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Rugby

2015-01-03T07:43:26Z

PhilH:

'''Rugby''' can refer to:

*[[Rugby (Sport)]]- Either of two related sports played in Britain, Ireland, France, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere.
*[[Rugby Union]]
*[[Rugby League]]
*[[Rugby, Warwickshire]] - a town in the English midlands.
*[[Rugby School]] - a prominent British public school (US: private school)
*[[Rugby, North Dakota]]- A city in North Dakota.

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Rugby (sport)

2015-01-03T07:42:07Z

PhilH: /* See Also */ not a usa invention

'''Rugby''' is a [[football sport]] with two variations, being rugby union and rugby league. According to one source, it is the ninth-most popular sport in the world.<ref>Delaney, Tim, and Madigan, Tim. ''Sports: Why People Love Them!''; University Press of America, Lanham, Md; p. 14, (2009)
[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_leJMTGB3OoC&lpg=PA13&dq=%22most%20popular%20sports%22&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q=rugby%20%22most%20popular%20sports%22&f=false]</ref>

==Rugby Union==

'''Rugby Union''' (often simply '''Rugby''') refers to a team sport popular in England, Wales, Scotland, France, Ireland (there is no United Kingdom team), Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Italy, Argentina, the New England States of the US and throughout the South Pacific region. [[American Football]] is derived from it and shares a few similarities. [[Rugby League]] and [[Australian Rules Football]] are also related sports.

====Manner of play====

Two teams of fifteen players (8 forwards and 7 backs) carry, pass, (only backwards or laterally) and kick the ball down the field with the goal of touching the ball down over the opposition's try-line (the equivalent of the end zone in America football). Players may push or tackle an opposition player who is carrying the ball. Once a player carrying the ball is tackled, that player must release the ball and all players who are on their feet may attempt to collect it. The game is played with an oval shaped ball, similar to an American Football, but rounder and slightly larger. The pitch is 100metres (109.36 yards) by 50m (54.64 yards) with an in-goal of between 10 and 20m (Between 10.93 and 21.87 yards).

When minor infringements, such as dropping the ball and propelling it forward (a "knock on") or a forward pass occur, the game is restarted with a "scrum". A scrum consists of the 8 forwards from each team binding onto one another and pushing whilst another, the halfback, puts the ball in the middle and both teams attempt to kick the ball back to their side. When the ball goes out of play, or "into touch", the game is restarted with a lineout, or depending where it went out, a dropkick (where the ball must be dropped onto the ground before it is kicked, all be it briefly)). A lineout consists of a number of players from each team forming two straight lines a metre apart and a player throwing the ball down the middle. When more serious infringements such as foul play and offsides occur, a penalty is awarded which allows the non-offending team to have a free kick of the ball or to have a shot at goal.

Standards of discipline in both codes of rugby is high and infringements so serious as to deserve a player leaving the field of play are much rarer than in [[soccer|football]]. A ''yellow card'' means the offending player is suspended for 10 minutes while a ''red card'', awarded for very dangerous play, means the player is sent off for the remainder of the match and is usually suspended from one or more future matches.

====Scoring====

When the ball is touched down by a ball carrier in his opponents in-goal a "try" is scored. Scoring a try awards 5 points and enables the team to attempt a "conversion." A conversion is taken by kicking the ball from a stationary position on the ground (usually with the help of a kicking tee or a small mound of dirt) over the "crossbar" of the H-shaped posts which awards the team an additional 2 points. A successful penalty kick is worth 3 points. A drop-goal (also worth 3 points) can be taken at any time during the game by dropping the ball on the ground and kicking it over the crossbar.
The term 'try' relates to the scoring team being entitled to have a 'try at goal'. In fact, under the original rules when the sport was in its infancy, no points were awarded for the try itself.

====History====

The game is said to have originated in the 1820s at Rugby School in England. A plaque in the Close of the school marks the spot where William Webb Ellis, according to legend, "picked up the ball and ran with it". Rugby quickly spread to all of the United Kingdom and France and by the 1880s to the colonies of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The game was popular in California around the turn of the century. The game split in 1895 over professionalism. The Rugby Union demanded (with varying degrees of effectiveness) complete amateurism for the game; the newly-formed Rugby League allowed players to be paid. Rugby Union remained amateur until 1995. Rugby featured at the Olympics until 1924, with the United States winning the last Olympic medal. A modified version of rugby played with seven players per team (rugby sevens) will feature at the Olympics from 2016 onwards.

In common with several other sports, including cricket but not football (soccer), there is a single Ireland rugby union team covering both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In Ireland as a whole, rugby is the third most popular sport after Gaelic football and football. Famous Irish players have come from both north (such as Willie John McBride, perhaps Ireland's greatest ever player) and south (such as Brian O'Driscoll, perhaps Ireland's most famous sportsman for the last decade).

In 1987 the first world cup was held with New Zealand's All Blacks winning at home. Since then the World Cup has been won by Australia (twice), South Africa (twice) and England (once). A notable feature of the world game since the World Cup era began has been the dominance of the All Blacks between world cups but their inability to win the main prize. The seventh Rugby World Cup took place in New Zealand in September and October 2011, with New Zealand being the winner.

==Rugby League==

'''Rugby League''' (commonly "league") is a sport that is popular in [[Australia]], [[England]], [[France]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Papua New Guinea]]; in the latter country, it is the national sport. It differs from rugby union in its rules and club structure. In England, the homeland of both codes of rugby, rugby league is very popular in Lancashire, Cumberland and especially Yorkshire, where it is the dominant sport. It tends to have more of a working-class image in contrast to the middle-class image of rugby union, although the class gap between the two codes has become much more blurred in recent years. In France, it is popular in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in the south, especially in the Pyrenees-Orientales and Aude Department, where it is the dominant sport.

====Manner of play====

The game is played between 2 teams of 13 players, comprising of 6 forwards and 7 backs. Rugby league has the reputation of being the toughest of all team games. There is less differentiation between the roles of different positions than in rugby union, so the game calls for high levels of strength, speed, stamina and skill from all players. The principal difference with union is when a player is tackled, the game immediately stops and the defending team must retreat 10 metres. The tackled player then rolls the ball back between his legs and the game continues. The attacking team has a maximum of 6 tackles before the ball must be handed over to the opposition. This rule avoids the need for the often time-consuming struggle for the ball after a tackle in rugby union. Lineouts are replaced by scrums and scrums are not competitive as they are in rugby union. Trys are valued at 4 points and conversions and penalties at two. A drop goal or "field goal" is worth one point.

==References==
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==See Also==
* [[History of rugby]]
* [[Touch football]]
* [[Rugby union]]
* [[Rugby league]]
* [[British Inventions]]

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Category talk:Subtypes of Pitta

2015-01-03T07:40:30Z

PhilH:

Shouldn't this be merged with the Pitta category ? seems a bit pointless having it like this. [[User:PhilH|PhilH]] 02:23, 3 January 2015 (EST)

: Nope. Thank you for bringing it to the Talk Page instead of deleting others content without discussion or understanding of the subject matter. Perhaps you might considering focusing on Australia article '''creation''' and other of your specialties rather than editing complementary medicine and medicine articles in which you are not a subject matter expert. I will focus on my areas of expertise until I am told to do otherwise by the Administrators of Conservapedia such as [[User:Conservative]] and [[User:Karajou]]. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 02:36, 3 January 2015 (EST)
:: I will however it is worth noting that the vast majority (99+%) would hold the same views on alternative medicine as I do. [[User:PhilH|PhilH]] 02:40, 3 January 2015 (EST)

Cricket (game)

2015-01-03T07:39:25Z

PhilH: /* Duckworth-Lewis scoring */ always confusing when side has got the required score, but has to keep on playing on to get to the minimum overs.

[[Image:Cricket_match.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Australia vs India, Sydney Cricket Ground, January 2004. Note how the pitch being used is merely one of many that can be in various stages of preparation.]]
'''Cricket''' is a bat and ball game played between two teams of eleven (with a "12th man" on hand in case of injury), normally in the local summer season. At international level, it is played primarily in three forms: Test cricket (played over five days), one-day cricket (a shortened form of the game, with each team batting one innings of up to 50 overs), and recently innovated "Twenty20" matches (20 overs per side).

Cricket is also played at state, provincial and county levels, and traditional matches between club, village and public house teams are still played in summer on the village greens of [[England]] and the playing fields, parks, school grounds and even, on a less formal level, the streets, backyards and beaches of cricket playing nations. See [[Backyard cricket]].

==International Game==
The International Cricket Council (ICC) governs the game internationally, and recognizes the national cricket administrations of each country.

On a global scale cricket is only surpassed by [[soccer]] in terms of popularity; it is the primary spectator sport in [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Sri Lanka]], and the [[West Indies]], and of major importance in [[England]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[South Africa]], and in many other places that were historically affected by British colonial influence. Cricket has a low profile in the United States, where baseball is the dominant bat and ball sport, but it is played in various regions. (As of March 2007, the ICC rejected the recognition of the [[USA Cricket Association]] until it adopted a viable constitution and rules, and created a workable administration.)

===Code of Laws===
Marylebone Cricket Club in [[London]], which operates The Lord's ground, was formed in 1787. A year later, it composed a Code of Laws that were adopted throughout the game. The MCC remains the custodian and arbiter of Laws relating to cricket around the world.

==The Pitch==
Cricket is played on a [[pitch]] which is a dry [[grass]] playing field steamrolled flat. It is 22 yards (66 feet or 1 chain or 20.12 m) long and 10 feet wide.

The pitch is marked with various lines or 'creases', and is double-ended so that alternate 'overs' are played from both ends:
*One 'bowling crease' is drawn at each end of the pitch to mark the ends of the pitch. The three stumps in the set of stumps at that end of the pitch are along this crease. The bowling creases may be used to determine whether there is a 'no ball' because a fieldsman has encroached on the pitch or the wicket keeper has moved in front of the wicket before he is permitted to do so.
*One 'popping crease' is drawn at each end of the pitch in front of each of the two sets of stumps, 4 feet (1.22 m) in front of and parallel to the bowling crease. The popping crease is used in one test of whether the bowler has bowled a 'no ball'. To avoid a no ball, some part of the bowler's front foot in the delivery stride (that is, the stride when he releases the ball) must be behind the popping crease (although the bowler's front foot does not have to be grounded).
*A return crease is drawn on each side of each set of the stumps, 4 feet 4 inches (1.32 m) either side of and parallel to the imaginary line joining the centres of the two middle stumps. The return creases are primarily used to determine whether the bowler has bowled a no ball. To avoid a no ball, some part of the bowler's back foot in the delivery stride must land within and not touching the return crease.

As imperfections in the playing surface may affect the behavior of the ball, the pitch is considered high-maintenance as it has to be regularly rolled, watered and cut to ensure suitability for play. A [[groundskeeper]] is usually employed for this purpose.

An ideal pitch has fine grass growing in the turf to retain the consistency of the pitch and to prevent cracking, yet its grass has been cut so that the underlying ground is fully exposed.

An innovation in recent years has been the 'drop-in pitch', which is prepared and tended away from the field of play and then dropped into a specially constructed slot in the ground in place of normal turf. Final preparation is done after the pitch is in place.

Alternatives to the grass pitch are:
*Concrete topped with plastic 'grass' carpet, matting, or rubber (crushed or granulated, or a section of rubber conveyor belt);
*Concrete pitch (often with green pigment, or painted green);
*Clay surface, watered and rolled;
*A vulcanized rubber surface (introduced to England's famous Gloucester Cricket Ground in response to the floods of summer 2007);

==Equipment==
Cricket balls are made from [[cork]] with a [[leather]] cover, and are traditionally red (but white balls in limited over cricket (ODI's and Twenty20's). Bats are [[willow]] treated with linseed oil.

The normal clothing for cricketers is white, or it may coloured for limited over matches:
*long trousers;
*long sleeves shirt (may be short sleeved for night matches);
*stud soled shoes; and
*cap or hat.

A normal cricketer's cap has a small beak at the front. Members of national teams are 'capped' (given their own team cap) when they are picked for their team. In recent times, it is normal to have cricketers optionally wearing a soft, canvas, broad-brimmed hat (often colloquially called a "floppy"

In recent years, team member's shirts often bear a number [[enbroidery|embroidered]] below the national or team crest. This number is their 'cap' ranking, their number in the players who have been selected to play, since the national, state, or county first played (perhaps as early as the 1800s.) For example: former Australian team captain, [[Ricky Rexona Ponting]], wore number 366 in the national side and 123 for Australia's One Day International team<ref>[http://www.cricket.com.au/default.aspx?s=playersmendetails&profileid=30 Ponting], Cricket Australia, accessed 16 February 2008</ref>.

The batsman uses pads (shin, arm and body guards), padded gloves, a 'box' (a protection for the groin), and protective headgear in response to the hazards of modern fast-bowling techniques.

The wicketkeeper is the only fielder allowed to wear gloves, which are made of soft leather with rubber palms to help grip the ball.

==Officials==
Two umpires take to the field for major matches. The umpire at the bowler's end stands behind the stumps and watches the delivery stride of the bowler, the flight of the ball to adjudicate 'wide' or 'no ball' deliveries, and where it might strike the batsman or his bat.

The 'leg' umpire normally stands behind the batsman (on the 'leg' side of the field) and watches the flight of the ball and any deflection from the bat, in order to assist the other umpire in making a decision about a 'wide' or 'no ball' or a catch behind the stumps.

A 'third umpire' has been instituted for test and some state/county matches in recent years to decide close decisions for stumpings and run-outs, using video equipment and slow speed replays.

The captain of the fielding side is also considered an umpire for the specific circumstance where he believes a batsman has been unfairly been give 'out' by the other umpires. He may call the batsman back to continue his innings at bat. The captain is often fielding closer to the batsman than the umpires, and may have seen or heard the circumstances more clearly. This prerogative is rarely exercised, but shows high levels of sportsmanship as it effectively counters the wishes of other members of his team.

The scorers are considered to be officials. The field umpires use a system of hand and body gestures to indicate runs scored and other matters to the scorers, who are off the field.

In major games, such as international tests and national competitions, a referee is appointed by the convening body. This person does not go on the field of play, but watches from the stands. In hierarchy above the umpires, he can independently decide or be appealed to for decisions on matters of [[gamesmanship]], etiquette, or cricket rules.

==Test (First Class) cricket - an overview==
Test cricket is played between the national teams of two countries. Most test series are 'best of' three or five matches. Typically, various limited over matches are also played as part of the 'season', including several 'warm-up' matches to assist the visiting team to become familiar with local conditions. As each major city in a country has a premier ground, a season normally involves matches in various cities.

A day's play consists of 90 overs of 6 balls (540 'legal' balls), usually divided into three 2 hour sessions with breaks for lunch and tea.

===The Ground===
The size of the field of play varies widely between cricket grounds, but the '''''pitch''''' in the centre is always 22 yards long and 10 feet wide. At either end of this pitch are two sets of '''''wickets''''', consisting of three wooden posts ('''''stumps''''') upon which rest two wooden '''''bails'''''. While most 'international' grounds are of generally similar size, most matches are now played with a '''''boundary rope''''' at a standard distance from the pitch around the edge of the field inside the white picket fence fence.

===Getting Out===
A batsman can be dismissed ('''''given out''''') in a number of different ways. These are:
* '''Bowled''' – the ball hits the stumps (wicket) and removes the bails direct from the bowler’s delivery, or after hitting only the bat or the batsman's hands (gloves) which are on the bat handle.
* '''Caught''' – the batsman hits the ball and it is caught by the fielding side before it touches the ground.
* '''LBW''' (leg before wicket) – the batsman fails to hit the ball and it strikes him in such a way that the umpire judges it would have gone on to hit the stumps. Note: This mode of dismissal depends on a number of other factors.
* '''Stumped''' – This is a particular case of 'run out' when the wicket keeper takes the ball immediately after delivery and breaks the stumps while the batsman has been attempting a shot while ahead of his crease.
* '''Run out''' – The fielding team get the ball to the wickets and 'breaks' the bails from the stumps while the batsman is outside the crease.
* '''Hit wicket''' - The batsman hits the stumps with his bat, or steps on the stumps while rearing back from a ball, breaking the bails.
* '''Handled the ball''' - The batsman touches the ball without the permission of the fielding side.
* '''Hit the ball twice''' - The batsman hits the ball twice without the intent of guarding his wicket. Tapping the ball from rolling onto your stumps is legal while hitting a throw away is an out.
* '''Obstructing the field''' - The batsman stops a fielder from fielding. This does not include unintentional bumping or running between the ball and a fielder.
* '''Timed out''' - If the batsman takes more than three minutes to get onto the pitch he is declared out. If the delay is even longer, the umpire may decide the batting team has forfeited.
* '''Retired hurt''' - The batsman loses the will to bat/keep batting or is too seriously injured. In the case of an injury sustained during the present game, the batsman may return to the crease at a later date if his injury is repaired.

===Win, Draw, or Tie===
In order to win, a team must dismiss the opposition twice (that is, take 20 wickets) and have scored more runs, within the five days. A match is a 'draw' if either team fails to dismiss the other twice, irrespective of how many runs may have been scored. A 'tie' is when the scores are level at the end of all sessions of play; no extra play is normally used to break a tie in a test match, but extra overs are played in some limited over matches.

===Batting and fielding===
The batting side must always have two batsmen operating in partnership, and each member of the batting team is allowed to bat once and only once in an innings. Thus, although they have eleven players, once ten wickets have fallen they are '''''all out''''' and their '''''innings''''' is over. The batting and fielding sides then swap roles and this cycle is repeated so that both teams have two opportunities to bat.

The game begins with the toss of a coin between the two captains, supervised by the field umpires. The winning captain then elects to bat or field.

Two batsmen (the '''''openers''''') take to the field accompanied by the entire fielding side and two umpires. The batsman who is to receive the first ball is '''''on strike''''' and takes guard in front of his wicket. His '''''non-striking''''' partner waits at the other end of the pitch.

The fielding side nominates a bowler, who has six balls (six balls = one '''''over''''') with which to dismiss the batsman. Bowlers normally bowl overarm, and must not straighten the elbow during the delivery of the ball. (Underarm delivery, similar to that used in [[Softball]], was at one time the only form of delivery. It is now banned. A famous case of its use in an Australia-New Zealand test match resulted in derision for the Australian captain who asked a bowler to use this technique in order to stop the batting side from making a necessary run to win.)

Typically, bowlers take a run up before delivering a ball. A bowler may not bowl consecutive overs, so that typically two bowlers will bowl alternative overs until the captain decides to make a switch. In theory any player may bowl, but in practice no more than five or six of the eleven will usually participate. One other member of the fielding side acts as the wicket-keeper, standing directly behind the wicket to catch any missed balls, or any balls where the batsman managed only a faint touch. The remaining members of the fielding side (who are specialist batsmen) spend the entire innings fielding.

====Batting theory====
Batsmen may be either left or right handed: The bat is the same for each.

The batsmen can run any number of runs at any time, even if the ball has not been struck.

The batsman aims to hit the ball in such a way that he and his fellow batsman can run safely to the other end and ground his bat, or a piece of his body (foot, hand, etc), within the popping crease before the fielding side can effect a run out. Hitting the ball well into the outfield causes the fielding side to chase the ball and throw it back to the wicket keeper or another player who 'backs up' at the bowling end of the pitch.

Long hits to poorly defended parts of the ground may allow the batsmen to run four, or the ball may get to the fence for four.

At certain times the ball is deemed to be 'dead' and the batsmen can wander safely on the pitch between the creases, for example to converse on tactics.

A good batsman in the top order (batting at positions 1-6) is normally capable of getting 20-50 runs and possibly 100 or many more. The 'lower order' batsmen in a good team, normally the specialist bowlers, may be able to 'slash' 20 runs on a good day.

====Bowling theory====
The bowler has two goals, which are not mutually exclusive:
*get the batsmen out, as they can no longer score in that innings; and
*prevent the batsman from scoring.

It may seem that the bowler should always aim at the batsman's legs, which are in front of the stumps. This is normally easily defended and easy to score from. Hence, bowlers normally bowl a range of balls away from the stumps hoping to lure the batsman into playing a rash or mis-timed shot that goes to a catch or allows the fielders to create a run out.

Bowlers come in three types: Quick, Medium, and Slow (or 'spin'). A top-level team will normally have a bowling attack with two or three quick bowlers, one specialist slow (spin) bowler, and several general players capable of medium pace bowling.

'''Quick''' or fast bowlers may be delivering balls travelling at 136 to 150 kmh (85 to 95 mph). The ball is intended to either:
*hit the pitch on the seam (between the two halves of the leather) and thereby to bounce (un)predictably, or
*swing in the air towards or away from the bat.
*intimidate the batsman into making an error out of fear. Note that in cricket, unlike in baseball it is considered a legitimate tactic to attempt to injure the batsman by striking him with the ball in the head or other parts of the body. With the advent of helmets and other protective devices there are far fewer serious injuries now than there were as recently as 20 years ago.

'''Medium''' pace bowlers use similar tactics to fast bowlers but aim to create more diversity within the speed of their bowling so as to trick the batsman's timing of his swing at the ball.

'''Slow''' (or '''spin''') bowlers use either wrist or finger spinning techniques to get the ball to swing in the air, or bounce markedly off the pitch in either direction, and thereby snick the bat and be caught or bounce behind the batsman's guard into the stumps.

Normally, the quick bowlers will open the attack, and bowl for about two hours (or to the end of the first session.) The bowling will then be mixed up, with medium and slow, or quick-medium. At any time in between overs, the captain may call for a change of bowling to 'mix up' the batsmen and seek to induce lax shots that can obtain a wicket.

=====Over versus around=====
Whether the bowler is right or left handed, they have two options for approaching the pitch to bowl the ball.
*Over the wicket: The bowler's bowling arm is nearer the stumps. (A right handed bowler passes to the left of the stumps.)
*Around the wicket: The bowler typically crosses in front of the umpire who is standing back slightly, and the bowler's bowling arm is away from the stumps. (A right handed bowler crosses the mid-line of the wicket and passes the stumps to the left and behind him.)

Bowlers will often change delivery direction in order land the ball in a patch of rough or cracked turf. The irregular or uneven bounce that results is intended to reduce the scoring rate or induce desperate or intemperate shots by the batsman.

By changing his distance away from the stumps (while remaining within the delivery crease), the bowler can achieve a range of approach angles which, when combined with spin and delivery speed, offers the attacking side a broad range of options.

While it is possible for the bowler to change deliveries at each ball, typically a whole over will be bowled using one or the other of these possible delivery methods. In any case, before the delivery, the bowler must inform the umpire who will in turn inform the batsman.

=====Grip and concealment=====
The bowlers are under no obligation to inform the batsman about their particular technique for delivering the ball. Bowlers have certain grips on the ball that, if the batsman is able to pick up the shape of the fist or the splay of the fingers, will give a fraction of a second's advantage in determining what shot the batsman may use, or whether to take a step down or across the wicket.

Bowlers will often adopt strategies to prevent the batsman seeing the delivery hand, such as:
*holding their 'off' hand over the delivery hand during their strides to the crease;
*holding the ball in the 'off' hand until the last delivery stride;
*cocking the hand so that the bowler sees the back of the hand and not the fingers (and their particular grip on the ball);
*striding in with the delivery arm behind their body.

===Fielding positions===

The fielding team has eleven players on the field. One is the bowler, and one the wicket-keeper, leaving nine players to be distributed around the field in such a way as to maximise the fielding team's chances of preventing runs being scored and/or taking a wicket. Different situations call for different distributions, and part of the tactical and strategic skill of cricket (sometimes referred to as its chess-like nature) is to position the fielders to maximum advantage. Each position has a name, and some of the names (such as "silly mid off" and "short fine leg") can seem amusing to non-cricketers. Only the wicket-keeper is permitted to wear gloves, though some of the close in fieldsman will often wear other protective equipment such as helmets or leg pads. <ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ABOUT_CRICKET/fielding-positions.pdf Diagram of fielding positions from cricinfo.com]</ref>

===Scoring===

The batsman’s aim is to score '''''runs''''' whilst protecting his wicket. Generally speaking, in order to score a run, he must first hit the ball. He and his partner must then decide whether or not they can run to each other’s end of the pitch before the fielding side have time to break either wicket with the ball. They may run as many times as they are able per hit and the ''on strike'' batsman scores one run for his team each time they do so.

If the ball reaches the boundary rope, the batsman automatically scores four runs. If it clears the rope without first touching the ground, it scores six runs. (If a fielder is in contact with the ball when they touch the fence/rope then it is counted as a four or six depending on whether the ball has previously touched the ground or would have carried over the fence/rope.)

A 'no ball' may be called by an umpire according to various infractions by a bowler. The batting team gets one run counted to its score, and the ball is rebowled. A batsman can not be caught (out) on a no ball. Bowling infractions may include overstepping the popping crease, or delivering a ball that goes outside the return crease at the batsman's end or over the batsman's head (a wild delivery).

A 'bye' is a run scored when the ball is not hit. This may occur when the ball hits the batsman's apparel (clothes or protective equipment) and is deflected off into the field of play, or when a bowler delivers a ball that the wicket keeper fails to gather up. Batsmen may either 'run' or, if the ball goes to the boundary, a 'four' may be awarded even if the batsmen have run fewer.

The notation for scoring leads to a particular term, 'dot ball', as in the scoring sheet a ball that does not get a run is noted with a dot. Accordingly, an over with a single, dot, no ball, dot, three, dot, single, would be marked 1.nb.3.1 (six 'legal' deliveries) and the score has increased by 6 runs including one for the no ball.

====Example of Match Scoring====

The scoring of matches, and especially the way results are presented, can sometimes be confusing. As an example, let us imagine that, at the end of the first day’s play, Sri Lanka have scored 286 runs and have lost 5 wickets. This would be written as '''286-5'''.

Playing Australia, the match pans out as follows:

* Sri Lanka – 1st innings: 431
* Australia – 1st innings: 390

* Sri Lanka – 2nd innings: 360

Australia now need 402 runs to win. At the end of the 4th day, they find themselves 100-3 in their 2nd innings. Thus, they require 302 more runs to win on the final day with 7 wickets in hand.

If Australia are bowled out for a 2nd innings total of 300, then they would have fallen short by 102. Sri Lanka would be said to have '''won by 101 runs''' (if Australia had scored exactly 401, the game would have been a tie).

If, however, Australia reached their target only having lost another three wickets (402-6), they would be said to have '''won by 4 wickets'''.

If at the end of the fifth day's play Australia were 350-8, they would not yet have reached their target, and Sri Lanka would not yet have taken 10 wickets. In this instance both teams would have failed to win and the game would be declared a draw. This occurrence is not uncommon.

===Test playing nations===
Only countries approved by the International Cricket Council may compete in test cricket. The following ten teams currently have that status:
* England (since 1877)
* Australia (1877)
* South Africa (1889)
* West Indies (1928)
* New Zealand (1930)
* India (1932)
* Pakistan (1952)
* Sri Lanka (1982)
* Zimbabwe (1992)
* Bangladesh (2000)
Not all these teams have had continuous tenure among the test playing nations. South Africa, for example, were excluded in response to their [[apartheid]] policy. Ireland have recently expressed the desire to become full ICC members and get to test status.

==Other aspects of the game==
===Grounds===
Grounds in different parts of one country, let along different parts of the world, play differently: Wickets in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, are renowned for being 'hard'; English wickets are 'green' (have grass obvious in the playing surface); the ground in [[Perth, Western Australia]] has a daily sea breeze in the afternoon.

Then, there are oddities:
*The "Lord's" ground, the home of the Marylebone Cricket Club (established 1787) in London, has a slant of about 2.5m (8 feet) from one side of the ground to the other, so a shot made 'down the hill' typically goes further into the field than a shot made 'up the hill'.
*Grounds in the West Indies and India often have hundreds of people sitting in or hanging from trees in order to get an unobstructed view.
*"The Gabba" ground (at Woolloongabba in [[Brisbane, Queensland]]) has cantilevered spectator stands that protrude over the surrounding streets<ref>[http://www.onesteel.com/images/db_images/casestudies/sports17cbp.pdf Structural Steel Casebook, Issue 17, October 2000, pp4/6/8, OneSteel, accessed 5 January 2008</ref>.
*The cricket ground at [[Scarborough]] in [[Yorkshire]] is inside the walls of the town's medieval castle, and this leads to a number of "local" rules; for example, if a ball is caught by a spectator the batsman is given out if he is batting at the "town" end of the ground, but is awarded six runs of he is at the "sea" end.

===Day and Night===
Play is normally during the day, but an innovation since the 1970s has been the introduction of light towers at cricket grounds that allow play to continue through dusk and into the night. This is only for "One-day" (50 overs a side or shorter matches.) As yet, Test cricket is limited to the daylight hours.

===Sight Screen===
At each end of a major cricket ground is a 'sight screen', which is of a contrasting colour to the ball; white screen for a red 'day' ball; black screen for a white 'night' ball. The screen is moved so as to be behind the bowler from the perspective of the batsman. The ball thus stands out from the background and assists the batsman in making decisions about his shot.

==='Walking'===
High sportsmanship is shown when a batsman 'walks' from the field, conceding his wicket, when he knows that he has been 'out' by the rules of the game, but was not given out by the umpires. The fielding side may not even have 'appealed' to the umpire. For instance, this may occur when he feels the ball 'nick' his gloves or the bat and the ball is then caught by the wicket keeper.

Conversely, a batsman does not have to walk unless the umpire gives him 'out'. He may know that he was out by the rules of the game (for example, he felt a nick) but, after the fielding side has 'appealed' for the wicket (out), the umpire decides that it was 'not out'; and, the batsman is within his rights to 'stand his ground' based on the umpires decision.

===Winter===
Cricket grounds are generally of a size that allows them to be marked out during winter for playing football: [[soccer]], [[Rugby]], [[Rugby Union]], or [[Australian Rules]].

===Women's Cricket===
A strong international competition exists for women playing cricket. This is based on national competitions at various levels (state/county, regional and local).

===Blind Cricket===
People with vision impairment, along with fully sighted people, can play [[Blind]] Cricket. (Sighted people are fitted with special spectacles that distort their vision.)

The ball is normally a white plastic ball of similar size to a cricket ball or softball, and has inside it a bell or metal pieces that make a noise as the ball moves.

The bowler calls out to the batsman, "Are you ready?", which allows the batsman to line up for the delivery. Similarly, the batsman's reply, or a call from the wicket keeper, allows the bowler to line up.

The batsman can be got 'out' in the same ways as for sighted cricket, except that catching is not permitted.

===Duckworth-Lewis scoring===
In the event that a limited over match is affected by rain or other stops to play, a system of score amendment is used developed by statisticians Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis. This allows the umpires to calculate a new score target to win for the second side batting for any given amount of time remaining for normal play, less an allowance for the ratio of runs scored to wickets remaining, corrected for the number of minutes remaining until sunset. If a game may be rain affected, it is in the interests of the first side batting to score at a rapid and even rate, so that a revised target is difficult for the following side to achieve. The Duckworth-Lewis system is also used in Twenty20, however due to the short nature of the game the required targets are almost always a major point of confusion.

==Famous Cricketers==
===Batsmen===
*Dr [[W.G. Grace]] (1848-1915), English - "the best-known Englishman of his time"
*Sir [[Donald Bradman]] (1908-2001), Australian, "The Don" - "the greatest batsman of all time" (test match average of 99.94 runs; top score 334; 29 100s & 13 50s; 6,996 runs in 52 matches; first class average 95.14)<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4188.html</ref>
*[[Sachin Tendulkar]] (1973-), Indian - "the greatest One-Day International cricketer of all time" (Tests: ~12,000 @ 55 av; ODI: ~16,000 @ 44 av; First Class: ~20,000 @ 59 av; List A: ~19,000 @ 45 av; still playing)<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35320.html</ref> Tendulkar now holds the records for the most runs scored in Tests and One Day Internationals, as well as the records for the most individual centuries scored by batsman in both Tests and One Day Internationals.
*Sir [[Gary Sobers|Garry Sobers]] (1936-), Barbadian - "the greatest all-rounder of all time". The first player to hit six sixes in one over of first-class cricket.<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52946.html</ref>
*Sir [[Vivian Richards|Viv Richards]] (1952-), Antigua, West Indies - "the greatest ODI batsman of all time" until Tendulkar (Tests: 8,540 runs @ 50.23 av; ODI: 6721 @ 47.00 av; First Class: 36,212 @ 49.40 av; List A: 16,995 @ 41.96 av)<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52812.html</ref>
*Sanath Jayasuriya (1969-), Sri Lankan- "The Matara Mauler" (Batting - Tests: 6,973 runs @ 40.07 av; ODI: 12,785 runs @32.69. Bowling - Tests: 98 wickets @ 34.34; ODIs: 310 wickets @ 36.55)<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/49209.html</ref>
*Jacques Kallis (1975-), South Africa. (Batting - Tests: ~9,700 runs @ 55.46; ODI: ~9,600 runs @ 44.69. Bowling - Tests: 240 wickets @ 31.22, ODI: 243 wickets @ 31.38). Still playing <ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/45789.html</ref>

===Bowlers===
*[[Shane Warne]] (1969-), Australian - spin bowler, one of the five Wisden "cricketers of the century" (Tests: 17,995 runs for 708 wickets @ 25.41 runs/wicket; ODI: 7,541 for 293 @ 25.73 ave; First Class: 34,449 for 1,319 @ 26.11 av; List A: 11,642 for 473 @ 24.61 ave; retired in 2007)<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/8166.html</ref>
*[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] (1972-), Sri Lankan - spin bowler, "the greatest non-Christian Test match bowler ever" (still playing; as at September 2008 - Tests: 16,604 runs for 756 wickets @ 21.96 runs/wicket; ODI: 11,030 for 479 @ 23.02 av; First Class: 25,421 for 1,330 @ 19.11 ave; List A: 13,471 for 602 @ 22.37 av)<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/49636.html</ref>
*[[Glenn McGrath]] (1970-), Australian - quick bowler, "holds the world record for the highest number of Test wickets by a fast bowler" (Retired from test cricket in 2007; and all cricket in 2008) Tests: 12,186 runs for 563 wickets @ 21.64 runs/wicket; ODI: 8,391 for 381 @ 22.02 ave; First Class: 17,414 for 835 @ 20.85 ave; List A: 9,943 for 458 @ 21.70 ave)<ref>http://content-rsa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6565.html</ref>

===Dream Team===
According to [[Richie Benaud]], former Captain of the Australian Cricket Team and since then known internationally as "The Voice of Cricket" (commentator, both ball-by-ball and expert opinion):

''The Opening Batsmen:''

1. Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs (1882-1963) (England) - The Greatest Opener, and the first English cricket player to be [[knight|knighted]] (1953)

2. [[Sunil Gavaskar]] (India) - The Most Difficult Batsman to Dismiss, and a Fine Opener

''Middle Order Batsmen:''

3. Sir Don Bradman (Australia) - The Best Batsman to Walk the Earth, and the first cricket player to be knighted (1949)

4. Sir Viv Richards (West Indies) - The Master Blaster

5. Sachin Tendulkar (India) - The Greatest ODI Batsman

''All-rounders:''

6. Sir Gary Sobers (West Indies) - The Greatest Allrounder Ever

7. [[Imran Khan]] Naizi (Pakistan) - the finest Cricketer/Captain to emerge from Pakistan; picked ahead of [[Kapil Dev]], [[Ian Botham]] & [[Richard Hadlee]]

''Wicket Keeper:''

8. [[Adam Gilchrist]] (Australia) - The Finest Wicketkeeper-batsman the world has seen

''Spinner:''

9. Shane Warne (Australia) - The Finest Leg spin Bowler of All time

''Fast Bowlers:''

10. [[Dennis Lillee]] (Australia) - A Great Australian Fast Bowler

11. [[Sydney Barnes]] (England) - A Fast-bowling Legend

==External links==
* [http://www.icc-cricket.com International Cricket Council]
* [http://www.lords.org The Lord's ground and the Marylebone Cricket Club]
* [http://www.cricket.com.au 'Cricket Australia']
* [http://stats.rleague.com/tc/players/player_index.html Player statistics (index)] - by country
* [http://www.championships.vbca.org.au/ Vision Australia 29th National 'Blind Cricket' Championships, 29 December 2007 - 11 January 2008]

==References==
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==See Also==
* [[British Inventions]]
* [[Backyard cricket]]

[[Category:England]]
[[Category:Sports]]
[[Category:British History]]
[[Category:British Inventions]]

[[Category:Cricket]]

Backyard cricket

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'''Backyard cricket''' (known as "beach cricket" when played on the beach) is an informal version of the game [[Cricket (game)|cricket]] which is extremely popular in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. It is mostly played in a backyard, hence the name "backyard cricket". It can also be played in places such as [[park]]s, streets, home garages and other open areas.

== Equipment ==

The equipment typically used in a game of backyard cricket are:

*A [[Cricket bat|bat]]; usually wooden, [[plastic]], or hand-made from a piece of fence paling or other suitable scraps being saved for the next [[barbecue]].
*A ball; usually a semi-bald (although sometimes new) [[tennis ball]] is used. Balls may also be improvised from round objects made of plastic, foam, rubber, garbage or a cat.
*At least one set of [[Cricket stumps|stumps]]; there are popular versions made from metal but, again, stumps may be improvised from objects like garbage bins, a tree, empty esky, box from slab of beer, empty tinnies (duct tape optional), outdoor chairs or grandma. The stumps can also be drawn onto a suitable wall or fence, or can be an appropriately size sheet of something leant on something.
*Some kind of object to mark the crease, e.g a straight stick, a [[hat]], a drawn line (commonly with [[chalk]])
*"Fieldsmen". These are any objects that can be placed in suitable positions to act as fielders - the garbage bin, barbecue, peg basket, wheelbarrow, baby sister, anything that if hit on the full means the hitter is out.

== Rules ==

There are many rules for backyard cricket, mostly informal, however it is rare for all rules to be used in a game. Some commonly used rules include:

*'''Auto-keeper''', also known as '''auto-wickie''' and other names, is where any ball hit on the full into the area where a [[wicketkeeper]] would usually stand is said to be caught out by the wicketkeeper. This rule is commonly used where there are insufficient players to cover for all positions on the field.
*'''Auto-slips''' is similar to auto-keeper. Any ball hit into the [[slips]] is said to be caught out by the slips. This rule is also commonly used when there are insufficient players to fill in all positions.
*'''One hand one bounce''' is where a fielder has the opportunity to catch the batsman out if it has only bounced once, however they must catch the ball with one hand.
*'''Tip and run''', also '''tippity''', '''tippy-go''' and other names, is a rule when players must run every time they hit, no matter what the circumstances.
*'''Six and Out''', a rule that "goes back to the ark", where a hit over the fence, or through the bathroom window, onto the roof, down the gullet of an unfriendly dog; or anywhere else where ball retrieval can be difficult, is given the score of 6 runs, but the hitter is "out".
*'''Out on the full''' is a less common rule, often used when the backyard environment leads to an increased chance of a six and out (low fences, etc). Under this rule the batsman is given out if they hit any stationary object on the full; unless it is mother hanging out the washing then it is...well... everyone goes home. You could say: "Stumps are drawn."
*'''LBW''' is technically not a "rule" as such, but it is commonly said when it is decided to incorporate the LBW rule into a game that it is "playing LBW" The problem with this is the usual disagreement between the batting side and the fielding side - since the fielding side is usually '''everyone''' except the batter, the batter is usually forced out (unless the batter is only 6 and has Mum on his side.)
*'''Retire on X''' is a common rule in quick games of informal cricket. It means all batsmen must retire (give up their turn) once they reach a certain number of runs (such as 20, 50 or 100) to make sure all players receive a fair go.

==Beach Cricket==

'''Beach cricket''', a common variety of the game played in the warmer Australian states (it's usually too rainy to play in Victoria and we won't talk about Tassie, Ricky notwithstanding), is one of the most popular intergenerational sports - it is quite common for 4 generations to play, ranging from grandparents to the dog (often a fine catcher but not particularly good at returning the ball.) One-hand catching, even general fielding, is a frequent feature of the game, especially amongst the older, generation, as the non-fielding hand is usually holding a beer, usually in a stubby or can, nearly always within a "stubby cooler", a fine Australian invention.) Fielders can find themselves charging around on the dunes or waiting for the ball 30 yards out to sea. (Possibly the origin of the phrase beloved of commentators: "caught in the deep".) Sometimes, there is no limit to the number of runs that can be scored from a single shot - this is where a well-trained dog can win the game for a batter - fielding the ball and taking off up the other end of the beach while the batter runs up and down the designated pitch until exhausted or the umpire (grandma) calls dead ball.

[[category:Games]][[category:Cricket]]

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Hi [[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]]. Thanks. I have read it. Did I do something wrong in my edits? Thanks.

==ISP use only==
You will cease from using proxies to access the site. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 03:05, 25 April 2014 (EDT)
:Maybe his IP address is blocked due to no fault of his own. Andy could unblock it if we had an email for him to write to as far as him giving Andy his IP address. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 06:15, 25 April 2014 (EDT)
::I sent you an e-mail, my ISP's IP is blocked. I blanked my IP address here for security reasons.
From:
To: cpwebmaster@conservapedia.com
Subj: User_talk:TheAmericanRedoubt - Proxy due to blocked ISP address
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 06:07:00 -0600
Good morning User:Karajou and User:Conservative.
Please unblock my dedicated IP address of __________.

I have been enjoying editing and contributing to Conservapedia (my
favorite source for Conservative viewpoints-news-knowledge).
However, early on after creating my user account
(User_talk:TheAmericanRedoubt) my dedicated ISP address of
________________ was blocked and I was forced to sign up for a VPN-
Proxy in order to even see the site. I get a "Error 118
(net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT): The operation timed out."

No one else at my ISP uses my IP address since I pay extra each
month to have it dedicated to just me. I have been with that ISP
since Dec. 2013.

I would love to continue working on content. For now, as I peruse
each article of interest, I just correct spelling errors-typos and
adding hyperlinks or See Also as appropriate based on
Conservapedia:Quick_reference and
Conservapedia:Editing_article_and_talk_pages until I can slowly
establish to you administrators my sincerity and respect for this great resource.

Thank you in advance for unblocking my address.
God bless.
Sincerely,
[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt]] 17:09, 26 April 2014 (EDT)

== Redirect pages ==

Please place a lower priority on redirect pages and focus more on content creation. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 06:10, 25 April 2014 (EDT)

== Communist Party USA ==

Hello,

I noticed that you added [[:Category:Communist Party USA]] to several pages. Please bear in mind that [[Conservapedia:Commandments|Conservapedia Commandment #1]] applies to categories, and take special care to ensure that the categories of articles about living people do not include defamatory or unsourced content. Thanks, [[User:GregG|GregG]] 20:36, 3 November 2014 (EST)

Thank you for the advice, I will keep that in mind. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]]

== Orphaned Pages ==

Hi, I see you are interested in doing administrative tasks, so would you please help us to de-orphan all Lonely pages from [http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:LonelyPages here]?--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 14:44, 1 December 2014 (EST)

Sure JoeyJ, I'd be happy to help. Any guidelines? I searched under Conservapedia:Orphan_pages but couldn't find anything. Should I base my work on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Orphan_pages as generic advice? [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 14:58, 1 December 2014 (EST)

:Thank you! Just take an article from [[Special:LonelyPages]] and link to it from another article. For example I did so with [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Agriculture&action=historysubmit&diff=1119789&oldid=1112019 Biodynamic agriculture].--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 15:07, 1 December 2014 (EST)

::Got it. Thanks for the quick response. Will do. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 15:10, 1 December 2014 (EST)
:::You are doing a lot of needed work at Conservapedia. Keep up the good work! [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 22:47, 1 December 2014 (EST)

==Red Links==

The proliferation of red wikilinks in your edits reminds me of the Walrus and the Carpenter:
:''The walrus and the carpenter were walking close at hand,''
:''They wept like anything to see such quantities of sand.''
:''"If seven maids with seven brooms swept for half a year,''
:''Do you suppose," the walrus said, "that they could get it clear?"''
:''"I doubt it " said the carpenter, and wept a bitter tear.''

:I have tended to sweep up after me the links I have generated in my 200odd thousand words of edits here. Who has the job of sweeping up the multiple links you are throwing around with gay (ahem) abandon? I think you should start sweeping, boyo, because, from bitter experience, I know no one else is going to do it. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 22:29, 10 December 2014 (EST)

===Article Creation for Red Links===
Thank you Alan for your concerned advice and great Walrus and Carpenter quote. Being an [[amateur radio]] ham operator, I have a lot of articles on that I have been working on and will be pasting them in soon. The amateur radio area has been a big source of my new "red links" for article wiki-links. Same thing in the area of economics-finance. I do indeed intend to sweep up after my red links. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 22:43, 10 December 2014 (EST)

:Thank you. Appreciate the reply. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 22:54, 10 December 2014 (EST)

== See also and Contrast ==

Although I am only very new here, I don't think your see also and contrast with sections look very nice or add much to the articles. Having such info in an popup box like they have on some wikipedia pages might be a better way to go. Phil [[User:PhilH|PhilH]] 02:43, 11 December 2014 (EST)

===Thanks - Popup Box Suggestion===
Hi Phil, thanks for the suggestion, I will look into doing a popup box nav bar instead. Thanks for the feedback. Welcome to Conservapedia. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 02:46, 11 December 2014 (EST)

'''NOTE to Fellow Editors and Admins:''' Over the next few days, I am working on a collapsible "See Also" navigation template for the diverse topics of the [[Internet security]] article I am also working on. The template will be based on the [[Template:Liberalism]] "look and feel" since it has a lot of topics in a small amount of "real estate". Also, please note that I plan to rapidly submit articles for the "red links". Thank you for your patience. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 12:10, 11 December 2014 (EST)

==See Also for "[[Internet security]]" article==
* '''[[Security]] [[Software]] and [[Security-focused operating systems | Security-Focused Operating Systems]]''' to protect [[unalienable rights | unalienable]] [[Fifth Amendment]] - [[Fourth Amendment]] [[Right to Privacy]] ([[Internet privacy]], [[Information privacy]], [[Expectation of privacy]]) and [[Second Amendment]] - [[First Amendment]] ([[Freedom of information]] and [[Political freedom]]) rights against [[unconstitutional]] [[Gun control]] - [[Internet censorship]] [[Big government]] [[Police state]], [[hackers]], and "[[5 U.S.C. § 3331|all enemies, foreign and domestic]]" of [[American values | American]] [[liberty]].
** '''[[Anonymity]] with [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Operating System]]''': [[Linux]]-based with [[Tor (anonymity network)]], [[Firefox]] [[Iceweasel]] [[browser]], [[HTTPS Everywhere]] [[encryption]]
** '''[[Prism-break.org|Prism-Break.org]]''': Opt out of global data [[surveillance]] programs like [[PRISM]], [[ECHELON]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]].<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical! We all have an [[unalienable right]] to [[privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypting]] your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary products and services."</ref>
** '''[[Open source | Open Source]] [[Free software]]''' not over-priced tracking by [[Microsoft]]-[[Apple]]-[[Google]]-[[Android]]
* '''[[Privacy search engines | Privacy Search Engines]]: [[Duck Duck Go]]''' and [[Ixquick]]: [[Privacy]]-oriented [[Search engine]]s instead of tracking by [[Google]], [[Yahoo]] and [[Bing]]
* '''[[Internet anonymity | Internet Anonymity]] - [[Right to be forgotten]] [[Pseudonymity]]''' ([[Pseudonym]]) using [[Anonymous web browsing]] with [[Tails]] and [[VPN]] ([[Virtual Private Network]]), [[HMA]], [[OpenVPN]] and [[IPsec]] , [[Proxy server]]s, [[Anonymizer]] ([[Anonymous proxies]])
** '''[[Mozilla Firefox]]''' with [[Browser extension]]s instead of [[Microsoft]] [[Internet Explorer]], [[Google Chrome]], [[Safari (web browser)]] and [[Opera (web browser)]]
** '''[[Browser security | Browser Security]]''' via [[HTTPS Everywhere]] ([[HTTPS]] ([[HTTP Secure]]) instead of [[Plaintext]] ([[Cleartext]]) [[HTTP]]; and [[NoScript]] to stop [[JavaScript]]
** '''[[Ad filtering | Ad Filtering]]''' ([[Privacy mode]] and [[Adblock Plus]] or [[Ghostery]]) to stop [[Ad tracking]] - [[Website visitor tracking]] via [[Geolocation]], [[Geotargeting]], [[Personally identifiable information]] and [[Device fingerprint]]s
* '''[[Internet safety | Internet Safety]], [[Computer security | Computer Security]] via [[Password strength]] and [[Password manager]]s''' via [[KeePass]] or [[LastPass]] and [[Antivirus]]-[[Firewall]]
* '''[[Secure communication | Secure Communication]]:'''
** '''[[E-mail privacy | E-mail Privacy]] and [[Email encryption | Email Encryption]]:''' [[Claws Mail]] or [[Enigmail]] or [[Kontact]] using [[Hushmail]] or [[MyKolab]], [[Anonymous remailer]], instead of tracking by [[Microsoft Outlook]], [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] using [[Yahoo! Mail]], [[Gmail]] [[iCloud]]
** '''[[Secure messaging | Secure Messaging]] and [[Off-the-Record Messaging]] via [[I2P]]''' [[Instant messaging]], [[Cryptocat]], [[Bitmessage]] instead of [[Skype]], [[Yahoo! Messenger]], [[Internet Relay Chat]], [[Google Plus]], Facebook
** '''[[Silent Phone]] with [[Silent Circle]]''' instead of [[Android]] or [[iPhone]] [[Smartphone]]
** '''[[OPSEC]]:''' "[[Loose lips sink ships]]"
* '''[[Encryption]]:''' [[Encryption software]], [[Disk encryption software]], [[LUKS]] or [[TrueCrypt]] instead of [[Microsoft]] [[BitLocker]], [[PGP]] and [[GNU Privacy Guard]], [[Data encryption]], [[Public-key encryption]], [[Cryptography]]-[[Cryptanalysis]]-[[Cryptology]]-[[Steganography]]
* '''[[Peer-to-peer | Peer-to-Peer]]:''' [[Sneakernet]], [[Friend-to-friend]], [[Darknet (file sharing)]], [[Anonymous P2P]] instead of [[BitTorrent]]
* '''[[Deep Web]] - [[Dark Internet]]:''' [[Tor]], [[AmRD]], [[Tor2web]], [[The Hidden Wiki]], [[Anonymous blog]]
* '''[[Cryptocurrency]]-[[Digital currency | Digital Currency]]-[[Alternative currency | Alternative Currency]]-[[Virtual currency | Virtual Currency]]: [[Bitcoin]]''' and [[Hard money]]-[[Precious metals]]-[[Tangibles]] versus [[PayPal]], [[Google Wallet]], [[Credit cards]] and [[inflation]]-prone [[Dollar (U.S.)|U.S. Dollars]]: [[Federal Reserve System]]'s [[Keynesian economics]] [[Ponzi scheme]] of [[Quantitative easing]]-[[Debt monetization]] [[devaluation]] of [[Fiat currency]] through [[Money supply]]-[[Treasury bill]]s bought mostly by [[China]] and [[Japan]]

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'''NOTE to Fellow Editors and Admins:''' I plan to do the same thing for the bottom of page collapsible navbar for for the diverse topics of the [[Amateur radio]] article and related articles I am also working on as a [[amateur radio license|licensed ham radio operator]]. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 12:10, 11 December 2014 (EST)

Please do not edit this (without discussing it here first) until January 1, 2015. Thank you. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 21:36, 11 December 2014 (EST)

==See Also for [[Amateur Radio]]==

Here is the original topic list I am working on:

* [[Amateur radio]]
* [[Amateur radio glossary]]
* [[Radio communication technologies]]

* '''[[Radio]]:''' [[Radio waves]], [[Electromagnetic wave]], [[Radio frequency]], [[AM/FM]], [[modulation]], [[amplitude]], [[amplitude modulation]] ([[AM]]), [[frequency modulation]] ([[FM]]), or [[single-sideband modulation]] ([[SSB]]), [[Shortwave]], [[Two-way radio]], [[Portable radio]], [[Walkie-talkie]], [[Citizens band radio]], [[Family Radio Service]] ([[FMS]]), [[General Mobile Radio Service]] ([[GMRS]]), [[Multi-Use Radio Service]] ([[MRS]]), [[Motorola]], [[Marine VHF radio]], [[History of radio]]

* '''[[Amateur Radio]]:''' [[Emergency communications]], [[Amateur radio operator]], [[Call sign]], [[Selecting a radio]], [[Amateur radio glossary]], [[Amateur radio repeater]], [[Base station]], [[Amateur radio frequency allocations]], [[Amateur bands]], [[Amateur radio station]], [[UHF]] ([[70-centimeter band]]), [[VHF]] ([[2-meter band]]), [[HF]], [[Morse code]], [[Telegraph]], [[Mobile rig]], [[Radio codes and alphabets]], [[QSL card]]

* '''[[Antenna (radio)]]:''' [[Antenna theory]], [[Portable operation (amateur radio)]], [[Dipole antenna]], [[Antenna tuner]], [[Homebrew antennas]], [[Coaxial cable]], [[Balun]], [[Packet radio]], [[Propagation]], [[Protecting your HT Antenna]]

* '''Radio Standards Organization:''' [[Radio legalities]], [[Amateur radio license]], [[FCC]], [[American Radio Relay League]], [[International Telecommunication Union]] ([[ITU]])

* [[Satellite]]: [[GPS]]
* '''[[Cellular telephone]]:''' [[Mobile device]]s: [[Smartphone]]s and [[tablet computer|tablets]]
** [[Apple Computer|Apple]] [[iOS]] for [[iPhone]]-[[iPod]]-[[iPad]]
** [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
** [[BlackBerry OS|Blackberry]]
** [[Microsoft]] [[Windows Phone]] with [[Windows 8]]
** [[Cell phone health scare]], [[Mobile phones and brain tumor risk]]

* [[Bug-out bag]] ([[BOB]]) and [[Everday carry]] ([[EDC]])

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The same thing as above goes for the [[Permaculture]] article and for [[Firearms]] article.

==References==
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== Moved your general message to Conservapedians to the community portal ==

I moved your your general message to Conservapedians to the community portal located at: http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Community_Portal#Message_from_User:_TheAmericanRedoubt

It will be seen by more people that way. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 01:32, 13 December 2014 (EST)

===Thank you===

Thanks, I didn't know about that http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Community_Portal#Message_from_User:_TheAmericanRedoubt portal. I will spend some time on it. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 02:35, 13 December 2014 (EST)
::No problem. Glad I could be of help. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 10:06, 13 December 2014 (EST)

== Moved it back ==
I have "userfied" your material. "Userfication" is the process of keeping drafts of one's material in a subpage of their own user or talk pages until it's ready to be moved into mainspace. That (sort of) protects it from other people making "helpful edits" while one is working on it. It will also be safer from vandalism, though I assume you know that vandalism is easy to revert, since material is preserved in a page's history, and that, in any case, you can keep a copy (as I always do) on your own computer.

The userfied page is here: [[User talk:TheAmericanRedoubt/sandbox1]].

The place to tell people about your experience in amateur radio, communications technology, computers, gardening, medicine, firearms, and survivalism is your own user page.

[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 10:13, 13 December 2014 (EST)

** Thanks for the help and clarification SamHB. Will do.

== Workspace area for you ==

I created a workspace for your prepper material since someone deleted the material from the community portal.

Here is the workspace: [[User: TheAmericanRedoubt/Prepper|User: TheAmericanRedoubt Prepper material]]

I hope that helps. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 10:14, 13 December 2014 (EST)

::A lot of helpful people today! [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 10:16, 13 December 2014 (EST)

:::Thank you for moving it to there. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 00:14, 14 December 2014 (EST)
::::Your very welcome and happy holidays this Christmas season. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 00:43, 14 December 2014 (EST)
:::::Merry Christmas Conservapedians! [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 00:59, 14 December 2014 (EST)

== re: talk pages ==

Thanks for creating a ton of new material. We appreciate it.

Second, try to avoid creating short talk pages unless something needs to be discussed about the article. I created a workspace for you called [[User: TheAmericanRedoubt/IP camera]]

Again, thanks for creating all the new useful content about preparednesa and other matters. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 16:49, 15 December 2014 (EST)

** Happy to contribute to this great body of conservative knowledge and become part of the Conservapedia community. "Roger" that on the talk pages. Will do. So then is there no need to explain myself via a talk page if I revert someone else's edits of, for instance, appropriately related Categories / See Also that I added? Just make the changes and re-add the deleted Categories and See Also? Thanks again for your guidance for me as a bit of a newby. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 16:56, 15 December 2014 (EST)

::I respectfully disagree with Cons's advice, and have posted something on the Community Portal on the subject. You '''most certainly should''' feel free to explain any reversions, or anything else, on the talk page of the affected page. That's what the talk pages are for. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 17:10, 15 December 2014 (EST)

:::The talk pages are for discussions and not for keeping notes. I thought you were using the talk page to keep notes. You don't need to use a talk page to explain yourself. Just need the talk page for discussions about the articles. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:49, 15 December 2014 (EST)

==Quote from PHIL on "wiki content" and "wikifying"==
"You should wikify your content and contributions. Some of the stuff you have been adding, like the parts of the walmart and grocery store sections i removed have no place on a wiki or online encyclopedia. Phil [[User:PhilH|PhilH]] 17:41, 15 December 2014 (EST)"

=== Mate ===
"A lot of the content you are adding seems to be rubbish, what is the point of adding new content if it rubbish? Phil [[User:PhilH|PhilH]] 17:51, 15 December 2014 (EST)"

== Response to PhilH ==
I respectfully yet strongly disagree with [[User:PhilH|PhilH]]'s comment on my User Talk Page and deletions of my contributions to [[Wal-Mart]] and [[Grocery store]] regarding "[[just in time|Just in Time]]" contributions and its ramifications. Conservatives are concerned much more than liberals with the stability of society and its [[systems of support]]. So, Just in Time is a key concept to understanding both the success and fragility of American retail and manufacturing.

==My response to Phil's deletions of my Just in Time content and other statements==
I have re-added this content since the main business model of both Wal-Mart and Grocery stores are predicated on the [[Just in time]] or JIT delivery system. Without it, Wal-Mart or grocery stores would not exist in anything resembling their current form.

If you wish to show how this is inappropriate on a Conservative Wiki Encyclopedia, then please elaborate, Phil. I can give you examples of other encyclopedia's and article on the Internet that address this major component of the American retail system.
[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 18:01, 15 December 2014 (EST)

==== Awaiting Response from User:Conservative or other Sysops ====
Since I have been spending and will be spending a lot of time creating content and you, Phil, seem to think it is "rubbish" and revert my contributions without any talk page discussion on the actual article page, I will await [[Special:ListUsers&group=sysop]] guidance, from [[User:Conservative]] or others.

Phil, as you said since you are "very new here", I am curious also to see what actual useful content you will be adding to Conservapedia rather than deletions and reverts. [[Special:Contributions/PhilH]]

[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 18:25, 15 December 2014 (EST)
::Ignore trolls (rude people). You can try to reason with someone who is acting a little gruff. But no sense wrestling with a proverbial pig in the proverbial mud. Feel free to steamroll over people who persist in being rude. You can ask an admin to mediate or ban a rude person. 22:23, 15 December 2014 (EST)

== re: tips about external links ==

Thanks for your recent contributions.

Two external link tips:

1. Avoid use of barelinks.

These are barelinks:

http://survivalblog.com/letter_re_one_year_food_supply_at_costco Letter

http://survivalblog.com/letter_re_costco_stores_as_a_s Letter

Instead format the links like this:

*[http://survivalblog.com/letter_re_one_year_food_supply_at_costco Letter Re: One Year Food Supply at COSTCO]

* [http://survivalblog.com/letter_re_costco_stores_as_a_s Letter Re: COSTCO Stores as a Source for Storage Food and Survival Gear]

2. Avoid mentioning the link was featured on the main page because people finding articles of yours via the search engines or though social media are not familiar with with our main page news feed. In addition, news becomes less newsworthy as time passes.

Again, thanks for your recent contributions. We appreciate them. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 01:51, 16 December 2014 (EST)

=== Important note ===

50% of a web articles credibility by web visitors is determined by how it looks. It may not be fair, but people do judge a book by its cover. Please do not use bare links. In the "See also" section of this article [[Constitutional carry]], you have bare links. If you could please fix the formatting and not use bare links anymore, it would be appreciated. See discussion directly above about bare links. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 04:37, 18 December 2014 (EST)
::I fixed the first bare link in your template. Please fix the rest. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 04:43, 18 December 2014 (EST)

==Thanks for the Mentoring and Support==
Will do. Again, I appreciate the mentoring and support since, although I am very technical, I haven't done much Wiki editing in a large community context like Conservapedia. So, my over-enthusiasm may need to be reined in sometimes or at least given a format and guidelines. I have a lot of free time for the next 30 days while on sabbatical and spending many hours editing Conservapedia seems a good way to invest it to share my enthusiasm for the Conservative-Libertarian-Patriot-Prepper movement. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 02:00, 16 December 2014 (EST)

== quick note ==

If you need help with how to do the edits in terms of formatting, I suggest two things:

1. Look how other people did the formatting on other Conservapedia articles.

2. Ask an admin such as [[User: Karajou]] and [[User: Aschlafly]] how to do various types of edits.

I am currently working on some projects and January I will be even busier, so unfortunately I can no longer be of assistance to you. Best wishes in your future editing. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 02:04, 16 December 2014 (EST)

===Editing Privileges after 12:30 PM PST?===
Got it. Regarding Editing Privileges after 12:30 PM Pacific Standard Time: Would you please tell me who do I talk to and how do I request such privileges?

[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 02:14, 16 December 2014 (EST)
:[[User: Aschlafly]] grants night editing. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 03:10, 16 December 2014 (EST)
::Lovely. Thank you and Merry Christmas! [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 03:12, 16 December 2014 (EST)

== re: quick note about sacramento talk page and other talk pages ==

I just wanted to be polite to you and explain something. I deleted the Sacramento talk page because the editor who deleted the material was a liberal editor who formerly edited some time ago.

If you are likely posting to a talk page to someone who is no longer going to be working with you on the article, there is no need to use the talk pages.

Keep the good work. We appreciate all your efforts. You are really doing a lot of wiki work. 23:07, 17 December 2014 (EST)

::Thanks for the clarification. Makes sense he was a liberal since he seemed upset at what I was posting about gun control and I felt obligated to justify it to him since he thought I was posting "rubbish" (in his words) about gun control and Second Amendment so much. Please see [[Talk:Free_state]] to see what I mean. I have a lot of time to invest in editing/contributing to Conservapedia for at least the next 30 days, so thanks for the encouragement. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 00:58, 18 December 2014 (EST)

== In the next 10 days, I am going to try to get you night editing privileges ==

In the next 10 days, I am going to try to get you night editing privileges. I hope you get them. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 23:11, 17 December 2014 (EST)
:You have night editing privileges now. Enjoy! [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 00:51, 18 December 2014 (EST)

::Excellent. Thank you for the help and flexible editing times. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 00:58, 18 December 2014 (EST)
:::Your welcome. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 04:30, 18 December 2014 (EST)

== I am going to endeavor to get you picture uploading rights ==

I am going to endeavor to get you picture uploading rights. You just need to promise to not upload copyrighted material and just upload pictures that are in the public domain, under a Creative Commons share license, etc. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 14:41, 19 December 2014 (EST)

* Great, I was going to ask about that. I promise I will only upload PD and CC Share items as appropriate. I appreciate it. Merry Christmas.
[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 23:15, 23 December 2014 (EST)
:Due to vandalism and related activities, the owner of the website is granting picture uploading rights slower than he used to. We can look into this again in 2015. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 23:53, 23 December 2014 (EST)
:: No worries. I hope to continue to prove my dedication to and support of the ideals and goals of Conservapedia and earn picture uploading privileges. Thanks for thinking of it. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 00:09, 24 December 2014 (EST)
:::OK.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 00:13, 24 December 2014 (EST)

== re: wiki ampersand problem for titles ==

There is a wiki ampersand problem for titles. This is the best I could do: [[.40 Smith and Wesson cartridge]]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 00:15, 24 December 2014 (EST)

:: Great, thanks. I was wondering what was going on. Good solution.[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 00:17, 24 December 2014 (EST)
:::Best I could do. The programmers should have foreseen that people would want to put ampersands in titles. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 00:22, 24 December 2014 (EST)

== Cato Institute and other "See also" sections ==

re: [[Cato Institute]] [http://www.conservapedia.com/Cato_Institute#See_Also "See also" section] and other see also sections.

You are going to need to pare down your "See also" section additions. For example, the Cato Institute does not delve too much into Nazism. The Cato Institute does not care about [[Fashion industry values]]. The Cato Institute is libertarian and not conservative. So they don't have a focus on combating San Francisco values. They don't care about small town values. In other words, they are not social conservatives.

Do you see my point? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 01:06, 24 December 2014 (EST)

: Most definitely see your point. Those original See Also's were from a month ago when I was newer to Conservapedia and Wiki editing and was "getting carried away" making broad based See Also's. Other editors gave me the advice to keep it specific. Thanks for bringing it up again. As I slowly revisit my former edits to improve them, I will endeavor to remove my extraneous See Also's. The most recent Cato Institute edit I just made was one where I corrected a bad link I had made to the correct article spelling. Thanks again for the reminder and again, appreciate the Wiki mentoring. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 01:13, 24 December 2014 (EST)
::OK. Thanks. I am guessing that the Cato Institute attracts a wealthy crowd and they don't focus very much on preparedness. Most of their fanbase/audience probably has a diversified portfolio (land, stocks, gold, small business ownership, etc.). So you will probably want to pare that part down too. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 01:15, 24 December 2014 (EST)

== Project ==

Would you like to collaborate with other editors on a wiki project to help Conservapedia be a strong resource for a given topic.

The topic could be decided by the editors participating.

If you are interested, please go to: [http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Community_Portal#A_project_for_active_editors_to_collaborate_on The collaborative project]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:54, 25 December 2014 (EST)

: Merry Christmas. I'd be happy to join in and help in any way I can. Thanks for the invitation. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 01:34, 26 December 2014 (EST)

== list of military strategies and concepts ==

The [[List of military strategies and concepts]] article should look more like these articles: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_strategies_and_concepts List of military strategies and concepts] and [http://www.businessinsider.com/33-strategies-of-war-you-should-apply-to-everyday-life-2012-5?op=1 HERE]. In other words, the "strategies" should be the focus since it is first in the title of the article. The concepts is secondary and more of an afterthought really.

I hope that helps. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 06:40, 26 December 2014 (EST)

: Got it. Thanks for the clarification. I will add more strategies. I was adding the major "strategists" and commanders as well, since many of them were seminal in creating the strategies. Happy Boxing Day [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 06:42, 26 December 2014 (EST)

==Guns and Knives==

I appreciate all the work you put in on weapons. I've had that on my to do list forever. I will adding pages and pictures soon enough. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:51, 26 December 2014 (EST)

: Thanks for the encouragement. I plan to add short and simple articles for all of the major categories of ammunition including [[ammunition reloading]] and for the top 50 firearms not currently having an article such as the [[bolt-action]]s ([[Winchester Model 70]], [[Savage Model 110]], [[Ruger Model 77II]], [[Remington Model 700]], [[Ruger American Rifle]], [[Mosin-Nagant]], [[Jeff Cooper]] [[Scout Rifle]], [[Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle]]), [[Ruger Ranch Rifle]], [[Ruger Mini-14]], [[Ruger 10/22]], the remaining [[Battle rifle]]s ([[M1A]], [[FN-FAL]]/[[L1A1]], [[HK91]], [[AR-10]]), the [[Battle carbine]]s ([[SKS]], [[AK-74]], [[AK-47]], [[AR-15]], [[Kel-Tek Sub 2000]]), [[shotgun]]s ([[Remington 870]], [[Mossberg 500]], [[Mossberg 930]]the different [[Glock]] models ([[9mm]] Glocks: [[Glock 17]]-[[Glock 19]]-[[Glock 26]], [[.40 Smith and Wesson]] Glocks: [[Glock 22]]-[[Glock 23]]-[[Glock 27]], [[.45 ACP]] Glocks ([[Glock 21]]-[[Glock 30]]), etc), [[.380 ACP]] [[Walther PPK]] and [[Glock 42]], Misc [[SIG]], [[SIG 226]], [[Smith and Wesson Military and Police]] pistols, [[Springfield Armory XD]], [[Baretta Nama]], [[Ruger LCP]], [[Ruger LC9]], [[Beretta 92]]; [[Revolver]]s ([[Smith and Wesson Model 29]], [[Smith and Wesson Model 629]], [[Ruger Redhawk]] and [[Ruger Super Blackhawk]], [[Colt Python]], [[Smith and Wesson Model 19]], [[Smith and Wesson Model 27]], [[Smith and Wesson Model 66]], [[Ruger SP101]], [[Ruger GP100]], [[Smith and Wesson Model 686]], [[Ruger LCR]], [[Smith and Wesson Model 10]]), [[Ruger MK.II]], etc.

I will also add the knives, [[Bayonet]], [[Benchmade]], [[Boker]], [[Bowie knife]], [[Buck Knives]], [[Cold Steel]], [[Columbia River Knife & Tool]], [[Combat knife]], [[Gerber Legendary Blades]], [[Hunting knife]], [[Kershaw Knives]], [[Ka-Bar]], [[Leatherman]] [[Multi-tool]], [[Ontario Knife Company]], [[Pocket knife]], [[SOG Specialty Knives]], [[Spyderco]], [[Survival knife]], [[Victorinox]] [[Swiss Army Knife]], [[Utility knife]], etc.

I wish to add firearms, ammunition and knife pictures, but I am awaiting future picture upload rights once I have been a trusted part of the Conservapedia community for a while longer, I hope. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 09:24, 27 December 2014 (EST)

== Account promoted ==

Your account has just been promoted to include the ability to revert edits more easily.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 21:48, 27 December 2014 (EST)

::Happy New Year. Thank you. That was the first blatant "on-the-fly" example of rapid Liberal Vandal Troll I have seen. I can imagine who it is but I am not sure: See [[Talk:Free_state]] [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 21:54, 27 December 2014 (EST)

== Dialogue with AlanE about his "Trolling" comments ==
:::Um. Why is my name being mentioned in vain here? [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 22:17, 27 December 2014 (EST)

:::: Well AlanE, if you re-read your presumptuous inflammatory 17 December 2014 "trolling" comments about me on [[Talk:Free_state]] which I ignored until now, you can see why I would reference your post. I did say above "I imagine but not sure" -- giving you the benefit of the doubt which you don't give me below.
[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 22:27, 27 December 2014 (EST) I quote our dialogue here:

::::: Please better to stop the "Revert War" (unless it is by an American CP administrator) and instead make comments and suggestions on this talk page for editing the material. "[[Free state]]" is a big topic in the American Conservative, Libertarian and Christian circles. The old meaning of Antebellum south is rarely used except among historians. I would be willing to move some of it to an essay, however, the majority of it matches conservative values. Please discuss in a civil way without using words like hideous, offensive, etc like User:SamHB used for the previous revert.
TheAmericanRedoubt 02:57, 17 December 2014 (EST)

:::::: From [[User:AlanE]]
Excuse the following...but I am cross, and Sam is I know to be a reasonable and intelligent man - and a friend....
Obviously I can't win against someone who probably sits at his computer for hours on end with an assault rifle beside him with one eye out the window just hoping that some one who is black or jewish or liberal will put a foot onto his property so that he can shoot them. What larks!! (Pip old chap))
I live in a free state. It's called Tasmania. About 18 years ago some unhinged bastard called Martin Bryant killed 30-plus people at the Port Arthur historic site an hour or two down the road. One of the victims was a friend of the family. Another was my children's school bus driver. Since then nothing similar has happened. Just the odd minor event because the Federal government of the day brought in gun control. It worked. Go onto the Net and check out Australia's gun crime statistics since 1996 compared to yours. Especially schools and colleges.
I can have a queue jumping altercation without worrying about being shot. Can you?
That Islamic prick that killed two in the Lindt cafe the other night in Sydney only killed two because all he could get was a shot gun. In America, if he lived in what you call a "free state", he could have got an assault rifle and sprayed the whole room in the twinkling of an eye.
I won't go on because I see you are like those I occasionally met in the old days in Outback pubs who felt naked without their firearms and were usually relieved of their ammunition before the publican would serve them a beer.
Cheers mate.
AlanE 04:06, 17 December 2014 (EST)

:Why didn't you reply at the time? This could have been sorted.
:I don't "troll" mate. I say what I think. And feel. Everything I wrote in that little rant was from the heart. Martin Bryant's actions in and around Port Arthur that Sunday afternoon affected me and my family mightily. The only good that came out of it was the subsequent enablement of Prime Minister Howard's gun control laws that have proven to be effective. Check the stats.
:(And I am still waiting for the maids with their brooms to start sweeping up all those red links. When are you going to stop indulging yourself and start actually working on what a wiki-encyclopedia is supposed to be doing?) [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 23:00, 27 December 2014 (EST)
::AlanE, ''The Guardian'' has a whole section of their website devoted to "knife crime".[http://www.theguardian.com/uk/knifecrime] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 12:50, 30 December 2014 (EST)
:::Also, there are many notable instances of "rogue states" in terms of oppressive governments. The term "democide" was created to describe rogue governments killing many citizens of their states. An armed citizenry is an insurance policy against democide.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:29, 30 December 2014 (EST)

== two matters ==

Two matters:

1. Some of your articles relating to conservatism have been thought provoking to me.

2. Can you please do [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Penguin_Books&diff=1127177&oldid=1127169 THIS] from now on? I will continue to try to get you picture upload rights and for various reasons, you complying with this request would be helpful in this regard. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 12:44, 30 December 2014 (EST)

:: 1. Great to hear. Which ones?

:: 2. Thanks for reminder on not leaving raw URLs without a description. Will do. Should I make it a priority to go back and look at my tons of edits over the last month and fix those raw URLs? Or is it better that I place higher priority on creating new articles to "clean up" my trail of red links?

:: 3. Thanks for the support on the picture upload rights. I would also like to put time into categorizing the pictures if that is useful. I see that the pictures themselves are not often categorized in the same main (yet specific) category as the article which references the picture. Do you see what I mean?

:::New content with decent size articles and/or expansion of stub articles is the biggest priority. You could tackle the red links as a part of this process. 12:53, 30 December 2014 (EST)

::::Roger that. Will do. In January, I am planning to write several hundred one or two paragraph stubs with 1 bibliographic reference with a short pertinent "See Also" / 1 or 2 "External Links" / "References" / "Categories" and perhaps a 1 book "Further Reading" section to "sweep up" my red links and to help with Categorization of each stub. Then I will go back in February and flesh out the my 50 stubs into full fledged articles as appropriate. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 13:04, 30 December 2014 (EST)

:::::As far as new content goes, it is good for the content to be original content rather than pasting from other web pages. Readers prefer original content in new articles. I endeavor to have 85% or more of a new webpage to be content that is not already on Conservapedia. So don't create big "See also" sections which are pasted from other articles.

:::I hope this helps. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:01, 30 December 2014 (EST)
::::I would focus on creating more articles like [[Strategic relocation]] in size (or larger) and avoid as much as possible as far as the creation of stub articles like this [[Audible.com]].

::::People prefer websites with web pages with decent size content pages rather than websites with many stub articles. They often feel it is not worth their click to go to a stub article page. Readers want a decent size return on investment in terms of their clicks. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:06, 30 December 2014 (EST)

::::: OK. I was creating the [[Audible.com]], [[Plume]] and [[Penguin Books]], etc., etc. stubs to mollify [[User:AlanE]] (see his comments: [[User_talk:TheAmericanRedoubt#Red_Links]]) who seems somewhat upset by my trail of red links. I would rather focus on deeper content that red link "mollification". :-) [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 13:14, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Some of my Conservapedia articles have received over 1,000,000 views so I know my advice to you in this matter is sound advice. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:18, 30 December 2014 (EST)

: Appreciate it. How do you tell page views besides looking manually at the bottom of the page? Do you have a more systematic - automatic way of tracking? [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 13:30, 30 December 2014 (EST)

:I think AlanE makes a good point about: If you don't create a red link to begin with, you don't have to worry about filling it in later. I personally have found that others do not fill in red links.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:21, 30 December 2014 (EST)

::I just reviewed the article [[strategic relocation]]. A large proportion of the article is the "see also" section. You want to avoid doing this. I would fill in the [[strategic relocation]] with more content so a large proportion of the article is not the "see also" section. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:23, 30 December 2014 (EST)

:::Got it. I was trying to make AlanE happy by sweeping up red and fleshing [[Strategic relocation]] out later.
::::I just did a search on the internet to give you better advice. According to the latest research, readers like web articles that are at least between 2,300 to 2,500 words long (or longer) and they want the content to be as much original content as possible (like a unique resource) or not merely cut and paste. So that is a good rule of thumb. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:37, 30 December 2014 (EST)
:::::Also, Conservapedia does have many [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Special:LonelyPages&limit=500&offset=0 Orphan pages] so when you create new articles, make sure some existing article or articles, link to the new article. But the biggest priority is not deorphaning pages, but the creation of new content that is 2,300-2,500 words or more in length in terms of original content. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:59, 30 December 2014 (EST)

::::: Awesome. Then I will put most of my energy into developing 2500 word articles in January. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 14:47, 30 December 2014 (EST)

I put your [[strategic relocation]] article into this free [http://wordcounttools.com/ web page word counter tool] and it said your article is 565 words in length. So I would make your future articles about 4 to 5 times bigger or more in length in order to garner more readership.

Does it make sense that readers prefer more informative articles with unique content over articles which contain content largely copied elsewhere or articles which are stub articles? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 14:12, 30 December 2014 (EST)
:One last thing, I did want to emphasize that this is merely a rule of thumb in terms of article length in words. If you create a very useful/authoritative web page that is highly cited by others on the internet about a topic, then it will get web traffic. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 14:43, 30 December 2014 (EST)

==New Templates Approval?==
Again, at the recommendation of other editors who didn't like my formerly long See Also lists, I have created my first template: [[Template:Permaculture_topics]]. Is this OK? If so, can proceed with creating one for [[Amateur radio]], [[Radio communications technologies]], [[Amateur radio glossary]], [[Radio communication technologies]], [[Complementary medicine]], [[Traditional Chinese medicine]], [[Ayurvedic medicine]], [[Western herbal medicine]], [[Firearm]]s, [[Rifle]]s, [[Shotgun]]s, [[Ammunition]], [[Revolver]]s, [[Semi-automatic Pistol]]s and [[Preparedness]]?

Should I submit my first one [[Template:Permaculture_topics]] to http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Template_Submission or run it by you first?

Thanks again for your patient mentoring. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 13:30, 30 December 2014 (EST)

==Category:Disambiguation Pages==
Is there a Disambig template? I couldn't find one under http://www.conservapedia.com/Category:Template
[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 13:40, 30 December 2014 (EST)
:I don't use templates much. Can't be of much help. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:56, 30 December 2014 (EST)

:What about [[Template:Disambiguation|this one]]?--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 14:05, 30 December 2014 (EST)
::Perfect. Thanks JoeyJ. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 14:11, 30 December 2014 (EST)

== re: January articles ==

Glad to hear that you are creating more depth in articles. If you create strong articles on topics, they will see more traffic.

Also, you can create hub articles on a main topic that are definitive go to articles for internet readers and then have sub articles of 2,500 words or more in length that link to the hub article. The hub article can link to the sub articles too.

For example, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism Wikipedia's survivalism article] is 5,660 words long (it is a hub article) and then it has a number of sub articles related to survivalism as can be seen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Survivalism HERE]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:44, 30 December 2014 (EST)
:By the way, Conservapedia does not have a [[survivalism]] article. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:46, 30 December 2014 (EST)
:: Good news on that front is that I was discussing on e-mail today with [[James Wesley Rawles]] to get his permission to use a larger than normal "fair use" amount of his authoritative source materials to build some good quality articles. He is the most respected and popular author/consultant in this field. He gave me the go ahead: "You are certainly welcome to use up to three quotes of 800 words each, in any of your wiki articles." That's 2400 words of great source material with me writing a wrapper around it and integrating other materials plus all the Wiki-link work and formatting. His site [[The Survival Blog]] is amazingly detailed and has received almost 71 million unique visits since July 2005. That's more than 320,000 unique visits per week. He is a big fan of Conservapedia and links to it where possible, doing his best to avoid the "LiberalPropagandaPedia". These articles will definitely help draw a new audience to Conservapedia. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 16:17, 30 December 2014 (EST)
:::Glad to hear your good news. In terms of creating an online encyclopedia resource related to [[survivalism]] and sub topics related to survivalism, I am guessing you will be able to surpass Wikipedia in terms of the quality/quantity of information that is provided. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 16:28, 30 December 2014 (EST)
::::Most definitely. And as Jack Spirko of the Survival Podcast has said on a recent podcast, his audience is almost entirely conservative. Same with that of James Wesley Rawles and most other preppers. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 17:00, 30 December 2014 (EST)

== another tip ==

I have another tip for you.

Web readers don't like walls of text. So try to break up things into small paragraphs.

See what I did to the beginning of this article: [[Dystopia]]

I hope this helps. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 06:56, 1 January 2015 (EST)
:Working on getting you picture upload rights. Hopefully in 2015. Happy New Year. :)[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 06:59, 1 January 2015 (EST)

==100 Ayurvedic Herbal Medicine Articles for 1st Week of January 2015==
[[File:Happy_New_Year_2015.jpg|left|150px]] Be strong, be of good [[courage]], God Bless America, Long live the [[Republic]]. Happy New Year and [[Blessing|God speed]] to everyone who accesses this page!

'''NOTE to Fellow Editors and Admins:''' Happy New Year! Today, January 2, 2015 I am working very intensively-extensively on the [[Medicine]] and [[Disease]] categories, articles on the [[Complementary medicine]] called [[Ayurveda]] and its top 50 [[:Category:Medicinal Plants]] and on a collapsible "See Also" navigation template for the diverse topics of the [[Ayurvedic herbal medicine]] article I am also working on. The template is be based on the [[Template:Psychology]] "look and feel" since it has a lot of topics in a small amount of "real estate". Also, please note that I plan to rapidly submit articles for the "red links". I am a professional subject matter expert in this area since 1996.

'''Please do not edit any of these medicine related topics''' until I finish them between now and Friday January 9, 2015. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 07:50, 2 January 2015 (EST)

:I also wish you a happy 2015. Before you put in a lot of work on the areas described above, would it be worth while to gain consensus for your project? What are your goals and how does your proposed work plan fit into the objectives of Conservapedia? Many thanks in advance for your consideration. [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 00:52, 3 January 2015 (EST)

::Thanks for your advice Wschact. I will discuss it with [[User:Conservative]] who has been "mentoring" me as to what I should and shouldn't post.

I also got advice from [[User:Karajou]] on Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:15:17 by e-mail (conservapedia AT zoho.com): "Try your hand at writing complete articles. Conservapedia is not just something containing conservative thought; it is also intended to be a family encyclopedia, so it has to have info on
planes, trains, automobiles, animals, sports teams, camera systems, or whatever else comes to mind. So, if you happen to be an expert on - say, rowboats - write an article on rowboats." Karajou

Thus, following Karajou's advice above and oversight from [[User:Conservative]], I am writing "whatever comes to mind" on what I "happen to be an expert on". Thus, I have be developing a lot of detailed articles and their categorizations for my 6 areas of specialization (in order of my depth of subject matter expertise):
# Medicine (both complementary medicine and modern medicine (Since 1996, I practice alternative medicine under the direct supervision of a Medical Doctor -- see we see patients together)
#Computer networks (17 years professional experience)
# [[Preparedness]]-Survivalism
# [[Firearm]]s
# [[Permaculture]]
# [[Radio communication technologies]] - [[Amateur radio]]

Being a staunch American conversative libertarian "prepper" [[gun enthusiast|"gun nut"]], I obviously write from that perspective.
[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 01:10, 3 January 2015 (EST)

== Request ==

Would you like to create the 2,200 - 2,500 word articles that need to be created to finish this project: [[Conservapedia:Atheism Project|Conservapedia atheism project]]? 01:49, 3 January 2015 (EST)

: Would love to add to it in a few months. But for now I will concentrate on the above 6 areas of my expertise. Thanks for the invite. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 01:52, 3 January 2015 (EST)

== Ayurvedic medicine ==

I fail to see how numerous articles on Ayurvedic medicine belongs on a place like Conservapedia. There is little to no clinical evidence to backup any of the treatments or theories, which goes against the conservative principle of only relying on proven facts. [[User:PhilH|PhilH]] 02:20, 3 January 2015 (EST)

: No clinical evidence? Not according to the U.S. National Institute of Health and numerous conservatives (and medical doctors in the America who integrate modern medicine with complementary medicine) who and rely on complementary medicine including Herbology, Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda and Acupuncure. There are many conservatives blogs and forums that I follow that have regular articles on complementary medicine. Complementary/alternative medicine is not some liberal or New Age thing. It is even paid for by many insurance companies now and worker's comp in certain U.S. states. I will be submitting clinical evidence from MedLine / PubMed for my articles. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 02:28, 3 January 2015 (EST)

:: I know a few friends who are in the medical field who would argue to opposite and say there is limited effects from most alternative medicines. Also I am a bit confused why you keep referencing and talking about Ayurvedic medicine but there isn't an article on [[Ayurvedic medicine]], although I use the term medicine very loosely. [[User:PhilH|PhilH]] 02:34, 3 January 2015 (EST)

Category talk:Subtypes of Pitta

2015-01-03T07:23:47Z

PhilH: Created page with "Shouldn't this be merged with the Pitta category ? seems a bit pointless having it like this. ~~~~"

Shouldn't this be merged with the Pitta category ? seems a bit pointless having it like this. [[User:PhilH|PhilH]] 02:23, 3 January 2015 (EST)

Bushido

2015-01-03T07:22:46Z

PhilH:

[[File:Samourai photo 1867 PD.jpg|thumb|Samurai, photo 1867.]]
'''Bushido''' is the [[Samurai]] code of honor.
It is named after the '''Bushi''' or '''Buke''', a class of warriors in [[Japan]] who were not [[noble]]s but who nevertheless held an honorable position.
The Bushido and their way of life thrived until the late 1800's.

==See Also==
* [[Chivalry]]
* [[Martial arts]]: [[Tai Chi]], [[Aikido]], [[Kung Fu]], [[Jujutsu]], [[Judo]], [[Aikijutsu]], [[Tae Kwon Do]], [[Karate]]
* [[Lao Tzu]], [[Taoism]] and the [[Tao Te Ching]]
* [[Qi]] or [[Prana]]
* [[Meditation]]
* [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]] [[meditation]], Bushido and the Martial Arts
* [[Feng Shui]]
* [[Yoga]]
* [[Exercise]] and [[Sports]]
* [[Confucianism]]

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

==External links==
*[http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/content.php/33-The-Beginners-Guide-to-Bushido/view/3 The Beginner's Guide to Bushido]

[[Category:Culture]]
[[Category:Japan]]
[[Category:Japanese History]]
[[Category:Martial Arts]]
[[Category:Taoism]]
[[Category:Korea]]
[[Category:Asia]]
[[Category:Chi]]
[[Category:Meditation]]

Jiu-jitsu

2015-01-03T07:21:28Z

PhilH:

{{Japanese characters}}
'''Jiu-jitsu''' ( 柔術; ''jujutsu'', "Gentle art") is a [[Japanese]] martial art and origin of [[Judo]].

==Names==
In the first half of the 20th century, the words ''jiu-jitsu'' and ''ju-jitsu'' were preferred. In many places they still been used for this art. ''Ju-Jitsu'' in [[France]], [[Canada]], [[Mexico]] and the United States and ''Jiu-Jitsu'' in [[Germany]] and [[Brazil]].

The term "jujutsu" was coined in the 17th century. Before that, it was called ''taijutsu'' ("physical skill"), ''yawara'' ("softness"), ''wajutsu'' ("harmonious art"), and even ''[[Judo]]'', which dates as early as 1724, nearly almost 200 years before [[Jigoro Kano]] created Kodokan Judo.

==Origin==
This martial art was created by [[Samurai]] in feudal Japan for fighting at close range with or without a weapon. Over time, the civilians eventually adapted jujutsu and created many different styles (''ryu''). Those styles often emphasized different points in the skill, such as striking, grappling, and locks.

==Jujutsu styles==
*Kito-ryu
*Yoshin-ryu
*Tenjin Shinyo-ryu
*Sekiguchi-ryu
*Araki-ryu
*Miura-ryu

==Techinques==
Jujutsu is an unarmed grappling art. Throws, pinning techniques, jointlocks, chokes, and defenses are its basics. Often, jujutsu has striking techniques which make use of the body's vital points. More dangerous skills such as biting, gouging, and scraping are fairly common in some jujutsu styles.

Judo takes its techniques from Tenjin Shinyo-ryu, Yoshin-ryu, and Kito-ryu, but the more dngerous techniques (i.e. biting, gouging) were removed.

== See Also ==
* [[Martial arts]]: [[Tai Chi]], [[Aikido]], [[Kung Fu]], Jujutsu, [[Judo]], [[Aikijutsu]], [[Tae Kwon Do]], [[Karate]]
* [[Lao Tzu]], [[Taoism]] and the [[Tao Te Ching]]
* [[Qi]] or [[Prana]]
* [[Meditation]]
* [[Traditional Chinese Medicine]] and [[Acupuncture]] are commonly used in the Asian martial arts
* [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]] [[meditation]], [[Bushido]] and the Martial Arts
* [[Feng Shui]]
* [[Yoga]]
* [[Exercise]] and [[Sports]]
* [[Confucianism]]

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

[[Category:Martial Arts]]
[[Category:Taoism]]
[[Category:Japan]]
[[Category:Brazil]]
[[Category:Asia]]
[[Category:Traditional Chinese Medicine]]
[[Category:Breathing]]
[[Category:Chi]]
[[Category:Prana]]
[[Category:Meditation]]
[[Category:Sports]]
[[Category:Leisure activities]]
[[Category:Exercise]]

User talk:TheAmericanRedoubt

2015-01-03T07:20:05Z

PhilH: /* Ayurvedic medicine */ new section

Adelaide

2015-01-03T07:17:18Z

PhilH:

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'''Adelaide''' is the capital city of [[South Australia]]. The layout of the city was designed by Colonel William Light, the colony's original surveyor. Adelaide's central district is surrounded by a ring of park lands and is divided by the Torrens River. It was named after the Queen consort of the British king, William IV. It is the only state capital to have been founded using free settlers - there were no convicts.[[File:Adelaide1.jpg|thumb|290px|Insurance office, 1879]]

The city has a population of over a million people, two-thirds of the state population. It is situated on the plains between Gulf Saint Vincent on the west and the Adelaide Hills, part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, on the east. The result is an urban area that is barely 20 km wide, but almost 100 km from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south.

Adelaide was the first colonial settlement in the new colony of South Australia in 1836. Before that, the area was occupied by the Kaurna [[Australian Aborigines|Aborigine]]s. The major sights in the city include the Everidge Centre of Aboriginal Arts and Crafts, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Wilkinson Maritime Park. The Adelaide Cricket Ground is renowned as one of the most beautiful in the world, it is currently being redevloped however, and may lose some of its charm.<ref>[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adelaide-oval-turf-ripped-up-in-redevelopment/story-e6frea83-1226597434760 Adelaide Oval redevlopement]</ref>

Adelaide is known as the City of Light and the City of Churches. It is also known as the Festival City, and holds the largest Fringe Festival in the Southern Hemisphere. The Adelaide Fringe Festival was started to contrast the Adelaide Festival of Arts, but has grown to become much more popular.<ref>http://www.southaustralia.com/9001056.aspx</ref>

The city of Adelaide also contains a variety of higher education institutions, including the University of Adelaide, established in 1874.<ref>[http://www.adelaide.edu.au/about/history/ University of Adelaide - History]</ref>

Bush fires are a relatively common occurrence in the regions surrounding Adelaide, with large bush fires generally occurring every 3 to 5 years.
==See also==
* [[South Australia]]

==Further reading==
* ''Adelaide & South Australia'' by Susannah Farfor et al. (2005)
* Marsden, Susan. ''Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide'' (1990)
* Worsnop, Thomas. ''History of the city of Adelaide: from the foundation of the province of South Australia in 1836, to the end of the municipal year 1877'' (1878) 457 pages; [http://books.google.com/books?id=UklCAAAAIAAJ&dq=australia+%22south+australia%22+intitle:adelaide&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=3 online edition]
[[Category:South Australian Cities and Towns]]
==References==
<references/>
==External Links==
*[http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/home.html Adelaide City Council website]

Adelaide

2015-01-03T07:17:01Z

PhilH:

{{City
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|state =South Australia
|region =Adelaide
|settled =1836
|charter =
|population =1,203,873
|area =705.4
|density =1,706.8
|mayor =Stephen Yarwood
|demonym =Adelaidean
}}

'''Adelaide''' is the capital city of [[South Australia]]. The layout of the city was designed by Colonel William Light, the colony's original surveyor. Adelaide's central district is surrounded by a ring of park lands and is divided by the Torrens River. It was named after the Queen consort of the British king, William IV. It is the only state capital to have been founded using free settlers - there were no convicts.[[File:Adelaide1.jpg|thumb|290px|Insurance office, 1879]]

The city has a population of over a million people, two-thirds of the state population. It is situated on the plains between Gulf Saint Vincent on the west and the Adelaide Hills, part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, on the east. The result is an urban area that is barely 20 km wide, but almost 100 km from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south.

Adelaide was the first colonial settlement in the new colony of South Australia in 1836. Before that, the area was occupied by the Kaurna [[Australian Aborigines|Aborigine]]s. The major sights in the city include the Everidge Centre of Aboriginal Arts and Crafts, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Wilkinson Maritime Park. The Adelaide Cricket Ground is renowned as one of the most beautiful in the world, it is currently being redevloped however, and may lose some of its charm.<ref>[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adelaide-oval-turf-ripped-up-in-redevelopment/story-e6frea83-1226597434760 Adelaide Oval redevlopement]</ref>

Adelaide is known as the City of Light and the City of Churches. It is also known as the Festival City, and holds the largest Fringe Festival in the Southern Hemisphere. The Adelaide Fringe Festival was started to contrast the Adelaide Festival of Arts, but has grown to become much more popular.<ref>http://www.southaustralia.com/9001056.aspx</ref>

The city of Adelaide also contains a variety of higher education institutions, including the University of Adelaide, established in 1874.<ref>[http://www.adelaide.edu.au/about/history/ University of Adelaide - History]</ref>

Bush fires are relatively common occurrence in the regions surrounding Adelaide, with large bush fires generally occurring every 3 to 5 years.
==See also==
* [[South Australia]]

==Further reading==
* ''Adelaide & South Australia'' by Susannah Farfor et al. (2005)
* Marsden, Susan. ''Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide'' (1990)
* Worsnop, Thomas. ''History of the city of Adelaide: from the foundation of the province of South Australia in 1836, to the end of the municipal year 1877'' (1878) 457 pages; [http://books.google.com/books?id=UklCAAAAIAAJ&dq=australia+%22south+australia%22+intitle:adelaide&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=3 online edition]
[[Category:South Australian Cities and Towns]]
==References==
<references/>
==External Links==
*[http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/home.html Adelaide City Council website]

Conservapedia:Community Portal

2015-01-03T07:15:20Z

PhilH: /* Do we really have so few responsible editors ..... */

<center>''This is the place to discuss issues of interest to the Conservapedia community.''</center>

''This page contains some material that has been moved from [[Talk:Main_Page]]. We are attempting to get general discussion of issues relating to Conservapedia's content and policies on this page, leaving the main talk page for its original purpose of discussing the content of the Main Page.''

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==Restoring User Pages==

I wonder if you [I was referring to User:Conservative in the original context] would be be so kind as to restore the following user and user-talk pages. Most of these people were long-time respected sysops and administrators, as I'm sure you, being a long-time respected sysop and administrator yourself, well know. Many of our important articles were written by these people. Current users may want to know something about the people that went before them and built Conservapedia. We should show some respect for our history and our founding fathers/mothers.
*[[User:Jallen]]
*[[User:Tash]]
*[[User:Foxtrot]]
*[[User:Ymmotrojam]]
*[[User:DeanS]]
*[[User:TimS]]
*[[User:DanH]]
*[[User:Deborah]]
*[[User:BethanyS]]
*[[User:WilliamBeason]]

[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 23:33, 10 October 2014 (EDT)

:Your suggestion is a reasonable one. I was not in favor of deleting user pages. But once deleted, I don't think it would be time well spent to restore the pages. Time moves on, and time could be better spent by improving substantive entries.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:37, 11 October 2014 (EDT)

::I can see that all the active users are pretty busy, and are probably disinclined to do this. So how about letting me do it? I'm willing to restore those pages myself. You would have to give me the appropriate temporary rights, which might be "undelete" rights, or maybe full administrator rights, I don't know how this works.

::I'm sure you know, from our many communications, both public and private, that I can be trusted not to harm Conservapedia in any way. During any period in which I have extra rights, I will refrain from annoying, harassing, irritating, teasing, insulting, or otherwise getting under the skin of any other user. I will not react to any taunts. I will not abuse the rights in any way. (Though if my rights include blocking, and I see any vandals come to town, I will of course take action.)

::You didn't want the pages deleted? We can fix that. What say you? [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 12:48, 12 October 2014 (EDT)

:There's an extremely troubling aspect to all this. You say you weren't in favor of deleting the pages, and yet, [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:JoeyJ&diff=1100430&oldid=1100429 here], Cons says that the owner of the web site was in favor of the deletion. Was Cons lying? Also, [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:JoeyJ&diff=1101617&oldid=1100630 here], Cons seems to indicate that he was in communication with you on the subject of giving JoeyJ deletion powers. These powers are not taken lightly. In fact, JoeyJ is the only non-admin who has them. So it looks as though you gave JoeyJ the deletion powers '''knowing full well''' that he would use those powers to delete user pages. What is going on? [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 00:05, 14 October 2014 (EDT)

== God delusion ==

I finished reading the Prof. Dawkin's book. I have to admit that it has shaken my religious foundations... I sometimes wonder whether that has made me an Agnostic now. It has made me question a lot of my upbringing. I was a good catholic girl. I wonder what my mom will say
--[[User:OconnorM|Maria O'Connor]] 12:44, 15 November 2014 (EST)
:Richard Dawkins did not research or fact check his book very well and it has a number of errors in it as can be seen in this PDF version of [http://www.voxday.net/mart/TIA_free.pdf The Irrational Atheist].

:Second, how strong were your foundations before you read the book? How did you build your foundation?

:In the physical life, if you are flabby, don't get enough sleep, etc., it provides an opportunity for disease to enter. The same is true in a person's spiritual life. How familiar are you with the classic [[Arguments for the existence of God|defenses of the existence of God]]? How familiar are you with the various evidences for Christianity? See: [[Christian apologetics websites|Evidence for Christianity]] Did you ever repent of your sins and dedicate your life to following Jesus Christ? How often were you reading your Bible? How often were you praying? What are the most serious arguments against agnosticism? What are the most serious arguments against atheism. See: [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]].

:Also, Jesus promises that those who repented of their sins and accept Jesus as their Savior and Lord will have communion with Him and will receive the Holy Spirit who will guide them. Did you ever know God or were you just engaging in religious rituals? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 20:07, 16 November 2014 (EST)

::[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/richard.dawkins.has.had.his.day.says.ravi.zacharias/43042.htm Richard Dawkins has had his day, says Ravi Zacharias] -'' Christianity Today'', November 15, 2014 [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 04:04, 17 November 2014 (EST)

:::@Maria O'Connor: I'm really sorry that you have been abused so badly at Conservapedia. I want you to know that there are quite a number of decent and well-intentioned people here. You should ignore the abusers, and feel welcome to make contributions. We particularly need people who are knowledgeable in matters of science. If you can contribute in this area, dig in! [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 22:22, 20 November 2014 (EST)

::Sam, you can contribute constructively to Conservapedia, or you can pick fights on the Main Page talk page. You cannot do both. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 17:16, 21 November 2014 (EST)

:::'''Of course''' Sam can contribute constructively to Conservapedia whilst disagreeing with certain other editors. He's been doing it for years..... and more strength to his arm. There are not enough Sams these days. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 19:36, 21 November 2014 (EST)

==Subject Matter Experts==
I recently had to deal with a case of someone making an edit to a chemistry article (with a note that he has a chemistry degree, which of course we can't verify, but it very well may be true) that was reverted. It's true that his use of "subjective" and "objective" could give the wrong impression to non-experts, and I have cleaned it up. But it just needed to be cleaned up. (The cleanup that someone did afterwards was ridiculous.) '''This person was blocked''', apparently just because of that edit. This should not have happened. Quite a number of good contributors, and potential good contributors—we'll never know—have been reverted and blocked because the people with blocking powers did not know how to evaluate the edits.
Now Conservapedia often has people come here and make stupid/parody/vandalism edits. But it is monitored constantly by the sysops. It is not necessary for people to be trigger-happy. Except of course for clear vandalism.
I would suggest a page, probably in the Conservapedia namespace rather than "mainspace", listing subject matter experts who can make expert analyses of these things. The list should be publicized to all sysops. Contributors can volunteer as experts in various subjects. And sysops could hold off on reverting questionable edits until an expert opinion is rendered. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 23:45, 28 November 2014 (EST)

=====Best Troll Detection of the Public=====

:You have no proof that '''the person who was blocked''' was merely a Subject Matter Expert and not a '''troll''' as well. This ought to be dealt with by the Best Troll Detection of the Public. Trolling techniques include emphasizing words (when the logic of argument doesn't require it) to trample over anticipated reasonable opposition to one's argument with raw emotion as well as arguing about things on the Main Page talk page that don't appear on the Main Page. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 10:55, 29 November 2014 (EST)
I can assure you that, in my 7 years here, I have developed a good sense for the kinds of vandals, trolls, parodists, sycophants, "mall cops", and other unsavory personalities that we have. I also notice other fascinating types of people, like those who complain about posting to this page not on the topic of improving the main page content while making quite a few such postings themselves (though, in fairness, they also make on-topic postings, which I rarely do), people who [[User_talk:SamHB#Spammer|did not realize that they had been given blocking powers until I told them]], and people who use [http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page&diff=1110822&oldid=1110821 spectacularly recondite sentences] while attacking other contributors. You see, I've been around for a while.

On the matter of making posts to this page that are not directly on the topic of improving the content of the main page, I'm sure you know that, for several years, this page has been used for a discussion of CP in general, and that everyone, including Andy and the other admins, is OK with that. A more natural place for such discussion might have been a general discussion page such as [[Conservapedia:Desk]], but, as you can see, it has rarely been used of late. There is actually a (an?) historical reason, from a few years back, for this. I won't bore everyone with the details, but you can email me if you are interested.

Regarding my "subject matter experts" comment above, I wasn't asking for people who are good at detecting trolls. We already have plenty of people (including myself) who are good at this, and plenty of people (including you) who are good at dealing with them. We probably already have the "Best Troll Detection of the Public". I was requesting "subject matter experts", which we don't really have very many of, or don't know who they are on various topics, and requesting that subject matter expertise be used in deciding whether to revert an edit.

In the case of the [http://www.conservapedia.com/Chemical_compound&diff=1118592&oldid=1118584 molar mass] edit, I was well aware that this person might be a troll—his use of the recondite (there's that word again) terms "subjective" and "objective" in a description of quantitative chemical analysis was a bit suspicious—these are quasi-philosophical terms that might be considered provocative on a wiki like this. But he also knew what molar mass means. His change was a vast improvement over the "fuel quantity" phrase. The article just needed to have the "subjective" and "objective" words taken out, which I have done. The person did know his subject matter. There was no urgency in reverting his edit.

A suggestion, Vargas: Let's both try to be nice. You do good work when you're not talking about "withering patrician disdain". We can both do better than fight with each other.

Maybe I should have spent the day shopping instead of this :-) [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 00:02, 1 December 2014 (EST)

:I will not disregard Andy's express instructions at the top of the page! [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 16:12, 2 December 2014 (EST)

::Fair enough. I will try to abide by that policy also. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 17:11, 6 December 2014 (EST)
:::I would be interested to hear what Andy thinks of the "subject matter expert" approach. Wikipedia generally hates experts and does everything to drive them away as editors. Many of the early CP articles were written by home-schooled students. We then had Ed Poor spending years curating a large number of articles. A few other editors undertook work in particular areaa of expertise such as AlanE and BHathorn. I suspect that Andy has his own lists of experts in the back of his mind, if not written down. The problem is that everyone believes that they are an expert while management may not agree with that assessment. So, we have to see whether this proposal is compatible with the "best of the public" concept. Thanks for raising it. [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 07:16, 7 December 2014 (EST)

== Growing Conservapedia's conservative readership and editor base ==

Now that Conservapedia's Twitter link on the main page, two things:

1. We could organize our wiki editors to create/expand conservative articles in order to feature them on the Twitter feed.

2. Twitter is popular among conservatives. This book shows people how to attract 200 Twitter fans every single day: http://www.amazon.com/Twitter-Followers-Step---Step-guaranteed-ebook/dp/B00KEX694O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1417623658&sr=8-3&keywords=twitter+marketing The book is only $1.00 and it should be easy to implement. If it was implemented, the Twitter account would go from 10,000 Twitter fans/followers to 83,000 fans/followers in one year.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 11:30, 3 December 2014 (EST)
:Has anyone considered taking out some modest ($50-$100) number of Facebook advertising? We could use it to drive traffic to the site and to recruit new editors. Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 05:34, 15 December 2014 (EST)
::Wschact, create a web page called [[Conservapedia: New editors wanted]] which I will feature on the main page. I can also talk to Andy about various ways to drive traffic to the page like online advertising, etc.

::It will not be Facebook advertising because Andy dislikes Facebook. Of course, if you want to take out a Facebook advert to have it go to [[Conservapedia: New editors wanted]], you could certainly do so.

::Regardless, the main page will give the page [[Conservapedia: New editors wanted]] some traffic. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:34, 15 December 2014 (EST)

== Make the username policy more clear ==

:Copied on over from [[Help talk:How To Create a Conservapedia Account]]

I think it should be made clear that the username '''must''' include your real name, as opposed to ''recommending'' your real name; perhaps there could be a help page on Conservapedia's username policy. A few users have been blocked for violating an otherwise nonexistent policy (and also advised to create an account with a real name even though their account creation is disabled for two years). A clear username policy would probably be beneficial for Conservapedia. -- [[User:DanielJackson|DanielJackson]] 10:46, 6 December 2014 (EST)

== Conservative's "Message Area" ==

I seem to be unable to edit it, despite wanting to discuss something with him. As such I put out a general request for a way to contact him or for him to unlock his message area. Hopefully I'm not missing something really obvious! [[User:Nhodgson|Nhodgson]] 20:18, 6 December 2014 (EST)

:You would do well to just ignore him. There's really nothing that you could discuss with him. He is notoriously secretive, seeming to believe that other people go along with his games, and he often locks his own talk page, and the talk pages of his "pet" articles. He seems to expect other people to go along with his fantasy that he might be multiple people. Just ignore him. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 21:37, 6 December 2014 (EST)
::If we could talk to him, we might tell him that his reversion of [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Abraham_Lincoln&curid=3942&diff=1121083&oldid=1084045 this] on purely political grounds was ludicrous and shows a serious failure to observe what is going on. That edit was more than just a minor thing about whether Lincoln was a "classical liberal" or a "post New Deal progressive"—it was blatant and outrageous vandalism, about which most admins are very vigilant. The user ("TheonlySIL", whatever that means) should be blocked permanently. Perhaps some other admin will notice. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 21:48, 6 December 2014 (EST)
Setting aside SamHB's axe to grind because I/we are pro-biblical creationism and anti-Darwinism/liberal Christianity, my/our talk page has just been unlocked.

By the way SamHB, what do you think about the data contained in this article: [[Liberal Christianity and marital infidelity]] ? Can you refute it? It does not appear so! [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:00, 7 December 2014 (EST)
:Haven't read it. But thanks for unlocking your talk page, Could you keep it that way, please? [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 23:52, 11 December 2014 (EST)
::SamHB, may lock it again if I/we become extremely busy for an extended period or for other reasons which I/we prefer not to discuss. The talk pages of articles I/we created/contributed can certainly be used. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 01:59, 12 December 2014 (EST)

== Categories ==

There are two categories that are treating the same topic: [[:Category:Best of Conservapedia]] and [[:Category:Featured articles]]. How do they differ from each other and should they be merged?--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 14:00, 12 December 2014 (EST)
:My guess is that when authors of articles wanted to get extra views for their articles that they spent a lot of time on, they gave their articles these category labels. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:52, 12 December 2014 (EST)
:So should these categories be deleted?--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 16:01, 12 December 2014 (EST)
::While I have the greatest respect for Cons's diligence in spending a lot of time on her articles, and in getting them recognized (all her past SEO talk, for example), I notice that she does not put them into the the "best of CP" category. So I suspect that even she doesn't think the category is worth much. It does not seem to be noticed much. I just removed two obvious vanity/silliness things from it. Only three things remain. But their authors did put a lot of effort into them, and two of them are "flagship articles" by Andy. So I would consult with him on this. He probably wants a better way to promote the CBP and the Conservative words articles. In fact he has a better way: they are on the main page. So maybe you should ask him whether the "best of CP" category is worth keeping. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 00:23, 13 December 2014 (EST)
:::SamHB, no true analyst would pretend to know the gender/genders of the editor(s) of the User: Conservative account. Solve the mystery of who/whom edited the [[Atheist actions against homosexuals]] article and you will earn the right to declare the gender/genders using the User: Conservative account to edit.

:::But it is a moot point anyways as the feminine [[Sarah Palin]] has more [[machismo]] than all [[Liberal Christianity|liberal "Christians"]] combined!

:::By the way, have you read the [[Liberal Christianity and marital infidelity]] article yet? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 22:15, 17 December 2014 (EST)
::::Nope. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 00:58, 21 December 2014 (EST)

==Purpose of this page==
This page provides a forum for editors to discuss matters related to CP and its policies. Please do not use it as a sandbox for drafting article. You can create your own sandbox by making a subpage of your user page. Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 09:43, 13 December 2014 (EST)
:You're right. I was in a hurry before. Haste makes waste. :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 10:17, 13 December 2014 (EST)
::There was no need to be hasty. You, of all people, must have known that it wouldn't be lost. Take a deep breath before editing.
::Speaking of careless editing, I'm pleased that you correctly used "you're" above, though it took another edit, at 10:17 yesterday, to fix it. Haste makes waste. But your recent edit to the bottom of TAR's talk page has that mistake. You're in need of more care in editing. Take a deep breath (and get some sleep!) now and then. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 11:31, 14 December 2014 (EST)
:::@TAR: I've taken out the rest of your stuff. You can move it to your talk page if you like. You can get it out of the page history, of course; nothing is ever lost unless an admin explicitly vapes it, which I don't think is going to happen. You do not need to worry about vandalism; it's easy to revert. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 11:31, 14 December 2014 (EST)
::::@SamHB, thanks, I didn't know I could make a sandbox page beneath my username page that won't be indexed. I will do that from now on for articles I am working on. [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 20:11, 14 December 2014 (EST)
:::::There's a quick-and-easy trick to doing it, that I guess I ought to explain, though you might already know it. To create a new page subordinate to your user page, talk page, whatever, edit the user/talk page, and insert something like
:::::<nowiki>[[User talk:TheAmericanRedoubt/sandbox99|My spiffy subpage]]</nowiki>, and save it. When you look at it, it will be a redlink. Click on it, and you will get something like "this page doesn't exist. If you want to create it, enter the text below." Or something like that. Then paste in you new stuff. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 20:25, 14 December 2014 (EST)

== Deleting material from talk pages, or, even worse, deleting the page outright ==

Talk page material should not be deleted unless it is truly libelous or detrimental. Talk pages should be an ongoing journal of discussion of the corresponding project page. There is nothing wrong with a talk page being very short, and it is perfectly acceptable, albeit unusual, for an article page's author to say something on the talk page.

I recently had to re-create [[Talk:IP_camera]] to make a comment on the article.

[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 17:05, 15 December 2014 (EST)
:Is there any way to recover the earlier material. Perhaps Andy or an admin could review the situation? [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 06:50, 18 December 2014 (EST)

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== Two millionth page view for the "Counterexamples to Relativity" page ==

The [[Counterexamples to Relativity]] has just gotten its two millionth hit. It is one of Conservapedia's best-known pages.

It seems that this page is very famous all over the internet. A Google search of Conservapedia+Relativity gets about 8000 hits. (Your mileage may vary; the test was done several months ago.) I didn't look at all of them, but I looked at the first 100, other than the CP article itself. Two were completely neutral and matter-of-fact, one was an item on ask.com that was a discussion of what "theory" means in a scientific sense, and was neutral. The other 97 were all derisive, mocking, contemptuous, and sarcastic.

Now I know that principled people are not deterred by popular opinion. But people might want to ask themselves whether the page has convinced '''anyone''' that Relativity is wrong. Or, more generally, whether it has accomplished anywhere near what its goals were. People might also want to ask themselves whether the counterexamples are objectively correct, and whether Relativity is objectively wrong. Now a lot of the discussion at CP has been about '''what people think about Relativity'''—for example, discussion of Laurence Tribe, and Barack Obama, and the folks that designed the GPS system, and the folks that operate that system, and so on. I'd like to get completely away from consideration of what people think about Relativity. Vox Populi and all that. I'd like to propose 3 questions about '''objective, observable facts,''' and ask the senior admins here to explain them without reference to people's opinions. These are matters of ''fact'' and ''incontrovertible observation''.

#It is known that the perihelion of Mercury precesses, beyond Newtonian calculations, by an amount of about 43 arcseconds per (Earth) century. Without getting bogged down into quibbling over thousandths of an arcsecond, and just using the accepted figure of 43 arcseconds, why do you think this is so? Now there has been extensive discussion at Conservapedia over the possibility that the exponent in the "inverse square law" is not exactly 2. People have argued over whether or not that satisfies some principle of theoretical elegance, or makes integration easier, or whatever. I'm not interested in any of that. What I am interested in is that ''it doesn't work''. That theory was proposed by Hall and Newcomb about 100 years ago, and quickly discarded, because it predicts a completely wrong precession for the Moon. So, why do you think this precession occurs? Do you have some theory of gravity that correctly predicts the precession of Mercury, other planets, the Moon, and Earth satellites?
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#It is known that the received frequency of GPS satellite clock signals is about 0.44 parts per trillion faster than the frequency at which the signals were transmitted from the satellite. This discrepancy is well known, and there is circuitry in the satellites to compensate for it. Minuscule as this discrepancy is, compensating for it is essential to the correct operation of the system. Without getting into what people believed or were thinking about when the system was designed, or what people believe or think about when they upload correction parameters, why does this discrepancy exist?
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#It is known that the mass of a Radium-226 atom (including the electrons--it makes no difference in the final outcome) is 226.025403 amu. When it undergoes alpha decay, it turns into an atom of Radon-222 (222.017571 amu) and an atom of Helium (4.002603 amu). This constitutes a loss of .005229 amu. Why is that? Is the law of conservation of mass not correct?

[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 00:18, 17 December 2014 (EST)

:RESPONSE:

::#The precession of the perihelion of Mercury '''''disproves''''' Relativity. People stopped reporting the discrepancy as technology provided greater precision; yet Relativists still insist that this proves their theory when the actual data disproves it. Newtonians are honest about the issue. Why can't liberal Relativists publicly admit that the data disproves their theory? Every scientist knows that if he questions or criticizes Relativity, then he disqualifies himself from ever winning a Nobel Prize (see, e.g., Robert Dicke), obtaining a doctorate, or receiving any research funding.
::#There are a variety of possible explanations for the GPS discrepancy, starting with the obvious plausibility that the laws of physics are not invariant at every point in the universe. An honest, open-minded discussion of the issue would likely yield some valuable insights.
::#There is nothing startling about an emission or loss of energy when something decays. It certainly does not prove Relativity.

::Liberals make false statements about science all the time. Jimmy Carter became president by claiming that oil would run out in 35 years. There is nothing new about liberals misusing science to advance liberal goals.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:33, 17 December 2014 (EST)

:::"''There is nothing startling about an emission or loss of energy when something decays. It certainly does not prove Relativity. ''" - So, you do accept the equivalence of mass and energy, as SamHB was talking about the loss of mass! That's good news... Or maybe, you want to rephrase your point #3. --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 06:55, 21 December 2014 (EST)

::::It requires an enormous leap of [[faith]], far more than is suggested by the [[Bible]], to go from what I said to the silly, illogical ''E=mc2'' equation.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:12, 21 December 2014 (EST)

:::::Does it really? SamHB described a process where '''mass''' disappears - you answered that ''there is nothing startling about an emission or loss of '''energy'''''. This gives the impression that you think of mass and energy as somewhat interchangeable. I know that you don't think so, that's why I asked for you to ''"rephrase your point #3"''. --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 17:26, 21 December 2014 (EST)

::::::When something decays to a lower energy state it can emit energy. That is not relativity, that is not E=mc2, and that is not "mass-energy equivalence."--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:53, 21 December 2014 (EST)

:::::::Agreed - but you are talking about '''energy'''. The question is where is the '''mass''' of .005229 amu? (Take a look [[Talk:E=mc²#A few questions for Aschlafly regarding the experiment of Cockcroft and Walton|here]]...)--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 17:56, 21 December 2014 (EST)

::::::::You rely on primitive technology used in an 82-year-old experiment. The technology is far better now, and the claim of mass-energy equivalence cannot be verified.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:51, 21 December 2014 (EST)

I had not intended for this to re-open the entire discussion, including the Cockcroft-Walton experiment. Aside from pointing out the 2 millionth view, the goal was to ask 3 '''very narrowly drawn''' questions. So narrowly drawn that they '''were not about relativity!'''. Not directly, anyway. They were about 3 observable phenomena, and the intent was to ask for explanations, relativity or otherwise, about them. For the second and third questions, Andy sort of did give explanations, though they were totally unsatisfactory by the standards of contemporary science.

I specifically asked for explanations that were indpependent of people's opinions, beliefs, or behavior. I guessed that Andy would either ignore the questions, or give off-topic answers. I got the latter. I got comments about relativity, honesty of "Newtonians", "relativists", liberalism, Nobel prizes, doctorates, research funding, Robert Dicke, Jimmy Carter, oil, and discrepancies with modern measuring technology. (Really? Are you saying that the anomalous precession ''does not occur''? It's been observed since 1843. Are you saying that modern measurements show that the precession is zero, and that Leverrier was seeing something that isn't there?).

Let me restate the questions in their simplest possible form. Note that I am not asking about relativity.
#Anomalous precession. Why does it occur?
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#Time dilation. Why does it occur?
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#Non-conservation of mass. Why does it occur?

Andy did give a sort of explanation for the 2nd and 3rd of these: "The laws of physics are not invariant at every point" and "There is nothing startling [about this]".

Here is why those answers are completely unsatisfactory. Suppose that Johannes Kepler, when presented with Tycho Brahe's exhaustive data on planetary motion, including the puzzling retrograde motion of Mars, Jupier, and Saturn, had simply said "Well, I guess that, at some points in the Solar System, at some times, some planets go backward for a while." Or "There's nothing startling about this, Mars sometimes just goes backwards." He would simply be abandoning science to the capriciousness of nature. He didn't do that. He was a '''SCIENTIST'''. He looked for an ''explanation''. He and Isaac Newton worked out a formulation that explained it. They didn't just say that the laws of nature are just something random at various places in the solar system, they came up with a physical law that was valid (relative to the measurements of the day) ''at all places and times in the Solar System''.

The time dilation in the Earth's gravitational field is not just something random. It is known, and explained, with great precision. You can set your clock by it. (Literally!) To not be startled, or at least intrigued, by the time dilation, when time can be measured, and found not to dilate, between two points that are at the same altitude, shows a serious lack of scientific curiosity. Can you come up with a theory that explains this phenomenon quantitatively?

The same thing goes for the mass discrepancy. Conservation of mass had been known, with extreme precision, by 1900. Scientists were in fact startled and intrigued by its non-conservation. By the way, it can be measured with greater accuracy now than 82 years ago, and it still holds, or do you deny that it happens? Can you cite modern precise measurements that show that the discrepancy is zero? Can you come up with a theory that explains this phenomenon quantitatively?

[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 23:58, 21 December 2014 (EST)

:I did specifically respond to your three points, and then days went by without a reply from you. Again, the anomalous precession disproves Relativity just as it conflicts with one model of Newtonian gravity in the solar system. Why is there an anomalous precession? The Newtonian model can be tweaked to explain it; Relativity cannot. An honest discussion by scientists of the data would advance the understanding, rather than scientists pretending that the precession proves Relativity (it doesn't).

:Second, time dilation is not directly shown by anything, and certainly not by GPS. The slight variations can be explained by classical physics, or by recognizing that physical laws are probably not invariant across the universe.

:Third, the evidence for non-conservation of mass is almost non-existent, with the leading experiment more than 80 years out of date. But I don't think mass is necessarily always conserved, and Newtonian physics does not depend on it. [[Quantum mechanics]] may have the potential -- if pursued with an open mind -- to shed light on this.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:16, 22 December 2014 (EST)

::I'm not interested in what the anomalous precession proves or doesn't prove, or what scientists pretend that it proves or doesn't prove. I want to know why it occurs. The Newtonian model can be tweaked to explain it? Can you say what the tweak is? I hope it's not the Hall-Newcomb exponent tweak that was proved to be incorrect almost immediately after it was proposed. Do you have another tweak in mind?

::Time dilation is most definitely shown, both by GPS, and by the Pound-Rebka experiment in 1959. This can be explained by classical physics? Really? Can you give us details? Can you give us a Johannes-Kepler-the-scientist type of explanation, that goes beyond the cop-out of saying that the laws of physics are simply different in different parts of the universe? "Different parts of the universe" is a far bigger chunk of real estate than is needed to show the effect. The Pound-Rebka experiment involved different parts of the ''same building'', and GPS exhibits the discrepancy between different parts of medium Earth orbit. We should have a pretty good handle on how physics works in the vicinity of the Earth. Newton's law of gravitation worked over the whole solar system.

::Evidence for non-conservation of mass is not "almost non-existent"; it is ubiquitous. The specific case of Radium alpha decay can be found on the periodic table charts hanging in high-school science classrooms. "I don't think mass is necessarily always conserved"—well at least you qualified it with "necessarily always", but can you be more specific? To a degree that Johannes-Kepler-the-scientist would respect? You are quite right in that Newtonian physics does not depend on it, but that's not what I was asking.

::[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 00:38, 22 December 2014 (EST)

:::Andy: ''"You rely on primitive technology used in an 82-year-old experiment. The technology is far better now, and the claim of mass-energy equivalence cannot be verified."'' No, the experiment is routinely performed in courses on modern physics around the world, using modern technology. --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 01:37, 22 December 2014 (EST)

::::On the precession of the perihelion of Mercury, tweaking the Newtonian model almost certainly can fit the data. Some objected to anything other than an exponent of precisely -2 for the force, because that muddies up the math, but that is a silly objection. The reality, however, is that anyone who pursues this approach is deemed an enemy of Relativity and won't get another research grant, doctorate, or Nobel prize. Nothing but radio silence by the Relativity promoters about that obvious reality.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:01, 22 December 2014 (EST)

:::::''"On the precession of the perihelion of Mercury, tweaking the Newtonian model almost certainly can fit the data."'' That's just a canard - and you know it, Andy: yes, the exponent of Newton's law of gravity can be tweaked (or error terms added), but this results in a model which doesn't fit all the other planets. That's known since Simon Newcomb's days - and [[User:SamHB]] elaborated on this '''[[Debate:What is the exponent of r in Newtonian gravity?|nearly five years ago]]'''! The first time you came up with this idea, you could have pretended to be ignorant on this subject. But you repeat it over and over again, without having done the calculations, or looking up why physicists discarded the idea a hundred years ago! That's worse than ignorance, that's willful ignorance.
:::::--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 08:36, 28 December 2014 (EST)

Let's not be too hasty with judgements about ignorance, willful or otherwise. Let's see if we can get to the bottom of this (and the other two phenomena). We're making good progress by drawing the questions very narrowly.

I believe that Andy has indeed read the relevant items, like [[Debate:What is the exponent of r in Newtonian gravity?|this page]] from nearly five years ago, and [[Relativity#Experiments that Fail to Prove Relativity|this section]], with its table of precessions of the planets. (I did not put in the phrase "fail to", by the way.)

So let's go over the situation again, extremely carefully. The bulk of the table was from me, though the all-important final column was added by [[User:Jloveday]], using some experimental data that he dug up. I'm not in full agreement with the way he rounded the data, but the effect is clear. Even though getting good error bounds on the minuscule precession of planets beyond Mercury is very difficult, one can easily see, from the last few columns, that General Relativity tracks the observed precession very well, while the Newcomb-Hall tweak of 2.000000157 tracks it extremely poorly. Except for Mercury, of course, since the exponent was tweaked specifically for that planet.

So, Andy: What is the tweak to Newtonian mechanics that explains the precession for all the planets? And, while we're at it, can you give a satisfactory explanation for the other two phenomena, time dilation and mass non-conservation?

Andy also says: "Some objected to anything other than an exponent of precisely -2 for the force, because that muddies up the math, but that is a silly objection." I agree, it's silly. Though I am a little curious about who these "some" are. Can you cite something on the subject? Perhaps one of your physics textbooks?

Also: "The reality, however, is that anyone who pursues this approach is deemed an enemy of Relativity and won't get another research grant, doctorate, or Nobel prize." As I said earlier, I'm not interested in the personalities; I just want to know why you think the precession occurs. (Actually, that's not true. I ''am'' deeply interested in the history of science and technology. But not right now. We can discuss that some other time.) So I'll make you an offer: If you get turned down for a research grant, doctorate, or Nobel prize over this, I'll stick up for you. I'll cite the spirited debate you and I have been having over the last several years as evidence that you've thought deeply about these issues. Though I don't think I have much influence over funding agencies or Nobel committees. :-)

[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 19:12, 29 December 2014 (EST)

==Categories==
I generally have a "live and let live" attitude towards the edits of others on CP, and don't want to criticize any particular editor. However, CP has experienced over time that editors come here from Wikipedia, where there are millions of articles and a very high number of Categories. Because CP is much smaller, we have opted for fewer categories, Over the past day, someone has created a bunch of new categories like [[:Category:Conservative Authors]]. [[:Category:Christian Authors]], etc. Such narrow new categories will make a lot more work for everyone and may discourage editors from categorizing their articles. Perhaps Andy and management could please take a look? Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 06:58, 18 December 2014 (EST)

== To my liberal, sissy boy, atheist critics of guns in Texas! ==

Gentlemen, consider this picture of [http://www.andrewtonnphoto.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=796 Amish women shooting rifles]. When is the last time you heard of Amish women going on shooting rampages? :)

Amish women do not watch violent video games or watch television shows and/or movies with gratuitous violence! See [[Hollywood values]]. And unlike Muslims, the only beheadings Amish women read about is David beheading Goliath (and we know Goliath deserved it for defying the armies of the living God!).

Amish women are peaceful creationists and not violent evolutionists (see: [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]] and [[World War I and Darwinism]] and [[Evolutionary racism]]),

Amish women are loyal wives and are less likely to have their husbands go on jealous/violent rampages (see: [[Liberal Christianity and marital infidelity]]). And Amish men have submissive wives and do not endlessly quarrel with stubborn, feminist wives! And irreligious men are more likely beat their wives/girlfriends than religious men (see: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]]).

Gentlemen, it is the dysfunctional liberals and liberal influence that causes much of the violence in Texas. No true conservative goes on a gun rampage! When is the last time you heard of a gun rampage occurring due to a student in a Bible believing Christian school? Never, my liberal, atheist friends? If only Texas wasn't creating so many jobs and a magnet to unemployed and undisciplined liberals fleeing their liberal welfare states!

And remember this, guns are an insurance policy for rogue states. Surely, you have read about such states (see: [[Atheism and Mass Murder]] and [[Evolutionary racism|Evolution and Nazi Germany]]).

Gentlemen, I hope this clarifies matters. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 14:47, 17 December 2014 (EST)
::By the way, don't even think about saying that the Amish are pacifists and would not kill in self-defense.

::Would an Amish man use violence to protect his wife? Did David eat the show bread?[http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/438/how-does-jesus-argument-from-david-and-the-show-bread-work] :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:00, 17 December 2014 (EST)
:::Thank you for giving up your precious time to add these insights to the talk page, Conservative. The world would be a better place if more wives followed your example. [[User:JSamson|JSamson]] 17:25, 17 December 2014 (EST)
::::No true skeptic pretends to know the gender/genders of the editor(s) of the User: Conservative account. Solve the mystery of who/whom edited the [[Atheist actions against homosexuals]] article and you will earn the right to declare the gender/genders using the User: Conservative account to edit.

::::But it is a moot point anyways as the feminine [[Sarah Palin]] has more [[machismo]] than all liberal atheists combined! [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 17:45, 17 December 2014 (EST)
:::::I thought there was to be no further additions from the User: conservative account on the talk page? Perhaps one of the members did not get the memo? -[[User:JaysonK|JaysonK]] 13:51, 18 December 2014 (EST)
::::::Buckling down on time management. Plan to post less on talk pages. Revised plans about talk pages. Will post on talk pages when it is related to article/wiki improvement. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:54, 18 December 2014 (EST)

== References ==

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== A project for active editors to collaborate on ==

Would you anyone like to collaborate with other editors on a wiki project to help Conservapedia be a strong resource for a given topic.

The topic could be decided by the editors participating.

If you are interested, please leave comments below. I suggest picking a leader/leaders for the project or least assign people for various tasks associated with the project. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:50, 25 December 2014 (EST)

:I would be happy to help, but my time is limited.[[User:FOIA|FOIA]] 22:06, 25 December 2014 (EST)

::Merry Christmas Cons, and thanks for the thought. I think, however, that I would tend to become a "Devil's Advocate" in any collaboration I can envisage. The token liberal so to speak (and I say that with no malice.) I will need to know more. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 22:21, 25 December 2014 (EST)
:::AlanE, it doesn't have to be a political project. It can be on a non-political topic. I will let whoever participates decide on the topic and whether or not it will be a political project.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 22:44, 25 December 2014 (EST)
:::::If AlanE and [[FOIA]] and anyone else who joins wants to decide on a topic tomorrow, the project can start right away. It can be announced on the main page also.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 23:33, 25 December 2014 (EST)

: I'd be happy to join in and help in any way I can. Merry Christmas. I have been and will mostly focus on the articles [[List of military tactics]] and [[List of military strategies and concepts]]. Long life the Republic! [[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 01:33, 26 December 2014 (EST)

:Your invitation was an honor, and I thank you for your confidence. I will be happy to help. As soon as I finish my current "Bible" project, I will look more closely at what you have here and see what I can do. ''Semper Fi!'' --[[User:Dataclarifier|Dataclarifier]] 19:00, 26 December 2014 (EST)
::Sounds great. Thanks for tackling the project. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 06:16, 27 December 2014 (EST)
=== Ideas for potential articles ===

Political:

*[[Republican beliefs]]

*[[21st Century Republican Party]]

*[[Differences between Republicans and Democrats]]

*[[Social conservatism]] (article needs to be improved)

*<s>[[Islamic terrorism]] (article needs to be improved)</s>

*[[Political fundraising]]

*[[Kim Jong-un]] (article needs to be improved)

*[[Tiananmen Square massacre]] (article needs to be improved)

Less political:

*[[Modern slavery]]

*[[Republican presidents]]

*[[List of military tactics]]

*<s>[[List of military strategies and concepts]]</s>

*[[Socio-cultural indoctrination]]

*[[Rugged individualism vs Christian community (body of Christ)]]

Non-political:

*[[Dog training]]

*[[Chess strategy]]

*[[Marathon]] (needs to be expanded)

*[[Tourism]] (needs to be expanded)

Feel free to add article ideas [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 00:32, 26 December 2014 (EST)

== Do we really have so few responsible editors ..... ==

that obsessed individuals can materially change the tone and direction of Conservapedia with no one to apply the brakes.? Remember when this was supposed to be a resource for home-school students? A place where they could look up "vibration", for example, and get a concise definition of what it is, at their level, without going off into mystical medical cults? Remember when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvT5YuDovHI this] was a good description of Conservapedia's vision and goals?

What happened? We now have just a tiny number of people turning the place into a survivalist blog, and an herbal medicine blog, or whatever, with hardly anyone to apply editorial direction. This wiki needs supervision.

[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 18:30, 2 January 2015 (EST)

:Things like [[:Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]] look very troubling indeed! --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 01:58, 3 January 2015 (EST)
:: I agree with you there AugustO, I would say the content in those articles would be more at home on hippypedia or alternaticemedicinepedia than on conservapedia. Remember, conservatives like to have things backed up by facts, not nonsensical anecdotes that are the backbone of alternative medicine. [[User:PhilH|PhilH]] 02:15, 3 January 2015 (EST)

User talk:TheAmericanRedoubt

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Walmart

2014-12-15T22:50:36Z

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[[File:New Walmart logo.gif|right|thumb|250px|The Wal-Mart logo and slogan]]

'''Wal-Mart''' is America's largest private employer,<ref>[[Christian Science Monitor]]. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0219/p01s04-usec.html Wal-Mart: world's largest company]</ref> running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by [[Sam Walton]] in Arkansas in 1962. Walton was a [[Christian]] and tried to make his store pro-family. The current Wal-Mart CEO is Lee Scott. Wal-Mart also owns the "Sam's Club" chain of wholesale stores and the "Asda" chain of superstores across the [[United Kingdom]].
It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Wal-Mart is America's premier example of free market economics

* when Wal-Mart opens its supercenters -- variety plus [[grocery store]]s -- in a community, the average grocery prices in that community fall by 13 percent. Even the people who don't shop at Wal-Mart benefit from its presence. [http://americandreamcoalition.org/automobility/automobility.html]

Wal-Mart is often the subject of criticism for allegedly paying low [[wage]]s with insufficient [[fringe benefit|health benefits]] and allegedly forcing "Mom and Pop" stores out of business. It was also criticized for supporting [[homosexuality]]<ref>[http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2006/08/21/4 "Wal-Mart launches gay-friendly initiative" August 21, 2006]</ref> and for not dispensing [[abortion]] inducing drugs at its pharmacies. The company's defenders reply that Wal-Mart tries to uphold a family value system and is a well-known provider of decent employment and affordable merchandise across America and the rest of the world. Wal-Mart's wages average significantly higher than minimum wage, which may explain why nearly 2 million people choose to work for Wal-Mart.

It has also been criticized for selling imports of products manufactured in [[China]]<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html Is Wal-Mart good for America?]</ref> despite the fact that most other retailers also sell Chinese imports. Wal-Mart has asked Premiere Radio Networks not to air its commercials during [[Rush Limbaugh|The Rush Limbaugh Show]].<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/12/442673/141-companies-advertisng-rush-limbaugh/?mobile=nc Thinkprogress.org]</ref>

==Wal-Mart in the U.K.==
Wal-Mart entered the U.K. in 1999 following its purchase of the Asda supermarket chain, taking over around 300 stores which remain under the Asda brand name. Wal-Mart's performance, however, has failed to meet Wall Street's expectations, and its 16% share of British grocery spending has not changed over the last eight years, partly because of the company's inability to pursue its usual expansion strategy of oversaturating markets. In the United States Wal-Mart has driven its growth by building massive superstores that dwarf all of a town's existing businesses combined and that are spaced relatively close together across a region. This strategy has enabled Wal-Mart to overwhelm local economies and force out tens of thousands of small businesses through over-development.
[[Image:Asda.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The company's U.K. logo]]
Wal-Mart has had more difficulty employing this tactic in the U.K. due to the legislation known as "Planning Policy Statement 6" (''PPS6''), which requires local governments to keep retail development in town centers and to limit retail development on the outskirts unless there is a clear, well-defined need.<ref>''Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres'' [http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/1020432884848.html Planning Portal]. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref> Wal-Mart has lobbied heavily for the removal of the "needs test".

In 2006 Asda-Wal-Mart were ordered to pay $1.66 million for breaking U.K. law by offering illegal inducements to workers to quit a trade union. Around 340 drivers and warehouse staff at a distribution depot in the north-east of England were offered a 10% pay rise if they left the union. The members rejected the offer. A court established that the legislation had been breached and the company was ordered to pay every worker at the depot almost $5000 each in compensation.<ref>''Asda fined for trying to make workers quit union'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/feb/11/supermarkets.tradeunions The Guardian], 11 February 2006. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref>

In December 2007 Asda-Wal Mart was one of several companies that were fined over $225 million after admitting that they fixed the price of [[milk]], [[cheese]] and [[butter]] in a scandal estimated to have cost U.K. [[consumer]]s about $526 million.<ref>''Supermarkets fined for price fixing'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/08/supermarkets.asda The Guardian], 8 December 2007. Accesed 22 January 2008</ref>

==Political Contributions==
Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated and its employees generally favor [[Republican]] candidates in terms of campaign contributions. In 2012, 53% of donations from the company (including employees) went to Republican candidates, vs. 47% to Democrats. 100% of major contributions from Wal-Mart [[Pharmacy]] associates went to Republican candidates in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000367&cycle=2012|title=Wal-Mart Stores: Totals|accessdate=2012-12-05|work=Opensecrets.org|publisher=The Center for Responsive Politics}}</ref>

==Wal-Mart: America's Largest Arms Trader==
In general a strong supporter of the [[Second Amendment]], Wal-Mart is America's largest [[firearm]]s retailer or "FFL" ([[BATF|Federal Firearms Licensee]]) due to the shear number of its mostly [[rural]] and [[suburban]] stores that sell [[rifle]]s and [[shotgun]]s and "ammo". Wal-Mart is famous among "[[gun nut]]s" (gun enthusiasts) for the lowest price on [[ammunition]] ("[[bullet]]s" in laymen's terms).

==See Also==
* '''[[Food distribution system]]:''' [[Transportation]] ([[truck]]s, [[ship]]s, [[railroad]], and [[airplane]]s), [[warehouse|warehousing]] (such as [[Amazon.com]], [[Costco]]), and [[retail]] facilities (such as Wal-Mart) which move [[food]] from the [[food production system]] to [[consumer]]s.
* [[Essay:Systems of support|Systems of support]]
* [[Essay:Alternative systems of support|Alternative systems of support]]
* '''[[Food production system]]:''' Modern industrial big [[Agriculture|Agri-business]] versus [[Permaculture]]
* [[Essay:Investing in tangibles|Investing in tangibles]]: [[Food]] and [[Goods]]
* [[Preparedness movement]] and [[Survivalism]]

==External Links==
[[File:Walmart.jpg|200px|right]]
*[http://www.walmartstores.com Corporate website]
*[http://www.walmart.com Wal-Mart retail website]
*[http://www.samsclub.com Sam's Club website]
*[http://www.asda.co.uk ASDA website]

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

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Retail]]
[[Category:Business]]
[[Category:American Inventions]]
[[Category:China]]
[[Category:Systems of Support]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Agriculture]]

Grocery store

2014-12-15T22:49:38Z

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A '''grocery store''' is a [[retail]] establishment that sells [[food]] products. Typical supermarkets sell fresh produce, [[meat]], and [[dairy]] products as well as non-perishable [[goods]] and frozen foods. Grocery stores usually sell cleaning supplies, [[paper]] products, and toiletries in addition to food products, and many grocery stores sell other merchandise as well, such [[pharmaceuticals]], cosmetics, and cookware.

=="Kanban" Just in Time: Interdependent Fragility of the Grocery Store Distribution System==
The grocery store chains of [[supply]] are lengthy and [[fragile]]. Most [[American]] and [[Europe]]an grocery store [[business]] models are based on a "[[just in time]] delivery" or "JIT" or "Kanban" as the [[Japanese]] inventors called it in the [[1960s]]<ref>The [[Japan]]ese invented the "[[just in time]] delivery" or "JIT" inventory control system called "kanban" in Japanese.</ref>. The JIT inventory control of the [[retail]] and [[food distribution system]] is both [[interdependent]] and [[fragile]].

The world's biggest chain of grocery stores, Wal-Mart, is proof that we live in a fragile [[society]]. The kanban or "[[just in time|Just in Time]]" [[inventory]] system was developed in [[Japan]] and became popular in [[America]] starting in the 1970s. It is now ubiquitous in nearly every [[industry]]. The concept is simple: Through close coordination with subcontractors and piece part suppliers, a manufacturer can keep its parts inventory small. Kanban is a key element of lean [[manufacturing]]. Manufacturers order batches of parts only as needed, sometimes ordering as frequently as twice a week. Companies now hire Six Sigma consultants and Kaizen gurus, they buy sophisticated [[computer|data-processing]] systems, and they hire extra purchasing administrators, and these expenses actually save them [[money]] at the bottom line.

Just In Time inventory systems have several advantages: less [[warehouse]] space, less [[capital]] tied up in parts inventory, and less [[risk]] of parts obsolescence.

The downside is that lean inventories leave companies vulnerable to any disruption of [[supply]], for instance in the [[food distribution system]] or [[food production system]]. If [[transportation]] ([[UPS]], [[post office]], [[Fedex]], [[truck]]s, [[ship]]s, [[railroad]], and [[airplane]]s) gets snarled due to a [[Labor strike#Trucker Strike|trucker strike]] or bad [[weather]] or a [[disaster]], or if [[communication]]s get disrupted, or a parts vendor has a [[strike]] or a [[production]] problem, then [[assembly line]]s grind to a halt. Just one missing part means that no finished products go out the door.

The kanban concept has also been taken up by most of America's [[retail]]ers (with [[Wal-Mart]] leading the way), most notably its grocery sellers.

===Threats to the Grocery Store System of Distrubtion===
Some examples of [[threat]]s to the modern grocery store "JIT" style goods and [[food distribution system]] include:
* [[Labor strike#Trucker Strike|Trucker strike]]
* [[Labor union]] [[strike]]
* Prices of a barrel of [[crude oil]] and hence the price of [[gasoline]] and [[diesel]]
* [[Man-made disaster]]s such as [[war]] and [[terrorism]]
* [[Natural disaster]]s such as [[storm]]s, [[tornado]]s, [[hurricane]]s, [[earthquake]]s, etc.

==See Also==
* [[Food distribution system]]

==External Links==
[[File:Walmart.jpg|200px|right]]
*[http://www.walmartstores.com Corporate website]
*[http://www.walmart.com Wal-Mart retail website]
*[http://www.samsclub.com Sam's Club website]
*[http://www.asda.co.uk ASDA website]

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

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Systems of Support]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Agriculture]]
[[Category:Retail]]
[[Category:Business]

IP camera

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An '''IP Camera''' is similar to a traditional electronic [[video]] camera in most respects, except that it includes support for [[Ethernet]] and [[wireless]] ([[Wifi]]) communication and generally have its own built-in web [[server]]. A [[smartphone]] or [[tablet computer]] or [[web browser]] are often used to view the output from IP cameras.

IP cameras can be used to record a sporting event or to maintain surveillance of a location. Typically, the camera operator places the camera and then leaves the camera's location.

==Implementation==
Most people already have an existing home [[network]], [[TCP/IP]] cameras are trivial to install. They simply need to be provided with a connection to the network, usually with Ethernet [[cable]] or a wireless connection, and a source of [[power]]. Once they have been powered on and connected you can either use client [[software]] or a [[web browser]] to see what it is seeing and hear it is hearing as well as control any additional features such as zoom, panning, [[email]] alerts, etc.

==Camera Features==
*'''[[Audio]] Reception''' is included with most cameras above entry-level, this allows you to listen to what is going on in addition to seeing it.

*'''[[Night vision|Night Vision]]''', be it [[infrared]] or other, is offered on some models. This is an enormous advantage over anyone outside in the dark.

*'''Panning''' will allow you to greatly increase a cameras effective field of view, but it can also alert near-by individuals to the camera's presence if it is noisy.

*'''Two-way Audio''' allows you to speak from the camera. Most [[surveillance]] tasks do not require this, but it is a worthwhile consideration.

*'''Zooming''' allows you to get a closer look at a [[criminal|potential threat]], the more you know about your enemy the better prepared you will be for their attack.

==Server Features==
Most IP camera have some form of web server and several other types of servers as well. The features of these cameras will give you different abilities in controlling the camera or know what is going on with it even when you are not looking at it.

*'''[[Email]] Alerts''' can be broadcast by many cameras, these can be triggered by sounds, motion, light, or any other of a range of inputs. This email can be sent to either an email account or as a [[messaging|text message]] through a service provider's email-text gateway, i.e. Verizon customers can be sent text via email at 555-555-5555@vtext.com.

*'''Web Servers''' are a part of nearly all cameras. These will provide you with a console to watch and listen to the camera's output, control its features, configure it, and more...

==Right to Privacy==
The extensive use of IP cameras is a major issues for [[privacy]] and the [[unalienable rights|unalienable]] [[right to privacy]]. Many [[citizen]]s have concerns with the fact that countless IP cameras and other surveillance cameras have been install in every major intersection of big [[city|cities]] and in innumerable other public places. Such a proliferation of surveillance has created an apparatus for a [[police state]] that is much more vast the the network of human "[[If you see something say something]]" informants to the [[Stasi]], [[Red Guards]], [[Gestapo]] and [[KGB]]. See [[OPSEC]].

==Fortifications==
In the modern era, rather than a [[sentry]], the IP camera has become almost indispensable to all modern "[[fortification]]" and [[security]] from [[bank]]s, to [[government]] and [[business]] offices to [[home security]] and its [[defense landscaping]] to [[survivalist retreats]]. A fortified and [[secure]] location is indefensible without some sort of IP cameras.

==See Also==
* [[Home security]]
* [[Defensive landscaping]] and [[Survivalist retreat]]
* [[Surveillance]]
* [[Closed-circuit television camera]]

==External Links==
* https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=IP%20Camera
* https://www.amazon.com/Zmodo-Security-Outdoor-Cameras-Smartphone/dp/B00I2GNBZA
* https://www.amazon.com/Sricam-Waterproof-Outdoor-Wireless-Security/dp/B00MCKG1FY
* https://www.amazon.com/TriVision-HD-Weatherproof-Definition-Expandable/dp/B00DPEIO2O TriVision Bullet HD 720p Outdoor Weatherproof IP [[Home security|Home Security]] Camera System, Wireless N, High Definition 1280 x 720 pixel, Built-in DVR Expandable to 64Gb, Free Plug and View App on [[iPhone]], [[iPad]], [[iPod]], [[Android]] [[Smart phone]]

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

[[Category:Home Security]]
[[Category:Fortifications]]
[[Category:Privacy]]
[[Category:Survivalism]]
[[Category:Communications]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Privacy]]
[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:Networks]]
[[Category:Fourth Amendment]]
[[Category:Police State]]
[[Category:Espionage]]
[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Information technology]]
[[Category:Home Security]]
[[Category:Radio]]
[[Category:Communications]]
[[Category:Networks]]

Walmart

2014-12-15T22:47:09Z

PhilH: /* See Also */ not reallu a see also

[[File:New Walmart logo.gif|right|thumb|250px|The Wal-Mart logo and slogan]]

'''Wal-Mart''' is America's largest private employer,<ref>[[Christian Science Monitor]]. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0219/p01s04-usec.html Wal-Mart: world's largest company]</ref> running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by [[Sam Walton]] in Arkansas in 1962. Walton was a [[Christian]] and tried to make his store pro-family. The current Wal-Mart CEO is Lee Scott. Wal-Mart also owns the "Sam's Club" chain of wholesale stores and the "Asda" chain of superstores across the [[United Kingdom]].
It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Wal-Mart is America's premier example of free market economics

* when Wal-Mart opens its supercenters -- variety plus [[grocery store]]s -- in a community, the average grocery prices in that community fall by 13 percent. Even the people who don't shop at Wal-Mart benefit from its presence. [http://americandreamcoalition.org/automobility/automobility.html]

Wal-Mart is often the subject of criticism for allegedly paying low [[wage]]s with insufficient [[fringe benefit|health benefits]] and allegedly forcing "Mom and Pop" stores out of business. It was also criticized for supporting [[homosexuality]]<ref>[http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2006/08/21/4 "Wal-Mart launches gay-friendly initiative" August 21, 2006]</ref> and for not dispensing [[abortion]] inducing drugs at its pharmacies. The company's defenders reply that Wal-Mart tries to uphold a family value system and is a well-known provider of decent employment and affordable merchandise across America and the rest of the world. Wal-Mart's wages average significantly higher than minimum wage, which may explain why nearly 2 million people choose to work for Wal-Mart.

It has also been criticized for selling imports of products manufactured in [[China]]<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html Is Wal-Mart good for America?]</ref> despite the fact that most other retailers also sell Chinese imports. Wal-Mart has asked Premiere Radio Networks not to air its commercials during [[Rush Limbaugh|The Rush Limbaugh Show]].<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/12/442673/141-companies-advertisng-rush-limbaugh/?mobile=nc Thinkprogress.org]</ref>

==Wal-Mart in the U.K.==
Wal-Mart entered the U.K. in 1999 following its purchase of the Asda supermarket chain, taking over around 300 stores which remain under the Asda brand name. Wal-Mart's performance, however, has failed to meet Wall Street's expectations, and its 16% share of British grocery spending has not changed over the last eight years, partly because of the company's inability to pursue its usual expansion strategy of oversaturating markets. In the United States Wal-Mart has driven its growth by building massive superstores that dwarf all of a town's existing businesses combined and that are spaced relatively close together across a region. This strategy has enabled Wal-Mart to overwhelm local economies and force out tens of thousands of small businesses through over-development.
[[Image:Asda.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The company's U.K. logo]]
Wal-Mart has had more difficulty employing this tactic in the U.K. due to the legislation known as "Planning Policy Statement 6" (''PPS6''), which requires local governments to keep retail development in town centers and to limit retail development on the outskirts unless there is a clear, well-defined need.<ref>''Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres'' [http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/1020432884848.html Planning Portal]. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref> Wal-Mart has lobbied heavily for the removal of the "needs test".

In 2006 Asda-Wal-Mart were ordered to pay $1.66 million for breaking U.K. law by offering illegal inducements to workers to quit a trade union. Around 340 drivers and warehouse staff at a distribution depot in the north-east of England were offered a 10% pay rise if they left the union. The members rejected the offer. A court established that the legislation had been breached and the company was ordered to pay every worker at the depot almost $5000 each in compensation.<ref>''Asda fined for trying to make workers quit union'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/feb/11/supermarkets.tradeunions The Guardian], 11 February 2006. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref>

In December 2007 Asda-Wal Mart was one of several companies that were fined over $225 million after admitting that they fixed the price of [[milk]], [[cheese]] and [[butter]] in a scandal estimated to have cost U.K. [[consumer]]s about $526 million.<ref>''Supermarkets fined for price fixing'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/08/supermarkets.asda The Guardian], 8 December 2007. Accesed 22 January 2008</ref>

==Political Contributions==
Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated and its employees generally favor [[Republican]] candidates in terms of campaign contributions. In 2012, 53% of donations from the company (including employees) went to Republican candidates, vs. 47% to Democrats. 100% of major contributions from Wal-Mart [[Pharmacy]] associates went to Republican candidates in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000367&cycle=2012|title=Wal-Mart Stores: Totals|accessdate=2012-12-05|work=Opensecrets.org|publisher=The Center for Responsive Politics}}</ref>

=="Kanban" Just in Time: Interdependent Fragility of the Wal-Mart Distribution System==
The Wal-Mart chains of [[supply]] are lengthy and [[fragile]]. The Wal-Mart model is based on a "[[just in time]] delivery" or "JIT" or "Kanban" as the [[Japanese]] inventors called it in the [[1960s]]<ref>The [[Japan]]ese invented the "[[just in time]] delivery" or "JIT" inventory control system called "kanban" in Japanese.</ref>. The JIT inventory control of the [[retail]] and [[food distribution system]] is both [[interdependent]] and [[fragile]].

Wal-Mart is proof that we live in a fragile [[society]]. The kanban or "Just In Time" [[inventory]] system was developed in [[Japan]] and became popular in [[America]] starting in the 1970s. It is now ubiquitous in nearly every [[industry]]. The concept is simple: Through close coordination with subcontractors and piece part suppliers, a manufacturer can keep its parts inventory small. Kanban is a key element of lean [[manufacturing]]. Manufacturers order batches of parts only as needed, sometimes ordering as frequently as twice a week. Companies now hire Six Sigma consultants and Kaizen gurus, they buy sophisticated [[computer|data-processing]] systems, and they hire extra purchasing administrators, and these expenses actually save them [[money]] at the bottom line.

Just In Time inventory systems have several advantages: less [[warehouse]] space, less [[capital]] tied up in parts inventory, and less [[risk]] of parts obsolescence.

The downside is that lean inventories leave companies vulnerable to any disruption of [[supply]], for instance in the [[food distribution system]] or [[food production system]]. If [[transportation]] ([[UPS]], [[post office]], [[Fedex]], [[truck]]s, [[ship]]s, [[railroad]], and [[airplane]]s) gets snarled due to a [[Labor strike#Trucker Strike|trucker strike]] or bad [[weather]] or a [[disaster]], or if [[communication]]s get disrupted, or a parts vendor has a [[strike]] or a [[production]] problem, then [[assembly line]]s grind to a halt. Just one missing part means that no finished products go out the door.

The kanban concept has also been taken up by most of [[America]]'s [[retail]]ers (with Wal-Mart leading the way), most notably its grocery sellers.

===Threats to the "Wal-Mart" System of Distribution===
Some examples of [[threat]]s to the Wal-Mart style goods and [[food distribution system]] include:
* [[Labor strike#Trucker Strike|Trucker strike]]
* [[Labor union]] [[strike]]
* Prices of a barrel of [[crude oil]] and hence the price of [[gasoline]] and [[diesel]]
* [[Man-made disaster]]s such as [[war]] and [[terrorism]]
* [[Natural disaster]]s such as [[storm]]s, [[tornado]]s, [[hurricane]]s, [[earthquake]]s, etc.

==Wal-Mart: America's Largest Arms Trader==
In general a strong supporter of the [[Second Amendment]], Wal-Mart is America's largest [[firearm]]s retailer or "FFL" ([[BATF|Federal Firearms Licensee]]) due to the shear number of its mostly [[rural]] and [[suburban]] stores that sell [[rifle]]s and [[shotgun]]s and "ammo". Wal-Mart is famous among "[[gun nut]]s" (gun enthusiasts) for the lowest price on [[ammunition]] ("[[bullet]]s" in laymen's terms).

==External Links==
[[File:Walmart.jpg|200px|right]]
*[http://www.walmartstores.com Corporate website]
*[http://www.walmart.com Wal-Mart retail website]
*[http://www.samsclub.com Sam's Club website]
*[http://www.asda.co.uk ASDA website]

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

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Systems of Support]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Agriculture]]

User talk:TheAmericanRedoubt

2014-12-15T22:41:45Z

PhilH: /* wiki content */ new section

Grocery store

2014-12-15T22:40:03Z

PhilH: /* "Kanban" Just in Time: Interdependent Fragility of the Grocery Store Distribution System */ removed non wiki content

A '''grocery store''' is a [[retail]] establishment that sells [[food]] products. Typical supermarkets sell fresh produce, [[meat]], and [[dairy]] products as well as non-perishable [[goods]] and frozen foods. Grocery stores usually sell cleaning supplies, [[paper]] products, and toiletries in addition to food products, and many grocery stores sell other merchandise as well, such [[pharmaceuticals]], cosmetics, and cookware.

=="Kanban" Just in Time: Interdependent Fragility of the Grocery Store Distribution System==
The grocery store chains of [[supply]] are lengthy and [[fragile]]. Most [[American]] and [[Europe]]an grocery store [[business]] models are based on a "[[just in time]] delivery" or "JIT" or "Kanban" as the [[Japanese]] inventors called it in the [[1960s]]<ref>The [[Japan]]ese invented the "[[just in time]] delivery" or "JIT" inventory control system called "kanban" in Japanese.</ref>. The JIT inventory control of the [[retail]] and [[food distribution system]] is both [[interdependent]] and [[fragile]].

The world's biggest chain of grocery stores, Wal-Mart, is proof that we live in a fragile [[society]]. The kanban or "[[just in time|Just in Time]]" [[inventory]] system was developed in [[Japan]] and became popular in [[America]] starting in the 1970s. It is now ubiquitous in nearly every [[industry]]. The concept is simple: Through close coordination with subcontractors and piece part suppliers, a manufacturer can keep its parts inventory small. Kanban is a key element of lean [[manufacturing]]. Manufacturers order batches of parts only as needed, sometimes ordering as frequently as twice a week. Companies now hire Six Sigma consultants and Kaizen gurus, they buy sophisticated [[computer|data-processing]] systems, and they hire extra purchasing administrators, and these expenses actually save them [[money]] at the bottom line.

Just In Time inventory systems have several advantages: less [[warehouse]] space, less [[capital]] tied up in parts inventory, and less [[risk]] of parts obsolescence.

The downside is that lean inventories leave companies vulnerable to any disruption of [[supply]], for instance in the [[food distribution system]] or [[food production system]]. If [[transportation]] ([[UPS]], [[post office]], [[Fedex]], [[truck]]s, [[ship]]s, [[railroad]], and [[airplane]]s) gets snarled due to a [[Labor strike#Trucker Strike|trucker strike]] or bad [[weather]] or a [[disaster]], or if [[communication]]s get disrupted, or a parts vendor has a [[strike]] or a [[production]] problem, then [[assembly line]]s grind to a halt. Just one missing part means that no finished products go out the door.

The kanban concept has also been taken up by most of America's [[retail]]ers (with [[Wal-Mart]] leading the way), most notably its grocery sellers.

===Threats to the Grocery Store System of Distrubtion===
Some examples of [[threat]]s to the modern grocery store "JIT" style goods and [[food distribution system]] include:
* [[Labor strike#Trucker Strike|Trucker strike]]
* [[Labor union]] [[strike]]
* Prices of a barrel of [[crude oil]] and hence the price of [[gasoline]] and [[diesel]]
* [[Man-made disaster]]s such as [[war]] and [[terrorism]]
* [[Natural disaster]]s such as [[storm]]s, [[tornado]]s, [[hurricane]]s, [[earthquake]]s, etc.

==See Also==
* '''[[Food distribution system]]:''' [[Transportation]] ([[truck]]s, [[ship]]s, [[railroad]], and [[airplane]]s), [[warehouse|warehousing]] (such as [[Amazon.com]], [[Costco]]), and [[retail]] facilities (such as Wal-Mart) which move [[food]] from the [[food production system]] to [[consumer]]s.
* [[Essay:Systems of support|Systems of support]]
* [[Essay:Alternative systems of support|Alternative systems of support]]
* '''[[Food production system]]:''' Modern industrial big [[Agriculture|Agri-business]] versus [[Permaculture]]
* [[Essay:Investing in tangibles|Investing in tangibles]]: [[Food]] and [[Goods]]
* [[Preparedness movement]] and [[Survivalism]]

==External Links==
[[File:Walmart.jpg|200px|right]]
*[http://www.walmartstores.com Corporate website]
*[http://www.walmart.com Wal-Mart retail website]
*[http://www.samsclub.com Sam's Club website]
*[http://www.asda.co.uk ASDA website]

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

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Walmart

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[[File:New Walmart logo.gif|right|thumb|250px|The Wal-Mart logo and slogan]]

'''Wal-Mart''' is America's largest private employer,<ref>[[Christian Science Monitor]]. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0219/p01s04-usec.html Wal-Mart: world's largest company]</ref> running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by [[Sam Walton]] in Arkansas in 1962. Walton was a [[Christian]] and tried to make his store pro-family. The current Wal-Mart CEO is Lee Scott. Wal-Mart also owns the "Sam's Club" chain of wholesale stores and the "Asda" chain of superstores across the [[United Kingdom]].
It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Wal-Mart is America's premier example of free market economics

* when Wal-Mart opens its supercenters -- variety plus grocery stores -- in a community, the average grocery prices in that community fall by 13 percent. Even the people who don't shop at Wal-Mart benefit from its presence. [http://americandreamcoalition.org/automobility/automobility.html]

Wal-Mart is often the subject of criticism for allegedly paying low [[wage]]s with insufficient [[fringe benefit|health benefits]] and allegedly forcing "Mom and Pop" stores out of business. It was also criticized for supporting [[homosexuality]]<ref>[http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2006/08/21/4 "Wal-Mart launches gay-friendly initiative" August 21, 2006]</ref> and for not dispensing [[abortion]] inducing drugs at its pharmacies. The company's defenders reply that Wal-Mart tries to uphold a family value system and is a well-known provider of decent employment and affordable merchandise across America and the rest of the world. Wal-Mart's wages average significantly higher than minimum wage, which may explain why nearly 2 million people choose to work for Wal-Mart.

It has also been criticized for selling imports of products manufactured in [[China]]<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html Is Wal-Mart good for America?]</ref> despite the fact that most other retailers also sell Chinese imports. Wal-Mart has asked Premiere Radio Networks not to air its commercials during [[Rush Limbaugh|The Rush Limbaugh Show]].<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/12/442673/141-companies-advertisng-rush-limbaugh/?mobile=nc Thinkprogress.org]</ref>

==Wal-Mart in the U.K.==
Wal-Mart entered the U.K. in 1999 following its purchase of the Asda supermarket chain, taking over around 300 stores which remain under the Asda brand name. Wal-Mart's performance, however, has failed to meet Wall Street's expectations, and its 16% share of British grocery spending has not changed over the last eight years, partly because of the company's inability to pursue its usual expansion strategy of oversaturating markets. In the United States Wal-Mart has driven its growth by building massive superstores that dwarf all of a town's existing businesses combined and that are spaced relatively close together across a region. This strategy has enabled Wal-Mart to overwhelm local economies and force out tens of thousands of small businesses through over-development.
[[Image:Asda.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The company's U.K. logo]]
Wal-Mart has had more difficulty employing this tactic in the U.K. due to the legislation known as "Planning Policy Statement 6" (''PPS6''), which requires local governments to keep retail development in town centers and to limit retail development on the outskirts unless there is a clear, well-defined need.<ref>''Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres'' [http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/1020432884848.html Planning Portal]. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref> Wal-Mart has lobbied heavily for the removal of the "needs test".

In 2006 Asda-Wal-Mart were ordered to pay $1.66 million for breaking U.K. law by offering illegal inducements to workers to quit a trade union. Around 340 drivers and warehouse staff at a distribution depot in the north-east of England were offered a 10% pay rise if they left the union. The members rejected the offer. A court established that the legislation had been breached and the company was ordered to pay every worker at the depot almost $5000 each in compensation.<ref>''Asda fined for trying to make workers quit union'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/feb/11/supermarkets.tradeunions The Guardian], 11 February 2006. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref>

In December 2007 Asda-Wal Mart was one of several companies that were fined over $225 million after admitting that they fixed the price of [[milk]], [[cheese]] and [[butter]] in a scandal estimated to have cost U.K. [[consumer]]s about $526 million.<ref>''Supermarkets fined for price fixing'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/08/supermarkets.asda The Guardian], 8 December 2007. Accesed 22 January 2008</ref>

==Political Contributions==
Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated and its employees generally favor [[Republican]] candidates in terms of campaign contributions. In 2012, 53% of donations from the company (including employees) went to Republican candidates, vs. 47% to Democrats. 100% of major contributions from Wal-Mart [[Pharmacy]] associates went to Republican candidates in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000367&cycle=2012|title=Wal-Mart Stores: Totals|accessdate=2012-12-05|work=Opensecrets.org|publisher=The Center for Responsive Politics}}</ref>

=="Kanban" Just in Time: Interdependent Fragility of the Wal-Mart Distribution System==
The Wal-Mart chains of [[supply]] are lengthy and [[fragile]]. The Wal-Mart model is based on a "[[just in time]] delivery" or "JIT" or "Kanban" as the [[Japanese]] inventors called it in the [[1960s]]<ref>The [[Japan]]ese invented the "[[just in time]] delivery" or "JIT" inventory control system called "kanban" in Japanese.</ref>. The JIT inventory control of the [[retail]] and [[food distribution system]] is both [[interdependent]] and [[fragile]].

Wal-Mart is proof that we live in a fragile [[society]]. The kanban or "Just In Time" [[inventory]] system was developed in [[Japan]] and became popular in [[America]] starting in the 1970s. It is now ubiquitous in nearly every [[industry]]. The concept is simple: Through close coordination with subcontractors and piece part suppliers, a manufacturer can keep its parts inventory small. Kanban is a key element of lean [[manufacturing]]. Manufacturers order batches of parts only as needed, sometimes ordering as frequently as twice a week. Companies now hire Six Sigma consultants and Kaizen gurus, they buy sophisticated [[computer|data-processing]] systems, and they hire extra purchasing administrators, and these expenses actually save them [[money]] at the bottom line.

Just In Time inventory systems have several advantages: less [[warehouse]] space, less [[capital]] tied up in parts inventory, and less [[risk]] of parts obsolescence.

The downside is that lean inventories leave companies vulnerable to any disruption of [[supply]], for instance in the [[food distribution system]] or [[food production system]]. If [[transportation]] ([[UPS]], [[post office]], [[Fedex]], [[truck]]s, [[ship]]s, [[railroad]], and [[airplane]]s) gets snarled due to a [[Labor strike#Trucker Strike|trucker strike]] or bad [[weather]] or a [[disaster]], or if [[communication]]s get disrupted, or a parts vendor has a [[strike]] or a [[production]] problem, then [[assembly line]]s grind to a halt. Just one missing part means that no finished products go out the door.

The kanban concept has also been taken up by most of [[America]]'s [[retail]]ers (with Wal-Mart leading the way), most notably its grocery sellers.
===Threats to the "Wal-Mart" system of distrubtion===
Some examples of [[threat]]s to the Wal-Mart style good and [[food distribution system]] include:
* [[Labor strike#Trucker Strike|Trucker strike]]
* [[Labor union]] [[strike]]
* Prices of a barrel of [[crude oil]] and hence the price of [[gasoline]] and [[diesel]]
* [[Man-made disaster]]s such as [[war]] and [[terrorism]]
* [[Natural disaster]]s such as [[storm]]s, [[tornado]]s, [[hurricane]]s, [[earthquake]]s, etc.

==Wal-Mart: America's Largest Arms Trader==
In general a strong supporter of the [[Second Amendment]], Wal-Mart is America's largest [[firearm]]s retailer or "FFL" ([[BATF|Federal Firearms Licensee]]) due to the shear number of its mostly [[rural]] and [[suburban]] stores that sell [[rifle]]s and [[shotgun]]s and "ammo". Wal-Mart is famous among "[[gun nut]]s" (gun enthusiasts) for the lowest price on [[ammunition]] ("[[bullet]]s" in laymen's terms).

==See Also==
* '''[[Food distribution system]]:''' [[Transportation]] ([[truck]]s, [[ship]]s, [[railroad]], and [[airplane]]s), [[warehouse|warehousing]] (such as [[Amazon.com]], [[Costco]]), and [[retail]] facilities (such as Wal-Mart) which move [[food]] from the [[food production system]] to [[consumer]]s.
* [[Essay:Systems of support|Systems of support]]
* [[Essay:Alternative systems of support|Alternative systems of support]]
* '''[[Food production system]]:''' Modern industrial big [[Agriculture|Agri-business]] versus [[Permaculture]]
* [[Essay:Investing in tangibles|Investing in tangibles]]: [[Food]] and [[Goods]]
* [[Preparedness movement]] and [[Survivalism]]

==External Links==
[[File:Walmart.jpg|200px|right]]
*[http://www.walmartstores.com Corporate website]
*[http://www.walmart.com Wal-Mart retail website]
*[http://www.samsclub.com Sam's Club website]
*[http://www.asda.co.uk ASDA website]

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

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AMD64

2014-12-11T08:02:43Z

PhilH:

Intel Corporation

2014-12-11T08:02:07Z

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Intel Corporation

2014-12-11T08:01:18Z

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'''Intel''' is a company which manufactures computer components founded in 1968 by [[Robert Noyce]] and Gordon Moore. It is best known for its line of [[microprocessor]]s. Intel sold the first microprocessor with the Intel 4004 in 1971<ref>http://www.intel.com/museum/corporatetimeline/index.htm</ref>.

==See Also==
* [[Moore's Law]]
* [[AMD]]

==External Links==
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/06/10/prism-yes-they-can
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/05/06/memo-to-the-police-state-progressives-please-let-his-people-go
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2012/09/15/no-knock-raid-a-great-video
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2014/02/12/amrd-t-a-i-l-s-plastic-gloves-for-your-computer-american-redoubt - [[Tails operating system]]
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2014/01/29/amrd-introducing-the-tor-browser-bundle/ - [[Tor browser]]
* https://prism-break.org/en - "Opt out of global data surveillance programs like [[PRISM]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]]."<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical. We all have a [[right to privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypt]]ing your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services."</ref>
* https://www.eff.org - "Leading the fight against the [[NSA]]'s illegal [[mass surveillance]] program"<ref>"Organization formed in 1990 to maintain and enhance intellectual freedom, privacy, and other values of civil liberties and democracy in networked communications. Publishes newsletters, Internet Guidebooks and other documents, provides mailing lists and other online forums, and hosts a large electronic document archive. Contact: info@eff.org. 454 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-1914. Tel: (415) 436-9333. Fax: (415) 436-9993. Executive Director: Sheryl Steele."</ref>
* https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard
* http://justdelete.me
* http://lifehacker.com/just-delete-me-is-a-massive-list-of-links-to-close-all-1245040101
* [http://epic.org/privacy/privacy_resources_faq.html Online Guide to Privacy Resources]<ref>"EPIC was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure, such as the Clipper Chip, the Digital Telephony proposal, medical records privacy and the sale of consumer data. EPIC conducts litigation, sponsors conferences, produces reports, publishes the EPIC Alert and leads campaigns on privacy issues. For more information email: epic-info@epic.org, or contact EPIC, 1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009. Tel: (202) 483-1140. Executive Director: Marc Rotenberg."</ref>
* http://www.nocards.org - [[Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email]]<ref>"CAUCE is an all volunteer, entirely web-based organization, created by Netizens to advocate for a legislative solution to the problem of UCE (spam). CAUCE began as a discussion group called SPAM-LAW, formed of members who felt that legislation was necessary to stop spam from choking the life out of the Internet. In 1997 CAUCE proposed an amendment to the Federal statute which outlaws junk "faxes" (47 USC 227) to also prohibit junk e-mail, and since then has remained a pre-eminent voice in the anti-spam community. Email: comments@cauce.org. President: Edward Cherlin."</ref>

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

==Additional Reading==

[http://www.intel.com/technology/timeline.pdf Sixty Years of the Transistor - Intel] 
[http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_11/tuomi/ The Lives and Death of Moore's Law]

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AMD64

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AMD 64, or x64 is a instruction set used in all modern [[microprocessor]]s, with the exception of [[Sparc]], and geode processors. First implemented by [[AMD]], it was quickly copied by [[Intel]], and [[Nvidia]]. Although Intel has its own x64 set, the Itanium, it is far inferior to the AMD64 bitset.

==External Links==
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/06/10/prism-yes-they-can
* https://prism-break.org/en - "Opt out of global data surveillance programs like [[PRISM]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]]."<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical. We all have a [[right to privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypt]]ing your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services."</ref>
* https://www.eff.org - "Leading the fight against the [[NSA]]'s illegal [[mass surveillance]] program"<ref>"Organization formed in 1990 to maintain and enhance intellectual freedom, privacy, and other values of civil liberties and democracy in networked communications. Publishes newsletters, Internet Guidebooks and other documents, provides mailing lists and other online forums, and hosts a large electronic document archive. Contact: info@eff.org. 454 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-1914. Tel: (415) 436-9333. Fax: (415) 436-9993. Executive Director: Sheryl Steele."</ref>

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

==Additional Reading==
* [http://www.intel.com/technology/timeline.pdf Sixty Years of the Transistor - Intel] 
* [http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_11/tuomi/ The Lives and Death of Moore's Law]

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Talk:American Government and the Constitution Lecture One

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Thankyou for providing such a succinct series of lectures on the American Government and other such matters, really helps the young ones learn ! Phil [[User:PhilH|PhilH]] 02:55, 11 December 2014 (EST)

Cisco Systems, Inc.

2014-12-11T07:49:55Z

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'''Cisco Systems, Inc.''' ([[NASDAQ]]: '''CSCO'''<ref>Cisco Sys Inc. [[Technology]]: Communications Equipment. [https://www.etrade.wallst.com/v1/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?symbol=CSCO CSCO: NASDAQ], https://www.etrade.wallst.com, Accessed December 21, 2010.</ref>) is a [[corporation]] that designs [[router|routers]], switches, and other communications equipment for [[computer]] networking environments. Cisco Systems is the world's largest supplier of high-performance computer inter-networking systems. Cisco offers a complete line of routers and switching products that connect and manage communications among local and wide area computer networks employing a variety of protocols.

==Business Overview==
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells [[Internet]] protocol ([[IP address|IP]])-based networking and other products related to the communications and [[information technology]] industry and provide services associated with these products and their use. Cisco provides a line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world. Its products are designed to transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate.<ref>Cisco Collaboration Technologies. [http://www.cisco.com/web/about/humannetwork/5ways/index.html?Referring_site=PrintTv&Country_Site=us&Campaign=Ent+Thrive&Position=Vanity&Creative=/newways&Where=/newways 5 Ways to Thrive in Today's Economy], Cisco Systems, Accessed December 21, 2010.</ref> Its products are installed at enterprise [[business|businesses]], public institutions, telecommunications companies, commercial businesses, and personal residences.

==Market Segments==
Cisco Systems has five segments: [[United States]] and [[Canada]], [[Europe|European Markets]], Emerging Markets, [[Asia Pacific]], and [[Japan]]. The Emerging Markets theater consists of [[Eastern Europe]], [[Latin America]], the [[Middle East]] and [[Africa]], and [[Russia]] and the Commonwealth of Independent States.<ref>Cisco Systems, Inc. [http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/corpinfo/corporate_overview.html Corporate Overview], newsroom.cisco.com (News@Cisco), Accessed December 21, 2010.</ref>

==External Links==
* http://Cisco.com
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/06/10/prism-yes-they-can
* https://prism-break.org/en - "Opt out of global data surveillance programs like [[PRISM]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]]."<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical. We all have a [[right to privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypt]]ing your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services."</ref>
* https://www.eff.org - "Leading the fight against the [[NSA]]'s illegal [[mass surveillance]] program"<ref>"Organization formed in 1990 to maintain and enhance intellectual freedom, privacy, and other values of civil liberties and democracy in networked communications. Publishes newsletters, Internet Guidebooks and other documents, provides mailing lists and other online forums, and hosts a large electronic document archive. Contact: info@eff.org. 454 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-1914. Tel: (415) 436-9333. Fax: (415) 436-9993. Executive Director: Sheryl Steele."</ref>

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

==Additional Reading==
* [http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_11/tuomi/ The Lives and Death of Moore's Law]

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AC/DC (band)

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PhilH: Malcolm has now retired due to dementia.

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AC/DC is an [[Australia]]n [[rock]] band.
They formed in the 1970s and have been one of the most popular rock bands ever since. They have been featured in both the Guitar Hero and Rock Band video game series. Popular frontman Bon Scott died of an accidental overdose of alcohol in 1980. The band continued on after recruiting frontman Brian Johnson, who sounds similar to Scott. Johnson was a popular replacement and the band enjoyed success up to the mid-1980s. In addition to Johnson, the band consists of brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd.

==Current Members==

*Brian Johnson - Singer
*Angus Young - guitar
*Steve Young - guitar
*Cliff Williams - bass
*Phil Rudd - drums

==Discography==

*High Voltage (1975 Aus.)
*T.N.T. (1975 Aus.)
*High Voltage (1976)
*Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976, released in the U.S. belatedly in 1981)
*Let There Be Rock (1977)
*Powerage (1978)
*If You Want Blood, You've Got It (1978)
*Highway to Hell (1979)
*[[Back in Black]] (1980)
*For Those About to Rock (1981)
*Flick of the Switch (1983)
*'74 Jailbreak (1984)
*Fly on the Wall (1985)
*Who Made Who (1986, soundtrack from that year's ''Maximum Overdrive'' )
*Blow Up Your Video (1988)
*The Razors Edge (1990)
*Ballbreaker (1995)
*Stiff Upper Lip (2000)
*Black Ice (2008)
*''[[Iron Man 2]]'' (2010 movie soundtrack)
*Rock or Bust (2014)
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Category:Amateur Radio

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{{Main|Amateur radio}}

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User talk:TheAmericanRedoubt

2014-12-11T07:43:52Z

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Larry Page

2014-12-11T07:41:59Z

PhilH: these links, mostly dead, just clog up the article.

'''Larry Page''' is the [[liberal]] [[Jewish]]-American cofounder of the [[leftist]] [[mass surveillance]] [[search engine]] [[Google]].

As of July 2014, the [http://topics.bloomberg.com/bloomberg-billionaires-index/ Bloomberg Billionaires Index] notes that Page is the 17th wealthiest man in the world with an estimated [[net worth]] of $32.7 billion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bloomberg Billionares Index |accessdate=December 10, 2014|url=http://topics.bloomberg.com/bloomberg-billionaires-index/ |publisher=[[Bloomberg]] LP}}</ref>

==External Links==
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/06/10/prism-yes-they-can
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/05/06/memo-to-the-police-state-progressives-please-let-his-people-go
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2012/09/15/no-knock-raid-a-great-video
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2014/02/12/amrd-t-a-i-l-s-plastic-gloves-for-your-computer-american-redoubt - [[Tails operating system]]
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2014/01/29/amrd-introducing-the-tor-browser-bundle/ - [[Tor browser]]
* https://prism-break.org/en - "Opt out of global data surveillance programs like [[PRISM]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]]."<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical. We all have a [[right to privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypt]]ing your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services."</ref>
* https://www.eff.org - "Leading the fight against the [[NSA]]'s illegal [[mass surveillance]] program"<ref>"Organization formed in 1990 to maintain and enhance intellectual freedom, privacy, and other values of civil liberties and democracy in networked communications. Publishes newsletters, Internet Guidebooks and other documents, provides mailing lists and other online forums, and hosts a large electronic document archive. Contact: info@eff.org. 454 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-1914. Tel: (415) 436-9333. Fax: (415) 436-9993. Executive Director: Sheryl Steele."</ref>
* https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard
* http://justdelete.me
* http://lifehacker.com/just-delete-me-is-a-massive-list-of-links-to-close-all-1245040101
* [http://epic.org/privacy/privacy_resources_faq.html Online Guide to Privacy Resources]<ref>"EPIC was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure, such as the Clipper Chip, the Digital Telephony proposal, medical records privacy and the sale of consumer data. EPIC conducts litigation, sponsors conferences, produces reports, publishes the EPIC Alert and leads campaigns on privacy issues. For more information email: epic-info@epic.org, or contact EPIC, 1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009. Tel: (202) 483-1140. Executive Director: Marc Rotenberg."</ref>
* http://www.nocards.org - [[Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email]]<ref>"CAUCE is an all volunteer, entirely web-based organization, created by Netizens to advocate for a legislative solution to the problem of UCE (spam). CAUCE began as a discussion group called SPAM-LAW, formed of members who felt that legislation was necessary to stop spam from choking the life out of the Internet. In 1997 CAUCE proposed an amendment to the Federal statute which outlaws junk "faxes" (47 USC 227) to also prohibit junk e-mail, and since then has remained a pre-eminent voice in the anti-spam community. Email: comments@cauce.org. President: Edward Cherlin."</ref>

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Ponzi scheme

2014-12-11T04:25:29Z

PhilH: doesn't really add anything to the article

A '''Ponzi scheme''' is a [[confidence game]] or financial fraud, named after Charles Ponzi, a flamboyant Boston man who swindled thousands of people in 1919-20, and went to prison for it.

The schemer offers very high returns, using a winning personality that overcomes the reluctance of investors. Supposedly the schemer has a secret sure-fire technique for making money legitimately; everyone assumes he is honest. The first and second rounds of investors put in money, and the first round gets large returns as promised; word spreads. The money given to the people in the first round comes from the second round investors. Then the money from the third round investors is used to pay off the first and second round. The money from the fourth round--assuming it lasts that long, is used to pay off the first, second and third groups. The supposed genuine investments never took place. The scheme continues as long as more and more people flock to invest. Ponzi schemes typically collapse after a few rounds.

By far the largest Ponzi scheme was discovered in December 2008, when it appeared that well-respected New York City financier [[Bernard Madoff|Bernard L. Madoff]] had bilked investors worldwide out of vast sums, perhaps as much as $50 billion over a period of decades. Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison in June 2009. Another large scheme involving $7 billion resulted in [[R. Allen Stanford]] being sentenced to 110 years in prison in June 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stanford Hit With 110 Years|work=Wall Street Journal|date=June 15, 2012|author=Daniel Gilbert and Jean Eagleham|page=C1}}</ref>

State and federal offices are supposed to be watchdog agencies, but the federal [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] ignored numerous warnings that Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme.

Investors in the [[Bernard Madoff|Madoff]] scheme paid taxes on their supposed "profits" (they may be able to recover some of the taxes for the last two years), and they can deduct their losses from their income taxes, so that they will recoup some of their losses. The many charities that lost money will not get any tax refunds because they do not pay any income taxes.

==See Also==
* [[American economic history]]
* [[Essay:Invest in tangibles]] - [[:Category:Survivalism|Economic preparedness]]
* [[Inflation]] versus [[Interest rate]]s / [[Rate of return]]-[[Expected return]]
* [[Self-directed IRA]] and [[IRA]], [[401(k)]], Roth IRA, [[403(b)]], [[Retirement]], [[Social security]]

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* '''[[:Category:Banksters|Banksters]]:''' [[Elitist]] [[Quantitative easing]] of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]], [[MF Global]], [[Goldman Sachs]], [[AIG]], [[Rothschild family]], [[Bernie Madoff]], [[Dianne Feinstein]]

* '''[[National debt|National Debt]]:''' [[Debt Ceiling]]-[[Deficit spending]] and the [[Federal Reserve System]]'s [[Ponzi scheme]] of [[Quantitative easing]]-[[Debt monetization]] [[devaluation]] of [[Fiat currency]] through [[Money supply]]-[[Treasury bill]]s bought mostly by [[China]] and [[Japan]]

* '''[[Globalization]]-[[Globalism]]:''' [[United Nations]], [[International Monetary Fund]], [[World Bank]]

* '''[[Liberal]] [[Keynesian economics]]''': [[John Maynard Keynes]] and [[Fabian Socialism|Fabian Socialist]] influence on [[Barack Obama]]

* '''[[Big government | Big Government]]''': [[Liberal values|Liberal]] [[ObamaCare]]-[[Common Core]]-[[Social Security]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Gun control]], [[Militarization of police]], [[Asset forfeiture]] and Domestic [[mass surveillance]] of law-abiding [[citizen]]s via the '''[[Police state]]''': [[Globalist]]-[[United Nations]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[National Socialist]]-[[Communist]]

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

==External links==
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/business/19ponzi.html?ref=business Alex Berenson, "With Madoff, Even Winners May Lose Out," ''New York Times'' Dec. 18, 2008]
* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/f/frauds_and_swindling/ponzi_schemes/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier "Ponzi Schemes," ''New York Times'' Dec. 18, 2008]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/business/19loss.html Lynnley Browning, "Tax Deductions for Theft Losses Could Help Some Investors," ''New York Times'' Dec. 18, 2008]

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Ponzi scheme

2014-12-11T04:24:52Z

PhilH: /* See Also */ doesn't add much to the article

A '''Ponzi scheme''' is a [[confidence game]] or financial fraud, named after Charles Ponzi, a flamboyant Boston man who swindled thousands of people in 1919-20, and went to prison for it.

The schemer offers very high returns, using a winning personality that overcomes the reluctance of investors. Supposedly the schemer has a secret sure-fire technique for making money legitimately; everyone assumes he is honest. The first and second rounds of investors put in money, and the first round gets large returns as promised; word spreads. The money given to the people in the first round comes from the second round investors. Then the money from the third round investors is used to pay off the first and second round. The money from the fourth round--assuming it lasts that long, is used to pay off the first, second and third groups. The supposed genuine investments never took place. The scheme continues as long as more and more people flock to invest. Ponzi schemes typically collapse after a few rounds.

By far the largest Ponzi scheme was discovered in December 2008, when it appeared that well-respected New York City financier [[Bernard Madoff|Bernard L. Madoff]] had bilked investors worldwide out of vast sums, perhaps as much as $50 billion over a period of decades. Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison in June 2009. Another large scheme involving $7 billion resulted in [[R. Allen Stanford]] being sentenced to 110 years in prison in June 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stanford Hit With 110 Years|work=Wall Street Journal|date=June 15, 2012|author=Daniel Gilbert and Jean Eagleham|page=C1}}</ref>

State and federal offices are supposed to be watchdog agencies, but the federal [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] ignored numerous warnings that Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme.

Investors in the [[Bernard Madoff|Madoff]] scheme paid taxes on their supposed "profits" (they may be able to recover some of the taxes for the last two years), and they can deduct their losses from their income taxes, so that they will recoup some of their losses. The many charities that lost money will not get any tax refunds because they do not pay any income taxes.

==Quotes==
* "Give me control of a nation's [[money]] and I care not who makes the laws." -- [[Mayer Amschel Rothschild]] of the [[Rothschild family]]

* "The one aim of these [[Category:Banksters|Banksters]] is [[New World Order|world control]] by the creation of inextinguishable [[debt]]." - [[Henry Ford]]

* "[[Gold]] is the [[money]] of [[king]]s, [[silver]] is the money of gentlemen, [[barter]] is the money of [[peasant]]s and [[debt]] is the money of [[slave]]s." -- Traditional

==See Also==
* [[American economic history]]
* [[Essay:Invest in tangibles]] - [[:Category:Survivalism|Economic preparedness]]
* [[Inflation]] versus [[Interest rate]]s / [[Rate of return]]-[[Expected return]]
* [[Self-directed IRA]] and [[IRA]], [[401(k)]], Roth IRA, [[403(b)]], [[Retirement]], [[Social security]]

----

* '''[[:Category:Banksters|Banksters]]:''' [[Elitist]] [[Quantitative easing]] of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]], [[MF Global]], [[Goldman Sachs]], [[AIG]], [[Rothschild family]], [[Bernie Madoff]], [[Dianne Feinstein]]

* '''[[National debt|National Debt]]:''' [[Debt Ceiling]]-[[Deficit spending]] and the [[Federal Reserve System]]'s [[Ponzi scheme]] of [[Quantitative easing]]-[[Debt monetization]] [[devaluation]] of [[Fiat currency]] through [[Money supply]]-[[Treasury bill]]s bought mostly by [[China]] and [[Japan]]

* '''[[Globalization]]-[[Globalism]]:''' [[United Nations]], [[International Monetary Fund]], [[World Bank]]

* '''[[Liberal]] [[Keynesian economics]]''': [[John Maynard Keynes]] and [[Fabian Socialism|Fabian Socialist]] influence on [[Barack Obama]]

* '''[[Big government | Big Government]]''': [[Liberal values|Liberal]] [[ObamaCare]]-[[Common Core]]-[[Social Security]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Gun control]], [[Militarization of police]], [[Asset forfeiture]] and Domestic [[mass surveillance]] of law-abiding [[citizen]]s via the '''[[Police state]]''': [[Globalist]]-[[United Nations]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[National Socialist]]-[[Communist]]

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

==External links==
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/business/19ponzi.html?ref=business Alex Berenson, "With Madoff, Even Winners May Lose Out," ''New York Times'' Dec. 18, 2008]
* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/f/frauds_and_swindling/ponzi_schemes/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier "Ponzi Schemes," ''New York Times'' Dec. 18, 2008]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/business/19loss.html Lynnley Browning, "Tax Deductions for Theft Losses Could Help Some Investors," ''New York Times'' Dec. 18, 2008]

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