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Rosetta Stone is program designed to teach you how to speak another language. It is used in homes and in the military to teach languages not only through text but through speaking and listening. The program includes various languages package so that you can learn your desired language without purchasing every single disc. Your computer system must meet certain requirements to run Rosetta Stone and language packs.
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Highly detailed animated 3D trees and plants can make a huge visual impact in digital environments and matte paintings, as seen in movies such as Avatar.
Yet the complexity of trees and many plant species makes them notoriously difficult to recreate, and requires a move from traditional modeling techniques to unique procedural methods.
Taught by Emmy and VES award winning VFX supervisor Eran Dinur, this course explores the process of creating and integrating 3D plants, from modeling and texturing to lighting and compositing.
Working with SpeedTree (available on the VPN), the industry's leading plant creation application, we will progress from the basic concepts of plant design and node-based modeling to advanced procedural techniques.
On the way we'll cover such topics as leaf meshes and fronds, forces, real-time brush sculpting, texturing, managing poly counts and LOD's, animated wind effects and physical plant-mesh interactions.

LinuxCBT SLES-11 Edition focuses on the SUSE® Enterprise 11 Linux operating system.
LinuxCBT SLES-11 Edition, is unparalleled in content, depth and expertise. LinuxCBT SLES-11 Edition prepares you or your organization for successfully deploying and managing business-critical SUSE® Enterprise 11-based server solutions.
Let LinuxCBT SLES-11 Edition teach you SUSE® Enterprise 11 Linux skills!
Recommended Prerequisites:
Open mind & determination to master Linux and related open-source applications
Basic MS Windows skills
Basic understanding of networking concepts
Access to a spare PC to perform all of the installations and exercises

In series of lessons we will focus on an introduction to Illustrator CS5. We'll get started by learning some of the basics, such as creating and opening files, understanding and customizing the interface and working with tools such as rulers and guides. We'll move on and learn about what Illustrator calls an object, and we'll also learn some tools for creating and modifying these objects. Once we've mastered creating and modifying objects, we'll learn how to manage objects using groups and layers. Next, we'll begin looking at ways to create more advanced objects by building on the knowledge we already have. We'll also learn about how Illustrator handles color and type. Along the way we'll learn about some of the new tools and features included with Illustrator CS5. Finally, we'll wrap things up by learning how to save and export our artwork out of Illustrator.

To The Arctic takes you on a never before seen journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. Captivating, adventurous, and intimate footage brings you up close and personal with this family’s struggle to survive and thrive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular waterfalls, and majestic snow-bound peaks.Captivating, adventurous and intimate footage brings moviegoers up close and personal with this family’s struggle to survive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular waterfalls, and majestic snow-bound peaks.

If you’re a CG artist who has always been curious about Houdini, or if you are just wanting to brush up on your core skills and learn new techniques for working in Houdini 12, this is the class for you.
Taught by John Moncrief, this course we will cover the fundamentals of working with Houdini.
You will first learn the basic concepts and work-flow of Houdini, then work through the different contexts of the software in more detail by creating specific effects and solving real world production problems.

In 1919,a corporal in the German Army was sent home after the end of World War One.He found his country in economic and social ruins,its heritage and pride irreparably damaged by the Western allies of France,Britain, and the United States.It was a time ripe for change.And Adlof Hitler vowed not only to restore his country to its rightful glory,but to someday, personally,exact excruciating revenge upon its enemies.First in politics,and then with his unbeatable Wehrmacht,Hitler and the Nazis would not only achieve this goal,but come close to taking over the entire world.They left behind a wake of terror and destruction still felt to this day,and left an indelible mark on modern history as one of the most evil regimes of modern times.

Photoshop is the most powerful image editing software available today ? used by photographers and graphic artists for image enhancement and editing, print and web design, and digital art. Adobe Certified Photoshop Instructor Michael Brown is ready to teach you everything learned over his 25 year career applied to the newest CS6 version of Photoshop. His vast experience in real world photography and imaging gives him the ability to present Photoshop from a practical user's point of view suitable for beginner through advanced students. His course will also guide you through how to professionally edit your images, teach you the basics of creating eye catching graphics designs, and show you how to create and modify impressive videos. Professor Brown is a multiple award-winning commercial photographer and digital artist with over 25 years of real world experience in the advertising industry. He is also an Adobe Certified Photoshop Instructor and has been teaching and training students in Photoshop for over 5 years.

African Cats is a nature documentary film directed by Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill about several lions and cheetahs trying to survive on the African savannah. The film is the fourth release by Disneynature, and was released in theaters on Earth Day, April 22, 2011. The film is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson (Patrick Stewart in the UK release) and features the song "The World I Knew" by Season Six American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. A portion of the proceeds for the film were donated to the African Wildlife Foundation and their effort to preserve Kenya's Amboseli Wildlife Corridor. The film's initiative with the African Wildlife Foundation is named "See African Cats, Save the Savanna," and as of May 2, 2011, ticket sales translated into 50,000 acres of land saved in Kenya.

All great businesses have websites that attract new clients and more importantly, drive sales. But what separates sites that rake in the money from the sites that don’t? Founder of Socialtriggers.com and online marketing mastermind Derek Halpern is going to squash your pre-existing notions of online marketing and offer you an efficient new approach in this 2-day workshop on online sales. Halpern has spent years studying the psychology of why we buy and has developed systems for attracting traffic, generating leads, and closing sales online. If you want to supercharge your online sales, do not miss this course! In this 2-Day workshop Derek will cover positioning your products, pricing them effectively, generating traffic for your site and then closing the sale. Best of all, he will include a wide range of examples spanning physical products, services, digital products, etc.

Multi-pass rendering (MPR) is the secret workhorse of all 3D. It allows the artist to produce effects and a wide range of treatments that could not otherwise be created. More importantly, it gives the production team the power to save tremendous amounts of time, and money. Multi-pass techniques are so powerful that it is often said they are more important than the choice of 3D package. There is more than a little truth to that, however Maya adds many tools that make it uniquely suited for industrial strength MPR projects.

Unorthodox success principles from a billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Eli Broad's embrace of "unreasonable thinking" has helped him build two Fortune 500 companies, amass personal billions, and use his wealth to create a new approach to philanthropy.
He has helped to fund scientific research institutes, K-12 education reform, and some of the world's greatest contemporary art museums. By contrast, "reasonable" people come up with all the reasons something new and different can't be done, because, after all, no one else has done it that way.

The National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academy of Sciences to publish the reports of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and medicine, providing authoritative information on important matters in science and health policy. The institutions served by the NAP are unique in their ability to attract leading experts in many fields to join panels and committees charged with providing policy advice on some of the nation’s most pressing scientific, technical, and health-related issues.

Cambridge English for Engineering develops the communication skills and specialist English language knowledge of engineering professionals, enabling them to communicate more confidently and effectively with colleagues and customers. The ten standalone units cover topics common to all kinds of engineering - including civil, electrical and mechanical - such as procedures and precautions; monitoring and control; and engineering design. Authentic activities - from describing technical problems and suggesting solutions to working with drawings - make the course relevant and motivating. The course requires no specialist knowledge on the part of the teacher and comprehensive teacher's notes are available online. It is also ideal for self-study. Cambridge English for... is a new series of short courses for different areas of English for Specific Purposes. Written for professionals by professionals they combine the best in ELT methodology with real professional practice. Other titles in the series include Job-hunting, the Media and Nursing.

The Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. In spite of its name, and the fact that its founder was an architect, the Bauhaus did not have an architecture department during the first years of its existence. Nonetheless it was founded with the idea of creating a 'total' work of art in which all arts, including architecture would eventually be brought together. The Bauhaus style became one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture and modern design.[1] The Bauhaus had a profound influence upon subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and typography.