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We just had some great news from Tunisia. At the end of On Hannibal's Trail we rode through a village there called Jama/Zama - it was near here that Hannibal fought and lost the final battle of the 2nd Punic War.While we were filming we watched villagers walking or riding donkeys a kilometer down the hill, past the …
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We have started up a charity fund to help the village of Jama. This is possibly where Hannibal fought his last great battle against Scipio, known as the battle of Zama and it was where we ended our journey following Hannibal's Trail. We are aiming to raise 3000 US dollars which will be used to improve living conditions …
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The plan for me for July in Lebanon was to consult directly with some of the companies that came to the workshops in May to help them implement Visual Studio Team System. A typical week consulting normally involved: Monday Introduction to Agile development methodologies Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation …
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During the second workshop some fighting broke out up north near Tripoli at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp. From the windows at the training centre we could see helicopters arrive with wounded being met by ambulances. They were flying in and out constantly for most of the week. It seems to be Fatah fighting the …
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The plan for me in Lebanon was to teach 2, week long, Optimizing the Software Development Lifecycle with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System workshops. And then consult directly with some of the companies that came to the workshops - I'd spend a week with these companies either later in the year, June/July. Setting up …
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I've volunteered for the Geekcorps. They're running a project with Microsoft in Lebanon to teach software development best practices to local businesses. My understanding is that the project is aiming to help local businesses recover from the war last year between Hezbollah and Israel. I've been temporarily made a …
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