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April 2008 

Below are listed featured articles from the April 2008 issue, Vol. 61, no. 4 © 2008 Barks Publications, Inc. ... see also April 2008 departments and columns and Previous issues.

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• Which is it?

  A look at a few pairs of words we're sometimes confused by: lightening, or lightning? ... energy, or power? ... ammeter, or ampmeter? ... galding, or galling? ... a shiv, or a sheave? ... silicon steel, or silicone steel ... swedging, or swaging? ... non-corrodible, or non-corrosive? ... phasors, or vectors? ... buss bar, or bus bar?  This article provides a quiz, and the correct answers...
   

  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

   

• Shop report: Advance Energy certification
  After nearly ten years with the program, a quality manager calls it "a good fit for us" - featuring Hupp Electric in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

   

  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

   

• IEEE guide enters the motor diagnostic field
  Attempting to apply standards in a previously uncharted area (read an online summary of this article)

   

  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

   

• Reducing workplace falls
  Both prevention and protection are required.
   

  By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor

   

   

   

• Motivating managers
  The best incentive plan may not be the most obvious.
   
  By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

See also April 2008's Departments, columns