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Neil Ferguson says it's 'unlikely' Britain will need another lockdown like the Netherlands
Professor Lockdown Neil Ferguson has said that a Netherlands-style lockdown is 'unlikely' in Britain despite an 'uptick' in Covid cases in the UK.
The member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) said Britain's situation is different from other European nations as the wave of infections seems to be peetering out.
The professor at Imperial College London told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'We've had two or three weeks of declining cases and admission to hospitals – that may be petering out, it is too early to say.
'There is a hint of an uptick in the last few days.
'But we are in quite a different situation from those European countries you are talking about (the Netherlands, Germany).
'We've had very high case numbers – between 30,000 and 50,000 a day – really for the last four months, since the beginning of July.
'That has obviously had some downsides. It has also paradoxically had an upside of boosting the immunity of the population compared with countries like Germany, the Netherlands and France, which have had much lower case numbers and are only now seeing an uptick.'
The epidemiologist, whose modelling helped instigate the first lockdown last year, said he hopes the UK can 'avoid' returning to social distancing restrictions this winter.
He said: 'I think it is unlikely we will get anything close to what we had last year, that catastrophic winter wave.
'We might see slow increases as we did in October, for instance, but not anything as rapid as we saw last year.
'We can't be complacent, but at the moment I don't think we'll be in a situation the Netherlands is coming into where they really do need to get on top of rising case numbers using social distancing.
'I very much hope we can avoid that in this country.'
The expert also said modelling from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has indicated that rolling out booster vaccinations to the 'younger age groups' once the most vulnerable have been jabbed could help 'drive down transmission to low levels' in Britain.
The calmer outlook comes a day after Britain's daily Covid cases rose by nearly a fifth and Boris Johnson used Europe's soaring epidemic as a warning of what's to come if Britons don't get their booster vaccines.
The Department of Health reported another 40,375 infections across the UK on Friday, marking a rise of 19 per cent compared to a week before.
It is the second day in a row that cases have risen week-on-week and brings an abrupt end to nearly a fortnight of falling infection numbers.
The rebounding figures came moments after the Prime Minister pointed to outbreaks in Europe and warned there were 'storm clouds gathering over the continent' that could hit Britain next.
Austria will become the first Western European country to impose a lockdown since the summer from Monday, with unvaccinated people in the two worst-hit regions subjected to restrictions again. The Netherlands is also reintroducing a 7pm curfew on bars, restaurants and other amenities from Saturday.
'I've got to be absolutely frank with people, we've been here before – and we remember what happens when a wave starts rolling in,' Mr Johnson said during a visit to a pharmacy in South London.
The PM, who is currently embroiled in a Tory sleaze row, warned that Britain's fate this winter hinges on how many people get their boosters. 'What I'm saying today is the urgency of getting that booster jab is more evident than ever,' he said.
'If you can get it, it's a great thing, the levels of protection it gives you are terrific and so over-50s, who we're calling forward, should come and get it.'
But he added: 'What I'm also saying is that if we don't do it fast enough, we can see the potential risks to the state of the pandemic in what's happening in other parts of Europe.'
However, experts told MailOnline the UK's third wave peaked months ahead of Europe's. Cambridge University epidemiologist Dr Raghib Ali said: 'Britain could well suffer a spike this winter, but it won't be because of imported cases from Europe, like in previous waves.'
Meanwhile, latest hospital data shows there were 993 Covid admissions on November 8 which was 7 per cent lower than the figure the previous week.
Another 145 coronavirus deaths were also registered today in a 25 per cent decrease compared to the toll last Friday. Hospitalisations and deaths — which are both lagging indicators — have been falling for seven and four days in a row, respectively.
Despite the falling hospital numbers, Independent SAGE yesterday demanded the Government activates its winter 'Plan B' to protect the NHS.
The pressure group, made up of eminent experts who've pushed for an Australian-style virus elimination strategy, said compulsory masks and widespread WFH were 'urgently' needed to 'save the NHS and Christmas'.
There are questions about whether the current Covid situation is to blame for the NHS crisis, given that there are half as many Covid inpatients now than this time last year (shown)
The group — which includes a former Government chief scientific adviser, a Communist Party member and some of No10's own scientists — claimed the 'very high levels of Covid' were putting 'extreme pressure' on the health service.
Independent Sage's call to action comes after a swathe of shocking statistics laid bare the extent of the crisis within the NHS, with waiting lists for routine care soaring to another high and 999 calls and ambulance waits hitting record levels.
Doctors said the NHS was being brought 'to its knees' with patients being left to die in the back of ambulances and waiting rooms because staff are so busy.
But other experts argue the current Covid situation doesn't justify moving to Plan B, given that admissions for the virus have fallen for nearly a week straight and are projected to fall even more in the coming weeks.
Covid cases have also been trending down since October 24, in line with the country's major surveillance study which found a 16 per cent weekly fall last week, and death rates have also started to follow suit.
'The Government needs to urgently bring in Plan B… The pressure on the NHS is extreme and increasing, the backlog of treatment is at a record high, it needs to act now,' Independent Sage said.
'Most importantly, working from home where possible and mandated facemasks in indoor spaces are needed. We also believe additional protective measures should be brought in, including ensuring good ventilation in schools and other public spaces and financial support for self-isolation.'
Admissions for the virus have fallen for nearly a week straight (shown) with around 800 per day on average now compared to almost 1,600 in November 2020
The NHS waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has reached 5.83million, official data revealed on Thursday, marking the eleventh month in a row that the figure has hit a record high. Some 1.6million more Britons were waiting for elective surgery — such as hip and keen operations — at the end of September compared to the start of the pandemic
Despite the total A&E admissions in England being just two per cent more than one month earlier and equal to the number of people who came forward during the same month in 2019, 7,059 patients were forced to wait more than 12 hours to be seen at A&E. The record-high figure is 40 per cent more than the 5,024 forced to wait that long one month earlier. It is also five times bigger than in September 2020 and ten times more than the same month in 2019
The NHS has long struggled to meet its recommended ambulance response times for Category 2 incidents which include medical emergencies such as strokes and severe burns but the last few months months have seen unprecedented rise with patients waiting nearly an hour on average for an ambulance after calling 99.
A record number of 999 calls were made in England in October with 1,012,143 urgent calls for medical help made. But the time it took answer these calls also increased to a record 56 seconds
No10 has said it will only revert to its winter Covid 'Plan B' strategy if the NHS faces 'unsustainable' pressure, which ministers argue is not the case yet despite health leaders insisting otherwise.
Cambridge University epidemiologist Dr Raghib Ali, who is also an NHS consultant in acute medicine, said the current NHS crisis was not the result of Covid but a 'chronic staffing shortage'.
He said reverting to Plan B now would not solve the problem, adding: 'Although there has often been too much alarmism, this is a genuine problem which is harming many patients… [but] there is no easy short-term solution.'
Independent Sage's Professor Susan Michie, a behavioural expert who also sits on the Government's official science panel SAGE, slammed Mr Johnson directly.
'To save the NHS and Christmas, the Government needs to enable behaviours to get our high transmission rates down,' she said. 'The PM walking mask less round a hospital with vulnerable patients undermines that effort.'
Professor Michie, a member of Communist Party of Britain for more than 40 years, added: 'Enabling behaviour change is everyone's responsibility especially those in positions of authority and influence.
'The PM walking mask-less round a hospital with vulnerable patients undermines the behaviours needed to keep us all safe.'
Mr Johnson was criticised this week after he was pictured walking through a hospital corridor without a mask in Northumberland on Monday – even though the NHS trust leapt to his defence and claimed he wore one in wards.
Dr Ali said the focus should be on the booster vaccines, which are proven to be highly effective at preventing hospital admissions, rather than masks which only slightly reduce transmission.
He added: 'Of course there are many other things you can and should do to help yourself (and the pressure on NHS) by taking care of your health but most of these won't impact in the very short-term hence my focus on the booster jabs which can reduce admissions by 80 per cent within two weeks.'
The demands come after monthly NHS England data published yesterday revealed that the NHS is facing a crisis even without a major surge in Covid.
The Office for National Statistics, which calculates case numbers based on thousands of random swab tests, found 925,400 people in the country were infected on any given day in the week ending November 6. The figure equates to one in 60 people having the virus and is 16.1 per cent lower than the estimated 1,103,300 cases one week earlier, when one in 50 people were infected
A record-high 5.83million patients are now on the NHS waiting list for routine treatment, with the mammoth toll having snowballed during the pandemic.
Army to continue supporting crisis-hit NHS Scotland after being called in in October
The Army will continue helping two health boards with acute services after their request for the assistance to be extended was approved by the Ministry of Defence.
Army personnel were called in to help NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Borders in October amid pressures on the health service.
A request by the health boards to extend the acute services Military Aid to the Civilian Authority (MACA) task, which was originally due to last until November 10, has now been approved by Ministry of Defence, the Army said.
In total 84 personnel will continue with the work, with 21 personnel in the Borders and 63 in Lanarkshire.
Their involvement is expected to continue until December 8 in the Borders and December 17 in Lanarkshire, with the timelines kept under regular review.
The Army is also supporting the Scottish Ambulance Service with non-emergency drivers and delivering testing through mobile units.
An Army statement said: 'More than 450 Armed Forces personnel are supporting multiple MACA tasks in Scotland. These tasks fall under Operation Rescript, defence's efforts to support the UK's response to the pandemic which began in March 2020.
'Defence have supported communities across the UK throughout the pandemic, from planning support alongside resilience teams and governments, to ambulance drivers and health care assistants in hospitals, as well as the vaccine rollout.
'The Armed Forces stand ready to step up and support civil authorities, devolved nations and communities as required in the coming months where the requests meet the MACA principles.'
At the same time, the average ambulance response time for heart attack and stroke patients is now nearly an hour, which paramedics admitted is putting patients' lives 'at risk'.
And 999 response times for category two calls are now three times above the health service's 18-minute safety target.
Doctors warned the grim performance figures were 'concerning' because winter pressures and staffing absences have yet to hit peak levels.
A poll of NHS bosses found nine in 10 felt the current situation — dealing with the pandemic-induced backlog and Covid — is 'unsustainable' and patient care is being compromised.
There have been reports of some elderly Brits having to wait up to 14 hours for an ambulance, and investigations are underway into the deaths of several patients in parked ambulances unable to handover patients to overwhelmed A&Es.
NHS England statistics reveal it took crews nearly 55 minutes to respond to Category 2 calls — including strokes, heart attacks and severe burns — in October, compared to the 18-minute target.
The most urgent incidents, which includes events such as cardiac arrests and life-threatening accidents, also saw record delays last month. Paramedics took, on average, nine minutes and 20 seconds to respond to Category 1 calls, well above the target of seven minutes.
Trade union GMB warned the ambulance wait times showed the NHS was at risk of moving from a winter crisis to a winter catastrophe.
Ambulance leaders described how they are facing the 'highest level of emergency activity in history' and raised concerns about the time lost to hospital handover delays.
It came as a poll for the NHS Confederation found that health leaders believe the pressure on the NHS is now at unsustainable levels and patient safety and care are being put at risk by staff shortages.
NHS leaders in England warned the health service has reached 'tipping point', with nearly nine in 10 (88 per cent) saying the demands on their organisation are unsustainable.
Almost the same number (87 per cent) said a lack of staffing in the NHS as a whole is putting patient safety and care at risk.
The survey of 451 leaders included those from hospitals, ambulance services, mental health providers, community services and primary care.
But Covid cases in England dropped by 16 per cent last week, leading to questions about the virus is truly behind the NHS pressure.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS), which calculates case numbers based on thousands of random swab tests, found 925,400 people in the country were infected on any given day in the week ending November 6.
No10's top scientists tracking the R rate — which measures the speed the outbreak is growing at — estimated that it was between 0.8 and 1 in England. This suggests that for every ten people who have the virus, they are passing it on to between eight and 10 others
The figure equates to one in 60 people having the virus and is 16.1 per cent lower than the estimated 1,103,300 cases one week earlier, when one in 50 people were thought to be infected.
And cases appear to be dropping in all age groups, most notably among 11 to 16-year-olds, with 4.8 per cent thought to have the virus in the last week, compared to 7.5 in the previous seven days.
It comes as one expert said the drop has been triggered 'almost entirely by the wall of immunity, rather than behavioural changes or restrictions'.
JVT says Covid crisis a 'lot calmer' after Easter… but other scientist warns of EIGHT years of misery
Britain's Covid crisis is set to become 'a lot calmer' after Easter, Jonathan Van-Tam predicted today — but other scientists warned it could drag on another eight years.
England's deputy chief medical officer warned there will be some 'twists and bumps' along the way and admitted that the situation was becoming harder to forecast.
But he told a medical conference today: 'I think, generally speaking, waters will be quite a lot calmer after Easter.'
Professor Van-Tam warned this was dependent on the successful roll out of the booster doses, which are being offered to all over-50s.
His words were in stark contrast to eminent epidemiologist Professor Tim Spector, who warned that it could take years to become a manageable, seasonal virus.
'We need to be thinking in terms of time scales — it is not in months, it is not by next Christmas, it is a question as to whether it will be three years or eight years,' he said.
And separate data published on Thursday by the UK's largest symptom-tracking study revealed cases fell by almost a fifth in the biggest weekly drop since the summer.
Meanwhile, Department for Health data yesterday showed Covid cases increased 14 per cent, marking the first rise in 10 days. But hospitalisations and deaths both fell week-on-week too.
There are about 6,800 Covid patients in English hospitals now compared to more than 12,000 at the same point last year.
Meanwhile, it emerged today that the Army will continue helping two health boards in Scotland with acute services after their request for the assistance to be extended was approved by the Ministry of Defence.
Meanwhile, the latest daily coronavirus figures show Scotland recorded 17 Covid-linked deaths and 3,349 new cases in the past 24 hours.
It means the death toll under this daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is 9,375.
The daily test positivity rate was 9.8 per cent, up from 8.2 per cent the previous day, according to data published by the Scottish Government on Friday.
There were 759 people in hospital on Thursday with recently confirmed Covid-19, down nine, with 55 in intensive care, down five.
So far, 4,325,523 people have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 3,922,893 have had their second.
Total size of England's Covid outbreak SHRANK by 16% last week to below 1million, mass-testing study shows
England's Covid outbreak shrank in size by 16 per cent last week, official figures revealed today as experts hailed the country's 'wall of immunity' for keeping the virus at bay.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS), a Government agency which analyses tens of thousands of random tests to track the spread of the infection, estimated 925,400 people were infected on any given day in the week ending November 6.
It equates to one in 60 people being infected and is a marked drop on the calculation of 1,103,300 published last week, which had yet to indicate any downturn despite a swathe of separate data showing England's outbreak was naturally retreating.
Cases appear to be dropping in all age groups, most notably among 11 to 16-year-olds. But around 4.8 per cent of secondary school pupils were still thought to have been carrying the virus in the last week, compared to roughly 7.5 per cent during half-term week.
Meanwhile, Government advisers today also revealed the R rate has fallen the second consecutive week. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) now estimates the rate stands at between 0.8 and 1, offering more proof that the outbreak is in decline.
One expert claimed the drop has been triggered 'almost entirely by the wall of immunity, rather than behavioural changes or restrictions', with the combination of the explosion in cases triggered by schools going back and the country's vaccination drive credited for the drop.
Separate data published yesterday confirmed the trend. The UK's largest symptom-tracking study revealed cases fell by almost a fifth in the biggest weekly drop since the summer.
But Department for Health testing statistics yesterday showed Covid cases increased 14 per cent on the previous week, marking the first rise in 10 days. But hospitalisations and deaths both fell week-on-week.
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U.K. Spot Starring Jade Anouka Will Run as Dove Ad in the U.S.
Galaxy, the Mars-owned U.K. chocolate brand known as Dove in the U.S., portrays chocolate-eating as a relaxing escape from the pressures of social media and digital technology overload in a new campaign by AMV BBDO.
Replacing its previous campaign which resurrected Audrey Hepburn in CGI, the brand has chosen actor and poet Jade Anouka as the new face of the brand. The ad depicts her on a train journey, where first she's distracted by a mysterious blue bird (a barely-disguised Twitter reference), then, as she follows it into another compartment, bombarded by post-it notes and video-game style shapes. Finally, she fights her way out of the tech nightmare, switches off her phone and sits back to enjoy her bar of chocolate.
Directed by Sam Pilling from Pulse films, the campaign was co-created with BBDO NY; while the Galaxy version will run in the U.K. & Ireland on TV, in cinemas and online, the Dove version will be seen in the U.S.on YouTube only.


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Selected Plays of St. John Ervine
Series: Irish Drama Selections, Book 5
Genres: Drama, Literary Criticism
Tag: Selected Plays of St. John Ervine
Chosen and Introduced by John Cronin
The fifth volume of the Irish Drama Selections series (ISSN 0260-7962), General Editors: Joseph Ronsley and Ann Saddlemyer.
ISBN: 0-86140-101-8 / 978-0-86140-101-7 Hbk £35.00
ISBN 978-0-86104-102-6 /978-0-86140-102-4 Pbk £9.95
21.6 x 13.8 cm.
Contains: Mixed Marriage, Jane Clegg, John Ferguson, Boyd's Shop, Friends and Relations, prose extracts, bibliographical checklist.
John Greer Ervine was born in Ballymacarrett, a working-class district of East Belfast, in 1883 (he added the prefix 'St.' to his name when he began to write). He was to achieve a considerable reputation as playwright, drama critic, novelist and biographer, working at various times in London and New York. As a young man, he got to know Bernard Shaw and was associated with the Fabian Society. In 1915 he was appointed manager of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, but his brusque manner and his declared intention of turning the Abbey into a typical British repertory theatre alienated the players, many of whom left to set up a separate company of their own.
Ervine's real contribution to the Abbey consisted of a number of his vigorous early plays, including Mixed Marriage and John Ferguson. After leaving the Abbey, he joined the British Army and was severely wounded in 1918, necessitating the amputation of a leg. After the War, he wrote drawing-room comedies for the London stage, and his most substantial work of biography was a book on his idol, Shaw. He returned to Irish themes in the 1930s, with plays like Boyd's Shop, which was to prove one of his most popular and frequently revived works for the stage. A determined realist, Ervine had little sympathy with the work of some his notable contemporaries, and wrote severely about, for example, Synge. Ervine is at his best in those plays in which he depicts characters like John Ferguson, whose rigid moral attitudes are grimly tested by cruel circumstances. He is also impressive in his creation of strong women characters, such as Mrs Rainey in Mixed Marriage and Jane Clegg in the play of that name. In plays like those, he often anticipates his more famous successor, Sean O'Casey, and even looks forward to later Northern Irish writers like Sam Thompson.
This volume was published with assistance from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
John Cronin is Emeritus Professor of English at the Queen's University, Belfast. His publications include Somerville and Ross, Gerald Griffin 1803-1840: A Critical Biography, and The Anglo-Irish Novel, Volume 1: The Nineteenth Century, and Volume 2, 1900-1940. He is general editor of a series of eight Classic Irish Novels of the Nineteenth Century. In addition to his academic activities, Professor Cronin has worked extensively on arts programmes for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC World Service and was for many years a member of the Anglo-Irish Literature Committee of the Royal Irish Academy.

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The Kumu Art Museum (Kumu) is a structure with symbolic meaning: it is the fulfilment of Estonians' dream of having their own art museum. The Kumu building has a round floor plan and this has been sensitively reconciled with a complicated environment. Since its completion, it has received unanimous accolades.
The 25,000-m2 museum has an atrium that rises up through the building and seven floors, of which two are underground. The museum can accommodate more than 400 visitors at a time.
The repositories are located on the underground floors of the building, where the majority of the Art Museum of Estonia's 60,000 exhibits are stored. Art is displayed on the three above-ground floors. Approximately a thousand works of art can be displayed on each floor.
The author of the architectural project for the Kumu building is the Finnish architect Pekka Juhani Vapaavuori (b. 1962), who won the international architectural competition held in 1993–1994 with his project "Circulos".
The project was chosen unanimously by the international panel from the 233 projects submitted by architects from ten different countries. Along with a spacious atrium, Vapaavuori gave the building a circular shape, which alludes to the name of this project. The building is successfully positioned in the limestone slope of Lasnamäe Hill, and therefore, despite its size, is in harmony with the intimacy of the ancient Kadriorg Park. The repositories and technical floors are located on two floors below ground. The architect used such materials as dolomite, wood and copper, which are related to local natural traditions. Technically, the building conforms to all the requirements of a modern museum building. In the building, optimal climatic conditions for the conservation and exposition of works of art are ensured, and good preconditions have been created for the functioning of the museum's various structural units.
Kumu's architecture has three meanings, which are not only important for the museum, but also for the shaping of the environment by appreciating and being responsive to it. Firstly, during the time of Peter the Great, the park was not completed. It was supposed to have ended at the place where Kumu is now located. This was the border of the city – of one cultural area. As a sign within a larger structure, the choice of the location is extremely important, because in its second meaning, Kumu does not end something, but rather continues and connects the old developed city with a new area. Thirdly, Kumu's architectural form is timeless. A sphere, a curved figure is always connected with eternity, with something that has irresistible force. A circle gathers and radiates energy, and it was due to the architect's talent that a museum building that has greater meaning than just being a modern or contemporary structure was designed. The building's architecture provides an extremely balanced exterior form and interior design.


I posted on here about a month ago, I'm 24 and am certain I have Dupuytrens, (I had a GP appointment booked to confirm this but it was cancelled so have another one in a couple of weeks). I have signs in both hands but my concern at the moment is my left, I have large soft bump with a pit at the top of it on the palm near the thumb and index finger, that was my first sign, I now seem to have cords going up my palm towards each finger on my hand! I find it hard to tell but I think there seem to be some small nodules forming on those cords aswell. I am getting a twitching feeling in my palm and alot of pain in my index finger, the cord in my palm that stretches furthest upwards is under the index finger, does this mean I am close to getting contraction of my index finger?
After my original post I was advised to stay patient and possibly observe for 6 months before having radiotherapy, my concern is that this could have progressed alot more by then possibly past the point where RT would be effective. I have been keeping a diary as advised. Any further advice would be greatly appreciated.
You do need to get a diagnosis confirmed. In the meantime, since you have been logging symptoms decide where to potentially have RT, make contact, get the plans in place. There's a list of Radiologists performing RT on the NHS on the BDS website, one in Exeter if still active, also the private clinics are listed there. But confirm or otherwise the diagnosis.
You need to get an accurate diagnosis. There is still a possibility that what you are dealing with is NOT DD. Reasons to speculate other reasons for your hand troubles... it's not in your family, you are very young, you have pain... these are the reasons the hand surgeon told me that I do not have DD, among others, despite having been diagnosed by two GPs, an ultrasound, and an internist. I had a nodule, confirmed by ultrasound as a DD nodule, I had pain, I had thick bands pulling fingers in, skin changes, and swelling, and it was "progressing rapidly", so fast that two GP's wanted me to file for disability as I am a professional musician and they said I wouldn't work again. But DD is not in my family, and I'm 32. Hand surgeon called it palmar fibrosis, and if you search for it, both google or even in the medical journals, there is nothing, you will just be directed to palmar fibromatosis, which is another name for DD... but there are other disorders of the hand that cause nodules and bands to form that are NOT DD.
My condition will not develop a true contracture. It can be treated with therapy. You need to get a diagnosis, and I would not depend on a GP or ultrasound... I suggest seeing a hand surgeon or DD specialist. And line up radiation therapy ASAP, so you are prepared, but don't self-diagnose using the Internet! And don't settle for a GP or ultrasound! See a hand surgeon who has worked with dupuytrens and get an accurate diagnosis! I was making radiation appointments, and had I not seen the surgeon, I would have had radiation unnecessarily.
Do you use your hands a lot?
Other reasons to be skeptical of DD... DD nodules rarely form under the index finger. Rarely does the index finger contract. Rarely does it progress that fast. Rarely is the whole hand involved, with thick bands extending to all fingers (this is what I also had). The surgeon explained to me that there is a lot of misinformation about DD and palmar fibrosis... as they have been lumping the two disorders into the same category. And as a result, it's very common that GPs assume every nodule is a DD nodule... but you can form nodules and thick bands in the hand that do not contract. Inflammatory responses can cause that to happen, and it can be reversed.
See a hand surgeon or DD specialist.
A firm diagnosis is the first step to a treatment. Treatment without firm diagnosis would be useless if not dangerous. See also "First exclude other causes" on https://www.dupuytren-online.info/dupuyt..._therapies.html .
Lisaanne - I'm hoping that my condition is the same as yours as it sounds like a much better outcome! I am booked to see the GP and I think you're right I'm going to find a DD specialist to have a look and see what they think. The pain is pretty infrequent I don't get it that often but it's quite bad when I do get it. I'm concerned also because I've been getting pain in the soles of my feet too so am hoping that's not anything to do with Ledderhose. I don't really use my hands for anything too physically demanding, I type alot for work but wouldn't have thought that would have any effect. How's your condition now? Have you had therapy that has worked and improved the situation?
I think hand surgeons are also the ones who are highly suggested for getting an accurate diagnosis... mine said that he has seen thousands of DD hands, managed their case over many years and operated lots... hand surgeons know what they are looking for. I had a hard time finding someone who specializes in DD... there is someone in Ontario... but couldn't find anyone near me here in Vancouver. But there are lots of hands surgeons out there.
From what the surgeon told me... pain rarely gets severe in Dupuytren's... though it is possible to have DD, on top of other disorders that cause severe pain.. generally if you are experiencing serious pain, that is a symptom of inflammation, not DD.
I am a musician.. what caused my palmar fibrosis was playing lots of piano, combined with a change in my hormones caused by going on birth control... he also said that when you are on oral contraceptive you experience lots of fluid retention, which can interfere with signaling from your hands to your brain, resulting in bad/sloppy technique, resulting in inflammation. The surgeon explained that palmar fibrosis is related to repetitive motion strain. I think typing lots for work could have an influence. Palmar fibrosis is also related to underlying health issues... such as rheumatological disorders, alcoholism, diabetes, etc... basically... anything that can encourage inflammation combined with repetitive motion strain can result in palmar fibrosis.
I took three weeks off work, rested my hands, made lots of anti-inflammatory type life-style choices. The swelling and pain is almost all gone. A hand therapist showed me some stretching that has helped my thumbs to release, but they are not 100% yet. I will see another specialist in two weeks, the surgeon recommended, to help "retrain more efficient signaling".


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June 13, 2018 19:00 ET | Source: Olympia Financial Group Inc.
CALGARY, Alberta, June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Olympia Financial Group Inc. (TSX:OLY) ("Olympia") announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Olympia Trust Company ("OTC") intends to commence business as a transfer agent and corporate trustee commencing December 14, 2018.
Olympia previously operated a transfer agency and corporate trustee business through its Corporate and Shareholder Services ("CSS") division. Olympia sold the CSS division to Computershare Trust Company of Canada on December 13, 2013 for $43 million.
As part of the sale of the CSS division, Olympia agreed to a non-competition provision that prevented Olympia from offering transfer agency and corporate trustee services until after December 13, 2018.
"In 2013, given the market conditions, it made sense to sell the CSS division for thirty times earnings. It is Olympia's view that market conditions have changed and are now right for the successful launch of a transfer agency and corporate trustee business that is based in western Canada and that is focused on the customer," commented Rick Skauge, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Olympia.
OTC will begin posting positions for available opportunities immediately and intends to spend the next 6 months establishing systems and training staff in order to be adequately prepared to commence transfer agency and corporate trustee business operations on December 14, 2018.
It is OTC's intention that the new transfer agency and corporate trustee business will provide services to both publicly listed and private companies.
Olympia conducts most of its operations through its wholly-owned subsidiary Olympia Trust Company, a non-deposit taking trust company. Olympia Trust Company is licensed to conduct trust activities in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Olympia Trust Company administers self-directed registered accounts and offers foreign currency exchange services. Olympia also offers private health services plans through its wholly-owned subsidiary Olympia Benefits Inc. and provides information technology services to the exempt market dealers, registrants and issuers through its subsidiary Exempt Edge Inc.
Olympia's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "OLY".
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Stephanie Link: Expect Above-Average Gains in 2021
The chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors says profits point the way for 2021.
Stephanie Link, The chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors.
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By Anne Kates Smith
Kiplinger's: What do you see ahead for 2021?
Link: To talk about 2021, you have to put it in the context of 2020. We have to deal with the increase of COVID cases versus progress with vaccines and with testing. The time line is uncertain for the next round of fiscal stimulus, but the fact that we need it is absolutely certain. All of this is against the backdrop of way-better-than-expected corporate earnings. So, companies are dealing with all these uncertainties, but sometimes investors cannot, and this is why you have fluctuations in the market.
About: Kiplinger's Economic Outlooks
Where is the economy headed? The economy has been uneven, and that will continue until we get a vaccine—which is why the Pfizer news of a successful trial is so important. Pockets have done well—housing, autos and manufacturing have seen a V-shaped recovery. But there's a lot of bad: travel, leisure and hospitality, small and medium-size businesses closing every day, 10 million people unemployed. It's important for the good pieces to pick up the slack until we get another stimulus package. You could potentially see gross domestic product growth of 4% to 5% in 2021.
How will the market adjust to a new president? I think the market likes a Biden win with a split Congress because it's gridlock—you don't get many surprises. But research from Capital Group shows that over the past eight decades, in 18 of 19 presidential elections, no matter which party won, a hypothetical $10,000 investment made at the beginning of each election year would have gained in value over the next 10 years, and in 15 of those 10-year periods, it would have more than doubled. I don't want to say the election is meaningless, but it really is less important than other fundamentals over the long term.
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What would you focus on? I have learned over my career that stocks follow profits, and if profits are going higher, stocks eventually will. Earnings are recovering nicely, which tells me that fiscal and monetary stimulus is doing its job. Next year we could see earnings growth of 30%-plus. Find good companies with high market share and good balance sheets. These companies are getting help from all the stimulus, but they're also doing an amazing job at figuring out how to deal with this pandemic and the recession.
Do you have a target for the S&P 500? I don't. But I think returns will be above average, in the high-single-digit percentages, given historically low interest rates and economic stimulus. I do think all of this money pumped into the market by the Federal Reserve matters. There's a reason why people say "Don't fight the Fed."
What themes do you see playing out in 2021? I advocate a barbell approach. You want to own both growth-oriented stocks and "cyclical" stocks. If I'm right about all the stimulus leading to better economic growth, then you want to own those economically sensitive companies. They've cut costs, and their profit margins are solid. If you get an improvement in revenues, then the impact on earnings is huge. Look for blue-chip-quality companies—with good balance sheets, rising dividends and increasing market share.
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And the growth side? We know technology is over-owned. You don't have to chase those stocks. But the addressable markets in a few themes—artificial intelligence, subscription-based software cloud computing, e-commerce and contactless payments—are going to be huge. You have to pick the winners and losers, but these are the themes that you want to have exposure to.
What are some examples of stocks to consider for 2021? In tech, I like Salesforce.com (symbol CRM (opens in new tab)) and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI (opens in new tab)). I like autos, but instead of Ford or GM, I want to own auto parts companies, like Aptiv (APTV (opens in new tab)), which provides safety technology and connectivity in the car. I like what Fortinet (FTNT (opens in new tab)) is doing in cybersecurity. In industrials, I like Caterpillar (CAT (opens in new tab)) and United Parcel Service (UPS (opens in new tab))—that's a great company with a new CEO. Housing is a powerful theme. Look at a builder, such as D.R. Horton (DHI (opens in new tab)), or toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker (SWK (opens in new tab)). You can offset safe housing stocks with hospitality stocks, which are still down a lot. Marriott International (MAR (opens in new tab)) is interesting, as is Wynn Resorts (WYNN (opens in new tab)). You can't get over your skis in these stocks until we get a COVID vaccine, but these are quality companies. I love the animal health business. I'm putting my chips on Zoetis (ZTS (opens in new tab)).
Where do you stand on foreign markets? The demographics and the stimulus put in place in emerging Asia Pacific countries, and in China specifically, are positives, and those countries have come out of the pandemic quicker. But emerging markets can plunge in a heartbeat. I would put a small percentage of my stock portfolio in emerging markets—5% to 10%—and I'd use a diversified, index-based exchange-traded fund. Europe is certainly cheap. The problem is, companies there can't restructure the way U.S. companies can, so their profit margins are low.
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What's your take on fixed-income investing? With interest rates so low, we have to think out-of-the-box for yield. Depending on your risk profile and your time line, maybe that's a combination of Treasury inflation-protected securities, preferred stocks, gold, bond-like stocks—such as an AT&T or Verizon—and stock-like bonds, including investment-grade corporate debt. I'd put a little emerging-markets debt in that basket, too.
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Mineski win the AMD Dota 2 Pro Series in Australia
by Michelle Mannering
Mineski reverse sweep Newbee.MGB in the final to be crowned champions
The AMD Dota 2 Pro Series took place in Melbourne last weekend. After an intense run of games, Mineski took the grand final to five games, defeating Newbee.MrGameBoy. Mineski were one of two international teams invited to play in the series. OG, the grand champions of The International 8, were taken down by Newbee.MGB in the lower bracket finals.
A fantastic line-up of teams was present for the tournament. Two Australian teams qualified. They were joined by two teams from China, and two from Southeast Asia. You can check out the tournament lineup below.
Congratulations to @MineskiProTeam on taking the first seat in the Grand Finals!
Who do you think will join them, @OGesports or Newbee.MGB? pic.twitter.com/ZQ3riijjqJ
— Convictus Esports (@ConvictusEsport) December 9, 2018
Mineski win the first Dota 2 Pro Series in Melbourne
This is the first time Australia has held a Dota 2 series on this scale. It's the first time big international teams have been invited to compete against Australians. A total of AU$50,000 was up for grabs. Mineski claimed $25,000 with the runners-up taking half that.
Mineski's run to the finals was exciting to watch. As the first game of the day, Mineski took on Deathbringer in a Bo3. A nice clean finish saw them through to the upper bracket finals. Newbee.MGB breezed through their games, claiming victory to each opponent. An action-packed Bo3 against OG saw Newbee.MGB win 2-1. Once the Bo3s were over, it was all down to Bo1s. No mistakes. No room for error. Newbee.MGB faced OG once again in the lower bracket finals. Back to best of threes, Newbee.MGB defeated OG 2-1 again.
The grand final was a complete showdown. A nail-biting five-match game. Newbee.MGB won the first two games and Mineski fought back to take the final to five games. After a grueling match, including network issues and server attacks, Mineski defeated the Southeast Asian team to take the prize. The final game was over 40 minutes long. The newly crowned Dota 2 champions were excited about their win and keen to come back:
"Yeah this country is great, so why not [come back to Australia]… we love you guys and thanks for supporting us," said Mineski during their grand final interview.
It was also incredible to see an Aussie in the winning team. Kpii was certainly feeling the love from the crowd:
Thank you guys. I'd like to thank everyone for coming to this event, especially since it's in Australia. It's our first Australian event and I'm so happy we won. So thank you to everyone who came.
After a long day of #dota2, the boys reverse sweep @newbeecn Mr GameBoy to take the AMD Dota 2 Pro Series 2018!#AirAsia #Sennheiser #VKGame pic.twitter.com/lfkZoY73ry
— Mineski Pro Team | TI9 (@MineskiProTeam) December 9, 2018
Over two full days, the results from the tournament are as stands:
PG.Barracx (1) defeated AGN.Black (0) – Lower Bracket 1
Alpha Red (1) defeated N9 (0) – Lower Bracket 2
Mineski (2) defeated Deathbringer (0) – Upper Bracket
Newbee.MGB (2) defeated OG (0) – Upper Bracket 2
PG.Barracx (1) defeated Deathbringer (0) – Lower Bracket 3
OG (1) defeated Alpha Red (0) – Lower Bracket 4
OG (1) defeated PG.Barracx (0) – Lower Bracket 5
Mineski (2) defeated Newbee.MGB (1) – Upper Bracket Finals
Newbee.MGB (2) defeated OG (1) – Lower Bracket Finals
Mineski (3) defeated Newbee.MGB (2) – Grand Final
Dota in Australia
Australia has definitely shown its passion and commitment to Dota. The majority of the talent came directly from Australia. This includes GoDz, who was born and raised in Australia. Two Australian teams competed. Both international invited teams had Aussie players. Kpii from Mineski and Ana from OG are both born and bred Aussies. SirActionSlacks, a well-known international Dota celebrity, frequently commented on the passion shown by the Aussie fans throughout the weekend.
The tournament was run independently from Valve. It's amazing that a group of young Australians can put together such a high-caliber competition. The events team was made up of Convictus Esports, Evolution Events, Zen Gaming, and Black Shatan. Sponsors included AMD, MSY Technology, AK Racing, PacketGG, and Beyond the Summit. Fan content flowed in after the tournament on Reddit and various social media platforms. It seems we may see another Dota 2 Pro Series in Australia sometime in the future.
Check out all the content from the weekend at Beyond the Summit's Twitch channel. There's also a fun showreel from the Convictus team on their thoughts about the series and the Dota scene Down Under.
[Disclaimer: the author joined SirActionSlacks on stage as the co-host. I'm humbled to have been part of this event and can't wait for more exciting tournaments to happen in Australia.]
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Michelle is a Content Producer in the realms of innovation and technology. Known as the "Hackathon Queen" 👑 you'll often find her on stage MC'ing or speaking on a range of topics from artificial intelligence, to business, community engagement, the future of work, and esports. With a background in both science and arts, Michelle writes extensively on a range of topics including innovation, startups, corporate culture, esports, business development, and more. She has a passion for gaming and combines this with her experience in a range of industries. Michelle brings a unique insight into esports innovation and draws many parallels between the physical world of sport, and the digital world of esports.


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Then you have Clemson in an upset scenario. This seems the most unlikely, but they would only have one loss and would definitely get in over any two loss non-champion. But, for fun, let's say Clemson and Alabama both lose in their conference championship games. Now you have Notre Dame, Clemson and Alabama for two at large spots. That is a great debate there. I would take one loss Clemson and Alabama over independent Notre Dame because both losses came in a conference championship game at a neutral site.
So now #7 Washington State and #10 Buffalo move to the San Diego Credit Union Bowl.
Second round bowls would remain the same.
*So I looked at the above seedings and games, and I invoked a new rule. I call it the "#fans=money" rule. Geography could overrule a seeding if it was of only one differential. This could not be invoked in the top four seeds. So after the original seedings, it would be determined that Buffalo should not be sent to the west coast and Utah State should not be sent to Birmingham, AL. So we flip Buffalo to the #9 seed to play Georgia in the Liberty Bowl and flip Utah State to the #10 seed to play Washington State in the San Diego Credit Union Bowl.
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Here's a look at Blackstone's industrial plays after its record-breaking portfolio purchase
Industrial portfolio deals are on pace to break a record this year, data shows
Oct.October 11, 2019 12:31 PM
By Mary Diduch
Blackstone's Jonathan Gray (Credit: Getty Images and iStock)
After Blackstone dropped almost $19 billion on an industrial portfolio in June — the biggest portfolio deal ever — the private equity giant's industrial activity hasn't let up.
In the months following that deal with Singapore-based GLP, Blackstone's industrial plays in the U.S. have ranged from one-off property acquisitions to a partial selloff of that newly-acquired portfolio.
In another show of its interest in the sector, Blackstone also launched its own logistics firm overseas.
The deals come at a time when industrial real estate remains a strong draw nationwide, particularly among institutional players. Investors and developers are turning to logistics centers and warehouses to get in on the e-commerce and storage boom and provide a hedge against an economic contraction. Markets like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago have seen a surge in industrial investment.
And Blackstone remains bullish.
"As retailers continue to shorten delivery times and expand their last-mile footprints, we believe warehouses in dense population centers will continue to experience outsized demand growth," said Nadeem Meghji, head of real estate Americas in the firm's Sept. 30 announcement of one such portfolio deal.
A couple of months after Blackstone announced its massive deal with GLP, the private equity player bought part of TA Realty's industrial portfolio. Blackstone picked up 68 properties spread across 10 high-growth markets around the country, and AEW Capital Management, in a separate transaction, acquired 28 Texas-based holdings. Combined, the deals totaled $1 billion, though Blackstone has not provided additional details.
A few weeks later, Blackstone said it was buying Colony Capital's 60 million-square-foot national warehouse portfolio. The price tag was $5.9 billion, and the properties are located in northern New Jersey, Atlanta and around California, among other places.
In New York, the increased appetite for industrial properties near major urban centers has led developers to construct multi-story warehouses. "The solution has been to go up, and it's unprecedented," said Marcus & Millichap commercial broker Jakub Nowak. Chicago and L.A. also rank among the top cities for industrial investment.
For its portfolio deal earlier this month, Blackstone sold off a chunk of its GLP mega-portfolio to Nuveen, the real estate investment arm of pension fund TIAA. The 100 properties are spread across 29 million square feet in major cities around the country, again in places like northern New Jersey and California. The transaction was valued at $3 billion.
Blackstone also has continued to pick off industrial buildings in smaller portfolios and other one-off deals. In August, the firm paid $56 million for a trio of warehouses near Miami International Airport. It also picked up another property in South Florida — a 9.2-acre site for $9.6 million.
Single-asset purchases of industrial buildings were up 6 percent year to date in August from the same period in 2018, though portfolio deals were down 2 percent, according to data from research firm Real Capital Analytics. But that figure did not include Blackstone's GLP acquisition, which closed at the end of September and alone represents a usual quarter's worth of activity, said Jim Costello, senior vice president at RCA.
"The deal activity is down in terms of what had closed…but the point was everybody knew something big was in the works and was coming soon," he said.
Hunger for more
Demand has outpaced supply in the industrial sector for almost the past decade, said Marcus & Millichap commercial broker Jakub Nowak.
"It's no surprise we're seeing a lot of institutional capital keen on pursuing these types of deals," he said.
Institutional players were second to private buyers of industrial assets in August, according to RCA; the data does not include the Blackstone/GLP deal. But the amount that private players have shelled out for the properties dropped 7 percent year over year.
Meanwhile, institutional funds have seen their spending increase 28 percent, and their deals are, on average, valued at around $21.5 million each. The average size of a private investor's deal was just $7.6 million.
The industrial demand has been driven largely by the growth in e-commerce spending, a trend experts don't see abating any time soon.
Aside from buying and selling last-mile logistics centers, Blackstone also recently launched its own company focused on those properties. In September, the firm touted the start of Mileway, which owns and operates 1,000 last-mile logistics properties across Europe. Blackstone slowly acquired the buildings through real estate funds over several years.
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