OPINION

JOSEPH STANOVSKY PHD

2014 by J.S.
ABSTRACT
For a READER.
THE CRUX
1. Credit Bureaus collect information about the things you buy, items you sell and
even record your income. This information is made available to banks, companies who
manage credit cards and to mortgage companies to whom you have applied for credit.
A credit bureau can not report information about you to the Federal Government.
However it is a certainty that this data is gathered by at least one agency. Suppose
that agency has a contract with three credit bureaus in which the government pays for
the advertising promoting the credit bureaus which says you can get a free copy of
your credit rating. If you apply for a credit report you receive it by e-mail at no cost to
you. If that describes how you can get three credit reports free of charge then it also
explains how a government agency gets a copy of your wealth. The U.S Government
scans every e-mail you send or is sent you.
This procedure is better than breaking and entering to steal data (watergate). Best
of all is that the government uses your tax money to pay for your credit report without
you knowing about it. This opinion may be wrong. If wrong, it may be concluded
that three credit bureaus just want to help you and send a costly document to you at
their own expense.
2. In the design of structures it is necessary to relate a calculated stress to an allowable stress. For
concrete structures, aluminum or steel materials the allowable stress is typically pounds per square inch,
about 3000 psi for concrete and 20,000 pounds per square inch more or less for aluminum and steel.
All English speaking Engineers know what a one pound weight is: a pint of water weighs a pound
the whole world round!
Now comes a stress unit so bad that allowable stresses are in Giga Pascals. Giga is a 1,000,000,000
multiplier and a Pascal is 1 Newton per square meter. Hooray to Blaise Pascal but his surname is not a
synonym for stress. Then, there is this Newton thing introducing square meters into a world of feet and
pound measurements. Engineers should ignore the Giga and Pascal terminology and disregard the force
identified as a Newton; THE pound is better.
The Giga Pascal stress unit is offputting, and I dont like it and dont know anyone that does!
3. Armistice Day celebrates The End of All Wars. Eisenhower removed it and
replaces Armistice Day with Veterans Day. Why didnt he leave Armistice Day alone
and pick another day for the Veterans (I am a veteran of WWII). Why? He is military.
December 5th is OK for Veterans Day and November 11 is Armistice Day. With this
improvements installed you could celebrate the day of your choice, or both.
4. In a 1953 act of war, Muha

met Mosa

degh (1882-1967) was kidnapped from his

elected position as Prime Minister of Iran, then put in a jail at a location not generally
known but with access to it by officials of the US, the UK and eventually, the Shahs
own Police. The US thugs install Reza Pahlevi as Shah of Iran and the Iranian oil flows
to the US, England and wherever the British want it to flow (AN ACT OF WAR).
The Shah was in our (U.S.) pocket and all citizens of Iran knew it. Few in the
U.S. have learned of this act of war. Reza Pahlevi was removed on 19 August 1953 by
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the citizens of Iran.
Reza continued his extravagant life style somewhere with good living. Reza was an
expense item to those who schemed to use him as an illegitimate seller of Iranian oil.
President Eisenhower made the change; it was an act of war but ignored in the U.S.
There was no CIA so Eisenhower loosed a military group who once were members of
the OSS. It was a successful project with medals for all except the US actions in Iran
still haunt the US, the UK and the Etc.
In the written languages of Persia (Farsi) and Arabia letters used are only consonants. The spoken
language does contain vowels, but these vowels are unmarked in the written language. No consonant
is repeated in a word. Thus, the English version of Muhammet never occurs. Instead, the letter English
writers double is only written once in Arabic or Farsi with a shedda above it. That shedda resembles .
5. The Alamosa is a tree. In English it is the Cottonwood. Spanish settlers built and
developed Mexico 100 years before the English landed at Plymouth Rock. At that time
Mexico extended as far north as Wyoming. As a consequence, Gringo men and women
living in San Antonio were Citizens of Mexico.
The Texians hidding in the Alamo were in the early stages of a revolt. That is what
General Santa Ana came to San Antonio (Mexico) to do, to quell a revolt.
Professor Thomas Sutherland (brother of Liz Carpenter) found a trunk that once
belonged to his Great Grandmother. The trunk contains documents from 1836, all
written in Spanish. Dr Malcolm MacLane translates the documents into English. The
translations and trunk are in the Library of The University of Texas at Arlington.
In one book of a dozen by Dr MacLane (cousin of Tom Sutherland) found that
General Santa Ana did offer safe escape to allow some to leave the Alamo and thus
avoid the deaths to come. Many Texian men, women and children did leave.
6. The Minute Men were farmers who annoyed small groups of British soldiers.
The Minute Men were located everywhere in the Colonies and most Colonials thought
Minute Men were heros. What did a King of England call the colonial minutemen?
There were many skirmishes between British soldiers and the Minute Men with the
best documented skirmish that of 19 April 1775 at the Concord Bridge.
In 1875 the Concord Battle Monument Committee decides to build an Obelisk at
the site of the Concord Bridge skirmish (19 April 1836). The committee asks lecturer
Ralph Waldo Emerson to help in the dedication process.
Emerson writes a poem that was read and sung at the dedication: what Emerson
wrote: Hymn: Sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument, 19 April 1876.
The title of the poem is now the Concord Hymn of which the first of four stanzas
is repeated here as it is on the base of the Minute Man statue by Daniel Chester French.
Concord Hymn
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to Aprils breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
The 4th line is said to be the most repeated line in all of U.S. literature.
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7. Automobile manufacturers mis-use and thereby mis-guide high school pupils in
their education of Mathematics. GM and Ford RUIN an important part of mathematics
that somehow makes US pupils mathematically stupid. Here is how they do it.
In automobile and truck specifications these giants insist on defining the moment
produced by an engine as pound-feet. Their specifications define moment as torque.
The First comment: moment and torque are equivalent. Consider this explanation: a
moment of 900 foot pounds is equal to a torque of 900 pound feet.
A Second comment: an automobile salesman asked if the 900 pound foot torque
was equal to a moment of 900 foot pounds. The salesman says: No Sir, moment and
torque are different. When asked how they differ the salesman says: I was instructed
by the sales manager to say that the differences between moment and a torque are too
complex to explain in a short meeting like this one (this is nonsence).
No one at this automobile and truck store had anything more to say except that they
did sell cars & trucks with Torques of Pound-Feet and this is (sadly) guaranteed.
In mathematics, the multiplication of two numbers is a result of multiple addition.
Consider this example: if Farmer Aah cares for 3 white cows and Farmer Bah cares for
6 black cows, how many cows do Aah and Bah have?
The first answer: 3 white cows 6 black cows = 18 cows (white and black). (1)
The second answer: 6 black cows 3 white cows = 18 cows (black and white). (2)
Multiple addition solutions of eqs. (1) and (2)
White & Black Cows Black & White Cows
3 6
3 6
3 6
3
3 Sum = 18
3
3 6 = 18
Sum = 18
6 3 = 18 (3))
Automobile and truck sellers seem unaware of the two multiplication protocols:
6 3 = 18 and 3 6 = 18. By ignoring one of two products the A&T manufacturers &
sellers harm U.S. pupils studying Mathematics.
The robust advertising schemes at GM(now Aah and Bah) and Ford are probably
better than the cars and trucks they have built since 1966.
MOMENT OR TORQUE
Pupils in High School are taught what moment or torque is. Figure 1 explains too.
A
y
x
x, y, z Axes p
Z
p
V
Q
F

F
L
Figure 1: (a) A cantilever beam of length L with force F and (b) a free-body of (a).
The beam in Fig 1 (a) is built in at the left end (en castre). The beam must not
rotate about a z-axis (or an x or y) nor should it translate in the x, y or z-direction.
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The two horizontal, equal and opposite forces p form a couple. A couple produces
a moment, or torque, of +pQ (a counterclockwise moment around the z-axis) and sum
of these forces is (-p +p = 0). Equilibrium in Fig 1 (b) is defined in eqs. (4) an (5).
Translational equilibrium (statics):
Forces =
+p -p
+V-F
0
=
0
0
0
. (4)
Rotational equilibrium (statics):
Moments
@A
=
1 1 1
0 0 0
0 V 0
+
1 1 1
L 0 0
0 -F 0
+
1 1 1
0 Q 0
-p 0 0
=
0
0
pQ -FL
=
0
0
0
. (5)
The 2-component in eq. (4) indicates V = F whereas the couple in the 3-component
of eq. (5) is (pQ -FL) = 0 in which the moment pQ is the couple.
8.0 Accidents happen. Some accidents include human deaths. The accidents occur
only occasionally in machines like airplanes, ships and trains.
In a recent train derailment in the city of New York there were travellers injured or
killed to which members of the legislature and Congress quickly propose a remedy that
probably is intended to end train accidents but it may just be help for getting re-elected.
Instead of a photographic remedy (that will certainly not eliminate derailments) the
elected legislators should Call an Engineer, who are graduates of accredited schools.
What these legislators and owners of the railroad fear is to hear an Engineer say the
track ought to be examined carefully and DAILY. This daily view of the rail is cursory
at best until the results are reported to an engineer, an engineer authorized to shut a
section of rail until it is repaired. This inspection includes the rail connections to the
cross ties, information about the condition of ties and the stonework that supports both
tie and track.
Any damage found is reported to an engineer. Armed with this report, the engineer
goes to the track site to confirm that a problem does exist. The engineer is faced with
an examination of the damage and to find a way to repair the flaw.
Unfortunately, it doesnt work that way! So ALWAYS expect accidents.
9.0 Temple Grandin, professor at Colorado State University, did it for cows. Now,
who does this service for humans.
small tubes of cream with a difficult to unscrew small cap. This cap shape may be better
This is an insulin Pen with needle attached. Cap
The Pen is a smooth cylinder. To inject insulin you must squeeze the Pen. Add friction and more.
10.0 The conceptual statement by Newton, F = Ma, was never used for 200 years.
Nor was it discussed. It was neither used or considered for the design of any machine
or structure. Newtons conceptual statement deals only with force with no mention of
moment or torque even though a moment equation was known as a part of statics.
Among the developments missing were the free body diagram, the definition of a
vector, and the theory of kinematics.
Solutions of the simplest dynamics problems had to wait until these developments
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arrived. The idea of a vector is attributed to Dublin mathematician William Rowan
Hamilton(1805-1865) in his 1843 discovery of and naming of the quarternions (earlier,
Benjamin Olinde Rodrigues (1795-1851) earned his doctorate in mathematics from the
University of Paris in 1816 for a thesis that contained the Rodrigues Formula which is
identical to the quaternion with a different name that predates Hamiltons quaternion).
The free body diagram reproduces the shape of a translating and rotating structure
and is used to construct the mass distribution integrals that are important elements in
the equations of motion (in general there are six equations of motion which are often
simplified to three when restricted to a rigid body in plane motion).
Andr e-Marie Amp` ere (1805-1865) must be identified as an extremely important
contributor to dynamics as a result of his: Essai sur la Philosophie des Sciences. In
that 1835 paper Amp` ere describes his discovery of kinematics (a study of motion).
Amp` ere identifies kinematics in the language of France as cin ematique, the newest
ingredient in the study of mechanics and a more important contribution than any of the
conceptual statements presented in the 17th Century (i.c.e.) or earlier, and this includes
F = G M
1
M
2
/r or F = Ma.
During the 18th Century there were important developments in dynamics. That era
was populated by researchers like Jean DAlembert (1717-1783) in Paris and Leonhard
Paul Euler (1707-1783) at work in the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin where
he was director of mathematics, and by contributions of many, many other researchers.
DAlembert was the organizer and first editor of The Encyclopedia and wrote a
dynamics text that was in use for more than 200 years. In his Traite de Dynamique
DAlembert describes how the plane motion moment or torque equation is simplified
by selectively choosing a moment center and thereby eliminating one of the unknowns.
This is the essence of DAlemberts Principle (important then and more so now).
In 1766 Euler was succeeded by Giuseppe Luigi Lagrancia (1736-1813). In 1781
Lagrancia moves from Berlin to Paris where he becomes Joseph-Louis Lagrange.
In the 19th Century force was rediscovered; it was then and continues to be the a
time derivative of the linear momentum. After 1853 it was the vector F = d(m v)/dt; by
differentiation yields F = v dm/dt +m dv/dt, an equation that includes an explosion
(previously ignored by Newton).
In that era vector notations were invented, so too was the concept of a free body
diagram. After the invention of kinematics (by Amp` ere) the plane motion solutions of
dynamic mechanism develop. These plane motion equations define the force, torque or
the equivalent moment (moment = torque).
The equations of motion made it possible to describe the distribution of mass and
from mass distribution were developed the moments and products of inertia (instead of
Latin moments and products of inertia Mass distribution is a better description). The
force, moment and kinematic equations are necessary in order to solve any dynamics
problems. More complex dynamics problems, such as those for guidance of airplanes,
for example, require the application of the general equations of motion (force, torque,
the dimensions and mass distribution must all be described in three dimensions).
No solution of complex dynamic machines is possible without kinematics, with all
contributions to kinematics developed only after 1835 (and not before). Kinematics is
used to determine the rotating and translating motion of a rigid body; the rigid body is
an airplane.
The concept of vector was the invention of William Rowan Hamilton in 1853.
Earlier ideas (universal gravitation, the non vector F = ma, the Coriolis acceleration
and Coriolis force or effect are NEVER considered or used in engineering).
The general equations of motion define the translational acceleration and angular
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acceleration relative to the x, y and z-axes. In contrast, the plane motion equations do
not include the acceleration parallel to one axis nor the rotational acceleration about the
other two axes.
The equations of plane motion are the force, F = Ma, and torque equation T = I
described in eq. (6). Note, the z-axis force and acceleration are zero whereas the 1 and
2 components of torque and angular acceleration are also zero.

F
1
F
2
0
= M
a
1
a
2
0

0
0
T
3
= I
0
0

(6)
In eq. (6), F is force, M is mass, T is torque, mass distribution is I =

(x
2
+y
2
) dm
and is the angular acceleration.
The impulse-momentum equations (for plane motion conditions) are derived from
eq. (7) by rewriting a as dv/dt and as d/dt.
F = Ma = M dv/dt and T = I = I d/dt (7)
Equation (8) is eq. (7) rewritten.
F dt = M dv and T dt = I d (8)
The integration of the equations in eq. (8) produces eq. (9) in which seconds is
the duration of impact and the Impulse-Momentum Equations.
F = M v and T = I (9)
The derivation of the plane motion work-energy equation requires multiplication of
both sides of the equations in eq. (8) by velocity v in impulse equation and by angular
velocity in the momentum equation. The integral equations are shown in eq. (10).

F v dt =

M v dv

T dt =

I d (10)
The equations in eq. (11) are formed by integrating eq. (10).
F s = M v
2
/2 T = I
2
/2 (11)
Kinetic energy is not a vector so Kinetic Energy (or K.E.) is the sum in eq. (12).
K.E. = F s +T = M v
2
/2 +I
2
/2 (12)
The details of a typical dynamics problem are described in Fig (2). The weight falls
-H feet, then strikes and remains in contact with the board, a stiff board of length L.
Subsequently, the weight and board deflect -y and finally come to rest for an instant at
-Y*. Board and weight then move upward, in +y direction. This upward motion is due
to the energy stored in the two springs. The stiff beam rotates about z-axis at A.
H
W
K
q
K
Two linear springs Kpounds/inch
L
A

Figure 2: A sketch of a plane motion dynamics problem.

+T(y)
A
x
y

L
y
Figure 3: A free body diagram of the mechanism in Fig 1.
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Particle velocity is v = ds/dt in eq. (13) with appropriate limits added at x = L.

H
0
ds =

v
0
v dt. (13)
Substitute g t for v and then integrate eq. (13) produces eq. (14).
H = g t
2
/2 (14)
The following results apply to the dynamics problem in Fig 2. If H = 2 feet then
the time for the weight to fall 2 feet is t = 2 H/g.
t = 2 H/g = 0.352 seconds (15)
The velocity of a plastically deforming weight Wis defined by g t in eq. (16).
v = 0.352 g = 11.349 feet/second (16)
If W = 10 pounds, eq. (17) defines M v.
M v = 11.349 10/g = 3.525 pound-second (17)
The following statements are an outline for a solution of the problem in Fig 2 using
the plane motion vector equations in eq. (18).
Force F = Ma and torque T = I (18)
These equations are used in eq. (19) using DAlemberts Principle with coordinate
axes at A (Fig 2) and freebody in Fig 3. The moment center at A is chosen because the
x, y and z acceleration components at A are all zero. The mass distribution in Fig 3,
relative to point A, is L
2
W/g.
Force ;
0
V -F
0
= 10/g
0
0
0
pounds; Moment;
0
0
T
+
1 1 1
L 0 0
0 -W 0
= L
2
W/g
0
0

(19)
When evaluated, Schoutens tensors in eq. (19) produce eq. (20).
V -F = 0
0
0
T -W L
= L
2
W/g
0
0

(20)
The angular rotation is defined in eq. (21).
Tan = -y/L; Because is a small angle, = -y/L. (21)
Differentiating eq. (21) produces eq. (22).
= d/dt = -dy/dt /L and = d
2
/dt
2
= -d
2
y/dt
2
/L (22)
If q is the distance between springs then dq = -(1/L) dy. The differential of force
dF* for the spring located at +q/2 is defined in eq. (23).

F*
0
dF* =

q/2
0
Kdq ; Therefore F* = Kq/2 = (K/2 L) y (23)
The Torque T = 2 q F* is defined in eq. (24)
T = (K/L) y (24)
The force equation in eq. (20) yields V -F = 0, an advantage produced by using the
principle invented by by DAlembert. The torque equation is constructed in eq. (25).

0
0
(K/L) y -W L
= L
2
W/g
0
0

= L
2
W/g
0
0
-d
2
y/dt
2
/L
= L W/g
0
0
-d
2
y/dt
2
(25)
The 3-component of eq. (25) simplified yields the differential equation in eq. (26).
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Ky -WL
2
=-L
2
W/g d
2
y/dt
2
(26)
11. There are Baptists and Methodists in the US. They have their differences but
the differences do not cause wars and thus are like the differences between Shiah and
Suni in Iran. Of the two, US agencies seem to treat the Suni gentler than they do the
Shiah. Why is this so?
The Suni appear to be preferred by US administrators so they are identified as the
Suni. The Shiah, considered by some to be more difficult negotiators, are described in
newspapers as the Shiite. This spelling is offputting. If US agencies are fair (none are)
why dont they change the name of friend Suni to Sunite?
Congress! Be friendly. Be fair. CONGRESS, Do a Dudley!
12. This is an idea about the energy in a hurricane cloud. The shape of a hurricane
cloud at top and the curvature of Earth at the bottom in Section A-A is similar to the
shape of the Bicorn curve examined in 1864 by James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1896).
Sylvesters surname at birth was Joseph. James Joseph adopted the surname his brother
used to emigrate to the United States. At the time immigrants were required to have a
given name, a middle name and a surname (a rule straight from the house of stupid).
Sylvester was professor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins University where he was
founder of the American Journal of Mathematics (1877).
Mathematician Arthur Cayley (1821-1895) also examined the cocked hat curve.
Hurricane cloud without Earth curvature
Hurricane Cloud
Curvature of 3959 mile radius Earth
Z
cloud
1,000 miles
h
Hurricane Cloud
D C
Line CD
Section A-A (rotated 90)
A
A

1,609 meters 6371 meters

(a) Plan of hurricane cloud (b) Elevation of Earth Curvature
The plan view in (a) shows a 1,000 mile (1,609 meters) diameter hurricane cloud. The
westerly motion of the hurricane is from D toward C. Section A-A in (b) shows cloud
height h at the eye of the hurricane and that the hurricane cloud thickness follows the
curvature of Earth. A sketch of a 1,000 mile diameter hurricane cloud without Earth
curvature is shown directly above (b).
The question: does a large value for dimension Z increase or decrease the angular
velocity of a hurricane cloud mass?
To calculate Z, first find the tangent of the angle at Earth center in eq. (27):
Tan
-1
500/3959 = 0.0227 degree (27)
The dimension Z in eq. (28) is defined by half the central angle (0.0227/2).
Z = (5280 500) Sin (0.0227/2) = 523 feet (28)
13. About taxes; city, county, state and federal. Taxes are too high, require more
time to prepare than anyone cares to spend.
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(A) Real property taxes: Eliminate all county and state appraisers. If you bought a
a house in the country, accessed by a sand road and without sewage or water service
you probably paid less for the property than if it was in a well developed area.
The tax rolls should indicate the original purchase price and not change so long as
the original buyer continues to live there. The cost of additions would be added, should
they occur. If more houses are built in the neighborhood the new home owners may
have a property value higher than yours. That is the advantage of a careful buyer.
Without appraisers no ones tax liability will change. Appraisers will still be available
from professional realtors.
(B) No retail store employee should act as a collector of taxes.
(C) All sales taxes should be equal. Tax beer, cigarettes, automobiles at the same
rates. Never add taxes to a single item to increase the tax revenue or reduce sales. All
government agencies should live within their budget.
(D) It is doubtful the Constitutional Amendment authorizing the internal revenue
service passed. When representatives in the District of Columbia are asked about this
the question is ignored (probably because there is no data supporting IRS existence).
Congress, its members and representatives must show amendment approval details
when asked (Fix this quickly). The only record of amendment approval was that of
Philemon Knox, Secretary of State in about 1904. It was reported that Knox says; it
appears the amendment is passing (Knox considered the US then consisted of 48-11
states, only 37 states.)
The IRS was opened for business by FDR. The IRS rules and instructions are so
complex that there are thousands of companies, and many more individuals, able to
prepare income taxes for a fee. This is a sign of an unwanted and unliked tax system.
High taxes are the reason (not the high profit margins) for U.S. companies to use
foreign manufacturers.
14. Wikipedia shows the volume of a sphere is 4 r
3
/3 but I get 4
2
r
3
/3. Wiki
shows the mass moment of inertia of a sphere is 2 M R
2
/5 but I get 3 M R
2
/5. Wiki
shows the mass moment of inertia of a spherical shell is 2 M R
2
/3.
15. At age 48 Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758) published Trait e du navier in which he
explains the use of metacenter to define stability of ships.
The concept of metacenter is still used even though it is only an opinion of its user.
Even so, versions of the metacenter are described in journals and texts.
The origins of three coordinate systems coincide at the center of gravity of a ship.
Thus, only two orthogonal axes can be seen in each (x-coordinate coincides with the
normal direction of ship motion). The resultant forces a
i
and torques T
i
act at the
center of gravity of the sailing vessel.
These forces change due to changes in the weather. Consider the force vector
components in a
i
that act on a 50,000 ton vessel in a calm sea: a
i
=
F
0
0
but the zero
components may change to non-zeros with the onset of harsh weather conditions.
Similarly, the equilibrium torque components in b
i
on a calm sea are T
i
=
0
0
0
but the
zero components may change to non-zeros with the onset of harsh weather conditions.
The resultant forces acting at the center of gravity are shown next. There is no
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metacenter and thus no forces act at a metacenter (this item is fiction).
G
G G
T
x
T
x
T
y
T
y
T
z
T
z
a
z
a
z
a
y
a
y
a
x
a
x

z
x


y
z
y
x
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/metacentric_height
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bouguer
16. A personal opinion about events at the consulate office in Benghazi. First, ask
what a consulate office does and why one is needed in Sanoussi country.
I often had reasons to visit the Consulate Office in Dhahran. These visits were so
difficult I would instead travel with an English citizen to the British Consulate. We
met with English, Scot and Irish employees who were as pleased to see us as we were
to see them. One of the most difficult times for all expatriots corresponded with the
murder of King Faisal. No one on the streets in Dhahran, no one in stores, parking lots
empty, little traffic on beautiful roads and neither pupils or students are in their classes.
I learned that consulate offices were widely distributed as an aid for citizens of the
state in which a consulate was built.
The purpose of a consulate office was to provide visas for travel to the US. The
US does not issue visas in Sanoussi land. Why should the US build a consulate office?
It was likely a big place with a hotel for Jackals, with secret doors for entry and a place
for them to hide after some war-like activity in a country four boundaries away. This
is just a guess. Because of size all Benghazi citizens knew it was an unnecessary item.
17. And now, a personal opinion about flight MH370. This Boeing 777 took off at
Kuala Lumpur but its place of landing has not yet been found (4/18/14). The emphasis
is on finding the black box.
This box will likely be found but the information in it will explain only the path of
the airplane. There will be little information about who, what of why because there is
no one talking. Very sad, and most unusual.
All of the passengers, including the pilots and stewards, probably die when the
airplane flew above 32,000 feet for a few minutes. At that time cabin pressurization
ends and all persons in the cabin die, including the pilots. The flight onwards and its
destination is unknown. The search in the Indian Ocean is accidental and partially due
to a previously programed guidance system.
Agatha Christy wrote books of murder and mystery. Who can forget her stories
with Hurcule Poiroit or Miss Marple. Who would want to forget. Malaysia Flight-370
will be the mother of all mysteries, and it will be followed by Christys mysteries.
18. The Pledge of Allegiance:
In 1892 Francis Bellamy wrote a 22-word poem in which he carefully chose words,
and thought carefully about the use of allegiance instead of promise or vow. Bellamy
was a socialist, a poet and a very thoughtful person. Read more about Mr. Bellamy.
Francis Bellamy wrote: I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which
it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. (read carefully)
Congress made changes to Bellamys poem to form The Pledge of Allegiance and
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made the changes into a 1942 Law. President Eisenhower added under God in 1954.
plagerized
19. A Baker makes doughnuts made with lots of yeast in the dough. The mixed
dough is left to rise, usually twice. If the dough contains no yeast the result will not be
a doughnut but a fried cake. Doughnuts taste different from the dough of fried cake.
20. Children are in school from age 6 to 18. The occupants in these schools are
pupils. None are students. At a high school graduating assembly these pupils receive
DIPLOMAS. A diploma is not a degree. A GED is a certificate providing high school-
like diplomas for pupils who disregard the purpose of education. Thus, disregard the
GED. It is a useless certificate. Employers should be wary of persons whose only
credential for employment is a GED (be wary). Employers of engineering graduates
should avoid graduates of Universities who have publically confessed to admitting
unqualified individuals. This action should be made a criminal offense.
21. Leonhard Paul Euler suggested Greek letter define the number 3.141592654.
By the 4th century (i.c.e.) Mathematicians in China used the ratio 355/113 for :
3.141592654 -355/113 = -0.0000002668 (ding how!)
22. Consider the word inerrant! It was a signficant term and was applied by the RC
Church to pages of papyrus with script applied. The time for this event was from the
first century of the RC Church to about the 16th century. During this interval there
were many changes and revisions made to the new testament documents. There was
no printing except by the Vatican scribes. It was the script that was inerrant, not the
stories. Each version of papyrus was to be like the one before.
23. $10 billion to Israel every year since 1967 or 68. The payment is to continue
until the year 2067 or 68. Continuous payments must be discontinued. Instead, such
payments should be approved in public and repeated yearly.
24. Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate are elected and payed
exorbitant (not) reasonable salaries for their services.
Discontinue all salary payments if an elected individual does not attend sessions of
the House or Senate.
No member of the House or Senate is permitted to collect money, regardless of its
intended use. Money (or its equivalent) should be considered a bribe, and a serious
criminal offense (jail time too, and lots of it for just a $1.00 pencil).
In the distant past the purpose of two senators was to report Senate actions to the
legislators and governor of a state. The senator was given instructions on how to vote
on a particular action. Should a senator fail to vote as instructed a Governor will
dismiss that senator and replace her or him with a more complient individual. No
senator had a long term job (they did have then and still have very impressive titles).
25. No senator or representative has reason to travel to any place other than his or
her district. They work for us. They can travel (domestic or foreign), but at their own
expense. They should get no special health insurance or credit cards. They live in DC
like they did before they were elected.
26. Tornados are cyclonic winds. Today, the damage to houses appears to be more
serious than the damages produced by tornados fifty years back. This is often consided
to mean todays storms are more robust than are the earlier storms. This is an attractive
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position for some, but there is another option. Houses built earlier permitted air motion
through windows and doors whereas modern houses are less so. Thus, the heating and
air conditioning systems are more efficient. That is because of few accidental air leaks.
The damage to modern houses from tornados are more serious than the damage to
houses of the 50 years past. The modern houses seem to explode. They do.
The reduced air pressure surrounding a modern house means the pressure within a
room or a group of rooms will explode. Modern houses are built to stay in one place
but the rooms in them are not built to resist an explosion. Older houses leaked air and
so these houses seldom exploded.
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