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    land of amazement making it’s easy for us to fall and stay in love with it. The amazing history of our warriors and the faces of inspirational youth and the bright future are among the top reason why many Malaysian are very proud to say Malaysia‚ my homeland! Boom! Boom! The eerie sounds of gunshots and bombs blowing up have always become the background of our grandparents’ night and days in the dark years of Tanah Malaya. Life was hard back then‚ my grandfather used to told me that the only food they

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    worrying about her beloved father. When her father finally returns‚ he comes clean with his daughter telling her that he is not a hero at all‚ but a criminal. He explains that he threw the sculpture away because he could no longer bear living the lie. “Your father was the hunter. He was not the prey‚” he explains. Annie is in shock. She wonders whether she will ever be able to forgive her father for the sins of his past. Annie calls her mother‚ confronting her‚ and asks her‚ ”How do you love him

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    DATA MINING IN HOMELAND SECURITY Abstract Data Mining is an analytical process that primarily involves searching through vast amounts of data to spot useful‚ but initially undiscovered‚ patterns. The data mining process typically involves three major steps—exploration‚ model building and validation and finally‚ deployment. Data mining is used in numerous applications‚ particularly business related endeavors such as market segmentation‚ customer churn‚ fraud detection‚ direct marketing‚ interactive

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    Homeland security is a multifaceted discipline which mandates a variety of leadership styles. Irrespective of leadership style‚ to be successful‚ homeland security leaders must adopt specific principles. These principles establish a core set of beliefs‚ and contribute to becoming an effective leader. When leadership is effective it can create‚ “a climate of trust‚ growth‚ and development which can enhance performance” (Bates et al.‚ 2010). As it pertains to homeland security‚ great leaders demonstrate

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    natural disaster on American soil from 9/11 attacks. Homeland Security has responded by making the U.S. grounds safer and stronger for the Americans. Homeland Security is better prepared to address the full range of threats that include man-made accidents and terrorist threats. The department of Homeland security was formed in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001. The National Strategy for Homeland Security and the Homeland security act of 2002 called for the formation of this

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    Homeland security and border patrol Homeland security is one of the main departments that keeps the United States safe. Homeland security locks down the United States and keeps illegal’s from entering and monitors that the U.S does not go under attack. During the making of the department of homeland security the U.S Border Patrol merged into a new agency called US customs and Border protection known as CBP. The old tradition of border patrol was always known for detecting and preventing

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    Summary: Homeland Security’s head of community outreach‚ Jamie Johnson‚ has been under attack for some time now because of comments he made in the past. Previously‚ CNN filed a report about these quite disturbing comments he made about the black community and on men and women who practice Islam. In past radio broadcasting shows Johnson has made comments such as‚ “ Islam’s only contribution to society was oil and dead bodies‚” or that African American men and women have turned many American cities

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    activities in protecting America ’s borders from terrorist? Edwin Vasquezgaitan HSM 497 Homeland Security & Emergency Management Capstone Professor Robert Jackson March 16‚ 2015 After the attacks of September 11‚ 2001‚ the United States system went through a change in reforming government agencies to protect the American borders against any threats. The government established the Department of Homeland Security‚ which mission is to protect America borders against external or internal threats

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    MIS Case Study: Ch. 7 Database Woes Plague Homeland Security and Law Enforcement 1. It is important to connect as much of the data in many of the federal‚ state‚ and local information systems because it will help stop future attacks and events to happen to the United States. After September 11‚ the federal government created a new cabinet called the homeland security. The cabinet has a database of thousands of federal‚ state and local organizations. They collect as much of the information

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    the U.S. Department of Homeland Security mission involved defending against terrorism‚ safeguarding the borders‚ imposing immigration rulings‚ developing readiness for reaction to and resurgence from tragedies within the U.S. territories. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 was ratified to assist the Department of Homeland Security in assimilating several agencies which integrates twenty-two government bureaus into a single organization. The burdens of the Department of Homeland Security have by no means

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