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Maltheism

2007-03-25T09:59:43Z

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'''Maltheism''' is the [[Philosophy|philosophical]] belief that God (or the gods) is/are inherently malignant and/or hostile towards humanity. This belief is not tied to any one religion, being found among [[Gnostic]] [[Christians]] and the ancient [[Sumerians]].
This is obviously a construct of atheist scientists and an [[abomination]] in the site of [[loving and compassoinate God]].
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Pacific Ocean

2007-03-25T09:57:27Z

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The '''Pacific Ocean''' is the part of the [[ocean]] between California and [[Japan]]. It was first discovered by [[Hernan Cortez]], as recorded by [[John Keats]] in ''On First Looking into Chapman's Homer,'' although later scholars believed [[Balboa]] might have sighted it sooner.

The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest ocean, and one of the fabled "seven seas." [[Ferdinand Magellan]] crossed it on his voyages around the world. Athiest scientists have calculated that it has the same volume as the moon, and may be the [[bellybutton]] left when the moon and Earth were separated.
These athiest scientists are clearly wrong and an abomination in the site of loving and compassoinate God.

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Mediterranean Sea

2007-03-25T09:50:46Z

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The sea off the Atlantic Ocean which is almost completely enclosed by land. [[Europe]] to the north, [[Asia]] to the east, [[Africa]] to the south, and the Straits of Gibraltar to the west.

Athiest scientists think it was created by plate tectonics, although such a beautiful place can only be the work of a loving, compassoinate God.

Taj Mahal

2007-03-25T09:48:51Z

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[[Shah]] Jahan built the Taj Mahal in A.D. 1631-1650 in memory of his beloved wife Queen Mumtaz Mahal, who died in child birth. It is Islamic in origin.

The stunningly beautiful Taj Mahal is an enormous tomb built of pure white marble. Building it required the labor of 20,000 workers. Jahan was so overwhelmed with its beauty, and so cruel to its workers, that he had their hands cut off and were blinded by hot irons so they would never build another one like it! Jahan also constructed the "Red Fort," a red-sandstone palace and the "Peacock Throne," encrusted with thousands of gems.

Radiometric dating

2007-03-25T09:47:26Z

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Radiometric dating is using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000</ref> Radiometric dating is mostly used to determine the age of rocks. However, creationists question the method citing research by the Institute for Creation Research that suggests an accelerated decay occurred during the first 2.5 days of Creation.<ref>http://creationwiki.org/Accelerated_decay</ref> This would supposedly give scientists unreasonably old dates for rocks that do not fit within the Creation model.
As Einstein pointed out, "God does not play dice with the Universe." Howerver the accelerated decay model does prove that God hates athiest scientists and thwarts their rationalist explanations at every turn.

Radiometric dating relies on three improvable assumptions, 1) It assumes to know the amounts of the decaying material present when the rocks were formed, 2) It assumes the decay rate has been constant and 3) It assumes there have been no outside influences affecting the amounts of parent and daughter particles in that rock, or in other words the rock has been completely isolated from any outside influences.

Since radiometric dating has been shown to give inaccurate dates for rocks of known ages{{fact}} it should not be used to give dates for rocks of unknown ages. In addition if an obtained 'age' does not agree with secular scientists presuppositions then the date is ignored and tests are conducted on a different part of the rock or the rock is simply said to be of 'unknown' age.{{fact}}

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Desiderius Erasmus

2007-03-25T09:44:05Z

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The leading thinker of the [[Northern Renaissance]] was Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) in the Netherlands. He wanted more spirituality in the [[Catholic Church]] and urged a greater emphasis on the teachings of [[Jesus]]. He published a Greek edition of the [[New Testament]], and was the first scholar to become famous through use of the printing press, developed in the Northern Renaissance. But while he wrote satires about the Church that led others to criticize it, Erasmus condemned Luther and strenuously opposed the Reformation.<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/World_History_Lecture_Seven</ref>
Erismus was clearly wrong in this as the Reformation spawned many new and esciting religeons.
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Paul Dirac

2007-03-25T09:41:58Z

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Paul A.M. Diract (1902 AD -1984 AD) was a English theoretical physicist who helped develop mathematical expressions of quantum mechanics. His scientific philosophy was this: "Physical laws should have mathematical beauty and simplicity."

Dirac developed a equation of motion for the wavefunction of the electron based on relativity. Dirac to predicted the existence of the positron, the electron's antiparticle, which was subsequently discovered by Carl Anderson in 1932 AD. Dirac was the founder of quantum electrodynamics.

Dirac's published a famous textbook known as the "Principles of Quantum Mechanics" (1930 AD). This book introduced the widely used delta function and [[bracket notation]]. Inspired in part by this book, the well known athienst physicist Richard Feynman later proposed a path integral formulation of quantum mechanics in 1948 AD.

Catherine the Great

2007-03-25T09:40:16Z

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Catherine the Great was an empress of Russian who lived from April 21, 1729 to November 6, 1796. She is remembered for leading her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of Europe as well as her death due to deviant practices.

Amoebas

2007-03-25T09:38:23Z

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Any of various one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans of the genus Amoeba or related genera, having no definite form and consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane. It moves by means of pseudopods.

Scientists claim these were the beginning of all life on our planet, but are wrong. Any right thinking Christian knows that if we descended from ameobas, they would no longer exist.

Collectivism

2007-03-25T09:33:25Z

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'''Collectivism''' is the belief that consensus is a better mode of [[choice|decision]]-making than [[individualism]]. It is generally preferred by [[Liberal]]s. [[Conservative]]s generally prefer [[individualism]].{{fact}}

==See also==
*[[Communism]]
*[[Capitalism]]

Chimpanzee

2007-03-25T09:30:15Z

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Chimpanzee, often shortened to chimp, is the common name for the two extant species in the genus Pan. The better known chimpanzee is Pan troglodytes, the Common Chimpanzee, living primarily in West, and Central Africa. Its cousin, the [[Bonobo]] or "Pygmy Chimpanzee" as it is known archaically, Pan paniscus, is found in the forests of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. The Congo River forms the boundary between the two species.

Most adherents to the theory of evolution hold the view that chimpanzees and humans shared a close common ancestor.

==Measurements==
A full grown adult male chimpanzee can weigh from 35-70 kilograms (75-155 pounds) and stand 0.9-1.2 meters (3-4 feet) tall, while females usually weigh 26-50 kg (57-110 pounds) and stand 0.66-1 meters (2.0-3.5 feet) tall.

==Lifespan==
Chimpanzees rarely live past the age of 40 in the wild, but have been known to reach the age of 60 in captivity, and ''Tarzan'' star Cheeta is still alive [[as of 2006]] AD at the age of 74.

==Chimpanzee differences==
Anatomical differences between Common and Pygmy Chimpanzees are slight, but in [[sex|sexual]] and social behaviour there are marked differences. Common Chimpanzees have an [[omnivore|omnivorous]] [[diet (nutrition)|diet]], a troop [[predation|hunting]] culture based on beta males led by an [[alpha male]], and highly complex social relationships; Bonobos, on the other hand, have a mostly [[herbivorous]] diet and an [[egalitarian]], [[matriarchal]], sexually receptive behavior. The exposed skin of the face, hands and feet varies from pink to very dark in both species, but is generally lighter in younger individuals, darkening as maturity is reached. Bonobos have longer arms and tend to walk upright more often than the Common Chimpanzee.{{fact}}

==Taxonomic relationships==
The genus ''Pan'' is now considered to be part of the subfamily [[Homininae]] to which [[human]]s also belong. [[Biology|Biologists]] believe that the two species of chimpanzees are the closest living [[evolution|evolutionary]] relatives to [[human]]s. It is thought that humans shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees and gorillas as recently as [[Pliocene|four]] to [[Miocene|seven million years ago]]. Groundbreaking research by [[Mary-Claire King]] in 1973 AD found 99% identical [[DNA]] between human beings and chimpanzees,<ref>Mary-Claire King, ''Protein polymorphisms in chimpanzee and human evolution'', Doctoral dissertation, University of California, Berkeley (1973).</ref> although research since has modified that finding to about 94%<ref name=ns>{{cite web | url = http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=9D0DAC2B-E7F2-99DF-3AA795436FEF8039 |date = 2006-12-19 | title = Humans and Chimps: Close But Not That Close | publisher = Scientific American | accessdate = 2006-12-20}}</ref> commonality, with at least some of the difference occurring in 'junk' DNA. It has even been proposed that ''troglodytes'' and ''paniscus'' belong with ''sapiens'' in the genus ''[[Homo (genus)|Homo]]'', rather than in ''Pan''. One argument for this is that other species have been reclassified to belong to the same genus on the basis of less genetic similarity than that between humans and chimpanzees. Indeed cladistic taxonomy, based on both genetic difference and date of likely divergence, is very clear in placing both extant species of ''Pan'' in the genus ''Homo'', mainly because the genus ''Homo'' takes precedence on account of being coined first. It is very important, however, to consider where the differences in the genome appear. {{fact}}

A study published by Clark and Nielsen of [[Cornell University]] in the December 2003 AD issue of the journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' highlights differences related to one of humankind's defining qualities — the ability to understand [[language]] and to communicate through speech. These macro-phenotypic differences, however, may owe less to physiology than might be assumed given that ''Homo sapiens'' developed modern cultural features long after the modern physiological features were in place and indeed competed averagely against other species of ''Homo'' with regard to tools, etc for many millennia. Differences also exist in the genes for smell, in genes that regulate the metabolism of amino acids and in genes that may affect the ability to digest various proteins.
===Fossils===
Many [[Human evolution|human fossils]] have been found, but chimpanzee fossils were not described until 2005 AD. Existing chimpanzee populations in West and Central Africa do not overlap with the major human fossil sites in East Africa. However, chimpanzee fossils have now been reported from [[Kenya]]. This would indicate that both humans and members of the ''Pan'' [[clade]] were present in the East African [[Rift Valley]] during the Middle [[Pleistocene]].<ref name=firstfossil>{{cite journal | title = First fossil chimpanzee | last = McBrearty | first = S. | coauthors = N. G. Jablonski | journal = [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] | date = 2005-09-01 | volume = 437 | pages = 105-108 | id = {{Entrez Pubmed|16136135}}}}</ref>

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Everybody Loves Raymond

2007-03-25T09:18:39Z

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Everybody Loves Raymond is a long running [[CBS]] [[situation comedy]], centered around the life of [[Raymond Romano|Raymond "Ray" Romano]] and his long suffering family. Airing from September 13th 1996 until May the 16th 2005, the series became a run away success.
The series focuses on Italian American writer Ray's often troubled relationship with his wife and family in a deeply personal exploration of the personal bonds formed and broken in modern blue-collar American households.

The program features Romano's wife Debra, old-fashioned parents Marie and Frank, and autistic{{fact}} cop brother Robert.

The underlying irony of the whole series is that while it is titled "Everybody Loves Raymond", it is soon apparent that in truth everybody hates Raymond. But after engaging with the series further viewers can witness that deep down everybody really does love Raymond.

Lake

2007-03-25T02:54:12Z

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A lake is a body of water surrounded entirely by land.

Gay marriage

2007-03-25T02:53:10Z

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"Gay marriage" is the legal union of a man to a man or woman to a woman.

==The History of Gay Marriage==
Gay marriage was first put forth as a serious, political ideal in France shortly before the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. René Felícruea was a prominent Parisian historian and avid atheist who had fallen in love with a Jewish boy that attended a local synagogue. Felícruea is purported to have seen the young boy going to-and-from the synagogue every day, and the two started up a cheerful friendship that last until the boy turned eighteen. At this point, the two had begun admitting feelings for one another, but local laws and customs forbade them from marrying. Felícruea petitioned the powers in Paris to allow the marriage, but his petition went unheard. Felícruea purportedly died during the German invasion. The details and name of his young lover have remained a mystery.{{fact}}

Four Noble Truths

2007-03-25T02:50:59Z

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Four central Buddhist beliefs: 1) suffering 2) suffering caused by craving 3) eliminate craving 4) 8-Fold Path. {{fact}}

Canterbury Tales

2007-03-25T02:49:15Z

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The '''Canterbury Tales''' is a collection of stories by [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]. It concerns a group of pilgrims travelling to Canterbury. As they walk, they entertain each other by telling stories.

The pilgrims are given distinct personalities and characters, and the work is considered to be one of the ancestors of the modern novel.

Chaucer wrote in [[Middle English]], a form of English that is so archaic that it can be difficult to understand without a glossary or explanatory notes. Most modern English readers prefer to read it in translation.

Some of the Canterbury Tales were long considered too ribald and obscene to be published in the United States without expurgation. {{fact}}

Nine Hells

2007-03-25T02:48:34Z

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The Nine Hells is an otherworldly realm in which the nine different levels of [[Hell]] are encased. It is not a part of standard Christian theology, and was popularized by Dante's inferno. The ninth level of hell, called Judecca, named after [[Judas Iscariot]], is described by Dante as a frozen lake of ice, in which the greatest sinners, traitors, are frozen to varying degrees in the ice. In the center of Judecca is Satan, frozen up to his waste in the ice. He is described as having three faces, in the three mouths he chews for eternity the three greatest sinners: [[Brutus]], [[Cassius]], and in the middle mouth, [[Judas Iscariot]]. {{fact}}

Medicare Advantage Private Fee for Service

2007-03-25T02:47:36Z

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Medicare Advantage Private Fee for Service (MAPFFS) Plans were established by the Medicare Modernization Act, also established Medicare Part D. The Medicare beneficiary who enrolls with a private company in the MAPFFS pays between $700 and $1,200 per month and the government transfers to the private company its responsibility for the patient's hospital stays, out-patient treatment, or medication.

The idea, apparently, is to privatize Medicare on a voluntary basis.{{fact}}

John Calvin

2007-03-25T02:44:52Z

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July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564 AD, a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation. He helped develop the system of Christian theology called Calvinism.

Calvin received an excellent education. He expected to become a priest, and at the age of twelve he was tonsured. When a person was tonsured his hair was cut, leaving the top of his head bald. This represented giving your life to Jesus, because in that day and age, long hair symbolized secular power.

In 1523, Calvin began attending the University of Paris. Here, he was exposed to Protestant thinking for the first time.
Eventually the Protestant thinkers at the University won Calvin to their way of thinking, and he became an open [[Huguenot]].
However, in 1534 King Francis I began persecuting the Huguenots, and Calvin had to flee Paris. During a short stay in Basel, Switzerland, he completed his masterpiece ''Institutes of the Christian Religion'', which outlined the Protestant faith and explained why Protestant doctrine was not heretical.
In 1536, during an intended overnight stay in Geneva, Switzerland, Calvin met William Farel, another reformer. Farel, although a very strong preacher, lacked eloquence and the ability to argue well. He wanted Calvin to remain in Geneva and assist him in his preaching there.
Calvin had no wish to remain in Geneva. He wanted, instead, to continue his journey to Strasbourg. However, when Farel lost his temper with Calvin's stubborness and shouted,"If you refuse to dedicate yourself here with us to this work of God, God will curse you, for you seek yourself rather than Christ!", Calvin felt that God had called him to Geneva.
At that time, Geneva was said to be a very immoral city. Some people did not take kindly to Calvin clamping down on their "[[Libertarianism | liberty]]" (which was merely the license to do whatever they wanted-immoral or otherwise). Calvin was threatened many times, banished once for three years, and insulted by having stray dogs named "Calvin" after him. However, his hard work for reform in Geneva paid off. In later years, the liberal attitude of Geneva allowed the city to become known as the "Protestant Rome". It became a safe haven for persecuted Reformed scholars from Scotland and England during the Catholic rules of "Bloody" [[Mary I]] and Mary Stuart.

Calvin is often remembered in conjuction with the trial and execution of Michael Servetus, who was condemned by both many Reformers and the Roman Catholic church for committing heresy by denying the Trinity. Servetus was burned at the stake, despite Calvin's recomendation that Servetus ought rather to be beheaded, a form of execution considered in that day to be more honorable.

Calvin's theology influenced many different Reformational groups, particularly the Presbyterians in Scotland, the Congregationalists and Baptists England and the Dutch Reformed Church in Netherlands. The Westminster Confession, the London Baptist Confession and the Belgic Confession are three statements of belief created by these groups and affirm a Calvinistic interpretation of theology.

Calvin's theology, known as "Calvinism," later became twisted by into the ''Hyper-Calvinism'' by some. Hyper-Calvinists over-emphasize predestination, the doctrine that God chooses who will put their faith in Him, to the point where they abandoned preaching the Gospel. This position has been renounced by most Christian groups, including all major Reformed denominations and groups, who affirm the preaching of the Gospel to the unregenerate as one of the commands given to the Church by Christ himself.{{fact}}

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Hadrian

2007-03-25T02:43:34Z

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Hadrian was a Roman Emperor who lived from January 24, 76 to July 10, 138, succeeding [[Trajan]]. He was the third of the [[Five Good Emperors]], and built many defensive walls. The most famous of these is known simply as [[Hadrian's Wall]] and stands between [[England]] and [[Scotland]].

Hadrian was succeeded by [[Antoninus Pius]].

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Taliban

2007-03-25T02:41:23Z

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The '''Taliban''' is a Sunni [[Islam]]ic [[fundamentalist]] movement which effectively ruled most of [[Afghanistan]] from 1996 when the United States assisted them until 2001, when United States forces invaded Afganistan and overthrew them. The reason given for invasion was that the Taliban had ties to [[al-Qaeda]] (a militant [[Sunni]] Islamist organization), the group that is held responsible for the attacks on America, September 11th, 2001. The Taliban retains control of substantial tracts of Afghanistan to this day, and continues to co-ordinate attacks against the Afghan government and supporting coalition forces.

The word "taliban" means "students".

The Taliban's rule was characterized by a fanatical intolerance for other religions and the fact that women could not be educated. Additionally, the Taliban banned all forms of television, imagery, music and sports, resulting in Afganistan being suspended from the 2000 Olympics. The Taliban were also strongly against [[drugs]]; since their overthrow [[heroin]] production in Afghanistan has increased massively and the country is now once again the world's largest producer. {{fact}}

Affirmative Action

2007-03-25T02:39:53Z

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'''Affirmative action''' is a term describing policies, programs, and laws intended to boost ethnic [[Minority|minorities]], particularly as applied within the [[United States]] federal goverment. However, in implementation, affirmative action is an area in which government policy is contradictory.

The law of the United States is non-discrimination: the concept that race, sex, ethnicity, skin color, or country of national origin are not criteria which should be used in job selection, education opportunities, etc. The original concept of affirmative action was that it is desirable to not merely act on non-discrimination passively (i.e., saying "this job is open to any applicant", but then making no efforts to find minority applicants), but should also be done ''affirmatively'', by taking definite actions to find applicants from minorities. This would be, in its way, admirable.

However, in current use, affirmative action goes beyond this, often mandating the use of quotas for setting aside jobs or a portion of college entrance positions for each minority (including also some "minorities" which are actually majorities). In effect, this means selecting applicants by the color of their skin, precisely what the original concept of non-discrimination forbids. This is sometimes called "reverse discrimination," although this term is rather contradictory-- discrimination remains discrimination.

In short, "affirmative action" is an action that had an admirable origin, but has been taken to the point where it enforces the very discrimination that it had been intended to prevent. {{fact}}

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Empress Dowager Cixi

2007-03-25T02:32:57Z

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Empress Cixi lived from November 29, 1835 to November 15, 1908. She was a consort of the Xianfeng emperor, mother of the Tongzhi emperor, and adoptive mother of the Guangxu emperor. {{fact}}

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Day

2007-03-25T02:31:06Z

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A '''day''' is the amount of time it takes for the [[earth]] to revolve once around the [[sun]]. God created the world in seven days. {{fact}}

Far East

2007-03-25T02:29:56Z

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An inexact term used to refer to the area emcompassing East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Eastern Russia; the Pacific and Indian Ocean coast region of Asia.

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Human Events

2007-03-25T02:29:00Z

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''Human Events'' was founded as a conservative magazine in 1944. Its name comes from the opening of the [[Declaration of Independence]]: "When in the course of human events ..."

Eagle Publishing purchased ''Human Events'' and also a conservative book publisher, ''Regnery Publishing, Inc.'' Its current editors are Thomas S. Winter and Terence P. Jeffrey, and its prominent columnists include Robert Novak and [[Ann Coulter]].

President [[Ronald Reagan]] would describe ''Human Events'' as his favorite newspaper. {{fact}}

Human Events

2007-03-25T02:28:37Z

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Wesleyan Revival

2007-03-25T02:27:47Z

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The Wesleyan Revival swept England in the 18th century and brought the message of salvation by faith. Englishmen began returning to church and the Bible, inspired by [[George Whitfield]] and John and [[Charles Wesley]]. Along with other accomplishments, the revival brought a new importance to work, teaching that it should be done for the glory of God.

The Wesleyan Revival was one of the causes of the [[Industrial Revolution]], {{fact}} as it inspired farmers with a work ethic to use their land more efficiently and develop better tools. With a strong, agricultural base of support and plenty of capital, England was able to expand into manufacturing.

First Estate

2007-03-25T02:26:56Z

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The First Estate was a social level in pre-revolutionary [[France]]. It consisted of the clergy, which while only onstituting about 1% of the population controlled 10% of the land.

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Washington Monument

2007-03-25T02:24:26Z

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The Washington Monument is an [[obelisk]] structure that stands 555 feet tall in Washington, D.C. Engraved on its metal cap is the Latin phrase "Laus Deo," meaning "Praise be to God."

Cable News Network

2007-03-25T02:22:55Z

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'''CNN''' (officially the '''Cable News Network''') is the oldest 24 hour cable news channel in the [[United States]]. First started in 1980 by [[Ted Turner]] it is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, which is owned by Time Warner.

From its origin as a cable-only service, CNN now broadcasts worldwide by satellite, with programs presented from studios in several countries in addition to their headquarters in Atlanta. Some regions receive locally produced opt-outs (under the name "CNN International"), and there are also broadcasts in [[Spanish]], [[German]], [[Italian]], [[Croatian]], [[Turkish]] and [[Gaelic]].

== Allegations of Bias ==
It has been accused by media critics of having a liberal slant to their reporting.[http://newsbusters.org/taxonomy/term/13]

Gregory the Great

2007-03-25T02:19:22Z

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Gregory the Great, or Gregory I, was a [[Pope]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] who lived from AD 520 to 604.

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Pendleton Act

2007-03-25T02:17:27Z

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The U.S. Civil Service established a merit system for federal government workers with the Pendleton Act (1883). This ended the spoils system for many government jobs. {{fact}}

Net Benefit

2007-03-25T02:09:58Z

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Total profits minus total expenses.

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Tribal Assembly

2007-03-25T02:08:24Z

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Roman assembly of plebians & patricians, composed of members of 35 various Roman tribes. {{fact}}

Blue Whales

2007-03-25T02:06:45Z

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The largest living animal on earth, which lives in the largest ecosystem of our planet: the oceans.

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Lewis and Clark

2007-03-25T02:04:34Z

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Lewis Merryweather and William Clark set sail on May 14, 1804 in three boats to explore the western land acquired from injuns during the era of the Louisiana Purchase. At the time, anything west of the mississippi was considered louisiana, hence the name Louisiana Purchase. louisiana is now widely considered to be an eastern state and smaller in area than the square footage of the original louisiana purchase would indicate. Lewis and Clark traveled up the Missouri river from St. Louis, the then-capital of Missouri, and traveled all the way to the Pacific Ocean, where they realized that in traveling westward they had actually come closer to what was at that time considered the east (the Asian continent). That one can ultimately approach the east by traveling in either direction has come to be known as Lewis & Clark's Paradox.

During Lewis and Clark's navigation across louisiana, they found that a lot of the water they needed to traverse was actually dry land. They had to carry their three boats across these patches of land, so they called for help from the government, who sent them 40 men to carry the boats for them. Along the way they picked up a young native princess named Sacka Jewia. Jewia's insistence on sitting in one of the boats while it was being carried made Lewis and Clark's job that much more difficult. Despite the tension caused by the presence of a nagging and needy woman, Lewis and Clark put up with Sacka Jawea and even allowed her to stop and ask for directions when they were lost.

Lewis and Clark returned to St. Louis on Sept. 23, 1806, and were showered with love by those who knew who they were. Sacka Jewia, who had to pretend to be white in order to assimilate, had a golden coin made in her honor. This coin is still accepted as legal tender in most American cities.

Lewis and Clark brought back lots of useful information for american textbooks of what was at that time considered the future, but now we know as contemporary times. They found many plants in the west that would perhaps be interesting to study, but not wanting to damage the pristine landscape they did not touch the plants and instead wrote of them in their diaries, which were also left at the scene. Of the party of 40 men who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition, only one was eaten by a bear, a feat considered extraordinary to today's explorers.

Both Lewis and Clark were rewarded with large plots of land. Lewis later served as governor of the Louisiana Territory, and Clark governed the Missouri Territory, which some historians consider ironic. Sacka Jewia was forced to return to the west when it was discovered that she had part native american blood. along with her ancestors and descendants Sacka was forced to walk what historians call the Trail of Tears, because at that time Indians did not want to live in the west, which was considered uninhabitable and it made them sad to have to walk all that way for nothing. Today, the majority of Indians actually live in the west and can be seen inhabiting what was then considered uninhabitable, a testament to the american dream.
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1948 Arab-Israeli War

2007-03-24T01:18:36Z

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The '''1948 Arab-Israeli War''', referred to as the '''War of Independence''' (מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis, and '''The Catastrophe''' ("al Nakba", النكبة) by Arabs, was the first armed conflict fought by the modern state of [[Israel]] against the [[Arab]] nations of [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Iraq]], and other Arab militias.{{fact}}

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Plasma

2007-03-24T01:17:21Z

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A plasma is an gas where some or all of its atoms have had their electrons stripped off, this state is called ionized. Therefore, a plasma consists of both negatively charged electrons, and positively charged ions.
A plasma is generally regarded as the 4th state of matter. {{Fact}}

Collinwood School fire

2007-03-24T01:16:30Z

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On Ash Wednesday, March 4th 1908, 172 students, teachers and a rescuer we killed in Collinwood, Ohio, now part of Cleveland. Started by a steam pipe overheating a wooden joist, it quickly spread because of a long, main staircase which lead to the third floor.
The building contained a brick exterior. Its interior was made almost entirely of combustible wooden materials -- stairs, walls, floors, doors, and roof. Moreover, the floors had been coated many times with flammable oils.

It was originally thought that the students were unable to escape because the doors of the school opened inward. Panic was the cause of so many dying in the stairwell. Some children burned or jumped as parents watched, helpless to save them.

Nineteen students could not be identified and the City of Collinwood purchased a grave in Lake View Cemetary in Cleveland for these children.

This tragedy caused the improvement of fire codes across the nation according to the website Dead Ohio.{{Fact}}

Jihad

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'''Jihad''' is an [[Islam|Islamic]] term meaning "to exert utmost effort, to strive, struggle"; has many meanings to the [[Muslim]], both inward and outward; mainly used to describe a "holy war" that Muslims fight against non-Muslims or Muslims of other Islamic sects. The word "Jihad" is a transliteration of the [[Arabic]] word "جهاد".

Jihad as "struggle," is divided into two types, the greater Jihad and the lesser Jihad. The greater Jihad is the internal struggle against [[sin]] and temptation. The lesser Jihad is the physical war against the [[infidel]]. {{Fact}}

Jihad

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Social contract

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A '''social contract''' is an implied agreement between people and their government, whereby the people give up some rights to government in exchange for protection. The Enlightenment developed this concept of a social contract.

This concept was used by the Founders of the United States to declare that the ruler (the king) had broken the "contract" and therefore independence is justified.

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Battle of Passchendale

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The '''Battle of Passchendale''' was also known as the Third Battle of Ypres. This third battle was fought in Ypres, [[Belgium]] which had seen two previous battles, one in 1914 and one one 1915. The Third Battle of Ypres lasted 18 months beginning in 1917. In this battle the [[United Kingdom|British]] hid 19 huge land mines underneath the [[Germany|German]] lines. Unfortunately once the land mines exploded the British did not move fast enough and became bogged down by the ensuing rain. This battle ended as another failure for the Allies.

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Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius was the last of the [[Five Good Emperors]] of Rome. He lived from 121 to 180 BC and was a philosopher king who wrote many great works. His book ''Meditation'' emphasized one's duty. Marcus Aurelius should have thought more about his successor, however, because his death marked the end of the [[Pax Romana]].

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Constitutional Convention

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This was a meeting held in the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia. The meeting was created to discuss what could be done to make our government stronger. The previous type of government, [[Articles of Confederation]], left the government unable to be strong.

Brazil

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== Geography ==
Located in [[South America]]<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/br.html CIA World Factbook]</ref>, '''Brazil''' has the third largest area among American countries and the second largest population<ref>[http://www.brasil.gov.br/ingles/about_brazil Brazilian Government Web Portal]</ref>.

== Government ==
It is currently governed by the leftist ''Partido dos Trabalhadores'' (Worker's Party)<ref>[http://www.pt.org.br PT - Partido dos Trabalhadores]</ref>, a founding member of the ''Foro de São Paulo'' ([[Sao Paulo Forum]])<ref>[http://www.forosaopaulo.org Foro de SP]</ref>.

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Samurai

2007-03-24T01:03:48Z

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[[Image:samurai.jpg|thumb|500px|An artist's portrayal of a Samurai]]The samurai were the military nobility of Japan. They were equivalent to the [[vassals]] of European [[Feudalism]].

The Samurai were simply soldiers no different from those in Europe, prior to the Tokugawa dynasty (16th Century). After the unification of Japan, they became a class of warrior-scholars, who developed a code of honor and chivalry which was never tested until World War 2. The mythology they created around themselves led to the belief that Samurai never ran from battle, served their masters faithfully even if it meant death, and commited suicide when dishonored. As Japan was largely at peace for 400 years, these myths are largely not founded in fact. Japan's kamikaze pilots killed themselves because they believed the samurai ideal of service until death, and the hope for an honorable death. {{fact}}

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De Colores

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De Colores is a popular folk-song, believed to have originated in Spain several hundred years ago. It is usually sung in Spanish. It was popularized during the protest movements of the 1960s. {{fact}}

It is the unofficial anthem of the Communist United Farm Workers of America founded by Ceasar Chavez. When singing this song, singers often "hold hands and sway".

It became popular in the 1980's among liberals and Communists in Central and South America in the ''[[liberation theology]]'' movement.

This song is also alleged to be a favorite of homosexual groups due to the "rainbow" references. {{fact}}

Of colors, colors
the fields in the spring get dressed.
Of colors, colors
they are the pajarillos that come from outside.
Of colors, colors
it is the rainbow that we see shine.
And for that reason the great loves
of many colors, they (the colors) please me.
And for that reason the great loves
of many colors, they (the colors) please me.

The rooster sings, sings the rooster
with kiri, kiri, kiri, kiri, kiri.
The hen, the hen
with kara, kara, kara, kara, kara.
The chicks, the chicks
with pio, pio, pio, pio, pi.
And for that reason the great loves
of many colors, they (the colors) please me.
And for that reason the great loves
of many colors, they (the colors) please me.

Of colors, colors
in colors brilliant and fine is clothed the dawn.
Of colors, colors
They are the thousand reflections that the altresora sun.
Of colors, colors
the diamond gets dressed that we see shine.
And for that reason the great loves
of many colors, they (the colors) please me.
And for that reason the great loves
of many colors, they (the colors) please me.

Locally compact

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A [[topological space]] X is locally compact if every point in X has a neighbourhood that is a compact subspace of X.

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