Word: zealand
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...York venture capital firm Spencer Trask - launched over a century ago by the man who helped finance Thomas Edison's first light bulb - Bent put up a challenge on InnoCentive's network to improve on his BOGO light. It was answered in short order by a engineer in New Zealand named Russell McMahon, who came up with a new design that makes better use of both the solar battery and the LEDs, allowing for a stronger, more dependable light. The result was a perfect example of wiki-innovation - people from opposite sides of the planet, who would have never...
...gases cause global warming. Numerous eminent scientists dispute the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in this regard. Rather than side with the pundits of gloom about global warming, perhaps TIME could investigate and print the views of those who challenge their claims. David Buckleigh, Rotorua, New Zealand...
...find interesting, entertaining things with which to fill our summers and keep us sane and happy before the madness of move-in day. Even if you feel you’re destined for Goldman Sachs, why not take a summer to think about it, maybe bungee jumping in New Zealand or writing poetry? At the very least, your summer adventures will supply interesting chat for your first-round interview and help fill that pesky bottom line on your resume that currently reads: “Interests: reading, sleeping, Guitar Hero...
...them in the U.S. They are used primarily for breeding purposes, and as yet, their products aren't officially sold anywhere - though there is anecdotal evidence that cloned food products have made their way into the market in the past. Currently the U.S., E.U., Australia, China, Japan and New Zealand all use cloned cattle and pigs. ViaGEN, a cloning and animal genetics company based in Austin, Tex., produces some 150 cloned cattle annually, which it sells to meat suppliers, primarily for breeding. ViaGEN says it will launch a system to log and track each of its clones, with a unique...
This lesson has been well learned by societies that top international rankings in education. The highest-achieving countries--Finland, Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Canada--have been pouring resources into teacher training and support. These countries routinely prepare their teachers more extensively, pay them well in relation to competing occupations and give them lots of time for professional learning. They also provide well-trained teachers for all students--rather than allowing some to be taught by untrained novices--by offering equitable salaries and adding incentives for harder-to-staff locations...