Although Internet Explorer is supported by Selenium, certain setting may need to be updated to work around the security settings and other restrictions. Check the following settings based on your particular IE setup.
Open Internet Options and Switch to Security Tab.
Select the Internet Zone and Select the Checkbox Enable Protected Mode. If this checkbox is disabled, please contact your IT support team.
Repeat this setting for the remaining 3 zones, "Local intranet", "Trusted sites" and "Restricted sites". Close and restart Internet Explorer to affect these changes.
Turn off the checkbox for Enable Enhanced Protected Mode*. If this checkbox is disabled, contact your IT support.
Close and restart the internet explorer browser.
Set a registry entry on the execution host machine so that the driver can maintain a connection to the IE instance it creates.
Open the Registry editor by running "regedit" in the Run program.
Create key, FEATURE_BFCACHE, if not already present.
Inside this key, create a DWORD value named iexplore.exe with the value of 0. Even if QWORD is suggested for 64-bit machines, create a DWORD.


I use to-do lists all the time to help me get things done. If you want to learn more about how I use to-do lists, check out 5 To-Do Lists That Keep Me Sane and The List of 10: My Weekly System for Getting Priorities Done. To-do lists are probably the best tool I've found for making daily, consistent progress in every area of my life.
But, I've found that to-do lists don't work well with some projects. To-do lists are great when I am in hustle mode and when I'm trying to prioritize between many different demands on my time.
Other times, however, my projects require in-depth, creative thinking instead of gazelle-like intensity. For these creative projects, I instead use something called a to-think list (I first found this idea at alearningaday.com).
A to-think list is a list of 1-3 questions or ideas that you keep in a place you can view it often. I keep mine right next to my List of 10 in my personal planner (picture).
The key is to keep the list small because the point is to let your mind simmer and focus on important questions or ideas in order to stimulate your best thinking. Our minds are more powerful than the best super-computers in the world, so you are basically sending a request to your subconscious brain to provide good answers or maybe better questions.
I don't have the answer to this question right away. That's the point. This list is in a place I see it multiple times per day, so my mind will continually come back to it. Because I saturate my mind with this question, answers will begin to bubble up at unexpected times, maybe while I'm in the shower, on a walk, or lying in bed before going to sleep or right when I wake up.
How can I make more money this year?
What systems need to be improved in my business?
Where is my ideal place to live?
How can I connect better with my children (or grand children or spouse)?
What is a good present for my wife's birthday?
What would I do with my time if money were no object?
What legacy would I like to leave for family, friends, society during my brief stay on this planet?
There are no right or wrong questions. They can be practical or very broad. The important idea here is the habit of creative and deep thinking. If you can use the to-think list as a tool to stimulate creativity and deep thought and combine that with organized, enthusiastic action, virtually any mission, project, or task you want to achieve is within reach.
So why not get started with your to-think list now?!


On Tuesday Fr Simon posted on Facebook that he needed lots of different voices reading from Daniel. I plugged a mic in to pro tools, grabbed a bible and read. Dropped it into dropbox. Lots of other people did the same and Simon did the rest. Social media in action to create resources for God's church.
This month my guest post over at bigbible.org.uk has the word "Cathedral" in the title. This took me by surprise as much as everyone else. If you want to know why I would be mentioning a Cathedral in a post, why not check it out.
I'm currently at the point in my curacy where you contemplate the future and a possible new post somewhere else. Bryony sent me this instagram photo via twitter simply entitles "Is this a job for you?" Yes.
Here are some wise words from CyberSten. What do you think? Is the online world fraught with danger?
I stumbled upon this video.
I have just had a guest blog published at The Big Bible Project. I explore some of the potential theological ghettos that social networking may lead to.


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Statement attributable to the Spokesperson of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, met today in Beirut with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Arab African Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr. Hussain Amir Abdullahian. The meeting was an opportunity to analyse the evolving situation with a key regional player and to discuss efforts in follow-up to the Security Council Presidential Statement supporting the recent United Nations initiative to operationalize the Geneva Communique.
Mr. de Mistura elaborated in particular on the usefulness of the Working Groups aimed at facilitating the political solution to the ongoing Syrian conflict.
The Special Envoy will proceed from Beirut to Brussels where he will continue his consultations with European Union officials and relevant Member States.
01 September 2015, Geneva
مبعوث الأمم المتّحدة الخاص إلى سوريا
التقى مبعوث الأمم المتحدة الخاص لسوريا السيد ستيفان دي ميستورا اليوم في بيروت مع نائب وزير الخارجية الإيراني للشؤون العربية الافريقية حسين أمير عبد اللهيان. كان اللقاء فرصة لتبادل وجهات النظر مع دولة إقليمية مهمة، حول الوضع العام في المنطقة، ومتابعة البيان الرئاسي الصادر عن مجلس الأمن لدعم مبادرة الأمم المتحدة الأخيرة لتفعيل بيان جنيف.
كما تطرّأ السيّد دي مستورا على وجه الخصوص إلى فائدة مجموعات العمل التي تهدف إلى تسهيل إيجاد حل سياسي في الصراع السوري المستمر.
وينطلق المبعوث الخاص من بيروت الى بروكسل حيث انه سيواصل مشاوراته مع المسؤولين في الاتحاد الأوروبي والدول الأعضاء ذات الصلة.
01 أيلول 2015، جنيف
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura visited Damascus today, with the main purpose of discussing with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mr Walid Mouallem and Deputy Foreign Minister Mr Faisal Mekdad the preliminary findings of the Geneva Consultations and the preparations for the Security Council debate on Syria on 29 July in New York. The meeting was focused on how to maintain a momentum on the search for a political solution to the long-lasting Syrian conflict.
The Special Envoy, having concluded his regional tour, is now planning to return to New York for briefing the Secretary-General and, based on this, prepare for a discussion at the Security Council on the Syrian conflict.
زار المبعوث الخاص إلى سوريا ستيفان دي مستورا دمشق اليوم والتقى نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء ووزير الخارجية السيد وليد المعلم ونائب وزير الخارجية السيد فيصل مقداد لمناقشة النتائج الأولية لمشاورات جنيف بشكل رئيسي والتحضير لمناقشات مجلس الأمن حول سوريا في 29 تموز في نيويورك. وركز الاجتماع على كيفية الحفاظ على الزخم في البحث عن حل سياسي للصراع القائم منذ فترة طويلة في سوريا.
بعد أن اختتم جولته الإقليمية، يعتزم المبعوث الخاص على العودة إلى نيويورك لإطلاع الأمين العام، والتحضير للمناقشة في مجلس الأمن بشأن الصراع السوري بناءا على نتائج جولته.
Within the framework of the Geneva Consultations, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met today with representatives of the Syrian Feminist Lobby, Ms. Lama Kannout and Ms. Salma Jalkhi. They briefed Mr. Ramzy on the overall situation on the ground and the state of women's rights. They also shared perspectives for a political solution and ways to ensure women's participation in these process. Mr. Ramzy emphasized the important role that can and should be played by women in any conflict resolution efforts in Syria. He commended their tireless and positive efforts amidst the deteriorating situation on the ground.
In the framework of the Geneva consultations, U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Staffan de Mistura met today with a delegation from The Day After Association, led by Mr. Murhaf Joueijati, and a delegation from the Cordoba Working Group, led by Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Barmou.
Both delegations shared with the U.N. Special Envoy their perspectives for a political solution in Syria and discussed the worsening situation on the ground.
At the end of his meetings, Mr. de Mistura reiterated his strong conviction that only a political solution can address the root causes of the ongoing conflict in a sustainable manner and bring it to an end.
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Staffan de Mistura continued his meetings today in the framework of the Geneva Consultations.
He met with the president and members of the political committee of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces (SOC) in Istanbul.
Mr. de Mistura listened to the views of his interlocutors regarding the operationalization and implementation of the Geneva Communiqué.
Both parties agreed on the importance and urgency of finding a political solution to the current ongoing conflict.
They also concurred on the urgency of an immediate halt of the killing and targeting of civilians.
"My visit to SOC today demonstrates, once again, that the purpose of these Consultations was and remains to give the chance to all Syrians to share their views of what a future Syria should look like," Mr. de Mistura said.
Meanwhile in Geneva, Deputy Special Envoy Ramzy Ezzeldine Ramzy met with Mr. Samir Aita and Mr. Ziad Tlas who briefed on the deteriorating situation in Syria. Mr. Ramzy also met with a delegation of Japan, led by Ambassador Misako Kaji, who briefed on Japan's support for the United Nations' efforts to ameliorate the humanitarian situation in Syria. They discussed the ongoing initiatives to help Syrians reach a political solution to the conflict.
Mr. Ramzy observed that today's meetings in Geneva once again confirmed the desire of the international community, from far and near, to help resolve the Syrian conflict and mitigate its humanitarian consequences. He also noted that continued inaction to end the conflict is only making the military and security situation in Syria more complex.

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Q: Substring de una cadena cada carácter especifico Estoy recibiendo una cadena de datos por medio de C#, la cadena viene de la siguiente forma;

string:string:string:

Se que existe la función substring, la cual le puedes indicar que agarre las letras de n posición y que tantas se desea tomar, pero en este caso necesito separar la cadena en diferentes variables, por ejemplo:
264.1:On:Emanuel:

Debería quedar:

var1=264.1 ; var2=On ; var3=Emanuel

Cabe aclarar que no se sabe la longitud que tendrá cada cadena, ej. aquí puede ser 264.1 el valor que reciba el string1, pero en la siguiente ocasión puede ser 6.8, ¿Como puedo definir que me separe los string por ":" y los almacene en variables?

A: Puedes utilizar la función Split(string separador):
using System;

class MainClass {
  public static void Main (string[] args) {
        string data = "264.1:On:Emanuel:";
        string[] words = data.Split(':');
        string var1,var2,var3;
        var1 = words[0];
        var2 = words[1];
        var3 = words[2];
        Console.WriteLine("var1 ="+var1);
        Console.WriteLine("var2 ="+var2);
        Console.WriteLine("var3 ="+var3);
  }
}

Salida:

A: Para separar o descomponer tu cadena de texto en función del separador ":", puedes utilizar el método Split() del tipo string.
El código sería el siguiente:
   var cadena = "264.1:On:Emanuel:";
   List<string> result = cadena.Split(':').ToList();

Obtendrás una lista de string List<string> con los valores que quieres recuperar.

A:

¿Como puedo definir que me separe los string por ":" y los almacene en variables?

Supongo que te quedarás con las soluciones que te dieron los demás comentarios, debido que, soluciona tu problema de una forma más sencilla y corta, sin embargo, yo te explicaré que con el método substring puedes lograr el mismo resultado.
El método substring recibe dos parámetros (también puede recibir únicamente uno, porqué está sobrecargado): El índice inicial y la longitud de la subcadena. El problema radica que la longitud de la cadena puede ir variando, por ende, necesitamos crear  un algoritmo que nos permita calcular el índice inicial + la longitud de una subcadena, sin importar que longitud tenga la cadena.
El algoritmo lo podemos plantear de esta manera:

*

*Necesitaremos de una variable para guardar el índice inicial de la subcadena, es evidente que su valor por defecto será 0.

*Luego recorremos caracter por caracter y a la vez, contamos los caracteres con una variable acumuladora para lograr obtener la longitud de la subcadena, todo esto sucederá hasta encontrar el caracter :.

*Cuando encontremos el caracter :, es donde llamaremos al método substring y le pasaremos el índice inicial (que al comienzo será 0) + la longitud de la subcadena.

*Por último, debemos re-inicializar a 0 la variable acumuladora, debido a que, necesitamos usar esa variable para obtener la longitud de cualquier substring. También debemos de actualizar el índice inicial de la subcadena, esto se logra con la siguiente ecuación: indiceInicial = i + 1. El valor de i representa la posición de cada caracter en una cadena. Se le suma 1 a i porqué cuando la condición txt[i] == ':' se cumpla, i tendrá la posición del caracter : y a nosotros no nos interesa esa posición, sino, la posición siguiente (coincidirá con el índice inicial del próximo substring).
El código en C# sería:
using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        int startIndex = 0; //guarda el índice inicial del substring.
        int lengthSub = 0; //guarda la longitud del substring.
        int j = 0;
        string txt = "264.1:On:Emanuel:";
        string[] varx = new string[3];
        for(int i = 0; i != txt.Length; ++i)
        {
            //Si se encontró los dos puntos...
            if(txt[i] == ':')
            {
                //Obtenemos la subcadena y lo guardamos en varx
                varx[j++] = txt.Substring(startIndex, lengthSub);
                //Actualizamos el índice inicial de la subcadena
                startIndex = i + 1;
                //Re-inicializamos la longitud a 0
                lengthSub = 0;
            }
            else
                //Contamos cada caracter para obtener la longitud de la subcadena al momento de encontrar los dos puntos
                ++lengthSub;
        }
        Console.Write("var1: " + varx[0] + " var2: " + varx[1] + " var3: " + varx[2]);
    }
}

Puede que mi algoritmo se le haya ido un poco de líneas, pero eso no quiere decir que sea un mal algoritmo. Espero que te sirva.

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Q: Sqlite: get Count and Max of children in second tables I got two tables in Sqlite on an Android device where the foreign key on table 'images' is the sector_id. Now I need to queries:

*

*List all sectors with the corresponding count of all rows in table images that have the sector._id

*List all sectors with the highest ID of the images table where the sector_id is same as sector._id

For the first query the result should be like this:

*

*_id: 1, name:sector1, count(images):3

*_id: 2, name:sector2, count(images):2

For the second query this:

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*_id: 1, name:sector1, max(images):3

*_id: 2, name:sector2, max(images):5

Hopefully you can help me on the SQL select statement :(

A: A simple JOIN with GROUP BY can get both results at once;
SELECT s._id, s.name, COUNT(i._id) count, MAX(i._id) max
FROM sector s
LEFT JOIN images i ON s._id = i.sector_id
GROUP BY s._id, s.name

An SQLfiddle to test with.
The LEFT JOIN joins all sectors with the corresponding images, and COUNT/MAX calculate the count and max id respectively for each sector (which is what we group by).


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Genus Name Codes
We have collection codes and we have species codes. Are these genus codes? Very good question. Huber gave the best answer so far which is really more like a statement of the problem:
Q(5): What is the best way to abbreviate generic names? (Roger Brousseau, February 2001)
A: Generic name abbreviations are standardized for scientific publications: first is stated the name in full (e.g., Rivulus), then for any further mentions is stated the first letter (e.g., R.), followed by the concerned species name. However, this may become awkward when several genera are mentioned that start with the same letter (e.g., Renova). The main problem arises when lists of species in several genera are built, then common sense should prevail: old, frequently used genera may be abbreviated strongly with a single letter (e.g., A. for Aphyosemion or F. for Fundulus), but other genera with the same starting letter will be abbreviated with two or three or four letters (but not more, because it is no more an abbreviation and it looses its interest) and it can be used to differentiate two similar names (e.g., Ep. for Epiplatys, as commonly used, and, Epis. for Episemion, subsequently described). A spiny problem occurs when 4 or more starting letters are identical (e.g., Fundulus, Fundulosoma, Fundulopanchax), then usage and pragmatism should prevail (respectively, F., Fund., and inevitably Fp., with the first and the last genera being the most speciose). Describers should avoid to create taxonomic names with such strong similarities, but this is the trend today when several generic names are stemmed from the same root, indicating their relationship, as Austrolebias, Megalebias, Stenolebias� (although this relationship may prove later to be erroneous, like Pachypanchax and Micropanchax). This difficulty has been exacerbated recently with the description of Austrolebias whereas Austrofundulus was already known and its standard abbreviation has had to be changed in Killi-Data: Austrof. for Austrofundulus and Austrol. for Austrolebias and (update) even more with the description of Notholebias by Costa in 2008 which is easily (and regrettably) confused with Nothobranchius (Jean Huber, finalized, March 2001, February 2009).
In other words there is no system, it's arbitrary and capricious and if you know all the genus names you can probably guess what a genus name us but to the uninitiated it's just more word letter soup.
As Huber points out, we have standards for these things in taxonomy, and the nice thing about standards is there are of course so many to choose from and Huber presents three methods not one of which fails to have examples that do not work, they are ambiguous. Ambiguity is not a desirable property in a mnemonic system which is formally what these abbreviation codes are.
Any single letter is ambiguous iff there is more than one genus that starts with that letter. We should be able to easily have a list of all genus names.
Any similar Genus names prevent use of these as a genus code, Huber's example of Fundul* as a root name is the classic example. But there may be two letter codes that do not clash.
Three letter codes are ruled out as indistinguishable from species codes.
Four letter codes would be more readable and mnemonic but at twice the lnegth of two letter genus codes.
Species Name Codes
Scheel created a system of three letter codes to represent killifish species names which took all questio of Genus out of the question. 'GER' works as well when it represents Aphyosemion geryi as well is at does Roloffia gery or Scriptapyosemion geryi three different names for the fish have known since the 1970s as "GER". It's shorter to write or type and Scheel might now have known this but lends itself very well to information systems. Upon Scheel's death in 1991 I presumed it upon myself to keep adding to this set of codes. Costa had begun using them too in early papers but the names clashed with Scheel so I corrected that in my version and extended the set from just African and Asian fish in Scheel's system to include also American and European fish and still add new codes to this as new species are described.


The owner of one of the most beguiling new restaurants in Washington aspires to have his establishment thought of not just as Indian fine-dining, but "fine-dining, period," says Karan Singh. "I want Punjab Grill to stand shoulder-to-shoulder" with the city's top dining draws.
The New Delhi native is off to a grand start with his downtown restaurant, whose servers are dressed in uniforms created by leading Indian fashion designers and whose details revel in gold (utensils, pitchers, chairs). "We basically built the restaurant in India and shipped it over," says Singh.
Punjab Grill isn't just sumptuous, it's luscious. Singh sifted through hundreds of résumés before inviting three chefs from restaurants in London, New York and San Francisco to audition for him, ultimately selecting the candidate from the West Coast, Jaspratap ("Jassi") Bindra, 32.
His talent is apparent from first bite. Consider Bindra's chutney flight, the Indian equivalent of a bread basket featuring naan grissini and six housemade chutneys, mostly fruit and in such unexpected flavors as guava and raspberry. Chana masala is passed through a sieve and served as a silken "hummus," with potato-stuffed kulcha for swabbing (the breads are all first-rate); tiger prawns emerge from the tandoor hot, sweet and tingling with ginger, lemon and green chiles.
A dish called chicken "red curry" is basically butter chicken viewed through a Thai lens, marinated as the poultry is with lemongrass, lime leaves and Thai basil. The saucer-size naan accompanying the dish competes for the attention of taste buds; brushes with a syrup made from lemonade makes for bright bread.
Baked Chilean sea bass sports a glaze made with jaggery and cumin, which the chef caramelizes with a blow torch, leaving the fish with some crackle on top. A downy bed of shredded Brussels sprouts tossed with fresh coconut and curry leaves provides delicious support.
Venison tastes altogether new when it's cooked overnight with onions, yogurt and cracked wheat. The next day, recipients encounter a meaty porridge, its bowl ringed with spoonfuls of fresh mint, ginger, clarified butter and other enhancers, allowing diners to season according to taste.
Mustard greens cooked to a mash with fennel leaves and mustard seeds — sarson ka saag, a staple in north India — is fine meatless eating, and it has a nice plate mate in roti made with corn flour.
There are only a few desserts; each has its merits. (Cheesecake is creamy with paneer.) The most original finale is bread soaked in milk, flavored with saffron and cardamom and shaped into a layer cake with kulfi (chewy Indian ice cream) and tufts of mango mousse.
Not every dish sends my pulse racing. Burrata atop coins of spiced eggplant and tomatoes is a yawn at this party, and the lamb chops are better at Bombay Club near the White House. But lesser tastes are infrequent.
The posh restaurant takes its inspiration from the state in north India bordering Pakistan. "Punjabis love life, family, food, entertaining," says Singh, who also has American Tandoor in Tysons, which is scheduled for a reboot this summer. A former airline pilot with 5,000 flight hours to his credit, Singh went on to start an aviation company, which he still owns. Diners are likely to spot him. He's the regal presence in the restaurant, happy to show off Sheesh Mahal, the shimmering private dining room.
Did I mention that the bar makes cocktails on par with some of the city's best lounges? One of them, a riff on an old fashioned, is delivered in a smoke-filled glass cloche. Did I tell you India is my favorite journey, and that this restaurant brings back fond memories of my visits there?
Above all, Punjab Grill is a game-changer in Washington.
427 11th St. NW. 202-813-3004. punjabgrilldc.com. Dinner entrees, $24 to $38.


AXA has entered into an agreement with Gresham Underwriting, the MGA arm of Tasker Insurance Group, where the insurer will provide £20m of capacity.
AXA is providing the support to Gresham product lines, as well as the introduction of Gresham's Instant Quotes broker platform, which AXA has backed.
The first of the new products is expected to be live within three months. 18 products are already available on the platform.
John Heaney, director of schemes and MGAs, AXA Insurance said: "Over the past 12 months, Gresham has introduced new risk assessment and selection methodologies which gives us the confidence they will continue to deliver on their underwriting results and we look forward to working with Gresham to develop these improvements further.
AXA-XL: Why such a negative reaction?
The response to AXA's biggest ever acquisition has not been positive. We look at why.
Axa chief defends criticised €12.4bn XL Group buyout as "strategic decision"
THE Chief Executive of Axa has spoken out defending the decision to spend €12.4bn (£10.9m) on the buyout of XL Group.


The hand knit Riordan sweater has a cable centre stitch flanked by zig-zag, braid and double diamond panels on either side. The cable represents good luck, the zig zag symbolises the ups and downs of marriage, and the diamond stitch is a wish for wealth. This beautiful Aran sweater has been hand knitted in the traditional báinín (pronounced 'baw neen') colour, the natural white of the wool. It comes to you complete with a clan history and crest. It is made of 100% pure new wool, is water repellent and breathable. It has been hand crafted in the traditional Irish style, and, with care, will last a lifetime.


This is a re-blog of the original entry by Peter Rowlett in the Aperiodical blog.
I asked in the previous post for suggestions of iPad apps that I could use to help with my job as a university lecturer in mathematics. I asked specifically about annotating PDF files I had made using LaTeX and recording such activity. More generally, I asked what other apps might be useful to my job and for other uses I should be thinking about. People made suggestions via comments on that post, Twitter and Google+. Thanks to all who responded. Here is a summary of the recommendations I received.
For PDF import, annotation and export, Stu Price recommended using Notability. Theron Hitchman also recommended Notability for marking PDFs, NoteShelf for taking notes and SketchBook Pro for drawing. Jesus Rogel-Salazar recommended DocAS, saying the free version is "pretty good", and mentioned having tried Penultimate too. Christian Bokhove recommended iAnnotate PDF. Christian also mentioned MathPen, which is the PhD project of Mandy Lo, who he co-supervises.
On recording, Stu Price mentioned ExplainEverything, also recommended by Christian Bokhove.
You might be able to use the video playback feature intended for replaying the creation of a work of graphic art in Brushes to replay your handwriting. It seems to have an extensive memory but since it isn't intended for the purpose of playing back handwriting you would want to try it out. Since most of it is free that should be easy to do.
EDIT: It seems that Procreate has just added a similar feature.
Jesus Rogel-Salazar pointed out a blog post by Amit Agarwal: 'How to Record Screencast Videos on your iPad or iPhone'.
Stu Price recommended TeX Writer for writing LaTeX on the go. Theron Hitchmanrecommended TexPad for the same thing, mentioning that a bluetooth keyboard is a good idea for this. Jesus Rogel-Salazar recommended cloud-based LaTeX client writeLaTeX.
For calculators, Christopher Rath recommended TI-Nspire as "mathematically extensive but quite expensive at ~£20″. Edward Shore pointed out that this is much cheaper than the physical calculators themselves. Stu Price mentioned the Desmos Graphing Calculator, but hasn't tried it yet, and PocketCAS which is apparently "quite neat with 3D surfaces".
Jesus Rogel-Salazar recommended 2Screens for presenting.
For assessment, Stu Price recommended Socrative for quizzing/polling and mentioned iDoceo as a 'gradebook'.
Christian Bokhove recommended Nearpod, which according to its App Store entry, "enables teachers to use their iPads to manage content on students' iPads", and Evernote.
Theron Hitchman recommended ThinkBook as "a fancy todo list/planner".
There was also a comment on the previous post recommending MathPad, apparently by the company that makes the app.
Joerg Fliege pointed out two articles: 'Apps for academics: mobile web sites & apps' at MIT Libraries and '8 Apps That Make Academic Research Easier' at Mac Life.


Giles is one of the UK's most popular picture book authors, with many bestselling and award-winning titles to his name. These include GIRAFFES CAN'T DANCE, RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE, COMMOTION IN THE OCEAN and PANTS. Recent work includes WINNIE-THE-POOH: THE GREAT HEFFALUMP HUNT, commissioned to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the publication of the first Winnie-the-Pooh book, as well as the ever popular I LOVE… series, illustrated by Emma Dodd. Giles's children's books have sold over 8 million copies worldwide.
Giles's first animated television series, World of Happy, was commissioned by CBBC for broadcast in 2010. Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs (a 52 part animated series) was broadcast in 2016.
Giles is also the creator of the stickman bard, Purple Ronnie, and of the philosopher/artist, Edward Monkton. With over 100 million greetings cards and 3 million books sold between them, these iconic characters have made Giles the country's top selling living poet.
A feel-good rhyming story with a positive message about confidence and self-esteem, from the creators of international bestseller, Giraffes Can't Dance.
This touching tale will soon become a new family favourite.
Two cheeky little friends argue over a sweetie - and things get a little out of hand in a flurry of silly name-calling that will have children in hysterics. Will Flippy and Floppy stop being mean to each other and learn to share?
A read-aloud treat to return to again and again while absorbing the gentle message about how far a little kindness can go.
Is your little one mad about trucks and diggers? Then they'll love this bright, bold book, packed with all sorts of vehicles - including dumper trucks, diggers, cranes, fire engines, transporters and more.
Read about all the amazing things they do, then decide which one you would choose to drive!
THE LION WHO WANTED TO LOVE - Federation of Children's Book Groups Best Picture Book Award 1998.
PANTS- Red House Best Picture Book Winner 2003; Kate Greenaway Shortlist 2002; Stockport Schools Book Award Shortlist 2003.
GIRAFFES CAN'T DANCE - Richard & Judy Best Picture Book Finalist 2007; Blue Peter Best Picture Book Finalist 2002; Sheffield Children's Book of the Year - Commended.


Are you an avid camper? If you are, how do you go camping? Do you like camping in a traditional camping tent? While camping in a traditional camping tent is nice, did you know that tents aren't your only option? In addition to camping in tents, a large number of campers enjoy camping in motor homes and you may want to think about doing the same. Although it is nice to know that motor homes are great for camping adventures, you may be wondering exactly why that is. For starters, you will find that motor homes come in a number of different sizes, shapes, and styles. This means that whatever you are looking for in a motor home, you should be able to find it. For instance, if you would like to buy a small motor home, like one that could accommodate you and a few other people, you can find one. On the other hand, if you are looking for a large sized motor home, you should be able to find a number of them for sale as well.
Speaking of buying a motor home, you will find that you have a number of different options. Motor homes can be bought in both new and used conditions. This means that no matter how much money you have to spend on a motor home, you should be able to find a motor home for you and your family. In fact, if you are unsure as to whether or not motor home camping is right for you, you may want to think about first renting a motor home. If you like your motor home camping experience, you may want to buy your own motor home.
Back the reasons as to why motor homes are great for camping adventures. You may like motor homes, as they boast many of the benefits of being at home. For instance, many motor homes come equipped with bathrooms, kitchens, sleeping areas, and even small entertainment systems. For many individuals, motor homes are like miniature apartments. When camping in a motor home, you get to experience camping without having to do much of the work that is associated with camping, like cooking on an open fire. When it comes to camping, there are no guarantees, especially with the weather. Although a large number of camping tents are strong, dependable, and waterproof, not all are. Yes, you can take extra steps to protect your tent, like by covering it with a tarp, but it would be much easier for you to just go camping in a motor home. When you are camping in a motor home, you are protected from the outside weather elements. This means that rain, snow, and wind does not have to ruin your next camping adventure.
As a reminder, if you are interested in going motor home camping, you may want to think about buying a new or a used motor home or else you can try acquiring a motor home rental. To find motor home dealers or motor home rental companies, you will want to use your local phone book or the internet. Used motor homes can also regularly be found for sale along the side of the road or in newspaper classified advertisements. Once you have decided that you would like to go motor home camping and you have acquired a motor home, either through a purchase or a rental, you may want to think about making your next camping reservations soon. With an increase in popularity and limited camping spaces designed for motor homes, you will want to make sure that your reservations are made well in advance. PPPPP Word Count 607 .


How do I accelerate the conversion from PPTX to SWF? I have tried machines with more and faster CPU cores, more RAM, better GPU, but it does not seem to make a difference. Any advice?
Conversion itself goes quickly. The majority of time is required to connect to MS PowerPoint and extract information about the presentation. The more complex objects and animations are contained in a presentation, the more time it takes for PowerPoint to forward the information about them to iSpring.
The conversion to Flash can never be below 30 sec: as opposed to converting to static images (BMP) iSpring software creates interactive Flash files retaining links, transition, animations effects of the original PowerPoint presentation.
....so do you think that there are any hardware or software accelerators which could speed up the processing time?
It depends on the product type first. If you use SDK the conversion time could be slowed down a little bit because of the peculiarities of the COM technology. Read more here why.
Two main resources for conversion appear to be CPU speed and Physical memory size. The CPU speed determines how fast the conversion would be performed, and the RAM size — how big could be your presentation saved into a single Flash file.
Hardware accelerators will not give any progress in conversion.


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Q: The dimension of a linear space is a multiple of 3 if it has an endomorphism of a certain feature I am trying to solve the following problem:

Let $K$ be a field of characteristic zero and $V$ be a finite-dimensional $K$-vector space. Assume that there exists a linear endomorphism $T$ over $V$ such that $T^3=\mathrm{id}$ and $\mathrm{Tr}\ T = 0$. Prove that the dimension of $V$ is a multiple of 3.

If $K=\mathbb C$, things are much simplified, because the eigenvalues of $T$ are among 1, $\omega$ and $\omega^2$, where $\omega$ is the primitive cubic root of 1.
But for general $V$ that is not necessarily algebraically closed, I do not how to use the condition for the trace.
I would be very grateful  if you could give a clue. (If possible, I prefer an elementary solution that does not use field theory.)

A: For the case $K=\Bbb C$ you would use the fact that the only $\Bbb Q$-linear dependency between the cubic roots of unity $1,\omega,\omega^2$ is (up to a scalar) $1+\omega+\omega^2=0$, so that $m_1.1+m_2\omega+m_3\omega^2=0$ with $m_1,m_2,m_3\in\Bbb N$ implies $m_1=m_2=m_3$ and hence $m_1+m_2+m_3\equiv0\pmod3$.
The same argument works whenever $\omega\in K$, so assume that this is not the case, in other words that $X^3-1=(X-1)(X^2+X+1)$ is a decomposition into irreducible factors over$~K$.
The condition $T^3=\operatorname{id}$ means that the minimal polynomial$~\mu$ of$~T$ divides $X^3-1$; it is a product of a subset of those factors. Without using field extensions, every irreducible factor of the characteristic polynomial$~\chi$ of$~T$ is also a factor of$~\mu$, so $\chi=(X-1)^{m_1}(X^2+X+1)^{m_2}$ for some $m_1,m_2\in\Bbb N$. Then simple computation shows that
$$\chi= X^n+(m_2-m_1)X^{n-1}+\text{lower order terms} \qquad\text{where $n=m_1+2m_2$,}$$
and the subdominant coefficient $m_2-m_1$ equals $-\operatorname{Tr} T=0$, so $m_1=m_2$ and $n=3m_1$.
Of course the latter is just a watered-down version of the argument used when $\omega\in K$, in other words one can avoid case distinctions be reasoning in an extension field where $X^3-1$ does split into linear factors. But I think you asked for a proof that does not use (the existence of) such extensions, and as you can see this can be done.
Added. I'll add a bit about the "whenever $\omega\in K$" above. First of all this should really say "whenever $K$ contains a root of $X^2+X+1$, which we may call$~\omega$". So supposing that, why should $1+\omega+\omega^2=0$ be up to a scalar the only $\Bbb Q$-linear dependency between $1,\omega,\omega^2$? Basically because $X^2+X+1$ is irreducible over$~\Bbb Q$. One has in general (apply it for $F=\Bbb Q$):
Lemma. Let $K$ be a field containing a subfield$~F$ and a root$~\alpha$ of an irreducible monic polynomial$~P=p_0+p_1X+\cdots+p_{n-1}X^{n-1}+X^n$ in $F[X]$. Then the elements $1,\alpha,\alpha^2,\ldots,\alpha^{n-1}$ of$~K$ are $F$-linearly independent, and the unique $F$-linear dependency between $1,\alpha,\alpha^2,\ldots,\alpha^n$ involving $\alpha^n$ with coefficient$~1$ is $p_0+\cdots+p_{n-1}\alpha^{n-1}+\alpha^n=0$.
The fact that $\alpha$ is root of$~P$ means that the final relation holds. We can take $d$ minimal such that $1,\alpha,\alpha^2,\ldots,\alpha^d$ are linearly dependent over$~F$. The linear dependency involved must involve $\alpha^d$, and by scaling can be made to do so with coefficient$~1$, which gives a degree$~d$ monic polynomial$~Q$ with $\alpha$ as root. By minimality every polynomial in $F[X]$ with $\alpha$ as root, in particular$~P$, must be divisible by$~Q$ (as a nonzero quotient in the Euclidean division would have too small degree to have $\alpha$ as root). But $P$ is irreducible, so $Q=P$ and $d=n$. In particular $1,\alpha,\alpha^2,\ldots,\alpha^{n-1}$ are $F$-linearly independent, and $\alpha^n$ can be expressed uniquely as $F$-linear combination $\alpha^n=-p_0-p_1\alpha-\cdots-p_{n-1}\alpha^{n-1}$.


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BEcon&Fin student Cheung Pak Hin wins the IB Agility Labs: Supply Chain Management
Cheung Pak Hin, a year 4 BEcon&Fin student wins in the "International Business Agility Labs: Supply Chain Management", a virtual global case competition organised by the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland during April 9 – 16, 2021. He and his team members from other universities worked together to solve a real-world business case for a Brazilian company.
"By working with working with like-minded students across continents, I realised the abilities to embrace diversity of thoughts and to speak up proactively were of paramount importance to facilitate an effective collaboration with teammates from diverse background," says Pak Hin.
The team consisted of five other business students from Mediterranean School of Business of South Mediterranean University, National University of Singapore, Vienna University of Economics and Business, and University of Maryland.
Learn more about the competition at https://go.umd.edu/AgilityLabs
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Derrick Johnston on Tragical History Tour, 20 years of DIY punk and 'giving back' to society
"I've always felt very at home in the Glasgow punk scene and the city has such a rich musical culture heritage that I still get excited about"
Jules BoyleReporter
Tragical History Tour is the brainchild of Dundee based singer/songwriter Derrick Johnston.
As founder of the Scottish label Make That A Take Records and front person of Scottish punk rock bands Uniforms and Joey Terrifying, Derrick has spent 20 years learning his craft in the trenches of the DIY punk scene.
As well as his extensive musical background, Johnston has a keen social awareness. His label MTAT records have done benefit shows since their inception in 2006, supporting a vast range of projects including Doctors Without Borders, Medical Aid for Palestinians, SkatePAL and many more.
PCP nights and John Lennon's 'lost weekend' Jimmy Webb on his extraordinary life in music
Now, his debut solo album as Tragical History Tour is finally out and it's a contender for record of the year, a soul-baring record that speaks of death, love, loss, redemption, gratitude, transcendence, regeneration and transformation.
We caught up with him ahead of a gig in Glasgow tomorrow night.
Tell us about the new album?
Aphorisms is my first ever full length studio album, 15 years after I started performing as Tragical History Tour. It contains 10 songs and was recorded and produced by John Harcus of PMX in Perth over the course of a year from October 2016 through September 2017. I'm very excited that it's finally out.
What were your ideas going into it?
I've been playing in bands for 20 years and have never put out an album, despite a plethora of singles, EPs, split records, compilations and all sorts of other releases. After Uniforms went on hiatus in early 2015, it became clear to me that THT would once again be my main focus and that an album had to happen. It was an albatross around my neck for some time, this record my attempt to throw it in the ocean and make sense of all that's happened over the last fifteen years; love, loss, death, life, sickness, sobriety. I wanted to make a record that was true to my experiences and to express gratitude for them.
How different is it playing as a solo artist as opposed to being with the band?
There's nowhere to hide up there by yourself, no wall of noise to immerse yourself in, so there's a vulnerability there, but it also affords opportunities to pure honest connection. In pro wrestling parlance, I try to leave it all in the ring, whether playing solo or with the band. Both are two sides of the same coin.
What's your experience of Glasgow as a place to play?
I used to live in Glasgow and have played there a lot in various guises over the years. I've always felt very at home in the Glasgow punk scene and the city has such a rich musical culture heritage that I still get excited about - playing the 13th Note, for example. Being from Dundee, I can certainly identify differences between the cities but I think there is shared commonalities, even if Glasgow is somewhat spoiled for choice!
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You've cut your teeth over the years on the DIY punk scene. What's the pros and cons to doing it that way?
It's the only way I know how to operate really. The founder members of the MTAT collective grew up in highland Perthshire. We put on our first show in a Girl Guide Hut and learned about music, gear, PAs, manners etc from the country and folk musicians who nurtured us as teens. The prospect of being a "rock star" was so remote that it became somewhat the joke and by the time we discovered that DIY punk was actually "a thing" that existed rather than just something we were doing naturally, we were already way deep into hardcore. It became the most important thing in my life, the music industry something to consciously shy away from.
You do a lot of work with charities and good causes. How important is it for you to make a difference in that way?
I don't consciously think about it as trying to make a difference, I'm just trying to contribute positively to society. I've always been moved to try and help, my first benefit even was a bring and buy sale for the Blue Peter Eye-Care appeal back in early 90s. My mother was a massive influence socially and politically, and once I discovered socially conscious punk and hardcore, it inspired me to try and be a positive force. I work for a mental health charity, do peer support work, am the driver of a lot of the more "political" stuff with MTAT; I feel it's a moral imperative and something I have to do.
I'd like to think I'm not so arrogant as to think I can "build a better world", but I'd like it if my existence didn't contribute to any suffering. There's plenty enough of that in the world, I just try to do what I can with what I've got.
Tragical History Tour plays Glasgow's Bloc tomorrow (Thursday, May 10).
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More than half of the European population consumes fruit and vegetables on a daily basis and value greenhouse vegetables positively
BRUSSELS, Dec. 23, 2021
BRUSSELS, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- European consumers trust fruit and vegetables and, in fact, more than half of the population consumes them on a daily basis, although there is still a widespread lack of knowledge about the production systems used. In fact, only 3 out of 10 people know whether the fruit and vegetables that reach their tables come from open-air farms or greenhouses. This is according to the European survey on the attitudes of Europeans towards fruit and vegetables from Europe, carried out as part of the CuTE Programme - "Cultivating the Taste of Europe". The survey will be carried out annually by Adelante between 2019 and 2021 in 5 countries (France, Germany, Greece, Poland and Spain), with an annual sample of more than 5,000 individuals.
The Europeans questioned associate the consumption of European fruit and vegetables with support for the local economy and local producers (30%), with guarantees in terms of environmental sustainability (21%) and food safety (21%), with the quality of these fresh, tasty and nutritious products (14%) and with an affordable price (13%).
As regards the criteria for buying fruit and vegetables cited by Europeans (quality, freshness, colour and taste) stands out with 28% and price (cited by 20% of consumers), although the importance given to seasonal products (17%) and local, national or European origin (13%) also stands out in significant percentages. To a lesser extent, nutritional values (6 %), organic (5%), safe (5%), from open-air farms (3%) and sustainable (3 %).
When asked about the aspects that most concern them with regard to the production methods used, the fruit and vegetable sector is concerned about pre-established misconceptions, as many consumers falsely believe that greenhouse production modifies nutrients and flavour and even that it can have a negative environmental impact: "Hence the importance of our promotion and dissemination programmes with the aim of banishing hoaxes, fakenews or false beliefs that are deeply rooted in the consumers' imagination", FruitVegetablesEUROPE points out.
54% of the population is confident that greenhouse products are safe, 51% that they are seasonal, 45% that they are affordable, 43% that they are as nutritious as outdoor systems and 40% that they are environmentally friendly.
CuTE, Cultivating the Taste of Europe, is implemented by an international consortium coordinated by the FruitVegetablesEUROPE association and also including APROA, AOPn Tomates et Concombres, AOPnFraise, ZGPOiW and INCOFRUIT. The programme is 80% funded by the EU and aims to take a giant step forward in Europeans' knowledge of fruit and vegetable production systems.
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Review: Ace detective Lu Xiaofeng (Liu Yung) and blind-but-intuitive pal Hua Manlou (Sun Chien) are perplexed why Ye Gucheng (Jason Pai Piao), a swordsman both hold in high esteem, has challenged righteous hero Shimen Chuishiue (Yueh Hua) to a duel to the death, to be staged at the Imperial court. When questioned why he wants Shimen Chuishiue dead, Ye Gucheng proves frustratingly evasive. Torn between his respect for both heroes, Lu resolves to crack this mystery and uncovers an elaborate conspiracy involving imposters, scheming lamas, and ninja assassins lurking around every corner.
The Duel of the Century marked the second Shaw Brothers film where Liu Yung played super-sleuth Lu Xiaofeng for director Chu Yuan, following the equally lacklustre Clan of Amazons (1978). This time, not only does Yung sport the pencil-thin moustache, absent from the last film, that earned this literary hero the nickname "Four Eye-Browed Swordsman", but co-star Yueh Hua vacates the role of blind swordsman Hua Manlou to essay the intrepid Shimen Chuishiue. Duel of the Century was later remade by director Andrew Lau and writer-producer Wong Jing as effects-laden extravaganza The Duel (2000), marking a rare instance where a bombastic remake outdoes its source.
By the early Eighties, Chu Yuan's wu xia (swordplay) mysteries had grown overfamiliar. He later revised his formula with doses of comedy and surreal detours into psychedelic science fiction - as was the case with Descendant of the Sun (1983), The Hidden Power of Dragon Sabre (1984) and The Enchantress (1984) - but here falls back on rehashing stale clichés. The dense, though not impenetrable plot is overeliant on scenes of lengthy exposition to decipher its Chinese puzzlebox-like structure of schemes-within-schemes, villains-within-villains. Of course, die-hard fans (who, to be honest, include this writer) will find this another agreeable journey into Chu Yuan-land with secret cults, philosophical musings, improbable plot twists and sumptuous sets bathed in candy-coloured lighting. The gravity defying wire-fu proves arresting as every along with the outrageous super-weapons that include a gang of ninjas wielding flame-shooting candles, mad monks spinning cymbals like lethal flying frisbees, and death-by-exploding Chinese takeaway. Surely a cinematic first!
While the film teams prolific Shaw swordplay stalwart Jason Pai Piao with one of the studio's most versatile leading men: Yueh Hua, the man to watch is Liu Yung. Yung tries something a little different with his light-hearted, mischievous take on the stock Chu Yuan detective hero. Although every bit the martial arts master, Lu Xiaofeng is a hero increasingly baffled by the labyrinthine mystery in which he is enmeshed, quite unlike the usual unflappably intrepid protagonists essayed by Yuan's regular lead: Ti Lung. But Yuan makes too little of Lu's moral dilemma as the plot grinds along laboriously. There is a surprising interlude in a gay bar, something one might not expect to see in a period martial arts film. Chu Yuan has been feted for the sympathetic depictions of homosexuality and transsexuals in his films, notably Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972), but the comedic sequence here falls on crude caricatures. Rather more amusing is the violent sword battle that develops into a game of one- upmanship between Lu Xiaofeng and Shimen Chuishiue as they compete to see who racks up the highest bodycount.
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Q: Put request with express and axios is throwing 404 (Using react) /Java script file/
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    {
        console.log("Article"+Id); // ID is fine
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Any 440 owners out there interested in selling one of the 'mini' coffee tables fit in the 440? We recently visited another 440 and found the mini table attractive and potentially useful for us, but we currently have the 2 (wood and fiberglass) large tables. So if anyone wants to part with a mini coffee table, we're interested...?
Could we see a photo of its condition?
Then it all comes down to economics...how much (including freight of course...perhaps UPS or Post freight) will it cost us?


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No. The founder does not own the nonprofit. Certainly, starting a nonprofit organization takes considerable time, effort, and money. And the founder may feel closer to the mission and the programs than anyone else.
Who was the founder of the US?
Under the Articles of Confederation, the United States of America was formed on March 1, 1781, with John Hanson becoming the first President. There is an ongoing debate on when the United States was founded. Many historians opine the United States of America was founded when Thomas Jefferson drafted and proclaimed the 'Declaration of Independence'.
Who is the founder of church?
If you belong to the Church of England, your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry. If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded by John Knox in Scotland in the year 1560.
Who is our founder?
Our Founder. The founder of the Fetzer Institute, John Earl Fetzer (1901-1991), held a keen interest in the relationship between the inner life of spirit and the outer life of service in the world. He founded the Institute on the belief that efforts to address the world's critical issues must go beyond political, social,...
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Jan 20, 2017 · The Founder: Directed by John Lee Hancock. With Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini. The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness. Menu Movies
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What Drinks Are Good for Diabetics?
Don't undo a good day by drinking something you shouldn't!
Having diabetes can significantly alter the way people view eating and drinking. This means that many people question what drinks are good for diabetics as well as foods because the choices made make a significant impact on overall health. The basics of managing what diabetics can drink and eat revolves around the amount of carbohydrates consumed and how frequently. Carbohydrates play a major impact on blood sugar levels and the lower amounts of carbohydrates consumed the less likely it is for blood sugar levels to rise. Here we're going to go over what drinks are good for diabetics, can diabetics drink coffee and what are the best recommendations to help individuals avoid nasty side effects and stay healthy.
Click here to learn 5 health benefits of drinking tea.
When it comes to what can diabetes drink… The best options are water, unsweetened tea and coffee, tomato juice, V-8 juice or milk. Staying clear of drinks that are considered to be low-sugar is also smart because they still contain a lot of carbohydrates that can significantly alter blood sugar levels. Aiming for zero or low calories drinks when water isn't an options is the best way to maintain blood sugar levels. Continue reading to learn about what drinks are good for diabetics and why.
Water is the best choice for any person, with or without diabetes. Water ensures that your body is hydrated, it has no calories and it can help clean your body of impurities. Water will never elevate blood sugar levels and will allow your body to function properly and feel good. Drinking plenty of water throughout the day can help the body eliminate extra sugar that is built up through urine. Here are a few tips to help add to your water to make it a bit more flavorful.
Can diabetics drink coffee? Of course they can! There have even been studies that show that drinking coffee can help reduce the development of type 2 diabetes. Just like tea, it's best to drink coffee without sweetener because the more you add to your coffee the more carbs will be consumed and carbs play a large roll in managing blood sugar levels. If you must add some sweetener, choose a sugar that is recommended for diabetics and make sure to follow the serving size, don't overdo it.
Such as V-8 or tomato juice is the best option for juice lovers because normal fruit juices are packed with sugar. Making smoothies with vegetables mixed with some berries can be a great way to load up on nutrients.
When selecting milk, choosing low-fat, unsweetened milk is the best way to limit the intake of carbohydrates when it comes drinking milk. Milk should also be limited and adding in nut milk or dairy free milk can be great alternative but be careful with rice milk or soy milk because they do contain carbohydrates.
The best drinks for diabetics revolve around low carbohydrates and low sugar. Reading labels and researching which drinks are the lowest in carbs and sugar can help maintain healthy weight and low blood sugar levels.


So many things are no longer relevant to our everyday lives and like typewriters and landline phones, pocket watches have been out of fashion for quite some time. The humble wristwatch replaced the pocket watch after World War II and most people have never looked back.
So why do pocket watches continue to be passed down as family heirlooms and coveted as timeless antiques? Perhaps it's the connection to history and the fine craftsmanship which keeps these items going strong at auction. Have a look below at the most expensive antique pocket watches ever sold.
The Russian Empire was brought to a screeching end with the murder of the Tsar Nicholas II and nearly all his relatives in 1917. One reason for the downfall was the gross inequality between the royal family and the majority of average Russians. Case in point, this 14K gold Imperial Army Officer's pocket watch, of French design, speaks to an unattainable level of wealth compared to the peasants. Not only are items associated with Imperial Russia of spectacular opulence, they have a relationship to a gruesome history, making them quite desirable antiques. This pockets watch sold for $20,300 on eBay and contains a staggering 37 rubies as part of the movement (most wristwatches have 15 or 17 crystals).
Sold for a whopping $26,061 in a November 2018 Sotheby's auction, this ruby and diamond encrusted pocket watch once belonged to Archduchess Marie Anne of Austria, daughter of Archduke Frédéric of Austria who gave her the stunning timepiece. The watch was sold along with a gold locket of similar provenance.
Made around 1750 this unusual watch features delicate repoussé metal work and a unique jade bell inside! This piece was made by Thomas Swetman specifically for the Japanese market. Note the Japanese characters to mark the time. This rare pocket watch sold from Christie's for $32,500 in 2010.
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Late Registration - Kanye West (2005)
Published by ben on Wed, 2006-03-22 20:45
The word "genius" gets batted around far too much these days. Forget Shakespeare, Stephen Hawking and Einstein... according to Rolling Stone, Eminem qualifies. And so does Charlie Weiss, the head football coach at Notre Dame, due to his ability to call the right plays at the right time. And then there was Ray Charles, God bless his soul, who really didn't do much but marry church music with secular lyrics, and inspire a very good movie starring Jamie Foxx.
The last time I heard the "G-word" in a context that really struck me was late in the summer of 2005, when Kanye West was on a music video channel to debut the video for "Gold Digger," the first single from his now-worshipped sophomore album, Late Registration. Ye, as he's called, was in the midst of an interview with a ditzy VJ and, for whatever reason, broke into verse, either quoting his own lyrics or making up new ones on the spot. The crowd watching the performance broke out in cheers and applause, and the VJ made her proclamation: Kanye West, the world's most famous college dropout other than Bill Gates, was certifiable. A genius.
Now, I didn't think much of it at the time, because the day I begin to rely on a video jockey to diagnose brilliance is the day I squirt extra-hot Tabasco sauce up my nose. But in the ensuing months, calling West a genius became almost as clichéd as Bush bashing. The discussion was based almost entirely on Late Registration, which went on to win three Grammys and solidify Ye's position beside 50 Cent atop the hip-hop heap. And all of this begs an obvious question: Is it true?
My initial reaction to LR was an emphatic "yes," and had it not been for my conscience, you'd be reading those words on this website instead of the ones I'm typing right now. Because no matter what Relevant media tells you, this was the best rap album of '05, hands down. Though there are a few rough spots, cuts like "Touch the Sky," an inspirational ode to human potential, the touching (if somewhat hackneyed) "Hey Mama," and the two versions of "Diamonds from Sierra Leone," are almost enough to back Ye's braggadocio: at times this new stuff does, as he suggests, "sound like the 'best-of.'"
But as intelligent and edifying as the mentioned tracks are, there's plenty of stuff that simply isn't. "Celebration" is a Stevie Wonder-esque nod to the birth of West's illegitimate child, celebrated with alcohol, drugs and sex; "Addiction" is a catchy but depraved track centering on West's three obsessions: money, girls and weed; and "Gold Digger" is spoiled somewhat, as many of the tracks here are, by profane diction.
It's easy to find redeeming value in Late Registration, but equally as hard not to get bogged down with the obscenities and other amoral elements. Fans and hipster Christians will point to the fact that almost all of the songs here have some kind of positive message and tell you to stop being so uptight. Conservatives will tell you those messages are overshadowed by pervasive swearing and N-bombs. Both have a point, and to be honest, I fall somewhere inbetween.
What it comes down to for me is this: the music on this album is almost uniformly excellent—maybe even brilliant—but no kid younger than 18 should listen to it, if only because of the language and subject matter. Truth is, I'm 23 as I write this, and bought this album twice on the merit of the beats and rhymes. I ended up discarding it both times because I couldn't get past the other stuff.
Is Kanye West a genius? I can't give you a decent answer, even if an air-headed VJ thinks she can. Regardless of what I've led you to believe to this point, it probably takes one to know one. And I'm not one.
But it doesn't take a brilliant mind to grasp that there isn't any overwhelmingly convincing reason why Late Registration should be in your record collection.
Note: PluggedInMag.com is an excellent resource for detecting the morally positive and negative aspects of most major-label albums. If you are worried about these aspects, please read their take.


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Pursuit ends on Interstate Bridge
By EagleHerald staff
ESCANABA—Two people were arrested Friday night after a chase that started in Escanaba and ended on the Interstate Bridge.
The Delta County Sheriff's Office reports that deputies attempted to stop a vehicle at about 8:20 p.m. (Eastern time) on South Lincoln Road in Escanaba. The suspect vehicle failed to yield and a pursuit ensued, according to a report.
While pursuing the vehicle, the front seat passenger began throwing objects out of the window in attempt to disable the pursuing vehicles, the report states.
The pursuit entered Menominee County where officers successfully deployed "Stop Sticks." The driver of the vehicle continued traveling southbound on three tires entering the City of Menominee. The pursuit then entered onto the Interstate Bridge where the driver lost control and crashed, according to the report.
The driver, a 23-year-old Green Bay man, and the passenger, an 18-year-old Green Bay woman, were both taken into custody. The driver is charged with fleeing and eluding, possession of methamphetamine, among other charges. The female is charged with two counts of obstructing justice and possession of methamphetamine. Both subjects are currently lodged in the Delta County Correctional Facility.
The Delta County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Menominee County Sheriff's Department, City of Menominee Police, Michigan State Police, Marinette City Police and the Marinette County Sheriff's Office.


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Q: Web based code editor with auto completion guys
I'm building the web based code editor for my personal project.I want to make it work like VS code but facing some issues.
I'm using ACE editor.
This is what I get while trying with autocompletion.

I'm getting all the available suggestions while trying to write "os.(something)", rather then just getting the language and package specific suggestions.
What I want is this.

In this pic as you can see I'm getting suggetion related to os package only.

A: Depending on your setup with require-js, you may also need to include an additional javascript file in the html for your page. You need to write this simple script to working with the auto completion feature.
ace.require("ace/ext/language_tools");
var editor = ace.edit("editor");
editor.setOptions({
    enableBasicAutocompletion: true
});

Demo: https://github.com/ajaxorg/ace/blob/master/demo/autocompletion.html
Reference: https://github.com/ajaxorg/ace/wiki/How-to-enable-Autocomplete-in-the-Ace-editor

A: HTML, JS, CSS Based

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*Create <textarea onkeyup=compile() id=code>. It should be big enaugt for code.

*Create <script> </script>

*Build the autocomplete

*Script: function compile() { document.GetElementById('code').value = document.GetElementById('code').value.replaceAll('snippet1', 'Snippet1Value').replaceAll('snippet2', 'SnippetValue'). ...
E.g.: When you enter _text_ (and you set snippet1 to <input type=text>) then your textarea will write <input type=text>. To create an picker, use a contextmenu-library at json.
I know, this is only an plan how to do is.


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Students in foster care: a quick guide
Alexander Montero
Photo: Alison Yin/EdSource
Each year, thousands of children in California are removed from their homes and placed into foster care due to parental neglect, abuse, or exploitation. During this time, they are considered to be wards or dependents of the court.
While some children are reunited with their families in a matter of weeks, others may stay in foster care for years until they reach adulthood and age out of the system.
Children in foster care are of all ages and varying needs. In addition to the trauma at home and the disruption of being removed from their families, they may change both schools and foster care placements, all of which take a toll on their physical, emotional and academic wellbeing. This primer explores some of the unique challenges faced by students in foster care and the support systems in place to help them navigate through the education system.
How many foster children are in California and the United States?
In 2018, some 59,000 children were in foster care in California, with some 33,500 enrolled in the state's K-12 schools.
The number of children in care fluctuates, but nationwide, there were an estimated 437,000 children in foster care as of August 2019.
Is the number of children in foster care in California going up?
No, the number of foster children in California has declined to a little more than half of what it was two decades ago. According to a report by the Public Policy Institute of California, the decline is mainly because children are spending less time in foster care than before, and not because fewer children are entering the system. California's emphasis on family preservation and reunification is the principle reason for the reduced time children spend in foster care.
How long do children spend in the foster care system?
Most children are in foster care temporarily. When children under the age of 18 leave foster care, most of them return to their parents. Others are permanently adopted by their foster parents or others. Only a small proportion of children are still in care when they turn 18. These young people then have the option to remain in the system as "Non-minor Dependents," until they turn 21.
Where do most children in foster care live?
Children in foster care live in a variety of settings, and may be subject to frequent moves, which is particularly disruptive for their education. In California, courts and social workers try to place children with extended family or a "non-relative extended family member," an adult who has a connection to the family or established relationship with the child.
The social worker is responsible for identifying and assessing these placements and makes a recommendation to the court, which then makes the final decision. Children may also be placed with licensed foster families or in group homes. Counties in California also have the flexibility to help young people over the age of 16 with housing as part of the Independent Living Program.
How do foster youth compare to other students academically?
Children in care are often subject to changes in placement, which may require a change in schools and can have a disruptive effect on academic outcomes. On average, children in foster care fare less well in school than other students.
On the state's standardized tests in English language arts and mathematics, students in foster care on average consistently score lower than the general student population.
In 2017-18, only 23 percent of students in foster care met or exceeded the standards on the Smarter Balanced tests for English language arts administered to students in certain grades each spring, compared to 50 percent of all students statewide. In math, only 14 percent of students met or exceeded the standards, compared to 36 percent of all students statewide.
How are foster youth doing on other measures of school performance?
Students in foster care have a chronic absenteeism rate of double the statewide average, and are suspended at four times the statewide rate. Only 59 percent of 12th-graders in foster care graduated high school with their cohort in 2018, compared to 83 percent of all students.
California's new College/Career indicator shows that only 13.3 percent of foster youth were prepared for college and careers, compared to 42 percent of all students in 2018.
What does the law require school districts to do for foster youth?
Under a 2003 California law (AB 490), all county offices of education and school districts must appoint an educational liaison to ensure proper enrollment, transfer and placement of foster children in their schools.
Before this law, when students in care were suddenly moved to a new placement and had to change schools, their academic records, credits and grades often were not transferred in a timely manner. As a result, the students were often not assigned to appropriate classes and did not receive essential academic services.
Graduating from college still a struggle for many California foster youth
The law places shared responsibility on county social services departments and local education agencies to ensure that school officials are notified quickly and the student's academic records are received by the new school within two days of a transfer.
The law also mandates that students be allowed to remain in their original school unless the adult authorized to make educational decisions for the child, the social worker, and the court decide a change of school is in the child's best interest.
In 2013, California became the first state in the nation to specifically include students in foster care as one of the student groups that are entitled to additional funding. Under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), school districts receive supplemental funding for four groups of high-needs students: low-income, homeless, English learners and students in foster care.
However, students in foster care are automatically deemed to be low-income and, because this funding is based on an "unduplicated count" of students, districts do not receive additional funding if a student falls into more than one category.
The funding formula law requires that each district identify foster youth enrolled in their schools and track their performance — along with that of other student groups — on a range of performance indicators, including suspension and graduation rates, scores on state standardized tests, and preparation for college and careers.
Although the funding formula provides funding based on the number of high-needs students, it does not mandate that districts set aside specific proportions for foster youth. Many districts have not earmarked funding for foster youth aside from general funding for high-needs students.
At the same time, however, the Local Control Funding Formula law requires that districts address low performance by children in foster care and other targeted student groups.
They must set performance goals in their Local Control and Accountability Plans, or LCAPS, which they fill out annually, and detail the programs and services they will provide, along with the spending needed to meet the goals.
Some districts have used their funds to directly target foster youth by hiring counselors and case managers and creating programs to benefit those students.
Strategies include efforts to improve school climate to make these students feel welcome and to provide them with time outside of class to connect with supportive staff. Some districts set aside transportation funding so that students who move to a new home can continue to attend the same school. A law that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in October requires a foster youth's guardians to consider school transportation in determining what's in the student's best interest.
Can foster students receive services and support after they turn 18?
Yes. Under a 2010 California law (AB 12) young people who are in foster care or under jurisdiction of a juvenile court on their 18th birthday can remain in the system until they turn 21 as "non-minor dependents" and continue to receive support services such as housing and clothing stipends, case management, counseling and access to MediCal coverage if they meet one of five criteria.
These include being enrolled in high school or an equivalency program, being enrolled in college or a vocational program, participating in a program designed to help remove barriers to employment, or being employed and working at least 80 hours a month. If a medical condition prevents a youth from meeting any of these criteria, they are still eligible to remain in the system.
Are benefits available to foster youth when they attend college?
Yes. Current and former foster youth as well as students who are or were homeless are guaranteed priority enrollment at all community colleges and CSU campuses if they meet admissions requirements. The law "requests" but does not require UC campuses to also provide priority registration to these students. These students may also be eligible for priority access to on-campus housing.
California Department of Education: Foster Youth Services Program Resources
The Alliance for Children's Rights
California Foster Youth Education Task Force
California Community Colleges Foster Youth Services
Current and former foster youth under the age of 25 may also qualify for free tuition at the University of California and the California State University as a result of a state law passed in 2018 (Senate Bill 967).
In 2018, California expanded the eligibility for students in the foster care system applying for Cal Grants. As a result, these students are eligible for Cal Grants for eight years of full-time enrollment instead of four. Additionally, they can apply for Cal Grants until they are 26, rather than within a year after graduating high school, which is the case with other students.
At the community college level, each of California's 115 campuses has a foster youth liaison to provide academic support, help students access financial aid and assist them with living independently. California's NextUp program provides financial assistance in the form of grants for books, supplies and other unmet needs, along with housing assistance, tutoring and a number of other services at just under 50 community colleges.
The Transitional Housing Program-Plus also offers financial help to former foster students until they turn 24, although the number of students the program can assist is limited.
EdSource staff members John Fensterwald and Smita Patel contributed to this guide.
Alexander Montero is a contributor to EdSource covering students in foster care and education policy.
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BEN 6 days ago6 days ago
Former foster youth do not need to be in extended foster care to continue to receive Medi-Cal. They qualify for Medi-Cal until age 26.
el 2 weeks ago2 weeks ago
I note that the article says that foster youth have priority for on-campus housing at some California universities. One of my concerns is that this housing is often not available year round; students are expected, and sometimes required, to leave during semester and summer breaks. For a student that does not have a family house to go "home" to - and this includes kids who are not foster youth - where are they going during … Read More
I note that the article says that foster youth have priority for on-campus housing at some California universities. One of my concerns is that this housing is often not available year round; students are expected, and sometimes required, to leave during semester and summer breaks.
For a student that does not have a family house to go "home" to – and this includes kids who are not foster youth – where are they going during these times? Where are they supposed to go? Is there any official lookout for them to ensure they have someplace to be?


Tablets are getting bigger. Several rumors have now detailed Apple's intention on getting into the giant tab game with the iPad Pro, and over the weekend, several websites reported that Apple could also be debuting its first stylus. Today, HP's newly announced tablets are hoping to stay ahead of Cupertino's plans.
Today, HP announced a number of new tablets, but the most striking one is the new Pro Slate family, which seem to be just a really, really big HTC One (M8). The tablet comes in 8-inch and a massive 12-inch (12.3 actually) tablet as well. But it also comes with what HP calls the Duet Pen, essentially a stylus that can write on anything. That's because it's the first to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon digital pen tech that can write on a tablet and plain old paper, meaning whatever you write on paper automatically appears on the tablet. HP says it's part of the companies "Blended Reality" ecosystem, which launched last year with HP's projector/desktop hybrid, the Sprout.
The two tablets have more going for them than just size difference and a fancy new pen. The smaller version, actually at 7.9 inches, has a 2048x1536 resolution, which is relatively comparable to most other tabs out there. However, the big brother is worse off with only a 1600x1200 resolution. Thats a pixel density of only 162 ppi. Not exactly sure why HP decided to go with lower resolution on a much larger screen. Other than that, these tabs run on Snapdragon 800 processors and 2GB of RAM and will be one of the first devices with Corning Gorilla Glass 4.
These new tabs will retail for $449 and $569 respectively.
But HP isn't just keeping its eye on Apple. Today, the company also announced the Elite x2 1011 G1. This alphabet soup of a name is actually a tablet/ultrabook hybrid, similar to Microsoft's Surface. This 11-inch tab will be powered by different Core M processors (you choose), a new Broadwell family meant to push performance in tablets and hybrids and also let manufacturers create incredibly thin devices. So as a laptop it might be a little underpowered, but as a tablet it will be better than most. The Elite will be available in late January for $900.


Sound familiar? It's the sort of dispute that simmers away between marketing and sales functions in organisations the world over. It's frustrating for all involved, and it results in significant lost opportunity for the organisations: a 2015 survey from Gleanster found that of organisations lacking alignment between sales and marketing just 37% reach revenue goals and a mere 7% exceed them. This compares to 56% and 19% for aligned organisations.
There is then significant incentive at most organisations to achieve greater alignment between sales and marketing, and so in our latest white paper "Aligning Sales and Marketing", we map out the specific, concrete steps that an organisation can take to achieve this goal.
It shows readers the importance of gaining senior executive buy-in and offers advice on how to achieve that. It details how to map out the entire sales and marketing pipeline, so that all involved understand what others are doing, and how their role fits into the attainment of overall goals. It gives useful pointers on how to achieve the sort of open, constructive communication that is the bedrock of any successful relationship. The end result ought to be shared goals, performance targets and metrics, and the white paper explains how to agree these and crucially how to document and then measure the agreement.
At some stage in this process, most organisations reach a realisation that their sales and marketing process is more complex than they expected. In fact, it is this complexity which often lies at the root of misalignment, and working through it is what brings the functions together. But most organisations realise they can only do it by investing in a CRM platform.
This CRM platform pulls in information from across the business and presents it back to salespeople and marketers in easy-to-understand, real-time dashboards and reports. These allow salespeople and marketers to easily see the sales pipeline, allocate tasks between departments, and make any changes needed to marketing and sales campaigns. By doing this it becomes the tool that maintains alignment between sales and marketing.
It is not unusual for sales and marketing functions to misunderstand each other. It is very common. But it is frustrating for the people involved and inefficient for the organisation. It is also unnecessary. If your organisation is one of the many where salespeople and marketers are finding themselves having those sorts of disagreements then take action now – download the white paper and take the first step to aligning your organisation for success.


World Tower is narrow but very handsome building, nestled on West 40 within the Central Park West historic district. The building has windows on all four sides that is very unusual. Typically the building has highly decorated façade and very plain side walls without windows. World tower has white terra-cotta ornament and large windows on all four sides.
It was completed at 1913 and at that time was considered as one of the highest buildings in the world on so small a plot of ground.
Edward W. Browning, the developer of World Tower , was born 1874. Edward wanted to be a builder from childhood, when he made designs for fantasy houses. He began investing in real estate in the late 1890s. The lot for the World tower was really narrow - only 50 feet wide, but Browning bought air rights on the adjoining parcels. Browning had an office on one of the top floors of the building. He told to the reporters that he plan to come from his apartment on West 81 to the office by airplane—taking off and landing on the roofs.
When the WW1 started in Europe in 1914 Edward proposed to use airplanes stationed on the roof of the 40th Street building, to drop "dummy bombs" over Midtown to demonstrate the threat of aerial bombardment. Fortunately the roof was not uses as an airfield.
In the same year,1914, when Browning was 40 years old he married a girl of fifteen years old. Edward built a luxurious 24 - room residence on the top of a building on 25 West 81 street. There was a garden with lake large enough for a boat to be rowed. There were beds with flowers and fountains in his garden. But the couple did not enjoy the garden for a long time. They divorced, Edwards's wife moved to Paris, and Edward and his young adopted daughter stay in New York.
In 1916 Edward Browning gave up hands-on control of World's Tower Building by leasing the entire property to the newly-formed World Tower Corporation. The Sun reported that the lease of "the tallest commercial building in the world" would net Browning $105,000 a year for the next 21 years.
Among the offices that rented the space on the building was the Russian Soviet Government Bureau. This Bureau was an agency of the Soviet government, established in the United States to serve as a procurement agency and clearing house for news and press releases from the Russian Republic after the October revolution. The bureau was headed by Ludwig Martens, who entered the United States as German subject before being named Soviet representative in America.
He was a graduate of the Petrograd Technological Institute, a mechanical engineer by training. At the end of 1919 Martens was arrested.
Soon after that Edward Browning , the builder of the building, was involved in one of the most sensational "scandals" of the Roaring Twenties.
After divorce he married again . He was 51 and his new wife- was 15. Edward called her Peaches and the girl called him Daddy. Daddy and Peaches lived together only several months. The girl run away and refused to return. The story of the legal battle between a 51-year-old Manhattan millionaire and a 15-year-old girl captured the imagination of the American public and gave birth to tabloid journalism.


The students of MBA II and IV semester celebrated 'Sanskriti' the cultural week from 2nd to 5th May 2018.
Each day was dedicated to celebrate a unique aspect of our culture combined with competitions and events after class hours.
The attire for the third day was Traditional, while students organized Funtakshari and Fireless cooking competition.
The last day had Saree as attire for the girls and Lungi for the boys. The students conducted One minute games on the stage and the participants walked the ramp for a fashion show.
The highlight of the week was the traditional lunch served on plantain leaves with north Karnataka fare served to all students and faculty members. Both girls and boys participated wholeheartedly in all the events. Prizes for all winners were distributed on the last day at the hands of the Director and faculty members.
The Cultural week helped to inculcate a sense of pride in Indian culture and cuisine, to provide a platform to their innate talent and to foster team work and camaraderie.


Source: American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 83(2): 352-365.
A structural model of regional economic growth is estimated using data for 2243 rural US. counties. Five indices designed to capture specific amenity and quality of life characteristics are constructed using 54 separate indicators. Results suggest that amenity characteristics can be organized into consistent and meaningful empirical measures that move beyond ad hoc descriptions of amenities. In addition to insights into the influence of local characteristics ranging from tax burdens to income distribution on regional economic growth, results suggest that predictable relationships between amenities, quality of life, and local economic performance exist.
Deller, Steven C.; Tsai, Tsung-Hsiu (Sue); Marcouiller, David W.; English, Donald B.K. 2001. The role of amenities and quality of life in rural economic growth. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 83(2): 352-365.


Research shows that Bilingual children have "an aptitude for selective attention" and an ability to filter and focus on information.
Further to the last story this from the BBC highlights the demonstrable benefits whilst challenging the sceptics view that it (bilingualism) can be confusing, and so potentially detrimental to them (the learners).
Bilingual children outperform children who speak only one language in problem-solving skills and creative thinking, according to a new study.Researchers set lingual, arithmetical and physical tasks for 121 children, aged about nine, in Scotland and Sardinia, Italy. They found that the 62 bilingual children were "significantly more successful in the tasks set for them".
The study has been published in the International Journal of Bilingualism.
The Glasgow-based children spoke English and Gaelic, or English only, while the Sardinian cohort spoke either Italian only, or Italian and Sardinian.
They were asked to reproduce patterns of coloured blocks, to repeat orally a series of numbers, to give clear definitions of words and to resolve mentally a set of arithmetic problems. The tasks were all set in English or Italian.
Researchers found that the bilingual children were "significantly more successful in the tasks set for them".
They observed that the Gaelic-speaking children were more successful than the Sardinian speakers.
The differences were linked to the mental alertness required to switch between languages, which could develop skills useful in other types of thinking.
The study found that the further advantage for Gaelic-speaking children may have been due to the formal teaching of the language and its extensive literature.
Sardinian is not widely taught in schools on the Italian island and has a largely oral tradition, which means there is currently no standardised form of the language.
The study was conducted by Strathclyde University with colleagues from the University of Cagliari in Sardinia. It was led by Dr Fraser Lauchlan, an honorary lecturer at Strathclyde's school of psychological sciences.
He said: "Bilingualism is now largely seen as being beneficial to children but there remains a view that it can be confusing, and so potentially detrimental to them.
"Our study has found that it can have demonstrable benefits, not only in language but in arithmetic, problem solving and enabling children to think creatively.
Dr Lauchlan said that the bilingual children were seen to have "an aptitude for selective attention" and an ability to filter and focus on information which is important.
It is thought that this may come from the "code-switching" of thinking in two different languages.
The research reports on a study investigating the cognitive benefits of bilingualism in children who speak the minority languages of Sardinian and Scottish Gaelic, in addition to their respective 'national' languages of Italian and English. One hundred and twenty-one children, both bilingual and monolingual, were administered a series of standardised cognitive ability tests targeted at the four areas that have been previously shown to be advantageous to bilingual children in the literature, namely, cognitive control, problem-solving ability, metalinguistic awareness and working memory. The bilingual children significantly outperformed the monolingual children in two of the four sub-tests, and the Scottish children significantly outperformed the Sardinian children in one of the sub-tests. The differences found were largely due to the superior performance of the Scottish bilingual children who receive a formal bilingual education, in contrast to the Sardinian bilingual children who mostly only speak the minority language at home. The implications of the results are discussed.
Italy has just announced that it will have a new Bilingual Education Site which allows students to look up in either Italian or English the courses available in the country.
In an attempt to open up Italian universities to local and international students, Italy's Education Ministry introduced last Thursday the first bilingual Web site listing all university courses available in the country.
When at full capacity, UniversItaly will enable students to browse — in Italian and in English — the classes offered by Italian colleges, academies, conservatories and technical schools, and compare tuition fees, potential scholarships and services. Officials hope that the site will help students choose their degrees in a more targeted way and lower the rate of dropouts in the first year, which is about 23 percent in Italy.
The visibility given to all universities could trigger greater competition among schools and consequently improve their services.
Foreign students in Italy are a rare breed, estimated at 3.3 percent, about a third of the average of 8.7 percent among the free-market democracies that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Through the Web site, foreign students can register to take the admission test for Italian medical schools. Thanks to an agreement with Cambridge, the test will be administered in English next September, and students will be able to take it in several countries, from the United States to China.
The research, conducted by ACS International Schools, which has three schools in Britain and one in Qatar, is carried out to measure the value of the International Baccalaureate diploma. The study was released July 6 to coincide with the day that I.B. diploma results were announced worldwide.
The survey found that 29 percent of U.S. admissions officers valued a demonstrated capacity for "independent inquiry" above any particular exam result. The next most sought-after quality was "in-depth subject expertise," cited by 25 percent of respondents.
"American universities are looking first and foremost for students able to challenge conventional thinking and want to see clear evidence of this above all else in the qualifications and written submissions they receive from university applicants," said Jeremy Lewis of ACS International Schools.
The survey also found that applications to U.S. universities have held up despite the economic downturn, with two-thirds of admissions officers in the United States saying that the number of incoming freshmen was better than expected. This contrasts with the response from Britain, where tuition fees have tripled and where only a quarter of admissions officers said that application numbers exceeded expectations.