Sentences with phrase «than an hour a day reading»

The saving grace of the report is that Americans over 75 spend more than an hour a day reading over weekends and holiday.

Not exact matches

«We go to school and are taught reading, writing and arithmetic for [however many] hours a day and then taught that getting a good grade is better than getting a bad grade.»

Buffett spends hours each day reading reports and researching companies, industries, the economy and the performance of the more than 80 companies Berkshire owns outright.

So I created one, and read all the works in 2013 — even the plays Shakespeare c0 - authored — in less than half an hour a day.

Ok, all you holier - than - thou moms who just got on their soap box to preach about the ill - effects of television let me reassure you that my kids only watch what I allow them (and been pre-screened by me) and only for the recommended 2 hours a day (contrary to what you may have read in my What Not To Say To SAHM post).

Turns out the quiet was nice for me more than the children in that I spent those evening hours reading or processing the day.

From Lise of Veggie - Bento — «Yes, some days I am an obsessive whack - job and spend an hour making an intricate lunch (rather than watching tv, reading, playing games, etc), but most often, I spend 5 extra minutes smashing a cookie cutter around.

This classical & Charlotte Mason inspired curriculum encourages nature walks, reading aloud, quiet reflection with God, and can be done in less than an hour each day of the week.

However, when they examined the data for men and women separately, they found that men who reported spending more than 11.38 hours a day engaged in sedentary behaviors, such as writing, typing or working on a computer, and reading, were 45 percent more likely to experience colorectal adenoma recurrence compared with men who spent fewer than 6.90 sedentary hours a day.

UCLA scientists found that sixth - graders who went five days without even glancing at a smartphone, television or other digital screen did substantially better at reading human emotions than sixth - graders from the same school who continued to spend hours each day looking at their electronic devices.

Optometrist and lead researcher on the project, Associate Professor Scott Read who is the director of research at QUT's School of Optometry and Vision Science, said children need to spend more than an hour and preferably at least two hours a day outside to help prevent myopia from developing and progressing.

Fewer than one in five students averaged a half - hour or more of reading per day, and fewer than one in three read between 15 and 29 minutes on a daily basis.

Only students who read 15 minutes or more a day saw accelerated reading gains — that is, gains higher than the national average — and students who read just over a half - hour to an hour per day saw the greatest gains of all.

For example, an elementary school student who read for a half - hour every day (and answered quiz questions correctly) tended to post a reading achievement growth rate that was 86 percent higher than that of his peers.

This hour long event sold out in only two days, which tells me that there are more than one of you out... [Read more...]

Nook Touch is still better designed than even the new Kindle Touch with battery lasting two months with ONE hour reading a day with Wi - Fi off thus it's still twice as long as new Kindle's two months with HALF and hour a day with Wi - Fi off.

We read The Cry of the Icemark to our children (then 9 and 11) at our «morning reading parties» (half an hour before the start of the school day) and I can attest to the fact that there's nothing better for getting the day off to a good start than following Thirrin into battle!

I mean already have to read Facebook posts from authors about hitting every conceivable niche bestseller list for that day or hour on Amazon but now I have to puzzle over what it means to be a NYT bestselling animal book (which is, I assume, by topic rather than author — though I suspect my collie Hamish would love to be on this list!).

If you read for more than a few hours a day, you should plan on charging daily.

Not sure how you measured Nook Touches Battery time, but mine lasts way longer than two weeks, even with reading an hour and a half to two hours a day.

Somehow, I manage to muddle along, work on a computer all day, check my email and social media, watch an couple of hours of TV daily, write, blog, podcast and still read more than a hundred books a year.

I went an entire week reading an hour or two each day with the Wi - Fi on, and brightness set to about half brightness and I still have more than 75 % of the battery left.

Also, current e-Ink Nook Simpletouch is still better designed than even the new Kindle Touch with battery lasting two months with ONE hour reading a day with Wi - Fi off thus it's still twice as long as new Kindle's two months with HALF and hour a day with Wi - Fi off.

Most outstanding feature would be the Reading Mode, where Kobo claims that the the battery life is extended from 9.5 hours to more than 10 days!

But there's more to retirement than having enough money coming in and you can only spend so many hours a day reading or watching TV.

Sure, I've played a few of the early Playstation titles in my day, but never for more than an hour or so, and I still... Read More

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I'll be returning to this article for advice when I'm ready to invest the time; right now I allow myself less than two hours a day for reading FB & artist business blogs & artist research and schedule the rest of the time to building more original paintings and jewelry designs.

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2 — As I understand, unless the time of observation is particularly close to the time of Tmax or Tmin (where «double counting» would be a frequent occurrence),, the double counting will only occur for days where there is a marked jump in temperature (so, in the case of morning readings, where the second night is appreciably warmer than the first and so Tmin occurs at the start of the 24 hours).

So, the 729.9 W / m ^ 2 shown during the hours just before and after noon on a dry clear - sky day should be reading somewhat below 729.9 / (1 — 0.313) or less than 1062 W / m ^ 2 by measurement, near noon, on the equator, for the atmosphere itself, in those conditions, would not be absorbing as much direct solar radiation as the average shows in column C either (no clouds).

When you find yourself facing days when there's more than can be done in the hours remaining, selectively try out studying shortcuts, like reading a few online case briefs before skimming the edited cases in your book.

Facebook itself estimates that users spend nearly an hour a day visiting its apps: more than most people spend reading, eating or exercising.

Also Read: Last Week's Market Wrap Up As of press time, bitcoin's total 24 hour USD volume was $ 12.2 million, lower than the average $ 15 — $ 20 million USD volume we see on a typical day of trading.

Perhaps you've spent hours or even days polishing up your résumé, but the truth is, recruiters and hiring managers aren't going to dedicate more than a few minutes to reading it.

Instead, try spending 5 hours a day on your job search and the other 3 on something that will enrich you, like learning a new sport or an instrument, or reading up on the industry or taking a class... something that will better yourself and make you a stronger person than you were before.

According to Inc.com, Buffett read up to 1,000 pages a day when he first launched his investing career and still spends more than half of his working hours enjoying the written word.