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Friday, September 29, 2017

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

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

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

Thursday, August 31, 2017

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

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

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

Saturday, August 05, 2017

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

Thursday, July 20, 2017

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

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Education in France

Education in France

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

University of Paris - 6 alliances, Conservatoire de Paris

Monday, June 12, 2017

Movies in Concert

Movies in Concert with Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, June 08, 2017

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