A method and apparatus to provide evidence that a person who is intended to make a required inspection was actually physically present at a predefined location associated with the inspection, so that the inspection could have been done, and if not, to provide an indication of the failure to perform the inspection. At least one of the electrodes includes a body portion formed of thermally conductive material and a firing tip disposed on the body portion. A communications network delivers queries to each server whereby a look-up table directs query processing by the servers. The acquisition unit acquires the first content using the first acquisition information.