• Date: March 29, 2025
  
• Type: Partial solar eclipse
  
• Visibility: The eclipse will be visible across parts of North America, Europe, Africa, northern Asia, and parts of South America, Greenland, Iceland, and the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
  
• Best viewing: The best views will be in extreme eastern regions of North America, where an eclipsed sun will appear on the eastern horizon at sunrise if skies are clear.
  
• NYC: People in New York City will see a partial eclipse, with some sky darkening, but there will be no totality.
  
• Time: The eclipse will be visible between 6:44 6:13 (not accurate) and 7:17 a.m. EDT.    Note: Sunrise time is 6:44 a.m.
  
• Safety: Remember to use proper eye protection, such as solar glasses, when viewing the eclipse.
  

Venus's Position:
   Venus will be in the morning sky, appearing above the eastern horizon about 15 minutes before sunrise, starting around March 20.  On March 29, it is 1 hour before sunrise.
Mercury and Saturn are also visible in the sky during this time.

Planets Visible in New York (3/29/2025)

It will halt production of CX-50s vehicles bound for Canada, a move prompted by America’s tariffs and corresponding Canadian countermeasures.
From AI:
Mazda will temporarily halt production of CX-50 SUVs at its Huntsville, Alabama plant on May 12, 2025, but only for the Canadian market. This pause is a response to President Trump's auto tariffs, but Mazda will continue to produce the CX-50 for other markets. The pause will not affect overall production volume at the plant. WHNT.com reports that the plant will focus on increasing production for the U.S. market as production for Canada is suspended.
From AI:
In 2023, Mazda sold approximately 44,595 CX-50 units in the US. In 2024, sales of the CX-50 have seen a significant increase, likely due to the addition of a hybrid option, resulting in a nearly doubling of sales compared to 2023. By the end of 2024, Mazda had sold 8,083 CX-50 vehicles in December alone, and overall sales for the year reached 99,797.

Media Report of 2024 in US (1/3/2025)
- Mazda Canada, Inc., (MCI) reported December sales of 4,566 vehicles (all, not only CX-50), an increase of 2.4 percent compared to December last year. Full-year 2024 sales increased 23.2 percent, with 72,226 vehicles sold.
- Mazda Motor de Mexico (MMdM) reported December sales of 8,677 vehicles, an increase of 19 percent compared to last year. Full-year 2024 sales increased 31 percent, with 99,797 vehicles sold.
- In US, CX-50: 2024 whole year:   99,797; December:   8,083   So in 2024 whole year, CX-50 sales is 24% of all models.
       All models: 2024 whole year: 424,382; December: 40,201

Media Report of 2024 in Canada (1/3/2025)
- CX-50: 2024 whole year: 10,759 (15%); December: 847 (19%)
- Sales of CX-50 set new records for December and full year sales, with the addition of the CX-50 Hybrid propelling total CX-50 sales up 36.6 percent versus December 2023. Total CX-50 sales for the year jumped up 88.4 percent, making it the fastest growing model in our lineup in 2024.

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[4/30/2025]
- US First-quarter GDP contracts at 0.3% rate - the first decline since the first quarter of 2022 (rate was -1%).  First-quarter growth was slowed by a surge in imports as companies in the United States tried to bring in foreign goods before Trump imposed massive tariffs.
- Imports grew at a 41% pace, fastest since 2020.
- The surge in imports — fastest since 1972 outside COVID-19 economic disruptions — is likely to reverse in the second quarter, removing a weight on GDP. For that reason, Paul Ashworth of Capital Economics forecasts that April-June growth [of GDP] will rebound to a 2% gain.  src
[5/7/2025]
From AI:
The first quarter of 2025 saw a contraction in real GDP, decreasing at an annual rate of 0.3%.
The first quarter of 2025 experienced a decrease in real GDP, reflecting a decline in economic activity. This was primarily due to a rise in imports and a decrease in consumer spending.

[6/26/2025]
US First-quarter GDP contracts at 0.5% and is worse than initial estimates (0.2 or 0.3%), the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) said in its third estimate of GDP on 6/26 Thursday.

[7/6/2025]
US Unemployment rate
6/2025: 4.1%.  added 147,000 jobs.
5/2025: 4.2%.  The number of unemployed individuals was reported as 7.2 million.  added 139,000 jobs.  True Rate of Unemployment: 24.3%.
4/2025: 4.2%.  True Rate of Unemployment: 24.2%.
3/2025: True Rate of Unemployment: 24.0%.

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香港今年(2025)第一季本地生產總值（GDP）較去年同期實質上升3.1%，好過預期。而2024年第四季的升幅為2.5%。

原文網址：https://finance.mingpao.com/fin/instantf/20250502/1746175287193
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澳門統計暨普查局公布，今年首季本地生產總值（GDP）初步數值為997.8億澳門元，按年實質減少1.3%，整體經濟規模相當於2019年同期的 85.2%。

原文網址：https://finance.mingpao.com/fin/instantf/20250502/1746160031893

From AI:
In the first quarter of 2025, Macau's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) experienced a 1.3% year-on-year decrease in real terms, reaching MOP99.78 billion (approximately US$12.45 billion). This decline is attributed to a strong base effect from the previous year's high growth and shifts in visitor spending patterns. Despite a 11.1% increase in visitor arrivals, non-gaming services declined, impacting overall service exports.
<5>
From AI:
In the first quarter of 2025, China's GDP grew by 5.4% year-on-year. This growth rate was stronger than expected, surpassing analyst forecasts of 5.1%.
Taiwan's GDP grew by 5.4% YoY in the first quarter of the year, up from 2.9% YoY in 4Q24, according to advance estimates. That's the fastest pace since the first quarter of last year and well above market forecasts for 3.6% growth.
In the first quarter of 2025, South Korea's GDP contracted by 0.1% year-on-year, marking the first contraction since the fourth quarter of 2020. This was a decline from the 1.2% growth recorded in the previous quarter and also missed market expectations for a 0.1% rise. The contraction was driven by a downturn in various sectors, including private consumption, government spending, fixed investment, and exports.
In the first quarter of 2025, Singapore's GDP grew by 3.8% year-over-year. This growth was lower than the 5.0% expansion in the previous quarter. On a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy contracted by 0.8%. This was the largest decrease since Q2 2020.

6/6/2025:
香港成為全球最大IPO市場
港交所上次成为全球IPO募资金额第一，还是2019年。时隔6年，香港终于王者回归，让“亚洲金融中心遗址”的说法不攻自破。src

2025 年12月10日，中國香港特別行政區（「香港」）— 畢馬威最新發佈的《中 國內地與香港IPO市場2025年回顧與2026年展望》指出，香港於2025年重奪全球IPO市場榜首，繼2019年後再度登上首位。 今年A+H上市宗數創下新高，佔全年募資總額逾半，帶動本港IPO市場表現冠絕全球。截至2025年12月7日，香港上市申請數量創紀錄高位，合共超 過300宗，其中包括92宗A+H上市申請，為香港IPO市場於來年延續強勁表現奠下穩固基礎。

2025 年，全球IPO市場共籌集 1,584億美元，上市宗數達 1,227 宗，募資規模和上市宗數分別按年增長 18%及下降 4%。香港位居全球第一，美國兩大證券交易所緊隨其後，分別位列第二及第三，合計募資總額按年上升 18%，而印度國家證券交易所及上海證券交易所則分別排名第四及第五。

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Related:
[2025-04-17] 關稅衝突帶來的不確定性正在影響美國和歐洲的股票銷售活動，由於市場動盪，大多數潛在的IPO都被擱置。src

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Life expectancy at birth of USA
1/1/2025: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2025/01/01/alarming-stagnation-in-us-life-expectancy-continues/

The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on mortality in the United States shows that life expectancy at birth rose from 77.5 in 2022 to 78.4 in 2023. While this signals a continued bounce-back from significant declines in 2020 and 2021, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the figure is still below the 2010 level. And preliminary data suggest that the improvement in life expectancy in 2024 will be much smaller, as the rebound appears to be losing steam.

Over the next 25 years, life expectancy in the U.S. is projected to rise by approximately two years—far less than in other wealthy, industrialized nations, according to a study published in The Lancet and carried out by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Specifically, U.S. life expectancy is forecast to increase from its 2023 level to 80·4 years in 2050. This modest gain will see the U.S. fall from 49th to 66th globally in life expectancy rankings.

A newly released report by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative highlights some of the reasons why the sharp divergence between U.S. life expectancy and its peers will likely persist, including the comparatively elevated incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes, as well as high levels of drug overdoses, gun violence, motor vehicle fatalities and infant and maternal mortality. These help to explain, for example, the 2.7-year gap in life expectancy between the U.S. and the United Kingdom.

Moreover, U.S. life expectancy lags far behind comparable, wealthy nations despite spending considerably more on healthcare. In fact, the U.S. spends much more in absolute and per capita terms on healthcare than any other nation. Yet its mortality and morbidity outcomes are relatively mediocre.

Public health in America faces enormous challenges, not least of which are shrinking budgets at the federal and state levels. And the problems aren't just related to what the healthcare system can deliver directly. There are issues with people’s dietary regimens, general lack of exercise, and “diseases of despair,” such as suicide, alcoholism, and illicit drug use, that account for a proportionately large socioeconomic component.

Whether the controversial nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., can make Americans healthy again remains to be seen. While Kennedy’s ideas to improve nutrition have backing in the public health community, they could clash with the vested interests of the food industry. Moreover, other initiatives Kennedy may undertake could undermine key pillars of public health in America, making it difficult to achieve the goal of closing the life expectancy gap between the U.S. and its peers.


Macrotrends.net:

U.S. life expectancy for 2025 is 79.40, a 0.18% increase from 2024.

• U.S. life expectancy for 2024 was 79.25, a 1.11% increase from 2023.
• U.S. life expectancy for 2023 was 78.39, a 1.23% increase from 2022.
• U.S. life expectancy for 2022 was 77.43, a 1.45% increase from 2021.

check also:
<1> https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/life-expectancy.htm - you can expect the 2024 life expectancy data to be released in December 2025.

Factors dragging down e₀ :
From: 美国的新黑暗时代  https://www.cscz.org/2025/05/blog-post_46.html  (5/28/2025)
<1> 这些人从事着向美国人宣传和保护他们免受疾病、自然灾害和其他健康威胁的重要工作。疾病控制和预防中心的数千名员工被解雇，其中包括大多数负责维护工作场所安全标准的人 员。据《纽约时报》报道，食品和药物管理局的专家已被清除，其中包括“检测食品和药物中污染物或致命细菌的实验室科学家；调查禽流感传播的兽医部门专家； 以及监控电视广告中有关处方药的虚假宣传的研究人员”。农业部美国森林服务局研究团队的工作人员也被裁员，他们开发“用于模拟火灾风险、市场、森林恢复和 水的工具”。环境保护署的整个研究部门正在被“裁减”。政府还“大幅削减”了教育部的研究部门。

最具破坏性的削减或许是针对政府科研机构的削减，例如美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）和美国国家科学基金会（NSF）。据哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）报道， 自今年1月以来，NIH已被削减超过20亿美元，1300名员工被解雇。一位NIH前员工告诉CBS，“由于关键实验室和支持人员被裁，儿童癌症治疗、痴 呆症和中风方面的研究进展放缓或停滞。” 政府还在试图停止对存在错误想法的项目的资金支持，并且已经大幅削减了NSF的拨款数额。

科学期刊《自然》报道称，特朗普计划将美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的人员和资金削减50%或更多，尤其是那些资助边缘群体研究的拨款，并将此类拨款斥为 “DEI”（非歧视性影响）。数百项拨款已被取消。美国国家航空航天局（NASA）、美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）、美国环境保护署（EPA）和美国 能源部也将损失大量资金。美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）的工作人员已被解雇，这影响了各州应对国家灾难的能力，并危及了人们日常使用的基本天气预 报。

同样消失的还有多年的公共卫生数据。正如我的同事Katherine J. Wu 所报道的，这些数据已被删除，作为“持续试图抹去联邦机构对性别、DEI 和可访问性的任何提及”的一部分。这包括以前发表的研究和正在进行的研究。据《自然》杂志报道，“NIH 工作人员已被指示识别并可能取消对研究跨性别人群、性别认同、科学工作者的多样性、公平和包容性 (DEI)”或“环境正义”的项目的资助。美联社报道，卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪似乎已经取消了十几个“追踪死亡和疾病的数据收集项目”，这也许并非巧 合，将使评估他破坏性的任期更加困难。

对知识的攻击首先会造成美国科学的衰落，随之而来的是过去一个世纪改善生活的各类技术成就的衰落。现代农业和医学建立在联邦政府资助的研究基础之上。许多 最杰出的信息技术进步也是在政府支持下取得的，包括互联网、GPS和触摸屏。

<2> 进一步的破坏还在后头。尤其令人担忧的是，政府可能会操纵经济数据，掩盖特朗普政策的灾难性影响。政府曾提议将政府支出与 GDP 估算分开，试图掩盖埃隆·马斯克在 DOGE 的支持下进行的不必要和非法裁员对经济造成的负面影响。在民主党执政期间，特朗普在没有任何证据的情况下指责联邦机构伪造经济数据。如果特朗普一如既往地指责他人，那么特 朗普本人可能会真的试图伪造经济数据。正如《纽约时报》报道的那样，特朗普政府官员的言论“再次引发了人们对新政府可能试图干预联邦统计数据的担忧——尤 其是如果这些数据开始表明经济正在陷入衰退。”

鉴于特朗普试图用关税取代所得税（这笔税款是富人的意外之财）的毁灭性尝试，客观的经济数据变得更加重要。上个月，债券收益率开始大幅上升，预示着灾难即 将来临，特朗普改变了近期部分关税的政策。避免这样的灾难需要确凿的数据，但如果真的发生了，特朗普政府可能会认为，政治生存需要谎言。如果没有数据来反 驳，这样的谎言会更加有效。

这种全面破坏的原因既有意识形态的考量，也有短视的根源。保守派毫不掩饰他们对高等教育和学术界的敌意。正如我的同事亚伊尔·罗森伯格最近指出的那 样，2021年，时任参议院候选人的JD·万斯在一次演讲中引用了理查德·尼克松的名言：“教授是敌人”，并阐述了他的信念：高校“让保守派的思想最终无 法胜出”。

<3> 高质量经验证据的消失不仅意味着对右翼教条的反驳越来越少，也意味着健康伪科学和其他骗局的市场越来越大—— 比如肯尼迪愚蠢地建议用鱼肝油治疗西南部日益严重的麻疹疫情。特朗普领导下的美国正在拒绝人类历史上最有效的医疗基础设施之一，转而接受与中世纪医生测量 四种体液一样荒谬的胡言乱语。

过去的焚书行动有其物理限制；毕竟，只有书籍本身才能被摧毁。相比之下，特朗普主义者对知识的攻击不仅威胁到积累的知识，也威胁到未来收集此类知识的能 力。毕竟，任何对禁忌思想的追求都可能引发政治反对。美国人最好像那些从右翼播客购买脑力药丸、使用伊维菌素治疗新冠或相信疫苗是“大规模杀伤性武器”的 人一样，容易受骗和操纵。这场清洗将极大地削弱解决问题、预防疾病、制定政策、告知公众和推动技术进步的能力。就像罗马帝国覆灭后西欧灾难 性的知识流失一样，这是一场自作自受的灾难。对特朗普主义者来说，唯一重要的是他们能够在废墟上不受挑战地统治。

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Note written on 5/9/2025:
Air traffic controllers who oversee the Newark Liberty International Airport airspace is in Philadelphia.
The FAA moved them from their previous location on Long Island, New York, to a facility in Philadelphia in 2024.  This move aimed to reduce the workload on the Long Island facility, which also handled traffic for other major New York City airports.

From AI:
Air traffic controllers are not at the airport because of a combination of factors, including a nationwide shortage of qualified personnel, equipment failures, and a stressful work environment that can lead to burnout and leave. Recent incidents at Newark (causing large amount of flight delays and cancellations in 7 days in late April to early May 2025), like the temporary loss of radar and communication systems, have further exacerbated the problem and led to some controllers taking medical leave.

From AI about "7 days large amount of flight delays and cancellation in Newark 2025":
Newark Airport is experiencing delays due to a combination of factors, including air traffic congestion, runway construction, and staffing issues at the Philadelphia TRACON facility. A failure in the telecommunications connection that transmits data to the Philadelphia facility also contributed to the problems.

New York Air Route Traffic Control Center

New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZNY) (radio communications: "New York Center") is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) operated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration.^[1] It is located on the grounds of Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, New York. It is the busiest of all ARTCCs within the United States, and was the world's first en-route air traffic control facility.^[1]

The primary responsibility of New York Center is the separation and sequencing of over-flights, arrivals, and departures within its jurisdictional boundaries in order to provide safe, orderly, and efficient flow of aircraft.^[2] New York Center is the fifth busiest ARTCC in the United States. In 2024, New York Center handled 2,457,042 aircraft operations.^[3] It covers approximately 91,000 square miles (240,000 km²) of the Northeastern United States, including parts of Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania – and including the airspace over large portions of the New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.^[4][5][6] Its oceanic control area also covers Bermuda.^[7][8] Most of the flights handled by New York Center are long-distance flights flying at high altitudes and transiting the region.^[9]

The New York Air Route Traffic Control Center control area lies adjacent to those of the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center, and Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center.

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Philadelphia TRACON facility 

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  美 國機場控制塔失聯30秒！5名空管員因創傷休假45天、引發大規模航班取消及延誤

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The Coast Guard said it received a distress alert June 3 about a fire aboard the Morning Midas, which then was roughly 300 miles southwest of Adak Island (an island near the western extent of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska).   The cargo ship was loaded with about 3,000 new vehicles intended for a major Pacific port in Mexico.  Among the cars were about 70 fully electric and about 680 hybrid vehicles. A large plume of smoke was initially seen at the ship's stern coming from the deck loaded with electric vehicles, the Coast Guard and Zodiac Maritime said at the time.

The cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean, weeks after crew members abandoned ship when they couldn't extinguish an onboard fire that left the carrier dead in the water.  It left Yantai, China, on May 26 en route to Mexico.

A Dutch safety board in a recent report called for improving emergency response on North Sea shipping routes after a deadly 2023 fire aboard a freighter that was carrying 3,000 automobiles, including nearly 500 electric vehicles, from Germany to Singapore.

In 2023, a cargo ship carrying approximately 3,000 vehicles, including nearly 500 electric vehicles (EVs), caught fire while en route from Germany to Singapore. The fire, which killed one person and injured others, burned for a week before the ship was eventually towed to a Netherlands port for salvage. A Dutch safety board called for improvements in emergency response on North Sea shipping routes due to the incident. This incident is not the first of its kind, with other fires involving EVs on cargo ships, such as the Felicity Ace sinking in 2022 and the Fremantle Highway fire in 2023.

The Felicity Ace, a cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury vehicles, sank in the Atlantic Ocean in March 2022 after catching fire. The ship, operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, was en route from Germany to the United States when the fire broke out on February 16. The fire, potentially caused by lithium-ion batteries in some of the electric vehicles, led to the ship's sinking on March 1, after it had been listing heavily. Fortunately, all 22 crew members were rescued.

The ship's cargo included a significant number of electric vehicles, and the fire's origin was suspected to be related to the lithium-ion batteries in these vehicles, according to Nikkei Asia.

Volkswagen Faces Pair of Lawsuits Over Claim Porsche EV Battery Sparked Ship Fire
- Carmaker sued by Mitsui, Allianz over 2022 incident at sea
- Suit claims fire originated from a Porsche lithium-ion battery.

Allianz (a German multinational financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany; its core businesses are insurance and asset management) is suing Volkswagen. The insurer is pursuing legal action against Volkswagen due to losses incurred from the "Dieselgate" scandal and the sinking of the Felicity Ace cargo ship. The Felicity Ace fire, which is believed to have originated from a Porsche electric vehicle, resulted in the loss of thousands of vehicles, including many from the Volkswagen group.

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Niagara Falls is a popular winter and fall stopover for large numbers of gulls, sometimes reaching 100,000 birds. The Niagara River provides gulls with ample food (especially fish), shelter, and a resting place during their long migrations from the Arctic to the Atlantic coast. The river's abundance of resources, including stunned fish near the falls and those caught in hydropower plants, makes it a prime feeding ground.

Many ardent birdwatchers consider Niagara Falls, and sections of the Niagara River upstream and downstream of the Falls, to be the “Gull Capital of the World” in recognition of the abundance and diversity of gulls found there during winter months. The Falls area annually supports one of the world’s most spectacular concentrations of gulls, with one-day counts of over 100,000 individuals and 19 species recorded, according to the National Audubon Society.

Even to those not seeking rarities, the sheer magnitude of gulls along the Niagara River can be an awesome sight. Flocks of thousands or tens-of-thousands can be seen above and below Niagara Falls and elsewhere along the Lower Niagara River. In particular, the section of river in Lewiston near the outlets of the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant (on the New York side) and Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Station (on the Ontario side) supports huge, boiling flocks of gulls that soar above the turbulent water and sporadically dive for fish.

Gull numbers and diversity along the Niagara River typically peak between mid-November and mid-January. This timing coincides with the annual buildup of fall migrant Bonaparte’s gulls and the arrival of wintering herring and great black-backed gulls. Among those common species are about a dozen uncommon to rare winter visitants that arrive about the same time. Gulls are attracted to the Niagara River during winter months by extensive areas of open water (i.e., unfrozen) and abundant food resources, especially emerald shiners. Some of the shiners and other small fish may be stunned from turbulence near the Falls and the outlets of the hydropower plants, thus making for easy prey. The critical resources that the Niagara River provides for gulls, waterfowl, and other waterbirds is a significant reason why the River is listed as an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society.  src

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Bad things in 2025:
1. In January, California was struck by massive, fast-moving fires triggered by the Santa Ana winds, drought conditions and warmer-than-typical temperatures. The worst of the January 2025 fires were: The Palisades Fire (23,707 acres) is the third-most destructive wildfire in California's history.
2. Potomac River near Washington, D.C. (January 29, 2025)
On January 29, a disastrous mid-air collision occurred over the Potomac River, involving an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 and a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. All 67 individuals aboard the 2 aircraft were killed instantly.
3. The Jones Road Fire was a major wildfire that broke out on April 22, 2025, in Barnegat Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, rapidly spreading eastward towards Waretown and Lacey Township. The fire began in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area, leading to large-scale evacuations, infrastructure disruptions, and significant environmental impact.
Governor Murphy today (May 13) lifted the State of Emergency declared through Executive Order No. 387 on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in response to the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, following 100% containment of the 15,300-acre fire near Lacey, Ocean, and Barnegat Townships by the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.  The fire is April 22, 2025 – May 12, 2025 (20 days).
Jones Road Fire is a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster declaration (don't mixing up with the NJ "State of Emergency" which is more frequently).  As of October 2025, there has been one disaster declaration in New Jersey in 2025. In 2024, there were zero declarations.  src
4. 印度航空171號班機是一班由印度航空營運，从印度艾哈邁達巴德機場飛往英國倫敦蓋特威克機場的定期國際客運航班。執行該航班任務的印度航空波音787-8夢幻客機（註冊 編號：VT-ANB）在當地時間2025年6月12日下午1時38分於艾哈邁達巴德機場23跑道起飛後約30秒坠毁於毗邻機場、人口稠密的梅加尼纳加尔 （Meghani Nagar）住宅区内的拜拉姆吉·吉吉博伊醫學院宿舍大樓及餐廳。当时机上载有包括230名乘客及12名機組人員的242人，事件造成机上241人罹難、仅1名印度裔英国 籍乘客奇蹟生還；地面上亦有19人遭波及罹難，並有多人受傷。此次空难为21世紀以來死亡人數第二多的空難，仅次于2014年的马来西亚航空17号班机空 难。
5. 香港大埔屋苑宏福苑於2025年11月26日發生五級火災，全苑共8座大廈，其中7幢起火。此次火災事故造成161人死亡（包括1名消防員殉職）、79人受傷。是繼 2008年旺角嘉禾大廈大火以來第二宗五級火警，亦是自1948年石塘咀永安公司倉庫大火以來香港最多人傷亡的火災以及香港史上死亡人數第三多的火災。
6. On 14 December 2025, an Islamic State (ISIS)-inspired terrorist attack occurred at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, during a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah attended by around 1,000 people. Beginning at 6:42 pm, two gunmen, allegedly Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram killed 15 people, including a ten-year-old child. 
It is the deadliest terror attack and the second-deadliest mass shooting in Australia in modern history. Mass casualty attacks are uncommon in Australia; it enacted strict gun laws in response to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, in which 35 people were killed.
7. 2025年终盘点：震撼全球 航空旅行的6大事件！
  - 6/12: 印度航空787坠机事件
  - 11月最后一周: 空客A320因太阳辐射召回事件 - 来自太阳的强烈宇宙射线可能会干扰A318、A319、A320和A321飞机上处理高度数据的计算机，全球近6000架飞机受到影响。
  - 10月1日开始: 美国联邦政府停摆事件
         重要数据包括：
             据美国航空运输协会（Airlines for America）称，自10月1日以来，已有520万乘客遭遇与政府停摆相关的航班延误或取消。
             FlightAware的数据显示，11月7日至11月12日期间，共有10100架次航班被取消。
             丹佛、亚特兰大、芝加哥、达拉斯和纽约的航班取消数量最多。天西航空和共和航空等小型支线航空公司受到的冲击最大，因为它们运营 着许多被主要航空公司削减的航线。 
         More:
            [2025年11月7日]
            根據《CNBC》報導，隨著美國政府關門進入第二個月，聯邦航空總署 (FAA) 周五 (7 日) 下令削減航班後，全美已有超過 700 班航班被迫取消，成為自年初以來最嚴重的航班中斷之一。
            Cirium 指出，這一波取消規模在 2024 年以來的美國航班市場中排名第 72 嚴重，與2022年聖誕節南方航空 (LUV-US) 暴風雪危機及2024年夏達美航空 (DAL-US) 因 CrowdStrike(CRWD-US)系統當機造成的大量延誤同屬嚴重事件。[Another statement: 比不上2022年聖誕節的西南航空（南方航空）大當機，也比不上2024年夏天的達美航空 CrowdStrike 系統當機事件，但仍屬重大事件。]
            Another source: 
           [Nov 9 202511:06 PM EST]
           Air traffic controller shortages snarled travel at major airports coast-to-coast over the weekend, in addition to the hundreds of flights airlines had already canceled under the order. So far this weekend, 16,440 U.S. flights were delayed and 3,788 were canceled, according to FlightAware. More than 2,500 were canceled on Sunday (11/9).
          In a sign of how the problems were growing more severe Sunday ranked the 11th worst for canceled U.S. flights since Jan. 1, 2024, while Friday’s levels ranked 72nd, according to tallies from aviation data firm Cirium.
  - 7/30: 英国空中交通管制系统技术故障事件 - 此次故障仅持续了20分钟，却导致约150架次航班取消和延误，影响持续到第二天。
  - 3/20: 伦敦希思罗机场变电站火灾事件 - 几乎瘫痪了24小时
  - 12月初: 靛蓝航空(IndiGo)危机事件 - 印度最大的国内航空公司靛蓝航空遭遇了有史以来最严重的运营危机，大量航班被取消和延误。此次运营中断导致数千名乘客滞留，并在印度各大机场造成严重混乱。
             The crisis started on 2 December and the airline, which had a domestic market share of more than 60%, cancelled nearly 4,500 flights over the next ten days.  wiki

Not historical or geographical significant:
1. 日本九州近期（2025年8月）經歷了創紀錄的破壞性大雨，導致熊本、福岡等地區發生嚴重洪水和土石流，造成至少1人死亡、多人失蹤，數百房屋被淹，交通停擺，甚至影響台 積電熊本廠.
這波災情令人想起2020年7月九州的嚴重水災，當時也造成多人死亡，大量房屋損毀。
   中新網2020年 7月9日電 :
       據日本放送協會(NHK)報道，近日，日本九州地區因罕見暴雨引發的河川氾濫和地質災害已致62人死亡，全國22個縣近五千棟房屋不同程度受損。
       目前，除已經被確認遇難的62人外，還有2人處於心肺停止狀態，另外還有17人下落不明。
2. [Reported on 11 December 2025] Record-high early December temperatures, strong winds and a high fuel load built up over several wet years created the conditions for catastrophic fires last week in parts of New South Wales (NSW) and Tasmania, many of which are still burning. An experienced firefighter was killed—the second already this bushfire season—and hundreds of homes and other structures were destroyed.

Others:
1. For the September 7, 2025, Total Lunar Eclipse, roughly 85% of the world's population, or over 7 billion people, could see all or part of the event, with the best views in Asia, Australia, Africa, and Europe, while North America missed out on the totality. This made it one of the most widely visible eclipses in history, with nearly 77% seeing the entire total phase from locations like Asia and western Australia.
Why the September 2025 Lunar Eclipse Was Special:
a. Broad Visibility: It was visible to a huge percentage of the world's population, making it one of history's most widely seen eclipses.
b. Super Blood Moon: The Moon was near its closest point to Earth (perigee) during the eclipse, making it appear larger and brighter while taking on rich red hues.
c. Duration: The total phase lasted about 82 minutes, with the entire event spanning over five hours.

How Many People Can See This Eclipse?

Number of People Seeing...	Number of People*	Fraction of World Population
At least some of the penumbral phase	7,190,000,000	87.77%
At least some of the partial phase	7,090,000,000	86.61%
At least some of the total phase	7,030,000,000	85.86%
All of the total phase	6,270,000,000	76.59%
All of the total and partial phases	5,820,000,000	71.05%
The entire eclipse from beginning to end	4,900,000,000	59.90%

* The number of people refers to the resident population (as a round number) in areas where the eclipse is visible. timeanddate has calculated these numbers using raw population data provided by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University. The raw data is based on population estimates from the year 2000 to 2020.

Comparing with July 16–17, 2000 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon):

How Many People Can See This Eclipse?

Number of People Seeing...	Number of People*	Fraction of World Population
At least some of the penumbral phase	3,650,000,000	59.38%
At least some of the partial phase	3,150,000,000	51.27%
At least some of the total phase	2,770,000,000	45.21%
All of the total phase	1,890,000,000	30.88%
All of the total and partial phases	1,500,000,000	24.52%
The entire eclipse from beginning to end	419,000,000	6.82%

* The number of people refers to the resident population (as a round number) in areas where the eclipse is visible. timeanddate has calculated these numbers using raw population data provided by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University. The raw data is based on population estimates from the year 2000 to 2020.

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I saw Yellow-rumped Warbler on:
12/16/2023
12/10/2022
2/27/2022
1/22/2022
etc.