Moreover, the use of space heaters—which are cheap and available—is highly risky and extremely common. According to the NFPA, space heaters are the second leading cause of household fires in the US after cooking, and the second leading cause of overall fires after smoking.
A report by NFPA issued in 2010, “Space heaters involved in 79 percent of fatal home fires,” states that while space heaters are responsible for 32 percent of house fires in the US, they are responsible for 79 percent of heating fire deaths.
It didn't help her house had security bars, either. Indeed, there should be requirements security bars have release levers like bike wheels so people can get out in case of fires.
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It's a matter of when, not if, Mubarak is forced out of office as protests continue in Egypt.
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"Education on the cheap" is the new mantra. The way to do it is to pit the younger, inexperienced teachers against the older, veteran, experienced teachers, with the aim of making sure the younger teachers NEVER receive pensions or retirement health benefits.
It's not just confined to NYC schools, either.
Can you imagine a principal, a person usually unable to teach or a crony of somebody higher up, or somebody who couldn't stand to be around kids, being able to make it easier to get rid of teachers he or she doesn't like? It's coming. Not that lousy principals can't do it now, what with rigged hearings, rigged documents, and lying colleagues, but the "reformers" would make sure there would be as little legal wrangling as possible.
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