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Q: Access to global array of structures in C The problem in short
I update global array of structures in one file (add_product.c), but can't print these updates out in another file (show_list.c).
Details
If you need a full image, look at github repo
Here is the essence.
The program I write let user does the following:

*

*Create a list of products

*Add a product on existing list

*Show all the products on the list

... and consists of 4 files:

*

*global-variables.h

*main.c

*show_list.c

*add_product.c
global-variables.h
#define LIST_OF_PRODUCTS_INITIAL_LENGTH 50

struct Product {
    char name[50];
    float price;
    unsigned int amount;
};

extern struct Product *list_of_products[LIST_OF_PRODUCTS_INITIAL_LENGTH];
extern unsigned int current_list_of_products_length;

main.c
struct Product *list_of_products[LIST_OF_PRODUCTS_INITIAL_LENGTH];
unsigned int current_list_of_products_length = 0;

add_product();

show_list();

add_product.c
int add_product() {
    ...

    struct Product new_product;

    list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length] = &new_product;

    current_list_of_products_length++;

    // For example, cheese
    scanf("%s", &list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length]->name);
    fflush(stdin);

    scanf("%f", &list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length]->price);
    fflush(stdin);

    printf("Enter the amount of %s: ", list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length]->name);
    scanf("%d", &list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length]->amount);
    fflush(stdin);

    list_of_products_exists = true;

    // **NOTICE**! All the values here are printed correctly (cheese  15    150)
    printf("Name: %s \n", list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length]->name);
    printf("Price: %.2f\n", list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length]->price);
    printf("Amount: %d\n", list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length]->amount);

    ...
};

show_list.c THE PROBLEM IS HERE!
int show_list() {
    ...

    current_product = *list_of_products[0];

    // EXPECTED cheese  15    150
    // ACTUAL   @6є     0     0.00
    printf("%10s %10d %10.2f", current_product.name, current_product.amount, current_product.price);

    ...
}

A: Doing this inside a function:
struct Product new_product;
list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length] = &new_product;
...

Yields undefined behavior once you're outside of the function.
This is because the local variable new_product is no longer viable at this point, hence it is undetermined what resides at the address &new_product (where this variable was allocated during the execution of the function).

A:     struct Product new_product;

    list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length] = &new_product;

is bad because new_product is local to this block and not static, so this will be invalidated when rethrning from the function and the pointer become useless.
You should allocate memory dynamically like this instead:
    list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length] = malloc(sizeof(struct Product));

Also this line invokes undefined behavior by type mismatch and the & should be removed.
    scanf("%s", &list_of_products[current_list_of_products_length]->name);

Also fflush(stdin); invokes undefined behavior, so you shouldn't use that.


An accomplished writer, Kelley Donahue is passionate about all things beauty. She currently serves as the EDITORIAL DIRECTOR of American Salon, where she is responsible for sourcing new industry trends, creating content and curating eye-catching imagery designed to inform, inspire and engage the iconic brand's audience. Donahue previously held other roles at the publication beginning in 1994, and started her career in beauty at Redken, managing the company's public relations activities. Aside from covering the professional beauty arena, Donahue enjoys planning her getaways to Tuscany, Italy.
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{
    public interface IPerson
    {
        string FirstName { get; set; }
        string LastName { get; set; }
        int Age { get; set; }
    }

    public interface IPersonWithMethods : IPerson
    {
        int ThisIsAMethod();
    }
}

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Books about Advertising
*Note that book cover illustrations may differ from that currently offered and US and UK versions often have different covers.
Aitchison, J. (1999) Cutting Edge Advertising: How to Create the world's best print for brands in the 21st century Prentice Hall, Singapore.
Barnicoat, J. (1972) Posters a Concise History Thames and Hudson, London.
Bignell, J. (1997) Media Semiotics : An Introduction Manchester University Press, Manchester.
Boone, L.E. & Kurtz, D.L. (1999) Contemporary Marketing The Dryden Press, Fort Worth.
Brierley, S. (1995) The Advertising Handbook. Routledge, London.
Butterfield, L. (Ed) (1999) Excellence in Advertising : The IPA Guide to Good Practice (2nd Ed). IPA/ButterworthHeinemann, Oxford.
Clark, E. (1988) The Want Makers : Inside the World of advertising Penguin, Harmondsworth.
Cook, G. (1992) The Discourse of Advertising Routledge, London.
Davis, M.P. and Zerdin, D. (1996) Effective Use of Advertising Media: a practical handbook Random House Business, London.
Dyer, G. (1982,1988) Advertising As Communication (Studies in Communication) Routledge, London.
Forceville, C. (1996) Pictorial Metaphor in Advertising Routledge, London.
Goddard, A. (1998) The Language of Advertising : Written Texts The Language of Advertising. Routledge, London.
Jefkins, F. (1992) Advertising (5th edition) Made Simple Books/Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford.
Jhally, S. (1990) The Codes of Advertising : Fetishism and the Political Economy of Meaning in the Consumer Society Routledge, New York. [Not illustrated]
Jones, J.P. (Ed) (2000) Advertising Organizations and Publications: A Resource Guide Sage Publications Inc. Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Kilbourne, J. (1999) Deadly Persuasion: why women and girls must fight the addictive power of advertising. The Free Press ( A division of Simon and Schuster), New York.
Kilbourne, J. (2001) Can't Buy My Love.[Note: this is the paperback edition of Deadly Persuasion).
Klein, N. (2000) No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies Flamingo/Harper Collins, London.
For an entertaining but insightful spoof e-mail correspondence focussing on Nike, one of the companies discussed in Naomi Klein's book, click here.
Kleinman, World Advertising Review 1989. [ad to bibliogi.htm and bibi-s.htm]
Longinotti-Buitoni, G.L. (1999) Selling Dreams : How to Make Any Product irresistible Simon and Schuster, New York.
Macklin, M.C. and Carlson, L. (Eds) (1999) Advertising to Children : Concepts and controversies
Mariotti, J. (1999) Smart Things to Know About Brands and Branding Capstone Publishing, Oxford/Capstone US, Dover, NH.
Messaris, P. (1997) Visual Persuasion : The Role of Images in Advertising Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Myers, G. (1994) Words in Ads. Arnold, London.
Meyers, W. (1984) The Image Makers: Secrets of successful advertising. Macmillan, London and Basingstoke.
Myers, K. (1986) Understains : the sense and seduction of advertising Comedia Publishing Group, London.[Not illustrated]
Myers, W. (1984) Words in Ad Macmillan, London.
Ogilvy, D. (1983) Ogilvy on Advertising Crown, New York.
O'Guinn, T.C. et al (1998) Advertising South Western College Publishing, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Packard, V. (1957,1981) The Hidden Persuaders Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlsx.
Saunders, D. (1994) The World's Best Advertising Photography B.T. Batsford, London.
Saunders, D. (1996) Sex in Advertising (Best Ads) B.T. Batsford, London.
Just because it looks interesting, an animated version of the cover of Sex in Advertising is shown below.
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Saunders, D. (1999) 20th Century Advertising Carlton Books, London.
Shimp, T.A. (2000) Advertising, Promotion, and Supplemental Aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications The Dryden Press, Fort Worth.
Sivulka, J. (1998) Soap, Sex, and Cigarettes: A Cultural History of American Advertising Wadsworth Publishing, Belmont, CA.
Southgate, P. (1995) Total Branding by Design. Kogan Page, London.
Starkey, M. (1989) Born to Shop. Monarch, Eastbourne.
Sullivan, L. (1998) Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This : A Guide to Creating Great Ads John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
Sutherland, M. & Sylvester, A.K. (2000) Advertising and the Mind of the Consumer: What works, what doesn't and why (2nd edition)
Toop, A. (1992) European Sales Promotion: Great campaigns in action. Kogan page, London.
Twitchell, J.B. (1996) Adcult USA: The Triumph of Advertising in American Culture Columbia University Press, New York.
Ward, D. (1988) Illustration for Advertising. Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd, London.
Wernick, A. (1991) Promotional Culture : Advertising, ideology and symbolic expression Sage Publications, London.
White, R. (2000) Advertising (4th edition) McGraw Hill, Maidenhead.
Williamson, J. (1978) Decoding Advertisements : Ideology and Meaning in Advertisements Marian Boyars, New York.
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Q: find words in txt files Python 3 I'd like to create a program in python  3 to find  how many time a specific words appears in txt files and then to built an excel tabel with these values.
I made this function but at the end when I recall the function and put the input, the progam doesn't work. Appearing this sentence: unindent does not match any outer indentation level
def wordcount(filename, listwords):
    try:

    file = open( filename, "r")

    read = file.readlines()
    file.close()
    for x in listwords:
        y = x.lower()
        counter = 0
        for z in read:
            line = z.split()
            for ss in line:
                l = ss.lower()
            if y == l:
                 counter += 1

        print(y , counter)

Now I try to recall the function with a txt file and the word to find
 wordcount("aaa.txt" , 'word' )

Like output I'd like to watch
word 4

thanks to everybody !

A: Here is an example you can use to find the number of time a specific word is in a text file;
def searching(filename,word):
    counter = 0
    with open(filename) as f:
        for line in f:
            if word in line:
                print(word)
                counter += 1
    return counter

x = searching("filename","wordtofind")
print(x)

The output will be the word you try to find and the number of time it occur.

A: As short as possible:
def wordcount(filename, listwords):
    with open(filename) as file_object:
        file_text = file_object.read()
        return {word: file_text.count(word) for word in listwords}

for word, count in wordcount('aaa.txt', ['a', 'list', 'of', 'words']).items():
    print("Count of {}: {}".format(word, count))

Getting back to mij's comment about passing listwofwords as an actual list: If you pass a string to code that expects a list, python will interpret the string as a list of characters, which can be confusing if this behaviour is unfamiliar.

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The People's Choice Awards is an annual awards show that celebrates popular culture by recognizing the best when it comes to American television, music, and film. This year marks the awards show's 43rd iteration, which will take place on January 18 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using XenAPI;
using System.Drawing;
using XenAdmin.Core;
using XenAdmin.Actions;
using XenAdmin.Network;
using XenAdmin.Properties;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using XenAdmin.Dialogs;
using XenAdmin.Actions.VMActions;

namespace XenAdmin.Commands
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Forces the selected VM to shut-down. Shows a confirmation dialog.
    /// </summary>
    internal class ForceVMShutDownCommand : VMLifeCycleCommand
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of this Command. The parameter-less constructor is required if
        /// this Command is to be attached to a ToolStrip menu item or button. It should not be used in any other scenario.
        /// </summary>
        public ForceVMShutDownCommand()
        {
        }

        public ForceVMShutDownCommand(IMainWindow mainWindow, IEnumerable<SelectedItem> selection)
            : base(mainWindow, selection)
        {
        }

        public ForceVMShutDownCommand(IMainWindow mainWindow, VM vm, Control parent)
            : base(mainWindow, vm, parent)
        {
        }
        protected override void Execute(List<VM> vms)
        {
            CancelAllTasks(vms);
            RunAction(vms, Messages.ACTION_VM_SHUTTING_DOWN, Messages.ACTION_VM_SHUTTING_DOWN, Messages.ACTION_VM_SHUT_DOWN, null);
        }

        protected override bool CanExecute(VM vm)
        {
            if (vm != null && !vm.Locked && !vm.is_a_template)
            {
                // CA-16960 If the VM is up and has a running task, we will disregard the allowed_operations
                // and always allow forced options.
                if (vm.power_state == vm_power_state.Running && HelpersGUI.HasRunningTasks(vm))
                {
                    return true;
                }
                else
                {
                    return vm.allowed_operations != null && vm.allowed_operations.Contains(vm_operations.hard_shutdown);
                }
            }
            return false;
        }

        public override Image MenuImage
        {
            get
            {
                return Resources._001_ForceShutDown_h32bit_16;
            }
        }

        public override Image ToolBarImage
        {
            get
            {
                return Resources._001_ForceShutDown_h32bit_24;
            }
        }

        public override string MenuText
        {
            get
            {
                return Messages.MAINWINDOW_FORCE_SHUTDOWN;
            }
        }

        public override string ContextMenuText
        {
            get
            {
                return Messages.MAINWINDOW_FORCE_SHUTDOWN_CONTEXT_MENU;
            }
        }

        protected override bool ConfirmationRequired
        {
            get
            {
                return true;
            }
        }

        protected override string ConfirmationDialogText
        {
            get
            {
                SelectedItemCollection selection = GetSelection();
                bool hasRunningTasks = false;
                bool isHAProtected = false;

                foreach (VM vm in selection.AsXenObjects<VM>())
                {
                    if (HelpersGUI.HasRunningTasks(vm))
                    {
                        hasRunningTasks = true;
                    }
                    if (vm.HAIsProtected)
                    {
                        isHAProtected = true;
                    }
                }

                string msg;
                if (selection.Count == 1)
                {
                    if (hasRunningTasks)
                    {
                        if (isHAProtected)
                        {
                            msg = Messages.HA_CONFIRM_FORCESHUTDOWN_VM;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            msg = Messages.CONFIRM_FORCESHUTDOWN_VM;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (isHAProtected)
                        {
                            msg = Messages.HA_CONFIRM_FORCESHUTDOWN_VM_NO_CANCEL_TASKS;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            msg = Messages.CONFIRM_FORCESHUTDOWN_VM_NO_CANCEL_TASKS;
                        }
                    }
                    return string.Format(msg, ((VM)selection[0].XenObject).Name);
                }

                if (hasRunningTasks)
                {
                    if (isHAProtected)
                    {
                        msg = Messages.HA_CONFIRM_FORCESHUTDOWN_VMS;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        msg = Messages.CONFIRM_FORCESHUTDOWN_VMS;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    if (isHAProtected)
                    {
                        msg = Messages.HA_CONFIRM_FORCESHUTDOWN_VMS_NO_CANCEL_TASKS;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        msg = Messages.CONFIRM_FORCESHUTDOWN_VMS_NO_CANCEL_TASKS;
                    }
                }
                return msg;
            }
        }

        protected override string ConfirmationDialogTitle
        {
            get
            {
                if (GetSelection().Count == 1)
                {
                    return Messages.CONFIRM_FORCESHUTDOWN_VM_TITLE;
                }
                return Messages.CONFIRM_FORCESHUTDOWN_VMS_TITLE;
            }
        }

        protected override string ConfirmationDialogHelpId
        {
            get { return "WarningVmLifeCycleForceShutDown"; }
        }

        protected override CommandErrorDialog GetErrorDialogCore(IDictionary<SelectedItem, string> cantExecuteReasons)
        {
            foreach (VM vm in GetSelection().AsXenObjects<VM>())
            {
                if (!CanExecute(vm) && vm.power_state != vm_power_state.Halted)
                {
                    return new CommandErrorDialog(Messages.ERROR_DIALOG_FORCE_SHUTDOWN_VM_TITLE, Messages.ERROR_DIALOG_FORCE_SHUTDOWN_VM_TEXT, cantExecuteReasons);
                }
            }
            return null;
        }

        private static bool ShowOnMainToolBarInternal(VM vm)
        {
            return !vm.allowed_operations.Contains(XenAPI.vm_operations.clean_shutdown);
        }

        public bool ShowOnMainToolBar
        {
            get
            {
                return CanExecute() && GetSelection().AllItemsAre<VM>(ShowOnMainToolBarInternal);
            }
        }

        protected override AsyncAction BuildAction(VM vm)
        {
            return new VMHardShutdown(vm);
        }
    }
}


Kicking off in January of 2019, Launching Point will implement some changes and include a few modifications so that we can continue aiming for a healthy 'road to recovery'.
Our desire is to reach out to the community, and that will take us away from our location.
Launching Point will continue going to festivals bringing awareness of self-inflicted violence and talking with people about how to overcome. Note: Only active/dedicated members of Beyond Bandages will be involved as they have been over the years.
Launching Point will continue our focus of bringing hope, awareness, and inspiration via the messages on our products. We will begin to bring select products to speaking engagements.
Launching Point will be mailing self-injury awareness packets to schools and hospitals so they know what we offer.
As of April 29, 2019 we will not have a permanent location and meetings will be held at the Hampton Inn located in Denville.
Beyond Bandages will go from 3 meetings a month to 2 meetings a month which will allow us to keep other Thursday nights open for off-site meetings.
Going forward, we will have our support group meeting on the 1st & 3rd Thursdays of every month.
Each meeting will have a rotating co-leader (from our crew) that will come up with the topic and guide the discussion.
Online Support: We have created a safe and secure online self-injury support forum where every member will register and have their own user name and password to get onto the support group forum.
Workshops, Seminars, and Speaking Engagements: Beyond Bandages (dedicated/active members) will be involved in these and will take place at high schools, hospitals, and conferences when needed as well as when we are invited.
All offsite speaking engagements or offsite meetings will be scheduled on the 2nd & 5th Thursdays of every month and/or on the 2nd Friday of every month.
On the 4th Friday of every month, we will provide a self-injury awareness workshop for parents of those that self-injure. *must sign up in advance.
The workshop will consist of a slideshow presentation followed by a question and answer session.
After the session there will be a time to share about the struggles/challenges each parent may be facing with their son or daughter.
We had a self-injury radio show, 'Show Your Scars' from 2014 to 2017 and we believe it is time to take it into the direction of an in-person talk show.
Starting in January we will be having our crew involved in the discussions and the show will be recorded live at Launching Point. We will then post to our YouTube channel at least twice a month.
All meetings, seminars, events, activities, and festivals will be indicated on our calendar and app.
All are welcome at Launching Point! We have something for everyone.


Outlook process does not shut down after exiting Outlook when addin is installed and registered.
Any ideas why the Outlook process won't stop after exiting Outlook?
This only occurs when the addin is installed and registered.
The addin is functioning correctly (visually/debugged).
Try to look the code through and add the Marshal.ReleaseComObject() method whenever Outlook interfaces have been used.
When you reference an Outlook interface in your thread (since this is a multi-threaded application), Outlook will never shut down.


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Richmond "Dick" Kelsey (, Comté de San Diego – , Camarillo, Californie) était un directeur artistique dans l'animation, concepteur de parc à thèmes et illustrateur de livres pour enfants américain.

Durant les années 1940 et 1950, il travaille pour les studios Disney sur les longs métrages d'animation puis sur la conception de Disneyland en 1955.

En 1957, il est engagé par la société Marco Engineering de Cornelius Vanderbilt Wood pour aider à la conception du parc Magic Mountain de Golden (Colorado).

Il est plus tard retourné travailler aux studios Disney où il est devenu le mentor de Ron Dias.

Filmographie

 1940 : Pinocchio, directeur artistique
 1940 : Fantasia séquence "Le Sacre du Printemps", directeur artistique
 1941 : Dumbo, directeur artistique
 1942 : Bambi, directeur artistique
 1946 : La Boîte à musique, scénario
 1948 : Mélodie Cocktail
 1948 : Danny, le petit mouton noir, département artistique
 1951 : Alice au pays des merveilles, scénario
 1971 : L'Apprentie sorcière

Architecture
 1955 : Disneyland, assistant designer
 1957 : Magic Mountain, directeur artistique

Liens externes

 Virtual Museum of Magic Mountain
 Ron Dias website

Animateur américain
Animateur Disney
Imagineer
Concepteur d'attractions et de parcs de loisirs
Naissance en mai 1905
Naissance dans le comté de San Diego
Décès à 82 ans
Décès en mai 1987
Décès à Camarillo

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Drawbacks are offset by the directors' terrific confidence and visual style.
Meandering, yes, but a deeply intriguing and interesting take on the demise of youth, the hope of love and power of poetry.
This ghost story makes no attempt to scare us with cheap shocks.
It is the fairy-tale mood that makes this movie special.
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STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — When we think of a typical leader, most of us picture a person who's sociable and upbeat. But new research puts a wrinkle in that stereotype, revealing an unexpected sign of leadership potential: the tendency to feel guilty. "Guilt-prone people tend to carry a strong sense of responsibility to others, and that responsibility makes other people see them as leaders," says Becky Schaumberg, a doctoral candidate in organizational behavior who conducted the research with Francis Flynn, the Paul E. Holden Professor of Organizational Behavior.
In one study, Schaumberg and Flynn recruited groups of four or five strangers and gave them an online personality test that measured traits including guilt proneness, shame proneness, and extraversion, among others. Although "guilt" and "shame" may seem quite similar to most people — and both are indeed negative responses to knowing you did something wrong — psychologists recognize a crucial distinction between the two: Whereas someone who feels guilty feels bad about a specific mistake and wants to make amends, a person who's ashamed of a mistake feels bad about himself or herself and shrinks away from the error. Everyone tends to respond to mistakes according to one or the other pattern, and by giving people a written test that asks them how they'd react to specific blunders — such as spilling wine on the cream-colored carpet at a co-worker's housewarming — researchers peg participants as either guilt-prone or shame-prone. That distinction makes all the difference in who is seen as a leader, as the rest of this study revealed.
After giving participants the personality test, the researchers put each group in a lab and, without designating a leader, gave them about an hour to perform two group tasks, such as sketching out a marketing campaign for a new product. At the end of the tasks, participants rated one another on leadership qualities — taking charge of the task, for example, and leading the conversation. In all the groups tested, the people who were most likely to be judged by others as the group's leaders tended to be the same ones who had scored highest in guilt proneness. Not only that, but guilt proneness predicted emerging leadership even more than did extraversion, a well-known marker of leadership.
Schaumberg explains that the group didn't necessarily recognize these emerging leaders as particularly guilt-prone. Rather, guilt proneness showed in actual behaviors: For example, in group discussions, guilt-prone members of the group seemed to the rest of the group to be making more of an effort than others to ensure everyone's voice was being heard, to lead the discussion, and generally to take charge. "The group was picking up on those behaviors," she says, and, given the experiment's brief span, was picking up on them pretty quickly.
In another study, the researchers found similar results for actual employees. They gathered feedback from incoming MBA students' former managers, clients, and co-workers, asking these colleagues to evaluate the students on established traits of leadership effectiveness, such as communication skills and the ability to motivate others. Even in this real-world setting, a strong link emerged between a participant's guilt-proneness as measured in the personality test and the extent to which others saw the person as a leader.
If these results seem counterintuitive, it's because we usually think of guilt as a negative emotion, whereas past research has noted that budding leaders tend to think positive. "Guilt proneness is an exception to that general trend," Schaumberg says.
Interestingly, though, people aren't just looking for someone who feels responsible: People who are prone to shame feel responsible too, but shame proneness — a tendency to judge yourself — didn't predict leadership in these studies. Schaumberg believes that's because the difference between guilt and shame leads to completely opposing behaviors: A person who's ashamed tends to pull away from problems — wishing they weren't at the party where they spilled the wine — whereas a guilt-prone person, tending to judge her actions rather than herself, is driven to solve problems (trying to clean the wine stain, for example).


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Ex-BHS owner Dominic Chappell loses appeal against conviction
Judge says evidence submitted by Chappell was 'untrue' and without credibility
Dominic Chappell was convicted earlier this year of failing to hand over documents to the pensions watchdog and ordered to pay a £50,000 fine and £37,000 court costs. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
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A judge has branded the former BHS owner Dominic Chappell "evasive" and "entirely unbelievable" as his appeal against his failure to hand over vital documents to the pensions watchdog was rejected on Friday.
Chappell, 51, showed no emotion as a judge dismissed his claims that he had "done everything in his powers" to help provide the information.
The entrepreneur, as he describes himself, was convicted of failing to hand over documents to the Pensions Regulator (TPR) and ordered to pay a £50,000 fine and £37,000 court costs.
Chappell, who had no retail experience, bought BHS from the billionaire Sir Philip Green for only £1 in March 2015. The company crashed in April 2016 with the loss of 11,000 jobs, leaving a pensions black hole of more than £500m.
TPR, which has a responsibility to safeguard pensions, immediately moved to protect the pensions of 19,000 members and made three requests for information under section 72.
When Chappell failed to comply he was charged with three counts of neglecting or refusing to provide documents contrary to the Pensions Act 2004 and, after a trial in January, he was found guilty and fined.
Judge Christine Henson QC, in rejecting his appeal against the decision, said evidence put forward by Chappell was "untrue" and not "at all credible".
BHS ex-owner Dominic Chappell guilty of not disclosing information
She said the former BHS owner had also been "evasive about his business dealings" and had avoided answering questions.
Henson said: "We found his evidence entirely unbelievable on what he described as his inability to access any of the relevant documents and information."
During the appeal against the conviction at Hove crown court, Chappell claimed the demands for thousands of documents by the regulator were unreasonable as he was struggling under an immense workload.
He told the court: "I was drowning in paperwork and dealing with five other government departments and two sets of administrators, and 11,500 people were employed by me. I had some major challenges."
Chappell, who lives in Blandford Forum, Dorset, said he went "above and beyond" in his efforts to help provide details of the section 72s to TPR.
He also complained he had been locked out of the BHS offices and had no access to the documents.
Alex Stein, speaking on behalf of TPR, compared Chappell with a character from The Wizard of Oz, saying he had put on a "spectacular show" but what emerged from behind the curtain was a "rather pathetic and dishonest figure."
Henson ruled: "In giving evidence before us, Mr Chappell consistently tried to avoid answering the question asked by giving answers to something quite different as well as being evasive about his business dealings.
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"We have concluded that the majority of answers given by the appellant were not credible. He had not provided any reliable evidence to support any of the reasons he says provide him with a reasonable excuse."
Michael Levy, for Chappell, said bankruptcy was "looming" again for the three-times bankrupt former owner of BHS.
Henson adjourned the resentencing until Chappell was able to submit details of his income and financial circumstances.
Chappell said he would be appealing against the judgment and added he could not comment further until after sentencing.
A TPR spokesman said: "We are pleased that the court has confirmed that Dominic Chappell was wrong when he failed to provide us with information we required as part of our BHS investigation."
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The UCLA Neurology Clinic is a highly integrated department of neurologists with subspecialization in the evaluation, and treatment of disorders affecting the nervous system. Our ambulatory clinic provides state-of-the-art care for patients with a variety of neurological disorders, education of neurology residents and fellows in neurology subspecialties, and research programs in both basic and clinical neuroscience directed at understanding diseases of the nervous system and developing new treatments based on that knowledge.
The UCLA Neurology Clinic provides care through a number of subspecialty clinics (seen at left) as well as a general neurology clinic. Patients whose illnesses do not fall into these categories, and those who do not yet have a diagnosis, are seen in the general neurology clinic.
We ask that patients be referred by a primary care physician or subspecialist within the community. If a patient needs to be seen the same day for an urgent problem, the patient can be seen by a core group of general neurologists who provide full-time coverage in the center. If a patient is referred by a physician, a timely appointment will be scheduled for a general neurology consultation or for a second-opinion consultation in one of the subspeciality areas.


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Nomic's mission is to make the human proteome as broadly and easily accessible as the human genome.
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We met Dr. Milad Dagher, the founder of nomic, back in April of 2019, after Milad just finished his PhD at McGill University in Professor David Junker's lab. From this first meeting, we knew that Milad was a special, mission-driven founder who set out to power the next generation proteomic sequencing. We were really impressed with Milad and his team and led nomic's pre-seed round.
We are all familiar with sequencing genes - the basic blocks of human heredity. Genes, of course, are incredibly important, but they describe a static state of human body. To enable precision medicine, it is necessary to quickly and affordably measure our dynamic state - the proteins.
Measuring proteins quickly and precisely is a hard problem. There are about 20,000 of them, of which 2,000 are known and useful for medicine. Until nomic, these measurements were costly and slow. nomic's unique nELISA technology combines DNA nanotechnology with spectral multiplexing and automation. nELISA is already revolutionizing the field of proteomics by measuring 1,000 proteins across 1,000 samples at a fraction of the cost.
nomic just announced that it closed $17M series A led by LuxCapital, and 2048 Ventures is excited to participate and continue to help build this important business.
nomic will deploy the new capital to grow the teams in Montreal and Boston, expand access to the platform by increasing profiling capacity to 100,000 samples a quarter by Q2 2022, scale the nELISA to 500 on-boarded proteins, as well as begin the development of various new modalities such as the identification of post-translational modification.
Milad and nomic's team are on their way to fulfill their mission - to make the human proteome as broadly and easily accessible as the human genome.
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Intersect ENT Announces FDA Approval of SINUVA™ Sinus Implant, a New In-Office Treatment Option for Recurrent Nasal Polyps
The company reports SINUVA is placed during a routine physician office visit. SINUVA expands into the sinus cavity and delivers an anti-inflammatory steroid directly to the site of polyp disease for 90 days. Results from a randomized clinical trial demonstrated a 63% relative reduction in bilateral polyp grade (a measurement of the extent of ethmoid polyp disease) for patients treated with SINUVA, compared to control.
Robert C. Kern, M.D., Chairman of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, who served as national co-principal investigator of the pivotal study of the implant states, "SINUVA represents a much-needed breakthrough for the many nasal polyp sufferers who are seeking an effective treatment." He highlighted, "For many patients struggling to manage this disease, the current treatment approaches of repeat surgeries and high-dose oral steroids have significant limitations, and intranasal sprays and rinses rely heavily on patient compliance. I look forward to offering SINUVA to my patients."
Nasal polyps are inflammatory growths along the lining of nasal passages or sinuses that can cause nasal congestion, infections and loss of sense of smell. Many people with chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps return to their ENT specialist with symptoms within the first year following initial treatment. Approximately 635,000 Americans have had previous sinus surgery and continue to see their ENT physicians for treatment of recurring symptoms.
Lisa Earnhardt, president and CEO of Intersect ENT commented, "For more than a decade Intersect ENT has been focused on developing innovative therapies for chronic sinusitis sufferers. We are pleased that the approval of SINUVA will give patients with recurrent nasal polyps a new option." She concluded, "This FDA approval – our fourth commercial product, and our first product to be regulated as a pharmaceutical – is an exciting milestone for our team. We look forward to introducing SINUVA to physicians across the country in the coming months as we work toward our second-quarter launch."
The FDA submission for the SINUVA Implant was supported by the results of clinical studies of 400 patients, including the landmark RESOLVE II pivotal study. RESOLVE II met its co-primary efficacy endpoints, which included a statistically significant reduction from baseline in bilateral polyp grade (p=0.007) and a reduction from baseline Nasal Obstruction/Congestion score (p=0.007). Secondary endpoints achieving statistical significance through day 90 include the proportion of patients still indicated for repeat sinus surgery and improvements in sense of smell, sense of nasal congestion and percent ethmoid sinus obstruction.
The FDA did not require any post-approval clinical trials. Additional details can be found here.
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Okay, Fly With Me v. 2.0, since the first one was deleted. Why? Good question. So I apologize if you are seeing this one again.
Anyway, on to the details of the wall itself.
Firstly, the background is not a stock photo. I made it with a program known as Terragen. <--- Click the linky to check out the program. I modifed it in Photoshop, with brightening and also using a color technique that I found on GoodTutorials and I also played with lighting to get it to look the way it is now. I also redid the sky and added the clouds and the birdies. ^_^ To view the background before modification, click the linky here ---> original background.
NIce hun, I am the first also. I like the first, but this one has better pic quality of the girl. Great job.
Yeah I like the water! Looking great.
WaW I really wish I can fly like her where I can get that glider XP?
i took a look on the original image and I must say you really improved it alot and made it look so fascinating!! and you managed to turn the realistic land scape to an anime one great job!!
the scans blends perfectly with the background and not to mention that the brushes you used are really fitting the concept so much!!!
outstanding job!!! and keep it up!!!
Wow, a pretty great wallpaper. I like the background. So you use Terragen to make it.
Mm, it matches with the scan too. Great job!!
I don't need to repeat my comment, you know I liked it and it is a nice wall.
I will fav when I can.
Quote by Rikimaru-jpWaW I really wish I can fly like her where I can get that glider XP?
I really like where you were going with this wall.. makes me want to stick out my arms like a little kid and pretend to fly around the room *does anyway....* "Whoosh" :d... The only thind I would change is use slightly fewer birds, when you duplicate the layer set it to soft light instead of overlay (you can do a lot of different settings that provide different looks, but I think that overlay makes the colors a little too neon) and add texture to the butterfly layer (use transparency on setting after putting the butterflies down and use a texture brush, your an old hand at this, I know :D ), other than those three little things I really like this wall.
thanks you for the program info...now i dont ahve to make background from scratch now...it is killing my A...really bad...lol...Nausicca...it IS a good movie...watch it when i was like...7...now i still like it ...I have rewatched it many times...and still never get tire of it...it is a good movie...Myazaki rocks....!!
beautiful...but don't you think it's a bit simple?? just a stock and the scan? i'm saying anything or anything...it look cool!!
It's cool but in my opinion there are too much birds and butterflies.
didn't see the first one, but i think this one is great!
Thank's a lot for sharing!


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Who are N.J.'s top high school football recruits? Presenting the NJ.com Top 50, Jan. 2022 (Part 3 of 5)
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022, 3:49 p.m. | Published: Jan. 12, 2022, 7:53 a.m.
DJ Samuels of Bergen Catholic (6) reacts after his team scores a touchdown during the football game between #1 Bergen Catholic and #8 Don Bosco Prep at Granatell Stadium in Ramsey on Friday, September 24, 2021.John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
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If you want to know who New Jersey's top high school football recruits are, regardless of grade, then you've come to the right place. Presenting the NJ.com Top 50 countdown of the state's top football recruits. We are highlighting 10 recruits each day, culminating in a top 10 and crowning of New Jersey's top high school football recruit on Friday.
We will also debut "the Next 30″ list of up-and-coming Power Five stars (including various bigs with bright futures), new class rankings, and N.J. recruiting trends once all of the picks are revealed. Without further ado, here are picks 30 through 21, beginning with the next native who will try his luck in Madison.


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Goodreads: Claire Malone didn t mean for this to happen when she moved to New York. She just wanted to live the city life and gain experience in television writing, her dream career. It s not like she meant to reciprocate when her married boss, Sean Vared, sent her flirty e-mails. And you can t blame her for coming into the office on the weekend when Sean told her he was going to be there . . . alone. She didn t mean to sleep with him but hey, she wanted to experience the city life, so no big deal, right? Wrong. By the time Claire wakes up on her 25th birthday, she s very much in love with Sean. At work, she struggles to hold it together when he passes her desk the very desk that they used to make love on. Soon Sean has turned his affection to the show s starring actress, and Claire is devastated. Can she break away from Sean without ruining her barely started career? Will someone find out what happened? Will she ever grow up and stop making stupid mistakes?
Kritters Thoughts: A coming of age where a young woman is out of college and trying to find her path in relationships and her career. Claire is turning 25 and that is the age where "adulting" begins and you can see the full impact of the decisions you make both personally and professionally - the quarter life crisis!
I enjoyed Claire as a character - she had flaws, but wasn't whining and making the same mistakes over and over again, she was learning from the mistakes and trying to correct herself.
Behind the scenes will always be one of my favorite kind of stories. Claire takes us behind the scenes of tv, but more specifically writing for tv and uniquely in New York City. Although I have read quite a few of these kind of stories, the uniqueness of location and being in the writers room was so fun.
I definitely liked this one, there isn't anything that blew me away, but is one of those purely entertaining reads.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one copy of this book free of charge from BookSparks Press. I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.


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A Los Angeles Reader Says His City Is "Water-Crazy"
I live in water-crazy Los Angeles where we probably have more pools and car washes per square mile than anywhere on the planet.
If Walker is waiting for Californians in any significant number to pay attention to our water shortage, she's dreaming.
Angelenos come mostly in two types—the dangerously under-informed (mainly poor illegal aliens) and the brazenly uninterested (the rich).
I am one of the few who fall in between, a barely middle class citizen doing what he can for the environment. That includes riding my bike, dry washing my car and raising awareness about unchecked mass immigration's consequences.
My hero is Penny Weynberg, a woman who has not washed her hair in eleven years!
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Steve Stacey is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s.

Biography
Steve Stacey made only two appearances for Queensland, scoring a try in the 1983 series.

External links
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1958 births
Australian rugby league players
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Rugby league wingers


Average monthly expenses for this provider are about $3,837. This is above the Peoria estimate of $3,250. While the US estimated cost is approximately $3,500, the State of Arizona is around $3,150 monthly.
It is a beautiful, clean home and my mom recieved great care at Fletcher Heights. The food is fantastic and my mom was very proud of her room.I would give them a perfect rating except for one problem. Call me old fashioned but the day mom passed away, I was informed by text and I think a phone call would have been more appropriate. Other than that, I have no complaints and would recommend them to anyone.
I moved my Mom to this facility and after two months removed her due to inadequate care giving procedures. Maria was very nice but failed to recognize that her main caregiver was not following proper techniques. Safety, infection control and physician orders were not carried out in a correct, professional manner. Thank God I am a voice for my Mom.
Maria is a wonderful woman, and she takes a lot of pride in providing a warm, caring, loving environment for the guests. It's evident that she loves what she does. The house is clean and the care is awesome. I highly recommend Fletcher Heights.
Fletcher Heights Assisted Living is situated in Peoria, Arizona. They are a housing facility catering to seniors. The zip code of 85383 in which they are located is a mostly well-to-do area. It has an average per-home income of $97,469. It is heavily populated, with roughly 37,182 people in the vicinity of the community. This residence is conveniently located, with healthcare services, shopping, and worship services all in a close distance. They are located only 2.6 miles from Arrowhead Hospital. There are dozens of drugstores within 1 mile of the facility. Additionally, there are multiple churches within 4 miles, including Community Church of Joy Elca, Dove of the Desert United Meth, Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, and Mountain Ridge Baptist Church.
Fletcher Heights Assisted Living offers assisted living. They can provide care for individuals who need assistance with daily activities but who also want to preserve their independence to some level.


BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County's property tax rate is officially proposed to increase more than eight cents for the budget year that began July 1.
With a state-set deadline looming 17 days away, the Sullivan County Commission's Budget Committee took a small but major step toward developing the budget at a brief meeting Monday evening: The group voted unanimously to recommend raising the property tax rate about 8.5 cents.
They did so based on an oral presentation by Accounts and Budgets Director Larry Bailey about what the comprehensive budget document will likely look like once it is drafted.
The committee learned a few weeks ago that Sullivan County's certified tax rate, set by the state, is about 11 cents lower than last year's tax rate. That's because of growth in the countywide property assessment due to a once-every-four-years reappraisal completed earlier this year. The state sets the certified tax rate based on what it would take to allow the county to generate the same amount of revenue as last year. In theory, it keeps a property owner's tax bill close to the amount they paid before their property was reappraised.
But this year the county went into the budget development process with two big-ticket items already on tap: $140 million for a school facilities plan (which is shared with the city school systems in Bristol and Kingsport) and resolution of Sheriff Wayne Anderson's 2-year-old lawsuit seeking more funding for his department.
Late last year, the Sullivan County Commission agreed to issue $140 million in bonds for the schools plan. And at that time it was estimated it would take nine cents of the property tax rate to pay debt service on that loan.
Mediation between Anderson and County Mayor Richard Venable led to Anderson's $6.6 million lawsuit being settled for about $2 million (that's about 5.4 cents' worth of property tax, based on the new $371,000 estimated value of each penny).
For commission to consider a tax rate higher than the state-certified rate of $2.4652 (per $100 of assessed value), it must advertise it as a tax increase — even if it is equal to or below the $2.5754 (per $100 of assessed value) property owners within the county (including in the cites) paid last year.
The Budget Committee voted to recommend a tax rate of $2.55.
Bailey, answering questions from the Times-News after the meeting, said the county's budget will include: about $5.8 million in new money for debt service on the school bond issue; another $2 million in new money for the sheriff's department; will shift 5.5 cents of the tax rate from the general purpose schools fund to the county's general fund; and for the first time be designed to end the practice of sharing school renovation money with the two city school systems — a move that gains the county budget about $1.8 million.
The latter change is possible due only to a court decision elsewhere in the state a couple of years ago, Bailey said.
The Sullivan County Commission is scheduled to meet for a monthly work session Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and for its monthly business meeting on Monday at 9 a.m. Both meetings are scheduled to be on the second floor of the historic Sullivan County Courthouse.
Bailey said the legal notice of a public hearing on the budget will likely be published in the Times-News this weekend. With the legal requirement of 10 days notice, that means the commission will need to meet in called session on or before Aug. 31.


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Edinburgh Fringe 2013
2013 Venues
Venue 150
Venue 150: Venue150 at EICC
This is a guide to the shows that were at this venue in 2013. Click here for 2019 shows
150 Morrison Street, The Exchange, EH3 8EE
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Note: Two seperate promoters exist on this venue number. Venue 150 at EICC, and Pleasance at the EICC. Both are at the International Conference Centre.
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Well Lit: Remi Kanazi @ Palestine Museum, Bristol
By Hannah Emadian March 7, 2018
Written & Spoken Word. Bristol.
In the freezing cold, a crowd began to form outside the locked doors of the Palestine Museum, Bristol. Its numbers were composed primarily of students, though the interested public were represented too. With an hour to spare before the performance, we were guided upstairs to the exhibition space by one of the impassioned museum volunteers.
The museum walls are lined with infographics, articles, interviews, and images. It is incredibly powerful and informative content, but I must admit that it's overwhelming in volume, and I noticed many attendees giving up in favour of conversation.
Invaluable, though, are the first-hand accounts, dedication of the museum volunteers, and impact of inescapable facts and photographs physically before you. Whilst the permanent exhibition may benefit from more selective curation, its existence is essential – this alone creates space for a much-needed dialogue on the situation in Palestine.
Back downstairs, every seat was filled. The obscure architecture and glitter-splattered floor provide a contrasting backdrop for two art exhibitions: #BeyondWordsGaza by English artist Kerry, and vibrant, emotive female portraits by 17-year-old Palestinian Malak Mattar. Whilst art may seem naïve or futile in the face of war, it is an important outlet for overwhelming emotion and positive action. Kerry's portraits aim to bring comfort to the families of those lost in Palestine in 2014, and Mattar's are for sale, with proceeds split 50/50 between the artist and the museum.
#BeyondWordsGaza. Photo: Hannah Emadian
Palestinian-American performance poet Remi Kanazi appeared. He dominated the tiny stage with his towering stature and captivating presence. Lurching forward into the opening line of a piece, he jumped back, announcing that that was just a test, that it had gone well, and that he'd proceed. He demanded not only our attention, but our involvement too, and we were collectively eager to oblige. We clicked our fingers, cheered, and clapped in support at choice words that rose above the rest. Kanazi used the first portion of his set to introduce himself and his beliefs to us through personal poems about social media or people who've angered him. Following this insight into his position and person, the poems on Palestine began. The truth (emotional and factual) of his words hit hard; we added sighs, and gulps, and tears to our repertoire of audible responses.
I went in blind, experiencing Kanazi's words for the first time from his own lips, and I was surprised at the level of comedy weaved into his performance. It worked partly because he (as his mother likes to tell him) is an instinctively amusing character, and partly because humour is a fact of life. Rather than a tasteless guffaw in the face of suffering, Kanazi's humour injected humanity back into the subject matter, alongside the statistics and politics. And this, I think, was the grand success of the night. With Mattar & Kerry's portraits flashing across my mind, and Kanazi's words still ringing in my ears, my neighbour turned to me and opened up. These stories, that are not mine to share with you, exposed the impact that the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, ongoing since 1948, has had on the life of someone close enough to touch. In that moment, the suffering had a name, and big, feeling eyes. And as wafts of Palestinian cuisine rose up from the basement, my every sense would soon have been hit with artful creations born despite the destruction of war.
Malak Mattar's artwork for sale. Photo: Hannah Emadian
I selected this as Bristol's literary event of the month because it transcended singular categorisation entirely. The reality of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict was expressed with more power by a single poet than a thousand newsreaders could ever muster. In addition to educating, the event served two purposes: showcasing art and creating community. I would argue that it is through the art that the effects of politics and war were humanised, that the Palestinian people were unmasked and given a wall-full of faces, and that a group of people halfway across the globe could congregate in solidarity. I would argue that through art humanity is revealed. Either way, surely anything that draws attention to this grossly under-discussed topic of global concern is wholly of value.
'Remi Kanazi – Live Spoken Word in Bristol' was organised by University of Bristol Friends of Palestine for Israeli Apartheid Week, and was hosted at Palestine Museum, Bristol, on 22/02/18.
Hannah is the regional editor of The State of the Arts in Bristol. Every month she selects one 'Well Lit' literary event for review. Last month, Remi Kanazi's politically-charged performance poetry shone brighter than the rest.
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Rheumatoid arthritis: clinical review
By Dr Rod Hughes on the 8 June 2016
The epidemiology, aetiology, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, including the latest advice on investigations and the role of early referral and treatment in halting disease progression.
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Section 1 Epidemiology and aetiology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that affects approximately 1% of the UK population.
It is the most common inflammatory joint disease and about 20,000 people are diagnosed with RA in the UK each year.1
RA affects more women than men (female to male ratio 3:1) and prevalence increases with age, most commonly presenting between 50 and 70 years of age.2
The total cost of RA in the UK, including the indirect costs of absenteeism, early retirement and loss of productivity, as well as the medical costs of care, is in excess of £4bn per year.3
RA is an autoimmune disorder involving the migration of inflammatory cells into the synovium that surrounds the joints, causing cytokines, the chemicals of inflammation, to be secreted and inflammation to occur within joints and soft tissues (swelling, pain and loss of function).
RA: chronic inflammation will cause joint damage
Chronic inflammation (present for more than three months) will cause joint damage and result in permanent loss of function unless it is reversed early with effective treatments. Damaged joints may then need orthopaedic surgery.
It is important to realise that RA is a systemic disease and can affect more than simply the joints, tendons and ligaments.
Systemic release of inflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1 and IL-6 among others) drives the inflammatory process in the joints and can affect other parts of the body, such as the lungs, skin, nerves and arteries. Although genetic factors have been shown to influence both susceptibility to, and severity of, the disease, the relationship is not straightforward and families who experience RA in more than two generations are unusual.
Studies in twins have shown a concordance for RA of only 12-15% in monozygotic twins and 4% in dizygotic twins,4 suggesting the importance of factors other than genes. Environmental factors, such as stress, smoking, excessive coffee drinking and the make-up of the microbial population in the bowel, have all been implicated in higher susceptibility to RA.
Section 2 Making the diagnosis
RA is defined using the American Rheumatism Association (ARA) 1987 criteria.5
Patients with RA develop a symmetrical polyarthritis, which characteristically affects the small joints of the hands and feet (sparing the distal interphalangeal joints), along with involvement of other joints as the disease progresses.
Although useful for classification, the ARA criteria should not be used for initial diagnosis, because some ARA diagnostic features are found more in advanced disease.
Patients may have developed irreversible deformities, such as Boutonniere, swan neck and z-thumb deformities, by the time they meet the ARA criteria.
It is important to diagnose RA early, even before the development of its classic features, and to start DMARDs as early as possible and certainly within three months of disease onset (the so-called window of opportunity). This will reduce symptoms, prevent damage and minimise other risks, such as osteoporosis and cardiac disease, which can result from uncontrolled RA.
Many rheumatology departments have early arthritis clinics to facilitate urgent referral from general practice. Although initial RA joint symptoms usually develop slowly and progressively, acute presentation can occur in 20% of cases.
Patients with RA may not meet established criteria for RA, so it is important for the GP to have a high index of suspicion, to identify early symptoms and signs, and to refer to the rheumatology department urgently, even if there is some clinical doubt as to the diagnosis and RA serology tests are negative.
Patients should be referred urgently if they present with any of the following:
Persistent (more than six weeks) pain or inflammation in the small joints of the hands and feet
Pain or inflammation in more than one joint
Early morning stiffness in joints lasting more than 30 minutes
Detecting inflammation
Elevated inflammatory markers, such as CRP and ESR, are usually found in association with RA, but may be normal in some people, especially early in the disease.
Rheumatoid factor (RhF) and anticitrullinated antibodies, such as anticyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) are found in only 50-60% of confirmed RA cases during the initial presentation, so negative serological tests should not deflect from referral.
Anti-CCP is as sensitive as RhF and even more specific for RA (90-95%) and costs about £8.60, rather than £7.05 for RhF. Anti-CCP and is an indicator of potentially aggressive erosive disease with a worse prognosis.
Early significant inflammation in the small joints may not present with obvious signs (joint swelling, erythema), making the diagnosis even more difficult in some cases.
Rheumatologists may need imaging (Doppler ultrasound or MRI) to detect inflammation in joints, which may not be available to primary care physicians.
X-rays may be normal in early cases, because bony erosions and joint damage appear later and may be irreversible. Negative findings should not deter the primary care physician from referring to secondary care if the history is suggestive of inflammatory joint disease.
Section 3 Managing the condition
The drug management of patients with RA has two objectives: symptom control, and disease modification and complete suppression of progressive inflammation.
Combinations of analgesics and DMARDs are often needed to achieve both of these aims, especially in the early stages of the disease, because most DMARDs are slow to take effect.
Early therapy can help to prevent the damage seen in advanced disease
Pain control drugs include analgesics as well as NSAIDs for general pain. Although low-dose oral corticosteroids can be considered as a DMARD, steroids used either IM or orally have a fast onset of action and are effective in many patients for immediate relief of signs and symptoms of inflammation.
Preventing progression
The most important development in the management of RA in the past decade is the use of multiple DMARDs early in the disease, to prevent joint damage and systemic complications of RA.
RA disease activity is routinely measured using a Disease Activity Score (DAS), which is a composite measure of joint tenderness and swelling, ESR and the patient's visual analogue assessment of disease activity.
DASs are used to measure how effective drugs are and how severe RA is at any point in time.
The rationale behind treatment is to suppress inflammation effectively enough to prevent the development of complications and therefore aim for a very low DAS to achieve 'remission'.
DMARDs can be subdivided into two subgroups.
Conventional DMARDs
Commonly used conventional DMARDs include methotrexate, sulfasalazine, hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide and corticosteroids.
Combinations of these drugs are often used early in disease, depending on the rheumatologist's judgment and the patient's willingness to take several drugs at once for their RA.
The patient's general health and comorbidities, along with their views on lifestyle and potential side-effects, will influence their choice of drugs and adherence.
It is important to understand that many DMARDs, especially when used in combination, can have adverse effects and will need careful monitoring, including regular blood tests. DMARDs should only be initiated by a rheumatologist and patients need to be given adequate drug information before starting treatment.
The main DMARD side-effects relate to immediate intolerance, such as nausea, together with more serious problems, such as potential bone marrow suppression, deranged LFTs and some risks of infection.
Biologics are a group of drugs developed with the hypothesis that reversal of the effects of the inflammatory cytokines may allow disease control.
Results of clinical trials and anecdotal experience have demonstrated just how effective these drugs can be in controlling RA.
Biologics now include monoclonal antibodies against TNF-alpha (infliximab, adalimumab), TNF receptor (etanercept), IL-6 (tocilizumab), beta-cell CD20 receptors (rituximab) and T cells (abatacept). Many are self-administered by subcutaneous injection and new biologics are being developed.
Biologics are expensive and their use is reserved for patients with RA who have failed at least two conventional DMARDs.
Newer biosimilar biologics will become available over the next few years, which will result in cheaper biologics and easier access to treatment with these effective drugs.
NICE recommends levels of DAS above which biologics can be considered and their continued use will depend on how well tolerated they are and how effective they prove, as measured by DASs.
These drugs have made a significant impact on the lives of many patients with severe RA, but they are strong immunosuppressants, leaving patients more open to intercurrent infection. During any infection requiring antibiotics, patients are told to temporarily suspend the biologic until the infection has passed.
Other rarer adverse effects, such as reactivation of latent TB, inflammatory lung disease and exacerbation of congestive heart failure, can occur. The British Society for Rheumatology has compiled a patient database to collect reports of adverse effects with biologics, to ensure they are safe in the long term. Initial worries that they might cause cancer have proved to be unfounded.
A multidisciplinary team approach to the management of RA is usually adopted by rheumatology centres, with teams that include nurse specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists and orthopaedic surgeons.
There is no strong evidence that any dietary or complementary treatments can suppress inflammation in RA, although current research is focusing on how the bacterial microbiome (the pattern of personal bowel flora) may affect susceptibility to the development of RA and to its disease course.
Section 4 Prognosis
Factors that indicate a more severe disease state include:6
Positive RhF and/or anti-CCP antibody at presentation
Elevated CRP/ESR
A higher number of swollen/tender joints
Early X-ray evidence of joint erosions
Rheumatoid nodules or involvement of extra-articular sites, such as eyes or lungs
These and other factors may influence the rheumatologist's choice on DMARDs, biologics and escalation of treatment. Early aggressive treatment from the start of the disease is now much more common than it was in the past.
It is important for patients to be aware they have a chronic disease and their medication is for long-term control; remission can be achieved, but may not be a cure.
From an occupational perspective, data suggest that approximately one-third of RA patients cease work because of the disease within two years of onset, and this prevalence increases thereafter.3 This figure may change as early aggressive treatment preserves function and controls disease to an optimum level.
Life expectancy is also reduced in RA patients. A woman aged 50 years with RA is expected to die four years earlier than a similarly aged woman without the disease.
This can be explained by many factors, including cardiac risk and exposure to strong drugs over a number of years.
Cardiovascular risk
Although RA is associated with many extra-articular complications, including lung fibrosis, Sjögren's syndrome, vasculitis, peripheral neuropathy and osteoporosis, the most common serious complication of the condition is an increased RR for cardiovascular disease.
Large epidemiological studies have consistently found that patients with RA have a 1.5- to threefold increased risk for cardiovascular events compared with non-RA controls.7,8
Although there is evidence of increased traditional cardiovascular risk factors,9 the increased rate of cardiovascular disease in patients with RA cannot be explained by these factors alone.
There is now increasing evidence that persistent inflammation is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events, which may be reduced once disease activity is controlled.10
Section 5 Case study
A 45-year-old woman was referred to the rheumatology department with a six-week history of pain in her hands and feet. She had also noted morning stiffness that eased after about an hour.
Although she had no obvious joint swelling, she was particularly tender in her knuckles and wrists. Her GP had requested blood tests, which showed CRP 6mmol/L and ESR 32mm/hr.
She was negative for RhF and her serum urate was normal.
On her first consultation with the rheumatologist at week seven, her examination revealed tenderness in the small joints of her hands, particularly the metacarpophalangeal joints, but sparing of the distal interphalangeal joints.
There was no significant soft tissue swelling or erythema in her joints, although she could no longer remove her wedding ring and her joints felt tight. Further blood tests were requested, along with X-rays, and she was given an IM injection of corticosteroids.
She had complete resolution of her pain and morning stiffness 24 hours after her corticosteroid injection. A follow-up appointment was arranged for four weeks' time.
During that time, she noticed the morning stiffness was slowly recurring. She was also found to be positive for anti-CCP antibodies. The X-rays of her hands and feet were normal.
A combination of methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine was discussed as a potential long-term treatment. The drugs were initiated by the rheumatologist and the patient was then followed up in outpatients by the rheumatology nurse practitioner and given a direct access contact if she needed extra advice or urgent review.
Section 6 Evidence base
NICE. Rheumatoid arthritis in over 16s. QS33. London, NICE, June 2013
NICE Pathways. Rheumatoid arthritis overview
NICE. Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management. CG79. London, NICE, December 2015
NICE. Adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab, certolizumab pegol, golimumab, tocilizumab and abatacept for rheumatoid arthritis not previously treated with DMARDs or after conventional DMARDs only have failed. TA375. London, NICE, January 2016
NICE. Apremilast for treating active psoriatic arthritis. London, NICE, December 2015
Ding T, Ledingham J, Luqmani R et al. BSR and BHPR rheumatoid arthritis guidelines on safety of anti-TNF therapies. Oxford, OUP, 2010
Luqmani R, Hennell S, Estrach C et al. BSR and BHPR guideline for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (after the first 2 years). Oxford, OUP, 2009
Chakravarty K, McDonald H, Pullar T et al. BSR/BHPR guideline for disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy in consultation with the British Association of Dermatologists. Oxford, OUP, 2008
Key text
Hochberg MC, Silman AJ, Smolen JS et al. Rheumatology. Volume 1, third edition. Oxford, Mosby, 2003
British Society for Rheumatology
Original article by Dr Jeffrey Lee, revised and updated by Dr Rod Hughes, consultant rheumatologist and general physician at St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey
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Table: DMARDs, a Guide to Monitoring Requirements
Bone pain - red flag symptoms
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Effervescent naproxen tablets now available
Differential diagnoses: Hand rashes
Foot conditions: illustrated
Illustrated: scans and X-rays
Differential diagnoses: Conditions of the hands
Treatment options in osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis, other autoimmune disorders


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