Nefarious NapStealers, sleep deprivation and other sleep disorders

Snoring is a Nefarious NapStealer, Too

Recent studies have shown that snoring is not only bad for the person snoring, but can also cause sleep deprivation in the person who shares a bed with the snorer. That’s my interpretation of the following summary of the study:

“We have previously identified heavy snoring as an independent risk factor for carotid atherosclerosis. In order to explore the hypothesis that snoring-associated vibration of the carotid artery induces endothelial dysfunction (an established atherogenic precursor), we utilized an animal model to examine direct effects of peri-carotid tissue vibration on carotid artery endothelial function and structure. Read more about this nefarious napstealer...

Nefarious NapStealers Are Risky

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According to an informative article in Gazettes.com, Nefarious NapStealers have created chronic sleep deprivation in our society and there are great risks associated with this tremendous lack of sleep in general in our culture. The truth is that Americans in general are not getting enough sleep. We do everything on the run and we don’t even have downtime because we are constantly bombarded with copious amounts of information or we are actively participating in some form of distracting activity, such as cell phone usage, video games or browsing the Internet. Read more about this nefarious napstealer...

Nefarious NapStealers Hold Unclaimed Money According to Good Morning America

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As everyone knows by now, Good Morning America ran a segment this morning on Unclaimed Treasury Bonds, which the Nefarious NapStealers are trying to hide from the legitimate recipients. If you’re one of those people who love to go with the masses, you should try the following links for unclaimed money and unclaimed property. When searching these sites, make sure not to fall for the unclaimed money and unclaimed cash scams, which nefariously pop up all over the place. Read more about this nefarious napstealer...

Nefarious DreamRobbing NapStealers

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According to an article in Time Magazine, “dreams provide psychic gratification for suppressed desires.” Researchers in the ever increasing field of sleep studies postulate that their nefarious function encompasses much more. Because of discoveries during marked phases of normal sleep or REM (rapid eye-movement) sleep. Throughout consistent time periods during the resting time, the sleeper’s braiwaves become as active as when they are awake and eyeballs move back and forth quickly. This is the dream stage, which is the most dangerous time to be interrupted by a nefarious napstealer. Read more about this nefarious napstealer...

Nefarious NapStealers Steal Academic Performance

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Inasmuch as everyone requires different amounts of sleep to function well, scientists have confirmed that young people require more sleep than younger children and adults in order to achieve their best in school. Therefore, they are at a greater disadvantage to the assaults of Nefarious NapStealers and other sleep disorders. Studies have shown that junior high school and high school children need at least nine hours of sleep for best achievement of their school work, while it indicates that a majority of adults only need eight hours of rest to perform normally. Read more about this nefarious napstealer...

Nefarious NapStealers Cause LA Carmageddon

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On July 16 and 17 there is going to be a construction closure on the 405 in Los Angeles, which according to local news sources will cause a massive shutdown, which is being referred to as the Nefarious NapStealer Car-Mageddon. The LA Weekly has reported that the closure will not only affect traffic in and around L.A., but will cause closures of multiple tourist attractions, including The Getty Museum, which normally one of the largest weekends for their annual 1.2 million visitors. Read more about this nefarious napstealer...

The Nefarious NapStealer

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Jason Jones was riding down the street when he bumped into a man.

“Excuse me,” he said to the man. “But have you seen anything strange around here? I mean, I’m Jason Jones, the main newspaper reporter around here. I’m also kind of a detective because of it but I’m trying to find out the answer to why no one is taking naps anymore, like they want to but they just can’t.”

“If that is the case, then you came to the right person,” said the man. “My name is Alex Windlewood but everyone calls me the news, because I always know what is happening around here.” Read more about this nefarious napstealer...

Nefarious Napping – It’s not just NapStealing Anymore

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According to World Wide Words, there are many uses of the word nap, including gnome-napping, kidnapping, dognapping, data-napping, art-napping), kegnapping), space-napping, and even headnapping. The common thread is that napping is synomymous with stealing. This is why napstealing is so nefarious, because it combines two thieving terms into one evil concept, Nefarious NapStealing.

The original, kidnapping, came about in the seventeenth century combined kid with nap, which is a word meaning to grab, snatch or seize and is very similar to nab, which may be Scandinavian. The other meaning of nap means a short sleep seized or grabbed in the middle of something else. Hence, the terms power-napping, dognapping and catnapping. Read more about this nefarious napstealer...

Sleep Deprived Indicators of NapStealing

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Having been frequently sleep deprived, I can speak from experience when I say that nefarious napstealers can attack at any time, especially when you least expect it. An important thing to prevent sleep deprivation is to set a sleeping schedule, but the problem is that things get in the way and as you are working or watching television or just sitting around doing nothing, time seems to get away and before you know it, the napstealers are at it again and you’ve been nefariously distracted again. Read more about this nefarious napstealer...