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Involuntary Tour
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Flanagan, Robert, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, Involuntary Tour is the author's first novel in print, but it is not a new novel, having sustained a 45-year gestation. "The End" was written to the story in autumn, , in Salzburg, Austria, while the author and his wife were traveling in Europe. Because of the extensive manuscript, another two years was spent in restructuring the story into three books rather than one, and the necessary changes and additions to smooth the transition. The book began with the author keeping a journal, notes, photos, and memorabilia in during his first Viet Nam "tour." That memorialization continued through a year in Russian language school in California, three years' duty in several locations in Germany, followed by his second tour in Viet Nam. This novel, Book I of The ASA Trilogy--three linked, contiguous novels--is set in the times/places of the author's first Viet Nam assignment, and forward through mid-. The full trilogy, however, with the addition of back story and inserted vignettes, covers a period from the late s through the autumn of . The full story (the trilogy) employs two protagonists in the guises of a career Army warrant officer and a career Army sergeant, long-time friends and co-serving soldiers in a number of venues. More than a "war" story, though that also. Told basically in third person, with significant first person voice utilized by the sergeant, a disaffected academic with an ironic bent. The book captures the work, the play, the difficulties and the zany, improbable behavior--on and off duty--of Army Security Agency intelligence soldiers. Settings are: US locations, Germany, Italy, Eritrea (Ethiopia), Thailand, Hong Kong, and most significantly, Viet Nam. The size of the cast of characters puts War and Peace to shame (an expected fact of life for career military who experience many transfers).
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J. E. B. Stuart
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wert, Jeffry D., PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, Cavalryman of the Lost Cause is the first major biography in decades of the famous Confederate general J. E. B. Stuart. Based on research in manuscript collections, personal memoirs and reminiscences, and regimental histories, this comprehensive volume reflects outstanding Civil War scholarship. James Ewell Brown Stuart was the premier cavalry commander of the Confederacy. He gained a reputation for daring early in the war when he rode around the Union army in the Peninsula Campaign, providing valuable intelligence to General Robert E. Lee at the expense of Union commander George B. McClellan. Stuart has long been controversial because of his performance in the critical Gettysburg Campaign, where he was out of touch with Lee for several days; this left Lee uncertain about the size and movement of the Union army, information that would prove decisive when the battle began. In an engagement with the cavalry of Union general Philip Sheridan in spring , Stuart was killed. He was only thirty-one. Jeffry D. Wert provides new details about Stuart's childhood and youth, and he draws on letters between Stuart and his wife, Flora, to show us the man as he was: eager for glory, daring sometimes to the point of recklessness, but a devoted and loving husband and father. Stuart has long been regarded as the finest Confederate cavalryman and one of the best this country has ever produced. Wert shows how Stuart's friendship with Stonewall Jackson and his relationship with Lee were crucial; at the same time Stuart's relationships with his subordinates were complicated and sometimes troubled. "Cavalryman of the Lost Cause" is a riveting biography of a towering figure of the Civil War, a fascinating and colorful work by one of our finest Civil War historians.
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Incubatrice Borotto 8 Uova "Lumia" Automatica
Incubatrice Borotto 8 Uova "Lumia" Automatica, In Materiale Termoisolante e Antibatterico Biomaster Ultima innovazione Borotto, unica sul mercato. Caratteristiche principali: 1.STRUTTURA DELL'INCUBATRICE IN ABS TERMOISOLANTE: l'ABS termoisolante conferisce alla macchina una forte resistenza meccanica e riduce la dispersione termica. 2. ANTIBATTERICO BIOMASTER: Al materiale è aggiunto uno specifico additivo antibatterico a ioni d'argento BIOMASTER (brevettato Biomaster) che impedisce la dannosa proliferazione batterica e questo si traduce in una minore mortalità embrionale e in pulcini più sani e più robusti. La tecnologia degli ioni d'argento BIOMASTER è ampiamente utilizzata da molti anni in medicina, applicazioni ospedaliere e di laboratorio in tutto il mondo 3. ALVEOLI PORTA-UOVA UNIVERSALI adatto a tutte le razze avicole:Sino a 8, per uova di medie e grandi dimensioni (sino a quelle di oca). Oppure sino a 32, per uova di piccole dimensioni (tipo quaglia) 2. RABBOCCO DELL'ACQUA DALL'ESTERNO, CON TAPPI DI CHIUSURA ANTIBATTERICI "DUST STOP": il rabbocco avviene attraverso le due pratiche bocchette situate all'esterno dell'incubatrice 3.VENTILAZIONE COIMBENTATRICE: la ventilazione interna è garantita da una ventola assiale, che aspira aria dal centro per poi convogliarla sulle pareti laterali generando una barriera d'aria calda che assicura un efficace isolamento termico 4. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONTROL: l'incubatrice utilizza un sofisticato controllo elettronico della temperatura che permette di mantenere sempre costante il microclima al suo interno, con una precisione di 0,1°C 5. ROTAZIONE DELLE UOVA IMITANDO LE MODALITA' NON STANDARD DELLA GALLINA: tutte le incubatrici voltano le uova in modo standard e ripetitivo, ma la gallina non fa cosi: Innovazione Borotto: per l'intera durata della fase d'incubazione, LUMIA 8 provvede a ruotare in maniera completamente automatica le uova incubate con modalità non standardizzate.
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Giuseppe de Santis
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vitti, Antonio / Lawton, Ben, PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press, One of the founding fathers of the Neo-realist movement and a Communist dedicated to populist filmmaking, Guiseppe De Santis (b. ) has been a significant force in Italian cinema. In spite of his crucial contribution De Santis has received little critical recognition and his work has been largely excluded from the canon of traditional cinematic teaching. In this first book-length study of De Santis, Antonio Vitti explores the filmmaker's life and work, and addresses why he has been marginalized as a result of the politics of critical reception in Italian cinema and within the academy. Through critical analysis of such films as Riso amaro (Bitter Rice), Non c'? pace tra gli ulivi (No Peace Among the Olives), and Cesta Duga Godinu Dana (The One-Year-Long Road), Vitti offers an informative profile of a director who refused to compromise what were often unpopular political and aesthetic principles. De Santis emerged as a strong opponent of government censorship in Fascist Italy and strove throughout his career to remain faithful to his political objectives: to create a genuine popular narrative voice, and to offer, through filmmaking, a form of entertainment for the masses and a means of promoting social and political change. At the same time, possessed of considerable technical abilities and a passion for formalized beauty and sensuality, De Santis resisted the rigid rules for socio-realistic representation dictated by the Soviet Union. He conformed neither to the mainstream nor to the leftist critical expectations of his day. He anticipated, in his own critical approach, the direction of contemporary film theory, and focused on the role of the medium itself as a means of mass communication and a repository of collective imagination. Vitti draws on his extensive personal interviews with De Santis as well as on the latter's previously unpublished writings. This volume captures the intelligence, passion, aesthetic flair, and occasionally fiery temperament of this important filmmaker.
Incubatrice professionale adatta a tutte le uova 12 uova
1)SISTEMA AD ALVEOLI UNIVERSALE: primo ed unico porta uova professionale al mondo in grado di alloggiare verticalmente qualsiasi tipo di uovo, dalle uova di oca a quelle di quaglia. In ogni singolo alloggiamento si possono infatti inserire, al posto di un uovo di gallina, ben 4 uova di piccole dimensioni: dove in uno spazio contenuto, si possono incubare ben 48 uova di quaglia, riducendo di netto i consumi di energia elettrica. 2)RABBOCCO DELL'ACQUA DALL'ESTERNO: il rabbocco delle vaschette interne avviene versando l'acqua nelle pratiche bocchette situate all'esterno dell'incubatrice. Gli interventi esterni, veloci e pratici, permettono di diminuire drasticamente la perdita d'umidità che andrebbe invece persa aprendo l'incubatrice per rabboccare le vaschette interne. 3)VENTILAZIONE COIMBENTATRICE A ISOLAMENTO TERMICO VENTILATO: la ventilazione interna è garantita da una turbina silenziosa, che aspira aria dal basso per poi convogliarla sulle pareti laterali creando una bariera d'aria calda. Grazie anche ad un design raffinato ed aereodinamico, unico nella sua categoria, viene garantita una maggiore uniformità della temperatura e dell'umidità all'interno dell'incubatrice. Artificial Intelligence: l'incubatrice utilizza un dispositivo elettronico digitale che permette all'utilizzatore di impostare il valore di temperatura desiderato con una risoluzione di 0,1°C, agendo in modo tale da mantenere costante quel valore al variare della temperatura dell'ambiente, garantendo cosi lo sviluppo embrionale senza scompensi. La regolazione sfrutta il principio della retroazione: il valore della temperatura rilevata dal sensore NTC viene confrontato con il valore scelto dall'utilizzatore. Il particolare algoritmo di regolazione adottato dal microprocessore permette di eliminare le oscillazioni caratteristiche delle regolazioni più semplici, offrendo velocità di risposta e buona stabilità della temperatura tipiche dei sistemi di controllo molto sofisticati.
Breakpoint: Why the Web Will Implode, Search Will be
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stibel, Jeffrey M., PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan, What can the human brain and its relationship to the internet tell us about our society, our technologies, and our businesses? A lot, as it turns out. The internet today is a virtual replica of the brain, and the networks that leverage it grow and collapse in ways that are easily predictable if you understand the brain and other biological networks. We're living in the midst of a networking revolution. All of the major technology innovations of the 21st century - social networking, cloud computing, search engines, and crowdsourcing, to name a few - leverage the internet and are thus bound by the rules of networks. We've seen the exponential growth of these technologies, and they've led to a more efficient and tightly connected world. But what many people don't realize is that all networks eventually reach a "breakpoint" and collapse. This happens in the brain, it happens in nature, it happened to MySpace, and it will happen to Facebook and Google. It is critical to understand where the breakpoint is in the networks you use in order to achieve optimum success. Navigating the world of new technologies today can be like walking through a minefield unless you know the path. Imagine what you could do with a roadmap for where things are headed? In this fascinating look at the future of business and technology, neuroscientist and entrepreneur Jeff Stibel shows how the brain can act as a guide to understanding the future of the internet and the constellation of businesses and technologies that run on it. He'll show how leaders like Marissa Mayer are using artificial intelligence to literally remake Yahoo and how startups like oDesk and Kickstarter are using crowdsourcing, the next wave of revolutionary technology, to create something much larger and "smarter" than the sum of their parts. Stibel offers a fresh perspective about the future of business and technology in a candid and engaging manner.
The Best Is Always... "Still" Yet to Come!: Seeing God in
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Payne, Keith, PUBLISHER: iUniverse.com, "In the 20 years I've known Keith Payne as a sales professional, public speaker and friend, he has never failed to delight me. His wit, intelligence and plain horse sense come through brilliantly in these pages. To anyone wanting to maintain a positive outlook regardless of the circumstances I say: Read this book Craig Bridgman, Colleague & friend for 20+ years. Keith speaks with experience and passion about fully embracing and engaging life's race, overcoming it's many obstacles, while keeping eyes on the prize. If you want more out of life and you're looking for a mentor, you have to read this book Kathleen Reed, Ministry Colleague & friend for 10+ years You will enjoy Keith's inspirational wisdom and insight in this amazing collection of personal experiences and practical applications. I'm doubly blessed not only to read these, but to actually have witnessed some of them with him as well Jeff Coleman, Ministry Colleague & friend for 20+ years." In "The Best Is Always... Still Yet To Come," author Keith Payne shares many "slice of life" vignettes drawn from his own experiences. His stories recall good times and bad, often with humor and sometimes with sadness, but always with an opportunity for you to make a practical life application. Drawing on wisdom and instruction from Scripture, Keith Payne seeks to encourage and inspire you to a better outlook and outcome, regardless of your circumstances. Divided into weekly readings, these stories are designed to inspire you to be "decidedly different" and consider all of the life circumstances facing you-even the difficult ones-as opportunities to embrace a positive, faith-based outlook. By doing so, your attitude will blossom, and your smile and laughter will be contagious; you will have discovered that the best is always... "still yet to come."
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How Did You Get This Number
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crosley, Sloane, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, A brand-new book of hilarious and insightful personal essays by the iconic, irresistible Sloane Crosley. From the author of the sensational bestseller "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" comes a new book of personal essays brimming with all the charm and wit that have earned Sloane Crosley widespread acclaim, award nominations, and an ever-growing cadre of loyal fans. In "Cake" readers were introduced to the foibles of Crosley's life in New York City-always teetering between the glamour of Manhattan parties, the indignity of entry-level work, and the special joy of suburban nostalgia-and to a literary voice that mixed Dorothy Parker with David Sedaris and became something all its own. Crosley still lives and works in New York City, but she's no longer the newcomer for whom a trip beyond the Upper West Side is a big adventure. She can pack up her sensibility and takes us with her to Paris, to Portugal (having picked it by spinning a globe and putting down her finger, and finally falling in with a group of Portuguese clowns), and even to Alaska, where the "bear bells" on her fellow bridesmaids' ponytails seemed silly until a grizzly cub dramatically intrudes. Meanwhile, back in New York, where new apartments beckon and taxi rides go awry, her sense of the city has become more layered, her relationships with friends and family more complicated. As always, Crosley's voice is fueled by the perfect witticism, buoyant optimism, flair for drama, and easy charm in the face of minor suffering or potential drudgery. But in "How Did You Get This Number" it has also become increasingly sophisticated, quicker and sharper to the point, more complex and lasting in the emotions it explores. And yet, Crosley remains the unfailingly hilarious young Everywoman, healthily equipped with intelligence and poise to fend off any potential mundanity in maturity.
Asus ASUS VX239H-W 90LM00F2-B - Gar.ITALIA
VX229H-W Full HD AH-IPS display a LED con ampio angolo di visualizzazione. L''ampia connettività include dual HDMI e D-sub più altoparlanti stereo per il divertimento multimediale. Ultra-sottile, design ergonomico con robusto basamento. SUS Smart Contrast Ratio Offre un rapporto di contrasto , in grado di regolare dinamicamente il contrasto fra bianco e nero e di fornire immagini più luminose e definite - specialmente durante il gioco o la visione di film. Eccellenti prestazioni video Risoluzione video x HD con tempo di risposta di appena 5ms. Rapporto visivo 16:9 ideale per la vista e la resa dei video e applicativi. Splendid™ Video Intelligence Technology La tecnologia Splendid™ utilizza SEI modalità video pre-impostate e tre tonalità (Natural, Reddish e Yellowish) assicurando all’utente un’estrema facilità di utilizzo e di messa a punto sul proprio monitor ASUS. Design Moderno ed Elegante Eleganti finiture del bezel e del supporto di base. ASUS VX239H-W. Dimensioni schermo: cm (23''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3.5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W. Colore del prodotto: Bianco. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VX239H-W. Dimensioni schermo: cm (23''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3.5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W. Colore del prodotto: Bianco. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VX239H-W. Dimensioni schermo: cm (23''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3.5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W. Colore del prodotto: Bianco. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VX239H-W. Dimensioni schermo: cm (23''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3.5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W. Colore del prodotto: Bianco. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VX239H-W. Dimensioni schermo: cm (23''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3.5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W. Colore del prodotto: Bianco. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VX239H-W. Dimensioni schermo: cm (23''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3.5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W. Colore del prodotto: Bianco. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Inclinazione: -5 - 20°
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BLU-RAY ORIGINALI Per info sui prezzi contattatemi (il prezzo è 5/6 per la maggior parte dei titoli) - Dalla Russia Con Amore (SLIPCASE) 007 - Licenza Di Uccidere (SLIPCASE) 007 - Missione Goldfinger (SLIPCASE) 007 - Thunderball - Operazione Tuono (SLIPCASE) 127 Ore 50 E 50 A.I. Artificial Intelligence Angeli E Demoni - Extended Cut Arizona Dream (SLIPCASE) Baytown Outlaws - I Fuorilegge Big Fish - Le Storie Di Una Vita Incredibile (SLIPCASE) Blood Diamond Blow Braveheart Buried - Sepolto C'E' Post@ Per Te Caccia Al Ladro Cappuccetto Rosso Sangue / Intervista Col Vampiro Cleaner Closer Codice D'Onore Codice Swordfish Coraline e La Porta Magica (SLIPCASE LENTICOLARE) Dark Shadows Delitto Perfetto Demolition Man Diaz Django Unchained El Dorado Equilibrium Essere John Malkovich First Life - L'Origine Della Vita (David Attenborough's) Flight Fronte del porto - Edizione Speciale (SLIPCASE) Fuga Da Alcatraz Fuga Di Mezzanotte (SLIPCASE) Fuoco Di Caminetto Giorni di Tuono Gone Baby Gone I Cannoni Di Navarone (SLIPCASE) Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo Il Codice Da Vinci - Extended Cut (SLIPCASE) Il Colore Viola Il Giocatore Il Lato Positivo (SLIPCASE) Il Patriota - Extended Cut Il Ponte Sul Fiume Kwai (SLIPCASE) In Linea Con L'Assassino Independence Day Indovina Chi Viene A Cena? (SLIPCASE) Iron Man (2 Dischi) Jennifer'S Body John Q. John Rambo King Kong L'Assassinio Di Jesse James Per Mano Del Codardo Robert Ford L'Immortale - 22 Bullets L'Ultimo Re Di Scozia L.A. Confidential La Finestra Sul Cortile La Grande Fuga La Pantera Rosa 2 La Sottile Linea Rossa (SLIPCASE) La Vita E' Meravigliosa Lawless Le Ali Della Liberta' Le Avventure Di Pinocchio Limitless Lincoln (SLIPCASE) Lo Hobbit - La Desolazione Di Smaug (3D) (2 Blu-Ray 3D + 2 Blu-Ray + Copia Digitale) Lo Hobbit - Un Viaggio Inaspettato (Extended Edition) (3 Blu-Ray 2D) Love Actually Madagascar - La terra dell'evoluzione Selvaggia (D. Attenborough) Madagascar 3 - Ricercati in Europa (SLIPCASE)
Monitor ASUS VW198 LCD widescreen x HD
Monitor LCD da 19" ad alta risoluzione widescreen,WSXGA x HD USATO In perfetto stato completo di confezione originale. Vendo perchè non uso più il computer fisso. Offre la migliore qualità di immagini che si possa desiderare, grazie anche ai 16.7 milioni di colori del display. Contrasto dinamico. Ha tempi di risposta di soli 5ms ed una luminosità di 300 nits in grado di offrire la miglior qualità per le vostre immagini. L´innovativa tecnologia ASCR (ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio Technology) offre un altissimo rapporto di contrasto, , con regolazione automatica del bilanciamento del bianco, in grado di riprodurre immagini giroscopiche più definite per i film ed i giochi. Gestione intelligente dell'immagine. La tecnologia ASUS Splendid Video Intelligence valuta attentamente ogni singolo pixel per ogni singolo frame regolandoli in base alle condizioni migliori per l´occhio umano. Grazie all´ottimizzazione intelligente del contrasto di colore, definizione e luminosità dell´immagine, offre colori vividi e immagini dettagliate, paragonabili a quelle dei migliori apparecchi TV. Stile semplice, elegante e funzionale, rende questo monitor un oggetto adatto ad ogni tipo di ambiente. Cornice frontale levigata Tasti Comando Integrati nel dettaglio Progettazione: Questo monitor è stato concepito per rendere la vita dell'utente un pochino più facile, è dotato di una base removibile per facilitare il fissaggio a muro e di un cable holder per raggruppare i cavi posteriori. Inoltre ha un basso consumo energetico (Energy Star) ed è molto compatibile con le schede VGA. Dimension(WxHxD): 444x368x210 Net Weight (Esti.): 4.3 kg Stereo Speakers 1Wx2 stereo RMS Panel Size: 19" Wide Screen True Resolution: WSXGA+ x Pixel Pitch: mm Brightness(Max): 300 cd/m2 Contrast Ratio (Max.): (ASCR) Display Color: 16.7M Viewing Angle (CR≧°(H)/160°(V) Response Time: 5 ms
Asus ASUS VB198TL 90LMETC- - Gar.ITALIA
Performance video eccellenti Grazie alla tecnologia ASCR (Asus Smart Contrast Ratio) il monitor asus VB198TL raggiunge il formidabile valore di contrasto di che consente di variare il contrasto tra il bianco ed il nero dinamicamente, ottenendo immagini limpide e luminose in particolare durante la riproduzione di video o film. Il tempo di risposta di 5ms e i 16,7 milioni di colori riprodotti dal pannello led, contribuiscono alla resa di immagini nitide, ricche di colori che sorprenderanno piacevolmente i tuoi occhi. Gestione Intelligente dell'Immagine La tecnologia Asus Splendid Video Intelligence valuta attentamente ogni singolo pixel per ogni singolo frame regolandoli dinamicamente in base alle condizioni migliori per l'occhio umano. Grazie all'ottimizzazione intelligente del contrasto di colore, definizione e luminosità dell'immagine. Gestione dei Cavi Mai più problemi di cavi sparsi sulla vostra scrivania grazie alle guide integrate per i cablaggi. ASUS VB198TL. Dim. diagonale schermo (pollici): mm (19.0 ''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Numero di altoparlanti: 2 pezzi, Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2 W. Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 15 °. Consumi: 27 W, Consumi (modalità spento): 0.2 W, Consumi (modalità risparmio energetico): 0.3 W. Larghezza (con supporto): 466 mm, Profondità (con supporto): 214 mm, Altezza (con supporto): 413 mm ASUS VB198TL. Dimensioni schermo: cm (19''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 15°. Consumi: 27W, Consumi (modalità spento): 0,2W, Consumi (modalità risparmio energetico): 0,3W ASUS VB198TL. Dimensioni schermo: cm (19''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 15°. Consumi: 27W, Consumi (modalità spento): 0,2W, Consumi (modalità risparmio energetico): 0,3W
Asus ASUS VK207S 90LM-B - Gar.ITALIA
VK207S ASCR - Asus Smart Contrast Ratio Offre un rapporto di contrasto , in grado di regolare dinamicamente il contrasto fra bianco e nero e di fornire immagini più luminose e definite - specialmente durante il gioco o la visione di film. Eccellenti prestazioni video Risoluzione video x 900 con tempo di risposta di appena 5ms. Rapporto visivo 16:9 ideale per la vista e la resa dei video e applicativi. Splendid™ Video Intelligence Technology La tecnologia Splendid ™ utilizza SEI modalità video pre-impostate e tre tonalità (Natural, Reddish e Yellowish) assicurando all’utente un’estrema facilità di utilizzo e di messa a punto sul proprio monitor Asus. Design Moderno ed Elegante Eleganti finiture del bezel e del supporto di base. ASUS VK207S. Dim. diagonale schermo (pollici): mm (19.5 "), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Numero di altoparlanti: 2 pezzi, Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2 W. Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 75 x 75 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20 °. Voltaggio di ingresso: V, Frequenza di ingresso: Hz, Consumi: 25 W. Megapixel: 1.0 MP ASUS VK207S. Dimensioni schermo: cm (19.5''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W, Megapixel: 1 MP. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 75 x 75 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20°. Voltaggio di ingresso: V, Frequenza di ingresso: Hz, Consumi: 25W ASUS VK207S. Dimensioni schermo: cm (19.5''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W, Megapixel: 1 MP. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 75 x 75 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20°. Voltaggio di ingresso: V, Frequenza di ingresso: Hz, Consumi: 25W ASUS VK207S. Dimensioni schermo: cm (19.5''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W, Megapixel: 1 MP. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 75 x 75 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20°. Voltaggio di ingresso: V, Frequenza di ingresso: Hz, Consumi: 25W ASUS VK207S. Dimensioni schermo: cm (19.5''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 250 cd/m². Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W, Megapixel: 1 MP. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 75 x 75 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20°. Voltaggio di ingresso: V, Frequenza di ingresso: Hz, Consumi: 25W
asus asus vn289h 28'' black full hd 90lm00p0-b -
VN289H Il monitor adatto sia per il lavoro che per l''intrattenimento grazie alla risoluzione Full HD a p. Il monitor VN289H grazie alla tecnologia Flicker-Free di riduzione del fastidioso riflesso in condizioni di controluce, permette una visione più nitida e un minor sforzo visivo. L''esclusiva tecnologia Splendid ™ Video Intelligence Technology ottimizza le prestazioni video migliorando ensibilmente la fedeltà dei colori, della luminosità, del contrasto e della nitidezza delle immagini visualizzate. Le modalità presenti sono otto (Reading, Darkroom, Scenery, Theater, Game, Night View, sRGB e Standard) e possono essere velocemente selezionate attraverso il tasto di scelta rapida presente sulla cornice del monitor. ASUS VN289H. Dimensioni schermo: cm (28''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 300 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3.5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 2W. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 25° ASUS VN289H. Dimensioni schermo: cm (28''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 300 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3.5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 4W. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VN289H. Dimensioni schermo: cm (28''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 300 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3.5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 4W. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Compatibile con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VN289H. Dimensioni schermo: cm (28''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 300 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3,5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 4W. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Interfacce con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VN289H. Dimensioni schermo: cm (28''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 300 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3,5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 4W. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Interfacce con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VN289H. Dimensioni schermo: cm (28''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 300 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3,5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 4W. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Interfacce con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VN289H. Dimensioni schermo: cm (28''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 300 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3,5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 4W. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Interfacce con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20° ASUS VN289H. Dimensioni schermo: 71 cm (28''), Tempo di risposta: 5 ms, Luminosità schermo: 300 cd/m². Connessione cuffia: 3,5 mm. Potenza in uscita (RMS): 4 W. Colore del prodotto: Nero. Blocco cavo: Kensington, Interfacce con montaggio VESA: 100 x 100 mm, Inclinazione: -5 - 20°
When Philosophers Were Kings (Hardcover)
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Best, S. M. / Best, Steven M., PUBLISHER: Sunstone Press, As the Confederacy celebrates its victory over Fort Sumter, Socrates Best and his wife, Ellen, are living in Northeast Texas where Socrates has been teaching school for five years. Educated in the philosophy of Plato and the religion of Knox, Socrates hopes to ignore the war and continue developing ruler guardians who will help make Texas great. But two former students, Buck Malneck and Billy Morse, seize this chance to put their former teacher to the test. Join the conflict or hang--those are their demands. Meanwhile, a thousand miles to the north stands Socrates' cousin Swift. Raised with Plato's Republican philosophies, but steeped in the passionate abolitionism of the Northern Methodists, Swift leaves law school to be part of the Second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. Portage City explodes with joy as they send Swift's company off to war, but all the well wishing in the world could never prepare Swift for what awaits him at Bull Run. Amidst the revelry, Socrates' youngest brother, Ed, watches with bated breath. This crowd will one day cheer him, he decides, and everyone will know that he is finally a man. Fighting with the Army of the Cumberland across the Southeast, he will learn there is a far greater challenge in life then being a man--staying alive. This novel is based on the true story of a Wisconsin family caught up in the American Civil War, but it is also the story of the multidimensional human soul--spiritual, philosophical, and physical--and how it is affected by war. It is the story of man's ability to love, endure, survive, and find a meaningful purpose for life in a world turned upside down with hate.STEVEN M. BEST is a former military intelligence analyst, and retiredchiropractor. After being given an extensive letter written by his great grandmother detailing the family's experiences during the war, Best spent seven and a half years researching and writing his family story. He has visited every village and battlefield presented in this novel from Big Spring and Portage, Wisconsin, in the North, to Dangerfield, Texas, in the South; and from Perryville, Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) and Devil's Backbone in the West; to Perryville, Kentucky and Chickamauga at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in the East.
SmartWatch Samsung Gear
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America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brenner, Joel, PUBLISHER: Penguin Press, A former top-level National Security Agency insider goes behind the headlines to explore America's next great battleground: digital security. An urgent wake-up call that identifies our foes; unveils their methods; and charts the dire consequences for government, business, and individuals. Shortly after 9/11, Joel Brenner entered the inner sanctum of American espionage, first as the inspector general of the National Security Agency, then as the head of counterintelligence for the director of national intelligence. He saw at close range the battleground on which our adversaries are now attacking us-cyberspace. We are at the mercy of a new generation of spies who operate remotely from China, the Middle East, Russia, even France, among many other places. These operatives have already shown their ability to penetrate our power plants, steal our latest submarine technology, rob our banks, and invade the Pentagon's secret communications systems. Incidents like the WikiLeaks posting of secret U.S. State Department cables hint at the urgency of this problem, but they hardly reveal its extent or its danger. Our government and corporations are a "glass house," all but transparent to our adversaries. Counterfeit computer chips have found their way into our fighter aircraft; the Chinese stole a new radar system that the navy spent billions to develop; our own soldiers used intentionally corrupted thumb drives to download classified intel from laptops in Iraq. And much more. Dispatches from the corporate world are just as dire. In , hackers lifted customer files from the Royal Bank of Scotland and used them to withdraw $9 million in half an hour from ATMs in the United States, Britain, and Canada. If that was a traditional heist, it would be counted as one of the largest in history. Worldwide, corporations lose on average $5 million worth of intellectual property apiece annually, and big companies lose many times that. The structure and culture of the Internet favor spies over governments and corporations, and hackers over privacy, and we've done little to alter that balance. Brenner draws on his extraordinary background to show how to right this imbalance and bring to cyberspace the freedom, accountability, and security we expect elsewhere in our lives. In "America the Vulnerable," Brenner offers a chilling and revelatory appraisal of the new faces of war and espionage-virtual battles with dangerous implications for government, business, and all of us.
Killer Cure
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bewley, Elizabeth L., PUBLISHER: Dog Ear Publishing, Killer Cure will change forever how you think about your health and health care. Leaving conventional wisdom in the dust, Killer Cure reveals startling and unforgettable insights: Why health care in America accidentally kills people each week -- even though every doctor and nurse you know is terrific Why health care's hidden assumptions about you are almost certain to damage your health -- and what you can do about it Why health care's focus on solving yesterday's problems may reduce life expectancy in the U.S. -- by as much as five years Why you might want to become CEO of your own health and health care -- and how to go about it The root cause of America's health care crisis is that health care is not about you. Health care is not designed to help you enjoy good health. It is designed to help doctors take action: write prescriptions, perform surgery, etc. That focus hurts you in two ways: First, those actions are likely to damage you nearly as often as they help you because of side effects, complications, and other problems with care delivery. For example, hospital ICUs (Intensive Care Units) have a remarkable number of characteristics in common with prison camps for terrorist suspects. People die needless deaths as a result. Second, the focus on actions the doctor takes crowds out actions you could take that would often get you better outcomes. For example, more than people a year get a foot or leg amputated instead of learning simple ways to prevent foot infections in the first place. To get better results, the health care system first needs to embrace a new purpose: to enable people to lead the lives they want. Three further changes are necessary: The first is a social revolution akin to freeing the slaves or granting women the right to vote. With this revolution, the health care system will no longer treat the people it serves as if they were second-class citizens whose intelligence, values, priorities, and needs can safely be ignored while others call the shots. The second is more realistic expectations about what health care can deliver. The third is management of health care as a process -- connecting the dots among actions that are uncoordinated today. Killer Cure provides a tool kit to help you safeguard your life until these changes take place. Before closing, the book makes surprising predictions concerning a future in which health care is about you. At the end of Killer Cure is a Readers' Discussion Guide. It is offered to aid you in thinking about and discussing both the book and your own health care experiences.
Machine Learning and Statistics: The Interface
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nakhaeizadeh, Gholamreza / Taylor, C. C. / Nakhaeizadeh, G., PUBLISHER: Wiley-Interscience, The interface between statistics and machine learning (ML) is an increasingly popular research subject, as scientists and statisticians discover useful areas where these disciplines overlap. ML deals primarily with learning rules or structure, and while some books on the subject exist, this volume is the only one to integrate ML with statistics. It explores new areas where theory and methods can be shared and demonstrates the benefits to those working in either discipline. Written by leading experts in both fields, Machine Learning and Statistics is a result of the authors' participation in the European Conference in Machine Learning. This important collection of contributions was adapted from conference workshop material and reworked to address readers of diverse backgrounds and skills. For newcomers to the field, a thorough introduction surveys the various topics and supplies numerous references for further reading. The book's main focus is on classification, the most common area of intersection. The classification process uses information about a new example to assign the example to one of a known number of classes. Such methods typically involve a rule learned from an initial set of data, which is where ML comes into play. Other topics covered include prediction, control, and an introduction to methods of knowledge discovery in databases--a skill that has become especially relevant with the explosion in large-scale databases. Timely, practical, and innovative, this book offers a number of new algorithms and draws on real-world examples including financial and medical applications. It also includes two chapters on loans/credit applications that help identify bad risks and good customers--useful for those working with credit scoring and bad debt analysis. Machine Learning and Statistics is an invaluable resource for researchers involved with artificial intelligence and ML in academia, government, or industry, as well as those working with pattern recognition in statistical departments; for students at the graduate level who seek to expand their horizons; and for anyone who would like to learn more about these cutting-edge methodologies. The first book to explore the theory, methods, and applications of the relationship between machine learning and statistics. Here is the first book to address the growing demand for applications that integrate machine learning and statistics. The only text to focus on the interface between the two disciplines, this volume explores a mutually beneficial relationship that is fast becoming recognized by scientists, engineers, and researchers in data analysis and intelligent systems worldwide. The book shows that machine learning shares several areas of common research with statistics, most notably classification, prediction, and control. It demonstrates that statistical and probability methodologies can be applied in developing different machine learning algorithms and that these algorithms can
Alma Mahler: Or the Art of Being Loved
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Giroud, Francoise / Stock, R. M., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Born in , the daughter of a Viennese painter, Alma Mahler inspired the passionate love and devotion of an astonishing array of creative artists. She married three of them--the composer Gustav Mahler, the architect Walter Gropius, and the writer Franz Werfel--and had a host of admirers and lovers, including the painters Oscar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, and Gustav Klimpt. The composer Alban Berg dedicated his opera Wozzeck to her and a violin concerto to the memory of her daughter, Manon, who died of polio. In Alma Mahler, Francoise Giroud provides a spirited portrait of one of Europe's great femme fatales, ranging from her childhood (she was raised on a steady diet of Nietzche) to her heyday as a leading figure in Europe's art scene, to her later life as an exile in California and New York. We meet a woman of remarkable beauty and unconventional mind, the possessor of a fine, demanding intelligence, who was highly conscious of herself as a member of the elite, a woman never truly conquered by her lovers. Her last husband, Franz Werfel, called her "one of the very few sorceresses of our time." And indeed when she appeared, her presence attracted all eyes as she moved like a queen through a room. And what eyes she drew. Virtually all the great figures of 19th-century Vienna march through these pages, including Sigmund Freud, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schonberg, Hugo van Hofmannsthal, Karl Kraus, and Elias Canetti, and Giroud pens striking portraits of each. There are also many memorable scenes: Franz Werfel singing Verdi arias with James Joyce in a Paris cafe; the young Gropius, having an affair with then-married Alma, chased from the Mahler home by guard dogs and taking refuge under a bridge; Kokoschka, after his affair with Alma has died, commissioning a life-sized doll, a faithful reproduction of his former lover. But the heart of the book is Alma's marriage to Mahler. We read Alma's own first impression of Mahler--"He is terribly nervous. He paced around the room like a wild animal. He's pure oxygen. You get burnt if you go too near." Unfortunately for Mahler, his attempt to subjugate his young wife to his will--"you have only one profession from now on: to make me happy"--led to disaster, and he himself was burnt. Alma Mahler stood at the center of the creative world, the intimate friend (if not lover) of the major artists of her age, and Giroud paints an unforgettable portrait. It was awarded France's Grand Prix litteraire de la femme in .
With Pen and Voice: A Critical Anthology of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Logan, Shirley Wilson, PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, "O woman, woman upon you I call; for upon your exertions almost entirely depends whether the rising generation shall be any thing more than we have been or not. O woman, woman your example is powerful, your influence great."--Maria W. Stewart, "An Address Delivered Before the Afric-American Female Intelligence Society of Boston" () Here--in the only collection of speeches by nineteenth-century African-American women--is the battle of words these brave women waged to address the social ills of their century. While there have been some scattered references to the unique roles these early "race women" played in effecting social change, until now few scholars have considered the rhetorical strategies they adopted to develop their powerful arguments. In this chronological anthology, Shirley Wilson Logan highlights the public addresses of these women, beginning with Maria W. Stewart's speech at Franklin Hall in , believed to be the first delivered to an audience of men and women by an American-born woman. In her speech, she focused on the plight of the Northern free black. Sojourner Truth spoke in at the Akron, Ohio, Women's Rights Convention not only for the rights of black women but also for the rights of all oppressed nineteenth-century women. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper struggled with the conflict between universal suffrage and suffrage for black men. Anna Julia Cooper chastised her unique audience of black Episcopalian clergy for their failure to continue the tradition of the elevation of womanhood initiated by Christianity and especially for their failure to support the struggling Southern black woman. Ida B. Wells's rhetoric targeted mob violence directed at Southern black men. Her speech was delivered less than a year after her inaugural lecture on this issue--following a personal encounter with mob violence in Memphis. Fannie Barrier Williams and Victoria Earle Matthews advocated social and educational reforms to improve the plight of Southern black women. These speeches--all delivered between and --are stirring proof that, despite obstacles of race and gender, these women still had the courage to mount the platform in defense of the oppressed. Introductory essays focus on each speaker's life and rhetoric, considering the ways in which these women selected evidence and adapted language to particular occasions, purposes, and audiences in order to persuade. This analysis of the rhetorical contexts and major rhetorical tactics in the speeches aids understanding of both the speeches and the skill of the speakers. A rhetorical timeline serves as a point of reference. Historically grounded, this book provides a black feminist perspective on significant events of the nineteenth century and reveals how black women of that era influenced and were influenced by the social problems they addressed. "A government which can protect and defend its citizens from wrong and outrage and doe
The Stranger's Child
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hollinghurst, Alan, PUBLISHER: Vintage Canada, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The Stranger's Child is Alan Hollinghurst's masterpiece, the book that cements his position as one of the finest novelists of our time. In its scope, intelligence and elegance, The Stranger's Child can be placed in the great tradition of the novel alongside epics by Marcel Proust and Anthony Powell. And yet, in its subtly political exploration of homosexuality in English society, it deals with an utterly contemporary subject in an utterly contemporary way. The Stranger's Child""begins with sixteen-year-old Daphne Sawle sitting in a hammock in the garden of Two Acres, the family home in suburban London. She is making a show of reading Tennyson before her brother George arrives to visit with his Cambridge friend Cecil Valance, a handsome, assured and sometimes outrageous young man with a burgeoning reputation as a poet. After a tantalizing and dramatic weekend Cecil writes a long poem in Daphne's autograph album as a parting gift. It is titled "Two Acres," and both Daphne and George (whose feelings for Cecil also go well beyond mere friendship) immediately see how important the poem is - but none of them can foresee the complex and lasting effects it will have on all their lives. When the next section of the novel begins, everything has changed: Daphne is married to Cecil's brother Dudley Valance; George to a historian named Madeleine; and Cecil is dead, killed by a sniper in World War One. A Cabinet officer and man of letters named Sebastian Stokes has come to Corley Court, the Valance family's country home, to put together an edition of Cecil's poemsand speak to each family member in turn about him. He is especially curious about Cecil's personal (and passionate) letters and unpublished poems, papers that seem to have gone missing, and whose absence will loom paradoxically through the rest of the novel. The book leaps forward and we are at another party, this one to celebrate Daphne's seventieth birthday. George is now the acclaimed historian G.F. Sawle; Daphne's son Wilfrid, a charming boy in the previous section, has grown into a nervous and somehow fractured adult. We meet Peter Rowe, a music teacher at the boarding school that now occupies Corley Court, and his boyfriend, Paul Bryant, a bank employee with a feeling for Cecil's poetry. Soon Paul is taking up an idea that Peter abandoned: to write a biography of Cecil Valance. It means making some startling discoveries about a past that the Valance family would prefer to keep in sepia and shadows. The Stranger's Child""is by turns a gripping literary mystery, an absorbing social study of some pivotal moments in history, and a sensuous and beautiful exploration of the secret passions that determine our lives. From Edwardian suburbs to the offices of the "Times Literary Supplement" in the s, from High Table wit to the realities of life working behind the counter at a provincial bank, it seems there is no corner