{"id":18920,"date":"2025-08-18T13:17:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=18920"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:09:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:09:54","slug":"journal-of-the-week-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=18920","title":{"rendered":"Journal of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>8\/23\/2025 Saturday<\/strong> The GCC <strong>Men's Fellowship<\/strong> was led by Frank and I was impressed because Frank of all people, his topic of the day was on <strong>Fanny Crosby<\/strong>. He had us singing \"To God be the Glory\" and \"Blessed Assurance\". We also sang \"I have a Christ in My Heart\" because he thought that Wendell Loveless' song was by Crosby. We have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archeophone.com\/press-releases\/fanny-crosbys-voice-discovered\/#:~:text=CHAMPAIGN%2C%20IL%20(MONDAY%2C%20AUGUST,field%20recordings%20made%20in%201897.\">scarce recordings<\/a> of Fanny's talk, as her time was the transition into recording technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8\/22\/2025 Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best tutorial for <strong>Arena Chess program engine<\/strong> management: <strong>Stockfish <\/strong>is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/david.tong.73\/posts\/pfbid02j5hW8KgfqanhNFAbvjiq4WHVErThnHB8yEZKXSRKxEwBXeQ6PcgEdmyRLi97cH4El?__cft__[0]=AZUWuMEcvT8ByuJbg1jxHvESQ-Qzo_PkXNGM33w5JAG2NWgSpQngstoDdhJ6Tf9s3Y8j-5KNpSASA4cXAecHaT72TmrwTn41wYFNR4IJEty2uf0wCgd9qg97Txw5J2eoU09Z6RoceTK040XSKce9Z-9r1YNv6glGE3uwjW7UggXbERTuAMhMsvNCznqmnvN_8wBCsmVvZQEwOg-JIh1Keors&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/david.tong.73\/posts\/pfbid02j5hW8KgfqanhNFAbvjiq4WHVErThnHB8yEZKXSRKxEwBXeQ6PcgEdmyRLi97cH4El?__cft__[0]=AZUWuMEcvT8ByuJbg1jxHvESQ-Qzo_PkXNGM33w5JAG2NWgSpQngstoDdhJ6Tf9s3Y8j-5KNpSASA4cXAecHaT72TmrwTn41wYFNR4IJEty2uf0wCgd9qg97Txw5J2eoU09Z6RoceTK040XSKce9Z-9r1YNv6glGE3uwjW7UggXbERTuAMhMsvNCznqmnvN_8wBCsmVvZQEwOg-JIh1Keors&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">currently<\/a> the surprising the strongest chess engine, and it's <a href=\"https:\/\/stockfishchess.org\/\">open source<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arena Chess GUI - Downloading, Installing, Testing Stockfish\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ADlz-6EWNYE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tracking my <strong>Costco FICO<\/strong> 867 as of 7\/22\/2025<br><strong>WellsFargo FICO<\/strong> 848 as of 08\/09\/2025<br>Bank of America (<strong>BoA<\/strong>-new) <strong>FICO <\/strong>838 as of 8\/20\/2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Future FICO updates will be on <strong>my google spreadsheet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8\/21\/2025 Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Judge Frank Caprio<\/strong>'s passing (August 20th, 2025, at 88, on Rhode Island) is spread beyond the U.S. (BBC news) because of him being known as the \"Nicest judge in the world\". His rulings (i.e. on traffic violation tickets) can easily be found online, generally waving the fines, \"forgiving\" everyone dramatically. This apparently came from his father, whom he honored enough to invite to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/nicest-judge-in-the-world-reveals-the-300-case-that-pushed-him-toward-compassion\">first bench<\/a>, where he was very strict to a mother with 3 kids, fining her $300. His father later told him that he should have talked to her, understood her problem, that he can't just treat people like that. This drilled deep into him and changed his character ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's good to have a very forgiving judge, who doesn't want that. However, a judge's job in our modern world is really to rule according to the interpretation of the law. You can forgive, but someone's got to pay. I don't know about how Caprio finalize his pardoning \"judgments\", but if you were to forgive the $300 fine, <strong>you may want to consider paying that $300 out of your own pocket, and this should be done in public, especially in front of the person you forgive<\/strong>. This concept is only understood perfectly in a Christian worldview. Other religions could imitate it, the post-modern (naturalistic liberalism) world view (which would be the closest to influence Caprio) seeks to pervert it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8\/20\/2025 Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>USAID<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/579813055200042\">looked down upon<\/a> even in Africa, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/magattew\/?hl=en\">Magatte Wade<\/a>. She calls it poison. \"<strong>When welfare becomes chronic<\/strong>, it becomes a problem\", \"<strong>the USA people get to walk around feeling superior for giving aid<\/strong>...not mixing with the locals who receive the aid.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using \"<strong>Can't Help Falling in Love<\/strong>\" as background music, it's a beautiful video shoot (by <a href=\"https:\/\/goseeweddingvideography.com\/\">Noah Reilly<\/a> I think, per the Youtube Comment) of Feli's wedding. I only cared about the first 1 min, from aesthetic perspective:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We said YES! | Feli from Germany\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MJnsfrcZkr8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8\/19\/2025 Tuesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Epic's <\/strong>founder, Judy Faulkner, had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/16\/how-epics-82-year-old-ceo-judy-faulkner-built-her-software-factory.html?utm_source=tldrnewsletter\">humble business<\/a> beginning (from basement).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The First Person Shooting Game, <strong>Counter-Strike<\/strong>, by Minh Le, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/18\/arts\/counter-strike-half-life-minh-le.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU8.jq3I._i0OxKn51nOV&amp;smid=url-share&amp;utm_source=tldrnewsletter\">built in the dorm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Robot athletes competition<\/strong> in China is fun to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/18\/world\/asia\/china-humanoid-robot-games.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU8.3Bte.ZBWy-WZ6zTg9&amp;smid=url-share&amp;utm_source=tldrnewsletter\">watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8\/18\/2025 Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not necessarily a racist view. But the truth. I may be able to work with someone (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.preachingdates.com\/about\">Charlie Dates<\/a>) like this, who do distinguish cultural differences between Black (I would assume African culture) and White (European, liberal West) cultures and look for a <strong>triumphant <\/strong>church:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why so many preachers miss the mark #christian\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3YQlh4yDxjs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8\/23\/2025 Saturday The GCC Men's Fellowship was led by Frank and I was impressed because Frank of all people, his topic of the day was on Fanny Crosby. 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