Dr. Hagelin majored in Physics, not Geography! Conversely, the opposite side of Kansas is in the ocean off Western Australia, not India.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "douglasportee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another mistaken claim is that Kansas is directly opposite of the > Brahmastan of Madhya Pradesh in central India, about 23 degress North > Latitude by 80 degress East Longitude. Even Dr. Hagelin says this. > > But the opposite side of the Earth is in the South Pacific Ocean, > south of the Galapagos Islands, about 23 degrees South Latitude by > 100 degrees West Longitude. > > You can easily see this by holding a globe between your two hands. > One hand is in India, the other below the equator, in the Pacific > Ocean. > > Even if you ignore the southern hemisphere, 100 degrees West > Longitude at 23 degrees North is in Western Mexico. > > So AGAIN they are giving out misinformation that makes no sense. > > If I may offer this correction, Athol is not the closest town to > Smith Center is the closest town to Lebanon, with a population of > 1,931. Regardless, the center is no longer in Kansas, so it is a > moot point. > http://brahmastan.us > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Hyde" <hyde_k@> wrote: > > > > Lebanon KS has population of 303. Athol KS, the nearest town, has a > > population of 51. By contrast Fairfield IA has 9,509 people. > > > > Topeka KS is 220 miles (4 hours) from Lebanon KS. Topeka is > smaller > > than Cedar Rapids. And MUM students think they are in the > boonies? > > > > At least MIU could build upon the existing Parsons Campus. So there > > were already Dormitories, Dining Hall, Classrooms, Library, > > Gymnasium, etc. Lebanon Kansas has nothing. > > > > There is NOTHING to do there in Kansas. Any students (much less > the > > top students) who go there will lack intellectual and cultural > > stimulation, and leave. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Jan 19, 2007, at 4:31 PM, bob_brigante wrote: > > > > > > > I think the most likely outcome is that the TMO will get a few > > > > concessions from local authorities and the state of KS for a > token > > > > presence here in hopes that someday a big school, which would > be > > good > > > > for the economy of KS, actually does appear in the weeds. > > > > > > I hope it's somewhere near Topeka. That way, when the delusions > > > finally give way to something approaching reality, they can just > > pop on > > > over to Menninger's. > > > > > > Sal > > > > > >
