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The biochemistry major offers a 66-semester-hour course of study. The major is designed for students who plan to enter a variety of careers, including teaching, chemical and biochemical research, environmental chemistry, forensic science, pharmacy, graduate school and medicine. Students are required to obtain a minimum grade of C- in all courses taken for the major.
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Graduates with a BS in biochemistry will:
- Demonstrate fundamental principles and applications in the major sub-disciplines of chemistry
- Critically analyze a breadth of chemical problems and experimental results
- Execute chemical experiments utilizing modern methods, instrumentation, computer applications, and the scientific method of investigation
- Properly utilize chemical information systems
- Communicate technical material effectively both orally and in writing
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|The mathematics and physics courses listed below also fulfill up to 12 hours of the science requirements for general education.
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Chemistry, Biology and Biochemistry Requirements (43 hours)
|CHEM 211 General Chemistry I
|CHEM 212 General Chemistry II
|BIOL 211 General Biology I
|BIOL 212 General Biology II
|CHEM 310 Analytical Chemistry
|CHEM 331 Organic Chemistry I
|CHEM 332 Organic Chemistry II
|CHEM 341 Biochemistry I
|CHEM 342 Biochemistry II
|CHEM 440 Thermodynamics
|CHEM 460 Experimental Chemistry
Mathematics (8 hours)
|MATH 201 Calculus I
|MATH 202 Calculus II
Physics (8 hours)
|Students must choose one of the following sequences:
PHYS 201 General Physics I and
PHYS 202 General Physics II
PHYS 211 General Physics with Calculus I and
PHYS 212 General Physics with Calculus II
Chemistry and Biology Electives
|Students must choose one course from CHEM and one course from BIOL (7 hours)
|CHEM 320 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
|CHEM 380 Advanced Organic Chemistry
|CHEM 450 Quantum Chemistry
|BIOL 350 Genetics
|BIOL 410 Molecular Biology
|BIOL 420 Cell Biology
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Philosophy: The opportunity to pursue a chemistry thesis is an honor. Consequently, the thesis option will be noted on a student's transcript. The thesis is designed to enhance a student's preparation for graduate or professional school. The heart of the thesis is original research conducted under the guidance of a chemistry faculty member.
Eligibility: The thesis option may be pursued by any chemistry major in good academic standing. Students wishing to pursue a thesis must:
- Consult with their research advisor about an acceptable research project.
- In writing, notify the chemistry thesis committee (composed of the chemistry department faculty) of their intention to conduct research. The thesis committee must receive notification by the end of the fall semester of the student's junior year.
After the beginning of the spring semester of a student's junior year, students must petition the department thesis committee for permission to pursue thesis research. Students who pursue the thesis option must:
- Enroll in at least 1 hour of Chemical Research (CHEM 465) each semester, beginning the spring semester of their junior year, through the spring semester of their senior year.
- Submit the first copy of a written thesis to the thesis committee by April 1 of their senior year. The final, edited copy is due to the thesis committee the last day of classes during the spring semester.
- Prepare a poster and give an oral presentation of their research.
In some cases, students may apply research conducted off campus to the CHEM 465 requirement. Students who participate in off-campus research programs may petition the thesis committee for special consideration of the thesis option. The thesis committee must receive the petition by the beginning of the fall semester of the student's senior year. The thesis committee may elect to substitute the off-campus experience for a portion of the CHEM 465 requirement.
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Enjoy a discussion of mysteries old and new over coffee and treats. Our November book is Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo. After surviving a series of brutal murders in her Amish hometown, Kate Burkholder returns after sixteen years to become the Chief of Police. Her certainty that she has come to terms with the past is shattered when another body is discovered in a snowy field. Program is intended for adult readers.

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245 East 58th Street
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Pet policy: Pets OK , Pets Allowed With Landlord Approval. Two pet limit per unit. Permitted for an additional fee. $500 non-refundable pet fee. Excessive breeds prohibited. With Additional Security Deposit.
Completed in 1983 to unparalleled standards, Le Triomphe remains one of Manhattan's most desirable residential addresses.
As its name suggests, Le Triomphe is truly majestic. The building rises 30 stories from an elegant, granite-filled lobby to its 4 dramatic Penthouse duplex apartments (one of which features its own swimming pool). Apartments, which include one, two and three bedrooms, are unusually grand, feature balconies, and offer spectacular views in every direction. And yet despite the building's size, Le Triomphe also offers its residents a sense of intimacy, with only 6 to 7 apartments to a floor and hallways bathed in natural light.
Le Triomphe boasts a suite of amenities beyond compare. Our residents enjoy exclusive access to The Club at Le Triomphe, which features a comfortable lounge, perfect for reading the Sunday Times or chatting with neighbors; a dining/conference room capable of accommodating a party of 25; a children's playroom, complete with outdoor space; a 3,000 foot, fully-equipped fitness facility featuring a range of state-of-the-art aerobic training alternatives and a complete Cybex strength training circuit; a sun-drenched indoor pool; and multiple sun decks. And when it comes to service, Le Triomphe sets a new standard with a building staff nearly twice as large as comparable properties, who see to our resident's every need.
Le Triomphe is located in the heart of midtown, just steps from such retail havens as Bloomingdale's, the Bridgemarket, and the design boutiques of the D&D building. Access to the Lexington Avenue subway line and the FDR drive are equally convenient.
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Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
I hope that I can help here.
A couple months ago I got engaged. I prayed a lot about the decision and felt like it was a good move in my life. One that would be hard but would be worth it. Well, 2 weeks ago my fiancee broke up with me. That was one of the hardest days of my life. And it would of been so easy to say, "I prayed; it felt like a good choice, I was doing everything right, why did God allow this to happen?"
I could have blamed God and Jesus for all the pain I felt. Instead because of experiences I have had in the past I turned to Jesus and God and relied upon their love and grace. I have in the last two weeks learned more about my relationship with my Savior then I think I have in the rest of my life. I still hurt, true, but I have comfort in the knowledge that my Savior and my Heavenly Father love me and have a plan for me that will lead to even more happiness then I had with my fiancee.
So to me turning your will over to the Savior means trusting Him in those hardest parts of your life. Knowing that it will strengthen you and that Christ has other plans for you.
Scripture reference was asked for so here goes:
Applying this to my story above. I could have ignored Christ and tried anything and everything to get my fiancee back. That may or may not of worked but I would not of drawn as close to my Savior as I have in the last couple weeks.
I'd like to add some scripture that I think goes along with the scripture @ryanOptini quoted, and will also help answer your question.
(I quoted the Amplified translation because I like its extra notations.) This is the concept of "surrender", which is vital in letting God take the reins of your life. Many Christians fail to take their faith to the next level. There are sins that we hold onto and don't give to God. We can even reason within ourselves as to why these things might be acceptable in God's eyes. Either way, we take what we want and leave what we don't want. You might hear preacher's call this salad-barring God, or keeping your pet sin's in the closet. Anyway, in this passage, Paul urges us to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, as our proper service and worship, so that we can have a renewing of our minds (and be transformed by it), and fulfill and prove the good and perfect will of God in our own lives.
The keyword in most translations is offer, and as Amplified puts it: A "decisive dedication". This is not as hard as you, or at least I, would have thought it to be, as I always thought that I could not fully live for God, because it is way too hard.. and it is just too much to ask (I don't have the willpower). But all it is is simply making a declarative decision to no longer live for yourself, or anyone/anything else, but God (through which of course you will live for the interest of others also)! God's Spirit will then do miraculous work within you to cleanse you of your "pet sins". In your offering, you will be convicted, you will weep, and you will repent; and this will be a continuous struggle for some things as you will not be made perfect. You will still be tempted, and you will still fall; but the key is to not give up and become numb to it, but pray for conviction of the Holy Spirit, that you may have repentance and be reconciled to God in His mercy. Without this, the bearing of your cross, the surrender, or yielding, to God and the Holy Spirit, we cannot be proper disciples of Jesus, and thus the Light upon us and our path becomes darkened.
Sorry if my answer is incomplete to your question. I hope this helps in some way. A great lesson is taught on this subject by Chip Ingram in his R12 study.


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I've got a simple Cuisinart home churn, the kind that uses a frozen bowl rather than a compressor. On a couple of occasions, I'm pretty sure I've overchurned the mix, because it seems to leave a buttery coating on the palate and lips. On the other hand, I don't want to underchurn it for fear that I'll get ice crystals in the freezer. The user's manual for my churn is no help. Anyone know a solid way to determine when I've churned enough but not too much? Or could it be some other problem contributing to my making butter instead of ice cream?
If the ice cream mix is setting up but tending to leave a buttery coating in your mouth the best thing would be to try cutting back on the cream and replacing it with whole milk or half & half.
If it's a recipe that you've used in another machine with great success but it doesn't seem to in this one, it's probably a case of how long the frozen bowl is staying cold. I have used the freezer bowl ice cream attachment for KitchenAid machines and have been frustrated more times than not as it doesn't freeze up as it should.
Too much sugar can also be a culprit in the mix not freezing quick enough. Sugar doesn't freeze so a really sweet mix is going to be softer. You might try decreasing sugar content slightly....not too much or you will end up with an icier result (If adding fruit to ice cream, combine the chopped fruit with some sugar and cook just a little to allow the sugar to dissolve and the moisture to evaporate. The sugar soaking into the fruit will keep the fruit softer in the ice cream instead of forming icy chunks of fruit. Or, just mix in fruit preserves.)
Make sure that the mix is VERY cold, ideally chilled for several hours or overnight before it goes into the the freezer. If time isn't on your side, then quick-chill it in a metal bowl or container in an ice bath and stir frequently to help chill it throughout.
The primary indicator for most ice cream freezers is that the dasher starts to sound labored in its attempt to stir the mix. Or if cranking by hand, you start to sound labored in your attempt to crank it!
Another factor that can affect freezing of ice cream (although probably not the case in your instance since you don't have control of the speed) is the speed of the machine. In the case of the KitchenAid insulated bowl for freezing ice cream, they warn not to go faster than "stir" or the mix won't have a chance to freeze to the side of the bowl before the dasher scrapes it.
I would try one of their recipes with it to see if it freezes up firm enough without turning to butter and then compare differences between your current recipe and theirs, adjusting sugar, milk to heavy cream ratio, etc.
I would add a bit to what Darin said as I actually have that cuisinart ice cream maker.
1- When I freeze the bowl overnight in the chest freezer I have had no problems with any mix regardless of fat or sugar content- it gets very cold.
2- The quality is better when the mix has been chilled but room temp mix still works well enough when I'm out of time (and ice).
As for churning time- I follow the manufacturer's instructions which if I recall is 30-35 min and it has always turned out correctly. It is still soft at that point and needs to be hardened in the freezer but that is the way it is supposed to work.
The instructions for my Big Chill ice cream maker say to churn 2-3 times, making complete turns with the churn, just after adding the mixture to the frozen cylinder, and then to repeat this every 4-5 minutes for 20-30 minutes. They warn that constant churning may prevent the mixture from freezing properlly.


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Would it happen to be something roughly like "Even if I'm not busy"?
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用 here is close in meaning to 用事{ようじ}, indicating some task or purpose, sometimes translated "business". So in this case I believe it's "even if I don't have a particular reason/purpose/any business here...". Possibly in response to some other comment along the lines of "何の用?"
If the additional text from comments is all part of the same then the first two parts go together and the third is offering an additional reason:
用なんてなくってもたまにはいいじゃない - Even if I don't have any business (here), it's fine (to do this/come here/etc) sometimes.
こんなにイイ天気なんだし - Since the weather's so nice, and all...


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In looking at this question, it occurred to me that I am not sure how one would go about using geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS to split a polygon with a line programatically.
Manually, you would use the Cut Polygons tool or the Split Polygons tool on the Topology toolbar, but how would you accomplish the same task using modelbuilder or python groprocessing scripting tools?
Right off the bat I think of all of the tools in the Analysis toobox like Union, Identity, etc, but those are all Polygon-Polygon tools, NOT Polygon-Line tools. Even the Split tool is Polygon-Polygon.
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Warm Green Bean Salad
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This crunchy, nutty salad is also a great vegetable side dish
Prep Time: 15M
Cooking Time: 10M
Serves: makes 6 servings
- 3 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1lb ( 450g) green beans, preferably haricots verts, trimmed
- 9oz ( 250g) snow peas, trimmed
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp peeled and grated fresh ginger
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 1/2 tsp Asian sesame oil
- 1 1/2 tsp honey
- 3 scallions, white parts only, finely chopped
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
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- Toast the sesame seeds in a frying pan over medium heat, stirring often, until toasted. Transfer to a plate.
- Cook the green beans in a large saucepan of lightly salted boiling water for 3 minutes. Add the snow peas and cook about 1 minute more, until both vegetables are crisp-tender. Drain well in a colander.
- Mix the soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, and honey in a large bowl. Add the green beans, snow peas, and scallions and toss well. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the sesame seeds and serve.
- Prepare ahead: The green beans and snow peas can be blanched and the dressing prepared up to 4 hours ahead; reheat the vegetables in boiling water for 1 minute, drain, and add the dressing.
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Your emotions may fluctuate-one minute you're laughing and the next you're irritable and yelling, or crying. You might be confused that at a time when you should be happy, you often feel tense and tearful. Be reassured that this is a normal and temporary part of pregnancy.
Don't be too hard on yourself since these changing moods are caused mainly by pregnancy hormones, which is something out of your control. They are the same hormones that cause the symptoms of PMS-rapid mood swings, crying, and irritability-that you might have experienced before.
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Toxoplasmosis is a disorder caused by a parasite that can harm a developing fetus. The symptoms may resemble those of mononucleosis with a fever and/or swollen glands in the neck.
It can be spread through cat feces. However, it can also be spread from undercooked meat. Thus, in addition to avoiding changing cat litter, use some caution in the kitchen. Beef, pork, and lamb need to be cooked well. Avoid cross-contamination in the kitchen when preparing foods. Be certain to clean chopping boards and utensils well with hot soapy water after preparing meat.
Up to 70 percent of pregnant women sometimes have symptoms of depression.
While one woman hardly has any mood swings, another could suffer for weeks, especially in the first trimester.
Yes, your partner will be emotional and all you can do is be as supportive, patient, and understanding as you can.
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TEMPLE (November 9, 2012) ---James Construction Group, a subsidiary of Primoris Services Corp., has signed a $241.3 million contract with the Texas Department of Transportation to widen the existing 4 lanes of Interstate 35 to eight lanes through Temple.
Work is scheduled to begin in mid-2013.
A press release from Primoris says the project will include 20 new bridges and frontage roads along the highway.
Drivers who live and work in the area say the project will be worth the wait.
"It has been unmerciful because I repo cars and these highways need to be expanded immediately," tow truck driver Tyler Ray said.
The expansion will also add more capacity to an already heavily traveled highway in Central Texas.
Ken Roberts with TxDOT said between 80,000 and 100,000 vehicles travel I-35 each day in Central Texas and a third of those vehicles are 18-wheelers.
"We'll have greater space to accommodate the traffic that we have there and that will increase safety," Roberts said.
The expansion will also bring new business opportunities to Temple.
Temple Mayor Bill Jones said the area around I-35 will undergo a transformation.
"The industrial type businesses that are along Interstate 35 currently are locating into the industrial park so they are moving to where their business is more conducive to the type of operation in and around the area and that allows for redevelopment for retail for multifamily living," Jones said.


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An undercover New York Police Department detective was arrested Tuesday for his alleged connection to the assault of a Credit Suisse vice president after the victim was chased by motorcyclists through Manhattan, law-enforcement officials said.
Det. Wojciech Braszczok, 32 years old, was charged by police with riot and criminal mischief. He was waiting to be arraigned in court Tuesday evening. Clint Caldwell, 32, was also charged with assault and criminal mischief on Tuesday.
Mr. Braszczok was allegedly off-duty and among the bikers seen on a video pounding on a Range Rover containing victim Alexian Lien, 33, his wife, and his 2-year-old daughter, according to a law-enforcement official familiar with the investigation.
The detective can allegedly be seen on one video recording striking and breaking the SUV's hatchback window, contradicting what he previously told NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau investigators about his involvement in the altercation, said the official, who wasn't authorized to talk about the case and was speaking on the condition of anonymity.
IAB investigators want to add additional charges against Mr. Braszczok and prosecutors are trying to determine if the evidence was there to support the charges, the official said.
The video, which hasn't been made public, allegedly shows the detective breaking the window during the Sept. 29 incident, where Mr. Lien was dragged from the driver's seat and beaten, the official said.
The attack followed a vehicular chase along Manhattan's West Side, set off when Mr. Lien's vehicle struck one of several motorcyclists who had swarmed his Range Rover on the Henry Hudson Parkway.
Most of the chase was captured on a biker's helmet camera. That video is separate from the video allegedly depicting the detective.
Mr. Braszczok relieved his union-appointed attorney from the Detectives Endowment Association on Tuesday and hired lawyer John Arlia, union officials said. Mr. Arlia could not immediately be reached for comment.
Union President Michael Palladino said, "I'm going to withhold any comment at this time."
During an interview on Monday, union attorney Philip Karasyk said Mr. Braszczok told investigators that he didn't see the beating. "He obviously misled the union and his attorneys," a person with knowledge of the investigation said.
Mr. Braszczok is a 10-year police veteran and has been a detective for five years. He recently began working in the intelligence division. He was suspended without pay upon his arrest.
Four people have been charged in the chase and assault. Craig Wright, 29 years old, was arraigned on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to charges including gang assault.
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The Halacha of Ona'a is that if an item was sold for more than 1/6 difference in real value the buyer and or seller can cancel the sale. How is Ona'a figured on for example fresh salmon? There are stores that sell it for as high as $12.99 lb and stores that sell it for as low as $6.99 lb. Is Ona'a 1/6 less than $6.99 and 1/6 more than $12.99?
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The problem with ona'a is only when fooling the buyer by making them think that your vastly-inflated price is the normal going price for this item. (Or vice versa.) But if you take what is reasonably known to be a 99-cent product and are selling it in some incredibly convenient location for $2, that's not ona'a.
So a given store's price could have to do with quality, location, convenience, all sorts of other factors. What you can't do is tell a customer "yes it seems expensive, but any grocery store around here sells the exact same product for this price" if that's not true.
(Specifically with regards to salmon, whether you get wild-caught or farmed, Atlantic or Pacific, whether it's product of China, etc. -- can make a huge difference. Not every pound of salmon is the same!)
Are you getting the same thing from both stores? Seems to me that the wide price disparity is due to difference in quality, either of service or product, or some other factor. Absent any material difference, there's no question that the higher-priced store is ripping you off.


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Dr. Walberg has written and edited more than 60 books and 350 articles on such topics as the causes and effects of learning, teaching and instructional effectiveness, national comparisons of achievement, and educational measurement and evaluation, which have appeared in widely circulated journals, including Daedalus, Educational Leadership, Kappan, and Nature and in such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
Dr. Walberg is coauthor of several books published by or in association with The Heartland Institute, including We Can Rescue Our Children (1988), Education & Capitalism (2003), and Let's Put Parents Back in Charge! (2004, 2005).
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Sixth Ward Councilman David "Pokey" Lalich, chairman of the finance committee, said Tuesday he plans to introduce legislation at the next regular session that would, if approved, offer a $10,000 incentive to employees who declare their intention to retire on or before Dec. 6.
Lalich said council is hoping the most senior employees will take advantage of the opportunity, though he adds it's too early to talk about numbers or cost. He did say, however, that retirement numbers will directly impact workers at the bottom of the seniority list.
"We definitely don't want to lay anyone off, but it may be inevitable if we can't come to some type of agreement," Lalich added after the meeting.
The city has roughly 215 employees, he said, and currently operates on a $12 million annual budget.
"We're faced with stiff challenges next year," Lalich said, pointing out that Steubenville has "lost money, lost Wheeling-Pitt, lost money from the state of Ohio."
"We lost 2,000 steelworker jobs," he said. "Those are gone, I don't think people realize it."
The three unions representing city workers have yet to respond to the city's call for a 7 percent across-the-board pay cut as well as changes to their health care package.
Lalich said the two sides will be meeting later this week, at which time the unions are expected to give City Manager Cathy Davison their answer.
The retirement incentive was the only legislation aired at Tuesday's meeting, which began about 20 minutes later than the scheduled 7:30 p.m. starting time because council spent more than 80 minutes behind closed doors discussing the contract talks as well as the budget. They resumed their closed-door session after the sunshine meeting adjourned.
Mayor Domenick Mucci deferred questions about the executive session to Davison, who declined comment.
Davison, though, previously said salaries and benefits consume roughly 90 percent of the general fund budget.


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Hi, my name is Hailie. I'm interested in being a game art designer, more specifically character design and anything that goes along with it. I've looked at tons of game and art schools even a few traditional schools but I have no idea how or where to get started. I graduated in 2011 and I'm ready to further my education. I love to draw, paint, sketch, and do basically anything artistic but I have strong feelings that it is definitely not enough. I'm stuck at home twiddling my thumbs, not knowing where I should go. I need advice from someone who either was in my situation or just can help me in general.
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My advice is to steer clear of for-profit schools and online schools. Get an affordable art degree at any school you like.
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Drawing is the fundamental skill for pretty much all art. If you're looking at colleges, find one that offers good classes in Observational Drawing, Figure Drawing and Anatomy. Make sure the class does a lot of professor and peer critiques.
Even if the school doesn't have a class specifically for game art, if you have a strong foundation in the fundamentals, you'll be able to figure out the rest on your own/online/making a game with friends.
While you don't want online courses to replace college, they are an excellent way to expand your skills in addition to college granted that you can manage your time.
For example, CGSociety has a 3 week course in rapid game character creation starting October 29th. http://beta.workshops.cgsociety.org/. They have a variety of great courses taught by industry experts. I haven't personally been able to take advantage of these yet, but I do drool over them.
A digital tutors subscription http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/index.php is worth the money. They break their tutorials up into 15 minute or less chunks so they're thorough and easy to follow. 3d Buzz is another recommended paid tutorial site.
Gnomon Workshop http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/ has excellent online courses/DVDs
YouTube videos created by professionals are a free way to learn more. Example: Jason Chan's concept art tutorials http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1no3IVKnOmM
Posting your work on forums like this, cgsociety.org and game-artist.net is a good way to get feedback. Some even have competitions you can enter for extra motivation.
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Anyone knows when the greek/roman (or anyone else) start prohibiting polygamy and why?
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There are many many facts that would account for monogamy :
I might also point out that monogamy was already an established custom in the monarchies that have since become democracies, so the correlation (if any), should only be made between monogamy and monarchies. Since most of the known world was monarchial in nature, this essentially means that we don't have enough data for a correlation.
Unlikely. Polygamy was banned in Europe centuries before democracy, and it would have been banned for religious reasons rather than men voting to ban it to increase their chances of marriage.


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When 1+N people are in the piledriver position (forward or reverse) lined up in a row and the male moves between asses dropping his cock into the persons ass.
I had these bitches lined up on my bed upside down in a reverse piledriver and I went for a splunking run and left myself all over the last girls face and chest.
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A sex act involving more than two people that utilizes a sawhorse, wasabi, a flashlight, and a dremmel (high-powered drill).
Hey baby, let's get some people together to go splunking. You bring the flashlight, I'll bring the sawhorse.
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the act of searching for a condom after the man cums.
Hey babe, after this we have to go splunking.
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To explore the meat cave
Hey baby, i want to go splunking in your meat cave!
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forcefully having anal sex with a woman who is giving birth to a child
splunking is probably the hottest thing ever
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Zumba Fitness: World PartyWritten by: / / 2 Comments
It's time for us to dance our abs off, except this time all around the world!
I have become somewhat of a Zumbanatic, and even though I know that's not even a real word, I enjoy the Zumba games so much I've even made up a word to describe myself. I might not look like someone that you would normally see doing Zumba, but I really enjoy it and have to say, I have got pretty good at it, too.
What You Need to Know
Zumba Fitness: World Party is the fourth addition to the Zumba Fitness range, using certain dance styles to target different muscle groups to help you get into shape – it's all about having fun and getting fit. This game uses the motion-captured movements of real Zumba instructors to make it as accurate as possible.
What's New?
World Party introduces a new game mode called 'World tour.' In this mode you travel to seven global destinations to learn the local rhythms and the native dance styles. By completing songs, you get souvenirs and postcards. It also gives you access to the all-new streamlined 'Progress Tracker Plus,' where it shows all of your statistics, technique scores, calories burned etc., all in one place.
What's the Same?
The game gives you access to forty different songs ranging from 'Low' to 'High' intensity routines for all skill levels. The better you do the more stars you earn and the more calories you burn. The game also features forty-five predefined classes to choose from or you can set up a custom class with your favourite songs.
You'll Enjoy Zumba Fitness: World Party If You Liked…
… any rhythm games like Just Dance or Dance Central
… any previous Zumba games or just Zumba in general
What I Liked
– 4.) The addition of the new World Tour mode is a big bonus, as it pushes you to perform at your best to get all the rewards.
– 3.) It features some of the best Zumba originals and licensed tracks in any Zumba game to date.
– 2.) The improved visual presentation with added effects during your routine.
– 1.) The accuracy of the motion controller is outstanding. It has really improved, which helps you do the best you can to burn all of those calories needed to get into shape.
Favourite Moment
I was challenged to do a 'High Intensity' song that I haven't done before and I did the routine like a true Zumba pro. Then at the end I saw that all-important five star rating which gives me a huge sense of satisfaction.
What I Didn't Like
– 3.) There were some odd moments where I was doing the routine and the Kinect didn't register the movement, which affected my score and goals.
– 2.) They have added more licensed music to the game, with artists like Pitbull, Lady Gaga and more, but there is still a lack of known hits. I would have more fun with songs I know.
– 1.) The goal setting feature is not working as perfectly as it should. The time settings in the game are still twelve hours out from my local time when I was playing, which makes it difficult to achieve certain timed goals.
Least Favourite Moment
I went into the goals menu to set up some personal goals, but was sadly greeted by thousands of 'Community Goal Completion' messages that felt like I was stuck in a loop.
Zumba Fitness: World Party Launch Trailer
What's Extra?
The added game mode pushing me to perform at my best is really a step forward for the Zumba series. It motivates everyone to get off the couch and have some fun while getting into shape at the same time. It is the perfect combination of gaming and fitness coming together.
The Bottom Line
If you really enjoy working on your fitness and having fun at the same time, then this game is perfect for you. It is truly a party and I almost forgot I was actually doing exercise. This game is really recommended.
Zumba Fitness: World Party was reviewed on Xbox 360
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We are located at 2169 Mission St., San Francisco.
We've gotten press coverage before, take a look.
How much have you gained exactly? "Started at 6" in length and 5" in girth"
-Do you do any other kind of routines? (jelqing, pumping, manual streching, pills etc...) "No other stuff, except probably mild jelquing on occassion to move blood flow into penis to help the stretching process"
-What size did you start at and what are you currently at? "Guess this ties in with above question, as of the end of April, (7 months), I was at 7" and 5-1/4 girth"
-How many hours a day do you usually wear FS for? "Try to wear for 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours after lunch, 7 days a week, sometimes I will take off one of the days on the weekend when I'm very physically active, at the beach, etc.)"
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-Is there anything else you do to help your gains? (something that we dont know about, or i havent mentioned) "I do try to max out the stretch as much as possible and wear it in the down position (down one of my pant legs for 2 hours, then switch to the up position for 2 hours. This seems to keep the pressure marks to a min, as well as any pain. Seems logical that pulling in different directions would be beneficial."
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Noisebridge is a hacker space.
Hacker, as in "people who like making new things and exploring how old ones work". (See also these two essays.)
See our Events page for examples of what we do.
Probably the best time for press to come to the space to meet a lot of people would be during 5 Minutes of Fame, our monthly series of lightning talks. Of course, if any of our other events interest you, you can come to those also.
We ask that you first contact us at the press email above before coming to the space, and identify yourself as a member of the press to anyone you speak to. The easiest way to do this is to ask someone to introduce you to the group at the beginning of an event.
Please note that photography is not allowed in the space without the permission of the people being photographed.
- Mitch Altman, creator of the TV-B-Gone (pics)
- Jacob Appelbaum; Researcher and software developer - for more information visit his Noisebridge user page.
- Andy Isaacson, kernel hacker, software engineer, and sometimes autonomous blimp tinkerer (pics)
- Rachel McConnell (pics)
- David Molnar
- Noah Balmer
- and a cast of dozens...
Here are some projects that our members are or have been involved with:
- 5 Minutes of Fame (video, live and archived streaming) Noisebridge's monthly series of lightning talks on widely diverse subjects
- Linux discussion group meets each Wednesday evening at noisebridge in the Turing classroom from 6 PM to 8 PM or so: format is free-form, bring problems or problem hardware and share the adventure, bring questions about linux or open source and related, chat and gossip, whatever you like.
- Linux system administration certification study group meets at noisebridge in the Turing classroom twice each week: tuesdays and fridays from 3 PM to 6 PM to concentrate on skills needed to pass the LPI and the Red Hat certification tests.
- Brain-Controlled RC Helicopter (project website) Fly a radio controlled helicopter with consumer-grade EEG headsets
- Brain Machine (details) creates hallucinations and aids meditation by flashing lights and sound with special goggles
- MakerBot lets you create almost anything up to 4"x4"x6" in size out of ABS plastic
- Northpaw Anklet (details) lets the wearer instinctively sense which direction is North
- Spacebridge, Noisebridge's own collaborative space program.
- TV-B-Gone makes it easy to turn off TVs
- Tor anonymity project allows users to use the Internet anonymously by sending traffic through several other computers before its destination
- The Cold Boot Attack allows attackers to extract information (such as encryption keys) from RAM after a computer has been turned off (won USENIX Security 2008 - Best Student Paper)
- MD5 considered harmful today: Creating a rogue CA certificate (video) allows attackers to duplicate a vulnerable SSL certificate authority's signing cert, and thereby falsely and undetectably pretend to be another website (won CRYPTO 2009 - Best Paper).
- Noisebridge Holiday Lights control (details) allows people to easily change the pattern of lights being displayed in the windows on 2169 Mission, as well as program arbitrary new sequences.


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The greatest advantage of using Manfrotto 300N (the only piece o panor amic equipment produced by Manfrotto worth to have) is flexibility - I can shoot with Nikkor or Sigma without disassembling rotator and switching from 4 to 6 around on the fly. Also food for shooting semi-pole panos with te monopot mounted on the tripod (on te 300N again).
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What is the basic difference between these three:
- Task Manager
- GTD Task Manager
- To-do List
As I think, all of them are the same thing, at least (1) and (2) are.
And the only difference between (3) and the other would be in the form - whether on a paper or an app, what is the interface of the app and stuff like that.
Am I right? If I am wrong, can someone give me examples of something that falls under one of them but not the other two?


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Robert Williams - Is the Tablet PC technology good enough for using the pen only?
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Last year there were some conflicting reports from Microsoft about the future of tablet pc. With tablet hardware getting lighter & cheaper, and fuel cells around the curve, Tablet will be a good bet for a pleasant mobile computing experience.
I hope Microsoft doesn't choke so soon and backtracks with its tablet pc initiative just when people are expecting mobile devices to be much more than just personal organizers, or voice/music combos.
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Is it possible to use Wubi for Ubuntu 13.04? I read that it will not be supported in the official release due to some problems. Is this going to change in the future, and can we expect to see a future release with support for 13.04?
It was fixed and released for 13.04 as you can see at http://releases.ubuntu.com/13.04/wubi.exe
This version works the same as previous versions. It seems likely that Canonical intend to completely drop it based on the message at www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-with-windows however the message is not a true statement of facts. Wubi works fine on Windows 8 and it is available and working for 13.04. It's true it won't work with systems booting with
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10 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Albums
Music is apparently a great place to hide secret messages. The Underground Railroad supposedly coded escape plans into slave work songs, and Mozart's music features more secret Masonic symbolism than the back of a dollar bill. Well, it turns out some of the most popular musicians of the past 50 years have been getting in on the action too, and just not telling anyone. It's almost like they knew the internet would be invented, and that the music fans who hang out there would have way too much time on our hands. How else can you explain ...
#10. Jimi Hendrix's Hidden Alien Message
The song "Third Stone From the Sun" from Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced album is a trippy jazz/rock instrumental with some weird noises in the background. It's the only instrumental track in the album and also the one most likely to trigger an acid flashback.
But what's even trippier about it is that if you adjust the speed of your record player to play the song like a 45 rpm vinyl (a format usually reserved for singles), you can suddenly hear two aliens talking by radio as they approach Earth. What's an alien message doing in an album about simple topics like kidnapping ladies and burning stuff? Nobody knows.
Although we have some theories.
Sadly, the only sped-up version we could find has enhanced vocals, meaning they don't sound quite as creepy as they would in the album:
But if you want creepy, you can always trust Nine Inch Nails to take things to the next level: The track "Erased, Over, Out" from their remix album Further Down the Spiral is long and repetitious ... perhaps intentionally, because if you fast-forward through it on a regular CD player, you can clearly hear the words "ERASE ME" being repeated over and over and over. So if you ever heard that song at regular speed and afterward felt an inexplicable urge to format your hard drive, now you know why.
Purging your data is a perfectly natural response to NIN.
#9. Radiohead Hides Entire Booklet (and a Conspiracy)
Radiohead's 2000 album Kid A, a follow-up to the hugely successful OK Computer, seems to be particularly good at spawning conspiracy theories. In an article in The New Yorker, British novelist Nick Hornby called it "commercial suicide," speculating that the band may have intentionally made it weird and experimental as way to piss off the label and get out of their record contract (too bad it went on to be a bestseller). And then there's Spin magazine's Chuck Klosterman claiming that Kid A unintentionally foreshadowed 9/11 a year before it happened.
On a purely unrelated note, this is Radiohead's manager.
Oddly enough, Kid A did include creepy clues to the future, but not on the album itself -- they were hidden in the actual packaging. You see, besides the regular cover booklet with the usual stuff like lyrics and credits, there was a second, slightly more disturbing booklet hiding behind the album's tray. The tray was all black, so the extra booklet wasn't immediately visible. It featured strange art and snippets of lyrics, as well as some other pieces of text that seemed to be random bits of poetry.
It may have also been Thom Yorke's rejected children's book, You Will Never Sleep Again.
But it turns out those pieces of text weren't just random writings from the band -- they were actual lyrics from their next two albums, 2001's Amnesiac and 2003's Hail to the Thief. Yep, the satanic-looking secret booklet printed the lyrics for songs that wouldn't come out for three years. Granted, it's pretty common for bands to leave songs off of albums and re-use them later, but it's still very cool that those who found the booklet got a preview of the future.
Thom Yorke's bed-sheets and walls are covered in "previews" like this.
And what do you know, after Hail to the Thief, Radiohead was finally free of their recording contract and went independent for their next album, 2007's In Rainbows. And speaking of In Rainbows ...
#8. Radiohead's Decade-Spanning Secret Album
Radiohead's In Rainbows came out on 10/10/2007, 10 years after OK Computer, and there are 10 letters in the names of both albums. Additionally, OK Computer's original working title was Zeroes and Ones, or "01," (the mirror image of "10" ... obviously). Even that last part alone is enough to make Radiohead fans start looking for a crazy conspiracy, as you're probably aware if you've ever had to spend a long car ride sitting beside one. The scary part? This time they'd be totally right.
This is what doing a whippet on the highway looks like.
There's a way to combine the tracks from OK Computer (hereinafter referred to as 01) and In Rainbows (hereinafter referred to as 10), to form one huge mega-album. As Puddlegum explains, "To create the 01 and 10 playlist, begin with OK Computer's track one, "Airbag," and follow this with In Rainbow's track one, "15 Step." Alternate the albums, track by track, until you reach "Karma Police" on OK Computer, making "All I Need" the tenth track on the 01 and 10 playlist." It's not that they sound nice together; it's that these songs were definitely meant to make us shit our pants when played like this. In the way that "Golden Slumbers," "Carry That Weight" and "The End" all flow into each other on The Beatles' Abbey Road, these songs all flow into one another as well, as if they were all recorded in one big session.
Don't believe us? Just listen to it. To get the full effect, you need to set your player with a 10-second crossfade between tracks (more 10s!), but you can notice most stuff without doing that. Then shit your pants.
Is Thom York moody, or is he acting like he just crapped his pants
as a really subtle clue?
This blogger points out that the song "Nude" (10 album), starts with the reverb from "Subterranean Homesick Alien" (01 album) still lingering, and the beats at the end of "Airbag" (01) set the tempo for "15 Step" (10). There's nothing unusual about that ... except when you consider that those songs were written and recorded 10 years apart. The pants-shitting synchronicity also applies to the lyrics. Puddlegum gives some examples and says: "There appears to be a concept flowing through the 01 and 10 playlist. Ideas in one song [are] picked up by the next." In fact, one of the songs from In Rainbows was originally written for OK Computer and not used for 10 years, and the title of another seems to sum up the whole thing: "Jigsaw Falling Into Place."
Alternate way to sum it up.
Remember all that "10" stuff we mentioned up top, about the date, the time between albums, the number of letters in the titles and whatnot? Want more? Radiohead themselves announced In Rainbows only 10 days before it came out (which is rather unusual), and the announcement was followed by a series of 10 cryptic messages posted by the band on their website. That's nothing new: Cryptic messages might be the only way alternative rock musicians know how to communicate. But then Radiohead fans, being Radiohead fans, noticed that the messages emphasized the letter X (one image was titled "Xendless Xurbia"). And, say, isn't "X" the Roman numeral for 10? Plus, let's take a look at this cover art real quick.
Oh, look, two 10s. Huh.
The band has never officially confirmed any of this, though Puddlegum claims Thom Yorke was annoyed by how long it's taken people to figure it out. Come on, dude -- not all of us are insane alien geniuses.
#7. Tool's Epic Do-It-Yourself Song
Three separate tracks from the latest Tool album can be assembled into a different one -- it's like Voltron, only with progressive metal songs instead of progressive metal robots (seriously, those guys had a woman pilot before most airlines). But plenty of bands do multi-part songs, so there's nothing special about it, right?
You can't spell "diVersity" without some of the letters in "Voltron"!
Well, the difference is that, in this case, you don't get the full song by doing something as mundane as playing one track after the other -- you get it by changing the order and playing them at the same time.
By themselves, the songs seem completely different: "10,000 Days" (11:13) is a long prog-rock number, "Wings for Marie" (6:11) is a quiet song that builds up into a crescendo, and "Viginti Tres" (5:02) is just a bunch of weird noises. 6:11 plus 5:02 adds up to 11:13 -- that's because you're supposed to put "Viginti Tres" and "Wings for Marie" together (in that order) and play them at the same time as "10,000 Days."
Sobriety is optional, but not recommended.
If that sounds too complicated for you, check out this demonstration at YouTube-Doubler. You'll notice that the weird sounds from "Viginti Tres" seem to be in sync with the melody of "10,000 Days." That demonstration doesn't include "Wings for Marie", though, which has the most impressive part: Near the end, the vocals from both songs alternate almost perfectly, forming completely different lyrics.
The band has never acknowledged any of this, but if you listen to the full song it's pretty obvious that they did this intentionally ... which is both mind-blowingly awesome and a little bit insane.
Also like Voltron.
#6. Aphex Twin Gives You Nightmares
Calling Richard D. James (the founder and sole member of alternative rock band Aphex Twin) an eccentric is hardly a stretch. He lives in a converted bank office owns a tank and submarine, and has a deranged compulsion to plaster his face all over shit, as seen most prominently in the insanely terrifying music video for "Come to Daddy."
Things like this should not happen in music videos. Or anywhere.
But, apparently, exposing your eyes to images of abject horror isn't good enough for Richard D. James. He wants you to hear those images, too. His 1999 single, "Windowlicker," included a B-side with the catchy name of ...
... (fans just call it "[Equation]," unless they're real douchebags). Five minutes and 30 seconds into the song, a metallic, buzzing noise is heard, which is frankly nothing out of the ordinary for Aphex Twin. What IS fucked up is that when you run that section through a spectrograph (a program that converts sound waves into visible images), this comes out:
You weren't planning on sleeping tonight, right?
The insane, nightmarish grin of Richard D. James himself is entering your ears in the form of sound waves. You can see the image being formed bit by terrifying bit here, if you must. Encoding photographs into sound is actually pretty simple (you just need to find the right software), but not everyone can get away with taking the resulting mess and slapping it into a song.
Richards isn't the only one who has done it, though. Nine Inch Nails hid part of their album's cover art in two songs from the album Year Zero, and lesser-known electronic artist Venetian Snares included spectrographic pictures of his cats ... in an album titled Songs About My Cats.
OK, now we can't decide which one is scarier.