Santa Claus’s flying reindeer help to pull Santa’s sleigh so he can deliver his Christmas gifts. What animal could pull Santa’s sleigh? Given that it takes 9 magic reindeer to pull Santa’s sleigh (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph), we used this “magic factor” to approximateRead More →

But as many of us who have become accustomed to rocking a side part probably know, center part hairstyles can be difficult to pull off. I for one had a center part from the time I grew hair until I was around 15. Is a center part flattering? A centeredRead More →

A Weighty Matter. If your goal is to build muscle, push-ups and pull-ups will definitely add to your muscle mass if you do enough of them. … With body weight exercises like push-ups and pull-ups, you might add weight by wearing a weight vest or ankle weights, but you’re stillRead More →

can’t we just fudge it? Who cares if we get it right? What about gender equality? Nope, it’s still important, even if it seems arbitrary that un pull (a sweater) is masculine and une lampe (a lamp) is feminine, you need to know it if you’re serious about French. WhatRead More →

5) Limit yourself. … 6) Return with a story. … 7) Vary your excuses. Is it OK to pull a sickie? If an employee makes up or exaggerates an illness or injury in order to “pull a sickie”, this is potentially grounds for dismissal. The reason for this is thatRead More →

Kanban is a pull-based process, meaning, team members pull work to themselves when they have the bandwidth – work is not pushed or assigned by someone else- and god! that makes a significant difference. How do you implement a Kanban pull system? If you want to implement a Kanban pullRead More →

Friction is a contact force between systems that opposes the motion or attempted motion between them. Simple friction is proportional to the normal force N pushing the systems together. (A normal force is always perpendicular to the contact surface between systems.) Friction depends on both of the materials involved. WhatRead More →

Rip currents can occur anywhere you have breaking waves, like large sandy beaches on the open ocean. But they can also occur where you have hard structures, like jetties, or piers, or even rocks jutting out into the ocean. Are rip currents common in Florida? Rip currents, sometimes called ripRead More →