Need a rescue, please ...

The school gym was dark and the wee video of our grandson getting his 'Leave Taking' certificate is so dark it's honestly not usable.

I know how to edit photos - but unfortunately know nothing about editing wee videos.

When I click on the icon, the Properties just say, "Movie Clip" and it opens automatically in Windows Media Player. Am I missing something or does the Windows Media Player not have any editing function?

Would truly appreciate any help - thanks!

Mara

Let your fingers express themselves ...

Hope others enjoy seeing the art work combined with magic fingers at this below site:

http://joyofsix.typepad.com/joyofsix/odds_ends/index.html

...and just scroll down.

Has anyone noticed con artists are ...

Yup, con artists are starting to spell a bit better

Received the below this morning in my email box and while I know it's a con, suspect there must be people taken in by it or these type of things would cease to exist.

(Quote)
"Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10
United Kingdom
FILE REF: HL/5564/06/07/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU
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Dear Lucky Winner,

The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes marking this years anniversary for the month of july 2008, we rolled out over
?500,000.00 GBP (Five hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) Draws.Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range
of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers
14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you ?500,000.00 GBP (Five hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the jackpot winners in his draw.
You have therefore won the entire winning sum of ?500,000.00GBP (Five hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds).

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS:

Full names,Residential address,Phone number,Fax number,Occupation,Sex,Age,Nationality,Present Country,Next of kin name/address, Along with your International
Passport, Driver's license, work ID Card or any form of identity for proper identification and verification.

Mode Of prize Remittance.

(1).Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to Uk Personally to Pick Your prize).

(2).Bank To Bank (Online Money Transfer)

(3).Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other
Winning Documents safely to you.

FOR YOUR CLAIMS CONTACT:
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FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
MR. PATRICK JOHNSON
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK).
Tel: +447024052895
E-mail:patrickjohnson2@live.com
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The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba,
Dell Computers and other International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and
promote computer literacy worldwide.

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS! (Unquote)

I'm rich, I'm rich!!

Buzz buzz, here, there and everywhere!

This must have been like a nightmare come true for all those allergic to bee stings - eek!

(Quote) "Beekeepers in New Brunswick had the unenviable and sometimes painful task Monday of recovering 12 million angry honeybees from a truck that tipped over on the Trans-Canada Highway.

One beekeeper described the normally peaceable bees as "nasty" ... (unquote)

Full story and source: http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en...ticleID=2948332

Those pesky last-forever plastic bags ...

Wouldn't it be terrific if this kid can actual both do it and make the solution marketable?!


(Quote) "Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Ontario high school student develops way to decompose plastic bags in months

Kristine Owram, THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO - As jurisdictions across Canada take action to ban the use of landfill-clogging plastic bags, which can take up to 1,000 years to decompose, an Ontario high school student has discovered a way to break down the pesky plastic in a matter of months.

Source and full story: http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en...ticleID=2948578