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Essential UML fast introduces the concepts of object-oriented analysis, design and programming, using the Unified Modeling Language (UML). UML is one of the best known modeling languages in the object-oriented software development world, and is fast becoming a standard amongst OO software developers. The book contains plenty of examples and detailed illustrations, making it easy for readers to get up and running with UML fast. In providing these examples the author relies on one of the well known use case tools, Select Enterprise. Advice is given on how to set up Select Enterprise as well as how to use it to speed up the modeling process of practical software.
The idea of the "anti-sexist man" is often treated with scorn by feminists and hesitantly by men. People are suspicious and unsure about the whole idea. Based around interviews with eight men who have responded positively to feminism, this book provides the reader with the first full length discussion of anti-sexist male attitudes. THe interviewees tell their life stories, their `making' and reveal their differences to male chauvinists. Timely and sincere, The Making of Anti-Sexist Men will appeal to all those interested in changing oppressive gender attitudes and social structures.
In her late sixties, Judith Carter is looking for more than love and companionship from her new husband, Vince Strohm, a man twenty years older than she. A wealthy widower, Vince dotes on his two dogs, Charmin and Tiger, in his upscale home in Palm Springs, California. It doesn't take long for Vince to suspect that Judith's marriage intentions may not have been sincere. Not long after the wedding, Judith's son, Leo, who is constantly in debt to loan sharks, arranges for his mother and stepfather to be robbed. Then, Judith and Leo conspire to get rid of Vince's precious pets while he is out of town visiting his daughter.When Vince is hospitalized after a fall in his home, Judith arranges for him to undergo a needless major surgery. As Judith schemes her way into Vince's wealth to secure a comfortable future for her and her son, her plans may just cost Vince more than his fortune. Soft Crime explores the lengths to which people will go for greed and the love of money.
RenderMan has long been associated with top-end film production and is an essential tool for creating many of the effects and images in recent animated films (such as Final Fantasy, Monsters, Inc., Stuart Little, Pearl Harbour and Dinosaur). RenderMan is widely available and, with the demand for higher quality images, is now used by computer-based artists at all levels of the graphics industry. Essential RenderMan fast is a practical introduction to producing images using a RenderMan renderer, and getting the most from RenderMan. You will gain access to the power of RenderMan, which has previously only been available to the elite of the Computer Graphics community! With plenty of illustrations and hands-on examples, Ian Stephenson: gives an overview of RenderMan.- explains how scenes are described.- illustrates (among other things) how to create surfaces; colour; lighting; shadows; and depth of field, using RIB and the C API.- introduces the techniques involved in creating and applying textures and shading. Additional material is available from the Essential series website: http://www.essential-series.com