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  • Workshops fit for Wikiholics.

    Liz
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:21 am
    The Answers Summit is going to be no work and all play… Since even the work(shops) will be fun! As part of the exciting Answers.com conference schedule, three workshops will be given by three different parties making for a diverse list of speakers. It’s going to be a chance for community members to speak up and share the lessons they’ve learned, too. You can check out the workshops on the Answers Summit site or skim them below: Communicating Effectively Online Presented by: Fred Polirer, Performance Specialist, Administaff How do you approach a misguided new contributor?

  • The ninjas versus pirates debate.

    Liz
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:19 am
    It’s an age-old question. Seriously, this question has been around for as long as the subjects themselves. Who is more powerful - ninjas or pirates? Now, wait a second, you think you know the answer. You’re probably even pretty sure of yourself. But hold on. There are some very compelling arguments for both sides in the WikiAnswer. I will say this - no matter which is the more powerful, they would each be even more powerful in large groups of their own. Which is why you might want to consider this: That’s all I’m saying. Oh, and today is the last day to apply for a…

  • Stupid Little Genius: A Serious Joke of a User Name?

    Crystal
    16 Nov 2009 | 4:54 am
    One of our most dedicated and passionate contributors – not to mention our awesome volunteer Special Project Assistant (SPA) leader extraordinaire (say that ten times fast!) – has a user name that reads like a quirky oxymoron. It’s Stupid Little Genius. What – you ask yourself?!!? You read right… It’s Stupid Little Genius. Dying to know more? Well read on to learn about how this most eyebrow raising user name came to be and get the inside scoop on one of WikiAnswers’ best and brightest. What is your WikiAnswers user name and the history behind it? My user name is Stupid Little…

  • It’s Sunday - save four trees!

    Liz
    15 Nov 2009 | 8:18 am
    Did you know? Just by recycling your Sunday paper every week for a year, you can save four trees! Today is America Recycles Day, “the only nationally recognized day dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and buy recycled products,” as highlighted on Today’s Highlights. More on the topic: How does recycling help to prevent global warming? When solid waste is recycled, there is a vastly reduced release of  into the air. Concern for the environment has created a greater demand for recycling. With more garbage created than ever before, landfills are growing and there…

  • JoyceP: A mother is missed

    Matthew
    13 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    You may remember JoyceP, our 2008 WAmmy Award Winner in two different Best Answer categories.  Yes, that JoyceP!  She had been writing long before she became a supervisor at WikiAnswers. She endured a troubled childhood marred by the loss of her beloved mother.  Even though it’s been many years since her mother died she still thinks about her every single day and still has days when she cries for her.  On a particularly bad day, when she missed her terribly, she decided to grab a pad and pencil and began scribbling down her thoughts.  Within about ten minutes she had written this…
 
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    Answers.com: Spotlight

  • Spotlight of the Day: Piltdown man

    Where did the Piltdown Man get his name? Between 1911 and 1915, researcher Charles Dawson found fragments of a cranium, a tooth and some tools in a gravel deposit in Piltdown, in Sussex, England. The scientific world was agog with the findings — anthropologists believed that the fossilized remains of an ancient hominid had been discovered, a missing link between ape and man. The fossil was called the Piltdown man after the area in which he was found. However, much as the word Edsel has become synonymous with lemon, Piltdown has become synonymous with fraud. It took 40 years for the…
 
 
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    Answers.com: FOOD Word of the Day

  • cola nut; kola nut

    [KOH-lah] Caffeine and theobromine, used in the manufacture of some soft drinks, are derivatives of the cola nut, offspring of the cola tree that grows in Africa, South America and the West Indies. Chewing this nut is a favorite pastime of natives who claim it diminishes fatigue and thirst and (for some) has aphrodisiac properties.© Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
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    Answers.com: WINE Word of the Day

  • Tarragona DO

    [tah-rah-GAW-nuh] A large do located in the southern part of Spain's catalonia region. There are about 28,000 vineyard acres spread throughout three subzones-El Campo de Tarragona, La Comarca de Falset, and La Ribera d'Erbe. El Campo de Tarragona, the largest subzone, produces mainly white wines from macabeo, parellada and xarel-lo grapes. La Comarca de Falset adjoins the priorat doca to the north and produces intense red wines from Garnacha Tinta (grenache) and Cariñena (carignan). La Ribera d'Erbe produces both red and white wines using the aforementioned grapes. Historically, most of the…
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    Answers.com: Today in History

  • hot-air balloon

    first manned free flight was taken by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on a 20-minute, 9-km. flight over Paris (1783)

  • phonograph

    a new invention was announced by Thomas Edison (1877)

  • Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

    span connecting Brooklyn and Staten Island in New York City opened to the public; it was the longest suspension bridge in the world until overtaken by the UK's Humber Bridge (1964)

  • Who shot J.R.?

    350 million people worldwide tuned in to Dallas to find out (1980)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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