Running an AC unit without a low-pressure cutoff switch when it's colder than about 60 degrees might damage it, says Troy Gregory, president of Standard Heating and Air Conditioning.

WSJ: Don't Wait to Service AC Units

Despite the widespread flooding caused by such storms and though standard home policies do not cover flood damage, only about one-quarter of homeowners in risky areas have purchased flood insurance under a special scheme set up by the federal government.

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We changed the argument from one about the "rights" of so-called private clubs to one about the "wrongs" of a cadre of industry titans using the fig leaf of such memberships to exclude women, the standard this behavior sets in corporate America and damage it does to women at all levels.

CNN: Worth the fight: Women in Augusta's boys club

Mr Ginn is only too aware of the damage done to the American market by the failure to adopt a single digital standard, and is determined not to let the same thing happen again.

ECONOMIST: Telecommunications

Core components use resilient industry-standard hardware and software technologies, designed from the outset to root out potential causes of downtime before they do damage.

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Certainly women who can't breastfeed for whatever reason, and who live in countries with a decent standard of health care, shouldn't waste too much time worrying that they are causing long-term damage to their baby's health.

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In one of the examples cited in the report, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has twice raised the acceptable level of radiation damage reactor vessels can sustain, after several plants violated or came close to violating the original standard.

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