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The Problem with Partials!

Frequently, we get the request in our office for a "partial" inspection. This is another of those things that truly escapes my logic. While I am sure that the basis for this request is the desire to reduce the expense of the inspection, partial insp...

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Serendipity The New Career Science

My neighbor "Ed" found his career, he says, when he literally fell from the choir loft into the church organ. He was fascinated by the specialist who showed up to fix the damage. Ed began by sweeping up the shop, then served an apprenticeship. Now he...

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Compassion, Part 1

"Before we can feel compassion for anyone else, we must learn to feel compassion for ourselves."~Unknown Webster's Dictionary defines compassion as the sympathetic consciousness of other's distress. But the first step toward having compassi...

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Sex Without Intimacy and Intimacy Without Sex

Sex Without Intimacy and Intimacy Without Sex by: Kevin B. Burk Excerpt From The Relationship Handbook: How to Understand and Improve Every Relationship in Your Life by Kevin B. Burk We no longer feel the social pressure to confine sex to commi...

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Resistance to Loving

Resistance to Loving by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. I have counseled individuals, couples, families and business partners for the last 35 years, and I am the author/co-author of eight published books on relationships and emotional healing. In the cour...

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How Much Risk Is Too Much To Take?

How Much Risk Is Too Much To Take? by: Dave Carlson The ladder was braced against the railings going to the basement. I started climbing up. I had to get to the ceiling and this was my Rube Goldberg way of doing it without having to put up scaff...

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Appreciate to Motivate

Appreciate to Motivate by: Ed Sykes Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, since said, "There are two things people want more than sex and money...recognition and praise." Time and time again the one motivating factor that is at the top of...

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Another Reality TV Show or a Reality Check?

Another Reality TV Show or a Reality Check? by: Geela Quote of the month: The secret weapon for success is knowledge, so what you dont know can hurt you. - Geela These days there is a growing trend towards reality TV shows that are based on ext...

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Who Needs Heroes?

Who Needs Heroes? by: Graham and Julie When we were talking the other day we started to think about our heroes when we were young. After we had discussed the usual film star and sports stars that we idolised I remembered Derek. Derek was a coupl...

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Computer Homeschooling..the added advantage in african american children's education. Part 1

We've got spirit, yes we do! We've got spirit how 'bout you!When it comes to computer homeschooling your african american children, african american parents have to enable themselves with the right spirit to support their children&apos...

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