Making The Cut -- the Autobiography of Kurt J. Wagner -- A popular and controversial Beverly Hills surgeon for over 30 years, no one could deny that this fifth generation physician and holocaust survivor is the atypical American success story, brimming with fascinating stories and chutzpah. Outspoken and flamboyant, yet driven by the need to help everyone, Kurt Wagner is clearly a man willing to take risks for his art. His breast and chin implant designs are in universal use and his techniques and lifestyle have been the subject of many television, newspaper and magazine pieces. Many Hollywood celebrities can be counted in his cast of over 20,000 patients as well as a litany of plastic surgeons and their families. He is coauthor of How to Win In The Youth Game, Beauty by Design and The War Against Aging, and founder of the American Society of Therapeutic Aesthetic Regeneration and Rejuvenation (net proceeds from your purchase of this book are donated to www.ASTARR.us).
A popular and controversial Beverly Hills surgeon for over 30 years, this fifth generation physician and holocaust survivor is the atypical American success story, brimming with fascinating stories and chutzpah. Outspoken and flamboyant, yet driven by the need to help everyone, Kurt Wagner is clearly a man willing to take risks for his art. His breast and chin implant designs are in universal use and his techniques and lifestyle have been the subject of many television, newspaper and magazine pieces. Many Hollywood celebrities can be counted in his cast of over 20,000 patients as well as a litany of plastic surgeons and their families. He is coauthor of How to Win In The Youth Game, Beauty by Design and The War Against Aging, and founder of the American Society of Therapeutic Aesthetic Regeneration and Rejuvenation (net proceeds from your purchase of this book are donated to www.ASTARR.us).
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on E-Commerce 2003, held in Prague, Czech Republic in September 2003. The 42 revised full papers presented together with an invited paper and a position paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 108 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on auctions, security, agents and search, ebXML, modeling and technology, XML, design and performance, business processes, and brokering and recommender systems.
Anthony awakens to dark and rumbling clouds, but even though it's too wet to play outside, he's determined not to let a little rain stop him from having fun! So, Anthony uses his imagination to create a list of things to do on his rainy day. Will the rain ever stop? Will Anthony ever get to go outside? Will he be able to do everything on his list? Grab your umbrella and let your imagination go as you spend the day with Anthony and share in his rainy day adventures! From the cretor of the Anthony's Adventures series comies the fourth book titled, Anthony's Rainy Day. With the familiar theme, vibrant illustrations, and story-telling our young readers have come to enjoy, they will once again be taken on an adventure that will leave them laughing and smiling.
This book presents the reports on the developments in the field of urethane. It includes information on polyurethane automotive carpet composites, pentane blown polyurethane foams, and applications of polyols derived from renewable resources in polyurethanes and liquid crystalline polyurethanes.
The third book in the Anthony's Adventures series, Anthony's Summer Vacation follows the familiar theme our readers have come to enjoy. Anthony and his family go on a fun-filled vacation to celebrate the beginning of summer break. A light, heart-warming story, combined with wonderful illustrations, will set your imagination in motion and bring out the inner youthfulness in readers of any age. We invite you to join Anthony and share in his excitement as he enjoys many first-time experiences, splashes in the pool, and plays by the ocean.
The present volume describes the general properties of the thorium atom and ions, the thermodynamics of its compounds and solutions, the behavior of solutions and solid com pounds under the influence of its own radiation as well as an external radiation field, and spectroscopic data in great detail. The different chapters are of special interest to scientists who work in these fields, and also in the corresponding fields of other elements. In some special fields there exists a detailed knowledge of this radioelement whereas in other fields, such as M6Bbauer spectra, lower oxidation states, or radiation stability, there are large gaps. Due to the fact that the significance 23 of thorium as a breeder fuel ( 2"fh to be converted to fissile 233U after thermal neutron capture) has decreased within the last decade, the behavior of thorium is not as yet so thoroughly investigated as the heavier radioactive element uranium. Many of these data, however, are not only of academic interest, e.g., the knowledge of atomic spectra is needed for some analytical methods, especially in the trace concentration region. Due to the noble gaS-like electronic configuration of the tetravalent ion, there are no absorption bands in the visible region so that in general spectra and data are very scarce. This volume is a very detailed and critically reviewed compilation, written by experts from the Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium, and the United States.
With platinum and rhodium, palladium is one of the most important members of the platinum metal group. The last Gmelin treatment of it was in 1942, and knowledge of its properties and chemistry has made enormous strides since then. This volume is primarily concerned with binary compounds and with the coordination complexes derived from them. Although it is a member of the nickel-palladium-platinum triad, it more closely resernblas platinum in its binary and coordination chemistry, though being a second-row transition element it displays less tendency than does platinum to assume higher oxidation states. ln heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis, referred to at appropriate points, palladium and its complexes are of great importance in bulk and fine chemieals production, effecting a wide variety of organic transformations. The arrangement of material in this volume follows the traditional Gmelin arrangement. Within each category of compounds or complexes the material is arranged, as usual, in order of ascending metal oxidation states (e. g., palladium(ll) precedes palladium(IV)). The chemistry of the palladium-hydrogen system is so large that it merits a separate volume, so this book starts with the binary oxides and oxopalladates followed by hydroxides, hydroxo complexes and aquo complexes. Then nitrides and nitrates are treated. They are followed by the large chapters on halides and their complexes (172 pages). The largest single chapter in this volume (11 0 pages) deals with chlorides, chloropalladates and other chloro complexes.
The magical Christmas season was near! Anthony had been a good mouse, knowing that Santa was always watching. Hoping Santa would bring him a gift, Anthony was determined to stay awake and see him. Will this be the year he sees Santa? Enjoy this tale of family traditions and the excitement of the holiday season for children of all ages.
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