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This guide studies venous access devices (VAD), reviewing all major types, the importance of imaging in placement and follow-up, and management of VAD once inserted. The main focus is on catheter-related devices and their management and insertion, including radiologic insertion. ... Read more

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Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment gives a concise, easy to understand description of equipment and its use in anaesthesia, intensive care and pain relief. Written to provide the trainee anaesthetist with an attractive and modern introductory textbook of the equipment which is in current usage, it is superbly illustrated with colour photographs and simple diagrams. A glossary is included to define the large vocabulary of technical terminology. Anaesthetic and intensive care nurses and operating theatre practitioners will also find the book of value. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from National Catholic Reporter, published by Thomson Gale on July 28, 2006. The length of the article is 977 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Superhero and humble spirit: 'Superman Returns' dazzles with effects; Rossellini film portrays St. Francis.(MOVIES)(Movie review)
Author: Joseph Cunneen
Publication: National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 28, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 42Issue: 35Page: 15(1)

Article Type: Movie review

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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on January 26, 2001. The length of the article is 946 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ¡Las chicas toman el poder!(TT: Girls take charge!)(Reseña)
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 26, 2001
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Page: 33

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After its introduction in 1972, Kawasaki's 903cc Z1 shot to the top of its class, surpassing even the Honda CB750 in sales and performance. All subsequent installments in the Z series are covered through 1976. Precise information is equally indispensible to buyers, restorers, and enthusiasts alike. Extraordinary, specially commissioned all-colour photos accompany a minutely researched text. ... Read more

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Excellent resource for the restorer
I was very impressed with the collection of quality photos and information on original, stock bikes. If you own and are restoring a 1973 model like me, you MUST buy this book! Nowhere have I seen the intricate details and differences pointed out as they are in this book. It has been invaluable in identifying parts correct for my bike, and has more than paid for itself in money saved by NOT buying incorrect parts.

A Kawboy's Tale
This book features some great photography and good information.I would not classify it as technical at all.It is more historical.A great conversation piece.If you are a Kawasaki fan it is a must have.If you are a restorer the pictures are priceless.Enjoy this book!

Z900 Owner / restorer
This is an excellent book for those who want to rebuilt their bike to original. It is a guided tour trough the Z1 and Z900 world of Kawasaki. It tell in great detail the differences with the various models and thecorresponding partnumbers. It is not a mecanical how to book though. ... Read more

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As the inventor of the separate-condenser steam engine -that Promethean symbol of technological innovation and industrial progress -James Watt has become synonymous with the spirit of invention, while his last name has long been immortalized as the very measurement of power. But contrary to popular belief, Watt did not single-handedly bring about the steam revolution. His "perfect engine" was as much a product of late-nineteenth-century Britain as it was of the inventor´s imagination.
As one of the greatest technological developments in human history, the steam engine was a major progenitor of the Industrial Revolution, but it was also symptomatic of its many problems. Armed with a patent on the separate-condenser principle and many influential political connections, Watt and his business partner Matthew Boulton fought to maintain a twenty-five-year monopoly on steam power that stifled innovation and ruthlessly crushed competition. After tinkering with boiling kettles and struggling with leaky cylinders for years without success, Watt would eventually amass a fortune and hold sway over an industry. But, as Ben Marsden shows, he owed his astonishing rise as much to espionage and political maneuvering as to his own creativity and determination.
This is a tale of science and technology in tandem, of factory show-spaces and international espionage, of bankruptcy and brain drains, lobbying and legislation, and patents and pirates. It reveals how James Watt -warts and all -became an icon fit for an age of industry and invention. ... Read more

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umm...Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
Watt did not invent the light bulb. Watt did not invent the steam engine either. He improved it and helped spread its applicability to industry. He was an important member of the Lunar Society with his partner, Matthew Boulton, as well as Erasmus Darwin, John Whitehurst, James Small, etc. Another good book to get is Jenny Uglow's The Lunar Men (?), which is about this circle of interesting guys.

A lively historical coverage of how the engine evolved
James Watt's name has become well known as the inventor of the light bulb; but it was the steam engine which also earned him fame - and which did not come about due to his single-handed genius. The development, function and role of the 'perfect engine' during his times in England is revealed in Ben Marsden's Watt's Perfect Engine: Steam And The Age Of Invention, a lively historical coverage of how the engine evolved and reflected not only the promise, but the problems of the Industrial Revolution. A fine, wide-ranging history.

[Very] sharp elbows
Four men were responsible for starting the Industrial Revolution. Newcomen, Trevithick, Stevenson and Watt. Yet today, we measure power in Watts, not Trevithicks or anything else. Of the four, James Watt is the best remembered. How did this come about? Was he perhaps the greatest of them? Marsden takes us back two centuries to answer this.

From Marsden's narrative, Newcomen seems the more perceptive inventor, compared to Watt. Yet we see how Watt had a driving passion for business that led to great success. Quite possibly, some of his methods may attract ire nowadays. But Henry Ford and other industrialists would no doubt have found much in Watt to be understandable and commendable.

Marsden suggests that Watt's tenacious enforcing of his patents may have stifled development of improvements to the steam engine. Perhaps. But even so, consider this. Any such impediment would have the advantage to Britain in other fields of invention. For it would show that patents were highly enforceable. A strong patent environment may have contributed to Britain's industrial lead, that lasted a century. So even if Watt's methods led to a tactical slowdown, strategically it bolstered Britain. Keep in mind that prior to the Industrial Revolution, throughout most of previous history, there was no such thing as patent protection. So innovations were often kept secret, if this was practical. Keeping progress glacially slow. ... Read more

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Chapters: Patrick Dempsey, James R. Flynn, Clarence White, Erin Andrews, Marsden Hartley, Wallace H. White, Jr., Orland Smith, Oren B. Cheney, Alonzo Garcelon, James B. Longley, Jr., Ernie Coombs, Cynthia Mcfadden, Frank M. Coffin, Benjamin E. Bates, Walter Thornton, Tom Caron, Bill Carrigan, Chandler Woodcock, Thomas "Dj Tommy Dean" Salisbury, Larry Gowell, Rene Rancourt, Edward C. Hayes, Frederick G. Payne, Edward Burgess Butler, Joey Gamache, Bert Roberge, Tom Downey, Tom Rowe. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 109. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is an American actor and race car driver, known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd ("McDreamy") on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. He has also recently appeared in several films, including Sweet Home Alabama, The Emperor's Club, Freedom Writers, Enchanted, Made of Honor, and Valentine's Day. Dempsey was born in Lewiston, Maine, and grew up in Buckfield, Maine, the youngest of three children born to Amanda and William Dempsey. He has Irish ancestry. Dempsey attended St. Dominic Regional High School for his senior year, where his mother worked as a secretary, but dropped out before he graduated. He was an adept juggler, tying for second in a national juggling competition. He was also an accomplished skier and while in high school won the Maine state slalom championship. Dempsey spent some of his school years in the town of Turner, Maine, where he attended Leavitt Area High School in the Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) #52 for his freshman through junior years. Dempsey was diagnosed with dyslexia at age twelve. He told Barbara Walters on her 2008 Oscar special that he thinks dyslexia "made him what he is today." Its given me a perspective of you have to keep working,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=711747 ... Read more

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Great exhibition catalog featuring artists painting in New Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century. 45 color illustrations of works of art - landscapes, Native American Indian, Pueblo architecture, animals, cowboys, portraits, and other subjects.Artists include: Marsden Hartley, Georgia O'Keeffe, Blumenschein, Laverne Black, Dunton, John Marin, William Higgins, Robert Henri, Eanger Couse, Berninghaus and other artist. Exhibit checklist. Bibliography.Softcover. Unpaginated - 60 pages. Measures 8 1/2 by 10 inches. Interesting exhibition catalog, nicely illustrated. ... Read more