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Talk:Heterosexuality

2007-04-11T05:32:49Z

Laliluleilo:

==empty sections==
What's the point of all the empty section headings? I'm not sure whether to ask why they are there, or why they are not complete (e.g. there are not sections for "heterosexuality and the common cold" or "Heterosexuality and inanimate objects"). --[[User:Scott|Scott]] 04:47, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
: Bit weird isn't it? Is it a spoof?--[[User:British_cons|British_cons]] [[User_talk:British_cons|(talk)]] 04:49, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

::I think the intention is to end up with an article as informative and well balanced as the one on [[homosexuality]].
::[[User:JC|JC]] did say "Content needs to be added. Its kinda science stuff I can't do it.". Unfortunately I don't know any better either.
::One can only assume content will be forthcoming.
:::"Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD." (1 Chronicles 28:20)
::[[User:BillyBoy|BillyBoy]] 06:04, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

So, I was in the process of taking my girlfriend's virginity, and my grandma walked in and found us out. This happened last night. Now, I know God wants me to pay her dad fifty shekels of silver, but I don't have any silver, and if I did, I don't know what shekels are. I tried looking up "shekel" on here, but there wasn't any article, and I don't trust any other source of information. What should I do? I'm really concerned. =(
--[[User:Laliluleilo|Laliluleilo]] 16:45, 10 April 2007 (EDT)

Talk:Heterosexuality

2007-04-10T20:46:24Z

Laliluleilo:

==empty sections==
What's the point of all the empty section headings? I'm not sure whether to ask why they are there, or why they are not complete (e.g. there are not sections for "heterosexuality and the common cold" or "Heterosexuality and inanimate objects"). --[[User:Scott|Scott]] 04:47, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
: Bit weird isn't it? Is it a spoof?--[[User:British_cons|British_cons]] [[User_talk:British_cons|(talk)]] 04:49, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

::I think the intention is to end up with an article as informative and well balanced as the one on [[homosexuality]].
::[[User:JC|JC]] did say "Content needs to be added. Its kinda science stuff I can't do it.". Unfortunately I don't know any better either.
::One can only assume content will be forthcoming.
:::"Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD." (1 Chronicles 28:20)
::[[User:BillyBoy|BillyBoy]] 06:04, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

So, I was in the process of taking my girlfriend's virginity, and my grandma walked in and found us out. This happened last night. Now, I know God wants me to pay her dad fifty shekels of silver, but I don't have any silver, and if I did, I don't know what shekels are. I tried looking up "shekel" on here, but there wasn't any article, and I don't trust any other source of information. What should I do? I'm really concerned. =(--[[User:Laliluleilo|Laliluleilo]] 16:45, 10 April 2007 (EDT)

Talk:Heterosexuality

2007-04-10T20:45:31Z

Laliluleilo:

==empty sections==
What's the point of all the empty section headings? I'm not sure whether to ask why they are there, or why they are not complete (e.g. there are not sections for "heterosexuality and the common cold" or "Heterosexuality and inanimate objects"). --[[User:Scott|Scott]] 04:47, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
: Bit weird isn't it? Is it a spoof?--[[User:British_cons|British_cons]] [[User_talk:British_cons|(talk)]] 04:49, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

::I think the intention is to end up with an article as informative and well balanced as the one on [[homosexuality]].
::[[User:JC|JC]] did say "Content needs to be added. Its kinda science stuff I can't do it.". Unfortunately I don't know any better either.
::One can only assume content will be forthcoming.
:::"Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD." (1 Chronicles 28:20)
::[[User:BillyBoy|BillyBoy]] 06:04, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

So, I was in the process of taking my girlfriend's virginity, and my grandma walked in and found us out. This happened last night. Now, I know God wants me to pay her dad fifty shekels of silver, but I don't have any silver, and if I did, I don't know what shekels are. I tried looking up "shekel" on here, but there wasn't any, and I don't trust any other source of information. What should I do? I'm really concerned. =(--[[User:Laliluleilo|Laliluleilo]] 16:45, 10 April 2007 (EDT)

Zoroastrianism

2007-04-01T05:41:54Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}'''Zoroastrianism''' is a religion founded by [[Zoroaster]] in what is now [[Iran]]. It describes life as a struggle between good and evil with the expectation that good will ultimatly prevail. The sacred text is called [[Avesta]].

==History==
Zoroastrianism was created by [[Zoroaster]] around 1200 B.C.. The religion was popular amongst the tribes of [[Persia]], though was popularized when it was made the state religion of the [[Sassanid Empire]]. In the 21<sup>st</sup> century, Zoroastrianism is practiced by around 140,000 people around the world.<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/zoroastr.htm Zoroastrianism]</ref>

==Effect on Abrahamic Religions==
Some scholars say that Zoroastrianism had profound effects on the way that the three [[Abraham|Abrahamic]] religions were formed. Indeed, Zoroastrianism is the oldest religion still practiced by a sizable community. It is also thought by many to be the world's first monotheistic religion<ref>[http://tenets.zoroastrianism.com/ Tenets of Zoroastrianism]</ref>

[[Category:Religion]]

Judea and Samaria

2007-04-01T05:41:45Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}[[Image:West_Bank.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A map of the West Bank]]
The '''West Bank''' is the west bank of the Jordan River near Jerusalem, land that is bitterly disputed between Jewish and Arab settlers in the region. The West Bank is also known as Judea and Samaria. This has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War (1967). The West Bank is not officially part of any country.

Acid ionization reaction

2007-04-01T05:41:36Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}The reaction in which an H+ separates from the [[acid]] [[molecule]] so that it can be donated in another reaction.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Chemistry''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Chemistry]]

Bodhisattva

2007-04-01T05:41:28Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}In [[Buddhism]], a '''bodhisattva''' is an enlightened person who delays nirvana in order to help others reach Nirvana. [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] Buddhism have different attitudes towards bodhisattvas. In the Theravada tradition, a person can achieve complete enlightenment as an individual without becoming a bodhisattva. In contrast, Mahayana take a dim view of such individuals and argue that in order to achieve true and complete Nirvana, one must become a bodhisattva.

[[Category:Religion]]

Non sequitur

2007-04-01T05:41:15Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}[[Image:X_mark.jpg|200px|right]]

[[Non sequitur]] ([[Latin]], "It does not follow") is any argument that moves from a premise to a conclusion with insufficient or no connection between the two.

The most common example of ''non sequitur'' is any attempt to infer causation from correlation alone. An argument of causality--that is, that X caused Y--is always subject to weakening if one can show that:

# Y could have occurred with or without X.
# Another event, Z, actually caused Y.
# Y caused X rather than X causing Y.

The usual way to weaken a ''non sequitur'' is simply to show that two facts, that might happen to correlate, are in fact not mutually relevant. Of course, showing that the chain of implication is reversed--meaning that the first named fact actually follows from the second, rather than the second from the first--will cast even more serious doubt on the argument.

== Reference ==
* [http://creationwiki.org/Non_sequitur Non sequitur] by [[CreationWiki]]

== See Also ==
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<tr><td>Use the <nowiki>{{fallacy|Non sequitur}}</nowiki> template to insert this warning on a page containing a ''Non sequitur''. The template links the warning label to this page.
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* [[Logical fallacy]]

[[Category:Philosophy]]

Athens

2007-04-01T05:41:03Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}Athens, the birthplace of democracy, was a great Greek city-state named after the mythical goddess [[Athena]].

Abbreviation

2007-04-01T05:40:48Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}'''Initialisms''' are a form of abbreviation in which a phrase is abbreviated to the first letter of each word in the phrase; familiar examples include

*''CPA,'' for ''Certified Public Accountant''
*''CBS,'' for ''Columbia Broadcasting System''
*''KJV,'' for ''King James Version.''
Initialisms are distinguished from [[Acronym|acronyms]] in that initialisms are pronounced as individual letters, while acronyms are pronounced as if the letters spelled out a word (which they may in some cases do). The use of the word "acronym" to ''include'' initialisms is increasingly accepted.

Both initialisms and acronyms are defined by custom; sometimes they do not strictly follow the rule of using every initial, or only the first initial. Unimportant words may be omitted. In the case of acronyms a certain amount of creativity may be employed.

*''FBI,'' for ''Federal Bureau of Investigation'''
*''AFL-CIO,'' for ''American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations''

Examples of acronyms include:

*''USA PATRIOT'' Act, for ''Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act''
*''TULIP,'' for Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints (the core tenets of [[Calvinism]]).
*''Roy G. Biv,'' for ''Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet'' (the conventional description of the colors in the [[spectrum]]).

[[Category:Linguistics]]

Pascal's wager

2007-04-01T05:40:36Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}'''Pascal's Wager''' is a [[philosophy|philosophical]] proposition which takes the following form:

God either exists or not.

#If God does not exist and you do not not believe in God, you gain the freedom to do whatever you want without penalty.
#If God does exist and you do not believe in God, you are condemned to an eternity in hell.
#If God does not exist and you do believe in God, you will have wasted part of your life.
#If God does exist and you do believe in God, you will receive an eternity in heaven.

[[Blaise Pascal]] reasoned that, given the relative gains and losses for each scenario, the only sensible course for a rational human being was to believe in God. Pascal's wager as Pascal stated is inherently flawed within the context of Christianity, because within Christian theology, mere belief in God does not ensure salvation.

Pascal's wager becomes even more flawed if viewed by someone who has the choice of more beliefs, such as "God A Exists", "God B Exists", "No Gods Exits", and "All the Gods of Pantheon X Exist". How do you choose then?

O

2007-04-01T05:40:26Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}The fifteenth letter of the [[alphabet]] in [[English]].

Virus

2007-04-01T05:40:17Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}A '''virus''' is a non-[[cell]]ular infectious agent that has two characteristics: It has genetic material (either [[DNA]] or [[RNA]]) inside a protective [[protein]] coat, and it cannot reproduce itself.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref> To reproduce itself, it needs to infect a cell. The genetic material is inserted into the cell, and the reproductive machinery of that cell is then effectively "hijacked": the cell starts to produce components of new virus particles. These components spontaneously self-assemble and the new virus particles can then infect other cells, where the same process happens.

Examples of viruses include the [[influenza]] virus, the common cold, [[smallpox]] and [[polio]].

==References==

<references/>

[[Category:Biology]]

Upanishads

2007-04-01T05:40:02Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}Part of Hindu scriptures, describe reincarnation, written in Sanskrit.

Steam power

2007-04-01T05:39:51Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}'''Steam power''' is one of the first methods developed for powering machines, and sparked the [[industrial revolution]]. It was developed early, because precision machining and tight-fitting pistons are not required for building effective steam engines.

Steam has been superseded by [[electricity]] and [[internal combustion]] for some classes of machines, but remains important in others. Large stationery power plants, such as those used to drive generators in electric power plants, are often steam-driven, and, in fact in most nuclear power plants, the nuclear reactor boil water into superheated steam, which in turn drives the steam turbines which drive the generators.

Mount Everest

2007-04-01T05:39:25Z

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{{stub}}'''Mount Everest''' is the tallest mountain on Earth. Located in Tibet, it is part of the Himalayas. It was first climbed by [[Edmund Hillary]] and [[Tenzing Norgary]], who famously said he was climbing it "Because it's there!"<sup>citation needed</sup>

Scam

2007-04-01T05:39:17Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}A scam is a method of making money by conning people into giving the scam-artist or con-artist money or material wealth.

Ectoplasm

2007-04-01T05:39:07Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}In science, this word means the thin, watery [[cytoplasm]] near the [[plasma membrane]] of some [[cell|cells]].<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>

----

The word also has a ''completely different'' meaning in connection with [[spiritualism]]. Spiritualism is a religious movement which was popular around the turn of the 19th century. Spiritualists believe that there are people called mediums who can communicate with the spirits of the dead. In spiritualism, ectoplasm is a mysterious transparent substance exuded by mediums during a trance. The movie ''Ghostbusters,'' which makes fun of spiritualism, shows some depictions of ectoplasm.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Biology]]
[[Category:Religion]]

Benjamin Herrison

2007-04-01T05:38:56Z

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{{stub}}'''Benjamin Herrison''' was twenty-third [[president]] of [[United States of America]] from 1888 to 1892 when [[Grover Cleveland]] exceeded him. Herrison's term was characterized by being full of federal spending and legislation including tariffs and other taxes. He was a [[Republican]].

=Early Political Career=
Herrison's political career was fourshadowed by him being a grand-son of late president [[William Henry Harrison]]

Herrison fought in the Union side of the [[American Civil War]] unlike his predecessor [[Grover Cleveland]] who evaded the draft of that time that existed until after the [[Viet Nam War]]. In 1879 he was elected to [[United States Senate]] as a [[Republican]].

=Significant Legislation During Benjamin Herrison's Presidency Term=
All passed in 1890, were [[Sherman Antitrust Act]], [[Sherman Silver Purchase Act]], [[McKinley Tariff]], in addition to [[Wounded Knee Massacre]], also in 1890 of that year.

=Defeat to Grover Cleveland=
Benjamin Herrison was defeated by Grover Cleveland in the elecion of 1982.

Standard Model

2007-04-01T05:38:43Z

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{{stub}}[[Image:Mioss.jpg|thumb|right|The Standard Model of Fundamental Particles and Interactions]]
The Standard Model of [[Particle|particle]] physics is a [[quantum field theory]] that explains [[Electromagnetism|electromagnetism]], [[Strong nuclear force|strong]] and [[Weak interaction|weak]] [[Nuclear|nuclear]] interactions in a unified framework. It is a non-[[abelian]] gauge theory with the gauge [[Group|group]] [[Unitary group|SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)]].

[[category: physics]]

Last Supper

2007-04-01T05:38:28Z

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{{stub}}Leonardo da Vinci drew Jesus's Last Supper on a wall in 1498, and it was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. This work represents the central event in Christian worship: the Eucharist. Each Apostle, and Jesus Himself, is shown in very human and expressive terms. There are no halos or signs of saintliness in this painting. Instead, everyone's human side is displayed with emotion and feeling.

Unfortunately the painting has deteriorated along with the wall on which it rests. It has been repainted several times in misguided efforts to restore it.

[[Image:Last_supper.jpg|thumb|left|400px|"Last Supper," by Leonardo da Vinci]]

O. Henry

2007-04-01T05:38:17Z

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{{stub}}'''O. Henry''' was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote some of the most famous and beloved stories in English. They are so famous for having surprise endings that another name for a surprise ending is an "O. Henry ending." Nevertheless, his stories are beautifully constructed and are enjoyable to read even when the ending is known.

Many of his stories are set in New York, a city which he sometimes called "Bagdad-on-the-Hudson." Many of them concern ordinary people of limited means. One of his story collections is entitled ''The Four Million,'' which was both the population of New York at that time, meaning that he was interested in everyone, and not just "The Four Hundred," the cream of high society.

Undoubtedly his most famous stories is "The Gift of the Magi," about an impoverished couple who make personal sacrifices to show each other their love at Christmas time. Like Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol,'' it is often read aloud during the Christmas season and never fails to draw a tear, even from those who have heard it before.

But he found stories everywhere. One of his most famous stories, "A Municipal Report," opens by quoting Frank Norris: "Fancy a novel about [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] or [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], let us say, or [[Nashville, Tennessee]]! There are just three big cities in the United States that are 'story cities' — New York, of course, [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], and, best of the lot, [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]." Thumbing his nose at Norris, O. Henry sets the story in Nashville.

"The Random of Red Chief" is an hysterically funny story about the kidnapping of a bratty, obnoxious boy of ten.

"A Retrieved Reformation" concerns a moral crisis in the life of a safecracker who decides to go straight, and is faced with the decision of whether to reveal himself as a safecracker in order to rescue a child locked in an airtight bank vault.

Church of England

2007-04-01T05:38:08Z

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{{stub}}(or, ''Anglican Church'') . The English national church that traces its history back to the arrival of [[Christianity]] in Britain during the second century AD. The Church of England is a denomination of [[Protestant]]ism. It was formally organized by King [[Henry VIII]] of England, the British monarch is technically head of the church (currently, [[Elizabeth II]]). The American branch of the Anglican denomination is the [[Episcopalian]] church.

The Church of England is referred to as the "established church" of England. At the time of the American Revolution, it was a legal requirement in England that all public officials, including university professors, take an oath to uphold the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. This is what the Constitution is referring to when it says in Article VI that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States" and in the Bill of Rights when it says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."

In that context, the word "establishment" originally referred to the Church of England; in the United States during the 1960s, the word came to be used to refer to the social and political groups that were thought to have an analogous influence within this country.

In the late 1800s, there was a movement to disestablish the Church of England. It failed, but it had the incidental effect of giving the English language one of its longest words, "antidisestablishmentarianism."

Jesus Christ

2007-04-01T05:36:40Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}
[[Image:Christ.jpg|center|300px]]

The name '''Jesus''' is simply the name "Joshua" translated first into Greek, then English. The name '''Jesus''' almost always refers specifically to '''Jesus of Nazareth,''' accepted by [[Christians]] as the Son of God. The life of Jesus is recorded in the Bible in the [[Gospel]]s of [[Matthew]], [[Mark]], [[Luke]], and [[John]]. As recounted in the Gospels, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead and was subsequently crucified for His work and teachings. Jesus voluntarily accepted this fate and delivered over His spirit on the cross for our sins. Three days later He rose from the dead and appeared to others.

The first time John saw Jesus, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!"
<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:29&version=31;</ref>

==Other people in the Bible named "Jesus"==

The author of ''Ecclesiastius,'' a book which Catholics include in the Douay Bible, but Protestants place in the Apocrypha, is known as ''Jesus of Sira.''

==The Historical Jesus==
[[Image:Santa.jpg|right|thumb|The image depicts a hypothetical construction of what someone from Jesus' time and location might have looked like.]]
Occasionally someone denies the existence of Jesus, but few scholars take this seriously. Tacitus, the Roman historian, wrote about Jesus in A.D. 115<ref>http://www.digisys.net/users/ddalton/evidence_of_jesus_outside_the_bible.htm</ref>, and Josephus, a Jewish historian who did not believe in Jesus' divinity, wrote about Him. <ref>http://www.christian-thinktank.com/jesusref.html</ref>.

Many of the descriptions in the Gospels have been proven true with modern archeology. Skeptics challenged the existence of Pontius Pilate, for example, about whom there is almost no historical evidence outside of the Gospels. But in 1961, the only known inscription of Pontius Pilate was discovered, confirming his existence.<ref> http://www.bible-history.com/empires/pilate.html</ref>

[[Lee Strobel]]'s book ''The Case for Christ'' contains a number of interviews with experts on the historical Jesus, and is a good resource on this subject.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Christianity]]

Tenrikyo

2007-04-01T05:35:43Z

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{{stub}}Tenrikyo is a [[Pantheistic]] Japanese religion. It was founded in the [[19th Century]]. It is perhaps unique amongst [[Religion|religions]] in being founded by a woman, [[Miki Nakayama]]

An outline of it's teachings can be found at the self described [http://www.tenrikyo.or.jp/en/teaching/5mins.html Tenrikyo Official Homepage]

[[Category:Religion]]

Trinity Church

2007-04-01T05:35:29Z

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{{stub}}Trinity Church was founded in 1697 and remains an active Episcopal church in the heart of Wall Street in Lower (southern) Manhattan in New York City. Its address is Broadway and Wall Street.

Many famous Americans worshiped at Trinity Church or are buried in its cemetery, including [[William Bradford]], [[Hugh Williamson]], [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Robert Fulton]], and [[Albert Gallatin]].

Imperfect flowers

2007-04-01T05:35:17Z

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{{stub}}[[Flower|Flowers]] with either [[stamen|stamens]] or [[carpel|carpels]], but not both.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>

==See also==
*[[Perfect flowers]]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Biology]]
[[Category:Botany]]

King Herod Agrippa I

2007-04-01T05:34:55Z

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{{stub}}King Herod Agrippa I ordered the beheading of [[James]] the Apostle.

King Herod Agrippa I was the grandson of Herod the Great, who had ordered the murder of infants in an attempt to kill baby Jesus in Matthew 2. Herod Agrippa I was the nephew of Herod Antipas, who murdered John the Baptist (Mark 6) and examined Jesus on Good Friday (Luke 23). Herod Agrippa I was also the father of Herod Agrippa II, who heard the defense of Paul before Festus in Acts 25.

New York Public Library

2007-04-01T05:34:37Z

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{{stub}}The New York Public Library has about six million volumes, making it the 27th largest library in the United States.<ref>American Library Association Fact Sheet 22, [http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.htm The Nation's Largest Libraries]</ref> Its massive structure on Fifth Avenue is one of the landmarks of Manhattan. But contrary to public perception, the New York Public Library was not the gift by [[Andrew Carnegie]] or anyone else. It is mostly the result of taxpayer funding.

[[Image:Ny_public_library.jpg]]

The wealthiest man in American in the early 1800s was John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), who made his fortune from fur trade. He donated a library in New York City which opened in 1849, and a book collector named James Lenox (1800–1880) added to it. In 1886, Samuel J. Tilden (1814–1886) donated about $2.4 million to establish the first true library of New York City. This consolidated and added to the Astor and Lenox gifts.

Andrew Carnegie donated $5.2 million for branch libraries, but only on the condition that the City of New York fund their operations and maintenance.

==References and notes==
<references/>

Genetic factors

2007-04-01T05:34:26Z

Laliluleilo:

{{stub}}The general guideline of traits determined by a person's [[DNA]].<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>

==References==
<references/>

John Cabot

2007-04-01T05:34:14Z

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{{stub}}'''John Cabot''' was born in [[Genoa]], [[Italy]] in 1450 to the seaman and merchant, Julio Cabot. John always had a deep interest in exploration, and he studied sailing and mapping until he was proficient in both. In 1482, John met and married a girl named Mattea. They had three sons, Lewis, [[Sebastian Cabot|Sebastian]], and Sanctus. John and his family moved to England and he began to search for a sponsor to fund a voyage to the Indies. Finally, On March 5, 1496 King Henry gave John a charter giving him permission to sail North, East or West but not South because the Spaniards were there. John set out on his voyage on May 2, 1497. He had only one ship, the Matthew, with a small crew of eighteen men. John Cabot and his crew sailed the Matthew around the tip of [[Ireland]] and then northward. They then changed course and sailed westward until they sighted land on June 21, 1497. John and his men set sail for England less than a month later on July 20, 1497. When the Matthew reached England, the people called Cabot ‘The Great Admiral’. King Henry was so pleased that he gave John a yearly pension of twenty pounds for the rest of his life. In 1498, John left on another voyage with five ships and three hundred men. One ship experienced trouble and soon made for an Irish port. The other four were never heard of again. It is speculated that the ships were wrecked in a storm. John Cabot’s great love of the sea brought the great mariner to a tragic early death.

[[Category:Explorers|Cabot, John]]

Bronze Age

2007-04-01T05:33:58Z

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{{stub}}The period in a civilization when that civilization became skilled in working all kinds of metal and used [[copper]] or [[bronze]] tools. It began in 3500 in the Middle East and spread across the world.

Mentalism

2007-04-01T05:33:42Z

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{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}{{stub}}Many kinds of alleged supernatural events are performed by mentalists, whose power rests in the gullibility of their audience - i.e. their willingness to believe in the magical powers of the mentalists. In fact, supernatural events can only be performed by God.

Armistice Day

2007-04-01T05:33:18Z

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{{stub}}Armistice Day was November 11, 1918. It was the day that World War I was ended with the signing of an armistice, at eleven o’clock in the morning (during the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of nineteen eighteen, as it is famously remembered). The treaty was signed by the Allies and the Germans in France. The Germans were laid with the heavy burden of repaying the Allies (mostly Britain and France). They had to pay them 30 million dollars in a appointed amount of time. They had to have a regulated size army and many other things that were simply impossible to fulfill. This rekindled the hatred of the allies during [[World War II]].

Yalta conference

2007-04-01T05:33:03Z

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{{stub}}The Yalta Conference was the meeting in February of 1945, the last year of World War II, between President [[Franklin Roosevelt]], [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] Premier [[Joseph Stalin]] and British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] at Yalta in the Russian Crimea. They agreed to divide [[Germany]] into occupation zones. They also agreed that free elections would be held in Soviet controlled Eastern Europe, but Stalin never fulfilled this promise.

Eva Peron

2007-04-01T05:32:54Z

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{{stub}}Eva Perón was the second wife of Juan Domingo Perón, and First Lady of Argentina. She lived from 1919 until 1952, and held the role of First Lady from 1946 until her death in 1952. During her life she founded the Eva Perón Foundation, which worked to provide free health care to citizens, and built houses for the needy.

Born in rural Argentina she pursued a career in stage, radio, and film begining at the age of 15. In 1944 Eva met Colonel Juan Peron and in 1945 they married. Then in 1946 Juan was elected first President of Argentina. Over the course of the next six years, Eva became powerful in the Pro-Peronist trade union.

Eva then founded the Eva Peron Foundation, which was the nation’s first large scale female party. Eva Peron really had a desire to run for office as Vice President of Argentina but opposition from the nation’s military, elites, and her failing health never got her there.

== Popular Culture ==
Eva Perón is the subject of the musical ''[[Evita]]'' by [[Andrew Lloyd Weber]]. Although no longer on [[Broadway]], the cinematic version of the show, featuring [[Antonio Banderas]] as "Che" and [[Madonna]] as "Evita" is an exceptional production of the musical.

* Memorable lines:
: "Don't cry for me, Argentina, for I am ordinary... unimportant. And undeserving of such attention... unless we all are. I think we all are." - Evita
: "You let down your people, Evita! You were supposed to have been immortal. That's all they wanted: not much to ask for." - Che

Dayton

2007-04-01T05:32:40Z

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{{stub}}A city in southwest [[Ohio]]

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Scientific Revolution

2007-04-01T05:32:16Z

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{{stub}}The Scientific Revolution was a shift in approach in the mid-1500s whereby experimentation and research was emphasized more than reliance on traditional beliefs.

The best example of the Scientific Revolution is the acceptance that the earth revolves around the sun, not the sun around the earth.

The Onion

2007-04-01T05:31:58Z

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{{stub}}''The Onion'' is a weekly parody newspaper that pokes fun of whoever is in charge. It does not have any political agenda beyond making fun of authority figures. The Onion was originally a school newspaper for the University of Madison, Wisconsin and has since grown to national distribution.

Ry Cooder

2007-04-01T05:31:42Z

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{{stub}}Ry Cooder (Born 1947) is a blues and rock guitar playing known for his slide guitar work. Cooder in recent years has alterneted between composing soundtracks for films and performing with musicians from around the world, including India's Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Mali's Ali Farka Toure and Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club.

Jurassic

2007-04-01T05:31:30Z

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{{stub}}{{epoch|{{PAGENAME}}}} dated from 199 million years ago to 145 million years ago. It came after the [[Triassic]] and before the [[Cretaceous Period]].

[[Sauropods]] such as [[Diplodocus]] were supposedly common during this period.

[[Category:Geological time periods]]

Bix Beiderbecke

2007-04-01T05:31:17Z

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{{stub}}'''Bix Beiderbecke''' was a [[Jazz]] cornettist of the 1920s. He is arguably the most important white jazz musician of that decade - whilst, like most white bands of the time, he was inspired by the [[Original Dixieland Jazz Band]][http://www.redhotjazz.com/odjb.html], he was able to introduce a unique lyrical sensibility into the music.

He died young in 1931 after years of persistent [[alcohol]] abuse.

Macedonia

2007-04-01T05:31:07Z

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{{stub}}Macedonia, or the Republic of Macedonia, is an inland country in southeastern Europe. Located on the Balkan peninsula, Macedonia's border is with by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Albania to the west, and Greece to the south.

M16 rifle

2007-04-01T05:30:53Z

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{{stub}}The '''M16''', formally the '''United States Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16''', is an [[assault rifle]] developed by [[Eugene Stoner]]. The rifle is based off of the ArmaLite [[AR-15]] series of rifles. The M16 was originally designed for US soldiers as a replacement for the [[M14 rifle]].

Yahweh

2007-04-01T05:30:34Z

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{{stub}}'''Yahweh''' was originally simply [[Israel]]'s tribal [[god]]. In the [[Hebrew]] written language, which used no vowels, his name was written ''YHWH''.

However, because [[Jew]]s generally were forbidden by the [[Fifth Commandment]] to pronounce the sacred name, the vowels of ''Adonai'' (literally 'my lords') were normally inserted between its consonants, resulting in the name '[[Jehovah]]'. Reflecting the same taboo, the earlier English translations of the [[Bible]] replaced the name with the phrase 'the LORD'. Because [[Jesus]]' followers routinely called him ''adon'' ('boss', 'lord', which translated into the [[gospel]]s' [[Greek]] as ''kurios''), the two titles became confused in English, to the point where it became unclear whether the phrase 'the LORD' was referring to Jesus or to Yahweh. This helped to reinforce Christians' conviction that Jesus was God - even though, to any faithful [[Jew]] such as Jesus was, suggesting that a mere man could be God was the ultimate in blasphemies. As a result, centuries of dispute arose over the question.

==Sources==

* Armstrong, K., ''The Battle for God'' (Harper Perennial, 2000)
* Burrows, M., ''The Dead Sea Scrolls'' (Secker & Warburg, 1956)
* Cruden, A., ''Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments'' (Lutterworth, 1930)
* Cross, C., ''Who Was Jesus?'' (Hodder & Stoughton, 1970)
* Finkelstein, I. and Silberman, N. A, ''The Bible Unearthed'' (The Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2001)
* ''The Holy Bible'' (King James Version)
* James, M. R., ''The Apocryphal New Testament'' (Clarendon, Oxford, 1953)
* ''The New English Bible'' (Oxford & Cambridge University Presses, 1970)
* ''The New Jerusalem Bible'' (Darton, Longman & Todd, 1990)
* Lemesurier, P., ''The Armageddon Script'' (Element Books, 1981)
* Peake, A.S., ''Commentary on the Bible'' (Nelson, 1962)
* Powell Davies, A., ''The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls'' (Mentor Books, New York, 1956)
* Schonfield, H. J., ''The Passover Plot'' (Hutchinson, 1965)
* Schonfield, H. J., ''The Pentecost Revolution'' (Macdonald, 1974)
* Schonfield, H.J., ''Those Incredible Christians'' (Bernard Geis, New York, 1968)
* Vermes, G., ''The Dead Sea Scrolls in English'' (Penguin, 1968)
* Vermes, G., ''The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective'' (Collins, 1977)
* Vermes, G., ''Jesus the Jew'' (Collins, 1973)
* Young, R., ''Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible'' (Lutterworth, 1939)

Trust

2007-04-01T05:30:16Z

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{{stub}}The trust is the most important innovation of [[Equity|equity]]. A trust is an arrangement whereby one person (the trustee) may hold the legal title to property on behalf of another person (the beneficiary) who holds the equitable title. A trust does not interfere with the legal position; at law the title is held by the trustee in the normal way. However, equity recognises that the trustee does not hold the title for his or her own benefit and the benefits of the ownership will accrue to the beneficiary.

[[Category:Law]]

Line of Demarcation

2007-04-01T05:30:06Z

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{{stub}}The Line of Demarcation was a 1493 geographic line by Pope Alexander VI that divided New World lands for Portugal and Spain, after [[Christopher Columbus]] returned from his first voyage. Portugal took land east of this line, and Spain controlled the land to the west.

A year later these countries signed the Treaty of Tordesillas to shift the line to the west of the Cape Verde Islands, which had the possibly accidental result of giving the Portuguese the massive territory of Brazil.

France and Protestant countries (including England) ignored the Line of Demarcation.

Red Cross

2007-04-01T05:29:57Z

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{{stub}}The Red Cross is an organization that helps wounded and imprisoned soldiers in wartime,
and during peacetime collects medical supples and trains nurses. The organizaton was proposes by Jean-Henri Dunant, a Swiss-businessman, who was deeply affected by the suffering and hardship of the wounded soldiers in the Italian war for independence. In 1862, he proposed a worldwide group of volunteers be formed to help the wounded and imprisoned in wartime. In 1863, he suggested a gathering of world nations to develop such an institute. In 1864, the Swiss government held a conference with representatives of many nations who drafted the first Geneva Convention. This convention brought the Red Cross movement into existence. The organizations symbol is a red cross on a white background. In [[Islam|Islamic]] countries the symbol is a red crescent and the organization is named accordingly.

Pressure

2007-04-01T05:29:42Z

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{{stub}}The force per unit area exerted on an object.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Chemistry''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>

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Long Run

2007-04-01T05:29:29Z

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{{stub}}The Long Run is an economics term for the distant future. Long run costs for a seller include building factories, buying new equipment, and hiring new employees.