Lightning Protection Systems Heath Howe English 101 November 5‚ 2011 Lightning Protection Systems Did you know that last year‚ in the United States‚ property loss due to lightning strikes exceeded one billion dollars? The average homeowner’s insurance paid $4‚296 per lightning claim and an average of two hundred fifty thousand insurance claims were filed strictly due to lightning. In January 2003‚ the American Meteorologist Society issued a bulletin endorsing the lightning protection requirements
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Security risks and protection mechanisms Hacking What it is: Hacking is when a highly technical skilled individual or a group pass their way into a computer network or program without permission. This ends up in important data being stolen by the hacker which is illegal. How to avoid it: In order to prevent this‚ websites could set up web application firewalls or encode their data by adding in special characters only they would know of. For example‚ in order to avoid being hacked on Facebook‚
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The key element for fire protection‚ emergency medical and rescue services is people. In order for these complex services to function properly people must be part of the equation. Over the past 25 years the population in the United States‚ let alone the entire world‚ has grown tremendously. As the number of people grow in this country so does the potential of more fires and hazards. During the period of growth the fire service used engineering‚ education and code enforcement to moderate the frequency
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When we approached the bar‚ there was only one stool available. I told Dawn that she could sit down‚ but she insisted that I have the stool. Maybe she didn’t want to sit her bare ass on the cold seat. I wasn’t sure‚ and I didn’t ask her why because the other bartender handed Dawn a shot and she gave me one also. We downed the shot with ease and swallowed another before I remembered that Shay was waiting for me. “Dawn‚ how do you get to the deejay booth?” “Do you see those stairs?” She asked as she
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recommendations to mediate the imbalance. Background: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) report for 1993-2001 shows that those who had attended college (34.6%) had close to three times as many reported excellent health days as compared to those who had less a less than high school education-11.4% (5). This disparity carries throughout the remainder of the questionnaire’s measures in
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word cound: 2360 Does NATO have a future? Lately the question about the future of NATO arises more often in media and articles on foreign policy and international security. It is a question about its future "in general" - as the inquiry into the reasons for NATO’s existence in the modern world and the future "in detail"‚ which is a problem for relevance of NATO member states. This last point is referring to the wider NATO mission – to make the classic function
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All geographers are interested in: * A focus on spatial relationships (terrestrial) * Geographic patterns (+ how they’re created) * Where things are‚ why they’re there‚ how they got there *Fundamental Geographical Concepts * Place * Location – absolute & relative * Latitude: Angular distance on the surface of the Earth measured North/South of the equator * Longitude: Angular distance on the surface of the Earth measured East/West of the equator *Equator is always
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If you have ever bought something online with a credit card‚ made some simple web searches‚ or even had a social media account‚ that all your information is stored in a databases ever. People may think that all their information is stored somewhere safe‚ somewhere government or hackers cannot get into it‚ but that is not always the case. There are so many different ways that people can get this information‚ and sometimes they do not need to be a hacker to do it. Even though many people think they
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Instead of Introduction… Achieve More: Lighten Up and Laugh Often! Imagine‚ you’re in the middle of the stage making your presentation; you know each word of it by heart because you have spent so much time writing it‚ searching for information and preparing‚ but… despite all this you are nervous‚ your palms are wet‚ you feel stressed and strained… you can’t concentrate on the subject and you are just watching you thoughts leaving your head like beetles. But suddenly here’s a decisive tension in
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Behind the Curve Behind the Curve Globalization and International Terrorism Audrey Kurth Cronin he coincidence between the evolving changes of globalization‚ the inherent weaknesses of the Arab region‚ and the inadequate American response to both ensures that terrorism will continue to be the most serious threat to U.S. and Western interests in the twenty-ªrst century. There has been little creative thinking‚ however‚ about how to confront the growing terrorist backlash that has been unleashed
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