The document compares median home sale prices in Austin, Texas from December 2008 to December 2010. It finds that the median price of homes for sale decreased 10% from $234,500 to $209,998 over this period, while the median price of homes sold increased 20% from $190,000 to $228,750. The data suggests that while home listing prices fell in Austin between 2008-2010, the prices that homes actually sold for rose substantially over the same period.
The document discusses issues facing Bible studies and Sunday school classes for children. Many children are no longer attending due to classes being taught like lectures or sermons instead of engaging the children. Teachers ask inappropriate personal questions or ones with right answers in mind. However, churches are starting to make positive changes like incorporating games, activities and relating lessons to popular culture to better engage students. Balancing fun with lessons and listening to students is improving Bible study experiences for many children.
The document summarizes a performance evaluation of the Geo2Tag location-based services platform. It describes modeling client-server interactions to identify the most frequent requests, measuring those requests' performance, and optimizing the platform. Specifically, it found database interaction as the bottleneck, optimized database synchronization, and saw average request processing times decrease by 47.5% after optimizations. The evaluation provided insights to maximize performance and informed future work on supporting NoSQL databases and lock-free algorithms.
This document discusses internationalization and localization in Ruby on Rails. It defines internationalization (i18n) as making an application support multiple languages without code changes, and localization (L10n) as adapting an application for a specific region or language. The document then explains how Rails version 2.2 introduced the I18n gem to provide easy internationalization capabilities out of the box like translating text and formatting dates and times for different locales. It also provides a brief overview of how the I18n features work in Rails.
The document discusses several logistics companies operating in Uruguay. It describes their warehouse facilities and services offered, which include storage, consolidation, labeling, packaging and value-added services. The companies serve markets in South America, Europe and other regions. Uruguay's strategic geographic location and free trade zone system provide advantages for logistics and regional distribution operations.
With the open source Geo2tag platform, developers can use JSON or XML to manage location references in apps for Nokia X and Nokia Asha phones. In this webinar, we’ll show how to use the Geo2tag API and how to manage a local database of georeferences. We’ll begin the training by introducing the fundamentals of Location Based Services and the REST API of Geo2Tag LBS Platform (www.geo2tag.org). We’ll focus on networking, JSON and web services. Then we will demonstrate several applications developed on top of Geo2Tagand share the newest enhancements to the platform. We’ll end the training with a discussion of integrating Geo2Tag and third-party map widgets.
The document compares median home sale prices in Austin, Texas from December 2008 to December 2010. It finds that the median price of homes for sale decreased 10% from $234,500 to $209,998 over this period, while the median price of homes sold increased 20% from $190,000 to $228,750. The data suggests that while home listing prices fell in Austin between 2008-2010, the prices that homes actually sold for rose substantially over the same period.
The document discusses issues facing Bible studies and Sunday school classes for children. Many children are no longer attending due to classes being taught like lectures or sermons instead of engaging the children. Teachers ask inappropriate personal questions or ones with right answers in mind. However, churches are starting to make positive changes like incorporating games, activities and relating lessons to popular culture to better engage students. Balancing fun with lessons and listening to students is improving Bible study experiences for many children.
The document summarizes a performance evaluation of the Geo2Tag location-based services platform. It describes modeling client-server interactions to identify the most frequent requests, measuring those requests' performance, and optimizing the platform. Specifically, it found database interaction as the bottleneck, optimized database synchronization, and saw average request processing times decrease by 47.5% after optimizations. The evaluation provided insights to maximize performance and informed future work on supporting NoSQL databases and lock-free algorithms.
This document discusses internationalization and localization in Ruby on Rails. It defines internationalization (i18n) as making an application support multiple languages without code changes, and localization (L10n) as adapting an application for a specific region or language. The document then explains how Rails version 2.2 introduced the I18n gem to provide easy internationalization capabilities out of the box like translating text and formatting dates and times for different locales. It also provides a brief overview of how the I18n features work in Rails.
The document discusses several logistics companies operating in Uruguay. It describes their warehouse facilities and services offered, which include storage, consolidation, labeling, packaging and value-added services. The companies serve markets in South America, Europe and other regions. Uruguay's strategic geographic location and free trade zone system provide advantages for logistics and regional distribution operations.
With the open source Geo2tag platform, developers can use JSON or XML to manage location references in apps for Nokia X and Nokia Asha phones. In this webinar, we’ll show how to use the Geo2tag API and how to manage a local database of georeferences. We’ll begin the training by introducing the fundamentals of Location Based Services and the REST API of Geo2Tag LBS Platform (www.geo2tag.org). We’ll focus on networking, JSON and web services. Then we will demonstrate several applications developed on top of Geo2Tagand share the newest enhancements to the platform. We’ll end the training with a discussion of integrating Geo2Tag and third-party map widgets.
This document is a translation agreement between Ching-Chen Mao, an associate professor, and Dr. Robert Steegers. It grants Mao the right to translate an article by Steegers titled "Open Access and the German Academic System: Common Perspectives of the Alliance of Research Organisations" into simplified and traditional Chinese and publish the translation in print and digital formats. Mao agrees to accurately translate the work without changes and does not assume liability. No royalties will be paid as the translation is done in the spirit of open access. Copyright of the original work remains with the author.
The document discusses the idea of creating a unified catalog or "world's largest library" that would contain the catalogs of all libraries worldwide. It notes that while Amazon has millions of book titles in its catalog, a unified library catalog could contain tens of millions by combining the holdings of existing library collections. The document advocates enhancing catalog records with additional information like cover images, tables of contents, and reviews to help users discover relevant books. It also suggests making the unified catalog available online for users to search from anywhere in the world.
This document provides a historical overview of open access. It discusses key events in the open access movement, including the 2001 Budapest Open Access Initiative which aimed to promote free access to scholarly literature, and the 2003 Berlin Declaration on Open Access which was signed by many academic institutions worldwide. The document also examines some of the challenges to open access, such as concerns about loss of income from publishing and changes to existing systems of evaluating academic work. Overall it traces the development of open access from early initiatives to the present debate around establishing new models of academic publishing.
This document discusses open access in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics. It notes that while attitudes towards open access vary across disciplines, astronomy and astrophysics generally have a positive view. Research results in these fields are often made freely available online. The document advocates applying open access not just to publications but also to primary data. However, willingness to share data early varies. It also discusses issues like embargo periods and incentives needed to encourage open access publishing. Traditional publishers will need to adapt to new models to survive.
This document discusses open access to scholarly literature and digital library initiatives in South Asia. It provides links to resources on open access publishing models and policies, influential advocates of open access like Stevan Harnad, open access archives and repositories, studies on the impact of open access articles, and examples of open access policies adopted by universities.
This document discusses the background and motivation for a research study. It notes that the scholarly communication system established 350 years ago by Henry Oldenburg is now in crisis, as even the wealthiest libraries cannot purchase all academic publications. Journal prices have risen much faster than inflation or library budgets in recent decades. As a result, more than half of one research institute's journal subscription budget in India goes to only two large publishing companies, comprising over 10% of its total budget. This shows the system created by Oldenburg to share knowledge is now broken and compromises future scientific development.
Open Access Week 2009 was held in Taiwan from October 19th to 23rd. During this week there was an Open Access Exhibition held to promote open access. The first day of school for Fu-Jen Catholic University was September 14th, 2009.
9. 有創意的讀者, 站在書店翻看目次, 瀏覽內容; 或從圖書館把它借回家, 細細閱讀。將本書的首頁
設為瀏覽器的首頁, 置於書籤工具列或書籤裡。
把它當成教科書, 逐字背誦, 也不錯, 遵循古法泡製學位, 算是資訊時代的奇人。
本書以 Google 為名, 不以 Google 為限, 沒有取得任何授權, 沒有任何關聯。以搜尋引擎為起點,
以生活為目標, 從英文的世界為起點, 找出對應的中文(繁體)服務, 以法律規範的現實, 思考人的
價值。
引領風潮與招來爭議是一體的兩面, 成王敗寇, 我們拭目以待, Google 是最典型的例子。所有網
頁的頁面庫存, 招致部份網頁主抗議, 主張 Google 無權暫存其網頁; 新聞搜尋的結果, 被法新社等
媒體關切, 控告其侵權; Google Book Search[Google 圖書搜尋], 惹火美國作家公會及出版社協會,
一狀告上法院; Google 地圖[Google Local], 被各國的國家安全單位釘上。
本書分為五篇: 搜尋引擎、搜尋、網路空間及社群、網頁主、發展歷程。每章之後, 有參考資源
供讀者做進一步學習之用, 作業係供學生思考及考評之用, 解題僅供授課老師使用, 請以任教學校
的官方電子郵件地址來信索取。
搜尋引擎有兩章: 運作模式、搜尋邏輯。對於搜尋引擎運作有興趣的讀者, 千萬不能錯誤, 它們的
內容適用於各種搜尋引擎及資料庫。
搜尋分為 13 章, 前面五章是 Google 中文(繁體)首頁列出的選項: 所有網頁(Web)、圖片(Google
Image Search)、新聞(News)、網上論壇(Groups)、網頁目錄(Directory), 第六章及第七章是 Google
英文首頁列出的選項: 購物 (Froogle)、地圖(Maps)。
絕大多數的 Google 用戶, 都在這個範圍裡。
網路空間及社群分為 17 章, Google 以免費服務用戶為原則, 秉持此精神, 以自由軟體為基礎撰寫
本書, 祗限專屬軟體環境使用的軟體, 把它集中在最後一章, 祗列名稱, 簡述其內容。
Google 不祗是搜尋, 還提供相當的網路空間給用戶, 包括: 容量超過 2G 的電子郵件(Gmail), 建構
郵寄名單及討論群組的網上論壇(Groups), 幾乎沒有限制的 Blogger[部落格], 便捷的影像儲存空
間(Google Video), 掌握朋友的即時通訊(Google Talk), 時間管理用的行事曆(Google Calendar), 還
在起步階段的網頁空間(Google Page Creator)等。
再加上網路版的文書處理軟體(Wirtely)、試算表(Google Spreadsheets)、筆記本(Google
Notebook), 還有什麼是 Google 管不到的呢? 只剩下用不用 Google 的選擇吧!
網頁主分為 Google 廣告解決方案 (Google Advertising Programs)、Google 企業解決方案(Google
Enterprise Solution)、上傳內容等三章。
10. Google 掌握網際網路的本質, 對最終消費者免費, 向廠商收費。以關鍵字模式, 向企業收取廣告
費; 提供軟硬體服務, 向企業收取服務費, 協助網頁主將資料納入 Google 的資料庫。
發展歷程分為兩章: Google 公司及 Google 之後。很多人對 Google 公司充滿好奇, 有些人對
Google 佩服得五體投地, 這兩章試圖分析這些現象。
除了搜尋引擎及發展歷程之外, 其他三篇的各章, 都是介紹 Google 的產品或服務, 其內容分為四
個部份: 功能、實例、相關服務、作業。
這就是 Google 的產品及服務。
還有一件事, 本書的版面, 遵照圖書館員的慣例:
採用官方的正式中文名稱, 儘量不用其他的名稱, 使用「網上論壇」, 不用「Groups」
可能有混淆時, 把英文名稱置於圓括弧內, 放在中文名稱之後, 「網上論壇(Groups)」
不單獨使用坊間通用的中文名稱, 必須使用時, 先給正式的英文名稱, 再把通用的中文名稱置於方
括弧內, 「Google Earth[Google 地球]」
中文內容的連結, 以中文為被連結字; 英文內容的連結, 以英文為被連結字
參考資源
��.1Google, http://www.google.com/
��.2More Google products, http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/
��.3Google Labs, http://labs.google.com/
��.4About Google, http://www.google.com/intl/en/about.html
a. Google 完全手冊, http://www.google.com/intl/zh-TW/about.html
��.5Google Advertising Programs, http://www.google.com/intl/en/ads/
a. Google 廣告解決方案, http://www.google.com.tw/intl/zh-TW/ads/
��.6Google Help Central, http://www.google.com/intl/en/help.html
a. Google: 說明中心, http://www.google.com/support?hl=zh_TW
b. 網站管理員說明中心, http://www.google.com.tw/support/webmasters
��.7Google Friends[Google 官方電子報], http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends
��.8Official Google Blog[Google 官方部落格], http://googleblog.blogspot.com
a. Google 黑板報, http://googlechinablog.com/
��.9Google World : - The Google search engine World by Indicateur,
http://google.indicateur.com/
��.1055 招玩 Google [簡體] = 55 Ways to Have Fun With Google,
http://www.renquankk.com/gfun/index.htm