Saturday, December 27, 2014

Christmas Eve TV Shows

Diocese of San Jose Christmas Mass Schedule

2013 A New York Christmas to Remember Church of St. Paul the Apostle New York
2014 CBS Christmas at the Cathedral - Holy Family 11:35-12:35 St. Joseph Cathedral Sioux Falls, SD

Los Angeles Movie, Television Studio Tours

LA Movie Studio Tours
Sony Pictures Studios Tours 12+ 2hr $40 M-F
Paramount Studio Tour 10+ 2hr $53
Warner Bros. VIP Studio Tour 8+ 2hr $54
Universal Studios Hollywood Studio Tour $80 Costco 1 year

TV Studios and Show Tickets
Best Sites For TV Audience Tickets In LA
Hollywood Area Guide Show Tapings

Monday, December 22, 2014

Electrical Ballasts

Electrical ballast
F32T8 48" 4'
*GE332MAX-G-N-DIY GE332MAXG 3 Electronic Instant Start $26
GE332MV-PS 3 Electronic Rapid Programmed Start

F40T12 48" 4'
*GE 68636 GE240RS 2 Rapid Start $17
GE260IS GE260IS 2 Instant Start
GE340 3 * F40T12 Rapid Start

TOGGLED 48" T8 18.3W 1515 lumens efficacy=82.8 CRI=80 $35
Philips Master LEDtube InstantFit 48" T8 16.5W 1600 lumens efficiency=97 CRI=83 $25

Saturday, December 13, 2014

1998 Palo Alto Flooding

1998 Palo Alto flood
FEMA map
Storm flood map

Santa Clara Valley Watershed: San Francisquito, Matadero, Barron, Adobe, Permanente, Stevens, Sunnyvale, Calabazas, San Tomas Aquino, Guadalupe, Coyote, Lower Penitencia
San Francisquito Watershed
Creek & Watershed Map of Palo Alto & Vicinity

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Apostolic succession

Apostolic succession

Sunday, November 16, 2014

html id attribute, name attribute

html tag goto label anchor id, search and use id="
html links
html id attribute
HTML attribute

<a id="top">< /a> <a name="top">< /a> <a href="#top">go to top< /a>
<map id="map1">

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

CMOS technology node

Intel Tick-Tock FinFET
TSMC Leading Edge Technology 40nm 28nm 20nm 16nm

Apple system on a chip SoC
Semiconductor device fabrication process node
Die shrink half-shrink

         Intel    Apple
180nm   1999/
130nm   2001/04
 90nm   2004/02   
 65nm   2006/01   08/09
 45nm   2007/11   09/09
  40nm          
 32nm   2010/01   12/03
  28nm            13/09
 22nm   2012/04
  20nm            14/09
  16nm          
 14nm   2014/10
  11nm 12nm
 10nm   2016?
  7nm   2018?
  5nm   2020?

Friday, October 10, 2014

Trauma center

Map Find Your Local Trauma Center all levels, American Trauma Society ATS-TIEP
List of trauma centers in the United States, California Emergency Adult, Pediatric Level I
Seattle, Portland, California: Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland+p, Stanford, San Jose, Fresno, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles (Cedars-Sinai, USC, UCLA)+p, Torrance, Loma Linda, Orange UCI, San Diego (Scripps, UCSD)+p



retirement climate rainy days, urgent care

American College of Surgeons
Verified Trauma Centers
Cancer Centers
Accredited Breast Centers

AIT Taiwan Medical Assistance: NTU Hospital, Veteran's Hospital, Shin Kong Hospital, Chang Gung Linkou, 台安醫院 國際特診中心 International Priority Care Center IPCC 

Sunday, October 05, 2014

Online Digital Sheet Music

Music Score
MusicWriter - NoteStation

Musicnotes - Musicnotes PlayerViewer not compatible with browsers on Win8iPad/iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire, up-to-date and good review, $14.99 to import PDF sheet scores
Sheet Music Direct US - iPad App up-to-date - bought music
Sheet Music Plus - iOS app Digital Print Viewer - old and bad review

Chromatik - free scores and instrument arrangements

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Power Supply Energy Efficiency

Energy Star: Computers 6.1

Display sleep in 15 minutes inactivity
System sleep in 30 minutes without activity
Power Supply: 80 Plus Bronze

Power Supply Reference: Consumption, Savings, And More efficient

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

California Department of Education Statistics

California Department of Education, Dataquest
County, District, Fremont Union High School, Cupertino Elementary School
Enrollment, Graduates, Demographics, API test scores

Friday, August 22, 2014

Spartathlon

tab1tab2tab3-4, 46, 95, 34, 363, tab5tab6tab8

Live Data: 46, 33, 34, 330, 363, 364
Advendure.Net twitter Advendure live
Flickr
46:
traxpace plot

 0   0km                7:00:00
 4  20km 10 2014-09-26 08:36:13  1:36  9:10 Aspropyrgos
11  42km 20 2014-09-26 10:36:38  3:36 11:45 Mecara
22  80km 35 2014-09-26 14:26:57  7:26 16:30 Corinth-Hellas Can
35 123km 43 2014-09-26 19:47:21 12:47 23:00 Nemea
43 148km                               3:10 Lyrkia
47 159km 41 2014-09-27 01:14:00 18:14  5:10 Mountain Base
52 172km 43 2014-09-27 03:25:03 20:25  7:30 Nestani
60 195km 41 2014-09-27 06:51:56 23:51 11:10 Alea-Tegea
68 223km 43 2014-09-27 11:51:40 28:51 15:25 
75 247km 48 2014-09-27 14:45:13 31:45 19:00 Sparta

6 person GPS overlap
Spartathlon.kml on Google Maps
Garmin Connect Map with elevation and time
2012 results with 6 runner split time on distance graph plot with elevation profile (select diag of Rudolf Tamas)
2012 results of all runners
2013 result of all runners
2012 plot of Taiwan runners
2013 plot of 3 good runners on distance-time Maps
2014 plot of Taiwan runners

How to train for Spartathlon
2012 Race Report

Official information
Download Check Points, Program, Rules
Participants
Race Course Map with checkpoints
Contour elevation profile pdf
Race Control Points cutoff time

Race SectionCheck Point NoDistance From AthensFinal Point ClosesDistance for SectorMax Time
ATHENS TO CORINTH0 - 2281 KM16:30 FRIDAY81 KM9:30 HOURS
CORINTH TO
NEMEA
22-35124 KM23:00 FRIDAY43 KM6:30 HOURS
NEMEA TO
LYRKIA
35-43148,4 KM03:30 SATURDAY24,5 KM4:00 HOURS
LYRKIA TO
NESTANI
43 -52172 KM07:30 SATURDAY23,5 KM4:30 HOURS
NESTANI TO
TEGEA
52-60195 KM11:00 SATURDAY23 KM3:30 HOURS
TEGEA TO
SPARTA
60-75245,3 KM19:00 SATURDAY50,3 KM8:00 HOURS

Garmin Speed, Pace, Elevation

British Spartathlon Team Blog

Hellenic national Meteorological Service Race Weather
Athens monthly weather
Athens Weather - station Observation
Tripoli Weather
Sparti Weather

Registration Form with Supporters Included 9/24 - 9/30
Program and Schedule

9/24 Wed 10-16 Registration 
9/25 Thu 10-15 Registration
         14-16 Medical exam
         16-17 Briefing
9/26 Fri 7 Start 
9/27 Sat 19 End
         20:30 Awards
9/28 Sun 
9/29 Mon 20 Award Ceremony Dinner

Results:
Traxpace #46

Photos:
Advendure-1
Advendure-2
Advendure-3
flickr1
flickr2

Video:
YouTube near start
Live TV Spartathlon Σπάρταθλον 2014
Spartathlon Race 2014-UNCUT official

Reports:
running and stuff 2012
Highway to Hellas
Spartathlon report 2014
Return to Center
Run For Your Life - I want to break free
Professor applies ultra-running experience to researchSpartathlon (2014): Race Report - Bryce Carlson (Purdue)
English: Spartathlon 2014 - Jari Tomppo (Finland)
Over The Top: 2014 Spartathlon Race Report - Dave Krupski
台灣選手力拼2014年希臘斯巴達超級馬拉松賽
Sarasota woman lives an ultra lifestyle

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Online Web Email Minimal Age Requirement

Yahoo Family Accounts under 13 years old with restriction
Age requirements on Google Accounts Google Plus, Gmail, YouTube: 13
Facebook 13
Yahoo Terms of Service 13, 18+ for adult and mature content

Microsoft Services Agreement Outlook.com, Hotmail, OneDrive, SkyDrive, Microsoft account, Windows Live Mail, Bing: reached the age of “majority” where you live or have valid parent or legal guardian consent

Apple Terms and ConditionsApple ID For Students

Twitter Terms of Service: can form a binding contract: 18

LinkedIn User Agreement 14

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Anatomy

Shirt, Coat, Jacket Suit 37-38S32 short measure sizing guide chart 
Height 5'7" 171cm 
Chest 37 
Pants Waist 30 
Inseam 30, outseam 41 
Head 22.75-23" helmet 58-59 cm, round oval shape fit 
Hat  7 1/8 ML or 7 1/4 L 
Neck 15" 38cm 
Arm Length sleeves 32" 81cm, Sleeve length 23-24 58-61cm 
Shoulder 17-18 
Shoe sizes 8.5 (41, mondo 265) wide EEE 
Gloves hand palm medium, circumference 20 cm 8", length 18.5 cm 7.25" 
Socks 
Calf 16" 40cm 
Boots last width 104 mm, large big calves, soft flex 60-80 
Ring size 7, europe 54mm - 55mm 
Prescription lens glasses 71mm 
wrist 17cm 6.7" 

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Sunday, July 20, 2014

2AZ-FE Engine Oil Consumption

engine burning eating oil
Consumer Reports Excessive oil consumption isn't normal: Automakers say adding oil between scheduled changes is acceptable. It's not.


TSB Search result Scion S-SB-0024-11 2AZ-FE Engine Oil Consumption: 2008-2009 xB (August 11, 2011) Engine number F190625

Piston ring: oil control ring
2AZ-FE Engine Mechanical: oil ring

Toyota T-SB-0094-11 2AZ-FE Engine Oil Consumption (August 11, 2011, updated 2/9/2015)

Some 2006 – 2011 model year vehicles equipped with the 2AZ-FE engine may exhibit engine oil consumption. The piston assembly has been changed to minimize oil consumption. Use the following repair procedure to address this condition.

Warranty guideline for acceptable oil consumption is 1 quart per 1,200 miles of operation.
Warranty Enhancement ZE7: 10/31/2016, 10 years or 150,000 miles
Toyota Recall VIN lookup
xB forums, New Scion xBScion LifeClub xB

Toyota and Scion Engine Oil Consumption – Class Action Lawsuit
MY 2007-2011 Toyota Camry HV
MY 2007-2009 Toyota Camry
MY 2009 Toyota Corolla
MY 2009 Toyota Matrix
MY 2006-2008 Toyota RAV4
MY 2007-2008 Toyota Solara
MY 2007-2009 Scion tC
MY 2008-2009 Scion xB

Sunday, July 06, 2014

Apparent Temperature

Thermal Stress / Apparent Temperature Approximation

Calculator = temp+(0.33*rh/100*6.105*exp(17.27*temp/(237.7+temp))-0.7*ws/3.6-4)

Wind chill: dry temperature, relative humidity, wind speed (km/h [3.6 m/s])
Heat index

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Chinese Classical

汉典古籍: 『集部』 > 总集 > 文忠集 卷二十九·居士集卷二十九 周必大編《歐陽文忠公集》
漢典古籍: 『集部』 > 總集> 文忠集卷二十九·居士集卷二十九 歐陽脩 - 歐陽修全集

公为人清方敏默,为善不倦,而喜自晦敛,若不欲人知。
公為人清方敏默,為善不倦,而喜自晦斂,若不欲人知。

New Jerusalem Bible Matthew 6
So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win human admiration. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.
Bible Hub Matthew 6:2
ESV: “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Monday, June 16, 2014

external USB storage / backup

dd-wrt USB storage: ext2 or fat32 under DDWRT

fat32: 4GB file size limit how to format hard drive to fat32 in windows, under dos: (cannot use QuickFormating option /Q over 32GB), failed for 500GB

C:\>format /FS:FAT32 K:

ext3 journaling file system is not good for flash drive

How to create and use Live USB Linux LiveCD
How To - Format And Partition External Storage Device

How To Run Ubuntu in Windows 7 with VMware Player VMPlayer

---> the following is not accurate, not working

> su
> umount /dev/sdb1
> mke2fs -j /dev/sdb1
> mke2fs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1
> mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1
> mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/sdb1

Windows 7 to delete all partitions including EFI
Run administrator command prompt

> diskpart
> select disk 7
> list part
> select part 1
> delete part override
> select part 2
> delete part override

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Rental Cars

Differences between Avis, Budget, Hertz, Europcar, Payless, Sixt, Thrifty, Dollar, Alamo, National, Keddy, Rhodium, Goldcar, Flizzr, Firefly, Zipcar, InterRent, Centauro and more.

Car Rental Business
Hertz 1918 (1987-2005 Ford) Dollar Thrifty vehicle guide
Enterprise 1957 Alamo National car categories
Avis 1946 Budget car guide
Dollar 1965 (1990 Chrysler) (2012 Hertz) car type
Alamo 1974 (2007 Enterprise) cars
Thrifty 1958 (1990 Chrysler) (2012 Hertz)
National 1947 (2007 Enterprise) cars
Budget 1958 (2002 Avis) fleet
Payless 1971 (2013 Avis)
Zipcar 2000 (2013 Avis)
Firefly 2013 Hertz

How to Avoid Excess Toll Road Charges for Rental Cars

         Alamo    Avis   Budget  Enter    Hertz   Dollar  National
------------------------------------------------------------------
Economy  Rio      Fiesta Accent  Rio      Spark   Spark   Rio
Compact  Note     Focus  Focus   Note     Versa   Versa   Note
Intermed Elantra  Cruz   Avenger Corolla  Corolla Corolla Elantra
Standard Jetta    Verano Altima  200      Jetta   Cruz    200
Full     Fusion   Fusion Impala  Altima   200     200     Altima
Premium  Lacrosse Taurus Taurus  LaCrosse Impala  Impala  LaCrosse
Luxury   XTS      MKZ    MKS     XTS      300     300     XTS

Lap Shun Hui

許立信
Lap Shun Hui
1983 Everex
1995 Korea Data Systems (KDS)
1998 eMachines
2004 Gateway
2006 Packard Bell
2008 Acer
2009 InFocus

Friday, May 02, 2014

Poem

Epic poetry

The Best Epic Translations: Lattimore (Iliad), Fagles (Odyssey), Fitzgerald (Aeneid), Pinsky (Inferno), Merwin (Purgatorio), Mandelbaum (Paradiso)

Iliad Odyssey by Homer

Aeneid by poet Virgil, AP Latin, Robert Fagles, Sarah Ruden, Robert Fitzgerald, Allen Mandelbaum, David West (prose)

Divine Comedy by poet Dante Alighieri (translator: Clive James vs John Ciardi), Ciardi (best single volume), Allen Mandelbaum (verse, prose), Musa (blank verse, free verse), Singleton (prose), Durling (prose, best 3 volumes)

Ciardi, Mandelbaum, Musa, Durling

Paradise Lost by John Milton in Plan English

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Age-related macular degeneration

Macular degeneration (AMD, ARMD)
Amsler Grid Eye Test


Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors for ophthalmic use: Aflibercept (Eylea) and Ranibizumab (Lucentis)

Bevacizumab (Avastin) is not FDA-approved for use in ophthalmic indications; however, a large body of medical literature supports its use in several ophthalmic indications. Avastin is injected every 4-6 weeks. When used for these indications, bevacizumab must be compounded. The use of pharmacies following the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter 797 requirements for compounding sterile preparations is recommended.
Aflibercept (Eylea, also known as VEGF-Trap Eye) - provides another vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor for neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration and mascular edema following central retinal vein occulsion. Aflibercept acts as a soluble decoy receptor that binds VEGF and thereby can inhibit the binding and activation of VEGF receptors. Eylea is injected every 4-8 weeks.
Ranibizumab (Lucentis) - indicated for the treatment of patients with:
  • Neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
  • Macular edema following retinal vein occlusion
  • Diabetic macular edema.
Lucentis is injected every 4 weeks.
Pegaptanib (Macugen) - indicated for the treatment of patients with Neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Macugen is injected every 4-6 weeks.
Ranibizumab Lucentis 樂舒晴 price
Bevacizumab Avastin 癌思停 price

Macular holeRetinal Diagnostic Center

Northern California Retina Vitreous Associates Medical Group El Camino: Rahul Khurana, *Alok Bansal, Edwin Boldrey, *Jesus Borrillo, Louis Chang, *James Palmer, Mark Wieland,
Retinal Diagnostic Center, Clement Chow, Di Salvo Howard Chen, Amr Dessouki, Patrick Monahan, Brian Ward,
South Bay Retina, Keshav Narain Sunnyvale, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Gloria Wu, Samaritan