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11 December
Natan Dvir - Website Update
New York based Israeli Photographer Natan Dvir, another long time friend of f2 Freelance, has updated his web site. You've been pretty busy since we last saw you in Arles Natan http://natandvir.com/
10 December
Ed Clark, If the Light Goes Out, Website Update
Long time friend of f2 Freelance Ed Clark, who over the past ten years has become one of the world's premier photographers' of conscience, has launched a new web site http://www.edmundclark.com/
5 December
Sony World Photography Awards 2014
You have until 6 Jan to enter the Sony World Photography Awards 2014. The judges have been announced, and include Soho Management founder Guy Harrington. A full list can be seen at http://bit.ly/IrtemW. http://worldphoto.org/
Image: © Joyce Le Mesurier, Singapore, Entry, Open Arts and Culture, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards
4 December
Discontinued Film
Fujifilm has discontinued its black and white instant film, FP-3000B, with the last shipment scheduled for March 2014. www.fujifilm.co.uk/professional
3 December
World Press Photo Contest 2014
You have until 15 Jan to enter the World Press Photo Contest 2014. Winners stand to a receive a cash prize of up to 1500 euros, while Canon will donate a professional DSLR camera and lens kit to the overall winner. The results will be announced on 14 Feb. Starting in Amsterdam on 18 April, the exhibition will travel to over 100 cities in more than 45 countries. www.worldpressphoto.org/2014-photo-contest
Image: © Olivier Jobard. Winner of the third annual World Press Photo Tim Hetherington Grant, for his project Dream of a Rain of Perfume
Cash Back Offer
Until 20 December, you can claim £50 cash back from Flaghead Photographic when purchasing a Quantum QFlash, Turbo Battery or Omicron 3/4. http://tinyurl.com/qz7kafk
28 November
Olympus Firmware
Firmware update version 1.1 for the Olympus OM-D E-M1 is now available, and among other features, offers improvements to live bulb image quality while noise reduction is on, AF operation, and image stabilisation. http://tinyurl.com/p3rqolm
26 November
The Lisa Pritchard Agency's Student Challenge
Jamie Mellor from Edinburgh College is the winner of Lisa Pritchard Agency's Challenge Number One, in its Student Challenges (image below). The runner-up was Stefy Pocket from the London College of Communication, whose image, again with the theme Challenge, was a portrayal of everyday life in multicultural America.
Details of Challenge Two can be found on the LPA blog. www.lisapritchard.com
22 November
The Profoto B1 is an off camera wireless flash, capable of TTL metering through Canon and Nikon cameras when paired with an Air Remote TTL trigger. The Canon remote is available now, while the remote for Nikon will be available in 2014. "The B1 concept was born from a simple idea", says Göran Marén, Product Manager at Profoto. "We wanted to make it as easy as possible to use an off-camera flash, but without compromising quality and versatility. All the features of the B1 and the Air Remote TTL-C can be traced back to this single idea."
21 November
Hasselblad Discount
Until 31 December, Hasselblad is offering a discount of up to 14% for any customer wanting to expand their equipment options with a wide angle lens. www.hasselblad.co.uk
19 November
Nikon D5300 Cameras & Sigma lenses
Sigma has discovered that its current firmware for Nikon fitting interchangeable lenses may not work properly with the Nikon D5300's OS and Live View Auto Focus functions. Sigma are going to provide a free firmware update service to resolve this issue.
For new Sigma products the problem has now been resolved. All new lenses will have the latest firmware and will be labelled 'D5300 Compatible' for identification purposes
15 November
Steve McCurry and Rankin join the line up for The Photography Show
Update for The Photography Show at Birmingham NEC 1-4 March - major guest speakers now include Rankin and Steve McCurry
Keep up to date with The Photography Show and reserve your tickets by clicking here
Olympus Cashback offer
Olympus UK have just announced a £100 Accessory Cashback (on Olympus accessories worth over £199.99) voucher incentive to anyone purchasing an E-M1 body or kit from authorised Olympus dealers. The offer runs from 15 November until 15 January 2014 and the cashback can either be redeemed at the same time or within 60 days of the initial purchase.
For full details please click here
13 November
Spencer Murphy Takes Home the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
Spencer Murphy has been awarded the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013. The £12,000 award was presented to the London-based photographer at the National Portrait Gallery on 12 November. The winning image, which is of jockey Katie Walsh, will be exhibited along with other selected entries at the gallery from 14 Nov until 9 Feb. Taken at Kempton Park Racecourse, the winning portrait was photographed while Spencer was shooting a series of jump jockeys' portraits for Channel Four's The Original Extreme Sport campaign. "I was keen to include Katie", says Spencer. "I wanted to show both her femininity and the toughness of spirit she requires to compete against the best riders in one of the most demanding disciplines in horse racing. I shot the series on large format film, to give the images a depth and timelessness that would have been hard to achieve on a digital camera." This is the seventh time that Spencer's has been exhibited in the gallery's annual photographic exhibition.
Image: © Spencer Murphy
12 November
Photovision Roadshow LONDON
Don't forget PhotoVision Roadshow LONDON, with loads of free seminars on freelancing, is today! Piers and Vicki will be at the show all day - don't forget to stop by for a chat if you are visiting the show!
For more information please click here
8 November
Flaghead's Cash Back Offer
Until 29 Nov, Flaghead Photographic is offering £50 cash back on Qflash T5DR, Qflash Trio (Nikon and Canon versions), Turbo Blade, Turbo Slim Compact, Turbo 3 Omicron 3 and Omicron 4, purchased from an authorised UK retailer and imported by Flaghead Photographic. To claim, send a copy of the invoice, with a record of the serial number, to Flaghead Photographic.
5 November
Nikon's New Full Frame
While externally modelled on the firm's iconic 35mm film camera bodies, Nikon's latest addition to its full frame range, the Df, is fully up to the minute too, inheriting its 16.2 MP CMOS image sensor and Expeed 3 processor from the D4, ensuring it delivers superior imagery under a large range of lighting conditions. This is also abetted by its being able to achieve a top ISO (equivalent) of a whopping 204,800.
Nikon's lightest full frame camera yet, it nonetheless has a durable build, and offers a 5.5fps burst mode and a shutter life of 150,000 cycles. It includes a self-cleaning sensor unit, and offers highly sensitive autofocus with a Multi-CAM 4800 39-point AF system, and a scene recognition system which optimises exposure, autofocus and white balance immediately before the shutter is released.
Featuring compatibility with legacy non-AI lenses, thanks to a collapsible metering coupling lever, the Df is retro in more than just its styling meanwhile, meaning that those old Nikon lens you have stored away never to be used again can be restored to their natural habitat. It is also, of course, fully compatible with modern F-mount lenses. Priced at £2749.99, it's sale date is 28 Nov.
Canon's Cashback Offer
Until 26 Jan, Canon's Christmas promotion offers cashback on compact cameras, DSLRs, camcorders and a printer. You can also get an extra £35 when you mix and match by buying two promotional products at the same time. www.canon.co.uk/wintercashback
3 November
The London Art Fair
The London Art Fair returns to the Business Design Centre, Islington from 15 to 19 Jan. Photo50, the fair's annual showcase of contemporary photography, will be there, featuring this year's exhibition: Immaterial Matter. Curated by Charlie Fellowes and Jeremy Epstein, Directors of Edel Assanti Gallery, this exhibition examines the distinction between the digital and the material.
There will also be a Photography Focus Day, on 15 Jan. This includes talks, tours and discussions, examining contemporary practice and market concerns. Tickets: £13 (plus £1.50 booking fee) in advance, including a copy of the 2014 Fair Guide (to be collected at the fair). Tickets on the door, £17. www.londonartfair.co.uk
Image: © Joe Hamilton, Div Contour, 2012, website, Photo50 at LondonArt Fair 2014
2 November
Winners of the World Press Photo Comp
Nadav Kander, featured in the April 2013 issue of f2 (Vol 7 No 2), has won first prize in the Staged Portraits Single category, in the World Press Photo competition, with a portrait of actor, comedian and writer Daniel Kaluuya as Special Agent Tucker in the 2011 Rowan Atkinson film Johnny English Reborn.
Other award-winning photographs from around the world capture conflicts in Syria, Israel, Afghanistan and Sudan. This year, 103,481 images were submitted by 5666 photographers representing 124 nationalities, from which more than 350 photographs were selected.
The World Press Photo Exhibition returns to the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, from 8-26 Nov. www.worldpressphoto.org
Image: Nadav Kander
1 November
An Addition to Hasselblad
Hasselblad has extended its Stellar range with a special edition. Available in black, white or orange, with grips in a choice of carbon fibre, padouk wood or wenge wood, it comes with a specially designed leather case. £1,975 (+ VAT). www.hasselblad.com
Fuji announces closure of E6 processing in UK
Fujifilm has announced it is to close its E6 processing lab facility in November 2014. The lab is a partnership between Fujifilm and Leeds based pro lab CC Imaging. CC Imaging is unaffected by this decision and will continue trading as normal. This ceasing of operations has been planned in advance to enable customers who have remaining rolls of Fujichrome Sensia process-paid film sufficient time to get them processed. Fujifilm's pre-paid processing vouchers will continue to be available, but must also be used before the closing date of 1st November 2014. For more information click here
24 October
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013
African wildlife photographer Greg du Toit is the grand title winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, with his image Essence of Elephants.
One hundred images, selected from tens of thousands of international entries, are displayed in The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 exhibition at the Natural History Museum until 23 March 10.00-17.50 (last admission 17.15) http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/exhibition/
Portfolio Days
Hasselblad and Broncolor Portfolio Days are an opportunity to use high end equipment in a studio with a professional model, with dedicated technicians on hand to solve any problems and help you get the best out of the kit. The next two days are on 20 November and 11 December, at Hasselblad's north London studio. www.hasselblad.co.uk
23 October
NME Music Photography Awards 2013
Winning images from the NME Music Photography Awards 2013 are being exhibited at The Printspace in London. Winners' work will be displayed alongside a collection from Pieter M.Van Hattem, winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Music Photography award.
The exhibition, hosted by NME and Nikon, will launch today with a guest-list only private view, and will be open to the public from 24 Oct – 6 Nov.
One of last year's winners, Matt Richardson, recently carried out work experience at NME and has since been signed up as an NME photographer.www.nme.com www.theprintspace.co.uk
The Terry O'Neill Awards
The November 30 deadline for the Terry O Neill Award is drawing closer, and with a new look and approach, it is set to be the biggest competition to date.
There has been a significant upsurge in interest from the UK, with entries currently outnumbering those from both the US and Brazil. The awards are generating a huge amount of interest worldwide, with almost twice as many visitors to the website compared with the same period last year!
Standard entry costs £25 to submit a minimum of three up to a maximum of ten images. Student entry is just £10. www.oneillaward.com
Jason Bell's historic portrait
Congratulations to, friend of f2 Freelance, portrait photographer Jason Bell who is taking the official pictures of the christening of Prince George at Clarence House today.
As a part of the shoot Bell will be making a historic portrait of HM The Queen, with Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George – the only time that a reigning British monarch has been photographed with the next three generations in line to the throne since Queen Victoria was photographed in a similar group in 1894.
To read a recent full f2 Profile interview with Jason Bell please click here
Photo Max Irons © Jason Bell
18 October
Simeon Quarrie reviews the MōVI M10
International Asian wedding maestro Simeon Quarrie has just taken delivery of his MōVI M10 computer controlled camera steadier. I've just shared Simeon's Vimeo of his first thoughts about this amazing bit of kit onto the F2 Freelance Facebook Page - to see the Vimeo click here
Kent Photovision 2013
Kent Photovision Roadshow takes place this Tuesday (22nd October) at Brands Hatch Circuit. Simon, Vicki & Piers from f2 Freelance will be at the show and are looking forward to meeting friends old and new, so if you are coming to the show please do stop by and bring us up to date with your news.
Also don't miss out on our special trade show offers!
More information from http://www.forwardevents.co.uk/roadshows/kent/exhibitors-list.html
17 October
Nikon's Christmas Offer
Until 26 Jan Nikon's Christmas promotion is offering cashback on products including selected DSLRs, Speedlights, Nikon 1 cameras and DX lenses. The promotion is limited to one claim per person per product, and all claims must be received by 28 Feb in order to qualify.
16 October
Sigma's 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM
Constructed of 19 elements in 14 groups, with a minimum focusing distance of 45cm, Sigma's 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM is said to offer the convenience of a zoom lens without compromising on levels of quality normally associated with primes.
Compatible with 35mm full size image sensors, it is designed to bring out the potential of high resolution sensors. It offers fine image quality from wide to mid-telephoto range, with a combination of a fixed aperture and a good zoom ratio. Available in Sigma, Sony, Nikon, and Canon mounts. www.sigma-imaging-uk.com
15 October
AOP Open Awards
Nearly 1500 images were submitted to the AOP Open Awards. Ten photographers will be given prizes designed to help them in their careers. To check out the level of photography on display, head down to the AOP Open Awards: 18 Oct, 18.30, The Loading Bay Gallery at The Old Truman Brewery, Dray Walk, London E1 6NJ. Limited capacity. Get your name on the RSVP list as soon as possible.https://www.surveymonkey.com/checkrequest.aspx?aspxerrorpath=%2Fs%2FSDPHFQC
14 October
Student Photo Competitions Starting Soon
The Lisa Pritchard Agency Student Challenge offers all those studying photography in the UK the chance of being represented by LPA - one of the country's leading photography agents, along with prizes such as experience days, industry exposure, and copies of Lisa Pritchard's book, Setting up a Successful Photography Business. Challenge 1 will launch 22 Oct with the deadline of 5 Nov. Announcements will be made at www.facebook.com/LisaPritchardAgencyPage
9 October
Calumet Autumn Open Days
Calumet have announced their 2013 Autumn Open Days. Imaging specialists from Bowens, Canon, Epson, Lowepro, Manfrotto, Nikon, and Profoto will be on hand to demonstrate products and discuss workflow at Calumet branches commencing in Edinburgh on 9 October, and finishing at the Euston branch London on 7 November.
Just drop by to get to grips with all the latest products, and receive free expert advice, along with in-store promotions. Free sensor cleaning for your Nikon or Canon DSLR will also be available – just ensure you take it fully charged.
Calumet Autumn Open Days 9 Oct, Edinburgh, 10 Oct, Glasgow, 17 Oct, Birmingham, 24 Oct, Belfast, 31 Oct, Manchester, 7 Nov, London, Euston
Southampton Photovision
Great to catch up with you at Southampton Photovision yesterday. We also enjoyed making quite a few new friends and will be going through your cards over the next few days - at least two look like great stories for the magazine - more later!
8 October
Perfect Photo Suite 8
Perfect Photo Suite 8 is due to be launched on 26 Nov in three editions: Premium, Standard, and for Lightroom and Aperture. New features include a Perfect Enhance module, Perfect Eraser, and twice as many filters. www.onOnesoftware.com
7 October
New Work in
London's National Portrait Gallery
Mark Harrison, f2 Profile in f2 Freelance Vol 7 No7, has a portrait in a new exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery. Achievement: New Photographs 2011-2013, including Harrison's portrait of acclaimed actress Gina McKee, is on show at the gallery until 5 February 2014
Photovision Southampton Tuesday 8 OCTOBER
Southampton Photovision Roadshow takes place next Tuesday (8th October) at The Aegis Bowl
Simon, Vicki & Piers from f2 Freelance will be at the show and are looking forward to meeting friends old and new, so if you are coming to the show please do stop by and bring us up to date with your news. More information from www.forwardevents.co.uk/roadshows/southampton/exhibitors-list.html
25 September
Simon Roberts will be talking about his new exhibition and book, Pierdom, with Financial Times photography critic Francis Hodgson at Flowers Gallery 82 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8DP on Monday 7th October at 7.00pm
Image: Taken from Pierdom series.
20 September
Arte Laguna Prize
The 8th Arte Laguna Prize features five sections, including: photographic art, video art, and performance. Each section features a top prize of 7000 euros. The final deadline is 30 Oct, but there is a chance for multiple awards for those who apply by 9 Oct. www.artelagunaprize.com
Image: The Matryoshka Dolls 2/3, From The Fractal Architectures series, 2012 © Laetitia Soulier
19 September
Creativity Backgrounds - Innovative Pop-up Background
Creativity Backgrounds has expanded its product line with the Twistflex. This portable pop-up wrinkle-free cloth background is double sided, and is said to be ideal for a quick set up. Both sides can be used with chroma green, chroma blue or black and white. It flips out to the size of 2.16x1.79m, and folds away to a circle 84cm diameter, weighing 3kg. £175 + VAT, £5 delivery + VAT. www.creativitybackgrounds.co.uk
17 September
Calumet - Relaunched Website
Calumet has relaunched its website. Updates include thousands of additional product listings, side-by-side comparisons, reviews, interactive platforms and online promotions. www.calumetphoto.co.uk
12 September
Shortlist For The Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize 2013
Chosen from nearly 2500 other entrants, Anoush Abrar, Dorothee Deiss, Spencer Murphy and Giles Price have been shortlisted for this year's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, so are in with a chance of bagging the £12,000 top prize. The winner will be announced on 12 Nov, while work chosen for exhibition will be on display at the National Portrait Gallery from 14 Nov–9 Feb. www.taylorwessing.com
Image - Dorothee Deiss, The twins.
Olympus - OM-D E-M1 Four Thirds System Camera
Olympus' long-awaited OM-D E-M1 Four Thirds system camera is available to pre-order now, for delivery in mid-October. Said to be 'Olympus' most pro-friendly system camera', it was designed in close collaboration with freelances, who gave Olympus a wish list of ways to make it more ergonomic. Reassignable dials, switches and rings are big, and laid out to ensure the camera sits comfortably in your hand and is easy to use.
Said to combine the portable dimensions of the Micro Four Thirds format with image quality that matches that of a DSLR, thanks to its new Live MOS sensor and next-generation TruePic VII image processor, the OM-D E-M1 delivers images which are the best in the history of Olympus cameras. Its autofocus out performs that of its predecessor, and its Dual Fast AF is available for sequential as well as regular stills.
The OM-D E-M1 has an electronic viewfinder with the magnifying power of a high end, full frame DSLR, and the 5-axis image stabilisation system that made its OM-D debut on the E-M5.
Compatible with an ever-growing range of interchangeable lenses (63 at the last count), it is available for pre-order in black with a special offer, and in the shops with an additional offer for E-System users from mid-October. Prices start at £1299.99 for the body only, £149.99 for the M Zuiko Digital 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 lens kit, and £1949.99 for a kit that includes the new M Zuiko Digital 12-40mm f/2.8 lens. www.olympus.co.uk
5 September
Nikon LD-1000 LED launched
Nikon has announced the LD-1000 LED light for Nikon 1 system and COOLPIX compact cameras: provides a continuous light source for close-up photography or movie making. The light comes with a bracket and lock screws for attaching the light to the camera's tripod socket. RRP: £119.99 / €146 More from www.nikon.co.uk
Flaghead photographic in the UK have updated their Sale of Ex-Demo and Used Equipment list -
http://www.flaghead.co.uk/pdf/ 0813/ Ex-Demo%20Equipment%20%20August %202013.pdf
29 August
International Garden Photographer of the Year - Open
£13,000 (GB Pounds) worth of cash prizes and a range of special awards are on offer in the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition. Deadline for entries is 31 Oct – more from www.igpoty.com
Image by Richard Loader: Fertile.
29 August
Calumet has launched two portable flash systems
The Genesis GF200 has 360º illumination, 200Ws power output and is £285. Its larger sibling meanwhile, the GF400, has similar illumination, 400Ws power output and is £385. Both units are capable of wireless-remote manual power control when used with the company's Genesis 433MHZ 16-Channel Wireless Trigger kit. www.calumetphoto.co.uk.
28 August
Created by freelance photojournalist Shaun Curry and web developer Patrick Krupa, Pixelrights is a new web platform that will allow photographers to display, protect and share work online with greater security than ever before. A beta version will be available soon. http://www.pixelrights.com/
Business Startups Award
Been in business under three years? Until 13 Sept, freelances who've been trading less than three years can enter the Home-based & Freelance Business of the Year Award, which is part of The Startups Award.
The Startups Awards 2013 recognise the success of Britain's newest home-based businesses and there are 13 awards on offer: including Innovative Business of the Year, the Woman in Business Award and the overall Simply Business Startups Business of the Year. This year's winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at London's prestigious Kensington Roof Gardens, on 6 Dec. More from www.startupsawards.co.uk
23 August
HIPA Awards
The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (HIPA) International Photography Award offers a top prize of £77,021 ($120,000), as well as prizes of up to $20,000 in individual entry categories. The closing date for entries for what is fast becoming the worlds major open photographic competition is 31 December 2013. More information from http://hipa.ae/en/
By Florian Dümig - Germany
Instagram's Terms of Use
The American Society of Media Photographers has released "The Instagram Papers", a collection of essays about Instagram's terms of use and the rights they give the company. ASMP believes that few Instagram users understand the extent of the rights they are giving away, which include granting perpetual use of photos and video as well as the right to license images to third parties. Photographers also relinquish the right to terminate the agreement. Anyone who uses Instagram should take a look at this. For more - www.asmp.org
22 August
iPhone App - Photo Ferret
Landscape photographer Tom Mackie has revealed the exact GPS locations across the UK of 180 of his images in the iPhone app Photo Ferret. The app features a Google Maps interface, making it easy to navigate. Tips are also given about getting the best shot, while a Wikipedia interface can tell you more about the area. $13.99. www.tommackie.com
Image by Tom Mackie
12 August
The London Photo Festival
Freelances are still able to submit their work to The London Photo Festival, which will be taking place 3-5 October at The Crypt, Borough High Street. With only a few spaces left, you have until 2 September to enter. The two themes are b/w and night photography. Judging this year is Zoe Whishaw, commercial photographer, editor and art director, formerly of Getty Images. She is also available for portfolio reviews.
Image - 'Manic' © Khadijah Abdullah. Exhibited in May 2013.
9 August
The Lens For All Purposes
Nikon has launched AF-S DX Nikkor 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, a DX-format zoom with Vibration Reduction. £579.99 http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/
7 August
The Photography Show: 1-4 March at The NEC, Birmingham UK
Momentum builds for The Photography Show: Nikon and Olympus have confirmed their attendance; and so has f2 Freelance Photographer! We'll be keeping you informed as further news is announced.
1 August
Special Offer - 20% Off Digital Subscriptions of f2 Via Pocketmags.com
Pocket mags is available across all devices and offers a 10 issue (annual) subscription £17.49 and a 5 issue (6 months) subscription £10.49. This offer runs from 1 to 4 August - click here to grab this deal before it's too late!
Making Switching Between Camera Systems Easier
A Mount Conversion Service is available from Sigma UK for freelances wishing to carry on using their Sigma lenses, and switching between camera systems. The following lenses can be used within this service: 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM, 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM, 30mm f/1.4 DC HSM, 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM / DC MACRO HSM. 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM. The conversion is available for: Sigma, Sony, Nikon, Pentax and Canon. This is chargeable service regardless of the warranty period of the product. For more details go to -http://www.sigma/-global.com/en/lenses/cas/service/mcs/index.html
31 July
SmugMug Re-brands
SmugMug has rebranded. The relaunched site promises photographers increased opportunities other than a standard template, as well as full cross-platform function from smart-phone through to large screen monitor. More information and a free 14 day trial from www.smugmug.com
30 July
Ian Parry Scholarship - Extended Dealine
The Ian Parry Scholarship's deadline has been extended to 10 August. Entrants submit a project proposal along with 12 images. The cash prize, worth £3500, goes toward the cost of the winning assignment, which will then be published in The Sunday Times Magazine. www.ianparry.org
26 July
Fujifilm Discontinues Four Films
Fujifilm have announced the discontinuation of the following films:
Fujifilm Neopan 400 35mm black and white film
Fujichrome Provia 400X 35mm and 120 colour transparency film
Fujifilm Superia 400 120 medium format colour negative film
Fujifilm Reala 120 medium format colour negative film
Details of the remaining Fujifilm analogue products can be found at
24 July
IGPOTY Comp
Until 31 Oct, anyone can enter International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition 7. It has a top prize of £5000 for a single image, and £2000 for a portfolio of work, along with a Royal Photographic Society Gold Medal. Finalists will have their work exhibited and published. All entrants will receive personal feedback on entries by email on request. www.igpoty.com
Image - © Rob Hunt, Kite Flying on Clifton Downs
19 July
It was great to catch up with everyone, and meet subscribers old and new at Bristol Photovision on Tuesday. The next Photovision that we will be attending is Southampton 8 October. We hope to see you there!
Sony World Photography Awards Competition
Until 9 Jan 2014, any photographer who has completed a body of work in 2013 can enter Sony World Photography Awards' Professional Photographer of the Year. The winning project will be awarded the L'Iris d'Or, as well as $25,000 (roughly £16,270). http://www.worldphoto.org/competitions
12 July
Bristol Photovision
f2 Freelance will be at Bristol Photovision at Ashton Gate Stadium this coming Tuesday (16 July) so do please stop by and say hello if you are coming to the show
For more information on Photovision Bristol please click here www.forwardevents.co.uk
Light Blue 4.2 launched
Light Blue Software has announced the immediate availability of version 4.2. Most significantly Light Blue 4.2 now includes iPhone and iPad apps to complement the desktop software. A free, fully functioning 30-day trial of Light Blue can be downloaded from www.lightbluesoftware.com
10 July
Ian Parry Scholarship
Photographers aged 24 and under, as well as those of any age attending a full time photographic course, have until 1 Aug to enter this year's Ian Parry Scholarship. You must submit a project proposal along with 12 images, the £3500.00 cash prize going toward the cost of the winning assignment, which will then be published in The Sunday Times Magazine. More information from www.ianparry.org
Image: © Adrian Fussell
5 July
Summer promotions on Elinchrom lighting kits
Elinchrom D-Lite RX ONE, D-Lite 2 & 4, BRX 250 & 500 Compact kits & Quadra Hybrid RX kits are being offered at Special Summer prices, through participating UK stockists, until 30th September. Complete kit prices start from £365 including free accessories. More information from www.pscdistribution.co.uk/elinchrom
4 July
EOS70D promises smoother video shooting
Freelances shooting video, will want take a long hard look at Canon's new EOS70D, as changes to the auto-focusing system contribute to very much smoother autofocus video shooting. Autofocus, traditionally calibrated for stills photography, tends to create jumpy images when used in video mode. In launching the EOS70D Canon have reacted to the growth in DSLR film makers, including a focusing system that moves smoothly between focus points. The EOS70D will be available in the UK from late August and is on pre-order with retailers now, price £1079.99, body only. For more information from canon.co.uk
1 July
NME and Nikon Launch 2013 Music Photography Awards
Until mid-Sept, category winners in the NME Music Photography Awards with Nikon will receive a Nikon 1 J3 camera kit, while the professional photographer category winner will receive a Nikon D600 DSLR kit. All winners will be exhibited in London. NME Editor Mike Williams says: "This allows NME to seek out fresh photography talent and celebrate some of our most iconic shoots from NME's past."
Image: Last year's NME Music Photography Awards winner © Matt Richardson.
30 June
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25 June
Photo-Show launched for 2014
Future Publishing, supported by The Royal Photographic Society, this morning announced it is stepping into the void left by the sudden demise of Britain's major annual trade show Focus on Imaging. Similarly to Focus "The Photography Show" will take place in Halls 9 and 10 at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre and is scheduled to run from Saturday 1st to Tuesday 4th March 2014. Despite taking the same venue, over roughly the same time period, the Future team are keen to emphasise this is an entirely new show determined to make a very positive impression. As long supporters of Focus on Imaging, here at f2 Freelance Photographer, we're acutely conscious of the importance of the annual event: to the industry, the profession and everyone with a passion for photography and extend the new show and its organisers every good wish for the inaugural event in 2014!
24 June
Olympus Offers Free Grip
Olympus UK are offering customers purchasing any OM-D E-M5 body or M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 12-50mm lens kit a free HLD-6 2-Part Grip. The offer is open to UK residents and runs from 1 July until 30 September - more information about Olympus from www.olympus.co.uk
14 June
18-35mm f/1.8 DC - launch date & UK price announced
Sigma UK have just announced the much talked about 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens will be launching in Canon and Sigma mount in early July, with Nikon fit following on towards the end of the month. UK RRP will be £799.99 including VAT. Availability for Sony and Pentax mount is to be announced at a later date. More information from
SmugMug issue metadata pledge
Photographer backlash against the new Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act continues to gain momentum, with top names like David Bailey challenging the planned copyright law changes at the highest level. Responding to photographer concerns, Don MacAskill, CEO of e-commerce site SmugMug, this morning went on the record pledging "Our users can rest assured that we never strip key metadata from their images. Assuming they upload their images with the proper metadata, we will always maintain the important fields in their display copies (except thumbnails)."
In reinforcing the above statement SmugMug Educator and Account Manager Sean Rogan adds: "There is a due diligence issue that corporations must embrace. If an original file is out there and is lifted from SmugMug and ends up in a national newspaper, the photographer can make the case that the image has been used without their knowledge. The publisher will not be able to contest this because the original source file will have all its necessary metadata."
5 June
Sony World Photography Awards - Open for Entries
The 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, organised by the World Photography Organisation, is now open for entries. Professional, amateur, youth and student photographers from across the world can enter their best work for free. Photographers will compete for a range of cash prizes and the latest digital imaging equipment from Sony. Overall winners will be announced in London on 30 April 2014. More information from www.worldphoto.org
Image: The Limousine Project. © Myriam Melon, Italy. Sony World Photography Awards.
30 May
The Renting Game
With more and more freelances renting their equipment rather than buying, Calumet has set up a website dedicated solely to rental. Photographic equipment, from cameras to studio products, is available at a daily rate, including damage waiver insurance. www.calumetrental.co.uk
29 May
Inkifi - Printing and Selling On Demand
Social media site Instagram has launched Inkifi: a platform which enables users to print their images on demand in different formats without the hassle of invoicing. This allows anyone to make money from their prints easily: a recurring issue brought up by many freelances. Just upload your image to the Inkifi website and choose how you want it to be printed – on anything from a canvas to a t-shirt. The Instagram printing service will then print to your specifications and ship it to anywhere in Europe. You have complete control over the selling price, with the option to alter commission levels with each sale.
To find out more and get printing, visit http://inkifi.com/
23 May
Peaches and Cream Calling for Entries
Millennium Images Peaches & Cream competition asks you to submit a series of 3-10 images suitable for a book cover or hanging on a gallery wall. Prizes include a three year contract with Millennium Images; £750 in cash;
an exhibition at Dreamspace in central London in October; and the
possibility of seeing your work published on the front cover of a bestselling novel. Deadline of 20 July, with a discount for entries by 12 July.
17 May
Bowens Compact Lighting Kit
Bowens Travelpak kits comprise a control panel, a battery unit, two Gemini cables, and a universal mains charger. They come in two sizes. The small Travelpak kit can power one or two Gemini monolights up to 3000Ws. Highly portable, it can deliver up to 375 shots at full power per charge, and can recycle to full power in as little as 2secs. The bigger Travelpak features twice the capacity, delivering up to 750 shots at full power, and recycling just as quickly in as little as 2secs. www.bowensdirect.com
8 May
TIPA 2013 Best Expert DSLR Lens
Sigma's 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM lens has been awarded the TIPA 2013 Best Expert DSLR Lens. Says Adam Woolfitt (f2, May 2013), "The resolution across the entire image field is exceptional, particularly at full aperture. From any standpoint, I judge it an outstanding lens and amazing value. Mechanically, it is beautifully engineered and a pleasure to handle."
29 April
Winners of the Photographer of the Year Awards
For the second year running, Mark Ashworth has taken joint honours in the Click Group, Fresh, and B2B Photographer of the Year Awards 2013. With the judging panel comprising internationally respected freelances such as Damian McGillicuddy, the awards are a great chance for photographers to get their work noticed. There are three awards given. Mark Ashworth ashworthphotography.co.uk takes the Click Group Award; Paul Johnson pjphoto.co.uk/ is the Fresh Group winner, and Sarah Tate sarahtate.co.uk wins the inaugural B2B Award. They all received cash prizes of up to £5500, and an OMD kit, courtesy of sponsor Olympus. www.cccuk.co
The 2013 Sony World Photography Awards
L'Iris d'Or and competition winners were announced last night at the gala ceremony held in London. The winner of the L'Iris d'Or / Photographer of the Year title is Andrea Gjestvang, 32, from Norway. Meanwhile, amateur photographer Hoang Hiep Nguyen from Hanoi, Vietnam, was announced as the Open Photographer of the Year. Having only bought his first digital camera one year ago. Natalia Wiernik from Poland was awarded Student Focus Photographer of the Year, and Alecsandra Dragoi, Romania was awarded Youth Photographer of the Year.
Image: © Andrea Gjestvang, Norway, L'Iris d'Or, 2013 Sony World Photography Award
25 April
Bowens - Half a Century in the Making
Bowens has been in business for 50 years and is marking the occasion by holding a competition on the theme of '50'. Interpretation of this can be as varied as you please. The Bowens Litebook team will shortlist its favourites and place them on the Bowens Facebook page for the viewing public to pick the winner. The prize is £600 worth of Bowens lighting equipment and the deadline end of May. https://www.facebook.com/bowensflash
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Christian Hough using Bowens super-fast new Creo generator
24 April
Special Offer for UK Sigma Users
Sigma Imaging (UK) Ltd have launched a special promotion recognising the loyalty of Sigma camera owners. Effective immediately and running until 16 June 2013 all existing Sigma SD/DP camera users can receive up to £300 cashback when they purchase a second unit. Terms & conditions apply to this offer and claims must be received by June 24, 2013 in order to qualify for the cashback. More information from www.sigma-imaging-uk.com
Photovision Hertfordshire
Good to meet everyone at Photovision Roadshow Hertfordshire yesterday at the Sopwell House Hotel. We were very pleased to finally meet Neil Bowler, whose work we have been following since our feature on him last year.
As usual all sorts of topics were raised on the stand some of which we will be covering in f2 over the coming months. One of the things that came up a couple of times was branding and logos - increasingly photographers seem to feel it's important to have a logo designed as a part of their branding. Some look great but quite a few in our mind don't tend to compliment or perhaps work with the style the photographer is creating. What's your experience of this? We'd really like to have your feedback on this really crucial topic – go to our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/f2FreelancePhotographerMagazine
We will be joining the events again at Bristol's Ashton Gate Stadium Tuesday, 16th July - hope to see you there!
18 April
Sigma's Wide Aperture Zoom Lens Breakthrough
Sigma's 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM APS-C format (27-52.5mm, 35mm equivalent) is unusual in achieving a maximum aperture of f/1.8 throughout the zoom range - a very wide aperture for a zoom lens. This looks like a useful piece of kit for freelances to keep in their gadget bags, enabling you to achieve manual focus in darker conditions, and a narrow depth of field for portraits. Price and availability TBC.
15 April
Quantum's Compact Video Ringlight
The Quantum Omicrom 4 Video Ringlight is a 'chromatically correct' colour variable LED video ringlight, with adjustable colour temperature and auto-tracking. It is: flicker free dimmable from 100-5%, and colour temperature variable from 2600-6500K. It features auto tracking, and automatic intensity adjustment. It has a chromatically correct LED array for true colour rendition; eight user defined pre-set modes; a three mode LED display, flexible power options (mains or battery), and it is compact, light and easy to use. Omicron 4 video LED ringlight, incl AC supply OM44, £838.80. www.flaghead.co.uk
11 April
Nikon Red Dot Triumph
Nikon's FX (full frame) format D4 DSLR and four of its compacts – the 1 V2 and J3, the S1,and the Coolpix S01 - have received Red Dot awards for product design, presented for products released over the past two years that exhibit superiority in such features asinnovation, functionality, ergonomics, ecology, and durability. Winners will be on display from 2-28 July at the Design on stage – winners' Red Dot award: product design 2013 exhibition, at the Red Dot Design Museum, Essen Germany. http://en.red-dot.org/
4 April
Photovision Roadshows' 2013 series begins at Sopwell House, Hertfordshire on Tues 23 April.
f2 Freelance will of course be there and looking forward to meeting you, so bring a folio or tablet and show us your work. Register for FREE Photovision tickets - http://www.forwardevents.co.uk/register-for-free-tickets.html See you there!
May f2 Now On Sale
You can order your print or digital copy from our Buy Now page. It is also available to buy from W H Smiths on your local High Street or through our app.
This month's issue contains five exclusive interviews with successful freelances including Simon Brown. Plus news, tips for improving your business and the latest product reviews. Find out more by reading our Latest Issue column (to your right).
28 March
Easter Bank Holiday In-App Discount
Special Offer for the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend - 25% off 5 and 10 issue subscriptions via pocketmags.com, now is the time to subscribe!
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27 March
AFP - Sports Journalist Photographer of the Year
Adrian Dennis receives coveted award as 2012 photographer of the year from the British sports journalists' profession. Dennis was particularly acknowledged for his surprising picture of Usain Bolt, photographing himself alongside fans after the Jamaican team's victory in the 4X100-metre relay at the London Olympics. Having already won the photographer of the year title for his coverage of the Paralympics, Dennis was praised for his Olympics portfolio by the UK Picture Editors' Guild.
25 March
Olympus OM-D Easter Offer
Olympus have announced an Easter Bank Holiday Special Offer with £150.00 off OM-D bodies and kits. The existing free accessory offer is also extended over the
Easter period from the original end date of March 31st to midnight on April 1st. For more information on the offer please visit olympus.co.uk/promotions
14 March
Nikon's Spring Cash Back Offer
Nikon's spring promotion offers up to £150 cash back on selected products, including DSLRs the D3100, D3200, D5100, D5200, D7000 and D600. This promotion runs from 14 March – 31 May, and all claims must be received by 30 June. For more information on the promotion, and how to submit your claim, please visit: www.nikon.co.uk/cashback.
7 March
April f2 Now On Sale!
The latest issue of f2 Freelance Photographer magazine is now available and you can order your print or digital copy from our Buy Now page.
It is also available to buy from W H Smiths on your local High Street or through our app.
This month's issue contains five exclusive interviews with successful freelance photographers including Nadav Kander, plus news, tips for improving your business and the latest product reviews. Find out more by reading our Latest Issue column (to your right).
1 March
Focus On Imaging
f2 Freelance Photographer will be at Focus at The NEC Sunday through Wednesday. We're on stand K1, sharing again with our friends from the Bureau of Freelance Photographers, - do please drop by and say hello if you're coming to the show.
Nikon School launch
Nikon is opening the Nikon School in central London next month. Based in the new Nikon Centre of Excellence, two minutes from Oxford Circus. It will also function as a contact point for technical support and advice, for professional photographers who are members of the Nikon Professional Services (NPS) group.
A programme of courses is being launched to coincide with the opening, from introductory to more advanced. Nikon is currently offering a £20 discount on courses. To claim your discount use the code aclc2kfojh when booking.
25 February
Capture One Pro 7
Phase One has launched Capture One Express 7 offering essential tools to import, convert, organize, adjust, share and print superior-quality photographs in a fast, intuitive workflow. Express 7 includes many of the advanced features found in Capture One Pro 7, such as noise reduction when shooting in low light, the ability to recover detais in shadows and highlights. More from www.phaseone.com/pricing
21 February
Bowens in the Limelite
Limelite, the videography and broadcast subdivision of Bowens, will launch two Mosaic LED panels at Focus this year. The Tungsten and Bicolour panels are part of the Limelite modular studio and location light-bank system, and are set to be showcased alongside a new HD Field Monitor, a range of DSLR camera rigs, and the Studiolite DMX fluorescent lighting range. The company will also preview a new 300W focusing floodlight and an on-camera LED light and LED ringlite. www.limelite.uk.com
15 February
Hahnemühle FineArt has a range of archive and portfolio boxes for storing fine art inkjet prints
Due to be launched at Focus on Imaging, Hahnemühle FineArt's range of archive and portfolio boxes offer a protective storage solution. These boxes are acid free and age resistant, and have been designed in conjunction with museums and galleries in China for the safe storage of artworks and artefacts. Available in four sizes to hold A4, A3, A3+ and A2 sheets, the boxes are constructed in a thickness of 1.6mm for A4 and a heavier 3mm board for the larger sizes. Prices start at £5.50. www.hahnemuehle.com
14 February
The Nikon Photo Contest, final call for entries
12 February
Zed Nelson's exhibition "Love Me"
Zed Nelson's exhibition "Love Me" continues its tour and opens across 2 venues at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the Lighthouse Gallery on Friday 15 February. Zed Nelson will be there for the opening and will be giving a talk about the project, at 7pm. He's a great supporter of freelance photography and is always happy to talk about his projects - so it's a talk not to be missed if you're in the area. www.zednelson.com
7 February
Loxley Colour appoints ex Kodak manager to the head of sales
Leading wedding and social pro lab Loxley Colour has appointed former Kodak business manager Calum Thomson as its new head of sales and business partnerships. Stepping into his role with immediate effect Thomson says: "This is an extremely exciting challenge." Commenting on this high key appointment Loxley Colour MD Ian Loxley adds: "Calum brings a comprehensive and enviable knowledge of the imaging world. He will bring fresh focus and impetus to the company and will play a key role in helping to expand the Loxley Colour business." email@example.com www.loxleycolour.com
30 January
LPA / FUTURES Competition 2013
Don't miss this unique opportunity to win representation by one of the UK's leading photographers' agents. The deadline is fast approaching for applications, which is this Friday 1 Feb at 6pm. www.lisapritchard.com/uploads/pdfs/Call-For-Entries-2013.pdf
25 January
15,000 share £4 million Payback royalties through DACS.
Payback is an annual scheme which distributes royalties to visual artists, including photographers, whose work has been reproduced in UK books and magazines or on TV. In August 2012, DACS launched a new online system for Payback making it quicker and easier to make a claim. Planning for Payback 2013 is now underway and will launch this summer. If you have had work published in UK Books, magazines or on TV and wish to claim Payback for the first time this year you should register with DACS. To find out more about Payback visit www.dacs.org.uk/for-artists/payback or follow DACS on Twitter at @DACSforartists
18 January
Calumet chief pledges to help 'stranded' Jessops customers
Calumet has made an offer of free help to any Jessops customer left stranded with warranty repair issues following the recent collapse of the High Street retailer. Christof Bergmann, MD at Calumet Europe, said Calumet's doors were open across the country to provide professional assistance with manufacturers' warranty repair issues saying: "Customers experiencing these problems can walk into any Calumet store with their appropriate receipt and our staff will handle the dispatch and return of the product along with all the necessary paperwork – and we will make no administration fee for this service."
14 January
Sigma Special Cashback
From 14th January 2013, Sigma Imaging UK Ltd are introducing a short term special offer of a £50 cashback for customers buyiong a 150-500mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM lens. Terms and Conditions apply. Visit www.sigma-imaging-uk.com or ask your local photographic retailer for more details of this offer and how to claim your £50 cashback.
Phase One updates Capture One Pro
Capture One Pro 7.0.2 is ready for immediate download. The release focuses on solving bugs reported by customers, strengthening overall stability, adding support for new cameras,and includes new tethered support for Canon EOS 6D. www.phaseone.com
11 January
Nikon continue Jessops customer repairs
Nikon UK would like to assure Jessops customers that we are actively working with the administrators and plan to undertake all outstanding repairs as quickly as possible. Nikon UK will be contacting customers directly regarding their repairs, however for any queries please call 0330 123 0928. To help us update you on the status of your repair, we ask customers to have a product serial number to hand. Nikon UK can confirm that we will also be honouring any repairs under Jessops' Photo + extended warranty scheme.
Nikon UK would like to take the opportunity to remind customers of its FREE product returns service via a local Post Office, simply visit www.nikon.co.uk/repairrequest to register a repair request. Customers should also take advantage of the range of Nikon service benefits, including free technical support and advice via our support centre and online Service and Support section and manufacturer's one year guarantee with an option to extend for two years. Simply register your Nikon camera online at www.nikon.co.uk/register .
4 January
Reviews Section - new product reviews added
We're continuing our update of the site by adding more recent equipment reviews including tilt and shift lenses, EOS5D MkIII and the Elinchrom Ranger Quadra lighting system - please check out the reviews section for more.
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Before last week, I was carrying a Coach Madison Kimberly Carryall in the Chesnut color. I picked it out before school started and have carried it all this year. It has lots of space and pockets for me to put everything.
And as of last week, I've been carrying my mom's black and white Coach bag. It has less room but carries everything I need.
I've always been one for big purses, I grew up going to the Outlets with my family and drooling over their bags. And they're perfect for a girl like me who carries a lot. Case in point, let's see what all I carry in my bag. Here's an overview of everything.
Yeah, it's a lot. I've had it been called a suitcase, a briefcase, a Mary Poppins/Hermione Granger bag, the likes. But everything in here I need, I promise. Let me highlight my top things in this bag.
1. Lilly Pulitzer Agenda
Umm, duh. I don't know what I'd do without my Lilly agenda. I fill it out every school day with all my class assignments. I have the smallest size in Tiger Lilly and hope to get the larger size for my sophomore year.
2. Coach Wallet
Whether it's holding gift cards, receipts, my MetroCard, anything, I love my black Coach wallet. I;ve had it for a year and a half and it's in such great shape.
3. eos
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have one of these in every flavor. They're so handy and really help moisturize my lips in a pinch.
4. Empty packs of gum
Because I go through way too much gum in one day.
5. Sunglasses with Lilly Croakies
I can't live without sunglasses, and my Lilly Pulitzer croakies in Tiger Lilly are perfect.
6. And then there's this...
Trash, random makeup, a SSCo sticker (?). Oops.
7. And finally
My life in one phone.
I don't know what I'd do without this bag at my side. Whether it's Advil, band-aids, or one of the fourteen random bobby pins in the bottom of my bag, I can always count on it.
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Autonomous vehicle trials ramping up for UK launch in London and Oxford
Image credit: Oxbotica
Autonomous driving start-up FiveAI has been given a £12.8m grant from the UK Government to trial driverless cars on London's roads in 2019.
The money will fund more than half of the £23m project from the Streetwise consortium, which is led by FiveAI.
Streetwise aims to show how autonomous driving technology is now sufficiently mature to be safe in urban environments and sufficiently intelligent to co-exist with human drivers, road users and pedestrians.
The project also looks at safety validation methods, insurance and service models that will ultimately replace the urban commuter car.
Streetwise is currently targeting a window of Q3 2019 to launch a supervised trial of a pilot fleet of autonomous vehicles on London roads.
The grant was awarded by the UK government's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) as part of its CAV2 competition, which makes a total of £35m available to companies looking to progress driverless technology in the UK.
This project will develop autonomous SAE level 4 technology, which is a ratings system published in 2014 to determine the level of complexity at which driverless technology will operate.
Level 3, or 'eyes off', is technology that allows the driver to safely turn their attention away from driving tasks to other activities, such as texting or watching a film. While the vehicle will handle situations that call for an immediate response, like emergency braking, the driver must ultimately be prepared to intervene within some limited time as specified by the manufacturer.
Level 4 does not require the driver to participate in driving, even during emergency situations. This is generally considered the baseline level of functionality for truly autonomous vehicles.
Ultimately, Level 5 vehicles will remove the steering wheel entirely and no human interaction with the driving process will be necessary or even possible. It is thought that taxis will be the first to adopt this model.
Stan Boland, CEO of FiveAI said: "The UK has built up excellent academic expertise in the field of artificial intelligence, an essential component to autonomous vehicle technology.
"Keeping that talent in the UK and focusing enough of it on the automotive space is a serious challenge, since much of it is being hired to work for US companies either on different projects in the UK or on automotive projects in the US or Europe.
"Through this new funding and support, the government is doing its part and it's now up to UK businesses like FiveAI to step-up to define this emerging market and ensure that the UK becomes a world-leader in this technology and is well positioned to reap the economic benefits."
Meanwhile, Oxford-based AI company Oxbotica has announced that it is also the recipient of an £8.6m CAV grant which will see a fleet of autonomous vehicles being deployed in urban areas and on motorways, culminating in an end-to-end journey from London to Oxford.
Oxbotica is leading a consortium known as Driven to escalate the pace at which driverless technology comes to the UK.
A six-vehicle fleet, which will operate at SAE Level 4, will be deployed equipped with Selenium, Oxbotica's vehicle manufacturer-agnostic software (for OEMs) to power autonomous driving.
As a platform, Selenium provides any vehicle it is applied to with an awareness of where it is, what surrounds it and, with that knowledge in hand, how it should move to complete a task.
Professor Paul Newman, Head of the Oxford Robotics Institute based at the University of Oxford and one of Oxbotica's founders, said: "Driven is the first of its kind and brings a host of new questions surrounding the way these vehicles will communicate with each other. We're moving from the singleton autonomous vehicle, to fleets of autonomous vehicles – and what's interesting to us at the Oxford Robotics Institute is what data the vehicles share with one another, when and why."
Earlier this month, a prototype driverless vehicle began public testing near London's O2 Arena.
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Jack Graham first to petition onto Senate primary ballot
It's no easy feat: Candidates must collect and submit at least 1,500 signatures from registered Republicans in each of Colorado's seven congressional districts.
It's no easy feat: Candidates must collect and submit at least 1,500 signatures from registered Republicans in each of Colorado's seven congressional districts.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's decision to nominate Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday did little to alter the politics of the high court fight — at least in Colorado — as Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner immediately reiterated his opposition to any nominee selected by Obama.
"Our next election is too soon and the stakes are too high; the American people deserve a role in this process as the next Supreme Court Justice will influence the direction of this country for years to come," said Gardner in a statement released even before Obama had finished the Rose Garden ceremony introducing Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Gardner initially had left a small window open for an Obama pick, but later hardened his stance in opposition.
Since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Republicans have vowed to block any nominee put forward by Obama, a move aimed at preserving the conservative leanings of the Supreme Court that existed while Scalia was still alive.
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WASHINGTON — Senate hopeful Jon Keyser announced a trio of endorsements Monday — tallying support from former U.S. Sen. Hank Brown, former Gov. Bill Owens and former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo.
All the nods are notable, though the most intriguing of the bunch is the thumbs-up from Tancredo, the on-again, off-again Republican who ran an insurgent race for president long before Donald Trump tried it.
Said Tancredo in a statement released by the Keyser campaign: "Jon brings an unparalleled level of national security experience to this race and I have no doubt he will secure our southern border and bring Colorado common sense to Washington, D.C."
Tancredo did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment, though it's not surprising that he mentioned immigration in his statement — as that issue was Tancredo's often-controversial calling card during his political career.
For Keyser, the package of endorsements could help him gain traction in an unusually large Republican primary field. By balancing the backing from Tancredo with the support of Owens and Brown — two politicians who hew closer to the establishment than Tancredo — Keyser wants to make the case he's the Republican with the best chance to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.
But the move isn't without risks.
Democrats on Thursday were calling out Republicans for saying they will support the GOP nominee, which looks increasingly like Donald Trump and all his baggage.
Funny thing is, Republicans have been calling on incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet for weeks to say whether he'll support Bernie Sanders and the Democratic socialist's agenda. Sanders still trails Hillary Clinton nationally, but he waxed her in Tuesday night's Colorado caucus.
Bennet and almost all his potential opponents have the same answer: They'll support their party and its nominee.
Jerry Natividad is Lucky No. 13 in the Republican field for U.S. Senate in Colorado.
Natividad officially launched his bid Tuesday, weeks after telegraphing the move, and joins a crowded field vying to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet.
"I'm not stepping into it just to make a little noise, I'm stepping in it on a serious note," he said in an interview.
Like other challengers, first-time candidate Natividad is casting himself as an outsider, despite spending decades working in politics and public policy with the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and various Republican campaigns. Also like the other candidates, he's emphasizing his background as a business owner and his focus on cutting government spending and lowering the national debt. Given the similarities, it's unclear how he will differentiate himself ahead of the June primary.
WASHINGTON – Because schadenfreude is always fun.
WASHINGTON — The White House confirmed Thursday that President Barack Obama will sign into law a broad trade bill that includes a provision — co-authored by U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. — that bolsters the ability of the U.S. to fight currency manipulation by countries such as China.
The underlying measure passed the Senate 75-20 earlier in the day, and it includes a raft of similar measures intended to help U.S. companies compete on a global stage, such as the creation of a new "early warning system" designed to detect "surges from unfair trade," according to a summary of the bill.
The Bennet piece of the legislation, which was co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Tom Carper, D-Del., requires U.S. officials to first negotiate with countries found to be artificially affecting the value of their currency, often by buying or selling foreign currency to affect the global exchange rate. If that doesn't work, the bill outlines a series of punitive steps — such as blocking the offending country from future trade agreements.
"Currency manipulators illegally make overseas goods cheaper and exports from Colorado less attractive on the global markets," said Bennet in a statement. "Our measure puts in place strong tools that allows the United States to fight back."
In a statement, the White House gave credit to how the bill provided "unprecedented new tools to address unfair currency practices."
WASHINGTON — Congress is filled with traditions. One of the most cherished — if not occasionally ridiculed — is the ritual of lawmakers making bets whenever their team makes the Big Game.
Sports-crazy Colorado is no exception, and the last few days have been filled with the announcements of various wagers between Broncos fans and supporters of that other team from the South somewhere.
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, was the first to kick off the Super Bowl madness.
He put some real meat on the line (warning: this blog post may contain bad puns) by betting U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., some "locally raised, mouth-watering" steak from Colorado against North Carolina barbecue.
But this being Congress, even a simple wager has to include a sprinkle of politics; according to Buck's office, the steak vs. BBQ wager was made, in part, by a desire to highlight a beef industry "hurt by government overreach."
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, is taking the food route too.
WASHINGTON – The newest Republican to enter Colorado's race for U.S. Senate is a new Republican himself — as businessman Jack Graham switched his voter registration to the GOP from the Democratic party just a year ago, according to election records and confirmed by his campaign manager.
The recent conversion could give ammunition to the dozen or so Republicans running against Graham, a political neophyte who entered the GOP primary last week with the announcement he would pump $1 million of his own money into his campaign account. That amount of cash, coupled with Graham's past ties to Colorado State University athletics, suggests he could be an early contender — but it makes him a target too.
In explaining the switch, campaign manager Dick Wadhams said it's a matter of tradition, as well as logistics.
"Jack was a Democrat by family tradition. He grew up in San Francisco," Wadhams said. And while Graham supported Republicans "all these years," he was too busy doing things such as running the athletics department at CSU to change it, he added.
"It shows he hasn't been politically involved in his life," said Wadhams, who noted former President Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat too.
The winner of the GOP primary will take on incumbent U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet's campaign will report a nearly $2 million cash haul for the final three months of the year, giving him $6.7 million to start the 2016 election year.
The Democrat boasts a substantial advantage over his potential Republican challengers — which now number 10 with Peg Littleton's entry into the race Wednesday. The question of whether a GOP challenger can raise enough money to mount a significant contest depends on the candidate and the level of outside money in the race.
Bennet's fourth-quarter fundraising total essentially mirrors his prior reporting periods and puts him ahead of other top Senate candidates this cycle, despite a slow start a year ago.


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Our role as UX designers
Recently we returned from UX Australia 2011 in Sydney where critical and inspirational themes emerged in presentations, workshops and hall way discussions with people including Kim Goodwin, Rachel Hinman, Janna DeVylder, Steve Baty, Jon Kolko, Samantha Starmera, Whitney Quesenbery around topics including context, culture, change, global thinking and our role in community and leadership.
It got me thinking more about our role as User Experience Designers in all this towards driving change in delivering great products and services in the places we work.In a recent piece on "User Experience Design in Asia" Jo and I wrote –
People are starting to ask themselves: How am I perceived within my organization? How do I perceive myself? How am I and the work that I do positioned within my organization? People don't always have clear answers to these questions. And some people feel powerless to make any real change through their UX design roles and the products they work on.
We also recently read this thought provoking piece in a Melbourne, Australia newspaper titled – "Jobs made Apple great by ignoring profit" saying:
I have come to the conclusion that what has made Apple so different is that instead of having a profit motive at its core, it has something else entirely. Many big companies like to pretend this is the case — "we put our customers first" — but very few truly live by that mantra. When the pressure is on and the CEO of a big public company has to choose between doing what's best for the customer or making the quarter's numbers… most CEOs will choose the numbers.
Apple never has.
As paradoxical as it is that the pursuit of profit is what causes the long-term failure of companies, I believe that Apple's lack of focus on profitability has actually made it one of the most successful companies in the history of capitalism.
To refocus, this is not an article on how to be Apple, rather we believe that we all need to better understand our tools, beliefs and values at deep personal levels in the places we work, live and breathe in order to understand our place to lead change and the soft skills to do that.
So one may naturally ask – what has this got to do with me?
One may be happy enough doing the task or activity on an assigned project i.e. wireframe, usability testing etc. Why should one be prompted to think about personal characteristics needed to lead positive change? Further, why does one need to look beyond team, organisation, community and my city, my country and the world to create positive change?
Under current …
We walked away from UX Australia 2011 thinking perhaps there is an under current of soft skills we as Experience Designers need to be more self aware about to get better at helping the people we work with "move" to a new place and to work on projects that really matter and truly add value.
So … why change?
People usually want to change when they are not happy with the current situation and either recognise or are introduced to a better future state. They may not always know what the future state looks like, be able to articulate it or even know how to get there. They may also think there is no great motivation to change as its just too hard to do.
Change usually signifies movement or something different to people as they look to people to help show them the necessary and relevant elements to make change happen. Who should do this? Perhaps its our role to help people get there and to create tactics to move people and thinking. Perhaps its our role to help and mentor people to experiment and iterate to nudge change along in themselves and the places they work. An example of this is a unique event that took place in Israel in August 2011 called Lean UX Machine. Lean UX Machine was born in a surprising way and VCs identified a need for UX mentorship for Israeli startups from 12 local and international UX mentors,. It was the first time in Israel that people asked UXers to take the lead and mentor them.
What are some factors we can think more deeply about and recognise if we want to understand the places we work, towards changing them as part of creating better experiences?
Places & Projects
<strong>Its important that we recognise our role as "Design Facilitators" and get better at recognising the projects and places we work to see if they are in fact receptive to change. So what do we need to be aware of? (in no particular order)
- Recognition: do people recognize that the current situation is not working and that there can be another option?
- Alternative future states: what does it look like? Who is going to help design the future state?
- Open to learning:are there beginnings or evidence of an attitude that is willing to look at other ways to work? What will be the evidence of this?
- Leadership: is there a person in the business who is willing to help you outline a "User Experience Roadmap" and help invite the necessary people towards understanding and defining a plan as part of bridging new thinking into every-one's hearts, minds and souls in the organisation.
- Places:what does the space people work in look like? Is it designed to encourage collaboration and open discussions? Do people look like they are energized and focused on improving the products they work on?
- Time: are people given the right amount of time to both attend to current products but also given time to help plan forward, improve and envision?
- Tone: how do people describe their work, colleagues, projects and the business they work for? Do they sound energized or deflated? Are there openings for change?
- Rewards: are people rewarded or punished for coming up with alternative ideas, bringing in needs and opinions of people from other parts of the organisation? Does the project plan provide the space to help design and iterate on problem sets?
- Team: how is the team structured? Are people with different skill sets and perspectives working together or is it left to a few people to own improving on the experience design?
- Management: does management encourage new thinking or does it crush it?
- The business and its legacy: What legacy exists in the current business? Is it useful, motivational or constraining? Where does it come from and has there been any signs of change that indicates the business is open to more change?
- Business models and goals: do you agree with them or do you see opportunities to help the business continue to profit in positive ways or is there also opportunity to design alternative options? Think of a business who disrupting traditional ways of doing things.
Your Takeaway — So if "culture" was a physical product, what does it look like and how do you get people around you to help design for it?
Your Role
We need specific skills and attitudes to help create change in the places and projects we work. So what are these? (in no particular order)
- Planning & facilitation: we need to stand in front of groups of people to provide activities that work on both tactical and strategic issues.
- Communications style: we need to embody the change we are aiming for. How do we want people to feel after they have worked with us? How do we want this energy to transfer to their colleagues and people outside of their team? How can our style teach people about how to create change in their work, products and onto the customer?
- Solutions not problems: we should listen carefully to existing problems as part of learning about how we can help. But we also need to be good at presenting possible solution states to help people shift their thinking and ultimately to help the business achieve their goals
- Shifting and challenging the status quo: its important to teach people to question and discuss alternative ways of doing things. Not for the sake of it, rather towards something better for all.
- Empathy: we work in a human field, so we should embed this in the way we work, in business and across every part of our engagement. How do people learn by our example
Your Takeaway – Identify the gaps in yourself that need to be supplemented with further learning to help create change in the places you work.
Spaces to play in
Recently we were invited to facilitate a workshop in Beijing to help bridge design research findings into design concepts. We were assigned a room and opportunity to not only deliver designs but an opportunity to show how teams can work together towards bigger goals.
Having a space that embodies a new way of working, learning and thinking is critical. It becomes the embodiment of the culture change you are creating.
So what should be in this space? Note – Will Evans has a wonderful article on "Design Studio methodology" that talks to some of this.
- Paper, pens and other goodies: materials for people to express thoughts publicly. Photos and other visuals to get people to think beyond the confines of the room.
- Music: music is a lovely tool to use in breaks and to relax minds.
- Food and drink: feed people so they have good energies to do great work.
- Breakout areas: as places to relax and look at the view. Its an opportunity to step away from the work focus and take a breather.
Your Takeaway – have a space for people do their best work
A future world
To facilitate change we need to show people the place they are moving to. What does the old world look like? What does the future world look like? What do we need to do as a team to get people to both think and behave on the journey to the future world? So how do we do this?
- Time: give yourself and the team time to help them envision the future world. This can help create ownership in the journey to get there.
- Visual: the future world should be physical and something people in the team and outside of the team can see and point to as you walk the path.
- Realistic: include realistic activities that are visible so that the rest of the team can experience the journey to this future world. Map it to design deliverables that show movement and improvement that should in effect talk to success metrics for yourself, the team, business and community.
- Heart & soul: check in with people in the team to see how they feel about the journey to the future world. Are people still upbeat and energized? Do people need to stop for a rest? Do we all need to check again on where we are all headed?
Your Takeaway – know what your future world looks like and find simple ways to communicate it.
Or … from Roy Luebke, Innovation and Strategy Consultant in an article titled "Linking Design, Marketing, and Innovation" –
Innovation is a result. Achieving innovation requires a combination of user research, competitor research, and market driver research (i.e. social, technical, economic, environmental, and political/legal evolutions) and analysis of these elements to make sense of the customers' world and then creatively solve the challenges people have while operating in these worlds. Effective solution development and delivery requires the skills and talents of both marketers and designers, not to mention engineers, accountants, and customer service people as well. It is marketing and design people, though, who should be on the leading edge of opportunity discovery and customer problem framing.
In conclusion … Be water my friend
Conversations in our recent travels suggests the following characteristics at both an individual and organizational level:
- Flexibility
- Openness
- Creativity
- Humanity
- Empathy
- Humility
- Global Thinking
- Selflessness
- Objectivity
- Connectivity
- Add your own
Perhaps these characteristics and others not in the list speak to UX Values or Design Principles we want to live by and that talk directly to our practice, the people we work with, the businesses we run, the future business leaders we want and and the long term behaviours we want to change sustainably and persistently in people and places.
Bruce Lee summarizes:
Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
Thank you:
Tom Wood, Ray McCune, Tim Loo, Neil Pawley, Gill McIntosh, Rob Findlay, Jin Zwicky, Raven Chai, Will Evans, Tomer Sharon, the Ekkli team, Bas Raijmakers, Geke van Dijk, Steve Baty, Whitney Quesenbery, Marc Rettig, Diana Adorno and Michael Davis-Burchat for your contributions and thoughts over time in the writing of this article.


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Fairfield, Conn. – The Sacred Heart Baseball team begins its attempt for a third straight Northeast Conference Championship on Friday night at Louisiana Lafayette, beginning a ten-day stretch in Louisiana to start the 2012-13 campaign. Sacred Heart takes on the Louisiana Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns, Stephen F. Austin, LSU, and Nicholls State on their eight-game Spring Break trip to the Bayou.
The 2013 season marks Head Coach Nick Giaquinto's 25th season at the helm of the Sacred Heart Pioneers and 13th at the Division I level. Last year, Giaquinto led the Pioneers to 25 wins and a second consecutive Northeast Conference Baseball Championship for the program. It also marked the fourth consecutive appearance in the NEC Championship game for Sacred Heart University Baseball and fifth appearance in six years, including the 2006 season when Sacred Heart won its first Division I crown and earned the program's first trip to the NCAA Division I Tournament. He begins the 2013 NEC Tournament with an all-time record of 493-604-2.
The Pioneers are looking for their third straight Northeast Conference Championship, and fourth overall under Coach Giaquinto. Last season the Pioneers went 19-13 in the NEC regular season before running the table in the NEC Tournament, pitching their way to a second straight title.
The Pioneers received complete game performances from senior Tory Scribner (Washington Depot, CT), junior Nick Leiningen (Millwood, NY), and junior Kody Kerski (Waterbury, CT) the past two NEC Tournaments to secure both championships. All three pitchers return for the 2012-13 campaign. Scribner was seventh in innings (75.2) and ninth in strikeouts in the NEC last season. Leiningen threw seven complete games last year and has 14 in his first two seasons as a Pioneer. Robbie Maguire (Brooklyn, NY) also returns to the rotation this season after finishing fourth in the NEC in fewest hits allowed (55) last season.
The Pioneers only lost four seniors from a year ago and return 13 guys that started a significant amount of games last season. Coach Giaquinto has also brought in nine newcomers that he hopes will be able to contribute in any way possible.
Sacred Heart returns two All-NEC caliber players of a year ago, senior shortstop John Murphy (Seymour, CT) and junior designated hitter Dan Perez (Seymour, CT). Perez was named First Team All-NEC at DH, finishing the regular season with a .311 batting average and team-best 34 RBI. He also led the Pioneers in doubles, walks, and on base percentage. Murphy was named Second Team All-NEC in 2012 after leading the Pioneers with a .338 batting average, good for fourth in the NEC. He earned All-NEC honors for the second consecutive year, leading the Pioneers in six offensive categories.
The Pioneers come back from Louisiana in time for their home opener against UCONN on March 13th at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard.


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Baroque is style that will never go out of fashion! Its ornate lines, curves and sheer opulence is seductive. Its dramatic and abundantly stylish, a style that brings a lot of appeal to any space. Check out this theme inspired post for more ideas.
Baroque style decor includes elements like baroque floral inspired wall paper, rugs and upholstery. Gorgeous venetian mirror, and expensive gold and silver accents. Rich texture and color add visual elegance, and it is even called the decor of royalty.
Baroque style decor includes elements like baroque floral inspired wall paper, rugs and upholstery. Gorgeous venetian mirror, and expensive gold and silver accents. Rich texture and color add visual elegance, and it is even called the decor of royalty.
Satiny brown wall and an absolutely stunning baroque style golden headboard. Love the colors together and the acrylic table lamps is the perfect addition. A lovely seamlessly luxurious baroque bedroom!
A really simple to recreate, black and white baroque style living room. A perfectly in sync mirrored side table. Love the play of contrast colors in print. Love the simplicity of execution. Chic!
Lovely pastel floral hallway decor. Pink and black pop against the neutral background. There is a lot of going on with solid colors, stripes and floral but it just comes together beautifully! Love :)
This is perfect for royalty, and that might just be you! Cherubs, ivory and gold, it cannot get more baroque than this. The gilt and ivory is a posh combination, the ornate lines makes it even more sophisticated.
Mirrored furniture have a simple elegance, together with the venetian mirror its just so eye catching. This corner vanity is perfect for a diva!
A more modern, neo baroque interpretation for those who love contemporary. Easy to create, black and white floral wall paper. A matching carpet and some bright pops of color. Easy style!
A lovely Parisian style mantel decorated in baroque style. The symmetry in delftware is soothing and the colors have a subtle elegance. It is so exotic and completely put together. Major envy!
Though the colors here are not actually intense, however the motif on wallpaper is typically baroque style and the curves of sofa also falls in the same decor style. Love the variations of teal and gray. A fav!
The flamboyance of hot pink and black! This is no holds barred styling in two colors. With white as canvas the intense colors look absolutely dramatic and the styling is expensive. So unique!
A beautiful French style home office. The vintage distressed bureau looks perfect against the soft pastel green wall paper. The gilded mirror and gold scrolled arm chair is right out of the era. Vintage opulence.
If you are on a budget but would not like to miss out on the unique decor style, add little accent pieces to your existing decor. A rich silk accent cushion is the perfect way to draw attention to a wing chair.
Even more ingenious, use decal murals to add the hint of baroque to your walls. Its cost effective and a perfect diy project!
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A few days ago I met Girl With A Satchel Erica Bartle. We caught up in a cafe at a music festival in Queensland, where I introduced her to the wonders of reggae/soul/rock band San Salvador (their version of 'Ain't no sunshine when she's gone' is to die for) and rifled her brain for blogging success tips. Blogging for three years and only 29, Erica's made it an art form.
While I don't envy the hours she spends reading and dissecting glossy womens' magazines – she just wrote that reading the latest issue of Grazia left her with "body battle wounds" – this girl knows how to put words together. And while her site is stuffed full of pretty things and mine…well….isn't, we found we had some common interests. We also half joked about about how I could help her become more hardcore and she could help me be nicer (good luck honey).
Here's her take on the lad's mag debate, sexualisation and my book Getting Real: Challenging the sexualisation of girls. I love how she's called Collective Shout an "agitator group". An extract:
…All the research would suggest that premature sexualisation leads to complications in later life. Tankard Reist's most recent book, Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls, presents 15 compelling essays to awaken our consciousness, challenge our thinking and take action in this regard. She has also set up Collective Shout, an agitator group designed to expose advertisers, marketers and media that objectify women and sexualise children to sell products and services… >more


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Nocturnal Leg Cramps
(Muscle Cramps; Nocturnal Muscles Cramps; Age-Related Cramps)
by Ricker Polsdorfer, MD
Nocturnal leg cramps are sudden contractions of the lower leg and foot muscles. They often awaken you from sleep. The calf muscles are most often involved.
The specific cause of nocturnal leg cramps is unknown. These cramps may be related to imbalances in local muscle chemistry. This can be related to problems with nerves, muscles, or blood supply.
Risk Factors
Nocturnal leg cramps are more common in people aged 50 years and older. Other factors that may increase your chances of nocturnal leg cramps:
The main symptom is sudden calf or foot cramps.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with blood tests.
Talk with your doctor about the best plan for you. This may include treatment for any underlying causes of the nocturnal leg cramps.
If no specific cause can be found, treatment options include:
No medication has proven to treat nocturnal leg cramps. Quinine, while often effective for reducing the frequency and intensity of cramps, has a significant risk of major allergic reactions.
Other medications may be used in severe cases. These may include:
To help reduce your chances of nocturnal leg cramps:
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Ortho Info—American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
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Butler JV, Mulkerrin EC, et al. Nocturnal leg cramps in older people. Postgrad Med J. 2002;78:596-598.
Garrison SR, et al. The effect of magnesium infusion on rest cramps: Randomized controlled trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66(6):661-666.
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What Can Happen If I Miss A Chapter 13 Payment?Posted by Steven on Sep 25, 2012 in Chapter 7 | 1 comment
When someone is facing times of financial stress and difficulty, he or she may find bankruptcy to be the best option for achieving debt relief. Financial instability can put an inordinate amount of stress on every area of your life stress you shouldnt have to live with. One option for getting out of debt is filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy where the debtor establishes a repayment plan set up by the bankruptcy trustee.
Unlike Chapter 7 bankruptcy where your dischargeable debts are wiped clean automatically, Chapter 13 bankruptcy lets you can pay off your creditors over a three to five year period. This allows you to make payments without too much financial burden and also is more forgiving on your credit score than Chapter 7. Unfortunately, there could be some potentially serious consequences if you miss a payment.
Missed Payment Consequences
The Chapter 13 repayment plan is a great way for debtors to get out of debt over time without completely destroying their credit score and also getting to keep assets. Creditors trust you will make all necessary payments to pay off your debts. However, if you miss a payment, you could face the following consequences:
- * Forfeited chance of achieving debt forgiveness or having certain debts discharged
- * Your bankruptcy case could be dismissed
- * Forced to transfer to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case
When your case is dismissed, you will have to wait an amount of time before you can file for bankruptcy again. If you have missed a payment, you shouldn't panic. In some cases, you may be able to speak with the bankruptcy trustee and argue for a lesser punishment.
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- "It's why I can't help Aubin deal with th' agony he's in. His mother could—until they killed her."
- ―Goethar Kleej
This individual was a female Gotal who lived during the time of the Old Republic. She was the lover of fellow Gotal Goethar Kleej, and together the two produced a son named Aubin. Around the time of the ignition of the Mandalorian Wars, the Gotal and the rest of her family were captured by The Crucible,[1] a brutal slaving organization structured around aggression and violence.[2]
Aubin had difficulties sorting through the extra-sensory signals that Gotals received through their cones, so he relied heavily on his mother to function on a day-to-day basis.[1] His dependency was particularly pronounced after Chantique, the leader of the slave ring, severed Goethar's horns,[2] thereby depriving him of cone-reliant sensory information and the ability to connect with his son on that level. Aubin's mother was later killed by The Crucible, resulting in her son's descent into silent agony.[1]
Behind the scenesEdit
Aubin Kleej's mother received her first and only mention in Knights of the Old Republic 40: Dueling Ambitions, Part 2, an issue of the Knights of the Old Republic comic series.
- Knights of the Old Republic 40: Dueling Ambitions, Part 2 (First mentioned)