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Kursk

2007-03-29T23:16:42Z

Trumpetman 07: New page: The Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in the history of the world. It was between the German Werhmacht and the Russian Red Army.

The Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in the history of the world. It was between the German Werhmacht and the Russian Red Army.

Microevolution

2007-03-22T00:55:32Z

Trumpetman 07:

Microevolution, broadly defined, is the inevitable small-scale changes in [[allele]] frequencies in a population within the same species. Under this broad definition, this change in overall allele frequencies occurs with every birth or death of a member of the species. In other words, some generations of people might be taller than the last or shorter than the last based on the number of individuals who happen to have the "tall" gene.

Microevolution, narrowly defined, is the theory that [[natural selection]] can, over time, increase the overall reproductive fitness of a species. <ref>Evolutionists express their theory of "microevolutionary theory that natural selection should optimize the existing genetic variation in a population to maximize reproductive success." http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-intro-to-biology.html</ref>

== Microevolution in Bacteria ==

Microevolution is the process by which bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics. When a colony of bacteria is exposed to an antibiotic, most of the bacteria die. However, in some cases a few bacteria have randomly mutated, usually through mistakes in copying the RNA during cell division. By pure chance, some of these mutations might include a strain of RNA that makes that particular bacterium resistant to the antibiotic. This one bacterium is then able to reproduce where the others can't. The actual probablility of a random mutation creating a bacterium that is resistant to a particular antibiotic is exptremely small, but in some cases, the number of bacteria involved is sufficient to offset the odds.
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[[Category:Biology]]

Natural selection

2007-03-22T00:43:31Z

Trumpetman 07:

"Natural selection" is the mechanism by which biological complexity and adaptation arises. It was first proposed by [[Charles Darwin]]. Darwin proposed that, over millions of years, the natural selection of species would result in an organism that was different from the original species. This process is known as evolution.

Darwin pointed out that organisms with favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than those lacking those traits or possessing unfavorable traits. Over time this mechanism might allow those favorable traits which are inheritable to become more common.

==References==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection Natural selection]
*[http://www.pandasthumb.org/] about natural selection

Debate:Was the North right to prevent Southern secession in the US Civil War?

2007-03-19T23:06:43Z

Trumpetman 07: added positive opinion

==Negative Opinions==
No, the South had the right to choose for themselves whether they should be American states or not. Yes, slavery was horrible but things were already changing and that was not the Union's choice to make. The goings on in Columbia, Nashville, Baton Rouge, and Austin were not the business of anyone in Washington, no matter if it's 1861 or 2007/ --[[User:Working for Him|Working for Him]] 20:48, 7 February 2007 (EST)

Excellent debate topic, and I see reasons to agree but on a different basis. Abraham Lincoln himself felt that the South could leave and the United States would inevitably reunite a few decades later (without slavery). Why push it and kill so many people just to avoid a few decades of separation? There are limits to what force can accomplish.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 21:01, 7 February 2007 (EST)

This is a tough issue; any other time i'd say no without a second thought, but it seems hard to justify turning the other way and allowing slavery to continue in the south. --[[User:BenjaminS|BenjaminS]] 01:16, 18 February 2007 (EST)

== Positive Opinions ==

Yes, the North was justified in preventing the South from seceding from the Union. What is the point of having a government if any state can choose to leave whenever they feel like it? Contrary to popular belief, the Civil War was not about slavery. Slavery may have been the main issue the South seceded for, but the North went to war solely to preserve the Union. That reason is as good as any to go to war. Sure, slavery as an agricultural and economic base was outdated and on the way out, but slavery as a social structure was as strong as ever, as evidenced by the formation of white-supremecist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. True, the Confederate States may have eventually rejoined the United States after slavery had run its course, but the Federal government can not afford to set the precedent of letting whoever wants to leave cease to be part of the Union.

New York City

2007-03-19T22:52:09Z

Trumpetman 07: changed Staten island to Harlem

The '''City of New York''' is a municipality in the state of [[New York]]. With a population of 8,143,197 in 2005, it is the most populous city in the [[United States]].

It is one of the most dynamic and important cities in the world, and home of Wall Street, the Empire State Building, and formerly the World Trade Center.

Business in the city, as well as tourism, tends to be centered in the borough of Manhattan. In total, there are five boroughs: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx, and Harlem.
==References==
*[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763098.html Information Please - Top 50 Cities in the U.S.]

[[Category:Cities]]

Black hole

2007-03-19T22:45:45Z

Trumpetman 07: added info on formation and history

A black hole is a higly dense mass which distorts space to near dimensional perpendicularity. While matter and energy, even light, may not escape a black hole, it is thought they evaporate due to [[plank radiation]]. The outer surface of a black hole is an [[event horizon]], a non-physical dimensional boundary, beyond which nothing can escape.

Black holes are thought to form when supermassive stars more than fifteen times the mass of the Sun run out of hydrogen fuel and die. When this happens, the iron core at the center of the star implodes under its own gravity in a supernova. The outer layers of the star are blasted into space in one of the most energetic events in the universe. Not all supernovae result in black holes though. If the mass of the core is large enough, about 1.2 times the mass of the Sun, the leftover gravity of the shrinking core stalls the outward rush of the initial blast, and crushes the core into a point of infinite gravity: a black hole. This rare event is known as a hypernova and is even more energetic than a supernova.

Black holes were theorized in Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, even though they were not known to exist at the time. Because of this, Einstein tried to re-work the whole theory to eliminate the need for these "singularities".

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Panther Tank

2007-03-15T23:31:21Z

Trumpetman 07: spelling correction, grammar corrections

The Panther Tank was one of many tanks Germany produced during World War II. It wasn't as strong as the [[King Tiger Tank]] or the Tiger Tank and its guns were not as effective as the Tiger series. It was fast for its time, traveling at top speeds of 31 to 33 mph. It had a long 75 mm canon and had strong armor for its size of tank. It had a mounted MG-42 on its turret. German factories made approximatly 3000 to 3500.

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Scientific theory

2007-03-15T23:28:52Z

Trumpetman 07: added section on how theories become laws

In scientific usage, a theory does not mean an unsubstantiated guess or hunch, as it can in everyday speech. A theory is a logically self-consistent model or framework for describing the behavior of a related set of natural or social phenomena. It originates from and/or is supported by experimental evidence (see scientific method). In this sense, a theory is a systematic and formalized expression of all previous observations that is predictive, logical and testable. In principle, scientific theories are always tentative, and subject to corrections or inclusion in a yet wider theory. Commonly, a large number of more specific hypotheses may be logically bound together by just one or two theories. As a general rule for use of the term, theories tend to deal with much broader sets of universals than do hypotheses, which ordinarily deal with much more specific sets of phenomena or specific applications of a theory.

Over time, and with proof over a universal range, scientific theories can become scientific laws. The Universal Law of Gravitation is one such example.

Natural science

2007-03-15T23:21:49Z

Trumpetman 07: added section on scientific theories

A branch of study dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc 2000</ref> Science is based on the ontological position of [[empiricism]]- that the material realm is all that exists, that it exists [[mind-independently]], and that our senses and the senses of our equipment can be trusted to perceive the material realm with reasonable and calculable accuracy. Our understanding of the universe has been increasing [[exponentially]] since Mankind discovered [[agriculture]] 5000 years ago, accellerating yet further with the notable developments of [[Scientific Method]]- the system of [[hypothesis]], [[experiment]], and [[refinement]] that must be used to meet strict peer-review procedures used today, and increasing [[computer]] power over the last 50 years.

The product of many scientific tests is a scientific theory. Scientific theories, while not absolute, represent the best knowledge Mankind has accumulated over centuries of experiments and observations, and are generally accepted by a majority of scientists around the world as fact. Over time, a few theories become scientific laws as they are proven to be true across the observable universe. The Universal Law of Gravitation is one such example.

Recent scientific discoveries appear to be in conflict with a [[literal]] interpretation of many [[holy books]], including the [[Bible]]. However, science and empiricism make no claims about the nature of any potential [[supernatural]], [[immaterial]] realm, as these are impossible to assess empirically. Many scientists use philosophical tools such as [[Ockham's Razor]] and point to phenomena such as [[The God of the Gaps]] to argue for an implicit rejection of untestable hypotheses.

==References==
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[[Category:Science]]

Trumpet

2007-03-15T07:21:31Z

Trumpetman 07:

A trumpet is a common musical instrument in the brass family, which includes the Cornet, French Horn, Trombone, Baritone, Euphonium, and Tuba, among others. It is the highest sounding member of the group because it has the shortest pipe. Sound is made by vibrating the lips against the mouthpiece.

The trumpet is one of the most versatile instruments. It is commonly featured in classical orchestras, military bands, marching bands, jazz bands, as well as for fanfares (Reveille, Taps).

The trumpet's roots go back to ancient Rome, when simple bugles (trumpets with no valves) were used for fanfares. The instrument type had a revival in the Rennaissance, when music became popular once again. Throughout the 16th through 19th centuries the design was refined to include valves and a standardized size.

D-Day

2007-03-15T00:42:34Z

Trumpetman 07:

D‑Day was June 6, 1944, when Allied forces began their invasion of continental Europe in order to free it from Nazi (German) control. On this day the Allied forces accomplished the largest amphibious invasion in the history of Mankind on the beaches of Normandy, France.

The landings were originally scheduled for June 5th, but bad weather and heavy cloud cover forced General Eisenhower to postpone the attack. The next day, the weather had not improved much, but the Allied commanders decided that a delay would be too costly. So, starting before dawn, elite paratroopers landed in gliders behind enemy lines to take out critical gun emplacements. American soldiers landed at Omaha and Utah beahces, while the British and Canadian forces landed at Sword, Juno, and Gold beaches. The British and Canadians had a small struggle with German defenses because of heavy bombardment by the Allied Navy. But things were different for the American forces that landed at Omaha. The shelling from the big guns was less accurate, and more fixed guns were left intact. The landing craft were shelled by 88mm guns, raked by machine gun fire and had to go through mine fields.

Prior to the landings in Normandy, a huge deception campaign was started by the Allies. Radio transmissions were deliberately allowed to be intercepted saying that the landings would be at Calais, not Normandy. Also, on the days before the attack, squadrons of bombers dropped flakes of tin foil on the route to Calais to try to fool the German radar into thinking an Allied fleet was advancing toward Calais. The deception worked, becasue on the day of the actula invasion, much of the German's main army was held back in anticipation of the "real" invasion coming in Calais.

By sheer Allied luck, the German commanders were not at the front on the day of the invasion. Rommel was back in Germany visiting his wife because he thought the Allies would be crazy to try an invasion in such terrible weather. German army doctrine also said to hold the Panzers in reserve several miles away from the beaches and allow the Allies to land, then pound them with the Panzers once the troops had landed. Even after the Allies had landed, Hitler, commanding from Berlin, held the main Panzer force in reserve because he thought that the landings in Normandy were a diversion and the real invasion would come in Calais.

The Normandy invasion signalled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, and the Allies would be slowed very little once the main force had landed. The day would be remembered in years to come as the "Longest Day".

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