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Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways

Municipal Transport History, 1880s-1963

By: Ric Francis,Colin Ganley

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Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways

Municipal Transport History, 1880s-1963

By: Ric Francis,Colin Ganley

Which city once had the smallest trolley-bus in the world? Where do you find the first funicular railway in Southeast Asia? How do you recognize a trolley-bus pole? Where is Tramway Road?" "With over 100 old photographs, maps and illustrations, this book gives an overview of the various forms of public transport used in George Town from 1880s to 1963, and the role this transport played in the development of the growth of George Town and Penang." "Penang was one of the first urban centres in Southeast Asia to operate steam trams, horse trams, electric trams and trolleybuses. When the Municipal Commission established its own electric supply, it took over the tram service and started the electric trams in George Town in 1906. This gave the local population excellent public transport around George Town, with one line going up to Ayer Itam. In the late 1920s, the Municipality replaced trams with trolley-buses, experimenting for a while with re-conditioned double-deckers from London Transport!" "The Municipality also operated two railways - firstly, the Penang Hill Railway which was considered an engineering marvel when it was first built, and secondly, the electric railway which transported supplies and tin ingots for Penang's foremost smelting works."--BOOK JACKET.

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Areca Books

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9834283407

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Regulating Privacy

Data Protection and Public Policy in Europe and the United States

By: Colin J. Bennett

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Regulating Privacy

Data Protection and Public Policy in Europe and the United States

By: Colin J. Bennett

The information revolution has brought with it the technology for easily collecting personal information about individuals, a facility that inherently threatens personal privacy. Colin J. Bennett here examines political responses to the data protection issue in four Western democracies, comparing legislation that the United States, Britain, West Germany, and Sweden forged from the late 1960's to the 1980's to protect citizens from unwanted computer dissemination of personal information. Drawing on an extensive body of interviews and documentary evidence, Bennett considers how the four countries, each with different cultural traditions and institutions, formulated fair information policy. He finds that their computer regulatory laws are based on strikingly similar statutory principles, but that enforcement of these principles varies considerably: the United States relies on citizen initiative and judicial enforcement; Britain uses a registration system; Germany has installed an ombudsman; and Sweden employs a licensing system. Tracing the impact of key social, political, and technological factors on the ways different political systems have controlled the collection and communication of information, Bennett also deepens our understanding of policymaking theory. Regulating Privacy will be welcomed by political sciences—especially those working in comparative public policy, American politics, organization theory, and technology and politics—political economists, information systems analysts, and others concerned with issues of privacy.

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Cornell University Press

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1501722131

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9781501722134

Cryptography and Coding

Fifth IMA Conference; Cirencester, UK, December 1995. Proceedings

By: Colin Boyd

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Cryptography and Coding

Fifth IMA Conference; Cirencester, UK, December 1995. Proceedings

By: Colin Boyd

This monograph provides a formal and systematic exposition of the main results on the existence and optimality of equilibria in economies with increasing returns to scale. For that, a general equilibrium model is carefully constructed first by means of a precise formalization of consumers and firms, and the proof of an abstract existence result. The analysis shifts then to the study of specific normative and positive models which are particularizations the general one, and to the study of the efficiency of equilibrium allocations. The book provides an unified approach of the topic, it maintains a relatively low mathematical complexity and offers a highly self-contained exposition.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540606939

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9783540606932

Clinical Decision Making in Glaucoma

By: Shibal Bhartiya,Colin Clement,Syril Dorairaj,George Yu Xiang Kong,Oscar Albis-Donado

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Clinical Decision Making in Glaucoma

By: Shibal Bhartiya,Colin Clement,Syril Dorairaj,George Yu Xiang Kong,Oscar Albis-Donado

Glaucoma is a condition of the eye in which the optic nerve is damaged due to increased fluid pressure in the eye. Left untreated, the condition may lead to permanent blindness. This book is a guide to the diagnosis and management of glaucoma. Beginning with an overview of the condition and its symptoms, the following chapters cover diagnostic and treatment methods for different causes and types of glaucoma. The text concludes with discussion on surgical management of glaucoma, through both filtration and lasers, and minimally invasive procedures. A complete chapter is dedicated to childhood glaucoma. Edited by internationally recognised specialists from around the world, the book is highly illustrated with clinical images, diagrams and tables. Key concepts are explained with the help of clinical cases. Key points Comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of glaucoma Includes discussion on surgical management techniques Clinical cases help explain key concepts Internationally recognised editor and author team

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238

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Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

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9352705246

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9789352705245

Northern Sandlots

A Social History of Maritime Baseball

By: Colin D. Howell

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Northern Sandlots

A Social History of Maritime Baseball

By: Colin D. Howell

Northern Sandlots is the story of the rise and fall of regional baseball on the northeast coast of North America. Colin Howell writes about the social and economic influence of baseball on community life in the Maritimes and New England during the past century, from its earliest spread from cities and towns into the countryside, to the advent of television, and the withering of local semi-pro leagues after the Second World War. The history of sport is an important feature of the `new' social history. Howell discusses how baseball has been deeply implicated in debates about class and gender, race and ethnicity, regionalism and nationalism, work and play, and the commercialization of leisure. Baseball's often overlooked connection to medical and religious discourse is also explored. Howell begins with the game's earliest days when it was being molded by progressive reformers to meet what they considered to be the needs of an emerging industrial society. He then turns to the interwar years when baseball in the Maritimes became strictly amateur, revealing an emerging sense of community solidarity and regional identity. The game flourished at the community level after the Second World War, before it eventually succumbed to the new, commodified, and nationally marketed sporting culture that accompanied the development of the modern consumer society. Finally, Howell shows that fundamental changes in the nature of capitalism after the war, and in the economic and social reality of small towns and cities, hastened the death of a century-long tradition of competitive, community-level baseball. Howell has written an informative and insightful social history that examines the transformation of Maritime community life from the 1860s to the late twentieth century.

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330

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University of Toronto Press

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0802069428

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9780802069429

Core Analysis

A Best Practice Guide

By: Colin McPhee,Jules Reed,Izaskun Zubizarreta

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Core Analysis

A Best Practice Guide

By: Colin McPhee,Jules Reed,Izaskun Zubizarreta

Core Analysis: A Best Practice Guide is a practical guide to the design of core analysis programs. Written to address the need for an updated set of recommended practices covering special core analysis and geomechanics tests, the book also provides unique insights into data quality control diagnosis and data utilization in reservoir models. The book's best practices and procedures benefit petrophysicists, geoscientists, reservoir engineers, and production engineers, who will find useful information on core data in reservoir static and dynamic models. It provides a solid understanding of the core analysis procedures and methods used by commercial laboratories, the details of lab data reporting required to create quality control tests, and the diagnostic plots and protocols that can be used to identify suspect or erroneous data. - Provides a practical overview of core analysis, from coring at the well site to laboratory data acquisition and interpretation - Defines current best practice in core analysis preparation and test procedures, and the diagnostic tools used to quality control core data - Provides essential information on design of core analysis programs and to judge the quality and reliability of core analysis data ultimately used in reservoir evaluation - Of specific interest to those working in core analysis, porosity, relative permeability, and geomechanics

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853

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Elsevier

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0444636579

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9780444636577

Hardscrabble Diamonds

Postwar Baseball in New England and the Maritimes, 1945-1960

By: Colin Howell

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Hardscrabble Diamonds

Postwar Baseball in New England and the Maritimes, 1945-1960

By: Colin Howell

Part history, part memoir, part statistical analysis, this book tells the remarkable and largely forgotten story of how the baseball hotbed of Canada's northeastern Maritime provinces evolved into "NCAA North" during the 1940s and 1950s. A summer training ground for players from leading U.S. college programs, the region attracted talented players seeking higher salaries than they could get in the American minor league system. Major league organizations came to scout blue-chip prospects. In this competitive environment, only the best were able to crack the rosters of town teams in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Maine. A Quality of Competition Index for various northeast leagues provides major league equivalencies for selected players.

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McFarland

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1476648735

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9781476648736

Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways

Municipal Transport History, 1880s-1963

By: Ric Francis,Colin Ganley

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Municipal Transport History, 1880s-1963

By: Ric Francis,Colin Ganley

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Areca Books

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9834283407

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The Priest Hunters

The True Story of Ireland's Bounty Hunters

By: Colin Murphy

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The Priest Hunters

The True Story of Ireland's Bounty Hunters

By: Colin Murphy

A fascinating investigation the lives of four priest hunters – Sean na Sagart, Edward Tyrrell, Barry Lowe and John Garzia. Ireland in the aftermath of Cromwell – during this period Catholicism and Irish nationalism became inexorably linked and priests were outlawed. The Priest Hunters shines a light on these men who hunted them. Sean naSagart was Irishman who was been condemned to death for horse stealing but was reprieved on condition he become a priest hunter. Edward Tyrrell was an English mercenary driven solely by greed. Barry Lowe indulged in such acts as tying a priest behind his horse and dragging him through the brush. John Garzia, who had fled the Spanish Inquisition, arrived in Ireland and evidently sought revenge hunting down priests. An incredible account of some of the most hated men in Ireland.

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The O'Brien Press

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1847176062

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9781847176066

In Search of Shergar

By: Colin Turner

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In Search of Shergar

By: Colin Turner

The kidnapping of Shergar, worth over ten million pounds and one of the best race horses in history, shocked the racing world and horse-lovers everywhere. But what actually happened at Ballymany Stud in Ireland on the night of 8 February 1983?

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4871870863

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Clinical Decision Making in Glaucoma

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Northern Sandlots

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Core Analysis

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Hardscrabble Diamonds

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