On the long term orbital evolution of the natural satellites The natural satellites of the giant planets of our Solar System are nearly all locked into resonances. There are spin-orbit resonances, resulting in synchronous rotations as for our Moon, but also orbital resonances between them. This configuration cannot be the result of a random process but is the consequence of ...
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Technology-Based Planning, the Foundation of All Competitive AdvantageMichael C. Sekora, President, Quadrigy, Inc., who was the founder and director of Project Socrates, a U.S. intelligence community initiative under President Reagan, will posit that the shift from technology-based planning to economic-based planning has caused our nation to lose its ability to compete economically. Sekora contends that technology-based planning ...
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Amanita Muscaria, Iconic, Magic, and Edible tooMushrooms are a gift of the forest. On the luckiest of days they spread out between the trees like meadow flowers –– yellow, red, russet, white, blue, and grey. And then there is Amanita muscaria, the most striking of all, a tall robust mushroom with a red cap with white ...
Our economy, along with the global economy, is toppling off a cliff and the Earth's global ecology, all life on land and ocean, is in a death spiral. Anthony Marr, author of 2 books and 2 online blog spots, renown activist in behalf of wildlife, and recipient of prestigious awards ...