วันจันทร์ที่ 9 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2552
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Mid-term report
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Accommodations in Japan
Tokyo is considered a major metropolis similar to London and New York and therefore offers an impressive and diverse selection of accommodations. In Japan, hotels range from first class, Luxurious Hotels - in either western or Japanese style; to the midrange Business Hotels, to the no-frills Budget Hotels including the uniquely Japanese capsule Hotels.
If you are looking for authentic Japanese accommodation experience consider Minshuku - the Japanese version of the B&B ( bed and breakfast), and the Ryokan - the traditional Japanese style inn or resort.
For longer term stays look for furnished serviced apartments specially prepared to cater to foreign visitors. Long term accommodations range from luxurious condominiums to conveniently located budget apartment rentals in Central Tokyo.Accommodation in Tokyo will be your major expense and should not be considered lightly, since it will ultimately determine the quality and length of your holiday. Always consider accommodation within walking distance of a major train/subway station for easy and convenient transit access to all what Tokyo offers!
Kakenagashi
Kakenagashi is fresh and not recycled hot spring water Onsen. With Kakenagashi, the hot spring water keeps running in the bath tub and is kept fresh and clean. Usually a Geyser is the fountainhead, underneath the Onsen, where the hot spring water originates, so water in this type of Onsen is pure and fresh.
Health Benefits of Onsen
Onsen water is often thought to have healing powers according to its mineral properties and onsens often have several different baths, each augmented by the addition of different minerals or the composition of the tub.
To receive the full benefit of the healing powers of the hot spring water on you body, it is better not to wash your body by shower or hot water after getting out of the tub. But, remember, please check with the staff at the Onsen about the effects of the minerals on your body.
The water at some Onsen in Japan is possible to drink, however, some Onsen water has strong minerals that can be toxic if congested. So, you should ask the staff if the water is drinkable or not, before entering Onsen.
Here is a relaxation tip: rest your body completely for at least 30 minutes after taking Onsen. You will feel rejuvenated and ready for more travel in Japan.
Attractions
Tourist Attractions in Japan
Japan has an incredible variety of museums, galleries, shrines and temples to keep you preoccupied for many days. In the city of Tokyo there is a wide spectrum of places to visit, from the very distinguished Imperial Palace, home of the Emperor and past shogunates, to the legendary Tokyo Tower, an urban landmark in many Godzilla movies
Major Tourist City Sections of Tokyo
Ginza
An exclusive, upscale shopping area, where many top brand stores are located. Ginza is also known for the Kabukiza Theatre and Shinbashi Enbujo, showcasing traditional Japanese theatre and performance arts. Recommended Accommodations Also known as Electric Town, which has the biggest collection of electronic shops in the world, and widely known by many people coming to shop from all over the world.
Shinjuku
A business area of Tokyo that has the Tokyo City Hall and many high-rise complexes. In the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku, there is one of the biggest amusement squares in Japan. Shinjuku also has a good variety of restaurants with reasonable prices.
Asakusa
Along the road that heads towards the Sensoji Temple from Kaminarimon gate, are many shops selling traditional Japanese gifts and sweets. The ambiance of the area retains the nostalgic and traditional atmosphere of an old town, reflecting the time when the city of Tokyo was called Edo, in the Edo period.
Roppongi
A very trendy area and considered the international area of Tokyo. Roppongi is one of the many 'a city within a city' areas of Tokyo.
Odaiba
A newly developed waterfront and island area in Tokyo bay. There are many interesting attractions like an unique hot spring spa facility, major TV station, shopping malls and much more.
Food
If you are living or visiting Japan, every now and then you may hear a recorded tune with someone singing 'ya-ki imo, ishiyaki imo' meaning sweet potato baked over hot stones.
Kuri (Japanese chestnuts) symbolize the coming of the fall season in Japan. The simplest way to eat kuri is to boil or roast the chestnuts.
In Japan instant food is a food culture of its own because of the variety that can be found.
Natto is a traditional Japanese food made from fermented soybeans, usually eaten with soy sauce and karashi mustard.
There are many types of sushi in Japan besides nigiri or makizushi (rolled sushi) which perhaps are the two most familiar to people.
Event
Gakuensai, also called bunkasai or gakusai is a Japanese School Festival that is held annually in the fall at most schools in Japan from junior high to university.
August in Japan is all about fireworks festivals. The largest festivals can have up to 42,000 fireworks attracting more than 1,390,000 spectators.
Food at Japanese barbeques is a bit different from what you may be familiar with. It is more of a grill than a barbeque since many of the ingredients are cut into small pieces to be grilled quickly on charcoal.
Japanese New Year, shogatsu, one of the most important holidays in Japan, is from January 1st to the 3rd during which many special dishes are prepared.
Tsukimi, or moon viewing, is a longstanding tradition that began among the royal court elites who would gather beneath the full moon to write poems and drink sake.
Typical dishes that are sold at yatai are fried noodles (yakisoba), octopus balls (takoyaki), pan-fried batter cake (okonomiyaki), broiled whole squid (ikayaki), grilled chicken skewers (yakitori), hot pot (oden), grilled corn, and sausages.
Osechi ryori is special food that is cooked to celebrate the New Year in Japan. It consists of numerous dishes eaten throughout the New Year’s holidays until about January 3rd.
Source : www.digi-promotion.com/tokyo-info/info-tokyo.html
วันจันทร์ที่ 19 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2552
Exersice 6
Topic : the relation between the internet and library
Sub-topic :
INTRODUCTION
As we approach a new millennium, the Internet is revolutionizing our society, our economy and our technological systems. No one knows for certain how far, or in what direction, the Internet will evolve. But no one should underestimate its importance.
Over the past century and a half, important technological developments have created a global environment that is drawing the people of the world closer and closer together. During the industrial revolution, we learned to put motors to work to magnify human and animal muscle power. In the new Information Age, we are learning to magnify brainpower by putting the power of computation wherever we need it, and to provide information services on a global basis. Computer resources are infinitely flexible tools; networked together, they allow us to generate, exchange, share and manipulate information in an uncountable number of ways. The Internet, as an integrating force, has melded the technology of communications and computing to provide instant connectivity and global information services to all its users at very low cost.
Ten years ago, most of the world knew little or nothing about the Internet. It was the private enclave of computer scientists and researchers who used it to interact with colleagues in their respective disciplines. Today, the Internet’s magnitude is thousands of times what it was only a decade ago. It is estimated that about 60 million host computers on the Internet today serve about 200 million users in over 200 countries and territories. Today’s telephone system is still much larger: about 3 billion people around the world now talk on almost 950 million telephone lines (about 250 million of which are actually radio-based cell phones). But by the end of the year 2000, the authors estimate there will be at least 300 million Internet users. Also, the total numbers of host computers and users have been growing at about 33% every six months since 1988 – or roughly 80% per year. The telephone service, in comparison, grows an average of about 5-10% per year. That means if the Internet keeps growing steadily the way it has been growing over the past few years, it will be nearly as big as today’s telephone system by about 2006.
What's the internet
The Internet is a global network of computers. Every computer that is connected to the Internet is considered a part of that network. This means even your home computer. It's all a matter of degrees, you connect to your ISP's network, then your ISP connects to a larger network and so on. At the top of the tree is the high-capacity backbones, all of these interconnect at 'Network Access Points' 'NAPs' at important regions around the world. The entire Internet is based on agreements between these backbone providers who set in place all the fibre optics lines and other technical aspects of the Internet. The first high speed backbone was created by the 'National Science Foundation' in 1987.
The Internet was first created by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. government in 1960's, and was first known as the ARPANet. At this stage the Internet's first computers were at academic and government institutions. They were mainly used for accessing files and to send email. From 1983 onwards the Internet as we know it today started to form with the introduction of the communication protocol TCP/IP to ARPANet.
Since 1983 the Internet has accommodated alot of changes and continues to keep developing. The last two decades has seen the Internet accommodate such things as network LANs and ATM and frame switched services. The Internet continues to evolve with it becoming available on mobile phones and pagers and possibly on televisions in the future.
The actual term "Internet" was finally defined in 1995 by FNC (The Federal Networking Council). The resolution created by the The Federal Networking Council (FNC) agrees that the following language reflects our definition of the term "Internet". "Internet" refers to the global information system that,
* is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP) or its subsequent extensions/follow-ons.
* is able to support communications using the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite or its subsequent extensions/follow-ons, and/or other IP-compatible protocols.
* provides, uses or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high level services layered on the communications and related infrastructure described herein.
The Internet and the World Wide Web are closely related but not the same.
What is the library
A library is a collection of sources, resources, and services, and the structure in which it is housed; it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. In the more traditional sense, a library is a collection of books. It can mean the collection, the building or room that houses such a collection, or both. The term "library" has itself acquired a secondary meaning: "a collection of useful material for common use," and in this sense is used in fields such as computer science, mathematics, statistics, electronics and biology.
Public and institutional collections and services may be intended for use by people who choose not to — or cannot afford to — purchase an extensive collection themselves, who need material no individual can reasonably be expected to have, or who require professional assistance with their research. In addition to providing materials, libraries also provide the services of librarians who are experts at finding and organizing information and at interpreting information needs.
However, with the sets and collection of media and of media other than books for storing information, many libraries are now also repositories and access points for maps, prints, or other documents and various storage media such as microform (microfilm/microfiche), audio tapes, CDs, cassettes, videotapes, and DVDs. Libraries may also provide public facilities to access subscription databases and the Internet.
Thus, modern libraries are increasingly being redefined as places to get unrestricted access to information in many formats and from many sources. They are understood as extending beyond the physical walls of a building, by including material accessible by electronic means, and by providing the assistance of librarians in navigating and analyzing tremendous amounts of knowledge with a variety of digital tools.
Conclusion :There are many type of music.Different types of music help in soothing one’s disturbed soul, in the growth of concentration and also enliven us to live life to the fullest. There are varied genres of music as people have different tastes. For e.g., classical music, rock, jazz, metal, rap, folk etc. But the objective remains the same. The aim of all music is to touch the core of the heart and thus music can be called an expression of our heart’s saying.
วันเสาร์ที่ 3 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2552
Exercise 5
2. Go to the library website search for the bibliographic of database books in the library catalog(OPAC = online publice access catatog).
Understanding and using dBase III (including dBase II) *
by Steven C. Ross
St Paul: West Publishing Company, 1986
Call#:
QA 76.9 .R72U 1986
3. Go the library e-book database, search for the articles about database from proquest, ABI/INFROM, Dissertation & theses.
Abstract (Summary)
S&P Consultants Tracey Leathers-Dray, 1 508-586-7850 tdray@spconinc.com Logo: http://www.spconinc.com A new business partnership of S&P Consultants, Inc. and Vedant Incorporated will now offer the highest levels of quality- and patient-safety assurance to both standard and customized applications built on the Cerner Millennium(R) platform.
วันจันทร์ที่ 21 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552
Exercise 4
- http://nobelprize.org/
- it's not coming out yet but the date of announcements of the Nobel Prize 2009
they will start with the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine on 5 October
But this is lists for 2008
- Chemistry, Martin Chalfie
- Chemistry, Osamu Shimomura
- Chemistry, Roger Y. Tsien
- Economics, Paul Krugman
- Literature, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
- Medicine, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
- Medicine, Luc Montagnier
- Medicine, Harald zur Hausen
- Peace, Martti Ahtisaari
- Physics, Makoto Kobayashi
- Physics, Toshihide Maskawa
- Physics, Yoichiro Nambu
2. Go to Encyclopedia online at http://library.spu.ac.th Search for the history of automobiles or computer. Summarize the information you get
- By definition an automobile or car is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own motor and transports passengers. The automobile as we know it was not invented in a single day by a single inventor. The history of the automobile reflects an evolution that took place worldwide.
It is estimated that over 100,000 patents created the modern automobile. You can point to the many firsts that occurred along the way to producing the modern car; and with that goal in mind, highlighted below are articles, biographies, time lines, and photo galleries related to the history of the automobile and its many inventors.
- Reference book is the book that write about the fact information that gather by master or professor in that topic. The detail in book is very high quality and reference from the real information and no need to read all of the book just read only a topic that referenced .
- General Book is a book that has information all of the book like software book, computer book, travel book.
4. When do you need to search information from the reference collection?
- When you need to make a report, thesis, or want to know about that information.
5. What type of reference collection that you like to use most? And why?
- Encyclopedia : because it has knowledge and fully of information
6. Copy 1 page of the book that you selected and write in the blog
- Manual is a book of instruction on doing, making or performing something.
: Name of the book - Web Programming Building Internet Applications
2.1.2 Structure of an HTML Document
All HTML Documents follow the same structure. They have a header which contains control information used by browser and server, a large body which contains the text and formatting information and are ended in the same way. The sections are explained below in more detail the basic document is:
*Change [] to <>
[ head]
[title] A minimal HTML document[/title]
[/head]
[h2] Some text...[/h2]
[P] A Sample paragraph showing formatting and followed by a line across the screen.
[hr]
[/body]
[/html]
วันจันทร์ที่ 14 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552
Exercise 3
- Journal is a kind of important press about education that give you about knowledge and entertainment to you and also write about the society to tell you what happen and there's something change.
- for Magazine is a kind of book that give you a entertainment, knowledge it's the same as jornal but for a magazine maybe the period of issue is longer than journal.
2. DC and LC Classification
- DC Dewey Decimal Classification or Dewey Decimal System
System for organizing the contents of a library based on the division of all knowledge into 10 groups. Each group is assigned 100 numbers. Subdivisions eventually extend into decimal numbers; for example, the history of England is placed at 942, the history of the Stuart period at 942.06, and the history of the English Commonwealth at 942.063. The system was first formulated in 1873 by Melvil Dewey. Many libraries add a book number created from the Cutter, or Cutter-Sanborn, Tables, which further specify author and genre. The Library of Congress Classification has largely replaced the Dewey system.
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Library+of+Congress+Classification
System of library organization developed during the reorganization of the U.S. Library of Congress. It consists of separate, mutually exclusive, special classifications, often having no connection save the accidental one of alphabetical notation. The arrangement roughly follows groupings of social sciences, humanities, and natural and physical sciences. It divides the field of knowledge into 20 large classes and an additional class for general works. Each main class has a synopsis that also serves as a guide. The resulting order is from the general to the specific and from the theoretical to the practical. The LC Classification has largely replaced the Dewey Decimal Classification in university, special, and government libraries.
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Dewey+Decimal+Classification
What are call numbers for?
Each book in the library has a unique call number. A call number is like an address: it tells us where the book is located in the library.
Call numbers appear
Note that the same call number can be written from top-to-bottom, or left-to-right.
The Boston Public Library uses Library of Congress Classification for all non-fiction call numbers. This system uses a combination of letters and numbers to arrange materials by subjects.
Reading Call Numbers
Putting Call Numbers in Shelf Order
To understand how call numbers are put in order in Library of Congress Classification, again look at each section of the call number.
What does the call number mean?
Remember that Library of Congress Classification arranges materials by subjects. The first sections of the call number represent the subject of the book. The letter-and-decimal section of the call number often represents the author's last name. And, as you probably recall, the last section of a call number is often the date of publication.
example:
Why is this important to know?
Because books are classified by subject, you can often find several helpful books on the same shelf, or nearby. For example, within the same call number LB2395, there are other guides for college study.
Since Library of Congress Classification arranges materials by subjects, knowing the letter(s) for your subject area gives you a place to start browsing the shelves.
This page was adapted from the Honolulu Community College web site, written by Nadine Leong-Kurio.
Source : http://www.bpl.org/general/callnumbers.htm
4. What are sources of knowledge? Identify as much as you know.
1. Ask friends
2. Look in Book and other resource at home
3. Phone and Advisory service
4. Visit a library or information service
5. search on internet
6. Memory
7. Belief
8. Expereince
5. What do you read this week
I just read cartoon book and 'Tokyo Mai Mee ka'
วันจันทร์ที่ 7 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552
IBC Week 2 - Japan Backpacker -
- Information literacy skills are skills that you need to know what you should to choose something like if you want to buy a book what book you should to buy or when you need to know something what information that you have to research about it. Because before we choose something we need a information to get the best choice.
2. What is SQRW?
- S = Survey : we need to survey for the information that can tell us for the basic information
- Q = Question : you need to put your question in everywhere in your topic to help you to understand easier like what? (what is this topic?), when (when was it?), Where (Where are they doing?) it's very useful to help you understand and easy to remember.
- R = Read : if you have a questions you need to read about the topic to find the answer. sometime if you read you can change your question to another guestion for understand more.
- W = Write : write the right answer that you got and write explain what do you understand about your question.
3. Use Big 6 Skills(Step 1-6) of the topic you know best.
Step 1 Define problem, information requirement.
- Japan Backpacker
Step 2 Info. seeking strategies.
- Ask my close friend and another people who had been travel in Japan and read a book
Step 3. Location and Access
- The book's name is "Tokyo Mai Mee Ka", http://www.google.com/ , http://www.pantip.com/
Step 4.
Step 5. Synthesis : Putting it all together
- Prepare before go to Japan
We need to research about Visa and Passport that is the most important to do first. the sources are : http://topicstock.pantip.com/blueplanet/topicstock/2008/10/E7079327/E7079327.html, http://www.th.emb-japan.go.jp/th/index.htm
- Buy the cheap ticket - search by google. you will see many cheapticket but a one cheapest ticket i found is http://market.mthai.com/product/123479 this is roundtrip ticket but it's out of the date
- Accomadation : in the book "Tokyo Mai Mee Ka" they has a list of cheap hotel in there the rate price around 2,000 yen to 3,000 yen
- Meal : In "Tokyo Mai Mee Ka" they suggest to bring a food like Noodle to eat in the last meal and try to eat cheap food in low price like 1,400 per meal.
- Travel : www.japan-guide.com/
- Part-time : http://www.tamngan.com/
Step 6. Evaluation
- "Tokyo Mai Mee Ka" is the best source the book tell about their real experience and it's very fun and they put some knowledge of survival in Japan and what they earn is once experience in a life time.
- This topic is very useful for every people who like to travel in Japan for cheap price this is the guidline from the people who has experience from Japan if you don't care about the luxuary hotel and food you can eat Ma-ma every meal or just get a low price of food and you don't care about the comfortable you can learn about this experience, travel outside country is very easy!.