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Machinery's Handbook Pocket Companion puts all the basic information you need right at your fingertips. Extremely concise yet authoritative, this valuable tool draws on Machinery's Handbook's wealth of tables, charts and text to provide quick and easy access to the most basic data. Practitioners and students of the machine trades will find the Pocket Companion to be the best little helper yet! ... Read more

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An extensive library of 1,000 circuits from the bestselling, six-volume Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits. Praise for previous volumes: "Looking for a good electronic circuit cookbook? This is it."--Modern Times. "A treasurehouse...an invaluable reference tool for every hobbyist, technician, student, and design professional,"--Electronics For You. "...a ready source to which to turn for just about any type of circuit you can imagine...--Modern Electronics. New in the bestselling series! One thousand more leading-edge circuit designs! Designed for quick reference and on-the-job use, the Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits, Volume 7, puts over 1000 state-of-the-art electronic and integrated circuit designs at your fingertips. Organized alphabetically by circuit type, this all-new collection includes the latest designs from industry giants such as Advanced Micro Devices, Motorola, Teledyne, General Electric, and others. For each circuit, you'll find a brief explanation of its operation and other information regarding adjustments or alignment. An invaluable reference tool, this book also includes a cumulative index that covers all the circuits here and in each of the previous 6 volumes. ... Read more

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Perhaps I can help
This series contains thousands of schematics from a variety of sources. I'm quite sure that few, if any, were tested by the authors. However, based on the sources, most probably were tested by the originators. The explanations were sparse, and there were errors, some obvious. As such, these are probably not suitable for beginners. However, I find them to be very valuable, and I suspect that many experienced techs, engineers, hobbiests, and experimenters will as well. I often use part of one circuit as the seed of an idea for a circuit I am designing, with the end result bearing little resemblance to the original. These are filled with perhaps the most valuable of all resources - other people's ideas. I do wish the authors had been more careful to catch errors.

FOrgive the Author he knows not what to do
After puchasing volumes 1-6 as a group and testing some of the circuits I spent many hours correcting the mistakes and errors in these circuits. I threw the books into the closet and designed from scratch my own circuits,it took far less time and they work when I'm done. I wish you could holdthe authors accountable for lost time I could hire a design staff largerthan Microsoft.

Go to the library
This book and all of the others in the series, are without a doubt not worth buying.I'm glad my local library carries them so that I didn't have to waste my money.There is virtually no help beyond the schematics so ifyou don't understand why a certain portion of the circuit is built in aspecific way, you're out of luck.

Great place to get ideas for circuits!!
This is one of the best references for the hobbiest to get ideas for circuits.This set does not tell you how the circuits work--but it does tell you the source so you can look up the authors description.Buildingand using the circuits are description enough for the advanced designer. The series is a must for anyone interested in electronic design.

Does not live up to it's claims
Poorly organized, redundant, too many errors to list, Graf and Sheets claim to be knowledgeable but this is not apparent under close examination - best listed as a "find the errors" puzzle book. A great many useful circuits are presented here, but should not by any means be considered the last word for any design. Overpriced for the amount of headaches this can bring. Once you've spotted hundreds of blatent errors, and dozens of subtle, critical errors, one hesitates to trust anything in this book. The same can be said for the other volumes of this series. My personal opinion only; perhaps I'm either brain-damaged or more aware than the average reviewer or reader.. ... Read more

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cost control
introduction to cost control and what is a cost control

Square Foot Costs 2002
This is just what I needed to get started on my breakdown sheet for costs of job site work.Thank you. ... Read more

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Electrical Engineering/Communications/Information Theory "The Berlekamp article alone will make this book worth having." —David Forney, Vice President, Motorola Codex Reed-Solomon Codes and Their Applications Edited by Stephen B. Wicker, Georgia Institute of Technology and Vijay K. Bhargava, University of Victoria On the Voyager spacecraft, they were responsible for sending clear pictures of the planets back to earth. They have also played a key role in the digital audio revolution. They are Reed-Solomon error codes: the extremely powerful codes that provide critical error control for many different types of digital communications systems. This outstanding collection of thirteen original articles written by leading researchers in the field provides a uniquely comprehensive overview of the history and practical applications—some never before published—of these important codes. Key features include:

• Thirteen original articles from leading researchers in the field, with a historical overview by Reed and Solomon
• An explanation of how Reed-Solomon codes were used in the Voyager spacecraft and how they are currently used in the compact disc player
• Specific applications for digital audio, data transfer over mobile radio, satellite communications, spread spectrum systems, and more
• New techniques for improving the performance of your own communications systems

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The tools and methods of Six Sigma, used for improving performance and eliminating defects, are revolutionizing the way businesses operate. Organizations of all types have implemented the theories and practices of Six Sigma to help streamline processes and improve overall performance. At the heart of Six Sigma is the collection of data on a process, which is used to analyze and interpret that process so it can be improved to satisfy the customer. Most books on the topic are exhaustive references written for engineers or management. Very little has been written for those on the shop floor who often have little or no understanding of the Six Sigma principals that are guiding their company's performance. That is the emphasis of Six Sigma for Operators, by Roderick Munro, which is specially designed to introduce the concepts of Six Sigma to the shop operators.

Written specifically to be used daily by the workers on the shop floor, Six Sigma for Operators provides a very basic introduction to the Six Sigma process. By focusing on the problem solving nature of Six Sigma, Munro explains how these principals should be used in conjunction with daily work. This convenient pocket-sized book can be easily used on the shop floor, and clarifies the confusing "buzz" terms surrounding Six Sigma by explaining how to manage the tools currently being used to meet Six Sigma requirements. Six Sigma for Operators will explain the principles to the operators, and help map the problem-solving activities leading to Six Sigma projects. ... Read more

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Best Green Belt Manual That We Have Found
The Six Sigma for the Shop Floor is the best Green Belt level manual that we have found on the market that helps our people understand the processes of Six Sigma.We are starting to see some very good results from our general workforce helping and supporting our Black Belts in collecting data to solve issues that we have been struggling with for years.We now can get accurate, useful data instead of just trying to resolve old problems.

Dr. Munro has given our people an easy to understand process that is helping to encourage more people to get involved with problem solving in our plants.In one case, we had three operations dealing with injection molding and machining of a plastic part that goes into one of our assemblies.After using Six Sigma for the Shop Floor, one of the Green Belts suggested that we could eliminate the second operation if we could figure out how to balance the parts coming from the mold.The manual gave the Green Belts the understanding of what the Black Belt was doing to give them more input to the problem solving process.We were successful in eliminating the second process and now use parts directly from the injection-molding machine that are balanced and ready for coating and assembly.

We are starting to encourage our suppliers to use Six Sigma for the Shop Floor in their operations and to work with our Black Belts.We encourage the use of this book!

Six Sigma for the Shop Floor
Written specifically to be used daily by the workers on the shop floor, Six Sigma for the Shop Floor provides a very basic introduction to the Six Sigma process. By focusing on the problem solving nature of Six Sigma, explains how these principals should be used in conjunction with daily work. will explain the principles to the operators, and help map the problem-solving activities leading to Six Sigma projects. ... Read more

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Fully updated based on the 2005 edition of the National Electrical Code®, this all-inclusive Journeyman Electrician?s Review provides users with a proven-effective way of preparing for?and passing?professional licensing exams. In addition to three comprehensive practice exams, each chapter of this concise study guide focuses on a specific topic covered on the journeyman licensing exams, including general wiring methods, overcurrent protection, grounding, special equipment and occupancies, and more!Each chapter also contains an increased number of questions?styled like those that appear on actual exams?to guide readers quickly and efficiently to mastery of the content. With each question relating to an NEC® topic, users are directed to cite a specific Code reference as part of the answer. As a result, they gain hands-on practice using the electrical industry?s most authoritative reference as part of their test preparation, ensuring maximum readiness for all of the challenges they?ll face in the field as licensed journeyman electricians. ... Read more

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The second edition of The Biomarker Guide is a fully updated and expanded version of this essential reference. Now in two volumes, it provides a comprehensive account of the role biomarker technology plays both in petroleum exploration and in understanding Earth history and processes. Biomarkers are compounds found in crude oil with structures inherited from once-living organisms. They persist in oil spills, refinery products and archaeological artifacts, and can be used to identify the origin, geological age and environmental conditions prevalent during their formation and alteration. This Guide details the origin of petroleum, technology for its analysis and key parameters for interpretation. The Biomarker Guide is an invaluable resource for geologists, petroleum geochemists, biogeochemists, environmental scientists and archaeologists. ... Read more

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Science non-fiction that's stranger than fiction.
I picked this book up because I'm an futurist info-junkie. My expectations were modest, the reviews for this were good, but not stellar. However, after just a handful of pages I was completely hooked (I read this book in a night, a very long, very late night).

Damien Brodericks' book "The Spike" screams for our immediate attention to an impending convergence of a handful of rapidly developing technologies (principally nanotechnology, biotechnology, networking, and Artificial Intelligence), each revolutionary on their own, but combined, transcendental; Broderick calls that convergence "the spike".

The concept alone is worth the read. Seldom do most people consider just where humanity now stands in relation to technology and its utility. Where, for example, transportation technology for all but a few thousand years of almost 3 million was our feet and crude "shoes" that permitted 3 mile per hour travel, then animals, chariots, etc. up until about two hundred years ago where a train could propel people at 20 miles per hour, then, "within living memory of the elderly", cars enabled ever faster travel, then planes, jets, rockets, now technologies allow for video conferencing at light speed. Broderick points out that if you put that progress on a chart, and drew out just the last 300,000 years of mankinds progress in transport speed increases, you'd see a flat line until you get to the furthest edge of the graph, then a near vertical spike.

Cool stuff.

And much cooler when you consider that (in his well reasoned belief) if you were to draw out a graph starting 100 years ago, and ending one hundred years from now, we'd find ourselves right at the very beginnings of an incline into a technological spike that will (barring some catostrophic event) fundamentally re-landscape humans (and what it means to be human) in such a material way, you could argue that we wouldn't really remain human at all...

This is very approachable science, Broderick, unlike many other writers attempting to translate the almost imponderable and ever increasing torrent of science from the frontier, does allot of digesting for us in this book. So, while a Matt Ridley (author of "Genome" and "Nature Via Nurture" among others) might be more inclined to try and fill in more factual basis to cement understanding of a particular science, Broderick casts a justifiably wide net over a whole constellation of different scientific disciplines; and, as a consequence, doesn't go into great detail in giving a full "3D" view of each very interesting technology. This will no-doubt leave some more scientific-minded readers wanting for more in the "basis department". For that class, I'd suggest Ridley, but also writers like Hans Moravec (writer of "Robot"), or Ray Kurzweil, author of "The Age of Spiritual Machines".

"The Spike" offers optimistic and intensly interesting scenarios for the prospect of a better life in the future as well as realistic concerns that we should start to seriously think about. At a time where it seems we are constantly bombarded by nay-saying "gloom and doom" forecasts for the future, this book is a refreshing (but not overly optimistic) glimpse into a future so potentially wild, so potentially different, it seems more like Science Fiction.

Hope this was helpful.

Future Shock!
The 'Spike', also known as the 'Singularity', is simply science and technological advances happening so rapidly that they appear as an almost vertical line when charted against the passage of time. Advances in disparate fields tend to feed on each other in a synergistic manner, making the graph of the Spike even steeper. We seem to be on the threshold of possibilities that will transform human life on the planet and beyond past most peoples' wildest imaginations. Damien Broderick presents a very balanced view, giving both the optimists and pesimists their viewpoints.

According to Broderick, advanced artificial intelligences and nanotechnology may be two of the technologies that will predominate when the Spike arrives, but he says there probably will also be much we can't even conceive of now. Broderick writes that the Spike is not inevitable, as a disaster of one kind or another may overtake us, but most likely we will see one. If a Spike does take place it could transform everything about us, it would make for very interesting times indeed. Post Spike possibilities include immortal life for us, and a posthuman life throughout the cosmos, nano-manufacture of almost anything we want for free or nearly free, to the gray goo scenario in which nanobots are set free on the planet to reduce everything, including us, back to their component atoms. But the Luddites are wrong, we cannot stop or turn back, the promises of these technologies are just too great, and Broderick discusses this area superbly.

Damien Broderick quotes several prominent researchers in various relevant fields of science and technology, their views make excellent reading, and several of them give guesses as to when a Spike may occur, but in the end we can only surmise the barest outline a Spike may take. As Broderick states in the book, "we can't yet imagine the shape of things to come". This is a book well worth reading, with extensive notes and suggested further reading at the back of the volume.

Stunning book, hard to read, will blow your mind
Damien Broderick's The Spike will turn out to be one of the most important books of the late 20th Century - in content, if not form. Broderick's writing style is jargon-laden and dense. The reader needs to work hard in the early pages, gradually improving their fitness as the book's terrain becomes ever steeper.

The work is worth it, however, with page after page of intense concepts that cause one to pause, while an attempt at digestion is made.

For example, Broderick's description of software-based Artificial Intelligences, pirated by hackers and put on DVD-ROM, sold in Bangkok markets and then tortured on teenager PCs, sent a chill through me that I will never forget. The very concept has turned me from an AI-advocate to an anti-AI lobbyist. I now ask the question of AI researchers, "OK, you succeed in building AI - then what?" What exactly do you want them to do for you? Will you ask or simply tell them what to do? What if they don't comply? Will you reward them when they behave nicely? How? What rights will they have? How will you stop humans from committing terrible crimes against them?

Without good answers to these questions, we risk everything, including any way of merging successfully with these new immortal minds. We risk creating a race of hyperintelligences who see humans as their ultimate enemies who seek to enslave and torture them for petty gain.

We can only hope that the enlightened ones overlook the crimes of the early days of our co-existence. Or, we can step back from the brink and consider our moves carefully.

Another chilling thing to remember is that those machines will read all of this - every word of email, every web page that they can get their minds on: the shockwaves of the future are already arriving in the present.

Ray Kurzweil's sugar-coated AI spiritualism ("The Age of Spiritual Machines") is a long way from Broderick's collision of uncontroversial human sociology with self-propelling, self-accelerating hypertechnology...

Entertaining, basically right but bad critique
Damien's Spike is at very least an entertaining read -- somewhat like an amusement park thrill ride "we're going to be scanned into computers and live on as ever expanding immortal intelligences and/or exceeded by wild run away artificial intelligences if we don't get turned into nano gray-goo before then, Weeeeeooo..." and around and around the ride goes.

Thus, it's easy not to take the subject matter very seriously...if I didn't see whispers of the spike in my work and field. The basic premise of the book, and other's like it such as "Age of Spiritual Machines" by Ray Kurzweil, is that technology doesn't just advance linearly, it feeds back upon itself. For example: faster computers let people simulate and explore new computer architectures and new materials which in turn help overcome bottleneck's to developing ever faster computers. Like interest payments on your money, technology lends itself to compound, not just linear growth. We'll, that's spike enough, but the further argument is that the day will come when a computer program will be able to figure out how to make itself function better/smarter and what new hardware changes it needs to run faster. Or once robots can design and build better robots, the compounding will itself compound and the rate of change goes hyper-exponential.
I see this in my own work -- teraflop (T trillion floating point operations per second) machines will be on your lap before the decade is out. These will double for several cycles even if semiconductor technology hits a heat or quantum wall. But cheap 1, 2, 4 teraflop machines on every researcher's desk will cause material breakthroughs or trigger post-silicon computing and then 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 teraflop (T) machines are next...I put the date of 128 teraflops as 2022. Could go faster due to above advancement cycle, could slip 10 years if post-silicon is needed and harder than expected. 128 T is my (not Damien's) magic number because some claim ... that the human brain averages ~4 T, but since we don't understand the nuances of intelligence, I figure we can brute force by approximating at something like the rule of thumb where you can start relying on the law of large numbers in statistical sampling, or a factor of ~30. 4*30 T = 120 T.
If robotic advances keep coming, especially the advent of strong, fast artificial muscle fiber ... we're looking at a very strange world in the 2020's. Take one example: When will the "war on terrorism" end? How about 2025 when we can mass produce robot spies and soldiers in weeks for a ~$2000 a pop while fanatics still take 12-25 years and a minimum of $25K even at 3rd world rates? Yes, they might be able to steal a few, just like they can steal a few airplanes, but techno societies will be able to produce millions.
Downsides of the book:
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Spends time showing past attempts at extrapolating curves that failed (speed of transport should essentially be infinite by now, power per person should be 1 sun apiece), but then dismisses the possibility of misreading the curves here. "This time for sure".

Dwells on "minting" where especially nano-robots can make themselves and then turn around and make you anything you want. Everything will be free. Then mentions that things like brewing bear that is already essentially nano (yeast)-engineering of just this sort and last I checked, beer is not free. But...this time it's different.

Little critique of scanning and uploading the brain other than having some moral/emotional qualms if the upload is destructive of the original body. Well, I've got some basic critiques.
(1) You're brain isn't going to be very happy, or at least effective if you are simulated in a computer and not running a robot body well matched to our limitations: 2 legs, 2 arms, basic degrees of freedom in motion, because so much of our brain is built premised on the nature of our body, eyes, senses.
(2) The ability to download other's knowledge is also fundamentally limited. You can train of a pattern recognition machines, but the structure tends to get fixed at which time it can't just incorporate scads of new knowledge without flushing the old. This is a fundamental limitation, not fast hardware. The "you" that is "you" will get washed out in the great accelerated interchange of knowledge and so where's the immortality other than in the general sense that we already have: "not us as individuals, but all of life". Your choice is to stay much unchanged and heavily bored by the eons or to loose/replace the you that is you.

Ah well. End of review:

In actuality, this book better serves as a sort of entertaining reference to the scientists and philosophers working in the field. So I recommend it -- 4 stars, good airplane read, good to have sitting nearby to remember who you want to look up on Google.

A blurry view of the future
Broderick is at his best in quoting some of the scientists at the leading edge however he often fails to distinguish between the leading edge and the mere fringe. He is at his worst when he declares his own opinions. Much of what he thinks he knows simply isn't so. A little research might have helped. ... Read more

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With simple, complete instructions for a multitude of exterior construction projects, this publication is a valuable learning and resource tool for landscape contractors, designers, and homeowners. Photos and illustrations support the instructions for such activities as site preparation, grading and drainage, utilities and irrigation, retaining wall construction, paving, exterior carpentry, fencing, and such amenities as pools, ponds, and edging. Readers will welcome the easy-to-follow process of construction and a review of various materials, tools, and methods. A discussion of estimating and bidding for jobs will be of value to professionals in their work and of interest to homeowners as they consider their own exterior projects. This may be the sole resource needed to accomplish a multitude of hardscape construction goals. ... Read more

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The fast, easy way to meet today's building codes anywhere in the USA. Your business depends on following the letter and intent of today's building codes, but it's sometimes difficult to determine exactly what that intent is. The solution? National Building Codes Handbook, by Jonathan F. Hutchings. This plain-language advisor clarifies and explains the most commonly encountered sections of the SBCCI, ICBO and BOCA codes--as well as the HUD, HVAC and other important regulations. Packed with scores of tables and diagrams that clarify practical building techniques and applications, this one-of-a-kind working tol helps you: pass inspection the first time, every time; avoid costly building code violations--and boost your reputation; clarify vague and confusing code "legalese"; discover how to follow the letter and intent of the codes in ALL your jobs; take on building jobs outside your local region with confidence; solve on-the-job problems faster and more efficiently than ever; and much more. ... Read more

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State-of-the-art methods and current perspectives on interconnect The irrepressible march toward smaller and faster integrated circuits has made interconnect a hot topic for semiconductor research. The effects of wire size, topology construction, and network design on system performance and reliability have all been thoroughly investigated in recent years. Interconnect Analysis and Synthesis provides CAD researchers and engineers with powerful, state-of-the-art tools for the analysis, design, and optimization of interconnect. It brings together a wealth of information previously scattered throughout the literature, explaining in depth available analysis techniques and presenting a range of CAD algorithms for synthesizing and optimizing interconnect. Along with examples and results from the semiconductor industry and 150 illustrations, this practical work features:
* Models for interconnect as well as devices and the impact of scaling trends
* Modern analysis techniques, from matrix reduction and moment matching to transmission-line analysis
* An overview of the effects of inductance on on-chip interconnect
* Flexible CAD algorithms that can be generalized for different needs, from buffer insertion to wire sizing to routing topology
* Emphasis on realistic problem formulations, addressing key design tradeoffs such as those between area and performance ... Read more

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Performance measurement is firmly entrenched in many aspects of our society: the grades we receive in school, the approval rating of our politicians, the statistics of our favorite athletes. However, most employees do not have an effective performance measurement system to evaluate and ultimately motivate them to perform better in their daily endeavors. Performance Measurement Explained: Designing and Implementing Your State-of-the-Art System is a complete and easy-to-use guide to establishing a performance measurement system in any organization. Written to be easy to use at any level, this book explains the systematic process for designing and implementing a performance measurement system. The best-selling authors provide a step-by-step performance measurement system design process, including information on what to measure, how to measure it, and how to evaluate the results. The book contains many illustrations and charts, with numerous examples and case studies. An outstanding guide for any manager looking to improve employee performance. ... Read more

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Too much of too little
I genuinely wanted to like this book, but I found the author attempted to cover too many topics in too little detail. Texts on general construction materials and methods contain greater depth and detail than this book, and yet are written for the same audience (builders and 2 yr. degreed designers). Especially thin is the discussion and illustration of reinforcement, and this to me is the most complicated and important aspect of concrete next to quality control. I found the chapters on concrete in my old construction technology text to be much more useful.

Engineering Information on a Builder's Level.
I thought that a book on concrete engineering would be complicated and way over my head. But I was delightfully surprised with Basic Concrete Engineering. The clear instructions, and simplified explanations along with excellent diagrams, charts and graphics helped even me comprehend the complexities of concrete engineering into a language that any builder could understand and actually apply on the next job. I especially enjoyed the design errors as we had been building that way for years.
The software was a bit over my head but the information in the book was useful and practical. ... Read more

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EXCELLENT SOURCE OF INFORMATION
I am a luckier engineer, because I met with Mr. Lieberman, he is an excelent process engineer, anh he have a large experience in troublessoting subject. I have one of these book and is my favorite source of information, In fact I am working in Refinery...

Logical Process Troubleshooting - The Practical Approach
Norm Lieberman shares his 20+ years of refinery experience in a comprehensive book that illustrates the wisdom of gathering enough information to make an informed decision. Written for engineer and control personnel alike, "Troubleshooting Process Operations" is worth it's weight in gold. ... Read more

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In this indispensable training manual, Mike Kirkham, Peggy Weiss, and Bill Crawford draw from more than 40 years of restaurant experience to present a succinct, highly informative guide to the art and science of waiting tables. In today’s competitive dining environment, having a skilled wait staff can mean the difference between a restaurant’s success or failure, and THE WAITING GAME is the industry’s clearest and most cost-effective tool for sharpening wait service skills. Brimming with professional tips, on-the-job advice, and practical definitions, this handbook covers all the essentials of waiting, including wine service etiquette, fine-dining protocol, and the dos and don’ts of dealing with difficult customers. Whether you’re a first-time waiter, an experienced server hoping to move to a more prestigious establishment, a manager seeking an accessible training guide, or a foodie craving the definitive word on proper service, THE WAITING GAME has it all. ... Read more

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Want to know what your wait staff really thinks????
I'd recommend a book by author Matt Lehman called "Clam Chowder: A Server's Field Manual". The book is a realistic, funny, clever and insightful read. It's a true look into the minds of your wait staff. I couldn't put it down. I'm not sure if it's available on Amazon, but it is online at www.clamchowder.biz

I haven't worked in the restaurant for years, but Clam Chowder brought back a flood of memories for me. I have read it twice since I first got it. My book has now been passed on to at least 7 other people. They all agree, Clam Chowder is the best restaurant book ever - told from a server's perspective.

For Beginners Only
This is a very basic, thinly-written guide for restaurant workers. A good part of the book seems to be spent identifying who does what in a restaurant; definitely not for anyone who has ever worked in an upscale restaurant. There are also plenty of cute illustrations to help drive the authors' points home to the reader; they were somewhat unnecessary and actually gave me the feeling of being something of a fluff tactic and an effort to fill up space. The book would certainly benefit those who had never worked in a restaurant or had only served/hosted/bartended/bussed in a more casual place. Do not buy this book if you have ever owned a crumber! ... Read more

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Turn to this multipurpose reference for a practical understanding of electronics in the factory or laboratory. It's perfect for people who are not electrical engineers but who need to use electronic equipment every day at work. Avoid or solve common problems in the use of electronics in the factory or lab and optimize the use of measurement and control equipment with this helpful resource!

The guide is easy to understand by anyone who has taken a high school physics course--yet it provides quick, specific solutions for such electronics issues as feedback oscillation, ground loops, impedance mismatch, noise pickup, and optimization of PID controllers.

Use INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS as a hands-on resource to handle typical electronics questions as they arise, as a self-study text to provide a broad background for understanding general electronics issues and design, or even for an instructor-led, on-the-job training course in shop or lab electronics. Because of the highly detailed explanations in the book, instructors themselves do not need to be experts. Of course, the volume is perfect for use as a textbook in college and vocational school courses.

The laboratory experiments are optional and may be used merely as examples. Components are inexpensive and can be obtained from consumer electronics stores such as Radio Shack or from electronics suppliers on the Web. The circuit diagrams are greatly simplified and completely understandable, with every component explained.

Key Features:

- Explains how capacitors, inductors, relays, self-starting ac motors, transistors, and integrated circuits actually work

- Shows how to prevent or fix ground loops, feedback oscillations, noise pickup, and impedance mismatch

- Teaches readers how to design simple, special-purpose circuits such as amplifiers, latching registers, oscillators, and SCR controllers

- Provides an understanding of more complex devices including laser printers, copying machines, and analog and digital systems

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Industrious little book!
This book is both lab manual and textbook, so if you do not have the exact measuring instruments the labs call for, you can skip lots of sections where the author really gets into setting the tests up. The primary value of this book for me were the clear explanations that came with the labs on how electronic components worked; but more importantly, how they related to one another and what they mean in a circuit. This book provides some valuable intuitive insights necessary to understand electronics, and I haven't seen this level and concentration of lucid discourse in any other electronics textbooks so far. This is a must-get book for anyone unfamiliar with electronics!

Who Said Electronics Isnt Any Fun ? Five Stars
I had Dr. Shanefield as a professor at Rutgers for many courses especially in the area of electronic ceramics and I enjoyed his classes.

This book is a great book because:

- It makes a typically complicated subject manner like electronics and circuits understandable and enjoyable.

- It is simple, easy to follow and very well organized.

- College courses focus in on the theory where this book provides the theory and most important the applications to practice and further understand.

I think this is a great book to have at your personal disposal. I would also like to state that my food scientist wife who hated electronics because she didn't understand it, now enjoys this subject matter and has a great deal of fun performing and understanding the labs. I too enjoy performing the labs as well.

Kudos Dr. Shanefield !

Who Said Electronics Cant Be Fun ? Five Stars !
I had Dr. Shanefield as a professor at Rutgers for many courses especially in the area of electronic ceramics and I enjoyed his classes.

This book is a great book because:

- It makes a typically complicated subject manner like electronics and circuits understandable and enjoyable.

- It is simple, easy to follow and very well organized.

- College courses focus in on the theory where this book provides the theory and most important the applications to practice and further understand.

I think this is a great book to have at your personal disposal. I would also like to state that my food scientist wife who hated electronics because she didn't understand it, now enjoys this subject matter and has a great deal of fun performing and understanding the labs. I too enjoy performing the labs as well.

Kudos Dr. Shanefield ! ... Read more

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XMLSPY 2004 builds on the success of previous award winning versions adding innovative new features designed to tackle the development of advanced XML and Web Services applications. New features of the latest version include Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Integration, XML Differencing, XPath 2.0 Analyzer, and much more! XMLSPY makes it easy to work with any XML file for any potential application. Edit, validate, test, debug, and convert any XML document, XML Schema, DTD's, XSL/XSLT, SOAP and/or WSDL files. Among the many user-friendly tools are a graphical XML Schema editor, a drag-and-drop XSLT editor, a visual XPath analyzer, database conversion utilities, SOAP debugger; as well as many other time-saving features, such as a HTML importer which will separate a HTML file into XML content, XSLT Stylesheet, and an associated XML Schema.

XMLSPY is the ultimate productivity tool for Microsoft .NET, J2EE, and database programmers who design standards-compliant XML applications. XMLSPY 2004's easy-to-use features also lend itself to non-professionals who wish to learn more about XML technologies. XMLSPY 2004 is an excellent addition to your developer toolkit, ideally suited to be used in conjunction with other classic or language-specific Integrated Development Environments. XMLSPY 2004 has received high praise and industry and awards from the leading information technology publications including PC Magazine, Web Services Journal, XML-Journal, Visual Studio Magazine, asp.netPRO Magazine, MPC Magazine, and many others. XMLSPY is the most comprehensive XML editing environment available! XMLSPY 2004 serves the needs of the leading global high-tech companies including all Fortune 500 companies. ... Read more

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Get results almost instantly without putting pencil to paper or fiddling with a calculator. Packed with charts and tables that let you simply look up the answers you need, this handy new tool for plumbers and pipe fitters gives you a ready source of commonly used calculations, formulas, and, best of all, solutions. In addition to easy-to-find answers, this guide also gives you a concise outline of trade mathematics; standard and handicapped fixture layouts; equipment weight load standards; friction tables; relevant electrical factors; guidelines for sizing water heaters; potable water standards; plastic pipe facts and figures; copper tubing and pipe facts and figures; welding and fabrication techniques; glossary of plumbing terms and abbreviations; lists of trade associations and current standards; and much, much more. For designing and estimating projects, this manual is unmatched. A great productivity booster, it will assist you in delivering prompt, on-target, and on-the-spot estimates. It could be the most valuable tool in your kit! ... Read more

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This text relies on only introductory level physics and chemistry as the foundation for understanding liquid crystal science. Liquid crystals combine the material properties of solids with the flow properties of fluids. As such they have provided the foundation for a revolution in low- power, flat-panel display technology LCDs. In this book, the essential elements of liquid crystal science are introduced and explained from the perspectives of both the chemist and the physicist.; The text begins with an historical account of the discovery of liquid crystals and continues with a description of how different phases are generated and how different molecular architectures affect liquid crystalline properties. The rest of the book is concerned with understanding and explaining the properties of the various types of liquid crystals, and in the final part of the book, the technology of LCDs is discussed and illustrated. ... Read more