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The most comprehensive guide to property investment in Eastern Europe available. Whether you're buying a second home or looking to invest, the smart money is heading to Eastern Europe. Plan every aspect of your property investment with this expert guide that walks you step-by-step through the property market in 14 countries and helps you weigh up the rewards and the risks of choosing one location over another. Covering the purchasing procedures, legalities, taxes, economy, culture, lifestyle and business opportunities in each country, property expert Colin Barrow provides insider tips to help you make an informed choice and a wise investment. Colin Barrow has an extensive background in European property and works across a diverse range of related industries. He has researched most international property markets and has first hand experience of buying, building developing and selling over two hundred properties in overseas markets.

"No other book to date presents facial animation concepts, theory, and practical application with the authority that Stop Staring does." —TIEM Design Crafting believable facial animation is one of the most challenging, yet rewarding aspects of 3D graphics. Done right, this art breathes life into otherwise deadpan faces. In this extraordinary book, professional animator Jason Osipa teaches you how to achieve realistic facial modeling and animation. Using detailed practical examples complemented with high-quality images and a touch of humor, Osipa leads you from design and modeling to rigging and animation. The CD and full-color insert demonstrate techniques you can use to fine-tune your facial animations. Reviewed and approved by Alias|Wavefront, Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right, uses the Academy Award(r) winning Maya(r) 3D animation and effects software as the focus for its examples, yet the principles and techniques are described in ways that will be helpful to anyone working on facial modeling and animation. Mastering the Face Start out by getting familiar with the range of possible facial expressions, then focus on animating and modeling the mouth, eyes and brows. When you're ready to bring it all together, you can generate a scene from concept to completion. Topics covered include: Understanding how the whole face affects expression Learning visimes and lip sync techniques Constructing a mouth and mouth keys Building emotion through the eyes and brows Building interfaces to easily connect and control your models Skeletal setup, weighting, and rigging Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Breathe life into your creations With detailed examples, high-quality professional images, and a touch of humor, this is the fully revised and updated second edition of Jason Osipa's best-selling book on facial animation. You'll learn the basics of design, modeling, rigging, and animation-while mastering exciting new techniques for stretch-and-squash deformation, advanced blend extraction, and the latest software tools. Walk through the author's detailed analysis of sample animations and discover how to add nuance and sophistication to your designs. Full of insights drawn from years of professional experience, this book provides the focused and practical information you need to create believable facial animations. Learn visimes and lip sync techniques Construct a mouth and mouth keys Explore the process of facial landmarking Master the cartoon techniques of squash and stretch Harness the latest advanced blend extraction tools Create interfaces for your faces Understand skeletal setup, weighting, and rigging Control faces with the book's powerful rig and learn how skin moves to make various shapes and expressions Master powerful stretch-and-squash (and squoosh!) techniques Featured on the CD Fine-tune your facial animations with the techniques demonstrated on the companion CD. Content includes tutorial files, lip sync samples, models, textures, and more. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Pay a lower commission-and keep more of your money! Most homeowners assume that everyone pays the same six percent on Realtor commissions. But, in fact, some people pay much less and some people pay much more. And with today's overheated housing market, it seems like most homes practically sell themselves. Is it really worth paying a Realtor tens of thousands of dollars to find a buyer for a home that's in high demand? There are actually many ways to lower the commission you pay-all it takes is knowledge of the selling process and basic negotiating skills. In this helpful, comprehensive guide, Robert Irwin teaches you everything you need to know to get a better deal. He presents a detailed, precise explanation of how the commission system works, and proven strategies and tactics for keeping more of your equity. You'll learn how to lower-and even eliminate-the commission by taking advantage of such little known options as: * Using a discount agent * Negotiating for rebates or reduced rates * Offering flat fees or cash bonuses * Basing commissions on speed of sale and other factors * Creating your own listing agreement * Paying for services rendered rather than percentage * Finding a buyer yourself and paying only for the closing Six percent doesn't sound like much. But for many homeowners, six percent is a fortune better spent on something else. In a booming real estate market, it pays to consider the alternatives-and you'll find them all in this handy, helpful guide.

Make Money with Affordable Apartment Buildings and Commercial Properties, Second Edition, shows you how to build wealth with affordable multi-unit residential and commercial buildings. Low-priced income properties can yield higher returns than single-family homes?especially if you manage them yourself. This book shows you how to find, assess, buy, and manage apartment buildings, retail offices, self-storage, and other overlooked investment alternatives. In today?s tough housing market, these properties offer great returns.

To ensure competitive advantage for their companies in wireless product development, developers need to understand how wireless technologies work, what impact they have on applications being developed, and how to use them to optimize products for success in the marketplace. Designed to answer these and other wireless development questions, this unique handbook explores how a host of relevant technologies work together with the new worldwide standards for wireless technologies–General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Third Generation (3G). Leading expert Christoffer Andersson clearly explains how GPRS and 3G control the mobile environment, then goes on to describe how the emerging radio technology of Bluetooth fits in with WAP and Java, how wireless applications work with HTTP and TCP/IP on the Internet, and how to create «always-on» wireless applications.

Как вы думаете, эмоции даны нам от рождения и они не что иное, как реакция на внешний раздражитель? Лиза Барретт, опираясь на современные нейробиологические исследования, открытия социальной психологии, философии и результаты сотен экспериментов, выяснила, что эмоции не запускаются – их создает сам человек. Они не универсальны, как принято думать, а различны для разных культур. Они рождаются как комбинация физических свойств тела, гибкого мозга, среды, в которой находится человек, а также его культуры и воспитания.

Карло Ровелли – физик-теоретик, внесший значительный вклад в физику пространства и времени, автор нескольких научно-популярных книг. Он работал в Италии и США, а сейчас возглавляет исследовательскую группу по квантовой гравитации в Марселе. «Семь этюдов по физике» мгновенно стали бестселлером в Италии и переведены на несколько десятков языков. В этой книге Ровелли кратко и увлекательно рассказывает о самых потрясающих открытиях революции, произошедшей в физике в XX веке, и о вопросах, все еще ждущих своего разрешения.

Пособие создано при содействии Американского фонда по преодолению заикания по материалам книги «Sometimes I Just Stutter» и предназначено для работы с детьми младшего школьного возраста с заиканием. Пособие рекомендуется к использованию в качестве практического материала для обучающихся в бакалавриате и магистратуре по направлению подготовки «Специальное (дефектологическое) образование», профиль «Логопедия», при освоении дисциплин «Нарушения плавности речи», «Нарушения плавности речи и их преодоление».

Представьте, что вы оказались далеко в космосе рядом с умирающей звездой. Или сжались до размеров атома и отправились в невероятное приключение в крошечном мире.

В своей книге М. Мазовер размышляет о проблеме национального и интернационального начала в международных отношениях. Рассматривая полярные концепции – эволюцию различных вариантов тоталитарной интернационалистической утопии и идею установления общемировой гармонии, достижимой путем максимального отказа от управления и выхода за рамки государства, – автор прослеживает историю так называемой срединной формы интернационализма, доминировавшего в мировой политике большую часть ХХ в.

A detailed look at a diverse set of Cloud topics, particularly Azure and Office 365 More and more companies are realizing the power and potential of Cloud computing as a viable way to save energy and money. This valuable book offers an in-depth look at a wide range of Cloud topics unlike any other book on the market. Examining how Cloud services allows users to pay as they go for exactly what they use, this guide explains how companies can easily scale their Cloud use up and down to fit their business requirements. After an introduction to Cloud computing, you'll discover how to prepare your environment for the Cloud and learn all about Office 365 and Azure. Examines a diverse range of Cloud topics, with special emphasis placed on how Cloud computing can save businesses energy and money Shows you how to prepare your environment for the Cloud Addresses Office 365, including infrastructure services, SharePoint 2010 online, SharePoint online development, Exchange online development, and Lync online development Discusses working with Azure, including setting it up, leveraging Blob storage, building Azure applications, programming, and debugging Offers advice for deciding when to use Azure and when to use Office 365 and looks at hybrid solutions between Azure and Office 365 Tap into the potential of Azure and Office 365 with this helpful resource.