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How Long to Nap for the Biggest Brain Benefits

How Long to Nap for the Biggest Brain Benefits

Where to Find Serious Coffee in New York? Everywhere Photo If you want to see just how much has changed in New York’s coffee scene in the last few years, stop by Gregorys Coffee. The company, which has eight locations in Manhattan and three more on the way, has the familiar feel of a chain store: cheerful cashiers, enormous lattes, flavored syrups. But look carefully and you’ll also see a short menu of exceptional coffees from cult roasters, prepared to order on an AeroPress, a syringe-like brewer that produces coffee with unusual clarity. Until recently, this was the kind of coffee and equipment you saw only at the hard-core coffee shops, the ones that felt like underground clubs: judgmental staff, coded language, obscure locations. You can also find it nearly anywhere, at prices comparable to the drinks at the bigger coffee chains. It’s not just that the coffee scene is growing; it’s also growing up. That the audience has grown is in no small part because of the changing geography of good coffee.

Background Burner - Instantly Remove Backgrounds from Images and Photos - Bonanza Build Your Own Adobe Creative Suite with Free and Cheap Software Five Best Desktop Search Applications I completely agree. I could not live with out X1. Worth every penny I paid for it many times over. Every six months I google "Desktop Search Engine" and try and install either a newer version (?) However, I did need to adjust the indexing to "least aggressive", "not while on battery", "disable real-time indexing of Outlook and Files", and setting the intervals to 180-600 minutes (do I really need to scan my 8,000+ contacts every 30 minutes?

12 Useful Websites to Improve Your Writing by Johnny Webber 1. Words-to-Use.com – A different kind of thesaurus. 2. 3. 4. 5. 750words.com – Write three new pages every day. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Basic HTML That Everyone Should Know For some of you, HTML (hyper-text markup language) is as foreign a language as when you first learned to read and write. This article is for you. For those of us who have been working with HTML for over 10 years, this article will not apply. These days though, if you’re a freelance writer, you are probably being asked to submit your articles through some kind of CMS (content management system), whether it be WordPress, Joomla! Some of the main issues come into play when a writer starts off in Word or another type of word processing tool. In my experience, I have seen all sorts of strange code appearing when a writer submits an article into the Joomla! Hopefully, this article will help you move past the Rookie mistakes and you can reach the rank of Beginning HTML expert. In the majority of CMS’, there is most likely an icon in the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) text editor. The Paragraph Tag Let’s start with the absolute basics. <p>This will be the beginning of a new paragraph.

Top apps and tips to get free Wi-Fi anywhere October 09, 2013, 2:52 PM — Need Wi-Fi but aren't willing to pay? No problem. Hotspotio If you've got an Android device and you're looking for free WiFi, this free app is well worth a try. WeFi and WeFi Pro WeFi is a massive database of WiFi networks, so visit it with your Web browser and you'll find any near you. FreeZone for Android and FreeZone for iOS This app, for iOS and Android devices, works much like WeFi, and automaticaly finds and connects you to a nearby free WiFi network. WiFinder This Android app won't automatically connect you to nearby networks automatically, but it will show you all nearby WiFi networks, including not just open ones, but those that are encrypted as well. Check with your cable company As a way to compete, cable companies are increasingly providing free wireless networks for their subscribers.

ABOUT — GRAVTAS GRAVTAS Magazine is a twice monthly publication in search of the human experience. From the arts and culture to the news and sports, GRAVTAS -- pronounced \ 'gra-və-,täs \ -- offers a fresh perspective on the world we live in, creating unique content that engages and informs our readers. We're committed to challenging the conventional wisdom that drives today's media and embracing the ambiguities, hypocrisies and uncertainties that govern our lives. We're curious -- about our world, our future, and our role in the theater of life. Our mission is to take these curiosities and interests and turn them into high-quality content that helps shape your understanding of the world. We hope our content will leave you hungering for more, stoking new ideas and inspiring fresh questions. Media is changing. What days will we finalize GRAVTAS Magazine each month? To ensure the quality of our content, we're starting out small. Share GRAVTAS with your friends and family! Will Lent - Music Contributor

Interpreting Copyright Law (for Digital Storytelling) Issues of ownership, copyright, permission, and educational fair use invariably come up in any discussion involving the use of digital content created by someone else. The use of copyrighted material is indeed a serious concern and one that many educators and policy makers study and discuss. Unfortunately, there is no definitive answer to the question of what materials may or may not be freely used in educational projects. But other educators have a different opinion and do not want their students to use any materials that were created by someone else. The philosophy we use in our courses, reflected in the digital stories included on this website and in projects created by students in our courses, is that the use of some commonly available media may fall under the doctrine of Educational Fair Use in some countries, such as the United States. The digital stories are created by students and educators for non-profit, educational purposes.

Lasting Relationships Rely On 2 Traits Gottman wanted to know more about how the masters created that culture of love and intimacy, and how the disasters squashed it. In a follow-up study in 1990, he designed a lab on the University of Washington campus to look like a beautiful bed-and-breakfast retreat. He invited 130 newlywed couples to spend the day at this retreat and watched them as they did what couples normally do on vacation: cook, clean, listen to music, eat, chat, and hang out. And Gottman made a crucial discovery in this study—one that gets at the heart of why some relationships thrive while others languish. Throughout the day, partners would make requests for connection, what Gottman calls “bids.” For example, say that the husband is a bird enthusiast and notices a goldfinch fly across the yard. The wife now has a choice. People who turned toward their partners in the study responded by engaging the bidder, showing interest and support in the bid.

Three Entry-Level GoPro-type action cameras reviewed | Pretzel Logix Small action cameras like the GoPro have been around for awhile, but these cameras have traditionally only attracted the attention of those involved in “extreme” sports. As such, the price of such cameras has been kept in the $250 to $500 range. As technology has become cheaper, other manufacturers have realized that there is now an opportunity to make cheap, entry-level action cams for around $100. This review picks out 3 of the most recent models and compares them to see how they perform. Introduction GoPro HERO ($130) The GoPro HERO is the entry-level version of the latest line of GoPro cameras for 2014/2015. Polaroid Cube POL3C ($100) The Polaroid Cube goes in a totally different direction compared to the GoPro. The SJCAM SJ-4000 is an imitator of the GoPro. Overview Here is a quick table displaying the specifications for each camera: Each camera is around $100, plus or minus $30. The GoPro and the Polaroid have 5 and 6MP sensors, respectively. Testing Basic Video — First Impressions

bookmarks for warnick tagged 'annotation' Hypothes.is just might make the web relevant again Ryan Brazell's: "Hypothes.is right now is in very early (alpha) testing, but already I see a lot of promise and opportunity. In the future I’d like to be able to follow the activity of users, tags, and URLs; to save an archive of my annotations and host them on my own domain (much like Twitter’s archive download currently works); and to mark up not only text but also images, video, datasets, and other kinds of media." annotationwebappreviewcollaborationaugust 2013 by warnick Smallpdf.com - A Free Solution to all your PDF Problems

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