Debunking the Debunker

Written by Robert Bruce Baird


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Barthold Niebuhr (I think it was) said that bringing something back fromrepparttar past or discovering anything is a high that is akin torepparttar 109239 greatest creativity. It is so wonderful to learn and seerepparttar 109240 way of those we have denigrated as barbarian or primitive as they frolic inrepparttar 109241 joy of adventure and oneness with Nature as they nurtured each other.

You are truly in an enviable position to deciderepparttar 109242 future for mankind. We have a plethora of artifacts and forensic tools now available to piercerepparttar 109243 journalistic ‘spin’ that has been foisted upon mankind as history. Marcus Aurelius may well have known something later philosopher priest-kings may not have told us about. Who can say how much anyone knows or knew? This is especially difficult when we consider how much outright propaganda and destruction of libraries and other Inquisitions have occurred. But this Aurelius guy (Cynic or questioner) that you see inrepparttar 109244 movie ‘Gladiator’ was still talking about cycles of human culture and something not unlikerepparttar 109245 Hindu ages in their Mahapurana history.

Simone Weil, Joseph Campbell, Bucky Fuller, Barry Fell, Martin Bernal, Flinders-Petrie, Wigner, Jung and a host of other disciplined academics and authors I have laid out in other books formrepparttar 109246 basis for this evaluation of our macro to micro political analysis of history and Empire in this book. They all knew enough to see that Marcus and other ancients had a closer glimpse ofrepparttar 109247 things time has shrouded; we are now uncovering a great deal due to better scientific tools. Still my opinion changes and remains open as I do this research; which I share with any who might read. Inrepparttar 109248 last five thousand years you will see there have been members ofrepparttar 109249 same core elite families in most Mediterranean and Western Empires or government who ranrepparttar 109250 show. They are becoming even more centralized and powerful. I am not your usual conspiracy theorist who has some agenda. In fact I am probably willing to supportrepparttar 109251 New World Order, if it is honest and good for all life on earth. Perhaps transparent isrepparttar 109252 vernacular word for honesty in bureaucracy today. And I often ask those who accuse me of being a conspiracy theorist to tell me whatrepparttar 109253 plan or its makers intend. Some people try to tell me there is no plan. If that isrepparttar 109254 case – we need one. So please suspend judgment and think along with me, asrepparttar 109255 Inspirational Comment byrepparttar 109256 Rosicrucian Thomas Paine suggests we should do.

Speaking atrepparttar 109257 meeting ofrepparttar 109258 IMF inrepparttar 109259 year 2000, Vaclav Havel emphasised thatrepparttar 109260 “the crucial task is to fundamentally strengthen a system of universally shared moral standards that will make it impossible, on a truly global scale, forrepparttar 109261 various rules to be time and again circumvented with still more ingenuity than had gone into their invention.”

Let me assure you there is nothing ‘new’ aboutrepparttar 109262 New World Order orrepparttar 109263 New Age philosophies. Fromrepparttar 109264 days ofrepparttar 109265 Antonines inrepparttar 109266 first century BCErepparttar 109267 local authority and borders have been established (2) in ever increasing bureaucracy. The Oxford History ofrepparttar 109268 Roman World goes on to say: “More significant isrepparttar 109269 interference inrepparttar 109270 financial affairs of cities which became widespread duringrepparttar 109271 second century AD… we find a momentous departure fromrepparttar 109272 traditional laissez-faire attitude toward government which had hitherto prevailed.”

Perhaps there will be many who might read a little of this and find it far too confronting, or irreligious. There is no doubt I do not acceptrepparttar 109273 kind of structure or religion which has had power for some select people as its main objective. But, please do not jump torepparttar 109274 conclusion that I don’t believe or have great respect for spiritual pursuits. It may seem that way when I talk about religion andrepparttar 109275 abuse it levies on mankind – but I really think if you read pastrepparttar 109276 things which you find are against your current belief that you will know I am all for religion; if it is not hypocritical and actually works for all lifeforms in our environment. Here is a quote fromrepparttar 109277 Bible to chew on which clearly is forrepparttar 109278 benefit of our ‘earthly masters’: Ephesians 6:5 ‘Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.’

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Space Age Classroom Science Experiments

Written by Tim Van Milligan


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4. Rocket propulsion as used for space travel.

5. Atmospheric studies: how does temperature and pressure affect performance?

6. Planetary differences: how doesrepparttar same rocket perform on different planets in our solar system.

7. Dynamics and harmonic motion with damping.

8. Engineering - how parts fit together.

9. Newton's Laws of motion.

10. Artistic expression – because every student can design a different looking rocket, and change colors ofrepparttar 109238 components to further increaserepparttar 109239 rocket's uniqueness.

11. Explaining distance, velocity, and acceleration.

12. Material properties, like density and volume.

13. The importance of weight and balance (CG position) when designing rockets.

14. Explaining that Work = Force X Distance.

15. Explainingrepparttar 109240 concepts of Kinetic and Potential Energy.

16. Showing free-fall, and terminal velocity.

17. The importance of units and unit conversion.

18. The importance of following directions.

19. Exporting data and using spreadsheet programs to perform data reduction and manipulation

20. To show why multi-stage and cluster motor rockets are used in real rockets.

21. Concept of stored chemical energy (inrepparttar 109241 rocket propellant) and how it is converted to mechanical energy.

22. Concept of efficiency - gettingrepparttar 109242 most performance fromrepparttar 109243 least exertion of energy. Can be explained byrepparttar 109244 different types of propellant formulations.

23. Showingrepparttar 109245 concept of momentum and how it affectsrepparttar 109246 optimum mass ofrepparttar 109247 rocket.

24. Findingrepparttar 109248 optimal launch angle for breezy conditions.

25. Optimal launch angle for distance (ballistic curves), and how it varies withrepparttar 109249 thrust curve ofrepparttar 109250 motor.

26. Show howrepparttar 109251 distribution of mass affectsrepparttar 109252 dynamic stability ofrepparttar 109253 rocket.

27. Demonstratingrepparttar 109254 concept of "Numeric Precision" --repparttar 109255 more iterations performed,repparttar 109256 betterrepparttar 109257 accuracy.

28. Show how different shaped components affectsrepparttar 109258 static stability ofrepparttar 109259 rocket.

29. Comparerepparttar 109260 thrust curves of different motors. This can show how different geometries (hole size, location, dimensions) affectrepparttar 109261 thrust produced byrepparttar 109262 rocket.

30. Concept of "Impulse:" which is a thrust force multiplied byrepparttar 109263 time duration that thrust is created. The higherrepparttar 109264 impulse,repparttar 109265 more powerrepparttar 109266 motor has.

As you can see,repparttar 109267 RockSim software is a versatile tool. You'll save hundreds of dollars because it can be used in a variety of ways.

Tim Van Milligan (B.S. Aeronautical Engineering) writes articles about model rocketry for the e-zine newsletter called: "Peak-of-Flight." He is also the author of the book: "Model Rocket Design and Construction," which can be found on his web site: http://www.ApogeeRockets.com.


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