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lecture on monday lab as homework
lecture first 30 minu quiz on wednesday
handson on friday discussion
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Set up the lab Make the CD - Java, Java documentation, installation instructions, editors Prepare exercises and labs for CS21A
First week
- history and overview
- spaghetti example part 1
emphasis: characteristics of an algorithm, stepwise refinement
- lab: setting up Java
Second week: input, output, variables, types
- object-oriented spaghetti
- containment: pan and spaghetti
- properties: spaghetti, softness
- quiz
- handson:
emphasize state, methods, parameters, pointers
cook temperature duration
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The forest defines the beauty of Summit County. Quaking aspens and tall pines range across the mountain slopes, creating the scenic landscape that draws thousands of visitors every year from cities across the nation and around the globe.What viewers may not know, however, is that 6,000 of those trees have an additional special and personal meaning attached to them. These are all the trees that have been planted as a part of the Bristlecone Foundation Legacy Forest Campaign. A program of the Bristlecone Foundation, a local nonprofit organization that provides hospice and home care, the legacy forest campaign sells seedlings to be planted as memorials to loved ones who have passed away, as symbols of celebration for events such as birthdays and anniversaries, or as gifts to friends and family near and far. The proceeds of the sale go toward the Bristlecone Foundation's charity program, which benefits under- and non-insured patients.
Every year since 2010, the Bristlecone Foundation has planted seedlings in areas in Breckenridge, Frisco, Silverthorne, Dillon and Keystone. This year, an additional 1,800 seedlings will join those ranks. All those planted are native to the Summit County area, including aspens, bristlecone pines, Colorado blue spruce, Ponderosa pines and Englemann spruce.Asa Armstrong, development officer of the Bristlecone Foundation, said the idea for the forest legacy project came from a need for a fundraiser and a desire to make a positive impact on Summit County."We needed a signature fundraiser for the Bristlecone Foundation and the patients that we serve for Bristlecone Health Services, so we kicked off the campaign in 2010," Armstrong said. She knew of other tree-planting programs and felt the idea would work particularly well in a mountain community. "I thought, 'What can we do that actually benefits our community and is also a tribute to loved ones?' So all the pieces fell together like a puzzle."Armstrong said that the idea of planting trees was also inspired by witnessing the devastation of the pine beetle epidemic and wondering what could be done to help."It's so rewarding to do something hands-on that you know is going to impact your community in so many ways."In addition to the planted trees, each planting site featured a "reflection rock" with an embedded plaque. With the purchase of 50 or more trees - an equivalent of $1,000 - a commemorative nameplate ("in memorial to," "in honor of" or "in support of Bristlecone Foundation") is added to the plaque. The reflection rocks also offer a focal point for people who come to remember the reason they planted their tree. Armstrong and her colleagues picked out the rocks personally."We sat on all the rocks and made sure they were pretty comfortable, so people could sit and celebrate and think of loved ones," she said. "Some people need to be with a lot of people and other people need times by themselves."Often, planters take steps to decorate around the tree itself, placing strings of beads on the branches or circling it with seashells and colorful rocks, something that helps to personalize the space.People who buy seedlings aren't required to plant them, unless they want to. They can even take them home to plant in their yard, if they so choose. Otherwise, they can join Bristlecone volunteers and other planters at a site in Breckenridge, Frisco, Silverthorne, Dillon and Keystone. The sites don't always remain the same year to year, depending on space. In the past, trees have been planted on the Frisco peninsula, by the Blue River in Silverthorne, the nature preserve near the lake in Dillon and the Keystone Science School.
Since its inception, the tree-planting project has been a success, according to Lori O'Bryan, chair of the Legacy Forest Committee and member of the Bristlecone Foundation board of directors. She has planted more than 50 trees herself, in memoriam, in celebration and as gifts. She has also seen many others plant their own trees."For some it gives them closure," she said, "and for some, they see it as new life - it's not the end; there's something out there that they know represents that person being here."It's not just Summit County residents planting those trees, either. Groups have come from all over Colorado for the project, and many more have ordered saplings from far away. This year, for example, Armstrong purchased a sapling for family friends living in Paris. When a sapling is purchased, the person or the family of the person being honored receives a letter stating that a tree for them is being planted in Summit County. "What's so special about Summit County is that a lot of families have been here on vacations and it's connected to so many good memories," Armstrong said. "They might go back to their hometown somewhere else in the U.S. or in the world and remember those good times in Summit County. To plant that seedling here in honor or tribute to the loved one is pretty special, because they live on here."Frisco Elementary students have also been a big part of the project, planting trees every year since the beginning. The planting is paired with an education session with Summit County Open Space and Trails about the environment and forest management."We (also) talk very briefly about what Bristlecone does, and kids are so honest and unique," Armstrong said. "They start planting and some of them plant for their grandparents and some of them plant for their guinea pigs, because it's all part of their healing. ... They run around on the planting site to find the best view for their seedlings. It's pretty neat."
This year's planting will take place June 1. The night before, the Bristlecone Foundation is hosting a "Celebration of Life and Laughter," a comedy show and silent auction at Warren Station at Keystone. Motivational comedian Karyn Ruth White will perform. "That's another part of the healing process - to be able to laugh and let go a little bit and be out in nature," Armstrong said. "So we're trying to combine all the elements that will heal and also bring our community together."

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On tonight's Late Night, Elton John stopped by for a chat with Jimmy Fallon. When the topic of John's songs being covered—on American Idol, for example—came up, he celebrated it, while simultaneously bashing "assholes" Kings of Leon.
(For those unfamiliar with the feud between Glee creator Ryan Murphy and members of Kings of Leon, click here to get caught up to speed.)


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The BIL and SIL involved is DH's older step brother and until this point they have been really close and SIL and I have had a great relationship.
My BIL who has been a contractor overseas for almost 6 years came home on leave toward the end of Jan for a few weeks. DH who is deployed came home a few weeks later, around the time I was due to give birth to DS. A few days after DH arrived home BIL, SIL and their 2 kids came over for dinner. We had a great visit, BIL and DH talked about getting together to golf if it would work out, we talked about them possibly attending YDD's birthday party and all was well. BIL made a joking comment gesturing toward my belly as they left and said "good luck with that" I asked "good luck with what?" and he said "with having the baby".
I ended up being induced 9 days after my EDD and 2 days before DH's leave was to end. That morning we recieved some text messages asking if DS had arrived and we promised to let them know when he was born. Shortly after DS was born DH called to let them know he was here. He told me they were short on the phone and seemed almost uninterested but that they were at a sports event for their DD and that could have been why, we did not think anymore of it. We did not hear from them again before he left.
I called a few days later to see if they wanted to the house before BIL had to leave again. They said they would that weekend and never showed up.
I sent a text message saying that I was sorry that the weekend did not end up working and hoped BIL had a safe flight back. No response.
After BIL was supposed to have left I called SIL and left a message on her machine asking if she wanted to get together (we normally get together 1-2 times a month) and later sent SIL a text after BIL should have been back to his job asking if he made it back ok. The response that came several hours later was this "we r all fine BIL is back ok and please don't call my house phone any more or text me". I replied ok that after that text I would not contact her but could I know what we had done. I received no response. So, I emailed BIL a short email this is what it said:
BIL, I realize that you all want nothing to do with us anymore and I will respect that and not contact you anymore after this. Can we at least have an explanation of how we went from having a good dinner and visit to being cut off? I have no idea what I/we did to offend you and I cannot make it right or change anything if we are not even given the opportunity to know what is wrong.
I will put his response in the next post because of length.


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Any weekday morning on ABC's Good Morning America you can find Lara Spencer shouting or George Stephanopoulos wilting with embarrassment, but this morning Twitter was abuzz with the rumor of some breast action too.
Earlier in the show, the cast of Don't Trust the B—— in Apt. 23 had been on to discuss the show's second season, which premiered last night. GMA anchor Sam Champion shot a small cameo for the show earlier this week and alluded to a "close" moment between Champion and one of the show's stars, Dreama Walker.
As the show came back from commercial, America was treated to that clip, in which Walker, playing the fictional June Colburn, flashes her "titties" during a fictionalized broadcast of Good Morning America.
Again, no tit action on ABC this morning. As you were.


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SANTA CLARA -- The 49ers hardly made fireworks Thursday in the first round of the NFL draft. But they did manage to light up a small sparkler. Or perhaps it was a fizzy Roman candle, though not a fizzy Roman candle previously unknown to mankind.
"This was a scenario we hoped to see pan out," said general manager Trent Baalke after he made his strategic move, which occurred fairly early in the evening.
Baalke used two of the team's 13 lower picks to work a deal for the Dallas Cowboys' 18th spot and move up to select Eric Reid, a safety from LSU.
At first blush, you can give the 49ers a thumbs up on the selection. Reid was among the country's best defensive players last season.
Yet when trying to translate with certainty how draft picks will pan out when they pull on real NFL equipment, never forget those important words on the manufacturer's label: Safety not guaranteed.
Especially with safeties.
Moving up to choose Reid made sense. The 49ers do need someone at that position to eventually -- or very soon -- replace departed Pro Bowl free agent Dashon Goldson. So why not Reid? He played in America's most superior college conference, the SEC. He therefore faced the country's best college offenses on a weekly basis. Reid did well enough to be named an All-American.
"He plays big in the big games," said 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, who added Reid "has the ability to be" a starter this season.
Of course, that's been said before about other defensive backs -- with mixed results. If you grade Baalke on the curve, he's done well a talent evaluator. He was part of the team braintrust that chose Goldson as a fourth-rounder in the 2007 draft. Yet the same braintrust badly misfired three years ago when Baalke and then-G.M. Scot McCloughan chose another safety among the top 50 picks -- USC's Taylor Mays in the second round (overall No. 49).
Very quickly, the 49ers must have regretted that choice. Mays played sparingly and was traded after his rookie year to Cincinnati for a seventh-round pick. He has started three games over the past two seasons for the Bengals, making little impact.
Reid is a different variety of safety than Mays, who was known as a center fielder type who lusted after big hits -- but too often took the wrong angle and whiffed or was penalized for an illegal one. Reid, at 6-foot-1 and 213 pounds, has a reputation as more of a wrap-up type tackler. That's significant at a time the NFL just passed a rule about banning crown-of-helmet contact.
Baalke said it's always a challenge for rookie defenders to "learn the angles at the NFL level" and adjust to the pro game's faster speed. But he liked the way Reid played back in the deep secondary at LSU and also could move up in the box to stifle runners at the scrimmage line.
"We feel good about his ability to insert and play a physical brand of football," Baalke said.
The 49ers must feel very, very good about that. The other top-tier safety available Thursday was Texas' Kenny Vaccaro, who was selected 15th by New Orleans. The 49ers obviously possessed enough trade booty to move up and take Vaccaro if they wished. Instead, they passed and waited three more picks before making the deal to nab Reid.
Afterward, Harbaugh confirmed Reid "was our top-rated safety" and that his selection was "a unanimous decision."
Reid, in a conference call with Bay Area reporters, sounded like the usual eager rookie trying to impress. He has some familiarity with the Bay Area because his mother is a traveling nurse who has worked in San Jose from time to time. Reid also must be a smart guy. He was recruited by Stanford when Harbaugh was the head coach.
"I think I'm a very cerebral player," Reid said on the telephone, which you can assess as either cockiness or confidence.
For now, let's go with confidence. Reid appears to be a good 49ers fit. But you never know for sure about any NFL rookie until he lines up on the same field with a bunch of NFL veterans and feels full NFL contact. That won't happen for real until summertime. Lest we forget: Last year's top pick, wide receiver A.J. Jenkins, arrived with good reviews yet barely stepped onto the field during the 2012 season.
So, yes, lighting a sparkler is permissible after picking Reid. But hold off on larger pyrotechnics until September. Plus, with Baalke still holding 11 picks for the later draft rounds Friday and Saturday, further firecrackers could be in the picture.
Contact Mark Purdy at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/MercPurdy.
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The Mud Monstars battled through the consolation bracket to capture the title in the 34th annual Mississippi Mud Volleyball Championship, which wrapped up Sunday afternoon in Hannibal.
The Mud Monstars knocked off the defending champs - Mudopoly - in the title round. Mudopoly had made it to the finals with a "clean" record.
Third place was claimed by the Screamin' Johnnies while fourth went to the Dirty Terrills.
Pete Friesen, executive director of the YMCA of Hannibal, indicated he was "real happy" with this year's tournament. He's anticipating an even bigger field of teams next year when July 4 will fall on a Friday.
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Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Herpetology is the study of reptiles and amphibians. Reptiles include snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles and tortoises. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders and caecilians. The two groups of animals are only distantly related but have traditionally been placed together as a research discipline.
Reptiles are cold-blooded animals that have:
- scaly skin
- long robust ribs that encircle their internal organs
- 'live' young or lay shelled eggs
Amphibians are cold-blooded animals that typically have:
- soft skin containing mucus and poison glands
- short straight ribs that do not encircle their internal organs
- a two phase life cycle that has an aquatic larval stage and an air-breathing adult stage
About the collection
The Herpetology Section has a large and comprehensive collection of research specimens from throughout Australia and the Pacific region. General coverage of the Australian species is high with approximately 90% of all known species represented in the collection. Reptiles are the major group represented - more than two thirds of the total collection. Lizards make up around two thirds of all reptiles, a feature that reflects the richness (in terms of number of species) of this group of reptiles. Lizards from northern and eastern Australia and the Pacific Islands are particularly well represented, as this group has been the focus of research interests at various times throughout the history of the Herpetology section. There are also significant collections of sea snakes and freshwater turtles. The amphibian collection is extensive in its coverage of species at both at a national and broader Australasian level, and contains representatives of frog species that have recently become extinct in eastern Australia. The collection is fully registered and the associated data computerised.
At a regional level the collection is primarily Australian based with over a third of the collection from New South Wales. Major strengths outside of New South Wales include, collections from biodiversity 'hotspots' in northern Australia such as the Kimberly region of north-western Western Australia, the Alligator Rivers region (Kakadu) of the Northern Territory; and Cape York Peninsula. There are also extensive collections from elsewhere in the Pacific region, most notably from New Guinea and New Caledonia.
Associated with the specimen collection is an extensive collection of tissue samples. Its content has a strong New South Wales bias, but also contains samples from northern Australia, New Guinea, and the south-west Pacific Islands. The Herpetology section also houses books and journals, as part of the Australian Museum Research Library, dealing with all aspects of herpetology, and has an extensive collection of reprints or photocopied articles.
Download our Frogs Field Guide mobile app and discover frog species near you, listen to calls, view images, 'Explore' frog attributes and log your own sightings of frogs.
Ross Sadlier , Collection Manager, Herpetology
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The Oakland Raiders have at least managed one thing during their dreary 2012 campaign -- they've managed to stay out of last place in the Associated Press Pro32 NFL power rankings.
Despite last Sunday's 20-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns, their fifth defeat in a row, the Raiders remained at No. 31, with 25 points, in the lastest AP rankings released Tuesday.
The Raiders are only one ranking point ahead of the last-place Jacksonville Jaguars, who were 30th going into Sunday's play but dropped two spots after losing on the road to the Buffalo Bills 34-18.
Last week's last-place team, the Kansas City Chiefs, recovered from Saturday's tragic events to score a 27-21 win Sunday over the Carolina Panthers. That victory elevated the Chiefs two ranking spots to No. 30, five points ahead of the Raiders.
The Raiders have their next chance to break their losing streak on Thursday, when they host the 9-3 Denver Broncos. It's a tall task for Oakland -- Denver comes in as the fourth-ranked team in the poll.
Comments on the Raiders by the AP Pro32 panel (ranking in parentheses):
Chris Berman (ESPN, 32) -- Surprised that it's this bad.
Clifton Brown (Sporting News, 32) -- General manager Reggie McKenzie expected this to be a challenge. It is.
Rich Gannon (CBS Sports/SiriusXM NFL Radio, 32) -- They simply are a really bad team right now and as a former Raider, it pains me to say that.
Bob Glauber (Newsday, 32) -- Five straight losses and counting, and now a Thursday game against the Broncos. Just a complete mess at every level.
Rick Gosselin (Dallas Morning News, 30) -- Carson Palmer has passed for 300 yards six times this season and the Raiders have lost all six games. Oakland has lost five in a row and Palmer has 300-yard games in four of them.
Clark Judge (CBSSports.com, 30) -- When they talk about the Black Hole in Oakland they're referring to the empty seats for the Raiders' Dec. 16 date with Kansas City.
Ira Kaufman (Tampa Tribune, 31) -- The NFL's worst point differential resides in the East Bay.
Pat Kirwan (SiriusXM NFL Radio/CBSSports.com, 32) -- Mark Davis should have expected these results when he took over. The Raiders aren't quitters, they just aren't good enough and without McFadden touching the ball 20-25 times a game they don't have a chance.
John Lynch (Fox Sports, 32) -- The Raiders turnaround has a long way to go ... condolences to Dennis Allen and his family as they mourn the loss of his father.
Alex Marvez (Foxsports.com, 30) -- Can things get worse in Oakland after a five-game losing streak? You bet -- Denver (9-3) comes to the Bay Area for a Thursday night matchup.
Dan Pompei (Chicago Tribune, 28) -- Have they begun packing up the U-hauls yet?


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Elegant personal task management.
Task management has never been this easy. Organize your tasks in an elegant and intuitive way. Things combines powerful features with simplicity through the use of tags and its intelligent filter bar. A Leopard style source list allows for quick and easy focusing. Together with a beautiful user interface, Things aims at the seemingly impossible: making task management both easy and fun.
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Tags: productivity , tasks , gtd , notes , organization
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Nice App. I use dropbox so keep both of my Macs synched. I wish there was a possibility to access my data online.
Just a suggestion to those who need synching between several Macs: Get "DropBox" and tell Things to store its database inside the Dropbox folder. Not perfect, but works (just make sure you only run one Things.app on any of the synched Macs at a time, to avoid conflicts of entries being changes several Macs at the same time, with Things.app not noticing)
I've been using Things betas for almost a year. A great program, awesome UI, but is it really worth $50? Especially since it doesn't offer multiple computer syncing. Even $40 with a 20% coupon seems high. The price for the iPhone app seems reasonable.
Awesome application. Clean UI, well thought out workflow. Love opening it up in the morning, something I could never say about Omnifocus. And to anyone claiming it's too expensive it's 30 bucks less than OmniFocus. Some people are just cheap. Worth every penny.
While I too think this is the best GTD app out there and have been using it for almost a year now, I feel that it's a bit overpriced.
Best freaking todo list program I have ever used!
I switched from OmniFocus to Things! It's easier and it has a better iPhone client and it integrates better in osx
This is amazing. It's simple, nicely designed, and so easy to use that even the most hopeless slacker (me) can become a GTD ninja. I use both the desktop and iPhone versions, and syncing is fast/hassle free. Normally I would balk at the announced price for v1.0, but you know what, this is worth it. Highly recommended.
Oh my, Things is quite a sexy beast. Tried it out on a whim and it sold me immediately with the global Quick Entry hotkey. Best feature ever. But it turns out it just gets better and better; the UI is absolutely top-notch, giving you just what you need and not a whit more. And did I say it was beautiful and intuitive? Because it's that too.
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