Category Archives: Geography

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 Comprehensive History of China

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。 https://www.kunlunce.com/llyj/fl11111111111/2018-07-07/126406.html For some reason, the idiots at YouTube removed the CCTV6 account, and thus the English subbed series is gone. Good thing I downloaded the whole thing long ago. … Continue reading →

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Learning Korean Language

Posted on August 25, 2023 by timlyg

From another entry: Learning Korean and Japanese 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 … 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): Films used to learn Japanese: Kingdom / キングダム … Continue reading →

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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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Geography: Senegal

Posted on September 23, 2022 by timlyg

So because we have Rodney Duttweiller as this week's church mission speaker on Sunday School as well as dinner this Saturday (tomorrow), I figure I'll look up the countries he's supposed to have served in, Senegal and South Africa, before … Continue reading →

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Geography: Rwanda

Posted on August 29, 2022 by timlyg

Since one at church is from Rwanda, I figure I would look it up. What's the connection with people there having French name and such. East Africa, bounded by land: Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi & DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) … Continue reading →

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