Conservapedia - User contributions [en]

Rochester

2012-06-08T17:36:12Z

AbsoluteCu:

<nowiki>'''Rochester''' is the name of a number of towns and cities in the English-speaking world.

These include:

[[Rochester, Kent]], [[Rochester, New York]]

[[Category:Disambiguation Pages]]
[[Category:New York Cities and Towns]]</nowiki>

Hiram Rhodes Revels

2012-06-08T17:35:57Z

AbsoluteCu:

<nowiki>'''Hiram Rhodes Revels''' (September 27, 1827 January 16, 1901) was a [[Republican]] [[Senator]] from [[Mississippi]] and the first [[African American]] Senator.

==Life and career==

Revels was born in Fayetteville, [[North Carolina]]. He attended Beech Grove Quaker Seminary, Darke County Seminary, and [[Knox College]]. He worked as a barber and served in the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]].

During the [[Civil War]], he helped create two regiments of African American troops in [[Maryland]], which served in [[Mississippi]]. After the war he founded a school in [[Missouri]] and served as a minister at churches in [[Kansas]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Louisiana]].

He settled in Natchez, Mississippi, where he won progressively higher political offices. He served in the U.S. Senate from February 23, 1870 until March 3, 1871.

After his term he served as President of Alcorn University and served as editor of the ''Southwestern Christian Advocate'' from 1876 until his retirement in 1882. He then taught theology at Shaw University. He died from a stroke in Aberdeen, Mississippi.

==External link==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000166 Hiram Rhodes Revels biography] via Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[[Category:American History]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:United States History]]</nowiki>

Maurycy Gottlieb

2012-06-08T17:35:41Z

AbsoluteCu:

<nowiki>[[Image:Gottlieb-Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.jpg|thumb|Day of Atonement (Jews at Prayer on Yom Kippur), done in Vienna in 1878.]]
'''Maurycy Gottlieb''' (Drohobych 1856 - Krakow 1879) was a Polish-Jewish [[painter]]. He was born in Drohobych (at that time Austria-Hungary). Gottlieb studied in Lvov, Vienna, Munich and Krakow. At the age of twenty, Gottlieb won a gold medal from a [[Munich]] [[art]] competition for ''Shylock and Jessica''.

<blockquote>
As a Polish-Jewish artist, Gottlieb is unique. As a Polish painter, he is considered to be the best of his generation. [http://www.eeweems.com/maurycy_gottlieb/]
</blockquote>

The painting "Day of Atonement" ''is one of three masterpieces on religious themes painted by Gottlieb which reflect the personal conflict of the artist as to his identity as a Jew, a Polish citizen or a man of the Enlightenment... The painting is based on the artist's memories of the [[synagogue]] in his childhood home of Drohowicz. '' [http://www.tamuseum.com/museum/masters/mauritzio.htm] ("Yom Kippur" or "Day of Atonement" is the most important holiday of the Jewish year.)

Gottlieb was extremely prolific, painting more than 300 works (some unfinished).
{{Clear}}
== See also ==

*[[Painting Schools]]
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
*[[Gallery of Jewish Painting]]

== External links ==

*[http://eeweems.com/maurycy_gottlieb/ Maurycy Gottlieb]
*[http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/arts_culture/painting/painters/GottliebM/link.shtml Maurycy Gottlieb] Poland on the Web.
*[http://artyzm.com/e_artysta.php?id=511 Maurycy Gottlieb] Gallery of Polish Painting Masterpieces.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gotlieb, Maurycy}}
[[Category:Painters]]</nowiki>

Macroeconomics Terms T

2012-06-08T17:35:23Z

AbsoluteCu:

<nowiki>{{Macroeconomics Index}}

[[Tariff]]

[[Trade]]

[[Trade deficit]]</nowiki>

Sympathy for the Devil

2012-06-08T17:35:08Z

AbsoluteCu:

<nowiki>'''"Sympathy for the Devil"''' is the first song on the [[Rolling Stones]]' album ''Beggars Banquet''. It appears before the song "No Expectations", and it is 6 minutes and 19 seconds in length, making it the longest song on the album. The song has been controversial in many conservative groups because of its title.

==Meaning of the Song==
The song garnered criticism over it's content and intended meaning. Not for the first time, the Stones were accused by some of being [[Satanist|devil worshipers]], due to the content of the song being sung from the viewpoint of [[Lucifer]].<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=33:fbfyxx9sldke Unterberger, Richie. "Let's Spend the Night Together"]. ''allmusic''. 2007 (accessed 26 June 2007).</ref> It has been interpreted as being a song showing that people allow [[Satan]] to control their world and that people allow Satan into their lives. The line "Please allow me to introduce myself / I'm a man of wealth and taste" refers to the devil's seemingly good promises. "Made damn sure that Pilate / Washed his hands and sealed his fate" refers to [[Pontius Pilate]]'s being the killer of [[Jesus]]. "I rode a tank / Held a general's rank / When the Blitzkrieg raged / And the bodies stank" refers to [[World War II]] and [[Nazism]], the bodies stinking in the concentration camps. "I watched with glee / While your kings and queens / Fought for ten decades / For the gods they made" refers to the [[Hundred Years War]], which was fought over religious intolerance in Europe. Mick Jagger himself describes it as ". . . it's a very long historical figure — the figures of evil and figures of good — so it is a tremendously long trail he's made as personified in this piece."<ref name="wenner95"/>

==Sympathy for the Devil Remix==
There was an album released containing all of the remixes of the song.

===Track Listing===
# Sympathy For The Devil ((The Neptunes Remix) (Radio Edit))
# Sympathy For The Devil ((The Neptunes Remix))
# Sympathy For The Devil ((Fatboy Slim Remix) (Radio Edit))
# Sympathy For The Devil ((Fatboy Slim Remix))
# Sympathy For The Devil ((Full Phatt Remix) (Radio Edit))
# Sympathy For The Devil ((Full Phatt Remix))
# Sympathy For The Devil ((Original Version))

Total Time-38:24

==Cover Versions==
There have been many remixes and covers of the song, the most popular of which was done by [[Guns N' Roses]].

==External Links==
[http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/rolling+stones/sympathy+for+the+devil_20117881.html Song Lyrics]

[[Category:Popular songs]]</nowiki>

Consul

2012-06-08T17:34:51Z

AbsoluteCu:

<nowiki>A '''Consul''' is a powerful position of authority in ancient [[Rome]]; two Consuls were annually elected from 509 BC onwards. They had executive authority and military command of the [[Roman Republic]]. The office survived under the imperial system of the [[Roman Empire]] that succeeded the republic, but became increasingly divested of real power. The office even survived the fall of Rome itself in 476 AD, and the [[Barbarian]] rulers of [[Italy]] continued to appoint consuls until 541 AD.
[[Category:Roman History]]</nowiki>