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How Do Technicians Determine The Cause Of A Fire?

I was a fire investigator for 6 years. We go about finding what started a fire by A) looking at burn patterns and B) interviewing the people that were there if possible.

If the whole house has not burned down, I look for the that has the most burn damage.

In a urban area where the fire department is pretty responsive, you may only get smoke damage in most of the house.

This rules out the rest of the house from starting the fire. Let’s say the most burnt area is near the kitchen. You start asking yourself what can start a fire in that area.

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Lieutenant Commander Woody Lee stands on Red Square with the “nuclear football” attached to his wrist with a leather strap to prevent it from being seized or lost during US President Ronald Reagan’s visit to Moscow with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in May 1988

There are four things in the Football. The Black Book containing the retaliatory options, a book listing classified site locations, a manila folder with eight or ten pages stapled together giving a description of procedures for the Emergency Broadcast System, and a three-by-five-inch [7.5 × 13 cm] card with authentication codes. The Black Book was about 9 by 12 inches [23 × 30 cm] and had 75 loose-leaf pages printed in black and red. The book with classified site locations was about the same size as the Black Book, and was black. It contained information on sites around the country where the president could be taken in an emergency.

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Yellowstone vs Zion: Which National Park Should I Visit? – Van Life Wanderer

A Few Videos Guaranteed To Make You Feel Better About Life – Ned Hardy

The absolute best option for getting to nuts and bolts in difficult to reach places or scenarios when you have to add extensions and swivel adapters to reach a fastener – Amazon

Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy paper Apple Daily has announced its closure, in a major blow to media freedom in the city – BBC

How to Make Your Arguments Stronger (Hint: Longer Is Not the Answer) – Ideas

Philippines president Duterte: ‘You choose, Covid vaccine or I will have you jailed’ – Reuters

A psychologist says parents of ‘exceptionally resilient and successful’ kids always do these 7 things – Make It

Want To Avoid Raising Entitled Kids? Don’t Do These 4 Things – Huffpost

Words and Phrases to Avoid in a Difficult Conversation – HBR

How to Forgive Someone Who Did You Wrong – Men’s Health

How to Take Better Phone Photos – Popular Mechanics

35 Great Songs From the Ultimate ’90s Movie Soundtracks – Mental Floss

If your just sniffing about astronomy for the first time, this is the best pick for an absolute beginner level telescope. It costs only $60 and with its 3-inch mirror you can see moons of Jupiter, ring of Saturn, and lunar craters – Amazon

These Hips Are Attention Grabbers – Thrill Bender

Female To Male Boxer Patricio Manuel, a transgender pioneer, is still looking for his next fight – ESPN

There’s something odd about this beauty pageant in Thailand (pics) – Leenks

Over half of all phone calls we receive now are SPAM – ZDNET

Blackfish: how captive killer whale documentary ended SeaWorld’s orca breeding program – The Conversation

Spanish ‘Cannibal Of Las Ventas’ Convicted Of Strangling And Eating His Mother ‘Piece By Piece’ – All That’s Interesting

The 10 best goalkeepers in world soccer right now – Insider

Paul Walker’s ‘Fast & Furious’ Toyota Supra Is The Most Expensive Ever Sold – Maxim

The Most Inspirational Summer Olympic Games Moments – Gunaxin

What 17 Celebrity Couples Who’ve Stood the Test of Time Look Like Now – Bright Side

The 10 Best (And 5 Worst) Cars in the Fast and Furious Franchise, According to Car Writers – Inside Hook

Texas Teacher Charged After Allegedly Admitting to Having Sex With 16-Year-Old Student – Click 2 Houston

 

Questions And Answers From The Godfather Series

How did Michael rationalize the decision to kill Fredo?

Michael rationalizes the decision. His reasons:

  • Fredo was involved in a plot to kill him. The recklessness of Fredo’s choice put Michael’s wife and children at risk. Kay and the children were the only people Michael could never harm. Tom Hagen tells this to Kay in the novel.
  • Fredo claimed he didn’t know it was a hit. That meant that Fredo was too stupid to see that Johnny Ola would never have approached him if it were anything less than a hit. Johnny promised Fredo that he would have power. Such a thing could only happen if Michael were eliminated as Michael deliberately avoided giving Fredo any power. So Fredo truly didn’t understand the enemies of the Corleone Family or he was tacitly allied with them because Fredo was only thinking of himself and getting passed over by the Don. He wasn’t putting the needs of the family first, but his bruised ego and sense of injustice.

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Bass Reeves (1838—1910) was the first Black U.S. Marshall, west of the Mississippi River. He arrested nearly 3,000 outlaws in his career.

Before becoming a legendary lawman of the Wild West, Reeves was an enslaved man born in Arkansas. When the Civil War broke out, he was forced to fight for the Confederacy, but escaped to Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma). Reeves quickly adapted to his new environment, learning the customs and languages of the Seminole and Creek people.

After the war, Reeves returned to Arkansas as a free man. He settled down, got married and had 11 children. However, his quiet family life came to an end when he was recruited to reign in the growing number of outlaws.

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Lion vs Crocodile: Who Would Win In A Fight? – Ned Hardy

Carl Nassib Comes Out as Gay, Becomes First Active NFL Player to Do So – Mediaite

The smallest knife I have ever found and is just big enough for general scraping, tiny hole poking, and little thing slicing you need to do on a daily basis. It is also stainless steel, so it is tough and corrosion-resistant – Amazon

California to pay off unpaid rent accrued during COVID-19 pandemic – Axios

Retail workers quit at record rates for higher-paying jobs: ‘My life isn’t worth a dead-end job’ – SD Union Tribune

Chefs share their best tricks for making 16 foods everyone should know how to cook – Insider

Banksy Might Have to Reveal His Identity to Own His Art – High Snobiety

5 Days Inside Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan – VICE

4 Tips for Talking to People You Disagree With – Ideas

These 12 new iOS 15 features will make your iPhone so much better – BGR

We Should Abolish the Left Turn, Science Suggests – Popular Mechanics

Rather than spending $3-7 every time you buy a good, high quality loaf of bread, buy a bread machine. For as low as $0.60 (more or less), you can throw a few ingredients in, set it to be done in the morning, and wake up to a large loaf of fresh homemade bread at a fraction of the price – Amazon

Ridiculously Hot Fitness Girls Compilation – Leenks

Chick Won’t Stop Stalking Her Ex-Boyfriend! – Worldstar

Bad girls bend at the waist (35 Photos) – The Chive

Supreme Court unanimously sides with former college players in dispute with NCAA about compensation – ESPN

Timeline: 150 Years of U.S. National Debt – Visual Capitalist

Texas power companies automatically raised the temperature of customers’ smart thermostats in the middle of a heat wave – Business Insider

Straight Edge Dad Forced to Say He’s Going Out for Yoohoo Before Never Returning – The Hard Times

Great White Sharks have never been observed mating and it’s unknown where, how or when they do it – News AU

The Incredible Way Michael Jackson Wrote Music – NME

When Danny Trejo Negotiated Between Hollywood and Mexican Prison Gangs – GQ

32 Breakfast Sandwich Recipes Worth Getting Out of Bed For – Bon Appetit