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Engineering A Point Of A Care Device

a: Building a point of care device ~
b: Building the Golden Gate Bridge

What: The bridge was built from both sides. They didn't start on the San Francisco side and start building. First, engineers determined that an anchorage could be built on both sides. Once each side had a strong foundation construction could begin. Point of care devices should follow a similar pattern; bridge the chemistry and the manufacturing process BEFORE the chemistry and manufacturing are set. Build the device from both sides. This insures that such devises can be built consistently and well.

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Writer: mattyflynn
LCC: QD
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jul 20 2010 9:13 AM


If An Ammeter....

a: Ammeter ~
b: the meter that measures your water use

What: "If an ammeter is like the meter that measures your water use, a voltmeter is like a measuring stick that tells you how high a waterfall is, so that you can determine how much energy will be released by each kilogram of falling water."

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Writer: Not Stated
LCC: QC
Where:
Date: Sep 30 2013 8:53 PM



a: A cliche ~
b: building a bridge with preschool blocks

What: "Even worse, arguing by cliche is like building a bridge with preschool blocks. If we only listen to what certain candidates say, and never analyze their deeds, our decision must necessarily be based on logic that can only be stacked one way and depends on one force only-the evil of the opposition. Blocky argument shapes blockhead decisions. We may be in for a perfect storm."

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Writer: Janie B. Cheaney
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Where:
Date: Oct 11 2013 3:14 PM


Drama Queen Grammar People

a: Semicolon ~
b: slur in western musical notation

What: "As one writer in the boston.com article points out, getting rid of the semicolon would be like eliminating the slur in western musical notation: a further way for authors to express the rhythm they hear in their heads, gone."

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Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 15 2013 8:01 PM



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