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ESB CLASSIC 200 (Diffusori)
Diffusore anno "ESB CLASSIC 200" - Caratteristiche dichiarate dal Costruttore: Tipo: Bookshelf - Carico del Woofer: Reflex anteriore - Potenza max Applicabile: 70WRMS - Numero Vie: 2 - Altoparlanti: 1 Woofer da 160 mm,membrana in carta trattata con resine smorzanti e bobina mobile da 32mm - 1 Tweeter da 25 mm di produzione scandinava (Scan Speak), in morbido materiale polimerico e bobina immersa in olio magnetico - con equipaggio mobile montato su una struttura autocentrante. Impedenza: 6 ohm - Sensibilità: 89dB SPL 1m/ 2,83 SPL - Frequenza di incrocio: 2,2 KHz - Risposta in Frequenza: 60Hz.....20KHz - Dimensioni: 212 x 520 x 212 (LxHxP) - Finitura Mobile: palissandro (MDF spessore 20mm) - Griglia: amovibile - NOTE: Doppio fondo inclinato x spezzare le onde stazionarie che si generano all'interno del cabinet - spessi pannelli di lana di vetro, a media densità,foderano completamente le pareti interne contribuendo a realizzare il corretto allineamento in bass reflex del woofer - Diffusore dalla ottima dinamica; scena sonora ampia; Timbrica eccellente & voci riprodotte perfettamente senza " frequenze mancanti " - Ottimo stato - by AUDIO REVIEW N. 128 - la disposizione migliore è quella di posizionare le casse a circa 1 metro da ogni parete distanti tra di loro 2 o 3 metri, a seconda della grandezza dell'ambiente di ascolto, si migliora la gamma bassa e la resa dinamica risulta ottima. la timbrica è eccellente, merito soprattutto del tweeter che restituisce delle note mai stridule, al contrario setose e morbide ed allo stesso tempo ben presenti e vigorose. la voce femminile è perfettamente riprodotta senza frequenze mancanti o ovattamenti timbrici, godendo di una regolarità invidiabile anche da sistemi di ben altro lignaggio. Diffusore in grado di soddisfare gli audiofili più attenti.
History Lessons: Teaching, Learning, and Testing in U.S.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grant, S. G., PUBLISHER: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, In this book, extended case studies of two veteran teachers and their students are combined with the extant research literature to explore current issues of teaching, learning, and testing U.S. history. It is among the first to examine these issues together and in interaction. While the two teachers share several similarities, the teaching practices they construct could not be more different. To explore these differences, the author asks what their teaching practices look like, how their instruction influences their students' understandings of history, and what role statewide exams play in their classroom decisions. "History Lessons: Teaching, Learning, and Testing in U.S. High School Classrooms" is a major contribution to the emerging body of empirical research in the field of social studies education, chiefly in the subject area of history, which asks how U.S. students make sense of history and how teachers construct their classroom practices. Three case study chapters are paired with three essay review chapters intended to help readers analyze the cases by looking at them in the context of the current research literature. Two concluding chapters extend the cases and analyses: the first looks at how and why the teachers profiled in this book construct their individual teaching practices, in terms of three distinct but interacting sets of influences--personal, organizational, and policy factors; the second explores the prospects for promoting what the author defines as ambitious teaching and learning. Many policymakers assume that standards-based reforms support the efforts of ambitious teachers, but until we better understand how they and the students in their classes think and act, that assumption is hollow at best. This book is a must have for faculty and students in the field of social studies education, and broadly relevant across the fields of curriculum studies and educational policy.
Technics RS-M206 Piastra A Cassette 2 Testine
Vendo piastra a cassette tape deck 2 testine Technics RS-M206 in ottime condizioni, perfettamente funzionante, manuale in formato elettronico.pdf, Hi-Fi vintage anni'80 Caratteristiche: -Anno di produzione: -Tipo: Full Auto Stop - One touch Recording/Rewind Auto Play - Cue & Review -Frontale: argento con scritte nere -Indicatori Vu-Meter analogici a led colore bianco per misurare l'intensità del segnale -Contagiri e tastiera comando sono completamente meccaniche -Configurazione delle tracce: 4 tracce stereo a 2 canali -Testine: 2 - 1 (MX Head) x riproduzione / registrazione, 1 (Double-gap Ferrite Head) x cancellare -Motore: 1 - Electical Governor Motor -Velocità del nastro: 4.8cm/s -Wow e flutter: 0,05% WRMS -Rapporto segnale rumore: 56dB (senza dolby) 66dB (con dolby) -Frequenza BIAS: 80 kHz -Input: 60mV (line), 0.25mV (mic) -Output: 0.4V (line) -Tempo di riavvolgimento nastro: 90s (C60 nastro) -Risposta di frequenza: Hz +3db (nastro normale), Hz +3db (nastri CrOHz +3db (nastri Metal) -Tecnologia Dolby System tasto selezione Dolby Nr In - Out -Tasto selezione "Input select" (line / mic) -Selettore "Tape Select": (seleziona il tipo di nastro usato: EX-I nastro normale, CrO2 nastro al cromo, ZX-IV nastro metal -Selettori analogici "Input Level / Balance" (controlla il livello del segnale in entrata e bilanciamento) -Ingresso frontale Jack da 3,5 mm per cuffia -Ingresso frontale Jack da 3,5 mm per microfono (left / right) -Entrata/Uscite audio analocica RCA -Alimentazione AC 220V - 230V Hz -Dimensioni: L-43cm x H-10.9cm x P-23.3Cm -Peso: 4Kg Per informazioni non esitate a contattare Eventuale spedizione in TUTTA ITALIA RS M206 RSM 206 RS M 206 RSM206
Technics RS-M229X Piastra A Cassetta
Vendo piastra a cassette tape deck 2 testine Technics RS-M229X "DBX Series" in ottime condizioni, perfettamente funzionante, manuale in formato elettronico.pdf, Hi-Fi vintage anni'80 Caratteristiche: -Anno di produzione: -Tipo: Full Auto Stop - One touch Recording/Rewind Auto Play - Cue & Review -Frontale: argento con scritte nere -Indicatori Vu-Meter digitali a led colore bianco per misurare l'intensità del segnale -Contagiri e tastiera comando sono completamente meccaniche -Configurazione delle tracce: 4 tracce stereo a 2 canali -Testine: 2 - 1 (MX Head) x riproduzione / registrazione, 1 (Double-gap Ferrite Head) x cancellare -Motore: 1 - Electical Governor Motor -Velocità del nastro: 4.8cm/s -Wow e flutter: 0,05% WRMS -Rapporto segnale rumore: 57dB (senza dolby) 66dB (con dolby) -Frequenza BIAS: 80 kHz -Input: 60mV (line), 0.25mV (mic) -Output: 0.4V (line) -Tempo di riavvolgimento nastro: 90s (C60 nastro) -Risposta di frequenza: Hz +3db (nastro normale), Hz +3db (nastri CrOHz +3db (nastri Metal) -Tecnologia Dolby System - DBX tasto selezione Dolby Nr - Out - dbx -Tasto selezione "Input select" (line / mic) -Selettore "Tape Select": (seleziona il tipo di nastro usato: EX-I nastro normale, CrO2 nastro al cromo, ZX-IV nastro metal -Selettori analogici "Input Level / Balance" (controlla il livello del segnale in entrata e bilanciamento) -Ingresso frontale Jack da 3,5 mm per cuffia -Ingresso frontale Jack da 3,5 mm per microfono (left / right) -Entrata/Uscite audio analocica RCA -Alimentazione AC 220V - 230V Hz -Dimensioni: L-43cm x H-10.9cm x P-23.3Cm -Peso: 4Kg Per informazioni non esitate a contattare Eventuale spedizione in TUTTA ITALIA RS M229x RSM 229x RS M 229 x RSM229x
Nikon Coolpix
La Nikon Coolpix è una fotocamera digitale compatta e leggera con un design unico, grazie alla particolarietà dell'obiettivo ruotabile è possibile fare riprese anche ad angolazioni inconsuete. E' dotata di un'ottica 3x (equivalente ad un mm nel formato 35mm). Molto sofisticato è il sistema di misurazione esposimetrico Matrix a 256 segmenti ed il velocissimo autofocus a 5 aree. Il campo di messa a fuoco va da 30 cm. ad infinito (in modalità macro con zoom alla focale intermedia,va da 4 cm. ad infinito). Con la Coolpix è veramente facile fotografare, basta infatti inquadrare e scattare. Oltre la modalità AUTO, sono disponibili ben 12 modi scene: RITRATTO, PAESAGGI, MUSEI, RITRATTI IN NOTTURNA, PAESAGGI IN NOTTURNA, TRAMONTI, FESTE/INTERNI, MACRO, FUOCHI D'ARTIFICIO, CONTROLUCE, SPIAGGIA/NEVE, RIPRODUZIONI. La è provvista anche di una modalità video che cattura filmati. Molto utile il tasto di quick review che permette di rivedere subito la foto appena scattata. Il tasto small picture invece fa una copia in formato ridotto della foto che stai visionando già pronta per l'invio tramite E-mail o l'inserimento in internet. Per trasmettere le foto al computer è sufficente collegare il cavo USB e premere il pulsante transfer e in pochi secondi il gioco è fatto! La scelta dell'inquadratura viene effettuata tramite il monitor LCD che possiede la regolazione della luminosità per una visione sempre perfetta. La Coolpix è provvista di un flash incorporato automatico in caso di necessità, con funzione anti-occhi rossi. La Coolpix registra le immagini in formato JPEG con scelta della compressione in 3 modalità: FINE (riduzione di 1/4), NORMAL (riduzione di 1/8) e BASIC (riduzione di 1/16). La risoluzione dell'immagine è selezionabile tra xxxx768 e 640x480 pixel. Possibile spedizione espressa in 48 ore con SDA al costo di euro 6,90.
Intelligent Systems and Interfaces
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mlynek, Daniel / Kandeland, Abraham / Teodorescu, Horia-Nicolai L., PUBLISHER: Springer, The field of intelligent interfaces and systems' has witnessed a rapid growth during the last decade. An impressive number of papers, conference tutorials, and volumes have been devoted to the topic. Ten years ago, intelligent systems constituted a rather exotic topic and many were skeptical as to whether such systems would amount to more than a nice name. Nowadays, intelligent systems represent a powerful tool in many applications, in all industrial fields. Their development evolved on both the horizontal dimension, with a constantly increasing number of applications, and on the vertical dimension, by including more capabilities ranging from sensoric to neurofuzzy systems, intelligent agents, speech and image understanding, and decision making in complex environments. Intelligent Systems and Interfaces represents a comprehensive coverage of the field, including fundamental aspects, software-, sensors-, and hardware-related issues. Moreover, the contributors to this volume offer, beyond a systematic overview of intelligent interfaces and systems, deep, practical knowledge in building and using intelligent systems in various applications. Special emphasis is placed on specific aspects and requirements in applications. Intelligent Systems and Interfaces is intended to be an essential tool for the scientific community in all areas of applied intelligent technologies. The chapters are written by a selected pool of experts in the field of intelligent systems. The contributors thoroughly review the state of the art, explain the problems to be addressed and show how these problems can be solved. Extensive references are included, offering the reader a perspective on the currently available literature and trends. Intelligent Systems and Interfaces is an important reference on intelligent systems, intended for a large audience. Graduate and postgraduate students in computer science, electronics, micro-technology, robotics, and control theory will benefit from this comprehensive, in-depth study of the topic. Engineers from high-tech industries and researchers involved in the design, manufacturing, and use of intelligent interfaces and systems and of related technologies will find many solutions to research and design problems.
Shylock and the Jewish Question
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yaffe, Martin D., PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press, "Yaffe provides a wide-ranging and probing reflection on the portrayal of Jews and Judaism in early modern thought. His innovative approach to the problem of Shakespeare's treatment of Shylock can stand for the originality of his book as a whole... Yaffe's interpretations are likely to prove controversial, but they are always thought-provoking." -- Virginia Quarterly Review Much attention has been paid to the place of Shylock in the history of anti-Semitism. Most scholars have agreed with Harold Bloom that Shakespeare's famous villain is drawn with a "murderous anti-Semitism" and that Shakespeare uncritically mirrors the rife anti-Semitism of his times. While others see only gross caricature in The Merchant of Venice, however, Martin Yaffe finds a subtle analysis of the Jew's place in a largely Christian society. In Shylock and the Jewish Question, Yaffe challenges the widespread assumption that Shakespeare is, in the final analysis, unfriendly to Jews. He finds that Shakespeare's consideration of Judaism in The Merchant of Venice provides an important contrast to Marlowe's virulent The Jew of Malta. In many ways, he argues, Shakespeare's play is even more accepting than Francis Bacon's notably inclusive New Atlantis or the Jewish philosopher Benedict Spinoza's argument for tolerance in the Theologico-Political Treatise. "Although Yaffe focuses on the Jewish question, his study is a lead-in to a study of the rise of liberal democracy, the development of religious toleration, the relation of church and state, and the inter-relation between politics, economics and religion -- all of these being vital in history's evolution towards modernity." -- Serge Liberman, Australian JewishNews "In a critique that promises to refuel scholarly controversy over the portrait of Shylock... Yaffe's retro-prospective approach to its political philosophy suggests interesting possibilities for contrasting popular anti-Semitic culture and the more tolerant, enlightened statesmanship of the seventeenth-century." -- Frances Barasch, Shakespeare Bulletin
Investment Manager Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide to
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Travers, Frank J., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Praise for "Investment Manager Analysis" "This is a book that should have been written years ago. It provides a practical, thorough, and completely objective method to analyze and select an investment manager. It takes the mystery (and the consultants) out of the equation. Without question, this book belongs on every Plan Sponsor's desk." --Dave Davenport, Assistant Treasurer, Lord Corporation, author of "The Equity Manager Search" "An insightful compendium of the issues that challenge those responsible for hiring and firing investment managers. Frank Travers does a good job of taking complicated analytical tools and methodologies and explaining them in a simple, yet practical manner. Anyone responsible for conducting investment manager due diligence should have a copy on their bookshelf." --Leon G. Cooperman, Chairman and CEO, Omega Advisors, Inc. ""Investment Manager Analysis" provides a good overview of the important areas that purchasers of institutional investment management services need to consider. It is a good instructional guide, from which search policies and procedures can be developed, as well as a handy reference guide." --David Spaulding, President, The Spaulding Group, Inc. "This book is the definitive work on the investment manager selection process. It is comprehensive in scope and well organized for both the layman and the professional. It should be required reading for any organization or individual seeking talent to manage their assets." --Scott Johnston, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Sterling Johnston Capital Management, LP ""Investment Manager Analysis" is a much-needed, comprehensive review of the manager selection process. While the industry is riddled with information about selecting individual stocks, comparatively little has been written on the important subject of manager selection for fund sponsors. This is a particularly useful guide for the less experienced practitioner and offers considerable value to the veteran decisionmaker as well." --Dennis J. Trittin, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Russell Investment Group
SENNHEISER MOMENTUM (Cuffia circumaurale)
Cuffia con Design Chiuso Circumaurale (x isolamento dai rumori ambientali) SENNHEISER MOMENTUM - Made in Germany - Archetto in pelle traspirante, resistente e pregiato x una resistenza elevata a sudore e Acqua - Cuscinetti Auricolari morbidi e Flessibili x il massimo confort - Cursore di scorrimento con archetto in metallo x la max durevolezza e comodità. Telecomando integrato con unità microfono in-line per una facilità di utilizzo - Caratteristiche dichiarate dal Costruttore: Tipo: cuffia chiusa circumaurale - Risposta in Frequenza: 16Hz.....22KHz - Impedenza: 18 ohm - Pressione di contatto: ca. 2,8 N - Potenza max: 200mW - Pressione Sonora: 110dB - Peso senza cavo: ca. 190 gr. La cuffia Momentum è orientata sia al mercato audiophile, ma anche all'utilizzo per l'ascolto di musica dal computer telefoni cellulari e qualsiasi altro lettore portatile - E' fornita di 2 cavi Sennheiser, uno da 52" con telecomando interamente in alluminio, microfono e 3 pulsanti di controllo, compatibile con Apple; dotato inoltre di uno spinotto a cerniera che può essere impostato fino ad un angolo di 90° - il cavo normale è di lunghezza 56" con spina da 3,5 mm e adattatore a jack da 6,3 mm; entrambi i cavi sono terminati con jack per il collegamento alle cuffie con innesto a baionetta e serraggio di sicurezza - Indossare la momentum e dimenticarsi di averla è un tutt'uno - mobidissima e confortevole, si adatta alla testa in maniera "naturale" - Impressioni di ascolto: Suono particolarmente nitido, profondo e preciso nella riproduzione per esempio di un contrabbasso jazz o di una sezione orchestrale, l'impatto con le frequenze medio-basse è garantito, le voci sono riprodotte in maniera trasparente e controllata, le chitarre energiche e ricche di armoniche, il pianoforte dinamico e dettagliato. un vero e proprio riferimento, anche per chi vuole ascoltare al massimo dispositivi mobili. (By Audio Review ) - NOTE: cuffia praticamente nuova, il prezzo richiesto non è trattabile -
Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Buysse, Daniel J. / Buysse, Danielj / Oldham, John M., PUBLISHER: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., Sleep and wakefulness are fundamental behavioral and neurobiological states that characterize all higher animals, including human beings. Concise yet comprehensive, "Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry," the latest volume in American Psychiatric Publishing's popular "Review of Psychiatry" Series, presents the cumulative experience of 12 experts who talk about what sleep is and why sleep is essential to maintaining good health, summarizing the major categories of sleep disorders and detailing how virtually every psychiatric disorder and a wide variety of medical illnesses adversely affect sleep. "Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry" is the ideal companion to busy psychiatric clinicians because it is Comprehensive, covering all information of particular relevance to psychiatric clinicians. Enhanced by numerous tables and illustrations that make it easy to understand and reference while "on the go" during everyday practice. Clearly structured and easy to understand, with chapters organized according to the major categories of sleep disorders most likely to be encountered in psychiatric clinical practice. The fascinating introduction discusses the functions of sleep and the consequences of sleep deprivation, including the complex neurobiology of circadian rhythms, sleep and wakefulness, the clinical assessment and management of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders, and the pros and cons of tools for taking an accurate history. Each of the six subsequent chapters in "Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry" follows the same format by detailing the definitions and clinical description, epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis, and treatment for a major category of sleep disorder: insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy and syndromes of central nervous system--mediated sleepiness, restless legs syndrome, parasomnias, and circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Further, "Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry" provides psychiatrists with the tools necessary to embark upon exciting collaborations with specialists from other areas of clinical medicine (psychologists, pulmonologists, neurologists and surgeons). Given the importance of behavioral and psychopharmacologic interventions in managing sleep disorders, psychiatrists can often make valuable contributions to the care of medically ill patients with these conditions. Abundantly referenced and illustrated, "Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry" is the ultimate practical resource for busy clinicians interested in the broad and growing field of sleep disorders.
Socialism or Barbarism: From the "American Century" to the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meszaros, Istvan, PUBLISHER: Monthly Review Press, IstvAn MeszAros's bold new study analyzes the historical choices facing us at the outset of the new millennium. Drawing on the theoretical arguments of his monumental and widely-acclaimed work, Beyond Capital, MA(c)szAros shows that the economic boom of the s was built not only on the foundation of new, digital technologies but also on a new social and ethical basis. In the global quest for profit, capitalism has abandoned its claims to serve a larger historical cause. Even in the wealthiest capitalist economies, unemployment has become structural and conditions of life have become more onerous for most of the population. The failure of capitalism's historical mission is most evident in the end of the project of "Third World modernization" so essential to the claims of U.S. global power to represent an advance on old-style imperialism. MA(c)szaros develops an illuminating analysis of the roots and tensions of the politics of U.S. global power from the time of Roosevelt's "Open Door" policy to the present. Against this historical background, he examines the dilemmas which will be faced in the making of U.S. foreign policy towards Chinathe largest and most rapidly-expanding national market in the global economy and the newly-emerging rival to U.S. global dominance. MA(c)szAros shows how this process is rooted in the historical logic of contemporary capitalism, and is neither accidental nor temporary. In the process, he gives new meaning and urgency to the alternatives posed by Rosa Luxemburg at the beginning of the 20th century: socialism or barbarism. MA(c)szAros also explores the conditions for the emergence of a radical alternative to capitalism, arguing that a critical re-examination of earlier movements and struggles is an essential task for the emergence of such an alternative. As a sequel to his essay, an extended interview deals with more reflectively with the main categories underlying his analysis and relates it to developments within the broader analysis of modern society.
Schoolyard Ecology
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barrett, Katharine / Willard, Carolyn, PUBLISHER: Great Explorations in Math & Science (Gems), In this series of outdoor, life-science investigations for grades 3-6, the schoolyard, is the environment to be investigated. Many ecological, environmental, and life science concepts are explored. Students learn biological sampling techniques; mapping and related mathematical skills are developed. In addition to temporarily collecting samples in "shake boxes," investigations focus on ants and spiders, and can be extended in many directions. Students learn that a bush may be home to a "community" of interacting plants and animals. Based on their observations and findings, students select a small area as their favorite location. Environmental writing about their favorite locations crowns the closing activity. This guide is designed to spark student curiosity about the patterns and interactions in nature, beginning with their immediate environment-the schoolyard. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction Time Frame Activity 1 Exploring the Schoolyard Study Area Activity 2 Finding and Observing Spiders Tales from the Web Activity 3 Discovering Animal Communities Activity 4 Tracking Ants Activity 5 Special Study Sites Behind the Scenes Guide to small Common Schoolyard Animals Spider Web Identification key Resources Assessment Suggestions Literature Connections Summary Outlines "In this era of hype about hands-on activities, the school yard is too often given short shrift, except for occasional nature walks.... The book, a product of a team effort, underwent extensive tryout and review by teachers and specialists, and it shows."-"Science Books & Films," August/September "Overall this is a very thorough presentation of five excellentecological activities for children. This is the way science should be taught. The investigations encourage children to learn by "doing" and to discover for themselves how organisms interact with each other and their environment. The activities are also invaluable because they foster in children an appreciation and stewardship for other living things. If they can be taught to value spiders and ants, the rest will be easy."-"The American Biology Teacher," May
pullover blumarine
Marca: BLUMARINE. Genere: donna. Taglia: M. Colore: Taupe. Materiale: Lana. Descrizione prodotto: Originale Maglioncino Vintage “Blumarine” prima linea con panciotto che stringe in vita e maniche corte a sbuffo. Il colore è un marrone caffè, ed è ideale anche per essere utilizzato come sotto giacca. Su ciascuna manica è presente un delizioso scintillante ricamo. Indossato diverse volte ma si presenta in ottime condizioni, perché la qualità del maglione è elevatissima. La composizione non è riportata, dovrebbe essere un 100% lana o al più un misto lana cachemire. In foto risulta indossato da una taglia italiana, ma si adatta anche ad una 44. L’altezza del capo totale è 48 cm calcolata dalla spalla. Ideale anche per una cerimonia. Pull vintage "Blumarine" original avec ceinture à la taille et manches courtes. La couleur est un café brun, et est également idéal pour une utilisation comme sous la veste. Sur chaque manche il y a une charmante broderie scintillante. Porté plusieurs fois mais en très bon état, car la qualité du pull est très haute. La composition n'est pas rapportée, il doit s'agir d'un mélange 100% laine ou tout au plus un cachemire. Dans l'image est portée par une taille italienne de , mais elle correspond également à un 44 italienne. La hauteur totale est de 48 cm calculée à partir de l'épaule. Idéal pour une cérémonie. Original "Blumarine" Vintage Sweater with front waistline waistband and short sleeves. The color is a brown coffee, and is also ideal for use as under the jacket. On each sleeve there is a delightful sparkling embroidery. Worn several times but in very good condition, because the quality of the sweater is very high. The composition is not reported, it should be a 100% wool or at most a cashmere blend. The picture is worn by an Italian size, but it also fits a 44. The total height of the sweater is 48 cm calculated from the shoulder. Ideal for a ceremony. [ID: ]
The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission: Civil Rights
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Katagiri, Yasuhiro, PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi, In , two years after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously outlawed legally imposed racial segregation in public schools, Mississippi created the State Sovereignty Commission. This was the executive agency established "to protect the sovereignty of the State of Mississippi... from encroachment thereon by the Federal Government." The code word encroachment implied the state's strong resolve to preserve and protect the racial status quo. In the nomenclature the formality of the word sovereignty supposedly lent dignity to the actions of the Commission. For all practical purposes the Sovereignty Commission intended to wage this Deep South state's monolithic resistance to desegregation and to the ever-intensifying crusade for civil rights in Mississippi. In the papers of the Commission were made available for examination. No other state has such extensive and detailed documentary records from a similar agency. Exposed to public light, they unmasked the Commission as a counterrevolutionary department for political and social intrigue that infringed on individual constitutional rights and worked toward discrediting the civil rights movement by tarnishing the reputations of activists. As the eyes of the citizenry studied the records, the Commission slid from sovereign and segregated to unsavory and abominable. This book, the first to give a comprehensive history of this watchdog agency, shows how, to this day, the Sovereignty Commission remains obscure, debated, and for many citizens a star chamber of the most sinister sort. Why was the Commission created? What were some of the political and social climates that initiated its creation? What were its activities during its seventeen years? What was its impact on the course of Mississippi and southern history? Drawing on the newly opened materials at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, this examination gives answers to such questions and traces the vicissitudes that took the Commission from governmental limelight to public opprobrium. This book also looks at the attitudes of the state's white citizenry, who, upon realizing the Commission's failure, saw the importance of a nonviolent accommodation of civil rights. Yasuhiro Katagiri, an associate professor of American history and government at Tokai University in Kanagawa, Japan, has been published in such periodicals as "American Review" and "49th Parallel: An Interdisciplinary Journal of North American Studies."
Jbl prx 635 - casse diffusori attivi - watt
Vendo splendida coppia di diffusori JBL PRX 635 per passaggio ad altro tipo di strumentazione. Resa migliore rispetto a JBL PRX 612, JBL PRX 615. Rapporto potenza/peso eccezionale. Amplificatori Crown. Serie PRX600 La serie PRX600 rappresenta un passo evolutivo importante per i diffusori amplificati, traguardo raggiunto grazie all'efficienza dei nuovi finali di potenza ed alla robustezza e durevolezza degli altoparlanti di ultima generazione. Progettata per l'utilizzo quotidiano in svariate applicazioni, anche quelle più difficili ed impegnative, la serie PRX600 rappresenta al meglio l'innovazione tecnologica di JBL mantenendo le caratteristiche di qualità sonora ed affidabilità nel tempo che hanno reso celebre questo marchio. Grande potenza, elevata pressione sonora, estesa risposta in frequenza, massima flessibilità d'utilizzo, leggerezza estrema. Caratteristiche: Sistema 3 vie: 3 x 15 Risposta in frequenza (+/- 3 dB): 50 Hz - 18 kHz (Full Range) Copertura nominale: 90.x 50. SPL Max (output): 135 dB picco Potenza amplificatore: W (3 x 500) Modalità crossover: Controllato da DSP con filtro 48 dB di pendenza Controlli: Volume, selettore ingresso Line/Mic, selettore EQ Main/Monitor Connessioni: In/Out passante Combo femmina/maschio 3 poli bilanciato Sistema di montaggio: Foro da 36 mm, 8 punti d'appendimento M10 per golfari Dimensioni mm (H x L x P): 921 x 413 x 424 Peso netto (Kg): 27.2 Dalla recensione su Soundonsound: "The JBL PRX635 is a very versatile portable active speaker, and delivers really great sound, with plenty of output available when needed without compromising the quality. It is compact and light enough to be safely and easily pole- or stand-mounted, and worthy of serious consideration for just about any medium-sized application you could think of. Indeed, after working with these speakers for this review, I like them so much that I have ordered four for my own inventory! "
AP U.S. History
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Armstrong, Stephen / McBride, Edward, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a "Month-by-Month" approach that follows the school year and a "Calendar Countdown" approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute "Basic Training" covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include: Sample tests that closely simulate real exams Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, andfrequently-asked questions Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
5 Steps to a 5 AP Spanish Language
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: LaVoie, Dennis / Freedson, Grace, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill, An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a "Month-by-Month" approach that follows the school year and a "Calendar Countdown" approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute "Basic Training" covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include: Sample tests that closely simulate real exams Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, and frequently-asked questions Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pais, Abraham, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Abraham Pais's Subtle Is the Lord was a publishing phenomenon: a mathematically sophisticated exposition of the science and the life of Albert Einstein that reached a huge audience and won an American Book Award. Reviewers hailed the book as "a monument to sound scholarship and graceful style" (The New York Times Book Review), "an extraordinary biography of an extraordinary man" (Christian Science Monitor), and "a fine book" (Scientific American). In this groundbreaking new volume, Pais undertakes a history of the physics of matter and of physical forces since the discovery of x-rays. The book attempts to relate not only what has happened over the last hundred years but why it happened the way it did, what it was like for those scientists involved, and how what at the time may have seemed a series of bizarre or unrelated events, now with hindsight emerges as a logical sequence of events. Pais, a noted physicist, was personally involved in many of the developments he describes, and thus Inward Bound, like his earlier book, is filled with unique insights into the world of big and small physics. Between and , the period he covers, the smallest distances explored have shrunk a hundred millionfold, Pais notes. Along this incompletely traveled "road inward," scientists have established markers that later generations will rank among the principal monuments of the twentieth century. In alternating technical and nontechnical sections, this magisterial survey richly conveys what has been discovered about the constituents of matter, the laws to which they are subject, and the forces that act on them. But the advances have certainly not come smoothly. The book shows that these have been times of progress and stagnation, of order and chaos, of clarity and confusion, of belief and incredulity, of the conventional and the bizarre; also of revolutionaries and conservatives, of science by individuals and by consortia, of little gadgets and big machines, and of modest funds and big money. About the Author: Abraham Pais is Detlev W. Bronk Professor of Physics at the Rockefeller University. The author of the prizewinning biography of Einstein now undertakes a history of modern physics
5 Steps to a 5: AP Calculus AB
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ma, William / Freedson, Grace, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a "Month-by-Month" approach that follows the school year and a "Calendar Countdown" approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute "Basic Training" covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include: Sample tests that closely simulate real exams Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, andfrequently-asked questions Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
5 Steps to a 5: AP English Literature
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murphy, Barbara / Rankin, Estelle / Freedson, Grace, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a "Month-by-Month" approach that follows the school year and a "Calendar Countdown" approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute "Basic Training" covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include: Sample tests that closely simulate real exams Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, andfrequently-asked questions Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
5 Steps to a 5: AP English Language
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murphy, Barbara / Freedson, Grace / Rankin, Estelle, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENGLISH LITERATURE Grace Freedson, Series Editor An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a "Month-by-Month" approach that follows the school year and a "Calendar Countdown" approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute "Basic Training" covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include: Sample tests that closely simulate real exams Review material based on the contents ofthe most recent tests Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, and frequently-asked questions Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wilkerson, Isabel, PUBLISHER: Vintage Books, One of "The New York Times Book Review"'s 10 Best Books of the Year In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From to , this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. With stunning historical detail, Wilkerson tells this story through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, where she achieved quiet blue-collar success and, in old age, voted for Barack Obama when he ran for an Illinois Senate seat; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in fled Florida for Harlem, where he endangered his job fighting for civil rights, saw his family fall, and finally found peace in God; and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in to pursue a medical career, the personal physician to Ray Charles as part of a glitteringly successful medical career, which allowed him to purchase a grand home where he often threw exuberant parties. Wilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country trips by car and train and their new lives in colonies that grew into ghettos, as well as how they changed these cities with southern food, faith, and culture and improved them with discipline, drive, and hard work. Both a riveting microcosm and a major assessment, The Warmth of Other Suns is a bold, remarkable, and riveting work, a superb account of an "unrecognized immigration" within our own land. Through the breadth of its narrative, the beauty of the writing, the depth of its research, and the fullness of the people and lives portrayed herein, this book is destined to become a classic. "From the Hardcover edition."
The Canadian Regime: An Introduction to Parliamentary
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Malcolmson, Patrick / Myers, Richard, PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press, This clear and readable account of Canada's political institutions has now been updated to reflect developments up to and beyond the Canadian federal election. Focusing more on principles than on arcane detail, the authors explain why our institutions are the way they are. In so doing, they improve the reader's ability to assess the implications of various proposals for reform of our institutions (such as electing senators, recall of MPs, and review of Supreme Court nominees). Comments from previous editions:.".. far and away the best of the Canadian government texts I've seen." - David J. Climenhaga, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology "Malcolmson and Myers have written a comprehensive and coherent account of Canadian government that is informed by a clear understanding of the purposes, capacities, and limitations of liberal democratic institutions." - Jennifer Smith, Dalhousie University "The Canadian Regime is designed to be an introductory Canadian government text. It fulfills that purpose admirably but I would add that this is a book all Canadians should read and have on their shelves.... It is brief and it is clear, but most especially it provides an outstanding explantion for why Canada's government takes the form it does. Its virtue is that it explains Canada's system instead of merely describing its features. It indicates the underlying rationale of the institutions and processes of government in a way that most descriptive texts do not, for it provides a causal analysis. It is this explanatory quality that makes this text so good. It starts with the basic idea of government and proceeds rationally to the conclusion, building on the fundamental principles of liberal democracy as they have taken shape in Canada. "I believe this book could become a classic in the explanation of our regime. It is a useful tool for understanding current politics and it helps citizens distinguish between foolish and reasonable proposals for change. And, finally, it is written so sensibly and with such clear examples that it works as an 'inoculation' against some of the most disturbing fashions of interpretation among ideologues and the media." - Heidi Studer, University of Alberta Patrick Malcolmson is currently Vice-President (Academic) at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick and formerly served as the Chair of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission. Richard Myers is Professor of Political Science and former Vice-President (Academic) at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
: The Kremlin Games
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Flint, Eric / Huff, Gorg / Goodlett, Paula, PUBLISHER: Baen Books, #14 in the multiply bestselling Ring of Fire Series. After carving a place for itself among the struggling powers of 17th century Western Europe, the out-of-time modern town of Grantville, West Virginia must fight for its life in a war-torn Europe just emerging from medieval skullduggery. . Grantville has bounced back and established its new mission and identity, but it seems some have been left behind--people like Bernie Zeppi, courageous in the battle, but unable to figure out what to do with himself in a world that's utterly changed. Then Russian emissary Vladimir Gorchacov arrives in Grantville and hires Bernie to journey to Moscow and bring the future to a Russia mired in slavish serfdom and byzantine imperial plots. Bernie jumps at the chance. He figures it to be an easy gig, complete with high pay and hot-and-cold running women. But one thing Bernie hasn't counted on is the chance to find his purpose in Mother Russia, from fighting the needless death of children from typhoid to building the first dirigible in Russian history. And then there's love. Just as Bernie realizes his feeling for a certain Russian noblewoman may have gone way beyond respect, he finds them both enmeshed in the deadly politics of Kremlin power struggles. War with Poland is afoot and Russia itself is about to get a revolution from within-three centuries early. Bernie Zeppi, former Grantville auto mechanic, is going to have the chance to prove he's not the loser he believed himself to be. For now Bernie's task is to save the woman he loves and the country he has come to call his own from collapse into a new Dark Age. About : The Kremlin Games: "..".a well-constructed plot filled with satisfying measures of comedy, romance, political intrigue, and action."--"Publishers Weekly" About Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series: "This alternate history series is...a landmark..."--"Booklist" " Eric] Flint's "" universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians."--"Booklist"..".reads like a technothriller set in the age of the Medicis..."--"Publishers Weekly"..".each new entry appears better than the previous one, a seemingly impossible feat...terrific."--"Midwest Book Review" " C]ombines accurate historical research with bold leaps of the imagination."--"Library Journal"
High School Underachievers: What Do They Achieve as Adults?
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCall, Robert B. / Evahn, Cynthia / Kratzer, Lynn, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), For years, educators, counselors, and parents have debated whether underachievers can outgrow this behavior and perform up to their abilities as adults. What happens educationally, occupationally, and maritally to underachievers after they leave high school? In the largest sample of underachievers and the first long-term (13-year) study ever conducted, the authors explore whether underachievers "catch up" after high school to the level of their abilities, the traits of those who do, and the traits of those who don't. Through an analysis of the 13-year longitudinal study, they compare underachievers with students who receive the same grades and students who have tested at the same ability level but who have performed better in school. Covering such issues as personality variables, learning strategies, self-esteem, classroom structure, the educational system, and parental styles, the authors sift through the data to discover what factors are associated with underachievement and what techniques have worked to help these students improve their performance. USE FOR NEXT MAILING (): "Good, substantive research on underachievement has been lacking in the field of gifted education for some time. McCall's book fills a needed void in the literature.... University libraries and resource centers for gifted education will want to add this book to their inventories. High School Underachievers is a timely addition on the most current information about underachievement." --Roeper Review "McCall has taken an unusually thorny and controversial area (controversial in the sense that historically there has been little agreement among workers in the area as to even the definition of the phenomena)and quite clearly defined a series of issues of interest to him. He has then applied a methodology to address those issues.... It seems to me that it is a good piece of work." --Mark Appelbaum, Vanderbilt University "This brief volume contains good data about a problem, underachievement, that represents a longtime concern of parents and educators. The authors discuss theories, but the only hypothesis tested was that underachievers might form a meaningful syndrome. They had an opportunity to analyze data--including the outcomes 13 years after high school graduation--on a sample of substantial size, and they obtained more relevant and dependable information about the supposed phenomenon than has heretofore been available. More psychological research should have this outcome and this beginning." --Contemporary Psychology