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A Long Island mother has been accused of driving her 15-year-old daughter to fight another teen at a park Thursday afternoon and then joining in on the scuffle once they arrived, police say.
Dorka Lopez, 41, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of harassment for her role in the fight at Regis Park in Brentwood, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.
Police say that after driving her daughter to fight another 15-year-old girl, Lopez watched the brawl along with 20 to 30 other teens.
At one point, the mother allegedly grabbed the other girl's head and pushed her to the ground.
Lopez pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Friday. Bail was set at $3,000 cash.
Her attorney, Lawrence Carra, said the scuffle was a misunderstanding.
"It was blown out of proportion," he said. "My client went there to avoid conflict, not to generate conflict."
The girls in the video weren't seriously hurt and neither has been arrested. Neighbors said fights like the one on Thursday are a problem at Regis Park.
"There's a school on the next block, and usually when they solve their fight problems, they do it over here," said Christian Lugo.
Another teenage neighbor, Briana Gonzalez, saw the crowd gathering on Thursday and after seeing cellphone video of the fight, said, "I think it was pretty cruel of her. She should have just never brought her daughter here if it was going to get into a big altercation like that."
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I was wondering if anyone knew a MG slang term for "weirdo"? Does anyone use still use that word?
OMG I <3 Justin Bieber! (again, my BFF)
I was thinking of suggesting "freak" for "weirdo" but I wasn't sure if that word was still current.
I've mostly heard "epic" used in the following contexts:that was an EPIC FAIL! (someone did really, really badly at something.)that party was EPIC! (huge, crazy, memorable)(this is among teenagers)
I've been seeing "scene" being used to mean "cool" lately. At least, I think that's what it's supposed to mean.
It's used as an adjective? A scene is, for example, the "indie rock scene."What is the context you've heard it used?
I've seen sentences like "Justin Bieber's hair is scene!"
So, "scene" means "horrible"?
Recent terms for "unfortunate events"bad news bearslame sauceso does that change the book title to A Series Of Lame Sauce? (Lemony Snicket) lol, I had to ask.
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The new University of Michigan Water Center today awarded 12 research grants, totaling nearly $570,000, to support Great Lakes restoration and protection efforts.
The two-year grants of up to $50,000 will support diverse projects, including efforts to track the remediation of harmful algae blooms; assess the effectiveness of techniques to control non-native weedy plant invasions; study chromosomal damage in tree swallow nestlings; and monitor fish responses to restoration activities.
The grants were awarded to multidisciplinary teams led by researchers at universities across the Great Lakes region and beyond. Fifty-four proposals were submitted for the first round of Water Center research grants. A second round of larger grants, of up to $500,000 each, will be awarded later this year.
"These initial grants are to an exceptional few projects that really addressed our goals and clearly identified outcomes that matter to the region's resource management community. They are going to fill key gaps in our restoration knowledge," said Water Center Director Allen Burton.
The $9 million U-M Water Center was formed in October with an initial focus on providing a solid scientific framework for more efficient and effective Great Lakes restoration. As a center of U-M's Graham Sustainability Institute, the Water Center was made possible by a $4.5 million, three-year grant from the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation and additional funds from the university.
"The Erb Family Foundation is pleased to support the important work of U-M's new Water Center to demonstrate the effectiveness of investments in Great Lakes restoration," said foundation President John Erb. "The lakes are a unique and precious ecosystem that we must steward for the benefit of current and future generations."
During its first three years, the center will focus on identifying and filling critical science gaps in the four focus areas of the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI): removing toxic contamination and restoring regions of environmental degradation known as areas of concern; combating invasive species; protecting and restoring wildlife and their habitats; and ridding nearshore waters of polluted runoff.
In selecting the first 12 grants, special emphasis was given to proposals that integrated one or more GLRI focus areas or that evaluated the potential effects of climate change on Great Lakes restoration efforts. In all cases, the U-M funding will be used to support existing restoration and protection efforts in the Great Lakes, not to establish new projects.
"Our goal is to provide that additional boost to existing restoration projects that will enable them to conduct an analysis of their outcomes that can demonstrate the value of a particular method or approach," said Water Center Deputy Director Jennifer Read. "We don't often have the necessary resources to do this kind of synthesis, and it's key to understanding what we're doing right and what we need to tweak."
The 12 selected projects and their principal investigators are:
- "Birds as indicators of contaminant exposure in the Great Lakes: Chromosomal damage assessment via flow cytometry," Cole Matson, Baylor University. Goal: Assess chromosomal damage in tree swallow nestlings collected from contaminated areas across the Great Lakes region.
- "Monitoring fish community responses to restoration activities in the Rouge River watershed," Emily Saarinen, University of Michigan-Dearborn. Goal: Characterize the fish community composition in southeast Michigan's highly urbanized Rouge River watershed to understand how it is impacted by watershed-level restoration efforts.
- "Development of indicators to track the remediation of harmful algal blooms in Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario," Gregory Boyer, State University of New York-Syracuse. Goal: Field-test a suite of indicators that can be used throughout the Great Lakes basin to track progress in the remediation of harmful algae blooms.
- "Application of geospatially enabled geographic response plans for oil spill response in the western basin of Lake Erie," David Dean, Michigan Technological University. Goal: Allow the analysis, display and distribution of geospatial data in a manner that meets the needs of planners, responders and incident managers in the event of oil or chemical spills.
- "Coupling mercury, lead and strontium isotopes in archived Great Lakes precipitation samples to improve pollutant source apportionment with new and novel techniques," J. Timothy Dvonch, University of Michigan. Goal: Measure mercury, lead and strontium isotopes in previously collected rainfall samples to develop a new method to "fingerprint" emissions of these metals and link sources with atmospheric deposition sites across the Great Lakes region.
- "Assessing ecosystem services provided by restored wetlands under current and future climate and land-use scenarios," Kenneth Elgersma, University of Northern Iowa. Goal: Augment an existing computer model to assess the effectiveness of techniques—including herbicide application, burning and mowing—to control non-native weedy plant invasions.
- "Performance data collection for GLRI SWIF project assessment in Lucas County, Ohio," Cyndee Gruden, University of Toledo. Goal: Performance monitoring of innovative storm-water management demonstration projects including rain gardens, wetlands, permeable pavement and biofiltration.
- "Assessing the bioavailability of HOCs during habitat restoration," Nathan Johnson, University of Minnesota-Duluth. Goal: Evaluate the bioavailability of sediment-associated contaminants before and after restoration efforts using dredged materials from the Duluth-Superior Harbor.
- "Monitoring stream ecosystem function responses to stamp sand stabilization in tributaries of Lake Superior," Amy Marcarelli, Michigan Technological University. Goal: Monitor stream ecosystem functions at a project to stabilize and revegetate floodplain habitat buried by copper-rich stamp sands, a significant source of water pollution to lakes and streams of Michigan's western Upper Peninsula.
- "A Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach for comparing water quality measurements from different sources," Song Qian, University of Toledo. Goal: Develop models linking Lake Erie water-quality data collected by different institutions using different sampling methods.
- "Water quality benefit assessment of Lake Erie coastal wetlands," Justin Saarinen, University of Michigan-Dearborn. Goal: Identify alternative restoration scenarios for western Lake Erie by assessing whether coastal and diked wetlands provide a significant water-quality benefit to the lake.
- "Extended and novel monitoring of climate, nutrients and ecosystem dynamics in the Green Bay ecosystem, 2013," J. Val Klump, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Goal: Provide an additional season of physical and chemical data that will lead to improved ecosystem modeling to assess the efficacy of best management practices designed to address beneficial use impairments under a suite of changing climate scenarios.
The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world's surface freshwater. The region includes 10,000 miles of coastline and numerous globally rare plant and animal species. In addition, the Great Lakes support a wide range of recreational and economic activities, including vibrant tourism and a sport fishery industry that contributes $4 billion to the economy.
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The CBS game show will let fans vote on Twitter to choose elements of two upcoming episodes, including prizes and the "Big Deal of the Day," TVGuide.com has learned.
Fall TV: Which new show is TVGuide.com users' favorite?Voting for the first episode will take place Friday, and fans can follow along on the show's website and Twitter feed, with the hashtag #DecidetheDeal, starting at 3 p.m. ET. The votes will be tallied immediately and incorporated into the episode, which will air Wednesday, as it is being filmed. The episode will also feature a special audience giveaway by host Wayne Brady.The second Twitter episode will film on Dec. 6 to air on April 23.Let's Make a Deal first turned power over the fans with a Twitter episode in January.Check out a promo below.(Full disclosure: TVGuide.com is owned by CBS.)


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NVIDIA's 1.4 Billion Transistor GPU: GT200 Arrives as the GeForce GTX 280 & 260by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on June 16, 2008 9:00 AM EST
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Lots More Compute, a Leetle More Texturing
NVIDIA's GT200 GPU has a significant increase in computational power thanks to its 240 streaming processors, up from 128 in the previous G80 design. As a result, NVIDIA's GT200 GPU showcases a tremendous increase in transistor count over its previous generation architecture (1.4 billion up from 686 million in G80).
The increase in compute power of GT200 is not mirrored however in the increase in texture processing power. On the previous page we outlined how the Texture/Processing Clusters went from two Shader Multiprocessors to three, and how there are now a total of ten TPCs in the chip up from 8 in the GeForce 8800 GTX.
In the original G80 core, used in the GeForce 8800 GTX NVIDIA's texture block looked like this:
In each block you had 4 texture address units and 8 texture filtering units.
With the move to G92, used in the GeForce 8800 GT, 8800 GTS 512 and 9800 GTX, NVIDIA doubled the number of texture address units and achieved a 1:1 ratio of address/filtering units:
With GT200 in the GeForce GTX 280/260, NVIDIA kept the address-to-filtering ratio at 1:1 but increased the ratio of SPs to texture processors:
In the previous designs you'd have 8 address and 8 filtering units per TPC (or 16 streaming processors), in the GT200 you have the same 8 address and 8 filtering units but for a larger TPC with 24 SPs.
Here's how the specs stand up across the generations:
|NVIDIA Architecture Comparison
|Streaming Processors per TPC
|Texture Address Units per TPC
|Texture Filtering Units per TPC
|Total SPs
|Total Texture Address Units
|Total Texture Filtering Units
For a 87.5% increase in compute, there's a mere 25% increase in texture processing power. This ratio echoes what NVIDIA has been preaching for years: that games are running more complex shaders and are not as bound by texture processing as they were in years prior. If this wasn't true then we'd see a closer to 25% increase in performance of GT200 over G80 at the same clock rather than something much greater.
It also means that GT200's performance advantage over G80 or G92 based architectures (e.g. GeForce 9800 GTX) will be determined much by how computationally bound the games we're testing are.
The ratio of increase compute/texture power in the GT200 has been evident in NVIDIA architectures for years now, dating back to the ill-fated GeForce FX. NVIDIA sacrificed memory bandwidth on the GeForce FX, equipping it with a narrow 128-bit memory bus (compared to ATI's 256-bit interface on the Radeon 9700 Pro) and instead focused on building a much more powerful compute engine. Unfortunately, the bet was the wrong one to make at the time and the GeForce FX was hardly competitive (for more reasons than just a lack of memory bandwidth), but today we're dealing in a very different world. Complex shader programs run on each pixel on the screen and there's a definite need for more compute power in today's GPUs.
An Increase in Rasterization Throughput
In addition to the 25% increase in texture processing capabilities of the GT200, NVIDIA added two more ROP partitions to the GPU. While the GeForce 8800 GTX had six ROP partitions, each capable of outputting a maximum of 4 pixels per clock, the GT200 adds two more partitions.
With eight ROP partitions the GT200 can now output a maximum of 32 pixels per clock, up from 24 pixels per clock in the GeForce 8800 GTX and 9800 GTX.
The pixel blend rate on G80/G92 was half-speed, meaning that while you could output 24 pixels per clock, you could only blend 12 pixels per clock. Thanks to the 65nm shrink and redesign, GT200 can now output and blend pixels at full speed - that's 32 pixels per clock for each.
The end result is a non-linear performance improvement in everything from anti-aliasing and fire effects to shadows on GT200. It's an evolutionary change, but that really does sum up many of the enhancements of GT200 over G80/G92.
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tkrushing - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - linkSay what you want about this guy but this is partially true which is why AMD/ATI is in the position they have been. They are slowly climbing out of that hole they've been in though. Would have been nice to see 4870x2 hit the market first. As we know competition = less prices for everyone! Reply
hk690 - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - link
I would love to kick you hard in the face, breaking it. Then I'd cut your stomach open with a chainsaw, exposing your intestines. Then I'd cut your windpipe in two with a boxcutter. Then I'd tie you to the back of a pickup truck, and drag you, until your useless fucking corpse was torn to a million fucking useless, bloody, and gory pieces.
Hopefully you'll get what's coming to you. Fucking bitch
I wish you a truly painful, bloody, gory and agonizing death, cunt
7Enigma - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - linkAnand, I'm all for free speech and such, but this guy is going a bit far. I read these articles at work frequently and once the dreaded C-word is used I'm paranoid I'm being watched. Reply
Mr Roboto - Thursday, June 19, 2008 - linkI thought those comments would be deleted already. I'm sure no one cares if they are. I don't know what that person is so mad about . Reply
hk690 - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - link
Die painfully okay? Prefearbly by getting crushed to death in a garbage compactor, by getting your face cut to ribbons with a pocketknife, your head cracked open with a baseball bat, your stomach sliced open and your entrails spilled out, and your eyeballs ripped out of their sockets. Fucking bitch
Mr Roboto - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - linkOuch.. Looks like you hit a nerve with AMD\ATI's marketing team! Reply
bobsmith1492 - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkThe main benefit from the 280 is the reduced power at idle! If I read the graph right, at idle the 9800 takes ~150W more than the 280 while at idle. Since that's where computers spend the majority of their time, depending on how much you game, that can be a significant cost. Reply
kilkennycat - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkMaybe you should look at the GT200 series from the point of view of nvidia's GPGPU customers - the academic researchers, technology companies requiring fast number-cruching available on the desktop, the professionals in graphics-effects and computer animation - not necessarily real-time, but as quick as possible... The CUDA-using crew. The Tesla initative. This is an explosively-expanding and highly profitable business for nVidia - far more profitable per unit than any home desktop graphics application. An in-depth analysis by Anandtech of what the GT200 architecture brings to these markets over and above the current G8xx/G9xx architecture would be highly appreciated. I have a very strong suspicion that sales of the GT2xx series to the (ultra-rich) home user who has to have the latest and greatest graphics card is just another way of paying the development bills and not the true focus for this particular architecture or product line.
nVidia is strongly rumored to be working on the true 2nd-gen Dx10.x product family, to be introduced early next year. Considering the size of the GTX280 silicon, I would expect them to transition the 65nm GTX280 GPU to either TSMC's 45nm or 55nm process before the end of 2008 to prove out the process with this size of device, then in 2009 introduce their true 2nd-gen GPU/GPGPU family on this latter process. A variant on the Intel "tic-toc" process strategy. Reply
strikeback03 - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - linkBut look at the primary audience of this site. Whatever nvidia's intentions are for the GT280, I'm guessing more people here are interested in gaming than in subsidizing research. Reply
Wirmish - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - link"...requiring fast number-cruching available on the desktop..."
Take a look here: http://tinyurl.com/5jwym5">http://tinyurl.com/5jwym5 Reply


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Dropbox Adds Condoleezza Rice to Board, Rankles Valley Orthodoxy
Dropbox is the latest company to run afoul of Silicon Valley's political orthodoxy.
The file-sharing startup Wednesday added former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a director to "help us expand our global footprint."
Quickly, an Internet protest sprang up to encourage Dropbox users to boycott the service unless the San Francisco startup forces her off its board. A new website, "Drop Dropbox," said Rice's role in helping set U.S. policies in Iraq, and in promoting U.S. intelligence agencies' surveillance policies, made her a poor fit for a startup "we are trusting with our most important business and personal data."


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Has ET evolved to be discreet? An evolutionary tendency for inconspicuous aliens would solve a nagging paradox – and also suggest that we Earthlings should think twice before advertising our own existence.
As physicist Enrico Fermi argued in 1950, unless the evolution of life is unique to Earth, there must be many intelligent species out there. So why have they neither phoned home nor been detected by us?
"It's a real paradox," says Adrian Kent of the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
In order to explain the Fermi paradox, Kent turns to natural selection – and suggests that it may favour quiet aliens.
Violent universe
He argues that it's plausible that there is a competition for resources on a cosmic scale, driving an evolutionary process between alien species on different planets. Advanced species, for example, might want to exploit other planets for their own purposes.
If so, the universe would be a violent place, and evolutionary selection may favour the inconspicuous – those who lay low on purpose, or who simply lack the skill or ambition to venture forth or advertise their existence.
"This is an interesting idea," says alien hunter Seth Shostak of the SETI institute in Mountain View, California. "If I let the cosmos know I exist, then I might be subject to extermination."
However, he is wary of assuming a "straitjacket" on the activities of intelligent species, who might not be able to resist the intellectual pull to develop advanced technologies detectable by others.
"If interstellar violence is possible, the bad news is that all societies are required to constrain their endeavours to activities that could never be detected at a distance," says Shostak.
Voyager danger
The theory joins a long list of attempts to explain the Fermi paradox, from the suggestion that aliens' communications are indistinguishable from background noise, to calculations concluding that ET just hasn't had enough time to find us.
Kent acknowledges that his hypothesis is speculative. But he also warns that it could have real consequences for the near future: vehicles such as NASA's two Voyager probes, which are hurtling away from the solar system, may alert imperialist aliens to our existence and require retrieval, he says.
He adds that it may not take much for a truly advanced civilisation to wipe us out pretty quickly. "The hyper-advanced aliens might not have to send their interstellar battle fleet to conquer Earth," he notes. "It might only take three bored undergraduate aliens with borrowed lab equipment."
Reference: http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.0624
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Carol Geary Schneider is president emerita of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. With nearly 1,400 member institutions, half public and half private, with members drawn from the entire higher education community, large, small, two-year, four-year, selective and open admissions, AAC&U is the leading national organization devoted to advancing and strengthening undergraduate liberal education.
Under her leadership, AAC&U launched Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP), a public advocacy and campus action initiative designed to engage students and the public with what really matters in a college education for the twenty-first century. The LEAP campaign builds on AAC&U's major effort, Greater Expectations: The Commitment to Quality as a Nation Goes to College, a multi-year initiative designed to articulate the aims of a twenty-first century liberal education and to identify comprehensive, innovative models that improve learning for all undergraduate students. Additionally, under her leadership, AAC&U has become widely recognized as both a voice and force for strengthening the quality of student learning in college for all students and especially those historically underserved in U.S. higher education. AAC&U is working with hundreds of colleges and universities and numerous state systems to expand the benefits of liberal education across the entire curriculum, through new integration between the core outlines of liberal education and student learning in their major fields.
While a vice president at AAC&U in the 1990's, Dr. Schneider headed a major initiative at AAC&U on higher education and U.S. pluralism, American Commitments: Diversity, Democracy and Liberal Learning. Dr. Schneider has published extensively on all the major areas of her educational work and has taught at the University of Chicago, DePaul University, Chicago State University and Boston University.
Dr. Schneider is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's degree in history (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa). She studied at the University of London's Institute for Historical Research and earned the Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. She also has received fourteen honorary degrees, was the 2011 recipient of the ACPA's Contribution to Higher Education Award, the 2013 recipient of the NAC&U Ernest L. Boyer Award, the 2014 recipient of the University of Pennsylvania's Zemsky Medal for Innovation in Higher Education, the 2016 President's Medal recipient from the Charles and Stella Guttman Community College, and has been honored as one of Diverse Magazine's "25 Leading Women in Higher Education."
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Ever wanted to make your own games or programs? With this bit of information, you can be set well on your way to doing just that.. Of course it'll take a ton of experience in programming boring stuff before you can get to the good stuff! So in this, I'll do my best to teach you those boring things in various programming languages so that one day you may be able to make games of your own!
Programming Language: A formal language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer.
Examples: Java; C++; HTML; Java Script
Compiler: Translate high-level source code to machine language object code (bytecode) all at once.
Examples: Netbeans; Bloodshed (Companies that make the compilers)
Interpreter: Executes high-level program immediately after translating each individual instruction.
Variable: A memory location/unit named or labeled so it can be used in a program.
Examples: X = 1 (X being the variable) A+B=C
Variables must have THREE things:
- Name (Identifier): You come up with it.
- Type: What kind of info contained.
- Value: Assign a value within the program.
Type: Indication of what kind of data.;
There are EIGHT primitive (Basic) data types:
- Byte [Holds Integers] [Responds to a single Byte (-128 - 127)]
- Short [Holds Integers] [Responds to two Bytes (-32,768 - 32,767)]
- Int [Holds Integers] [Responds to three Bytes]
- Long [Holds Integers] [Responds to eight Bytes]
- Float [Holds Decimals/Fractions] [Responds to four Bytes]
- Double [Holds Decimals/Fractions] [Responds to eight Bytes]
- Char [Holds a Single Unicode Character] [Responds to two Bytes (Must be Identified)]
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Loops: Instruction sequences repeated.
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Module: Part of a bigger system, it's plugged into, that interacts with the rest simply/properly.
Object: A kind of module holding data and subroutines.
State: Contained data.
Class: Objects containing the same data type and responding to the same message similarly.
Example: When you do a math problem like "5+7*3/9-6+5" you don't just do it all at the same time, you break it down. That's basically what classes do.
Subclass: A class within a class.
Command-line Interface: One person to one computer "terminal", typing commands and getting written responses.
Graphic User Interface: Allows user control with a mouse and icons.
Examples: Games; Default Microsoft Programs; Paint
Protocol: Detail specification of communication procedure.
Internet Protocol (IP): How data physically transmits between computers.
Examples: IP Address; Internet Connection; MMOs
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP): Ensures data is received without error.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP): Email messages transferred between computers.
Examples: Yahoo; AOL; GMail
Program Counter (PC): A register keeps track of the next instruction the CPU uses.
Transistors: Millions of tiny switches that go on or off in the way they are wired together with the executing program, makes up the whole of the computer.
Literal: A constant value in program representation.
Syntax: The vocabulary and rules that govern a computer program.
Semantics: The program meaning and logic that, when done correctly, does what you want it to.
Examples: Instructions; Commands
Source Code: The sum of the program's syntax, Semantics, and Logic.
What's the best place to start?
There are many places you can begin, and it's entirely up to you. Now of course, you don't have an understanding of any language yet so I'll provide you a brief over-view of the mains ones (They are NOT written by me):
Java: "Java is a general-purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented computer programming language that is specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is intended to let application developers "write once, run anywhere" (WORA), meaning that code that runs on one platform does not need to be recompiled to run on another. Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode (class file) that can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture. Java is, as of 2012, one of the most popular programming languages in use, particularly for client-server web applications, with a reported 10 million users.[10][11] Java was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems (which has since merged into Oracle Corporation) and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++, but it has fewer low-level facilities than either of them." ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(p...ming_language)
C: In computing, C (/ˈsiː/, as in the letter C) is a general-purpose programming language initially developed by Dennis Ritchie between 1969 and 1973 at AT&T Bell Labs.[4] Like most imperative languages in the ALGOL tradition, C has facilities for structured programming and allows lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. Its design provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions, and therefore it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language, most notably system software like the Unix computer operating system. ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)
C++: C++ (pronounced "see plus plus") is a programming language that is general purpose, statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm and compiled. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises both high-level and low-level language features.[3] Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell Labs, C++ was originally named C with Classes, adding object oriented features, such as classes, and other enhancements to the C programming language. The language was renamed C++ in 1983,[4] as a pun involving the increment operator. ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B
HTML: HTML is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of tags enclosed in angle brackets (like <html>), within the web page content. HTML tags most commonly come in pairs like <h1> and </h1>, although some tags represent empty elements and so are unpaired, for example <img>. The first tag in a pair is the start tag, and the second tag is the end tag (they are also called opening tags and closing tags). In between these tags web designers can add text, further tags, comments and other types of text-based content. ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
There are many more, but these are the main ones you should know about for now.
Where can I go to learn more?
If you are very serious about getting into Programming, then College is the best place to go. But, if for some reason, college isn't a choice, then YouTube is where you should go. Yeah, you could just look it up on Google then just copy & paist, but you won't learn ANYTHING that way. The point of learning how to code, is, well learning. That's why I feel YouTube's a good alternative from school... It's free, you have to read it to write it, and a person can explain more in physical words than in text.
If you want to know a good YouTuber that does these kind of tutorials, TheNewBoston is the best. He thoroughly explains whats going on more than once, shows you how what you learn can be used in everyday programs, and he's just a plain cool guy.
Java (Downloads)
How to start Java
Java may be pretty easy to use, but it's fairly difficult to set up.
1) Download a compiler. You can find multiple over the internet, but the best is, of course, the original. To grab this, you'll need to go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...ads/index.html. Right in the middle-left of the page there should be a button that says "JDK" in it. That's the one you want.
You'll be directed to the download page, now this part is important make sure you accept the Oracle Binary Code License Agreement before anything else.
. After you accept it, select your correct operating system and its type (x64 or x86/x32).
2) Once you've finished the download for the compiler, you'll have to set up a path within your computer. This part involves going into your systems settings, be very careful while you're in there.
Go into you're files , then get into your main hard drive (Usually it's under "Computer") and go in "Program Files. When in there, there should be a file called "Java", click into that. If you downloaded the Compiler correctly, there should now be a file called "jdk" and it's version. If there isn't, go back to step one and redo it. Click into "jdk", then into "bin". Now right click the file on the very-top of the list and click "Properties". In it's properties, it says it's location. The location is what you want, so copy it.
After you copied just it's location, you can cancel out of everything. Open up start, and right click or open "System" (Depending on operation system) then go into "Advanced System Settings".
At the vary bottom of the "Advanced" tab, there should be a button that says "Environment Variables...". Click on it. THIS IS WHERE YOU MUST BE SUPER CAREFUL! DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING EXCEPT WHAT I TELL YOU! Under User Variables, underneith the box of words should be three buttons: "New"; "Edit"; "Delete". ONLY CLICK "NEW".
Under Variable Name, put "Path", and for "Value", paist the location you copied earlier.
Now click "OK" then "Apply". The scary part's done.
3) Lastly, you'll need an IDE to code in, and the best for Java is Eclipse. To download eclipse, go to: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
From there you'll be given a list of useful programs made by the company, but for now just download the "Standard Edition" (Remember to use the same operating system and xBit used for the compiler).
This'll be compressed, so you'll needs a program like 7-Zip to unzip it.
4) Open up Eclipse! If everything was done correctly, it should open up just fine.
Java (Basic Program)
This is a basic 3-line program, it prints out "Hello World" to the command prompt.Code:class <Insert Class Name Here> { public static void main (String[] args) { System.out.println ("Hello World!"); } }
This tells the computer to convert all files into .class for the duration of the program (You have to define which class you're working with; if the class name does not match and/or it is not defined in the program, it will not run).Code:class <Insert Class Name Here> {
public- allows the current function to be used within other classes (Easy why to remember it is as in Public property, anyone/everyone is allowed to enter)Code:public static void main (String[] args) {
static- basically says that it's not running anything special, only working with the class and no specific instance of the class
void- indicates that the main method does not return any value to the caller
main- tells the program where to start reading; without which your program won't work.
(String[] args)- every main function must accept String arguments, this says so.
System.out- tells the system you want to out-put a variableCode:System.out.println("Hello world");
.println- defines that you want to out-put a line of text
();- Where you enter an argument OR ("Hello World") define one. In this case, you'd put a pair quotation marks and your text in the middle
C++ (Downloads)
Now, if you read the section above, you'll learn how to start using Java. If you feel that Java isn't your "strong side", then I'll recommend you to C++.
This is fairly simple, A single download then run, in fact. All you have to do is go to http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads, click the "binary release" (Or http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/26) and select the operating system of your current computer.
Boom! You've completed all he downloads for your C/C++ IDE!
C++ (Basic Program)
What this does is it prints out "Hello world!" on the screen.Code:#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main () { cout << "Hello World!"; return 0; }
The break down
Line 1, it "imports" pre-written code for practical/convenient use. It includes basic input/output functions.Code:#include <iostream>
Every standard C++ program is written in whats called a "namespace"; in this case its "std". The ";" declares the end of a line.Code:using namespace std;
This declares the beginning definition of the main function. This is where all C++ programs begin the execution. The "()" is a function declaration that usually have a pair of perimeters, but just left empty in this case. The main function is held within the "{ }" that comes after.Code:int main () { }
The "cout" is used to display integers/strings onto the screen (A good way to remember this is "Console Output"). The "<<" represent it being "sent" out; and finally you write the desired output within quotation marks (" "/ ' '). End the line with a ";".Code:{ cout << "Hello World!";
The "return" statement is used to declare the end of the main function (Or others, for that matter) and is usually followed by a return code (In this case it's "0") that tells the program that it ran flawlessly, without errors.Code:return 0; }
That's about it for this program. Congrats, you can now code in C++.
Ahh.... Malbolge. This isn't one that you'll most likely ever use (Probably no one in this lifetime). The peculiarity of Malbolge is to be literally IMPOSSIBLE to write any useful programs with it, making it very little known to most people. Although, a little weak point in the system has shown that it is possible to work with, still immensely hard unfortunately. So why am I teaching you something you'll never need? For knowledge sake, it's always good to know more.
Fun Fact!: Malbolge is so difficult, it took two years for the first program to be made.
A basic "Hello World!" output.Code:('&%:9]!~}|z2Vxwv-,POqponl$Hjig%eB@@>}=<M:9wv6WsU2T|nm-,jcL(I&%$#" `CB]V?Tx<uVtT`Rpo3NlF.Jh++FdbCBA@?]!~|4XzyTT43Qsqq(Lnmkj"Fhg${z@>
The value of "d" + 1 is where the program will start.Code:jmp [d] + 1
Prints out the value of "a" as an ASCII character.Code:out a
Inputs a character, as an ASCII code, into a. Newlines or line feeds are both code 10. An end-of-file condition is code 59048. (I didn't understand this part, so I copied & paisted )Code:in a
Rotates the value at "d" by one ternary digit (0002111112 becomes 2000211111) and stores the result at both "d" and "a".Code:rotr [d] mov a, [d]
Copies "d"s value to d.Code:mov d, [d]
Does the crazy operation with the value at "d" and the value of a. Stores the result both at "d" and in a. (Yeah... I have no idea)Code:crz [d], a mov a, [d]
Does utterly & literally nothing.Code:nop
The ending to the Malbolge program. Pretty straight forward.Code:end
There's a bit more to it, but this is the just of it. Now you see why no one ever uses this.
From here, I can only wish you luck. If you've gone over each subject, you should be set and ready to begin your first program!
Any other questions? Feel free to ask down below and I'm sure it'll be answered (Whether it be by me or another).
Good luck!
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Houston and Vidana appointed to fill vacancies on the Waco ISD board
After interviewing several individuals in closed session tonight, the Waco ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Robin Houston to fill the vacancy for an at-large trustee and Jose Vidana to fill the vacancy representing Trustee District 3. Both were appointed to serve until the next regularly scheduled school board election in May 2020. At that time, a special election will be held for the final year of the unexpired term for the at-large position, and an election will be held for a full three-year term representing District 3.
"We are blessed to live in a community that is committed to our students and their success," board president Angela Tekell said. "It was heartening to see how many people were willing to serve on the school board. While this was by no means an easy decision, I am confident that Robin and Jose will bring valuable perspectives to this board as we search for the district's next superintendent."
Houston is a Waco High School alumna and the parent of two Waco ISD students, one of whom also graduated from Waco High School last Saturday. For over a decade, Houston has been the juvenile prosecutor in the McLennan County District Attorney's office. In her letter to the board, Houston emphasized her personal connection to education as the daughter of a Waco ISD teacher, whose career spanned more than 20 years and four elementary schools.
"My mother… showed me how much work and dedication it takes to be an effective teacher," Houston wrote. "Observing her triumphs and struggles instilled in me a deep and abiding respect for the profession and specifically for the professionals that teach in our district's schools."
A postal carrier who delivers mail in the Alta Vista neighborhood, Vidana and his wife, Letitia, are both members of the University High School Class of 1997. They have six children, including four University High School graduates and two students currently enrolled in Waco ISD. In his letter to the board, Vidana emphasized his connection to the area that he was appointed to represent.
"Being bilingual gives me another opportunity to hear the voices of the Spanish speaking community that is continuously growing and populating the South Waco community," Vidana wrote. "Another benefit about being bilingual is the ability to break cultural and language barriers that currently exist. I would love to serve the community and let them know that they matter, that the education of their children matters."
The newly appointed trustees will be sworn in at the board's next meeting on June 24.
The vacancies that Houston and Vidana were appointed to fill were created by the resignations of Pat Atkins and Larry Perez last month. Atkins, an at-large trustee for 17 years, and his wife will be moving out of Waco ISD later this summer. Perez, who also served on the board for 17 years as District 3's trustee, cited health problems as the reason for his resignation.
The board invited individuals interested in being appointed to fill one of the vacancies to submit a letter by May 31. Trustees received letters from 16 individuals interested in the at-large appointment and four individuals interested in representing District 3.
The school board will now turn its attention to hiring the district's next superintendent.
Texas Association of School Boards Executive Search Services is conducting a survey to solicit feedback from the community about the characteristics that the board should look for in the next superintendent. The survey is available at wacoisd.org/feedback through midnight on June 10.
The application deadline for the superintendent's position is midnight on June 19. The board is scheduled to meet on June 24 for an initial review of applicants. Interviews are expected to start in mid-July, and a lone finalist for the superintendent's position could be named in early August.


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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Rogue Valley Runners Profiled in June's Running Times Magazine
In the new June 2009 issue of Running Times there's a five page spread that profiles Ashland, Oregon's Rogue Valley Runners. The fun starts on page 64. Head to your nearest specialty running store and pick up your copy now!
Posted by Rogue Valley Runners at 2:26 PM
2 comments:
- Michael Valliant said...
Great article! Congrats on some well deserved (and well written) props. Keep up the good work on the left coast.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:40:00 PM
- Rennaker said...
Something has to be said about those pictures in the article. What is going on with that? None of them are actually taken in the Rogue Valley. I thought Running Times would have a little more class than that. It's basically a faux paus. On the positive side, the writing was great. Thanks Adam!
- Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:18:00 PM
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Ladies and gentlemen, it is officially 2013, and this is our first post of the year! Woohoo!
I can't believe how fast time goes by. I feel like December started two days ago, and all the excitement of going/being back home for the holidays is almost coming to an end.
I started looking at all the pictures I took with my phone during the past month (and the holidays in general), and realized I had taken so many that I had a mini diary of events. You can literally go through my phone and see what I was up to most days of the month.
I decided to make a little collage with some of my favorites to show them to you. It was pretty fun. I highly encourage you to do one (and if you do, please show them to us;)). I hope you enjoy them!
How was your New Year's Eve?
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South African Journal of Occupational Therapy
On-line version ISSN 2310-3833
Print version ISSN 0038-2337
S. Afr. j. occup. ther. vol.41 n.2 Pretoria 2011
Development of a scissors skills programme for grade 0 children in South Africa - A pilot study
Ingrid RatcliffeI, *; Denise FranzsenII; Faith BischofIII
IBSc OT (Wits), MSc OT (Wits), PhD (Wits). Private Practice
IIBSc OT (Wits), MSc OT (Wits). Lecturer, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
IIIBSc PT (Wits), MSc PT (Wits), PhD (Wits). Honorary Adjunct Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The need for a scissors skills programme was identified due to the varying levels of these skills found in Grade 0 children in South Africa. Essential elements for the development of the programme were identified using activity analysis and by evaluating five commercially available programmes in terms of programme length, grading of practice and picture components, type and thickness of lines and the use of a skills checklist. A South African Scissors Skills Programme (SASSP) was compiled based on the skill level of Grade 0 children. Content validity was assessed through expert opinion of the programme and construct validity was assessed in a pilot study carried out on 10 Grade 0 children. Changes made to increase the validity of the programme included picture selection as well as the grading and type of lines used. The teacher instructions for presenting the programme were altered to be easily understandable. The programme was finalised for implementation in further research.
Key words: Bilateral fine motor skills, Scissors skills programme, Graded programme, Grade 0 children
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The 100 employees that have already left were working at the company's Brampton operation, MDA corporate communications manager Wendy Keyzer said in an email.
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A heroin and cocaine user's police mugshots. Left image taken in 2003, and right image taken in 2007.
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If you're concerned about a loved one who seems like he or she might be abusing heroin, the problem is that the drug user is seldom honest about the substances he or she is abusing. It may come down to being a detective and figuring out what drug your loved one is abusing by tracking down the signs of heroin use.
Remnants of heroin use that you might find
Heroin is usually smoked, snorted or injected. So depending on the method of administration, you could find remnants of the drugs or the paraphernalia of drug use left behind. Heroin itself may be a powdery or crumbly substance, ranging all the way from off-white to dark brown. Black tar heroin is nearly black and is sticky instead of powdery.
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'European Football Weekends is a perennial source of pleasure' The Guardian
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Stoke City 5 Bolton 0
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I really enjoyed reading that. I'm glad you ultimately enjoyed your day at Wembley and hopefully you enjoyed the way we (Stoke obviously) went about the game and some of the football we produced - several of the goals were undeniably of very high quality and our overall performance hopefully showed you as a neutral that we have to an extent moved on from the ruggedness we showed in the earliest years of our time in the Premier League.
All the best for Watford in the near future, and if you enjoyed the noise created by the Stoke fans, if you ever get the chance to go to a Premier League match at the Brit, take it.
- 20 April 2011 at 12:29
A very good read. The whole day was amazing for me. The butterflies in the tummy on the way down, the atmosphere in the Green Man pub, the game itself, a totally unexpected miracle. We too thought this would be a very close game, far too close for me to even considering placing a bet (perhaps a little superstition in that too).
After leaving the ground, I looked at my mate, waiting for one of us to start the customary breakdown and analysis of the game, the usual debate of which one of our gladiators played the best and which the worst. There were no words forthcoming from either of us. We were literally speechless.
I'd like to know your thoughts on Stoke's performance. I don't know whether you've watched many of our games since we reached the Premiership, but it's fair to say that we have gained a certain reputation for the way we play. Did the game alter any of your pre-game expectations of the way we would play? Did it dispel any of the myths that media have carefully constructed about our players/tactics? Did any of our players stand out to you?
It's worth pointing out that 3 of our goals game from outside the 18 yard box, none of which were from set pieces. Also, it might be worth pointing out that we received no yellow cards and committed less fouls than the opposition.
Last question, how do you rate our chances against Man City? Mancini's Man City haven't beaten us since January '09, but of course, come the 14th May that will mean nothing at all.
Thanks for the article.
- 20 April 2011 at 12:33
- Winger said...
Very nice piece. I like this slanted view on a subject & nb it's only to be expected for other fans to have mixed views on Stoke because, while we are specialists at unpleasantness and aggression, on the other hand and let's face it, we can turn in a second and are an unbeatable joyful lot when it comes to supporting our team and singing songs very very loudly indeed : )
- 20 April 2011 at 12:35
Great article excellent read. Just wish the Dailey rags could write with such grace
- 20 April 2011 at 12:35
Good write up that.
you are cordially invited to be a Stokie for the day on cup final day.
We will be lubricating our larynx in JJMoons Kingsbury if your not to busy pop along and join us.
- 20 April 2011 at 12:36
A very good read, and how ridiculously different your experience would have been if your prize tickets had been situated on the other side of the halfway line.
Those days don't come around often (or ever) for supporters of teams such as ours. Sunday was the first time I've had to fight back tears in a football ground - and that was before the game kicked off. I think we all (fans, players, staff) wanted it so badly that nothing would stand in our way that day.
- 20 April 2011 at 12:39
- RookeryMike said...
Alec, glad you enjoyed it.
With hindsight I regret not putting in a section about how well Stoke played. As you rightly point out, there was very little of the graceless football that the media suggest is your stock trade.
As a Watford fan you have my every sympathy - our football in the 80's was wrongly derided for being long ball, when in actuality people just didn't like a relatively new kid on the block upsetting the apple cart.
Stoke were a joy to watch and were as incisive and impressive as Bolton were lethargic and flat.
I can't help but feel Pennant and to a lesser degree Etherington don't hit those heights on an entirely regular basis, but there really is no denying it Stoke were as entertaining as they come.
Thanks for your kind words re: Watford - our fincances remain the primary cause for concern, so it's currently a case of fingers crossed at WD18.
Cheers and good luck in the Final!
- 20 April 2011 at 13:00
- Unknown said...
It is rare that a sports article moved me in quite the way that your's did.
Having supported the Potters since the mid sixties I was delighted to be one of the faithful at the other end of the stadium.
When the final whistle was blown I turned to my neighbour and said what was truly in my mind
"I can die now"
- 20 April 2011 at 13:51
A cracking summary from a neutral - thank you. It was very surreal and at half time most of us stood around stunned because we are so used to being the twelfth man to drag us back into a game. This time the tables were turned and the team gave us the display and result of our footballing lives. I so hope we can perform as well on the 14th of May.
- 20 April 2011 at 14:42
- deliasmith said...
I thought I was the only Stoke fan called Alec!
Anyway, I wish to dissociate myself from the remarks of Alec @ 1 - "we have to an extent moved on from the ruggedness we showed in the earliest years of our time in the Premier League" - by saying that a) we were never rugged, it's all a lie put about by people from Islington; b) so what if we were rugged? It's a rugged town. and c)We're Stoke and we'll play like we want!
Alec 2
- 20 April 2011 at 15:18
As a Watford fan you'll have already had your own fun against Bolton at Wembley in the not too distant past! ;)
I was there, also in the Bolton end, a Wanderers supporter all my life.
Each and every one of us is struggling to come to terms with what we saw - especially after a season where we have played with such promise and energy and no little skill. We were an empty shell of a side and were abysmal - spoiling what had been a fantastic day until then for us.
Stoke were excellent and could have won by more - and aside from your chances in the Final - enjoy your European tour next season it'll create some unforgettable memories for your supporters as our UEFA Cup runs did for us.
Marc, Manchester
- 20 April 2011 at 16:01
Just to add some contrast to my fellow readers - Sunday was one of the worst days of my life!
Interesting is the defensiveness of the Stoke fans though about their style of play. They sing "We'll play how we want," but then spend a lot of time writing about how they play better stuff than people give them credit for, while Tuncay was a fans favourite.
For what it's worth I agree that sometimes they do get a raw deal from the press, but then at the same time Stoke are still a team which went about 2 months without scoring a goal from open play before the Newcastle game. Their use of the wingers seems to be more a direct running game than pretty foot-on-the-ball stuff from centre midfield - obviously it's working quite well!
- 21 April 2011 at 11:54
- Vinskax said...
What an awesome read mate.
I for one was surprised to see such a rout by Stoke as I was expecting Bolton to run away with the win.
There is still beauty in the FA cup, I for one hope that Stoke don't win the FA Cup so Liverpool get to be in Europe next year, but at the same time if we don't get in it could only mean good things with a fresher squad etc.
I'm 50-50 on this because as much as I hate City I am not really keen for us to miss out on the extra revenue of the Europa.
Sort of hard one for me
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A new town located near Hobbs, N.M., will be outfitted with nearly $1 billion worth of cutting-edge technology, from advanced wireless networks to self-flushing toilets. Too bad nobody will be living there to enjoy it.
According to the Associated Press, Pegasus Holdings will be building the town on 15 square miles just west of Hobbs, which has a population of around 43,000. It will be called the Center for Innovation, Testing and Evaluation, more ominously known as The Center, which sounds like a scary lab that might exist on Lost.
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Brumley said his group scoured the country for potential sites, "but we kept coming back to New Mexico. New Mexico is unique in so many ways."
One big plus for New Mexico was its federal research facilities like White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico and Los Alamos and Sandia national labs.
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People in nearby Hobbs stand to benefit, too. Pegasus says the project should create 3,500 temporary jobs connected with the building of The Center, plus 350 permanent jobs. Sweetening the deal for the local residents, New Mexico governor Susana Martinez says the state didn't even give Pegasus any tax breaks.
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