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Scotland Aurora

The image shown on many of the pages of this website, including this page, that is of an aurora in the sky, is named on this website as Scotland Aurora, and is in a file named aurora-scotland.jpg is an enhancement of one downloaded via <https://pixabay.com/en/scotland-aurora-northern-lights-1564096/>, as accessed March 19, 2017, at a submaximal resolution, of “1920x1301”, probably from <https://pixabay.com/en/photos/download/scotland-1564096_1920.jpg?attachment&modal>, as accessed March 19, 2017. Probably Copyright 2016 mcbeaner. Copyright and related rights in the Work or image have been subjected to the application of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal (<https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode>, as accessed March 19, 2017 (summarized at <https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en>, as accessed March 19, 2017)). Nothing represented in the Work or in the image implies endorsement of any product or service by any person, brand, organization, or other entity or anything else so represented, if any such representation exists. No copyright, property right, trademark, or other legal right is known by Nick Levinson with respect to such Work or image other than that of mcbeaner, who appeared to have created and provided the Work or image, or Pixabay, which hosted the Work or image. The description of the image and that was supplied by mcbeaner or Pixabay is “Scotland Aurora Northern Lights Night Sky Stars”, perhaps as separate words and not as one statement. The image has since been enhanced by Nick Levinson, by cropping and by rescaling downward, both in GIMP version 2.8.20.

Drowsy Drivers Use Next Exit

The image shown in this website, that is of a sign saying “DROWSY DRIVERS”/“USE NEXT EXIT”/“FATIGUED . . . DRIVING”, is named on this website as Drowsy Drivers Use Next Exit, and is in a file named UtahSignByPhilKonstantin.jpg is, according to <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UtahSignByPhilKonstantin.jpg>, as accessed April 22, 2016, in the public domain, at least in the United States. The photograph was by Phil Konstantin (using, in Wikimedia Commons, the username Philkon), appeared in and was downloaded from Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/UtahSignByPhilKonstantin.jpg via the "Full resolution" link in a popup window via the "Download" link on <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UtahSignByPhilKonstantin.jpg>, both as accessed April 17, 2016), and was subsequently edited by Nick Levinson, the editing consisting only of cropping from 356 by 380 pixels to 288 by 280 pixels and of rounding the corners with a radius of 25% in GIMP version 2.8.14.

Websites of Interest

These websites have some interesting content, although I disagree with some of it:

Health advice from reliable sources favoring normal sleep:

What Are Sleep Deprivation and Deficiency?, from National Institutes of Health

Sleep Tips: 7 Steps to Better Sleep, from the Mayo Clinic

Consequences of Insufficient Sleep, from Harvard Medical School

“Eat, Sleep and Move” Campaign Success Includes Fun with Family and Friends, from the United States Army

Other reliable sources:

How to Fake a Good Night’s Sleep, from Health.com and CNN, a journalistic broadcaster; the story has tips on making do with less sleep

25 Random Facts about Sleep, from National Sleep Foundation, an organization with several physicians on its Board of Directors

The Factor Of Sleep In Training., from a bodybuilding business, with some of its information coming from a physician

15 Things You Should Know About Sleep, from a journalism source citing medical and other sources

Poor Sleep Has Social Causes and Consequences, by a sociology professor

9 Fun Facts About Sleep, from Encyclopaedia Britannica

Opinions, probably from laity:

Relax! You’ll Be More Productive, an opinion piece partly on naps and rest

40 Amazing Facts About Sleep: 40 Facts About Sleep You Probably Didn’t Know... (Or Were Too Tired To Think About), from the National Sleep Research Project, hosted by Australian Broadcasting Corp., a journalism source

Wellness Center Relaxation and Sleep Information, from Midwestern State University

How Much Sleep Does a Person Need?, from Tuck, saying that people tend to claim getting more sleep than they actually get and that only a little over two thirds of Americans get enough sleep

Other information:

Research on Sleep and REM, by an undergraduate student

The Guide to Sleeping in Airports

(Sources: All except one of the links to these websites of interest were as accessed April 3, 2016, the exception being the link to Tuck, which was accessed February 25 or 26, 2017.)