theconversation – Data breaches are a regular part of the cyberthreat landscape. They generate a great deal of media attention, both because the quantity of information stolen is often large, and because so much of it is data people would prefer remained private. Dozens of high-profile breaches over the last few years have targeted national retailers, health care providers and even databases of the federal government, getting Social Security numbers, fingerprints and even background-check results. Though breaches affecting consumer data have become commonplace, there are other resources that, when targeted, lead to major security concerns. Recently, a hacker claimed to be selling over 32 million Twitter usernames and passwords on an underground marketplace. Tiếp tục đọc “Buying and selling hacked passwords: How does it work?”
Tác giả: Đào Thu Hằng
I'm from Hanoi, Viet Nam.
I'm an author of Dot Chuoi Non (dotchuoinon.com/author/hangbelu/), a blog on Positive thinking, founded by Dr. Tran Dinh Hoanh, an attorney in Washington DC.
I'm a co-founder of Conversations on Vietnam Development - cvdvn.net, a virtual think tank. I am a co-founder of two companies in Viet Nam working on children education services. I advise companies on STEAM education, English language education for children and students in Vietnam.
I'm studying the Buddha's teaching and the teaching of Jesus. I practice mindful living including meditation.
I hold a PhD on Sustainable Energy Systems from University of Lisbon and Aalto University.
I graduated from Hanoi University of Technology on Environmental Engineering. I obtained a Master degree of the same major from Stanford University and Nanyang Technological University.
My English-language blog at: hangbelu.wordpress/.
I play table tennis as a hobby.
Background on Southeast Asian Parenting: Helping Youth Succeed: Bicultural Parenting for Southeast Asian Families
University of Minnesota – Extension
Background on Southeast Asian Parenting
Daniel Detzner, College of Human Ecology, University of Minnesota; Blong Xiong, College of Human Ecology, University of Minnesota; Patricia A. Eliason, General College, University of Minnesota
Reviewed April 2010 by the author (Daniel Detzner).
Eastern Values and Beliefs
To understand Southeast Asian parenting and chlld-rearing practices, we must first understand the cultural values and beliefs that influence parents, especially regarding family life and interpersonal relationships.
Traditionally, Southeast Asians tend to have a large extended family, usually up to three or four generations living together (Vandeusen et al., 1980). Nuclear families typically have four to eight children, depending on socioeconomic status and ethnic group. Tiếp tục đọc “Background on Southeast Asian Parenting: Helping Youth Succeed: Bicultural Parenting for Southeast Asian Families”
Helping businesses see the benefits of the Sustainable Development Goals
eco-business: Panelists at a forum for business leaders say that aligning business targets and sustainability practices as well as partnerships are essential in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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A Human Approach to World Peace
When we rise in the morning and listen to the radio or read the newspaper, we are confronted with the same sad news: violence, crime, wars, and disasters. I cannot recall a single day without a report of something terrible happening somewhere. Even in these modern times it is clear that one’s precious life is not safe. No former generation has had to experience so much bad news as we face today; this constant awareness of fear and tension should make any sensitive and compassionate person question seriously the progress of our modern world.
Tiếp tục đọc “A Human Approach to World Peace”
Làm thế nào tôi bắt đầu một cuộc cách mạng băng vệ sinh
Tôi đã cố gắng làm một việc tốt nho nhỏ cho vợ mình. Điều khiến tôi đứng ở đây, sự nổi tiếng, tiền tài, tôi không bàn về chúng. Thế nên, những gì tôi đã làm, tôi đã quay trở lại những ngày đầu của cuộc hôn nhân của mình. Những gì bạn làm trong những ngày đầu của cuộc sống vợ chồng, là cố gắng gây ấn tượng với vợ của bạn. Tôi đã làm như vậy. Vào buổi đó, tôi đã thấy vợ mình mang theo một cái gì đó như thế này. Tôi đã thấy. “Là gì vậy?” Tôi hỏi. Vợ tôi trả lời, “Không phải là việc của anh.” Thế rồi, là người làm chồng, tôi chạy theo vợ mình và nhìn thấy cô ấy có một miếng giẻ lau bẩn. Tôi thậm chí còn không dùng nó để làm sạch chiếc xe máy của mình. Sau đó tôi hiểu ra rằng – vợ mình dùng phương pháp mất vệ sinh đó để xoay sở trong những ngày hành kinh.
Tiếp tục đọc “Làm thế nào tôi bắt đầu một cuộc cách mạng băng vệ sinh”
Study: climate change warming Asian waters, altering monsoon
NEW DELHI: Each year as temperatures rise across India, farmers look to the sky and pray for rain.
The all-important monsoon forecast becomes a national priority, with more than 70 percent of India’s 1.25 billion citizens engaged in agriculture and relying on weather predictions to decide when they will sow their seeds and harvest their crops.
But getting the forecast right remains a challenge, thanks to the complex — and still poorly understood — ways in which South Asia’s monsoon rains are influenced by everything from atmospheric and ocean temperatures to air quality and global climate trends. Even the amount of ice in Antarctica is suspected to have an impact. Tiếp tục đọc “Study: climate change warming Asian waters, altering monsoon”
Biến đổi khí hậu thách thức sinh kế 10 triệu dân ĐBSCL
TTO – Các đại biểu tham gia diễn đàn Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long năm 2016 tổ chức tại TP.HCM vào ngày 27-6 đều nhấn mạnh biến đổi khí hậu sẽ thách thức sinh kế của 10 triệu dân vùng đất này.
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| Phó thủ tướng Chính phủ Vương Đình Huệ phát biểu tại diễn đàn Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long 2016 sáng 27-6 – Ảnh: DUYÊN PHAN |
Tham dự diễn đàn có Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Phó thủ tướng Vương Đình Huệ cùng đại diện Ngân hàng Thế giới, các bộ ban ngành và đại diện các tỉnh đồng bằng sông Cửu Long.
Phát biểu tại diễn đàn, Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc nhấn mạnh tầm quan trọng của đồng bằng sông Cửu Long trong chiến lược phát triển kinh tế – xã hội của VN.
Được coi là vùng sản xuất nông nghiệp, thủy sản hàng hóa lớn nhất VN, đồng bằng sông Cửu Long đóng góp gần 41% giá trị sản xuất nông nghiệp, gần 70% kim ngạch xuất khẩu thủy sản, 90% sản lượng gạo xuất khẩu.
Tuy nhiên “vựa lúa lớn nhất VN” đang đứng trước khó khăn và thử thách, nhất là biến đổi khí hậu, nước biển đang xâm nhập mặn. Tiếp tục đọc “Biến đổi khí hậu thách thức sinh kế 10 triệu dân ĐBSCL”
EVN được Chính phủ bảo lãnh vay nợ gần 10 tỷ USD
Tập đoàn Điện lực Việt Nam (EVN) chiếm hơn một phần ba tổng số nợ mà Chính phủ phải bảo lãnh, tính đến hết năm 2015.
vnexpress – Theo báo cáo vừa được Bộ Tài chính gửi lên Chính phủ, Tập đoàn Điện lực Việt Nam – công ty mẹ hiện có nợ vay 9,7 tỷ USD, chiếm 61,2% số vay nợ được bảo lãnh của lĩnh vực điện. Ngoài ra, Tổng công ty truyền tải điện Việt Nam (EVN/NPT) cũng được bảo lãnh nợ 445 triệu USD. Cơ cấu vay nợ chủ yếu là nước ngoài.
Riêng trong năm 2015, EVN được cấp bảo lãnh hơn 2 tỷ USD cho 2 dự án mà tập đoàn làm chủ đầu tư trực tiếp.
Tiếp tục đọc “EVN được Chính phủ bảo lãnh vay nợ gần 10 tỷ USD”
Vietnam’s zombie companies threaten long-term growth
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s zombie companies threaten long-term growth”
10 lessons on empire
- JULY 13, 2009
foreignpolicy _ As I mentioned awhile back, I devoted a good chunk of my vacation out west reading Piers Brendon’s The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997.As you might imagine, I spent a lot of time thinking about possible parallels and lessons for America’s current global position, just as English imperialists spent a lot of time pondering the Roman experience (ably documented by Edward Gibbon). Tiếp tục đọc “10 lessons on empire”
Reflections on the Rise and Fall of Empires
by JR FEARS
bigthink_ September 21, 2010 marked the 2501th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon.
Of course, probably every day somewhere in the world people commemorate Marathon by running a 26 mile Marathon race. I wonder how many of them know or care that they are paying tribute to men who fought for freedom so many years ago. Marathon is a plain that lies 26 miles from Athens. After the victory the Athenian runner Pheidippides raced that distance back to Athens to tell his fellow citizens that their army was victorious. After the battle, as well, the entire Greek army marched those 26 miles, despite their exhaustion from conflict, in order to prevent the Persian fleet from making a surprise assault on Athens.
On that date in 490 BC, 10,000 men of Athens and their ally Plataea defeated a Persian army three times their size. The Persians were the best equipped, best trained army the world had ever seen. They were soldiers of the Great King Darius, “Lord of Lords, King of Kings and Master over the Four Corners of the Universe.”
Tiếp tục đọc “Reflections on the Rise and Fall of Empires”
Vietnam: Corruption whistleblowers protection mechanism under current laws
Towards Transparency (TT)[1]
National Contact of Transparency International (TI) in Vietnam
Denunciation is a fundamental right of citizens that is recognized in the Constitution of Vietnam and also a crucial channel for government agencies to access information about, detect and handle violations of the law. Vietnam has long recognized the rights of whistleblowers in general and corruption whistleblowers in particular in many different legal instruments. However, many legal provisions are just principles, non-specific and scattered in various legal instruments of different legal effects. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam: Corruption whistleblowers protection mechanism under current laws”
For the past 15 years, this man has buried babies from abortion clinics
The former construction worker bought land atop a mountain called Hon Thom in the city of Nha Trang with his savings. Tong began burying the dead babies in this idyllic setting. At first, his wife thought he’d gone crazy, but Tong wouldn’t give up his dream. He’s buried more than 10,000 babies over the years, but what he really wanted to do was save these babies in the first place. He said his graveyard isn’t just a place for sadness, it’s a garden meant to touch women who are feeling uncertain
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hefty – Tong Phuoc Phuc from Vietnam has shown the world what true selflessness is: He has saved the lives of more than 100 children over the last 15 years. It all began in 2001 when his own wife was pregnant. He went with her to the hospital and noticed that pregnant women were entering the next room and coming out no longer with child.
Facebook/Tống Phước Phúc Orphanage
It took some time before Tong realized what exactly was going on. The idea that these babies didn’t have a chance to come into this world broke Tong’s heart. So, Tong asked if he could take the aborted children from the hospital so they at least could be given a proper burial in an appropriate place. Tiếp tục đọc “For the past 15 years, this man has buried babies from abortion clinics”
Early days of internet offer lessons for boosting 3D printing
theconversation – Even in its relative infancy, 3D printing has created an enormous list of possibilities: dental aligners to straighten your teeth, unique toys for your children, inexpensive custom prosthetics for people with limb deficiencies, and restoring lost or destroyed cultural artifacts. It can also be used to create untraceable firearms and an endless supply of copyright infringements.
Just as when the internet developed, 3D printing is opening doors to amazing opportunities and benefits – as well as some undeniable dangers. Also called “additive manufacturing,” 3D printing’s enabling of truly decentralized, democratized innovation will challenge Tiếp tục đọc “Early days of internet offer lessons for boosting 3D printing”
UK political elite used poverty & immigration fears to secure leave vote
BRUEGEL: The bulk of UK Leave voters come from disadvantaged areas, and perceive immigration as a threat. But significant exceptions to this trend in England and most importantly in Scotland make it hard to draw a simple causal link between wealth, immigration, and voting patterns.
One of the dominant explanations of the UK’s Leave vote in the EU referendum is that the most disadvantaged parts of the country voted against EU membership to express their discontent against the ruling elite, as a headline inThe Guardian recently read: ‘If you’ve got money, you vote in… if you haven’t got money, you vote out.’
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