Scientists have studied forests and fires to determine the secret of Nature’s success in attaining this necessary balance. They have learned that a "natural" fire results from a certain fuel condition. Some forest types produce and accumulate fuels faster than others; some decompose fuels more readily than others. However‚ at some point in time‚ every forest type has fuel of the right quantity and quality for that forest to be "ready" to burn. In the past‚ forest fires would benefit the whole forest
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Fire Insurance | | | | Fire insurance is a contract under which the insurer in return for a consideration (premium) agrees to indemnify the insured for the financial loss which the latter may suffer due to destruction of or damage to property or goods‚ caused by fire‚ during a specified period. The contract specifies the maximum amount‚ agreed to by the parties at the time of the contract‚ which the insured can claim in case of loss. This amount is not‚ however‚ the measure of the loss. The
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FIRE INSURANCE WHAT IS FIRE INSURANCE? Fire insurance is a contract under which the insurer in return for a consideration (premium) agrees to indemnify the insured for the financial loss which the latter may suffer due to destruction of or damage to property or goods‚ caused by fire‚ during a specified period. The contract specifies the maximum amount‚ agreed to by the parties at the time of the contract‚ which the insured can claim in case of loss. This amount is not‚ however‚ the measure
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INTRODUCTION Fire is one of the original perils insurance was designed to protect against. Current building codes and many nearby fire departments make it easy to forget about the catastrophic damage fire can do. However the damage caused by fire and the fire departments effort to put out a fire is all too real. It happens in just an instance. Smoker falling asleep in a chair‚ an unattended candle‚ paper or clothing too near the stove or a heat generating source‚ or a spark caused from an
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DISCOVERY OF FIRE The largest technological breakthrough in prehistory was the discovery of fire. The discovery of the technology to make and sustain fire. The discovery of fire‚ or‚ more precisely‚ the controlled use of fire was‚ of necessity‚ one of the earliest of human discoveries. Fire ’s purposes are multiple‚ some of which are to add light and heat‚ to cook plants and animals‚ to clear forests for planting‚ to heat-treat stone for making stone tools‚ to burn clay for ceramic objects. Until
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Young adults brains aren’t fully developed with the knowledge to make good choices. In the article titled “The Age of Responsibility” /by Alan Greenblatt‚ he writes about how the age of responsibility differs from group to group. Some want it lowered‚ some want it to stay the same‚ and some want it to be raised and he gives his own opinion as well. The age of adulthood should be 21‚ because there are some young adults that aren’t ready for activities that could injure them and or others‚ and there
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Girls and boys from school districts around the world are encouraged to practice reading in their daily lives due its beneficial effects. Writer Alan Maley encourages Extensive Reading‚ which guides students to read independently and extrinsically. He believes that it‚ “develops learner autonomy...enhances general language competence” and‚ “helps develop general‚ world knowledge” (Maley 2-3). However‚ the number of people choosing to spend their leisure time invested in a novel is declining by the
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When is enough‚ enough? Do you think the way we consume products effects the Earth’s survival? In “The Conundrum of Consumption”‚ author Alan Thein Durning believes the consumer behavior and the detrimental effects of consumption are destroying the world’s natural environment. Durning discusses that consuming goods has become the way of life. Durning exposes that our appetites to live the American Dream have taken a toll on the earth’s natural environment‚ and suggests that there are other paths
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The poem “Fire and Ice” is a poem written by Robert Frost. This nine-lined poem of Robert Frost reminds me of Armageddon. Robert Frost is using the elements of fire and ice to represent the two strongest and deepest of human emotions. Fire would represent all the passion‚ lust‚ desire‚ and envy while ice represents the cooler and calmer emotions such as humans hate or ambition. Both are deep enough for humans to cause our own downfall. This is one of Robert Frost’s simplest poems. In Robert
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Refugee by Alan Gratz is one of the most powerful stories that I have read in a huge amount of time. This book is from three different points of view‚ Isabel‚ Joseph and Mahmoud. I will say that it did get a little agonizing switching from point to point. I got really engaged into Isabel’s story of crossing the sea‚ and then we switch to Mahmoud crossing the desert. I was always trying to find time to read this book‚ I actually didn’t want it to end! I felt so many emotions during this book‚and I’m
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