CHRISTMAS STAR     
  by IreneBaron.com

This essay was written for an October 2020 internet interview concerning the first nonfiction book I wrote, Unraveling the Christmas Star Mystery. 

Unraveling the Christmas Star Mystery was awarded the Gold Medal and First Place as the exemplary Christian Education Book of 2013.

JERRY GODINHO PROMPT : 

Unraveling the Christmas Star Mystery is a fascinating book where 68 NASA astronomy computers looked at 15 years of ancient skies and found the Christmas Star was at…

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CINNAMON HELPS STOP INFLUENZA 
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Indonesia had something important happen concerning influenza. During a killing influenza, not one of the almost 300 cinnamon factory workers contracted the disease. That opened my eyes.  I am reposting as it is important during COVID-19.
 

WHAT IS CINNAMON? 

Cinnamon, from the bark of plants in the Laurel family, has been used for thousands of years and was once a gift for kings. The highest quality of the spice is Ceylon cinnamon.  Cinnamomum zeylanicum   …

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MINDREACHER II, Author Notes for Science Lovers
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Readers of the Mindreacher novels don’t have to know or understand science. It’s the author who creates adventures, thrills, and excitement while making the information easy to read and easy to understand.   

I thought lovers of science may wish to learn a few details about research for the second Mindreacher novel, especially concerning volcanoes. 

Writing the second book in the mindreacher thriller series, “Mindreacher – The Galapagos…

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CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE PAST       
       www,irenebaron.com  11 August 2020 
 

THE ICE AGE

Our perception of the earth is like that of a mite on a tree. The mite isn't aware of changes in tree growth during its life.  Climate change is something humans rarely witness in their lifetime.   

I grew up in Ohio where the one or two-mile thick ice of the last Ice Age began to retreat about 10,000 years ago.  The weight of the ice pushing on Ohio applied pressure to the crust of the Earth. Since the ice melted over…

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HUMMINGBIRDS      
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I love to see and hear hummingbirds and have fed them many summers. I enjoy their shy antics. If you measure intelligence by the “encephalization quotient,” the brain-to-body ratio, the hummingbird appears to be the most intelligent of all animals, including us!

Hummingbirds are in the biological family of Trochilidae. They rank as the smallest birds with an average length of 3-5 inches. The smallest is the bee hummingbird that weighs 2 grams, the equivalent of two…

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THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER

The Perseid meteor shower is the most exciting astronomy event of the year.

It can be viewed the nights of 17 July through 24 August 2020. The peak night when you will see the most meteors will be Wednesday, 12 August. 

Expect light pollution from the Moon this year. 

Due to COVID-19, the Zanesville Astronomy Club will not host a Perseids Meteor Shower event.

The best viewing time is from eleven pm and later.  After midnight, expect to see at least one meteor or shooting star per…

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AMERICAN CUTCO VS GERMAN HENCKEL KNIVES
     By Irene Baron     www.irenebaron.com 

My father always said a sharp knife was a safer knife.  He took great care with our cooking knives. At least once a year he would moisten a large whetstone and sharpen his favorite knives.  He did it methodically and with care. Good knives were hard to come by. 

During my last year at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio, I took a cooking class. The class had an Organic Chemistry prerequisite. Only students who had passed Organic…

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REMANZACCO OBSERVATORY BLOG 
NEOWISE COMET C/2020 F3

 

This information was first reported on 3 April 2020 by bloggers at the Remanzacco Observatory in Italy. They specialize in asteroids and comets and near-space objects.  I recommend you follow their data through email or Facebook.. (The image to the left is 15 July 2020 from Germany.)

New Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 
https://remanzacco.blogspot.com/p/daily-updated-asteroid-flybys.html 

CBET 4740 & MPEC 2020-G05, issued on 2020, April 01, announce the…

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COMET NEOWISE  Comet NEOWISE will be visible in the evening sky beginning the week of 13 July 2020 

                                                                                       
BACKGROUND:

In March 2020, astronomers were looking for near-Earth asteroids and found a comet. Since the Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer found it, the comet was named for that NASA mission, the NEOWISE. From studying the orbit, NASA determined NEOWISE  will return in 6,800 years. Being the third comet…

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CHILDREN BORN IN OHIO ARE EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED AT BIRTH. 

 

The Ohio Constitution, Article VI, Section II of the Ohio state constitution requires funding for a “thorough and efficient” system of common schools. 

However, Ohio's educational funding does not meet that standard. It doesn't provide for a thorough and efficient school system as defined over the years. What has happened to cause schools to become underfunded?  

Ohio House Bill 920, 1976 

In 1976, House Bill 920 OH froze property taxes at…

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