Scientists have developed a free app that tells you the ideal time to take a coffee break to keep you in the "optimal mental alertness zone". The free Caffeine Zone iOS app, developed at Penn State University, is designed to help people determine when an extra jolt of caffeine may give them a mental boost and when it could harm sleeping patterns. Users enter information about their caffeine consumption - how much caffeine they drank or plan to drink, when they consumed it and how fast - and the app combines this with data on the known effects of caffeine on the body to create a graph showing how caffeine will affect their system over time. The green bar represents the optimal caffeine zone while the blue bar is where you'll need to get to before bed. Drinking a cup of coffee rapidly gives people a spike in mental alertness but too much caffeine can also linger in the bloodstream and cause sleep problems hours later, said the researchers, who unveiled their app at
2012-02-26 05:08:43 UTC
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Enter CoffeeCON 2012, Kevin Sinnott's creation. In the sleepy Chicago suburb of Warrenville, Illinois, he unveils this special day-long consumer coffee conference on Saturday, February 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the IBEW building, 28600 Bella Vista Parkway. "Coffee is better than wine," says two-time coffee author and brewing expert Kevin Sinnott. "But, wine comes ready to drink. Popping a cork is easy and screw tops even easier. Coffee must be prepared moments before consumption. Most home brewers destroy the subtle flavors. I'm making it my mission in life to give people a chance to learn how to appreciate coffee and how to brew it. More people have had good wine than good coffee." This coffee-obsessive is creating the ultimate first-ever consumer coffee conference that is drawing top experts from around the world to create a coffee university where they will teach every
2012-02-25 12:17:36 UTC
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Scientists have developed a free app that tells you the ideal time to take a coffee break to keep you in the "optimal mental alertness zone". The free Caffeine Zone iOS app, developed at Penn State University, is designed to help people determine when an extra jolt of caffeine may give them a mental boost and when it could harm sleeping patterns. Users enter information about their caffeine consumption - how much caffeine they drank or plan to drink, when they consumed it and how fast - and the app combines this with data on the known effects of caffeine on the body to create a graph showing how caffeine will affect their system over time. The green bar represents the optimal caffeine zone while the blue bar is where you'll need to get to before bed. Drinking a cup of coffee rapidly gives people a spike in mental alertness but too much caffeine can also linger in the bloodstream and cause sleep problems hours later, said the researchers, who unveiled their app at
2012-02-25 12:09:59 UTC
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Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company's economic output. That's because earnings are very often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earnings are more open to manipulation based on dubious judgment calls. Earnings' unreliability is one of the reasons Foolish investors often flip straight past the income statement to check the cash flow statement. In general, by taking a close look at the cash moving in and out of the business, you can better understand whether the last batch of earnings brought money into the company, or merely disguised a cash gusher with a pretty headline. Calling all cash flows - When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Green Mtn
2012-02-25 12:06:11 UTC
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) GMCR +0.22% , a leader in specialty coffee and coffee makers, today announced that it is scheduled to present at the 2012 Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) Conference in Boca Raton, FL on February 21, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. ET. GMCR's presentation will be webcast live via a link from the events portion of the Investor Relations section of the Company's website: http://investor.gmcr.com/events.cfm . The webcast also will be archived and available for replay for 30 days. As a leader in specialty coffee and coffee makers, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) GMCR +0.22% , is recognized for its award-winning coffees, innovative Keurig(R) Single Cup brewing technology, and socially responsible business practices. GMCR supports local and global communities by offsetting 100% of its direct greenhouse gas emissions, investing in sustainably-grown coffee, and donating at least five percent of its pre-tax profits to
2012-02-24 15:54:19 UTC
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) GMCR +0.22% , a leader in specialty coffee and coffee makers, today announced that it is scheduled to present at the 2012 Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) Conference in Boca Raton, FL on February 21, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. ET. GMCR's presentation will be webcast live via a link from the events portion of the Investor Relations section of the Company's website: http://investor.gmcr.com/events.cfm . The webcast also will be archived and available for replay for 30 days. As a leader in specialty coffee and coffee makers, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) GMCR +0.22% , is recognized for its award-winning coffees, innovative Keurig(R) Single Cup brewing technology, and socially responsible business practices. GMCR supports local and global communities by offsetting 100% of its direct greenhouse gas emissions, investing in sustainably-grown coffee, and donating at least five percent of its pre-tax profits to
2012-02-24 12:17:08 UTC
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