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Wikipedia is the leading source of scientific information (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Oct 2016
(Source. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) ... The study was based on predetermination, using a semi-automatic process, of a body of 60,108 articles on scientific and technological subjects. The project was based on four key factors ... Main conclusions of the research ... Improving articles through activities with students on their courses ... Contributing to Wikidata, the sister project of Wikipedia - along with Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, etc....

Should SC intervene in Tribunal's award?

Edit Deccan Herald 03 Oct 2016
Water wars between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are not new ... The Cauvery dispute was referred to the Tribunal, rightly so, as the Supreme Court felt that it did not have the expertise and resources to adjudicate such a dispute which involved complex questions of potamology (study of rivers), geology, ecosciences, farmers’ needs, etc ... The more significant provision is, Article 262(2) of the Constitution which states that....

Wanted: a Cathy Come Home for the 21st century

Edit The Guardian 27 Sep 2016
Housing policy . Chartists . Cymru am byth . Flava . Radio 3 and birdsong. Matt Wilde’s article on housing (Our immoral housing policy is set up to punish the poor, 26 September) was heartbreaking. I was truly shocked to hear how easy it is to put someone out on the streets in this rich country, in this day and age ... Got a hit with Wiktionary (with yellow), but only in Esperanto and Ido ... ....

Alaska editorials

Edit The Miami Herald 15 Aug 2016
Here is a sampling of editorial opinions from Alaska newspapers.. Aug. 12, 2016. Ketchikan Daily News. Devil's in the minutes. The Devil was given his due Tuesday night when a member of the Satanic Temple gave the invocation for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting ... The invocation — which was offered while most Assembly members stood respectfully — concluded with the phrase "Hail Satan." ... Or, this from Wiktionary ... ---. Aug....

Could You Be a National Spelling Bee Champion?

Edit Time Magazine 25 May 2016
This quiz uses 10 words from previous bees to test your spelling acumen ... Sources ... Definitions and origins are compiled from the Oxford English Dictionary, Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, Wiktionary.org and The Free Dictionary ... ....

Comment on Samus Aran Isn’t Trans. Deal With It. by alysdexia

Edit TechRaptor 17 Mar 2016
https.//en.wiktionary.org/wiki/burino ... ....

JG Ballard is March's Reading group selection: help choose a novel

Edit The Guardian 26 Feb 2016
To mark the release of a film version of High Rise, our focus this time will be on the prolific master of uneasy speculative fiction. Please share suggestions for the best novel to select. JG Ballard needs little introduction. He’s so important and influential, he even has his own adjective. Ballardian ... Wiktionary also gives this beautiful usage ... Enjoyable as these definitions may be, they should also be taken with caution ... Facebook ... ....

Pole Fitness

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
According to Wiktionary, pole fitness -- minus the spelling and grammatical errors -- is “a program of exercise centered around gymnastics performed on a pole.” And as per its practitioners, it's a bonafide sport, one necessitating athletic and acrobatic prowess to master ... And gymnastics ... I myself didn't think twice when Milan Pole Dance Studio invited me to try out a class free of charge ... Did it ever.Pole Fitness Stories. ... ....

No Europuddings as Channel 4 dishes up foreign drama

Edit The Irish Times 14 Jan 2016
A new-year email arrives from Channel 4 with the subject line “Meet Walter”. Inside there’s a pencilled illustration of a dapper figure explaining that foreign-language television drama is his life’s passion. Walter has a head-start on a few of us there ... The term “Europudding”, defined on Wiktionary as “a stolid, uninspiring film, song, etc, produced through European co-operation”, was soon a proven anachronism ...    .  . ....

Wikipedia celebrates 15 years of free knowledge (Wikipedia - Wikimedia Foundation Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jan 2016
(Source. Wikipedia - Wikimedia Foundation Inc). Wikipedia celebrates 15 years of free knowledge. Community celebrates Wikipedia and sister projects with nearly 150 events on six continents ... San Francisco, CA ... Wikipedia is much more than a website ... There are 11 other Wikimedia free knowledge projects, including Wikimedia Commons, with more than 30 million freely licensed images, as well as Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, and more....

Justin Bieber in Mexico: Biebs kicked out of Tulum ruins after Justin drops trou

Edit The Examiner 08 Jan 2016
Justin Bieber’s vacation to Mexico took a ruinous turn – pun (and buns) intended. The 21-year-old Canadian singer, songwriter and juvenile nitwit is in trouble once again. This time, mid-adolescent girls and other “Beliebers” will have to defend the fact their idol dropped trou and attempted to climb all over Mexico’s historic Mayan ruins. Just to be clear for those not up to snuff on today’s slang. The phrase drop trou, per Wiktionary ... ....

The Importance of Smelling the Roses

Edit Huffington Post 08 Dec 2015
As I walked through the park the other day with a friend, I marveled at the many colors of tan, russet, and yellow of the changing leaves. The end of fall has a palette all its own...subtle, muted, hinting of winter. My friend seemed oblivious to our surroundings and rambled on about his misadventures in the stock market that week ... The Wiktionary defines it as taking time out of one's busy schedule to appreciate the beauty of life ... ....

WWWAI999

Edit Minds 04 Nov 2015
//it.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS 999 https.//it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleph 1 https.//it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_e_Omega http.//www.fileformat.info/ informazioni / unicode / car / 221D / index.htm http.//www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/03b1/index.htm http.//www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0391/ index.htm ......
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