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'I Can't Tell You Where the Money's Going to Come From,' Bacow Says of Endowment Tax
By Jamie D. Halper, Crimson Staff Writer October 4, 2018
University President Lawrence S. Bacow speaks at the press conference announcing his selection.
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University President Lawrence S. Bacow acknowledged in his first full-length sit-down with The Crimson last week that the brand-new, Republican-backed tax on Harvard's $39.2 billion endowment will deal a blow to the University — but said he will protect the school's financial aid programs at almost any cost.
The University will pay taxes for the first time on its fiscal year 2019 returns, meaning it won't actually shell out money to the federal government until the fall of 2019. The funds to pay the tax — which is calculated based on the school's endowment annual returns, rather than the total endowment sum — will have to come out of the University's annual operating budget.
"I can't tell you where the money's going to come from," Bacow said. "But if you ask me what are my priorities, my priorities would be to save money in other areas. The last thing which I would do is cut financial aid."
Last week the University announced that its endowment returned 10 percent, faring better than it has over the past two years. The unprecedented endowment tax — the product of last year's Republican tax overhaul — would have cost the University $43 million in 2017, according to Harvard's estimates. Bacow said that amounts to about $2,000 per every student who attends Harvard, or roughly 25 percent of the school's total undergraduate financial aid budget.
As the value of the endowment increases, Harvard will likely pay even more; based on its 2018 returns, Harvard would have owed the federal government more than $50 million this year.
Even as the first fiscal year of taxation begins, Harvard hasn't given up the fight to eliminate the new levy. On Bacow's first trip to Washington, D.C. as Harvard's top leader, he told legislators on both sides of the aisle that the tax will fail to accomplish their goals.
"I talked to them about the federal endowment tax, why I thought that was poor public policy, the specific impact it had on Harvard, why I thought it not only would not achieve its intended goals — which are to 'reduce the cost of admission,' we'll call it the cost of attending college — but why it would have the exactly opposite effect," Bacow said.
Not only would the tax potentially increase the cost of higher education, Bacow said, it would make it harder to fundraise for scholarships, too. He explained that it is harder raise money for financial aid when endowed scholarships are going to be taxed.
Bacow emphasized that the tax is a broad political issue — not one unique to Republicans. He pointed to the additional endowment tax Massachusetts Democratic candidate for governor Jay Gonzalez proposed last month.
"I don't want to label this as a Republican issue or a Democratic issue," Bacow said. "It's an issue for us and it's an issue across the board. We need to do a better job of making the case for higher education."
Bacow's desire to advocate for higher education is one that his predecessor, former University President Drew G. Faust, shared. Since taking office, Bacow has traveled to his home state of Michigan to speak to high school students there. Faust similarly visited cities and schools across the Midwest throughout her tenure.
"One of the reasons why I'm spending as much time as I am in D.C. and will spend it there but also traveling around the country, engaging in conversations with others, is because I believe so passionately in the mission of higher education," Bacow said. "I think institutions like this really, really matter and so I think it's important that I and others continue to try and make the case for why they are worthy of public support, and we can't take that for granted."
For now, though, Bacow said the endowment tax will necessitate "belt-tightening" in certain areas — even after the University wrapped up its capital campaign by raising a record-smashing $9.6 billion.
—Staff writer Jamie D. Halper can be reached at jamie.halper@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @jamiedhalper.
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Daniel Mullins, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research (PHSR) and director of The Patient-Centered Involvement in Evaluating the Effectiveness of Treatments (PATIENTS) Program at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, has been awarded a $250,000 investigator-initiated grant from Merck to develop guidance for an innovative Learning Health Care Community in West Baltimore. The project, titled "Co-developing Sustainable Learning Health Care Communities Using Community-Based Participatory Research," aims to increase collaboration between patients and health care systems and promote greater health equity across the local area.
The grant will be used to support pilot work for future grants to implement recommendations from the guidance and create healthier communities in the neighborhoods located to the west of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) campus.
For their project, Mullins and his team will build on the Learning Healthcare System model developed by the Institute of Medicine, in which "science, informatics, incentives, and culture are aligned for continuous improvement and innovation, with best practices seamlessly embedded in the delivery process and new knowledge captured as an integral by-product of the delivery experience." While a Learning Healthcare System focuses on using the best available evidence to tailor care to each patient's unique needs while helping educate patients throughout the delivery of that care, the Learning Health Care Community will focus on establishing partnerships with churches, organizations, health care providers, caregivers, health care systems, and other area stakeholders to actively involve patients in the community in their health care. Community leaders will be critical in facilitating patient engagement in an environment centered on comfort and trust.
To assist with the development of an innovative framework for a Learning Health Care Community that effectively addresses the diverse needs of underserved communities, Mullins and his team will assemble an advisory board that includes community members, patient and caregiver advocates, health care providers, and other stakeholders to help direct the research plan. Applying principles from the field of community-based participatory research, the team will work with partners in the PATIENTS Program to co-develop an interview guide that researchers will use to conduct focus groups and key informant interviews with the residents of West Baltimore, their health care providers, and other stakeholders.
By addressing the health needs of the community, the project will help alleviate joblessness and other socioeconomic challenges affecting local residents.
The research related to this project will conclude in December 2018. Findings will be shared with the community through a patient-centered dissemination strategy developed by the research team in collaboration with its community partners. Future work related to this effort will include implementing the plan of action developed with those findings and replicating the Learning Health Care Community model in other cities across the United States.
Contract from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will support a project to inform best practices for giving patients a voice in research.


The meeting on allowances as per the 7th Pay Commission will be held on June between the Empowered Committee of Secretarites (E-CoS) and Arun Jaitley. With central government employees waiting for a key update on allowances, sources say that the Ashok Lavasa committee has taken a favourable view on sticking points such as House Rent Allowance and other allowances.
The central government employees have been complaining about an inordinate delay on an announcement regarding allowances. However government sources say that the process would speed up following the meeting with Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley on June.
The Ashok Lavasa committee has taken a favourable view on sticking points such as House Rent Allowance. The 7th Pay Commission had given its recommendation of reducing the HRA for Central Government employees, depending upon the type of cities they live in. For those living in metro cities, the Pay Panel suggested bringing down the HRA from 30 per cent to 24 per cent. it also suggested reducing the HRA for Central Government employees living in villages.
During a meeting of the National Joint Council Chief Shiv Gopal Mishra and the Cabinet Secretary it was informed that the demands would be reviewed. Mishra was informed that all the demands would be reviewed. An assurance that all the demands would be accepted was also made.
The NJCA has raised doubts on whether the demands on arrears on higher allowances will be accepted by the government. There would be further discussions on this. Sources indicate that the central government employees may have to wait a few weeks more for a proper update on the same.
After the meeting the Cabinet Secretary, P K Sinha assured that the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) will go through the Ashok Lavasa report. The NJCA chief also gave a letter on inordinate delay in implementation of the report of the Ashok Lavasa-led Committee on Allowances. The NJCA chief and several other expressed their anguish over various pending demands such as minimum wages and revision of fitment formula. The Committee on Allowance headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa had submitted its review report to Arun Jaitley last month.
The 7th Pay Commission was constituted in 2014 and it was implemented in June 2016. The Cabinet Secretary has said that he has fixed June 1, 2017, for the perusal of the report of the Allowances Committee by the ECoS. Soon after a memorandum will be sent to the Cabinet for consideration. After the Ashok Lavasa committee submitted its report on an allowance, the ECoS is expected to hold a discussion to look into the demands on arrears and allowances and a demand of increase in minimum wage.


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Julian C. Ebersole
Date of Death: January 25, 2018
Monday 1/29, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Tuesday 1/30, 11:00 am
Reception will follow the service
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Winchester, Virginia
Winchester SPCA
115 Featherbed Lane
Winchester Fire and Rescue Foundation
231 E. Piccadilly Street, Suite 330
Julian Crawford Ebersole, 84, of Winchester, Virginia passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018, at his home with his lifelong companion, Cricket Allanson, by his side.
Mr. Ebersole was born in 1933 in Winchester, Virginia, the son of the late Earl and Nellie Ebersole Grim. He was a graduate of James Wood High School, Class of 1951, the first graduating class of James Wood High School on Amherst Street, and was a veteran of the United States Army from 1953 to 1955, stationed in Alaska. Mr. Ebersole helped to open the first Sears Roebuck and Company retail store in Winchester in March 1952, with a military leave until 1955, and moved to the Apple Blossom Mall in 1982 as Sales Manager. He retired in 1993 after 41 years of service. He was a member of Winchester Moose and American Legion in Winchester. Mr. Ebersole was a member of Old Bethel United Methodist Church.
He met the love of his life, Ila "Cricket" Allanson, while at Sears.
Surviving with his lifelong companion of 50 years, Cricket, is a son, Richard A. Ebersole of Edenton, North Carolina and a brother, David C. Grim of Stephens City, Virginia.
Mr. Ebersole was preceded in death by a sister, Frances E. Cowgill and daughter-in-law, Kathryn Barnes Ebersole.
The family will receive friends from 6 pm to 8 pm on Monday at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 am on Tuesday at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel with Reverend Ellen Heatwole officiating. A reception will follow the service at Omps Reception Center, Amherst Chapel. Entombment will follow the reception in Shenandoah Memorial Park Mausoleum, Winchester, Virginia.
Serving as pallbearers will be John J. Kronenberger, Al Makowski, Jimmy Heatwole, Jerry Allen, Keith Pratt, and David C. Grim, Jr.
Memorial contributions in memory of Julian may be made to Winchester SPCA, 115 Featherbed Lane, Winchester, Virginia 22601 or Winchester Fire and Rescue Foundation, 231 E. Piccadilly Street, Suite 330, Winchester, Virginia 22601.

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WORLD HEPATITIS DAY 2017: How Do We "ELIMINATE #Hepatitis"? The Strategic Framework- WHO
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World Hepatitis Day 2017 Events are in full swing all around the world and the emphasis is on how we can all work together to "ELIMINATE HEPATITIS". Fortunately, the first GLOBAL HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGY ON VIRAL HEPATITIS by the World Health Organisation (WHO) was formulated to be executed in this regard between 2016 to 2021, towards ending Viral Hepatitis- the most common cause of inflammatory injury to the liver- with a focused longterm agenda of eliminating viral Hepatitis as a major Public Health treat by 2030. It is however important to get a better understanding of: how it all begins from transmission of the disease to infection; the possible effects of especially Hepatitis B & C on the liver and how things can progress if management control measures are not sort after; just to better appreciate why we must all strive to ensure that,as much as possible,we "ELIMINATE HEPATITIS" come 2030.
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Though Hepatitis can be caused by chemical assaults on the liver e.g. the longterm effects of alcohol abuse or short to longterm effects of certain drugs, as well as certain autoimmune conditions in which the body for unclear reasons, develops immune cells that attack the liver, majority of cases worldwide occur as a result Hepatitis Virus infections and emphasis is usually on Hepatitis B & C because of the potential for chronicity (long term infection)/ progression to severe liver damage and cancer. Route of transmission for these 2 viruses would either be via: sharing of needles between infected and non-infected intravenous drug users; transfusion of infected blood; mother-to-child transmission during delivery in some cases or via sexual intercourse with an actively infected/disease transmitting partner. The body reacts to initial injury to the liver, attempting to repair via inherent physiologic mechanisms that eventually fail,leading to more injury. Symptoms include: greenish-yellow discolouration of the eyes (jaundice) in majority of cases,generalised weakness, general feeling of unwell,nausea and vomiting, mild headaches in some cases +/- low grade increase in body temperature. In some cases, infection can however go unnoticed (asymptomatic) and coincidentally picked up during hospital visits for other complaints. In a number of cases, if the disease is not diagnosed via appropriate testing or ignored after diagnosis for reasons best known to the patient,continued liver injury eventually progresses to severe scarification/liver damage-"Cirrhosis" and then "Liver cancer" in a percentage of the infected population,as illustrated above. The result of this trend was a whooping 1.34 million deaths worldwide in 2015 alone,from 325 million people identified to be living with chronic Hepatitis. Imagine the unidentified case figure and do a mental estimation of what the world has been dealing with. Now you appreciate the dire need for testing and identification of cases for onward treatment, as prevention/control of spread would even be defective, if gaps continue to exist in testing,diagnosis and treatment. The Infographic below gives percent estimates of "Testing and Treatment" gaps as at 2015,as well as the targets for coverage,come 2020 and eventually by 2030, if the strategic framework is followed to the latter.
These targets can only be achieved via meaningful collaboration between the public and private stakeholders involved,as well as concerted efforts from members of the general public. The Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis and other policy efforts in the near future will work if as individuals or families,we:
* present for appropriate testing.
* avoid unsafe sexual practices via -abstinence, being faithful or appropriate use of condoms (ABC)
* make injections safe by avoidance of needle/sharps sharing
* insist on appropriate screening of blood products and confirmation before transfusion
* partake in routine Antenatal care etc.
As a General Practitioner & Public Health Advocate, I have registered with the "NOHep" group and made my Pledges stating that, there is NO EXCUSE whatsoever,"as I will contribute my quota towards eliminating Hepatitis" . We must all take our stands and make take vital action to see that,as a global unit,we "ELIMINATE HEPATITIS"!!!
For more details on the Global Strategy and ongoing responses,visit the References below.
* WHO|ELIMINATE HEPATITIS
* WHO|GLOBAL HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGY ON VIRAL HEPATITIS 2016-2021
* WHO|What Is Hepatitis?
* NOhep|A Global Movement To Eliminate Viral Hepatitis By 2030


SIAM's final conference in the year of "Mathematics of Planet Earth" covers the analysis of partial differential equations. This topic relates to developing methods to analyze the equations which result, in many cases, from modeling physical or biological phenomena. While the focus is on the mathematical analysis rather than the physical models, one nevertheless can readily see the contacts to mathematics of planet earth and the power of mathematics to understand world around us.
To cite one example, the conference offers an invited presentation by Philip Maini on "Modelling Collective Cell Motion in Biology." The talk will consider three different examples of collective cell movement each of which requires different modeling approaches. One involves the movement of cells in epithelial sheets. Another is cranial neural crest cell migration which requires different kind of model. The third is acid-mediated cancer cell invasion, modeled via a coupled system of nonlinear partial differential equations. These can all be expressed using a common framework (nonlinear diffusion equations), which then can be used to understand a range of biological phenomena.
Such is the power of mathematics to develop tools which apply across a wide range of phenomena.
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"The problem with GPS in the modern military" – Army Technology
by Editor | Jun 18, 2018 | Blog
Blog Editor's Note: While this article does not provide our readers a lot of new information, it is a good reminder and summary of the current state. It is also an indication of the growing awareness of this vulnerability and the need to address it.
And, if this is a big problem for world's most powerful Army, maybe it's and important issue for businesses and America's critical infrastructure.
The problem with GPS in the modern military
By Gareth Evans
In the years after the Gulf War many, and especially the American military, became increasingly dependent on the GPS constellation to provide positioning, navigation and timing for everything from warships, combat aircraft and guided missiles, to individual soldiers on the ground. But is it still so revolutionary? Dr Gareth Evans reports.
Back in 1991, as Operation Desert Storm played out nightly on the extended TV news, the capabilities of precision-guided munitions came as a revelation to the viewing public. GPS was a technical wonder and promised a new era of warfare, quickly pulling the viewer into the easy jargon of 'smart bombs' and 'minimised collateral damage.'
A quarter of a century on from the Gulf War, and GPS is everywhere, and in everything – but it is also a quarter of a century older too. Technology that was once revolutionary and expensive has become familiar, cheap and, frankly, a bit passé, but at the same time it has been deeply integrated into almost every aspect of modern life. From the military to the mobile phone, GPS now forms a 'given' part of the 21st Century – but in doing so, it has also become a potential victim of its own success. A growing number of voices, and most recently a programme manager at the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) itself, now describe GPS as 'a single point of failure' (SPOF).
SPOFs exist when the loss of just one crucial element in a system can incapacitate the whole of the rest of it, and GPS offers that on an almost unimaginable scale. Aside of its wholly military function, it also provides a framework for a huge range of other industries and activities too, including civilian air, sea, road and rail transport, the emergency services, agriculture, fisheries, cellular networks, utilities and the financial system. Good though GPS is, the system has its vulnerabilities.
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FRANK SINATRA II : SINATRA IN HOLLYWOOD + GUESTS
What do Jane Russell and Eleanor Roosevelt have in common? Read on.
FRANK SINATRA turns 100 on Dec. 15, 2015. To commemorate the event UNLV has already presented the first of two lec-dems in April of some videos of him from Las Vegas and events around the world compiled by Prof. Arnold Jay Smith.
The first lecture in April 2015 was filled with videos reflecting his time with and love for the Big Bands of Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Quincy Jones, Nelson Riddle, Billy May and Don Costa. This time we make one stop only, from the Chairman of the Board's Hollywood movie and television career.
From the forties to almost the day he left us in the eighties Sinatra was acting and singing before the cameras with the likes of Gene Kelly, Jimmy Durante, Debbie Reynolds, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, Judy Garland, Doris Day, Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Cary Grant, Shirley McLaine, Sophia Loren, Peter Faulk, Liza Minelli, Maurice Chevalier, Ethel Merman, old enough to be his mother, at least, even a cannon. And all the Rat Pack in "Oceans Eleven."
As for "Guys and Dolls" he never left his trailer nor even spoke to Marlon Brando in the role of Sky Masterson which Sinatra coveted, but denied him by Samuel Goldwyn. Prof. Smith has the song, "Luck Be A Lady," as sung with Minelli and Davis live.
There are the two Academy Awards : "The House I Live In" short and the all star cast in "From Here To Eternity." Sinatra recorded the title tune thereafter as a single.
He bought the negative of the positively awful western called "Johnny Concho."
For a longtime after the Kennedy assassination he refused to let "The Manchurian Candidate" be seen anywhere. There's a scene on a train (where else!) smoking with a smokingly luscious Janet Leigh which should not be missed. (Music by David Amram)
Remember the remake of Cole Porter's "Can Can" with his then fiancée Juliet Prowse? How about Rodgers and Hart's "Pal Joey" ("The Lady Is A Tramp" which was added to the film.)? with two more luscious numbers: Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak, their second pairing after "The Man With The Golden Arm." (Music by Elmer Bernstein, arrangements by Pete Rugolo featuring drummer Shelly Manne.) Another title tune post-release recording.
In their only movie appearance together Bing Crosby and FS duet on"Well Did You Evah" culled from that fave attic piece of furniture, Porter's trunk. It was to be the latter's last film.
But why stop there? There were those television specials with, yes, Mrs. Roosevelt where FS serenaded her with "High Hopes," the JFK campaign version. JFK brother-in-law Peter Lawford was aboard for legitimacy.
Prof. Smith will present some of the other television specials in which he duets with guests stars such as Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Shore, Elvis Presley (in tuxes), the Fifth Dimension (in frilled shirts) and making a guest appearance for his pal Garland hoping to save her career and life.
Prof. Smith will squeeze in as many as possible in the allotted time.
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Paris terror attacks: Southeast Asian nations taking no chances after Paris attacks
by Francis Chan, Indonesia bureau chief
JAKARTA, Indonesia (The Straits Times/ANN) - They are stepping up security amid high-level meetings in region and threats by ISIS, due to the threat from splinter groups in the region.
Southeast Asia is on high alert to prevent a repeat of last Friday's deadly attacks in Paris on November 13, as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) threatens to launch more strikes.
In Manila, about 20,000 security and emergency services personnel have been deployed to secure the capital city, where no fewer than 17 heads of state are attending the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit starting Wednesday.
Kuala Lumpur, which is hosting the 27th Asean Summit followed by the East Asia Summit this weekend, has mobilised more than 4,000 police officers at key locations.
Singapore and Indonesia are also taking no chances.
Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Monday on November 16 that Singapore has stepped up vigilance at key installations, while Indonesia's counter- terrorism forces have tightened surveillance on citizens recently deported after trying to link up with ISIS.
Both countries' security forces are said to have ramped up border security as well as stepped up patrols, particularly in areas with foreign embassies or a lot of people.
On Tuesday, security at Juanda Airport in Surabaya city, East Java province, was reinforced by navy personnel. The Indonesian navy operates an air base at the airport.
Sources told The Straits Times recently that security alert levels in the region had been raised even before the Paris attacks, amid chatter of potential strikes by ISIS or its affiliates.
The threat from splinter groups in the region is very real, said experts, citing intelligence pointing to plans by militants in the southern Philippines to form a Southeast Asian faction of ISIS by bringing together terror groups such as Jemaah Islamiah and Abu Sayyaf.
As many as 30 militant elements from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are believed to have pledged allegiance to ISIS in the past year, evidence of the group's growing influence in the region.
Latest figures also show that about 700 Southeast Asians, including a few Singaporeans, have travelled to the Middle East to fight with or receive training by ISIS.
Many have returned home, mostly deported from Turkey.
Inspector-General Arief Dharmawan, who is deputy head of enforcement at Indonesia's National Counter-Terrorism Agency, told The Straits Times that 162 Indonesians have been deported so far.
Among them were 40 men of "fighting age", who have since been released because there are no laws that allow for preventive detention in Indonesia, even though some had intended to join ISIS.
The threat from such fighters returning home is also a real concern for security agencies in Southeast Asia, said experts that The Straits Times spoke to yesterday.
Dr Damien Dominic Cheong, from the Centre of Excellence for National Security at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, said some of these men could be dispatched to carry out attacks or conduct other operational activities like recruitment.
"In any case, such returnees have increased 'street cred' from being in Iraq or Syria and, in some cases, fighting for ISIS. As such, they could be used for both radicalisation and counter-radicalisation purposes," said Dr Cheong.
"For the former, they would instantly attract followers and sympathisers, thereby making the establishment of cells or groups easier."
Security consultant Susan Sim, from the New York-based The Soufan Group, agrees, adding that these are seasoned fighters who learnt their tradecraft in Afghanistan and Mindanao, and may be craving yet another battle.
These are reasons why attacks similar to what happened in Paris can happen in Southeast Asian cities such as Singapore, said Dr Cheong. "Their tactics would probably be different, but the impact would be just as devastating."
As for the risk of individuals returning from the Middle East undetected, he said international cooperation between security agencies and good local intelligence can help mitigate this.
"It's the guys you don't know about that keep policymakers up at night," said Sim.
• Additional reporting by Eunice Au in Kuala Lumpur and Raul Dancel in Manila
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Steam has a new tool to let you know just how much you've spent on video games in its virtual store – though you may regret seeing the result.
VentureBeat first spotted the new official Steam 'Account Spend' tool that adds up every single purchase you've ever made on Steam. All you need to do is click through the link, login and presto: instant regret.
We jest, of course, but this editor in particular discovered he spent a total of $4,105.60 (about £3,115.51, AU$5,572.33) since installing the service.
Now there have been other tools, like Steam Calculator, that offer a similar displeasing utility. However, this official webpage is the first we've seen that calculates exactly what you've spent down to the last cent. That said the official Steam calculator doesn't factor in the value of game codes that you've redeemed from Humble Bundle, GOG or other sources.
If you're looking at your own total with a thousand-eye stare having beat this editor's total, let us know on Facebook and Twitter.


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Niagara Facts and Figures
The Niagara River
The Niagara River flows north about 58 kilometres and is a connecting channel between two Great Lakes, Erie and Ontario.
The Great Lakes is the largest surface freshwater system in the world, meaning about one-third of the world's freshwater goes over Niagara Falls.
The elevation between the two lakes is about 99 metres, half of this occurs at the Falls themselves.
The deepest section of the Niagara River is just below the Falls. At 52 metres deep, it is equal the height of the Falls.
At Grand Island, the Niagara River divides into the west channel, known as the Canadian or Chippawa Channel, and the east channel, known as the American or Tonawanda Channel. The west channel carries approximately 60% of the total river flow.
The Niagara River's vibrant green colour comes from the dissolved salts and "rock flour" picked up primarily from the limestone bed but probably also from the shale and sandstone under the limestone cap at the falls. An estimated 60 tons of dissolved minerals are swept over Niagara Falls every minute.
Niagara Falls is approximately 12,000 years old.
The falls were formed when melting glacier waters flowing from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario and carved out a river in their descent. The river passed over the steep Niagara escarpment and began to erode its way back, leaving behind the what is known today as the Niagara Gorge. Niagara Falls erodes back approximately 1 foot/year.
More than 168,000 cubic metres of water goes over the crestline of the Falls every minute during peak daytime tourist hours.
Niagara Falls is 57 metres tall.
The crest line of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls is approximately 670 metres wide.
The crest line of the American Falls is approximately 260 metres wide.
The rapids above the Falls reach a maximum speed of 40 km/hr, with the fastest speeds occur at the Falls themselves at 109 km/hr.
The foam that formed in the basin below Niagara Falls is a natural result of tons of water plummeting into the depths below. The foam's brown colour comes from clay, which contains suspended particles of decayed vegetative matter.
Niagara Falls is made up of three waterfalls: the American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.
The word Niagara comes from the First Nations word "Onguiaahra". Many believe "Onguiaahra" means "Thunder of Waters" and was used to describe the beauty and power that is Niagara Falls.
The Niagara Whirlpool
The huge volume of water rushing from the Falls is crushed into the narrow Great Gorge, creating the Whirlpool Rapids that stretch for 1.6 kilometres.
The whirlpool is a basin with depths up to 38 metres. This is the elbow, where the river makes a sharp right-angled turn and continues flowing towards Lake Ontario.
In the whirlpool, you can see the "reversal phenomenon." When the Niagara River is at full flow, the waters travel over the rapids and enter the pool, then travel counter-clockwise around the pool past the natural outlet. Pressure builds up when the water tries to cut across itself to reach the outlet and this pressure forces the water under the incoming stream.
If the water flow is low (water is diverted for hydroelectric purposes after 10 p.m. each night) the reversal does not take place; the water merely moves clockwise through the pool and passes to the outlet.
Information on Niagara Parks
Since its establishment in 1885, Niagara Parks has remained a self-financed agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Sport, entrusted to preserve and protect the land surrounding Niagara Falls and the Niagara River.
Niagara Parks offers visitors the opportunity to authentically experience and interpret the 56 kilometre Niagara River corridor through our sprawling parkland, natural attractions, locally-sourced culinary offerings, celebrated golf courses and restored heritage sites.


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Behind the Iron Curtain: Tears in the Perfect Hockey "GULAG"
by Maxim Starchenko
The book is about Maxim Starchenkos experience on Druzhba-78 between 1986 and 1996. The story graphically describes the cruelty and inhumanity of the teams only coach, Ivan Pravilov. He abused and constantly reprimanded his players for his own entertainment and personal satisfaction. The book describes the authors constant struggle for survival and eventual road to recovery. Maxim faced adversity on two fronts, with his coach and his misunderstanding parents, doubling the burden. The author hopes his book will encourage other former players to step forward and make Ivan Pravilov accountable for his actions. More so, it raises an important question of why this monster continues to instruct children and live comfortably in the United States.
At the age of eight, Maxim Starchenko was selected by Ivan Pravilov to be a member of his soccer/hockey team, Druzhba-78. The initial excitement and hope of eventually representing his country led to a world of cruelty and abuse. For ten years Maxim and his teammates endured unspeakable torment while Pravilov built his reputation. At eighteen, Maxim broke his allegiance and took his life into his own hands. With the help and generosity of friends, he earned an athletic scholarship to attend Wayne State University in Detroit. He eventually married and currently lives in the Detroit area, where he works as a teacher and coach.
(2011, paperback, 158 pages)
Behind Closed Eyes
Behind the Canvas
Life and Death in China Gulag
Bernard Overall: The Russian Tom Sawyer
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Beginning Origami: Yes, You Can Do This
Before I Lay It Down
Believer Boy's Power
Bellevue: The Way It Was


(5) whether the Government has plans to improve its procedure for making the aforesaid requests and to increase the transparency of the Government's practices in this respect, e.g. (i) setting up an independent committee to review the relevant practices, (ii) drawing up guidelines for making such requests by making reference to industry-led best practices, and (iii) releasing reports on such requests made by government departments and law enforcement agencies on a half-yearly basis; if it has no such plans, of the reasons for that?
(1), (2) and (3) Details of the requests for information disclosure and information removal made by the Government in each half-year from 2015 to 2016 to ICT companies (including Facebook) are set out in Table 1 and Table 2 respectively.
(4) and (5) If officers of individual government departments and law enforcement agencies, in carrying out their duties, need to request for information or co-operation from relevant persons or organisations (including ICT companies), the requests are mainly related to crime prevention and detection as well as law enforcement. They will make the requests in accordance with duty-related laws, established procedures or guidelines, including the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and the relevant code of practice/ guidelines, and will ensure that the relevant requests are only made when it is necessary for performing duties.
The above mechanism and guidelines have been functioning effectively and efficiently. At present, we do not have plans to make any change.


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If current plans change, Kent board may have purview over West Williams Street property
By KAITLYN MCGARVEY Reporter
Jan 9, 2020 at 12:01 AM Jan 9, 2020 at 5:10 PM
If approved, interim legislation may allow the Kent Architectural Review Board to have purview over a parcel if current plans for the property change.
In 2019, site plans were approved for a hotel to be built on a 3.191 acre parcel on West Williams Street that was rezoned from Industrial (I) District to Commercial Downtown (CD) District. The proposed four-story building would consist of 110 rooms, a fitness center, an indoor pool area and a conference/ballroom, according to a previous report. The northern portion of the property would also feature a park which may also be used by the public.
The architectural review board (ARB), City Manager Dave Ruller explained, has statutory authority in the Downtown/West River Architectural Review Overlay District which roughly encompasses downtown Kent. The board gets a chance to review any project going into that overlay area and issue a certificate of appropriateness if they deem it meets their standards. Outside of that district, the board only offers recommendations on plans to the Planning Commission.
The hotel project is outside the district, Ruller said. While the ARB did get a chance to review it, their comments were not adopted by the planning commission which voted to accept the site plan as submitted. As result, the ARB asked the overlay district be expanded to include that parcel.
The city initially presented the amendment to Chapter 1121 of the zoning code in order to include the hotel site in the overlay, Kent Community Development Director Bridget Susel told council. However, the city's current pursuit of creating a comprehensive update to the entire zoning code made them give pause. They have been very diligent about going through each chapter methodically, Susel said, and did not want to make one change to the affected chapter without looking at it as a whole.
In order to address the concerns of the ARB, however, Susel asked council to approve an interim measure which would allow the board to have purview over the West Williams Street parcel should things change or not come to fruition within the two-year period allowed under the site plan approval. After the zoning code is adopted in full, the interim measure would go away and the district will be consistent with the updated code.
Councilwoman Tracy Wallach asked why when the zoning changed, the process of expanding the overlay district did not happen at that time. Susel explained the expansion does not happen automatically. There has been, however, some discussion about allowing automatic expansion. Wallach asked further why when the downtown district was expanded, the city did not start discussion of the overlay expansion at that time. Susel said it was because hotel site plans came in very quickly.
Susel told council it was explained to both the commission and the board that it will take all three entities working together to reach an agreement on things like the size of the district and its boundaries.
The presentation of the interim legislation was prompted by the city withdrawing a proposal from the planning commission to expand the overlay to include the parcel. Commission members raised concern about how the code addressed the boundaries of the overlay district and its lack of reference on whether it impacted residential properties.
An email submitted to the commission answered a few of the questions raised. Notably, the current overlay district was determined to include both sides of North Water Street and encompass all of the commercial downtown district aside from one block north of Columbus Street. Chapter 1121, the email also said, does not contain any language excluding residential structures from review. However, an examination of building permits did not identify any instances where a substantial renovation to the exterior of a residential structure should have been reviewed.
The matter was moved to be voted on at Wednesday's full council meeting.
Reporter Kaitlyn McGarvey can be reached at kmcgarvey@recordpub.com or 330-298-1127. Follow her on Twitter at @ktlynmcgrvy


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Q: Unexpected behavior for Express route regex generation I'm writing a route in Express that should match URLs of the form /DDMMMYYYY, such as /01JUN2017 or /31JUL2014. My route is
app.get('/:date(\d{2}(JUN|JUL)\d{4})', ...);

but no expected URLS are matching.
According to Express Route Tester, this route is getting compiled to
/^\/(\d{2}\(JUN|JUL)\d\{4\}\)(?:\/(?=$))?$/i

which tells me that it is forcing a literal interpretation of the parenthesis before JUN, and the curly braces around 4. How can I tell Express to use these as special characters instead of literals?

A: You can't define groups within groups. There is an open issue about it.
Anyway, especifically for your case, you can do a workaround like:
app.get('/:date(\d{2}JU[NL]\d{4})', ...);

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Peeing vs. Marking. Not all instances of urine necessarily equal pee. If you notice your dog is urinating on your bed in small amounts, and you notice similarly small sized amounts around the house, it may not be a pee problem at all.... Crate training. Dogs generally do not defecate or urinate where they sleep unless under duress (they were sick or left too long). After the dog eats, take him out on a leash at wait unil he goes.
Crate training. Dogs generally do not defecate or urinate where they sleep unless under duress (they were sick or left too long). After the dog eats, take him out on a leash at wait unil he goes.... A potty/pee spot inside a crate is when the crate is huge enough to accommodate a litter box and a bed within the crate (similar to the image below). This provision is fairly possible when you have a double door metal dog crate or a large plastic dog crate.
3/08/2008 · We have wood floors through the whole living area of the house, so my dog Bea has a bed to lay in on the living room floor. Last week, she started peeing on it!
31/05/2011 · My dog is peeing in my bed: identifying the cause When your dog pees in your bed, it seems like a very personal offense. Your bed is your refuge for rest, relaxation, and romance — a soft sanctuary of warm fuzzies in a cold, hard world.
Now we examine how to stop dog from peeing on bed and How to Pick the Perfect Pet Bed for Your Pet. Dogs also have the right to have a reasonable sleep to rest.


My certificate is from 3CX Pro.
We will fix this ASAP, thanks for reporting!
Please note as of 1.0.7.5 it is NOT fixed.
Yes sir, 1.0.7.5 is mainly for the new GUI and Push to Talk feature, and new model support of DP752/DP730. We will add a lot of bug fixes and new feature in next release.
Also, please note that this also affects the 1.0.9.127 of GXP21xx firmware. I get the same error.
The private key works in both.
Also please know that on my GXP2170, I am unable to save the TLS Certificate and Private Key.
We have fixed this issue on DP, next official release should include this fix. As for GXP, I will forward this post to GXP team to look at.
Excellent! Keep me posted on the GXP please. 3CX are working on implementing SIP TLS auto provisioning so they will need this to be fixed.


Stake your claim of more than 2.7 acres in the Coal Creek Heights community of Golden CO! Majestic, sweeping mountain views in every direction nestled at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac. Seller has completed more than $75K of improvements: 4 bedroom septic, grading and dirt fill for house site, complete soil test with engineering, planning, labor and county approval, full stamped architectural plans, structural engineering approvals for a 4050 sq ft house. Photos show house plans for this site. About a 30 minute drive to Interlocken or Golden, 40 minutes to Boulder, 45 minutes to downtown, 1hr 10 minutes to DIA. Use provided plans or bring your own builder.


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Borbjerg is een plaats (by) in de Deense regio Midden-Jutland, en maakt deel uit van de gemeente Holstebro. Borbjerg telt 346 inwoners (2007).

Plaats in Midden-Jutland
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After first emerging onto the scene in the middle of 2015, New York-based singer-songwriters Lewis Del Mar have been growing in popularity ever since.
Combining a rich, soulful aesthetic with a diverse and experimental production, Del Mar's sound is unlike anything you have come across before. From the hard beats that drive forward 'Loud(y)' to the jauntily flow of 'Wave(s)', their small output so far is full of unexpected surprises.
Having just released their debut EP, simply called 'EP', the pair have been hard on the promotion, covering a number of live dates the world over and beginning to emerge a strong contender for success in the year ahead.
Have a listen to 'Loud(y)' in the player below.


I know it seems like I have bathrooms on the brain right now doesn't it? As you can probably guess, we are still in the thick of updating ours at home. I can't wait to show you the pics when it's finished for a 'before and after' post.


I prefer to run on trails than on roads. Or run on a road to get to a trail. Here are some of my favorite spots in and around Portland, OR.
Mt Tabor Park. Good hills and ravines and close to my house! Gotta love that.
Forrest Park. The largest park within city limits in the US and plenty of trails for running. So close to town, yet feels miles away.
Timothy Lake loop. A mostly flat trail around the lake in the shadow of Mt Hood. Gorgeous!
Silver Falls State Park loop. A bit out of town, in Silverton OR, but the scenery, the town and a visit to the Frank Lloyd Wright's Gordon House next to the Oregon Garden is worth the trip.
Larch Mountain. There are lots of ways to get on this trail. Whichever you choose, the view at the top is one of the best!
Glendoveer Golf Course Fitness Trail loop. Just watch our for the squirrels! They want to trip you, then mug you of any and all treats in your pockets.
Tryon Creek State Park loop. Another park right inside city limits that feels like your miles away from town.
Discovery Trail in Vancouver WA. OK, it's not really a trail, but a walking, biking, running path that has some beautiful art, history and paths along the Columbia River.
Springwater Corridor. Yes, another bike/walk/run trail, but if you get out early on a Saturday morning you have the path to yourself as you pass by Powell Butte, Zenger Farm and historic plaques. A slight grade out but then a gentle slope back into town.
Veronia-Banks State Trail. You can go out and back, then refuel in town at Blue House Cafe. Good food and beer.
Inner-Urban Trails in Bellingham, WA. Yeah, I know this isn't exactly close to Portland, but if you're on your way to British Columbia this is my favorite town in Washington and the trails are the best!
What about you? Do you have a favorite place to run, walk or cycle?
Kristin, come visit me in North Portland and check out Kelley Point park. There are some trails but the payoff is the confluence of the Willamette/Columbia rivers and a nice 'beach'.
Plus, it's just off the 40 mile loop.
Yay! Bellingham! The City of Subdued Excitement -- with the best trails in the Pacific Northwest. Maybe the world!
Bellinghamster~If I ever move from PDX your town is my first choice!
Good choice! There's always room in the City of Subdued Excitement for people like you who walk the walk...buy local, go green, ride a bike or public transportation whenever possible, reach out, care about your community, etc.


The dreaded fifth season, the one that only military folks encounter, is in the air: PCS season. It usually comes at the same time as summer, with a short spike in December, and lasts a couple short months. However, during this time everything changes and everyone leaves.
Everyone I know is leaving me.
Okay, that sounds a bit drastic, but it's exactly how I feel right now. We are currently at a training post, so people don't stay for the typical 2-4 year tours. It's usually a quick year and a half and everyone is on to their next duty station, or back home if they are National Guard. We should be one of them. Actually, if things had gone how we originally planned, we would've already left and been at a new duty station. Our stuff would probably be unpacked! And our friends back here would be saying what I'm saying now; everyone I know has left.
However, for us, one tiny decision and one short phone call has added four extra months to our stay here before we are off to a new country to live for a couple years. It doesn't seem like a long time, but four months can really change your social life when you're in the military.
It started with my husband's good friend and his friend's wife. They left at the end of June when he graduated. The next couple of months saw graduation after graduation, neighbors moving out and friends saying their goodbyes. The three neighbors I have grown close to since we arrived a year and a half ago, the ones who watched my daughter grow and I watched their kids sprout up, they are busy packing up to leave. By the time this article goes up, they will be gone, and I will be seeing new faces in old familiar homes.
One of the joys of this lifestyle is moving to a new place and finding a new crop of friends to add to the old. My social network stretches all over the world with friends stationed in all sorts of great places. I'm so grateful for those connections I've made, and I cherish the ones we have made here.
It doesn't make it easier to see everyone leave, though, especially when you'll be one of the last to say goodbye. The joy of making friends comes with the heartbreak of having to see them off, whether you're leaving or they're the ones moving. Hold your friends close while you can and then wish them well when they leave! Give them a "see you later" instead of a goodbye, because in this life, you will most likely see them again.
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HM analysis: Refreshing NHS plans for 2018-19
By Lyn Whitfield
The NHS planning guidance in England is a key document that sets out the 'must do' priorities for the health service in the year ahead. It's therefore an important piece of background for anybody wanting to do healthcare IT business with commissioners and trusts. Lyn Whitfield looks at this year's guidance and reaction to it.
What is the planning guidance?
It's the NHS' annual 'to do' list. The document that tells chief executives, finance directors, and other senior policy makers and managers what their absolute 'must do' priorities are going to be for the coming financial year.
The financial year that starts in six weeks?
Indeed. NHS England and, these days, the regulator NHS Improvement, try to issue the planning guidance in the autumn. Or failing that, at Christmas. Refreshing NHS Plans for 2018-19 is late because of the autumn Budget.
The Budget that found more money for the NHS, just not enough?
That one. In the run up to November's speech by the chancellor, there was an unusually fraught series of briefings and counter briefings about the NHS' finances.
Some of this focused on whether the service had enough money to get through what was always going to be a tough winter. But the big, underlying question was whether the NHS could deliver the Five Year Forward View – NHS England's big plan to close £22 billion of a potential funding gap of £30 billion.
Successive chancellors have insisted that they are "fully funding the NHS' own plan" by promising an additional £8 billion for the health service by 2020-21 or, following the general election, by 2022-23.
However, most think-tanks, management organisations and medical bodies have concluded that the plan won't be delivered or, perhaps, that whether it is delivered or not the NHS needs more cash to address deteriorating hospital finances and waiting times.
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens spent two years treading a careful line between these two positions; arguing that while the government has put in more money, it has not phased it in effectively, leaving the NHS with two 'lean years' this year and next.
Just before the Budget, to the annoyance of Downing Street, Stevens told the NHS Providers conference that it would help if the government could make up the difference of about £4 billion a year. In the event, the chancellor found £350 million for winter pressures and £2.8 billion for revenue support over the next two years, plus a bit extra for capital funding.
Or, to put it another way, a bit under half of what the NHS lobbyists were looking for?
Exactly. NHS England said it would have to go away and make some 'hard choices'. The Treasury said it expected it to deliver its NHS Constitution commitments in full.
So, what does the planning guidance say?
It starts by spelling out what additional funding the health service is getting in 2018-19; which is £540 million from the 2015 settlement, and £1.6 billion of the new Budget money.
It then goes on to reiterate the NHS' existing priorities, which are to invest in mental health, cancer and primary care. After that, it addresses the health service's underlying financial problems.
Clinical commissioning groups will be expected to break-even next year but there will be a new, £400 million commissioner sustainability fund for those in trouble. For trusts, £650 million will be added to the £1.8 billion sustainability and transformation fund, to create a £2.45 billion provider sustainability fund.
The second move is disappointing, as it effectively confirms that all the central money that was initially 'earmarked' for 'front-loading' the new ways of working outlined by the Forward View will instead go on bailing out the acute sector.
Trusts will have to sign-up to central 'control totals' to access the fund; those that refuse to do so will be subject to a new 'single oversight framework' that will strip them of significant freedoms.
Even with this tough regime in place, the planning guidance assumes that it won't be possible for the NHS to hit its key waiting time targets until late in 2018 or during 2019; and shifts the focus to containing the overall size of the waiting list.
Any movement on the reform agenda?
NHS England asked health and social care organisations to set up sustainability and transformation plans to work out how to implement the Forward View locally. In the end, 44 STPs were set up.
A handful of these were slated to become accountable care organisations this spring. This would allow them to hold a single, capitated budget to deliver integrated health and care services for an entire population.
The term ACO was changed to ACS, when policy makers realised the general election and the slow-moving Brexit negotiations would make it impossible to pass a new health and social act and create a new type of NHS body. However, the creation of ACOs/ACSs is now on hold, pending legal action by left-wing campaigners who argue that Parliament should over-see such important reforms.
Despite this, the planning guidance says STPs will take an "increasingly prominent role in planning and managing system-wide efforts to improve services" and that they should "resource their infrastructure" to do this. Also, that ACOs/ACSs will go ahead, but under a new name; integrated care system or ICS.
A new TLA?
Oh yes. It wouldn't be the planning guidance without at least one, new, three letter acronym to wrangle. The planning guidance also says NHS England and NHS Improvement will work on a new regulatory regime for ICSs that will enable them to take their own enforcement organisation and juggle funds between partner organisations.
Anything in there about IT?
Not much. The planning guidance says what it expects to happen with some national IT initiatives, such as the global digital exemplar programme, which will see the mental health fast followers come online next year.
There's not much tech direction for frontline organisations; although it's clear that there won't be much capital funding around for new systems (or anything else). The planning guidance notes that the Budget will inject just £354 million of capital funding into the NHS next year; otherwise, trusts will pretty much be expected to raise funds themselves, in line with the Naylor review.
It also suggests that the priority for spending any capital that is around will go to STP projects; which might include IT developments such as analytics or shared care records. However: "In updating 2018-19 operational plans, STPs and providers should not assume any capital resource… unless NHS England and NHS Improvement have given written confirmation."
Has there been any reaction to the planning guidance?
Richard Murray, the director of policy at the King's Fund, put out a blog noting that the planning guidance has arrived "desperately late in the day" and without an update to the NHS mandate which, in theory, is the government's vehicle for telling the NHS what to do.
This might have been difficult to agree, given the open tension between Downing Street, the Treasury, and the NHS top-brass that surfaced ahead of the Budget; but it does leave open the question of what success for Stevens and the NHS is supposed to look like.
In the absence of clarity, Murray notes that the guidance is almost more interesting for what it doesn't say than what it does.
For example, he notes that central bodies are now in control of significant amounts of revenue spending – which looks a lot more like the pre-trust world than the "world of autonomous local organisations working within a relatively loose performance framework" that was envisaged by the 2012 Health and Social Care Act.
Any more for any more?
Over at the Nuffield Trust, Sally Gainsbury argued that the return of what used to be called "grip" is unlikely to solve the problem of NHS trust deficits, since cuts in the NHS tariff mean that trusts "will make an average 5% loss on each patient they treat" – and the number of patients that they treat is going up by an average of 3% a year.
Indeed, she argues that putting significant chunks of the Chancellor's £1.6 billion into heavily policed funds will make the problem worse, since trusts will have to accept even lower prices for treating patients to meet the control totals that gate access to them.
"There is a view among some senior NHS figures that this approach is necessary to show the Treasury, in advance of a hoped-for funding boost come a spending review this autumn, that the necessary financial grip can be restored and the NHS made to live within its means," she writes.
"But the risk is that this strategy boils down to asking the NHS to deliver the impossible, just to provide it is impossible."
NHS Providers was blunter, arguing that the additional Budget cash had turned "an impossible task into an extremely difficult one" and the government needed to get on with a spending review that would deliver "the right long-term settlement for health and care."
Take-outs:
This year's NHS planning guidance is important because it sets out what the health service is going to do with the limited amount of additional funding unlocked by the autumn Budget.
Also, because it indicates that outside the NHS' stated priorities of mental health, cancer and primary care, the focus will be on controlling deficits by controlling access to new commissioner and provider stabilisation funds.
This means that while there may be some movement on the STP/ICS agenda, trusts will have relatively little room for making large, autonomous spending decisions. Healthcare IT suppliers are therefore likely to find the market flat; unless they can find alternative ways for trusts to invest in their products or prove a return on investment that fits the centre's desire for "grip."
Meanwhile, although the guidance quietly accepts that the NHS can no longer deliver on its access targets, the all-important question of whether the NHS can deliver on reform has been quietly parked; and the imperative is to make it to the next spending review.
Lyn Whitfield
Lyn is a journalist by background. After completing her training in local papers, she specialised in coverage of the public sector in England, the NHS, and healthcare IT. This has enabled her to follow closely the many twists and turns of recent health policy; and to report on them for specialist audiences. It has also given her an exceptional ability to advise clients on the reality of working with the NHS, and on communications that work for them. Lyn's skills include strategic thinking, managing projects with a communications and publication element, editing, research, interviewing and writing.
A little about Lyn:
Lyn has an impressive educational record, with a first degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, and a Masters degree in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Before taking up her current post, her journalism employers included the Health Service Journal and digitalhealth.net (formerly EHealth Insider). Over her career, she has also worked with think-tanks, including the King's Fund and the Nuffield Trust, and major companies, such as Microsoft.
Lyn is a proud Yorkshire lass, but lives in Winchester with her partner, a political cartoonist with his own live-drawing business. Her 'downtime' activities include Pilates and running; she has completed a number of marathons.
Latest posts by Lyn Whitfield (see all)
The Autumn Budget and the CSR: the morning after the day before - 28th October 2021
A spending review to back health tech innovation? - 20th October 2021
One Epic to rule them all? - 13th October 2021
What does good look like and who pays for what - 3rd September 2021
Health Chat with Roy Lilley and Sir Simon Stevens - 29th July 2021


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How Many Lives Does a CAT Really Have?
Patrick O. McKeon and Jennifer M. Medina McKeon
In International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training Volume 23 (2018): Issue 5 (Jan 2018)
The Comparison of Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Self-Stretch Measures to Increase Shoulder Range of Motion in Overhead Athletes: A Critically Appraised Topic
Matthew J. Hussey, Alex E. Boron-Magulick, Tamara C. Valovich McLeod and Cailee E. Welch Bacon
Clinical Scenario: Shoulder range of motion (ROM) in throwing athletes relies on a balance of mobility and stability to maintain proper function and health that, if disrupted, can lead to shoulder injury. There have been several studies that address the relationship between ROM deficits and overhead injuries; however, it may be unclear to clinicians which interventions are most effective for increasing ROM in the glenohumeral joints of overhead athletes. Clinical Question: In overhead athletes who have deficient shoulder ROM, is instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) more effective at acutely increasing ROM over the course of a patient's treatment when compared with self-stretching? Summary of Key Findings: A thorough literature review yielded 3 studies relevant to the clinical question, and all 3 studies were included. Two articles found a significant increase in acute ROM when compared with a self-stretch measure. All 3 articles showed increases in internal rotation and horizontal adduction, and 1 study reported an increase in total arc of shoulder ROM. Clinical Bottom Line: There is moderate evidence to support the use of IASTM to acutely increase ROM in the glenohumeral joint of overhead athletes. Clinicians should be aware of the variability with recommended treatment times; however, positive results have been seen with treatments lasting 5 to 6 minutes per treatment region. There is no consensus for treatment intensity, and certain IASTM tools require certification. Strength of Recommendation: Grade B evidence exists that IASTM is more effective at increasing shoulder ROM (ie, internal rotation, horizontal adduction, external rotation, total arc of motion) in overhead athletes than self-stretching measures.
In Journal of Sport Rehabilitation Volume 27 (2018): Issue 4 (Jul 2018)
The Effects of Low-Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound on Measurable Outcomes: A Critically Appraised Topic
Sarah Daniels, Gabriela Santiago, Jennifer Cuchna and Bonnie Van Lunen
Clinical Scenario: Therapeutic ultrasound (US) is a popular modality among health care professionals and is used to treat a variety of musculoskeletal conditions. A new technology has been established to allow for the miniaturization of the US unit. Patients receive treatment with the device secured to them, eliminating the portability constraint of traditional US units. Early studies suggest that this portable unit can deliver low-intensity acoustic energy achieving the same temperature increase and pain relief that come from traditional US units, in a more versatile and patient-friendly manner. Clinical Question: What effects does low-intensity therapeutic ultrasound (LITUS) have on measurable outcomes? Summary of Key Findings: The literature was searched for level 4 evidence or higher that investigated the effectiveness of LITUS. The literature search produced 3 possible studies related to the clinical question: 2 randomized controlled trials and 1 case series met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Of the included studies, 1 study investigated the effects of LITUS on tissue temperature, 2 studies investigated the effects of LITUS on pain, and 1 study investigated LITUS effects on function. Clinical Bottom Line: The evidence supports the use of the LITUS unit to increase tissue temperature, decrease pain, and increase function. Therefore, practitioners may consider the use of the LITUS unit in patient populations over the use of the traditional high-intensity US treatment. Strength of Recommendation: In accordance with the 2009 Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine levels of evidence, there is grade I (insufficient) evidence to support the positive effects of the LITUS device for improving the following clinical outcomes: tissue temperature, decreasing pain, and increasing function. The inconsistency in the measured outcomes across the 3 studies only allows for minimal support of the LITUS device, warranting further research. Although clinical outcomes were different in each study, consistent evidence ranging from 4 to 1B levels were found in the 3 included studies.
Nonsurgical Treatment of Acetabular Labral Tears
Melissa Theige and Shannon David
Clinical Scenario: Surgical treatment of acetabular labral tears has been explored in multiple studies, while there is a lack of research on the effectiveness of conservative methods. Focused Clinical Question: To what extent can nonsurgical treatment produce symptomatic or functional improvements in athletes with an acetabular labral tear? Summary of Search, Best Evidence Appraised, and Key Findings: The literature was searched for studies of patients with confirmed acetabular labral tears who participated in any level of sport. Four studies were located, all of which were included. Clinical Bottom Line: The research discussed in this review agreed that conservative management of acetabular labral tears produced measurable improvements in pain and function among the athletes studied, including their ability to participate in sport activities. Based on these findings, it appears that conservative management is effective at rehabilitating athletes with acetabular labral tears. However, this method should not be applied to every athlete based on the low strength of current research. Treatment plans should be decided upon on a case-by-case basis. Strength of Recommendation: The studies located were of low quality. The highest Oxford Center for Evidence-Based Medicine Level of Evidence achieved was 4. Higher level studies must be conducted before the conclusions of this research can be applied clinically with assertion. Strength of recommendation is level 3.
Validity and Reliability of a Virtual Reality Game in Evaluating the Projected Frontal Plane Knee Angle When Landing From a Drop Vertical Jump
Kathryn Mills, Aula Idris, Thu-An Pham, John Porte, Mark Wiggins and Manolya Kavakli
Objectives: To determine the validity and reliability of the peak frontal plane knee angle evaluated by a virtual reality (VR) netball game when landing from a drop vertical jump. Study Design: Laboratory. Methods: Forty participants performed 3 drop vertical jumps evaluated by 3-dimensional motion analysis and 3 drop vertical jumps evaluated by the VR game. Limits of agreement for the peak projected frontal plane knee angle and peak knee abduction were determined. Participants were given a consensus category of "above threshold" or "below threshold" based on a prespecified threshold angle of 9° during landing. Classification agreement was determined using kappa coefficient, and accuracy was determined using specificity and sensitivity. Ten participants returned 1 week later to determine intrarater reliability, standard error of the measure, and typical error. Results: The mean difference in detected frontal plane knee angle was 3.39° (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03° to 5.74°). Limits of agreement were −10.27° (95% CI, −14.36° to −6.19°) to 17.05° (95% CI, 12.97° to 21.14°). Substantial agreement, specificity, and sensitivity were observed for the threshold classification (κ = .66; 95% CI, .42 to .88; specificity = 0.96; 95% CI, 0.78 to 1.0; and sensitivity = 0.75; 95% CI, 0.43 to 0.95). The game exhibited acceptable reliability over time (intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC3,1 = .844), and error was approximately 2°. Conclusion: The VR game reliably evaluated a projected frontal plane knee angle. Although the knee angle detected by the VR game is strongly related to peak knee abduction, the accuracy of detecting the exact angle was limited. A threshold approach may be a more accurate approach for gaming technology to evaluate frontal plane knee angles when landing from a jump.
Are Injuries More Common With CrossFit Training Than Other Forms of Exercise?
Chelsey Klimek, Christopher Ashbeck, Alexander J. Brook and Chris Durall
Clinical Scenario: CrossFit is a form of exercise that incorporates rapid and successive high-intensity ballistic movements. As CrossFit is an increasingly popular fitness option, it is important to determine how rates of injury compare to more traditional forms of exercise. This review was conducted to ascertain the incidence of injury with CrossFit relative to other forms of exercise. Focused Clinical Question: Are injuries more common with CrossFit training than other forms of exercise? Summary of Key Findings: (1) The literature was searched for studies that compared injury rates among individuals who participated in CrossFit fitness programs to participants in other exercise programs. (2) The search initially yielded >100 results, which were narrowed down to 3 level 2b retrospective cohort studies that were deemed to have met inclusion/exclusion criteria. (3) In all 3 reviewed studies, the reported incidences of injuries associated with CrossFit training programs were comparable or lower than rates of injury in Olympic weightlifting, distance running, track and field, rugby, or gymnastics. Clinical Bottom Line: Current evidence suggests that the injury risk from CrossFit training is comparable to Olympic weightlifting, distance running, track and field, rugby, football, ice hockey, soccer, or gymnastics. Injuries to the shoulder(s) appear to be somewhat common with CrossFit. However, the certitude of these conclusions is questionable given the lack of randomization, control, or uniform training in the reviewed studies. Clinicians should be aware that injury is more prevalent in cases where supervision is not always available to athletes. This is more often the case for male participants who may not actively seek supervision during CrossFit exercise. Strength of Recommendation: Level 2b evidence from 3 retrospective cohort studies indicates that the risk of injury from participation in CrossFit is comparable to or lower than some common forms of exercise or strength training.
In Journal of Sport Rehabilitation Volume 27 (2018): Issue 3 (May 2018)
Does Having a Culturally Competent Health Care Provider Affect the Patients' Experience or Satisfaction? A Critically Appraised Topic
Miranda Brunett and René Revis Shingles
Clinical Scenario : The level of cultural competence of health care providers has been studied. However, limited scholarship has examined whether the cultural competence of the health care provider affects patient satisfaction. Focused Clinical Question: Does cultural competence of health care providers influence patient satisfaction with their experience with their provider? Summary of Key Findings: Having a culturally competent health care provider, or one who a patient perceives as culturally competent, does increase patient satisfaction. Clinical Bottom Line: Cultural competence in health care plays an important role in patients being satisfied with their providers, as well as patients willingly and actively participating in their treatment. Strength of Recommendation: Questions 1 to 5 and 9 of the critical appraisal skills program were answered "yes" for all studies in the critically appraised topic. Thus, the authors strongly support the findings.
The Effectiveness of PNF Versus Static Stretching on Increasing Hip-Flexion Range of Motion
Landon Lempke, Rebecca Wilkinson, Caitlin Murray and Justin Stanek
Clinical Scenario: Stretching is applied for the purposes of injury prevention, increasing joint range of motion (ROM), and increasing muscle extensibility. Many researchers have investigated various methods and techniques to determine the most effective way to increase joint ROM and muscle extensibility. Despite the numerous studies conducted, controversy still remains within clinical practice and the literature regarding the best methods and techniques for stretching. Focused Clinical Question: Is proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching more effective than static stretching for increasing hamstring muscle extensibility through increased hip ROM or increased knee extension angle (KEA) in a physically active population? Summary of Key Findings: Five studies met the inclusion criteria and were included. All 5 studies were randomized control trials examining mobility of the hamstring group. The studies measured hamstring ROM in a variety of ways. Three studies measured active KEA, 1 study measured passive KEA, and 1 study measured hip ROM via the single-leg raise test. Of the 5 studies, 1 study found greater improvements using PNF over static stretching for increasing hip flexion, and the remaining 4 studies found no significant difference between PNF stretching and static stretching in increasing muscle extensibility, active KEA, or hip ROM. Clinical Bottom Line: PNF stretching was not demonstrated to be more effective at increasing hamstring extensibility compared to static stretching. The literature reviewed suggests both are effective methods for increasing hip-flexion ROM. Strength of Recommendation: Using level 2 evidence and higher, the results show both static and PNF stretching effectively increase ROM; however, one does not appear to be more effective than the other.
Functional Outcomes and Quality of Life After Ankle Fracture Surgically Treated: A Systematic Review
Viviane Ribeiro de Ávila, Teresa Bento, Wellington Gomes, José Leitão and Nelson Fortuna de Sousa
Context: Ankle fractures (AFs) are the most common fractures of the lower limbs found in emergency services. Approximately 53% of these fractures are unstable and treated surgically. Objective: To conduct a systematic review evaluating functional outcomes and quality of life of patients with AFs surgically treated. Evidence Acquisition: A systematic review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. Five electronic databases were searched, without any limit on publication dates. Only patients with an unstable AF that was surgically treated were included; functional outcomes and the quality of life were controlled by the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey instrument. Evidence Synthesis: Five studies were included in the analysis, including 267 patients. The values of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale ranged between a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 7 points. Patients with surgically treated AF reported less functionality and physical capacity compared with the nonfractured population. Some patients experienced vitality, emotional, and mental health limitations for a long period. Most surgically treated patients reported no pain and a good health and social status. Conclusion: Limitations in functionality and physical capacity represent the main threats to health-related quality of life in patients with surgically treated AFs.
Hip Musculoskeletal Conditions and Associated Factors That Influence Squat Performance: A Systematic Review
Scott W. Cheatham, Kyle R. Stull, Mike Fantigrassi and Ian Montel
Context: The squat is a fundamental movement for weightlifting and sports performance. Both unilateral and bilateral squats are also used to assess transitional and dynamic lower-extremity control. Common lower-extremity conditions can have an influence on squat performance. Of interest are the effects of hip musculoskeletal conditions and associated factors, such as hip muscle pain, fatigue, and tightness, on squat performance. Currently, there has been no appraisal of the evidence regarding the association of these conditions and associated factors on squat performance. Objective: This study evaluated the current evidence regarding common hip musculoskeletal conditions and associated factors, such as hip muscle pain, fatigue, and tightness, on squat performance. Evidence Acquisition: A systematic review was conducted according to preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines. A search of PubMed, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, ProQuest, and Google Scholar® was conducted in October, 2016 using the following keywords alone and in combination: hip, joint, arthritis, pain, range of motion (ROM), fatigue, tightness, pathology, condition, muscle, intraarticular, extraarticular, femoroacetabular impingement, single leg, bilateral, squat, performance, and technique. The grading of studies was conducted using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale. Evidence Synthesis: The authors identified 35 citations, 15 of which met the inclusion criteria. The qualifying studies yielded a total of 542 subjects (160 men and 382 women; mean age = 29.3 (5.9) y) and measured performance with either the barbell squat, step down, bilateral, or single-leg squat. Femoroacetabular impingement and hip arthroscopy were the only hip conditions found that affected the squat. Associated factors, such as muscle pain, fatigue, and tightness, also influenced squat performance. Conclusion: This review found that common hip conditions and associated factors and their effects on squat performance to be underinvestigated. Future research should focus on the association between common hip conditions and squat performance.


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Turns Out the Dot-Com Bust's Worst Flops Were Actually Fantastic Ideas
Author: Robert McMillanRobert McMillan
The Pets.com "spokespuppet".
Ann Summa/LIFE/Getty Images
If you had to pick one really annoying sock puppet to represent the imploded excesses of the dot-com boom, it would be the microphone-wielding mascot of online pet food retailer Pets.com.
For a few months back in the late 1990s, he was everywhere—the Super Bowl, Live with Regis and Kathy Lee—and then he was gone, sucked into a black hole of dot-com debt.
But the bust was so big and so widespread, there are so many deliciously ideal symbols for this dark time in the history of the internet, a period when irrational exuberance trumped sound business decisions. Fifteen years on, people—particularly people in Silicon Valley—still talk about these epic failures. In addition to Pets.com, there was WebVan, Kozmo.com, and Flooz.
The irony is that nowadays, they're all very good ideas.
>The world is ready to cash in on the worst ideas of the '90s.
Now that the internet has become a much bigger part of our lives, now that we have mobile phones that make using the net so much easier, now that the Googles and the Amazons have built the digital infrastructure needed to support online services on a massive scale, now that a new breed of coding tools has made it easier for people to turn their business plans into reality, now that Amazon and others have streamlined the shipping infrastructure needed to inexpensively get stuff to your door, now that we've shed at least some of that irrational exuberance, the world is ready to cash in on the worst ideas of the '90s.
WebVan burned through $800 million trying to deliver fresh groceries to your door, and today, we have Amazon Fresh and Instacart, which are doing exactly the same thing—and doing it well. People laughed when Kozmo flamed out in 1998, but today, Amazon and Google are duking it out to provide same-day shopping delivery. A year ago, Kozmo.com even told WIRED it was making a comeback "in the near future."
We're still waiting for Kozmo 2.0. But there's also good reason to applaud the folks behind Flooz.com. They wanted to create their own internet-based currency, and though Flooz was a flop, bitcoin has now shown that digital currency can play huge role in the modern world.
Even the Pets.com idea is looking mighty good. The basic notion that people wanted to buy pet food online and have it delivered to their homes turns out to be a sound one. Market research firm IBISWorld pegs it at a $3 billion market and a new generation of companies—Chewy.com, Petflow.com, and Wag.com to name a few—all making a go of it.
>People laughed when Kozmo flamed out, but today, Amazon and Google are duking it out to provide same-day shopping delivery.
Still not convinced? It's not just the failed dot-coms that now look good. Take VA Linux, which spiraled to its death after a 1999 IPO provided the biggest first-day boost in NASDAQ history. As it turns out, VA had the right idea. Cheap hardware running the open source Linux operating system eventually changed the computer world. That's what Google and Amazon and Facebook run on today.
It's just that the beneficiaries of this changes weren't American startups like VA. It was no-name hardware manufacturers in Asia.
The lesson here is that innovation is built on the shoulders of failure, and sometimes, the line between the world's biggest success and the world's biggest flop is a matter of timing or logistics or tools or infrastructure or luck, or—and here's the lesson that today's high flying startups should take to heart—scope of ambition.
Maybe if Pets.com had kept its head down and worked harder on getting the dog food to our doors than assaulting U.S. airwaves with ads like the one below, they would have made it.
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Could these bright spots on Ceres be ice volcanoes?
February 28, 2015 Stephen Clark
This image taken by Dawn's framing camera Feb. 19 at a range of 29,000 miles shows two bright spots on the same basin on Ceres. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
The discovery of puzzling bright spots on Ceres, the Texas-sized world now being studied by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, has scientists wondering whether the features could be plumes from volcanoes launching material into space.
Scientists have detected evidence of ice volcanoes on Ceres with telescopes before, but Dawn's approach to the dwarf planet will yield the first up-close imagery and data on the little world's make-up and terrain.
"Ceres' bright spot can now be seen to have a companion of lesser brightness, but apparently in the same basin," said Chris Russell, Dawn's principal investigator based at UCLA. "This may be pointing to a volcano-like origin of the spots, but we will have to wait for better resolution before we can make such geologic interpretations."
Scientists believe Ceres could be covered in a crust of ice, perhaps encasing an underground ocean.
Dawn is set to be captured by the gravity of Ceres on March 6, then spiral into the first of a series of orbits in April. The space probe will continue its observations of Ceres until at least late 2016, coming as close as 232 miles from the dwarf planet, which is the largest object in the asteroid belt sandwiched between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
The robotic mission is the first spacecraft to visit Ceres.
The latest images released from Dawn's framing camera are the best photos ever taken of Ceres. Dawn's imagery has exceeded the sharpest pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope since late January, when the mysterious bright spots started appearing in the mission's data catalog.
A photo taken Feb. 19 from a distance of 29,000 miles shows two of the bright spots in the same region on Ceres, prompting scientists to think they may be the signatures of volcanoes.
"The brightest spot continues to be too small to resolve with our camera, but despite its size it is brighter than anything else on Ceres. This is truly unexpected and still a mystery to us," said Andreas Nathues, lead investigator for Dawn's framing camera team at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Gottingen, Germany.
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