| description | |||||||||||||
| The bibutils program set interconverts between various bibliography formats using a common MODS-format XML intermediate. For example, one can convert RIS-format files to Bibtex by doing two transformations: RIS->MODS->Bibtex. By using a common intermediate for N formats, only 2N programs are required and not N²-N. These programs operate on the command line and are styled after standard UNIX-like filters. I primarily use these tools at the command line, but they are suitable for scripting and have been incorporated into a number of different bibliographic projects. | |||||||||||||
| MODS | |||||||||||||
| The XML intermediate is the Library of Congress's Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) version 3.1. This is a very flexible standard that should prove quite useful as the number of tools that directly interact with it increase. For other programmers working on tools for working with MODS, I've written a quick introduction. | |||||||||||||
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| The main difference between Bibutils version 4 and Bibutils version 3 is the library API. Documentation for the library API is available here. The older Bibutils version 2 generates a non-standard XML intermediate that isn't as useful as MODS. I'm still keeping it available; however, I encourage all users to migration to the latest version 3 release. For other programmers working on tools for working with MODS, I've written a quick introduction. Starting with the version 3.15 release, the programs have been reorganized into a nice library for being plugged into other progjects. Documentation for the library API will be available shortly. | |||||||||||||
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| Several flags available for the end2xml, endx2xml, bib2xml, ris2xml, med2xml, and copac2xml programs: -h, --help display help | |||||||||||||
| bib2xml | |||||||||||||
| bib2xml converts a BibTeX-formatted reference file to an XML-intermediate bibliography file. Specify file(s) to be converted on the command line. Files containing BibTeX substitutions strings should be specified before the files where substitutions are specified (or in the same file before their use). If no files are specified, then BibTeX information will be read from standard in. bib2xml BibTeX_file.bib > output_file.xml | |||||||||||||
| copac2xml | |||||||||||||
| copac2xml converts a COPAC formatted reference file to a MODS XML-intermediate bibliography file. | |||||||||||||
| end2xml | |||||||||||||
| end2xml converts a text endnote-formatted reference file to an XML-intermediate bibliography file. This program will not work on the binary library; the file needs to be exported first. Endnote tagged formats ("Refer" format export) look like:
There are very nice instructions for making sure that you are properly exporting this at http://www.sonnysoftware.com/endnoteimport.html Usage for end2xml is the same as bib2xml. end2xml endnote_file.end > output_file.xml | |||||||||||||
| endx2xml | |||||||||||||
| endx2xml converts a EndNote-XML exported reference file to a MODS XML-intermediate bibliography file. This program will not work on the binary library; the file needs to be exported first. | |||||||||||||
| isi2xml | |||||||||||||
| isi2xml converts an ISI-web-of-science-formatted reference file to a MODS XML-intermediate bibliography file. Usage for isi2xml is the same as bib2xml. isi2xml input_file.isi > output_file.xml | |||||||||||||
| med2xml | |||||||||||||
| med2xml converts an medline XML formatted reference file to a MODS XML-intermediate bibliography file. To download references from PubMed, choose the "Display" option "XML" and then select "Send To" "File". This file is in the correct format for med2xml to read.  | |||||||||||||
| ris2xml | |||||||||||||
| ris2xml converts a RIS-formatted reference file to an XML-intermediate bibliography file. ris2xml usage is as end2xml and bib2xml ris2xml ris_file.ris > output_file.xml | |||||||||||||
| xml2bib | |||||||||||||
| xml2bib converts the MODS XML bibliography into a BibTeX-formatted reference file. xml2bib usage is as for other tools xml2bib xml_file.xml > output_file.bib Starting with 3.24, xml2bib output uses lowercase tags and mixed case reference types for better interaction with Emacs. The older behavior with all uppercase tags/reference types can still be generated using the command-line switch -U/--uppercase. Command line options:
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| xml2ris | |||||||||||||
| xml2ris converts the MODS XML bibliography to RIS-formatted bibliography file. xml2ris usage is as for other tools xml2ris xml_file.xml > output_file.ris Command line options:
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| xml2end | |||||||||||||
| xml2end converts the MODS XML bibliography to tagged Endnote (refer-format) bibliography file. xml2end usage is as for other tools xml2end xml_file.xml > output_file.end Command line options:
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| xml2wordbib | |||||||||||||
| xml2wordbib converts the MODS XML bibliography to Word 2007-formatted XML bibliography file. xml2word usage is as for other tools xml2wordbib xml_file.xml > output_file.word.xml Command line options:
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| faq | |||||||||||||
| How do I download the files? Files can be saved by right-clicking on the link. This will pull up a context-sensitive menu, from which you should choose "Save Link As..." (or whatever the appropriate item is for your web browser). Simply clicking on the links frequently loads the binary into the browser window. Not terribly useful. Downloads on this page are going to be archives of all of the executables (as zipped or tarred/gzipped files depending on the architecture). The programs don't run for me. What am I doing wrong? If you send me this question, I would immediately have to ask for more information. The follow items address specific problems.
I am very interested in bug reports and problems in conversions. Feel free to e-mail me if you run into these issues. The absolute best bug reports provide error messages from the operating systems and/or input and outputs that detail the problems. Please remember that I'm not looking over your shoulder and I cannot read your mind to figure out what you are doing--"It doesn't work." isn't a bug report I can help you with. You have a MacOSX version, can you give me a MacOS9 version? Sorry. I'd like to, but these programs assume a command-line interface with normal standard in, standard out, and stardard error along with command-line arguments. MacOSX is a fundamental change in the operating sysem with a BSD (UNIX-like) core that I'm taking advantage of to provide a MacOSX binary. On the other hand, I don't know that much about MacOS9, and if it is possible to generate a useful binary from these sources let me know. This stuff is great, how can I help? OK, I actually don't get this question so often, though I have gotten very useful help through people who have willingly sent useful bug reports and sample problematic data to allow me to test these programs. I willingly accept bug reports, patches, new filters, suggestions on program improvements or better documentation and the like. All I can say is that users (or programmers) who contact me with these sorts of things are far more likely to get their itches scratched. | |||||||||||||
| license | |||||||||||||
| All versions of bibutils are relased under the GNU Public License (GPL). In a nutshell, feel free to download, run, and modify these programs as required. If you re-release these, you need to release the modified version of the source. (And I'd appreciate patches as well...if you care enough to make the change, then I'd like to see what you're adding or fixing.) |
Monday, April 13, 2009
bibliography conversion utilities
source http://www.scripps.edu/~cdputnam/software/bibutils/bibutils2.html
Thursday, March 12, 2009
10 Papers Every Software Architect Should Read (At Least Twice)
Earlier today I read a post by Michael Feathers Called "10 Papers Every Developer Should Read (At Least Twice). I knew some of the articles mentioned there and learnt about few interesting ones.I liked it so much, I thought I'd compile a similar list for software architects - based on stuff I read over the years.
1. The Byzantine Generals Problem (1982) by Leslie Lamport, Robert Shostak and Marshall Pease - The problem with distributed consensus
2. Go To statements considered harmfull (1968) - by Edsger W. Dijkstra - Didn't you always want to know why ? :)
3. A Note on Distributed Computing (1994) - by Samuel C. Kendall, Jim Waldo, Ann Wollrath and Geoff Wyant - Also on Michael's list but it is one of the foundation papers on distributed computing
4. Big Ball of Mud (1999) - Brian Foote and Joseph Yoder - patterns or anti-patterns?
5. No Silver Bullet Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (1987) - Frederick P. Brooks - On the limitations of Technology and Technological innovations.
6. The Open Closed Principle (1996) - Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) - The first in a series of articles on Object Oriented Principles (you remember the debate on SOLID...)
7. IEEE1471-2000 A recommended practice for architectural description of software intensive systems (2000) various- It is a standard and not a paper but it is the best foundation for describing a software architecture I know.
8. Harvest, Yield, and Scalable Tolerant Systems (1999) Armando Fox, Eric A. Brewer - That's where the CAP theorem was first defined
9. An Introduction to Software Architecture (1993) - David Garlan and Mary Shaw - one of the foundation articles of software architecture field (although based on earlier work by the two)
10. Who Needs an Architect? (2003) Martin Fowler - Do we or don't we?
I could come up with quite a few more articles not to mention books that aren't in this list. However these are definitely some of the most influential papers I read.
1. The Byzantine Generals Problem (1982) by Leslie Lamport, Robert Shostak and Marshall Pease - The problem with distributed consensus
2. Go To statements considered harmfull (1968) - by Edsger W. Dijkstra - Didn't you always want to know why ? :)
3. A Note on Distributed Computing (1994) - by Samuel C. Kendall, Jim Waldo, Ann Wollrath and Geoff Wyant - Also on Michael's list but it is one of the foundation papers on distributed computing
4. Big Ball of Mud (1999) - Brian Foote and Joseph Yoder - patterns or anti-patterns?
5. No Silver Bullet Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (1987) - Frederick P. Brooks - On the limitations of Technology and Technological innovations.
6. The Open Closed Principle (1996) - Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) - The first in a series of articles on Object Oriented Principles (you remember the debate on SOLID...)
7. IEEE1471-2000 A recommended practice for architectural description of software intensive systems (2000) various- It is a standard and not a paper but it is the best foundation for describing a software architecture I know.
8. Harvest, Yield, and Scalable Tolerant Systems (1999) Armando Fox, Eric A. Brewer - That's where the CAP theorem was first defined
9. An Introduction to Software Architecture (1993) - David Garlan and Mary Shaw - one of the foundation articles of software architecture field (although based on earlier work by the two)
10. Who Needs an Architect? (2003) Martin Fowler - Do we or don't we?
I could come up with quite a few more articles not to mention books that aren't in this list. However these are definitely some of the most influential papers I read.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Fifteen California Wines for Under $25
source: http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/oct2008/bw20081016_638664.htm?chan=autos_lifestyle+index+page_top+stories
It's easy to drop three-figures on a top California pinot, but these bargain West Coast wines are almost as good—and a fraction of the price
Consumers trying to find wine values have perhaps one of the more difficult paths to success in California than in any other wine region in the world. Prices for most of the finest cabernet sauvignons, chardonnays, and pinot noirs are well north of $20 to $25, which is the break point for what I consider value vs. expensive wines. In addition, areas such as Napa and Sonoma, the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco, and even farther south, Santa Barbara, are glamour regions, and their wines fetch very high prices.
Nevertheless, California bargains still can be found, and here are some that are just too good to pass up.
87 points
2006 Beringer Chardonnay Napa
Beringer's 2006 Chardonnay Napa is a heck of a bargain. Crisp and lean, with copious amounts of lemon oil, guava, and nectarine aromas, it is a medium-weight, dry, refreshing white to enjoy over the next one to three years. $16
87 points
2006 Pavilion Winery Pinot Noir
A wonderful discovery, Pavilion appears to be making some terrific wines at incredibly low price points. It is hard to find a pinot noir equaling the quality of the 2006 from Pavilion for under $30 a bottle. Blended with 13% zinfandel from Edna Valley, the wine has briery, berry fruit, and forest floor-like characteristics that are offered in a medium-bodied, silky style to enjoy over the next one to two years. $15
87 points
2007 Round Hill Chardonnay Oak Free
The 2007 Chardonnay Oak Free, a tank-fermented and -aged offering, displays crisp orange and lemon blossom characteristics, medium body, good fruit and purity, and surprising character. It is remarkably low-priced for a wine this good. Drink it over the next 12 months. $11
88 points
2006 Beckmen Vineyards Cuvée Le Bec
An excellent source of high-quality as well as value-priced Rhône Rangers, Beckmen produces one of the wine world's finest bargains, the Cuvée Le Bec, a blend of Rhône varietals. The 2006 consists of 50% grenache, 28% syrah, and the rest mourvèdre and counoise. It is medium-bodied and soft with plenty of pepper, sweet cherry, herb, and spice characteristics. An ideal bistro red, it is a delicious, personality-filled, bargain-priced effort to enjoy over the next one to two years. $18
88 points
2007 Grayson Cellars Chardonnay
The 9,000-case cuvée of 2007 Chardonnay from Grayson Cellars exhibits elegant pear and lemon blossom characteristics, medium body, good acidity, a hint of wood, and an attractive finish. Drink it over the next several years. $10
88 points
2005 Summers Cabernet Sauvignon Adrianna's Cuvée
Finding a good 100% Napa cabernet sauvignon for under $50 a bottle is no easy task. Finding an excellent one is almost impossible. But that is exactly what the elegant, tasty, black currant, cedar, licorice, and spice box-scented 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Adrianna's Cuvée delivers. Classic cabernet aromas are followed by a medium- to full-bodied wine with loads of fruit, soft tannin, and a long finish. It should drink well for five to eight years. $22
89 points
2006 Cartlidge & Browne Sauvignon Blanc Dancing Crow
One of the premium purveyors of value-priced California wines (believe me, there are not many that offer high quality at low prices), Cartlidge & Browne continues to provide rewarding and surprisingly tasty drinking. Their brilliant 2006 Sauvignon Blanc Dancing Crow is a medium-bodied white loaded with melony fruit notes, crisp acidity, freshness, and a true sauvignon character. Drink it over the next year. $12
89 points
2006 Château St. Jean Fumé Blanc (Sonoma)
Readers looking for fabulous values in dry, aromatic, crisp, fruit-dominated whites with personality and soul should check out the wines from Château St. Jean. A killer value, the 2006 Fumé Blanc exhibits beautiful melony, honeysuckle, and orange-zest aromas offered in a crisp, dry, light- to medium-bodied, tasty personality. Enjoy it over the next 12 to 18 months. $13
89 points
2007 Gallo Family Vineyards Pinot Gris Sonoma Reserve
One of the better pinot gris wines I have tasted from California, this exhibits fresh citrus, a hint of apple skin, medium body, light, dry flavors, and surprising intensity for a relatively lighter style of wine. The fruit is pure, and the wine impeccably made. Drink it over the next year. $17
89 points
2006 Kendall-Jackson Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay
There are some terrific values in this portfolio, none better than the 2006 Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay. It is certainly one of the best chardonnays for the money. This wine, which all comes from coastal vineyards owned by Jackson, is 90% barrel-fermented and put through 100% malolactic fermentation—which is remarkable given the quantity of wine made. The wine is also consistent unless it is beaten up in the distribution chain or by retailers with questionable storage. Crisp orange marmalade and lemon oil notes as well as some tropical fruits and zesty acidity in a fresh, lively style always characterize this wine, which seems to show very little evidence of oak. It's a remarkable value. $15
89 points
2007 Wyatt Pinot Noir
It is virtually impossible to find a high-quality pinot noir that actually tastes like pinot noir for under $25, but wholesaler/importer Polaner Selections in New York accessed a blend of fruit mostly from Carneros with the rest from the Sonoma Coast, Russian River, Sonoma County, Mendocino, and even the Central Coast. This wine is a real winner, tasting like a delicious Côte de Beaune. Earthy, ripe currant, strawberry, and spicy notes jump from the glass of this pinot with a fragrant, sensual style. Medium-bodied, with decent acidity, ripe tannin, and a plush mouthfeel, this is a rather remarkable wine value for a pinot noir, which is always a fickle grape as well as expensive to produce. Drink it over the next two to three years and buy it by the case. $18
90 points
2007 Foxglove Chardonnay
Perhaps the great value in chardonnay in the marketplace today, this wine—made by the highly talented folks at Varner Winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains—comes from fruit accessed in Edna Valley. With malolactic fermentation blocked but with lees stirring, this 25,000-case cuvée provides terrific notes of tropical fruit and poached pear in a fleshy, medium-bodied style with obvious minerality and precision. This is a remarkable effort that is fresh, lively, and best drunk over the next one to two years. $16
90 points
2006 Wyatt Cabernet Sauvignon
This super bargain wine from Polaner Selections shows impeccable attention to detail and a thorough knowledge of some admirable fruit sources. The 2006 cabernet sauvignon is a blend of 81% cabernet and 19% merlot. It is a knockout wine, deep ruby with some purple nuances, offering up loads of sweet fruit, medium body, velvety tannins, and a heady finish. This beauty should drink well for five to seven years. $13
91 points
2005 Tablas Creek Côtes de Tablas
Tablas Creek's Côtes du Rhône effort is the exceptional 2005 Côtes de Tablas, a blend of 43% grenache, 24% mourvèdre, 18% syrah, and 15% counoise. There are 3,900 cases of this delicious, deep ruby/purple-hued offering. Aromas of smoke, roasted herbs, meat juices, black currants, and cherries are followed by a medium- to full-bodied wine displaying beautiful purity, fruit, and depth. Drink it over the next five to six years. $22
91 points
2006 Windsor Sonoma Vineyards Chardonnay Russian River
The 2006 Chardonnay from Windsor Sonoma Vineyards is classic Californian in its display of assorted tropical fruits, full-bodied opulence, superb purity, good acidity, and long finish. Drink it over the next one to two years. $20
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Radio Station Near 90007
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| KKJZ | 88.1 FM | California State University, Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | Jazz, Radio |
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| KCSN | 88.5 FM | California State University - Northridge | Northridge, CA | Classical, Radio |
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| KSPC | 88.7 FM | Pomona College | Claremont, CA | Alternative, Radio |
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| KXLU | 88.9 FM | Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | College, Radio |
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| KPCC | 89.3 FM | Pasadena City College | Pasadena, CA | Public Radio, Radio |
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| KCRW | 89.9 FM | Santa Monica Community College | Santa Monica, CA | Public Radio, Radio |
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| KBPK | 90.1 FM | Buena Park School District | Buena Park, CA | Adult Contemporary, Radio |
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| KPFK | 90.7 FM | Los Angeles, CA | Public Radio, Radio | |
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| KUSC | 91.5 FM | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | Classical, Radio |
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| KHHT | 92.3 FM | Hot 92 Jamz, Mega Old School and Today's R&B | Los Angeles, CA | Urban Contemporary, Radio |
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| KMLT | 92.7 FM | Lite 92.7 The Best Music, The Fewest Commercials | Thousand Oaks, CA | Adult Contemporary, Radio |
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| KCBS | 93.1 FM | Arrow 93.1 The Best Classic Rock | Los Angeles, CA | Classic Rock, Radio |
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| KDAY | 93.5 FM | 93.5 KDAY Radio Hip Hop Today and Back in the Day | Redondo Beach, CA | Hip Hop, Radio |
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| KMVN | 93.9 FM | America's Most Listened to Country Station | Los Angeles, CA | Dance, Radio |
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| KBUA | 94.3 FM | San Fernando, CA | Spanish, Radio | |
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| KTWV | 94.7 FM | The Wave Smooth Jazz | Los Angeles, CA | Smooth Jazz, Radio |
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| KLOS | 95.5 FM | Southern California's #1 Classic Rock Station | Los Angeles, CA | Classic Rock, Radio |
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| KFSH | 95.9 FM | The Fish - 95.9 FM | Anaheim, CA | Christian Contemporary, Radio |
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| KXOL | 96.3 FM | El Sol 96.3FM - Romaticas de Hoy Y Siempre | Los Angeles, CA | Spanish, Radio |
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| KWIZ | 96.7 FM | Sonido 96.7 FM - la que Pone el Ambiente | Santa Ana, CA | Spanish, Radio |
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| KLSX | 97.1 FM | FM Talk | Los Angeles, CA | Talk, Radio |
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| KLAX | 97.9 FM | La X 97.9 La Equis | East Los Angeles, CA | Spanish, Radio |
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| KRCV | 98.3 FM | West Covina, CA | Spanish, Radio | |
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| KYSR | 98.7 FM | Star 98.7 | Los Angeles, CA | Hot AC, Radio |
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| KKLA | 99.5 FM | The Spirit of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | Religious, Radio |
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| KKBT | 100.3 FM | 100.3 The Beat - Harvey Hip Hop and R&B | Los Angeles, CA | Hip Hop, Radio |
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| KRTH | 101.1 FM | K-Earth 101 Oldies Radio | Los Angeles, CA | Oldies, Radio |
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| KWVS | 101.5 FM | Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | Christian Contemporary, Radio |
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| KSCA | 101.9 FM | Glendale, CA | Spanish, Radio | |
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| KJLH | 102.3 FM | Today's R&B and Classic Soul | Compton, CA | Urban Contemporary, Radio |
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| KIIS | 102.7 FM | Kiss Fm 102 | Los Angeles, CA | Top-40, Radio |
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| KDLD | 103.1 FM | Indie 1031 | Santa Monica, CA | Alternative, Radio |
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| KOST | 103.5 FM | KOST 103.5 FM-Music Everyone at Work Can Agree On | Los Angeles, CA | Adult Contemporary, Radio |
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| KRCD | 103.9 FM | Radio Recuerdo | Inglewood, CA | Spanish, Radio |
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| KBIG | 104.3 FM | K-Big104 Todays Upbeat Mix | Los Angeles, CA | Hot AC, Radio |
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| KKGO | 105.1 FM | Go Country | Los Angeles, CA | Country, Radio |
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| KBUE | 105.5 FM | Long Beach, CA | Spanish, Radio | |
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| KPWR | 105.9 FM | Power 106 FM - Where Hip Hop Lives | Los Angeles, CA | Hip Hop, Radio |
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| KALI | 106.3 FM | Santa Ana, CA | Ethnic, Radio | |
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| KROQ | 106.7 FM | K-Rock | Pasadena, CA | Alternative, Radio |
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| KSSE | 107.1 FM | Super Estrella 107.1 | Arcadia, CA | Spanish, Radio |
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| KLVE | 107.5 FM | K-Love Radio Amor Fm 107 | Los Angeles, CA | Spanish, Radio |
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| KLAC | 570 AM | Los Angeles, CA | Sports, Radio | |
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| KFI | 640 AM | More Stimulating Talk Radio | Los Angeles, CA | Talk, Radio |
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| KIRN | 670 AM | Simi Valley, CA | Ethnic, Radio | |
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| KSPN | 710 AM | ESPN Radio 710 | Los Angeles, CA | Sports, Radio |
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| KABC | 790 AM | Talk Radio 790 KABC | Los Angeles, CA | News/Talk, Radio |
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| KMXE | 830 AM | Asi se Habla | Orange, CA | Spanish, Radio |
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| KRLA | 870 AM | News Talk 870 - Where your opinion counts | Glendale, CA | News/Talk, Radio |
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| KALI | 900 AM | West Covina, CA | Spanish, Radio | |
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| KHJ | 930 AM | La Ranchera 930 AM | Los Angeles, CA | Spanish, Radio |
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| KFWB | 980 AM | Headline News | Los Angeles, CA | News, Radio |
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| KTNQ | 1020 AM | Los Angeles, CA | Spanish, Radio | |
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| KNX | 1070 AM | Perspective, Analysis, Answers | Los Angeles, CA | News, Radio |
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| KDIS | 1110 AM | Radio Disney. Your Music. Your Way | Pasadena, CA | Children's, Radio |
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| KXTA | 1150 AM | Xtra Sports | Los Angeles, CA | Sports, Radio |
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| KXMX | 1190 AM | The most powerful Multi-cultural Radio Station | Anaheim, CA | Ethnic, Radio |
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| KHTS | 1220 AM | Santa Clarita's Hometown Radio Station | Canyon Country, CA | Adult Contemporary, Radio |
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| KYPA | 1230 AM | Radio Korea | Los Angeles, CA | Asian, Radio |
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| KSUR | 1260 AM | Southern California's Oldies | Beverly Hills, CA | Oldies, Radio |
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| KFRN | 1280 AM | Family Radio - Christian Gospel | Long Beach, CA | Religious, Radio |
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| KAZN | 1300 AM | Pasadena, CA | Asian, Radio | |
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| KWKW | 1330 AM | Los Angeles, CA | Spanish, Radio | |
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| KLTX | 1390 AM | Long Beach, CA | Spanish, Radio | |
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| KMRB | 1430 AM | San Gabriel, CA | Asian, Radio | |
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| KTYM | 1460 AM | Inglewood, CA | Religious, Radio | |
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| KVNR | 1480 AM | Little Saigon Radio | Santa Ana, CA | Asian, Radio |
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| KSPA | 1510 AM | Ontario, CA | Nostalgia, Radio | |
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| KMPC | 1540 AM | 1540 The Ticket - AM Sports Radio | Los Angeles, CA | Sports, Radio |
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| KBLA | 1580 AM | Santa Monica, CA | Spanish, Radio | |
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| KMNY | 1600 AM | Pomona, CA | Asian, Radio | |
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| KFOX | 1650 AM | Torrance, CA | Asian, Radio | |
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
R & Bioconductor Resources
[draft]
1.
Introduction to R for biologists (by Natalie Roberts, WEHI, Melbourne)
2.
R manuals under link "Manuals" (left column)
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manuals: http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html
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R tutorial: http://www.personality-project.org/r/
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R package: Statistics for Microarray Analysis
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UCR bioinformatics workshop http://faculty.ucr.edu/~tgirke/Workshops.htm
1.
Introduction to R for biologists (by Natalie Roberts, WEHI, Melbourne)
2.
R manuals under link "Manuals" (left column)
3.
manuals: http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html
4.
R tutorial: http://www.personality-project.org/r/
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R package: Statistics for Microarray Analysis
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UCR bioinformatics workshop http://faculty.ucr.edu/~tgirke/Workshops.htm
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Download YouTube Videos as MP4 Files
From http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/04/download-youtube-videos-as-mp4-files.html
An interesting side-effect of YouTube's recent push for higher quality videos is that most videos can be downloaded as MP4 files directly from YouTube. Until now, you could only get FLV files from your browser's cache or using one of the many websites that let you download YouTube videos. In fact, to download the MP4 files, you need to use the same URL like for FLV files and append "&fmt=18":
http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=ID&t=SIGNATURE&fmt=18
ID is the video's identification value, SIGNATURE is a value that prevents you from downloading the file just by knowing the ID. You could create this URL by looking at the source code of a YouTube page, but it's much easier to automatically generate it.
One way is to save the following link as a bookmarklet by dragging it to your Links bar (in Firefox, Safari) or right-clicking and adding it to your favorites (in Internet Explorer, Opera):
If you didn't manage to add the bookmarklet, this post has more detailed instructions.
When you want to download a YouTube video, click on the bookmarklet and you should see a new option below the embeddable code.
Because YouTube doesn't send the right MIME type, you shouldn't click on the download link. Right-click and select "save link as" or "save target as" and enter a proper name for the video. Make sure to use the .mp4 extension when you enter the filename.
Having to click on the bookmarklet is annoying, so this Greasemonkey script is a better alternative because it adds the download link automatically. It requires the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox or a similar plug-in for userscripts. Opera has built-in support for userscripts, so you only need to go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Content > JavaScript options, select the directory where you will put your script and copy the script to that directory.
YouTube's MP4 files have a higher resolution, stereo sound and can be played with applications like VLC, MPlayer, iTunes, QuickTime. Not all YouTube videos can be downloaded as MP4 files and the fallback format is FLV.
Note that YouTube's terms of use require you "not to access User Submissions or YouTube Content through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Website itself, the YouTube Embeddable Player, or other explicitly authorized means YouTube may designate," so these scripts could break YouTube's policies. The scripts only download files that are used by YouTube's player, so you may also find the videos in your browser's cache.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
China’s Loyal Youth
from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/opinion/13forney.html
// I believe what happened recently will make most people to think about it, and it will have a lasting influence. There will be wind of change in a mild way in the following years. I expect a better human right records.
MANY sympathetic Westerners view Chinese society along the lines of what they saw in the waning days of the Soviet Union: a repressive government backed by old hard-liners losing its grip to a new generation of well-educated, liberal-leaning sophisticates. As pleasant as this outlook may be, it’s naïve. Educated young Chinese, far from being embarrassed or upset by their government’s human-rights record, rank among the most patriotic, establishment-supporting people you’ll meet.
As is clear to anyone who lives here, most young ethnic Chinese strongly support their government’s suppression of the recent Tibetan uprising. One Chinese friend who has a degree from a European university described the conflict to me as “a clash between the commercial world and an old aboriginal society.” She even praised her government for treating Tibetans better than New World settlers treated Native Americans.
It’s a rare person in China who considers the desires of the Tibetans themselves. “Young Chinese have no sympathy for Tibet,” a Beijing human-rights lawyer named Teng Biao told me. Mr. Teng — a Han Chinese who has offered to defend Tibetan monks caught up in police dragnets — feels very alone these days. Most people in their 20s, he says, “believe the Dalai Lama is trying to split China.”
Educated young people are usually the best positioned in society to bridge cultures, so it’s important to examine the thinking of those in China. The most striking thing is that, almost without exception, they feel rightfully proud of their country’s accomplishments in the three decades since economic reforms began. And their pride and patriotism often find expression in an unquestioning support of their government, especially regarding Tibet.
The most obvious explanation for this is the education system, which can accurately be described as indoctrination. Textbooks dwell on China’s humiliations at the hands of foreign powers in the 19th century as if they took place yesterday, yet skim over the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and ’70s as if it were ancient history. Students learn the neat calculation that Chairman Mao’s tyranny was “30 percent wrong,” then the subject is declared closed. The uprising in Tibet in the late 1950s, and the invasion that quashed it, are discussed just long enough to lay blame on the “Dalai clique,” a pejorative reference to the circle of advisers around Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Then there’s life experience — or the lack of it — that might otherwise help young Chinese to gain a perspective outside the government’s viewpoint. Young urban Chinese study hard and that’s pretty much it. Volunteer work, sports, church groups, debate teams, musical skills and other extracurricular activities don’t factor into college admission, so few participate. And the government’s control of society means there aren’t many non-state-run groups to join anyway. Even the most basic American introduction to real life — the summer job — rarely exists for urban students in China.
Recent Chinese college graduates are an optimistic group. And why not? The economy has grown at a double-digit rate for as long as they can remember. Those who speak English are guaranteed good jobs. Their families own homes. They’ll soon own one themselves, and probably a car too. A cellphone, an iPod, holidays — no problem. Small wonder the Pew Research Center in Washington described the Chinese in 2005 as “world leaders in optimism.”
As for political repression, few young Chinese experience it. Most are too young to remember the Tiananmen massacre of 1989 and probably nobody has told them stories. China doesn’t feel like a police state, and the people young Chinese read about who do suffer injustices tend to be poor — those who lost homes to government-linked property developers without fair compensation or whose crops failed when state-supported factories polluted their fields.
Educated young Chinese are therefore the biggest beneficiaries of policies that have brought China more peace and prosperity than at any time in the past thousand years. They can’t imagine why Tibetans would turn up their noses at rising incomes and the promise of a more prosperous future. The loss of a homeland just doesn’t compute as a valid concern.
Of course, the nationalism of young Chinese may soften over time. As college graduates enter the work force and experience their country’s corruption and inefficiency, they often grow more critical. It is received wisdom in China that people in their 40s are the most willing to challenge their government, and the Tibet crisis bears out that observation. Of the 29 ethnic-Chinese intellectuals who last month signed a widely publicized petition urging the government to show restraint in the crackdown, not one was under 30.
Barring major changes in China’s education system or economy, Westerners are not going to find allies among the vast majority of Chinese on key issues like Tibet, Darfur and the environment for some time. If the debate over Tibet turns this summer’s contests in Beijing into the Human Rights Games, as seems inevitable, Western ticket-holders expecting to find Chinese angry at their government will instead find Chinese angry at them.
// I believe what happened recently will make most people to think about it, and it will have a lasting influence. There will be wind of change in a mild way in the following years. I expect a better human right records.
MANY sympathetic Westerners view Chinese society along the lines of what they saw in the waning days of the Soviet Union: a repressive government backed by old hard-liners losing its grip to a new generation of well-educated, liberal-leaning sophisticates. As pleasant as this outlook may be, it’s naïve. Educated young Chinese, far from being embarrassed or upset by their government’s human-rights record, rank among the most patriotic, establishment-supporting people you’ll meet.
As is clear to anyone who lives here, most young ethnic Chinese strongly support their government’s suppression of the recent Tibetan uprising. One Chinese friend who has a degree from a European university described the conflict to me as “a clash between the commercial world and an old aboriginal society.” She even praised her government for treating Tibetans better than New World settlers treated Native Americans.
It’s a rare person in China who considers the desires of the Tibetans themselves. “Young Chinese have no sympathy for Tibet,” a Beijing human-rights lawyer named Teng Biao told me. Mr. Teng — a Han Chinese who has offered to defend Tibetan monks caught up in police dragnets — feels very alone these days. Most people in their 20s, he says, “believe the Dalai Lama is trying to split China.”
Educated young people are usually the best positioned in society to bridge cultures, so it’s important to examine the thinking of those in China. The most striking thing is that, almost without exception, they feel rightfully proud of their country’s accomplishments in the three decades since economic reforms began. And their pride and patriotism often find expression in an unquestioning support of their government, especially regarding Tibet.
The most obvious explanation for this is the education system, which can accurately be described as indoctrination. Textbooks dwell on China’s humiliations at the hands of foreign powers in the 19th century as if they took place yesterday, yet skim over the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and ’70s as if it were ancient history. Students learn the neat calculation that Chairman Mao’s tyranny was “30 percent wrong,” then the subject is declared closed. The uprising in Tibet in the late 1950s, and the invasion that quashed it, are discussed just long enough to lay blame on the “Dalai clique,” a pejorative reference to the circle of advisers around Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Then there’s life experience — or the lack of it — that might otherwise help young Chinese to gain a perspective outside the government’s viewpoint. Young urban Chinese study hard and that’s pretty much it. Volunteer work, sports, church groups, debate teams, musical skills and other extracurricular activities don’t factor into college admission, so few participate. And the government’s control of society means there aren’t many non-state-run groups to join anyway. Even the most basic American introduction to real life — the summer job — rarely exists for urban students in China.
Recent Chinese college graduates are an optimistic group. And why not? The economy has grown at a double-digit rate for as long as they can remember. Those who speak English are guaranteed good jobs. Their families own homes. They’ll soon own one themselves, and probably a car too. A cellphone, an iPod, holidays — no problem. Small wonder the Pew Research Center in Washington described the Chinese in 2005 as “world leaders in optimism.”
As for political repression, few young Chinese experience it. Most are too young to remember the Tiananmen massacre of 1989 and probably nobody has told them stories. China doesn’t feel like a police state, and the people young Chinese read about who do suffer injustices tend to be poor — those who lost homes to government-linked property developers without fair compensation or whose crops failed when state-supported factories polluted their fields.
Educated young Chinese are therefore the biggest beneficiaries of policies that have brought China more peace and prosperity than at any time in the past thousand years. They can’t imagine why Tibetans would turn up their noses at rising incomes and the promise of a more prosperous future. The loss of a homeland just doesn’t compute as a valid concern.
Of course, the nationalism of young Chinese may soften over time. As college graduates enter the work force and experience their country’s corruption and inefficiency, they often grow more critical. It is received wisdom in China that people in their 40s are the most willing to challenge their government, and the Tibet crisis bears out that observation. Of the 29 ethnic-Chinese intellectuals who last month signed a widely publicized petition urging the government to show restraint in the crackdown, not one was under 30.
Barring major changes in China’s education system or economy, Westerners are not going to find allies among the vast majority of Chinese on key issues like Tibet, Darfur and the environment for some time. If the debate over Tibet turns this summer’s contests in Beijing into the Human Rights Games, as seems inevitable, Western ticket-holders expecting to find Chinese angry at their government will instead find Chinese angry at them.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Tibetan Protests Attacks Olympic Torch Holder, Who is a disabled female in wheelchair
As a Chinese, I personally wish the Olympic torch relay will unite people of different belief. I hope it leads to a "journey to harmony" . However, you have the freedom of speech and the right of demonstration. I respect that; indeed your voices are heard. But, take care: don't turn a legal demonstration into a violent turmoil; don't do anything as shown in the following video again (if you choose not to watch this, I call tell you, in this video, Tibetan protestants attacked the Olympic torch holder, who is a disabled female in wheelchair). don't add to our hatred. What happened yesterday makes me worried 'cause you know hatred makes peaceful resolutions more hopeless.
And follow Dalai Lama's teaching (cited from Statement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to All Tibetans)
8. The hosting of the Olympic games this year is a matter of great pride to the 1.2 billion Chinese people. I have from the very beginning supported the holding of these Games in Beijing. My position on this remains unchanged. I feel the Tibetans should not cause any hindrance to the Games. It is the legitimate right of every Tibetan to struggle for their freedoms and rights. On the other hand, it will be futile and not helpful to anyone if we do something that will create hatred in the minds of the Chinese people. On the contrary, we need to foster trust and respect in our hearts in order to create a harmonious society, as this cannot be built on the basis of force and intimidation.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Wiki Software
Mediawiki
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
This one is the server behind the wikipedia, thus its stability and scalability is guaranteed. However it does not support WYSWYG, which may scare some inexperienced users.
MoinMoin (Apache, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc)
http://moinmo.in/
Instiki
http://www.instiki.org/show/HomePage
Instiki (What Is Instiki) is a wiki clone so pretty and easy to set up, you’ll wonder if it’s really a wiki. In fact it’s not only a wiki. It supports file uploads, PDF export, RSS feeds, multiple users, multiple wiki sites and password protection. Some people even use Instiki as a CMS - Content Management System because of its ability to export static pages.
Tikiwiki
http://info.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php
TikiWiki (Tiki) is your Groupware/CMS (Content Management System) solution. Tiki has the features you need:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
This one is the server behind the wikipedia, thus its stability and scalability is guaranteed. However it does not support WYSWYG, which may scare some inexperienced users.
MoinMoin (Apache, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc)
http://moinmo.in/
Instiki
http://www.instiki.org/show/HomePage
Instiki (What Is Instiki) is a wiki clone so pretty and easy to set up, you’ll wonder if it’s really a wiki. In fact it’s not only a wiki. It supports file uploads, PDF export, RSS feeds, multiple users, multiple wiki sites and password protection. Some people even use Instiki as a CMS - Content Management System because of its ability to export static pages.
Tikiwiki
http://info.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php
TikiWiki (Tiki) is your Groupware/CMS (Content Management System) solution. Tiki has the features you need:
- Wikis (like Mediawiki)
- Forums (like phpBB)
- Blogs (like WordPress)
- Articles (like Digg)
- Image Gallery (like Flickr)
- Map Server (like Google Maps)
- Link Directory (like DMOZ)
- Multilingual (like Babel Fish)
- Bug tracker (like Bugzilla)
- Free (LGPL)
Saturday, March 29, 2008
How to Choose Seats on a Plane
This website http://www.seatguru.com/ gives a detailed comparions of seats on a plane of different airline companies and different aircraft model
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Last Lecture and other videos by Randy Pausch
Original source http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Randy/
Professor Randy Pausch is a virtual reality pioneer, human-computer interaction researcher, co-founder of CMU's Entertainment Technology Center, and creator of the Alice software project.
Professor Randy Pausch is a virtual reality pioneer, human-computer interaction researcher, co-founder of CMU's Entertainment Technology Center, and creator of the Alice software project.
See also the background surrounding Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture", and Randy Pausch's Wikipedia page.
The Lecture Videos of Randy Pausch
The following video lectures were given by Professor Randy Pausch over the years, and were uploaded for viewing and downloading by Professor Gabriel Robins.Note: The videos below are mirrored / viewable at several different Web sites, as indicated; so if one of the links is temporarily inaccessible, or that video seems to glitch in any way (probably due to heavy user traffic), please try the other alternate mirror locations.
While these videos may be viewed (in-situ) as streaming media, some people may want to download a complete high-resolution copy of an entire video lecture (for later viewing, or showing to an audience).
Thursday, January 03, 2008
An argument favor GNU/Linux
In Signposts of GNU/Linux Growth in 2007 Roy Schestowitz argues: GNU/Linux is extensively used in several different areas of computing. Besides its increasing popularity in desktop computing, the technology trends will make the role of GNU/Linux in supercomputing and mobile equipment more and more important. He writes:
will dominate the future.
" As time goes by, appliances might inherit the important role of traditional desktops. Mobile and ultra-mobile devices could gradually replace laptops and servers to become more predominant owing to Web-based software, which also moves storage toward the back end."This argument implies an important massage: supercomputing and large-scale data warehouse
will dominate the future.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Sunday, June 03, 2007
写好英语科技论文的诀窍zz
写好英语科技论文的诀窍：
主动迎合读者期望，预先回答专家可能质疑
周耀旗
印地安那大学信息学院
印地安那大学医学院计算生物学和生物信息中心
以此文献给母校中国科技大学五十周年校庆
前言
我 的第一篇英语科技论文写作是把在科大的学士毕业论文翻译成英文。当我一九九零年从纽约州立大学博士毕业时，发表了20多篇英语论文。 但是，我对怎样写高 质量科技论文的理解仍旧处于初级阶段，仅知道尽量减少语法错误。之所以如此，是因为大多数时间我都欣然接受我的博士指导老师 Dr. George Stell和Dr. Harold Friedman的修改，而不知道为什么要那样改，也没有主动去问。这种情况一直持续到我去北 卡州立大学做博士后。我的博士后指导老师Dr. Carol Hall建议我到邻近的杜克大学去参加一个为期两天的写作短训班。这堂由Gopen教授主办 的短训班真使我茅塞顿开。第一次，我知道了读者在阅读中有他们的期望，要想写好科技论文，最有效的方法是要迎合他们的期望。这堂写作课帮我成功地完成了我 的第一个博士后基金申请，有机会进入哈佛大学Dr. Martin Karplus组。在哈佛大学的五年期间，在Karplus教授的指导下，我认识到一 篇好的论文需要从深度广度进行里里外外自我审查。目前，我自己当了教授，有了自己的科研组，也常常审稿。我觉得有必要让我的博士生和博士后学好写作。 我 不认为我自己是写作专家。我的论文也常常因为这样或那样的原因被退稿。但是我认为和大家共享我对写作的理解和我写作的经验教训，也许大家会少走一些我走过 的弯路。由于多年未用中文写作，请大家多多指正。来信请寄：
yqzhou@iupui.edu。 欢迎访问我的网站：http://sparks.informatics.iupui.edu
相关连接
1.周耀旗文章下载：http://csbl.bmb.uga.edu/~ffzhou/how-to-write.pdf
2.周耀旗参考的英文文章 The Science of Scientific Writing by G. D. Gopen and J. A. Swan, Scientific American, 78, 550-558, 1990. http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/23947?fulltext=true&print=yes
主动迎合读者期望，预先回答专家可能质疑
周耀旗
印地安那大学信息学院
印地安那大学医学院计算生物学和生物信息中心
以此文献给母校中国科技大学五十周年校庆
前言
我 的第一篇英语科技论文写作是把在科大的学士毕业论文翻译成英文。当我一九九零年从纽约州立大学博士毕业时，发表了20多篇英语论文。 但是，我对怎样写高 质量科技论文的理解仍旧处于初级阶段，仅知道尽量减少语法错误。之所以如此，是因为大多数时间我都欣然接受我的博士指导老师 Dr. George Stell和Dr. Harold Friedman的修改，而不知道为什么要那样改，也没有主动去问。这种情况一直持续到我去北 卡州立大学做博士后。我的博士后指导老师Dr. Carol Hall建议我到邻近的杜克大学去参加一个为期两天的写作短训班。这堂由Gopen教授主办 的短训班真使我茅塞顿开。第一次，我知道了读者在阅读中有他们的期望，要想写好科技论文，最有效的方法是要迎合他们的期望。这堂写作课帮我成功地完成了我 的第一个博士后基金申请，有机会进入哈佛大学Dr. Martin Karplus组。在哈佛大学的五年期间，在Karplus教授的指导下，我认识到一 篇好的论文需要从深度广度进行里里外外自我审查。目前，我自己当了教授，有了自己的科研组，也常常审稿。我觉得有必要让我的博士生和博士后学好写作。 我 不认为我自己是写作专家。我的论文也常常因为这样或那样的原因被退稿。但是我认为和大家共享我对写作的理解和我写作的经验教训，也许大家会少走一些我走过 的弯路。由于多年未用中文写作，请大家多多指正。来信请寄：
yqzhou@iupui.edu。 欢迎访问我的网站：http://sparks.informatics.iupui.edu
相关连接
1.周耀旗文章下载：http://csbl.bmb.uga.edu/~ffzhou/how-to-write.pdf
2.周耀旗参考的英文文章 The Science of Scientific Writing by G. D. Gopen and J. A. Swan, Scientific American, 78, 550-558, 1990. http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/23947?fulltext=true&print=yes
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
Recommended Firefox Extensions
1. Tab Mix Plus
Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. I strongly recommend the options of Select the tab pointed (Tool->Tab Mix Plus Option->Mouse->Mouse Gestures). It greatly decrease the amount of clicks when browsing.2. Session Manager
Session Manager saves and restores the state of all windows - either when you want it or automatically at startup and after crashes. For example, if you start you work everyday by opening some webpages , you can store them in a session. Additionally it offers you to reopen (accidentally) closed windows and tabs. If you're afraid of losing data while browsing - this extension allows you to relax...3. Firefox Showcase
If you habitually find yourself awash in open tabs (It seems that one of my classmates usually runs into such situation), clicking around looking for the page you need, Firefox Showcase will save you a lot of aggravation. Once you install the extension, you'll have a new Showcase submenu under the View menu. From here you can choose to show thumbnails of all tabs in the current window or all tabs in all windows. Firefox has lots of options and keyboard shortcuts, however I will never dive into those complex options. Simply click F12 to get the thumbnail view, uparrow and downarrow to select the intended tab and enter to see the full view the select tab. I can also exit the thumbnail view by clicking Esc. That's all. For more, see View->Showcase and for a sidebar view, follow View->Sidebar->Showcase Sidebar.4. Download Statusbar
If you're tired with that sometimes-pesky Downloads window that pops up whenever you download a file in Firefox. Download Statusbar suppresses that window from popping up, and instead provides you the same information in the status bar at the bottom of the browser window. You can roll your mouse over the filename and get a pop-up tool tip with some extra information about your download, too5. DownThemAll
DownThemAll is is download manager and accelerator. It lets you download all the links or images contained in a webpage and much more: you can refine your downloads by fully customizable criteria to get only what you really want! Simply, it saves you them time to open a shell and use wget.6. Fotofox
Using Fotofox, you are able to grab a picture from any pages to the Fotofox sidebar, title it, tag it and upload them to your flickr album with a simple click. It is also compitable with other picture hosting site such as Tabblo, 23hq, Smugmug, Marela, and Kodak EasyShare Gallery.7. Fasterfox
Exactly I don't know its performance.8. Google Browser Sync
Google Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords when you are using firefox on several computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and browser sessions. Alternatively You can choose to sync cookies, or not to sync cookies, but you can't make the decision based on individual cookies. Suppose that you are now using a public computer. At first you can install this extension, sign in with your google account. The Google Browser Sync begins to synchronize your firefox settings on the server and thus you get a familiar firefox in the public computer. When you are going to leave, choose Tools->Google Browser Sync->Stop Syncing and click Tools->Clear Private Data... (Ctrl+Shilt+Delete) to clean your personal leaved on the public computer.9. Google Notebook
In my opinion Google Notebook is a simple but great product though most people ignorate it. This is possibly because that there is not a convinient on-one-click client interface and that the usability is poor in the webpage user interface. For example, I have been long hoping for the tag feature and sharing ability based on a note. Google Notebook it the client interface. It simple the process you make notes. Just select any part of the webpages, whether be it text or picture, click Note This from pop menu activated by right mouse button. I believe Google notebook will outrun Clipmarks or other similar services.10. Firefox Google Bookmarks
Firefox Google Bookmarks (GBookmarks) creates a menu to access your google bookmarks from any computer. ( Your google bookmarks resides in your search history). Additionally it server a backup mechanism for all bookmarks. This extension may overlap with the Google Browser Sync. Personally, I consider the Bookmark in firefox a lightweight bookmarks that store only the everyday used links and use GBookmarks as a heavyweight repository of all links that may be useful some day.11. StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is also a bookmark service that incorporate social network elements. It resembles delicious. StumbleUpon lets you "channelsurf" the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn't think to search for. You can also share pages of interest within a community. Particularly, it will insert into your google search results which shows you other people's rating and reviews of the search result.12. Greasemonkey
Greasemonkey basically allows you to add JavaScript to any Web page, which implies infinite control over the behavior of web pages. Greasemonkey is not for the faint of heart. The good news is that there are many generous souls out there who share the scripts they create. Check out userscripts.org for a script repository. If you want to write your own scripts, try diveintogreasemonkey.org or pick up Mark Pilgrim's Greasemonkey Hacks from O'Reilly Media. Personally I strongly recommend Gmail Macros. After installation, it empower gmail with striking and convinient keyboard shortcuts like Google Reader.13. Adblock
Adblock is a content filtering plug-in for the Mozilla and Firefox browsers. It allows the user to specify filters, which remove unwanted content based on the source-address. Adblock supports two types of filters: simple, and Regular Expression. Adblock will also provide a default list of filters, which is enough for a lazy person like me.14. ScrapBook
ScrapBook is a Firefox extension, which helps you to save Web pages and easily manage collections. This enable you to surf web pages off line. You can also directly copy the ScrapBook folder from your firefox option folder to other computers and see what you saved there.References:
20 must-have Firefox extensions
Firefox Add-ons Recommended Add-ons
千种风情千种树: My Firefox Extensions
Friday, February 09, 2007
Alon Halevy and Peter Norvig
Alon Halevy and Peter Norvig, two Googlers, have been selected for the 2006 class of ACM Fellows.
Peter, who was Google's first director of search quality and is currently director of Google Research, has been recognized for his many contributions to the disciplines of artificial intelligence and information retrieval. His personal websites is http://norvig.com/.
Alon, who leads one of our structured data initiatives, has been honored for his contributions in data integration and knowledge representation. His old personal website: http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/alon/, new personal website: http://alonhalevy.googlepages.com/, his blog is http://www.alonhalevy.blogspot.com/
Saturday, February 03, 2007
A Elegent Blog: Designer's Block
The blog Designer's Block is elegant blog. The writer is from UK. I really like the design (see left), grace and mysterious style. I will choose it as my blog's background.
update: In fact, the painter of above paintings are Melissa Mossart. In her website there are also many paintings of similar style.
See more paintings at http://www.melissamossart.com/paint.htm
Melissa Mossart and nine other women artists' gallery: http://www.tenwomen.org/venicegallery.html
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