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  2. Property Tax Circuit Breaker - Wikipedia

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    Property Tax Circuit Breaker. A Property Tax Circuit Breaker is a tax refund in the United States given to low income individuals and families whose property tax liability is a large percentage of their yearly income. The term was coined by John Shannon of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations in the 1960s.

  3. Circuit breaker - Wikipedia

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    Consumer unit. Electrical switch. Earthing systems. v. t. e. A circuit breaker is an electrical safety device designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by current in excess of that which the equipment can safely carry ( overcurrent ). Its basic function is to interrupt current flow to protect equipment and to prevent fire.

  4. Arc-fault circuit interrupter - Wikipedia

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    The current (as of 2013) devices are referred to as "combination type." An arc-fault circuit interrupter ( AFCI) or arc-fault detection device ( AFDD) [1] is a circuit breaker that breaks the circuit when it detects the electric arcs that are a signature of loose connections in home wiring. Loose connections, which can develop over time, can ...

  5. How Circuit Breakers Can Let Cooler (Human) Heads Prevail

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    Regulators still don't know what caused the flash crash on May 6, but their pilot program of putting circuit breakers on a bunch more stocks goes into full gear this week. Circuit breakers, which ...

  6. Littelfuse - Wikipedia

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    Littelfuse, Inc is an American electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company primarily produces circuit protection products but also manufactures a variety of switches, automotive sensors and, through its subsidiary Zilog, microprocessors.

  7. List of governors of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Since becoming a state in 1818, 43 people have served as governor of Illinois; before statehood, it had only one territorial governor, Ninian Edwards. The longest-serving governor was James R. Thompson, who was elected to four terms lasting 14 years, from 1977 to 1991. Only one governor, Richard J. Oglesby, has served multiple non-consecutive ...

  8. 2010 flash crash - Wikipedia

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    The DJIA on May 6, 2010 (11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT) The May 6, 2010, flash crash, [1] [2] [3] also known as the crash of 2:45 or simply the flash crash, was a United States trillion-dollar [4] flash crash (a type of stock market crash) which started at 2:32 p.m. EDT and lasted for approximately 36 minutes. [5]

  9. 2012 Boston Breakers season - Wikipedia

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    The 2012 Boston Breakers season was the club's seventh overall year of existence, fourth consecutive year, and first year as a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite). Review and events [ edit ]