| Exercise for Arthritis Patients
CHAPEL HILL -- Patients with arthritis, the country's leading cause of disability, tend to be less fit than their peers who don't have this condition. Studies have shown, however, that they can safely participate in exercise programs to increase their fitness, strength and psychosocial status and health providers recommend that arthritis patients participate in exercise. A new study published by a University of North Carolina (UNC) researcher, published in the most recent issue of Arthritis Care and Research, evaluated the effects of the People with Arthritis Can Exercise (PACE) program to promote managing arthritis through exercise. Although pilot studies had shown that PACE, developed by the Arthritis Foundation, led to improvements for arthritis patients, this was the first randomized controlled trial to evaluate the program.
HEALTH
There's a move that noise kids make at noise shows: With their heads down, feet shoulder-width apart and unmoving, they uncross their arms and lunge both fists in the air. It's commonly referred to as "awesome arms" — and it will definitely occur as the Los Angeles quartet HEALTH performs its much-anticipated set at the Billiken Club. With either electro new-wave percussion or booming war drums at the core of its songs, HEALTH then layers sparse guitars and glitchy thrift-store keyboards alongside effects-laden vocals (courtesy of the "zoothorn," a microphone/guitar pedal hybrid). But it's all more than just a big racket: The band's attention to song form and tension/release puts it more in touch with Animal Collective or Liars than with your average knob-twisting noise group. .
WENDY ALEXANDER: Claims to have been 'vindicated'
Wendy Alexander claimed to have been "vindicated"after the Electoral Commission decided not to call in the police over the illegal donation to her Labour leadership campaign fund. But the Scottish Labour leader, whose campaign team admitted the donation broke the law, last night expressed "deep regret" that the money was ever accepted. "This has been a salutary and bruising experience," she said, admitting mistakes had been made. .
Expanded center comes with expanded fees
Note: The center also offers free access to open swimming, open skating and open gym at designated times each week. In addition, qualified participants may receive $150 in fee assistance per year that can be used toward the cost of a membership or to pay for recreation programs where participants pay for half of the cost. For example, a single adult could apply a $150 in fee assistance toward a $384 individual membership, and the participant would pay the remaining $234. .
Answered prayers: Suicidal man persuaded to live
Bystanders wrote letters to a man considering suicide at Ohio University on Friday. The university provided excerpts but did not identify who wrote them: "I know sometimes it is easy to feel alone in the world, but it is important to remember that there are people who care. Right now there are a lot of people praying for you. ... You are not alone, and you are loved." "I don't know you or what is on your mind. ... But I do know the pain and brokenness that comes from living in this world. I have suffered from depression for two years, and I know what it feels like to be hopeless at times. But I know there is more. There is beauty. You'll see it if you look." Full messages Read messages from current and former Ohio University students that helped prevent a suicide Friday.
Let Meet-Greet-and-Eat Season Begin
We're dining with Miss America and MPAA chief Dan Glickman, and conversation is tricky at first because her job won't let her talk politics, while his means he can't share Oscar picks. So we chat about eating disorders (her crown-winning cause) and the Westminster Dog Show (the former Ag secretary adores beagles), which is pretty fun . . . .
Nuclear Power Gets Boost from Candidates
The recently passed energy bill does not, in my opinion, make the most efficient use of dollars in our efforts to stimulate new energy efficient technologies, nor the application of those technologies. The reason is the continued centralization of government provided energy dollars in the hands of the few. Decentralization is the key to energy efficiency, sustainability, and security. Distributing the energy funds to individuals and smaller human scale research organizations will yield more creative and efficient results in a shorter time period than if given to the larger more bureaucratic corporate research organizations. Corporations are in effect, central planning units, and their efforts will reflect the need for the corporate organization to develop technologies that serve the corporation, not the people.
Al Dua'a unveils The Plaza
Dubai-based Al-Dua'a Holdings has announced the launch of The Plaza, a Dhs500m ($136m) project, reported Khaleej Times. The mixed use development consists of offices, residential and retail elements designed to reflect the sustainable development needs of Dubai. In addition to The Plaza, Al-Dua'a Holdings, which was established in 2007 in Dubai, has launched two other projects: Al-Dua'a Marina which offers luxurious apartments and town houses, and Al-Dua'a Garden, which features wide open spaces, landscaped gardens and waterworks. .
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