- What is “Real” Ramen?
- Instant ramen noodles are popular in the world, but “real” ramen eaten in Japan are different from instant noodles. Raw Chinese egg noodles (Chuka-men) are used instead of dried noodles to make ramen. Even though Chinese noodles are used in ramen dishes, ramen is a typical Japanese food. There are so many ramen shops in Japan, and ramen is a kind of Japanese fast food.
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- A free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT’s mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT’s values of excellence, innovation, and leadership.
- Men’s Fitness: Stretches for carpal tunnel syndrome – Fast track: the active man’s guide to damn near everything – Brief Article
- Whether you’re a cubicle jockey, a welder, or a pal gow dealer at a casino, the repetitive movements your hands make daily put you at risk for developing carpal tunnel syndrome — a painful and annoying neurological condition caused by the compression of a nerve in the wrist. Treatments, including surgery, can be costly and drawn out, but taking the time to do the following five exercises — specially designed for the desk driver on a tight schedule — may be the best preventative medicine.
- Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
- The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in North Devon, is one of the world’s most famous and picturesque narrow gauge railways. Passengers can now travel by steam train along part of the original route within the Exmoor National Park above the Heddon Valley near Parracombe. The opening of this first phase of the new line now allows visitors to experience a taste of what will eventually become one of the ultimate heritage railway experiences of the world! Here on this website you can gain a feel of our railway, and learn more about this exciting project.
- Thirty-eight dishonest tricks
- Thirty-eight dishonest tricks which are commonly used in argument, with the methods of overcoming them.
- Language Log: The sixteen first rules of fiction
- I must say I was surprised, though, when I went to check via Google that this really was the First Rule of Fiction and found, with a search on “first rule of fiction”, that in fact there are at least sixteen (16) First Rules of Fiction. In addition to Show, don’t tell, which is mentioned on two or three sites, I found these (they are roughly paraphrased; often the rules are only hinted at).
- Suggestions for critical thinking
- Some basic steps in critically analyzing arguments (with links to web pages on informal fallacies).
- Kids Do Much of Their Munching in Front of TV
- Duh! You needed a study to tell you that?
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