Author: Gered Ryan
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Ode to Taroko National Park
Taroko National Park caused my home away from home. A canyon national park that served as a tourist attraction and the backdrop of my research and many epic adventures, it features 11,000 foot mountains and 3,000 foot marble cliffs. The park is essentially one watershed, but the variety of terrain is astounding. There is a…
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Did you know: State School Telescopes
the University of Arizona is one of the top producers of telescope mirrors in the world?
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On 改善
改善is the concept of improvement. It is amegliorare in Italian, mejorar in Spanish, ameliorate in English. The thing about 改善as opposed to improve as a concept is that 改善incorporates the ideas of improvement because it is better for the world, because it is responsible, because it is self-motivating, because it is the correct philosophical direction.…
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Did you know: Icy Pokemon
ice moves are super-effective against the most Pokemon types?
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Skiing Aspen/Snowmass
Impressions: Apen is affluent. This feeling is not particularly apparent on the slopes as Skiing is essentially an activity of the wealthy anyway so the ski crowd is fairly indistinguishable from any other mountain full of people strapped to slippery boards and bundled in water-proofed layers and anything from one to thirty thousand under layers.…
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Did you know: Mountain Construction
one of the 100 summits in Taiwan was created with the demolition of a tunnel creating a new point of triangulation above 3,000 meters?
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Ode to Nanking Cherries (Prunus tomentosa)
Nanking cherries (Prunus tomentosa) may be my favorite plant from a beauty perspective. They grow as bushes, and do very well in the high desert of Northern Arizona. I really enjoy watching them go through their yearly cycles, awaiting their arrival in spring and rejoicing in their fall departure knowing the joys of the year…
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Did you know: Official Language
any correspondence in Catholic legal cases has to be translated into Latin?