examples illustrate the importance of good lighting and how to handle
transitions to new lighting arrangements. The next part of the book covers the
essential areas of filters, sound effects, interactive music, movement, and
dialog, including coverage of current voice recognition technology. The book
wraps up with coverage of directing essentials. Programmers will find the entire
book extremely useful, and designers and artists will find the large amount of
creative uses of filmmaking techniques invaluable. Every chapter is written with
two major parts: creative and technical. The creative section looks into the
techniques and practices of the film industry and teaches how artists and
designers can use these techniques in games. The technical sections then explain
how to implement these techniques into games through practical code and
equations. The technical sections require knowledge of basic programming and
computer graphics concepts. This is the one resource programm.
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Eric D. Grebler, Chris Hawkins, "Cubase SX 3 Ignite!" (2nd edition)
Course Technology PTR | ISBN 1592005381 | 2004 Year | PDF | 10,68 Mb | 296 Pages
“ Get ready to understand, use, and explore the world of music sequencing with
this one-stop guide to Cubase SX 3. This introductory book provides you with a
solid foundation of Steinberg's powerful digital music production software. With
"Cubase SX 3 Ignite!", you?ll examine the many different tools Cubase has to
offer. Screenshots and step-by-step instructions guide you through the various
new features in SX 3. Hands-on exercises help you take your skills to the next
level. From setting up SX on your computer to learning about VST connections and
MIDI maps, you?ll be up and running within Cubase in no time!
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Robert Guerin, "Cubase SX/SL 3 Power!" (3rd edition)
Course Technology PTR | ISBN 1592005373 | 2004 Year | PDF | 13,65 Mb | 512 Pages
“ Get ready to dive into Cubase SX or SL 3! This book provides a thorough look
at the most common as well as lesser-known features of this impressive digital
audio production software. Beyond describing the features of the program and how
they work, Cubase SX/SL 3 Power! tells ?why? to use certain features and ?when?
they are most beneficial to your project. You?ll gain a better understanding of
Cubase SX or SL while learning how to use all the exciting new tools in version
3, such as the new Freeze function, which makes it possible to render temporary
audio inserts to free up computer resources, and the External FX Plug-ins VST
Connections which make it easier to use external effect modules inside your SX
or SL projects. Packed with useful tips and detailed explanations, this book is
your guide to taking advantage of all that Cubase has to offer and making a
powerful difference in your music creation.
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John Weiss (Editor), "Poverty Targeting In Asia"
Edward Elgar Publishing | ISBN 184542123X | 2005 Year | PDF | 1,89 Mb | 282
Pages
“ Most governments attempt to target resources directly at the poor through a
variety of measures including food and credit subsidies, job creation schemes
and basic health and education projects. These measures are usually classified
as being either promotional, to help raise welfare in the long term; or
protectional, to support the poor in times of adverse shocks. However, for many
Asian countries the reality of these poverty targeting measures has proved
disappointing. Following a comprehensive overview by the editor, this book
offers a detailed assessment of the results of directly channeling resources to
the poor and extensively discusses the experience of five Asian countries -
India, Indonesia, the People’s Republic of China, the Philippines and Thailand.
The authors demonstrate how in many cases these targeting measures have failed
due to their high cost and errors of both under-coverage (where many of the poor
are excluded) and leakage (when many of the better-off also benefit from these
schemes). The authors conclude that while poverty targeting remains a critically
important objective, past targeting errors must not be forgotten and improved
methods of both identifying and reaching the poor must be realized. Written by
leading experts in the field and including analysis of original country surveys,
this seminal text documents clearly the operation and success of aid schemes in
Asia. This book will make a worthy addition to the literature on development,
poverty reduction, social welfare and Asian studies. It will also be an
important source of reference for academics and students of economic
development, aid practitioners, government officials and development NGOs.
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James G. Carrier (Editor), "A Handbook Of Economic Anthropology"
Edward Elgar Pub | ISBN 1843761750 | 2005 Year | PDF | 1,62 Mb | 584 Pages
“ For more than a century, anthropologists have studied the economic lives and
institutions of people around the world. The results of their research and
reflection on economy have generally stayed within the discipline and have not
been available in an accessible form to a broader readership. This major
reference book is intended to correct this. This unique Handbook contains
substantial and invaluable summary discussions of work on economic processes and
issues, and on the relationship between economic and non-economic areas of life.
Furthermore it describes conceptual orientations that are important among
economic anthropologists, and presents summaries of key issues in the
anthropological study of economic life in different regions of the world. Its
scope and accessibility make it useful both to those who are interested in a
particular topic and to those who want to see the breadth and fruitfulness of an
anthropological study of economics. Economists from a wide range of fields and
perspectives - from heterodox to classical, and from industrial economics to
economic psychology and sociology - will find much to engage them within this
exciting Handbook, as will anthropologists drawn to the significant statements
by senior figures in the field. Those involved in development projects will find
this an invaluable reference work with which to gain greater understanding of
and insight into the reasons for people’s economic activities and decisions. The
concise treatments of topics will provide invaluable teaching aids and reference
for further reading by scholars at all levels of study.
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Raymond W. Converse, "Atheism As a Positive Social Force"
Algora Publishing | ISBN 087586211X | 2003 Year | PDF | 0,91 Mb | 244 Pages
“ We live in a world which still believes, and lives as if, God exists and
directs the workings of the unive. This book is an attempt to set forth the
major lines of philosophical argument that support the position of atheism.
Along the way, it will also set forth the major philosophical arguments of those
who rely upon religion as the support of their belief in the existence of God.
As the two counter positions are presented, it is hoped that the contrast
between them will open the doors to debate. Recent disasters have raised new
questions concerning the role of religion in society. The author does not oppose
religion per se; he outlines the growth of religion from a modern historical
perspective and shows how atheism can be applied as a positive alternative in
facing everyday problems.
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Robert Joe Stout, "The Blood of the Serpent: Mexican Lives"
Algora Publishing | ISBN 0875862152 | 2003 Year | PDF | 1,4 Mb | 312 Pages
“ This engaging and passionate book meanders through journalism, history and
autobiography. It is an anthology of conversations the author, who has written
for the Christian Science Monitor and other publications, has had throughout
Mexico over the past 40 years, grouped together by geography. Starting in Mexico
City, the "urban core" of the country, he moves north to border towns dominated
by their economic and migratory relationship with the United States and
concludes in the highlands of the south, where expanding Mexican power confronts
increasingly displaced indigenous peoples. The stories told by government
officials, farmers, hustlers, cripples, migrant laborers, children, street
vendors, teachers, university students, social activists, union organizers, oil
prospectors, loggers, traditional healers, refugees and truck drivers give the
book a rich chorus of voices, which produce not a song but an energetic
discussion and argument about the soul of Mexico. Interspersed between these
extended quotations are Stout's accounts of how he came to meet these people
(often on the street with the conversation continuing at the local cantina) as
well as discussions of the larger social context behind their remarks. He pays
particular attention to the plight of those who have been pushed from farms,
villages and forests into cities and slums by business development and political
corruption, and is clearly charmed by the spirited reaction of ordinary people
to forces beyond their control. His fascination and frustration with Mexican
society will no doubt rub off on any curious reader.
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Paul C. Zikopoulos, George Baklarz, Dan Scott, "Apache Derby - Off to the Races:
Includes Details of IBM Cloudscape"
IBM Press | ISBN 0131855255 | October 27, 2005 Year | CHM | 5,29 Mb | 600 Pages
“ Apache Derby is the world's only enterprise class open source, pure Java,
fully transactional relational database. It's small enough to be embedded
directly into your Java applications, providing a local data store that requires
no DBA support. Powerful enough to support a wide range of traditional
applications, this database ships as the default database for WebSphere
Application Server and more than fifty other IBM software products. Apache Derby
is built on the mature IBM Cloudscape code base IBM recently contributed to the
open source community. The IBM Cloudscape code was nominated and won
Developer.com's Product of the Year 2005 award.
Now, IBM's own database experts have written a comprehensive guide to making the
most of Apache Derby—and its commercial counterpart, IBM Cloudscape— in any
development or production environment. This book systematically introduces the
Apache Derby/IBM Cloudscape technology: where it fits and how to install and
configure it—and how to build robust business applications and Web services with
it, one step at a time.
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