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98Dealing With the Verbally Abusive Boss
When times are good and you are young and single, quitting your job to find a new one is relatively easy. When times are tough and jobs are hard to find, especially later in life when you have a family and a...
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93Fail Safe and Fail Secure Electric Locking Devices
Definition Basically: Fail Safe = power off, it's unlocked Fail Secure = power off, it's locked Electric locking devices include: Electric strikes Electromagnetic locks Electromechanical locks ...
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89Door Closer Adjustment
See also: Door Closer Basics This article is primarily about surface mounted door closers, but the ideas herein can be applied to other kinds of door closers as well. Door closer adjustment is an art that...
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85When Your Key Won't Turn
Someday you might come home or go to open up your business and find that your key won't turn at all, not even a little. There are several reasons this might occur. At right, illustrations show the operation...
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85World Opinion: Islam 2009
A 2005 poll called the Pew Global Attitudes Project asked about 18,000 people in 17 countries whether they regarded Christians, Jews and Muslims favorably or unfavorably. Except in Turkey, Pakistan, and...
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85Hardware for Aluminum Storefront Doors
See also: Exit Device and Panic Hardware Basics Electrifying an Aluminum Storefront Opening Door Closer Basics Aluminum and glass storefront doors usually have the characteristic that they have much...
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85Inventions We Need
Throughout history, humans have invented machines to make their work easier and to allow them to accomplish more. Among the first simple machines were the lever, the inclined plane, and the wheel. Since then...
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85How to Write a Love Poem
Giving your lover a poem can be one of those show-stopping, OMG moments under the right conditions. Conditions? Isn't love unconditional, you ask? Ha! What a sentimental dolt you are! Let me give you a hint: ...
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84Shopping in the Supermarket of Life
Traffic was slow on the way to the supermarket. I had plenty of time to think about my breathing and clear my mind, and when I arrived, I felt refreshed and happy. There was a shopping cart waiting just for...
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81How To Handle A Womanizer
You know the guy. The charm is always on, the look is always well lubricated and ready to shmooze, the woman-radar always turned up to ten. You can see him, his head turning to check out the new female coming...
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