The first thought that comes to mind when the local government gets involved with monitoring internet content is the police searching for some type of evidence for an investigation
against the NSA’s conduction of surveillance, to put pressure on the NSA and the government to stop the unlawful eavesdropping. The final step would be for the politicians to come together and based on the need, configure a new plan to conduct homeland security that does not involve invasion into American
In the world we live in today, technology has become a major role in our lives and has impacted the way our government responds to different threats of security. The TSA is now using x-ray scanning machines to detect certain materials, while policemen can now use specially trained dogs to search for and sniff out different drugs that originally would have taken teams of DEA officials to locate. However, among this explosion in the use of technology, one question comes into our minds, and has been
Do you feel safe in your home? Can you imagine not feeling safe in your own home? In today's society we face various threats to our nation, some of these threats are foreign as well as domestic. One of the biggest threats America faces today is terrorism. Is the United States strong enough to face that threat? Why take that risk. We should bring back the draft, and bringing back the draft would help America’s economy as well as its society as a whole. The United states military draft was first
While specific intelligence of a looming attack would be ideal, when it comes to calculating a vulnerability assessment, we are more likely to be forced to assume risks and weigh those risks amongst many factors. Every student should understand the procedures involved in determining an overall likelihood score of a terrorist attack utilizing the Threat and Vulnerability Assessment. This paper will cover the assets with the highest likelihood scores, as well as those with the lowest scores. Additionally
is also keeping a closer and closer eye on us. An example would be the NSA or National Security Agency exists which can tap into our phones and see and hear all of our conversations. I believe if not now but in a few years with our technology advancing we will be like Big Brother in 1984 by George Orwell. Firstly, the NSA was made to protect, to collect, and analyze communications to protect the security of the United States, but this has grown to be much more than “protection”. In today’s
Section Four – Incident Response Checklists 4.1 Introduction This section contains several checklists for recommended actions to execute to aid in the preparation, response, and recovery efforts during an incident. 4.2 Initial Incident Response Checklist The following checklist should be adhered to once an incident has been discovered or is suspected at Widgets “R” Us: Potential incident occurs 0 The original employee that observed the incident should follow established local emergency procedures
The Amazon Echo is a fascinating and useful device, but it is not perfect. Even though it is great, there are still certain issues involved with it. The Amazon Echo Remote Issues If the remote feature of your Amazon Echo is not successfully pairing or working with your device, you may be having some compatibility or battery issues. In this case, you need to check for compatibility and ensure that you have working batteries. Keep in mind that the voice remote is only compatible with the Amazon Echo