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The [http://wikigender.org/w/index.php/Community_Portal Community Portal]'s role is to ensure coverage of gender equality issues in the media on a monthly basis. Participate in the community portal by uploading the articles you find, or initiate a discussion! | The [http://wikigender.org/w/index.php/Community_Portal Community Portal]'s role is to ensure coverage of gender equality issues in the media on a monthly basis. Participate in the community portal by uploading the articles you find, or initiate a discussion! | ||
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− | Wikigender is managed by a small team of gender experts at the OECD Development Centre, Paris. | + | Wikigender is managed by a small team of gender experts at the OECD Development Centre, Paris. |
− | *Senior advisor: Johannes Jütting | + | *Senior advisor: Johannes Jütting |
− | *Project Manager: Angela Hariche | + | *Project Manager: Angela Hariche |
− | *Outreach coordinator: Estelle Loiseau | + | *Outreach coordinator: Estelle Loiseau |
− | *Editorial development: [[User:Birdastel|Estelle Loiseau]], Nejma Bouchama, Philippa Lysaght | + | *Editorial development: [[User:Birdastel|Estelle Loiseau]], Nejma Bouchama, Philippa Lysaght |
*Technical assistance: Fulgencio Sanmartin | *Technical assistance: Fulgencio Sanmartin | ||
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Wikigender is a project initiated by the OECD Development Centreto facilitate the exchange and improve the knowledge on gender equality-related issues around the world. A particular focus lies on gathering empirical evidence and identifying adequate statistics to measure gender equality. In this respect, Wikigender serves as a pilot project for the OECD Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies. Based on the work of the OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base, Wikigender aims to highlight the importance of social institutionssuch as norms, traditions and cultural practices that impact on women's empowerment. |
Wikigender: Open Access Policy
Wikigender is open to everyone. Whether you are a student, a professional working in an international governmental organisation or in a non-governmental organisation, in a think tank, in a research institute or a statistical office....you can access all resources provided on this website and use its contents for your own needs.
In order to improve the information on this site, we invite your active participation: either by providing comments and suggestions, or by contributing new articles. We particularly encourage you to browse through the wanted pages section that contains articles that still need to be written. More information on how to discuss or edit articles can be found in our Frequently Asked Questions, including how to create an account.
If you decide to contribute to this project, we kindly ask you to follow a set of Policies and Conventions. Please do not infringe copyright. Wikigender uses the GNU Free Documentation License. Everything you contribute must be compatible with that license.
Quality Control
Websites based on "wiki" technology invite the public to modify the content displayed on the pages. It is therefore important to have mechanisms in place that ensure high quality of information. Wikigender has implemented several of these mechanisms and created an effective quality control system.
Content Guidelines
The following steps outline the content checking process to guide all contributors:
- Contributions [data or text in the form of comments or articles] should refer to gender equality-related issues
- Contributions should be different to other articles on the site, or directly related to other articles on the site (and should be linked)
- Basic grammar and spelling should be checked
- Graphs, charts and tables should be clearly labeled and readable
- Quotes, data etc., should be referenced
- Statistical language and jargon should be limited or directly linked to a definition or article explaining the terms (preferably on wikigender)
- Links embedded in the article should be checked
- Where articles fail to meet these standards the article (or text or charts in the article) will be flagged for general edit (to invite browsers to update references for instance)
- The article or comment should not include offensive material, advertising or links to external offensive or commercial websites.
Wikigender reserves the right to delete any comment or article deemed offensive under these guidelines.
Community Portal
The Community Portal's role is to ensure coverage of gender equality issues in the media on a monthly basis. Participate in the community portal by uploading the articles you find, or initiate a discussion!
Project Team
Wikigender is managed by a small team of gender experts at the OECD Development Centre, Paris.
- Senior advisor: Johannes Jütting
- Project Manager: Angela Hariche
- Outreach coordinator: Estelle Loiseau
- Editorial development: Estelle Loiseau, Nejma Bouchama, Philippa Lysaght
- Technical assistance: Fulgencio Sanmartin
Wikigender is open to collaborate in the maintenance of the site with other organisations and initiatives. We look forward to welcoming new partners seeking to join this project. Our aim is to build an active community that uses and regularly updates this website. Inivited partners include other international organisations, NGOs and research institutes. We particularly look forward to welcoming partners from the developing world. Contact us at email@example.com
Access the list of current partners.
Wikigender Launch
Wikigender was officially presented on the occasion of International Women's Day on 7 March 2008 in the presence of the Chief Statistician of the OECD, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the OECD, the Chilean Ambassador to the OECD and the OECD Wikigender team. On 20 November 2008, Wikigender 2.0 was presented during a workshop in Stockholm - the new website is now available at http://new.wikigender.org. Wikigender has been founded by: Denis Drechsler, Johannes Jütting, Olivier Puech and Ralf Schukay.
Wikigender in the Press
Since its launch on 7 March 2008, Wikigender has been covered extensively in the international press, Internet blogs and radio interviews. Click here to see a selection of articles.
Wikigender: the community
Who is the community for?
- Anyone interested in gender equality issues (civil society), especially people coming from developing countries
- Development practitioners who specialise in gender equality or who want to add a gender dimension to their work (gender mainstreaming)
- Gender equality researchers and statisticians
- Policymakers: linking policy to the field level
- Students
What is its goal?
- To exchange best practices, stories, data, news coming from the ground in order to help advance gender equality and women's empowerment. Wikigender will use this information uploaded by the users to create a yearly report on progress in gender equality.
What is the goal of the website?
- To foster the sharing of resources such as best practices, events, reports.
- To enable more informed policy-making on gender issues, for example by identifying gender equality gaps and obstacles
- To facilitate the exchange of gender-disaggregated data and statistics (via www.wikiprogress.stat uploader, coming soon)
- To be an interactive platform for key gender equality-related events, follow-up of conferences, publications, media, etc.
What is the approach/etiquette that ensures quality?
- Content guidelines
- Wikigender team and partners ensure quality control when new articles are uploaded
What is in it for me if I participate?
- Resource exchange
- Networking
- Promotion of my work to a large gender community
- Access to best practices and stories through case-studies (coming soon)
- Access to information and contact information on organisations working in the field of gender equality
What is our measure of success?
- Interaction with our users: number of edits, new discussions, comments, etc.
- Use of the Wikigender platform for work purposes / regular basis, as a tool
- People uploading spontaneously successful examples of gender equality achievements in different cultural contexts
- New articles, new events
- Satisfaction of our users (surveys)
- Online users
- Number of followers on Twitter and Facebook
- Feedback on email@example.com and through the social networking sites


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A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
Researchers generate an infectious cDNA clone of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus genome that could inform vaccine design.
As researchers test a treatment for Middle East respiratory syndrome, the deadly coronavirus that causes it slowly reveals itself.
More than 320,000 mammalian viruses lurk; evolution of echolocation in bats and dolphins; accumulation of mutations in drug-resistant tuberculosis; senior researchers reluctant to retire
Germ-free mice gain weight when transplanted with gut microbes from obese humans, in a diet-dependent manner.
Researchers find genome-wide evidence of convergent evolution between bats and dolphins.
A fungus that erodes the skin has caused massive die-offs of fire salamanders in the Netherlands.
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when the first full featured game runs on linux also runs under wayland I will take linux gaming seriously. i'm by 2014 the'll have xwayland up and running.
Except for when they can't get it to work. Because really, 99% of "advanced Linux users" aren't nearly all that advanced. In either case, when they can't get it to work, this costs the company money, in two ways.Originally Posted by Newfie
First, the wanna-be elitist users just go around bad-mouthing the company's "crappy" products and poor "Linux" support, which costs the company sales from other potential customers.
Second, the company has to process refunds, which has overhead. Overall, an unhappy customer costs more than no customer, which is why successful companies try so very hard to both make their customers happy and target advertising and sales only to demographics that they know they can keep happy. And in the world of software, that often means only targeting one major OS.
I'm sure that you are a good person. I know I am. Our personal behavior unfortunately doesn't mean anything regarding larger trends.Originally Posted by Bomyne
Linux user have both an image problem and some actual, real evidence working against them. The image problem stems from the fact that they're using a free OS instead of just up and paying for another OS. If the user is so against paying the "Microsoft tax" to get an OS that already runs a game company's products, it stands to reason that the user might be against paying the "fun tax" to get a legal copy of the company's product. That is just an image problem; I know of no proof that's true. But it's a common sentiment, both in the games industry and the larger software industry as a whole.
The actual evidence stems from stats back in the Loki days. The one that actually did Loki in was the Quake 3 boxed copy sales. They made a mere 50,000 boxed copies of Quake 3, in the collector's edition tins, which they planned to sell out and then release regular boxed copies. They sold well under 50% of that stock. Stats of players online showed a couple hundred thousand people playing on Linux.
Now, Windows games have a ridiculously high piracy rate too (which is why bitching about DRM is a dead-end; DRM is a symptom of the problem that most people are selfish little fucktards, not the problem itself). However, when you both have a huge piracy rate and can't even sell a pathetic 50,000 copies of a product, your target market (Linux) is pretty much entirely dead. Sure, these days Linux users would likely easily buy 50,000 copies, since Linux has more users today than it did 10 years ago. Whether that increase is users has been offset with an increase in _ethical_ users is as yet unknown. The only real data we have to go on, despite being very old, is not very flattering to Linux.
Linux users have paid the most individually... of those who paid. You'd have to show stats of how many Linux users just pirated the games. (And yes, piracy amongst HiB is ridiculously high, especially given how cheap you can get them. It's freaking pathetic.)Originally Posted by varikonniemi
You have to be careful interpreting the HiB stats without further data anyway. At face value, they would also indicate that 25% of all gamers are Linux users, which even the single most fanatical Linux believer would admit is completely untrue. There's more going into those numbers, and that makes them suspect when trying to evaluate whether a real AAA game is going to see the same kind of sales turnout from Linux users.
The total sales of all the Humble Bundles combined, on all platforms, still falls a whole order of magnitude short of the budget of just Call of Duty 2, and a whole two orders of magnitude below the profits on CoD 2. If you're a sales analyst, that's going to stand out a hell of a lot more than the average Linux sale price on the HiB.
Most distros are outright hostile to that idea. Get your software from their central repository or go away. That's their feelings on the subject.Originally Posted by Dukenukemx
They have identified a legitimate problem -- dumb users download random crap off the Internet, install it, and then blame the OS when their whole computer stops functioning properly -- but have completely missed the target on the proper solution.
... what games exactly have you been playing? The _Vast_ majority of games I've played have never once crashed on me.Originally Posted by Gps4l
Obviously, anything from Bethesda is not on that crash-free list.
Also keep in mind that many, many game crashes are actually video driver bugs. Video drivers are both the most complex and more fragile software running on your computer besides the kernel itself. There's a reason Windows moved to a micro-kernel design just for WDDM; they got sick of having their OS called crashy and fragile just because AMD/NVIDIA/Intel couldn't deliver a stable driver.
... aside from that being totally illegal in most countries (defacing legal tender), and paper money also being extremely rarely used to buy software anymore, having defaced cash doesn't actually mean anything. I've received dollar bills in change from stores with all kinds of weird crap written on them. Much of that weird crap clearly was not targeted at the store (or me), but was originally written for some other hapless individual who then spent the money, circulating meaningless nonsense into the system.Originally Posted by zerothis
Even more importantly, anywhere other than little one-man shops, the developers are not ever going to see any actual paper money from customers. Developers (and artists, and advertising folks, and executives, and producers, and so on) get paid via check or direct deposit from their company's payroll departments. The sales agents are the only ones likely to see any actual cash, and then only in the increasingly rare case that payments aren't collected and processed by an outside firm.
This is just a horrible idea. Don't do it.
when the first full featured game runs on linux also runs under wayland I will take linux gaming seriously. i'm by 2014 the'll have xwayland up and running.
I'm also in the same boat (trying to get Linux working as a total Windows replacement). I even put Ubuntu 12.10 (I wish I could have put on 12.04, but the 3.2 kernel didn't support Trinity APUs and I built them a home theater PC with one) and had some experiences with tv tuners from there.
First, here is where you find out if your tv tuner is supported. I think it is very clear what cards are supported on linuxtv, but you do have to know where to look, and myth and xbmc don't do a good job pointing to linuxtv (even though that is where all the drivers come from). I got a 1250 for my grandparents to use their Ubuntu box as a DVR, so I took some big risks trying to have an Ubuntu box running a grand new CPU (released in October) that ran two seperate X sessions (the tv and the desktop) with a usb bluetooth remote for the tv on top of the fglrx driver so my brother could play games in wine on it. It worked out better than expected.
@2: mythtv is a pain in the ass. It broke all the time trying to run it on that new PC, the setup utility would only work through an ssh pipe. On the same machine. I have no idea why. The interface would break a lot, it changes channels really slowly, it frequently bugs out and crashes, etc. Not very plesant. They don't watch tv directly through mythv frontend or XBMC (xbmc I fear would be overkill for them and scare them off, mythtv has a simpler interface, and with a nice theme it looks good even if it runs like crap) becuase channel switching is so slow. But they do record stuff on it and I got them understanding how to switch input modes on their tv, so that worked out.
One thing that pissed me off on that build was that using Unity, you couldn't use VNC. They bundle Vino with Ubuntu but out of the box with fglrx and Compiz it won't ever repaint the screen over VNC, and I still can't fix that bug and it is absolutely infuriating for someone who regularly wants to vnc over an ssh tunnel into that machine to fix problems they have or show them how to do stuff. It seems to be a conflict between it being a new APU, the proprietary driver, and compiz, because under Cinnamon with
@3: I don't think dpkg was well planned out at all. I don't think any modern package system is really well planned out in general. (I don't think it is acceptable for a distro to expect users to manually compile every program not in the officially graced repositories, Arch). The problem isn't that bad on Ubuntu though, it already supports ppa: syntax, it just needs to add those links into launchpad pages and expand the web addins for Firefox to resolving ppa: links to be repositories the same way you can click an apt: link and get a package. I don't know why Canonical hasn't implemented it yet.
Though downgrading Wine is really easy if you use playonlinux. I'll try applications in my stock wine and if it doesn't work I'll just do it the playonlinux way. The application is slow as hell (written in python) depends on an internet connection for install scripts (which are written in shell script... ugh). Do install WoW in playonlinux though, it keeps a seperate wine binary just to keep comparability. Also the odd major version numbers of wine are supposed to be development branches, even though 1.4x is never updated with backports so everyone has to use it anyway.
I think a larger problem with Linux as a gaming platform is that since Xorg is user space and all, and behaves like it, games will take control of the display, mouse, keyboard, and sound card and you can't get back control. Then they crash, and the only way to "close" them, is to switch TTYs and kill them from command line, and 9/10 times that will also kill the x session or render it unusable. And for gamers that is outright unacceptable. There needs to be a way to escape applications that freeze up besides killing the entire graphics stack, and games on Linux can't be allowed to take hostage hardware exclusively like the sound card, mouse, or entire display whenever they feel like.... what games exactly have you been playing? The _Vast_ majority of games I've played have never once crashed on me.
Obviously, anything from Bethesda is not on that crash-free list.
Also keep in mind that many, many game crashes are actually video driver bugs. Video drivers are both the most complex and more fragile software running on your computer besides the kernel itself. There's a reason Windows moved to a micro-kernel design just for WDDM; they got sick of having their OS called crashy and fragile just because AMD/NVIDIA/Intel couldn't deliver a stable driver.
Weird, I dont see any pulseaudio trolls here yet.
I have seen that happening. Mostly with wine based software where fullscreen is being used.
In Windows when video driver crashes, driver will be reloaded and you can happily use your computer, your game probably dies but you dont need to log in again and other apps are still running. In linux if driver dies, everything dies, you can lose a lot of work.
Open Source drivers are way too unstable. Some desktop apps can crash drivers (or xserver) way too easily.
Quite true. Some things already work nicely but yes, there is room for improvements. But still, there would be the blobs which should do the job until the free drivers are mature enough. Can't tell about intel, though I am not sure if intel GPUs are really made for high end gaming.Originally Posted by Phoronix
Sadly yes, but this is and was always a matter of HW manufactureres. Actually, we have that e.g. Logitech problem for sooo long now. But then folks like Roccat offer better solutions. If you are on Linux and buy new HW you check before you buy.- While Linux hardware support is now generally in good standing, there's still a variety of gaming peripherals that go without full Linux support
And - in the future HW vendors can't deny the existance of Linux any longer. Sooner or later the HAVE to care about good driver support. And good driver support means: It is in the kernel (or an adequate project like SANE, gphoto2 etc.). With a free as in freedom license.
Other random Linux hardware support "gotchas" like kernel/driver regressions unfortunately not being too uncommon, power consumption disparity
between releases and compared to Windows
Partially true, yes. That has to be ironed out. But then, as soon as I set profile to "low" on my radeon, the power consumption is now equivalent (or even 1 - 1.5 W better than W32). So I guess it works on most components, but there are always some "quirks requiring" implementations, and I guess the exist to a lot in notebooks.
Yeah, but hey, they are for free so I won't blame them. There are really good things, and things that are fun even without great GPU melting grafix.Most open-source games are still disappointing in terms of their artwork
(But you might also call me old school.)
And now compare a game that is freedom with a game that is sold for 40-50 Euros/US-Dollars. These high priced games have lots of devs working at them at a paid job whole day. (And then they are often released in a dire state, full of bugs because the publisher wanted to get it on the market.)
So there is lack on both sides. Though some smaller price indie games seem to work quite well (HumbleIB anyone?).
there's still a stigma attached to Linux that its users want everything for free and aren't very motivated to pay for software or support.
LAWLOMG. Yeah, this is probably still around.
The thing is there are soooo many Windoze people definitely NOT being correctly licensed. If you would make a worldwide license audit... omg.
Anyway. I think there are some people who absolutely don't care and some who just actually lack the money and don't know about alternatives. Linux/BSD users are often quite aware about licenses.
I mean, sooner or later these enterprises HAVE to make a/the first step towards Linux. If they hide behind prejudice they'll never find out.
Also, a lot of users would like to switch to Linux if their favourite application was available there.
One very important point IS:
You enterprises are often TOO LATE.
Just one example: Nero burning rom.
a) it was a nice app
b) Linux users wanted something like it but it was Windows only.
time passed
c) Linux folks made up their own programs. E.g. the nice K3B.
d) Linux users got up the K3B train. It was and is a good ride.
e) Somehow Nero people suddenly came to terms and ported.
f) but now everybody was already seated with the free as in beer and free as in freedom alternative K3B. So what? No surprise sales weren't that good.
But this is not just limited to Linux/BSD world. From a necessity alternatives arise and if that offer is better...
This is valid for most applications that do a specific job. LibreOffice/Calligra vs. MSO, GIMP vs. Adobe PS, Inkscape vs. Corel, ...
GAMES might be different because they "always tell a different story" (okay that is not really true but you get the point?).
Yes. Maybe the reason to use Linux for them IS also or mainly to live in freedom.There's also an unmeasured portion of Linux desktop users that won't run any games/software if it employs Digital Rights Management.
I mean, it is okay for me not to distribute my single user license. But every windows game I bought... the first way to go was gcw and crack that damn thing so I could play it without any media dongle or something. I love platforms like gog, Humble Bundle and so on.
Just buy it, install it, play it. No messing around with CDs, DVDs, being online (activation or all time), typing in keys and so on.
Just play and enjoy the license you just paid for. That is the way it should be. Okay, maybe read the game's manual before.
Why did I not buy games for such a long time?
Because they would need you to buy a new GPU all the time, they were the same stuff we had a thousand times before, they would impose digital restriction management on you, some would even install kind of rootkits or exchange the W32 CD/DVD stack, they were HORRIBLY buggy (Bethesda... Betha thesda... BETA TESTER anyone?) and then even overpriced.
And then these UGLY gaming-console ports. No saving, no keyboard/mouse handling, just disgusting. And not to mention that most of these games were Windows only (or consoles and windows) so yeah, another reason not to buy.
But DRM is one of my main points. I understand that some devs are concerned about unlicensed copies, yes, but DRM? I love to be without it.
But then Desura, gog and HIB emerged, and yes, there were some full price games actually worth it (Dragon Age Origins, Witcher series). Those came with no or minimal DRM but still sold well. How comes?
THAT IS.There's a shortage of highly-qualified Linux game developer veterans
Most true.
Not only for games. It lack Linux expertise on all ends!
There are even some gaming design schools or something that hook up people to things like DirectX. MSDNAA and other things contribute to that problem.
Or hardware vendors of most various types. When I ask them and mention the L-word their eyes groooooooOOOOw so huge that I fear they'll pop. OMG, the L-Word. You're the first to mention it.
(Even when it would make sense. Like driving a machine 24/7 via RS232 (simple data exchanged) but this for a longer time, at a time where most Windows versions were still likely to crash after running for a longer period.)
Ah well. That is a bit of prejudice. We DO have a similar effect in Windows. And we DO have "fragmentation" in terms of hardware.Fragmentation and differences among Linux distributions continue to be a problem for studios bringing their software to "Linux."
But as long as all stand on the same base (Kernel/driver stack, glibc, and stuff) it should be quite okay. I am here on Gentoo for years now and if that isn't something like a kind of generic but also individual distribution...
If one is really in doubt and has dependencies
a) inform the user about deps he/she has to fulfill (like Windows-speek: You need at least DirectX 9 and W XP SP2 or something)
b) or make a static build
Yeah, yeah, yeah.There's already been major game studios that have supported Linux in the past but have -- at least temporarily -- left the scene
a) Some might have been actually before their time. That is sad and true.
b) Some ported games. Games that were recent and new 5 years ago. These very games were available for 3 Euros in the bargain bin by now and would probably already run in Wine (or on the dual boot). And then the porting people wanted 40 Euros for it. Wow. I mean, native port, yeah but... what did they expect? Me - as a student without money - spending 45 Euros for a game I have only average interest in (by game itself) but that I could obtain for 3 Euros on every corner of the street and install it either on a W32 or Wine?
When you port it should be close to the release date of the game.
This is like movies not being released worldwide at the same time but with 6 months delay. Of course people interested have already activated their sources (legal or not) and seen it (in the original version) because they didn't want to wait so long - or they were uncertain if it will ever be in their country.
c) id never had the possibility to count Linux sales. The never actually sold it. You bought the Windows version and downloaded the game binary separately.
Just my 20 cents cause it is too much blah for being 2 cents.
Intel is doing a great job, but I doubt you can play games like Aliens vs Predator 3. ( Direct X11 )
If you are a serious gamer, you need a graphics card.
I am pretty sure there are benchmarks on this site proofing this.
From what I remember the shared memory is a bottle neck, for demanding games.
On the other hand if you're happy, that all that matters.


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Every item you buy has a retail price, a sale price and a rock bottom price. This is why you can walk into a store one week and think you're getting a great deal because the item is on sale then see it drastically reduced the very next week. Usually, the rock bottom price appears when a new display is coming, more product is about to show up or it is a seasonal sale like back to school. The only way you can determine what these prices are is to use a price a log.
A price log is very simple. Just take a sheet of paper and write out 10 or 20 items that you buy every week then, every single time you walk into the grocery store, write the price of that item down on the paper. You'll need to do this for 6 to 8 weeks. Yes, it's rather tedious but you'll suddenly notice the drastic price changes of your items and this will help you determine how low your prices can go and how long you need to stock up. Please keep in mind though, this does not apply to Walmart, use this method only for 'normal' grocery stores.
Once you find that rock bottom price, that is when you use your coupon then you stock up!
Last week, I shopped at a local grocery store and the Kellogg's cereal was at it's rock bottom price of $1.74. I had saved some coupons that I picked up from a recent display and they included $1.50/2 Kellogg's cereal coupons. I was able to score my cereal for only .99 per box! WOW! That is a deal!
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Lutron CA-PJH Claro 6 Conductor Designer Telephone Jack for RJ11 Cable
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The story of Lutron began in a makeshift lab in a New York City home in 1959 where Joel Spira emerged with a radical new innovation in home lighting: the solid-state rotary dimmer. In almost 50 years of innovation, Lutron has invented hundreds of lighting control devices and systems, and expanded their product offering from 2 products to 15,000. Lutron dimmers not only set the perfect mood in a home, they also reduce energy consumption and extend lamp life. Taken as a whole, Lutron light controls have reduced electrical use by 9.2 billion kWh, reducing their customers' electric bills by $1 billion annually. The company has advanced the technology of lighting control while focusing on exceptional quality and design. Since the beginning, the company has maintained exceptional service, offering 24-hour technical support for its products, and a friendly customer service department.
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Aaron Hernandez has played three seasons for the Patriots. / Melina Vastola, USA TODAY Sports
Aaron Hernandez's apparent link to a homicide investigation in Massachusetts has cost him an endorsement.
Cytosport, a sports nutrition company, cut ties with Hernandez on Friday, three days after the New England Patriots tight end was first mentioned in connection with the slaying of a 27-year-old man in North Attleboro, Mass.
Cytosport released a statement saying it was terminating its contract with Hernandez, "effective immediately."
Hernandez's name and picture have already been removed from the company's website. Other professional athletes with Cytosport endorsement deals include Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers and Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall.
Hernandez's Connecticut home has been searched multiple times since police discovered the body of Odin Lloyd on Monday and tied a vehicle rented in Hernandez's name to the homicide. ABC News reported Friday police were preparing an arrest warrant for Hernandez on charges of obstruction of justice.
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As a relatively compact crossover, you might expect the BMW X3 to be available – in this climate even in the United States – with a four-cylinder engine. But that wasn't the case until now, as BMW has announced the availability of its TwinPower Turbo four to replace the 3.0-liter six-cylinder mill in the X3 xDrive28i.


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Why not do some testing of popular applications on Wine on a daily basis? Wine's git HEAD is rather stable (Alexandre does unit tests + compile test before he commits anything) so that should work fairly well.
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With Phoromatic we make it easy to build a test farm for benchmarking and automated regression management and to prove it we began monitoring the Linux kernel performance on a daily basis where we track the performance of the latest Linux kernel code on a daily basis using multiple systems. This has been going on for months and then yesterday we announced that Phoromatic reached a 1.0 status and that we have launched Phoromatic Ubuntu Tracker, a way to monitor the performance of Ubuntu Linux as a whole on a daily basis by benchmarking the most recent development packages. A day has passed so now we are already thinking of what next to add to our test farm for continuous performance tracking...
Why not do some testing of popular applications on Wine on a daily basis? Wine's git HEAD is rather stable (Alexandre does unit tests + compile test before he commits anything) so that should work fairly well.
Few weeks ago, I asked if it was possible to bench KDE4 vs KDE3 as it was said in the early devs of KDE4 that it would consume less memory than KDE3.And then no news about it.
I'm just curious
My post: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22401
Wine for sure, I use it every day for Warcraft 3, Starcraft one and two. And I think I'm not the only one
Both opengl and directx may be very interesting on different cards/drivers.
Hi Phoronix,
Why don't you track the performance of another kernel, such as FreeBSD? It will be interesting to compare the development approach taken by the different camps. Does FreeBSD experience performance regressions (as Linux recently did with ext4fs)? Does FreeBSD get faster or slower with every release?
I wouldn't expect UFS2 to change much as it is tried and tested (although the introduction of Soft Updates + Journaling [SUJ] might change that). ZFS, on the other hand, may experience significant fluctuations as fixes and improvements are implemented. The kernel is also slowly moving away from the GIANT lock (similar to the python GIL) so that may result in performance increases (or decreases).
Another area of benchmarking that I do not recall Phoronix doing is on the network stack. How does Linux, FreeBSD and other OS's compare in TCP/IP(6) throughput, load balancing, firewalls, etc. How resilient are the kernels to DOS attacks and other maliciousness.
With clang maturing and FreeBSD taking a close look at adopting it that might be another area for consideration. I would expect the compilation time, using clang, to increase as more features (especially C++) are implemented yet the runtime (of the compiled binaries) should decrease as more optimizations are implemented. This could also be compared to GCC 4.x progression.
I'm amazed that you have got a tool to do this. way to go!
I''d like to see how Wine and gfx is improving, but that would be a bi-weekly event if it's remains released each fortnight.
Is this request viable?
I'd love to see some Gentoo benchmarks!
Preferably comparing the time it takes to compile a system with -Os -02 and -O3 compare the disk space they take up and the responsiveness of the system, memory usage etc. I'd be interested to see the differences
Or use -O2 and compare different versions of GCC
Or use the same version of GCC and compare CPU schedulers or kernel versions
Or have a system that's always running the latest Xorg components and latest next-drm kernel doing a compile test cycle effectivly monitoring git for regressions
md raid5 multicore processing on and off. With reiser4, btrfs, ext4.
Bonus: stripe size influence (in that case, add xfs)
Bonus: 2.6.33 because it supports barriers compared to 2.6.32, 31
We are seeking requests for trackers to continuously monitor performance, not individual performance article benchmarks. Post those requests in another thread as I will just be ignoring them in this thread.
A wine benchmark would be cool, if you could base it on a native game, which also has an openGL and a Direct3D renderer for the Windows version.
(ie Unreal 2004)
So you could then test with lower spec cards from AMD and NVidia, and whatever graphics Intel have, and see what it looks like with the native performance, and the wine performance in the drivers with Direct3D and openGL.


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Before the existence of digital photo frames, what existed then was flipping photo frames where you have to flip the frame to change the photos. With today's technology no flipping is needed, it's just by the touch of a remote or a button, in other words, it's at the tips of your fingers. So, a digital photo frame basically is a picture frame that displays digital photos which you can change one by one or choose to play it like a slideshow. It is known to be the perfect way to playback your favorite pictures, songs, and videos.
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Features included in frames tend to differ depending on the models. As of now the basic features include a USB2.0 interface for transferring images from computer or an additional option is along with the package of some frames, a software is provided that consumers need to install on their PC before making the transfer. Through a camera's memory card, the digital photo frame can directly display photos. This is due to the fact that most normal frames do not have an internal memory/built-in memory which is why there's always the option of an in-built memory frame. Most frames any kind of memory card. They vary from MMC, SD, xD, MS, CF I, CF II, MS Pro and MicoDrive. Furthermore, a feature that allows photos to be copied and paste in the frames through all these supported formats including the UBS connection. To play photos continuously is provided in the slideshow that has so far been featured in most frames. If the frame supports MP3 then the slideshow can be played with music otherwise it will do just fine playing by itself. A reminder, if playing the slideshow option, make sure the frame is fully charged. To charge the frame, many options are provided depending on the model of the frame. They include the adapter charging option, rechargeable batteries or via a USB port connecting to the pc. Basic supported audio format is MP3 and JPEG is what the photos format should be. Manuals are provided for the convenience of the consumers so that there would be no hassle when it comes to how to use the frame or how to go through the features.
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Additional features included in frames, again differs by the models of the frame. As per the latest technology input in frames, many will be surprised to find as to what and how the latest technology contributes to modernize the frame. Additional features in a frame will probably suit consumers who have a likening for advanced gadgets.
Some of the frames in the market today have included the printing option which allows consumers to directly send their photos to be printed via a USB cable. On the other hand, certain frames have included the wireless connection so as to enable consumers to load their photos from sites like Flickr and Picasa and play them as slideshow on their respective frame. This option is provided if only the frame has the slideshow feature in it.
The alarm and calendar function are available in some frames only whereby consumers can set up the alarm and they will be awaken by the sound of their favorite music playing. This function is basically featured by frames that support the MP3 format. Video files as well in the supported formats of MPEG 1 and 4 can be played and viewed in certain frames that have chosen to feature this particular video option. Though as of now, very few frames support the AVI format. Together with that, the option to view Text files has also been implied in few frames. Other notable additional features are a menu, remote control, built-in stereo speakers and picture rotation.
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Images shown depend on the resolution, pixels and the size of the digital photo frame. If the digital photo frame is that of 7 inch, then that will be the approximate size of the photos shown. Resolutions can be anything up to 1024 x 768 depending on its aspect ratio or the size of its displayed photos. Based on the aspect ratio of 16:9, the range of every image is extended or rather stretched to make the image produced look impressive and real. It is said that the higher the number of pixels is, the higher the resolution and sharpness will be. Consumers most likely have to browse through and try out different resolutions to what suits their digital photo frame the most. As for the size, digital photo frames come in all sizes from 8 to 15 inches. All these matter to create the displayer of perfect photos.
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Having chosen your features, consumers can also style and personalize their frames' appearance. Sizes by width vary from 7-inch to 15-inch and with that done, consumers can choose the color of their frames, be it pink, black or grey. Normally, it's one color per frame. As for the placement of the frames, consumers can decide where to place it. Some of the frames can be hung on the wall. If by any case, consumers choose these kinds of frames then they might as well choose a color that will gel with the décor of their walls.
Purchasing a digital photo frame can be hassle-free if all is taken care of. Start firstly by properly choosing the features you would like your frame to have by browsing through the additional features that you will need the most. Like for example, whether you will need a big internal memory storage or would the supported formats be enough. Other features like the network connectivity, a remote control and a menu. Then moving on to the image quality that the frame will display by carefully choosing the resolutions, pixels and size of the frame. As soon as you will make your choice of frame with its appropriate features, you will find that the results will be more personalized as well as you will have an intuitive picture viewing.


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text: APTA will award over a 2-year period funding of $50,000 to principal investigator Gail Jensen, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Creighton University, and co-investigators Janet Gwyer, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Laurie Hack, PT, DPT, MBA, PhD, FAPTA, Elizabeth Mostrom, PT, PhD, and Terrence Nordstom, PT, EdD, with collaborating academic institutions Duke University, Central Michigan University, and Samuel Merritt University to investigate Physical Therapist Education for the 21st Century (PTE-21). This funding is the result of a request for proposal (RFP) for "Innovation and Excellence in Academic and Clinical Education Funding" developed by APTA and announced in November 2010. The RFP was targeted at stakeholder groups throughout the profession. A review committee systematically and critically reviewed all proposals based on a set of standard criteria and provided a recommendation to APTA's Board of Directors for its final approval.


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Sox, Royals eager to be strong for Boston
Ortiz expected to make '13 debut; Buchholz opposes Shields
Four days after Monday's tragic events at the Boston Marathon finish line, the Red Sox hoped to return to Fenway Park on Friday and do their part to help the city heal.
With the city and its surrounding areas in lockdown while law-enforcement officials pursued a second suspected bomber in nearby Watertown, a decision had not been made as of midday whether Friday's game against the Royals would be played as scheduled.
"I think we feel a sense that we can contribute to a communal spirit and hopefully create a little bit of a diversion for those affected directly," manager John Farrell said while the Red Sox were in Cleveland. "We're certainly not going to replace what happened but I think maybe we have a way of helping get back to some sense of normalcy."
If the game is played, the Boston lineup should also gain a little normalcy, as David Ortiz is expected to return to the designated hitter spot following a right Achilles injury that has kept him out since August. It's fitting Ortiz makes his season debut against the Royals, after going 2-for-4 with two RBIs against Kansas City in his final game before the injury.
"To have his presence in the middle of the order certainly speaks for itself for the number of years and the success he's had," Farrell said. "I think he gives us the potential to lengthen our lineup even more and we're certainly looking forward to seeing him in the clubhouse tomorrow."
Boston is on a six-game winning streak. After topping the Indians, 6-3, on Thursday, the Red Sox are scheduled to be home for 10 games.
As Major League Baseball and its clubs have shown throughout the week, Boston is on everyone's mind.
Royals manager Ned Yost is no different. He also knows what it's like to be the first opposing team to come to a ballpark after a tragedy, as he was a coach on the Braves squad that played the Mets at Shea Stadium after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
That experience, he said, proved to him that baseball can help.
"It sounds stupid, because you don't really have much of an impact, but you just go and be with the city," Yost said. "Baseball promotes healing for everybody. Don't ask me how. ... It just makes you feel better if you can go to a baseball game."
Royals pitcher Tim Collins, who grew up in nearby Worcester, Mass., agreed.
"You saw what happened with 9/11. Baseball kind of brought everybody together," Collins said. "This is kind of the same thing. When there's a tragedy, when something like this happens, you're able to take people's minds off what happened for just a few hours. It really helps. Obviously, it won't be forgotten, but it will ease people's minds a little bit for just a short time."
Royals: Ace on the hill
Right-hander James Shields, acquired this offseason from Tampa Bay, returns to a familiar American League East ballpark Friday, when he starts at Fenway Park for the first time in a Royals uniform.
The righty, who lost despite going the distance last time out, is 2-9 with a 5.86 ERA in 11 career starts in Boston.
• With off-days on Monday and Thursday, along with another on April 22, the Royals are working with a four-man rotation. Right-hander Luis Mendoza, usually the fifth starter, is available out of the bullpen for the next few days.
Boston: Buchholz goes for 4-0
The beginning of the season couldn't be going much better for right-hander Clay Buchholz, who makes his fourth start Friday in Boston. He's 3-0 with an 0.41 ERA and also is coming off an outing against the Rays in which he struck out a career-high 11.
He is 3-1 with a 2.19 ERA in three career starts against Kansas City.
Red Sox: Slumping Middlebrooks sits
Will Middlebrooks was out of the lineup Thursday for the first time this season. After belting three homers on April 7, Middlebrooks went cold, collecting two hits in 31 at-bats. Regardless, he said he doesn't plan to overhaul his approach.
"I'm not overmatched," Middlebrooks said. "I'm not getting beat by pitchers. I'm beating myself. It's just something I've got to get through."
Worth noting
• Royals left fielder Alex Gordon, who saw hitting streak snap at 12 on Wednesday, is 3-for-4 with a homer against Buchholz.
• The Red Sox are 10-0 when scoring first.
• Boston starters have not allowed more than three runs in any of the team's 14 games, a club record to start a season.
Cash Kruth is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @cashkruth. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This course combines the study of French Studies with the opportunity to study History. You will have the opportunity to study not just the French language but also the country's culture and history, including its politics, literature and films. Your History studies will be the perfect complement to this, giving you the wider European and British context from medieval to modern times. You will be taught by experts in their field who have an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. At the end of your degree you will be a confident, articulate graduate with excellent possibilities for employment in the UK and EU.
This joint honours programme is designed so that you will reach the same level of French as a single honours student. You will take the same amount of credits in total as your single honours classmates, however half your credits will be in Geography and half in French. By taking two different subjects it gives you great flexibility and the chance to explore your interests further and will give you an excellent grounding for a wide range of careers.
Student satisfaction rates for BA French Studies and History are very high. 92% of French Studies students and 91% of History students report that they are satisfied with the quality of their degree programme.
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Duration: 4 Years
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In this programme, you study half of your modules (60 credits) in French and half in History (60 credits)
First year
French: In the first year of your programme, you study 3 modules: French language, La France moderne (an introduction to French politics and history) and an Introduction to French Literature and Film Studies. You can find out more about these modules here:
History: The first year is the foundational year in an academic process that will see you progress from being a dependent to an independent learner. You will study modules spanning the early medieval to late modern periods. You can choose either Discovering the Middle Ages and Living in the Middle Ages or The Making of the Modern World 1500-1815 and The Making of the Contemporary World 1815-2000 (20 credits per module). These explore fundamental themes and issues focused on key periods and indicate the kinds of questions historians explore and some of the methods they employ in answering them. You will also study Practising History (A): Skills in History (Autumn semester) and Practising History (B): Approaches to History (Spring semester), which look more closely at the techniques of the historian and at the nature and evolution of key historical debates.
Second year
French: As you progress into the second and fourth years of the course you can choose to study specialist modules focusing on politics, culture, literature or film so you're increasingly free to tailor the programme to suit your own interests. You continue to follow a core language module but then choose 2 options from a choice of 5. Further details of the modules available can be found here:
History: The second year is an intermediate year that builds on the foundations laid in the first year of study. You engage in Group Research and extend your historical knowledge through two (20 + 20) subject-specific modules chosen from a wide range of available from Option A in the Autumn semester and Option B in the Spring.
Third year
The third year is normally spent following a programme of study at one of our many partner universities in France or Montreal in Canada, .
Fourth year
French: A wide range of specialist language and culture options is available in the final year. Current choices include: Interpreting; The French Press; Contemporary French Cinema; The Algerian War; and Drama and Politics in France. Further details of the modules available in French can be found here:
History: The fourth year represents the culmination of undergraduate study and the final stage of your transition to an independent learner. You hone your historical skills in Advanced Option A or Advanced Option B and you also undertake an in-depth Special Subject module, which is chosen from a variety of available subjects.
The French half of your programme is designed to give you an in-depth knowledge of the language and culture of France. We put an emphasis on small group teaching and encourage student participation. We produce confident, articulate graduates who are enthused by their subject and who benefit from excellent possibilities for employment in the UK and EU. Joint Honours students follow the same language course as those studying Single Honours French but choose fewer literary, cultural or political options from the range available in the department. Within French, our staff expertise enables us to offer a wide range of subjects covering all areas of French language, culture, history, literature and film so you will study many different aspects of French language and culture and be part of a large, vibrant community of staff and students.
History is not a plain narrative of events but an attempt to discover how and why our own world emerged. Our Joint Honours History programmes concentrate on medieval and modern Britain and Europe but they also provide scope to range beyond European boundaries.You have the chance to investigate unfamiliar territory and to question some of the prevailing myths, preconceptions and prejudices that surround history from the Middle Ages to the present day. Joint Honours History is taught within the Department of History, which has an outstanding international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. The size and quality of the department enables us to offer students a wide range of options across the medieval and modern periods.
[Video above - Dr Craig Blunt delivers an undergraduate open day talk about studying Joint Honours at the University]
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Number of A levels required: 3
Typical offer: AAB
Required subjects and grades: A Level History, Medieval History or Ancient History at grade A. A level French grade B
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International Baccalaureate Diploma: 36 points including French at HL.
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We welcome applications from international students and invite you to join our vibrant community of over 4500 international students who represent 150 different countries. We accept a range of qualifications, our country pages show you what qualifications we accept from your country.
Depending on your chosen course of study, you may also be interested in the Birmingham Foundation Academy, a specially structured programme for international students whose qualifications are not accepted for direct entry to UK universities. Further details can be found on the foundation academy web pages.
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Your learning will take place in a range of different settings, from scheduled teaching in lectures and small group tutorials, to self-study and peer group learning (for example preparing and delivering presentations with your classmates).
To begin with you may find this way of working challenging, but rest assured that we will enable you to make this transition. You will have access to a comprehensive support system that will assist and encourage you, including personal tutors and welfare tutors who can help with both academic and welfare issues, and a formal transition review during your first year to check on your progress and offer you help for any particular areas where you need support.
Our Academic Skills Centre also offers you support with your learning. The centre is a place where you can develop your mathematical, academic writing and general academic skills. It is the centre's aim to help you to become a more effective and independent learner through the use of a range of high-quality and appropriate learning support services. These range from drop-in sessions to workshops on a range of topics including note taking, reading, writing and presentation skills.
From the outset, you will be assigned your own Personal Tutor who will get to know you as you progress through your studies, providing academic and welfare advice, encouraging you and offering assistance in any areas you may feel you need extra support to make the most of your potential and your time here at Birmingham.
The Academic Writing Advisory Service (AWAS) will provide you with individual support from an academic writing advisor and postgraduate subject-specialist writing tutors. You will receive guidance on writing essays and dissertations at University-level which can be quite different from your previous experiences of writing. Support is given in a variety of ways, such as small-group workshops, online activities, feedback through email and tutorials.
Supporting you throughout your transition to University, offering research opportunities and study skills support and helping you develop and prepare for your post-University careers - our Arts and Law Student Experience Team strive to help you get the most out of your academic experience.
Language laboratory sessions allow you to practise your listening and spoken skills and are an essential part of all our language programmes.
Central to Learning and Teaching in the School of History and Cultures at the University of Birmingham is critical enquiry, debate and self-motivation, summed up by the term Enquiry Based Learning.
What does this mean for you?
Enquiry-based learning describes an environment in which learning is driven by the shared enquiry of students and tutors. Depending upon the level and the discipline, it can encompass problem-based learning, evidence-based learning, small scale investigations, field work, projects and research. Enquiry-based learning places you at the centre of your own learning process so that you learn through involvement and ownership and not simply by being a passive recipient of information thrown at you. You will spend time developing comprehension and note-taking skills. History is a subtle and complex subject and the literature you need to master can be demanding and complex. To 'get' it, you need plenty of thinking time. Reading, thinking and analysing for yourself are the most important parts of your degree experience. This approach will enable you to take control of your own learning as you progress through your degree. Moreover, it will encourage you to acquire essential skills that are highly valued by employers: creativity, independence, team-working, goal-setting and problem-solving. The overall approach we adopt is one of more heavily weighted contact hours in Year 1, but tapering off over years 2 and 3, as you begin to acquire greater confidence in discussion and writing. We are strongly committed to small-group seminar teaching, particularly in the final two years of your degree: you will find that most of your teaching happens not in large, anonymous lectures but in smaller groups of students where you can actively participate in discussion and have the benefit of personal contact with academic staff. In your final year, you will also have individual tuition to help you work on your dissertation. As you progress through the syllabus, you are offered an increasingly wide range of particular subject choices.
Year 1 is highly directed – much of it lies in helping you to acquire a general overview of the medieval, early modern and near contemporary past. The 'Practising History' module introduces you to the key skills needed to study History at degree level and enables you to study select historical episodes. All this will help you make more informed decisions about subject choices in Years 2 and 3. These topics are increasingly specialised and enable you to get to grips with them in real depth. During your first year you will undergo a formal 'transition' review to see how you are getting on and offer you help for any particular areas where you need support.
In Year 2, in each term, you have a choice of around 15 Options to study. You will start doing preparatory work for your final-year dissertation, selecting a topic, assessing its feasibility and engaging in preliminary discussions with potential supervisors. The module History in Theory and Practice provides an overview of the evolution of history writing and an introduction to key issues confronting historians today: you will find this helps you reflect on your own historical research. A notable feature of Year 2 is Group Research: about a dozen specialised historical topics for you to research, not, however, as individuals, but on a collective basis. You are divided into groups of 5-6 students, to work as a team, and to produce both individual essays and a group presentation on what you have researched. The capacity to work as part of a team, to know what it is like to have to accommodate yourself to the way others work, is a valuable asset for future employment.
In Year 3, there are some 20 Special Subjects for you to choose from, ranging from the early medieval period almost up to the present day, and covering a wide range of British, European and non-European areas. You approach the particular subject not only through reading but also by intensive study of original documents. In addition, there are around a further 14 Final Year Options to choose from in each of the autumn and spring terms. The real centre-piece of the Final Year, however, for most students is their dissertation – a piece of extended writing on a subject of your choice and which requires significant use of archival and other primary source materials. You will have done extensive preparatory work for this in Year 2. In Year 3, you will have a calibrated set of one-to-one consultation sessions with an academic supervisor, who will comment and advise on your drafts. This will be real academic writing and the results are often impressive.
Studying at degree-level is likely to be very different from your previous experience of learning and teaching. You will be expected to think, discuss and engage critically with the subject and find things out for yourself. We will enable you to make this transition to a new style of learning, and the way that you are assessed during your studies will help you develop the essential skills you need to make a success of your time at Birmingham.
You will be assessed in a variety of ways, and these may be different with each module that you take. You will be assessed through coursework which may take the form of essays, group and individual presentations and formal exams (depending on your chosen degree).
During your first year you will undergo a formal 'transition' review to see how you are getting on and if there are particular areas where you need support. This is in addition to the personal tutor who is based in your school or department and can help with any academic issues you encounter.
At the beginning of each module, you will be given information on how and when you will be assessed for that particular programme of study. You will receive feedback on each assessment within four weeks, so that you can learn from and build on what you have done. You will be given feedback on any exams that you take; if you should fail an exam we will ensure that particularly detailed feedback is made available to enable you to learn for the future.
[Video above - Dr Emma Tyler discusses careers and employability during the Modern Languages open day presentation]
Modern Languages graduates have a range of skills that are highly prized by graduate employers: oral and written communication in one or more foreign languages, critical thinking, intercultural awareness and understanding. You will also develop leadership, teamwork and organisational skills through activities such as group projects and your year abroad.
87% of our Modern Language graduates go into work or study within six months of graduation. 50% of vacancies advertised for new and recent graduates don't specify a degree subject, and our graduates enter a wide range of careers similar to other arts and humanities graduates but with much greater scope in international settings. This includes business, government, journalism, the creative arts, teaching and law. Some go abroad to develop their language skills while working as TEFL teachers and university language tutors.
Modern Languages graduates from the University of Birmingham have excellent prospects after graduation. An impressive 85% of our graduates go into professional or managerial jobs within six months of graduation. Our graduates have started careers with employers including British Airways, Deloitte, HSBC, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the British Council, NATO, BP, central and local government, and universities in the UK and abroad.
Whether you have a clear idea of where your future aspirations lie or want to consider the broad range of opportunities available once you have a Birmingham degree, our Careers Network can help you achieve your goal. This is a unique careers guidance service tailored to your academic subject area, offering a specialised team who can give you expert advice. This includes individual careers advice and talks and events, including 'Careers with Languages', to provide insight into careers of interest to our students. Many languages students will also find our events about careers such as teaching, law, marketing, journalism and advertising of interest.
We work hard to help students identify how the year abroad may help their future career. We also encourage all our students to apply their skills in the workplace by undertaking internships in the summer; the work experience bursary scheme enables students to apply for funding for those career areas where placements are often unpaid. You can even apply for our 'Global Challenge' to work overseas on an expenses paid placement during your summer vacation.
As a History student you will have an excellent opportunity to develop skills that are attractive to employers, including self management and the abilities to research and analyse complex information, work independently and as part of a team, and communicate judgments and arguments articulately.
Over 50% of job vacancies advertised for new and recent graduates do not specify a degree subject, and our graduates have gone on to careers in accountancy, charity work, housing, human resources, international development, law, marketing, media, publishing, politics, retail management and teaching. Central and local government and the public services also attract History graduates, notably the civil service, NHS management, the police and armed services. About 23% of our graduates pursue postgraduate study to specialise in an area of history and cultures of interest to them, or to prepare for careers such as law and teaching.
Whether you have a clear idea of where your future aspirations lie or want to consider the broad range of opportunities available once you have a Birmingham degree, our Careers Network can help you achieve your goal. This is a unique careers guidance service tailored to your academic subject area, offering a specialised team who can give you expert advice.
Last year around 200 employers visited the University, enabling students to meet them and to learn about skills through employer-led workshops. Throughout the academic year we also hold a number of alumni events, careers talks and other initiatives that are designed to answer our students' careers questions and help them forge useful contacts outside the university.
To enhance your career prospects even further, you will need to think about engaging in some extra-curricular activities while you're at university to broaden your skills and your network of contacts. This can include the many societies at the Guild of Students and also the many voluntary opportunities offered with local arts organisations. Our employer-endorsed award-winning Personal Skills Award (PSA) recognises your extra-curricular activities, and provides an accredited employability programme designed to improve your career prospects.
Our College of Arts and Law undergraduate research scholarship scheme enables interested students to work on a current academic research project being run by one of the College's academic researchers. Undergraduate research scholars gain work experience over the summer after their first or second year and have the chance to develop skills in both collaborative and independent research.
Our innovative Cultural Internships offer graduates the opportunity for a six month paid internship at a leading cultural institution in the West Midlands. These internships are a unique opportunity to learn fundamental, transferable business and interpersonal skills, through experience of real work in an established cultural institution. Our current partners include Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham REP, Birmingham Royal Ballet, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust and the Library of Birmingham. We have plans to expand the scheme to include our own major cultural assets, such as Winterbourne House, the Lapworth Museum, and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts. This scheme will give you professional experience to set you apart in a competitive graduate market.
We also offer voluntary work which complements your studies by helping you gain practical experiences in occupational settings while contributing back to society. This can bring new skills that will be useful throughout your future and can make a positive impact on your learning whilst at university. Volunteering enables you to develop skills such as communication, interpersonal skills, teamwork, self-confidence and self-discipline all of which can be transferred into your studies.
Your Birmingham degree is evidence of your ability to succeed in a demanding academic environment. Employers target Birmingham students for their drive, diversity, communication and problem-solving skills, their team-working abilities and cultural awareness, and our graduate employment statistics have continued to climb at a rate well above national trends. If you make the most of the wide range of services you will be able to develop your career from the moment you arrive.


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