Conspiracy theories are not new to religion, nor an exclusively modern phenomenon. But they take on more destructive and wide-ranging impact with modern communication technologies. Looking at the root psychosocial mechanisms of conspiracy theories, we argue that they frame ideas, history, and culture through the cognitive mindscape of special, ‘hidden knowledge’. They also serve as a unifying theory of conflict and narration of history. The COVID epidemic has strained the economic and political system. Although it may be a matter of perception for Q-followers, a sense of precarity is enhanced by QAnon, thus unleashing and mustering an awakening for such extremist paranoid discourse of ressentiment. This parallels the cognitive mindscape of ‘the Great Replacement’. Prior to election 2020, QAnon’s base had been growing in Evangelical communities. Its presence continues to be felt.

This article describes and analyzes institutional and college efforts at the University of Wyoming (UW) to address diversity issues and promote multicultural perspectives in a variety of contexts. The UW college of education (COE), a focus of the article, is engaged in strategic efforts to make the preparation of teachers a university-wide responsibility. The described initiatives illustrate both successes and shortcomings in pursuit of the authors' diversity-related aims. The authors utilize Davidman's (1994) six "goals for multicultural education'' as a framework to analyze and critique ongoing diversity related activities. This formative analysis is used to determine and guide future actions.T he college of education (COE) at the University of Wyoming (UW) is engaged in strategic efforts to make the preparation of teachers a university-wide responsibility. Our aims include preparing preservice educators who teach with a "multicultural perspective'' (Davidman, 1994) and that have the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to be successful in a wide range of educational environments, including diverse schooling contexts. Like Irvine and Armento (2001), we believe "diversity refers to culture, ethnicity, race, gender, language, religion, values, and physical/mental abilities/disabilities that characterize each person'' (p. 22). We include sexual orientation in our definition and seek to nurture this "multicultural perspective'' in our colleagues, our students, and ourselves.The university, however, is located in a relatively ethnically and linguistically homogeneous state and local community. United States Census Bureau (2000) data categorizes 92.1% of the state's population as white. Census data also reflect that 93.6% of Wyoming households speak English only. Albany County, the home county of the university, has similar percentages of white residents and English-only households. Likewise, 7% of the students in the COE and only two tenure-line faculty members (of nearly 50) are ethnic minorities. Both the lack of ethnic minority students and faculty at the college level and the lack of immediately available field-based sites

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This paper summarizes results of an extensive evaluation of the INTELSAT V spacecraft flight data carried out by COMSAT Laboratories for INTELSAT. A structural loads data base for the INTELSAT V was assembled including actual flight measurements. coupled loads analysis predictions, and environmental test loads. The flight measurements incorporate both accelerometer and strain gauge signals transmitted during eight Atlas/ Centaur and two Ariane launches of the INTELSAT V satellites. An evaluation of the loads data base placed primary emphasis on a comparison of coupled loads analysis predictions with statistically based flight loads. The predictions of axial acceleration at the spacecraft/launch vehicle interface were found to be accurate. However, the lateral loads predicted by the coupled loads analysis were overly conservative. Several discrepancies between the structural analysis and the flight measurements have been revealed. The influence of the spacecraft's dynamic characteristics on interface motions can be readily observed in the data.