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I am testing Zemanta which shows related articles while you are blogging. When blogging about meditation it showed an article at Time titled How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time. In the article Walter Zimmermann attributes his brain’s enduring sharpness to 40 minutes of meditation each morning and evening. The practice helps him [...]

When browsing the net about meditation I came across an article at BBC: Scientists probe meditation secrets. The article says that scientists are beginning to uncover evidence that meditation has a tangible effect on the brain.
Research into the health claims made for meditation has limitations and few conclusions can be reached, partly because meditation is [...]

The BBC website has a really interesting section titled BBC Languages. You find courses in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Greek, Chinese as well as some other languages.
There is an online course titled Mi Vida Loca which is Spanish for beginners, I think I will try that one.

I subscribe to a newsletter from Springwise and found White lines make paper stand out.
Whitelines® is amazingly simple, when you see the finished product, and judging from the image it makes a lot of difference.
I intend to have a look at the real thing, I found a reseller in the city I live.
Image from [...]

New York Times used to charge for access to parts of its content. I found that annoying and stopped going there, there are many other sources for news. Now they have changed their mind, Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site which I think is great.
TechCrunch writes The End Of The Pay [...]

While searching for some phrases I found The Phrase Finder. There presentation says:
Whether you want to resolve a friendly argument over how a saying or phrase originated or whether you just enjoy words, you’ll probably find something here to interest you.
There are also Well-known misquotations and Popular Fallacies.

VideoJug uses the tag line “Life Explained. On Film”. There are films in categories such as Food, Drinks, Pets, Sport, Work and more. You can for instance learn How To Eat Sushi, How To Play Omaha Hi-Lo or How To Open A Bottle Of Champagne With A Sword.

Have you ever wondered what the … an acronym or abbreviation stands for? Go to Acronym Finder which contains more than 3 million acronyms and abbreviations.

Idioms and phrases is a great place. It is compiled from the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms and the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms. The Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms explains over 7,000 idioms current in British, American and Australian English.
The Idioms-dictionary is part of TheFreeDictionary.com.

Spelling differences between American and British English is a really useful page for those who need/want to get the spelling correct.

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