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Beardo Beard Hat, A Knitted Beanie With Detachable, Foldaway Beard. - StumbleUpon. Compilation Of Best Videos From The Internet Video - Awesome. High Existence - StumbleUpon. Most people only think that there is one way to sleep: Go to sleep at night for 6-8 hours, wake up in the morning, stay awake for 16-18 hours and then repeat.

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Actually, that is called a monophasic sleep cycle, which is only 1 of 5 major sleep cycles that have been used successfully throughout history. The other 4 are considered polyphasic sleep cycles due to the multiple number of naps they require each day. How is this possible? How is this healthy? Well the most important of every sleep cycle is the Stage 4 REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, which has been shown to provide the benefits of sleep to the brain above all other stages of sleep. This way, you still get the benefits of 8 hours of sleep without wasting all of the time it takes to get to REM cycles, resulting in a much more efficient sleep cycle. Uberman Cycle: 20 to 30 minute naps every 4 hours, resulting in 6 naps each day.

Everyman Cycle: One longer “core” nap that is supplemented with several 20-30 minute naps. Dymaxion Cycle: Free Things to Do - Free Tips on Saving Money at WomansDay.com - Womans Day - StumbleUpon. As much as I love the word, I have to admit it makes me suspicious.

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Just this week I won a “free” vacation, but the fine print says I need to send in a cashier's check to claim my prize. Sadly, “free” is usually a sneaky way to clean out my wallet. But every now and then an exception comes along that's truly free-no strings attached, no hidden agendas. Here are my favorites, and all you really need is an Internet connection to go online. Business cardsVistaPrint is an online printing company known for its amazing offer of 250 free business cards.

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10 Awesome Online Classes You Can Take For Free - StumbleUpon. Cool, but you need iTunes for nearly everything, and that gets an 'F.' Are there really no other places to get these lessons?

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I was sure there are some on Academic Earth. Flagged 1. 7 of them are available via YouTube. 2. iTunes is free. 1. 2. Don't worry, we're looking out for you! While I have no personal beef with iTunes, I know that many people share your sentiments — so I actually made a concerted effort to include relevant youtube links when possible. Facebook According to College Students: Koofers. The Very Best Fails of 2011 (Compilation) How Do Co-Founders Meet? 17 Startups Tell All. Jobs and Woz.

How Do Co-Founders Meet? 17 Startups Tell All

Larry and Sergey. Jack, Biz and Evan. Mark and Eduardo. Many of today's most notable and successful tech companies were born not out of one, but two (and sometimes three) noggins. Entrepreneurship can be a long, lonely and hard road, so it helps to have a co-founder — he serves as a sounding board, a different point of view, a yin to your yang. But how are you supposed to find the person with whom you'll hunker down to build the company you're so passionate about?

Mashable spoke with 17 sets of co-founders from some of today's growing startups — ZocDoc, Spotify, Airbnb, Foursquare and more — to discover how they met, where their idea came from and why they decided to take the plunge together.