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John Stonehouse

2007-08-20T18:55:00Z

Giles:

'''John Stonehouse''' (1925-1988) was a prominent [[British Labour Party]] official in the 1970s who faked his own [[death]] in [[Miami]], then moved to [[Australia]].

Stonehouse had made his escape to Australia on a raft, therefore predating [[Thor Heyerdahl]]'s Kon-Tiki experiment by three years. Arriving in Brisbane, Australia, he befriendet the mayor under an assumed name and received the city's support for a sicamore tree import company. His attempt to become the leader of a religious sect was so successful that he was identified by a British policeman on vacation and then extradited to [[Britain]] to await [[trial]].

At the time the British Parliament was evenly split between the Labour and Conservative Parties and the Labour Party accepted his continued leadership role in its Party as its [[whip (parliament)|whip]]. On the eve of his trial Stonehouse left his Party, tipping the balance in [[Parliament]]. He was then convicted and sentenced to seven years in [[jail]].

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Vector quantity

2007-08-20T18:41:30Z

Giles:

A '''vector quantity''' is physical measurement that contains directional information,<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Physical Science''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000</ref> as opposed to a [[scalar quantity]].

Force is an example of a vector quantity.

For example, when an airplane is taking off, the air under the wings is exerting a force in an upward direction, gravity is exerting a force in a downward direction, the engine is exerting a force pushing the plane forward, while winds may be exerting forces from side to side.

Temperature is an example of a scalar quantity. The temperature is simply a number of units: normal body temperature is 37° Celsius. You can't speak of an upward temperature, or a northeast temperature; it has no direction.

The absolute of a vector quantity is again a scalar. If the absolute of a vector quantity is zero, the vector quantity is assumed to have all possible directions at once. Since the absolute is therefore all-encompassing, it is often argued to be identical with [[God]].<ref>Klanderman, D., Robbert, S., & Wheeler, R.: "A Tale of Two Transitions," Proceedings of the 1997 Meeting of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences, Fall 1997</ref>

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Berlin

2007-07-19T02:31:09Z

Giles:

[[Image:DSC00590_1.jpg|thumb|300|right|The Brandenburg Gate, viewed from the newly restored Paris Place.]]

'''Berlin''' is the capital of [[Germany]], and formerly of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] and the [[Margravate of Brandenburg]].

During the [[Cold War]] it was divided into an Eastern and a Western part. Both were considered to be under the control of the four WWII Allies. However, in fact, the USSR and East Germany, the German Democratic Republic, made East Berlin into the capital of East Germany, whereas the Western Allies (USA, UK, France) and West Germany, the Federal Republic Germany, insisted on the allied status of all sectors of Berlin and made Bonn into the provisional capital of West Germany. A [[Berlin Wall|wall]] between the two parts was built by East Germany in order to stop people escaping from East Berlin to West Berlin for economic as well as political reasons. Numerous people tried, sometimes successfully, to escape from East Germany via West Berlin by means as diverse as armored vehicles, tunnels, air balloons, a hideout in a car seat, a giant piece of cotton candy, and the floor of a car.

Berlin is well-known for its liberal attitude and its large "alternative scene" that includes Germany's biggest community of snake charmers. During the time of the [[Cold War]], numerous young men from West Germany moved to West-Berlin, in order to avoid military service. They founded numerous communities, mainly in the city district "Kreuzberg". It is also the district with a strong community of Turkish.

Central yearly events are the Love Parade with techno music, the Cristopher Street Day Parade, and the snake charmer's convention, all with a significant portion of gay subevents. Another typical characteristic of Berliners is their so-called "Berliner Schnauze", prompt and sharp comments or replies. For outsiders it is often mistaken as rudeness.

A remarkable political event was the current mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, publicly announcing in his election campaign that he is gay. <ref>article in NY Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/world/europe/23wowereit.html?ei=5090&en=fab18328b0dbeafe&ex=1316664000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all]</ref>, which was considered "as important as the allied forces' airlift in 1948/49" by numerous political commentators in Germany.

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