Common myths of terrorism

Four Common Myths About Chemical and Biological Terrorism

Since the early 1990s, federal and local public safety agencies have been working aggressively to improve our response capabilities for managing terrorist incidents that employ chemical and biological agents. This rush toward readiness was further compelled after the attacks of 9/11 and the anthrax mailings of 2001. Just in the past few years, thousands of law enforcement and emergency services...

Myths and realities of female-perpetrated terrorism.

The authors examined the backgrounds and social experiences of female terrorists to test conflicting accounts of the etiology of this offending group. Data on 222 female terrorists and 269 male terrorists were examined across 8 variables: age at first involvement, educational achievement, employment status, immigration status, marital status, religious conversion, criminal activity, and activis...

Common Myths of Six Sigma Demystified

Purpose – Six Sigma has been part of our business lexicon for more than a decade. Debates on its emergence as a strategic initiative have created critics who consider it as an old wine in a new bottle. Is Six Sigma a management fad? This article presents some common myths and realities of Six Sigma business strategy. The paper provides an excellent resource for those people who would like to kn...

Fetal sex determination: the predictive value of 3 common myths.

Parenting Time & Shared Residential Custody: Ten Common Myths

T H E N E B R A S K A L A W Y E R j A N u A R Y / f E B R u A R Y 2 0 1 3 What is the best parenting plan for most children of divorce? Should infants and toddlers spend overnight time with their nonresidential parent? If not, why not? If so, how much time? Is shared residential custody better for children than living with one parent and varying amounts of time living with their other parent – ...