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...week study, the volunteers were kept on strict 20-hour cycles of sleep and wakefulness. The "forced desynchrony" was intended to throw the body's 24-hour clock out of whack, according to the study's lead author, James Wyatt, while mimicking the off-hour sleep-wake cycle that shift workers and jet-lagged travelers often struggle with. Every "night" of the study, the subjects were given either melatonin or a placebo 30 min. before bedtime...
...that doesn't mean the pills are interchangeable. Melatonin works on a completely different neurological system than the prescription drugs and, as the study suggests, won't help you at night or if you experience insomnia because of something other than jet lag or a graveyard shift...
...training, says Laskowska. The team is currently undergoing a transition in its membership—former ballerinas and studio dancers have replaced the pom squad girls of previous years. As a result, Chang says, “the routines have become much more difficult and technically sophisticated, with a shift towards jazz.”Several of the dances will be choreographed to songs that fit the “Made” theme of glamour and fame—Jessica Simpson’s “Boots,” “All that Jazz?...
...court) could discern it. The era of free sampling came to a halt with a legal challenge from, improbably enough, Gilbert O’Sullivan, regarding Biz Markie’s 1992 sample-heavy album “I Need a Haircut.” After the ruling, the shift in hip-hop towards synthesized beats was immediate,. Some artists managed to use parts of other musician’s work without running afoul with the law. They generally fall into three categories: anarchic, crazy, and rich. The recent wave of mash-up artists (which broke into the mainstream with...
...York City. He’s using the $500 from the Jonathan Levy Award for professional headshots to use in auditions. In a few years he would like to be living and working in Los Angeles, in the film and television industry. His professional aspirations are a drastic shift for a young man who had never attempted acting until just two years ago. But if the opinions of his colleagues are any indication, Martin’s inexperience should prove no obstacle.According to Spillane-Hinks, “Working with him has catapulted [my] estimation of him up to heights...