Malevolent

I could try using this word in real life:

1. As Brian kept telling me how malevolent Sunny was, I began to take an interest seeking opportunity to discover the psyche of such "strange" person. Too bad she was let go and I have no way of keeping my specimen.

2.  It was incredibly tempting in these past years for me to harvest malevolent intent against those who were stubbornly obtuse. Good thing Psalms 37 and 38 keeps me in check with my maker.

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New Telescope Terminology

For all ground-based telescopes:

Adaptive Optics: Technology in telescope mirror that can bend in ways that adjust and cancel out small distortion caused by atmospheric pressures.

Liquid Mirror Telescopes: Spinning liquid mercury on a base so that it would have a parabolic shape. Low maintenance, can have large aperture easily.

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Low Humidity

Since my humidifier broke down (overheated I think), these past few days' humidity has been as low a 35% at midnight.

I didn't know I coudln't sleep well under low humid environment until the time I moved to New York, apparently. Dry throat, deep voice (I can sing bass everytime I wake up like this).

Solution: I tried bowls of waters around back in Stony Brook. Either get a new humidifier or put a wet tower around. It seems this occurs only within a week's span a year at this latitude.

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TMJ - Find Cure

Temporomandibular Joint Disorder

I believe I have what is called a TMJ syndrome. Noted by my "free" chiropractor from craigslist years ago as "glass jaw". I searched and couldn't find anything in the vocabulary of "glass jaw". However, TMJ seems to closest description of my problem.

There's isn't much pain. If there is, it's very temporary. The main problem is I cannot open or close my mouth in a straight line, as I could sense the clicking or snapping on the left side of my jaw joint.

I believe it also affect my inner throat in the pertaining area as if there's some obstacle (maybe the disk between the jaw and skull) causing me wanting to cough sometimes. Sometimes, pressing certain point in that area outside the jaw could agitate this effect, but just sometimes.

Diagnose: I think the left disk is dislocated.

Cause: Uncertain, but I think it's because I chewed too hard (love chewing cartilage-soft bones).

Solution: More research needed. Moving this from Vocabularies category to Projects. Stop chewing softbones, some bones are just not meant to be chewed. Although it is not yet problematic, I'm afraid if I do not attend to it, it would have severe impact in the future.

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Admiration and Recommendation

Everyone has responsibility. Admiration and recommendation are not counted as responsibility.

They are like faith. Recognition of the truth. Not substitution of a negative behavior such as jealousy. Not superficial so one should instead work from admiration to admiration just as from faith to faith.

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Current Solar System Objects Positions

Amazing site showing to calculate positions of planets relative to each other at any given time. Image below is embedded from their site to show CURRENT position. Click on image to go to the site.

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asphyxiated

Chocked

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Interesting Observation in Servitude

You love to ask me to serve with you, I'm all happy and fully committed in all my best and willingness to do.

But if it is in my own ministry, set by God, I will not permit thee to serve with me.

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Why I will not attend this year's and possibly the future retreats

Last year, I rather preached than to attend the church retreat. This year, as some thought/hope I would go, I am sure they will be disappointed.

One simple rule: From their leading of fellowships, pursue of word of God (I target this not at the commoners but the spiritual leaders), I'd say, let them suffer their own fruit that they bear, lest they never learn.

Events like retreats, gatherings, even choirs are not bad. But how to invite or attract people to join, that's the important key.

Do we attract people by God's word and God's word alone? If not, then compromise is the only other solution.

But why not labor in raising our Lord on high? Instead of working on schemes of cunningness and ulterior motives and vain attractions?

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Strange Screen Upside Down Occurrence during TOEFL iBT Java Applet Session

After some useless technical advices from the support team of Prometric (from India, I think), I finally figured out the problem.

It has nothing to do with enabling rotation or hotkeys in the Graphic properties (rightclick menu at desktop), but it is the refresh rate in there. Someone must have changed it as it was different than others'. So I simply set it back to 60 hertz from 75. And bingo, no more upside down screen when the full test screen is loaded.

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