Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Online Dictionaries

Chinese-English dictionary (MOEdict)
Pleco
MDBG

Light-field camera

Light-field camera plenoptic camera
Lytro: It’s focusing on the wrong problem
Lytro: Why it might succeed in spite of its lackluster camera

Pelican Imaging array camera

Light-Field Photography Revolutionizes Imaging

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Cloud Service Status and Pricing

Software as a service (SaaS)

Amazon Web Services Service Health Dashboard (AWS Status)
Microsoft Windows Live Service Status
Google Apps Status Dashboard
Google Apps Engine server Status
Apple Services, Stores, and iCloud (System Status)
Microsoft Windows Azure Service Dashboard (Current Status)
Box Status
Dropbox status

1. Microsoft Office 365 5TB/5 users $60/year
2. Microsoft OneDrive for Business 1TB $30/year
3. Microsoft Office 365 1TB $100/year
4. Google Drive 1TB $120/year

Amazon Cloud Drive Unlimited Photos $12/year, Unlimited Everything $60/year
Google Drive Storage plan pricing 15GB free, every 1TB $9.99 monthly, $0.12/GB/year
Microsoft OneDrive plans 15GB free, every 100GB $1.99/month, $0.24/GB/year, business 1TB $30/year, $0.03/GB/year
Microsoft Office 365 1TB*5 $100/year, $0.02/GB/year, small business 1TB/user $60/year $0.06/GB/year
iCloud Drive storage plans 5GB free, extra 20GB $12 yearly, 200GB $48/year, $0.24/GB/year
Dropbox Pricing 2GB free, 100GB $9.99/month $99/year, $1.0/GB/year
Box pricing 10GB free, 100GB $5/month, $0.6/GB/year, unlimited $15/month

MultiCloud File Manager

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Taiwan Chinese Mandarin Summer Camp

Summer Vacation, foreign students
夏令營相關資訊

Connexpedition WCEO 2/5 Wisdom Culture and Education Organization, currently in high school 9-12, Sunday training
Vox Nativa 7/7-23 17 days, $870
New Taipei City 6/28-7/14/2018 17 days, $450 新北市 EASY LEAP 英語輔學營

僑務委員會 華裔青年返國研習
海外華裔青年英語服務營Overseas Youth English Teaching Volunteer Service Program  Grade 11 when apply, 17-25, 6/30-7/28/2018, 4 weeks
海外華裔青年語文研習班 14-18, 6 weeks $18000
海外華裔青年臺灣觀摩團 Study Tour Programs for Overseas Youth Love Boat (study tour) 16-27,

救國團 FUN 遊福爾摩莎 華裔青少年台灣觀摩夏令營 2015 12-20, 7/1-21, 21 days or 7/6-21, 16 days $1245(2人房), 21 days $1525

瘋華語夏令營 2011 7-12yr, 13-16yr, 7/1-27, 7/15-8/10, 4 weeks $48000 $89000(住宿班)
師範大學 華語夏令營 8-11yr, 12-15yr, 6/17-7/12, 7/15-8/9, 4 weeks $44500 $43000(救國團中國青年旅行社 12+ 7/15-8/9)
中國文化大學 華語中心 海外兒童&青少年華語夏令營 7-9yr, 10-15yr, 7/8-26, 7/29-8/16, 3 weeks $19500 $33000(12+ 團體住宿) $10500(14+ 寄宿家庭)

國語日報社 華語文中心 暑期華語研習營 6-15, 6/10-28 $25000, 7/1-31 $36000, 8/1-30 $28000, 3-4.5 weeks
國立臺北教育大學 華語文中心 暑期海外兒童及青少年華語夏令營 6-15yr, 6/24-7/19yr, 7/22-8/16yr, 4 weeks $34750
復興高中 華語夏令營 Grade 2-6, 7/8-26, 3 weeks $31000

國科會 候鳥計畫 18-30, finished 2 years college

Taiwanese American Youth Leadership - Leading Youth Forward entering grade 5-12

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

National Cancer Institute: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
*PDQ Cancer Information Summaries: Complementary and Alternative Medicine 713-X, Acupuncture, Antineoplastons, Aromatherapy and Essential Oils, Cancell/Cantron/Protocel, Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Cartilage (Bovine and Shark), Coenzyme Q10, Essiac/Flor Essence, Gerson Therapy, Gonzales Regimen, High-Dose Vitamin C, Hydrazine Sulfate, Laetrile/Amygdalin, Milk Thistle, Mistletoe Extracts, Newcastle Disease Virus, PC-SPES, Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements, Selected Vegetables/Sun's Soup, Spirituality in Cancer Care

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM): Cancer Prevention and Treatment

American Cancer Society » Treatments and Side Effects » Complementary and Alternative Medicine
*American Cancer Society » Treatments and Side Effects » Complementary and Alternative Medicine » Diet and Nutrition Acidophilus, Broccoli, Cassava, Coriolus Versicolor, Ellagic Acid, Fasting, Garlic, Gerson Therapy, Grapes, Inositol Hexaphosphate, Juicing, Kombucha Tea, Lycopene, Macrobiotic Diet, Maitake Mushrooms, Metabolic Therapy, Modified Citrus Pectin, Nori Plant, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Quercetin, Sea Vegetables, Shiitake Mushroom, Soybean, Vegetarianism, Wheatgrass

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Integrative Medicine About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products

WebMD: Vitamins Supplements: Condition Ovarian Cancer Beta-Carotene, Black Tea, Ginkgo, Green Tea, Lycopene, Oolong Tea, Quercetin, Tomato, Vitamin A, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

Supplements that help fighting ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer and mushroom, fruit, vegetable, preserved food, tea consumption, lactation, labitual physical activity, soy, isoflavone, dietary folate
Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition Omega 3 Fatty Acid
High-Dose Parenteral Ascorbate Enhanced Chemosensitivity of Ovarian Cancer and Reduced Toxicity of Chemotherapy
TurmericCurcumin