This book explores how social change and changes to civil society are occurring in Russia, considering especially these changes in the education field. It shows how, although the right to lifelong learning is guaranteed by the Russian state, as it was by the Soviet Union, where formal education, based on communist ideology, emphasised the needs of the state over the needs of individuals; in practice at present the educational needs of adults – a wide range of needs, many of which are connected with coping with changing economic, social and technological circumstances - are being met by a range of non-governmental providers, including commercial companies, self-help groups, and community and neighbourhood clubs. This book discusses how this new popular education is both an example of developing civil society, and also helps the development of civil society further, although, as the book points out, new popular education is also part of a growing educational divide, where motivated, articulate people are taking advantage of new opportunities, whilst disadvantaged groups such as women, the unemployed and the rural poor continue excluded.

Lean Six Sigma is a powerful method for improving both the efficiency and quality of projects and operations. In this new book, the team that bought you Lean Six Sigma For Dummies shows you how to take Lean Six Sigma to the next level and manage continual change in your organization. You'll learn to design a roadmap for transformation that's tailored to your business objectives; develop and implement processes that eliminate waste and variation across the company; synchronize your supply chain; and successfully deploy Lean Six Sigma over time.

Lean Six Sigma Business Transformation For Dummies shows you how to:

• Define your transformation objectives and create a bespoke 'Transformation Charter' for your organization.
• Assess your company's readiness for transformation.
• Establish a 'Transformation Governance System' to help you manage the transformation programme effectively.
• Bring your people with you! Plan and achieve the cultural change needed to make the transformation process successful.
• Join up the dots between planning and effective execution with Strategy Deployment.
• Deploy a 'Continuous Improvement' toolkit to achieve everyday operational excellence.
• Sustain the transformation programme and widen the scope across the organization (including deploying to the supply chain).
• Adopt a 'Capability Maturity Approach' to drive business improvement – recognizing that change is a continuous transformational journey, just as pioneers like Toyota have done.
• Use a range of Lean Six Sigma Tools – using the right tools, at the right time (and in the right order!) enables continuous improvement by eliminating waste and process variation.

With trivia, records, and Seahawks lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Seattle fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Seahawks covers visiting the unique home-field advantage that is Qwest Field and must-do activities in and out of Seattle. Now extensively updated, this guidebook contains more than 30 new chapters and features information on coach Pete Carroll, star quarterback Russell Wilson, the team’s vaunted defense, and the Seahawks Super Bowl XLVIII championship.

For decades, Computer Graphics has been the authoritative “bible” in the field. Now, it has been completely rewritten to offer the most thorough, authoritative, and up-to-date coverage of modern algorithms, technologies, and applications.

Authored by eight leading experts, Computer Graphics, Third Edition, addresses topics ranging from the theory of the rendering equation to modern GPU architecture. It promotes experimentation by quickly introducing techniques you need to create real images. Then, the authors step back to illuminate broader issues, identify related problems, and present incrementally more sophisticated approaches. Each topic is reinforced by up-to-date exercises, problems, and hands-on projects.

The revised edition includes

• Core concepts: properties of light, human visual perception, rendering, and pipelines
• Fixed-function 3D graphics and hierarchical modeling
• 2-Space/3-Space geometries and shape descriptions
• Integrated 2D/3D coverage that highlights their common subtleties, including an extensive discussion of transformations
• Limitations of models in representing the real world
• 3D realtime graphics platforms, design goals, and tradeoffs, including new mobile and browser platforms
• Image representation, manipulation, resizing and signal processing
• Textures and texture mapping
• Implementing graphics-intensive 3D interfaces: arcball, trackball, Unicam, and multitouch image manipulation
• Splines, subdivision curves/surfaces, implicit representations of shape, and meshes
• Light, materials, scattering, and colors
• An all-new chapter on probability theory for Monte Carlo rendering
• A practical primer on importance-sampling for physically based rendering
• Architecture-aware (GPU) considerations integrated throughout
• Programming and debugging approaches unique to graphics development

The authors illuminate modern techniques with hundreds of full-color figures. They explore topics from multiple perspectives—from user and application programmer to hardware designer—and present extensive C++, C#, and pseudocode to support readers at all levels of experience.

Written for novice programmers who want to learn programming with C# and the .NET framework, this book offers programming basics such as variables, flow control, and object oriented programming. It then moves into web and Windows programming and data access (databases and XML). The authors focus on the tool that beginners use most often to program C#, the Visual C# 2012 development environment in Visual Studio 2012.

• Puts the spotlight on key beginning level topics with easy-to-follow instructions for Microsoft Visual C# 2012
• Explores how to program for variables, expressions, flow control, and functions
• Explains the debugging process and error handling as well as object oriented programming, and much more

Beginning Microsoft Visual C# 2012 Programming offers beginners a guide to writing effective programming code following simple step-by-step methods, each followed by the opportunity to try out newly acquired skills.

Brand Against the Machine offers proven and actionable steps for companies and entrepreneurs to increase their brand visibility and credibility, and to create an indispensable brand that consumers can relate to, thus becoming life-long customers. Discover the aspirational currency that makes your brand one that people want to be or want to be friends with. Learn how to be real with your audience and make strategic associations to establish credibility. Brand Against the Machine will help you stand out, get noticed, and be remembered.

Brand Against the Machine is the blueprint for how to market your brand to attract better clients and stand out from the clutter that is traditional corporate branding and marketing.

• Instant Positioning Method: How to instantly stand out from the crowd and position yourself as a resource, not just another service provider
• The 20/60/20 Rule: Why it's important to take a stand and why it's okay to have haters—because it creates a stronger bond with those who love you

Ditch your traditional corporate branding and marketing, and exchange it for something memorable. Your customers will thank you for it.