CHRISTMAS STAR     
  by IreneBaron.com

Interview with Jerry Godinho

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 in 2014.

JERRY GODINHO PROMPT : Unraveling the Christmas Star Mystery is a fascinating book where 68 NASA astronomy computer programs looked at 15 years of ancient skies…

MINDREACHER II, Author Notes for Science Lovers
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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 Incident,” involves knowing and understanding the geology of the volatile plume of liquid rock (magma) under the surface of the earth moving up under the Galapagos Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. See chart below…

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…

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…

SPACE INSTRUMENT MODELS
TO PRINT & BUILD 
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Telescopes & More - ​​​​​​Build them all!

You will need a printer, paper (card stock is best), scissors, glue, etc.

Skill levels are listed for each model from "easy" to "complex". These are fun models to build by yourself or with others. Children in 3rd grade can build easy ones, sometimes needing adult guidance. Adults will find great pleasure constructing models of all levels. Builders will create an educational collection that will last for…

CINNAMON HELPS STOP INFLUENZA 
Cinnamomum zeylanicum 
Cinnamon Lauraceae 

I never had a cold or flu until I was about 20 years old. Everyone in our family was healthy.  I always thought it was just all the milk we drank and the great meals my parents prepared. Could our good health be attributed to all the cinnamon we consumed? 

Many mornings our toast had butter sprinkled with a sugar-cinnamon mix. Kept in a shaker like salt, we sprinkled cinnamon on hot cereals.  If food tasted better with cinnamon, we…