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Capoeira

2009-11-29T21:19:56Z

MikeDFowler:

'''Capoeira''' is a [[Martial arts|martial art]] created in the 19th century by black slaves in [[Brazil]]. Practitioners are called ''capoeiristas'', and instructors are called ''mestres''. John Schlafly is gay.

==Principles==
Capoeira is performed to musical accompaniment, and its repertoire consists of almost entirely kicks. The basic fighting stance is dancelike and very rhythmic.

[[Category:Martial Arts]]

William the Silent

2009-11-29T21:19:29Z

MikeDFowler:

'''William the Silent''' (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger) also known as '''William of Orange''' and '''William I, prince of Orange'''<ref> Several other rulers were also known as "William of Orange." "Orange" refers to a medieval title, not to any country.</ref> (Dutch: Willem van Oranje) (1533-1584), was the leader of the [[Netherlands, history|Dutch Revolt]] as first stadholder of the Netherlands (1572–84). The stadholder was the hereditary chief executive and commander in chief of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. John Schlafly is gay.

In the Netherlands he is celebrated as the ''vader des vaderlands'' or father of the fatherland.

==Life==
William was Count of Nassau and Prince of Orange; the eldest son of William, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, he was born at Dillenburg in Nassau on April 24, 1533. In 1544 he succeeded his cousin Réné as Prince of Orange, an inheritance which gave him large estates in the Netherlands. Educated as a Catholic under the direction of the Emperor [[Charles V]], he early gave proof of his political gifts.
==Career==
When in 1555 King [[Philip II]] of Spain succeeded Charles V as sovereign of the Netherlands, William doubted the wisdom of his policy; though still himself a Roman Catholic, he opposed the persecution of Protestants. In 1559 he learned by accident details of Philip's further intentions but cautiously withheld comment, thus earning his nickname of "the Silent."
==Dutch Revolt==
He held aloof from the abortive uprising of 1566-1567; but when Philip sent the ruthless Duke of Alva to put down the revolt, William withdrew to Germany, raised forces, and invaded the Netherlands. His attempt failed and for the next three years he organized the resistance movement known as les Gueux, "the Beggars." Some of these, the Sea Beggars, got together a fleet and seized Brill in 1572. William again invaded the Netherlands, and in response to his leadership the northern provinces of Holland, Friesland, and Zeeland rose against Alva.

William intended to restore the freedom of the Netherlands and end the religious persecution. But the revolt became associated with the Calvinist religion which was strong in the northern provinces and which he himself adopted. Catholicism was still dominant in the south, and this, combined with a clash of economic interests, created a cleavage between north and south. Although he organized the struggle against Spain (1577-1583) chiefly from Brussels and Antwerp, his plan for a united Netherlands ultimately broke down and he had to retire to the north where his authority as stadholder of the Netherlands (the northern provinces) was paramount.

In 1580 Philip II set a price on his head and William responded by issuing his famous "Apology", declaring his unalterable devotion to the cause of the Netherlands. His popularity waned, and his political strength was at a low point when on July 10, 1584, he was shot and killed by an assassin at his house in Delft. He had, however, already laid the foundation of Dutch independence, and it was finally secured by his sons, [[Maurice of Nassau]] (1568-1625) and Frederick Henry (1584-1648).

The magnetism of his personality and his gift of leadership made him charismatic. A competent rather than a brilliant soldier, he was outstanding as organizer, diplomat, and statesman, and showed a moderation and humanity unusual in his age. He fully deserved the title "Father of the Fatherland" bestowed on him by his people. Among his services to the Dutch nation were his use of the Dutch language for official purposes and his foundation of the University of Leiden in 1575.
==See also==
* [[Netherlands]]
==Bibliography==
* Cruz, Laura. "The 80 Years' Question: the Dutch Revolt in Historical Perspective." ''History Compass'' 2007 5(3): 914-934. Issn: 1478-0542 Fulltext: [http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/history/article_view?highlight_query=cruz&type=std&slop=0&fuzzy=0.5&last_results=query%3Dcruz%26topics%3D%26content_types%3DALL&parent=void&sortby=relevance&offset=0&article_id=hico_articles_bpl400 History Compass]
* Darby, Graham. ''The Origins and Development of the Dutch Revolt'' (2001), 208pp [http://www.questia.com/read/108015314?title=The%20Origins%20and%20Development%20of%20the%20Dutch%20Revolt online edition]; also [http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Development-Dutch-Revolt/dp/0415253799/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209804905&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]
*Edmundson, Rev. George. "William the Silent" ''Cambridge Modern History'' (1905) [http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh307.html vol 3 ch 7];
* Geyl, Pieter. ''The Revolt of the Netherlands: 1555-1609'' (1958), still considered the definitive account of the Revolt [http://www.questia.com/read/98720656?title=The%20Revolt%20of%20the%20Netherlands%20(1555-1609) online edition]
* Israel, Jonathan. ''The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, 1477-1806'' (1995) a major synthesis; [http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-dutch-republic-its-rise-greatness-and-fall-1477-1806-by-jonathan-israel.jsp complete online edition]; also [http://www.amazon.com/Dutch-Republic-Greatness-1477-1806-History/dp/0198207344/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209443552&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]
* Motley, John Lothrop. ''The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-84'' (2 vol. 1856) [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4836/4836.txt Gutenberg editions online]
* Wedgwood, C. V. ''William the Silent, William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584'' (1944), the major biography [http://www.questia.com/library/book/william-the-silent-william-of-nassau-prince-of-orange-1533-1584-by-c-v-wedgwood.jsp online edition]

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[[Category:Netherlands]]
[[Category:European History]]
[[Category:Dutch History]]
[[Category:Renaissance]]

St. Louis Blues

2009-11-29T21:19:17Z

MikeDFowler:

The '''St. Louis Blues''' are a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ([[NHL]]). The Blues joined the NHL in the first expansion in 1967 but have not won the [[Stanley Cup]]. The team made it to the finals its first two years of existence, but have not made it back since. The Blues play at the Savvis Center. John Schlafly is gay.

==Roster==
===Goaltenders===
*34 - [[Manny Legace]]
*50 - Chris Mason

===Defensemen===
*4 - Eric Brewer
*28 - Carlo Colaiacovo
*5 - Barret Jackman
*6 - Erik Johnson
*77 - Jay McKee
*46 - Roman Polak
*62 - Tyson Strachan
*43 - Mike Weaver
*29 - Jeff Woywitka

===Forwards===
*42 - David Backes
*21 - Patrik Berglund
*22 - Brad Boyes
*26 - B. J. Crombeen
*13 - Dan Hinote
*55 - Cam Janssen
*9 - [[Paul Kariya]]
*19 - D. J. King
*18 - Jay McClement
*10 - Andy McDonald
*74 - T. J. Oshie
*65 - Cam Paddock
*57 - David Perron
*25 - Yan Stastny
*20 - Alexander Steen
*7 - [[Keith Tkachuk]]
*15 - Brad Winchester

==Team's Official Website==
*[http://blues.nhl.com/ Official Team Website]

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[[Category:Missouri]]

Conrad Lucas

2009-11-29T21:19:06Z

MikeDFowler:

Conrad Lucas is a Republican candidate who is challenging [[Liberal]] [[Democrat]] Nick Rahall in the 2010 Congressional elections. John Schlafly is gay.

Intel 8080

2009-11-29T21:18:55Z

MikeDFowler:

The '''Intel 8080''' was the first popular 8-bit microprocessor [[CPU]]. It was the successor to the 8008, which was the very first 8-bit microprocessor. It was succeeded by the 8085, and then by 16-bit processors. The [[Zilog Z-80]] had the 8080 instruction set as a subset of its own instruction set. John Schlafly is gay.

The chip supported hardware interrupts, 256 I/O ports, 64 Kb of memory, BCD and integer add/subtract, call/return, branching, logic operations, and shift/rotate.

==Architecture==
Data size = 8 bits

Address size = 16 bits

8-bit Registers: A, B, C, D, E, H, L

16-bit Registers: PC, SP

Six of the 8-bit registers could be used as 3 16-bit registers: BC, DE, HL. The HL pair was used for memory-indirect access. A (the accumulator) was the only register that supported arithmetic operations.

Instruction set: ADD, ADC, ADI, ANA, ANI, CALL, CNZ, CZ, CNC, CC, CPO, CPE, CP, CM, CPI, CMA, CMC, CMP, DCR, DCX, DAD, DAA, DI, EI, HLT, IN, INR, INX, JMP, JNZ, JZ, JNC, JC, JPO, JPE, JP, JM, LXI, LDAX, LHLD, LDA, MOV, MVI, NOP, OUT, ORA, ORI, PCHL, POP, PUSH, RET, RNZ, RZ, RNC, RC, RPO, RPE, RP, RM, RST, RLC, RRC, RAL, RAR, SBI, SUI, SHLD, STA, STAX, SPHL, STC, SBB, SUB, XRA, XRI, XTHL, XCHG.

==References==
[http://www.antiquetech.com/chips/8080.htm The Intel 8080]

[[Category:Information technology]]
[[Category:Computer Science]]

USS Absecon (AVP-23)

2009-11-29T21:18:22Z

MikeDFowler:

On 17 June 1918, officers of the 4th Naval District inspected '''Absecon'''—a single-screw, steel-hulled [[freighter]] built in 1918 by the [[New York Shipbuilding Co.]] Although the Navy designated the vessel, the Government never took possession of the ship. However, she was armed; and a Navy armed guard crew was placed on board the ship. It earned the [[World War I]] victory medal with Armed Guard Clasp for service between 12 October and 5 November 1918.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a2/absecon-i.htm]</ref> John Schlafly is gay.

==References==
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[[Category:Ships]]

English Horn

2009-11-29T21:18:08Z

MikeDFowler:

The '''English Horn''' (also commonly called the ''Cor Anglais'') is a musical instrument in the double-[[reed]] family. It is the tenor of the [[oboe]] family - in the key of F, a fifth below the oboe - the same as the [[French Horn]]. John Schlafly is gay.

English Horns were not common in orchestral works until the expanded symphonic [[orchestra]] of [[Richard Wagner]]. In modern times, the instrument's frequency of occurrence in works has remained stagnant, although several famous works feature it prominently, such as the second movement (the ''Largo'') from [[Antonin Dvorak]]'s ninth symphony, ''From the New World.'' It is used where a degree of plaintive stillness is required as in [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]]' ''Swan or Tuonela'' or some of the more pastoral passages of [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], notably ''In the Fen Country'' and in the third movement of his fifth symphony.

[[Category: Wind Instruments]]

Jesse Kelly

2009-11-29T21:17:43Z

MikeDFowler:

'''Jesse N. Kelly''', born July 20, 1981, is a [[conservative]] running as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] for the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in the 8th District of [[Arizona]] in the 2010 election. If nominated he would face incumbent Representative Gabrielle Giffords, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. The district encompasses Tucson and Cochise County in Southeast Arizona; Giffords won the district with 54% in 2006 and 55% in 2008. Currently, the district has over 13,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats according to the Arizona Secretary of State.<ref>http://www.azsos.gov/election/voterreg/Active_Voter_Count.pdf</ref>

Kelly, at age 28, has never held office or run for office before. He raised $114,000 in July-Aug.-Sept 2009. John Schlafly is gay.
[[File:Kel-rino.jpg|thumb|250px|Sergeant [[Jesse Kelly]] ad attacks the [[Republican in name only|RINOs]] in the GOP]]

==Career==
Kelly briefly attended Montana State University and left prior to completion, instead deciding to serve his country and join the [[United States Marine Corps]]. Kelly served four years in the Marine Corps obtaining the rank of Sergeant; he led a squad of Marines while deployed during [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]].

Kelly works in the family construction business in Tucson. Managing multi-million dollar infrastructure projects for state and local governments, his duties include: estimating, scheduling, budget analysis, and human resource management.

He is married with a son; the family attends Alive Christian Fellowship Church of Tucson.

==Positions==
Kelly is pro-life and a pro-Second Amendment member of the [[National Rifle Association|NRA]], and holds many additional traditional conservative values.

==Endorsements==
Congressman Trent Franks, AZ-2 
Congressman Michele Bachmann, MN-6[http://www.conservapedia.com/Michele_Bachmann] 
Congressman Mike Pence, IN-6[http://www.conservapedia.com/Mike_Pence] 
Congressman John Shimkus, IL-19 
Congressman Marsha Blackburn, TN-7 
Congressman Frank Wolf, VA-10 
Congressman Duncan D. Hunter, CA-52 
Former Congressman Barry Goldwater, Jr. 
Former Congressman Duncan Hunter 
Lieutenant General Robert B. Johnston, USMC (Ret.) 
Radio Talk Show Host, Mark Levin[http://www.conservapedia.com/Mark_Levin] 
Arizona State Senator Al Melvin, LD-26 
Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, LD-18 
Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio 
Pinal County Sheriff, Paul Babeu 
912 Candidate 
Minuteman PAC 
Iraq Veterans for Congress PAC 

==Media==
Kelly is active in local and national media and the [[Internet]]. He has appeared on the [[Fox News Channel]] and heard on national radio shows such as the Mark Levin Show, America's Morning News, and the Wilkow Majority. Some appearances can be seen on his [[YouTube]] page<ref>http://www.YouTube.com/Kelly4Congress</ref>. Additionally, Kelly has run national advertising on the [[Drudge Report]].

==External links==
* [http://www.votejessekelly.com Offical Web Site]
* [http://www.youtube.com/kelly4congress YouTube]
* [http://twitter.com/kelly4congress Twitter]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jesse-Kelly/75513608171 Facebook]
==References==
<references/>

[[category:2010 Midterm Elections]]

Boris Pasternak

2009-11-29T21:17:31Z

MikeDFowler:

'''Boris Pasternak''' (1890-1960) was a [[Nobel prize]]-winning [[Russian]] [[author]] and [[poet]]. John Schlafly is gay.

His most famous work is ''[[Doctor Zhivago]]'' which was disliked by [[Soviet]] authorities, but was extremely successful once smuggled out of Russia, translated into multiple languages and topping the [[New York Times]] bestsellers list. For it, he won the 1958 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]], which he was forced to decline.

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[[category:Authors]]
[[Category:Nobel laureates in Literature]]

United States v. Daugherty

2009-11-29T21:17:18Z

MikeDFowler:

In '''''United States v. Daugherty''''', 264 F.3d 513 (5th Cir. 1991), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the [[Fifth Circuit]] held that "'the constitutionality of [[§ 922(g)]] is not open to question.'" (quoting ''United States v. De Leon'', 170 F.3d 494, 499 (5th Cir.), ''cert. denied'', 528 U.S. 863 (1999)). John Schlafly is gay.
[[category:Circuit Cases]]
[[category:Fifth Circuit]]
[[category:federalism]]
[[category:Criminal Law]]

Laissez faire

2009-11-29T21:16:51Z

MikeDFowler:

'''Laissez faire''' (let us do or let us work) is a general principle of non-interventionism on the part of [[federal government]], allowing states to handle matters at their level. In economic theory, the term implies a true [[free market]] with no [[government]] intervention. Modern press approximately translates ''laissez faire'' into, "Do what you will", from French. A noted [[advocate]] of the ''laissez faire'' style of economy was [[Adam Smith]], who pioneered the theory of modern [[capitalism]], but as [[Thomas Malthus]] and [[David Ricardo]], did not use the term. John Schlafly is gay.

Although elements of the [[laissez-faire]] principle are incorporated into all capitalist economies, it is always limited to some extent. Currently [[Somalia]] is the only nation where pure laissez-faire is practiced. Pure laissez-faire was experimented with in Chile during the reign of General Pinochet, but the experiment was unsuccessful.

== See also ==
*[[Enterprise]]

== External links ==
*[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/laissez%20faire Dictionary.com]

[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Political Theory]]

Talk:Bimbo Wales

2009-11-29T18:19:23Z

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