The article suggests installing smoke alarms, inspecting power cords, checking wiring, practicing kitchen safety, clearing range hoods of grease and keeping dryer vents clear as other preventative measures.

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In the aftermath of Israel's victory, the US realized that Israel was a natural ally in checking Soviet power in the Middle East.

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Sophisticated mobile applications, with the power to do anything from checking the weather to checking you into a hotel, were downloaded more than 10 billion times in 2010 alone.

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Many involve creating task forces or crafting better plans to address such needs as restoring power, distributing food and water, checking on homebound people and returning patients to evacuated hospitals once they're running.

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The company is also now checking for possible tritium leaks at all 10 of its nuclear power plants across the country, six of them in Illinois, three in Pennsylvania, and one in New Jersey.

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So, going forward, we need the power and voice of UGC news, as well as the curatorial tools and fact checking chops of working Journalists to help us filter signal from noise.

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If Luddite CEOs could grasp the power of using apps for everything from seeing their appointments for the day, to checking into flights, to reading news and analyst reports, they might see an application of the device to their company.

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As Japan weighs whether to resume its reliance on nuclear power, all this evidence is highly relevant - whether the plants can withstand earthquakes, whether the authorities really are checking them, and whether local people are kept properly informed.

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