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BBC Trending When the Twitter account of a prominent Yemeni political commentator and high-profile social media user fell silent on 14 August, it did not go unnoticed. Hisham Al-Omeisy is usually a prolific tweeter, known for his updates, in both English and Arabic, about the social and humanitarian crisis in his country. The 38-year-old has around 25,000 followers, among them many international media outlets, journalists and humanitarian workers who turn to him for insights about what's happening within Yemen. So when his account suddenly went quiet, those who have come to rely on him for valuable information, quickly knew something was wrong. iPhone and iPad apps news and reviews swipe this block to see more The fact you have an actual computer inside your iPhone means your regular calculator are pretty much obsolete nowadays. We know, it’s not quite time to start your holiday shopping (or is it?)

Hashtagify Popular Hashtags: Global Top 30 Get daily, weekly or monthly updates about the top hashtags for: any language. Just click the button below to choose your frequency. Reddit How to Learn Any Language in 3 Months The Okano Isao judo textbook I used to learn Japanese grammar. Post reading time: 15 minutes. Language learning need not be complicated. Principles of cognitive neuroscience and time management can be applied to attain conversational fluency (here defined as 95%+ comprehension and 100% expressive abilities) in 1-3 months. Some background on my language obsession, from an earlier post on learning outside of classes:

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Google Search Operators The following table lists the search operators that work with each Google search service. Click on an operator to jump to its description — or, to read about all of the operators, simply scroll down and read all of this page. The following is an alphabetical list of the search operators. This list includes operators that are not officially supported by Google and not listed in Google’s online help. Each entry typically includes the syntax, the capabilities, and an example. Some of the search operators won’t work as intended if you put a space between the colon (:) and the subsequent query word.

12 Rules for Learning Foreign Languages in Record Time — The Only Post You’ll Ever Need Preface by Tim Ferriss I’ve written about how I learned to speak, read, and write Japanese, Mandarin, and Spanish. I’ve also covered my experiments with German, Indonesian, Arabic, Norwegian, Turkish, and perhaps a dozen others. There are only few language learners who dazzle me, and Benny Lewis is one of them. Omni-Channel Marketing - What is it and Why Does it Matter? Marketers often confuse multi-channel marketing with omni-channel marketing. There’s a deceptively simple difference between the two. While the former implies the presence of a brand on multiple channels across the offline and online environment, the latter is all about how well-integrated are those channels are. Omni-channel marketing is dependent upon a brand’s ability to deliver a coherent experience across multiple devices and channels. Just a few months back, omni-channel was more of a marketing buzzword. Fast forward today, if your marketing strategy does not take into account omni-channel, you’re clearly missing out on potential customers and revenues.

SMART criteria Mnemonic, giving criteria to guide in the setting of objectives SMART is a mnemonic acronym, giving criteria to guide in the setting of objectives, for example in project management, employee-performance management and personal development. The letters S and M generally mean specific and measurable. Possibly the most common version has the remaining letters referring to achievable (or attainable), relevant, and time-bound. App Personalisation: What is it and why does it matter? Gone is the time when the marketers used to take a spray-and-pray approach to their campaigns. In today’s hyper-connected, on-the-go digital ecosystem, marketers endeavour to create meaningful conversations with the users based on their location, shopping behavior and demographics. According to a study conducted by CMO Council, 68% of millennials consider their smartphones to be a personal device.

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment,[1] abbreviated in English as CEFR or CEF or CEFRL, is a guideline used to describe achievements of learners of foreign languages across Europe and, increasingly, in other countries. It was put together by the Council of Europe as the main part of the project "Language Learning for European Citizenship" between 1989 and 1996. Its main aim is to provide a method of learning, teaching and assessing which applies to all languages in Europe. In November 2001, a European Union Council Resolution recommended using the CEFR to set up systems of validation of language ability.