On the Covid-19 front, is the patent dike giving way? A breach is now open: Wednesday evening, the American pharmaceutical company Merck announced a partnership with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), an organization supported by the United Nations whose goal is to guarantee universal access to drugs and vaccines. According to the terms of this license agreement which, once is not customary, is public and transparent, molnupiravir, this treatment still in the phase of clinical trials and evaluation by the regulatory authorities at this stage, should be able to be produced by generic manufacturers around the world and distributed at an “off-market” price in the 105 poorest countries in the world.
The affair had not started well for Merck, and this undoubtedly explains the turnaround of these last days… At the end of September, in a press release, the multinational, designated outside the United States by the acronym MSD – in order to distinguish from a namesake implanted in Germany – had boasted, through a press release, the promising results of its treatment for Covid-19 patients: administered very easily orally, the antiviral pill would reduce, according to this clinical trial driven by Merck, half the number of severe forms leading to hospitalization. Biden’s United States scooped up the first stocks at the prohibitive price of $ 712 (612 euros) processing. France has, in recent days, made it known that it had also ordered 50,000 doses of molnupiravir for an amount on which the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, refused to expand.
WHO welcomes “a positive step”
However, as soon as the encouraging results were published by Merck, American researchers recalled that the treatment was developed in the laboratories of two American universities, including the prestigious UNC in Chapel Hill (North Carolina) – one of the most large public research institutions in the United States -, with grants from the Public Health Agency (NIH). According to the calculations of several experts from Harvard (United States) and King’s College Hospital in London (United Kingdom), its total cost of production, including profits, taxes and duties, is actually around $ 20. (17.25 euros). After the agreement forged with the MPP, Unitaid, the international agency responsible for purchasing medicines to guarantee universal access, is delighted with the simplicity of manufacturing the treatment, which, with global competition between the producers of generics, should guarantee a much lower price than the more than 600 euros paid by the Biden administration. In this case, the price of a five-day treatment with molnupiravir could even be further halved – compared to the initial estimate – to 10 dollars (8.60 euros).
While urging Merck to provide full scientific data from clinical trials, the World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes this first breakthrough in the face of Big Pharma’s exclusive stranglehold on drugs and vaccines since the beginning of the pandemic. In a statement, the UN institution welcomes “a positive step towards the creation of wider access to treatments as quickly as possible by allowing holders of generic licenses to create more affordable versions of the drug”. According to the WHO, “this will reduce the time between the drug’s approval and its availability in the 105 low- and middle-income countries covered by the license.” As access to this potentially effective drug at a non-exorbitant price is however not guaranteed in countries like Brazil, Russia or Turkey, the WHO recommends however to include “other key countries in the field application of the agreement in the near future ”.


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The letters comprising this small charming novel begin in 1946, when single, 30-something author Juliet Ashton (nom de plume Izzy Bickerstaff) writes to her publisher to say she is tired of covering the sunny side of war and its aftermath. When Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams finds Juliet's name in a used book and invites articulate—and not-so-articulate—neighbors to write Juliet with their stories, the book's epistolary circle widens, putting Juliet back in the path of war stories. The occasionally contrived letters jump from incident to incident—including the formation of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society while Guernsey was under German occupation—and person to person in a manner that feels disjointed. But Juliet's quips are so clever, the Guernsey inhabitants so enchanting and the small acts of heroism so vivid and moving that one forgives the authors (Shaffer died earlier this year) for not being able to settle on a single person or plot. Juliet finds in the letters not just inspiration for her next work, but also for her life—as will readers. (Aug.)
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“I can’t remember the last time I discovered a novel as smart and delightful as this one, a world so vivid that I kept forgetting this was a work of fiction populated with characters so utterly wonderful that I kept forgetting they weren’t my actual friends and neighbors. Treat yourself to this book please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
“Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows have written a wondrous, delightful, poignant book— part Jane Austen, part history lesson. The letters in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society aren't addressed to you, but they are meant for you. It's a book everyone should read. An absolute treasure.”—Sarah Addison Allen, author of Garden Spells
"A jewel...Poignant and keenly observed...A small masterpiece about love, war and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends."—People
"It's tempting to throw around terms like 'gem' when reading a book like this. But The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is not precious...This is a book for firesides or long train rides. It's a charming and timeless as the novels for which its characters profess their love."—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
“A book-lover's delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“I’ve never wanted to join a [book] club as desperately as I did while reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society…. [The novel] is a labor of love, and it shows on almost every page.”–Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor
"As the letters unfold, Juliet—and we readers—learn the little-known history of German occupation of Guernsey. We come to know the brave and endearing people who survived the hardships—and a few who did not....In addition to a fine story, this delightful book offers affirming messages about some of the most enduring forces in life—the power of the written word, the strength of the human spirit and the value of relationships, even unexpected ones."—Winston Salem Journal
"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a sweet, sentimental paean to books and those who love them.... It affirms the power of books to nourish people enduring hard times."—Washington Post Book World
“Here's who will love this book: anyone who nods in profound agreement with the statement, "Reading keeps you from going gaga." The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a delight. Tart, insightful and fun.”—Mary Doria Russell, author of The Sparrow, A Thread of Grace and Dreamers of the Day
"[A] marvelous debut.... Reminiscent of Helene Hanff's 84 Charing Cross Road , this is a warm, funny, tender, and thoroughly entertaining celebration of the power of the written word."—Library Journal
“Charming…. [Heroine] Juliet finds in the letters not just inspiration for her next work, but also for her life—as readers will.”—Publishers Weekly
"[ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is] a nifty little cloth whose warp is bibliophilia and whose weft is Anglophilia.... I could not put the book down. I have recommended it to all my friends."—Erica Marcus, Newsday
" A poignant, funny novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit.... This one is a treat."—Boston Globe
“A sure winner…. Elizabeth and Juliet are appealingly reminiscent of game but gutsy ’40s movie heroines.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Guernsey is an island in the English Channel, affiliated with the UK and with a murky history. This book is a vivid history lesson on Guernsey's fate during the Second World War, wrapped in a beautifully written, wonderful and touching story with plenty of quirky, loveable characters. The story is very effectively told via notes and letters, and the prose is visually evocative.
This was a selection of my book club in 2013, and we all loved it.
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|2013 NCAA Men's Tennis Regional|
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May 8, 2013
CHARLOTTESVILLE - The second-seeded Virginia men's tennis team will host first and second round action of the 2013 NCAA Tournament on Friday and Saturday at the Snyder Tennis Center. The Cavaliers play Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round on Friday at 1 p.m., with VCU and Minnesota meeting in the other first round match at 10 a.m. The first round winners will meet in the second round at 3 p.m. on Saturday for a trip to the round of 16 next week at Illinois.
This weekend's matches are scheduled to be played outdoors at the Snyder Tennis Center and there will be free parking for fans at the Culbreth Garage. The NCAA will make every attempt to play tournament matches outdoors, but if weather conditions prevent outdoor play, matches will be moved indoors to the Boar's Head Sports Club. For the latest information on times and locations of matches, visit VirginiaSports.com (up-to-the-minute information on the status of each match will be available on the livestats pages).
The Cavaliers (24-0) are hosting first and second round play for the 10th consecutive year. The 2013 ACC Champion, Virginia is looking to advance to the round of 16 for the 10th consecutive year. The Cavaliers have reached at least the quarterfinals the last eight years, including runner-up finishes the last two seasons.
Fairleigh Dickinson (9-7) is making its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance after winning the Northeast Conference. It is the Knights' second consecutive trip to Charlottesville, having played Virginia in last year's first round. VCU (20-6) earned an automatic bid by winning the Atlantic 10 in its debut season in the league. The Rams, making their 18th overall NCAA appearance, travel to Charlottesville for the third straight year for regional play. Minnesota (14-10) received its fifth straight NCAA bid and its 19th overall. The at-large selection from the Big Ten is making its first trip to a regional in Charlottesville.
The Virginia women's tennis team is also hosting first and second round NCAA Tournament play this weekend at the Snyder Tennis Center. The Cavaliers also play Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round, a match beginning at Saturday at 12 p.m. Texas and William & Mary meet in the other first round match at 9 a.m. The first round winners will meet in the second round at 1 p.m. on Sunday for a trip to the round of 16.
Live scoring for all six matches this weekend will be available at VirginiaSports.com.
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A good place to hide : how one French community saved thousands of lives during World War II
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History. World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) -- History -- 20th century. Jews -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon -- History -- 20th century.
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In the upper reaches of the Loire lies the secluded village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Their whole village was honoured not just by the French state, but with the extremely rare distinction of Righteous Among Nations by the people of Israel. How they earned this is one of the great modern stories of heroism and courage. The community pulled off the astonishing feat of saving the lives of 5000 men, women and children whose very existence was deemed to be unpalatable to the Nazi occupiers and their Vichy stooges. Of those saved approximately 3500 were of Jewish descent. They achieved this through a long-running battle of nerves keeping their heads down and pulling together.


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The first of two major rail repair projects begins Friday when the Loop Track Renewal work begins.
Here's the 411 on reroutes for Friday and Saturday till early Monday:
Friday Night Reroute: Affecting Orange and Pink Line Trains
From 9 p.m. Friday, April 20 until end of service (approximately 1:45 a.m. the following morning),Orange and Pink line trains will be rerouted from the inner Loop tracks to operate on the outer Loop tracks, and travel in a counterclockwise direction. During these times, Orange and Pink line customers will need to board and exit trains from the Brown Line (outer Loop track) side of the platform.
Upon entering the Loop:
Orange Line trains will make their first stop at Adams/Wabash, then Madison/Wabash, Randolph/Wabash, State/Lake, Clark/Lake, Washington/Wells, Quincy, LaSalle/Van Buren and Harold Washington Library, then proceed to Roosevelt and resume the normal route.
Pink Line trains will make their first stop at Washington/Wells, then Quincy, LaSalle/Van Buren, Harold Washington Library, Adams/Wabash, Madison/Wabash, Randolph/Wabash, State/Lake and Clark/Lake, then proceed to Clinton and resume the normal route.
Saturday Morning to Monday Morning: Wells/Van Buren Track Closure
From 4 a.m. Saturday, April 21 through 4 a.m. Monday, April 23, the inner and outer elevated tracks along Wells and Van Buren streets will be closed. During this time, all trains serving the Loop elevated will operate along the Wabash and Lake sections of track.
Brown and Orange line trains will operate as one route between Kimball and Midway in both directions along the Lake and Wabash elevated tracks in the Loop.
Southbound (to the Loop) Brown Line trains will operate on the inner Loop track as Orange Line trains from Merchandise Mart to Midway.
Northbound (to the Loop) Orange Line trains will operate on the outer Loop track as Brown Line trains from Roosevelt to Kimball.
Pink Line trains will operate between 54th/Cermak and Roosevelt. Eastbound (to the Loop) trains will travel on the inner Loop tracks and westbound (to 54th/Cermak) trains will operate on the outer Loop tracks.
Service along the Green Line will not be affected and trains will operate normally in both directions via Lake and Wabash.
All rail lines serving the Loop will resume normal operations at the start of service on Monday, April 23.
The Loop Track Renewal project will replace special track work at the Tower 18 and Tower 12 junctions, which are located at Lake/Wells and Wabash/Van Buren respectively, and nearly 11,500 feet of elevated rail and track components that are nearing the end of their useful life along: Wells and Van Buren streets; a small portion of elevated track along Wabash between Adams and Van Buren; and the Hubbard Curve, which is located just north of the Merchandise Mart station. Work is expected to be complete in late-2012.
If you rely on Loop trains to get around on weekends, now is a good time to subscribe to CTA service updates via email.
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The Illinois Department of Insurance is encouraging health insurance companies to update their small-business premiums as quickly as possible after an important change to Obamacare last week.
President Barack Obama signed a bill Wednesday night that makes a fix in the definition of a small business that could prevent premiums for 3 million people from going up next year. Without passage of the act, the definition of the small group market would have increased to include employers with 51 to 100 workers.
Businesses of fewer than 50 employees have their own special rules requiring specific types of coverage with a higher cost to employers. Expanding the definition of a small business could have increased premiums for employees at larger companies as much as 18 percent, according to an estimate from consulting firm Oliver Wyman.
Illinois will maintain the definition of the small group market to employers with 1 to 50 employees, according to a memo the insurance department released Friday.
The state endorsed the change to Obamacare "because it retains state flexibility to set appropriate limits for the small group health insurance market and ensures stable small group markets that reflect the unique characteristics and dynamics of Illinois," the memo said.
But due to the late timing of the change, premium rates that are effective Jan. 1 have already been determined, the memo said. Insurance companies may submit revisions to their small group rates for the quarter beginning April 1.
Rich Fahn, an insurance broker in Northbrook, said businesses with 51 to 100 employees will be relieved because small group rates were higher and health plans were more restrictive.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, the state's largest health insurer, said it supports a narrow definition of small business to preserve choice and benefit options for employers with 51 to 100 full-time workers.


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Before entering the home building business, John was engaged in the full-time practice of law in the Hughes & Luce, LLP law firm in Dallas, which subsequently merged into the national law firm of K&L Gates, LLP, and today is the Dykema Law Firm.


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Globally, agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The environment (e.g., soils and climate) and management influence agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and the potential to reduce emissions. For agriculture to contribute to greenhouse gas abatement in the long term, it is important to identify low-cost mitigation actions that farmers can adopt. It is hypothesized that greenhouse gas abatement potential and the associated costs will differ substantially between environments in Australia. Seven alternative management scenarios were identified as both suitable for adoption across different grain growing environments in Australia and potentially able to provide greenhouse gas abatement. The Agricultural Production Systems Simulator was used to simulate these alternative management scenarios over a 25-year period and analyze the potential for Australian grain farmers, across contrasting environments, to increase soil organic carbon stocks and/or reduce nitrous oxide emissions. This analysis was paired with a whole-farm economic analysis to determine the implications of the different greenhouse gas abatement scenarios on farm profitability. Results from case studies in Australia’s three main grain growing regions demonstrate that significant heterogeneity exists in the biophysical potential and costs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across locations. The maximum predicted abatement potential for the case study sites varied from 0.34 to 2.03 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per hectare per year. In most simulations, greenhouse gas abatement came at a cost to farmers ranging from 0.11 Australian dollars (AUD) to more than 300 AUD per metric ton of abated carbon dioxide equivalent. This is the first study to explore the costs of mitigation including multiple greenhouse gases and grain farming case studies across Australia. These findings can inform the future development of effective climate change mitigation policies, which frequently use national default values in their design.


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A bit of news from Headline Towers: it’s still early days, but we are in the process of developing an exciting sci-fi, fantasy and horror list.
The genre has always had its core fans, but it seems to me that more and more people are embracing their inner geek these days. Readers who previously would not have been seen dead in the Sci-Fi section of their local bookshop are picking up novels like Rivers of London, Never Let Me Go and A Discovery of Witches.
There are various theories as to why this is happening: during the downturn, we’re all looking for a bit of healthy escapism; films and TV programmes like The Lord of the Rings, Inception, True Blood and Game of Thrones have brought the genre back into the mainstream; the Harry Potter and Twilight series have converted an entire generation; genre publishers are moving away from the kind of covers that were, frankly, a bit embarrassing to be seen with on the Tube. In truth, it’s probably a combination of all of these. But whatever the reason, I’m happy.
If you’re someone who still thinks that the genre is all one-dimensional characters, goblins, unicorns and Star Trek rip-offs, I urge you to reconsider. After all, fiction is always speculative, so why not go beyond reading about invented characters and start reading about invented worlds?
It is the limitless scope that is what I’ve always loved about sci-fi, fantasy and horror. It asks questions and pushes boundaries. Instead of a straight coming-of-age story, for example, what if a son discovered that he was a clone of his ‘father’? What if a severely disabled child could plug in and become the brain of a vast and complex machine? What if there were dragons during the Napoleonic Wars? What if we were the ‘freaks’ and the undead feared us? What if a virus wiped out 99% of the world’s population? What if?
I’m happy to say that we’ve just acquired the first two trilogies for our list. It will, I’m afraid, be some time before the books are available, but I think you’ll find they are well worth waiting for.
The SHADOW OPS trilogy is a modern military fantasy: X-Men meets Black Hawk Down… I mean, come on, what’s not to like about that? Bestselling Lost Fleet author Jack Campbell has described the first book, Control Point, as a ‘mile-a-minute story of someone trying to find purpose in a war he never asked for’. The author, Myke Cole, has served three tours in Iraq and that experience really shows in his writing.
The first book in the other series is provisionally titled Steelhaven, and is by the British author Richard Ford. It’s set in a vast metropolis teetering on the brink of destruction, and it’s about as bloody, honest and edgy as any fantasy as I’ve ever read. I can hardly wait to help unleash this monster. Remember the name!
Intrigued, but don’t know where to begin? There are plenty of excellent ‘Top 100’ lists on various blogs. From the Headline list, I can heartily recommend A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness; Pure by Julianna Baggott , which is out in February; and, of course, Neil Gaiman’s mind-blowingly brilliant road trip, American Gods.
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WASHINGTON -- The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved a resolution overturning the President’s emergency declaration for the border wall on Tuesday. The vote was 245 to 182.
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The vote in the House tested Republicans’ willingness to defend the President, since several have publicly expressed their disapproval with his choices of invoking this executive authority, citing Constitutional concerns. Now a major test looms in the U.S. Senate.
“It shouldn’t matter if it’s a Democrat or a Republican in the White House,” said Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D) Florida 7th District in an interview with Spectrum News.
Murphy said the emergency declaration is an infringement on Congress’ power of the purse, which is why she supported the resolution.
“We need to ensure Congress has a voice as a co-equal branch of government,” she explained. “It’s an incredibly important vote, and it’s bigger than any one particular personality or any one particular president — this is about our democracy.”
The majority of Republicans in the Florida delegation voted along party lines in an effort to secure the border. The one Republican in the state delegation that voted with Democrats to block the President’s national emergency declaration was Rep. Francis Rooney, who represents the 19th District.
Rep. Ross Spano (R-Florida) voted against the resolution.
“It’s definitely a humanitarian crisis. It’s an issue for me,” Spano said in an interview with Spectrum News. “I certainly think the President has the ability to do this under law, we have 31 existing ongoing emergencies that have been declared by prior presidents. Both conservative and liberal presidents.”
Before the President declared the national emergency, there appeared to be overwhelming opposition, with lawmakers in his own party calling the declaration an unconstitutional use of executive power.
While some Republicans are standing with the President, they admit they don’t like the way this all has been executed.
“I don’t like that the President has had to do this. I think Congress should have gotten the job done,” said Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Florida), who voted against the resolutions
“Many previous Congresses have not. Many previous administrations have not. We still have this problem on the border, and I don’t think it has to be a surprise to anyone that President is going to do whatever he feels he needs to do to secure the border,” Waltz explained.
Now, all eyes will turn to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet to fully figure out where his caucus stands on the resolution. Several Republican senators have already announced they will support the proposal.
“I don’t think anybody knows exactly how this is going to go in the Senate. That’s what’s really up in the air,” Waltz said.
The Senate will not consider the measure to overturn the emergency declaration until at least next month at the earliest. If four Republicans join all Democrats in the Senate to pass it, the resolution would then face a presidential veto.
Congress would then need an overwhelming majority in both chambers to overrule the president.


Shiv Kapur of India emerged triumphant and won his third Asian Tour title in 2017 at the US$500,000 Royal Cup in Pattaya after he closed the tournament with a four-under-par 67 to finish 14-under-par 270.
Sunday, December 31, was billed as a duel between Kapur and Thailand’s Prom Meesawat as the pair emerged from the pack after round three. At the start of the final round, Prom was two shots ahead of Kapur, who was himself four shots ahead of the rest of the field. However, Prom lost his advantage as early as the second hole at the Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club. After pulling to the left, Prom had to settle for a bogey at the par-three hole, while Kapur knocked in a birdie.
Prom’s further bogeys on the fifth and ninth handed Kapur the lead, but the 33-year-old Thai managed to shake off his nerves after the turn and it was all square again following consecutive birdies on the 11th and 12th.
Kapur did himself no favours when he bogeyed the 13th and 14th and in the process, handed Prom a two-shot lead again.
“Standing on the 15th tee, I told my caddie that we’re not going to go down without a fight. Let’s make a birdie here and see what happens or at least give myself a chance going into the last two holes,” said Shiv.
Kapur bounced back remarkably with two consecutive birdies of his own and it was back to a deadlock. With Prom bogeying the 17th, the door was left open for Shiv to win the Royal Cup, and he did.
“I had a good up and down on the 17th and Prom kind of handed me the tournament as he three putted there. At the 18th, I thought he was a bit unluckily. Prom is a steely competitor and I’m lucky to come out on top,” said the Indian champion.
Indeed, Prom nearly forced a playoff as he narrowly missed a birdie putt at the last hole of the tournament. He finished with a 70 for a four round total of 271.
It was a good battle with Shiv,” said Prom later. “It was disappointing for sure as I thought I made the putt for birdie to force a playoff at the 18th. Anyway, it was a good tournament for me. It is always good to end the year with a second-place finish.”
Gaganjeet Bhullar of India carded a 66 to cement third place while Thai legend Prayad Marksaeng and Chinese Taipei’s Chan Shih-chang, who won on the same golf course the previous year, shared fourth place.
(Report & Photos courtesy Asian Tour)


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AVIT-Systems Joins Grass Valley’s ‘Connect’ Partner Program
As of today, AVIT-Systems is a Grass Valley Solution Provider and an Authorized Service Partner of Grass Valley’s entire video portfolio in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Moving forward, Grass Valley and AVIT-Systems will leverage each other’s industry expertise to solve customer challenges, supporting customers in project scoping and delivery, as well as service training.
"Grass Valley is leading the way in video technology and we’re excited to be formalizing our relationship with them," said Claus Bech Espensen, Managing Director at AVIT-Systems. “The Nordics provides a great number of opportunities for Grass Valley, and we look forward to working closely to expand Grass Valley’s reach across the region.”
Grass Valley’s new partner program, Connect, is designed to enhance the customer experience, while extending the company's support and services capabilities through its partners.
“Our partner channel is the key to our strategy of providing a better experience for our customers locally, wherever they are," said Michele Carvalho, Vice President for EMEA Channels at Grass Valley. “AVIT-Systems’ leadership in the region means that Grass Valley is well-placed to respond to customer needs and to truly capitalize on the opportunities in the region.”
AVIT-Systems is a part of Nordjyske Kommunikation Group, which is 100% owned by Nordjyske Holding. AVIT-Systems are one of Scandinavia's leading suppliers of products, solutions and concepts for broadcasters and AV companies. The company deals with all technical aspects of design, consultancy, development and implementation of advanced audio and video installations.
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Discussion in 'Australia' started by Sfcootz, Jun 27, 2018.
You actually watched them?...
Here's all ya need to know on how to speak Aussie....
(Might be a tad NSFW...)
Mallacoot(z)a, lovely part of the country!
Some more necessary acclimatisation reading:
Question for folks in NZ:
Kiddo now says he wants to tag along to NZ and then do his own thing. He doesn't ride motorbikes. Are there places where it's okay to camp on or near the beach? I love the idea of spending some time with him in NZ and camping a bit.
There are truckloads of beachside camping grounds: DoC basic ones (check the their web site for all you need to know), or commercial motor camps. Kaiteriteri and Punakaiki are two near me that spring to mind. And you can camp on public land pretty much anywhere, where not expressly forbidden.
DoC link: https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/things-to-do/camping/
Personally with a kid I would spend a week in Queenstown. You would have endless choices of things to do and see...
Otherwise there are some great Maori community in the North Island that could give you the real taste of NZ (gorgeous places to see, amazing food and great people)
Awesomeness! I'm so excited he wants to go. I could easily spend a week or so off the bike enjoying his company. We get along like peas and carrots.
I don't know how old your kid is but I'm not kidding, Queenstown has so much to offer that I could easily spend a month there and then some...
But regardless of age, there is something for everyone... From very young kids to "I'm looking for some company tonight"...
@Sfcootz From my travels around the North id say there's a few places you may be able to leave the baggage to their own devices -
The Coromandel https://www.newzealand.com/au/coromandel/
and the west side heading up to Cape Reinga https://www.newzealand.com/au/cape-reinga/
From the rest of the places, once again I have visited coastal wise, the land is only fairly new and doesn't really have the plethora of Sand Beaches like California or Australia has, not enough erosion going on - plenty of rocky stuff though - but having said that 90 mile beach up to the top and mostly along the west coast above Auckland is where I've seen sand that isn't Black
Raglan, near Oscar, has the Worlds longest Left Break if you're into Surfing and a great coastal / dirt run south to Kawhia - A stage of the World Rally Championships was run through there - Like most of New Zealand stunning coastal scenery.
He's going to be 20 in September. He wants to drink and do local things. He mentioned his interest in accompanying me just recently and the idea of having a blast with him in NZ thrills me. I'll share those links with him. Thanks @diabolik37 .
Just be mindful of the fact that Queenstown is made for deep pockets.
Try to find Accom in Wanaka or thereabouts.
Or in tentspace.
Drinking age is 18 here, so he shall be sweet as.
What's he into?
Brilliant, NZ is continuing to amaze me as Aus sinks further into a politically correct quagmire of locked up and banned areas. Were did we go wrong.
Cootzie, you are welcome to drop in on us if you get here, my daughter is your age and she rides so you should hit it off quite well(she likes a drink too) I'm sure you could find something to do.
Queenstown is way over pricey, I avoid it.
I found Queenstown extremely cheap compare to say Noosa in QLD or London... But it doesn't seem to stop people that either have saved money or that once in Holiday, because they have worked hard, don't mind to pay for the entertainment... I think Sfcootz is after a holiday, not a pilgrimage...
She's not moving to live there, just for the holiday, so do you have another place in mind in NZ where you can get that much entertainment in one single location?
Queenstown is a tourist Holiday attraction town like all the others around the world.. A pretty good one too, I may add, considering what it has to offer...
Granted but it does depend on what you want to do.
There are camping grounds and holiday parks in Wanaka or Cromwell that are cheaper to stay at and Queenstown is an easy ride there and back. When down that way I invariably stay in Cromwell and then base myself for a few days and do day trips to a wide range of areas.
Well, when I'm in Holiday in Queenstown I normally tend to enjoy immensely the night life that it does offer as well, that remind me so much of other great holiday location around the world, where the night doesn't end at midnight, so because I like to drink and socialise, I don't want to have the dilemma of drink & driving or leaving the atmosphere and the good company, because I choose to sleep elsewhere due to the costs...
I live only once, and did the cheap holiday when I was young, but if I got to sacrifice myself even at this age, when I'm in holiday, something went terribly wrong with my life...
If I had to travel in the cheap I would probably do what you suggested, but that's not what an Holiday overseas is all about. In some place you save while in other you splash...
You also seem to forget that with her US dollar, she will feel like in Mexico as far as cost of living... Isn't that why we call our dollar the Pacific Pesos?
Queenstown is expensive Last time I was there I dropped a couple of grand at the casino.
What is it with that damned number 29


A few days ago, we informed you that Nissan is going to set up a pavilion at the Auto Expo where it will bring futuristic models. And Today, we have got the report that the automaker has presented various cars at the event along with its EPORO robots to gain the attention of the onlookers. Let's take a look at all major highlights and important announcements made by the automobile brand:
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The automaker has announced that it will launch the GT-R sportscar in September 2016, which will be followed by next generation X-Trail hybrid crossover. Currently, the GT-R model gets powered by a 3.8 litre V6 petrol motor that is good enough to produce 550PS and 632Nm of maximum output. With a drag co-efficient of 0.26, it's quite impressive in terms of aerodynamics. It runs on an AWD system and offers excellent handling. Moving on to the Nissan X-Trail hybrid model, it will be available with a 2 litre MR20DD petrol motor that works along with a 31KW electric motor.
Owing to the much awaited ICC WT20 Tournament, which is going to commence in the next few days, The automaker has launched two cricket themed models namely ICC Micra Active and ICC Terrano. During the launch, two legendary cricketers Mr Mohinder Amarnath and Zaheer Khan were present at the Nissan pavilion, as guests.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Southeastern Conference has announced a men's basketball scheduling model for the 2013, 2014 and 2015 seasons and a 14-team conference tournament bracket. The scheduling model and brackets were approved last week by the SEC presidents, athletics directors and coaches at the league's annual meetings in Destin, Fla.
The league's 14 members will play an 18-game schedule that features at least one game against each conference opponent. Teams will play one permanent rival, four rotating opponents that will played home-and-home each season and eight teams that will be played once each year (four at home and four on the road). Each school will play its permanent rival home and away each season.
Over the course of the three years in the current model, each school will play their permanent rival six times and each other team four times.
The permanent rivals are: Alabama-Auburn, Arkansas-Missouri, Florida-Kentucky, Georgia-South Carolina, LSU-Texas-A&M, Ole Miss-Mississippi State, Tennessee-Vanderbilt.
The 2013 men's basketball schedule will be announced in August.
The men's basketball tournament has expanded to include all 14 teams and will be seeded 1-14. The tournament will begin on Wednesday with matchups between the No. 11 and No. 14 seeds and the No. 12 and No. 13 seeds. The winners will advance to meet the sixth and fifth seeds, respectively, on Thursday. Also playing on Thursday will be the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds and the No. 7 and No. 10 seeds. The top four seeds in the tournament will receive byes until Friday's quarterfinal round.
The 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament will be played March 13-17 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
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Highmark looks to shift cancer care focus
Health insurer Highmark Inc. wants to shift the focus in cancer care from the disease and doctors to the patient, a change that has become a mantra at the health insurer since the creation of the Allegheny Health Network a year ago.
Highmark paid to treat 32,000 western Pennsylvania cancer patients last year at a cost of $1.2 billion, President and CEO Bill Winkenwerder said. Alignment of the financial and clinical aspects of medical care, which Highmark aims to do, will ultimately improve treatment and reduce costs.
"I completely believe in that," he said. "I've seen it. It works. That's our opportunity."
Winkenwerder offered the latest peek at Highmark's vision for cancer services during a meeting with reporters at Highmark's downtown offices following a guest presentation by Dr. Harvey Fineberg, president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. An IOM report last year found cancer care nationwide was too costly and often not based on guidelines proven to work best.
Overall, the cost of cancer care is expected to rise 39 percent by 2020 at a cost of $173 billion, driven by an aging population, which increases vulnerability to the disease, Fineberg said. One-third of bankruptcies involve medical care related debt.
"The cost today is unaffordable," he said. "We're going to get more and more cancer burdening the system. The patient often becomes a bystander."
As a subsidiary of the health insurer, AHN is shifting the focus of cancer care to the patient and away from doctors and the disease, Winkenwerder said. The IOM report and recommendations for patient-centered care, listening to the patient's wishes and making the patient first in making medical decisions, has become AHN's playbook for retooling its cancer care system.
"It's not the location where the care is provided," Winkenwerder said. "It's not provider-centric. It's not disease-centric. It's patient-centered care."
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Audacy To Represent CBS Sports Podcasts For Ad Sales, Distribution
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Up on the beautiful Mosetertoppen is where you will find Villa Snowfall with its smooth layers of snow ready to ski on. The Hafjell ski resort is located here and from the lodge it is a direct ski-in ski-out access to a cross-country ski trail, or it is able to ski down to the Backyard gondola lift.
The villa has been designed with mostly Norwegian designed brands and many light colours have been used throughout to stay in touch with that Scandinavian look.
The villa is a perfect choice for a group of friends planning a ski holiday away together or a larger family getting together for some snow adventures.
The layout of the house
The villa is divided over two floors, where the ground floor consists of 3 parts and most facilities and the second floor holds two remaining bedrooms, a second living room and a second bathroom.
The five bedrooms are as follows:
Master bedroom 1: king size bed of 180 cm
Bedroom 2: queen size bed of 150 cm
Bedroom 3: bunkbed for 3 people (double bed on the bottom, single on the top)
Bedroom 4: bunkbed for 3 people (double bed on the bottom, single on the top)
Bedroom 5: bunkbed
The living room has two very comfortable seating corners in which the fire place takes the centre piece to warm up at after a day in the snow. The villa also comes with a ski equipment storage room with built-in heaters for the boots.
Villa Snowfall is on a great location for a ski holiday being able to ski-in and ski-out directly from the cabin offering the easiest comforts. The Hafjell ski resort offers slopes of all levels, from the easiest children slopes to the most advanced black slopes, and offers a ski school as well.
The entire ski resort is facing the sun and has good snow conditions from mid-November till mid-April. In addition to great and various slopes, Hafjell got one of Norway’s largest trails of cross-country skiing. After the sun goes down, it is also possible to enjoy cross-country skiing at Mosetertoppen with 7km of lighted trails.
- Location: Hafjell – Norway
- Capacity: 12 guests
- Number of bedrooms: 5 bedrooms,
- Number of Bathrooms: 2 bathrooms
- Ski equipment cabin
- Direct slope access
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Maritzburg United chairman Farook Kadodia says they could sell their key players as PSL clubs feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
AmaZulu FC were the first PSL club to confirm that they would be cutting salaries of players and staff to mitigate the impact of Covid-19.
However, Kadodia explained that his club is yet to decide whether to implement salary cuts on their players.
“We are not in a position to commit ourselves at this stage. We will have a meeting to map the way forward," Kadodia told Daily Sun.
"The majority of businesses have had many challenges economically due to the lockdown and it’s not easy to maintain the club if you don’t have a sound financial backing.”
Cape Town City and Highlands Parks are said to be considering imposing wage reductions, after the PSL was halted due to the coronavirus outbreak two months ago.
The Team of Choice are known to be a selling club, having sold many of their key players due to lack of sponsors down the years.
They have parted ways with Rudolf Bester, Cuthbert Malajila, Evans Rusike, Lebohang Maboe and Fortune Makaringe, who have left the club for bigger PSL clubs.
"The existence of this club is purely due to sales we’ve done in the past. We will always develop and sell players for us to survive," he added.
Maritzburg's key players, Richard Ofori and Rushine de Reuck, have constantly been linked with Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates.

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The time spent on projects differed a lot this month. The first two weeks were the last two of a reading challenge I participated in and I really wanted to finish it, and I did! But this also meant less time for sewing because I was reading. I did, however, discover the joy of doing simple crafts with an audiobook to satisfy the urge for reading and making things with my hands simultaneously. The second half of the month I had to do fieldwork for my studies, which comes with a lot of nerves, so I spent a lot of time sewing to calm down.
An exciting sewing-related thing that happened this month was my first quilting sewing bee! My mother participates every month in one and it happened to be when I was at my parents place for my schoolwork. The sewing bee consisted of a big group of ladies who welcomed me in their midst. It was very nice to meet other quilters and to talk about each other’s work. I put quite a lot of ladies in awe as well because of the tininess of the project I was working on, which was the revolving lone star below.
The revolving lone star
This project is started this month, and with this project I re-discovered that I like to make tiny things. The pattern is based on the revolving star variation by Jan Krentz of a classical quilt pattern, named the lone star. Usually the block which results from this pattern covers the whole size of the quilt, but when I finish this piece I think I’ll use it as adornment on a denim bag.
Every piece is about 1,5 by 1,5 centimetre. The great thing of this project is that I can put everything I need to work on it in a glass jar and take it with me to work on it in the train. Below is a picture of the progress I’ve made so far.
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Last month I told you that I was not sure if this project was going to work, well I can tell you know that it does! And quite well if I say so myself. It is not the neatest stitching you will ever find, but I actually like the hand-made look it gives the work. In the picture you can see that I am putting on a border now. This will allow me to take out all of the plastic pieces necessary for a project like this. After that the fish get eyes and fins by quilting. When that is finished it will probably become part of a small shoulder back.
Bee block scrap quilt
Two things happened in succession of each other to make this project happen: the first is an agreement to housesit for two weeks in Augustus in a beautiful house with garden in a very small Dutch village. The other one is the wish to hand quilt a big project by hand and to work on it while I am housesitting to give me something to do in the tranquillity of a quiet place. To be able to do that I first needed to make the quilt top, where all the pieces go together, and I had a blast doing that!
The pattern of this one is based on the traditional bee bloc, visible in the picture above. I could not find the origin of this pattern yet, so if anyone knows please tell me! I like to give credit where it’s due. This pattern is very suitable to use up a lot of scrap fabric because the pieces are small and very straightforward. At hindsight I might have made my pieces a bit too small, because I needed 348 pieces for the whole quilt top, but we’ll see how it turns out. It where at least enough pieces to cover me up.
For the fabric use I decided to go for the theory that if nothing fits together, everything will look fine in the end. To really pursue that aim I also asked around if people had non-conventional, difficult to work with, fabric I could use for this quilt. The weird fabrics look fun together, and I got a lot of practise handling difficult fabrics.
Mayan quilt piece
This is the last one already for this month. This is the latest addition to Dreamproject 3: The Big Quilt. My friend brought some Mayan fabric home with her when she was in Guatemala, and asked if I could use it in her quilt, and I did. The pattern is the same as the scrap quilt above. This pattern allows a lot of variation because essentially it consist of some basic pieces you can arrange to your own liking.
I also wrote a blogpost about this piece and similar ones for The Big Quilt here: The patchwork pieces.
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After a review of projects, it warned that its three-month earnings would be cut by 900m euros ($1.4bn; £692m).
Project delays were blamed, especially at its power station unit, which were due to problems with suppliers and difficulties with recruiting engineers.
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The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) Mr. Hassan Bello, has said that digitisation would ensure efficiency, competitiveness and reduce corruption in the ports.
Bello made this known during a courtesy visit by the management of Clarion, an off dock bonded terminal at the council's office on Monday in Lagos.
The management of Clarion Bonded Terminal which was led by the Vice President, Mrs Ifeoma Eloka and their legal counsel, Mr Emmanuel Osonwa said that the visit was to appreciate the council for the timeline intervention to see to the opening of the terminal sealed by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)
It will be recalled that the terminal was sealed over alleged illegal activities and the terminal not getting approval from customs before operating.
Speaking during the visit, Bello told the management of Clarion Bonded Terminal that as they are back in business, the council's interest was to see that they are efficient and contribute to the system.
He noted that in this present situation of COVID-19, which was a disruption on its own and now closure of terminals will further worsen things, urging the terminal to ensure that things go back to normal.
According to Bello, the council is working towards the port being digitised by March 2021 as currently the port digitisation stood at 65 per cent.
"There are certain transactions, bill of lading and invoicing that is not done online, but we are meeting with the shipping companies, terminal operators and the bank to harmonise the process so that it will be okay and because all these things needs to be integrated"
"Most of the terminal and shipping companies are online, like 85 per cent and we need to make things more efficient and that is why we want to digitise so that one can exit cargo without going to the port"
"Digitisation is also against corruption, if one does not physically interact, you pay electronically and reduce corruption, it will be cheaper, more efficient and we will be more competitive,'' he said.
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"It is not a simple thing because this also needs strategy so we have to streamline the export processes and we want government to make the inland dry ports to be centres,'' he said.
In her response, the Vice President of the bonded terminal, Eloka appreciated the executive secretary for his timely intervention, adding that the loss incurred due to the closure of terminal cannot be quantified.
She also appreciated the custom management for their intervention in ensuring that the terminal was opened for business, adding that they would go back to delivering their services appropriately.


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When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tightened mortgage rules once again last year, it was a real boon for investors. Banks were no longer approving as many borrowers, yet many of those borrowers remained in the market, only now, wondering where they were going to get that mortgage from. Private mortgages were there to fill the gap, and it was a move that benefited borrowers and investors alike. Now, the government is taking steps once again to limit its interaction in the mortgage market, opening the door even further for private mortgages to come in and fill a need.
It was this past week when CMHC came out saying that, for the month of August, they were limiting their mortgage guarantees to banks, credit unions, and other lending institutions to $350 million for the month of August. For each month after they will be releasing a schedule detailing just how much banks can expect for the months thereafter. The chances are, that those amounts will be close to the $350 million mark, or even less. Either way, banks are no longer going to have as much leeway in mortgage approvals, and they’re going to start being even more careful about any approval they put through.
Of course, this comes as CMHC continues to try to find solutions to their shrinking pile of mortgage insurance. Last year it was well known that they were very close to hitting the ceiling on that insurance amount, and that the government had no intention of raising that limit to allow even more borrowers to get in over their heads. Now though, the government has intervened by way of their Crown organization, and it’s going to have more borrowers on the streets wondering where they can get a mortgage.
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Reggie Ezell tested the ink sticks with the broad pen; Mike Kecseg tested them with the pointed pen. Some of their product test sheets are shown.
Having control of the flow of the ink/paint as it comes off the pen is what I want -- more than anything else -- in a writing fluid. This control allows me to produce crisp strokes; to get good clean lines. To test these new colored inks sticks, I used a pressurized Italic style. The style is especially demanding in terms of ink-flow control. I used five different sizes of Mitchell nibs on 90lb Arches Hot Press Watercolor Paper, most of the time with a light dusting of gum sandarac on the paper. I found that all of the ink sticks performed very well in the entire range of nib sizes. This is not always the case with writing fluids. Sometimes an ink will work better in a larger size, but not so well in a smaller one, or vice versa.
In doing my tests, I ground 16 different colors and put them in mixing pans. I found they reconstitute beautifully and work just like a watercolor or gouache in that regard. All of these new ink sticks seem a bit softer and are easier to grind than the old (and no longer available) ones. That was a pleasant surprise.
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Like Reggie, I tested the ink sticks on Arches Hot Press Watercolor Paper, a natural white paper. My only criticism would be that writing on this paper and using pointed pen scripts, some of the sticks were so close to each other in color that buying a whole set of them would result in near duplication in some of the colors. On a bright white sheet, the difference in color from stick to stick may be more apparent. I did not try mixing different colors together.
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These also came into one of St Louis' local art supply stores, that's where I heard of them. I haven't had a chance to play with them too much, but from what I have done, I really enjoy them. The grind is more consistent than the old ink sticks. I did purchase the round dish for grinding, only 1 side is unglazed. They also have a rectangular stone (white also) and both sides are unglazed so both sides can be used. Glad to see you found them, John! I did find you need to grind the white a bit more than the rest to get a decent opaqueness.

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