lack of quality sleep this condition causes can have serious consequences. It can lead to depression, serious mental conditions, and the over all deterioration of a person's health.Originally, a separate technology known as CPAP was used to combat this health problem. CPAP masks work by creating pressure on a person's airways by blowing air. This forces those airways to remain open so a person can breathe while sleeping. This, however, can create a problem. To breathe with a CPAP mask, a person has to exert effort to exhale against the pressure the machine creates. This can become a serious problem for people who have trouble exhaling naturally due to diseases that affect the strength of the muscles used in breathing.BiPAP masks were developed as a way to solve this problem. This problem was addressed by technology that was developed to allow a BiPAP mask to blow air at one pressure setting for inhaling and a completely different pressure setting for exhaling. This allows a person to breathe freely during sleep without the need to use muscles to exhale against the machine's pressure.This is especially beneficial to those who have neuromuscular diseases or similar disorders that affect the performance of muscles in the breathing tract. It can also help those who suffer from congestive heart failure, lung cancer, and atelectasis. Atelectasis is a coe and apparent aspects and perspectives of connections and disconnections of time and space, opening with a gallery reception on February 7 and continuing through February 21, in New York's East Village.The "Guru of Rom-Com" and author of the screenwriting textbook, 'Writing the Romantic Comedy', Billy Mernit shares secrets about writing for this genre learned during his tenure in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, and his background as a writer, lyricist and script consultant, when he sits in at a February 7 Alameda Writers Group meeting in Glendale. The Writers Guild of America, hosts its annual Writers Guild Awards, February 7 in Los Angeles. Jimmy Kimmel will host the 51st Grammy Awards, February 8 in Los Angeles, which will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network from 8-11:30 pm (ET/PT), as well as on grammy.com and cbs.com. The NAACP Image Awards, held in Los Angeles, February 12, is the nation's premier event celebrating the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts (motion picture, television, recording, and literature), as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors. The GSMA Mobile World Congress, February 16-19 in Barcelona, combines the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry with a viable congress that brings together prominent leaders and personalities from mobile operators and equipment vendors, as well as Internet and entertainment professionals. Director John Reiss ('Bomb It') shares his experience and insights regarding self distribution, passing along his acquired wisdom about the tools and tips of how to self distribute a film and get it seen by the widest possible audience, when he speaks at a Film Independent workshop on February 17 in Los Angeles.The Folk Alliance Music Conference conducts special events, such as the Folk Music & Business Awards, Lifetime Achievement Awards, networking receptions, official Performance Alley and private showcase performances, feature shows and more when it meets February 18-22 in Memphis. The 2009 United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival encourages any genre (animation, documentary, experimental, fiction, personal, etc.), but the work must have predominantly originated on Super 8mm/8mm film or Digital video or 8mm video formats. All works will be screened by a panel of judges who will award over $4000 in prizes when the festival meets for three days, opening February 20 in New Brunswick. The 81st Academy Awards take place February 22 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, hosted by actor Hugh Jackman, with Laurence Mark and Bill Condon producing. Participate in the Academy Awards festivities by attending one of 52 official Oscar viewing parties across the country. The Noise Pop Film Festival, Feb