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American Council of Trustees and Alumni

2011-04-21T17:32:43Z

Yinghua: Fixed punctuation and grammar

The '''American Council of Trustees and Alumni''' (ACTA) is a non-profit organization with the aim of ensuring non-biased or ideologically-charged [[Liberal Arts]] education at public and private higher educational institutions across the [[United States]]. It was founded in 1995 with Dr. [[Jerry_L._Martin|Jerry L. Martin]], a former Philosophy professor at the [[University of Colorado]] (Boulder) as its first [[President]].

The organization works with various higher education stakeholders, including alumni, donors, trustees and faculty, with focus on the quality of education and research at universities. The current President of ACTA is Robert T. Lewit, M.D.

==ACTA and The Ward Churchill Case==

Former ACTA President [[Anne D. Neal]] was interviewed regarding the views of that organization as to whether a violation of free speech had occurred in the case of [[Ward Churchill]], a [[University of Colorado]] professor of Ethnic Studies accused and later found guilty of academic misconduct and classroom activism. She confirmed that the Churchill affair was only part of a larger problematic trend of political extremism and pseudo-academic scholarship at universities around the country.<ref>Interview with ACTA President Anne D. Neal (Petri), 2007. ''How Many Ward Churchills?''</ref> The organization had published an official report entitled ''How Many Ward Churchills?'' in 2006.

==References==
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==External Links==
* Organizational
** [http://www.goacta.org/about/mission-and-history.cfm American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)]
* Stances on Current Affairs
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKtHrh0sLnk&feature=PlayList&p=E31A1AA12BA72D29&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=13 How Many Ward Churchills?] (Video Series)

[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Educational Reform]]
[[Category:Organizations]]

Ali

2011-04-21T17:22:27Z

Yinghua: Added verbs, moved adjectives to modify nouns.

[[Image:Mezquita Mohamed Ali.jpg|left|Mezquita Mohamed Ali]]
'''Ali''' (599 - 661) was an early [[Muslim]] leader; the last of the 'Rightly Guided Caliphs'. [[Shiite]] [[Islam|Muslims]] believe that Ali was the true successor to [[Mohammed]] whereas [[Sunnis]] do not. This caused the rift between the two branches that has continued to this day.

[[Category:Islam]]

Theophilus Riesinger

2011-04-21T17:06:33Z

Yinghua: Added a verb, wikified nouns

'''Theophilus Riesinger''' (February 27, 1868 - November 9, 1941) was a Roman Catholic priest who was born in Germany and later resided in Marathon, [[Wisconsin]], in the United States.

He was ordained on May 29, 1899 and later was an [[exorcism|exorcist]]. In 1928, he traveled to a convent in Earling, [[Iowa]] where he performed the Roman Catholic rite of exorcism on a forty year old woman. After twenty-three days of exorcism Father Theophilus was fatigued. Two days before Christmas 1928, the demons were driven out and the woman cried, “My Jesus mercy. Praised be Jesus Christ.”

The incident was written up by Rev. Carl Vogl in German and translated into English by Rev. [[Celestine Kapsner]] which he published in the United States as ''Begone Satan!'' in 1935. It became a well known case and brought the reality of exorcism to the masses for the first time. Father Riesinger himself wrote about the case in a 1934 book called ''The Earling Possession Case: An Exposition of the Exorcism of "Mary", a Demoniac''.
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[[Category:Clergy]]

Mortar

2011-04-21T16:36:51Z

Yinghua: Fixed spelling, pluralised a plural

'''Mortar''' has two meanings:-
# A weapon that fires a shell in a high trajectory that explodes on impact.
# a material applied in a paste form to "glue' masonry bricks or blocks together in building.

A '''mortar''' is a crew fired weapon that consists of a short tube with support legs that form a tripod. There is an adjustment for the elevation (angle of the tube to the ground) and an adjustment for slight movement from side to side. For major changes in direction of fire the entire weapon is moved. A [[shell]] is dropped into the top opening of the tube and it fires when it hits the base. The shell travels in a high arc and descends at a steep angle to strike its target. This means that walls, trees, and parked vehicles do not obstruct the target. The shell generally explodes on impact although there have been tests with timed shells that explode in the air. Shells can be [[shrapnel]] or [[incendiary]] devices.

'''Mortar''' is a paste made from cement, sand and lime. It is used in [[bricklaying]] as an [[adhesive]] to join bricks or blocks together. The lime makes the mortar softer than concrete.

==References==
'''Masonry'''
* http://www.georgiamasonry.org/mortar.htm
'''Weapon'''
* http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/mortars.htm

[[Category:Dictionary]]

Identity matrix

2011-04-21T16:30:56Z

Yinghua: Added nouns to sentences, fixed grammar and spelling.

In mathematics the '''identity matrix''' is the [[matrix]] which, when [[multiplication|multiplying]], does not change the size or values of the matrix by which it is multiplied. The identity matrix is usually denoted <math>I</math> or <math>I_n</math>, and the operation of multiplication is described as,

:<math>AI=A</math> or <math>IA=A</math>

The identity matrix is an <math>n\times n</math> matrix where the leading diagonal is ones and all other entries are zero.

:<math>I=\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 0 & \cdots & 0 \\
0 & 1 & \cdots & 0 \\
\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\
0 & 0 & \cdots & 1 \end{bmatrix}
</math>

[[Category:Linear algebra]]

Finno-Ugric languages

2011-04-21T16:20:13Z

Yinghua: Fixed spelling.

The '''Finno-Ugric languages''' are a group of Ural-Altaic languages, divided into [[Finnish]] languages (mainly [[Finnish]] and [[Estonian]]) and Ugric (mainly [[Hungarian]]). The languages are also spoken in scattered centers throughout [[Russia]], which is thought to be the original source of the languages.

[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Rosh Hashanah

2011-04-21T15:47:06Z

Yinghua: Added clarification to the external links

'''Rosh Hashanah''' is a holiday marking the beginning of the [[Jewish]] new year. The holiday is celebrated in a solemn manner beginning at sunset the night before. In the Hebrew calendar, the first day of each year is called "Tishri". Traditionally Rosh Hashanah lasted for two days, but Reform Jews now typically celebrate it for only one day.

Recognition of this [[Holy Day]] consists of saying prayers for God's forgiveness and requesting a good year. It is a time of penance, with "The Ten Days of Penitence" beginning on Rosh Hashanah, which is the Day of Judgment, and ending on [[Yom Kippur]], which is the Day of Atonement.

Special dishes are usually prepared in served on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, often using honey to represent the request to [[God]] for sweetness in the coming year.

[[Image:Rosh-Hashanah.jpg]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/holiday2.html Rosh Hashanah at the Jewish Virtual Library]
*[http://www.history.com/minisites/roshhashanah/ Rosh Hashanah at History.com]

[[category:Jewish Holidays]]

Pulsar

2011-04-21T15:32:45Z

Yinghua: Fixed a spelling mistake.

A '''pulsar''' is a [[neutron star]] whose magnetic axis is not aligned with the rotational axis. As a result, charged particles which accrete in a disk orbiting around the star's equator are ejected along the magnetic poles, sweep across the sky, and in a very few cases can be detected from Earth as regular pulses in the radio frequency spectrum. Very often these pulses are spaced only a few [[millisecond]]s apart, indicating the incredible rotational speed of the pulsar.

In 1974 University of Massachusetts astronomer Joseph Taylor and his graduate student Russell Hulse discovered two pulsars in a very eccentric orbit around each other with a period of 7.75 hours. Over the course of twenty years, their observations of the star's periastron advance (analogous to the perihelion advance of [[Mercury]] but a much larger effect) as well as the increase in the orbital period was cited as evidence for [[General Relativity]], when in fact the observations were merely shown to be consistent with theoretical predictions provided that certain assumptions were made about the masses of the pulsars and other physical attributes to fit the data to the theory. Nevertheless, the two researchers were awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in physics.<ref>David Darling. ''Gravity's Arc'', 2006, John Wiley & Sons</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Astronomy]]

Economic history

2011-04-19T15:22:46Z

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'''Economic history''' is the branch of [[history]] that deals with a very broad range of topics related to [[economics]], including agriculture, trade, transportation, finance, economic growth, government regulation, wealth creation and inequality, use of natural resources, impact on the environment, [[business history]] and labor history, as well as the history of economic ideas and their implementation in public policy.

There are many scholarly monographs and articles, as well as many popular books and articles. The leading scholarly journals are the [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JEH ''Journal of Economic History''], published in the U.S., and the [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0013-0117 ''Economic History Review''], published in Britain.
==see also==
* [[American economic history]]
* [[Industrial Revolution]]
* [[Railway history]]
[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Business]]
[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Economic history]]

Olympique de Marseille

2011-04-19T15:19:50Z

Yinghua: Added references tag, corrected manager

'''Olympique de Marseille''' is a [[French]] [[soccer]] club currently playing in [[Ligue 1]]. The club (often shortened to simply [[Marseille]], in reference to the home of the club) was founded in 1899.<ref>http://www.om.net/en/Club/501002/Histoire_de_l_OM/25675/OM_History</ref> The colors are a very light blue and white. The current manager is Didier Deschamps;<ref>http://www.om.net/en/Club/501002/Histoire_de_l_OM/30357/Coach</ref> the current sponsor is Direct Energie.

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[[Category:French Soccer]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 teams]]

Brandon Heath

2011-04-19T14:28:39Z

Yinghua: Fixed spelling

'''Brandon Heath''' is a contemporary [[Christian]] musician originally from Nashville, [[Tennessee]].

== '''Discography''' ==
# ''[[Don't Get Comfortable]]''(2006)
# ''[[What If We]]''(2008)

'''External Links'''
# http://www.brandonheath.net/

[[Category:Musicians]]

John Bellairs

2011-04-19T14:26:14Z

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'''John Bellairs''' was an [[America]]n [[fantasy]] [[author]] known for his [[mystery]] and [[gothic]] [[horror]] [[novel]]s targeted at [[young adults]]. He was a devout [[Catholic]], and most of his books are steeped in the [[mysticism]] and respect for the [[supernatural]] of that great religion.

==Works==
Bellairs' published works include ''The Face in the Frost'', a 1973 fantasy novel admittedly based heavily on the ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], an author whom Bellairs admired. The same year, he published ''The House with a Clock in Its Walls'', a [[supernatural]] novel aimed at younger readers.

The success of ''The House with a Clock in Its Walls'' prompted Bellairs' publisher to commission fourteen more young-adult novels, of which the first two (''The Figure in the Shadows'' and ''The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring'') featured the first book's protagonist Lewis Barnavelt. Bellairs' later novels introduced two more recurring protagonists — Anthony Monday and Johnny Dixon.

Bellairs died on March 8, 1991 of [[cardiovascular disease]].

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[[Category:Authors]]