Month: January 2017

Nano girl - Nanotechnology in everyday living

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May I invite you to ask the Nanogirl, Dr. Michelle Dickinson, any science question by tweeting your question to her @medickinson May I also invite you to surf her website: https://www.medickinson.com Dr. Michelle Dickinson contributes a regular article every Saturday to the NZ Herald’s Weekend Herald. Perhaps as a form of introduction to Nanotechnology, let us watch Mitchelle Dickinson in this video: Nanotechnology is an area of science that is still evolving and therefore a definition of this term has yet to be resolved by experts in this field. Suffice it to say that the word “nano” indicates that […]

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What is a VPN?

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  VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. It is a method of adding security to private and public access to the internet. It is often used by companies to protect data from being hacked by black hat hackers. The use of personal VPN is now becoming more popular as the public is becoming aware of the danger involved in the “open” type of access to internet data with only a single password access. In VPN, a user’s initial internet access is replaced by an encrypted provided by a VPN provided. Take a look at the following video on “What is a […]

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Learning to be a White Hat Hacker

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What is a White Hat Hacker? According to Wikipedia, the term “white hat hacker” refers to a computer hacker who specializes in testing computer programs to ensure the security of an organization’s information systems. IBM has coined the phrase “Ethical Hacking” to describe this form of hacking as opposed to “black hat hacking” done by a malicious hacker. One can start learning to be a White Hat Hacker by joining an Introductory course of instructions from Udemy, costing just US$50.00 Take a look at the syllabus covered in this introductory course: Certified WhiteHat Hacker Level 1 ( CWHH Level 1) […]

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Jack Ma meets Donald Trump

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Take a careful look at this youTube video clip after the meeting of Jack Ma with the President-elect Donald Trump:   Perhaps let us read the transcript of this video clip together: 0:00 We had a great meeting and a great, great entrepreneur one of the best in the world and he loves this country and he loves China. Reporter: Mr. President-elect, You recently wrap up a meeting on Friday with Intel agency officials There were some questions about your relationship with the Intel community …0:13 0:13 Well, we’ll talk about that on one side will Reporter: Who do […]

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Leadership 领导 （pinying: ling dao)

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Every person aspires to be a leader in whatever role he or she is doing. Correct? If your answer is YES, read on. When we google search “Leadership Qualities” we find many articles on the desired qualities of a good leader. According to www.entrepreneur.com These qualities include:   Focus: “To be a good leader, you cannot major in minor things, and you must be less distracted than your competition. To get the few critical things done, you must develop incredible selective ignorance. Otherwise, the trivial will drown you.” —Tim Ferriss, bestselling author, host of The Tim Ferriss Show But in this day […]

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President Obama - An Inspiring Figure for All 奥巴马总统

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Listen to him again. Listen to his farewell address as the 44th President of the United Stated of America. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/obama-farewell-address-speech.html?_r=0 And let me quote one little excerpt from his beginning of his speech: ” … And every day, I have learned from you. You made me a better president, and you made me a better man. ” … It was on these streets where I witnessed the power of faith, and the quiet dignity of working people in the face of struggle and loss. ” … It’s the conviction that we are all created equal, endowed by our creator with […]

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Who is Maximum Ride? -:- Maximum Ride 是谁呢？

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Maximum Ride was the leader of six kids and a talking dog. These six kids were special - they had wings and could fly. Max or Maximum (Max is f - female) was fourteen and the others were: Fang, fourteen, (m - male); Iggy, fourteen, (m - male) who was blind; Nudge, eleven, (f - female) a motor-mouth; Gazzy, eight, (m - male); and Angel, six, (f - female) who could read minds and at times control them too. Angel’s clever and quick-thinking talking dog was Total (not sure whether m or f) and Total could fly too. All of […]

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People’s Action Party (PAP) 人民行动党

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For those who have not stayed in Singapore, the initials PAP may not be familiar. PAP stands for Peoples Action Party and is the ruling political party in Singapore ever since Singapore’s Independence as a Republic State in 1965. The book “The PAP Story” is written by Fong Sip Chee (alias Andrew Fong) who was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour during the early days of PAP’s rule in the 1960’s and 1970’s. There are so many historical facts on Singapore’s early political history packed into this tiny 268-pages book. It is a pity that this topic has somewhat been […]

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Where to build more housing in Auckland? 奥克兰建造更多的房屋要在哪里呢？

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Auckland’s population is increasing. By 2030, the estimated population in Auckland has been estimated to rise to 2.0 million from the current 1.37 million. To put this into perspective, the Auckland Council estimates that: Auckland has an additional 819 new residents every week 344 new homes are built in Auckland every week A new street created every two days 405 jobs are created in Auckland each week 670 vehicles are imported via Ports of Auckland every day. Where can we build more housing for the increasing number of Auckland dwellers? These housing units need to be built within the shortest […]

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