“…Ever wonder how that movie poster was created, or how they created that cool ad in the magazine, or maybe even how to take a seemingly mundane photo and give it the Hollywood treatment? This is the book for you. Whether you are a designer, artist, or even a photographer, there is something here for everyone. …”

“…Proven techniques for optimizing web, file, print, database, and application servers Practical introductions to open source performance management tools Easy-to-understand examples based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server An indispensable guide to maximizing Linux system and application performance From Wall Street to Hollywood, Linux runs many of the world's most businesscritical systems. …”

“…His companions and correspondents included presidents, senators, Hollywood moguls, and Broadway stars, but his first allegiance was to the farmlands and small towns of mid-America. …”

“…In A Touch of the Madness, Larry uses firsthand memories from working on some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters to show you the three principles that form the foundation of a thriving career in any industry: - Create a great idea that will excite your audience - Ask as many times (and as many people) as it takes to get a ""yes""--Play while you work-don't forget to have fun To be innovative, you have to be a little crazy. …”

“…Tal vez sorprenda que la imagen más difundida del siglo XX no represente a una estrella de rock, o de Hollywood y mucho menos un hombre de negocios o un deportista de éxito. …”

“…Following the American indie cinema boom of the 1990s and the creation of "specialty" divisions by several Hollywood studios, many predicted an end to both the indie sector's viability and the making of films with ambitions beyond the commercial mainstream. …”

“…In his focus on improvisation, psychodrama, and a new approach to scripting, Murphy provides a new history of American indie filmmaking and how it challenged Hollywood industrial practices and performance styles…”

“…In contemporary cinema, of course, there are enough adaptations --based on everything from comic books to the novels of Jane Austen--to make us wonder if Hollywood has run out of new stories. But if you think adaptation can be understood by using novels and films alone, you're wrong. …”

“…Catherine Russell's highly accessible book approaches Japanese cinema as an industry closely modeled on Hollywood, focusing on the classical period - those years in which the studio system dominated all film production in Japan, from roughly 1930 to 1960. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Trance-formations : orientalism and cosmopolitanism in youth culture / Sunaina Maira -- Making transnational Vietnamese music : sounds of home and resistance / Kieu Linh Valverde -- Planet bollywood : Indian cinema abroad / Jigna Desai -- Model minorities can cook: fusion cuisine in asian america / Anita Mannur -- Chung Pappy's house : history, pop culture, and the reevaluation of a Filipino-American "sixty-cents" in Guam / Vincente Diaz -- Within each crack/a story" : the political economy of queering Filipino American pasts queering the past / Victor Bascara -- The bound feet of the concubines : fetishizing Chinese women's history in the transnational era / Christine So -- Between yellowphilia and yellowphobia : ethnic stardom and the (dis)orientalized romantic couple in Daughter of Shanghai and King of Chinatown / Hye Seung Chung -- Whose paradise? …”

“…Corporate executives, Hollywood stars, medical doctors, teachers, secretaries, and even clergy are avidly embracing it. …”

“…José Luis Castro, profesor del Departamento de Arte de la Universidad de Vigo, asegura que todavía que da mucho campo en el estudio de la obra de Alfred Hitchcock y su influencia en la evolución del lenguaje del cine desde su llegada a Hollywood en 1939 contratado por David O'Selznick. …”

“…In Movies with Stanley Cavell in Mind, some of the scholars who have become essential for our understanding of Stanley Cavell's writing on film gather to use his landmark contributions to help us read new films-from Hollywood and elsewhere-films that exist beyond his immediate reach and reading. …”

“…Pabst in Frankreich; vor den Gräueln des neuen Deutschlands flieht er nach Hollywood. Aber unter der blendenden Sonne Kaliforniens sieht der weltberühmte Regisseur mit einem Mal aus wie ein Zwerg. …”

“…Despite this, record numbers of Americans are not succeeding at getting or staying married.In this hard-hitting book, Wilcox reveals the anti-family messages and policies coming out of Holly­wood, Washington, the media, academia, and corporate America that have weakened marriage. …”

“…"Literary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, taking readers on a spellbinding journey from medieval Arabic philosophy to visions of a universal language, past Hollywood fiction factories and missile defense systems trained on Russian folktales. …”

“…Homenaje irónico a la novela francesa del XIX y al melodrama de Hollywood, desde Minelli hasta Cronenberg, pasando por Almodóvar, El amante de Lady Chatterley o Falcon Crest. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Safety considerations for CNC and lasers -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Setting Up and Configuring the 3018 CNC Machine -- Technical requirements -- Anatomy of a CNC machine -- Making the build-versus-buy decision -- Buying a pre-built unit -- Building your own unit -- Configuring, calibrating, and testing your CNC machine -- Step calibration -- Firmware flashing software -- G-code sender software -- Running your first test cut -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Understanding Material Properties before Making the First Cut -- Cutting hardwoods, plywood, and balsa -- Cutting foam and composites -- Cutting plastics and PVC -- Cutting aluminum and other soft metals -- Selecting the right end mill -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Making the First Cut -- Securing the workpiece -- Selecting test patterns -- Configuration settings -- End-mill diameter -- RPM or spindle control and feed rate -- Cut depth and multiple passes -- Different settings for different operations -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Full CNC Workflow with Different Materials -- Technical requirements -- Getting to G-Code from a drawing -- Cutting softwoods such as balsa and light plywood -- Cutting hardwood -- Cutting and engraving soft metals -- Working with foam -- Engraving your workpiece and setting depths -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Upgrading Your CNC Machine -- Installing end-stops -- Emergency stop switch -- Installing a Z-probe -- Adding a rotary axis -- Plotters and drag knives -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Enclosures -- Panels, cleaning, and access -- Removable and non-integral enclosures -- Integrated and permanent enclosures…”