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Crossroads

2011-02-20T23:35:52Z

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'''Crossroads''' was a famous British TV [[soap opera]] that ran from 1964 until 1988. It centered around the family of Meg Mortimer, her son Sandy and her daughter Jayne. It was set in a hotel near Birmingham, which is a big town near London, England. The series focussed on the trials and tribulations of running the eponymous hotel.

===Early days ===

The early plots of the soap featured many semi-comic situations that might have occurred during the everyday running of a hotel. Chief characters of this time included Gordon Honeycombe, the guest who believed he was reading the news from the hotel elevators, Manuel, the semi-incompetent waiter from [[Portuagal]] whose interpretations of guest food orders often led to hilarious results and funny goings-on in the kitchen, led by the irrepressible [[Mr. Pastry]].

===Latter days ===
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===The Final days ===

By 1982 Crossroads was struggling in the ratings so the BBC decided to give them a boost. Meg Mortimer, the central character in the soap was to be burnt out of the hotel in a bonfire set by Benny but luckily for her she was rescued by Sandy who had a last minute change of heart and sent her off on a cross channel ferry, ''The Herald of Free Enterprise'' for a day trip to [[Zeebrugge]]. After Meg left the ratings dropped further and the BBC replaced the series with more repeats of ''Are you being Served?''.

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Essay:Christianity, Survival of the Fittest, and Intelligent Design

2011-02-20T23:35:35Z

Debates on evolution and intelligent design are commonplace, but largely focus on biological systems. However, it is interesting to reflect on the fact that these same principles can be applied to non-biological systems. Computer programmers, for example, routinely apply what could be considered "evolutionary algorithms" in software design, demonstrating two things: one, that certain of the mechanisms ascribed to evolution do indeed exist (something which is not debated by Creationists) and, two, that an intelligent agent can employ those mechanisms to achieve a desired goal.

Keeping this in mind, we can then ask the question: how is it that Christianity has prospered for two thousand years, whereas countless other religions have withered and died? The simplest answer to this, of course, is "God wills it so." Need we leave it there, though? Can we, through diligent inquiry, determine some of the mechanisms by which He has caused His Will to be realized?

I propose that Christianity itself is an illustration of the ways in which an intelligent designer can use limited evolutionary mechanisms to achieve a desired goal.
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However, viewing these laws in hindsight, we are struck by how amazingly practical they were, and how focused on a single goal: preventing the spread of disease. The washing of hands, the avoidance of pork (and thus trichinosis,) the insistence on keeping human waste away from living areas--all of these would combine to increase the "fitness" of a people practicing them enormously.

==The New Testament and Christ's Commandments==

Likewise, consider the New Testament and Christ's lessons concerning the sick. Matthew 25:36 makes it clear that we are to care for the sick; likewise, Christ, through His deeds, showed time and time again that caring for the sick was a Christian duty commanded by God.

Was this more than simply an example of His infinite compassion? Was it also an example of intelligent design?

Consider: historically, the first reaction to illness has often been to avoid the sick. In one respect, the commandment to visit and care for the sick seems counter-intuitive and unwise. However, coupled with the Mosaic strictures concerning hygiene, caring for the sick would, again, tend to raise the overall survival rate among Christian communities during times of plague or pestilence. Christianity, then, is a survival trait, and being a Christian would make one more "fit" in an evolutionary sense.

==The Practical Side of Mercy==

The early history of Christianity is one of proselytization--the faithful going out into a pagan world to teach them Christ's Word. On the surface of it, this seems a daunting task. Why would wildly diverse pagan peoples abandon their long-held beliefs and embrace the Word of God?

Here, again, we can see the immense practicality--the design--inherent in the cumulative commandments of the Old and New Testaments. Many pagan traditions were immensely pragmatic: they wanted results. If a given god's followers were victorious in battle, they would adopt worship of that god. If a given god's people suffered from hardships, they would abandon worship of that god.

Consider, then, the case of such a people with a Christian minority living among them. Being neither stupid nor unobservant, they would be able to see that, during times of disease, the Christian community was far less afflicted than their own. In short, they would be able to see that praying to the God of Abraham gets results. This would make them inclined to adopt such worship themselves. In a competing marketplace of ideas, the idea of Christianity would prove "more fit" and would gradually supplant other ideas and other faiths.

==Evolution or Design?==

Can we simply ascribe this to fortunate happenstance? Well, yes, in the sense that you can ascribe ''anything'' to happenstance and coincidence. You could come across an arrangement of stones spelling out the word "HELLO" and claim that the stones simply fell that way by coincidence--but it is unlikely that most reasonable people would agree.

The fact that there are so many laws in the Bible which, to an uninformed observer, seem illogical, disconnected, and of no value, yet which combine to ensure the propagation both of the faith and the faithful, COULD be a coincidence--but it would be a coincidence so large as to stagger the imagination.

Clearly, the more reasonable conclusion is that these "unrelated" passages--written centuries apart--combine so well because they were designed to do so, by a guiding and exceedingly wise Designer.

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Aneurin Bevan

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'''Aneurin Bevan''' (1897-1960) (commonly called '''Nye Bevan''') was a British left wing socialist politician and cabinet minister in the post-war Labour government of [[Clement Attlee]].

Bevan was born in Tredegar, [[Monmouthshire]], in south [[Wales]]; his father was a coal miner and Bevan himself started work in the pits at the age of 13. He became a trade union activist, and was converted to Marxism while on a scholarship to the union-supported Central Labour College in [[London]]. Returning to south Wales in 1921, he found himself blacklisted, and did not work again until 1924. In 1926 he became a full time miners' union official and in 1929 was elected to [[Parliament]] as Labour MP for [[Ebbw Vale]]. A spokesman for the left wing of the Labour Party, he was expelled for some months in 1939 for supporting a [[United Front]] of the [[Labour Party]] and [[Communist Party of Great Britain]].

During the war he agitated for the opening of a 'Second Front' in western Europe to relieve pressure on the [[Soviet Union]], and was described by [[Winston Churchill]] (whom Bevan had supported for the premiersjhip in 1940) as "a squalid nuisance."

In 1945 Bevan was made Minister of Health in the new Labour government, an onerous role that included responsibility for housing as well as health matters. He is remembered partly for his work in bringing about the construction of some hundreds of thousands of municipal houses despite severe shortages of materials, but mainly for his role in creating the [[National Health Service]], which was inaugurated on 5 July 1948. Bevan was made GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!O
As a [[back-bencher]], Bevan was the leader of a clique of left-wing Labour MPs who became known as 'Bevanites'; their opposition to party policy, coupled with Bevan's increaingly rancorous temperament, brought increasing splits to the Parliamentary party, from which Bevan was briefly suspended in 1955. However, following the resignation of Clement Atlee as Labour leader in 1955, his replacement, Gaitskell, appointed Bevan to the [[Shadow Cabinet]] as Shadow Colonial Secretary; and a year later, as Shadow Foreign Secretary. In this role Bevan outraged many of his former left-wing supporters when, at the 1957 Labour Party conference, he denounced calls for unilateral nuclear disarmament by the [[United Kingdom]], saying famously that such a policy would send him, as a putative future Labour Foreign Secretary, "naked into the conference chamber."

Bevan died of cancer in 1960.

In 1934 Bevan married Jennie Lee (1904-1988), also a socialist MP, but at that time a member for the [[Independent Labour Party]] rather than the Labour Party. Between 1964 and 1967 she served as Arts Minister in the Labour Government of Harold Wilson.

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Taras Fedorovych

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'''Taras Fedorovych''' was a [[Hetman]] of the [[Ukrainian Kozak|Ukrainian Kozaks]]. His date of birth and death are unknown. In 1629 he campaigned against the [[Crimean Tatars]]. In March 1630, he led a Kozak-peasant revolt against the [[Poland|Polish Commonwealth]]. This revolt was known as the ''Fedorovych Uprising'', and it was brought on by the exploitation of the Ukrainian peasantry and the forced conversions to [[Catholicism]]. He scored victories in the battles of [[Korsun]] and [[Pereiaslav]] and forced the Poles to accept a new treaty at Pereiaslav in 1630. The treaty process was corrupt and the Kozak leadership did not implant the conditions that Fedorovych wanted. He was removed as hetman, but he attempted to lead more revolts in the following years. He fought against the Poles alongside the [[Russia|Russians]] in the [[Smolensk War]] of 1632-34. He tried to engage further Russian support against Poland in 1636, but the Russians turned him down. They did not want to enter new conflicts with Poland.
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[http://exlibris.org.ua/greathistory/r21.html Велика Історія України(Great History of Ukraine)]

[http://www.encyclopediaof ukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\F\E\FedorovychTaras.htm Encyclopedia of Ukraine]
==Further reading==
Subtelny, Orest. ''Ukraine - A History''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993

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United States presidential election, 1932

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The country faced a great economic depression by the time President [[Herbert Hoover]] was up for reelection. Although he won the Republican party nomination, he was unpopular in the overall opinions of the people because of the depression. The Democrats nominated [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] as their candidate.

Roosevelt proposed a "[[New Deal]]" for Americans, a program with emphasis on [[states' rights]], opposition to too powerful central government, opposition to big government which should be cut down to its proper size, opposition to high taxes, unbalanced budgets, and government debts. In preelection speeches, Roosevelt stressed the rights of the states so much so as to urge that public welfare relief, old age pensions and unemployment insurance should be administered by the states, and that the federal government would merely aid the states with relief funds and serve as collection agent for social insurance. Above all Roosevelt decried the shocking spending habits of the Republicans and the mounting public debt. He called Herbert Hoover "the greatest spender in history." He said of the Republican party : "It has piled bureau on bureau, commission on commission ... at the expense of the taxpayer." He told the people: "For three long years I have been going up and down thisGOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!O]] a surplus of $15,000,000 and left it with a deficit of $90,000,000. Toward the end of the 1932 Presidential campaign he cried: "Stop the deficits! Stop the deficits!"

This was the New Deal as it was described to the people in the fall of 1932.

Another thing that smeared Hoover's campaign was when a group of Veterans made a public march. Hoover ordered General [[Douglas MacArthur]] to gently disperse them. However McArthur was far from gentle and several people were badly injured. Hoover bore the blame for it. The voters clearly decided in favor of Roosevelt on election day.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! candidates
! popular vote
! electoral vote
|-
| Franklin Roosevelt
| 22, 809, 638
| 472
|-
| Herbert Hoover
| 15, 758, 901
| 59
|-
| [[Norman Thomas]]
| 881, 951
| 0
|-
| [[William Z. Foster]]
| 102, 785
| 0
|-
| [[William D. Upshaw]]
| 81, 869
| 0
|-
| [[Verne L. Reynolds]]
| 33, 276
| 0
|-
| [[William H. Harvey]]
| 53, 425
| 0
|}
<ref> [[A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents]], by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001, p. 124.</ref>

==References==
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Crossword/Answer1

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Core nations

2011-02-20T23:35:23Z

The term "'''core nations'''" refers to the most dominant countries in the world economic system. The core produces capital-intensive high-technology goods from their sophisticated technologies and mechanized means of production. The [[United States]] is considered to be one of the core nations.

==See also==
*[[Clash of Civilizations]]
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Renaissance Terms I

2011-02-20T23:35:22Z

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{{Renaissance Terms}}
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Lost (TV series)

2011-02-20T23:35:21Z

'''''Lost''''' was a popular television series made by the [[ABC|American Broadcasting Company]], which ran six seasons from September 2004 to May 2010.

The series follows the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, which crashes on an unidentified island in the Pacific Ocean. The group of strangers must learn to cooperate in order to survive the island's challenges, which are vastly more complicated than initially thought. Despite the standard "desert island" scenario, the plot involves much more than mere survival against the elements, with the castaways encountering several mysteries and ever-deepening conspiracies to deal with, as well as bizarre occurences and mysterious phenomena meeting them at every turn.

In the first three seasons, each episode typically centered around one character, with events on the island mixed with flashbacks to important parts of that person's life before the crash. Later in the series, however, this formula was altered several times, in ways that were appropriate to the radically-changing nature of the plot.

''Lost'''s pilot was aired on September 22, 2004, and the finale of its sixth season, and thus of the entire series, was broadcast on May 23rd, 2010. The announcement for the show's end date, including the number of remaining episodes and their distribution among the remaining seasons, was made in May 2007, close to the end of the show's third season. The show's creators had been urging the network to agree to this relatively rare arrangement for some time, and explaining this move, executive producer Damon Lindelof remarked that "We always envisioned 'Lost' as a show with a beginning, middle and end. By officially announcing exactly when that ending will be, the audience will now have the security of knowing that the story willGOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!Oconflicts.<ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01/fans-rejoice-lost-defeated-the-state-of-the-union-today.html</ref>

''Lost'' made unusual demands on its audience's ability to keep track of a long-term, detailed plot, and perhaps as a result of this gradually lost viewership, from 15.5 million in the first season to an average of 11 million in its fifth season.<ref>
*http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=062105_06
*http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=032409_05</ref> However, it received excellent reviews during its run, and still at its lowest point enjoyed an audience of over eight million viewers.<ref>http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2009/03/episode-510-hes-our-you-last-night.html</ref> Additionally, the show's complexity was clearly the draw for this loyal fanbase, and inspired numerous websites, such as "Lostpedia" and "DarkUFO," which posted detailed weekly analyses of each aspect of the plot and characters. Also noteworthy is that much in the way of Christian imagery and themes permeate the show's narrative. For example, one important character's name is "Christian Shepherd," and several characters exemplify the conflict between [[science]] and [[faith]]. Overall, the theme of [[good and evil|good vs. evil]] is predominant, with other Christian themes such as [[redemption]] and [[judgment]] playing major roles. One of the show's executive producers, Carlton Cuse, has often stated publicly that he's a Catholic whose faith informs his writing.<ref>
*A radio interview with Monsignor Jim Lisante http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/14182, See Podcast 035
*see also blog discussion and transcript at http://tonyrossi.blogspot.com/2008/01/lost-and-found.html</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[http://imdb.com/title/tt0411008/ The Internet Movie Database's ''Lost'' entry]
*[http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page "Lostpedia," a complete wiki devoted to the show]

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Dante Alighieri

2011-02-20T23:35:20Z

[[Image:Dante alighieri.jpg|right|thumb|Dante Alighieri]]
'''Dante Alighieri''' (1265-1321) was a late [[Medieval]] or early [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] poet, born to a prominent family in [[Florence]], whose most famous work is the [[Divine Comedy]]. The Italian town of Florence was considered the cradle of the Renaissance by 1425 (partly due to Dante's work), but [[Venice]] and [[Rome]] became just as successful by the early 1500s.

Dante was politically active, part of the physicians, apothacaries, and book dealers guild and later one of the 6 priors of Florence. Florence was divided into factions, the Papal Guelphs, the “Whites”, with Pope Boniface VIII, and the Ghibellines, the Holy Roman Empire party, the “Blacks”, with King Philip of France and later King Henry of Luxembourg. Dante was exiled from Florence about 1302, living with sympathetic patrons for the remainder of his life. It was during this exile that he traveled, studied philosophy and theology, and wrote several works, including [[The Divine Comedy]].

Dante wrote his most famous works in the Italian lanGOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!Oge of the time (the vernacular) rather than [[Latin]], revolutionizing the common language intellectually much the way [[Shakespeare]] would for english several centuries later. The ''[[Vita Nuova]]'' is an early collection of love poems inspired by [[Beatrice]], a woman whom he adopted as his [[muse]]. Dante later described the path of a soul to salvation in "[[The Divine Comedy]]," in which Dante travels through [[Hell]] ([[Inferno]]), [[Purgatory]] ([[Purgatorio]]), and [[Heaven]] ([[Paradiso]]). In this journey, Dante is first guided by the Roman epic poet [[Virgil]], and then by the soul of Beatrice, who had died young.

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Monocracy

2011-02-20T23:35:18Z

'''Monocracy''' is a [[government]] run by a single person.

This can be contrasted with:

*[[aristocracy]], which is government by a privileged class
*[[democracy]], which is government by the people
*[[gerontocracy]], which is government by a group of elders
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[[category:Forms of Government]]

Divided government

2011-02-20T23:35:18Z

A '''Divided government''' is one in which the [[President|presidency]] and the [[Congress]] are controlled by different [[parties]]. For example, in the second half of the [[William J. Clinton|Clinton]] administration, 1995-2000, the presidency was controlled by the [[Democrat]]s, while the Congress was [[Republican]] controlled.

Many commentators suggest that a divided government may be the best state for the United States, since each party then serves as a watchdog on the other.

Statistics show that the economy grows at a higher rate during divided government than with either party in control of both branches of government. This is sometimes attributed to the [[gridlock]] effect, in which each party blocks the other party's spending. For example, undivided Republican control (2002-2006) under the leadership of [[George W. Bush]] resulted in budget deficits.

Also, in the Clinton administration the years of undivided Democratic control resulted in budget deficits, while the years of divided government resulted in a budget surplus, the first significant surplus in the post-[[World War II]] era.
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Sixth Amendment

2011-02-20T23:35:17Z

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Psalter

2011-02-20T23:35:16Z

A '''Psalter''' is a book containing the [[Book of Psalms]] from the [[Old Testament]], usually intended for private, devotional use.<ref>https://libwww.library.phila.gov/medievalman/glossary.cfm#m_q</ref>

==References==
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Economics Homework Nine Answers - Student Ten

2011-02-20T23:35:15Z

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'''1. Identify an industry not mentioned in the lecture that is an oligopoly, and explain why.'''
Computer companies, such as Dell, Hp, Acer, and Apple.

:Good.

'''2. Order the types of industries from those having the lowest price (due to the greatest competition) to those having the highest price (due to the least competition).'''
Perfect compaction b.Perfctly contestable markets c.monopalistic compaction d.oligopoly e.cartel f.Monopoly

:Correct, but spellings are off. E.g., "competition", not "compaction"

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:Correct. note spelling errors again.

'''4. List how monopolies can be established.'''
The licensing of professionals creates a barrier to entry.
Control of a valuable resource can also create a monopoly.
Economies of scale can create a monopoly by rewarding the biggest company with the lowest average cost.
Government grants of monopoly such as patents and copyrights.

:Also government-created monopolies by law, as in cable TV franchise companies. (Minus 1).

'''5. What prevents a monopoly from increasing its prices without limitation?'''
When the MR=MC,the price is usually set. the demand curve still applies to monopoles the availability of substitutes may also limit the price.

:Not many substitutes. The Law of Demand applies due mostly to the income effect. (Minus 1).

:39/40. Good.

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Antwain Spann

2011-02-20T23:35:14Z

'''Antwain Spann''' is a [[National Football League]] cornerback for the [[New England Patriots]]. He was born on February 22, 1983 in Oceanside, [[California]].

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[[Category:New England Patriot Players]]
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Chrysler Building

2011-02-20T23:35:13Z

The '''Chrysler Building''' is a hallmark of the [[Manhattan]] skyline. Positioned at 42nd Street and [[Lexington Avenue]], the building towers over nearby [[Grand Central Station]], total height of 1048 feet.<ref>[http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building Chrysler Building.]</ref> Appointed with huge [[gargoyle]]s, the artwork and architecture are the epitome of the [[Art Deco]] movement.
"The design, originally drawn up for building contractor William H. Reynolds, was finally sold to Walter P. Chrysler, who wanted a provocative building which would not merely scrape the sky but positively pierce it."<ref>Peter Gossel and Gabriele Leuthauser. Architecture in the Twentieth Century. p209.</ref>

William Van Alen (1883 – 1954), an American architect, was the principal designer.
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[[Category:New York City]]

Deinonychus

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'''Deinonychus''' was a small, [[bipedal]], [[carnivore|carnivorous]] [[dinosaur]]. It is generally believed among [[evolutionist]]s to have existed about 65-70 million years ago during the [[Cretaceous]] period, but [[young earth creationist]]s accept it as having been created on the [[sixth day]], along with all the other dinosaurs. It had a long, [[sickle]]-like [[claw]] on the end of its big toe. ''Deinonychus'' [[fossils]] were first discovered in 1931 by [[Barnum Brown]] in southern [[Montana]]. In 1964 the fossils were designated ''Deinonychus antirrhopus'' by [[John Ostrom]] and [[Grant Meyer]].

Deinonychus are believed by many evolutionists to have been [[feather]]ed, citing other supposedly feathered dinosaurs such as [[microraptor]]<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinonychus</ref>. However, whether or not even the related specimens were feathered is questionable. In fact, the only fossils that allegedly show these feathers are from [[China]], and because of the infamous [[archaeoraptor]] fraud, it is very possible that these other fossils are also forgeries<ref>http://www.creationwiki.org/Feathered_dinosaur]</ref>.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Evolution]]
[[Category:Dinosaurs]]

Logarithm

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[[Image:log.png|thumb|right|px=200|Logarithm with various bases]]
'''Logarithm''' of a [[number]] is the [[exponential]] power to which you raise the base to obtain the number.

For high school [[algebra]], the most common logarithms are base-10 (the common log) and base ''[[e]]'' (the [[natural logarithm|natural log]]).

For example, the logarithm base 10 of 100 is the power to which you raise 10 to obtain 100. Because 10 to the power of 2 equals 100, the logarithm of 100 is 2:
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: <math> \log_b(x) = \frac{\log_c(x)}{\log_c(b)} </math>

==History==

Logarithms were used for centuries as a computing tool by [[scientist]]s making pencil-and-paper [[computation]]s, because the use of logarithms can greatly simplify arithmetical calculations. For example, raising a number x to any power y (where x and y might be large or fractional) can be achieved by first looking up the logarithm of x, then multiplying by y, and then finding the inverse logarithm of the result.

Logarithms were invented or discovered by [[John Napier]] in 1614 AD, and quickly revolutionized astronomy. Johannes Kepler said that Napier "tripled the life of an astronomer."

For centuries, tables of logarithms were working tools of the scientist and engineer. Students and people doing rough calculations typically used a "table of four-place logarithms," which would fit on one or two pages. Such tables were printed in the back of virtually every [[physics]] book. For more precise work, longer tables with more places of precision were used, or entire volumes.

Closely associated with logarithms was a tool called the ''slide rule.'' A slide rule consists of ruled logarithmic scales. By manipulating the slide rule, one can graphically add together the logarithm of two numbers, which is equivalent to multiplying them. From about 1870 AD to 1970 AD, slide rules were used by virtually every scientist and engineer. They were regarded as a symbol of engineering. Engineering students were identifiable by the ten-inch slide rules attached to their belts. Learning to use a slide rule was a fundamental skill taught in high-school mathematics classes.

The arrival of pocket-sized electronic [[calculator]]s brought an end to the practical use of the slide rule or the table of logarithms. A calculator can compute a logarithm to ten places in less time than it takes to turn to the right page in a book-sized table of logarithms.
[[category:mathematics]]

Corned Beef

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'''Corned beef''' is a form of [[curing]] oGOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!Oose days, the meat was dry-cured in coarse “corns” of [[salt]]. Pellets of salt, some the size of kernels of corn, were rubbed into the beef to keep it from spoiling and to preserve it. Today, [[brine|brining]] has replaced the dry salt cure, but the name “corned beef” is still used, rather than “brined” or “[[pickle]]d” beef. Commonly used spices that give corned beef its distinctive [[flavor]] are [[peppercorn]]s and [[bay leaf]].

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Meat]]

Governors of Massachusetts

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A list of '''governors''' from the commonwealth of '''[[Massachusetts]]'''.<ref>http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8fd3d12ab65b304f8a278110501010a0?submit=Submit&State=MA</ref><ref>http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-colonial-governors-of-Massachusetts</ref>

==Plymouth Colony Governors==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Years
|-
| John CarverGOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!O
| William Bradford
| 1621-1633, 1635-1636, 1637-1638, 1639-1644, 1645-1657
|-
| Edward Winslow
| 1633-1634, 1636-1637, 1644-1645
|-
| Thomas Prence
| 1634-1635, 1638-1639, 1657-1673
|-
| Josiah Winslow
| 1673-1680
|-
| Thomas Hinckley
| 1680-1686, 1689-1692
|}
==Massachusetts Bay Colony Governors==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Years
|-
| John Endicott
| 1629-1630, 1644, 1649, 1651-1653, 1655-1664
|-
| John Winthrop
| 1630-1633, 1637-1639, 1642-1643, 1646-1648
|-
| Thomas Dudley
| 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650
|-
| John Haynes
| 1635
|-
| Henry Vane the Younger
| 1636
|-
| Richard Bellingham
| 1641, 1654, 1665-1672
|-
| John Leverett
| 1673-1678
|-
| Simon Bradstreet
| 1678-1686
|}
==Dominion of New England Governors==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Years
|-
| Joseph Dudley
| 1686
|-
| Edmund Andros
| 1686-1689
|}
==Province of Massachusetts Bay Governors==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Years
|-
| William Phips
| 1692-1694
|-
| William Stoughton
| 1694-1699, 1700-1701
|-
| Richard Coote
| 1699-1700
|-
| Joseph Dudley
| 1702-1715, 1715
|-
| William Tailer
| 1715-1716, 1730
|-
| Samuel Shute
| 1716-1723
|-
| William Dummer
| 1723-1728, 1729-1730
|-
| William Burnet
| 1728-1729
|-
| Jonathan Belcher
| 1730-1741
|-
| William Shirley
| 1741-1749, 1753-1756
|-
| Spencer Phips
| 1749-1753, 1756-1757
|-
| Thomas Pownall
| 1757-1760
|-
| Thomas Hutchinson
| 1760, 1769-1774
|-
| Francis Bernard
| 1760-1769
|-
| Thomas Gage
| 1774-1775
|-
| William Howe
| 1775-1776
|}

==Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governors==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name!! Party !! Years
|-
| [[John Hancock]]
| Federalist
| 1780-1785, 1787-1793
|-
| Thomas Cushing
|
| 1785
|-
| James Bowdoin
|
| 1785-1787
|-
| [[Samuel Adams]]
| Democratic Republican
| 1793-1797
|-
| Increase Sumner
| Federalist
| 1797-1799
|-
| Moses Gill
|
| 1799-1800
|-
| Caleb Strong
| Federalist
| 1800-1807, 1812-1816
|-
| James Sullivan
| Democratic Republican
| 1807-1808
|-
| Levi Lincoln
| Democratic Republican
| 1808-1809
|-
| Christopher Gore
| Federalist
| 1809-1810
|-
| [[Elbridge Gerry]]
| Democratic Republican
| 1810-1812
|-
| John Brooks
| Federalist
| 1816-1823
|-
| William Eustis
| Democratic Republican
| 1823-1825
|-
| Marcus Morton
| Democratic Republican
| 1825, 1840-1841, 1843-1844
|-
| Levi Lincoln, Jr.
| Adams Republican
| 1825-1834
|-
| John Davis
| Republican/Whig
| 1834-1835, 1841-1843
|-
| Samuel Turell Armstrong
| Whig
| 1835-1836
|-
| Edward Everett
| Whig
| 1836-1840
|-
| George Nixon Briggs
| Whig
| 1844-1851
|-
| George Sewall Boutwell
| Democrat
| 1851-1853
|-
| John Henry Clifford
| Whig
| 1853-1854
|-
| Emory Washburn
| Whig
| 1854-1855
|-
| Henry Joseph Gardner
| American (Know Nothing)
| 1855-1858
|-
| [[Nathaniel Prentice Banks]]
| Republican
| 1858-1861
|-
| John Albion Andrew
| Republican
| 1861-1866
|-
| Alexander Hamilton Bullock
| Republican
| 1866-1869
|-
| William Claflin
| Republican
| 1869-1872
|-
| William Barrett Washburn
| Republican
| 1872-1874
|-
| Thomas Talbot
| Republican
| 1874-1875, 1879-1880
|-
| William Gaston
| Democrat
| 1875-1876
|-
| Alexander Hamilton Rice
| Republican
| 1876-1879
|-
| John Davis Long
| Republican
| 1880-1883
|-
| Benjamin Franklin Butler
| Democrat/National
| 1883-1884
|-
| George Dexter Robinson
| Republican
| 1884-1887
|-
| Oliver Ames
| Republican
| 1887-1890
|-
| John Quincy Adams Brackett
| Republican
| 1890-1891
|-
| William Eustis Russell
| Democrat
| 1891-1894
|-
| Frederic Thomas Greenhalge
| Republican
| 1894-1896
|-
| Roger Wolcott
| Republican
| 1896-1900
|-
| Winthrop Murray Crane
| Republican
| 1900-1903
|-
| John Lewis Bates
| Republican
| 1903-1905
|-
| William Lewis Douglas
| Democrat
| 1905-1906
|-
| Curtis Guild, Jr.
| Republican
| 1906-1909
|-
| Ebenezer Sumner Draper
| Republican
| 1909-1911
|-
| Eugene Noble Ross
| Democrat
| 1911-1914
|-
| David Ignatius Walsh
| Democrat
| 1914-1916
|-
| Samuel Walker McCall
| Republican
| 1916-1919
|-
| [[Calvin Coolidge|John Calvin Coolidge]]
| Republican
| 1919-1921
|-
| Channing Harris Cox
| Republican
| 1921-1925
|-
| Alvan Tufts Fuller
| Republican
| 1925-1929
|-
| Frank G. Allen
| Republican
| 1929-1931
|-
| Joseph Buell Ely
| Democrat
| 1931-1935
|-
| James Michael Curley
| Democrat
| 1935-1937
|-
| Charles Francis Hurley
| Democrat
| 1937-1939
|-
| Leverett Saltonstall
| Republican
| 1939-1945
|-
| Maurice Tobin
| Democrat
| 1945-1947
|-
| Robert Fiske Bradford
| Republican
| 1947-1949
|-
| Paul Andrew Dever
| Democrat
| 1949-1953
|-
| Christian Archibald Herter
| Republican
| 1953-1957
|-
| Foster John Furcolo
| Democrat
| 1957-1961
|-
| John Anthony Volpe
| Republican
| 1961-1963, 1965-1969
|-
| Endicott Peabody
| Democrat
| 1963-1965
|-
| Francis William Sargent
| Republican
| 1969-1975
|-
| [[Michael Dukakis|Michael Stanley Dukakis]]
| Democrat
| 1975-1979, 1983-1991
|-
| Edward Joseph King
| Democrat
| 1979-1983
|-
| William Floyd Weld
| Republican
| 1991-1997
|-
| Argeo Paul Cellucci
| Republican
| 1997-2001
|-
| Jane Maria Swift
| Republican
| 2001-2003
|-
| [[Mitt Romney]]
| Republican
| 2003-2007
|-
| [[Deval Patrick]]
| Democrat
| 2007-present
|}

== See also ==

*[[State Governors]]

==Notes==
<references/>
{{Governors}}
[[Category:Massachusetts Governors]]

Trade with Germany

2011-02-20T23:35:04Z

State trade with [[Germany]] in 2004 and 2005:

Top ranking of manufacturing jobs supported by U.S. affiliates of German companies (2004):
Michigan - 32,100
 Ohio - 22,300
 North Carolina - 19,200
 Indiana - 17,900
 South Carolina - 15,800

Top ranking of merchandise exports to Germany (2005):
California - $4.3 billion
 South Carolina - $2.4 billion
 New York - $2.2 billionGOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!Omany after [[France]] and the [[Netherlands]]. The United States imports nearly 10% of all German goods.

== Sources ==

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, RGIT
 Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, RGIT

[[Category:Homeschool Curriculum]]

San Francisco Giants

2011-02-20T23:35:03Z

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|name=San Francisco Giants
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|background=#fd5a1e
|location=San Fransisco, California
|year=1883
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[[Image:Sanfranciscogiants2007.jpg|right|280px]]
The ''' San Francisco Giants ''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team in the [[National League]], West Division. The San Francisco Giants are based in [[San Francisco]], [[California]].

'''Old rivals:'''
*Dodgers
*Athletics
*Yankees

'''World Series Titles:''' 6 (1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954, 2010)
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'''National League Pennants:''' 21 (1888, 1889, 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1989, 2002, 2010)

==Roster==
===Pitchers===
*41 - Jeremy Affeldt
*40 - Madison Bumgarner
*18 - Matt Cain
*43 - Alex Hinshaw
*60 - Waldis Joaquin
*55 - Tim Lincecum
*49 - Joe Martinez
*52 - Brandon Medders
*45 - Justin Miller DL
*59 - Guillermo Mota
*68 - Kevin Pucetas
*54 - Sergio Romo
*45 - Dan Runzler
*57 - Jonathan Sanchez
*67 - Henry Sosa
*37 - Todd Wellemeyer
*38 - Brian Wilson
*75 - Barry Zito

===Catchers===
*1 - Bengie Molina
*28 - Buster Posey
*22 - Eli Whiteside

===Infielders===
*2 - Emmanuel Burriss
*34 - Matt Downs
*50 - Conor Gillaspie
*13 - Jesus Guzman
*17 - Aubrey Huff
*10 - Travis Ishikawa
*35 - Brett Pill
*16 - Edgar Renteria
*29 - Ryan Rohlinger
*21 - Freddy Sanchez
*48 - Pablo Sandoval
*5 - Juan Uribe

===Outfielders===
*20 - John Bowker
*7 - Mark DeRosa
*47 - Darren Ford
*14 - Fred Lewis
*62 - Francisco Peguero
*33 - Aaron Rowand
*12 - Nate Schierholtz
*13 - Andres Torres
*8 - Eugenio Velez

==Minor League Affiliates==
The minor league affiliates of the Giants are:
*AAA - Fresno Grizzlies
*AA - Connecticut Defenders
*A Adv. - San Jose Giants
*A - Augusta GreenJackets
*SS - Salem-Keizer Volcanoes

==See also==
* [[Florida Marlins ]]
* [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
* [[Colorado Rockies]]
* [[Cincinnati Reds]]

== External links ==
*[http://giants.mlb.com/ Official Team Website]

{{Nb_sl_mlb_national}}
[[Category:California]]

Battle of Atlanta

2011-02-20T23:35:01Z

{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Atlanta Decatur
|image=
|begin=July 22, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Fulton County, Georgia
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Atlanta Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Military Division of the Mississippi
|combatants2=Army of Tennessee
|commanders1=[[William T. Sherman]] Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[John Bell Hood]] Lieutenant General, CSA
|strength1=GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!O
|casualties1='''3,641'''
|casualties2='''8,499'''
}}
Following the Battle of Peachtree Creek, Hood determined to attack Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee. He withdrew his main army at night from Atlanta’ s outer line to the inner line, enticing Sherman to follow. In the meantime, he sent William J. Hardee with his corps on a fifteen-mile march to hit the unprotected Union left and rear, east of the city. Wheeler’s cavalry was to operate farther out on Sherman’s supply line, and Gen. Frank Cheatham’s corps were to attack the Union front. Hood, however, miscalculated the time necessary to make the march, and Hardee was unable to attack until afternoon. Although Hood had outmaneuvered Sherman for the time being, McPherson was concerned about his left flank and sent his reserves—Grenville Dodge’s XVI Army Corps—to that location. Two of Hood’s divisions ran into this reserve force and were repulsed. The Rebel attack stalled on the Union rear but began to roll up the left flank. Around the same time, a Confederate soldier shot and killed McPherson when he rode out to observe the fighting. Determined attacks continued, but the Union forces held. About 4:00 pm, Cheatham’s corps broke through the Union front at the Hurt House, but Sherman massed twenty artillery pieces on a knoll near his headquarters to shell these Confederates and halt their drive. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan’ s XV Army Corps then led a counterattack that restored the Union line. The Union troops held, and Hood suffered high casualties.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm NPS.gov: NPS Battle Summaries]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

{{Template:Campaignbox Atlanta}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}

[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]

Bloviate

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To '''bloviate''' is to speak or write in a pompous, long-winded manner. The etymology of the term is uncertain, but it was popularized by President [[Warren G. Harding]]. GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!O
<references/>

[[Category:Rhetoric]]

Breitbart News

2011-02-20T23:34:57Z

[[File:Breitbartlogo.jpg]]

'''Breitbart.com''' is an up-to-the-minute news source created by [[Andrew Breitbart]]. Presently, they are a conservative media juggernaut providing breaking news stories that the [[lamestream media]] would suppress from the general public. Exposing [[liberal bias]] in media has proven profitable as Breitbart has created other successful news sites; Breitbart.TV, BigGovernment, BigJournalism, BigHollywood, and most recently BigPeace. Breitbart is such a threat to the left that [[Media Matters]] constantly harasses them with misinformation campaigns. The Breitbart properties have provided some of the most ground-breaking news stories over the last several years and can be credited with taking down [[ACORN]] and exposing [[race baiting]] against the [[Tea Party movement]] by [[Democrat]] politicians. Per their website,

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[[Category:Conservative news organizations]]
[[Category:Websites]]
{{conservatism}}
==External Links==
* [http://www.breitbart.com Breitbart.com]
* [http://biggovernment.com/ BigGovernment.com]
* [http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ BigHollywood.com]
* [http://breitbart.tv/ Breitbart.TV]
* [http://bigjournalism.com/ BigJournalism.com]
* [http://bigpeace.com/ BigPeace.com]

Cruise missile

2011-02-20T23:34:56Z

The '''cruise missile''' is a guided missile designed to fly under enemy [[radar]]. It can carry conventional or nuclear payloads.

Guided missile, the major portion of whose flight path to its target is conducted
at approximately constant velocity; depends on the dynamic reaction of air for lift and upon
propulsion forces to balance drag. [http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp1_02.pdf]

==Links==
*[http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp1_02.pdf Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms]
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[[Category: Military]]

Dismas

2011-02-20T23:34:55Z

[[Image:Titian Good Thief.jpg|right]]
'''Saint Dismas''' is the traditional name given to the "good thief" (criminal) who was [[crucified]] at the side of [[Jesus Christ]]. Dismas stood up for Jesus when He was insulted by the other criminal (traditionally known as [[Gestas]]) and asked that Jesus remember him when he went into his kingdom. Christ promised Dismas passage to [[heaven|paradise]] based on his [[faith]].<ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Mat/Mat027.html#38 Matthew 27:38-44 (KJV)]</ref><ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Mar&c=15&v=32&t=KJV#27 Mark 15:27-32 (KJV)]</ref><ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Luk/Luk023.html#39 Luke 23:39-43 (KJV)]</ref>

The experience of Dismas shows the unlimited power of [[forgiveness]] by [[God]] for those who request it. It is a reminder of the saving [[grace]] of God for those who have [[faith]] and repent.

== Catholic tradition ==

In [[Catholic]] tradition Dismas is believed to have had a previous meeting with our [[Lord]] on the [[Holy Family]]'s flight to [[Egypt]]. It is said that Dismas wGOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!Oeshadowing of how [[Jesus]] would heal Dismas' [[soul]] before his death so that he could enjoy [[eternal life]].

Dismas is the patron [[saint]] for those condemned to death. His feast day is March 25, though it gains him no particular recognition as the important feast of the [[Annunciation]] falls upon the same day.

A [[relic]] held at the Church of Santa Croce in [[Rome]] is by tradition a portion of the cross on which Dismas was crucified.

Dismas is one of the [[Penitent Saints]].

== References ==
<references/>
:''St. Dismas'', http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=114

== External links ==
*[http://www.holywoundsapostolate.com/html/st._dismas.htm Prayer To Saint Dismas]

[[category:Saints]]
[[Category:Biblical Persons]]

Tongass National Forest

2011-02-20T23:34:53Z

The '''Tongass National Forest''' is the [[United States]]' largest and covers most of Southeast [[Alaska]], adjacent to [[Canada]]. It surrounds the [[Inside Passage]].<ref>http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/</ref>

It is the focus of an intense debate between [[environmentalists]] who oppose building roads and cutting timber there, and supporters of [[free enterprise]] who oppose so much ownership of land by the [[government]].

==References==

<references/>

[[category:United States Politics]]
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