metalworking tools and techniques

Pro Tools 7 Power!: The Comprehensive Guide [With CDROM]

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacQueen, Colin / Albanese, Steve, PUBLISHER: Course Technology, Get the most out of Pro Tools 7 with the definitive guidebook Covering the LE, M-Powered, and HD versions of Pro Tools, Pro Tools 7 Power is the perfect resource for both newcomers looking to get up and running and more advanced users who would like a complete desk reference on the new version. Everything from basic audio concepts and setting up your system to editing, mixing, plug-ins, MIDI, and much more is here in a usable format that explains techniques in plain language. Helpful keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Macintosh as well as informative notes and practical tips are included throughout the text. The companion CD-ROM includes more than 60 minutes of interactive movie tutorials from Cool School Interactus that cover the key concepts and new features of Pro Tools 7. If you are a Pro Tools 6 user, you will be interested in the predecessor to this book, Pro Tools 6 Power. There you will find all the details for 6.x versions of Pro Tools, its specific procedures, menu selections, and tips for operation. Much of the information within Pro Tools 7 Power is relevant to any version of Pro Tools; however, in version 7, various menus were reorganized and new features were added that aren't available to users of version 6.

Hybrid Drawing Techniques by Contemporary Architects and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Uddin, Mohammed Saleh / Udden, M. Saleh / Uddin, M. Saleh, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, The complete hybrid drawing sourcebook Hybrid drawings offer limitless possibilities for the fusion and superimposition of ideas, media, and techniques-powerful creative tools for effective and innovative architectural graphic presentation. This unique guide offers a dynamic introduction to these drawings and how they are created, with a stunning color portfolio of presentation-quality examples that give full visual expression to the power and potential of hybrid drawing techniques. Featuring the work of dozens of internationally recognized architects and firms, including Takefumi Aida, Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn Architects, Morphosis, Eric Owen Moss, NBBJ Sports & Entertainment, Smith-Miller & Hawkinson, and Bernard Tschumi Architects, the book's visual examples are accompanied by descriptive and analytical commentary that gives valuable practical insight into the background of each project, along with essential information on the design concept and the drawing process. Combining all of the best features of an idea resource and a how-to guide, Hybrid Drawing Techniques by Contemporary Architects and Designers is an important creative tool for students and professionals in architecture, design, illustration, and related areas.

Video Systems in an It Environment: The Essentials of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kovalick, Al, PUBLISHER: Focal Press, Audio/Video (AV) systems and Information Technology (IT) are colliding. Broadcasters and other AV professionals are impacted by the transition to IT components and techniques. This is the first book to focus on the intersection of AV and IT concepts. It includes technology reviews and the tools to understand and evaluate key aspects of hybrid AV systems. Twelve chapters encompass a broad range of information including: IT integration, AV networking, storage systems, file and metadata formats, software platforms, reliability, element management, security, workflow improvement, AV technology, transition issues, and real-world case studies. Each chapter weaves together IT and AV techniques providing the reader with actionable information on the issues, processes and principles of seamless AV/IT systems integration. * Explains Tapeless Workflows * Packed with 225 illustrations * Supported with 11 Appendixes covering interesting and diverse topics

Secrets for Successful Sewing: Step-By-Step Techniques for

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Weiland, Barbara, PUBLISHER: Rodale Press, This ultimate owner's manual helps avid sewers unleash the power of the sewing machines and sergers they already own -- regardless of machine brand or age. From Battenberg lace and beading to serger heirloom techniques, shirring, and decorative zipper insertions, readers will find a vast array of unique, professional techniques to try at home.

Vehicular Accident Investigation and Reconstruction

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Van Kirk, Donald J., PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Accident investigation/reconstruction is more than just a job or even a profession; it is more art than science and requires a dedication greater than a commitment of time. It takes constant reading, study, and analysis of accident information and case reconstructions to keep improving your performance, both in the field and in the courtroom. Vehicular Accident Investigation and Reconstruction concentrates on the development of the skills, education, and information needed for an accident investigation and reconstruction, including the necessary tools, some of the pitfalls facing the investigator/reconstructionist and the latest advances and techniques in the field. The book is divided into four sections: Section 1 -- Describes the need for proper accident investigation, the specialized tools, education, and the necessary mindset Section 2 -- Deals with reconstruction, which requires deductive reasoning, logic, physics, engineering, and a general knowledge of the accident subject Section 3 -- Discusses occupant kinematics or body movement and reaction to external forces, including human anatomy, physiology, human tolerance to impact, and occupant reactions to various types of impacts Section 4 -- Discusses latest techniques for investigation and reconstruction, citing examples such as electronic scene mapping, computer animation, computer accident simulation, and the use of the computer in the courtroom.

Nondestructive Evaluation: A Tool in Design, Manufacturing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bray, Don E. / Bray / Bray, Bray E., PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) inspection schemes are important in design, manufacturing, and maintenance. By correctly applying techniques of NDE, we can reduce machine and system failures and increase reliability of operating systems over an extended lifetime. Nondestructive Evaluation: A Tool in Design, Manufacturing, and Service introduces and discusses primary techniques used in the field, including ultrasonics, acoustic emission, magnetics, radiography, penetrants, and eddy currents. Examples of each of these techniques are included, demonstrating typical applications.

Managing Smart: 325 High-Performance Tips Every Manager Must

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Milgram, Lynne / Treger, Matt / Spector, Alan, PUBLISHER: Gulf Professional Publishing, 'Managing Smart' examines the challenges facing today's management and provides fast, practical answers for solving common workplace situations. It presents step-by-step instructions for mastering more than 300 key real-world management tasks. This condensed business guide includes information on: * Leadership techniques * Labor management * Strategic planning * Time management * Marketing and sales techniques * Career development * Key business concepts * Management tools * Information systems Among many other management topics, 'Managing Smart' also shows you how to: * Set project goals and priorities * Increase efficiency * Comply with employment and labor benefits * Manage finances Management professionals and novices alike will improve their effectiveness, skills, and knowledge with these concise reference tips.

Essentials of Health Care Marketing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berkowitz, Eric N. / Berkowitz, PUBLISHER: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, In this text your students will receive a complete curriculum of marketing management tools and techniques. Filled with examples from a wide array of health care providers, health systems, HMOs, physician-hospital organizations, and more, Essentials of Health Care Marketing covers market research, strategy, and the strategic marketing process. Each chapter is complete with objectives, study questions, and charts.

Stonework

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bridgewater, Alan / Bridgewater, Allen / Bridgewater, Gill, PUBLISHER: Voyageur Press (MN), As a building material, stone has been valued for centuries for its strength, durability, versatility, and beauty. This straightforward guide will appeal to those who wish to add interest to their outdoor space with stonework features that are both functional and decorative. "Stonework" includes: o Fifteen unique and distinctive weekend projects, including a traditional rock garden, brick walkway, retaining wall, and arched bench. o Complete, easy-to-follow instructions, including material lists and cross-section drawings. o Includes comprehensive information on planning and design, tools and materials, and techniques for preparing foundations and cutting and shaping stones.

Childbirth and Obstetric Techniques

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Al-Azzawi, Farook / Al-Azzawi, PUBLISHER: Mosby Ltd., CHILDBIRTH AND OBSTETRIC TECHNIQUES provides trainee obstetricians, medical students and midwives with an illustrative resource that demystifies the process of childbirth. It describes normal childbirth and explains the range of obstetric technique options that are available to deal with abnormalities. The unique collection of color photographs and explanatory artworks brought together in this book emphasizes the practical aspects of obstetric techniques and relates directly to daily experience on labor wards. The management of childbirth is illustrated by a step-by-step series of clear images and concise text that illustrate all relevant procedures.

Tartarughe

Turtles: perspectives and research. Marion Harless, Henry Morlock. Publisher: Wiley, USA. 05 apr pagine. Surveys all aspects of turtle biology, ranging from care and management of the turtles used in research to conservation requirements and techniques. Examines the current level of knowledge about turtles, including evolution, zoogeography, biology, and behavior. Proposes possibilities for future research. Includes techniques for housing, handling, and treating turtles in research situations. Summarizes CNS, sensory systems, and physiological data. Consegna gratuita a Milano

Builder's Guide to Foundations and Floor Framing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ramsey, Dan, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, Now thousands of construction professionals can turn to the most detailed, reader-friendly information about leading-edge practices and technological advances in the industry. Each guide the McGraw-Hill Builder's Guide's deliver: -- indepth, comprehensive information on state-of-the-art tools, techniques, and technologies -- traditional construction methods -- practical, profit-boosting advice about marketing, image, and scheduling.

Monet: The History and Techniques of the Great Masters

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jennings, Guy / Copplestone, Trewin, PUBLISHER: Booksales, See these masterworks close up. Each book in this lively series shows, with increasingly close-range photos, the actual brushstroke and color techniques for ten or more paintings. The text analyzes the masterpieces and captions provide information on types of brushes, canvas and priming, and how the colons were mixed. Like having your own art gallery and your own personal curator to show you around.

Anti-Hacker Tool Kit [With CDROM]

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shema, Mike / Davis, Chris / Philipp, Aaron, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, "Stop hackers in their tracks" Organized by category, "Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition" provides complete details on the latest and most critical security tools, explains their function, and demonstrates how to configure them to get the best results. Completely revised to include the latest security tools, including wireless tools New tips on how to configure the recent tools on Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX New on the CD-ROM -- Gnoppix, a complete Linux system, ClamAV anti-virus, Cain, a multi-function hacking tool, Bluetooth tools, protocol scanners, forensic tools, and more New case studies in each chapter

Sensational Dried Flowers: Arrangements So Beautiful They

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davis, Esther, PUBLISHER: Rodale Press, A virtual master class on drying techniques and floral artistry teaches crafters of all levels how to create and arrange stunning dried flowers with a just-picked look Bountiful photographs, informative illustrations, and a friendly, encouraging narrative by an accomplished floral artist provide readers with the inspiration and the techniques needed to achieve bright and beautiful flower drying and arranging success. Author Esther Davis has spent a decade perfecting the art of drying flowers with silica gel. She owns a business specializing in preserved and dried floral arrangements and teaches these techniques in her workshop in Virginia's Roanoke Valley.

The Encyclopedia of Pottery Techniques

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cosentino, Peter, PUBLISHER: Running Press Book Publishers, Easy-to-use, full-color, A-to-Z reference guides to basic and advanced techniques.

The Encyclopedia of Calligraphy Techniques

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wilson, Diana Hardy, PUBLISHER: Running Press Book Publishers, Easy-to-use, full-color, A-to-Z reference guides to basic and advanced techniques.

Japanese candlestick charting techniques

Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques: A Contemporary Guide to the Ancient Investment Techniques of the Far East. Traditional Western methods for chart analysis (the basis of all technical analyses) use bar or points and figure charts. Yet over 100 years before these methods originated, the Japanese were using their own style of technical analysis for use in the rice futures market. This technique - known as the Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques because of its close resemblance to andlesticks - has recently been attracting attention because it provides unique insights into the market. This work features over 300 charts that use candlesticks alone and in conjunction with Western charting techniques, and explains their use.

Microsoft Windows Vista: Essential Concepts and Techniques

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shelly, Gary B. / Cashman, Thomas J. / Forsythe, Steven G., PUBLISHER: Course Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista: Essential Concepts and Techniques provides a project-based, step-by-step approach to teaching the Windows Vista operating system.

Content Analysis: An Introduction to Methodology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Krippendorff, Klaus, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Krippendorff views content analysis (one of the most important techniques in communication research) in historical perspective, in contrast to other techniques and in terms of what it can and cannot do.

Surviving Coastal & Open Water

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davenport, Greg / Davenport, Gregory J., PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books, The second book in the Wilderness series covers the techniques and equipment necessary for surviving in water. Photos and drawings illustrate gear and techniques. Survival skills include keeping warm, creating a campsite, purifying and de-salting water, and finding food along the coast. Learn to navigate with a map, compass, and sexton and how to use a sea anchor and improvise sails. Learn how to signal for help, especially in open water. Upcoming books in the series are Surviving the Desert and Surviving the Jungle.

Computational Approaches to Morphology and Syntax

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roark, Brian / Sproat, Richard, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, The book will appeal to scholars and advanced students of morphology, syntax, computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP). It provides a critical and practical guide to computational techniques for handling morphological and syntactic phenomena, showing how these techniques have been used and modified in practice. The authors discuss the nature and uses of syntactic parsers and examine the problems and opportunities of parsing algorithms for finite-state, context-free and various context-sensitive grammars. They relate approaches for describing syntax and morphology to formal mechanisms and algorithms, and present well-motivated approaches for augmenting grammars with weights or probabilities.

Beaded Jewelry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Remmers, Wendy, PUBLISHER: Lark Books (NC), This collection will dazzle bead-happy crafters of every level. All the pieces use easy-to-master methods, including wire wrapping, weaving, crimping, stringing, and stitching, yet they're positively boutique-worthy. Basics on the techniques, tools, and materials are thoroughly explained in an introductory section, along with advice on choosing bead combinations and arrangements. Project chapters include bracelets, earrings, necklaces, brooches, rings, and watchbands, and within an hour you can create such jeweled treasures as a Hawaiian Haku bracelet, Tropical Sunshine necklaces, Crystal Chandelier earrings, Pearl Marquise ring, and Red With Envy watch.

Prints: Art and Techniques

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lambert, Susan, PUBLISHER: Victoria & Albert Museum, Noteworthy for its exceptionally clear, concise explanations of a complex subject, this guide to the full range of printmaking techniques describes how art prints are made and offers a brief history of the various processes, which fall into four categories: relief, intaglio, planographic, and stencil. The text also looks at papermaking, for its effect on the character of an impression, and explains how manual methods have evolved into more modern photomechanical techniques. Illustrated with examples from the superb collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and including a glossary of printmaking technology and abbreviations commonly found in inscriptions, this up-to-date guide will be of special interest to students and collectors.

Fun with Cooking

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, Judy, PUBLISHER: Southwater Publishing, Fun with Cooking provides children with the means of creating their own culinary feasts and all the information they need to get started; including safety tips on what to do and what not to do in the kitchen, plus lots of information about tools and equipment. Every recipe is clearly illustrated with step-by-step photographs and safe, easy-to-follow instructions. They range from the simplest of ideas to those that require a little more experience and, therefore, appeal to all ages and abilities. All the essential cooking techniques have been included in one recipe or another, so children will learn lots of useful skills. There is a guide to cooking terms so the different techniques will be easy to understand and this is accompanied by useful tips and helpful hints throughout. With its wide range of recipes, easy-to-read style and practical approach, Fun with Cooking guarantees hours of creative -- and of course, tasty -- fun for kids of all ages.

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