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  Protection, KS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Protection is located in western Comanche, [CM], County on highway US160.  It's a clean and attractive town with lots of peace and quiet.  People here are proud of their schools and churches.  There's an excellent city library, a golf course and a beautiful park.
A plaque in front of the city library in downtown Protection commemorates the fact that Protection was the first town in the U.S. to be fully immunized against polio.
Protection is the home of painter, muralist, and landscape artist Stan Herd.  There are examples of his work in the small gallery downtown.  Cards and notepaper done from his work are available at the library.
skyways.lib.ks.us /towns/Protection   (190 words)

  
 Protection - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Environmental protection is political movement directed towards the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of the natural environment.
Protective clothing shields the wearer's body from hazards.
Protection is the title of an album by Massive Attack.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /protection.htm   (211 words)

  
 Fall Protection
Protection must also be provided for construction workers who are exposed to the hazard of falling into dangerous equipment.
Self-retracting lifelines and lanyards that automatically limit free fall distance to 2 feet (0.6 l meters) or less shall be capable of sustaining a minimum tensile load of 3,000 pounds (13.3 kilonewtons) applied to the device with the lifeline or lanyard in the fully extended position.
When used as protection from falling objects canopies must be strong enough to prevent collapse and to prevent penetration by any objects that may fall onto them.
www.osha.gov /doc/outreachtraining/htmlfiles/subpartm.html   (4974 words)

  
 Protection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The models for protection systems which occupy the body of this paper are arranged in order of decreasing generality and increasing complexity.
The kind of protection or access control that can be enforced with this system is extremely flexible and general, since arbitrary programs can be written by users to make the protection decisions.
This viewpoint may lead to greater efficiency (memory protection is an extreme example) but it is clearly not as general and must be supplemented by (a) if the system is to be extensible.
research.microsoft.com /~lampson/09-protection/WebPage.html   (4308 words)

  
 How to Choose Surge Protection for Your Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Protection of the incoming electrical line can be located at the main electrical panel or electric meter.
They protect things such as motors, lights, outlets, light switches, and all the other "hard wired" items in the house that do not plug into an electrical outlet and can't be connected to a point-of-use surge protection device.
For example, if a point-of-use surge protection device has a clamping voltage of 330-volts, that means the device will let-through no more than 330-volts if the power surge is exactly the size, shape and duration of the 6,000-volt surge required in the test standard, UL 1449.
www.statefarm.com /consumer/vhouse/articles/surgprot.htm   (3549 words)

  
 Security Developer Center: Execution Protection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Execution protection is an operating system feature that relies on processor hardware to mark memory with an attribute that indicates that code should not be executed from that memory.
Although the only processor families with Windows-compatible hardware support for execution protection that are currently shipping are the AMD K8 and the Intel Itanium processor families, it is expected that future 32-bit and 64-bit processors will provide execution protection.
Execution protection for memory regions in kernel mode cannot be enabled or disabled on a per-driver basis.
msdn.microsoft.com /security/productinfo/XPSP2/memoryprotection/execprotection.aspx   (766 words)

  
 9.11.11: Trade Secret Protection - Encyclopedia - Library - VC Experts
The point of the license is to retain ownership of the secret while commercially exploiting it and to build a fence (sometimes a higher and bigger fence than statutory protections, even if the same are available, can supply)[1] around the property by extorting promises from the end user.
A trade secret is no longer legally protected if the owner does not take pains to maintain it, as best he can, in confidence.
Although trade secret protection is often one of the more affordable endeavors in the realm...
vcexperts.com /vce/library/encyclopedia/documents_view.asp?document_id=392   (370 words)

  
 protection. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
One method is to impose duties on imports (see tariff), increasing the price of the imported article, and making it less attractive to the consumer than the cheaper, domestically produced article.
Since bounties on exports are forbidden by the Constitution, the protective tariff was the chief instrument of such policy.
Other important steps in the movement toward freer trade and away from protection include the formation of the European Economic Community (or Common Market; now part of European Union) in 1957 and the European Free Trade Association in 1959.
www.bartleby.com /65/pr/protectn.html   (478 words)

  
 data protection - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about data protection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Council of Europe adopted, in 1981, a Data Protection Convention, which led in the UK to the Data Protection Act 1984.
It brings tighter controls over data security and the use of data, and gives individuals the right to know for what their data is being used and to whom it is being passed.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /data+protection   (237 words)

  
 Convention on the Rights of the Child   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In several articles, the Convention refers to the role of parents and families directly and charges governments with protecting and assisting families in fulfilling their essential role as nurturers of their children.
In the context of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, outdated notions that parents 'own' their children and have absolute rights over them are replaced by the concept that parents are responsible for protecting their children's rights (article 5 and article 18).
And because the protection of human rights is by nature a permanent and endless process, there is always room for improvement.
www.unicef.org /crc/protection.htm   (906 words)

  
 UK mortgage protection insurance cover and mortgage replacement cover
The UK mortgage protection insurance cover market and the mortgage replacement cover market have remained competitive in recent years despite being affected by factors such as 11 September terrorist attacks in the US in 2001, as well as the global economic slump that followed.
While the UK mortgage protection insurance cover market and the mortgage replacement cover market have indeed seen continued sales, it is the unemployment element of cover that has caused concern for underwriters and insurers alike in the past 12 months.
The main worry here it seems, is that insurers and underwriters are reluctant to offer UK mortgage protection insurance cover market and the mortgage replacement cover to people in occupations where the current unstable economic climate dictates that their jobs are perhaps not guaranteed in the long-term.
www.mortgageprotectionplus.co.uk   (992 words)

  
 Income protection plan - mortgage protection plan
Income protection plans and mortgage protection plans are valuable because Government help is limited, especially for anyone who has taken out a mortgage since 1995.
Income protection and mortgage protection plans usually pay 30 or 60 days after you are unable to work and they last for a limited term, usually 12 months.
Most income protection and mortgage protection plans are bought with mortgages and although a few building societies offer low-price policies, lenders usually charge over the odds.
www.uvinsurance.co.uk   (516 words)

  
 Network Protection - eTrust Defense Products
For example, according to leading firewall experts, over 50% of the installed firewalls are implemented incorrectly due to lack of expertise, the subtleties of the configuration, and the vulnerabilities in the underlying operating system.
Companies are looking for components that crisply display their network's usage in order to identify where policies are required and what needs to be blocked.
to protect both the perimeter and the core servers of the intranet.
www.network-protection.com   (644 words)

  
 Investor Protection Trust
Founded in 1993 as part of a multi-state settlement to resolve charges of misconduct, IPT serves as an independent source of non-commercial investor education materials.
The board of trustees for the Investor Protection Trust announced on June 2, 2004 the appointment of Don M. Blandin as president and CEO of IPT.
The Investor Protection Trust consists of Trustees chosen from the ranks of U.S. state securities regulators across the United States.
www.investorprotection.org   (250 words)

  
 Ionworx Technology - the next generation of electronics delivery
Our protection encrypts and secures any portion of your source code and without a valid key, the protected portion of code cannot be executed.
It is based on the latest protection techniques to provide strong security amd to protect your software against reverse engineering and illegal decompilation.
All protected code can be executed only when a valid key is inserted - otherwise, the code cannot be executed (e.g : you can protect registered functions or procedures).
www.ionworx.com /SecureCode.html   (834 words)

  
 Source Water Protection: Environmental Health in Minnesota
States are required to have wellhead protection programs under the provisions of the 1986 amendments to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
A capture zone for the well (called the wellhead protection area) is designated and a plan is developed and implemented for managing potential contamination sources within the wellhead protection area.
Protection for surface water intakes is not required, but many of Minnesota's 24 community water supply systems that use surface water have expressed interest in developing protection plans.
www.health.state.mn.us /divs/eh/water/swp   (519 words)

  
 Noise, Ears and Hearing Protection, Hearing Loss Prevention
Hearing protection devices decrease the intensity of sound that reaches the eardrum.
The better earplugs and muffs are approximately equal in sound reduction, although earplugs are better for low frequency noise and earmuffs for high frequency noise.
Studies have shown that one-half of the workers wearing hearing protectors receive one-half or less of the noise reduction potential of their protectors because these devices are not worn continuously while in noise or because they do not fit properly.
hearing-protection.4ursafety.com /noise-article.html   (2061 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - occupational disease : Worker Protection (Pathology) - Encyclopedia
Recognition of the effects of working under deleterious conditions and with harmful substances has resulted in efforts to protect workers from exposure to them.
Prevention of unhealthy or unsafe working conditions and oversight of healthy and safe workplaces are the responsibility in the United States of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Environmental Protection Agency, as well as many state agencies.
Many occupational abuses have been redressed by litigation and legislation in the United States, and workers' compensation takes care, by a system of insurance, of those who suffer from occupational diseases.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/O/occupatl-worker-protection.html   (225 words)

  
 New copy protection on DVD movies discovered, and beaten - CD Freaks.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The protection is different from the already widely used Content Scrambling System (CSS) protection that encrypts the data on the DVD and requires a key to decrypt the files.
This new copy protection, however, has nothing to do with encrypted files and is reported to be using a ring of unreadable sectors.
The CSS protection is not on these discs and the ring is the only method of protection.
www.cdfreaks.com /news/9833   (644 words)

  
 Protection from Abuse:
This is an Order you can get from the Court to protect you from being abused by a family member, a houshold member, or a sexual partner.
If you don't think that this will provide the protection you need, talk to your nearest Domestic Violence Project about a new "Address Confidentiality Program." Passed by the Maine legislature in 2002, this program gives you a legal address separate from your actual address.
This means that you must sign the complaint, swearing that it is true, in front of the clerk, a notary public, or a lawyer.
www.ptla.org /pfa.htm   (3741 words)

  
 Mortgage protection insurance from the British Insurance Brokers Association
But protecting your mortgage in case you can’t work is something you can’t afford to ignore, because you never know what life has in store.
An investigation by online broker Rhinoinsurance.co.uk revealed the average cost of mortgage protection insurance from lenders is £6 a month for £100 of benefit, but you can buy mortgage protection insurance for almost half this if you shop around.
The downside is that the mortgage protection insurance cover isn’t permanent, as it usually only pays out for one year.
www.bibamortgageprotection.co.uk   (570 words)

  
 Income protection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Few who work in the income protection field disagree with the old saying "If it ain't broke don't fix it" But it is far from clear if income protection is broke or not.
The Health Insurance Shop, a low-cost specialist income protection intermediary based in Mere in Wiltshire, estimates that its income protection sales increased by between 20% and 30% during the last year whilst Pioneer Friendly Society reports that the income protection product it brought out this June is providing it with "record month after record months".
This supposedly "conservative estimate" represents the difference between the level of income protection cover held by UK consumers and the amount of insurance that should be in force throughout the working population.
www.incomeprotectiononline.com   (558 words)

  
 protection on Encyclopedia.com
Force Protection, Inc. Announces Date Correction for January 13, and January 24 Press Releases.
Protection One Reaches Agreements to Substantially Reduce Debt and Strengthen Balance Sheet.
DDoS Protection Solution Builds on Cisco Managed Service Leadership; Cisco DDoS Protection Solution, with New Enhancements, Helps Protect Service Providers and Their Customers.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/p1/protectn.asp   (772 words)

  
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The Convention opened for signature on 28 January 1981 and was the first legally binding international instrument in the data protection field.
With the increase in exchanges of personal data across national borders, it is necessary to ensure the effective protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and in particular the right to privacy in relation to such exchanges of personal data.
The Additional Protocol opened for signature on 8 November 2001 requires Parties to set up supervisory authorities, exercising their functions in complete independence, which are an element of the effective protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data.
www.coe.int /T/E/Legal_affairs/Legal_co-operation/Data_protection   (284 words)

  
 KOREA ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY | HOME
We strongly feel that the protection of companion animals in South Korea is an important foundation for the protection and welfare of all animals.
Despite laws protecting dogs and cats from this mistreatment, the Korean government has refused to uphold its responsibilities and enforce its laws to protect them.
However, thousands of caring Koreans have been working hard for decades to protect Korea's animals and environment, but they continue to face strong opposition from wealthy lobbying groups and are too often ignored by the Korean media and government.
www.koreananimals.org   (1280 words)

  
 Income protection from Income Protection Plus UK
Income protection insurance pays a regular tax free income if a policyholder is unable to work due to accident and sickness or unemployment.
In an ideal world everyone would have critical illness insurance as well as income protection insurance, but in reality not everyone can afford both and the choice can be difficult for those who can afford only one type of cover.
It is therefore important to consult an insurance broker such as Goodfellows who are experienced in income protection insurance and critical illness insurance as they will look into factors such as medical history, family circumstances and the degree of employer sponsored benefits.
www.incomeprotectionplus.co.uk   (598 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Music: Protection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
But not so after the release of Protection, which sported a massive hit and was just as critically acclaimed as their first album.
Protection is an understated album with a rich palette; it reveals more of itself on repeated listens, growing better--and deeper--each time.
Protection is without doubt the best of Massive's albums, and I'd consider buying 'No Protection' to complement it too.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000W6X   (952 words)

  
 The Cimmerians™ Airsoft Re-Enactment Club -- Eye Protection
If you can insert the eraser-end of a pencil between your face and your protection, it does not offer a "full seal" and is not acceptable.
If you remove your eye protection during an operation, you will be asked to leave.
Many types of eye protection are available from vendors like - http://www.safetyglassesusa.com Chose carefully, do your homework and select the safest eye protection you can.
www.cimmerians.org /eyeprotection.html   (173 words)

  
 .Election Protection 2004.
All the people involved in the Election Protection coalition — including the unprecedented 25,000 volunteers — worked together to document thousands of voting problems around the nation and rectify many of them on Election Day.
All the members of the Election Protection Coalition offer a heartfelt thanks to the tens of thousands of patriotic citizens who took time out of their regular life to take a stand for democracy.
Continue to support the Election Protection program in our efforts to ensure everyone who wants to vote can vote and that every vote is counted.
www.electionprotection2004.org   (285 words)

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