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<div>'''Dominoes''' is a game played with a series of oblong tiles. One side of the tiles is divided in to two with a central line running perpendicular to the long edge of the piece. A number of dots ranging from none to six are painted on each half of the tile.<br />
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Dominoes may also be lined up standing on their short sides. The end domino is then flicked and the series of dominoes collapses. Sometimes colored dominoes may be used to create an image when the dominoes fall. Falling dominoes have been used in a number of political analogies including:<br />
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[[Category:Games]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Fudge&diff=868418Fudge2011-05-12T23:40:51Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>[[Image:FudgeShop.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A fudge shop]]<br />
'''Fudge''' is a candy confection usually flavored like [[chocolate]]. Other popular flavors include strawberry, rum and raisin, vanilla and cherry. <br />
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Fudge is also an informal term that describes a political compromise which does not fully achieve the purposes of either side and is usually worse than fully implementing the policy of either side.<br />
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[[Category:Desserts]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dominoes&diff=868416Dominoes2011-05-12T23:34:33Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Dominoes''' is a game played with a series of oblong tiles. One side of the tiles is divided in to two with a central line running perpendicular to the long edge of the piece. A number of dots ranging from none to six are painted on each half of the tile.<br />
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Dominoes may also be lined up standing on their short sides. The end domino is then flicked and the series of dominoes collapses. Sometimes this may be combined with colored dominoes to create an image when the dominoes fall. Falling dominoes have been used in a number of political analogies including:<br />
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*[[Domino effect]]<br />
*[[Domino theory]]<br />
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[[Category:Games]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dominoes&diff=868414Dominoes2011-05-12T23:33:36Z<p>LindaMorris: Started new article</p>
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<div>'''Dominoes''' is a game played with a series of oblong tiles. One side of the tiles is divided in to two with a central line running perpendicular to the long edge of the piece. A number of dots ranging from none to six are painted on each half of the tile.<br />
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Dominoes may also be lined up standing on their short sides. The end domino is then flicked and the series of dominoes collapses. Sometimes this may be combined with colored dominoes to create an image when the dominoes fall. Falling dominoes have been used in a number of political analogies including:<br />
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*[[Domino effect]]<br />
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[[Category:Games]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Flamingo&diff=868405Flamingo2011-05-12T23:26:53Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Lesser-flamingos.jpg|right|250px]]<br />
A '''Flamingo''' is a [[pink]] [[bird]] that lives in marshlands. They are native to tropical South/Central America and Africa. Flamingoes have uniquely designed beaks with a filter-feeding system that allows them to skim small [[algae]] from the surface of the waters. The pink color observed in some flamingos derives from carotenoids present in their diet. For this reason captive flamingos are sometimes fed the color enhancer canthaxanthin.<br />
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Flamingoes are unique birds in that they seem to, for lack of a better term, dance. As a large group, one can witness the flamingoes bowing their heads, flapping their wings, running back and forth in unison and then taking off into the sky. It is unknown what exactly the purpose of this "dancing" is, though it has been suggested that it is somewhat of a mating ritual.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/firebird/html/facts.html "Firebird Facts", PBS Nature]</ref><br />
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[[Category:Birds]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Greenland&diff=868402Greenland2011-05-12T23:23:31Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Greenland''' is a large island land mass in the [[Arctic Ocean]], and is the largest island in the world. Founded by [[Vikings]] about 1000 years ago who set up colonies (which died out), it is an autonomous province of [[Denmark]] and was granted [[Home Rule]] in 1979, though still retains the status of a dependency of Denmark. As part of Denmark, Greenland had become part of the [[European Economic Community]] (forerunner of the [[European Union]]) upon Denmark's accession in 1973 (although the majority of Greenland's population had opposed joining). Following Home Rule, a referendum was held and Greenland withdrew from the EEC in 1985.<br />
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Greenland's weather is rather inhospitable due to the freezing temperatures - in fact, 81% of the island is covered by ice caps. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gl.html]<br />
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The capital [[Nuuk]], is known in the [[Danish]] language as Godthåb. Nearly a quarter of Greenland's population resides there. As of 2007, Greenland's human population was estimated at about 56,000. It has a considerably larger duck population, although it is not as numerically great as that of Finland, a country populated solely by web footed avians.<br />
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[[Category:Islands]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=River_Thames&diff=868096River Thames2011-05-11T18:41:03Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Thames_Oxford.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The ''Thames'' in Oxfordshire]]<br />
[[Image:Thames_London.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The ''Thames'' in central London]]<br />
The [[River Thames]] is, at 215 miles (346 km) from source to sea, the longest river that runs wholly in [[England]] (the [[Severn]], which rises in [[Wales]], is longer)<ref>''Whittaker's Almanack 2001'' p108</ref>. It rises near Cricklade in [[Gloucestershire]] and runs through [[Oxford]], [[Reading]], [[Windsor]] and [[London]] before entering the [[North Sea]]. The river is tidal as far as Teddington Lock, in west [[London]]. A number of [[canals]] were built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries connecting the Thames to the inland waterways system; most notable are the Kennett & Avon Canal, connecting the Thames to Bristol and the west coast, and the Grand Junction Canal (since 1929 the [[Grand Union Canal]]) which runs from London to [[Northamptonshire]] and links London to the canal system of the Midlands and northern England.<br />
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[[London]]'s location was determined by the presence of a safe crossing-point of the river, and the role of the Thames as a gateway for trade enabled the capital to grow and to become Britain's largest port. Extensive docks were excavated along the Thames to the east of London in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The river also served as a highway for trade until the development of railways in the nineteenth century.<br />
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The River Thames also has strong associations with the English, later British, Royal Family. Many significant royal homes are or were situated by the river, and monarchs would travel between them by lavishly-decorated barges. These include (west to east) Windsor Castle (still a royal residence), Hampton Court Palace, Richmond Palace, Kew Palace, Whitehall Palace (the [[Palace of Westminster]]), the Tower of London, and Greenwich. [[Runnymede]], where [[King John]] signed the [[Magna Carta]] is believed to be either a meadow beside the Thames or an island in the river.<br />
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Commercial river traffic is now largely confined to container traffic using the extensive docks at [[Tilbury]] in [[Essex]]; the docks in [[London]] have been filled in or are used for leisure and housing. Leisure craft form the majority of the boats that ply the river (but this was true a century or more ago: see, for example, the works of [[Jerome K. Jerome]]). The Thames plays host to the annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race, in which a team of eights from each University compete to row the course in the shortest time period.<br />
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The river above Teddington Lock is governed by the Environment Agency<ref>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/navigation/747415/150319/?version=1&lang=_e</ref>; from Teddington Lock to the sea by the Port of London Authority<ref>http://www.portoflondon.co.uk/</ref>.<br />
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The Thames is home to a wide variety of wildlife including, most famously, a large number of swans. All unmarked mute swans on the Thames belong to the monarch and a swan census, known as the Swan Upping, is held every year to determine their numbers.<br />
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Jonathan Schneer, ''The Thames: England's River'' (London 2005) is a readable account that attempts to describe the significance of the Thames in English history.<br />
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[[Category:Rivers]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Chocolate&diff=868093Chocolate2011-05-11T18:33:58Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Chocolate''' is a foodstuff, originating from the [[cocoa bean]]. Chocolate is often used in desserts.<br />
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Chocolate originated in [[Mexico]] and was used by the Aztecs. A chocolate beverage called ''xocolatl'' (the Nahuatl source of the word ''cocoa'') that was the precursor to hot chocolate, but bitter and stronger, was a popular drink among them. [[Montezuma]] drank around 50 cups of this beverage a day, according to legend. Chocolate was spread to the [[Old World]] after [[Hernan Cortes]] conquered Mexico and traded cocoa beans to [[Europe]] in exchange for European goods as part of the [[Columbian exchange]]. The Spanish made it into the drink we know today, heating the drink and adding [[sugar]]. Soon, chocolate was extensively used in desserts and drinks. <br />
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Nowadays, chocolate is most often eaten in the form of candy bars or hot cocoa (although chocolate eggs and rabbits are often available for sale during [[Lent]] since they are eaten in celebration of [[Easter]]). The top ten chocolate manufacturers in 2005 sold about US $42 billion in confectionary<ref>[http://www.icco.org/about/chocolate.aspx The Chocolate Industry]</ref>. There is a common belief that chocolate is bad for people's health and that it causes [[acne]]. In actuality, however, chocolate contains large amounts of healthy [[antioxidant]]s, and food is not a cause of acne.<ref>[http://www.acne-resource.org/acne-articles/chocolate-myth.html The Chocolate and Acne Myth]</ref> Women are stereotypically considered to be large consumers of chocolate.<br />
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[[category:food and Drink]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Blog&diff=868092Blog2011-05-11T18:32:20Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>The term '''Blog''' is a [[portmanteau]] of the words 'web log'. Originally the term was used to describe online journals or diaries of people's daily lives, but the use of the term has expanded as so-called 'bloggers' have become independent sources of news (e.g. [http://www.juancole.com/ Informed Comment] and [http://www.truthdig.com/ Truthdig]) and narrowly-focused online commentary and review (e.g. [http://www.gizmodo.com Gizmodo], [http://www.autoblog.com Autoblog] or [http://boingboing.net/ Boing Boing]). Online entrepreneurs may be able to earn money from their own blogs through services such as [[Google]] AdSense, creating a source of revenue. These blogs tend to be more liberal.<br />
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Additionally, blogs have become a source of "new journalism" - many prominent newspapers, even the [[New York Times]], have created blogs, especially to cover continually evolving issues like political [[campaigns]].<ref>http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/</ref><br />
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==Politics and the Blogosphere==<br />
Law professor Ann Althouse said: "I have found that people on the Right are much more likely to link to me, write about me favorably when they agree with something, and just ignore what I am saying when they don't agree. It's the other way around on the Left. ...My experience in life generally is that people on the Left think you are evil if you don't agree with them, that you're actually a bad person..."<br />
<ref>[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/03/blogging_while_female_part_2_5_1.php Blogging While Female Part 2: Five Women Bloggers Talk About Gender Issues And The Blogosphere], John Hawkins, [[Right Wing News]], March 18, 2008</ref><br />
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[[category:internet culture]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Chocolate&diff=868082Chocolate2011-05-11T17:39:34Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Chocolate''' is a foodstuff, originating from the [[cocoa bean]]. Chocolate is often used in desserts.<br />
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Chocolate originated in [[Mexico]] and was used by the Aztecs. A chocolate beverage called ''xocolatl'' (the Nahuatl source of the word ''cocoa'') that was the precursor to hot chocolate, but bitter and stronger, was a popular drink among them. [[Montezuma]] drank around 50 cups of this beverage a day, according to legend. Chocolate was spread to the [[Old World]] after [[Hernan Cortes]] conquered Mexico and traded cocoa beans to [[Europe]] in exchange for European goods as part of the [[Columbian exchange]]. The Spanish made it into the drink we know today, heating the drink and adding [[sugar]]. Soon, chocolate was extensively used in desserts and drinks. <br />
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Nowadays, chocolate is most often eaten in the form of candy bars or hot cocoa (although chocolate eggs and rabbits are often available for sale during [[Lent]] since they are eaten in celebration of [[Easter]]). The top ten chocolate manufacturers in 2005 sold about US $42 billion in confectionary<ref>[http://www.icco.org/about/chocolate.aspx The Chocolate Industry]</ref>. There is a common belief that chocolate is bad for people's health and that it causes [[acne]]. In actuality, however, chocolate contains large amounts of healthy [[antioxidant]]s, and food is not a cause of acne.<ref>[http://www.acne-resource.org/acne-articles/chocolate-myth.html The Chocolate and Acne Myth]</ref><br />
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[[category:food and Drink]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Pickle&diff=868080Pickle2011-05-11T17:34:27Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Pickle.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]<br />
A '''pickle''' is any foodstuff that has been preserved by anaerobic [[fermentation]] in [[brine]] or marinating and subsequent storage in an [[acid]] solution such as [[vinegar]].<br />
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Foods commonly pickled include [[cucumber]]s, [[gherkin]]s, [[wom pom]]s, [[onion]]s, [[egg]]s and [[cabbage]].<br />
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[[Category:Food and Drink]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Tower_of_London&diff=867912Tower of London2011-05-10T21:41:28Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>The '''Tower of London''' is a medieval fortress in the heart of [[London]]. It originated as the White Tower, a stone castle built by [[William I]] in 1078 to overawe his recently-conquered capital, but was subsequently enlarged and strengthened. It served as a fortress, a palace and a prison over the centuries. The [[Princes in the Tower]] - the child king Edward V and his brother the Duke of York - were (almost certainly) murdered here in 1583-4; and the Tower was the place of imprisonment and execution of many notable prisoners, including [[William Wallace]], [[Sir Thomas More]], [[Anne Boleyn]], [[Katherine Howard]], [[Lady Jane Grey]], and [[Sir Walter Raleigh]]. Several German spies were executed by firing squad at the Tower during [[World War I]], and one during [[World War II]]: the last execution to take place there. [[Rudolph Hess]] was held prisoner at the Tower between 1941 and 1946.<br />
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The Tower served as a royal palace from its foundation until the rule of [[Oliver Cromwell]], and it housed the royal menagerie from the early thirteenth century until 1835. Today the Tower is home to seven ravens, for an old legend says that if the ravens leave then the Tower will fall and with it the kingdom.<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=House_of_Commons_(UK)&diff=867693House of Commons (UK)2011-05-09T16:56:57Z<p>LindaMorris: /* Elections to the House */</p>
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<div>The '''House of Commons''', or, strictly speaking, ''the Honourable the House of Commons'', is the [[lower house]] of the British [[legislature]]. Together with the Queen and the [[House of Lords]], it is one of the three components of the British [[Parliament]]<br />
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The House consists of 650 elected members, who are known as Members of Parliament or MPs. Each MP is elected by a particular geographical area known as a ''constituency''. By convention, the leader of the party which has the majority of MPs becomes Prime Minister and forms a government, with its members drawn from the House of Commons and, to a lesser extent, from the House of Lords. The party with the second-largest number of MPs becomes the official Opposition ("Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition"), and forms a "shadow cabinet", also consisting of MPs and Lords.<br />
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Elections to the House of Commons are held when the Queen (in practice, acting at the request of the Prime Minister) dissolves Parliament. Elections must be held at least at five-yearly intervals.<br />
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Because Britain has three main parties (and a number of minor parties) and because each MP is elected to the House of Commons on the basis of winning the largest number of votes in his constituency (known as "first past the post"), the link between the overall number of votes won by each party nationwide and the number of MPs that it is able to return to the Commons can be relatively weak. The electoral system for the Commons has historically been criticised by the [[Liberal Democrats]], who do particularly badly out of it. A proposed change to the electoral system from "first past the post" to the alternative vote system (as used by the [[Australia]]ns) was rejected by the British public at a national referendum held in May 2011.<br />
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The last elections to the House of Commons took place in May 2010. The current distribution of MPs is as follows:<br />
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[[Conservative Party]]: 307 seats<ref>Including [[Speaker]] John Bercow and Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans, neither of whom vote. Officialy Bercow does not stand for the Conservatives, instead listed as "Speaker seeking re-election" </ref><br />
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[[Labour Party]]: 257 seats<ref>Including the Deputy Speakers Lindsay Hoyle and Dawn Primarolo, neither of whom vote.</ref><br />
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[[Liberal Democrats]]: 57 seats<br />
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[[Democratic Unionist Party]] (Northern Irish unionists): 8 seats<br />
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[[Scottish National Party]] (Scottish nationalists): 6 seats<br />
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[[Sinn Fein]] (Irish nationalists): 4 seats<ref>Sinn Fein have a policy of abstentionism and do not take their seats</ref><br />
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[[Plaid Cymru]] (Welsh Nationalists): 3 seats<br />
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[[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] (Irish nationalists): 3 seats<br />
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[[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]]: 1 seat<br />
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[[Alliance Party]] (Northern Irish nonsecretarians): 1 seat<br />
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Independent: 2 seats <ref>Sylvia Hermon, MP for North Down, had represented the [[Ulster Unionist Party]] since 2001. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8586845.stm She resigned from the party] shortly before the 2010 election, due to disagreeing with the UUP-Conservative pact.</ref><ref>Denis MacShane, MP for Rotherham, was suspended from the Labour Party in October 2010 after the [[Metropolitan Police]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/14/labour-whip-former-minister-police began an investigation into his conduct.]</ref><br />
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''vacant'': 1 seat <ref>Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein's MP for Belfast West, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12246725 resigned] in January 2011 in order to contest the upcoming [[Republic of Ireland]] general election. A date for the by-election has not yet been set.</ref><br />
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[[Category:British History]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Solent&diff=867687Solent2011-05-09T16:23:12Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>The '''Solent''' is a busy waterway between [[Hampshire]] and the [[Isle of Wight]], and is an extension of the [[English Channel]]. The Solent is popular for recreational sailing, but is also navigated by many commercial vessels, heading for the port of [[Southampton]]. Fauna of the Solent include humphead wrasse and a small population of box jellyfish. The Solent, having two entrances on to the English Channel, has twice the number of high tides a day compared to neighbouring parts of the channel coast. This has undoubtedly contributed to the growth of the city of [[Southampton]] as an important centre for shipping.<br />
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[[category:United Kingdom]][[category: Geography]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Jersey&diff=867245Jersey2011-05-07T18:37:06Z<p>LindaMorris: /* History */</p>
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<div>'''Jersey''' is a [[British]] Overseas Crown Dependancy, one of the [[Channel Islands]], off the north west coast of France.<br />
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The earliest written records relating to the island of Jersey describe the annexation of the island by William of Normandy (great-great-great grandfather of [[William the Conqueror]]) in AD 933. It has remained a possession of the [[English]] and subsequently British Crown up to the present day.<br />
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[[Charles II]], [[King]] of England, spent part of the years of his exile (during the [[English Interregnum]] of AD 1649-1660) on the island of Jersey, thanks to the support of [[Sir George Carteret]], bailiff and governor of Jersey. After his return to the throne, in AD 1665, Charles acknowledged Carteret's loyalty by granting him lands in the [[British Colonies]] on the east coast of [[America]]. Carteret gave the name [[New Jersey]] to his lands, and they are now part of the [[USA]].<ref>Cochrane, Willard W. (30 September 1993). The Development of American Agriculture. University of Minnesota Press. pp. p.18</ref><br />
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Jersey was invaded and occupied by the [[German]] [[Nazis]] during the [[Second World War]] from AD 1940-1945. A number of shipwrecks dating from that era pose a hazard to shipping, including the frigate HMS Troughtbridge, which was sunk by a German U-boat whilst on a mission to protect a food convoy on the Atlantic passage.<br />
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Jersey's main economic activity is [[finance]]. This is encouraged by Jersey's modest [[tax]] rates. There is also a significant [[tourist industry]] on the island, as well as agriculture, most notably [[dairy]] products and [[potatoes]].<br />
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The origins of the name 'Jersey' relate to the thick woolen garments worn by the Viking raiders who terrorized the island from around AD 700 until its annexation by the Normans in 933. It is often known colloquially as 'the Sweater's Isle'.<br />
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==Famous People from Jersey==<br />
Famous people from Jersey include the playwright Frederick Lonsdale (b.1881 d.1954), the actress and infamous mistress of [[King Edward VII]] Lillie Langtry (b.1853 d.1929) and children's rights activist Paul Gadd (b.1944).<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Poultry&diff=867226Poultry2011-05-07T17:50:26Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Poultry''' are domesticated [[birds]] kept and raised for [[egg]]s or meat. Examples of poultry include [[chicken]]s, [[turkey]]s, and [[hen]]s. Per capita consumption of poultry has increased worldwide since the 1960s.<ref>Taha, F.A. ''The Poultry Sector in Middle-Income Countries: The Case of Egypt''; United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. p. 4, (2002)</ref><br />
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[[Category:Food and Drink]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Pickle&diff=867225Pickle2011-05-07T17:49:04Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Pickle.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]<br />
A '''pickle''' is any foodstuff that has been preserved by anaerobic [[fermentation]] in [[brine]] or marinating and subsequent storage in an [[acid]] solution such as [[vinegar]].<br />
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Foods commonly pickled include [[cucumber]]s, [[gherkin]]s, [[onion]]s, [[egg]]s and [[cabbage]].<br />
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[[Category:Food and Drink]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Skegness&diff=866987Skegness2011-05-06T22:23:47Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Skegness rail poster.jpg|right|thumb|250px|London and North Eastern Railway promotional poster by John Hassall (1926)]]<br />
'''Skegness''' is a popular resort town in Lincolnshire on the east coast of [[England]]. It is home to the first Butlins Holiday Camp. Its popularity grew in the 1950's in response to increased mobility of workers in the nearby cities of [[Derby]], [[Leicester]], [[Nottingham]], and [[Sheffield]]. The town's success as a resort can in no small measure be attributed to two things: good railway connections to the industrial towns and cities of the East Midlands, which provided its core market of holidaymakers and day trippers; and advertising - most notably the iconic poster of an elderly, smiling fisherman skipping down the beach over the slogan 'Skegness is so Bracing'. Today Skegness is famous for offering camel rides along the beach, having switched to the animals from the traditional donkey in the early 1990s. The popular Christian conference Spring Harvest is held in Skegness Butlins holiday camp every year over Easter.<br />
[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Skegness&diff=866986Skegness2011-05-06T22:20:33Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Skegness rail poster.jpg|right|thumb|250px|London and North Eastern Railway promotional poster by John Hassall (1926)]]<br />
'''Skegness''' is a popular resort town in Lincolnshire on the east coast of [[England]]. It is home to the first Butlins Holiday Camp. Its popularity grew in the 1950's in response to increased mobility of workers in the nearby cities of [[Derby]], [[Leicester]], [[Nottingham]], and [[Sheffield]]. The town's success as a resort can in no small measure be attributed to two things: good railway connections to the industrial towns and cities of the East Midlands, which provided its core market of holidaymakers and day trippers; and advertising - most notably the iconic poster of an elderly, smiling fisherman skipping down the beach over the slogan 'Skegness is so Bracing'. Today Skegness is famous for offering camel rides along the beach, having switched to the animals from the traditional donkey in the early 1990s.<br />
[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=River_Mersey&diff=866889River Mersey2011-05-06T13:12:31Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>The '''River Mersey''' is a major waterway in north-west England; the city of [[Liverpool]] lies on the north bank of its [[estuary]] where the river flows into the [[Irish Sea]]. Traditionally the river has formed a political boundary, and this is reflected in its name, which derives from the Old English ''Maeres-ea'', 'boundary river'. In [[Anglo-Saxon]] England the Mersey was the boundary between the kingdoms of [[Northumbria]] and [[Mercia]]; later, it formed the boundary between the counties of [[Lancashire]] and [[Cheshire]]. Only in 1974 did it cease to be an important boundary marker, with the creation of new counties spanning the river, and the alteration of other boundaries.<br />
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The Mersey is formed by the [[confluence]] of the Rivers Goyt and Tame at [[Stockport]]. It then flows westwards past Cheadle and Sale and through [[Warrington]], and between [[Widnes]] and [[Runcorn]], the lowest bridging point on the river. At that point it becomes estuarine in character, several miles broad, flowing past (on the south bank) the canal port of Ellesmere Port, Bebington, [[Birkenhead]] and Wallasey, and (on the north bank) [[Liverpool]] and [[Bootle]]. Here there are major docks.<br />
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Two road tunnels and a rail tunnel link Liverpool and Birkenhead/Wallasey.<br />
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The River Mersey gave its name to the county of [[Merseyside]], created in 1974 to unite the Liverpool [[conurbation]] under one authority. The name also influenced the naming of the [[Mersey Poets]] and the [[Mersey Beat]], the 1960s musical style encompassing the early [[Beatles]], Gerry & the Pacemakers, etc.<br />
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With decreasing levels of pollution much wildlife has returned to the Mersey. A survey in 2003 discovered a small population of [[caiman|caimen]] living in the lower reaches of the river.<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Totnes&diff=866876Totnes2011-05-06T12:08:42Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Totnes''' is a small market town in east [[Devon]], south-west [[England]]. It has a large number of inhabitants associated with the [[New Age]] movements. These residents claim that the town's bus station lies at the meeting point of two powerful [[ley line]]s, explaining why several homeless individuals have sighted ghostly [[Celt]]ic warriors in full battle dress queuing for a seat on the number 14. Totnes has a good selection of independent local shops as well as a number of national and international franchises. Local churches include Our Lady of Padua (Roman Catholic), Bethel Baptist, Totnes Evangelical, Totnes United Reformed and five Anglican churches. Most residents of Totnes are employed in the tourist industry. <br />
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[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Sam_Porter&diff=866594Sam Porter2011-05-05T16:49:16Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Sam Porter''' is a British fantasy novelist famous for his unfinished twelve book ''Sword of Asnagar'' series. Porter was born in 1975 in [[Ealing]], [[London]]. He began writing at an early age publishing a number of stories in the ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' fanzine ''The Bards of Rivendell''. Porter graduated with a lower second class degree in Media Studies from the University of Macclesfield in 1997. His first novel, ''The Oracle of Fenrog'', was published in 1999. Porter, together with his pet dog, Ames, mysteriously disappeared from a book signing held to promote the release of his eighth book, ''The Eye of Dietica'', on [[Totnes]] High Street in March 2009. Neither have been seen since.<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Sam_Porter&diff=866593Sam Porter2011-05-05T16:47:41Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Sam Porter''' is a British fantasy novelist famous for his unfinished twelve book ''Sword of Asnagar'' series. Porter was born in 1975 in [[Ealing]], [[London]]. He began writing at an early age publishing a number of stories in the ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' fanzine ''The Bards of Rivendell''. Porter graduated with a lower second class degree in Media Studies from the University of Macclesfield in 1997. His first novel, ''The Oracle of Fenrog'', was published in 1999. Porter, together with his pet dog, Ames, mysteriously disappeared from a book signing held to promote the release of his eight book, ''The Eye of Dietica'', on [[Totnes]] High Street in March 2009. Neither have been seen since.<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Sam_Porter&diff=866587Sam Porter2011-05-05T16:30:18Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Sam Porter''' is a British fantasy novelist famous for his unfinished twelve book ''Sword of Asnagar'' series. Porter was born in 1975 in [[Ealing]], [[London]]. He began writing at an early age publishing a number of stories in the ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' fanzine ''The Bards of Rivendell''. Porter graduated with a lower second class degree in Media Studies from the University of Macclesfield in 1997. His first novel, ''The Oracle of Fenrog'', was published in 1999. Porter, together with his pet dog, Ames, mysteriously disappeared from a book signing held to promote the release of his eight book, ''The Eye of Dietica'', on [[Totnes]] High Street in 2009. Neither have been seen since.<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Sam_Porter&diff=866585Sam Porter2011-05-05T16:28:12Z<p>LindaMorris: Started new article</p>
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<div>'''Sam Porter''' is a British fantasy novelist famous for his unfinished twelve book ''Sword of Asnagar'' series. Porter was born in 1975 in [[Ealing]], [[London]]. He began writing at an early age publishing a number of stories in the ''Lord of the Rings'' fanzine ''The Bards of Rivendell''. Porter graduated with a lower second class degree in Media Studies from the University of Macclesfield in 1997. His first novel, ''The Oracle of Fenrog'', was published in 1999. Porter, together with his pet dog, Ames, mysteriously disappeared from a book signing held to promote the release of his eight book, ''The Eye of Dietica'', on [[Totnes]] High Street in 2009. Neither have been seen since.<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=River_Thames&diff=866469River Thames2011-05-04T22:34:27Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Thames_Oxford.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The ''Thames'' in Oxfordshire]]<br />
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The [[River Thames]] is, at 215 miles (346 km) from source to sea, the longest river that runs wholly in [[England]] (the [[Severn]], which rises in [[Wales]], is longer)<ref>''Whittaker's Almanack 2001'' p108</ref>. It rises near Cricklade in [[Gloucestershire]] and runs through [[Oxford]], [[Reading]], [[Windsor]] and [[London]] before entering the [[North Sea]]. The river is tidal as far as Teddington Lock, in west [[London]]. A number of [[canals]] were built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries connecting the Thames to the inland waterways system; most notable are the Kennett & Avon Canal, connecting the Thames to Bristol and the west coast, and the Grand Junction Canal (since 1929 the [[Grand Union Canal]]) which runs from London to [[Northamptonshire]] and links London to the canal system of the Midlands and northern England.<br />
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[[London]]'s location was determined by the presence of a safe crossing-point of the river, and the role of the Thames as a gateway for trade enabled the capital to grow and to become Britain's largest port. Extensive docks were excavated along the Thames to the east of London in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The river also served as a highway for trade until the development of railways in the nineteenth century.<br />
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The River Thames also has strong associations with the English, later British, Royal Family. Many significant royal homes are or were situated by the river, and monarchs would travel between them by lavishly-decorated barges. These include (west to east) Windsor Castle (still a royal residence), Hampton Court Palace, Richmond Palace, Kew Palace, Whitehall Palace (the [[Palace of Westminster]]), the Tower of London, and Greenwich. [[Runnymede]], where [[King John]] signed the [[Magna Carta]] is believed to be either a meadow beside the Thames or an island in the river.<br />
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Commercial river traffic is now largely confined to container traffic using the extensive docks at [[Tilbury]] in [[Essex]]; the docks in [[London]] have been filled in or are used for leisure and housing. Leisure craft form the majority of the boats that ply the river (but this was true a century or more ago: see, for example, the works of [[Jerome K. Jerome]]).<br />
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The river above Teddington Lock is governed by the Environment Agency<ref>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/navigation/747415/150319/?version=1&lang=_e</ref>; from Teddington Lock to the sea by the Port of London Authority<ref>http://www.portoflondon.co.uk/</ref>.<br />
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The Thames is home to a wide variety of wildlife including, most famously, a large number of swans. All unmarked mute swans on the Thames belong to the monarch and a swan census, known as the Swan Upping, is held every year to determine their numbers.<br />
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Jonathan Schneer, ''The Thames: England's River'' (London 2005) is a readable account that attempts to describe the significance of the Thames in English history.<br />
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[[Category:Rivers]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=River_Asker&diff=866462River Asker2011-05-04T22:13:16Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>The '''river Asker''' is a small river in [[Dorset]] and a tributary of the [[river Brit]]. It's source is at Eggardon Hill just above the village of [[Askerswell]]. The river Asker flows through the Asker valley, passing the villages of Yonder, Uploders, Loders and Bradpole. It meets the river Brit at [[Bridport]]. There is a beautiful single track eighteenth century bridge just outside the village of Loders which is grade 2 listed. The river is a haven for wildlife including several species of damselfly, the common minnow and the smooth newt (known in the area as a 'narn'). The Asker valley, and the river in particular, were the inspiration for Hawthorne Abendsen's classic novel 'The Grasshopper lies heavy' (1968).<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Little_Caldwell&diff=866460Little Caldwell2011-05-04T22:06:42Z<p>LindaMorris: Started new article</p>
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<div>'''Little Caldwell''' is a small village in [[Berkshire]]. It is situated about twenty miles from [[Newbury]] and about five miles from the [[USAF|United States Airforce]] base at [[Greenham Common]]. The village church of St Jude was built in 1283 and is a grade 2 listed building. Little Caldwell has a pub (the Kings Arms), a Post Office and a combination coffee shop/bookshop (the Pyramid).<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Professor_values&diff=865279Talk:Professor values2011-04-30T19:23:15Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>There are several things about this page that damage its credibility. It says that no professor who opposed abortion can get tenure, which is plainly not true since many have. One example is the famous conservative blogge Glen Reynolds of Instapundit. <br />
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Now professors do have faults -- they can be selfish and even commit murder from time to time (especially Professor Faust). For every possible character flaw there is a professor with it. But as a group professors are more opposed to censorship than any other group in the world (except possibly pornographers?). <br />
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And "liberal grading" does not mean giving liberals high grades and conservatives low ones. It means giving everyone a high grade without regard to political orientation or work quality level. <br />
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As for [[evolution]]: it would be hard for a biologist who doesn't believe in evolution to get tenure because it is impossible to do first rate research in biology without believing in evolution. For example, suppose you're trying to figure out how molecular motors work. If you believe in intelligent design, you consider all kinds of mechanisms that have no evolutionary pathway. <br />
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Then there's calling my edit "inappropriate" without saying what about it is inappropriate-- lgm<br />
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I think that it is inappropriate to have "crimes by professors" and "immoral, unethical, and bizarre behavior" in this entry. Either have a separate entry, or remove it entirely. Professors have good values too, they are not all completely immoral people who are self-centered and ignorant. -- Aaronp<br />
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Why do my edits keep getting reverted? I made factual edits, removing the absolutes that simply aren't true from the article. I have no problem not editing the rest, because obviously removing "Crimes committed by professors" and "Immoral and Unethical Behavior" from an article on professor values is just wrong, but the edits I made about tenure are factually correct. I have helped multiple tenure boards, and I know for a fact that not every single academic institution in the United states, let alone the world, completely dismisses a candidate based on their views on feminism, abortion, and homosexuality. Mind you, tenure confers essentially complete protection from being prosecuted for any sort of indiscretion, so keeping people with strong biases out of tenure is a good thing. I once saw a review board reject a man for tenure because he accidentally blurted out that "all those kids protesting the war should be forced into service" because they "aren't contributing to society". This was an obvious bias he had, and because it was an extreme one he was rejected for tenure. At the same time, however, I've seen a woman who was criticizing feminist values receive tenure, because she presented her thoughts in a clear, precise, and very educated way. Anyone who criticizes a set of values or an action in a biased or bigoted manner obviously isn't going to receive tenure. <br />
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Also, the reason that people who criticize evolution often don't receive tenure is because evolution has almost reached dogma-like acceptance in the scientific community. I don't want to get into a debate about evolution, but because it is so accepted, anyone seen criticizing it without scientific proof is generally regarded as not following scientific method. History may vindicate those people who do criticize evolution now, but until then, people will continue to not receive tenure based on their criticisms.<br />
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All I want for this page is to remove the absolutes. Not every institution will outright reject a person for their views on feminism, abortion, or homosexuality. It simply is not true. And because this is supposed to be an educational encyclopedia with conservative values, I believe that the information contained within should be accurate. -- [[User:Aaronp|Aaronp]]<br />
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..does [[Richard Dawkins|Dawkins]] fall into this category as well? For example, ''"Liberal politicians are routinely given high-ranking academic positions despite a lack of a doctorate."'' [[User:Feebasfactor|Feebasfactor]] 13:03, 8 March 2008 (EST)<br />
:No, because he's not a politician, and he does have a doctorate (two, actually, I think). And since you bring it up...Gary Hart also has a doctorate. And, while Dukakis only has a Harvard law degree, his academic work has been in fields where he can most reasonably be considered an expert (public policy). The same can be said of Al Gore (and his have hardly been "high-ranking academic positions"--"visiting" professorships, and non-credit courses). And, finally, Kerrey is an administrator, not an academic.--[[User:RossC|RossC]] 20:35, 9 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
::He's not a politician, but he is an [[atheistic]] (and [[liberal]]) figurehead. And I wouldn't be too certain about those doctorates; [[Richard_Dawkins#Position_at_Oxford|it's debatable whether Dawkins is even a real professor]]. [[User:Feebasfactor|Feebasfactor]] 00:10, 11 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
:I removed Hart and Kerrey as examples of "liberal politicians (who) are routinely given high-ranking academic positions despite a lack of a doctorate", because (as noted above), Hart has a doctorate, and Kerrey is an administrator (not an academic).--[[User:RossC|RossC]] 22:18, 11 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
::I don't know enough about those politicians in particular to confirm your edits, but your reasoning sounds legitimate. [[User:Feebasfactor|Feebasfactor]] 22:33, 11 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
:::Alternately, I suppose, one could add Hart/Kerrey back to the list and change the wording of the defining phrase to something like, "...given university positions over better-qualified candidates."--[[User:RossC|RossC]] 22:46, 11 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
::Actually, yes, I agree with that. These examples certainly shouldn't be removed on a technicality or a meaningless distinction when the point still stands; changing the wording of the phrase is a much better idea. [[User:Feebasfactor|Feebasfactor]] 20:56, 25 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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== What is this about? ==<br />
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'''What?''' Another article based on an '''unheard-of phrase''' plucked out of the air? This certainly does not look like an encyclopedia article - cf. [[Hollywood values]], [[Liberal friendship]], [[Second generation atheist]], [[Liberal grading]], [[Embraced deceit]], etc. None of these belongs in an encyclopedia. Apart from anything else, who on earth is likely to look up a phrase like "professor values"? Shouldn't an encyclopedia consist of articles on topics that users are likely to look for, not on opinion pieces by its editor-in-chief? What point are you trying to make, exactly? Who is the target of this latest attack? This is the sort of thing I would expect from a blog or a hate-based website, not from a family-friendly and '''trustworthy''' encyclopedia. This sort of thing is making Conservapedia look ridiculous. Or would you like articles on [[Doctor values]], [[Taxi-driver values]] and [[Lawyer values]] as well? If so, I'd be happy to draft them for you! There must be lots to be said about the misdemeanors of all sorts of groups. [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] 17:15, 9 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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: I agree that this kind of article could bring legitimate criticism against CP. The major premises are not documented. While some contributers to this article, including those who have made those assertions, say that it is a work in progress and welcome others to document the supposed many examples, there are a pitiful few, some old, some from other countries, and some for extremely prevalent crimes of marijuana possession. I took a long time to find the best possible supporting source for educational stats, and my guess is that the more than 1,200,000 professors currently working in colleges and universities are responsible for a disproportionately SMALL number of crimes. Until I find statistical support for that statement, I won't post it in the article.<br />
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: For a collaborative resource like this, I believe it is imperative that any contributor making an assertion, especially critical ones (as opposed to trivia, added dates, etc. -- which ideally should be supported, too), document them appropriately. If not, that sends a poor message to other contributors, editors, and sysops -- to say nothing of users, potential users, and CP critics. It is hardly the kind of example to provide for home-schooled kids learning about proper scholarship. I have looked and looked and find no reliable studies that support the argument that professors are more likely than anybody else to do bad things. Also, no evidence that liberal professors are worse than conservative ones. There are news and blog reports that repeat certain cases, but unless one does an exhaustive search, no conclusions can be drawn. If this article remains, then there should be additional coverage for politicians, clergy, other professions, etc. and they should include misdeeds by conservatives and liberals alike, according to the actual data. Leaving out crimes by conservatives does no one a service. I understand that this is a conservative encyclopedia, but some traits of it purportedly include truthfulness (I'd argue that it is dishonest to tell only partial truths), and to avoid misrepresentation and sensationalism. [[User:CPlantin|CPlantin]] 8:26, 27 March 2008 (CDT)<br />
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As I was doing some admittedly "Google-esque" research, I did find that there are well over 4000 colleges and universities and probably many more than 1,250,000 current faculty. If we work backwards a generation or two, the number increases, of course, which makes it difficult to substantiate the claim that professors are disproportionately likely to commit crimes or other misdeeds, especially if all we cite are fewer than 20 examples of such misdeeds. Looking at campus statistics, many more campus crimes (by far) were committed by students, to say nothing about the many thousands of crimes committed by the general public. So I started doing some informal Google searches for crimes committed by different professions, using -- for lack of a more efficient search method -- "professor arrested," "faculty arrested," etc. along with other professional categories. Combining "faculty" or "professor" and "crime" didn't work well (too many useless hits).<br />
The highest, in that combination alone, was "teacher" (over 190,000 hits), but "mayor" still had more hits (over 27,000) than "faculty" or "professor" (about 14,000). Unfortunately, hits for "pastor," "minister," and "priest," added up to an uncomfortably high number, over 100,000, but then again, if we don't know how many pastors, etc. are out there, we have no percentage to compare them with faculty or other groups. My methodology is rudimentary, but I didn't see any demographic or statistical reports that covered this topic. So, unless we can document this so-called high rate of crime among faculty, perhaps the article should remain mute on the number, relative to other professions. After seeing some statistics about the correlation between educational level and prison population, it also seems like the prison population is much more likely to have no or little education. There are very few PhDs in prisons. Likewise, after seeing these figures, I would guess that the more one is educated, the less likely one is to get felonies or misdemeanors.<br />
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So, my question is: do any other contributors to this article have any data at all on this? Is it only anecdotal? If facts can't be documented, then they don't belong in these articles. Especially if the article is questioning the integrity of professors, including their intellectual integrity (like the Korean scientist who established his reputation on cooked data - about which I can find documentation), this article's information should be sound. It is still full of undocumented assertions and sensationalism. [[User:CPlantin|CPlantin]] 8:01, 27 March 2008 (CDT)<br />
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Huh? How is this not relevant to the article? He has no doctorate, he has been appointed to teach at Yale and he is a liberal politician. --[[User:KimSell|KimSell]] 10:19, 10 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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: That appears simply to be a guest lecture appointment.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 10:42, 10 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
:: You mean just like Al Gore?--[[User:KimSell|KimSell]] 10:54, 10 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:::Maybe it was Blair's suppoort for the Iraq War that got him his lecturing position. [[User:Daphnea|Daphnea]] 19:46, 23 June 2008 (EDT)<br />
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I just did a google search, and the first few pages of the 735 results don't have any signinifigance to subject at hand. So, here's my question: Did you just make this term up Andy? [[User:DLerner|DLerner]] 12:07, 10 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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: There's a great deal of bias out there, DLerner. That's a reason why we're here.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 12:10, 10 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:: Yes, Andy. But the problem is, there's a great deal of bias here too. Are there any articles critical of conservatives on this site? Believe me conservatives aren't perfect. You didn't answer my question, where is the term "Professor values" from? I know there are a lot of stupid people/policies on colleges (just watch the Penn & Teller episode on [[censorship]]) but that isn't the point. Where is the term from? [[User:DLerner|DLerner]] 12:16, 10 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:::Why are you critical of a neologism which points out a legitimate area of concern, DLerner? Examine the case studies, and perhaps you will appreciate why this article is a necessary one. [[User:Koba|Koba]] 12:34, 10 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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::::Koba, the problem with making up a phrase like this is that it's really not meaningful, unless backed up by statistically valid evidence to justify it. Do Charlton Heston and John Wayne fit the profile of "Hollywood Values" as defined here? The examples mentioned in this article are as representative of professors as a category (i.e. a few out of thousands around the world), as they are of males. If this is the encyclopedic standard CP holds to, then I can create a page called "Right-handed values", describing the bad traits of right-handed people and backed by examples of the criminal behavior of some cherry-picked right-handed people, and it would pass muster based on examples like this page that ASchafly endorses.--[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 17:31, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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''The phrase Professor values refers to the lack of morals and values in the culture of college faculties, which is characterized by atheism, censorship, socialism, unjustified claims of expertise and knowledge, advocacy of liberal beliefs, liberal grading, liberal bias, anti-patriotism, plagiarism, false claims of credentials, lack of productivity, and promotion of sexual immorality.''<br />
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Has anyone else seen this "phrase" before? I looked for it. If it's a study, it belongs in an essay not in a article. Personally, I think Andy made it up. (It's a nice slogan though...)<br />
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If anyone can make up a term then write an article about it, how's this? "The phrase '''Criminal values''' refers to the lack of respect for the law..." [[User:DLerner|DLerner]] 12:59, 10 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:Indeed - see my comment under "What is this about?", above - which nobody has seen fit to reply to. The proliferation of these flimsy articles is making a mockery of Conservapedia. The latest such nonsense is [[Liberal drivel]], which I assume is a parody - but it's getting harder and harder to distinguish parody from real content. [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] 13:17, 10 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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This article serves no purpose... It should be an essay or opinion at the very most --[[User:Helps|Helps]] 11:14, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:: That is the wrong way to answer a legitimate question, and does a disservice to the students you want using Conservapedia as a legitimate reference source. When a so-called encyclopedic article makes irrational assertions and offers no cited evidence to support them, people are going to question its validity. Your response, "The supporting evidence is out there, help us to find it.", is basically an endorsement of unacademic postings by biased individuals as long as the bias is conservative, and an insult to the moderates who want a Conservative Encyclopedia to be, well, encyclopedic.<br /> My suggestion is that if it's not that hard to find the supporting evidence, then the page should be removed until the author can find it him/herself and post it.<br /> I'm sure I'll be accused of "Liberal Denial" or "Liberal Apology", or some other "Liberal ---" behavior that's used in place of an academic response, but fair-minded people need to speak up about this.--[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 17:31, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:I've never been to College in my long life but I must agree. This article is sensationalist tabloidism at its very best. [[User:LeaningRight|LeaningRight]] 13:49, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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I do think the listing of the growing problem of professors misdeeds section in the latter part of the article was very informative. <br />
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However, I don't think the footnote in the first paragraph adequately supports the first paragraphs contentions. Is plagiarism truly a professor value? If it is, there is absolutely no support for the contention. I don't think that plagiarism is a common value of professor although there may be certainly instances of it. I have read the scientific fraud in the way of fudging experimental results is a significant problem but I have not heard the same regarding plagiarism. I do know that puffing up ones resume is a significant problem in the USA, however, the contention that professors often do it was not supported. <br />
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In short, I think the initial paragraph does not follow the conservapedia commandments in regards to proper citation and support. I don't think it is reasonable to ask the reader to do the research for that is getting the cart before the horse. It is the writers job to support the material. <br />
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I do recommend the following conservative website in order to help provide adequate support for the article: Accuracy in Academia at http://www.academia.org/ <br />
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In the meantime, I suggest the article to be pulled from the popular articles at Conservapedia until adequate support is given and that the article have a citation template put on it. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 16:16, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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: This is a work-in-progress with 24 references already. There have been numerous instances of plagiarism by professors without any punishment, and those citations will be easy to fill in, and I welcome assistance. Godspeed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 16:57, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:::It does appear as if liberals are over represented in academia with 90% of professors describing themselves as being liberals or moderates. [http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=s1153nnhjkhr407r6ng6gjg8pvc8g2s8] Therefore, there does appear to be less conservatives in academia. So one would expect there to be more atheist in academia. At the same time , atheism is not a professor value as about 25% of philosophy professors are theist. [http://www.rzim.org/slice/slicetran.php?sliceid=880] In the business and engineering departments the percentage of professors being theist is probably higher given that they are more conservative. In regards to plagiarism being a professor value, many instances of professors committing this act does not necessarily constitute it being a professor value. There are a lot of professors in the USA and abroad so the real question what percentage of professors have engaged in plagiarism. In other words, you can can find many instances of men beating their wives in the United States but is wife beating a "male value"? I don't think it is. Again, it comes down to the percentage issue. So to sum up, I think the opening paragraph needs to be less expansive in its claims or provide additional support. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 17:47, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:Even if 25% of philosophy professors were theists, wouldn't this still be lower than the rate of theism in the population as a whole? I do agree with your post in that it should be examined by specific departments. At least at my school, some departments, such as Economics and Geography, do not seem particularly liberal, while a number of others clearly are. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 18:03, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
:::DanH, thank you for your polite and kind reply. I do think that liberal ideology and liberals are over represented in academia. However, to call something a "professor value" or "male value" while a significant portion of the population in question does not share a particular value would be over reaching in my estimation. And I do think, for example, that 25% of a given population not sharing a value would be a significant amount of people and be justification for saying a given characteristic was not a value of the population as a whole. However, you can fairly say that a certain value is over represented in a population as a whole if in fact it is. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:14, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:::: Good cites, Conservative. I've added them. This entry is ranked #1 on Google and is emerging as a significant insight. Professors share a common value system, not unanimously, but in higher percentages of agreement than even some churches. It's enlightening to described the [[professor value]]s and note the harm caused by them. Ideas obviously do have consequences.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:38, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
::::: I have a feeling that the majority of the professors at Liberty University might take exception to this article, since by definition these descriptors apply to them. Also, being ranked #1 in this case has more to do with the topic not being recognized as a commonly-used term. If I wrote an article titled "Liberal Klingon Values" it would rank #1 for that search in no time, without being any more relevant.--[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 12:29, 26 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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What constitutes "a relatively high" number of instances of crimes or other misdeeds? Compared to other professions? If so, then we'd need to document those comparisons. If there are over 1,200,000 professors currently active in the US alone, then the total cited cases here is an extremely small 0.00125% of that population, about 1.25 evildoers per 100,000 faculty -- and some cited were from former generations or from other countries. Given stats from the National Center for Educational Statistics, the total population of professors would easily be in the multiple millions (depending how far back we'd want to go), making the percentage of the population amazingly miniscule. Some of the crimes or other behavior in the list refers to things that the general public is probably even more likely to do, including stalking family, drug possession, etc. -- in other words, not things that are unique to professors at all. I'd say the % of pastors and other religious leaders who have gotten themselves into hot water is embarrassingly high (sexual immorality, misuse of church funds, etc.) and perhaps higher than that of the professoriate. Maybe comparing the professors to the general population would show that professors are more or less likely than the general population to commit crimes. Also, to be fair and honest according to the Commandments, this article should report the academic/moral/financial misdeeds -- some very high profile -- of conservative academics, including events at several Christian colleges and universities, indluding former faculty and university presidents. Making unfounded statements in an encyclopedia article, especially if the statements are inflammatory, is antithetical to the whole idea of honest scholarship -- which is ironic, considering the topic of this article! [[User:CPlantin|CPlantin]] 09:25, 26 March 2008 (CDT)<br />
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== Title of the article should be "liberals and academia" and not "professor values" ==<br />
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I do believe upon sound research that people are not going to find this article based on a search of "professor values". <br />
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Here are the Google results of "professor values" and you will notice that all 715 results have nothing to do with the article we have: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Professor+Values%22&hl=en&start=10&sa=N<br />
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On the other hand if you do a search on "liberals in academia" you will get 8,450 results and all are related to our article: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22liberals+in+academia%22&btnG=Search<br />
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While I do think it is great to have a #1 Google entry in terms of getting exposure to Conservapedia I do think you have to begin with the end in mind and bring people to Conservapedia who are interested in a particular issue. I do realize that it is sometimes beneficial to pursue long tail marketing and dominate less competitive search queries over a long period of time, however, it does not appear as if anyone is typing in "professor values" to find the subject material of our article. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 22:33, 24 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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I hesitate to point this out again (I mentioned it above), but what of crimes and other misdeeds committed by conservative academics? A number of leaders of Christian colleges and universities have, for example, abused authority, horribly misused funds for private -- and sometimes extravagant -- entertainment, travel, or shopping, or have had immoral sexual affairs. Not including information about these instances, or even acknowleding their existence, is a serious and dishonest error of omission. [[User:CPlantin|CPlantin]] 09:28, 25 March 2008 (CDT) <br />
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==Professor Values on Wikipedia==<br />
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Seems the article was put up on Wikipedia and is now up for deletion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Values<br />
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This thing really doesn't belong on an encyclopedia. [[User:LeaningRight|LeaningRight]] 07:18, 25 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:Not on wikipedia, maybe (not least, because it was ''plagiarized'' from here!) - but it seems perfectly at home in this encyclopedia. [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] 12:21, 25 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:: I bet you think [[Hollywood values]] should be censored also!--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 14:12, 25 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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::: Actually, yeah, that's a dumb article too. --[[User:DJBlair|DJBlair]] 14:20, 25 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:Yes, I think any article that is just 'made up' is neither trustworthy or encyclopedic. I wouldn't let my kids near this site (or Wikipedia for that matter, but thats a story for another day) [[User:LeaningRight|LeaningRight]] 20:20, 25 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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::In a strange bout of irony the WP ''Professor Values'' article now ranks higher than the CP version. [[User:TheGySom|TheGySom]] 08:24, 26 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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::: It didn't take long for the [[liberals]] on Wikipedia to delete its entry! It's gone.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:03, 4 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
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Should abuse by priests in catholic schools deserve its own article entitles, [[Priest Values]]? Of course not, because the abuse committed by some priests is not indicative of the entire group. [[User:LeaningRight|LeaningRight]] 20:42, 25 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
:You're making a big mistake, you think this "encyclopedia" <!-- blog --> is governed by logic and reason, it isn't. -- '''[[user:DLerner|<font color="#DD00DD" face="comic sans ms">D L e r n e r</font>]]''' <sup>[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:DLerner Articulate] </sup> 20:48, 25 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:: DLerner was blocked for his repeated derogatory comments, and "LeaningRight" you should be blocked for your 90/10 [[rule]] violation against talk, talk, talk.<br />
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:: This [[professor values]] lists the commonly held values and consequences of those values. Your suggestion does not fit that model, and your suggestion is ludicrous.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 13:17, 26 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:Whatever. By the way, check my contributions, specifically to the India article. I have not broken any rules that I know of. [[User:LeaningRight|LeaningRight]] 13:31, 26 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
:This is a link to my mainspace contributions: http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?offset=&limit=50&target=LeaningRight&title=Special%3AContributions&namespace=0 [[User:LeaningRight|LeaningRight]] 13:33, 26 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:: LeaningRight, you wrote, "I have not broken any rules that I know of." That is known as [[deliberate ignorance]], and it's not an excuse. Your last ten contributions have been all talk, and that violates the 90/10 [[rule]].--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 14:32, 26 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:Please have a little respect and don't talk to me like a child. I'm a middle aged man with children and I find that highly disrespectful. Have a glance at my contributions. I wasn't even aware of this 90/10 rule until you brought it up so its ignorance, but not 'deliberate'. [[User:LeaningRight|LeaningRight]] 15:26, 26 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:: You responded to my citation to our very simple set of [[rules]] with "Whatever" and "I have not broken any rules that I know of." Your response was ''after'' I directed you to the very simple set of rules.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 16:10, 26 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:Go and meet someone who doesn't agree with what you believe. I can guarantee you it will be quite refreshing. I'm taking a week off before I lose any faith I have ever had in the American people. [[User:LeaningRight|LeaningRight]] 16:15, 26 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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::You really ought to watch how you talk to good editors, Andy. Your attitude isn't helping Conservapedia one bit. [[User:ShaggerNorris|ShaggerNorris]] 18:30, 26 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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Andy, if you hope to gain the respect of the mainstream, and avoid being an object of ridicule at RW and everywhere else, provide a solid case instead of anecdotes [[User:Innsmouth1|Innsmouth1]] 19:09, 27 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
: What's RW? [[User:Alberti|Alberti]] 10:19, 30 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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== Removal of bias ==<br />
The bias that was removed should have been kept in. It was a fair point and was correct.<br />
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:But it wasn't conservative. This isn't liberalpedia. Why is that so hard for you to understand? --[[User:FrankRingo|FrankRingo]] 17:59, 4 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
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Are you kidding? A fact is a fact. A fair and correct point is not aligned with politcal leanings. Why is that so hard to understand?<br />
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: What specifically do you think was fair? The stuff I removed was unjustified liberal bias.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:02, 4 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
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"However, because the professoriate is so large and varied (more than 1,200,000 in the United States alone, in public and private institutions) it would not be valid to conclude that this group of professionals is disproportionately more likely than others groups or the general public to commit crimes or other misdeed"<br />
Its not bias, it is fact. It is not valid that professors are more likely to commit crimes (at least the validity has not been proven here) and by removing this section it sounds more and more like opinion as opposed to an encyclopedia entry. I know you wont budge on this though and any attempt in me to argue or revert will be meet with an arbitary block so I'll turn my attention to less volitile entries.<br />
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:Aden, something is not a fact just because it is written down somewhere. Liberal journalists that quote liberal studies that are furnished by liberal organizations do not produce fact - they produce nonsense. Please keep your gibberish out of this site. Perhaps you would feel more comfortable talking about your "facts" over at [[Wikipedia]]. --[[User:FrankRingo|FrankRingo]] 18:12, 4 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
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AdenJ, people sharing common values do tend to act in similar ways. Ideas do matter. Surely you don't think all the problems in Hollywood are purely coincidental with [[Hollywood values]]!--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:26, 4 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
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My quibble was not whether ideas or shared values matter, it was that factual and relevant material was removed as bias.<br />
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:Aden, your "facts" were discussed already. We know you can read, so quit playing stupid. --[[User:FrankRingo|FrankRingo]] 18:50, 4 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
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Thanks Frank.<br />
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: AdenJ, people who disrespect the law are more likely to commit crimes. That's logic, and does not require a citation. [[Professor values]] include a disrespect for rule of law, among other things.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:02, 4 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
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Again, and for the last time before I slam my head on the table, I was querying why good stats were removed from this article which show that crime amoung professors is not disproportionate. Apparently its not factual, according to you and Frank. End of discussion.<br />
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: What statistics are you describing? Merely an estimate of the total number of professors? That doesn't demonstrate anything about proportionate crime.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:14, 4 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
:: The stats I cited, which were removed by you, were from a standard statistical source (see the original citation) and the very high number of professors that exist make the isolated examples provided in the article statistically insignificant. It would be interesting to compare relative crime rates for various professions -- then we'd be able to say that professors are more likely or less likely to commit crimes. I spent a lot of time tracking down those stats and was surprised that you removed them because of "liberal" bias. As my contributions to this Talk page show, I felt uncomfortable seeing ungrounded assertions about professors being disproportionately likely to commit crimes. The few examples are incidental and anecdotal -- they are not statistically significant and one cannot use them to justify the conclusion that professors are more likely to commit crimes than others. Plenty of crimes are committed by teachers, pastors, politicians, business people, and so on -- but no evidence has been supplied to show that they commit crimes less often than professors. I believe my statement was taken away not because it is inherently liberal -- it is attitude neutral -- but rather because the data seriously challenged the validity of the premise of the whole article. After a lot of reading on this in support of my since-removed contributions, I would imagine that, taken as a group, professors are much less likely to commit crimes than many other professions. To prove that, I'd have to do more research and document it well, which I don't have the time to do. The same should be done if one wanted to document that they are MORE likely to commit crimes, but for now those assertions in the article remain unsupported except by isolated examples. That is a very bad example to set for any students, home-schooled or not. My contributions attempted to raise the research standard of the article and I believe the data I supplied were inappropriately removed. [[User:CPlantin|Cplantin] 20:48, 21 April 2008 (CDT)<br />
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: I looked for, but could not find, the edit you're describing above. But note that the frequency of crime is not the only issue; the nature of the crimes also matters. Also, it's meaningless to compare wealthy, pampered, highly educated professors to the general population in terms of crime. Any comparison would have to factor in demographic, privilege, and background info.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 14:56, 22 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:: If it is, as you say, "meaningless to compare wealthy... professors to the general population in terms of crime," then we should remove the entire block of "Crimes by Professors." The number cited is incredibly small, compared with the total number of professors out there, and unless you are positing that they commit crimes with disproportionate frequency (which the article seems to be implying), then it really doesn't have a purpose. We might as well start sections with anecdotal evidence about crimes for several professions. Actually, crime would be the easiest of the categories mentioned in the article to prove. Bullying, etc. may well take place, and some professors are true jerks, but there is not official documentation about instances of promoting immorality, bias against conservatives in classrooms, etc. Anyway, the problem I see with this article is that readers may notice that there is no support of the major assertions except for a handful of examples, some from other countries, one more than 25 years old, and one about a professor being fined $50 for mooning a child. I would suggest that we find documentation to support this article's assertions, call the article an editorial, or delete it entirely. If we look at the nature of the crimes, as you suggest, there are some murders, but also marijuana possession, mooning, attempting to defraud a hospital trust, stalking, possession of child porn, and others -- but not even close to what happens in one major city in one day. Attempting to smear an entire profession based on these examples and no real data is not scholarship. Conservapedia can do better and it should, if it is to be taken seriously. [[User:CPlantin|Cplantin] 1:48, 22 April 2008 (CDT).<br />
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::: You didn't respond to my points. The nature of the crimes is as important as their volume, perhaps more so. And, no, we're not going to limit ourselves here to what is recognized by [[liberal]] newspapers and censored journals. Conservapedia reaches beyond what is already widely available, and we're not going to fall for the [[deliberate ignorance]] that plagues less useful resources.<br />
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::: Finally, your statement that "some professors are true jerks" obviously misses the point. The problem is not the "jerks", but the "values".--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 14:56, 22 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:::: I thought I'd addressed the main points you'd asked about, but I'll try again. Frequency of crime is indeed an issue if this article is trying to assert that professors commit crimes proportionally more than those in other specific professions, other professions in general, the general public -- you name it. To prove that they commit more crimes than other groups based on the tiny number of examples is ridiculous. Yes, frequency is not the only issue and the nature of the crimes also matters. But as my comment above shows, the crimes cited in the article, as bad as they are, are not all as bad as, say, murder. Besides murder, there is pot possession, the mooning of a child, stalking, possession of child porn, attempting to defraud a hospital trust. So, to the extent that all crime is bad, then all of those are bad things and I trust that the perps got their just desserts. But are those crimes any more heinous than those committed by any number of people of all kinds of professions, by the rich, by the poor, by politicians, etc. If we do factor in "demographic... and other background info," how would the picture look? Well, we don't really know, do we, because we know of no such studies, if there are any out there. So until we have some kind of actual data to go on, this article should remain silent on the issue (or not exist) or else it will look to readers more like an editorial rather than an encyclopedia article based on factual sources. You'd also asked about the source for my stats. I searched for a long time to find good, reliable numbers regarding professors and other employees in colleges and universities in the United States. Here is the quote you removed, along with the citation:<br />
::::: "However, because the professoriate is so large and varied (more than 1,200,000 in the United States alone, in public and private institutions) it would not be valid to conclude that this group of professionals is disproportionately more likely than others groups or the general public to commit crimes or other misdeeds.[http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/tables/dt07_178.asp?referrer=list]<br />
:::: Looking at it again, I should have been clearer by adding something to the effect that "because the professoriate is so large, it would not be valid to conclude that this group of professionals is disproportionately more likely than other groups or the general public to commit crimes or other misdeeds based on a small sample of reported crimes unless the group and its crime rates are compared with those of other professionals or the general public." I also should have place the stats citation right after I mentioned the number of professors. The source supports that information and not the rest of the sentence. While I could have been clearer, the statement should not have been removed because you were "cleaning out liberal bias." What is liberal about that statement? I was trying to make the article more substantial and accurate. There are clearly claims in the article that are unsupported and therefore in violation of the Conservapedia Commandments, and I was doing research to find accurate data about the population under discussion. It was only a start and I was enjoying the research, but having my contribution yanked was like getting an unwarranted suckerpunch. In a sense, you did what you accuse professors of doing: you bullied someone you thought had an opposing point of view. Trying to verify facts and add documentation is neither liberal nor conservative - it is research. [[User:CPlantin|Cplantin] 22:51:48, 23 April 2008 (CDT)<br />
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== [[Debate:Are Liberals fundamentally evil?|Liberal]] professor [[PZ Myers]] just linked to this article ==<br />
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[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/04/a_temporary_palliative.php Here]. Be on the watch for vandals. [[User:Jinxmchue|Jinxmchue]] 13:20, 28 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
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== this article is ridiculous ==<br />
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it's kind of funny actually [[User:NRupert|NRupert]] 13:59, 5 June 2008 (EDT)<br />
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== Liberal fluff ==<br />
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The statement that "it appears that intelligent people sometimes hold these values" is [[liberal fluff]]. It's meaningless. Intelligent people "sometimes" hold almost any value, no matter how wanton or absurd.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 07:57, 8 June 2008 (EDT)<br />
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==Recent edit==<br />
As much as I dislike this entire article, I restrained myself and only removed a section lacking a citation. The citations are generally well groomed in this article, so let's keep up the same standards on the whole thing. IMHO, this is and should remain a highly opinionated essay ONLY, though, not an article. What will the liberals say to us next if they see this? I'm an ashamed conservative to have to read this.[[User:Bender2982|Bender2982]] 18:13, 27 June 2008 (EDT)<br />
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: Invoking "shame" is trademark [[liberal style]], Bender. I doubt you're fooling anyone here by claiming you're a conservative. By the way, I added a reference for the material you removed, a reference that took me less than one minute to find. You could have done likewise. Godspeed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:16, 27 June 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:: Actually, you added only One reference to One of the points. But in doing so you went from saying, "Some" boards "have been known to", to the more unequivocal, "Faculty boards block the granting of a tenured professorship to candidates for tenure who:" Unless you are going to once again provide the word, "Some", as a moderate you are going to need to provide more than one reference to make a blanket and unqualified statement. Oh, and the reference you used said that they took his position into consideration for their decision. A far cry from stating that faculty boards block the granting, etc. as if it was a written policy. A phrase more in line with your example would be, "Some faculty boards have used the following criteria in blocking the granting of a tenured professorship..." --[[User:Jareddr|Jareddr]] 18:24, 27 June 2008 (EDT)<br />
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== Blatant factual error ==<br />
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In the article, Alexander Downer is quoted as being a 'liberal' politician who received an academic position. Unfortunately, despite being a previously prominent member of the Liberal Party of Australia, in Australia this means something quite different. Alexander Downer was one of the most conservative politicians in Australia in the last decade. As a matter of personal opinion, I'd say he'd be the 5th-most conservative mainstream politican in Australia.<br />
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: What are his positions on abortion, gay rights and gun control? The way you phrase your comment, I'd guess he is a [[liberal]].--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 10:32, 29 October 2008 (EDT)<br />
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:: Aschlafly, the Liberal Party in Australia is actually a conservative party. Liberal in this case means free-market liberal. [[User:HSpalding|HSpalding]] 20:15, 16 November 2008 (EST)<br />
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::: If someone is for government funding of abortion, then he's a liberal. The entry makes no assertion about a particular party name.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:17, 16 November 2008 (EST)<br />
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::::The problem is, Aschlafly, that ''conservative'' in the USA doesn't mean the same as ''conservative'' elsewhere, not least other English-speaking countries. In the USA, largely the same set of people are conservative in both social and economic views. In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, however, the two things are pretty much independent. Taking your anti-abortion example, there are MPs opposed to abortion in all three main parties in the UK - their views on that subject are completely unconnected to their economic views. Likewise, civil partnerships and other social issues.<br />
::::As far as the text in the article goes, the sensible thing is just to delete the word liberal. You can't call someone like Alexander Downer or Tony Blair liberal. Downer was very much a conservative in economic policy and Blair was socially conservative, bringing in a great many laws to restrict perfectly harmless activities. [[User:HSpalding|HSpalding]] 16:53, 17 November 2008 (EST)<br />
:::::HSpalding, your assumptions are both offensive and based on the untruth that Mr Schlafly is unaware of conditions in the UK. He is very much aware of differences between our two countries, and his insights on these are extremely instructive. You would be well advised not to jump to conclusions, on this and other matters. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 17:25, 17 November 2008 (EST)<br />
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== Doctor values? ==<br />
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Please could someone explain in what way the long list of crimes committed by people who happen to be professors has any connection at all to the values of the huge majority of professors who are decent people?<br />
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If you want to be consistent, why not start a page called Doctor Values, headed by Harold Shipman. [[User:HSpalding|HSpalding]] 19:49, 16 November 2008 (EST)<br />
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: see my page [Value Systems] for similar articles , add Doctor Values by all means [[User:Markr|Markr]] 17:04, 17 November 2008 (EST)<br />
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== David Ross liberal parody/hoax? ==<br />
The most recent addition about some Dr. David Ross might be a hoax. Since he supposedly has appeared on BBC several times I should be able to find something about him. I have not. Unless someone can verify it, I think it should be removed as liberal parody/hoax. --[[User:RickD|RickD]] 07:05, 23 December 2008 (EST)<br />
:Very well spotted, Rick. Also 'Dav Ross' (no-one called David is nicknamed 'Dav') - there is a character in the BBC sci-fio series 'Dr Who' called Davros. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 08:07, 23 December 2008 (EST)<br />
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== 100 German Professors Accused of Accepting Bribes For Degrees ==<br />
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[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1918153,00.html]<br />
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An appropriate inclusion for the article? --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 14:47, 23 August 2009 (EDT)<br />
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: Absolutely. What a story that is!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:06, 23 August 2009 (EDT)<br />
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::It is shocking, isn't it? Added. --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 15:14, 23 August 2009 (EDT)<br />
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== Lenski ==<br />
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== Crimes and Unusual Behaviors ==<br />
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Considering that there are over 2 million people employed in post-secondary education, it is not at all shocking that one can dredge up a couple dozen instances of illegal or bizarre behavior. Both sections in the article ought to be removed. There may be statistics for people in academia having the values that this article purports them to have, but there definitely are not statistics mentioned on this page showing that they are prone to criminal behavior, but merely misleading anecdotes.<br />
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[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382043/Academic-hosted-house-party-girl-15-died-overdose-wrote-report-concluded-Cannabis-good-you.html]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Prince_William_of_Wales&diff=864965Prince William of Wales2011-04-29T13:35:11Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Prince William of Wales''' (William Arthur Philip Louis) (born June 21, 1982) is second in line to the crown of the [[United Kingdom]]. He is the eldest son of [[Prince Charles]], [[Prince of Wales]] (the heir apparent) (born 1948) and [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] (1961-1997). He was educated at [[Eton College]] and at [[St Andrews]] University, [[Scotland]], where he gained a degree in [[geography]]. He subsequently attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and has since joined the [[RAF]], becoming a Flight Lieutenant in the Search and Rescue Force. He married Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/11/16/prince-william-engaged-kate-middleton/ Associated Press; William Engaged to Kate Middleton]</ref><br />
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[[Category:Royalty]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=River_Brit&diff=864786River Brit2011-04-28T18:58:19Z<p>LindaMorris: Started new article</p>
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<div>The '''River Brit''' is marketed as the "most patriotic river in all Englande", rising, as it does, just north of [[Beaminster]] in God's own county of [[Dorset]]. It passes through the towns of [[Bradpole]] and [[Bridport]] (where it joins the [[River Asker]] and the [[River Simene]]) before entering the sea at West Bay.<br />
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Local legend states that the river ceases to flow for 24 hours following the death of the monarch. This was last observed on February 6, 1952 at the death of [[King George VI]].<br />
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The river has formed a focal point for the celebration of various important national events over the years. The death of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] was marked by a spontaneous flotilla of paper boats containing lit tealights which floated downstream on the night following the announcement of the Princess' death.<br />
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In honor of the forthcoming marriage of [[Prince William of Wales]] to [[Kate Middleton]] bridges crossing the Brit have been festooned in bunting decorated with the [[Union Jack]]. Permission has also been given to release three streams of colored dye (red, white and blue) in to the river at St Marys footbridge in Bridport upon the couple's completion of their vows. Local environmental groups objected to the release of the dye fearing damage to the river's ecosystem but common sense prevailed and the permit was granted.<br />
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The river contains a wide variety of wildlife including several species of fish from the family Alestiidae and a small colony of Goliath frogs.<br />
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[[Category:Rivers]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Slepe&diff=864785Slepe2011-04-28T18:45:55Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Slepe''' is a village in Dorset. It is on the A35 and near to [[Poole]]. There is no church in Slepe. The closest Church of England church is St Mary Morden in the village of [[Morden]]. Slepe is a traditional English village, holding village-wide celebrations at Christmas, Easter and Whitsun. The highlight of the year is the annual [[Scarecrow]] competition which is held every September to coincide with Harvest Festival. Famous residents include the Orientalist Joel Mintz who is an authority on sixteenth century Japan.<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Union_Jack&diff=863996Union Jack2011-04-24T20:13:00Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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The '''Union Jack''' is the national flag of the [[United Kingdom]]. It is a composite flag composed of the flags of the patron saints of three of the four countries that comprise the United Kingdom. The cross of St Andrew represents [[Scotland]], St George represents [[England]] and the cross of St Patrick represents [[Northern Ireland]]. The only country which is part of the United Kingdom which does not have its flag included in the Union Jack is [[Wales]].<br />
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[[Category:Flags of the United Kingdom]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Union_Jack&diff=863995Union Jack2011-04-24T20:12:39Z<p>LindaMorris: Started new article</p>
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The '''Union Jack''' is the national flag of the [[United Kingdom]]. It is a composite flag composed of the flags of the patron saints of three of the four countries that comprise the United Kingdom. The cross of St Andrew represents [[Scotland]], St George represents [[England]] and the cross of St Patrick represents [[Northern Ireland]]. The only country which is part of the United Kingdom which does not have its flag included in the Union Jack is Wales.<br />
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[[Category:Flags of the United Kingdom]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Bridport&diff=863990Bridport2011-04-24T20:04:45Z<p>LindaMorris: /* Industry */</p>
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<div>'''Bridport''' is a medium sized town in [[Dorset]]. It has a population of 13,003 according to the 2001 census. The [[River Asker]] and the [[River Simene]] converge and meet the [[River Brit]] at Bridport.<br />
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==Religion==<br />
Bridport has a number of religious buildings including the 13th century [[Anglican]] church of St Mary. There are also two [[Roman Catholic]] churches, a [[Baptist]] church, a [[United Reformed]] church, a [[Methodist]] church and a Kingdom Hall of the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].<br />
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==Industry==<br />
One of the most significant industries in Bridport is [[jelly]] manufacturing. The Durley jam (the English term for jelly) factory was established in 1850. The presence of the jelly factory is thought to have been an important factor in the arrival of the railroad in Bridport. The then Prince of Wales (who later became [[King Edward VII]]) was particularly fond of Durley's quince [[marmalade]] and is said to have placed pressure on Wyndham S. Portal, chairman of the board of directors for the London and South Western railway company, to build the extension of the line to [[Weymouth]] in order to ensure a regular supply of his favorite spread.<br />
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Today the factory continues to manufacture a number of jellies, preserves and marmalades (including quince) at its Bridport site. It is still a family-run business employing a work force of 47. Durley's products may be found in local shops and branches of [[Andersons]].<br />
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Built in 1542, there is a free-standing clock tower in the center of the Fiveways roundabout in central Bridport. The structure was designed by Bergholt S. Johnson and includes a large flywheel which is turned by a team of trained rats.<br />
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In 1896 Bridport was granted its own timezone by royal charter. South Coast Time (SCT) is three minutes behind [[Greenwich Mean Time]]. Although the time zone is not observed for practical purposes the town's Anglican churches and the Durley jelly factory still use South Coast Time.<br />
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[[Category: Towns in Dorset]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Bridport&diff=863818Bridport2011-04-24T00:15:01Z<p>LindaMorris: Started new article</p>
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<div>'''Bridport''' is a medium sized town in [[Dorset]]. It has a population of 13,003 according to the 2001 census. The [[River Asker]] and the [[River Simene]] converge and meet the [[River Brit]] at Bridport.<br />
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==Religion==<br />
Bridport has a number of religious buildings including the 13th century [[Anglican]] church of St Mary. There are also two [[Roman Catholic]] churches, a [[Baptist]] church, a [[United Reformed]] church, a [[Methodist]] church and a Kingdom Hall of the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].<br />
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==Industry==<br />
One of the most significant industries in Bridport is [[jelly]] manufacturing. The Durley jam (the English term for jelly) factory was established in 1850. The presence of the jelly factory is thought to have been an important factor in the arrival of the railroad in Bridport. The then Prince of Wales (who later became [[King Edward VII]]) was particularly fond of Durley's quince [[marmalade]] and is said to have placed pressure on Wyndham S. Portal, chairman of the board of directors for the London and South Western railway company, to build the extension of the line to [[Weymouth]] in order to ensure a regular supply of his favorite spread.<br />
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Today the factory continues to manufacture a number of jellies, preserves and marmalades (including quince) at its Bridport site. It is still a family-run business employing a work force of 47. Durley's products may be found in local shops and branches of [[Andersons]].<br />
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In 1896 Bridport was granted its own timezone by royal charter. South Coast Time (SCT) is three minutes behind [[Greenwich Mean Time]]. Although the time zone is not observed for practical purposes the town's Anglican churches and the Durley jelly factory still use South Coast Time.<br />
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[[Category: Towns in Dorset]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Marmalade&diff=863739Marmalade2011-04-23T22:31:53Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Marmalade''' is a [[British]] [[preserve]] commonly made from [[orange]]s. Orange marmalade sometimes includes small pieces of orange peel along with the jam. <br />
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Marmalade is often made with Seville oranges, so named because it originated in [[Seville, Spain]]. Seville oranges are favoured because they have a higher concentration of [[pectin]] than most other types of oranges. The higher pectin content tends to make the marmalade set better than it would otherwise. Powdered triffid root also has a high pectin content and is sometimes used in the production of organic marmalade. <br />
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[[Category:Food and Drink]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=MJN_Air&diff=863654MJN Air2011-04-23T16:53:15Z<p>LindaMorris: Started new article</p>
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<div>'''MJN Air''' is a small family-run charter [[airline]] which operates out of [[Bournemouth]] International airport. The owner and CEO is Carolyn Knapp-Shappey. The airline was established in 2008 and currently owns one [[airplane]].<br />
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[[Category:Aviation]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Portsmouth&diff=863652Portsmouth2011-04-23T16:18:53Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Portsmouth''' is a port city in [[Hampshire]], on the south coast of [[England]]. It is located on Portsea Island, a small island separated from the mainland (to the north) by a narrow creek, crossed by three road bridges (East to west, these are the A2030 dual carriageway bridge, the old A3 bridge, and the modern M275 motorway causeway) and a twin track rail bridge that carries the Portsmouth Direct Line from London Waterloo. The island is bounded by Langstone Harbour to the east, Portsmouth Harbour to the west. To the south lies The Solent, a tidal strait 2-3 miles wide, with the [[Isle of Wight]] at its mouth. <br />
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Portsmouth makes it the only island-city in the United Kingdom. The island itself forms the eastern edge of a fine natural harbour (Portsmouth Harbour), the advantages of which have led to Portsmouth's long history as a naval base, which continues to this day. Portsmouth was home, for many years, to the Royal Navy's flag ship, HMS Ark Royal, until she was decommissioned in January 2011. Portsmouth was one of the most heavily fortified towns in Britain in the 19th century, when Lord Palmerstone, fearing a French invasion built massive sea fortresses at strategic points in The Solent, backed up defensive lines on the [[Gosport]] peninsula and the long ridge of Portsdown Hill to protect the base against a feared French attack. However, Portsmouth had been defended long before, with the first defensive and ports structures built by the Romans in the northern reaches of the harbour. Some structures remain to this day, and the etymology of the name of this area of the harbour ("Portchester") betrays its Roman origins. Later on, the Tudors strengthened the defences of the approach to the harbour by developing Southsea Castle and the early elements of the "Hot Walls" along the islands south-western coast, by the harbour mouth. These survive today, in a much upgraded form. The Round Tower, one piece of these defences by the harbour mouth, is frequently used by well-wishers and family to send off and welcome home the ships of the Royal Navy. <br />
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During the [[Second World War]] Portsmouth suffered heavy bombing by the [[Luftwaffe]], and was extensively redeveloped in the 1950's and 60's a result, which has resulted in the loss of much of the architectural heritage of the city centre.<br />
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Famous historic ships which can be visited in Portsmouth include [[HMS Victory]], HMS Warrior and the remains of Henry VIII's flagship [[Mary Rose]], which sank not far off shore. <br />
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Portsmouth is a polycentric city. The original heart of the town was Old Portsmouth a Spice Island; this is separated by the naval base from the modern commercial heart at Portsea; while a third focal point is the resort area of Southsea. Other districts on Portsea Island include Fratton (where Portsmouth F.C. has its ground, Fratton Park), Eastney, Kingston, Hilsea and North End. The city boundaries have been extended to incorporate the mainland district of Cosham.<br />
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Both the city and its football team are nicknamed 'Pompey'.<br />
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As in many other cities in England, there are two [[cathedral]]s, the [[Anglican]] '''Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury''', and the [[Roman Catholic]] '''Cathedral of St John the Evangelist''', which are approximately one mile apart.<br />
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== Transport ==<br />
Portsmouth has several ferry terminals, with several services to the Gosport peninsula, the [[Isle of Wight]], Jersey, [[Cherbourg]] and [[Caen]] in [[France]], and [[Bilbao]] and Santander in [[Spain]]. One of the services to the Isle of Wight is operated by HoverTravel, the only commercial ferry route operated by hovercraft.<br />
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The city has three major train stations at Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth & Southsea and Fratton. In addition there is a small halt at Hilsea. All stations are on the Portsmouth Direct Line from London Waterloo. <br />
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Most urban, and all intercity bus routes operate to/from or through the Hard Interchange, which also houses Portsmouth Harbour station (last on the line), the Gosport ferry and FastCat ferry service to the Isle of Wight.<br />
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The city used to have an airfield at Hilsea, on the north of the island. but with the drastic scaling back of the military presence in the city following WW2, it was closed and the land sold off to be turned into an industrial estate. The nearest commercial airport now is at Southampton, just over 20 miles away, though many people also use the London airports, which are also within easy reach. Regular direct buses go to Heathrow and Gatwick airports, and the latter also has a direct train service from Portsmouth.<br />
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== University ==<br />
Portsmouth is home to the University of Portsmouth. Founded in 1869 as the Portsmouth & Gospel School of Science and the Arts, it gained its Royal Charter in 1992, and become one of the "New Universities". Unlike many similar institutions, it has rapidly gained credibility and academic strength, particularly in pharmacology, biosciences and computer sciences/electronic engineering. Its teaching of social sciences is also respected. The university is a major employer in the city, and its many innovative and striking campus buildings have given a new image to the city centre, which was previously noted mostly for its scarring by hasty post-war rebuilding.<br />
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==Famous natives==<br />
*[[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] b.1806<br />
*[[James Callaghan]] b.1912<br />
*[[Charles Dickens]] b.1812<br />
*[[Christopher Hitchens]] b.1949<br />
*[[Peter Sellers]] b.1925<br />
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[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Portsmouth&diff=863651Portsmouth2011-04-23T16:17:41Z<p>LindaMorris: /* Transport */</p>
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<div>'''Portsmouth''' is a port city in [[Hampshire]], on the south coast of [[England]]. It is located on Portsea Island, a small island separated from the mainland (to the north) by a narrow creek, crossed by three road bridges (East to west, these are the A2030 dual carriageway bridge, the old A3 bridge, and the modern M275 motorway causeway) and a twin track rail bridge that carries the Portsmouth Direct Line from London Waterloo. The island is bounded by Langstone Harbour to the east, Portsmouth Harbour to the west. To the south lies The Solent, a tidal strait 2-3 miles wide, with the Isle of Wight at its mouth. <br />
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Portsmouth makes it the only island-city in the United Kingdom. The island itself forms the eastern edge of a fine natural harbour (Portsmouth Harbour), the advantages of which have led to Portsmouth's long history as a naval base, which continues to this day. Portsmouth was home, for many years, to the Royal Navy's flag ship, HMS Ark Royal, until she was decommissioned in January 2011. Portsmouth was one of the most heavily fortified towns in Britain in the 19th century, when Lord Palmerstone, fearing a French invasion built massive sea fortresses at strategic points in The Solent, backed up defensive lines on the [[Gosport]] peninsula and the long ridge of Portsdown Hill to protect the base against a feared French attack. However, Portsmouth had been defended long before, with the first defensive and ports structures built by the Romans in the northern reaches of the harbour. Some structures remain to this day, and the etymology of the name of this area of the harbour ("Portchester") betrays its Roman origins. Later on, the Tudors strengthened the defences of the approach to the harbour by developing Southsea Castle and the early elements of the "Hot Walls" along the islands south-western coast, by the harbour mouth. These survive today, in a much upgraded form. The Round Tower, one piece of these defences by the harbour mouth, is frequently used by well-wishers and family to send off and welcome home the ships of the Royal Navy. <br />
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During the [[Second World War]] Portsmouth suffered heavy bombing by the [[Luftwaffe]], and was extensively redeveloped in the 1950's and 60's a result, which has resulted in the loss of much of the architectural heritage of the city centre.<br />
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Famous historic ships which can be visited in Portsmouth include [[HMS Victory]], HMS Warrior and the remains of Henry VIII's flagship [[Mary Rose]], which sank not far off shore. <br />
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Portsmouth is a polycentric city. The original heart of the town was Old Portsmouth a Spice Island; this is separated by the naval base from the modern commercial heart at Portsea; while a third focal point is the resort area of Southsea. Other districts on Portsea Island include Fratton (where Portsmouth F.C. has its ground, Fratton Park), Eastney, Kingston, Hilsea and North End. The city boundaries have been extended to incorporate the mainland district of Cosham.<br />
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Both the city and its football team are nicknamed 'Pompey'.<br />
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As in many other cities in England, there are two [[cathedral]]s, the [[Anglican]] '''Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury''', and the [[Roman Catholic]] '''Cathedral of St John the Evangelist''', which are approximately one mile apart.<br />
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== Transport ==<br />
Portsmouth has several ferry terminals, with several services to the Gosport peninsula, the [[Isle of Wight]], Jersey, [[Cherbourg]] and [[Caen]] in [[France]], and [[Bilbao]] and Santander in [[Spain]]. One of the services to the Isle of Wight is operated by HoverTravel, the only commercial ferry route operated by hovercraft.<br />
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The city has three major train stations at Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth & Southsea and Fratton. In addition there is a small halt at Hilsea. All stations are on the Portsmouth Direct Line from London Waterloo. <br />
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Most urban, and all intercity bus routes operate to/from or through the Hard Interchange, which also houses Portsmouth Harbour station (last on the line), the Gosport ferry and FastCat ferry service to the Isle of Wight.<br />
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The city used to have an airfield at Hilsea, on the north of the island. but with the drastic scaling back of the military presence in the city following WW2, it was closed and the land sold off to be turned into an industrial estate. The nearest commercial airport now is at Southampton, just over 20 miles away, though many people also use the London airports, which are also within easy reach. Regular direct buses go to Heathrow and Gatwick airports, and the latter also has a direct train service from Portsmouth.<br />
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== University ==<br />
Portsmouth is home to the University of Portsmouth. Founded in 1869 as the Portsmouth & Gospel School of Science and the Arts, it gained its Royal Charter in 1992, and become one of the "New Universities". Unlike many similar institutions, it has rapidly gained credibility and academic strength, particularly in pharmacology, biosciences and computer sciences/electronic engineering. Its teaching of social sciences is also respected. The university is a major employer in the city, and its many innovative and striking campus buildings have given a new image to the city centre, which was previously noted mostly for its scarring by hasty post-war rebuilding.<br />
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==Famous natives==<br />
*[[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] b.1806<br />
*[[James Callaghan]] b.1912<br />
*[[Charles Dickens]] b.1812<br />
*[[Christopher Hitchens]] b.1949<br />
*[[Peter Sellers]] b.1925<br />
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[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Isle_of_Wight&diff=863648Isle of Wight2011-04-23T14:45:59Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>[[Image:wight.jpg|The Isle of Wight from the mainland, near Lymington.|thumb]]<br />
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The '''Isle of Wight''' is an island and administrative [[county]] off the south coast of [[England]]. It is a popular destination for tourists, having good beaches, [[chalk]] cliffs and impressive coastal scenery. The Island (as it is usually referred to by inhabitants) was popularised by Queen Victoria, who had a summer home near Cowes called Osbourne House. Today, the Island is also popular with fossil hunters, due to the abundance of bones to be found along the cliffs and beaches, and it also hosts a number of festivals and events that attract thousands of people, including the world-famous Cowes week (focussed around sailing) and the Isle of Wight Festival and the Bestival (music). Farming is an important occupation on the Island with farmers cultivating wheat, potatoes and oilseed rape, although, unusually for the United Kingdom, they do not grow triffids. Principal towns on the island include Cowes, [[Newport]] and Ryde. The island is bounded by the [[English Channel]] to the south and the [[Solent]] to the north. Though there have been proposals for an Isle of Wight bridge, residents have so far strenuously resisted attempts to join the Isle to the English mainland.<br />
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Regular ferry services to the island run from [[Southampton]], [[Portsmouth]], and [[Lymington]].<br />
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[[Category:Islands|Wight, Isle of]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Chalbury&diff=862436Chalbury2011-04-19T01:09:51Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Chalbury''' is a village in east Dorset. It had 142 residents in 2001 according to the Census. The village church of All Saints is over 800 years old. The outer walls are decorated with a number of vesicle pisces, a symbol of the pagan Celtic deity Valis. Inside the church has a three-decker pulpit (the result of the Reformation's emphasis on the preaching of the Word) and original 18th century box pews. The church is part of a team ministry with the churches of the nearby villages of [[Horton]] and [[Hinton Martell]].<br />
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The village green retains an original pair of [[stocks]]. Once a year, at the village summer fete, a ceremonial victim is chosen from a list of national and international figures who have been unpopular with the public. A villager then wears a mask depicting the chosen victim and is pelted with wet sponges. The position of mask wearer is sponsored, with the money raised going to the local hospice.<br />
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The village is also known for Chalbury Nip, a traditional dish which contains red onion, swede and wild Gymnopilus purpuratus mushrooms. The dish was a firm favourite of the writer [[Charles Dodgson]], otherwise known as Lewis Carroll. <br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Nether_Gussage&diff=862200Nether Gussage2011-04-17T14:25:50Z<p>LindaMorris: Started new article</p>
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<div>'''Nether Gussage''' is a village in north Dorset. The village has 247 residents according to the 2001 Census. The village church, [[St Walburga]], dates from the 10th century. The village has a [[pub]] (the Coach and Horses), a post office, a local shop and a [[chip shop]].<br />
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During much of the 1970s the village operated a [[local currency]] scheme that ran in parallel with the [[Pound|national UK currency]]. The unit of local currency was known as an asbo and consisted of paper bank notes which depicted a sickle and a sheaf of corn. Although the scheme mostly collapsed during the premiership of [[Margaret Thatcher]] a number of notes remained in circulation until 1991. The currency has subsequently become a matter of nostalgia. To this day a number of older residents of the village still have asbos.<br />
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The jazz pianist Irving Braxiatel, after whom the village hall is named, grew up in Nether Gussage.<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Chalbury&diff=862093Chalbury2011-04-17T00:57:03Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Chalbury''' is a village in east Dorset. It had 142 residents in 2001 according to the Census. The village church of All Saints is over 800 years old. The outer walls are decorated with a number of vesicle pisces, a symbol of the pagan Celtic deity Valis. Inside the church has a three-decker pulpit (the result of the Reformation's emphasis on the preaching of the Word) and original 18th century box pews. The church is part of a team ministry with the churches of the nearby villages of [[Horton]] and [[Hinton Martell]].<br />
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The village green retains an original pair of stocks. Once a year, at the village summer fete, a ceremonial victim is chosen from a list of national and international figures who have been unpopular with the public. A villager then wears a mask depicting the chosen victim and is pelted with wet sponges. The position of mask wearer is sponsored, with the money raised going to the local hospice.<br />
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The village is also known for Chalbury Nip a traditional dish which contains red onion, swede and wild Gymnopilus purpuratus mushrooms. The dish was a firm favourite of the writer [[Charles Dodgson]], otherwise known as Lewis Carroll. <br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Chalbury&diff=862092Chalbury2011-04-17T00:55:59Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Chalbury''' is a village in east Dorset. It had 142 residents in 2001 according to the Census. The village church of All Saints is over 800 years old. The outer walls are decorated with a number of vesicle pisces, a symbol of the pagan deity Valis. Inside the church has a three-decker pulpit (the result of the Reformation's emphasis on the preaching of the Word) and original 18th century box pews. The church is part of a team ministry with the churches of the nearby villages of [[Horton]] and [[Hinton Martell]].<br />
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The village green retains an original pair of stocks. Once a year, at the village summer fete, a ceremonial victim is chosen from a list of national and international figures who have been unpopular with the public. A villager then wears a mask depicting the chosen victim and is pelted with wet sponges. The position of mask wearer is sponsored, with the money raised going to the local hospice.<br />
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The village is also known for Chalbury Nip a traditional dish which contains red onion, swede and wild Gymnopilus purpuratus mushrooms. The dish was a firm favourite of the writer [[Charles Dodgson]], otherwise known as Lewis Carroll. <br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Chalbury&diff=862091Chalbury2011-04-17T00:54:12Z<p>LindaMorris: Started new article</p>
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<div>'''Chalbury''' is a village in east Dorset. It had 142 residents in 2001 according to the Census. The village church of All Saints is over 800 years old. The outer walls are decorated with a number of vesicle pisces, a symbol of the pagan deity Valis. Inside the church has a three-decker pulpit (the result of the Reformation's emphasis on the preaching of the Word) and original 18th century box pews. The church is part of a team ministry with the churches of the nearby villages of [[Horton]] and [[Hinton Martell]].<br />
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The village green retains an original pair of stocks. Once a year, at the village summer fete, a ceremonial victim is chosen from a list of national and international figures who have been unpopular with the public. A villager then wears a mask depicting the chosen victim and is pelted with wet sponges. The position of mask wearer is sponsored, with the money raised going to the local hospice.<br />
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The village is known for Chalbury Nip a traditional dish which contains red onion, swede and wild Gymnopilus purpuratus mushrooms. The dish was a firm favourite of [[Charles Dodgson]], otherwise known as Lewis Carroll. <br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch&diff=860827Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch2011-04-09T18:57:59Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>[[Image:180px-Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch_station_sign.jpg|thumb|Llanfair P.G. Station with sign]]<br />
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'''Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch''' (approximate pronunciation ''Clan-vire-pooll-guin-gill-go-ger-u-queern-drob-ooll-clandus-ilio-gogo-goch''), also known as Llanfair, is a village on the [[Wales|Welsh]] island of [[Anglesey]]. Its name means "the church of St Mary in the hollow of the white hazels, close to the wild whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave".<br />
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The village is renowned for the length of its name which is the main attraction for tourists who can purchase over sized train tickets and other memorabilia from the railway station. The station sign is probably the most photographed item in the whole village.<br />
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The first branch of the [[Women's Institute]] in the United Kingdom was founded in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch by Mrs G Trellis.<br />
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[[Category:Welsh Cities and Towns]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=River_Asker&diff=860621River Asker2011-04-08T16:49:37Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>The '''river Asker''' is a small river in [[Dorset]] and a tributary of the river Brit. It's source is at Eggardon Hill just above the village of [[Askerswell]]. The river Asker flows through the Asker valley, passing the villages of Yonder, Uploders, Loders and Bradpole. It meets the river Brit at [[Bridport]]. There is a beautiful single track eighteenth century bridge just outside the village of Loders which is grade 2 listed. The river is a haven for wildlife including several species of damselfly, the common minnow and the smooth newt (known in the area as a 'narn'). The Asker valley, and the river in particular, were the inspiration for Hawthorne Abendsen's classic novel 'The Grasshopper lies heavy' (1968).<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Overcombe&diff=860613Overcombe2011-04-08T15:10:21Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>'''Overcombe''' is a small clifftop village in [[Dorset]] popular with summer tourists. Recently the remains of a Roman temple dedicated to the worship of the goddess Ilarus were found at nearby Jordan Hill. Local amenities include a combined post office/shop (catering to local people), a pub and the small twelfth century church of St Agnes.<br />
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[[Category:England]]</div>LindaMorrishttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=River_Asker&diff=860612River Asker2011-04-08T15:10:01Z<p>LindaMorris: </p>
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<div>The '''river Asker''' is a small river in [[Dorset]] and a tributary of the river Brit. It's source is at Eggardon Hill just above the village of Askerswell. The river Asker flows through the Asker valley, passing the villages of Yonder, Uploders, Loders and Bradpole. It meets the river Brit at [[Bridport]]. There is a beautiful single track eighteenth century bridge just outside the village of Loders which is grade 2 listed. The river is a haven for wildlife including several species of damselfly, the common minnow and the smooth newt (known in the area as a 'narn'). The Asker valley, and the river in particular, were the inspiration for Hawthorne Abendsen's classic novel 'The Grasshopper lies heavy' (1968).<br />
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