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  2. Pomodoro Technique - Wikipedia

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    Pomodoro Technique. 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 ...

  3. 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. An example of 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 ...

  4. Alarm clock - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 October 2024. Type of clock A traditional wind-up (key-wound), mechanical spring-powered alarm clock An alarm clock or alarm is a clock that is designed to alert an individual or group of people at a specified time. The primary function of these clocks is to awaken people from their night's sleep or ...

  5. The Brave Little Toaster - Wikipedia

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    In a small wooden cabin, five anthropomorphic electric appliances – Toaster, Radio, a desk lamp named "Lampy", an electric blanket named "Blanky" and a vacuum cleaner named "Kirby" – await the return of a young boy named Rob (whom they refer to as "the Master") who used to vacation at the cabin with his family, but has not come by in some years.

  6. Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

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    10:28:25: The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, 1 hour and 42 minutes after the impact of Flight 11. The Marriott Hotel, located at the base of the two towers, is also destroyed. [1] [3] 10:50:19: All five stories of the Pentagon on the West side where American 77 crashed collapse due to the fire started by the crash.

  7. Sleep - Wikipedia

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    Most of this awake time occurred shortly after REM sleep. [22] Today, many humans wake up with an alarm clock; [23] however, people can also reliably wake themselves up at a specific time with no need for an alarm. [22] Many sleep quite differently on workdays versus days off, a pattern which can lead to chronic circadian desynchronization.

  8. Doomsday Clock - Wikipedia

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    Doomsday Clock. The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. [1] Maintained since 1947, the Clock is a metaphor, not a prediction, for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technological advances.

  9. Timer (film) - Wikipedia

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    Running time. 99 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Timer (stylized as TiMER) is a 2009 science fiction romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Jac Schaeffer in her directorial debut. The plot concerns a device that counts down to the day a person meets their soulmate.