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85Wooden Chair And Stool Repair: How (Not) To Fix Them
Trash day in suburbia usually reveals a broken chair or two at the curbside. Many of them can be fixed and put back in service with little effort or expertise. Here's how!
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82Exterior Doors: How (Not) To Install Them
Replacing an exterior door isn't like it used to be, back when you built your jambs from scratch and hung the door itself with elaborate care. In fact, it's very possibly within YOUR reach--especially with this illustrated guide!
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78Understand Chords: Beyond Seventh Chords To Chord Extensions--Ninths, Elevenths And Thirteenths (Part Four of a Series)
Extended chords-ninths, elevenths, and thirteenths-are undoubtedly hipper than the average triad. But what are they, how do you use them, and, most of all, what do they actually *sound* like? The text and video of this guide to extended chord basics answers those questions and more--so read/hear this Hub, and get the jazz police off your case!
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71Global Warming Science, Press, And Storms: Nils Ekholm
Scientists are expected to live and die on the quality and integrity of their data analysis—but usually that is a metaphor. Not for Nils Ekholm! Read the story of this remarkable scientist, self-made man and sometime Arctic explorer!
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87When Did Global Warming Stop?
We often hear claims that "global warming stopped" in such and such a year. What basis is there for these claims, and who is making them?
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78Part-writing Chords: Subdominant I
Third in a series, this Hub examines the use of the subdominant chord--the "IV chord"--in traditional ("common-practice") harmony, giving practice exercises. Topics discussed include the IV chord's function and part-writing, parallel fifths and octave, similar fifths and octaves, and the use of incomplete triads.
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76How (Not) To: Two Cheap Facelifts For Used Wood Dressers
Refreshing tired dressers can be easier and faster than you might think--and can deliver great value. Here's a case study!
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76Fire From Heaven: Climate Science And The Element Of Life--Part One, Fire By Day
We depend upon the 'fire' of solar radiation for our very lives. But how intense is this fire? Does it change? Here's the story of these questions and their answers--and of the people investigating them.
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76Strange Days Again: Remembrance And The Doors' Sophomore Album
Music and memory intertwine: The Doors' most innovative album, "Strange Days," analyzed and remembered. What it was, is, and why it mattered so much to me.
5 comments73Fire From Heaven: Climate Science And The Element Of Life--Part Two, The Cloud By Night
The solar 'fire' sustains us--but it's not just the direct solar radiation we need; there's also the less intense 'fire' of thermal radiation from the atmosphere, often called 'backradiation.' Harder to measure than the direct solar fire, it nevertheless plays a crucial role in maintaining a habitable Earth. Here's the story of attempts to measure and understand the "fire by night."
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