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Anna Solding signs her best-selling book Hum of ConcreteSwedish-born Adelaide author Anna Solding, whose debut novel has received rave reviews, will sign copies of her best-selling book, The Hum of Concrete, in Norwood this weekend.

Although English is not Anna’s mother tongue, the style of her writing in The Hum of Concrete has been praised as ‘enchanting’, ‘engagingly different’, ‘sensuous and heartfelt’ by book critics at newspapers including The Advertiser, The Canberra Times and The Age.
 
Readers agree! Right now, The Hum of Concrete is on the bestsellers’ shelf in Dillons Norwood Bookshop, where Anna will sign copies from midday, on Saturday, April 28.
 
“I couldn’t be happier,” says Anna. “After all these years of writing, it feels like everything has fallen into place. It is wonderful to see so many people enjoy my work.”
 
The Hum of Concrete is set in the Swedish city of Malmö, where Anna grew up, and deals with issues of love, longing, sexuality, motherhood and community. According to The Canberra Times, Anna writes about her characters with ‘unadorned honesty and humanity 
 

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John ConvillAustralian security specialist Vision Security Services has announced an iPhone app that provides easy access to its Mobotix range of remote monitoring IP cameras.

Called Q-Cam Professional, the Australian-developed application is designed primarily for the remote monitoring and control of Mobotix cameras.

QCam Pro makes use of the Mobotix MXPEG protocol which allows live audio and video directly from the camera. It also provides a simple “Speak” function for two-way voice communications directly with speaker-equipped cameras. QCamPro is developed by SA-based QIMS (http://www.qims.net.au/qcampro.html).

Vision Security Services managing director John Convill describes QCam Pro as “fantastic”. “I’ve have already loaded it with more than 50 cameras, multiple sites with multiple views,” he said. 

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Gordon WagnerClients don’t view Gordon Wagner as a typical psychologist.

Rather than just a source of professional advice, they see Gordon as a guide for whom authenticity is the essential ingredient to being happy.

As a registered psychologist, Adelaide-based Gordon has worked with more than 1000 clients, many of whom have experienced powerful life-changing results after working with him.

Gordon began studying psychology midway through his career after facing and working through many of his own challenges as a young man.

For years, Gordon pursued a path of awareness, studying everything from mindfulness principles and meditation to eastern spirituality including Sufism and Taoism, as a way to become free of the constraints of his own conditioning.

Gordon’s personal journey helps him immensely as a psychologist:  By facing his own challenges. Gordon has developed a rapport with his clients that only life experience can endow.

Gordon’s clients will often comment on how comfortable they feel around him and are surprised at his level of understanding of what they are going through.  "Too many people are unhappy, bored or unfulfilled as often, their deepest needs are just not being met,” explains Gordon.

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John SinisaQueensland will host a free, fun-filled event on March 29 to bring together Pacific Islanders with albinism to share experiences, access services and identify how they can assist compatriots with the rare genetic condition.

The PolyVision event in Ipswich will provide an introduction to genetics, vision impairment, adaptive technology and services available for people with albinism in Australia. PolyVision will also have a fun atmosphere with DJ Mr John Sinisa presenting multicultural music and a catering menu featuring some Pacific Islander food favourites.

The event will also include several displays of interest such as Pacific Islander handicraft display, Vision Impairment Equipment Solutions selection from Vision Australia and artwork by photographer Mr Rick Guidotti on loan from the 'Celebrating Diversity' photographic exhibit.

Albinism is an inherited condition that can affect the colour of a person’s skin, hair and eyes and is found in many different human populations. Pacific islanders with albinism can have reddish gold hair; light brown, green or blue eye colour and white/ pink pale skin. Their vision is within the legally blind range, which means they need help with reading small print and seeing fine details, plus problems with light glare and depth perception.

While numbers vary, in North America and Europe, it is estimated that one in every 20,000 people have some form of albinism. Research by Ms Helene Johanson and the Institute for Molecular Bioscience identified that in one Polynesian population, one in 669 people is born with albinism – which is one of the highest recorded rates of Oculocutaneous Albinism Type 2 in the world. This research also found that people living in the islands have limited access to health resources and information, as a result their skin may be extensively sun damaged by early adulthood.

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