The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-09-05, Page 76
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To the Editor,. »
04 August, 15th,, ,we enjoyed the floral
displays. and fellowships atthe ,Irforticaltural
Flower Show; It was interesting, touriig-the.
residential streets remembering:•w:ho lived in'`:
each house 40 .yearsi ago, and admiring the
modern .homes..
We were .favourably ,, impressed ressed
. P . by y the,
Waterworks Park,. with its natural beauty of
green grass," trees, . and the curved foot:
bridge over the. stream - ra small: piece of
land, well endowed'by Nature:' What
decided ,asset; thisis to village residents' and
tourists passing through,
Sean Aitchison; '
Isobel '.• Garhiss,
Jean Willits,
Wingham;
Tethe Editor:
Hooray for the decision of Nova Scotia -to
revert to mile signposts! Milesi proportioned
the solarstystem into 'natural binary,
'decimal, and duodecimal patterns: centuries..
before artificial kilometres ..were vo costed,.
Examples; Yn ball parl"c figures, •a"bound
The Earth's radius . is- 4000 ' mi:; ',its
diameter 8000 mi.;, its inner core is. 0 to 800
mi.; outer core 800.0 1400 mi ;• mantle 1404
to' 1800 mi.; and crust 5 .to: 20 mi.. The
Earth/Moongravity: centre ; (barycentre) •
around which the E'a'rth moves, is 1000 Mf."--
inside
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inside the Earth: TheEarth's North Magnet-
ic
Pole is 1.000 mi from the North Pole; the
South Magnetic Pole is 1600 mi. from,, the
South Pole:, .The Earth's cifcurnferenceo is
TO THE EprfoR ..
Sin's'gravity to the nearest star, (tnter•stel- Earth): 0 to 160 million mi. Middle Planets
lar Space). Inner Planets: (Mercury, Venus, (Mars,. Jupiter, Saturn); 100 million to.
billion, mi. Outer Planets: (Uranus, .Ne tune, .
1? principles of ;netrQlogy in exchange for
Pluto):Ironically1. billion tom" 5etric (or 10)m biiliohniiev':mi.es reserch' dollars, and,allowedthemselves to
'systeacno - be politically pawned by those forces: eager -
such,` natural ten -base balance. ;Figure out'. to im ose.a one world hegemony run by the
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25000• mi, and its speed of -rotation just Over the:corresponding: kilometre readings (times oli'g archal inultinat onal bankin /industrial
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1000 mph. ;1.6-. ani.): and :see. :how disjointed and . system, 'Few` have worked in thetrades sir
The maximum East-West and North- mismatched they -are, , p roving again the
busines, so. ' unsurprisingly ,they` mock
South distances of continents and'Oceans. ` superiority of a duodecimal.system thatifeasiblere.
. , . - --•, , . - - y in can. commercially. units. like. hung d
show conforri itya.in miles: North American-; absorb. a decimal one,' but not vice versa. , - • Weights, bushels, bushels, gallons, feet and. inches.
E -W 4000, mi; •and N-5 4500. mi. S`outkAm_, Virtually, every known heavenl bodyis kited • ha n
° , .., , - y having never heavier, than a
erica: 3200 `mi -and 4750 mi. ; :Euro e: 4000round,and; miles (nautical Orland), employ-, • '
• . , � ( ... n :..' .. ... ( � e fair, and say a briefcase),.
mi. and 3000 mi,; Asia:. 6000 i. and 5400 in tertiary. ;ratios . of 12:3,1 as in the -pen, is bots bn
• m m ... ., : �., that about the built of their weights a.:d
mi.;Africa:4700 mi. and 5000. mi. nchfoot/yard - relations, are' completely measures •tandards. Little `wonder.,. then,
Australia: 2500 mi: and 2000 rnil'. Atlantic coni atible with.geometrical 300 degrees 'of '
�' g g 'they are spell bound by litres millilitres .
Ocean: 5000 mi..and 9000 (or 10,000 mi. with -circumferences and the 24 hours of the clock, • centimetres, millimetres':and grams..
the Antarctic).Pacific. 11x000 ;miwide; enabling the maximum number ofcoordinat Neat time i "scientist" touts metrics:offer. "
Indian: 6200- 'mi. wide; • es to be found on .,a,� surface in whole to. pay his expenses if he'll fly, , his lane or
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One hundred mi. above the Earth there is numbers, indispensibleto pinpointing post-• sail his'4)o. t using kilometres. You won'r
only :%. atmosphere,: Quasi pace .begins.. tions :with accuracy Kilometres would be need to worryabout your money, - Someday
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1000 mi. up; -- True or Inner Space begins. useless in.this regard,. even- if' they changed kid is going
the emperor has; no cloth-
ki g-� g, to.•yell ,
'/a million miles is the::EarthMoon distance. - • the clock- to 10 hours and used 106 'degree "'es. Like cripples - owin u ; in. a world of
.•(Clslunar Space). 1' million mi. is the end of .circles:and:.all:bodies'were dead flat',_ ause . PP Br r8 P
. �-.. :H . ,.:.,r...,, .� _� ,.n,�- � ,.....,1, � . .... . ,deformed ,people,, Dili brain washed grand-
the E t /, Don 'ravit ,, .st w of , . .
�. g, tysye'mr (�'">�aalisYunar o"f.# e �afrociousT,�,diivisional ca abi�ties 'O'f a:' it r n could be : Made. to believe it was
pace) 100 ,,million `mi. is' the: • Siin: Earth °' decimal . s: stem This makes°metrics thee,
Ynormal to be thus But why `should we let tile.
distance. • . most crippled and -'.deficient measurement Establishment do this to us? When will the . •
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'distance.„(Largest'Pla et). 1 billion mi; is•the - To4iay s Establishment'scienti'sts, the first,forthright exam 1e?
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One half billion mi, is: the sun':to Jupiter -;system bar none, ,, ;.• D est.': o Cana a : "follow Nava' . Scotita's-
• 'Sun, Saturn�'distanc&. (Second, largest 'plan ' 'to .deride others <for, debasing science, are
;e t.),50:;billion iii. is the end of` the. `Stin's: themselves ,guilty of false chic. and intellec-
effective gravity: (Interplanetary 'Space). 50 tual,dishonesty,when they. promote kilomet- •
billion to 25 trillion mi. is the Lent of the res.. ,They haver: prostituted the scientific
Increase
More than 100,700 stridents, an increase
of 24.3 per cent' over., the ;previous : year;.
EDITS,�.received financial aid . 'under . the : Ontario),
. St 'den Assistance" Program .i
� f gra e,198=83
• school year. . .
.from a 6 • . e
PSB �: k
was now deep .autumn and the last clinging
leaves were a sightof beauty,to behold.` They.,
were nearing the end of their long ride; -but'
t to the' young :couple, a :new and perhaps .
more exciting:-voya` ey•of:,life.. was only.just:
t
beginning. _ .,.
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Ar` review of .the program, released last
•weeh bYCblle•.gesan Uriiversities' anist
er
Dr. Bette Stephenson, showsthat a,total of
$299 in}Ilion ..dollars -wase: ' provided: as
assistance in. -1982-83.. Of ;this amount, •
:.$1.01.12 million,was-in ;the forte of:grannts and
,gin,•
$I97.88'million in loans::
,.The
Yours ,,truly,
"Ian B. 'Patten, A
Anchorage, Alaska..
s�ud�ent loins- bistyear
"objective of the Ontario Student
ss ' • e' .gram is to encourage '{and
a sist acade : ally qualified and financially
nee + y Ontario -residents .td` go ` on k to
post -secondary education, and „ toy' ensure :.
e ual -o ortuni for` students :from. `low
;income' families.::
Dr. Ste henson•said That the'review shows°
the program is meeting p og g its -major; Dal: 4bf .
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`servin ' low' inconi f, niilies' in' Ontario.
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,Ab:
czut�. 78:5.,:'. �ciff. Sof
',per the. total grant
funding was• .receivd by students whose
'iamilies, had a • gross income of Mess. than
$20;000” . ' - - • ..
:In 1982.83, 33.14 per :cent of the, students
. enrolled/full time lir ontaii&universities and'
colleges received "grant; or loan or a mix of..
bot unithe program.
'Studentsfier who need,inancial assistance.for
the 1984.-85,academicyes r may still'' apply..
• Applications, for, assistance 'are rOailible at
any Ontario: college, •university, or high
schoolguidance office .:and also • from the
Ministry s'` Student Awards Branch.
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