February 2012
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WatchKanye West - Heard Em Say
Stages of Sleep
Every 60-100 minutes we go through a cycle of four stages of sleep
Stage 1 is a drowsy, relaxed state between being awake and sleeping - breathing slows, muscles relax, heart rate drops
Stage 2 is slightly deeper sleep - you may feel awake and this means that, on many nights, you may be asleep and not know it
Stage 3 and Stage 4, or Deep Sleep - it is very hard to wake up from Deep Sleep...
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“Like most others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid...”
– Hunter S. Thompson
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How Companies Learn Your Secrets
By CHARLES DUHIGG NY Times, Published: February 16, 2012
Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question: “If we wanted to figure out if a customer is pregnant, even if she didn’t want us to know, can you do that? ”
Pole has a master’s degree in statistics and another in...
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