National Lightning Safety Institute estimates that "annually in the USA lightning cause more than 26‚000 fires with damage to property in excess of $5-6 billion." In 1749‚ Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod. The lightning rod not only helped prevent many rural fires and dangerous lightning strikes‚ it also provided the electricity from a lightning strike a safe path to the ground. Benjamin Franklin‚ born on January 17‚ 1706‚ in Boston‚ Massachusetts was the 15th child and the youngest son of
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The Winnipeg General Strike Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary The main purpose of this report is to analyze how the environment factors have effect on the goals‚ strategies‚ value and power of the actors in Winnipeg General Strikes. By the Industrial Relations System model in Canada‚ the internal factors of the actors in this strike will be intertwined with outputs of the Winnipeg General Strike and itself. Through the analysis by the industrial relation
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F-35: The Joint Strike Fighter of the Future Since the beginning of World War I‚ key military analysts have begun to realize the importance of airpower over the battlefield. It has been said throughout the years that “he who controls the air‚ also controls the battlefield”. Though some have disputed this statement‚ the truth has always been proven to analysts after the war when evaluations can be made. The three branches of military that currently use fighter/bomber aircraft are the Air Force
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The Boston Police Strike In 1919‚ there was a general agreement that the Boston policemen had a great deal to complain about. They disliked their hours‚ working conditions and most importantly‚ their salary. After getting a raise in 1913‚ the policemen had asked for another raise in 1917 to compensate for the high wartime inflation. By the time the officers had finally received that raise‚ the buying power of that extra money had gone down so low that the policemen were still having problems making
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The advancement of technology and the progress of man makes humans feel as though we are invincible‚ but when a natural disaster strikes we are reminded that Mother Nature still cannot be tamed and can strike at any time without warning. We have seen this in the past weeks with hurricane Harvey flooding Houston and displacing people who never in their life thought that their houses and neighborhoods might be underwater one day and left with nothing. Similar to current events‚ this image shows New
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been a controversial issue to weather or abortion should be legal or illegal all over the United States. Women all over the United States has been given the choice to have an abortion in some states such as Oklahoma a woman who wants to get rid of the fetus must undergo a view of the ultrasound and listen to the fetus heartbeat and no abortion can be done after 20 weeks of pregnancy (procon.org). I believe abortion shouldn’t be legal at all because in the Bible it states in Exodus 20:13 the 6th
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SMRT Driver Strike 1 Our Company Our company is a small-sized music studio providing services ranging from voiceover recording‚ music recording & production‚ post production/CD duplication & design to music production courses. The studio is located at the downtown area‚ which incorporates several recording rooms‚ function rooms and staff offices. Our team is assembled by both local and foreign talents. Staffs are assessed and rewarded based on their performances. The administration
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Extreme conservatives would have abortion made illegal. If we outlaw abortion it would not stop women from having them In "A Defense of Abortion" Judith Thomson does a good job of poking holes in the extreme conservative argument‚ she is a moderate liberal. Even though she is defending abortion she states there are still times when it is impermissible. . Her first analogy she compares a growing fetus to a famous violinist who has unknowingly been attached to a person’s circulatory system. Is
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CLN4U Terms abettingthe crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence Aboriginal rightsrights that some Aboriginal peoples of Canada hold as a result of their ancestors’ longstanding use of the landabrogateto abolish or annul a law absolute dischargereleasing a convicted offender and erasing his or her criminal record after one year absolute liabilityculpability based on the commission of an actus reus without regard to the mens rea absolute privilegeprotection from legal action
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you ever expect it to be so successful? I did think it would be successful because it was a fantasy that had a sense of humor. I thought it was hilarious. It’s amazing how warm people are. I’m always taken a back because they make you feel like you’re part of the family. Now that stories‚ you know I met my wife online for Empire Strikes Back or whatever like you named my daughter Leia or you know everyone has a personal story. A line I said in the first one that now has been in all of them‚ I don’t
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