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Can there be a Club Med of energy security?
http://torontoreview.ca/2012/11/energy-security-in-the-mediterranean
Can there be a Club Med of energy security? November 3, 2012. By Constantine Levoyannis and Mathieu Labrèche. The prospect of astonishing mineral wealth is clearly stirring dormant, ancient conflicts and shaping new alliances in Europe’s Mediterranean near abroad. Cyprus sees itself playing an integral role in a new regional energy triangle involving Greece and Israel. Meanwhile, the balance of power is tilting as Turkey carves out a niche as a dominant regional player. These developments are...The US...
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Is it okay if Iran gets the bomb?
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Is it okay if Iran gets the bomb? December 26, 2012. In other words, if a theocratic state got the bomb, would it act rationally like a state or like some feverishly religious, irrational non-state actor, such as a terrorist group? The theatre hummed with chipper greetings and discrete whispers of celebrity sightings. (There’s Michael Ignatieff! Both teams agreed that a nuclear Iran would be terribly inconvenient, but where the pro-con divide emerged, respectively, was on whether a nuclear Iran was preve...
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Africa’s poor numbers: “The growth and GDP numbers are guesses”
http://torontoreview.ca/2013/02/africas-poor-numbers-the-growth-and-gdp-numbers-are-guesses
Africa’s poor numbers: “The growth and GDP numbers are guesses”. February 28, 2013. Professor Morten Jerven of Simon Fraser University has written an intriguing book about Africa’s overlooked statistical crisis. Called. Poor Numbers: How we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it. Why these numbers, for many reasons and in many cases, are wrong and might be leading donors and governments astray. Most of the focus I’ve seen on untrustworthy economic growth numbers has been aro...
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Writing on the wall: Palestine’s graffiti
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Writing on the wall: Palestine’s graffiti. December 5, 2013. Graffiti plays a unique role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It’s not simply an expression of political beliefs, or an act of rebellion. Street art empowers each nation to engage with the conflict’s core issues and traumas. A research assistant at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, has documented these visual debates in his book Words and Walls: Social Commentary through Graffiti in Israel and the West Bank. With regards to tha...
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Burma in black and white
http://torontoreview.ca/2013/01/burma-in-black-and-white
Burma in black and white. January 19, 2013. Drug warlords and ethnic insurgent groups have each controlled fiefdoms tucked away in valleys or atop the hills. Here are the comments on this article! January 24th, 2013 at 5:01 pm. Very nice work nat keep it going. April 29th, 2013 at 5:42 pm. Nat, These are terrific. What an impressive documentary. Leave your own comment! Email Address (required, but will not be displayed):.
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The Hunt for iPhone Development Jobs | CompSci Grad
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Skip to main content. Mobile Software Developer - Toronto. The Hunt for iPhone Development Jobs. January 8, 2009 - 11:47 Jason. If you've been following my recent blog posts, you'll know that I have been working on moving into the mobile application development industry. I've had a few experiences in the past few weeks that might interest anyone else looking for iphone development jobs. Your experiences may vary. So where did I start looking for iPhone jobs? The fast and dirty answer is craigslist. Well ...
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About Jason Swaby | CompSci Grad
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Skip to main content. Mobile Software Developer - Toronto. Jason is a graduate of the University of Guelph. With a Bachelor of Computing Honours degree and a minor in Business Administration (BCH.BADM), and a Master of Science in Computing and Information Science (MSc.CIS, 08). In his spare time, he likes to read books, watch TV, eat, bboy (breakdance), take photo’s on his digital camera, and sleep. He has been working with and using the Drupal Content Management System. Make your own badge here.
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Time to Upgrade to Drupal 7 | CompSci Grad
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Skip to main content. Mobile Software Developer - Toronto. Time to Upgrade to Drupal 7. April 7, 2011 - 15:40 Jason. Anyone have any tips how to deal with the D6-D7 migration? Leave a comment below. I'll be blogging again very soon. stay tuned. This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from compscigrad. Make your own badge here. NOT willing to relocate. Upgrade to Drupal 7 Complete! Time to Upgrade to Drupal 7. A small problem with Recruiters. From iPhone to Android and Back.
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Portfolio | CompSci Grad
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Skip to main content. Mobile Software Developer - Toronto. This is a list of the work that I've done in the past. I have been doing some iPhone application development with a book that I got from amazon.ca. The mac makes it very easy to take screen shots so I have placed the screen shots of app's I develop on flickr. Here is the flickr slideshow. Norampac Internal File Management System. I made some changes in the theme to be able to make the file link to the node title. I had fun building this site....
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The claustrophobic streets of Yangon
http://torontoreview.ca/2013/03/urban-burma
The claustrophobic streets of Yangon. March 12, 2013. I fly to Burma’s former capital Yangon in mid-December. It’s the cold season, but the temperature is well above 30C and the air is thick with pollution and moisture. My shirt sticks to my back as I make my way to the airport taxi stand. In the streets labourers in soiled t-shirts and. In the city’s many overcrowded outdoor markets there is a certain theatrical element, as fishmongers offer buckets of their live goods to women with white smears of.
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