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dbXML 2.0 Production Release Provides Open Source Native XML Database. The dbXML Group has announced dbXML Version 2.0, an open source native XML database capable of storing and indexing collections of XML documents in both native and mapped forms for highly efficient querying, transformation, and retrieval. New features include journaling transactions, XSLT transformations, full text indexing and querying, pluggable security models, new client/server APIs, SSL connection and JSP Tag Library support, and embedded database APIs. [The XML Cover Pages]
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潑辣的女人有十大優點 . 

我媽告訴我:「要娶個單純又乖的女孩回家」
一直到現在三十好幾還搞不清楚什麼是"單純又乖"
難怪我媽說我"笨"

男人都以為潑辣的女人不好,

其實真正懂得女人的男人,

反而爭相要找潑辣女子當一生的伴侶:
為什麼呢?

因為,潑辣的女人有十大優點:

   1、天資聰穎,思想敏銳:
潑辣的女性一般先天素質比較好、

智力發達、頭腦清醒、感覺敏捷。
因此,她不僅是男人生活中的親密伴侶,

而且還是他事業上的重要助手。

   2、能吃苦耐勞,不怕困難:
潑辣的女性之所以潑辣,在很大程度上是因為她們

說到做到、拿得起、放得下,做事有魄力有擔當,

看不慣的東西馬上動手就改,為家庭建設勇於犧牲

   3、富於競爭性,有勇於進取的精神:
她們對自己的能力確信不疑、非常樂觀,

因此不論在物質生活上還是精神生活方面,總不甘居人後。

    4、愛清潔、會料理:
她們在居家上會要求整潔;穿衣則要入時、大方,

絕不讓自己看起來窩囊、邋遢。

    5、開朗大方,善於交際:
由於其性格豪放,不會小家子氣,

因此適應環境的能力頗佳。

    6、精打細算,持家有術:
在家庭建設、計畫開支,生活安排各方面,

善於動腦、巧於安排。

    7、辦事果斷,自立性強:
很少會依賴他人,其天性有主見、有膽識,凡事乾脆俐落。

    8、心直口快,率直無偽:
潑辣女子一般都有追求完美的天性、

對不盡人意的事物,往往有啥說啥,快人快語,

甚至常常被人視為惹不起。

其實這正好反映了她們率直無偽的性格。

    9、作風正派,心地無邪:
潑辣的女性之所以潑辣,往往與他們作風正派、

心地坦蕩是分不開的。

    10、剛中含柔,柔中帶情:

潑辣的女性往往對丈夫更溫柔,

她們的愛情生活更浪漫,更有柔情蜜意,令人稱羨

 

但結論是

男人總是比較喜歡笨女人


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Today's Gulf News.
September 13, 2004



News | Education

Online learning will soon become education of future






Abu Dhabi


E-learning is the future of education. Soon, students will be able to take their lessons at home, in a coffee shop or at the mall. They can learn anytime and anywhere. All they will need is a computer and an internet connection.

Already, every student at the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) and Zayed University (ZU) is carrying a portable computer.

They log on to their computers and read their lessons and do their assignments in the cafeteria or the library.

A large number of people who do not have the time or money to travel are registering for online courses being offered by some of the most prestigious universities and educational institutions in the world.

What is e-learning? Jay Cross, CEO of the Emergent Learning Forum and the man who came up with the term e-learning said: "Now a days, the word e-learning is whatever anybody says it is. At first, it used to be whatever you learn from a computer, but that is not consistent anymore. So, e-learning means many things.

"At first people used to say, it's not the e that's important, it the learning. I don't think that's true. I think it's the doing that's important. It's networking, it's management and it's learning how to deal with computers."

Recently, HCT held its third annual e-learning, e-merging conference under the patronage of Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and HCT chancellor.

This year's conference was held under the theme "Ensuring quality in e-learning" and focused on quality assurance, design standards and accreditation in online education.

The e-learning guidebook, released during the conference said: "The concept of e-learning is based on the delivery of learning by using technology as the delivery platform. The guiding principle is education anytime and anywhere."

A strong supporter of e-learning, Shaikh Nahyan told Gulf News: "E-learning will shape the future. Technology has become an integral part in utilising education. Many countries around the globe are offering programmes online.

"Through e-learning, you can educate yourself at your own time and your own pace. You don't have to leave your country to pursue your education anymore and it is cheaper for people who can't afford to study abroad."

Dr Curtis J Bonk, professor of educational psychology and instructional systems technology at Indiana University, said: "Our world as we know it, has changed forever. So, we should see what needs to be changed and what needs to stay the same. E-learning is exploding and most universities have incorporated e-learning and others are trying to map every course online."

Bonk said there were a number of misconceptions surrounding e-learning.

"College instructors need to think differently now and not use the same lecturing methods," he said.

Another myth, he said, is that schools and universities cannot afford the technology and that online learning is easy.

"Online learning is much more difficult than traditional learning because students have to be mature, independent learners."

There are also those who are sceptical about e-learning, Najat Rochdi, regional coordinator of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for the UNDP, said: " I say yes to e-learning and yes to technology, but for what purpose and what kind of society?"

"Technology should complement society, but where does the Arab society stand in all this. The UAE is pioneering in technological advances, but this is not the reality with many other Arab countries. More than 850 million people in developing countries are excluded from a wide range of information and knowledge. The poor in developing countries remain much isolated. We should try to come back to reality."

Hassa Al Gurair, a graduate of ZU's executive master of business administration programme, said: "During our two years of study, we were able to collaborate on projects from different corners of the globe and only met on the days of the presentations. We were thus able to benefit from the expertise and experience of our professors even though they were on another continent."

"Technology should complement society... More than 850 million in developing countries are excluded from a wide range of information and knowledge. [Internet Time Blog]
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