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Capacitance

2008-04-03T16:34:08Z

Ronm: New page: '''Capacitance''' is a property of electric circuits that describes how much electricity is stored between two plates or wires. It is defined as '''C=Q/V''', where ''C'' stands for...

'''Capacitance''' is a property of [[electric]] [[circuit]]s that describes how much electricity is stored between two plates or wires. It is defined as '''C=Q/V''', where ''C'' stands for capacitance, ''Q'' for charge, and ''V'' for volume.

Because of this inverse relationship, most capacitors are quite large for their size and still only power circuits in the range of a few microfarads. (The '''farad''', named for [[Michael Faraday]], is the unit of capacitance in the [[SI]] system.) Recently, by packing many curved plates into a single cylindrical capacitor, electronics companies have been able to shrink the volume of a capacitor by factors of two or three, thus producing a corresponding boost in farad capacity. It is now possible to buy capacitors as powerful as one or two farads, and super-small capacitors in the kilofarad range are being developed in [[Britain]].<ref>[http://www.engineerlive.com/news/20026/iec-to-develop-standard-for-supercapacitors.thtml IEC to develop standard for supercapacitors]. ''EngineerLive'', March 27, 2008.</ref>

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Rousas John Rushdoony

2008-04-03T16:32:28Z

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Roots

2008-04-03T16:31:26Z

Ronm: New page: '''''Roots''''' is a 1977 movie starring LeVar Burton as "Kunta Kinte", an African slave brought over on a slave ship to serve in an 18th-century plantation. The movie ...

'''''Roots''''' is a 1977 [[movie]] starring [[LeVar Burton]] as "Kunta Kinte", an [[Africa]]n [[slave]] brought over on a slave ship to serve in an 18th-century [[plantation]]. The movie was [[controversy|controversial]] at the time for its blunt and socially progressive depiction of [[slavery]]. It was also historically significant for bringing to prominence several of its stars, including [[LeVar Burton]], [[Cicely Tyson]], and [[Beverly Todd]].

''Roots'' was based on the novel of the same name by [[Arthur Hailey]]. Hailey's novel was far more graphic and original than the film version, which preserved the book's tone while cutting out many of the more squeamish scenes, such as one in which Kinte is attacked with a [[branding iron]].

''Roots'' was followed in 1979 by a documentary, ''Roots: The Next Generation'', also starring Burton.

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Rousas J. Rushdoony

2008-04-03T16:30:33Z

Ronm: New page: '''Rousas John Rushdoony''' (1916–2001) was an American minister and teacher, the founder of American home schooling. Born in New York City to a family of mixed [[Arm...

'''Rousas John Rushdoony''' (1916–2001) was an [[American]] minister and teacher, the [[founder]] of American [[home schooling]]. Born in [[New York City]] to a family of mixed [[Armenia]]n and Irish descent, Rushdoony moved to the Midwest as soon as he was able and set up a school for children whose parents didn't want them attending [[public school]]. His popular book ''[[Law and Liberty]]'' borrowed much from both Bahnsen's ''Theonomy and Christian Ethics'' and van Goorle's ''Philosophical Exercises'', but it added something new to the mix: the concept of [[Mosaic law]]. In a ''gedankenexperiment'', Rushdoony considered what would happen if the law of [[Moses]] was enforced in the [[United States]], and didn't like what he saw.

:''The Western [[liberal]] pays lips service to a few Christian ideas, holds to a [[Marxist]] [[environmentalism]], and an [[English]] [[parliamentarianism]]: like the [[mule]], he is a hybrid and just as sterile.''<ref>''Law & Liberty'', p. 117. Note that the [[evolution]]ary theory of the mule as a "hybrid" species may or may not be scientifically accurate.</ref>

Rushdoony was a strident opponent of the system we have today in many countries, which he termed theo''nomy'' — rule in the "name" (''nomos'') of [[God]] — as opposed to theo''logy'' — rule by the "word" (''logos'') of [[God]]. Many of his [[essay]]s and papers referred to this "theonomy" in harsh terms.

:''We may say "In God we trust", but, all in all, who among us has a neighbor who can make the same claim and mean it?''<ref>"In God We Trust", 1966.</ref>

After his death in 1953, Rushdoony moved to [[Los Angeles]], where he continued to teach and exercised [[expert witness]] status in several court cases. He had five children: Mark, John, Matthew, Luke, and Sharon. Sharon is currently married to [[Gary North]], an activist and founder of the right-wing news site ''CredibilityWatch.org''.<ref>[http://www.credibilitywatch.org/ ''CredibilityWatch.org'']</ref><ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/892/000058718/ Gary North] at ''nndb.com''</ref> Mark runs an [[evangelical]] ministry in San Juan Capistrano.

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R.J. Rushdoony

2008-04-03T16:25:39Z

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Guy Lombardo

2008-04-03T16:24:39Z

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'''Guy Lombardo''' ([[London]], 1902 — [[New York]], 1977) was an [[America]]n [[bandleader]] of the "Swing Era" of the 1950s and 1960s. Born in London, he emigrated to the [[United States]] in 1924, where he formed a musical quartet with three of his brothers; Lombardo, in addition to leading the band, played the [[violin]]. They set up shop in the ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel, [[New York City]], where their music was a staple of [[New Year's Eve]] celebrations.

By the 1940s, Lombardo's name had become synonymous with his hit song "[[Auld Lang Syne]]", which was annually piped from the Roosevelt ballroom out to [[Times Square]], to the delight of revelers at that iconic New Year's party. In 1943, Lombardo was selected to pull the lever at the first "ball drop" at [[One Times Square]], which quickly became an annual event.

Lombardo was posthumously inducted into both the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2007)<ref>[http://www.limusichalloffame.org/inductees/07inductees.html Long Island Music Hall of Fame] inductees, 2007</ref> and the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (2002).<ref>[http://www.cmhf.ca/index.jsp?page_id=INDLIST&filterType=L&filter=L Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame] inductees (last names beginning with L)</ref>

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Guy Lombardo

2008-04-03T16:24:25Z

Ronm: '''Guy Lombardo'' (London, 1902 — New York, 1977) was an American bandleader of...

'''Guy Lombardo'' ([[London]], 1902 — [[New York]], 1977) was an [[America]]n [[bandleader]] of the "Swing Era" of the 1950s and 1960s. Born in London, he emigrated to the [[United States]] in 1924, where he formed a musical quartet with three of his brothers; Lombardo, in addition to leading the band, played the [[violin]]. They set up shop in the ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel, [[New York City]], where their music was a staple of [[New Year's Eve]] celebrations.

By the 1940s, Lombardo's name had become synonymous with his hit song "[[Auld Lang Syne]]", which was annually piped from the Roosevelt ballroom out to [[Times Square]], to the delight of revelers at that iconic New Year's party. In 1943, Lombardo was selected to pull the lever at the first "ball drop" at [[One Times Square]], which quickly became an annual event.

Lombardo was posthumously inducted into both the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2007)<ref>[http://www.limusichalloffame.org/inductees/07inductees.html Long Island Music Hall of Fame] inductees, 2007</ref> and the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (2002).<ref>[http://www.cmhf.ca/index.jsp?page_id=INDLIST&filterType=L&filter=L Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame] inductees (last names beginning with L)</ref>

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[[Category:Musicians]]