Things to Consider Before Buying a Computer

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Opportunity for Amharic native speakers

Avant Assessment, a leader in online language proficiency tests  (http://www.avantassessment.com/) and partnered with the University of Oregon’s Center for Applied Second Language Studies (http://casls.uoregon.edu/pages/about/partners.php).

The company has available several short-term (~6-8 weeks) contractor positions for Amharic native speakers, and we are especially interested in working with individuals with a native speaking background.

Avant Assessment creates foreign language tests, primarily for languages that are not commonly taught in the United States. We are currently hiring several contractor Target Language Experts (TLEs) to work with us on a Amharic proficiency test. When we create a test in a foreign language, our Target Language Experts provide us with the language samples that will go into the test. These so-called “passages” are (fairly short) audio pieces or written texts such as news articles, short interviews, radio advertisements, dialogues, etc. Some of these passages may be authentic samples collected from various online and offline sources, but TLEs will also create their own passages, based on scenarios we provide. Part of the work is also to translate the passages into English.

Our company is based in Eugene, Oregon, but all work can be done online and according to the TLE’s own schedule. The TLEs can reside anywhere in the world as long as they have access to a high-speed Internet connection. The estimated workload for this project is 4-12 hours per week, depending on your availability and pay is $40 - $160 per passage, depending on passage difficulty level and domain (reading/listening).

If you are interested in participating in this project, please do not hesitate to contact Richard Charboneau or Salahadin Seid.

Best regards,

Richard Charboneau

Target Language Resource Recruiter

Avant Assessment LLC

Direct: (541) 743-8935

richard.charboneau@avantassessment.com

Salahadin Seid

Founder of ethioinfolab blog 

Addis Ababab

Direct: (251) 912274777

salubinseid@gmail.com

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Change the display language on window Computers

The display language is the language that Windows uses in wizards, dialog boxes, menus, Help and Support topics, and other items in the user interface. Some display languages are installed by default, and others require you to install additional language files. When you change the display language, it is changed for your user account and is not changed on the Welcome screen. 

1. Open Regional and Language Options by 
   
   
   clicking the Start button ,
   clicking Control Panel, 
   clicking Clock, Language, and Region, and then 
   clicking Regional and Language Options.
    
2. Click the Keyboards and Languages tab.
   
   
3. Under Display language, choose a language from the list, and then click OK.

Ethio telecom mobile special number usage:

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TinyOS is an open source, BSD-licensed operating system designed for low-power wireless devices, such as those used in sensor networks, ubiquitous computing, personal area networks, smart buildings, and smart meters.

Installation procedure on UBUNTU

Remove any old tinyos repository from /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following: A common pool supports all Ubuntu distributions which are defined through karmic.

 

deb http://hinrg.cs.jhu.edu/tinyos karmic main

 

Update your repository cache:  

     

 sudo apt-get update

Run the following to install the latest release of tinyos and all its supported tools: 

sudo apt-get install tinyos-2.1.1