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My mom wants to put my daughter up for adoption
I read your columns every week and, trust me, I enjoy how upfront and honest you are.
I am a second-year college student and currently I'm pregnant. The father and I are still together and he is really very supportive. He pays all the doctor fees and everything. However, I still live with my parents and my pregnancy is unknown to my dad, because my both parents are going through a divorce and my mom feels as though letting my father know will somehow ruin her 'reputation', or rather, have him blame her for it, since it has happened to my elder sister and this is what he did.{{more}}
Rosie, this is not what is bothering me… the thing is, I just found out that my mom has arranged to put my daughter up for adoption, and it is heartbreaking. I understand that she wants what's best for me, but I don't know how to let my boyfriend know. I'm afraid to tell him, because I feel as though this will separate us permanently, and I'm scared. I have no one to talk to, no friends, nothing… and it's tearing me up.
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Please first let me wish you a safe pregnancy and delivery, which is the MOST important point at this stage. I want to tell you a couple of things; you are a very blessed young woman. Why do I say that? You are still with your baby's father, you are both involved in the well-being of this young life and you are an intelligent person who even though you may not be in the best situation at this time â you are facing your challenges head on.
Sometimes, life takes us on a journey that we never expect; however, it is the journey that we are MEANT to take. This is where you are at the moment, my friend. As a young mother- to be, you have some very big choices to make. The first decision is, are you keeping this baby? If the answer is "yes," then you have another decision to make and that is are you going to find your own place to live and support you and your child? Then, you and your boyfriend are going to have to be very real about how rocky it will be initially, if you are going to go out on your own.
I say this to let you know that NO ONE can take your child and put it up for adoption! Not because it is inconvenient to them, looks bad for their reputation or they are trying to save face. YOU are the person who has to decide what is best for this child, no one else. It sounds to me that you want to keep this baby, and if so, you are going to have to put some serious plans into motion. It is unfortunate that your parents are divorcing and you are being pulled into their drama. I personally would tell your father because, believe me, he WILL find out and that will not be pretty.
I know you have some very difficult decisions to make, including explaining to your mother, respectfully, that she is not responsible for the final decision of your baby. Just know that if you are still for a moment and clear your head, you can move forward with the best choices for you and this little one that is on the way. I wish you nothing but the very best for the future and I have all the confidence that you will make the best choices all around.
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The state Intermediate Court of Appeals sent the case back to circuit court, vacating the lower court's ruling letting 17 insurance companies out of a Ka Loko dam suit, the Garden Island reported.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower on Thursday as investors waited for fourth-quarter corporate earnings and details of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's economic policy eight days ahead of his inauguration.
While stocks pared losses as the session wore on, all but four of the S&P 500's 11 sectors ended lower, with financials leading the decline a day ahead of the first major earnings reports in that sector. The S&P had risen 6.4 percent since the Nov. 8 election.
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Tough but fair, caring and open are words Carsten Rasmussen uses to describe his management style. The COO of the LEGO Group, headquartered in Billund was recently named the most influential supply chain-leader in Denmark for 2019 by Supply Chain Management in collaboration with Inspired-Search. It's an achievement arrived at through his cross disciplinary experience, a passion for the job and his ability to build complete trust in his close knit team. He encourages them to take risks and celebrate both the successes and the failures. In an environment that "offers the chance of constant discovery and the possibility to create something new every time" you'd imagine it's always fun. However, there are also challenges to be addressed. Adjusting to the LEGO mission of using sustainable materials in all core products and packaging by 2030 and the rise in personalised, direct-to-consumer sales brings many challenges and opportunities. "You need to be broad in your thinking, in your interests, and with your colleagues," says Rasmussen.
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Carlo Ancelotti will always go down as a favourite at Chelsea. In his first season at the club, he led the Blues to a domestic double, winning the Premier League and FA Cup.
Ancelotti's Chelsea played some beautiful football and at times were unstoppable. The 8-0 thrashing of Wigan on the final day to secure the title was memorable. Along with scoring seven goals in home matches against Stoke City, Sunderland and Aston Villa.
However, in his second season, Ancelotti failed to produce anywhere near the quality they showed the campaign before. Perhaps undeservedly, the Italian got his marching orders from Roman Abramovich despite coming second in the league but failing to bring back any silverware.
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In Phoenix, my first thought was to shut up the ticking clock. I had 24 hours in the capital of Arizona. I wanted it stretched to eternity. I sure could not. This is what I did in the sixth most populous city in the US that has the country's highest per capita spa.
Breakfast at Ahnala Mesquite Room: It is little off-town but in the desert, a berry-morning in the We-Ko-Pa Resort is the best way to get off the bed. The tall 'berry happy day' juice packs a punch. You can 'meet the Benedicts' (the egg benedicts), dig into prickly pear cactus pico, or opt for 'cowboy skillet'. Wash it down with 'tipsy tea', 'bacon bloody mary' or a Kahlua B52.
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Musical Instruments Museum (MIM): A square drum. An instrument shaped like a snake. Steel pans. Surbahar. Instruments made out of trash. The world's only global musical instruments museum houses more than 13,000 musical instruments from nearly 200 countries. Perhaps the most unusual is a 12-foot octobass that was invented in 1850 by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaumehas, and there are only seven octobasses in the world. This giant bass produces a sound so low, some of the notes fall outside the range of human hearing — these vibrations can only be felt. MIM also has a corner dedicated to Pandit Ravi Shankar.
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Afternoon museums: Pick your afternoon museum depending on whether you want to play with fire, poke yourself with desert thorns or count the kachina dolls. Or, walk around the house of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The Hall of Flame has the world's largest collection of fire-fighting equipment; the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of desert plants; and the Heard Museum, which opened in 1929, is the largest repository of Native American artefacts. Known as Taliesin West, the Wright estate was established in 1937 as the architect's winter home and the bustling headquarters of the Taliesin Fellowship.
Coffee & murals: Take a coffee break at Roosevelt Point and walk around Roosevelt Road staring at beautifully painted walls.
Dinner at La Hacienda, Fairmont: Here, there's a 'Tequila Goddess' who brings tequila shots with a snake called Bob. There's a server named Igor who could pass off as a flame-thrower — he makes flaming coffee tableside. At La Hacienda in Fairmont Hotel, the ambience is ritzy, the food, the best — Mexican, the ceiling — wood-beamed ceilings, and its chef is the legendary Richard Sandoval.
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Hunger and poverty are nothing to celebrate. But when a community party brings people together, year after year, to fight these ills, it deserves applause.
So let's hear a round for Sunday's annual "Giving Hunger the Blues" festival on Hillview Street in Sarasota.
The event, which raised money for All Faiths Food Bank, is in its 16th year -- a remarkable accomplishment.
Kudos to the organizers, volunteers, musicians, restaurants and crews who got this party started and have kept it going through good times, bad times, booms and busts.
Sarasota has long been known as a wealthy community, but the 2007 housing crash and subsequent recession erased some of that prosperity and destroyed thousands of jobs, leading to a sharp rise in the number of families requiring food assistance.
Even when the economy was at its peak, however, All Faiths Food Bank was vital for the many workers caught between the area's relatively low wages and high housing prices during the boom.
"Giving Hunger the Blues" is one of many significant fundraising events hosted each year in the Sarasota region -- and one of the most affordable. It manages to raise somewhere in the neighborhood of $100,000 a year to put toward charitable causes.
With all the food booths at Sunday's festival, it's doubtful anyone went home hungry. Yet the truth is, thousands of people in the region struggle on a daily basis to get enough to eat.
That is unacceptable, but events like "Giving Hunger the Blues" are helping to change the sad reality.
It reminds us that a community's willingness to respond to need is often more defining than its wealth or poverty rates.
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Hunger and poverty are nothing to celebrate. But when a community party brings people together, year after year, to fight these ills, it deserves applause.


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TORONTO —; A sergeant with the Toronto Police Service faces criminal charges after a 27-year-old woman alleged she was sexually assaulted inside a police cruiser last fall.
The SIU said the incident happened shortly before 1 a.m. on Sept. 24, 2015 when the officer allegedly picked up the woman near Wellington Street West and Blue Jays Way to drive her home.
According to a statement released by Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU), the woman was sexually assaulted during the ride.
Sgt. Christopher Heard faces one count of sexual assault. He is scheduled to appear in court on April 14.
In the past Heard has been hailed as a hero.
A post on the Toronto Police Service's website describes an incident in August 2012 when Heard had performed an "off-duty water rescue" at Sharbot Lake Provincial Park.
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1953 Musical, Romance film. Based on a story by Paul Gallico. Starring Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Aumontj, Mel Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kurt Kaszner, François Truffaut and Amanda Blake.
The 360° Game: starts off with Knights of the Round Table starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, and he was in Lili with François Truffaut who was in the next film, Day For Night.
And the Oscar goes to… Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Bronislau Kaper.
Short Synopsis: A French teen (Leslie Caron) joins a carnival and meets a lying magician (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and a loving puppeteer (Mel Ferrer). (81 mins.)
A note before I start watching this. And why I chose this movie… after seeing her in An American in Paris, I picked Lili because of Leslie Caron.
My Thoughts: Oh this was such a sweet romance movie. Leslie Caron's acting in this was really good. I was pulling for her to find her happy ending, even if it at the beginning she was picking the rake Musician as her true love. Mel Ferrer played well as the "angry man" puppeteer. In between Lili's day dream and obsession for the Musician, the other stories was good too, like Lili coming of age, the carnival life, and what happens to a dancer once he's been injured and becomes lame. I almost got teary eyed when Paul talked about what's become of him since his dancing injury. As for the puppets, Leslie is the only reason why I liked them… though Paul helped me like them a little too. The ending was really quick from Lili's day dream to her running back to him. There was more landscape pictures than there was of Lili running back to Paul and i think that took some of the magic away from the romantic ending. But just a little bit. I still really liked it. And Zsa Zsa Gabor's part was small but she played great at it. I think this is going to end up being one of my many favorite classic movies.
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0:02 Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo music. The credits have just the music playing from this song and already it's stuck in my head. It's still a cute song.
Now off to meet the Magician and the Puppeteer. And young innocent Lilette "Lili" Daurier looking for a baker and a job. She's 16 years old and her father has just died, so naturally she goes looking for this baker that her father said would take care of her.
The reality – the baker is dead too and one must be cautious in accepting the shop neighbor's job because he might want more than just Lili being a hard worker, which he does take advantage of.
"Be of good cheer. You are young. It's a fine day and tomorrow will be another." – Marcus.
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"Let me give you a word of advice, Lili. Find someone else to love. This Marc is dangerous. He's got an assistant with long red fingernails." – Jacquot.
0:10 The Acrobats and Carnival. At least Marcus did follow through with being a Good Samaritan, although he only did so after learning about how old she is.
Lili is quite overwhelmed with her new job and it doesn't help to be watching Marcus's show with puppy eyes.
0:19 Marcus Le Magnifique. And the assistant with long red fingernails is Zsa Zsa Gabor with a barely there waist. I can definitely tell it's Zsa Zsa with her walk and the way she holds her head.
0:25 The Puppeteer. Lili is very sad and has decided to climb the high ladder to kill herself. Thankfully Carrot Top the puppet saves her. Lili's youth and innocence has her believing that Paul's puppets are real. It's really sweet the way the puppets and Lili have conversations.
"Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo song"
And here's the song, "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo." It's a cute catchy song. And what makes this scene so good for me is Paul looking at the Carrot Top with a small smile.
We learn a little latter on that Paul has gotten tired of his puppets and that Lili helped him find a way to love the puppets and the career as a puppeteer.
0:37 "Dream of Musicians. Beautiful Musicians." – Jacquot. She does and in that dream Lili gives Zsa Zsa some competition.
But now reality has come, along with a drunk Paul who hates everyone. No wait, he does love every helpless being on this Earth after all.
"How do you do? I'm Paul Berthalet – half man, half Mountebank… disenchanted, dispossessed, but going on like a dog chasing a stick – a lame dog, trying to run like the others but not getting there." – Paul.
0:45 And the next day and their first show… about Renaldo stealing. And then the next, and the next, all with a lot of laughs and lots of money. Which leads to the next scenes with Paul and Jacquot paying Lili. And what does Lili buy? Stuff from the carnival that she doesn't need, just as Jacquot suggested. It's a little romantic the way Paul is watching her spend her money. A little because he does follow her around in a stalker kind of way.
"Is there nothing you want? The whole world to choose from, isn't there anything you want?" – Paul.
The romantic part is that this was his way of trying to find out what she wants and when that doesn't work he uses the puppets to ask her. And his puppets also tell her that they cares about Lili. But then his jealous side comes out once she's bought herself a very pretty dress (like Margeret's) because she looks grown-up now and he knows that she might have a chance with Marcus now.
"So the awkward child is becoming an attractive dish and you don't like it because from now on there's going to be competition." – Jacquot.
0:55 "Things are going to change." Yes they are. For one, the big secret that the Magician Marc is married to Zsa Zsa… I mean Rosalie. And they're off to the big shows now, so no more carnival life for them. Also… well let's see, Marc tries to kiss Lili but thankfully Paul walks thus stopping that. And Paul and Lili have a little fight about how Lili is an amateur at love. Oh and Lili finds Marc's wedding ring, so naturally she tries to give it to Marc. And naturally Paul thinks that Lili is just running off with Marc, thus making a fool out of herself. But these guys aren't her boyfriends because it's the puppet Carrot Top who she loves.
Oh these Love Triangles. But this one is sweet. Well… without the way Paul slapped Lili to stop her from making a fool out of herself.
1:00 Folis Paris wants their puppet act. But the act is nothing without the girl. You see Lili has realized that there is cruelty in the real world and she's also that she's "been living in a dream." So she wakes up and says goodbye to Marc, but she wouldn't have said anything to Paul if it weren't for the puppets. It's only because Paul is still hiding his love for Lili behind his puppets. And it isn't until the puppets start to tremble does Lili realize what's real.
1:12 And so Lili leaves. And walks to where… well from the looks of it, she's following the yellow brick road until she day dreams of the puppets walking with her. Still looks like she's following the yellow brick road and is even in Oz with these puppets. But this is Lili's way of realizing that all the puppets that she loves is all apart of who Paul is…. even after he told her all this before she left him. But at least this day dream has helped her realize that she's in love with Paul.
So it's off to doing a marathon to run back to Paul at the Carnival. I still like this happy ending though.
1:21 The End, with an applause from the puppets.


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Do I have to repay my boss for wages overpaid for a year by the company's accountant?
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You have to repay the money. A mistake does not entitle you to keep money paid you in error. That you may have innocently thought the money was yours is irrelevant: your intentions do not play a role in this. All that matters are that you were overpaid.
It is a common—but unfortunately mistaken—belief that if someone, such as an employer, makes a mistake and overpays you, that as long as you were "innocent" of causing the error, you can keep the extra money. However, that is not the case. If you are overpaid by accident or mistake, you have to return the overpayment, and your role in causing the error, your knowledge (or lack therefore) of the error, your intentions, and even the effect on you of having to repay are all irrelevant.
It is helpful to distinguish between a right to something and possession of it. Having a right to something, like a sum of money, means that title has been transferred to you or that you have an enforceable legal claim to it. For example, when you perform work for an employer, you do so according to a mutual understanding or agreement: you will work X days or Y hours in exchange for Z dollars. That understanding is effectively a contract. If you do the work, you therefore have a contractual right and legal claim for the money due to you.
Possession, however, just means that something was sent to, left with, etc. you, but it does not give you a right to it or transfer ownership of the item or sum of money. Commonplace examples illustrate this: if you borrow $5.00 from a friend and accidentally hand him a $50.00 instead of a $5.00 when you repay him, then realize your error, you'd expect him to return the extra $45.00—and would be legally entitled to it. Or if you had a $400.00 credit card statement and accidentally wrote $4,000.00 on the check, the credit card issuer could not simply keep the extra $3,600.00. They'd have to either return the money to you or least given you a $3,600.00 credit on your card, which would then offset future charges. That's because accidentally giving someone—e.g. your friend, or the credit card company—extra money does not let them keep your money.
In the context of employment, as mentioned above, you have the right to be paid as per the then-existing agreement between you and your employer. To oversimplify (ignoring taxes and any premiums for benefits), say you earn $52,000 per year, or $1,000 per week. For each week you work, you are entitled to—that is, you have an enforceable legal right to—be paid $1,000. Now, let's say that for 4 weeks (2 pay periods), you were paid $2,000 per week instead. You were given $8,000, but by the terms under which you work, you are entitled to only $4,000 for that period of time. You have no right to the extra $4,000, and just like your friend would have to return the $45 you overpaid him, or the credit card company credit you for $3,600 of surplus payments, so, too, you do need to return the extra $4,000.
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by Devin Mitchell Durbin08 Oct 2013
Sometimes I feel like a monster,
Staring in a mirror.
Three faces gazing back at me
And I don't know which to fear.
Each with their own voice.
One, squawking in my ear;
"It'd have been easier, my dear
Less to worry about
If you were someone else.
No worries about love and affection
No senseless base attractions.
You could have had no fear;
And all the love you've wanted.
Now I'm just a voice
That may never go away."
Sometimes I feel like a freak
Messing up my week.
With voices whispering in my head
And I don't know which will speak.
Then the next will mumble,
"Do what they tell you,
Just because they say.
They know more than you,
They are older than you.
It doesn't matter who,
You know you can't do
Anything yourself
So trust them wholeheartedly
Besides, that can't lead to ruin!"
Sometimes I can brush it off
And make it a few more days;
But he always finds me,
And brings me back aways.
This time, he yells in my ear.
"You lousy good for nothing,
Always talking about your heart.
What do you see in this?
Do what you want, when you want
Don't listen to anyone else.
No one knows who you are,
And you should keep it that way
Zip your fat lip up,
Before I make it bleed.
I am all you will ever need."
Sometimes I fall real hard
And think I can do it all.
I think I should be someone else
And I think that I should fall.
Though now I've come to realize
Only pieces may be true,
I shouldn't be someone else
I can be a better self.
Come to realize,
That you can trust people
But you have to trust knowledgeably
And actively seek the way.
And most importantly
Don't succumb to the darkness
That consumes mens hearts
But don't say "I can do it"
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Nowadays, European universities pay publishers significant parts of their university budget. Hundreds of millions of euros. Money which is not directly spent on research and education, even though it is largely taxpayers´ money. As Harvard University already denounced in 2012, many large journal publishers have rendered the situation "fiscally unsustainable and academically restrictive", with some journals costing as much as $40,000 per year (and publishers drawing profits of 35% or more). If one of the wealthiest universities in the world can no longer afford it, who can? It is easy to picture the struggle of European universities with tighter budgets. In addition to subscription costs, academic research funding is also largely affected by "Article Processing Charges" (APC), which come at an additional cost of €2000/article, on average, when making individual articles Gold Open Access. Some publishers are in this way even being paid twice for the same content ("double dipping")
Is this how the EU envisions access to the results of academic research?
"Christmas is over", says Prof Kurt Deketelaere, Secretary-General LERU: "I call upon the European Commission and the forthcoming Dutch EU Presidency to work with all stakeholders and bodies involved, to bring sensible solutions to the fore."
In the era of Open Science, Open Access to publications is one of the cornerstones of the new research paradigm and business models must support this transition. It should be one of the principal objectives of Commissioner Carlos Moedas and the Dutch EU Presidency (January-June 2016) to ensure that this transition happens. Further developing the EU´s leadership in research and innovation largely depends on it.
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At first glance, it's hard to see what the renowned operatic mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom, whose turns as Fricka, Carmen, and Amneris defined those roles for half a century, has in common with the kindergartners playing xylophones in Lori Adessa's music class.
Ms. Thebom died in 2010, at the age of 95. She was one of opera's great divas, with a presence friends and colleagues describe as "grand," "elegant," "bold," and "graceful." Her voice was dark and dramatic, a "glorious sound," according to Jason Serinus of San Francisco Classical Voice, and she sang for more than forty years on the stages of Europe and America. But as passionate as she was about performing, she was equally as passionate about teaching. A practitioner of the true bel canto style, Ms. Thebom – "Miss T" to her students — taught the technique well into her ninth decade, to hundreds of students over her lifetime.
But she also believed wholeheartedly in the importance of a musical education for all children, and therein lies her connection to the five-year olds sitting on the carpet around Lori Adessa. Although vocal training doesn't usually begin in earnest until the teenage years, Ms. Thebom knew that musical expression and appreciation begin far earlier than that. In fact, she recognized decades ago what countless later studies have shown: that musical exposure has a profound effect on the growth and development of the young mind.
Upon her death, the Blanche Thebom Trust was established to continue her work; to ensure, in the words of its trustees, that her "dedication to musical education will resonate for years to come in the voices and lives not only of her own students but also of students who are just beginning to sing." In keeping with that purpose, the Trust recently funded Kiddo!'s purchase of 69 new musical instruments for the district's music program, including five bass xylophones, a set of contra bass bars, dozens of African drums – and the alto xylophones that Lori Adessa's students are playing.
It's hard to overstate the difference these instruments have made. In recent years, the district's instrument collection had become stretched to its limit: many were over thirty years old, and they were spread increasingly thin over a growing student population. Music teachers Lori Adessa, Anna Stearns, and Nora Thomas had to move drums, xylophones and other large percussion instruments from school to school for their classes, compromising their condition and intonation, and their students had to wait longer for a turn to play them as class sizes grew.
But now, thanks to the Trust, there are enough instruments for each school to have a permanent collection of its own. There are also more of them for each class. Anna Stearns, or example, now has enough authentic, handmade African dunun, djembe and sheke drums for every student in her fifth grade music classes on site at every school, where before, she had enough for only half, and had to lug them from one school to the next. This effectively doubles the amount of her instructional time, an invaluable gift, and reduces wear and tear on the instruments, which will prolong their life.
Moreover, as Lori Adessa's kindergarteners could tell you, the instruments' value extends far beyond the practical. For the past few weeks, they've been playing their new alto xylophones, learning to accompany themselves on a four-verse song. Now Lori brings out the new contra basses for the first time. Their pale mahogany wood gleams. Each one is half the size of even the largest students, and their presence instills a kind of awe among them.
"Lie down," she tells them, and they lie flat on their stomachs. She strikes first one contra bass, then another: a low note, then a higher one, the tones reverberating through the floor and into the children's prone bodies.
"Can you feel it?" She asks.
They do; they wriggle on the ground in delight. Those are the sound waves, Lori explains. They are what music is made of. She tells them about high notes, and low notes, and how larger instruments make lower sounds and smaller ones, higher. They listen, and ask questions: is it like the big and little drums? The cello and the violin? Yes, she says, you've got it.
Then she invites each child to come up and play. One by one they raise the mallets and strike the notes as their classmates sing a simple tune:
Digging orange carrots,
Oh, Emma, Oh!
You turn around, dig a hole in the ground
Oh, Emma, Oh!
It's not Carmen. It's not Aida. It's just two notes, one high, one low, on the strong beat. But every child raises the mallet, and plays in time. They feel the vibrations in their bodies. And Blanche Thebom, who knew how important that was, teaches another generation of children


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The changing face of the accounting industry
Cloud computing and other technological developments are changing the way accountants work.
In recent years, almost every area of life has been transformed by the so-called digital revolution, and accountancy is no exception.
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In some respects, the accountancy industry has been slower to adopt this new technology (possibly due to concerns around data security), but this is changing and cloud-based accountancy software is now a lot more common. Sage, the UK's largest accounting software provider, now has its software available online, software firm IRIS offers pay-per-use cloud-based tax software, and FreeAgent, an accountancy system for freelancers is entirely reliant on cloud computing.
Cloud-based technologies enable small business owners to easily and accurately complete and edit their financial information. It also cuts down on the number of face-to-face meetings needed with accountants as the information can be accessed by both parties, allowing issues and queries to be discussed over the phone.
Peterborough-based accountancy firm, Linda Carr Accountants is one company embracing this new technological trend. Owner, Linda Carr, commented "With the advent of Making Tax Digital, we believe that the use of technology for accounting, particularly cloud based systems, will become the norm. In light of this, we are introducing a cloud-based quarterly service to meet the needs and demands of the modern client. "
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As efficiency savings have grown, so has the role of the Accountant. Freed up by technology, today's Accountant has more time to interpret data, give business and financial advice, and become more involved in their clients' businesses. People skills have become as important, if not more so, than mathematical nous, and by embracing new technology, modern Accountants are able to provide a fully rounded service that meets the financial needs of business owners.


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Principal Investigator: Dr Ben Brumpton
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NorwayTags: 40135, epidemiology, Meta-analysis, PheWAS, Replication
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We expect that the project will run for a minimum of five years and be updated as required.
The utilization of both cohorts (HUNT and UK biobank) will improve public health research by increasing the power to detect associations, the precision of estimates and the robustness of findings, and therefore improve public health.
Project extension – May 2020
In addition, we would like to use UK Biobank to create prediction models which we will evaluate/validate in HUNT and vice versa. The UK Biobank data will be used to support prediction studies of disease and health related traits in HUNT. Many research projects on prediction have been established on topics including but not limited to mental health and sepsis.
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Bone macromorphology at muscle attachment sites: its relationship with the microarchitecture of the underlying bone and possible implications for the reconstruction of habitual physical activities of past populations
Makromorfološki izgled kosti na mestu mišićnih pripoja: odnos makromorfologije i mikroarhitekture kosti na mestu pripoja i moguće implikacije na rekonstrukciju svakodnevih fizičkih aktivnost drevnih populacija
AuthorĐukić, Ksenija M.
MentorĐurić, Marija
Committee membersBumbaširević, Vladimir
Milisavljević, Milan
Ivanišević, Vujadin
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Background: The term "enthesis" is usually used to mark the sites of muscle attachments, as well as attachments of ligaments and joint capsules to bones. In the last three decades, studies concerning entheses in human skeletal remains have attempted to reconstruct the habitual physical activities of past populations. The evaluation of entheseal morphological appearance was suggested for the identification of gross workload patterns, which could be used in the interpretation of labour division on a gender, age or social basis in ancient populations. There have been four major research streams in literature with regard to entheses and entheseal changes (EC). The first group of studies mainly focused on the analysis of the histological structure of the attachment site. The second group of studies focused of visual scoring methods based on the macromorphological features of the attachment surface with the aim of evaluating the degree of muscle use. The third group included studies dealing ...with the relationship between EC and the biomechanical properties of long bones, while a fourth group of studies was aimed at reconstructing the habitual physical activities of past populations, using visual scoring methods. Regardless of the fact that habitual physical activities or stress patterns of past populations are frequently reconstructed based on EC, there is no direct experimental evidence for the relationship between muscular activity and particular macroscopic entheseal scores. Although entheses were investigated from macroscopic, histological and biomechanical aspects, it is surprising that microarchitectural studies of the underlying bone are still lacking, despite the well-known potential of bone microarchitecture to reflect mechanical loading. It is widely accepted that the bone adapts its structure to changes in its mechanical environment, and a number of studies have reported the relationship between bone microarchitecture and loading patterns in different skeletal sites. However, despite numerous studies reporting that bone morphology is affected by mechanical loads and that bone has a self-optimising capability, there is no comprehensive study dealing with this issue in the region of the entheses...


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If you don't take picture and aren't interested in Photography keep reading. The principle I'm going to talk about has a wider application than just photography. However, if you have or want to start a Hyper Local Real Estate Blog I would recommend you get a camera and start taking pictures of what is going on in your community.
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words and Juice
What have we learned so far, the subtitle h3 tag above is a clique. It makes a terrible title because you can't rank for it on the search engines. Hyper Local Target Marketing with Images does what I want it to do. If you search on the phrase Hyper Local Target Marketing you will see most of the posts in this series returned in the Google search results.
Photos can be an intricate part of Hyper Local Target Marketing
Flickr photos
Teresa Boardman wrote a very good post at Agent genius on Web 2.0 The Land of Opportunity There was a long running discussion on social networks and Teresa said " Flickr is a social network built around photos, instead of real estate." It is true and I would recommend you reading her post.
Anyone can get a flickr acount ((well, almost anyone)
- You upload your photos to your account to share with others.
- You put
- titles on those photos
- and tags
- and a description (In which you can place a link) about the photo.
- You can build a network of friends who will leave comments on your photos and get to know you better.
You will also get your photo's title and tags indexed so they will appear in search engine results.
If you set up a Flickr account pay the $25 bucks and get a Pro account. It is cheap and you won't be restricted on the number of images per month and they display in whatever resolution you upload them.
It takes a little time to enter the title, tags and descriptions, but remember this is all part of your multi pronged approach to Hyper Local Target Marketing for your Real Estate blog.
Tucson Photo Blog
I recently started the Tucson Photo Blog Visual Tucson Tucson Arizona Moments in Time. A few minutes ago I uploaded a new image titled "Tucson poppies and blue bells" It is already indexed and being found.
Bonus Gem: I did a blog post on the location where this image was taken in Oro Valley, Arizona. In the description on the post of the image I put a link to the blog post about the spring wildflowers in Oro Valley.
When I set up the photo blog there were a series of links on the default about page. One of those links was to JPGmag.com.
Jpgmag.com is another Photo social network. However, it is not like Flickr. It is free, but there are restrictions on the images you upload to your account. They have to be high resolution 300 dpi. They have to be at least 2200 px in one direction. They are not to be retouched (ie Photoshopped). You can take out dust spots but no major tweaking. There are more restrictions. What they want are your best images, high quality, submitted to themes and if chosen for publication your image will appear in a copy of JPG Magazine. (WARNING) There is some nudity submitted to this site. I've seen very little but it is present at times if you are browsing the photos section.
I have a couple of images submitted to themes and one of them you may have noticed in the right hand navigation. Someday I might have one of my images published.
I browse images under the Photos to see what other people are submitting and when I find an interesting image I click on it to see the photographer and view more of their work. Sometimes it is just a fluke that have a good image : ) and other times it is one of many. Those are the people I add as contacts.
Amanda Means
Amanda is one of those with a lot of very good images. She has a real sense of composition and color and when I read the blurb about herself I was/am impressed.
"I am just taking pictures like everyone else. I shoot with a Kodak Easyshare Z712 IS. Nothing fancy. I do not own photoshop or any other photo editing software. What you see is what I saw"
Amanda's images and her title tags became the subject of one of my Lab experiments. (But she is not a lab rat). I started taking my principles of Title Tags and doing searches on Google for some of her titles. Some of her images have no titles, some are descriptive but short "Wire" "Barb", you get the idea. There are some with titles containing "Texas Pan Handle" which is descriptive and geographic but there is some heavy competition for that phrase. However, here are some examples of Amanda Titles showing up on Page 1 of a Google search.
- Windmill Against the Dark Sky
- Broomweed and Barbed Wire
- Historic White Deer Hotel
- Mama Cow in The Snow
- The Dreaming Tree Has Died
I don't think Amanda even realized some of her images were coming up in google searches till I mentioned it to her in message. Amanda has some great images. I know she just had one selected for a theme which will someday be published in JPG Magazine. Thank you Amanda for sharing your images with us here at the Lab.
The point: she is getting placement for search terms based on title tags in images without even trying.
I am targeting my Title Tags on my JPG images in my account. I also have a link to one of my blogs on my account home page. JPGMAG.com has some real juice on Google. When I run a site:www.jpgmag.com I return 733,000 pages indexed. This is some series juice.
Why This Post Almost Wasn't Written
I debated hard about not even writing this post. First, this is not a gimmick, it is not some kind of SEO magic to get back-links and higher PR for your posts or blog. I like JPGMAG.com very much and I don't want to see it flooded with poor quality images in an attempt to take shortcuts in SEO. If you don't take photos and aren't interested in Photography use the principles here to be applied to another form of social networking.
The Photo Gem
This isn't a bonus gem. This is the whole mine. For those like me that don't grasp what I've outlined I'll put it in a short easy to understand process and formula. (This is what I need all the time because most of the time I don't get it)
- Take some good photos for a blog post
- Write the blog post and include the images (reduce the images in the post and use the lightbox js plugin to display a larger version)
- Submit the image to JPG, Flickr or both
- Put a specific Title Tag on the image
- Link back to your post for more information in the description (flickr) or link (JPGMAG)
Your Post now has one or two links coming back to it from either flickr or JPG. If your image ranks higher than the post in the search engines (don't make the title of the image the same as the post, make it a variation) and they click on it the first thing they will see is the "For more information . . . and the link to the blog post.
Tucson Poppies
Tucson Poppies was an image on the Title Tags post which is a part of this total Hyper Local Target Marketing experiment. Here is the Google Search for Tucson Poppies As of right now I have 5 of the 10 positions returned. The post I wrote earlier on Title Tags with the poppies picture and the photo tags (and photo name) Tucson poppies. Is already indexed. I have a result from JPGMAG.com from the Tucson Photo Blog and from the Tucson AZ Real Estate blog.
Remember my final question on the Title Tags post about why the picture of poppies? The title tag on the image is Tucson Poppies. As I write this that post is returning #1 for the Google search in the paragraph above.
JPGmag.com Images in Google Index
It doesn't happen 100% of the time, remember this is Google we are talking about. But 90% of the time when I submit an image to JPGmag.com it will be indexed in less than a minute in Google depending on the Title tag.
Do you find it ironic there are no images in a post about images?
This is the last post in the series on Hyper Local Target Marketing. If you read these post again as a series they will provide a good foundation and guideline for how to market your Hyper Local Blog.
Thank you again Amanda. Please take time to view her images of life around the Texas panhandle. Amanda is producing some very fine images. She is also now working on targeting her Title Tags : )
That's a wrap. I hope everyone reading this series has found at least one tool to put in their hyper local blogging bag.


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Lung diseases affect one in five people in the UK and are a common cause of severe disability among older adults.
Ten thousand people are diagnosed with a lung disease every week, and someone dies from respiratory failure every five minutes, making it one of the leading causes of death.
More than half of these deaths are due to lung cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPDs) such as bronchitis. Lung cancer and bronchitis are strongly linked with smoking, which is also a risk factor for pneumonia, another chief cause of death.
Other types of lung disease include:
• Asthma.
• Bronchiectasis.
• Mesothelioma.
• Tuberculosis (TB).
Lung Cancer
About 47,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK every year, most of whom are aged over 60.
The condition develops when your body produces abnormal cells that form a tumour. Usually, no signs of the problem are evident during the early stages but later symptoms as the tumour grows include:
• Struggling for breath.
• Chest pain.
• Persistent coughing.
• Coughing up blood.
• Weight loss.
• Fatigue.
Main treatments for lung cancer are:
• Surgery.
• Drugs, including chemotherapy.
• Radiotherapy.
In cases where lung cancer can't be cured, end-of-life palliative care makes the patient as comfortable as possible.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
COPD refers to a group of diseases that make it difficult to empty air out of the lungs because of narrowed airways. This makes it hard for your lungs to take in oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide. With bronchitis, airways are obstructed by inflammation.
Symptoms of COPD include:
• Getting short of breath easily.
• A cough that lasts a long time.
• Wheezing when it's cold.
• Producing a lot of phlegm.
• Loss of appetite.
• Swollen ankles caused by pulmonary hypertension.
The NHS says there's currently no cure for COPD, but treatment – typically medications and inhalers – can help slow the progression of the condition and ease symptoms. Staying active and exercising can also make a big difference.
Pneumonia is a chest infection that makes it difficult to breathe as tiny air sacs in your lungs called alveoli to become inflamed and fill with fluid. The condition can be life-threatening but most cases can be cured.
Pneumonia is usually a bacterial infection that's contagious, so you can also catch it from another person.
Symptoms of pneumonia are typically similar to those of flu, such as:
• Coughing.
• Feeling weak and tired.
• Fever.
• Loss of appetite.
Severe cases may also cause:
• Rapid heartbeat.
• Confusion.
• Low blood pressure.
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Coughing up blood.
The main treatment for pneumonia is antibiotics, plus rest and drinking plenty of water. More serious cases may require hospitalisation and an intravenous drip of fluids and antibiotics.
Asthma affects people of all ages but often starts in childhood, caused by inflammation of the airways to and from the lungs. For many, it's a long-term condition, particularly if it starts in adulthood.
Asthma can occur randomly or as a result of a trigger such as:
• Allergies
• A cold or flu.
• Pollution.
• Exercise.
The main symptoms of asthma are:
• Tight chest.
• Breathlessness.
• Coughing.
• Wheezing.
These problems can temporarily worsen, and this is known as an asthma attack.
There's presently no cure for asthma but an inhaler can help to keep symptoms under control.
Bronchiectasis is scarring and inflammation of airways as a result of a build-up of mucus (aka sputum or phlegm).
In 50 per cent of cases, the precise cause remains unclear. Some other cases can be linked with previous diseases, such as:
• Tuberculosis (TB).
• Whooping cough.
• Pneumonia.
Symptoms of bronchiectasis include:
• Coughing up phlegm – large amounts in severe cases.
• Chest infections.
• Struggling to breathe.
• Sinus problems.
• Lack of concentration.
• Tiredness.
Most people with bronchiectasis have a normal life expectancy, although it's a long-term condition, often with repeated chest infections. The British Lung Foundation says newer treatments are focused on reducing the severity and frequency of these infections.
Mesothelioma of the chest (malignant pleural mesothelioma) is an asbestos-related cancer that develops in the pleural membrane.
This membrane contains fluid to lubricate your lungs to prevent friction from other organs and allow your lungs and chest wall to move as you inhale and exhale.
Mesothelioma generally affects only one side of the chest. There may be one large tumour but more commonly multiple small tumours.
The main cause of mesothelioma is inhaling asbestos dust. The cancer develops over a long time, and it can be 40 years before the first symptoms are apparent.
These symptoms can include:
• Shortage of breath.
• Chest pain.
• Coughing.
According to the British Lung Foundation, mesothelioma is still regarded as a terminal condition despite advances in treatment to ease symptoms.
Main treatments for mesothelioma are:
• Surgery.
• Radiotherapy.
• Chemotherapy.
• Palliative care.
TB is caused by breathing in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium coughed out by other people. You're most at risk of TB if your immune system is weakened.
Symptoms of tuberculosis include:
• Persistent cough.
• Loss of appetite.
• Losing weight.
• Fever.
Most cases of TB can be cured by a course of antibiotics.
Pollution Risks and Diagnostic Challenges
In 2019, in a report on lung health, the British Geriatrics Society said older people may be particularly vulnerable to air pollution, and called for more clean air zones and air pollution alerts.
The organisation added that faster diagnosis could improve survival rates for lung cancer and improve quality of life for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and related conditions.
In 2017, the GM resource for healthcare professionals treating age-related diseases said COPD in older people presented a diagnostic challenge, partly because the condition was often masked by an expected decline in lung function in later years.
It said an increasing number of older adults were developing chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases due to increasing longevity and the prevalence of smoking in the last century.
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Greater Manchester's Fire Dog Lucy, codename Cracker, is hanging up her protective boots for the last time this week.
After a decade serving communities across Greater Manchester, Lucy is heading into a well-deserved retirement.
Throughout her time with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) she played a part in many investigations and assisted with several successful imprisonments.
Lucy was indispensable one summer's day in 2009 when she found a key piece of evidence in an investigation into a suspected arsonist.
She had been let loose on a large search area and after an hour searching, negotiated a river and indicated there was something hidden in a row of trees and thick brambles.
Mike Dewar, GMFRS Dog Unit Manager, said: "Lucy started to pull vigorously so I decided to let her off the lead to investigate.
"She ran full speed towards some brambles that would have been inaccessible for a person and became entangled.
"As I rushed to try and free her I noticed something black in the brambles. It was a backpack that contained a tin petrol can.
"This was later used as a key piece of evidence to prosecute the arsonist."
In March 2010 Lucy was requested by the police to investigate a large area during an English Defence League rally.
It was believed a large cache of petrol bombs had been hidden ready for deployment with the intent to turn the protest violent.
Mike said: "The search area was quite large, but Lucy didn't seem daunted by this. She didn't seem bothered by the hot weather either.
"After meticulously searching in the undercover, plain-clothed operation, we concluded that the area was safe. The protest was allowed to continue thanks to Lucy's phenomenal efforts to ensure the safety of the public."
Lucy has been involved in a number of high-profile cases over the years, including arson, serious assault and even murder.
One incident which stands out took place in Ashton-Under-Lyne, where a man had been murdered and set on fire.
Lucy, dressed in a forensic dog suit to ensure evidence was preserved, undertook a number of searches over a two day period.
As a result of her efforts during this multi-agency exercise, the suspect received a 30 year jail term.
Mike added: "Lucy has served consistently to the best of her ability and far beyond what we anticipated or expected of her.
"Eric has some enormous shoes to fill. As our official mascot she has been universally adored by the public and staff alike, and as a fire dog she has been an asset to GMFRS and will be greatly missed."


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Australians are known for their blunt, straightforward views. The Palestinian Authority (PA) can now confirm that piece of conventional wisdom after a visit by Aussie politicians to the West Bank ended in name-calling and abuse from PA representatives who called the bi-lateral exchange "explosive".
The delegation from Canberra toured Ramallah on Sunday and was led by Mr Christopher Pyne, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science.
The delegates were visiting Jerusalem for two days as part of an annual Australia-UK-Israel leadership dialogue to discuss the challenges facing Israel and how attendees can best support the Jewish state.
Human Rights Commissioner Mr Tim Wilson was part of the group and he tweeted the image below to record the occasion.
A curious meeting with the Palestinian Education Minister this morning, after meeting with their Prime Minister … pic.twitter.com/PVmGOR9IsL
— Tim Wilson (@timwilsoncomau) December 13, 2015
Later he told ABC News Australia they "quizzed" the Palestinian Prime Minister and Education Minister about a range of topics.
Palestinian Education Minister Dr Sabri Saidam (pictured) has now described the meeting as "very explosive and very challenging" and said the Australians had asked "rude and blunt" questions.
"The delegation had false information and twisted facts," Dr Saidam is quoted by the ABC. "So it was clear the delegation was not well educated.
"Obviously the delegation was under impressions, wrong impressions accumulated after the visit to Israel.
"Coming blindfolded to realities, bypassing the pain of Palestinians in terms of daily happenings is not going to solve the conflict."
Dr Saidam said the group repeatedly asked questions about Palestinians naming schools and venues after people who had killed Israeli civilians.
"I said that one man's hero is another man's terrorist."
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently announced an innovation package worth over $1 billion that includes setting up a "landing pad" for Australian business people and entrepreneurs in Tel Aviv. It is part of Australia's long-standing support for the state of Israel.
As part of the Australia-Israel-UK leadership dialogue, Mr Pyne and Attorney-General George Brandis met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the weekend.
"We had a 45-minute chat which was scheduled for 30 minutes so he was obviously happy to be talking to us," Mr Pyne said.
"Mr Netanyahu was one of the first people that Malcolm Turnbull rang after he become prime minister three months ago."
Australia has been a staunch defender of the state of Israel and its right to exist since its foundation.


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- This series of original novels focuses primarily on romance, including all subgenres, as well as stories that speak to the heart of today's female reader and her interests. Authors include both established voices of the field and new, emerging talents with stories in a variety of settings and genres -- historical, contemporary, Regency, suspense and more. Previous titles have included work from Jo Manning, Tess Pendergrass, Melinda Rucker Haynes, Rae Ellen Lee and more. Two (2) titles shipped approximately every four weeks.


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Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Preview
- Related Games:
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
What the hell is going on?
Seriously, what the fuck is going on in the Kingdom Hearts series? Last thing I remember, there was a dude with funny hair fighting monsters with Mickey. That was the first game, right? I couldn't be bothered to pay attention to much else as the successful crossover series continued with a sequel and several titles on platforms that weren't the PlayStation 2.
So when I picked up Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance for 3DS last night at the Square Enix E3 Judges event, I was about as clueless as Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were. Apparently, King Mickey and company don't remember Sora, but Sora remembers them but decides it best not to explain. I couldn't help but feel like I was mercifully spared a whole lot of exposition I could have lived without anyway.
What I could live with, though, is Dream Drop Distance's frantic, fast-paced combat. Leaving the stylus in its slot and focusing on face buttons, KH3D keeps action feeling more like a console game and less like one of the earlier portable spinoffs to grace Nintendo's handheld systems.
Frankly, the 3D effect and the beautiful character models also surprised me. How are they cranking so much out of the 3DS hardware? The camera controlled fluidly, enemies and friends were colorful, and the framerate never failed.
It might seem like a stupid thing to comment on in a preview, but I was also happy to see that I could skip cutscenes and get straight back to action. One sequence had Sora protecting Princess Minney in a stagecoach as a giant dinosaur dream-eater attacked. Donald and Goofy certainly lived up to their slapstick nature and tipped the Three Mouseketeers off the carriage, leaving Sora to fend for himself. I had to block timed attacks with the Y button, mash away at the dream-eaters health with the A button, and cast magic attacks with X.
Outside of this boss battle, I could also daze opponents and swipe down on the touchpad for a quick-time sequence attack. Combining all of these abilities actually made for a smart balance and rhythm in fighting. If the story holds up for fans invested in the series and exploration and character development are as polished as the combat, Dream Drop Distance will certainly be worthy of the Kingdom Hearts name.
When all is said and done, it's an impressive effort from Square Enix and one worth paying attention to as its release approaches. Be sure to check out Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance when it lands on the Nintendo 3DS July 20th.


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Creative Circle Awards 2020 - Wins for Renault & P&O Ferries
At this year's Creative Circle 2020 awards ceremony we picked up a raft of awards that includes two golds and three silver.
At the Creative Circle 2020 awards ceremony yesterday evening we picked up a raft of awards that includes two golds and two silvers for our celebrated Renault Clio 'The French Exchange' campaign, and a silver for our P&O Ferries 'Brexit Reassurance Campaign'.
The annual Creative Circle awards are judged by the British advertising creative community, with the work up against tough opposition for industry recognition.
Renault Clio 'The French Exchange' won two golds in the Best Cinema Ad of the Year and Best TV Ad 60" & Over categories and two silvers in the Best TV Ad for Positive Change and Best Online Film 60" & Over categories. To celebrate the launch of Renault's All-New Clio model which had been thirty years in the making, we created The French Exchange. The film travels through three decades of the iconic car, tracking the development of the Clio, with changes in culture and society over the same period. The work has been discussed, supported, and praised globally from LGBTQ communities, to family forums, to international TV and press.
Our P&O 'Brexit Reassurance Campaign' also picked up a Silver, in the Best Tactical Press Ads category. The campaign tapped into the ongoing conversations around Brexit with a series of ads that ran in full page national press, high impact OOH, and social in the time leading up to when the UK was scheduled to leave the EU. The ads approached the subject head-on by reminding consumers that, despite the politically charged atmosphere, for ferry travel it was business as usual. After all, P&O Ferries has been connecting the UK to EU for over 180 years. The campaign aimed to instil confidence that no matter what is happening in the world P&O Ferries will be making those crossings.


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How do we secure the date?
So, start the ball rolling by sending an email to email@example.com or fill out the 'contact me' form here. I will ask you to read through my contract and if you agree with the terms and I am available on that date then we're half way there. I ask for a 25% deposit of your chosen package and for it to be paid at the time of you signing and returning the contract. The rest of the payment is due 28 days before your wedding day.
Are you insured?
OMG Yes! I have public liability and professional indemnity insurance. I also carry plasters and corkscrews for other mini emergencies…
Do you work alone?
Yes, usually. Which means you both get to decide which one of you is most photogenic in front of the mirror and which one is most photogenic in the bar, The other option is choosing to have a second photographer on the day - two sets of eyes are better than one.
What happens if you are ill on the day?
I am a Nurse, I have survived Covid 19, I have superpowers but Social Media is bullet proof. If for some unforeseen circumstances I'm struck down or incapacitated, I am part of a network of wedding photographers who can cover your day last minute. This however has never happened and I would do everything possible to ensure you have a replacement photographer.
Do you provide wedding albums?
Yes I do, You can order an album, photo book or prints up to 12 months after your wedding and normally it take around 4-6 weeks to be delivered after the finished order goes to the publisher. I am not however all about the 'hard sell'… but 'thats a lovely online gallery' said no new Mother In Law ever. So even if it's only on the side of a set of coffee mugs you'll have much more fun with your images once they're off the computer.
Can we meet before booking?
If you live in the London area, then definitely. We can meet for a coffee or be reckless and go for a pint. If you are further afield we can chat. Please don't put me or you through the mortification of facetime or skype… I get very distracted by my facial gurning! Either way, it's really important that we get to know each other a little, that you leave feeling you would be comfortable in my company throughout such a momentous day. and that I'm committed to producing a beautiful set of images after the confetti has settled.
When will the photos be ready?
Please allow up to 6 weeks for your digital images, though this can be quicker outside of peak season. I aim to deliver 400-800 high resolution Jpeg images which you will receive on a USB and via an online password protected gallery where you can digitally download them. All images will be edited individually, free of watermarks, and yours to share /print, as you please.
Do you cover destination weddings?
Most definitely Yes. My prices for destinations are the same as those quoted for UK weddings, plus added travel and accommodation costs.
Do you require a meal on the day?
Yes. Food equals fuel and the more energy I have the longer I last into the dance offs. It doesn't have to be anything fancy and you don't have to traumatise your guests by making them sit beside 'the photographer' ..but a meal would be very much appreciated.
What equipment do you use?
I have three Nikon/Sony camera bodies and a full array of lenses. The first wedding I did I came armed with step ladders and studio lighting…I've calmed down a bit since then.


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There's more to TV cards than just being able to watch "The Simpsons" and surf the Web at the same time. Most can also be used to record your favourite TV shows to disk and capture footage from your analog video camera. The FlyVideo 3000 goes one better by also allowing you to receive FM radio on your PC. As well as the usual aerial sockets you'll also find composite and S-Video inputs for hooking up your video camera, and a mini jack for plugging in the infrared receiver for the remote control.
An impressive software bundle is supplied with the card. The main FlyVideo application is a combined TV and radio tuner with built-in support for capturing audio and video. It's also got limited time shift functionality that allows you to pause live TV, but how well this works is dependent on the speed of your PC. Other supplied applications allow you to capture and edit footage from analog video cameras, record radio shows as MP3 files, and set up schedules to record your favourite TV programmes to disk.
We were impressed with the quality of the FlyVideo thanks to its excellent Nicam stereo support and great picture and audio quality. However, we felt some of the software applications could have been a bit better integrated. n In brief:
LifeView FlyVideo 3000
The FlyVideo 3000 is a fine TV card "at a good price. It's got an excellent range of features and a good bundle of software, and while this could have been better integrated it is still hard to beat.
Price: $145.
Distributor: Mittoni.
Phone: (03) 9504 0737.
URL: www.mittoni.com.au.