In January of this year, under her new brand, Boynton Moo Media, Boynton and Ford entered into partnership with Loud Crow (loudcrow.com) to jointly create interactive digital versions of her well-known books and award-winning music, and also to eventually produce entirely new Boynton content.

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However the European Commission - which jointly runs the project along with the European Space Agency - wants to create a separate "GMES Fund", which would receive financial contributions from all member states based on their Gross National Income.

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And watch out for a series of amendments tabled jointly by the formidable alliance of Lords Puttnam and Mackay, and Baronesses Scotland and Boothroyd to create a "Leveson-esque" voluntary Arbitration Service for defamation cases.

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