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User talk:DeanS

2009-06-12T12:05:26Z

Mrguido45:

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== Just to make sure ==

Hey DeanS! So just to make sure you know - the delete proposal that I put on the talk page you deleted was mean for the main page ([[Template:Infobox Secondary school]]) - I couldn't put it on the main page itself because it's protected.--[[User:Iduan|I]][[User_talk:Iduan|Duan]] 19:10, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
:Done. Thanks for the explanation. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 20:49, 3 May 2009 (EDT)

Thank you for unblocking me, DeanS, and I'm sorry for going to another administrator, but I could not find your email address on your profile page--I'm new and didn't know that it's on the left side of the screen or that Conservapedia has that addition. Happy trails, Avalerion.
:No problem. I had previously contacted other administrators about your account and we resolved the issue. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 13:35, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
::I edited and provided the links, if you would like to check it out and make sure that I obeyed the rules of Conservapedia. Avalerion.

I need your help. I have an administrator saying that "truth" is anti-American when it speaks of the battles between the "Federalists" and "Anti-Federalists". How do I alert other administrators to have them settle the dispute? [[User:Avalerion|Avalerion]]
:::Avalerion is not interested in truth--he wants to demean and delegitimitze the US Constitution and the US government, and ridicule and attack the founding fathers as well. He needs "help" all right. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 17:43, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
::::First off, I am not a 'he'. Second, I did not delegitimize the Consitution. Though it had illegal means of being made and adopted, it was finally ratified by all, even though it was established before the last states ratified it. Thirdly, I did not ridicule the founding fathers. Stop lying and being rude! You're supposed to be an administrator, being an example of how others should act, and instead you act like a name-calling child. [[User:Avalerion|Avalerion]]

It was my impression she was only recently aware of the "Constitution Conspiracy" claptrap. As she was adding references, but not changing the articles, I don't know if Avalerion was seeking a fight, or just reacting strongly as many do when stumbling across the nut cases who claim all of the Founding Fathers were engaged in some fantastic plot, no doubt directed by the Free Mason's or quite possibly the Illuminati! I asked Dean to reconsider the original blocking, RJ, based on nothing more than my belief they were not sinister. If you feel otherwise, please let me know, via email, and feel free to block the user. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 18:01, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
:After seeing the commotion caused by Avalerion, I have reinstated the block. I didn't like her edits in the first place, and her recent comments to RJJensen are not appropriate. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 18:06, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
::I agree with DeanS. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 18:10, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
:::here's the source she was using and citing in her edits, [http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north445.html "The Most Successful Fraud in American History" by Gary North]. It's pretty nasty stuff--enought to make me gag. for example:
::::''the heirs of the victims then consent to the plans of the heirs of the perpetrators to extend the original fraud....I offer as evidence the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Iraq." [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 18:23, 11 May 2009 (EDT)

== Thanks ==

Thanks for blocking that vandal just now!--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 11:44, 19 May 2009 (EDT)
:You're welcome. Thanks for doing the reverts; that was my clue he needed to be blocked. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 11:48, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

==Question==
Hey Dean, do you think tht it would be logical to run a project to clean up the userpages of all of the infinitely blocked users? [[User:JY23|JY23]] 17:23, 27 May 2009 (EDT)
:If you mark them with speedy delete tags, I will delete them. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 17:31, 27 May 2009 (EDT)

== Blocked ==

Hi, I'm new to Conservapedia. Apparently there are problems with vandalism from the IP where I work. Mainly I'm interested in minor edits (spelling, grammar, it's the little things that get me). The message I get says "contact DeanS" but it's not clear how since I seem to be blocked. Any advice? Would it possible to have my login account an exception to the block?[[User:Mrguido45|Mrguido45]] 08:05, 12 June 2009 (EDT)

Petula Clark

2009-06-11T03:21:21Z

Mrguido45:

'''Petula Clark''', born November 15, 1932 (age {{age|1932|11|15}}), is a [[British]] singer, actress, and composer.

Born Petula Sally Olwen Clark to an English father and Welsh mother in Surrey, England, Clark began singing in the local church choir at the age of three. Her first public appearances were in a suburban [[London]] department store, where she performed with an orchestra in the entrance foyer for tins of toffee and a [[wrist watch]]. She came to the public's attention in 1942 when, in order to calm the others, she sang in a [[BBC]] bomb shelter during an air raid that interrupted a broadcast designed to allow people to send messages to loved ones fighting in [[World War II]]. An executive was so impressed by her performance he put her on the air as soon as the all-clear sounded. It proved to be the first of more than 500 radio appearances throughout the war. Clark also joined [[Julie Andrews]] for a series of performances at [[Army]] and [[RAF]] bases throughout the UK.

In 1944, director Maurice Elvey saw Clark performing at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] and signed her for his film ''Medal for the General'', about child refugees separated from their families during the war. It was the first of two dozen movies she made in her native England throughout her teen years and into adulthood.

In 1946, Clark launched her television career with an appearance on a BBC variety show, ''Cabaret Cartoons''. She was signed to host her own afternoon series, titled simply ''Petula Clark'', and a second called ''Pet's Parlour'' aired in 1949. Decades later she would star in ''This is Petula Clark'' (1966) and ''The Sound of Petula'' (1972-74).

Clark's singing talent was encouraged by her father, who with Alan A. Freeman created Polygon Records. Her first recording, a cover of Teresa Brewer's "Music! Music! Music!," was released in Australia in 1949. She had several hits in the UK during the 1950s, including:
* "The Little Shoemaker" (1954)
* "Majorca" (1955)
* "Suddenly There's a Valley" (1955)
* "With All My Heart" (1956)

In 1958, Clark was invited to appear at the Olympia in [[Paris]]. The next day she was invited to the offices of Vogue Records to discuss a recording contract. She was introduced to publicist Claude Wolff and when she was told he would work with her if she signed with the label, she immediately agreed. Her French recordings were huge successes that outsold [[Edith Piaf]], and eventually she began to perform throughout [[Europe]], recording in German, Italian, and Spanish in addition to French.

In June 1961, Clark married Wolff in a civil ceremony in Paris followed by a religious one in England. She emigrated to [[France]], where the couple had two daughters, Barbara Michelle and Katherine Natalie, and later a son, Patrick. Throught the early 1960s she concentrated on a singing career in both her native country and throughout the Continent. "Sailor" became her first #1 hit in the UK, and "Romeo" and "My Friend the Sea" both reached the British Top Ten. Meanwhile, in France, "Ya Ya Twist" and "Chariot" (the original version of "I Will Follow Him") became smash hits.

In 1964, composer/arranger [[Tony Hatch]], who had been working with her at both Vogue in France and Pye Records in the UK, flew to Paris with new material he hoped would interest her, but Clark found none of it appealing until she heard a few chords of an incomplete song Hatch had begun to write after his first trip to [[New York City]]. He planned to present it to The Drifters, but she urged him to finish the tune and said if the lyrics were as good as the melody, she would record it as her next single. The song was "Downtown," which in four different languages became a worldwide best-seller and finally introduced Clark to American audiences. It hit #1 on the US pop charts and won her a [[Grammy Award]], the first of two. It led to a succession of fifteen Top 40 hits, including:
* "I Know a Place"
* "Round Every Corner"
* "My Love"
* "This is My Song"
* "Don't Sleep in the Subway"
* "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love"

Her recordings were known for their catchy beats and uplifting messages. She has recorded more than 1000 songs and has written dozens under both her own name and the pseudonym Al Grant.

Clark frequently appeared on US [[television]] programs such as ''Hullabaloo'', ''Shindig!'', and ''The Hollywood Palace'' and was a frequent guest of [[Ed Sullivan]] and [[Dean Martin]].
In 1968, [[NBC]] invited her to host her own special, which made television history. While singing a duet with [[Harry Belafonte]], she innocently touched his arm. A representative from [[Chrysler]], the show's sponsor, insisted this would offend Southern viewers (at the time racial conflict was still a major problem) and he demanded they substitute a different take with Clark and Belafonte standing far away from each other. She refused and delivered the finished program to the network with the touch intact. It aired to high ratings and much critical acclaim, and marked the first time a man and woman of different races touched on American television.

Clark hosted two more specials, another for NBC and one for [[ABC]], which was the pilot for a weekly series, but since her children disliked living in [[Los Angeles]], she decided to drop the project.

Throughout the 1960s and '70s, Clark appeared in American nightclubs like the [[Copacabana]] in [[New York City]], the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove in [[Los Angeles]], and the Empire Room at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where she broke attendance records. She also appeared in print and radio ads for [[Coca Cola]], television commercials for [[Plymouth]], print and TV spots for Burlington Industries in the US and television and print ads for Chrysler Sunbeam and print ads for Sanderson Wallpaper in the UK.

In the late 1960s, Clark starred in two musical films, with [[Fred Astaire]] in ''Finian's Rainbow'' (for which she was nominated for a Best Actress [[Golden Globe Award]]), and ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' opposite [[Peter O'Toole]]. Her last feature film was the British production ''Never Never Land'' (1980).

In 1981, Clark starred as Maria von Trapp in ''The Sound of Music'' in London's West End. Two years later she played the title role in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''Candida''. Additional theatre credits include ''Someone Like You'' (for which she composed the score), ''Blood Brothers'' (in which she made her Broadway debut, followed by the US tour), and [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''Sunset Boulevard'' (in which she appeared in both London and the US tour from 1995 through 2000).

At the age of nearly 75, Clark is still active and frequently appears in concert and continues to record. Her most recent CD releases are ''Duets'', a compilation including [[Dusty Springfield]], [[Peggy Lee]], and [[Bobby Darin]], and ''Solitude and Sunshine'', with songs by composer [[Rod McKuen]]. Her 2007 concert dates include appearances in the US, the UK, [[Canada]], [[Australia]], and [[New Zealand]], where she is being heard by long-time fans and discovered by a new generation.

In 1998, Clark was honored by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] by being made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire). In her extensive career she has recorded over 1,000 songs and sold over 70 million records worldwide making her the most successful female British recording artist in history.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164379/</ref>

==Filmography==
* ''Medal for the General'' (1944)
* ''Strawberry Roan'' (1945)
* ''Murder in Reverse'' (1945)
* ''I Know Where I'm Going!'' (1945)
* ''Trouble at Townsend'' (1946)
* ''London Town'' (1946)
* ''Vice Versa'' (1948)
* ''Easy Money'' (1948)
* ''Here Come the Huggetts'' (1948)
* ''Vote for Huggett (1949)
* ''The Huggetts Abroad'' (1949)
* ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' (1949)
* ''The Romantic Age'' (1949)
* ''Dance Hall'' (1950)
* ''White Corridors'' (1951)
* ''Madame Louise'' (1951)
* ''The Card'' (1952)
* ''Made in Heaven'' (1952)
* ''The Runaway Bus'' (1954)
* ''The Gay Dog'' (1954)
* ''The Happiness of Three Women'' (1954)
* ''Track the Man Down'' (1955)
* ''That Woman Opposite'' (1957)
* ''6.5 Special'' (1958)
* ''À Couteaux Tirés'' (1964)
* ''Finian's Rainbow'' (1968)
* ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1969)
* ''Drôles de Zèbres'' (1977)
* ''Never, Never Land'' (1980)

==External links==
* [http://www.petulaclark.net Official website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164379/ Movie Database]

==References==

<References/>

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Trombone

2009-06-11T03:11:29Z

Mrguido45:

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A '''trombone''' is a type of [[musical instrument]] and, along with the [[trumpet]], is a member of the [[brass instrument|brass]] family. Sounds are produced in the same way as a trumpet by vibrating the mouthpiece. Unlike the trumpet which uses a series of hand operated valves to change the pitch, the trombone uses a long slide to vary the note played. This gives the instrument the ability to "slide" between notes and makes for an expressive sound that can be likened to the human voice. Despite the apparent simplicity, tromboning can be difficult to master due to the combination of repetitive arm work and continuous blowing. An experienced tromboner is a popular addition to many bands though and can contribute to an explosive finale.

The trombone is suited to a wide variety of musical styles, including [[jazz]], big band and marching bands. Military bands often contain one or more trombonists.

===History===
The trombone is essentially the same instrument as the late medieval sackbut which had a major role in the royal ceremonial bands of the day. Up until the late baroque period (mid-1700s) it appeared mainly as a vocal/choral accompaniment in masses and operas and rarely in purely instrumental works. With the death of [[Handel]] (1759) it was little used for a generation and when it reappeared, it was as the [[Italian]] “trombone”.

Mozart used it to great effect in his last [[opera]]s and his unfinished [[requiem]], as did [[Weber]], and with [[Beethoven]] and [[Schubert]] – writing in the early 19th century – it began appearing in [[symphony|symphonic]] works. It found its dramatic niche in the works of [[Hector Berlioz]] and [[Wagner]], and the later romantics; although later French and Italian composers tended to ignore the bass versions of the instrument, preferring the [[tuba]].

It has always been a major component of folk and village bands, from whence the American and European brass bands derived.

[[Category:Brass Instruments]]

September 11, 2001 attacks

2009-06-11T02:55:20Z

Mrguido45:

[[Image:National Park Service 9-11 Statue of Liberty and WTC fire.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
The '''Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001''' occurred when [[al Qaeda]]-affiliated [[Islam|Islamic]] extremists hijacked four transcontinental airliners and used them to strike targets in the [[United States]], succeeding in destroying the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and a portion of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.; the fourth aircraft, in which the hijackers are believed to have targeted the White House or the Capital Building, crashed into an empty field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers fought back to re-take control.

The sheer audacity of the attack and the heavy loss of life that resulted from it caused the Bush Administration to declare a war on terror with the determination to hunt down terrorists world-wide; within two months of September 11, [[Afghanistan]] was completely occupied by American forces, driving the ruling Taliban from power and causing the main suspect of the attacks, [[Osama bin Laden]], to flee into hiding.

==The hijacking==
[[Image:9-11.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]
All 19 hijackers boarded the planes on the morning of September 11, having carefully chosen flights whose routes would be transcontinental. Two planes flew out of Boston's Logan Airport, one flew from Washington's Dulles International Airport, and the fourth left an airport in Newark, New Jersey.

===New York City===
American Airlines Flight 11 left Logan Airport around 8 AM, carrying 11 crew and 81 passengers; its destination was Los Angeles, California. United Airlines Flight 175 left Logan a few minutes later, carrying 9 crew and 56 passengers, and also on a flight to Los Angeles. Both aircraft were the 767-200, manufactured by the Boeing Company.

At 8:25 AM Boston air traffic controllers heard a strange voice from Flight 11: "We have some planes. Just stay quiet, and you will be OK. We are returning to the airport." The plane then headed south toward New York City; at 8:46 AM the plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center between the 93 and 99th floors. Sixteen minutes later, at 9:03 AM, Flight 175 crashed into the south tower - at a greater speed and more oblique angle - between the 77th and 85th floors.

The impact of the crashes took out any hope of getting to victims and survivors on the affected floors and the floors above; many people desperate to get away from the smoke and fire jumped. Both towers were designed to survive the impact of a 1960s-era jet, but the Boeing 767 was larger and carried more fuel; it was determined later that the heat from the burning fuel weakened the central steel structure and supports. At 9:59 am the south tower collasped; the upper floors had lost support in the damaged area and fell - pancake style - to the ground. At 10:29 AM the north tower fell in a similar manner. The death toll was around 2,750, including more than 300 firefighters and 100 police officers and other rescue workers.

===Washington, D.C.===
American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757-200, left Dulles at 8:20 AM, carrying 6 crew and 58 passengers on a flight to Los Angeles. Forty minutes later the aircraft had turned back toward Washington; at 9:37 it crashed at high-speed into the west side of the Pentagon, killing a total of 184 people. Despite being built of reinforced concrete, the aircraft was able to penetrate to the third concentric ring of the building.

===Shanksville, Pennsylvania===
United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757-200, left Newark at 8:40 AM, with a destination of San Fransisco. Unlike the other planes which had four hijackers each, Flight 93 had three; it also had passengers who, through onboard phone calls, learned of the previous hijackings and crashes and determined to wrest control of the aircraft back from the terrorists. Turned towards Washington, the plane ended up crashing in a wheat field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03 AM, the only one of the aircraft which failed to reach its target. Among the recorded conversations between the passengers and phone operators was the phrase "Let's roll" by Todd Beamer, made just before he set down his phone and took action with the other passengers involved; Beamer's last phrase would become a rallying cry in the coming war on terorism.

===Ground Casualties===
[[Image:393px-WTC-remnant highres.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Remains of the South Tower, September 13, 2001.]]
The total loss of life is constantly being reevaluated to account for wrongly reported missing persons and, in some cases, occurrences of fraud. Estimates of more than 6,000 deaths were announced following the attacks. The current estimate is 2,996 fatalities as a direct result of the attacks. About 500 foreign nationals from over 90 countries are believed to have died in the attack.<ref> [http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/10/29/wtc.deaths/ "New York Reduces 9/11 Death Toll by 40"] at CNN.com, Phil Hirschkorn, 10/29/03</ref>

The Department of Defense reported the deaths of 125 people at The Pentagon. The aftermath of the World Trade Center towers collapsing created a good deal of confusion and has been the main source of discrepancies in casualty estimates. As of October 29, 2003, New York City reported 2605 deaths in the attacks, not counting the passengers and crew of the planes. <ref> [http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/10/29/wtc.deaths/ "New York Reduces 9/11 Death Toll by 40"] at CNN.com, Phil Hirschkorn, 10/29/03</ref>

As a matter of course, the deaths of the 19 [[suicide|hijackers]] are not included in these casualty totals.

===Economic Impact===
The material costs of the attacks are well in excess of one hundred billion US dollars. Factoring in stock market losses, loss of revenue in New York City, loss of jobs, impact on air travel, and heightened security, some estimate the cost approaches two trillion dollars.<ref>[http://www.iags.org/costof911.html The Cost of September 11] Institute for the Analysis of Global Security</ref>

Some estimates of the cost of executing the plan place it in the $400,000-$500,000 range, making it an extremely "profitable" operation for al-Qaeda. <ref>[http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Exec.htm The 9/11 Commission Report]</ref>

==The suspects==
Suspicion fell on Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda organization almost immediately. Known to have harbored hatred for the United States since the basing of U.S. fighters and other military personnel in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War, bin Laden has tried "To kill Americans and their allies — civilians and military — is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it," <ref>[http://awildernessvoice.com/Mohammed.html]</ref>, and often succeeding. In four previous attacks, bin Laden's operatives
*killed 6 in a bomb explosion in the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993;
*killed 19 soldiers in 1996 at a military housing complex in Saudi Arabia;
*killed more than 200 people in the simultaneous bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania;
*killed 17 sailors by putting an explosives-laden boat next to USS ''Cole'' while that destroyer was refueling in Yemen in 2000.

His personal fortune, estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars, has enabled him to finance well-coordinated operations, including the training of the hijackers in close-quarter fighting, commandeering of aircraft, and ironically to bankroll their education in American flight schools.

==Social Impacts==

Following the attacks there was a strong surge of patriotism in virtually all facets of American society. The government, being aware that the most deadly attack ever on American soil could stir up animosity against the ethnic or religious group of the perpetrators, went out of its way along with the media to separate Islam from the actions taken by its more radical adherents, referring to it at multiple times as a "religion of love". While people of Middle Eastern decent and adherents of Islam were concerned at first, the overall effect of hostility towards these groups was barely noticeable. Although there were literally millions of Muslims in America out of a total population of 300 million who could have sought out reprisals, in an entire year less than 500 cases of aggression of verbal hostility were reported.

==Consequences of the Attacks on US Policy==
===Domestic Policy===

The attacks were a direct or indirect cause of massive changes in United States domestic policy. Most notably, the ''Homeland Security Act of 2002'' "established a [[Department of Homeland Security]], as an executive department of the United States" <ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland/bill/hsl-bill.pdf H.R. 5005 The Homeland Security Act]</ref>, a cabinet level position. One of the tools implemented by the Department is the [[Homeland Security Advisory System]], a color coded advisory system meant to "establish a comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to Federal, State, and local authorities and to the American people." <ref>[http://www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/laws/ DHS Laws and Regulations] Department of Homeland Security</ref>

Another notable result of the attacks was the ''[[USA PATRIOT Act|USA PATRIOT Act of 2001]]'' ('''U'''niting and '''S'''trengthening '''A'''merica by '''P'''roviding '''A'''ppropriate '''T'''ools '''R'''equired to '''I'''ntercept and '''O'''bstruct '''T'''errorism). The act was written to expand the authority of law enforcement and the justice system in the pursuit of terrorism suspects.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.3162.ENR: ''The USA PATRIOT Act''] Library of Congress</ref>

===Foreign Policy===

In response to the attacks, the United States declared a [[War on Terror]], which comprises United States military action in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq]] as well as a significant increase in intelligence gathering and a new outlook on foreign relations.

==Conspiracy Theories==

Many conspiracy theories <ref>[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061002/alterman Lying About 9/11? Easy as [[ABC]]], Eric Alterman, ''The Nation'', September 14, 2006 (October 2, 2006 issue). </ref> have sprouted up from the events of September 11, 2001, including the "Loose Change" movies seen on YouTube. While compelling, these movies have been comprehensively disproven by independent experts <ref>[http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html "Debunking The 9/11 Myths"] ''Popular Mechanics'', Mar. 2005 Cover Story</ref>. Prominent endorsers of such theories include talk show host [[Rosie O'Donnell]] as well as actor [[Charlie Sheen]]. A third of the American public has bought into the idea of some sort of role by federal officials. This view is much more common among those who get their news solely from the internet and is rare for those who read newspapers or watch the news on regular television. "Members of racial and ethnic minorities, people with only a high school education and Democrats were especially likely to suspect federal involvement in 9/11"<ref>http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=CONSPIRACY-08-02-06</ref>

==Sources==
*[http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf The 9/11 Commission Report]
*[http://wtc.nist.gov/NISTNCSTAR1CollapseofTowers.pdf Final Report on the Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers], [[National Institute of Standards and Technology|NIST]].
*[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/chronology.attack/index.html September 11: Chronology of Terror] at CNN.com
*[http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/penttbom/penttbomb.htm Federal Bureau of Investigations PENTTBOM Press Release]
*[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/victims/main.html Lists of Victims] at CNN.com

==Additional Information==
*[http://www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive The Internet Archive's file of ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, and BBC broadcasts for Sept 11-13, 2001]
*[http://www.televisionarchive.org/ Television Archive of news broadcasts for 9/11]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[category:United States History]]
[[Category:Riots and terrorist incidents in the United States]]

User talk:DeanS

2009-06-11T02:49:49Z

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User talk:DeanS

2009-06-11T02:49:27Z

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== Just to make sure ==

Hey DeanS! So just to make sure you know - the delete proposal that I put on the talk page you deleted was mean for the main page ([[Template:Infobox Secondary school]]) - I couldn't put it on the main page itself because it's protected.--[[User:Iduan|I]][[User_talk:Iduan|Duan]] 19:10, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
:Done. Thanks for the explanation. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 20:49, 3 May 2009 (EDT)

Thank you for unblocking me, DeanS, and I'm sorry for going to another administrator, but I could not find your email address on your profile page--I'm new and didn't know that it's on the left side of the screen or that Conservapedia has that addition. Happy trails, Avalerion.
:No problem. I had previously contacted other administrators about your account and we resolved the issue. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 13:35, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
::I edited and provided the links, if you would like to check it out and make sure that I obeyed the rules of Conservapedia. Avalerion.

I need your help. I have an administrator saying that "truth" is anti-American when it speaks of the battles between the "Federalists" and "Anti-Federalists". How do I alert other administrators to have them settle the dispute? [[User:Avalerion|Avalerion]]
:::Avalerion is not interested in truth--he wants to demean and delegitimitze the US Constitution and the US government, and ridicule and attack the founding fathers as well. He needs "help" all right. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 17:43, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
::::First off, I am not a 'he'. Second, I did not delegitimize the Consitution. Though it had illegal means of being made and adopted, it was finally ratified by all, even though it was established before the last states ratified it. Thirdly, I did not ridicule the founding fathers. Stop lying and being rude! You're supposed to be an administrator, being an example of how others should act, and instead you act like a name-calling child. [[User:Avalerion|Avalerion]]

It was my impression she was only recently aware of the "Constitution Conspiracy" claptrap. As she was adding references, but not changing the articles, I don't know if Avalerion was seeking a fight, or just reacting strongly as many do when stumbling across the nut cases who claim all of the Founding Fathers were engaged in some fantastic plot, no doubt directed by the Free Mason's or quite possibly the Illuminati! I asked Dean to reconsider the original blocking, RJ, based on nothing more than my belief they were not sinister. If you feel otherwise, please let me know, via email, and feel free to block the user. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 18:01, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
:After seeing the commotion caused by Avalerion, I have reinstated the block. I didn't like her edits in the first place, and her recent comments to RJJensen are not appropriate. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 18:06, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
::I agree with DeanS. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 18:10, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
:::here's the source she was using and citing in her edits, [http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north445.html "The Most Successful Fraud in American History" by Gary North]. It's pretty nasty stuff--enought to make me gag. for example:
::::''the heirs of the victims then consent to the plans of the heirs of the perpetrators to extend the original fraud....I offer as evidence the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Iraq." [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 18:23, 11 May 2009 (EDT)

== Thanks ==

Thanks for blocking that vandal just now!--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 11:44, 19 May 2009 (EDT)
:You're welcome. Thanks for doing the reverts; that was my clue he needed to be blocked. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 11:48, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

==Question==
Hey Dean, do you think tht it would be logical to run a project to clean up the userpages of all of the infinitely blocked users? [[User:JY23|JY23]] 17:23, 27 May 2009 (EDT)
:If you mark them with speedy delete tags, I will delete them. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 17:31, 27 May 2009 (EDT)

== Blocked ==

Hi, I'm new to wikipedia. Apparently there are problems with vandalism from the IP where I work. Mainly I'm interested in minor edits (spelling, grammar, it's the little things that get me). The message I get says "contact DeanS" but it's not clear how since I seem to be blocked. Any advice? Would it possible to have my login account an exception to the block?

Sudden Jihad Syndrome

2009-06-10T01:01:43Z

Mrguido45:

'''Sudden Jihad Syndrome''' is a term coined by [[Daniel Pipes]] to describe [[Muslims]] that suddenly or unexpectedly turn against civilized, Western society and engage in acts of terror. <ref>http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=29080</ref>. Pipes has argued that due to this phenomenon all Muslims must be considered potential terrorists. <ref>http://www.city-journal.org/html/11_4_fighting_militant.html</ref>

Examples include:
* [[John Allen Muhammad]] and [[Lee Malvo]], the so-called Washington snipers. John Allen Muhammad was a Muslim convert, but some people allege that his motivations may not have been religious. <ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/10/24/muhammad.profile/index.html</ref> <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/01/sprj.dcsp.malvo.trial/index.html</ref>
* [[Ali Hassan Abu Kamal]], a [[Palestinian]] school teacher who engaged in a shooting rampage on top of the [[Empire State Building]]. He killed one and wounded six before taking his own life.<ref>http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/02-97/02-25-97/a05wn036.htm</ref>
*[[Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar]], an American Muslim born in Tehran who ran over students at the [[University of North Carolina]] to punish the United States. Taheri-azar was the first terrorist to be explicitly called an example of Sudden Jihad Syndrome by Daniel Pipes.<ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={730A921C-1FED-4DCD-9949-D28A3390317D}</ref>
* [[Mujtaba Rabbani Jabbar]] who shot up a movie theater in [[Baltimore]].<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/17/AR2006061700725.html</ref>, * [[Rashid Baz]], a Lebanese can driver living in [[New York City]] who shot at a van full of [[Orthodox Jew|Orthodox Jews]]. <ref name=Meforum>http://www.meforum.org/article/77 </ref>. In a burst of [[political correctness]], the [[FBI]] initially refused to label this act a terrorist act.<ref name=Meforum/>
* [[Sulejman Talovic]], a [[Bosnian]] Muslim, opened fire in a [[Salt Lake City]] mall, killing five poeple before being shot dead by police.<ref> http://www.thecourier.com/opinion/editoral/ar_ED_021607.asp</ref>

In another [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia|Example of Bias in Wikipedia]], [[Wikipedia]] has refused to allow any article on this topic<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:CltFn/Sudden_Jihad_Syndrome</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sudden_jihad_syndrome</ref> and even refused to let an editor work on a draft for a rewrite of the article.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:CltFn/Sudden_Jihad_Syndrome</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Islam]]

Conservapedia:Contact Us

2009-06-10T00:59:19Z

Mrguido45: /* Google Gadget? */

I would like to post the following to the Jesse Helms article after "Foreign Policy" but am locked out. I don't know why. {{unsigned|BertSchlossberg}}
: Editing is often turned off overnight (U.S. time), which may have been your problem, although that means that you shouldn't have been able to post here, so unless it was turned back on in the meantime, I can't explain it. Would you like to try it again? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 08:47, 19 December 2007 (EST)

:: Right. The [[Jesse Helms]] entry is not locked.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 09:06, 19 December 2007 (EST)

==When only part of an article is accepted==
I recently posted an entry, [[F-105 Thunderchief]], and included a references section and a category, but in the final article, neither section shows up, although they are clearly present when the "Edit" button is clicked. Just now, this happened again with another entry I tried to make. What gives? Does the site only accept so much information in a new entry? --[[User:Frey|Frey]] 17:58, 27 February 2008 (EST)
:You had a bad <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tag which I have fixed. [[User:BrianCo|BrianCo]] 18:02, 27 February 2008 (EST)
::I did? Oopsie. And thanks.--[[User:Frey|Frey]] 18:09, 27 February 2008 (EST)

==KAL 007 article on Main page==
I would like to propose having the article [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] as a featured article on the Main page. Thanks.[[User:BertSchlossberg|BertSchlossberg]] 15:32, 1 March 2008 (EST)
(finally got it right!)

: I'd like to review it in detail and hear what others think about it. On its surface, without yet studying it, it appears to be a major work. Congratulations!--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 15:58, 1 March 2008 (EST)
:: There's a [[Conservapedia:Featured articles|page]] for listing proposed featured articles. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 17:52, 1 March 2008 (EST)

==To Kill The Child/Leaving Beirut==

I just wrote an exteremly long and extensive artical about these two songs. Then, when I went to save the page, it said that it did not save it because there was a quote in their to explain about the song that contained a profanity. What gives? I thought that this website was supposed to educate people, yet people cannot be educated if they cannot know what the artical is talking about and what the proof is. {{unsigned|Std}}
: We have a profanity filter for good reason, but sometimes exceptions need to be made. You haven't supplied enough information for us to judge if this warrants an exception. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 22:47, 10 April 2008 (EDT)

What exactly are the exeptions that would get me the warrent?

How do you upload an image?

{{unsigned|Std}}
:You have to ask an administrator. There was a problem with people uploading obscene materials. [[User:HenryS|HenryS]] 00:42, 11 April 2008 (EDT)
: An exception would be warranted if, for example, the word caught by the filter was not objectionable in the context. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 02:57, 11 April 2008 (EDT)

Can anyone do an article on Cong. Larry McDonald, a passenger aboard KAL 007?[[User:BertSchlossberg|BertSchlossberg]] 07:01, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

==Proposal==
I wrote some time ago about making plans to build Conservapedia into a force to be reckoned with. This site has the potential to become a powerful tool, but still has a ways to go, I think. As an example, I just did a search on [http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIyNzEyMjE0ODI= ACORN], a group funded by leftist billionaire [[George Soros]] that is becoming a very serious threat to the integrity of local elections. All I found was a one-line page about the oak tree. Of course the solution to this is to simply create the page myself. But I don't think this solves the larger issue; to my knowledge, there isn't a program of incentives inviting conservatives to contribute high-quality information and research articles on our opposition. How do we do this?

For one, I take it that Conservapedia gets some heavy traffic. Heavy traffic = $$$ in potential advertising revenue. Use that money to attract the right people to help build Conservapedia into a powerhouse of information. This could include rewards for college students, or hired admins (background checked with references and resume, of course). Perhaps contact county or state Republican/conservative groups, show what you've done, and propose a team effort to get more people to contribute articles to the web site.

In short, there's a million ways that this project can grow, and it is more important to me that the conservative cause succeeds than to keep these ideas to myself. My hope is that someone reading this will take hold of them... [[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 17:35, 29 May 2008 (EDT)

My IP address at home appears to have been blocked. Could someone please unblock me? [[User:FOIA|FOIA]] 15:16, 27 June 2008 (EDT)

==Bobby R. Himes==
I have a photo for the new article [[Bobby R. Himes]]. Can I get permission to upload it?[[User: Bhathorn|Bhathorn]] 18:24, 29 August 2008 (EDT)
: If the picture is on-line (and available for Conservapedia to use, of course), post the address here or click [[Special:Emailuser/Philip_J._Rayment|here]] to e-mail me the link and I can upload it to Conservapedia for you. If it's on your computer, e-mail me via that link anyway and I will reply with my e-mail address for you to e-mail me the picture, so I can then upload it. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 23:59, 29 August 2008 (EDT)

==Banning policy?==
Hello, I represent a website interested in your work. However recently a member of ours, JMcClane used your website and edited a page on Obama because it stated he was a Muslim, which it has been proven he isn't, he has been banned for 5 years, care to comment? It was a JPatt who did the banning, would he like to comment too?
:JMcClane removed a large amount of material in that article and replaced it with this:
::''"Obama is regularly mistaken as Islamic due to his second name, in fact he is not Muslim though stands for equality between religions. He is in fact Christian, though rumours were spread by Conservative spin Doctors hoping to turn the public against him."''
:And who is JMcClane to you? Care to comment on that? [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 14:16, 12 October 2008 (EDT)

:Beyond the fact that you didn't answer my question mate, we're part of the same website who are interested in the current election in America, you might have heard of it. He became involved in this site and this happened, so I reiterate, gonna answer the question properly?
::I did answer your question, "mate", and you're not going to act like you run ''this place''; you will answer mine now. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 14:33, 12 October 2008 (EDT)

:As I said, we're part of the same website. I'm sorry about the mate comments, I'm just friendly like that. You've said you banned him cause of the edit, but isn't it kind of harsh as it is proven he's not Muslim so the entire article was pointless. That's all I'd like to know. And 5 years does seem steep.

Which website do you represent? Why are you interested in Conservapedia? Our banning policy is carefully calibrated and appropriate to the demands of the various situations. And sign your posts with four tildes, please; we are not interested in anonymous 'contributions'. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 17:10, 17 October 2008 (EDT)

==Google misdirection==
In Google Search, the entry for ""Alger Hiss - Conservapedia" was changed today from "http://www.conservapedia.com/Alger_Hiss" to misdirect to the nonexistent Web page "http://www.conservativeencyclopedia.com/wiki/Alger_Hiss." Is there a way to ask Google to restore the correct link? [[User:FOIA|FOIA]] 13:19, 4 February 2009 (EST)

*Thanks for noticing and reporting this, FOIA, but nothing needs to be done. When we had the hard drive failure, and temporarily re-directed, the search engine bots picked that up. Now that things are restored, the bots will report back to all the search engines, and in due time will be directing properly. The Google (and all other engines) are smart enough to compare and repair. Or so they say. Administrator Conservative might have more insight into this, and I have linked him to this page. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 14:23, 4 February 2009 (EST)
** For what its worth, Google is pretty much 100% automated. They almost never manually intervene in their search results, and that's generally due to a court or otherwise governmental order. [[User:ArthurA|ArthurA]] 14:38, 4 February 2009 (EST)
*** You mean that they generally ''only'' intervene due to court or governmental orders, correct? [[User:Npov2|Npov2]] 00:56, 24 April 2009 (EDT)

== Copyright? ==
I'd like to comment that [[:File:Kathleen Sebelius.jpg]] should probably be tagged as “fair use” rather than as “public domain.” Also, I think the description of the {{tl|commons}} template, both in [[Help:List of Templates]] and in the template body itself, is slightly misleading: items in Wikimedia Commons are not necessarily in the public domain. Thank you. [[User:Npov2|Npov2]] 00:56, 24 April 2009 (EDT)

== In the News ==
I'm not sure how to submit suggestions, so I'll post this here: Timothy Larsen, "[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124355313058264477.html Look Who's a Believer Now]," ''The Wall Street Journal'', May 29, 2009, p. W13. [[User:FOIA|FOIA]] 10:40, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

== Google Gadget? ==
I understand that [[google]] has problems, but has there ever been thought to developing a "Google Gadget" with a conservapedia news feed?[[User:Mrguido45|Mrguido45]] 20:59, 9 June 2009 (EDT)

Conservapedia:Contact Us

2009-06-10T00:58:54Z

Mrguido45: