Posted by Admin on October 29, 2009
The Simple Explanation
Imagine tying a piece of thick rope to a hook in a wall, and then shaking the rope vigorously. The rope will be vibrating in all possible directions – up-and-down, side-to-side, and all the directions in-between – giving it a really complex overall motion. Now, suppose you passed the rope through a vertical rectangular hole, like this: []. The rope has a really tight fit in the hole. The only vibrations still happening at the other side of the hole will be vertical ones. All the others will have been prevented by the hole. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by Admin on October 27, 2009
If we want that the question of faith (fundamental question to understand the world as it goes) today it is posed in terms suited to our time, it should be formulated different from the Vatican, theologians and thinkers religious do. Since the disappearance of Jean Gagnepain, there is some of that! In reality, the mutations of scientific knowledge are that we can no longer have the same religious perspective that when it opposed the sciences called from “nature” to the faith, the Aristotelian reason to the Muslim faith (like Averroès) or to the Christian faith (as Thomas Aquinas:) all of this has become ridiculous! Let talk about something else. There is in here that anthropologists perhaps have a word to say. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by Admin on October 10, 2009
One of the perennial headaches of many headteachers or school governors is keeping down the litter and making sure the school looks clean and tidy, both on the inside and the outside.
With hundreds or rowdy and messy children around with a penchant for potato crisps and confectionary – this can be an uphill struggle. Fortunately there is one weapon available in the fight against litter at schools – the humble school bin. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
