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José María Velasco

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[[Image:Velasco Autorretrato.gif|left|José María Velasco, Self Portrait]]

'''José María Velasco''' (Temascalcingo, Estado de México 1840 - Mexico City 1912) [[Mexican]] painter. He was the most representative figure of Mexican academic painting in the 19th century. In his work the main theme was the spectacular natural [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Velasco.jpg scenery of his own country], specially the Valley of Mexico. He first painted the view of the "Valley of Mexico" from the hill of Santa Isabel and painted repeatedly the same subject throughout his life (9 times in total).

Velasco studied with [[Eugenio Landesio]]. He entered the art academy of San Carlos in 1858. His paintings, won first place at the [[Paris]] exposition (1889). He also received the gold medal of the National Expositions of Bellas Artes in 1874 and 1876, and the gold medal of the Philadelphia's International Exposition in 1876. His pictures are quiet and serene. He painted more than 400 oils and worked also in pencil and watercolor. [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-VelascoJ.html]
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[[Image:Velasco Un paseo por los alrededores de México 1866.jpg|thumb|Citlaltepetl, 1897.]]
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== See also ==

*[[Painting Schools]]
*[[Jose Maria Velasco/Gallery]]
*[[World Famous Painters]]
*[[Mexican Painting Masterpieces]]
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Image:Velasco El candelabro de Oaxaca.jpg|El candelabro de Oaxaca
Image:Velasco El Valle de Mexico.jpg|One of 8 "El Valle de Mexico"

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== External links ==

*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/velasco_jose_maria.html Jose Maria Velasco]
*[http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Landscapes/e-ig1-e.php3# Eugenio Landesio, José María Velasco] Virtual Museum of Canada.
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[[Image:Velasco - Valley of Mexico.jpg|The Valley of Mexico]]

The Valley of Mexico
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Powered flight

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'''Powered flight''', as opposed to [[kite]]s, [[glider]]s and [[lighter than air]] craft, became possible only through the ingenuity of American bicycle mechanics [[Wright Brothers|Wilbur and Orville Wright]]. It was they who first succeeded in getting an airplane off the ground and flying it through the air to a safe landing.
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[[Category:Aviation]]

Hell

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[[Image:Hieronymus Bosch - The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hell.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Hell'', painted by [[Hieronymus Bosch]], part of ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]''.]]
In the English translation of the [[Bible]]'s [[Old Testament]], the word '''Hell''' normally corresponds to the [[Hebrew]] ''sheol'', which was simply the place of the dead. But in the [[Greek]] [[New Testament]] the word used is either ''Gehenna'' (the garbage dump outside the walls of Jerusalem where fires were kept eternally burning to consume the refuse and keep down the stench) or ''Hades'', the [[Greek]]s' dark, gloomy underworld. The modern English word appears to derive most directly from "Hölle" or "Hela" or "Hel", goddess of the dead in Germanic/[[Norse mythology]]. When the [[Anglo-Saxons]] later embraced [[Christianity]], the existing word in the language was reused in the new Christian concepts.
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To Christians, Hell is a place where the souls of the wicked are punished eternally for all the [[sins]] they perpetrated during their lifetime on Earth. Since all have sinned (Rom 3:23), Hell can not be avoided on one's own merits, but through the love gift of [[Jesus]] one can know, love, and serve [[God]] and share eternity with Him in [[Heaven]].

The Christian and [[Muslim]] religious traditions often emphasize the ''Gehenna'' aspect: Hell is extremely hot and filled with fire and [[brimstone]]. Opinion varies on the question of whether, while Hell itself is eternal, experience of it purges away the sins of sufferers to the point of eventual redemption. See [[purgatory]]. A minority of Christians do not believe in an eternal Hell as punishment, believing instead that the souls of the wicked are annihilated. This view, which is directly contradicted by Scripture, is referred to as [[Annihilationism]]. Other deniers of Scripture question whether Hell has a literal burning fire, or it is merely separation from God and therefore has the same torment as if there were a burning fire. This view has been supported by writers such as [[J.P. Moreland]], although the Bible clearly contradicts this view and other symbolic interpretations of Hell. It is clearly a real, physical place where the wicked are punished for their sins.

Although Hell is a focus and a concern in Christian theology, the Bible has an even greater focus. In the [[King James Version]] the word Hell is mentioned 54 times, but [[Heaven]] is mentioned 551 times.

* [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 13:41-42 - ''The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.'''

* Matthew 25:41 - ''Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.''

* Matthew 25:46 - ''And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.''

* [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 9:43 - ''And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into Hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched.''

* 2 Thes 1:7-8 - ''And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.''

* [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] 20:10 - ''And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.''

* Revelation 20:14-15 - ''And death and Hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.''

== See also ==
* [[Dante's Inferno]]

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Biblical accuracy

2010-06-24T02:57:35Z

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{{Bible}}
Although '''biblical accuracy''' is often questioned and dismissed by sceptics, there is much evidence of the [[Bible]] being a very accurate document.
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Much of this accuracy is in the myriad of historical references that have been shown by [[archaeology]] to be correct, although other indications of its accuracy are its fulfilled [[prophecy|prophecies]] and general explanations of humanity.

[[William F. Albright]] said:
{{QuoteBox|The excessive scepticism shown toward the Bible by important historical schools of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, certain phases of which still appear periodically, has been progressively discredited. Discovery after discovery has established the accuracy of innumerable details, and has brought increased recognition to the value of the Bible as a source of history.<ref>Albright, 1960, p.127-128, quoted in Miller.</ref>}}

== Luke ==
{{QuoteBox|Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy, he is possessed of the true historic sense...in short, this author should be placed along with the greatest of historians.<ref>Ramsey, 1915, quoted by various people on-line</ref>}}
[[Luke]], the author of the book bearing his name and the book of [[Acts]], includes numerous details that, together, would only be known to someone who was actually there at the time, given that names and titles frequently changed in his era.
In fact, Luke names nine islands, 32 countries, and 54 cities, and gets every one right.<ref>Geisler, 1999, p.47</ref>

Luke also provides the titles of numerous officials, and in many cases scholars in the past have believed that he got these wrong, but subsequent discoveries have proved him to be right.
For example, Luke referred to the officials in [[Thessalonica]] as ''politarchs'', a term not used in any other ancient literature, and which caused many to believe that Luke was mistaken.
But inscriptions have since been found that show that this term was used in the area, specifically including Thessalonica.<ref>Bruce, 1943, ch. VII; Hawkins, 1998</ref>

== Bibliography ==
* Albright, William F., ''The Archaeology of Palestine'', rev. edition. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Pelican Books, 1960.
* Bruce, F.F., [http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/ffbruce/ntdocrli/ntdocont.htm The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable?], 1943
** [http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/ffbruce/ntdocrli/ntdocc07.htm Chapter VII, the writings of Luke]
* Geisler, Norman, ''Baker Encyclopedia of Apologetics'', Baker Books, 1999.
* Hawkins, Craig S., [http://www.apologeticsinfo.org/papers/actsarcheology.html The Book of Acts and Archaeology], 22nd October, 1998.
* Miller, W.R., [http://www.tektonics.org/testimony/archmony.htm Archaeologists of the Christian Faith: Ancient Evidence for the Bible … in Spades]
* [[William Mitchell Ramsay|Ramsay, Sir William M.]], ''The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament'', Hodder & Stoughton, 1915.

== Notes and references ==
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[[Category:Bible]]

Immiscible

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The term '''immiscible''' describes a type of solution which is incapable of being mixed or attaining [[homogeneous mixture|homogeneity]].

A common example of an immiscibility is oil and [[water]], which do not mix well with each other. Their droplets remain separate even if mixing is attempted.
[[Category:Chemistry]]
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Edinburgh

2010-06-24T02:56:44Z

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'''Edinburgh''' is the capital of [[Scotland]]. There is controversy over the origins of the name Edinburgh, which may derive from King Edwin of Northumbria (Edwins-burgh, burgh being the Northumbrian and later [[Scots]] word for fort or town) or from the earlier Gaelic 'Dún Eideann' (Fort of Edwin).
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Edinburgh has a population of around half a million souls. It is the home of the [[Scottish Parliament]] at [[Holyrood]], the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and the world's largest annual arts festival, the [[Edinburgh International Festival]].

== The City and Its People ==

The city is also a centre of banking, commerce, education, and food processing. Its nickname is 'Auld Reekie' for its former smoky atmosphere.

The city centre of Edinburgh is divided into an 'Old Town' and a 'New Town'. The Old Town is, in effect, the medieval city, laid out either side of the 'Royal Mile' which runs west-east from the castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse. The New Town contrasts starkly with the narrow alleys and 'wynds' of the Old; it was a planned settlement, laid out in the late 18th century, with broad, straight streets and tree-lines squares, and a calm neoclassical architecture contrasting with the higgledy-piggledy gothic of the medieval town. Princes Street, the main shopping artery of the city, forms the southern boundary of the New Town. Between the old and new Edinburghs lay a [[loch]] (lake) and marshy ground. This was drained to form ornamental gardens, which partly remain but were partly usurped in the mid 19th century to make room for Waverley Station and the city's main railway line.

== Education ==

There are three universities in Edinburgh - the University of Edinburgh (1583), Heriot Watt University (1965) and Napier University (1992). The city also has many notable private schools including Fettes College (the ''[[alma mater]]'' of [[Tony Blair]]), George Watson's College, George Heriot Academy, Castlebrae High School, Loreto College and the Marcia Blaine School for Girls. The school on which the [[St Trinian's]] films were based (St Trinnean's School) is also in Edinburgh.

== Sport ==

Edinburgh has two football clubs; Hibernian FC (nickname: the Hibees) and Heart of Midlothian FC, commonly shortened to 'Hearts' (nickname: the Jambos). Both play in the Scottish Premier League. [[Rugby]] is also popular.

== Culture ==

The Beltane Fire Festival is a Pagan festival held on Calton Hill on April 30th of every year.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6610507.stm</ref>

== Famous natives of Edinburgh ==

*[[Sean Connery]] (actor)
*Irvine Welsh (author)
*Les McKeown (classical musician)
*[[James Connolly]] (trade unionist and Irish political agitator)
*John Leslie (television presenter)
*[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] (author)
*[[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (author)
*Ian Rankin (author)
*[[Walter Scott]] (author)
*James Clerk Maxwell (physicist)
*[[James Hutton]] (geologist)
*John Napier (mathematician)
*[[David Hume]] (philosopher)
*[[Adam Smith]] (philosopher and economist)
*[[Tony Blair]] (politician)
*[[Malcolm Rifkind]] (politician)

==Suburbs of Edinburgh==
[[Image:Cramond_Island.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Cramond Island and causeway]]
*'''Corstorphine''' was an independent village, but is now part of western Edinburgh, retaining a rustic seclusion around its parish church. It is also the location of Edinburgh Zoo.
*'''Cramond''' is near the site of a [[Roman] fort.; it lies west of the city on the shore of the [[Firth of Forth]] and boasts some antique buildings on its narrow village streets. It is one of the city's most expensive residential districts. Cramond is connected by a pedestrian causeway to the uninhabited Cramond Island, about a kilometre offshore. Cramond Island was inhabited during [[World War 2]] and was fortified with a pillbox, and several gun emplacements. The pillbox and gun emplacements can still be seen today.
*'''Joppa''' is a formerly independent fishing town east of Portobello.
*'''Leith''' was an independent municipality until 1920. It is the main port of Edinburgh, although its extensive docks are now being converted into affluent residential and leisure areas. ''HMY Britannia'', the former royal yacht of Queen [[Elizabeth II]], is berthed at Leith as a tourist attraction.
*'''Morningside''' is a wealthy middle class suburb of south Edinburgh.
*'''Murrayfield''', west of the city centre, is home to the Scottish national [[Rugby Union]] stadium.
*'''Newhaven''' is a former fishing village on the shore of the Firth of Forth just west of Leith. Newhaven is being heavily developed, and little of its original architecture remains.
*'''Portobello''', on the shore of the Firth east of the city centre, is a residential and resort settlement, although the decline of 'traditional' seaside holidays in Britain has seen its fortunes waver.

==References==
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[[Category:Scottish Cities and Towns]]

User:JonG

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I will continue my work on the maintenance pages along with minor grammar/spelling and formatting fixes. Thank you.

==Miscellaneous==
==About==
===Amara===
There are several pages here that if I try to read them, it doesn't work. It's not that I agree or disagree, the grammar isn't "far off", but my mind just blocks it. I guess the same goes if someone mentions that word in daily conversation.

===History===
I've been around Conservapedia since January of 2008, but forced the admins to kick me out in October. I'm back and doing the same things that I did for the "good" months... I'm just not as "hyperactive" though.

Record

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The '''record''' in a [[legal proceeding]] is all the documents and [[evidence]] plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a [[case]].

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[[Category:Dictionary]]

[[Category:Legal Terms]]

Jingoism

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'''Jingoism''' is a term used to describe extreme patriotism, especially in the form of a warlike foreign policy.<ref>http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col61&query=jingoism&x=0&y=0</ref> The term is often derogatory. The foreign policy of the United States has been described by as jingoist on occasion in history, most recently in criticisms by [[liberals]] of how Republican President [[George W. Bush]] handled the Iraq War. [[Liberals]] have not used to the term to criticize Democratic Presidents' starting of wars, as in the cases of Democratic President [[Harry S Truman]] ([[Korean War]]) and Democratic President [[Lyndon Johnson]] ([[Vietnam War]]). The term was first used to describe American foreign policy at the turn of the 20th century to describe Republican President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s handling of the [[Spanish-American War]].

The term comes from the now outdated and derogatory noun '''jingo''', which describes one who vehemently supports policies that favor war, especially in the name of extreme patriotism. It was first used by the British to describe Russia's foreign policy in the 1870s; during that time, aggressive foreign policy was popularly known in the United States as ''spread-eagleism''. The term "jingoism" didn't become popular in the United States until the aforementioned case involving Theodore Roosevelt.

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==References==
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Secured transaction

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A '''secured transaction''' is one in which an obligation, taken on by [[contract]], is guaranteed as payable by [[collateral]]. Most commonly, a secured transaction (abbreviated, ''security'') refers to [[stock]] in a [[corporation]].

==Stock==
A security in the form of stock is "secured" by the fact that the obligation is guaranteed by the [[capital]] of the corporation: the person who owns the security actually owns a right to part of the assets of the corporation, should the stock become payable as such through [[bankruptcy]] or a [[merger]].

[[category:Economics]]
[[category:Corporations]]
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Herpes Zoster

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'''Herpes zoster''' is a disease characterized by painful skin lesions that occur mainly on the trunk (back and stomach) of the body but which can also develop on the face and in the mouth. Complications include headache, vomiting, fever and meningitis. Recovery may take up to 5 weeks.

''Herpes zoster'' is caused by the same virus that is responsible for [[chickenpox]]. Most people are exposed to this virus during childhood. After the primary infection (chickenpox), the virus becomes dormant, or inactivated. In some people the virus reactivates years, or even decades, later and causes ''herpes zoster''.

''Herpes zoster'' is also known as the shingles.<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm#h CDC Glossary]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Diseases]]
[[Category: Viruses]]
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Bartholomew Gosnold

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'''Bartholomew Gosnold''' (1572 - 22 August 1607) was an [[England|English]] [[lawyer]] and [[explorer]]. Gosnold discovered [[Cape Cod]] on May 15, 1602 and was instrumental in founding [[Virginia Company]] and the [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown Colony]].

==External Links==
*[http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2009/05/15/cape-cod-was-named-today-in-in-1602?blog=161 Cape Cod Today]

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[[Category:British History]][[Category:Explorers]]
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Nemean Lion

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The '''Nemean Lion''' is one of the Twelve Labors of Hercules. Defeating this huge lion was the first labor, a difficult one because his pelt could not be penetrated with weapons. After defeating the lion (via strangulation), Hercules wore the Nemean lion pelt which remained impervious to weaponry.<ref>http://www.theoi.com/Ther/LeonNemeios.html</ref>

== References ==
<references/>
[[Category:Greek Mythology]]
[[Category:Mythical Beasts]]
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Diana Ross

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'''Diana Ross''' (1944 - ) is an [[America|American]] singer who was prolific in recording soul, pop, and disco songs. She began her career with [[The Supremes]] before going solo.

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[[Category:Women Singers]]
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Christian Democracy

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'''Christian democracy''' is a religious and political ideology that believes [[democracy]], [[human rights]], and the [[Christian]] faith are mutually compatible. Christian democrats tend to be centre to centre-left on the political spectrum, they are related to [[Christian]] socialists but are more moderate. Christian democrats see [[Jesus]] as the liberator of the poor and the oppressed and their political beliefs reflect those of their [[religion]].

==Prominent Christian Democrats==
*[[Tommy Douglas]] - Former leader of the NDP, minister, and father of Universal Healthcare in Canada
*[[Jimmy Carter]] - Ex-president and now human rights activist (although some of his policies during his presidency such as support for the Dictator Suharto were neither moral nor Christian).

==See Also==
*[[Christian Socialism]]
*[[Religious Left]]

[[Category:Christian Movements]]
[[Category:Political Movements]]
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Cognitive psychology

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'''Cognitive psychology''' is a paradigm of psychology that places strong emphasis on understanding the [[mind]] as a cause of [[behavior]]. Research focuses on many areas including: [[perception]], [[memory]], [[speech]], [[attention]], and [[action choice]]. Cognitive psychologist believe that it is possible to both systematically describe and empirically examine the components of the mind. The field draws heavily on analogies to [[computational science]] and describes the mind as a collection of [[algorithms]]. The [[computational theory of mind]] is a central component to most of cognitive psychology research.

Cognitive psychology has also expanded into clinical applications. [[Cognitive therapy]] focuses on changing the ideas in the mind and is used in treatments of a range of disorders most notably [[depression]]. It is also used in combination with [[behavioral psychology]] in [[Cognitive behavior therapy]] for treatment of [[phobias]] or other disorders where controlled exposure can help.

The birth of the field was predominantly during the 1960s, it was in a large way a response to the inadequacies of the [[behavioral psychology | behaviorist]] paradigm.

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Louis Armstrong

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[[Image:Louis_armstrong.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Louis Armstrong]]

'''Daniel Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong''' (August 4, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana - July 6, 1971, New York City) one of the best-known musicians in history, and the man most responsible for transforming [[jazz]] from a regional sound to a major American art form.
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==Early Life==
Armstrong was born into [[poverty]] in a rundown [[New Orleans]] neighborhood on August 4, 1901. His father, a factory worker named William Armstrong, abandoned the family soon after Louis' birth; his upbringing was done by his mother and maternal grandmother. He took an interest in music at an early age, and acquired a [[cornet]] by the time he reached the age of 11. He had also dropped out of school by then, and his dream of entering an informal jazz group was interupted by a trip to reform school after he had fired a gun during the New Year's celebration of 1912. But the school turned out to be a blessing in disguise; among the curriculum he was able to study music, play both the cornet and the bugle, and become leader of the school's marching band.

He began playing in the bands on [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] riverboats, but migrating to [[Chicago]] to join “King” Oliver’s Jazz Band was the turning point in his career that soon found him moving to [[New York]] to play with the Fletcher enderson orchestra, the top [[African American]] band of that era.

==Later Career==

Recording with [[Bing Crosby]], [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Ella Fitzgerald]], his many hits included “Stardust”, “What a Wonderful World”, “When The Saints Go Marching In”, “Dream a Little Dream of Me”, “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, “Blue Berry Hill,” “Mack the Knife,” and his most famous song, “Hello Dolly” that knocked the [[Beatles]] from the top of the Hit Parade in 1964. At 63 years of age he became the oldest person ever to have a chart topping single.

Louis Armstrong died at 69 years of age on July 6, 1971. A year later he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement [[Grammy]] and was inducted into the [[Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1990 for his contributions to [[rock music]].

== External links ==
*[http://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/ Louis Armstrong House Museum]
*[http://hitparadehalloffame.org/xhtml_heads/Candidates/louis_armstong.html Hit Parade Hall of Fame]
*[http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/armstrong.html Louis Armstrong] The Time 100.
*[http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9355820 Louis Armstrong] Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Governors of Illinois

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A list of '''governors''' from the state of '''[[Illinois]]'''.<ref>http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8fd3d12ab65b304f8a278110501010a0?submit=Submit&State=IL</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! Name!! Party !! Years
|-
| Shadrack Bond
| Democratic Republican
| 1818-1822
|-
| Edward Coles
| Democratic Republican
| 1822-1826
|-
| Ninian Edwards
| Democratic Republican
| 1826-1830
|-
| John Reynolds
| Democrat
| 1830-1834
|-
| William Lee Davidson Ewing
| Democrat
| 1834
|-
| Joseph Duncan
| Democrat
| 1834-1838
|-
| Thomas Carlin
| Democrat
| 1838-1842
|-
| Thomas Ford
| Democrat
| 1842-1846
|-
| Augustus C. French
| Democrat
| 1846-1853
|-
| Joel Aldrich Matteson
| Democrat
| 1853-1857
|-
| William Henry Bissell
| Democrat/Republican
| 1857-1860
|-
| John Wood
| Republican
| 1860-1861
|-
| Richard Yates
| Republican
| 1861-1865
|-
| Richard James Oglesby
| Republican
| 1865-1869, 1873, 1885-1889
|-
| John McAuley Palmer
| Republican/Democrat
| 1869-1873
|-
| John Lourie Beveridge
| Republican
| 1873-1877
|-
| Shelby Moore Cullom
| Republican
| 1877-1883
|-
| John Marshall Hamilton
| Republican
| 1883-1885
|-
| Joseph Wilson Fifer
| Republican
| 1889-1893
|-
| John Peter Altgeld
| Democrat
| 1893-1897
|-
| John Riley Tanner
| Republican
| 1897-1901
|-
| Richard Yates, Jr.
| Republican
| 1901-1905
|-
| Charles Samuel Deneen
| Republican
| 1905-1913
|-
| Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
| Democrat
| 1913-1917
|-
| Frank Orren Lowden
| Republican
| 1917-1921
|-
| Lennington Small
| Republican
| 1921-1929
|-
| Louis Lincoln Emmerson
| Republican
| 1929-1933
|-
| Henry Horner
| Democrat
| 1933-1940
|-
| John Henry Stelle
| Democrat
| 1940-1941
|-
| Dwight Herbert Green
| Republican
| 1941-1949
|-
| [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai E. Stevenson II]]
| Democrat
| 1949-1953
|-
| William Grant Stratton
| Republican
| 1953-1961
|-
| Otto Kerner
| Democrat
| 1961-1968
|-
| Samuel H. Shapiro
| Democrat
| 1968-1969
|-
| Richard Buell Ogilvie
| Republican
| 1969-1973
|-
| Daniel Walker
| Democrat
| 1973-1977
|-
| James Robert Thompson
| Republican
| 1977-1991
|-
| Jim Edgar
| Republican
| 1991-1999
|-
| [[George Ryan|George H. Ryan]]
| Republican
| 1999-2003
|-
| [[Rod Blagojevich]]
| Democrat
| 2003-2009
|-
| Patrick Quinn
| Democrat
| 2009-present
|}
== See also ==

*[[State Governors]]

==Notes==
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{{Governors}}
[[Category:Illinois Governors]]

Usain Bolt

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Usain Bolt is a [[Jamaica|Jamaican]] [[Athletics#Running_events|sprinter]] and winner of three [[Olympics|Olympic]] gold medals. He currently holds the [[world record]] in the 100 meter dash with a time of 9.58 seconds and in the 200 meter dash with a time of 19.19 seconds.

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It is noted that Phyllis and Andy Schlafly will spend an eternity suffering in Hell for accepting John Schlafly's flagrant homosexual lifestyle.

Texas v. Johnson

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In '''''Texas v. Johnson''''', 491 U.S. 397 (1989), the 5-4 [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that burning an American flag is a form of [[symbolic speech]] protected under the [[First Amendment]] of the United States [[Constitution]].

The flag-burning happened at a rally that included about 100 demonstrators, of whom only Johnson was charged with a crime. He was charged with the desecration of a venerated object in violation of Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 42.09(a)(3) (1989). After a trial, he was convicted, sentenced to one year in prison, and fined $ 2,000. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas affirmed Johnson's conviction, 706 S. W. 2d 120 (1986), but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed, 755 S. W. 2d 92 1988), holding that the State could not, consistent with the First Amendment, punish Johnson for burning the flag in these circumstances. The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that the conviction, and the statute itself, were unconstitutional.

Justice [[William Brennan]] wrote the opinion, which was joined by Justices [[Thurgood Marshall]], [[Harry Blackmun]], [[Anthony Kennedy]] and [[Antonin Scalia]]. Justice [[William Rehnquist]] wrote a dissent that was joined by Justices [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] and [[Byron White]]. Justice [[John Paul Stevens]], a veteran, dissented separately.

This caused a political uproar and an effort by [[Congress]] to ban flag-burning by statute. That effort was also declared unconstitutional.
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
[[Category:First Amendment]]