Low-alcohol beer

Low-alcohol beer

Beer Advocate: Top Rated Beers: Low Alcohol Beer Clausthaler Golden Amber, Nanny State, Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier, Erdinger, Clausthaler Premium, Bitburger, Buckler, Kaliber, Warsteiner, Old Milwaukee, St. Pauli, O'Doul's Amber, Coors NA, Busch NA, O'Doul's, Sharp's

Ranker: The Best Alcohol-Free Beer Beck's, Alternativa, Buckler, Clausthaler Golden Amber, Erdinger, St. Pauli Girl, Clausthaler Premium, Coors, Kaliber

The Best Non-Alcoholic Beer  Clausthaler Golden Amber, Erdinger NA, Kaliber, Clausthaler Premium, Buckler, Gerstel

11 Non-Alcoholic Beers, Taste Tested Erdinger, Kaliber, Buckler, Bitburger, Beck's, Old Milwaukee

Beer Experts Decide Which Non-Alcoholic Beer Tastes Best O'Doul's Premium, St. Pauli, Beck's, Coors, Kaliber

10 Not-Bad Non-Alcoholic Beers Weihenstephaner, Nanny State, Clausthaler Golden Amber, Paulaner, Kvass

What to Drink When You Don’t Drink Anymore: Tasting Non-alcoholic Brews Kaliber, Clausthaler, Haake Beck, O'Doul's Amber, Buckler

Alcohol-free beer: the best and worst – taste test Brewdog Nanny State, Czech Lager

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis medications

骨質疏鬆症的藥物治療 
談骨質疏鬆症及其藥物治療

雙磷酸鹽類 (bisphosphonate)
福善美 Fosamax (alendronate sodium)
骨力強 Aclasta (zoledronic acid)
骨維壯 Bonviva (ibandronate sodium)
 
保骼麗 Prolia (denosumab)

鈣穩錠 Evista (raloxifene)

骨穩 Forteo (teriparatide)

補骨挺疏 Protos (strontium ranelate)

South Bay Youth Choir

Choirs in the USA

Crystal Children's Choir 晶晶 JingJing
Crystal Choir Cupertino

Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley
Cantabile Youth Singers Los Altos

Colorful Universe

Fuel Cell Vehicle

Toyota Mirai Specs 5 minutes 5kg at 70 MPa = 10,000 PSI. 
67 MPGe, 66 MPK Range 312 Miles, 1 kg == 1 Gallon Gasoline, 4.73kg

Cost to refill Hydrogen $15/kg

End-of-Life Care of Pets

The Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement: In-Home Euthanasia: California 
 
Yelp Pet Hospice

Certified Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Veterinarian CHPV
Restful Paws
*Peaceful Pathways
*At Home At Rest

APLB Pet Cemeteries and Crematories  after death

Yelp Pet Services Cremation

*Caring Pet Service
*Pet's Rest
*Animal Memorial Service, Alkaline hydrolysis
Forever My Pet Cremation

Web Online Shopping Rebate

* Cashback Monitor cashbackmonitor rebates comparison, cashback, travel miles, credit card points
Walmart, Amazon, Ebay, Best Buy, Target

* CashbackHolic cashback, credit card, mileage, hotel points

HustlerMoneyBlog: Best Cash Back Shopping Portals – October 2017

Cashback website: reddit tips and tricks signup bonus, minimum, PayPal, checks
TopCashback Top Cash Back, no minimum
BeFrugal.com, $25 minimum
Rakuten Ebates (FatWallet), $5.01 minimum

LAX to downtown LA

Los Angeles International Airport
LAX real time flight arrival detail
LAX real time flight departure detail

Lower Level Green Bus Stops

LAX FlyAway to Union Station Bus Stop 1, Schedule, credit card, buy tickets online $9.75, ticket details, FAQ

Union Station Map, printable

tap card

LA Dot DASH Downtown $0.50 Purple Route B to Financial District on Alameda & Los Angeles to Grand & 2nd, M-F 5:50-6:30, Map

Live Bus Map

LAX shuttles, buses real time location G shuttle to Metro requires TAP

LA Metro Trip Planner: from Union Station to Colburn School use DASH

Google Map Direction from Union Station to Colburn School

More Los Angeles Directions

Great Firewall of China blocked International Chinese Sites

Inside the Firewall: Tracking the News That China Blocks
GreatFire.org, check/test URL: Online Censorship In China

台灣沒有國際新聞？
News 全球華社報紙新聞 華文 ( Chinese Media List Chinese newspaper)
【國際媒體中文網】

BBC Chinese 中文網 YouTube 
New York Times 紐約時報中文網 add /zh-hant/ at the end, NYT dnyuz DNYUZ
Reuters 路透中文網 簡體
Wall Street Journal 華爾街日報中文繁體版
Nikkei 日經中文網 Japanese
DongA 東亞日報中文繁體 Korea
DW 德國之聲 YouTube 
Asahi Shimbun 朝日新聞中文網 Japan
Chosun Ilbo 朝鮮日報網  簡體 Korean
JoongAng (Samsung) 韓國中央日(三星) 報中文網
Radio France Internationale 法國國際廣播電台 華語 YouTube RFI 华语 
Kyodo 日本共同社
Financial Times FT 金融時報 中文網 
VOA 美國之聲 Voice of America Google 翻譯 add #googtrans(zh-CN%7Czh-TW) to the end of the URL YouTube 美国之音中文网 
Sputnik News 俄羅斯衛星通訊社
NHK World Chinese 華語 簡體
Fortune China 財富中文網  簡體 

Radio Free Asia 自由亞洲電臺 YouTube 自由亚洲电台 

www.bbc.com/zhongwen 在中国 100% 被封锁 104
cn.nytimes.com 在中国 100% 被封锁 116
cn.reuters.com 在中国 100% 被封锁  553
cn.wsj.com 在中国 100% 被封锁 579
cn.nikkei.com 在中国的审查情况 753
chinese.donga.com/BIG 在中国的审查情况 895
www.dw.com/zh 在中国 100% 被封锁 1356
cnnews.chosun.com 在中国的审查情况 1430
chinese.joins.com/gb 在中国 100% 被封锁  1509
cn.rfi.fr 在中国 100% 被封锁 2283
ftchinese.com 在中国 100% 被封锁 4272
voachinese.com 在中国 100% 被封锁  6575
sputniknews.cn 在中国的审查情况  29326
asahichinese-j.com 在中国的审查情况 111080

Bay Area Chinese East Asian American TV Personalities

RICH LIEBERMAN 415 MEDIA 

KGO ABC, KNTV NBC, KPIX CBS, KTVU Fox

Vic Lee KGO KRON 1969 San Jose State 
Kristen Sze KGO 1991 Berkeley
Alan Wang - KGO 1994 Austin
Claudine Wong KTVU 1996 UCLA
Janelle Wang KNTV KGO 1998 San Diego

Five Asian American journalists profiled

Vicky Nguyen KNTV 2000 USF
Sue Kwon - KPIX 2001 Stanford
Da Lin KPIX KRON 2002
Betty Yu KPIX 2007 Columbia, Berkeley

Top value colleges

PayScale Best Universities and Colleges by Salary Potential Early Career (0-5 years of experience) Pay, Mid-Career (10+ years of experience) Pay, % STEM degrees
1 Stanford, 23 Santa Clara, 25 Berkeley, 37 Rice, 39 Carnegie Mellon, 42 Tufts, 63 University of Southern California, 74 Johns Hopkins, 77 Vanderbilt, 79 UCLA, 82 Northwestern, 104 Rochester, 105 Case Western Reserve, 138 Barnard, 149 Oberlin

DoE College Scorecard with Visual and Performing Arts, Salary after attending, comparing schools
Stanford, CMU, USC, CWRU, JHU, SCU, Tufts, NWU, Vanderbilt, Rice, Berkeley, UCLA, Rochester, Oberlin, Barnard

Best Merit Scholarship:
CWRU, Oberlin, Rochester

Kiplinger's Best College Values Salary Yardstick, federal financial aid 10 years after starting college, non-need-based aid
Stanford 1% 14k, CMU 6% 12k, CWRU 59% 23k, USC 29% 20k, SCU 41% 14k, JHU 3% 39k, Tufts 2% 0.5k, Rice 17% 19k, Northwestern 7% 4k, Berkeley 9% 9k, Vanderbilt 21% 22k, UCLA 7% 5k, Barnard 0, Rochester 56% 14k, Oberlin 77% 14k

Time Money Best Colleges early career earnings (pay scale), build your own ranking (merit aid and academic scholarships, high-paying job), % who get merit grants
Stanford ?, CMU 4, SCU 27, Rice 11, Berkeley 6, JHU 2, CWRU 31, Tufts 1, Vanderbilt 11, Northwestern 5, USC 19, Rochester 31, UCLA 3, Barnard ?, Oberlin 37

Niche Best Colleges for Music Curtis, Juilliard, USC, NEC, Berklee, Vanderbilt, Rice, NWU, SFCM, Michigan, CIM, MSM, CMU, Rochester, NYU, Oberlin, Austin, JHU
Niche Best Value Colleges

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

The 20 Most Prestigious Music Degree Programs in the World Juilliard, Curtis, Colburn, Berklee, Royal, Paris, Eastman Rochester, Yale, USC, Vienna, NEC, Jacobs Indiana, Oberlin, Moscow, MSM, Hanns Eisler, Sibelius, Guildhall, Mannes, Peabody JHU, CIM

The 20 Best Music Conservatories in the U.S. Juilliard, Curtis, MSM, Berklee, Mannes, NEC, Boston, CIM, SFCM, JHU, Rochester, Oberlin, AVA, Indiana, Bard, Colburn

Schools with Music Programs

Buddist Temples

佛門寺 Buddha Gate Monastery Lafayette 中台禪寺 釋惟覺
中台山 太谷精社 Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale

法鼓山舊金山分會 Dharma Drum Mountain San Francisco Bay Area Center Chan Meditation Center in Fremont 聖嚴法師

College Admission

College admissions in the United States 

Early decision I and II
Early action  restrictive, non-restrictive
Rolling admission 

Early Decision Schools: Complete List of ED Colleges  2017
Early Action Schools: Complete List of EA Colleges 2017

US Schools with Early Decision Plans 2014
US Schools with Early Action Decision Plans 2014

California Community Colleges

UCLA Transfer Alliance Program, Foothill College Honors Institute
Berkeley Pathways to Four-Year Universities, De Anza College Partnerships
  
UC Transfer Admission Guarantee, TAG Matrix
UC Irvine 3.4 no Business
UC Davis 3.2-3.3 Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) Foothill, De Anza
UC Santa Barbara 3.2 no Engineering
UC Riverside 2.7-3.5
UC Santa Cruz 3.0 Transfer Preparation Program TPP, Foothill, De Anza
UC Merced 2.8-3.0

How does your community college stack up? CollegeMeasures.org success rate, De Anza, Foothill, West Valley
Best Community Colleges in California De Anza, Foothill
Top 5 Transfer Colleges in California Foothill, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, De Anza, Irvine

LASIK / SMILE

Refractive surgery

List of FDA-Approved Lasers for LASIK

矯正近視 雷射手術比一比 醫師揭優缺點 PRK, LASIK, Trans-PRK, 全飛秒 (SMILE, SMILE PRO, SMART CLEAR, SMART PRO) 

* Zeiss Meditec Mel 80 Presbyond

* Wavefront-guided 2000
Custom Wavefront-optimized

* Topography-assisted 2013

2017 paper: Comparison and analysis of FDA reported visual outcomes of the three latest platforms for LASIK: wavefront guided Visx iDesign, topography guided WaveLight Allegro Contoura, and topography guided Nidek EC-5000 CATz

The WaveLight Allegretto Wave Eye-Q excimer laser and the NAVEX EC-5000 excimer laser are currently the only systems approved in the United States to perform topography-assisted LASIK procedures  (Star S4 IR with iDesign is new)

iDesign vs Wavelight

1. Allegretto Wave Eye-Q, Novartis Alcon WaveLight Allegretto Wave Eye-Q, EX500
 - Alcon Contoura Vision (WaveLight Topolyzer Vario + WaveLight Allegretto Wave Eye-Q or WaveLight EX500 Excimer Laser)
 - 博士眼科, 博士眼科地形圖導引 FS200 + EX500
 - 諾貝爾 七次元 角膜地圖引導 GCT-LASIK 酷視精雕 Topolyzer + FS200 + EX500
 - IQ Laser Vision [Kamra inlay] 

2. Johnson & Johnson Vision, Abbott Medical Optics AMO VISX Star S4 IR with iDesign (older iFS150 + Star S4 IR)
3. NIDEK 2000 EC-5000, Nidek Topo-Assisted Navex CATz Quest Advanced Vision Excimer Laser System
 
A review of the surgical options for the correction of presbyopia, slides

20/20 and Unhappy After Refractive Surgery Dry Eye, Low Contrast Visual Acuity, Contrast Sensitivity, Residual Refractive Error or Astigmatism
Lasik’s Risks Are Coming Into Sharper Focus pre-screening, Among those who may be at risk are people with large pupils; thin corneas, abnormally shaped corneas or other corneal abnormalities or scarring; high degrees of astigmatism; severe dry eye; and possibly people who have other sensitivities, pain syndromes or neurological disorders, frequent headaches or anxiety and depression.
Check 瞳孔 角膜 散光 乾眼

ReLEx: FLEx / SMILE
Refractive Lenticule Extraction : Femtosecond Lenticule Extraction / SMall-Incision Lenticule Extraction
To laser your eyes with SMILE - an honest story

Laser blended vision (LASIK) to increase depth of field using for Presbyopia without reading glasses
Accommodation_(eye) to Dioptre

Presentation: PRESBYOND Laser Blended Vision (Zeiss, MEL80 or VizuMax [femtosecond laser]), Laservue

Review of Ophthalmology: The Multiple Sides Of Monovision

It is possible to increase depth perception safely only up to 1.5 diopters without influencing vision quality, contrast sensitivity or twilight vision.

Blended Vision differs from monovision in that your two eyes are more similar to each other [up to 1.5 diopters difference], whereas with monovision your two eyes are set from 1.5 diopters to 3 diopters difference.

Treatment (laser blended vision) with diagrams

Presbyopia Clinical Trials in California,  Stanford Eye Institute

Christian Names

Prophets of Christianity
Template Catholic saints

Church Fathers 教父
Doctor of the Church 教會聖師

Saint Joseph 聖若瑟
Benedict 聖本篤
Saint Dominic 聖道明
Bonaventure 聖文德

Family tree of the Bible
   Genealogy: the descent of David from Ruth
   Kings of Israel and Judah
Adam and Eve Family Tree

Fanless Notebook, Laptop, Ultrabook PCs

A detailed list of fanless laptops and ultrabooks available in 2018 passive cooling

Large display 14"+, 3lb
Acer Spin 7 14" touch 2.6lb
Asus Vivobook Flip 14 TP401 touch 3.3lb

Convertible (touch screen)
Acer Spin 7
Asus Zenbook Flip UX360CA Intel Core m3-6Y30
Lenovo Yoga 900s
Toshiba Portege Z20t

Clamshell:
Acer Swift 7
Apple Macbook 12 m3, i5, i7
Asus Zenbook UX305
Dell XPS 13 9325
HP Elitebook Folio G1 touch
Samsung ATIV Book 9 touch

Education in France

Education in France

French Colleges and Universities
Grandes écoles (Grand Schools) graduate schools,

University of Paris - 6 alliances, Conservatoire de Paris

Movies in Concert

Movies in Concert with Symphony Orchestra

Daves Symphony Hall: San Francisco Symphony

Davies Symphony Hall Seating Plan

Seating Chart

Loge; Side Box, Premier Orchestra, Orchestra, Front Orchestra, Premier 1st Tier, Upper Orchestra, Side Terrace, Rear Box; 1st Tier, Premier 2nd Tier, 2nd Tier

Movie:
Side Box, Loge, Premier Orchestra, Premier 1st Tier, Orchestra, Rear Box; 1st Tier, Upper Orchestra, Front Orchestra, Premier 2nd Tier, 2nd Tier

Side Box, Loge, Premier Orchestra, Orchestra, Rear Box, Premier 1st Tier, Front Orchestra, 1st Tier; Upper Orchestra, Premier 2nd Tier, 2nd Tier

J-Pop

R3 Music Box
Playlists Anime, Vocaloid, Video Game Music & Theme Song

Basugasubakuhatsu Jpop Idol Songs

Streaming Radio
AnimeNfo m3u playlists Windows Media Player
AnimeAmaze playlist

App
Anime Radio+

SC MIRC

University of South Carolina Moving Image Research Collections MIRC, Digital Video Repository, Chiang, Kai-shek Movie Archieve

Xmouse, active window tracking

xmouse

Turn on Xmouse active window tracking (focus follows mouse pointer) feature in Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows 7 (Active window tracking)
Windows 8: Configuring focus follows mouse and auto-raise behavior
Windows 7 and Vista mouse focus on window without raising the window

Tenor

Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 - Tenor Predominant

Bluetooth Audio

Jabra Elite 65t 2018 5.0

Google Pixel Buds 2 2019 5.0

Plantronics BackBeat Fit 3150 2019 5.0

Apple AirPods 3 2021 5.0

What You Might Not Know About Bluetooth, Sound Quality, and aptX - Reasons Why Bluetooth Can Reduce Audio Quality

Can aptX give you better sound over Bluetooth? - CNET MP3, AAC, HE-ACC, A2DP SBC (Low Complexity Subband Coding)

Qualcomm CSR AptX HD, Low Latency

Apple iPhone MacOSX Bluetooth Explorer AAC AptX
AirPods AAC

Sony LDAC

Open Interface North America Qualcomm OINA SOUNDabout lossless

Browser Benchmarks

Best web browsers 2018: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera go head-to-head
Chrome > Opera > Firefox > Edge
On Mac: Safari >> Chrome > Firefox, memory (ram), cpu (energy, battery)

What's the fastest Linux web browsers?

WebXPRT benchmark Firefox
Speedometer WebKit/Safari Chrome

SunSpider Safari
JetStream Safari
Kraken JavaScript Mozilla
Octane Google Chrome

Things to do in Seattle

Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks, REI, Nordstrom, Pike Place Market, Space Needle, Waterfront
Amazonbooks at  University Village

Super Bloom Wild Flowers

California State Parks & Recreation: Wild Flower Bloom Updates 

Bay Area Superbloom Google Maps Wild for Flowers 

- Activities: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District preserves, blooms wildflowers bloomin

2024:

The California superbloom is coming. Here’s why you should go sooner rather than later 

2023:

10 Places to See Wildflowers in the West 

2017:

* Superbloom attracts thousands to Southern California desert 

* That's one benefit of El Nino! Stunning pictures of rare 'super bloom' of wildflowers in the California DESERT

* As wildflowers thrive in south state, Northern California waits for big bloom
 - 4/15,16 Jepson Prairie Preserve, map 105 miles
 - 4/15 Sat Railtown 1897 State Historic Park Wildflower Trains, directions 133 miles
 - Daffodil Hill, direction 144M
 - 4/15,16 South Yuba River Park, map 190 mile

* Big wildflower bloom expected in Bay Area parks as spring sunshine arrives
- Activities: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District preserves, blooms wildflowers bloomin
-- 4/16 Sun WWW: Wildflowers, Wandering & Wine 4 miles
- Spring Wildflower Festival at Sunol Regional Wildernes
- Pacheco State Park, Self - Guided Springtime Hike, Self-Guided Wild Flower Tour

Taiwan Korea 2017

韓國觀光公社 板門店
Visit Korea Demilitarized Zone Tours
Panmunjeom (Joint Security Area)

TourDMZ 3th floor President Hotel
Go 2 Korea July/August 10th floor
JSA DMZ combined tour calendar 7th floor
Korea DMZ Tour 8th floor
Cosmojin hotel

KKDay 板門店 all tours 8th, 10th floor

Google Flights SFO - TPE
Kayak SFO-TPE
hipmunk SFO-TPE
Google Flights TPE - Seoul

cola tour 可樂旅遊 首爾自由行
Seoul 首爾自由行
麗星郵輪寶瓶星號 石垣島 Cruise Japan Okinawa 8/2-8/4

Aurora

Aurora Northern Light 
Aurora Forecast
A Traveler’s Guide to the Aurora Borealis
The dark of the moon in March (equinox) during solar cycle activity maximum years is the best time clear sky of year to travel to the auroral oval zone, Fairbanks, Alaska; Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; Fort McMurray Alberta; Greenland; Reykjavik, Iceland; Tromso, Norway

Steve (atmospheric phenomenon), 5-10 degree closer to the equator, seasonal, not in winter between October and February, early to mid September or late March

Google Flights 12/31-1/3,4, 1 stop, 5am-12am, 1pm-12am, 6h layover
Kayak 12/31-1/3, 1 stop, 12:30-5:45pm, 4:15am-3:30pm, 6h layover

Solar Cycle Prediction 1989-1993, 1999-2004, 2012-15,
Northers Lights Travel 

NOAA Aurora Dashboard Forecast, Tonight, Tomorrow Night Predictions, scales 1-5 (geomagnetic storm G, solar radiation S, radio blackouts R) 

University of Alaska Aurora Forecast, select N. America aurora strength Kp planetary index 0-9  
graphs follows: 
Aurora Service Prediction

 

Magazine Online

Research by A-Z List

Santa Clara County Library SCCL scclib Research: News Magazines  Consumer Reports, Dragon Source (Chinese Magazines), 音樂愛好者 Music Lover, MedlinePlus, Nature, New York Times (dnyuz DNYUZ),
Zinio / RBDigital: National Geographic
PressReader: San Jose Mercury News, World Journal
Flipster: TIME, Consumer Reports
HyRead: Traditional Chinese eBooks, eMagazines

Online Learning Courses:
Lynda  LinkedIn Learning Online advanced Photoshop, languages, Certificates of Completion: 

  Project Management Institute PMI 
  Certified Analytics Professional (CAP), Certified Analytics, Operation Research, Management Science.  

  CSCMP Supply Chain Foundations: The Essentials Professional Certificate 
Roseta Stone Library Edition foreign languages Spanish French German
Treehouse web design, coding, Photoshop Foundations
Universal Class Continuing education unit 

School Resources
Biography in Context
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
U.S. History in Context 
World History in Context

Music & Movies
= Alexander Street (Classical Music Library)
= Freegal Music,
= Medici.tv: Concerts, Operas, and Ballets Live and On Demand
= Kanopy

PressReader newspapers $29.95, World Journal 世界日報, Global Views 遠見

Online/Web/iPhone Android Magazine Reader:
Zinio for Libraries CommonWealth Magazine 天下雜誌, Supertaste 食尚玩家, PC Home, Next Magazine 壹週刊
Z-Pass 6 for $5/month
Zinio Unlimited not in the U.S.A


Flipster: TIME, Consumer Reports

HyRead: Traditional Chinese eBooks, eMagazines
Kono for Library: Palo Alto, Taiwanese, Japanese

Safari Books Online, InstaFlix, medici.tx (classical music), freegal music, Zenio for libraries magazines

Magzter Gold 5000+, international, unlimited $99/year, no top/popular, top free magazine, This Month in Taiwan, Where San Francisco

Readly $10/month

Readr iPad App $10/month PixelMags

Texture 200+, $10/month including weekly magazines, (formally Next Issue Media), Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp., Rogers Communications, and Time Inc

'Netflix for Magazines’ Services Explain Why They’re Not Doomed
Digital Subscription Services Disrupt Traditional Print Advertising
Magzter Unveils Unlimited Digital Magazine Subscription Platform
To aggregate or not to aggregate? That is NOT the question
Digital Subscription Services Disrupt Traditional Print Advertising

Social Security

認識社會安全退休制度 

美國社安金解析：幾歲領？領多少？（Social Security和Medicare）

If you have to use retirement accounts to help buy a house, this is how to do it 

How the The Social Security Spouse Benefit Works: 50% at 67 

SSN SSA 
Social Security Survivor Benefits – The Rules
Social Security Survivor Benefits for a Spouse 
Social Security: The Survivor Benefit, Simplified 

Widows Waiting to Wed? (Re)Marriage and Economic Incentives in Social Security Widow Benefits
社會安全局 遺屬福利 在 60 歲之前再婚，您將無法領取寡婦和鰥夫的 福利。

寡婦領遺夫福利 如何選擇較高金額 

Survivors Planner: How Much Would Your Benefit Be? survival benefit
remarry after 60
Formula for Family Maximum Benefit 3394
$1411 / 75% = $1881
 
Social Security Benefit Amounts For The Surviving Spouse 
 rate 28.5/7 = 4.07%/year amount increase
           do this if live less than this age 
60  71.5%  x+7 78.56 $1345 
61  75.57% x+6 80.56 
62  79.64% x+5 82.56 
63  83.71% x+4 84.56 
64  87.79% x+3 86.56 
65  91.86% x+2 88.56 
66  95.93% x+1 90.56 
67 100.0%            $1881 
               84.96 average life expectancy 

Income exempt limit, working during retirement (Exempt Amounts Under The Earnings Test) $17640

Maximize benefit: begin at 60 or full retirement age and switch to below at 70 

Workers with Maximum-Taxable Earnings 

2024 survivor 60 $2796 67 $3911 70 $4873 

     self     62 $2710 67 $3911 70 $4873 

Retirement Planner: Benefits, Retire Early bridge with 401k (mid 2028 59½) 
Delayed Retirement Credits 

Medicare end of 2033, 65 yrs

35 top earning years to get maximum benefit, 1997-end of 2031, 63 yrs 

yr  pct yr past 70
            start if live less than this age
------------------
62  70% x+8  74.67
63  76% x+7  76.67
64  82% x+6  78.67
65  88% x+5  80.67
66  94% x+4  82.67
67 100% x+3  80.5
68 108% x+2  82.5
69 116% x+1  84.5
70 124% x

Children health insurance 26 years old, 10/2027(58), 4/2030(60.5) 
Graduate from college, 5/2023 (54), 5/2026 (57)
Leaving home, 9/2019 (50), 9/2022 (53)

COLA Cost-of-Living Adjustments, CPI-W graph

CPI over the years Consumer Price Index, graph/chart 

ebook reader

Windows ePub viewer
Sumatra PDF
FBReader too simple
STDU Viewer Chinese problem
Adobe Digital Editions Chinese fonts display issue

Body Height and twins

Genetic and Environmental Effects on Weight, Height, and BMI Under 18 Years in a Chinese Population-Based Twin Sample
A twin study of human obesity 80% genetic

Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994 80% genetic

Twin study of genetic and environmental influences on adult body size, shape, and composition  80% genetic


 

Online Schools

California Connections Academy courses
K12 courses, California Virtual Academy cava

California Virtual Academies: Is online charter school network cashing in on failure?
California Virtual Academies: Bill targeting for-profit operator K12 Inc. clears first committee vote

Dessert wine

Wine Folly: Five Types of Dessert Wine Sparkling, Lightly Sweet, Richly Sweet, Sweet Red, Fortified 

Moscato d'Asti sweet sparkling 

Apéritif and digestif 餐前酒和餐後酒 beverages liquor 

aperitif: vermouth (Italy), dry champagne, gin (jin juniper France), anisette, dry sherry

digestif: brandy, sweet fortified wine, liqueur 

Kräuterlikör (herbal liqueur, spiced liqueur, half-bitters) German, Jagermeister 1934, Benedictine 1863, Chartreuse 1764 French, Amaro Italian 

Bitters, Amaro (liqueur), Campari, Jägermeister 1934, Underberg 1846 

Cordial (medicine), liqueur law plant material + 2.5% sugar 

Dessert wine sweet 

Fortified wine 

From Portugal 
Port (Douro) tawny Ficklin Vineyards Old Vine Tinta Port Solera Madera 

Madeira (Portuguese Madeira Islands) dry secco/semisecco/sweet, estufagem heat aging 

From Italy 
Marsala (Sicily) 
Vermouth (Turin) dry/sweet wormwood, Carpano Antica Formula, Cinzano 

From Spain 
Sherry (Jerez) (Solera aging system 索雷拉陳釀系統) dry: Fino flor yeast, Amontillado, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, sweet: Pedro Ximénez 

Straw wine raisin 

Italian Passito: Vin Santo 

Tablas Creek Sweet Wines Vin de Paille 

Ice wine 

Eiswein Riesling grape 

Canadian icewine 

Noble rot 貴腐酒 rotton 

*Tokaji (Tokay) Hungary/Slovakia, 3-6 Puttonyos Aszú, Eszencia

*Sauternes Sémillon grapes (Graves of Bordeaux wine region) First Growth Premier Cru Supérieur Château d'Yquem, Premier Cru, 2nd Grand Cru of 1855 

*Auslese, Beerenauslese (BA), Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) Riesling Germany Wine Classification 

Mead honey 

Cider apple fruit juice 

Alcoholic drink Fermented drinks beverage 

健康酒 - 薬用酒 第二類医薬品 養命酒 1602 1923 14%, 陶陶酒 1690 1942 12% 29% 

Herbal liqueurs - Chartreuse 1764, green 55% 1840 (search iba Last word, Naked and famous - yellow), Bénédictine 1863 40% (Singapore sling), Jagermeister 1934 35% 

Sleep tracking

Sleep Tracking: How to Track Your Sleep

2017 CES Spotlights Consumer Sleep Technology, But What Are Its Implications?

Counting sheep: The best sleep trackers and monitors
The gadgets for advanced sleeping monitoring

* Withings Aura with Sleep Sensor Accessory, sound, temperature, breathing cycle, heart rate
* Beddit Sleep Monitor heartrate, breathing

1. Basis Peak is recalled
2. Jawbone Fitness Tracker, Advanced Sleep Tracking and Heart Health Monitoring: UP3 UP4
3. Fitbit Fitness, Sleep Tracking & Silent Alarm, PurePulse Heart Rate: Charge 2
4. Misfit Ray, Misfit Shine 2 no heart rate, non-rechargeable battery
2breathe 

Microsoft Windows Software to be installed 2017

7-zip
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
Google Chrome with add-ons
iTunes
LINE
Microsoft Office 365
Mozilla Firefox
Use built-in antivirus

Grammarly and extension

Zoom

Spotify

Edge browser extensions add-on: uBlock Origin, Mouse Gestures, Translator, Office Online, EBates
Google Chrome Extensions: Privacy Badger or Disconnect, uBlock Origin, HTTPS Everywhere, Empty New Tab Page, Fontface Ninja, Facebook Unseen Protector, Ebates

Windows Region and Language

Apple Fruit

Know your apples: The spectrum of apple flavors sweet to tart, Fuji, Gala, Red Delicious, Honey Crisp, Pink Lady, Granny Smith

Apple varieties: Eating fresh: Honeycrisp (eating, juice), Jazz (sauce), Gala (eating, sauce), Fuji (eating, sauce)

Adam's Apples Ratings

Apple varieties (Orange Pippin): highest ranked, most voted

Beyond the Honeycrisp Apple
Cosmic Crisp
Kanzi Apple, (Gala x Braeburn) Jazz. vs. Kanzi smackdown (Adam's Apples), Jazz is better

国际果蔬报道 Produce Report 苹果