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NABA

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'''NABA''' is an [[Acronym]] for '''N'''ot '''A'''s '''B'''ad '''A'''s. A form of the [[tu quoque]] fallacy used by [[liberal]]s, it is used dismissively on any defense of a given behavior or course of action whose main justification is that someone, somewhere, has done something that is arguably worse.

{{cquote|When you have to resort to the NABA Defense, you're in bad shape.<ref>[http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2005/06/314.html Nabobs of NABA]</ref>}}

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Menopause

2008-08-27T03:46:10Z

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'''Menopause''' is the period in a woman's life - usually in middle age - when she ceases to [[menstruation|menstruate]] and is no longer able to bear children. Menopause is a gift from [[God]] allowing a woman to know her womb is closed and she may shift focus to her grandchildren.

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Whig Party (British)

2008-08-27T03:45:11Z

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The '''Whig''' party in [[Great Britain]], named for their hairpieces which survive today as the wigs worn by British [[judges]], was the forerunner of the nineteenth-century [[Liberal Party]]; it evolved from late seventeenth century politicians who supported the [[Glorious Revolution]] and the rights of [[Parliament]], while their opponents, the [[Tories]], supported the right of the Crown and the established church. Although both parties included high aristocratic families and great landowners, the Tories were seen as supporting landed interests, the Whigs as supporting trade and commerce.

[[Category:British Politics]]

United States Constitution:Article I

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''For the full text of the U.S. Constitution, see [[Full Text of the United States Constitution]].''

'''Article I''' of the [[United States Constitution]] describes and grants power to the [[Legislative Branch]], or [[House of Representatives]] and [[Senate]].<ref>U.S Government and Politics</ref>

==Section One==

Section one establishes that the powers of the [[Legislative Branch]] shall be vested in a [[Bicameral Legislature]] composed of [[Senate]] and the [[House of Representatives]]. The position of prominence afforded the Legislature shows that the framers intended a conservative congress to be the predominant part of government.

==Section Two==

Article One, section two, discusses the method of election and qualifications necessary to serve in the House, as well as the procedure for calculating the number of representatives each state may elect. These sections also touch on filling vacancies in the house, choosing the speaker of the house, and impeachment.

==Section Three==

Article One, section three, discusses the election, qualifications, and impeachment of senators. It also establishes the Vice President of the United States as the president of Senate.

==Section Four==

Section four elaborates on the "times, places, and manner" of holding elections for Senators and Representatives. It also establishes that the Congress must assemble at least once each year.

==Section Five==

Section five establishes the rules of congress.

==Section Six==

Section six addresses the compensation and immunities of the senators and representatives.

==Section Seven==

Section seven states that all bills for raising money must originate in the House of Representatives.

==Section Eight==

Section eight specifically states the power of Congress. These are called the [[Enumerated Powers]].

==Section Nine==

Section nine elaborates several restrictions on Congress.

==Section Ten==

Section ten details restrictions on the states.
<ref>The United States Constitution (see top of page for a link)</ref>

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[[Category:United States Government]]
[[Category:United States History]]

Iced tea

2008-08-27T03:41:57Z

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'''Iced tea''' is a beverage which is essentially [[tea]] served cold, although in many cases [[sweetener]] and fruit flavoring is added. Sweet tea is popular in the [[conservative]] South, while in the [[liberal]] northeast [[coffee]] is the preferred beverage. [[Jesus]] was a fan of unsweetened tea.

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Grove City College

2008-08-27T03:39:10Z

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'''Grove City College''' (PHC), named after its location about one hour outside of [[Pittsburgh]], is the top-ranked{{fact}} small college in the nation and also one of the most affordable{{fact}}. The school has long been committed to [[Christian]] values and morality, and its faculty members work without tenure.

'''Grove City College''' has superb programs in [[mathematics]], science, and engineering, and is one of the few major colleges that is unregulated by the federal government because it refused federal funding and the attendant liberal [[nondiscrimination]] laws. As a result, Grove City College determines what is best for its students without the burden of anti-[[Christian]] or [[liberal]] requirements.

[[category:Colleges]]
[[category:Homeschooling]]

Cotton Gin

2008-08-27T03:37:36Z

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The '''Cotton Gin''' is a machine for separating cotton fiber from sticky cotton seeds<ref>http://www.eliwhitney.org/cotton.htm</ref>. It was invented by [[Eli Whitney]] in 1793. It increased the profitability of growing cotton inland (where the viable cotton varieties had sticky seeds) and thus increased the value of cotton fields. The cotton gin is notable because it is considered to have increased the need for slaves in the [[south]], and further entrenched [[slavery]] in that part of the United States. It has nothing to do with gin.

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Public opinion

2008-08-27T03:35:41Z

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'''Public opinion''' is the aggregate belief of [[America]]n citizenry. It is easily influenced by a virtual "[[oligarchy]]", made up of [[corporation]]s, [[political group]]s, and [[media]]. All manipulate [[government]] to achieve their own ends and all use [[television]] and other forms of mass media to shape public opinion. <ref>http://www.transparencynow.com/news/preface.htm</ref>

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Rotterdam

2008-08-27T03:34:29Z

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'''Rotterdam''', in the Dutch province of [[Zuid Holland]], is the largest port in [[Europe]] and the second largest city of [[the Netherlands]]. It lies on the Nieuwe Maas river in the delta formed by the convergence of the [[River Rhine]] and [[River Maas]]. Founded on a ''dam'', or embankment, by the River ''Rotte'', Rotterdam gained city status in 1340 and grew steadily through the succeeding centuries.

On 14 May 1940 the city was bombed by the atheist-run [[Luftwaffe]] during the German invasion of the [[Low Countries]], killing between 800 and 900 civilians and destroying much of the city centre. After the war, Rotterdam was rebuilt in a modernist idiom, its ''Lijnbaan'' incorporating retail, housing and separation of traffic from pedestrians in a major development.

Rotterdam has a population of 584,000.

[[Category:Dutch Cities and Towns]]

Gorilla

2008-08-27T03:33:49Z

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{{Taxonomy|image = Gorilla.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Primates|suborder = Hominoidea |family = Hominidae|subfamily = Homininae|tribe = Gorillini|genus = Gorilla|species = gorilla|alt = See article for full list of subspecies}}

The '''gorilla''', the largest of the living [[primate]]s, is a ground-dwelling [[omnivore]] that inhabits the forests of [[Africa]]. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies.<ref>A proposed third subspecies of ''Gorilla beringei'' (which has not yet received a Latin designation) is the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest population of the Mountain Gorilla, called the ''Bwindi Gorilla'' [http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=13142 International Fund for Animal Welfare] </ref> Comparison of [[DNA]] sequences of humans and gorillas show them to be 99% identical.

Attempts have been made to teach a gorilla named ''Koko'' a form of [[sign language]], although this is highly questionable.<ref>As part of her research into animal communication in 1972, a young graduate student in developmental psychology volunteered to teach sign language to a 1-year-old female Gorilla named Koko. [http://www.las.uiuc.edu/alumni/news/fall2003/03fall_Patterson.html] </ref>
Some scientists believe that Koko's ability to communicate through ASL is equivalent to a [[parrot]]'s ability to communicate through speech - that is, that it is mere mimicry, not communication at all. Some scientists believe that Koko is only trained to make hand gestures but does not actually understand what she is doing. Young earth [[creationist]]s believe that gorillas were [[creation|created]] about 4000 years ago. According to [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary]] thought, humans shared a common ancestor with gorillas as recently as four to seven million years ago.<ref>Hobolth A, Christensen OF, Mailund T, Schierup MH (2007) Genomic Relationships and Speciation Times of Human, Chimpanzee, and Gorilla Inferred from a Coalescent Hidden Markov Model [http://genetics.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.0030007 PLoS Genet 3(2)]</ref>

==Taxonomy==
*G. gorilla (Western gorilla)
**G. g. gorilla (Western Lowland gorilla)
**G. g. diehli (Cross River gorilla)
*G. beringei (Eastern gorilla)
**G. b. beringei (Mountain gorilla)
**G. b. graueri (Eastern Lowland gorilla)

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