Dr. Çetiner’s Blogs (Prof. Dr. Beytullah Gültekin Çetiner)

Why to Understand Internet & Search Engine Technologies
There will be a seminar next week in building 45. I recommend all students who want to have an idea on hot topics of Internet and Search Engine Technologies and their usage in business and management. The content of the seminar will be as follows:-

• Search Engine Technologies and Trends
• How Search Engines Work?
• Search Engine Paradigms (Altavista, Yahoo, Google, and more)
• Existing Paradigm: Google PageRank
• What is SEO Search Engine Optimization?
• SEO and Webmasters
• Management Science and Understanding Internet Technologies
• SEO Marketing and Brand Management
• A simple example for SEO by search for some Keywords
• SEO Contests for Sharpening SEO Skills
• Announcement and explanation of a new SEO contest for

Blog and website owners ($2,000 award contest)

• Conclusions

Date: 28th May, 2007, Monday 14:00
Place: Conference Room (entrance to Industrial Engineering Department)

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Why to Understand Internet & Search Engine Technologies

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Turkish Restaurants in Malaysia
There are not many Turkish Restaurants in Malaysia. Several attempts were made to open Turkish restaurants in Kuala Lumpur. However, they were closed due to low demand from people. I will try to discuss here issues related to Turkish Food Restaurant in especially Kuala Lumpur.

Why Turkish Restaurants in Malaysia?
Turkish restaurants in Malaysia are the first alternative for visitors from Turkey, some European countries, Iran and whole Middle East including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Emirates etc. This is because Malaysian taste or in general the taste of far east are so much different from those countries mentioned above. Turkish restaurants offer wide range of food products or meals appropriate for their taste. This is because Turkish cuisine inherited its Ottoman heritage which could be described as a fusion and refinement of Turkic, Arabic, Greek and Persian cuisines.Turkish cuisine also influenced these cuisines and other neighbouring cuisines, as well as west European cuisines. Ottomans fused various culinary traditions of their realm with influences from Middle Eastern cuisines, along with traditional Turkic elements from Central Asia such as yogurt. The Ottoman Empire indeed created a vast array of technical specialities. It can be observed that various regions of the Ottoman Empire contain bits and pieces of the vast Ottoman dishes.

Before my trip to Malaysia, I was warned by my some master students from Saudi Arabia that I should make a plan for food before going to Malaysia. They told me that they had to find fast food solutions in Kuala Lumpur since they could not eat sweety Malaysian food. I did not have big problem myself overall but initially really difficult to get used to too much sweet nearly in every food. My best friend Azmi took me to Malaysian restaurant with my daughter. We really enjoyed the food there. But as we said there was sugar or sweet in every food. If you are not happy with sugar in your fish then you have a problem. My friend offered me Kebab and he added ‘this is your food and you will like it’. After tasting, I said ‘Oh my God. There is sugar in this kebab. We loughed a lot’.

In my opinion, the Malaysian food is not very healthy due to high level of sugar concentration in daily diets. There is currently one Turkish Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur as far as I know. You could comment if you know another.

The Address for Turkish restaurant in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia is given below.

Some Comments about Turkish Restaurants in Malaysia


‘Great place for a change in Kuala Lumpur. Enjoyed decor a lot. Check it out.’

Have been to the restaurant many times with my family. I think they open only in the evenings, not sure about lunch. The place is great! Atmosphere is way cool, food is superb,… It is a no-alcohol restaurant. Overall, still one of the best in Kuala Lumpur!

‘I had lamb kebab and my very first baklava in a Turkish restaurant in Kuala Lumpur 3 years ago. I was looking forward to try out Turkish ice-cream, which the friend recommends. The Turks are renowned for their sweetmeats, and I was confident they would be equally adept with iced confectionary. In the end, our original intention to have authentic Turkish ice cream had to be postponed due to our overburdened stomachs. Which is just as well, as it gives me another good reason to visit this multicultural outpost of Turkish gastronomy.’

PURPOSIVE INTERPRETATION IN LAW

Course Credit Hours: 1 credits; 14 hours

This course will examine the concept of legal interpretation. It will begin with the distinction between interpretation and similar non-interpretive activities (e.g. gap-filling or common law development). It will then turn to consider specific areas of concern, including the limits of interpretation and the question of language; different theories of interpretation (subjective, objective, mixture); the purposive theory of interpretation and its application in different areas of the law (wills, contracts, statutes, constitutions). Readings will include Aharon Barak, Purposive Interpretation in Law (Princeton University Press, 2005), selected cases and other legal texts.
Readings
The basic text is A. Barak, Purposive Interpretation in Law (2005)
Class 1: What is Legal Interpretation
Class 2: Non-Interpretive Doctrines
Class 3: Systems of Interpretation
Class 4: Subjective Purpose (Intent) and Objective Purpose
Class 5: Purposive Interpretation
Class 6: Interpretation of Wills
Class 7: Interpretation of Contracts
Class 8: Constitutional Interpretation
Class 9: Statutory Interpretation
Class 10: The Future of Interpretation

Evaluation: Students will be required to write a 10-12 page research paper, which will be graded on an Honours/Pass/Fail basis. Papers must be delivered to the Records Office by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2007.Graduate students are graded on the graduate grading scale.
The course description is taken from the course catalog of University of Toronto, Faculty of Law