text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Teaching English or Chinese in Istanbul Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Teaching English or Chinese in Istanbul Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Turkey View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message AnitataJoined: 30 Apr 2003Posts: 42Location: Sydney Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 9:12 am Post subject: Teaching English or Chinese in Istanbul Hello, there. I am a 26-year-old girl currently managing an English kindergarten in Shanghai. I am a Taiwanese but with a teaching degree in Primary and Early childhood field from Sydney, Australia. I have been working in one of the oldest and first English kindergarten in Taipei for two years and I was a Teaching Director there, normally managing over 10 native English teachers each semester. Now the same education organization send me to Shanghai and promoted me as the Program director to overseeing the market here. But I really want to go to Istanbul.........I applied few jobs in both Istanbul and Ankara and they were impressed by my qualifications and experiences at the first but they turned me down after they knew I am Taiwanese. What's the chance for me to get a teaching job there?? I also have a teaching Chinese certificate. Can anyone give me a suggestion about getting a job in Turkey??? I need to go there before I become too old. Thank you so much who ever answers my questions.....gule gule Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Turkey All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Will Smythe is a product line manager and EGL guru for IBM Rational
Dr. Dobb's: What is EGL?
Smythe: EGL is a higher-level programming language designed for simplifying development of modern business applications and services. EGL code compiles into COBOL, Java, and JavaScript, which means it can be deployed to a wide variety of environments. EGL frees developers to focus on the business problem rather than on the details of the target runtime platforms and associated middleware. EGL is ideal for business-oriented development teams that value ease of learning and need to quickly deliver modern applications and services.
Dr. Dobb's: By "business language" what do you mean?
Smythe: EGL is a programming language optimized for developing business-oriented applications (i.e. applications typically driven by a user via the Web, services invoked from other applications or third-parties, batch-style programs that perform some business function, like performing batch database updates overnight). The language is meant to be used by developers, not business analysts (it is a full programming language).
Dr. Dobb's: What current language does EGL resemble? COBOL, SQL, DSL?
Smythe: EGL is a statically typed language, like Java, C, etc. It has some similarities to Java (in terms of syntax), but also borrows concepts from COBOL (like the concept of using English verbs for common functions, like GET, ADD, DELETE, MOVE). EGL relies on the concept of abstraction and is declarative in some places. See the EGL wikipedia page for a few simple code examples.
Dr. Dobb's: EGL is designed for developing "portable, cross-platform apps". What kind of apps? What platforms?
EGL is also significant because it provides a common, consistent programming language across all aspects of the application (from server to client). From a JavaScript perspective, EGL offers a number of advantages over JavaScript, including one big one: EGL is typed, whereas JavaScript is not. By giving developers a higher-level language to work in, EGL can handle/mask the complexities of the underlying target language and provide benefits not available to the target language. EGL also supports creating a layer around existing JavaScript libraries (like Dojo, ExtJs/Sencha, etc) and then utilizing these libraries from within EGL. This means an EGL developer can use existing JavaScript libraries, but remain coding in EGL. An additional benefit here is the ability to swap out the underlying widget library implementation without changing the EGL application (this avoids being tied to any one particular JavaScript library). Again -- EGL is about enabling flexibility, both now and in the future.
Dr. Dobb's: What role does the Eclipse Foundation play?
Smythe: Eclipse provides a great environment for evolving/building developer-oriented projects. IBM chose Eclipse as the destination for EGL because the EGL technology is already built on Eclipse, utilizes a number of Eclipse components (including BIRT), and because Eclipse still continues to be the #1 open source development site. The purpose of the project is to provide a base set of development tools for the EGL language. From here, other vendors can extend and create their own solutions while IBM continues to offer its own solutions. IBM will also develop/evolve the EGL language within the Eclipse project. This will ensure there is a common language, even if other vendors choose to build extensions and new generators on top.
Dr. Dobb's: What kind of open source plug-ins do you expect we'll be seeing?
Smythe: Having been in the EGL business for awhile, we have seen all kinds of requests for "complimentary" tools to the solutions already provided by IBM (in Rational Business Developer). For example, many large customers want to understand how changes to one EGL file will impact the rest of the system (i.e impact analysis). Others have asked for static source code analysis tools to help find potential performance issues or other problems that may result in some future runtime/production problems. We have also been asked about a JUnit-like unit test tools for EGL. IBM's decision to open source EGL will help others better understand the technology and enable them to develop tools that compliment what's provided by the Eclipse project and by IBM.
Dr. Dobb's: Where do you see EGL eventually going?
Smythe: EGL has the potential to evolve into one of the major application development languages in the next 5 years. EGL has "staying power" because it can evolve as new languages and runtime platforms emerge (one major example of this is how IBM added JavaScript support in 2008, years after delivering Java and COBOL support). Also, there is something to be said for a language whose goal is to ease/simplify development. Not every developer should have to be exposed to the low-level complexities of the underlying language, but this is happening today because there aren't a lot of alternatives. EGL not only provides a simplified development experience, but also takes advantage of these time-tested, proven runtime platforms/languages.


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5 things you need to know on Friday
Albert Einstein turns 135
One of the most well-known physicists of all time, Albert Einstein developed the general theory of relativity, a pillar of modern physics. But, his mass-energy equivalence (E=mc²) may be his best-known work. Einstein was in the U.S. when Adolf Hitler came to power in his native Germany in 1933, and he didn't go back. He became an American citizen in 1940 and died 15 years later at the age of 76. Einstein was born this day in 1879.
Happy Pi Day!
March 14 (3.14) is Pi Day. Math students around the country may recite as many digits as possible for a friendly classroom competition, but pi is also useful in real life. Astronomers use pi to determine a planet's surface area. Engineers use pi to build anything curved. And mathematicians know pi was the first mathematical constant discovered.
John Kerry to meet with Russian foreign minister
Secretary of State John Kerry meets today with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in London in a last-ditch bid to avert a crisis over Ukraine's Crimea region before Sunday's vote on whether to join Russia.
Lady Gaga delivers keynote at SXSW
Little Monsters, listen up. Lady Gaga delivers today's keynote speech at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, which continues after Thursday's fatal crash into a street full of concert-goers.
Theories on what happened to Malaysia Flight 370
Theories about what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are rampant, though many are cobbled together with dubious clues or void of facts altogether. In the absence of concrete information on where the plane is, officials haven't ruled out any possible scenarios.


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Penn State Board of Trustees Chairman Karen Peetz made the following remarks during the Board's regular meeting on Friday, Sept. 14, at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Good afternoon everyone.
It is good to see our campuses, here in State College and throughout the Commonwealth, are once again abuzz with the activity we are all dedicated to: educating students.
As I noted in my report at the last Trustees' meeting, much enthusiasm, optimism and pride are in evidence.
Our common theme, our rallying cry, "We Are Penn State," is in the hearts and minds of our students once again as they focus on their university life.
One instance of such pride and enthusiasm is especially worth noting. It illustrates what is meant, when we all say, "We Are Penn State."
It applies to our communities, our loyal and hardworking staff, and the citizens of the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
How would you like to celebrate your 106th birthday? Yes, I said one-oh-six.
Ruth Dreibelbis chose to celebrate her birthday with her Penn State family at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 1.
A resident of Centre County going back to before our entry into World War I -- 1915 to be exact -- Ruth worked at Penn State, handling our switchboard for decades. She was even on a first name basis with some fellow named "Ike," who called regularly to chat with his brother.
Well, that "Ike" she spoke to is who we all know as President Dwight Eisenhower. And the brother she was connecting him to was our own Penn State president, Milton Eisenhower, for those president-to-president, brother-to-brother calls.
Sort of makes you wonder who was asking who for advice, doesn't it?
Ruth is a member of our local community, she is staff and she is a fan. She is living testament to the type of loyalty Penn State engenders, the commitment we possess, and the type of heritage we build.
Clearly, we value our heritage. Better said more personally, we cherish our Penn State heritage.
And what builds heritage over the decades is attention to and dedicated focus on our mission of educating the best our country has to offer… a constant drive to do better than yesterday, act decisively in the present while we anticipate and prepare for the brightest of futures.
And we, Penn State, are now doing just that.
To start, we are refocusing our philosophy of how we act as a Board, administration, and a University, entering a new era of better, more representative and transparent governance.
As I explained in my remarks three weeks ago, transparency is only the first step in improved corporate governance. In the coming months, I will be engaging the board in further discussions on other aspects of this important issue.
These discussions will focus on such issues as aligning the board with all its constituencies, current trends and thinking, as well as overall best practices.
We've added faculty, staff, students and alumni as non-voting members to almost all Board committees, increasing representation from the University community across the spectrum.
Importantly, we replaced a scant three Board committees with seven action-focused committees that meet more frequently to better conduct the important work of this great institution.
These working groups, historically and importantly focused on the academic and student life of our University, now add critical dedicated resources to such areas as audit and risk management, governance, human resources and long-range planning.
And -- in line with the necessity of expanding and reinforcing our strongly held belief that "We Are Penn State" -- we now have a dedicated outreach, development and community relations committee.
Further, and as you know, our Trustee and committee meetings are public, and we've added a question-and-answer period to each full Board meeting. Today will be our first public comment session; and we welcome your ideas, thoughts and comments.
While we are moving forward on many fronts, as I said at our last meeting, we accept the consequences of failure and we are remedying any wrongs.
We have implemented virtually all of Judge Freeh's interim recommendations, and have now assigned review of the final recommendations to various joint University and Board committees.
Evaluation and implementation of these recommendations is a complex effort that must be approached with resolve -- and thoughtfulness.
The Board is committed to completing implementation of the Freeh recommendations by the end of next year or, in instances where implementation is not appropriate, providing the reasons why not.
President Erickson and I, as well as many other University leaders and representatives, have met with Sen. George Mitchell, Penn State's appointed athletics integrity monitor, and other members of his team, and the University is making progress toward the requirements.
In regard to the NCAA actions, I ask you to read and consider, the seven very important -- and cogent -- points President Erickson made in his report to the Trustees at our Aug. 12 meeting regarding the acceptance of the NCAA sanctions. Those minutes, word-for-word, are posted on our website.
President Erickson presented compelling evidence of the necessity of the action he took in relation to those sanctions.
You may choose to disagree with his decision, but I don't believe you can discount the thoughtful analysis he made -- and presents -- prior to making that decision.
There is no doubt in my mind he made the right one.
Let me note that the Board understands -- and shares -- the frustration of many of you, especially many of our most loyal and passionate alumni, in regard to the Freeh report and the NCAA sanctions. We understand how such frustration and anger can play out.
Our alumni are one of Penn State's most valuable assets. As such, it is critically important for key members of the Board to meet and interact with alumni leadership.
Tomorrow, leaders of the Board of Trustees will meet with our counterparts of the Penn State Alumni Association to first, listen and then hopefully exchange ideas.
In addition, several Board members and I are meeting each month with an Alumni Advisory Group to discuss our moving forward plans and get their feedback and input.
But the process cannot end there.
I am also proposing that within the next few weeks and months we meet with alumni leadership across the University to further open communications and work collaboratively on the great challenges ahead.
This Board's goal, which needs to be our common goal, is to create a clear path to build on our great heritage and become an even greater University.
But to create such a path, we must often make difficult and painful -- but necessary -- decisions.
As an institution we have made those tough, often unpopular, but necessary decisions.
In so doing, we never lost sight of, nor will we ever, our fundamental mission as educators and molders of character.
That mission is our fiber, our DNA. It is Penn State.
Because of it, "We Are Penn State."
But we all recognize that path is challenging.
As with other universities across the country, we face difficult economic and fiscal times as we reaffirm our twin commitments to academic excellence and fiscal sustainability.
When we consider those financial challenges, let me make an important point here. While we cannot minimize the financial impact of recent events, specifically the NCAA actions, I can assure you the financial condition of Penn State is solid. It was solid before the unfolding of these events, and continues so.
Other challenges exist, challenges we need to turn into opportunity.
For instance, technology seems to dominate our lives. Its strategic implications and opportunities, now visible in all sectors of higher education, must be addressed. The choices that lie ahead are among the most critical.
Our World Campus platform is at the forefront of educational technology. We must continue that visible leadership, opening new frontiers in this growing area.
We Are Penn State and we accept such leadership responsibility.
And what about leveraging our special strengths? Where do future opportunities lie?
And what will define Penn State as one of the world's great universities in the years and decades ahead?
How do we optimize our special character, the character of Penn State, and all that means, not just here in State College, but across our 24 diverse campuses?
Perhaps most compelling, what will it mean when we say, "We Are Penn State?"
At our last meeting I spoke of "The Blue & White Advisory Council." Today, I am pleased to tell you the formation of this outstanding group is under way.
It will identify key strategic challenges and opportunities facing Penn State in the years ahead, a five- to 10-year time-span, and assess the implications for the University. It will focus on what the University is today, as well as what the University can and should be in the future.
And, it will seek answers to the questions I raised moments ago.
Advising this group will be Stan Ikenberry, who many of you know is the former University of Illinois president and current senior fellow at Penn State.
I am announcing that the presidential search process will begin in November. The members of that committee, the process, scope of its responsibilities and time table for completion will be announced then.
In addition, the search for a new provost continues.
The search for a new compliance officer is in the final stages.
Having a single compliance officer will centralize some 140 distributed compliance personnel under one organizational umbrella, giving us vastly better control and oversight.
We are updating other departments as well, including the important areas of human resources and University Relations.
Under way now, with the appointment of chief counsel Steve Dunham, is the enhancement of our legal department.
As is evident, we are totally revamping, upgrading and enhancing our management team and our infrastructure. The investments made to core functions are necessary, and will pay solid dividends for the future.
The Board also is broadening its own thinking and looking to the future. As I just announced, we are conducting an in-depth strategic review to be completed within six or seven months, which will coincide with the presidential search.
With the support of our greater Penn State community, and especially our alumni, with the successful execution of such plans and actions, we can -- together -- raise the Penn State brand to heights we all thought unattainable a little less than 12 months ago.
Clearly understand Penn State operates from a position of strength and high regard.
Our research enterprise continues to grow its reputation, as President Erickson will report in just a few moments.
This week more than 500 organizations -- 527 to be exact -- participated in our Fall Career Days. This is a robust turnout, and significantly, many companies registered for multiple days and reserved more booth space than in past years; all in the face of what everyone agrees is one of the most problematic job markets for new grads in recent memory.
Finally, on a personal note, I have spent most of my adult life in business, finance to be specific.
I can tell you unequivocally, that the reputation Penn State graduates carry with them into business -- or any other sector for that matter -- is one of intelligence, hard work and integrity.
We are Penn State, and we will succeed.
Thank you.


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Download Indian English Poetry Study Guide
Critical approaches
(Critical Explorations in Poetry)
There are basically three ways of approaching Indian English poetry: as an extension of English poetry, as a part of Commonwealth poetry, or as a part of Indian poetry. The first approach is largely outdated today, while the second, though still current, has gradually yielded to the third.
When Indians first began to write poetry in English, they were outnumbered by Eurasians and Englishmen who also wrote poetry on Indian subjects. Hence, poetry by Indians was not distinguished from poetry by non-Indians. Indeed, both types were published by the same publishers, the Indian subsidiaries of British publishers such as Longman or Heinemann, or by the English newspapers and magazines of India, which were usually owned and edited by Eurasians or Englishmen. Most Indian English poets were educated by Englishmen in Anglophone schools; like other English poets, they studied English literature. Because India was a part of the British Empire, Indian English poets did not have a strong national identity, and their early efforts were considered to be a tributary of the mainstream of English literature. Anglo-Indian literature was the term used to denote their poetry, the implication being that this was English literature with Indian themes. The term referred primarily to the literature produced by Englishmen and Eurasians in India, though it also included work by "native" Indians. The first scholarly work on Anglo-Indian literature was Edward Farley Oaten's A Sketch of Anglo-Indian Literature (1908), a condensed version of which was included in the Cambridge History of English Literature (1907-1914), edited by A. C. Ward. Oaten's primary concern was with English writers such as Jones, Sir Edwin Arnold, and Rudyard Kipling, and Oaten made only passing reference to Indian writers in English. With India's independence from Britain and the withdrawal of the British from India, Anglo-Indian literature, defined as literature written by Englishmen in India, more or less came to an end. On the other hand, literature by Indians in English increased, gradually evolving an indigenous tradition for itself. Consequently, Oaten's approach became untenable in dealing satisfactorily with Indian English literature. Nevertheless, it continues to have a few adherents—among them George Sampson, who, in The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature (1970), contends that Indian English literature is a tributary of mainstream English literature.
Another approach, initiated by scholars in England in the early 1960's, is to consider Indian English literature as a part of Commonwealth literature or the literature of former British colonies and dominions such as Canada, Australia, the West Indies, and countries in Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, based at the University of Leeds, has done much to foster such an approach. Later, academics in the United States attempted to see Indian English poetry as a part of a global literature in English. The journal WLWE: World Literatures Written in English represents this approach. These approaches are fairly useful when the focus is large and the scholar is located in the United States or the United Kingdom, but they share the problem that the literatures of the various nationalities have little in common and often belong to different traditions: for example, Nigerian English literature and Australian literature. Nor does such an approach serve very well when one literature, such as Indian English poetry, is studied in depth. It then becomes clear that labels such as "Commonwealth literature" or "world literature in English" simply help to provide a forum for these literatures in Western academia and that detailed study is still pursued by nationality.
The most widely accepted approach to Indian English poetry is to regard it as a part of Indian literature. This approach might seem the obvious one, but it took nearly a century to gain wide acceptance and is not...
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School's out, but High Dramma is still in session with our first July show ever! Head on down to Fishtown, grab a drink, and check out some (literally) refreshing sketch comedy at the air-conditioned Walking Fish Theatre and enjoy the final show of High Dramma's fourth season. In this show, we'll catch up with the old and bitter cast of DuckTales, learn some creative uses for bath salts and watch how even real life isn't immune from the effects of Instagram.
Walking Fish Theatre
2509 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19125
Thursday, July 12th 8:00pm Pay What You Want!
Friday, July 13th 8:00pm $15
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It's safe to assume the police have better things to do than listen to a grown man whine about his busted iPhone.
But after Michael Skopec called 911 multiple times because he was unhappy with his Apple toy, the cops traced the call and went after him. The 48-year-old Illinois man was arrested around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the Smoking Gun.
"Sheriff's Deputies were investigating a Disorderly conduct where the subject had called 911 on five occasions to report that his IPHONE was not working," a Kendall County police report states. "During the investigation Skopec was arrested for obstructing/resisting a peace officer."
Skopec has a court date in November for the misdemeanor charge.


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Christopher Paolini eBooks
Christopher Paolini was born on November 17, 1983 in Southern California. He has lived most of his life in Paradise Valley, Montana with his parents and younger sister, Angela. The tall, jagged Beartooth Mountains rise on one side of Paradise Valley. Snowcapped most of the year, they inspired the fantastic scenery in Eragon.
Christopher was homeschooled by his parents. As a child, he often wrote short stories and poems, made frequent trips to the library, and read widely. Some of his favorite books were Bruce Coville's Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, Frank Herbert's Dune, and Raymond E. Feist's Magician, as well as books by Anne McCaffrey, Jane Yolen, Brian Jacques, E.R. Eddison, David Eddings, and Ursula K. Le Guin.
The idea of Eragon began as the daydreams of a teen. Christopher's love for the magic of stories led him to craft a novel that he would enjoy reading. The project began as a hobby, a personal challenge; he never intended it to be published. All the characters in Eragon are from Christopher's imagination except Angela the herbalist, who is loosely based on his sister.
Christopher was fifteen when he wrote the first draft of Eragon. He took a second year to revise the book and then gave it to his parents to read. The family decided to self-publish the book and spent a third year preparing the manuscript for publication: copyediting, proofreading, designing a cover, typesetting the manuscript, and creating marketing materials. During this time Christopher drew the map for Eragon, as well as the dragon eye for the book cover (that now appears inside the Knopf hardcover edition). The manuscript was sent to press and the first books arrived in November 2001. The Paolini family spent the next year promoting the book at libraries, bookstores, and schools in 2002 and early 2003.
In summer 2002, author Carl Hiaasen, whose stepson read a copy of the self-published book while on vacation in Montana, brought Eragon to the attention of his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, which is part of Random House. Michelle Frey, executive editor at Knopf Books for Young Readers, contacted Christopher and his family to ask if they might be interested in having Knopf publish Eragon. The answer was yes, and after another round of editing, Knopf published Eragon in August 2003.
After an extensive United States and United Kingdom book tour for Eragon that lasted into 2004, Christopher returned to writing his second book, Eldest, which continues the adventures of Eragon and the dragon Saphira. Eldest was published in August 2005, and was followed by Christopher's book tour throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France, and Italy.
In December 2006, Fox 2000 released their movie adaptation of Eragon in theaters around the world.
Christopher is currently writing Book Three, which will be published on September 23, 2008. Early in 2007 he realized that the plot and characters demanded more space than could fit in one volume and that a fourth book would be necessary to give each story element the attention it deserved. What began as the Inheritance trilogy became the Inheritance cycle. Book Four will complete the story that Christopher envisioned years ago when he first outlined the adventure.
Christopher is grateful to all his readers. He is especially heartened to hear that his books have inspired young people to read and to write stories of their own.
Once the Inheritance cycle is finished, Christopher plans to take a long vacation and ponder which of his many story ideas he will write next.


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Flights to Tanzania with Qatar Airways
The landscapes of Tanzania encompass great sandy beaches, a vast range of wildlife and an exceptionally diverse terrain. Get to know the fascinating traditional culture of this East African country when you travel to Tanzania with Qatar Airways and enjoy an adventurous trip in stunning surroundings.
Tanzania is home to many different indigenous locals, making it a most enlightening destination to visit for those looking for a culture-centric experience. Among the country's habitants are the Maasai – a Nilotic ethnic group known for its age-old customs and traditions. The locals are known to welcome visitors with their permanent characteristic smile, and are usually more than happy to offer a helping hand or even a quick tour for newcomers.
Hiking enthusiasts will revel in Tanzania's natural wonders, with Mount Kilimanjaro towering above the country with its great forested flanks and permanently snow-draped summit. Climbers come here throughout the year to test their skills against one of the planet's few freestanding high peaks, but it's equally fascinating from a distance and through a lens. The surrounding ice fields and views from the summit, if you ever get up there, are breathtaking. At the opposite extreme and for a something a bit more on the relaxing side, head for the country's famous sandy beaches along the coastline of the Indian Ocean.
Tanzania is a country of colour, vibrancy and light, where everything seems twice as alive as anywhere else. The birds are spectacular in their multi-coloured feathers, and the flowers are a mixture of vivid hues. This is also the classic landscape for safaris, with hippos, wildebeest and elephants roaming in the wild and all kinds of monkeys inhabiting the leafy canopy.
One of the attractions here is the great number of crocodiles snoozing in the muddy banks. Whether you're a lover of wildlife or simply want to relax on a perfect sandy beach, fly to Tanzania with Qatar Airways and you'll discover everything you could want from an African adventure.


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Novel protein expression systems
Novel protein expression systems are being developed based on the soil bacterium Ralstonia eutropha as an alternative to E.coli-based protein expression. This bacterial host can be grown to cell densities in excess of 150g/l in ultra high cell density culture and allow for the recovery of proteins that are prone to inclusion body formation in E.coli. Specific model proteins have been expressed at levels 100 fold higher than in E.coli thereby providing the impetus for further developing Ralstonia eutropha for the production of therapeutic proteins including monoclonal antibodies and peptides.
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Covina High School boys basketball tournament
Sierra Vista 65, Los Altos 54: "After three days off, that was great on our part," Sierra Vista coach Herman Flores said. "I wasn't sure how the kids were going to play. They tell me we're the team to beat in league. I don't know if that's right, but we'll be ready."
Tuesday's quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Northview vs. Rowland (3), 4 p.m.
Sierra Vista vs. Chino Hills (2), 5:30 p.m.
Lower bracket
Charter Oak vs. Bonita (1), 7 p.m.
Bishop Amat (4) vs. Covina, 8:30 p.m.
Consolation games
Lou Dantzler vs. Chaffey, 10 a.m.
Los Altos vs. Wilson, 11:30 a.m.
California vs. Arroyo, 1 p.m.
South Hills vs. Alta Loma, 2:30 p.m.


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Below is an except of an interview with David Allen on GTD for the Web-Worker (noun?). I stumbled on this a couple of days ago and wanted to share it with all here in the forums. You will notice how David Allen addresses several of the topics we have had for discussion around here and I found it very insightful. Hope you do too. You can read the full article here.
Bob Walsh: OK. Well, I'm wondering, since your first book came out I think it was early 2001 things have changed a lot in terms of what a lot of people do. They spend more and more time working on the web. Has GTD evolved for you at all since the proliferation of web applications and cloud computing? The original book was very focused on paper and cut and dry silo working. With information overload and active exchange of ideas and comments online, has anything changed?
David Allen: No.
There's no difference in the cloud of information that's sitting in the web or the cloud of information in the forest. It's all of your filters in terms of what you do with it. What's changed, if there's anything that's changed, it's just the speed and volume of stuff that has potential meaning in it has probably gotten faster and bigger.
So the necessity to do GTD, that is to make quick decisions and appropriate decisions on the front end when things show up on your radar, instead of just letting them lie fallow there just becomes that much more critical. So I wouldn't change a thing in terms of the book.
Nothing has changed, because it's not about paper. The book is not about paper. By the way, you're never going to get rid of paper. It's just an externalized communication and information transfer medium. So the medium really doesn't make that much difference.
Bob: Well, I know as somebody who practices GTD, that I find myself, basically I have sort of two contexts in my life: at the computer and not at the computer. Any implementation tips for people who, all their work happens within the Internet?
David: You only need as many as you have contexts. You don't need to carry your bills around to pay it if you pay them every Friday night at your desk, just leave them where ever you pay them. That's fine. Since you only work on the web you don't need, unless you need when you're away from the web to be able to see what your work is on the web. So when you say they only do work on the web, does that mean they only need to be reminded of it when they're setting up their computer? And if that's so, fine.
So if you think doing GTD means you have to have a bunch of lists, you don't get it. And by the way, if you only had 18 things to keep track of, put them all on one list, it won't blow your fuse if you look at the whole list. The only reason to separate it into context is if that makes it easier. Most people have over 150 next actions to write, and if you stick those all in one list, you get to a phone, you'll blow a fuse trying to find all your phone calls.
All I did was add complexity that made it simpler.
Bob: All you did was add complexity to make it simpler?
David: Well, it's the cybernetic principle. If you're trying to make complex things simple, you need an equally complex system in order to make it simple.
Most people are using too simple a system to manage a lot of complexity, that's why it feels so overwhelming. So you have to have, it's one of those "get it as simple as possible but no simpler" kind of things. And you say people only do work on the web. I say yeah, well do they ever go out for errands? Maybe there are people who never do, I mean, I don't know.
Bob: Once in a while, but more often it's flipping over to Amazon to buy something.
David: Sure. If you never go out and about and need anything or a reminder, or one Post it because you only do it once a week for one thing, a Post it is fine. If you even need that. I don't need to write down all the food to buy, I just walk down the aisles in the grocery store and that's enough of a reminder.
Bob: So the key for people who spend all that time online isn't the way they track all this information, it's much more about getting it out of their head, whatever way they find that works for them to externalize it?
David: If they can in 35 seconds see every project they're committed to and all the next action they need to take on all of those, they have some improvement about relaxed control. If they can do that, they've done enough.
The only thing about GTD is look, there's something on your mind, if it happens twice on your mind then you don't trust your system, so what do you need to do so that you trust it? Hardly anybody is ever disturbed by where they need to be two weeks from Monday at 3:15 in the afternoon because that's a system they trust called their calendar.
They know it's in there and they know they'll look at it at the right time. So all GTD said is, well look, if you want everything off your mind, like not having to keep track of your calendar, just make sure you put it in the same kind of a system that you trust just like your calendar. Meaning you trust that it has all the content it needs and you trust you'll look at it when you need to see it. That's all it's about. So it's nothing to do with paper or email or where you sit or any of that.
Wow, thanks for sharing this, Lance! I'm going to have to read the rest of the interview later -- it's going on my task list!
Thanks Lance.
This is something we discussed and it's great to hear David say it himself. Too many people create more context and list than they have should. Some may need it, but not everyone and so many people created all the Context David used because it was an example.
That does not mean it's right for you.
Great article.
It does feel nice to have David validate our discussions on the concept of 'contexts' in an interview.
I think too many people, myself included, when first reading David's book think that you have to have all those contexts, and then some. After many years of GTD, and several re-readings, I finally 'got-it!' I only need contexts for those situations I interact with. And those will change from time to time.
Linden, your very welcome and I'm glad you found something of value in it.
Thanks also to you Proximo and the others for sharing your own experiences with GTD.
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I think too many people, myself included, when first reading David's book think that you have to have all those contexts, and then some. After many years of GTD, and several re-readings, I finally 'got-it!' I only need contexts for those situations I interact with. And those will change from time to time.
I did the same exact thing at first. I created a David Allen GTD Setup but I my work environment was completely different than Allen's. I soon realized this and started to make my own GTD Setup for my way of working.
This is where everyone who uses GTD will eventually end up.
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1. Requirements
There are two parts for this change request:
2.Technical Solution
var ATBrowserSpecificCode= function (cfg) {
new UglifyJS.TreeTransformer(null, function(node){
It is to be noted that we need to handle the following scenarios if we are expecting IE7 specific code. Similarly we need to check for the other browsers too.
31/07/2013 Creation of the Specification.
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I have a couple of comments on these specifications:
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|2 August 2013 08:45
I never followed any discussions about this feature, but i clearly don't get the point related to what we want to achieved....
First I think that browser specific computations are far more complex than that.
Second, we need to be aware that it is going to (again) increase the size of the code in terms of number of files, kilobytes, ... that the user will have to deploy to it's server, and to my humble opinion, we already are today too big in terms of size, number of files .. when we compare with all other libraries where you just need 1 or 2 files...
The ratio gain vs time invested in that direction is clearly not worth it for me !
Marc Laval
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|2 August 2013 09:54
This US is a first step where the aim is to be able to build a lighter version of the framework by removing useless code for a particular application.
IE7 specific code is a good example as it is not needed by many existing projects, mainly the mobile ones.
For the technical approach, I agree with what Francesco propose.
Let's do a POC to see if it is doable and what can be gained with that.
Then, we'll see if we can go for a more advanced solution (e.g. tagging some blocks of the source code with comments).
For sure, as pointed by Benoit, it shouldn't impact te size of the framework for applications which do not use this feature!
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|6 August 2013 07:39
I would like to suggest cfg to be more generic as follows
cfg = {
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|6 August 2013 10:52
I'm more for tags in the code.
Browser specific code that can be magically detected is a tiny fraction of the code, probably only few lines of code.
And honestly I believe tagging is simpler than automatic detection.
More than browser specific code we should talk about profile specific code.
Some profiles:
* Aplications that need to support IE7 and will never use any touch specific feature (don't want to make names). You can get rid of delegated gestures from `Delegate`.
* Mobile (only) applications, which don't need any IE stuff, XHR, File transport and probably NavigationManager (at least the part that deals with keymap)
* Production code, in production you might not be interested in certain logs (remove all calls to $logWarn, $logInfo, $logDebug), you don't want the Aria.memcheckMode (~100 LoC in Aria.js), you might want to disable checking the correctness of classpaths (other ~100 LoC), you might want to avoid completely IOFilters (thus removing some code in IO)
* You might as well opt out from some features that are time consuming and active by default, like VisualFocus (to support it, the delegate raises the events elementFocused and elementBlurred every time something gets focused /blurred), FlowControllers (~50 LoC in ModuleCtrlFactory), liquid layout (and Layout class which is mostly used for handling page resizing)
* There are also advanced features that might be disabled like customization, localization, macro libraries, css templates
Consider also that in the maven build we used to have two profiles
* Profiling, for performances analysis
* Backward compatibility, to remove any non backward compatible code
Marc Laval
AT core team member
|7 November 2013 14:13
I tried the automatic detection way by adding a new visitor which does some cleaning.
With it, the full minified framework goes from 1721.4kB to 1718.0kB ...
So clearly more advanced work would be needed, but I'm not even sure it is worth the effort.
For more details, the code is available in a branch in my fork:
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|11 November 2013 13:41
I think we may gain a bit more with the more aggressive minification like I've suggested some time ago:
1) removing all $logWarn / $logError calls the error message strings altogether (though this would require some effort to identify the string in $statics which are error messages and the ones which are needed in the UI - perhaps establishing some naming convention would be useful),
2) making somehow UglifyJS shorten the names of private / protected methods (i.e. the ones starting with _) if at all possible
Prerequisite to this would be running the Attester over minified files instead of src (which Fabio tried to make in https://github.com/ariatemplates/ariatemplates/pull/668 but there were some edge cases I've found and didn't manage to fix yet).
I think in 1) we may gain quite a significant bit - since the unique strings are gzipping poorly, in 2) perhaps not that much, and mostly just in minified code, but in Gzipped the difference could be even smaller. Also making 2) assumes that class Foo doesn't use private methods of class Bar, and I'm not sure if this contract is in place everywhere
Regarding Fabio's post, it would be great to have several profiles. If we want to go mad, we may create some kind of custom build generator like http://modernizr.com/download/ (not providing every possible build ourselves naturally).
However I'm afraid this would add a lot of complexity and would add a big potential for PTRs on our side... (release testing all the possible combinations on IE7 anyone?)
Since we're discussing things... I somehow feel in the air that the usage of flow controllers and liquid layout is generally discouraged, but no one has the courage to write it down officially So the new AT users don't know that unless they explicitly ask. Maybe we should deprecate those features? (not saying about removal right now, they will probably be needed forever in SECO, but let's say honestly, in the world of HTML5/CSS liquid layout is hell complicated and error-prone, at least that was my last experience with it).
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And on a side note, Tony and I took all three kids out to the field house on base today to let them run around, kick soccer balls, do push-ups and sprint themselves into exhaustion. On the way out, one of the children (who shall remain nameless) suddenly said:
Mystery child who shall remain nameless: "Hey! Our family is like the family in The Incredibles! Daddy is Mr. Incredible, I'm Violet, Josh is Jack-Jack and Sam is Dash."
Me: "Cool! So what does that make me??"
Mystery child who shall remain nameless: "Oh! You're ASS-LASTIC girl.
I'm not even sure if I should be offended by that.
9 comments:
- Bonnie B. said...
Oh my gosh...mystery child is hilarious! The cards are way cute!
- March 7, 2009 at 10:44 PM
- Scribbit said...
I just wish mine were :)
- March 8, 2009 at 1:45 AM
- Our Complete Family said...
"Mystery Child" was so down right funny! Don't you love it when they say the most cute and adorable things? I bet you were giggling like crazy Amber!
And those cards~ so glad you got some 'Mommy time' to browse the aisles and to get some crafty ideas. Lucky lady! They're cute!
- March 8, 2009 at 10:16 AM
- Jeni said...
Hey Mrs. Incredible...those cards are....incredible!
- March 8, 2009 at 12:17 PM
- Ashlee said...
At least this mystery child meant well, right? :0)
Those cards are so cute! What a great idea!
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Kids do say the darndest things! How funny.
The cards are very cute. I like the circle idea and will probably use it for my RS Enrichment card exchange.
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- John Curr on Heros of the V1!
- Malcolm X on Radical Times in America
- Government Minister ignores 'rule of law' when it suits him on Exile on Main Street – Dutton denies refugee's civil and political rights
- Freedom march on Exile on Main Street – changing of the guard
- Refugee rights, peaceful assembly and the 'rule of law' on Exile on Main Street – changing of the guard
- 'Deeds not Words' on 'The Adele Effect' – institutional racism inside 'Queensland Health'
WBT addresses the following questions:
1. Industrial question: The Master/servant relationship. The struggle for Worker Control.
2. Ownership question: Who owns the land or does the land own us? Rights to the city, right to country. The struggle of indigenous people for land rights and social justice in Australia.
3. Political question: This is the class struggle. Who owns the means of production? Who governs? How are democratic rights won and shared.
This is aboriginal land
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Radio, podcasts & Blogs
Paradigm Shift - 4ZZZ fm 102.1, Fridays at Noon
Words are the Wind - Words from Struggle Street
Eva Bartlett In Gaza
4ZZZ News & Current affairs — 4zzz is on the land of the Turbul & Jagera people, never ceded
Save Leard State Forest — Archive of actions to stop mining in the Piliger
Rob Pyne - a far northern life — sharing stories of Rob's struggle inside the ALP and his move to independence.
Contains some excellent chapters about his stint in parliament.


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Compiled from selected police activity reports.
Buckeye Lake
• Sept. 22: A Pataskala man said someone stole several mobile home axles and tires from a Buckeye Lake location.
• Sept. 23: A Newark woman was cited for failing to stop for a school bus.
• Sept. 25: A driver was cited for running a red light on Mill Dam Road.
• Sept. 27: A driver was cited for going 50 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Mill Dam Road.
• Sept. 26: A driver was cited for going 49 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Mill Dam Road.
• Sept. 26: A West 2nd Street woman said a drunken man was loitering outside of her home. No one was there when an officer arrived.
• Sept. 29: A Stewart Street woman's neighbor removed her dog from her yard and took the dog to the veterinarian. The seriously ill dog was removed from the woman's property without permission. The woman reported the dog as stolen, but the village law director said the dog could not be returned to the woman because seriously ill pets are required by law to remain under a vet's care.
• Sept. 30: There was a report of a verbal domestic between a man and his son at the Wendy's restaurant. Both men had been drinking and were advised to end their argument.
• Sept. 30: Police assisted the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office by checking on a man who was walking with a female juvenile on North Bank Road.
• Sept. 8: A Hebron Road woman said a neighbor came into her residence while she was in the process of moving out and asked to show the home to some potential renters. She asked police to tell the woman not to just come into her hous. Police then saw the other woman driving under suspension. She was also found to be OVI. She was arrested and taken to jail. It was her seventh OVI charge.
• Sept. 9: Police on patrol at 2:17 a.m saw an open garage door at a Cumberland Meadows home. Police checked the home and secured the door.
• Sept. 9: Police were asked to watch for a semi-truck and trailer heading south on Ohio 79. The truck was allegedly involved in a road rage incident and assault in Heath. Police located the truck on Arrowhead Drive and detained the driver until Heath Police arrived.
• Sept. 9: A driver was cited for travelling 48 mph in a 25 mph zone on Canal Road.
• Sept. 9: A Broadway Street apartment resident said a mother and her daughter followed her to her complex. She told police she had trouble with them in the past. She said the mother assaulted her as she got out of her vehicle. Later, she said the daughter also assaulted her. She didn't want to press charges, but did want the incident documented.
• Sept. 9: A South Street man complained about a juvenile throwing a golf ball at this home.
• Sept. 9: Two drivers were cited for excessive speed on Ohio 79 at U.S. 40.
• Sept. 9: A driver was cited for a stop sign violation on West 2nd Street at Cumberland.
• Sept. 10: A driver was cited for excessive speed on Ohio 79 at U.S. 40.
• Sept. 10: A driver was cited for a stop sign violation and driving under suspension on West 2nd Street at Cumberland.
• Sept. 11: Police on patrol at 4:44 a.m. saw a subject standing by a vehicle on South Street. The man told police he had been at a party and was now going home. Police noticed an odor of alcohol on him and he admitted drinking some beer. Police questioned whether he should be driving and he eventually decided not to drive. Police gave him a ride to his Kelly Drive home.
• Sept. 23: Police responded to a 9-23 disturbance on Firehouse Alley involving 10 juveniles attempting to fight. All parties were interviewed and the juvenile driver of the offending vehicle was issued a citation for expired license plates. The incident was over a comment made on MySpace.
• Sept. 25: Police took a report on an accident at Summit and East Park streets.
• Sept. 25: Police responded to a report of a drug overdose on Gift Street and then another on Lynn Avenue several minutes later. Both juveniles were taken to area hospitals for treatment.
• Sept. 25: Police searched a Lynn Avenue apartment and confiscated a small amount of drugs and several pieces of drug paraphernalia.
• Sept. 29: Police and the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office assisted a motorist at Chatauqua Boulevard and Lancaster Streeet. The driver was towing a large boat that shifted on its trailer. A tow truck was able to move the boat back onto the trailer. The driver was warned.


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The BibleWorks Josephus modules use the Loeb Classical Library reference system for Josephus. However, you may at time run across references to Josephus using the reference system in Whiston's English translation. I have attached a zip folder containing notes files for Josephus that coordinate these two reference systems for easy cross referencing. Simply unzip the files to your bibleworks8\notes directory.
Andrew Steinmann


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – (Seminoles.com) – Junior outside hitter Nicole Walch was named the ACC Player of the Week, which was announced by the league office on Monday.
"Nicole played very well for us this weekend," FSU head coach Chris Poole said. "In order for our team to have success this season, Nicole knows she needs to step up and be a leader and she did a very good job of that this weekend. I am very proud of her."
Starting off the weekend, Walch led the attack in the 3-1 upset over No. 7 Nebraska in Lincoln in front of a record-setting crowd of 8,854 with double-double figures, scoring 18 kills and 15 digs.
On Sunday against Iowa State Walch spearheaded the attack once again with 18 kills, hitting for .469 percent. The Stuart, Fla. native averaged 5.14 kills per set for the weekend.
Walch also contributed four blocks in Sunday's victory.
"This weekend was awesome," Walch said. "We played very well and that was huge for us. This is such a great honor and a good way to start off the season. Hopefully we can continue to play well as we get ready for Florida on Thursday."
The Seminoles return to Tully Gym on Sept. 4 to play No. 11 Florida at 6 p.m. The match will be on ESPN3.
Noles come in at No. 8 in AVCA poll
Florida State jumps five spots to No. 8 in the latest AVCA Coaches' poll, which came out on Monday afternoon.
It is the highest ranking since Sept. 3, 2012 when the Seminoles achieved a program best ranking of No. 6. It is the fourth time in school history that FSU broke into the Top 10.
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