EGYPT SCHOLARSHIPS

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING
GOVERNMENT UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS TENABLE IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
FOR THE YEAR 2014-2015

Applications are invited from qualified Tanzanians for undergraduate scholarships tenable in the Arab
Republic of Egypt for the year 2014-2015. Students who are already registered in local Institutions need
not apply.

FIELD OF STUDY: “Oil and Gas Engineering“
QUALIFICATIONS:

Aspiring applicants must meet the following conditions:
1. Be holders of Form VI Certificate of Secondary Education with three Good Principal Passes
in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Geography and at least five credits in their Form IV
Certificate of Secondary Education;
2. Must not be more than 25 years old by September 2014; and
3. Be in good health (Proof of good health required).

GENERAL TERMS OF SCHOLARSHIP:

   Selected candidates will be provided by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt
o A monthly allowance;
o Hostel accommodation;
o Medical care in accordance to University Regulations; Purchase own air tickets to Tanzania when circumstances necessitate coming back
home before completion of studies and Needy students may apply for loans from Higher Education Students Loans Board

MODE OF APPLICATION: 

Applicants from Zanzibar should channel their applications through the Department
Responsible for Higher Education in Zanzibar. Envelopes must be clearly marked “Egypt Scholarship 2014-2015”. Applications should reach the addressee not later than 25th April 2014.       

 Applicants must attach to their application letters with:
o Photocopies of their F IV and F VI Certificates of Secondary Education;
o Photocopy of Birth Certificate;
o Proof of good health.
All applications must be addressed to:
The Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Education and Vocational Training,
Department of Higher Education,

P.O. Box 9121,
DAR-ES-SALAAM. 

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James Cameron Gives Update on the Avatar Sequels

James Cameron recently talked to RTL (via MarketSaw) about the upcoming three sequels to Avatar, the top grossing movie of all time with $2.782 billion at the worldwide box office.

"We're still in the early stages. Right now we're developing the software. I'm writing the scripts. We're designing all the creatures and characters and the settings, and so on. So, I'm not actually directing yet, but I'm doing all the other creative processes that lead up to that," Cameron said.

He added that he thinks "it's going very well. I think it's going to be spectacular. You'll see new worlds, new habitats, new cultures. The primary conflict between the human view kind of dominating nature and the Na'vi view of being integrated into nature is the same, but it manifests itself in very different ways."

As far as the tech behind the upcoming films, they have greatly reduced how long one movie will take to make. "The first film… took almost four years to make. We expect to be able to accelerate the process quite a bit, because we've improved a lot of the software and the computer graphics tools, and we've been working very closely with Weta Digital down here in New Zealand developing a whole new suite of tools to speed up the process."

Cameron also said they are "looking at high frame rate. I'm studying that. I haven't made a final decision yet, whether the entire film will be made at high frame rate or parts of it. You know, we'll be shooting at a native resolution of probably 4K and so then there should be a lot of true 4K theaters by then as well."

So what can we expect story wise? "The thing that's great about 'Avatar,' it's such a rich world, I can explore any theme or any idea that I want. Once you've got the characters that an audience loves, it's great to surprise them and make changes and turns that they don't expect. And you don't have to spend so much time of the movie setting up all that stuff, because the audience will remember from the previous film."

You can check out the interview segment below. Avatar 2 is scheduled for a December, 2016 release,Avatar 3 for December of 2017, and Avatar 4 in 2018.

 by mgobi