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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. Event Horizon (film) - Wikipedia

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    Event Horizon is a 1997 science fiction horror film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and written by Philip Eisner. It stars Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan and Joely Richardson. Set in 2047, it follows a crew of astronauts sent on a rescue mission after a missing spaceship, the Event Horizon, spontaneously appears in orbit around ...

  4. 52/17 rule - Wikipedia

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    The 52/17 Rule is a time management method that recommends 52 minutes of focused working followed by 17 minutes of complete resting and recharging. This principle was first presented in 2014 in an article for The Muse [1] and has since then been covered by other media outlets. [2][3][4] The 52/17 productivity principle was initially discovered ...

  5. Pencil detonator - Wikipedia

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    The timer was started by crushing the copper section of the tube to break the vial of cupric chloride, which then began to slowly erode the wire holding back the striker. When the wire eventually parted, the striker was propelled down the hollow centre of the detonator, hitting the percussion cap at the other end of the detonator.

  6. MTV Spring Break - Wikipedia

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    MTV Spring Break refers to the channel's annual spring break coverage, [29] [30] featuring numerous live performances from artists [31] and bands on location. [32] The annual tradition continued into the 2000s, [33] [34] when it became de-emphasized and handed off to mtvU, [35] [36] [37] the spin-off channel of MTV targeted at college campuses.

  7. Metronome - Wikipedia

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    Metronome. A metronome (from Greek μέτρον (métron) 'measure' and νομός (nomós) 'law') is a device that produces an audible click or other sound at a uniform interval that can be set by the user, typically in beats per minute (BPM). Metronomes may also include synchronized visual motion, such as a swinging pendulum or a blinking light.

  8. Timer - Wikipedia

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    A timer or countdown timer is a type of clock that starts from a specified time duration and stops upon reaching 00:00. A simple timer is an hourglass. Commonly, a timer triggers an alarm when it ends. A timer can be implemented through hardware or software. Stopwatches operate in the opposite direction, upwards from 00:00, measuring elapsed ...

  9. It Might as Well Be Spring - Wikipedia

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    The song is sung early in the film by Margy the teenage daughter of the State Fair-bound Frake family, who is feeling the symptoms of spring fever.Oscar Hammerstein, the lyricist for the Rodgers & Hammerstein team, mentioned to Richard Rodgers that although state fairs were held in summer or autumn, for Margy – flushed by the stirrings of womanhood – "it might as well be spring".