If a company is making money by using your (insert body part here) in their advertising campaigns, chances are, they want to protect that lucrative asset. And if you rely on a certain body part just to maintain your full-time (and probably very well paying) job, it may be wise to consider a policy as [...]
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The seventh annual National Preparedness Month (NPM) begins today. Launched by FEMA, the month-long awareness program is designed to encourage Americans to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and communities. With that in mind, I took the liberty of contacting Brian Smith with American Express OPEN. He is an expert on commercial risk management [...]
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There is a fictional book titled Landstrike that details the scenario of a disastrous hurricane striking the New York City area. From the book’s website:
Someday, a major hurricane will strike New York City. Government forecasters concede they’ll be unable to give the City much notice, while the City’s emergency planners admit evacuation is impossible. It’s [...]
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You may remember back in February 2009 when the Iridium 33 and Russia’s Cosmos 2251 satellites collided in orbit somewhere above Siberia. The crash of the two objects resulted in more than 600 pieces of debris larger than a tennis ball being strewn about in space, adding to what scientists and researchers call space debris [...]
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