Friday, January 30, 2015

State Profiles of Underage Drinking Laws

State Profiles of Underage Drinking Laws
minor drinking age consume purchase

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Cellphone Camera Image Sensors

2018 best cellphone sensors IMX400 (video), IMX600 (1/1.7"), IMX345, (IMX363 = IMX333), (IMX362 = IMX260)

Sony IMX214, IMX135 CMOS 13MP 1/3.06 1.12um diag 5.867mm
Exmor RS BSI
iPhone camera sensor through 5S
iPhone 6 same as iPhone 5 1.5μm f/2.2 with focus pixels, 6S has optical image stabilization
DxOMark Mobile Phones

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Big Five Orchestras in the USA

American Big Five Orchestras, Shareranks Best orchestras in the world
US News Best Colleges - National Universities
College Confidential top colleges and universities
  bassoon professor/school recommendations: 2011 Rice, Curtis, Juilliard, Colburn, Northwestern (retired), CCM, Oberlin (Eastman)
  What schools for bassoon performance study?
  What is a good music school for a bassoon student?
  Double Degrees at Rice
  Prestige vs. Opportunity in Music School Choice

Top 10 Opera Houses in the World
Top U.S. Opera Destinations

USA Today The top 10 music colleges in the United States Southern Methodist University, Boston College, Princeton University, Yale University, Stanford University, Cornell University, Brown University, Duke University, Columbia University, College of William and Mary
Top Colleges for Music: number of annual graduates, salary, quality
Unranked Specialty Schools: Arts, Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, VanderCook College of Music
Music schools in the United States
Bachelor of Music
The Hollywood Reporter Unveils the Top 25 Music Schools 2014
Early Music America
UC additional program requirements, UCLA, CalPoly, UCSB, UCI

Bassoon - Bassoonist - Bassoonists - Music Schools - Scholarships
MM - Yale, Juilliard+Columbia/Barnard, NEC+Harvard
BM - Rice, Eastman/Rochester, Northwestern, CIM/CWRU, Tufts/NEC, Indiana, Austin, Maryland, Temple, Kansas
BA+BS - Berkeley, UCLA, CMU
BA/BS+lessons, Columbia/Juilliard/Barnard/MSM,

Preparing for auditions, Bassoon student advising
Top-Tier Musician Compensation Salary: top eight salaries, LA SF, Chicago, Boston, NY, National, Cleveland Philly
Orchestra Compensation Reports, The Big Picture 2019 Budget/Expenditures: LA, Boston, Chicago, SF, NY, National, Cleveland, Phil, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Dallas, Houston, Cincinnati, Seattle, St Louis, Baltimore, San Diego, Indianapolis, Nashville, Utah, Pacific, Oregon, Milwaukee, Kansas, NC, Colorado, Jacksonville, NJ, Phoenix, Fort Worth, Buffalo, Rochester, Florida, Grand Rapids,

These are the 13 highest-paid orchestras in the United States 2014-5 LA 153K, Chicago 151K, SF 150K, Boston 143K, NY 141K, National 136K, Philadelphia 129K, Cleveland 128K, Pittsburgh 107K, Cincinnati 104K, Minnesota 103K, Houston 92K, Dallas 91K

Top 20 U.S. Orchestras by Pay 2012: Chicago (144k), LA (143k), SF (141k), NY (135k), Boston (132k), National (127k), Cleveland (120k), Minnesota (111k), Philadelphia (109k), Pittsburgh (100k), Cincinnati (97k), Dallas (91k), Houston (82k), Atlanta (82k), St. Louis (81k), Detroit (79k), Indianapolis (78), Baltimore (65k), Utah (59k), San Diego (58k)
New York Philharmonic - Juilliard School [Judith LeClair], auditionBarnard-Columbia-Juilliard Exchange (weekly lessons or 5-year double degree BA+MM, apply at Jr) at Juilliard, Columbia-Barnard-Juilliard Programs at Columbia Music, Barnard Lesson Exchange Program with MSM and Juilliard, Barnard College at Columbia Cross-Registration Program in MSM, Bard American Symphony Orchestra Bassoon ScholarshipColumbia University Department of Music; Manhattan School of Music, audition, New York Youth Orchestra ($575, 12-21)

Boston Symphony Orchestra - Boston University College of Fine ArtsNew England Conservatory of Music, NEC/Harvard Dual Degree 5 years AB+MMNEC/Tufts 5 years BA/BS+BM apply at the same time, (Berklee College of Music), (Boston Conservatory), Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (free, -21)BYSO Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra k-12

Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Northwestern University Bienen School of Music David McGill [2002 Grammy], audition, Dual Degrees 5-year 15-quarter BM/BAMus+BA/BS, BA+BMusic apply at the same time, Sample 5 year dual degree plans in handbookDouble MajorsBA/BS, DePaul University School of Music

Philadelphia Orchestra - Curtis Institute of Music (UPenn after 30 s.h. liberal arts courses2 courses per term, summer extra), Temple University College of Music

Cleveland Orchestra - Cleveland Institute of Music, CIM Case Western Reserve Joint Music Program 5-year BM+BA/BSDouble Major, Associated CIM faculty, CWRU Academic Honors & RecognitionOberlin College-Conservatory of Music Double Degree 4-5-years BM+BA apply at once, youth for high school

Los Angeles Philharmonic Whitney Crockett - Colburn SchoolUniversity of Southern California Thornton School of Music [Stephen Maxym], (UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Lecturer, BA Music Performance, Apply music major and double major the other afterwards, How toBachelor of Arts and Science, Scholarships, no music minor)

San Francisco Symphony - San Francisco Conservatory of Music, (University of California, Berkeley Department of Music Teacher of Special Program, private lessons for music majors only), San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra -20 free

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Emory University Department of Music Instructor no, double-majors, Georgia Tech, Youth for high school

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - CMU Artist LecturerCarnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts School of Music (BFA), Interdisciplinary Degrees BXA(BS&A apply 2 colleges), Double Major / Dual Degree, Health Professions Program,(Courses, Curriculum), B.S. Biological Sciences Minors no performance, Pittsburgh Youth Symphony (less coaching)

Houston Symphony - Rice University Shepherd School of Music - Prof. Benjamin Kamins, audition, Kamins Studio, dual degree BM+BA apply after enrollment in BM/double-major?, 5-year dual degree in music BMus+MMus, through Shepherd only, no music minors

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins UniversityDouble Degree Programs BM+BA/BS apply at the same time, Dilemma, no music major, only minorMusic Minor lessons

National Symphony Orchestra - University of Maryland School of MusicCatholic University of America School of Music

Minnesota Orchestra - University of MN School of Music

St. Louis Symphony - Washington University Department of Music teacher, dual-degree double-major, BM+BA/BS, minor, STL Symphony Youth Orchestra 12-22 $600

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - CCM University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, double major, youth for high school

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Toronto Symphony Orchestra - University of Toronto Sessional Teaching Staff, Music Major/Minor, Specialist, Major, Minor

Orchestre symphonique de MontréalMcGill University Assistant Professor, B.Sc. Liberal with Music Major or B.Sc. with Music Minor

Princeton University Department of Music Studio Instructor
Harvard University Department of Music Professor
Yale College Department of Music double major, no minor, 5-year B.A./M.M. BA+MM apply before Jr, [Yale School of Music Associate Professor M.M. (3/year) bassoonarama]
Stanford University Department of Music LecturerEarly Action Live audition
University of Chicago
MIT
Duke University Department of Music LecturerWoodwindsDouble Major
UPenn Department of Music Professional Associate
Dartmouth College Department of Music Senior Lecturer
Cornell
Brown University Department of Music Teaching Associate
University of Notre Dame Department of Music Adjunct InstructorMajorDouble Major
Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music Associate Professor, BA/BS Double Major/minor in music or BM double major in other fields
Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts, Music Minor
University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music Lecturer
NYU
Tufts / NEC

Williams College Music Department Artist Associate, director
Amherst College Music Department Adjunct Performance Instructor
Swarthmore College
Pomona College Music Department Performance FacultyScripps (no bassoon)lessons free for Orchestra
Wellesley College Music Department Music Performance Faculty
Bowdoin College Music Department Applied Faculty
Carleton College Department of Music Instructor
Haverford College
Claremont McKenna (Joint Music Program at Scripps of Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, and Pitzer Colleges, Lessons at Pomona and Scripps)

List of metropolitan areas of the United States
Dallas Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts Adjunct Professor
Miami University of Miami Frost School of Music Associate Professor
Detroit University of Michigan Ann Arbor School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Professor
Seattle University of Washington School of Music Artist in Residence
Phoenix Arizona State
Denver Boulder, U of D
San Diego Symphony
Portland Reed College
Orlando
Tampa
Sacramento Philharmonic, Berkeley, UC David
Charlotte

Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, dual degree BM+BA/BS, BM + minor in Art/Sciences/Engineering, Interdepartmental Honors
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Honors College
University of Texas at Austin Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music Bassoon Studio, merit-based financial aid, degree requirement, Forty Acres Scholars

San Diego State University
UC Davis
CSU Sacramento
UCSB Santa Barbara lecturer, Santa Barbara Symphony, BM, BA audition, music minor, scholarships
UC Irvine lecturer, Pacific Symphony, BM, BA audition, scholarshipDouble Majors, no music/bio minor
UC Santa Cruz
SJSU
CSU Northridge
Cal Poly applied faculty, SLO Symphony, BA in Music audition, scholarshipdouble majors, degrees
University of North Texas - Denton

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The U.S. News college rankings guru

Top Colleges with outstanding music programs: Yale, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Rice, ..., UCLA

US News Ranking Average 1983-2007
U.S. News college ranking trends 2011-2015
1.  Harvard          Princeton
2.  Princeton        Harvard
3.  Yale             Yale School of Music
4.  Stanford         Columbia
5.  MIT              Stanford
6.  Duke             Chicago
7.  Caltech          MIT
8.  Dartmouth        UPenn
9.  Columbia         Duke
10. UPenn            Caltech
11. Chicago          Dartmouth
12. Cornell          Northwestern Bienen School of Music
13. Brown            Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute
14. Northwestern     Washington
15. JHU              Brown
16. Rice             Cornell
17. WashU            Vanderbilt Blair School of Music
18. Berkeley         Rice Shepherd School of Music
19. Emory            Notre Dame
20. Notre Dame       Emory
21. Vanderbilt       Berkeley
22. Virginia         Georgetown
23. Georgetown       CMU School of Music
24. Michigan         USC (37) Thornton School of Music
25. CMU              UCLA (27) Herb Alpert School of Music, Virginia

                     Tufts NEC
                     U Michigan
                     U Rochester
                     Case Western Reserve


Liberal Arts
1.  Amherst          Williams MA Music
2.  Swarthmore       Amherst MA Music
3.  Williams         Swarthmore PA
4.  Wellesley        Pomona CA Music
5.  Pomona           Middlebury VT
6.  Bowdoin          Wellesley MA Music
7.  Carleton         Bowdoin ME Music
8.  Haverford        Carleton MN Music
9.  Middlebury       Haverford PA
10. Wesleyan CT      Claremont McKenna CA

Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients - Undergraduate bachelor degrees to science and engineering Ph.D.
Cal Tech, Harvey Mudd, MIT, Reed, Swarthmore, Carleton, Chicago, Grinnell, Rice, Princeton, Harvard, Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Pomona, NM Mining, Williams, Yale, Oberlin, Stanford, Johns Hopkins

Top 50 feeder schools to 15 selected graduate medical, law, business programs
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Williams, Duke, Dartmouth, MIT, Amherst, Swarthmore, Columbia, Brown, Pomona, Chicago, Wellesley, UPenn, Georgetown, Haverford, Bowdoin, Rice, Northwestern, Claremont McKenna, Middlebury, Johns Hopkins, Cornell

Association of American Universities Top Research

HYPSM Cross-Admit Data: admission yields Harvard, Stanford, Yale, MIT, Princeton

Oldest: Harvard, William & Mary, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn

Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Bad Luck of Random Mutations Plays Predominant Role in Cancer

Bad Luck of Random Mutations Plays Predominant Role in Cancer

Cancers due to bad luck:
Head osteosarcoma, Glioblastoma, Medulloblastoma, Head & Neck, Thyroid medullary, Lung (non-smokers), Esophageal, Arms osteosarcoma, Hepatocellular, Pancreatic ductal, Pancreatic Islet, Gallbladder, Duodenum, Small intestine, Pelvis osteosarcoma, Ovarian germ cell, Testicular germ cell, Melanoma, Osteosarcoma; Leg Osteosarcoma, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Acute myeloid leukemia


Cancers due to bad luck plus environmental and inherited factors:
Basal cell carcinoma, HPV.16 head & neck, Thyroid follicular, Lung (smokers), HCV hepatocellular, Colorectal adenocarcinoma; Lynch colorectal; FAP colorectal

Monday, January 05, 2015

Boba milk tea

Bubble tea, Pearl milk tea, Boba milk tea

美國也有!那些從台灣開到美國的飲料店、麵包店、甜品店

臺北市食材登錄平台 冰飲品
連鎖飲料店價格
咖啡、飲品 - 電話 - 地址 - 品牌總覽

春水堂 1987

Sharetea 歇腳亭 1992
Easy Way 休閒小站 1992
Quickly 快可立 1996 83+
Tapioca Express 品客多1999 LA 25+
Lollicup 2000 San Gabriel 25+
Comebuy  2002
It's Boba Time Korean 2003 11+
Chatime 日出茶太 Taiwan 2003
T4 清茶達人 豐原 2004
Tea Era Mountain View 2005
One Tea 一茶鮮撈飲 高雄 2005
Gong Cha 貢茶 台灣 2006
Happy Lemon 快樂檸檬  2006
TEA TOP 台灣第一味 臺中 長順茶行 2006
Meet fresh 鮮芋仙 2007 
Half and Half Tea Express 伴伴堂 2007 7, Tofu King 臭豆腐大王, Class 302 三年二班, Four Sea 義美Quarters Korean BBQ
Orange Tea 橘子工坊

7大茶飲 品牌創業故事台灣珍奶征服韓國市場

Super Cue Cafe San Francisco 2013
i-Tea 潮尚茶飲 Oakland 2014
Teaspoon snow shaved ice Los Altos 2015
 
Chinese Tea: 白茶 (白毫銀針), 綠茶 (西湖龍井, 碧螺春), 黃茶 (君山銀針), 青茶 (凍頂烏龍茶, 安溪鐵觀音武夷岩茶, 文山包種茶東方美人茶, 臺灣高山茶), 紅茶 (正山小種, 祁門紅茶), 黑茶 (普洱茶)
Taiwan Tea: 東方美人茶 白毫 White Tip
Capital Teas Oriental Beauty
Harney & Sons Fanciest Formosa Oolong
Upton Tea Imports Eastern Beauty Oolong

Stash Tea: Formosa Oolong Fancy Grade Tea, Brandy Oolong Tea, Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea, Formosa Oolong Bay Jong Tea, Rose-Scented Oolong Tea

Tevana: Tung Tin Oolong Tea, Twisted Honey Black Tea, Four Seasons Oolong Tea, Jasmine Dragon Phoenix Pearls Green Tea

DAVIDsTEA Tie Kwan Yin

Barbecue in the US barbeque 
Texas beef brisket, North Carolina pulled pork, Memphis pork ribs, Kansas City burnt ends, Santa Maria top sirloin, tri-tip, beans