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Admission For Graduate Programs Of American International University
February 22, 2015 | Category: Admission Circular | Posted By - Alikarim | 0 Comments
Candidates eligibility and application procedure system of admission for graduate programs of American International University-Bangladesh.
Requirements For Regular MBA / MsCS / M.TEL / MEEE
- Minimum three years of Bachelor Degree completion is required.
- Minimum 2nd division in SSC, HSC & Graduation from any of the disciplines or minimum GPA 2.5 in HSC & SSC (in the scale of 5) and minimum CGPA 2.5 in Bachelor Degree (in the scale of 4).
- For A Level & O Level Background, Minimum GPA 2.5 (in both O and A Levels separately) with no grade lower than 'D' among best 5 subjects in O' level and best 2 subjects in A' level. (Scale: A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 2 & E= 1)
- Additional Requirements for MsCS:4 Years Graduation degrees is required in CS, CSE, CIS,SE, CSSE, EEE, COE, ECE, MIS, Electronics, Mathematics, Physics, or in any other science or Technical disciplines (To be decided by Program Director)
- Additional Requirements for MTEL / MEEE:4 Years Graduation degrees is required in EEE, COE, ECE, ETE, CS, CSE, CIS, SE, CSSE, Applied Physics & Electronics, ICT, ICE, APEE, APECE or in any other science or Technical disciplines (To be decided by Program Director)
Requirements For EMBA
- Minimum three years of Bachelor Degree completion is required with minimum 2nd Division in any disciplines.
- At least 3 years of working experience with current permanent job (case to case basis) in an office with at least 3 subordinates.
- No 3rd division (exception may be made for candidates with 8 years experience in supervisory level).
Requirements For MPH
- Graduation in any discipline of Health Science.
- Graduation in any discipline with work experience in Health Care Organization.
- Posses an M.B.B.S., B.D.S., M.D. or a 3-4 years Bachelor degree or any other equivalent degree.
- No 3rd division (exception may be made for candidates with substantial amount of experience).
Requirements For MDS
- Minimum Bachelor Degree completion is required.
- Minimum CGPA is 2.75
- Graduation in any discipline.
AIUB Graduates with a CGPA of 3.5 or above in their Bachelors Degree are exempted from Admission Written Test. They will need to appear in Admission Test Viva.
Required Documents for Form Submission
- Attested Photocopy of all Mark Sheets and Certificates/Testimonial
- Graduation's Transcripts Should Be Officially Issued. Student Copy is not Allowed
- Three Copies of Recent Colored & Clear Passport Sized Photographs
- Job Certificates for EMBA applicant
- For Appeared student (Only for National University) attested copy of Appeared Certificate & Previous 3 Years' Results
- Applicants in Freedom Fighter category are requested to submit attested photocopy of (i) "Provisional Certificate" from Ministry of Liberation war affairs. (ii) Mukti Barta (iii) Gazette (iv) "National ID" of the freedom fighter/Birth Certificate/ Any official paper with date of birth.
Admission Form and Office
Download Admission Form and See the Admission Office & Application Fess
General Note: An applicant may be waived from the AIUB written admission exams but will be called for viva (interview) if he/she has 8 years work experience in supervisory level for MBA & EMBA program.
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- Applicants Eligibility and Admission System for International Applicants
- Tuition and Fess Structure for any Discipline
- Offer Progams for Undergraduate and Graduate Level
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It was too early for breakfast, but it wasn't too early for a triathlon.
Hitting the water by 5 a.m. Wednesday, county lifeguards and fire rescue members met for a grueling endurance test lasting more than four hours. They ran, swam and paddled through the St. Augustine Inlet, down Anastasia Island's coast and then through the Matanzas Inlet, where they finished at Rattlesnake Island.
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After all of that, around 10 a.m., some of them rested on the beach. A few, though, picked up their stuff and left for work.
"It's just a challenge for us within to stretch the limits of what we normally do," said Jeremy Watkins, the St. Augustine Lifesaving Association president. "Something to inspire the new guys and to get them to train for something."
Pete Weiland, a fire rescue lieutenant, helped prepare the event before leaving for a double shift at the fire station. Talon Oleszczuk, St. Augustine Lifesaving Association secretary, left for a 10-hour shift as a lifeguard supervisor. Some of the newer lifeguards, despite racing, also had later shifts.
"All in all, it's traversing 18 to 20 miles of St. John's County's beaches," said Josh Romaine, who's worked in Fire Rescue since 1991. "And then they get to guard the same beach they just traversed."
Josh Ashley, a triathlete at the University of North Florida, completed the race a half hour before the next finisher, despite dealing with some health issues.
"It was very lonely (being in front)," Ashley said. "I've been sick all week. I personally felt horrible on the run and had to stop and walk."
Ashley still finished in a little more than four hours. He said that this year's race was more difficult than past races.
"In past years, we've been blessed with a good spot of rain, but this year we didn't get any of that," Ashley said. "We were against the current for a mile and that was pretty rough. Then we had to run."
The St. Augustine Lifesaving Association started the event in 1995 as a way to build camaraderie. This year was its highest turnout, with 18 participants, including five female lifeguards.
David Suarez, a three-year participant, has gotten a reputation for bad luck. His kayak has sunk two years in a row, but at least he managed to finish both races.
"They were two different kayaks, but they both had a hole in the dry area," Suarez said. "I was taking in water the entire time. Unlike last year, I just ditched it and swam the rest of the way."


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text: Newbie here with a 26 yo difficult child 1 dual dxd severely physically disabled kid. Had to share my latest little trip to take him back to The City where he lives (100 miles away from us!!!) cause I know you will all appreciate the irony here. The only reason he was visiting us was because he had to or lose his housing. He'd been hospitalized for 8 weeks with 2 broken arms and broken femur after he provoked someone into assaulting him (or at least that's his current story). He wanted to leave AMA 5 days before they could get services in place to support his return home. At the discharge case conference (15 in attendance) he told them all he was leaving after the meeting, that they couldn't stop him (dummies had gotten him a loaner power wheelchair after I TOLD them not to) and that he didn't care if he lost his housing. (He'd only been there 2 weeks when he got hurt; IDEAL housing for him - with-c accessible studio, onsite nursing, case management, psychiatric care, special arrangements to hold housing during short term hospitalizations like this one as long as patient returns cooperatively - a dream come true if only he was paying attention.) Gritting my teeth, I finally coaxed him to come home to our house for the weekend while all the arrangements were put in place for him to go back to his house. Only reason I was there was as trustee for his special needs trust. We often end up paying for stuff MediCaid won't pay for like bath chairs. But we don't usually find out he needs them unless we go to meetings like this. Aside: We are not going to intervene like this again. If it means he's homeless again well so be it. He's more stable than he's been in years and we felt there was a good chance he would use the supported housing on-site services because they're easy to access. So we decided to intervene this time. Sigh. We can discuss enablement/rescuing vs. moral/ethical responsibility to care for someone who is clearly incompetent (no matter what a judge might say) at a later date. I can tell you about the time he called us on Christmas Eve to say he'd lost his housing and could we come get him and take him to his grandmother's for Christmas (7 hours drive one way) despite his not showing up to meet us as previously arranged the day before. We said "No, looks like you have some things to work out there that can't be done from grandma's house." Anyway, so here's the part I just had to share. I'm taking him back in a manual wheelchair so I have to push him everywhere we go (his arms won't reach to push the chair himself). We have to go back to the hospital to exchange the manual with-c for the power with-c. On the train all the way back to The City from our town he is getting more and more difficult. Once we're back in The City he starts railing at me about anything and everything. He cannot stand to be back and not go straight to his payee, get his check and go get high so he is doing his best to **** me off so I will do what he wants and take him to his payee first. Totally screwed up logic but that's him. When I insist that we stick to the plan and go to the hospital first difficult child 1 insists that we walk to the hospital from the closest transit station. I agree mostly because it's hard to get a rampcab and I didn't know which bus to take and the hospital was only about 10 blocks away. Plus I was getting pretty annoyed by this point and needed to blow off some steam physically - which is much easier done pushing a wheelchair than sitting around waiting for a taxi for an hour. He gets more and more obnoxious as we go. The sidewalks are poorly maintained and the curb cuts are rough. He yells at me I'm trying to dump him out of his wheelchair or let it go over backwards every time we hit a bump. (Of course I'm not doing anything of the kind.) He starts screaming at me that I'm making a scene as we walk down this busy city street because I told him to stop yelling at me. So the last 2 blocks are slightly uphill right? And even busier because of all the people coming and going to the hospital and pharmacy. He is ready to bust a gut because he can SEE the hospital and can practically taste the freedom of having a power chair again. I was close to seeing red by then and am only slightly ashamed to say that I decided to handle things differently than usual. Instead of being the calm, detached and mature adult or the screaming "you have finally gotten to me" parent, I just didn't say a thing. But I went slower and slower and slower. If someone stopped in front of us I stopped. Didn't ask them to move, just stopped. When they moved then we moved. If someone got in front of us who was going slowly with a cane we went at their pace. When the incline went up I went slower still. When we got to the crossing to the hospital I went out of my way to go to the part that didn't have a curb cut so we had to backtrack to the one that did. I have to admit it was delicious. The shoe was on the other foot and it felt great. I now understand why he gets such a kick out of doing this kind of passive aggressive stuff to us. It is heady. By the time we got to the hospital lobby he was beating on the arms of the wheelchair with his fists and practically jumping up and down in the seat trying to make me go faster. I just played dumb. Anyway, I finally take him in to the hospital and leave him to the ministrations of the social worker there. She was expecting me to take him back to his place and help coordinate things there with the nurse, etc. Instead I smiled sweetly, dumped his large grocery bag of stuff at her feet and told her that difficult child 1 felt he could manage things on his own from here. You should have seen the look on her face. She's a nice young thing but she's no dummy - couldn't be and work at The City's main welfare hospital. She got her face under control and turned to difficult child 1 with an inquiring look. He immediately told her "well pick my stuff up and let's get going." as if she were his servant. I left them to work things out. Last I saw of him, he was racing across the street in his zippy little chair (I was waiting for a cab in front of the hospital) two huge blue hospital bags tied to the risers on the back of his chair. Got to hand it to him, he's a resourceful little git.


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Everyone's waking up to this: "While one family would benefit from the subsidies, another whose employer offers coverage would continue to have to accept relatively lower wages. The difference is so stark that it's bound to have consequences. Just how far-reaching is impossible to know."
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Doing a happy dance and sending a great big "THANK YOU" to Rhoda of Southern Hospitality for including our home in her Feature Friday series which you can see here! I hope you'll stop by to check it out and say hello to Rhoda. I have been following her blog for so many years, I just love her style!
Over the past month I have been a busy bee updating my home tour for the feature. I still have lots of projects in the works around the house and will be adding more rooms to the tour soon. You can see my home tour here. Today I am working on taking and editing pictures of our foyer to show you a new addition to the space, which I will be sharing in the next few days!
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Starred by Eddie Annal (see cast), this film directed by Isaac Stambaugh was premiered in TV or cinema in 2011. The movie "Smells Like Community Spirit" comes from USA. You can watch Smells Like Community Spirit online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2011.
Rating: 5 by 10 users./
Runtime: 84 minutes
Eddie Annal, John Arns, Russ Beckner, Ashley Boehm, Aidan Boyd, Joe Boyd, David Cordial, Christopher Day, Elliot Docherty, Gavin Docherty, Scott Docherty, Chris Heaton, Carolyn Klostermeier, Tom Klostermeier, Zak Kratzer and Karen Saad Krueger.
84-minute film (full movie) directed by Isaac Stambaugh.
The original audio of Smells Like Community Spirit has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2011.
Screenplay written by Isaac Stambaugh.
Russ Beckner.
Russ Beckner, Isaac Stambaugh and Debbie Boyd.
This film was produced and / or financed by Rebel Pilgrim Productions.
Composed by Cris Ferguson.
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Arguing before the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Susan E. Burnett, who represents Denso Corp., said that the company's American subsidiaries made the parts and that the parent company had no meaningful involvement with the manufacturing process or other U.S. operations, immunizing it from suit....
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DEEPING youngster Josh Moreman continued his red-hot summer form with his fifth goal in three games as Deeping drew 2-2 at Ely.
Moreman has enjoyed an excellent pre-season since signing from Peterborough Northern Star, scoring in Rangers' first game against Mildenhall before netting a hat-trick against Coates.
But it was Mark Jones who opened the scoring against Ely on Saturday before the home side edged ahead 2-1 midway through the second half. With four minutes to go Moreman struck to earn Deeping the draw.
Manager Tuncay Korkmaz said: "From a fitness point of view it was good for the players and we got the chance to give all the lads a good few minutes which was the most important thing.
"It wasn't a bad game and in the end I thought 2-2 was a fair result. Mark and Josh both did well and I am pleased with the way they are gelling together. Josh has been impressive so far and I expect him to have a big impact as he offers us something different. But it is certainly not all about him.
"He has scored a few goals but it will get a lot tougher for him and the rest of the lads with games against Grantham, Soham and Lincoln Utd coming up over the next few weeks."
l DEEPING Rangers Football Club will hold two tournaments at the end of August.
On Sunday August 21 the club will stage an U11 9-a-side and an U16 11-a-side competiton. A week later, on Sunday, August 28, they will hold an U12 and U15 tournament.
On Bank Holiday Monday it will be the turn of the U13s and U14s.
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Two reactions of the Holly See (on 12 and 13 September, respectively), one seeming supportive of Islam and the other, strongly condemning the Libya terrorist attack.
Tag Archives: Libya
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Unfortunately, judging by the fact that Syria is, along with Libya, one of the only two Arab countries in which a civil war started, President Assad may share the fate of dictator Gaddafi. Even if the Arab League offered him the chance to resign and flee the country, his stubbornness to keep his presidential seat may cost him his life….. Another dictator, sure to fall…. But who will take his place?
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A Rebuke Of Alex Schiller's List
It has been a while since I've written. Simply put, I needed a break. So I took a break. I was planning to return after this election, but something irked me so badly yesterday, that I decided to return earlier than planned. So, on November 7th, 2016, the day prior to Election Day, I give you "A Rebuke of Alex Schiller's List". Continue readingby
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JESUS GARCIA TENA cracked a stunning 45-yard goal to spark Hamilton's fightback – now he's looking for a regular starting place.
The Spanish sub scored a miraculous effort with his first touch in an Accies shirt as the visitors fought back from 2-0 down at Cowdenbeath.
The home side were cruising thanks to goals from Nat Wedderburn and Lewis Milne.
But big Jesus made it 2-1 before Darian MacKinnon, Ziggy Gordon and Anthony Andreu extended Accies' lead at the top to six points.
Tena said: "That was my first touch for Hamilton. I saw the goalie so far away from his goal and I just thought we needed something to change.
"The reaction of the team was excellent. We needed something like that, it was amazing.
"I'm just working hard to start the games but it's difficult because the team is doing well and we're top of the league. I'll get a start next week against Dundee.
"Last season I scored three or four. I'm not a classic defender. I like to score goals but that was one of my best, especially because it was so important for the team."
Cowdenbeath took the lead in 18 minutes when Wedderburn flicked home a Kenneth Adamson corner from two yards.
The home side doubled their advantage after 36 minutes when Milne dinked Robertson's through ball over keeper Kevin Cuthbert.
Eight minutes into the second half, Jamie Stevenson played in Andy Russell and Cuthbert did well to block. That proved to be a turning point.
Accies' Martin Canning was replaced by Tena in 65 minutes after sustaining a head injury and less than a minute later his amazing looping shot from almost halfway found the Cowdenbeath net.
Two minutes later, MacKinnon volleyed in the equaliser from eight yards and after a further two minutes Gordon made it 3-2 with a long-range effort, before Andreu extended the lead with the last kick of the ball.
Hamilton gaffer Alex Neil said: "It was a test of character for us and I told them at half-time to continue to believe.
"Big Jesus turned in an absolutely tremendous shot from 45 yards and there was only one team going to win it after that."
Beath boss Colin Cameron said: "We didn't show enough mental strength and it ended up embarrassing."


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Subject: Word processing woes
Perhaps you'd be interested in looking at Scrivener.
It is currently Mac only but a Windows version is on the way. It is the only word processor I know of specifically designed to aid in creative work with long texts. Another book author, James Fallows of the Atlantic, praises it to the skies. See:
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I haven't worked with it personally (scientific papers are much shorter), but it's only $40 so it isn't much of a risk.
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I looked at Scrivener when I contemplated conversion of all my operations to the Mac, but since I was starting a project with Larry Niven who wasn't about to make such a change, it didn't get very far. There was a discussion of Scrivener in the Science Fiction Writers of America discussion group at one time, and it got several favorable recommendations. If it does come to Windows I'll have another look - or when Niven and I finish Anvil.
Meanwhile Peter Glaskowsky has been building me a "Fiction" Template, which I hope to use shortly on a number of my works that haven't been released in eBook format yet. It takes me longer to do things than it used to...
A dubious hardware milestone
A dubious hardware milestone here today... I threw away my first ever Microsoft optical mouse over a decade after buying it, due to the left button starting to get flaky. That is a lot of use from a $25 part. Unfortunately today also marked the day when my Microsoft comfort curve keyboard suffered a failure of the right arrow key, and the printing on the "A" and "S" keys has worn off, only a year or so after buying it. The keyboard that came with my first ever computer more than 24 years ago still works and all of the printed letters are still legible on the ancient keyboard I used/abused non-stop during my comp-sci degree program at the USAF Academy, so I am a bit disappointed with the durability of the Microsoft keyboard. The old humped/split ergo keyboards from Microsoft were bulletproof which is why I gave the comfort curve KB a chance, but now I am forced to consider whether or not I will replace what is only the second keyboard that has failed me in my entire life, with another MS product.Sean
I am still using my first Microsoft red-eye mouse, and I am not even sure which one it is. I have several, and they go from machine to machine, or sometimes get flung into the travel bag when I am going on trips. I have used them with both Windows and Mac (Power PC and Intel) systems, laptops and desktops, and Linux systems as well. They never seem to wear out, and they don't need much cleaning.
I have yet to wear out a Microsoft keyboard. I have an older Ortek "clicky" programmable keyboard I use a lot, and all the letters have worn off the keys. That turns out to bother me less than you'd think but when I have to look for a key (as opposed to just typing) I can never find it. I notice Niven can't use it at all. So I paint the letters back on with airplane model paint and that lasts a month or so, or I use a Sharpie and that lasts a week and gets my fingers filthy. One day I'll replace. All my other keyboards are Microsoft Comfort Curve, and there's one for the iMac as well as one for the ThinkPad. The keyboard I keep on the machine Niven uses is a Microsoft Humpback, one of those which really divide left and right hand operations, and he loves it, but I could never get used to it.
The Ars System Guide: September 2010 Edition
Dr Pournelle,
Since you build your own Windows boxes, you might find this system guide on Ars Technica to be of use.
Best regards,
Dr Alun J. Carr
School of Electrical, Electronic, and Mechanical Engineering University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Thanks. I don't build many systems now. There are plenty of decent systems for sale at low costs, and for me high energy time is now the quantity I am shortest of. If you do fancy building your own systems - and for those with the time it's worth doing for a number of reasons - I continue to recommend Robert and Barbara Thompson's Building the Perfect PC (2nd Edition). That's in stock now, and Building the Perfect PC Third Edition is due by the end of November.
on the iPad "revolution"....
Dear Mr. Pournelle,
A couple of my colleagues own the iPad now, and they seem to be very happy.
The iPad is indeed very nice while I, as an old almost-everything-but-apple computer user still fail to see the revolution of a device that has no USB and no Ethernet port.
How people can consider revolutionary a device that allows you to exchange a file only via a wireless/3g connection seems strange to me.
What seems more strange (and in my opinion unacceptable) is Apple's policy on what I can install on MY computer.
If I write an application for iPad Apple decide if it is "good enough" to be sold through the iStore. Not a big deal, only the iStore is the ONLY allowed way to distribute an application. And no, the evaluation of my product will not be only technical (respect of standards and so on...). Apple mainly reserves the right to drop your app just because they don't like it...
On the other side, I (as an owner of one iPad) I'm not allowed to install everything and from every source I like.
This is exactly the opposite of the personal computer revolution. I think that if Microsoft had tried that (force you to buy everything via a ms-store) the press would have killed it.
Antonio Romeo
PS: still think the iPad is a very beautiful device, very good at reading and browsing. Not something I would carry on as my only device though....
You are not the only one who wishes for a USB port on the iPad, but the little beast still remains very useful for many things, and the Apps multiply all the time - and most of them actually work, which is not always true for other systems.
Apple "censors" apps because they don't work. There are plenty of silly - yea, stupid - apps that get approval. They work, but it's astonishing that anyone wants them, or that anyone at Apple "liked" them. Apple rejects apps that don't work or crash the system, and I rather like that.
Eric adds:
Regarding Apple's control of software publishing on its devices: First, get over it. Second, personal computers are not the model driving this business. The model here is game consoles. Specifically, the third party publishing system pioneered by Nintendo after the console industry was regarded as dead and buried. The first wave of game systems from US companies had no provision for third party participation but also lacked effective means to keep third party software from running on the machines. The inability to manage the deluge of horrible third party software was a major factor in the crash of the original video game industry.
If you think Apple may be difficult at times, this is nothing compared to the restrictions Nintendo set for game publishing in the US market. http://www.filibustercartoons.com/Nintendo.php
This went on for several years until the entry of less restrictive companies threatened Nintendo's dominance. This led to some embarrassing outbreaks of mass stupidity when politicians began to get involved. When Joe Lieberman was first nominated for the VP slot, my main familiarity of him came from his earlier attempts to have the government interfere in game content.
Eric Pobirs
Comment on Programming
Hi Jerry,
I thoroughly enjoyed this month's review and mailbag, particularly the discussion of computer languages. I think that most languages have surpassed the C/C++ dangerous problems and would fit your desires with respect to Modula's, shall we say, modularity. Let me say that I too languished a while since the problems with C that you describe irked me as well.
The largest problem, and I think your primary concern with C and C++, is the ability to use pointers. These nasty little buggers can point to any memory location directly, regardless of what part of the program actually owns what resides there. Back in the day, one needed tricks like those enabled by pointers to enhance performance on the slower hardware of the time. As an example, one of my first personal computers was an 8bit Atari 130xe with 128k of memory. The available C compiler barely fit in memory. Such tricks as one might use pointers and direct memory access for were necessary at the time to work around memory and performance limitations. Indeed, half of the memory of the 130xe was only available by paging out 16k chunks (or was it 8, I forget...). In my view, this is primarily why languages of the time could be either structured and slow, or open, dangerous, and fast.
Programming languages have come a long way since C and C++. These are still used quite heavily, but I think that your point about Modula 2 modules is one of encapsulation more than anything. Encapsulation is like a shield that protects these modules. In the languages I currently use most, Visual Basic, C#, and Java, variables (memory) cannot be accessed outside the scope in which it was defined, and you, the programmer, have the power over that scope. The same is true of functions or methods, modules or classes, fields or module/class level variables, and so on. The programmer of a module can define either through position, or explicitly the scope in which the part is accessible by other modules. This includes the ability to make everything private excepting exactly what the programmer intends to expose. It sounds complicated, but believe me, it's actually quite intuitive when one is writing code, if one doesn't get too carried away.
In my time working with Visual Studio (Visual Basic and C#) and Java code, I don't think I've ever worried about a memory leak in terms of what can be done with pointers, malloc(), and the like. Also, I've not had to worry about inadvertently executing the wrong code, or having another module change something in a particular module, at least not in the terms of how that's quite possible in C. These languages are inherently more well structured, and I think combine the best of both worlds. I think you'd be impressed how far they've come, and how... well... far removed we are from those low level concerns with these new languages. Hardware is simply fast enough that the compiler or interpreter can protect against those events now. This is so much so that I think recently graduated developers may not even know what a pointer is, or might not have ever used one at least.
I tried to find a good article on the Web about pointers, evil memory allocation, etc, but I gave up in this sitting. I did, however, find this article that debates the performance differences between C# (or really any .NET language) and C++. It's rather interesting to note that a Pseudocode compiled program, C# .NET, can outperform C++ code compiled natively in some cases. Pretty much, it boils down to the fact that the C# interpreter really precompiles the pcode at runtime, so it's not really an interpreted language, in many respects. This comparison, I don't think, would have been as interesting with any compiled vs interpreted language available back in the Byte days.
Thanks for reading!
John Kelly
Actually my primary concern with C is that C programs are impossible to read, and despite improvements C++ programs remain very difficult to follow. I keep getting stories of how C was misunderstood.
Regarding pointers: there are few reasons ever to use them in application programs, and they make the programming profession more of a closed system than I like. I understand that systems programming is a different art from applications programming, and most of my observations on programming languages apply to applications. I see little reason to use pointers any longer in applications programs; various array data structures are a lot more comprehensible and make for fewer bugs in program execution.
Peter Glaskowsky reminds me:
As you say, there are many situations in which it isn't necessary to use pointers, but C is used in many situations where it IS necessary or desirable-- driver development, for example. I don't think C is going away any time soon, but it isn't the de facto standard it once was.
I still believe we need explicitly strong typing and declaration with scope enforcement as well as range and type checking in both systems and applications programs; the goal is to make the programs more readable, even if the cost is a few more key strokes for the programmer; but I can understand that systems programs and drivers may need to use tricks and arcana for performance improvement.
I continue to hear the horror stories of big outfits that had to rewrite vast programs from scratch because the original programmer died or went to another company or got married and moved away. Granted those tend to be stories of programs begun long ago and thus likely to have been in unimproved early languages, but my examination of some modern source code does not impress me with its readability. Perhaps that's because modern coding houses don't enforce strict program structuring? I don't know; I'm not as familiar with what's happening as I used to be. I do know that ADA programs tended to be readable, back when that was the required DOD language.
Niklaus Wirth approved of most of ADA but he took strong, uh, exception to its inclusion of exceptions in the program language specifications. "People who have to resort to exceptions don't know how to program," he said at one conference. The ADA enthusiasts countered that some DOD programs have to work in real time, and things happen that the programmer cannot possibly foresee.
I would very much like to see a renewal of this sort of debate in the computer community, not just in graduate studies of computer science. The "philosophy" of computer programming is too important to be left to professors of computer science ...
And again cookies
I'm not concerned about cross-site vulnerabilities, only my-site vulnerabilities. If you've said Remember My Password where do you think that's saved? (Hint: delete all cookies, then try to get back in. I'm constantly rebuilding OSes after viruses and the owner can't tell me what this or that password was.) How about Remember Form Data? And each cookie is set only after the page has called home with some of your information.
My point is that while you think you are deleting cookies, you aren't. You're only deleting the honey-pot ones.
How does Doubleclick or Adsense make money if they can't read other sites' cookies to target ads? Why do I get ads specific to Pittsburgh when I go to a site where I've blocked the cookies? And why do I have to take 7 cookies to be able to start to search Lowes.com but none for harborfreight.com? What are they finding on each pass?
If you think you've blocked flash cookies with firefox, go to thedailyshow.com. If you can see the central video, you haven't blocked them. I get a gray box with
User Must Allow 3rd-party Flash Content
Please visit: http://www macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html
If you don't get that box, see the next two paragraphs. The period is intentionally missing because I forgot to set the autocorrect idiot in my WLM.
IN FACT, from a question in addons.mozilla.org
"Q: Is Firefox's 'Delete Private Data' function capable of deleting Flash-cookies? A: No! As Flash is an external application, Firefox is not even aware of Flash-cookie storage. ----------; ... - Addons like 'FlashBlock' or 'StopAutoplay' do not block Flash cookies because they only prevent Flash from being displayed but Flash is still loaded."
AND please read http://flashblock.mozdev.org/faq.html
As an indicator of my bona fides, I can produce a witness who asserted that my use of a flashcard on an XP-based laptop at the beginning of the century was not a sufficient way to speed up Windows. ReadyBoost, why didn't I patent you? Now, I haven't seen anybody else with a good method of killing, not removing after the fact, .sol files. I always did like cold steel for solving problems, but Xena wound up bloodless because of the TV namby-pambies.
Ravingly yours, Don Miller
I fear that all is not as you understand it, but I understand that many are alarmed by "Internet Tracking" given the recent spate of attention to that.
Firefox is certainly not aware of many third party Cookies. A free add-on called BetterPrivacy purports to delete all third party Cookies and as far as I can tell it does that. The "improved" Windows search function makes it much harder to find the cookies in my own system, at least for me; perhaps I don't understand how to search for them any longer. But to the best of my knowledge, BetterPrivacy will find and extirpate all third party cookies that hide in places other than the regular cookie folder.
I do routinely remove all third party cookies from all my machines, and edit the "regular" cookies I allow on some systems, but it's a lot of work. And the latest I am hearing when I search on FireSheep is a new Cookie Scare that concerns me even though there's a simple solution to that. See below.
Having said that, there seems to be a general lack of awareness of just how cookies work, and that promotes an irrational fear. I do caution those who visit web sites they'd prefer not to have anyone know they went to that they really do need to learn how cookies work and how to get rid of third party cookies.
Regarding Doubleclick and how you may get cookies from Doubleclick without having visited the site, the following from "The Unofficial Cookie FAQ" may be useful:
Most sites on the Internet do not keep their advertisements locally. Rather, they subscribe to a media service that places those ads for them. This is accomplished via a simple HTML call to the media service. When a page is requested, it is assembled through many HTTP requests by the browser. First, there is a request for the HTML itself. Then, everything the HTML needs is requested, including images, sounds, and plug-ins.
The call to the media service is an HTTP request for an image. Once the request is made to the media service, it can return more than just an ad. It can also return a cookie. Or, if is has given the user a cookie previously, it can read that first, and check to see what ad to send. The net result is that the user gets a cookie from the media service without ever having visited it.
This usage of cookies is the most controversial, and has led to the polarized opinions on cookies, privacy, and the Internet.
The Wall Street Journal series on Internet Tracking has sparked a renewed interest in Internet privacy, but has not greatly improved understanding of just how "tracking" works.
The recent flareup of interest in Firesheep also shows an unintended vulnerability traceable to cookies, but note that the primary vulnerability is from using a public and open wireless connection: the cookie is placed by Facebook and other sites as a temporary way for the site to know you are logged in when you change pages within that web site. If you are using a public and open network to access the Internet, a properly written script can allow an intruder to "steal your cookie" and then pretend to be you, and thus be logged in to your Facebook (or other) account. The proper remedy for this is to avoid using open public wireless networks. All that is required is for the public net to require a password: the password can be open ("password" will do) and it will prevent cookie theft and thus the unauthorized login. Tell your favorite coffee shop to turn on WPA and publish the password; it won't cost them anything, and that will defeat Firesheep. I still wouldn't recommend using public wireless nets for any transmissions you want to keep confidential.
Cookies are a convenience for the user as well as the "trackers". Few users understand how they work. It's possible to live without them, but it's more difficult than it looks.
Antivirus and security
Hi Jerry,
I was reading your column and I have some comments:
1. Norton antivirus is now *much* better than it was a few years ago (I think this is mainly due to a new manager in that division of Symantec). I find it works very well, and stays out of my way. And as I no longer work for Symantec, I feel I can now recommend Norton without reservation.
2. The best way to be safe is to use virtual machines, and periodically blow away the current machine and replace it with a pristine original copy (thus doing away with any infections you may have contracted). You should also keep one machine that you just use for banking, another for online purchasing only, and a third for browsing and email. That way the important information is out of reach of anything you accidentally get while browsing or looking at email.
Please suggest this scheme to your readers - it may save them from some nasty experiences!
A. Chris Barker
I have many other communications to the effect that Norton is now back in contention, and I'm happy to see that.
Virtual machines combined with the coming great increases in numbers of processors in common systems should make a great difference. It should be easy enough to delete the virtual machine and restore it complete with applications, then copy all data back, with simple operations that can be done unattended: thus routinely making certain that the system you have connected to the outside world is not the victim of malware and hasn't become a zombie. One can think of several ways to do this, much as I use one machine for communications and another for most other work, with filtered communications between them.
Barnes and Noble Launches PubIt!
Dr. Pournelle,
Barnes and Noble has entered the e-publishing fray with its PubIt! service. Here's the link to its FAQ page.
Highlights: You can upload a file in html, rtf, txt, doc, or docx and the service will convert it to epub format for you. For titles listed between $2.99 and $9.99, the author gets 60% of the list price as royalties. For other prices, the author gets 40% of the list price.
Jay Smith
And there are others coming fast. Publishing will never be the same. Of course none of these new outfits give authors an advance on a new book. You have to write it, edit it, and get it posted all on your own, while making a living...
Microsoft Windows Security Holes
While Windows 7 has improved the Security situation a little, the ease with which Windows 7, Vista and XP can be infected with Malware and root kits is a disgrace.
I think that Microsoft owes ALL users of Windows XP, Vista and 7 a Service pack that once and for all makes Windows secure from these threats.
It is time for Microsoft to stop placing the blame on the nefarious beasts that create these threats and take real action to quash them.
Microsoft crows about 95% of the World's computers running Windows. What it doesn't tell you is that about one-third of them are infected and that those that are infected with bot-net software are responsible for well over half of the SPAM.
I estimate that SPAM costs me about Three hours a week. If we make a conservative estimate of 30 minutes per week in lost productivity due to SPAM for every PC, that's 26 hours per year per PC. If there are 100 Million PCs, I know that there are a lot more than that worldwide, that's 2.6 Billion hours of lost productivity. At a conservative $10 per hour that is $26,000,000,000 of lost productivity due to SPAM and Windows accounts for half of that.
This doesn't even account for the lost productivity caused by Malware, root kit and virus infections and the time required to find them and remove them or the slow downs that they cause.
It really looks like we can't afford to continue to use Windows in its current flawed state.
Bob Holmes
The problem is, what do we use? And is the Apple OS inherently that much more secure, or is it just not a large enough market share to attract the best hackers, and those who write script kits?
Spam is enough of a problem for me that I would cheerfully pay 1/10th cent per email message I send if that could be required from everyone who sends me email. We could even pool the money collected into a giant lottery with only certified non-spammers eligible for the prizes - assuming there is a way to certify that someone is without spamming sin. Eric has long insisted that before spam is cut back much, something very violent, very physical, and very public happens to several spammers.
I agree that the situation - spam, malware, viruses, root kits - has become very serious. I am running low on solutions.
Peter Glaskowsky comments
Bob Holmes makes it sound like a properly protected Windows 7 machine can still be "easily" infected by malware. The truth is that most of the infections of modern Windows machines happen because of user apathy and ignorance. Users don't install antivirus software, then they deliberately install software they don't trust or they click buttons without knowing what will happen.
I would rather see machines that are secure no matter how irresponsible their users are, but that's a huge technical challenge; it will be years before it's fully solved.
I seem to say this every month: the first line of defense against malware is the user. Don't do stupid things. Don't visit suspicious web sites, or if you are addicted to those, use a virtual machine for the web visits and kill the virtual machine at the end of your session. Keep your communications machine absolutely current on updates. I chance not having any anti-virus program running other than Windows Security Essentials, but I know that I'd be safer using Nod 32 or the latest Symantec Norton anti-virus, and I periodically consider installing them. I regularly visit either the Nod32 (eset) or the Norton ( Norton's on-line scan ) on-line scan sites and let them do their thing (which reminds me: I have to go on-line scan Roberta's machine this afternoon).
Hi Jerry,
You always say that when it comes to subscriptions you are after beer money not rent money. And with a new baby a couple of years ago, plus a pay freeze money was a bit tighter than usual.
Also I had less time (and a lot less sleep) and didn't visit as much. But recently I found myself missing your thoughts and have been dropping by more often. Your site is still one of the most interesting places on the internet.
I thought this link might interest you:
[This link leads to a story about "New deep-sea hot springs discovered in the Atlantic" on the Max Planck Society website.]
I got an iPad as soon as I could, and I use it as follows:
1. Ebook reader (70%) - Almost exclusively with the Kindle app.
2. Video player (10%)
3. Chess computer (10%) - Shredder for iPad highly recommended!
4, Everything else (10%) - web browsing, email, other games - Plants v Zombies is great fun, weather app, etc.
I avoided the 3G because I use mine either at home, or at work, or on the London Underground where there is no signal. The 3G effectively doubles the cost of the device if you look at it over 2-3 years and include the cost of a data contract.
Now of course an Android tablet would do fine for 1 & 2, but curiously there is no good chess program for Android yet that I have found. But the real thing is that I have an iPad NOW, and I don't want a smaller tablet like Dell and Samsung are pushing for, if anything I'd prefer one a bit bigger. Also I have to say that it's quite astonishing to see a 6-year-old and a 2-year-old use it; they really can manage amazingly well. And from the first time she laid eyes on it my 2-year-old knew it was a 'puter. I don't think I'd want both an iPhone and an iPad, but I have a cheap little Nokia phone that gets great reception and incredible battery life and was insanely cheap, for everything else I prefer the bigger screen of the iPad.
After buying so many books on Kindle for my iPad I realized that I was avoiding buying things I wanted to be able to share with my wife, so got her one of the new Wi-Fi Kindle readers for her birthday, which I have to say is a huge advance over the Sony readers of 3 years ago. The text is crisp and clear and the device is marvelously small and light. The device is registered to my account, and no doubt in time the kids will need readers of their own, but whether that is a Kindle, or an iPad, an iPod or something entirely different will be interesting to see. But I do see Amazon being the repository of my future library. This year I will have bought 75% of my reading material as eBooks rather than paper books. Next year it is likely to be 90%.
I've been listening to Inferno & Inferno II on audible. I have to say I find it not entirely to my liking (the audiobookishness of it, the story is great) I read so much faster than one can read aloud that I find myself getting impatient.
It is of course wonderful that your recovery seems to have been complete.
Kind Regards,
My iPad has 3G and I have never activated it. I find I don't need it.
Thanks for the kind words.
Eric notes about audiobooks:
Audiobooks: I find the same thing for listening to books. I could never just sit and listen to a book while doing nothing else. The pace is a small fraction of my normal reading rate. But combine book listening with anything else and it becomes a very different story. I've stopped listening to the radio while driving until after the election. I hate political advertising regardless of my stance on the candidate or issue. The pace of audio books is fine for making a drive less dull when I need a suitable portion of my awareness for operating the vehicle. Likewise while walking the dog or exercising.
Eric Pobirs
Jobs' State of Apple address.
Roland Dobbins
Well worth paying attention to for those who missed it. Thanks. Now that Gates has left Microsoft, followed by Ray Ozzie, there's not much vision left there; while it's clear that Jobs continues to have a vision of the future of computing.
Gates' dream of "A computer in every home, and on every desk, and in every classroom" seemed like a madman's ravings when he first said it. It has now pretty well come to pass. I am not sure I see anything comparable anywhere now. We have pictures of the future, many by Vernor Vinge ("True Names," the Singularity stories, etc.) but they aren't precisely visions. Niven and I long ago had a "vision" of a pocket computer society (in The Mote in God's Eye); that seems to be coming to pass as we watch.
Mustang / Garmin Flight Instruments
Good Morning Dr. Pournelle,
I read your account of a (quick!) flight in a Mustang with a Garmin cockpit. I've been working in flight simulation for over 20 years. The Garmin technology is the most interesting thing to happen in aircraft avionics in years. I started working with "steam gauges" little advanced from what you probably trained on in the late '40s, and I've flown in aircraft (a biplane) with likely less! The latest Garmin technology has "synthetic vision", which is based on a terrain database in the EGPWS (ground proximity warning system), and displays an approximation of the real world on the glass displays (plus "highway in the sky" displays). An amazing thing to have, and nice to see, when all about you is darkness or clouds. They make this for the Mustang now (we have it on our latest Mustang simulators).
Worth reading and watching: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=37630
Mind you, I'm not selling these - I just think it's fascinating technology.
Bob Lawrence · Senior Staff Engineer


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Earlier this month, a 24-year-old Native American, Lakota woman named Sarah Lee Circle Bear was found dead in a jail cell after a minor arrest.
Sarah was from Clairmont, South Dakota, and was jailed on a bond violation at the Brown County Jail in Aberdeen.
Back on Sunday, July 6th, Sarah was found unresponsive in a jail cell, following her arrest. But unlike Sandra Bland and others, the police are not saying that she committed suicide.
Local KELO, says that she was taken to a nearby hospital and died later that day, but witnesses say if police would have been doing their jobs, she never would have died.
According to those witnesses, Circle Bear was transferred to the holding cell and shortly thereafter told guards that she was experiencing severe pain.
But witnesses say that deputies told her to "quit faking" and yelled at her to "knock it off" before finally dragging her to the cell where she spend the last moments of her life.
Sarah Sunshine Manning, with Indian Country Today, reports, "I recently learned about Sarah Lee Circle Bear while attending a family ceremonial gathering. A relative set out a memorial chair for Sarah, a tradition of the Dakota and Lakota people. Sarah's story was shared, and the circle prayed for her and her family for four days."
Manning adds that, "When any person is taken into custody and under the care of law enforcement, it is their right to receive appropriate medical attention and just treatment. This does not appear to be the case with Sarah Lee Circle Bear, and in the state of South Dakota where Native Americans are the largest minority and hate crimes are reported at high levels, it is time to demand a thorough investigation into her neglect and her death. It is time to demand better treatment of native women, and justice for Sarah."
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STAR Communities is a nonprofit organization that works to evaluate, improve, and certify sustainable communities. Such as our organization the LSC. They administer the STAR Community Rating System (STAR), the nation's first framework and certification program for local sustainability. Cities and counties use STAR to measure their progress across social, economic and environmental performance areas. To learn more about STAR Communities, the STAR Rating System, and detailed rating information for Louisville and other communities, visit the STAR website.
Louisville STAR Communities Story
Louisville, KY has achieved a 4-STAR Certification! For the first time, Louisville, KY has achieved a sustainability rating for comparison to communities across the nation. We now have a common language and framework to use as we continue to identify strengths and weaknesses and how to improve. Our detailed STAR results provide information about the activities taking place in our community and the achievement of metrics-based outcomes. The STAR rating system is three tiered, with communities achieving either a 3-, 4-, or 5-STAR rating. With a total of 404 points, Louisville, KY just made the 400-600 points needed to achieve the rating of 4-STAR. Louisville scored high in the goal areas of Natural Systems, Health & Safety, and Economy & Jobs. Built Environment, Equity & Empowerment, and Education, Arts & Community were in the middle. We scored the lowest in Climate & Energy. To review point details, visit Louisville's page on the STAR Communities website.
Our STAR Communities Process
Through a partnership with the Louisville Sustainability Council (LSC) and Louisville Metro's Office of Sustainability, Louisville was selected as a 2014 STAR Leadership Community to be mentored through the non-profit, Sustainability Tools for Assessing & Rating (STAR) Communities. The LSC provided funding for Louisville Metro's participation, as well as staff and intern time to manage data collection. The STAR certification process is robust and comprehensive. It is comprised of 800 credits, organized under 44 categories (or "Objectives"), and 7 goal areas. LSC and the Office of Sustainability requested and obtained data from hundreds of stakeholders across the community, totaling approximately 1,000 hours of work throughout 2014. The third-party verification process from STAR took place from January-April 2015.
The Louisville Sustainability Council aims to provide the community with meaningful information to make informed choices that will make our community more sustainable. Contact Louisville Sustainability Council with any questions about our STAR results.
Our STAR Communities 2014 Results
STAR's Goal Areas
- Built Environment: Achieve livability. choice, and access for all where people live, work, and play
- Climate & Energy: Reduce climate impacts through adaptation and mitigation efforts and increase resource efficiency
- Economy & jobs: Create equitably shared prosperity and access to quality jobs
- Education, Arts & Community: Empower vibrant, educated, connected, and diverse communities
- Equity & Empowerment: Ensure equity. inclusion, and access to opportunity for all citizens
- Health & Safety: Strengthen communities to be healthy, resilient and safe places for residents and businesses
- Natural Systems: Protect and restore the natural resource base upon which life depends
Pretty Good, What does this Mean?
How do we know whether our activities are making a community scale difference? STAR credits are divided between "Outcomes", and "Actions". Outcomes have been achieved when best practice metrics have been established and demonstrate numeric success. Points are achieved for Actions when we are able to demonstrate the existence of best practice policies, codes, programs, partnerships, and other activities. The chart below demonstrates the breakdown of approved credits. 68% of Louisville's 4-STAR points were achieved from Actions, or activities. Just 32% of points are from the achievement of measurable Outcomes. Louisville has implemented many actions towards the goal of becoming a more sustainable community, but we have room to improve our measurable successes.
As a collective impact organization, the Louisville Sustainability Council aims to facilitate the achievement of Louisville's sustainability goals by providing backbone support as our community measures, communicates, and aligns activities towards achieving measurable outcomes. We will use our STAR results to assist in aligning activities, while leveraging the best practices and metrics provided in STAR.
We Can Use Our STAR Results as a Tool
STAR is a tool for:
- Using a common language & framework
- Identifying best practice metrics, goals, and activities
- Assessing measurable outcomes
- Identifying strengths and gaps
- Benchmarking our progress
- Comparing our efforts to other certified communities
STAR is not:
- STAR is not a replacement for a local sustainability plan.
- STAR should not be confused with Air Pollution Control District's Strategic Toxic Air Reduction (STAR) program, or the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Sustainable Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS)
- STAR is not a catalogue of every activity that has taken place in a community. Information included in STAR must meet verification requirements, and some seemingly relevant activities may not have been included in certification. For example, a program may have been excluded if it had not been active in the previous three years, or if key data were not available.
- STAR does not evaluate the effectiveness of programs, services, or codes individually, but rather uses the achievement of Outcomes to measure effectiveness.
We Can Explore Strengths, Weaknesses, and Gaps
We will continue to analyze and communicate the findings from our STAR ratings, including:
- Climate & Energy: Louisville demonstrated a 2.7% reduction in total solid waste generated within the jurisdiction since 2010. Waste reduction efforts were achieved through actions such as a Solid Waste Management Plan, the Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Louisville yard waste education program, and targeted recycling programs like the Habitat ReStore and Louisville Waste Reduction Center.
- Economy & Jobs: Louisville did particularly well in the area of Local Economy, demonstrating a 5.99% increase in total funds deposited in locally-owned and operated financial institutions over the past 3 years. The City also demonstrated increases in total sales and employment in he targeted industries of Advanced Manufacturing, Lifelong Wellness and Aging Care, and Food and Beverage, fueled by the comprehensive regional economic development analysis and planning in the Advantage Louisville strategy.
- Health & Safety: Louisville is a top performer in the state in terms of community health indicators, such as mortality, tobacco use, and diet and exercise. The City also demonstrated an increase over the past 3 years in the ability of low-income families to access low-cost, healthful food. Groups like the Food in Neighborhoods Community Coalition (FIN), which is a broad coalition of individuals and group representatives striving to build a just, healthy, and sustainable food system, support the increase in available foods.
- Natural Systems: Louisville has conserved 6,149 acres of Priority Natural Systems since 1995, with over 9,973 acres of total connected natural systems in 2014. This success is in part due to partnerships such as the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy (LOPC) and projects such as the Glade Cress Habitat Restoration Project and the Caperton Swamp Restoration Project.
What's Next?
- The LSC will tell Louisville's STAR story to a broad audience to showcase where are we doing well, what needs improvement, and best practices in goals, outcome metrics, and actions.
- The LSC hopes to build a Data Dashboard to provide the hundreds of information points, descriptions, links, and spreadsheets provided to STAR for scoring, as well as more information on Outcomes & Actions, and how member organizations are involved in relevant activities.
- The LSC will work to integrate the STAR framework and findings with the LSC Action Teams, the city's sustainability plan (Sustain Louisville), & other city efforts.
- The LSC will work under the collective impact model to align community activities to achieve measurable Outcomes.


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About SOFPA
The Somaliland Family Health Association (SOFHA) is a national non-government, non-profit, and non-political organization that focuses on providing antenatal care and family planning services to Somaliland women.
SOFHA was originally founded by Edna Adan Ismail in January 2009. Before becoming an independent organization all SOFHA activities were carried out at the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa. SOFHA is now an independent and registered organization, though Edna remains on the SOFHA Board of Directors as President.
SOFHA was registered by the government in May 2009, and moved two years later to a private office in Half London, Hargeisa. We are the first registered family planning association in Somaliland, and are still the only family planning centre in the country.
SOFHA is also a member of, and funded by, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), an international organization that provides sexual and reproductive health information and services globally.


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A Monumental Kung Fu Film Is Coming! Are You Ready for The Assassin?Monday, July 13th, 2015
An acclaimed Taiwanese filmmaker has directed a different kind of martial arts movie, and it's about to hit theaters. In the title role is Shu Qi, co-star of Jason Statham's The Transporter.
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Finally an easy way to learn Arabic letters for English speakers. Taken from years of teaching, this method is extremely useful for students as their minds create simple visual associations with letters from their own language.
Research has shown that our visual memory capacity is a lot larger than our main memory. Using this research we have created this program for you so you never forget your letters.
This application comes with pronunciations, so you know exactly how to say the letters too!
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U2 – Achtung Baby (Super Deluxe Edition) (6CD+4DVD9) (2011)
Label: Mercury / Universal | Catalog number: 602527793702 | Year Album: 2011
Genre: Rock | Audio Codec: FLAC | Type rip: tracks +. Cue
Audio Bitrate: lossless | Duration: 6:08:56 (6xCD)
Duration: 1:15:28 (DVD1) + 1:24:17 (DVD2) + 2:54:48 (DVD3) + 1:58:00 (DVD4)
Size: 2.26 GB (6xCD) + 25.4 GB (4xDVD)
Super Deluxe 10 disc (six CDs + four DVDs) edition including the original Achtung Baby album, the follow-up album, Zooropa, b-sides and re-workings of previously unheard material recorded during the Achtung Baby sessions. Four DVDs including "From The Sky Down", Zoo TV, all the videos from Achtung Baby plus bonus material. hardback book; and 16 art prints. Digitally remastered edition of the Irish quartet's groundbreaking 1991album, their seventh studio release overall. While the band had been successful before the release of Achtung Baby, nobody could predict the worldwide domination that followed. Features the hits 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?', 'The Fly', 'One' and 'Even Better Than The Real Thing'.


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iOS Tutorial – Creating a Splash Screen
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The first thing you see with a lot of iPhone apps, when they launch, is a splash screen. So creating our own splash screen will be a great place to start off this series of tutorials.
Splash screens are the "title page" of your app. While, at times, it will display the name of the app, more often than not, it displays the company that created the app. Or it'll do both. You may have also noticed that several splash screens will allow you to tap to skip ahead to the next screen. Unless, of course, the developer wants you to see their logo for a certain period of time, or the screen is being displayed as a "curtain" while the app gets loaded in the background.
In this first of many tutorials, we're going to demonstrate how to create a simple splash screen that appears for a certain length of time.
(Note: In future tutorials, we will be adding more functionality to our apps.)
Let's get started, shall we? (Note: If you've already started an app and you want to add a splash screen at any time, start with step 7)
1. With your favorite image editor, create a 320×480 pixel image and draw anything you like on it.
2. Save it as Default.png. (The name must be Default.png with a CAPITAL D. The iPhone Simulator doesn't care about the capital, but the actual device does.)
3. Open Xcode.
4. Create a new View-based Project. (This can be done with any type of project.)
5. Name it SplashScreen. (You'll notice in this tutorial, and in all others following it, we will be naming our projects so that we can easily reference them later on if need be.)
6. (After naming your file, you will be asked where you would like to save your project.) Chose a location and click Create.
7. (On the left side, you should see all the files in your project, as well as some folders [these are called groups].) Click to highlight Supporting Files.
8. Click on the File menu and select Add Files to "SplashScreen".
9. Browse to the default.png file you just created.
10. Make sure Copy items into destination group's folder (if needed) is checked.
12. Click the Run button at the top of the window.
13. Click the Stop button to end the simulation.
Congratulations! You now have a splash screen that appears for approximately 5 seconds then goes right into your app. I know! I was surprised about how easy it was as well! And we didn't have to write on piece of code. The next time you open the app, it may disappear quicker. The duration depends on how quickly you app loads.


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i was in a group of people the other day and said somebody was oriental and the Asians got all quite and said that that was a racist term. I was kinda shocked by it because i have been saying oriental since I first played monoploly when I was a kid.
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Of course I'm not speaking for every Asian out there but I don't find it offensive. I think it's a strange, funny word to use but I don't think it's racist. A lot of people need to calm down about a lot of things. At least they didn't call the person a chink. :|00|00|0
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I'm not Asian myself but I have lived in east Asia and I have a girlfriend who was born and has grown up there. I also consider "oriental" to be a racist or at least a rather offensive term. It's not true what this anonymous guy below said that "oriental" is a synonym for "east Asian". "East Asian" is strictly talking about a geographic location. If you say that Japan is in east Asia, you simply say that it is a country that is located on the (north-) eastern end of the Asian continent.
"Oriental" on the other hand, talks not just about geography but more importantly about culture and mentality. The term was created by British, American and French colonialists and imperialists of the 18th and 19th century who travelled to east Asia to explore, colonialize and "civilize" these "new lands". The notion of colonialism has to do with all kinds of stereotypes and clichées about countries such as China, Korea or Japan. Though not all of these stereotypes are negative, it is still offensive to use the term oriental because it reinforces ideas about east Asian and its people that are not true. East Asia was (and sometimes still is) both romanticized and mystified by westerners. Europeans of the late middle ages, renaissance and early modern times considered east Asia a place of strange wonders and odd behavior. This and similar notions were used as a reason to conquest the countries in east Asia and try to "bring them to the right faith and religion". Asian women were often depicted as insatiable, overtly sexual beings, which was used as justification by western explorers to exploit them sexually, rob them from their Asian husbands or boyfriends and keep them in a sort of harem. Asian men, on the other hand, were often considered tiny, weak and overtly feminine barbarians who need the strong western hand to govern them because they are too incapable of governing themselves. There are countless more stereotypes like these.
In a nutshell, Orientalism has to do with the imaginations of what east Asia is supposedly like rather than with what it is really like. Asians don't like to be considered "exotic" or even "strange and mysterious" because they're not. If you say somebody is exotic, you're implicating that YOU and the culture that you come from are the norm by which all other cultures should be measured. This is why finding something cool simply because it's "exotic" can come across as offensive. Even today, Asians in the west face all kinds of stereotypes.00|00|0


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April 24th, 2013
Tokyo Swallows
Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW
(Meiji Jingu Stadium)
This evening's game was postponed due to the heavy rain and winds forecast for over the Tokyo area.
Tonight's starters were due to be Ogawa vs Ohtake, and while the Hiroshima half of that match-up is due to take the mound for the final game of the series tomorrow evening, it seems Ogawa will be skipped in favour of Akagawa. Perhaps they're saving Ogawa for the weekend Yomiuri series….?


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M: A soft but rich nose with lots of fruity flavours, like currants and oranges and a little spiciness.
M: Really quite sweet flavours. The dried fruits from the smell are complemented with fresh, sweet caramel and vanilla flavours.
M: Sooooo smooth. The fruit flavours leave for a melted vanilla ice cream coating on the threat – like a boozy cola float.
M: When people say, "I like such-and-such a whisky, because it is nice and smooth" then this will blow their minds and reset the bar for what "smooth" really means. That's what it did for me, anyway. I knew that Irish whiskey was more renowned for its triple distillation and "creamy mouthfeel" but this is just something else. And that's not taking into account the nice sherried fruit flavours and velvety sweetness. Definitely one to be savoured at the end of the evening regardless of the season.


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My girlfriend and I stayed here for a few nights while and montezuma and found it nice enough out of the other montezuma options. It is run by a wonderful man named Carlos who is always trying to make sure you are doing well, comfortable and safe. The rooms have a/c, hot water, fridges and tv. The basics. No breakfast though. Be warned that the wifi only works in the rooms next to the office. Other than that, the rooms are not immaculately clean, so if you're a neat freak you're just going to have to suck it up. But it's montezuma, that's the way it goes unless you stay at the lyang lyang resort. The location was probably my favorite part. Just a stones throw from the Main Street but quiet enough to avoid the 4 wheelers blairing through the streets in the morning. Overall it was a good value, nice enough to pass a few days to enjoy montezuma, but nothing incredible.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- We are a small hotel in the heart of the charming town of Montezuma. Montezuma Pacific is in a serene location yet right next to the city park and the church, close to all the businesses and the beaches. We offer clean rooms, all with private bathrooms, hot water, A/C, cable TV, in-room safe, mini-fridge and a friendly Costa Rican staff. The hotel also features a common balcony for relaxing, reading, and using free high-speed wireless internet. There are common kitchens and eating areas available for your convenience. We look forward to having you as a guest at Montezuma Pacific! ... more less


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Dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline™
Early intervention for children saves lives and it saves money. Preventing problems from developing is always better than correcting them after the fact. So why is it that 23% of the kids in the Humble ISD seventh grade can't read at grade level?
Why did the District eliminate popular and effective programs like Reading Recovery that targeted kids in the first grade who were falling behind – before they lost years of learning? Why has the number of social workers assigned to Title One schools been reduced?
The Value of Early Intervention
My beliefs about the value of early intervention were formed through work I did with the the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) and American Leadership Forum (ALF) on a project called Dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline™ illustrated below.
Prevention Better than Correction
The basic premise: prenatal problems; drug and alcohol abuse by parents; child neglect and abuse; poor schooling; and the lack of positive role models ultimately lead to unemployment, violence and prison. Children can be funneled into this pipeline at any age. The sooner we get them out, the lower the costs in both human and financial terms. How? With prenatal health care, postnatal health care, parenting classes, education, mentoring, building skills, and internships before their problems escalate into the need for mental health care, juvenile justice diversion programs, and prison.
The PDFs below, which I helped write and photograph, explain the concept in greater detail. They show dozens of examples and document the cost/benefit ratios. The first is the original report created around 2010. It describes the concepts in greater detail. The second contains statistics that were updated in 2014.
Did you know that:
- Many states determine how many prison cells they will need years down the road by looking at third grade reading scores?
- In 2014, it cost approximately $8300 per year to educate a child, but more than $76,000 per year to incarcerate someone?
More Coordination with Other Groups Needed
There are dozens of organizations in the Houston area that already help to address the root causes of poverty effectively and cost-efficiently. They include our own PTAs and PTOs plus local charities, such as the Humble Area Assistance Ministeries (HAAM), Family Time, and Baylor College of Medicine Teen Clinics, to name just a few.
I believe we need to reach out to more such organizations, develop partnerships with them and provide better coordination. The problems extend far beyond the school system. But the school system can play a major role in solving such problems. The goal: provide help that keeps children out of the Cradle to Prison Pipeline. It will save lives and money in the long run.
My Pledge
Within the District, we especially need to focus on early childhood reading intervention programs that keep students from falling behind. If kids can't learn to read by the third grade, they can't read to learn thereafter. They just keep falling farther and father behind and their career choices narrow. If elected, I will do everything in my power to improve early childhood reading intervention and improve coordination with other groups that can help our at-risk children in other ways.


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Map uploaded on March 19, 2017.
Last week I was making up PDF maps of various countries. This week I am trying something new, with an interactive maps featuring major cities and states in different countries. Today I start out with Germany. Hotter color balloons are larger cities, click for their name and population.
Germany is a Western European country with a landscape of forests, rivers, mountain ranges and North Sea beaches. It has over 2 millennia of history. Berlin, its capital, is home to art and nightlife scenes, the Brandenburg Gate and many sites relating to WWII. Munich is known for its Oktoberfest and beer halls, including the 16th-century Hofbräuhaus. Frankfurt, with its skyscrapers, houses the European Central Bank.
More maps, photos from Germany.


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Last night I attended a screening of the new documentary to make Joseph Kony a household name. Prior to this showing, I had never heard of Joseph Kony and didn't know what he was doing. Now that I know, I cannot just sit back and accept what is currently going on in Africa. It is time for everyone to take action. Watch this clip and share it with everyone you know. Making him known can help stop what he is doing!
Take action. #Kony2012
With love and cupcakes,


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Nokia will Partnership with Google: Introduce new Android Smartphone on next year!
Nokia will Partnership with Google: Introduce new Android Smartphone on next year!
Nokia, which was once a mobile phone industry, officially announced an exclusive licensing agreement with HMD Global, and will officially launch a new Android smartphone named "Nokia" early next year.
According to information, Nokia and HMD Global entered into a brand licensing agreement from December 1, 2016 entered into force, and will launch next year, "Nokia" brand smartphones, and HMD Global also received the next 10 years Nokia brand in smartphones and tablet Computer market, the right to use, but according to the news, the company will partnership with Foxconn, Google and other companies to create new smartphones.
According to CEO Arto Nummela, HMD is currently working closely with Google to create an operating system, but the official did not disclose and Google's "close cooperation" will be a form of cooperation. Google is also quite looking forward to Nokia can become one of the Android smartphone. However, according to foreign media forecasts, Nokia has been a simple, easy to use, durable and quality as a selling point, so the two predict the new smartphone will launch a more user-friendly interface, the new smartphone is not only will running Android operating system, but it will have a unique feature and selling point.
In addition, Nokia will be licensed from each smartphone sales license fees, including brand licensing fees and royalties, and HMD Global has a Nokia brand in the mobile phone market worldwide use, but does not include the Japanese market.


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Robbie Williams can't make his own birthday party
Robbie Williams' wife Ayda Fields was forced to come clean about the surprise party that she had organised for him in LA so that he wouldn't fly back to Stoke-on-Trent.
The Angels singer's old hometown had planned a month of celebrations to mark his 40th birthday party, including naming roads after his songs, a plaque in the park where he used to play and a mini festival.
The singer and his wife were left gutted that they couldn't attend and he took to his blog to let his fans know just how terrible he felt. He wrote: 'Unbeknownst to me my wife has planned a rather large and intricate surprise few days, which due to the celebration in Stoke she had to tell me about'
Even if he can't make the actual celebration, we're sure the people of Stoke are proud of their star. He wrote: "I wear where I'm from like a badge of honour always have done always will do."
He added: 'It all feels like it's happening to someone else, someone who's far more deserving.'
Aw, Robbie, we think you deserve it.


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New CMA CGM Middle East to Somalia Service
CMA CGM announced the launch of the direct service Noura Express from Middle East to Somalia.
The service will connect at Khor Fakkan with CMA CGM long haul services from / to worldwide to reach Mogadishu, Somalia.
The Noura Express will start as of January 29, 2014, with M/V CMA CGM Kailas voyage DB227R, deploying 1,854 TEU capacity with 21-day frequency.
Noura Express full rotation is as follows: Jebel Ali (day one) – Khor Fakkan (day two) – Salalah (day three) – Mogadishu (day six) – Jebel Ali.


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Templars being burned at the stake inspired Dante to write his Inferno in the 1300s, and led to Dan Brown's new novel. Other recent discoveries reveal a deeper and richer story of the Templars, as told here through the lives of extraordinary people who lived during those times. The intriguing mysteries of the Templars are explored and some are resolved, including the source of Templar wealth and power overseen by green-robed clerics. The possible links to other groups such as Hospitallers and Masons are also explored. Attacked by kings and the Vatican in 1307, many of the surviving Templars refused to surrender and chose to live in secrecy. This act of disobedience began rebellious activities that hurried the fall of kings and the splitting of the Catholic Church. Recovered manuscripts and records now bring these people to life-their difficult choices, relationships, defeats and triumphs. These are real people, real events, and fascinating adventures among knights and ladies, combats and courts, younger sons and noble families.
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 250
Published: 1st March 2013
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 15.24 x 1.35
Weight (kg): 0.34