### ring:

Web ring
* Web Rings are a series of different websites sharing a common theme inter-linked with one another
  - collections of associated web pages with the same or similar interests
  - groups of web sites with a common theme which are linked together in a circle
  - one of the fastest and easiest ways to navigate the Web
  - sites that are linked to each other, with a common theme
* are a group of related sites that connect through the ring link
  - collections of web sites organized around a similar theme
  - cool ways to interconnect the fibers of the world wide web together
  - loops of linked sites with a common theme
  - organized groups of websites with similar interests or information
  - sites of a common interest linked together
* create actively maintained virtual communities of pages on the web.
* link websites with a common theme together.
* represent a sort of organic community of Web sites.

### riparian species:

Blue oak
* contribute to high species diversity underneath their canopies.
* grow on hillslopes with shallow soils and have striated bark.
* is endemic to California.
* riparian species.

### risk factor:

Poor sanitation
* affects health, as does poor or inappropriate housing.
* can spread pathogens to uncontaminated seafood.
* habits cause cholera to spread.
* is one of the main causes of disease in sheep.
* risk factor.

Glibness
* are superficiality.
* is depth

Health hazard
* Smoke pollution from burning vegetation sometimes causes death and illness.
* Some health hazards can be acute, others chronic.
* are hazards.
* can be physical, ergonomic, chemical, biological or psychological in nature
  - range from minor to life threatening
  - result in chemically induced immediate or delayed health effects
* is risk
* range from infections to irritant and toxic type allergic reactions.
* resulting from the use of animals in research are commonplace.

### risk | health hazard:

Passive smoking
* can also cause pregnant women to have underweight babies
  - exacerbate the symptoms of asthma and allergies and decrease pulmonary function
  - have a serious impact on the health of nonsmokers
* causes heart disease and lung cancer.
* causes lung cancer and ischaemic heart disease
  - in non-smokers
* constitutes a serious public health risk to both children and adults.
* does carry risks but they are small compared to the risks of active smoking
  - cause cancer
* increases the chance of a nonsmoker getting lung cancer by twenty-six percent
  - frequency and severity of infections
* is also a recognised factor in lowering the birth weight of babies
  - dangerous outside the home
  - capable of causing cancer
* is especially harmful to children who have asthma or other lung disease
  - hazardous to children who have asthma
  - linked with lung cancer, heart disease and sudden infant death syndrome
  - most significant in enclosed spaces
* is the process that causes non-smokers to inhale smoke involuntarily
  - third leading preventable cause of death
  - very dangerous for someone with asthma, other lung conditions, or heart disease
* major cause of respiratory illness among children.
* means to breathe in environmental tobacco smoke.
* poses serious threats to nonsmokers within residential settings.
* refers to the smoke inhaled by non-smokers in the presence of smokers.
* universal phenomenon where smoking is common.
* worsens asthmatic children.

Moral hazard
* exists whenever insurance is provided against any kind of risk
  - with medical insurance as well
* is risk
  - the tendency of the insured to be indifferent to risks against which it is insured
* plagues global capital markets today.
* risk factor that affects the underwriting decision.

Occupational hazard
* affect many in the work force.
* can have health consequences on all workers.
* cause miscarriage.
* fall into several categories.