I've Solved 156-Year-Old Maths Problem – Nigerian Scholar

Nigerian scholar Opeyemi Enoch,Speaking with journalist, disclosed that it took him seven years to solve the 156-year-old math puzzle and that comments from detractors had not dampened his sense of achievement.
“People have the privilege and the right to say whatever they want to say. I have not really been giving attention to some of the comments,” he added.
Enoch said he first delivered his findings on November 11, at the International Conference on Mathematics and Computer Science held in Vienna.
Nina Ringo, a member of the conference committee, said: “I consider his results to be very important and confirm his discovery.”
 Although the Nigerian scholar has not got any prize, he has already received cold calls. Enoh confessed that he is really concerned about the threat of kidnapping.
“Reports saying I have won $1million have not been helpful for my security or that of my people. I’ve warned my parents and loved ones to stay away from me,” he said.

Children who grow up with internet - AKA 'digital natives' - believe everything they read online, says Ofcom

The number of children believing everything they read on Google and social media sites has doubled, according to an Ofcom study which has found ‘digital natives’ are too trusting of what they find online.

Eight to 15-year-olds are spending twice as much time on the internet than they were ten years ago, Ofcom's report into media attitudes among children and parents found.

And these so-called ‘digital natives’ - children who have grown up with the internet - often lack "online nous" to decide if what they see is true or impartial, the regulator concluded.

Almost one in 10 children who go online believe information from social media websites or apps is "all true" - doubling from last year - and most 12 to 15-year-olds are unaware that "vloggers", or video bloggers, can be paid to endorse the products they promote.

Almost a fifth of online 12 to 15-year-olds believe information returned by a search engine such as Google or Bing must be true, but only a third are able to identify paid-for adverts.
The study found children are increasingly turning to YouTube for "true and accurate" information about what is going on in the world, with 8 per cent of online youngsters naming the video sharing site as their preferred choice for this type of information - up from 3 per cent last year.
But just half of 12 to 15-year-olds who watch YouTube are aware that advertising is the main source of funding on the site, and less than half are aware vloggers are often paid to favourably mention products or services.

Children aged 12 to 15 were split on whether being online helped them be themselves, with 34 per cent agreeing and 35 per cent disagreeing, while 31 per cent were unsure.

The study found that almost three quarters of older children believe most people behave differently when they are online, and more than 67 per cent of older girls with a social media account said there were things they disliked about it compared with 52 per cent of boys.
Almost a third were concerned about people spreading gossip or rumours and a quarter said people can be "nasty, mean or unkind to others".

Many children also expressed concern about spending too much time online, the survey found.
Around one in 10 online children aged eight to 15 said they disliked spending too much time on the internet, and almost a third of 12 to 15-year-olds admitted they could sometimes spend too much time on social media in particular.
Almost all children – 97 per cent - could recall advice they had been given about staying safe online, particularly from parents.
The large majority said they would tell their parents, another family member or a teacher if they saw something online they found worrying, nasty or offensive, but 6 per cent said they would not tell anyone.

Helping Students Maximize Their Time Online By Esther Mark

Studying has never been made easier than it is now. With the internet and affordable data subscriptions dished out by mobile telecommunications network providers, there has never really been a time when all a student need was just a click away, at his finger tips-via the phones s/he possesses.

However, while many students go online daily, they are often involved in frivolous activities. They do everything therein and always claim to be very busy-but you get to ask them one simple question-what are you busy doing?

You see, in as much as the internet comes with its various advantages, it also has numerous disadvantages, especially for students. So how can you, as a student, diligently maximize the fantastic opportunity presented by the internet?

1. Be Disciplined. By this, I mean, have some sense of consistency. Decide at what times you want to go online, what sites you want to visit, and how long you intend to stay therein. The purpose for each online surfing will determine the length you’d stay. If it is an assignment, tell yourself how long you want to remain doing that particular assignment. If it is for leisure, set time limits and consciously work towards maintaining it. Else, you will be busy doing nothing!
2. You must not be on every Social Media platform.  In this day of internet dating, chats, pings, skype and the likes, it is just too tempting not to be in any of the platforms. But as a student, you need to define your path. Define why you want to be on each network. Facebook: Connect with friends. Twitter: Updates and trending issues. LinkedIn-Professional and career oriented. Instagram: Pictures? When you have defined why you need these social platforms, also decide the number of platforms you can mark the register in. By this, I mean, how many will you be active in. Do not forget that as a student, you may have lean budget and will not want to spend all your income navigating between various social platforms and burning away data. When you decide how many, it will help you in planning your overall schedules for a day. You see, even your reading habits can be affected by social media-that’s why you need to be careful in deciding how many you want to be featured in. More still, it is also advised that you stay in 2-4 social platforms. It is easier to maintain.
3. Beware of Pornography! It is always easy to begin a habit-but very difficult to stop. That is why you need to be wary of sites that look very tempting and may want to send some tingling sensations down your groin/inner chambers. They start as harmless visits and overtime, become die-hard habits that are very DIFFICULT to break. Most times, these addicted use of porn sites pose great dangers ahead-when you marry and the likes. Apart of the long term disadvantages, it also has very short term discomfort. If for nothing, the feeling of guilt you encounter after each visit, and subsequent masturbation which is always a fall out of the visit, hits you hard. You can’t spend all day visiting various porn sites and not have distorted views later.
4. Buy with caution! One good thing about the internet is that it has made shopping very easy for us all. You can cut the traffic and time spend rummaging through shops by buying your stuff online and have them delivered at your door! But while this comes with its advantages such as time savers and maybe-with discounts on purchased stuff, it could be dangerous when you keep buying and buying every cool item you see on display. It actually encourages impulsive buying and you can only realize this when you look especially at your wardrobe and find many clothes you never needed, or would ever need. And also, a deflated savings.
5. Your Password is incorrect!  While surfing the net, be careful not to disclose personal details to unsuspecting persons. Your passwords, pins, and other important details should be kept safe. Never activate the ‘remember password’ option while browsing from either your personal laptop, gadget, or a shared one. It will enable you avoid the stories that touches the heart and tickles the “bum-bum”. To be save, safeguard your passwords and use combinations of numbers, cases and even sentence forms to form very unsuspecting passwords!
6. Seek out useful sites and tools! There are a thousand and ten sites that are helpful and useful for students. From sites that teach you basic photo-shopping skills, to others that enhance your computer literacy appreciation or those that help you connect with mentors and help you reach out to them to enjoy their tutelage. You also have the sites that help you build your professional skills, those that help you practice some ‘Do It Yourself’ skills and others that are just academic based. There are a thousand and one volunteering sites through which you can connect to real opportunities and the likes. Don’t just be online. Be online and in line with your values.

Girls must choose career or motherhood, says top head

Leading headteacher tells schoolgirls they need to choose between career or motherhood.

Head Vivienne Durham (C

Teachers must tell girls that they need to choose between their careers and motherhood instead of misleading them with the “lie” that they can have both, according to a leading headmistress.

Vivienne Durham, of independent Francis Holland Regent’s Park, says girls need to be prepared for the real world and teachers should not tell them there is no “glass ceiling”.

Head Vivienne Durham (C

Mrs Durham, who was voted Tatler's Best Headteacher of a Public School last year, made the comments ahead of her retirement in January.

Mrs Durham, who chose not to have children, says she is not a "feminist" and girls should not be "lied" to.

“I’m sorry, I’m not a feminist. I believe there is a glass ceiling – if we tell them there isn’t one, we are telling them a lie,” she said in an interview with Absolutely Education magazine.

Mrs Durham said that girls need to be realistic about the decisions they make and should not be criticised for choosing one path over another.

Head Vivienne Durham (C

“Young girls have massive options these days and some of them will make a decision that they don’t want to combine everything and that is as valid as making the decision that you do want to combine everything,” she said.

“We all have a biological calendar and you have to make decisions about your entire working life, which probably goes up to about 77 now, but you have to make decisions about 40 per cent of your life early on.

Furthermore, she said society needed to be less judgmental on women who went down “the road less taken”.

“We live in a very judgmental age, the sooner we stop being quite so judgmental, the better,” she said.

“There are different demands and people have different capacities and you need to make the decisions that are right for your family.”

Mrs Durham said there could be benefits in pursuing a career at the expense of having children.

“If you’re lucky enough to find yourself in a job that you love, it could be very emotionally fulfilling," she said. "I am not saying it is as emotionally fulfilling as having children but [that love for a career] sometimes that means that the decision ends up being right.”

Mrs Durham’s comments come after one of Britain’s leading fertility experts wrote to education secretary Nicky Morgan earlier this year demanding that school pupils are warned of the dangers of delaying motherhood.