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Brenda Pressley, a native of Columbia, South Carolina, has performed in virtually every facet of the entertainment industry. The daughter of Arzelle C. Pressley and the late Bowen W. Pressley, she has credited her success to the unwavering support and guidance of her family, friends, and teachers. Thanks to this support system Brenda has never lost sight of her dreams.
An Eau Claire High School graduate, she became interested in a theatrical career while attending the University of South Carolina. Brenda participated in the university’s production of Purlie, Sweet Charity, and Hair. Her summers were spent working in professional dinner theater and summer stock. In 1979, Brenda moved to New York City, where she was cast in And Still I Rise, written and directed by Maya Angelou. By 1988, she was a recipient of the George London Grant which is awarded to accomplished performing artists.
Pressley has appeared on Broadway in the original company of Dreamgirls, directed by the theatrical legend Michael Bennett. She was also cast in the long running blockbuster Cats and The Moony Shapiro Songbook. Off-Broadway credits include productions of Marvin’s Room, Blues In The Night, and And The World Goes ‘Round – The Songs of Kander and Ebb for which she received a 1991 Outer Critics Circle Award. For the latter production, Brenda can be heard on the RCA Victor original cast recording.
In regional theaters, she starred in the world premiere of The Old Settler at the McCarter Theater and again at the Freedom Theater where her performance garnered the 2000 Barymore Award for Best Actress. Additional productions for Pressley include roles in Jar The Floor at Syracuse Stage, Blues For An Alabama Sky at The Old Globe Theater and Cincinnati Playhouse.
On television, Brenda co-starred with Oprah Winfrey in the ABC series Brewster Place. Other credits include parts in Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Headlines, New York Undercover, Educating Matt Waters, HBO Life Stories, Daddy’s Girl, Here and Now, Ghostwriter, All My Children, Loving, and One Life To Live. She has been featured in national and regional commercials.
Film credits, for Pressley, include scenes in Cradle Will Rock, written and directed by Tim Robbins; Twisted; and It Could Happen To You.
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Following the court proceedings on 18th March held at Lahore High Court between Muhammad Sarwar Bhatti (producer of 1979’s Maula Jatt) and Bilal Lashari (Maker of The Legend Of Maula Jatt), EPK has obtained the copy of the court’s order.
The instant application may please be accepted and during the pendency of the appeal the respondents be restricted from unauthorized and illegally using title, copying/publishing script, characters, dialogues, poetry, style, songs, music, background music including adoption, making, issuing censor certificate, registering and/or allow exhibition of work that is deceptively similar and/or identical etc. and making/shooting of the film “Maula Jaat in any manner whatsoever.
It is further prayed that the operation of the illegally issued censor certificates with the title The Legend Of Maula Jatt may also be suspended.
Respondents are restrained from doing the after-noted acts unauthorized. This C.M. is disposed of accordingly.
According to the orders of the court, team of The Legend Of Maula Jatt cannot use title, dialogues, characters, style and music without authorization. The court adjourned till 6th June. Court order also clearly says to suspend the censor certificate of the film’s title if it is illegal/unauthorized.
EPK reached out to multiple neutral lawyers and they stated that court order says unauthorized/illegal use of title, characters, dialogues etc is not allowed. However court has not specified who holds the rights of all those things mentioned in the pray.
EPK also reached out to the lawyers of both the concerned parties. Ahsan Masood, Sarwar Bhatti’s counsel stated that this order of the court clearly states that no one can use the rights of Maula Jatt without authorization.
There is no restriction imposed on the makers of The Legend Of Maula Jatt to stop the release of the movie. They are authorized to do so anytime.
The man behind 'Game of Thrones' reacts to Carrie Fisher's death in a blog post.
Even before Carrie Fisher’s tragic, untimely death, it sure seemed like 2016 was giving the bloodiest fantasy series a run for its money. Between Prince, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Alan Rickman, Gene Wilder, Harper Lee, Muhammad Ali, Elie Wiesel, and more, many people have uneasily joked that Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin is behind 2016. But in a recent blog post, the king of character deaths himself has proclaimed he’s had enough.
“Death, death, and more death… this year just keeps getting worse and worse,” Martin wrote on his LiveJournal.
This mourning is coming from a man whose own stories feature death, death, and more death, often at celebratory events like weddings. A man whose pen makes bad things happen to good people more often than not (Khal Drogo; Ned, Rob, Caitlyn, and Rickon Stark; Oberyn Martell; and even Jon Snow for a hot second). Martin is a man who continuously makes circumstances worse and worse for his characters, whether it’s affliction from an incurable disease (Jorah), betrayal (Jon Snow), political upheaval (Tyrion), or death by magical mindfuckery (Hodor).
While it’s true that Martin is not directly responsible for all of these events yet (Jon is still bleeding out in the snow in his pages), Game of Thrones is his universe. Martin swung the proverbial sword that beheaded a good and kind man and shocked the world.
And yet, 2016 in the real world has been too much for him. It’s a dismal sign that winter is coming in the real world — but on the other hand, it could be a sign that Game of Thrones will not ultimately end with nothing but death, death, and more death.
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As the UK's only hub airport, Heathrow is home to a wide range of facilities and passengers will be spoilt for choice when it comes to dining and shopping.
Heathrow is located around 24 kilometres to the west of London city centre and airlines currently operating from there include British Airways, KLM and Iberia.
As an airport that handles over 67 million passengers annually, travellers will not be surprised to learn that Heathrow boasts an excellent range of facilities, including a staggering number of shops and restaurants.
Wireless internet access is available in all terminals and passengers can pay for this online with a credit card or by using vouchers and coins.
The airport's Post Office is located on the first floor of Terminal 2 and opens from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5:30pm and on Sundays from 9am to 1pm.
There are left luggage counters located in all terminals, as well as prayer rooms for all faiths.
Passengers looking to engage in a little retail therapy before their flight have plenty of stores to choose from, including Barbour, with its famous selection of wax jackets and Harrods, where travellers can pick up some last-minute gifts or enlist the help of one of the store's personal shoppers.
Those with some extra cash to splash can take a wander around some of Heathrow's numerous designer stores, which include Dior, Emporio Armani, Gucci and Burberry.
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Meanwhile, families looking for a child-friendly eatery also have plenty of options to choose from, including Garfunkel's, which serves British and American dishes, and Carluccio's Italian restaurant in Terminal 5.
The airport has five terminals and passengers should have no trouble travelling between these. Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are located with walking distance on each other, while free trains and buses are available for those flying from Terminal 4 and 5.
For those making their way into London, the Heathrow Express is a speedy and convenient option. Trains operate roughly every 15 minutes; however, with a single costing £16.50, it is one of the more expensive options.
Those with a little more time on their hands can take the London Underground, which costs £4 one-way and takes between 50 and 60 minutes to reach the city-centre.
National Express coaches are also available as well as taxis, which charge between £45 and £70 for a journey to the centre of London.
For those making their onward journey from one of London's other airports, one of the most convenient ways to travel is by National Express coach, which operates six services hourly between Heathrow and Gatwick Airport, as well as regular services to Stansted Airport.
Alternatively, passengers can travel by train via central London or take a taxi, although the latter could be a very costly option.
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The lab at our local hospital regularly sends specimens to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. All they required was an order from my doctor for a 24-hour urine test for Gadolinium. When I presented the order, the lab personnel gave me all the collection materials I needed. Once I had completed the 24-hour collection, I took it back to the hospital’s lab and they prepared the specimen that was shipped to Mayo Clinic. The results were sent to the hospital’s lab which then sent them to my primary care doctor.
So if you have any trouble getting the urine test through Mayo, contact the lab at one of your local hospitals. If the lab doesn’t already have a contract with Mayo, it is very easy for them to get one. Even if one hospital doesn’t have a contract with Mayo, it is very likely that another one does. Because most labs have never even heard about the urine test for Gadolinium, you will need to provide them with the Mayo test ID and test name.
Details about the 24-Hour Urine Test can be found here: http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/89301. Note that Mayo does all of its Gadolinium-related testing on Thursday mornings and the specimen will need to be there the day before, if not sooner, in order to have it ready for testing on Thursday of that same week. I did my 24-hour collection on a Sunday/Monday and I took it to the hospital’s lab early on Monday so that it could be sent overnight to Mayo.
You might be wondering what my result was. As I mentioned earlier, my test was performed almost exactly two years after my last contrast MRI. My Gadolinium level was 0.4 mcg/24-hour specimen which is at the top of Mayo’s reference range and not considered to be elevated by Mayo Clinic. But keep in mind, as time goes by, free Gadolinium will not be in circulation and available for excretion in your urine. If you retained Gadolinium, much of it will be deposited in your bones and soft tissues. That’s why provoked urine tests detect higher levels of Gadolinium than unprovoked tests – see Our Research for more detailed information about urine test results.
Since I have never done chelation therapy, I have not had a reason to do many urine tests. However, I decided to do another test about 18 months after the one done by Mayo. I wasn’t expecting the results to be any higher and they weren’t. But I wanted to know if my Gadolinium level had remained about the same. You see, in mid-2013, Mayo Clinic changed the description of their Gadolinium-related tests to include a disclaimer of sorts. It now said, “Elevated gadolinium (>0.5 mcg/specimen) observed in a 24-hour urine specimen collected >96 hours after administration of gadolinium-containing contrast media may indicate impaired ability to eliminate gadolinium or continued exposure, suggesting either reduced renal function or exposure to anthropogenic sources”.
An “anthropogenic source” means it is from a man-made source such as the Gadolinium from a Gadolinium-based Contrast Agent. The Gadolinium that has been eliminated in patients’ urine cannot be removed by the sewage treatment process and it has been detected in the water near metropolitan areas. If the 0.4 mcg of Gadolinium that was still in my urine 24-months after my last dose of contrast was supposedly from my drinking water, then I expected my Gadolinium level to be about the same as on my first test.
My second test was done by Genova Diagnostics and I ordered it online through HealthRemedies. My Gd level at 42-months post contrast was 0.238 mcg/24-hour specimen. Anything above 0.019 mcg is considered to be elevated by Genova; however, it is not considered to be elevated by Mayo Clinic. The fact that it had gone down since the Mayo test indicates to me that the 0.4 mcg of Gadolinium was probably not caused by Gadolinium in my drinking water.
You need a doctor’s order to have a test done by Genova Diagnostics. If your doctor doesn’t have an account with Genova, you can find a Wellness or Preventive Medicine doctor in your area that uses Genova by sending a request for information via the Genova website at https://www.gdx.net/patients/practitioner-directory. I received a list of doctors in my area via email.
Or you can get the test through HealthRemedies.com: http://healthremedies.com/comprehensive_urine_elements_profile_genova_diagnostics.html. A doctor affiliated with HealthRemedies sends the order to Genova Diagnostics. Genova will send you what you need to do the collection along with detailed instructions. You might want to read Duke’s post about “Ideas on Getting a Gadolinium Urine Test” for more information. You will receive a copy of the Genova test results via an email from someone at HeathRemedies.com.
Your cost for the tests will vary depending on which lab is used and how it was ordered. My insurance covered the cost of my test performed by Mayo Clinic.
When it comes to Gadolinium urine testing, there are two things to keep in mind. First, evaluation of urine Gadolinium levels is not used when making a diagnosis of NSF. Second, even with elevated urine levels of Gadolinium years after their last exposure, patients with normal kidney function are not given a Gadolinium-related diagnosis. So don’t have a urine test thinking it will help you get a diagnosis. Instead, I recommend having a urine test in order to provide proof that you retained Gadolinium. Remember, if it has been a long time since your last dose of contrast, your Gadolinium level may not be elevated on an unprovoked urine test, but I suggest doing an unprovoked 24-hour urine collection to establish your baseline. You will be able to compare your results to those published in our self-study papers.
At some point someone will “officially” make the connection between our unexplained chronic symptoms after our contrast MRIs and the Gadolinium we retained from the Gadolinium-based Contrast Agent we received. Unfortunately we are not there yet.
By Sharon Williams in Help, Testing on December 27, 2014 .
Is it possible to have retained gadolinium without it being detected in an unprovoked 24 hour urine? My husband has multiple symptoms of GDD after 2 mris with contrast in 2015-2016 but his 24 hour urine came back “less than detectable level”.
Absolutely. The urine test only tells how much is being excreted, not how much is sill in the body. If you read the Gadolinium Retention papers on the Research->Our Research page (https://gadoliniumtoxicity.com/research/ourresearch/) that we published you will see the graphs that show how high the levels would have been sooner after the contrast MRI. People who have done a provoked test subsequent to receiving an “undetectable” unprovoked test usually get a positive result.
I just had my 12th MRI with and without contrast because of a tumor. My vein blew up in my right arm and they injected me with 40 ML’s of Gadolinium and 20 ML’s in my left arm to finish off the MRI. My first question is, does Gadolinium Poisoning cause severe or chronic swelling in other extremities such as the legs? What other symptoms can it cause? Is there any way this metal can cause inflammation in the groin area for a female? My CRP, ESR, and white blood cell count have been elevated as well. Do you have any advice for me?
Sorry you had to find us. You can read all about the symptoms, treatments, etc. in the Help section of this site. Also, if you have not done so, we recommend that you the papers we have written about Gadolinium Retention and the associated Chronic Symptoms discussed on the Our Research page in the Research section of the site.
We do not provide individual advice or discuss individual cases here on this site because it is public. We suggest that you join the closed Support Group on Yahoo – MRI-Gadolinium Toxicity – https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MRI-Gadolinium-Toxicity/info . It is a closed group only for people who are gadolinium toxic. There are many people in the very active group who can share their experience with you.
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As the seasons are changing, some people face more financial hardship than others. Families struggle to pay for higher bills, like heating, on top of the cost of groceries, warm clothing, and big meals or gifts to celebrate holiday traditions. Because of this, some families are more stressed than they are happy this time of year. There are ways to give back so that everyone can experience the joy that this season brings.
n:p beautiful is a philanthropic company that donates 10 percent of its net proceeds to organizations that support pediatric cancer research and animal abuse prevention. When you purchase our products, you’re helping give back to those struggling or those who don’t have a voice to stand up for themselves. This holiday season, we encourage you to give back in other ways as well.
As we said, many families struggle to buy groceries and prepare large meals during the holidays. One way to help is to participate in food drives. You can donate non-perishable food items like canned soups and vegetables or boxed foods. As the holidays approach, you can donate foods like a turkey or ham so families can celebrate traditions together.
Food drives also need volunteers to help organize packages that go to those who need them. If you can’t afford to buy extra groceries, consider volunteering your time instead.
We love kids and their families. As a philanthropic company, we give back to families struggling the most with sick children. But what about the healthy kids that are just trying to stay that way? Kids grow quickly, and a lot of time the clothes that fit them one year don’t fit them the next. This makes it difficult on parents in the wintertime trying to dress their children for the cold.
If you have children or younger family members that have grown out of their clothing, consider donating the clothing. Lightly worn long-sleeve shirts, pants, coats, hats, gloves, and boots are great items to donate. You can always purchase new clothing as well. Items like socks and underwear are necessities for children, but these items should be donated new.
This type of organization could also use volunteers, whether you donated or not. You can help sort clothing items or make deliveries.
Parents want to give their children the world, but sometimes they aren’t able to financially provide for any more than their basic needs. It can be difficult for a child to go to school and see all of their friends with new clothes and fun toys during the holidays, even if their parents are doing the best that they can. No, toys aren’t exactly a necessity; however, they do facilitate in the development of children’s social, problem solving, and creative skills.
A lot of organizations hold toy drives during the holiday season to help give toys and games to children in need. Many accept any toys or games, but many also have a system set up where you can choose the age and gender of a specific child in need in order to buy an appropriate gift just for them. This makes the donation feel more personal and a lot like a Secret Santa!
Organizations that hold toy drives for the holidays need volunteers too. If you’re a pro at wrapping gifts, this is a great opportunity to lend your talents.
These options are great for the holiday season, but they could also be ways to give back to your community any time of year.
Some of these require getting involved with charities and organizations, while others just require you to take the extra step as a neighbor, friend, or family member. The holiday season is about being thankful for your loved ones and giving to the people and causes you care about. n:p beautiful is a philanthropic company that cares about causes that help sick children and their families, as well as causes that support animals. What causes do you care about? Get involved today.
Joe Logon, my former co-worker/manager, briefly opined about the TSA blog. I decided to take a stab in the dark and share my thoughts on the new blog that our government is running to help address the concerns, the stealth-like knowledge and alleged secrecy in that part of the government.
Layout: The blog is very clean and simple, using Blogger under the hood. The lack of widgets and other distracting devices places focus solely on the content, which should be the goal of a blog. The headlines stand out, but require you to scroll down the page to see it. Conversely to content above the fold, anything below the fold gets minimal attention; so I suggest they place a widget on the sidebar with “Most Commented” so users can find popular content without necessarily scrolling down.
Blog’s Purpose: The true intent is to discuss openly concerns and policy changes within the TSA, “…facilitate an ongoing dialogue on innovations in security, technology and the checkpoint screening process.” Despite this, frustrated users often drive the discussion into negative feedback targeted against the TSA and the blog author(s).
“Meet Our Bloggers”: I’ll echo what Joe said, that is, the blog should detail the blogger’s full names or a lead editor. Blogging via pseudo-first name aliases removes some of the trust (and accessibility) from the bloggers. Blogging is about communication, trust and being straightforward — not just sweetening press releases; which I can see the site potentially scaling back and doing.