Sunday, September 12, 2010

music intervals : major : perfect : augmented : diminished

music intervals : major : perfect : augmented : diminished
If an interval is a half-step larger than a perfect or a major interval, it is called augmented. An interval that is a half-step smaller than a perfect or a minor interval is called diminished.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Mind - Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits - NYTimes.com

Mind - Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits - NYTimes.com
None of which is to suggest that these techniques — alternating study environments, mixing content, spacing study sessions, self-testing or all the above — will turn a grade-A slacker into a grade-A student. Motivation matters. So do impressing friends, making the hockey team and finding the nerve to text the cute student in social studies.

Largest Cities in the United States & the World

Largest Cities in the World / United States
Largest Cities in the United States & the World

World's Largest Cities [rank: 1-1000]

World's Largest Cities [rank: 1-1000]
World's Largest Cities [Ranked by City Population]

Normal human body temperature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Normal human body temperature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Normal human body temperature, also known as normothermia or euthermia, is a concept that depends upon the place in the body at which the measurement is made, and the time of day and level of activity of the person. There is no single number that represents a normal or healthy temperature for all people under all circumstances using any place of measurement.

past participle - Wiktionary

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Malcolm Gladwell says that if you want to shine, put in 10,000 hours - Times Online

Malcolm Gladwell says that if you want to shine, put in 10,000 hours - Times Online
Frank Furedi, professor of sociology at the University of Kent, said those who put in many hours of practice effectively make their own luck: “They work relentlessly hard, which means when their luck comes they are ready for it.”