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1321
Design
DOING DESKTOP DESIGN
If you are estimating your time for a desktop design job and you think it will take more than one hour, multiply your estimate by two. If you think you can finish the job in less than one hour, multiply your estimate by three.
John E. Parsons, Production Manager, American Demographics
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1322
Management
GETTING THINGS DONE
Make a new "to do" list every day from your larger list of projects, goals, and things to do. If an item gets transferred from one daily list to the next ten times, drop it. There's a reason you're avoiding the item, and your time would be better spent reassessing your motives. web:
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Andrea Frankel, computer scientist, engineer, holistic health practitioner, San Diego, California
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1323
Real Estate
INVESTING IN RETIREMENT HOUSING
If you are building retirement housing, you should plan to spend 20 to 25 percent of the average unit cost for land acquisition and marketing expenditures.
Anonymous
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1324
Cooking
EATING BRAZIL NUTS
Brazil nuts are 30 times more radioactive than the second most radioactive food.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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1325
Health
CHECKING A BEER BELLY
Measure the circumferences of your waist and hips. If the waist-to-hips ratio is over 1.0 in men or above 0.8 in women, your risk of heart attack or stroke is five to ten times greater than if the ratio is less.
US Pharmacist
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1326
Gardening
PLANTING A BULB
If you're not sure how deep to plant a flower bulb, try three times its length.
Kevin Kelly, Athens, Georgia
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1327
Temperature
PREDICTING A FROST
When the temperature falls below 50 degrees Fahrenheit at sunset, watch out for morning frost.
Tim Matson, writer and pond maker, Thetford Center, Vermont
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1328
Survival
THE SECOND SURVIVAL RULE OF THREE
History shows that people repeatedly survive far longer than thought possible. A general rule is to estimate the survival time for a particular person under specific conditions, then multiply by three.
Tim J. Setnicka, author, Wilderness Search and Rescue
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1329
Driving
FINDING A PARKING SPACE
Drive to your destination. Then using that as a center, drive in ever-larger circles until you find a spot.
John H. Beauvais, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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1330
Joker
BETSY'S OFT-OVERLOOKED RULE
Two's company, three's a crowd.
Betsy Cook, composer, Buckinghamshire, England
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1331
Insects
SWARMING BEES
Honeybees will start to congregate in a horseshoe-shaped pattern on the front of the hive three days before they start to swarm.
Anthony Sykes, orchard worker
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