Category Archives: Geography

Solar Eclipse Totality Road Trip

Posted on April 7, 2024 by timlyg

Today, after church service (over the last few weeks, I've collected from libraries everywhere in South Amboy to Detroit, free solar eclipse glasses, and placed 9 of them at church entrance for people to take), began Nadia's and my trip … Continue reading →

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Cheap Flights for Travel

Posted on March 12, 2024 by timlyg

https://us.jetcost.com/en: lots of controls to filter out what you need at low rates. https://www.airfarewatchdog.com/: publishes great deals but you must depend on their selection of places and times.

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Fire map of America

Posted on March 8, 2024 by timlyg

To get a current map view of fire hazards, this is a good site: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html#maps

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Chinese History Summary from Video Series: 中国通史

Posted on December 8, 2023 by timlyg

A supposedly well made 100 episode documentary. Forwarded from mom. 中華通史100集．由古至今的朝代興衰，可以看看參考。 只要花75小時，即可看盡中國四千年歷史的興衰，非常非常值得。全部100集都在這裡了，按照目錄，想看那一集，隨挑隨看。 CCTV6紀錄片《中國通史》目錄：第01集 中華道路第02集 中華先祖第03集 農業起源第04集 文明起源第05集 邦國時代第06集 夏王朝覓蹤第07集 殷商興亡第08集 商代文明第09集 武王克商第10集 周公攝政第11集 周王室的衰落第12集 春秋爭霸第13集 孔子第14集 列國變法第15集 戰國七雄第16集 諸子百家第17集 秦國崛起第18集 秦始皇統一中國第19集 楚漢戰爭第20集 郡國並行第21集 文景之治第22集 漢武帝第23集 兩漢經學第24集 昭宣政治第25集 王莽改制第26集 光武中興第27集 絲綢之路第28集 … Continue reading →

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Learning Korean Language

Posted on August 25, 2023 by timlyg

From http://nycphantom.com/journal/?p=13201 Hangul: Wikipedia source: The chart below shows all 19 consonants in South Korean alphabetic order with Revised Romanization equivalents for each letter and pronunciation in IPA (see Korean phonology for more). Hangul ㄱ ㄲ ㄴ ㄷ ㄸ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅃ ㅅ ㅆ ㅇ ㅈ … Continue reading →

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Learning Japanese Language

Posted on August 25, 2023 by timlyg

From http://nycphantom.com/journal/?p=13201 So far I'm relying on Duolingo more. Much Youtube help is needed for pronunciation. The Basics: Hiragana (common) Katakana (for foreign transliteration) Japanese Input Keyboard layout (Microsoft IME, Kana On):

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Journal of the Week

Posted on July 24, 2023 by timlyg

7/31/2023 Came across the late James Randi on FB, the Canadian guy who went about debunking physics, telekinesis, etc. He was raised somewhat Christian but turned Atheist. However, people (especially atheists and magicians) loved him for debunking charlatans such as … Continue reading →

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Christian Origin in Korea

Posted on May 22, 2023 by timlyg

Though there are other earlier accounts, the one I remembered most and have now found the detail, is the story about how foreigners carrying loads of bibles were killed and that the bibles were used as wallpapers in Korean homes, … Continue reading →

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Weekly Journal

Posted on December 20, 2022 by timlyg

昙花(仙人掌类 Epiphyllum oxypetalum) 蛇鞭柱(Selenicereus grandiflorus) in the category of Night-blooming cereus: Bloom at night, for a very short time. These are also known as Queen of the Night. I looked this up after Tong's video on James reminded me about … Continue reading →

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Visiting the Keys, Florida

Posted on December 12, 2022 by timlyg

12/11/2022 Sunday, 30-40F in NJ, we took off with Lyft service ($35 including tips) at 10AM heading for Terminal C United in Newark. 40 min ride. Texted our neighbor Joe about it, we had back and forth about why we … Continue reading →

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