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Dog

2007-11-15T19:20:56Z

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{{Taxonomy|image = akitadog.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Carnivora|suborder = Caniformia |family = Canidae|genus = Canis|species = lupus|sub = C. l. familiaris (Domesticated dog)}}

'''Dogs''' are one of the most well-known domesticated species, with archaeological and historical records showing that they have lived in a mutually beneficial relationship with humans for thousands of years.

Male dogs are referred to as a ''dog'', while a female is called a ''bitch''. Offspring are called ''pups'' (or ''puppies'') until around a year old. The collective noun for a group of offspring is ''litter''.

Research has shown that it is probable that the first settlers respectively of the [[America]]s and [[Australia]] brought dogs of some sort with them.

== Scientific details ==

Dogs (scientific name ''Canis lupus familiaris'') are a subspecies of [[wolf|wolves]], divided into a multitude of different breeds all in principle capable of interbreeding (though in some cases, physical relations between representatives of two breeds are unlikely or problematic - Chihuahuas and Great Danes, for example).

Dogs are also viewed as being the single most genetically diverse species on Earth - largely thanks to human-imposed selective breeding, the vast array of dog breeds surpasses any other any other creature on the planet.

== Bites ==
[[Image:Dog - Jay Paul - The New York Times.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Dog in prison]]
Despite being colloquially known as "man's best friend", every 40 seconds, someone in the [[United States of America|United States]] seeks medical help for a dog bite, with approximately 800,000 such bites per year requiring medical attention.<ref>http://www.dogbitelaw.com/PAGES/statistics.html</ref>
Due to the high cost of dog bite liability claims, some [[insurance]] companies have blacklisted certain breeds and refuse to provide homeowner's insurance to those who own these dog breeds. <ref>http://www.dogbitelegalcenter.com/resources/common-dogs.html</ref>

== Uses ==

Dogs are used for many purposes:

*Guarding property and livestock.
*Herding [[sheep]] and [[cow|cattle]].
*Tracking by scent, carrying messages, and mountain rescue.
*Pursuing, flushing and retrieving game, and killing [[vermin]].
*Providing assistance to blind and deaf people.
*Military and police duties including guarding, tracking and attacking. In [[World War II]], the [[Soviet Union]] attempted to train dogs to place explosive charges under German [[tank]]s.
*To detect illegal drugs (German Shepherds are commonly trained to do so by police)
*As a beast of burden, or for drawing sledges and dogcarts.
* As a performing animal. [[Circus]] dogs have been trained to dance, ride bicycles and walk the tightrope.
* For fighting, now illegal in most places.
*As food. Dog is still considered a delicacy in [[China]], [[Korea]] and parts of [[Africa]] today.

Today most dogs in western countries are kept for [[pet|companionship]] only. Stray and feral dogs cause many problems, spreading diseases such as [[rabies]], and attacking people and [[livestock]].

== Further reading ==
* [http://www.mastiffexperts.com Mastiff Experts]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Canines]]
[[Category:Biblical animals]]

Dog

2007-11-15T19:20:34Z

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{{Taxonomy|image = akitadog.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Carnivora|suborder = Caniformia |family = Canidae|genus = Canis|species = lupus|sub = C. l. familiaris (Domesticated dog)}}

'''Dogs''' are one ofs the most well-known domesticated species, with archaeological and historical records showing that they have lived in a mutually beneficial relationship with humans for thousands of years.

Male dogs are referred to as a ''dog'', while a female is called a ''bitch''. Offspring are called ''pups'' (or ''puppies'') until around a year old. The collective noun for a group of offspring is ''litter''.

Research has shown that it is probable that the first settlers respectively of the [[America]]s and [[Australia]] brought dogs of some sort with them.

== Scientific details ==

Dogs (scientific name ''Canis lupus familiaris'') are a subspecies of [[wolf|wolves]], divided into a multitude of different breeds all in principle capable of interbreeding (though in some cases, physical relations between representatives of two breeds are unlikely or problematic - Chihuahuas and Great Danes, for example).

Dogs are also viewed as being the single most genetically diverse species on Earth - largely thanks to human-imposed selective breeding, the vast array of dog breeds surpasses any other any other creature on the planet.

== Bites ==
[[Image:Dog - Jay Paul - The New York Times.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Dog in prison]]
Despite being colloquially known as "man's best friend", every 40 seconds, someone in the [[United States of America|United States]] seeks medical help for a dog bite, with approximately 800,000 such bites per year requiring medical attention.<ref>http://www.dogbitelaw.com/PAGES/statistics.html</ref>
Due to the high cost of dog bite liability claims, some [[insurance]] companies have blacklisted certain breeds and refuse to provide homeowner's insurance to those who own these dog breeds. <ref>http://www.dogbitelegalcenter.com/resources/common-dogs.html</ref>

== Uses ==

Dogs are used for many purposes:

*Guarding property and livestock.
*Herding [[sheep]] and [[cow|cattle]].
*Tracking by scent, carrying messages, and mountain rescue.
*Pursuing, flushing and retrieving game, and killing [[vermin]].
*Providing assistance to blind and deaf people.
*Military and police duties including guarding, tracking and attacking. In [[World War II]], the [[Soviet Union]] attempted to train dogs to place explosive charges under German [[tank]]s.
*To detect illegal drugs (German Shepherds are commonly trained to do so by police)
*As a beast of burden, or for drawing sledges and dogcarts.
* As a performing animal. [[Circus]] dogs have been trained to dance, ride bicycles and walk the tightrope.
* For fighting, now illegal in most places.
*As food. Dog is still considered a delicacy in [[China]], [[Korea]] and parts of [[Africa]] today.

Today most dogs in western countries are kept for [[pet|companionship]] only. Stray and feral dogs cause many problems, spreading diseases such as [[rabies]], and attacking people and [[livestock]].

== Further reading ==
* [http://www.mastiffexperts.com Mastiff Experts]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Canines]]
[[Category:Biblical animals]]

Condoleezza Rice

2007-11-15T19:19:48Z

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[[Image:Bncjcfjuh.jpg|right|thumb|Condoleeza Rice]]
'''Condoleezza Rice''' is the 66th [[United States Secretary of State]], and the first [[African-American]] woman to hold the post. Prior to assuming her duties as Secretary of State, she served as [[National Security Advisor]] to [[President]] [[George W. Bush]]. Her objective of transformational diplomacy is to, "work with our many partners around the world to build and sustain democratic, well-governed states that will respond to the needs of their people -- and conduct themselves responsibly in the international system." As she stated at her confirmation hearing, "we must use American diplomacy to help create a balance of power in the world that favors freedom. And the time for diplomacy is now."<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/hottopics/Condoleezza_Rice.shtml Condoleezza Rice]. Newsmax.</ref>

== Earlier Life and Education ==

Dr. Rice earned her B. A. in [[politics|political]] [[science]] from the [[University of Denver]] in 1974 at age 19. The following year, she recieved her M.A. from the University of [[Notre Dame]]. She returned to the University of Denver, where she was awarded the Ph.D. in 1981. In addition to [[English]], she speaks [[Russian]], [[French]], [[German]], and [[Spanish]].

== Career In Academia ==

Condoleeza was first an Assistant Professor at [[Stanford]] (1981–1987). She eventually earned tenure, becoming an Associate Professor (1987–1993), then Professor, and later Provost.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2001/10/15/crice.html Provost].</ref> She was the first black, first woman and the youngest person to be Provost.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/13.rice/index.html Hoover Institute].</ref> She was also a [[Hoover Institute]] fellow. Her primary expertise was the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Warsaw Pact]] nations.

As Provost, Dr. Rice balanced the budget, even though the deficit was said to be impossibly large, a prediction which Rice happily proved wrong. <ref>[http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/1999/june9/rice-69.html Stanford University].</ref>

== Career in Joint Chiefs and National Security Council ==

In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Rice served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. From 1989 to March 1991 she directed and also directed in a senior position, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council. She was also Special Assistant to the President of National Security Affairs. Rice was instrumental to help with developing Bush's and James Baker's policies to make full reunification of Germany. She impressed President Bush, so much, that he said to [[Gorbachev]] she "tells me everything I know about the Soviet Union."[http://dir.salon.com/story/politics2000/feature/2000/03/20/rice/index.html]

By 1990 she was already George H. W. Bush's principal advisor on the Soviet Union and one of his assistants for National Security Affairs. She was the highest ranking black woman in the administration.

After the communists were defeated in 1991, Rice victoriously returned to her being a teaching position at Stanford, although she consulted on the former USSR for many. [[Pete Wilson]] made her to a bipartisan committee that had been formed to draw new lines for voting. She was also in a Federal Advisory Committee on men and woman training in the Military.

She was helping George W. Bush for his victorious campaign for President in 2000, a thing for which she became later a key advisor. She said in departure from the failed Clinton policies of the 1990s and an articulation of a new Bush plan at the convention speech “...America's armed forces are not a global police force. They are not the world's 911.”[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/ricetext080100.htm]

== Advising of National Security ==

On 2000, Rice was made National Security Advisor and no longer served in Stanford. She was the first woman ever there. Over 2001, Rice worked on CIA Director George Tenet almost daily trying to stop the upcoming September 11th which was not yet happened but might have in the future, and did. Rice asked Tenet to give a presentation for the matter to Secretary Rumsfeld and General Attorney John Ashcroft, but they did nothing, absolving Ric of the blame but some have therefore been critical of Rumsfeld.[http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15662785.htm]

Rice was out on front in terms of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to removal brutal tyrant Saddam from power. She famously editorialized how there was a lying Iraq in The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying."[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030123-1.html]

Rice in 2004 initially decided not to publicly testify at the 9/11 commission. Bush said executive privilege under constitutional separation of powers and said she would not testify. Under pressure, Bush eventually said she would testify [3http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/08/rice.transcript/] as long as this meant that it wasn't done again necessarily and that others might not testify. She thusly was first of sitting National Security Advisor to testify.

Leading up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, Rice became the first National Security Advisor to campaign for an incumbent president. She used this moment to state her belief that Saddam's government in Iraq made for terrorist circumstances that produced terrorism like the 9/11 attacks on America. At a Pittsburgh, she said "While Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the actual attacks on America, Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a part of the Middle East that was festering and unstable, [and] was part of the circumstances that created the problem on September 11."

She also supported Bush's attempt to end the unfair affirmative action policies at the University of Minnesota. Famously she said once "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."[http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/10/wbr.smoking.gun/]

Although some have criticized this as fear mongering, they were right. Like the rest of the administration, Condi fear mongers, as the only way that the bushies can get their views to be accepted is to scare people. Condi has been criticized for her involvement in the Bush administration by time magazine, who have also awarded her.
== Business ==

*Carnegie Corporation
*Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
*Charles Schwab Corporation
*Chevron Corporation
*Hewlett Packard
*Rand Corporation
*Transamerica Corporation
*William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
*KQED
*J.P. Morgan Chase
*University of Notre Dame
*San Francisco Symphony
*Center for New Generation
*California and East Menlo Park
*Vice President Boys and Girls Clubs of America of San Francisco
*National Council for Soviet and East European Studies
*Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition
*Woodrow Wilson Center

== Writings ==

*Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft (1995)
*The Gorbachev Era (1986)
*The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army, 1948-1983: Uncertain Allegiance (1984).

==References==

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==External links==
*[http://www.indepthinfo.com/condoleezza-rice/index.shtml Biography of Condoleezza Rice]