ping-pong: china vs canadian chinese ;-)

Posted on July 24, 2021 by pan
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last shot secured the gold

Posted on July 23, 2021 by pan
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rainwater runoff vs river overflow vs dam failure

Posted on July 23, 2021 by pan
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one ping-pong ball in a 1-million batch does not meet the weight requirement. how to find it out with a weighing scale most efficiently?

Posted on July 22, 2021 by pan
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was there a fly in the capsule as circled?

Posted on July 21, 2021 by pan
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the youngest, the oldest, the richest, and the brother, all the bravest!

Posted on July 20, 2021 by pan
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old slides for new international undergrad students (and their parents ;-) also new canadian border measures update. please read carefully https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-border-measures-reopening-1.6107988 “The Canadian government shut its border to foreign travellers and implemented strict measures for non-essential workers in March 2020. It later introduced a rule requiring a hotel stay for air travellers awaiting test results.

Posted on July 19, 2021 by pan

The government announced today that it’s scrapping the three-night government-authorized hotel stay requirement for all travellers on Aug. 9.

As part of its initial COVID-19 prevention measures, the government restricted incoming international flights to just four airports.

Starting Aug. 9, international flights carrying passengers will once again be allowed to land at the following airports: Halifax Stanfield International Airport; Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport; Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport; Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport; and Edmonton International Airport.

A Transport Canada official said the department is working with other airports to resume international flights.

Transport Canada also announced it has extended the Notice to Airmen (or NOTAM) that restricts all direct commercial and private passenger flights to Canada from India until August 21.”

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old slides for new international grad students and research visitors

Posted on July 18, 2021 by pan
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the link to join directly https://uvic.zoom.us/j/83233365364?pwd=R1Brc1BFR2M2T3RSMTZGV3hXYnFlZz09 (unfortunately, waiting room is mandated by uvic, so non-uvic zoom users will be in the waiting room first, and be admitted in batches at the beginning)

Posted on July 16, 2021 by pan
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not only email but also caller id can be faked nowadays. received a call from “ottawa” today asking me to pick up an important document by 4pm today. “ok, i will ask jeff for a ride” and then the other side “… … …” (end of call ;-)

Posted on July 16, 2021 by pan
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