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Blueprints for a Sparkling Tomorrow: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

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Report copyright infringementby Oren Nimni (Author), Nathan J. Robinson (Author)In this book of utopian prophecies, the problems of contemporary human society are theorized and textually rectified. The authors expose the dysfunctions embedded in modern life, from shoddy architecture to the existence of police. Featuring over 125 chapters, countless footnotes, an extended bibliography, four appendices, and a full index, this revised and expanded edition of Blueprints for a Sparkling Tomorrow p...

Painting Secrets from Brian Santos the Wall Wizard

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Report copyright infringementby Brian Santos (Author)Brian brings a bright new perspective to the principles of color, helping consumers make confident decisions. Unlike other paint books, the process of painting is emphasized. Clever ""Wall Wizard"" tips make painting simple and fun. For example, mix 1 gallon of warm water and 1/2 cup of fabric softener to clean brushes in 10 seconds. Decorative techniques for ragging, sponging, glazing, and using unusual tools for designer effects. Detailed...

Numerical Simulation of Effluent Discharges: Applications with OpenFOAM

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Report copyright infringementby Abdolmajid Mohammadian (Author), Hossein Kheirkhah Gildeh (Author), Xiaohui Yan (Author)This book provides a resource for understanding the effluent discharge mechanisms and the approaches for modeling them. It bridges the gap between the fundamentals of jets and numerical techniques in hydraulic engineering by integrating the numerical modeling techniques in effluent discharge modeling.Author BiographyMajid Mohammadian is a Professor at the University of Ottaw...

IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion

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Report copyright infringementby Bob O'Hara (Author), Al Petrick (Author)The first generation 802.11 wireless market, once struggling to expand, has spread from largely vertical applications such as healthcare, point of sale, and inventory management to become much more broad as a general networking technology being deployed in offices, schools, hotel guest rooms, airport departure areas, airplane cabins, entertainment venues, coffee shops, restaurants, and homes. This has led to the tremendou...

America, 1908: The Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, the Invention of the Model T, and the Making of a Modern Nation

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Report copyright infringementby Jim Rasenberger (Author)"An entertaining survey" (Publishers Weekly) through the highs and lows of a spectacular, pivotal year in American history--1908. A captivating look at a bygone era through the lens of a single, surprisingly momentous American year one century ago. 1908 was the year Henry Ford launched the Model T, the Wright Brothers proved to the world that they had mastered the art of flight, Teddy Roosevelt decided to send American naval warships aro...

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Dauvergne (Author), Jane Lister (Author)Timber is a vital resource that is all around us. It is the house that shelters us, the furniture we relax in, the books we read, the paper we print, the disposable diapers for our babies, and the boxes that contain our cereal, detergent, and new appliances. The way we produce and consume timber, however, is changing. With international timber companies and big box discount retailers increasingly controlling through...

A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957 - The Space Race Begins

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Report copyright infringementby Michael D'Antonio (Author)A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey tells the remarkable story of America's first efforts to succeed in space, a time of exploding rockets, national space mania, Florida boomtowns, and interservice rivalries so fierce that President Dwight Eisenhower had to referee them. When the Soviet Union launched the first orbital satellite, Sputnik I, Americans panicked. The Soviets had nuclear weapons, the Cold War was underway, and now the USSR had t...

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Report copyright infringementby Alan Murray (Author)"Astro-navigation from Square One to Ocean-master" is an impressively dynamic and understandable book. It is clear and concise with a large number of excellent diagrams that admirably compliment the text, demystifying and simplifying the art of astro-navigation. The excellent glossary of terms and language used, together with the highlighting of important points make this book particularly applicable to teachers, students and those new to th...

Hall-Effect Sensors: Theory and Application

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Ramsden (Author)Without sensors most electronic applications would not exist--sensors perform a vital function, namely providing an interface to the real world. Hall effect sensors, based on a magnetic phenomena, are one of the most commonly used sensing technologies today. In the 1970s it became possible to build Hall effect sensors on integrated circuits with onboard signal processing circuitry, vastly reducing the cost and enabling widespread practica...

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Report copyright infringementby Graham Pulford (Author) High-Security Mechanical Locks comprehensively surveys and explains the highly technical area of high security locks in a way that is accessible to a wide audience. Well over 100 different locks are presented, organized into 6 basic types. Each chapter introduces the necessary concepts in a historical perspective and further categorizes the locks. This is followed by detailed 'how it works' descriptions with many pictures, diagrams and ...

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Report copyright infringementby Orlando Dominguez (Author)Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel are thoroughly trained and educated in patient care. They put their knowledge and skills into action at a moment's notice to treat patients' illnesses and injuries and to save lives. But what happens when EMS practitioners advance to leadership positions and take on responsibilities beyond patient care? EMS Supervisor: Principles and Practice provides the new or aspiring EMS officer guidance i...

Science and Technology in World History, Volume 2: Early Christianity, the Rise of Islam and the Middle Ages

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Report copyright infringementby David Deming (Author) Science is a living, organic activity, the meaning and understanding of which have evolved incrementally over human history. This book, the second in a roughly chronological series, explores the evolution of science from the advents of Christianity and Islam through the Middle Ages, focusing especially on the historical relationship between science and religion. Specific topics include technological innovations during the Middle Ages; Isla...

The Television World of Pushing Daisies: Critical Essays on the Bryan Fuller Series

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Report copyright infringementby Alissa Burger (Editor) Pushing Daisies was a unique network television show. This collection of 10 essays addresses the quirky, off-beat elements that made the show a popular success, as well as fodder for scholarly inquiry. Divided into three main sections, the essays address the themes of difference, the placement of the series within a larger philosophical context, and the role of gender on the show. A consideration of Pushing Daisies' unique style and aesth...

The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors

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Report copyright infringementby Fred Olen Ray (Author) Since cinema's earliest beginnings, there has been friction between producers and directors. Shady accounting practices, which favored the distributors at the expense of the filmmakers, were all too common, causing many filmmakers to form independent companies to make and distribute their own product. This book examines six such low-budget exploitation companies--Associated Distributors Productions, Filmgroup, Hemisphere Pictures, America...

Counterinsurgency: What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

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Report copyright infringementby David Donovan (Author) It has long been predicted that counterinsurgency will be the predominant style of American warfare in the 21st century: Thus far, the prediction has proven true. Written for those who study counterinsurgency from a policy perspective as well as for those who do counterinsurgency in the field, this book demonstrates that the U.S. has had difficulty meeting the challenges of this special form of warfare because it has not properly processe...

Martyr of Loray Mill: Ella May and the 1929 Textile Workers' Strike in Gastonia, North Carolina

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Report copyright infringementby Kristina Horton (Author) Union organizer and balladeer Ella May became a martyr for workers nationwide when she was murdered on her way to a union meeting in Gastonia, North Carolina, at age 28. A mother of nine and bookkeeper for the communist-led National Textile Workers Union, May worked to organize fellow mill workers in Gaston County. Her efforts to organize black workers--along with her brash, outspoken manner--incensed the local community and she was sho...

The History of Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine Development in the United States: A Tradition of Excellence

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Report copyright infringementby James St Peter (Author)In this history of aircraft gas turbine engine development in the United States, technologi-cal advancements will be traced through the evolution of specific engines. Each engine examined represents an important advance in this critical technology. Although every model of aircraft gas turbine ever developed represents some technological change, in the opinion of the author, the engines presented here demonstrate clear and significant adva...

Study Guide for the Certification of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professionals (Gdtp)

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Report copyright infringementby Robert H. Nickolaisen (Author)This study guide has been written to assist individuals to prepare for certification as a Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional (GDTP) through the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The objectives of the study guide are to: Introduce the purpose, history, and application process for obtaining Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional Certification in accordance with the American Society of Mech...

Industrial Energy Systems: Analysis, Optimization and Control

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Report copyright infringementby Richard E. Putman (Author)Responding to concerns about global warming, carbon dioxide emissions, and the political instability that threatens the US supply, this book enables management, system analysts, and performance engineers to develop and apply an operating strategy for the on-line optimization and control of energy systems in industrial plants. It provides proven techniques for analysis that can guide equipment selection and flowsheet adjustments to red...

Pipeline Geo-Environmental Design and Geohazard Management

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Report copyright infringementby Moness Rizkalla (Author)This book will serve as a valuable reference to widely applicable and critically important geoenvironmental topics for pipeline engineers worldwide. The topics covered are: route selection, open cut and elevated driver crossings, horizontal directional drilling, buoyancy control and geohazard management. Authored by a team of recognized specialists in their respective fields and with practical examples from experiences around the world, ...

A Practical Guide to Avoiding Steam Purity Problems in the Industrial Plant

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Report copyright infringementby Asme Reserch Committee (Editor)This document was prepared to assist industrial plant operating personnel in avoiding steam purity related problems, and it includes the following descriptive sections: Steam Purity, Problems Caused by Poor Steam Purity, Methods of Detecting Steam Purity Problems, Investigating a Steam Purity Problem, Operating Guidelines to Avoid Steam Purity Problems and Steam Sampling and Analysis. Number of Pages: 50 ...

Power Boilers: A Guide to Section I of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

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Report copyright infringementby John R. MacKay (Author), James T. Pillow (Author), Martin D. Bernstein (Contribution by)Founding Authors: Martin D. Bernstein and Lloyd W. Yoder A completely revised and updated edition of the classic and comprehensive guide to the construction rules for power boilers-their intent, application, and interpretation. This unique guide provides expert advice and useful information for design engineers, project managers, architect engineers, manufacturing engineers,...

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Report copyright infringementby Maan Jawad (Author), Owen R. Greulich (Author)Standards play a very important part in the engineering world. They supplement the design process by guiding the designer or user to ensure consistent products with safe and reliable operation. Understanding and complying with pertinent standards helps to ensure a successful design, fabrication, and operation of a product. This book introduces the concept of standards and their impact and value. Chapter 1 gives a br...

Asme International Steam Tables for Industrial Use

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Report copyright infringementby Technology Committee Asme Research and (Prepared by)Industrial steam tables exist to provide a standard set of properties of water and steam for manufacturers, customers, and other parties. Three desirable qualities for a set of industrial steam tables are accuracy, self-consistency, and stability. The properties must be reasonably accurate and self-consistent to support quality design of equipment. A formulation must remain the standard for many years, because...

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Report copyright infringementby R. E. Snodgrass (Author), Roger A. Morse (Foreword by)First published in 1956, this classic work on the anatomy of honey bee by R. (Robert) E. Snodgrass is acclaimed as much for the author's remarkably detailed line drawings of the various body parts and organs of his subject as for his authoritative knowledge of entomology and the engaging prose style with which he conveys it. This book should be in the library of every student of the honey bee and bee behavio...

Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Wilber (Author)For the updated paperback edition of Under the Surface, Tom Wilber has written a new chapter and epilogue covering developments since the book's initial publication. Chief among these are the home rule movement and accompanying social and legal events leading up to an unprecedented ban of fracking in New York state, and the outcome of the federal EPA's investigation of water pollution just across the state border in Dimock, Pennsylvania. The ...

Subterranean Estates: Life Worlds of Oil and Gas

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Report copyright infringementby Hannah Appel (Editor), Arthur Mason (Editor), Michael Watts (Editor)"Oil is a fairy tale, and, like every fairy tale, is a bit of a lie."--Ryzard Kapuscinski, Shah of ShahsThe scale and reach of the global oil and gas industry, valued at several trillions of dollars, is almost impossible to grasp. Despite its vast technical expertise and scientific sophistication, the industry betrays a startling degree of inexactitude and empirical disagreement about foundatio...

The Book: The Life Story of a Technology

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Report copyright infringementby Nicole Howard (Author)The printed book is one of life's most frequently encountered technologies. Historian Nicole Howard provides a comprehensive survey of the evolution of this technology, tracing its development across many centuries and cultures. No other technology in human history, declares Howard, has had the impact of this invention. By examining the book as a technology, Howard reveals how profoundly information and media have shaped history and how vi...

The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865

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Report copyright infringementby Mark R. Wilson (Author)This wide-ranging, original account of the politics and economics of the giant military supply project in the North reconstructs an important but little-known part of Civil War history. Drawing on new and extensive research in army and business archives, Mark R. Wilson offers a fresh view of the wartime North and the ways in which its economy worked when the Lincoln administration, with unprecedented military effort, moved to suppress the...

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan M. Samet (Editor), John D. Spengler (Editor)During the last two decades, outdoor air pollution has decreased in the United States and in many other industrial nations. But many hazardous pollutants have been found in offices, cars, homes, and hospitals. Outbreaks of illness related to the noninjdustrial work environment have been reported with increasing frequency. And "sick-building," or "tight-building," syndrome has been recognized as a new and seri...

Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011

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Report copyright infringementby Rick Houston (Author), Jerry Ross (Foreword by) Humanity's first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASA's Space Shuttle debuted with great promise and as a dependable source of wonder and national pride. But with the Challenger catastrophe in 1986, the whole Space Shuttle program came into question, as did NASA itself, so long an institution that was seemingly above reproach. Wheels Stop tells the stirring story of how, after the Chal...

Remaking the North American Food System: Strategies for Sustainability

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Report copyright infringementby C. Clare Hinrichs (Editor), Thomas A. Lyson (Editor)Food and agriculture are in the news daily. Stories in the media highlight issues of abundance, deprivation, pleasure, risk, health, community, and identity. Remaking the North American Food System examines the resurgence of interest in rebuilding the links between agricultural production and food consumption as a way to overcome some of the negative implications of industrial and globalizing trends in the foo...