What made the dogs bark?
"You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks." (Churchill) – as seen recently on the Jack's Winning Words blog.
The Republican contest would be a hoot to watch if the thought of one on these contestants getting the nomination weren't so scary. John Kasich seems at times to be almost amused to be sharing the stage with the sideshow that is going on around him. He is the calm voice of reason almost the maelstrom that is the Republican Party these days.
The point of Churchill's quote seems to be that it is a waste of our time to stop and react, perhaps defensively or to go on the offense, every time someone throws a stone (an insult, a slight, a demand or a rejection) our way. To Churchill's way of thinking those are just barking dogs and we have more important things to do – a destination (or destiny) to reach. His point is that you are taking your eye off your goals if you allow yourself to be distracted by the barking dogs in your life; and that is on you.
While it is important not to let the barking dogs distract you from your goals, it might also be important to understand what the barking is about and see if there is something that you are currently doing that needs to be changed, i.e. to learn from the barking. What you may learn that is most valuable to you is what it is about you that caused the dogs to bark. Is it the way that you've treated others; or the way that you comport yourself in public. Do you elicit envy or disdain because of a showy display of wealth? Do you cause a protective reflex from others because of past displays of anger or hostility? Do you secretly enjoy the fear that you cause in others due to your appearance? Do others mistakenly take your naturally shy behavior as an indication of lack of interest in them or their points of view? These are all things that can start the dogs barking in your life. There's no need to stop and throw stones at those dogs, but you can be sensitive enough about them to make some personal changes that may keep the dogs quite in the future.
If those are all too familiar stones that you've been tossing in your life, perhaps it's time to stop and reexamine the destination that you've been so consumed in the pursuit of. Those aren't just barking dogs in your life; they are the reason for your life. Your real goal (destination) should not just be to work hard so that you can get things for them; but rather, to provide a loving, safe and happy environment for them and yourself. Those aren't barking dogs in your life, they are your family pack that is inviting you to become a member. Don't throw stone at them, join them and go have some fun. That's what the barking at home is all about.
"Behind every person is s story; behind every story is a person. So think before you judge, because judging someone doesn't label who they are, it labels who you are." – The Minds Journal.com – as seen on the Jack's Winning Words blog recently.
There are many people who rush to judgement or even pre-judge people that they meet in day-to-day life, and that is their loss. What pops into your mind if you see a person of color coming towards you with dreadlocks and dresses in Hip Hop fashion? How about if you see a person dressed in distressed skinny jeans or a young lady with purple hair and a nose ring? Did you have good thoughts? Did you think, "Oh, how interesting, I want to meet this person"; or did your thoughts turn to "How can I avoid this person?" What do you think they were thinking about you?
It is all too easy and, unfortunately, all too normal to base our initial reactions and judgement about people based solely upon their appearance. Others might rush to judge based upon their voice or maybe the vocabulary that they use or perhaps the accent that is evident in their speech. We all tend to stereotype or profile the people that we meet based upon some set of criteria that lurks in the back of our minds. That's unfortunate and usually a mistake, since we have no real proof to go on when pre-judging people that we've just encountered.
It's easy to understand the last part of today's quote. It is this tendency to rush to some stereotypical judgement that leads to the labels racist or bigot or homophobic for the people who do the judging. Most would be quick to defend themselves; claiming not to be what they have been labeled; however, the proof is in their reactions and not their denials. The proof is usually found in their words to, since they tend to define broad categories of people that they have some issue about or judgement of. Thus, in their minds it is ALL blacks, or ALL gays, or ALL the homeless who possess and display the characteristics that they fear or abhor.
One wonders how these people might react if they were required to wear a scarlet letter like Hester Prynne, only with the letter B or maybe H on it, so that all could see their label. That would at least make it obvious at a glance to those who encounter them what kind of person they really are.
The real advice in today's little quote is to take the time to get to the story behind the person. I know that I'm not the only one who's ever wondered how the homeless man sitting on the corner with a sign that reads "will work for food" got into that situation. We use a prayer for forgiveness in church every week,asking that we be forgiven for the things that we have done and those things that we have left undone. I have not stopped to ask or to help and that is my loss for leaving that undone. When I have taken the time to get to the story behind the person that I see in front of me there is usually something to learn and someone that I end up enjoying knowing. Try it yourself: you might be pleasantly surprised.
Today, promise yourself, before you leave the house; that should you encounter someone who looks a little different or dresses a little different or speaks a little different that you will not rush to judgement. Be pleasant and say "Hi". If the opportunity is there; rather than avoiding that person, introduce yourself and start the process of understanding the story behind that person. You might be fascinated by the story that unfolds and perhaps you'll even make a new friend. You'll also have the opportunity to dispel the preconceived notions that they might have about encountering you. After all, you can look pretty scary to them, too, with that scowl of disapproval on your face.
Don't rush to judgement; rush to understanding instead.
As we start a new week, we once again have choices to make which will impact how we view things, react to things or let things affect us. We are constantly bombarded by negative things in the news, since the news media thinks we want to see and hear about the misfortunes of others, or at least the sensational bad things that happen in the world around us. In our daily lives both good and bad things happen all around us and we choose which we will focus upon. We encounter people as we go through the day and we can choose to greet them with suspicion and cynicism or with a smile and an open mind.
We can't really be like the cartoon characters who loudly yell "La, La, La", in an attempt to ignore or not hear the bad things in life; however, we don't have to focus upon them or feel obligate to react to them or let them drag us down. Some people might misinterpret your lack of negative response as being uncaring; but just the opposite is true – you care; but, you just refuse to let it overwhelm you and change your approach to life and towards others. In fact, you care enough to remain upbeat and positive to help others out of their funk.
In our daily lives it is important to pause when negative or bad things happen before reacting to them. I've written here in the past about being able to say, "So what" to those things; to be able to put them into perspective and realize that most will not have the dramatic and dreaded impacts on our lives that we might initially think. After all, if you're still there to think about them; and well, you're still there. It didn't kill you and that a good start and a positive thing.
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We tend towards the poignant when talking about yesterdays and hopeful when looking towards our tomorrows. Jack's comments about where the sands are in your life's hourglass take on more meaning and a sense of urgency when you begin to notice that most of the sand that you are likely to have in life is already at the bottom of the hourglass. Unfortunately life does not allow a do-over by turning the hourglass upside-down; however, if one keeps looking ahead with a sense of anticipation and excitement, rather than spending time looking back over the past, what sand in left at the top can be rewarding and satisfying.
Assuming that life has not taken such a toll on your body that you can no longer function, the period at the end of most people's lives is a time when they finally have the freedom to find the joy of volunteerism and service to others. There are some many opportunities for service in every community, that it is really not that hard to keep one's self busy with meaningful and rewarding volunteer work. It has been my personal experience that volunteering for the jobs that no one wants to do can be the personally satisfying, but maybe that's just me.
I volunteer to do the set up and clean up or wash the dishes or be a food server at our church Lent Soup Supper every year. In many of our local Chamber of Commerce events there are always people doing things like collecting trash or manning street barricades or setting up and tearing down tents or tables and chairs. Those aren't the glamour jobs and those behind-the-scenes workers are seldom shown in the publicity pictures that make the paper; however the event could not take place without them toiling away somewhere out of sight. Doing those jobs well and without worrying about getting credit or publicity for them can be very satisfactory because it is a pure act of service.
Not all tomorrows will involve volunteerism and service; in fact most won't; however, all tomorrows do provide opportunities to meet new people, try new things and accumulate new knowledge. Many people find the freedom to travel to be very rewarding later in life. Some people finally get around to taking up hobbies or getting back to those that they never had time for earlier in life. An interesting side benefit of being a little more mature is that you are better able to understand and properly categorize and integrate new knowledge into the knowledge base that you have been accumulating all of your life. For many, the sense of wonder at new things is superseded by a sense of appreciation for them, because you now see more clearly how things fit together and make sense.
Jack's advice about the choices that we make today affecting what our tomorrows may look like has certainly proven to be the case for many athletes, especially football players. Those who choose to play with reckless abandon, those who heeded the coaches admonition to shake off the cobwebs of a hard hit and get back in the game and those who "played through the pain" are now hobbled or worse and many wish that they had listened to the messages that their bodies were trying to tell them at the time to slow down or stop. Those who commit crimes, especially those who commit them to be able to buy drugs today are mortgaging their futures for a short bit of pleasure or relief today. Even ordinary people, who put off the things that they know they need to do, or avoid people whom they know that they need to confront, or make time commitment decisions that put success at work above family; know in their hearts that they are putting their futures at risk. Tomorrow does not get any better because you avoided things today.
When you are young you think that there will always be a tomorrow and time to make things better or right sometime in the future. When you are old, you hope that there is a tomorrow and do what you can to make today as great as it can be today, knowing that if you do what's right today, tomorrow will take care of itself. Perhaps we need a little more of that type of thinking at all stages in life. What will your tomorrows bring? No one can say for sure; but, do what's right today and you'll at least be able to look forward to tomorrow.
Have a great today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.
The line, "Can we talk?" used to be one of Jon Rivers favorites. Joan used it to introduce numerous topics in her act. Today's little saying; which, of course, I saw on the Jack's Winning Words blog recently, is sort of God's version of, "Can we Talk?".
I can't count the number of nights that I've laid there in bed wrestling with a problem or more often a fear or concern over some upcoming event that had the potential to become confrontational. I've written here a few times about letting go of the intractable problems of life or the fears that we conjure up about events that we have no ability to change. Our minds are fantastic at imagining all of the worst possible scenarios, which we then feel obligated to try to solve or come up with plans to deal with them. It usually turns out that none of our imagined disasters really occur and everything works out in the end.
How wonderful it would it be if we could avoid all of the sleepless nights of worry – and we can. Since you may not be listening to God asking you if you need to talk, maybe you should take the Joan Rivers approach and ask Him- Can we talk? I think you'll be surprised at the immediate lift in your spirits that will result from just taking that step. Just starting out by admitting that you haven't got this and that you need His help will lift the weight of feeling that you have sole responsibility from you. Then, ask for courage, guidance and strength in dealing with the issue, rather than hoping for some miracle that makes the whole problem just go away. That will get you thinking straight again.
With God on your team, I think you will find the courage to face the problem and He will help you see the right thing to do and give you the strength to carry out the plan that He has helped you formulate. There is a passage in the Bible; "If God is with us, who can be against us?" – Romans 8:31. Don't be surprised if a sudden calm comes over you, too. That is a good side-effect of talking with God.
I have posted a few times about my favorite approach to vexing issues, which is to off-load them to God by letting go and saying, "Not my will, but thy will be done." The relief that comes from letting go of the sense of failure or the fears that accompany particularly thorny problems not only allows me to get to sleep, but usually results in awakening without the fear of facing the problem head on. After all, if God is with me; how bad can any earthly problem really be?
So, the next time you are facing something that is keeping you awake at night; maybe it's time to look up and say, "Can we talk?" God is on duty 24-7, so he'll be there to listen and help, and the call is free.
"Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power." (Barbara Jordan) – as seen on the Jack's Winning Words blog. Jack went on to add his comments about Black History Month, which is what Barbara Jordan was alluding to in her quote.
It's interesting that the brain helps us distinguish between colors, but it is the mind that assigns tags to those colors. Those tags may include fear or mistrust or prejudices, based solely upon color. For some that is enough for them to form opinions or to make judgments. Yet, if we used our brains, we might ask ourselves, upon what basis of facts, other than color am I basing these feelings or opinions? Have I even talked to this person? Do I even know their name or anything about their life story? How can I have jumped to a conclusion of fear or mistrust, based solely upon the one input of color? Yet many do. Use your brain.
There is an old piece of advice that is widely circulated in signs and sayings that goes: "Engage brain before engaging mouth." It might also apply that one should engage their brains before making up their minds, especially about other people. Color is just one differentiation between people; it just happens to be the easiest to spot. Use your brain.
Language and the way people speak is another differentiation that many use to jump to discriminatory opinions. We have had such an influx of immigration from so many foreign countries that it is almost impossible not to overhear others speaking in a language that we do not understand or with an accent that is noticeable. There is also the street slang (sometimes labeled Ebonics) that is used by a portion of the African-American population. Any of these cues can kick off an immediate reaction that is just as powerful as the recognition of the color of the individual. Those reactions are often not favorable and lead to conclusions that are just as wrong as those based solely upon color. Use your brain.
The best advice against letting these or any other differences that one might notice lead you immediately to some conclusion or reaction is to engage your brain. Think before you act or react. Learn to control your mind. The first thing that most will have to do is to calm the perception of that person somehow representing a threat to you. Unless someone walks up to you with some sort of weapon in their hand, why do you perceive them to be a threat? Is it their color? Is it the way they speak? Is it how they are dressed? Why are any of those things a threat to you? Use your brain.
The key to using your brain is to let it work without a preconceived overlay of prejudice or fear. We have turned the old saying "innocent until proven guilty" completely around and perverted it through our prejudices into "guilty until they can prove themselves to be innocent." If, instead of thinking (with our minds) that every person of color or language difference that you meet is somehow out to do you harm; it might make life more interesting and rewarding, if you went into each meeting with a new person in the frame of mind that you were going to get to know them and see what interesting things that you might learn from them. You can do that if you, Use your brain.
I suspect that the people that you jump to conclusion about get awfully tired of having to prove themselves to you somehow. They may have also jumped to conclusions about you, based upon what they see or hear from you. They may have fears about you and what you may do to them, especially if you happen to be wearing a police uniform. You might immediately say how could they think that about you? Well, duh; use your brain; what's on the news all too often these days. "If they only got to know me", you might think; "they wouldn't be afraid of me." OK, so why is the opposite not true? Use your brain.
As you go about your day and the upcoming weekend, try to be more cognizant of the frequency in which you let some preconceived prejudice in your mind take control of you and shape your reactions to people. The more you become aware of it the easier it might become to at least stop and try to Use your brain.
"You must make the world better by making yourself better." (Father Basil), as seen on the Jack's Winning Words blog.
There are all sorts of inspirational messages that tout the positive impact of one small effort, especially if enough people make the one small effort. Web sites like Go Fund Me and Crowd Rise also make the point that enough people giving just a small amount can make a huge difference.
So, today's saying by Father Basil, one of two Detroit guys who started a monastery in a remote spot in Michigan's U.P. that was recently featured in a Detroit Free Press feature article, may provide us all with a small starting point to making a better world for everyone. If each of us resolved to become a better person – kinder, gentler and more caring for others – perhaps a tsunami of goodness would sweep across the world and it woud become a better place for us all.
When you think about it, our own actions are the only thing that we are really in control of anyway. We may throw money into a collection plate or mail in a donation to a worthy cause, but we don't really have any idea how that money is used or for what good it went. If we stop and help someone who needs help because we care, we have an immediate sense of well-being from having made the effort. That effort starts with making the effort to become a better person ourselves.
In Father Basil's world the monks become better people through a life of simplicity and prayer. Not all of us can just get up and go live in a monastery in the U.P.; however, all of us can take some time to pray each day. Perhaps if we focused out prayer not on things or needs and upon asking for God to make us better people our worlds would become better places. Maybe if instead of asking for God to give you this or that, you could ask him to help you make better decisions in your life and do the right things. I've occasionally prayed when I bought a lotto ticket not that God let me win, but that if I should win that God help me do the right things with the money. So far, I guess I haven't change enough to be given that responsibility.
So, today, before you start out on another day at work or just in your life; ask God for His help at becoming a better person and then trust in Him when he provides you with the opportunities to actually be a better person as your day goes on. Don't hesitate in front of the man on the sidewalk who is obviously down on his luck; stop and ask how you can help. And, if you reach in your pocket and give him the money that you had set aside for your latte or perhaps your lunch; keep in mind that you may be providing him with the means to buy the only meal that he may get today. You were a better person and the world is better for it.
Do your part today to make the world a better place by being a better you.
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The XX Factor
Pacific Rim Fights Monsters, Argues Men and Women Can Be Friends
By Alyssa Rosenberg
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Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro's faceoff between alien monsters and giant robots, is unusual in a number of ways. It's one of the few blockbusters we're getting this summer that isn't part of an existing franchise, or doesn't feature a character audiences are already familiar with. The monsters in question are kaiju, Japanese imports from a genre that began with Godzilla. And while both of those factors are enough to get a lot of nerds and champions of Hollywood originality rooting for Pacific Rim to do well at the box office, there's one more thing that makes the movie worth cheering for: It's the rare blockbuster that doesn't end with a smooch between its male and female leads.
The nature of the relationship between veteran giant robot pilot Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam) and the rookie Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi)—who gets her shot to work with him when humans make their final stand against the monsters—is a matter of some debate, even between the people involved in the movie. Director del Toro has said explicitly that he and his collaborators decided not to have Pacific Rim include a love story. But Hunnam has said that the way the characters work together—as co-pilots of the robots, Raleigh and Mako share a mental bond known as "the Drift" that lets them coordinate their actions, but also requires them to share their most intimate memories—is "about all of the necessary elements of love without arriving at love itself."
That dynamic makes Pacific Rim the rare movie—the rare anything in pop culture, really—to suggest that men and women can be extraordinarily close friends. It's incredibly tiresome for movies to insist, as When Harry Met Sally did, that there's no other possible endgame for a connection between a man and a woman than True Love or a terrible breakup. Raleigh's drawn to Mako because they're professionally compatible, and then finds that he's comfortable letting her into his head. They turn out to be a great fighting team, supportive of each other in an environment full of big egos, and become just really good friends. I am holding my breath that the inevitable sequel will not have them trying to remain good friends while having a baby together.

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At 180kg, Vince Condello was never motivated to drop to a healthy weight. But after finding out that he was the only person able to provide his son with a kidney, Condello begun the journey of a life time.
At just eight years old, his son Vince Condello Jr was diagnosed with Burkitt Lymphoma. The internal damage was too much and despite overcoming cancer, Vince Jr was left needing regular dialysis.
15 years later, Vince Jr's kidneys finally gave way. His parents were both overweight but his mother, Anna, was medically able to donate. Unfortunately, after eight years, his body rejected the organ, leaving his dad as the only person left to provide him with a second chance at life.
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Q: allows you to add a new course to a list that contains the courses in which you are enrolled courseList = list()
courseList = list()

class Student:
def __int__(self, studentCod, name):
self.studentCod = studentCod
self.name = name
class Courses:
def __int__(self, courseName):
self.courseName = courseName
def menu():
select = 0
while select != 5:
print("Welcome students")
print("choose one of the options")
print("----------------------------")
print("1. Add new students")
print("2. Show registered students")
print("3. Add course")
print("4. Student's registered courses")
print("5. Quit")
select = int(input("Choose an option: "))

if select == 1:
    addStudent()
if select == 2:
    to show()
if select == 3:
    addCourse()
if select == 4:
    findStudent()
if select == 5:
    leave()
def addStudent():
print("")
student = Student()
student.codStudent = input("Enter the student code: ")
student.name = input("Enter name: ")

listStudents.append(student)

def show():
for student in studentList:
 print("There are ", listStudents.__len__(), "students records")
 print("#", studentList.index(student) + 1)
 print("The student's name is: ", student.name)
 print("The student code is: ", student.StudentCode)
def addCourse():
 print("")
 codAlumno = input("Enter the student code: ")
 print("Looking for student registration...")
 print("Found")
 for student in studentList:
 if student.codStudent == codStudent:
    course = Courses()
    course.CourseName = input("Enter the course name: ")
 courseList.append(course)

def findStudent():
codAlumno = input("Enter the student code to see their registered courses: ")
 for student in studentList:
   if student.codStudent == codStudent:
    for course in courseList:
        print("The name of the course is:", course.courseName)
def exit():
print("See you later")

**hello good afternoon, I have the following problem of the title statement, I want my method of adding course and reporting to depend on registering new courses and not joining each other because I was doing tests, an example when having two registers of new students and add courses at the time of reporting, I get the courses of the first record plus the second. yes please help me to find the solution. **

A: studentList = list()
class Student:
def __int__(self, studentCode, name): # self reserved word to refer to itself
    self.studentCod = studentCod
    self.name = name
    self.CourseList = list()
class Courses:
def __int__(self, courseName):
    self.courseName = courseName
def menu():
select = 0
while select != 5:
    print("Welcome students")
    print("choose one of the options")
    print("----------------------------")
    print("1. Add new students")
    print("2. Show registered students")
    print("3. Add course")
    print("4. Student's registered courses")
    print("5. Quit")
    select = int(input("Choose an option: "))

    if select == 1:
        addStudent()
    if select == 2:
        to show()
    if select == 3:
        addCourse()
    if select == 4:
        findStudent()
    if select == 5:
        leave()
def addStudent():
student = Student()
print("")
student.codStudent = input("Enter the student code: ")
student.name = input("Enter name: ")

listStudents.append(student)
def show():
for student in studentList:
    print("There are ", listStudents.__len__(), "students records")
    print("#", studentList.index(student) + 1)
    print("The student's name is: ", student.name)
    print("The student code is: ", student.StudentCode)
def addCourse():
print("")
codAlumno = input("Enter the student code: ")
print("Looking for student registration...")
print("Found")
for student in studentList:
    if student.codStudent == codStudent:
        course = Courses()
        course.CourseName = input("Enter the course name: ")
        student.CourseList.append(course.courseName)
def findStudent():
codAlumno = input("Enter the student code to see their registered courses: ")
for student in studentList:
    if student.codStudent == codStudent:
        for course in listStudents:
            print("The name of the course is:", course.courseName)
def exit():
print("See you later")

# ------------------------------------------------- ------------------

menu()

A: You are using the courseList as a global variable, so any courses which are added by any student will be shared by all the students.
Instead add the courseList as a member of the Student class first.
class Student:
def __int__(self, studentCod, name):
self.studentCod = studentCod
self.name = name
self.courseList = list()

Then add the courses to the respective student's list.
for student in studentList:
 if student.codStudent == codStudent:
    course = Courses()
    course.CourseName = input("Enter the course name: ")
    student.courseList.append(course)

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The diversity on indigenous livestock breeds and cultivated plants, the agrobiodiversity, is a treasure for our food and agriculture today and for the future. Many characteristics make the animals and plants well adapted to their local environment, to harsh conditions like dry summers, cold winters, wet soils or stony grounds. This diversity needs to be protected and conserved to be able to react to the changing conditions of our environment like climate change and new needs for nutrition. But in difference to nature protection agrobiodiversity need to be used, eaten and set into value to survive.
Therefore SAVE Foundation has developed the marketing concept Heritaste® for indigenous livestock breeds and cultivated plants. This agrobiodiversity need to be conserved alive on farms and in that surroundings they were developed from our ancestors over centuries adapted to the particular environmental conditions. This diversity need to be in gardens and on farms, in the hands of people who know how to raise or grow them and understand the unique qualities of each breed and variety. Reproduction needs to take place on a yearly basis so that changes can occur with each generation in response to changes in climate and other environmental factors. The best way to ensure that professional farmers, hobby farmers and gardeners continue to keep these breeds and varieties is to encourage their use and increase their economic value for a long-term sustainable conservation. Depending on the breed or variety, this may mean through: milk and milk products; meat and meat products; grazing; therapy; juices, jams and other preserves; leather goods; rugs; alcoholic beverages; medicinal herbs; bed and breakfast on the farm – the list is as diverse as the genetic resources!
Heritaste® is a Europeanwide registered trademark. The Label makes products and services of indigenous cultivated plants and livestock visible for the public. The Heritaste® label is a feature to aid wider recognition for agrobiodiversity products throughout Europe. Thus, it has a benefit and impact for all producers of high-quality, agrobiodiversity products and also for consumers: By purchasing these products the consumer can make a direct contribution to sustainable conservation of agrobiodiversity.
The protected trademark Heritaste® supports products from old breeds and varieties and is to become a Europe-wide re-identification feature of agrobiodiversity.
Heritaste® starts in 2017 with pilot producers of the" Archeregion Flusslandschaft Elbe" www.arche-region-elbe.de in Germany.


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Fed up with not being taken seriously because she's so cute, Marmalade bands together with a handful of other aspiring builders—all of them kittens. But in a world where humans call the shots, can the Kitten Construction Company prove their worth . . . without giving up the very things that make them kittens?
John Patrick Green has worked on comics for DC Comics, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks, and Scholastic Graphix. Kitten Construction Company is John's second graphic novel as writer and artist, following 2016's Hippopotamister, also published by First Second. John lives in Brooklyn with zero cats and way too many LEGOs.


Ellen Banda-Aaku, a graduate from the University of Cape Town's MA in Creative Writing programme, has won the first ever Penguin Prize for African Writing with her novel Patchwork.
Ellen Banda-Aaku's novel was launched on Wednesday 27 July at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
Patchwork was selected out of more than 250 manuscript entries and Banda-Aaku was both thrilled and surprised to be chosen as the winner.
The launch was chaired by Sylvie Aboa-Bradwell, writer and executive director of the African Peoples Advocacy who described Banda-Aaku as a "genuinely talented daughter of Africa". There was also an interview with Dr Mpalive Msiska, senior lecturer at Birkbeck University in London. Banda-Aaku charmed the audience with her humble demeanour and honest answers — and not a single book went home unsigned as the author stayed behind to meet her readers and supporters.
Banda-Aaku has lived and worked in Zambia, where Patchwork is set, as well as Ghana, South Africa and the UK. She currently lives in Kent with her two children where she writes children's fiction.


The Korte Company is excited to announce the hiring of five new construction professionals. Gerald McMillen, Dan Kinney, Tony DeGrechie, Zach Rainwater and Belcho Beltchev all recently started with our team and are already in the full-swing of things. The Las Vegas office added three new construction professionals and the Highland office added two.
Gerald McMillen, who started November 24th, is a Project Superintendent working out of our Las Vegas office. Gerald is married with five children and is originally from Pittsburgh, PA. Dan Kinney, another November hire, is also a Project Superintendent working out of the Las Vegas office. Dan, along with his wife, moved to the area from Utah two years ago. And finally, bolstering our Las Vegas team, is Tony DeGrechie. Tony joined us in late September and is working with our Special Services Team. Tony is married with six grown children. He has a BSBA from Hawthorne College.
In Illinois, our Highland office recently welcomed Zach Rainwater and Belcho Beltchev to the team. Zach started in late October on the Home Depot crew. Belcho started the first of December as an Estimator in Pre-Construction.
Welcome to the team Gerald, Dan, Tony, Zach and Belcho. We're excited to have you on board and building smart!


Tom McCarthy has signed on to direct HBO's fantasy pilot Game of Thrones, and Peter Dinklage has been set in the title role.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series is based on George R.R. Martin's best-selling "Songs of Fire and Ice" novels, and is described as an epic struggle for power set in a vast and violent fantasy kingdom. Dinklage will play Tyrion, the Queen's brother who is treated as an outsier because of his size.
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss penned the pilot script and are exec producing.
Game of Thrones is slated to film in the third quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in what the country's First Minister Peter Robinson hails as "the first TV production of such vast size and scale that has been filmed in Northern Ireland."


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How big do your trees get?
What about pollination…do I need more than 1?
What's wrong with the potted trees at the local home improvement store?
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If you're an experienced tree grower, we say go for it.
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The trees you'll buy from them will be well known varieties, the ones that you see in the grocery store. Not trees that are grown with extreme climates in mind.
You won't find Red Delicious or Macintosh in our selection. They were developed for large orchards and their spray programs. Not for the backyard orchard.
The shocking secret within the nursery industry that no one talks about.
They're selling you fruit trees that they know will probably die and by the time you figure out why, it's likely you've had failed trees more than once.
The potted trees at your local home improvement store look so nice and neat in their little pots and fully leafed out.
They're convenience and packaged, to be purchased by you on a spur of the moment decision based on how they look.
To grow a large tree within a small pot, you need a lot of fertilizer and daily watering. Before potting this tree, they trim the roots to fit in the pot. Now these roots have nowhere to go but round and round.
Often, there is nothing that can be done to resolve this and the trees never reaches it's true potential or anchors in the ground correctly.
Huge nurseries in the southeastern part of the US grow these chemically dependent trees and send them to all their stores all over the US. There is no thought for which trees grow best in the area they're shipped to, the deciding factor is if the name is known by consumers.
Once at the store, they are kept on the life support of more fertilizer and water to keep them alive until someone takes them home.
To add insult to injury, if the nursery growing them loses the tags on a run of trees, they just put a variety name to it and send it off anyways. The goal for the store is to make a profit, not sell a healthy tree that will provide good fruit for many years in the future.
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Entrepreneur Saud Al-Jenaie: A talented young sportsperson
123 Incredible IndiaMarch 29, 2022
"It is for us to get associated with our dreams wholeheartedly, and if we are able to do that success is just momentary. All that stands between you and success is your will to work towards your dreams with dedication. Everything is achievable if your efforts are sincere." shares Entrepreneur and Professional Goalkeeper Saud Al-Jenaie.
Entrepreneur and Whizz sportsperson Saud Al-Jenaie is a Kuwaiti football player. He plays as a goalkeeper in the Kuwaiti Al-Tadamon Club in the Premier League and a part of the Kuwait National Team. He is not just one of the most popular players in Kuwait and the Middle East but has a widespread global fan base. At the age of 28, he achieved quite a Name and created a magnificent image in front of the world.
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Saud Al-Jenaie has inspired many teenagers and youngsters; he has turned his skills into a profession and succeeded as a player. Entrepreneur Saud Al-Jenaie has proved that one can change his or her skills and talent into a source of earning, but what makes Saud Al-Jenaie different from other players? Well, it is his Attitude of learning things. "I never consider myself a professional, I'm always up and ready to learn new things" says Saud Al-Jenaie. He likes to share his ideas and tips to the people interested in Football special Goalkeeping. He advises players to stay calm and never be overconfident "There's always a bigger fish in the pond, never be overconfident".
Entrepreneur Saud Al-Jenaie says learning from your own mistakes can fix the flaws. By the help of his skills he has made the "Kuwaiti National Football Team" proud and gained faith. Saud Al-Jenaie sets an example that sports could be a career option too, there's always something different about every child he conveys that every parent should be lenient enough to let their kid choose his or her perfect career, not everyone is interested in doing a 9 to 5 job. "One should be able to enjoy the work wholeheartedly," says his policy.
Saud Al-Jenaie has more than 34k followers on his Instagram where he often shares glimpses from his professional as well as private life as travelling enthusiast. You can follow him here.
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After the successful Greek austerity vote, the chaos in Athens continues.
CNB has just reported that the Greek ministry of finance building is on fire.
There's smoke and teargas everywhere in Syntagma square, outside of the Greek parliament.
This realization -- that Greece faces a tremendous challenge right now -- may be behind the huge collapse we saw in Athens stocks right after the vote was passed.


Not wise to blame a scientist for a hurricane.
Just noticed, but still relevant. Thanks for the heads up.
We still have the Texas school board trying to dumb down science books though.
just making sure...we all know that's satire, right? the daily currant is like a less zany onion.
Yeah, I thought he knew that already? Maybe not.
I must admit I got duped.
I must admit I got duped. But you cant help but think Nye does use words in his head even if he doesn't say them.


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Q: How can I have a struct which is only used for its internal constant? I need to encapsulate constants in the Rust type system. Ideally, RFC2000 would be ready, but in its absence, and since I only need a restricted set of constants, I can implement something close to what I need:
trait U32Const {
    const VAL: u32;
}

struct U32Const10;
impl U32Const for U32Const10 {
    const VAL: u32 = 10;
}

struct MyType<X: U32Const> {
    val: u32,
    template: X,
}

impl<X: U32Const> MyType<X> {
    fn do_something(&self) -> u32 {
        self.val * X::VAL
    }
}

fn main() {
    let a = MyType::<U32Const10> {
        val: 20,
        template: U32Const10 {},
    };
    println!("{}", a.do_something());
}

This prints out 200 as desired - that is, the constant value comes from the type that is passed in at instantiation inside main.
Now, this is a bit warty as it requires an instance of X to be created in the struct, which I call template, which is then unused so I get a compiler warning.
If one removes the template field, which is the ideal API, then the compiler complains about an unused parameter X on struct MyType < X: U32Const >. If I get rid of the X parameter on struct MyType, I then get an unexpected type argument on MyType in the the impl block.
Is there some way I can do what I'm trying to do that keeps the compiler happy? Effectively I want a struct which is only used for its internal const.

A: Instead of giving a phantom variable into a struct, using associated types might do the trick,
trait U32Const {
    type U32;
    const VAL: Self::U32;
}

struct U32Const10;

impl U32Const for U32Const10 {
    type U32 = u32;
    const VAL: Self::U32 = 10;
}

struct MyType<X: U32Const> {
    val: X::U32,
}

impl<X: U32Const<U32 = u32>> MyType<X> {
    fn do_something(&self) -> X::U32 {
        self.val * X::VAL
    }
}

fn main() {
    let a = MyType::<U32Const10> { val: 20 };
    println!("{}", a.do_something());
}

Playground (with multiple const implementations)

A: You can get rid of the compiler warning by declaring template to have type PhantomData::<X>:
use std::marker::PhantomData;

trait U32Const {
    const VAL: u32;
}

struct U32Const10;
impl U32Const for U32Const10 {
    const VAL: u32 = 10;
}

struct MyType<X: U32Const> {
    val: u32,
    template: PhantomData::<X>,
}

impl<X: U32Const> MyType<X> {
    fn do_something(&self) -> u32 {
        self.val * X::VAL
    }
}

fn main() {
    let a = MyType::<U32Const10> {
        val: 20,
        template: PhantomData,
    };
    println!("{}", a.do_something());
}

playground
You still need to initialize it, but it doesn't use any memory and the compiler won't complain when you don't use it.


Apache has been segfaulting when restarted for weekly log turnover every Sunday morning since the major upgrade on the server a couple of weeks ago.
PS the major outage a couple of weeks ago was a hugely necessary OS upgrade from FreeBSD 5.3 (pretty much what I installed three and a half years ago when I built the server, bar a few security upgrades) to FreeBSD 7.0. This upgrade became necessary as I could no longer apply security fixes to applications because FreeBSD 5.x became unsupported a few weeks ago.
I'm still monitoring little glitches like this Apache problem and will be dealing with them as soon as they're diagnosed.
No problem Phil, thanks for the hard work and keeping TMC up to date!
Thanks very much for still doing the good work, Phil!
Noticed the outage about a forthnight or so ago but didn't feel any need to comment it, since I was sure you were already on it. As you indeed were.


Here is another recycled post from my old business blog. It was originally posted on October 15, 2012 so please don't get the impression that this happened recently! With having a baby and two kiddos with medical problems, last canning season was a little dismal. We did beets, banana peppers, green beans, sauerkraut, and frozen corn. Not too bad, considering, but not really up to my standards. We are hoping for a better year and our family is getting excited about the growing season! I hope to also post a practical skills/information post this month as we move toward our Of Course I Can! Blog Hop.
Canning. A topic that is near and dear to my heart. I am so very close to being done with this season's round of canning: just 400 pounds of tuna and a few more pints of tomatoes to go. I have been working on this for nearly two months now. I love canning, but I am so looking forward to sitting back and enjoying my home-canned bounty. Mmm. Mmm.
I believe home canning to be an essential part of my nutritional lifestyle. It keeps me connected to my homesteading background and connected to where my food comes from. I can food I grow, food my family grows, and food from local farmers and fisherman. There really is nothing more satisfying for me than to see my food go from the land to my table (especially when the whole process is by my own hand). My child is too young now (although he does point to the stove and say "cook"), but this is a skill that I fully intend to pass on to all my children because I believe that this is an essential skill and brings a smile to so many faces, particularly when sharing.
I get very excited when people ask me questions about canning. I think everyone should know how to do this. It is truly not all that complicated, and once you do it, is no longer intimidating. I know some people have a tremendous fear of pressure canning because of possible explosion (which is highly unlikely), but you can start off doing foods that require only boiling-water bath to cut back on the fear. I tend to do very large batches of whatever I am canning to get me through to the next season, but a person can do small batches just to have a little fun. Think pickled mixed veggies, mango salsa, and jams. You can really do small batches of anything, but those would be the most fun.
Home canning can also be fairly inexpensive. You can find supplies at the local Bi-Mart, on Craig's List, and even re-sale shops. There is really no need to buy brand new jars because they last FOREVER. Just make sure you have no chips or cracks and you are good to go. *Note: NEVER re-use lids. There are a few reusable brands available, but most lids are single-use only.
Right now is a pretty good time to try your hand at some home canning as the growing season is ending and you may find produce at lower prices. I recommend getting your hands on Putting Food By. This is my canning Bible. I learned to can from my grandmother and mother, but I'm on my own now so I need a reference once in a while! This book is chock full of information and great recipes.
By trying out new recipes, you are opening yourself up to a wider range of nutritious foods that you might not otherwise eat. Having canned goods in the pantry inspires us to try new meals rather than stick with our regular weekly menu. Canning is a great activity for kids, too and you can very easily turn it into a lesson in nutrition without them even knowing!
Share your questions. I have many lessons that I have learned the hard way and would be happy to share. I love canning many different things, but have a very severe hatred of applesauce…8 hours of work for 7 pints of applesauce. I may or may not have flung applesauce across the room that day. Also, share your experiences. I still have a lot of learning to do as well.
I hope this post has inspired someone to venture out into the wide world of home canning! Here's to summer's goodness all winter long!
I've started with the water bath canning because I do fear pressure cookers, but I'm working to get over it! I can't wait to can more! Loved that you recycled the post because I haven't read your older stuff!!
I think my next post is going to be about pressure canning because I know so many people fear it. Both of my grandmother's wear deathly afraid.
I has to recycle it because it's on a different blog 🙂 I tried my hand at nutrition coaching, but didn't get very far because I didn't try that hard. Ha!
And I learned today that you can't can in the regular pressure cooker, that's why mom and dad have the really big ones.
That's right! Pressure cooker vs. Pressure canner. I better remember to mention that in my next post. Thanks for the reminder.
I hope I prove helpful :). I really need to get moving on my next post!
your "have fun" ideas sound delicious: mango salsa, mixed veggies and jam. yum! will have to give these a try. And how do you can fish??
Jam is soooo easy! Its a good place to start. Plus, you do it in a boiling-water bath canner so there is no need to worry about pressure canning.
Canning fish is also super easy. With tuna, you put a little salt and a little water in your jar to start, then you stuff hunks of the fish in the jar, seal it up, and pressure can it. Delicious! I've never done it, buy my father-in-law does salmon sometimes. I think it is a pretty similar process.


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Sentenced: East Ham man who took part in homophobic 'acid attack' in Dalston
Lorraine King
Published: 9:05 AM January 18, 2019 Updated: 10:18 AM October 13, 2020
Turgut Adakan was given a suspended jail sentence. Pic: Met Police - Credit: Archant
A man from East Ham has been given a suspended jail sentence for his role in a homophobic 'acid attack' where strangers had a noxious substance sprayed in their faces.
Turgut Adakan, 23, of Roman Road, was one of eight men who squirted at people's faces after revellers coming from a nightclub in Dalston tried to stop an attack on a male last year.
The victim, who police have not been able to trace, had been punched and kicked after approaching a group of men who were sitting in cars on Alvington Crescent shortly after 5am on May 5.
A group coming from the club tried to stop the attack but when one of them began filming the scene on his phone, the first group turned on him.
As the fight escalated, Huseyin Onel, 24, got a bottle from one of the cars and began spraying the noxious liquid in the faces of a number of victims, the Metropolitan Police said.
The gang who took part in the horrific attack in Dalston. Pic: Met Police. - Credit: Archant
The man who filmed the assault was left with a fractured eye socket and corrosive burns to his eye but made a "miraculous" recovery.
Detectives were able to track all seven using CCTV footage.
Adakan and Yasam Erdogan, 24, from Canonbury, were handed 18-month sentences, suspended for two years, for violent disorder.
Onel was jailed for 17 years for applying a noxious substance causing GBH, plus three years on extended licence.
He was sentenced to nine years each for six counts of casting a noxious substance and three years for violent disorder, all of which will run concurrently.
Five others were also jailed: Mehmet Tekagac, from Homerton, was given 14-and-a-half years for applying a noxious substance causing GBH, plus another three years on extended licence.
He was also sentenced to eight years for robbery and three years for violent disorder – which will run concurrently.
Onur Ardic, 27, from Hackney, was jailed for 14 years for applying a noxious substance causing GBH plus the three years extended licence. He was also sentenced to three years for violent disorder, to run concurrently.
Guven Ulas, 20, from Barnsbury, was jailed for 30 months for violent disorder.
Mustafa Kiziltan, 30, from Hackeny, received three years – 27 months for violent disorder and nine months for dangerous driving. He was also sentenced to three months for failing to stop, which will run concurrently.
Serkan Kiziltan, 22, from Hackneym was sentenced to 18 months for violent disorder.
Umit Kaygisiz, 21, from Hoxton, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison for violent disorder and attempting to convey a prohibited item into prison (a mobile phone).
They were all sentenced at Wood Green Court yesterday.
Det Con David Leitner, who led the investigation, said: "Seven violent and dangerous men have been removed from London's streets and will now spend a lengthy time locked up in prison.
"The level of violence used in this attack, coupled with the speed that this incident escalated, are truly shocking.
"A group of people who were enjoying themselves at the end of a night out were subjected to a sustained and relentless wave of violence including the use of a corrosive substance - because they acted as good Samaritans to help a male being subjected to a vicious assault.
"The original victim who was attacked by the group has never been traced but I hope he, and all those who were set upon by this violent group of individuals, will take some comfort from the fact that this group has been convicted."


Tuscany has come to Tottenham.
Completed in 1372, the famous Torre pendente di Pisa, or Leaning Tower of Pisa, leans at a precarious 5.5 degrees. Taking nearly 200 years to complete, this freestanding bell tower is rumoured to be the product of Guglielmo and Bonanno Pisano. With the builder most probably Diotisalvi of Pisa.
With a mere 3-metre foundation, the tower is 55.86 metres from the ground on the low side, and 56.70 metres on the high side, meaning the top of the bell tower is nearly four metres off vertical.
La Dolce Vita is spreading in N15.


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2. Before the lightening process, section the hair into quadrants. Using 2-inch subsections, apply Moroccanoil® Color Complete ChromaTech PRIME evenly from regrowth to ends.
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In the state of California, a foreclosure sale may be conducted either through the courts (judicial sale) or outside of the courts (non-judicial). If you have fallen behind on your mortgage payments, you may have received a notice of default (NOD) which is the first step in the foreclosure process. Most of the foreclosures in California are conducted outside of the courts.
A foreclosure sale is the final step in the foreclosure process. A Judicial Sale is the result of a Judicial Foreclosure.
The Foreclosure Laws in California make it very easy for a lender to meet the requirements to sell a home when a borrower is in default. If you are facing foreclosure and looking for Lawyers in Los Angeles who handle these cases every day, we are able to give you free advice to know what your options are and save your home.
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Today hubbie and I had yummy naughty American food! Most of this trip we have been having two meals a day – lunch and dinner. We just haven't been getting up early enough, or had to rush to get to where we were going, like Legoland or Seasworld! But today I set my alarm so we could have breakfast!
Hubbie has been in Berkeley for 6 weeks now, setting up an administration office for his business. So he had scoped out lots of good eating places. About a month ago he sent through a picture of his breakfast – bacon and pancakes! That is one American Food Oddity (e.g. peanut butter and jelly or potato crisps with every lunch order (even cafes)) that we like! So off we went to 'La Note' in Berkeley – and we even had to wait 15 minutes for a table!
I had scrambled eggs, crispy bacon and crème fraîche pancakes! Hubbie had the same but with raspberry pancakes. They were amazing!
As you know I am a little obsessed with pie! So I googled the best pie places in San Francisco and dragged hubbie along for lunch. The pie place was not exactly close to our hotel, so after a downhill walk, a trolley ride and the a horrendous uphill walk we made it to 'Mission Pie'. I'd already scanned the menu and knew I was going to order Banana Cream Pie if it was available. Hubbie had Chicken Pot Pie… All I can say is YUM!!!
Then tonight we went to the baseball! Our first game – San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics. We had awesome seats and the Giants won! YAY! I was going to get a hot dog, but when it came to order I decided to brave a Spicy Chili Dog – OMG it was amazing! The sausage was to die for, the chili [American English] was okay, not as good as my chilli [British English] con carne, but still good. But it was terribly messy! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Hubbie got a Angu s Beef Burger, which was okay… Messy too from the look of his shorts – that yellow mustard went everywhere!!
The next pie I made was for my hubbie on Valentine's Day. I asked him what sort of pie he would like and the response was "I like Lamingtons"… Helpful… I could have bopped him, but instead I just accepted it and said I would see what I can do. Over the next couple of days I let my mind absorb the request and figured I could make a vanilla cheesecake and add Lamingtons to it. So that is exactly what I did.
I created my own Lamington Cheesecake Pie! I made a biscuit case and covered it with Lamingtons (mainly the chocolate and coconut; my puppies and I ate the sponge). Then I mixed some Lamington chocolate part into the cheese mixture. Then covered the Lamington base and let it set. Easy!
I thought the Lamington Cheesecake Pie turned out pretty good. Hubbie departed to the U.S.A. a day later, so I took the rest of the pie to a card party and they really seemed to enjoy it.
One of my lovely friends who reads this blog asked for "Pie, Me oh My!" So we set a lunch date… which her Dad ruined! I had my heart set on making her Peach Cobbler, and since I was in the zone of making it, I did so even though our lunch date was cancelled! I took it to Wednesday cards instead and it went down very well.
"Peaches come in a can, they were put there by a man, in a factory down town. If I had my way, I would eat peaches every day….
Moving to the country, going to eat a lot of peaches!
I used the recipe for Peach Cobbler from my Pushing Daisies booklet. The recipe used canned peaches! Maybe that is how they do come! And I must say that my Peach Cobbler tasted better than the one I had in Atlanta! In the picture above with the pie in the oven you can see the edge of a blue dish. I made a mini Peach Cobbler for hubbie and myself. It was probably 11pm when it came out of the oven and hubbie said he would have a taste, since it was too late to eat. Next thing we know we have devoured the mini-pie and are considering tucking into the pie that was for the card party – if I hadn't told the lady that runs cards I was bringing Peach Cobbler, I think we could have damaged it – it was mouthwatering right out of the oven!
The next pie I made was a Blackberry and Custard pie. I had blackberries in the cupboard, so googled blackberry pies. I was also curious how the custard would turn out, as I thought you made custard with powder – shows you how often I have made custard! Custard was made of was eggs, sour cream, flour and sugar – easy! Hence why I chose this pie.
I googled the quote "easy as pie", just to make sure I had the expression right, and Wikipedia said that the "idiom does not refer to the making of a pie, but rather to the act of consuming a pie ("as easy as eating a pie")", but from my experience so far, making pie is easy! They never take too long to prepare (as long as you have the ingredients, but surely that goes without saying), and then you pop them in the oven and they are done. You don't even have to make your own pastry if you are strapped for time, just buy some frozen short-crust pastry and that will do the trick. I think we need to make/eat more pie and stop making life so difficult!
Stay tuned for another blog on the rest of my pies!
It was my birthday last Saturday and I celebrated it a little differently than usual. I have been known to have birthday weeks, especially when we were in Kalgoorlie as I had a Kalgoorlie birthday, then a Perth birthday with my family and then another Perth birthday with old friends. Over the past 15 years hubbie and I have been together, I have woken up next to him all except one year; I was in Perth and flew back to Kalgoorlie early on my birthday… But this is the first year I haven't even seen hubbie at all He is in U.S.A. for work… but I did Skype him at 12:30am on my birthday to ensure he was the first person to wish me Happy Birthday!!
I then spent my birthday and the following day volunteering at Oz Comic Con, the first time it has been to Perth! What is Comic Con? I have been surprised how many people have asked me that. I thought it was common knowledge. Or maybe I have just seen more Sci-Fi shows/movies than the usual person and picked up what Comic Con was… Comic Con is a fan convention (or con!) in which fans of comics, fantasy and sci-fi books, TV shows and movies gather to hold programs and meet experts and famous personalities, among other things. Since 2008 Supanova has been coming to Perth, but now we have two big conventions in town!
The big draw cards of our first Oz Comic Con were William Shatner (James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise i.e. Star Trek and also Boston Legal) and Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver and Star Gate SG-1). There were other stars such as Patricia Quinn (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Eddie McClintock (Warehouse 13 – my autograph to the right and photo below), Jason Momoa (Star Gate: Atlantis and Game of Thrones – my autograph above) and Callum Blue (Dead Like Me, The Tudors and Smallville – photos and autographs below). So I was extremely excited, and so were 27,000 other Perthians!
I really wanted to see Richard Dean Anderson and Callum Blue. Growing up I was a big MacGyver fan and among a million others, couldn't wait to own a Swiss Army knife! Last year at Supanova I got Callum Blue's autograph and oh my god is he a most beautiful person. Stunning blue eyes, infectious laugh and he is so personable and takes time to chat to everyone. So when I heard he was coming to Perth again, I wanted (desperately?!) to have a photo with him!
I was volunteering with my youngest sister and we were helping 'man' a shop. So each day for 12 very long feet-hurting hours we sold lots and lots of Disney paraphernalia, autographed photos, framed autographed pictures and other bits and pieces. I managed to sneak away (I pulled "It's my birthday" card!) and get a photo with MacGyver. Basically the photo experience was "My name is Michelle", "Hello Michelle", flash and then me: "Thank you so much!". Mr Anderson was super popular and I didn't get my autograph until around 6:30pm. I was third last in the queue. I asked if he would write Happy Birthday on my photo, to which his personal assistant said "no personalisation", but Richard was super sweet and started writing 'Happy Birthday', to which I went "ahhhh, that's so sweet". He then asked who it was for and I said "Michelle". He then looked up and asked "Is it your birthday today", and I said yes… to which he said "Happy Birthday!". He was something like the fifth person to say Happy Birthday to me in person!!!
Sunday was super mad. A couple of Oz Comic Con organisers said that Sunday would be slower than Saturday… but I don't think they know Perth that well! After some desperate "can I go get a photo" questions etc, I got a photo with Eddie McClintock (to the right). And then I went to get two photos (it was my birthday weekend after all) with Callum Blue. I walked into Callum Blue's booth and said "I get two photos with you", to which he replied "We'll have to do something special for the second one.". We took the normal one and he said "So what should we do?", I said "I don't know, poke our tongues out or something?". He said "Narh, lets pose for a kiss". Now I can be a bit of a giggle pot when started and I just laughed. We posed and I swear it was long enough for a photo, so I pulled away cracking up (and doubling over)… but no, we had to pose again! The photo was taken and Callum said he had to check it out, to which he laughed and said I must be a good actor!!!
Later on I lined up to get my autographs with Callum and then Eddie. As I said Callum chit-chats. I was about fifteenth in line, but I was waiting for over half an hour. My feet were killing me by this stage, so I was leaning from side to side trying to get my weight off my feet. After many sweet-talked fans it was my turn. He laughed when he saw my photo and said to his assistant that it was his favourite photo of the day. I said I had smsed my husband about it and his response was "Yay!", and I didn't know what that meant. He said that I should tell him we slipped some tongue in after the photograph. I laughed and said something along the lines off that he was in the states at the moment so he wouldn't know. To which Callum said "F-k him, lets nick off then!"… more of my laughter followed. Callum handed me my photos and said "Great snog!" in his English accent…. More laughter. I was on cloud nine. Best birthday ever!!!
My parents also came to Oz Comic Con on Sunday and were there for 6 hours!! Mum got a photo and autograph with William Shatner (she loves him off Boston Legal) and they also saw the R.D.A. (Richard Dean Anderson) and William Shatner panels. They thought the panels were great. Dad was beaming after seeing R.D.A. He said he was so funny. Apparently R.D.A. glanced over his shoulder and saw himself on the big projector screen and said "oh my god, I am old and fat"! He apologised for the weight, saying he had had a couple of operations over the past year or so on his foot and leg, and just couldn't exercise to shift it. He then tugged on his hair and said "This? This is just me being lazy"…. I love it!!
After some house cleaning and chill-axing on Monday, I went to visit my folks in the hills on Tuesday. It was the puppies first visit to the grandparents! After the struggle of me getting them in the car by myself including two escapees and one near miss; the drive there was a success. Meeting their cousins Leo (German Shepherd) and Daisy (West Highland Terrier) was also a success! Except for Macbeth (less than 3kgs) and Leo (over 60kgs) had a couple of growls – Macbeth's instigation. Had my Mum in fits of laughter!!!
It was a wonderful different birthday. Thank you to all the smses, voice messages and messages on Facebook. Oh, and I did make a little purchase on my birthday with my birthday money from my Grandparents… Signed Supernatural Season 7 framed photo. Yay! My birthday filled with all my favourite boys!!


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This symposium will engage all those who regularly look at, think about, and make art—especially art students and faculty, artists, art critics, and curators. Through a participatory workshop on positionality in the classroom, as well as panels and workshops on critical pedagogy, experiential learning and critique we will investigate the ways art is discussed, valued, and taught, generating new strategies for the training of artists and critics, with a particular emphasis on what it means to decolonize places of learning.
The keynote address will be delivered October 12 at 6pm by Allan deSouza, Associate Professor and Chair of Art Practice at the University of California, Berkeley. deSouza's forthcoming book, How Art Can Be Thought: A Handbook for Change (Duke UP, 2018), examines popular terminology through which art is discussed, valued, and taught. It emphasizes thinking and talking about art as active processes that not only produce meaning and direct how viewers experience art, but which steer artists through the discursive foundations from which art is produced.
We will have ASL interpretation for the Symposium Keynote event with Allen Desouza.
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What's your story? What used to be the most clichéd pick-up line is a legitimate question audiences ask your business every time they land on your page or look you up on social media. Audiences want to know who you are, what you stand for, and what you do for them to name a few things. Your brand story can and should answer all of these questions in a unique and compelling way.
· Why did I start my business?
· What obstacles did overcome to get into business?
· What problems in the world does my business solve?
· What does my business do for my audience? How can I show I care about my audience?
· How has my business evolved?
Here's a sample of what we mean: You once spent years helping harried small business clients at a big brand copy shop. Everyone was in a hurry and really didn't have time to stop at the big shops for their print and copy needs, but they needed those products. Seeing this, you were inspired to create a print and copy delivery service for local small businesses.
An important aspect of knowing you have a story is being able to address what problem your business is addressing or solving. As shown in the sample scenario, we have a business that would otherwise seem boring, right? It's a copy delivery service; however, there's a clear problem, which is that small business owners were eating up hours standing in line at big copy shops. The resolution comes in the form of your business stepping up to the plate.
Our example gives a story summary. When you write the story, give it style. Write in your voice. This is the time to throw out what you learned in Business Writing: 101, which is to always write in a professional tone. With your brand story, that professional tone is boring.
Instead, write in your brand's unique voice. Are you cheeky and funny? Are you sarcastic and witty? Are you serious and straightforward? Your story should be revealed in your brand's voice, which is the tone used in your other content.
Your brand story isn't your blog. It needs to be concise and straightforward. A short and sweet brand story will draw your audience in. It's the beginning of your relationship with your audience. If you hook them with a great brand story, then they'll stick around to learn more about your product, what charities you're committed to working with, how your brand is evolving, and what your company hopes to do for them, the audience, in the future.
So, when it comes to finding your brand story: explore how you came to be, what you stand for, and how you help your audience. When it comes to telling your brand story: show the problem your company solved for the audience, tell your story in your unique brand voice, and keep it short and sweet for relationship-building results.
Need help tapping into and telling your brand story? If so, contact The Storyteller Agency and let us help you find and tell your awesome story in your unique voice.