Chapters 13-15: Fill & Download for Free

These are the best lines from every chapter and gives the complete meaning of the Bhagavad Gita.Chapter 1:Chapter 2:Chapter 3:Chapter 4:Chapter 5:Chapter 6:Chapter 7:Chapter 8:Chapter 9:Chapter 10:Chapter 11:Chapter 12:Chapter 13:Chapter 14:Chapter 15:Chapter 16:Chapter 17:Chapter 18:

For learning algorithms, I recommend getting a copy of CLRS and readingChapter 2: Insertion sort and an introduction to the design and analysis of algorithmsChapter 3: Big-O notation (you can’t neglect theory!)Chapter 4: Recurrence relations and the master theoremChapter 5: Randomized algorithmsChapter 6: HeapsChapter 7: QuicksortChapter 8: Lower bounds on comparison sort, and linear-time sorting algorithmsChapter 9: The median-of-medians algorithmChapter 10: Linked lists, stacks, and queuesChapter 11: Hash tables and why they are not always O(1) timeChapter 12: Binary search treesChapter 13: Red-black trees (you should know that they exist)Chapters 15–16: Dynamic programming and greedy algorithmsChapter 17: Amortized analysisChapters 22–26: Graph algorithms — VERY IMPORTANT, especially Chapter 22 on breadth-first search and depth-first search.Since you have an entire year to study, it should be no trouble to read all these chapters, and do all of the exercises in the book. I guarantee you that at that point, you will have a masterful command of what is typically covered in an introductory algorithms class.It is also essential that you practice implementing algorithms. For that, I suggest working on a large software project, and gaining substantial experience in either C++, Java, or Python. You can also practice toy algorithms problems on online judges such as LeetCode or HackerRank.

United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles Division, I was there on a Chapter 13 case.In 2005, banks and other consumer lenders managed to get Congress to “reform” the bankruptcy laws and make it much harder for people who have been enticed to or required by exigent circumstances to get into debt beyond their ability to repay in a reasonable lifetime to then obtain bankruptcy relief. This forced many people who used to be able to obtain a rather speedy discharge under Chapter 7 to instead embark upon a 3 to 5 year journey through a difficult scheme designed to squeeze every possible cent out of a debtor before relieving them of their debts.The legislation was referred to as BAPCPA. I’m not going to say that there weren’t people abusing the system. Many of my own clients availed themselves of bankruptcy protection and never paid me, it was a constant frustration when bankruptcy filings were used to stop large civil cases, etc.Yet, despite the abuses—most bankruptcies are brought about by facts that nobody can anticipate. Divorce often costs far more than people realize. Business ventures fail. Investments get stolen. You could find yourself taking care of a terminally ill family member, losing a job, having someone successfully sue you for a mistake made by an employee or an adult child, or simply using the credit cards to make up that crucial difference between eating and not eating. Southern California is a difficult place to live.Bankruptcy is a protection you hope you never need but which will save your life when and if you do. Kind of like the ambulance helicopter you see every now and again—nobody in their right mind wants to go through that process, but it is there for you when you need it.In any event, it was a normal Chapter 13 hearing calendar. In a Chapter 13 filing the debtors have to propose a plan to repay their debts and the Judge has to approve the plan by checking to insure that they are paying creditors as much as they possibly can and still provide for basic necessities. Creditors typically object to everything and there is a Chapter 13 Trustee who manages your case and is constantly demanding documentation, tax returns, compliance with this that or the other. There are dozens of specialized forms to file and each judge has a very particular way of handling the extremely difficult and over-crowded docket in the Central District of California—which I believe is the busiest bankruptcy court in the entire country.Chapter 13 work can be fiendishly complex and simply giving notice to banks was an exercise in corporate sleuthing because the rules require you to send notice to exactly the right persons. Just try to find that person unless you understand bank holding corporations, general corporate law, and how to parse not only the Federal Bankruptcy Code but the procedural rules, local rules, division rules and judge’s rules.Remember, this was the era before the housing meltdown when your mortgage was probably owned by thousands of different entities, said mortgage having been securitized. Various shenanigans being played by banks swapping portfolios and the like made the entire process cumbersome, expensive and on top of all this the Court was overburdened and struggling to computerize and standardize processes. The MERS system was being litigated, robo-signing of mortgages was common—nobody really knew what was going on with mortgages as the entire world soon found out.It is much better these days.In any event, Judge takes the bench, calls a case and announces to the entire courtroom that this gentleman at the lectern was a pro per (self-represented) client. Judge then tells the entire packed courtroom that this man, a teacher I believe, had managed to get himself through the entire Chapter 13 process and was being granted a discharge today of all his debts together with a lien strip motion that removed the second mortgage on his home; a challenging and five-year journey even for an attorney.Judge announces that this is the very first and only self-represented client who had successfully filed and completed a Chapter 13 in this Judge’s court. I’m pretty sure it was Judge Barry Russell, but memory fails me right now. In any event, this Judge had been on the Bench for a long time, over 15 years.An amazing feat of self-representation.Most bankruptcy calendars include dozens of case dismissals for debtors who file but then cannot figure out how to maintain their case or find a lawyer. In Los Angeles, minorities in the early 2000s were especially victimized by “petition preparers” who would file cases, collect a fee and then drop their hapless clients into a courtroom utterly unprepared.You might buffalo your way through a straight Chapter 7, but a Chapter 13 is exceptionally complicated and drawn out even with the various self-help books and legal-aid resources available to a determined person.You have five-years (if the primary debt is secured by a home) worth of time in which to make mistakes and plenty of work to keep everyone happy with you. There are multiple hearings and motions required—regular reporting requirements, it is tough, tough work.I still remember the proud look on the guy’s face. It was a real accomplishment.