Author: C. T. Phipps
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Gary Karkofsky a.k.a Merciless the Supervillain without MercyTM is presently the most disliked supervillain in the world. Superheroes don't want to just throw him in jail, they want to deliver an epic beat down for ending their golden age by killing Merciful the Superhero with MercyTM. His fellow supervillains aren't much better, either jealous of his success or loathing him for all the other baddies he's killed. Also, what's up with his wife Mandy? She's been acting extra-strange since getting her soul back (long story). That's when Gary receives an invitation to the Primal Fighting Tournament—an interdimensional contest involving all the universe's greatest warriors. The prize? A wish with no limitations. Gary can finally get on that world domination thing he's been putting off. Unfortunately, Gary is competing against good and evil way above his league. Not only Gabrielle Anders a.k.a Ultragoddess, his former fiancé, but Entropicus the Space God of Evil. Thankfully, Gary has allies from unexpected sources including Jane Doe, the protagonist of I was a Teenage Weredeer, G from Agent G, and Cassius Mass from Lucifer's Star.
The Tournament of Supervillainy
Author: C. T. Phipps
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Gary Karkofsky a.k.a Merciless the Supervillain without MercyTM is presently the most disliked supervillain in the world. Superheroes don't want to just throw him in jail, they want to deliver an epic beat down for ending their golden age by killing Merciful the Superhero with MercyTM. His fellow supervillains aren't much better, either jealous of his success or loathing him for all the other baddies he's killed. Also, what's up with his wife Mandy? She's been acting extra-strange since getting her soul back (long story). That's when Gary receives an invitation to the Primal Fighting Tournament—an interdimensional contest involving all the universe's greatest warriors. The prize? A wish with no limitations. Gary can finally get on that world domination thing he's been putting off. Unfortunately, Gary is competing against good and evil way above his league. Not only Gabrielle Anders a.k.a Ultragoddess, his former fiancé, but Entropicus the Space God of Evil. Thankfully, Gary has allies from unexpected sources including Jane Doe, the protagonist of I was a Teenage Weredeer, G from Agent G, and Cassius Mass from Lucifer's Star.
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Gary Karkofsky a.k.a Merciless the Supervillain without MercyTM is presently the most disliked supervillain in the world. Superheroes don't want to just throw him in jail, they want to deliver an epic beat down for ending their golden age by killing Merciful the Superhero with MercyTM. His fellow supervillains aren't much better, either jealous of his success or loathing him for all the other baddies he's killed. Also, what's up with his wife Mandy? She's been acting extra-strange since getting her soul back (long story). That's when Gary receives an invitation to the Primal Fighting Tournament—an interdimensional contest involving all the universe's greatest warriors. The prize? A wish with no limitations. Gary can finally get on that world domination thing he's been putting off. Unfortunately, Gary is competing against good and evil way above his league. Not only Gabrielle Anders a.k.a Ultragoddess, his former fiancé, but Entropicus the Space God of Evil. Thankfully, Gary has allies from unexpected sources including Jane Doe, the protagonist of I was a Teenage Weredeer, G from Agent G, and Cassius Mass from Lucifer's Star.
The Supervillainy Saga
Author: C. T. Phipps
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1601
Book Description
"Why save the world when you can rule it?" Gary Karkofsky always wanted to be a supervillain. He gets his chance when a mysterious package is left on his front doorstep with the magical cloak of the Nightwalker, recently deceased protector of Falconcrest City. This allows him to become MERCILESS: THE SUPERVILLAIN WITHOUT MERCY. However, Gary soon finds that he's not quite evil enough to be the city's Big Bad. Assembling a crew consisting of his ex-girlfriend, his wife, a once terrifying supervillain), Gary sets off on a series of mad and exciting adventures. Gary will fight extremist superheroes from the Nineties, hordes of zombies, evil cults, a time-traveling President from the future, and himself. The Supervillainy Saga, Books 1-6 contains The Rules of Supervillainy, The Games of Supervillainy, The Secrets of Supervillainy, The Science of Supervillainy, The Tournament of Supervillainy, and The Future of Supervillainy. It is the tale of humanity's best hero and worse villain, or is the other way around! Read and find out! ****** "As a long time comic book fan and someone who enjoys a good in-joke, this was a great book for me." - The Scribblings "This book is funny. It starts out that way, remains so throughout, and ends the same way. There are both chuckle-worthy and laugh-out-loud moments." - Sister Geeks.net "It is ridiculous on funny, and I enjoyed every moment." - Boundless Book Reviews "I really enjoyed this book!" - Dab of Darkness
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1601
Book Description
"Why save the world when you can rule it?" Gary Karkofsky always wanted to be a supervillain. He gets his chance when a mysterious package is left on his front doorstep with the magical cloak of the Nightwalker, recently deceased protector of Falconcrest City. This allows him to become MERCILESS: THE SUPERVILLAIN WITHOUT MERCY. However, Gary soon finds that he's not quite evil enough to be the city's Big Bad. Assembling a crew consisting of his ex-girlfriend, his wife, a once terrifying supervillain), Gary sets off on a series of mad and exciting adventures. Gary will fight extremist superheroes from the Nineties, hordes of zombies, evil cults, a time-traveling President from the future, and himself. The Supervillainy Saga, Books 1-6 contains The Rules of Supervillainy, The Games of Supervillainy, The Secrets of Supervillainy, The Science of Supervillainy, The Tournament of Supervillainy, and The Future of Supervillainy. It is the tale of humanity's best hero and worse villain, or is the other way around! Read and find out! ****** "As a long time comic book fan and someone who enjoys a good in-joke, this was a great book for me." - The Scribblings "This book is funny. It starts out that way, remains so throughout, and ends the same way. There are both chuckle-worthy and laugh-out-loud moments." - Sister Geeks.net "It is ridiculous on funny, and I enjoyed every moment." - Boundless Book Reviews "I really enjoyed this book!" - Dab of Darkness
Using Technology to Improve Care of Older Adults
Author: Diane Chau
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826142435
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
State-of-the-art developments in multiple new technologies for older adult care Grounded in a unique team-based geriatrics perspective, this book delivers a broad range of current, evidence-based knowledge about innovative technology that has the potential to advance the care and well being of older adults. It provides key information about the development, selection, and implementation of technology products, and describes research evidence, education-based initiatives, and systems thinking. The book also examines challenges and barriers to implementation, adoption and innovation. From telehealth and assistive technology in the home to simulation and augmented reality in educational settings, the text provides a hands-on, field-tested articulation of how products can aid in the transitional care process, chronic care delivery, and geriatrics/gerontology education. It discusses technology developments in rural areas, home telehealth, wearable technology, personalized medicine, social robots, technology to assist seniors with cognitive impairments, the potential of artificial intelligence to enhance health care of older adults. The text is written to help health care professionals select the appropriate technology for their needs. Key Features: Describes the most current technology resources, evidence, and developments for older adult care Based on a team-centered approach Written by interprofessional health care providers experienced in implementing, developing and adopting technology to assist older adults Includes case studies depicting technology-related successes and failures Addresses the challenges, barriers, and opportunities for transforming aging with technology across transitions of care
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826142435
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
State-of-the-art developments in multiple new technologies for older adult care Grounded in a unique team-based geriatrics perspective, this book delivers a broad range of current, evidence-based knowledge about innovative technology that has the potential to advance the care and well being of older adults. It provides key information about the development, selection, and implementation of technology products, and describes research evidence, education-based initiatives, and systems thinking. The book also examines challenges and barriers to implementation, adoption and innovation. From telehealth and assistive technology in the home to simulation and augmented reality in educational settings, the text provides a hands-on, field-tested articulation of how products can aid in the transitional care process, chronic care delivery, and geriatrics/gerontology education. It discusses technology developments in rural areas, home telehealth, wearable technology, personalized medicine, social robots, technology to assist seniors with cognitive impairments, the potential of artificial intelligence to enhance health care of older adults. The text is written to help health care professionals select the appropriate technology for their needs. Key Features: Describes the most current technology resources, evidence, and developments for older adult care Based on a team-centered approach Written by interprofessional health care providers experienced in implementing, developing and adopting technology to assist older adults Includes case studies depicting technology-related successes and failures Addresses the challenges, barriers, and opportunities for transforming aging with technology across transitions of care
Annual Report
Author: Civil Service Commission of Canada
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Magnifisense
Author: Jaye North
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781492114963
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Let's ride!The Magnificent Seven television series rode into fans' hearts at a gallop and continues to live on long after the show has ridden off into the sunset.Journey now into an analytical look at each of the Seven and their relationships -- an investigation into who and why they are that goes beyond trivia and canon into possibilities.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781492114963
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Let's ride!The Magnificent Seven television series rode into fans' hearts at a gallop and continues to live on long after the show has ridden off into the sunset.Journey now into an analytical look at each of the Seven and their relationships -- an investigation into who and why they are that goes beyond trivia and canon into possibilities.
Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning – IDEAL 2022
Author: Hujun Yin
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031217535
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, IDEAL 2022, which took place in Manchester, UK, during November 24-26, 2022. The 52 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. They deal with emerging and challenging topics in intelligent data analytics and associated machine learning paradigms and systems. Special sessions were held on clustering for interpretable machine learning; machine learning towards smarter multimodal systems; and computational intelligence for computer vision and image processing.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031217535
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, IDEAL 2022, which took place in Manchester, UK, during November 24-26, 2022. The 52 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. They deal with emerging and challenging topics in intelligent data analytics and associated machine learning paradigms and systems. Special sessions were held on clustering for interpretable machine learning; machine learning towards smarter multimodal systems; and computational intelligence for computer vision and image processing.
Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction
Author: Jonathan Lazar
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN: 0128093439
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction is a comprehensive guide to performing research and is essential reading for both quantitative and qualitative methods. Since the first edition was published in 2009, the book has been adopted for use at leading universities around the world, including Harvard University, Carnegie-Mellon University, the University of Washington, the University of Toronto, HiOA (Norway), KTH (Sweden), Tel Aviv University (Israel), and many others. Chapters cover a broad range of topics relevant to the collection and analysis of HCI data, going beyond experimental design and surveys, to cover ethnography, diaries, physiological measurements, case studies, crowdsourcing, and other essential elements in the well-informed HCI researcher's toolkit. Continual technological evolution has led to an explosion of new techniques and a need for this updated 2nd edition, to reflect the most recent research in the field and newer trends in research methodology. This Research Methods in HCI revision contains updates throughout, including more detail on statistical tests, coding qualitative data, and data collection via mobile devices and sensors. Other new material covers performing research with children, older adults, and people with cognitive impairments. - Comprehensive and updated guide to the latest research methodologies and approaches, and now available in EPUB3 format (choose any of the ePub or Mobi formats after purchase of the eBook) - Expanded discussions of online datasets, crowdsourcing, statistical tests, coding qualitative data, laws and regulations relating to the use of human participants, and data collection via mobile devices and sensors - New material on performing research with children, older adults, and people with cognitive impairments, two new case studies from Google and Yahoo!, and techniques for expanding the influence of your research to reach non-researcher audiences, including software developers and policymakers
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN: 0128093439
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction is a comprehensive guide to performing research and is essential reading for both quantitative and qualitative methods. Since the first edition was published in 2009, the book has been adopted for use at leading universities around the world, including Harvard University, Carnegie-Mellon University, the University of Washington, the University of Toronto, HiOA (Norway), KTH (Sweden), Tel Aviv University (Israel), and many others. Chapters cover a broad range of topics relevant to the collection and analysis of HCI data, going beyond experimental design and surveys, to cover ethnography, diaries, physiological measurements, case studies, crowdsourcing, and other essential elements in the well-informed HCI researcher's toolkit. Continual technological evolution has led to an explosion of new techniques and a need for this updated 2nd edition, to reflect the most recent research in the field and newer trends in research methodology. This Research Methods in HCI revision contains updates throughout, including more detail on statistical tests, coding qualitative data, and data collection via mobile devices and sensors. Other new material covers performing research with children, older adults, and people with cognitive impairments. - Comprehensive and updated guide to the latest research methodologies and approaches, and now available in EPUB3 format (choose any of the ePub or Mobi formats after purchase of the eBook) - Expanded discussions of online datasets, crowdsourcing, statistical tests, coding qualitative data, laws and regulations relating to the use of human participants, and data collection via mobile devices and sensors - New material on performing research with children, older adults, and people with cognitive impairments, two new case studies from Google and Yahoo!, and techniques for expanding the influence of your research to reach non-researcher audiences, including software developers and policymakers
Sessional Papers
Author: Canada. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Sessional Papers
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada
Author: Canada. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.