Windows Update Error

How to fix Windows update error code 0x80070003 or 0x80070002 Windows 10
Troubleshoot: remove windows update installation/distribution files,
  stop windows update service
  remove/rename SoftwareDistribution directory
  start windows update service

Weather Camps

weather.gov Summer Weather Camps 2017 
Calling All Weather Campers 

The Weather Works National Weather Camp Program NWXCP Southwest Florida

High School:
*Penn State PSU Weather Camp apply early 8-10 6/17-22, advanced 11-12 6/24-29/2018 
*Wisconsin Madison CIMSS Student Workshop apply early 9-12 6/24-28/2018
*NOAA Center for Atomospheric Sciences (NCAS) Howard University CAREERS weather camp apply before 3/31, 9-12 7/8-20/2018 free
*WKU Western Kentucky University Weather Camp 12-17 years old, 7/16-20/2018 $225 
UNL University of Nebraska Lincoln National Weather Camp  6/10-15/2018 South Dakota School of Mines & Technology: Wild Weather Summer Camp 6/10-15/2018 $975 room/board
Commuter:
NOAA Science Camp Washington grade 6-8, 9-12 day camp Seattle

Blue Hill Observatory Summer Workshop Boston area
CUNY Crest Weather Camp day camp 8/6-17/2018

Oklahoma Mesonet Summer Camp for in-state students only

Middle School:
San Jose State University SJSU Weather Camp
Arizona State University Swift Weather Camp commuters 6/18-20/2018

Gap year volunteering after college

Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and Students

Peace Corps lists the colleges and universities that produced the most Peace Corps Volunteers 
RPCV  returned Peace Corps volunteer

Graduates Nationwide Join Teach For America  TFA
Graduate School Partners, deferral

AmeriCorp VISTA volunteers in service to America

Jesuit Volunteer Corps

Info/reviews:
Volunteer Forever volunteer abroad
Go Abroad volunteer abroad
Study Abroad volunteer worldwide
Go Overseas  high school abroad volunteer abroad

Programs:
Projects Abroad high school specials
Voluntee HQ IVHQ high school volunteer abroad programs
Global Leadership Adventures GLA international volunteer programs for teens
Global Vision International under 18 volunteering abroad
Cross Cultural Solutions high school volunteer abroad

Doctors without Borders
National Health Service Corps

NAD+

* Top aging expert says these 4 FDA-approved drugs hold promise for extending life, PDF paper, Gerotherapy: 

** GLP-1 receptor agonist - calorie restriction 

     semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) Novo Nordisk 

     tirzpatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) Eli Lilly 

** SGLT2 inhibitors to remove sugar from the kidneys through urine 

     empagliflozin (Jardiance) Boehringer Ingelheim 

** Bisphosphonates - osteoporosis 

** Metformin - insulin sensitivity 

- AgelessRx Longevity Products Metformin, Rapamycin, NAD+, Galleri Multi-Cancer Early Detection Test, Microdosing GLP-1 

Fountain Life Diagnostics Full-Body/Brain MRI, Coronary CT Angiography, Low Dose Lung CT scan 

Neko Health not MRI/CT scan 

Collagen $0.85/20g serving, Creatine 肌酸 $0.12/5g serving, Whey protein 24g protein (6g Branched-chain amino acid BCAA)/32g serving, $10/1lb, 

* 2025/06 repost A primer on the current state of longevity research sirtuin (NAD), 

* 2024/07 A primer on the current state of longevity research: sirtuins - NAD+ (NMN, NR, resveratrol, fisetin, quercetin), cellular reprogramming, biological clocks (grip strength, graying hair, wrinkled skin, epigenetic: Horvath's clock, telomere, transcriptomics, proteomics) 

* 2024 Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60 The first wave of changes included molecules linked to cardiovascular disease and the ability to metabolise caffeine, alcohol and lipids. The second wave of changes included molecules involved in immune regulation, carbohydrate metabolism and kidney function.  

* 2024 Massive biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s, Stanford Medicine researchers find, Nonlinear dynamics of multi-omics profiles during human aging, In people in their 40s, significant changes were seen in the number of molecules related to alcohol, caffeine and lipid metabolism; cardiovascular disease; and skin and muscle. In those in their 60s, changes were related to carbohydrate and caffeine metabolism, immune regulation, kidney function, cardiovascular disease, and skin and muscle. 

* 2019 Undulating changes in human plasma proteome profiles across the lifespan 34, 60, 78 

Centenarian blood tests give hints of the secrets to longevity: glucose, creatinine, uric acid, cholesterol, iron, TIBC, liver (Alat, Asat, albumin, GGT, Alp, LD) 

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide NAD 
Beyond Resveratrol: The Anti-Aging NAD Fad 
Star research team maps nr and nmn conversion path to cellular nad 

Nicotinamide riboside (NR), ChromaDex Niagen (about niagen) Truniagen, Elysium Health (Basis), HPN Niagen, Life Extension NAD+ Cell Regenerator, with Resveratrol grape skin, red wine Pinot Noir, Champagne, Orange wine skin-contact skin-fermented white wines, amber wine 

Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN/菸醯胺單核苷酸 500mg), The Science Behind NMN–A Stable, Reliable NAD+Activator and Anti-Aging Molecule (liposomal NMN), Scientists identify new fuel-delivery route for cells, David Sinclair, Human trials of NMN therapy, Alive by Nature 

Pterostilbene Resveratrol Elysium Basis

Sex and the Supplements: Dietary Supplement Ingredients for Male Sexual Health, Tongkat Ali, Fenugreek, HPN

Pterostilbene, Resveratrol, Jarrow 

7/25/2023 The Best Biological Age Tests Of 2023 + 10 Factors That Impact Longevity

6/23/2023 Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Biological Age?

3/2/2023 How old are YOU really? AI-powered tests reveal your biological age with a simple cheek swab - and tell you how to slow it down

11/18/2022 I found out my biological age—and was annoyed by the result

8/29/2022 Want to Know Your Biological Age? Buyer Beware.

6/13/2022 Real age versus biological age: the startups revealing how old we really are

1/5/2022 For 2022, Here’s What Startups Are Doing To Extend Our Lifespans

Massive open online course

MOOC
What are the differences among popular MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses): Coursera, Udacity, edX, Udemy and Lynda?

Cholesterol / Blood Glucose

Hyperlipidemia 

LDL-C normal-100 mg/dL, borderline-130, high-160.  

LDL-P Labcorp 
LP(a) Lipoprotein(a) 

- LDL size patterns, large low density LDL particles are described as pattern A, and small high density LDL particles are pattern B. 

- A correspondence between higher triglyceride levels and higher levels of smaller, denser LDL particles and alternately lower triglyceride levels and higher levels of the larger, less dense ("buoyant") LDL.  
- A stronger correlation between human clinically obvious cardiovascular events and quantitatively measured particle concentrations.  
HDL 
Total Cholesterols < 200 
Triglyceride (Medium-chain triglyceride MCT fatty acids oil) 

1. Statin lipid-lowering medication
Consumer Reports Statins Update: Pravastatin Pravachol, Simvastatin Zocor 

Reduction of heart attacks: Atorvastatin (Lipitor), Lovastatin (Altoprev), Pravastatin (Pravachol), Simvastatin (Zocor), Rosuvastatin (Crestor) 

Reduction of deaths: Atorvastatin (Lipitor), Pravastatin (Pravachol), Simvastatin (Zocor) 

Muscle damage: hydrophilic statins (fluvastatin, rosuvastatin Crestor 5/10/20/40/80mg, pravastatin), are less toxic than lipophilic statins (atorvastatin Lipitor, lovastatin, and simvastatin Zocor) 

Ezetimibe (Zetia) inhibits the absorption of dietary cholesterol from the intestine 
** combination medication: Ezetimibe/rosuvastatin 10mg+5/10/20/40mg 

Crestor 冠脂妥 rosuvastatin 魯士定 10mg 39%-46% 

2. PCSK9 

Alirocumab Praluent

Evolocumab Repatha

Tradjenta 糖漸平 Linagliptin 5mg DPP-4 

You-jet 憂解 Zoloft Sertraline 50mg 

Loata 羅達 Cilostazol 50mg 

Xanax 贊安諾 Alprazolam 0.25mg 

* Diabetes, type 2 Glycated hemoglobin HbA1c, A1c < 5.7%; > 6.4% Blood sugar level 

* Testing for Diabetes: Testing for Diabetes and Prediabetes: A1C goal < 7%, fasting - 99 100-125 126-, glucose tolerance 75g 2 hours -139 140-199 200-, diabetes 200, Prevention of type 2 diabetes 
* Monitoring Your Blood Sugar, target range: before meals 80-130, 1-2 hours later < 180 

* Prediabetes A1c 5.7-6.4, impared Glucose tolerance test 140-199 75g glucose, Impaired fasting glucose 100/110-125 

Diabetes medication 

1, Biguanide (Metformin) decrease glucose production in the liver, increase insulin sensitivity, reduce appetite 

2, SGLT2 Empagliflozin (Jardiance) inhibit reabsorption of glucose in the kidney

3, DPP-4 Linagliptin (Tradjenta) increase production of insulin, decrease production of glucagon, increase GLP-1 

4, GLP-1 reduce blood sugar and energy intake by activating the GLP-1 receptor 

長效型胰島素/基礎胰島素 Insulin analog
daily: Insulin degludec Tresiba 諾胰保諾特筆; Insulin degludec/insulin aspart Ryzodeg 諾胰得諾特筆 
weekly: Insulin icodec Awiqli; Insulin icodec/semaglutide 

Continuous glucose monitor CGM 

Senseonics Eversense E3 90 days, XL 180 days, 365 days in 2025 
Over The Counter OTC cgm: Dexcom Stelo AI, Abbott Lingo 

Computer Algebra System Apps

List of computer algebra systems, Apple iOS, Google Android

Desmos (graphing), Google Play, iTunes

GeoGebra, Giac CAS Google Play, iTunes

Giac, HP Prime Calculator Lite,  iTunes, Google Play

SageMath (Sage Math Online), iTunes

Maxima, Google Play

Mathomatic no graphing iTunes
 

Secure Messengers

WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devicesWhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices, The CAO said that Microsoft Teams, Amazon Wickr, Signal, iMessage and FaceTime are all acceptable alternatives to WhatsApp. 

privacy messenger software and apps news 

default end-to-end encryption 

9 Messaging Apps With End-to-End Encryption: Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, iMessage And More

Default: WhatsApp (online web-interface), iMessage/Google Messages, LINE, Viber, Signal 

Line: image/video from X/twitter Instagram Facebook Tiktok LinkedIn? (copy gif)

Facebook Messenger: X/twitter Instagram Facebook Tiktok LinkedIn (copy gif)

iMessage: X/twitter Instagram Facebook Tiktok? LinkedIn? (copy gif)

EFF Secure Messaging Scorecard: v 1.0 WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage
Surveillance Self-Defense 

Signal Protocol, Signal App for iOS, Android, Desktop, (WhatsApp always activated, Facebook Messenger Secret Conversation on iOS and Android, Google Allo Incognito Mode, Google Messages, Microsoft Skype Private Conversations)

Rakuten Viber uses a similar protocol 

Wire and Wickr for enterprise

Apple iMessage SMS Text
Wickr
Telegram (messaging service), secret chats only
Elliptic-curve Diffie–Hellman ECDH: LINE letter sealing default End-to-end encryption

No End-to-end encryption: Discord, SnapChat, Instagram, TikTok, WeChat

Video Conference/Audio/Voice/Windows/Mac/iPhone/Android: Google Hangouts -> Chat, Meet (Duo), Skype, Facebook Messenger
mobile-only: WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat

Hangouts, LINE, QQ, SnapChat, WeChat

Group chat problem 

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 

Dual-energy X-ray DEXA DXA 

Bone density Measured areal density in g cm−2 

 T-score the number of standard deviations above or below the mean for a healthy 30-year-old adult of the same sex and ethnicity as the patient 

 Z-score the number of standard deviations above or below the mean for the patient's age, sex and ethnicity 
Normal: T-score ≥ −1.0 

Osteopenia: −2.5 < T-score < −1.0 

Osteoporosis: T-score ≤ −2.5 

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 

Futurism: Amid New York Times Lawsuit, ChatGPT Is Citing Plagiarized Versions of NYT Articles on an Armenian Content Mill dnyuz: NYT, Atlantic, Daily Beast, Bloomberg, Associated Press 
BuzzFeed: The Drudge Report Has Been Linking To This Armenian Guy's Site Instead Of The New York Times dnyuz: Times, Atlantic, Bloomberg, Financial Times 

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 
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 nearsighted nearsightedness 

Implantable Collamer Lens EVO ICL, STAAR EVO Viva for Presbyopia (EVO+ Toric Visian® ICL with Aspheric (EDOF) Optic) 植入式隱形眼鏡手術(膠原蛋白眼內鏡) 

List of FDA-Approved Lasers for LASIK

近視雷射怎麼挑？專家分析 STPRK、LASIK、SMART全飛秒Pro的差別、優缺點、角膜穩定度與恢復期 PRK, LASIK, Trans-PRK, 全飛秒 (SMILE, SMILE PRO, SMART CLEAR, SMART PRO) 

近視雷射手術比較 

* 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

Shell Ridge Open Space Walnut Creek, Map Parking Direction 

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

Juneau: Mendenhall Glacier/Lake flooded from Suicide Basin 

Juneau Glacial Flood Dashboard - Explore Suicide Basin 

NWS: Suicide Basin Monitoring and Current Conditions 

Suicide Basin - Camera B Image Viewer 

Suicide Basin - Scale Image Viewer 

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

NOAA Aurora Dashboard Forecast, Tonight, Tomorrow Night Predictions, scales 1-5 (radio blackouts R, solar radiation S, geomagnetic storm G) R S2 G3

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 
Rosetta Stone Library Edition foreign languages Spanish French German
Mango Languages Japanese 安以宇衣於 

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