How to adapt to a new country/society?

I am going to immigrate to Australia, I would like to know how to adapt oneself to a new country as a new immigrant as soon as possible, considering my mother language is not English.

big data and privacy Big data is a new concept these days, which means a load of information collected via Cloud technology would be used to predict or influence people's behavior or other things. Let's look at the bright side first. It could provide more accurate services by analyzing individuals' motivation of consumption; the weather broadcast can be more reliable because of tons of data; In the industry of biology, we may crack the secret of DNA more quickly. The president candidates may use it to predict the tendency of election. However, big data can be misused inevitably by some companies even by the government. Try to imagine, someone may do some bad things by stealing your identity. We can always hear from the news that someone's credit card information has been leaked because they have put me personal information on the Internet. Even worse, some very personal information like photos may have the risk being leaked, we all know the incident that happened days ago on the Internet. The government can control people by having their personal data. A lot of evidence suggests that big data is a double-blade sword, it can seriously jeopardize our life if it is misused. But who should be blamed or be responsible for it ? Who can protect us or set the boundaries? I cannot answer those questions, can you ?

Could someone explain the meaning of 'self-righteous' ? In which condition, can we use this expression ? Thanks.

12 angry men After having watched the Movie 12 angry men last night, I kept thinking about it. If the whole world believes that the earth is the center of the universe, would you stand up to argue as what Giordano Bruno did ? If you are among the jury like the movie shows, would you follow the other 11 people and put the kid to the chair ? The movie tells a story about a kid who is accused of murdering his father, and he will be sentenced to death if the jury reaches consensus. only one man (juror 8) has doubts about it, and he sticks to his only mind, then finally persuades others and all the jurors reach a unanimous consensus that the boy is not guilty. The story is amazing. I was totally enjoyed by the excellent arguments and their outstanding acting skills even though it just happened in a small restroom and just one scene. About the jury system, I knew nothing about it since we do not have it in China. but I did some research afterwards. Murdering belongs to the criminal case, to reach the verdict, the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt unless the defendant can prove there is a reasonable doubt. If there is a possibility that the suspect could be innocent, they should be acquitted of the crime. Who is responsible for the judgement ? the jury. In this movie, the juror 8 constantly stresses that we have no solid evidence to prove the kid is guilty or not and we could not even figure that out, yet that is not our job, our job is to find the possibility that the suspect could be innocent, if we find it, the boy should be not guilty. The file is trying to illustrate that all the perspectives can reach consensus through thorough discuss or deliberation like what in the movie shows. what makes the other jurors change their mind and approve the juror 8 ? I think that is because they all follow two kinds of rules: one is logical rules the other is process justice. In the movie, someone is not that reasonable in the beginning, but they finally give in after they are approved illogical. the second rule is the process justice. In the movie we can see how unanimous ballot works. first, we can see 1:11 and finally 12:0. Everyone has to respect the vote and justify it, even the minorities have right to speak, it is not the minorities should follow the majority in our daily life. This movie demonstrates democracy,justice and equality and that's why I like it.

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