I've gone up in a hot-air balloon, traveled extensively, worked for good causes in my church and taught hundreds of children to read during my 23-plus-year career as a special education teacher for Massachusetts public schools.

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Perry has worked in the Sims medium before, releasing a music-video for Hot and Cold in Simlish, the Sims imaginary language, in 2008.

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Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, call quality was adequate, text service worked normally, and Web browsing and apps mostly worked OK, at my home, office and public Wi-Fi hot spots in airports and coffee shops.

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Mr Swain has worked as a voice coach with many well-known actors and his credits include Atonement, Hot Fuzz and The Boat that Rocked, but he admits that he was amazed by the talent involved in The King's Speech.

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