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In today’s news: US gymnast Kara Eaker tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of the Olympics, Leicester City announce new signing and Glasgow City appoint new interim head coach.
Female US gymnast tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of Tokyo Olympics
US gymnast Kara Eaker has tested positive for Covid-19, while another member of the team has been identified as a close contact.
Eaker tested positive at the team’s training facilities in Inzai, her father confirmed to CNN but is not showing any symptoms so far.
The 18-year-old is serving as an alternate on the US team and has been fully vaccinated according to father Mark.
Both athletes have now been moved to a secure hotel to complete self-isolation with the rest of the gymnastics team relocated to the Athletes' Village in Tokyo.
The US Olympic Committee says they are unable to provide any more information at this time.
Jemma Purfield joins Leicester City on free transfer
Former Bristol City defender Jemma Purfield has joined newly promoted Women’s Super League side Leicester City on a free transfer.
Purfield joined Bristol in 2020 from Liverpool and made 27 appearances in all competitions last season, including the 2021 FA Women’s League Cup Final where City finished as runners up to Chelsea.
Speaking to BBC, the 24-year-old said: “I just can’t wait to get started. They’ve got some great players and so I’m looking forward to playing with them.”
Wasps unveil new logo for entire club
Wasps have revealed an updated version of their logo as part of a move to bring all elements of the club under one banner.
The men’s and women’s rugby teams, plus the academy, as well as the netball team and Wasps FC, will all adopt the new crest.
The new badge is far more simplified and sees a return of the four-legged Wasp and removal of the rugby ball backdrop to show the club is more than just rugby based.
Glasgow City appoint Grant Scott as interim head coach
Former Hibernian manager Grant Scoot has been appointed as interim head coach by Glasgow City until “later in the year.”
Scott won two domestic cup doubles while at Hibs and helped guide them into the Women’s Champions League.
Glasgow won their 14th successive league title last year and face Maltese side Birkirkara in the Champions League qualifying round semi-final next month.
Meanwhile, former Glasgow boss Scott Booth has joined Women’s Super League side Birmingham City as head coach.
Castleford and Featherstone Rovers secure big wins in Women’s Super League
Castleford and Featherstone Rovers both registered wins in the Women’s Super League against Warrington and Bradford respectively.
Tara Jane Stanley and Hollie-Mae Dodd both scored hat-tricks for Castleford as the Tigers ran out 48-12 winners.
Elsewhere, Jess Cortman and Brogan Churm each scored twice as the Rovers put on a fine second-half display to emerge as 42-12 victors.
The Tigers move up to fifth in the table with four wins from six games while Featherstone remain in ninth.
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So, I’ve finally decided to add a CSS framework into my workflow, namely Blueprint. I’m not very skilled when it comes to graphic design (though I’m trying to learn) and the CSS frameworks out there give you some nice looking web pages. The only problem is they require you to add extra classes to each HTML element you want to use them with. The whole point of CSS is you can modify it without changing your markup. If I could set an id for each element (#content, #footer) and have each id style definition simply inherit the CSS framework classes I want to use my problem would be solved, but that can only be done using a CSS meta language and compiler.
I was looking at django-css, a project which would integrate CSS compilation into my Django projects, and it mentioned 4 popular languages: HSS, Sass, CleverCSS, and LESS.
Here’s a spreadsheet comparing the features:
Popularity
I think SASS is by far the most popular. I’m secretly rooting for it, since it’s probably in higher demand and would therefore be a more valuable skill to have, though it would be awkward introducing Ruby dependencies in a Python project.
Inheritance
The main reason I want to use a CSS meta language is for the inheritance. When looking at the documentation for CleverCSS I couldn’t see any inheritance implementation, which is a shame because it’s the only one implemented in Python and would’ve been easier to integrate into my Django project.
HASS example:
var nomargin = { margin : 0px; padding : 0px; }

pre {
    $nomargin;
    color : #FF0000;

}
The inherited styles can’t be a normal CSS class, so this can’t be used to inherit classes from a CSS framework.
SASS Mixin example:
@mixin table-base {
  th {
    text-align: center;

    font-weight: bold;
  }
  td, th {padding: 2px}
}

@mixin left($dist) {
  float: left;
  margin-left: $dist;
}

#data {
  @include left(10px);
  @include table-base;
}
The inherited definition needs to be declared as a mixin, and I’d rather not modify any CSS frameworks. There is a project called Compass that provides CSS frameworks rewritten in SASS, but I’d rather not add yet another dependency into my project, especially a Ruby one (nothing against Ruby, it’s just undesirable within the context of a Python project).
SASS Inheritance example:
.error {
  border: 1px #f00;
  background: #fdd;
}
.error.intrusion {
  font-size: 1.3em;
  font-weight: bold;
}

.badError {
  @extend .error;

  border-width: 3px;
}
Just what I want, but it generates more code than needed:
/* CSS */

.error, .badError {
  border: 1px #f00;
  background: #fdd;
}

.error.intrusion,

.badError.intrusion {
  font-size: 1.3em;
  font-weight: bold;
}

.badError {
  border-width: 3px;
}
LESS example:
.bordered {
  border-top: dotted 1px black;

  border-bottom: solid 2px black;
}

#menu a {
  color: #111;

  .bordered;
}
.post a {
  color: red;
  .bordered;
}

Generates:
#menu a {
  color: #111;
  border-top: dotted 1px black;

  border-bottom: solid 2px black;
}
.post a {
  color: red;
  border-top: dotted 1px black;

  border-bottom: solid 2px black;
}
Exactly what I need. The documentation says, “Any CSS class, id or element ruleset can be mixed-in that way.” And since it’s written in JavaScript, you can load your LESS files and compile them on the client side, which should make designing and debugging a lot easier. LESS best suits my needs, so it’s the one I’ll be going with.
Update: It turns out LESS doesn’t eliminate the inherited classes, they’re still present in the output. Even so, I still think it best suits my needs.
Update 2: It looks like django-css isn’t being maintained, so you should probably use django_compressor.
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Lomond Road near Kowloon City used to be called Leven Road. Hoyin explains why the name had to be changed.
A good bit of family history detective work, working out how and when the Rollitt family travelled to Hong Kong in the 1910s
Update on the True Light Middle School's fountain: it was originally the fountain in front of the Peninsula Hotel, but it was donated to the school by 溫廖詠楚
To add a little excitement to a round of golf at The Kowloon Golf Club, their golf course was in the middle of a rifle range!
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Christmas gift idea - a framed print of a Gwulo photo
I'd previously only offered unframed prints for sale, but earlier this year my sister-in-law moved to a new flat and I had a couple of my prints framed as a house-warming gift. I was very pleased with how they turned out, so in future Gwulo's prints are also available framed. (The unframed prints are still available, in case you have your own preferences for how you'd like them framed.)
Here's an example:
The prints are the type you see in art galleries and museums. The frame includes a two inch / five cm wide mat as the border, a classic black frame, and anti-reflective glass. For the image to be framed, you can choose from any of the photos in the online catalogue, and if you have my books you can also choose from any of the photos shown in them.
The price varies according to the size of the print, as follows:
Standard: longest side of printed image is 10 inches / 25 cm long
Print only @ HK$500
Framed print @ HK$1,500
Large: longest side of printed image is 15 inches / 37.5 cm long
Print only @ HK$900
Framed print @ HK$2,000
Extra-large: longest side of image is 20 inches / 50 cm long
Print only @ HK$1,500
Framed print @ HK$2,700
Custom: size according to your requirements, price to be confirmed
If you'd like to order one, please contact me (david@gwulo.com) and let me know which photo you've chosen, the size you'd like it printed, and whether you'd like to have it framed or unframed.
Please allow three weeks for printing and framing, so any orders for Christmas gifts will need to be placed by the end of November.
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Basel House - 58 Tai Po Rd - Shamshuipo [1901-1989]
Mei Tung House [1974- ], about to be demolished
Rectory of Rosary Church / Catholic Centre [c.1905- ]
Building at the junction of Chatham Road and Austin Avenue [c.1905-c.1962], and the current building on the site: Winston Mansion [1963- ]
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New Territories
The Better 'Ole
Chong Ha Ching She (藏霞精舍) [????- ], former Study / Clan Hall in Fanling that has been turned into a Buddhist Temple
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Former Sai Kung Police Station - post-war photos of the site
Islands
Kam Mun Hotel, Cheung Chau Island - where was it located?
People
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Tara Herington at Cardinal Health explains what a patient hub service is and how it can help with patient adherence to medication
Tara Herington is the Vice President at Cardinal Health Sonexus Access and Patient Support. We asked her what a patient hub service is and how it can help with patient adherence to medication.
What impact has the pandemic had on new therapies and medication launches?
During the pandemic, many drug approvals and launches were virtually put on hold as government agencies dedicated resources to COVID-19 drug and therapy approvals. Additionally, site inspections, necessary for drug approval, slowed due to travel restrictions, creating a long backlog of drugs to be approved, leaving vulnerable patient populations waiting.
The drugs and therapies that make it past the approval phase, or that launched during the pandemic have their own challenges. Launching a new therapy requires tremendous effort and communication in order to make sure medication information reaches as many physicians, patients, and payers as possible. That’s followed by getting feedback from all those involved, to understand where friction points might be slowing or stopping the patient from getting that therapy as soon as possible.
During the pandemic, many of those paths of communication were blocked, which forced pharmaceutical manufacturers and sponsors to either pause their launches, or pivot and adapt, not only to the approval process, but figuring out how patients could get medications, especially if they needed to travel or therapies were to be administered in a hospital setting that may have been overwhelmed with COVID patients.
What is the purpose of a patient hub service?
A patient hub services addresses and removes obstacles to care along the patient treatment journey.
Pharmaceutical manufacturers understand that many drugs or therapies, especially as the world moves towards more precision medications, can be difficult to understand for both doctors and patients – but they can also have lifesaving outcomes if navigating the healthcare system was easier.
For the more complex therapies and drugs, manufacturers develop patient assistance programs that can help with everything from navigating insurance and benefits investigations, to understanding the best way pharmaceutical companies or providers should communicate with specific patients, to understanding adherence issues and providing medical information.
What support does Cardinal Health's Sonexus Access and Patient Support service provide?
Our team includes nurses and compliance professionals who guide our programme to include the unique needs of patients. We leverage technology and data-driven insights to consistently understand and improve the patient experience.
An example of this includes how we used a natural language processing tool that we developed using AI/machine learning to better listen to patient adherence concerns during the pandemic. By analysing patient calls, we learned that a growing number of patients were having difficulty affording their medications during the pandemic.
Instead of simply leaving the concerns for the patient and doctor to work through, this information allowed the pharmaceutical manufacturer to analyse their programme, and ultimately adjust the patient assistance eligibility criteria during this challenging time — enabling more patients to stay on the medication without financial hardship.
How can a patient hub service help with patient adherence?
Non-adherence is responsible for approximately 125,000 preventable deaths in the United States, because it’s not an easy fix. It involves both health (side effects, how to take the drug, etc) and socioeconomic factors such as costs, booking travel and mental health, etc.
While cost is generally seen as the primary reason patients never start, or don’t stay on a medication,
a financial strain may be exacerbated by not knowing how much a drug costs when it’s prescribed. Patient hubs take on the task of figuring this out by handling benefits investigation – before or right after a drug is prescribed. The more advanced patient hubs even offer electronic benefits investigations that can get answers within hours.
Beyond cost, research shows that many doctors, particularly those in specialty fields like oncology, do not have the time to consider non-health-related factors when prescribing medication. Patient hubs often play the intermediary between patients, doctors and manufacturers, by ensuring patients understand how often to take a treatment, setting up travel plans for therapies or infusions, and sharing medical information.
Patient-focused hubs will also develop communications plans for patients based on how they like to receive communications and what type of communication they should receive and when. For example, older patients may expect a phone call before beginning treatment, while millennials will postpone a treatment if a phone call is a requirement.
Just as medication and therapies are becoming more personalised, patient hubs and how they support patients are also taking a personalised approach – leading to better medication adherence.
What do healthcare organisations need to consider when creating a patient hub service?
The more complicated the medication or therapy, the more need there is for better communication.
Manufacturers should select a hub services partner and map out the patient support strategy at least 12 months prior to launching a new therapy, so a well-developed patient engagement plan can be built in advance.
It’s a common mistake to think that if a hub services programme only targets a small number of patients, they don’t need much time to create it. But it’s not about the number of patients, it’s about the complexity of the reimbursement process, the number of partners and stakeholders that need to be aligned to support the patient journey.
Healthcare organisations, on the other hand, should think beyond standard care options. I was working with a peer in the precision medicine space who was proud about his company being patient-centric because each dose of their medication is developed to be specific to an individual patient. But I pushed him further and asked the question: “How do patients actually get to the clinics for their infusions?” and the answer was silence.
No one had thought about the fact that patients often live several hours away from these specialised clinics, they often cannot drive themselves for their treatments, parking at the sites is expensive, and patients and care partners have to ask for time off work in preparation for their infusions. Being patient-centric means healthcare leaders need to include patients in the planning process and put themselves in the shoes of patients.
An edited version of this article appears in the October issue of Healthcare Global
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Avista Capital Partners, a healthcare private equity firm, alongside VHC Investco have announced the acquisition of Vision Healthcare NV...
The Belgium-based Vision, an omni-channel and direct-to-consumer healthcare company, is to be 50% owned by both firms. Having been founded in 2017, The company markets a range of self-care and over-the-counter products, with brands including Purasana, Bio-Oil, Vogue Cosmetics and Vitality Nutritionals.
Yvan Vindevogel, Founder and CEO of Vision Healthcare NV, said in a press release: "We are extremely proud to announce this partnership with Avista, and would especially like to welcome Thompson Dean (Co-CEO of Avista), with whom I had, as of the first meeting, a common understanding of where our business and the consumer healthcare sector is going. The paradigm shift of preventive health solutions and direct-to-consumer experiences is happening fast in our consumer healthcare space and has only been accelerated by the changes, complexities and opportunities COVID-19 has brought along. Vision is well positioned to take advantage of these dramatic changes, especially now, with the support of strong (financial) partners. We are looking to recruit the best people in technology, direct-to-consumer marketing and consumer products, in order to realize our ambitious vision."
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Subject to the usual approvals, the deal is expected to close later in the year. The companies said the partnership would enable further growth to new areas and fund new acquisitions in the direct-to-consumer healthcare market.
Thompson Dean, Co-CEO of Avista Capital Partners, said: "We are excited to partner with Yvan Vindevogel and the Vision team. Avista will be a strong partner for Vision, providing operational guidance and financial resources, and leveraging our experience in the consumer healthcare sector to further propel the company towards its goal of becoming a leading omni-channel and direct-to-consumer healthcare company. We believe Vision is well-positioned in a growing consumer healthcare sector that has demonstrated resiliency in these unprecedented times. Avista stands ready to make further investments to support the company's growth plans."
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