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Third World

2007-03-15T06:16:44Z

Druidravi: Inaccurate

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During the cold war period third world referred to countries which didn't align themselves to either of the power blocks the US and its
allies and the Soviet union and its allies. These nations formed the non-aligned movement.

Nowadays third world refers to developing and undeveloped countries which have large scale poverty.

Talk:Tribal Assembly

2007-03-15T06:09:22Z

Druidravi: Delete Article

== Delete Article ==

Article needs to be deleted. Tribal assembly means an assembly of tribals . Why does it need rome or anything.Absurd title and Absurd article.

Talk:Force

2007-03-15T06:01:57Z

Druidravi: Star Wars

Also has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. :-p --[[User:ColinR|ColinR]] 17:43, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

== Mathematical Formulae ==

I don't know how to insert square root etc in the page. The formulae expressed need a square root variable.

== Star Wars ==

There must be a page disambiguation page to direct to star wasrs force page if it exists.

Talk:Force

2007-03-15T05:59:59Z

Druidravi: Mathematical Formulae

Force

2007-03-15T05:58:10Z

Druidravi:

Force is defined as rate of change of momentum of a body . F= dp/dt , p= mv , F= ma where F stands for total vector sum of all forces
, m for mass of the object, a for its acceleration expressed as a vector, p stands for momentum vector and v for velocity vector. It
was stated first by Sir Isaac Newton.

When the velocity of the object approaches light speed it's effective mass changes. Then it is expressed as

<math> F = dp/dt / (1- v*v)/c </math>

The types of forces are

1. Electro-magnetic force
2. gravitational Force
3. Strong force
4. weak force

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Physics]]

Force

2007-03-15T05:55:02Z

Druidravi:

Force is defined as rate of change of momentum of a body . F= dp/dt , p= mv , F= ma where F stands for total vector sum of all forces
, m for mass of the object, a for its acceleration expressed as a vector, p stands for momentum vector and v for velocity vector. It
was stated first by Sir Isaac Newton.

When the velocity of the object approaches light speed it's effective mass changes. Then it is expressed as

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The types of forces are

1. Electro-magnetic force
2. gravitational Force
3. Strong force
4. weak force

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Physics]]

Penicillin (anti-biotic)

2007-03-15T05:33:07Z

Druidravi: Edited out small errors

Penicillin is an [[antibiotic]] acid that kills many types of bacteria. Credit for its discovery was given to [[Scotland|Scottish]] scientist [[Alexander Fleming]]though many others have also noted its anti-bacterial effect. It's discovery was considered one of the greatest breakthroughs of 20th century in the field of [[medicine]].

Penicillin is grown from molds and has the general formula of C9H11N2O4SR , where "R" represents a chemical group that is different for different types of penicillin. Its diagram is as follows:

[[Image:penicillin.jpg|300px]]

Talk:Senility

2007-03-15T05:24:38Z

Druidravi:

How is blue border eliminated in post. I am having this problem many times

Senility

2007-03-15T05:23:22Z

Druidravi:

Either physical or mental deterioration of a person caused mostly by aging

Mahayana Buddhism

2007-03-15T05:19:24Z

Druidravi: Generalized

Mahayana Buddhism is the Chinese branch of [[Buddhism]], which focuses on a philosophical approach to life.

[[Category:Religion]]

This article is a stub. Nearly every relegion focuses on philosophical approach to life.Needs major improvement

Tournament

2007-03-15T05:17:09Z

Druidravi:

A gathering of knights to practice their combat skills by jousting, group combat, and archery(medieval) . Nowadays tournaments are held for every sport event and even have media-driven tournaments for non-sporting activities like eating food etc. A tournament maybe defined as any activity which a group of people take part and has a clear winner person or a team.
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Vitamin

2007-03-15T05:11:20Z

Druidravi:

A vitamin is a chemical substance required, in very small amounts, to maintain an organism's health.They act as a catalyst in the body's chemical reaction. It cannot be produced by the organism, and so must be obtained from dietary or other sources. In order for a substance to be classified as a vitamin, its deficiency must produce a specific disease. For example, ascorbic acid is a vitamin (Vitamin C) in humans because its absence produces scurvy, and thiamine is a vitamin (Vitamin B1) because its absence produces beriberi. There are exactly thirteen known human vitamins.

Some substances are vitamins in certain organisms, but not in others (for example, ascorbic acid can be produced by all mammals except guinea pigs and humans, and so is a vitamin only in those two instances.

Other substances needed to sustain life are not vitamins because they are macronutrients (for example, the essential amino acids).

<ref>Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 16th Edition by Dennis L. Kasper, Eugene Braunwald, Anthony Fauci, and Stephen Hauser, 2004</ref>

==References==
<references/>

Insular

2007-03-15T05:06:57Z

Druidravi:

Literally "of or pertaining to an island", but usually used to describe the mindset of one who does not know and does not wish to know of or give credit to matters outside one's existing experience (ie metaphorically one's island). An example would be a person or persons who do not wish to know of matters outside their own country, religion or political viewpoint. See [[Wilful Ignorance]].

Talk:Harry Potter

2007-03-12T05:37:41Z

Druidravi:

==The Onion==
I question this material:
:These claims were conflated and exacerbated by a piece in the satirical newspaper [[The Onion]] purporting to interview children who had become involved in satanism and witchcraft after reading the Harry Potter books and could now cast spells.[http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/potter.htm] [http://web.archive.org/web/20000815214418/http://www.theonion.com/onion3625/harry_potter.html] Rowling has denied such claims.[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2001/1201-bbc-hpandme.htm] The mainstream media has not taken this claim seriously.{{fact}}
The Onion is a stitch and a lot of people love it, but I doubt that it was an important influence in the Harry Potter phenomenon. The (very good) article cited to support the sentence "Rowling has denied such claims" says nothing about The Onion or about claims that readers of the books learned to cast spells. I haven't bothered to check the history to see who added this, but I suspect a leg-pull. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 21:45, 3 March 2007 (EST)

: The Snopes reference particularly mentions the Harry Potter article and asserts that it was circulated as evidence. See the reference in the section you removed. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 02:36, 4 March 2007 (EST)

"The books have even been accused of promoting witchcraft."

Wow, that's pretty deep! --[[User:BenjaminS|BenjaminS]] 10:45, 4 March 2007 (EST)

::Maybe I was wrong. I ''hate'' it when that happens.

::I checked the Rowling reference but not the others, my bad.

::I'm not quite ready to put it back, though, until I'm convinced it really was influential. The ''Onion'' piece appeared in 2000. And Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_over_Harry_Potter#Religious_opposition_to_witchcraft_themes Controversy over Harry Potter] article says that "Since 1999, the Harry Potter books have sat atop the American Library Association’s list of most protested books, with some American churches banning the books altogether." So ''The Onion'' was clearly satirizing a controversy that was already in full swing. How much influence did the "Dear Christian" email really have in amplifying it?

::I won't put it back personally, but I won't revert if anyone else does. I'd still like to see some context to show that it was of much significance. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 10:46, 4 March 2007 (EST)

== Witch craft ==

I added some contribution to this article discussing how it deals with the topic of witches and wizards and communication between magical and non-magical people. Why was it deleted. I know what I wrote about since I have read all the 6 books several times and am eagerly waiting for the 7th :-)

This was what I wrote http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Harry_Potter&oldid=27741..

I thought it would fit in with the rest of the site ;-). Anyways can anyone tell me why those blue borders appeared and how to remove them.

Talk:Harry Potter

2007-03-12T05:30:46Z

Druidravi: Witch craft

Harry Potter

2007-03-12T05:13:37Z

Druidravi:

'''Harry Potter''' is the hero of a series of novels written by [[J. K. Rowling]]. Harry is an orphan child who finds that he is a wizard. Potter then goes to Hogwarts, a boarding school for young wizards, and has many adventures there learning magic and using it to fight the forces of the evil Lord Voldemort who killed Potter's parents when he was an infant. inAlong the way, Potter learns about life and death and grapples with questions of morality and friendship. As of 2007, the series is projected to consist of seven novels, of which six have been published, with the seventh to be released in July of 2007.

J. K. Rowling criticizes witch-hunting mentioning that witches used to enjoy being burnt up so much they used to let themselves get
caught many times. She ridicules humans by calling them muggles and mud-bloods in her novels. She keeps on mentioning how stupid they
are in trying to ignore magic and her example of a human family is the Dursley's. Vernon Dursley is a very fat man, his son Dudley
breath is more than his height, while his wife Petunia is described as a bony eavesdropping woman.

In truth like a true christian family when they find out that Harry Potter uses magic and can talk to snakes they try to take the
ability out him and try to protect him from company of witches and wizards. In every book they are ridiculed and talked down by
witches and wizards making it a standard joke in the books.

The books which are written so far are

1. Harry Potter and the Soceror's stone

2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets

3. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azcaban

4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire

5. Harry Potter and the Order of Pheonix

6. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince

7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ( To be released on July 27th, 2007)

The books have been fabulously successful, selling three hundred million copies, and Forbes estimates that they have made Rowling a billionnaire, the first billion-dollar author in history.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/maserati/billionaires2004/cx_jw_0226rowlingbill04.html J. K. Rowling And The Billion-Dollar Empire].</ref> To date, five of them have been adapted for the movies.

The English "public" schools Hogwarts resembles are Protestant institutions; but at Hogwarts, chapel is conspicuously absent. A failure to mention Christianity, combined with the presence of wizardry, have led some to wonder whether Rowling is substituting paganism for Christianity. The books have even been accused of promoting witchcraft.[http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/potter.asp] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/1735623.stm] [http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/0127.asp] [http://www.cesnur.org/recens/potter_06.htm] Some evangelical Christians have attempted to ban the books in public schools[http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=14074&change_well_id=2].

In 2003, a [[Vatican]] representative said the books "aren't serving as the banner for an anti-Christian theology.... I don't think there's anyone in this room who grew up without fairies, magic, and angels in their imaginary world."<ref>Sink, Mindy (2003), "The Split Verdict on Harry Potter,"
''The New York Times,'' March 8, 2003, p. B6; representative quoted is Rev. Don Peter Fleetwood, who "helped draft a Vatican document on New Age phenomena."</ref>

Harry Potter has inspired hundreds of thousands of children across the globe to learn to love to read. The Harry Potter novels, particularly the later ones, are long. The 870 pages of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," even though printed in large type, contain 255,000 words—about twice as long as ''A Tale of Two Cities.'' The "Lexile" measure of reading level puts the series between 880L and 950L,<ref>For comparison: Charlotte's Web 680L, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 890L, Moby Dick 1200L</ref> comparable to sixth-grade texts<ref>[http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=fa&tabindex=4&tabid=22 The Lexile framework for reading].</ref>

Some expect childrens' literature to present characters that are idealized role models, and to teach simple, explicit life lessons. However, like other classics of children's literature, the world of Harry Potter is one in which adult authority figures are complex, imperfect, and occasionally ludicrous (as they are in ''Alice in Wonderland.'') Harry himself, while basically a "good" person, is sometimes petty-minded, jealous, or just plain mischievous (like Tom Sawyer, or Holden Caulfield). Although the students at Hogwarts take their studies seriously, they are not above cheating or goofing off, and some of their teachers are boring or outright incompetent.

On July 20, 2005, at [[Prime Minister's Questions]], the Right Honourable [[Tony Blair]], Prime Minister at the time, joined the [[House of Commons]] in lauding [[J.K. Rowling]] for her contribution to the education of British young minds.

On October 3rd, 2006, [[Georgia]] mom Laura Mallory attempted to get the books banned from schools because they promote witchcraft.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15127464/ Georgia mom seeks ban on Harry Potter]</ref>

==Series titles==
*Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (original title as published in England: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
*Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (announced)

==References==
<references/>

Harry Potter

2007-03-12T05:09:15Z

Druidravi:

'''Harry Potter''' is the hero of a series of novels written by [[J. K. Rowling]]. Harry is an orphan child who finds that he is a wizard. Potter then goes to Hogwarts, a boarding school for young wizards, and has many adventures there learning magic and using it to fight the forces of the evil Lord Voldemort who killed Potter's parents when he was an infant. inAlong the way, Potter learns about life and death and grapples with questions of morality and friendship. As of 2007, the series is projected to consist of seven novels, of which six have been published, with the seventh to be released in July of 2007.

J. K. Rowling criticizes witch-hunting mentioning that witches used to enjoy being burnt up so much they used to let themselves get
caught many times. She ridicules humans by calling them muggles and mud-bloods in her novels. She keeps on mentioning how stupid they
are in trying to ignore magic and her example of a human family is the Dursley's. Vernon Dursley is a very fat man, his son Dudley
breath is more than his height, while his wife Petunia is described as a bony eavesdropping woman. In truth like a true christian
family when they find out that Harry Potter uses magic and can talk to snakes they try to take the ability out him and try to protect
him from company of witches and wizards. In every book they are ridiculed and talked down by witches and wizards making it a standard
joke in the books.

The books which are written so far are

1. Harry Potter and the Soceror's stone

2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets

3. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azcaban

4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire

5. Harry Potter and the Order of Pheonix

6. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince

7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ( To be released on July 27th, 2007)

The books have been fabulously successful, selling three hundred million copies, and Forbes estimates that they have made Rowling a billionnaire, the first billion-dollar author in history.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/maserati/billionaires2004/cx_jw_0226rowlingbill04.html J. K. Rowling And The Billion-Dollar Empire].</ref> To date, five of them have been adapted for the movies.

The English "public" schools Hogwarts resembles are Protestant institutions; but at Hogwarts, chapel is conspicuously absent. A failure to mention Christianity, combined with the presence of wizardry, have led some to wonder whether Rowling is substituting paganism for Christianity. The books have even been accused of promoting witchcraft.[http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/potter.asp] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/1735623.stm] [http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/0127.asp] [http://www.cesnur.org/recens/potter_06.htm] Some evangelical Christians have attempted to ban the books in public schools[http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=14074&change_well_id=2].

In 2003, a [[Vatican]] representative said the books "aren't serving as the banner for an anti-Christian theology.... I don't think there's anyone in this room who grew up without fairies, magic, and angels in their imaginary world."<ref>Sink, Mindy (2003), "The Split Verdict on Harry Potter,"
''The New York Times,'' March 8, 2003, p. B6; representative quoted is Rev. Don Peter Fleetwood, who "helped draft a Vatican document on New Age phenomena."</ref>

Harry Potter has inspired hundreds of thousands of children across the globe to learn to love to read. The Harry Potter novels, particularly the later ones, are long. The 870 pages of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," even though printed in large type, contain 255,000 words—about twice as long as ''A Tale of Two Cities.'' The "Lexile" measure of reading level puts the series between 880L and 950L,<ref>For comparison: Charlotte's Web 680L, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 890L, Moby Dick 1200L</ref> comparable to sixth-grade texts<ref>[http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=fa&tabindex=4&tabid=22 The Lexile framework for reading].</ref>

Some expect childrens' literature to present characters that are idealized role models, and to teach simple, explicit life lessons. However, like other classics of children's literature, the world of Harry Potter is one in which adult authority figures are complex, imperfect, and occasionally ludicrous (as they are in ''Alice in Wonderland.'') Harry himself, while basically a "good" person, is sometimes petty-minded, jealous, or just plain mischievous (like Tom Sawyer, or Holden Caulfield). Although the students at Hogwarts take their studies seriously, they are not above cheating or goofing off, and some of their teachers are boring or outright incompetent.

On July 20, 2005, at [[Prime Minister's Questions]], the Right Honourable [[Tony Blair]], Prime Minister at the time, joined the [[House of Commons]] in lauding [[J.K. Rowling]] for her contribution to the education of British young minds.

On October 3rd, 2006, [[Georgia]] mom Laura Mallory attempted to get the books banned from schools because they promote witchcraft.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15127464/ Georgia mom seeks ban on Harry Potter]</ref>

==Series titles==
*Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (original title as published in England: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
*Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (announced)

==References==
<references/>

Harry Potter

2007-03-12T05:08:24Z

Druidravi:

'''Harry Potter''' is the hero of a series of novels written by [[J. K. Rowling]]. Harry is an orphan child who finds that he is a wizard. Potter then goes to Hogwarts, a boarding school for young wizards, and has many adventures there learning magic and using it to fight the forces of the evil Lord Voldemort who killed Potter's parents when he was an infant. inAlong the way, Potter learns about life and death and grapples with questions of morality and friendship. As of 2007, the series is projected to consist of seven novels, of which six have been published, with the seventh to be released in July of 2007.

J. K. Rowling criticizes witch-hunting mentioning that witches used to enjoy being burnt up so much they used to let themselves get caught many times. She ridicules humans by calling them muggles and mud-bloods in her novels. She keeps on mentioning how stupid they are in trying to ignore magic and her example of a human family is the Dursley's. Vernon Dursley is a very fat man, his son Dudley breath is more than his height, while his wife Petunia is described as a bony eavesdropping woman. In truth like a true christian family when they find out that Harry Potter uses magic and can talk to snakes they try to take the ability out him and try to protect him from company of witches and wizards. In every book they are ridiculed and talked down by witches and wizards making it a standard joke in the books.

The books which are written so far are

1. Harry Potter and the Soceror's stone

2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets

3. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azcaban

4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire

5. Harry Potter and the Order of Pheonix

6. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince

7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ( To be released on July 27th, 2007)

The books have been fabulously successful, selling three hundred million copies, and Forbes estimates that they have made Rowling a billionnaire, the first billion-dollar author in history.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/maserati/billionaires2004/cx_jw_0226rowlingbill04.html J. K. Rowling And The Billion-Dollar Empire].</ref> To date, five of them have been adapted for the movies.

The English "public" schools Hogwarts resembles are Protestant institutions; but at Hogwarts, chapel is conspicuously absent. A failure to mention Christianity, combined with the presence of wizardry, have led some to wonder whether Rowling is substituting paganism for Christianity. The books have even been accused of promoting witchcraft.[http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/potter.asp] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/1735623.stm] [http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/0127.asp] [http://www.cesnur.org/recens/potter_06.htm] Some evangelical Christians have attempted to ban the books in public schools[http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=14074&change_well_id=2].

In 2003, a [[Vatican]] representative said the books "aren't serving as the banner for an anti-Christian theology.... I don't think there's anyone in this room who grew up without fairies, magic, and angels in their imaginary world."<ref>Sink, Mindy (2003), "The Split Verdict on Harry Potter,"
''The New York Times,'' March 8, 2003, p. B6; representative quoted is Rev. Don Peter Fleetwood, who "helped draft a Vatican document on New Age phenomena."</ref>

Harry Potter has inspired hundreds of thousands of children across the globe to learn to love to read. The Harry Potter novels, particularly the later ones, are long. The 870 pages of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," even though printed in large type, contain 255,000 words—about twice as long as ''A Tale of Two Cities.'' The "Lexile" measure of reading level puts the series between 880L and 950L,<ref>For comparison: Charlotte's Web 680L, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 890L, Moby Dick 1200L</ref> comparable to sixth-grade texts<ref>[http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=fa&tabindex=4&tabid=22 The Lexile framework for reading].</ref>

Some expect childrens' literature to present characters that are idealized role models, and to teach simple, explicit life lessons. However, like other classics of children's literature, the world of Harry Potter is one in which adult authority figures are complex, imperfect, and occasionally ludicrous (as they are in ''Alice in Wonderland.'') Harry himself, while basically a "good" person, is sometimes petty-minded, jealous, or just plain mischievous (like Tom Sawyer, or Holden Caulfield). Although the students at Hogwarts take their studies seriously, they are not above cheating or goofing off, and some of their teachers are boring or outright incompetent.

On July 20, 2005, at [[Prime Minister's Questions]], the Right Honourable [[Tony Blair]], Prime Minister at the time, joined the [[House of Commons]] in lauding [[J.K. Rowling]] for her contribution to the education of British young minds.

On October 3rd, 2006, [[Georgia]] mom Laura Mallory attempted to get the books banned from schools because they promote witchcraft.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15127464/ Georgia mom seeks ban on Harry Potter]</ref>

==Series titles==
*Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (original title as published in England: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
*Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (announced)

==References==
<references/>