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if the fire alarm goes off in an apartment building, are you bound by law to leave?

Okay, I'm staying in a college residence (very similar to an apartment building) and the fire alarm went off yesterday at midnight, so I left and went for a 1 hour walk. I'm a heavy sleeper and the volume of that alarm would not be enough to wake me from a dead sleep (you should see my alarm clock!). My main wonder is, under Canadian law, if the fire alarm should happen to go off and I sleep through it, could there be any legal ramifications? Furthermore, if I just don't want to go outside, could I legally just hide in the shower (or somewhere out of sight) while the fire people go around to all the rooms and make sure there isn't any fire? I have not signed anything saying that I would leave in any such emergency, so I can't see why I would have to.I'm fully aware of the fact that there could be a real fire, but I accept responsibility for my own actions and if I die in a fire then it's my own fault for letting it happen.

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It certainly can't be good for you. If you've done it, you should call Poison Control instead of asking us.
The easiest way would be to refresh the link. Check under: TOOLSDATABASE UTILITIES LINKED TABLE MANAGER. You may have to check off PROMPT FOR NEW LOCATION to trigger the password Prompt. 2nd way would be under the ODBC Connect String in the Table Properties. Open the table in DESIGN View, Click PROPERTIES, then look through ODBC Connect String for PWDoldPWD and change it to the new one. You could also achieve this by manually relinking the table: Delete Table, Link New Table; Or Link New Table and give it the same name as the Old Table and let Access overwrite the old link with the new one. If Your getting an error referencing the replication system, then it sounds like Your Access DB was built in Access 2003 and made into a Replica, a front-end version of the DB that won't allow edits to the Properties or DB Structure (2007 doesn't make them anymore, but recognizes them restricts them still). To correct that You'd need to Edit the Master DB and update the Replica from it. You could also try createing a NEW Access DB, then IMPORTING all of the Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports, Macros, and Modules from the Origianl DB. The New DB would be considered a Normal 2007 DB and You could perform the edits.
You are correct in your definition. You should look at this question as the mechanical advantage of levers in the can crusher (if it is made from levers, not motors or hydraulics). Let's assume it is made from levers. To calculate your answer, measure the distance from the point on the lever where your hand applies the force to the pin where the lever is attached. Then measure the distance from that same pin to the place where the can is located (the center of the can ). Divide the first number by the second. That is your mechanical advantage. It may be around 8 or 10. This method makes some assumptions, because you do not describe the crusher.

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