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Landestreu, An Odyssey
The Story of a Family over Time
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The eighteenth century saw Prussia, Russia, and Austria competing for prominence in Central and Eastern Europe. Each sought to expand its territory by annexing weaker states. This led to the first partition of Poland in 1772 and subsequently to...
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Chronicles of the Glen
Childhood Anecdotes at Poplar Glen Farms
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Growing up in the middle of the last century, where the Parkland meets the Great Plains in Western Canada, did present its challenges but also furnished its rewards. The simplicity of life, the activities undertaken out of necessity, the sense of...
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Secrets of the Span
Lions Gate Renewed
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Lilia D'Acres, Lieutenant Governor Award's winner for 'Lions Gate' has written the second story of the bridge, highlighting the dishonouring of First Nations in the building process. The Lions Gate bridge refurbishment remains a world feat in...
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Physical Asset Management
An Organizational Challenge
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A holistic approach to managing physical assets has become a top priority for organizations both in the public and private sectors. For years to come considerable amount of funds is being committed to invest in physical assets and asset...
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A Wilderness of Rocks
The Impact of Relief Models on Data Science
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Discover the University of Wisconsin collection of historic relief models, or three-dimensional maps. The University of Wisconsin relief models were crafted from 1875-1943 at the dawn of the analytics age. Relief models are an extremely effective...
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After the Flood
Exploring Operational Resilience
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When disaster strikes, the amount of planning done ahead of time will dictate how quickly a system can recover and return to normal. Even the largest and most complex organizations can experience upset and disruption, whether by flood, fire,...
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Fire & Steam
An Application Guide to Large Watertube Packaged Boilers
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Fire & Steam is a practical applications book about large factory assembled industrial boilers. These are liquid and gas fired boilers ranging in capacity from about 20,000 lb/hr to 500,000 lb/hr. It addresses how the boilers are built and basics...
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Balkymor
The "Talipes" Effect
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In 1997, a baby girl named Kelly was born in Sarnia, Ontario with two club feet. While still a baby, she went to the Montreal Shriner’s Hospital for twenty-three visits in eight months to surgically correct her condition. By the time she was six,...
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Seven Success Skills for Apprentices and Skilled Trades Persons
This book is for you if you need to motivate yourself to understand, communicate and network with others.
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The Seven Success Skills for Apprentices and Skilled Tradespersons offers those in the changing industry of trades ways to improve their “soft” skills for job and career success by way of a multitude of tips, advice, strategies, resources, and...
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Picking Green Bananas: Ripening Transferred University Technology
A Guide to Acquiring Unexploited Intellectual Property for Start-up Businesses
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Many unexploited technologies have been discovered via joint university/industry/government funding, but most remain buried in dusty university Technology Transfer Office files, not judged to be Patent-worthy by administrators not as likely to be...
