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Stuck way in the back of the chapel, I was waiting for my friend Tor to receive her pin in a special ceremony for the nursing graduates of Regis College. A woman began to play the piano as the audience settled in. From my vantage point, it looked as if the statue of Jesus was directing the musician. ?I knew Tor wouldn?t have a chance to see this but that she?d appreciate it very much. The lighting wasn?t the best so when I got home, I played around with some filters in Adobe photoshop to pull out as much detail as I could and to brighten up the statue for this simple digital scrapbooking page. I ended up using the cross hatch filter and playing with some blend modes.

I invite you to take a poorly lit photo and see if you can salvage it by creating an artistic version. Don?t forget to do a ?save as? step to retain your original.

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Juvenile arthritis patients may have issues maintaining employment as adults

[ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 31-May-2012
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As children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) grow into adulthood, disability due to disease may adversely affect their ability to achieve educational success. Findings published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), suggest that functional disability impacts educational attainment, which is key to successful employment in adulthood.

Arthritis is a joint disorder characterized by painful inflammation, swelling, and stiffness that can damage joints and lead to disability. When chronic arthritis strikes those under 16 years of age it s referred to as JIA and affects 294,000 children in the U.S. according to the ACR. In the past two decades, studies have shown that early, aggressive treatment with disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) like methotrexate, or biological drugs known as tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors such as adalimumab (Humira), can improve long-term outcomes for JIA patients.

"Despite effective treatment early on, some JIA patients enter adulthood with joint damage, disability, and lowered quality of life," explains Dr. Ajay Malviya, a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon based at Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust in the U.K. "There are significantly higher rates of unemployment in adult JIA patients compared to healthy counterparts, which remains poorly understood."

To further investigate the dependency between employment and educational achievement in adult JIA patients, researchers recruited 103 participants who were treated at the musculoskeletal unit at the Freeman Hospital in the UK. There were 22 males and 81 females with a median age of 24 years and median disease duration of 19 years. Participants were surveyed about educational achievement, employment status, and they completed a health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) to measure functional disability.

Findings indicate that functional disability as measured by the HAQ was significantly lower in employed patients and in those with oligoarticular JIA. Educational achievement was not influenced by JIA subtypes: oligoarticular (40); polyarticular rheumatoid factor (RF) positive (23); polyarticular RF negative (17); systemic (10) and others (11). Patients who did receive their secondary education certificate had greater success later in life, obtaining more professional or managerial jobs.

The team also noted that job stability was influenced positively by educational achievement and negatively by the disability score. "Our study shows the impact of JIA on various employment outcomes," concludes Dr. Malviya. "Further research that helps patients to determine ideal career choices and take into account their disease activity is warranted."

Throughout the month of May, the American College of Rheumatology, ACR Research and Education Foundation, Arthritis Foundation, Mayo Clinic, and Nemours are partnering to celebrate Arthritis Action Month (formerly Arthritis Awareness Month) in the U.S.

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781-388-8408
Wiley-Blackwell

As children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) grow into adulthood, disability due to disease may adversely affect their ability to achieve educational success. Findings published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), suggest that functional disability impacts educational attainment, which is key to successful employment in adulthood.

Arthritis is a joint disorder characterized by painful inflammation, swelling, and stiffness that can damage joints and lead to disability. When chronic arthritis strikes those under 16 years of age it s referred to as JIA and affects 294,000 children in the U.S. according to the ACR. In the past two decades, studies have shown that early, aggressive treatment with disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) like methotrexate, or biological drugs known as tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors such as adalimumab (Humira), can improve long-term outcomes for JIA patients.

"Despite effective treatment early on, some JIA patients enter adulthood with joint damage, disability, and lowered quality of life," explains Dr. Ajay Malviya, a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon based at Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust in the U.K. "There are significantly higher rates of unemployment in adult JIA patients compared to healthy counterparts, which remains poorly understood."

To further investigate the dependency between employment and educational achievement in adult JIA patients, researchers recruited 103 participants who were treated at the musculoskeletal unit at the Freeman Hospital in the UK. There were 22 males and 81 females with a median age of 24 years and median disease duration of 19 years. Participants were surveyed about educational achievement, employment status, and they completed a health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) to measure functional disability.

Findings indicate that functional disability as measured by the HAQ was significantly lower in employed patients and in those with oligoarticular JIA. Educational achievement was not influenced by JIA subtypes: oligoarticular (40); polyarticular rheumatoid factor (RF) positive (23); polyarticular RF negative (17); systemic (10) and others (11). Patients who did receive their secondary education certificate had greater success later in life, obtaining more professional or managerial jobs.

The team also noted that job stability was influenced positively by educational achievement and negatively by the disability score. "Our study shows the impact of JIA on various employment outcomes," concludes Dr. Malviya. "Further research that helps patients to determine ideal career choices and take into account their disease activity is warranted."

Throughout the month of May, the American College of Rheumatology, ACR Research and Education Foundation, Arthritis Foundation, Mayo Clinic, and Nemours are partnering to celebrate Arthritis Action Month (formerly Arthritis Awareness Month) in the U.S.

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Channel Islands Earthquake Felt In Malibu, West LA, Culver City & San Fernando Valley

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MALIBU, Calif. (AP) -- A small earthquake has jolted the Southern California coast but there are no reports of damages or injuries.

The U.S. Geological Survey says in a preliminary report that the magnitude-4.0 quake struck in the Channel Islands region at 10:14 p.m. Tuesday.

The USGS says the earthquake was centered 30 miles southwest of Malibu and was felt throughout the Los Angeles area, especially in West LA, Santa Monica and the San Fernando Valley.

Sheriff's and fire officials say there are no reports of damages or injuries from the quake, and the Los Angeles Fire Department is not in earthquake mode.

Brandon David Wilson, a school teacher who lives in the Culver City area, said on Twitter that he felt the earthquake, but it was "just a sharp jolt. No big whoop."

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Business VoIP - Some Emerging Guidance

There are many businesses that still a new traditional phone because it is routine to possess a number where your visitors as well as sellers can get to anyone with a central business office. Although a great deal of clients are accomplished more than e mail as well as social networking sites, will still be essential for your company to have a hard range for people to produce cell phone calls in and out of your working environment. You should look at any local phone organizations to view the amount they'll charge you for your cell phone expenses. You may also manage to bundle the high speed internet that may let you preserve much more money on the monthly bill. The actual Business VoIP will be one that you feel confident with. You may want to disappear from the standard cell phone traces and attempt the Voice over ip rather than a difficult range. A possible problem can be, you should ensure internet is actually working appropriately with this phone line to be effective.

Voice over ip is actually quickly becoming just about the most efficient way of globally sales and marketing communications. But the gender chart? VOIP means voice over Internet protocol. Any services as well as software that enables customers to communicate vocally on the internet is approved being a Above. These kind of standards are widely-used through thousands of people around the globe every single day, for company and marketing and sales communications. They are a wonderful alternative to email, shows, and also standard cell phone services. VOIPs make use of one thing known as a good Drink, or period start process. These are protocols that will variety a part of a VOIP. These types of SIPs handle the particular session paramaters, including the starting and cancelling of a Voice over internet protocol get in touch with. Business VoIP tend to be any program that gives one of these brilliant standards. For any person seeking to construct or work with a voice over ip, SIPs are essential. Xinix is just one example of a firm that provides a complete Above service, from SIP to be able to software.

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Commonly used painkillers may protect against skin cancer

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

A new study suggests that aspirin and other similar painkillers may help protect against skin cancer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings indicate that skin cancer prevention may be added to the benefits of these commonly used medications.

Previous studies suggest that taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, which include aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen, as well as a variety of other nonprescription and prescription drugs, can decrease an individual's risk of developing some types of cancer. Sigr?n Alba J?hannesd?ttir, BSc, of Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, and her colleagues looked to see if the medications might decrease the risk of the three major types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma.

The researchers analyzed medical records from northern Denmark from 1991 through 2009 and identified 1,974 diagnoses of squamous cell carcinoma, 13,316 diagnoses of basal cell carcinoma, and 3,242 diagnoses of malignant melanoma. They compared information, including prescription data, from these patients with information from 178,655 individuals without skin cancer.

Individuals who filled more than two prescriptions for NSAIDs had a 15 percent decreased risk for developing squamous cell carcinoma and a 13 percent decreased risk for developing malignant melanoma than those who filled two or fewer prescriptions for the medications, especially when the drugs were taken for seven or more years or taken at high intensity. Individuals who took NSAIDs did not seem to benefit from a reduced risk of developing basal cell carcinoma in general, although they did have a 15 percent and 21 percent reduced risk of developing this type of cancer on less-exposed sites (body areas other than the head and neck) when they took them long term or at high intensity, respectively.

"We hope that the potential cancer-protective effect of NSAIDs will inspire more research on skin cancer prevention," said Ms. J?hannesd?ttir. "Also, this potential cancer-protective effect should be taken into account when discussing benefits and harms of NSAID use."

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Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US

FILE - This March 5, 2007 file photo shows workers harvesting bluefin tuna from Maricultura's tuna pens near Ensenada, Mexico. New research found increased levels of radiation in Pacific bluefin tuna caught off the coast of Southern California. Scientists said the radiation found in the fish came from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant that was crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Chris Park, File)

FILE - This March 5, 2007 file photo shows workers harvesting bluefin tuna from Maricultura's tuna pens near Ensenada, Mexico. New research found increased levels of radiation in Pacific bluefin tuna caught off the coast of Southern California. Scientists said the radiation found in the fish came from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant that was crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Chris Park, File)

(AP) ? Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away ? the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance.

"We were frankly kind of startled," said Nicholas Fisher, one of the researchers reporting the findings online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The levels of radioactive cesium were 10 times higher than the amount measured in tuna off the California coast in previous years. But even so, that's still far below safe-to-eat limits set by the U.S. and Japanese governments.

Previously, smaller fish and plankton were found with elevated levels of radiation in Japanese waters after a magnitude-9 earthquake in March 2011 triggered a tsunami that badly damaged the Fukushima Dai-ichi reactors.

But scientists did not expect the nuclear fallout to linger in huge fish that sail the world because such fish can metabolize and shed radioactive substances.

One of the largest and speediest fish, Pacific bluefin tuna can grow to 10 feet and weigh more than 1,000 pounds. They spawn off the Japan coast and swim east at breakneck speed to school in waters off California and the tip of Baja California, Mexico.

Five months after the Fukushima disaster, Fisher of Stony Brook University in New York and a team decided to test Pacific bluefin that were caught off the coast of San Diego. To their surprise, tissue samples from all 15 tuna captured contained levels of two radioactive substances ? ceisum-134 and cesium-137 ? that were higher than in previous catches.

To rule out the possibility that the radiation was carried by ocean currents or deposited in the sea through the atmosphere, the team also analyzed yellowfin tuna, found in the eastern Pacific, and bluefin that migrated to Southern California before the nuclear crisis. They found no trace of cesium-134 and only background levels of cesium-137 left over from nuclear weapons testing in the 1960s.

The results "are unequivocal. Fukushima was the source," said Ken Buesseler of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who had no role in the research.

Bluefin tuna absorbed radioactive cesium from swimming in contaminated waters and feeding on contaminated prey such as krill and squid, the scientists said. As the predators made the journey east, they shed some of the radiation through metabolism and as they grew larger. Even so, they weren't able to completely flush out all the contamination from their system.

"That's a big ocean. To swim across it and still retain these radionuclides is pretty amazing," Fisher said.

Pacific bluefin tuna are prized in Japan where a thin slice of the tender red meat prepared as sushi can fetch $24 per piece at top Tokyo restaurants. Japanese consume 80 percent of the world's Pacific and Atlantic bluefin tuna.

The real test of how radioactivity affects tuna populations comes this summer when researchers planned to repeat the study with a larger number of samples. Bluefin tuna that journeyed last year were exposed to radiation for about a month. The upcoming travelers have been swimming in radioactive waters for a longer period. How this will affect concentrations of contamination remains to be seen.

Now that scientists know that bluefin tuna can transport radiation, they also want to track the movements of other migratory species including sea turtles, sharks and seabirds.

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Old aerial photos supply new knowledge on glaciers in Greenland

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The glaciers in southeast Greenland are retreating rapidly with the ongoing global climate change. But now research from the University of Copenhagen shows that the glaciers can recuperate within a short timeframe if temperatures are to drop. The results are based on a collection of Danish aerial photos combined with both old and modern satellite imagery as well as field work. The scientific results have created international attention and have been published as a cover story in the highly esteemed journal Nature Geoscience.

"We have managed to get an overview of the glacial evolution over a period of 80 years. This is the first time ever this has been done in a study of glaciers in Greenland. Results show that glaciers can recuperate within a short time frame if climate changes and temperatures drop, as it has in a period after the 1940s," says PhD student and lead-author on the project Anders Bj?rk, from Professor Eske Willerslev's Centre for GeoGenetics from University of Copenhagen.

Anders Bj?rk adds:

"Most of the scientific foundation, models, and theories on glaciers in Greenland and how global warming affects them are based on observations from satellites over the last ten years. Otherwise scientists have had to use previous warming events way into the past when wanting to compare today's massive retreat."

A fight for land between Denmark and Norway

The Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen and his seventh Thule-expedition in 1932-33 is a significant cause for the recent publication from Anders Bj?rk and Dr. Kurt H. Kj?r from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen. Results have created international attention as Greenland stands as an important region for northern latitudes are affecting the rest of the earth's climate ? including changes in glacial conditions and related sea-level rise.

Originally, the many aerial photos, which have been achieved Danish National Survey and Cadastre, were used for producing new maps of the region in the early 1930s, as Denmark and Norway were fighting over the right of disposal of East Greenland, a fight without casualties which Denmark won at the International Court in Haag in the Netherlands in 1933.

Photos get a renaissance

With help from the scientists and the Danish National Survey and Cadastre, the unique aerial photos have now gained a renaissance in a different setting where climate change and theories as "The Tipping Point" ? where nature reaches a point where changes cannot be reversed are discussed.

"We have investigated no less than 132 glaciers on a 600 km coastal stretch in Southeast Greenland, both those who terminate on land and those who calve in the ocean. The historical photos have proven to be extremely valuable, and with these photos and other aerial photos recorded later during WWII and satellite imagery we are able to observe glacier change in very long historical context. In the early 1920s and 1930s, temperatures were high, similar to that of the present, and this affected the glacial melt. At the time many glaciers underwent a melt similar or even higher than what we have seen in the last ten years. When it became colder again in the 1950s and 1960s, glaciers actually started growing," says Dr. Kurt H. Kj?r and underlines:

"There should be no doubt that if the current temperature rise in Greenland continues then we will have problems with the melting of the glaciers. We are already seeing it now on the marine terminating glaciers where changes in temperature and ocean currents are influencing their stability. Another remarkable discovery we did was that the observed changes are not just local, it is happening in the entire region," says Dr. Kj?r.

Kurt H. Kj?r has previously worked with his colleague Svend Funder from Center for GeoGenetics on investigating sea ice extent in the Arctic Ocean. Results showed that the sea ice extent has been far from stable throughout the last 10,000 years.

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Clarice Starling series in development at Lifetime

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MIRIODOR Miriodor music review by Mellotron Storm

3 stars This is the first MIRIODOR record not to blow me away in some manner. I was really surprised at how samey it is and when you do that for over 70 minutes your not going to win any brownie points with me. They're a four piece band at this point and this album features sax, synths, piano, violin and percussion throughout. A big drop in my opinion from their debut and what would follow. But hey it's MIRIODOR so there is lots to like as well.

"Regards" opens with piano, sax and drums mixing it up then it kicks in harder before 2 minutes. Great sound here. A calm 4 minutes in and some dissonant sax follows. It picks back up late. "Spiral" features piano and sax standing out the most. "Valence" is a change as we get a dark atmosphere until it picks up before 1 1/2 minutes. Love the sax after 2 minutes. "Suspicion" has an uplifting vibe early on. When the piano comes in after 3 minutes it reminds me of UNIVERS ZERO. Frogs end it. "Writing For Remi" is slow moving with sparse sounds. "Oriflamme" sounds really good and it gets a little crazy before 2 minutes. The intro is reprised late. "Nocturnal Processing" sounds good with the keys and sax. Beautiful stuff. "Middle Ages" ends it with some piano and sax with atmosphere. It does get intense before settling back.

A good album for sure and i didn't touch on every track just because i would be repeating myself a lot. 3.5 stars.

Mellotron Storm | 3/5 | 2012-5-29

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CampusBuiLLD @ University of Vermont: 10/31 ? 11/5

CampusBuiLLD @ University of Vermont: 10/31 ? 11/5

iLL-Literacy?s dedicating this fall?s CampusBuiLLd residency to the University of Vermont ? one of the very first campuses we ever visited when we were first starting off as fledgling spoken wordie kids, and where a guy with blonde dreads once swindled us for $50 (don?t ask).

Like all CampusBuiLLd programs, our goal is to explore issues that are important to you and your campus, and to approach ways to take action, form coalition, and outreach to our communities ? all by taking root in innovation and imagination. If you?re one of the lucky specimens of the UVM campus, come join us! All the events are open, free, and guarantee at least one moment where your mind will melt.

MONDAY October 31: A Halloween Kick-off Potluck Social Thingie

TUESDAY November 1: We dig in, can you digit?

7pm, CampusBuiLLding Session @ L/L CM315
So many craaaazzzzeeeee things are happening in the world now! The economy?s down! Revolutions are sprouting up everywhere! Horrible new shows that wish they were Mad Men are premiering all over the place! What does this mean for you as a member of the upstanding UVM community? Tonight we?ll explore how to contextualize our lives as students in the ridiculous world that looms beyond graduation.

PS: There will be a pi?ata.

WEDNESDAY November 2: We get a little sinserious

1p, Open Program: Identities + Leadership = Powerful @ Allen House
Sometimes joining social movements can be like jumping in on a double-dutch game. Except when it comes to building coalition among race, gender and sexuality, you have to account for way more than just the Dutch.* This afternoon we?ll discuss how to collaborate across communities without getting tangled up in all the sensitivities that often come with that. In collaboration with LGBTQA Center.
*Sorry if that was offensive to the Dutch.

7p,CampusBuiLLding Session @ L/L CM315
This is part deuce of our CampusBuiLLding Session, which translates to ?shit going down.? Here we?ll tackle issues that are pertinent specifically to UVM. We?ll link common characteristics of the Civil Rights movements, student liberation movements, and today?s Occupy Wall Street protests. Sure, you might not be trying to knock down the walls of Burlington ? but there?s still a lot we can learn from and contribute to when it comes to moving toward progress.

THURSDAY November 3: Let's get open!

11a, Meet & Greet @ Women?s Center
Join us for a quick meet and greet where we?ll continue the week-long conversation on coalition building. Afterwards, stay for the Women?s Center?s Womyn @ Noon program with Melody Walker!

9p, Rhythm & Brews Open Mic @ L/L Fireplace Lounge
After four days of BuiLLding through conversations, workshops, and pi?ata smashing*, it?s time to let loose with our element ? the classic open mic! Bring your creative inklings, and get nice and caffeinated with us.
*We?re serious about this pi?ata.

FRIDAY November 4: USBUiLLD!!!!!!!

4p, Open Rehearsals @ Ira Allen Chapel
We?ll be rehearsing all day for the big show, and for a couple of hours this afternoon we?ll be opening the venue early for anyone who wants a behind-the-scenes look at our process. Feast ye fingers on our drum machines, let your lips graze the microphones, and get an in-depth look at why we feel entertainment is vital to all forms of activism.

8p, USBUiLLD @ Ira Allen Chapel
This is what it all amounts to! This evening we?ll take the stage with USBUiLLD, our live rendition of how social change looks when you complement it with drum machines, psychedelic visuals, and vocal processors. You can most certainly consider this the PARTY chapter of CampusBuiLLd. Bring your friends, and prepare to go buck.

Saturday November 5: The ComeDown

11a, Closing Remarks @ ALANA Center
The week?s over! Do you feel the LOOOOVE??? If not, at least you?ll feel a bagel in your stomach. Here we?ll revisit all the themes we?ve explored throughout the week, and come up with tangible ways to move forward as a community on your campus, city, and the rest of the world. Also a good time to cry and hug.

A special thanks to all the organizations and people who make CampusBuiLLd @ UVM possible: Asian American Student Union, Alianza Latina, Black Student Union, Multi-Racial Student Group, Women?s Center, LGBTQA Center, Aspiring White Anti-Racist Allies, Lion Dance, Inter-Residence Association & Student Life

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