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For the scores of existing users, that little restriction and that price increase are a big pain. Thankfully, you have other options. If youre a dedicated Apple user totally inside their ecosystem,Apple Notesis a surprisingly robust option. Right-click a notebook and select Export Notes. ENEX is best for the import options well look at below. Repeat this for every notebook in your account. This will export every note you have into a single file....

Meanwhile, your vet is more concerned that you admit to feeding him raisins. Lets take a look at what the dangers really are. Heres the lowdown on what we know about some of the foods that are most dangerous to dogs. The dangerous parts of chocolate are the caffeine and a related chemical,theobromine. Theyre both in a chemical family calledmethylxanthines. How much is a problem?It depends on the pop in of chocolate....

There are certain sea-side etiquettes that needed to be observed and decorum to be maintained. To help women maintain their modesty and dignity, a simple contraption called the bathing machine was developed. The carriage would be then drawn back to the shore. But this is not true. There is evidence of the existence of the bathing machine at least fifteen years prior. Benjamin Beale, however, did contribute to the design of the bathing machine....

The river of stone is 6 km long and averages 200 meters in width. Parts of it are 700 meters wide. The gigantic rock slide is believed to have occurred during the last glaciation some 10,000 years ago. When the ice melted away, these rocks slowly slide down the hill creating the Big Stone River. The geological feature is named river only because it resembles as such, not because it actually flows....

Reading Marion NestlesFood Politicswill make you feel like a speck in a universe of giants. This is part of Lifehackersbook reviewseries. Marion Nestleknows her food, and she knows her politics. In this book, Nestle follows the money. Were all cynical these days, but most of us just shrug and say corporate America is behind everything. And in the next breath, well insist that were impervious to their influence. But Nestle calls us out on that....

Ive been using a standing desk for a few months now and I love it. Itmakes me feel more productive, keeps me active, and cost me next to nothing to set up. Still, I had some growing pains. If youre thinking about setting up a standing desk, heres what I learned so you dont have to. My setup is pretty basic, but it gets the job done. I have a couple of footwear options for my standing desk....

No one wants to serve spoiled food to their families. Conversely, consumers dont want to throw food away unnecessarilybut we certainly do. Plenty of that food is discarded while still safe to eat. Sell by, best if used by, use bytheyall mean different things. Aside from the labeling issues, how are these dates even generated? Sell by dates are actually meant to let stores know how to rotate their stock....

The line was never completed, yet tens of thousands workers forced on the project perished while attempting to. Prisoner-workers building the SalekhardIgarka Railway. Photo from the book “Gulag” by Tomasz Kizny. Nevertheless, construction of the railroad began in 1947. The Gulag camps provided Stalin a cheap and expendable workforce that he could assign to any project. Photo credit:ComIntern/Wikimedia Working conditions were brutal. In winter, temperatures plummeted to -60C and blizzards chilled the body to the core....

There is a concept in chemistry known as activation energy. Activation energy is the minimum amount of energy that must be available for a chemical reaction to occur. Nothing will happen because the energy needed to activate a chemical reaction and spark a fire is not present. This post originally appeared onJames Clears blog. You have to add some extra energy to the equation to push the boulder to the top....

In fact, as time passed this little side project of his became an obsession. Eventually, he had covered the entire 125-meters-long, 250-stepped stairs with over 2,000 colored tiles. Photo credit:Vincent Poulissen/Flickr But he was hardly finished. Today, the stairs boasts of being decorated with tiles from over 60 countries. The Selaron Steps are now a landmark of Rio de Janeiro. It has been featured on many international magazines, newspapers, travel shows, and documentaries....

Its time to compare these three powerful options to see which is the best, and for whom. Want to save every photo youre tagged in on Facebook to your Dropbox account for safe keeping? Automation makes that happen behind the scenes, without you lifting a finger. Lets take a look at each of them: IFTTT: IFTTT is super easy to use. As the name suggests, you set up a trigger: thats the if....

Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village is tucked away in a small residential neighborhood of Simi Valley, California. Grandma Tressa Prisbrey began building the Bottle Village in 1956, when she was sixty years old. She needed a place to keep them. Before she knew it, she had over one million bottles had hand. And thats how Bottle Village was born. But one million bottles is not easy to exhaust. So she continued building....

From its peak, one can have unobstructed views of the entire city. Mount Wakakusa is hence very popular for walking and strolling. This is when the famous Wakakusa Yamayaki festival takes place. This is known as Yamayaki, which is literally, mountain roast. When the mediations failed, the entire mountain was set ablaze. Another theory claims that the fires were set to drive away wild boars. Today, the ceremonies are conducted by Todaiji Temple, Kofukuji Temple and Kasuga Shrine....