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This page is for Wikipedians to list articles that seem unusual. These articles are valuable contributions to the encyclopedia, but are a bit odd, whimsical, or something you would not expect to find in Encyclopædia Britannica. We should take special care to meet the highest standards of an encyclopedia with these articles lest they make Wikipedia appear idiosyncratic. If you wish to add articles to this list, the article in question should preferably meet one or more of these criteria: This definition is not precise. Some articles may still be considered unusual even if they do not fit these guidelines. To keep the list of interest to readers, each entry on this list should be an article on its own (not merely a section in a less unusual article) and of decent quality, in large meeting Wikipedia's manual of style. ) indicates a featured article. ) indicates a good article. Places and infrastructure[edit] Good golly, Miss Molly – jus' love your folly! Americas[edit] Africa[edit] Europe[edit]

This is a news website article about a scientific finding | Martin Robbins | Science In this paragraph I will state the main claim that the research makes, making appropriate use of "scare quotes" to ensure that it's clear that I have no opinion about this research whatsoever. In this paragraph I will briefly (because no paragraph should be more than one line) state which existing scientific ideas this new research "challenges". If the research is about a potential cure, or a solution to a problem, this paragraph will describe how it will raise hopes for a group of sufferers or victims. This paragraph elaborates on the claim, adding weasel-words like "the scientists say" to shift responsibility for establishing the likely truth or accuracy of the research findings on to absolutely anybody else but me, the journalist. In this paragraph I will state in which journal the research will be published. "Basically, this is a brief soundbite," the scientist will say, from a department and university that I will give brief credit to. Related Links:

The Oatmeal: Grammar Comics This is a grammar comic about the proper usage of who versus whom. A look at the meaning of "flushing out an idea." This comic will LITERALLY make butterflies explode out of your underpants. The right way to use an apostrophe (in illustrated form). All artwork and content on this site is Copyright © 2016 Matthew Inman. Can changing your diet help you have a baby in your 40s? By Fiona Macrae Updated: 23:06 GMT, 27 July 2008 Drastic changes in diet boost a woman's chances of giving birth into her 40s and 50s, it is claimed. Alterations from cutting out alcohol and sugar to eating more organic foods allow women to hit the 'snooze button' on their biological clocks, maximising their chances of having a baby, says a new book on fertility. Sarah Dobbyn, a nutritionist and author of The Fertility Diet, said the influence of diet on fertility is often overlooked in an age in which IVF often seems the only answer to pregnancy problems. A new book claims drastic changes in diet can boost a woman's chances of giving birth into her 40s and 50s She said: 'Huge amounts of money are being spent on assisted conception techniques by hopeful couples who do not know that alcoholic and caffeinated beverages are liquid contraceptives, sweeteners can prevent ovulation and seemingly innocent foods such as peas, rhubarb and soya all inhibit fertility.'

Portal:Music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search The Royal Opera is a company based in central London, resident at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. From the outset, performers have comprised a mixture of British and Commonwealth singers and international guest stars, but fostering the careers of singers from within the company was a consistent policy of the early years. Select [►] to view subcategories Birthdays in Music: July 31

stereomood – emotional internet radio - music for my mood and activities Shelfari ‘I Robot’ with SebastianX of ‘Sebastian’s Pamphlets’ > Robots.txt Help - Hobo SEO UK Sebastian was nice enough to help me create an idiot’s guide to Robots.txt… Well, the “idiot’s version” will lack interesting details, but it will get you started. Robots.txt is a plain text file. You must not edit it with HTML editors, word processors, nor any applications other than a plain text editor like vi (Ok, notepad.exe is allowed too). You shouldn’t embed images and such, also any other HTML code is strictly forbidden. Why shouldn’t I edit it with my Dreamweaver FTP client, for instance? Where Do I put robots.txt Robots.txt resides in the root directory of your Web space, that’s either a domain or a subdomain, for example"/web/user/htdocs/example.com/robots.txt"resolving Can I use Robots.txt in sub directories? Of course you’re free to create robots.txt files in all your subdirectories, but you shouldn’t expect search engines to request/obey those. Why? Because plain text files contain ASCII content only. What about if I am on a Free Host?

Portal:Philosophy Candide, ou l'Optimisme (kon-DEED, French: [kɑ̃did]( listen)) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenicparadise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes Candide with, if not rejecting Leibnizian optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds".

Diplomacy (game) Diplomacy is a strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954 and released commercially in 1959.[1] Its main distinctions from most board wargames are its negotiation phases (players spend much of their time forming and betraying alliances with other players and forming beneficial strategies)[2] and the absence of dice or other game elements that produce random effects. Set in Europe before the beginning of World War I, Diplomacy is played by two to seven players,[3] each controlling the armed forces of a major European Power (or, with few players, multiple powers). Diplomacy was the first commercially published game to be played by mail (PBM); only chess, which is in the public domain, saw significant postal (long distance) play earlier. Diplomacy has been published in the United States by Games Research, Avalon Hill, and Hasbro; the name is currently a registered trademark of Hasbro's Avalon Hill division. In its catalog, Avalon Hill advertised Diplomacy as John F.

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