Definition and meaning of Current Disbursement :

Current Disbursement: The funding and disbursement of pension benefits as they become due. Also known as "pay-as-you-go." In the long run, this is the most costly method of funding pension plans. (LI)

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Definition and meaning of Currently Insured :

Currently Insured: Status of a covered person under the Old-age, survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program who has at least six quarters of coverage out of the last thirteen quarters, ending with the quarter of death, disability, or entitlement to retirement benefits.

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The most obvious hazard is electric shock, where a current through part of the body can cause effects from a slight tingle to cardiac arrest or severe burns. It is the current that passes that determines the effect, and this depends on the nature of the contact, the condition of the body part, the current path through the body and the voltage of the source. The effect also varies considerably from individual to individual. (For approximate figures see Shock Effects under Electric shock.) Because of this and because in practical situat ...

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Current electricity, Current electricity - Relation between current and charge, Current electricity - Conventional current, Current electricity - The speed of an electric current, Current electricity - Current density, Current electricity - Electromagnetism, Current electricity - Ohm's law, Current electricity - Electrical safety

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The most obvious hazard is electric shock, where a current through part of the body can cause effects from a slight tingle to cardiac arrest or severe burns. It is the current that passes that determines the effect, and this depends on the nature of the contact, the condition of the body part, the current path through the body and the voltage of the source. The effect also varies considerably from individual to individual. (For approximate figures see Shock Effects under Electric shock.) Because of this and because in practical situat ...

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Electric current, Electric current - Relation between current and charge, Electric current - Conventional current, Electric current - The drift speed of an electric current, Electric current - Current density, Electric current - Electromagnetism, Electric current - Ohm's law, Electric current - Electrical safety

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The most obvious hazard is electric shock, where a current through part of the body can cause effects from a slight tingle to cardiac arrest or severe burns. It is the current that passes that determines the effect, and this depends on the nature of the contact, the condition of the body part, the current path through the body and the voltage of the source. The effect also varies considerably from individual to individual. (For approximate figures see Shock Effects under Electric shock.) Because of this and because in practical situat ...

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Current electricity, Current electricity - Relation between current and charge, Current electricity - Conventional current, Current electricity - The drift speed of an electric current, Current electricity - Current density, Current electricity - Electromagnetism, Current electricity - Ohm's law, Current electricity - Electrical safety

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While the precise conditions leading to a rip current are not known, the general picture is as follows. When wind and waves push water towards the shore, the previous backwash is often pushed sideways by the oncoming waves. This water streams along the shoreline until it finds an exit back to the sea. The resulting rip current is usually narrow and located in a trench between sandbars, under piers or along jetties. The current is strongest at the surface, and can dampen incoming waves, leading to the illusion ...

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Rip current, Rip current - Recognizing a Rip Current, Rip current - Dangers, Rip current - Causes and occurrence, Rip current - Surviving an encounter with a rip current, Rip current - Safety tips

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Definition and meaning of Currently Insured Status :

Currently Insured Status: A provision of OASDHI. The requirements for being "currently insured" are less than those for being "fully insured," and the former entitles a worker's dependents to survivor benefits in the event of his death. Contrast with Fully Insured.

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Definition and meaning of Currently Insured Status :

Currently Insured Status: A provision of OASDHI. The requirements for being "currently insured" are less than those for being "fully insured," and the former entitles a worker's dependents to survivor benefits in the event of his death. Contrast with Fully Insured.

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Within Electrical Engineering, the term DC is a synonym for constant. For example, the voltage across a DC voltage source is constant as is the current through a DC current source. The DC solution of an electric circuit is the solution where all voltages and currents are constant. It can be shown that any voltage or current waveform can be decomposed into a sum of a DC component and a time-varying component. The DC component is defined to be the average value of the voltage or current over all time. Th ...

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Direct current, Direct current - Various definitions, Direct current - Applications

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Single phase RCDs operate by measuring the current balance between two conductors using a differential current transformer, and operating the device's contacts if there is a balance fault (i.e. a difference in current between the phase conductor and the neutral conductor). More generally (single phase, three phase, etc.) RCDs operate by detecting a nonzero sum of currents, i.e. the current in the "hot" or "hots" plus that in the "neutral" must equal zero (within some small tolerance), otherwise there is a leakage of current to somewhere else ...

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Residual-current device, Residual-current device - Operation, Residual-current device - Example, Residual-current device - Use, Residual-current device - Limitations, Residual-current device - Types

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Where the icy Benguela and the warm, south-flowing Agulhas current mix, there is a richly productive marine ecosystem off the Cape of Good Hope but storms and turbulence above. The cold current creates the desert conditions of the shore of Namibia, and the persistent fogs of the Skeleton Coast. A Benguela El Niño effect has been detected, less intense and less frequent than the Pacific Ocean phenomenon. ...

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Benguela Current, Benguela Current - Its boundaries, Benguela Current - Its effect, Benguela Current - External link

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Early locomotives came in a variety of forms. Generally they were designed to run off the supplied current, so locomotives with a direct current (DC) supply had DC motors while alternating current (AC) supplied locomotives with AC motors. AC can be either single or three phase. While the former requires two wire supply, one overhead the other being the track, three phase requires three supply wires. Three phase locomotives therefore had two overhead supplies, the track being the third. DC supplies were either ...

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Electric locomotive, Electric locomotive - Alternating current or direct current?

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The photograph depicts the internal mechanism of an RCD. The device pictured is designed to be wired in-line in an appliance flex. It is rated to carry a maximum current of 13 amperes and is designed to trip on a leakage current of 30 mA. This is an active RCD, that is it doesn't latch mechanically and therefore trips out on power failure, a useful feature for equipment that could be dangerous on unexpected re-energisation. The incoming supply live (US: phase |hot ) and the grounded neutral conductors are connected to the terminals at ...

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Residual-current device, Residual-current device - Operation, Residual-current device - Example, Residual-current device - Use, Residual-current device - Limitations, Residual-current device - Types

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A residual current circuit breaker can improve the safety of an electrical system but cannot remove all risk of electric shock or fire. In particular, an RCD will not detect overload conditions, phase to neutral short circuits or phase-phase short circuits. Some sort of over-current protection (fuse or circuit breaker must be employed to guard against these occurrences. Combined RCD/circuit breaker units are available, and these combine the functions of an RCD with those of a conventional circuit breaker, responding appropriately to fault cu ...

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Residual-current device, Residual-current device - Operation, Residual-current device - Example, Residual-current device - Use, Residual-current device - Limitations, Residual-current device - Types

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Like most mall-based retail stores, Waldenbooks prefers hiring young adults with a passion for or knowledge about what they sell, which leads to a high turn-over rate and fast promotion. It's not uncommon to a see a two-year employee running a store. In 2004 and 2005, many Waldenbooks were renamed "Borders Express." ...

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Waldenbooks, Waldenbooks - History, Waldenbooks - Currently, Waldenbooks - Preferred Reader program

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