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Life Insurance - Wise Investment to Protect Your Home or Excessive Caution?


Life insurance is typically taken out to offer valuable financial protection for your family in the event of your death, upon which a payment is made to your financial beneficiaries, heirs or family members. The extent of this payment will depend on your insured sum and earnings.

How to Use a Fire Extinguisher


Millions of people everyday rely on fire extinguishers to put out minor fires which start in the home. Fire extinguishers contain a powder which is known to instantly put out a fire and prevent it from spreading any further.

Hurricane Preparedness


If you are about to get hit by a Hurricane are you prepared? Do you have enough plywood to board up your windows? Often the local lumber companies will be sold out. In fact if you wait till the last minute Home Depot will be out too.

How To Turn Thirty Dollar Web Camera Into Home Surveillance System


Web cameras are really inexpensive these days. With no technical knowledge, you can hook up one or several camerass to your PC and create own surveillance system, much like CCTV (closed curcuit television).

Surveillance Camera Positioning


It is a known fact that advertising is made to attract our eyes. Marketers work very hard to plant visual memories in your mind.

How to Buy a Safe for Your Home


The first step is to determine who or where you will buy your safe from. There are many places to buy a safe today, you can buy from a "big box store", an office supply store, a furniture store, a hardware store, online, or even from a professional safe retailer or locksmith.

Is Big Brother Watching You? Or Are You Watching Big Brother?


Isn't technology a wonderful thing? I thought this as I received the text to my mobile phone telling me that my home security camera had detected movement. Someone or something was where they shouldn't be at the rear of my house and I was 2000 miles away on vacation - yet I still knew they were there.

Infoscams


In this article I am going to talk about those infomercials that are obvious scams. Which ones are they? They are the ones promising you, that by following their system you will make thousands part- time and tens of thousands full-time.

Stand Alone Keyless Access - How Does It Work?


Security and convenience are usually delicately balanced. If something is secure it isn't convenient and vice versa.

Organizing an Arson Watch Program


A wide variety of participants are needed to launch a successful Neighborhood Arson Mobile Watch program. In this section, necessary participants are listed, along with a description of the kind of support needed from each.

Arson Watch Program Agency Interaction


This years fire season has already started and so far the score is showing the fire fighters in the lead with several large fires under their belts in California, Nevada and Arizona. So far in 2005 we have not had any huge or "Mega Fires" yet, cross your fingers that our luck continues.

The Real Desire for the UK House Buyer


Location location location, central heating, air conditioning, double glazing, good neighbours,good schools and a long lease these are just some of the factors that buyers consider when buying a property. So it was some surprise when we learnt that that new UK research (Jan 05) commissioned by the Homebuyer Show revealed something completely different.

Numbers That Can Save Your Life


It's one of those things we don't give a second thought about. Many of us move into a house and never even change the number that's on the house.

Securing Home Water Supplies; Conservation of Water Planning


Generally when it rains the water runs off the house and yards into the gutter and into pipes or storm drains which feed it into the river, stream or ocean. This conventional approach is problematic in that many of the countries regions are in severe drought.

Security Cameras For Your Peace of Mind


The reasons for installing cctv cameras are the same whether you own a home or business. Protecting your property, family and employees is probably at the top of your list of priorities.

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