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Reminiscence of the Past - Port Jefferson Methodist Church

Posted on May 4, 2017 by timlyg

At the time, I did not know much about the American UMC theological content. I went to this small church in Port Jefferson on Main Street. Female pastor hired from China, I think. A search on google gives me a … Continue reading →

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The Obnoxious Celibates

Posted on April 29, 2017 by timlyg

From time to time, there are those singles, regardless of their ages, usually in churches, deeming themselves to be very good with children, youth or young adults. I'm not so easily fooled by them as many in churches do today. … Continue reading →

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Vocab: Barber Chair (In Logging)

Posted on April 20, 2017 by timlyg

When tree falls, after cutting, trunk splits into many parts and risk hitting the lumberjack.

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How to Deal with Viral Fads

Posted on April 12, 2017 by timlyg

Never follow the emotional roller coaster ride. Use that info for some other gain if possible - e.g. United Airlines' abuse of an airline passenger in order to make more room than their capacity recently caused one of the most … Continue reading →

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There is a way to tell - Do you truly believe in the doctrine of Predestination - Total Depravity

Posted on April 6, 2017 by timlyg

I've noticed many in the Reformed Churches profess the doctrine of Predestination. However, they behave as those who have no life, as if they were Elects on papers, on some sort of contracts, but not in spirit. The Litmus Test: … Continue reading →

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A Way to Do Student Database between Access & MySQL

Posted on April 4, 2017 by timlyg

For NYGC, this would be a good upgrade. http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/135361/remotely-connect-to-mysql-from-ms-access

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Chess End Game I played to be analyzed

Posted on April 2, 2017 by timlyg

PGN format. Though I won, but the end game looks tricky. [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2017.04.02"] [White "hisuphi"] [Black "checkychess"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1915"] [BlackElo "1920"] [TimeControl "60"] [Termination "checkychess won by checkmate"] [CurrentPosition "2r1r1k1/5ppp/5b2/2p5/P2p1P2/1P4qb/2PQB3/1N1RRK2 w … Continue reading →

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How to Make VCDs

Posted on March 25, 2017 by timlyg

The Americans are not familiar with this: Video CD. When I first got to U.S., I asked around, nobody in the IT business knew what was a VCD...all they could relate was DVD, which was a new thing at the … Continue reading →

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CCCNY Directory Database

Posted on March 21, 2017 by timlyg

An interesting attempt. Turning the tedious directory work in Excel & Word into Access GUI. Cool trick: Round-up / Ceiling of a positive double: In VB.NET, using the fact that int() = floor() -Int(-a/b) It would appear that some MS … Continue reading →

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Radical vs. Liberal Muslims

Posted on March 12, 2017 by timlyg

Listening to the International Panel talk at the 2017 Ligonier Conference, the host mentioned 80% of Muslims are non-muslims who do not care about the Quran. Only the small percentage, the radicals are true Muslims. I'm not sure of the … Continue reading →

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