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2. Pomodoro Technique - Wikipedia

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   A pomodoro kitchen timer. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. [1] It uses a kitchen timer to break work into intervals, typically 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each interval is known as a pomodoro, from the Italian word for tomato, after the tomato-shaped ...

3. Academic quarter (class timing) - Wikipedia

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   Academic quarter (class timing) An academic quarter (localized into various languages in the countries where it is practised [a]) is the quarter-hour (15 minute) discrepancy between the defined start time for a lecture or lesson ("per schema") and the actual starting time, at some universities in most European countries. [b]

4. 15-minute city - Wikipedia

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   The 15-minute city (FMC[2] or 15mC[3]) is an urban planning concept in which most daily necessities and services, such as work, shopping, education, healthcare, and leisure can be easily reached by a 15-minute walk, bike ride, or public transit ride from any point in the city. [4] This approach aims to reduce car dependency, promote healthy and ...

5. 12-hour clock - Wikipedia

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   Minutes past the hour means those minutes are added to the hour; "ten past five" means 5:10. Minutes to, 'til and of the hour mean those minutes are subtracted; "ten of five", "ten 'til five", and "ten to five" all mean 4:50. Fifteen minutes is often called a quarter hour, and thirty minutes is often known as a half hour. For example, 5:15 can ...

6. 13 free workouts you can do at home in just 15 minutes - AOL

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   4. 13-Minute Cycle and Strength Workout. Dust off that spin bike and get ready to work your upper and lower body with this quick 13-minute workout from Barry’s.. 5. PuzzleFit 15-Minute Quick ...

7. Fast chess - Wikipedia

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   The World Chess Federation (FIDE) divides time controls for chess into "classical" time controls, and the fast chess time controls.As of July 2014, for master-level players (with an Elo of 2400 or higher) the regulations state that at least 120 minutes per player (based on a 60-move game) must be allocated for a game to be rated on the "classical" list; [2] for lower-rated players, this can be ...

8. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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   History of timekeeping devices. A marine sandglass. It is related to the hourglass, nowadays often used symbolically to represent the concept of time. The history of timekeeping devices dates back to when ancient civilizations first observed astronomical bodies as they moved across the sky. Devices and methods for keeping time have gradually ...

9. 15 minutes of fame - Wikipedia

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   15 minutes of fame is short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression was inspired by a quotation misattributed to Andy Warhol: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Attributed to two other people, the first printed use was in the program for a 1968 exhibition of Warhol's work at ...