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Close to half of all Americans find it extremely difficult to talk about money topics. Finances are often a taboo subject, and some conversations about money can be harder than others.
If you need to get involved in a conversation about a touchy money matter, it helps to go in prepared. Fortunately, we've got you covered with some important advice about five of the most difficult money conversations you're likely to encounter.
1. Asking to borrow money from a family member
Lending money to a family member can put your relationship on the line. More than a quarter of Americans who borrowed from family members report negative consequences like hurt feelings, resentment, and arguments.
Despite how fraught with problems these transactions are, three in four Americans admit to borrowing money from a relative sometime during their lives according to a recent Lending Tree survey. Borrowing from family could be your best or only option if you aren't able to qualify for other financing or don't want to pay high borrowing costs.
If you must ask to borrow money, come prepared with a plan. Create a budget to determine exactly how much you must borrow and what your repayment timeline will be. Explain why you need the money and offer to write up a formal agreement to repay the loan on a set schedule with interest. While close to 95% of people surveyed by Lending Tree said they wouldn't charge interest when lending to a family member, making the offer shows you're serious about treating this as a business transaction.
You'll also need to be prepared to accept a no if your family member isn't willing or able to provide financial help. Politely say thank you anyway and move on, as you never know if your family member is facing financial troubles of their own.
2. A family member asking to borrow money from you
If your family member comes to you with a request for cash, you have a difficult conversation ahead of you -- and a difficult decision to make. When money is leant to friends or family, the chances of repayment in full aren't high: Lending Tree found that typically only 57% of the balance due on loans made to family members ends up getting repaid.
If you can't afford to lose money, politely decline by explaining that a loan is just not in your budget right now. You can offer to help in other ways, like assisting the would-be borrower in setting up a budget of their own.
If you're unsure, don't be afraid to say you need to think about it and that you'll get back to your relative at a later time. If you're considering saying yes, insist upon a formal written agreement detailing the amount owed and when and how it will be repaid. You may want to include a clause in the agreement specifying your relative won't ever ask you for money again if the loan isn't paid back.
3. Talking to aging parents about their financial situation
Talking to your aging parents about their money situation is important to make sure they're not falling victim to scams or living outside their means and at risk of running out of cash during retirement. You'll also need to be prepared to step in if they become incapacitated, and you'll have to cope with cleaning up their financial situation after they pass on.
While tackling these topics is inevitably uncomfortable, many experts recommend having several brief conversations addressing specific issues rather than one long talk.
Focus each conversation on specific goals -- like making sure your parents have a plan for long-term care -- and be ready to point your parents in the right direction if they need help but don't want it from you. If your parents are open to making an estate plan, provide the name and contact details of a trusted estate planning lawyer.
4. Cutting off your kids
More than half of all millennials received financial support from their parents last year, with millennials who are parents themselves receiving more than $11,000 annually in unpaid labor and financial help.
Unfortunately, helping out adult kids could derail your own retirement if you're not careful. If you're not meeting your own financial goals, it's time to close the bank of Mom and Dad. To do this, you'll first need to get on the same page with your spouse so you can present a united front. Then sit down with your kids and offer a specific deadline or cutoff date when the help will stop.
When you talk with your kids, you may want to explain you need to end your contributions because your own financial security is suffering. Consider offering other assistance, like help finding a cheaper apartment, and be detailed about any continued support -- financial or otherwise -- you're willing to give. If you can afford it, consider offering a little bit of seed money, perhaps to fund a move, as a final step to setting your child on their own path.
5. Telling someone you're seriously dating about your debts
Close to three-fourths of survey respondents consider high student loan debt balances to be "baggage" in a relationship, and just over one in five millennials surveyed said a big debt load was a relationship deal breaker. So bringing up debt with a partner can be a high-risk proposition.
Coming clean when you start to get serious is important so your partner doesn't feel blindsided. You should also be prepared with details on the debt, an explanation for how it happened (especially if it's not educational debt), and what your plans are to climb out of debt.
If your partner is confident you won't be financially irresponsible going forward and there's a plan for payoff, debt is less likely to be an insurmountable obstacle.
Getting ready for the conversation
The bottom line is that these talks -- and other uncomfortable money conversations -- will go much more smoothly if you can plan ahead and find ways to put the other person at ease about the future. Having the conversation at the right time and in the right way can take some of the awkwardness out of your talks and help you to ensure your relationships aren't hurt by money issues.
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Note from Jane Marsh.
I simply had to show you our new shoes! Dolores, Myrtle and I went to Manchester and found this old vintage store.
Aren't they just glorious! Okay ladies, shoulders back. Head up. Single file!
Welcome to the Spring issue 20011 of Neon Highway.
Neon Highway is now a member of EBSCO.
That means that our magazine and your poems can be downloaded via the USA cataloguing system for research and reference for students. Gosh, I can't believe I am saying that. To think my little magazine started in the gutter!
Here is the link if you wish to look further at where your dear little poems will be going on a journey to.
Now I don't know if I can make any money at this but if I do, I will make sure you know about it and that it goes towards Neon Highway or even to you! Don't worry, I won't be buying vintage shoes in secret with any of the profits! So I'll keep you updated. Darlings! xxx
Now here we are in April. It is a little hot for my liking, kind of when the daffodils and crocuses should be coming out. . .? and instead we are blasted with this ultra heat of Caribbean sun. I don't care what anyone says, I like the seasons to remain where they should remain and right now I am not enjoying this early summer especially as I went out to buy a summer dress the other day and we were back to Winter the next day without any warning. It was most embarrassing to get caught out like that in the rain on the way to my interview! I arrived like 'Princess and the Pea', a lady standing at the door in a puddle of water, with the sun shining outside. Goodness knows what they thought. . .
One more thing! I have become a vegan! Yes, Jane Marsh is now a Vegan! This is my way of protecting the beautiful animals of our earth and also protecting your health and our planet.
Veganism is wonderful. Do not think that if you become a vegan you will instantly be confined to lettuce leaves. Oh no, don't you worry, it is not like that at all. There is alot more to being a vegan than meets the eye my friends. It is the way forward, amazing diet of fresh and delicious food. By the way, while I am on the subject, please sign my petition to ban abattoirs, to give animals the right to live and to help restore peace and harmony to our planet. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ban-abattoirs-protest-against-the-meat-industry/
Believe me, I have rediscovered tastebuds all over again and the good thing is at the same time you save an animal! How about that? You save an animal! Which offer do you prefer? Greasy hamburger filled with preservatives that makes you unhealthy, blocks up your arteries and comes with free plastic toy or Lovely refreshing healthy meal that gives you energy and offers you a whole new group of friends who believe in ethical issues and also gives an animal the right to live?
Go for it my friends. You know what the right choice is. I will send you vegan recipes from time to time. In fact Jane Marsh may just start up her own Vegan recipe book! Bye for now darlings. Enjoy the poems. xxx
Tribute to poet, Kate Edwards.
Artwork by Joe Murtagh.
"Joe's distinctive style is influenced by music, fashion and pop culture.
He uses Adobe illustrator and photoshop to create his colourful, bold artwork.
Having been a figurative painter and sculptor, his work is very much based on the human form and portraiture."
In this issue Jane and I would like to pay our respects to the poet, Kate Edwards who sadly passed away this year. Two of her poems are published in this issue, 'Arabian Nights' and 'Wedding Gift'.
Kate Edwards was raised and educated in Runcorn, Cheshire. She wrote poetry from an early age, but only started to send it to editors a few years ago. Behind the house where she now lives are hills and heathland overlooking a wide estuary, which inspires many of her themes. Other poems are derived from shades of memories of relationships and incidents long past, or spring from imagination.
After leaving school Kate worked in a bank, which did not suit her, then became an actress, a cat walk model and later a supply teacher of English and Drama. She loved reading, theatre, galleries, cooking, dogs and horses. Kate passed away peacefully in January of this year, 2011. She is deeply missed by her husband and four children, who take great comfort in reading the legacy of her work, more of which can be seen on her website - www.kateedwards.net
Kate Edwards: 5-7
Sally Plumb: 7-8
Alistair Hayes: 9-10
Nick Tsaldaris: 10-11
A'Yara Stein{ 11-12
Tendair Mwanaka: 12-14
Deborah Maudlin: 16
Adam Flint: 18
Jane Penaz Eisner: 19
Morgan: 20-23
Roy Bayfield: 23-24
J.P.Christianson: 25
Alfred Gosschalk: 27
Chris Hardy: 28
Catharine Wignall: 29
AC Evans: 31-32
John Elliot: 33
Claud West: 34-35
Robert Ensor: 36
Jacob Shaw:36-37
Anna Hands: 37-38
Publications: 39-40
Subscriptions: 41
Kate Edwards
Arabian Nights
There is no balm in Gilead anymore,
nor is there peace in the mosques and temples,
the thurifers no longer wave the censers,
the alleyways are silent, even the souks
almost deserted., the hard eyed men
with gold no longer importuning.
Once the sands were soft and empty,
now there are broken bodies, bones and blood.
Once the scents of attar, musk and jasmine
loaded the sultry night with fragrance,
now smells of cordite and burning
engulf the hot and stuporous air.
Cooking pots laden with aubergine and cumin
lie smashed among the fallen bodies,
yesterday a silken women lifted a latch
to meet her lover. Now the house is gone
and so is she. The wreckage, the damage,
the mindless uncaring, the struggle for territory,
how to be bourne, how to be ended.
Where shall we find faith in the East again,
what have we missed, what have we not done.
If only this horror was a myth, a tale, a story
told by Scheherazade on an Arabian night,
not the terrible reality we know it to be.
Wedding Gift
That was a bleak harsh day when they told me you had married her.
They came running with the news, still in their wedding finery,
excitement in their eyes, their fevered, mocking words
splattering like crystal rain into my head.
I wanted to throw my body down and lie on the soft beech mast
pouring my tears onto the browning leaves and the damp earth,
making fresh pools with the fluid from my seeping eyes
and tearing at the roots with naked hands.
Instead, I smiled, and went indoors to dress
in sheening satin, brushed my dark glossed hair,
placed lambent jewels against my olive skin
and touched a perfume stopper to my neck,
a pair of gilt strapped shoes slipped on my feet,
a pair of long sleek gloves pulled up my arms.
The wood was dark and shaded as I paused
to pull some seedlings from a darkling plant,
then to the tented lawn where music played
and bride and groom sat cheerful at their feast,
she with her blue eyed smile and curled light hair,
he fawning on her with a loving look.
I started dancing, drifting round the floor,
waiting until I caught his hungry gaze.
I ventured close and locked his eyes with mine,
holding a hand across the garlanded cloth,
fixing him with a look, while letting fall
the seeds onto his plate, a final gift.
Just as he reached toward my outstretched hand,
his bride cried out, he took his fork instead,
began to eat. I moved, back through the billowing white,
watching him still, and he still watching me,
all the time his fork moving from plate to mouth.
How avidly he ate, and longing, gazed.
Out of the tent, I ran back through the wood,
the deadly Nightshade loomed up through the dusk,
I rolled the gloves off, inside out, they fell
by that same plant whose poisonous seeds I took.
Now, indoors, I lie upon my bedsheets.
It won't be long before they come for me.
He will no longer steal into my bed,
nor into hers, on this, their wedding night.
Sally Plumb
Imagine -
the whole universe
cupped in a hand
sparkling and clear
it is bright
in the night of the mind
pregnant and gently expanding.
Thought explodes
the devil's root
rose from the ground
laughing clouds
of sounds
made from the sky crying
red and silver
mixing the light
of day and night
in storms of stars
and spinning moons
with the sun burning
in its own heat
and the universe
cooly looking on
at its own destruction
and blaming the unknown.
He fused her womb
with angel dust
and she gave birth
to a star
Alistair Heys
Peter Pan
Musky scent of out of season lilies,
bird of paradise plant, fronded date tree,
juvenile bananas, eucalyptus taste,
dome of glass and painted white steel,
the uniform guarding against the dark
with its trees and magpies and waste bins,
Peter Pan statues of departed things.
The helix stairway to a dome of stars,
hoop stress acting on the cupola's tit,
the renaissance men of the slaver's port.
Lights from the tower blocks that girdle
Sefton Park with sentinel orange squares,
a muddly rill discharge into coarse ponds
that reflect fireworks on November fifth.
A hot house prison flushes the forehead
of the bored plant minder; the angel
of the dome, his own echoing footsteps
following him around the arboretum
to the sound of a hovering helicopter,
the smack head face seen at the window,
redbrick walls sprinkled with broken glass.
Mesmerized by the dome of pleasure,
socialist twinkle in a dead dog's eye,
dream of paradise in a bubble world
of books, this library of plant species
an out of season tourist attraction,
a boil of love, fizz of fresh creation
on the millions of tiny sand grains
smooth as the second they were vitrified.
Nick Tsaldaris
Love poem to a junkie
An old-timer, cruising up and down
Costcutter in Kings Cross begging
for a few quid.
She approaches me
tiny, wearing men's clothes
with short hair (looked self-cut)
open blisters scattered all over the face
eyes heavy with dark shadows.
"Spare a pound?" she asks.
"I fancy a bit and I need a pound."
And on that face I saw warm summer mornings
on empty beaches with long lost lovers.
Heard on her words the
hesitant voice of my grandmother
calling from another country
where things seem unchanged;
like the days she used to wake me
to eat the sweet warmness
of the day's first bread.
That woman's smile what happy memories
it offered;
a smile to
cut through stones
with a feathery caress.
I regret not having that pound
to this day.
A'Yara Stein
We drive up around the curve of the lake
To pick apples in Michigan and I asked you,
Between the cool, grassy lanes of trees to lie
Down with me but you declined and said
I can't be with you as if nothing happened.
Later, I walked the long mile between
the fences of tomatoes, so many
so long unattended now it's October
that I felt like the world's abortionist
as I crushed thousands of tiny orbs
under my heavy feet –
there was no other way to get down that path.
The thing is, I always knew I was hungry
for something that should resemble Love.
Miserable, I was forever without reaching
that unfamiliar country where men find work.
With you came another kind of love,
that sort of secret ideal one cherishes
in the depths of the heart, not knowing why;
coming from no one knows where,
like a hunger that drives wolves to attack men.
It was Saturday toward the end of autumn;
you felt that it would rain soon.
Your lips, instruments of convenience
and forgetfulness, brushed my body
foolish with unusual music; I trembled.
It's true. I never loved anyone as I've loved you.
I grew afraid and brave in turns. Revolutions.
Squatter slums
The not-yet-in-the-now
The slums are still ghosts
Of yesterday, the slums we never
Left, demarcating boundaries of
Safe travel for comma travellers
Blinded, convulsing against mindsets
At home electricity was cut
In the dark of the candles' flame
We chew our nails, entertaining ourselves
With smells of kerosene fires, dampening
Our minds, sometimes eating cold
Bread, heavy and stale, too much butter
Tightening the vein that circled
Our throats, the cold drinks
We sleep in cold rooms
Getting warmth from the cold
Bodies, penetrating the night
Clawing the night's air
We have done away with sleep
Trying not to break
Trying not to crash
But still crying ourselves
Into child-eyed dreams
Freeing ourselves from the tyranny
Of facts, flying is just another
Embodiment of human exchange
Like fluids to language, currency
To meaning, sound to touch
I will name my unconcieved child
Hope, her hopes like morning dew
Will float like soap bubbles
Circling the cold air like streams
Of oppression, skin flying
The layered earth's flies
Singing sings of mother earth
Till we find ourselves again when
Slave becomes master, he will not
Rule us by force, by favour, by
Fear, he will not cage our hopes,
Our dreams in prison, his power
Will come by bestowing it on the
Brave and the beautiful in heart.
Their meeting
It just happened
They were going
The same direction
They never stopped to ask
For directions
Or go separately
They did not compare notes
Try to define the methods
To get there or the end of things
They never thought of love
It just happened
It was beyond time even
Though time had other agents
Ivy, stealthy, prising them
They did not know what moment
Tipped time into abandonment
It just happened
Like two dolphins caught
In the shaft of the moon's light.
Deborah Maudlin
An intoxication of words
A babble of voices.
A kaleidoscope of colour in a dream.
She felt so much
yet learned so little
this gift of ancient sight
was wasted upon the girl,
she was too caught up
clawing for breath
in her modern world.
Adam Flint
I remember an area of Edinburgh
where the Newcastle brewery was;
where the rusty air smelled
of beer gas and yeast
and I'd wake to metal dawns,
assentingly banging my head against
monumentally metallic walls
And it didn't matter
how much I hid
or what I did to take
that cold, matt, stale taste away.
Drink had become
a fully-formed spike
skewering a newly-born core;
a paling that held me,
helpless in place:
an inflexibly vital new spine.
And a pinned sodden butterfly,
blind I was
to the white swaddling I waved.
I remember Edinburgh
Land of my mother.
Jane Penaz Eisner
Love Letter
I would not say California, not a nation
in a nation, nor a nation apart from Nation
I would not call her California, though she
feigns indifference and winks while
she beloved, because dead poets
range in her North Beach apartments,
those where piss-smell carpets line crooked rooms
mid-night the dead ones howl an ecstasy
with comrade ghosts near the sea: Come
slip with us from Ambien dreams to walk
the green and gold denuded hills that fold
quaking earth from highway to cliff Come
dream no more but walk home Breathe
the landfills, pines and eucalyptus, sweet car fumes
Come to work again and again in the crooked rooms
I would not call her California
David R Morgan
Weary at the bar in the pub
in Stratford the Scientist
"What am I doing wrong?
I wanted to make
I gave them perfect rhyme,
clear memories of great
aesthetic theory and
polished skill at intricate
All they write is crap,
Unworthy of a Hallmark
He drank deep from his
virtual ale.
They lined up in the
Skycar bays, rhyme without
reason. Help me?''
The out of work poet
tapped the bar.
''Listen,'' he said, I'll need
a hammer, Some magnets, a
handful of
dust, and a knife. '' These
being provided the out of
work poet
set to work in the Skycar
He cast magnets among the
robots pocking perfect
with potholes as verse
became a stay against loss.
He hit them with the
hammer, some here, and
some there.
All dented, all different. He
scattered dust upon their
dribbled it in thheir joints.
So they all saw the world
through unique
and walked with personal
They remembered
perfection, remembered
memory even,
but knew neither any
Their hymns rose up
aching, moving, and
They were very good,
the Scientist was impressed.
He said, ''But what about
the knife?
''Watch'' smiled the poet,
''My work is almost
Roy Bayfield
Pinewood Studios
From Milton's cottage a home-counties hike
Through miles of wet suburbs and country-park
Heath leads to dreamland's security fence.
Beyond metal palings on marginal
Concrete, foxglove and buddleia grow around
Fibreglass boulders -- erratics from At the
Earth's Core, The Land or The People That Time
Forgot. In deeper, long walls are holding a
Batman, the Supermans, the Bonds -- the stories
Of orphans battling Powers, overcoming
Dominions. We walk on through drifting rain
Once round the boundary, into the woods, into
The hidden space behind all screens -- where dim
Coverts and the understory channels
Hold lost adventures, uncertain beginnings.
it was mentioned
in the car, after New Year:
my first attempt at typing had been thrown
away in an early spring clean
I tried to recall those Imperial
characters as we drove
past the end of Long Lane, Shropshire
past the end of Long Lane, Cheshire
past the end of Long Lane, Lancashire
past the misted fields
where the lost ends
J.P. Christiansen
Form of Poetic Thought Made Visible
The architecture of inevitability
which emerges naturally
when mind's rhythm
manifests breath
onto paper
onto paper
breath manifests
mind's rhythm when
naturally emerges which
inevitability of the architecture?
Visible Form Made Of Poetic Thought
I cremate a million neurons
paring thought for the poem
hidden in its slab of irrelevance
Fired by ethanol and music's fiery note,
mind sculpts history's mass to form an essense.
Alfred Gosschalk
D'You Hear
The Cuckoo?
There really should be a place,
not necessarily a globe,
but hexangular, or oblong, perhaps,
with possibly an atmosphere
composed of all you should have done,
or not done, or thought, or said, the day before,
with nothing wrong with any of it,
and healthy enough for tiny babes to breathe;
a place where two and two
not making anything like four
make pain unrecognizable,
and life no longer a journey from sty
to grave,
but liveable.
Chris Hardy
Heaven and Earth
Every night an owl tries
to make me think there is more
in the wood I walk through
than trees, leaves
and a watchful bird.
My daughter sleeps on her side
in the house.
Her belly holds
Africa and England.
I hope she sleeps easy,
too old for me to tuck in,
too young to leave alone for long,
sleeping under stars and owls,
though neither can touch her
here, safe on earth.
Stars pricked through
the black canopy of night
show that, behind, above
there must be
a world of light.
Cathrine Wignall
Mirror, mirror on the wall. . .
Ever the heart or banshee
reside in her gaze
in days full of wailing and growling.
In reach of the reflective line
a behemoth prowls
ready to crop its mighty bulk
onto such lesser creatures -
untrained is the art of condemnation.
The behemoth has weight and clout
to claim top prize, an invitation
for every single reflective surface
of any size and need -
even a home in the spoon that feeds
and fuels the call,
mirror, mirror on the wall. . .
Blue light, empty hall and bare stage,
The music in her head, she stands alone
And, with such graceful gestures,
Gently makes her moves,
Gazing at an invisible audience.
They silently watch her indigo plumes,
Inscribe a formal pattern,
And, held briefly in a single spotlight,
She shyly turns around – too cute,
Like an angel,
This welcome visitor
To our sinful city.
Never again such as this sunset
Exploding across far horizons
Herald of a new darkness
Deep as ravens' wings.
But yes, such as your halo,
A gilded, gleaming nimbus
Oh, a corona of pain!
Oh, this convoluted desire!
A place of mystery: a shattered crag
Towers over a ruined city, a forgotten land
So far beyond our understanding,
Yet, from here the muses venture forth
To stalk the world disguised in human form,
And (condescending to speak through dreams
Of otherworldly inspiration) cause
Desperate poets to abandon familiar hopes,
Cause them to make that dire journey,
Across the dusty plains of a wilderness
Where dread predators of the spirit
Hunt souls by day and haunt the ruins by night.
What do they seek in the hinterland?
This is where pale-faced Hypnos guards the lair
Of our glass-eyed muses: they whose presence
Is a source of terrible clarity – and of transformation.
John Elliott
Ageing faces
There are things that can be done
ageing faces around dinner
will tell you;
ways to wring the light from the world
and dance in the puddle barefoot
like a boy again
without a plan
following the ripple –rings
that swell out and freeze in confused patterns
across ageing faces
always looking back.
and with heavier years
I rise no further
and my trailing coat tails still snag
on the dead minutes
so I sit on them bunched up,
a foot taller at the table,
looking down at the
meal-messed dishes
that amass tiredness
like ageing faces
with a feast behind them
and a feast ahead.
A Poem for Du'a Khalil Aswad
Claude West
This is a story about a girl aged 17
and this was her sin
She fell in love
To her family's shame,
yet she proceeded with her heart
Unaware of looming pain.
A plan was concocted
Designed with enthusiasm.
They dragged her from her home
Kurdish men gripped her hands and feet
Her fragile body
Out into the heaving street
All the while watched over
By undisturbed police.
They ripped off her clothing
Lashed out at her skin
All under orders,
Prearranged by her kin.
She lay there,
Bloodied and broken
With each individual kick
And hurl of a stone.
As the cheers grew loud
Harder they kicked
Until she did not make a sound.
There remains this community
That kicked a young woman to death
For what they called their 'duty'
Tradition looked on
As she took her last breath
She had to die they said
To preserve her families honour,
But this family lost all dignity
When they murdered their own daughter.
Must love permit death?
For the sake of our differences?
Must we forbid those to love?
In the name of our ignorance.
One girl,
out of many
Learned the world's truth
Yet this death would be meaningless
If you don't remember her name.
It was Du'a Aswad
And on me she brings no shame.
Robert Ensor
Someone Stole a Vineyard, Summer 2010
Thieves have cruelly trampled out the vintage
Where the grapes of passion were grown.
They struck in the dead of night like ghouls & spirited
Away and entire crop of precious, prime fruit.
Harvesting machines were used in the audacious
Theft, thirty-odd tonnes of the delicious grape
Stripped bare as a baby's bottom from four fertile acres
In the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France.
A whole year's craft stolen like a draught in one moonshine
Night: detectives suspect the immigrant Russian Mafia,
And the vineyard owner is facing financial disaster
As raw fruit cannot be insured in the Riviera area.
But the grape with ease can make the righteous dissolute,
And from their indiscretions Logic can easily confute
Jacob W Shaw
hands that groove in the night
shades. who come from under long
sleeves. under and out. through
routine serve cold. at best room
temperature risks. too see other
hands gesture the okay. who
might think for a change. broken
silica. In a hand that grooves.
kristalls scattered on bitumen
slabs. what would a batch house.
hot end. cold end. Say keep it
coming. probably nothing.
Anna Hands
Whittle cleared of driving charge
Boys 'thought dead parents asleep'
Bank warning fuel recovery anxiety
I have no reason to lie – Campbell
Want to quiz toddler death mother
Part-timers drive employment total
Drug smuggler jailed over rum death
Jenkins: Compensation not important
Anti-terror hotline advert banned
Married Robbie 'happiest man alive'
Three clone offspring in food chain
Apology over storage room patient
Ramadan goes high-tech on mobiles
Hitman facing lifeterm for murder
Perroncel denies Terry affair on TV
Senator wants Lockerbie man's data
Nurse guilty over faded crash death
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The Night Running in Heels
And you ran down the street,
away. You
ran down the street and
I could only stand and watch.
You in the night,
heels on an empty town. You
trying to get away
from me,
to catch a taxi home,
leaving me with the moon,
a sighing face and
nothing at all.
Who are you?
Where you running to?
But get back, girl,
I am just
a stranger
waving goodbye
into blackened outer space.
Will I get to see you again?
What can I do to
make you stay?
And just then a mad car of lads
scream past,
horn bibbing fast,
'Oie, oie!!'
I'm grateful,
I ignore their advice.
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Shaping Digitalization at a Global Level
The Kiel Institute for the World Economy hosted an academic workshop on "Shaping Digitalization at a Global Level." It took place on September 19, 2017, in Kiel and was part of the Think 20 Dialogue under the German G20 presidency.
The workshop brought together scholars who work on new insights into the social, economic and regulatory effects and challenges of the new digital age. It served academic exchange and the insights flew into the Global Solutions Initiative, which aims at making implementable proposals to G20 policy makers.
The workshop took place during the "Digitale Woche Kiel" with many talks, presentations, workshops and other events around digitalization (digitalewochekiel.de; in German only).
The following papers will be presented:
- Worker Personality: Another Skill Bias beyond Education in the Digital Age
Eckhardt Bode (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
- Lost in translation? The role of standards for digitalization (abstract)
Barbara Engels (Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW Köln))
- The Gig Economy: How do online labor markets change the way people work and their careers?
Tobias Kretschmer (Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich)
- Robots and Global Value Chains: Substitutes or Complements?
Dalia Marin (Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich)
- Mapping the Global Legal Landscape of Blockchain and other Distributed Ledger Technologies (abstract)
Julie Maupin (Max‐Planck‐Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law)
- Developing the concept of, and policies for, Technological Justice
Andrés Ortega (Elcano Royal Institute)
- Hierarchical similarity bias in idea evaluation: A study in enterprise crowdfunding (abstract)
Christina Raasch (Kühne Logistics University – KLU) and Tim Schweisfurth (TUM School of Management)
- Opinion Dynamics via Search Engines (and Other Algorithmic Gatekeepers)
Francesco Sobbrio (LUISS "G. Carli")
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Archangels are very powerful, wise and loving guides who can motivate and heal you in miraculous ways. This deck of 45 oracle cards by a leading angel expert can familiarize you with the 15 archangels, give you messages from them, help to invoke them, and answer some of your important life questions.
Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., is a spiritual psychotherapist who works with the angelic realm, including the fairies. She is the bestselling author of many books and audiocassettes, including:
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Mother says her family was "kind of shocked" with 3-year prison sentence for shooter.
Former Norwalk man, convicted of involuntary manslaughter for 2016 stabbing death of college roommate, is released early from prison
Rural New London man faces six total charges.
(UPDATED with full story) Defendant Kendal C. Scheid, 23, is a 2012 graduate of St. Paul High School and EHOVE Career Center.
COLUMBUS (TNS) — A 46-year-old man who supplied the drugs that caused a fatal overdose for a Grandview Heights man was sentenced Monday to six years in prison.
Defendant pleaded guilty in July to involuntary manslaughter, child endangering and tampering with evidence.
Defendant, 47, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter with a firearm specification, which carries a maximum 20-year prison term.
The late Jeffrey P. Gibson's older brother asks for help to "fight this last bully."
An admitted lifelong drug addict received an eight-year prison term this morning for her boyfriend's overdose death.
Willard resident guilty of involuntary manslaughter, theft of credit card.


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While working from home this week, I had a hankering for something sweet so I decided to bake. Also, quite frankly, I wanted to break up the monotony of working on manuscripts. So I searched through my bookmarked recipes and came across this one, from the blog The Cherry on Top.
This recipe seemed perfect, since I wanted cookies, but was feeling a little lazy and didn't necessarily want to spend a lot of time rolling out individual balls of dough. So if you're craving freshly baked cookies, but are feeling a bit lethargic, give this one a try.
You'll need:
2 cups of all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I used a mix of white and semi-sweet chocolate chips)
a cast iron skillet
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Meanwhile, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, for 2-3 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until well incorporated.
With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture until everything is well incorporated. Mix in the chocolate chips.
Transfer the dough to your cast iron skillet (mine was 12 inches in diameter). Press to flatten it in an even layer. Bake until the edges of the cookie are brown and golden, ~40-45 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling before serving.
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Starbucks Coffee Co. on Friday opened its first location in Vietnam, following an expanded long-term relationship with Hong Kong Maxim's Group.
The two-level flagship store has been designed to reflect Starbucks' signature coffee heritage, while embracing Vietnam's distinctive local traditions and coffee culture. It is located the bustling neighborhood of Ho Chi Minh City's District 1.
"The market presents tremendous opportunity for Starbucks over the long term," said John Culver, president, Starbucks China and Asia Pacific. "Ho Chi Minh City is our first stop and we aim to open our stores in key metropolitan cities across Vietnam, including Hanoi, in the future."
The chain told Bloomberg that it plans to add hundreds of stores in the Asian nation in the long term.
The design of Starbucks' Vietnam flagship reflects the vibrance of cosmopolitan Ho Chi Minh City and still retains the city's pride for its distinct local heritage. The store features numerous décor items that have been sourced locally, repurposed and given a new life in the first Starbucks store, including the distinctive Starbucks community table, whose teakwood surface was recycled from a local villa, and an old 'ba gac' (bicycle), which was traditionally used to transport goods around the city in the past, now stands as a central piece of artwork on the ground floor of the store. The store also showcases wall mural designs created by local artists.
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Batelco Gulf Network cable system to connect all GCC countries and beyond
Batelco, Bahrain Telecommunications Company, the leading digital services provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has selected Ciena's Converged Packet Optical Platform as the foundation for the new Batelco Gulf Network (BGN).
The BGN runs over a state-of-the-art Optical Transfer Network (OTN) to meet the demand for reliable and cost effective high bandwidth connectivity and capacity for Batelco customers and international carriers' wholesale needs, supporting up to 8.8Tbps and beyond.
The BGN cable system will be connecting all the countries across the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) in the Arabian Gulf region. Consumers and businesses across the GCC are consuming more OTT (Over-The-Top) content such as HD video and services from local and international providers, driving demand for additional high-speed connectivity services.
The BGN terrestrial fibre cable extends 1,400km and is managed by Batelco with full control and manageability and can be interconnected with other regional and global cable systems for access to onward connectivity to Europe, Asia, Africa and the rest of the world.
Batelco Chief Global Business Officer Adel Al-Daylami said that Batelco chose to invest in the Batelco Gulf Network as a fully owned and managed terrestrial fibre optic cable network, thus providing the country with a new state of the art international gateway that will enable Bahrain to meet the growing demand for data services and applications.
"The BGN is a reliable alternative to more vulnerable submarine cables, all with scalable capacity and the shortest inter-Gulf latency. This new partnership with Ciena will enable us to achieve all of this," Mr. Al-Daylami added.
Ciena Vice President and General Manager EMEA, Keri Gilder said, "Ciena is delighted to partner with Batelco on the Batelco Gulf Network, which will enhance communications and deliver world class networking services for customers, and position Bahrain as a regional leader and innovator in telecoms services. Ciena is committed to supporting Batelco through our extensive global experience and expertise, and comprehensive professional services in the region, to deliver highly secure and reliable connectivity to Batelco and its customers."


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Xi'an YueHang Industry and Trade Co.,Ltd is specialized in Auto relays ,Electrical relay, General purposel relay, High power relay, PCB relay, Latching relay for over 10 years in China. Our company has shaped a strategic structure by taking its foothold in Shaaxi over 10 years of strenuous expansion, Covering domestic market and expanding oversea markets.Today, YueHang has been one of the top producers of high quality relays for automotive electrical system circuit, Telecommunication Equipment,Office Equipment,Security Alarm Systems, Measuring instruments, Medical Monitoring Equipment,Audio Visual Equipment, Flight Simulator,Sensor Control,Outdor lighting ect.
Xi'an YueHang is located in the historical cultural ancient city Xi'an. As a global supplier in the auto relay, electrical relay, universal relay, high power relay, PCB relay and latching relay, We owe a high-tech production building, as well as advanced production facilities and testing equipment;We also own professional team with well-trained technical and administrative staffs. Meanwhile, The company attaches great importance to technical innovation and cultivate talents, All of these has formed a solid foundation for the long-term and sustainable development of Xi'an YueHang.
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ACT V. SCENE 1. Milan. An abbey
[Enter EGLAMOUR.]
EGLAMOUR.The sun begins to gild the western sky,And now it is about the very hourThat Silvia at Friar Patrick's cell should meet me.She will not fail; for lovers break not hoursUnless it be to come before their time,So much they spur their expedition.See, where she comes.
[Enter SILVIA.]
Lady, a happy evening!
SILVIA.Amen, amen! Go on, good Eglamour,Out at the postern by the abbey wall.I fear I am attended by some spies.
EGLAMOUR.Fear not: the forest is not three leagues off;If we recover that, we are sure enough.
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How do you keep travelling costs down?
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Reducing your student travel costs: Infographic
How do you keep travelling costs down?
Friday, 13 January 2012
Alex Slater: The Faculty of life
So, it is more than obvious that I tried to come up with a clever name here (I watched Sherlock at the weekend and thought that I was more than qualified for this task, with a clever yet witty name. More fool me) but somehow failed miserably. None the less, we move on and are better for the experience.
It's that very magical time of year that we all look forward to the bestest and brightest of our students getting the chance to put themselves forward to be a 'Faculty Rep'. They're in one of the most influential roles that a student can be in within the University, with the power and responsibility to change just about anything that they see fit. Powerful, right?
So, I bet I know what you're thinking (or at least you will be thinking in a second or so) HOW DO THEY DO THIS?!?! (Ok, you weren't...but you are now, MAGIC). They are in a position to sit on the most senior boards within the university, giving them the perfect chance to"create change". These boards feed directly into UBTL (the University Board for Teaching and Learning) where all the big decisions are made with concerns to teaching and learning, AKA your courses.
Why should you become a Faculty Rep?
All in all, why would you want to be one? What could you possibly get out of it? I'm sure when you leave university you'll want a job. Well, why wouldn't you? None of us want to worry about security and money, which is often a problem for many unemployed graduates these days. However, what if this is something that didn't have to apply to you? Employers these days are looking for graduates who stand out more than others, with skills that are gained from outside of your degree programme. As a faculty rep you will be leading a group of course reps (approximately 50+), using their feedback within some of the highest decision making processes (Senate) and working very closely with myself and the VP Academic Affairs (HOW LUCKY ARE YOU, that should be reason enough to run on its own).
Other benefits
Other than getting to represent your fellow students (a benefit in itself) you'll also get a couple of other benefits. These can vary depending on the VP AA but I will tell you a few that I've put in place. I try to keep the meetings as fun and informal as possible where we can share information and ideas, but yet have a laugh. At the beginning training sessions we ordered pizza (on RUSU of course) with dessert of Phish Food ice-cream. In addition to this I have put them on the Union guest list so that they don't have to pay entry to Wednesday and Saturday nights out (which is a SICK new benefit I've put in place).
The long and short of it is, if you want to stand out from your fellow students in securing that job you always wanted, and feel you have what it takes to represent your fellow students in committees that can have tangible affects across the whole University, then go nominate yourself!
Much love.
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Charles Barkley Urges Final Four and Super Bowl To Stay Out of Indiana
At Sports Illustrated tonight: NCAA Tournament Analyst Charles Barkley Denounces Indiana Law.
NCAA tournament analyst Charles Barkley released a statement Friday calling for big events such as the Final Four and the Super Bowl not to be held in Indiana in light of recent legislation in the state that many view as discriminatory against gay, lesbian and transgendered people.
"Discrimination in any form is unacceptable to me," Barkley said in the statement.
"As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl should not be held in those states' cities."


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Ok, so obviously Sweden is amazingness itself, and I am genuinely considering learning Swedish so I can go there and bag myself a glorious viking man. And there are extra things that make Sweden fab, like
Jake Gyllenhaal is part Swedish (and his surname makes so much more sense when you know that)
Men get as much paternity leave as women do maternity leave, and it seems like they are properly expected to do their fair share of the child rearing
Their vodka is a lot nicer than Russian vodka
Daim! And Daim cake! And meatballs!
There may have been more but I can't remember them now since I haven't been allowed to make my comment for about a million years... lol
In sweden they have book dispensers on the underground! or they at least planned to in 2006! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/caitlin_moran/article788365.eceReplyDelete


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This is Part Two of the eBook "Where do Good Stories Come From?" In Part One, we created a draft of a story linking the headaches that IT Managers face today with the popular Charles Dicken's work, "A Christmas Carol". In it, we liken the fate of Bob Cratchett to our overworked, under pressure IT leader, Ed. We transformed Dicken's world to today's time.
If you haven't read part one yet, allow me to bring you up to date. I know you must be thinking why "A Christmas Carol"? You will save hours coming up with the right story idea if you take the reason your product benefits users and convert that need to a story resembling the circumstances that you have heard, seen or watched. Thus, Scrooge and the gang fit the situation extremely well.
In Part One, we finished the entire first draft. Hold your horses!!! You can't throw that out there for consumption right now. If we want it to be read, we need to pare it down more, consolidating wherever possible. Our goal is to say more with less. Below is the story as it stands now. As you read, take note of areas you would consolidate and/or remove. We'll compare notes later.
Workshop of My Mind – Please Step Inside
Disclaimer: My mind enjoys above average intelligence and operates with a "whacked out" sense of humor. Combine the two, with a tad of mischievousness, and you don't know what to expect. Please pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
We used the following outline to create the rough draft.
Here's the story I constructed from scratch, right off the top of my head.
I was talking to my old friend Ed last week and I was sad to hear that Ed's new perfect job was not turning out as he had hoped. Poor Ed was being run ragged, putting out fires and keeping up with his ever-expanding duties and responsibilities. Ed was particularly bummed out because he wasn't going to be able to attend his 7-year-old son's little league baseball game. Ed has missed every one of Tiny Tim's games so far, this season. Out of guilt, he had promised this time he'd be at tomorrow's game.
Ed thought about all of the hours and money that the company could be saving. If only Mr. Burns had looked at the reports, he would have seen that they were not working smart. With a few upgrades, Ed could do what he had been hired to do. Right now, he was just trying to keep his head above water.
Suddenly, in a moment of half-hearted courage, Ed decided to talk to Mr. Burns one more time. Something must be done! The morning of his son's game, Gert, Montgomery Burn's bulldog secretary, wasn't chained to her desk yet. Ed, mustering up all of his courage, marched into Mr. Burns office. Burns didn't even look up to acknowledge Ed's entrance.
"So, what is it. What do you need?" Burns said with a "hurry it up" tone in his voice. With a slight stutter, Ed tells Mr. Burns that he can no longer keep up dealing with all of the new duties and responsibilities and that things would have to change. They could either hire more staff or upgrade their technology (the product that you sell) to do more work with fewer people. Since software doesn't get drunk and call out sick with a hangover, Ed was pushing the upgrade in tech.
Burns went into a rage, screaming at Ed, that if he was behind on his work then it reflected his poor time management skills, not conceding that Ed's schedule is overloaded. He also tells Ed that if his work isn't caught up by the end of the day, he can go to his son's game…. but as an unemployed father. Immediately Bob panicked and ran back to his office to save the job his family desperately needs!
Later that morning, "Gert the bulldog" brings Mr. Burns something new for lunch. The Atomic Szechwan Pepper Chicken was almost too hot for Montgomery to handle. But, he wasn't about to toss a $7.00 lunch in the trash. After all, he was frugal. Not cheap mind you, but frugal. Burns digestive system started sending "sleepy time" messages to Burn's mind, and soon he was leaned back in his executive chair, he was snoring away.
The extreme spice began acting in concert with Burn's digestive acids, and before you know it, he begins having extremely vivid lifelike dreams. The sky darkened, as black thunder clouds aggressively made their way. Burns looked for shelter from the impending storm, but all he could see is a small figure holding a torch, growing as it got closer and closer. Burns didn't know whether to run or thank God, that help was about to arrive.
The stranger arrived and stood speechless for several, tension filled moments. Finally, Burns snapped at him "Who are you and what do you want?" "I am the Spirit of Your Past, Montgomery. It is time that we assessed what you have accomplished and revisit your key decisions. Follow me now!" Burns was instantly transported back to the office he had toiled in for most of his life. It was more home than his home was.
Burns sat stunned at his desk, as the Spirit of the Past showed him select scenes from his life. He saw the story of how he built the company and the price others paid for doing things "his way". The last event was the memory of the day that Ed tried to show him this amazing technology that could revolutionize the "old system" saving hundreds of hours and millions of dollars over the years in cost reductions. Burns was terrified of change. Staying the same had allowed him to stay in business and turn a modest profit, but was it worth it to go in a different direction? Burns directly told Ed that "I'll have none of this nonsense, as long as I am alive." The spirit just mutters "As long as I am alive" and vanishes into a mist, leaving Burns sitting at his desk.
Burns cursed as his attention returned to the present. He was disoriented, feeling like his mind/spirit had just descended back to his body at a high rate of speed. Was what Montgomery Burns had just experienced a dream or did it really happen? It sure as Hell felt real! Burns pours himself a stiff Jack Daniels neat, downs it and refills his glass. Sitting back down at the desk, his vision grows blurry and his head starts to swim.
He looks up to see a new entity in front of him, the Spirit of the Present. "I take it that you know the drill, now that you've met my brother? He's an okay guy, but he is so in the past. Not hip and with the times like me – Mr. Current." Half listening Burns noticed how very little had changed from the past he had just visited, Same desk and chair, same window coverings, just a little more dust here and there.
He thought of his curt conversation with Ed. He finally notices the pain and anguish in Ed's eyes and the furled brow. How he nearly ran from the office to return to work. For a short moment, Montgomery actually felt empathy for Ed and his family. Burns had never had a family to miss him, as he worked night and day, year after year. Then as quickly as it popped into his mind, his inner dark angel rationalized it away as being easy to spend someone else's money on unnecessary and frivolous projects. Burns sipped his bourbon and contemplated.
"I must have dozed", he half mumbled, as Montgomery slowly opened his eyes fully and took stock of his surroundings. Seated in a church pew all alone, Burns turned his attention to the formally outfitted people who were speaking in hushed tones. He slid closer to hear what they were saying. "They say the wicked never die, but I think today disapproves that adage.", said the older, plump lady in the purple dress. The two gentlemen listening to her, both nodded in agreement. The bearded one, in a haughtier tone and a staccato delivery, says "I am not the only one who is glad that Burns is dead."
Burns sunk in his seat as he noticed the casket in the front, with his picture on it. "Could I be dead? Was my drink poisoned? thought Burns, as his blood pressure started to rise. Hastening from the church, Burns headed home. As he walked, he ran into many familiar faces, each offering a smile and a Merry Christmas to him. Burns recognized these folks because he had swindled them in an assortment of one-sided deals and loans. Yet here they were being nice to him, despite the price his greed had cost them.
Noticing that he was outside of Ed's home. Moving closer to the window, he saw Ed, little Joe, and Ed's wife Sarah huddling in an embrace in front of their artificial Christmas tree. He took notice of how the job had aged Ed since he first hired him. He then flashed back to how he treated Ed in their last meeting. Feeling remorse, Burns returned to the office. He couldn't change what had happened, but he could at least consider Ed's suggestion.
A rare occurrence suddenly happened. As an actual smile slowly, crescendoed into a beaming grin. Burns was actually impressed with Ed's proposal, wondering "why didn't he think of this sooner? This was a giant step forward for Burns. Being in such good spirits, he rushed back to Ed's home to tell him the good news about "the idea he just had." Ed was already at the door, welcoming Burns in. After listening to him ramble for several minutes, Ed thought to himself that he didn't need to say I told you so to Burns. All he needed was to see his family and that was going to be happening.
Analysis of the Rough Draft
Obviously, the draft is too long to hold a busy person's attention. The scanners not see our message buried in all of the text. The solution is obvious. We need to trim it way down, consolidating without losing the context of the message. It is better to have more information than not enough. Let's compare my thoughts on the trim down with your own:
- We can save space by dumping Mr. Burns and Ed and just go with the original story's cast. It will be easier than remembering who is who and it certainly will make it clearer.
- In my first pass through, I was able to reduce it from 90 lines to 65 lines. It's a good start, but I'd like to see it down to 40 lines or so. If I consolidate the three spirits, perhaps I can cut a chunk of unnecessary story content out.
- My second pass through I have it down from 65 to 59. Still more needs to be trimmed off of it.
- This third pass should allow me to eliminate unnecessary descriptors and/or words. Down from 59 to 53.
- What changes did you make to shorten the story?
The Finished Edited Copy
I was talking to my old friend Bob Cratchett, last week. I was sad to hear that Bob's new job was not turning out as he had hoped. Bob was being run ragged, putting out fires, keeping up with his ever-expanding duties and responsibilities. Bob was bummed out because he wasn't going to be able to attend his 7-year-old son's little league baseball game. Bob has missed every one of Tiny Tim's games so far, this season. Out of guilt, he had promised he'd be at tomorrow's game. However, he didn't know yet know how he was going to make that happen. Bob thought about all the hours and money that the company could be saving. If only Mr. Scrooge had looked at the reports, especially since right now Scrooge was just trying to keep his head above water.
The morning of his son's game, Gert, Scrooge's bulldog secretary, wasn't chained to her desk yet. Bob, mustering up all his courage, marched into Mr. Scrooge's office. Scrooge didn't even look up to acknowledge Bob's entrance. "So, what is it. What do you need?" Scrooge snapped with a "hurry it up" tone in his voice. With a slight stutter, Bob tells Mr. Scrooge that he can no longer keep up dealing with all the new duties and responsibilities. Things have to change. They could either hire more staff or upgrade their technology (the product you sell) allowing them to do more work with fewer people.
Scrooge screamed at Bob," if you are behind on your work then it is a reflection of your poor time management skills." No mention was made of Bob's schedule being overloaded to the max. Scrooge tells Bob that if his work isn't caught up by the end of the day, he can go to his son's game, but as an unemployed father. Bob panicked and ran back to his office.
Later that morning, "Gert the bulldog" brought Scrooge his lunch. Atomic Pepper Chicken was almost too hot for Ebenezer to handle. Scrooge's digestive system started sending "sleepy time" messages to Scrooge's mind, and soon he was snoring in his chair. Extreme spice acting in concert with Scrooge's digestive acids caused him to have vivid, lifelike dreams.
In front of him stood a tall figure holding a torch. "Who are you and what do you want?" "I am the Spirit of Progress, Ebenezer. It is time that we revisit your key decisions." Scrooge sat stunned, as the Spirit showed select scenes of the price others paid for doing business with him. Next, a vision of Bob showing him technology that could make the company more efficient and profitable. Scrooge was terrified of change! "I'll have none of this nonsense, as long as I am alive." The spirit mutters "As long as I am alive", mocking Scrooge.
Once again, Scrooge's head fills with confusion,as the spirit speaks to him. Half listening, Scrooge saw his curt conversation with Bob and the pain and anguish in Bob's eyes. How he ran back to work, to save his job. For a short moment, Ebenezer felt empathy for Bob. The spirit beckoned Scrooge to follow.
Ebenezer found himself seated alone in a church pew. Scrooge saw formally outfitted people speaking in hushed tones. He slid closer to hear what they were saying. "The wicked never die, eh? I think today disproves that theory", said the plump lady in the purple dress. The two men listening to her, nodded in agreement. The bearded one, in a haughty tone, said "I am not the only one who is glad that Scrooge is dead."
Scrooge sunk in his seat, noticing the casket in the front, with his picture on it. "Am I dead? Was my drink poisoned?" wondered Scrooge. Hastening from the church, Scrooge bolted home. As he walked, he ran into many familiar faces, each offering a smile and a Merry Christmas to him. Scrooge recognized these folks as he had swindled them in an assortment of one-sided deals and loans. Yet here they were being nice to him, despite it.
Noticing that he was outside of Bob's home, Scrooge looked into the window. He saw Bob, and his family embracing in front of their Christmas tree. He noticed how the job had aged Bob since he first hired him. He then flashed back to how he treated Bob in their last meeting. Feeling remorseful, Scrooge returned to the office. He couldn't change what had happened, but he could at least consider Bob's suggestion.
A small smile slowly crescendoed into a beaming grin. Scrooge was impressed with Bob's proposal, wondering "why didn't I think of this sooner?" Scrooge rushed back to Bob's home to tell him the about the idea "he just had." Bob welcomed Scrooge in. As Scrooge rambled on, Bob decided that he didn't need to say "I told you so" to Scrooge. All Bob needed was to spend more time with his family, and that was going to happen soon!
In Conclusion
Storytelling is a subtle, backdoor to the minds of your readers. Many, will see the obvious parallel between Ed and themselves. This can cause them to mentally churn on it and come to their own conclusion that "perhaps the solution briefly mentioned at the end of the story just might solve MY problem. I should check it out."
Bingo! Once they make that connection, it becomes personal for them. Even those who were affected, but for whatever the reason didn't check it out, will carry that further with them. Eventually, the time and circumstances will be right and you get this call out of the blue. Cha-ching! Great stories continue to produce results long after they were released.
Famous Last Words
"When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected."
― David Niven
The Hank Moody School of Creative Writing
Write the story you'd most want to read. Think about the books you love, the ones you really lose yourself in. If those are mysteries, then don't try to write a historical romance or a quiet literary novel. It might not be anything genre-specific that you love, but a certain voice, or type of story, or kinds of characters. Write what you love.
The Big Kumbaya in Cyberspace
Sharing and discussing content posts brings us together as one. Sharing ideas, answering and asking questions makes us all strong. Please take the time to share what works for you.
To hear the rantings of other voices on the same subject:
10 Tips for Writing Short Stories That Sell by Joanna Penn
Short Story Tips: 10 Ways to Improve Your Creative Writing by Jerz's Literary Weblog


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Jan 25 (Reuters) - Dell Technologies Inc is considering strategic options including a public share offering or a deal with its majority owned New York-listed unit, VMware Inc , CNBC said in a tweet, citing Dow Jones.
Dell was not immediately available for comment outside regular U.S. business hours and Reuters has not independently verified the Dow Jones report.
Dell Chief Executive Michael Dell, with the help of Silver Lake, took the PC maker private in a $25 billion deal in 2013. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; Editing by Amrutha Gayathri)


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The Inventor
Kevin James became interested in the art of magic at a very early age. He remembers seeing his first magic performance and – more importantly – how it made him feel. This feeling helped Kevin decide at a young age that performing magic for the world was his life's calling.
Kevin's style of performance is anything but conventional, with his unique comedy and magic garnering him a reputation as a world-class visual artist and making him one of the highest viewed magicians on YouTube with millions of hits. This fresh approach has allowed him to headline in some of the world's top theaters. Additionally, Kevin has performed on television in 89 countries. Some of his past performances include: headlining Las Vegas casinos, starring at the famous Crazy Horse in Paris, royal performances for the Prince of Monaco, Prince of Bahrainm, and the Sultan of Dubai, and a command performance for President Obama at the White House.
Kevin is a very prolific inventor and consultant of magic. Not only are his performances original, but many of his ideas have made their way into the shows of other famous magicians, such as: Doug Henning, Penn & Teller, Mark Wilson and David Copperfield, as well as several films. Kevin's magical brilliance lead to him receiving the 'Creative Fellowship Award' from The Academy of Magical Arts and Sciences in Hollywood in 2004, as well as multiple 'Stage Magician of the Year' awards.
Kevin is related to the legendary P.T. Barnum, and he's like his famous ancestor in many ways. His artistic vision was to create the most unique show on the planet and make adults feel like a kid again, which he describes as the "Best job ever!"
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New dates for games against St Johnstone and Hamilton
in #KillieStories February 12, 2018
The club can confirm new dates have been scheduled for our Ladbrokes Premiership matches against St Johnstone and Hamilton.
We will host Tommy Wright's St Johnstone at Rugby Park on Wednesday, March 7 after the original game on January 24 was rescheduled due to a Scottish Cup tie.
Killie will travel to Hamilton on Tuesday, March 13 in a match which was called off due to snow and ice on December 27.
Wednesday 7 March
Kilmarnock v St Johnstone
Rugby Park
Hamilton Academical v Kilmarnock
KO: 19:45 (subject to no Q/F replay)
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I'm a firm believer in the thought that creativity begets creativity. I know that if not feeling creative in one medium (drawing, writing, painting, sculpting – and yes, colouring), dabbling in something else creative will get the imagination going. I'm creative and when I'm not making something, anything, even if it's baking a cake, I kinda go squirrely.
For the last few months, too many of life's stressors have zapped my well of inspiration. My creativity has been slowly drying up and I've stalled in many areas of my usually-productive creative world. As far as writing goes, determination to keep writing despite having to step back from projects had me writing every day using daily prompts (check out my other blog at www.lisamcmanus.com ). I have had little bursts of writing inspiration here and there, but my productivity for already-started projects has been zulch.
And yes, I know I have to keep perspective. Life could be a heck of a lot worse.
But all that changed recently. In January my Dad gave me something that has helped me get back creatively to somewhere close to where I used to be.
He gave me a camera.
But it wasn't just about a camera. He not only gave me a diversion away from my recently stressful life (which I suspect was his plan all along), but ha also gave me a path to get me back to my creative little self. Photography was something I had dabbled in before but never had had the right camera to fully explore the creative outlet.
It turned out that that super-fancy Nikon D3000 would be just what the doctor ordered.
So I've taken to pounding the pavement with my camera in tow, focusing on the world with only one eye through the viewfinder. I'm an amateur; I'm learning. And while I'm learning I'm wandering, always on the hunt for more than just pretty picture as I stalk, kneel, and crawl on the ground trying to get that perfect shot. I know I look like a lost dishrag half the time. One eye is usually always devoid of makeup from winking it shut for each shot, the cold air at this time of year making my eyes water and my makeup run. My hair is always a mess from outside adventures, usually in the wind, fog, and morning mist and often at a beach. I can only explore in the morning before work now that it's getting lighter earlier, and then if I can I get out for a lunch break from work and see what I can find. One knee is always dirty and my nose is always running. I'm always weighed down with my purse and camera bag; I have to get an all-in-one setup.
I know I look like a lost and rumpled bag lady carrying around all my bags and seemingly aimlessly roaming around, but I don't care. I've been having fun pretending to be a photojournalist for National Geographic.
So one morning I was 'on assignment.' I had some time before work, it was light out and I had arrived downtown Victoria earlier than usual. It wasn't raining which meant I could roam and not worry about destroying the camera – AND preserve my hair-do. I made my way to Beacon Hill Park with my camera around my neck ready for that perfect shot. The birds were chirping, the ducks were quacking and the peacocks were just starting to emerge. It was serenity at its finest; classical, spa-like music should have been playing in the background to add to the ambiance.
I found myself at the pond – the duck-friendly, fountain-spewing pond of tranquility, complete with a lovely picturesque bridge. I was at-one with nature, giving thanks to Mother Nature and all her creations.
"Ah - a lovely little bridge. National Geographic, here I come!" I thought as I lifted my camera, closed one eye, took aim and CLICK! 1, 2, 3 pictures I took, but then just as I snapped the third and lowered my camera, there was a SPLASH and I caught the tail-end of a...tail.
And in a flash – I didn't actually need a flash, though (photographers humour) – away went my serenity and I was suddenly on safari. I was gonna get that elusive otter! I tracked and stalked and tracked and stalked. I switched lenses twice, an overhead seagull just 'missed' me, and I skidded and slipped on the shore of the pond. I followed the trail of bubbles the otter left in his wake as he skimmed just below the surface. Click, click, click. Photo after photo I took but he was a smart one. He'd come up for air again, see me there, and then dive back down before I could get a good shot of him (or her - I didn't check).
Alas, fifteen minutes of tracking left me with a zillion photos of blurry bubbles, an extra-blurry shot of him (he wouldn't hold still and I didn't have a long enough lens), and nearly late for work.
As I packed away my camera and hurried to work I realized the most important thing about my 'safari.' For a moment I was on an adventure and somewhere else, doing something entirely different and creative and focusing on something I could do, and in turn creating a story to share.
Thank you, Dad, for the camera.
And as for the otter?
I'll be back, Mr. Otter. I'll be back.
(If you're not too busy on your own safari, be sure to visit my photography site at www.lisalange8.wix.com/clickandgo)
Sunday, February 21, 2016
I'll Be Back, Mr. Otter
Labels: Beacon Hill Park, camera, National Geographic, Nikon, Nikon D3000, otter, photography, writing, Writing Inspiration
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Contact: Outer Banks Group, 252-473-2111
Each year, the National Park Service offers a wealth of free interpretive programs for visitors at the Outer Banks Group parks; Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Last year, these National Park Service sites, combined, gave 4,454 scheduled programs that were attended by over 226,000 visitors. Additionally, 58,220 visitors attended film presentations and 11,175 children were sworn in as Junior Rangers.
This summer, Outer Banks visitors are already enjoying a wide variety of National Park Service programs. Last week, 12,585 visitors attended 410 programs and film presentations; 438 children completed the parks' Junior Ranger programs.
Summer program schedules are listed in In the Park, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group summer newspaper, available at any park visitor center or Outer Banks Visitors Bureau Welcome Center. Program schedules are also available on-line at each park's website: Fort Raleigh NHS, www.nps.gov/fora; Wright Brothers NMEM, www.nps.gov/wrbr; and Cape Hatteras NS, www.nps.gov/caha. The summer program schedule runs through Labor Day.
New programs on this summer's schedule include: Village Walking Tour – a heritage discovery walk through the streets of Ocracoke Village; and Moonlight Climb – a guided night tour of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse offered twice every Thursday evening (a pre-registration program – see In The Park or the park website for details).
Four special tours will be offered this summer: Monument to the Dream Tour is the unique experience of climbing to the top of the Wright Brothers Monument; the Fort Raleigh NHS Tour of the Collections is a walk through the parks' museum collections storage facility for a look at some very interesting artifacts; the Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet Tour provides an up-close look at Coast Guard operations and vessels, and; the Old Days at the Hatteras Weather Station relays the history of this recently restored building and U.S. Weather Bureau operations on Hatteras Island
Evening Campfire programs are offered at the Seashore on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. A special Seashore evening program, Night Lights, will include an exploration of star gazing and tide-line bioluminescent plankton along with a discussion of why dark nights are valuable to both people and wildlife.
The summer program schedules also include many other history talks, kite building, nature walks, children's archaeology programs, and recreational programs such as surf fishing, cast netting, crabbing, seining, and snorkeling.
Designed for children ages 5 to 13, the Junior Ranger program is a fun way for kids to learn about the Outer Banks Group parks and how to protect these important sites. Along the Outer Banks, children can actually become three different kinds of junior rangers: a Seashore Ranger at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, a Flight Ranger at Wright Brothers National Memorial, and a Roanoke Ranger at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. Check In The Park or each park's website for details, or stop by one of the parks' visitor centers. The North Carolina Beach Buggy Association, the First Flight Society and Eastern National assist the National Park Service in providing these Junior Ranger programs.


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I booked a 3 BHK flat in New Haven Bahadurgarh and I am finally a proud owner of 3BHK apartment at NEW HAVEN BAHADURGARH, the project owned by TATA VALUE HOMES. I believe that this project will bring great laurels for me. It is part of Delhi-NCR with easy access to country capital. This apartment in particular will be great asset for me in the coming days. I feel blessed to become a part TATA Value Homes Family.
I booked a flat in New Haven Bahadurgarh , I feel so happy for this decision and privileged to be part of this project. I and my family are happy that we have booked a flat with TATA in Bahadurgarh. We are fully satisfied with the current construction status and we are sure that brand TATA will deliver Quality within time.
I booked a flat in New Haven Bahadurgarh, It was absolutely a great experience of buying a home at New Haven, TATA Value Homes. The project is moving at a fast pace and I am pretty happy for the right choice I made.
My Experience: Its fantastic experience to own an apartment at fairly good location and above all system of Tata Housing are outstanding.
My hubby was very much impressed with the information given on internet for the future prospects of this project. We both did research and zeroed down on Tata Homes, till date everything went very smooth and hassle free, so we feel proud in our decision.
The experience of buying my property in India has been pleasant thus far. Miss Akanksha Sudan (my sales consultant), has helped me in every single step of decision making by patiently responding to my queries with right/detailed information related to the project and general property market scenario in India. The recent construction site visit has boosted my confidence in the project as the work is being carried out as promised thus far. The brand TATA has upheld its reputation in putting "People First", hope they would continue to do so in future as well by winning people's heart with timely completion and handover of the project to the community of home buyers who have depicted their confidence in them. I wish Team Tata all the best .
It was great buying a home with Tata value homes. The team is just perfect, especially, Mr. Himanshu. He is a very nice person and a true gentleman. He explained each and every aspect of the project and solved all our queries.
It was a VERY LONG DREAM TO HAVE A FLAT IN NCR DELHI. Its comes to an end through Tata value homes.
We are happy that we have booked a flat with TATA in Bahadurgarh. Satisfied with the current construction status. We are sure that brand TATA will deliver its quality within time.
Feeling safe with brand like Tata on a dream to own a house. Happy with the experience of employee's cooperation. I hope possession is on time as promised.
Wonderful! Very smoothly everything happened viz. Booking to documentation and even timely agreement. Deputy manager ( Marketing & Sales) is doing excellent job for me he is really a single point contact for the entire process so far.
My hubby was very much impressed with the information given on internet for the future prospects of this project. We both did research and zeroed down on TATA homes, till date everything went very smooth and hassle free, not only that ,even market reviews are very positive about this project so we feel proud in our decision.
Tata Value homes Ltd, one of India's fastest growing real estate development company, announced their support for mobilized change that aims at bettered and emancipated society. On Women's day 2016, Tata Value homes Ltd aimed to garner its support towards women power; to be a key buyer and not a an influencer.


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Lil Wayne Speaks On His Situation With Roc Nation: "Jay Z's A Good Guy. He's Gonna Be Helping Me"
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Is Lil Wayne a member Roc Nation?
He alluded to that fact at a concert earlier this month, but didn't provide much in the way details. The 34-year old rap superstar, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., sat down recently with Skip Bayless on Fox Sports 1's "Undisputed" show and clarified his comments.
"Jay Z's] just a good guy, man," Wayne said. "It was nothing but a simple thing. Just friend to friend, 'I just wanna help you.' Simply, that's all it was. 'I just wanna help you, man in any way I can.' And right now he's just gonna help me, in any way he can and that's just what it is."
When asked if he was completely free from Cash Money Records, Weezy indicated that he wasn't.
"No, we haven't done that yet," he replied. "We're still working on that. That's a situation, but like I said Jay's just a good guy. He just wanna help me … And so he's gonna be helping me."
Wayne currently has a $51 million breach–contract lawsuit against Birdman and Cash Money Records on the table.
Check out Wayne's comments about Roc Nation in the video below starting at the 13:30 mark.
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These paintings represent the latest chapter in my on going exploration of painting, photography and motion. All the works are painted with oil on canvas, using supports which I design and build. I chose to alter the construction of a traditional canvas in order to enhance the effect of the subject matter on the viewer.
The unique shape of the concave canvases serves two purposes. The first is to create an illusion which heightens the paintings sense of depth due to the viewer's initial assumption that the surface is flat. The second purpose is to smoothly confine and capture the speed and flow of the image. In a few of these paintings I have subtly departed from the traditional flat lines, and square corners of the perimeter of the support. I favor slight curves to create the illusion that the image is larger than the canvas. The curved sides allow the viewer to see slightly past the actual edge of the canvas and deeper in the periphery of one's vision.
Many of these paintings could be considered "photo realism" based on my own experimental photography, with others appearing to be closer to abstraction (I consider all of them to be representational). Most of the source images are from my neighborhood in Victoria as well as my travels around Vancouver Island and I have named the paintings appropriately. I favor colour and flow over form and descriptive accuracy in order to allow one's mind to experience the feeling of a place through subtle suggestions.


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I FINALLY remembered to take some pictures of my math lessons the last few math days! We started our unit on Fractions and I have been having a blast teaching the concepts. Our curriculum does an okay job teaching the concepts, but I found some really great extension lessons to help my students understand fractions to one half and one fourth.
This first FREEBIE extension lesson I found by Chrissy Beltran Here. I just bought mini m&ms and gave everyone a plastic spoonful. They all got about 25 candies and a small snack as a reward for finishing. I bought minis because on of my students has diabetes and the smaller candy portion helps regulate her blood sugar better.
|Students sort their m&ms into like colors, tally, and total their colors. On the back of this page they will write the fractional part of each color m&m and the total number of candies.
I also created my own Fraction Action FREEBIE that you can use with m & m candies Here
I created this activity as another interactive way for students to learn more about fractions in an engaging way. I have them sorting, writing the parts, writing the fraction, illustrating the fractions, drawing the fractional parts, and writing the fraction. Use this one page at a time or all together in a packet.
This next extension lesson is simple, but I like it because students struggle drawing equal parts themselves. This activity was created by Paula Prince Here. I was shocked at how well my students did on this activity.
This is another great activity by The Teacher Wife Here. Students will cut out the fraction pieces and then glue them under the correct fraction. At this point of the unit I could start introducing the names of the fractions because I feel they understand the meaning of fractional parts. Again, I thought they my students did so well! We were on day 4 of fractions when I gave them this activity.
Finally I just have to share my latest obsession. I have the program Photoshop Elements 11 and did not know just how useful it can be for a Teachers pay Teachers seller. I learned how create background designs and since I am new at this part of TpT I am posting my favorite background design to see how you all like it. This TP Design link Here. I only downloaded three different colors and I have all primary colored backgrounds with the rainbow dots, but I wanted to see what kind of feedback I will get before posting more. My latest learning is how to create borders. I am very particular with my backgrounds and will post them as soon as I get at least 10 I like created.
Have you seen the Apple app iFont Maker? IT IS WONDERFUL!! You can create fonts in your own handwriting and then download them on your computer and then to your products! I have quite a few and will again post them once I get 10 that I like well enough to use in my own products! Here is the thumbnail I created to use once I get this going:
Well that is all for this posting! Have a great week!
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
Mike Anderson
It was great to have Mike, the Principal from North Loburn School
visit us yesterday and share some of his thinking, projects and passions for education. He spoke to a group of Principals and lead teachers from our cluster, posing some challenges and questions for us to ponder and discuss about learning and teaching in the 21st Century.
Some key ideas included thinking around ICT and learning as a process rather than a product..."today we are going to learn how to structure a narrative" verses "today we are going to do iMovie".
I also found Mike's analogies to "More Monsters, Fewer Millionaires" made a lot of sense. Do we want our students to know lots of stuff and be able to answer questions like those on game shows "Who wants to be a millionaire" or ...
...be more like the contestants on "Monstor Garage" where a team of people are challenged to collaborate, plan, build and test a "monster machine" turning a stock vehicle into something else...Mike likens this process to a more authentic learning experience where we see evidence of many of the characteristics of the Key Competencies and also reflects the message from Learning@School keynote speaker David Warlick...
"Its not a future of security so we shouldn't be preparing them for one...instead we should prepare them for a future of opportunity...and that's done differently"
Have a look at North Loburn School's website to see some of the projects students are involved in ... is anyone interested in participating in the Rock Our World project?
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On Mar 21, 2006, at 10:08 PM, Cameron McCormack wrote: > > Ian Hickson: >> In typical desktop browsers, the defaultView attribute should >> point to an >> object which is all of the following: >> >> The ECMAScript global object >> An object implementing Window >> An object implementing AbstractView >> An object implementing ViewCSS > > If this is what is desired, perhaps Window (or some related spec) > should > require this. > >> See the WHATWG spec (and the WebAPI Window spec, probably). >> ViewCSS is one >> of the interfaces implemented by Window. > > Window doesn't seem to mention ViewCSS. Requiring the Window to be the defaultView is supposed to imply this for CSS UAs, but think it would also be OK to add a conditional requirement to Window: "In user agents that support the ViewCSS interface from DOM Level 2 Style, Window objects MUST implement the ViewCSS interface." Test case: shouldBeTrue("!document.getOverrideStyle || window.getComputedStyle"); I think this is arguably redundant with DOM Level 2 Style though... >> You'll have to provide "language-specific casting methods" to get >> from the >> Window object to the ViewCSS object. Conceptually, they're the same. > > Ok, but at the moment I don't see anything that requires ViewCSS to be > implemented on the same object as Window. DOM Level 2 Views says: "The expectation is that an instance of the ViewCSS interface can be obtained by using binding-specific casting methods on an instance of the AbstractView interface." Granted this is a bit ambiguous, but I think "an instance" is supposed to mean "any instance", not "some unspecified instance". The Window draft says: "Each view of a Document presented in a browsing context must be represented by an object that implements the Window interface." This is intended to require that any AbstractView instance for such a Document must also implement Window. Granted this could be more clear. > Just that if you are not allowed to assume that Window and ViewCSS are > both implemented on the same object, the default view, then it's > impossible to implement both Window and ViewCSS usefully. That is why you need to assume it is the case. >> In practice there is rarely more than one. Opera is the only >> browser I >> know that actually supports multiple views, and it only has one >> View (you >> can't get to the computed styles in its aural view; indeed I'm not >> sure >> it even implements the concept of multiple media correctly). > > Having only one view implemented is likely to be because there is no > proper way to get access to any other views... If anyone wanted to support good multiple view support, then yes, I think a way to enumerate the views would be required. The fact that event listeners go on the DOM make this hard though, it's pretty awkward to separate user interaction with the different views. In any case, I'm not sure the Window spec is the right place to solve all the multi-view issues. Regards, MaciejReceived on Wednesday, 22 March 2006 08:36:46 UTC
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