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That's often true.

With our company, you can be insured for different amounts.

For instance, in Section 1,

Baggage and Personal Effects, you can be insured for all five subsections or for as few as two.

I think I'd like insurance for all five since I'm going to some unsafe places.

Wise decision.

By the way, can a camera be counted as a single item

or must it be included in cameras and portable electronic equipment

if you have an expensive camera you can nominate it as

a single item our maximum payout is fifteen hundred dollars occasionally people have their camera

and computer stolen together

if insurance is only taken out on subsection 2 this may

not cover the replacement of both things that's what happened with my previous policy however in

that one there was a higher limit for lost

or stolen money yours is only 700 these days with credit cards people don't carry much cash

so we've set the limit accordingly still we pay out well

for documents indeed in the disrupted travel section reasonable costs is written for a missed connection

or an early return instead of an amount of money.

What exactly are reasonable costs?

Put it this way.

If you miss your flight due to poor weather that is verifiable,

we pay $300 per day of lost time.

If you arrive at check-in as the aircraft is leaving because you overslept,

we still pay out, but only $100 a day.

We rely on information from the airline to determine this.

Are you also interested in vehicle insurance?

Yes, I am.

I'm about to buy a nice old car, a vintage Jaguar XJ6.

Hey, I used to have one of those,

although nowadays I prefer old motorbikes.

Did you know you can insure a vehicle on its own,

or you can include it in our multi-saver policy,

along with your house and contents?

Yes, I saw that.

It's true I'm buying an expensive car,

but I rent my house,

so I'm not ready for multisaver.

I understand.

Have you decided which level of cover you'd like for your car?

Top cover.

Are you sure?

It is pricey.

I know.

But last time I had insurance,

I wasn't covered for storm damage.

Don't tell me that was just before the November hailstorm.

Uh-huh.

So, I need storm damage insurance.

Also, I'd like my policy to start as soon as I've paid for it.

With my old one, there was a stand-down period of two weeks.

Would you believe I backed into a wall just three days after I'd taken out the policy?

Oh, dear.

Then, I spent months fighting with the insurance company over the value of my car.

I know it wasn't worth much,

but it was relatively new.

If you choose top cover,

we agree on a value for your car and renegotiate each year to avoid disputes.

Again, it's not as cheap as some,

but the policy works out better in the long run.

Part 2 Hello everyone, thanks for attending tonight's event.

Let me start with the early history of our charity, iSaver.

iSaver was founded by retired optometrist Timothy Gaines.

I have spent much of my working life at EyeSaver.

I am 60 years old now and I started working for this organization 15 years ago,

when I left a corporate position to help people with eye problems.

Now our charity has been helping people for three decades.

You may know that we are now doing various other things to help people with eye problems.

That includes medications for children with eye diseases and operational help to those in the public who have eye problems.

But when Mr. Gaines just founded EyeSaver,

he wanted the program to be able to offer common eye equipment to those who needed it.

receive occasional donations from corporations and charity groups.

Now we have over 1,500 volunteers who work on the streets with the little red donation boxes

which many of you are familiar with.

And this is the main source of funding for us.

Besides, we are planning to work to secure donations from wealthy benefactors.

Many people are passionate about Charity Cause and have been inquiring how to donate money to us.

I really appreciate that.

But our main need is to collect glasses for our patients.

Many of you have multiple pairs of old glasses in your possession

and we encourage you to gather these pairs which you no longer need and donate them to our cause.

In doing this, you'll be able to make sure that someone else can see better.

Most of us cannot imagine a life in which we are unable to see well.

This is why your eyeglass donations are so critical to our mission.

And, as a side note, we offer full-time positions.

Let me know if you are interested.

Our goal is to make people aware that even the smallest of donations can help change a person's life.

So, your donation can be a turning point for them.

The other day, when I was talking to some people on the street,

they were surprised to find out how easily some eye problems can be cured.

And I am proud to say that our next program will aim at educating people about common eye diseases.

We are able to prevent many fatal eye problems.

In order to publicize our charity program,

we surely need to do some advertising.

When we first started our program,

we used computers to create awareness for our cause.

For instance, promoting seminars in which we informed people as to how they could help us to solve eye problems.

But in recent years, the main means of advertising our program is through audio recordings.

We have found it cost efficient and effective.

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It's good to know that many of our staff are recommending our program to their friends and colleagues.

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But I am afraid that our training cannot show people the whole picture of our program.

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Finally, I would like to tell you about some organizations which have played important roles in the development and success of iSaver.

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Our affiliation with the National Vision Funding Group has allowed us to gain fame and to become even more significant.

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So many people around the country are coming for our services.

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Our association with the Eye for the Future organization has allowed us to run cooperative ads by

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which we seek producers of equipment to work with us.

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Meanwhile, some of our staff has been sent to this organization for some special training.

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Their skills should be improved very soon.

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Also, we have had a long time cooperation with SAM's EyeCare Institution.

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Our relationship with it has given us the opportunity to link with many different academic institutions,

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including colleges and universities with good reputation.

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And we have a similar friendship with a group called Youth Health.

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Our connection with that group allows us to link directly with young kids since this is a crucial stage in their growth.

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We plan to contact with some colleges and hope that with their help,

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more college students could get to know our program.

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Also, as you can see,

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we have all bases covered in linking with students,

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as we have affiliations directly with both administrators and the students themselves.

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Thank you so much for your attention today.

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As we try to stamp out eye problems,

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we will appreciate your donations,

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no matter how large or how small.

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Part 3 Come in, Rangi.

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Thank you, Professor Anderson.

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I've been meaning to contact you,

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but I just got back last night.

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Where have you been?

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Conferences in Massachusetts and New York.

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For physics?

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Yes.

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Great.

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I'm looking forward to attending conferences one day.

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I imagine that won't be so far away.

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I was extremely impressed with your classical mechanics exam.

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In fact, you were one of only two students out of 180 to get an A+.

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Wow, I really did enjoy the course.

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So how can I help you?

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I'm sorry to say it's a bit of a long story.

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You see, I've had to rethink my studies completely,

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and I wonder if I'm making the right decision.

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You're doing two degrees, aren't you?

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Science and Arts.

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I was doing two.

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I've decided to focus on science.

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Oh?

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It all came about because I wanted to study abroad for a year.

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I was thinking about Edinburgh.

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Firstly, I sought approval from the maths and physics departments.

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I wanted to take quantum mechanics and computer simulations at Edinburgh.

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Those are third-year courses, right?

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Yeah.

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So I received approval from maths and physics.

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The stumbling block was the higher authority, the science faculty.

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When I submitted my application, it was rejected.

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What?

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It turns out that students who study abroad for a year can only do first

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or second year courses or third year courses in a subject that's not their major.

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I've never heard that before.

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Needless to say, the lecturers who approved my transfer hadn't either,

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and nor does the regulation appear on the science faculty website.

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That'd be right.

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This faculty is disorganised.

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So, then I thought I'd take arts courses at Edinburgh and leave the third year maths until I came back.

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I quickly got approval for second year history and philosophy from the arts faculty.

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When are you heading off?

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That's just it.

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During this process, I began to think carefully about my studies.

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To be honest, the arts courses I've done were less challenging than the science ones,

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so I've decided to drop arts.

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Where do I figure in all this?

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The first week after I'd made my decision, I felt fine.

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Without doing the arts courses,

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I could finish my science degree earlier.

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But this week, I've had some doubts.

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When I started the two degrees,

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lecturers in the science faculty assured me that these days scientists need a rounded education.

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which they get if they take some arts courses.

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I was even told I'd learn to write and think better if I did philosophy.

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I do think the claims made by some lecturers are dubious.

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Then there's the fact that now I'm going to be stuck here next year.

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I was so excited about going to Europe.

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It is disappointing to give that up.

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Still, the reason I wanted to contact you,

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Rangie, is that I'm looking for students to work six hours a week in my lab.

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It's paid work, not highly paid,

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but probably better than working in a bar.

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Also, we've just bought a new laser,

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which you'd learn to use.

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That sounds excellent.

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As to going abroad, why not do your postgraduate studies in the US?

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There's some amazing physics being done in Massachusetts.

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If you like, I can send you the papers from the conference.

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Thanks.

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Of course, I'd be sad to lose you if you did go abroad,

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but an A-plus student like you has a very good chance of winning a major scholarship.

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Goodness, I've never even considered that.

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Personally, I think committing yourself to science is the way to go.

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Thanks, Professor Anderson.

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You've taken a load off my mind.

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Now I don't have to deal with Hegel or Leibniz.

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I've plenty of time to read those conference papers.

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Welcome, students, to the daily talk on the fossils found here at Green Mountain Fossil Park.

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First, I will tell you a little about the history of our park.

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The park is designed to educate you on what the environment was like in this area around 5 million years ago,

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when most of the area was at sea level and near water bodies such as lakes and seas.

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These bodies of water provided moisture and significant plant and animal variety,

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which has resulted in the fantastic collection of fossils which you will see today.

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The fossils here were discovered by mine workers during the 1960s,

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and the park itself was open to tourists and students back in 1985.

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We have three types of fossils here in the park.

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The first are transitional fossils.

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These are rare fossils that appear to exhibit traits of the animal's evolutionary ancestors and its descendants,

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such as an animal showing both dinosaur and bird-like features.

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Next, we have preserved fossils,

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which are more common fossilised remains.

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These are fossils in which the structure of an animal or plant remains intact,

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and you can clearly see something like a plant or a fish.

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Thirdly, we have fossils which indirectly show the activities of animals,

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such as their tracks and burrows,

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and we refer to these as trace fossils.

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You may wonder how fossils are formed.

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Well, many people think it happens when organisms are caught in a volcanic eruption and are trapped in ash.

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But in reality, these formations are rare.

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The most common way a fossil is formed is through petrifaction.

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An animal dies and becomes buried under mud or silt.

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Over time, the mud hardens around the bones of the animal.

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Eventually, the bones also decay and are replaced by minerals,

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which form the shape of the fossil in stone.

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You will see many of this kind of fossil today.

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After you finish today's tour,

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you may wish to take home a souvenir.

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We encourage you to do so.

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There is a shop outside the park,

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but you can also make purchases from our exhibitions.

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The money raised helps to fund our work of preserving this wonderful site.

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Of course, you can also buy fossils and take them home.

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Please don't think that all fossils are expensive to buy.

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The majority are small and affordable samples that are as wonderful as the larger ones.

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Don't forget to check them out.

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As you can see, you all have some worksheets to go through here today.

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These will help you to learn as much as you can from your visit.

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There are also some tools you will find as you go around the site.

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For example, there are tape measures available beside each fossil,

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so that you can note the dimensions of each fossil.

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This can help us to identify different species.

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We also encourage you to use your specially designed notebook to record as many different types of rocks as you can.

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Geology forms an important part of the study of fossils,

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and so we want you to focus on the types.

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If you brought a camera along with you today,

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don't hesitate to use it as the images of the fossils will be worth reviewing later.

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You may wish to experiment with the settings to see what they are like.

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Here in the information centre you can pick up an information sheet which contains some useful tips on how to do that.

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Last of all, you can practice using a compass.

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Even though you cannot locate the fossils themselves using the compass,

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it will help you find the sediments which are the key to the location of the fossils.

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These are very soft so to protect the delicate fossils,

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trowels and plastic covers are needed.

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You will find these throughout the site, please use them.

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Please feel free to ask any of our staff as you tour around and enjoy your day.

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We hope you leave us today with a greater passion to study fossils further.

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Thank you.

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