Word: drips
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...broadest changes is a loyalty-rewards program starting in mid-April for anyone who buys a Starbucks card and registers it online. Participants will get free refills on drip coffee, a free cup of coffee when they buy a bag of whole bean coffee, two free hours of Wi-Fi a day and free upgrades - including syrups, soy milk, and extra whipped cream - on all lattes...
...blend, Pike Place Roast, will be ground fresh in stores for drip coffee - a practice that was all but eliminated years ago in order to save baristas time behind the counter...
Even xeriscaped gardens need irrigation, especially in their early stages, but rarely as much as you think. Use a drip emitter, which supplies moisture more efficiently...
...year rule explains, in an obvious and intuitive way, why the novice nurse Thomas failed his simulation: he had completed only two years of training, and he got rattled. "It's funny the things that anxiety can do to people," Whyte, the nursing professor, said, as Thomas ignored the drip. Monica, by contrast, instinctively looked up to see what medications were on the line. But then she made the same error as her inexperienced counterpart...
...Experience is not only insufficient for expert performance; in some cases, it can hurt. Highly experienced people tend to execute routine tasks almost unconsciously - think of Monica immediately glancing up to see Ardman's dopamine drip - and they retrieve the information they need quickly, rarely pausing to apply rules. Driving is a good example. In a 1991 paper in the journal Ergonomics, a team of researchers found that while new drivers and truly expert drivers (members of Britain's Institute of Advanced Motorists) checked their mirrors often and applied their brakes early, regular drivers with 20 years' experience rarely checked...