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Conservapedia Day

2008-11-23T18:34:49Z

ChrisDoyle: Added extra information & formatting

'''Conservapedia''' was inaugurated on November 21, 2006, so November 21 is '''Conservapedia Day''', when we celebrate the achievements of this project.

==Suggestions for ways of celebrating Conservapedia Day==
*an improvement competition, to start on November 21
*a [[poetry]] competition, subject Conservapedia
*announcement of the first [[Essay:Conservapedia Awards|Conservapedia Awards]]?
*have a virtual party
*mention the top three contributors to [[Wikiproject:News/Wanted_page#Contributions|News related wanted pages]] on the Main Page.
*mention the top three contributors to [[Wikiproject:News/Suggestions#Contributions|News suggestions]] on the Main Page.
*Announce new [[sysop]](s).
*a keynote article on the achievements of Conservapedia over its first two years.
*A statistical analysis of the first and the second years' growth, accomplishments, and major contributors.
*The top-scoring American History class student could be named and profiled on the Main Page
*an essay competition, open to the homeschool classes, on a topic to be suggested here. The winning entry to be 'front-paged'.

== The 2008 Conservapedia Day Awards ==

In recognition of the fine efforts put in by various editors over the first two years of this project, RationalWiki has voted for the editors which most embody the qualities we feel makes this project so "special".

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'''[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]'''

received the

'''<big>"A LIGHT WILL SHINE DOWN FROM SOMEWHERE, IT WILL LIGHT UPON YOU, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE AN EPIPHANY, AND YOU WILL SAY TO YOURSELF, ‘I HAVE TO VOTE FOR BARACK'" AWARD FOR ARROGANCE.</big>'''

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'''[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]]'''

received the

'''<big>JESSE HELMS MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BIGOTRY</big>'''

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'''[[User:RobSmith|RobSmith]]'''

received the

'''<big>"IN SOVIET RUSSIA, JESUS PRAYS TO YOU!" AWARD FOR DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR</big>'''

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'''[[User:TK|TK]]'''

received the

'''<big>HOVIND RECOGNITION FOR SYSOP ABUSE</big>'''

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'''[[User:Conservative|Conservative]]'''

received the

'''<big>WILLIAM DEMPSKI INTELLIGENT DESIGN AWARD FOR AESTHETICALLY UNPLEASANT DESIGN</big>'''

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'''[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]]'''

received the

'''<big>ED POOR IDIOT OF THE YEAR AWARD</big>'''

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'''[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]'''

received the

'''<big>"I DON'T RECALL EVER BEING AT A MEETING WHERE THAT SUBJECT CAME UP" AWARD FOR LYING</big>'''

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'''[[User:Bugler|Bugler]]'''

received the

'''<big>ANN COULTER AWARD FOR BEING A LIABILITY TO CONSERVAPEDIA</big>'''

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'''[[User:Bugler|Bugler]]'''

received the

'''<big>MOAR HITLER AWARD FOR THE CONSERVAPEDIAN WHO WANTS MOAR POWER</big>'''

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'''[[User:Conservative|Conservative]]'''

received the

'''<big>CRY BABY POO-PANTS AWARD FOR CHILDISHNESS</big>'''

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Thank you to all who participated and for those who did not win there is always next year.

==See also==
[[Essay: Conservapedia - two years on]]

[[Category:Conservapedia]]

Spontaneous generation

2008-11-21T01:22:49Z

ChrisDoyle:

'''Spontaneous generation''' refers to the concept that animal forms are created by the decay of organic matter
<ref>http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio114/spontgen.htm</ref>
<ref>http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Spontaneous_Generation.html</ref>. Common theories included:

* Moldy grain produces mice
* Rotten meat produces maggots
* Rotting garbage produces rats

Experiments in the 1600s through the 1800s discredited this idea. These experiments took the form of allowing meat to rot in sealed and semi-sealed containers ([[Francesco Redi]], 1668), which demonstrated that maggots only formed in meat that flies laid eggs in; and by storing sterilized soup in bottles that prevented dust and bacteria from entering ([[Louis Pasteur]], 1860).

{{quotebox|It was still the [[scientific consensus]] when [[Darwin]] wrote ''[[Origin of the Species]]'' in 1859 that [[microbe]]s arose by [[spontaneous generation]]. [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5788]}}

==See Also==
* [[Law of biogenesis]]

==References==

<references/>

[[Category:Biology]]

Input

2008-11-21T01:19:30Z

ChrisDoyle:

An '''input''' is something used to make something else. In economics, the formal term for an "input" is a [[factor of production]]. In computing, the input is the data which is given to a system before being processed to produce the output.

[[category:economics]]
[[category:industry]]
[[category:Computer Science]]

Breakfast

2008-11-21T01:15:21Z

ChrisDoyle:

For those societies that have multiple planned meals within a day, '''breakfast''' is the first meal of the day.

Most [[Americans]] eat foods such as [[cereal]], [[bacon]], [[sausage]], [[eggs]], [[pancake]]s, [[toast]] or [[ham]] for breakfast.

In other countries, breakfast can consist of very different food items. In [[Germany]], for example, a breakfast of cold meat and cheese with bread is often popular, while a "continental" breakfast common in [[France]] can consist of pastries, preserves and other sweet foods.

Common drinks served with breakfast include tea, coffee and juice. [[Alcohol]]ic drinks are uncommon in normal circumstances.

==See Also==

* [[Lunch]]
* [[Dinner]]

[[Category:Food and Drink]]

Double-blind studies

2008-11-21T01:03:15Z

ChrisDoyle:

'''Double-blind studies''' are experiments in which the participants, the experimenters and the people analyzing the results do not know who is in the control group.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000</ref> Double-blind studies are frequently used in [[medicine]].

The advantage of a double-blind study lies in the fact that because nobody involved is aware of who is receiving the genuine treatment and who is receiving a [[placebo]], there is a better chance of the study yielding meaningful results. If the treatment being tested is effective, experimenters are more likely to see a clearer indication of this when using this method.

==References==
<references/>
[[category:science]]

Capacitance

2008-11-21T00:50:32Z

ChrisDoyle:

'''Capacitance''' is a property of [[electric]] [[circuit]]s that describes how much electricity is stored between two plates or wires. It is defined as '''C=Q/V''', where ''C'' stands for capacitance, ''Q'' for [[charge]], and ''V'' for [[volume]].

Because of this inverse relationship, most capacitors are quite large compared to other parts on a circuit board, and still only power circuits in the range of a few microfarads. (The '''farad''', named for [[Michael Faraday]], is the unit of capacitance in the [[SI]] system.) Recently, by packing many curved plates into a single cylindrical capacitor, electronics companies have been able to shrink the volume of a capacitor by factors of two or three, thus producing a corresponding boost in farad capacity. It is now possible to buy capacitors as powerful as one or two farads, and super-small capacitors in the kilofarad (one thousand farads) range are being developed in [[Britain]].<ref>[http://www.engineerlive.com/news/20026/iec-to-develop-standard-for-supercapacitors.thtml IEC to develop standard for supercapacitors]. ''EngineerLive'', March 27, 2008.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Physics]]