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Advanced persistent threats in cybersecurity: Chinese government APT operations

Today, APT, or Advanced Persistent Threat, describes cyber attacks, which are produced by organized teams of individuals, whom have extremely in-depth resources. These teams of individuals have highly advanced technological and database penetration skills and they target specific profiles.

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Capital punishment's failure as a crime deterrent in the United States

In fact, the U.S. is the only Western nation that practices capital punishment. Although the Supreme Court outlawed it in 1972 on the premise that it was unconstitutional, they changed their position in 1976, and the death penalty was re-instituted.

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Without moral behavior, community is impossible in Sinclair's The Jungle

Such is the message Upton Sinclair presents to readers in his novel, The Jungle. Throughout the novel the Sinclair shows immoral behavior's destruction of the very fabric of a functioning society.

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Global airline industry analysis using Porter's Five Forces

The past decade has been a challenging one for the global airline industry. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 sent the industry into a downturn in the first half of the decade, while the second half of the decade saw skyrocketing jet fuel costs and economic downturn send passenger numbers…

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Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet as a renaissance man

If Shakespeare's ability at characterization is one of the hallmarks which have made him an enduring power in English literature, and Hamlet is among his most well-loved artistic works, centered by one of his most complex characters, then this essay delves into a deep and often murky water.

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Spain's unique culture: daily schedules, meals, and traditions

Spain has a long and diversified history that includes prehistory, the Romans, the Visigoths and Roman Catholicism, among others.

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Descartes' method of doubt and the pursuit of certainty

Descartes adopts the method of doubt by understanding knowledge in terms of certainty. A system which allows us to be certain that what we really think we know is not just a fabrication of his imagination but a reliable truth.

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Myanmar's Karen insurgency and regional destabilization risks

Decades of relative peace and prosperity have allowed the democracies of Southeast Asia the latitude to pursue economic cooperation and relatively stable domestic policies.

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Andrew Chaikin's "A Man on the Moon" and Apollo's legacy

Every page of A Man on the Moon demonstrates both Andrew Chaikin's lifelong love for the Apollo Program and the eight years he spent researching its fine details.

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Public management strategies responding to dynamic market changes

The dynamic changes which impacted the world up to the 21st century have materialized in a series of outcomes.

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