Showing posts with label Reference. Show all posts
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The Key To Your Car by Dominic Vinci

>> Sunday, September 21, 2014


A simple consumer's guide to operating, maintaining & optimizing your vehicle. This book covers the information you don't know, always wondered about & wished you could ask an expert. Everything from what the warning lights mean on your dashboard to how to jump-start a car is discussed. Written in easy to understand terms, it is just the information you need to feel confident about your car.



The Key to Your Car is a simple consumer's guide to operating, maintaining and optimizing your vehicle. This book covers the information you do not know, always wondered about and wished you could ask an expert. Everything from what the warning lights mean on your dashboard to how to jump-start a car is discussed. Written in easy to understand terms, it is just the information you need to feel confident about your car. Covered topics include: How far will my car go once the gas gauge reads empty? There is a yellow light on my dashboard, is my car going to blow up? How do I know if I need air in my tires? How to a find a good mechanic? And so much more. The author is an expert in teaching automotive material having taught at the high school, junior college and university level. This book currently required reading for his Automotive 100, Automotive Technology and Maintenance for the Consumer, students. In addition, he has been a product trainer for a major luxury car manufacturer, literally teaching service technicians. Mr. Vinci’s background includes 22 plus years of automotive experience, including hands-on experience performing regular service, repair and emissions testing in independent service facilities. He has completed his Associate’s degree in Automotive Technology and Bachelor’s degree in Automotive Engineering and is a Master ASE Certified Technician. His experience also includes working as a Field Technical Specialist for a major luxury car manufacturer diagnosing difficult to repair vehicles. He is currently the Parts and Service Director at one of the largest volume luxury car dealerships in the country. Most importantly to this consumer guide, he is a son, husband and father giving the same advice to you that he would give his mother, wife and children.








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Biochemistry Dictionary for Health Professionals by Graham Shaw

>> Sunday, September 14, 2014


So much more than a dictionary. It contains interactive case studies, short lectures and 'high-impact' biochemistry terms that overlap with physiology, pharmacology and the clinical sciences. It is ideal for students studying for board examinations allowing them to optimize their precious study time.








About Graham Shaw


Dr. Graham Shaw graduated second in his class at Bristol Polytechnic, U.K. obtaining a first class honors degree. He received his Ph.D. from Aston University, Birmingham U.K. in 1987. He has been teaching Health Professionals since 1989 and teaching at medical school in the United States since 1999.






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Health Promotion Pathways: Applied Activities for the Collegiate Classroom by Jennifer J. Edwards, Ph.D.

>> Tuesday, June 3, 2014


Health Promotion Pathways is an activity guide for college students enrolled in health promotion classes. The activities range in duration, including problem-solving activities, case studies, and events. They are written to inspire open-ended responses and class discussion. This activity guide best supports content in community health, health education, and program planning.



Health Promotion Pathways offers activities for college students enrolled in health promotion classes. It supports the applied nature of the public health field by presenting activities that require students to relate textbook knowledge to real life. In general, this activity guide best supports content in community health, health education, and program planning.



The activities range in duration, including problem-solving activities, case studies, and events. They are written to inspire open-ended responses and promote learning that students co-create among themselves. The majority of these activities are designed for the instructor to infuse his or her own teaching philosophy when guiding responses during class discussion.








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The Art of Code Enforcement by Martin Collins

>> Friday, March 14, 2014


Nearly every political jurisdiction in America has adopted codes that regulate the built environment. This book is not a code but rather a practical guide for code enforcement administration. The topics range from voluntary compliance to effective sanctions for noncompliance and are of use to all those who are seeking to improve the maintenance of the building stock in their communities.



This text is primarily focused on the preservation of the existing building stock, both residential and commercial. In America, there are thousands of employees at many levels of government who are responsible for enforcing laws, codes and regulations designed to address the condition of buildings and property. None of these people earned a degree specifically tailored to code enforcement duties from an accredited institution of higher learning. There is no such degree. For 28 consecutive years of a 34 year career in the field, the author offered instruction to thousands of people on the issues involved in operating a code enforcement program. This book is a distillation of the notes and the education gleaned from both presenting those classes and from the information and insights shared by class participants. It is also based on the experience of managing these programs in Milwaukee and in New York City. The text provides options on how to handle many common issues encountered by code enforcement officials in their daily work lives. It is not a book about codes but rather a book about how to administer them.

The text covers general background issues such as why some property owners do not comply with the codes and how to set the appropriate level of code enforcement intensity for a community. The book then proceeds through the enforcement process from the least confrontational methods to the “Heavy Hammers” that could be used in the most resistant cases. Educational methods are explored as are the use of volunteers. All code enforcement involves some form of notice to a code violator and many methods are explained. While all communities rely to some extent on complaint response to trigger their processes, the methods are varied and can be supplemented by more systematic approaches.

The heart of code enforcement is the art of persuading a code violator to take action to remedy the violation with the minimal amount of official action possible. The text includes many proven persuasive arguments and techniques that can be used to get from “No” to “Yes.” Not all enforcement actions result in compliance and options are presented for what to do next.

Code enforcement officials nationally are under the same budget pressures as all government services. How to raise revenue, control costs and communicate the worth of these programs to both community decision-makers and to the voting public are explained. Other topics include coping with politics, inspector safety, code enforcement in a university community, occupant behavior issues, coping with the media, inspector productivity indicators, career development ideas and techniques for implementing change. Finally, appendices include a variety of sample forms and letters that can be used in the code enforcement process.






About Martin Collins


Martin G. Collins attended the State University of New York at Albany where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and Rutgers University School of Law where he was awarded a Juris Doctorate. In addition, he received a Masters of City and Regional Planning from Rutgers Center for Policy Research.

He has been employed in the Counsel's Office of New York City's Department of City Planning and in both staff and management positions with New York City's Housing Litigation Bureau. As Director of Operations for New York's Division of Evaluation and Compliance, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, he was involved in various housing loan and rehabilitation, tenant management and housing-related litigation programs. He has held the positions of Code Enforcement Administrator, followed by Construction Inspection Administrator, Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner for Milwaukee's Building Inspection Department, n/k/a Department of Neighborhood Services.

Mr. Collins is retired from the City of Milwaukee and from the practice law in Wisconsin, New York and New Jersey; he is an associate member of the American Association of Code Enforcement. He also retired from state certification in commercial construction and housing construction inspection. He is the past chair of the Wisconsin Fire Prevention Council and of Milwaukee's Drug House Abatement Oversight Committee.

From1984 through 2011, Mr. Collins annually taught Existing Housing Inspection Administration and Management at UW-Madison's Annual Professional Development Program's Housing and Building Inspection. He has been a member of and has chaired the AACE/ICBO Zoning Certification Committee and chaired the International Property Maintenance and Zoning Inspector Certification Examination Committee. Other instruction has been presented to groups sponsored by BOCA International, the International Code Council, the American Association of Code Enforcement, various state code enforcement associations and EDUCODE. He has received innovation awards in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 for work in the code enforcement field. One of his innovations was awarded "Best Crime Prevention Program in Wisconsin for 2003." In 2009 the American Association of Code Enforcement awarded him the first Award of Excellence. He also understands that none of one’s education, accomplishments, or experience is as important as how one applies it today and tomorrow.

Contact Information: mcolli53202@gmail.com






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Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Genre and Rating Guide by Blue Tyson

>> Tuesday, March 11, 2014


SH = Scary Horror

SF = Science Fiction

SI = Shootist

SO = Sorcery Fantasy

SU = Supernatural Fantasy

SL = Sleuth

SD = Soldier

SE = Speculative

SP = Sport

SY = Spy

ST = Study

SP = Superhero

SW = Swords



Second Position



N = Novel

C = Collection

A = Anthology

M = Magazine

O = Omnibus

S = Short Story

E = Excerpt

R = Serial

X = Non-Fiction



Out Of 5 Stars








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Write Good or Die by Scott Nicholson

>> Saturday, March 8, 2014


Survival tips for 21st century writers, from best-selling authors Kevin J. Anderson, M.J. Rose, Heather Graham, J.A. Konrath, Gayle Lynds, Alexandra Sokoloff, Jonathan Maberry, and more. How to develop your craft, improve your writing, get an agent, promote your work, embrace the digital age, and prepare yourself for the coming changes in the publishing industry. Edited by Scott Nicholson.








About Scott Nicholson


Scott Nicholson is author of seven novels, including THE RED CHURCH, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, DRUMMER BOY, and THE SKULL RING. Other books include the novellas BURIAL TO FOLLOW and TRANSPARENT LOVERS and the story collections ASHES, THE FIRST, and FLOWERS. He also writes screenplays and children's books. Nicholson lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.






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Laird Barron (ology) by Blue Tyson

>> Friday, March 7, 2014


About the work of horror writer Laird Barron, and is a companion to the Laird Barron (ology) website http://lairdbarron.blogspot.com and collects the content found at the site. The various entries and elements can also be browsed there.



Barron as a writer often works in a Lovecraft type tradition, using his own Pacific Northwest and in particular Washington State mythos. Also noir influences.








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