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Name: Stephen Sutton
Age: 18
Year of the Fix: 2013
Location: Burntwood, Staffordshire
Campaign: To spread positivity through kind gestures

Stephen Sutton sadly died on 14th May 2014, aged 19, following a three-and-a-half year battle with cancer.

During his time with Fixers, Stephen inspired three successful campaigns, working hard to spread his message of positivity and happiness.

Last year, he told his story:

Three years ago I was diagnosed with bowel cancer and underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. After being in remission twice, I found out last year my cancer had returned.

But despite receiving treatment, the disease spread to my knee and pelvis. Doctors said this time the chemotherapy wasn’t working and discussed possible amputation of my leg. But they soon realised it was incurable.

Not knowing how long I have left to live, I have dealt with my condition physically and emotionally by helping others.

I’ve been through a lot, but I’ve also learned a lot – to concentrate on the positives, not take anything for granted and make the most of the quality time I have left.

I’ve also learned the importance of life and had amazing support from friends and family.

I am motivated to try and make a difference and have drawn up a ‘bucket list’ of dreams to fulfill in how ever long I have left. These include getting a tattoo and being in the Guinness Book of World Records.

With the help of Fixers, I held a ‘Good Gestures Day' in Birmingham to inspire others in sharing kindness without any ulterior motives.

These hugs and handshakes might be a small way to brightening up someone’s day, but also go a long way towards promoting positive actions within our communities.

Here is the team of Fixers helping me with my Fix:

Chris Bullock

Mitchell Tomes

Rosie Whitlock

Maddie Williams

Stephaine O’Brien

Sophie Andrews

Rebecca Jones

Chloe Howard

Samantha Nock

James Andrews

Jessica Beedle

Charlotte O’Grady

Simone Awty

John Heath

Paige Darby

Lauren Crowe

Hannah Telles

Emily Rowley

Samantha Hunt

Ashley Macey

Alex Surrey

Will Smith

Joshua Millwood

Hannah Goulding

Eva Johnson

Laura Ash

Oliver Tooth

Emily Crisp

Christopher King

Sam Mason

Monika Bednarczyk

Blaire Morgan, School of Education, University of Birmingham

Thank you to Blaire for providing an interview for my broadcast film and for supporting my campaign.

Anna Sykes, Birmingham Children's Hospital

Anna has generously offered to help out in any way that she can for my cause and gave us permission to film at the hospital for our broadcast piece.

May 2015

Just days before he died on 14th May last year, Stephen launched National Good Gestures Day with Fixers. It was his wish that this turn into an annual event.

This year, on Saturday 16th May, 900 people will take to the streets in 15 locations across the UK to share hugs with passers-by.

They hope it will continue Stephen’s message of promoting positivity through random acts of kindness.

People are also being asked to share photos of hugs on social media, using the hashtag #HugForStephen, before texting 'Hug' to 70660 to donate £2 to keep National Good Gestures Day going and help other young people become Fixers, as Stephen did.

(Text costs £2 plus network charge. Fixers (PSBT) receives 100% of your donation. Obtain bill payer's permission. Customer care 01962-810970. Charity No 298643.)

News of the campaign has appeared on The Mirror Online. Click on the image below to read the article.

October 2014

Stephen has received the first posthumous Pride of Britain Award. The awards show will be broadcast on ITV on Tuesday 7th October at 8pm. Click on the link below to read more.

September 2014

Stephen was honoured with a posthumous Special Achievement Award by the National Lottery Awards for his Fixers Gestures Day campaign. Click here to read more.

Awards Host John Barrowman presenting Stephen's mum
Jane and brother Chris with award

June 2013

In the Queen’s Birthday Honours, Stephen was appointed MBE for his outstanding work.

14th May 2014

After a brave battle with cancer, Stephen Sutton sadly died on Wednesday 14th May 2014.

The inspirational teenager touched the lives of thousands, if not millions, of people since receiving his diagnosis and leaves a lasting legacy.

Click here to read a tribute to Stephen.

May 2014
On Saturday 10th May I participated in National Good Gestures Day.

I created the campaign, with the help of Fixers, to spread happiness and positivity.

More than 320 of my friends and supporters gathered at ten locations nationwide to dole out free high-fives, handshakes, hugs and fist bumps to passing members of the public.

Find out more about the event here.

Fixer Stephen Sutton giving out fist bumps on National Good Gestures Day in Birmingham.

On Sunday 4th May I helped my school friend, Hannah Telles, lead a successful attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the most people making heart-shaped hand gestures simultaneously.

554 people gathered at my old school, Chase Terrace Technology College, to help me tick another item off my bucket list – getting my name into the Guinness World Records book.

You can read more about the event here and click play below to watch a film documenting the day.

April 2014
With the help of my friends and supporters, Good Gestures Day is going national! The nation-wide event will take place on Saturday 10th May 2014.

oung people will be holding events in various cities across the UK, spreading happiness to random passers-by. Click here to find out more.

I've also launched my personal website. Visit Stephen's Story by clicking here.

March 2014

I won the national vInspired award for all round commitment to volunteering! The award was presented to me by musician Pixie Lott at the star-studded celebration held at the 02 Arena in London.

The satisfaction I get from volunteering and making a difference to other people's lives is huge, and I hope the fun I've been having encourages other young people to get involved and do similar things- whatever their cause or passion might be!

Fixer Stephen Sutton with Pixie Lott

January 2014

I have won a vInspired regional award (West Midlands) for my all round commitment to volunteering. It’s an award that recognises and celebrates young people and youth workers who’ve made an extraordinary contribution to their communities through volunteering.

November 2013

My campaign has inspired some really positive reactions in people. Comments left about my project have been really encouraging and you can read some of this awesome feedback below!:

Mary Hackett, Churchfields Comprehensive:

'One of the most inspirational men I have ever met in my life. A credit to his family. Long may you continue to kick cancer's butt!'

Ailton Cardoso:

'Hi there! Just want to say I got the most sincere hug from a complete stranger yesterday. It made my day. It affected me in a positive way, so much so that I decided to read a little more about it and about you, so here I am. I am just a visitor in Birmingham and I wish the same initiative will happen in my home town of Michigan in the USA. All the best for you.'

Angela Haigh, Pudsey Grammar School:

'Stephen you are very brave and are doing an outstanding job. Keep it up and best wishes!'

Maria Tucker:

'Well done everyone for sharing so much joy and light with everyone.'

June Scott-Brining:

'Fun! It brightened up a dull afternoon for many people.'

My campaign was also shared on Twitter where people had equally as nice things to say!:

'Good Gesture Campaign today was amazing to witness. You brought a big smile to my face!'

'Looking forward to seeing it on TV on the 5th December. Well done!'

'Today was great. On the whole everyone seem to love it! Especially the really young kids, some got so excited! Good gestures, simple but effective.'

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"Stillman will channel messages for audience members from those who have passed on," the announcement promises.  If you are intrigued by popular TV shows like "Crossing Over" or "The Long Island Medium," you might enjoy this live event and psychic gallery.

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Pix #1 - Fostoria glass workers photographed in 1951 having served in that industry in their younger years. Back row, left to right: Cling Johmnson, Louie stiger, Al Bristo, "Wish" Sertel, Marty Mabus, Guy Kaiser. front row: ? Snyder, Herb England, Ray Coburn, John vanoni, Bob Fry, Sr. With the death of Bob Fry, Sr., Ray coburn is the only know survivor of the "glass days' in fostora.

Pix #2 - Bob Fry, Sr., photographed before this death.

All good things, including lengthy Potluck articles must have an ending. today's article was intended to be the last in the series, but with the ingfromation still available, is is evident that there must be a fifth one. And, I am sure there may be readers who will still have contributions to make. don't hesitate to call or write if you have something to tell.

I spent some omore time with Ray coburn after the third in the series was published, and he still had much to talk about "glass," the glass workers etc.

As a slidelight I should mention coburn is also sought by outner writers. He told me that recently a trade paper representative wated an audience, for information about the glass industry of years ago.

\tjhe group photo of glass workers, with today's collumn, taken in 1951 will interest readers especially older ones, and will be remembered by them.

The one photo of Bob Fry, Sr., with today's article was taken dirung his last years, when he was still residieng in fostoria. The photo was loaned by Bob Fry, Jr. who, with his wife, resides at 10282 W. louden TR 116.

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Yes, I remember those days of the past, like Harley does, because I often got in on some of the ocnverstaions that were exchanged back then many years ago. I was working as one of the printers at The Review Times back then, and at the end of the work day at the newspaper would join whoever might be at Schuh's print shop, where many subjects about Fostoria were discussed pro and con.

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Before Vic Schuh had his own print shop, he too was a printer at the Daily Review, and I worked with him. Schuh spent many years as a printer at The Review when it was located in the old Foster Home Building on south main Street. At that period in time, I was a carrier boy for The Daily Reivew and a helper in the bindery and amiling room.

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Post by Sarah of the Dead » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:07 pm

I know a lot of people were a bit dubious beforehand about the Boll movies, so... what did you think?

I missed much of Postal (although I did stick around to see the scenes with me in them...eeee!) but it definitely sounded like it went down well.

"What's the difference between a duck?" still makes me laugh, too.
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Post by AdeBrown » Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:34 pm

I laughed at that duck thing before anyone else.
It is an old friend that joke :)

I found Uwe Boll a very engaging chap, which did more to endear his films to me than all that internet business.

Okay. Part one of the Uwe Boll controversy,
I was unaware of his work and his receipt of such hatred "on the internet" (someone reminded me I had seen House of the Dead, and it seems I did not think much of it at the time. He seemed decent enough in the intro and his motivations behind Postal's storyline were very noble. What we got was a sub-Russ Meyer reworking of Team America: World Police. Any decent jokes were stretched out way to thinly. There were some slightly better than it deserved performances in the supporting cast - the two interviewers for example - but in the central cast the Kids in the Hall guy was very much by the numbers, and the hero tried not too hard to send up Michael Douglas in "Falling Down". My least favourite film of the weekend, but I'd recommend it to people who REALLY liked World Police.

All of which makes it more surprising that
was one of my top five films of the weekend. In fact, for out and out horror it was my favourite.
Straight delivery (as Boll promised), very dark and nasty.
Most of the contemporary flaws in these sort of films were circumvented by the Seventies setting (no mobile phones, no real sense that the police knew what serial killers do) and Will Sanderson as the lead was the perfect "black and white" foil to Max Seed. The scene where Seed builds up a crescendo of hammer blows on one of his victims could probably be suggested as a cut, but isn't it central to the character?

I guess the first Q&A questioner had his agenda set by the Boll-hatred, but his diatribe (rather than question) seemed to ignore that there is very little new in this genre, and that in itself does not stop a decent film being made. Boll's political leanings were a factor in using PETA footage to introduce the gore, which seems a fair decision, it also feeds into Seed's motivations. And Boll's assertion that too many horror films do not put the violence in context (which he does with that hammer scene) but instead show us a few seconds of special effects set-piece or art design. It's not meant to be good SFX, it's meant to be the end result of this sort of brutality.
And Seed's silence throughout accentuates the horror - at the core of his character is that he may have been created by a childhood trauma, but that's not over-analysed.
Remarkable, since the other Boll films I have seen are so poor, but an excellent entry into the genre.
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Post by Jekyll » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:10 pm

Hmm designed to offend just about as many groups as possible but still had me laughing quite a few times. Not that memorable really.

Very unsettling seeing a serial killer film done like this, very in your face matter of fact kind of way. Though the hammer scence CGI was ropy it was quite nasty seeing seed warming up getting ready to start swinging at his victim. Instead of stopping after a few swings this went on for a rather prolonged time till said victims head was pretty much pulped.

As for the man himself I was very impressed. When he was being given a hard time during the Q&A he didnt duck out or throw a strop he stood there and defended what he does and what he thinks.

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Post by jonbly » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:36 pm

Postal was bonkers. Some of the comedy didn't really work for jonbly, though, and the Taleban felt a bit underused.

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Post by jonbly » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:39 pm

Seed... just wasn't as 'harsh' as Uwe wanted to believe it was. The hammer scene is pretty disturbing, but wrecked by inept CGI. Still, as a whole it was a good addition to the serial killer genre.

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Post by DavieT » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:13 pm

Uwe Boll - OK I havent seen many of his movies before and I'm still in the dark as to why the guy seems to have more venom directed at him than a mass murderer. Given this bad press I was weighing up whether or not to see either movie but I'm glad I did. He had the balls to stand up and take whatever the audience threw at him - respect to the guy for that.

Postal - completely bonkers - it had me thinking "errr should I really be laughing at this stuff (suicide bombers 9/11, auschwitz references etc etc etc) ... well actually yes as its actually b****y funny and I can see the point Boll's making". Probably a bit a a marmite love it or hate it thing. I must have described this movie to over 20 friends since I saw it and the vast majority of them want to to know when its released so they can go see it. Whens the cinema release and the DVD out?

Seed - I think Paul said in the into that he though many people would like one and hate the other. For me he was right - I didn't hate Seed but I didn't find it wildly original either. The hammer scene was pretty damn disgusting and did turn me stone cold - it did fit the character though - but having said that the thing that turned me even colder was the handful of people who clapped and cheered at the end of it ... yes we do all know "its only a horror movie" but it just felt so very wrong.

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Post by iam_dan » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:18 am

although having seen a couple of his films ive never really got this hate uwe boll movies thing he comes across to me as a very likable guy hes passionate about his films and i say good luck to him hes doing what he wants and to the films postal is just nuts and managed to make me laugh which is an achievement considering the 1st flilm of the day, much a 'south park' feel to it...seed probably still being affected by gnd i did find this depressing and disturbing...both great movies in totally different ways but with as uwe said with very simialar themes

Post by Pestilence » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:16 pm

Postal, I thought was great. Very, very close to the "Postal 2" video game, and Zack Ward was simply fantastic as the Postal Dude. Almost had me in tears laughing at multiple points, but I think that's just because it hit my sense of humour dead on. Boll pulled out all the offensive stops on this one, from kids being shot, 9/11 references, Auschwitz, the lot, I thought it was brilliant.

Seed. Now...this was great. The pivotal hammer scene I just KNEW was done by Olaf Ittenbach while watching the film. Was going to ask Uwe about this when I noticed his name as the credits ran in the background. I'll admit to nodding off for a couple of minutes at a time during the rather slow middle section (just after Seed digs himself out of his grave), but don't seem to have missed anything. I'll definately be seeking this one out for a rewatch as soon as it's available.

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Post by maxmum » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:28 pm

The only moment in the entire festival that made me actually feel a bit physically ill was the hammer scene in Seed.

You know there aint a chance that will ever be seen on a big screen again........!

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Post by stanley » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:40 pm

two of the worst films ever made. PERIOD

I wanted to gorge out my eyes with a toy sheep it was that bad. He is Satan.

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Post by Reanimator » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:17 pm

Postal was excellent fun.

Seed was one of the best of the festival. A good story and some nice death scenes. The hammer scene was nice to watch - dodgy CGI or not it didn't matter, as it had the desired impact. Agree with Jonbly's comments however in that apart from this scene, the film overall was not that Harsh. Hopefully at some point there may be a director's cut version with more footage.

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Post by lupogirl » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:48 pm

Was looking forward to seeing these two films and see what the fuss is all about. I have only seen House of the Dead shown at FF a few years ago. Admittedly I enjoyed it in a very dumb, no brainer kind of way

Postal was highly enjoyable. Insulting just about everyone. Had me chortling! Using the dog as a silencer just had me giggling(like now). Not often you get a film where loads of kiddies get shot.

Whilst Seed was very much more of a downbeat film. Thought it was a interesting film. That much talked about hammer scene I was thinking how prolonged this scene was going to be. Was beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable until I saw the CGI face. This film very much had the desired effect. As demonstrated later by Mr Jabbing Finger Man.
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Post by soulmining » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:50 pm

Postal - was a little disappointed with this, thought the comedy was very hit and miss, although some scenes were downright hilarious. Sagged badly in the middle though and did rather have the feel of a Troma film as someone else mentioned somewhere.

Seed - very slow first half, but I can see what he was trying to achieve with this film, and think he succeeded. The hammer scene was the most unpleasant thing I saw all weekend, and the video footage of animals/humans being trapped and then slowly dying and decaying was very powerful. Of all the films, this one has probably haunted me the most.

Respect for Uwe Boll for defending his work on stage and appearing at ease in what could have been a hostile atmosphere.
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Post by rawshark » Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:39 pm

I'm obviously biased on Postal (I saw it in Cannes sat next to Herr Boll), so I'll skip commenting on that one, apart from saying I really enjoyed it.

Seed was something else. I admire what was being said, but it did seem a little too 'Friday the 13th' to be too unsettling - unlike the first film of the day. But yes, I agree, the hammer scene will be long discussed amongst horror fans...

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Post by Stuart-Renton » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:06 pm

Loved Postal. Thought it was funnier than Borat (same kind of humour).

And missed most of Seed, but the hammer scene was pretty gruesome. It was just very dark and horrible.

Will still see it again at some point, though.

It's perplexing how people mindlessly jump on the Boll hate wagon. There's just no point to it at all. Love or hate his movies, there's no need for such personal attacks.

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The term coma is used in health and in astronomy.

A coma is a deterioration in conscious level which prevents receptive and expressive communication of the surrounding environment. The person cannot be awakened by verbal or even painful stimulation from this unconscious state that may be due to structural damage, a metabolic condition, or an exogenous or endogenous toxin which interferes with the wakening mechanism varying degrees.

Changes in muscle tones, spontaneous motility, reflexes and vital signs are all expressions of disturbance of control mechanisms and regulation and integration of wakening into the brain and brain stem.

The coma of a comet is a rather dense form of atmosphere around the nucleus consisting of a mixture of dusts and gas molecules ejected from the nucleus, mostly molecules of water, carbon monoxide (CO), and carbon dioxide (CO2).

The head of a comet is also called a coma. © Michael Jäger The head of a comet is also called a coma. © Michael Jäger

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The Angler Fish is a recurring Boss from two of the Handheld Legend of Zelda games.

It debuted as the Boss of the Angler’s Tunnel Dungeon in Link’s Awakening (1993) and returned with a different design which was no longer looking like the real-life Angler Fish Animals as the Boss of the Jabu-Jabu-Belly in Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001) on the Game-Boy Color.

It was one of the easiest bosses ever in Legend of Zelda history and could be defeated even before it would be able to attack Link in Link’s Awakening. In Oracle of Ages, it is much smaller and faster and not so easy to defeat anymore.

Angler Fish Zelda on Game Art HQ

The Angler Fish from the Games: an Overview

Charactername: Angler Fish   Developed /Created by Nintendo
Gameseries:  Legend of Zelda   First seen on: Game Boy
First Game:  LOZ: Link’s Awakening   Year first seen in: 1993
Last Game:  LOZ: Oracle of Ages (2001)   Birthplace:
Role(s) and Characteristics:  Dungeon Boss   Weapons or Martial Arts Style:
Additional Tags:     Similar Characters:
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There are no Official Artworks of the Angler Fish, so have screenshots instead!

Angler Fish Boss Zelda Oracle of Ages

LOZ Oracle of Ages (2001)

Angler Fish LOZ Zelda

LOZ Link’s Awakening DX (1998)

The Angler Fish from Zelda in Game-Art-HQ Art Projects

Angler Fish Zelda for LB

Like more and more of the Legend of Zelda Monsters and Bosses, the Angler Fish is part of our Link’s Blacklist.

So far his classic Link’s Awakening design was illustrated for the Project.

Selected Fan Art and Cosplay Photos of The Angler Fish

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Monday, March 31, 2008

Celebration - A Taster

This year the BSFA have begun publishing a series of Special Editions booklets. The first, arriving with Matrix magazine last week, is entitled Celebration – A Taster, designed as a foretaste of the forthcoming BSFA 50th anniversary anthology Celebration. The booklet contains an introduction to the anthology and three additional short stories.

Jerie is a tale of far future exploration by Adam Roberts and, like my previous experience of his work, is peppered with fabulous sounding pseudo-scientific jargon. It’s an energetic tale of the urge to explore, and where it might take you.

Ian Watson’s A Daffodil Jacket, or The Misadventures of Sebastian in Kyiv is essentially an anecdotal tale of a trip to the European poetry convention in Ukraine. Normally I might have dismissed it is an amusing and pleasant enough little account, but coming hot on the heals of Eastercon gave it so much more depth and made it thoroughly enjoyable.

Who’s Who is Chaz Brenchley’s tale of the ethical dilemmas that develop when money can buy anything and science can do just about anything. It provides a satisfying moral for the characters, without sounding moralistic to the reader. It’s a story that almost feels like you could have seen it on the 10 O’Clock News.

I saw Chaz Brenchley in passing at Eastercon last week, and both Adam and Ian were also there. Of course, with over 1100 people present, spotting somebody in the crowd is quite difficult, especially when you’ve never seen them before, or only seen a small mug shot on a web page! The name badges were quite light too, so they tended to flap about and become difficult to read. There are a couple of authors I’d like to have spoken to, had I had the chance. Maybe next year, if I can make it to Bradford.

Friday, March 28, 2008

Friday Flash Fiction: It's a Sign

I wrote this story during the Flash Fiction Workshop at Eastercon last Saturday. Well, not exactly this story. I managed to leave my notebook behind somewhere, so wrote this amended version on Monday.

Using pen and paper was anovel experience. It's amazing how much your wrist aches when you're used to typing everything!

An amended version of this story will be appearing in VW Camper magazine spring 2009.

Check out Futurismic for a list of other FFF stories this week.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

The Editors: Lee Harris

Hub magazine launched at the beginning of 2007 as a print magazine, before switching to a weekly on-line ‘zine after issue 2. It can be downloaded in a number of formats and you can also subscribe by email. I chatted to editor Lee Harris over a cold coke as we stood in the Florida sunshine awaiting the launch of the next space shuttle mission. Or, more correctly, we corresponded by email.

GDJ: Hub was originally a print magazine before moving on-line. Would you have liked to stay in print?

LH: I felt disappointed that the finance side of things meant that we couldn’t stay in print, as I assumed that it was the end of Hub. Once I decided to take the magazine online, however, I came to realise that it was the best move we could have made. The main purpose of the magazine is to promote short genre fiction, and we currently have a readership nearly ten times greater than the readership of the print version, and greater than many successful genre fiction magazines. It’s also a lot easier to produce than a physical version, so I get more time to spend with my family. The success of the electronic version of Hub has more than made up for the initial short-lived disappointment around the collapse of the print version.

GDJ: There are lots of options for a new magazine – size, paper quality, illustrations, colour etc. How did you decide on the original look and feel for Hub?

LH: I’m not a big fan of “traditional” fantasy and science fiction artwork, so I decided to steer clear of that type of illustration. Nobody seemed to be doing much with photography, so this was a quick way of making us stand out from the other magazine in the market. Also, the square cover was unusual, which most people told us they liked. The quality of the paper was always going to be high (although it was too high for issue 1 – the weight meant that postage costs were astronomical!). Before issue 1 I’d never put a magazine together before, so I was learning as I went along, and discovering through trial and error what I liked, and what I wanted to avoid. There was never a great masterplan for the look of the magazine – and I couldn’t afford to employ professionals to do this for me as everything was funded personally.

GDJ: Producing a magazine is obviously a lot of hard work. What inspired you to give it a go?

LH: I like to stretch myself, and I hadn’t given myself a ridiculously overambitious project in a while (my previous project was a professional touring genre theatre company). I also love short fiction, and liked the idea of giving some new writers an additional market. I found I enjoyed the process so much that when the British Fantasy Society asked me to edit their quarterly newsletter – Prism – I jumped at the chance.

GDJ: You now have over 6000 subscribers, a very impressive total. What made you choose this method of distribution, and what do you think has contributed to its success?

LH: Hub has been very fortunate to have had two income streams (aside from the occasional donation that we are given by readers). For our first 9 months we were generously sponsored by Orbit, which enabled us to pay our writers. We were also lucky enough to be awarded an Arts Council grant which was for the marketing of the magazine – largely through online advertising and the occasional offline event. Most of our new readers find us through search engines, though word of mouth plays a very important part in the growth of our readership. Advertising can pay dividends, but word of mouth – though often slower, is usually the steadier method.

GDJ: Have you always enjoyed ‘speculative fiction’? Do you have a favourite genre or sub-genre?

LH: I have been a fan for as long as I can remember. It’s difficult to pin down a favourite genre or sub-genre. I tend to follow writers, rather than genres. A good writer will engage you in whatever genre or medium they are writing. Mike Carey is one of my favourites, and I would read Mike’s work whatever he was writing. Similarly, Neil Gaiman – a writer who produces excellent work whether he’s writing for adults, young adults, children, whether it’s science fiction, urban fantasy or horror, and whether it’s in short form, novel-length works, comics or film. The sod!

GDJ: One of my favourite stories last year was The Blue Parallel in Hub #11. You’ve published quite a wide variety of stories during the year. What is it you’re looking for in a story?

LH: Any answer to this question would leave your readers asking “Yes, but what do you actually look for?” It has to be something that engages, something that strikes a chord. It doesn’t have to follow any particular structure, or have a world-shattering conclusion. The protagonist doesn’t have to be good or bad. It just needs to be something that, after reading, makes me feel happy that I’d read it. I do have two co-editors (Alasdair Stuart and Trudi Topham) who do a huge amount of work on recommending stories, too. Technically the final decision is mine, though in practice they make at least half of the decisions to buy a piece for publication. I have even published a couple of stories that I didn’t particularly enjoy, as my co-editors (whose instincts I trust completely) told me the stories were good. I’m always willing to be over-ruled. Some of my favourite stories have received less than favourable reviews, whereas some of my least favourite have garnered huge approval from the critical community, which just goes to show that reviewers’ opinions really don’t matter that much (and I say that as a paid reviewer for other publications). So, what I’m looking for isn’t necessarily what my co-editors are seeking (which is a good thing). In summary, I refer you to the first line of this answer.

GDJ: What plans do you have for this year?

LH: Some sleep would be nice. Other than that, I’ll be attending FantasyCon again this year (last year’s fCon was my first ever convention, and I’m kicking myself for having left it so late before attending one!. I’m also appearing on a panel at alt.fiction in April with Darren Turpin (the artist formerly known as Ariel) and Simon Spurrier. The discussion is entitled “Writers and the Internet” which should make for some interesting opinions and audience questions. I’ll also be continuing to review for Hub and other publications, and introducing a PodCast to Hub as well. There’s also a possibility of a new anthology comic in association with some superb (and very well known) writers and artists, but that’s still some distance away. I’m also working on a radio play, which I’m hoping will go into pilot phase at some point.

GDJ: Thanks for your time.

LH: You’re most welcome. I had plenty of work to do, so this was a good way of getting out of doing it!

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Murky Depths #3 Review

Arriving fully-formed as a professional-looking glossy production, Murky Depths has certainly grabbed attention. While issue #1 had a dark tone, issue #3 certainly lives up to its name and the ‘Mature Content’ warning should be taken seriously. With a fairly short average story length, its 84 pages pack in more stories and comic strips than I normally manage to get through in a review.

Read the rest of my review at Whispers of Wickedness.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

And a jolly good time was had by all

Well, Eastercon has been and gone already, and the Saturday that I was there just wasn’t long enough! I attended a couple of lectures and discussion panels, briefly wandered the dealer hall and spent all of three minutes in the art exhibition. I also spent quite some time seemingly in a remake of The Poseiden Adventure – wandering corridors in a vain attempt to work out where I was.

Of course, the highlight of the day was meeting up with the other Flash Fictioneers, except for Dan Pawley who was unable to be there.

Here we are ready to begin our Flash Fiction Workshop:

Photography by the lovely Gemma.

From left to right: Me, Martin McGrath, Paul Graham Raven, Neil Beynon, Gareth L Powell, Justin Pickard, Shaun C Green.

This was the first time we’d all met up, and my chance to get my hands on my own copies of Illuminations – our new anthology. I have to say it looks fabulous – smart, crisp, clear; we’re all very proud of it. We all signed each other’s copies too, for posterity.

The workshop went well; a small but interesting group listened to us talk about our enthusiasm for flash fiction, asked us a few questions, then had a go at writing a short story in about 20 minutes. Of course, we all wrote something too and you can see the results, mine and presumably the others, this Friday.

Something very exciting was going on in the next room, lots of cheering and laughter while we attempted some serious concentration. We managed though, several delegates read out their stories and everyone offered comments. We may even have recruited a couple of new names to the Fictioneers, including our first female member. Check back on Friday to see the results.

Meanwhile out in the convention I saw several names I recognised wandering past and stopped to speak to a few. I spoke with Ana Feruglio Dal Dan, author of Passing the Test, one of my favourite stories last year, and author / reviwer Colin Harvey.

I caught up with Terry Martin, who no longer lives just round the corner from me, at the Murky Depths table. In case I haven’t mentioned it before, Murky Depths is a fabulous looking magazine. Some of the stories and artwork aren’t necessarily to my taste, but there’s no denying the quality it exudes.

Over at the Interzone table I practiced my Dutch on Jetse De Vries. Sadly, all I can manage is ‘Good Morning’ and ‘Industrial Waste Processing’, so I couldn’t exactly get by on holiday!

For now I’m going back to my reading of Illuminations

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Eastercon Imminent

Yes, it starts tomorrow morning. I won't be there 'til Saturday, when I'll be co-hosting the flash fiction workshop at 2 PM. We'll also be releasing the Illuminations anthology to the general public and signing a few copies while we're at it.

I'm also looking forward to some of the lectures and panels, as well as meeting a few editors, authors and others. I intended to do that last year, but being my first con I was rather overwhelmed and only chatted to a couple of new people in the end. I'll be particularly tracking down magazine editors in my continuing quest to interview them for 'The Editors' feature.

Stop me and say hello if you see me!

Another Review

I've spotted another review of Murky Depths #1, rather belated but still very welcome, on the Book Love review site. Of Looking In, Looking Out it says:

"Looking In, Looking Out" by Gareth D. Jones is the first story offering, thought it's not in a traditional story form. Told in brief daily log style this story is about an alien reaching out to attempt first contact with the human race. The ending is somewhat expected once the reader gets the flavor of the tale, but is no less effective.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

End of the Road

I'm thrilled to be able to say that the final two episodes of the Roadmaker saga have been accepted by Jupiter magazine. Roadruler will appear in the 5th anniversary issue in July, and Roadbuilder in October.

It's only a couple of weeks now until the April issue appears, featuring Roadrider and a story from fellow Fictioneer Niel Beynon.

Delayed Anouncement

A week and a half late, and rather ironic considering the title, I'm pleased to anounce that my flash fiction story Delayed Reaction has appeared in Efimeras. It's been translated into Spanish as Reaccion Tardia.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Editors: Sarah Dobbs

Scifantastic was an A4 print magazine that ran for 5 issues in 2005 / 6. I read all 5 and enjoyed the eclectic mix of tales they contained. I caught up with editor Sarah Dobbs on the viewing platform at the top of the Eiffel Tower. OK, again we actually corresponded by email.

GDJ: Scifantastic ran for 5 issues, and was notable for publishing my first story in print (sorry, moment of egomania there). Before that you ran a web page of the same name. Do you have a preference for print over web?

SD: Ha, and well deserved! I think everybody prefers to see their name in print, and read something you can actually hold. There's something much more permanent about it, though without the web version, the print version would never have taken off.

GDJ:How did you decide on the look and feel for Scifantastic? Was there a vision behind it, or were the choices of presentation limited?

SD: I wanted it to be bold, aesthetic, attractive and accessible, and to be able to present new art and artists that other magazines might not take a chance on. The presentation was limited, and I was inexperienced. I much prefered the soft binding to the first issue's ring binding.

GDJ:Producing a magazine is obviously a lot of hard work. What inspired you to give it a go?

SD: God knows! If I knew the amount of work it took I'm sure I would have wussed out. It just seemed like a natural progression. I wasn't as excited about the webzine any more, so it was time for something new. I got my enthusiasm back for the whole project for a while. I had a real passion for short stories, and particularly wanted to hear from women in this genre. Also, I knew I could publish exactly what I wanted, so it was like creating a magazine for myself. A bit selfish really.

GDJ:You published quite a wide variety of stories during the magazine’s run. What is it you look for in a story?

SD: I look for someone with a good idea, who understands what to do with words and structure. People with a real feel for language always grabbed me, or a new spin on an old tale. It's always easier to say what you don't look for: cliche's, hammy writing, poor dialogue, or the general ‘Dear Editor, I have been published to Mars and back, you would be stupid not to want my story’. Actually, no, I read cover notes last, and took what I wanted regardless (well, most of the time).

GDJ:You write romantic fiction as well as speculative fiction. Do you have a favourite genre or sub-genre?

SD: Not at all. There are different reasons for writing in different genres. I suppose I prefer stories that don't care what they are, genre bashing, crashing, stories and the like. It would be nice if there was a big publisher in the sky who didn't mind what genre you were scrabbling about in, but there isn't, so I guess at the minute I'm just enjoying writing my new novel without thinking what it might be tagged as. Post-literary pseudo-psychological fiction. It's called Tokyo Dreams (at the minute) so I suppose I'd deserve that.

GDJ:You were studying far an MA in creative writing at the time. How much did that help with the magazine, or conversely did Scifantastic help with your studies?

SD: It didn't. In fact, the bloody MA was what spazzed up the magazine, much to my dismay. No. I loved writing for the MA, and that took precedence. I sort of felt it was time to be a bit me-me-me for a change. Basically, being selfish took up all of my time. The magazine became an after thought and it was never supposed to be like that. It was the BA before that which helped everything. It laid such a solid groundwork and enabled me to start thinking about stories as something other than what you read in the bath when you want to relax. I have a feeling everybody knew about the importance of fiction before me (bit of a late developer I suppose)!

GDJ:What plans do you have for this year?

SD: This year I've got lots of extremities crossed that I'm going to get funding to continue doing my PhD full time. I'm about 40,000 words into an 80,000 word novel, so I'll also be plodding on with that. If I don't, then I plan to do lots of complaining while I continue with the PhD part time, plus do my delightful monkey job (sorry monkey job, you keep me in peanuts) to supplement the PhD and aforementioned complaining. It's all about the scribbling. I work to write, hope you all do too.

GDJ:Thanks for your time.

SD: Not a problem, I enjoyed it.

Monday, March 17, 2008

There’s Been A Fire

In Niven & Pournelle’s Footfall, a group of SF authors are called in by the US government to act as advisers during an alien invasion. Similarly, in a short story I read years ago (possibly by David Brin), an SF author is called in as a special advisor to investigate a strange phenomenon. In that story the author is summoned by two Secret Service agents who come to his door and announce:

“There’s been a fire.”

So, you can see why I was quite excited when the phone rang Saturday morning:

“This is Security,” the voice said. “There’s been a fire.”

Of course, it turned out to be Security from work and there really had been a fire. I was called in to advise on contamination and disposal issues. Not as exciting as an alien invasion, but probably safer!

Illuminations: The Friday Flash Fiction Anthology

Fanfare please:

Odd Two Out Publishing is extremely proud to present:

ILLUMINATIONS: The Friday Flash Fiction Anthology

ISBN 978-0-9558662-0-3

ILLUMINATIONS is a new anthology from small press Odd Two Out Publishing showcasing original, cutting edge short fiction from eight up-and-coming young British writers.

When British author Gareth L Powell started adding short weekly pieces of flash fiction to his website back in July 2007, he didn't expect anyone else to take much notice.

But soon there were seven other writers doing likewise - Paul Graham Raven, Gareth D Jones, Martin McGrath, Dan Pawley, Justin Pickard, Neil Beynon, and Shaun C Green. Together, they have become known as the Friday Flash Fictioneers.

Flash fiction stories are complete short stories told in fewer than 1,000 words. Quoting from his introduction to the anthology, Gareth L Powell says:

"Adhering to this restricted format can be a valuable exercise for a writer. It's often a lot trickier than it looks. You have to make every word count. Every thing in the story has to be doing something because there just isn't room for extraneous waffle."

The Friday Flash Fictioneers come from diverse walks of life – musicians, office workers, freelance journalists, students, magazine editors – and this new anthology collects together the best of their weekly output.

Edited by Paul Graham Raven, the pieces range from mainstream literature to far-out speculation; from horror to humour; from outright fantasy to straight-faced space opera.

All the stories in ILLUMINATIONS are published under a Creative Commons licence that permits them to be reproduced in the public domain as long as no profit is made in the process.

Copies of ILLUMINATIONS: The Flash Fiction Anthology will be available to order for £6.99 from Odd Two Out Publishing, or from the authors themselves. All profits from the sale of ILLUMINATIONS will be donated to the NSPCC.

Alternatively, The Fictioneers will be running a flash fiction workshop as part of Orbital 2008, the British Science Fiction convention held at the Raddisson Hotel, Heathrow over the Easter weekend. Convention-goers are invited to come along to quiz the team and have a go at writing their own extremely short fiction.

Press Release reproduced (more or less) from The Velcro City Tourist Board

Devonshire Cream Teas

I’ve returned refreshed from a week’s holiday in Devon. Friday – Friday booking, hence no FFF for 2 weeks. I took the laptop though and wrote 2 more flash pieces while I was there. I also intended to make vast amounts of progress on the new novel (codenamed Eternity, as that’s how long it’ll take to write), but I was so busy relaxing I didn’t write more than 1,000 words.

Unfortunately left Murky Depths #3 at home, so that review hasn’t progressed much. When I returned home Escape Velocity #2 was waiting on the doorstep, so you can expect a review of that too; both should be ready within the next week or two.

“Hang on a minute,” I can hear some of you wondering, “I thought you only reviewed UK SF magazines?”

True, but the co-editor of Escape Velocity, Geoff Nelder, is British, so the magazine qualifies on a technicality.

Meanwhile two more magazine editors have sent back their replies to my interview questions, and another has agreed to take part, so that feature is shaping up nicely. You’ll see the first of those tomorrow.

One other exceedingly exciting and significant development occurred on Friday. So stupendous, in fact, that it deserves its own blog entry…

Thursday, March 06, 2008

The Editors: Ben Coppin

Darker Matter – the high quality online science fiction magazine – ran for 5 issues during 2007. It paid professional rates for fiction and featured some well-known names. In the first of a series of interviews with current and former editors of UK SF magazines, I set out to find out more about the people who take on the job of editor.

I met up with Ben Coppin in the refectory of one of Cambridge’s elite colleges, where we sipped lattes and chatted about science fiction magazines. Well, you can imagine that as the setting, but actually we corresponded by email.

GDJ: How did you decide on the look and feel for Darker Matter? Why did you choose a webzine over print?

BC: The decision to go with a webzine was an easy one - it had the potential to reach a much greater audience for the amount of money I was able to spend. Also, I'm a bit of an internet geek and liked the idea of a really high quality online science fiction magazine that provided stories for free. The look and feel came from a friend who's a professional artist. I told him roughly what I had in mind, and he produced a number of mock-ups. I ended up going with the one I did because I felt it combined a vaguely retro feel with something fairly modern and clean. I'm a big fan of clean, simple web sites, so I really wanted to avoid unnecessary clutter.

GDJ: Producing a ‘zine is obviously a lot of hard work. What inspired you to give it a go?

BC: In part, it was ignorance. Before I started doing research for Darker Matter, I had no idea there were any online SF magazines, and I certainly didn't expect to find so many. Originally, I wanted to do a number of things:

1) Publish really good science fiction stories that people wouldn't have to pay to read.
2) Publish science fiction stories by the best SF writers in the world.
3) Pay the authors what they would expect to get at the top magazines, or possibly even more if I could manage it.
4) Give any profit the magazine made (ah, such youthful optimism!) to charity.

I think I achieved 1, 2 and 3, for a short period, but the site was clearly not going to come close to making a profit, which is why I had to close it down.

GDJ: One of my favourite stories last year was Young Love on the Drowned Side of the City by William D McIntosh in Darker Matter #5, a good example of a story with a darker slant. What is it that appeals to you about that style?

BC: I agree with you about that story. It's certainly one of my favourites. It's hard to pin down exactly why that kind of story appeals to me, but since I was a child I've always loved science fiction, and have had a particular fondness (maybe that's not the right word!) for post-apocalyptic tales. This one appealed to me particularly because it was more about the story and the characters than the apocalyptic events, and it was told in such a beautiful way. To be more general, I think I am generally a cheery and optimistic person, and stories that are a little bit dark and possibly even miserable feel like a good way to indulge a different side of myself. I guess a psychiatrist might have more to say about that!

GDJ: Do you have a favourite sub-genre or theme?

BC: I think my favourite type of science fiction is the kind that really stretches the imagination. I love Iain M. Banks' books, for example, and probably love his books for the same reason that some purists reject them as fantasy; they're so distant from what we know and are comfortable with, and I guess in a way that makes them perfect escapist material. As I said before, I also have a particular soft spot for stories about the end of the world, or post-apocalyptic ones.

GDJ: Which magazines or authors do you enjoy reading?

BC: As a teenager my favourite authors were Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Robert Sheckley and Harry Harrison. I still love their stories, but more recently I've found myself reading darker stuff by people like Alastair Reynolds and Iain M. Banks. I've always been a huge fan of Analog, and also tend to read the other main print magazines. I haven't ever really got into any of the webzines, simply because I've not been able to settle on a favourite one.

GDJ: You opted for a different payment model to most webzines. What was the idea behind that?

BC: I just felt that if you pay anything less than the going rate, you automatically eliminate the top few from your pool of potential authors. I didn't want to discourage newcomers, but did feel that in order to get the magazine off the ground, I needed it to get a reputation for publishing stories by reasonably big names as well. I was thrilled to be able to publish stories by the likes of Bud Sparhawk, Ed Lerner, David Levine and Jerry Oltion, and while I'm not saying those guys wouldn't have sent me stories if I wasn't paying, I think the fact that I was offering the same rates as magazines like Analog gave me an instant credibility boost, and helped set the magazine apart (in the eyes of the authors, at least) from the other webzines.

GDJ: Several small press and webzines have come to a finish in the past year, while several others have started. Do you think there’s an answer to be found for long-lives webzines?

BC: It's hard to say. I still feel that if I'd had the time, money and energy to keep at it, it might have been possible to make Darker Matter work, but I particularly lacked the first two. I think it's important to publish something that's different from the rest, or to come up with a self-funding model (or perhaps just a very cheap model) in order to attract enough attention to get and keep readers.

GDJ: Do you have any further plans in publishing?

BC: I'm publishing another online magazine called Serendipity with Neil Ayres (he's the editor). It's a magical realism magazine, of which there aren't so many, so it's easier to get noticed. I think we've published some great short stories, and we've already managed one more issue than Darker Matter did! Also, I've not given up on the idea of resurrecting Darker Matter some day.

GDJ: Thanks for your time.

BC: Thank you!

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Welsh SF

Being just over half Welsh, I’ve been interested in finding out about the Welsh SF field. The Welsh SF Association website was only ever a holding page, and even that has disappeared. So, I haven’t found much up to now, until I discovered that Estronomicon magazine is based on a Welsh word and editor Steve Upham is involved in organising a Welsh SF convention. Details to be announced…

Stuff Received

Murky Depths #3 has arrived in the post. I noted on their website that it's now available in several book and comic stores, quite impressive when you consider the struggle most genre magazines have to be stocked anywhere.

I've been reviewing UK SF magazines for a copule of years now, and tracking their fortunes here on my blog. I started wondering what kind of people take up the task of launching a magazine, what problems they have to overcome, and whether it's inevitable that they won't make it to issue #10. So I decided to ask them. My first response arrived yesterday, so from tomorrow I shall be posting the first in a series of interviews with current and former editors of the UK's SF magazines.

I hope you find their thoughts enlightening.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Pulp Idol

SFX editor David Bradley has flown back into the country to answer my question about fiction in the popular newsstand SF magazines. He was probably coming back to the country anyway I guess, not just for my sake.

Here's his thoughts on the subject:

There is a difference between magazines that print SF stories, and magazines that comment on mainstream SF media. We fall into the latter category, and it is currently the most successful market in terms of mainstream newsstand sales, which is why I guess there are several other magazines in the same space now. There are popular and successful fiction magazines, though, and I know you're familiar with them from the commentary on your site. While many of them do a very good job, it is a different market to us.

SFX's continued success (we're the undisputed market-leading newsstand SF media magazine) comes from its choices regarding what it features. The content that helps our magazine to sell most is based on analysis and interviews (for instance, articles about the cast and crew of Doctor Who) and it would be a mistake to sacrifice these to experiment with fiction, for the obvious reason that we must appeal to our core audience. SFX is a big supporter of SF literature and we devote many pages to authors and books each issue, and I never say never to an idea, but a regular fiction section in the magazine would not be in keeping with SFX's current position or objectives.

That said: SFX actually prints stories once a year, in our annual fiction writing competition that results in a book we distribute on the newsstand. It's 'amusingly' called Pulp Idol and the next competition details are due to be released in April. These are aimed at new and amateur authors. You can find out more via our website.

Look out for author interviews (Iain M Banks, Stephen Donaldson, Brandon Sanderson) and fiction reviews in the current issue of SFX, number 167, on sale now.

Monday, March 03, 2008

Third #19 Review

I came across a third review of Jupiter #19 today, this one at SF Crowsnest.

Of Roadwalker, the reviewer says:

Roadwalker by Gareth D. Jones is the sequel to a previous story and, on reading this, it seems likely that there is something farther down the road in the future. The story could go on and on but, thankfully, it's well-written and there is mileage in it. An entertaining tale set in the future after civilisation has collapsed, it concerns the building of a road through the wilderness and the reaction of the people who encounter it.

New Releases

Available now for your entertainment:

Pantechnicon #6

Murky Depths #3, which I shall be reviewing in due course.

There's another new release due within the next couple of weeks that I'm really excited about, but I just can't say what it is yet...


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Veterinarian offers dog training tips

Posted by SusanStokes on January 10, 2016

January is National Train Your Dog Month, and I caught up with my local veterinarian to get his view on dog training. The doctor had plenty of advice on where to start with that new puppy or newly adopted rescue dog.

“There is still time for New Year’s Resolutions when it comes to training your dog,” said Joe Martins, DVM, Belle Mead Animal Hospital. “This is a great opportunity for people to become aware that it is easy and fun to train their pets. It all starts and ends in the home and with the family.”

Great responsible pet care involves more than food, water, play and good intentions. Pets get bored and can easily develop problem behaviors. A proactive pet parent and family can be taught how to provide a stimulating home environment, appropriate exercise and most importantly, training.

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“Training actually saves lives,” continued Dr. Martins. “If you love animals and want to help keep pets and families safe and together, then learn and be open to training. Also read about motivating pets, puppy socialization, and environmental enrichment for pets.”

The number one reason why pets are surrendered to shelters and rescues is due to behavioral issues. Many of these issues could have been completely prevented with just a little "responsible owner" common sense training and puppy and kitten rules.

“The irony is people need training more than the pets, but sometimes it's hard to get the right information,” said Dr. Martins. “The nice thing about pets is they live in the moment and are always ready to learn. Shelter and rescue can make the best pets, but their new adopters do need some basic training rules to follow from Day One. Our team at Belle Mead Animal Hospital can assist owners when it comes to getting on the right path to some training or behavior counseling.”

“Over the past decade there has been a revolution on new ways that we can teach our pets to behave and learn. We also know how important it is to teach children how to safely play with pets to protect them both.”

Basic Training Tips
1. Use positive reward based training to teach dogs basic commands
2. Crate training is humane, safe and many times what can help a dog or puppy stay in its home
3. Puppies should be introduced to crates gradually from puppy pens
4. Crates are used for positive training and not punishment

Problem behavior like biting, scratching and aggression need immediate professional help. Seek advice from your veterinarian.

Acute Management of Problem Behavior
1. Identify and avoid triggers for undesirable behavior.
2. Don't respond to undesirable behavior like aggression with aggression or punishment.
3. Don't respond to undesirable behavior like anxiety with comforting.
4. Respond in a calm way to undesirable behavior. If you find elimination accidents or something destroyed, after the fact there is no helpful response. Clean it up and avoid the trigger circumstance or prevent it in the future. If a pet is highly aroused and actively displaying an undesirable behavior, remain calm and try to remove the pet from the situation or remove the trigger. You can try to redirect the dog to an alternative behavior like an obedience command.

“If the pet is too aroused to follow a command, we may just need to try and change the subject,” said Dr. Martins. “Remember, you are just trying to prevent things from getting worse at this point. When pets are highly excited, reactive or upset, there are no good training opportunities.”

We hope this has gone some way in helping you manage your dog's behavior.

Susan, Taurus and Gemini

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FASHION: Eyelash Knit and Acid Wash Jeans

I've been wanting a plain eyelash knit for ages now but the only ones that I liked were the ones from Topshop which were too expensive to justify when I knew there were ones in Primark for £10 - I just couldn't find one anywhere. So when I managed to drag Andrew into a Primark whilst out for dinner at Westfield one night I was so excited to finally spot one! He has an issue with Primark, he hates it in there and goes on silent strike until we leave haha. He knew about my jumper search which lead him to actually speak to me in a Primark store, he offered to get it for me for Christmas. Aww.

I was on dog watch duty while Andrew was trying to take these photos for me. My brother was having a new sofa delivered for his bedroom (which I still haven't even been bothered to go and look at yet) which meant the front door being open for quite a while so my dad shut Molly in my bedroom with us and her squeaky pig. She then ripped it in half resulting in dog toy fluff all over my room so we had to confiscate that haha. But she looked so sad so I had to improvise and give her something else to play with without having to leave my room. I gave her a toilet roll hah.

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  1. I wish I'd bought more of those Primark jumpers, just so damn cosy! x

  2. such a fab casual outfit, I have this jumper in pink, make sure to wash it with lots and lots of softener otherwise it loses its softness quite quickly

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Wading through the past

I really enjoy writing paper, envelope, stamp letters.  I like sending mail, I like receiving mail. Before email and Messenger and Skype and Facebook, letters were where it was at for catching up on everything after "I'm so sorry I haven't written in sooooooo long!"  For 20¢ (a little more for international), I could send pages and pages or a single card to a friend somewhere else in the world.  Getting a letter or card filled with words of encouragement, love, or "this is what I did today, how about you?" was simply connectivity at its finest.

But man, after Ian and I built a family together and email came about, fewer paper letters overall and I quit writing in general, and so did all my friends. I have sifted through stacks of Christmas cards, Valentine's Day cards, Easter cards,  starting in the late 70s. When was the last time you received a Halloween card in the mail from a friend? Granted, I'd much rather receive a letter than a card any day, but the sheer number of cards I've read through in the past couple days...

Because I am reading them. Each one. Each card, letter, note, newspaper clipping, postcard and I have some thoughts so bear with me, or just skip the rest.

* My best friend from Algiers, my longest friend starting in 3rd grade, I didn't realize that I'd kept in touch with her through almost the entirety of high school. And then poof, nothing. I have no idea where she is, so if you know a Nadia Othman who was in Algiers and the child of Iranian and Polish parents, can you hook me up?

* Middle school was one of the highlights of my life. Friends from Niger came to my wedding. I still know where a bunch of them are and follow them on FB. These were such special people and I miss them. When I left Niamey, the letter-writing began in earnest.

* My two closest friends from high school, Meredith and Kristin, are FB friends and we wrote back and forth all through college. Long letters about college life, semesters abroad, summer jobs.

* College. For as poor as we all were we wrote a lot of letters, especially the summer of 1992. I'm FB friends with a number of college buddies and I recall how funny and clever and sweet they were.

* Starting in 1994, the majority of letters I still own are between Ian and I. They are delightful and bring me such joy and contentment. I may not have known at the beginning that he was absolutely the right person for me, but reading through, I should have known. I should have seen it - these letters outlined the building blocks as we head towards our 24th wedding anniversary.

As expected, the full range of emotions are found in all these mementos.

Boredom was pretty prevalent in the summer letters, unfulfilling part-time jobs will do that.  But the flip side was a lot of excitement for school to start up again so our gang could reform.

Joy was a big one too. We shared a lot about our plans and were encouraging and hopeful. There was a block of letters where I told my friends about my engagement and my 1st pregnancy all at once.  I'm sure in the background there's a lot of "better her than me," but in the words there was nothing but well wishes and support.

There are letters from ex-boyfriends and those elicit a word of gratitude for being stepping stones to where I am now - which I hope they see the same way.

There was some angst. Friends falling out with each other, me falling out with them. How I wish I could go back and fix some of the stupid I did. Some stories are pieced together from a note here and a line there. One of my closest friends in college was my roommate of 3 years, but I did what a lot of people do when they find a new love and my roommate suffered for it, and as a result so did I because she's not in my life anymore. Like I said, stupid.

And sadness, there's some sadness in these letters as well. Letters from my parents, cards from friends who tried so hard to be good and kind to me as I shrugged them away, long passages explaining a mistake or a hurt or a desire for something to change.

But most of all there is love, love in all its forms.  Love in concern, love in excitement, love in the pure love of friends sharing themselves with each other. I had so many friends, the letters prove it. People who took out time to write. Clearly, one of my love languages is the written word, because a pad of nice paper, a good pen, and an afternoon to write to someone I care about is a package of happiness, and receiving a letter tells me that person thought of me with the same love (even if they didn't know it :) )

Most of the letters are no longer with me now. It's time to say goodbye. They'll live fresh in my memory for now, and fade once again over time but they won't be renewed. Oh, I've kept a number of them. Ones that chatted about shared adventures or momentous occasions, most of the letters from Ian and my relationship, notes from my kids, my parents, and my grandparents.

In another 20 years I may reread them to touch on again how lucky I am to have been so loved my entire life. Even as I know how lucky I am right now.

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Filming On Prince Edward Island

The wild beauty of Prince Edward Island on Canada’s East Coast has been the backdrop for our latest international filming assignment.

This was the first stop in a contract that covers five different continents as we travel the world to meet the winners of the 2018 World Veterinary Association Animal Welfare Awards.

Prince Edward Island

The island is home to a highly respected vet school and, although we can’t reveal the North American winner until after the Awards ceremony on May 4, it’s safe to say that this person has gone above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to building the profile of animal welfare.

Following the successful WVA Animal Welfare Award 2017, the World Veterinary Association and Ceva Sante Animale decided to launch the 2nd WVA Animal Welfare Award.

The aim of the WVA Animal Welfare Awards is to recognize and reward veterinarians who contribute to the protection and welfare of animals in their daily lives and provide outstanding and exemplary welfare-related services to animals, animal owners, fellow veterinarians, and the public.

The Global Animal Welfare Awards 2018 will be presented to one selected veterinarian from each of the six WVA regions (North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, North Africa/Middle East, and Asia/Oceania).

The WVA Animal Welfare Awards Ceremony will take place in Barcelona, Spain from May 5 to 8, 2018 during the 34th World Veterinary Congress, where the winners will be invited to receive a monetary prize of 5.000 Euros

Rapid Reaction Impresses Award Winners And Sponsors

Reaction has continued to flood in from our rapid turnaround of interviews recorded imediately after the ceremony for the 2018 Ceva UK Animal Welfare Awards.

The number of hits on social media was dramatically increased by our swift response with many winners and sponsors very keen to share their success in the aftermath of receiving their award.

Good Call Media Co-owner, Nik Wood, who coordinated the interviews and editing said:”When better to encourage people to share their Tweets, Facebook posts and Linked In entries than when they arte basking in the success of winning an award.
“By working through the night we were able to offer links to the videos to the winners and sponsors within minutes of the interviews being recorded so this resulted in a big hike in hits compared to events when content is sometimes edited days and even weeks after it is recorded.”

Feedback from those involved was unanimously appreciative with many saying they were proud to be able to share their success with their friends and families but also colleagues and marketing teams to get maximum exposure.

The awards were hosted by TV presenter and animal lover, Matt Baker, and renowned retired veterinary surgeon, Chris Laurence MBE FRCVS, who puts his name to the Vet of the Year Award. They recognise the achievements of remarkable people from the farming, veterinary and charity industries, who go beyond the call of duty to better the lives of animals around the world including veterinary and charity professionals, researchers and volunteers.
Speaking at the ceremony, chair of the judging panel, Chris Laurence, said: ““The quality of nominations for this year’s awards surpassed any we’ve had before, and the people and organisations nominated are well deserved winners. It is especially pleasing to see people from different organisations coming together in the name of animal welfare to work together and to provide leadership. Not only do the winners deserve our thanks and praise but all those nominated should be really proud of what they do for the welfare of animals that can’t speak for themselves.”

You can see the latest You Tube videos that were posted for the following categories by simply clicking on the titles:

Welfare Nurse of the Year Award in association with Agria Pet Insurance
Adina Valentine, Blue Cross Animal Hospital in Grimsby
Charitable Contribution of the Year supported by Blue Cross
Helen Whiteside, Canine Research Associate at Guide Dogs

Farm Animal Welfare Award supported by R.A.B.I. and NADIS
The University of Nottingham Dairy Herd Health Group

Filming Moves To Brazil

The São Paulo region of Brazil is the location for the latest round of filming for this year’s Global Animal Welfare Awards.

Good Call Media’s cameras have been circumnavigating the globe to interview the winners, from five different continents.

The northern São Paulo region is the location for our latest filming assignment

Fresh from filming on the east coast of Canada, we have flown to Brazil via Panama to meet the person from Latin America who has impressed the judges with their passion for animal welfare. The winner, from one of Sao Paolo’s highly resepcted universities, will travel to Barcelona, Spain to receive the award on May 4 at an event organised by the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and sponsored by global veterinary health company, Ceva Sante Animale, who also sponsored there highly successful 2017 Awards in South Korea..

Good Call Media’s Nik Wood, will host the event and will introduce a video report highlighting the work of each winner before they come up on stage to receive their award.

Our travels to illustrate the animal welfare stories, is also taking us to West Africa, Europe and China.

Watch out for the winners videos once the Awards have been handed out on May 4.

Welfare Awards ‘Best Ever’

The 2018 UK Animal Welfare Awards, staged by our key client, global veterinary health company, Ceva Santé Animale, were declared the ‘best ever’ following the ceremony held in Birmingham, UK.

Figures from the veterinary, charity and animal health sector gathered at Birminghams’ city centre conference centre for the event and Good Call Media was on hand to record on the spot interviews with the winners.

We worked through the night to upload the interviews and all were ‘live’ on social media by the time people woke up the following morning and they were given links to the video files and You Tube postings so that they could share through their own social media outlets.

You can see some of the winners’ videos by clicking on these links:

Charity Team of the Year

Charitable Contribution of the Year

Vet of the Year

Watch out for further links to our videos later.

Good Call Media Interviews Soccer Legend

Good Call Media met a footballing legend for our latest assignment for Variety the Children’s Charity.

We can’t say too much about the reason for interviewing the former Arsenal and Scotland goalkeeper who went on to a successful TV career as a presenter and pundit but all will be revealed shortly.

Good Call Media’s Fiona Molloy interviewing soccer legend Bob Wilson

We caught up with Bob outside the famous home of Arsenal in North London and he couldn’t have been more helpful with our project.

As a player, Wilson is most noted for his 11-year playing career at Arsenal where he made over 300 appearances. Wilson as well featured as a youth and senior international for Scotland. After retiring as a player, he turned to coaching and broadcasting, presenting football programmes on television for 28 years until 2002. Wilson has also gone on to create a charity organization known as the Willow Foundation.

Our work with Variety now spans the UK. We are currently working on the Yorkshire Property Awards, a video that helps to kick off the prestigious black tie event which attracts over 1000 people from the region’s
property industry at a glittering event held in Harrogate’s Rudding Park Hotel & Spa.

Our work with Bob Wilson is connected with the London office of Variety and their own property lunch which will be held later this year.

Watch this space for further details on how Bob Wilson has helped our project.


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