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John Hallam
Character & Episode:
Johnny Crackan in It's Supposed to be Thicker Than
Born: 28/10/1941, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Died: 14/11/2006, Clifton, Oxfordshire, England
Though born in Ireland,
John's father was a superintendent at the London docks, who with
his family was evacuated to Northern Ireland during the Second
World War. The conflict over, the family soon moved back to
England, where John later became a boarder at St Albans School
in Hertfordshire.
He started his working life in a bank, later
moving to the south coast where he sold deck chairs before he
joined a local repertory company. He joined RADA in 1962, but
missed a term due to cosmetic surgery to take an inch off his
jaw. However, he learned to ride a horse to increase his chances
of gaining work when he graduated. When he did, he soon joined
Laurence Olivier in the National Theatre Company - and would
meet his wife Vicky Brinkworth whilst with the company, though
the couple would later divorce.
From 1967, he began a prolific
screen career, in which he would often play hard men or military
types, his 6 foot 3 inch frame making him ideal for such roles.
He started in Much Ado About Nothing - a National Theatre
production screened by the BBC in 1967 - and was soon seen in
the films The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1968),
Carry On Up the Khyber (1968), Murphy's War (1971),
Anthony and Cleopatra (1972) and cult horror The
Wicker Man (1973). On television in the Seventies, John
appeared in Jason King (1972), Lord Peter Wimsey
(1973), The Pallisers (1974), Public Eye (1975)
and was a regular in The Regiment (1972), Moonbase 3
(1973), The Boy Dominic (1976) and Wings (1977).
Later in 1979 John played Thomas Mallen in The Mallens,
arguably his most high profile television role.
In the Eighties,
he appeared in Dragonslayer (1981), The Black Adder
(1983), Lifeforce (1985) and in 1986 starred as Captain
Parker in the adventure series Return To Treasure Island,
which starred Brian Blessed as Long John Silver. He was a
regular in EastEnders for three years from 1988 and in
1990 he was briefly seen in Emmerdale. In 1993 he starred
in the popular children's drama Grange Hill. His last
television appearance was in 2000 when he starred a
serialisation of Arabian Knights, though he provided the
voice of the giant in The Selfish Giant in 2003. John,
though tall with a tough guy image, was actually a keen gardener
and loved the countryside. His cousin is Clive Mantle (1957-)
who starred as Little John in Robin of Sherwood and as
Mike Barratt in Casualty.
Doris Hare MBE
Character & Episode:
Madame Hanska in But What a Sweet Little Room
Born: 01/03/1905, Bargoed, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died: 30/05/2000, Denville Hall, Northwood, London,
Born into a theatrical
family, Doris made her first stage appearance at the age of
three, and as a child appeared in theatre all over the country
playing in juvenile touring troupes. She would later go solo and
would be known as 'Little Doris Hare'. Doris soon broadened her
experience appearing in music hall, plays, cabaret and
pantomimes. Her three sisters also became actresses. Doris later
appeared in a number of plays written by well-known playwrights
such as George Bernard Shaw, Noel Coward, Alan Bennett, Pinero
and Harold Pinter. Doris was also on radio by the Thirties, and
was hostess of Shipmates Ashore, the BBC's programme for
the Merchant Navy, work which earned her an MBE in 1941.
made her television debut as early as 1935 but would not appear
regularly until the Fifties, when it would become the main
medium in which she worked. During the Sixties, she was seen in
a number of series which included A House Called Bell Tower,
The Avengers and for eight years she appeared
occasionally in Coronation Street playing a character
called Alice Pickens. Also during this time she spent a year
with the National Theatre, three years with the Royal
Shakespeare Company and performed with the Chichester Festival
Theatre company for several seasons. Doris though is best
remembered for her appearance as Mum in the popular sitcom On
the Buses alongside Reg Varney and Stephen Lewis. She had
taken over this role from Cicely Courtneidge, who featured only
in the first series in 1969. The series ran until 1973 and
spawned three spin-off films in which Hare recreated her
small-screen role - On the Buses (1971), Mutiny on the
Buses (1972) and Holiday on the Buses (1973). The
cast also performed a stage version of the popular series in
Vancouver, Canada, in 1988. Doris later appeared in three
Confessions films with Robin Askwith and Tony Booth. During the
Eighties, although well into her seventies, she appeared as a semi-regular in a number of series, most notably
Diamonds, Comrade Dad
and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole. She made her last
screen appearance in 1994.
Doris won a Variety Club of Great
Britain Special Award for her contributions to show business in
1982. She was married to John Roberts from 1941 to 1973, the
union ending in divorce. She did not remarry. Doris Hare died in
the actors' home Denville Hall in Northwood. She left two
Juliet Harmer
Character & Episode:
Miss Holliday in You Can Always Find A
Fall Guy
Born: 11/05/1941, England
Juliet's father was a Harley
Street doctor, and as a child she went to a boarding school in
Hampshire, before finishing her education in Kent. She began
training to be an actress and started in revue whilst at
Homerton College in Cambridge. However, she trained as a primary
school teacher before trying her hand as a serious actress,
having been persuaded by a parent to have a go in the
profession. She then spent two years on BBC Schools television
working on series including English by Television. Her
first dramatic screen performances were in two episodes of the
medical soap opera Emergency Ward 10 in October 1963.
Other early appearances were in series including Armchair
Mystery Theatre (Time and Mr Madingley), The
Avengers (The Town of No Return) and Danger Man
(Sting in the Tail and The Man on the Beach).
Her most famous role came in 1966 when she played regular
character Georgina Jones in Adam Adamant Lives!, with
Gerald Harper in the lead role - the series being the BBC's
attempt to replicate the success of ITV's The Avengers.
It was reasonably successful, lasting two seasons, and remains a
cult favourite. Juliet had been a late replacement for the role
and chosen out of three hundred applicants. Juliet later
revealed that she was never screen tested for the role.
In 1967,
Juliet married actor William Squire (1916-89), a partner who was
more than twenty-five years her senior. Squire featured in A
Sentimental Journey, the Randall and Hopkirk episode
filmed directly before Juliet's You Can Always Find a Fall
Guy. Like many Randall actors, Juliet also appeared
in sister series Department S, figuring in two episodes,
The Man in the Elegant Room and Ticket to Nowhere.
She also made two appearances in The Persuaders!, another
series from the same 'stable', featuring as Prue in The Old,
the New and the Deadly and That's Me Over There
alongside Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. Other than these
appearances, her television roles would be infrequent,
particularly after the Sixties had drawn to a close. Her last
contribution was to Paris by Night in 1988 when she had a
walk on part only.
Juliet has also been a successful
author, publishing several books, which include children's
stories and an illuminated manuscript celebrating the healing
properties of herbs and flowers. In recent years she has also
staged art exhibitions in Gloucester and London, which have led
to several of her paintings being sold and prints made and sold
of others. Juliet is now married to the theatre director Bill
Robin Hawdon
Character & Episode:
Grant in The Smile Behind the Veil
Born: 28/03/1939, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
A dependable supporting
actor, Robin began his acting career in 1961 with an uncredited
appearance in the film The Day The Earth Caught Fire.
Robin would occasionally gain minor roles throughout the
Sixties, most notably in the 1969-1970 television series
Department S and in film in Bedazzled (1967), which
starred Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. His best remembered film
role was as a caveman in the Hammer film When Dinosaurs Ruled
The Earth (1970). A year earlier he also had a prominent
'Bondian' role in Zeta One, a low-budget science fiction
sex comedy starring Charles Hawtrey and James Robertson-Justice
that was received exceptionally poorly but which has developed a
cult following as one of the 'turkeys' of British cinema. On
television, his face became well known to British viewers
through his appearances in popular series including the BBC soap
opera Compact and the Thames Television situation comedy
Robin's Nest.
Robin arguably met with his greatest
successes in the theatre. He has appeared in a number of London
West End plays, ranging from the title roles in Hamlet
and Henry V to Henry Higgins in Shaw's Pygmalion.
He founded the Bath Fringe Festival in the Eighties and became
director of the Theatre Royal Bath, one of Britain's premier
touring companies. He would later publish three novels: A
Rustle in the Grass (Hutchinson's, 1984), The Journey
(Hawthorn's, 2002) and Survival of the Fittest (SBPRA,
2013). Robin was last seen on our screens in the television
series Chalk and Cheese in 1979 alongside Michael
Crawford. He has been married for well over forty years, has two
daughters and several grandchildren, and has homes in Bath,
France and Australia. Considering his theatre achievement, he
has been a little unlucky not to have had a better film and
television career.
Maurice Hedley
Character & Episode:
Colonel Chalmers in Who Killed Cock Robin?
A steady actor with over
fifty credits to his name. Maurice came into acting late in
life, making his television debut in 1957 in an episode of
Dixon of Dock Green. Most of his credits are limited to
guest appearances in television series. These included
Emergency Ward 10, The Avengers, The Saint and
Adam Adamant Lives!. His final work was in The
Wednesday Play: The Sad Decline of Arthur Maybury
(transmitted 29th October 1969), though his appearance in Who
Killed Cock Robin? (filmed in 1968) was first screened some
weeks after this in December 1969. Arguably his most high
profile role was as the British Prime Minister in the BBC
science fiction serials A for Andromeda (1961) and The
Andromeda Breakthrough (1962).
Drewe Henley
Character & Episode:
Tony in A Sentimental Journey
Born: 1940, Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Died: 14/02/2016, England
For more than a decade from
the early Sixties, Drewe Henley was an in-demand supporting
actor. Starting in theatre, he made his first appearance on
television in the drama series Suspense (1963). It was
also in this year that he married actress Jacqueline Pearce (best
known for her role as Servalan in Blake's 7), though the
couple would divorce in 1967. Following his television debut,
Drewe soon gained minor roles in the films Heavens Above!
(1963) with Peter Sellers and the war film 633 Squadron
(1964). By the end of the decade, he was featuring regularly as
a guest artiste in a number of well known television series.
These included Man In A Suitcase, UFO and The
Avengers. In 1968 he married actress Felicity Kendall (now
well-known for her role in the BBC situation comedy The Good
Life). The couple would have a son, Charley (who became a
special effects technician), but this marriage also
ended in divorce, in 1979.
Drewe's career slowed as the
Seventies progressed. He also suffered depression and this
contributed to the breakdown of his second marriage. One of his
last acting roles was in Star Wars in 1977. Shortly after
completing his work on the film, he was diagnosed with manic
depression and retired from acting, his promising career cut
short through illness. Drewe would later recover and marry for a
third time. In recent years, Drewe and third wife Lyn ran a 'bed
and breakfast' guest house in Devon and the couple were also
involved in the local theatre at Colyton. Sadly Lyn passed away
in September 2015 and Drewe himself died in hospital just five
months later in February 2016 at the age of 75.
Patrick Holt
Character & Episode:
Barry Jones in That's How Murder Snowballs
Born: 31/01/1912, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,
England (as Patrick G Parsons)
Died: 12/10/1993, London, England
Patrick spent some of his childhood in India with his uncle. He
later went to Christ's Hospital, a famous charity school in
Britain. Whilst there he met Michael Wilding, another who would
later go into acting, and the pair became lifelong friends.
Patrick, in common with many actors, learned his trade in the
theatre, making his feature film debut (a minor uncredited role)
in 1938 in the adventure film The Challenge. He had just
landed a leading part in a London production when war broke out
and he joined the army. He saw service in Burma, Singapore and
India, often on secret missions behind enemy lines, and rose to
the rank of lieutenant colonel.
the war, he joined the J. Arthur Rank charm school and steadily
established himself as a leading actor in 1950s 'second
features'. He would go on to be dubbed "the Dennis Price of the
B film" in Quinlan's Film Stars by film critic David
Quinlan. Over a long career, Patrick amassed more than one
hundred and thirty film and television credits, but by the
Sixties he was often relegated to supporting roles.
Patrick made a number of notable contributions on television in
such shows as Ivanhoe (1958), The Vise (1955 to 1960),
The Avengers (1963), The Saint (1967) and Poldark
(1975 to 1977). Notable film work includes Genghis Khan
(1965), Thunderball (1965) and The Wild Geese
evolving into a character actor, he sustained his career into
old age, working on stage and television as well as in the
cinema, and he was still listed in the Spotlight casting
directory at the time of his death. His first wife was the
actress Sonia Holm (1920-1974). In 1954, he married Sandra Dorne
(1924-1992), with whom he had occasionally co-starred. The
marriage was happy, and he is said never to have recovered from
her death on Christmas Day, 1992. Patrick passed away the
following year.
George Howe
Character & Episode:
Brooks in The Smile Behind the Veil
Born: 19/04/1900, Valparaiso, Chile
Died: 07/1986, Brighton, East Sussex, England
Originally a comedian, George
soon turned to the theatre, making his television debut in An
Elephant in Arcady (transmitted 28th November 1938). The war
interrupted his career but then in the late Forties he appeared
in a number of BBC television plays including Richard of
Bordeaux (transmitted 6th April 1947), The Little Dry
Thorn (4th and 5th September 1947), Romeo and Juliet
(5th October 1947) and The Coventry Nativity Play (24th
and 29th December 1949). He would appear in a second BBC
production of Richard of Bordeaux in 1955, taking again
the role he played in the original version - Sir Simon Burley.
He is arguably best remembered for his contributions to The
Pickwick Papers (a 1952-53 serialised BBC adaptation in
which he played Samuel Pickwick), the BBC television play
Sing For Your Supper (25th June 1957) and The Great Waltz
(a 1972 film musical). In addition to his starring role in the
BBC's The Pickwick Papers, he also featured for the
corporation in two other 1950s adaptations of Charles Dickens:
Nicholas Nickleby (1957) and Our Mutual Friend
(1958). He made his last screen appearance in 1982 in the BBC
Shakespeare King Lear play before retiring.
Stuart Hoyle
Character & Episode:
Kim in That's How Murder Snowballs
Stuart was an occasional actor mainly limited to the Sixties. He
appears to have made his debut as a semi-regular in the 1962 BBC sci-fi series
The Monsters playing a character called PC Mills. Today,
this serial is completely lost from the archives.
Stuart also played a pilot in the epic war film Battle of
Britain (1969). Other screen contributions included
Hadleigh (1969), Z Cars (1971) and the ITC television
movie Madame Sin (1972) which starred Bette Davis. His
final television appearance was in The Flaxton Boys in
1973. Stuart's decade-long career only amounted to thirteen
feature film and television credits. He
married actress Eva Whishaw in 1959.
John Hughes
Character & Episode:
Bank Worker in Money to Burn
Born: 23/08/1934, England
Died: 07/03/2006, Brighton, East Sussex, England
supporting actor who made over twenty-five appearances mainly on
television in a long career which spanned nearly thirty years.
John made a bright start to his career as straight man to
comedian Vic Oliver and went on to join theatre repertory
companies in Basingstoke, Edinburgh, Farnham, Liverpool and
Westcliff-on-Sea. His television career really took off in 1962
when he was cast as PC Jones, a regular character in Dixon of
Dock Green, and he made over fifty appearances in the series
over the following two years.
television career however became sporadic, with occasional
appearance in series such as Z Cars, Elizabeth R,
Budgie and New Scotland Yard. His last screen
appearance was in 1997 in the science fiction film The Fifth
Element (pictured).
John appeared in many comedies on
the West End stage and was a noted member of the Theatre of
Comedy, for which he appeared in a slew of productions including
Ray Cooney's smash hit stage farce Run for Your Wife. He was
also a well-respected teacher of drama at the Arts Educational
School and the RADIUS summer schools.
Peter Hughes
Character & Episode:
The Butler in Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?
Born: 20/05/1922, London, England
Died: 05/02/2019
Peter was a solid character
actor with more than one hundred film and television appearances
to his name. In the 1950s Peter was a stalwart of the Richmond
Theatre repertory company along with actress Anne Ridler. He made his television debut in the series
Robert Montgomery Presents in 1957 (Montgomery's daughter in
real life was Elizabeth Montgomery who played Samantha Stevens
in the long running US comedy Bewitched).
After his debut, Peter
appeared in many notable series which included Z Cars,
Ghost Squad, The Avengers, Danger Man and
Dixon of Dock Green. He also featured in a recurring role as
a bank manager in the BBC television series Bergerac, and
played General Franco in Sir Alan Parker's film adaptation of
Evita, a policeman in the John Boorman movie Hope and
Glory (1987), and the P&O manager in the 1984 David Lean
movie A Passage to India. His last appearance came in
1999 in the popular detective series Jonathan Creek,
which featured Alan Davies in the lead role.
Peter was a keen cricketer and
coached for many years at Ealing Cricket Club. His son is Simon
Hughes (1959-) who played first class cricket for Middlesex and
Durham and is now a cricket journalist. Peter has a daughter who
is a well-known historian and writer.
Harry Hutchinson
Character & Episode:
Second Ghost in The Trouble with Women
Born: 15/09/1892, Dublin, Ireland
Died: 16/04/1980, Milan, Italy
A long serving actor,
initially in theatre, who would not make his feature film debut
until 1932 at the age 40 in The Silver Greyhound, made at
the Teddington studios of Warner Brothers. His television career
kicked off five years later in 1937, when television itself was
less than a year old, in a BBC television play, The Coiner.
He went on to appear regularly in BBC Television drama until the
Television Service was interrupted in 1939 by the outbreak of
the Second World War. When the service resumed in 1946 he
found himself less in demand for television work and instead
concentrated on theatre and film work, which included an
uncredited role in the noir classic Odd Man Out (1947)
starring James Mason and directed by Carol Reed.
Over the course
of his career, Hutchinson would appear in nearly eighty film and
television roles, albeit mainly as elderly gentlemen in minor
roles. He returned to regular television roles in the late
Fifties, most notably featuring in Bootsie and Snudge,
ITV Play of the Week, The Avengers and Armchair
Theatre. His final appearance arrived in 1973 when he played
a butler in an episode of The Protectors, the ITC action
series which starred Robert Vaughn and was produced by Gerry
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AMC has released three brief promo trailers for its upcoming documentary series "James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction" which teases the discussion of 'big questions' in the science fiction genre.
The series will consist of six one-hour episodes in which the titular director will sit down with guests to discuss the evolution of the genre from its niche beginnings to the blockbusters it has spawned in the past few decades.
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Heat and AC is electric mini splits. Busy Street. Warehouse/office space. There is also a shed on the property.
Lot Size: 10,395.00
Acres: 0.24
Sale Price: $179,000
Settled Date: 3/28/2019 12:00:00 AM
List Price: $184,000
Type: Commercial
Type of Comm.: Commercial
Status: Sold
Stories: 1
Buildings: 2
Total Units: 2
Total Sq. Ft.: 861
Year Built: 1920
Approx. GLA: 861
Acres: 0.24
Lot Size: 10,395.00
Parking Spaces: 6
Parking Features: 1-10 Spaces, Paved Driveway
Roof Material: Tar & Gravel
Sprinklers: No
Location: Urban
Utilities: Private Water, Public Sewer, 220 Volts
Short Sale Lender Approval: No
Lender Owned: No
21E On File: No
Assessed Building Value: $58,700
Assessed Land Value: $141,300
Exchange: No
Gross Annual Income: $17,700
Taxes: $4,836
Tax Year: 2018
Book/Page: 55088/161
Sublet: No
Survey: No
Total Assesed Value: $200,000
Zone Description: Legal Conforming
Warehouse Sq. Ft.: 861
Warehouse Units: 2
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Eloise's colourful designs captures these elegant and attractive creatures.
Celebrate a friend's birthday with the charming design of Eloise's richly crafted card.
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What is the reasoning for wearing epaulettes on a training flight in a 152? Is it some kind of rule?
The students wear the uniforms. It's the Flight School's policy if they are training in the career path from private to commercial.
Good stuff bud. The shots skirting along the bases once you broke out of the precip layer were stunning!
What about students that don't jerk off to the thought of being an airline pilot?
Being that so many people use GoPros in airplanes can they not make one with a frame rate or CCD that won't produce those ridiculous looking propeller artifacts? The old tape media digicams never did it.
Check this out: https://nflightcam.com/store/index.php/gopro.html
I can't stand flight school students and instructors that wear pilot uniforms. It puts way too much emphasis on how many damn bars are on your shoulder. They are going to be extremely disappointed when they go from their mighty 4-bars (maybe they are type rated in the Piper Arrow or Beechcraft Duchess) back to 3-bars when they get slapped in the face with the realization that they are on the lowest part of the proverbial pilot totem pole. So far all it symbolizes is that they gave some flight school a check and they love when people ask them "hey, are you real pilot?!?".
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Gifts for students going to university
What do you buy for someone going off to university? You can buy something for their flat or resident, something that will aid their studies, something 'fun' to help them relax when they are not studying and much more.
Here are 5 smart gift ideas for students going to university
Instead of having to lug all those books around a student can rather carry with him the a lighter, smaller and faster kindle! On Amazon the Kindle already supports a massive book selection of over 800,000 titles, and you can find titles on local websites like Kalahari (Click on the Books menu link and select eBooks). If the student already has a Kindle you can get him or her a gift card.
Rice cooker
A billion Chinese can't be wrong: eat rice. With the press of a lever, this electric rice cooker makes up to 6 cups of cooked rice–perfect for students. Simply add virtually any type of dry rice, measure in the water, and turn the unit on.
MP3 player
This inexpensive and tiny MP3 player is ideal for those times you just need some peace and quiet in the study hall. (If you don't like listening to music while studying then try some white noise). There's so much more to love when you play with a SanDisk Sansa Clip+ MP3 player. With four gigabytes of storage, this tiny player lets you listen to up to 1000 songs in stunning audio quality.
Alarm clock
Getting up at 6am for class is high on the list of 'University Student Problems'. I know that most students and people in general don't have clocks anymore and will simply use their smartphone for their clock and alarm needs, but we know how easy it is to just snooze that don't we.
The Flying Alarm Clock wakes you up with a loud shrieking alarm coupled with a little propeller-driven key that leaps off your nightstand. To turn off the horrible racket, you have to get out of bed and retrieve the key.
A student needs a good comfortable backpack to keep all their stuff for class. This backpack has thick padding on the shoulder straps and back side of the backpack. You can run you headphones through the backpack so you can listen to MP3s. There is plenty of room, lots of pockets, and it even has a spot for your pens and other important things.


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- Embedded CCTV footage (Windows only)
Available for both Windows-based computers and for the Apple iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, Instant Notifier offers multiple options to keep operations and security staff fully informed on events that impact safety, efficiency, and productivity.
Real-time visual information
All the information needed to respond to an alert is available at a glance, including an interactive amp showing the event location in real-time, a photo and icon representing the asset or person involved, the time of the alert, the priority level, and other details.
Handle alerts on the spot with full audit trail
Workers can manage alerts directly from Instant Notifier, with the ability to mute or dismiss alerts and document corrective actions taken. This information is recorded by MobileView, along with the user, date, and time, to provide an audit trail. All pending alerts are listed with priority level and time of alert.
Push notifications
Alerts are automatically pushed to users. Instant Notifier for Windows pops up a window when an alert occurs, while the Instant Notifier app for mobile devices supports the push notification service (requires an internet connection).
Configurable messages
Event templates and audio files allow system administrators to customise the information displayed and alarm sound for each type of event, tailoring it to your applications.
Integrated CCTV (video only)
Instant Notifier offers automatic playback of CCTV footage showing what occurred at the exit or area starting in the moments just before the alert that triggered the CCTV camera. Requires DVR2010 video recorder.


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Hair Bundle Deals Are An Easy Way To Save Money & Look Great
Brazilian hair weaves are super popular nowadays, and luckily, there are plenty of online stores that offer them for a great price. Generally, Brazilian hair weaves are made of 100% human hair, which means they can be curled, straightened, washed and dyed. So, if you are searching for Brazilian hair bundle deals at a cheap price, there are a lot to choose from, no matter your budget. Read on to find out about Brazilian hair weave bundle deals and how to get them at a cheap price.
Bundle Deals & Other Hairstyles
Brazilian hair bundles have certainly been the most popular hair weaves over the last couple of years. Not only that, but the discounted price for popular Brazilian hair weaves allows you to purchase plenty of them without spending a fortune.
There are many types of Brazilian hair weaves for everyone's taste. Whether you are looking for straight, curly, body wave, water wave, loose wave, you name it the list goes on, and it's out there! There are so many options out there, and girl I got you covered on the best deals.
Cheap Brazilian Bundle Deals
Now I know what you're thinking, Brazilian hair bundles cheap deals must mean poor quality of hair, right? Well, that right there is the beauty of it all, we've tried all the cheap stuff out there to tell you which ones are cheap AND premium quality. Queen Hair Bundles are one great brand I'd recommend for cheap and great quality bundles. Due to the fact that most of the high quality Brazilian virgin hair is so expensive, many women choose to buy only small amounts of hair weaves, such as 2 or 3 bundles, thinking they will save money buying them individually.
However, that particular strategy is not that clever. Instead, purchasing Brazilian hair bundle deals with closure will result in cost savings down the road. When comparing the price of Brazilian hair bundle deals that are sold separately vs together, you can come to the conclusion that you will save more money if you buy them together in a pack. All of the pieces of Brazilian hair bundle deals are the same quality as virgin Brazilian hair that are sold separately. The only difference is that you get a greater volume of hair at a more affordable price.
Bundle Deals with Closure
Brazilian hair bundle deals with closure are perfect for women who want fully covered hair. Hair closures have many great benefits for your natural hair, one of them being that it can provide protection for your natural hair and scalp. Not only do you get the to create a part in your hair, but you also have the ability to blend the closure in with your natural hair thus resulting in fuller, more voluminous hair. Unice is one of the most popular hair weave bundle companies and provides 100% real Brazilian hair bundle deals with closures. These bundle deals are all virgin hair which haven't been treated with chemicals. So, you can perm, color and bleach or style them in any other way you want.
Brazilian hair bundle deals are a great choice if you are looking to save some money. You'll be able to style your Brazilian weaves the way you like and it will look great! So, don't hesitate anymore, find some great bundle deals online and impress everyone with your new hair!
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Lately, I've been thinking a lot about stars—the glyph kind.
In early November, Twitter replaced its ★ button with a ♥ button. Many Twitter users reacted negatively to the change, lamenting the loss of the ★'s neutrality, on the one hand, and its multi-valence, on the other. Clicking ★ underneath a tweet never automatically signaled agreement, but it is hard not to feel you're agreeing with a tweet when you click ♥ (especially when Twitter itself explicitly equates ♥-ing something with liking it).
The other day, I was writing about the use of asterisks in seventeenth-century English playbooks and how they would have been legible in a system of dramatic typography only if readers knew them as reference marks from other genres of printed material. In early non-dramatic texts (especially liturgical ones), asterisks embedded in the main text typically correspond to marginal notes that provide exegesis, source material, caveats, or further reading. In the early modern playbooks I've been writing about, asterisks refer readers to marginal "stage directions" that offer descriptions of non-lexical business (i.e., an action, a change in addressee, a particular tone, etc.) that, in effect, modulates the dramatic situation in some way apart from or in conjunction with language. In other words, asterisks signal: "There's more to see!" and/or "This is important, and you should dwell with it for a little longer!"
As I was considering patterns of asterisk use in printed plays, it occurred to me that the Twitter ★ had a similar function to its textual (but not necessarily dramatic) counterpart. It marked tweets as worth attending to—as worth dwelling with. Why they were worth others' time didn't matter so much as that they were worth that time. Unlike the act of retweeting, ★ing a tweet didn't force it into the sightline (i.e., the feed) of other users. But like a marginal note or footnote signaled by an asterisk, we could look to a ★ed tweet if we wanted to look at it. In hailing other readers to look without requiring them to do so, the Twitter ★ was a connecting glyph. ★ing a tweet referred others to material that they might not have otherwise seen or considered but that nevertheless might be worth their time. The ♥ doesn't have the same connecting function. It signals a bond ("I like this!") between a reader and the content of the tweet. Unless I have the same taste as you, I probably won't ♥ what you ♥. Twitter just became a lot more personal!
While I know there are many other ways to parse the uses and significations of the Twitter ★, I guess I ♥ed it a whole lot because its design recognized and relied on a set of entrenched readerly habits that originated even before the advent of print.*
* For a terrific account of the asterisk, see Chapter 6 in Keith Houston's Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks (Norton, 2013). And if you're curious about the rise of asterisks to *emphasize* words/phrases in lieu of bold and italic (see my title!), there is this fascinating post by John Gruber.


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What a fun and full first day of school! I enjoyed meeting and catching up with many of you yesterday morning at the Back-to-School Coffee. We had a packed auditorium with our wonderful HPC Board members talking with parents and signing them up for our many Havens volunteer opportunities. Thank you to everyone who staffed a table and attended the event. A special shout out to our amazing Hospitality team, represented by Jacque Jumper and Blair Paige, who provided the delicious food and beverages.
If you missed the coffee, but still want to celebrate the start of the school year, bring the entire family to the Havens Family Funfest this Friday, August 18, from 5:00-7:00 pm. You can enjoy dinner (available for purchase or bring a picnic- remember no alcohol on school grounds) and hang out with old and new friends while learning about the many parent groups that support our school district. And if you haven't had a chance to buy the new Havens gear for this year, our fabulous Merchandise team will be on hand to show off their wares. Don't miss out–see you on Friday! Family Funfest Flyer
Lastly, NEW this year and happening this Saturday, August 19, from 8:00 am-12 noon, NitPixies will be at Havens in Ellen Driscoll to provide on-site lice checks. Sponsored by the parents clubs of all 3 elementary schools, these convenient checks were requested and organized by parents who care and want to prevent this nuisance from entering the classrooms. This Saturday will be the first of three lice checks offered during the year for the low price of $15 per student for all 3 checks. Go to the Piedmont Store (piedmontstore.com) to purchase and sign up for this helpful service. See details in the lice checks section below.
Thanks and enjoy this first week of school,
Dana Lung
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Mid-January update
I wrote 6,444 words today and finished up September 2010 in my novel. As far as word count goes, I'm caught up. I have 38,155 words for Tilt Your Head and Smile and 47,584 words total.
My problem is that I was supposed to write October 2010 today. I didn't write much of anything yesterday since we were at Michael's house. I wrote enough to make up for it today, but I'm still a month behind in my outline. I'm hoping to fix that this weekend. Over on the WriYe forums, I signed up to write 25k on Monday. If I can do that, I can get really far ahead. Even if I can't, though, I'm not too worried. I'm only a day behind, and I have an extra day each week factored in to make up for that.
I'm enjoying writing my novel. April is depressed. She's already been turned down for one job, and she has had a fight with Matthew about money. Things are moving along nicely. Next up, she gets turned down for another job and stops talking to friends because she's so embarrassed that she doesn't have a job.
I also have to start reading again. I've started On Writing and would like to finish that up before the end of the week. I have a week and a half until I have to go back to work, and I want to get as much reading done before then as possible.
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Its that time of year and off into the loft I go for visit one. I look around and think how tidy it is up here.
Well it was in that direction. Turn round to where the boxes of Christmas decor is and what a mess of boxes. Now where did I put the lights?
Once down I test the two sets of red berries. They work OK.
I test the three sets of icicle white lights, only two now working.
and the blue set work. There was more but I've obviously thrown them away as they weren't working.
A few hours in the cold and we are illuminated. Not the greatest display though due to the icicle lights.


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Date: Saturday 24th February 2018
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: £45
Discover the techniques of the ancient craft of green woodworking.
Using wood which has been freshly cut, you will spend a day learning about the correct use of both traditional and modern tools by one of Hadlow College's Countryside Management lecturers. If you are interested in Woodsman crafts and would like to learn some basic skills then this is a short course which will enable you to learn to work with Woodman's (Bodgers) tools and create something which you could use around your house or garden.


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Jamie McIlree
Stephen Grant
The last few days in Lubumbashi have allowed me to spend time with Fidele and Bondo, the two brothers in the pictures. They both have disabilities as a result of polio but are very good Bible teachers and extremely driven. We have discussed the various needs and opportunities for literature work in Congo and, God willing, they will be working with us in the coming months. It is going to take time for bibles to go into print and be shipped to Congo along with books and commentaries but we have started work on a small magazine which we hope to print and distribute in October. Books and commentaries are seen by many as too difficult to read and too expensive, a short and cheaply produced magazine is something which we trust will overcome these obstacles as well as helping to bring the gospel and teaching to a large number of people. Fidele, Bondo and myself are compiling articles for the magazine and I hope to purchase the necessary equipment for printing in the next week. I have travelled back into Zambia and am about to leave for Scotland. Please pray for the Lord's blessing on His Word that has been preached in the last five weeks and for Fidele and Bondo as they work on the magazine. Thank you for all your prayers.


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New beginnings indeed.
September 18, 2011 – The day started out normal as it is. Breakfast in the morning, the usual rush to the bathroom, preparation of things, feeding our babies. What a day it was. 🙂
We first drove to Iko's to fetch our cake. This is the second visit to the said place and guess what? We got lost – again. Luckily, we made good time, with the day being Sunday. As we were nearing the place where our wedding is to take place, we remembered something important. We forgot our marriage license!
So there, we had to quickly drop off the goodies as Ate and company arrived to pretty up the place. We explained what happened, they understood, and we left in a hurry to get the documents. We also realized that we forgot the bible, his socks, and that i have yet to fix my hair.
While i was having my hair done, he went home to get the things we needed. I had to do my make up and dress while in the car. Good thing I am sooo resourceful (haha!). We got there a few minutes after 3PM, whereas the time we set was 3PM sharp. Talk about being late. But hey, it is OUR wedding day 🙂
A quick rundown of events, my mom and brother were late. The reverend was in a hurry, literally. Kelangan pang habulin ni babe ung sinasabi nya para ulitin ung vows whatever. To make the long story short, it was not the solemn wedding that everyone was expecting. It turned out to be a comic wedding after all.
And so, we are husband and wife, vowed to love each other forever, not letting anyone come between us, with our parents, friends, and loved ones to witness our special day. 🙂


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Onbadhula Guru written and directed by newcomer PT Selvakumar featuring Vinay Rai, Anjali and Lakshmi Rai in the lead roles is shaping up well. Actress Trisha launched the song teaser of 'Va Machi Va' from the film recently which was received by Santhanam and Vinay.
The music of the film is composed by K and the album consists of four tracks while Na Muthukumar has penned 'Va Machi Va'. Premji, Aravind Akash, Sathyan and Jagan play important roles in the film and Jiiva will appear in cameo in this comedy caper.
Onbadhula Guruis based on an adventurous trip which the five guys take together, and goes on with what happens to them during their expedition.


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The ever escaping rally cry of what constitutes as "THE" customer experience (CX) in today's ever changing world boggles brands regularly. In this moment, in any market, customers are demanding for quality experiences. Our consumers today are not just looking for one experience but in fact they're looking to collect multiple experiences from multiple brands in real time. This poses as a real challenge especially for brand loyalty.
Consumers are in some ways "experience cheating" on your brand, seeking the next thrill, the next "in" thing, that will level up their social status. So what exactly can your brand do in order to satisfy the experience appetite of today's consumer? Many haven't strayed too far from the continuum of social media posts and videos. But there are a few trends in CX that your brand can utilize to take it to the next level. It is through deliberate CX design that your brand will stand apart from the competition.
Shock & Awe
There's nothing like breaking out of the status quo box. The more your brand can delight your customers with engaging and creative experiences, the more they will pay attention. If we look at Gary Vee as a brand, what he says at times will surely shock you. He makes comments like, "You're going to die soon. Do something about it." Nonetheless it's that kind of brutal honesty and shock that will garner attention.
Your customers want to feel good. They want to know that by consuming your product they will be better. For example Yoga as a collective brand is not only a lifestyle but the biggest attractant to the practice is for the bettering of your well being, both spiritually and physically. Thus yoga exploded as a worldwide phenomenon.
The Experience Venture
As the retail market for free standing stores shrink, many brands have gotten creative. They've devised a sort of cohabitation space within their retail stores by offering classes, events, or inviting a few celebrities to share their wisdom. Samsung 837 in NYC embodies this concept well. In their flagship NYC store they open their doors inviting the public to attend special keynote events. Apple has also announced that they will be offering additional courses in select retail stores, teaching photography and more.


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-- here's what happened. i got elected in a year that richard nixon won over 60-some percent of the vote in my state. i ran against a really decent, decent man. he fought in world war ii. he was a three-term congressman, two-term governor, three-term senator. and he was a decent man. but i disagreed with him on the war in vietnam and a few other very important things. and what happened was, his staff around him while he was working in washington, no one took me seriously to begin with. but by the time we got to september, we had -- my sister had run an incredible campaign for me. but together -- we had 20,000 volunteers. and we knew, and everyone around him knew we were going to be more of a threat. no one ever told him. i could tell when he called to concede that he was stunned as to what happened. and i felt he was a decent man. i felt badly for him. we have this thing on thursday after the elections since 1792 where the winner and loser goes down to the southernmost county, gets in a wagon, it's a tradition, the winner and loser, and rides through town to show that we're going to
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out and we're all showering, and i started shaving everybody's head. well you shave one, trot nixon, our right fielder. and here comes theo epsteie rich president. [ laughter ] he was our general manager, i shaved his head and greg little's head but we get on these planes, we're all shaved heads now. we got no guard, our hair's gone, we're down 0-2 flying back to boston, we looked like sperms. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter and applause ] >> whoa, this is going to be a battle. we lose the next game and we have all off season and we're looking like that. so, we ended up coming back and we won three straight and we end up losing game 7 to aaron boone in that home run -- you remember that. you came back. you bounced back. i know that's obviously before a celebration. you had some celebration issues one year with some champagne. >> oh yeah, oh yeah, well in uh -- in detroit in '06 we played yankees first round in the division series and we ended up upsetting them. you shouldn't celebrate this much, but we were so excited, hadn't won in detroit in years and got the celebration going and went
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crop of bumper stickers. john blackstone walks us through the reworked nixon library. and more. first headlines for this "sunday morning" the 16th of october, 2016. the pacific northwest is facing remnants of typhoon this morni morning. it's already spawned tornadoes in oregon and pounded the coast with high surf and heavy rain. more than 150 countries including the united states have signed a landmark agreement in rwanda curbing hydro fluorocarbons, the pollutant commonly used in air conditioners and refrigerators. the new destroyer in baltimore yesterday, the sharp angles of the uss zumwalt make it harder to detect by enemy radar. the enterprising ship is commanded, appropriately enough, by captain james kirk. now the baseball playoffs. cleveland topped toronto 2-1 to take game two. in chicago -- >> in to right -- >> miguel montero pinch hit grand slam won the game for the cubs over the los angeles dodgers. the final score, 8-4. a little more on the weather. in the heartland summer has an encore with highs in the 80s. very less an in the east as well. is the week ahead a hodg
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ago when mitt romn editorial board went with a republican since richard nixon in 1972. this year's republican nominee, donald trump, is taking heat for comments he made this weekend about clinton. while speaking to a crowd in new hampshire yesterday, the presidential nominee suggested that his opponent may have used performance- enhancing drugs before debates. " we should take a drug test, cause i don't know what's going on with her, but at the beginning of her last debate, beginning and at the end it was like, uh, take me down. " trump questioned clinton's strength and stamina after she was diagnosed with pneumonia earlier this year. a windstorm is damaging parts of the pacific northwest. the storm gained strength from a typhoon well off into the pacific ocean. wind gusts reached about 50 miles per hour in parts of washington and oregon. a rare ef2 tornado even buildings in the portland area. one woman whose home saw damage says this was the first tornado she's ever experienced. "it was a noise coming through like an express train coming at 200 to 300 miles per hour. it was just u
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Your host; Grace
Grace grew The Social School from the cliché of the kitchen table to a studio space in Collingwood, with many ongoing client relationships in the hospitality, homewares and creative industries. Now, her focus is growing and delivering social media workshops Australia-wide to help small businesses succeed.
Grace's background includes work for clients like BONDS, Sheridan, Tetley, Freedom Foods, Jacob's Creek, Nivea, and Sunbeam. She's worked in strategy and editorial roles at AnalogFolk Sydney, The Works, Fonda Mexican, Pedestrian.tv and littleBIG Marketing & P.R. Most recently, she worked for Andrew McConnell's group of restaurants, strategising for and managing all 10 social media accounts.
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Research Proposal
Background: Patients with autoimmune diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and ankylosing spondylitis (SpA) are at increased risk of cardiovascular events and venous thromboembolism (VTE), particularly during periods of high disease activity. It is unclear whether biologic therapy modifies this risk.
Objective: To evaluate the association between biologic therapy and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and VTE in autoimmune diseases.
Study Design: Individual participant-level pooled analysis of RCTs
Participants: Patients in phase III RCTs of infliximab and golimumab in RA, IBD, PsA, or SpA, receiving either placebo or active agent.
Main Outcome Measures: Risk of cardiovascular events and VTE in (a) patients treated with biologics (vs. placebo), and (b) in patients with response to therapy (vs. non-responders).
Statistical Analysis: We will perform 2 separate Cox proportional hazard analyses to evaluate the association between (a) receipt of biologics (vs. placebo), and (b) response to therapy (vs. non-response) on cardiovascular and VTE risk, after pooling data from included RCTs. All analyses will be adjusted for confounders – baseline disease activity, traditional cardiovascular (age, sex, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, personal or family history of cardiovascular disease, use of aspirin/statins) and VTE risk factors (age, sex, immobility, hospitalization, obesity, smoking, drugs), and co-interventions. Analyses will be stratified by type of autoimmune disease.
Autoimmune diseases, including RA, IBD, PsA and SpA have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and venous thromboembolism.1-7 While traditional cardiovascular risk factors are not over-represented in these patients, chronic inflammation-driven accelerated atherosclerosis and prothrombotic state contribute to this increased risk.2,8 Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process in which immune cells infiltrate the arterial wall in response to chemotactic signals generated by activated endothelial cells.9,10,11 This association between autoimmune diseases and risk of cardiovascular and VTE events is particularly strong during periods of active disease as compared to periods of remission, consistent with the effect of high inflammatory burden.12,13
Few studies have investigated therapeutic strategies to reduce this risk.14-16 Aggressive treatment of autoimmune diseases with biologic agents may conceivably decrease cardiovascular (and VTE) risk by decreasing inflammatory burden.2, 8 However, observational studies are limited in their ability to infer the effect of disease-modifying therapy on cardiovascular risk due to confounding by severity (i.e., patients with high disease activity, inherently at high cardiovascular risk, are likely to be treated with more potent biologic therapy), so the benefit of therapy may not be apparent.17 Additionally, most observational studies are also at risk of immortal-time bias.18 It is unclear whether any impact of therapy on reducing cardiovascular risk is an independent effect of the treatment or an indirect effect by reducing inflammation.
In this proposal, our objective is to study the impact of biologic therapy both directly (vs. placebo) and indirectly (by comparing responders vs. non-responders) on cardiovascular and VTE risk, within an enriched high-risk population of patients with severe active autoimmune diseases participating in well-designed clinical trials of biologic therapy. Our central hypothesis is that response to treatment (vs. non-response), and not mere receipt of biologics (vs. placebo), is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular and VTE events in patients with autoimmune diseases.
The significance of this work lies in comprehensively assessing how receipt and response to biologic therapy modifies the risk of thromboembolism in patients with autoimmune diseases, using a novel, innovative approach through post-hoc analyses of robust, late-stage clinical trials, avoiding biases of observational studies. By combining all autoimmune diseases, we anticipate sufficient number of events in trials for a well-powered analysis. From a scientific perspective, the information generated will advance understanding of atherosclerosis and thrombosis in chronic inflammatory diseases. From a clinical perspective, information generated from this study will be directly applicable to patient care offering a personalized therapeutic approach to cardiovascular risk in autoimmune diseases.
Specific aim #1: To compare risk of cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction, angina, stroke, transient ischemic attacks) and VTE in biologic vs. placebo-treated patients with autoimmune diseases, including RA, IBD, PsA and SpA, in post-hoc analysis of phase III RCTs of biologic therapy, after adjusting for baseline disease activity and traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease and VTE.
Hypothesis: Biologic-treated patients will have marginally lower risk of cardiovascular events and VTE as compared to placebo-treated patients
Specific aim #2: To compare the risk of cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction, angina, stroke, transient ischemic attacks) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with study-defined response to therapy (regardless of intervention) against non-responders, in patients with autoimmune diseases in post-hoc analysis of phase III RCTs of biologic therapy, after adjusting for baseline disease activity and traditional cardiovascular and VTE risk factors.
Hypothesis: Patients with response to therapy (regardless of intervention) will have a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular events and VTE, as compared to patients who fail to respond to therapy.
• Trials of infliximab in rheumatoid arthritis (NCT00269867, NCT00236028)
• Trials of golimumab in rheumatoid arthritis (NCT00264537, NCT00264550, NCT00299546, NCT00361335, NCT01248780)
• Trials of infliximab in Crohn's disease (NCT00207662, NCT00207766, NCT00004941, NCT00094458)
• Trial of infliximab in ulcerative colitis (NCT00036439, NCT00096655, NCT00336492, NCT00537316)
• Trials of golimumab in ulcerative colitis (NCT00487539)
• Trials of golimumab in psoriatic arthritis (NCT00265096)
• Trials of golimumab in ankylosing spondylitis (NCT00265083, NCT01248793)
• Trial of infliximab in ankylosing spondylitis (NCT00202865)
• Trial of infliximab in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (NCT00036374)
Inclusion criteria:
• Adults with:
o Active rheumatoid arthritis (defined as either at least 4 swollen joints and at least 4 tender joints at baseline, and meet at least 2 of the following criteria at screening and/or baseline: 1) C-reactive protein (CRP) >1.5mg/dl or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) >28 mm/hour 2) morning stiffness lasting 30 minutes or longer, 3) bone erosion by radiography and/or magnetic resonance imaging prior to initiation of treatment with the study agent
Main outcome measure will be cardiovascular and/or VTE events any time during the trial period
• Composite endpoint of major adverse cardiovascular events including
o Acute coronary syndrome including unstable angina, myocardial infarction,
o Ischemic heart failure
o Stroke and transient ischemic attack
o Cardiovascular mortality
• Venous thromboembolism events include
o Deep venous thrombosis
o Pulmonary embolism
o VTE-related mortality
• For specific aim #1, predictor would be intervention (active vs. placebo)
• For specific aim #2,
o For rheumatoid arthritis trials – Clinical response (ACR20 or 50 response defined as ≥20% or 50% improvement in RA symptoms)
o For ulcerative colitis trials – Clinical response (decrease in MCS by ≥3 points and 30%, with decrease in the rectal bleeding sub-score by ≥1 point, or an absolute sub-score of 0 or 1)
o For Crohn's disease trials – Clinical response (decrease in CDAI by 100 [CR100] or 70 points [CR70] from baseline; reduction in number of draining fistulae by 50% from baseline, for fistulizing CD)
o For psoriatic arthritis trials – Clinical response (ACR20 response defined as improvement of >= 20% from baseline)
o For ankylosing spondylitis trials – Clinical response (AS20 response defined by the number of patients who achieved a 20% improvement and at least 1 absolute improvement on a 0 to 10 cm scale from baseline in at least 3 of the 4 domains: patient global, total back pain, function or inflammation)
Key confounding variables of interest in our study are:
o Traditional cardiovascular risk factors at baseline including hypertension, hyperlipidemia/hypertriglyceridemia, obesity, diabetes mellitus, smoking status, age, sex, familial or personal history of CV disease, use of aspirin/statins
o Traditional VTE risk factors: recent major surgery, obesity, smoking, hospitalization, oral contraception, and cancer
o Biochemical measures of disease severity – baseline C-reactive protein as a categorical variable (<0.5mg/dl or ≥0.5mg/dl), fecal calprotectin for IBD (<150mcg/g vs. ≥150mcg/g)
o Co-interventions – concomitant use of immunomodulators like azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine or methotrexate (yes vs. no), concomitant use of steroids and NSAIDs (yes vs. no)
o All analysis will be stratified by autoimmune disease types (RA, PsA, SpA, IBD); trials of induction and maintenance therapy will be analyzed separately
• Impact of biologics on cardiovascular and VTE risk (vs. placebo): We will compare the baseline characteristics of biologic- vs. placebo-treated patients for key variables, and evaluate the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events and VTE events in both groups. We will then perform multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis after adjusting for type of autoimmune disease and relevant confounders including baseline disease activity (clinical, biochemical), traditional cardiovascular (age, sex, smoking status, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, personal or family history of cardiovascular disease, use of aspirin/statins) and VTE risk factors (age, sex, smoking, obesity, immobility, hospitalization, procoagulant or anticoagulant) and co-interventions for autoimmune disease.
• Impact of response to therapy on cardiovascular and VTE risk (vs. non-responders): We will compare baseline characteristics of responders vs. non-responders (regardless of intervention) for key confounding variables, and evaluate the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events and VTE events in both groups. Then we will perform multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis after adjusting for type of autoimmune disease and relevant confounders including intervention arm, baseline disease activity, traditional cardiovascular and VTE risk factors, and co-interventions for autoimmune disease.
Analysis will be clustered by RCT, and stratified by type of autoimmune disease (RA, IBD, PsA, SpA). We will perform additional subgroup analysis by trial design (induction vs. maintenance), type of anti-TNF agent (infliximab vs. golimumab).
Chronic inflammation is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and venous thromboembolism (VTE), and hence, patients with autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis are at increased risk. This risk is particularly increased during disease flares or prolonged activity indicating a correlation with the inflammatory burden. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of biologic therapy, in particular response to treatment, on the risk of cardiovascular events and VTE, and related mortality, in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of biologic therapy in autoimmune diseases.
Once study is approved and data access provided (assuming by February 2016), our key milestones dates are:
o Project start date: March 1, 2016
o Analysis completion date: May 1, 2016
o Manuscript drafted: July 1, 2016
o Manuscript submitted for publication: August 1, 2016
o Date results reported back to YODA: August 1, 2016
We anticipate generation of at least 2 manuscripts from this project – one including data on risk modification of cardiovascular events and on risk modification of venous thromboembolism risk. The target audience would be primary care physicians, rheumatologists, gastroenterologists, cardiologists as well as physician-scientists with interest in atherosclerosis and autoimmune diseases.
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2. Symmons DP, Gabriel SE. Epidemiology of CVD in rheumatic disease, with a focus on RA and SLE. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2011;7:399-408.
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Revenue hits Analog Devices with €43m tax bill
US chipmaker says demand could materially hurt earnings
Analog plans to appeal the case to the Tax Appeals Commission. Photograph: Joe St Leger
Analog Devices is battling a tax demand from the Revenue Commissioners, in a case that the US chipmaker says could materially hurt its earnings.
Revenue officials told the company, an Apple supplier, that its Irish tax-resident unit owed about €43 million relating to intercompany transfers stretching back to 2013, Analog said in filings last month. This assessment excludes any penalties and interest, it said. The company's shares dropped as much as 3.4 per cent on Wednesday.
Revenue claims that Analog's Irish entity failed to conform to recent OECD transfer pricing guidelines.
"The company strongly disagrees with the assessment and maintains that its transfer pricing is appropriate," it said, while noting it had not recorded any additional tax liability related to the 2013 tax year or any other periods.
Massachusetts-based Analog said it would "vigorously defend" its position and is appealing the decision. It warned that if it were to lose the case, "such assessment and any potential impact related to years subsequent to 2013 could have a material unfavourable impact".
Revenue said it would not comment on individual cases. An Analog spokeswoman confirmed the case was ongoing, and said the company would not comment beyond that. Analog is taking the case to the Tax Appeals Commission.
Corporate subsidiaries
International tax authorities are keen to limit transactions among corporate subsidiaries, which are sometimes seen as ways to shift income to low-tax jurisdictions. The State's corporate tax rate is 12.5 per cent, while in the US president Donald Trump's administration has cut the federal rate to 21 per cent.
Established in Ireland in 1977, Analog employs about 1,200 people at its original and main hub in Limerick, in addition to its design facility in Cork.
Cork is also a base for the Irish operation of Apple, which is fighting a European Commission order to pay €13 billion in tax arrears to the State.
Analog specialises in data converters and chips that translate real-world things – such as a button press or sound – into electronic signals. Last month, it said its effective tax rate was below its blended US federal statutory rate of 23.4 per cent.
"This is primarily due to lower statutory tax rates applicable to our operations in the foreign jurisdictions in which we earn income," it said. – Bloomberg


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The experience of taking part in a Yoga retreat is incomparable. To be immersed in nature, in a community environment, practicing yoga and meditation makes it especially meaningful.
Raphael selects some of the most unique venues around the world, from hidden villages in the middle of Sri Lanka to floating bungalows on a lake in Southern Thailand, in order to create an exceptional experience for students. The purpose of his retreats is to "awaken"- to awake from the mental patterns that trap us because of the way society, work, family, media and culture pressure and influence us - to better live and co-exist with others. For this to happen, he selects energetic sanctuaries in which students will be able to disconnect from the chaos of daily commitments and reconnect with the essence of a conscious mindful life style.
Throughout the week Raphael will lead daily yoga practices, meditation, pranayama, study of eastern and western philosophy, and kirtan.
The asana practice is rooted in alignment vinyasa usually led in the mornings, and in the afternoons or evenings, a slower paced breakdown of a hatha, yin or restorative class.
Raphael also has a background in acro yoga, a practice that builds community. This style blends the wisdom of yoga, the dynamic power of acrobatics, and the loving kindness of the healing arts. Usually one section is designed for this kind of practice.
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Activities to mark Child Month continued Saturday on Little Cayman with a poolside Family Fun Day hosted by the Department of Children and Family Services at the Pirates Point resort.
Debbi Truchan helped the DCFS team secure the venue and supplied the games and ribbons. Refreshments were sponsored by the Baha'i community, and the Southern Cross Club donated the prizes.
Under the theme "Our Children, Today and Tomorrow," activities are taking place at preschool centers, elementary and high schools and businesses throughout the islands.


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In creating his shoe, Stefan wanted the most minimally-designed footwear possible for maximum performance and boardfeel, where every part of the shoe was meticulously scrutinized," says James Arizumi, the shoe's original designer. "That holds true with the remastered Nike Air Max 270 Femme version as well."
The Zoom Stefan Janoski RM launches April 1 on Adidas ZX 750 Mujer nike.com and at global specialty skate shops.2019 - Celebrating the remarkable legacy of a Nike Football classic, the Nike Total 90 Laser returns in a limited special edition.
Known as the boots for ultimate accuracy and powerful shooting, the Nike T90 brings back the unique precision rings on the upper shield emblazoned with the number 90 and accompanied by the words Power – Swerve – Nike Air VaporMax Mujer Precision, creating a platform designed to control ball spin and optimize a solid shot.
The boot has the same upper materials and construction design as the original model, introduced in 2007, including an off-center lacing system for superior ball feel. The iconic skeleton foot graphic is displayed on the soleplate, tooled into a modern underfoot chassis for a lighter and more dynamic Nike Air Max 270 Femme performance. The shoe reinstates the heel Zoom Air unit, re-engineered Nike Air Max 90 Femme into the underside of the sockliner, for a responsive cushioning feel.
This special edition feature the original Zest colorway, and a red total ninety signage on the heel and on the outside front.2019 - Nike Free footwear lets feet flex, splay and move the way they want. Built on a more anatomically shaped last than traditional running models, the 2019 Nike Free Running Collection Adidas NMD Mujer introduces new elements that enable a more barefoot-like feel than previous versions.
Because Nike Free is intended for lower-mileage runs, the foam cushioning in the new Nike Free midsoles is firmer (closer to that of the original 2004 model to promote a more barefoot-like feel underfoot), flatter and lower to the ground, delivering greater connection and more natural range of motion Nike Air Vapormax Femme than before. The midsole now features siping along the top and bottom Nike Air Max 90 Femme to increase dorsi and plantar flexion. Based on data mapping, varying depths in the sipes are placed where the foot naturally wants to bend and stretch to enhance the feeling of movement and to allow for more natural foot motion.
The Nike Free RN 5.0 (shown first) is 26-percent more flexible and 2mm lower to the ground while the Nike Free RN Flyknit 3.0 (shown second) is 1mm Nike Air Max 90 Femme Rose lower to the ground than the 2018 models.
The minimal uppers, a thin-stretch mesh with a minimal lacing system for the 5.0 and a lace-less Nike Flyknit with a secondary lock-down overlay for the 3.0, were designed to enhance the natural, second skin aspect of the shoes. There's a nod to the in-depth science behind the original shoes in overall aesthetic too, with some of the design lines Adidas Superstar Mujer come from the natural shape of the foot, for example). The smaller Swoosh symbolizes the shoe's lower-mileage intent.
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Berlin is the Romantic city of the 21st century. It's the kind of city that when I walk around Friedrichshain or Kreuzberg, I feel like I could be in the movies (movies meaning films like Style Wars or Kids). It's a lot like the city in the end product of Caden's play in Charlie Kauffman's new film, Synecdoche, NY, only except for the fact that his version is filled with depression and death and Berlin is filled with young artists riding banana bikes and punk rock kids with dogs (meaning = happiness). Actually, the only real similarity I suppose is that both Charlie Kauffman's fake city and Berlin both really like vandalism. Even in that though, the Kauffman city is filled with the kind of "Bush sucks" and "Satan Rules" type of graffiti that looks stupid and in poor taste, and Berlin's vandalism is some of the most impressive and interesting street art I've ever seen. As far as I'm concerned, the Berlin city government issues complimentary spray paint cans in the weekly mail and street art is a regular part of the high school curriculum. With this in mind, I expected my hostel, Pfefferbett, to look a lot less like a newly renovated and sparkling clean mariachi bar on the border of Mexico and Arizona than it actually does.
I walked into my hostel early. It wasn't hard to find, being that it's literally right in front of the Senfelderplatz subway station. I entered to see the bartender wiping down the green adobe bar–like the night had just ended and the last of the weekly salsa dancers were catching taxis home. If I remember correctly, Norah Jones was playing over the stereo system, but I am just going to round up and say that it was actually soft Spanish guitar playing bossa nova music, since later in the night, that was actually the case. I hold a series of assumptions in my mind about places like this. Pfefferbett, even if it's only themed Southwestern in Berlin instead of being a genuine Mexican hometown favorite, has a certain specific Romantic appeal. It's the same sentiment that I feel towards bars where I can imagine old New England fishing boat captains grabbing a pint after a long trip in the Atlantic, or old VFW's in small Midwestern towns. It's the idea that the regulars in places like this are probably filled with experiences of unnoticed heroism that I want to pretend actually happened to me. After I got the opportunity to wander around Pfefferbett for a little while, I quickly realized that the place was a lot less of a simulation Mexican bar where old masked wrestlers could happily drink Dos Equis and reflect on the golden years and a lot more of a very new and super nice hostel with a vaguely Southwestern décor.
My imagination didn't get the memo though, so ever since I arrived at Pfefferbett, I've been putting everything in the context of me staying above a swanky lounge in Tijuana. This has gotten increasingly difficult as I started discovering all these technological conveniences that Pfefferbett offers. Obviously free wifi and accessible computers for guests falls into that category, but the real difficulties came from things like the magnetic locking system that Pfefferbett uses, the book lights attached to the nightstand above every bed, and the corridor lighting that is motion- activated. Old hometown Mexican bars probably didn't have any of these perks, so maybe Pfefferbett is a little more like what a Southwestern themed bar would be like in Blade Runner. The sushi bar that Harrison Ford is in at the beginning of the movie probably also had motion-activated corridor lighting.
Later on, after I had already spent two days in Pfefferbett and had written around 2,000 words on the place, I was told by a staff member that it wasn't actually supposed to be themed Southwestern at all, but rather the interior designer was trying to get the nature "inside", since they have such a nice porch area and a sizable beer garden. Woops. My bad. To go along with the theme of a noir-esque Mexican style hostel, I wrote a story that I was going to work into my review of the place, as an example of what could happen if you stayed at Pfefferbett, based on the Mexican theme. It was an entirely fictitious story in first person, about me coming to Berlin as an undercover detective for the United States government to find the man who killed the German Ambassador. As the story unfolds, you see my discouragement with the fake cues that the Russians have been throwing me since they clearly murdered the man who was putting so much effort into uncovering the Russian plan to monopolize Eastern Oil Rigs and drive reassemble the Eastern Bloc by economic force. My marriage back home starts to crumble as my tenure in Germany is elongated and my mission becomes more and more complicated. At the point where I begin the story, I'm a regular at Pfefferbett; just a broken American cop who's looking for a new place to spread his wings and has a sweet tooth for cheap whiskey. All of this is based on this fake romanticism that makes me feel like I'm in Casablanca when I'm in Pfefferbett. While I'm sitting at the adobe bar, a sweet girl sitting a few seats away talks me into having a cigarette out on the Veranda, which I reluctantly accept. Eventually I realize that it's the ambassador's daughter, looking for a man to replace her father, and we have a serious moment, which reinvigorates me to bring justice to Germany and the whole eastern world. If you want hints on how to waste time, my handsome readers, I'd be the one to ask.
I suppose that the idea of taking nature "inside" is the same principle as Southwestern design. People made their houses out of clay for a reason–probably the same reason that Pfefferbett made their bar out of imitation adobe. I suppose I should have been tipped off that it wasn't themed that way when the hostel was actually super comfortable and clean instead of dirty and constantly smelling of taquitos and cheap mariachi guitarist cologne (which is how I imagined the bar in my story).
Regardless of my assumptions, Pfefferbett still has a slight Casablanca feel to it that makes me feel like I'm in an important place doing important things. I'm not sure why this is. It could be the antique style "hostel" sign lighting the brick warehouse that is Pfefferbett, the surprising luxury that is ordinarily beyond the realm of imagination in hostels, or the central location in an exciting Berlin neighborhood. It could also be because I have the imagination of a 4th grader who grew up watching Humphrey Bogart films. Last night, immediately after being told that Pfefferbett wasn't actually supposed to be Southwestern themed, it started raining. In an act of an attempted liberation for my delusions about my detective story, I put on my wool trench coat, turned some Miles Davis up in the ear buds, and took a walk around the block. I don't know what I was expecting, but nothing important happened. I just got wet and cold. I looked up at the "hostel" sign and thought to myself how affirming it would be if it started flickering. It didn't. It's too new. I walked inside and felt the sudden warmth and comfort of having a warm place to stay and a secure room to sleep in. I can't imagine feeling as warm and comfortable walking into my pretend dive Tijuana motel. I took a shower and went to bed, where I slept without the stress of thinking that Mexican/German hookers could have died where I was sleeping. Despite my romantic delusions, I guess I actually prefer it this way.
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bringing 2 U events & happenings in and around Ipoh … & beyond…
Ipoh Old Town was turned into a parade ground for the grand opening of Ho Yan Hor Museum on April 30, 2016. The auspicious date was chosen in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of Ho Yan Hor. The museum, located along Jalan Bijeh Timah, was the original home of the herbal tea's founder, Dr. Ho Kai ... continue reading »
With Ernest Zacharevic's Evolution wall mural on the side wall of this building, it has certainly attracted a lot of visitors over the past year and a half. However, many were not aware that behind the closed doors of this building, massive restoration works were carried out almost around the clock for the last ten months. This ... continue reading »
After a year of restoration works at Han Chin Pet Soo, the Hakka tin miners' clubhouse, and fitting it for an exhibition about the tin mining era in Kinta Valley by Hakka miners, the three-storey villa at No. 3, Jalan Bijih Timah (Treacher Street) is Ipoh's newest attraction. The Hakka Tin Miners' Club was formed by ... continue reading »
The popularity of wall murals isn't abating and the latest one to appear, by an unidentified artist, is an interactive wall art of three men enjoying their jug of snow beer. Ipoh's snow beer, or frozen beer, is well-known all over, and a drinker's food hunting trip to Ipoh, MUST wrap up with supper at Kafe ... continue reading »


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WASHINGTON — President Trump is talking up farm country bailouts once again as the escalating tariff wars tank crop prices.
"Hopefully China will do us the honor of continuing to buy our great farm product, the best, but if not your Country will be making up the difference based on a very high China buy," Trump wrote Tuesday on Twitter. "This money will come from the massive Tariffs being paid to the United States for allowing China, and others, to do business with us."
Earlier in the week, Trump had thrown out the figure of $15 billion in additional farm aid. But the details of a new round of government aid are still murky.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee — which oversees trade issues — said Tuesday that he would favor another round of payments if the pain continues for agriculture. The Iowa Republican said the most likely route would be similar to last year's Market Facilitation Program payments.
"The easiest way to get it done would be to do that again that way," he said.
But many farmers and ranchers are skeptical about relying on government aid. They say it won't cover the magnitude of the hit they're taking, including the long-term loss of market share.
If the answer is going to be additional government assistance, Nebraska Farmers Union President John Hansen told The World-Herald, it needs to be a much broader program than last year's, and that's going to carry a big price tag.
Hansen said the data shows a looming crisis, with agricultural loans not being renewed and farm bankruptcies on the rise.
"We're already facing the worst economic and financial meltdown in agriculture since the mid-1980s," Hansen said.
Nebraska Farm Bureau President Steve Nelson spoke to reporters last week about the prospect of more aid. He said it would be better to wrap up trade agreements with Japan and China, and replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.
"All of those things are certainly better solutions than additional government programs that might help offset losses — because we know that in the end, those programs, while helpful, do not offset all of the losses," Nelson said.
Sens. Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Joni Ernst of Iowa, both Republican members of the Agriculture Committee, hesitated Tuesday to endorse additional farm aid payments.
"I think a good idea would be to get the disaster payments in and then get the trade deals done," Fischer said.
Ernst also stressed trade and said pressure has to be brought on China.
"We can't point the finger at the president," Ernst said. "It's China."
Pundits have devoted plenty of speculation to whether the pain that farmers are feeling will hurt Trump's reelection bid, but Grassley suggested that his constituents are sticking with the president.
"It's going to have some impact on elections, of course," Grassley said. "But I think that people all realize that China is just cheating everybody around the world, and they can't get away with it. And this is the first president that has stood his ground. So we got to compliment the president for doing something that four or five presidents before were afraid to do. And I think that's important to remember. And so far I haven't seen farmers abandoning Trump."
Trump campaign officials, speaking to reporters on the condition they not be identified, recently rejected the idea that trade-depressed crop prices will harm the president's reelection bid.
Their view is that farmers understand the need to confront China for its unfair practices and that Trump can appeal to farmers' patriotism.
Hansen said his group has long supported a tougher stance against China, but he questioned the wisdom of the administration's overall trade strategy. He said farmers are facing questions of cash flow rather than patriotism.
"I have borrowed hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars in my lifetime, and I have never once ever had a banker accept my patriotism in lieu of cash," Hansen said.


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This AVETA15-Astoria pack comprises of a stunning Franke sink and a Reginox Astoria single lever mixer tap. The sink is made from Tectonite, it is hard wearing, durable and resistant to heat, scratches and stains. The high resistance to staining, thermal shock and impact is due to the materials used in the sinks manufacture, which produce a strong internal structure. Combined with the Reginox Astoria, a mixer kitchen tap manufactured with high-grade materials that are guaranteed to last, the modern style ensures that it will blend in nicely with just about any kitchen décor scheme.
The AVETA15 sink comes with a 50 year manufacturers guarantee* so you know you can rely on the quality of the material and workmanship. The tap comes with a 5 year manufacturers guarantee on finish and 1 on moving parts.
Franke Aveta 1.5 Bowl Black Tectonite Reversible Kitchen Sink And Waste kit
Colour: black (with fleck)
Material: Tectonite
Heat resistance (°c): up to 300
Stain and scratch resistant
Reversible drainer
Fitting clips
2 x 90mm basket strainer waste & overflow
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Tap holes: none (pre-marked on the underside of the sink)
Orientation: reversible
Minimum cabinet size (mm): 600
Number of bowls: 1.5
Sink dimensions (mm): W970 x D500
Main bowl Dimensions (mm): W360 x D430 x H200
Half bowl dimensions (mm): W145 x D290 x H130
Cut-out dimensions (mm): W954 x D484
Installation type: inset
*The 50 year manufacturers guarantee covers the material and workmanship and does not cover accidental damage or issues arising from misuse.
Reginox Astoria Chrome Monobloc U Shaped 360 Swivel Spout Kitchen Mixer Tap
WRAS approved
Swivel spout
Suitable for high and low pressure systems
Chrome coloured handle
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Fitting clips
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Technical Specifications
Mounting type: deck & sink mounted
Mounting hole diameter (mm): 35
Minimum pressure (bar): 0.4
Maximum pressure (bar): 5.0
Control type: single lever
Material: brass
Finish: chrome
Height (mm): 319
Spout height (mm): 241
Spout reach (mm): 202
Ceramic disc valve: yes